KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 — The Rural and Regional Development Ministry and the Plantation and Commodities Ministry are preparing a Cabinet paper to address various problems plaguing rubber smallholders in the country.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 — The Rural and Regional Development Ministry will implement the Pre-Tahfiz Kindergarten Programme in 10,843 kindergartens of the Community Development Department (Kemas) to empower children with al-Quran education.

KUCHING, Sept 24 — The Community Development Department (Kemas) has entered into a strategic partnership with Telekom Malaysia to provide internet Internet in all its preschools (tabika), said Rural and Regional Development Deputy Minister Datuk Rubiah Wang.

KUALA TERENGGANU, June 23 — The Community Development Department (Kemas) has allocated RM18.9 million this year for the development of rural entrepreneurs nationwide.

KOTA SAMARAHAN, June 3 — The Rural and Regional Development Ministry is still in the process of restructuring the salary scale scheme of kindergarten teachers under the Community Development Department (Kemas).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 — Community Development Department (Kemas) kindergartens should postpone all activities outside the classroom if the weather is too hot.

JERTIH, Dec 30 — A total of 212 Community Development Department (Kemas) kindergartens, in three states, were affected by flooding on December 18.

KUANTAN, May 28 — A total of 180 Community Development Department (Kemas) preschools (tabika) and nurseries (taska) have been closed due to the hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) as of yesterday.

KOTA BHARU, Jan 23 — The government yesterday announced all school teachers under the Education Ministry (MOE) nationwide are now allowed to get involved in politics with immediate effect, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 14 — About 11,000 Community Development Department (Kemas) preschool (Tabika) teachers will be upgraded from diploma graduates to bachelor's degrees, said Rural Development Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid.

BUTTERWORTH,  Nov 14 — All kindergartens and child care centres under the Social Welfare Department (Kemas) will be fully operational by January next year.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 19 — Kemas Kindergartens’ face-to-face school session which is supposed to start tomorrow nationwide has been postponed to a date that will be announced later.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 — A total of 383 Community Development Department (Kemas) preschools (tabika) and nurseries (taska) have been closed to date, said its director-general Datuk Mohamad Yasid Bidin.

DUNGUN, Oct 1 — The Terengganu Community Development Department (Kemas) has confirmed that one of its tabika (kindergarten) in Al Muktafi Billah Shah near Bukit Besi here has been closed starting today after a staff member tested positive for Covid-19.