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- KL Chinatown traders can stay on
- Home Ministry: More than one million job vacancies
- S'gor Sultan denies advising formation of syura council
| KL Chinatown traders can stay on Posted: 23 Aug 2011 06:16 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: The 31 shop lots near Jalan Sultan will not be demolished for the construction of the Klang Valley MY Rapid Transit (MRT) project, MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek said. He said the shops would remain as they are an important part of KL Chinatown's identity. "During the six months of constructing the MRT tunnel underneath the area, the occupants will have to evacuate their property but will be told to return after that. "Buildings affected by the construction will be strengthened," he told reporters after attending a dialogue between the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD), representatives of the Jalan Sultan traders and others at the SPAD headquarters here Tuesday. Related Stories: |
| Home Ministry: More than one million job vacancies Posted: 23 Aug 2011 05:17 AM PDT PUTRAJAYA: A total of 1,051,427 job vacancies have been listed by eight ministries to be filled by Malaysians, before they are given to illegal immigrants given amnesty under the 6P programme. Home Ministry deputy secretary-general Datuk Alwi Ibrahim said of the figure, the International Trade and Industry Ministry had the most vacancies at 275,723, followed by the Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry (237,700), Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry (220,000), Construction Industry Development Board (165,000), Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry (140,000), Home Ministry (10,000), Tourism Ministry (2,041) and Transport Ministry (963). "This statistics were made avaliable to the Home Ministry at a meeting to update the status on the 6P programme which was chaired by the Home Ministry secretary-general Monday," he said in a statement here Tuesday. Alwi said most of the vacancies involved five sectors identified as the ones using the highest number of foreign workers which were manufacturing, production, plantation, agriculture and construction. He said the vacancies would be advertised in several local dailies in stages beginning Thursday, and urged Malaysians particularly those who are still unemployed, to grab the opportunities. Alwi said the next stage of the 6P programme would be matching the needs of employers with the list of illegal workers registered under the programme for vacancies not taken up by Malaysians. Meanwhile, he said the total number of legal workers and illegal immigrants registered stood at 2,210,235 as of 8.30am Tuesday, and of the number 1,215,004 were ilegals. "The ministry reminds all illegal immigrants to register before the expiry of the extended deadline on Aug 31 after which the 6P programme will enter its whitening phase (legalising or providing amnesty). "Besides this, the ministry also wishes to reiterate that illegal immigrants will not be arrested when registering under the 6P programme," he said. - Bernama |
| S'gor Sultan denies advising formation of syura council Posted: 23 Aug 2011 05:00 AM PDT SHAH ALAM: Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah has denied that he advised establishing the syura (consultative) council announced by Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim on Monday. In a statement Tuesday issued by his private secretary Datuk Mohamad Munir Bani, the Sultan said reports in the media relating to the matter of the formation of the council were false. He said Khalid had consulted him over meeting the management of the Damasara Utama Methodist Church over the check conducted on the church by the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) recently. The Sultan said he had only advised Khalid to invite the Selangor deputy mufti, along with the Selangor mufti, to advise on matters related to the Syariah regulations. Therefore, the issue of the Sultan advising the state government to form a Syura council was untrue, said Munir. The formation of the council, comprising state mufti Datuk Tamyes Abdul Wahid, his deputy Datuk Abdul Majid Omar and Khalid, was reportedly to be on the advice of the Sultan of Selangor. Related Stories: |
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