PARIT - Setelah melihat sendiri empat penunggang motosikal berkuasa besar berlumba di Lebuh Raya Utara-Selatan kelmarin, Menteri Kerja Raya, Datuk Seri Samy Vellu berkata, kerajaan mungkin mengharamkan motosikal daripa menggunakan lebuh raya jika mereka ini mengaancam nyawa pengguna lain.

Beliau berkata, langkah drastik itu terpaksa diambil jika penunggang morosikal terus mengabaikan undang-undang dengan berlumba di lebuh raya.

KUALA LUMPUR: Contractors whose projects are delayed may see their contracts terminated. 

Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said nine contractors were given final warning letters yesterday after a consensus in the cabinet on the matter.

He warned contractors to commence work or provide reasonable explanation within a month, or face the sack.

"We have issued them several warnings," he said after launching the "First Class Work Culture" campaign in his ministry.

PADANG BESAR: Lebih 7,000 masyarakat Chuping, di sini, terutama mereka yang tinggal di sekitar ladang tebu di kawasan berkenaan bakal berdepan masalah banjir berikutan pembinaan jalan raya utama tanpa disediakan sistem perparitan yang sempurna.

KUALA LUMPUR: Beberapa kawasan di Pulau Pinang, Perak, Johor dan Melaka dinaiki air sedalam antara 0.5 meter hingga satu meter akibat hujan lebat, pagi kelmarin dan semalam.

Di NIBONG TEBAL, lebih 800 orang di sekitar Seberang Prai Selatan (SPS) dan Seberang Prai Tengah (SPT) terpaksa dipindahkan ke pusat pemindahan banjir selepas rumah mereka dinaiki air akibat hujan lebat awal pagi kelmarin.

Kawasan terbabit ialah Kampung Baru, Taman Mas, Taman Sri Tambun, Kampung Lapan, Taman Enggang dan Kampung Kepala Gajah, yang dinaiki air sedalam satu meter.

KUALA LUMPUR: The construction industry, crippled by the recent shortage of cement in the market, has been assured that supply will return to normal within a month. 

The assurance came from cement manufacturers during a closed-door meeting chaired by Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Mohd Shafie Apdal with manufacturers, contractors, developers and building materials suppliers recently.

Also present were officials from the International Trade and Industry Ministry and the Finance Ministry.