KUALA LUMPUR: Sunway Construction Sdn Bhd (SunCon) has secured a RM253 million contract from Sunway REIT Management Sdn Bhd for the refurbishment of the four-storey shopping complex and one-storey cultural/commercial centre known as Sunway Carnival Mall in Seberang Jaya, Penang.

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• Chief Minister Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh said the plan is intended to make the river a tourist attraction for Visit Melaka Year 2024 (TMM 2024).

• “I will be asking the Melaka River and Coastal Development Corporation (PPSPM) to submit a designated schedule to allow recreational and water sport training activities including canoe boat and dragon boat racing to be held along Phase Two of Sungai Melaka,” he said.

• Ab Rauf said the plan only involves Phase Two of Sungai Melaka as Phase One was busy with the Melaka River Cruise and wasn’t suitable for water sport activities.

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The two victims are believed to have drowned when they were suddenly hit by raging waters, along with eight other picnickers, who are still missing, a police source said.

Singapore is the only Southeast Asian stop for the US singer, to the disappointment of many fans in the region who cannot afford to fly there to see her The lack of suitable venues, Muslim conservatives fearful of liberal Western values, and a culture of scalping may be driving big-scale events away, Swifties speculate

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• State tourism, heritage, arts and culture committee chairman Datuk Abdul Razak Abdul Rahman said the three houses of worship were the Kampung Kling Mosque, Cheng Hoon Teng Temple and Sri Poyyatha Vinayagar Moorthi Temple.

• “The Muhibbah Feast will involve Muslims, Buddhists and Hindus, and they will perform their respective religious rituals or worship, like reading the Yasin and tahlil for the Muslims.

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“The Perak contingent police headquarters bomb disposal unit arrived at the scene and found a mortar bomb measuring 300 mm (millimetres) long, 60mm wide and did not contain explosives and was used for training,” he said in a statement today.

Ryan, 43, is said to have carried the items for use in the filming of a Netflix series titled The World's Toughest Forces in Malaysia about the country’s elite forces called Gerak Khas, news portal 3News reported today.

“The places that are affected were Jalan P. Ramlee, Jalan Langkawi (Kebun Lama), Taman Rampas (Sungai Pinang), Jalan Perak, Lilitan Stadium, Persiaran Perak (Astaka Stadium),” it said in a statement posted in their Facebook.

Apart from the ponding, the city council said several mature trees have fallen on public roads due to strong winds during the storm.

Two places with toppled trees are at Jalan Loh Poh Heng in Tanjung Bungah and Taman Bukit Saujana in Paya Terubong.

“Please pray for my father’s recovery. He is currently receiving treatments and being monitored by doctors at the hospital,” Muhammad Khalil, the incumbent Batu Buruk assemblyman, said.

The ETIAS is an electronic visa waiver for citizens of select visa-exempt countries and is not a visa. Meeting ETIAS requirements means you do not need a visa to enter participating nations and if you do not have an approved ETIAS travel authorization or do not qualify for ETIAS enrollment, you can still acquire a Schengen visa to visit.

"If previously there was only one 'port' (hangout) to obtain the drugs, now there is a mobile 'port' as supply can be obtained more easily as addicts need only place orders through applications on their handphones and the supply can be sent, for example, via cash on delivery,” she told Bernama here recently.