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Dr M: M’sian cyclists have potential to become world champions
LANGKAWI: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today expressed confidence that Malaysian road cyclists have the potential to become world champions, including competing in the famed Tour de France. He said the success shown by national cyclists in the just
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Under-construction condo collapse: Two workers safely rescued
Two foreign construction workers were safely rescued after part of the structure of a 37-storey condominium under construction collapsed in Taman Desa, Jalan Klang Lama yesterday. The first victim, aged 30, was found among the debris on the first floor
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Face mask: Home Ministry urged to give leeway on hiring foreign workers
The Cabinet has instructed the Home Ministry to give leeway to face mask producers to hire more foreign workers to ramp up production in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, said Deputy Prime Minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail. Speaking
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Three MPK personnel detained for posing as cops
Police have detained three Klang Municipal Council (MPK) enforcers suspected to have been impersonating as policemen and blackmailing a foreigner in Klang Utara near Shah Alam last Monday. Klang Utara district police chief ACP Nurulhuda Mohd Salleh said the three
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Health Ministry: Allegation of five COVID-19 cases in Klang Hospital a hoax
The Health Ministry has refuted the allegation that there are five positive COVID-19 cases at Klang Hospital, after a video clip on it went viral on social media yesterday. In a Facebook post, the ministry said the five-second video clip
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SME Congress: Rejuvenating Indian Muslim entrepreneurs all over
KUALA LUMPUR: To develop and reinvigorate Indian Muslim businesses in the country; that was the theme of today’s SME Congress 2020. Held at the prestigious Menara Kembar Bank Rakyat, around 1,000 entrepreneurs from diverse background converged at the hall to
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Lim: Dr M will announce economic stimulus package on Feb 27
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad will announce an economic stimulus package on Feb 27, at 4:30 pm, to cushion the adverse external economic impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak on Malaysia while looking out for the welfare of
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Inspection of seized goods by Najib, family postponed due to security issues
KUALA LUMPUR: The inspection of seized goods by former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his family, scheduled to take place today, was postponed due to security issues, with the High Court here instructing the prosecution to file
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No rise in cement prices? News agencies must be ‘lying’ then, says Najib
PUCHONG: Leading news agencies must be ‘lying’ about soaring cement prices as our dear minister had denied the matter, said former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. In a Facebook post today, Najib sarcastically said that The Edge, Bloomberg
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Pupil taken to hospital for medical tests, not arrested
The Johor Department of Health (JKNJ) has denied that a COVID-19 positive pupil was arrested by police at a school near Kulai today. JKNJ director Aman Rabu said the pupil was merely taken to hospital for screening involving a suspected
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