The Health Ministry is heading towards achieving 1:400 doctor-to-population ratio by 2025. This would be achievable since the doctor-to-population ration in 2022 is 1:412. A decade ago it was 1:758. “This ratio of 1:400 would include doctors under the ministry, the Higher Education Ministry, the private sector and others. “We will continue to improve the…
Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek said that there is an increase in the number of private primary schools and private secondary schools. Similarly there is a significant rise in the student enrollment at primary schools but it is not a big percentage for private secondary schools. “As of the first quarter of 2024, there are 133…
Since its launch in the year 2008 until May 31 2024, the Indian Community Entrepreneur Development Scheme (SPUMI) under TEKUN Nasional has aided 29,136 Indian entrepreneurs with funds amounting to RM457.7 million, revealed Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development Minister Ewon Benedick. “From that amount for the period beginning from January to May 31st this year, TEKUN…
Malaysian Indian students make up 26,058 out of the total number of students in public universities which stands at 545,244 students last year, revealed Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir. “The breakdown of Bumiputera and non-Bumiputera is 472,794 to 72,450. The Indian students make up 26,058 out of the non-Bumiputera students in public…
Here’s how the second round of France’s parliamentary election on July 7 will work and the possible scenarios after official results showed Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) party had won Sunday’s first round. How does it work? Elections for the 577 seats in France’s National Assembly are a two-round process.In constituencies where no…
Cost of living indicators have been adjusted to ensure that it is aligned to the current developments, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The calculations for these indicators were adjusted based on various aspects of household expenditure not typically taken into account by many other nations, he said during Prime Minister Question Time in…
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has confirmed that there are no policy paper to implement subsidy rationalisation for RON95 fuel. He added that the government intends to evaluate the returns of rationalising subsidies on electricity, chicken and diesel. “We will look at its impacts first and the people’s reaction, then we can discuss to…
Chances are slim for incumbent Gua Musang MP Azizi Abu Naim to defend his parliamentary seat in the event Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul declares the seat as vacant. Kelantan Umno information chief Datuk Zawawi Othman said that the party state liaison would allow the top leadership of BN and PH to decide…
More Malaysians are supportive of Russia and its president Vladimir Putin now compared to when the nation invaded Ukraine two years ago, said Washington based pollster, Pew Research Centre in a report released last night. Of respondents in the 35 countries surveyed, Malaysians have the most positive view on Russia and its president Vladimir Putin,…
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim would be fielding two questions during Prime Minister Question Time (PMQT) today. Datuk Muhammad Bakhtiar Wan Chik (PH-Balik Pulau) asks whether the Kerian Integrated Green Industries Park is parallel to Energy Transformation Roadmap in increasing domestic investment and balancing the issues of the nearby area such air water supply…
