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Students To Wear Jalur Gemilang Badges

Mar 27, 2025

Starting next month, students at all government education institutions will be required to wear a badge of the national flag on their uniforms.

The Education Ministry says the initiative is aimed at promoting unity, discipline and pride for the country.

This applies to all government schools, government-aided schools, matriculation colleges, and Teacher Education Institutes.

All other educational institutions are also encouraged to adopt the practice.

Besides formal uniforms, students are also required to have the Jalur Gemilang badge on their sports attire, traditional attire, and the clothing worn for extracurricular activities.

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The Malaysian Highway Authority is expecting some 2.7 million vehicles a day along major expressways, over the Hari Raya travel period.

Just under 80 percent of these motorists, will be using the PLUS network of highways.

It adds that traffic from the Klang Valley to destinations in the north, south and east coast is expected to pick up from today…while return journeys back to the city should be heavy from April 5^th.

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An Air Asia flight from KL to Shenzen was forced to turn around and make an emergency landing at KLIA, after one of its engines caught fire mid-flight.

The Fire and Rescue Department says it received a distress call at about 10.30 last night, with the plane eventually touching down just after midnight.

It adds that all 171 passengers and crew were evacuated safely.

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The Sumbangan Asas Rahmah or SARA initiative will be expanded to benefit 5.4 million recipients from next month…up from the current base of only 700 thousand beneficiaries.

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And, the Oxford English Dictionary has added Malaysian and Singaporean worlds like Alamak, Nasi Lemak and Tapau…in its latest worldwide update for March 2025.