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  Volvo Padel Open 2025: 12 victors, record participation

  29 July 2025 / 3 comments

  The Volvo Padel Open 2025 (June 21 to July 27) saw a record 416 players take part (including 160 newbies), and Sunday saw 12 champions crowned across Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced categories at Malaysia’s biggest […]

   

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  InDrive gets official MoT, APAD green light to continue operating in Malaysia – all drivers have valid EVP, PSV

  29 July 2025 / 1 comment

  Global mobility platform InDrive has officially received confirmation from the transport ministry (MoT) and the land public transport agency (APAD) to continue operations in Malaysia, following the conclusion of a review process. The company said […]

   

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  Private car users would have faced up to 83% in toll fare increase without hike postponement – Nanta

  29 July 2025 / 19 comments

  Private vehicle users would have faced toll fare increases of between 79% to 83% on 10 highways nationwide if there was no postponement of toll fare hikes, works minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi has […]

   

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  Isuzu D-Max still 2nd best-selling pick-up in Malaysia in 1H 2025 – 3,081 units sold, 16% market share

  29 July 2025 / 8 comments

  Isuzu Malaysia has announced that its D-Max pick-up truck remains the second best-selling model (behind the obvious market leader, the Toyota Hilux) in the one-tonne segment for the first half of the year. The company […]

   

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  Gov’t expands BAS.MY stage bus service with new buses for Kangar and Kota Setar operations

  29 July 2025 / 0 comments

  The federal government has expanded the BAS.MY stage bus service in the country, announcing an expansion of the service for Perlis in addition to an earlier one made for Kedah. Transport minister Anthony Loke said […]

   

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  Proton International established to handle export markets – 6,000-unit target for 2025, 12,000 for 2026

  29 July 2025 / 15 comments

  Proton Holdings (Proton) has formed a new wholly owned subsidiary called Proton International Corporation (PICSB), which will be in charge of the carmaker’s overseas expansion, with the objective of providing more flexibility when dealing with […]

   

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  Ten Kelana Jaya line LRT stations to only open from 9 am on weekends from August 9 to September 14

  28 July 2025 / 2 comments

  LRT Kelana Jaya line commuters, take note, as 10 stations between KLCC and Gombak will open later on weekends, at 9 am instead of 6 am on Saturdays and Sundays, from August 9 until September […]

   

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  2025 Honda HR-V 1.5 Turbo V facelift in Malaysia – full gallery of top petrol model, RM137,900

  28 July 2025 / 15 comments

  When the facelifted Honda HR-V was launched two weeks ago, it was only shown in range-topping e:HEV RS trim, with no petrol variants present. Thankfully, Sumber Auto Edaran, a dealer in Section 13, Petaling Jaya, […]

   

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  Lexus NX 350h Luxury now in Malaysia – 2.5 NA hybrid, two-motor AWD, 243 hp/239 Nm, from RM396k

  28 July 2025 / 9 comments

  Visit the Lexus Malaysia website and you’ll see a new NX variant – the Lexus NX 350h Luxury, priced from RM395,888. At launch in 2022, there were RM371k NX 250 Luxury and RM390k NX 350 […]

   

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  Jetour Dashing, VT9 now CKD in Malaysia in Tampoi, Johor – ASEAN plant, R&D hub, RM1.4bil investment

  28 July 2025 / 9 comments

  Announced in April, Jetour’s CKD local assembly operations have now kicked off at Berjaya Assembly’s (B-Assembly) plant in Tampoi, Johor. The production of the brand’s two models, the Dashing and VT9, is said to signify […]

   

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  MBPJ supports decision to privatise public parking, but certain conditions need to be refined – PJ mayor

  28 July 2025 / 4 comments

  The mayor of Petaling Jaya, Zahri Samingon, says that the PJ city council (MBPJ) supports the Selangor state government’s decision to privatise the city’s parking system, as it is a policy approved by the state […]

   

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  Lorry, express bus operators with highest number of unpaid summonses pay up, RM6.2 mil collected – JPJ

  28 July 2025 / 6 comments

  Following the public reveal exercise carried out by the transport ministry and road transport department (JPJ) on June 25, the 28 companies listed by the JPJ to have the highest number of outstanding summonses have […]

   

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  Taxi drivers to get language, etiquette training ahead of Visit Malaysia 2026; higher Perkeso contribution

  28 July 2025 / 5 comments

  The transport ministry plans to provide taxi drivers in Malaysia with basic language and etiquette training ahead of Visit Malaysia 2026 (VM2026), transport minister Anthony Loke has said. In addition, the government has also extended […]

   

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  1,194 saman issued relating to seat belts in buses

  28 July 2025 / 1 comment

  The wearing of seat belts in buses has been made mandatory since July 1, and the road transport department (JPJ) has issued a total of 1,194 related saman nationwide – 1,108 to passengers, 62 to […]

   

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  Loke instructs KTM, RapidKL to continue services on July 26 despite protest against government

  25 July 2025 / 8 comments

  You may have seen a notice purportedly issued by KTM circulating on social media today, informing of a service termination at the Bank Negara and Kuala Lumpur stations tomorrow from 9am to 5pm, with Komuter […]

   

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