News about Dewan Negara

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 14): The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC) has proposed to the National Security Council (MKN) to open Langkawi (pictured) to tourists from several selected countries under the ongoing pilot tourism bubble project.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 12): Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob on Tuesday tabled the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) in the Dewan Negara.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 2): The Dewan Negara special sitting scheduled from Aug 3 to 5 has now also been postponed until further notice.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 5): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will advise the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to hold a five-day special parliamentary sitting from July 26 to 29 as well as on Aug 2 for the Dewan Rakyat, and another three days from Aug 3 to 5 for Dewan Negara.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 30): Yang di-Pertuan Agong has decreed that parliamentary sittings should reconvene before Aug 1, 2021, according to Dewan Negara President Tan Sri Dr Rais Yatim and Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 12): The government expects to disclose the mechanism on the implementation of a targeted petroleum subsidy system by early next year,  Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Amiruddin Hamzah said today.

  PETALING JAYA (Dec 13): The National Housing Policy (DRN) 2.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 17): A total of 5,851 out of 6,534 cases of housing developers who did not abide by the sale and purchase agreement since 2013 to May 31 this year have been settled by the National Housing Tribunal, Bernama reported yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 18): The government should establish a Land Tribunal to regulate the sale and purchase of land, especially Malay reserve land, according to Dewan Negara president Tan Sri Abu Zahar Ujang (pictured).