Taiping, Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 -- PLUS Expressways Berhad advised motorists to follow its North-South Highway Travel Time Advisory for Wesak Day and school holidays until June 9 to avoid unnecessary congestion.

IPOH, May 14 -- Police detained a Penang Customs officer suspected of soliciting bribes from two grocery shop owners in return for not taking action against them for selling contraband cigarettes.

IPOH: A customs officer has been nabbed for trying to get an inducement from shopkeepers selling contraband cigarettes in Taiping.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 -- All museums under the jurisdiction of the Malaysian Museums Department will offer free admission on Saturday in conjunction with the International Museums Day celebrated simultaneously throughout the world.

This outlook is primarily due to falling demand for residential and non-residential buildings, as well as financing and political risks in the infrastructure sector.

Thirteen men will be brought to the Magistrate's Court on Monday to face charges for various election-related offences.

From Azlee Nor Mahmud TAIPING, May 8 -- Toyo Tyre Sdn Bhd expects to increase annual production to five million tyres in 2015 following the completion of its new flagship manufacturing facility here.

IPOH: MCA members in Perak holding government-appointed positions have started to resign following the party's performance in the 13th general election.

Construction activity in Malaysia has continued to grow at an impressive rate, but we believe we are seeing signs that the current construction cycle has reached its peak.

DAP secured over 70 per cent of the total number of parliament seats it contested in the 13th general election, winning 38 of the 51 seats as party adviser Lim Kit Siang made an inroad into the Barisan Nasional's stronghold of Johor.

Less than 24 hours to polling, some 800 PKR and 300 PAS members from Bandar Tun Razak parliamentary constituency quit their parties and embraced UMNO.

PETALING JAYA: Fair weather is forecast for most areas in the country tomorrow, making it the best time for voters to head to their polling centres.

TANJONG KARANG, May 3 -- Tanjong Karang, dubbed the country's second rice bowl, will have a new RM300 million hospital for the benefit over 200,000 people by 2016.

KUALA LUMPUR: Two men were shot in separate incidents, here and in Taiping, which the police said could be due to revenge and secret society involvement.

I have flown back in time to vote. My wife, Kim, returns on May 4 from Indonesia where we have been serving as missionaries for the past three years.

Lawyers M.Manoharan and P.Uthayakumar, who claimed that they were unlawfully detained under the Internal Security Act , lost their appeal in the Federal Court here today to reinstate their RM200 million civil suit against the government.