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KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 29): Mega coffee shop chain Starbucks has announced it has closed about half of its almost 4,300 outlets in The People’s Republic of China, reported the BBC today.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 18): The PKR disciplinary board has issued party vice-president Zuraida Kamaruddin (pictured) with a show-cause letter that has to be answered in 14 days from yesterday, media reports say today.

PUTRAJAYA (Jan 17): The current work progress for the Mass Rapid Transit Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya Line, also known as MRT2, is 70% complete, according to Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 13): Having the Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, taking on the role as interim Education Minister shows how important the portfolio is, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (pictured) said today, reported The Star.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 10): The Prime Minister's Office of Malaysia (PMO) said today that the Cabinet had on Wednesday (Jan 8) agreed for Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to assume the education minister post for the time being, after the post became vacant of late.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 4): The critical service incentive allowance (BIPK) for 33 schemes in the civil service is not under the Finance Ministry, finance minister Lim Guan Eng clarified today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 4): It was supposed to be among the country’s first projects be integrated with a light rail transit (LRT) station and be a major landmark in the city.

GEORGE TOWN (Jan 4): The relocation of some century-old graves at United Hokkien Cemeteries here to make way for a road project had been included in the EIA “from the beginning”.

SIBU (Jan 3): A total of 6,000 units of dilapidated Rumah Keluarga Angkatan Tentera (RKAT) nationwide will be refurbished, with an allocation of RM152 million this year.

When the Ministry of Transport (MoT) announced the Cabinet's decision to disband the Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom), it caused an outcry in the investing community.