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| Jumpstart the electric vehicle industry, Putrajaya told |
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Posted by: superadmin - 02-01-2021, 08:48 AM - Forum: Business. Economy and Investment
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PETALING JAYA: Putrajaya should formulate “radical” policies to drive Malaysia into the electric vehicle (EVs) and autonomous driving business, according to a seasoned motor industry watcher.
Former motoring journalist Yamin Vong suggested that tax rebates be provided to make electric vehicles attractive to buyers in the premium market, while for the mass market, a “cash-for-clunkers” could encourage people to trade in their jalopies.
Such ideas could help the Malaysian motor industry, particularly Proton, to benefit from a recent agreement between two major Chinese companies, Zhejiang Geely and Tencent Holdings, to develop the smart vehicle cockpit and autonomous driving technology.
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| Myanmar’s Suu Kyi, other senior figures ‘taken’ in late-night raid |
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Posted by: superadmin - 02-01-2021, 08:43 AM - Forum: Politics
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YANGON: Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior figures from the ruling party have been detained in an early morning raid, the spokesman for the governing National League for Democracy said on Monday.
The move came after days of escalating tension between the civilian government and the powerful military that stirred fears of a coup in the aftermath of an election the army says was fraudulent.
Spokesman Myo Nyunt told Reuters by phone that Suu Kyi, President Win Myint and other leaders had been “taken” in the early hours of the morning.
“I want to tell our people not to respond rashly and I want them to act according to the law,” he said, adding he also expected to be detained.
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| YOURSAY | Amanah, think carefully before allowing Pejuang on board |
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Posted by: superadmin - 02-01-2021, 08:40 AM - Forum: Politics
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Iphonezours: Amanah, be careful and think wisely. Will Amanah benefit anything with Pejuang using your logo?
The situation now is different from 2018, when at that time people trusted Mahathir and his ‘genuine’ intentions.
However, after his treacherous resignation and behind-the-scene schemes, people know the truth and may not forgive him for what he has done.
Mahathir has lost a lot of support from Malaysians and by associating with Amanah’s logo, he just wants to ride on your goodwill.
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| Ex-AG says Mahathir’s monumental betrayal made way for Trump-like Muhyiddin |
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Posted by: superadmin - 02-01-2021, 08:34 AM - Forum: Politics
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PETALING JAYA: Former attorney general Tommy Thomas has harsh words for Dr Mahathir Mohamad, whose resignation as prime minister in February 2020 paved the way for Muhyddin Yassin to take power.
In an epilogue to his recently-published memoirs, Thomas described Mahathir’s resignation as “a monumental betrayal”.
In a Churchillian turn of phrase, Thomas said: “Seldom in our nation’s history have so many million voters been let down by the actions of one man.”
Mahathir resigned on Feb 24, causing the collapse of the Pakatan Harapan government two years after it came to power in the 2018 general election. His resignation led the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to seek a new prime minister and cabinet from members of Parliament.
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| Look at yourself in the mirror, PKR Youth tells Azmin |
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Posted by: superadmin - 01-31-2021, 06:03 PM - Forum: Politics
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PETALING JAYA: PKR Youth has advised Mohamed Azmin Ali to have a good look at himself in the mirror before accusing others of being involved in immoral conduct and wants the police to update the status of the alleged “gay sex” video involving him.
Slamming the former party deputy for citing Anwar Ibrahim’s alleged sexual conduct for leaving the party to join PPBM, its vice-president Syed Badli Shah Syed Osman said Azmin should not accuse others of immoral conduct as he himself had alleged “moral issues”.
He also asked Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador on the latest status of their investigations into the gay sex video allegedly involving Azmin.
“A year has passed. Have the police still failed to find any evidence to confirm the identity of the person in the video? I urge the authorities to announce the case’s status and not to be one-sided in protecting certain influential individuals,” he said in a statement.
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| With a day to go, squash queen Nicol David takes massive lead in online poll |
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Posted by: superadmin - 01-31-2021, 05:26 PM - Forum: Squash
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With a day to go, squash queen Nicol David takes massive lead in online poll for ‘greatest athlete of all time’
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 31 — Datuk Nicol Ann David appears set to be named the “greatest athlete of all time” in an online poll conducted by The World Games, leading the next closest contender by nearly 150,000 votes.
Her lead is also more than the 107,822 cast for tug-of-war champion James Kehoe of Ireland up to today.
The award is based on online votes cast in favour of the athletes.
David was among the 10 shortlisted for the final voting on January 20.
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| GameStop, Reddit and Robinhood: A full recap of the historic retail trading mania |
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Posted by: superadmin - 01-31-2021, 04:23 PM - Forum: Business, Economy and Investment
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GameStop, Reddit and Robinhood: A full recap of the historic retail trading mania on Wall Street
- Shares of GameStop skyrocketed 400% in the past week, closing out January with a whopping 1,625% gain.
- A band of amateur traders on WallStreetBets aimed to bid up heavily shorted stocks “to the moon,” creating massive short squeezes.
- Members in the Reddit forum have tripled to 6.5 million in just a week.
- The mania backfired on free-trading pioneer Robinhood, which had to throttle back trading in the short-squeeze names and raise new funds to meet rising deposit requirements with its clearinghouse.
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| Trump loses his impeachment team amid unfaltering loyalty from the GOP |
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Posted by: superadmin - 01-31-2021, 03:37 PM - Forum: Politics
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(CNN)Former President Donald Trump's lies and his insistence that the November election was rigged against him may have turned out to be a bridge too far for the attorneys who were slated to defend him in his upcoming Senate impeachment trial in a little more than a week.
But his party has stuck with him. After a brief flirtation with reason and sound judgment in the weeks following the January 6 siege at the Capitol, the Republican Party has decided to honor their deep and often blind allegiance to Trump, choosing to overlook his role in inciting the deadly insurrection rather than pay the price of crossing him and his base next year at the ballot box.
The collapse of Trump's legal team amid a disagreement over legal strategy, which CNN first reported Saturday night, stood in stark contrast to the slow crawl of Republican elected leaders back into the former President's corner as the anger lawmakers feel about the insurrection fades and his potential power to help or destroy them in the 2022 elections becomes paramount.
While the Republican Party continues to bend to Trump's whims, forgive his dangerous behavior, and quiver in the face of his election threats, the judiciary and the legal profession are adhering to a higher ethical standard -- and have largely refused to tolerate his efforts to ramrod the nation's democratic institutions and founding principles throughout his baseless election charade -- making the GOP's loyalty to Trump even more appalling.
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| Ikea bought 11,000 acres of forest in Georgia to protect it from development |
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Posted by: superadmin - 01-31-2021, 03:24 PM - Forum: Environment Protection News
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(CNN)An investment group of Swedish retail giant Ikea has acquired forestland in southeast Georgia to protect the land and its diverse ecosystems from development.
The Ingka Group, which owns and operates most Ikea stores, purchased 10,840 acres of land near the Altamaha River Basin, the company announced on January 14.
"We truly believe responsible forest management is possible and we see that a large part of our responsibility towards the land we own -- and by extension the planet -- is to restore forests and plant more than we harvest," Ingka Investments managing director Krister Mattsson told CNN.
"In all our properties nature conservation is important. In this particular US investment in Georgia, first it is important that the land cannot be broken up into small units and it remains forever forestland."
The land, acquired from non-profit conservation organization The Conservation Fund, is home to more than 350 plant and wildlife species -- including the endangered longleaf pine and gopher tortoise -- which are now protected.
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