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KUALA LUMPUR (June 27): The government has to pay RM18 billion compensation to abolish tolls along the four intra-Klang Valley highways owned by Gamuda Bhd if the Minister of Finance Inc (MoF Inc) does not take over the concessionaires, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng.

GEORGE TOWN (June 21): The proposed Light Rail Transit (LRT) alignment will not affect the Masjid Jamek and its burial grounds in Sungai Nibong Besar, Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow ensured today, reported The Star.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 11): The refurbishment of three sets of monorail trains will be completed, and the train sets are expected to delivered by Aug 16 this year, says Transport Minister Anthony Loke.

  KUALA LUMPUR (June 10) Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin’s press secretary Ahmad Soffian Mohd Shariff is reported to have informed his boss (Zuraida) that he resigned via Whatsapp.

  The Penang government is unaware of two proposals to develop a new airport in Seberang Perai, which may pose a threat to the current Penang International Airport (PIA) in Bayan Lepas.

  KUALA LUMPUR (June 4): Federal Territories Minister Khalid Samad said his solution to the Taman Rimba Kiara (TRK) development issue would give everyone a part of what they asked for.

  KUALA LUMPUR (June 1): Following Minister of Water, Land and Natural Resources Dr Xavier Jayakumar’s recent announcement regarding the government potentially tapping underground water resources, environmentalists have voiced concerns about the negative impact of such a move.

  PUTRAJAYA (May 28): The federal government is writing off a sum of RM3.

  PUTRAJAYA (May 27): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said that there has yet to be a decision made on reducing toll rates in the country.

  PUTRAJAYA (May 28): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the government had yet to decide on imposing a bumiputera quota on the civil works that are reserved for local contractors in the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project.