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PUTRAJAYA - The image of Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) is no longer viewed as second class education, but rather the opposite, namely a career path for the nation's youth, says Youth and Sports Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin.

He said, previously, TVET was often viewed negatively - only for youths who were backward, in that they had failed to finish their schooling until form five; expelled from school or had attended juvenile correction centres.

"However, with continued

DEMOCRATIC Action party (DAP) Voon Lee Shan said the slogan “Ubah” (change) should not be used again in this State election as it was already used in the last State election. Voon who was once DAP strong man and a former State Assemblyman for Batu Lintang is now keeping a low profile where politics is concerned.

The Ubah, he said in a statement, was adopted from President of America, Obama and was in some way successful in the last election when it was used. 

“But why use the same slogan when

LAWAS - Everything possible is being done to resolve Sarawak’s native customary rights (NCR) on land issue that is affecting the indigenous communities, says Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

The Federal Government was doing its part by contributing some RM100mil for the survey of NCR land in Sarawak and Sabah, the Prime Minister said.

“This is being done. It is work in progress and the results will come,” he said at a meet-the-people session here yesterday.

Najib was in Sarawak’s northernmost

KUALA LUMPUR - People have been urged to reject in total the culture of spreading false information, including efforts to topple the government through social media.

Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Datuk Razali Ibrahim said there should be a massive rejection among the people to symbolise that the spreading negative sentiment, false and unauthentic information to the public through social media was an action that cannot be accepted.

"One way to block (the use of social

Sarawak has given RM10.3 million in compensation to 235 families, whose land was acquired for the Pan Borneo Highway.

Sarawak Chief Minister Adenan Satem hoped those who received the compensation would be thankful to the government, Malaysiakini reported.

Speaking after attending an event at Kampung Sorak Sumpang, 70km from Kuching, Adenan said this proved wrong the lies spread by the Opposition that the state government had acquired the land without giving out due compensation.

“Every time