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KUALA LUMPUR (July 24): Cows and condos.

KOTA KINABALU (July 24): The number of dengue cases recorded in Sabah up to July 21 of this year has risen to 1,791.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 24): The Malaysian government needs to be ready for the nation's property bubble to burst and the risk that this could lead to an economic crisis, following spectacular growth in the high-end property segment, according to the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas).

KUALA LUMPUR (Jul 24): The Council of Eminent Persons’ (CEP) authority came into question today in Parliament, particularly on matters surrounding its chairman Tun Daim Zainuddin’s official visit to China on behalf of Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 24): The Regent of Pahang Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah said he welcomed Putarjaya’s move to review the cost of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) mega project.

PETALING JAYA (July 23): China Communications Construction (ECRL) Sdn Bhd (CCC-ECRL) has confirmed that it is rationalising its staff count following the suspension of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), without stating the number of employees cut.

PETALING JAYA (July 23): The Penang state government should not be asking for the RM 1 billion loan to accelerate the Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP) implementation and the Federal Government should not be providing such a loan, said the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) in a press release today.

MIRI (July 23): In Betong town, part of the Sri Aman Division in southern Sarawak, a block of double-storey shophouses is on fire.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 23): Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Liew Vui Keong said today that the Malaysian government hopes to table the sales and services tax (SST) bill in Parliament next week to replace the goods and services tax (GST).

KUALA LUMPUR (July 23): To pay down 1MDB debts held in the US dollar or ringgit, the government will employ soft loans from Japan, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad told Parliament today.