Tapah, Malaysia

IPOH: The bus that National Service camp commandant Mohd Razip Fadzil was on had just left the Tapah rest area when he started to doze off.

IPOH: Ten passengers were killed and two others injured when a double-decker Sani Express bus skidded and hit the road divider at Km272.8 of the North-South Expressway, 8km after the Ipoh Selatan toll plaza, at 1am yesterday.

IPOH: Driver Mohd Kamil Mohd Ra shid was feeling sleepy as his bus was leaving the Tapah rest area.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 22 -- Highway users returning to the Klang Valley after the Christmas holidays on Sunday are urged to follow the PLUS Travel Time Advisory for safer, smoother and more comfortable journey.

IPOH: The 45km stretch of road from Tapah to Cameron Highlands will be widened to allow for smoother traffic flow.

A total of 191 people in Selama near here were evacuated when their villages were inundated by one-metre of flood waters Friday.

The rest area along the North- South Expressway near Sungai Perak will be closed from 9am to 5pm on Wednesday to facilitate cleaning works.

KUALA LUMPUR: Contra flow traffic will be in place at the Tapah-Bidor route, between KM335.20 and KM335.45 of the North-South Expressway, to facilitate road upgrading works.

Renowned film and commercial director, the late Yasmin Ahmad, and cartoonist Datuk Lat were announced as among the six 1Malaysia icons by the Perak government at the launching of the state-level 1Malaysia With The People programme here Sunday night.

An express bus driver was killed while eight passengers were injured, one seriously, when the bus they boarded collided with a trailer loaded with metal rods at KM305 of the North South Expressway near here early on Wednesday.

By Melati Mohd Ariff KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 -- When Nisra Nisran bin Asra Ramlan, 34, was told that he would be interviewed for an article because he is a good example of how an Orang Asli has excelled, he humbly replied "but there is nothing exciting in my life ma'am." However, Nisra Nisran's life can serve as a good example for the other members of ...

SENIOR citizen Hamidah Bakar claimed that several sacks containing gold bangles, chains, earrings and other gold items, be lieved to be ancient treasures, surfaced from the ground behind her house, Kosmo! reported.

BUKIT MERTAJAM: Padang Serai Member of Parliament N. Gobalakrishnan was arrested outside the Magistrates Court here Monday morning for a case that has been pending since 2004.

KUALA LUMPUR : The traffic along the North-South Expressway is moving, albeit slowly, with congestions reported in several routes especially towards the north between Slim River and Changkat Jering on Saturday morning.

PETALING JAYA: Nearly eight million vehicles will be using the North-South Expressway during the six-day 'balik kampung' exodus - before, on, and after Hari Raya Aidilfitri.

Several Umno leaders Sunday condemned the opposition for using the public in a street demonstration in the city yesterday, for the abolishment of the Internal Security Act .

IPOH: The orang asli of Perak want the state government to recognise their rights to their ancestral land and are calling for an amendment to existing laws governing their jurisdiction.

TAPAH : The United Pasok Momogun Kadazan-Dusun Murut Organisation has gained a foothold in Perak with the signing up of some 2,000 orang asli in four inaugural divisions.

STRAY TEENS FUN ought to have its limits. According to media reports, a runaway teen returned home after being overcome with feelings of guilt.

Juli in 1975, when he passed his SRP . He decided to shave his head to celebrate and take a picture in a photo studio.