Agricultural food scientist

PETALING JAYA: Low-income earners in Ayer Hitam received food aid and basic necessities from their MP to help them weather the increase in the cost of living due to inflation. Ayer Hitam MP, Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong said 2,000 sets of food aids and basic necessities were distributed among the lower-income earners to help them with their financial burdens. Dr Wee who is on … [Read more...] about B40 group in Ayer Hitam given food aid

Not long after Wan Tat-kong swam from mainland China to Hong Kong as an illegal immigrant in the early 1960s, he had to quit studying and worked in a restaurant at the age of 13 to help his family make ends meet. “My family was not wealthy when I was a child. I joined the industry because we needed food to fill our stomachs,” Wan, 73, the eldest of nine children, told the … [Read more...] about Cooking up a storm: Immigrant who swam to Hong Kong, dropped out of school to work becomes top chef

Foreign labourers return to their dormitories after a day of work amid scorching heat, in the Gulf emirate of Sharjah, on June 20, 2022. AFP DUBAI — Like millions of other migrant labourers in the Gulf, one of the world’s hottest and driest regions, construction worker B. Sajay does not welcome summer. “We work in very high temperatures, this is the nature of our work. And … [Read more...] about Summer means suffering: how workers survive intense Gulf heat

PETALING JAYA: Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (ACCCIM) president Tan Sri Low Kian Chuan shared four suggestions for the government at the associations 76th AGM, says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong. The Transport Minister said Low's suggestions were, among others, aimed at resolving the issue of foreign worker recruitment, inflation control, and … [Read more...] about ACCIM president shared Budget 2023 suggestions at AGM, says Dr Wee

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Tennis great and gay rights trailblazer Martina Navratilova has slammed the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for its lack of leadership on the issue of the inclusion of transgender athletes in sport. The issue was brought into focus by last weekend's decision by swimming's governing body FINA to ban athletes who have been through any part of male … [Read more...] about Navratilova calls out IOC for lack of leadership on transgender issue