KUALA LUMPUR: About 2.5 million Malaysians, aged 25 and above are unmarried. And there are more single men than women. They include those who are divorced and widowed, according to the Population and Housing Census in 2010. Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Heng Sai Kee told the Dewan Negara yesterday that among the [...]
CONSCIENCE CLEAR: DAP senator says he will not support actions which are against the law The area near Dataran Merdeka was quiet and calm after police and City Hall enforcement officers sealed off the square yesterday ahead of today’s planned rally. Pic by Nik Hariff Hassan KUALA LUMPUR: DAP’s Senator Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim [...]
TIME literally came to a stop when the electronic clock in the Dewan Rakyat was switched off following a historic move to “stop the clock” to enable the orders of the day to be finished after midnight. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz said this was the first time it was [...]
KUALA LUMPUR: The Security Offences (Special Measures) Bill to repeal and replace the Internal Security Act 1960 is to be tabled for its first reading today. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz said he would comment further on the Bill after it was tabled. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak [...]
THERE are some 5,000 trained nurses who have yet to seek employment following graduation from private institutions of higher education last year, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai. “According to the Nursing Board, there are 5,000 graduates from private institutions of higher education who have yet to apply for an annual practising certificate [...]
THE Government is initiating measures to narrow down the country’s fiscal deficit to 4.7% of its gross domestic product (GDP) this year, the Dewan Rakyat was told. “Among the initiatives taken is the review of the current subsidies to ensure all of our targets are met and prevent financial leakages, said Deputy Finance Minister Datuk [...]
DEPUTY Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong chided the Opposition for alleging that the Government had failed to address the shortage of teachers in Chinese vernacular schools. He said the number of teachers in Chinese schools had been steadily increasing over the years. “When I joined the ministry in 2009, there was a shortage [...]
THE Income Tax (Amendment) Bill 2012, which seeks to allow taxpayers to claim for deductions for donations for religious purposes, was tabled for the first reading in the Dewan Rakyat. The Bill, which was tabled by Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Donald Lim, seeks to allow a taxpayer to claim for deductions for contributions to the [...]
DISCUSSIONS are being held with participating financial institutions to enable more young working adults to own a house under the My First Home Scheme. Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Donald Lim said 1,623 people had sought funding amounting to RM238.9mil as at Jan 31. Of the total, 280 applications involving RM41.1mil were approved, he added. “The [...]
The Health Ministry announced a new RM122.6mil hospital in Rembau, Negri Sembilan, within three years. Its minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai told Datuk Kamarul Baharin Abbas (PKR-Telok Kemang) the hospital would be built with the Public Works Department preparing the design plan and the tender for the ground works under Phase 1. Liow said [...]
