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Tuesday, 02 Mar 2021 04:56 PM MYT
Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin speaks during a press conference at Parliament in Kuala Lumpur July 14, 2020. Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
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PUTRAJAYA, March 2 The “One State, One Federal Park” concept will be adopted to ensure the government’s ‘Make Malaysia a Beautiful Garden Nation’ vision is achievable by 2030, said Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin.
She said Rantau Abang in Terengganu and Tuaran in Sabah had been identified for the development of federal parks this year.
Citing the Bukit Kiara Federal park in Kuala Lumpur as an example, Zuraida said a Federal park is considered a recreational node for city dwellers as well as a centre of preservation and conservation of local biodiversity and ecology.
Tuesday, 02 Mar 2021 05:12 AM MYT
BY KENNETH TEE
Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is pictured at Parliament in Kuala Lumpur July 20, 2020. Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is the person who must decide when Parliament should meet despite the Emergency Ordinance saying it was the Yang di-Pertuan Agong who convenes the federal legislature, constitutional lawyers explained.
They noted that while Section 14(1)(b) of the Emergency (Essential Powers) Ordinance 2021 empowered the Agong to convene Parliament, the Federal Constitution states that he only does so on the advice of the prime minister.
Monday, 01 Mar 2021 07:06 PM MYT
Foreign Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein speaks during a press conference at Parliament in Kuala Lumpur July 15, 2020. ― Picture by Miera Zulyana
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 1 Brunei and Malaysia today reaffirmed their existing longstanding and special bilateral relations, with hopes of elevating them to greater heights in the post-pandemic era, said Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein.
The minister, who is on an official visit to Brunei, said this was following his meeting with Brunei Foreign Minister II Datuk Seri Setia Awang Erywan Mohd Yusof in Bandar Seri Begawan today.
Thursday, 25 Feb 2021 09:49 AM MYT
BY YISWAREE PALANSAMY
Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said is pictured at Parliament in Kuala Lumpur July 13, 2020. Bernama pic
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said today thanked the Yang di-Pertuan Agong after the monarch’s statement asserting that Parliament can sit during the current state of Emergency after the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government suspended its operations.
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Ampun Tuanku, thank you for being a constant Protector of the People & Guardian of our Constitution.
“The Hansard back in 1959 records how the then YDPA in His Majesty’s first ever Speech of the Throne expounds Parliament’s essence in the following terms,” she said, sharing the excerpt of the document.