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• Direct Hong Kong-Langkawi summer charter

  Articles 2008

  Author: goM

  KUALA LUMPUR – Tourism Malaysia has teamed up with Hong Kong travel agency EGL to offer charter flights direct from Hong Kong to Langkawi, Malaysia, for the summer season. The direct flights, bypassing the usual stop in Kuala Lumpur, mean tourists will ...

• Over 500 confirmed for Langkawi Beach Run

  Articles 2008

  Author: goM

  LANGKAWI -- About 500 locals and foreigners have confirmed their participation in the Langkawi Beach Run on July 12. The event's organising committee chairman Ilias Ismail said the international-class run held in conjunction with the Sultan of Kedah's Go...

• Don't Eat Puffer

  Articles 2008

  Author: Bernama

  KUALA LUMPUR -- The Health Ministry has advised the public not to buy or eat puffer following six cases of food poisoning due to consuming the fish or its eggs reported over the past two months.The ministry's Disease Control Director Datuk Dr Hasan Abdul ...

• Budget Hotels Receiving Less Package Bookings

  Articles 2008

  Author: Bernama

  LANGKAWI -- Budget hotel operators in Langkawi are receiving less package bookings for courses and seminars following the government's directive for its departments and agencies to cut costs.Kedah/Perlis Budget Hotels Association chairman Aziz Ahmad said ...

• "Byul" Shoots Music Video in Malaysia

  Articles 2008

  Author: Ted Gim

  Pop Diva Wants to Recommend Resorts for Lovers Star went through the lively culture of Malaysia in its capital city of Kuala Lumpur. The pop diva also visited a peaceful beach in Langkawi where she also took her music video. The popular South Korean pop ...

• LANGKAWI BEACH: Public or private property?

  Articles 2008

  Author: goM

  reader D.A. , Kuala Lumpur is asking in a letter to NST.ON the afternoon of June 4 we arrived at Pulau Beras Basah in Langkawi as part of our island-hopping activity. It has a small but beautiful beach. However, the entire left side of the beach was roped...

• Government To Study Public Transport Fare Hike

  Articles 2008

  Author: Bernama

  PUTRAJAYA, June 9 () -- The government is studying the demand by public transport operators to raise fares following the sudden rise in petrol and diesel prices.Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development, Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah, said t...

• Traditional Fishing To Be Allowed In Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks And South Ledge Waters

  Articles 2008

  Author: Bernama

  KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia and Singapore have agreed that fishermen of both countries would be allowed to continue with their current traditional fishing activities in the waters around Batu Puteh (Pedra Branca), Middle Rocks and South Ledge.In a joint pres...