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- Liow: MCA will move ahead with other BN parties
- Hand grenade shock for teacher
- Jimmy Choo: Datukship will make me work harder in promoting Malaysia
| Liow: MCA will move ahead with other BN parties Posted: 01 Jun 2013 08:12 AM PDT BENTONG: Despite its pathetic showing at the recent polls, MCA will move ahead together with Umno, MIC, Gerakan and other Barisan Nasional component parties in striving for the people. Deputy president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said MCA would rise again even though it had failed to retain its parliamentary and state seats in the last general election. "MCA lost in the general election after falling victim to the DAP's slander through the internet, Facebook and blogs, because the young Chinese had been influenced by their internet lies and fabrications. "We (MCA) have to take note of these and handle them more effectively in order to rise again and be stronger in future," he said during a thanksgiving function here. He said the party must learn from Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's fighting spirit. "He never gave up wanting to serve the people even though he only won with a majority of 241 votes in the 1999 general election," he said. He said as a result, Najib won with more than 30,000 majority in the recent general election. On MCA's resolution not to accept any position in the Cabinet, Liow said it would only be detrimental to the party. "We initially made the resolution as a motivation to party leaders and members to work hard to win more seats but we did not expect the results to be the reverse. "So we just await the decision of the party after a meeting to be held soon and on behalf of the party I want to express our gratitude to the prime minister who is still willing to provide a place for MCA in the Cabinet," he said. - Bernama. |
| Hand grenade shock for teacher Posted: 01 Jun 2013 08:49 AM PDT SUNGAI BULOH: A teacher had a shock when he unearthed a British-type hand grenade at his small palm oil estate on Saturday. The teacher, who wanted to be known as Norman, found the bomb while clearing some bushes at around 7pm in Desa Coalfields Sungai Buloh. Police arrived shortly and cordoned off an area within 30 metres of the location. A bomb squad from the Selangor contingent managed to extract the explosive at around 9pm. "The object is a PRB36 hand bomb and was found in an area relatively near a housing estate here. "Luckily, the explosive was inactive," Sungai Buloh OCPD Supt Junaidi Bujang said. The bomb would be detonated at a field on Sunday. According to Wikipedia, the PRB36 bomb or more commonly known as a Mills bomb, is a British-made hand grenade produced in 1915 and discontinued in the 1980s. |
| Jimmy Choo: Datukship will make me work harder in promoting Malaysia Posted: 01 Jun 2013 06:53 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: Jimmy Choo-designed shoes may have adorned the feet of royalty and celebrities, but the man behind those dazzling creations insists that being humble and showing respect towards others have led him to where he is now. And it appears that being bestowed with the Datukship honour by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah would not change the famed designer a bit. "This (the title) would make me work harder in promoting Malaysia to the world. My shoes are travelling to Milan, Paris, the United States, the United Kingdom and other places. "But the fact is that behind them is Jimmy Choo who hails from Malaysia," Datuk Jimmy Choo told Bernama with a sense of pride of his country after the investiture ceremony at the Istana Negara here. Elaborating on the attributes which had contributed to his success, Penang-born Choo said: "You must respect people regardless where they come from. As for me, I have a high respect for my mother and my teachers as they are the people who have brought me to where I'm now." Choo was one of the recipients of the Panglima Jasa Negara (PJN) award, which carries the title 'Datuk', bestowed in conjunction with Tuanku Abdul Halim's birthday. The designer said he was delighted to be given such a recognition from the country. - Bernama. |
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