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ALOR GAJAH, More new houses and repair work on damaged or dilapidated houses, under the Rumah Kasih Ihsan (RKI) initiative, will be implemented in the Alor Gajah parliamentary constituency, for the comfort and well-being of the local population, particularly the poor and hardcore poor. Alor Gajah Member of Parliament (MP) Adly Zahari said the three new houses, costing RM80,000 each, were built this year, through the allocation under the development budget for the parliamentary constituency. Adly, who is also the Deputy Defence Minister, said that the three RKI units built, one each in the Rembia, Gadek and Asahan state constituencies,

KUALA LUMPUR, Starting next week, civil servants can check and calculate their salary hike rates under the Public Service Remuneration System following the salary adjustment undertaken by the government. Public Service Deputy Director-General (Operations) Datuk Mohd Shaiful Ibrahim said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim would announce the details of the civil servant salary adjustment mechanism at the 19th Majlis Amanat Perdana Perkhidmatan Awam (MAPPA) event slated for Aug 16. ‘At the 19th MAPPA event, we will also provide a calculation service if you want to calculate the rates of your salary increase. ‘Starting December, all civil servants will receive

KOTA BHARU, Water supply to over 33,000 users in four districts of Kelantan – Kota Bharu Selatan, Kota Bharu Timur, Machang, and Pasir Puteh – is expected to be restored by this Friday. Air Kelantan Sdn Bhd (AKSB), in a statement today, said that the water supply disruptions were caused by a burst pipe at the Merbau Chondong Water Treatment Plant (LRA) in Machang, which forced the facility to halt operations. The plant’s shutdown resulted in a reduction and loss of nearly 70 per cent of the treated water supply, equating to about 47 million litres per day. ‘Repair work

KUALA LUMPUR, Any party that continues to raise issues about BlackRock should also cease using all services related to the world’s largest international asset management company, emphasised Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil today. The Unity Government spokesman labeled those persistently discussing BlackRock as hypocritical and accused them of manipulating perceptions. ‘If you claim you want nothing to do with BlackRock, then stop using WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram. Take Facebook as an example: PAS spends considerable amounts on ads there, thereby funding Meta, whose stance on Israel we know. ‘This is very clear. So, for those discussing this BlackRock issue, I say,

The Paris 2024 Olympics are expected to boost France’s GDP in the third quarter (Q3) by 0.3 percentage points, raising the growth rate during the period up to 0.5 percent, according to France’s National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). Ticket sales and revenues from audiovisual broadcasting have a direct positive effect on French economic activities in Q3, contributing 0.25 percentage points, it said, while tourists, an uncertain factor of the “Olympic effect,” will also contribute to the GDP growth in the period. French research organizations said the Paris Olympics are expected to boost the French economy in the