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Just then, his 57-year-old wife was about to arrive home from shopping.
Customers run for
cover as building collapses
By T. AVINESHWARAN [email protected]
IPOH: It was a sour experience for customers at a salted chicken shop when part of the building collapsed due to drainage work carried out near the place.
One of the supporting pillars of Happy Delicious Salted Chicken along Jalan Dato Tahwil Azar gave way during the underground work by the Ipoh City Council.
A Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said there were no casualties.
"Right now, we are using forklifts to support the building but I've told our officers to get the council to do something about it, too," he said, adding that they were informed about the collapse at 11.24am yesterday.
One witness said he saw people running away from the building.
"We heard a loud noise. Everyone . was frantic.
"They ran away when someone said that the road and part of the building were going to collapse," he said.
A manager of the shop declined to comment when approached.
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The victim, who was flung away from the Range Rover, was bleeding from the nose and mouth as well as suffering from broken bones.
She. was rushed to a nearby
from the shop with the ·other workers.
However, the 42-year-old sho- powner said she was stunned by the incident although she was glad no one was hurt.
A city council representative said the affected shops could lodge a police report to claim damage from the council.
Ipoh mayor Datuk Zamri Man said he would look into the matter and would visit the area.
The city council plans to upgrade Jalan Dato Tahwil-Azar to improve the place as it is a tourist spots in the city.
The project, costing RM3.5mil, started this month.
The allocation was meant to upgrade the drains, resurface the roads and install street lights.
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Burglars flee with
gems worth RM800,000
SUNGAI PETANI: Thieves broke into a goldsmith shop and fled with more than RM800,000 worth of jew-· ellery in Jalan Pengkalan here.
Kuala Muda OCPD Asst Comm Md Zukir Md Isa (pic) said a worker discovered the burglary when she came in to work and spotted a hole in the roof at about lOam yesterday.
"She then checked the premises and found the safe broken into. The valuables and RM30,000 were all missing from the safe.
"The CCIV was vandalised but it -still managed to show two men entering the room where the safe i$
located," he said when contacted, adding that there was also a hole in the ceiling in one of the offices.
ACP Md Zukir said investigations showed that the thieves broke into the shop between lam and Gam.
"A police report was subsequent- lylodgedbythe 19-year-old worker.
''We have classified the case as burglary by night under Section 457 of the Penal Code," he said.
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KUALA LUMPUR: It's official- the num- ber of mobile phone users far outstrips those using personal computers in the country.
The newly released results of the Department of Statistics Malaysia's 2015 survey of ICT (information and communications technology) use by individuals and households came as no surprise.
In fact, mobile phone usage in the country is found to be edging towards 100%.
The latest survey reveals that the number of individuals using mobile
phones has gone up from 94.2% in 2013 to 97.5% in 2015.
"The 3.3% jump is modest but it's because mobile phone usage has almost reached saturation point," said the survey.
In contrast, individuals using com- puters are found at 68.7% - a 12.7%
increase from 56% in 2013.
As for Internet usage, the statistics also show a rise in Malaysians' use of the global system - 75% of consumers still access the Internet from home, with many of them (72.2%) also using it while on the go.
Households using mobile broadband to access the Internet stands at 61.9%
while those using fixed broadband to access the Internet is 24. 7%.
Popular Internet activities include participating in social networks (84.3%), getting information about· goods and services (79.6%), download- ing images, movies, music (76.1%), and sending and receiving e-mail mes- sages (68.4%), followed by Internet banking (27.4%), job-related searches and applications (14. 7%), and pur- chasing goods and services online (16.1%).
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Blues boss backs N'Golo to be all- action midfielder
-just like himself
Midfield enforcer: France's N'G match on july 7. -APLONDON: Antonio Conte believes new £30mil (RM160mil) signing N'Golo Kante can be the new him.
He said: ''For N'Golo today l day training with us. He starte idea offootball to understand c Midfielder Kante joined up with the Chelsea
squad for the first time on Friday in Los Angeles.
Chelsea boss Conte was an all-action central midfielder during his playing career at Leece and Juventus.
"We're pleased to have 't\
because he is a player who dOf but he does his job. He's a goo with a great will to work. It's ve me, this.
And he said: "In my career I had great stam- ina and was a great runner. Also I scored some goals. I hope N'Golo can improve in this situa- tion.
''I'vehadconversationswithl what I expect on the pitch and tant player, can become an in for Chelsea in the midfield, in like Matic and Fabregas and th•
''Maybe we are similar but I know N'Golo can become a fantastic midfielder and he can improve a lot."
Conte was pl~ased to meet Kante for the first time and he had his first training session with his new team-mates.
'Tm pleased to have all the p very important. We know in 21 it is important to start in a gooc ''He's in good physical cond He's a runner. He has great endurance.
Chelsea.·:close in on Lukaku · deal - as
Everton accept striker will leave
WNDON: Romelu Lukaku is closing in on a sensa- tional Chelsea return after Everton conceded defeat in their bid to keep him, according to reports.
The Blues saw a £57mil (RM304mil) bid turned down as the Toffees hold out for £75mil (RM400mil).
But Antonio Conte is confident of landing Lukaku.
with Everton accepting their star man wants to leave this summer, claim The Mirror.
Chelsea's rejected bid is more than double the
£28mil (RM149mil) Jose Mourinho received for the Belgian international, 23, in 2014.
And ifLukaku is to get a second chance at Stamford Bridge, the Blues will have to sig[tificantly up their bid. Prices have rocketed this summer which saw 29-year-old Gonzalo Higuain join Juventus in a stag- gering £75mil deal.
Paul Pogba is on the verge of leaving the Italians and heading to Manchester United.
The Frenchman, 23, left Old Trafford on a free in 2011 after growing frustrated over a lack of first-team chances and contract talks stalling.
But Jose Mourinho will make him the centrepiece of his revolution when he completes a world-record switch.
Agent Mino Raiola - who represents Pogba and Lukaku-is set for two huge paydays when the moves are complete.
Two of his other clients, Zlatan lbrahimovic and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, have already moved to United.
- The Sun, London
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