Delay eviction please, says Jamal

KUALA LUMPUR (June 13): “Give me time to find new location,” said Red Shirts leader Datuk Seri Jamal Md Yunos (pictured) in response to an eviction order on Restoran Gabungan NGO 1 Malaysia (RGN1M) in Jalan Pahang, Kuala Lumpur.

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PM: HSR merely postponed, not scrapped

PETALING JAYA (June 12): In what appears to be a softening of his stance, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has said the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) is postponed, and not axed entirely.

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Vincent Tan’s Tioman airport dreams may hit a snag

KUALA LUMPUR (June 11): Could environmental concerns scupper Berjaya Corp Bhd founder and executive chairperson Vincent Tan’s (pictured) plans for a new airport in Tioman island? According to a report by news portal Malaysiakini, Malaysian Airport Holdings Bhd managing director Badlisham Ghazali said that there were environmental concerns as the new airport may entail lengthening the current, “abandoned airport runway into the ocean through land reclamation”.

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Bomba: 39% rise in fire rescue calls during Ops Raya 2017

KUALA LUMPUR (June 11): There were 3,354 fire rescue calls during the Ops Raya 2017 campaign, up by 39% from 2,400 calls recorded in the previous year, said the Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia (Bomba) director-general Mohammad Hamdan Wahid (pictured) today.

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