MALAYSIAN PM PLANS ACADEMY FOR SHUTTLERS

2010-03-18

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has announced plans to set up a badminton academy to re-establish his country's position as leaders of the sport."If there is no systematic development in the sport we may run out of playe...

HIGH-SPEED BROADBAND ON THE WAY

2010-03-18

PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak will launch the National Broadband Implementation (NBI) initiative and Telekom Malaysia's Berhad's flagship role in it — providing next generation high-speed broadband (HSBB) access — at Dataran Merdeka o...

NAJIB OUTLINES FOUR ELEMENTS FOR MALAYSIA TO BECOME REGIONAL EDUCATION HUB

2010-03-18

PETALING JAYA, March 18 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak Thursday night outlined four ingredients for Malaysia to become a regional education hub, the first being a strong commitment to academic excellence and merit-based programmes.The Prime ...

NEM TO REJUVENATE EDUCATION, SAYS NAJIB

2010-03-18

PETALING JAYA, March 18 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak (picture) wants the New Economic Model (NEM) to focus on revitalising the country's education, a sector educationists say is plagued by plunging quality.Under the NEM, the Najib administration will c...

ANALYSIS: WILL MALAYSIA'S NEW ECONOMIC MODEL WORK?

2010-03-18

KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 (Reuters) - Malaysia's government is considering proposals to shake up its economic and social system to boost competitiveness and growth, a government source told Reuters.Following is an assessment of the risks to the proposal...

NO DATE FOR GST YET, SAYS NAJIB

2010-03-18

KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (picture) said today that the original 2011 deadline for GST implementation has not been confirmed yet and is dependent on buy-in from the public.The Malaysian Insider had earlier repor...

NEW ECONOMIC MODEL TO END SUBSIDY REGIME

2010-03-18

KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 — The government is considering proposals to end its subsidy regime and phase in a new goods and services tax as it begins dismantling a four-decade race-based economic system that has deterred foreign investment.The economic...

EMULATE NAJIB AND MEET PEOPLE, AGONG TELLS LEADERS

2010-03-15

KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 (Bernama) -- Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin on Monday called on leaders in the country to emulate Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and go down to the ground to meet the people to understand their prob...

POLITICAL BACKING FOR MALAYSIA REFORMS STALLS

2010-03-15

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Buoyed by strong oil prices and the prospect of 5 percent economic growth this year, Malaysia's government has backed off unpopular reforms, fearing a backlash that could end its 52-year monopoly on power.At the weekend the g...

INTERNET HAS BROKEN DOWN MANY WALLS, SAYS NAJIB

2010-03-13

PUTRAJAYA: Singing praises of the Internet, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said it had broken down many walls dividing the people."The beauty of the Internet is that it breaks down the ethnic, religious and age walls."We are here because w...