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Dining-in group size for those who are vaccinated will be raised from two to five on Monday.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Singapore News - Eateries are already making preparations for larger groups of diners, even though bookings have yet to go up by much. This comes as the permitted dining-in group size for those who are vaccinated is being raised from two to five, as part of relaxed Covid-19 curbs that will... Read more at www.tnp.sg

One of the reasons ex-offenders end up back in prison is because they dont feel they will ever be given a fair shot in society. Photo: Unsplash/Tim Mossholder It has been 19 years since Pastor Ignatius Wong was last released from prison. He’d been in an out of prison since 1999, mostly because he could never find his footing each time he was released. Thankfully, he came into contact with a mentor at a rehabilitation centre in Chemor, Perak, who believed in him and Wong has never looked back ...

Datuk Ibrisam Abdul Rahman. - Filepic/The Star PETALING JAYA: The parole system introduced in Malaysia in 2008 has seen 98% of parolees joining the workforce, says Prisons Depart-ment director-general Datuk Ibrisam Abdul Rahman, He said up to Wednesday, a total of 41,179 individuals have been employed. “They were employed either through our arrangement or found jobs themselves. “The transition back into the community was eased through our reintegration programme,” he said at a virtual rou...

Expat Malaysians have not ‘abandoned’ Malaysia, but are realising their ambitions Last month, many articles were published about Malaysian expats who had excelled in their particular fields. Penang teenager, Celine Chung, wanted to play football and is now training with the U-17 Bayern Munich Women’s team. Alor Star’s Jocelyn Yow has become the youngest mayor of a small town in California, and 60-year-old Sam Lim, formerly of Muar, has won an award for the best policeman of the year, i...

PETALING JAYA: A Malaysian man who was named police officer of the year in Western Australia once served in the force over here in the 1980s. Sam Lim, 60, who is from Muar, Johor, however, quit the force because of other career prospects to become a dolphin trainer and later a businessman. Top cop: Lim, holding a certificate of excellence, has been named police officer of the year in Western Australia. Lim’s wife and children migrated to Perth in 2002, before he joined them three years later...

Keeping nation’s name flying high 24 Dec 2020 / 20:22 H. TRIBUTE TO HEROES... A couple takes a picture against the backdrop of a mural in Kuala Lumpur dedicated to the frontliners fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. ADIB RAWI YAHYA/THESUN FOR the wrong reasons, 2020 will definitely be memorable for people all over the world. Despite the dreariness of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 which afflicted Malaysia and the rest of the world, it was heartening to read the sporadic inspiring news of man...