Collaboration with Elon Musk will bring tens of thousands skilled job opportunities - PM

Bernama

Julai 14, 2023
Three Malaysian companies will also be involved in the project with SpaceX, said PM Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. - PMO

Collaboration with Elon Musk will bring tens of thousands skilled job opportunities - PM

Three Malaysian companies will also be involved in the project with SpaceX, said PM Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. - PMO

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today said that the collaboration between the Malaysian Government and the founder and chief executive officer of Tesla Inc and SpaceX, Elon Musk, will create tens of thousands of skilled job opportunities in the country.

He said this comes after Musk agreed to make significant investments in Malaysia, including setting up Tesla headquarters in Cyberjaya.

Anwar said Musk himself conveyed the matter to him during their virtual meeting today, which was also attended by Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz and Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil.

"Musk also agreed to collaborate with the government, involving his company, SpaceX, the satellite internet service Starlink and electric vehicles (EV).

"In fact, three Malaysian companies will also be involved in the project with SpaceX. During the meeting, Musk also expressed intention to visit Malaysia soon," he told reporters when met after performing Friday prayers at the Al-Khairiyah Mosque in Taman Sri Gombak here today.

Anwar said the discussion with Musk is a significant development for the country, particularly in the field of EV.

"On Starlink (satellite services), which involve internet access and connectivity, we agree that this collaboration will provide affordable direct internet access to rural areas, schools, and universities.

"In fact, in this regard (Starlink satellite services), he (Musk) affirmed that priority will be given to Malaysia," he said.

The virtual meeting which began at 9.30 am lasted about 25 minutes.

Last Friday, Anwar reportedly said that he would hold a virtual meeting with Musk this week to discuss the possibility for the EV company to invest in Malaysia.

-- BERNAMA

Dera, abai kanak-kanak: Dua guru taska dan pemilik dihadap ke mahkamah

Bernama

Julai 14, 2023
Dua guru taska, Wan Suhaila dan Noor Shafina, dihadapkan ke Mahkamah Sesyen Ipoh atas tuduhan mendera lima kanak-kanak dalam jagaan mereka awal Julai lalu. Di belakang ialah pengurus taska Rozidah Yahaya. -Bernama

Dera, abai kanak-kanak: Dua guru taska dan pemilik dihadap ke mahkamah

Dua guru taska, Wan Suhaila dan Noor Shafina, dihadapkan ke Mahkamah Sesyen Ipoh atas tuduhan mendera lima kanak-kanak dalam jagaan mereka awal Julai lalu. Di belakang ialah pengurus taska Rozidah Yahaya. -Bernama

IPOH: Dua guru taska didakwa di Mahkamah Sesyen di sini hari ini, masing-masing atas tiga pertuduhan mendera kanak-kanak dalam jagaan mereka di sebuah taska di Meru, awal bulan ini.

Noor Shafina Abdul Khair, 26, dan Wan Suhaila Mior Khir, 32, mengaku tidak bersalah atas semua pertuduhan itu.

Bagi pertuduhan pertama dan kedua, Noor Shafina didakwa melakukan penganiayaan terhadap seorang kanak-kanak lelaki berusia dua tahun dengan cara menindan badan mangsa, menampar pahanya dengan kuat, menarik rambut serta menampar pipi mangsa pada 6 Julai lepas di taska tersebut.

Dia turut didakwa menganiaya seorang kanak-kanak perempuan berusia dua tahun dengan memukul belakang badan dan mencubit pipi mangsa.

Timbalan Pendakwa Raya Qurratu'aini Khalifah tidak menawarkan jaminan namun peguam Mohammad Syarifuddin Zaid memohon jaminan munasabah atas alasan anak guamnya akan memberi kerjasama penuh dalam kes itu.

Hakim Ainul Shahrin Mohamad menetapkan RM7,000 sebagai jaminan dengan seorang penjamin bagi ketiga-tiga pertuduhan dan menetapkan16 Ogos untuk sebutan semula kes.

Wan Suhaila pula dituduh menganiaya tiga kanak-kanak perempuan berumur dua tahun sehingga menyebabkan kecederaan ke atas mereka di taska sama pada 4 dan 6 Julai lepas.

Mahkamah membenarkan wanita itu yang diwakili peguam Raja Mohd Iskandar Zulkharnian Raja Abdul Malek diikat jamin berjumlah RM8,000 terhadap ketiga-tiga pertuduhan.

Kesemua pertuduhan dikemukakan mengikut Seksyen 31 (1)(a) Akta Kanak-Kanak 2001 yang membawa hukuman denda maksimum RM50,000 atau penjara maksimum 20 tahun atau kedua-duanya, jika sabit kesalahan.

Sementara itu, di mahkamah berasingan, pengurus taska berkenaan Rozidah Yahaya, 51, mengaku tidak bersalah atas pertuduhan mengabaikan seorang lagi kanak-kanak perempuan juga berusia dua tahun sehingga mangsa cedera di bahu kiri.

Dia dituduh di bawah Seksyen 33(1)(a) Akta Kanak-Kanak 2001 yang membawa hukuman denda tidak melebih RM20,000 atau penjara sehingga lima tahun atau kedua-duanya, jika sabit kesalahan.

Hakim Azizah Ahmad membenarkan wanita itu diikat jamin RM4,000 dengan seorang penjamin dengan syarat tambahan melapor diri di balai polis terdekat sebulan sekali da...

Ringgit teruskan kenaikan kukuh berbanding dolar AS bagi hari keempat berturut-turut

Bernama

Julai 14, 2023
Pada 6 petang, mata wang tempatan melonjak 545 peratusan mata (pip) kepada 4.5255/5280 berbanding dolar AS daripada 4.5800/5845 ketika ditutup pada Khamis. - Gambar hiasan/REUTERS

Ringgit teruskan kenaikan kukuh berbanding dolar AS bagi hari keempat berturut-turut

Pada 6 petang, mata wang tempatan melonjak 545 peratusan mata (pip) kepada 4.5255/5280 berbanding dolar AS daripada 4.5800/5845 ketika ditutup pada Khamis. - Gambar hiasan/REUTERS

KUALA LUMPUR: Ringgit meneruskan kenaikan kukuh bagi hari keempat berturut-turut berbanding dolar Amerika Syarikat (AS) untuk ditutup tinggi pada Jumaat memandangkan kenaikan itu bersifat tertangguh, dengan pertimbangan bahawa ringgit telah berada pada kedudukan terlebih jual untuk beberapa ketika, kata seorang pakar ekonomi.

Pada 6 petang, mata wang tempatan melonjak 545 peratusan mata (pip) kepada 4.5255/5280 berbanding dolar AS daripada 4.5800/5845 ketika ditutup pada Khamis.

Ketua Ahli Ekonomi dan Kewangan Sosial, Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd, Dr Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid berkata berdasarkan Kadar Pertukaran Efektif Nominal (NEER), ringgit masih terkurang nilai, menunjukkan kenaikan ringgit adalah berkemungkinan.

"Kadar semasa dolar AS/ringgit telah melepasi paras sokongan RM4.5491, dan buat masa ini, paras sokongan seterusnya terletak pada RM4.4872," katanya kepada Bernama.

Di peringkat tempatan, ringgit diniagakan tinggi berbanding beberapa mata wang utama pada penutupan dagangan hari ini.

Unit domestik tinggi berbanding euro kepada 5.0799/0827 daripada 5.1168/1218 ketika ditutup pada khamis dan juga meningkat berbanding pound British kepada 5.9338/9371 daripada 5.9861/9919.

Ringgit naik berbanding yen Jepun kepada 3.2659/2679 daripada 3.3069/3103.

Mata wang tempatan itu juga didagangkan lebih tinggi berbanding mata wang negara Asean lain.

Ringgit meningkat berbanding baht Thailand kepada 13.0689/0814 daripada 13.2481/2673 ketika penutupan semalam serta tinggi berbanding dolar Singapura kepada 3.4263/4287 daripada 3.4553/4590.

Unit domestik meningkat berbanding rupiah Indonesia kepada 302.5/302.8 daripada 305.9/306.4 serta naik berbanding peso Filipina kepada 8.31/8.33 daripada 8.40/8.41.

-- BERNAMA

Pas pelabur strategik, dasar nomad digital akan tarik lebih banyak FDI dan DDI - Tengku Zafrul

Bernama

Julai 14, 2023
Tengku Zafrul berkata tiga elemen tersebut merupakan elemen pengupaya yang penting bagi menyokong ekosistem pelaburan dan perindustrian negara ini. - Gambar fail/Bernama

Pas pelabur strategik, dasar nomad digital akan tarik lebih banyak FDI dan DDI - Tengku Zafrul

Tengku Zafrul berkata tiga elemen tersebut merupakan elemen pengupaya yang penting bagi menyokong ekosistem pelaburan dan perindustrian negara ini. - Gambar fail/Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR: Langkah untuk memperkemas peranan penggalakan pelaburan selain Pas Pelabur Strategik dan Pas Lawatan Profesional Nomad Digital, akan memudahcara usaha menjalankan perniagaan serta menjana pelaburan langsung asing (FDI) dan pelaburan langsung domestik (DDI) di Malaysia.

Menteri Pelaburan, Perdagangan dan Industri (MITI) Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Aziz berkata tiga elemen tersebut merupakan elemen pengupaya yang penting bagi menyokong ekosistem pelaburan dan perindustrian negara ini.

Malah, tegasnya, ini akan turut membolehkan Malaysia untuk memanfaatkan secara strategik aspek merekabentuk semula rantaian bekalan global yang menyaksikan banyak syarikat multinasional (MNC) menyasarkan Asean sebagai destinasi penempatan semula atau pengalihan dalam menjamin keselamatan barisan pengeluaran masing-masing dengan lebih baik.

"Pelaksanaan inisiatif bagi jangka masa terdekat ini turut melengkapkan pendekatan strategik yang sedang dimuktamadkan oleh MITI di bawah Pelan Induk Perindustrian Baharu 2030 yang akan mentransformasi segenap teras industri pembuatan kita.

"Pada masa sama, ini juga dapat membantu kedudukan Malaysia sebagai pintu masuk berdaya maju dan cekap kos ke pasaran Asia Tenggara dan Asia," katanya dalam satu kenyataan hari ini.

Usaha memudahcara terbabit telah diumumkan oleh Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, pada petang ini.

Menjelaskan selanjutnya, Tengku Zafrul berkata dari segi memperkemas fungsi sebanyak 31 agensi penggalakan pelaburan sedia ada, MITI telah dipertanggungjawabkan untuk menerajui usaha mengurangkan pertindihan peranan serta tanggungjawab agensi berkenaan.

Penekanan itu turut membabitkan aspek menangani pelbagai isu yang berbangkit di sepanjang perjalanan pelabur di negara ini.

Beliau berkata, ini termasuk tindakan memperkukuh perkara seperti membimbing dan penjagaan pasca pelaburan untuk pelabur dengan tumpuan ke atas usaha merealisasikan FDI dan DDI yang diluluskan dalam tempoh masa singkat.

"Kerajaan juga akan secara proaktif mengeluarkan Pas Pelaburan Strategik yang membolehkan kemasukan ke Malaysia pada asas kemasukan pelbagai bagi pelabur yang diluluskan.

"Langkah ini akan dikendalikan oleh Lembaga Pembangunan Pelaburan Malaysia (MIDA) yan...

Kerajaan akan keluarkan Pas Pelabur Strategik untuk jadikan Malaysia destinasi pelaburan global

Bernama

Julai 14, 2023
ANWAR: Inisiatif ini adalah bagi menjadikan Malaysia sebagai peneraju ekonomi Asia dan destinasi pelaburan yang berdaya saing di peringkat global. -Bernama

Kerajaan akan keluarkan Pas Pelabur Strategik untuk jadikan Malaysia destinasi pelaburan global

ANWAR: Inisiatif ini adalah bagi menjadikan Malaysia sebagai peneraju ekonomi Asia dan destinasi pelaburan yang berdaya saing di peringkat global. -Bernama

PUTRAJAYA: Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim hari ini berkata kerajaan akan mengeluarkan Pas Pelabur Strategik (SIP) secara aktif kepada pelabur dalam usaha menjadikan Malaysia sebagai destinasi pelaburan global.

Menerusi inisiatif ini, katanya, pelabur strategik yang dikenal pasti oleh Lembaga Pembangunan Pelaburan Malaysia (MIDA) akan dapat tinggal di negara ini bagi tempoh minimum lima tahun dan dengan tujuan dilanjutkan kepada lima tahun lagi.

"Inisiatif ini adalah bagi menjadikan Malaysia sebagai peneraju ekonomi Asia dan destinasi pelaburan yang berdaya saing di peringkat global," kata Anwar yang juga Menteri Kewangan pada sesi libat urus Belanjawan 2024 di sini, hari ini.

Anwar berkata kerajaan telah memberikan kuasa penuh kepada Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) dalam memutuskan kemasukan golongan profesional ke Malaysia sejak dua bulan lalu.

"Sebelum ini selepas diluluskan oleh Bank Negara, mereka perlu pergi ke Kementerian Dalam Negeri dan ia menyebabkan lagi kelewatan.

"Tetapi sejak dua bulan lepas, kami mengambil keputusan untuk memberikan autonomi penuh kepada Bank Negara. Sebaik sahaja Bank Negara membuat keputusan dan meluluskannya, (ia) diluluskan secara automatik oleh semua agensi yang berkaitan," katanya.

Perdana Menteri berkata bagi menyelaraskan agensi penggalakan pelaburan (IPA) Malaysia, Kementerian Pelaburan, Perdagangan dan Industri (MITI) akan menerajuinya pada akhir tahun ini untuk mengurangkan sebarang pertindihan antara agensi.

"Pada masa yang sama mengukuhkan tumpuan untuk memberi sokongan kepada pelabur domestik dan asing, dengan fokus untuk memastikan pelaburan yang diluluskan direalisasikan menjadi pelaburan langsung domestik (DDI) dan pelaburan langsung asing (FDI)," katanya.

Beliau berkata kerajaan juga akan memperluaskan skop pas lawatan profesional nomad digital untuk meliputi kemahiran berkaitan pembuatan.

Mengenai pelaburan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Tesla Inc dan SpaceX Elon Musk di Malaysia, Anwar berkata, beliau telah meminta Menteri Komunikasi dan Digital Fahmi Fadzil dan Menteri MITI Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz untuk memastikan ketiga-tiga syarikat Malaysia yang akan terlibat dengan SpaceX diberi ruang dan perhatian yang menepati keperluan Elon Musk.

"SpaceX ini a...

 FDAM president Mat London dies

Bernama

Julai 14, 2023

FDAM president Mat London dies

Ahmad Ibrahim breathed his last at the age of 74 due to a lung infection after being admitted to HKL's ICU since June 16, his son said. - Astro AWANI

KUALA LUMPUR: President of the Film Directors Association of Malaysia (FDAM) Ahmad Ibrahim, better known as Mat London, passed away at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) here at about 5.57 am today.

Confirming his demise, his son Salmany Akir Ahmad, 42, said his father breathed his last at the age of 74 due to a lung infection after being admitted to HKL's Intensive Care Unit (ICU) since June 16.

He said his father's remains will be brought to Al-Mardhiyah Mosque in Taman Melawati this morning and will be buried at the Muslim Cemetery in Kampung Klang Gate, Taman Melawati after Friday prayers.

Salmany said the deceased was a loving father and often made sure his family gathered during ceremonies or celebrations even though the children were living apart.

"I live closest to my father, so if he is free, we will go for a drink together. He was a loving father," he told Bernama.

According to him, Mat London was an artist who always looked after the welfare of his friends in the creative industry and when the country was faced with the COVID-19 pandemic, he prevailed against the odds to ensure that artists continued to be allowed to work.

-- BERNAMA

Jenazah Allahyarham Ahmad Ibrahim atau lebih dikenali sebagai Mat London selamat dikebumikan di Tanah Perkuburan Islam Kampung Klang Gate, Taman Melawati pada 2.48 petang tadi. -Astro AWANI/Shahir Omar

KUALA LUMPUR: Jenazah Allahyarham Presiden Persatuan Pengarah Filem Malays...

Petrol station operator fined RM1,500 for manipulating Panadol price

Bernama

Julai 14, 2023
At the cash register, it was discovered that the scanning machine displayed the price of RM7.20 for Panadol Menstrual 10's while the box indicated a price of RM5.40

Petrol station operator fined RM1,500 for manipulating Panadol price

At the cash register, it was discovered that the scanning machine displayed the price of RM7.20 for Panadol Menstrual 10's while the box indicated a price of RM5.40. - SinarHarian

MELAKA: A petrol station operator was fined RM1,500 by the Ayer Keroh Magistrate's Court today after pleading guilty to manipulating the price of medicines.

Magistrate Nabila Nizam meted out the sentence on Mohd Ashraf Mohd Yusof, 33, as the Person Being Summoned (OKS) and ordered him to serve one month in jail if he failed to pay the fine. He paid the fine.

Mohd Ashraf was accused of misleadingly quoting the price of Panadol Menstrual 10's. The price was quoted as RM5.40, which was different from the RM7.20 price read on the scanner.

The offence was committed at a petrol station convenience store in Lebuh Ayer Keroh here at 11.15 am on Jan 5 under Section 12 (1) (b) of the Consumer Protection Act 1999 and punishable under Section 25 (1) (b) of the same law.

The section states that the OKS, if not a corporate organisation, can be fined not more than RM100,000 or imprisoned for up to three years, or both, and if such person is a corporate body, can be fined not more than RM250,000 and up to RM500,000 for the second or subsequent offence.

Melaka branch of the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry (KPDN) prosecuting officer Norhysam Mohd Noor prosecuted while the accused was unrepresented.

According to the facts of the case, on Jan 5, a KPDN enforcement team conducted a routine inspection at a petrol station in Bukit Baru that also sells various grocery items.

At the cash register, it was discovered that the scanning machine displayed the price of RM7.20 for Panadol Menstrual 10's while the box indicated a price of RM5.40.

-- BERNAMA

PM Anwar terima kunjungan pendakwah Indonesia Ustaz Abdul Somad

Bernama

Julai 13, 2023
Perdana Menteri menerima kunjungan pendakwah terkenal dari Indonesia Ustaz Abdul Somad Batubara di pejabat beliau di bangunan Perdana Putra, Putrajaya hari ini.- Foto FB Anwar Ibrahim

PM Anwar terima kunjungan pendakwah Indonesia Ustaz Abdul Somad

Perdana Menteri menerima kunjungan pendakwah terkenal dari Indonesia Ustaz Abdul Somad Batubara di pejabat beliau di bangunan Perdana Putra, Putrajaya hari ini.- Foto FB Anwar Ibrahim

KUALA LUMPUR: Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim hari ini menerima kunjungan pendakwah terkenal dari Indonesia Ustaz Abdul Somad Batubara di pejabat beliau di bangunan Perdana Putra, Putrajaya.

Menerusi perkongsian di Facebooknya hari ini, Anwar berkata antara perkara dibincangkan dalam pertemuan bersama pendakwah berasal dari Sumatera Utara itu yang dalam rangka siri ceramah di Malaysia minggu ini ialah dinamik dakwah dan isu-isu agama yang merentas sempadan alam Melayu.

"Saya hargai usaha dakwah Ustaz Abdul Somad yang aktif khususnya di alam Melayu. Sesungguhnya para dai dan ulama di alam Melayu ini saling mendukung dan melengkapi pemerintahan umara sejak sekian lama.

"Peranan ulama Melayu seperti Syeikh Daud al-Fatani, Syed Abdul Samad al-Falimbani, Raja Ali Haji dan Buya Hamka punyai hikmah, kedalaman ilmu dan berani dalam melaksanakan dakwah telah menyumbang kepada perjuangan melawan penjajah serta benteng kepada akidah umat di rantau ini," katanya.

Anwar berkata beliau dan Ustaz Abdul Somad juga bersependapat bahawa pentingnya dakwah yang berlandaskan kesederhanaan dan hikmah dalam menyampaikan mesej Islam dengan lebih bijaksana.

-- BERNAMA

ELEVEN new members have been appointed to the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) advisory board, who will be tasked with offering city management recommendations to the mayor.

DBKL, in a statement, said the advisors were presented with their letter of appointments on Friday (July 7), for a two-year period effective May 15.

Under Section 6(1) of the Federal Capital Act 1960, the appointment of the Advisory Board members is by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, who will act on the advice of the Prime Minister or the mayor.

The letters were presented to the members by Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Kamarulzaman Mat Salleh, replacing the advisors who completed their respective two-year terms.

Appointed to the new board is Datuk Seri Shafei Abdullah, Datuk Seri Izudin Ishak, Datuk Tong Nguen Khoong, Datuk Ismail Ngah, Datuk Afdlin Shauki Aksan, Datin Rashidah Mohd Sies, Dr Abdul Basir V. Kunhimohamed, Lai Chen Heng, Jayakumar R Muniandy, Hayatul Kamil Termudi and Leong Ooi Kuan.

With the new board members, it completes the 13-member advisory board, together with Datuk Setia Di-Raja Datuk Abdul Ghani Pateh Akhir and Federal Territories Department director-general Datuk Seri Rosida Jaafar, DBKL added.

A quick check showed that several of the board members are political appointees while the rest have technical backgrounds.

StarMetro had previously reported that there had been some uncertainty on the appointment of the advisory board since there was no longer a Federal Territories Ministry.

The ministry was restructured after the 15th General Election to become the Federal Territories Department, under the purview of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

THE STAR

 Malaysia remains the fifth largest LNG exporter in 2022

Bernama

Julai 14, 2023 00:23 MYT

Malaysia remains the fifth largest LNG exporter in 2022

Li Yalan said the world sees the high value of LNG as an optimal source of flexible, reliable and efficient energy. - File photo/AFP/ Mohd Rasfan

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia maintains its position as the fifth largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2022 after Australia, the United States, Qatar and Russia.

According to the 14th annual World LNG Report 2023 released by the International Gas Union (IGU) on July 12, LNG exports from Malaysia in 2022 totaled 27.3 million tonnes (MT), up from 24.9 MT in 2021, which is about seven percent of total LNG traded globally.

The report said Asia Pacific remains the largest market for LNG, exporting a total of 136.6 MT in 2022 and importing 160.9 MT, with most LNG traded in the same region at 97.9 MT.

IGU President Li Yalan said the world sees the high value of LNG as an optimal source of flexible, reliable and efficient energy.

"Flexible energy is needed for the world to continue its journey in the energy transition safely," he said in the report.

Meanwhile, Malaysian Gas Association (MGA) President Abdul Aziz Othman said in a statement that LNG is a type of liquefied natural gas that allows the fuel to be delivered in bulk over long distances.

In order to ensure sufficient and uninterrupted supply to consumers in Peninsular Malaysia, he said LNG was brought in to supplement the supply from offshore natural gas.

"In the past, natural gas has ensured energy security and driven economic development and we expect natural gas to remain the core fuel in the coming decades.

"As the prime minister mentioned during the opening of Energy Asia in early June, Malaysia will continue to see natural gas play an important role in the energy mix to move towards a lower carbon economy," said Abdul Aziz.

Afdlin Shauki appointed as Member of the DBKL Advisory Board




Julai 14, 2023

Afdlin received the letter of appointment from the Mayor of Kuala Lumpur, Kamarulzaman Mat Salleh

KUALA LUMPUR: ACTOR and director, Datuk Afdlin Shauki recorded another new achievement in his artistic profile when he was appointed as a Member of the Advisory Board of the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) starting July 7.

The appointment also saw  Afdlin Shauki Aksan become the first artist to hold the position.

Commenting on his appointment, Afdlin said he was surprised when he was asked to send a curriculum vitae to DBKL, before being offered the position as a Member of the Advisory Board.

In addition to Afdlin, there are 10 other new members appointed to the advisory board to offer advice to the Kuala Lumpur Mayor.

"I think this is the trust given by the government to artists like me.

"I believe that my appointment can help give understanding to DBKL regarding the problems of artists involving performances, whether singing or live programs.

"Kuala Lumpur is also one of the locations with the most artistic workers. So I hope this city can become an art hub so that we can attract more young people to join the art industry, not only in front of the scenes, but also behind the scenes," he told Sinar Harian.

Hoping to turn the capital city into an art center hub, the 52-year-old figure explained that even though Kuala Lumpur is already known in the eyes of the world, it is not wrong to introduce this city as an art city.

"If we look at foreign countries, there are cities that they have turned into art hubs to attract more tourists and why not for us to do the same in Kuala Lumpur.

"We may be able to organize various international art festivals or other activities that are interesting not only for local citizens, but also for tourists," he explained.

In the meantime, when asked if his involvement would pave the way for Afdlin to step into the political world, the Papadom star had his own answer.

"Right now I don't want to be a politician and want to focus on this task first. However, for the future, I'm not sure," he said simply.

Meanwhile, sharing about his art career, Afdlin said, he is still active and this new position does not limit his career.

"God willing my film, Baik Punya Along will be released early next year and I will also direct another new film in the near future.

"Although this is a new job, but it does not interfere with my art career and I will go to the office if needed because it is not a permanent job," he explained. 

Penunggang wanita buat aksi 'Superman', zig-zag di Lebuhraya PLUS serah diri

astro awani

Julai 14, 2023 05:00 MYT

Penunggang wanita buat aksi 'Superman', zig-zag di Lebuhraya PLUS serah diri

Tangkap layar rakaman video yang menunjukkan aksi berbahaya dilakukan dua wanita di KM375.9 Lebuh raya Utara Selatan berhampiran kawasan Behrang ke Slim River pada 9 Julai lalu. - Foto Sinar Harian

TANJUNG MALIM: Dua wanita, yang dipercayai menunggang motosikal secara berbahaya dan melulu di Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan (PLUS), seperti tular di media sosial, menyerah diri kepada pihak polis malam tadi.

Ketua Polis Daerah Muallim Supt Mohd Hasni Mohd Nasir berkata, suspek hadir di Bahagian Siasatan dan Penguatkuasaan Trafik, Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah (IPD) Muallim, kira-kira jam 9.10 malam, untuk membantu siasatan.

Menurutnya, suspek berumur antara 18 dan 21 tahun serta berasal dari Pulau Indah, Selangor.

Terdahulu, katanya, kira-kira jam 2 petang semalam, tular rakaman video di media sosial mengenai sekumpulan penunggang motosikal yang menunggang secara berbahaya dan melulu di PLUS arah utara, di kawasan Behrang - Slim River.

Siasatan mendapati sekumpulan penunggang yang terdiri daripada dua orang wanita dipercayai dari arah Kuala Lumpur ke Ipoh, melalui Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan.

Apabila tiba di kawasan Rehat dan Rawat Behrang, mereka melakukan aksi berbahaya dengan meluruskan kaki ke belakang (superman) serta zig-zag ke kanan dan kiri jalan, katanya dalam kenyataan malam tadi.

Menurutnya, hasil daripada percakapan suspek, kejadian berlaku pada Ahad lalu di Kilometer 375.9 lebuh raya berkenaan.

Katanya, kedua-dua suspek akan diberi jaminan polis selepas selesai tindakan dan siasatan dilakukan.

Kes diklasifikasikan di bawah Seksyen 42(1) Akta Pengangkutan Jalan 1987.

Seksyen tersebut memperuntukkan hukuman penjara maksima lima tahun dan denda sehingga RM15,000 serta hilang kelayakan memegang atau mendapatkan lesen memandu sekurang-kurangnya dua tahun, jika sabit kesalahan.

Mohd Hasni menasihatkan orang ramai agar tidak melakukan perbuatan berbahaya di atas jalan raya kerana bukan sahaja menyalahi undang-undang, malah boleh membahayakan nyawa sendiri dan pengguna jalan raya yang lain.

Thailand's Pita defeated in parliament in bid for PM

Reuters

Julai 13, 2023
Pita Limjaroenrat was thwarted in a high-stakes parliamentary vote that included a host of no-shows and nearly 200 abstentions. - REUTERS

Thailand's Pita defeated in parliament in bid for PM

Pita Limjaroenrat was thwarted in a high-stakes parliamentary vote that included a host of no-shows and nearly 200 abstentions. - REUTERS

BANGKOK: Thailand's Pita Limjaroenrat failed on Thursday in his initial bid to become Thailand's next prime minister, after he was thwarted in a high-stakes parliamentary vote that included a host of no-shows and nearly 200 abstentions.

The leader of election winners Move Forward was unopposed in the contest but struggled to muster the required support of more than half of 749-member the bicameral parliament, despite the backing of his eight-party alliance.

Another vote is expected to be held next week, which Pita can contest if nominated again.

The progressive Move Forward party and its alliance partner, Pheu Thai, thrashed conservative pro-military parties in the May 14 election, seen widely as a resounding rejection of nearly a decade of government led or backed by the royalist military.

Thursday's vote was a critical test of Pita's political clout and a gauge of the opposition to his party's anti-establishment agenda, which includes removing the military from politics, curbing business monopolies and amending a law that prescribes long jail terms for insulting the monarchy.

His defeat was the latest blow in a torrid two days for the 42-year-old, U.S.-educated Pita, who saw two legal complaints against him gain momentum on the eve of the vote, including a recommendation to disqualify him, prompting hundreds of demonstrators to gather and warn of moves afoot to keep Move Forward from power.

Pita's determination to pursue Move Forward's agenda has put him at odds with a powerful nexus of conservatives and old-money families that have loomed large over Thai politics for decades, and had been expected to try to thwart him in parliament.

Despite winning the election on massive youth support and popularity in the capital Bangkok, Pita needed to win over some of the 249 members of the conservative-leaning upper house Senate, which was appointed by the military after a 2014 coup.

MUDA perkenal empat calon DUN dalam PRN Selangor

astro awani

Julai 13, 2023
MUDA yakin akan diberi peluang rakyat dalam PRN kali ini agar menjadi suara rakyat Malaysia

MUDA perkenal empat calon DUN dalam PRN Selangor

MUDA yakin akan diberi peluang rakyat dalam PRN kali ini agar menjadi suara rakyat Malaysia. - Gambar fail

PETALING JAYA: Parti Ikatan Demokratik Malaysia (MUDA) hari ini mengumumkan empat calon Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) yang akan bertanding dalam Pilihan Raya Negeri (PRN) Selangor pada Ogos depan.

Menurut Presidennya, Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, bertemakan agenda Politik Baru MUDA, calon-calon yang diperkenalkan mempunyai kualiti khidmat yang baik untuk rakyat di Selangor.

"MUDA berharap rakyat dapat berikan peluang calon-calon ini. Mereka datang dengan latar belakang profesional, sudah ada kualiti khidmat baik mereka merupakan the people representatives dan telah ditapis dan melalui proses agak ketat.

"Kita nak pastikan setiap calon ini memainkan peranan sistem semak dan imbang untuk rakyat, apabila negara terbelah dua blok politik gergasi kawalan ke atas kerajaan persekutuan dan kerajaan negeri," jelasnya. dalam sidang media hari ini.

Ujarnya, MUDA yakin akan diberi peluang rakyat dalam PRN kali ini agar menjadi suara rakyat Malaysia.

"MUDA akur dan faham, kita tak ada kuasa, kontrak, tiada kawalan media dan calon kita ini baharu, (tetapi) beridealism tinggi.

"Kita yakin jika diberikan peluang rakyat merkea boleh jadi suara rakyat Malaysia," jelasnya.

Tambah Syed Saddiq, ia merupakan pengumuman calon pertama MUDA sebelum calon-calon lain diumumkan masa terdekat.

Empat calon yang diumumkan adalah Setiausaha Agung MUDA, Amir Hadi bagi kerusi DUN N29 Serdang, Timbalan Ketua Parlimen MUDA Shah Alam, Cheda Razak bagi kerusi DUN N41 Batu Tiga.

Manakala Ahli Jawatankuasa Eksekutif Pusat MUDA, Thanusha sebagai calon kerusi DUN N48 Sentosa dan Ketua Turus Penerangan MUDA, Melanie Ting sebagai calon kerusi DUN N19 Bukit Antarabangsa.

BBC presenter at centre of sex photo scandal named as lead anchor Edwards

Reuters

Julai 13, 2023
HUW Edwards announced the death of Queen Elizabeth to the nation in September and has led coverage of the biggest events in Britain since the turn of the century, including elections, royal weddings and the 2012 Olympics. - REUTERS/Filepic

BBC presenter at centre of sex photo scandal named as lead anchor Edwards

HUW Edwards announced the death of Queen Elizabeth to the nation in September and has led coverage of the biggest events in Britain since the turn of the century, including elections, royal weddings and the 2012 Olympics. - REUTERS/Filepic

LONDON: One of Britain's leading television news anchors, Huw Edwards, was identified by his wife on Wednesday as the BBC presenter facing allegations he paid a young person thousands of pounds for sexually explicit photos, the broadcaster reported.

Edwards announced the death of Queen Elizabeth to the nation in September and has led coverage of the biggest events in Britain since the turn of the century, including elections, royal weddings and the 2012 Olympics.

His wife, Vicky Flind, said she was making a statement out of concern for Edwards' mental health and to protect their children, after the initial report by the Sun newspaper dominated the news agenda and sparked days of speculation.

"Huw is suffering from serious mental health issues. As is well documented, he has been treated for severe depression in recent years," Flind said in a statement, according to the BBC.

"The events of the last few days have greatly worsened matters, he has suffered another serious episode and is now receiving in-patient hospital care where he'll stay for the foreseeable future."

The story first broke on Friday when the Sun tabloid reported a leading BBC presenter had paid a young person 35,000 pounds ($45,000) for explicit photos over three years, beginning when the person was 17.

The BBC suspended the presenter but did not name him. Several BBC stars then took to social media to say they were not involved after speculation swirled online.

The BBC came under fire as it struggled to investigate the claim against the presenter, protect the person's privacy, respond publicly to the allegations, and not anger other presenters who fell under suspicion.

The age of consent for sex in England is 16, but images of someone under 18 can be considered child pornography.

London's Metropolitan Police said earlier on Wednesday it had concluded its assessment into the allegations and found there was no indication a criminal offence had been committed.

"There is no further police action," it said.

The BBC said it would continue with its internal investigation into the allegations.

In an email to staff, BBC Director General Tim Davie sai...

MAMPAN25 launched as new strategic plan for LTAT

Bernama

Julai 13, 2023
Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said said MAMPAN25 comes with four main thrusts, namely Growth, Resilience, Impact and Trust; with a commitment to better manage the retirement funds of military personnel. - BERNAMA

MAMPAN25 launched as new strategic plan for LTAT

Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said said MAMPAN25 comes with four main thrusts, namely Growth, Resilience, Impact and Trust; with a commitment to better manage the retirement funds of military personnel. - BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR: A roadmap that stretches from 2023 to 2025, known as MAMPAN25, was launched today as a new strategic plan for the Armed Forces Fund Board (LTAT) to face economic challenges, safeguard the social welfare of its contributors, and drive the transformation towards a sustainable savings fund.

Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said it is also a restructuring, reassessment and relaunching of its business plan, as there are numerous issues that require re-evaluation and a re-strategising effort from the entire LTAT family, including subsidiary companies.

He said MAMPAN25 comes with four main thrusts, namely Growth, Resilience, Impact and Trust; with a commitment to better manage the retirement funds of military personnel.

"The world is changing rapidly and drastically, and in the corporate world, we cannot remain static.

"We need to reposition ourselves, reassess our business pillars and organisational structure to remain relevant and competitive in the mainstream," he said after launching MAMPAN25 here today.

Mohamad said the launch of MAMPAN25 is also to ensure that LTAT and its subsidiary companies continue to operate robustly and, at the same time, maintain their commitment to providing steady dividend returns to military personnel who contribute to their retirement funds.

He said the ministry has been monitoring LTAT and its subsidiaries to ensure that they continue to ensure the wellbeing of military personnel as outlined in the core values of the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF).

The minister stressed that MINDEF will not allow any organisation under its purview to become stagnant and unproductive as they should move together towards a better and brighter future.

He said the LTAT's privatisation of Boustead Holding, for example, is not an end but more of a restructuring process.

"Taking a step back does not mean we are losing, but it signifies our preparation to move forward. Look at our assets, and there are assets that are like planting oil palm in a gold mine. We have to unlock that. This is a process of adding value. This is what we want to do in LTAT," he said.

Meanwhile, LTAT chief executive officer Datuk Nazim Rahman said MAMPAN25 is evidence of LTAT's readiness to mov...

'Langkah mayat saya dulu sebelum beli Pharmaniaga' - Mohamad

ASTRO AWANI

Julai 13, 2023
Menteri Pertahanan Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan bercakap pada sidang media selepas melancarkan Pelan Strategik 2023-2025 (MAMPAN25) sebagai hala tuju baharu Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT) hari ini. - Foto BERNAMA'Langkah mayat saya dulu sebelum beli Pharmaniaga' - Mohamad

Menteri Pertahanan Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan bercakap pada sidang media selepas melancarkan Pelan Strategik 2023-2025 (MAMPAN25) sebagai hala tuju baharu Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT) hari ini. - Foto BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR: "Langkah mayat saya dulu, biar saya uruskan (Pharmaniaga Bhd)."

Demikian kata Menteri Pertahanan, Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan apabila ada pihak yang cuba menggunakan pemimpin tertinggi negara untuk membeli syarikat pembekal ubat itu dengan harga yang murah.

Beliau memaklumkan, beliau terpaksa 'bertengkar' dalam Kabinet bagi mempertahankan syarikat itu daripada jatuh ke tangan pihak lain.

"Mindef (Kementerian Pertahanan) bagi berbilion-bilion (ringgit) untuk jalankan perniagaan, uruslah elok-elok. Bukan senang, sampai ada orang buat bidding (bidaan) melalui pemimpin tertinggi, nak beli syarikat kita murah-murah," katanya ketika berucap pada Majlis Pelancaran Pelan Strategik 2023-2025 (MAMPAN25) di sini pada Khamis.

'Langkah mayat saya sebelum beli Pharmaniaga'

Pharmaniaga sebelum ini pernah mencatatkan kerugian bersih sebanyak RM607.32 juta bagi tahun kewangan berkahir 31 Disember 2022 berbanding keuntungan bersih RM172.15 juta pada tahun sebelumnya, dengan peruntukan RM552 juta untuk stok vaksin COVID-19 yang bergerak perlahan.

Situasi itu mendorong Pharmaniaga diklasifikasikan di bawah Nota Amalan 17 (PN17) bagi Keperluan Penyenaraian Pasaran Utama (MMLR).

PN17 adalah singkatan kepada Nota Amalan 17/2005 merujuk kepada syarikat yang mengalami masalah kewangan atau tidak memenuhi syarat minimum yang ditetapkan Bursa Malaysia.

Perolehan syarikat itu merosot 27.1 peratus kepada RM3.51 bilion daripada RM4.82 bilion berikutan terdapat permintaan yang lebih rendah daripada kerajaan untuk membeli vaksin COVID-19.

Pada 14 Mac lalu, Pharmaniaga Bhd mengumumkan bahawa Ketua Pegawai Eksekutifnya, Datuk Zulkarnain Md Eusope, melepaskan jawatannya.

PDRM never stopped 1MDB probe, Jho Low hunt still on - IGP

Bernama

Julai 13, 2023
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said following the arrest of former 1MDB lawyer Jasmine Loo Ai Swan, a close associate of Jho Low, on Friday, more arrests can be expected soon. - BERNAMA

PDRM never stopped 1MDB probe, Jho Low hunt still on - IGP

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said following the arrest of former 1MDB lawyer Jasmine Loo Ai Swan, a close associate of Jho Low, on Friday, more arrests can be expected soon. - BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) have never stopped investigating the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) case or ceased its hunt for fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, or Jho Low, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said.

He said following the arrest of former 1MDB lawyer Jasmine Loo Ai Swan, a close associate of Jho Low, on Friday, more arrests can be expected soon.

"If police can have Jasmin Loo in custody, we can arrest others involved with 1MDB and Jho Low anytime.

"There is no need to know where they are at as this involves police tactical matters,' he told a special media conference in Bukit Aman here today.

On Loo's arrest, Razarudin said the woman was arrested after presenting herself with her lawyer at the Dang Wangi district police headquarters to record her statement.

"PDRM are still investigating the case and are cooperating with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and the Securities Commission in the event the suspect is in the wanted category," he said.

Razarudin said Loo is being investigated under Section 409 of the Penal Code for criminal breach of trust.

Loo was 1MDB's former executive director of group and is believed to be in Low's inner circle.

Bloomberg previously reported that Swiss investigators conducting a criminal investigation into the 1MDB scandal were hunting executive director Casey Tang and Jasmine Loo in connection with the alleged illegal transfer of US$700 million.

On Dec 4, 2018, the Magistrate's Court issued arrest warrants against Jho Low, Jasmine Loo, Casey, former 1MDB official Geh Choh Heng and Eric Tan Kim Loong.

The arrest warrants were issued after they failed to appear in court to face seven charges of money laundering related to 1MDB.

-- BERNAMA

Defamatory statement: PM political secretary lodges police report

Bernama

Julai 13, 2023
PM's Political Secretary Ahmad Farhan Fauzi the three individuals are political activist Badrul Hisham Shaharin or better known as Che'gu Bard, Bersatu Supreme Council member Datuk Wan Saiful Wan Jan and blogger Raggie Jessy Rithaudeen

Defamatory statement: PM political secretary lodges police report

PM's Political Secretary Ahmad Farhan Fauzi the three individuals are political activist Badrul Hisham Shaharin or better known as Che'gu Bard, Bersatu Supreme Council member Datuk Wan Saiful Wan Jan and blogger Raggie Jessy Rithaudeen. - SinarHarian

PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister's Political Secretary Ahmad Farhan Fauzi today lodged a police report against three individuals for issuing and spreading false and defamatory statements against Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

The three individuals are political activist Badrul Hisham Shaharin or better known as Che'gu Bard, Bersatu Supreme Council member Datuk Wan Saiful Wan Jan and blogger Raggie Jessy Rithaudeen.

Ahmad Farhan said the report was lodged over the remarks made by Che'gu Bard and the speech by Wan Saiful at a recent event in Kedah pertaining to the personal residence and the vehicles used by Anwar which allegedly belonged to a businessman.

"All those statements are baseless, ill-intent and politically motivated," he told reporters after lodging the report at Putrajaya Police headquarters here today. Also present was Anwar's lawyer Datuk S. Sankara Narayanan Nair.

Putrajaya Police chief ACP A Asmadi Abdul Aziz, when contacted, confirmed receiving the report, saying that an investigation will be carried out.

Meanwhile, Sankara Narayanan Nair said they have evidence and related documents on the lease agreement relating to Anwar's house in Sungai Long, Kajang, but they could not be made public.

"The property he lives in is on a lease agreement by him for 10 years, signed in 2020 way before he becomes the prime minister. The lease is properly paid and no argument about who owns it," he said.

-- BERNAMA

STPM 2022: 1,184 calon peroleh PNGK 4.00

Bernama

Julai 13, 2023 12:39 MYT

STPM 2022: 1,184 calon peroleh PNGK 4.00
STPM 2022 menyaksikan calon yang memperoleh keputusan PNGK 4.00 meningkat berbanding tahun 2021 iaitu seramai 874 orang

STPM 2022 menyaksikan calon yang memperoleh keputusan PNGK 4.00 meningkat berbanding tahun 2021 iaitu seramai 874 orang.- Gambar fail

KUALA LUMPUR: Seramai 1,184 calon Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) 2022 mendapat Purata Nilai Gred Keseluruhan (PNGK) 4.00, kata Pengerusi Majlis Peperiksaan Malaysia (MPM) Prof Datuk Mohd Ekhwan Toriman.

Beliau berkata ia sekali gus menyaksikan calon yang memperoleh keputusan PNGK 4.00 meningkat berbanding tahun 2021 iaitu seramai 874 orang.

"Daripada 1,184 calon ini, seramai 1,009 calon atau 85.22 peratus daripadanya adalah daripada kategori B40," katanya pada sidang media pengumuman Keputusan STPM 2022 di sini hari ini.

Bagi PNGK Nasional STPM 2022, Mohd Ekhwan berkata ia juga telah meningkat kepada 2.82 pada tahun lepas berbanding 2.79 pada tahun sebelumnya.

"PNGK Nasional ini juga merupakan PNGK Nasional tertinggi sejak dilaksanakan peperiksaan STPM," katanya

Akaun Facebook EAIC digodam

Bernama

Julai 12, 2023
Akaun Facebook rasmi Suruhanjaya Integriti Agensi Penguatkuasaan (EAIC) digodam hari ini dan tidak dapat diakses oleh semua pentadbir akaun.

Akaun Facebook EAIC digodam

Akaun Facebook rasmi Suruhanjaya Integriti Agensi Penguatkuasaan (EAIC) digodam hari ini dan tidak dapat diakses oleh semua pentadbir akaun. - Gambar hiasan

PUTRAJAYA: Akaun Facebook rasmi Suruhanjaya Integriti Agensi Penguatkuasaan (EAIC) digodam hari ini dan tidak dapat diakses oleh semua pentadbir akaun.

Mengesahkan perkara itu, EAIC dalam kenyataan hari ini memaklumkan akaun laman sosial di alamat https://www.facebook.com/eaicofficial itu digodam pada 11 pagi tadi.

"EAIC sedang bekerjasama dengan Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (MCMC) untuk mendapatkan kembali akses ke akaun tersebut," katanya.

Sehubungan itu, EAIC menafikan sebarang status atau kenyataan yang dimuat naik di laman itu selepas 11 pagi.

Semakan mendapati status terakhir di laman Facebook itu ialah pada 11 malam semalam mengenai sesi libat urus EAIC bersama Pasukan Gerakan Am, Polis Diraja Malaysia di Padang Besar, Perlis.

-- BERNAMA

Agong berkenan hadiri majlis perasmian pesawat kargo A321 Teleport

Bernama

Julai 13, 2023
Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah berkenan menghadiri majlis perasmian pesawat kargo A321 milik Teleport. - Foto BERNAMA

Agong berkenan hadiri majlis perasmian pesawat kargo A321 Teleport

Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah berkenan menghadiri majlis perasmian pesawat kargo A321 milik Teleport. - Foto BERNAMA

SEPANG: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah hari ini berkenan menghadiri majlis perasmian pesawat kargo A321 milik Teleport di sini.

Ketibaan pesawat itu bakal mengukuhkan lagi kedudukan Teleport, cabang logistik Capital A Bhd sebagai penyedia logistik udara dan pemain industri kargo yang terkemuka di ASEAN.

Pada majlis itu, Seri Paduka menzahirkan ucapan tahniah kepada Capital A Bhd dan Teleport serta berharap perkhidmatan logistik mereka akan terus berkembang dan menguasai rantau Asia Tenggara.

"Pesawat kargo A321F milik Teleport telah menonjolkan keupayaan syarikat Malaysia sebagai jaguh di rantau ini dan yang lain harus mencontohi kejayaan mereka," titah Al-Sultan Abdullah.

Pesawat itu akan beroperasi dari Kuala Lumpur dengan fleksibiliti untuk ke pangkalan di Bangkok, Jakarta dan Manila.

Turut hadir Menteri Pengangkutan Anthony Loke, Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Capital A Tan Sri Tony Fernandes dan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Teleport Pete Chareonwongsak.

-- BERNAMA

 1 pound is now at 6.0430, the lowest in 7 years

Astro Awani

July 13, 2023 

1 pound is now at 6.0430, the lowest in 7 years

The pound rose 14.8 percent against the ringgit, while on an annual basis, it rose 13 percent against other local currencies. - Decorative photo/REUTERS

KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit hit its lowest level in seven years against the British pound when it fell to 6.0430 as of 7am this morning.

The ringgit previously hit RM6 to 1 pound on Tuesday, falling to 6.0164.

The last time the ringgit declined to RM6 against the pound was on 15 February 2016, when the exchange rate was at 6.0481.

However, the ringgit is not alone as the pound and the United States (US) dollar have strengthened against other regional currencies this year.

The pound has been one of the top performing currencies so far this year.

It is based on expectations that the Bank of England will raise interest rates further as wages rise faster than expected in May, while inflation remains high at 8.7 percent in May, the highest in the G7 countries.

Wage growth rose 7.3 percent in the three months to May from a year earlier, driven by a strong increase in private sector wage growth.

While wage growth picked up quickly, the unemployment rate rose to 4.0 percent in the three months to May, from 3.8 percent previously.

Against the US dollar, the pound rose 9.0 percent over the course of one year.

Meanwhile, regional currencies such as the Indonesian rupiah saw the pound increase by about 9.74 percent in the same period.

The Singapore dollar fell 4.81 percent and the Thai baht 3.66 percent, against the pound, o...

Notifikasi Armila Beauty Kak ELL Pigment Booster dibatalkan, mengandungi racun berjadual

Bernama

Julai 12, 2023
Produk kosmetik Armila Beauty Kak ELL Pigment Booster tidak lagi dibenarkan untuk dijual di Malaysia.- KKM

Notifikasi Armila Beauty Kak ELL Pigment Booster dibatalkan, mengandungi racun berjadual

Produk kosmetik Armila Beauty Kak ELL Pigment Booster tidak lagi dibenarkan untuk dijual di Malaysia.- KKM

PUTRAJAYA: Notifikasi produk kosmetik Armila Beauty Kak ELL Pigment Booster telah dibatalkan kerana dikesan mengandungi racun berjadual dan tidak lagi dibenarkan untuk dijual di Malaysia.

Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan Datuk Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan berkata produk kosmetik itu dikesan mengandungi 'Betamethasone 17-Valerate' iaitu ubat yang perlu berdaftar dengan Pihak Berkuasa Kawalan Dadah dan hanya boleh digunakan dengan nasihat ahli profesional kesihatan.

Menerusi satu kenyataan hari ini, beliau berkata penggunaan produk yang mengandungi bahan itu tanpa pengawasan ahli profesional kesihatan boleh menyebabkan kesan sampingan yang tidak diingini.

"Betamethasone 17-Valerate boleh menyebabkan bahagian kulit muka yang disapu menjadi nipis dan mudah mengalami iritasi, berjerawat, perubahan pada pigmentasi kulit dan meningkatkan risiko untuk diserap ke dalam sistem peredaran darah yang boleh membawa kesan mudarat," katanya

Dr Muhammad Radzi berkata penjual dan pengedar produk kosmetik itu perlu menghentikan penjualan dan pengedaran produk kosmetik berkenaan dengan serta-merta kerana ia melanggar Peraturan-Peraturan Kawalan Dadah dan Kosmetik 1984.

Individu yang melakukan kesalahan di bawah peraturan itu boleh dikenakan hukuman denda tidak melebihi RM25,000 atau penjara tidak melebihi tiga tahun atau kedua-duanya untuk kesalahan pertama, dan denda tidak melebihi RM50,000 atau penjara tidak melebihi lima tahun atau kedua-duanya untuk kesalahan berikutnya.

Syarikat yang melakukan kesalahan boleh dikenakan denda sehingga RM50,000 untuk kesalahan pertama dan denda sehingga RM100,000 untuk kesalahan berikutnya, kata beliau.

"Orang awam yang sedang menggunakan produk kosmetik itu dinasihatkan untuk segera menghentikan penggunaannya dan mendapatkan nasihat daripada ahli profesional kesihatan jika mengalami sebarang ketidakselesaan atau kesan advers," katanya.

Orang awam digalakkan untuk menyemak status notifikasi sesuatu produk kosmetik dengan melayari laman sesawang rasmi NPRA www.npra.gov.my atau melalui aplikasi 'NPRA Product Status' yang boleh dimuat turun daripada Google Play Store.

-- BERNAMA

 Hong Kong will ban seafood imports if Japan releases nuclear water

Reuters

Julai 12, 2023 

Hong Kong will ban seafood imports if Japan releases nuclear water

Japanese imports of seafood are seen in a supermarket in Hong Kong, China July 12, 2023. - REUTERS

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's environment and ecology department head said the city will ban seafood imports from 10 Japanese prefectures if Tokyo goes ahead with a plan to discharge treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima plant into the sea.

Tse Chin-wan, Secretary for Environment and Ecology told reporters on Wednesday that a ban would include imports of all live, frozen, refrigerated, dried or otherwise preserved aquatic products, sea salt, and unprocessed or processed seaweed.

The measures come a day after Hong Kong leader John Lee said that the city would ban sea products from a "large number" of Japanese prefectures if Tokyo went ahead with the waste water discharge.

The city is Japan's second largest market, after mainland China, for agricultural and fisheries exports. In 2022, Japan exported 75.5 billion yen ($536 million fishery products to Hong Kong, according to Japanese government statistics.

Japan's plan, approved by the U.N. nuclear watchdog, has faced opposition at home and abroad over concerns of food safety. The country insists the releases will be safe and meet global standards.

Japan has made a strong request to Hong Kong officials not to tighten restrictions on food imports from Japan because of its plan to discharge treated radioactive water from its Fukushima nuclear plant, Tokyo's foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

Tse and chief secretary Eric Chan said they met the Japanese consul general in Hong Kong to discuss the issue and emphasized that the government has a rigorous system to ensure food safety.

The ban would apply to imported aquatic products from Tokyo, Fukushima, Chiba, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Gunma, Miyagi, Niigata, Nagano and Saitama, Tse said.

Public varsity students to get RM300 subsidy for purchase of domestic flight tickets

Bernama

Julai 12, 2023
Transport Minister Anthony Loke said this subsidy is only valid for the purchase of one-way and return economy class flight tickets between the students' place of origin and place of study. - BERNAMA/Filepic

Public varsity students to get RM300 subsidy for purchase of domestic flight tickets

Transport Minister Anthony Loke said this subsidy is only valid for the purchase of one-way and return economy class flight tickets between the students' place of origin and place of study. - BERNAMA/Filepic

PUTRAJAYA: The government has introduced a subsidy initiative worth RM300 for the purchase of flight tickets for public university students for domestic routes between the Peninsula, Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan that will begin on Aug 15.

Transport Minister Anthony Loke said this would be implemented through a credit shell where participating airlines will issue a digital voucher worth RM300 to each eligible student to redeem for purchasing flight tickets for domestic routes.

"This subsidy is only valid for the purchase of one-way and return economy class flight tickets between the students' place of origin and place of study," he told a media conference, here, today.

Loke said the initiative, which the Cabinet agreed to at today's meeting, would benefit over 56,000 public university students nationwide, with the overall cost estimated to be RM16.8 million.

He said that if the ticket purchased costs less than RM300, the balance of the digital voucher could be used for the next ticket purchase.

He said the vouchers can only be used to purchase Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia, Batik Air, Firefly and MYAirline flight tickets and the deadline to redeem the vouchers for the purchase of flight tickets is Oct 31.

To apply for the subsidy for the purchase of flight tickets, public university students must check their eligibility through the Transport Ministry's website, which will be notified later," he said.

"If they are not eligible, they can appeal to the Ministry of Higher Education through their respective varsities or apply for a subsidy for the purchase of flight tickets on the websites of the selected airlines," he said.

-- BERNAMA

 Former 1MDB lawyer Jasmine Loo Ai Swan remanded - Saifuddin

Julai 12, 2023 

Former 1MDB lawyer Jasmine Loo Ai Swan remanded - Saifuddin

Saifuddin informed that a remand order was issued to the woman on July 8. - Photo by Astro AWANI/Shahir Omar

PUTRAJAYA: The police arrested former 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) lawyer Jasmine Loo Ai Swan last Friday in the capital before being taken to the Dang Wangi District Police Headquarters to assist in the investigation.

Home Minister, Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail informed that a remand order was also issued to the woman on July 8.

"The remand order is based on an investigation under Section 409 of the Penal Code, thus the PDRM certainly has a number of matters to investigate.

"At the same time through lawyer Jasmine Loo Ai Swan informed that he is ready to cooperate to help PDRM and the government," he said here in a Special Media Conference here on Wednesday.

In November 2021, the public prosecutor filed a notice of motion to forfeit two cars, an Audi and a Volkswagen New Beetle, money amounting to RM22,600 and a condominium in Mont Kiara here belonging to Jasmine.

Jasmine is said to be a close associate of fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho or Jho Low who was also involved in the 1MDB financial scandal and was listed as a wanted person after escaping and his whereabouts are unknown.

Chaos at KLIA: The airline is responsible for repatriating travelers who were refused entry

ASTRO AWANI

Julai 12, 2023
Saifuddin said the decision made by the Cabinet is in line with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) convention

Chaos at KLIA: The airline is responsible for repatriating travelers who were refused entry

Saifuddin said the decision made by the Cabinet is in line with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) convention - Photo/ Astro AWANI/ Shahir Omar

PUTRAJAYA: The Cabinet has decided that the process of repatriating travelers who have been denied entry (NTL) to the country will be managed by the airline without involving third parties.

Home Minister, Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, said the decision made by the Cabinet was in line with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) convention.

He explained that, according to ICAO, airlines are responsible for managing the repatriation of NTL travelers, including covering the cost of food and drink as well as flight tickets.

"So the Cabinet today agreed for the repatriation process to be managed by the airline, without going through a third party.

"This means that this is in line with the Immigration Act 1959/1963 and in line with ICAO, which clearly mentions that they are the parties that should take responsibility.

"When a traveler wants to depart from the last location, the airline is responsible before he issues a 'boarding pass'.

"The airline has to know the status of the traveler whether he has a return ticket and then can issue a 'boarding pass' . That is a normal process at the international level," he said in a special media conference here on Wednesday.

Two Vietnamese women were fined RM2,000 for offering sex to the police




July 1

Dua wanita itu didakwa mencari langganan bagi persundalan dengan menawarkan perkhidmatan seks kepada anggota polis berpangkat koperal di sebuah bilik hotel di Taman Equine, Seri Kembangan2, 2023

Two Vietnamese women were fined RM2,000 for offering sex to the police

The two women are accused of seeking subscriptions for prostitution by offering sex services to policemen with the rank of corporal in a hotel room in Taman Equine, Seri Kembangan. - Decorative pictures

PETALING JAYA: The action of two Vietnamese single mothers who offered sex services to a police officer with the rank of corporal last month led to a fine when they were each fined RM2,000 by the Magistrate's Court here on Wednesday.

Tu Dong Thuy Hoa and Thi Lan Giang, both 33 years old, working as massage therapists, were given the sentence after pleading guilty to the charges read before Magistrate Zhafran Rahim Hamzah.

The court ordered them to be imprisoned for two months, if they failed to pay the fine.

According to the charges, they were charged with seeking subscriptions for prostitution by offering sex services to policemen with the rank of corporal in a hotel room in Taman Equine, Seri Kembangan, at 6pm, 27 June.

The charge is made under Section 372B of the Penal Code which carries a maximum jail term of one year or a fine, or both upon conviction.

During the proceedings, the lawyer, Jasmine Faith, who represented the two accused, appealed for her client to be fined for having to support each other's children.

"They have just started working as masseurs for two days but due to the offence, they have been remanded for 15 days, thus making this matter a lesson," he said.

Meanwhile, the Deputy Public Prosecutor, Siti Maryam Jamilah Md Kamal asked for appropriate punishment as a lesson.

Travelers from Bangladesh, Pakistan, India are the highest denied entry to Malaysia - Saifuddin
ASTRO AWANI

July 12, 2023
Saifuddin said from January to last June, more than 3.98 million travelers were recorded arriving through the entrance of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) -

Travelers from Bangladesh, Pakistan, India are the highest denied entry to Malaysia - Saifuddin

Saifuddin said from January to last June, more than 3.98 million travelers were recorded arriving through the entrance of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) - Photo/ Astro AWANI/ Shahir Omar

PUTRAJAYA: Travelers from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India are the most subject to notices of refusal to enter Malaysia, said Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

According to the Minister of Home Affairs, from January to June last year, more than 3.98 million travelers were recorded arriving through the entrance of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).

"This is the KLIA entrance only, we have 150 entrances nationwide but this refers to the KLIA entrance data, where we received a record of 3,984,823 traveler arrivals.

"During the same period, the number of travelers subject to entry refusal notices was 14,977 compared to 3.9 million, which is approximately 80 people per day on average or about 0.37 percent.

"The three nationalities that recorded the status of being subject to the highest entry refusal notice are Bangladesh, Pakistan, followed by India. These are the three highest lists of travellers," he said in a Special Media Conference here.

Commenting further, Saifuddin said that among the main reasons for the refusal of entry was not having a return ticket and a clear address of residence, as well as not having enough cash, in addition to security aspects.

He said that as of 2pm yesterday, a check with the Director General of the Immigration Department (JIM), Datuk Ruslin Jusoh found that at least 48 people had been detained today.

He explained that most NTL travelers are detained between one and seven days, depending on how quickly their repatriation process is made.

 Malaysia seeks proposals to revive high-speed rail project with Singapore

Reuters

Julai 11, 2023 

Malaysia seeks proposals to revive high-speed rail project with Singapore

MyHSR Corp invited local and international firms and consortia to submit proposals. to develop and operate the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail project. - Astro AWANI

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia on Tuesday said it was seeking proposals from private firms to develop a high-speed railway between its capital Kuala Lumpur and neighbouring Singapore, reviving a multi-billion-dollar project called off more than two years ago.

Malaysia and Singapore had cancelled a plan to build a 350-kilometre (217-mile) rail line connecting the two countries after they failed to agree on several proposed changes to the project.

At the time the project was estimated to cost around $17 billion and companies from China, Japan, South Korea and Europe had expressed an interest in contracts to build, operate and finance the trains and rail assets.

In a statement on Tuesday, MyHSR Corp, a Malaysian-government owned entity responsible for the project, called for the private sector to submit proposals to develop and operate the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail project via a public-private partnership model.

MyHSR invited local and international firms and consortia to submit proposals.

"(The process) marks the government's initiative to reactivate the ... project via new funding mechanisms and implementation models in efforts to further improve the rail transport infrastructure and to invigorate the national economy," it said.

Singapore's transport ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Singapore indicated last year the country is open to fresh proposals from Malaysia on the project, according to media.

Police confirm detainee escapes from Dang Wangi IPD

Bernama

Julai 12, 2023
Kuala Lumpur Police Chief Datuk Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said the incident happened at 9.40 am when the police were in the process of taking him to court. - BERNAMA

Police confirm detainee escapes from Dang Wangi IPD

Kuala Lumpur Police Chief Datuk Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said the incident happened at 9.40 am when the police were in the process of taking him to court. - BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR: The police confirmed that a detainee had escaped from the lock-up at the Dang Wangi District Police Headquarters (IPD) here yesterday.

Without revealing further details, Kuala Lumpur Police Chief Datuk Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said the incident happened at 9.40 am when the police were in the process of taking him to court.

"The police had launched a search operation to track down the detainee. We were able to locate and re-arrest him at 1.50 pm on the same day," he told a press conference after attending the monthly assembly at the Kuala Lumpur Police Contingent Headquarters here today.

He further said that an investigation was ongoing to determine whether there was any negligence involving six personnel on duty when the suspect escaped.

Meanwhile, Mohd Shuhaily said over 26,000 summonses were issued in Op Hormat Undang-Undang Jalan Raya conducted by Kuala Lumpur traffic police as of July 9.

He said the offence with the highest number of summonses was traffic obstruction, with 18,931.

A total of 86 individuals were detained for various criminal and traffic offences and 99 vehicles were confiscated, he added.

"My concern is about foreigners who are riding motorcycles without a licence. Although they possess relevant documents, they do not have (driving) licence," he said, adding that many of them rent vehicles from local citizens or receive them from their employers.

-- BERNAMA

SPRM tahan bekas pegawai khas menteri minta sogokan lulus surat warganegara

ASTRO AWANi

Julai 12, 2023
Suspek disyaki meminta wang sogokan daripada seorang lelaki tempatan yang membuat permohonan taraf kewarganegaraan untuk anak kandungnya.

SPRM tahan bekas pegawai khas menteri minta sogokan lulus surat warganegara

Suspek disyaki meminta wang sogokan daripada seorang lelaki tempatan yang membuat permohonan taraf kewarganegaraan untuk anak kandungnya.

PUTRAJAYA: Seorang bekas pegawai khas menteri ditahan Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) kerana disyaki meminta rasuah RM25,000 sebagai dorongan untuk mendapatkan surat kelulusan bagi permohonan taraf kewarganegaraan.

Sumber memberitahu, penjawat awam berusia 40-an itu yang berkhidmat dengan menteri pada 2019 ditahan kira-kira pukul 5 petang Selasa, di ibu pejabat SPRM Putrajaya ketika hadir memberi keterangan.

Majistret Irza Zulaikha Rohanuddin membenarkan perintah tahanan reman selama tiga hari sehingga 14 Julai ini, di Mahkamah Majistret Putrajaya, pagi tadi.

Menurut sumber, suspek meminta wang sogokan daripada seorang lelaki tempatan yang membuat permohonan taraf kewarganegaraan untuk anak kandungnya.

"Pada bulan Jun lalu, suspek telah menghubungi individu terlibat yang memohon taraf kewarganegaraan bagi anaknya sejak 2015.

"Suspek memaklumkan bahawa surat kelulusan permohonan taraf warganegara sudah ada padanya namun meminta pengadu untuk membayar wang sejumlah RM25,000 sebelum menyerahkan surat kelulusan tersebut," kata sumber itu.

Tambah sumber, penahanan suspek dibuat hasil pendedahan dan gesaan Perdana Menteri agar SPRM menyiasat lanjut berhubung amalan rasuah oleh segelintir pegawai di Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara (JPN).

Sementara itu, Pengarah Bahagian Perisikan SPRM, Datuk Azmi Kamaruzaman ketika dihubungi di sini pada Rabu mengesahkan penahanan lelaki berkenaan bagi membantu siasatan mengikut Seksyen 16(a)(A) Akta SPRM 2009.

Sebelum ini, Menteri Dalam Negeri, Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail mendedahkan menerima maklumat ada unsur salah guna kuasa di JPN apabila proses untuk mendapatkan sijil warganegara dikenakan bayaran tertentu.

PRN: PH guna slogan 'Kita Selangor' tarik sokongan - Amirudin

Bernama

Julai 12, 2023
Amirudin berkata slogan yang membawa aspirasi rakyat Selangor yang sentiasa bersatu padu dalam apa jua keadaan itu akan ditambah dengan perkataan atau ayat tertentu bagi disesuaikan dengan semangat dalam berpilihan raya. - Foto fail/BERNAMA

PRN: PH guna slogan 'Kita Selangor' tarik sokongan - Amirudin

Amirudin berkata slogan yang membawa aspirasi rakyat Selangor yang sentiasa bersatu padu dalam apa jua keadaan itu akan ditambah dengan perkataan atau ayat tertentu bagi disesuaikan dengan semangat dalam berpilihan raya. - Foto fail/BERNAMA

SHAH ALAM: Pakatan Harapan (PH) akan menggunakan slogan 'Kita Selangor' sebagai tawaran kepada rakyat dalam kempen Pilihan Raya Negeri (PRN), kata Pengerusi PH Selangor Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari.

Amirudin yang juga Menteri Besar Selangor berkata 'Kita Selangor' membawa mesej penting dan tersendiri kepada rakyat negeri itu dan digunakan secara meluas dalam program serta inisiatif yang dilaksanakan kerajaan sejak diperkenal semasa pandemik COVID-19 melanda negara.

Beliau berkata slogan yang membawa aspirasi rakyat Selangor yang sentiasa bersatu padu dalam apa jua keadaan itu akan ditambah dengan perkataan atau ayat tertentu bagi disesuaikan dengan semangat dalam berpilihan raya.

"Untuk PRN ini, PH akan mengekalkan semangat atau tagline (slogan) 'Kita Selangor' yang telah saya perkenalkan dan menjadi aspirasi kepada kerajaan dan rakyat negeri ini semasa berhadapan pandemik COVID-19 serta beberapa cabaran lain seperti kegawatan eknomi dan bencana banjir.

"Bagi PH, 'Kita Selangor' itu sudah sarat dengan pengalaman, rekod perkhidmatan dan ia adalah realiti yang diterima secara nyata oleh rakyat ketika ini," katanya dalam temu bual bersama Bernama.

Slogan 'Kita Selangor' yang diperkenal sebagai inspirasi melawan COVID-19 dan kelembapan ekonomi pada 2021 mula digunakan secara rasmi dalam surat, urusan dan program rasmi kerajaan negeri bermula November tahun lepas.

Sejak itu, slogan tersebut terus digunakan dalam pelbagai acara, program dan inisiatif kerajaan seperti sambutan kemerdekaan peringkat negeri, pakej bantuan serta rangsangan ekonomi, jelajah kemasyarakatan selain turut diletakkan di belakang jersi ketiga pasukan bola sepak Selangor sebagai simbolik meraikan penyokong yang sentiasa berada di belakang pasukan Gergasi Merah itu.

Antara contoh program dan inisiatif yang digagaskan daripada slogan 'Kita Selangor' ialah 'Kita Selangor Teguh Bersama' sempena sambutan kemerdekaan, Pakej Kita Selangor 2.0 yang berkaitan ekonomi dan Jelajah Kita Selangor, iaitu program pimpinan kerajaan negeri turun bertemu masyarakat.

Mengulas penggunaan slogan 'Selangor Baharu' oleh Perikatan Nasional (PN) bagi menghadapi PRN, Amirudin yang me...

 Westports founder G. Gnanalingam passes away at 78

KUALA LUMPUR: Westports Holdings Bhd founder and executive chairman Tan Sri G Gnanalingam passed away Tuesday afternoon at the age of 78. 

In 1994, Gnanalingam successfully secured the concession to operate Westports. He has been executive chairman of Westports since Sept 1, 2013. Westports owns a 60-year concession to operate and expand its container terminals in Pulau Indah and Port Klang, which will end in 2054

He attended the Royal Military College from 1960 until 1964 before obtaining his Bachelor of Arts Degree from University of Malaya in 1968.

He was also an alumni of the Harvard Business School in Boston, USA, having attended the School's Advanced Management Programme in 1983.

His efforts were recognised when he was named Transport Man of the Year in 2001 by the Ministry of Transport.

PRN: Kerajaan Perpaduan telah muktamadkan pembahagian kerusi di enam negeri - Anwar

Bernama

Julai 11, 2023
Perkara itu disahkan Anwar selepas mempengerusikan mesyuarat tersebut malam ini. - Gambar Bernama

PRN: Kerajaan Perpaduan telah muktamadkan pembahagian kerusi di enam negeri - Anwar

Perkara itu disahkan Anwar selepas mempengerusikan mesyuarat tersebut malam ini. - Gambar Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR: Majlis Perundingan Pimpinan Kerajaan Perpaduan telah memuktamadkan pembahagian kerusi di enam negeri bagi menghadapi Pilihan Raya Negeri (PRN) pada 12 Ogos ini.

Perkara itu disahkan oleh Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim selepas mempengerusikan mesyuarat tersebut malam ini.

"(Pembahagian kerusi) telah dimuktamadkan di semua negeri, ada satu dan dua negeri sahaja (yang ada persoalan) kita akan bincang dan malam ini selesai.

"Pengumuman calon (bagi PRN) dalam dua ke tiga hari lagi kita bagi tarikh," katanya kepada pemberita selepas mesyuarat itu yang diadakan di Pusat Dagangan Dunia Kuala Lumpur (WTCKL) di sini.

Turut hadir beberapa pemimpin utama Kerajaan Perpaduan iaitu Pengerusi Barisan Nasional (BN) yang juga Presiden UMNO Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Ketua Whip Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof dan Presiden Parti Amanah Negara Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu.

Perdana Menteri berkata 'Perpaduan Demi Kestabilan dan Kemakmuran' adalah tema yang akan digunakan oleh parti-parti dalam Kerajaan Perpaduan bagi menghadapi PRN tersebut.

Bagaimanapun, beliau berkata setiap negeri yang terlibat dengan PRN boleh membuat slogan tambahan manakala manifesto pilihan raya juga akan ditetapkan oleh pimpinan negeri masing-masing.

"Kita berbincang soal gerak kerja dan strategi dalam menghadapi PRN di enam negeri dan kita berpuas hati. Nampak semangat pendukung setia dapat dilonjakkan dan saya percaya berdasarkan laporan, kita bukan saja boleh bertahan di tiga negeri tapi nampak satu keyakinan untuk menawan beberapa negeri lain," katanya.

Anwar berkata mesyuarat juga bersetuju keutuhan Kerajaan Perpaduan terus diperkukuh supaya dapat memacu pertumbuhan ekonomi selain menjamin kemakmuran dan kesejahteraan rakyat.

"Saya sangat terharu dan bangga dengan kenyataan daripada pimpinan menyatakan kesediaan mereka untuk terus memperkukuh dan mengelak desas-desus daripada golongan terdesak menggunakan sentimen perkauman yang sempit atau agama secara melulu serta jumud dan kemudian memberikan gambaran seolah-olah akan ada perubahan (kerajaan).

"Apa yang disebut di sin...

Former PM Najib Razak Raises Concerns About Increasing Prices Of McDonalds

McDonalds increasing the prices every yeas, has raised a few eyebrows.

Najib Razak highlighted this in a social media post. 

Source: Facebook

Najib decided to compare the prices of some of the popular McDonalds items from December 2017 versus now. As noted by the former PM, the prices of the meals have experienced substantial increment in recent years. For instance, the price of the all-time favourite McChicken burger has witnessed a 86% price hike, rising from RM5 to RM9.29. Even the McNuggets Happy Meal is now 68% more expensive, with the price jumping from RM6.80 to RM11.42.

Have the prices gone down after the GST (Goods and Services Tax) was abolished? Where is the RM50 full trolley gang after GE14? Hopefully the Minister can keep track on why the prices of McDonalds keep increasing every year because this is shocking, Najib wrote in his post.