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4 Air Selangor water treatment plants stop operation due to pollution
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 1,196,457 Air Selangor account holders in 1,292 areas in the Klang Valley are experiencing another unscheduled water supply disruption when operation of four Sungai Selangor Water Treatment Plants (LRA) has to be suspended due to
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Ringgit improves further to open higher against US dollar
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit improved further to open slightly higher versus the US dollar at the opening today, tailing a strong Chinese yuan and positive China data, dealers said. At 9am, the local currency stood at 4.1430/1480 versus the greenback
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Communications, multimedia service providers should provide best service to consumers – MCMC
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has called on communications and multimedia service providers to always provide the best service to consumers as stipulated in the contract between them. The commission, in a statement today, said the service included
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Dec 18 : Management of corruption, money laundering case involving Lim, wife, Phang
BUTTERWORTH: The Sessions Court here today set Dec 18 for case management of the corruption and money laundering charges faced by former Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, his wife Betty Chew Gek Cheng and businesswoman Phang Li Koon. Judge Ahmad
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Friday, obligatory prayers allowed in Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya with limited worshipers
KUALA LUMPUR: The government today decided to allow Friday and obligatory prayers in mosques and surau in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, which are now under the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO), but with limited number of worshippers. Minister in the
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26 pig farms in Penang found dumping sewage directly into river
GEORGE TOWN: A total of 26 pig farms in Kampung Selamat, Tasek Gelugor here were found to have dumped sewage and animal faeces directly into the river in the area, the Penang state assembly was told yesterday. State Agrotechnology and
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25 illegal immigrants arrested at Sarawak GH worksites
KUCHING: A multi-agency Covid-19 operation was carried out at several construction sites within the vicinity of the Sarawak General Hospital here yesterday which had led to the arrest of 25 illegal immigrants. Sarawak State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a
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Curfew in ESSZOne extended to Nov 1
TAWAU: The curfew in the waters off seven districts in the Eastern Sabah Security Zone (ESSZone), scheduled to end tomorrow, has been extended to Nov 1. Sabah police commissioner Datuk Hazani Ghazali said the curfew covers the waters off Tawau, Semporna, Kunak,
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25 illegal immigrants arrested at Sarawak GH worksites
KUCHING: A multi-agency Covid-19 operation was carried out at several construction sites within the vicinity of the Sarawak General Hospital here yesterday which had led to the arrest of 25 illegal immigrants. Sarawak State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a
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KLCI bucks regional downtrend at opening as bargain-hunting kicks in
KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia has bucked the regional downtrend to open firmer today, as bargain-hunting emerged following the recent losses. At 9.05am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 4.55 points, or 0.30 per cent to 1,518.50 from
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