tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48005612649964443272024-02-07T20:28:46.571+08:00Things You Must KnowLife without Curiousity is Dull and BoringBuwau98http://www.blogger.com/profile/02978619735716675847noreply@blogger.comBlogger165125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800561264996444327.post-27121779579519719412010-01-01T12:17:00.000+08:002010-01-01T12:35:28.413+08:00Sugar up 20 senSugar will cost 20 sen more per kilogramme from today, with the new price being RM1.65 in the peninsula and RM1.75 in Sabah and Sarawak. <center> </center> Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry secretary-general Datuk Mohd Zain Mohd Dom, who made the announcement yesterday, said the government would also withdraw its subsidy for white bread from today and remove the commodity from the price-control scheme.<br /><br />Government Says<br /><br />i) as the world price of raw sugar has risen sharply, especially since August, from US$0.14 (0.47 sen) to US$0.16 per pound to US$0.27, the government has to raise the price of sugar."<br /><br />ii) an analysis by the ministry indicated that the impact of the price increase on sugar-based products was minimal, about <span style="font-weight: bold;">one sen for canned drinks and a cup of tea. </span><br /><br />iii) "For canned drinks of 325ml with an estimated sugar content of 39g and a cup of tea with an estimated sugar content of 40g, <span style="font-weight: bold;">the impact on the price of the two drinks is 0.8 sen. </span><br /><br />"The highest impact is on <span style="font-weight: bold;">condensed milk. </span><br /><br />"For the 505g can with an estimated sugar content of 228g, the impact on the<span style="font-weight: bold;"> price is 4.6 sen, </span>which is less than five sen." <br /><br />So much for the headlines in today's newspapers and braced ourselves for more "UPs" in the future.Buwau98http://www.blogger.com/profile/02978619735716675847noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800561264996444327.post-39603628241104938612010-01-01T09:20:00.004+08:002010-01-01T09:25:37.619+08:00Happy New Year<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjou0MTQ4_TC4U5Pk2fK1rY_CmrxxDKcCmP8xYmiMS2X9IwUqwT8H5Ef15arTgcWJD8mInd7yc8tKGgnHqoL3m7fAxbXUQSFsUy3uqnRhREcWB7qChjDeZZCBN-wWTodp_OI7nWnjV5xJw/s1600-h/dog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjou0MTQ4_TC4U5Pk2fK1rY_CmrxxDKcCmP8xYmiMS2X9IwUqwT8H5Ef15arTgcWJD8mInd7yc8tKGgnHqoL3m7fAxbXUQSFsUy3uqnRhREcWB7qChjDeZZCBN-wWTodp_OI7nWnjV5xJw/s320/dog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421575863609463586" border="0" /></a><br />You sure cause a lot of miseries to my kind. One for you ..........Buwau98http://www.blogger.com/profile/02978619735716675847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800561264996444327.post-57969714737986461802009-12-30T22:27:00.003+08:002009-12-30T22:32:30.277+08:00Frog Stone<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilHGbRI5b5bGDKNQ6VxyuvhyphenhyphenGwEHFvuRHklJM109JH9O0cvHy9FkhIorCUNk7n2dRESLkKTYrdeW_gjXMcV7kA3VYQ86VLHhvukEpxjtQa67bGm4kzjxOrlGIGiaHXd7Bk3eCRNQOzqG4/s1600-h/frog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 167px; height: 125px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilHGbRI5b5bGDKNQ6VxyuvhyphenhyphenGwEHFvuRHklJM109JH9O0cvHy9FkhIorCUNk7n2dRESLkKTYrdeW_gjXMcV7kA3VYQ86VLHhvukEpxjtQa67bGm4kzjxOrlGIGiaHXd7Bk3eCRNQOzqG4/s320/frog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421036142157477074" border="0" /></a>This is the famous "Frog Stone" which 4 digit punters claim to have magical powers of turning dreams of instant fortune into reality.Buwau98http://www.blogger.com/profile/02978619735716675847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800561264996444327.post-54551046837315383532009-09-30T13:38:00.004+09:002009-09-30T13:42:40.554+09:00Australian describes tsunami aftermath<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG88kVh4_YZ4oHeRzfPDsy1-7KEwVKIO4Nra4gnpG7He2w0KXON5lw0ISKGdBAMldVriOgeFu6DlnToLgpUytcUXwFRDPCe4nKA5njpFyU8GgK5ZOp_7MJ5rYtNXmxY9tW-TxIhYjMmsA/s1600-h/r444705_2152865.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG88kVh4_YZ4oHeRzfPDsy1-7KEwVKIO4Nra4gnpG7He2w0KXON5lw0ISKGdBAMldVriOgeFu6DlnToLgpUytcUXwFRDPCe4nKA5njpFyU8GgK5ZOp_7MJ5rYtNXmxY9tW-TxIhYjMmsA/s320/r444705_2152865.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387115738263790146" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><p class="first" style="font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; ">An Australian woman living in American Samoa has described the terrifying scenes as the island was battered by a strong earthquake and a deadly tsunami.</p><p style="font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; ">Perth woman Sue Whitby and her husband David were woken up about 6.48am (local time) by a powerful 8.3-magnitude quake shaking their Pago Pago home.</p><p style="font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; ">"Our china cabinet was rattling so much that my husband was holding onto that and I was holding on to him," she told ABC News Online.</p><p style="font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; ">"It was terrifying and it seemed to last for two or three minutes; it was really frightening."</p><p style="font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; ">When the earthquake finally finished rocking her home, just when she thought she was safe, the tsunami warning bells began to ring throughout the town.</p><p style="font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; ">"We knew not to go out after we heard that," she said.</p><p style="font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; ">Ms Whitby, who has been living in Pago Pago for 12 months, says much of the power is still out, the airport is closed due to the debris, the roads are blocked and the hospital is flooded.</p><p style="font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; ">And even though the tsunami danger has passed, the death and destruction is all too clear.</p><p style="font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; ">Ms Whitby is still stuck in her home, which is luckily on higher ground, but she is hearing horrible stories from the outside about the deadly disaster.</p><p style="font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; ">She says her friend's brother was driving a bus when the earthquake struck.</p><p style="font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; ">"Water came in and his bus ended up being flooded," she said.</p><p style="font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; ">"He ended up in a mango tree and four of his passengers are missing from the bus."</p><p style="font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; ">Her neighbour's cousin was killed when the nearby village of Leone was destroyed.</p><p style="font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; ">"The village Leone, not far from us, had about six people die ... my neighbour's cousin was killed," she said.</p><p style="font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; ">Another friend's godmother was also killed.</p><p style="font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; "></p><h2 style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; ">Lucky escape</h2><p style="font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; "></p><p style="font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; ">Ms Whitby lives in the higher part of Pago Pago - about 100 feet above ground - but she could see the rising seas from her neighbour's balcony.</p><p style="font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; ">"I do feel sorry for the people living low, just so many people have been affected," she said.</p><p style="font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; ">"A lot of houses have been flooded, businesses may not even open again. It's just a shock really."</p><p style="font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; ">She says many businesses in low-lying areas of Pago Pago have been destroyed.</p><p style="font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; ">Her husband works at the American Samoa ANZ bank and now that the tsunami warning has passed, he has ducked out to survey the damage.</p><p style="font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; ">"The branch at Pago Pago, which is still a distance from the harbour, got flooded," she said.</p><p style="font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; ">"The staff evacuated to the top of the hills behind the branch."</p><p style="font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; ">She says the government has called on people with machinery to come and help clear the roads.</p><p style="font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; ">Ms Whitby says even though the skies are clear and "beautiful" now, she fears the death toll is only going to rise.</p><p style="font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; ">"It really is a beautiful day now, I think the danger has now passed, " she said.</p><p style="font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; ">"But there's still so many people missing, it's going to be some time before we know the true figure."</p></span></div>Buwau98http://www.blogger.com/profile/02978619735716675847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800561264996444327.post-90344438420592573502009-09-28T23:41:00.003+09:002009-09-28T23:45:13.148+09:00MAFIA WARS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLOTVa0RHD_b7dCW6SfGgPCEinU5_PkD50iPNe0Nke1as-5q_y68gHZFeHEqgmjh0k4I97BgBYSevA4hxv0fpn_dCwXWEtm5UCW3JKhtttLvc-IL4nQpnMu0MUnhWWRRcv1fKfMPeb3-8/s1600-h/gameBig_mafiawars.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLOTVa0RHD_b7dCW6SfGgPCEinU5_PkD50iPNe0Nke1as-5q_y68gHZFeHEqgmjh0k4I97BgBYSevA4hxv0fpn_dCwXWEtm5UCW3JKhtttLvc-IL4nQpnMu0MUnhWWRRcv1fKfMPeb3-8/s320/gameBig_mafiawars.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386528946117319810" /></a><br /><div>I have been playing this game for the past 3 months and i found out that it is very addictive and has a vast followers worldwide.<br /><br /></div>Buwau98http://www.blogger.com/profile/02978619735716675847noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800561264996444327.post-85015411374078179752009-06-13T17:51:00.002+09:002009-06-13T17:54:24.901+09:00Perodua D46T<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGepTg4s3TpyNevFCYr26csrLnPDeeWenMYp-Apnsqo4RHZowqAgU_Z5XxGGLcpxP5Ol1PextUXhLmXOd3hxjLqkJZU2Nlf4nnsoxbBr4ouka_hMV9zH4PUOwMyXXVl1rSwT_IbeDYLUY/s1600-h/insidepix1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGepTg4s3TpyNevFCYr26csrLnPDeeWenMYp-Apnsqo4RHZowqAgU_Z5XxGGLcpxP5Ol1PextUXhLmXOd3hxjLqkJZU2Nlf4nnsoxbBr4ouka_hMV9zH4PUOwMyXXVl1rSwT_IbeDYLUY/s320/insidepix1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346732321261541362" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>This is Perodua’s new 1.5-litre seven-seater MPV due for launch in November . The new car, Perodua D46T, was seen on a test drive in Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur. Perodua managing director Datuk Syed Abdull Hafiz Syed Abu Bakar had said that the car is expected to be priced between RM60,000 and RM65,000. The Perodua D46T is based on the Toyota Passo Sette. </b></span></span></div>Buwau98http://www.blogger.com/profile/02978619735716675847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800561264996444327.post-57913863430504490102009-06-11T20:56:00.002+09:002009-06-11T20:59:10.631+09:00IS HE REALLY WORTH £80 MILLION?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizovV_k-ttEFA2l7a6NshE3eqUGDX5XX6Tp_F3wteCFnhg41W-B2U8qpxfyw2b8VwdL9cYuSAJd04-QbLmkkRqTy27bHi8Rt6rM6LVfK_ycS0_4gcftoPfNj8QN_y9gA1zNXCtvThIfh8/s1600-h/pix_top_06113.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizovV_k-ttEFA2l7a6NshE3eqUGDX5XX6Tp_F3wteCFnhg41W-B2U8qpxfyw2b8VwdL9cYuSAJd04-QbLmkkRqTy27bHi8Rt6rM6LVfK_ycS0_4gcftoPfNj8QN_y9gA1zNXCtvThIfh8/s320/pix_top_06113.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346037854081988706" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">Apparently, Real Madrid ardently thinks so and brandished the RM462 million offer to Manchester United, which found it hard to refuse. The English club permitted Real to talk terms with Ronaldo but a final decision won't be forthcoming until June 30.</span></span></span></div>Buwau98http://www.blogger.com/profile/02978619735716675847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800561264996444327.post-32361768857353188392009-06-11T09:36:00.002+09:002009-06-11T09:38:49.447+09:00Actor dies of cancer<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJQhXTEyk2kSG6n1AU357RZFSdswjfJTXZu33AkII0Yu6wB1igzXg8fuXMlSRFCpjeJO5F9D6McOlQdRDU_Zd7yMt9sgJE_DvLUytIteB-yIUpSEOn2BGRidbjAeEuY0WQ4mXJzWMvPA/s1600-h/insidepix1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 140px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJQhXTEyk2kSG6n1AU357RZFSdswjfJTXZu33AkII0Yu6wB1igzXg8fuXMlSRFCpjeJO5F9D6McOlQdRDU_Zd7yMt9sgJE_DvLUytIteB-yIUpSEOn2BGRidbjAeEuY0WQ4mXJzWMvPA/s320/insidepix1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345862555869900786" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(82, 80, 80); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; "><p class="abstract" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Well-known film and TV drama actor Shukery Hashim died of pancreatic cancer at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre in Cheras at 1.45pm yesterday. He was 55.</span></span></p><table align="right" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0" width="200"></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Shukery was admitted to the hospital last Friday after complaining of stomach-ache.<br /><br />His wife, Faridah Md Desa, 51, said he had undergone a six-hour operation to remove a growth on his pancreas at Selayang Hospital on April 22.<br /><br />"He was supposed to start chemotherapy but he kept postponing it. When he complained about a stomach-ache, we sent him to UKMMC. While there, he complained about difficulty falling asleep because of the excruciating pain."<br /><br />Shukery was buried at the Muslim cemetery in Keramat. He had five children.<br /></span></span><center></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Shukery began his acting career in RTM's radio dramas in 1975. He acted in hundreds of TV dramas including Cinta Gila, which is currently being aired over Astro Prima.</span></span></span></div>Buwau98http://www.blogger.com/profile/02978619735716675847noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800561264996444327.post-75923618892494861382009-06-11T09:15:00.001+09:002009-06-11T09:17:12.286+09:00Losing the war against dengue<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(82, 80, 80); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; "><p class="abstract" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">“We declared war against dengue in February. It looks like we are losing.”<br /><br />Director-general of Health Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican painted this grim picture when he revealed that 57 people had died of dengue between January and June 6 and warned that more would die from the disease.</p><table align="right" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0" width="200"></table>Dr Ismail did not mince his words, blaming doctors in private clinics and hospitals for the high death toll.<br /><br />He said the majority of those who died could have been saved if doctors had known what to do.<br /><br />Dr Ismail said 35 of those who died had sought treatment at private clinics or hospitals early, but doctors there did not carry out proper tests or follow-ups, leading to their deaths.<br /><br />“In fact, 30 per cent of those who died only came to the government hospitals when they became very ill.”<br /><center></center>Dr Ismail warned that action would be taken against private doctors, clinics and hospitals if they did not report suspected dengue cases.<br /><br />He said of the 22,426 cases reported, only nine per cent were notified by private practitioners.<br /><br />Dr Ismail said without notification, health authorities could not take action, such as fogging, to prevent more dengue cases.<br /><br />He told a meeting of state health directors, representatives from relevant<br /><br />agencies and bodies, the Malaysian Medical Association and Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia yesterday that everyone must do their part to ensure the disease was defeated.<br /><br />The meeting also discussed ways to get the community involved in the fight against dengue</span>Buwau98http://www.blogger.com/profile/02978619735716675847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800561264996444327.post-38608626429269470952009-06-09T01:02:00.001+09:002009-06-09T01:03:30.572+09:00Taking the harvest festivals to KL<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(82, 80, 80); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; "><p class="abstract" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Information, Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said the government may host the National Tadau Kaamatan and Gawai Open House celebrations in Kuala Lumpur from next year.</p><table align="right" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0" width="200"></table>"Having the event in Kuala Lumpur will enable Malay-sians in the peninsula to learn more about the culture and heritage of the Kadazandusun in Sabah and the Dayak and Iban in Sarawak.<br /><br />"We want to enhance national integration by helping all communities to learn more about the people of Sabah and Sarawak," he told a meeting with media editors yesterday.<br /><br />Rais also said the ministry would review the role of the Information Department in Sabah and Sarawak in view of the rapid development in information technology and the presence of satellite television provider Astro.<br /><br />"In the 1980s, there was no Astro or handphones. The Information Department spread information by meeting the people.<br /><center></center>"Things are different now. The department must evolve and improve its services, especially in getting information on government policies to the rural areas and interiors of Sabah and Sarawak."<br /><br />Rais suggested that Radio Televisyen Malaysia form a smart partnership with Astro so that people in rural areas could enjoy watching TV programmes they would otherwise have no access to.</span>Buwau98http://www.blogger.com/profile/02978619735716675847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800561264996444327.post-81400428567033557382009-06-07T00:23:00.001+09:002009-06-07T00:25:36.844+09:00Aussie student is Malaysia's 7th influenza A victim<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(82, 80, 80); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; "><p class="abstract" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Malaysia confirms its seventh positive Influenza A(H1N1) case, involving an Australian student who is in the country with her mother to visit their relatives.</p><table align="right" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0" width="200"></table>Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican, in a statement today, said the student and her mother arrived at the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) in Sepang on board Air Asia flight X D7 2723 from Melbourne at 7am yesterday.<br /><br />"She was found to be having a high temperature during screening using the thermo-scanner at LCCT, and from further checks by the health team there found that she had been having fever, coughing and sore throat a day before arriving in Malaysia," he added.<br /><br />He said the student was referred to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital at 8.15am and admitted to a special ward there, adding that she was confirmed a influenza A(H1N1) case at 10.34pm the same day.<br /><br />She was given anti-viral treatment and was now in stable condition, he added.<br /><center></center>Dr Mohd Ismail said the student's mother, who did not have symptoms of being infected by the virus, had been placed under house quarantine.<br /><br />He urged those who were in the same flight with the student, especially those seated near her to contact the Health Ministry at 03-88810200 or 03-88810300 between 8am and 9pm.<br /><br />There were 258 passengers on the flight and the student''s seat was 31A, he added.<br /><br />He said currently, 143 contacts were being placed under house quarantine and all of them were in good health.<br /><br />Malaysia reported its sixth positive Influenza A (H1N1) case yesterday - a Malaysian student in New York who returned to the country on June 3.<br /><br />Dr Mohd Ismail said that according to the latest report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), two more countries -- Barbados and Saudi Arabia -- reported a confirmed Influenza A(H1N1) case in their respective countries.<br /><br />So far, a total of 22,092 Influenza a (H1N1) cases, with 125 deaths, have been reported in 69 countries.</span>Buwau98http://www.blogger.com/profile/02978619735716675847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800561264996444327.post-33003200292920414292009-06-04T08:08:00.002+09:002009-06-04T08:10:01.272+09:00Man Utd in new shirt sponsor deal<p class="first"><b>Manchester United has signed a four-year shirt sponsorship deal with the insurance giant Aon Corporation.</b></p><p>Aon will replace troubled US insurer AIG, which is restructuring itself having received a $150bn (£109bn) bail-out from the US government. </p><p>The new sponsor will appear on Manchester United's shirts from the start of the 2010/11 season. </p><p>Aon is based in Chicago and specialises in reinsurance, which is the selling of insurance to other insurers. </p><!-- E SF --><p>Neither Manchester United nor Aon has announced the terms of the deal or how much it is worth. </p><p>AIG paid £14m a year for its four-year deal, which ends in May 2010. </p><p>There have been reports that Aon's deal could be worth as much as £80m over four years. </p><p>Aon said it hoped that its relationship with Manchester United would help to improve its brand recognition. </p><p>It pointed out that after its first year sponsoring the team, AIG had become the 47th most recognised global brand and had jumped from number 84 to number 30 on Barron's list of most respected companies. </p>Buwau98http://www.blogger.com/profile/02978619735716675847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800561264996444327.post-30081179404178883152009-06-03T16:12:00.001+09:002009-06-03T16:13:29.137+09:00Actor flees Jais raid on fiancee’s home without his clothes<p>A TV actor tried to make a quick escape – minus his clothes – when Selangor Religious Department (Jais) officers raided his fiancee’s apartment in Petaling Jaya, reported <i>Harian Metro</i>.</p> <p>The 20-something actor, who appears in a mystic and horror TV series, managed to climb to the next unit’s balcony on the fifth floor at 3am recently.</p> <p>Five Jais officers raided the apartment after receiving complaints from neighbours that the actor and his fiancee would meet up frequently at her home.</p> <p>The woman, also in her 20s and an assistant producer in the TV series, told the officers that she lived alone.</p> <p>The woman, who was dressed in a sleeveless top and skimpy shorts, allowed officers into her room where they found a pair of men’s trousers and shirt.</p> <p>Jais Special Force Unit chief Shahrom Maarop said: “Further inspection found signs that a person had exited through the balcony.”</p> <p>The officers then went next door and found a few male foreigners living in the apartment.</p> <p>One of the officers spotted a man who had wrapped himself with the curtains near the balcony.</p> <p>“Officers questioned the actor who tried to pose as one of the foreigners. But the ruse did not work as his accent and skin colour were different from the occupants.</p> <p>“The actor finally admitted that he had been sleeping at the woman’s home and that they were engaged,” Shahrom said.</p> <p>They were detained for questioning and released on bail.</p>Buwau98http://www.blogger.com/profile/02978619735716675847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800561264996444327.post-61034822984184928432009-05-30T06:38:00.003+09:002009-05-30T06:39:08.917+09:00Red TideA kit for the detection of a harmful algae that causes the red tide won a gold medal at the recent International Exhibition of Inventions, New Techniques and Products in Geneva. <!--start pix2 & pix3--> <table align="right" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" width="200"> </table> <!--end pix2 & pix3--> Called "Pyroscreen", the kit was the result of comprehensive research by a team comprising Grace Joy Chin Wei Lie, Teoh Pek Lin, Professor Datin Dr Ann Anton and Associate Professor Vijay Kumar of Universiti Malaysia Sabah.<br /><br /> Red tides are a frequent phenomenon in the coastal waters of tropical regions.<br /><br /> The algae species produces a paralytic shellfish toxin, which has been linked to neurological symptoms and human fatalities.<br /><br />Chin said Pyroscreen was an effective and practical DNA probe for the speedy identification and detection of the harmful algae.<br /><center><!-- start video--> <!-- end video--> </center> UMS researchers submitted nine works in Geneva, winning a gold, a silver and seven bronze medals.<br /><br /> The medals were displayed at a media briefing by UMS vice-chancellor Professor Datuk Dr Kamaruzaman Ampon at its campus here.<br /><br />Kamaruzaman said UMS researchers also won two gold medals at the recent International Invention, Innovation and Technology in Kuala Lumpur.<br /><br />The medals were for an innovation on a new technique for surface tension by Dr Chan Eng Seng, Lee Boon Beng and Pogaku Ravindra, and an efficient pre-cast floor panel for modern buildings by Associate Professor Dr Mohd Abdul Manan, N.S.V.K. Rao, Doh Shu Ing and Ng Chee Hiong.Buwau98http://www.blogger.com/profile/02978619735716675847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800561264996444327.post-5524723608406663002009-05-29T20:25:00.002+09:002009-05-29T20:27:56.814+09:00'Glass hold' reveals personality<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDSzYcxym11pUNv5hVeU9rcppvSPfCU6aV6YZwWR9qM4ATGXw_kabxHtqT23V4LzYdEC22mGvGjoQED-f-E0QZ3aw874ztAB5Pn9TE0WuLC_IlCdrlQ61j4kSgrHnJ6b5NTRQh2IknZiw/s1600-h/_45840247_cartoon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDSzYcxym11pUNv5hVeU9rcppvSPfCU6aV6YZwWR9qM4ATGXw_kabxHtqT23V4LzYdEC22mGvGjoQED-f-E0QZ3aw874ztAB5Pn9TE0WuLC_IlCdrlQ61j4kSgrHnJ6b5NTRQh2IknZiw/s320/_45840247_cartoon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341205853156589218" border="0" /></a>Buwau98http://www.blogger.com/profile/02978619735716675847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800561264996444327.post-44429860431795002182009-05-28T19:57:00.002+09:002009-05-28T19:58:55.631+09:00Kuok, Ananda still the richest Malaysians<p class="abstract"> Robert Kuok, the Kuok Group patriarch, remains Malaysia's richest with a net worth of US$9 billion, down from US$10 billion a year ago, according to the 2009 Forbes Asia Malaysia Rich List. In a statement here today, Forbes said Kuok has held the top spot every year since Forbes Asia began ranking the 40 richest Malaysians in 2006. Businessman Ananda Krishnan held on to his second place with a net worth of US$7 billion,just down from US$7.2 billion last year. He has also maintained the same ranking every year since 2006. </p> <!--start pix2 & pix3--> <table align="right" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" width="200"> </table> <!--end pix2 & pix3--> Together, Kouk and Ananda account for 44 percent of the top 40's wealth.<br />They are also the two richest people in Southeast Asia.<br /><br />The third richest is Tan Sri Lee Shin Cheng, head of IOI Group, one of the world's leading operators of palm oil plantations. He is worth US$3.2 billion, down from US$5.5 billion last year but keeps his position in the top three.<br /><br />Malaysia's 40 richest people are worth a combined US$36 billion, down from US$46 billion a year ago.<br /><br />It said the 22 percent loss in wealth is largely in line with the 21 percent drop in the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) and is not too bad, considering the fact that the Malaysian ringgit has lost 10 percent against the US dollar, the currency by which the net worths are measured. <center><!-- start video--> <!-- end video--> </center> Malaysia has nine billionaires who are collectively worth US$30 billion or 84 percent of the total wealth amassed by the country's top 40.<br /><br />This is the biggest wealth disparity among Forbes Asia's rich list.<br /><br />Tan Sri Vincent Tan (ranked 10, US$750 million) of Berjaya Corporation Bhd is the only Malaysian to drop out of the billionaire ranks in the past 12 months as share prices in his companies have declined.<br /><br />Three making their debut are IOI Board member Chan Fong Ann (ranked 18, US$209 million), gaming tycoon Tan Sri Chen Lip Keong (ranked 21, US$195 million) and software executive Goh Peng Ooi (ranked 34, US$112 million).<br /><br />Four people have returned to the rankings after an absence of a year or more.Among them are Tan Sri Syed Mohd Yusof Tun Syed Nasir (ranked 37, US$100 million) and Tan Sri Tan Teong Hean (ranked 39, US$95 million), who cashed out of Southern Bank several years ago and is now making new investments.<br /><br />The latest issue of Forbes Asia also features Tan Sri Francis Yeoh, head of conglomerate YTL (ranked seven,US$1.8 billion).Buwau98http://www.blogger.com/profile/02978619735716675847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800561264996444327.post-5276632970379806512009-05-28T13:46:00.001+09:002009-05-28T13:48:11.664+09:00'War' on smoking stepped up June 1Starting Monday, all cigarette packs must display pictorial health warnings on illnesses caused by tobacco. <!--start pix2 & pix3--> <table align="right" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" width="200"> </table> <!--end pix2 & pix3--> Those caught selling packs without the pictorial warning would be fined RM10,000 or two years' jail, or both under the Control of Tobacco Products Regulations (Amended) 2008.<br /><br />Director-general of Health Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican said cigarette packs must display pictorial health warnings prominently on the front and back.<br /><br />The pictorial warning must cover 40 per cent of the front and 60 per cent of the back.<br /><br />Cigarettes are drawing millions of Malaysians into spending more than RM15 million daily. This amounts to a staggering RM6 billion annually.<br /><center><!-- start video--> <!-- end video--> </center> Despite an aggressive campaign by the government to say "no" to cigarettes, Malaysians smoke 30 million sticks a day.<br /><br />According to the Malaysian Medical Association's Committee on Action on Smoking and Health, 50 per cent of the 3.5 million smokers nationwide smoked nearly 10 sticks a day.<br /><br /> In 2005 and 2006, more than 30,000 children, some as young as 10, started smoking.<br /><br /> More than 10,000 people a year die of smoking-related illnesses.Buwau98http://www.blogger.com/profile/02978619735716675847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800561264996444327.post-10701006286814085572009-05-28T01:08:00.001+09:002009-05-28T01:10:02.530+09:00Telling your wife she's not pretty may soon be an offenceA husband telling his wife that she is no longer pretty in an attempt to humiliate her can be classified as an emotional violence offence if amendments are made to the Domestic Violence Act (DVA)1994. <p>The plan is to amend the DVA for the inclusion of a clause on emotional violence against women.</p> <p>Currently, they are only protected only against physical abuse, Women's Development Department director-general Datuk Dr Noorul Ainur Mohd Nur said.</p> <p>She said on Wednesday that the aim for proposing the amendment was to safeguard women both physically and emotionally.</p> <p> Dr Noorul said emotional violence was a form of abuse that would deeply scar a woman and lower their self-esteem, dignity and self-confidence.</p> <p> “It could be a case where her husband tells his wife she is ugly or humiliates her until she feels emotionally pressured,” she told reporters at the end of a seminar on how to curb violence against women at Wisma Wanita here.</p> <p> She added they were in the process of bringing the proposed amendments to Parliament.</p> <p> State Community development and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Azizah Mohd Dun closed the seminar organised by Sabah Women’s Affairs Department.</p> <p> Azizah, in her speech, said that there was a need for the law to protect emotional violence against women.</p> <p> Azizah said there were a total of 99 cases of violence against women in Sabah in the first quarter of 2009 compared to 220 cases during the same period last year which was reported to the police.</p> <b>Related story:</b>Buwau98http://www.blogger.com/profile/02978619735716675847noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800561264996444327.post-7355544016902591302009-05-26T22:07:00.001+09:002009-05-26T22:09:03.022+09:00Wife: Nasyid singer missing<p>NASYID singer Akhil Hayy has not come home since media reports surfaced that he was “close” to fellow artiste Waheeda, his wife claimed.</p> <p><i>Harian Metro </i>reported his wife Maizawati Zainal as saying that she had heard gossip about her husband and Waheeda, which was reported widely in the media, but chose to ignore them.</p> <p>However, her patience wore thin after Akhil did not return home and had refused to say where he was. Maizawati said it was then that she decided to file for divorce and build a new life.</p> <p>Attempts by the tabloid to contact both Akhil and Waheeda for comments were unsuccessful. Waheeda had earlier repeatedly denied gossip linking her to Akhil, saying that they were merely good friends.</p> <p><i>Utusan Malaysia</i> reported veteran actor-director Tan Sri Jins Shamsuddin as accusing the sensational reports in gossip columns and television shows for the reason behind the divorces among local entertainers.</p> <p>He said the divorces occurred after the reports were published, many of which were about married actors having affairs with other women.</p> <p>Jins, who has called for the banning on the publication of such gossip, noted that even a local television show had taken to airing details about the personal life of local entertainers, including their divorces.</p> <p>In response, Malaysian Artistes Association (Karyawan) president Freddie Fernandez said he had not received any complaint from members that their marriages broke up due to gossip reports.</p> <p>“Maybe the journalists have heard about the impending divorce from their sources,” he said.</p> <p>However, Malaysian Singers, Musicians and Songwriters Association (Papita) president Datuk M. Daud Wahid agreed with Jins’ suggestion for gossip columns to be dropped from newspapers and television programmes.</p> <p>“There’s no need to air such gossip, which will bring problems,” he added.</p> <p>National Union of Journalists president Norila Daud said gossip columns were written based on factual events, which had been passed on by reliable witnesses to the media.</p> <p>“Gossip is not slander. The artistes named in the gossip reports are asked to tell their side of the story because they have fans, who want to know their developments,” she added.</p>Buwau98http://www.blogger.com/profile/02978619735716675847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800561264996444327.post-40702927733465751912009-05-26T02:05:00.002+09:002009-05-26T02:08:16.123+09:00DNA way to check halal claims<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkZNqonxo_DoPld-DKtwu18UT-pRH47EqpukhtkAlnw6BrkoNhw8LyDaxQAFNCOpfhMaSz-GHOjWEXYBhg6d2eowiBhM-gzZGzXZMedQIw3i_KkJ1sBLKTYbqhgqn0JQjTu5ZJUYVWYoc/s1600-h/insidepix1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 127px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkZNqonxo_DoPld-DKtwu18UT-pRH47EqpukhtkAlnw6BrkoNhw8LyDaxQAFNCOpfhMaSz-GHOjWEXYBhg6d2eowiBhM-gzZGzXZMedQIw3i_KkJ1sBLKTYbqhgqn0JQjTu5ZJUYVWYoc/s320/insidepix1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339809043796893378" border="0" /></a><br />Are food and cosmetic products which claim to be halal really so? A Malaysian company may just have the solution for a quick answer. <!--start pix2 & pix3--> <table align="right" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" width="200"> </table> <!--end pix2 & pix3--> Olipro Biotechnology's por-cine gene chip is said to be the first of its kind in the world that detects pork DNA or pork contamination in processed food and cosmetic products.<br /><br /> Olipro chief executive director Diong Sing Peng said the device could detect porcine elements in four to six hours.<br /><br />"This is useful to manufacturers of halal products. Many are unaware that processed food and cosmetics could contain elements of porcine."<br /><br /> Diong said this may not be the manufacturer's fault as the ingredients to make products came from all over the world.<br /><center><!-- start video--> <!-- end video--> </center> "The factory that does meat packing could be packing several types of meat as well, so chicken or beef could get contaminated."<br /><br /> He said the test kit could detect up to one billionth of a gm of porcine elements in any material. <br /><br />He said the product, which was a result of 21/2 years of research, could raise the standards of halal certification.<br /><br />It was recently launched at the Halal Industry's Development Corporation's World Halal Research Summit by the prime minister's wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.<br /><br /> Diong said: "Malaysia is the hub of halal food.<br /><br />"It would be great if we could integrate a logo that says porcine-free or lab-tested to increase consumers' trust in products."<br /><br />He said the company's next device could help detect what type of animal DNA was used in the production of a particular food, pharmaceutical or cosmetic productBuwau98http://www.blogger.com/profile/02978619735716675847noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800561264996444327.post-67474596088456091042009-05-25T20:46:00.001+09:002009-05-25T20:47:55.093+09:00S’wak to mass produce solar cellsSarawak is to venture into the mass-production of solar cells. <p> These solar cells will be the main component item in the tapping of solar energy. These cells will be used to convert heat energy - harnessed from the sun by solar panels - into electricity for use in industries and residential homes.</p> <p> Sarawak's foray into this ''green technology'' industry will be a pioneering effort in this state, said Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry, Datuk Jacob Dungau Sagan.</p> <p>''This will be a very high-tech project. It will be the first of its kind in Sarawak. We (ministry) have already negotiated with a foreign consortium on the project.</p> <p> ''The consortium has agreed to set up a factory to produce these solar cells in Similajau (Bintulu Division in northern Sarawak).</p> <p>''The solar cells to be produced from Sarawak will be used locally as well as for export.</p> <p> “Most of them will be for overseas markets because we (Sarawak and Malaysia in general) are still very new in the solar energy sectors and we do not have the market yet for big local usage,'' he said during a recent interview.</p> <p> Sagan, who is MP for Baram, said the venture into the solar-energy sector would be a major step forward for Sarawak in terms of green technology.</p> <p>He said the project would fit in very well with the state government's plan for SCORE (Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy).</p> <p> SCORE will span the length between Mukah district in central Sarawak and Similajau in Bintulu. That belt will be for the setting up of industries that will utilise energy from hydro-dams from Bakun and other sites that are to be built in the years to come.</p> <p> Sagan declined to reveal as yet which consortium from which country will be the one to handle the solar cell project.</p> <p> The project will involve huge amount of investments and it will be a long-term industry, he said.</p> <p> His ministry is aggressively promoting SCORE and the Sabah Regional Development Corridor as well as the other development corridors in peninsula Malaysia by marketing the unique advantages that each has for investors, he stressed.</p> <p> As far as SCORE is concerned, the bountiful supply of energy that Sarawak has is a massive selling point because investors who want to venture into heavy industries and high-technology sectors will need a constant, uninterrupted supply of huge amount of electricity daily, he added. </p>Buwau98http://www.blogger.com/profile/02978619735716675847noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800561264996444327.post-37765084115009494812009-05-25T08:55:00.001+09:002009-05-25T08:57:24.895+09:00Driving the KPIKEY performance indicators, which come in many forms, shapes and sizes, have been employed by the world's corporations and, for more than a decade, by government-linked companies in Malaysia. Most private sector managers are familiar with them. The measures are also no stranger to top civil servants, the directors-general, secretaries-general and department heads.<br /><br />Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has taken the KPI one level higher, and adopted them for members of his cabinet and their deputies. Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Tan Sri Koh Tsu Koon has been busy the past six weeks working to come up with the indices for the ministers. Just as a stopwatch can't be used to compare a marathon runner with a gymnast, Koh has a different set of KPIs for each of his fellow ministers and their ministries. A more focused unit called Pemandu (Performance Management and Delivery Unit) would be set up to support each minister and ministry, Koh said.Buwau98http://www.blogger.com/profile/02978619735716675847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800561264996444327.post-26529074789633850462009-05-24T23:55:00.001+09:002009-05-24T23:57:07.855+09:00Sarawak tops FDI list in 2008Sarawak has attracted the highest level of foreign direct investments (FDIs) in the country over the past year. <p>Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Jacob Dungau Sagan said Sarawak topped the list after it successfully secured investments worth RM12bil from multinational companies for the construction of aluminium smelter plants in the Bintulu division.</p> <p>“Our ministry has gone to many countries to promote Malaysia as a destination for FDIs.</p> <p>“We have found that the most important thing foreign investors look for when they want to venture into high technology sectors is abundant electricity and energy supply.</p> <p>“Sarawak has become so attractive to the investors because the state has the capacity to generate a lot of electricity, especially with the power generation projects to be implemented for Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE),” he said at a gathering with reporters yesterday.</p> <p>The two aluminium smelter plants will be built in the Similajau Industrial Estate at the outskirts of Bintulu town, some 200km from here.</p> <p>Several multinational companies from South America, the Middle East, China and Australia have indicated their interest in taking part in the project, which will be a joint venture with local companies.</p> <p>The two giant smelters will be located within the SCORE belt and will source their energy from the Bakun hydro-electric dam and others to be built within the vicinity.</p> <p>Sagan, who is also Baram MP, said Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamad had already directed the departments and agencies under his purview to help Sabah and Sarawak catch up with Peninsula Malaysia in terms of development.</p> <p>The ministry, he said, had also stepped up its promotion overseas and introduced schemes and incentives to lure more foreign manufacturers.</p> <p>Sagan added that more Malaysian products, especially those from Sabah and Sarawak, would be marketed overseas.</p>Buwau98http://www.blogger.com/profile/02978619735716675847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800561264996444327.post-28244193001478002082009-05-24T13:44:00.002+09:002009-05-24T13:47:11.530+09:00Malayan communists go online<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvPrHHbj8xlYX-1dTRCwOKmHVdYz-9XZb1LFPgeV0wVJ7B9jQL22bIUeCWeyJ9eVE-ZsqmoXX2v3nCvq-wVQlr-9OXA5R-Qc_DyRoKruUNo45ELkokE_89DPh4YjcumQPvY-UlZqMUqEY/s1600-h/insidepix1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvPrHHbj8xlYX-1dTRCwOKmHVdYz-9XZb1LFPgeV0wVJ7B9jQL22bIUeCWeyJ9eVE-ZsqmoXX2v3nCvq-wVQlr-9OXA5R-Qc_DyRoKruUNo45ELkokE_89DPh4YjcumQPvY-UlZqMUqEY/s320/insidepix1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339246967968436722" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Nearly 50 years after the end of the 12-year Emergency against armed communism, people still seem interested in the subject. Blogs that purportedly speak from the perspective of the communists garner good reception, particularly from the younger generation. Should we worry?Buwau98http://www.blogger.com/profile/02978619735716675847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800561264996444327.post-39690905875084244862009-05-24T02:04:00.001+09:002009-05-24T02:06:26.102+09:00Public views sought over new art<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8LdibQit-K2c8Rum_M5ysv6VH4EZ0stVdOm367YiULUO_XIwq8R-7fvbAdm3Pki0kPx_MupznF3CmdD8oMlpz8kfdIOGJiySZNehot5WkZchAxzqHRHh-y77Zosq-76AtTBMr_DlhOCw/s1600-h/_45812073_art_226.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 170px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8LdibQit-K2c8Rum_M5ysv6VH4EZ0stVdOm367YiULUO_XIwq8R-7fvbAdm3Pki0kPx_MupznF3CmdD8oMlpz8kfdIOGJiySZNehot5WkZchAxzqHRHh-y77Zosq-76AtTBMr_DlhOCw/s320/_45812073_art_226.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339066535436998290" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="first"><b>The public is being given the chance to have a say about a new piece of art for Leicester city centre.</b></p><p>One of two exhibitions has been held so residents and shoppers can discuss the five pieces being considered for a site on Sanvey Gate. </p><p>They include a textile fox, a glass panel featuring boots and leaves and decorated pavement. </p><p>Officials said reaction to the first open day had been positive and a decision was expected later this year. </p><!-- E SF --><p>Councillor Andy Connelly said: "This is a really great opportunity to brighten up a very well used area of the city with a great piece of new art. </p><p>"It is really important that people have their say on the project because it will be pride of place in Sanvey Gate for years to come." </p><p>A second public show will be held on 28 May at Leicester Market. </p>Buwau98http://www.blogger.com/profile/02978619735716675847noreply@blogger.com0