WIFE of the Deputy Prime Minister Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor (left) receiving a RM500,000 mock cheque from PLUS Expressway Bhd managing director Noorizah Abdul Hamid at the cheque-presentation ceremony for the Palestine Humanitarian Fund at the Construction Industrial Development Board (CIDB) yesterday.

Witnessing the cheque presentation was Works Minister Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed.

Rosmah who is the patron of the fund received a total collection of RM800,000 in donations from various agencies under the Works Ministry.

ILTIZAM Malaysia ke arah menjadi sektor perkhidmatan awam bertaraf dunia dan kelas pertama direalisasikan dengan pengwujudan Sistem Star Rating (SSR). SSR adalah salah satu mekanisme penarafan prestasi terhadap mutu perkhidmatan awam di Malaysia.

SEPANG 8 Feb. - Keputusan sama ada kerajaan bersetuju memansuhkan kutipan tol di Plaza Tol PJS2, Lebuh Raya Pantai Baru (NPE), Kuala Lumpur hanya akan diketahui selepas mesyuarat Kabinet, Rabu ini.

Menteri Kerja Raya, Datuk Ir. Mohd. Zin Mohamed berkata, beliau akan membentangkan permintaan penduduk untuk memansuhkan tol terbabit dalam mesyuarat itu untuk persetujuan jemaah menteri.

''Saya tidak boleh membelakangkan Kabinet, semua kena diluluskan melalui Kabinet.

PLUS Expressways Bhd has announced a two week closure of both the male and female toilets at the Juru lay-by (northbound) at Km141.6 on the North-South Expressway from today till Feb 24.

The temporary closure is to facilitate upgrading work on these toilets.

"However, the existing toilet cabins are still open for all highway users," says the expressway operator.

It adds that the upgraded toilets are scheduled to be reopened by 8.30am on Feb 25

KUALA LUMPUR - Lebuh Raya Shah Alam (Kesas) akan membuat lencongan di Kilometer 23 hingga Kilometer 24.4 bagi memberi laluan kepada kerja-kerja membaik pulih jalan di kawasan itu.

Menurut kenyataan yang dikeluarkan Kesas, kerja membaik pulih itu akan bermula pada Isnin ini sehingga 30 April.

Kerja baik pulih itu adalah untuk meningkatkan keselamatan dan keselesaan pengguna lebuh raya berkenaan.

Sehubungan itu, semua pemandu dinasihatkan supaya berhati-hati dan mematuhi arahan papan tanda yang disediakan di kawasan terbabit.

MOTORISTS in Petaling Jaya are happy and thankful that the authorities have abolished the RM1.60 toll at the PJS 2 toll plaza near Taman Medan with immediate effect.

Consequently, motorists who have been paying RM3.20 in toll to use the New Pantai Expressway (NPE) to Kuala Lumpur and back daily will now need to pay only RM1.60 on their journey back to Subang Jaya, thus saving RM1.60 a day.

What is even more gratifying is that following the abolition, more motorists will now feel encouraged to use the NPE more frequently. Currently the NPE is under utilised.

THE Public Works Department (PWD) has assured that  Jalan Gua Musan- Lojing in Kelantan is safe for all vehichles.

The Department?s Slope Division director Datuk Dr Ashaari Mohammad said, although there were  landslips and a major road cave-in, causing the stretch at Km85 to be vehicles for a few weeks the PWD had taken remedial measures to ensure that the road was safe for use.

He said the occurrence of landslips during the recent rainy spell was due to the lack of monitoring by the department.

SUBANG JAYA: Kaedah dan aktiviti 'tip-fill', iaitu menimbus tanah dari kawasan lain ke cerun bukit bagi memadatkan kawasan itu, perlu dihentikan segera bagi mengelak kejadian tanah runtuh seperti yang berlaku di Highlands Towers dan Bukit Antarabangsa berulang.

Menteri Kerja Raya, Datuk Seri Mohd Zin Mohamed, berkata kajian terhadap beberapa kejadian tanah runtuh yang berlaku di Hulu Klang mendapati penggunaan kaedah itu dilakukan ke atas pembangunan cerun bukit.

KR periksa semua kawasan tentukan keselamatan

KUALA LUMPUR: Berikutan beberapa kejadian tanah runtuh termasuk di Bukit Antarabangsa Disember tahun lalu, Kementerian Kerjaraya mengarahkan supaya pembangunan kawasan cerun dengan menambak tanah atau kaedah tip-fill slope dihentikan segera. 

Menterinya, Datuk Seri Mohd Zin Mohamed, berkata Cawangan Kejuruteraan Cerun, Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR) kini sedang memeriksa semua kawasan cerun yang ditambak, sistem penahan cerun dan cerun berbatu bagi menentukan tahap keselamatannya. 

SUBANG 14 Feb. - Pemaju-pemaju perumahan perlu menghentikan segera kerja-kerja mengukuhkan cerun bukit menerusi kaedah menimbus bagi mengelakkan insiden tanah runtuh berulang.

Menteri Kerja Raya, Datuk Seri Ir. Mohd. Zin Mohamed berkata, ini kerana kajian mendapati kaedah berkenaan menjadi punca utama berlakunya tanah runtuh di Highland Towers dan Bukit Antarabangsa, Ulu Klang.