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Because of troop sensitivities, newspapers from Singapore cannot be sold in Malaysia, hence The Straits Times and other Singapore titles are not sold in Malaysia, while the New Straits Times and other Malaysian titles are not sold in Singapore. The ban was imposed before the 1 May 1969 general election in Malaysia. [11] [12]
The Sedition Act 1948 (Malay: Akta Hasutan 1948) in Malaysia is a law prohibiting discourse deemed as seditious.The act was originally enacted by the colonial authorities of British Malaya in 1948 to contain the local communist insurgence. [1]
However, in an opinion column, the New Straits Times (owned by the United Malays National Organisation or UMNO, leading party of the Barisan Nasional) quoted a professor from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia as saying that such elections would not be brought back because "policymakers know from experience worldwide that the Opposition tends to ...
Oriental Daily News (simplified Chinese: 东方日报; traditional Chinese: 東方日報) is one of Malaysia's daily Chinese-language newspapers, published in broadsheet format. [1] It was officially launched on New Year's Day 2003. The newspaper group is owned by KTS Group, [2] a Sarawak timber company founded by late Datuk Lau Hui Kang.
For example, he believed this would make control of the Straits of Malacca vulnerable to China. [56] In 2009, Malaysia and China signed five agreements to expand their cooperation in trade and investment, particularly focused on the financial services sector. [57]: 158
One Straits one dollar banknote from 1935 One Straits one cent coin from 1920. The Straits dollar was the currency of the Straits Settlements from 1898 until 1939. At the same time, it was also used in the Federated Malay States, the Unfederated Malay States, Kingdom of Sarawak, Brunei, and British North Borneo.
The complex once had Malaysia's first Yaohan store which operated from the mall's opening in 1987 until 1997 before its bankruptcy in Japan. [ 8 ] In March 2011, Putra Place, which consists of The Mall, Legend Hotel (now known as Sunway Putra Hotel) and an office block, was acquired by Sunway REIT under Sunway Group for RM513.94 million in a ...
A strategic decision was made by the NSTP Berhad to focus on only one English newspaper, which was the New Straits Times. On 1 September 2004, the New Straits Times introduced the publishing of two versions of the newspaper – a tabloid-size daily along with the broadsheet format. This signalled their intention to go head-on with The Star ...