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PETALING JAYA: While other children her age are busy with their studies, 10-year-old Suki Wong Pei Yee is at home dutifully caring for her sickly father. ....
SEREMBAN: The public should stop giving beggars money because most of them belong to syndicates, says Negri Sembilan women, family and welfare committee chairman Nicole Tan Lee Koon. ....
KUALA LUMPUR: The founder of a welfare home is expected to be charged at the Sessions Court here on Friday (Aug 20) with neglect towards children. ....
PETALING JAYA: The names of some 68,000 senior citizens and those with special needs (OKU) have been submitted for vaccination against Covid-19, says the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry. “The ministry, through the Welfare Department, has submitted a name list of a target group totaling 68,003 names to the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry (Mosti) comprising 48,564 senior citizens and 19,439 OKU registered for vaccination, ” the ministry said in a statement on Monday (May 17). The ministry added that the 48,564 senior citizens are members of the Senior Citizen Activity Centre and residents of institutions under its supervision. The OKU name list comprises trainees under the Community Rehabilitation Programme, it added. ....