PETALING JAYA, 23 February 2009: Selangor attracted RM11.87 billion of investment in 2008, the highest amount in the past nine years, despite the economic downturn. “This made us second among all the states in Malaysia (Sarawak tops the list with RM15.2 billion),” said senior executive councillor Teresa Kok yesterday. The figures which were released by […]
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Staff intake frozen due to economy: MEF
KUALA LUMPUR, 23 Feb 2009: Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) executive director Shamsuddin Bardan said today that in the face of current economic uncertainty, many employers in the private sector have frozen their intake of new staff, especially for managerial and supervisory positions. He said the priority now was for companies to keep afloat with existing […]
Malaysian author shortlisted for book prize
KUCHING, 23 Feb 2009: Malaysian-born author Preeta Samarasan has been shortlisted for the 2009 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book in the Southeast Asian and South Pacific region for her novel, Evening is the Whole Day. The award recognises the best Commonwealth fiction written in English by both established and new writers. Preeta, 34, […]
Bar Council to hold forum on privacy
By Shanon ShahTHE Malaysian Bar Council will be holding a public forum on respecting the right to privacy on Friday, 27 Feb 2009. The speakers scheduled for the night are Dr Dzulkefli Ahmad, PAS MP for Kuala Selangor; Fui K Soong, chief executive officer of the MCA’s Institute of Strategic Analysis and Policy Research; Sonya Liew, from […]
Kelantan DAP wants Ibrahim Ali to quit
KOTA BARU, 23 Feb 2009: Kelantan DAP has supported the call by Menteri Besar Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat that Pasir Mas Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Ibrahim Ali resign so that a by-election can be held. Its pro-tem committee secretary Sew Kok Beng said this was in line with the voters’ wish that […]
Improving teacher-pupil ratio
KUALA LUMPUR, 23 Feb 2009: The government is actively working to improve the education delivery system by having one teacher for every 20 pupils, Public Service Director-General Tan Sri Ismail Adam said today. He told Bernama that the new ratio would require more teachers to be recruited and trained. At present, the ratio is one […]
Raja Petra seeks review on recusal
PUTRAJAYA, 20 Feb 2009: Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamarudin has sought a review of Tuesday’s Federal Court decision in refusing to recuse Justice Datuk Augustine Paul from hearing the Home Minister’s appeal against his release from detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA). He filed the motion under Rule 137 of the Federal Court […]
Zambry, exco will not be hasty
IPOH, 20 Feb 2009: Newly-appointed Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said he and his six state executive councillors do not want to be hasty like the Speaker from the Pakatan Rakyat who suspended them from attending the state assembly. “We don’t want to be like them. We will use the law to resolve […]
S’wak MACC: 90% claims false
SIBU, 20 Feb 2009: About 90% of Sarawak’s corruption cases reported to its Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office last year, centred on false claims. State MACC director Samsiah Abu Bakar said the claims also involved non-existent projects, adding that making false claims were serious offences under the MACC Act 2009. She was speaking to reporters […]
Kelantan PAS wants Ibrahim out
KOTA BARU, 20 Feb 2009: Kelantan PAS has urged Datuk Ibrahim Ali to vacate his Pasir Mas parliamentary seat for “not appreciating one’s favour”. The party’s state liaison secretary Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan said Ibrahim had offered himself to stand for the seat in the 2008 general election on PAS’s ticket but party leaders in the […]
