KUALA LUMPUR: Rakyat Malaysia perlu bersyukur kerana tinggal di negara yang aman dan perlu memastikan diri mereka tidak terpengaruh dengan sebarang dakyah atau fitnah yang dilemparkan terhadap kerajaan.

KUALA LUMPUR 5 Feb. - Sebanyak RM800,000 berjaya dikutip Kementerian Kerja Raya untuk disalurkan kepada Tabung Kemanusiaan Rakyat Palestin hari ini.

Daripada jumlah itu, sebanyak RM500,000 disumbangkan oleh Projek Lebuhraya Utara Selatan Bhd. (PLUS); RM151,222 daripada para pengguna lebuh raya, Lebuhraya Besraya dan New Pantai Expressway (RM100,000), Jabatan Kerja Raya (RM21,687), Prolintas dan Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia (RM14,050), Kementerian Kerja Raya (RM6,807) dan Lembaga Pembangunan Industri Pembinaan Malaysia (RM6,234). 

PETALING JAYA - Diskaun tol tambahan 10 peratus akan dinikmati pengguna Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan (PLUS) menjelang cuti perayaan Tahun Baru Cina.

 Pengarah Urusan Plus Expressways Berhad (Plus), Noorizah Abd Hamid berkata, diskaun tol tambahan tersebut adalah susulan kepada diskaun 10 peratus yang diberikan sebelum ini kepada pengguna lebuh raya itu di bawah insentif yang ditawarkan Plus sejak 1 Januari lalu.

KEMENTERIAN Kerja Raya ingin merujuk surat 'Cashrwd' yang disiarkan ruangan ini pada 7 Januari lalu.  Jalan yang dimaksudkan pengadu ialah Simpang Selangau (Bahagian Sibu) hingga ke  Simpang Mukah Balingian (Matadeng) di Serawak.

KUALA LUMPUR 14 Jan. - Kementerian Kerja Raya mencatat sejarah sebagai kementerian pertama mendapat pengiktirafan lima bintang menerusi Sistem Penarafan Bintang (SSR) yang diperkenalkan oleh Unit Pemodenan Tadbiran dan Perancangan Pengurusan Malaysia (Mampu).

Ketua Setiausahanya, Datuk Seri Dr. Abdul Munit Kasmin berkata, hasil penilaian SSR, kementeriannya berjaya memperoleh markah tertinggi iaitu 92.18 peratus sekali gus layak diiktiraf sebagai kementerian lima bintang bagi tahun 2008 menewaskan 27 buah kementerian lain.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Works Ministry is the first and only ministry to score five stars under the Star Rating System conducted by the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (Mampu).

Secretary-general Datuk Seri Dr Abdul Munit Kasmin said Mampu had given the ministry a score of 92.18% out of possible 100% during last year's evaluation.

This placed the Works Ministry above the Housing and Local Government Ministry and the Education Ministry, which came second and third with scores of 89.62% and 89.08% respectively.

PUTRAJAYA- The Government received financial gain from its revenue sharing agreement only with Mekar Idaman Sdn Bhd, which operated the Penang Bridge, amounting to some RM30 mil a year.Malaysia Highway Authority chairman (MHA) Datuk Syed Jamal Syed Jaafar said.

He said there has not been any revenue from either PLUS, which operates the North-South Expressway, or Lingkaran Trans Kota Sdn Bhd (Litrak), the concessionaire for Lebuhraya Damansara-Puchong.

PUTRAJAYA: All highway operators have agreed to set up collection boxes at their toll plazas for motorists who want to help the Palestinian victims in Gaza.

Malaysian Highway Authority chairman Datuk Syed Jamal Syed Jaafar said the boxes would be put at the more than 100 toll plazas with immediate effect.

"Money will not replace the lives lost or their suffering, but it will help them. So, if motorists feel they want to donate, they can do that.

KUALA LUMPUR: It pays to keep a lookout for potholes on the road. Literally. 

Potholes have been known to cause injury and even death to motorists, so being aware of them saves a lot of problems, at the very least.

But if you are a staff member of the Works Ministry, it could mean much more.

Ministry secretary-general Datuk Seri Abdul Munit Kasmin yesterday offered a RM5 reward to any employee who snaps a picture of a pothole on federal roads.

KUALA LUMPUR: MMC-Gamuda Joint Venture was named Contractor of the Year at the Malaysian Construction Industry Excellence Awards (MCIEA) 2008 organised by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) on Tuesday.

Gamuda executive director Ng Kee Leen received the award from Works Minister Datuk Mohamad Zin Mohd for the company's work on the SMART tunnel project.

Three individuals received awards in their respective fields:

> IJM Corporation Bhd chief executive officer and managing director Datuk Krishnan Tan (Pro-minent Player);