Malaysia – The Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has appointed a consultant to investigate and restructure the city’s drains in order to help improve their capacity to handle rising downpour and mitigate flash floods. The assigned consultant has been given 12 months to carry out this research based on the average recurrence interval (ARI) of 200 of Department of Irrigation …

Malaysia – Key players in the campaign fighting the proposed extension of a flyover on Jalan Yew, where thousands of small-time vendors have traded for centuries, have been arrested. Tan Kok Wai, a DAP member from Cheras, Datuk Rosli Sulaiman of the Federal Territories Bumiputera Traders and Hawkers Association, and Chai May Li, secretary of the newly formed anti-project action …

Malaysia – Teresa Kok, MP for Seputeh, chastised Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim, calling him and the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) officials responsible for liquor sale licensing in Kuala Lumpur as inept. Kok also questioned the absence of a guideline authorizing the sale of liquor in the capital city during her debate on Budget 2022 with the ministry, noting that …

Rumah Prihatin said that a big crowd had assembled at the Grand Seasons Hotel vaccination facility (PPV) after being misled into believing that it provided walk-in vaccination for non-Malaysians. According to the report, the crowd refused to leave the area even after police requests to do so, leading to a long line of individuals crammed together. In a statement, it …