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 …
Database on patients can improve mental health services Read More »
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 …
Umur mengundi 18 tingkat penglibatan politik anak muda Read More »
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 …
Ensuring a fair deal for the overworked and underpaid Read More »
Malaysian’s new government had progressively make few changes for the betterment of the people as well as for the country. As of now, the Pakatan Harapan had managed to fulfil about 53 initiatives out of 128 total. Some of the significant changes brought by the Pakatan Harapan are the implementation of Sales and Services Tax …
Govt should amend working hours to 40 hours per week Read More »
“Sewa Istana dengan harga yang murah: Pelajar kolej hidup seperti raja”. Begitulah secara amnya terjemahan berita yang disiarkan laman Bloomberg baru-baru ini. Berita ini melaporkan pemuda yang dapat menyewa sebuah bilik pada kadar yang rendah untuk sebuah rumah yang seakan istana. Bagaimana hal ini boleh berlaku? Ini kesan dari tindakan kerajaan Vancouver di Kanada yang …