Gamuda agrees MRT is 'too big, too early'

SHAH ALAM (Dec 6): Gamuda Bhd said it agrees with Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad who said the costs involved for the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) were too big for a project that will only see full ridership after 20- to 30 years.

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1MDB audit tampering: More names crop up after PAC-Madinah meet

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 6): More names have cropped up in the Public Accounts Committee’s (PAC) probe into the alleged tampering of the final audit report on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), following a session between the committee and Auditor-General (AG) Tan Sri Dr Madinah Mohamad, who made the tampering claim, says PAC chairman Datuk Seri Ronald Kiandee.

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Abandoned projects revived

PETALING JAYA (Nov 30): Selangor government's RM18mil allocation for the completion of abandoned projects, the Abandoned Projects Revival Fund (Tepat) has yielded results.

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Democracy has its limits, says Tun M

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 29): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pictured) today stressed that it is not the government's intention to punish anyone blindly, but democracy has its limits and the public will have to understand the boundaries of democracy.

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Bank Rakyat chairman Shukry sacked

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 27): Tan Sri Shukry Mohd Salleh has been ousted as chairman of Bank Rakyat’s board with immediate effect, as he is allegedly involved in the tampering of the original audit report on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) when he was the chief private secretary of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

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Anti-graft system for high-risk depts

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 22): In a world first, Malaysia will introduce the International Standards Organisation’s (ISO) anti-corruption certification system in all high-risk sectors of the government, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad announced yesterday.

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