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

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

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

KANGAR, The Perlis State Legislative Assembly was told today that the state unemployment rate in the first quarter of 2024 is at 2.0 per cent or a total of 2,400 people based on statistics from the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM). State Housing, Local Government, Human Resources Development, and Poverty Eradication Committee chairman Asrul Aimran Abd Jalil said it was the same number of Perlis job seekers registered on the Social Security Organisation’s (Perkeso) MYFutureJobs Portal from January to July 5. In that regard, he said Perkeso and the state government are trying to stimulate the labour market in Perlis

KUALA LUMPUR, Kuala Lumpur’s population is estimated to exceed 8.8 million, with an annual increase of 2.25 per cent compared to last year, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territory) Dr Zaliha Mustafa. She said the population is expected to hit 9.8 million by 2030 and the rapid development requires the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) to be more proactive in planning and providing infrastructure. ‘This population growth not only involves natural increase in city areas, but also migration to the city from rural areas,’ she said. ‘This puts pressure on the existing infrastructure and demands that we