T7 Global keen to proceed with ECRL project despite lower cost

KUALA LUMPUR (June 26): T7 Global Bhd is keen on continuing participation in the controversial East Coast Railway Line (ECRL) project even at substantially lower cost, as long as the group "can make a decent profit" from it, its executive deputy chairman Tan Sri Tan Kean Soon said today.

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Sabah aims to hold local council elections

PETALING JAYA (June 26): The Parti Warisan Sabah-led state government aims to hold local council elections in the state – either within this term or the next five years – in tandem with the federal government’s plans to re-introduce local council elections.

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Penang fishermen are still against reclamation

KUALA LUMPUR (June 26): Penang’s fishermen are still putting up a fight against reclamation on the island's south and called on Putrajaya to scrap the project which involves the creation of three artificial islands.

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Erosion: Graves in Muslim cemetery collapse into Sarawak river

KUALA LUMPUR (June 26): More than 100 graves in a Muslim cemetery in Seruai, Spaoh district, Sarawak have collapsed into the Sungai Saribas owing to soil erosion According Batang Lupar PKR branch chief Abang Zulkifli Engkeh, the soil erosion is believed to be caused by sand mining and dredging activities in and around the Sungai Saribas carried out by a private company, Bernama reported yesterday.

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