News about ma

HULU LANGAT (July 5): Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister Dr A Xavier Jayakumar is confident of solving the long-standing water impasse between Selangor state's Pengurusan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd and Gamuda Bhd's 40%-owned Syarikat Pengeluar Air Sungai Selangor Sdn Bhd (Splash).

PETALING JAYA (July 5): The proposed mortgage with less stringent lending requirements by banks mooted by the Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) that is aimed at benefiting the M40 and B40 groups may not be a good move, said the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) senior fellow Dr Carmelo Ferlito.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 5): Folks would most probably would have heard of the Tabung Harapan to enable Malaysians to help the government pay off the national debt but there is also now another donation drive to collect funds for Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s (pictured) legal battle.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 5): Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) plans to include shophouses and industrial areas in its sanitation blueprint and city ratings after it successfully rated 22 areas within Kuala Lumpur’s 11 constituencies, pending discussions with the Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT), reported The Star.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 5): Advisory Board members of Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) who were politically appointed must step down as Barisan Nasional is no longer in power in Putrajaya.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 5): Datuk Seri Najib Razak became the first ex-prime minister in Malaysia to be charged in court when he was slapped with three counts of criminal breach of trust and one count of abuse of power yesterday.

The Federal Territories Ministry will review the deal for a high-rise development at Taman Rimba Kiara, The Malaysian Insight reported its minister Khalid Samad (pictured) saying today.

PETALING JAYA (July 4): China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) has “no choice” but to follow the suspension order issued by Malaysia Rail Link Sdn Bhd over the controversial East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project, it said in a statement today.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 4): Defence counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said his request for a gag order on Datuk Seri Najib Razak's trial is to prevent pre-judgement of the case.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 4): Civil rights lawyer Syahredzan Johan has questioned the need to issue an interim gag order on the media in ex-Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s court case.