MALAYSIA’s once rosy economic outlook isn’t looking as rose petal-fresh as it used to anymore. In 1992, Malaysia transitioned from a lower-middle to upper-middle income country, surpassing most of our regional neighbours. Rich in natural resources and attractive to global investors due to relatively low production costs, Malaysia prospered in the early 1990s. But other […]
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Privatising rubbish collection: Who benefits?
By KW Mak
THE federal government wants to privatise rubbish removal services under the 10th Malaysia Plan (10MP) and have local councils focus purely on enforcement. Technically, the federal government cannot legally force a local government to enter into a privatisation contract. A contract’s signatories would have to be representatives from the government entering the contract itself. However, […]
Skills stream for all secondary schools
MIRI, 24 April 2009: The Education Ministry plans to introduce the skills stream at all national secondary schools under the 10th Malaysia Plan (10MP). Deputy Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong said that if implemented, it would equip the students with the Sijil Kemahiran Malaysia (SKM)-level skills to make it easy for them to obtain […]
Sabah govt to submit MSC plan soon
KOTA KINABALU, 28 Jan 2009: The state government is expected to submit the Sabah Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) Plan within the next three months, an initiative to spur the state’s information and communication technology (ICT) industry. Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Datuk Dr Maximus Ongkili said unlike in the peninsula, there were no major […]
