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  Penang to submit LRT plans – Komtar to Bayan Lepas

  24 March 2016 / 6 comments

  Plans for a Light Rail Transit (LRT) system in Penang are expected to be submitted to the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) next month. According to The Sun Daily, local government traffic management and flood […]

   

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  Gov’t to pay RM1 billion if toll rates not raised in 2016

  24 March 2016 / 41 comments

  If toll concessionaires do not raise their toll rates as expected this year, the government would need to compensate them with RM1 billion in exchange. Works minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said that this figure […]

   

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  Motor insurance tariffs in Malaysia to be liberalised – risk-based pricing of premiums to be phased in soon

  23 March 2016 / 63 comments

  As announced in 2012, and reaffirmed in 2014, the liberalisation of motor insurance tariffs in Malaysia will commence from July 1, 2016. In short, motor insurance premiums will soon be based on a list of […]

   

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  SPYSHOT: 2016 Proton Saga shows more of front end

  23 March 2016 / 120 comments

  Yesterday, we brought you a spyshot of the rear of the 2016 Proton Saga, and now another photo has been posted on the Proton CFE & CVT Technical Discussion Facebook group – this time showing […]

   

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  Tan Chong’s Segambut plant will be ready in time to produce next-generation Subaru models – Glenn Tan

  23 March 2016 / 7 comments

  According to Glenn Tan, executive director of Tan Chong International, the company’s Segambut plant will be ready in time to handle the production of next-generation Subaru models that ride on Fuji Heavy Industries’ (FHI) new […]

   

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  Petronas ‘Pump & Win’ campaign winners announced

  23 March 2016 / 4 comments

  Three grand prize winners have been announced for the recently concluded ‘Pump & Win’ campaign held by Petronas. The campaign also saw over 1,600 weekly winners rewarded with prizes over eight weeks. Annambah Nagappan, 46, […]

   

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  Volkswagen Golf 1.4 TSI revised with 17-inch wheels, keyless entry, push start, more power – RM151k-161k

  23 March 2016 / 61 comments

  We originally broke the news earlier this month, but now it’s official – the Volkswagen Golf 1.4 TSI has been revised with added equipment. It’s also now split into two trim levels, a base Comfortline […]

   

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  Sultan of Johor wants Causeway to be replaced

  23 March 2016 / 56 comments

  Frequent users of the Johor Causeway will be familiar with the undesirable traffic situation during peak hours. In light of this, Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar, the Sultan of Johor has urged stakeholders to […]

   

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  Avoid traffic jams by coming out earlier – Ku Nan

  23 March 2016 / 86 comments

  Here’s a great way to avoid traffic jams – take the gridlock guesswork out of the equation by leaving for your destination earlier. So says Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor, who […]

   

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  Grab ups safety for passengers and female drivers

  22 March 2016 / 7 comments

  Ride-hailing platform Grab has gone one step further to enhance the safety of female GrabCar drivers as well as the safety of passengers. In an announcement, the company will be introducing a new in-car CCTV […]

   

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  SPYSHOT: 2016 Proton Saga reveals a bit at a time

  22 March 2016 / 110 comments

  Yet again, the 2016 Proton Saga has been spotted, this time by reader Yow Hong Chieh. The sole rear shot of this development prototype shows the car minus a little bit of camouflage, revealing a […]

   

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  Johor planning to implement VEP system by June

  22 March 2016 / 5 comments

  An update on the Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) system, which was supposed to have begun operating in August 1 last year, but was then postponed to October 1, at which point its introduction was delayed […]

   

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  Bas Muafakat Johor – free bus service to start in April

  22 March 2016 / 17 comments

  As revealed earlier in the year, the state of Johor will flag-off its new free bus service by the middle of April 2016. As part of the state’s pilot project, four local councils have allocated […]

   

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  China Railway still keen on KL-Singapore HSR project

  22 March 2016 / 3 comments

  China Railway Group (CREC) has stated that it is still interested in the high-speed rail (HSR) project that links Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. That said however, the company is currently waiting for the tender to […]

   

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  Works ministry confirms rubberised asphalt tests

  22 March 2016 / 24 comments

  In a study carried out via the public works department (JKR), the Malaysian works ministry is said to be testing the use of hard rubber in road asphalt mixtures. According to Bernama, deputy minister Datuk […]

   

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