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Malay Mail
4 days ago
- General
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Selangor extends rental aid for Putra Heights explosion victims until April 2026
SHAH ALAM, June 4 — The Selangor government will continue providing rental assistance to victims of the gas pipeline explosion in Putra Heights, Subang Jaya, at least until April next year. State Housing and Culture Committee chairman Datuk Borhan Aman Shah said the decision to continue the RM2,000 monthly rental assistance was made to ensure that victims have appropriate shelter until their homes are repaired. 'Initially, the state government agreed to provide rental support for six months, but we have decided to extend it for up to a year or more, especially for homes that were completely destroyed, as rebuilding will take time,' he said. 'For houses that were partially damaged, assistance will also continue until repairs are fully completed. The aid will only be discontinued once the occupants are able to return to their homes,' he said in a statement today. He added that the Selangor government will monitor the repair progress of each affected home to ensure that assistance is distributed efficiently under the allocated funding. On April 30, Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari announced that the Selangor government had allocated RM2.73 million in rental assistance for 455 families affected by the incident, covering six months from April onwards. The Petronas gas pipeline fire, which occurred in Putra Heights at 8.10 am on April 1, sent flames soaring over 30 metres high, with temperatures reaching up to 1,000 degrees Celsius. The blaze took nearly eight hours to extinguish and left a 9.8-metre-deep crater at the site. — Bernama
Malay Mail
17-05-2025
- Politics
- Malay Mail
Nurul Izzah calls on PKR for revamp to regain Malay, rural support ahead of GE16
KUANTAN, May 17 — Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar wants the party to be more active ahead of the upcoming 16th general election (GE16), especially in shoring up support among rural communities. She added that the focus for the next 24 months would include holding discussions on revamping areas with component parties. 'We (PKR) need to revamp all discussions with other component parties, we need more urgency, because if we leave it like before, we will lose momentum. 'I don't want us to end up in a situation where we are a minority party, from our founding till 1999, our Malay votes reached 55 per cent, now the median is 30 per cent,' she said at a grassroots engagement event here yesterday, with fellow party vice-president Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari and PKR Women's chief Fadhlina Sidek in attendance. Nurul Izzah also emphasised her commitment to strengthen a data-driven democratic culture in party work, including expanding the use of studies and research. She noted that the party had previously conducted a Multidimensional Poverty Index Report in 2021, in cooperation with former Universiti Malaya economics professor and former Centre for Poverty and Development Studies, Prof Dr Fatimah Kari. Nurul Izzah will take on Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli for the deputy president's post during the upcoming party election next week. — Bernama
Malay Mail
17-05-2025
- Politics
- Malay Mail
Nurul Izzah urges PKR for rural push, revamp to regain Malay support ahead of GE16
KUANTAN, May 17 — Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar wants the party to be more active ahead of the upcoming 16th general election (GE16), especially in shoring up support among rural communities. She added that the focus for the next 24 months would include holding discussions on revamping areas with component parties. 'We (PKR) need to revamp all discussions with other component parties, we need more urgency, because if we leave it like before, we will lose momentum. 'I don't want us to end up in a situation where we are a minority party, from our founding till 1999, our Malay votes reached 55 per cent, now the median is 30 per cent,' she said at a grassroots engagement event here yesterday, with fellow party vice-president Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari and PKR Women's chief Fadhlina Sidek in attendance. Nurul Izzah also emphasised her commitment to strengthen a data-driven democratic culture in party work, including expanding the use of studies and research. She noted that the party had previously conducted a Multidimensional Poverty Index Report in 2021, in cooperation with former Universiti Malaya economics professor and former Centre for Poverty and Development Studies, Prof Dr Fatimah Kari. Nurul Izzah will take on Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli for the deputy president's post during the upcoming party election next week. — Bernama
