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Posted: 21 Dec 2011 04:51 AM PST

Published: Wednesday December 21, 2011 MYT 8:51:00 PM

KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia is abolishing the counter check-in fees for all international flights throughout its route network.

All bookings made on December 22 onwards will be exempted from the RM10 per passenger for counter check-in.

In a statement Wednesday, AirAsia Group Chief Executive Officer, Tan Sri Tony Fernandes said the low cost airline had recently also reduced the processing fee for the usage of charge cards during flight bookings from RM8 per guest sector to only RM5 per guest per sector.

The direct debit transaction remains free of charge with seven of their bank partners in Malaysia.

International guests who have pre-paid the counter check-in fees from September 21 to December 21 may obtain a credit shell by contacting customer care via the e-form at http://www.airasia.com/my/en/faqdetailsform.html.

The check-in fee will remain for domestic flights. - Bernama

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PM denies claims of Shahrizat resignation

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 04:28 AM PST

Published: Wednesday December 21, 2011 MYT 8:29:00 PM

KUALA LUMPUR: The Prime Minister has dismissed speculation that Datuk Seri Shahrizat Jalil has resigned from the Cabinet.

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said he would "comment on the matter in due course".

Asked to confirm if he had received a resignation letter from the Women, Family and Community Development Minister, he said: "No, I have not.'

He was speaking to reporters after launching the Financial Sector Blueprint and the new currency series here on Wednesday.

Talk that Shahrizat had tendered her resignation to the Prime Minister was fuelled by her comments at a separate function earlier in the day that she would discuss her next action with him. She declined to elaborate.

"I am a veteran politician so I know what needs to be done," she said, according to an online portal.

Shahrizat had been plagued for weeks by the controversy surrounding the National Feedlot Corporation project, headed by her husband Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Salleh Ismail.

The Auditor-General in his 2010 report released last month had questioned NFC's performance with the company's production at 3,289 head of cattle or 41.1% of the target set.

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is investigating whether Shahrizat had played any part in the award of the RM250mil loan to the NFC.

MACC officers were reportedly checking to ascertain if she had influenced, took part in the project, or had a hand in the loan award.

The commission started its investigations into the matter after the NFC issue was highlighted in the A-G's report.

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Windfall for Felda settlers

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 04:12 AM PST

Published: Wednesday December 21, 2011 MYT 8:13:00 PM

KUALA LUMPUR: The potential listing of Felda Global Ventures Holdings (FGVH) Sdn Bhd on Bursa Malaysia should be seen as a windfall for the settlers who are also the main shareholders of Koperasi Permodalan Felda (KPF), the Dewan Negara was told Wednesday.

Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Ahmad Maslan said the restructuring would make KPF the main investor in FGVH where the settlers and their generations and staff of the Felda group make up the membership.

"Besides, the profits to be derived will be enjoyed in the form of dividends and can benefit the 224,000 KPF members, and the (income from the) surge in the KPF investment value will be distributed to the settlers by way of special awards," he said when replying to a question from Senator Datuk Yunus Kurus.

The senator had asked about the government guarantee over the future of the Felda settlers with the listing of FGVH on Bursa Malaysia.

Ahmad said the listing would not undermine the rights of the Felda settlers and staff as a whole because it only involved the leasing of Felda-owned land to FGVH.

"This means that the settlers' crop and housing land will not be affected and will remain in their possession while they and their generations will continue to receive the privileges in the form of special allocations.

"The allocations include productivity bonus, festival aid, schooling aid, tuition, tertiary institution loans, funeral aid, social programmes and Felda generation skills programmes," he said.

He also said that the listing, which was expected to take place next year, would benefit not only the Felda population but also the people and nation as a whole. - Bernama

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Kredit: www.thestar.com.my

Rabu, 21 Disember 2011