Mysterious “loud bang” jolts Ipoh
IPOH (Oct 4): It can get quite quiet in parts of this sleepy Perak capital and when a loud bang and tremor was heard and felt this morning, some folk here got a tad curious/worried.
Tree falls on buggy, golfer injured
Video taken from the Facebook of Roda Pena KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 3): A golfer suffered minor injuries when a tree fell on his buggy here yesterday, reported The Star.
Can a LRT system last ‘forever’? No, says Penang Forum
GEORGE TOWN (Oct 3): In a debate on the durability of a Light Rail Transit (LRT) (pictured) system, Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP) project manager Szeto Wai Loong was reported saying that “such a system was likely to last forever, requiring only minimal maintenance such as software upgrades in the long run compared with trams and bus-tram hybrids”.
JPPH proposes Housing Price and Cost Control Committee
PETALING JAYA (October 1): The Valuation and Property Services Department (JPPH) has come up with a suggestion to keep house prices in check — by establishing a Housing Price and Cost Control Committee, to monitor costs involved in housing developments.
National Heritage Dept urgently needs funds to manage national sites
GEORGE TOWN (Oct 1): The National Heritage Department badly requires “a fresh infusion” of funds from the federal government to carry on with its functions, the Malay Mail reported today.
Penang’s Pan Island Link could make proposed LRT redundant, says don
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 1): Penang’s ambitions to build its Pan Island Link (PIL1) highway could make the state’s planned Light Rail Transit system redundant, a Universiti Sains Malaysia academic told the Malay Mail today.
Penang Forum proposes ART at PTMP public dialogue
GEORGE TOWN (October 1): At the public dialogue to discuss the Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP) yesterday, Penang Forum suggested the state consider an Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit (ART) system.
UPDATE: Hilton Garden Inn hotels on Jalan TAR flipped for RM240m – report
PETALING JAYA (Sept 29): Hilton Garden Inn North – formerly the Cititel Express – and Hilton Garden Inn South – formerly the Hotel Empress – on Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur, was sold for RM240 million by Singapore's Royal Group in August – barely three years after it had acquired the properties, reported The Edge Malaysia.
Cops didn't steal RM43.3m during raids at Najib-linked residences — report
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 28): Federal Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Commissioner Datuk Seri Amar Singh Ishar Singh has denied allegation that police stole RM43.
Mud stops motorists at Jalan Simpang Pulai-Cameron Highlands
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 26): Traffic at KM42 of Jalan Simpang Pulai-Cameron Highlands near Ipoh, Perak came to a halt when heavy rains turned a slope into a river of mud, reported the Malay Mail today.
