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SABAK BERNAM, Sabak Bernam District Council (MDSB) must meet several criteria, including controlling more than 50 per cent of residential housing, to be upgraded to a municipal council, said Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari. He said that the local authority (PBT) is the only one in the state still holding district council status. Amirudin said for MDSB to achieve municipal council status, it must fulfil various criteria set by both the state government and the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (KPKT). ‘The challenge for Sabak Bernam is that it has a large rural area. The district has

KUCHING, Perak’s silambam squad began the 2024 Malaysia Games (SUKMA) campaign by bagging three out of the four gold medals at stake at the Hikmah Exchange Event Centre here today. G. Aswin bagged the men’s kuthu aarisai (bare hands) gold with 8.67 points, while T. Yoganath (8.13pts) of the Federal Territories (FT) and Selangor’s S. Kahlisswaran (8.10pts) took silver and bronze respectively. Perak also dominated both the women’s events. B. Laashmita stole the show in the thanithiramai (individual artistic staff spinning) event by accumulating 7.87 points. Negeri Sembilan’s L. Kavinarasi (7.57pts) and Terengganu’s S. Keertika (7.37pts) completed the podium. In

KUALA LUMPUR, The crude palm oil (CPO) futures contracts on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives ended mixed on Tuesday, following the downward trend observed in the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean oil market, said palm oil trader David Ng. He told Bernama that there are additionally growing concerns about the slow pace of exports, which contributed to the lower CPO futures. “Currently, we observe that the support level for CPO is at RM3,650 a tonne, while the resistance level is at RM3,880 a tonne,” he said. Meanwhile, cargo surveyor Intertek Testing Services said the export volume of Malaysia’s palm oil products

KUALA LUMPUR, The National Fraud Portal (NFP), a technology-based platform that aims to detect, verify and track fraudulent activities reported to the National Scam Response Centre (NSRC) was launched today. Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan said the NFP will be able to boost the country’s strategy to combat online fraud by changing the NSRC process which was previously handled manually and took a lot of time. ‘The NFP is the leading automation platform in the region, providing secure access to key databases to support fraud prevention, as well as giving NSRC members a dynamic ability to detect

KUCHING, Five new meet records, including three in athletics, were set at the 2024 Malaysia Games (SUKMA) today. Sprint queen Nur Afrina Batrisyia Mohamad Rizal of Selangor became a double gold medallist and double record holder when she won the 200-metre (m) final at the Sarawak Stadium here in 23.89 seconds (s), erasing the previous Games mark of 24.37s set by Perak’s Noor Eewan Syafiah Mohd Sabri in the 2016 edition at the same venue. Yesterday, the 20-year-old snatched the 100m gold in 11.64s, eclipsing the 16-year-old Games mark of 11.82s set by Johor’s Siti Fatima Mohamad at the 2008