PETALING JAYA: Minister Wee Ka Siong has been accused of “playing with words” over the announcement that Public Service Department (JPA) scholarships for degree programmes have been suspended. In a statement issued today, MP for Seputeh Teresa Kok took issue with Wee for a message he posted on Facebook last night denying he had said…
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JPA scholarship suspension: Instead of playing with words, Wee Ka Siong should help to resolve the students” plight
In his facebook posting last night, Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong denied saying the Public Service Department (JPA) has suspended government scholarships and that the matter was being studied by the department. He said that he had not officially announced or confirmed the suspension. I wish to advise Wee not to play with…
DAP slams shelving of JPA, MoE education aid
PETALING JAYA: In a series of media releases, DAP and its youth wing Dapsy have come out strongly in protest of the government’s decision to suspend scholarships for the Public Service Department’s (JPA) degree programmes and bursaries by the Ministry of Education’s (MoE) pre-university courses. DAP Vice-Chairperson, Teresa Kok said education was important in building the nation’s…
JPA scholarship suspension: Is Malaysia serious in building and retaining talent?
After some students’ plight have been reported in Sin Chew Daily two days ago, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Wee Ka Siong raised the issue in yesterday’s Cabinet meeting and confirmed the government’s of scholarships by the Public Service Department (JPA) for degree programmes, and bursaries by the Ministry of Education (MoE) for…
Funeral mass for Bernard Then
I just came out of the wake of Bernard Then at the funeral parlour of St Francis Xavier Church at Petaling Jaya. Bernard is the Sarawakian who was kidnapped and beheaded by Abu Sayaff terrorists. I felt so sorrowful to see his ashes which was placed next to his photograph. I expressed my condolences to…
Memorial service for Bernard Then
I attended the funeral mass of Bernard Then at St Francis Xavier Church at Petaling Jaya today.. I am glad that a few elected reps like Stephen Wong (Sandakan), Jimmy Wong (KK), Steven Sim (Bukit Mertajam), Kasthuri Patto (Batu Kawan), Hannah Yeoh (Subang Jaya) and other colleagues made time to attend the mass, because our…
I cannot agree with Mat Sabu more …….
It’s education and democracy, not “nonsensical laws” that can tackle terrorism, said Amanah president Mohamad Sabu. “Stop terrorism with education, democracy and so on. “There’s no need to enact new laws. The old acts were nonsense. The Sedition Act is nonsense too,” Mohamad told reporters at the DAP retreat in Subang Jaya today. The government…
Thanks to PDRM for successfully preventing a suicide bombing from happening in Kuala Lumpur
Police said the Islamic State (IS) operative it arrested at Setiawangsa LRT yesterday was in the midst of carrying out a suicide attack in the country. Inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar said this was after the operative received instructions from Syria. “The suspect admitted that he was planning to launch a suicide attack after…