THE Malaysian Government today announced a RM7 billion stimulus package to reinforce the economy, strengthen national resilience and maintain economic growth momentum to face the increasingly challenging global economic climate.
Malaysia’s government reduced its 2009 economic growth forecast to 3.5 per cent from a prior forecast of 5.4 per cent and upped its budget deficit target [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 - Malaysia’s government reduced its 2009 economic growth forecast to 3.5 percent from a prior forecast of 5.4 percent and upped its budget deficit target for the year to 4.8 percent of gross domestic product from 3.6 percent.

Najib Razak, who is both deputy prime minister and finance minister, made the announcement [...]

Malaysia’s Parliament has had enough of “big monkeys.”
Exasperated by a spate of name-calling and sexist remarks during parliamentary debates, the Malaysian government is embarking on a courtesy campaign to make lawmakers mind their language, news reports [...]

PARLIMEN, 2 NOVEMBER (SK) - Dalam pada rakyat ditekan inflasi, tindakan kerajaan mengenakan levi keatas kontrak-kontrak Lembaga Industri Pembinaan Malaysia (CIDB) dipersoalkan bukan sahaja oleh Pakatan Rakyat, bahkan dibantah oleh BN Sarawak.
Dalam sidang Dewan Rakyat hari ini, Ahli Parlimen Hee Loy Sian (KeADILan-Petaling Jaya) mempersoalkan rasional kadar levi keatas kontrak CIDB dapat membantu industri pembinaan [...]

JAKARTA: Shouts of “Thank you, God!” erupted inside the Indonesian Parliament building Thursday after lawmakers passed anti-pornography legislation, bringing to an end nearly 10 years of debate.
At the same time, at a courthouse across town, Habib Rizieq Shihab, the leader of the Islamic Defenders’ Front, a group that acts as a sort of moral militia, [...]