KUALA LUMPUR, 17 March 2009: The recruitment of foreign workers declined by 60,000 in the nine months between March to December last year, Dewan Rakyat was told today. Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said the number of foreign workers that stood at 2.12mil in March declined to 2.06mil by December 2008. “With the […]
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Gobind’s one-year suspension fair, says Nazri
KUALA LUMPUR, 16 March 2009: Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz said the decision of the Dewan Rakyat today to suspend the membership of Gobind Singh Deo (DAP-Puchong) for one year was fair. He said the penalty, which takes effect today, was decided after considering the offence committed by […]
No pay cuts for GLC chairpersons and CEOs
KUALA LUMPUR, 16 March 2009: The government does not propose to reduce the salaries and allowances of government-linked companies (GLCs)’s chief executive officers and chairpersons given the uncertain world economic situation. Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Kong Cho Ha said the GLCs’ chairpersons and CEOs were appointed based on their abilities and achievements in leadership to […]
Gobind suspended from Parliament for a year (Updated 4.25pm)
(Updated 4:25pm, 16 March 2009) KUALA LUMPUR, 16 March 2009: Puchong Member of Parliament (MP) Gobind Singh Deo was suspended from the Dewan Rakyat for a year with immediate effect for accusing the deputy prime minister of murder and for contempt of the deputy speaker. Gobind The motion to suspend the MP, which was tabled […]
Credit rating downgrade not expected
By Yong Min WeiKUALA LUMPUR, 13 March 2009: The country’s widening fiscal deficit from 4.8% to 7.6% for 2009 is not expected to result in the downgrade of its credit rating as it is at an acceptable level in times of economic crisis, the Dewan Rakyat was told yesterday. Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Datuk Seri Najib […]
Karpal to give scuffle committee a miss
By Sharon TanKUALA 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) […]
Dewan Rakyat sitting extended to 25 March
KUALA LUMPUR, 12 March 2009: The current sitting of Parliament, which is supposed to end on 19 March, has been extended by three days. Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia said the three additional days were needed to complete outstanding matters that had been scheduled for this sitting. The additional sitting days are […]
Ranau MP suspended over “ngam”
KUALA LUMPUR, 12 March 2009: Sabah’s Ranau Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Siringan Gubat (BN-Ranau) today became the first backbencher to be ordered to leave a sitting of the Dewan Rakyat since it convened in April last year. Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia ordered Siringan out after he used the word “ngam” (“correct” in […]
Will the IPCMC haunt the EAIC?
By Chua Sue-Ann, Lam Jian Wyn and Sharon TanKUALA LUMPUR, 12 March 2009: The Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC) bill, unveiled for first reading in parliament yesterday, comes some three years after the proposal for the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC). Criticised as being an inadequate alternative, it looks unlikely for the new commission to rid itself of the shadows of […]
Integrity commission bill tabled in Parliament
KUALA LUMPUR, 11 March 2009: The Enforcement Agencies Integrity Commission Bill 2009 was tabled for the first reading in Parliament today by Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar. The Bill is to protect the interest of the public by preventing and checking misconduct by enforcement officers. It is also aimed at educating and creating […]
