KUALA LUMPUR, 1 Dec 2008: Malaysia should adopt the HIV prevention methods of Iran as they have been acknowledged to be successful by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Women, Family and Community Development Deputy Minister Noriah Kasnon said Iran had managed to overcome one of the biggest hurdles in HIV prevention in a Muslim country […]
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Preventing the spread of HIV
By Kamal Solhaimi FadzilI read with some reservations on the future direction the Malaysian AIDS Council (MAC) plans to take in addressing HIV in Malaysia. Firstly, let me say that Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Dr Christopher Lee, Dr Ismail Baba, and many others from various sectors, be it the medical, social sciences, as well as the many volunteers who […]
Menjawab pempolitikan agama
Oleh Shanon Shah“KAMU asal dari mana?” tanya orang kulit putih itu. “Kanada,” jawab Kevin. “Bukan, bangsa kamu apa?” “Oh, saya orang Pakistan.” “Islam?” “Tak, saya orang Katolik.” “Bagus, sebab saya benci orang Islam.” Begitulah pengalaman seorang teman saya, Kevin, semasa bermastautin di Melbourne, Australia. Kevin marah dan terus meninggalkan majlis tersebut apabila mendengar kata-kata orang putih itu. […]
M’sian may be in hotel hit by attacks in Mumbai
KUALA LUMPUR, 28 Nov 2008: A Malaysian national, who was in Mumbai on business, is believed trapped in the Taj Mahal Hotel, one of the hotels in the vicinity of the bombing incidents by terrorists in India. The Malaysian Consul in Mumbai, Wan Zaidi Wan Abdullah, when contacted by Bernama yesterday said the consulate was […]
Give priority to retaining local workers
KUALA LUMPUR, 27 Nov 2008: Employers must give priority to retain their local workers if their businesses undergo downsizing during an economic slowdown, said Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S Subramaniam. He said the Employment Act 1955 also bound employers to choose locals over their foreign counterparts. “Retrenchment should only be the last resort. But […]
Govt does not provide political asylum
KUALA LUMPUR, 27 Nov 2008: The government does not plan to change the current policy and provide political asylum, the Dewan Rakyat was told today. Deputy Home Minister Datuk Chor Chee Heung said Malaysia had never given political asylum to anyone as it was worried that it would be used as an excuse for foreigners […]
Homemaker guilty of hurting Nirmala Bonat
Updated at 6.25pm on 27 Nov 2008 KUALA LUMPUR, 27 Nov 2008: Homemaker Yim Pek Ha was today sentenced to 18 years’ jail after she was found guilty by the Sessions Court here of three counts of voluntarily causing grievous hurt to her Indonesian maid four years ago. Yim, 40, a former air stewardess, was […]
M’sia to adopt Cairo plan of action for women
KUALA LUMPUR, 26 Nov 2008: Malaysia has agreed to adopt the plan of action for the advancement of women tabled at the Second Ministerial Conference on the Role of Women in the Development of Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Member Countries in Cairo, Egypt. Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for Women and Social […]
Kedah reverts to 30% quota
By Elizabeth LooiPETALING JAYA, 24 Nov 2008: The Kedah government has aborted its proposed 50% housing quota for bumiputera and reverted to the original 30% following objections from several quarters. Kedah and Perlis Rehda chairperson Ricque Liew told The Nut Graph that Menteri Besar (MB) Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak agreed in a closed-door meeting to drop […]
Images of Malaysians
By Jacqueline Ann SurinYee I-Lann (Images courtesy of Galeri Petronas) ALMOST immediately, I was struck by two observations at the Imaging Selfs: Portraits by Soraya Yusof Talismail exhibition, currently on at the Galeri Petronas until 18 Jan 2009. One was the diversity of textures, colours, and looks of each and every one of the 78 prominent Malaysian artists […]
