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Smog alarm: Singapore’s index surges past 400, Johor still hazardous

Update: At 2.00pm, Singapore’s 3-hour PSI reading dipped to 245, still at a very unhealthy level.

Not looking good: Singapore’s 3-hour PSI index has soared to an alarming 401 at noon, while Kota Tinggi (314) and Pasir Gudang (323) in Johor were also at hazardous levels an hour earlier.

Large trees from Brook Road site removed

Update: Just heard from MPPP that work has now been stopped.

A few majestic trees have been uprooted from a private site along Brook Road to make way for a luxury property development project.


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uprooted tree, Brook Road

brook road trees removed

ALERT: Incinerator to be built in Taman Beringin, Jinjang

This seems to have slipped past the radar: An incinerator capable of burning 1000 tonnes of rubbish daily is slated to be built in Taman Beringin in Kepong.

Taman Beringin waste transfer station. gif
Map: DBKL


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Smog: Now Pasir Gudang hits hazardous level

The API reading at Pasir Gudang in Johor has shot up to 333, hitting the hazardous range at 5.00pm. Muar remains under hazardous smog conditions as well, though inexplicably no new reading was provided at 5.00pm.

Image: Asean haze action online
Image: Asean haze action online

Muar smog reaches hazardous level

The smog hanging over Johor and Singapore has reached unhealthy levels, with Muar posting an alarming hazardous reading of 383 at 11.00am.

Imaage: DOE Malaysia
Image: DOE Malaysia

More on the Umno tower-top collapse (Videos)

Here’s more information about how the structure at the top of the Umno tower plunged and pierced vertically 30 metres deep into the road and the soft soil below.

Taib Mahmud’s weird justification for more Sarawak dams

This one has to take the cake: The Sarawak Chief Minister says the building of more hydroelectric dams can reverse rural-urban migration and transform the infrastructure of rural Sarawak.

Crater caused by Umno tower-top collapse raises questions

Serious questions are being asked about the large structure that collapsed from the top of the Umno tower in Penang, leaving a huge crater on the road below.

Kelantan MB addresses #505 election rally in Ketereh

A 505 rally was held in Kelantan on 12 June 2013. This is the Kelantan MB Ahmad Yakob speaking at the rally at the Ketereh District Council field.

Permit of Labuan firm finally revoked after investors left in limbo

Finally, some action after this issue was raised a few years ago and brought up in Parliament – but where does it leave the long-suffering small investors?