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  IPOH (May 28): Sunway Property’s Sunway Onsen Suites in Sunway City Ipoh has recorded a 60% take-up rate for its first tower comprising 252 units of serviced suites following a sales preview on May 20, said the developer in a press release today.

  PUTRAJAYA (May 27): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said that there has yet to be a decision made on reducing toll rates in the country.

  KUALA LUMPUR (May 28): The Datuk Seri Najib Razak RM42 million SRC International Sdn Bhd trial continues today after a week of non-proceedings with his lawyers to continue cross-examining Datuk Dr Shamsul Anwar Sulaiman.

  PUTRAJAYA (May 28): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the government had yet to decide on imposing a bumiputera quota on the civil works that are reserved for local contractors in the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 27): Lawyer Syazlin Mansor was removed from representing the Housing and Local Government Ministry in the inquest into the death of fireman Muhammad Adib Mohd Kassim for fear of conflict of interest.

  IPOH (May 27): Perak Environment Committee chairman Dr Abdul Aziz Bari said he was shocked over a UK report on a mega plastic waste dump site near here, adding that he “was only aware about the report from a friend”, reported The Star today.

It was a busy morning for Indonesian floral designer Harijanto Setiawan, having just two days in Petaling Jaya to share his knowledge with his Malaysian fans.

KLANG (May 24): After 10 years of putting up with the foul stench, the residents in Bandar Botanic and Ambang Botanic 1 can finally see some light at the end of the (sewage) tunnel.

SEBERANG PERAI (May 24): Three top executives from a Penang-based developer company have been charged at the Special Sessions Court for Corruption here for graft.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 24): The High Court has issued an arrest warrant for former Malaysian External Intelligence Organisation (MEIO) director-general Datuk Hasanah Abdul Hamid as she had failed to show up for her case mention fixed for today.