Kediaman rasmi MB Kedah terjejas banjir Posted on 30/11/2024 Pegawai khas kata kediaman rasmi menteri besar Kedah mula dinaiki air awal pagi tadi. (Gambar Facebook) ALOR SETAR: Kediaman rasmi menteri besar Kedah di Seri Mentaloon turut terjejas akibat bencana banjir. Pegawai khas menteri besar, Helmi Khalid, berkata perkarangan kediaman itu mula dinaiki air dari Sungai Anak Bukit awal pagi tadi. “Air mula memasuki kuarters kediaman petugas yang terletak tidak jauh dari tepi sungai berkenaan, kemudian paras air terus meningkat hingga memasuki bahagian ruang tamu, dapur dan ruang makan… setakat ini paras air di bahagian dapur mencecah 0.5 meter. “Buat masa ini, Sanusi Nor dan keluarga masih tinggal di kediaman rasmi setinggi dua tingkat itu,” katanya. Beliau berkata setakat ini banjir tidak menjejaskan surau, Dewan Melur dan Dewan Seri Mentaloon yang terletak dalam pekarangan kediaman. “Ini bukan kali pertama Seri Mentaloon dinaiki air kerana ia pernah berlaku semasa kejadian banjir besar pada 2010 dan banjir pada Sept lepas turut menyebabkan limpahan air ke kediaman rasmi cuma keadaan kali ini lebih teruk,” katanya. News
Thai floods wash out Malaysian demand for holidays in Songkhla Posted on 29/11/2024 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 29 — Malaysians were cancelling planned trips to Songkhla and other parts of southern Thailand that were flooding, hitting businesses in the region hard. According to The Bangkok Post, hotel and tour reservations have seen sharp drops for this weekend and the next. Songchai Mungprasithichai, president of… Read More
Any protectionist policy in trade affects Malaysia, PM Anwars says as Trump returns as US president Posted on 13/11/2024 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 13 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that any form of protectionism will affect countries in terms of trade and investment. Speaking to Richard Quest on CNN recently, Anwar cited an example whereby a huge number of Malaysia’s microchips were exported to United States (US),… Read More
Detainee who fled Melaka court nabbed 2 days later Posted on 28/11/2024 A customs officer filed a police report at 11.30am on Monday after the detainee fled from the Alor Gajah court complex with both hands cuffed. (Facebook pic) PETALING JAYA: Police have arrested a 38-year-old detainee who escaped from custody at the Alor Gajah court complex in Melaka on Monday. Melaka… Read More