Dari Malaysiakini
Oleh Jimadie Shah Othman
Bekas imam Masjid Wilayah Persekutuan – yang dipecat daripada Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (Jakim) atas alasan berkempen untuk Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim – akan mengambil tindakan saman.
“Saya akan merayu (kepada Jakim). Jika tidak terima, saya akan tuntut hak-hak saya melalui (proses) undang-undang,” kata Ramlang Porigi.
Beliau merancang mengemukakan rayuan kepada jabatan tersebut pada Selasa atau Rabu depan.
From The Malaysian Insider
By Lee Wei Lian
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 — The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) wants energy prices to come down pointing out that electricity tariffs increased 26.6 per cent in July last year when oil prices shot up but the tariffs were not adjusted even when oil prices declined.
The price of natural gas also rose between 71 and 110 per cent in August.
FMM says that energy should be considered a utility and not an export commodity. It adds that energy policies should support value added activities like manufacturing which contributes 30 per cent of GDP and 29 per cent of employment and which is currently adversely impacted by the economic slowdown.
Dari Kerajaanrakyat.com
BEIJING – CHINA has ordered its officials to cut down on expensive cars and overseas travel this year as Beijing strives to cope with the impact of the global financial crisis, state media said on Thursday.
Officials should also be careful not to spend too much on meetings and receptions, the Xinhua news agency reported, citing unnamed sources at the finance ministry.
Meanwhile, the government will strengthen its controls on the way public money is spent and crack down on embezzlement, according to the agency.
Finance Minister Xie Xuren warned on Monday that the economy faced a ‘very severe’ 2009 and indicated government budgets would be strained as taxes were cut to stem the economic slowdown.
The finance ministry’s remarks are the latest sign of official worry over the nation’s financial and economic situation as the problems caused by the global crisis continue to strain China’s export-dependent economy.
Beijing in November announced a US$590-billion (S$888-billion) stimulus package to boost domestic demand. –AFP
Seorang calon wanita yang memohon jawatan guru sandaran tidak terlatih (GSTT) telah dinafikan hak untuk diambil bekerja hanya kerana beliau sedang hamil. Insiden sedemikian mengukuhkan pengamatan bahawa gender mainstreaming di Malaysia terus gagal. Kegagalan itu telah meneruskan diskriminasi terhadap sebahagaian wanita di negara ini.
Perlembagaan mengenai pemberian hak kepada warganegara tanpa mengira agama, bangsa, keturunan, tempat lahir atau gender (Perlembagaan Malaysia, Perkara 8[2]) hanya berupa tulisan-tulisan di atas kertas yang tidak memberi sebarang perlindungan yang bermakna kepada rakyat yang benar-benar memerlukannya. Lebih memburukkan adalah bilamana pelaku terhadap pelanggaran hak perlindungan itu ialah pihak agensi kerajaan sendiri, Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia menerusi Pejabat Pelajaran Daerahnya (PPD). Kerajaan sememangnya tidak acuh dalam meratakan pengetahuan dan penghayatan kesensitifan gender di kalangan masyarakat dan dalam pentadbiran kerajaan. (more…)
