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Employers: Suspend amnesty programme for illegal workers
KUALA LUMPUR: Employers and worker organisations want the Government to suspend the amnesty programme for the 1.2 million illegal workers which began yesterday. They argued that the ongoing exercise to register legal workers using the biometric system was incomplete and riddled with problems. “To carry out both exercises simultaneously was a massive task which the [...]
Biometric registration exercise process criticised
PETALING JAYA : The way in which the biometric registration of legal foreign workers is being conducted has drawn flak from the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) and SME Association of Malaysia. MEF executive director Shamsuddin Bardan lamented the lack of a proper system in the exercise, which has inconvenienced both employers and their foreign workers, [...]
21 killed, 141 injured as terror strikes Mumbai again
Three blasts between 6.54 p.m. and 7.05 p.m. on Wednesday rocked the crowded areas of Mumbai, killing 21 persons and injuring 141 others. The most powerful one, suspected to have been set off by an IED (improvised explosive device), occurred at Zaveri Bazaar in south Mumbai, a congested part of the city, the second at [...]
बैधानिक बन्ने अवसर अनिश्चतकालीन बन्द
क्वालालम्पुर । मलेसियामा अबैधानिक श्रमिकहरुकोलागि ल्याइएको एक कार्यक्रम बैधानिक हौ वा घर र्फक योजना अनिश्चतकालीन बन्द गरिएको मलेसियाका गृहमन्त्रीलाई उद्धृत गर्दै स्थानीय पत्रिका दि स्टारले जनाएको छ । Registration of illegals nationwide put off for now KUALA LUMPUR: The registration of illegal foreign workers nationwide ahead of an amnesty exercise has been shelved indefinitely until [...]
मलेसियामा बैधानिक बन्ने अवसर १८ जुलाई सम्म सर्यो
क्वालालम्पुर, रुसाहाङ चेम्जोङ । जुलाई ११ देखि शुरु हुने भनिएको मलेसिया सरकारले अबैधानिकहरुका लागि ल्याएको बैधानिक बन वा घर र्फक (P6) कार्यक्रम एक हप्ताको लागि अर्थात जुलाई १८ सोमबार सम्मलाई सरेको छ । अवैधानिक विदेशी कामदारहरुलाई वैधानिक बनाई काम लगाउने वा घर र्फकन मौका दिने कार्यका लागि औंठा छाप सहित लगत संकलन गर्ने र दर्ता [...]
Amnesty for illegals put off by a week
SEREMBAN: The programme to legalise and grant amnesty to an estimated two million illegals in the country has been deferred from Monday to July 18 so that the authorities have more time to prepare for the mammoth exercise. It is understood that the Government is also mulling over the possibility of extending the period of [...]
Illegal migrant workers in Sabah will not be legalised
KOTA KINABALU: Foreigners in Sabah will be registered under a two-week amnesty programme but they will not be legalised and must return home. State Secretary Datuk Sukarti Wakiman said those who entered Sabah illegally would be allowed to register at nine centres from July 18. “However, the state government has decided to drop the legalisation [...]
Speculation on Malaysian deal mounts
The federal opposition has suggested the government might announce details of an asylum-seeker swap deal with Malaysia under the cover of its carbon pricing scheme this weekend. Canberra and Kuala Lumper are in “very advanced” negotiations about an arrangement for Malaysia to accept up to 800 asylum seekers arriving by boat in return for Australia [...]
Malaysia’s AirAsia to extend Airbus deal to 300 planes: source
AirAsia Bhd will extend a deal with Airbus for its new A320neo jets to 300 planes, a source with knowledge of the deal said, making the Malaysia-based budget airline one of the largest in the world. The two sides had announced a deal for 200 planes at the Paris Air show last month, shattering aviation [...]
Mid Asia qualifying just a reality check
KATHMANDU: Nepali team looks just a step away from making it to the 26th FIBA Asia Championships to be held in Wuhan, China later this year but the qualification process in itself is a mere reality check for them. Nepal take on Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and India in the Middle Asia sub zone qualifying tournament [...]
Key accused remanded in police custody
MUMBAI: The key accused in the Kurar gang rape, where five persons including a minor allegedly raped a 20-year-old girl and circulated an MMS of the crime, was remanded in police custody by the magistrate court on Tuesday. The key accused, Suraj Nepali, who was arrested from the Maharashtra-Gujarat border on Monday, was remanded in [...]
Prime accused in Kurar gangrape arrested
Mumbai The main accused in the Kurar gangrape, Suraj Nepali, was arrested by the Crime Branch unit 12 on Tuesday. The two-month-old gangrape of a 20-year-old girl from Malad East came to light last week when an MMS clip of the incident was found circulating in the neighbourhood. To check on the progress of the [...]
Malaysia Chosen As Member Of IPHRC
KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysia has been chosen to fill one of the six seats contested for the Asia Region for the Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) at the 38th Session of the Council Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Kazakhstan. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement [...]
Singapore and Malaysia can now advance their many shared interests: PM Lee
SINGAPORE: The closure of the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station marks a historic breakthrough in relations between Singapore and Malaysia, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. With the closing of this chapter, he said the two countries can now advance their many shared interests. Mr Lee said he is happy that Singapore and Malaysia have successfully [...]
Global funds raise Malaysia debt holdings
Global funds boosted their holdings of ringgit-denominated debt to a record in May as the local currency reached its strongest level in 13 years, central bank data showed. The value of bonds owned by overseas investors rose 5 per cent during the month to RM181.5 billion (US$60 billion), according to Bank Negara Malaysia statistics published [...]
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