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Govt Taking Steps To Reduce Gender Pay Gap

Mar 13, 2025

The government has no plans yet to introduce an Equal Pay Act, to ensure that male and female workers are paid the same. 

However, the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry says it remains committed to reducing the gender pay gap.  

It told the NST, it has already held informal talks with the Ministry of Human Resources, to help reduce the wage disparity between men and women.  

According to a Statistics Department study in 2023, female graduates on average earn RM900 less than their male counterparts even though they have simliar academic qualifications. 

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Repair works are underway at the Masjid Jamel LRT station, after a wall panel collapsed during a storm yesterday. 

Rapid Rail also confirmed that no one was hurt, and the station’s structure remains intact. 

It adds that a special committee has been set up to determine exactly what caused the incident.  

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Johor police have arrested a motorist after viral videos allegedly showed him threatening another driver with a stick, in a recent road rage incident along JB's EDL Expressway. 

Cops say the incident happened because the suspect was angry that the victim had cut in front of him during a traffic jam. 

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Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has arrived in the Netherlands, where he will face charges at the International Criminal Court. 

Duterte is facing charges of crimes against humanity, for alleged extrajudicial killings during his war on drugs.