Month: November 2024

Human resources minister Steven Sim affirmed that the government is committed to tackling underemployment in the country. KUALA LUMPUR: The claim that Malaysia’s underemployment rate among tertiary-educated workers increased by 100,000 in the third quarter (Q3) of 2024 is inaccurate, says human resources minister Steven Sim. Responding to Afnan Hamimi…

Former Pengkalan Kota assemblyman Lee Hack Teik passed away at his home in Ayer Itam last night. (Facebook pic) GEORGE TOWN: Former Penang assemblyman Lee Hack Teik has died. He was 72. The senior MCA man, who was last a state committee member in the 2013 term, died at his…

Aireroshairi Roslan yakin PN mampu rampas Pahang pada PRU akan datang. PETALING JAYA: Keyakinan Perikatan Nasional (PN) Pahang menawan Pahang bukan ‘angan-angan kosong’ tetapi berdasarkan kemampuan gabungan itu memberi tawaran lebih baik kepada rakyat, kata Ketua Penerangannya PN Aireroshairi Roslan. Aireroshairi berkata pentadbiran Pahang ketika ini juga mempunyai banyak kelemahan…

KUALA LUMPUR, November 19 — Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution said that the vendor for the Malaysia-Singapore QR code immigration clearance system will be appointed by the end of this financial year. He also said that although the pilot project was only carried out for bus passengers and motorcyclists…

BANGKOK, Nov 19 — Malaysians, be very careful about what you bring into Thailand as according to their laws even two ‘yaba’ or known locally as pil kuda could have you arrested for suspicion of drug dealing. Kosmo Online reported Sungai Golok District Police Chief, Colonel Jadsadavit Inprapan saying authorities…

To align with the widespread adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Malaysian government is primed to drive transformation for its higher education sector. Universities, positioned as engines of collaboration and entrepreneurship, hold the key to unlocking this transformation via international partnerships with an AI focus. University of Bristol, home to…

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 19 — The veto power held by the P5 (Permanent Five) countries in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) should be more inclusive, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. “The current setting is grossly unfair. There needs to be representatives from Latin America and Africa,”…

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 — Malaysia’s Permanent Forest Reserves (PFR) have suffered illegal encroachment on 38,376 hectares of land, or over 400 times the size of Titiwangsa Lake Gardens. According to Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, the encroachment persisted despite such activities being punishable by…

Britain and the US have accused Russia of using chloropicrin and riot control agents since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine. (EPA Images pic) THE HAGUE: The international chemical weapons watchdog said Monday that banned CS riot gas had been found in shell and soil samples provided by Ukraine from the…

Boeing’s employees numbered some 170,000 at the end of last year, with nearly 67,000 at its Washington state plant. (EPA IMAGES pic) NEW YORK: The US aviation giant Boeing sent out its first redundancy notifications on Monday as part of a previously announced plan to cut 10% of its global workforce….