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Yazid said he understood the preference for China contractors or sub-contractors, however, this should not be an excuse for them not to hire local companies or workers and only to hire China firms.

"In the ECRL project, we must look whether the project can create value and give benefits to the people in an economic situation which is highly untenable currently,” said Mohamed Azmin.

Matrix Concepts Holdings Bhd has entered into a joint venture (JV) agreement (30% stake) for the joint development of the Islamic financial district in PIK2, Jakarta.

It is considering giving rebates or discounts to road users

“We are still trying to obtain information that could lead us to determine the source of the sound.”

He also called upon all stakeholders to understand why the government could not eliminate toll charges within its first 100 days of power and urged them to accept the final decision.

"I'm confident that we will be able to defend the case very effectively."

"You cannot compare an ordinary sodomy case with a situation where an accused is charged with 'sodomising' the entire nation."

The postponement is partly related to a request by Najib's defense led by Tan Sri Mohd Shafee Abdullah for the prosecution to prepare the pre-trial documents in hard copy format as proposed earlier.

Citing sources, the daily said Sime Darby Property and its partners Brunsfield Development Sdn Bhd and Kumpulan Wang Amanah Pencen (KWAP) mutually decided to not extend the MoU – which was signed in May last year – after it expired.