Singapore - Singapore continues to inculcate racial harmony by improving interracial relations, including between the other races and the minority Malays. Today, 24 non-Malay students were adopted by 10 Malay Muslim foster families in a homestay programme organised by the Harmony Centre of the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore ... detail... »
Singapore - Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister-In-Charge of Muslim Affairs, has spoken of the challenges the Malay-Muslim community here would have to tackle in the years ahead. Speaking at the Islamic Religious Council or MUIS Workplan seminar on Saturday, he noted that there is a general trend of increasing interest in religion including... detail... »
Banda Aceh - An Australian company has secured an international corporate deal, that will save 750,000 hectares of rainforest in Indonesia. The company, Carbon Conservation, has persuaded Wall St banker Merrill Lynch to sink $9 million into local businesses in Aceh. The deal could be worth $400 million in carbon credits for the... detail... »
Kuala Lumpur - A group of 250 Malay non-governmental organisations have joined hands to form the Malay Unity Action Front aimed at safeguarding the rights and interests of the Malays in the context of the country`s multiracial populace. It`s chief Osman Abu Bakar said the front, formed on March 20, was established to chart the direction... detail... »
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia will soon require non-Muslims to inform their family before converting to Islam, a move welcomed Friday by minority religious groups who said it will help ease ethnic and interfaith tensions. The planned rule is aimed at preventing the kind of religious disputes that have frequently erupted in this multireligi... detail... »
Zamboanga City - The head of the government`s Mindanao peace panel is optimistic an ancestral domain agreement with Moro separatists would be signed within the year. This was after the government hired the services of legal experts to "calibrate" the key points and the content of the draft ancestral domain agreement. "We carefully went ... detail... »
Medan - Similar to labor conditions in other provinces, a majority of workers in North Sumatra have been left unprotected due to rampant law violations by companies and the absence of law enforcement. Data from the state-owned insurance company PT Jamsostek show less than 10 percent, or 450,000 of around 5 million workers in the pro... detail... »
Jakarta - Indonesia`s forestry minister, MS Kaban, has accused Malaysian companies of buying illegal timber to fuel the booming furniture industry. In an interview with Radio Australia`s Connect Asia program, the minister says smuggled timber from Indonesia is also exported to China, Vietnam and other Asian countries through Malaysia... detail... »
Putrajaya - Malaysia does not condone any timber smuggling from Indonesia, Commodities and Plantation Industries Minister Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui said. He said this in response to a recent Antara News Agency report which quoted Indonesia`s Forestry Minister M.S. Kaban as saying that Malaysia was behind the smuggling of timber from I... detail... »
Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei distributors at the 4th China-Asean Expo (CAExpo) were amazed to find that their Halal food was much sought after in the Chinese market. Representatives from the Halaqah Company said that the food exhibited at the CAExpo aroused keen interests of many trade visitors, who asked for samples, showing intent ... detail... »
Bali - Last week I told you a tale about daluman, that "ominous green leafy drink that is revered by the Balinese". But as the world, including Ubud, falls into a heap of ill health (have you noticed how many people are getting sick these days?), maybe it`s time to start getting into some serious tonics to ward off those "e... detail... »
Paris - Malaysia`s achievements in the field of education could be emulated by others, says UNESCO Executive Board new chairman Olabiyi Babalola Joseph Yai. "You have made a kind of revolution in education in the last few years, we are very proud... this is something to emulate in Africa," said the top educationist from Benin. ... detail... »
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