Asean – Through the Industry Skills Training Programme, Malaysia Rail Link (MRL) and China Communications Construction Company Ltd (CCCC) are giving 5,000 work opportunities, mostly to residents on the East Coast of the peninsula (PLKI-ECRL). Zaidi Sharif, the director of MRL’s Strategies Division, stated that 500 people out of a total of 1,800 had participated in the first phase of …

Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte lifted the temporary cease and desist order issued in the Quezon Memorial Circle against the above-ground construction of the MRT-7. Advertisement Belmonte declared the lifting after the new structure proposal proposed by EEI and San Miguel Corporations had been accepted by the officials concerned. The overground construction was reduced from approximately 11,000 square meters to …

Contractors have been ordered to halt construction work across the city, as these sites are known to be major contributors of PM10 — pollutants which measure less than 10 micrometres in diameter. In addition to road and building works, the state’s electric railway projects will also be affected by the order, said Pol Capt Phongsakon. The spokesman also said City …