KUALA LUMPUR, 24 June 2009: PAS Youth has called on the government to set down a regulation that Muslim maids from Indonesia or other countries be allowed to work only for Muslim families, and non-Muslim families be allowed only non-Muslim maids. The movement’s chief, Nasrudin Hassan, in a statement today said the matter had been […]
Court sets 22 July to hear AG’s objection on SIS
KUALA LUMPUR, 24 June 2009: The High Court (Appellate and Special Powers Division) here today fixed 22 July to hear the Attorney-General’s objections to the application by the Sisters in Islam (SIS) Forum (Malaysia) for a judicial review on the banning of a book. Judicial Commissioner Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof set the date in chambers. […]
Settle problems within party, Gerakan Youth urges Huan
PENANG, 24 June 2009: Penang Gerakan Youth today urged vice-president Huan Cheng Guan to go through the proper party channels to air his grievances over his suspension. Gerakan Youth chief Oh Tong Keong said Huan should refrain from publicly blaming party leaders or mobilising his supporters to express his unhappiness. “While we sympathise with him […]
More stringent H1N1 checks in airports
PUTRAJAYA, 24 June 2009: More stringent checks have been put in place in the country’s international airports to detect Influenza A(H1N1) in incoming passengers because some of them have been untruthful with their health information, Director-General of Health Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said today. He said there had been a 400% increase in […]
12 new H1N1 cases detected
PUTRAJAYA, 24 June 2009: Twelve new Influenza A(H1N1) confirmed cases have been reported over the past 24 hours, Director-General of Health Tani Sr Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said today. Ismail said of the total, 10 were imported cases, while two were locally transmitted. Three of the cases involved two from Yemen and one from Indonesia, […]
Unity government
By The Nut Graph teamIT’S off now. But it was on before. And it was off before that. And a year ago it seemed like it was on. You’d think we were watching reruns of Friends and obsessing about Ross and Rachel’s romance. But no, we’re talking about proposals for a unity government, or a unity something, between Umno […]
Govt revives NGO to explain 1Malaysia
By Deborah LohPETALING JAYA, 24 June 2009: Concerned about misunderstandings over 1Malaysia, the government has revived a non-governmental organisation (NGO), Tabung Amanah Muhibah (Tamu), to explain the concept to the public. Tamu executive director Datuk Dahan Abdul Latiff said the NGO was given its new mandate in April , after Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak announced […]
The trouble with PAS
By Shanon ShahON 5 June 2009, PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang said cooperation with Umno was the answer to the country’s problems during a press conference at PAS’s 55th muktamar. On 22 June, Hadi made a U-turn and said, “Umno has played up [the unity government] issue to try to say that PAS will leave […]
Govt asked to consider hiring maids from China
KUALA LUMPUR, 23 June 2009: The Malaysian Association of Foreign Maid Agencies (Papa) today asked the government to allow Malaysians to employ maids from China. Papa president Datuk Raja Zulkepley Dahalan said this would help reduce the dependence of Chinese Malaysians on Indonesian maids and minimise incidents of maid abuse owing to problems related to […]
Two-coalition system better than unity govt: Khalid
KUALA SELANGOR, 23 June 2009: The two-coalition system practised in Malaysia is a better system of check and balance as opposed to the idea of forming a unity government, said Selangor Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) liaison chief Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim. He said the two-party system in the country, which resulted after the 8 […]
