He says on Jan 28, he ordered five items, including a study table.

"The table was delivered to my house on Jan 30 but the delivery man, who was also the driver, did not know how to set it up, although he tried, as the accompanying manual was in a foreign language," says REUBEN.

This promotion, in conjunction with the coming Chinese New Year, involves an eight-point inspection covering vehicle identity check, above carriage check, smoke emission test, brake test, suspension test, side slip test, speedometer test and undercarriage check.

"On Jan 23, my new B.yond decoder couldn’t be switched on. The next day, I noticed that the decoder was still not able to power up. I reported the problem and got a call from their technical support later in the evening, almost 11 hours after I complained," he says, adding that he was informed that the decoder might have some hardware problem and the technician will visit his house to replace the unit.

SYARIKAT Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) has launched "Follow @ puspel on Twitter" and  "Facebook" as the latest mediums to connect the company with its consumers, alongside efforts to improve water supply service quality in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya.

With these additional channels, it will be easier for consumers to lodge complaints and for Syabas to share new information directly and more effectively.

DALJIT of Petaling Jaya is upset with the alleged lack of security at the Nissan Service Centre in Jalan Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur.

On Jan 19, DALJIT sent his Nissan Urvan van for regular service at the centre at noon. When he later picked up his vehicle at 4.30pm, he accidentally left his bag at the reception desk.

SELVARANI of Kuala Lumpur, relating the plight of her father who resides in Taiping, Perak, says: “My father went to the bus terminal in Kamunting, Perak, on Jan 16 to purchase return tickets from Transnasional for the coming Chinese

PETALING JAYA: Yayasan Basmi Kemiskinan's (YBK) legal panel has poured cold water on Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim’s demand that the trustees appoint him as foundation chairman.

The reason: The trustees don’t have the power to do so.

"YBK is a private trust board created under the Trustee Incorporation Act 1952. Under the Act and the trust deed, the trustees are not empowered to appoint another trustee to the board," YBK's legal panel head Tan Sri Aziz Rahman told The Malay Mail.

PETALING JAYA: It was the dragon boat team’s own decision to train in the open sea, according to Penang State executive councillor for tourism development, Danny Law Heng Kiang.

On Sunday, a weekly dragon boat training session ended in tragedy when five students and a teacher drowned after their craft capsized in the waters off Lebuh Macallum.

PETALING JAYA:  Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim should not lose focus on the real issue related to the RM300 million Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) campus project in Serendah.

KUALA LUMPUR: MCA Public Services and Complaints Department (PSCD) head, Datuk Michael Chong, is set to appear in Struggle, an Ah Long (loan shark) themed Chinese film.

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Anti- Corruption Commission (MACC) has opened a file to look into possible elements of power abuse by the Selangor State government’s post-for-project demand in the Yayasan Basmi Kemiskinan

PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has condemned those behind the spate of church arsons this morning and ordered police to step up checks on all places of worship.

Najib, who revealed that one of the churches had been threatened prior to being set on fire, said such reckless acts could adversely affect harmony in the country.

THE Ampang Jaya Municipal Council has posted 160,000 assessment bills to property owners since Dec 1 this year.

According to a Press statement, the council is also advising rate-payers to settle on or before Feb 28 next year.

Those who have yet to receive their assessment are advised to collect copies of the bills from the council head office at Menara MPAJ in Pandan Indah.

Property-owners can also check and print out their assessment bills online at www.mpaj.gov.my.

But what angered ALICIA even more was that a salesperson at the Sinar Launderette has insisted that she is not responsible for the matter.

“I was planning to wear my favourite pair of jeans that was sent to the launderette for a date that night.

SERVICE counters at the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) will be open this month from 7.30am till 6pm
on weekdays and from 9am till 4pm on weekends.

MBPJ says i t s mobile service counters will be deployed on weekends from end-January and they will be operating from 9.30am to 3pm at various locations till end-February.

MIKE of Ampang is singing the blues after his plans to buy a guitar with a seller from Singapore after successfully bid

“For long, I have been scouring high and low for a particular guitar — a Japanese-made Fender Telecaster Custom — which is a rare model and not easily found at local music stores.

The 73-year-old pensioner is convinced that he is in deep water when he learned that he needs to renew his road tax, which will expire in February, without his son around.

"My son used to take care of my road tax but he left the country three months ago for work, so I have to do the renewal myself, by hook or by crook.

A STRETCH of the Kuala Lumpur-bound lanes of Federal Highway between the Kerinchi Link and MidValley Megamall is undergoing a traffic channelisation trial test to ease peak period congestion.

Sistem Penyuraian Trafik KL Barat Sdn Bhd (Sprint), the concessionaire for Sprint Highway, is conducting the exercise between 5pm and 7.30pm daily until today.

It is being carried out with the collaboration of the City traffic police to ease the evening peak period traffic along the stretch.

“I was in the UK earlier this year, and while on the internet, came across a statement that our government was scrapping the car exchange programme at the end of this year.

“Not wanting to lose the opportunity, I applied for a Proton Saga 1.3 under the offer upon my return to the country. I made the arrangements at the Proton outlet in Jalan Kuala Kangsar in Ipoh."