Day: October 16, 2024

KUALA LUMPUR, Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar will chair the Senior Officials’ Committee meeting under the National Steering Committee mechanism to ensure Malaysia’s preparations for the 2025 ASEAN Chairmanship are at the highest level. In a Facebook post, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the decision was made during a special meeting on Malaysia’s ASEAN 2025 Chairmanship today, chaired by him and attended by Cabinet members and all relevant agencies. ‘These meticulous preparations are crucial to ensure Malaysia can showcase forward-looking ASEAN leadership in addressing regional and global challenges,’ he said. During the

KUALA LUMPUR, The number of flood victims in Perak and Kedah has increased slightly, while Pahang saw a drop and there are 3,948 people currently housed in temporary relief centres (PPS) across six states as of 8 pm tonight. In PERAK, the Department of Social Welfare (JKM) Info Bencana portal indicates an increase in the number of flood victims, with 1,191 victims recorded tonight compared to 1,170 earlier this afternoon, all housed in 11 relief centres. According to the official Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID) Public Infobanjir website, water levels at Sungai Bidor in Hilir Perak have surpassed the danger

KUALA LUMPUR, The government is taking steps to diversify the domestic economic portfolio to reduce the deficit in the workers’ compensation account, said the Ministry of Finance (MoF). This effort is believed to contribute to the attraction of investment towards creating industries and activities with high added value and quality across all domestic sectors which in turn provide more opportunities for expertise and increase local employment. The government is also confident that through efforts to increase worker productivity through capacity building, it can meet the needs of industry while encouraging the adoption of digitisation and automation, according to the ministry

KUCHING, Sarawak has always welcomed scientists who offered to assist the State government in taking new approaches in policy formulation to preserve the environment that the people have been enjoying all this while. Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said the state government that he was leading now is giving emphasis on finding new ways to use the strength that the state possessed, particularly in mitigating climate change. Speaking at the Second International Conference on Tropical Sciences (TropSc) 2024 dinner here, tonight, he said after the COVID-19 pandemic, the state government set its economic policy based on three

KUALA LUMPUR, The Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) has been appointed as the official media and coordinator of the International Media Centre for the 2025 ASEAN Summit, announced Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil. Through a post on Facebook, Fahmi said Radio Television Malaysia (RTM) was appointed as the official broadcaster. “As ASEAN Chairman, Malaysia will definitely be the focus of the region in particular and the world in general. “God willing, the chairmanship this time will also open various great economic opportunities for the people,” he said. According to Fahmi, he and his Cabinet colleagues today attended the ASEAN-Malaysia 2025 Special