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Lack of foreign workers? Pay better for local ones, Ramasamy says Posted by: superadmin - 10-23-2021, 07:57 PM - Forum: Business. Economy and Investment - Replies (1) GEORGE TOWN – Penang Deputy Chief Minister II P. Ramasamy has rebuked restaurants in Penang requesting the government to relax entry requirements for foreign workers as they were for before the pandemic due to manpower shortages. The human resource exco said that no government in its right mind will increase foreign workers in the country as damage has already been done by bringing them here. “The aim is to reduce the number of foreign workers, and employers also need to look at why locals do not want to take up these jobs. “It is because the job is difficult, menial and requires them to toil for long hours. Local workers will not want to take that salary if they can get more pay and work fewer hours. “If you want to get local workers, you have to pay them better,” he told The Vibes. He depicted the current situation as highlighting the woes of a “capitalist workforce”, where they are required to work long hours and stay in cramped living quarters. He dismissed the reasoning that foreign workers need to be brought in as no locals are taking the jobs, saying it is not a legitimate excuse. Now that a portion of foreign workers have been repatriated, Ramasamy said the country should make do with those who are still here. The federal Human Resource Ministry can also make necessary transfers to channel foreign workers to where they are most needed. - More -   The ‘Truly Malaysia’ Series Pt 1: Syaq Koyok Posted by: superadmin - 10-23-2021, 07:23 PM - Forum: Stop Racism and Religious Bigotry - Replies (1) MALAYA gained independence 64 years ago and last month, the rakyat celebrated 58 years of the inclusion of three further territories to its Federation. These were the Bornean states of Sabah and Sarawak, and Singapore, which later left the Federation. This annual celebration is known as Malaysia Day. Yet, the question remains – even as Malaya transitioned to Malaysia and prides itself on its diversity – how far we have truly come in respecting differences and embracing our distinctiveness. Malaysia’s people – from all walks of life – largely agree that there is no racial disharmony and that Malaysians are indeed one community. However, politics, by common consent, is perceived as being a divisive factor in achieving true racial harmony. In this special project, ‘Truly Malaysia’, The Vibes spoke to six humanitarian and political activists to get their views on this perception. Part 1 of a six-part series begins today at The Vibes as we report #FromEverySide. - More -   With PN vying for all Melaka seats, what’s your stand, Puad asks PAS Posted by: superadmin - 10-23-2021, 07:00 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies PETALING JAYA: An Umno leader has challenged PAS to state its stand on Muhyiddin Yassin’s declaration that Perikatan Nasional (PN) will contest all 28 seats in the upcoming Melaka polls. Supreme Council member Puad Zarkashi warned that if PAS was in favour of the move, it would stand a clear signal that the Islamist party was against Umno regaining its past dominance. PAS is a component party in PN led by Muhyiddin and has partnered Umno in Muafakat Nasional. PAS has previously vowed to work with both PN and Umno/BN in the state elections. “The question is, what is the stand of PAS now? If it chooses to be with Bersatu, it can be construed rightly or wrongly as not wanting Umno to be dominant again. “Bersatu will definitely be relying heavily on PAS machinery, which has been long established in Melaka,” he said in a statement today. Yesterday, PN chairman Muhyiddin Yassin announced that the coalition will contest all 28 seats, with possible head-on clashes between PN and BN. - More -   Miracle liver transplant for man on edge of death a first for UMMC Posted by: superadmin - 10-23-2021, 03:02 PM - Forum: Health News - No Replies PETALING JAYA – Baharudin Ayob was on the verge of giving up all hope after attempts to get a new life-saving liver failed and the prospects of him surviving for long got slimmer. It was then that, on October 9, doctors at Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) where he was being treated identified an organ donor who was about to die in the same hospital. Presented with this opportunity to get the much needed liver transplant, Baharudin, 54, accepted it without hesitation. The procedure was conducted successfully the very next day. The former oil palm harvester from Muar is now recuperating after being transferred to a normal ward last Sunday. Besides being the first deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT) performed at UMMC, the surgery means the hospital is also the second DDLT centre in the country after Hospital Selayang. Assoc Prof Dr Yoong Boon Koon, head of UMMC’s surgery division and a liver transplant surgeon, described the event as a miracle. “On October 9, we identified an organ donor in UMMC’s intensive care unit,” he told The Vibes. - More -   ‘We need him to deliver’: Biden faces wrath of disappointed supporters Posted by: superadmin - 10-23-2021, 02:24 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies When Joe Biden huddled with a group of historians in March, the conversation revolved around thinking big like one of his predecessors, Franklin Roosevelt, architect of the New Deal. Biden, it seemed, wanted to join him in the first rank of transformational US presidents. Six months later, a very different gathering took place this week outside the White House gates. Five young climate activists, holding signs and sitting on folding chairs, began an indefinite hunger strike. It was a visceral expression of disgust at what they see as Biden’s willingness to think small and break his promises. “Young people turned out in record numbers to elect him on his climate commitments,” said Nikayla Jefferson, 24, an activist helping the quietly determined hunger strikers on the edge of Lafayette Park. “But over this past month he’s almost given up. He’s not being a leader in this moment in the way that we need him to deliver.” A growing sense of betrayal is shared by campaigners for everything from gun rights to immigration reform, from racial justice to voting rights, who saw Democrats’ governing majority as a once-in-a-generation opportunity. Instead party infighting has put Biden’s agenda in jeopardy and could result in voter disillusionment in next year’s midterm elections. The 46th president came into office promising to attack four crises – coronavirus, climate, economy and racial justice – but has seen his approval rating sink to 42% after colliding with some harsh political and economic realities. - More -   Taliban ‘forcibly evicting’ Hazaras and opponents in Afghanistan Posted by: superadmin - 10-23-2021, 02:20 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies Thousands of people have been forced from their homes and land by Taliban officials in the north and south of Afghanistan, in what amounted to collective punishment, illegal under international law, Human Rights Watch has warned. Many of the evictions targeted members of the Shia Hazara community, while others were of people connected to the former Afghan government. Land and homes seized this way have often been redistributed to Taliban supporters, HRW said. Forced evictions logged by Human Rights Watch took place across five provinces, including Kandahar, Helmand and Uruzgan in the south, Daikundi in the centre, and the northern province of Balkh. - More -   MLMs might not be able to get away with their shady promises much longer Posted by: superadmin - 10-23-2021, 02:09 PM - Forum: Business, Economy and Investment - No Replies Say I’ve got a business selling bananas, and I want you to sell bananas, too. Presumably, you’d want to know some details about this banana business opportunity, such as whether I’ve ever been sued for lying about my business, whether the amount of money I say you would earn is accurate, and what happens if, after selling for a while, you want to quit. Perhaps you’d want to take a week to think about it before signing on. For most business opportunities in the United States, that’s the legal standard I would have to follow to get you on board. It doesn’t apply to multilevel marketing companies (MLMs), though. They’re exempt — at least for now. A decade ago, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) put in place the “business opportunity rule,” which basically describes a set of requirements for people trying to get others involved in a business opportunity, such as a work-from-home job (some of which are scams). The rule says that people offering such opportunities have to provide support for any income claims — if I tell you that you can make $1 million a year in my banana business, I have to prove it. They must also disclose whether they’ve been involved in certain legal actions (such as any involving fraud), and list them out if they have; detail their refund and cancellation policy (if they have one); and provide a list of at least 10 other people who have bought in, all seven days before the person they’re recruiting pays any money or signs anything. There were plenty of people who believed that MLMs should be included in the FTC rule when it was enacted a decade ago, but they were granted an exception following massive pushback from the industry. “That’s the power of lobbying for you,” said Douglas Brooks, an attorney who specializes in MLMs. That could be about to change. The FTC announced in June that it would review the business opportunity rule as part of a revised 10-year review schedule — and there is hope that, this time around, MLMs might be roped in. - More -   How you’ll know when Covid-19 has gone from “pandemic” to “endemic” Posted by: superadmin - 10-23-2021, 02:03 PM - Forum: Covid-19 Pandemic - No Replies You’ve probably heard it by now: Covid-19 is not going away. The broad consensus among experts is that it’s not realistic to think we’re going to totally eradicate this virus. We will, however, see it move out of the pandemic phase and into the endemic phase. That means the virus will keep circulating in parts of the global population for years, but its prevalence and impact will come down to relatively manageable levels, so it becomes more like the flu than a world-stopping disease. For now, “we have to remember that we are still in a pandemic with this virus,” said Jen Kates, director of global health and HIV policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation. “We’re not yet at a point where we’re living with endemic Covid. When we get to that point some of this will be much easier, but we’re not there.” So, how will we know when we are there? Is there some clear threshold or some magical metric that will tell us, objectively and undeniably? Yes and no. - More -   Facebook documents showed company knows the harm it causes to public! Posted by: superadmin - 10-23-2021, 12:18 PM - Forum: Technology - No Replies Facebook whistleblower releases documents to multiple news outlets showing company knows the harm it causes Multiple news outlets on Friday published stories based on documents provided by Frances Haugen, a former Facebook employee and whistleblower. The reports cite internal Facebook research and documents that show the company is aware of many of the harms its apps and services cause.  Facebook on Friday was hit with multiple reports stemming from documents provided to news outlets by Frances Haugen, a former employee turned whistleblower. The reports cite internal company research and documents that show the company is aware of many of the harms its apps and services cause but either doesn’t rectify the issues or struggles to address them. According to a report from NBC, Facebook ran an experiment that showed how a new profile for a conservative mother from North Carolina began, within two days, to receive recommendations to join groups related to the far-right conspiracy group QAnon. - More -   US intelligence warns American firms to protect 5 key technologies from China Posted by: superadmin - 10-23-2021, 11:51 AM - Forum: Technology - No Replies Artificial intelligence, quantum computing, bioscience, semiconductors, and autonomous systems are five critical tech areas, says US intelligence American firms and researchers need to pay more attention to protect research against threats from nation-states acquiring American know-how, officials add US intelligence officials issued a warning to American technology firms against working with China in five crucial areas. Artificial intelligence, quantum computing, bioscience, semiconductors, and autonomous systems are sectors “where the stakes are potentially greatest for US economic and national security”, the National Counterintelligence and Security Centre (NCSC) said in a new paper. American companies, academics and research communities need to pay more attention to protect talent and research against threats from nation-states that have been using legal and illegal means to acquire American know-how to dominate these technologies, according to the NCSC, a centre within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The officials stressed they were not advocating for a complete decoupling from Chinese companies and research facilities, but said there is a need to understand that the Chinese government has comprehensive national plan to dominate in these fields. - More - Pages (1335): « Previous 1 … 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 … 1335 Next » Jump to page: