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            <title>car with soul heats up owner, genting too cold</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5571940</link>
            <description>&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt; &lt;a href='https://www.facebook.com/reel/2997976570534055' target='_blank'&gt;https://www.facebook.com/reel/2997976570534055&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[fbvtall]2997976570534055[/fbvtall]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('b42ab6a37025f437f2c2005907614ad4')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;b42ab6a37025f437f2c2005907614ad4&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;&lt;img src='https://pictr.com/images/2026/07/24/xR693v.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;if slow i close because already 2 days, this forum usually very fastpoke open thread when they saw news related to vehicle.</description>
            <author>LazadaGot</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:35:15 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Porsche worth million snowing in Malaysia</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5571662</link>
            <description>&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;&lt;img src='https://media5.orientaldaily.com.my/images/uploads/news/2026/JULY_2026/20260720/WhatsApp_Image_2026-07-20_at_11.58.18_AM_(1).jpeg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='https://media5.orientaldaily.com.my/storage/resize_cache/images/uploads/news-cover/2026/JULY_2026/20260720/WhatsApp_Image_2026-07-20_at_11.58.18_AM.jpeg/39e8987c5f38fc2c172ee67df1c3b259.jpeg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.orientaldaily.com.my/news/society/2026/07/20/834400' target='_blank'&gt;https://www.orientaldaily.com.my/news/socie...26/07/20/834400&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;（太平20日讯）一辆价值逾百万令吉的保时捷Panamera豪华轿车，今早在南北大道南下路段突然起火燃烧&lt;br /&gt;Taiping, July 20 — A Porsche Panamera luxury sedan worth more than RM1 million caught fire while traveling southbound on the North-South Expressway this morning.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;can bring you winter experience, worth it.</description>
            <author>LazadaGot</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:19:53 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>The car fire at lotus that day is Toyota Honda BMW</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5568614</link>
            <description>&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt; [tiktok]7652763626788474130[/tiktok] &lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt; [youtube]lTvaw_kctho[/youtube] &lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So many people there also cant stop the fire, that Toyota burn until nothing left. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.kosmo.com.my/2026/06/18/tiga-kereta-mewah-terbakar-di-parkir-lotus-ampang/' target='_blank'&gt;https://www.kosmo.com.my/2026/06/18/tiga-ke...r-lotus-ampang/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;“Hasil pemeriksaan mendapati kebakaran melibatkan tiga buah kenderaan yang diparkir di kawasan tersebut.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Sebuah &lt;b&gt;Toyota Vellfire musnah sepenuhnya&lt;/b&gt;, manakala sebuah BMW dan sebuah Honda masing-masing mengalami kemusnahan kira-kira 80 peratus,”&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;========================&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;better be careful when parking beside the car, not first time, more coming soon?  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;for reference,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=5550019' target='_blank'&gt;https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=5550019&lt;/a&gt;</description>
            <author>LazadaGot</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:55:09 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>RIP... trapped and burned in toyota...</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5568606</link>
            <description>&lt;a href='https://malaysiagazette.com/2026/06/11/seorang-rentung-pemandu-treler-cedera-nahas-dua-kenderaan/' target='_blank'&gt;https://malaysiagazette.com/2026/06/11/seor...-dua-kenderaan/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seorang rentung, pemandu treler cedera nahas dua kenderaan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='https://malaysiagazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Screenshot-2026-06-11-114014-681x431.png' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;LUMUT –&lt;b&gt; Seorang individu ditemukan rentung selepas kenderaan pelbagai guna (MPV) dipandunya terbakar dalam nahas yang turut melibatkan sebuah treler&lt;/b&gt; di Jalan Batu 9, Kampung Semangat, Segari, Pantai Remis awal pagi tadi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Penolong Pengarah Bahagian Operasi Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia (JBPM) Perak, Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad berkata, pihaknya menerima panggilan kecemasan berhubung kejadian itu pada jam 4.36 pagi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Menurutnya, anggota dari Balai Bomba dan Penyelamat (BBP) Pantai Remis digerakkan ke lokasi kejadian yang terletak kira-kira 15 kilometer dari balai sebelum tiba pada jam 4.52 pagi, Khamis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Sebaik tiba di lokasi, pasukan bomba mendapati sebuah&lt;b&gt; MPV jenis Toyota Innova terbakar &lt;/b&gt;hampir 90 peratus selepas dipercayai bertembung dengan sebuah treler jenis Nissan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Ketua Operasi telah melakukan penilaian situasi (size-up) sebelum mengaplikasikan konsep RECEO dengan mengarahkan anggota memakai peralatan perlindungan diri (PPE) lengkap serta alat pernafasan bagi menjalankan kerja pemadaman.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Api dipadamkan menggunakan satu aliran salur bantu mula dengan sumber air daripada tangki jentera sehingga kebakaran berjaya dipadamkan sepenuhnya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“&lt;b&gt;Anggota telah menemui seorang mangsa yang terperangkap serta rentung di dalam kenderaan tersebut&lt;/b&gt; dan menggunakan peralatan rescue cutter untuk mengeluarkan mayat mangsa sebelum diserahkan kepada pihak polis bagi tindakan lanjut.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Bagaimanapun, identiti dan jantina mangsa masih belum dapat dikenal pasti,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan hari ini.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beliau berkata, &lt;b&gt;pemandu treler yang merupakan lelaki berusia 60 tahun hanya mengalami kecederaan ringan&lt;/b&gt; telah diberikan rawatan awal oleh pegawai perubatan Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (KKM) di lokasi kejadian sebelum dihantar ke hospital menggunakan ambulans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tambahnya, operasi turut melibatkan kerja-kerja pembersihan jalan bagi mengalihkan serpihan kenderaan dan membersihkan tumpahan minyak yang berpunca daripada kemalangan tersebut.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Operasi berjaya dikawal sepenuhnya pada jam 5.30 pagi sebelum ditamatkan pada jam 6.48 pagi,” ujarnya. – MalaysiaGazette&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;</description>
            <author>LazadaGot</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:05:39 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>/k car expert pls help her, ICE car in sc 3 weeks</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5568603</link>
            <description>should be easy fix according to /k, nothing complicated with ICE vehicle. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;https://www.facebook.com/groups/740180240149248/permalink/2258069145027009/&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='https://pictr.com/images/2026/06/22/xkb2cj.png' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='https://pictr.com/images/2026/06/22/xkbtnP.png' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;</description>
            <author>LazadaGot</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:53:39 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Pls reduce fuel subsidy, health department need &amp;#036;</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5568569</link>
            <description>&lt;a href='https://thesun.my/news/over-60-ngos-urge-government-to-reverse-rm4-65-billion-health-budget-cut/' target='_blank'&gt;https://thesun.my/news/over-60-ngos-urge-go...lth-budget-cut/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Over 60 NGOs urge government to reverse RM4.65 billion health budget cut&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;The coalition argued that Malaysia continues to spend below the level needed to meet growing healthcare demands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PETALING JAYA: A coalition of &lt;b&gt;more than 60 civil society organisations will submit a memorandum to MPs tomorrow urging the government to increase, rather than reduce, public healthcare spending as the system is under strain.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The groups, under the Save Public Healthcare System Campaign, are opposing a proposed cut of about RM4.65 billion to the Health Ministry’s 2026 allocation,&lt;/b&gt; saying&lt;b&gt; it may worsen shortages in manpower, facilities and essential resources.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PSM central committee member Gandipan Gopalan told theSun that the memorandum, led by Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj, would be submitted to MPs from both the government and opposition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The coalition questioned how savings of RM4.65 billion could be achieved solely through measures such as reducing overseas courses, hotel events and development projects, as reportedly outlined by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“The government must provide a detailed and transparent breakdown of the proposed cuts, including the categories involved and the amount of savings expected from each category,” it said in a statement signed by 60 nongovernmental organisations and five individuals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On April 30, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said the ministry was expecting a budget cut of about 10%, while assuring that core healthcare services would not be affected.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With the ministry allocated RM46.5 billion under Budget 2026, the reduction would amount to about RM4.65 billion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The coalition argued that Malaysia continues to spend below the level needed to meet growing healthcare demands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It said any savings should be reinvested into healthcare and education instead of being removed from those sectors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“The country’s public healthcare system requires greater investment,” it said, reiterating its call for public healthcare spending to reach at least 5% of the GDP.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It also opposed funding cuts to university hospitals, citing fee increases of up to 233% at University Malaya Medical Centre from Jan 1 last year and said university hospitals play an important role in providing a more affordable alternative to private healthcare, particularly in urban areas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It also called for a freeze on further hikes until adequate public hospital alternatives are available. The memorandum further proposes higher taxes on private hospitals benefiting from medical tourism, with revenue channelled to public healthcare.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It added that Penang recorded more than 527,000 foreign patients in 2025, generating over RM1.1 billion in revenue while government hospitals continued to face funding and staffing constraints.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The coalition said austerity efforts should target wastage, leakages, luxury government spending and non-essential mega projects before healthcare and education budgets are cut.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Among the organisations backing the memorandum besides PSM are Aliran, the Consumers’ Association of Penang, the Centre to Combat Corruption and Cronyism, Islamic Renaissance Front, Muda, Sahabat Alam Malaysia, Women’s Aid Organisation, Undi18 and several health, student and community-based groups.&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='https://i0.wp.com/codeblue.galencentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/MyWatch-spending-cut-petition-compressed.jpeg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://codeblue.galencentre.org/2026/06/over-37000-sign-petition-against-health-education-spending-cuts/' target='_blank'&gt;https://codeblue.galencentre.org/2026/06/ov...-spending-cuts/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Over 37,000 Sign Petition Against Health, Education Spending Cuts&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By CodeBlue | 8 June 2026&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MyWatch’s petition against health and education spending cuts has gained over 37,000 signatures. &lt;b&gt;The petition demands ending blanket fuel subsidies&lt;/b&gt;, abolishing multiple pensions for politicians, and removing perks from lawmakers and elite civil servants. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — A petition started by anti-tobacco group MyWatch against public spending cuts in health care and education has received more than 37,000 signatures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The petition on Change.org, with 37,460 verified signatures at the time of writing, urged the government to protect health care and education as national priorities and to end broad-based blanket fuel subsidies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“At a time when hospitals are overcrowded, clinics are stretched, medicines are costly, and schools face resource constraints, cutting health and education is not reform — it is retreat,” said MyWatch’s petition announced by the group’s president, Roslizawati Ali, at a press conference here today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the full memorandum of protest, MyWatch said spending cuts in public health care and education would not be paid for by the Ministry of Health (MOH) or Ministry of Education (MOE), but by ordinary Malaysians.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The group cited women, mothers, older persons, low-income households, and children, among others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“This is not fiscal discipline. This is cost-shifting from the state onto households. And that is neither just, efficient, nor morally defensible.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MyWatch described&lt;b&gt; the continued persistence of broad-based blanket fuel subsidies as “economically irrational spending”, pointing out that such subsidies disproportionately benefited high-income households, heavy users, large vehicle owners, and those least in need of subsidy protection.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“They are expensive, blunt, and deeply inefficient.&lt;/b&gt; The government already possesses the tools to do better. Use targeted subsidy reform properly. Use PADU properly. Protect the B40 and lower M40 directly. &lt;b&gt;Stop subsidising inefficiency at scale&lt;/b&gt;,” said MyWatch’s petition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“It is indefensible to preserve broad fuel subsidies for the comfortable while proposing cuts to public health and education for the vulnerable. That is not pro-rakyat policy. That is upside-down governance.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The group further told the Madani government to abolish multiple pensions for politicians; remove excessive allowances and ceremonial perks from lawmakers and elite civil servants; and cut non-essential government-linked patronage positions; besides “ending the culture of elite insulation from national sacrifice”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“No elected official should draw multiple publicly funded pensions while ordinary Malaysians are told to accept cuts to medicines, schools, and basic services.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MyWatch also demanded higher tobacco/vape, alcohol, and sugar-sweetened beverage taxes, besides taxation on ultra-processed foods, high-pollution industries, and environmentally harmful emitters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who is also the finance minister, announced yesterday that the government would continue to cover the soaring cost of fuel subsidies, amid the United States-Israeli war with Iran, by implementing austerity measures and stopping the leakage of national funds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Besides cuts to current-year spending, Anwar recently indicated that ministries, including MOE and the Higher Education Ministry, may also face reduced allocations in the upcoming Budget 2027, saying it was impossible that nothing could be saved “out of RM20 billion”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He added that all ministries were equally important, citing national unity, culture and sports, and science and technology.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fresh fighting broke out early today on the 100th day of the Persian Gulf conflict when Iran and Israel exchanged strikes, in the first of such hostilities since a ceasefire paused the war in April.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad said last month that “essential core services”, such as basic health services and drug and medical device supplies, would be protected from spending cuts, even though the MOH faces a whopping cut of up to RM4.65 billion, or 10 per cent, of its 2026 budget.&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sad, engine car users taking budget meant for the sick</description>
            <author>LazadaGot</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:57:00 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>2&amp;quot; more solid, unlike ang mo soggy like noodle</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5568336</link>
            <description>&lt;div class=&quot;social-embed facebook-embed&quot; style=&quot;max-width:500px;width:100%;overflow:hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe src=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FSingaporeUncensored%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0VRDBd9pJFpJvEE36ZqG1NWSRCLtAXgg83esNsJtwoQuvvngmmRoy9FRsgTbNQ93l&amp;amp;show_text=true&amp;amp;width=500&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; style=&quot;border:none;overflow:hidden&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; sandbox=&quot;allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-forms allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;strict-origin-when-cross-origin&quot; allow=&quot;autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;For as long as I can remember, I have always been attracted to Caucasian men. They have a certain charm and appeal that I can’t help but be drawn to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Growing up in Singapore, I was exposed to a lot of different cultures and races, but I think Caucasian men were the ones that really caught my eye.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Realised that&lt;b&gt; ang mo might be bigger but not as hard as Singaporeans&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had been with Singaporean men before prior to dating my first Caucasian, and I’ve noticed that a common stereotype is that Caucasian men have larger... when compared to Singaporean men.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is something that I can’t really deny – I’ve seen it firsthand&amp;#33; The thing is, however, that I’ve noticed that &lt;b&gt;although they are indeed bigger, they are soft like noodle.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;I’ve discussed this issue with some of my close friends who are also into Caucasian men,&lt;/b&gt; and the consensus is that &lt;b&gt;we came to the same conclusion, really most of them like soggy maggie mee.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course, it’s hard for me or anyone to pinpoint for sure why this is the case. All I know is that I’ve been in relationships with both Caucasian men and Singaporean men and I’ve noticed a difference in terms of the performance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’m sure there are plenty of other factors that could contribute to why one man might be like a soggy noodle or another.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That being said, I still think that Caucasian men are incredibly attractive and I wouldn’t change my preference for them any time soon.&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;</description>
            <author>LazadaGot</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 17:33:48 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>isi minyak potong q , 500 ppl hantam each other</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5565576</link>
            <description>&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt; &lt;a href='https://www.facebook.com/GuangMingDaily/videos/%E6%88%98%E4%BA%89%E6%9C%AA%E5%81%9C-%E7%99%BE%E5%A7%93%E5%85%88%E7%96%AF%E5%8D%B0%E5%BA%A6%E6%B2%B9%E7%AB%99%E7%88%86%E5%8F%91%E6%8A%A2%E6%B2%B9%E5%A4%A7%E6%88%98/1613727153047099/' target='_blank'&gt;https://www.facebook.com/GuangMingDaily/vid...13727153047099/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[fbvtall]%E6%88%98%E4%BA%89%E6%9C%AA%E5%81%9C-%E7%99%BE%E5%A7%93%E5%85%88%E7%96%AF%E5%8D%B0%E5%BA%A6%E6%B2%B9%E7%AB%99%E7%88%86%E5%8F%91%E6%8A%A2%E6%B2%B9%E5%A4%A7%E6%88%98/1613727153047099/[/fbvtall]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[fbvtall]793618647018506[/fbvtall]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;油荒逼疯人群！500人大排长龙抢油 印度民众抢到挥桶砸人&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;（新德里23日综合电）美伊战争导致全球油价高企，不少国家严重缺油，印度马哈拉施特拉邦一座油站5月中爆发抢油大战，在约500人排长龙的情况下，有数十人提著油桶砸人互殴，现场一片混乱。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;事发地点位于马哈拉施特拉邦瓦斯希姆市，《今日印度》报道，由于汽油短缺，当油槽车于16日下午进入油站后，很快便有近500人骑车或带著油桶聚集等候。&lt;br /&gt;Oil shortage drives people crazy&amp;#33; 500 people line up in panic buying as Indian residents swing fuel containers at each other&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(New Delhi, May 23) — The war between the United States and Iran has pushed global oil prices higher, causing severe fuel shortages in many countries. A gas station in Washim, Maharashtra, India, erupted into chaos in mid-May when around 500 people lined up to buy fuel, and dozens of them began attacking each other with fuel containers.&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please be polite when queuing for petrol</description>
            <author>LazadaGot</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 13:35:43 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Please drive slowly, another one bbq-ed</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5564922</link>
            <description>&lt;a href='https://www.orientaldaily.com.my/news/society/2026/05/17/819235' target='_blank'&gt;https://www.orientaldaily.com.my/news/socie...26/05/17/819235&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('0018fa8bc4e3da8d44500a37cfee6ab3')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;0018fa8bc4e3da8d44500a37cfee6ab3&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;华青载女同事返家　车失控撞柱起火双双烧死&lt;br /&gt;（吉隆坡17日讯）轿车失控撞柱后起火狂烧，车内一对男女来不及逃生，双双被活活烧死及重伤毙命，现场情况骇人。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;吉隆坡交通调查与执法组主任莫哈末占祖里发文告指出，事故于今日凌晨约3时01分，在新街场大道从市中心往隆芙大道方向发生，涉及一辆灰色本田城市轿车。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;他说，调查显示案发时车辆由29岁的华裔男子负责驾驶，车内还有一名23岁的巫裔女乘客，两人为同事关系。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“事发前，两人相信刚出席一家国际银行公司举办的晚宴活动后，正准备返回安邦住家｡”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;莫哈末占祖里表示，调查显示轿车驶经事发地点一个弯道时，司机疑失控导致车辆冲出道路，猛撞左侧路旁石柱后起火燃烧，整辆轿车随后被大火吞噬。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;他说，来自蕉赖消拯局的消拯员随后赶抵现场展开灭火行动，并协助将受困车内的男女移出。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“车祸导致男司机身体严重烧伤，女乘客则头部重创；两人经医护人员检查证实已当场毙命｡”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;他说，警方目前援引1987年陆路交通法令第41（1）条文（危险驾驶导致死亡）展开调查，并将进一步调取现场闭路电视画面，以协助厘清案发经过。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;chatgpt translate&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;&lt;b&gt;Young Chinese Man Gives Female Colleague a Ride Home — Car Loses Control, Crashes Into Pillar and Catches Fire, Both Burned to Death&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Kuala Lumpur, 17 May) — A car lost control, crashed into a pillar, and burst into flames. A man and woman trapped inside failed to escape in time and were burned alive to death in a horrific incident.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kuala Lumpur Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department chief Mohd Zamzuri said in a statement that the accident occurred at approximately 3.01am today on the Sungai Besi Expressway, heading from the city centre towards the Besraya Highway, involving a grey Honda City.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He said investigations revealed that the vehicle was &lt;b&gt;driven by a 29-year-old Chinese man, while a 23-year-old Malay woman, believed to be his colleague, was in the passenger seat.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Prior to the incident, the two had reportedly attended a dinner event organised by an international banking company and were on their way back to their residence in Ampang.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mohd Zamzuri said preliminary investigations showed that the car was navigating a bend at the scene when the driver is believed to have &lt;b&gt;lost control, causing the vehicle to veer off the road and crash violently into a stone pillar on the left side before catching fire. The car was subsequently engulfed in flames.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He said firefighters from the &lt;b&gt;Cheras Fire and Rescue Department later arrived at the scene to extinguish the blaze and assist in removing the trapped victims from the vehicle.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“&lt;b&gt;The male driver suffered severe burns all over his body, while the female passenger sustained serious head injuries. Both were pronounced dead at the scene&lt;/b&gt; by medical personnel.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He added that police are currently investigating the case under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 for causing death by dangerous driving, and will obtain nearby CCTV footage to help determine the exact cause of the accident.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('6b31061561d464f9c9cd59d5dff9dbd6')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;6b31061561d464f9c9cd59d5dff9dbd6&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='https://media5.orientaldaily.com.my/images/uploads/news/2026/MAY_2026/20260517/col18.png' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='https://media5.orientaldaily.com.my/images/uploads/news/2026/MAY_2026/20260517/WhatsApp_Image_2026-05-17_at_10.06.33_AM_(1).jpeg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='https://media5.orientaldaily.com.my/storage/resize_cache/images/uploads/news-cover/2026/MAY_2026/20260517/WhatsApp_Image_2026-05-17_at_9.15.41_AM.jpeg/421ce9c9c986656114fff3ab1b6998b3.jpeg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.chinapress.com.my/20260517/%E7%8B%AC%E5%AE%B6%EF%BD%9C%E7%94%B7%E6%AD%BB%E8%80%85%E5%B7%B2%E7%83%A7%E6%88%90%E7%84%A6%E5%B0%B8-%E8%AD%A6%E6%9A%82%E6%97%A0%E6%B3%95%E7%A1%AE%E8%AE%A4%E6%98%AF%E5%90%A6%E6%B6%89%E9%86%89%E9%A9%BE/' target='_blank'&gt;https://www.chinapress.com.my/20260517/%E7%...86%89%E9%A9%BE/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;由于男死者已烧成焦尸，现阶段难以确认是否涉及醉驾。&lt;br /&gt;As the male victim’s body was severely charred, it is currently difficult to determine whether drunk driving was involved.&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;according to chinapress.. cant check whether driver mabuk or not because body already bbq-ed</description>
            <author>LazadaGot</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 20:09:22 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Motor insurers suffering losses since long ago</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5563972</link>
            <description>&lt;a href='https://oxfordbusinessgroup.com/reports/malaysia/2016-report/economy/on-track-reforms-to-further-strengthen-the-insurance-sector' target='_blank'&gt;https://oxfordbusinessgroup.com/reports/mal...nsurance-sector&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://focusmalaysia.my/motor-gross-insurance-premiums-decline-marginally-despite-higher-vehicle-sales-in-2019/' target='_blank'&gt;https://focusmalaysia.my/motor-gross-insura...-sales-in-2019/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'&gt;&lt;b&gt;2015: RM292m loss&lt;br /&gt;2019: RM335m loss&lt;br /&gt;2025: RM289.3m loss&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;==============&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;motor insurance industry was already loss making long ago, before more EV adoption / more chinese car came in,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;misleading thread? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5563897' target='_blank'&gt;https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5563897&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('ee42c2382f80e64a86b3fb36ffabc914')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;ee42c2382f80e64a86b3fb36ffabc914&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;&lt;img src='https://pictr.com/images/2026/05/08/xyZYFU.png' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;</description>
            <author>LazadaGot</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 18:01:37 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>emas5 hijau colour, ok or not?</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5563128</link>
            <description>&lt;div class=&quot;social-embed facebook-embed&quot; style=&quot;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:400px;overflow:hidden;width:100%;max-width:560px;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe style=&quot;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:none;overflow:hidden&quot; src=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F4308609012690669&amp;amp;show_text=false&amp;amp;width=560&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; sandbox=&quot;allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-forms&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;strict-origin-when-cross-origin&quot; allowfullscreen allow=&quot;autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
            <author>LazadaGot</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:06:52 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Would you buy a used car where someone rip inside?</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5563014</link>
            <description>&lt;a href='https://www.bernama.com/bm/am/news.php?id=2549411' target='_blank'&gt;https://www.bernama.com/bm/am/news.php?id=2549411&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;Lelaki Ditemukan Meninggal Dunia Dalam Kereta Di Ipoh&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IPOH, 25 April (Bernama) -- Seorang lelaki ditemukan meninggal dunia di dalam sebuah kenderaan di Jalan Taman Ng Wan Hup, Taman Pertama, di sini petang tadi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Penolong Pengarah Bahagian Operasi Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia (JBPM) Perak Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad berkata pihaknya menerima panggilan pada 6.25 petang sebelum sepasukan anggota Balai Bomba dan Penyelamat Ipoh bergegas ke lokasi kejadian sejauh 10 kilometer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Mangsa berusia 54 tahun itu ditemukan tidak sedarkan diri di dalam kereta yang berkunci. Setelah pintu berjaya dibuka, mangsa disahkan meninggal dunia oleh pegawai perubatan,&amp;quot; katanya dalam kenyataan, malam ini.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beliau berkata mayat diserahkan kepada pihak polis untuk tindakan selanjutnya, dan operasi tamat pada 7.10 malam.&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('209c1d5b43dc92513d072b1c0131849b')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;209c1d5b43dc92513d072b1c0131849b&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;&lt;img src='https://pictr.com/images/2026/04/29/xXWrBj.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;saw this and the car looks new, will you buy if the car is out on market?</description>
            <author>LazadaGot</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:58:30 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Honda to end S.Korea car sales as demand slumps</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5562548</link>
            <description>&lt;a href='https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2026/04/24/honda-to-end-south-korea-car-sales-as-demand-slumps' target='_blank'&gt;https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanp...s-demand-slumps&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Honda to end South Korea car sales as demand slumps &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;TOKYO: &lt;b&gt;Honda Motor Co. will end automobile sales in South Korea by the end of this year&lt;/b&gt;, the firm announced Thursday (April 23).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The company will continue its motorcycle business in the country, as well as after-sales services such as supplying parts and warranty support.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The decision reflects sluggish automobile sales in the country, with Honda seeking to concentrate management resources on its stronger motorcycle business.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Honda has sold vehicles including the Accord sedan and the CR-V sport utility vehicle in South Korea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Its automobile sales in the country totaled 1,951 units in 2025, down more than 80% from their peak in 2008.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Honda has no factory in South Korea and has been exporting vehicles from the United States to sell in the country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Following a strategic shift that included halting the development of some electric vehicles, Honda expected to post a net loss of up to ¥690 billion in consolidated earnings for the fiscal year ending March 2026, the firm said last month. - The Japan News/ANN&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;malaysia can last for few more years i think&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;chatgpt&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;| Year &amp;nbsp; | Honda Malaysia Sales  | YoY Change    | Status &amp;nbsp; |&lt;br /&gt;| 2024 | 81,600          | +2%     &amp;nbsp; | Actual &amp;nbsp; |&lt;br /&gt;| 2025 | 72,301          | −11%      | Actual &amp;nbsp; |&lt;br /&gt;| 2026 | ≈ 60,000 (target) | −17% est. | Forecast |&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;</description>
            <author>LazadaGot</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:58:13 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>emas 5 sampan mode, terapung, survived flood</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5562267</link>
            <description>&lt;a href='https://www.threads.com/@mustaqim_cq/post/DXVStoij73m' target='_blank'&gt;https://www.threads.com/@mustaqim_cq/post/DXVStoij73m&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='https://pictr.com/images/2026/04/22/xXNcsn.png' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;</description>
            <author>LazadaGot</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:14:07 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>its coming guys, 11 scientists missing / dead</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5562058</link>
            <description>&lt;a href='https://www.the-sun.com/news/16236206/scientist-dead-after-danger-warning-trump-vows-answers/' target='_blank'&gt;https://www.the-sun.com/news/16236206/scien...p-vows-answers/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UFO MYSTERY &lt;b&gt;Space scientist found dead after warning ‘my life is in danger’ becomes ELEVENTH mysterious case&lt;/b&gt; as Trump vows answers &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;A SPACE scientist in the US has been found dead after she warned “my life is in danger” in the latest mysterious case.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Eleven people working close to US space programmes have now died or gone missing recently&lt;/b&gt; with Donald Trump now vowing to uncover the truth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2026/04/VP-17_04-SPACE-RELATED-DEATHS_GRAPHIC-1.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The US president says he will aim to provide answers “in the next week and a half” after he left a top secret meeting on the topic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Among the 11 people includes powerful space researchers from retired Air Force major generals to workers who helped deflect asteroids from hitting Earth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NASA, Los Alamos, MIT and Caltech employees are all among the mystery cases.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The latest person to be identified is Amy Eskridge, 34, who allegedly died from a self-inflicted gunshot to the head in Huntsville, Alabama on June 11, 2022.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before her death Amy was investigating and helping to develop anti-gravity technology.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Public details of an official investigation into her suicide have never been released – sparking questions over why she took her own life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Conspiracy theories around her death have ramped up in recent days after an unearthed interview saw her voice grave concerns over the consequences of her job.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amy’s dad, Richard, was a retired NASA engineer and the pair founded The Institute for Exotic Science.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.foxla.com/news/white-house-fbi-investigation-la-county-scientists-missing-reza' target='_blank'&gt;https://www.foxla.com/news/white-house-fbi-...ts-missing-reza&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Monica Jacinto Reza (NASA JPL / Aerojet Rocketdyne)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('da3f6053039651455378a97a14a4312b')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;da3f6053039651455378a97a14a4312b&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;-Status: Missing since June 22, 2025.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Background: Reza was an aerospace engineer and materials processor who worked for both NASA&amp;#39;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena (JPL) and Aerojet Rocketdyne. She was known for developing and patenting a specialized type of metal used in rocket manufacturing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-The Incident: She disappeared while hiking with a friend near Mount Waterman in the Angeles National Forest. According to her companion, they were roughly 30 feet apart when they made eye contact; she smiled and waved to indicate she was fine. Moments later, when the friend turned around again, she had vanished.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Investigation: Despite extensive search and rescue efforts, her body has never been found. Investigators have noted that her professional past overlapped with other missing figures in the field, including former colleague, retired Air Force Maj. Gen. William &amp;quot;Neil&amp;quot; McCasland, who oversaw projects involving her research.&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Carl Grillmair (Caltech / NASA IPAC)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('0660aca2a0585db67e0e6b5afa9b0856')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;0660aca2a0585db67e0e6b5afa9b0856&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;-Status: Died February 16, 2026.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Background: Grillmair was a renowned 67-year-old astrophysicist at Caltech’s Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC), which partners with NASA. He was famous for discovering water on a distant exoplanet and for his work on dark matter and galactic structures using the Spitzer Space Telescope.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-The Incident: He was gunned down on the front porch of his home in Llano in the Antelope Valley.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Investigation: Authorities arrested 29-year-old Freddy Snyder in connection with the shooting and a nearby carjacking. It was later revealed that Snyder had been arrested months earlier for trespassing on Grillmair’s property while armed with a rifle, though a specific motive for the eventual murder has not been released.&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Michael David Hicks (NASA JPL)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('45da20f6b8ef002ca90c0ccf8819642b')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;45da20f6b8ef002ca90c0ccf8819642b&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;-Status: Died July 30, 2023.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Background: A resident of Sunland, Hicks was a veteran research scientist at JPL for 24 years (1998–2022). He was a highly respected physicist specializing in the physical properties of comets and asteroids.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Key Projects: He served on high-profile science teams for the DART Project (the mission that successfully redirected an asteroid), the Near Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) Project, and the Dawn Mission.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-The Incident: Hicks passed away at age 59. His cause of death was never made public.&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Frank Maiwald (NASA JPL)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('30a32ddc380d4092391ecb4a1a8a456b')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;30a32ddc380d4092391ecb4a1a8a456b&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;-Status: Died July 4, 2024.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Background: Maiwald was a 61-year-old principal researcher at JPL. He was a highly specialized engineer who designed critical instruments for space missions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Work History: At the time of his death, he was working on the Surface Biology and Geology (SBG) mission, designing a VSWIR (Visible to Shortwave Infrared) instrument to map Earth&amp;#39;s &amp;quot;living color.&amp;quot; He had also worked on programs to help astronauts identify signs of life on icy moons like Europa and Enceladus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-The Incident: Maiwald died in Los Angeles on July 4, 2024. His cause of death was never made public.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The White House and House Oversight Committee (notably Rep. Eric Burlison) have flagged these cases due to the proximity of the scientists to JPL and their access to sensitive aerospace and planetary defense data.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are the seven other individuals whose death or disappearance is under investigation:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Amy Eskridge (Deceased)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('7c35ffc545d405c7b2d1e9f940c38f56')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;7c35ffc545d405c7b2d1e9f940c38f56&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;Eskridge died on June 11, 2022, in Huntsville, Alabama. While authorities officially ruled her death a self-inflicted gunshot wound, several factors have contributed to the ongoing public debate and &amp;quot;intense scrutiny&amp;quot; surrounding the case. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In interviews and podcasts recorded prior to her death (notably in 2020 and 2021), Eskridge alleged that she and her team were being subjected to harassment and &amp;quot;psychological warfare&amp;quot; intended to stop her work on anti-gravity and exotic physics at the Institute for Exotic Science.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Nuno Loureiro (Deceased)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('5d5b0918499a053acdc7c89737fabe26')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;5d5b0918499a053acdc7c89737fabe26&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;Loureiro died on December 15, 2025. He was fatally shot in his Brookline, Massachusetts home, an act authorities have linked to a suspect also responsible for a mass shooting at Brown University days earlier. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The primary suspect, Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in New Hampshire three days later. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Loureiro was the Director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center and a world-renowned expert in nuclear fusion and magnetic reconnection.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jason Thomas (Deceased)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('88b06fa4f9ed3665b98918ca3a93f0dc')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;88b06fa4f9ed3665b98918ca3a93f0dc&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;Thomas, a scientist and director at Novartis, went missing from his home in Wakefield, Massachusetts in December 2025. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His body was recovered from Lake Quannapowitt in March 2026, three months after he went missing. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Police have found no evidence of foul play.&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maj. Gen. William &amp;quot;Neil&amp;quot; McCasland (Ret.) (Missing)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('0d9db197d049c5fe993755df2a8ce8ef')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;0d9db197d049c5fe993755df2a8ce8ef&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;The retired Air Force official, known for his leadership at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, went missing from his home in Albuquerque on February 27, 2026. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His phone, prescription glasses and wearable devices were found at home, but his hiking boots, wallet and a .38‑caliber revolver were reported missing, according to the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;McCasland was linked to unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) research in the 2016 WikiLeaks release of John Podesta’s emails. The messages highlighted his former leadership of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, a site frequently associated with Roswell-related UFO theories.&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Melissa Casias (Missing)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('a22e21993c0265b0d7734820225604fc')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;a22e21993c0265b0d7734820225604fc&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;An administrative employee with security clearance at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico, Casias disappeared on June 26, 2025, after being spotted walking alone in Taos County. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Although her car and personal belongings were found at her home, family members noted that both her personal and work phones had been factory reset. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Her family maintains that her disappearance was not voluntary, citing her plans to care for her mother following an upcoming surgery.&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Anthony Chavez (Missing)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('90a5288a6a54acb7bbdcc2e97fb28f9e')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;90a5288a6a54acb7bbdcc2e97fb28f9e&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;Chavez, a retired professional who also worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory, disappeared on May 8, 2025. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When authorities and family members searched the 78-year-old’s home, they found his wallet, keys and other personal items left behind inside. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His car was locked in the driveway, and there were no signs of forced entry or a struggle, according to the Los Alamos Reporter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chavez worked for decades at Los Alamos National Laboratory before retiring in 2017, placing him within the same northern New Mexico defense hub as others who also disappeared.&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steven Garcia (Missing)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('ab8940ac6f9b848dd744f1b6533e7dd3')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;ab8940ac6f9b848dd744f1b6533e7dd3&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;Garcia, a government contractor with high-level security clearance at the Kansas City National Security Campus, has been missing since leaving his Albuquerque home on August 28, 2025. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Although police initially suggested Garcia might be a danger to himself after he was seen on surveillance footage carrying a handgun and leaving behind his vehicle and personal effects, sources familiar with the case have disputed claims that he was mentally unstable. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Garcia&amp;#39;s disappearance is notable for his proximity to fellow missing official McCasland and his oversight of sensitive assets within the U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal.&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
            <author>LazadaGot</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:55:41 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Honda to shut down 2 petrol car plants in China</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5561772</link>
            <description>&lt;a href='https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/honda-shut-two-plants-china-jointly-owned-with-gac-donfeng-toyo-keizai-says-2026-04-17/' target='_blank'&gt;https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/...ays-2026-04-17/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;TOKYO, April 17 (Reuters) - &lt;b&gt;Honda Motor will slash petrol car production in China by shutting down one of its joint venture plants this year and possibly another next year&lt;/b&gt;, said two people familiar with the matter, highlighting its troubles in the world&amp;#39;s biggest auto market.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Japan&amp;#39;s second-biggest automaker will halt ​operations at one of two petrol car plants jointly run with Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) in June, the people said. Honda ​is also considering suspending another plant owned with Dongfeng Motor Group next year, they added on condition ⁠of anonymity because the information was not public.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The move would mark a further retreat by Honda in one of its key ​markets, as traditional automakers lose ground to fast-moving Chinese electric-vehicle makers and are forced to shrink legacy petrol operations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Honda said the information ​was not announced by the company and there was nothing else it could add. GAC and Dongfeng did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Japanese magazine Toyo Keizai reported earlier on Friday that Honda planned to shut down both plants.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Honda has six vehicle plants through the two JVs in China. ​Both JVs have two internal combustion engine (ICE) plants with output capacity of 240,000 cars a year each as well as a smaller ​EV facility.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Closing one ICE plant at each JV would halve Honda&amp;#39;s production capacity in China to about 480,000 petrol-powered cars a year from 960,000 ‌and cut ⁠its total annual capacity to roughly 720,000 vehicles from 1.2 million.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ROADER RESTRUCTURING&lt;br /&gt;The pullback follows Honda&amp;#39;s announcement last month that it was writing down the value of its China business as part of a broader overhaul of its EV strategy that includes up to &amp;#036;15.7 billion in restructuring costs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The charges are expected to lead the automaker to its first annual loss in nearly 70 years as a listed company.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Honda has struggled ​in China to compete with ​electric, software-driven cars made by ⁠rivals such as BYD.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Its&lt;b&gt; sales in the country fell about 24% in 2025 from a year earlier to just under 647,000 vehicles. That left its sales at nearly half of the more than ​1.2 million cars it sold in China in 2023.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Honda had already lowered its annual production capacity ​in China from ⁠1.49 million to 1.2 million over the past years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the two people said Honda&amp;#39;s EV plants in Guangzhou and Wuhan would begin producing EVs and plug-in hybrids developed under the leadership of its Chinese JV partners from 2028 or later.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GAC and Dongfeng are among Chinese automakers ⁠ramping up ​exports of China-made vehicles to markets such as Europe, Southeast Asia, the Middle ​East and Africa, with both companies setting aggressive overseas sales targets for this year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Honda shares were last up 0.5%, outperforming a 1.0% decline in the Nikkei benchmark ​index&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2023 sold 1.2mil cars&lt;br /&gt;2025 drop to 600k cars  &lt;!--emo&amp;:shock:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/shocking.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='shocking.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;steering rack issue solved?</description>
            <author>LazadaGot</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:30:41 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Toyota traz is coming, come guess berapa?</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5561760</link>
            <description>&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;https://www.facebook.com/ToyotaMalaysia/posts/pfbid0RXzfcNtV1pWkc7SUBcA4umBPYsxVhVRDYyfHGdXKQfST1NKD99tzpj9uKXq4vWYdl&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;social-embed facebook-embed&quot; style=&quot;max-width:500px;width:100%;overflow:hidden&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe src=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FToyotaMalaysia%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0RXzfcNtV1pWkc7SUBcA4umBPYsxVhVRDYyfHGdXKQfST1NKD99tzpj9uKXq4vWYdl&amp;amp;show_text=true&amp;amp;width=500&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; style=&quot;border:none;overflow:hidden&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; sandbox=&quot;allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-forms&quot; referrerpolicy=&quot;strict-origin-when-cross-origin&quot; allow=&quot;autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
            <author>LazadaGot</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:24:12 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>minum minyak enjin, percaya kuatkan stamina</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5561070</link>
            <description>&lt;a href='https://www.sinarharian.com.my/article/774949/global/bergilir-minum-minyak-enjin-percaya-kuatkan-stamina' target='_blank'&gt;https://www.sinarharian.com.my/article/7749...kuatkan-stamina&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bergilir minum minyak enjin, percaya kuatkan stamina&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;JAKARTA - Sebuah video tular di media sosial baru-baru ini memaparkan sekumpulan pemuda dan orang dewasa di Kota Makassar melakukan aksi membimbangkan dengan meminum minyak enjin kenderaan secara bergilir.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perbuatan ini, menurut laporan, dilakukan dengan alasan untuk meningkatkan stamina dan tenaga badan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sementara itu, rakaman yang dimuat naik oleh beberapa pengguna media sosial menimbulkan rasa terkejut dalam kalangan warganet, dengan sebahagian pengguna menyifatkan tindakan itu sebagai berisiko tinggi terhadap kesihatan manusia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dalam video tersebut, individu yang terlibat dilihat meminum minyak enjin secara langsung, tanpa sebarang langkah keselamatan atau penjelasan saintifik tentang keberkesanannya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Setiausaha Majlis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) Sulawesi Selatan, Profesor Muammar Bakry, ketika memberi reaksi berhubung insiden itu menegaskan bahawa amalan tersebut haram dari sudut agama Islam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beliau menekankan bahawa meminum bahan kimia seperti minyak enjin boleh membahayakan kesihatan, bahkan boleh membawa maut sekiranya dibiarkan tanpa tindakan segera.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Tindakan ini jelas bertentangan dengan prinsip menjaga nyawa dan kesihatan, yang merupakan tanggungjawab setiap individu menurut syariat Islam,” ujar beliau dalam satu kenyataan rasmi pada Rabu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Susulan insiden ini, Jabatan Kesihatan tempatan telah mengerahkan pasukan bagi menjejaki dan memantau individu yang terlibat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pegawai Jabatan Kesihatan Makassar menyatakan bahawa langkah ini diambil bukan sahaja untuk memastikan keselamatan mereka, tetapi juga untuk memberi pendidikan tentang bahaya bahan toksik kepada masyarakat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pegawai tersebut menambah, jabatan berkenaan juga merancang untuk mengadakan kempen kesedaran awam mengenai risiko meminum bahan bukan makanan, termasuk bahan kimia dan pelarut industri, bagi mencegah insiden serupa berulang di masa depan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para pakar perubatan menegaskan bahawa minyak enjin mengandungi bahan toksik seperti logam berat, hidrokarbon aromatik, dan aditif kimia lain yang berbahaya jika tertelan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pendedahan jangka pendek boleh menyebabkan muntah, cirit-birit, kerosakan hati dan buah pinggang, manakala pendedahan jangka panjang berpotensi menjejaskan sistem saraf dan meningkatkan risiko kanser.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pakar toksikologi di Universiti Hasanuddin, Dr Lestari menegaskan, bahawa tidak ada bukti saintifik yang menyokong dakwaan bahawa meminum minyak enjin meningkatkan stamina atau tenaga badan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sebaliknya, ia merupakan tindakan berisiko tinggi yang boleh mengancam nyawa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Insiden ini mendapat perhatian ramai warganet, termasuk pihak media tempatan dan nasional.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ramai yang mengecam tindakan tersebut sebagai tidak bertanggungjawab, dan menyeru masyarakat agar tidak mencontohi amalan berbahaya ini. - Agensi&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;social-embed tiktok-embed&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote class=&quot;tiktok-embed&quot; cite=&quot;https://www.tiktok.com/@agusbudiman998/video/7625888830410771719&quot; data-video-id=&quot;7625888830410771719&quot;&gt;&lt;section&gt;&lt;/section&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;script async src=&quot;https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I thought sniffing petrol is bad enough, now got engine oil drinker pulakkk &lt;!--emo&amp;:mega_shok:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/mega_shok.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mega_shok.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt; &lt;br /&gt;</description>
            <author>LazadaGot</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:55:29 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Perodua wishes to thank the Malaysian Government</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5560049</link>
            <description>&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt; &lt;a href='https://www.facebook.com/Perodua/posts/perodua-supports-mitis-clarification-and-commitment-towards-malaysias-automotive/1325308336295192/' target='_blank'&gt;https://www.facebook.com/Perodua/posts/pero...25308336295192/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;English&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('7d86d946ebd8c690dcf683184dd1c331')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;7d86d946ebd8c690dcf683184dd1c331&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;&lt;img src='https://pictr.com/images/2026/04/01/xKxdR5.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('6fb4257e1c7c6ae65d4432bf4503d270')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;6fb4257e1c7c6ae65d4432bf4503d270&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;&lt;img src='https://pictr.com/images/2026/04/01/xKxYfV.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;</description>
            <author>LazadaGot</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:53:04 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>No more cheap EVs? BYD on hold CKD? min 200k?</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5559631</link>
            <description>&lt;a href='https://guangming.com.my/%E6%8A%95%E8%B4%B8%E9%83%A8%E6%8F%90%E5%87%BA2%E6%9D%A1%E4%BB%B6%E5%90%8E%E8%B0%88%E4%B8%8D%E6%8B%A2-%E6%AF%94%E4%BA%9A%E8%BF%AA%E9%87%8D%E6%96%B0%E8%AF%84%E4%BC%B0%E6%9D%A5%E9%A9%AC%E8%AE%BE' target='_blank'&gt;https://guangming.com.my/%E6%8A%95%E8%B4%B8...%A9%AC%E8%AE%BE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('6bb6838ec0a672bf9582f2c7893674cd')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;6bb6838ec0a672bf9582f2c7893674cd&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;投贸部提出2条件后谈不拢 比亚迪重新评估来马设厂计划&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;（吉隆坡28日訊）由於未能與投資、貿易及工業部就準入條件達成共識，中國電動車巨頭比亞迪目前正重新評估在霹靂州丹絨馬林設立全散件組裝工廠的計劃。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;據了解，投貿部提出的條件包括：比亞迪須將丹絨馬林工廠所生產的汽車中，最多80%用於出口；其餘20%的產量，則必須以每輛不低於20萬令吉的價格出售，以保障本土汽車產業的生存空間。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;投貿部長拿督斯里佐哈里阿都干尼在與《The Edge》的電訪時證實，雙方在80%出口比例及本地售價不低於20萬令吉這兩項條件上無法達成一致。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;他說，汽車生態係統為約70萬人提供就業機會，也是一個值得關注的根本問題。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;寶騰控股有限公司和第二國產車（Perodua）被視為國家汽車製造商，雙方皆推出了各自的電動車項目。寶騰首款電動車——Proton e.MAS 5電動掀背車起價約為5萬7000令吉，而第二國產車則斥資8億令吉研發QV-E，並於去年12月正式推出。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;該車型的車身售價為8萬令吉，電池則需以每月275令吉的價格租賃9年，使得整輛車的總成本超過10萬令吉。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;佐哈里詋，大家還須記住，寶騰和第二國產車的汽車本地化率都達到50%，寶騰每年銷量約15萬輛，二國產車則約為35萬輛，都不是小數目。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“而且這兩家公司為大馬汽車行業構建了大部分現有的生態係統，鑒於此，政府必須保護它們。”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2月電動車注冊量 寶騰居首&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;據陸路交通局數據顯示，今年2月寶騰以1802輛電動汽車注冊量居首，比亞迪則以469輛緊隨其後。當月電動車總注冊量為3635輛，占整體注冊量的7.9%。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;興業銀行研究上周發布上述數據說，此外，第二國產車在今年2月僅注冊1輛電動汽車，1月則為零，或與其電動車定價高於寶騰有關。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;去年，大馬汽車行業總銷量達到創紀錄的82萬752輛，實現了連續四年的增長。然而，大馬汽車協會（AAM）預計這一增長勢頭將難以持續，2026年銷量料下降至79萬輛，跌幅達3.75%。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2025年，第二國產車以35萬9904輛的銷量位居榜首，較上年增長0.5%；而寶騰的銷量（包括國內和出口）為15萬7976輛，較2024年增長3.3%。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;第二國產車的市場份額接近44%，寶騰的市場份額則為19.4%，兩家公司均位列銷量榜前兩名。去年，兩家企業合計占據了大馬本地汽車市場63.2%的份額。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;奇瑞汽車組裝廠不會改變&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;目前尚不清楚投貿部上述決定將對其他中國電動車製造商產生何種影響，這包括MG轎車、Zeekr及XPeng等品牌。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;據悉，這些公司計劃在今年整車進口（CBU）電動車的稅收優惠和補貼結束後，開始在大馬本地組裝電動汽車。今年1月起，大馬對整車進口電動車征收30%進口關稅、10%消費稅及10%銷售稅。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;詢及中國奇瑞汽車股份有限公司旗下子公司奇瑞汽車在烏魯雪蘭莪投資22億令吉建設占地200英畝的整車組裝廠的計劃是否會繼續推進時，佐哈裏解釋說，該交易已經完成，因此不會改變。&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;chatgpt translate&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--QuoteBegin--&gt;&lt;div class='quotetop'&gt;QUOTE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class='quotemain'&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEBegin--&gt;MITI’s Two Conditions Stall Talks — BYD Reassesses Malaysia Plant Plan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Kuala Lumpur, March 28) Due to the inability to reach an agreement with the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry on entry conditions, Chinese electric vehicle giant&lt;b&gt; BYD is currently reassessing its plan to establish a completely knocked-down (CKD) assembly plant in Tanjung Malim, Perak.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is understood that &lt;b&gt;the ministry proposed conditions requiring that up to 80% of the vehicles produced at the Tanjung Malim plant be exported, while the remaining 20% must be sold locally at a price of no less than RM200,000 per unit, in order to safeguard the survival space of the domestic automotive industry.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Johari Abdul Ghani confirmed in a phone interview with The Edge that&lt;b&gt; both parties were unable to reach consensus on the two conditions of the 80% export ratio and the minimum local selling price of RM200,000.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He said that the automotive ecosystem provides employment to about 700,000 people and is a fundamental issue that deserves attention.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Proton Holdings and Perodua are regarded as national car manufacturers, and both have launched their own electric vehicle projects. Proton’s first electric vehicle — the Proton e.MAS 5 hatchback — has a starting price of about RM57,000, while Perodua invested RM800 million to develop the QV-E and officially launched it in December last year. The vehicle body is priced at RM80,000, while the battery must be leased at RM275 per month over nine years, bringing the total cost of the entire vehicle to over RM100,000.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Johari explained that both Proton and Perodua have achieved a localization rate of 50%. Proton sells about 150,000 units annually, while Perodua sells about 350,000 units, both of which are not small figures. “Moreover, these two companies have built most of the existing ecosystem of Malaysia’s automotive industry. In view of this, the government must protect them,&lt;/b&gt;” he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to data from the Road Transport Department, Proton ranked first in February this year with 1,802 registered electric vehicles, followed by BYD with 469 units. Total EV registrations for the month reached 3,635 units, accounting for 7.9% of overall registrations. A report released last week by RHB Bank research stated that Perodua registered only one electric vehicle in February and none in January, possibly due to its EV pricing being higher than Proton’s.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last year, Malaysia’s automotive industry recorded a historic high of 820,752 units sold, achieving four consecutive years of growth. However, the Malaysian Automotive Association expects this growth momentum to be difficult to sustain, with sales projected to decline to 790,000 units in 2026, a drop of 3.75%.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 2025, Perodua topped the sales chart with 359,904 units sold, an increase of 0.5% from the previous year, while Proton recorded 157,976 units sold (including domestic and export), an increase of 3.3% compared to 2024. Perodua’s market share was close to 44%, while Proton’s stood at 19.4%, with the two companies together accounting for 63.2% of Malaysia’s domestic automotive market.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;It remains unclear how the ministry’s decision will affect other Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers, including MG, Zeekr, and XPeng. These companies are reportedly planning to begin local assembly of electric vehicles in Malaysia after the tax incentives and subsidies for completely built-up (CBU) imported EVs expire this year.&lt;/b&gt; Starting from January, Malaysia has imposed a 30% import duty, 10% excise duty, and 10% sales tax on imported EVs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;When asked whether the plan by Chery to invest RM2.2 billion in building a 200-acre vehicle assembly plant in Hulu Selangor would proceed, Johari explained that the deal has already been completed and therefore will not change.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEnd--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--QuoteEEnd--&gt;</description>
            <author>LazadaGot</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 10:20:05 +0800</pubDate>
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