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Environmentalist: Saving Klang Gates Quartz Ridge good move
KUALA LUMPUR: An environmentalist has hailed the government moves to leave untouched the Klang Gates Quartz Ridge in Gombak, Selangor, under the renegotiated East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project. Andrew Sebastian, who is also a naturalist and an established certified
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Matriculation woes for Indian students to be resolved soon
PUCHONG: The problems faced by Indian students who have been denied a chance for the matriculation has cropped up once more. Many parents and students have vented out their frustrations on social media over their failure in getting placements for
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Jet Airways temporarily suspends all flights
In a news report by BBC yesterday, troubled Indian airline Jet Airways has temporarily suspended all its domestic and international flights after failing to find fresh funding. According to the news report, the airline said its last flight would operate
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Deaf labourer slapped by policeman awarded RM112,040
KOTA BHARU: A labourer who became deaf after being slapped by a policeman four years ago was today awarded damages of RM112,040 by the Sessions Court here today. Judge Mohd Rosly Muhammad Nawi made the order after allowing the suit
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MAHB strengthens procurement governance via e-marketplace platform
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) is strengthening its procurement governance by digitalising its processes on Lapasar, an e-marketplace platform. In a statement today, MAHB said the implementation of an e-catalogue system was part of the organisation’s procurement transformation
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Vell Paari in the dark over MACC raid on Maika Holdings
By K Pragalath PUCHONG: MIC secretary general S Vell Paari claims to be in the dark over the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission raid on Maika Holdings. “I honestly don’t know about it. I am not with the company any longer.
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Ex-spy chief Hasanah Abdul Hamid’s CBT case in February next year
KUALA LUMPUR: High Court judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah fixed Feb 3 to 7, Feb 10 to 14 and Feb 17 to 21, 2020 to hear the case of Malaysia’s ex-spy chief Hasanah Abdul Hamid who facing criminal breach of trust
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Najib trial: MACC probed Najib’s documents post GE14
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti – Corruption Commission had probed into former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak in the weeks after the 14th general election that saw Najib falling out of power. This was confirmed by Bank Negara’s Financial Intelligence
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PAS to skip Sandakan by-election, support opposition candidate
KUALA LUMPUR: PAS said today it will not contest the Sandakan parliamentary by-election in Sabah next month but will support the opposition candidate in the polls. PAS secretary-general Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan said in a statement that the party made the
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RM300,000 education aid for Rohingyas
Aid worth RM300,000 distributed to students from the Rohingya community living in Malaysia by The Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, through the United Arab Emirates (UAE) embassy in Malaysia yesterday. According to the UAE ambassador, Khalid Ghanim Al Ghaith
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