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- City police looking at congestion
- Dr M's systematic advice to small retailers
- Polls close in Singapore's presidential race
| City police looking at congestion Posted: 28 Aug 2011 08:49 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: Police will be holding discussions with Kuala Lumpur City Hall's Town Planning Unit on coming up with a strategy to overcome the problem of traffic congestion in the city especially in the Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman (TAR) are . Federal police Internal Security and Public Order director, Datuk Salleh Mat Rashid said the meeting was required as it was not solely the duty of the police to manage traffic. According to him, every festive season, the Jalan TAR area would become congested as it was the focus of shoppers. "The current traffic congestion in the area is also probably due to Ramadan bazaars set up in the area. I would like to suggest the bazaars be located at a more suitable site for the people," he told reporters after presenting breaking of fast food packages to traffic policemen and members of the public in the area today. BERNAMA |
| Dr M's systematic advice to small retailers Posted: 27 Aug 2011 07:12 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian small retailers should take a leaf from the world's large retail companies, in terms of using systematic ways to sell products, said former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. He said one of the methods included arranging products, according to categories, such as in hypermarkets, making it easier for customers to look for what they needed. He added that this was similar to a library where patrons knew where to look for materials based on a coding system. "So, small retailers here in Malaysia should learn from big companies. They may set up a small outlet that uses a systematic way of selling products and grow the business from there," said Dr Mahathir in his lecture entitled, 'Realising Vision 2020: The Strategic Role and Contributions of the Retail Sector', organised by Tesco Malaysia. He said companies should strengthen their marketing strategies to promote products, adding that packaging was an area which Malaysian producers well should look into. BERNAMA |
| Polls close in Singapore's presidential race Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:34 AM PDT SINGAPORE: Polling stations across Singapore for the presidential race closed at 8pm. The four candidates had turned up at the polling stations both as observers and voters earlier in the day. Outgoing president S R Nathan, who will complete his term on Aug 31, was seen at Haig Girls' School to cast his vote for his successor. Speaking to reporters later, Nathan said: "It was not a 'tough choice' deciding on who I preferred." Counting of votes has started to determine who will be elected among the four Tans - former deputy prime minister Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam, former member of parliament Dr Tan Cheng Bok, former chief of NTUC Income (a cooperative insurance society) Tan Kin Lian, and former senior civil servant Tan Jee Say. There are about 2.27 million eligible voters in the city-state. This presidential election has been dubbed "historic" as it is the first time since 1993, when Ong Teng Cheong won in a straight fight, that the county is seeing a multi-candidate presidential race. BERNAMA |
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