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| All about Molnupiravir, the anti-Covid pill |
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Posted by: superadmin - 10-03-2021, 01:21 PM - Forum: Covid-19 Pandemic
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PETALING JAYA: A new pill with the promise to treat Covid-19 is creating waves across the world and even at US$700 for a five-day course of treatment, it might just be a game changer.
It is too early to tell if it will be available to Malaysians, although health minister Khairy Jamaluddin has revealed that he has started negotiations for Malaysia to procure the drug Molnupiravir, which is reputed to have shown a 50% reduction in the risk of hospitalisation and death.
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| Ousted – top Communist Party man linked to monitoring of reporters probing 1MDB |
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Posted by: superadmin - 10-03-2021, 12:59 PM - Forum: Politics
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Quote:Commenting on the report in a tweet, journalist and author of Billion Dollar Whale, Tom Wright, alleged that Sun had also served as a sort of “protector” for fugitive businessman and key 1MDB figure Low Taek Jho.
PETALING JAYA: A once senior Chinese law enforcement official was ejected from the Communist Party yesterday amid a torrent of graft investigations.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Sun Lijun was involved in a proposal by the Chinese government to help a former Malaysian prime minister by offering to monitor WSJ reporters who were investigating the politician’s ties to 1MDB.
Sun, during his tenure as vice-minister of public security, had wide-ranging connections throughout the legal system, including with a senior Chinese police official who went from being president of Interpol to now serving a 13-year sentence in China for accepting bribes.
Internal investigators, who in April 2020 alleged that Sun was under probe, now accuse him of numerous personal, financial and political improprieties.
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| S.China's Guangdong to hike electricity prices for industrial users |
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Posted by: superadmin - 10-03-2021, 12:29 PM - Forum: Business, Economy and Investment
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S.China's Guangdong to hike electricity prices for industrial users amid power shortage
South China's manufacturing powerhouse Guangdong Province said it will widen the peak-to-valley price difference and hike peak electricity prices by 25 percent for industrial users, as multiple industry associations voiced concerns over a power shortage that threatens to weigh down industrial production in the coming months.
Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform Commission said the peak-to-valley price difference will be widened to 1.7 from a 1.65 multiplier/ratio for the peak price and to 0.38 from a 0.5 multiplier/ratio for the valley price starting from Friday.
China South Grid said the hike in peak electricity prices is for industrial users and will not apply to residential power use, according to media reports on Thursday.
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| China's ex-justice minister under probe for serious discipline violation |
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Posted by: superadmin - 10-03-2021, 12:18 PM - Forum: Politics
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China's ex-justice minister under probe for serious discipline violation amid tough crackdown on corruption in political, legal system
Fu Zhenghua, deputy director of the social and legal affairs committee of China's top political advisory body, is under disciplinary and supervisory investigation for suspected serious violations of Party disciplines and laws, the country's top anti-graft body announced Saturday, in the latest show of China's iron fist against corruption in the political and legal system.
Fu served as justice minister between March 2018 and April 2020 before assuming the post at the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
Fu's last public appearance was his participation in an inspection tour to Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality in mid-September when the CPPCC National Committee's social and legal affairs committee carried out a special investigation on fostering judicial protection for minors' rights and interests, according to media reports.
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| China claims chipmaking breakthrough with mass production of key material |
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Posted by: superadmin - 10-03-2021, 12:04 PM - Forum: Business, Economy and Investment
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China claims chipmaking breakthrough with mass production of key material just 1/10 width of a human hair
A smart assembly line for the manufacturing of nanometer mono-crystalline copper, the first of its kind in the country, became operational in Pingyang county in Wenzhou, East China’s Zhejiang Province on Saturday, according to Chinese state broadcaster, signaling that a key material in chipmaking has entered mass production locally.
The finished product of nanometer mono-crystalline copper, with a diameter of 13 micrometers, merely one-tenth of the width of a human hair, is a pivotal material used in semiconductor packaging. The country has previously relied on imports for the majority of key semiconductor materials, with raw materials - pricey precious metals such as gold and silver - becoming one of the neck-choking challenges for the country’s chipmaking, the state broadcaster reported.
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| 12MP’s rhetoric v the reality of M’sia’s equity distribution – Terence Gomez |
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Posted by: superadmin - 10-03-2021, 10:01 AM - Forum: Politics
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WHEN Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob delivered his inaugural address to the nation as prime minister, he declared his intent to create a “Keluarga Malaysia”. This was an important call, as only through the creation of a compact comprising the government, business, and the people can solutions be found to deal with Malaysia’s debilitating economic and health crises.
Much was thus expected of the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) for 2021-2025, the government’s five-year strategy to lead the country out of this unprecedented dual crisis, while promoting economic growth and resolving long-standing social inequities. However, soon after the 12MP was released, strong protests, tinged with a sense of injustice and utter despair, were voiced drawing attention to the hollowness of Ismail Sabri’s pledge to create a Keluarga Malaysia.
Equitable outcomes?
One “priority area” of the 12MP is “achieving an equitable outcome for Bumiputera”. This has been a priority area for the government since 1970, when the New Economic Policy (NEP), a 20-year affirmative action plan, was introduced after the riots in 1969. There was a need for an initiative of this sort as Malaysia was then characterised by a social structure, predicated on an ethnic division of labour, where groups were confined to particular occupations and industries. Bumiputera underrepresentation was stark in tertiary education and upper occupational positions, as well as in ownership of corporate equity, while more than 60% of the population was mired in poverty.
Malaysia’s method to redistribute wealth equitably was by creating public enterprises, trust agencies and statutory bodies, now collectively called government-linked companies (GLCs), to acquire 30% of corporate equity on behalf of the Bumiputeras. The NEP was supposed to end in 1990, as government leaders were worried that long-term implementation of ethnic-based preferences might divide the nation. However, because Bumiputeras still do not own 30% of Malaysia’s corporate equity, this has served as the reason for the continued implementation of ethnically targeted public initiatives, even as debates persist about the economic and social repercussions of such a policy.
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| Counter-terrorism organisation lists Taliban as radical, violent group |
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Posted by: superadmin - 10-03-2021, 08:50 AM - Forum: Stop the Wars and Terrorism
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KUALA LUMPUR – The Nordic Counter-Terrorism Network (NCTN) has listed the Taliban as a radical and violent Islamist group.
NCTN director Andrin Raj told The Vibes that a system was used to identify groups considered violent and radical based on laws enacted by the European Union (EU).
“For one, we use the new EU laws for human rights and adopt them into our methods.
“We also use them to lobby authorities to ban the organisation, its individuals, and their family members from entering the EU, as stated under their laws,” Andrin told The Vibes.
NCTN runs the Counter Radicalisation Project (CRP) to address radicalisation within institutions that propagate “radical thought and ideological beliefs”.
The CRP bases its findings on Islamist radicalisation identified by methods developed by NCTN’s Islamic Religious Division, which comprises experts and scholars in Islamic thought.
“The CRP project will assess individuals, organisations including non-government organisations, governments, state religious organisations, academic institutions, politicians, political parties, state leaders, and any entities that fall under its identification system to identify the said entity as a radical entity,” a statement concerning the CRP on NCTN’s website reads.
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| Malaysians vent anger at politician over racial slur at Kisona |
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Posted by: superadmin - 10-03-2021, 08:46 AM - Forum: Stop Racism and Religious Bigotry
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KUALA LUMPUR - As the Malaysian badminton squad celebrated making the semi-final of the Sudirman Cup after 12 years, one player became the victim of racist slur on social media.
S. Kisona was the target of a netizen who derogatorily refered to her 'keling' on social media.
The Facebook post has apparently been taken down but not before it had gone viral.
The post said: BAM kutip india (keling) dlm estate mana lah jd pemain utama Malaysia (Which estate did BAM find this indian (keling) and made her Malaysia's main player).
The Facebook post has angered many in the sports industry who are disgusted by the uncalled for remark by that individual.
A former sportsman who declined to be named told The Vibes that comments like these do not augur well to non-Malay athletes.
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| One month deferment of no-alcohol sale rule not a boon, business owners tell DBKL |
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Posted by: superadmin - 10-03-2021, 08:33 AM - Forum: Stop Racism and Religious Bigotry
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 3 — Kuala Lumpur City Hall’s (DBKL) latest announcement that the ban on sale of alcohol by grocery and convenience stores as well as Chinese medicine halls will now start on October 31 instead of October 1 was met with indifference by the affected store owners.
They said the deferment is not going to help their earnings, given the already gloomy business climate due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Policy flip-flops hurt more, they added.
In November last year, Chinese medicine hall and sundry shop proprietors anticipated dark days ahead over the liquor sales restriction that would see their dwindling revenue further diminish.
“No point. Just one month. Next month you cannot sell, this month you can sell liquor. No point,” said Low Pak Koon, 70 who runs a traditional Chinese medicine hall in Petaling Street, adding that the latest move by DBKL justified his decision to not sell alcohol.
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