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Disaster averted as firemen stop flame from razing fuel tanks
KUCHING: Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) personnel in Betong were able to avert a potential catastrophe when they prevented flames gutting two houses from spreading to a nearby fuel storage area. The incident happened in Kampung Beladin, Pusa Saturday night
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Nora Anne tragedy makes 2019 sad year for Negeri Sembilan
SEREMBAN: 2019 saw a horrific episode in Negeri Sembilan after a special needs Irish girl Nora Anne Quoirin, who went missing from Dusun Pantai Hill Resort here on Aug 4, was found dead 10 days later. What made it even
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Education Ministry: Parents still have archaic view on skills training
PUCHONG: Malaysian parents still lack awareness about skills training as career prospects for their children. In a Facebook post yesterday, Education Ministry said only 28% of students in the country further their studies in skills related education. “This happens because
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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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