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Sarawak’s Sri Aman API hits ‘hazardous’ level
KUCHING: Air pollution in Sri Aman has breached the red zone on the Air Pollutant Index (API) with readings shooting up overnight to 365 as at 8am today. The Department of Environment’s (DOE) hourly monitoring statistics of air quality shows
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Wan Rosdy: Diversity is Malaysia’s strength
MARAN: The diversity of Malaysian society, religion and culture should be the strength of the nation, said Pahang Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail. He said unity was not something that could be taken lightly and that it
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Anwar: No issue with Azmin attending Bersatu event
KUCHING: PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim brushed aside speculations questioning party deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali’s loyalty to the party, following the latter’s recent appearance at a Bersatu event. Anwar said that there were many other PKR
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Putrajaya schools closed today as haze worsens
PUTRAJAYA: All schools in Putrajaya have been forced to shut down today after the Air Pollutant Index (API) readings in the administrative capital rose to very unhealthy levels. Putrajaya Education Department director Farizah Ahmad said based on the 5pm API
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Haze: 145 Selangor schools to close today
SHAH ALAM: A total of 145 schools in Sepang, Hulu Langat, Kuala Langat, Klang and Petaling Perdana districts will be closed today as the haze situation in the state gets worse. Selangor State Education Department, in a statement, said the
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Malaysia’s economy to be restructured towards progressive direction
KUALA LUMPUR: The country’s economy will be restructured in a more progressive direction based on high technology adoption, innovation, and research and development, the Economic Affairs Ministry said. This is in order to achieve the Shared Prosperity Vision goal of
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Haze: Schools, higher institutions in Johor to close
KUALA LUMPUR: The worsening haze has forced 129 schools in Tangkak and 89 schools in Muar, as well as institutions of higher learning including matriculation colleges in Johor to close. A total of 40,000 students will be affected by the
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Cuepacs: Sale of MyKad to foreigners is a betrayal
KOTA BHARU: The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) has condemned civil servants who were in cahoots with a syndicate selling MyKad to foreigners. Describing it as a form of betrayal of the trust
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DAP: Umno courted PAS because they lost power
SEREMBAN: Umno and PAS would not have established a political partnership if the former had not lost power in the first place, Negeri Sembilan DAP chairman Anthony Loke said yesterday. He said that when Umno was in power, PAS was
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Too early to comment on Umno-PAS pact, says MCA and MIC
KUALA LUMPUR: The signing of Umno-PAS National Consensus Charter received a mixed reaction, including from those who are sceptical of the ‘taawun-siyasi’ or political collaboration between the two parties. One main question is how far the collaboration truly achieved its
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