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KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): Property developer and contractor PLB Engineering Bhd, who has secured a deal with the Penang state government to rehabilitate the Jelutong dumpsite in exchange for three-fourths of the rehabilitated land, plans to rope in the Malaysian unit of Chinese company China Railway Group Ltd to undertake the work.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 21): PLB Engineering has signed a conditional joint development agreement (JDA) with the Penang state government and its development arm to undertake rehabilitation works for the Jelutong dumpsite along Lebuhraya Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu in Penang in exchange for three-fourths of the rehabilitated land.

PETALING JAYA (Dec 20): Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) ordered a construction site at Angkasapuri in Lembah Pantai to close yesterday due to sanitary and hygiene violations, the Star reported today.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 12): Selangor’s gazetted heritage sites will now be promoted as tourist spots and attractions.

JOHOR BAHRU (Sept 5): Repeated efforts by the authorities to clean up illegal dumpsites have gone to naught when some irresponsible parties continue to dispose their waste at the sites.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 19): Highly-flammable aluminium composite cladding were found on several buildings in Melbourne – including a number  of healthcare centres adjacent to a hospital, reported Australian newspaper The Age.

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.

PENANG (July 8): The Pearl of the Orient yesterday marked George Town's 10th year of being listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site, which culminated with the George Town Heritage Celebration Street Festival.

PETALING JAYA (June 14) – Crane heads dropping from the sky, concrete pieces swishing out of nowhere and other unidentified flying objects have become some of the latest destroyers of belongings, limbs and even lives in Malaysia.

JOHOR (April 27): From June 1, skilled construction workers and site supervisors cannot continue to work at construction sites unless they have a certificate from the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB), Bernama reported yesterday.