Democratic Action Party (DAP) national chairman, Lim Guan Eng, questioned why the two elite schools, Royal Malay College Kuala Kangsar (MCKK) and Tunku Kurshiah College, allowed to teached Mathematics and Science in English. “… was it possible for other government schools in Peninsular Malaysia to follow what these two elite schools had done by applying…
We never intended to promise citizenship status to anyone, said Stulang State assemblyman Andrew Chen Kah Eng. “We never intended to promise citizenship status to anyone, as the laws related to this status are clearly stipulated in the country’s constitution, and the process set by the NRD must also be followed,” he said. He said…
China Press, Sin Chew Daily, Kwong Wah Daily and Guang Ming Daily headlined Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan announced that starting today the price of diesel in Peninsular Malaysia will float freely with market prices. The price per litre of diesel will increase from the current subsidized rate of RM2.15 to the…
Kota Melaka MP Khoo Poay Tiong has arranged a dialogue between the Malacca Coffee Shop-Keepers Association and the Ministry of Finance, to address small businesses’ concerns regarding the implementation of e-invoice set to begin on August 1st this year. To this end, he contacted Deputy Finance Minister Lim Hui Ying. “This concern was conveyed to…
The Education Minister, Fadhlina Sidek, said that the Dual Language Programme (DLP) issue shouldn’t be blown out of proportion. “It should run concurrently, and we don’t feel this matter should be exaggerated because it’s just a matter of how to comply with the guidelines and meet the requirements based on those guidelines,” she said, reported…
La Nina will begin in June and September this year according to the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia). The director-general of MetMalaysia, Muhammad Helmi Abdullah said that La Nina can last between five and 18 months. “La Nina can last between five and 18 months. Based on international forecast models, the coming La Nina is expected…
The trend of non-Chinese students attending Chinese primary schools was on the rise, despite the challenges they faced. The headmaster of SJK (C) Cheng Ming Keningau Sabah, Chee Sui Fung, said that while non-Chinese students often struggled with reading and writing and showed slow learning progress, many parents chose not to transfer their children to…
The Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism, and Taoism (MCCBCHST) urgently appealed to all MPs, including federal ministers, to take action against controversial Chinese Muslim convert preacher Firdaus Wong Wai Hung. Recently, Wong told a man on TikTok how to handle requests from teenagers to embrace Islam. “The MCCBCHST was appalled by this…
Qdenga vaccine may be available to the public but it is not included in the National Immunisation Programme due to high cost, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad. “The NPRA has given conditional registration to the dengue vaccine manufactured by Takeda (Takeda Pharmaceutical) and it is already available in the private sector for…
China Press headlined that three civil servants, including senior and regular officials from Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL), along with a former civil servant, are suspected of monthly bribes of RM100,000 to RM500,000 from from massage parlors, entertainment venues, and unlicensed establishments. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) remanded them yesterday. Nanyang Daily led by Bank…
