MALAYSIA DEWAN NEGARA ORDER PAPER http://www.parlimen.gov.my TRANSLATION [Authoritative Copy - Bahasa Malaysia] THURSDAY, 25 JUNE 2015, AT 10.00 AM No. 15 QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWERS 1. PN-1332-L22336 Dato' Muhammad Olian b Abdullah to ask the PRIME MINISTER to state the measures taken to reassure the Tabung Haji depositors that the investments made by the institution is absolutely safe and profitable to the depositors, and their savings will not be affected following the issue of the land purchased by Tabung Haji at the Tun Razak Exchange from the 1Malaysia Development Berhad. 2. PN-1332-L22137 Datuk Seri Nalla K. S. to ask the MINISTER OF RURAL AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT to state the Ministry's plan to improve the socio-economic status of Orang Asli in the country to be in line with the mainstream development. The form of provision or development, especially for the Orang Asli in the 11th Malaysia Plan. 3. PN-1332-L22922 Datuk Megat Zulkarnain bin Tan Sri Omardin to ask the MINISTER OF FINANCE to state whether there are special programmes carried out to help the bankrupt before they were declared bankrupt, especially to the youth, to help them to solve the problem as they have a long future to think about. 4. PN-1332-L22795 Dato' Dr. Johari bin Mat to ask the MINISTER OF URBAN WELLBEING, HOUSING AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT to state to what extent is the role of Local Authority (PBT) in preparing and providing modern and quality services for the benefit and welfare of the local community. 2 OPDN 25/6/2015 5. PN-1332-L22682 Dato' Dr. Asyraf Wajdi bin Dato' Dusuki to ask the PRIME MINISTER to state whether the Government has prepared strategies and a comprehensive action plan in the form of "Blue Ocean Stratregy" (BOS) by combining the cooperation of the various agencies and organisations in addressing the social problems that are getting worse in the country. 6. PN-1332-L22665 Dato' Goonasakaran A/L Raman to ask the MINISTER OF EDUCATION to state the efforts of the Ministry to improve Malay Language proficiency among students who are non-native speaker especially in SJK (T) and SJK (C). 7. PN-1332-L22497 Tuan Wilfred Yong Chen Leong to ask the PRIME MINISTER to state how is the country's and the people's achievements in terms of the income of the people, economic strength, level of education and knowledge, innovation and creativity in moving towards a developed nation by 2020. 8. PN-1332-L22098 Dr. Syed Husin Ali to ask the MINISTER OF COMMUNICATION AND MULTIMEDIA to state whether the Government intends to abolish the no- censorship guarantee on the Multimedia Super Corridor to meet the policy of the CyberSecurity Malaysia. 9. PN-1332-L22349 Datuk Norliza binti Abdul Rahim to ask the MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT to state the legislation and guidelines regarding coastal reclamation for development in the country, and the department which confirmed the reclamation methods are safe for development. 10. PN-1332-L22593 Datuk Hajah Noriah binti Mahat to ask the MINISTER OF FINANCE to state the number of traders that has been charged under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Act 2014 since it came into force. 11. PN-1332-L22872 Datuk Yahaya bin Mat Ghani to ask the PRIME MINISTER to state the statistics of unemployment rate from 2013 to June 2015 and the Government's measures to tackle the unemployment problem, especially for university graduates. The achievement of Talent Corporation to date. 12. PN-1332-L22300 Datuk Jamilah Sulaiman to ask the MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT to state to what extent the lands that being encroached in Cameron Highland area has been restored, and the action taken to ensure that similar incidents will not recur. 13. PN-1332-L22533 Dato' Haji Mohd Suhaimi bin Abdullah to ask the MINISTER OF HEALTH to state the number of Rohingya refugees rescued recently that brings with them diseases such as HIV Aids and other infectious diseases. OPDN 25/6/2015 3 14. PN-1332-L22740 Datuk S. Vigneswaran A/L M. Sanasee to ask the MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT to state the action taken to address environmental problems, especially the water and river pollution. Whether the legislated law is sufficient to find the solution to the problems. Whether the Ministry has not been strict enough in the implementation of the law. 15. PN-1332-L22278 Puan Shahanim binti Mohamad Yusoff to ask the MINISTER OF WOMEN, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT to state the Ministry's plan to help the homeless especially in term of food distribution and homeless management centre as the number of homeless is seen to be growing every year. 16. PN-1332-L22288 Dato' Dr. Hou Kok Chung to ask the MINISTER OF EDUCATION to state the number of international students being offered government scholarship to study in Malaysia for the past 3 years, and the total amount of sponsorship, as well as the breakdown of recipients by country. 17. PN-1332-L22258 Datuk Dr. Lucas Umbul to ask the MINISTER OF HEALTH to state whether the Ministry intends to require the registration of traditional and complementary medicine practitioners to provide assistance in terms of training, courses, quality improvement and continuous monitoring. 18. PN-1332-L22637 Dato' Chai Kim Sen to ask the MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRO- BASED INDUSTRY to state the updates and the statistics of local durian exports from Malaysia to China. 19. PN-1332-L22427 Tuan Chia Song Cheng to ask the MINISTER OF EDUCATION to state the Ministry'd efforts to promote interest in sports among the pupils. 20. PN-1332-L22628 Datuk Yoo Wei How to ask the MINISTER OF HEALTH to state the Ministry's commitment to reduce waiting time at public hospitals and clinics, which are said to be more than a half than the time to see a doctor. 21. PN-1332-L22583 Datuk Prof. Dr. Sim Kui Hian to ask the MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS to state the frequency of the operation to arrest the illegal immigrants in Sarawak, and the estimated number of illegal immigrants in Sarawak according to sex and country of origin. 22. PN-1332-L22068 Datin Rahimah binti Haji Mahamad to ask the MINISTER OF EDUCATION to state :- (a) the Government's seriousness in upholding the Malay Language despite the policy constraints, the implementation and the current situation; and 4 OPDN 25/6/2015 (b) whether the Government intends to empower the use of the Malay Language at the international level, started with the cooperation with its kindred country, Indonesia that shares many similarities. 23. PN-1332-L22454 Dato' Haji Mohd. Salim bin Sharif to ask the PRIME MINISTER to state whether the Government intends to extend the ESSCOM concept to monitor the border areas nationwide, following its role that combined enforcement agencies under one roof to facilitate the monitoring and implementation of law, as happened in ESSZONE, Sabah. 24. PN-1332-L22117 Tuan Haji Abdul Shukor bin Mohd Sultan to ask the MINISTER OF COMMUNICATION AND MULTIMEDIA to state :- (a) why mobile phone prepaid card which subject to GST is still being debated between the MCMC and the Customs Department, which also confuse the consumers, particularly youth and students, the majority that use this prepaid card; and (b) the responsible agency in this context. 25. PN-1332-L22647 Tuan Chong Sin Woon to ask the MINISTER OF EDUCATION to state to what extent the Vocational Education Transformation Plan through Basic Vocational Education (PAV) subjects is able to attract interest of the students to continue their studies at vocational level and then to tertiary level. 26. PN-1332-L22088 Dr. Syed Husin Ali to ask the PRIME MINISTER to state whether the Government intends to raise the salary of civil servants, or give an extra bonus from the GST revenue. 27. PN-1332-L22692 Puan Hajah Mariany binti Mohammad Yit to ask the MINISTER OF ENERGY, GREEN TECHNOLOGY AND WATER to state in detail the status and detailed terms and new conditions of the Bid To Extend The Term of Power Purchase Agreement (PPA Extension) for the First Generation of Independent Power Producers (IPP) like YTL, Powertek, Malakof and Tenaga Nasional Bhd to ensure the sustainability of electricity generation which will be critical by 2018. 28. PN-1332-L22726 Datuk S. Vigneswaran A/L M. Sanasee to ask the MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS to state the details of the Standard Operating Procedures for Police officers who were reported to have accepted bribes. The next course of action taken by the Ministry after the suspension and investigation were conducted against these officers. Most of the reports status were not disclosed until it caused the people to question the accountability of the Police. OPDN 25/6/2015 5 29. PN-1332-L22775 Puan S. Bagiam a/p Ayem Perumal to ask the PRIME MINISTER to state the agency or individual who would be appointed to carry out the action plan for the Indian community under the "Blueprint" dedicated to the Indians. This is because the main problem in the distribution of funds in the past was "non- deliveries" of all the provisions to the people at the grassroots level which reduced the voters confidence in the Government. 30. PN-1332-L22558 Puan Hajah Khairiah binti Mohamed to ask the MINISTER OF ENERGY, GREEN TECHNOLOGY AND WATER to state the loss suffered by Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) due to the decline in its share prices in 2015, and the causes of the decline. 31. PN-1332-L22891 Tuan Zali bin Mat Yasin to ask the PRIME MINISTER to state that the Malaysian Government has been willing to help the Rohingya refugees on humanitarian grounds.