Tag: Malaysia
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Connected headphone kills 16-year-old in Malaysia
A 16-year-old boy died of electrocution after it was believed that he had been wearing headphones while connected to a smartphone that was charging, reports coming in from Malaysia suggest. The death occurred earlier this month, after the boy’s mother saw her son lying on the floor with bleeding in his left ear. There seems…
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Malaysia pledges legislation to curb child marriage
Malaysian lawmakers plan to introduce legislation that limits or discourages child marriage, with the eventual goal of banning the practice, a minister in the Prime Minister’s Department told parliament on Wednesday. The legislation would tighten provisions on child marriage as an interim measure while authorities evaluated Shariah and state laws, said the minister, Mujahid Yusof…
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Malaysian PM cuts Ministers’ salaries, downsizes govt to control spending
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Wednesday announced a 10- per cent pay cut for ministers in his cabinet, in a bid to control spending as the new government deals with high-level debt, the 92-year-old leader said exceeded more than one trillion ringgit (251.5 billion U.S. dollars). Mahathir made the announcement at the first cabinet…
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Proposed ICT University will equip Nigerians with best skills – Shittu
The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, said on Thursday that the plan to establish a University of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Nigeria was aimed at equipping Nigerians with the best skills. Shittu told newsmen in Abuja that facilities at the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) would be utilised to achieve this…