Not good idea to scrap 2020 SPM
KUCHING: Sarawak Teachers Union (STU) believes that it is not a good idea to scrap the 2020 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination. STU president Adam Prakash Abdullah, responding to Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sarawak chairman Chong Chieng Jen’s call to do away with the SPM as it was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, said […]
PBB’s key criteria when choosing election candidates
BY TANIA LAM & SARAH HAFIZAH CHANDRA KUCHING: Understanding and invigorating the party’s cause in developing the state and the people is one of the key criteria that will be used by the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu’s (PBB) top leadership to select candidates for the coming state election. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah […]
Malaysia’s economy to recover with gradual reopening of sectors
KUALA LUMPUR: The gradual reopening of various sectors of the economy, with companies and organisations strictly adhering to the standard operating procedures (SOP) under the conditional movement control order (CMCO), is important to enable Malaysia recovers positively, said economists. They believed the government decision to allow the resumption of certain sectors, with the CMCO enforced […]
MOH outlines six criteria before MCO can be lifted
PUTRAJAYA: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has outlined six criteria that should be met before the government can lift the movement control order (MCO). Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said these are security control, movement control, capability of the country’s healthcare system, ability to protect the high-risk group, practice the new normal and implement preventive measures […]
