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KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 11): The tearing down of the two surviving Highland Towers blocks has been put back to allow more study of the “structures”, Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin told the Malay Mail yesterday in response to queries.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 11): Residents living in the vicinity of Highland Towers (pictured) continue to ask for the surviving two blocks to be torn down, reported The Malay Mail.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 10): Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Deputy Minister, Isnaraissah Munirah Majilis, told Parliament today that the country has 51 ailing rivers, reported Bernama today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 10):  The government will be pursuing legal action against Goldman Sachs Inc following its involvement in the multi billion-ringgit scandal plaguing 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng (pictured).

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 10): Putrajaya is not an “outsider” as far as the Pulau Kukup issue is concerned, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad explained today.

PUTRAJAYA (Dec 10): The Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pictured) has announced today that local council elections “are off the cards”, according to a report by the Malaysiakini news portal.

SHAH ALAM (Dec 6): Gamuda Bhd said it agrees with Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad who said the costs involved for the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) were too big for a project that will only see full ridership after 20- to 30 years.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 5): The altered port limits for Johor Bahru Port have “not in any way” encroached into any part of Singapore, said transport minister Anthony Loke today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 3): Education Minister Maszlee Malik (pictured) said The 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal saga will be included as part of local history to ensure that such mistakes will not be made again, reported the news portal Malaysiakini today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 30): The government is expected to set up a Majlis Pembangunan Nasional (National Development Council) comprising key cabinet ministers to coordinate economic and development policies and strategies.