Taking care of the poor Council plans to aid needy families in district by repairing their houses
MUAR: The Muar municipal council here plans to repair 10 houses of poor people in town areas in the district every month in a move to improve their living conditions.
Council president Zulkiflee Abbas said the aid would be in the forms of raw materials while construction would be based on the gotong-royong concept with several parties.
Speaking to reporters he said the council would also provide the...
Azhar defends under-fire Hilmi over shrine issue
GEORGE TOWN: Opposition leader Datuk Azhar Ibrahim came to the defence of Datuk Seri Dr Hilmi Yahya, who came under heavy fire from DAP assemblymen over the demolition of a Hindu shrine.
Azhar (BN-Penaga) said they were just creating an issue because they were trying to woo votes from the Indian community as it was reported in the media that the Indian community was now supporting Barisan Nasional.
“Dr...
Will implementation of mega projects result in tight supply and higher prices?
PETALING JAYA: Contractors and developers may start to stockpile raw building materials to ensure sufficient supplies, while hedging against an expected rise in prices amid tight supply of materials needed once the country’s planned mega projects start with its construction.
If the various sections of the MRT were to start construction concurrently, cement supply would be squeezed. – EPA
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1Azam participation exceeds target
KUALA LUMPUR: There were 63,147 poor households which participated in the 1Azam programme in 2011, a number which exceeded its initial target of 57,793 households registered in the e-Kasih database.
The 1Azam programme was introduced under the Government Transformation Programme’s (GTP) Low-Income Households National Key Results Area (NKRA), which is led by the Women, Family and Community Development...
Road repairs worth RM6.1mil to be carried out
MUAR: Several roads and lanes in Muar will be upgraded this year with a RM6.1mil allocation from the Federal Government.
Muar municipal councillor Goh Kim Huat said most of the roads and lanes were in bad condition and needed to be resurfaced or widened.
“Residents have complained to us about the bad condition of roads in their area and something must be done to improve the roads for the comfort...
Building interest in equine sport
JOHOR BARU: The Johor government will work with Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) to make equestrian a popular sport in the state.
State Youth and Sports Committee chairman Md Jais Sarday said UTM had the infrastructure as well as the knowledge on equestrian sport to create awareness among the public.
He added that UTM had an equestrian centre within the main campus here, which could help garner...
More classrooms for Sabah
RANAU: New classrooms will be built in 34 schools in Sabah and Sarawak under the fast track Industrialised Building System (IBS) method that uses prefabricated materials.
Works Minister Datuk Seri Shaziman Abu Mansor said a total
of 55 additional classrooms at 25 schools in Sabah, 29 units of teachers quarters and a school canteen will be built at a cost of RM9.3mil in the state by June this year.
He...
RM170m for new hospital building in Terengganu
KUALA TERENGGANU: State-owned TDM Berhad is investing some RM170mil to build a new eight-storey building for the existing Kuala Terengganu Specialist (KTS) hospital in Batu Buruk, here.
TDM chairman Datuk Roslan Awang Chik said the hospital, which would be built on a 2.2ha land would be equipped with
the latest technology along with 130 beds and five operating rooms.
“We expect the hospital to be...
Billion-ringgit tower atop LRT station
PETALING JAYA: In what may be Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd’s most ambitious project yet to unlock value from its real estate, the national public transport operator is partnering with a developer to build a billion-ringgit tower atop its Dang Wangi light rail transit (LRT) station.
The project, won by Crest Builder Holdings Bhd and its 49% joint-venture (JV) partner Detik Utuh Sdn Bhd two weeks
Yong...
Protest called off after grouses heard by MB
KUANTAN: A group of smallholders from Cameron Highlands called off their protest in Putrajaya after Pahang Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob agreed to hear their grouses.
In a meeting that lasted over two hours, Adnan listened to complaints pertaining to land, housing and stalls from 10 families.
The smallholders were seeking temporary occupation licences, low-cost houses and a proper site for their...
