PUTRAJAYA, 8 Dec 2008: The Barisan Nasional (BN) supreme council meeting tomorrow will focus on the strategies and preparation for the 17 Jan 2009 Kuala Terengganu parliamentary by-election, BN secretary-general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said today. “One of the strategies is to increase the 628-vote majority the BN candidate achieved in the general […]
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Rumours can jeopardise search ops
KUALA LUMPUR, 8 Dec 2008: Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar has dismissed as rumours claims that police and security personnel have broken into vacated houses in Bukit Antarabangsa where a major landslide occurred. He said police were treating the matter as rumours so long as no reports were made. “If it is true, […]
Rain restricts search and rescue ops
KUALA LUMPUR, 8 Dec 2008: Wet weather has hampered the movement of the search and rescue (SAR) team at Taman Bukit Mewah and Taman Bukit Utama in Bukit Antarabangsa as parts of the terrain have become slippery. A senior fire and rescue department official said today that the slippery ground posed a major obstacle to […]
National Slope Masterplan ready in 2009
KUALA LUMPUR, 7 Dec 2008: People in buildings in slope development areas will be asked to vacate their premises if they are found to be on the list of risky slopes under the National Slope Masterplan expected to be ready early next year. Under the masterplan, ongoing development projects will be asked to stop if […]
68 water catchment areas critical
KUALA LUMPUR, 7 Dec 2008: A total of 68 water catchment areas in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya are categorised as critical and can cause a landslide at any time. Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd Executive Chairman, Tan Sri Rozali Ismail said attention had been given to these catchment areas and efforts were being […]
2,000 residents told to move
KUALA LUMPUR, 7 Dec 2008: About 2,000 residents of four areas in Bukit Antarabangsa, where four people were killed in a landslide yesterday, have been ordered to move immediately. The order was given based on a study by the Public Works Institute of Malaysia (Ikram) and the Public Works Department (PWD), which has found that […]
10 killed in express bus accident
MUAR, 7 Dec 2008: The death toll in the accident involving an express bus at Kilometre 146.8, on the North-South Expressway near Pagoh early this morning rose to 10 following the death of a nine-year-old girl this afternoon. The girl died while receiving treatment at the Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital, here about 12.25pm. It is […]
Stop hillslope development, says Abdullah
KUALA LUMPUR, 6 Dec 2008: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today urged all the state governments to consider stopping housing projects on high-risk hillslopes. “It would be good if the other state governments disallow housing developments in hilly areas. It’s not a loss, it’s for safety,” he told a news conference after visiting the site […]
Apartment residents in Bt Antarabangsa to evacuate
KUALA LUMPUR, 6 Dec 2008: The police have instructed between 3,000 and 5,000 residents living in apartments and condominiums in the vicinity of the landslide in the Bukit Antarabangsa area in Hulu Klang, to evacuate. Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said the Malaysian Armed Forces’ engineering team are currently creating a pedestrian […]
Three killed in landslide (Updated)
(Updated 4:40pm, 6 Dec 2008) KUALA LUMPUR, 6 Dec 2008: A landslide occurred at about 4am today in Bukit Antarabangsa, Hulu Klang, near here and police confirmed that three people were killed in the incident which buried 14 bungalows in two housing estates. Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said at the scene the […]
