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SPM timetable revised, less papers a day

Mar 09, 2019

The Education Ministry has revised the SPM timetable, following concerns over students having to cram three papers a day.

Students now have some room to breathe, and will sit an average two papers a day.

However, the Ministry says students sitting for Chemistry, Physics and Biology will have to complete them over three days, as these subjects comprise three papers each.

It adds that these subjects won't be clumped around the same time, by alternating them with other subjects and with weekends.

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Highland Towers to be demolished by June

The Highland Towers Condominium in Ulu Klang, Selangor, which have been left neglected for more than 25 years, will be demolished by June at the latest.

The Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin says, its developers will provide 2 million ringgit for the demolition works.

The condo was initially due to be taken down in October last year, but plans were postponed to enable its structure to be studied.

In December 1993, one of three blocks of the Highland Towers collapsed in a tragedy that killed 48 people.

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"The face of GST" retires

Datuk Seri Subromaniam Tholasy is retiring from the Customs Department, after 35 years in service.

The Customs Director-General, who was once known as “the face of GST”, says his proudest achievement in the job was the successful transition from the GST regime, to the current SST system.

For now, the Customs Department will be helmed by its Deputy Director-General, Datuk Paddy Abd Halim.