PUTRAJAYA, July 11 (Bernama) — The public have been advised not to buy or use the Malay traditional remedy, ‘Majun Burung Unta’, which is not a registered health product. Health director general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the product contained dexamethasone, a controlled co …
Read More »Make Sabah RCI report public now, says DAP Accusing the federal government of d…
Make Sabah RCI report public now, says DAP Accusing the federal government of dragging its foot on Sabah’s illegal immigration problem, DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang today called on it to make public immediately the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) report on the matter. Lim said the report …
Read More »Johor celebrates Malaysia Super League win with public holiday
JOHOR BARU: State secretary Datuk Ismail Karim announced Thursday, June 26 as a state public holiday after Johor Darul Takzim FC (JDT) were crowned 2014 Malaysia Super League champions. The announcement was made at Dataran Bandaraya here to a gathering of JDT supporters who were watching a live tele …
Read More »General : Public Urged To Donate Blood To Ensure Adequate Supply During Festive Season
GEORGE TOWN, June 17 (Bernama) — Members of the public are urged to donate blood so that the supply at the Penang General Hospital (HPP) will be adequate to meet demand during the festive season. HPP Blood Bank Unit Medical Officer Dr Siti Atiqah Abd Halim said the demand for and use of blood …
Read More »General : Parliament: Disciplinary Action Taken Against 20,434 Public Servants Since 2009
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 …
Read More »Public caning for college student who raped teen
KUALA LUMPUR: A college student learnt a painful lesson after he was given eight strokes of the rotan in public as punishment for raping a teenager. Ainur Asyriq Aizamuddin, 19, was whipped with a light rotan (the type for punishing white collar criminals) inside the Ampang Sessions courtroom in fro …
Read More »General : Public Sector’s Big Challenge Is To Raise Confidence Of Public And Investors
TAWAU, May 28 (Bernama) — The big challenge facing the public sector is to raise the confidence of the public and investors on the government’s ability to translate the policies and strategies into results. Sabah Assistant Minister of Resource Development and Information Technology Datuk …
Read More »Public shy away from 1Malaysia clinics
KLINIK 1Malaysia (K1M) was launched in 2010 to provide basic medical care for the urban poor in the country. While statistics from the Ministry of Health (MOH) have shown that the number of people seeking the services of K1M located throughout the country has increased from 1.32 million in 2010 to 4 …
Read More »Klang Valley folk now opting for public transportation to beat jams
MORE Klang Valley drivers left their cars at home and used public transport to go to work to avoid rush hour traffic gridlocks last year. According to the Government Transformation Programme report, the morning peak ridership, between 6am and 10am, reached 437,525 by the end of last year. This excee …
Read More »Don't feed or pet guide dogs, public urged
PETALING JAYA: Don’t be surprised when you run into a guide dog wearing a vest telling people not to feed it or pat it in public spaces. That’s probably a guide dog for the blind, Lashawn Chan, which started guiding Stevens Chan, the founder and CEO of the Malaysian chapter of social business enterp …
Read More »Teh’s extra oomph for Public Bank
PUBLIC Bank Bhd, which has firmly etched itself in the banking sector as the most prudent financial institution in the country, surprised the market when it proposed a RM5bil rights issue. It is the bank’s first cash call in 17 years and the largest by a local financial institution in recent years. …
Read More »Features : Celebrating The Nation’s Central Pillar, Public Servants
By Kurniawati Kamarudin KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) — 1st of May is dedicated as the Worker’s Day, a day of recognition for anyone considered as a worker regardless in the public or the private sector. And speaking of workers in the public sector, they are regarded as the frontline transforma …
Read More »General : Senate: Shahidan Clarifies Cooling Off Period For Public Service Pensioners – Shahidan
KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 (Bernama) — The government has no plans to draw up a new policy to impose a cooling off period for retiring government servants before they take up posts in the corporate or professional sectors. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassi …
Read More »Public contributions for Kuantan school collected by MCA at fund-raising dinner
KUALA LUMPUR: Chinese independent school SM Chong Hwa Kuantan has received RM525,000 boost of public contributions collected by MCA at a recent fund-raising dinner. MCA president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the amount given to the school was out of the RM1.45mil collected at the dinner organised …
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