Day: September 28, 2024

KUALA LUMPUR, The draft bill to amend the Local Government Act 1976 (Act 171) will be presented to the Cabinet next year, said Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming. He said the act’s amendments, including a penalty for community service to wash drains and toilets for repeat litter bugs, are now in the final stage of review before being submitted to the Attorney General’s Chambers next month. “This social service law is not foreign. It has been implemented in many developed countries, including Sweden, Norway and Singapore. Singapore has implemented it since 1994. It’s been 34 years …

ALOR SETAR, A mother and son are missing after being swept away by strong currents while attempting to wade through flash floods in Kampung Tanjung Kiri, near Kuala Nerang, this morning. Kuala Nerang Fire and Rescue Department head Aminuddin Mad Khozali said they were alerted to the incident at 8.29 am and firemen reached the location 20 minutes later. He identified the victims as Salmah Mat Zain, 46, and her son, Muhammad Rosman Rohaidi, 19, who is a person with disabilities. “The Operations Centre received an emergency call through the MERS 999 line, informing us that the two victims were

KLUANG, A total of 29.08 per cent of the 61,274 electors eligible to vote in the Mahkota by-election today have cast their ballots as of noon, according to the Election Commission (EC). Voting at the 20 polling centres, which have 109 streams, started at 8 am and will end at 6 pm. EC chairman Datuk Seri Ramlan Harun said they are expecting a voter turnout of more than 60 per cent. After the polling ends, vote counting will be done at the polling centres before ballots are taken to Dewan Tunku Ibrahim Ismail for vote-tallying. The results are expected to

KUALA LUMPUR, Owners of food premises in the Federal Territories who failed to maintain the cleanliness in their respective premises face losing their business licenses. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) Dr Zaliha Mustafa said their licences would not be renewed. She said that at a meeting of the heads of agencies of the Federal Territories department two days ago, she had instructed the Kuala Lumpur Mayor (Datuk Seri Dr Maimunah Mohd Sharif) to carry out enforcement on the cleanliness of premises in the city, especially food premises. ‘If the cleanliness of the premises is found not up

PUTRAJAYA, Climate change is one of the factors affecting the breeding of Aedes mosquitoes in the country, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad. He said the breeding process of Aedes mosquitoes is very active when there is a temperature change. “Structural factors such as sand trap is also a factor. I noticed that the sand trap is the breeding base (location) of Aedes. A rooftop that does not meet public health requirements also becomes a breeding ground for larvae,” he told reporters after the Gotong Royong Mega Fight Aedes 2.0, 1 Hour Malaysia Clean Up and Malaysia Clean