Archive for November 16th, 2008

Probe Into Angkasawan’s Income

Zul • November 16th, 2008 • All Things Malaysia

A news portal recently caused a stir after allegedly claiming that Malaysia’s very first angkasawan, Datuk Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor chalked up more than RM1 million in income through a series of talks to corporate companies.
According to the source, a total of 150 companies which invited Muszaphar for talk were billed RM8,000 per hour, and [...]



Citigroup Ready to Lay Off More Staff

Zul • November 16th, 2008 • All Around The World

Citigroup, one of the largest financial services companies in the world, is bracing for another round of staff layoff as the company is struggling to get back to their feet from financial downturn.
The company last week was reported to have made the move in notifying more than 9,000 unfortunate employees who will be laid off [...]



Illegal Job Agencies On the Rise in Sabah

Zul • November 16th, 2008 • All Things Malaysia

It is learnt that at the moment, there is only one licensed job agency in Sabah.
However, Malaysia’s Human Resource Minister, Datuk Dr. S Subramaniam was surprised with a finding that numerous jobs have been advertised by a large number of illegal job agencies in the local newspapers.
Many of the jobs offer the opportunities for local [...]