Gerakan Youth Secretary General, Dr Dominic Lau today criticizes the act of raiding an appreciation dinner held in Damansara Utama Methodist Church by the Selangor Islamic Affairs Department.  Dr Dominic views the act of JAIS as highly inconsiderate, insensitive and disrespectful as the body has disrupted a peaceful community event.  And clearly, JAIS had not been sensitive enough when dealing with matters related to religion for it is a common sense that religious issues are sensitive issues in this country.   What is more disappointing is that JAIS was unable to produce proof of complaint when raiding the dinner, this shows how incompetent and barbaric the organization is.

“JAIS cannot be allowed to behave this way for it will be disruptive to any other community events in the future and it will definitely create anger and dissatisfaction among the public,” said Dr Dominic.

Gerakan Environment, Security & Quality of Life Bureau Chief, Dr Cheah Soon Hai today expresses his concern over the repetition of severe road accident that often happens at the highway.  He also said that usually these accidents involve commercial vehicles like busses or lorries.

“Hari Raya Puasa is just around the corner, meaning there will be a lot of cars traveling on the highway to balik kampong for the festive season, and it is crucial that the authority carry out the necessary action to minimize unwanted tragedy,” said Dr Cheah.  He urges JPJ to strengthen their operation by carrying out roadblocks to check on commercial vehicle drivers on the road to ensure that they are fit to drive.

民政党环境、安全及生活素质局主任谢顺海医生今日对于高速公路经常发生严重恐怖死亡车祸表示关注。他也指出，通常这些意外车祸都涉及商用交通工具，如巴士和罗里。

“开斋节即将来临，届时将会有很多人在这佳节期间返乡，高速公路上将会有大量的车辆行驶。有关当局应该在这紧要时刻采取必要的防范行动，以减少不必要的悲剧发生。”谢顺海医生说。他也呼吁陆路交通局展开路障行动，以检查商业交通工具司机，以确保他们的精神状态适合驾驶。

Gerakan Youth Secretary General, Dr Dominic Lau today urges the Ministry of Education to set up a special task force committee to identify the root course of the trend of students jumping off school building and to find out a long term preventive measure to handle this issue, especially bettering the counseling system in school in order to avoid such trend from worsening.  Gerakan Youth is willing to be part of the committee to help the Ministry of Education to resolve this problem.
 
Dr Dominic was referring to the news involving a 13 year old secondary school girl who jumped off the building when he made the above statement.  He also expresses his deepest sympathy to the family of the school girl.
 
Dr Dominic pointed out that there has been a number of recurrences of students jumping off school buildings over the past few months which seems to have become a trend.  The students nowadays could not cope with daily life pressure and many would imitate suicide cases by choosing to end their life whenever they meet with obstacles in life.

民青团总秘书刘华才博士今日促请我国教育部成立一个特别工作委员会，以对已成为一个不良趋势的学生跳楼问题进行深入探讨，并找出其问题根源，同时寻求长期的防范措施，特别是加强学校的辅导工作，避免有关问题进一步恶化。民青团愿意成为有关委员会的成员之一，以协助我国教育部共同解决此问题。
 
刘华才博士是对于日前又有一名13岁女中学生在学校跳楼受伤事件表示关注及发表上述呼吁。他也对伤者的家属致上深切的慰问。
 
刘华才博士指出，学生跳楼事件接二连三发生，这俨然已经成了一种趋势。现今的学生无法承受种种压力，遇到问题时，他们就会有样学样地选择轻生了事。

In response to the consultative meeting dated 27 July, 2011 at WISMA Perkeso, we from Sedar Institute is in the opinion that minimum wage is a legal right which covers all workers in Malaysia regardless of their nationality.  A minimum wage is the lowest hourly, daily or monthly salary legally due to the employee by the employer.  The purpose of having a minimum wage bill is to prevent exploitation and eradicate poverty and it is especially important during a time when the nation is faced with tremendous inflation where price hike on goods have led to great burden to the public especially the blue collar group.