Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei – Asia Pacific Region: Operational Plan 2021 (Appeal №: MAA50002)
Format
This Operational Plan has been written within the framework of the IFRC Plan and Budget 2021-2025. While its outlook is for five years, this plan details mainly work that will be carried out in 2021. The funding requirements also focus on 2021. The indicators (annex 1) are set for five years and where possible a target has been set for 2021 and/or subsequent years.
A. BACKGROUND
Context
Malaysia is a Southeast Asian country consisting of 13 states and three Federal Territories. The country is separated into Peninsular Malaysia and Malaysian Borneo (East Malaysia) by the South China Sea. According to the Malaysia Department of Statistics, the country’s population is estimated at 32.7 million persons, of whom 15.9 million are female and 16.8 million are male.
Published on: Thursday, July 08, 2021
By: Sidney Skinner
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2016: This Taman Dixon home owner (left) joins City Hall staff as they inspect the collapse of the retaining wall in September.
Half a decade after it collapsed, City Hall hopes to finally begin reconstructing a gabion wall in a Luyang neighbourhood.
A pile of rocks has been lying in compounds of several homes in Taman Dixon since the structure behind Lorong Apens 2 fell in 2016.
The affected back yard fences still have not been properly restored.
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On top of this stones occasionally roll down the slope, formerly held up the wall, clogging the drains at the back of homes nearby.
PUTRAJAYA: The higher usage of digital technology during the Covid-19 pandemic has caused a rise in cybercrimes and heightened security issues in Malaysia, says Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
Speaking at the virtual launch of the Cyber Defence and Security and Exhibition Conference 2021 (CYDES 2021), the Prime Minister said the worrying increase has become a problem that warrants the country s serious attention. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic today, we are living in a vastly different world. Our lifestyles have changed and thus, embracing digital technology has become a new norm. Now, more Malaysians are getting themselves involved in e-commerce. Our students have become more exposed to online classrooms while the economic and government sectors are relentlessly enhancing efficiency through digitalisation.
Published on: Saturday, March 06, 2021
By: Bernama
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Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian youths should equip themselves with multiple skills to remain competitive, in light of the global economic recovery amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economic Affairs) Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed
(pic) said it is important for youths to obtain the right skills set, especially since the country is increasingly focusing on the high-end manufacturing and services sector.
“Talents are the key for us to be a competitive nation, as we also want to achieve a high income, inclusive and sustainable economy,” he said at the Youth Economic Forum (YEF) 2021 as a panellist for the virtual session titled ‘The Economic Agenda – The World in a Structural Break: A New Direction for Emerging Economies’ Friday.
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The Minister in the Prime Minister s Department (Economic Affairs) said it was important for youths to obtain the right skillset, especially since the country is increasingly focusing on the high-end manufacturing and services sector. Talents are the key for us to be a competitive nation, as we also want to achieve a high income, inclusive and sustainable economy, he said at the Youth Economic Forum (YEF) 2021 as a panelist for the virtual session titled The Economic Agenda - The World in a Structural Break: A New Direction for Emerging Economies on Friday (March 5).
He noted that as Malaysia embarks on the Twelfth Malaysia Plan (12MP) (from 2021 to 2025), there is much to be done on the technology adoption front.