SUBANG JAYA: Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim rubbished claims by the Works Ministry that the state government had disbursed only a small portion of funds allocated by the Federal government towards various road and drainage works in the State.

Labeling Works Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor's statement as "incorrect", Khalid said the money is channeled to local governments to handle road maintenance, traffic diversion and drain culvert repairs.

KUALA LUMPUR: The "one-student, one-sport" vision will be implemented next year, said Education Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

In a two-hour meeting with ministry officials and the main committees of sports development in schools at the  Parliament House this morning, it was agreed that the glory of sports in schools should be brought back.

With the implementation of the one-student-one-sport vision, a student must be involved in at least one sport in school.

KUALA LUMPUR: The DAP’s Middle Malaysia strategy is merely a re-branding of the "rejected" Malaysian Malaysia concept, conceived by the opposition to counter the government's successful 1Malaysia concept, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

 

KUALA LUMPUR: The 2010 Malaysia Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) Fair started on an upbeat note this morning at the Putra World Trade Centre here where all its booths snapped up.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing Ministry has set March 27 as the new date to brief 480 Kampung Kerinchi PKNS flat owners on the proposed redevelopment of the area.

The briefing, which was initially scheduled for tomorrow night, was postponed due to the flats’ residents association requesting more time to review the proposed redevelopment.

The ministry agreed to give residents the opportunity to analyse and vote which of four developers’ proposals they favoured.

PUTRAJAYA: The government is studying the service scheme for lecturers of public institutions of higher learning and teaching institutions that will lead to higher pay for the educators.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak told reporters this morning at the National Civil Service Convention at  the Putrajaya International Convention Centre (PICC) that a newly revised scheme will allow for lecturers in public institutes of higher learning to reach the highest salary grade without having to hold administrative posts.

PETALING JAYA: The government’s proposal to make it compulsory for property developers to provide broadband Internet facilities at new residential and commercial areas has received the thumbs-up from consumer groups — provided the government improves the speed and quality of the Internet services, too.

Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced last Thursday that the government may want to amend the existing Uniform Building By-Laws 1984 to make broadband infrastructure a compulsory service.

 

KAJANG: Standardised underrun protection devices or an apparatus used to prevent a crashed vehicle from being pinned underneath another vehicle will soon be made compulsory for all commercial transport, the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Department (MIROS) said today.

PETALING JAYA: Advertisers are willing to meet Information, Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri  Rais Yatim, to sort out the lack of Malaysian and Asean faces on billboards in the country.

PETALING JAYA: Good riddance, says Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders, on the recent exodus of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) representatives, claiming the departures "are a blessing in disguise" for the coalition.

KLANG: Neighbours noticed a houseful of foreign workers had suddenly gone "silent" the past few days. Last night, they were shocked to learn that a woman, in her 30s, was found dead inside the house along Jalan Dato Yusuf Shabudin 16A, Taman Sentosa.

Her body was found at 9.45pm on the floor, with blood from her nose and mouth. Initial investigations showed the woman had been dead for at least 24 hours but the cause of death had yet to be ascertained.

 

KUALA LUMPUR: It started with a threat on his life — and it has been downhill ever since.

On Christmas Eve, just a few days after receiving a death threat, businessman Ra Sitrarasu’s house in Taman Sri Sentosa, Jalan Klang Lama, was smeared with red paint.

A month later, his E-Class Mercedes sustained minor damages by an early morning acid attack.

KLANG: Some tried to hide in the ceiling while others “buried” themselves underneath bundles of clothes.

But all these efforts were in vain  when immigration officers raided a double-storey house at Bandar Klang
yesterday.

Following a tip-off from the public, seven Indonesian women were nabbed by Selangor immigration officers lead by Deputy Assistant Director (Enforcement) Johari Supardi during the 1am raid.

“Initial investigations showed that the women worked as maids, masseuse and guest relation officers  (GROs),” said Johari.

PETALING JAYA: Barisan Nasional (BN) youth leaders have told Pakatan Rakyat to quit dilly-dallying with Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy trial.

This was in response to PR’s proposal to submit a memorandum to the government to have their leader’s sodomy case dropped.

PETALING JAYA: Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s confession that he fielded the “wrong” candidates in the March 8, 2008, general elections didn’t impress his political foes in Barisan Nasional (BN).

The normally self-assured Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) adviser dropped a bombshell during his party’s Chinese New Year open house function in Penang when he apologised and owned up to the crowd for his poor selection.

PETALING JAYA: Parti Keadilan Rakyat's (PKR) disciplinary board did not know that Kulim Bandar Baru MP Zulkifli Noordin (pic) would be away in South Korea when it fixed the date for his disciplinary hearing.

PETALING JAYA: Yayasan Basmi Kemiskinan (YBK) will be reporting the Selangor State government to the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) for what the foundation perceives as a violation of rights.

SERI KEMBANGAN: Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin called on the police today to investigate reports lodged against Opposition leaders DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang and former Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin for criticising the Federal Court's decision on the legitimacy of the dismissal of the Pakatan Rakyat Perak State government made in February last year and the installation of a BN-led government.

Muhyiddin said the court's decision is final and the Perak menteri besar debacle should be put to a close once and for all.

 

KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has blasted the controversial Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC) report cautioning investors to be careful about investing in Malaysia, labelling it as "nonsensical".