KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 — The Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) is reportedly expected to undergo an RM200 million upgrade, starting with the installation of air conditioning in its wards next year. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad was quoted by Utusan Malaysia listing a long-term three-stage development plan that would take place over the next 15 to 20 years, which would also include expansion to include more blocks to accommodate more wards at the hospital which was built in the 1870s. “Meanwhile, we will also install fans and increase window openings to ensure better ventilation in the ..read more

KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 — Selangor could face catastrophic environmental destruction if the planned development in the Shah Alam Community Forest Area (SACF) is not implemented in a controlled manner, Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad reportedly warned. Nik Nazmi pointed out that the risk of disasters such as major floods could occur like in Kelantan when its government decided to modify the Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA) involving an area of 514,898 hectares, Utusan Malaysia reported. “There is much more biodiversity and wildlife, we hope tha ..read more

KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 — One in two Malaysians fear losing their jobs as concern grows over how the economy will impact their job security, international talent company Randstad said today based on its recent survey of local employees and job seekers. The company said the 2024 Workmonitor research in Malaysia found that the fear of job loss was notably higher among Gen Z (59 per cent) and Millennials (57 per cent). The survey asked 517 locally-based employees and job seekers about their career expectations and experiences across four themes: motivation and ambition, flexibility, equity and un ..read more

KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 — The National Union of Bank Employees (Nube) today called out bank chief executives for allegedly showing little appreciation for their staff, amid a dispute over Aidilfitri aid that the group said was promised in prior negotiations. The union accused banks of ignoring calls for the aid to continue from last year, and also brought up the issue of insufficient prayer spaces in banks. “Their empty promises as compassionate employers were exposed. During their administration, they seem to focus only on maximising personal profits by exploiting the system,” it said. “Recen ..read more

GEORGE TOWN, April 16 — Water supply services are still normal in the Air Itam service area although the effective capacity of the Air Itam Dam is at 30.3 per cent, said the Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP). Its chief executive officer K. Pathmanathan said the 30.3 per cent dam effective capacity is not a cause for panic. “PBAPP has significantly reduced its average daily raw water drawdowns from Air Itam Dam since February, with the implementation of the Air Itam Dam Action Plan 2024 (AIDAP 2024),” he said in a statement here. He said PBAPP is pumping water, at 33 million litres per d ..read more

KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 — Siti Noraida Hassan, whose husband Muhammad Nur Hadith was shot at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) here last Sunday, hopes to see justice done after the perpetrator was arrested yesterday. The 37-year-old Muhammad who works as a personal bodyguard had been shot at close range in the abdomen and sustained serious injuries in the 1.20am incident at the arrival hall of Terminal 1 while protecting his client who is the estranged wife of the shooter, identified by police as Hafizul Harawi, 38. “My husband is still in critical condition and is expected to unde ..read more

KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 — The collective wealth of the 50 richest men in Malaysia rose by a mere 2 per cent to US$83.4 billion (RM398 billion) this year as a weak ringgit offset their local stock market fortunes, according to this year's list by business magazine Forbes. Forbes Malaysia's 50 Richest 2024 released today showed that brothers Lee Yeow Chor and Yeow Seng from the IOI conglomerate went into the top five for the first time with a wealth of US$5.35 billion (RM25.5 billion). Older brother Yeow Chor runs the family’s palm oil company IOI Corporation Bhd, while the younger Yeow Seng ove ..read more

KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 — Time customers earlier yesterday have experienced difficulties accessing its Internet services for several hours. The telco has since published an official statement to address the incident. Time Internet outage was caused by DNS servers Ookla’s Downdetector statistics for Time during the outage period. — SoyaCincau pic In an official statement that was published at around 8:20 PM, the Internet Service Provider (ISP) said that the network outage happened between 5:38 PM to 7:12 PM. According to Ookla’s Downdetector, it recorded the most amount of downtime reports fr ..read more

KOTA BARU, April 16 — A well-digger was killed when buried alive while lowering a cement ring into a newly dug well at the Kampung Gelam Mosque, Tok Uban, in Pasir Mas yesterday. Pasir Mas Fire and Rescue Station operations commander Adnan Mat Juri said the deceased was identified as Mohamad Khairul Jeffry Maarof, aged 23. He said a team of 10 firefighters from the station rushed to the scene after receiving a distress call he fire brigade received an emergency call at 5.54pm yesterday. “On arriving at the scene at 6.17pm, the victim was found to have been buried in a well of about six metre ..read more

KOTA BARU, April 16 — A well-digger was killed when buried alive while lowering a cement ring into a newly dug well at the Kampung Gelam Mosque, Tok Uban, in Pasir Mas yesterday. Pasir Mas Fire and Rescue Station operations commander Adnan Mat Juri said the deceased was identified as Mohamad Khairul Jeffry Maarof, aged 23. He said a team of 10 firefighters from the station rushed to the scene after receiving a distress call he fire brigade received an emergency call at 5.54pm yesterday. “On arriving at the scene at 6.17pm, the victim was found to have been buried in a well of about six metre ..read more