KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia plans to leverage its chairmanship of the upcoming Asean summits next year to resolve outstanding South China Sea issues, says Deputy Defence Minister Adly Zahari (pic). Adly said the Defence Ministry emphasises three important pillars over the South China Sea issue: Malaysia’s readiness and the modernisation of its navy assets, the robustness of...
PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim left the Finance Ministry building here at 3.15pm to make his way to Parliament to table the much-awaited Budget 2025 on Friday (Oct 18). The Finance Minister was clad in a white Baju Melayu and carried a bag containing the budget speech text. Anwar was accompanied by Finance Minister II...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Education Ministry has granted autonomy to teachers and schools to conduct the final academic session test for the 2024/2025 session as part of improvements and empowerment of School-Based Assessment (PBS). Deputy Education Minister Wong Kah Woh said the improvements include a shift in reporting format from the mastery format of Continuous Assessment (PB)...
KUALA LUMPUR: Questions from government backbenchers will be given priority during oral question and answer sessions in the Dewan Rakyat, says Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul (pic). Johari said this was due to the number of backbench MPs outnumbering Opposition MPs in the lower House, with the former to be given six out of the 10...
KUALA LUMPUR: Wednesday will be a sugar-free day in Parliament from the upcoming meeting, says Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul. "Every Wednesday in the coming Parliament meeting will be a sugar-free day.The ruling covers all who are in Parliament including the media," he said when speaking to reporters after an engagement session with the...
PETALING JAYA: The Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) report on sovereignty issues concerning Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge has been presented to the Cabinet, says Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said. “The Cabinet is concerned about issues related to the country’s sovereignty and has decided that the RCI report is to be tabled in Parliament,...
SELANGOR has the highest number of abandoned housing projects, with 42 schemes involving 16,610 units, of which 8,226 have been sold, said Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming. The figures were part of the 114 abandoned housing projects nationwide, covering 29,407 units and 15,948 buyers as of May 31 this year. These projects, said Nga,...
He was responding to plans for Malaysia to get help from Singaporeans to teach English in their country. In a Malaysia parliamentary session on July 16, a politician from the People’s Justice Party made a shockingly controversial statement regarding the standard of English in Singapore. Malaysia's Minister of Education Fadhlina Sidek spoke about the government’s decision to recruit Singaporean...
KUALA LUMPUR: Calling it a “historic” day, the medical fraternity has come together to laud the amendments to the Medical Act (Act 50) that was passed in the Dewan Rakyat on Wednesday (July 17). “A historic day - the Dewan Rakyat has passed the Medical Act amendments without any changes,” said former Health director-general Tan Sri...
KUALA LUMPUR: Machang MP Wan Ahmad Fayshal Wan Ahmad Kamal could face a six-month suspension from the Dewan Rakyat. This comes after the Perikatan Nasional lawmaker allegedly tarnished the reputation of several individuals when referencing a poison pen letter during debates in Parliament. The letter alleged that an Employees Provident Fund (EPF) was active in pushing for...
