Ganesh Sahathevan

Attention grabbing: Yeoh wearing Mandalay’s RM6.8mil imperial green jadeite necklace with diamonds at the Cannes Film Festival International superstar Michelle Yeoh hopes her upcoming film The Lady, based on the life of Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, will be nominated for several Academy Awards next year. "If the media continues to give the film good publicity and reviews, it could become a reality," Yeoh told reporters during a press conference on the International Ipoh Run 2011 in Malaysia. She is the ambassador for the event. The Malaysia-born Yeoh, who was in award-winning films like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Memoirs of the Geisha, said she also hoped to be nominated for Best Actress for her role in the movie. She said the shooting for The Lady wrapped up early this year, adding that the film was a great honour and tribute to the Nobel Peace Prize winner, who celebrated her 66th birthday on Sunday. "I would like to wish her good health and stabili...

According to BCorp on 11 June 2010: We note that there had been many conflicting discussions about the actual status of the approval given to Ascot to operate sports betting in the country. ..... ......... it is evident from the above statements that Ascot has the approval from the Minister of Finance to conduct a sports betting operations and that the formal licence was first issued in 1987 is pending re-issuance. We hope this clarifies the matter (See full statement below) So accroding to BCorp-we have all got confused-the license has only been approved but not re-issued.What then to make of the statements made by none other than the BCorp Executive Chairman himself,reported in his and BCorp's very own paper THE SUN: a) "One particular person, who is a wanted fugitive, claimed that some government officials and political parties have benefited from the licence being re-issued to Ascot Sport Sdn Bhd," he said.... Tan said the system for bets collection will not be ready...