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Free breakfast, MyKad sale, among issues to be discussed in Parliament today
KUALA LUMPUR: The mechanism for the Free Breakfast Program (PSP) for all primary school children next year, will be one of the main focus of the Dewan Rakyat meeting today. In a meeting agenda published in the Parliament website, this
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Dr M: Tax regime flip-flop will hurt the economy
KUALA LUMPUR: The government has no plans to reintroduce the controversial Goods and Services Tax (GST) as frequent changes to the tax system will harm the economy. Speaking at the Dewan Rakyat today, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said
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Anti-Fake News Bill re-tabled in Dewan Rakyat
KUALA LUMPUR: The government today re-tabled the Anti-Fake News (Repeal) Bill 2019 in the Dewan Rakyat. The government first tabled the bill in September last year and it got past the Dewan Rakyat but was rejected by the Dewan Negara.
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Dr M: Review of poverty line already started
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the government had already started reviewing the poverty line from March to give a better picture of the poverty situation in the country. He told the Dewan Rakyat sitting today that
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Dewan Rakyat Speaker: We need a M’sian Ombudsman
KUALA LUMPUR: The time has come for the establishment of a Malaysian Ombudsman to serve as a body which will hear and investigate cases of maladministration, said Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Mohamad Ariff Yusof. All countries in the world
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Abu Kassim: Two new bills on corruption to be tabled in Parliament
KUALA LUMPUR: Two new bills – political donations and establishment of an ombudsmen, are expected to be tabled in Parliament in October, said National Governance, Integrity and Anti-Corruption Centre (GIACC) director-general Tan Sri Abu Kassim Mohamed. He said the bills
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Dzulkefly: Let’s talk about mental health, eliminate stigma
KUALA LUMPUR: Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad encouraged Malaysians to voice their views on mental illness in a healthy discourse and stop the stigma attached to it. Speaking in the Dewan Rakyat, Dzulkefly said that the government was concerned
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The gov’t finally tables the IPCMC Bill, to be voted in the next sitting
KUALA LUMPUR: The government has finally tabled the long-awaited Independent Police Complaints of Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) Bill 2019 in the Dewan Rakyat today. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Liew Vui Keong tabled the Bill and said that it
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Liew: Discretionary powers for judges on imposing death penalty or not
KUALA LUMPUR: Judges will still have the discretion to impose death penalty under proposed changes in the law to abolish the mandatory death sentence currently in existence for 11 offences, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Liew Vui Keong
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IPCMC Bill to be tabled today
KUALA LUMPUR: The Dewan Rakyat sitting today is expected to see, among others, the tabling of the Independent Police Complaints of Misconduct Commission Bill 2019. According to the Dewan Rakyat Order Paper, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Liew
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