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Rashid backs special badminton development programme
BANGI: The time has come for national badminton to follow in the footsteps of football and rugby which have grassroots development programmes following the deteriorating performances of Malaysia at the junior levels. The national junior squad triggered anxiety when they
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TSC are champions of Tour De Selangor
SHAH ALAM: Local team, Team Sapura Cycling (TSC) emerges as overall champions in the Tour De Selangor cycling championship which ends yesterday in a time of 46 hours, 47 minutes and 46 seconds. The second place went to Vietnam-based team,
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Selangor MB hopes water supply restored by today
SHAH ALAM: The Selangor government expects water supply affected by the closure of the Sungai Semenyih Water Treatment Plant to recover by late tonight, at the earliest. Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said this was because at 4pm yesterday,
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Sarawak to come out with more effective programme on rabies
KUCHING: Sarawak is formulating programmes to deal with rabies more effectively next year, said Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. He said once completed, the programmes, formulated based on the state’s experience over the last three years, would
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King, Queen visited Penang Hill
GEORGE TOWN: Yang diPertuan Agong AlSultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al Mustafa Billah Shah and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah yesterday visited The Habitat, one of the tourist attractions on Penang Hill. Their Majesties took a funicular ride
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Illegal waste disposal causes Sungai Semenyih pollution – IWK
KUALA LUMPUR: The closure of the Sungai Semenyih Water Treatment Plant (LRA) was not due to sewage treatment operations conducted at Indah Water Consortium Sdn Bhd (IWK), but due to illegal waste disposal near the plant. IWK in a statement
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Mahfuz: Government mulls Cuepacs’ minimum pay proposal of RM1,800
ALOR SETAR: The government will consider the proposal of the Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services Malaysia (Cuepacs) which sought to fix the minimum salary of civil servants at RM1,800 a month. Deputy Human Resources
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Sungai Semenyih pollution: 328,957 families in 348 areas face water disruption
KUALA LUMPUR: The Sungai Semenyih Water Treatment Plant had to be fully shut down yesterday following an incident of odour pollution in Sungai Semenyih. The management of Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Air Selangor), in a statement, said the large scale
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Probing war crimes in Palestine long overdue – Dr Mahathir
KUALA LUMPUR: Any move to investigate alleged war crimes in the Palestinian territories is long overdue, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. He said Israel should face justice over the atrocities committed against the Palestinian people. “Israel should be
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Kelantan police confirm five drowned in flood
KOTA BHARU: The Kelantan police have confirmed that five people have drowned in floods in the state, to date. Kelantan police chief, Datuk Hasanuddin Hassan said it involved three victims during the first wave of the flood while the other
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