Category: General

KUALA LUMPUR, Creating adaptable social protection frameworks that are both inclusive and resilient, especially for vulnerable workers, is crucial to advocate stronger social security systems capable of addressing evolving challenges. Social Security Organisation (Perkeso), chief executive officer Datuk Sri Dr Mohammed Azman Aziz Mohammed, who is also president of the International Social Security Association (ISSA), highlighted the issue during the BRICS Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting (LEMM) in Sochi, Russia, recently. In a statement by Perkeso, Mohammed Azman was quoted as saying that the discussions are timely as many nations are grappling with economic disruptions and technological shifts that have

PETALING JAYA, The parents of autistic child Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matiin, who are facing charges of child neglect causing or likely to cause physical harm, will submit a representation to the Attorney General’s Chambers. Zaim Ikhwan Zahari and Ismanira Abdul Manaf’s lawyer Fahmi Abd Moin, informed Sessions Court Judge Dr. Syahliza Warnoh that the defence will submit the representation soon after reviewing documents obtained from the prosecution. “The court has set Dec 6 for case management to decide on the representation,” said Judge Syahliza during the case mention today. Deputy public prosecutor Datin Kalmizah Salleh, who appeared for the prosecution,

HONG KONG, AM Best has maintained its stable outlook on China’s non-life insurance segment, citing several factors that include a supportive regulatory environment, increased health insurance awareness and strong growth potential in the electric vehicle insurance market. The Best’s Market Segment Report, ‘Market Segment Outlook: China Non-Life Insurance,’ notes that the segment’s solvency ratios under China Risk-Oriented Solvency System (C-ROSS) stabilised in 2023 and through the first half of 2024, following a decline in 2022. Large Chinese insurers have been able to raise funds from the domestic debt capital market at favourable financing costs by issuing capital supplementary bonds in

KUALA LUMPUR, The number of flood victims relocated to temporary relief centres in Kedah and Penang has risen this morning, with Perlis also opening its relief centres in response to the growing number of flood-affected individuals. In KEDAH, the number of victims has surged to 2,194 as of 8 am, up from 675 reported at 5 pm yesterday. State Social Welfare Department director Datuk Zulkhairi Zainol Abidin said these victims, from 388 families across six districts – Kubang Pasu, Pendang, Kulim, Pokok Sena, Kuala Muda and Kota Setar, have been moved to 11 relief centres. ‘Pokok Sena has been the

NEWARK, Calif., SMART Modular Technologies, Inc. (‘SMART’), a division of SGH (Nasdaq: SGH) and a global leader in memory solutions, solid-state drives, and advanced memory, announces a proprietary technology to mitigate the adverse impact of single event upsets (SEUs) in high-reliability flash-memory based systems. SMART Modular’s MP3000 NVMe SSD products with SEU mitigation reduce annual failure rates from as high as 17.5k/Mu (million units) to less than 10/Mu and can save hundreds of thousands of dollars in potential service costs by helping to ensure hundreds of hours of uninterrupted uptime, especially important for tough-to-repair remote deployments. ‘Our industry standard SATA