From security guards’ wages to introducing the GST and new third-party insurance, the government seem unable to implement what it says it will when it says it will.
S Subramaniam
S Subramaniam (Segamat) [Updated]
By Deborah LohUpdated 6:50pm, 22 Feb 2010 SEGAMAT Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Dr S Subramaniam’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. (Source: parlimen.gov.my) Name: S SubramaniamConstituency: SegamatParty: MIC Years as MP: Since 2004Government position: Human resources minister Party position: Vice-president Membership in parliamentary committees or caucus: […]
Labour Dept to punish maid abusers
PUTRAJAYA, 27 Oct 2009: Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S Subramaniam has directed the Labour Department to coordinate with the authorities in prosecuting employers found to have abused their maids. “We will do everything we can to support the authorities as they take legal action against those involved,” he said in a statement here today. […]
Soi Lek: More maids run away than are abused
By Gan Pei LingPETALING JAYA, 25 June 2009: MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek has described the government’s decision to give domestic workers a mandatory weekly off-day as a “knee-jerk reaction”. He said Malaysians should not “overreact” to cases of abused domestic workers, claiming that there were only around 50 reported cases of abused domestic […]
Any MIC leader can contest deputy presidency: Samy Vellu
KUALA LUMPUR, 18 June 2009: MIC president Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu said today he would not prevent any party leader from contesting the post of deputy president. “Anybody can contest, but what is more important is the way they are going to campaign,” he told reporters after chairing a meeting of the MIC Central […]
Cabinet approves union for electronic sector employees
SHAH ALAM, 28 May 2009: The long-standing proposal to set up a union for the electronic sector has been approved by the cabinet yesterday, Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S Subramaniam said today. The cabinet, however, decided that the union would be established at the regional level, namely for the northern, southern, central and eastern […]
MIC to meet PM over cabinet allocation
ALOR GAJAH, 13 April 2009: MIC Secretary-general Datuk Dr S Subramaniam said MIC would meet Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to seek the possibility of a bigger representation in the cabinet. He said MIC should have been given greater representation in the cabinet so as to play a bigger and more active role in […]
Lull in Bukit Selambau
By Regina WilliamSUNGAI PETANI, 5 April 2009: With about 48 hours left before the 35,125 voters in the N25 Bukit Selambau constituency go to the polls to elect their new state assembly[person], an air of lull seems to have descended here. This being the weekend before the by-election on Tuesday, though a working day here on a […]
Small employers exempted from paying HRD levy
KUALA LUMPUR, 19 March 2009: Small employers registered with Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Berhad (PSMB) will be fully exempted from paying the human resources development (HRD) levy for the period 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2011. Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S.Subramaniam said today 1,067 employers in the manufacturing sector with 50 workers and below […]
