PADU launched – data to determine if you’d be eligible for fuel subsidy, update your personal info by Mar 31

The government has rolled out the Pangkalan Data Utama (PADU) socio-economic database, with prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim officially announcing its introduction at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre (PICC) earlier today. As mentioned previously, PADU is an integrated national socio-economic database combining all available data of individuals and households collected from government departments and

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Mercedes-Benz EQB catches fire at dealership charger in Johor, cause of fire still under investigation

Welcome to 2024 and we’re hoping you’re having a good one so far. At least, one that’s better than the owner of this Mercedes-Benz EQB, whose car caught on fire yesterday. According to reports, the incident happened around 245pm yesterday. The fire was successfully put out by 10 firefighters. From photos, observed that the fire

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Celebrating the New Year in the city? Rapid KL bus, rail operations will be extended to 1.30am on Dec 31

Rapid KL has announced it will extend its bus and rail service operations until 1.30am on the night of December 31, 2023 to cater to those celebrating the New Year. The extension involves 21 bus routes, the BRT Sunway Line as well as several LRT, MRT and Monorail stations. For those using rail transit, the

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2024 BMW i5 eDrive40 Malaysian review – 582 km range; fr RM400k; is the first-ever 5 Series EV good?

Launched in Malaysia during this year’s PACE, the BMW i5 is the fully electric version of the eighth-generation (G60) 5 Series. Available in a sole eDrive40 variant currently, the i5 retails for RM399,500 on-the-road without insurance, inclusive of a standard two-year vehicle warranty and eight-year high-voltage battery warranty. If you want the extended five-year vehicle

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Daihatsu could lose RM3.2 bil from production halt – Japan’s transport ministry starts its own investigation

Daihatsu’s complete production halt following the additional fallout from its safety test scandal is set to hurt the automaker financially. According to a Nikkei Asia news report, it is estimated that the company could suffer over 100 billion yen (RM3.2 billion) in losses stemming from its plant shutdown as well as from providing financial compensation

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Driver refuses to pay RM15 to jaga kereta for public parking space in KL, comes back to a scratched car

The issue concerning parking touts, or jaga kereta, isn’t new, with enforcement not really eliminating the presence of these individuals. The problem isn’t confined to just the Klang Valley, but as recent incident showed, it’s quite rampant in certain areas in the city, and it can also get ugly. As highlighted by the New Straits

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BYD to build its first European EV factory in Hungary – three new models to be launched over next 12 months

BYD has announced it will open its first European electric vehicle (EV) production factory in Szeged, Hungary, which would make it the first Chinese carmaker to manufacture passenger cars in the region. According to BYD, the factory will be built in phases and is expected to create thousands of local jobs, boost the local economy

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Tesla said to have chosen India for next Gigafactory location, announcement likely in January – report

Back in June, Tesla CEO Elon Musk was reported as saying that a significant investment and relationship with India was in the works, and there were plans to execute this “as fast as humanly possible.” That may be just around the corner, with no less than an assembly plant in the country in the works,

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PADU database to be officially launched on Jan 2, 2024 at PICC Putrajaya – public can register to attend event

The government will roll out the Pangkalan Data Utama (PADU) socio-economic database on January 2, 2024, with prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim set to officially launch the database at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre (PICC) on the day. In an X (Twitter) post, economy minister Rafizi Ramli invited the public to attend the launch

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Jangan guna lampu kecemasan waktu hujan lebat

Dalam keadaan sekarang yang hampir setiap hari hujan di negara kita, kementerian pengangkutan bersama Jabatan Keselamatan Jalan Raya (JKJR) sekali lagi memberikan peringatan kepada pengguna jalan raya untuk berhati-hati semasa memandu dalam hujan lebat. Mesej itu disampaikan bersama tips keselamatan memandu melalui satu infografik yang menyatakan langkah termasuk jangan mengikuti kenderaan hadapan terlalu dekat dan

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