Ex-ministry officer held for graft

KUALA LUMPUR: A former principal assistant secretary of a ministry has been arrested by the Malaysian Anti-corruption Commission (MACC) for allegedly accepting gratification over a tender issued by the ministry. The suspect, a 42-year-old man, who is now a director at a training centre, was arrested at the commission’s headquarters in Putrajaya last Monday. He was alleged to […]

Tender of 16 dilapidated schools postponed: Lim

PUTRAJAYA: The tender for development of 16 dilapidated schools in Sarawak has been postponed to enable the Education Ministry and the Sarawak Public Works Department to review the scope and cost of the project, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng. “The tender for these schools is expected to be implemented in March 2020,” he said in a statement […]

Batang Lupar bridge tender 1Q20

By Indun Silong SEBUYAU: The Batang Lupar bridge project will be tendered out in the first quarter of this year, says Assistant Infrastructure and Ports Development Minister Datuk Julaihi Narawi. According to him, the construction of the 5.1km bridge, costing about RM1 billion, had been awarded to a contractor through an open tender last October. […]