A LANDSLIP that occurred recently at the Bukit Gasing Educational Forest (Hutan Pendidikan Bukit Gasing) has added to the concern of Bukit Gasing residents and joggers who frequent the area.

During a site visit by StarMetro, two men who said they were contractors with the Primer Minister's Department were there to clean up the area and cover it up with a tarpaulin to prevent further erosion.

The landslip is along a pathway and is near a residential unit allocated for government-officers.

MUAR: Nine vehicles, including five vans and a small truck, fell into gaping hole when part of Jalan Abdullah here caved in last night.

No one was injured in the 7pm incident on the road situated beside a river. The 3m-deep hole measured 100m long and was 6m wide.

Cracks were also seen on a row of 12 shophouses located several metres from the road. Police have advised the occupants to move out.

A businessman, who only wanted to be known as Osman, said he was at home about 500m away from the road when he heard people shouting for help.

KUALA LUMPUR: Kos melaksanakan sistem kereta api bawah tanah yang dicadangkan Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang, Lim Guan Eng dianggarkan empat kali ganda lebih tinggi berbanding penggunaan monorel seperti dirancang Kerajaan Pusat. 

Pengarah Urusan Malaysian Resources Corporation Bhd (MRCB), Shahril Ridza Ridzuan, berkata kerja mengorek dan membina terowong bawah tanah akan menelan belanja lebih besar berbanding membina jejantas bagi laluan monorel. 

KUALA LUMPUR- Dua lorong di kilometer 30.60 Lebuh Raya Shah Alam (KESAS) ke arah timur (Klang-Kuala Lumpur) akan ditutup sementara bermula pukul 11 malam esok hingga 6 pagi Ahad.

Menurut kenyataan kesas semalam, penutupan itu disebabkan kerja-kerja pelebaran jalan dan untuk memastikan kelancaran aliran trafik.Ekoran itu para pengguna dikehendaki memandu dengan berhati-hati dan mengikut papan tanda yang disediakan serta mematuhi laluan.

Untuk maklumat lanjut hubungi talian 03-56337188 atau layari laman web www.kesas.com.my

KUALA LUMPUR- Syarikat Mengurus Air Banjir dan Terowong Sdn Bhd (SMART) memaklumkan bahawa susur keluar dan masuk Jalan Sultan ISmail melalui Terowong SMART akan ditutup kepada lalu lintas bermula pukul 11 malam esok hingga 7 pagi Ahad.

Penutupan ini adalah bagi membolehkan kerja-kerja pemasangaan Beam jejantas pejalan kaki oleh Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR)

Pengguna dinasihatkan supaya menggunakan laluan masuk Jalan Tun Razak untuk ke Cheras-Seremban dan laluan keluar Jalan Tun Razak untuk ke pusat bandar.

KUALA LUMPUR- Terowong SMART bagi laluan keluar masuk Jalan Sultan Ismail di sini, ditutup kepada lalu lintas selama lapan jam mulai 11 malam esok.

Syariat Mengurus Air Banjir dan Terowong Sdn Bhd (SMART) dalam satu kenyataan semalam berkata, penutupan itu bagi membolehkan kerja pemasangan 'beam' jejantas pejalan kaki oleh Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR).

Pengguna yang ingin mengetahui maklumat lanjut mengenai penutupan ini boleh menghubungi talian bantuan SMART 1-300-88-7188   

THE Smart tunnel for the Jalan Sultan Ismail entry and exit stretch will be closed to traffic for eight hours from 11pm this Saturday.

The closure is for the Public Work Department to fix a beam for a pedestrian bridge. Tunnel users are advised to use the Jalan Tun Razak entry point to go to Cheras or Seremban and the Jalan Tun Razak exit point to get to the city centre.

For enquiries, call 1-300-88-7188

<P>On Friday, Bandar Mahkota Cheras residents will know if their wishes would come true if the Selangor state government orders the opening of the Bandar Mahkota Cheras access road that was blocked in 2005.</P>
<P>This would depend on the outcome of a meeting between the Bandar Mahkota Cheras Open Access Road Committee, the Kajang Municipal Council (MPKj), the Malaysia Highway Authority (MHA) and developer Narajaya Sdn. Bhd.</P>

MARANG: "Saya ingatkan dentuman kuat itu bunyi kapal terbang rupa-rupanya atap dewan besar sekolah runtuh,"kata Pengetua Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Wakaf Tapai (SKKWT), Roslan Awang ketika ditemui di sekolah itu, semalam.

Menurutnya. beliau ada di surau sekolah untuk memantau aktiviti Kem Solat yang dianjurkan apabila terdengar dentuman kuat, kira-kira jam 8.30 malam.

The Government has finalized costings for the Second Penang bridge setting the figure at RM4.3 billion.

Business Times learnt that the matter was finalized at a meeting held yesterday between the Finance Ministry, UEM Builders Bhd and China Harbour Engineering Co Ltd (CHEC)

"The RM4.3 billion price was given by the Government and both parties will now have to adhere to it although each had presented higher costings," a source said.