KUALA LUMPUR: Despite being a newly-established outfit providing pipe-cleaning services in Kuala Lumpur, E-Dr Pipe Sales & Services Sdn Bhd already has ambitious plans to expand its business to the northern and southern regions in Malaysia as early as the first half of this year.

In an exclusive interview with The Malay Mail, chairman and managing director, Anand Nagpal, who is involved in the pro

KUALA LUMPUR: Tune Money Sdn Bhd which is a part of Tune Group is currently in talks with potential  partners in Indonesia,Thailand and Korea to set up offices there by end of this year,said its chief executive officer, Joyce Lai at the launch of its new image for products and services this morning.

This will be one of its major plans apart from focusing on the local market which includes a rebranding  excercise.

KUALA LUMPUR:  Frost & Sullivan expects Malaysia's total industry volume (TiV) to rebound in 2010 with a 4.5 per cent growth to a historic high of 555,000 units due to an improved economic outlook and rising consumer sentiment.

Kavan Mukhtyar, partner and head of the automotive and transportation practice, Asia Pacific, Frost & Sullivan, said that the vehicle sales will also be driven by replacement car buyers.

PETALING JAYA: In an effort to strengthen its information communication and technology (ICT) division, KUB Malaysia Bhd through its subsidiary Empirical Systems (M) Sdn Bhd, this morning launched an IT managed service solutions called PROBIT.

KUALA LUMPUR: An intangible benefit of being a national sportsman is living out of a suitcase and staying in hotel rooms all over.

While some may see this erratic lifestyle as a tiresome chore, former national hockey captain, Ow Soon Kooi, used the various experience gained from his global travels to revive a hotel right here in Kuala Lumpur — the newly refurbished Olympic Sports Hotel.

SUBANG JAYA: Firefly has managed to achieve sales totalling up to RM500,000 simply via Facebook up to September 2009.

That has been the most effective social media advertising for the airline. Since the Firefly Facebook page was set up, the airline already has 11,756 fans.

KUALA LUMPUR: Crest Worlwide Resources Sdn Bhd (CWR) and Asian Finance Bank Berhad (AFB) signed a partnership agreement this morning where AFB becomes the gobal marketing representative for Crest Worldwide, promoting the prestigious property — Crest Jalan Sultan Ismail.

The project, with a Gross Development Value of RM500 million, adds another pair of towers to the Kuala Lumpur skyline, although of different heights. The residential tower of 44 storeys stands 18 floors taller than the 26-storey office tower.

 

KUALA LUMPUR: MAA Assurance Alliance Bhd and Prince Court Medical Centre (PCMC) entered a specific partnership this morning which will enable MAA Assurance MedicaLife policyholders to have an additional option of seeking treatment at the medical centre.

 

MAA Assurance expect a 20 per cent growth, with the partnership in terms of the number of policyholders.

SUBANG JAYA: The Subang Jaya Municipal Council will immediately revoke the licence of the karaoke outlet at a five-star hotel in Subang Jaya if instructed to do so.

Council president Datuk Adnan Md Ikshan told The Malay Mail yesterday that the council supported police action to combat immoral activities in the municipality.

 

KUALA LUMPUR: Mandiri International Remittance (MIR) Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of PT Bank Mandiri based in Indonesia, is looking at achieving a 20 per cent market share in the remittance market in Malaysia by the end of 2010.

 

 

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian-based content and media group Sedania Media Group Sdn Bhd hopes to achieve gross sales of RM231 million next year.

Sedania, which commenced operations in 2003, is looking at its 14 new business plans to help boost its sales.

JANE, of Ampang, wants to know whether her sister,  a victim of a snatch theft recently, will have to pay a
penalty when applying for a new MyKad.

Her sister was attacked  near their house recently and she also suffered minor injuries in the incident.

Having lodged a police report on the incident, she now wants to apply for a new MyKad. However, she was informed by a friend that she has to pay a penalty of RM100 for the MyKad  replacement, even though  the loss was the result of robbery.

SUBANG Jaya Municipal Council has come up with  a variety of channels to enable members of the public
to forward their complaints.

They can now lodge complaints:

THE search for the most talented short story writers by MPH finally came to an end when the winners were

ALICESA is disappointed with the poor Internet connection she faces when using the TM Streamyx service.

She claims to have been calling the 100 helpline since Oct 23 daily and talking to different customer service agents about her problem, but no action has been taken so far to fix it.

“The customer service officers also promised me that a technician will come to check the Streamyx cabling at my home in two working days after I lodged the report.

“Unfortunately, no one came and I still cannot connect to the Internet.

Bukit Antarabangsa residents are considering suing MPAJ for negligence, after it was revealed that poor maintenance of the drainage system were among the factors which could have led to the deadly landslide on Dec 6, which claimed five lives and destroyed 14 houses.

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THE Malaysian Bar Council has welcomed the offer by senior lawyer Karpal Singh to accept the challenge posed by the Prime Minister’s Department, by volunteering to prosecute Datuk V.K. Lingam.
Council chairman Ragunath Kesavan, when contacted by Malay Mail, yesterday said it was a good move of Karpal to offer his expertise in such a case.

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ALIZA is livid that her loan application submitted recently to a bank was rejected — all because of a RM5 charge on a credit card issued by another bank that she never collected!

She says that the situation dates back to when she was offered a credit card by HSBC Bank Malaysia Bhd.

“I thought about the offer for some time before I accepted it and signed the application. However, I changed my mind later and never collected the credit card.”

THE Selangor government is taking steps to declassify confidential reports on hillslopes in Bukit Antarabangsa and the surrounding areas, including high risk landslide spots.

The declassification move, if successful, would be a first that the public (especially those potentially affected) is given access to information that had until now been classified as confidential.