In the news for wrong reason

This is not a good reason to be in the news especially international main media like CNN which will be read by so many people that all the money spend by our tourism ministry will likely go down the drain.

(CNN) -- Authorities in Malaysia have seized more than 20,000 Bibles in recent months because they refer to God as "Allah," Christian leaders said Thursday.


I would be proud if we are featured for some accomplishment rather than this kind of extreme religious action. We will never understand why our authorities take such drastic action. Don't they realise that language is just an expression. Faith is from the heart

More about wages

all 3 articles are from the star online.
make your own judgement about the situation and our government priority.

Belaga: The oil palm estates offer wages of between RM15 and RM20 per day for workers. read here

PETALING JAYA: The Government has decided to set RM3,000 as the poverty line for the urban poor based on feedback from people living in major urban areas such as Kuala Lumpur. read here

PETALING JAYA: Syed Shahir said MTUC would continue to push the Government to introduce a minimum wage of RM900 for private sector workers in the country.

Navaratnam said that the fastest way to raise income without going through the pangs of economic transformation was by introducing a minimum wage.
He said a minimum wage would also help fight poverty and make a breakthrough in the present mid-income trap that it faces.
“The minimum wage can be based on the poverty threshold of RM700 a month,” he suggested. read here