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Lim: Stern action against contractors who form cartel
BUTTERWORTH: Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said yesterday that contractors found to have been ganging up to win government contracts will have stern action taken against them. He said using such tactics was a clear violation of laws and the
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Commando’s wives: We were afraid of approaching police trucks
IPOH: For wives of police force’s commandos, the sound of an approaching police truck or a whirring helicopter, would always send a shiver down their spine, especially during the pre-Independence and Malayan emergency era. While some will still be able
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‘I won’t forgive the communists for killing my family’
MELAKA: I will never forgive the sins of the Three Stars communist insurgents who killed five members of my family in Parit Sulong, Batu Pahat, Johor, said senior citizen, Tik Sulong, 86, while holding the picture of her family on
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Cyber attack on KLIA & KLIA 2 ruled out
KUALA LUMPUR: There is no incidence of cyber-attack detected so far in the network service disruption of Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2), since the disruption was first detected on Aug 21. According to a statement from National Cyber
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Struggling for a Unesco World Heritage status
SUNGAI BULOH: Three years after the idea was first mooted to list the Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlement as a Unesco World Heritage site, it is no nearer to achieving its objective. Calls for turning it into a heritage site is
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Agong on 4-day state visit to Indonesia tomorrow
KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah will make a state visit to Indonesia from tomorrow until Aug 29. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement today said His Majesty would be accompanied by the
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Waythamoorthy prepared for anything
KUALA LUMPUR: Minister in Prime Minister’s Department in charge of national unity and social wellbeing P Waythamoorthy is prepared for any possibilities related to his ministerial post, amidst rumours of a cabinet reshuffle, since that comes under the prerogative of
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PTPTN repayments on target
KUALA LUMPUR: Student loan repayments to the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) are “on target” so far towards the expected projection of RM2 billion, its chairman Wan Saiful Wan Jan said last night. He said PTPTN is stepping up
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Convicted paedophile registry will be updated
ALOR SETAR: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail today said the registry of convicted paedophiles in the country will be updated in a comprehensive manner soon. She said this was vital due to the fact that
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Fire near Legoland successfully doused
JOHOR BARU: A fire that engulfed 2.4 hectares of hilly forest near Legoland theme park and a hotel at Medini, Iskandar Puteri yesterday, was finally put out early this morning. Larkin Fire and Rescue Station operations commander Ahmad Kamil Zulkiefle
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