REPAIRS will begin immediately on the rainwater downpipe which overflowed and caused water to seep into the air-conditioning duct in Parliament after a heavy downpour on Wednesday.

Works Minister Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed said they would replace the affected downpipe with a temporary one pending a complete refurbishment of some 30 water pipes.

"Work will begin today and take seven weeks for completion as the workers can only work on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays when Parliament does not convene," he told reporters.

KAJANG 7 Mei - Kira-kira 500 orang bertindak agresif melontar batu kearah kakitangan konsesi Lebuh Raya Cheras-kajang. Grand Saga Sdn. Bhd. Yang sedalng menjalankan kerja-kerja menutup jalan pintas di persimpangan Bandar Tun Hussein Onn di sini petang ini.

Ketua polis Daerah Kajang. Asisten Komisioner Sakarudin Che Mood berkata, dalam kejadian bermula kira-kira pukul 2 petang itu, orang ramai yang dipercayai penduduk setempat bertindak demikian untuk menghalang kakitangan berkenaan membina semula tembok penghadang yang dipercahkan secara haram sebelum ini 

KUALA LUMPUR - Laluan motosikal di Lebuh Raya Persekutuan akan kembali terang tidak lama lagi apabila Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR) mengambil inisiatif membaik pulih lampu di laluan  tersebut dengan segera.

Pembantu Teknik Elektrik JKR cawangan Shah Alam, Muhd. Asyikun Ilahi Ismail bagaimanpun berkata, proses baik pulih berkenaan akan mengambil sedikit masa kerana ia melibatkan Tenaga Nasional Malaysia (TNB) dan juga pihak berkuasa tempatan.

LOBI Parlimen dibanjiri air selepas sistem paip aluminium yang menjadi laluan mengalirkan air hujan di bangunan itu bocor, menyebabkan air melimpah masuk ke dalam saluran penghawa dingin, petang semalam. 

Kejadian jam 4.30 petang itu menyebabkan kawasan laluan ke bilik Yang Dipertua Dewan Rakyat, dibanjiri hujan yang mencurah daripada saluran penghawa dingin berkenaan selama hampir 15 minit dan memaksa kakitangan Parlimen segera menutup kawasan terbabit. 

KUALA LUMPUR 7 Mei - Bangunan Parlimen yang telah dibaik pulih sejak kejadian bumbung bocor pada 28 April 2005, sekali lagi mengalami insiden hampir sama, ekoran hujan lebat petang ini.

Hujan lebat kira-kira pukul 4.30 petang menyebabkan air mencurah-curah keluar daripada saluran pendingin hawa di laluan tepi Dewan Rakyat berhadapan dengan bilik Yang Dipertua. 

PUTRAJAYA: The Public Works Department has drawn up programmes to meet the government's target of reducing road deaths to two for every 10,000 registered vehicles by 2010. 

The programmes, under the ministry's Road Safety Plan 2006-2010, are based on accident prevention and accident reduction measures, said PWD director-general Datuk Dr Judin Abdul Karim.

"The accident prevention measures incorporate road safety auditing (RSA) for all new road projects during the planning, construction and operation stages of the project implementation.

KUALA LUMPUR - Projek pembinaan yang dirancang sebelum Rancangan Malaysia Kesembilan (RMK-9) tetap akan diteruskan, kata menteri Kerja Raya, Datuk Ir. Mohd. Zin Mohamad.

Menurutnya, kerajaan juga sedang memproses atau membuat penilaian semula semua projek penilaian semula semua Projek terkini dalam RMK-9 bagi memastikan semuanya berjalan lancer.

RESEARCH firm Aseambankers Malaysia Bhd said it expects fiscal year ending March 31 2009 (FY09) to be better economically for Lingkaran Trans Holding B hd (Litrak) as traffic at the lebuh Raya Damansara-Pucong (LDP) is close to the level experienced before the January 2007 toll hike.

"Weekday traffic at the LDP averages 4600,000 vehicles per day (vpd) presently, a good improvement from 450,00 vpd early this year," it said in a report dated May 6 2008

INSIDEN bumbung bangunan Parlimen bocor yang berlaku sebelum ini belum berakhir apabila bangunan penuh bersejarah itu, bocor sekali lagi ketika perbahasan titah ucapan Yang di-Pertuan Agong, semalam.

Kebocoran akibat hujan lebat itu disedari wakil media dan kakitangan Parlimen di lobi apabila melihat limpahan air dari bumbung berhampiran Dewan Rakyat yang sedang bersidang kira-kira jam 4.20 petang.

PETALING JAYA: While the possibility of a reduction in toll rates has been welcomed, transport and consumer groups are more concerned about making toll concession agreements public. "Over and above what consumers pay, the Government also has to fork out compensation using taxpayers? money"- SYED SHAHIR SYED MOHAMUD Malaysian Trade Union Council (MTUC) president Syed Sharir Syed Mahmud said the public wanted to know what was signed as it involved their money every time they crossed tollgates.