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Umno: PPSMI is a bane to students from rural areas
I would like to express my frustration with the decision made by Prime Minister cum Acting Education Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad who wants to restore the teaching and learning of Science and Mathematics in English (PPSMI). It is a
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Bushfire smoke blows into Australia’s capital as fire threat eases
MELBOURNE: Bushfires eased near Australia’s capital Canberra today as temperatures dipped, but officials warned heavy smoke was set to blow into the city with a shift in the wind. While a fire continued to burn out of control southwest of
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PPSMI: The devil is in the details
Devil is not in the policy of teaching of Science and Mathematics in English (PPSMI), but is in the details of its implementation. Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s announcement of reviving PPSMI has been received with mixed feelings. While
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Travel agency under fire for covering up Nur Sajat’s gender status for umrah
Albayt Travel (M) Sdn Bhd, under fire for its controversial travel arrangements for cosmetics entrepreneur Nur Sajat and her family to perform the umrah, announced that they were trying to clarify the matter with the Malaysian consulate in Jeddah, Saudi
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Hong Kong to unveil depth of 2019 recession as protests, trade war bite
HONG KONG: Hong Kong is due to unveil the depth of its first recession in a decade later today, as violent anti-government protests and trade tariffs between Washington and Beijing took more steam out of the economy in the final
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Jababeka City of Cikarang Won the Best Township Development Project 2019 at the Golden Property Award
JAKARTA, Indonesia, Feb. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Jababeka City Cikarang, an independent modern city owned by the city developer company Jababeka Group, won a prestigious award at the Golden Property Award 2019 in the Best Township Development Project category. The Golden
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Lim: UiTM should dismiss Musa Hassan (poster boy) as lecturer
UiTM should dismiss Musa Hassan as lecturer at its Centre of Media and Information Warfare Studies (CMIWS) as the former IGP has become a “poster boy” not only for media illiteracy but also for lies, fake news and hate speech
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AirAsia shares plunge after Airbus bribery allegations
KUALA LUMPUR: Shares of Malaysia’s AirAsia Group (AIRA.KL) and unit AirAsia X (AIRX.KL) fell today, after allegations by Britain’s Serious Fraud Office that Airbus (AIR.PA) paid a bribe of US$50 million to win plane orders from Asia’s largest budget airline
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Aussie tradies pitch in for fire-affected communities
SYDNEY, Feb. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — More than 13,000 Australian tradies have come together to donate their time and skills to those affected by these devastating bushfires. Kyle Hurley, Piers Smart and Jackson Taylor, of Tradies for Fire Affected Communities
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Viral video: Student gets assaulted by a bully, others just watched
PUCHONG: A viral video is circulating on the Internet, showing a gruesome clip of a student being bullied and assaulted by another student, purportedly in SMK Anderson Ipoh. In the video, the student, clad in school uniform, can been seen
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