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7,987 SPM candidates excel (The New Straits Times)

PUTRAJAYA: 7,987 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2009 candidates registered excellent results (A+, A, and/or A-) for all subjects sat for compared to 6,277 in 2008. [...more]

7,987 SPM candidates excel (Sin Chew Jit Poh)

PUTRAJAYA, March 11 (Bernama) -- 7,987 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2009 candidates registered excellent results (A+, A, and/or A-) for all subjects sat for compared to 6,277 in 2008. [...more]

Preserve Taiping’s image (The New Straits Times)

THE letter by Wan Mohamed Salih, "Clear petty traders from Taiping Lake Garden"(NST, Feb 9), has my support. I have seen the goings-on from the New Club to the end of the road. There is now a sort of pasar malam there. [...more]

Sparks ready to fly (The Star)

Ntv7’s new drama series Glowing Embers revolves around Taiping’s charcoal industry. [...more]

No PLUS points for new highway plan (Business Times (Malaysia))

PLUS Expressways Bhd ( 5052 ), the country's largest toll highway operator, has cautioned promoters of the second north-south highway, saying that the project is not viable currently. [...more]

Mini museum dedicated to Iban trackers and Sarawak Rangers to be built (The Star)

A MINI museum dedicated to the Iban trackers and Sarawak Rangers will be built at a proposed heroes memorial in Kota Sentosa near Kuching. [...more]

What’s the obsession with highways? (The New Straits Times)

MALAYSIANS look destined to go down in history as great, probably compulsive, road builders. And the news last week that another highway is in the works to link the northern and southern parts of Peninsular Malaysia has certainly strengthened that prospect. [...more]

Lucky lot (The Star)

Tuning in to Red FM can make you richer. [...more]

Horsing around (The Star)

“IT’S done. [...more]

Perak MB disputes ‘exorbitant’ charge for land (The Malaysian Insider)

IPOH, March 4 — Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir (picture) today questioned the “exorbitant” RM37 million demanded by the Railway Assets Corporation for the railway reserve land in Kuala Sepetang which the federal government decided to hand over to Perak for the 300 occupants there. He asked the corporation to review the quantum of payment for the sake of the occupants, many ... [...more]