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The polling process for the Kemaman parliamentary by-election, which began at 8am on Saturday, concluded at 6pm when all 49 polling centres were closed.

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The voter turnout for the Kemaman parliamentary by-election stood at 60% as of 4pm on Saturday, according to the Election Commission (EC).

The figure is nearing the 70% target set by the EC from the 141,043 electors eligible to cast their ballots on Saturday, who have until 6pm before polling centres close.

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Senior lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah is not among the 16 candidates elected to the Bar Council for the 2024/2025 term, after placing 22nd out of the 39 candidates who contested.

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<p>The polling process for the Kemaman parliamentary by-election, which began at 8am on Saturday, concluded at 6pm when all 49 polling centres were closed.</p>

<p>All ballot boxes from the polling centres, involving 244 streams, will be taken to the vote-tallying centre at Dewan Berlian Utama, Kemaman Municipal Council here.</p>


<p>The voter turnout for the Kemaman parliamentary by-election stood at 60% as of 4pm on Saturday, according to the Election Commission (EC).</p>

<p>The figure is nearing the 70% target set by the EC from the 141,043 electors eligible to cast their ballots on Saturday, who have until 6pm before polling centres close.</p>


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<p>A new digital system is being implemented by the Election Commission (EC) in the Kemaman by-election as a pilot test to improve the electoral system in the country.</p>

<p>EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Ghani Salleh said the system is intended to facilitate EC officers in handling the election process as well as speed up the announcement of the election results.</p>


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<p>Hong Kong has reduced the waiting time for public housing applicants with newborn babies in an effort to support birth rates in the city.</p>

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<p>The police have activated 12 Op Cantas teams to ensure a smooth polling day for Saturday’s Kemaman parliamentary by-election.</p>

<p>Terengganu police chief Datuk Mazli Mazlan said the teams were deployed at several hot spot areas in the parliamentary constituency.</p>


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<p>Malaysia has pledged its support to ensure the effective implementation of the Asean Working Group on Climate Change (AWGCC) Action Plan, Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad said.</p>


<p>Exxon Mobil Corp and Saudi Arabia’s Aramco, the world’s largest private and state-sector oil companies, led a pledge by 50 oil and gas producers at the COP28 climate summit to cut emissions from their own operations.</p>


<p>The US has pledged US$3 billion (RM14.02 billion) to the Green Climate Fund, Vice President Kamala Harris said on Saturday as she arrived in Dubai for the UN climate summit.</p>

<p>The fund, with more than US$20 billion in pledges, is the largest international fund dedicated to supporting climate action in developing countries.</p>
