Ten New Healthcare Projects under NKEA

The Malaysian Health Ministry has announced 10 new projects under the transformation programs parked under the Healthcare National Key Economic Area (NKEA) . The project is expected to attract investment in the region of RM1bil.

extracted from thestar, Friday 13 Dec 2013.   

KL - Singapore Rail Poject

Early this year, Malaysia and Singapore government had announce the interest to establish fast rail link connecting the two cities. The land travel will be cut to 90 minutes only. the project is expected to be completed by 2020 with the estimate cost of RM40bil.

The Malaysian PM is eyeing the investment from Japanese firm in the long term projects. A number of Japanese giant companies had shown interest. The Japanese had progresses well ahead in the rail transportation segment with Shinkansen high speed railway.

Penang Bridge to be opened in Feb 2014

The Minister Datuk Fadillah Yusof announced that the second Penang Bridge will be opened on Feb 2014. Currently the bridge is 99.9%  completed and the only outstanding portion is the two toll plazas at Batu Kawan.

One of the toll plaza, at Bandar Cassia Interchange will the biggest tool plaza in Malaysia. It will have 28 toll booths, compared to the current biggest plaza at Sungai Besi with 18 lanes. The tolls complex will be managed by Jambatan kedua Sdn Bhd.

The bridge spans about 24 km with 16.9km over the sea.. 

Collapsed Roof - Universiti Tati Terrengganu

The roof of Chancellor Hall of a university in Terengganu had its roof collapsed. The add up to a list of collapsed building in the rich state.

thestar 4 Dec 2013

The latest was an incident at Kolej Universiti Tati on Monday 2 Dec 2013. Tati is owned by the State of Terengganu, located in Kemaman. It was opened by the PM Tun Mahathir  in 1993 as Terengganu Advanced Technical Institute (TATI). In 1997, it started to offer UTM double degree programs.

This matter was raised in Parliament by Kuala Terengganu MP, Raja Kamarul Bahrin and according to him that this was the third time such incidents had been happening. The company was involved in the Kampong Binjai Kertas Mosque project.