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PETALING JAYA: Transport Minister Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy yesterday clarified the days on which heavy vehicles are banned from all roads during the festive season. Heavy vehicles are banned from public roads on Oct 20, 21, 28 and 29. The Government decided to ban the vehicles from the roads on Oct 29, instead of the earlier announced date of Oct 27, because more people are expected to return from their holidays on that Sunday. By banning the heavy vehicles on Oct 29, we hope it will ease the congestion caused by returning motorists, he said. He also said the ministry received appeals from groups such as the Pan Malaysia Lorry Association to allow heavy vehicles to travel on Oct 27. Timber lorries, lorries transporting construction materials, cement mixers, cranes and low loaders will not be allowed on the roads during the four days.
Union Minister of Science and Technology & Earth Sciences, Shri Kapil Sibal has said twenty telemetry stations will be set up in the North East to monitor seismic activities. Disclosing this at a news conference in Guwahati yesterday after a three day tour to Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh, he said the India Meteorological Department (IMD) will install two such stations in Nagaland, at Mokokchung and Kohima by June 2007
Shri Sibal also revealed that IMD will establish 50 Automatic Weather Stations in the North-East by March next year. Among these, 13 stations will be located in Arunachal Pradesh and eight in Nagaland and will be installed by end of December this year.
Shri Sibal disclosed that the possibility of setting up of three Doppler weather radars for weather forecast in the North-East will be investigated.
Iowa's economy is on solid, relatively flat footing, according to fiscal analysts who released new economic indicators this month to help state leaders better predict revenue for services like education and roads.
"We're not seeing the rapid growth that we had a year ago, but the growth is still strong," said Mike Lipsman, manager of the tax research division of the Iowa Department of Revenue.
Iowa's economic "plateau ... is actually pretty good right now," Lipsman said. "There are a lot of parts of the country that are seeing major slowdowns."
Marisa DiNatale, an economist for Moody's Economy.com, said Iowa "is far outperforming the rest of the Midwest," but generally lags behind some parts of the national economy.
"That's the way it's always been," she said.
Royal Perth Yacht Clubs Opening Day ceremony today will mark the public unveiling of one of the most exciting new projects in the yachting community of Western Australia and Australia in recent decades.For two years a dedicated group, representing five of WAs major yacht clubs and Yachting WA, has been working on the design and construction of a new modern keelboat to meet a broad range of challenges that the sport and those organisations face in the future. The result has been the selection of a new design, a Bakewell-White 8 metre yacht, to become a common club keelboat amongst the major WA clubs, and to be the platform on which a range of regatta and interclub racing, and sailing development and training activities, will occur at those clubs. Today will see the unveiling of number one of six Bakewell-White 8 yachts presently under construction for delivery to RPYC.
- The Ministry of Public Security held on October 10 a conference in order to launch a drive to ensure security for the 14th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting (APEC 14), with the participation of high-ranking police officers in northern provinces and cities. - The United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth II has extended condolences to families of victims of Typhoon Xangsane, which hit central Vietnam early this month. The Queen expressed her sympathy in a recent message sent to State President Nguyen Minh Triet. - The Anti-Corruption Steering Board released its 2007 action programme at the end of an important conference held on October 10 with the participation of key officials from governmental and State agencies. - The Vietnamese Government will do its utmost to foster relations between the women of Vietnam and Cambodia and between the two nations in general.
Laghu Udyog Bharati (LUB) has condemned the inhuman attitude of the authorities of Delhi government as well as the MCD for sealing the small shops, houses, banquet halls and farm houses. It also condemned the anti-people activities of the authorities being carried out in the name of implementing the Supreme Court order. It should be remembered that in 1998, LUB had vigorously opposed the demolition of factories and now it will not hesitate to take similar action if this juggernaut of demolition or sealing continues, LUB said in a statement issued on September 22. It demanded promulgation of the Master Plan 2021 to regularise all constructions whether dwelling houses, shops, factories, banquet halls or farm houses because they provide essential services to the public. It all started with a PIL in the Supreme Court by one M.C.
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