25 Apr 2021 / 07:50 H. -Bernama
PETALING JAYA: Multimedia University student Pavit Coran
(pix) has emerged as champion of the English Speaking Union Malaysia (ESUM)-Taylor’s College Public Speaking Competition Final, yesterday.
He received a cash prize worth RM2,000 from the British High Commissioner to Malaysia Charles Hay for his four-minute winning speech on mental health awareness, in the competition held at Taylor’s College Lakeside Campus, here.
ESUM chairman Tan Sri Tunku Dara Naquiah Tuanku Ja’afar said the winner will represent Malaysia in the ESU International Public Speaking Competition (IPSC) which will be held virtually from London on May 10 to 14.
Shift focus from race-based NEP, says Sheriff Kassim sunpix
PETALING JAYA: A former high-ranking civil servant has called on the government to shift the focus of the 12th Malaysia Plan due to be launched later this year from the race-based New Economic Policy (NEP) to the Shared Prosperity Vision, where all Malaysians will receive economic justice, irrespective of race or religion.
Former secretary-general of the Treasury Tan Sri Mohd Sheriff Kassim said he is on the same wavelength with former CIMB Bank executive chairman Datuk Seri Nazir Razak (pix), who said recently that the NEP had outlived its purpose.
“Our policy is in need of restructuring as recommended in the New Economic Model Report that was presented to the National Economic Action Council in 2015.”
Rafidah speaks out against corruption
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Cabinet minister Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz (
pix) has spoken out strongly against what she describes as “blatant abuse of power” that has led to so much corruption reported in the country.
“I never thought that our country would fall to these low levels. I have been in politics for 55 years now . never have I seen such blatant abuse of power,” she told
theSun.
She said in her early days as a politician, abuses were “aberrations whilst those responsible got caught and sent to jail”.
“Today, there seems to be no exception. How can they sleep soundly and have peace of mind and feed their families,” she asked in expressing utter disgust over such power abuse.
Calls for national charity fund Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam
PETALING JAYA: The proposal for RM10 monthly contributions by civil servants to a fund for less-fortunate Malaysians to tide over hardships during the Covid-19 pandemic has gained momentum, with support from economists and calls for the government to create a permanent national charity fund.
The extension of the movement control order (MCO), with stricter measures, spells a grim outlook for many as a job crisis looms.
With 2.8 million people expected to be out of work and 13,445 companies shuttered between March and October last year, the Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute’s Centre for Public Policy Studies has called for fundraising initiatives to aid financially-impacted Malaysians.