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23/09/2025

KPKM sounds the alarm over Malaysia’s ageing agricultural workforce across agriculture, forestry, and fishing that is seeing sharp declines in youth participation among those aged 15-29. The average age of paddy farmers is 60. Agriculture is also 80% male.

KPKM sounds the alarm over Malaysia's ageing agricultural workforce across agriculture, forestry, and fishing that is seeing sharp declines in youth participation among those aged 15-29. The average age of paddy farmers is 60. Agriculture is also 80% male.

23/09/2025

Across 8 surgical specialties, only a small minority of NSR-registered surgeons are practising in the Health Ministry. Except for trauma, with all 9 surgeons are in MOH, other surgical fields see proportions of 33% or less in the government health service.
https://codeblue.galencentre.org/2025/09/most-surgeons-in-malaysia-practising-outside-health-ministry/

23/09/2025

Galen Centre urges monitoring Suku-Suku Separuh regional cost differences. KPKM should strengthen agriculture supply chain efficiencies. Whole-of-govt needed to ensure affordable nutritious food. “It shouldn’t be treated as simply MOH’s problem to solve.”

Galen Centre urges monitoring Suku-Suku Separuh regional cost differences. KPKM should strengthen agriculture supply chain efficiencies. Whole-of-govt needed to ensure affordable nutritious food. "It shouldn't be treated as simply MOH's problem to solve."

23/09/2025

Only a small minority of NSR-registered surgeons in Malaysia work in MOH: general surgeons (33%), thoracic (30%), upper GI (28%), breast & endocrine (27%), hepatobiliary (25%), colorectal (20%), and vascular (17%). But all 9 trauma surgeons are in MOH.

Only a small minority of NSR-registered surgeons in Malaysia work in MOH: general surgeons (33%), thoracic (30%), upper GI (28%), breast & endocrine (27%), hepatobiliary (25%), colorectal (20%), and vascular (17%). But all 9 trauma surgeons are in MOH.

22/09/2025

A GP in Melaka tells the Cabinet to either revise Schedule 7 or deregulate GP consultation fees, saying that the majority of GP clinics have begun charging additional fees like registration or facility fees just to survive. “Clinics are not doing well.”

A GP in Melaka tells the Cabinet to either revise Schedule 7 or deregulate GP consultation fees, saying that the majority of GP clinics have begun charging small fees like registration or facility fees just to survive. "Clinics are not doing well."

22/09/2025

Any sexual act with underage girls constitutes statutory r**e, regardless of the circumstances. To even suggest that they be prosecuted is a clear contradiction of existing law and principles of child protection.

22/09/2025

Singaporeans aged ≥40 will get discounts on national health insurance MediShield Life premiums by taking a brisk 20-minute walk daily. Care teams in Singapore govt hospitals will also be streamlined so that patients only need to see one principal doctor.

Singaporeans aged ≥40 will get discounts on national health insurance MediShield Life premiums by taking a brisk 20-minute walk daily. Care teams in Singapore govt hospitals will also be streamlined so that patients only need to see one principal doctor.

22/09/2025

MOH should stop patch-work on leaking pipes. The patch will only last a while before it gives way again. Knee-jerk solutions don’t solve problems. A radical overhaul and systemic changes are necessary when the whole pipe is rusted, writes Tajuddin Rosli.

MOH should stop patch-work on leaking pipes. The patch will only last a while before it gives way again. Knee-jerk solutions don't solve problems. A radical overhaul and systemic changes are necessary when the whole pipe is rusted, writes Tajuddin Rosli.

22/09/2025

MOH admits that affordability remains a “major barrier” to eating Suku-Suku Separuh meals that risks becoming a “privilege for the few”, warning that the stretched public health care system cannot indefinitely absorb escalating costs of long-term NCD care.

MOH admits that affordability remains a “major barrier” to eating Suku-Suku Separuh meals that risks becoming a “privilege for the few”, warning that the stretched public health care system cannot indefinitely absorb escalating costs of long-term NCD care.

22/09/2025

Agriculture Minister Mohamad Sabu says Suku-Suku Separuh affordability doesn’t reflect limited local food supply, but rather is a healthy eating strategy. KPKM is working on raising self-sufficiency for basic foods amid rising costs of agricultural inputs.

Agriculture Minister Mohamad Sabu says Suku-Suku Separuh affordability doesn't reflect limited local food supply, but rather is a healthy eating strategy. KPKM is working on raising self-sufficiency for basic foods amid rising costs of agricultural inputs.

19/09/2025

Kazakhstan Trade and Integration Minister Arman Shakkaliyev’s courtesy call to Malaysia’s Agriculture and Food Security Minister Mohamad Sabu discussed potential collaboration, like opening market access for Malaysian agricultural products to Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan Trade and Integration Minister Arman Shakkaliyev's courtesy call to Malaysia's Agriculture and Food Security Minister Mohamad Sabu discussed potential collaboration, like opening market access for Malaysian agricultural products to Kazakhstan.

19/09/2025

MCA deputy president Dr Mah Hang Soon says the proposed Paramedics Practitioners Bill shouldn’t only focus on regulation, but also the welfare and recognition of medical assistants. Their qualifications should be upgraded from diploma to degree.

MCA deputy president Dr Mah Hang Soon says the proposed Paramedics Practitioners Bill shouldn't only focus on regulation, but also the welfare and recognition of medical assistants. Their qualifications should be upgraded from diploma to degree.