KUCHING, May 4 — A Bill to establish the Sarawak Ports Authority (SPA) that will streamline and consolidate the management, operation, and planning of all authorities will be tabled in next week’s sitting of the Sarawak Legislative Assembly. Speaker Tan Sri Asfia Awang Nasar said the Bill will also seek to reform the governance structure … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — Perikatan Nasional (PN) today alleged that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s government was forced to postpone the tabling of a controversial Bill to amend citizenship laws because it couldn’t muster enough support, including from members of its coalition. Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan, PN’s chief whip, suggested this was tantamount to … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 — The Conference of Rulers had wanted tighter conditions for the awarding of Malaysian citizenship, and the Malaysian government had sought to balance both humanitarian and national security concerns in its Bill to propose changes to citizenship laws in the Federal Constitution, the home minister said today. Home Minister Datuk Seri … Read more
MARCH 26 — In ”Let’s all be bears”, I wrote of the great scholar, observer, popular teacher and good friend of Malaysia, the late Professor RH Hickling who once called a Bill (a proposed law) that was referred to a parliamentary select committee (PSC) as one that was singled out for a “distinguished treatment”. The … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 — Perikatan Nasional (PN) MPs have expressed discontent over proposed provisions that have been removed from the Constitutional Amendment Bill 2024 which affects citizenship laws. PN chief whip Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan said the government did not explain why certain proposed amendments — despite a lengthy engagement with PN MPs — … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 — The Jurisdictional Immunities of Foreign States Bill 2023 is expected to safeguard the country’s dignity and bolster diplomatic ties with foreign nations. Taking heed of the murder of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong-un in Malaysia in 2017, RSN Rayer (PH-Jelutong) highlighted that the law … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — The Legal Affairs Division has prepared a working draft for the Digital Safety Bill 2023, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said. Azalina said the draft serves as a starting point to initiate the prompt development of the bill and is … Read more
SHAH ALAM, March 7 — The Selangor State Assembly today passed the State Service Commission (Remuneration) (Amendment) Enactment Bill 2023 to amend the fixed allowance and interview rates of the State Services Commission. The bill was passed by State Assembly Speaker Lau Weng San after the third reading by Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari. … Read more
SHAH ALAM, March 6 — The Selangor State Assembly today passed the Klang Royal City Council Enactment Bill 2024 to allow the local authority to change its name. The bill was passed by State Assembly Speaker Lau Weng San after the third reading by state Local Government and Tourism Committee chairman Datuk Ng Suee Lim. … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 ― The Money Services Business (Amendment) Bill 2024 was presented for the first reading in the Dewan Rakyat today. Deputy Finance Minister Lim Hui Ying, who tabled the Bill, said the second reading was also scheduled to take place this session. According to a document posted on the Parliament’s website, the … Read more
