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GEORGE TOWN (August 2): Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said that while the state of Penang would welcome funding from Putrajaya, it was for the good of the people to implement infrastructure projects, especially flood mitigation, as soon as possible.

KUANTAN (August 2): Three new measures have been introduced by the Pahang state government in order to speed up the process of approval, transfer, mortgage and lease of land titles.

KUALA LUMPUR (August 2): Setiawangsa MP Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad has raised the alarm, over developers potentially exploiting the window of time before the Kuala Lumpur Draft Plan 2020 is gazetted later this year.

PETALING JAYA (Aug 2): The cabinet has approved a month-long extension for the Selangor state government to negotiate the acquisition of Syarikat Pengeluar Air Selangor Holdings (Splash), reported the New Straits Times.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 2): The Johor government recently rejected deals from Chinese firms to build waste recycling centres there "Earlier in June, I had informed that the State government had rejected investments from three companies from China and last week I had rejected two more investments from the same country.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 2): Penang has yet to submit to the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD), an approved Detailed Environmental Impact Assessment (DEIA) for the state’s proposed Light Rail Transit (LRT) project, according to transport minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook.

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KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 2): Umno politician Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abd Rahim, speaking in Parliament yesterday, described Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali as the country’s most powerful person after Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

SINGAPORE (Aug 2): US Internet giant Google announced yesterday it will be building a third data centre in Singapore to meet rapid user growth in the region, bringing its total long-term investment in such facilities here to US$850 million (RM3.