Malaysia SME

DESPITE the “Malaysian Family” slogan expounded by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob to prioritise Malaysian values, unity and well-being, Budget 2022 clearly shows a stark disparity in allocations between the bumiputra and non-bumiputra groups, especially the Indian community. An analysis of… Source link

LAST month, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that at the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference, Malaysia would pledge to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 45% across the economy by 2030, and aspire to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. But achieving this target is subject to the… Source link

ALTHOUGH educational and training institutions have reopened, a full return to the traditional in-person classroom – such as cramming 300 students in a lecture hall – does not seem viable. Instead, the hybrid-blended learning approach is proposed as a feasible alternative. This approach is a merger of… Source link

IN life, continuous learning and reminders of history is important. Continuous learning is important so that ignorance does not blind us nor do we keep using antiquated methods to manage today’s life. History can make us understand and appreciate our current circumstances. History reminds us that once upon a… Source link

IT may have looked like a boring livestream of a man spending 24 hours in an apartment left vacant after the previous owner committed suicide. While the unidentified man may have had his own reason for doing the livestream, it was an initiative by the Wuzhong District People’s Court in the city of Suzhou in… Source link

WE refer to your report “Health DG: Number of diabetic patients increasing every year” (Nov 11; online at https://bit.ly/3kvB17U). As stated in the report, diabetes is one of the major public health burdens in Malaysia, where nearly one in five people suffer from the disease, according to the National Health… Source link

THERE is an unusual election happening in Melaka. It is an election without any of the conventional features of campaigning. There are no organised house-to-house visits, small-group meetings or large-scale public gatherings. Walkabouts are prohibited. Campaigning in public spaces is not allowed. However, candidates can put… Source link

WITH less than a week left till the Melaka state polls on Saturday, election fever is heating up. Also rising, inevitably, is the worry about history repeating itself – that the number of Covid-19 cases will spike in the country, like what we saw after the snap Sabah polls in September 2020. What is… Source link

SME Association of Malaysia lauds the initiatives being undertaken by the government to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the economy. These measures have indeed been useful in easing the unprecedented difficulties faced by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) during this particularly challenging… Source link

I SHARED photographs I found on Facebook of arch rivals Datuk Seri Najib Razak of Umno and Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia at the Melaka polls nomination day on Monday with a friend. “Looks like Barisan,” he said, referring to the blue Perikatan Nasional shirts Muhyiddin and his… Source link