Category: General

SIBU, The federal government has spent RM268 million for the Sibu Flood Mitigation Project (RTB), which comprises three phases in total, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof. He said the project began with the implementation of Phase 1 and 2, which had a combined contract cost of RM183 million and were completed in 2012 and 2015, respectively. The initiative has provided flood risk protection to over 10,000 residents across an area of 400 hectares, encompassing residential, commercial and school areas around Jalan Hulu Lanang, including the General Operations Force Camp. Fadillah, who is also Energy Transition and Water

KUALA LUMPUR, Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) bagged a double when they defeated Selangor 3-2 in the Malaysia Futsal Cup final at the Axiata Arena in Bukit Jalil here today. The win more than makes up for the disappointment of finishing as runners-up in the second edition of the competition last year, when they lost 3-1 on penalties to Pahang Rangers after both teams were tied 4-4 in regulation time. Against Selangor today, coach Juan Antonio Miguel Garcia’s JDT team started aggressively to draw first blood with an early goal through import Bruno Taffy Nogueira Aguiar. Selangor, however, drew level in

MELAKA, A provision shop run by a foreigner was found to have committed various offences, including storing vegetables for sale in the premises’ toilet. Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN) Melaka director Norena Jaafar said the offences were detected during Op Samar at the Tanjung Minyak Industrial Park, near here on Sept 30. She said a preliminary investigation found that a Bangladeshi man in his 40s, married to a local woman, had been running the business for over two years. “The raid involved four KPDN enforcement officers. They began with the test purchase method to detect any

GEORGE TOWN, A man was found drowned at Pantai Tanjung Tokong today. The victim, A. Sekar, 44, was discovered approximately 50 metres from the shoreline at around 6.34 pm. Timur Laut district acting police chief Supt Lee Swee Sake said preliminary investigations revealed that the victim, a local, had gone swimming in the area with a friend. “It is reported that the victim swam towards a rock further from the beach and did not return to shore before his body was found washed up there. “The medical team confirmed that the victim had died after the fire department retrieved his

KUALA LUMPUR, Kampung Pertanian in Kulai, Johor has been chosen as the “foster village’ of the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) Dr Zaliha Mustafa through the “Satu Pemimpin Satu Kampung” (Santuni MADANI) programme. She said today that she chose the village as she used to run a clinic in the Bandar Putra Kulai area, with most of her patients being residents from Kampung Pertanian. “So, this village is very nostalgic to me. Last month, my political secretary went there to meet local leaders as well as to identify their needs and the local demographics in the area,’