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Charity burnout: soup kitchen Dapur Jalanan needs fresh faces or risks closure 

NGO puts out call for new manpower to take on coordinating roles

Senator urges govt to consider targeted subsidy for urban poor

Datuk Mohd Hisamudin Yahaya said between 2022 and October this year, he received complaints and feedback from people in certain B40 areas in Kuala Lumpur who were grappling with the problem of urban poverty, including in People’s Housing Programme schemes in Sentul, Bandar Tun Razak, Cheras and Segambut.  

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Lower assessment rates for PJ properties, but up to 25% higher quantum due to property value

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Extra services to London and Paris launched in response to global disruptions

What will we call for next? A ban on cheap cigarettes, tuak and kapcais? – Rocky Bru

While concerns over drug-laced vapes grow, a blanket ban could backfire by wiping out businesses, threatening jobs, pushing trade underground amid weak enforcement and open tank loopholes