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- Abdul Hamid Othman dies of stroke
- 6P foreign workers' amnesty centre to be opened in Penang
- N Korea embassy opens condolence book for leader's death
| Abdul Hamid Othman dies of stroke Posted: 23 Dec 2011 05:42 AM PST KUALA LUMPUR: Former Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Othman (pic) died of a stroke Friday. He was 72. The adviser of Maju Holdings Sdn Bhd died at about 4.45pm while at work in his office at Maju Junction here. His personal aide, Nor Azhar Yusof, said Abdul Hamid, who had heart disease and diabetes, was his normal self when he came in to work, but later complained of breathing difficulties. He said Abdul Hamid's body had been brought back to his house at Taman Tenaga, Batu 9, Jalan Puchong. Abdul Hamid, who was also adviser of the Women and Family Welfare Centre (Kewaja), leaves behind wife, Puan Seri Jamilah Mohd Said, 68, son Wafi Nazrin and five grandchildren. Abdul Hamid, born on July 21, 1939 at Kampung Kemelong, Mukim Sik, Kedah, was appointed a deputy minister in the Prime Minister's Department in 1990 and was Minister in the Prime Minister's Department from 1995 to 1999. In 2001, he was appointed the religious adviser to the then Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, and then as religious adviser to Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi from 2005 to 2009. Abdul Hamid was among the first batch of students to receive the Malaysian government scholarship to pursue Islamic law studies at the Al-Azhar University in 1961. BERNAMA Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| 6P foreign workers' amnesty centre to be opened in Penang Posted: 23 Dec 2011 05:37 AM PST KUALA LUMPUR: A one-stop centre to deal with problems arising from the 6P foreign workers' amnesty programme will be opened in Penang on Tuesday, said Home Ministry secretary-general Tan Sri Mahmood Adam. He said the centre, located at the state Immigration Office in Jalan Kelasah, Seberang Jaya, would be opened daily from 8am to 5pm. To smoothen the 6P programme, which will end on Jan 10, the ministry has text a reminder to 30,724 employers and foreign worker agencies and 10% of them have replied, he said in a statement. Meanwhile, Mahmood said four people including a woman aged between 21 and 50 years were arrested under Section 12 (1) (F) of the Passports Act 1966 for allegedly holding genuine, altered or fake passports without lawful authority. He said a Biometric NERS machine without a serial number but had the 'Jata Negara' logo and the word 'Malaysia' on it, a printer and 50 illegal immigrant registration slips with serial numbers, two Bangladeshi passports and two fake Indonesian passports were seized from them. BERNAMA Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| N Korea embassy opens condolence book for leader's death Posted: 23 Dec 2011 05:06 AM PST KUALA LUMPUR: The North Korean embassy has opened a condolence book for the country's leader, Kim Jong-il, who died on Dec 17. In a statement Friday, the embassy said visitors could offer their condolences until Dec 27, from 10am to 6pm, except on Dec 24. During the mourning period the embassy will also hoist the flag at half-mast from Dec 19 until Dec 29. Kim, general-secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), which is the ruling political party, chairman of North Korea's National Defence Commission and supreme commander of Korean People's Army died of a sudden illness at the age of 69. His sudden demise is a great loss to the WPK, the country and the people of North Korea at home and abroad, the embassy said. BERNAMA Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
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