PETALING  JAYA: Ten percent of the value of all Public Works Department (PWD) contracts worth more than RM10 will from now on be set aside for Class F contractors.

In a statement yesterday, Works Minister Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed said Class F contractors will be able to take on such jobs as sub-contractors to the main contractors.

Previously, the 17,000-odd Class F contractors throughout the country could only take on projects valued below RM200,000.

KUALA LUMPUR-Bermula semalam kesemua kira-kira 17,000 kontraktor kelas F berperluang mendapat semua kontraktor di bawah Kementerian Kerja Raya yang bernilai RM10 juta ke atas

Malah kementerian tersebut sudah mengeluarkan surat tawaran untuk 1,000 syarikat kontraktor bagi kelas tersebut yang melibatkan projek bernilai RM220 juta.

Menterinya, Datuk Ir. Mohd Zin Mohamed berkata, arahan tersebut bertujuan untuk memastikan kontraktor kelas F yang aktif di seluruh negara mendapat projek di bawah Rancangan Malaysia Kesembilan.

Raub member of Parliamen Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen appeared guarded when asked to comment about the closure of  the new road from the Gap to Fraser's Hill.

She did stress that the matter was "complicated, as one would have to consider the whole stretch of road and not just the area affected by the landslide.

"In early 2000, we requested the Federal Government to built a new road.

"The road was built to enhance the image of  Fraser's Hill. Since then, the road has been plagued by many technical problems," she said.

Repair Work'ss on the collapsed road to Fraser's Hill cannot be carried out effectively as the slope is still active.

Officers from the Ministry of Works, who visited the site on Wednesday, told the ministry?s secretary general, Datuk Dr Adbdul Munit Kasmin, the grim news.

" I was told that the slope is still active and is prone to added landslides if not dealt monitor the situation closely before starting remedial work," he said.

THE Smart Tunnel should reopen in a few days, if the weather is good.According to a spokesman from Sya-rikat Mengurus Air Banjir dan Terowong, the company managing the tunnel, workers started the necessary cleaning and inspection process inside the tunnel on Monday.

"The standard procedure is that when the tunnel is switched to Mode III, the tunnel requires up to four days from the day the water recedes to reopen.

KUALA LUMPUR 26 Mac - Kesesakan lalu lintas yang dialami warga kota sejak beberapa hari lalu kembali pulih seperti biasa apabila Terowong Pengurusan Air Banjir dan Jalan Raya (SMART) dibuka semula kepada semua kenderaan petang ini.

Terowong yang mula dibuka kepada pengguna jalan raya pada pukul 5 petang itu berjaya melancarkan perjalanan orang ramai terutama mereka yang mahu pulang selepas waktu kerja.

Jurucakap Bilik Kawalan SMART memaklumkan orang ramai sudah mula menggunakan terowong itu yang dibuka kepada semua kenderaan dari arah utara dan selatan.

KUALA LUMPUR - Terowong Pengurusan Air Banjir dan Jalan Raya (Smart) yang ditutup selama empat hari sejak Sabtu lepas akan dibuka semula kepada lalu lintas mulai pukul 5 petang semalam.

Timbalan Ketua Pengarah (Perancangan dan Pembangunan) Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia, Ir. Ismail Md. Salleh berkata, hasil pemeriksaan dan perbincangan bersama pengurusan Smart mendapati, terowong itu sudah berada dalam keadaan baik untuk dibuka kepada lalu lintas.

For the time being, the old regulated gate system, which carries out ascents and descents for visitors to Fraser's Hill via timed intervals, will be in effect.

The RM50 million road, linking the Gap to the hill resort, has been rendered unpassable since last December following a massive landslide.

The road, completed in 2001, is used by motorists when heading up to Fraser's Hill while the old road is used when coming down.

Authorities anticipate the road would be re-opened in six months to a year's time.

KUALA LUMPUR: Syarikat Mengurus Air Banjir dan Terowong (Smart), membuka semula terowong itu kepada lalu lintas pada 5 petang semalam.

Dalam kenyataan akhbarnya, Smart memaklumkan terowong itu ditutup sejak 6 petang pada 22 Mac lalu bagi membolehkan Sistem Operasi Banjir dilaksanakan berikutan ribut petir melanda ibu kota dan memohon maaf di atas segala kesulitan yang berlaku.

Orang ramai boleh menghubungi talian bantuan Smart di 1 300 88 7188 untuk pertanyaan.

SHARJAH (UAE) 14 Jan. - Syarikat-syarikat kontraktor dari Malaysia digalakkan supaya bekerjasama dalam satu kumpulan bagi membolehkan mereka menawarkan perkhidmatan yang lebih menyeluruh kepada pelanggan di luar negara termasuk di Asia Barat.

Pengerusi Lembaga Pembangunan Industri Pembinaan (CIDB), Tan Sri Ir. Jamilus Md. Hussein berkata, cara tersebut membolehkan lebih banyak syarikat Malaysia meneroka pasaran Asia Barat selain menawarkan perkhidmatan yang lebih cekap dan cepat.