[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Why didn’t the Pakatan Harapan government opt for an open tender for the ongoing Klang Valley Double Tracking Phase 2 (KVDT2) rehabilitation project, asks Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr. Wee Ka Siong? He said that former Transportation Minister Anthony Loke Loke had informed Pakatan Harapan’s Cabinet on …
Read More »BN is heading for a landslide in Slim with a majority of 8,000
[ad_1] Mohd More Aziz. SLIM RIVER: Barisan Nasional candidate Mohd Zaidi Aziz is heading to a landslide victory in Slim’s by-elections with a majority of 8,358 against his closest independent candidate, Amir Khusyairi Mohamad Tanusi, according to unofficial results. Mohd Zaidi obtained 9,980 votes while Amir Khusyairi, representing Parti Pejuang …
Read More »LIVE: NOT OFFICIAL – BN Exceeds BN-PAS Combined Vote Quota 2018
[ad_1] UNOFFICIAL – BN Exceeds BN-PAS Combined Vote in 2018 7.35 pm – (UNOFFICIAL) BN has captured an even higher vote share this time than the combined votes PAS and Umno achieved in 2018. According to the unofficial tally, BN secured 84.37 percent of the vote share this time around, …
Read More »Thailand: Only one Covid-19 case is reported as Yemeni falls and dies from Chiang Mai hotel
[ad_1] BANGKOK, Aug 29 (The Nation Thailand / ANN): The Center for Covid-19 Situation Management (CCSA) reported a new case in state quarantine over a 24-hour period on Saturday (Aug 29), the 96th no domestic cases in Thailand since May. The new patient had returned from Holland. The total number …
Read More »PM: Jendela will provide a platform for the 5G transition, Sabah, Sarawak’s main beneficiaries
[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: A new national digital network called Jalinan Digital Negara (Jendela) will provide 96.9% of populated areas with a 4G mobile broadband network, says Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. In a statement released on Saturday (August 29), the Prime Minister said that the digital infrastructure plan, to …
Read More »In the race to replace Japanese Abe, the loyal Suga emerges as a strong contender
[ad_1] TOKYO (Reuters) – Yoshihide Suga, a former deputy of Japan’s Shinzo Abe, has become a strong contender to succeed him as prime minister, a result that would extend the fiscal and monetary stimulus that defined Abe’s nearly eight years in office. Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, said on Friday …
Read More »Zuraida ‘wasn’t doing his job’ if he didn’t know about projects, says Guan Eng
[ad_1] Lim Guan Eng says that Zuraida Kamaruddin cannot deny the existence of the request letter from his ministry to the finance ministry. PETALING JAYA: Former Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng says it is impossible for the Secretary General of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government to send a …
Read More »Report filed against Shafie Apdal, two members of Warisan
[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Gerakan Kuasa Rakyat Malaysia @ G57 today filed several police reports against Sabah’s Chief Minister Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal (pix) and two other members of the Warisan party. Its president, Datuk Zulkarnain Mahdar, said the reports referred to statements by Shafie alleging that the former chief minister, …
Read More »Increase in coronavirus cases in South Korea raises concern about shortage of hospital beds
[ad_1] SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea on Saturday recorded its 16th consecutive day of triple-digit increases in new coronavirus cases, amplifying a second wave of infections fueling concerns about a shortage of hospital beds in Seoul. The Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) registered 308 new cases as …
Read More »Covid-19: 11 new cases with a local transmission; no new deaths
[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: Malaysia recorded 11 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday (Aug 29), bringing the total number of infections to 9,317 cases. The Director General of the Ministry of Health, Tan Sri, Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah, said that of the 11 new cases, 10 were imported cases involving six Malays …
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