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PETALING JAYA (Nov 9): Is our maintenance culture failing us again? Many Klang Valleyites were over the moon when the MRT service was launched but reports are now flowing in about “defects”, “technical glitches” and “delays” at some stations.

Today, my friend Datuk Kadir Jasin posted on his blog on the possibility that there might have been a leak of the contents of the recent Budget given the launch of FundMyHome just two days after the presentation of Budget 2019 in Parliament.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 9): Menang Corp (M) Bhd’s former group managing director (MD) Datuk Eddie Shun Leong Kwong admitted yesterday that he was aware his former deputy Toh May Fook would appoint Zahid Ibrahim & Co (Zico) to look into a questionable land transaction involving the company that took place in 2010.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 9): In light of current property market conditions, Gamuda Land wants to help facilitate home ownership with a new campaign called GL HOME, a campaign that offers one-stop tailored solutions to assist buyers purchase their dream property with ease.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 8): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) has asked whether the FundMyHome scheme is meant to benefit the people or the developers.

GEORGE TOWN (Nov 7): The contractor of the Bukit Kukus construction site has declared that the nine foreign workers which were killled in the landslide last month were not his.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 6): Klang Valley folk will enjoy another option when they choose to use public transportation with the opening of the Abdullah Hukum train station within the KL Eco City.

MIRI (Nov 5): The Sarawak state government will give a total of RM4.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong (pictured) is now the party’s new president, according to news reports.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): Three years ago, when former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who was also the finance minister, unveiled Budget 2016, many labelled it the “Robin Hood” budget — a reference to a fictional character who took from the rich to give to the poor — simply because the personal income tax rate of those in the higher income bracket was raised.