PETALING JAYA, 10 June 2009: The Selangor government will not lift the stop-work order on demolition activities at the partially-collapsed building that used to house the Jaya Shopping Centre in Section 14 here. Petaling Jaya Mayor Datuk Mohamad Roslan Sakiman briefed executive councillors today that the owner, Jaya Section Fourteen Sdn Bhd, had applied to […]
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Residents behind collapsed supermart vacate homes (Updated)
Updated 7.37pm, 31 May 2009 PETALING JAYA, 31 May 2009: Eleven of 12 families living in double-storey houses along Jalan 14/15 behind the collapsed Jaya Supermarket building here have moved out as instructed for fear over the unsteady building structure still standing. Petaling Jaya police chief ACP Arjunaidi Mohamed said today the 11 families had […]
Govt to improve guidelines for demolishing buildings
KUALA LUMPUR, 31 May 2009: The government proposes to review the guidelines on demolishing buildings to ensure that they are clearer and are observed by all the parties concerned. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today the improvements would depend on the report from the Housing and Local Government Ministry and Petaling Jaya […]
Building collapse: fourth body retrieved
PETALING JAYA, 29 May 2009: The death toll from the collapsed building which was formerly the Jaya Supermarket in Section 14, here has risen to four. The fourth victim, who was identified as Anuaruddin, 38, was taken out from the rubble at 4.07pm today. The body of the first victim was retrieved from the site […]
Demolition works stopped at Jaya supermarket
By Gan Pei LingPhoto of Jaya Supermarket on the day of the collapse PETALING JAYA, 29 May 2009: The Selangor government has issued a stop-work order on all demolition activities at the Jaya Shopping Centre in Section 14 here pending investigations into its partial collapse yesterday. “Until the causes of the collapse are determined, only search and rescue […]
Jaya supermart: One more body found
PETALING JAYA, 29 May 2009: One more body was found in the basement of the former Jaya Supermarket building in Section 14 here which collapsed yesterday. This brings the number of casualties to three Indonesian workers. Two bodies were found yesterday while another two workers were saved. Four other Indonesian workers are still believed to […]
One dead in Jaya supermarket collapse (Updated)
Updated 11.19pm, 28 May 2009 PETALING JAYA, 28 May 2009: Part of the building which once housed the popular Jaya Supermarket in Section 14/20 collapsed this evening, killing one worker and trapping six others. Two others were rescued and sent to the University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC), Petaling Jaya OCPD ACP Arjunaidi Mohamad said. All […]
