Day: September 25, 2024

GEORGE TOWN, Motorists along Persiaran Gurney faced a longer-than-usual morning commute today after a sinkhole opened in the thoroughfare. It is believed to have occurred after a lorry ferrying a load of bricks went through the stretch of the road where a sewage pipe alignment project using the “jacking” pipe method had been carried out by the contractor of the Gurney Bay project. State Local Government, Town and Country Development Committee chairman Jason H’ng Mooi Lye said the project contractor immediately moved the lorry involved and carried out dredging work for repairs. “For your information, the dredging work carried out

JOHOR BAHRU, The Malaysian Nuclear Agency today held a seminar addressing the impacts of extreme weather, rising global temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns on agriculture and food production. Its director-general Dr Rosli Darmawan said these challenges threaten not only food availability but also national security in terms of production, distribution and storage. Rosli added that the 11th Food Security Seminar, themed “Achieving Food Sustainability in the Era of Climate Change,” explored a range of pertinent topics. Key discussions included food security, quality management, halal standards, legislation, processing technologies and the future of the food industry. The aim was to enhance

ALOR SETAR, The Kedah government has assured that all household heads (KIR) affected by the floods and relocated to relief centres (PPS) will receive the RM1,000 assistance as promised. Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor said that a total of 3,517 KIR will benefit from this aid, involving an allocation of over RM3.5 million. “Most of the payments have been distributed through the Disaster Operations Control Centre (PKOB) and managed by district officials at the PPS,’ he said after chairing an exco meeting today. “If the flood victims have returned home from the PPS, we will locate them,