Damansara Uptown was developed in the early 1980s by See Hoy Chan Sdn Bhd Group. Among the initial developments were Uptown 1, Uptown 2, Uptown 3 and Uptown 5 office buildings. Some notable tenants of the premises include multinationals, fast-moving consumer goods and pharmaceutical companies like Walt Disney, Mars Food, Sony, Aspen Medical Products and Lafarge Malaysia.

"After all, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) is encouraging nations to protect and preserve their cultural and natural heritage which have outstanding universal value of biodiversity."

MTEM chief executive Ahmad Yazid Othman claimed that the proposal by the Johor chapter of the Real Estate Housing Developers Association (Rehda) was a way to avoid paying fees to convert the units to non-bumiputera properties, which he estimated contributed RM600 million to the state's coffers.

The recent drowning deaths in the mining pool were not the first, and the Sepang Municipal Council has been instructed to increase security surveillance, and close off the area.

According to the Education Ministry in a statement yesterday, the approval for schools applying for the leave will be granted by their respective Education Directors.

"In the ECRL project, we must look whether the project can create value and give benefits to the people in an economic situation which is highly untenable currently,” said Mohamed Azmin.

"The buyers will bid and we will choose the best buyer and come back to court. It is a niche market, so the bids can come and the sale be done within a month. Hopefully, we can sell the vessel by mid-November or early December," Sitpah said.

On speaking to investors from China, Puah said: "We explained the policy, especially the part that says even if you come (to Malaysia), there’s no guarantee you will become citizens. Everybody started laughing. They said, ‘we don’t want to become your citizens. We don’t want to stay’.”  

It is considering giving rebates or discounts to road users

"At the Palace of Justice, there is strict monitoring and access is limited, hence can avoid congestion in the court area. Besides, many of the prosecution witnesses are from the Putrajaya area.”