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Putrajaya aims to table law against rent-seeking by end 2024, says Rafizi

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 29 -- A law to restrict rent-seeking activities could be brought to Parliament by the end of this year, Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli said. In a parliamentary written reply yesterd... Read More


Malaysia-grown shallots available for domestic use by 2030, says Mat Sabu

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 28 -- The government is hoping that Malaysia-grown crops will make up 30 per cent of shallots for local consumption by 2030, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Datuk Seri Moh... Read More


Wait for govt's year-end announcement on new public servant pension scheme, says Dzulkefly to MPs

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 27 -- Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad has urged all MPs to wait for the government's announcement on the new civil servant pension scheme at the end of this year. He sai... Read More


World Bank: With informal employment set to persist, Putrajaya should protect workforce and offer security

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 26 -- The World Bank has projected that informal employment is likely to persist over time in Malaysia, although the extent of informal employment will depend on the growth of produ... Read More


Should Chinese new villages, which were essentially detention camps, be memorialised? Some who stayed there say no

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 25 -- Datuk Yap Pian Hon was only seven years old when his family - part of 15,000 people - was relocated to Serdang New Village. It was 1950 and the British had decided to move Ch... Read More


Padu a good way to centralise data but manual registration and self-reporting prone to bias, loopholes and leakages, says Penang think tank

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 24 -- The Penang Institute has found that Padu's (Pangkalan Data Utama) - the more popular name for the Central Database Hub - manual registration and self-reporting to be susceptib... Read More


Asia Cage-Free Benchmark: Malaysia scores lowest in supporting industry shift towards non-battery farming for laying hens

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 22 -- A report that assesses the progress of governments across the region in supporting the industry shift towards cage-free farming has found that Malaysia scored the lowest when ... Read More


No motion of confidence against PM Anwar, says Dewan Rakyat Speaker

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 19 -- Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul said he has not received any motion of no-confidence from any of the parliamentarians. He said there were no application letters, no... Read More