On the last day of the Dewan Rakyat, Health Minister YB Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad announced that the Ministry of Health would launch the “Let’s Talk Malaysia” campaign in October 2019. The campaign would be run with the cooperation of a non-governmental organization (NGO). This is one of the government’s initiatives to reduce stigma …
Umum mengetahui, susulan Pindaan Perlembagaan baru-baru ini, Pilihanraya Umum ke-15 (PRU-15) akan datang bakal menyaksikan pertambahan 50% daripada 14.9 juta pengundi pada PRU-14 yang lalu. Dalam kata lain, jumlah pengundi pada PRU-15 diunjurkan akan mencecah 22.5 juta orang setelah diambilkira pertambahan pengundi 18 tahun dan pendaftaran automatik. Sesungguhnya pertambahan golongan muda sebagai pengundi ini harus …
The media reports related to the audit reports conducted on the Skim Latihan 1Malaysia (SL1M) programme shows that there are various weaknesses in the governance system within the programme. This programme, which had been rumoured to be a world reference and internationally recognised in the past, needs to be reviewed especially in terms of governance …
Hari terakhir Dewan Rakyat mesyuarat kedua penggal kedua parlimen ke-14 (2019) dimulakan dengan topik berkaitan inisiatif kerajaan terhadap isu kesihatan mental rakyat Malaysia yang semakin meruncing. Peningkatan jumlah pesakit mental dalam kalangan penduduk di negara ini berada di tahap yang membimbangkan. Saban tahun, peningkatan dicatatkan, menjadikan ia sebagai penyakit kedua tertinggi selepas penyakit jantung yang …
There is an alarming rise in the number of mental patients. Mental illness can become the second biggest illness, after heart disease, affecting Malaysians come 2020. The National Health Morbidity Survey 2015 showed an increase in mental health problems, from 10.7 per cent in 1996 to 29.2 per cent in 2015. It said the highest …
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1. Tengah hari semalam saya sempat menyaksikan dari fb live Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Dato Mujahid Yusuf membentangkan Bacaan Kedua bagi Rang Undang-undang Profesion Guaman Syarie (Wilayah-wilayah Persekutuan) 2019. Ia merupakan saat-saat yang bersejarah kerana pembentangan RUU ini adalah sangat mustahak untuk menaik taraf salah satu komponen penting dalam pentadbiran dan perjalanan Undang-undang Syariah …
Kabinet telah bersetuju untuk membentangkan usul untuk meminda had umur layak mengundi pada 4 Julai 2019 di Dewan Rakyat. Pengumuman tersebut disambut dengan pelbagai reaksi. Umumnya, banyak pihak berpandangan langkah ini adalah baik kerana sudah tiba masanya rakyat Malaysia diberikan pendedahan dan peluang untuk terlibat dalam sistem demokrasi secara langsung lebih awal, iaitu bermula umur …
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Graduating on time for PhD students has been seen as a symbol of victory and a mark of quality in Malaysian Academia. However, with too many students just focusing on achieving the title of ‘graduating-on-time’ (GOT), will this affect the quality of research papers published? This paper seeks to explain the current Malaysian policies with …
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Open access is the term used to describe the ability to consult a scientific document in an open format and for free. Malaysia does not yet have a policy on open access publication, whereas articles and journals are mostly only accessible behind a ‘paywall’. Mainly because there is no profound discussion done on the matter …
The International Trade and Industry Ministry recently launched its annual report for 2018, along with the Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) Productivity Report 2018/2019. Minister Datuk Darell Leiking, in his speech, had assertively touched on Malaysia’s economy, trade affairs, imports and exports, investment performance, industrial development, productivity and competitiveness. The most notable announcement was Malaysia’s economic …
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