ALOR SETAR: The Social Security Organisation (Socso) has set up a special task force to investigate claims under the Socso Employment Injury Scheme for Covid-19 to expedite payments to those involved. Deputy Human Resource Minister Awang Hashim said applications from Socso contributors infected by the virus while on duty will
BY MELATI MOHD ARIFF Weekly round-up This is a round-up of Covid-19 related matters in Malaysia from Jan 2 up to noon yesterday. In Malaysia, case numbers have exceeded 128,000. KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia continued to be battered by spiralling new cases over the week (Jan 2-7) and active infections which
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has reported a record-high number of new daily Covid-19 cases with 3,027, bringing the total number of positive cases in the country to date to 128,465. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said meanwhile, 2,145 patients had recovered in the last 24 hours, bringing the
BY SAMANTHA TAN PUTRAJAYA: Like the adage ‘One rotten apple spoils the barrel’, the foolhardy actions of some cyclists have created the impression among the public that all cyclists are reckless when they are on the road. Regular cyclists, however, beg to differ, saying that the attitude of a few
KUALA LUMPUR: The father and grandaunt of a disabled five-year-old girl were among six individuals arrested to facilitate investigation into the girl’s tragic death at a house in Kampung Sungai Cincin, Gombak, here recently. The brutal act against the girl who was diagnosed with Hydrocephalus disease, an excess brain fluid
KUALA LUMPUR: The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region’s economic recovery will take the lead from the rest of the world as it recovers from the Covid-19 recession. Moody’s Analytics chief APAC economist Steve Cochrane said this is after much of the region will have regained all of its lost output by the
KUALA LUMPUR: In conjunction with the National Digital Infrastructure Plan (Jendela) initiative, telcos will fret the retirement of all 3G networks by end-2021, said Kenanga Research. However, the payoff is expected by way of more efficient management of remaining infrastructures to ensure optimal network quality. “3G spectrums could possibly be
PUTRAJAYA: The first Cabinet meeting for this year went fully digital today. This was shared by Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Zuki Ali who also posted a photo of the ongoing meeting on his social media. Mohd Zuki said the initiative was in support of the sustainable
KUALA LUMPUR: Beginning this year, the climber-to-guide ratio for mountains over 1,500ft or 457.2m in Peninsular Malaysia is 7:1. Forestry Department of Peninsular Malaysia (JPSM) forest eco-park and state forest park director, Mohd Yussainy Md Yusop, said the new rule — which will be fully enforced next year — is
By Hamdan Ismail KUCHING: “We will cross the bridge when we come to it” figuratively means not worrying about something that might happen until it actually does happen. Taken literally, and with the Batang Lupar in mind, we can only come to it in five years. That’s when the 7-km-long
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