Day: August 2, 2024

LAHAD DATU, This year’s Kembara Sains Borneo programme, organised by the National Science Centre, will tour districts in Sabah and Sarawak, engaging over 20 schools and benefiting 15,000 participants. Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) deputy secretary-general (Planning and Cultivation of Science) Ruziah Shafei said the programme offered an enjoyable non-formal science learning experience to rural communities in Sabah and Sarawak. ‘This programme aims to cultivate community interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) through interactive and creative learning methods featuring activities based on the ‘hands-on, minds-on, hearts-on’ approach,’ she said. She said this to reporters after the

KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit continued its rally for the 10th day today, hitting a 14-month high of RM4.49 against the greenback at the close as anticipation for a United States (US) rate cut gained momentum, said an analyst. At 6 pm, the ringgit appreciated to 4.4945/4995 versus the US dollar from yesterday’s close of 4.5675/5710, but just before closing, it touched an intraday high of 4.4880. The highest closing level previously was 4.4960/4985, registered on May 15, 2023. Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd chief economist Dr Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid said the latest data points from the US suggest that the

KUALA KRAI, A total of 1,687 active projects costing RM72.61 billion under the Public Works Department (JKR) were implemented this year, Public Works Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi said. He added that the projects include road infrastructure, bridges and buildings such as dilapidated schools. “Until July, 87 projects have been completed, 34 of them infrastructure projects such as roads and bridges, 42 building construction and 11 of them other projects. “The government is always committed to completing all projects implemented for the betterment of the people,’ he said after visiting the Sungai Durian bridge replacement at Jalan Persekutuan FT008

SEPANG, Police arrested a married couple and seized 265 kilogrammes of green leaves suspected to be ketum leaves, estimated to be worth RM10,600, early this morning. Sepang district police chief ACP Wan Kamarul Azran Wan Yusof said the husband, 36, and wife, 38, were nabbed at about 2.30 am by a police team from the Bukit Aman Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department (JSPT) who were conducting patrol duties to prevent accidents and crime on the North-South Expressway Central Link (ELITE) here. He said while carrying out an inspection on a Nissan Navara vehicle, which the couple were travelling in, police

BANGI, A former lecturer at Universiti Islam Selangor (UIS), Dr Siti Zaharah Hamid, 82, has risen above adversity to complete her doctorate journey that she started in 2013. The Bukit Mertajam, Penang native, was forced to use magnifying glasses of various sizes to conduct her research due to cataracts and glaucoma. She also had to navigate her studies between two cataract surgeries, in addition to undergoing treatment for heart and thyroid issues. Much to everyone’s surprise, Siti Zaharah, affectionately known as Ummi or Tok Njang among family, friends, and students, completed her Doctor of Philosophy in Islamiyyat degree at UIS