The Borneo Post - 2019-03-30

• RM8 million for Chinese schools
• LBU says highway project delivered below target cost
• Kuching to host historic armwrestli­ng meet
• NZ remembers victims of mosque attacks
• Alarming increase in dengue cases — Dr Lee
• Nicolas Cage annuls fourth marriage after just four days
• Petronas continues to enhance governance through CIAP
• IKN introduces new course for youths
• All eateries can now use domestic LPG tanks — Chong
• It’s humanitari­an, not political gesture, says Dr Teo
• Proposed Agro Forestry, Eco-Tourism project in Kanowit faces resistance
• BCCK rewards clients with loyalty programme
• Centexs Santubong to become academy
• Society to host awareness coffee talks across the state
• Station blamed for pumping water-tainted fuel into six vehicles
• For Tvet, STEM matters!
• S’wak Labour Dept wants newspapers to help check dubious ad on job vacancies
• Abdul Karim welcomes assurance on tourism tax payment
• Sex Offenders Registry launched, to take effect April 1 — Voon
• In praise of the slow food movement and local traditiona­l cooking
• Groups want Peaceful Assembly Act abolished
• Regas Premium Auto unveils all-new BMW 3 Series
• Pullman Hotel adds more variety to dim sum menu
• Translucen­t Goodyear tyres unveiled at Geneva motor show
• Man appeals for govt help to free sister detained in Sambas
• Four-day remand for suspected robber to facilitate investigat­ion
• Foreigner rearrested after 19 hours on the loose
• Inaugural Borneo Robotic Lego Football Competitio­n attracts 40 teams
• More than 250 villagers to enjoy clean water from tube well project
• Muslim NGOs condemn attack on worshipper­s in New Zealand
• Avoid cruelty to wildlife, don’t take law into your own hands — Perhilitan
• Craft festival promotes rich cultural heritage
• PDK Kapit in need of van to ferry special needs children to centre
• Loyalist calls for ailing president to quit fail to end Algeria protests
• Thousands of German teens join Thunberg’s climate fight
• Hamas backs Egypt proposal for calm on Israel border
• Thai candidates lodge fresh complaints over ‘election irregulari­ties’
• 74-year-old California woman wins US$150,000 in child support payments 50 years after divorce
• US performs first kidney transplant from living donor with HIV
• Hamilton calls for more of a stand against racism
• Kubica says Williams are lacking spare parts for Bahrain
• California moves to limit use of drugs and whips
• How the Premier League title race and top-four battle will be decided
• Shot in the arm for rugby in Sarawak
• Shooting range not a white elephant — Dr Ong
• Women’s compound archery team hit bull’s-eye in Bangkok Asia Cup
• Man City, Liverpool eye home straight as Solskjaer plots to-four
• Swimmer Fujimori suspended after failed drug test
• India run rings around Poland
• Federer books Shapovalov showdown, Pliskova to face Barty
• Ranieri’s problems multiply as Roma face Napoli
• Duterte critic freed on bail after latest arrest
• UK seeks third vote in Brexit deal crisis
• Cholera cases in Mozambique rise to 139
• Maduro bans Guaido from public office for 15 years
• UN pushes countries to crack down on terror financing
• Rebuilding at North Korea’s rocket site ‘almost complete’ — Seoul
• Ocean heat hits record high in 2018 — United Nations
• Over 600,000 older Japanese live in social isolation — Govt survey
• Dhaka skyscraper inferno death toll rises to 25
• Vietnam seizes suspected ivory from Congo
• China thanks Kazakhstan for ‘support’ of Xinjiang crackdown
• Trump, Moon to meet in Washington in April
• Australia seeks to mend China ties with new foundation, envoy
• Sherpa widows breaking down taboos as they eye Mount Everest
• Saudi Arabia temporaril­y releases three detained women activists
• Egyptian activist out on probation after five years in jail
• Mexico raises alert level as volcano spews ash and lava
• New close-ups of mini-moons in Saturn’s rings
• Trump showdown with Democrats escalates over Russia probe
• NSA contractor pleads guilty to retaining top secret data
• Investigat­ors believe anti-stall system activated in Ethiopia crash – WSJ
• Norway’s Kon-Tiki museum agrees to return Easter Island items
• Garfield beach phone mystery finally cracked after 30 years
• Apple escapes import ban, faces another
• Delivery app outdoes Uber by letting Saudis bargain on the go
• Ikea unveils floating shelf-inspired wall speaker ahead of April launch
• WGA vote: Prospect of mass agent firings — and a class battle
• NPR reporter Totenberg is everyone’s favourite meme after her moment with Schwarzene­gger
• Seungri slapped with another charge
• Alia Bhatt admits suffering from bouts of anxiety lately
• BTS explains why they choose to stick to singing in Korean
• Smollett case prompts criticism from Trump
• ‘The Perfect Date’ cements Centineo’s status as Netflix’s go-to heartthrob
• UK indie pop duo Her’s killed in car crash
• Top Glove injects initiative­s to mitigate margin erosion
• Multinatio­nals expected to drive Asia M&A after slow start to year
• Malaysia’s online hiring off to a sluggish start in 2019
• Malaysia to see first neo bank by 2020
• Maybank continues to protect margins via selective asset growth
• ACFA sets focus on growing Malaysian SMEs’ participat­ion in capital market
• Kenanga Investors to acquire Libra Invest
• Australia’s Wesfarmers still keen to buy Lynas
• Local banking system asset quality remains healthy — BNM
• UOB Malaysia launches first structured internship programme
• Neutral on Gamuda’s new contract in Taiwan
• Malaysia’s reserves at US$102.36 billion end-February 2019
• Bursa Malaysia closes higher on USChina trade talk resumption
• A tax on a tax: US customs demands bigger bonds as trade tariffs rise
• Crisis drives South Africa to Zimbabwe cargo shuttle
• Lyft IPO sets rollout for ride-hailing, sharing economy
• Eurozone ‘not resilient enough’ to weather another economic crisis
• Wells Fargo says chief executive officer Tim Sloan to step down ‘immediatel­y’
• Lira wobbles as US ties with Turkey fray
• Huawei vows to ‘shake off’ pressure as network business takes a hit
• Deal for new Sri Lanka oil refinery will take at least a year to finalise – Investor
• Japan’s factory output rises, unemployme­nt stays low
• ‘SE Asia should be aware of Iran’s tactics to evade oil sanctions’

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