THE Tourism Ministry exceeded its Key Performance Indicator (KPI) for its social media branding campaign by 162.84% when it received over 120,000 fans online. Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen said the KPI set for the RM1.8mil campaign was to reach 120,000 fans by December, or 15,000 a month. “But as at September this [...]
Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong said it was not part of the National Education Policy to select teachers for government or government-aided schools based on race or religion. “We will choose teachers for the 9,996 schools nationwide based on professionalism and the vacancies in certain areas. “Although we respect the voice of [...]
SABAH ranked as the top state with the most babies born out of wedlock with 41,490 infants, followed by Selangor with 18,983. These figures were part of 152,182 illegitimate babies recorded nationwide from 2008 to last year, Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Heng Sai Kie said. She cited consensual sex among teenagers, [...]
THE Education Ministry will intensify robotics programmes in 300 schools next year to develop the field as one of the nation’s strengths. Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong said the country had potential in the robotics field and this should be developed and expanded. “Malaysia emerged as overall champion at the World Robot [...]
A TOTAL of 8,812 out of 21,698 teachers’ quarters nationwide or around 40.6% have been left unoccupied due to various reasons, the Dewan Rakyat was told. Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong said this was mainly because of its bad physical structure and the option of cheaper rental outside. “We have established a [...]
MALAYSIA is ranked fourth in the world when it comes to spending on education for the country’s younger generation, the Dewan Rakyat was told. Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong said the Government spent an average of RM3,354 for every primary school pupil and RM4,039 for a secondary student yearly in the past [...]
THE intake of foreign lecturers and students into Universiti Malaya (UM) is an effort to “internationalise” the university and not to chase after world rankings. Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Dr Hou Kok Chung said 15.9% of the varsity’s lecturers were foreign nationals and this was in accordance with the ministry’s strategic plan. He said [...]
THREE people were sworn in as senators, including Malaysian Indian United Party (MIUP) president Datuk S. Nallakaruppan. The two others are Tess Innovations Sdn Bhd director Datuk Jaspal Singh and CLK Consultants Sdn Bhd director Chiew Lian Keng. Nallakaruppan, 65, Jaspal, 49, and Chiew, 47, took their oath of office before Dewan Negara president Tan [...]
DEPUTY Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong chided the Opposition for failing to fulfil its election promises to provide suitable land to build vernacular schools in their states. He noted that PKR’s Bukit Lanjan assemblyman Elizabeth Wong and Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim had promised to provide eight lots of land for [...]
MALAYSIA’S RON95 petrol prices are still the cheapest among Asean countries following the recent price adjustments of the fuel subsidy rationalisation programme, the Finance Ministry said. Its deputy minister Datuk Donald Lim Siang Chai said the price of RON95 per litre in Malaysia is RM1.90, compared to RM4.13 in Thailand, RM5.15 (Singapore), RM3.37 (Indonesia) and [...]
