KUALA LUMPUR, 5 Nov 2008: A total of 137 inmates in prisons in the country are below 18 years of age or juveniles, as of 2 Sept this year, Deputy Home Minister Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh told the Dewan Rakyat today. He said based on statistics by the Prisons Department, 108 of them […]
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Claims of huge spending in Eurocopter deal proven wrong: Najib
KUALA LUMPUR, 5 Nov 2008: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today the opposition’s claim that the government was spending a huge amount of money in the purchase of Eurocopter helicopters has been proven wrong. He said the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) had declared that it found no irregularities in the purchase of […]
Ex-deputy minister’s son and two others freed of murder
KUALA LUMPUR, 5 Nov 2008: A former deputy minister’s son and two others were acquitted and discharged by the High Court here today of a charge of murdering a doctor five years ago. Justice Datuk Mohamed Apandi Ali, in acquitting college student Nor Adzlan Idris, 25, Lee Jun Jo, 27, and Choy Chin Chuan, 25, […]
Obama the next US President
WASHINGTON, 4 Nov 2008: Barack Obama won the US presidential election, beating John McCain in a landslide victory to become the 44th President of the US. Obama made history as the first black president in a long-fought battle of almost two years. It was a bitter sweet moment for Obama, whose grandmother, described as the […]
Creative common ground
By Ooi Ying Nee(Source: randomalphabets.com) THE afternoon of 24 Aug 2008 was like any other bustling Saturday at KL Sentral station. Save for one anomaly: in the midst of hundreds of shuttling commuters, about 120 people had congregated in two locations at the terminal. They were there to read. Among those who sat cross-legged on the floor, or […]
Govt to guarantee EPF’s RM5 billion loan to Valuecap
By Deborah LohKUALA LUMPUR, 4 NOV 2008: The government will guarantee the RM5 billion loan from the Employees’ Provident Fund to state investment company Valuecap Sdn Bhd. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak defended the loan and rebuffed speculation that the loan would only prop up government-linked companies (GLCs) on the stock market. “Valuecap has the […]
Rehda welcomes govt boost for housing industry
By Elizabeth LooiPETALING JAYA, 4 Nov 2008: The Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (Rehda) welcomes the government’s latest announcements on the construction and housing industry. Its president Datuk Ng Seing Liong said in a statement that Rehda is pleased that the government has increased its role in providing more low cost and medium cost homes […]
Govt announces RM7 billion stimulus package
By Deborah Loh and Ng Boon HooiKUALA LUMPUR, 4 NOV 2008: The government today announced RM7 billion worth of measures to stimulate economic activity as a crisis response to the global credit crunch. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who is also Finance Minister I, said the funds were drawn from the government’s fuel subsidy savings and not from Budget […]
After UK, other countries may impose visa requirement
KUALA LUMPUR, 4 Nov 2008: With the move by the United Kingdom to impose visa requirement next year, Malaysians may be further inconvenienced if the other European Union countries decide to follow suit. Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said the UK government was studying to impose the visa requirement on 11 countries, including […]
Govt suggests 3% cut on employee’s EPF contribution
KUALA LUMPUR, 4 Nov 2008: In a move to put more disposable income in workers’ pockets, the government will allow workers to reduce their Employees Provident Fund (EPF) contribution by three percent for two years beginning 1 Jan 1 2009. Currently, employers contribute 12% to EPF while the employees contribute 11% of their salary to […]
