KUALA LUMPUR, 2 Feb 2009: Fifteen deaths recorded from 831 road accidents nationwide yesterday, bringing the death toll to 201 since the launch of the 19th Ops Sikap on 19 Jan. Bukit Aman public relations officer Supt Rasdi Ramli said of the number of deaths, 10 involved motorcyclists. Municipal roads recorded the highest number of […]
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Ops Sikap: 14 died in accidents yesterday
KUALA LUMPUR, 29 Jan 2009: Fourteen people died in road accidents nationwide on the 10th day of the 19th Ops Sikap yesterday. Bukit Aman public relations officer Supt Rasdi Ramli said the victims comprised 12 motorcyclists, a motorist and a pedestrian. Municipal roads recorded the most number of accidents with 396 cases followed by federal […]
21 road accident deaths yesterday
KUALA LUMPUR, 28 Jan 2009: Twenty-one people, 18 of them motorcyclists, were killed in road accidents throughout the country yesterday. This raises to 131 the number of deaths on the ninth day of the Ops Sikap operation launched to reduce road accidents during the Chinese New Year holiday period. Bukit Aman public relations chief Supt […]
Ops Sikap: Nine killed in road accidents yesterday
KUALA LUMPUR, 21 Jan 2009: Nine people died in road accidents nationwide yesterday, bringing the death toll since the launch of the Ops Sikap on 19 Jan to 20. Bukit Aman public relations officer Supt Rasdi Ramli said the victims comprised seven motorcyclists, a car passenger and a cyclist. Municipal roads recorded the most number […]
11 die on day one of Ops Sikap 19
KUALA LUMPUR, 20 Jan 2009: Eleven people have died in 10 road accidents nationwide on the first day of Ops Sikap 19 which began yesterday. Bukit Aman public relations officer Supt Rasdi Ramli said the highest number of cases involved motorcyclists with 5 deaths followed by car (2), van (1), lorry (1) pedestrians (2). “Day […]
Gua Musang-Lojing road still closed
GUA MUSANG, 9 Jan 2009: Jalan Gua Musang-Lojing remained closed to all vehicles at Km 65 following Sunday’s landslide. Kelantan Public Works Department director Ednan Ibrahim said repair works would take some time as the landslide was quite serious. “We will inform motorists once the repair is completed,” he said when contacted. — Bernama
The roads we take
By Andrew Khoo(© Michal Zacharzewski / sxc.hu) WILLIAM Shakespeare once wrote: “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” If only this were true of roads as well. Two weeks ago there was a reference in this column to Jalan Esfahan in Kuala Lumpur. This road was originally Jalan Selat. But in 1998, it was […]
