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Petra News Staff Demand Unpaid Wages, EPF, PCB, And SOCSO Contributions For 2024

Approximately 15 employees of Petra News Sdn Bhd, the publisher of news portals The Malaysian Insight, The Vibes, and Getaran, are demanding the immediate payment

2025-02-17 11:51:14 0 Comment 21616 view

Australian ASEAN Farm Worker Visa Runs Into Flak

BANGKOK, Thailand--In the midst of chronic labour shortages on farms across Australia and a looming potential food crisis with rapidly rising food prices, the ASEAN farm workers visa program is finding diplomatic and political resistance on a number of fronts.

2022-01-06 17:25:30 1 Comment 104429 view

Malaysia’s 12th Plan: In Search Of A Realistic New Socio-Economic Strategy

BANGKOK, Thailand--The Ismail Sabri govt and RM12 is a re-affirmation of the NEP and continuation of the existing approach to both macro-economic management and intervention in the economy. The great significance of the Pandora papers is that it is another sign that the NEP has skewed wealth creation towards an elite group within society. Since the formulation of the NEP, economic regulation has focused on redistributing wealth, rather than creating it. This was well hidden during the high GDP growth years but has become much more apparent during the slower growth rates of the last decade.

2021-10-27 05:29:09 0 Comment 77239 view