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ECRL to be relaunched today
DUNGUN: The East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project will be relaunched by Transport Minister Anthony Loke at the Dungun Tunnel site, Rimba Bandar Bukit Bauk, today. The event, scheduled for 11 am, will be attended by Terengganu menteri besar Datuk
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Water supply in Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Langat fully restored
PUCHONG: Water supply in Kuala Lumpur and Kuala Langat disrupted due to the recent diesel pollution in Sungai Selangor has been restored completely at 6pm yesterday. Pengurusan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd head of customer relations and communications Abdul Raof Ahmad
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Bumiputera contractors must be prepared for changes
KUALA LUMPUR: Bumiputera contractors must be more responsive and prepared to face the current environment that is full of changes in order to be on par with other industry players at the ASEAN and global levels. Works Minister Baru Bian
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Zahid: Umno will not work with any parties aligned to DAP
PUCHONG: Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi reiterated that his party will not cooperate with any political entity that is working with DAP. Speaking at a press conference, Zahid said DAP was championing the Malaysian Malaysia agenda, a policy
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YouGov study: Dr M most admired man in Malaysia
PUCHONG: Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has again topped the list as Malaysia’s most admired man, according to YouGov’s annual study of which public figures people look up to. The results, which were based on 1,075 Malaysians surveyed
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Malaysia’s CPI up by 1.5%
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures headline inflation, rose 1.5% in June to 121.4 as compared against 119.6 in the same month last year. Department of Statistics (DoS) chief statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin said out
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IGP: I am beyond political polemics
MELAKA: Inspector General of Police Datuk Seri Abdul Hamid Bador stressed that he was beyond political polemics in light of accusations that he allegedly lied regarding the sex video that allegedly implicated Economic Affairs Minister, Datuk Seri Azmin Ali. “I
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Umno to Lim: Pay up the 20% oil royalty to Sarawak first
KOTA KINABALU: An Umno supreme council member lashed out Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng today, urging the Pakatan Harapan leader to fulfill their election pledge of giving 20% oil royalty to East Malaysia before asking Sarawak to repay its debts.
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SST collection for 2019 may hit RM22 billion
KUALA LUMPUR: The government is projecting Sales and Service Tax (SST) collection will amount to RM22 billion for this year, said Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Amiruddin Hamzah. He said the reintroduction of the SST tax system to replace the goods
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Solve the independent power producer mess
Recently, Putrajaya announced its plan to liberalise the retail electricity market from Tenaga Nasional Berhad. Putrajaya should instead focus on dismantling the fixed Independent Power Producer (IPP) contracts with TNB for Peninsular Malaysia. The current IPP known as IPP 2.0
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