Day: October 3, 2024

KUALA LUMPUR, Teams from the Sungai Buloh Parliamentary Constituency Service Centre have been instructed to assess the flood situation in the area and cooperate with authorities to assist the victims. Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Datuk Seri R. Ramanan, who is also Sungai Buloh MP, said this is to ensure that in situations like this, all assistance can be provided with the cooperation of all parties. “I also visited the temporary relief centre (PPS) at Dewan Seri Pagi Paya Jaras to meet the victims and deliver the necessary aid. “We will ensure their welfare is well taken care

PUTRAJAYA, Implementation of the new student orientation week at institutions of higher learning (IPT) need not be discontinued, instead, the content of the programme should be adjusted to meet its original objectives, said Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Zambry Abd Kadir. He said the implementation of the programme is still relevant because it aims to expose students to the new world of campus life and being away from their families. “This orientation week should be a programme to help students to adapt to the new life in university, college and so on for a long period, maybe four years, some

PUTRAJAYA, The government remains committed to ensuring that all groups have access to education, despite suggestions to withdraw education subsidies for children from wealthy families in public higher education institutions, Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Zambry Abd Kadir said. Speaking to the media after attending the 2024 Malay Language Academic Figure Award Ceremony here today, Zambry said the policy continues to prioritise all groups, starting from primary education up to higher education institutions. ‘I would like to correct the misconception that we are trying to discriminate at the higher education level, this is simply not true. ‘I hope the public

KUALA LUMPUR, The prosecution in Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s trial for the alleged misappropriation of RM2.3 billion in 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) funds refuted claims by Najib’s defence that Section 41(A) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act was established solely to persecute the former prime minister. Deputy Public Prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib said the contention made by Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah that the section was enacted and came in force on October 2018 just to politically persecute Najib was careless and baseless. “I need to clear the contention. When Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee said that 41(A) of

ISLAMABAD, Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his Pakistani counterpart Shehbaz Sharif held a very fruitful meeting encompassing various bilateral issues at the Pakistan Prime Minister Official Residence here today. Anwar, who arrived in Islamabad last night for a three-day state visit to Pakistan, described his visit to the South Asian country as “very meaningful” personally. ‘This is a very meaningful visit to Pakistan. We (Malaysia and Pakistan delegation) discussed various issues concerning both countries from economic zones, issues of trade and markets and others,’ he said during the joint press conference with Shehbaz Sharif after the bilateral