300,000 fresh grads to join job market this year, Dewan Rakyat told

 FMT news / November 10, 2020

Higher Education Minister Noraini Ahmad says RM100 million has been set aside under the Penjana initiative to help fresh graduates secure employment.

KUALA LUMPUR: More than 300,000 university students will be finishing their studies this year and looking for jobs, the Dewan Rakyat was told.

Higher Education Minister Noraini Ahmad said RM100 million has been allocated under the government’s Covid-19 initiative Penjana to help them secure employment.

Speaking during the question-and-answer session, she said the ministry will look into job-matching and placement, entrepreneurship, and jobs in the gig economy.

Noraini was replying to Wong Hon Wai (PH-Bukit Bendera), who asked for the number of graduates from public and private universities and colleges this year. Wong also wanted to know the measures taken by the ministry to ensure employment for the graduates.

Noraini said short-term skill courses are also being offered at community colleges while the Human Resources Development Fund is also offering courses ranging from one to three months to help equip the graduates for the job market.

She also said more than 122,000 graduates have registered with the Social Security Organisation’s (Socso) job-matching programmes and, of this, about 32,000 have been offered jobs.

The ministry, she added, is also engaging with industry captains to look at ways to improve employability of fresh graduates.

According to a study conducted by the ministry, nearly 60% of graduates remain unemployed one year after graduation because of the gap between what is being taught at universities and colleges and the needs of the industries or job market.

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2020/11/10/300000-fresh-grads-to-join-jobs-market-this-year-dewan-rakyat-told/

黄汉伟：议员可在会议厅外跟进议会厅内的情况

e南洋 / 2020年11月06日

（吉隆坡5日讯）虽然下议院议决，每日仅允许80名议员同一时间出现在会议厅里，但议员们也可以在会议厅外跟进里头的辩论。

希盟升旗山国会议员黄汉伟告诉本报，由于供议员使用的另一栋国会建筑物早已启用，所以后座议员和反对党议员如今都有各自的办公室，所以不必担心像过去几年前般，离开会议厅后，就无处可去。

“在新建筑物中，3 名议员会共同一间办公室，每间办公室的电视机都直播议会厅内的情况，所以没有进去会议厅的议员，就可以在办公室里跟进辩论和处理自己的事务。”

他说，党鞭昨日在与议长阿兹哈开会后就有汇报有关限制议员人数的事，他也明白这是基于疫情而做出的决定。

他补充，这项安排不会影响辩论或记名投票环节，而且各位议员更清楚的分工，以便可以专注在预算案辩论事项中。

https://www.enanyang.my/%E8%A6%81%E9%97%BB/%E8%AE%AE%E5%91%98%E5%8F%AF%E5%9C%A8%E4%BC%9A%E8%AE%AE%E5%8E%85%E5%A4%96%E8%B7%9F%E8%BF%9B%E8%BE%A9%E8%AE%BA

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黄汉伟：破坏路牌，3男应受法律制裁

 

黄汉伟出席2020年升旗山特区蓝图（替代版）的展览

 

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Penang Housing Board to Function Beginning Next Year

BULETIN MUTIARA / October 24, 2020 

PENANG’S housing sector is set to undergo a new chapter when the Penang Housing Board Enactment 2010 which was passed in the State Legislative Assembly back then, comes into effect on Jan 1 next year.

State Local, Government Housing, Town and Country Planning Commitee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo expressed his gratitude to Bukit Bendera MP Wong Hon Wai for his effort to initiate the enactment, during his tenure.

Wong was the then state Town & Country Planning, Housing and Art Committee chairman.

Jagdeep said the state was looking at including all housing agencies under one roof.

“The Penang Housing Board will ensure the delivery of affordable housing units to the people in a proper manner.

how with Jagdeep, Wong and those present have a look at the showroom of Ceria Residensi in Batu Ferringhi.

“Now, we have the state Housing Department and other agencies namely Penang Development Corporation and Penang Chief Minister Incorporated.

“We want to place all these agencies under one roof so that we can share the same goal to provide adequate affordable homes for the people,” he said after attending the symbolic offer letter and key handover ceremony for the Ceria Residensi project in Batu Ferringhi today.

Jagdeep said that the Chief Minister would be the head of the Penang Housing Board in accordance with the Enactment.

He said there would be a transition from the state Housing Department to the Housing Board.

“Currently, we have 192 staff in the Housing Department and 132 of them will be moved to the Penang Housing Board. We will look into the possibility of more staff if the need arises.

“There will be nine directors in Housing Board which include Chow, myself, state Financial Officer, state Legal Advisor and the state Secretary. A few other appointments will be made.

“We have invited Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda).

“Under the law, we are also required to appoint three officials from the Housing Ministry.

Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow, who was present, said it took a long time for the Board to be set up because certain positions require federal approval.

 Chow delivering his speech during the handover ceremony.

“Now we can finally put it into effect,” he said.

He was also delighted that the Ceria Residensi affordable housing project was ready.

He thanked the developer Orientside Development Sdn Bhd for constructing the project for the people’s interest.

Out of the 380 units in the Ceria Residensi, 280 were allocated for the evicted Kampung Chetty residents while the remaining would be offered to those applicants registered with the state.

https://www.buletinmutiara.com/penang-housing-board-to-function-beginning-next-year/