Details of plastic waste ban to be finalised by year end, says Yeo
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): Putrajaya aims to finalise details of banning the import of non-recyclable plastic waste by end of this year.
Don’t replace feeder buses with Grab — disability group
PETALING JAYA (Oct 16): Representing disabled people, a coalition of NGOs today denounced Putrajaya’s plan to replace feeder buses with Grab cars, Free Malaysia Today reports that the NGOs called the idea unacceptable and simplistic.
You make pothole, you pay RM100,000
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): Potholes are bane to motorists.
Yeo Bee Yin: Government freezes licence issuance for plastic waste recycling factories
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): The government has freezed issuance of licenses to establish plastic waste recycling factories in Malaysia and banned the import of these materials to ensure existing illegal factories do not continue their operations.
Households earning less than RM2,000 ‘very vulnerable’ to economic shocks
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): Malaysian households earning less than RM2,000 spent 94.
Households across Malaysia face ‘different realities’ on income
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): There are huge disparities in the income threshold of the Middle 40 (M40) in the various states across Malaysia, according to Khazanah Research Institute’s (KRI) latest report.
Widening household income disparity
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): The wealth gap is widening although the income growth among the middle group (M40) and low (B40) group is faster than the rich.
Langkawi Unesco status hangs in the balance
LANGKAWI (Oct 16): The Kilim Geoforest Park, one of few Unesco-certified sites in Southeast Asia, may lose the status if an assessment review is conducted during low tide, which will reveal the impact of tourism activities on the area.
Najib back at MACC HQ, again, say reports
PUTRAJAYA (Oct): Ex-PM Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak (pictured) has been summoned to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) HQ again, say reports.
‘Any sale of government assets will not involve PNB’
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): Tony Pua, the political secretary to the finance minister, said any sale of Malaysian government assets will not involve Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) because funds and investments of PNB belong to the company’s unitholders and not the government.
