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RON95 to go up 1 cent weekly starting next year
PUCHONG: The RON95 petrol prices will be floated in stages once the Petroleum Subsidy Programme (PSP) is implemented in January to avoid burdening consumers. Deputy Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Chong Chieng Jen, said the ministry had decided to
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Varsities´ global rankings among main topics in Parliament today
KUALA LUMPUR: The global rankings of local public and private higher learning institutions according to the Global Higher Education Ranking System will be a hot topic in the Dewan Rakyat today. According to the Dewan Rakyat’s order paper, the issue
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Lim: Government may set up a housing loan bank
KUALA LUMPUR: The government is considering a proposal to set up a special bank to ease the process of loans application for affordable and low-cost housing, the Dewan Rakyat was told today. However, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said the
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Malaysia to continue seeking solutions for Palestine-Israel conflict
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will continue to play an active role in seeking solutions to the Palestine-Israel conflict and towards the establishment of an independent and sovereign state of Palestine. Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Marzuki Yahya said the government would continue
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Ketum for research to be allowed with minister’s permission
The planting of psychoactive plants like ketum is allowed for research purpose only but requires a letter of authorisation from the Health Minister. This is contained in the Poisons (Amendment) Bill 2019, which was tabled for the first reading in
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Nafas, VMY 2020 among hot topics in Dewan Rakyat today
KUALA LUMPUR: The controversial issue involving the National Farmers’ Organisation (Nafas) is one of the main issues that will be raised at the Dewan Rakyat session today. According to the order papers posted on the Parliament website, Syed Ibrahim Syed
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Causes of unemployed graduates among topics in Dewan Rakyat today
KUALA LUMPUR: The causes of unemployed local graduates, pension scheme expiry date apart from the process to restore abandoned Felda second-generation housing are among the issues to be raised at Dewan Rakyat sitting today. In the Order Paper posted on
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Causes of unemployed graduates among topics in Dewan Rakyat today
KUALA LUMPUR: The causes of local graduates being unemployed, pension scheme expiry date apart from the process to restore abandoned Felda second generation housing are among the issues to be raised at Dewan Rakyat sitting today. In the Order Paper
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Khairy: Leave me out of Pakatan’s power play, too busy on public policy
PUCHONG: Rembau MP Khairy Jamaluddin today denied that he had submitted a private member’s motion to debate the power transition plan between Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Port Dickson MP Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. In a series of Instagram posts,
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Yeoh: Anger, drug addiction main causes of domestic violence
KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Hannah Yeoh said that anger, misunderstandings and drug addiction were the leading causes of domestic violence. She said that based on the statistics this year, anger was the main cause of
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