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Youth Traffic Deaths A Cause For Concern

May 19, 2025

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The government is concerned about the high number of road accident fatalities involving youths.

The DPM says youths account for around 90 percent of the average six thousand road fatalities every year, causing a huge loss to the country’s future generations.

Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi says the matter requires urgent intervention, and called on government agencies, youth groups and the private sector to take proactive measures.

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The Border Control and Protection Agency is stepping up preparations along all major entry points, ahead of next week’s ASEAN summit in KL.

This is to ensure a smooth arrival process for the delegates and also to maintain national security.

The government earlier said it is anticipating about 20 thousand delegates, representatives and participants at the summit.

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The Higher Education Ministry has received over 328 thousand applications from SPM and STPM leavers via its UPUonline system to pursue tertiary education in public universities.

In a related development… more than a hundred thousand applications have already been sent in for TVET programs, with the figure expected to rise to 150 thousand before next month’s deadline.

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Errant residents of People’s Housing Projects as well as public housing under DBKL currently owe some 70 million ringgit in unpaid rent…which is affecting maintenance and management of facilities.

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82-year-old former US president Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer, that has already spread to his bones.

This comes nearly a year after he was forced to drop out of the 2024 US election over concerns about his health and age.