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- Allocation under Budget 2013 a boost for students in universities
- Two women arrested with stolen items
- Boost for oil and gas industry
| Allocation under Budget 2013 a boost for students in universities Posted: 02 Oct 2012 06:36 PM PDT JOHOR BARU: The Higher Education Ministry hopes that a RM600mil allocation under the 2013 Budget for five research universities would increase the numbers of researchers in the country. Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said the huge allocation would boost the number of postgraduate students conducting research and development projects at the universities. "With the allocation given by the Government, we want to know how much postgraduates students with Masters or PhD the universities can produce which would contribute to the country's human capital," he said. He added that besides having more postgraduate students, universities are urged to produce more writings to ensure that it would be reference materials. "Universities must produce more intellectual writing from research findings even though it may take them a long time to achieve it," he said. Khaled said this at the launch the Johor Truck Dealers Association new headquarters here in Taman Johor Jaya. He added that so far there are about 30,000 researchers at various research universities nationwide. Mohamed Khaled hopes that focus should be given on human capital and the numbers of research ers that would help the country to be more competitive, innovative, and productive. The Higher Education Ministry received RM13bil of allocation under Budget 2013, which is the sixth largest after the Education Ministry, Financial Ministry, Health Ministry, the Prime Minister's Department and Defence Ministry. It was reported that RM600mil would be allocated to the five research universities to conduct high-impact research in strategic fields such as nanotechnology, automotive, biotechnology and aerospace. Among the five research universities are Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Universiti Malaya, and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the emphasis is to enhance research and development (R&D) activities in the universities. |
| Two women arrested with stolen items Posted: 02 Oct 2012 04:00 PM PDT TANGKAK: Police have detained two women and seized stolen items during a raid at a house at Taman Tun Syed Nasir near Sungai Mati recently. Ledang police chief Supt Harun Idris said the women were arrested following a house break-in report in Taman Tanjung Gading near Tanjung Agas on May 26. Speaking to reporters he said based on police intelligence a team was rushed to a house in Taman Tun Syed Nasir and police found several stolen items. "The women, both aged 23, were resting in the house which belonged to one of the women's relative. "We found a laptop computer, five cellular handsets, two watches and a digital camera which were reported stolen in May," he said at his office recently. Supt Harun said the two women were being detained to assist investigation as police believed there were other items which they had sold. He said police were looking for a man, Khairul Azrul Abdul Latif, 20, from Kampung Pulai, Merlimau, Malacca, who could be their accomplice. He said police urged those who knew Khairul Azrul's whereabouts to contact Ledang police at 06-978 1222 or the nearest police station. |
| Boost for oil and gas industry Posted: 02 Oct 2012 05:16 PM PDT JOHOR BARU: Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman described the Budget 2013 as a responsible move that would spur the country's growth. One of the key announcement made by the Prime Minister, he added, was the 100% income tax exemption for a period of 10 years for companies interested in oil and gas industries in the country. Abdul Ghani added that such decision would create more opportunities for local oil and gas companies such as Petronas and their foreign partners to invest in the oil and gas sector. He also said that oil and gas sector has been identified as one of the important 12 National Key Result Areas by the Government. "The oil and gas sector is not something new in the country. It has contributed to 30% of the country's economy this year alone. "With the RM60bil Petronas refinery and petrochemical integrated development (Rapid) project and the Dialog Group Bhd's deepwater terminal development projects in Pengerang, the sector would continue to boom," he said. Abdul Ghani added that the 100% income tax exemption would encourage more investors coming in with good incentives for them. He said this during a press conference on Budget 2013 held at his official residence in Saujana. On another matter, Abdul Ghani added that the state government welcomed the Federal Government's decision to allocate RM1.9bil to build 123,000 affordable housing units next year. "Previously there was a huge demand for low income houses in the state with the price range between RM35,000 and RM40,000. "But the state has seen that demand for affordable houses of between RM80,000 and RM120,000 is on the rise which shows that many people under the initiatives introduced by the Government could afford it," he said. He added that the Budget 2013 would help the country to achieve its target of becoming a high-income nation by 2020. |
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