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Audit committee to monitor waste contract in S’gor

By Gan Pei Ling

June 12, 2009

PETALING JAYA, 12 June 2009: The Selangor government will form an audit committee to monitor its waste management contracts to ensure that Selangor citizens are provided with value-for-money services, Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim said. He said the audit committee would coordinate closely with solid waste management company Alam Flora Sdn Bhd to ensure […]

Muhyiddin under fire

Translation by Gan Pei Ling

April 21, 2009

FOR the week of 13 to19 April 2009, the Chinese media focused on Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s controversial statement about the Chinese Malaysian community; reactions to the increasingly racist slant in articles published in Utusan Malaysia; and a Media Prima directive concerning the Altantuya Shaariibuu case. On 13 April, all the Chinese […]

HR committee to speed up doc recruitment

April 14, 2009

PUTRAJAYA, 14 April 2009: Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said a human resource committee has been formed to speed up the recruitment of medical officers or doctors by government hospitals. The committee is chaired by health ministry secretary-general Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Nasir Mohd Ashraf and health department director-general Tan Sri Dr Mohd […]

Cabinet committees to be trimmed (Updated 3.35pm)

April 13, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, 13 April 2009: Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today the number of cabinet committees will be trimmed to smoothen out the administration and ensure that all matters discussed are implemented. He said at his meeting with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak a few days ago, they agreed that the […]

Karpal to give scuffle committee a miss

By Sharon Tan

March 13, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR: Karpal Singh (Bukit Gelugor-DAP) along with a few other witnesses will not appear at a parliamentary special committee set up to probe the scuffle involving him and Selangor Umno Youth members. Karpal said three other DAP MPs — Lim Lip Eng (Segambut), Fong Po Kuan (Batu Gajah) and Fong Kui Lun (Bukit Bintang) […]

Tourism Ministry ties up with airlines

February 10, 2009

LANGKAWI, 10 Feb 2009: The Tourism Ministry has set up a special committee to have discussions with airline companies to increase flights and boost tourism, said its minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said. She said the committee would be chaired by her deputy Datuk Seri Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Taib and be made up of chairpersons […]

“Advantageous” to postpone BN convention

By Deborah Loh

January 30, 2009

(clock image © Ilker / sxc.hu) KUALA LUMPUR, 30 Jan 2009: Some Barisan Nasional (BN) component leaders prefer letting the new Umno leadership, to be elected in March, take charge of the BN convention which aims to repair the coalition’s tattered image. This means that the convention could be postponed to after February, once Umno […]

MIC proposes committee to refurbish Tamil schools

November 20, 2008

KUALA LUMPUR, 20 Nov 2008: The MIC has proposed the government set up an implementation-cum-coordination committee to rebuild and refurbish Tamil schools through the utilisation of RM50 million allocated by the government recently. The allocation was made under the stimulus package announced by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. Party president Datuk Seri S […]

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