Day: October 6, 2024

BAGAN DATUK, The Cabinet has agreed to restructure the Malaysian Cocoa Board to include coconuts, said Deputy Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Ahmad Zahid, also the Minister of Rural and Regional Development, said the restructuring would not require additional expenses or new positions. “This (restructuring) is an approach where we aim to avoid waste, utilising existing resources to harness the benefits of coconuts not only in Bagan Datuk but also across the country, including the west and east coasts as well as Sabah and Sarawak. “Insya-Allah, we will realise the cooperation of all parties. We should not work

MELAKA, A provision shop run by a foreigner was found to have committed various offences, including storing vegetables for sale in the premises’ toilet. Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN) Melaka director Norena Jaafar said the offences were detected during Op Samar at the Tanjung Minyak Industrial Park, near here on Sept 30. She said a preliminary investigation found that a Bangladeshi man in his 40s, married to a local woman, had been running the business for over two years. “The raid involved four KPDN enforcement officers. They began with the test purchase method to detect any

SUNGAI SIPUT, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the government has agreed to expand opportunities for Chinese and Tamil language training at teacher training institutes, in addition to the national language. He said this would allow more teachers in these subjects to be trained by the Ministry of Education (MOE) and deployed to Tamil and Chinese national-type schools. Anwar said this when opening Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Tamil Heawood here today. Source: BERNAMA News Agency

KUALA LUMPUR, Nine contestants will present their recitations on the second day of the 64th International Quran Recitation and Memorisation Assembly (MTHQA) tonight at the World Trade Centre, here. Egyptian qari (male reciter) Mohamad Abdel Karim Kamel Attia leads the list of contestants, followed by Cambodian qari Kriya Lim, qariah (female reciter) from Kyrgyzstan Mariam Abdiraimova, qari from China Ma Fengying and Fillipino qari Saidi Datala Saiduna. Qari Flamur Kasami (Kosovo), qari Riyadh Ahmed Abed (Iraq), qariah Dr Siti Wardah Abdul Rahman (Brunei), and qari Ammar Efendic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) will also present their recitations. Meanwhile, this morning, 10 participants

JOHOR BAHRU, The number of foreign vehicles using the land crossings between Malaysia and Singapore via the Johor Causeway and the Second Link has returned to normal following the enforcement of Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP), which is being done in stages from Oct 1. Transport Minister Anthony Loke said that there was a drop in the number of vehicles on Tuesday and Wednesday, but the situation has returned to normal after the government provided assurances that no summonses will be issued to vehicles that have yet to install VEPs. “On Oct 1 and 2, we have some reduction of car’s

KUALA LUMPUR, Kampung Pertanian in Kulai, Johor has been chosen as the “foster village’ of the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) Dr Zaliha Mustafa through the “Satu Pemimpin Satu Kampung” (Santuni MADANI) programme. She said today that she chose the village as she used to run a clinic in the Bandar Putra Kulai area, with most of her patients being residents from Kampung Pertanian. “So, this village is very nostalgic to me. Last month, my political secretary went there to meet local leaders as well as to identify their needs and the local demographics in the area,’