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Following is the English translation of the text of speech of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak when tabling the motion on the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH17 tragedy at the special sitting of the Dewan Rakyat, Wednesday, July 23. Mr Speaker Sir, 1. At about 11 pm on Thursday, 17 July 20 …

Maria Chin Abdullah | Time for Parliament reform In 2011, Malaysians were promised by the Najib Abdul Razak administration that there will be “functional and inclusive democracy”, which he solemnly declared in his Malaysia Day message. However, making the Parliament function and inclusive is an uphi …

Pakatan wants Parliament sitting on Palestine attacks Pakatan Rakyat called on the government today to organise a special sitting of Parliament to discuss the attacks on Palestine. “A special sitting of Parliament should be held in order to discuss the attacks on Palestine, carried out since January …

He was weird, says Rizalman's Kiwi neighbour As the New Zealand Parliament debates the diplomatic fiasco, the media there is on the hunt for more information regarding Muhammad Rizalman Ismail. Stuff.co.nz today quoted the Malaysian diplomatic attache's former neighbour as describing the m …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 16 (Bernama) — The government will not compromise with any employer breaching the Minimum Retirement Age Act 2012 as the nation prepares to face the aged nation status by the year 2030. Deputy Human Resource Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Abd Muttalib told the Dewan Rakyat sitti …

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 …

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 …

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 …

PUTRAJAYA, May 26 (Bernama) — The 2015 Budget is scheduled to be tabled in Parliament on October 10, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. He said the 2015 Budget was crucial since it was the final budget under the 10th Malaysia Plan (10MP), which would provide allocations for the re …