KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong has raised questions regarding the government's definition of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education, urging clarity on the scope of subjects classified under the category. Dr Wee said that STEM consists of 38 component subjects, yet only four are considered as pure sciences. "I would like to ask...
IPOH: A 60-year-old man died after he was trapped inside an excavator and buried in soil while carrying out excavation works at a hillside in Keramat Pulai, Simpang Pulai. Perak Fire and Rescue Department acting assistant operations director Shazlean Mohd Hanafiah said they received a distress call at 1.52pm on Monday (Aug 25). A team from the...
SUBANG: The Sultan of Brunei, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, has arrived in Malaysia for a four-day state visit at the invitation of His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia. The special aircraft carrying Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and his delegation, including Prince Abdul Mateen Bolkiah, cabinet ministers and senior government officials, landed at the Air Force base here...
SEPANG: A retail assistant has been fined RM14,000 here for producing and sharing videos with offensive content on her Twitter account three years ago. Sessions judge Ahmad Fuad Othman handed down the sentence on Siti Amiza Baharuddin, 28, on Monday (Aug 25) after she admitted to two charges. The court fined her RM7,000 in default six months'...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Dewan Rakyat erupted in laughter after a lighthearted exchange when a curious MP posed a question on Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said’s "round-neck outfit." Citing the Standing Orders on dress code for MPs, Datuk Rosol Wahid, the Hulu Terengganu MP from Perikatan, questioned if Azalina’s outfit met the required dress code, noting that...
KUALA LUMPUR: Two female e-hailing drivers were on Monday (Aug 25) fined RM30,000 each by the Sessions Court here after pleading guilty to three counts of fraudulent payment using Near Field Communication (NFC) via their mobile phones at several shopping centres in June. Judge Suhaila Haron imposed a fine of RM10,000, in default four months’ imprisonment,...
PETALING JAYA: A three-year-old boy was killed after he is believed to have fallen from the sixth floor of a condominium here. Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Shahrulnizam Ja'afar said police were notified of the incident on Aug 21. "The police were informed of the incident which happened at a condominium in Kota Damansara. The body was...
KLUANG: Johor has proposed an increase in the number of pick-up and drop-off points for cross-border passenger transport service vehicles, says state executive councillor Mohd Fazli Mohamad Salleh. The Public Works, Transport, Infrastructure and Communication committee chairman said taxis are currently only allowed to use one designated point each in Johor and Singapore. "The current practice is...
KUALA LUMPUR: Roads around Putrajaya Core Island will be closed to private vehicles from 6 pm on Aug 29 until the conclusion of the National Day parade on Aug 31, says Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil. He said the closure was to facilitate final preparations for the National Day celebration, which would be held at Dataran...
KUALA LUMPUR: Cabinet decisions have never been influenced by external parties and are made collectively by the Cabinet alone, says Datuk Fahmi Fadzil. The Communications Minister said that claims of outside influence on the government’s decision-making are unfounded, adding that he has never witnessed such events during his time in the Cabinet. “I attend almost every Cabinet...
