MALAYSIA PILIHAN TERAKHIR PEMBANTU RUMAH WARGA ASING

Pembantu Rumah Asing Pilih Negara Lain Bayar Upah Lebih Tinggi

PETALING JAYA 24/12/2012: Malaysia tidak lama lagi akan menjadi pilihan terakhir bagi pembantu rumah asing.

Dengan negara-negara lain yang membayar gaji lebih tinggi dan kadar pertukaran semasa rendah ringgit, pembantu rumah boleh memilih untuk pergi ke tempat lain, kata pakar ekonomi.

Ketua Ekonomi Kumpulan RAM Holdings, Yeah Kim Leng berkata, walaupun akan ada permintaan lebih besar untuk pembantu rumah, terutama dengan penduduk yang semakin berusia, ia akan menjadi lebih sukar untuk mengupah mereka.

"Melainkan jika pendapatan kita dapat bersaing dengan kos yang semakin meningkat, semakin kurang orang akan mampu untuk mendapatkan pembantu rumah,"

EDUCATORS BAFFLED BY PLAN TO SHIP IN ENGLISH TEACHERS FROM INDIA

Educators baffled by plan to ship in English teachers from India

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 23 ― Putrajaya’s plan to import Indians to teach English in national schools appears to be meeting resistance from educators who doubt the government’s idea will help Malaysian students master the language.

Local English-language teachers and an education reform group polled by The Malaysian Insider voiced concern over what they saw as a short-term solution they said would unlikely benefit a multiracial class whose learning could be further hampered by coaches speaking in an unfamiliar accent.

“I think the question is, why do we need foreigners to teach Malaysians?”

SPA AKAN SEMAK REKOD & DITAPIS SECARA DALAM TALIAN SEBELUM PEMOHON DIPANGGIL TEMUDUGA

Ditapis secara dalam talian

Putrajaya 20/12/2012: Mulai Januari depan, semua permohonan memasuki perkhidmatan awam akan ditapis secara dalam talian sebelum calon yang layak dipanggil menduduki peperiksaan dan temu duga.

Melalui cara ini, tempoh pengesahan jawatan kakitangan awam yang sebelum ini mengambil masa tiga tahun akan disingkatkan kepada antara enam bulan hingga setahun.

Pengerusi Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Awam (SPA), Tan Sri Mahmood Adam, berkata tapisan itu membabitkan 14 perkara termasuk kesahihan kewarganegaraan, sijil kelayakan serta rekod jenayah dan ia dijangka dapat diselesaikan dalam tempoh beberapa jam saja bagi setiap calon.

EKSPO KERJAYA SABAH 2012 DI SURIA SABAH TAWAR 2,500 PELUANG KERJA

Ekspo Kerjaya Sabah 2012 tawar 2,500 peluang kerja

KOTA KINABALU 28/11/2012: Kementerian Pembangunan Sumber dan Kemajuan Teknologi Maklumat Negeri akan menganjurkan Ekspo Kerjaya, dengan penyertaan pelbagai sektor industri yang menawarkan lebih 2,500 peluang pekerjaan.

Ekspo Kerjaya itu akan diadakan selama dua hari di Suria Sabah di sini bermula 30 November ini.

Timbalan Ketua Menteri Datuk Dr Yee Moh Chai berkata lebih 40 gerai pameran boleh dikunjungi sepanjang tempoh itu yang beroperasi dari jam 10 pagi hingga 6 petang.

THINGS HAVE NEVER BEEN EASIER FOR JOB SEEKERS

Things have never been easier for job seekers

25/11/2012: The new Ready4Work website literally prepares job seekers with A-to-Z skills in getting the jobs they want, including how to write their resumes and to stand out and impress in an interview.

A collaborative effort between Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and Talent Corporation Malaysia Bhd, the portal highlights some tough questions applicants might face during an interview.

It also gives basic advice like being early or on time for an interview; switching off your mobile phone during the interview and reading up on the company to show your interest.

SABAH HENTI PENGELUARAN PERMIT KERJA WANITA TUKANG URUT FILIPINA

Sabah Henti Pengeluaran Permit Kerja Wanita Tukang Urut Filipina

KOTA KINABALU 24/11/2012: Sabah akan membekukan pengeluaran permit pekerja wanita tukang urut Filipina bermula 1 Januari ini setelah ramai golongan isteri tempatan menyalahkan mereka terhadap masalah perpecahan keluarga.

Pengarah Jabatan Imigresen Sabah, Datuk Mohammad Mentek berkata, keputusan itu dibuat dengan tidak membenarkan pusat spa dan refleksologi menggunakan khidmat wanita dari Filipina selepas perbincangan dengan kerajaan negeri.

Beliau berkata mereka telah menerima banyak aduan daripada golongan isteri tempatan tentang pekerja wanita Filipina yang mempunyai hubungan dengan suami mereka.

"Terdapat juga banyak laporan tentang beberapa buah pusat refleksologi ini menjadi tempat untuk aktiviti tidak bermoral, termasuk menyediakan perkhidmatan seks.

MANGSA TETAK TRAUMA CERITA DETIK CEMAS

MANGSA TETAK cerita DETIK CEMAS

SANDAKAN 24/11/2012: Seorang kerani yang trauma akibat ditetak sebanyak tiga kali oleh buruh ladang yang mengamuk di Ladang Unisco, Desa 2, Kinabatangan Selasa lalu, menceritakan detik cemas ketika kejadian itu.

Mangsa, Ledwina Peter, 24, ketika ditemui di wad wanita Hospital Duchess of Kent (HDOK), di sini kelmarin, menyatakan masih trauma dengan kejadian itu.

“Saya trauma selepas ditetak dengan parang. Setiap kali mahu melelapkan mata, saya terbayang kejadian ditetak tiga kali oleh buruh ladang yang mengamuk,”

SABAH’S OIL CURSE STRIKES AGAIN

Sabah’s oil curse strikes again

Poverty-riddled Sabah is the sixth biggest contributor to the national economy, contributing more than a quarter of the total oil and gas produced in the country.

KOTA KINABALU 12/11/2012: Sabah lost control of its oil wealth more than 30 years ago but the fallout of the widely acknowledged cock-eyed contract is continuing to roil business dealings in the state.

The state Barisan Nasional government is now facing more questions over how it is managing the Petronas-sponsored Sabah Oil and Gas Terminal (SOGT) project that began more than a year ago.

PEKERJA ASING MAMPU RAIH RM2,000 SEBULAN DI LADANG FELDA

Pekerja asing mampu raih RM2,000 sebulan di ladang Felda

(GH) 3/11/2012: Kedutaan Besar Republik Indonesia (KBRI) di Malaysia akan terus bekerjasama dengan Kumpulan Felda dalam aspek pengurusan rakyat negara itu yang bekerja di ladang termasuk menyelesaikan permasalahan yang dihadapi.

Duta Besar Indonesia ke Malaysia Herman Prayitno berkata kerjasama di antara Indonesia dan Malaysia itu juga adalah untuk meningkatkan hubungan dua hala kedua-dua negara bagi menyokong pembangunan ekonomi di negara ini.

ARE MALAYSIAN GRADUATES DOOMED TO MEDIOCRITY?

Are Malaysian graduates doomed to mediocrity?

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 — Almost everyone complains about them: wanting high pay but not willing to put in the hours. Hankering for instant fame but with little substance to show. Becoming famous for very little talent. Demanding for work-life balance just so they can party after 5pm, or be with their boy/girlfriend. And some bring their parents into the picture; parents call up would be employers to demand why their child’s demands are not being met. None of them want to work in the trenches — life is too short to work hard. So now Putrajaya has stepped in with funds to make the unemployable, well, employable.

POVERTY DUE TO MINDSET OF BUMIS – MASIDI

Poverty due to mindset of Bumis – Masidi

KOTA KINABALU 3/11/2012: Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun has admitted he used to work as a labourer earning RM5 a day and he feels that poverty in Sabah is mainly due to the mindset of its people and primarily the Bumiputras.

“It is not just due to the lack of infrastructure, but due to the mindset of our people, our youngsters. People might get mad with me for making this statement but this is the reality. We need to encourage our people, coax them to work hard and change their mindset.

“We complain about Sabah not having enough work opportunity, yet there are 300,000 foreigners working in Sabah. It is simply not logical for us to say that there is a lack of jobs out there when 300,000 foreigners are working in Sabah. Yet our people remain unemployed,”

1,028 TERMASUK PENGURUS HILANG KERJA

1,028 termasuk pengurus hilang kerja

SEBAHAGIAN pekerja kilang Sanmina-SCI Corporation (M) Sdn. Bhd. mengadakan perhimpunan aman di hadapan kilang itu di Kuching semalam.

KUCHING 1/11/2012- Seramai 1,028 pekerja kilang pembuatan komponen elektronik, Sanmina-SCI Corporation (M) Sdn. Bhd., di sini hilang punca pendapatan selepas diberi notis pemberhentian kerja 24 jam secara berperingkat-peringkat bermula petang kelmarin.

Kesemua pekerja yang majoritinya terdiri daripada pekerja bumiputera merangkumi jawatan pengurus, jurutera, penyelia, juruteknik dan operator ditamatkan perkhidmatan selewat-lewatnya semalam.

FOREIGNERS NOT TAKING OUR JOBS?

HR Ministry : Foreigners not taking our jobs

The large number of legal foreign workers here has no effect on Malaysia's workforce, the Human Resources Ministry said.

KUALA LUMPUR 31/10/2012: Malaysian workers, according to the Human Resources Ministry, is not at risk even with over 1.4 million foreign workers here.

Deputy HR minister, Senator Maznah Mazlan, said that 1.403 million foreigners here held the Temporary Employment Visit Pass, contributing to 11.2% of Malaysia’s total workforce.

ONLY LOCAL TOURIST GUIDES FOR SABAH, SAYS MASIDI

Only local tourist guides for Sabah, says Masidi

KOTA KINABALU 22/10/2012: Sabah tourist guides must not allow their principles to be compromised, Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun said.

Have trust in your own abilities, love your profession, love yourself and be proud to be a tour guide as it is an honorable profession, he said at the Sabah Tourist Guides Association (STGA) Appreciation Night for its members and industry players here on Saturday night.

“You should never allow yourself to compromise your principles because what you do and what you don’t do really describes who you are in that profession,”

YOUNG ONES DO NOT MEET BENCHMARK SET BY EMPLOYERS, SAYS BAR

Young ones do not meet benchmark set by employers, says Bar

KUALA LUMPUR 21/10/2012: All young Malaysian lawyers do not meet the standard international quality benchmark set by their employers, according to a Bar Council survey.

Bar Council treasurer Steven Thiru said the survey, conducted on 400 law firms, also found that employer satisfaction of new working lawyers was “shockingly low”.

“It found that young lawyers practising for less than seven years do not have basic attributes like English proficiency, communication and critical thinking skills and commitment to the profession, which is vital for the career,” said Thiru at a forum between the Bar Council and the National Young Lawyers Committee (NYLC),

1,681 JURURAWAT KOLEJ SWASTA DAPAT KERJA

1,681 jururawat kolej swasta dapat kerja

Pengambilan diteruskan sehingga 6,724 diserap ke hospital kerajaan

Kuala Lumpur 20/10/2012: Seramai 1,681 daripada 8,000 jururawat lulusan kolej swasta yang menganggur akan diserapkan di sebanyak 130 hospital kerajaan bermula akhir tahun ini.

Pengambilan akan diteruskan sehingga 6,724 jururawat diserap ke hospital kerajaan menjelang 2015 dan bakinya dicadang mengikuti skim penempatan singkat atau skim latihan 1Malaysia (SL1M) bagi membolehkan mereka bekerja dengan hospital swasta, termasuk di luar negara.

240 GRADS AWAITING SABAH TEACHING OFFER

240 grads awaiting Sabah teaching offer

Tenom 19/10/2012: No less than 240 education graduates particularly from Universiti Tun Abdul Razak are still unemployed and waiting for offers to be posted as school teachers in Sabah.

Tenom Umno Youth chief Jamawi Jaafar said his party has voiced out their concern regarding the matter including writing a letter of appeal to the Education Ministry for them to consider giving these graduates opportunities and consideration to be absorbed as teachers, on par with their qualification.

"We asked that the Education Ministry take the initiative so that these graduates be given the opportunity to serve in public schools in the State,"

THE LARGEST MARINE PARK IN SEA WILL BE IN SABAH

Largest marine park in SEA soon

CONSERVATION: 1.02m-hectare Tun Mustapha Park may be gazetted by 2016

A group of scientists on their way to a 19-day expedition to Tun Mustapha Park in Kudat, Sabah, recently. Pic courtesy of WWF-Malaysia

KUDAT 19/10/2012: FOLLOWING an expedition and survey, a team of scientists has approved the idea of gazetting a 1.02 million hectare marine park, which covers the waters here to Pulau Banggi.

The 19-day expedition at Tun Mustapha Park last month yielded positive results.

They will propose that the Sabah government gazette the park by 2016, to ensure the conservation of marine life. The park also has the potential to become the largest marine park in Southeast Asia.

YOUNG, JOBLESS MALAYSIAN GRADS A RM500M STRAIN ON TAXPAYERS

Young, jobless Malaysian grads a RM500m strain on taxpayers

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 — Bad work attitudes coupled with poor communication skills topped by unrealistic pay demands are the three biggest grouses employers have in turning down fresh graduates, Southeast Asia’s top online recruitment firm Jobstreet has found — suggesting that the nearly RM500 million the Najib administration has proposed to spend on jobless youths may not be enough to enough to make them marketable.

A whopping 64 per cent of employers surveyed by Jobstreet said they rejected the fresh graduates because the job seekers had asked for unrealistic remuneration during the interview, the job search agency told The Malaysian Insider in a recent email inquiry.

ABOUT 8,000 GRADUATES FROM PRIVATE NURSING COLLEGES JOBLESS

About 8,000 graduates from private nursing colleges jobless – Subramaniam

KUALA LUMPUR 9/10/2012: About 8,000 graduates from private nursing institutions are jobless said Human Resource Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam.

A study carried out by the Health Ministry showed that 8,000 graduates who pursued nursing courses are jobless, especially those from private nursing institutions.

“There are some private nursing institution nurses who are jobless for almost three years. The problem is due to lack of job opportunities compared with those undergoing nursing courses.