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Lim Kit Siang, a bright man who dropped out to marry his sweetheart at 19 Posted by: superadmin - 10-24-2021, 09:16 AM - Forum: Politics - Replies (1) PETALING JAYA: Well known as a fearless opposition leader for decades, Lim Kit Siang started early in going against the grain. At 17, he scored 5As in his Cambridge School Certificate of Education examination (or Senior Cambridge as it was otherwise known). He was among a handful in the country to have achieved this. He went on to pass the Form Six entrance examination, a prerequisite then to enter pre-university class, with flying colours. He was then admitted to the prestigious English College in Johor Bahru. At 19, he was a top student with the world at his feet. Or so it seemed. Two months into his Form Six, Lim abruptly stopped school to marry his sweetheart – a shy classmate who he befriended at his night tuition class. His parents were aghast and made their anger plain, but Lim stuck to his guns, ignoring his family’s pleas not to quit school and “throw away” a bright future. - More -   PAS, Bersatu wanted more than 4 seats in Melaka, says Nazri Posted by: superadmin - 10-24-2021, 09:10 AM - Forum: Politics - No Replies PETALING JAYA: Bersatu and PAS should have been thankful that Umno was willing to allow them to contest in four state seats in the coming Melaka state election, according to former Umno Supreme Council member Nazri Aziz. He said he was informed that, in preliminary discussions between Umno, PAS and Bersatu, the two Perikatan Nasional (PN) component parties had disagreed with his party’s proposal that they contest four state seats. Nazri, a former Barisan Nasional (BN) secretary-general, said Bersatu and PAS cannot blame Umno if his party decides to go solo, adding that the offer extended to them was “fair” and “considerate”. “I was made to understand that Umno was willing to hand over two seats to Bersatu and two more to PAS, but Bersatu turned it down because they wanted more. “Since both parties are weak in Melaka, with Bersatu having nearly no grassroots in the state, they should have been grateful that Umno was still willing to give them four seats to avoid any three-cornered fights. - More -   5 questions about the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine answered Posted by: superadmin - 10-23-2021, 08:09 PM - Forum: Covid-19 Pandemic - No Replies SINGAPORE - The Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine will be included in the national vaccination programme to cater to individuals aged 18 years and above who are unable or unwilling to take the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna mRNA vaccines. The Ministry of Health said that three doses of the Sinovac vaccine will be required for a person to be considered fully vaccinated. The second dose should be taken 28 days after the first dose, while the third dose should be taken 90 days after the second dose. The Health Sciences Authority's (HSA) said it conducted a careful and thorough review taking into account the public health needs in Singapore of having non-mRNA vaccines as an option for individuals who are medically unsuitable to receive mRNA vaccines. Here are some frequently asked questions on the Sinovac vaccine. Q: What is the efficacy of Sinovac? A: Vaccine efficacy is the degree to which a vaccine prevents a disease under controlled conditions in a clinical trial. A study conducted in Brazil demonstrated vaccine efficacy of 51 per cent against non-Delta variants, which meets the threshold of 50 per cent set by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for Emergency Use Listing. This means that there is a 51 per cent reduction of symptomatic Covid-19 disease in a vaccinated group of people as compared with a similarly sized group of unvaccinated people. The HSA's clinical review was based primarily on this data. The authority also reviewed data from pre-clinical studies, clinical trials in human volunteers, manufacturing and quality controls, as well as supplemental data from a real-world effectiveness study in Chile. The study in Chile involved more than 10 million participants aged 16 years and above. As at May this year, Sinovac demonstrated vaccine effectiveness of 66 per cent against the Alpha and Gamma variants, according to the study. The study also showed that Sinovac offered more than 86 per cent protection against other Covid-19 disease outcomes such as hospitalisation, admission to the intensive care unit and death. There is a lack of data on the vaccine's protection against the Delta variant, as well as its effectiveness in immunocompromised patients and persons with co-morbidities such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancers. - More -   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 - No Replies 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 -   Will Malaysia ever be free from narrow-mindedness? Posted by: superadmin - 10-23-2021, 07:09 PM - Forum: Local News - No Replies The top news items this week were about a Malaysian transgender cosmetics entrepreneur surfacing in Australia, and the brouhaha about a Malaysian made whisky with a name that might be confusing and offensive to certain sections of the population. All media platforms were alight with supporters and opponents of both stories. There were people who were wishing the cosmetics tycoon, who faces a blasphemy charge here, the very best in her new life in Australia. After escaping Malaysia to Thailand, she was granted asylum down under. The millionaire herself on a live Instagram chat was asked by a fan why she had chosen Australia and replied: “…because they respect human rights.” That’s a damming indictment of Malaysia. Of course, social media was also, in equal measure, filled with vitriol and bile about her lifestyle choice with free-flowing hate messages. The whisky fiasco was equally perplexing. - 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 - Pages (1059): « Previous 1 … 724 725 726 727 728 … 1059 Next » Jump to page: