News about Baru Bian

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 29): PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim stated in a tweet that more lawmakers will be joining their side after Baru Bian's defection “allegedly” gave Pakatan Harapan 114 MPs in support of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad as prime minister, reported Malaysiakini.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 26): Three lawmakers from former PKR deputy president Datuk Seri Azmin Ali’s faction have said they support interim prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s call for a non-partisan government, the Malay Mail reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 8): Payment for the Pan Borneo highway project is not delayed and is expected to arrive as per the agreement with the works package contractors (WPCs), said Lebuhraya Borneo Utara (LBU).

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 14): The government will be opening up RM925 million worth of packages for the Sabah portion of Pan Borneo Highway in the first quarter of next year (1Q20).

KUALA LUMPUR (Spet 6): The government has decided to terminate the project delivery partner (PDP) agreement for the Sarawak portion of the Pan Borneo Highway project although nearly half of the first phase has been completed, sources close to the matter said.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 20): Works Minister Baru Bian is not aware of a new plan for the government’s takeover of 15 highways.

KUALA SELANGOR (Aug 8): Works Minister Baru Bian said today that the government's highway toll study has been completed and that the Cabinet will decide on the matter by this month.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 6): The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Malaysia hopes there will be allocation under Budget 2020 for incentives to encourage the construction industry to adopt Building Information Modelling (BIM).

KUALA LUMPUR (April 4): The Works Ministry has started discussions and negotiations with the Economic Affairs Ministry and the Finance Ministry on the third phase of the East Coast Expressway, said its minister Baru Bian.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 16): Double the cost of the construction of highways has been collected, since operations to collect tolls began, said Works Minister Baru Bian.