Full-scale, honest investigation of the issue is needed
I did not observe how that vaccination was done because I trusted in the professionalism of the medical staff. When I protested that she should be giving me 0.3ml she replied that the balance of the 0.1ml was already in the needle. She also said that she was a trained staff nurse used to giving this kind of injection many times before. I disagreed and requested that she draw the amount of vaccine up to 0.3ml indicated on the syringe. It appeared that this nurse could have been giving this lower dose of vaccination to many recipients.
Source:The Star
October 05, 2021 00:33 UTC
Travel pass a hassle for Malaysians
OF late, I have noticed numerous complaints in the newspapers about the Immigration Department’s handling of applications for the MyTravelPass required to leave the country. As a retiree and a permanent resident of Britain I can exit the country without the travel pass; however, my wife, who is my dependant, had to apply for it, which she did on Sept 3. The department’s website states that individuals exiting the country as students and workers in their destination country do not need the pass and neither do their dependants. Which leads me to ask: Why are dependants of long-term residence pass holders not included in this group that is exempted? My wife is my only carer and is therefore an important component in my travel given our age.
Source:The Star
October 05, 2021 00:33 UTC
MPs not allowed to raise on-going court cases
DEPUTY Speaker Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said will not allow MPs to raise on-going court matters in Parliament. “If I were, I would not have allowed an on-going court case to be raised in the House as it is sub-judice,” she said when asked by RSN Rayer (PH-Jelutong) on a ruling. She acknowledged that the rule was subject to the interpretation of a presiding House speaker. Rayer asked Azalina to make a ruling following the statement made by Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan (BN-Pontian) during his debates on the 12th Malaysia Plan in Dewan Rakyat last week. On Rayer’s request for Ahmad to retract and apologise to the House for his statements, Azalina asked him to file his request officially by way of a motion.
Source:The Star
October 05, 2021 00:00 UTC
Andrew Yang leaves Democratic Party to become independent
Yang, a businessman, most recently mounted an unsuccessful campaign in the New York mayoral race, following his failed 2020 Democratic presidential primary run. “My goal is to do as much as I can to advance our society,” Yang wrote. Throughout his 2020 presidential campaign, his slogan was “not left, not right, forward.”His presidential campaign introduced the idea of a universal basic income to a national audience through his proposed US$1,000 monthly “Freedom Dividend” for all Americans. New York City used a ranked choice voting system for the first time in the mayoral primaries Yang participated in before ultimately dropping out on election night. On Twitter, Yang defended himself against suggestions that his decision to change his party registration was connected to the release.
Source:The Edge Markets
October 04, 2021 21:33 UTC
Facebook blames "faulty configuration change" for nearly six-hour outage
(Reuters) -Facebook Inc blamed a "faulty configuration change" for a nearly six-hour outage on Monday that prevented the company's 3.5 billion users from accessing its social media and messaging services such as WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger. The company in a late Monday blog post https://engineering.fb.com/2021/10/04/networking-traffic/outage did not specify who executed the configuration change and whether it was planned. "We want to make clear at this time we believe the root cause of this outage was a faulty configuration change," Facebook said in the blog. The Facebook outage is the largest ever tracked by web monitoring group Downdetector. "Facebook basically locked its keys in its car," tweeted Jonathan Zittrain, director of Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society.
Source:The Star
October 04, 2021 16:14 UTC
Indonesia to partially reopen resort island Bali
JAKARTA, Oct 4 (AFP): Indonesia will reopen the resort island of Bali to select international travellers next week, a senior minister said, after the pandemic starved the holiday hotspot of one of its primary sources of income. The island's Ngurah Rai International Airport will be open to international travelers from South Korea, China, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, Dubai, and New Zealand as of October 14, maritime and investment minister Luhut Panjaitan told a press conference. Bali's tourism-dependent economy was also hit hard by the pandemic as millions of visitors disappeared from the palm-fringed island. Authorities have begun a steady easing of restrictions as the country sees a decrease in daily confirmed Covid cases and deaths, including in Bali. Malls, movie theatres and offices in most cities have begun to reopen at reduced capacity and some schools have begun partial offline learning.
Source:The Star
October 04, 2021 12:56 UTC
Covid-19: Lowest daily figures in nearly three months
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia reported its lowest daily case figure in about three months, as the country reported 8,075 new infections on Monday (Oct 4). The last time Malaysia had a lower daily case figure was nearly three months ago, when the country reported 7,097 cases on July 7. It is also the second day in a row that the country’s case tally is below 10,000. Dr Noor Hisham said of the 867 ICU patients, 807 are confirmed Covid-19 cases, while the others are suspected cases. The country’s active Covid-19 cases have gone down to around 150,000, of which 82% are people with mild or asymptomatic infections and are undergoing home quarantine.
Source:The Star
October 04, 2021 12:33 UTC
Soccer-Mbappe wanted PSG to earn some money from his transfer
PARIS (Reuters) - France striker Kylian Mbappe said he informed Paris St Germain in July that he wanted to leave so that the Ligue 1 club earned some money from the transfer and had time to find a replacement. PSG turned down several bids from Real Madrid for Mbappe, who can leave as a free agent at the end of this season as his contract expires next June. Mbappe denied he had turned down "six or seven" extension proposals. "Personally, I did not appreciate the fact that they said I came (with the news he wanted to leave) the last week of August. I said at the end of July that I wanted to go."
Source:The Star
October 04, 2021 11:15 UTC
Kisona’s dad wants cops to probe man who allegedly used racial slur against her
SEREMBAN: The father of national badminton player S. Kisona wants the police to investigate an individual who allegedly made a racist remark against his daughter in a Facebook post. Retired policeman A. Selvaduray, 61, said the remark had not only disparaged his daughter but the Indian community as well. Selvaduray, who lodged a police report on Monday (Oct 4), said he was at home on Oct 2 when he was told that a Facebook user had allegedly posted a racist remark against Kisona. The Facebook user, who is said to be a politician, had apparently taken it down later. Kisona is a member of the Malaysian badminton team which made it to the Sudirman Cup’s semi-finals on Oct 2.
Source:The Star
October 04, 2021 11:15 UTC
Over RM8,000 worth of unregistered Ivermectin products seized in seven raids in Melaka
MELAKA (Bernama): The Melaka Health Department, through the Pharmacy Enforcement Branch (CPF), has made seven raids on the sale of unregistered Ivermectin products until Sept 10. "The sale of products not registered with the Ministry of Health (MOH) is a violation under Regulation 7 (1) (a) of the Control of Drugs and Cosmetics Regulations 1984. "Consumers need to ensure that health products sold have a hologram security sticker and Product Registration Number (MAL) before purchasing them. The product registration status can be checked by visiting the website http://www.npra.gov.my or contacting the National Pharmacy Call Center directly at 1-800-88-6722. "The public is also advised to report any sale of Ivermectin on e-commerce sites or social media to the Pharmacy Enforcement Division so that appropriate action can be taken to curb the sale of unregistered Ivermectin products," he said.
Source:The Star
October 04, 2021 11:03 UTC
23-year-old security guard reported missing in Johor
KLUANG: A 23-year-old security guard at a plantation in Layang-Layang here has been reported missing. A Johor Fire and Rescue Department spokesperson said an report about the incident was received by the Renggam fire station at around 8.45am on Monday (Oct 4). “The man is a security guard at Ladang Ulu Remis, Layang-Layang. “His colleague realised that he was missing at around 7am when he was supposed to be on duty,” he said. The spokesperson added that 82 firefighters, police personnel, auxiliary police and local folks were involved in an ongoing search for the man.
Source:The Star
October 04, 2021 10:50 UTC
Zafrul: I relinquished my directorship at Capital Investment Bank in June 2010
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 4): Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz said he had already relinquished his executive and directorship roles at the Kenanga Group, when he assumed the role of chief executive officer at Maybank Investment Bank Bhd in June 2010. He said he also held directorships at several subsidiaries or associated companies of the Kenanga Group, which included Capital Investment Bank (Labuan) Ltd."Notwithstanding the fact that they had contacted my aide who informed Malaysiakini that I had relinquished my directorships when I left Kenanga Group in June 2010, it appears that the publisher chose to proceed with the article by highlighting my name in a manner which suggests that Capital Investment (Labuan) Ltd is still associated with me instead of being part of the Kenanga Group. "I have referred the matter to my lawyers for further advice and appropriate action," said Tengku Zafrul. Malaysiakini reported that Tengku Zafrul was among the high net worth Malaysians named in the Pandora Papers, based on documents of offshore dealings leaked from providers in Hong Kong or the Caribbean. Read also:Zahid on Pandora Papers: I do not avoid taxes, arrangement was for listed firm which I ledAnwar files motion for Dewan Rakyat to debate Pandora Papers
Source:The Edge Markets
October 04, 2021 09:00 UTC
Coffee Break: The trials and tribulations of being a journalist
The other day, at a press conference, the door gift was a T-shirt — a T-shirt with the large corporate logo of the company. One slightly older, pudgy, bad-tempered journo was heard asking for a second T-shirt, much to everyone’s amazement and surprise. The sort of laughing that makes you feel your facial muscles will be sore the next day, after the workout. It’s actually terrible being a journalist — or, more specifically, a financial journalist. And then you get sued as well by some blokes saying their reputation has been damaged by what was written.
Source:The Edge Markets
October 04, 2021 08:26 UTC
Khazanah MD: Seize opportunities presented by pandemic
KUALA LUMPUR: The Covid-19 pandemic is a unique, global and universally recognised single crisis that presented opportunities that need to be seized immediately, said Khazanah Nasional Bhd managing director (MD) Datuk Amirul Feisal Wan Zahir. He said the pandemic highlighted existential fragilities in Malaysia’s collective global socioeconomic community. "Inequality, imbalance, economic injustice, environmental abuse - these have never been more universally apparent, and so is the critical need to address them in a globally coherent and unified fashion. "To put it bluntly, the pandemic has unmasked the lies we have clung to for so long to provide flimsy comfort and security,” he said in his welcome remarks at the virtual Khazanah Megatrends Forum 2021 (KMF 2021) today. According to Amirul Feisal, to avert disaster, there is a need to create new narratives which would fundamentally change values and behaviours to shape the world that we would like our children to inherit.
Source:The Star
October 04, 2021 06:56 UTC
SOP agreed on Malaysia-Singapore border reopening; awaiting approval
JOHOR BARU: The technical committee overseeing the reopening of the Malaysia-Singapore border has agreed to the standard operating procedures (SOP) proposal by the state government. Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Hasni Mohammad said that discussion with Singapore on the border reopening could start once senior ministers gave a green light. Asked if the number of cases in Singapore would affect efforts to reopen the border, Hasni said that it would not. "I don't see that (the increase in cases) as an obstacle in our efforts to discuss (border reopening)," he said. On Sept 23, Hasni said that Johor would be submitting its proposal to Putrajaya for the reopening of the border with Singapore through the Daily Commuting Arrangement.
Source:The Star
October 04, 2021 06:56 UTC