Last call for citizenship applicants

The Home Ministry is offering a last chance to over 2,000 citizenship applicants who have changed their addresses to check their names on the ministry’s official website and attend the mandatory interview sessions from Oct 12-14.

The ministry’s National Registration and Societies Division secretary Datin Jariah Mohd Said said its notices to 2,303 people for the interviews under Section 19 (1) of the Federal Constitution had been returned unopened as they were no longer residing at the addresses listed when the applications were submitted.

She said the division understood that the applicants might have had to move out of the listed premises because these were applications submitted from 1997-2006, but added that they should have informed the National Registration Department of such changes.

Malaysia allows unskilled, semiskilled migrants

Unlike many countries that favour only skilled migrants and put up barriers against unskilled workers, it is a different picture in Malaysia.

The Malaysian Government allows unskilled and semiskilled migrants to work in the country, most of whom are in the construction, plantation and service sectors, as well as domestic care, said United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator for Malaysia Kamal Malhotra.

"Economic migration can be a win-win proposition and it is fairly evident in the Malaysian case.

Pos M'sia to produce stamps on children’s rights

Pos Malaysia Berhad will produce stamps and first-day envelopes on children's themes to create a sense of social awareness on their rights, as outlined by the United Nations Children's Fund.

In view of this, it has printed four visual designs for a 30sen stamp, and a single design for a RM1 stamp.

In all, there are 800,000 pieces of 30sen stamps; 120,000 pieces (RM1), 45,000 (first-day envelopes) and 1,000 folders.

The stamps are available from Friday. - Bernama

Long dead and forgotten

BENEATH this stone lie the remains of Francis Light Esq who first established this Island as a British Settlement. Died 21st October 1794.’

Although it is more then two centuries old, the black words are still clear on the marble grave that houses the remains of Captain Francis Light — the founder of the Prince of Wales Island.

Illegal traders cash in

UNLICENSED traders are cashing in on the Deepavali festive season at Little India in George Town, Penang, raising the ire of shopkeepers who are already feeling the pinch due to the economic slowdown.

The 150-odd resident traders are urging the Penang Municipal Council to take action against the unlicensed traders numbering about 20.

All set for island event

THE sixth Perhentian Island Challenge to be held at Pulau Perhentian Kecil, Terengganu, from Oct 9 to 11 has been changed to an individual competition instead of a team event in an effort to keep it interesting.

The challenge, organised by PIC Adventures, has so far received encouraging response with more than 500 participants registered.

It is the biggest event since its inception in 2004, when only 103 participants registered.

There are four categories — men’s elite, women’s elite, men’s novice and women’s novice — this time around.

Aglow with cheer

A DOWNPOUR lasting more than three hours did not dampen the high spirits of some 700 spectators who converged on the Esplanade in George Town for the Lantern Festival on Saturday night.

Instead of a sea of colourful lanterns, there was a sea of umbrellas at the site and some events like a lion dance on stilts had to be cancelled.