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KUALA LUMPUR -- Istana Negara today launched the Tabung Harapan Malaysia (THM) collection in an effort to help the government in reducing national debt. Comptroller of the Royal Household Datuk Pengelola Bijaya Diraja Datuk Wan Ahmad Dahlan Ab. Aziz said the launching of the THM at the Istana Negara level was a manifestation of the solidarity and togetherness of the 650 members of the palace staff in agreeing with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Muhammad V to contribute 10 percent of the King's salary and emolument each month to help in reducing national debt. No target has been set for the collection of the fund because what is important is the sentiments of the Istana Negara staff to help this beloved nation. The collection of the fund will run for two weeks beginning today, he said when met by reporters after the THM Launching Ceremony at the Istana Negara Level, at Istana Negara. In addition, he said, the initiative to launch the fun

KUALA LUMPUR -- Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has taken a swipe at Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak over the latter's remark that Pakatan Harapan policies would bring the country to 'a  bygone era'. In a statement today, Dr Mahathir noted that the bygone era was the era when Malaysia was known as an 'Asian Tiger'. The term referred to several Southeast Asian countries enjoying robust economy in the 1990s before it all came crashing down in the Asian financial crisis. Dr Mahathir wondered if the people would prefer to return to the era of Najib's administration when he helmed the country as prime minister. "Is he saying that the people should be taken back to the era when the nation was known as a kleptocracy led by a kleptocrat?" he said. It was reported that Najib made the claim when debating the motion of thanks on the Royal Address at the Dewan Rakyat on Thursday. -- BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR -- Komplikasi kronik yang wujud akibat penyakit kes penyakit tangan, kaki dan mulut (HFMD) berisiko mengundang maut, kata Pakar Perubatan Kesihatan Awam Bahagian Kawalan Penyakit Kementerian Kesihatan Dr Norita Shamsudin. Katanya, meskipun HFMD ini merupakan penyakit jangkitan ringan, namun risikonya tinggi sekiranya tidak dirawat lebih awal. Jangkitan virus khususnya Enterovirus 71 (EV71), kemungkinan akan ada komplikasi seperti dehidrasi, radang otak, kegagalan jantung dan paru-paru dan akhirnya menyebabkan kematian. Itu yang kita risau sebab majoriti kes HFMD tahun ini disebabkan EV71 sememangnya boleh menyebabkan komplikasi. Pada tahun 2015 dan 2016, virus Coxsackie A16 dikenal pasti sebagai penyebab utama berlaku HFMD. Namun berdasarkan pemantauan sampel tahun ini, lebih 50 peratus daripadanya (kes) disebabkan EV71 apabila kanak-kanak yang dijangkiti tidak mempunyai daya ketahanan terhadap virus terse

KUALA LUMPUR --  Kes bekas Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak yang didakwa atas tuduhan pecah amanah dan salah guna kuasa berkaitan dana SRC International Sdn Bhd berjumlah RM42 juta dijangka didengar di hadapan Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi baharu. Sumber daripada mahkamah hari ini mengesahkan bahawa Hakim Datuk Mohd Sofian Abd Razak yang sebelum ini mendengar kes Najib akan ditukarkan ke Mahkamah Tinggi Sivil 10 bermula 1 Ogos ini. Ia adalah rutin biasa untuk seseorang Hakim ditukarkan ke mahkamah lain, kata sumber. Sumber lain berkata pula surat pertukaran itu telah ditandatangani Hakim Besar Malaya Tan Sri Zaharah Ibrahim awal minggu ini. Difahamkan Hakim Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali dari Mahkamah Tinggi Dagang 1 akan menggantikan tempat Hakim Mohd Sofian di Mahkamah Jenayah 3. Bagaimanapun Bernama melaporkan usaha media untuk menemui Mohd Sofian gagal kerana hakim itu sedang mendengar perbicaraan kes. Pada 4 Julai, Na