Former Penang rep Lee Hack Teik dies Posted on 19/11/2024 Former Pengkalan Kota assemblyman Lee Hack Teik passed away at his home in Ayer Itam last night. (Facebook pic) GEORGE TOWN: Former Penang assemblyman Lee Hack Teik has died. He was 72. The senior MCA man, who was last a state committee member in the 2013 term, died at his home in Zoo Road, Ayer Itam, at about 8pm yesterday, Kwong Wah Yit reported. Penang MCA chief Tan Teik Cheng said Lee’s death was a great loss to the party as well as the Pengkalan Kota constituents whom he had served for three consecutive terms. Tan said Lee had remained an active member after losing the seat during the 2008 political tsunami that swept across the country. “He continued going to the ground after his loss. Even up to last week, we had met and discussed ideas to make the party strong in Penang,” he told FMT. Lee, first elected to the Pengkalan Kota state seat in 1995, served three consecutive terms, winning again in 1999 and 2004. News
Bitcoin breaches US$94,000 for the first time Posted on 20/11/2024 Bitcoin has more than doubled this year on hopes of a cryptocurrency-friendly regime under the incoming Donald Trump administration. (EPA Images pic) SINGAPORE: Bitcoin rose to a record high above US$94,000 as a report that Donald Trump’s social media company was in talks to buy crypto trading firm Bakkt added… Read More
Manhunt on for gang who robbed Ipoh jeweller of RM1.5m in gold Posted on 27/11/2024 IPOH, Nov 26 — Police are tracking down a group of men suspected of committing armed robbery against two men and making off with jewellery worth an estimated RM1.54 million in an incident here today. Acting Perak police chief DCP Zulkafli Sariaat said they received information regarding the incident at… Read More
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