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Kota Kinabalu: Malaysia's first submarine, the KD Tunku Abdul Rahman, demonstrated its capability when it fired at a target located 40km away from a depth of 55m.

Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) chief Laksamana Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Jaafar said the test firing of the Exocet SM39 Block 2 missile was part of contractual activities in the submarine's tropical operations.

He said 55m was a depth that posed difficulties for anti-submarine ships to adopt counter-measures. The missile hit its 40m-long target - a floating platform located 22 nautical miles (40km) away on the surface.

Laksamana Abdul Aziz said the test firing of the missile, at exactly 10.15am on Monday in the South China Sea, was proof that the RMN and the submarine were capable of launching an attack from below the sea surface.

Laksamana Abdul Aziz, who witnessed the test, said it was also aimed at confirming the effectiveness of the Exocet SM39 Blok 2 missile and the capabilities of the submarine's weapons system, better know as SUBTICSKD TAR, in tropical conditions.

He said the Exocet SM39 Blok 2, sourced from France in 2008, was a submarine-to-surface missile weighing 2,100kg, with a length of 6m and a diameter of 35cm.

Source: Bernama

Kota Kinabalu: Sabah Kinsabina Group will face a tough challenge of going against Kuala Lumpur Dragons in the semi-final round of the National Basketball League, this weekend.

The Penampang-based team finished fourth in the league standing with 10 points after getting just one win from nine matches that were played in three state venues throughout the month-long competition.

Kuala Lumpur, who won seven of all its matches, finished in the top spot with 16 points and is expected to win easily against Sabah.

The two teams are set to clash in the opening fixture of the first semi-final round, which will be held at 8.15pm at the Maba Stadium in Kuala Lumpur on July 30.

They will play again at the same time and place in the second round, which is scheduled on the following day.

The other semi-final match will feature Sarawak Rainbow taking on Perak Farmcochem at 9.15pm on both days.

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Stephanie Liew Pei Sing of Sabah emerged as the first runner-up of the Astro Star Quest 2010 Finals at Stadium Putra Indoor, Bukit Jalil on Saturday night.
The 19-year-old Stephanie lost to the eventual champion Teo Yi Poi, 22, of Johor Bahru in the finals which was shown live on Astro Zhi Zun HD, the first Chinese HD channel in Malaysia.
It was also the first-ever local Chinese TV production broadcast in HD.
The second, third and fourth runners-up were Fyone Tan Huey Ying, 18, of Batu Pahat, Chang Yew Joe, 20, of Ipoh and Alvin Gan Wee Loon, 20, of Kuala Lumpur respectively.
Taking the Best Composer Award was Goey Ee Han, 19, of Kedah for Struggle, performed by ASQ 2009 Top 10 Justin Ooi.
The Best MV Director Award went to Shoo Jia Keng and directed MV by Fyone Tan.
Since its debut in 1997, the Astro Star Quest (formerly known as Astro Talent Quest) has become a prominent local Chinese singing reality show that fulfilled dreams of many young Malaysians to become successful singers. Prominent alumni include Nicholas Teo, Gary Cao, Eric Lim, Andrew Tan, Amy Wong, Gan Wan Chean and Choo Hou Ren.
The ASQ finals offered a total of RM365,000 including RM75,000 in cash and RM290,000 in prizes. Teo took home a Toyota Vios TRD Sportivo worth RM92,000 and other fabulous prizes.
Stephanie will join Teo and Fyone to represent Malaysia at the annual International Chinese New Talent Singing Competition in Hong Kong. They will compete against talented performers from around the globe to gain international fame.
Among the songs sang by Stephanie in the early rounds were When We're Together by Wang Ling, Love Castle by Genie Zhuo and Legend.

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