Sources: Bernama News Agency (Alor Setar) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The chief Minister of the Malaysian State of Kedah, Menteri Besar Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir, has announced that he would once again declare a non-working public holiday in the Malaysian State of Kedah, on Tuesday, February 3, 2015, on account of the upcoming Thaipusam annual public and federal holiday in Malaysia. [full story]