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KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 (Bernama) — Traffic offenders who received summons for tinted vehicles, prior to amendments to the new laws, are not exempted, said Bukit Aman Traffic chief, SAC Mohd Fuad Abd. Latiff. He said it was still considered an offence because the light transmission level of the …

KUALA TERENGGANU, June 13 (Bernama) — The Terengganu government continues to place importance on education to empower the sector in the state, said the Menteri Besar, Datuk Ahmad Razif Abd Rahman. He said the continuous empowerment, via the Transformation Agenda for a New Era fully focuses on …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 (Bernama) — Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak Friday jokingly said he is happy that Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar is well enough so the Youth and Sports Minister will come for the cabinet meeting. The prime minister in his latest Twitter updates to Khairy said: “@KhairyKJ gl …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 (Bernama) — A total of 255,983 Malaysians, or only 0.88 per cent of the country’s population, had pledged their organs between 1997 and May 31 this year, Organ Donation Public Awareness Action Committee chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye said today. He said majority of t …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 (Bernama) – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak Thursday urged all parties to help the homeless in this country. Najib said Ops Qaseh of the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry is among the government’s initiatives to help the homeless. “As …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 (Bernama) — The government is considering providing incentives to developers for installing rainwater collection and reuse system (SPAH) in buildings to address complaints of high cost in fixing the devises, the Dewan Rakyat was told Thursday. Deputy Urban Well-being, Hou …

GENEVA, June 12 (Bernama) — The right to free flow of information on the Internet must be balanced with the right to be protected from abuse in cyberspace, Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek said. He said as governments and industry players made broadband mor …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 (Bernama) — The Education Ministry and Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) have outlined several standard operating procedure (SOP) to ensure that the quality of 1Malaysia notebook being distributed to the targetted group is guaranteed. Deputy Educat …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 (Bernama) — The government announced on Wednesday that rubber tappers throughout the country would receive the RM500 subsidy, like the one given to smallholders of the commodity previously. Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities Datuk Seri Douglas Uggah Embas s …

JERANTUT, June 11 (Bernama) — The government will adopt the latest technology in tackling illegal forest incursions and hunting of wild animals to prevent such activities from spreading, said Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri G Palanivel. He said these measures were necessa …

PUTRAJAYA, June 11 (Bernama) — The Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Hajah Haminah today called on members of the Malaysian Girl Guides Association to always protect the country’s good name and reputation. She said in whatever events they represented the country, be it in design, innovation o …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 (Bernama) — The reappointment of pensioners in the civil service and statutory bodies does not affect promotion in the public sector as they are retained based on their expertise, the Dewan Rakyat was told Wednesday. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 (Bernama) — The Youth and Sports Ministry is working in collaboration with the Agriculture Ministry with other government agencies to help youths in rural areas to set up small businesses, the Dewan Rakyat was told Wednesay. Its deputy minister, Datuk M.Saravanan said the …

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly BerdimuhamedovFrom Nur-ul Afida Kamaludin ASHGABAT (TURKMENISTAN), June 11 (Bernama) — Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov praised Malaysia for implementing productive and wise policies in developing i …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 (Bernama) — Disciplinary action had been taken against 20,434 public servants in the last five years since 2009 for various wrongdoings, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim. He said of this number, 4,743 public servants were …