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The government will continue to build proper homes for the poor.   On Education Quality and access to the national education system to be enhanced through the implementation of the Education Development Master Plan and the National Higher Education Strategic Plan. Focus will be given to rural education in order to reduce the wide gap … Read more

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has proposed an increase to the development allocation ceiling from RM200bil to RM230bil for the mid-term period of the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP) due to rising costs. “I would like to emphasise that the Federal Government will continue to implement the 9MP (2006-2010) development projects in all states,??? … Read more

GEORGE TOWN: Penang will look for ways to solve traffic congestion problems on the island on its own now that the monorail and Penang Outer Ring Road projects have been deferred. Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said the state government could not afford to implement such mega projects as they involved high capital and would … Read more

LIM Kit Siang (DAP – Ipoh Timor) said the Ninth Malaysia Plan should have been drafted to re-inspire Malaysians after the March 8 political tsunami. Government is supposed to understand the needs of the people and lead them towards new economic heights but I don’t think it has been able to fulfil that,??? he said. … Read more

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By Eileen Ng, New Straits TimesJune 26, 2009 KLUALA LUMPUR: A large-scale operation on illegal immigrants will be conducted in Sabah soon, the deputy prime minister said. Datuk Seri Najib Razak said the illegals would be returned to the countries that would accept them. “Those who are classified as illegal immigrants will be sent back,” … Read more

By SHAHANAAZ HABIB, The StarThursday June 26, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak dismissed Raja Petra Kamarudin’s statutory declaration linking his wife and two others to the murder of Mongolian translator Altantuya Shaaribuu as “total lies, fabrication and total garbage.??? The Deputy Prime Minister said the allegations in the statutory declaration were a “desperate … Read more

Written by BernamaPublished in The Borneo PostJune 26, 2008 KOTA KINABALU: Kimanis member of parliament Datuk Anifah Aman says the federal government’s proposal to set up a special task force on illegal immigrants in the state is unconstitutional. “The actual power on immigration matters lies with the state government,??? he was quoted as saying by … Read more

By OON YEOH, Columnist, The Star Thursday June 26, 2008 Caution is almost always the practice when editors are faced with a story that may have legal repercussions. Embedding a click-through to an Internet search results page may just skirt the law. FINALLY Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak has come out … Read more