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Malaysia komited tingkat kualiti hidup melalui pendidikan kata Muhyiddin
May 22, 2013 KUALA LUMPUR, 22 Mei - Malaysia komited untuk meningkatkan kualiti hidup rakyatnya melalui pelbagai program dan aktiviti pendidikan yang dijalankan di negara dan rantau ini. Timbalan Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin berkata kerjasama antara pelbagai pihak termasuk UNESCO ke arah pendidikan berkualiti dan pembelajaran sepanjang hayat akan menghasilkan produktiviti yang ...
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Malaysia A Vibrant Economy Nations Report Card Good
It would be a simplistic argument, like looking at someone's total debts, but ignoring the person's earnings or earning potential. Reports that emphasise on the country's debt should take into account the gross domestic product or GDP, which is the total value of all goods and services produced by a country in a year. We should look at the country's debt in relation to its ...
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Netanyahu is a clown like Anwar al-Sadat
Haaretz: "Netanyahu is a clown like Anwar al-Sadat" The groundless threats of the regime of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have made him a clown like the Egyptian president Anwar al-Sadat, the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz wrote on Monday. The Yom Kippur War which began on 6 October 1973 was fought primarily by Syria and Egypt, with some other military and financial assistance from ...
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RBPF Helps Cripple Car Theft Ring In Sabah
Temburong - The Commercial Crime Investigation Division under the Royal Brunei Police Force with the cooperation of the Commercial Crime Investigation Department of Sabah Police has successfully crippled a trans-boundary vehicle theft ...
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Malaysian Slapped With Hefty Fine For Smuggling Attempt
Bandar Seri Begawan - A Malaysian man, 58, was fined $10,000, in default 10 months' imprisonment after pleading guilty to an attempt of evading rules governing the exportation of 15 bags of Beras Wangi 'Thai Hom Mali ...
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The never-ending rape of the Camerons
THERE is none so blind, as he who will not see. The hills of the Camerons are dying. Nature is crying out in anguish. And still, there are those who cannot, and will not, see the problem staring in their face. Cameron Highlands is one of the most prominent hill resorts in the country. It is famed for its quaint colonial bungalows and resthouses, tea plantations, vegetable farms and of course its ...
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Holiday bookings spike now that Malaysians have done their civic duty
PETALING JAYA: Having fulfilled their civic duty as voters in the 13th general election, many Malaysians are now taking the opportunity of the two-week school holidays to realise their travel plans. Tour agents confirmed bookings had spiked for both local and overseas destinations from Friday until June 9. A representative from World Discovery Travel said holidaymakers’ most popular ...
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Gan looking forward to quality time with family
MALACCA: After months of preparations and a gruelling campaigning period, Kota Melaka MCA youth deputy chief Ronald Gan can’t wait to relax and spend quality time with his family. He and his family will be going to Kathmandu, Nepal, during the school holidays. ';It has been a busy year. I had to work hard for almost a year and sacrificed precious time with my family. ';I am ...
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PLUS Follow travel time advisory for smooth traffic
has advised motorists to follow its North-South Highway Travel Time Advisory (TTA) for Wesak Day and the school holidays ending June 9 to avoid unnecessary congestion. ...
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State minister wants teen’s marriage to 40-year-old nullified
KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Welfare Department is taking steps to take a 13-year-old alleged rape victim under its care and protection while trying to nullify her marriage to the man accused of having sex with her. Announcing this, state Community Development ...
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Charge Riduan say syariah lawyers
PETALING JAYA: Syariah lawyers want the Islamic affairs authorities to act against the 40-year-old man who married a 13-year-old girl he had allegedly raped. "We urge the syariah authorities to do the necessary to charge the wrongdoer as a lesson that marriage is not a way out for adultery or rape," said Syariah Lawyers ...
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Child bride and hubby enjoying married life
KULIM: Despite getting married at the tender age of 13 last year, Nur Fazira Saad and her now 20-year-old husband have no regrets. Nur Fazira is married to Mohd Fahmi Mohamed Alias, a fruit picker. She said she was coping well with the responsibilities of being a wife. ';It is fun. Even before getting married, I already knew how to cook so cooking and cleaning are not problems for ...
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Bangladeshi jailed for raping teen – and wants to wed her
GEORGE TOWN: A Bangladeshi, who pleaded leniency for raping an underage, mentally retarded girl by saying that he intended to marry her, was jailed 15 years and ordered to be given 10 strokes of the rotan. Shirajul Islam, 34, who also fathered a child with the girl, was found guilty by a Sessions Court here of raping the then 17-year-old from 4pm to 6pm between January and February in 2011 at a ...
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Tee on leave from party
KUALA LUMPUR: MCA’s Tee Siew Kiong is on leave from the party with immediate effect following his controversial appointment as Johor executive councillor, said ...
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79 complaints lodged but zero Suhakam commissioners
KUALA LUMPUR: The number of complaints lodged with Suhakam is piling up but no inquiries can be held as Suhakam is still without commissioners. Suhakam secretary Rodziah Abdul said the Complaints and Inquiries Division had received 79 complaints between April 26 and May 20. Of the 79, 59 pertained to the 13th general election and the remaining 20 were split up as follows – freedom of ...
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MCA not selling assets says Chua
KUALA LUMPUR: MCA has denied all allegations that the party is selling off its assets. ';All assets are under the MCA headquarters and any decision regarding them (the assets) has to have the support of at least two-thirds of the party’s central committee members. ';The CC (central committee) can also ask for an extraordinary general meeting to decide,'; said ...
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Sarawak leaders triple their salaries
KUCHING: A recently passed Bill will see all 71 assemblymen and state Cabinet members in Sarawak enjoying a 300% increment in their monthly remuneration. This means that under the new Members of the Administration and Members of Dewan Undangan Negeri (Remuneration, Pensions and Gratuities) Bill 2013, the Chief Minister will earn a whopping RM39,000 a month from the current RM13,000. His deputy ...
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Probe into indelible ink issues
PETALING JAYA: The Election Commission has set up a task force to look into problems related to the use of indelible ink during the 13th general election. ...
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Organisers to go ahead with rally despite warning
PETALING JAYA: Organisers of a rally here this weekend are going ahead with their event in defiance of tough warnings by the Home Ministry against those who hold unsanctioned rallies that could disrupt public order. ';Yes, (it’s) on,'; spokesman Badrul Hisham Shaharin said via a text message here yesterday. Some 48 NGOs and civil society bodies are reportedly gathering on ...
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Blogger denies being owner of Papa Gomo blog
KUALA LUMPUR: Blogger Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris has denied being the owner or publisher of the ';Papa Gomo'; blog. He contended that he would not make any confession over the postings of defamatory words and images ...
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MACC moves to prevent conflict of interest over government contracts
PETALING JAYA: All members of the administration and their immediate families should be barred from bidding for government contracts, says the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). This is one of the proposals mooted by the commission’s consultation and prevention panel to check corruption. The nine-member panel, headed ...
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Ambiga and team to pass baton to new Bersih leaders
and members of her Bersih 2.0 steering committee are expected to step down soon and pave the way for a new leadership, a news portal reported. The electoral watch group will hold internal elections among its 84 member organisations to determine who will lead the group, the portal quoted her as saying yesterday. Ambiga said there would be changes in the Bersih 2.0 committee ';once a proper ...
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Roof of village mosque comes crashing down
HULU TERENGGANU: It was a close shave for several villagers performing Isyak prayers at the Kampung Binjai Kertas mosque here when the roof of the main entrance collapsed. The villagers were shocked to hear a loud, crashing sound while they were inside the mosque on Monday night. ';There were about five of us still inside the mosque when I heard a loud crash. The lights also went ...
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PKR expected to nominate new names for Selangor exco
KLANG: PKR may nominate an entirely new line-up to represent the party in the Selangor state exco. As the party won the fewest seats in the state in the recent general election compared to its Pakatan Rakyat allies, PAS and DAP, it has given up one of its exco positions. After the 2008 elections, PKR had four representatives in the exco which is made up of 10 members. The four ...
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Empowered to reach out to cancer patients
KUALA LUMPUR: When lorry driver Tan Chu Tea, 53, found blood in his stools two years ago, he was unsure what to make of it. ';I didn’t feel any pain or discomfort but there was blood. ';I was worried and didn’t know what to do,'; said Tan who lives with his family in Selayang. Luckily for Tan, non-governmental organisation The Cancer Advocacy Society of Malaysia ...
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Malaysia's 10th MP sets focus on education
On the 10th of June, 2010, the 10th Malaysia Plan was revealed to Malaysia’s news media, outlining what is essentially the government’s budget plans for the next five years. The 10th Malaysia Plan will therefore be in effect during 2011 to 2015. Malaysia is a vast country and the plan is therefore vast as well, a thick and complicated document, but one of the most important aspects of the plans announced in parliament were those that involve the education departments of the country.
Malaysia has an extensive public schooling system, operated under the belief that every child has a right to equal and fair opportunity in the country, a right that is enshrined in the constitution. The government spends around RM 7 billion on public education throughout the country, and in the 10MP, extremely important plans were outlined, aimed at increasing pre-school attendance from 67% of the population currently, to 87% by 2012. Read more
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