Bottled cooking oil subsidies, ‘doctors’ selling cosmetics among issues at Dewan Rakyat today
KUALA LUMPUR: The subsidies for bottled pure cooking oil and measures to monitor and address the issue of ‘doctors’ selling cosmetics on social media platforms will be among the issues to be raised in the Dewan Rakyat today. According to the Order Paper published on the Parliament website, the question of whether the government intends […]
Positive response to anti-sexual harassment law
By Neville Timothy Sanders & Jacintha Jolene KUCHING: On Wednesday (July 20), the Dewan Rakyat passed the Anti-Sexual Harassment Bill. Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Rina Harun said the Bill was a manifestation of the commitment of the government to prevent sexual harassment among the genders. The sexual harassment laws received a […]
140,000 families to be removed from hardcore poor category in three years
KUALA LUMPUR: About 140,000 hardcore poor families in Malaysia will be removed from the category in three and a half years through the implementation of various programmes to help increase their income, the Dewan Rakyat was told today. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said regular and structured monitoring will be carried out every month […]
No special parliamentary sitting for Anti-Party Hopping Bill
KUCHING: There is no need to hold a special sitting for the proposed Anti-Party Hopping Bill as it will be tabled in Parliament on July 18, says Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar. The Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) explained that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob had decided — […]
Table anti-hopping Bill or we’ll take to the streets
KUALA LUMPUR: Mohamad Sabu (PH-Kota Raja) has warned Putrajaya that opposition members will take to the streets if the government failed to table the anti-hopping Bill in the current Dewan Rakyat meeting. The Amanah president, when debating the Supplementary Supply Bill (2021) 2022, said the nation’s political climate had been unstable since the Sheraton Move […]
98 days maternity leave gets nod
KUALA LUMPUR: A voice vote on amendments to the Employment Act 1955 being passed in the Dewan Rakyat yesterday including that of the maternity leave which is now 98 days from 90. The extension is in line with recommendations made by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). Its Convention 183, passed in 2000, requires governments to […]
Parliament opens today
KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah is scheduled to officiate the opening of the First Meeting of the Fifth Session of the 14th Parliament today (Feb 28), the second under the government led by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. The meeting which will last for 16 days until […]
When will we get back our ‘lost Dewan seats’?: Patriots
KUCHING: The Sarawak Patriot Association (SPA) welcomes the move to bring Sarawak and Sabah to the same level as Malaya. The association, however, has another concern; which is when the states will reclaim the 34.6 per cent representation in Dewan Rakyat. It noted that in the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) Malaya had 104 MPs or […]
New date for tabling of MA63 bill
PUTRAJAYA: The Cabinet has decided to set another date for the tabling of the bill to amend several provisions in the Federal Constitution relating to Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63), said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar. He said the postponement was triggered as consensus could not be reached on the […]
RMAF to tighten handling of weapons following shooting incident in Sarawak
KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) will improve and tighten the standard operating procedure (SOP) of managing and handling weapons following the incident of four RMAF personnel being killed in a shooting incident at their camp in Kota Samarahan, Kuching, Sarawak last Aug 13. Deputy Defence Minister, Datuk Seri Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz […]
