Archive - 3 December 2020

The call from its Youth chief Shazni Munir comes after the PN govt, as of today, passed the budgets of 11 ministries in the Dewan Rakyat.

Johor police will never compromise with such activity, especially when it happened at the IPD lock-up, says the state police chief.

Ministry said MOF Inc subsidiary Prokhas never invited any party to undertake due diligence on IWK.

The retirement age for civil servants at 60 years is still seen as reasonable and relevant, says its president Adnan Mat.

Employers’ thinking towards workers needs to change, says a Pertimig board member.

'Investigations are still underway and there may be more reports after this,' says S'gor police chief.

Preliminary action was taken against soldier implicated in alleged abuse, says Affendi Buang.

Do away with middlepersons and absorb workers into civil service, urges JPKK.

The prime minister has given his approval and the Malaysian Cooperative Institute will be upgraded to a university within two years, the minister adds.

These new cases bring total to 30 since rabies epidemic declared in the state on Jul 31, 2017.

UPDATED 6.50PM | This is the second-highest number of Covid-19-related deaths reported in a single day.

PARLIAMENT | A total of 59 percent of the unemployed in the country are highly-skilled workers.

UPDATED 7.28PM | Pekan MP Najib Abdul Razak disagrees with staggered payment scheme, wants lump sum option.

The entertainment centre operator offered RM45,000 to the officer heading the raid to not take action against him and 66 others who were there.

This is to change status, name of Seremban and Nilai municipal councils to become one local authority.

The alleged incident involves an enforcement officer on duty around the company's quarantine facilities in Meru, Klang,

The PJ MP says Ismail is 'ignorant' for citing security concerns to deny citizenship for children of M'sian women with foreign spouses.

LETTER | The contrasting levels of success are puzzling.

Palm oil producer implements measures to improve housing, clinics, schools, and more for workers' benefit.

The ministry is focusing on entrepreneurship development and micro-businesses.

Sahabat Alam Malaysia fears that this could open the door to toxic mining activities.

UPDATED 3.40PM | PARLIAMENT | Budgets for domestic trade, and entrepreneur development pass with voice votes.

PARLIAMENT | Each bloc leader will be observed by an MP from opposing side to improve process.

Apandi alleged Mahathir formed a “venomous” view against him.

Only RM66.6m spent of RM350m allocation for Apec between 2019 and 2021, says minister.

The meeting is to ensure a smooth operation for the around 127,000 foreign workers in Penang, says state exco Jagdeep Singh Deo.

'I have contributed half of my life to public service and it is time...' - Teng Chang Khim.

COMMENT | Policymakers were not ready for Covid-19.

A total of 37 suspects have been arrested to date over the incident.

UPDATED 2.10PM | PARLIAMENT | Six MPs were not present for the Miti budget vote.

Latest govt figures show that almost a fifth of Sabahans live under poverty line.

Flooding cause by high rainfall coinciding with the height of the high tide phenomenon.

UPDATED 1.34PM | We don't know if there is a hidden agenda behind it, says Simpang Pulai rep Tan Kar Hing.

It says this is being done in collaboration with the authorities.

Forcefully demolishing a temple is bad, to justify it by legalistic arguments which ignore historical context is worse.

The law allows Commonwealth to block agreements between Aussie states, councils, institutions and foreign govt.

US President-elect says transition team working on what to put forward to next Congress.

MP SPEAKS | Is Muhyiddin Yassin a wolf in sheep's clothing?

These are verified locations reported to be affected today.

UPDATED 3.07PM | Dewan Rakyat speaker asks Shabudin Yahaya to show cause for misleading the House.

This to avoid dual-citizenship among children born abroad to M'sian women with foreign husbands - minister.

If state govt provided land, funds for non-Muslim places of worship, temple demolition would not have occurred.

Volunteers step in to help unregistered needy, urban poor communities often overlooked in receiving govt aid.

This is Star Media Group's fourth downsizing since 2013.

Flood affects Kuala Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Marang and Kemaman, with evacuation in a few other districts.

'We should educate ourselves on our moral obligations in obeying the laws of the country'.

The three-day initiative aims to encourage and equip 3,000 local businesses to consider and embrace live streaming e-commerce as a new channel to improve their sales.

However, Khazanah Research Institute cautions that the data for Sabah is incomplete.

KINI ROUNDUP | Key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.

2020 expected to be the second warmest behind 2016 since records began in 1850.

It should not have been framed as a mechanism to delegitimise the govt during a pandemic.

'No matter how much he tries to spin, Azmin is still the architect of Sheraton Move.'

They recently tried to break into at least nine health organisations, revealing a broad effort to steal data on vaccine development.

Another says: 'This is because they have different agendas. If they share the same agenda, then there is no problem...'

Mustapha Mohamed attributes RM21b net loss in Q2 to low oil prices and low demand.

In a viral video, MB apparently misspoke on the value of rare earth elements state govt wants to extract in Kedah.