Face masks indoors: Unrealistic to reintroduce compounds
KUCHING: Unrealistic! This is the view of an academic who says education and raising public awareness on the need to wear facemasks in enclosed areas are more effective than reintroducing compounds for failing to follow the standard operating procedures (SOPs). Associate Professor Dr Helmy Hazmi, of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Studies, Universiti Malaysia […]
PLI needs periodic revisions for improvement
KUCHING: A periodic revision of poverty threshold is necessary to reflect the realistic figures, says Malaysian Academy of Science fellow, Dr Madeline Berma. She said this was needed to allow better development planning to eradicate absolute poverty. “As an economic analyst who has been researching poverty, it is important to adjust poverty line incomes according […]
