A meeting involving several ministries and religious departments will be held soon to iron out issues regarding the religious status of a child when a parent converts to Islam.
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Maj-Gen (R) Jamil Khir Baharom said the closed-door meeting might also involve religious associations.
He said he would meet his colleagues in the Prime Minister's Department - Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz who is in charge of legal affairs and Dr Koh Tsu Koon who is responsible for issues on racial relations - to get their opinion on the meeting.
The ministries involved are the Human Resources, and Women, Family and Community Development, he was quoted as saying by Bernama.
He was asked to comment on the cabinet's decision pertaining to the religious status of a child, which sparked a debate among Malaysians.
The cabinet decided on April 22 that a child's religion must be in accordance with the common religion at the time of marriage between the parents if the was any dispute regarding the issue.
Seven applications for Toyota Camry
In another development, the Perak state secretary's office has received seven applications from bidders for the Toyota Camry 2.4 cars which the state government is auctioning when call for the tenders closed at noon today.
State principal assistant Secretary (management service division Shamshuzaman Sulaiman said that although there were only seven applications, it did not mean that they were bids for only seven cars.
He said 40 tender documents for the cars were sold, mostly to individuals.
"If we find that there are still cars which are not tendered for, we may extend the tender period," added.
He said the tenders were for the 16 units of Toyota Camry 2.4 used as official cars by executive councillors under the previous coalition government, including the two cars being used by the state assembly speaker and the former menteri besar, .
Shamshuzaman said a special committee would process the tender forms submitted by the bidders and a decision would be made on Wednesday.
The reserve price of each car, purchased at RM157,000, is RM148,000.
The cars bear the registration numbers AGS10, AFD11, AFD22, AFD33, AFD55, AFD66, AFD77, AFD88, AFD99, AFD333, AFD999, AFF33, AFF88, AFF99, AGS828 and AEU606.
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Maj-Gen (R) Jamil Khir Baharom said the closed-door meeting might also involve religious associations.
He said he would meet his colleagues in the Prime Minister's Department - Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz who is in charge of legal affairs and Dr Koh Tsu Koon who is responsible for issues on racial relations - to get their opinion on the meeting.
The ministries involved are the Human Resources, and Women, Family and Community Development, he was quoted as saying by Bernama.
He was asked to comment on the cabinet's decision pertaining to the religious status of a child, which sparked a debate among Malaysians.
The cabinet decided on April 22 that a child's religion must be in accordance with the common religion at the time of marriage between the parents if the was any dispute regarding the issue.
Seven applications for Toyota Camry
In another development, the Perak state secretary's office has received seven applications from bidders for the Toyota Camry 2.4 cars which the state government is auctioning when call for the tenders closed at noon today.
State principal assistant Secretary (management service division Shamshuzaman Sulaiman said that although there were only seven applications, it did not mean that they were bids for only seven cars.
He said 40 tender documents for the cars were sold, mostly to individuals.
"If we find that there are still cars which are not tendered for, we may extend the tender period," added.
He said the tenders were for the 16 units of Toyota Camry 2.4 used as official cars by executive councillors under the previous coalition government, including the two cars being used by the state assembly speaker and the former menteri besar, .
Shamshuzaman said a special committee would process the tender forms submitted by the bidders and a decision would be made on Wednesday.
The reserve price of each car, purchased at RM157,000, is RM148,000.
The cars bear the registration numbers AGS10, AFD11, AFD22, AFD33, AFD55, AFD66, AFD77, AFD88, AFD99, AFD333, AFD999, AFF33, AFF88, AFF99, AGS828 and AEU606.
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