BY VINCENT TANParticipants in the Colour Walk being smeared with food dye powder at one of the stations.THE Tasik Aman park in Petaling Jaya’s Section 22 was abuzz from 7am onwards as the Petaling Jaya City Council organised its Program Mesra Rakyat MBPJ for the Kampung Tunku area.Several...

BY QISHIN TARIQThe diversion by IJM Corp at the Jalan Tuanku 1 exit from Taman Salak Selatan requires motorists to take the traffic-light controlled route instead of the flyover to KL.RESIDENTS from Taman Salak Selatan, Kuala Lumpur, facing heavy traffic caused by a temporary road diversion want an...

Vehicles being towed away by MPS at the illegal dumpsite in Batu Caves area which is also a scrap yard.SELAYANG Municipal Council (MPS) raided two dumpsites in Taman Raintree, Batu Caves, demolishing structures, including a home-made one using plywood and zinc, yesterday.During the four-hour raid,...

BY STUART MICHAELHard at work: Workers working inside the tin mining dredge at the tin mining area in Rawang during the old days. The British installed a coal-powered generator at the site in the 19th century so that the mine could run for 24-hours a day.WE MAY be forgiven for assuming a bustling...

BY MAJORIE CHIEWIn the foreground are SAC Jamaludin (left), Yee (second from left) and SAC Mazlan (in dark uniform)) and Supt Hamzah (far right).THE children of Kampung Bantal in Jerantut, Pahang, are a happy lot but their joy was doubled when a group of outsiders came visiting bearing gifts.The...

BY R.S.N.MURALIMALACCA: All 149 signboards standing along junctions in Malacca will be inspected to ensure their stability.The directive came after a signboard crushed a 64-year-old security guard to death at the Pokok Mangga and Klebang traffic light junction on Tuesday morning.The victim, Ahmad...

KUCHING: The latest block of the Skyvilla Residence condominiums in Batu Kawah New Township now on sale, and its showroom opens today.In a press release, the developer, MJC City Development Sdn Bhd, said the latest block, called Bella, consisted of 16 floors with only eight units per floor,...

PETALING JAYA: Mah Sing Group Bhd is launching RM1.8 billion worth of properties in the next six months in the Greater Kuala Lumpur, Klang Valley, Penang and Iskandar Malaysia, Johor Bahru.Pacing towards the sales target of RM2.3 billion this year, Mah Sing’s upcoming launches in the central...

Hoo (second left) sharing a light conversation with Datuk Ustaz Md Daud Che Nga (second right), with Hamizi (left) and Ibrahim Mat Sin (right) looking on.PETALING JAYA: IJM Land aims to lessen the bumiputera’ financial woes with its newly-introduced ‘Beli Rumah, Jom Umrah’ campaign, in which...

BY VIKNESH ASHLEY CLARENCE From left to right: Harriet Hoong, Director of Development Malaysia AccorHotels, Rio Kondo, Exec Director & Vice President of Development Malaysia & Indonesia AccorHotels, Garth Simmons, Chief Operating Officer for Malaysia, Indonesia & Singapore AccorHotels, Dato’...