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Agoda.com, Asia’s leading hotel booking site and part of Nasdaq-listed Priceline Group (Nasdaq:PCLN), is providing great new deals on hotels in the Malaysian city of Kota Kinabalu to take advantage of the dry season climbing opportunities on the beautiful and surprisingly accessible Mt. Kinabalu, only 50km from the main city. Singapore (PRWEB) May 03, 2013 Agoda.com, Asia’s leading hotel booking site and part of Nasdaq-listed Priceline Group (Nasdaq:PCLN), is providing great new deals...

KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia, May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Continental Energy Corporation (OTCBB: CPPXF) (the "Company") an emerging unconventional energy company concentrating its efforts in Southeast Asia, today announced that the Government Of Malaysia, acting through its Public Private Partnership Unit of the Prime Minister's Department, has awarded a grant of 35 Million Malaysian Ringgit (approximately US$ 11.5 Million) to Tawau Green Energy Sdn. Bhd. ("TGE"). The Company owns a 10%...

HONG KONG, Aug. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Operating revenues amounted to RMB6,934 million, representing a year-on-year increase of 9.90%.Revenues from passenger transportation rose 10.88% year-on-year to RMB3,908 million.Revenues from freight transportation rose 4.58% year-on-year to RMB643 million.Consolidated profit attributable to equity holders amounted to RMB915 million, a year-on-year increase of 47.20%.Guangshen Railway Company Limited ("Guangshen Railway" or the "Company") (HKEx...

SINGAPORE, March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The Malaysian government announced a huge stimulus package on March 10, 2009. The first package announced in November 2008 was generally considered to be too timid and too little. The second package is to be implemented over two years and commits RM 60 billion (US$16.2 billion) to stimulating the economy. What opportunities can the energy & power industry expect from this package? (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO)...

KOTA KINABALU: The Transport Ministry has approved three new air routes to connect Kota Kinabalu, Kuching and Miri with Singapore on budget airline AirAsia. The three direct flight routes are expected to start before the year-end. Transport Minister Datuk Ong Tee Keat said final negotations were under way between the Malaysian and Singapore authorities as well as the airline. "The new routes are in line with the country's open sky policy. We hope to finalise negotiations by this month." (c)...

KOTA KINABALU: Malaysia Airlines' subsidiary, MAS-wings, affirmed its role in providing greener travel options when its new low- emission aircraft, the 68-seater ATR 72, took to the skies yesterday. The use of the aircraft also fitted in with Sabah's focus on eco- friendly tourism. The aircraft consumes 10 per cent less fuel than the smaller Fokker 50, which the airline currently flies to destinations in Sabah and Sarawak. It emits 50 per cent less carbon dioxide per passenger kilometre...

KOTA KINABALU: Sarawak and Sabah should ask the Federal Government to raise oil royalty from the present 5 to 25 per cent effective from Jan 1 this year. Former Sabah chief minister Datuk Harris Mohd Salleh said in a letter dated Sept 2 that the Sabah and Sarawak state assemblies should pass a motion at their next sitting. The letter, which was addressed to the chief ministers and assemblymen of the two states, was made available to the media yesterday. Harris listed three reasons for...

By Joniston Bangkuai KOTA KINABALU: Nature lovers can see some of Borneo's most endangered animals in their natural habitats on a special tour package. Introduced in conjunction with the launch of MASwing's ATR 72 aircraft flights between here and Lahad Datu later this month, the two-day, one-night package, a joint effort by MASwing - Malaysia's first commuter airline - and Tabin Wildlife Holidays (TWH) will cost around RM390 per person. The package, limited only to residents of Malaysia,...

KOTA KINABALU: Universiti Malaysia Sabah's first batch of doctors will be graduating from its School of Medicine in its 7th convocation today. Thirty graduates will be the first doctors from the university. The school of medicine was set up five years ago. One student will also be receiving a royal award during the ceremony. A total of 3,927 students will be receiving their scrolls over the two-day ceremony at the university's chancellery hall. On Thursday, 64 students received the...

By Julia Chan KOTA KINABALU: The village folk of Kampung Tudan and Kampung Tongou in Ranau, at the foothills of Mount Kinabalu, are living easier these days: they no longer have to trek many kilometres to fetch water. They have Coca-Cola Malaysia and Raleigh International to thank for this. The project that has given the subsistence farmers of Kampung Tudan (250 people) and Kampung Tongou (350 people) a lifeline is a gravity water feed system that allows fresh water to be stored and...