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GEORGE TOWN (March 8): It has been reported by The Star that a woman protesting her eviction from the Taman Manggis, Penang, people’s housing project PPR flats was a MAS business class traveller.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 8): The prosecution's application to transfer former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's (pictured) six charges of criminal breach of trust involving RM6.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 8): Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) is out to catch the culprit who has felled as many as 14 trees planted along Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman.

PENANG (March 8): Penang division of the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) has called on the Penang government to disclose the income levels of the evicted Taman Manggis PPR residents, Malaysiakini reported today.

GEORGE TOWN (March 8):  The evicted Taman Manggis tenants still protesting at Komtar here apparently rejected offers of temporary housing, Penang state exco Datuk Abdul Halim Hussain was reported saying by the Malay Mail today.

GEORGE TOWN (March 8): “Unnamed sections” are using the eviction of ineligible tenants from Taman Manggis to brand the state government of racial discrimination, Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow (pictured) revealed today, reported The Malay Mail.

SEBERANG PERAI (March 8): There should be “firm enforcement” over regulations the “governing” of the people’s housing project (PPR) units, The Malay Mail reported Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin (pictured) saying today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 8): The main contractor of Mizumi Residences has installed additional safety measures at its construction site in Taman Tasik Metropolitan, Kepong, The Star reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR: The last residential plot in the mature Bandar Sri Permaisuri township in Kuala Lumpur is being developed into the Ari Permaisuri high-rise residential development with a gross development value of RM450 million.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 8): Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng (pictured) is hopeful that talks on reducing the price of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project will be carried out before Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s visit to China next month.