THE Housing and Local Government Minister has said that less urgent projects in his ministry will be shelved to help raise the money that is needed to create a national food stockpile and open up new areas for food production.

By Sharen Kaur GADANG Holdings Bhd, a construction and property firm, plans to partner foreign contractors and bid for the RM4 billion Pahang- Selangor water transfer project, its top official said.

By Salleh Buang THE buzzword of late that I kept hearing during two recent weekend trips to Pahang was "fast tracking".

SIK: The Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER) project is a timely boost by the government to modernise the agricultural sector in the four northern states.

By Roy Goh SK Bum-Bum in Semporna, Sabah, is an example of creating equal education opportunities for 2.2 million students who live in rural or remote areas across Malaysia. ROY GOH writes.