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Sarawak voters’ concerns

By Catalina Rembuyan

February 18, 2010

AS a Sarawakian, I am constantly frustrated by comments on Malaysian news websites and blogs by West Malaysians telling East Malaysians that they “get who they vote for”. These comments are inevitably made whenever human rights issues affecting East Malaysia are discussed. Most of these comments are made by people who probably have little regard […]

RM6.95bil from first stimulus package disbursed

June 15, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, 15 June 2009: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak told the Dewan Rakyat today that almost 100% or RM6.95 billion from the first stimulus package’s allocation has been disbursed. He said that of this total, RM4.02 billion or 57.9% involving 43,681 projects have been offered to successful contractors while the remainder was in […]

Association supports English as compulsory pass subject

June 10, 2009

BESUT, 10 June 2009: The Malaysian Malay Language Education Association (PPBMM) fully supports the government’s proposal to make English a compulsory SPM pass subject. Its president, Assoc Prof Dr Hashim Othman, said this was in line with the association’s resolutions in March to raise language proficiency at all levels of education through various strategies and […]

Ministry to correct male-female teacher ratio

May 26, 2009

KLANG, 26 May 2009: The shortage of male teachers is one of the biggest challenges faced by the Education Ministry, said its deputy minister, Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi. At present female trainees make up three-quarter of the yearly intake. “However, most of the teachers posted to the rural areas are male. As such we need […]

Special rural bus service to curtail mat rempit

May 13, 2009

PUTRAJAYA, 13 May 2009: The Road Safety Department and the Education Ministry have agreed in principle to introduce a special rural school bus service to curtail the use of motorcycles by students. The department’s director-general, Datuk Suret Singh, said the mechanics of introducing such a service were now being studied and a decision was expected […]

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