Batu in a sentence

Towns and villages in Malaysia with no proper names had adopted the Malay word batu (meaning "rock") to indicate their locations along a main road before the use of metric system (for example, batu enam means "6th mile" or "mile 6").

Also present were Saberkas Batu Lintang chairman Patrick Tan and branch secretary Wilson Tan.

The Royal convoy will then proceed to Kampung Penan Muslim, Batu 10, Miri-Bintulu for a tea function and a ceremony to hand over donations to the asnaf (individuals eligible to receive tithe) in the area.

Professor Batu performed research using data from the Philippines to add to this discussion.

Southbound traffic is diverted to the Kedah South interchange, and northbound traffic is diverted to the Jitra Batu interchange.

Among the roadblocks that are conducted by the Padawan District Police headquarters (IPD) are at Batu Kawa Road, Penrissen Road (Kota Sentosa) and Mile 18 Kuching-Serian Road.

Batu Kitang assemblyman Lo Khere Chiang said the Mile 4 interchange will be the first to be completed among three other interchanges along the Kuching-Serian Road (KSR) Section project, which is part of the Pan Borneo Highway project.

He said in view of the mandatory use of face mask policy in public places that came into force from Aug 1 to 14, he and his DAP Batu Kitang team had distributed nearly 400 packets of free face masks on Sunday.

He said this in reply to Datuk Liew Vui Keong (Warisan-Batu Sapi) who wanted to know whether the government intends to introduce a special law to deal with the rising number of contempt of court cases, especially on social media, more effectively.

He then got a job at SM Min Lit Batu Kawa, another Chinese independent secondary school and served as head of counselling between 2000 and 2010.

However, satellite commercial centres have evolved here and there, in Batu Kawah, Matang, Petra Jaya, Taman BDC, Tabuan Jaya, Taman Hui Sing, and Mile 7. Industrial zones such as the Sama Jaya Free Industrial Zone are located on the city’s perimeters.

Liew was elected as the Batu Sapi MP after winning the state seat during GE14.

Police found 9,800 cartons of cigarettes worth RM2.35 million inside the house,” said Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Ramli Din during a press conference at the GOF headquarters in Batu Kawa today.

The two parties had also clashed in five other seats – Murum, Ngemah, Simanggang, Mambong and Batu Kitang.

Inquest into Batu Arang shooting of 3 men by cops begins.

Muhammad Amir, from Batu Pahat, Johor, related their five-hour bitter experience when they were detained by a special security body after they had arrived in Kazakhstan, allegedly on suspicion that they were terrorists.

Sabah MCA Batu Sapi division chief Chew Kok Woh says de facto law minister should wait for the outcome of the appeal.

Swinburne University of Technology student Sue Zane Melanie, 22, from Bau, was crowned Miss Beautiful Chubby Queen, while 44-year-old Patricia Judin – a teacher from SMK Batu Kawa – clinched the Mrs Beautiful Chubby Queen crown.

Therefore, according to Mr Talibita, BATU took advantage of the business environment to scale down on its operations, which in essence meant that it could cost less on taxes, employees and other such operations.

This follows the disclosure by Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow last month that the state government had received a proposal to reclaim 121ha off the waters of Batu Ferringhi for a world-class resort.