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Below is the opening statement of senior deputy public prosecutor Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram in Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor's graft trial concerning a solar energy project for schools in rural Sarawak worth RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram, the lead prosecutor in Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s multi-million ringgit graft trial, has dismissed her lawyer’s claim that his client was suffering from “life-threatening” ailments as an “overdose of wealth and publicity”.

Things are looking up for a 20-year-old bungalow located at the end of Lorong Kurau in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, which has been left vacant for the past 10 years.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 31): All life insurance companies and takaful operators in the country will provide hospitalisation coverage/treatment for the Wuhan novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) to their policyholders/certificate holders.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 18): The PKR disciplinary board has issued party vice-president Zuraida Kamaruddin (pictured) with a show-cause letter that has to be answered in 14 days from yesterday, media reports say today.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 16): The Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) ordered an eatery in the Sunway Metro commercial area to close for 14 days during a joint operation against dirty restaurants with its relevant departments, the Star reported today.

KUALA LUMUPUR (Jan 15): Affin Hwang Investment Bank Bhd has maintained its "neutral" call on the property sector and said market conditions remain challenging.

你知道吗？如果室内空间缺乏正规的空气过滤和净化设备，室内空气素质（indoor air quality，简称IAQ）会变得比室外更差！ 更可怕的事实是，大部分人在室内逗留的时间，远高过于室外。根据研究，我们花在室内的时间高达了90%。 Panasonic Ecology Systems Co Ltd室内空气素质业务董事经理Shigehiro Uchiyama指出，室内空气污染大多源自于日常家务清理、烹饪和装修工程。 他在2019年EdgeProp Malaysia 卓越建筑物永续、管理和健康日本考察团中告诉参观者们：“比方说，家务会让灰尘和致敏原飞扬，影响人们健康，特别是肺部还在发展的儿童们。” 此外，Uchiyama说，新落成房子的建材也会散发有毒化学污染，例如甲醛和有害挥发性有机化合物等。这些有害物质会导致空间使用者出现喉咙疼痛、皮肤和眼睛不适，更有致癌的风险。 日本室内空气质素管制 许多国家已经执行了IAQ管制的相关规条，例如控制含有毒性化学物质的建材使用，同时制定室内通风标准，以确保良好的室内空气质量。 以日本为例，于2003年7月开始生效的《建筑标准法》，就纳入了与建筑物室内环境通风有关的规定。 Uchiyama说：“病屋综合症（Sick Home Syndrome）在1990年代至21世纪初是日本的一个大社会问题。这是因为越来越多的化学物质经由新建或改建建筑物中的涂料、木材、地板和墙壁等建筑材料带入室内，导致室内空气质量恶化，影响人们的健康。因此，日本政府修改了建筑标准法以解决这个问题。” 此外，日本也禁止在人们居住的建筑物中，使用含有毒死蜱（chlorpyrifos，也称作陶斯松）的建筑材料，以及使用散发甲醛的室内装饰材料。另外，日本政府也规定住宅建筑物内，须安装机械通风设备或可通风的窗口。 空气质素刻不容缓 目前，大马对室内空气质量并没有强制要求。职业安全与健康部仅发布了《室内空气质量行业操作规范》，作为现行室内空气质量指南。不过，发展商和物业管理对于IAQ的意识正提高。 Panasonic 供暖和制冷解决方案业务部门董事总经理Toshiyuki Takagi表示，大马人往往更注重食物和水的质量，而不是空气质量，但事实上，人们一天消耗的空气比食物和水要多。 也是日本制冷和空调工业协会主席的Takagi指出，每个人每天吸收的空气量为18公斤，远高于食物（1.

KOTA BHARU (Jan 13): The government is “considering all parties” in its plans to set up designated smoking zones in public spaces, Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin said today.

PUTRAJAYA (Jan 7): The government is ‘on track’ of achieving its target of constructing one million affordable homes over a decade.