ALTHOUGH Malaysia’s education indicators such as literacy rates and school enrolment ratios are comparable to industrialised countries, there are still pockets of children who do not have proper access to education. The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) says the children at greatest risk in Malaysia are non-Malaysian children born in Malaysia. These include refugee children […]
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Najib is PM (Updated 12.10pm)
Updated 12.10pm on 3 April 2009 Najib (pic courtesy of theSun) KUALA LUMPUR, 3 April 2009: Datuk Seri Najib Razak was sworn in as Malaysia’s sixth prime minister today, taking over from Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi who stepped down after leading the country for over five years. Najib, 55, took his oath of office […]
Dr Mahathir to rejoin Umno (Updated)
(Updated 6:42pm, 28 March 2009) KUALA LUMPUR, 28 March 2009: Former prime minister and former Umno president Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today he would rejoin Umno. He said he would announce the date of his return to the party at a suitable time “after (sorting out) several matters”. “I have to fill up a […]
