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Attorney General Complex on fire

aquest — Sat, 22 Aug 2020 22:31:04 +0800

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[SOLD] Samsung Tab S 8.4 White Gold

aquest — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 12:07:08 +0800

Item(s): Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 White Gold

Package includes: everything in the box + Rock smart cover

Price: sold

Warranty: till July 2015 by SME

Dealing method: COD

Location of seller:

Contact method/details: PM

Age of item: 5+ months

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Item(s) conditions: like new, no scratches or dents

Picture:

Reason for sale: cash

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aquest — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 12:05:11 +0800

double post

293 missing, 2 dead in S Korean ferry tragedy

aquest — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 16:23:42 +0800

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/...off-south-korea

Latest measure to curb property speculation

aquest — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 15:49:13 +0800

Government to Impose New Conditon To Curb Property Speculation

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 17 (Bernama) -- The Ministry of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government plans to enforce a new condition to curb property speculation, said its Minister Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan.

He said property developers who intended to make bulk sales of more than four units must obtain prior approval from the Controller of Housing.

The ministry is talking to Real Estate and Housing Developers' Association of Malaysia (Rehda) and expected to announce the measure in a month's time, Abdul Rahman said.

The new enforcement would be prescribed as a mandatory requirement in every advertisement and sale permit for housing development, he told reporters at the launch of Sime Darby Property's housing income index study here Monday.

"The government will continue its various measures to help the people own houses, and weed out unhealthy speculative activities in the housing sector," he said.

The ministry, however, didn't plan to undertake extreme measures to curb property speculation because the market had to work on its own mechanism, he said.

"It's a free market. Prices should be determined by supply and demand," he said.

The minister also said the government might raise the budget for MyHome scheme this year.

"If the project is well received, we could pump in more money," Abdul Rahman said.

The government recently announced an allocation of RM300 million for the private affordable ownership housing programme, to be launched on April 1.

Under the scheme, the government will subsidise first-time buyers, who earn less than RM3,000 a month, up to RM30,000 to purchase low-cost houses.

Qualified applicants can apply online when more details are announced closer to the launch date, the minister said.

-- BERNAMA

Afghan midwives

aquest — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 22:12:38 +0800

Fire breaks out at Tuas, Singapore

aquest — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 03:56:05 +0800

now there is a valid n strong reason as to why the proposed incinerator should be cancelled or relocated away from pupulated areas.

this incident or rather accident happened just 2+ days ago

3 men injured in incineration plant fire at Tuas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KEYpAM6Jgg

Tuas incineration plant

Maybank2U & Maybank2E graded as 'F' by HTTPS

aquest — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 17:17:49 +0800

http://www.bolehvpn.net/blog/2013/10/how-s...https-security/

Maybank2U Grade: F

Maybank2U is probably the most used Online banking facility and shockingly, it scores a F due to its support of SSL2.0 and weak ciphers.

Their site also does not implement forward secrecy.

Maybank2E Grade: F

Maybank2E, meant for ‘enterprise customers’ is even worse with a whole plethora of security issues.

It supports insecure renegotiation which allows MITM attacks. In fact, we can test this out by just logging into Maybank2E using IE. Even after several days of leaving it idle, forcing a refresh still allows you to access all data.

It is also vulnerable to DOS attacks due to its support of client-side re-negotiation. Thankfully it does not fall into the same mistake as Maybank2U and does not accept SSL2.0. It however still accepts weak antiquated ciphers.

CIMBClicks Grade: A

CIMBClicks fared very well. Although it does not support forward secrecy, the cipher suites it supports are all current and reasonably secure. Pretty good showing.

Public Bank Grade: A

Public Bank is reasonably secure but is not as good as CIMBClicks due to its support of TLS version 1.0 only. Also it’s also potentially vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks due to its support of client-side re-negotiation.

Hong Leong Grade: A

Hong Leong also scored well though it only supports TLS version 1.0 and not the more secure 1.1 and 1.2.

UOB Malaysia Grade: A

It’s the same story with UOB Malaysia. Reasonably good security but no support of TLS 1.1 or 1.2.

RHB Malaysia Grade: Unavailable

Oh dear, not sure what went wrong here. We went to their online banking logon page and tested that but it returned the error:

“Assessment failed: No secure protocols supported”

I don’t have a RHB account so I can’t test it any further but it might be just a bug with the test, hopefully.

Alliance Bank Grade: A

Not too bad though it doesn’t support secure re-negotiation. Might not have updated their security in a while. Also does not support latest TLS.

HSBC Malaysia Grade: A

HSBC is in the same boat as Alliance Bank.

Affin Bank Grade: F

Another failure. It scored a score of 0 out of 100 for protocol support.

Also, like Maybank2E it is vulnerable to MITM attacks because it supports insecure renegotiation and is easier to attack via DoS because it supports client-initiated renegotiation. The site is also intolerant to newer TLS protocol versions, which might cause connection failures and has compatibility issues with modern browsers. Obviously, their online banking system hasn’t been updated in a while.

Standard Chartered Malaysia Grade: A

This is another strong showing. Good marks all around. However unlike CIMBClicks, it does not implement server-side BEAST mitigation. However, it implements proper session resumption which CIMBClicks doesn’t.

Bank Islam Grade: A

This is rather confusing. Going to their main website there’s a warning that tells you to access it through www.bankislam.com.my only.

bankislam

However, when clicking on the Internet Banking link, it redirects you to bankislam.biz which appears to be legit but the contradicting instructions does raise worries if it is indeed an official site especially since most banking websites don’t use .biz. The risk is that with the different domain usage it may open itself to phishing attacks if users are not able to easily verify which sites are actually owned by Bank Islam.

Bankislam.biz shows decent HTTPS security but is intolerant to newer TLS protocol versions, which might cause connection failures and has compatibility issues with modern browsers. It also disables secure renegotiation and does not mitigate the BEAST attack.

AmOnline Grade: B

AmBank only scores a B due to its support for 56 bit TLS_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA cipher. It is also vulnerable to DoS attacks due to it supporting secure client-initiated renegotiation.

OCBC Grade: A

Pretty good. Similar results to Standard Chartered. No serious weaknesses beyond no BEAST server side mitigation.

Bank Muamalat Grade: F

Horrible. Similar to Maybank2E. Allows insecure client initiated renegotiation that increases chance of MITM attacks. It’s also more vulnerable to DOS attacks.

Bank Simpanan Nasional Grade: F

Another big fail. Allows insecure client initiated renegotiation that increases chance of MITM attacks. It’s also more vulnerable to DOS attacks.

CitiBank: Grade A

Strong results. Similar results to Standard Chartered. No serious weaknesses beyond no BEAST server side mitigation. Slight anomaly in which citibank.com.my resolves differently than www.citibank.com.my but should be ok.

Bank Rakyat: Grade B

Bank Rakyat gets a B only due to their support of the 56 bit TLS_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA cipher. It is also vulnerable to DoS attacks due to it supporting secure client-initiated renegotiation.

World's most expensive toilet paper

aquest — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 02:28:33 +0800

only 1 roll has ever been produced

http://www.ibtimes.com/gold-toilet-paper-2...company-1439150

For the bathroom that needs just an added touch of luxury, one Australian company may have the golden answer.

Toilet Paper Man has developed three-ply toilet paper that is sure to make your bathroom a standout space. The single roll that has been created features gold flakes that run throughout it. Valued at $1,376,900, each purchase comes with a free bottle of champagne -- which is a more than appropriate free gift to reward such a lavish purchase.

"This is the most expensive toilet paper roll in the world. A quality 3-ply toilet paper with 22-carat gold through the roll," says the product's site. "As you use the toilet paper 22-carat gold flakes will fall onto the floor and your behind taking you to another level of sophistication." The roll, which comes with complimentary gift wrap, is described as "100 percent usable and safe." And with the first roll still not sold, there is still hope it can be all yours for the taking.

Ridhuan Tee's SIL dies in fall

aquest — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 00:21:49 +0800

http://www.nst.com.my/latest/ridhuan-tee-s...n-fall-1.386374

AMPANG -- A mother of four who is the sister-in-law to well-known lecturer and public speaker Dr Mohd Ridhuan Tee Abdullah, fell to her death at a condominium in Bandar Baru Ampang early today.

The body of the 39-year old housewife was found sprawled beside a swimming pool by her sister who went to check on a noise after performing her Subuh prayers around 6am.

District police chief Assistant Commissioner Amiruddin Jamaluddin said the victim came to visit her elder sister and family several days earlier.

"She was known to have psychiatric problem and she came to seek help from her sister who lived at the 10th floor condominium unit," he said.

The police were notified just before 7 am and arrived at the scene five minutes later.

"At 8.45am, the Bukit Aman forensic arrived for crime scene investigation. So far no foul play is suspected, and the case is classified under sudden death," he added, saying that the remains was taken to the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre in Cheras for autopsy.

Mohd Ridhuan Tee, a Chinese Muslim convert, is a senior lecturer at the National Defence University and a regular columnist at a local Malay broadsheet newspaper.

Double headed Arowana

aquest — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 20:06:05 +0800

Stumbled upon this rare occurence at an aquarium shop in OKR. An adult arowana fish, its age is estimated to be 5 yo.

Kebab Inventor Dies

aquest — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 03:34:19 +0800

Doner kebab 'inventor' Kadir Nurman dies in Berlin

The Turkish immigrant credited with inventing the doner kebab has died in Berlin aged 80.

Kadir Nurman set up a stall in West Berlin in 1972, selling grilled meat and salad inside a flat bread.

He had noticed the fast pace of city life and thought busy Berliners might like a meal they could carry with them.

While there are other possible "doner inventors," Mr Nurman's contribution was recognised by the Association of Turkish Doner Manufacturers in 2011.

The combination of juicy meat, sliced from a rotating skewer, with all the trimmings and optional chilli sauce, has since become a firm fast-food favourite in Germany, and elsewhere.

An employee of a doner kebab stand serves a doner sandwich in Berlin, Germany (23 February 2013) A doner kebab with all the trimmings
According to the Berlin-based Association of Turkish Doner Manufacturers in Europe, there are now 16,000 doner outlets in Germany.

More than 1,000 exist in Berlin to tempt peckish late-night revellers on the capital's streets.

German companies producing the meat and the machinery for grilling supply 80% of the EU market, the BBC's Steve Evans reports from Berlin.

Mr Nurman, who emigrated to Germany in 1960, did not patent his invention, and thus did not particularly profit from the doner's subsequent success.

But in a 2011 interview with the Frankfurter Rundschau, he expressed little bitterness.

He was happy that so many Turkish people were able to make a living from doners, he said, and that millions of people ate them.

Circumcised men desperate to restore foreskin

aquest — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 02:39:21 +0800

for those who r still considering whether to potong for health reason, read this first

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-...=home^headlines

The Sanderson @ Bukit Serdang

aquest — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:45:25 +0800

this f/h 8-acre development is located besides the villa pavillion and behind tpm. there will be a pedestrian access to tpm which is a short walking distance away. its listed as condo not service apt so the won't be any shoplots. just like villa pavillion, there is no direct access from the h/w but one has to pass thru the light industrial factories.

the sanderson comprises of 3 blocks with similar types n sizes contained in each block. total units = 376.
block A: 19-storey type A b/u 1400sf
block B: 16-storey type B b/u 900sf
block C: 5-storey type C: b/u 1400sf n 1600sf

there r also penthouses available with b/u of 3370sf.

price starts from an affordable rm220k or rm245 psf for the 3-bedroom 900 sf unit.

expected to launch in sep 2010

for registration:
Newfields Property Management Sdn Bhd
Suite 17.1, Level 17, Menara Weld, 76 Jalan Raja Chulan, 50200 Kuala Lumpur
Phone: +603 2031 2888 Fax: +603 2031 1998
http://www.newfields.com.my/