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KUALA LUMPUR (August 16): Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Raja Kamarul Bahrin Shah Raja Ahmad told Dewan Rakyat yesterday that only 16,682 units of 1Malaysia People’s Housing Programme (PR1MA) homes have been completed out of the targeted one million by 2020.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 16): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pictured) said today the quasi-official Council of Eminent Persons (CEP) won’t be dissolved just yet, according to a Malay Mail report today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 16): The Melaka authorities want to review land reclamation projects along the state’s shoreline.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 16): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pictured) has an approval rating of 71% among Malaysians as at August this year, according to a post-election survey by the Merdeka Centre for Opinion Research.

KUALA LUMPUR (August 15): A former football field at Jalan Jujur, which was used for various recreational activities by residents was sold to a developer for the construction of a condominium last year, and the government will not entertain any further negotiations on the land.

KUALA LUMPUR (August 15): Kuala Lumpur has the potential to qualify for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) listing, but some elements that disrupt the landscape of the city may hinder its attempt.

BUTTERWORTH (August 14): Seberang Prai Municipal Council (MPSP) president Rozali Mohamud’s term is likely to be extended for another year.

BUTTERWORTH (August 14): The first phase of integrated transport hub Penang Sentral at Bagan Dalam has been scheduled to open in December.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 14): The seizure of the controversy-laden yacht Equanimity was in accordance with prescribed laws and therefore legally valid, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Liew Vui Keong.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 14): Malaysia is looking to cancel multibillion-dollar Chinese-backed infrastructure projects signed by the previous scandal-tainted government as it digs itself out of debt, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad told The Associated Press (AP) in an interview.