Moving on to the yummy treats – this store opens with a few choice selections of daily, weekend and weekday shopping gifts, extra BL points with every spend, free shopping vouchers with every spend, games, activities and a shopping contest to win the new iPhone 6!

More details could be obtained from the Parkson website or Parkson Facebook page or just pop on over to the store now to enjoy it all.

Shoppers could also sign-up for the retailer’s new loyalty card – theParkson Card. Launch on 1 Dec 2014, Parkson Card is an exclusive PrivilegeProgram that is distinguished by tiers (Gold, Platinum and Diamond) that enable upfront discounts, exclusive privileges and benefits for shopping at Parkson, with additional promotions across participating merchant partners from other industries, including F&B, Automobile, Hospitality, Health & Lifestyle and more.

The Parkson Card is a cross-boundaries privileges card that can be used in Parkson Malaysia and Indonesia and soon also in Parkson China, Vietnam and Myammar.

When cardmembers swipe their Parkson Card during shopping, the value of their accumulated purchases can be used to redeem Parkson vouchers at the end of every quarter.

Parkson has retail stores in 5 countries. Besides Malaysia where the brand has 42 stores at present (including Parkson Imago Mall), Parkson also have 56 stores in China, 9 stores in Vietnam, 14 in Indonesia and 1 in Myanmar. 

The retailer is currently planning for 3 more stores to be launched in 2015 –1 in Kuching, 1 in Kedah and 1 in Klang Valley respectively.

 (Bernama) – Sabah may be the best example of press freedom in the country, said Sabah Legislative Assembly Speaker Dr Salleh Tun Said.

“Every day in the Sabah media, opposition parties and non-governmental bodies (NGOs) criticise the Barisan Nasional or the government, and sometimes their articles are published on the front page (of the local newspapers).

“Likewise, state BN leaders, too, are free to rebut their criticism. This scenario has been going on for decades. In other words, Sabah media appears to enjoy the widest margin of press freedom compared with other states,” he said in his talk “The Principle of Democracy – The Right to the Freedom of Expression” in conjunction with the visit of members of the Malaysian Press Institute, here today.

However, Salleh said although the provisions of Articles 5 to 15 of the Federal Constitution clearly outlined the rights to the freedom of expression, it was wrong for anyone to claim that “he or she had an absolute right to do whatever he or she pleases in the name of such freedom”.

For that reason, he said Parliament had provided some restrictions on sensitive matters that could threaten national security.

“I believe no freedom is absolute, not even freedom of expression. Freedom of expression should not be taken blindly, ignoring religious sensitivity, ethics and social values.

“In Sabah alone, we have more than 32 ethnic groups with different cultures, races and religions. As such, freedom of expression should not transgress or violate these values,” he said.

Thus, he said democracy in a country like Malaysia with a diverse society must be understood in the context of a conditional freedom.

The former Chief Minister said freedom must come with responsibility, saying “more so in a multi-racial country like Malaysia which still has a lot of sensitive issues”.