Day: August 6, 2024

KUALA LUMPUR, DAP maintains its stance of being ready to assist Barisan Nasional (BN) in the Nenggiri state by-election in Kelantan if invited to do so, said DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke. He said DAP practises the spirit of cooperation and will help campaign for the Unity Government coalition’s candidate if its assistance is needed in the by-election. “I have already said that we have a spirit of cooperation. If we are invited, we will go, but if there is no need, we will not go. There is a view that we may not be needed,” he said at a press

PUTRAJAYA, The Hulu Langat District Health Office’s (PKD) decision to approve only 60 days of maternity leave for its medical officers does not violate maternity leave regulations, said Director-General of Public Service (KPPA) Datuk Seri Wan Ahmad Dahlan Abdul Aziz. He said that have the discretion to consider granting maternity leave of between 60 days and 90 days for officers taking into account the importance of the service. ‘In this regard, the approval of 60 days of maternity leave for medical officers at Hulu Langat PKD is subject to the department head’s consideration, taking into account the importance of the

MIRI, An elderly couple was killed in a fire that razed their house in Kampung Pangkalan Lutong here this morning. The charred bodies of Abdullah Nassa, 77, and his wife, Jaimah Badar, 64, were found in the bathroom at 12.15 pm. A Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department operations centre spokesman said firemen from Lutong and Lopeng stations were rushed to the scene upon receiving the distress call at 10.55 am. ‘The semi-permanent double-storey house, measuring approximately 15 metres by 9 metres was completely destroyed by the fire,’ he said in a statement today. The fire was successfully brought under control

SHAH ALAM, The flood relief centre (PPS) at the Kampung Sekolah Multipurpose Hall, Sungai Selisek in Hulu Bernama was closed at 2.30 pm today after all the 143 evacuees returned home. According to the Hulu Selangor District Disaster Management Secretariat, the evacuees, involving 50 families are from the six villages. They were allowed to return home after the flood water in their villages receded and their houses cleaned in a gotong-royong involving the various government agencies and non-governmental organisations. Source: BERNAMA News Agency

PUTRAJAYA, Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil today called on media organisations to make optimal use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in their news production. He said, at present, many news content produced using Generative AI could be published in an audio-visual format. ‘But what I would like us to explore is perhaps the use of Generative AI to help, for example, the Malaysian Government Call Centre (MyGCC) in analysing data which usually requires a lot of work by any one person to focus on. ‘AI may be able to simplify, summarise, collect and categorise the data and would be a big