KUALA LUMPUR: Practising a healthy lifestyle such as exercising and keeping to a balanced diet from a young age is former teacher Bahrum Basar’s secret to continuing to be strong even though he has hit the century mark. Bahrum celebrated his 100th birthday yesterday (Sept 25). He still does the
KUALA LUMPUR: The government will need to focus on the digital economy and digital infrastructure as well as productivity in the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) to restore the country’s growth following the Covid-19 pandemic and hence realise the aim of becoming a high-income economy as early as 2024. The World
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 13,899 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Malaysia today (Sept 25), a drop of 655 cases from yesterday. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, in a post on his social media accounts, said this brings the cumulative figure for positive cases to 2,185,131.
PADANG BESAR: The coverage of the fourth generation (4G) network nationwide has now reached 96 percent. Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin said the country was expected to be able to achieve full 4G coverage within two years and efforts were being made by the government together
SEREMBAN: The Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry (Mosti) is targeting 5,000 job opportunities through the implementation of various programmes and initiatives next year, said its minister, Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba. He said a total of 4,145 individuals in deep technology and related fields had obtained jobs through similar initiatives
PUTRAJAYA: The Elections Academy (APR) is using social media platforms such as TikTok and Facebook to channel the latest information to the people on election-related matters, including on the Election Commission (EC) and the implementation of Undi 18. APR head of programmes (training management) Nik Aminudin Nik Shahar Shah said
KUALA LUMPUR: Is a third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine necessary? Nurashikin Azhari feels strongly that it should be made necessary — for frontliners, at least. “The third dose is not just necessary, but should be made compulsory for frontliners due to the nature of our work,” the 37-year-old nurse
KUALA LUMPUR: The implementation of the face-to-face classroom learning and home based teaching and learning (PdPR) on a rotational basis, is aimed at restoring students’ morale, said Senior Education Minister Datuk Radzi Jidin. He said the move was following the difficult period faced by the country since 2020 which caused schools to be
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 150 counsellors and psychologists has been involved in monitoring the mental health of students at all public universities in the country during the Covid-19 pandemic. Deputy Minister of Higher Education Datuk Dr Ahmad Masrizal Muhammad said the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) viewed seriously the mental health
KUALA LUMPUR: Only about 73,400 Bumiputera graduates (or 27 percent) were hired by the private sector in 2020 compared to 103,900 (40 percent) in 2019. A study by the Bumiputera Agenda Steering Unit (Teraju) attributed the decline to a 29.3 percent drop in job opportunities over two years. “Looking at
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