Monday, 05 Jul 2021 12:10 PM MYT
BY OPALYN MOK
Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow speaks to reporters during a visit to the City Stadium in George Town July 5, 2021. Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
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GEORGE TOWN, July 5 Once Covid-19 self-test kits are available in the market, the government may make it compulsory for everyone to conduct self-testing at home, said Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow.
He suggested that the government will make it compulsory for people to buy these self-test kits and perform them at home.
“Once these self-test kits are available in the market, everyone can do it at home and know their results fast so that if they are positive, they can immediately go to the hospital for treatment,” he said during a press conference after visiting the Penang Covid-19 Mass Screening (PSC19) programme at the city stadium here.
Monday, 12 Apr 2021 02:28 PM MYT
BY JERRY CHOONG
Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh speaks during the launch of the Centre to Combat Corruption & Cronyism’s report on political financing in Petaling Jaya April 12, 2021. Picture by Miera Zulyana
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PETALING JAYA, April 12 Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh today said that reforming political financing in the country should be a priority, especially to address the frequent instances of defections by MPs from one party to another.
The former deputy women, family and community development minister said this must be done in order to combat political corruption in Malaysia.
Published on: Saturday, April 10, 2021
By: Bernama
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Kota Kinabalu: A total of 1,261 individuals who do not have bank accounts in Nabawan district will receive their Bantuan Prihatin Nasional (BPN) 2.0 assistance worth a total of almost RM900,000 through the Malaysia Prihatin programme within four days beginning Thursday (April 8).
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy), Datuk Arthur Joseph Kurup
(pic), said in a statement that the residents in Nabawan, Sapulut and Pemuntarian sub districts will receive their BPN 2.0 assistance in a programme held at Dewan Masyarakat Nabawan on Thursday.
He said Pagalungan residents will receive their BPN 2.0 aid at the programme on Friday (April 9) at Pentas Terbuka Pekan Pagalungan, Pensiangan residents this Saturday (April 10) at Balai Budaya Pekan Pensiangan, and Tatalaan residents at Balai Budaya Kampung Ponontomon, this Sunday (April 11).
13 Mar 2021 / 07:52 H.
KUALA LUMPUR: The latest e-Kasih data verification shows that the number of poor and hardcore poor in Kuala Lumpur has increased to 10,200 families, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed.
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He said the number was obtained from the department’s Implementation Coordination Unit (ICU) which showed 6,800 families in the poor category and 4,400 families in the hardcore poor category.
“This data is obtained based on the Poverty Line Income of the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur which classifies families with incomes below RM2,216 as poor and RM1,110 and below as hardcore poor,“ he told the media tonight.
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