KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 — Issues related to the utilisation of solar technology in Malaysia, the new salary rate for police and the effectiveness of Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) in detecting and recovering assets or money obtained through deceitful methods will be among the focus of the Dewan Rakyat sitting today.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 5 — The Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) direction, water and electricity supply issues in Labuan and the government’s willingness to introduce more progressive taxation alternatives will be among the focus of the Dewan Rakyat sitting today.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 — The government has been urged to exempt the Sales and Service Tax (SST) on 23 practice categories which come under the Allied Health Professions Act 2016.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 — The Dewan Rakyat sitting today will focus on, among other things, the humanitarian crisis in Palestine, scammers and the naturalisation policy in football.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 29 — A new blueprint should be developed for the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) to ensure the continuity and direction of the Felda generation, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 29 — The government is ready to consider expanding the scope of the Asas Rahmah (Sara) initiative to include uses beyond purchasing basic necessities, said Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 29 — The government's decision to refocus the MADANI Medical Scheme on only 10 districts as in phase one of the scheme started on Monday after taking into account the sustainability of the government's current financial funding, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 29 — The decline in the value of the ringgit and the amount of savings in the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) by retirees are expected to be the highlight of today's question and answer session in the Dewan Rakyat.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 — A total of 99,040 individuals from the low-income group are eligible to be matched with three People’s Income Initiatives (IPR), namely the Agricultural Entrepreneur Initiative (Intan), the Food Entrepreneur Initiative (Insan) and the Service Operator Initiative (Ikhsan), as at February 4, 2024.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 — The low Producer Price Index (PPI) is an early indicator of a moderation in inflation which helps to ease the cost of living and increase demand to rejuvenate the domestic economy, according to the Economy Ministry.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 — A total of 3,683,944 Malaysian citizens and permanent residents have registered with the Central Database Hub (Padu) system as of February  21, according to the Economy Ministry.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 — The government will be appointing another 6,000 medical officers to permanent positions throughout 2024 and 2025, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 — Seventy per cent of the 10,695 individuals who sought treatment at the Social Security Organisation’s (Socso) Rehabilitation Centre for the period between 2019 and last January have been able to return to work.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 — The onion cultivation programme, which will be implemented in phases starting this year until 2030, is expected to reduce the country’s onion imports by 30 per cent, said Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — Immediate action to explore new growth areas must be undertaken in tandem with the empowerment of the main sectors, said Paya Besar assemblyman Datuk Mohd Shahar Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — Pendang MP from Perikatan Nasional (Perikatan) Datuk Awang Hashim who was suspended from the Dewan Rakyat for four days by Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul for disturbing the proceedings earlier today was allowed to return after he apologised.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — Social media platform providers will conduct their own assessments and not adhere to government directives to take down any content, said Deputy Minister of Communications Teo Nie Ching.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — Provisions in the Syariah criminal laws in all states, except Kelantan,  are valid and constitutional and can be enforced, even though the Federal Court has declared 16 provisions in the Kelantan Shariah Criminal Code (1)  Enactment 2019 as null and void.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — The meeting of the National Action Council on Cost of Living (Naccol) on March 20 will discuss the proposal to exempt water and electricity bills from the sales and service tax (SST) hike, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 — The government should take a proactive approach to implement the reform agenda, said His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia.