KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia declared a state of emergency on Tuesday to try to rein in coronavirus infections and suspended parliament in a move.
The new CEO of the Malaysian Timber Council envisions everyone chipping in to take the industry to new heights
Ask Muhtar Suhaili whether he has taken a break since being appointed CEO of the Malaysian Timber Council on Nov 1 and he laughs. Besides receiving visitors non-stop, he has read MTC’s annual reports from 2011, met with business partners and associates from government agencies, and sat down with fellow management members to map the direction for the Council.
A grasp of the details is crucial, no doubt, but, more importantly, this young man can see the forest for the trees.
Timber is a new field for Muhtar, 39, who has worked in the automotive, oil and gas, and palm oil sectors. “It’s a different industry but, as CEO, the way I manage things is still the same people, system, engagement.
Keeping a close eye: Foreign workers waiting to be given a swab test at the Pasar Borong Meru in Klang. KAMARUL ARIFFIN/The Star
PETALING JAYA: The UK variant of the Covid-19 virus is transmitted in the same way as the other variants and keeping strictly to the current SOP should suffice, say public health medicine specialists.
Assoc Prof Dr Mohammad Farhan Rusli from International Islamic University of Malaysia likened the UK variant to the thousands of mutations in the influenza virus and said the priority should be to stop an outbreak if it does arrive on Malaysian shores.
He said the UK variant had been found to have nearly two dozen mutations which were worrying as it might occur on the proteins that the virus uses to attach itself and infect cells.
December 21, 2020
D ai Syed.
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He is not the first reality television star to fall from grace and is unlikely to be the last, but when the young celebrity Islamic “preacher” Syed Shah Iqmal was charged with rape, unnatural sex and outraging the modesty of one of his female followers, it seemed like half of Malaysia had an opinion.
Syed Shah Iqmal Syed Mohammad Shaiful, 25, more commonly known as Da’i (a term for those who invite people into the religion), had grown immensely popular following his stint in the show Da i Pendakwah Nusantara (“Nusantara Preacher”), in which contestants competed to be the next big celebrity preacher.
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Da’i Syed’s sex scandal: a test from God for Malaysia’s reality TV Islamic preachers? Tashny Sukumaran in Kuala Lumpur An audience watches a live performance of the Malaysian reality TV competition ‘Young Imam’ in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: AFP
He is not the first reality television star to fall from grace and is unlikely to be the last, but when the young celebrity Islamic preacher Syed Shah Iqmal was charged with rape, unnatural sex and outraging the modesty of one of his female followers, it seemed like half of Malaysia had an opinion.
Syed Shah Iqmal Syed Mohammad Shaiful, 25, more commonly known as Da i (a term for those who invite people into the religion), had grown immensely popular following his stint in the show Da i Pendakwah Nusantara ( Nusantara Preacher ), in which contestants competed to be the next big celebrity preacher.