Metro watch

Pak Lah: We don’t change policies indiscriminately

The Malaysian Government does not change policies indiscriminately, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Watch over sand smuggling from Johor

Sand is not being smuggled out of Johor into Singapore, said state exco member Ahmad Zahri Jamil.

Nine Johor councils broke

Nine out of 16 local authorities in Johor are in the red following failure to collect backdated and outstanding assessments and other payments, the state assembly was told Tuesday.

One in five immigrant workers is an illegal

FOR every four registered immigrant workers in Johor, one is an illegal.

Rep: Fine according to speed

MOTORISTS caught speeding should be fined according to the speed they travel at instead of the fixed maximum amount of RM300, said an assemblyman.

New regime for Batu Pahat division

The Batu Pahat Umno division has a new 'regime' following a victory by the team led by Dr Puad Zakarshi, former political secretary to Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman.