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- Stick to agreed fees and conditions, maid agencies told
- Umno supreme council members to go to the ground for polls feedback
- Improved NS physical module from next year
| Stick to agreed fees and conditions, maid agencies told Posted: 31 May 2011 06:45 AM PDT PUTRAJAYA: All agencies supplying Indonesian maids to Malaysia have been told to stick to the fees and conditions agreed upon by the Malaysian and Indonesian governments. "The initial fees employers have to pay to get an Indonesian maid should no longer hover between RM6,000 and RM8,000, like what's happening now," Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam told reporters on arrival at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) here Tuesday. The two countries on Monday inked protocol amendments to the memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the employment of Indonesian maids inked between them in 2006. The revised MoU, among others, sets the initial fees employers have to pay at RM4,511. "The Indonesian side has pledged their commitment on this matter, and we should do that too," he said. In addition, Dr Subramaniam said a joint task force would be set up to deal with issues raised by employers and their employees. "The task force, among others, will look at salary issues based on demand and supply principles. We'll know the outcome in two weeks," he added. - Bernama Related Stories: |
| Umno supreme council members to go to the ground for polls feedback Posted: 31 May 2011 06:26 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: Umno Supreme Council members will go to the ground in their respective states next month to get feedback on preparations for the coming general election. Umno information chief Datuk Ahmad Maslan said they would also assist in holding mock polls next month as part of preparations for the election. The feedback from Umno divisions will be used for the preparations, which would include setting up operations rooms and election committees, he told reporters Tuesday after receiving applications from 64 former DAP members from Kampung Lembah Kinrara in Puchong to join Umno. "The supreme council members are the foster fathers (under the champion of the people programme), each of them is responsible for three to five divisions," said Ahmad, who is Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department. On the mock election, Ahmad said it would take about two months and the foster fathers were required to submit a report to the party leadership. He said Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi would be in charge of the simulated polls. - Bernama Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
| Improved NS physical module from next year Posted: 31 May 2011 05:47 AM PDT KOTA BARU: The National Service (NS) Training Department will introduce an improved physical module for NS trainees starting January next year, said its director-general Datuk Abdul Hadi Awang Kechil. He said the sports science-based module would include commercial elements which participants can benefit from after the training ends. "We have asked the Sultan Idris University of Education (UPSI) to come up with the improved module. "UPSI will publish a guide book on the new module for trainees and trainers, and we expect to implement the module by January 2011," he told reporters here Tuesday. Abdul Hadi said the new module would not do away with the existing one which offers activities such as shooting, marching, water activities and other extreme sports, and would also be upgraded from time to time. - Bernama Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
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