The government has agreed to make it compulsory for employers to give one day off in a week for their maids.

This proposal was mooted by Human Resources Minister Dr S Subramanian. Most of the employers disagreed with this proposal

Sejauh manakah penduduk sesuatu tempat mengenali ADUN mereka? Hasil daripada temuramah yang dijalankan, dengan pengundi rata-ratanya mahu bertemu dengan ADUN mereka sekerap mungkin untuk menyelesaikan masalah-masalah mereka.
Namun apa yang menyedihkan mereka ialah ADUN mereka ini sukar ditemui selepas pilihanraya.

The ADUN for Subang Jaya recently launched Voter Registration Campaign on the 9th of August 2009 at Subang Jaya SS13 Pasar Malam .

Knowing the fact that many young voters has not registered as a voter, DAPSY together with Pakatan Rakyat has embarked on this campaign nationwide.

The campaign will start in Selangor.

DAP Socialist Youth or DAPSY gathered at the Pasar malam to inform the public to register themselves as a voters.

18 year old Low Yee Ming, is a resident of Selangor and took a study break from Manchester UK to specifically attempt to break The Guinness World Record in Malaysia. He is a true bred Anak Subang Jaya and Anak Selangor.

A special guess from FIBA-Asia, Dato’ Yeoh Choo Hock, YB Hannah Teow, officials from Guinness World Records and his instructors from University of Manchester UK, also present to this important event.

However Yee Ming only able to break the Malaysian record with 3.4 km distance in balancing the football on head after the heavy wind blew off the ball.

Parti Tindakan Demokratik telah mengadakan Malam Peringatan bagi mendiang Teoh Beng Hock pada 28 Ogos 2009 di Bangunan Persatuan Hokkien Klang Selangor. Majlis ini telah dihadiri oleh beberapa ahli Majlis Parlimen, wakil DAP, PAS dan Keadilan.

Majlis berpendapat bahawa keadilan bagi mendiang Teoh hanya dapat diperolehi melalui penubuhan “Royal Commission of Inquiry”.

Majlis turut mengadakan kutipan derma bagi keluarga mendiang Teoh terutamanya bagi anak yang bakal akan lahir.

Isu warga asing di Bandar Sultan Suleiman (BSS) di Pelabuhan Klang, menjadi pertikaian apabila ramai warga asing membanjiri kawasan ini pada hari minggu.

Segelintir penduduk BSS tidak berpuas hati dengan kehadiran warga asing di kawasan ini. Malahan satu pihak lagi menerima dengan terbuka kehadiran warga asing ini kerana berpendapat bahawa mereka mampu menjana pertumbuhan ekonomi BSS.

Kenyataan akhbar Utusan Malaysia yang menyiarkan BSS sebagai ‘Taman Sri Bangla’ telah menimbulkan kemarahan sesetengah penduduk BSS.

A pedestrian bridge was promised to the residents in Subang Jaya before the opening of Subang Jaya- Kelana link. Unfortunately till now there was no any development on the bridge and JKR refused to give valid reason for not building the bridge.

Residents of Subang Jaya especially the devotees of the Subang buddish and the hindu temple facing difficulty to cross the road due to massive traffic jam in Subang after the opening of Subang Kelana Jaya.

Though corporate social responsibility (CSR) is the new buzz word in the corporate circle but it’s definitely the way forward.

Recently the ASEAN secretariat organized a CSR workshop in Bali with the assistance of the International Labour Organization. It is the first time, that the three stakeholders, employers, union workers and the government came under one umbrella to discuss the issues and possibilities related to CSR.

The workshop was held to increase the understanding on CSR as the concept is very much new to this region.

Despite sharing ethnic, cultural and religious identities, Indonesia and Malaysia – both predominantly Muslim – have been embroiled in occasional disputes over matters such the treatment of migrant workers, territorial disputes and, more recently, cultural icons.

The latest controversy is not the first time that Indonesians have been up in arms over the perceived theft of their cultural icons. A similar spat erupted two years ago over the use of the Indonesian folk song ‘Rasa Sayang’ in another Malaysian tourism advertisement.

Malaysia has apologised for the use of the Balinese Pendet dance, claiming that the mistake was made by a production house paid by Malaysia’s Tourism Ministry to produce the commercial, which has since been withdrawn.

But the apology and explanation failed to mollify Indonesians.

Kuching, Sarawak one of the most charming towns in Malaysia is simply unique offering such a romantic and unlikely history.

For such a vast state, Sarawaks population of about 2 million with fascinating and diverse mix of almost thirty ethnic groups. The population is mainly composed of the Iban tribe (one-third of the population) with a mix of Chinese and Malays while the Bidayuh, Melanau and the Orang Ulu comprise a minority of the population.

Reflecting the wide mixture of ethnic groups in Sarawak, religion in the state is both tolerant and diverse. Islam is the official religion. However, Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism and animism are also represented and respected.

Sarawakians in particular felt that the Race Relation Act was mooted in the parliament recently was totally unnecessary because racial integration and religious tolerance has never been an issue in the state.
In fact some of the Sawarakian felt that Introducing the Race Relationship Act is like mending something that is not broken which serves to awaken the feeling that they have to go out of their way to accept their differences when acceptance of their racial and religious diversity already exists so naturally among them.

The ease different races in Sarawak interact with each other remarkable, it seldom occur to us that this aspect of our society is something unique and admirable.

From the interviewed, citizen journalist R.Rajes noticed that the respect and support accorded from each other has been going on for years without fanfare. Perhaps its time to share their story with fellow Malaysians to show what religious tolerance truly means.