Saturday, 13 Mar 2021 08:33 PM MYT
BY YISWAREE PALANSAMY
Newly elected Malaysian Bar president AG Kalidas (left) and his Vice President Surindar Singh during a press conference at Malaysia Bar Council building in Kuala Lumpur March 13,2021. Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 The Malaysian Bar is looking to file a lawsuit to challenge the Emergency (Essential Powers) (No. 2) Ordinance 2021, together with the Emergency Proclamation and other Ordinances, its new president AG Kalidas said today.
In a press conference this evening after being elected as president for the 2021/2022 term, Kalidas said that this was also the will of Malaysian Bar members.
February 09, 2021
Shopping for Lunar New Year decorations at a market in Chinatown, Malaysia.
Reuters
The Malaysian government’s hasty policy U-turn regarding an important Lunar New Year family dinner event has done little to mollify its ethnic Chinese citizens, who have criticised not just the measures but also the government’s policy inconsistency on the matter.
The government on Sunday loosened its policy regarding the so-called reunion dinners, which are held on Lunar New Year’s eve, saying that as many as 15 people, all of whom must live within 10km of the dinner venue, could attend any single gathering.
Its previous policy on the matter – implemented to combat the spread of the coronavirus – was that the gatherings would be limited to members of the same household, with no outside guests allowed.
PUTRAJAYA: The National Unity Ministry will put forward appeals by the Chinese community over the standard operating procedures (SOP) for Chinese New Year celebration to the National Security Council (NSC).
Saturday, 02 Jan 2021 10:43 AM MYT
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JANUARY 2 With the exception of the People’s Republic of China and a few other countries like New Zealand, Vietnam, Cuba, Senegal, and Kerala state in India, which seem to have largely brought Covid-19 under control without the help of vaccines, most countries are struggling with succeeding waves of the pandemic and a likely global spread of a more contagious mutant of SARS-CoV-2.
The collateral damage to economic and social well-being worldwide has been unprecedented, and it underscores the urgently felt need for vaccines and a return to some semblance of normalcy.
COMMENT | Death and dignity: Remembering our Covid warriors
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COMMENT | Almost a year has passed since the first case of Covid-19 was reported globally. The disease has infected over 82 million people worldwide, of which 1.8 million have lost their lives.
Malaysia was among the first set of countries to be affected in January, with its first citizen infected in early February. Fortunately, early interventions slowed the spread of the virus and it is only in recent months where numbers have risen to levels that show increasing widespread infections in the community at large, especially in Sabah and the Klang Valley. The next few months before a vaccine becomes widely available will be difficult ones.