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PETALING JAYA (Sept 6): Putrajaya will table an amendment to the Street Building Drainage Act 1974 which will allow local governments to carry out safety inspections on slopes within their jurisdiction, including those on private properties, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 6): More momentous things are happening with a new government in Putrajaya.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 6): One would assume families can leave their homes confidently or sleep soundly if they live within a gated-and guarded development but that does not seem to be the case for those at USJ Heights in Subang Jaya.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 6): Putrajaya may review policies on foreign property purchases as it investigates the ownership of properties by non-Malaysians in the RM410 billion-Forest City in Johor.

KUALA LUMPUR (September 6): All open air restaurants nationwide will be gazetted as non-smoking areas, starting in December, announced the Health Ministry.

SINGAPORE (September 6): Facebook announced on Sept 5 a planned investment of more than US$1bil (RM4.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 6): MyHSR Corp Sdn Bhd, together with its Singapore counterpart (SG HSR), will be calling off the ongoing international joint tender for the assets company (AssetsCo), following the deferment of the project.

PUTRAJAYA (Sept 6): The S$15 million that Malaysia has to pay Singapore for deferring the high-speed rail (HSR) is meant to settle "abortive costs" that will be incurred in wrapping up existing, contracted works that have been done in preparation for the RM110 billion project.

PETALING JAYA (September 6): Ram through the tollgates if you don't want to pay, Umno's Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan said in Taman Megah, Kuala Lumpur, last night according to a local news portal.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 6): Menara UOA Bangsar interim MC President Datuk Satharuban Sivasubramaniam has urged the management committees of other mixed developments owned by UOA Real Estate Investment Trust (UOA Reit) to take heed of the Menara UOA Bangsar case as he believes the fund has similar practices in managing its other properties as well.