OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT RT DUTY

KUALA LUMPUR: Civil servants who take part in Rukun Tetangga (RT) duty past midnight will get four hours time off the next day. Department of National Unity and Integration director-general Datuk Azman Amin Hassan said that the Public Services Department would soon issue a circular to all government employees.
However, he said the civil servant would only be allowed to do two stints of after-midnight RT duty in a month so he would not take too much time off work.
Speaking to reporters before closing a two-day conference for 250 RT volunteer leaders nationwide, he said they had also asked for an increase in allocation to RT bases. Currently, there are 50,700 RT volunteers who do patrolling duties nationwide in 1,274 RT centres.
In Kuantan, Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said RT members would get to attend an intelligence gathering course to help them detect early signs of potential danger.
“By giving them proper training and knowledge on how to gather information, they can actually help detect early signs of elements that may jeopardise the unity and safety of the community at large,” he said on Saturday.
STAR 24 NOV 2008

Enakmen Baru Kawasan Rukun Tetangga Bakal Dibentang

KUALA LUMPUR: Enakmen baru bagi Kawasan Rukun Tetangga (KRT) akan dibentang di Parlimen tidak lama bagi menggantikan enakmen sedia ada yang dibentangkan pada tahun 1975 di bawah Ordinan Darurat 1969, yang akan dimansuhkan.
Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon berkata, undang-undang baru itu juga akan meliputi Skim Rondaan Sukarela (SRS) di bawah KRT.
"Kabinet bersetuju secara prinsipnya terhadap cadangan undang-undang baru ini, bagi mengukuhkan KRT dan SRS," katanya dalam satu kenyataan di sini, Jumaat.
Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak pada malam Khamis mengumumkan, kerajaan akan membawa usul kepada Parlimen supaya tiga proklamasi darurat yang diisytihar dahulu dan dianggap masih berkuatkuasa sehingga kini ditamatkan.
Usul di bawah Fasal 3, Perkara 150 Perlembagaan Persekutuan itu adalah selaras dengan aspirasi rakyat yang mahukan Malaysia menjadi lebih terbuka lagi dinamik demokrasinya.
Koh berkata, beliau sudah mengatur perbincangan dengan Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz dan Peguam Negara Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail berhubung perkara itu. - BERNAMA