30% Production rebate for movies filmed in Malaysia

International and local movies filmed in Malaysia will be given a production incentive of 30% from this year, said Information, Communications and Culture Minister DAtuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim.

He said locally-made international movies, with a minumum cost of RM5mil while filming in Malayisa , would be entitled to the incentive while local movies would have to spend a minimum of RM2.5mil to qualify.

"The move is to encourage the filming of international movies in Malaysia and the growth of the local movie industry."

No decision yet on SBPA reclaim

The Government has not decided on reclaiming money which may have been disbursed under the recently scrapped New Public Services Remuneration Scheme (SBPA)

Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Donald Lim dismissed media reports yesterday that civil servants and pensioners who received substantial pay rises, will have to return any excess to the Government now that the scheme has been scrapped, calling them inaccurate.

Indon maid for only one chore

The fresh batch of Indonesian maids bound for Malaysia will be trained in four household chores but will employed to carry out only one task for their prospective bosses.

Means that, if the maid is employed as a cook, she will only be tasked with chores related to cooking and will not be doing any others duties, such as baby- sitting or washing clothes.

What do you think about it? Do you agree with above statement?
Just cook for the family and will get RM700 every months? Is it worth for the pay and their job function?
Even you just a clerk in a small company and the company pay you RM1000, your job task is not only do the documentation job or just pick up the call, right?