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PENANG (Dec 19): Residents living along Kuantan Road here constantly have to look up when they go out for they are not sure what may just fall on them.

MELAKA: Do you own a solar-powered electric car? Worried about the lack of charging facilities? If things go according to plan, up to five solar-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging stations will be placed along the North-South Expressway (NSE) by early 2020, according to a report by The Star.

KUANTAN (Dec 17): The could have been a “failure in coordination between the local authorities and the Irrigation and Drainage Department” as “the same old problems” of flood are occurring in Pahang, said state Local Government and Housing Committee chairman Abd Rahim Muda.

PETALING JAYA: Think you can do something about those unused spaces under highways? If you have any idea, please take part in Malaysia’s first design competition that seeks to rejuvenate these dead spaces.

PETALING JAYA (Dec 14): Penang will assess the architectural, historic and heritage value of older buildings outside the Unesco zone in George Town in deciding on demolition applications, reported The Malaysian Insight.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 14): Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's political secretary has been implicated in the graft case against Tan Sri Isa Abdul Samad in the Sessions Court today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 14): Vertice Bhd is planning to divest a 60% equity interest in its fashion retail business to its founder and executive deputy chairman Seow Khim Soon for RM32.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 12): A controversial piece of land in Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) here that Lembaga Tabung Haji (pictured) purchased from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) three years ago is likely to be one of the underperforming assets that will be transferred to a special purpose vehicle (SPV) under the ministry of finance.

PENANG (Dec 10): Unit owners in Penang who discard their garbage without first separating their recyclables will be fined RM250 come January when Penang Island City Council and Seberang Prai Municipal Council starts enforcing the law on landed commercial and residential property.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 10): The presentation of a white paper on the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) in Parliament, by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MEA), has been postponed to next year on the recommendation of the Cabinet.