Day: July 13, 2024

SHAH ALAM, Three maintenance company workers were killed and another injured in an accident at Kilometre (KM) 3.1 of the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE), heading from Damansara towards Klang, early this morning. Shah Alam police chief ACP Mohd Iqbal Ibrahim said they received a call at about 3.30 am about the accident, which involved three Indian nationals and a Bangladeshi, aged between 24 and 29. Preliminary investigation revealed a local man in his 20s lost control of his vehicle, colliding with water barriers and the highway divider. “At the time, maintenance work was ongoing in the area, resulting in

KUALA LUMPUR, The Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) aims to have over 4,000 fire safety managers (FSM) and fire safety officers (FSO) appointed by 2026, under the establishment of the Fire Safety Organisation (OKK). Its acting director Rozihan Anwar Mamat said FSM and FSO are appointed by the owner, occupant, or person responsible for the overall management of the premises, in line with the establishment of OKK and the amendments to the Fire Services Act 1988 (Act 341). He said that the primary role of the appointed FSM and FSO is to conduct fire safety inspections in designated

KUALA NERUS, The Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for the Nenggiri state by-election will be announced earlier. BN chairman cum UMNO president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the party’s Political Bureau has identified one of the three candidates shortlisted by Kelantan UMNO who will contest in the by-election later. “The Political Bureau has made a decision and we are submitting the name (of the selected candidate) to Datuk Ahmad Jazlan (Kelantan Umno Liaison chairman) to make a preliminary announcement,” he told reporters after officiating the Kuala Nerus UMNO Division Delegates Meeting in here today. While revealing the candidate who

KANGAR, Specific regulations and orders related to the prohibition on the sale of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) or vape products including the sale of e-cigarettes through vending machines are expected to be implemented soon. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said the Attorney-General’s Chambers is now in the final stages of researching the regulations regarding the ban before they are approved. ‘We will monitor nationwide on this matter (sale of e-cigarettes via vending machines) so that it does not recur before we implement the regulations and orders, which are in the final stages in the Attorney-General’s Chambers,’ he told reporters

SHAH ALAM, A total of 73 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) school leavers from Kota Damansara area today received the 2023 SPM Incentive Award totaling over RM70,000. Deputy Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister Datuk R Ramanan said the recipients were part of 159 students from the Sungai Buloh parliamentary constituency who demonstrated exceptional performance in the examination. “This initiative, a collaboration between the Sungai Buloh Parliamentary Service Centre and Bank Rakyat Foundation (YBR), involves an allocation of RM72,350 to recognise the outstanding achievements of students who have just obtained their SPM results. “Of the 73 recipients, 25 achieved 7As, each receiving