KKR komited perkukuh jalinan jalan raya
<P>KEMENTERIAN Kerja Raya (KKR) akan terus menaik taraf dan mengekalkan jalan raya persekutuan seperti yang dirancang di bawah Rancangan Malaysia Kesembilan (RM-9) dan ini dijangka mampu mempercepatkan pertumbuhan empat koridor ekonomi yang dirancang di seluruh negara. </P>
<P>Sehingga kini, kira-kira 16,500 kilometer (km) jalan raya persekutuan sudah dibina manakala 1,200 km lagi sedang diwartakan di bawah Akta Jalan Persekutuan 1959. </P>
IBS ubah imej industri pembinaan
PESERTA industri pembinaan di negara ini perlu lebih inovatif dan kompetitif dengan antara lain menggunakan kaedah Sistem Pembinaan Berindustri (IBS) bagi menarik lebih ramai rakyat tempatan merebut peluang pekerjaan dalam industri itu, kata Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
Perdana Menteri berkata, peserta industri itu juga perlu lebih profesional dengan perubahan cara dan gaya pekerjaannya supaya tidak dibelenggu persepsi pekerjaan '3D', iaitu Dirty (kotor), Dangerous (berbahaya) dan Demeaning (bertaraf Rendah)," katanya.
System to halve foreign labour
KUALA LUMPUR: The government expects to halve the construction sector's dependence on foreign labour when the Industrialised Building System (IBS) is fully adopted by 2010.
Works Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Zin Mohamed said the new system would reduce manual labour needs by up to 80 per cent and at the same time boost demand for skilled workers.
"There are 320,000 foreign workers with green cards but once we fully migrate to the IBS we are confident we can bring it down to at least 160,000," he said after the launch of the national IBS conference here yesterday.
System to halve foreign labour
About 8,500 handicapped people will be given PLUSMiles loyalty cards with a pre-paid value of RM100 each by PLUS Expressways Bhd as part of the concessionaire?s corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme.
Each card is equipped with a Touch ?N Go feature to pay for tolls, selected parking bays and purchases at participating food outlets.