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Media melaporkan hari ini Raja-Raja Melayu menggesa semua pihak yang terlibat dalam pertikaian takhta Yang di-Pertuan Besar Negeri Sembilan supaya mencari penyelesaian secara bermaruah melalui saluran yang sah, sambil memberi amaran agar krisis itu tidak dipolitikkan. Dalam kenyataan pertama mereka berhubung krisis itu, Raja-Raja Melayu turut menyeru pihak luar supaya tidak mencampuri urusan berkenaan dan menegaskan bahawa penyelesaiannya perlu diserahkan kepada pihak berkepentingan serta berautoriti. “Isu yang sedang dihadapi, jangan sama sekali dijadikan bahan politik, modal untuk meraih sokongan atau ruang untuk meningkatkan pengaruh atau medan untuk memenuhi agenda perebutan kuasa. “Kenyataan-kenyataan yang bercanggah dan kurang bertanggungjawab hanya akan mengeruhkan keadaan, meningkatkan ketegangan, mengelirukan rakyat dan mencemarkan kemuliaan institusi diraja,” menurut kenyataan yang dikeluarkan Penyimpan Mohor Besar Raja-Raja, Syed Danial Syed Ahmad, hari ini. Raja-Raja Melayu...

The Malaysian official news agency Bernama reported the country's King, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Ibrahim, today attended the 273rd Conference of Rulers' Meeting at Istana Negara, Kuala Lumpur, chaired by the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Shah. Also attending were the Raja of Perlis Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Jamalullail, the Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, the Sultan of Kedah Al-Aminul Karim Sultan Sallehuddin Sultan Badlishah and the Sultan of Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah Ibni Almathum Paduka Ayahanda Sultan Ahmad Shah Al Musta'in Billah. The Regent of Terengganu Tengku Muhammad Ismail, the Crown Prince of Kelantan Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Petra and the Tunku Temenggong of Johor Tunku Idris Iskandar Sultan Ibrahim also attended the meeting. The meeting was also attended by state governors – the Yang Dipertua Negeri of Melaka Tun Dr Mohd Ali Rustam, the Yang Dipertua Negeri of Sarawak Tun Dr. Wan Junaidi Tuanku J...

Sarawak’s Deputy Minister of Education, Innovation and Talent Development Datuk Dr Annuar Rapaee ( picture, top ) reportedly said the  Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) holders do not need to pass Bahasa Melayu to qualify for Sarawak’s Free Tertiary Education Scheme (FTES). As reported by FMT yesterday, he said eligibility depended on meeting the academic and programme-specific admission requirements of the four participating institutions – Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus, University of Technology Sarawak (UTS), Curtin University Malaysia and i-CATS University College. Referring to The Borneo Post 's news report, FMT quoted him as saying that UEC holders did not need to pass Bahasa Melayu to qualify for admission. However,  Annuar Rapaee  said they should be proficient in English as it is the main language of instruction at the four institutions. “They do not need Bahasa Melayu to qualify for entry into our four universities or to receive free tert...