According to comprehensive news from Putrajaya, recently Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar announced that civil servants will receive a salary increase of over 13% starting from December this year, which is the largest salary increase in Malaysian civil servants history, involving an amount of approximately RM10 billion.

It is understood that the population of Malaysia34 million, of which 1.6 million are civil servants. This means that one in every 21 people in the country is a civil servant, making it one of the countries with the highest percentage of civil servants and population in the world. The salary and retirement benefits of a large civil servant team are major expenditure items in the budget every year. Therefore, the salary increase for civil servants has a significant impact on the government's financial situation.

Malaysian Prime Minister Anhua said that the salary increase for civil servants is a reasonable measure for the government to help civil servants face inflation. Since the 13% salary increase 12 years ago, Malaysian civil servants have not been paid any more. The details of the salary increase for civil servants will be announced in the 2025 fiscal budget submitted in October. It is reported that according to the 2024 fiscal budget, the salary of Malaysian civil servants is RM 95.6 billion, accounting for 31.5% of government administrative expenses.

02Anti war demonstrations continue in American universities

Boston Comprehensive News: On April 27th, pro Palestinian anti war demonstrations in American universities continued, and police detained nearly 200 people while clearing protest camps at three universities. The detainee who presents a valid student ID has been released and will face disciplinary action afterwards, but will not be prosecuted by law.

On the same day, Arizona State University had69 people were arrested by the police for illegal intrusion. The school stated that a protest group had set up a campsite on campus and ignored repeated orders to disband them. Most of the members of the group were not students of the school. According to the Indiana Daily Student, 23 people were also arrested while police were clearing campsites at Indiana University in the central United States.

It is reported that large-scale universities across the United StatesCampus demonstrations have been ongoing for several days, with protesters camping on campus, calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and demanding that schools sever ties with Israeli businesses involved. The wave of protests poses a huge challenge to university management, as the university seeks to strike a balance between ensuring freedom of speech commitments and responding to anti Semitic and hate speech complaints brought about by rallies. The University of Florida solemnly declares that faculty members, including professors, who participate in destructive demonstrations prohibited by the university will face dismissal; Students who violate the regulations may be suspended from school.

military affairs

01Indonesia proposes to South Korea to reduce the share of funding for fighter jet development projects

Seoul Comprehensive News: On May 6th, anonymous sources revealed that Indonesia has recently proposed to the South Korean government to reduce the cost that Indonesia needs to pay for the KF-21 fighter jet project to about 600 billion Korean won, while reducing technology transfer from South Korea.

South Korea and IndonesiaIn 2015, the KF-21 fighter jet project was launched to develop a new generation of advanced fighter jets. The cost of the KF-21 fighter jet is cheaper than that of the US F-35 fighter jet. Although its stealth function is not as advanced as the F-35 fighter jet, it still possesses advanced avionics technology. This project is expected to cost 8.8 trillion Korean won. According to the agreement, the Korean Defense Procurement Program Administration bears 60% of the costs, while the Korean Aerospace Industry and the Indonesian government each bear 20%. Indonesia originally promised to pay the joint project fee in full by 2026 in 2016Using 20% of the total amount, which is approximately 1.6 trillion Korean won, the payment of assessed contributions was later interrupted due to insufficient budget and other reasons. As of March this year, the late fee is approximately 1 trillion Korean won.

01Kundas fined 10 million yuan for selling Ghost Flight seats

Sydney Comprehensive News: Recently,Qantas Airways and the Australian Competition and Consumer Council have reached a settlement, agreeing to pay a fine of AUD 10 million for the "Ghost Flight" scandal involved. As part of the settlement agreement, Kundas will also pay compensation of AUD 20 million to the 86000 affected passengers. In addition to refunds, passengers who purchase domestic flight tickets will receive compensation of AUD 225, while affected international flight passengers will receive compensation of AUD 450.

This is the highest fine ever paid by Qantas Airways and one of the highest fines in the global aviation industry. Australian Competition and Consumer CouncilKundas acknowledges that although tens of thousands of flights have been cancelled, they continue to sell seats on these flights through advertising, misleading consumersIt has had a significant impact on consumer travel arrangements.

02Microsoft announces the establishment of its first data center in Thailand

Bangkok Comprehensive News: Recently,Microsoft announces the establishment of its first artificial intelligence infrastructure data center in Thailand as part of expanding Microsoft's rapidly growing business in Southeast Asia, and promises to help over100000 Thai people receive AI skills training.Microsoft stated thatThis new data center will be globalOne of 300 such data centers.

It is understood that,Microsoft CEO Nadella is visiting three Southeast Asian countries to promote Microsoft'sAI technologyPreviously,Nadella said after meeting with Indonesian President Joko in Jakarta that Microsoft will invest1.7 billion US dollars to build cloud computing and AI infrastructure in Indonesia.third personArtificial intelligence will bring up to1 trillion US dollarsThe value of.