KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 While on a roadshow in Selangor last week, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim made the bold claim that his Pakatan Harapan-Barisan Nasional alliance.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Broadband Unity Package introduced by the Communications and Digital Ministry should also be extended to those from the M40 group, says Malaysian Press Institute (MPI) chief executive officer Datuk Dr Chamil Wariya.
What youths want: Respondents of the survey believe singlehood gives them more freedom in life and marriage increases one’s financial commitment. PETALING JAYA: Youths are shunning marriage and big families amid a decline in the country s birthrate that s projected to turn Malaysia into an ageing nation by 2030.
A nationwide survey published by Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) on July 1 revealed that less than half (41.8%) of youths aged between 18 and 35 plan on getting married and most would rather have smaller families.
From a total of 485 respondents aged between 18 and 35 surveyed, only 41.8% said they plan to marry.
Titled “More Malaysian Youths Likely to Shun Marriage, Bigger Families”, respondents of the survey conducted by the varsity’s Tun Tan Cheng Lock Centre for Social and Policy Studies, believe singlehood gives them more freedom in life and marriage increases one’s financial commitment.
PETALING JAYA: Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission chief regulatory officer Zulkarnain Mohd Yasin said the Emergency Ordinance has enough “built-in control mechanisms”, such as confirming officers from various authorities and allowance for judicial reviews, which would guard it from being abused.
“I believe the ordinance is robust enough with sufficient protection at the very beginning, with confirming officers from the right authority to state that it is a case of spreading fake news (with ill intentions).
“Furthermore, there is also a pathway for the person affected to lodge a police report under this ordinance or take a court order as a form of defence – there are various processes prior to issuing notices, ” said Zulkarnain.
Don’t make emergency an issue, free Malaysia from virus first, says legal expert 28 Jan 2021 / 08:56 H. Traders appear to continue their business activities as usual despite the absence of customers following the implementation of the Movement Control Order during a survey around Masjid Jamek. fotoBERNAMA (2021) COPYRIGHTS RESERVED
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28: The emergency proclaimed by the King to arrest the COVID-19 pandemic in the country should not be made an issue because Malaysia is not the only country that has declared it, said legal expert Datuk Mohd Haaziq Pillay Abdullah.
He said countries such as New Zealand, Japan, Australia, France, Finland and Indonesia had also taken the same path.