KUALA LUMPUR: The Public Service Department (PSD) has set up a special team to study the implementation of a four-day working week following a request for a thorough analysis from various parties. "The team will research on behalf of the government which sectors, as well as maximum and minimum working hours based on the Employment Act 1955, before making a decision,” PSD … [Read more...] about Special PSD team to study four-day working week
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Success of DLP depends on political will
I REFER to the report on the concerns of parents of Primary 6 pupils taking the Dual Language Programme (DLP) with regards to their children’s enrolment in DLP in secondary schools next year, “DLP concerns” (Sunday Star, June 19). The initial success of the DLP after its implementation in 2016 should be the benchmark for Primary 6 students to continue doing the programme at … [Read more...] about Success of DLP depends on political will
Improve English communication skills
THE Dual Language Programme implemented in some schools is, in my opinion, an innovative and apt one. It gives the students a choice of medium of instruction – Bahasa Malaysia or English – for Science and Mathematics. I myself was involved in this programme, whereby I taught Chemistry in English for the two classes that signed up for it. There are some schools, especially in … [Read more...] about Improve English communication skills
‘Thor: Love and Thunder’: Hemsworth, Portman and Bale on reinventing heroes and villains
Natalie Portman and Chris Hemswoth as Thor It’s just the way life—in the Multiverse or elsewhere—operates. Things don’t always go as planned, even when you think you’ve got your messy life all figured out. In the case of Thor Odinson (Chris Hemsworth, in this fourth solo outing as the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s God of Thunder after 2011’s “Thor,” 2013’s “Thor: The Dark … [Read more...] about ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’: Hemsworth, Portman and Bale on reinventing heroes and villains
1st LD-Writethru: China to step up financing support for major projects
BEIJING, June 30 (Xinhua) -- China will increase financing support for its major projects through policy-based and developmental financial instruments, a State Council executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang decided on Wednesday. Offering such support, the country aims to boost effective investment, employment and consumption, according to the meeting. The meeting … [Read more...] about 1st LD-Writethru: China to step up financing support for major projects