Archive for December, 2008

Dec 26

Yen Yen: Plan for disabled to get better help

KUALA LUMPUR: The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry will come up with a wider set of categories for the disabled in an effort to channel help to them more effectively.
The categories, which group disabled people according to their conditions, will enable the ministry to allocate funds and execute specific plans to help in their [...]

Dec 15

No evacuees, but relief centre stays open

KUALA LUMPUR: The SK Hulu Klang relief centre for Bukit Antarabangsa landslide evacuees will remain open until Friday even though it is empty.
Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen said that if any evacuees needed to go to the relief centre after Friday, it would be immediately reopened.
“There are no [...]

Dec 15

Protecting children is a top agenda, says Yen Yen

PETALING JAYA: There is a need to educate children on how to protect themselves including being able to recognise high-risk activities from the electronic media and their surroundings.
Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen said children made up almost half of the country’s population. Therefore, protection of children and adolescents [...]

Dec 03

Protecting children is a top agenda, says Yen Yen

PETALING JAYA: There is a need to educate children on how to protect themselves including being able to recognise high-risk activities from the electronic media and their surroundings.
Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen said children made up almost half of the country’s population. Therefore, protection of children and adolescents [...]

Dec 03

Yen Yen to get report on Penan rape, abuse next month

Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen on Penan Case
KUALA LUMPUR: A report on the alleged Penan women and girls rape and abuse by loggers will be submitted to Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen in December.
Dr Ng said the task force, led by her ministry director-general Datuk Dr Noorul Ainur Mohd [...]