Bandar Seri Begawan - A "Berbudi Bahasa" symposium for the officers and staff of nursing services under the Ministry of Health was held at the Civil Service Institute in Rimba yesterday. Dyg Faredah Bte Hj Abdul Rahim, Acting Chief Executive officer of RIPAS hospital represented the guest of honour Dr Hajah Norlila binti Dato Paduka Haji Abdul J... detail... »
Jakarta - Indonesia`s West Kalimantan military command and the Malaysian military have signed a MoU on cooperation and supervision over border areas between the two countries. "The MoU is a follow up on a recent agreement signed between the two countries," Maj. Gen. Tono Suratman, chief of the military command, said to Tempointeraktif.com. Tono s... detail... »
Denpasar - Three Buddhist temples in the sacred Besakih Temple compound, Karangasem district in Bali, venerated Hyang Widhi Wasa, the great unity God who delivers godsend welfare to human beings. "Piodalan" on the three temples of the 18 Besakih temple complexes as the wealth rituals respecting money or income which has been be... detail... »
Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei Darussalam has been ranked 36th among 129 countries in Unesco`s Education for All Development (EFA) Index under its Global Monitoring Report (GMR) 2009. Kazakhstan topped the list with a score 0.995 followed by Japan 0.994), Germany (0.994), Norway (0.994) and the UK (0.993) to complete the top five. South Korea was... detail... »
Singapore - BACK in 1992, Singapore was so confident of its legal case on Pedra Branca that it handed over all its documents to Malaysia. In his foreword to a new book on the 30-year dispute, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew disclosed he had instructed that the materials be shown to Malaysia, `an unprecedented unilateral move`. Yesterday, Chief Jus... detail... »
Jakarta - An Indonesian labor union association has agreed to work with a Malaysian counterpart to offer advocacy for around 2 million Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia, Antara news agency reported Thursday. The Indonesian Labor Unions Association (Aspek) and Union Network International Malaysian Liaison Council (UNI MLC) launched the Indones... detail... »
Penang - Malaysia and Indonesia need to solve their border issues to achieve good economic growth, says Indonesia`s presidential candidate Professor Yusril Ihza Mahendra. The former minister of justice and human rights said border issues could be solved at round-table meetings without problems as the relationship of both nations was strong. He si... detail... »
Manila - Mindanao-based Christian and Muslim peace advocates renewed their friendship bonds at the Harmony Village in Zamboanga City, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines said Thursday. An article on the CBCP website said the meeting was part of Silsilah Dialogue Movement`s annual Renewal of Commitment last Dec. 12 to 14. The theme ... detail... »
Kota Kinabalu - Sabah`s ethnic languages are facing extinction due to the dwindling number of speakers, said assistant Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Bolkiah Ismail. He said that the survival of a language depended on its number of speakers and not the ethnic population. “In this era of globalisation, language extinction and the ... detail... »
Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei is set to have a new national library to accommodate the growing reading community in the country, with the Language and Literature Bureau in the process of inviting consultants for feasibility studies, its director said yesterday. The new library is expected to be located beside the Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal Bol... detail... »
Yogyakarta - A park in the sultanate city of Yogyakarta offers much more than simply recreation, with a local organization promoting the legacy of former leaders in its leafy surrounds. Taman Pintar, or Smart Park, is home to sculptures of the country`s five former presidents, along with inscriptions of their most famous quotes, in honor of thei... detail... »
Kuala Lumpur - Complaints on the use of `bahasa pasar` or `rojak` language by radio stations should be reported to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commmission (MCMC), Dewan Negara was told Wednesday. Deputy Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Joseph Salang Gandum said the public complaints would encourage the use of Malay a... detail... »
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