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UMNO secretary-general Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki has reportedly urged the government to defer the Urban Renewal Bill 2025 and not table it during the current Dewan Rakyat sitting (“Major overhaul needed before tabling Urban Renewal Bill, says Umno sec-gen”, The Star, Oct 3; online at bit.ly/star_urbanbill).

On Aug 21, Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming tabled the Bill in Parlia-ment for its first reading. Debate on the Bill, which was originally planned for Aug 28, was postponed to the current sitting.

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