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2019 sees a glimmer of hope towards Kampung Baru redevelopment
KUALA LUMPUR: The year 2019 brought a glimmer of hope towards the solution of Kampung Baru dilemma after the government offered several options to landowners, including a new price of RM1,000 per square foot (sq. ft), in its effort to
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Kelantan male civil servants to wear songkok every Thursday
KOTA BHARU: The Kelantan government has made it compulsory for its 5,000 male civil servants to wear songkok to work every Thursday, effective immediately. The directive was issued by the Kelantan State Secretary on Dec 19, signed by Deputy State
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Scully: Apt to place price tags on AMD players
KLANG: The decision of the National Sports Council (MSN) to impose a price tag on any Malaysian League (M-League) keen to obtain the service of a player from the Mokhtar Dahari Academy (AMD) is an apt one since MSN has
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KPDNHEP investigates increase in price of Indian onions
PUTRAJAYA: Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry (KPDNHEP) will investigate the increase in price of Indian onions in Perlis since last September. Its director of enforcement Datuk Iskandar Halim Sulaiman said the investigation will look at the entire supply chain
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Communist flag: Police seek man who viral untruth via video
BUTTERWORTH: Police are looking for a man who was believed to have recorded and viraled a video clip claiming that there was a communist flag in the 2019 Penang Chingay Festival procession in Jalan Raja Uda here, four days ago.
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Malaysia’s ‘Ice Queens’ enter Antarctica
SHAH ALAM: Members of the All Women Expedition to Antarctica (Aweta) have begun to enter the site of the South Pole. Aweta spokeswoman said the team, led by polar adventurer Dr Sharifah Mazlina Syed Abdul Kadir, had entered Antarctica at
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UPSI to revive use of Jawi script next year
KUALA LUMPUR: Beginning next year, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) will revive the use of the Jawi script at its two campuses – the Sultan Azlan Shah Campus in Proton City and the Sultan Abdul Jalil Shah Campus – in
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LKIM allocates RM60 million for housing for fishermen in three states next year
SUNGAI PETANI: The Malaysian Fisheries Development Board (LKIM) has allocated RM60 million to build houses for fishermen in three states next year through the Fishermen Resettlement Project (PSN). LKIM chairman Muhammad Faiz Fadzil said RM20 million each has been allocated
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Police seized cigarettes worth RM4.3 million, nab three
IPOH: Police seized 25,850 cartons of cigarettes worth RM4.3 million after detaining three men including two Bangladeshi nationals at a warehouse in Wisma Ransons, Jalan Station, Tapah on two days ago. Tapah district police chief, Supt Wan Azharuddin Wan Ismail
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Madius: Sabah Temporary Pass to illegal immigrants tabled next year
RANAU:- Sabah deputy chief minister Datuk Seri Wilfred Madius Tangau said a Cabinet Paper on the issuance of Sabah Temporary Pass (PSS) to illegal immigrants (PATI) in Sabah is expected to be tabled in the state Cabinet early next year.
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