(Updated 30 April 2009, 12.35am) KUALA LUMPUR, 29 April 2009: The coalition of Muslim non-governmental organisations known as Pembela has described the cabinet decision against unilateral conversion of minors as “knee-jerk” and “lacking in sense”. “The decision only temporarily alleviates the anxieties of one party, but creates more anxieties and questions for other parties,” Pembela […]
Datuk Dr S Subramaniam
State policy on unilateral conversions
By Deborah LohPETALING JAYA, 21 April 2009: The DAP wants the cabinet to discuss the issue of unilateral conversion of children to Islam by one parent, and for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to issue a policy statement about it. DAP national adviser Lim Kit Siang said the issue was an old one, and the failure […]
Employers can deduct levy from wages
KUALA LUMPUR, 16 April 2009: There is good news for employers — they are once again allowed to deduct the levy from the wages of their foreign workers until the expiry of their present visas, Labour Director-General Datuk Ismail Abdul Rahim said today. They had earlier been directed by the department to stop such deduction, […]
More than 1,300 workplace deaths last year
KUALA TERENGGANU, 15 Jan 2009: Some 1,303 workplace related deaths were recorded last year out of about 63,600 workplace accidents, said Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S Subramaniam. He said according to the Social Security Organisation (Socso)’s records 188 deaths were reported in the manufacturing sector, the highest compared to other sectors. Speaking when officiating […]
