Buy Malaysian Product campaign records sales increase
KUCHING: The Buy Malaysian Product campaign has recorded an increase in sales amounting to RM1,621,290,594.91 from July to September this year. Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Alexander Nanta Linggi said compared to the same period last year, the sales recorded was RM1,592,678,980.12. “This amount is an increase of RM28,611,614.79 (1.8 per cent increase). […]
Setting up of nine parliamentary select committees proposed
KUALA LUMPUR: Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun today proposed the setting up of nine select committees in the effort to empower Parliament. Tabling the minutes of the House Committee of the Dewan Rakyat in accordance with Standing Order 79(2), he named the committees as those on Liberty and Constitutional Rights; Finance and Economy; […]
MM2H programme not cancelled
KUALA LUMPUR: The government has not cancelled the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme, instead it is temporarily frozen, the Dewan Rakyat was told today. Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said the temporary suspension was to allow the ministry to make detailed specifications and improvements to the programme, comprising safety, property, […]
MPs told to put aside political differences, unite to curb Covid-19
KUALA LUMPUR: The first day of the Third Meeting of the Third Session of the 14th Parliament sitting began today with Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun advising all members of Parliament (MP) to set aside political differences and disputes and play their parts in curbing the Covid-19 pandemic. He also reminded all MPs, […]
Govt to study new Act proposal on election
KUALA LUMPUR: The government will be studying a proposal to formulate a specific Act involving the process of election to curb the spread of Covid-19 pandemic. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Special Functions), Datuk Seri Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof said it cannot be denied that election such as the Sabah state election in September […]
Patriots want an apology
KUCHING: Sarawak Patriots Association (SPA) has condemned the remarks made by Pasir Puteh MP Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh about the Bible in Parliament to be thoughtless and careless. The Parti Se-Islam Malaysia (PAS) lawmaker’s remarks were made during the debate on the Road Transport (Amendment) Bill 2020 to propose harsher sentencing for drink driving offenders […]
MP urged to retract statement on Bible and apologise
KUCHING: Association of Churches in Sarawak (ACS) has demanded Pasir Puteh MP Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh to retract his statement on the Bible in Parliament and issue an apology. ACS chairman Archbishop Simon Poh said that insensitive statements with strong allegation against another religion should never be allowed to stand without being rectified. “His remarks […]
MP wants more medical facilities at Kapit Hospital
KUCHING: More facilities at Kapit Hospital and rural areas need to be expedited. Hulu Rajang MP Datuk Wilson Ugak Kumbong said as such he would suggest that the Ministry of Health place a computed tomography or CT Scan machine at Kapit Hospital. “Otherwise, they (folks) have to go back and forth to Sibu just to […]
May 18 Parliament sitting unlawful?
Muhyiddin, ex-speaker face legal suit KUALA LUMPUR: The Third Session of the 14th Parliament sitting on May 18 for half a day, involving the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s speech with no debates, was unconstitutional and unlawful, the High Court here was told yesterday. Lawyer Bastian Vendargon, representing lawyer, R. Kengadharan, and a social activist, D. Arumugam in a suit […]
A parliament of baboons
A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting ‘of more or less idle people. – Walter Bagehot, British journalist We have probably heard of a herd of cows, a caravan of camels, a pack of wolves, but there are many collective nouns for animals that are much less well-known, and strange even. Some of […]
