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- Three months to register 1M4U number plates
- CAP: Don’t over-idolise Tamil actors
- School homework is a family affair
| Three months to register 1M4U number plates Posted: 03 Mar 2013 03:21 PM PST PETALING JAYA: Successful bidders for the 1M4U number plates must register with the Road Transport Department (JPJ) Wangsa Maju branch within three months. Those interested in bidding for the 9,999 numbers can submit their bids online at www.platim4u.com from March 10, said Zulaikha Mokhtarrudin, a spokesman for Aqua Two Sdn Bhd, which is handling the bids. "All the bidding will be done online and the successful bidders will be issued a letter. "This letter must be submitted to the JPJ branch in Wangsa Maju to register the number plates," she said yesterday. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced on Saturday that vehicle owners can begin bidding for the IM4U vehicle registration numbers next week in conjunction with the 1Malaysia For Youth (IM4U) movement. There will be 9,999 numbers up for grabs, with Najib getting the IM4U 11 number, as 11 is his favourite number. He said the sale of the registration numbers would generate funds to support IM4U activities. |
| CAP: Don’t over-idolise Tamil actors Posted: 03 Mar 2013 03:17 PM PST The Consumer Association of Penang has called on Indian movie fans in Malaysia to stop doing the milk abhisegam (pouring of milk) and putting garlands over the posters and cut-outs of Tamil film actors in the theatres, Malaysia Nanban reported. Its education officer N.V. Subbarow said that this practice is popular in Tamil Nadu but now it seems that this trend has spread to Malaysia. He was commenting about that the milk abhisegam that was recently done in theatres in Petaling Jaya during the release of Kamal Hassan's Vishwaroopam and uploaded on YouTube. He said that this act reflects the backwardness of the Indian community and is not suitable for the multi-racial community in this country. He said that milk abhisegam should only be done in temples and urged the Indian movie fans to form fan clubs to help the poor, organise moral classes for the Indian students and also aid Tamil schools instead of idolising Indian actors. 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 a >, it denotes a separate news item. |
| School homework is a family affair Posted: 03 Mar 2013 03:17 PM PST CHINESE primary school students are so burdened with homework that their mothers, aunts and other family members are helping out, reported China Press. Malaysian Chinese Language Council president Prof Dr Lim Chooi Kwa said schools ought to review the matter as some of the homework were so technical that even university Chinese Studies lecturers had difficulty answering them. He added that not only him but several other university lecturers also had a similar experience while guiding their grandchildren with their homework. "We would make mistakes like the strokes and pronunciation. "Schools need to look into improving teaching methods as well as reducing the students' homework load." He noted that most children go for tuition and they do not have time to digest what they learn. 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 a >, it denotes a separate news item. |
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