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- IPF: Name road after Pandithan, it’s a sign of the good he did
- RM250 fine for wearing short-sleeve T-shirt
- Goalkeeper Khairul’s brother passes away
| IPF: Name road after Pandithan, it’s a sign of the good he did Posted: 06 Dec 2011 02:28 PM PST INDIAN Progressive Front leaders want to know why the name for Jalan Berhala in Brickfields has not been changed to that of its late president Tan Sri M.G. Pandithan, reported Makkal Osai. Current head M. V. Mathialagan said this was despite an announcement made three years ago. He said Pandithan had contributed greatly towards uplifting the lives of Malaysians, particularly the Indian community. "It is surprising that City Hall has not replied to our queries," he said, adding that he would request Deputy Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing Minister Datuk M. Saravanan to take the necessary action. >Tamil Nesan reported that police in Thanjavur, about 250km from Chennai in India found a beggar with Rs6.25 lakh (RM420,000) cash while investigating the theft of a mobile phone at a local mosque on Friday. When police searched the beggars loitering outside the mosque, they found Abdul Samad, 55, with stacks of money. He told the police that the amount was proceeds from both his and his wife Noorjahan's begging outside mosques. He said he had withdrawn the money from a bank to buy a house. Police allowed Abdul Samad to keep the money after he showed copies of bank withdrawal slips and advised him to be careful. > Public health messages by the Health Ministry are pre-tested and approved by technical experts, the ministry's health education division director Abdul Jabar Ahmad said. He said the ministry welcomed comments or suggestions from the public to further improve the advertisements. Abdul Jabar was commenting on Tamil Bell Club national president S.V. Lingam's statement that the messages on HIV/AIDS screened over Tamil news on RTM2 were full of errors. Lingam's comments in Tamil newspapers were translated in The Star on Nov 29. ● Other News & Views is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this > sign, it denotes a separate news item. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| RM250 fine for wearing short-sleeve T-shirt Posted: 06 Dec 2011 02:28 PM PST A COFFEESHOP operator in Kota Baru, Kelantan, was fined RM250 after one of her Muslim workers wore a short-sleeve T-shirt to work. All the major dailies Sin Chew Daily, China Press and Nanyang Siang Pau reported that an enforcement officer said to be from the Kota Baru Municipal Council issued the summons during a raid on Monday. The officer claimed the female worker had exposed her arms and failed to conform to the dress code. Apparently, the council by-law requires workers at business premises to wear the hijab (Islamic head scarf) and tutup aurat (cover parts of the body that should not be exposed according to Islamic belief). Operator Loo Siew Lian said she explained to the officer that the worker had yet to put on her long "driving" gloves. "I was surprised that the summons was issued." She added that all female workers would roll up their sleeves and remove their gloves while washing plates and doing kitchen work. "However, they then put on long gloves while taking orders or serving food. "The officer should be more considerate since my worker is a first-time offender. A warning should suffice," she said. A Kota Baru municipal councillor said he would try to resolve the issue. "Our intention is to remind Muslim workers to abide by the dress code by-laws," he said. > China Press reported that two women, aged 23 and 28, were caught trying to smuggle drugs worth S$307,700 (RM752,884) into Singapore. The younger suspect had put two packets of heroin weighing 924gm in two sanitary pads before wearing two pairs of panties and a pair of tights. The older suspect, meanwhile, kept the heroin and "ice" weighing 702gm and 254gm respectively in three sanitary pads before putting on panties and two pairs of tights. They were sitting in a taxi when Customs officers conducted a body search on them. The 60-year-old taxi driver was also detained to facilitate investigations during the incident on Saturday. ● Other News & Views is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this > sign, it denotes a separate news item. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Goalkeeper Khairul’s brother passes away Posted: 06 Dec 2011 02:28 PM PST HAPPINESS seems to be evading Malaysian goalkeeper Khairul Fahmi Che Mat lately. Shortly after he recovered from the controversy over the circulation of his purported photographs with a female friend, he received news of his 16-year-old brother's death on Monday, Harian Metro reported. Mohd Amirul Izat, who had been admitted to Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia in Kubang Kerian since Nov 10, was suspected to have dengue fever and was unconscious for about 23 days before he passed away. He was buried at the Kampung Pohon Tanjung Muslim cemetery. Khairul, who received the news while he was in the midst of a training session in Kuala Lumpur, rushed home for the funeral. He said the last time he met Mohd Amirul was during Hari Raya Aidiladha. > The Public Service Department (JPA) revealed that depression had affected many civil servants' productivity and quality of service, Berita Harian reported. In one case, a man drank poison after his engagement fell through a few days before his wedding. However, he was rushed to Hospital Putrajaya and was saved. This is an example of cases referred to JPA's Psychology Department before they are forwarded to the Public Service Colleague Guidance Group (Akrab) for counselling. National Akrab president Abdul Latif Ibrahim said on Monday that relationship problems in the family should not be taken lightly. "It is easy for us to say that we should not bring family matters into the workplace, but it is difficult to practise this in reality." ● Other News & Views is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this > sign, it denotes a separate news item. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
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