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KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 27): The recommendations made by the Council of Eminent Persons (CEP) will not be revealed to the public as its function is to report to the country's Prime Minister, said Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

KUALA LUMPUR (August 25): Singapore has not yet agreed to defer the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project, reported the Straits Times.

It is not easy serving the people, as many of the new Malaysian cabinet ministers are quickly finding out.

KUALA LUMPUR (August 23): The new Pakatan Harapan government has revealed that excess income tax and real property gains tax paid by taxpayers totalling RM16.

BEIJING (Aug 21): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pictured) said today he did not ask Chinese leaders yesterday about Low Taek Jho.

BEIJING (Aug 21): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today Malaysia's proposed East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) and two gas pipeline projects will be cancelled due to the government's fiscal position.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 20): The Council of Eminent Persons (CEP) said it is the Government's prerogative on whether or not to share the council’s recommendations on economic and institutional reforms that it concluded yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 20): Council of Eminent Persons (CEP) chairman Tun Daim Zainuddin does not discount the possibility of the council’s service being extended by the government as it reached its 100th day of establishment yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 20): The government has not made a decision on the gateless gantry toll system using radio frequency identification (RFID) at all major highways, said Transport Minister Anthony Loke.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 20): The two concessionaires ATES Sdn Bhd and Beta Tegap Sdn Bhd — which operate the automated enforcement system (AES) under a concession that will be ending on Aug 31 — received RM129 million for AES summons issued between 2012 and up to May this year, said Transport Minister Anthony Loke.