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- Elton John set to rock Malaysia
- Police, army in neighbourhood watch to combat crime
- Talks linking two Russian cities and KK via direct flights in progress
| Elton John set to rock Malaysia Posted: 15 Oct 2011 06:48 AM PDT SIR Elton John stands in a class of his own as a music legend. The 64-year-old pop superstar is set to make the biggest concert splash here this year with a show at the Arena of Stars, Resorts World Genting on Nov 22. As part of the "Elton And Band" tour, the flamboyant Rock and Roll Hall of Fame legend is set to entertain fans with a career-spanning concert at the 6,000 capacity venue in Genting. After a five decade long career, 250 million records sold and multiple Grammy awards, Elton's first visit to these shores is a much anticipated one - especially with the veteran showman now engaged for three years in Las Vegas and is expected to slow down his long haul tours. Apart from Singapore and Australian/New Zealand dates next month, the British performer has added the Malaysian concert as part of his "greatest hits tour" schedule. What better opportunity to catch Elton live on stage with 1970s classics like 'Your Song', 'Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)', 'Rocket Man', 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road', 'Candle In The Wind', 'Tiny Dancer', 'Crocodile Rock' right to 1980s favourites 'I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues,' and 'Sad Songs (Say So Much)' and many more in the setlist. Show promoters Tune Live, organisers Fat Boys, local producer Scenique and regional promoter Live Limited have indicated Elton's upcoming show in Genting will be the full international version with all the concert trimmings and visual spectacle. Tickets go on sale on Monday through (redtix.airasia.com). Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Police, army in neighbourhood watch to combat crime Posted: 15 Oct 2011 04:14 AM PDT PETALING JAYA: The police and Armed Forces are joining forces to wage war against crime in a joint patrol' pilot programme at selected neighbourhoods around the country. The programme, which was launched Saturday at Kota Damansara and Sungai Buloh, would see six army personnel joining ranks with policemen from each area to conduct collaborative patrols in the residential neighbourhoods in their respective areas. Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Arjunaidi Mohamed said the programme was another step by the police and Government to combat crime in the country. "The joint teams would conduct their patrols on police MPVs, motorcycles and also on foot. We hope to further expand this programme to all other parts of Petaling Jaya as soon as possible," he said after launching the programme at Kota Damansara police station Saturday. In JOHOR BARU, the police and army personnel will also guard residents in Setia Indah. Johor Baru (South) OCPD Asst Comm Zainuddin Yaacob said that incorporation of army personnel into patrol duties with the police was a culmination of the Prime Minister's National Blue Ocean Strategy in combating crime. "Under the strategy, we aim to utilise all available resources to its best potential and a collaborative effort between the police and army is one way to increase security in the country," he said during the launch of the first police and army collaborative at the Setia Indah police station here Saturday. Zainuddin said that eight army personnel would be incorporated into the initial 16-member team, who will be on duty from 9am to 5pm. Each team would consist of two policemen and one-army personnel, he added. He said the state police would be looking at creating similar teams for other police stations in Johor, but would depend on the resources available. Royal Malay Regiment's 10th Battalion commanding officer Lt Kol Hamdan Musa said his men had underwent a special course to familiarise themselves with the police system to enable them to stay in sync during the operation which would benefit the people. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Talks linking two Russian cities and KK via direct flights in progress Posted: 15 Oct 2011 02:58 AM PDT SEMPORNA: Talks are underway to have direct flights from two eastern Russian cities to Kota Kinabalu by year-end. Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen said discussions between tourism officials from Vladivostok and Khavbarosk cities had already began. "The state Tourism, Culture and Environment Ministry through Tourism Malaysia will have charter flights from these two cities to Kota Kinabalu this will happen. "Malaysia has no direct flight from Russia. (The nearest is) Bangkok to Moscow and even Vietnam also has flights to the Russian capital," she said. Ng said Vladivostok is only seven hours by air from the state capital, adding this will allow more tourism players to penetrate the Russian market. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
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