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Liew said the proposed amendment has already taken into account the view of the special committee on the Malaysia Agreement 1963 that is currently at work.

“The former MoT (Ministry of Transport) chief secretary [Datuk Seri Ismail Abu Bakar] gave his statement yesterday. [Overall] we have obtained enough to come out with a conclusion,” Kiandee told reporters at the Dewan Rakyat lobby yesterday.

“Now, there are new issues. We have called in [related individuals] for Khazanah, AES. So, now we are going to call in DBKL [on its] land deals.” 

"The project development period will be announced when the Ministry of Works obtains the confirmation from related central agencies on the implementation model and funds allocated [for the project]," Baru said. 

He springs a surprise addition to his defence team and claims the charges were defective

“For government contracts, we use the old methods, but the difference is they must be awarded via an open tender to get the best contractor and pricing favouring the government."

This was in light of a challenge by Opposition lawmaker Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong [BN-Ayer Hitam] for Lim to do so.

Guan Eng says the overspending of RM9 billion in 2018 included RM4 billion that the government had to fork out for debt commitments under off-balance sheet items.

"One of the reasons for the financial constraint [was] because the monies need to be moved to the project along Jalan Semarak."

"In March, My100 was subscribed by 87,349 people, and it is expected to continue to rise in the months ahead," Loke said.