{"id":6983,"date":"2020-11-25T11:44:25","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T03:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=6983"},"modified":"2020-11-25T11:44:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T03:44:29","slug":"rural-infrastructure-online-class-by-public-universities-among-issues-in-parliament-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=6983","title":{"rendered":"Rural infrastructure, online class by public universities among issues in Parliament today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, 25 Nov &nbsp;&#8212; Issues on&nbsp;basic infrastructure in the rural areas of Sabah and online classes&nbsp;by institutions of higher learning are&nbsp;expected to be raised at the Dewan Rakyat today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Order Paper of the Parliament sitting today, the issues will be raised during the questions for oral answers session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0Datuk Zakaria Mohd Edris (Bersatu-Libaran) will pose a question to\u00a0the Minister of Rural Development on the status of rural basic infrastructure projects in Sabah, especially on\u00a0road projects, as well as the provision of electricity and\u00a0water supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The issue on education will be raised by Datuk Mohd Nizar Zakaria (BN-Parit) through a question to the Higher Education Minister on proactive measures by public universities in preparing &nbsp;online class schedules,&nbsp; particularly for new students and&nbsp; actions to ensure that none of them &nbsp;is left out in following their course syllabus and field of study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There will also be a question by Noorita Sual (PH-Tenom) to the Communications and Multimedia Minister\u00a0 on\u00a0measures to enhance the communication system and Internet access, especially in the rural areas in Sabah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3bfab9582b39b536cf93ed195e18ee8b5ef0366898ff7-1024x503.jpg\" alt=\"rural\" class=\"wp-image-5033\" width=\"476\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3bfab9582b39b536cf93ed195e18ee8b5ef0366898ff7-1024x503.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3bfab9582b39b536cf93ed195e18ee8b5ef0366898ff7-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3bfab9582b39b536cf93ed195e18ee8b5ef0366898ff7-768x378.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3bfab9582b39b536cf93ed195e18ee8b5ef0366898ff7-203x100.jpg 203w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3bfab9582b39b536cf93ed195e18ee8b5ef0366898ff7-350x172.jpg 350w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3bfab9582b39b536cf93ed195e18ee8b5ef0366898ff7-800x393.jpg 800w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3bfab9582b39b536cf93ed195e18ee8b5ef0366898ff7.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Sim Chee Keong (PH-Bukit Mertajam) will ask Finance Minister for&nbsp;details on the LAKSANA programme and the reason for&nbsp;the poor response to some of the schemes carried out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the question and answer session, the house will proceed with the&nbsp;winding up of the debate on the Supply Bill 2021&nbsp;by the ministries involved at the policy-level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of yesterday,&nbsp; eight ministries had completed winding up the debate on the bill which began last&nbsp;Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They included the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry, Higher Education Ministry, Agriculture and Food Industry Ministry, Home Ministry and the Communications and Multimedia Ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Parliament\u2019s calendar, the third meeting&nbsp;of the Third Term of the 14th&nbsp;Parliament is for 27 days until Dec 15 with the winding-up of the debate on Budget 2021 at the policy-level by the ministers concerned&nbsp;Nov 9 to 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernama.com\/en\/news.php?id=1904994\">BERNAMA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR, 25 Nov &nbsp;&#8212; Issues on&nbsp;basic infrastructure in the rural areas of Sabah and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[524,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nation","category-politics"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3bfab9582b39b536cf93ed195e18ee8b5ef0366898ff7.jpg",1080,531,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3bfab9582b39b536cf93ed195e18ee8b5ef0366898ff7-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3bfab9582b39b536cf93ed195e18ee8b5ef0366898ff7-300x148.jpg",300,148,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3bfab9582b39b536cf93ed195e18ee8b5ef0366898ff7-768x378.jpg",640,315,true],"large":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3bfab9582b39b536cf93ed195e18ee8b5ef0366898ff7-1024x503.jpg",640,314,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3bfab9582b39b536cf93ed195e18ee8b5ef0366898ff7.jpg",1080,531,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3bfab9582b39b536cf93ed195e18ee8b5ef0366898ff7.jpg",1080,531,false],"newsium-slider-full":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3bfab9582b39b536cf93ed195e18ee8b5ef0366898ff7.jpg",1080,531,false],"newsium-featured":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3bfab9582b39b536cf93ed195e18ee8b5ef0366898ff7.jpg",1024,503,false],"newsium-medium":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3bfab9582b39b536cf93ed195e18ee8b5ef0366898ff7.jpg",720,354,false]},"author_info":{"info":["Editor"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?cat=524\" rel=\"category\">Nation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?cat=15\" rel=\"category\">Politics<\/a>","tag_info":"Politics","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6984,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6983\/revisions\/6984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}