Thursday, 21 Jan 2021 04:19 PM MYT
BY SYED JAYMAL ZAHIID
A MyKad identification card reader in use at a POS Malaysia outlet in Bangi October 15, 2018. Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) has called for immediate legal remedy to conversion involving minors after receiving complaints of indigenous children in Sarawak being forced to observe Islamic rituals.
Suhakam said much of the problem stemmed from interfaith marriages in which one of the spouses no longer wishes to practise Islamic teachings, often leading in their children being registered as Muslims despite being raised as followers of other faiths.
Published on: Thursday, December 31, 2020
By: Bernama
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Kota Kinabalu: The New Sabah Times will print its final edition today (Thursday), stopping the presses for good after more than six decades as one of the State’s oldest and reputable news sources.
The newspaper’s managing editor, Felix Gusti, said a sharp drop in circulation and falling ad revenue were the main reasons for the closure.
It was earlier scheduled to close on Dec 20, but Gusti said the company wanted to finish its newsprint before closing today (Thursday).
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Amin Muin, the paper’s Bahasa Melayu editor, confirmed that the staff were offered three months’ pay without (any other) compensation.
A short video showing a Malaysian man teaching his foreign wife on how to speak Malay went viral on Twitter this week.
The husband, named Logesh Kumaar, came up with the “24 Hours Bahasa Melayu” challenge for his wife, Rachel. He also posted a YouTube video of the entertaining session on their joint YouTube channel.
Orang Malaysia kahwin dengan US dan dia buat 24 hours challenge cakap BM dengan isteri dia. Nak ajar apa maksud kura kura pun complicated. pic.twitter.com/2e22wOvDKi
Interestingly, Rachel also took part in the challenge by trying to speak the language while trying to understand what Logesh was saying as much as she could. One particular scene that managed to catch the attention of netizens would be the one where Logesh tried to explain the word
Google Assistant adds a new trick: singing a New Year song, with optimistic lyrics and robotic cheer. Google
Need some company to ring in the new year? Google Assistant can help, with its New Year song.
The search giant tweeted that users can get their Assistant-enabled devices to sing by instructing it #HeyGoogle, sing the New Year song .
A video in the tweet showed a dancing blue disco ball singing, backed by matchingly corny 8-bit music.
2021 is (finally) right around the corner. Say #HeyGoogle, sing the New Year song to count down to the new year with Google Assistant. pic.twitter.com/baawtRgCQ7 Google (@Google) December 28,2020
Wednesday, 30 Dec 2020 08:22 AM MYT
The New Sabah Times is stopping the presses for good after more than six decades as one of the state’s oldest and reputable news sources. ― Picture via Facebook/New Sabah Times
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KOTA KINABALU, Dec 30 ― The
New Sabah Times will print its final edition tomorrow (December 31), stopping the presses for good after more than six decades as one of the state’s oldest and reputable news sources.
The newspaper’s managing editor, Felix Gusti, said that a sharp drop in circulation and falling ad revenue were the main reasons for the closure.