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No plans to make vaccinations compulsory for schoolkids

Mar 06, 2019

Image: FMT

The Education Ministry has no plans to make vaccinations compulsory for schoolkids. 

It says this is in line with its aim to make education acccessible to all children. 

Minister Mazslee Malik said barring a child from school because he or she is not immunised would be akin to a human rights violation. 

But he did not address the concern of children being infected by their unvaccinated peers. 

Good news for commuters - security at MRTs is about to get even tighter

KL police will be meeting MRT soon to discuss raising the level of security at stations, including increasing the number of CCTV cameras. 

Mobile and motorcycle patrol units will also be present at stations.

This follows the case of a woman who was viciously attacked and robbed at the Taman Mutiara MRT station in Cheras last month. 

AI-based job portal being developed

Image: The Star/ Malaymail

The government is developing a new jobs portal complete with AI. 

The Youth and Sports Minister says Skills Passport will match a job seeker's criteria with related organisations in the market...

...while also telling employers about each candidate's credibility and marketability.

Old enemies UMNO and PAS have officially entered a political collaboration

UMNO deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said the 2 parties are not forming a coalition, but will work together across all platforms, especially by-elections...

Hassan says "We're not going to contest each other. We have common enemy that we contest. We don't have enough time to go at each other at the moment. "

Hw, he clarified they will not use the same logo in GE15, just a day after PAS said they would.