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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

KUALA LUMPUR, A total of RM2.6 billion in loans needs to be recovered by the National Entrepreneurial Group Economic Fund (TEKUN Nasional) for the period from 2008 to this year. Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Datuk R. Ramanan said this amount comprises the collective sum of loans due for repayment as well as new loans involving more than 100,000 borrowers over that period. ‘They (the borrowers) are making the repayments. Now, when we advise them and make calls to speak with them, payments are made. However, (some of the allocated) funds are stuck. ‘Therefore, if the RM2.6 billion

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

KUALA LUMPUR, The government will look into the need to extend the incentive for employers under the Progressive Wage Policy (PWP) from 12 months to 24 months to enable employers to benefit from high productivity and skilled workers under the programme, said Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli. He said that this was based on the impact assessment made of the pilot project which was carried out from June to August 2024. ‘This pilot project is for us to see how this system operates, as well as the feedback we can get. ‘We want to make sure the learning curve that we