KUALA LUMPUR: "Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! We are going down.” This distress call was probably the last words uttered by the pilot of a Royal Air Force (RAF) B24 Liberator KL654 aircraft, carrying a crew of eight and war supplies, that had taken off from Cocos Island, Australia, before crashing in a remote forest in Negeri Sembilan on Aug 23, 1945, during World War 2 (WW2).
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 2): Here is a brief look at some corporate announcements and news flow on Tuesday (Aug 2), which include Malaysian Genomics Resource Centre Bhd (MGRC), Majuperak Holdings Bhd, Chin Hin Group Bhd, Sapura Energy Bhd, Advancecon Holdings Bhd, Dataprep Holdings Bhd, LPI Capital Bhd, Industronics Bhd, Dagang NeXchange Bhd's (DNeX), Samaiden Group Bhd and MQ Technology Bhd.
SEREMBAN: No permit was issued to any company to carry out logging activities in the Gunung Telapak Buruk forest reserve, says Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun.
SEREMBAN: The flood situation in Negri Sembilan has improved slightly with only 329 victims from 89 families still sheltering at five relief centres, says the Malaysian Civil Defence Force.