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Penang senior citizens collect appreciation money

Penang senior citizens collect appreciation money

By Ann Tan from The Star Long queues formed outside selected banks here as senior citizens came to collect the RM100 promised to them under the state’s appreciation programme. Among them were Lim Tian Hong and his wife Ang Sek Choo who caught public attention when they arrived in a trishaw. Lim, 71, found it difficult to get... 

Population debate more than immigration

Population debate more than immigration

 April 5, 2010 - 10:29AM AAP   The debate on Australia's population is more than an "old style immigration debate", the first federal minister for the issue says. Tony Burke was on Saturday appointed population minister, after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd succumbed to growing public pressure to better evaluate what numbers the... 

Rudd flips on ‘big Australia’

Rudd flips on ‘big Australia’

From The Age JOSH GORDON April 4, 2010 THE federal government will consider slashing Australia's annual migration intake to help tackle concerns about traffic congestion, housing, hospitals, water and the environment. Just months after declaring himself in favour of a ''big Australia'', Prime Minister Kevin Rudd yesterday... 



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