Archive for July, 2008

Jul 22

Women making up 21% of total exporters

KUALA LUMPUR: Women entrepreneurs have started to make their presence felt with more of them getting into the export business.
Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen said that as of June this year, women made up 21% (2,873) of the total exporters registered with Matrade and there was a huge potential [...]

Jul 11

Yen Yen: Disabled need help in facing price hikes

KUALA LUMPUR: The disabled need help in facing the challenges and difficulties of global inflation, said Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen.

One for the album: Dr Ng (centre, in white) taking a group photo with Wanita MCA members (seated from left) Chew Poh Thoi, Datuk Chang Yok Ying, Datin Paduka [...]

Jul 11

Minister Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen saidthe committee would look at their limited resources and join forces to ensure that every ringgit was properly spent towards the betterment of the patients.

Minister Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen saidthe committee would look at their limited resources and join forces to ensure that every ringgit was properly spent towards the betterment of the patients.
“We need to maximise our resources. I will chair the first meeting in July to determine which direction we are going,” Dr Ng told reporters [...]

Jul 02

Minister with a growing passion

BY FOONG PEK YEE, source from THE STAR ONLINE
GARDENING is a subject close to Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen’s heart.
She takes it so seriously that she grows all the fruits and vegetables that her family consumes.
Ng spends an hour a day, from 6.30am in the morning, at her “edible [...]