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Month: May 2020

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MOH Urges Single People To Be “Strong And Patient” About Interstate Travels

However, this only applies for emergency reasons such as deaths, medical, and work-related travel.The exception also applies to married couples who live in different states, provided they have justified reasons, according to an announcement made by the National Security Council (MKN). These interstate travel exemptions, however, still require approval from the police.Interstate... Click here to read the full article. Source:

today31 May 2020

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8-Year-Old Girl Dies After Suffering 65 Hornet Stings While Playing Outside In Terengganu

She along with her six-year-old brother was stung by hornets in an incident at Felda Kerteh 4 in Dungun, Kuala Terengganu on Saturday, 30 May. The kids were playing at a hill near their home.According to a Bernama report, the brother, Muhamad Azib, rushed into the house at around 3pm to his mother, Rohayu Mat Lazim, in pain and with swellings on his body."He came to tell me that his... […]

today31 May 2020

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The Necessity Of Planning A Good Exit Strategy For Malaysia

The new norms or what we call the standard operating procedure (SOP) would include the practice of social distancing, hand-washing practices, use of hand sanitisers, and wearing face masks while in public places as well as other socially responsible initiatives to curb COVID-19 dissemination.According to KPMG, there are seven forms of shifting the business landscape – the shift towards... Click here to read the full article. Source:

today30 May 2020

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The Absurdity Of A Law That Implies Women Are The Personal Property Of Their Husbands

Section 498 — like many laws in the Malaysian legal system — comes from the Indian Penal Code (IPC), where it was drafted over a century ago in 1860, which was itself based on the old Victorian-era laws.Over the years, it has been called "an equal law" and discriminatory as it holds only one person responsible — the other man, while completely disregarding consent or willingness on... Click here to […]

today30 May 2020

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Najib Denies Using An Israeli Company To Spy On Civilians And Opposition

CTech noted that it is not common for government spy deals to be exposed, and it is even rarer to have written evidence over such arrangements.If it were not for Senpai's co-founders being entangled in a financial dispute which led to the company's documents reaching Tel Aviv courts, the world would never have known of these highly-classified dealings between the Malaysian government and... Click here to read the full article. […]

today29 May 2020

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Netizen Uses Maths To Explain Why Cutting ‘Nasi Impit’ Diagonally Is The Best Way

"Nasi impit: should it be cut diagonally or straightly?" Anwar Farid asked the million dollar question in a Facebook post on the second day of Hari Raya, 25 May. In the post, Anwar used various mathematical formulas to reach a conclusion. His objective was to calculate the surface area, volume, and density of the nasi impit cut in two different ways to understand what are the benefits of... Click here […]

today29 May 2020

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Japanese Man Helped Clean Up 4,500 Cigarette Butts Littered Around Putrajaya

He wrote that he enjoys doing charity work in Malaysia and learning the national language.He had volunteered for another clean-up with Trash Hero Putrajaya sometime in February where they picked up a whopping 202kg worth of rubbish at Gem In Mall, Cyberjaya before the Movement Control Order (MCO) was implemented."In two hours, we picked up 202kg of rubbish including bottles, cigarette... Click here to read the full article. Source:

today29 May 2020

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Dr Noor Hisham Calls For Better Living Conditions For Foreign Workers

According to Dr Noor Hisham, while the ministry is looking into assisting the employers, in the meantime, those employing foreign workers should do their own screening."One of the reasons that we find is that perhaps because of the confined spaces and crowded accommodations that they have causes them to not be able to practise social distancing. If one of them is positive then the whole... Click here to read the […]

today29 May 2020

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DBKL Closes Titiwangsa Park Indefinitely Because Visitors Keep Disobeying CMCO Rules

According to The Star, he said their poor behaviour prompted the closure of the park."Some families visited the park to have picnics, which is not allowed, and some even cut our yellow tape around playground sets for their children to play in," he said.He then urged the public to follow the rules that have been set."Our officers will be monitoring the other parks in the city and if we... Click […]

today29 May 2020