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            <title>have you ever</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5369414</link>
            <description>i start 1st... i deleted 108285 messages&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;then cry hu hu hu</description>
            <author>ctys2012</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Sun, 02 Apr 2023 21:59:55 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>I love PM</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4928123</link>
            <description>Achievements of Tan Sri Muhyiddin as 1st Prime Minister in history of Malaysia in just 1 month.&lt;br /&gt;1） Reduce petrol price to RM1.44。&lt;br /&gt;2） Resolved the daily jam at Singapore Malaysia checkpoint.&lt;br /&gt;3） Resolved the daily jam in KL.&lt;br /&gt;4） Increase the consumption of groceries.&lt;br /&gt;5） Citizens are getting healthier by eating at home.&lt;br /&gt;6） API below 50, air is fresher.&lt;br /&gt;7） Closed Genting, Damacai, Magnum and Toto, less ppl gamble.&lt;br /&gt;8） Reduced crime rates.&lt;br /&gt;9） Reduced road accident rates.&lt;br /&gt;10）No more entertainment outlets.&lt;br /&gt;Best PM&amp;#33;&amp;#33;&lt;br /&gt;#IlovePM&lt;br /&gt;NOTE: Simply translate.</description>
            <author>ctys2012</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2020 22:13:25 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Landlord just came back from China</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4900654</link>
            <description>my landlord just came back from China, i am having a slight runny nose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;monitor a few days before going to doctor? wait for it to escalate? give it to everyone in office?</description>
            <author>ctys2012</author>
            <category>Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 17:56:35 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>[WTS] old used mobile phones</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4104497</link>
            <description>&lt;b&gt;Item(s):Huawei Y3c&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Package includes: phone, cable,charger&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Price:100&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Age of item: 3 months&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Item(s) conditions:8/10&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Warranty from huawei til Aug 2017&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;update: buyer promised to COD &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;----------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Item(s):Sony Xperia Z&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Package includes: phone ,charger&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Price:350&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Age of item: 3 years +&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Item(s) conditions:7/10&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;note: faulty earpiece, headphone jack flap and charging jack flap are loose, can still be used, turn on, make calls, FB[b]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;----------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[b]Item(s):HTC incredible S&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Package includes: phone &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Price:100&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Age of item: 5 years +&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Item(s) conditions:5/10&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;note: flashed with CM, battery have bump, can still be used[b]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-----------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[b]Warranty:n/a[b]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[b]Dealing method: COD only&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Location of seller:seri kembangan&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Contact method/details:whatsapp / call 0162737778[b]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;---&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[b]Picture:in whatsapp me&lt;/b&gt;</description>
            <author>ctys2012</author>
            <category>Mobile Phones Garage Sales</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2016 14:31:37 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>PTPTN</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4050991</link>
            <description>I dah habis bayar ptptipu... borrowed 15k, delayed payment kena kos guaman, kena saman increase from 4% to 8% interest, kos mahkamah....&lt;br /&gt;can apply car loan now... &lt;!--emo&amp;:clap:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/rclxms.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='rclxms.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;  &lt;!--emo&amp;:clap:--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/rclxms.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='rclxms.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;</description>
            <author>ctys2012</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2016 09:48:56 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>raise tariff very quick,</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3445544</link>
            <description>&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('126cf8a0b6169a2420300cf7a94eff9d')&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;126cf8a0b6169a2420300cf7a94eff9d&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;KUALA LUMPUR: Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) is unable to determine the impact of lower energy prices and the weaker ringgit on the company and will not be adjusting tariffs yet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chief financial officer Fazlur Rahman Zainuddin said it remained to be seen whether lower coal prices would translate into a lower electricity tariff rate after next June.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He noted that the Government had announced that there would be no tariff adjustment until June 30, 2015.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“We don’t know yet. We’ll have to see what the prices will be beyond that (June 30),” he told reporters after the company’s AGM yesterday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The tariff adjustment is based on an Imbalance Cost Pass Through (ICPT) mechanism, which allows the Government to increase or reduce electricity rates based on the underlying prices of coal, gas and crude oil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ICPT review is done every six months and the next one is scheduled for June next year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The price of coal has been on a downtrend since the first quarter of this year, while crude has come down significantly since July this year. TNB gets the bulk of its gas supply from Petroliam Nasional Bhd at a fixed price.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TNB’s generation mix is heavily skewed towards gas plants that make up 58% of its generation capacity, while coal-fired plants comprise 33%.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fazlur, also vice-president of group finance, said that TNB was as yet still unable to determine the net impact of the coal price versus the ringgit movement on the company.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He said while lower coal prices were a boon, the weaker ringgit against the US dollar would work against it, as coal was purchased in US dollars.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He added that sliding crude oil prices sometimes had an indirect impact on other commodities as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fazlur also noted that around 12% of TNB’s borrowings were in US dollars and that there would be translation losses if the ringgit depreciated against the US dollar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“However, it is just on the book and is unrealised. We will be looking at how to mitigate the exposure,” he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He said that some new coal-fired power plants would be coming up next year, which would increase its coal usage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TNB chief executive officer/president Datuk Seri Azman Mohd said that he did not think current coal prices would be changing very rapidly. He added that there was no reason to assume that the coal price would go up, as China was still depressed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“We believe the coal price will remain or that it won’t go drastically high. I think our issue with the coal price is just the exchange rate because we are buying in US dollars,” he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for plans to tap energy from Sarawak, he said that TNB had embarked on some discussions but stressed that there was nothing definite about it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He said that it was currently at the working group discussion stage to ensure that such a plan was feasible, as well as to identify any impediments. “Additionally, any decision made will be after the year 2020.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sarawak has the capacity to generate up to 20,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity mainly from hydroelectric dams. There is a series of hydroelectric and coal-fired plants being planned in the state to power the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (Score) initiative. Score is to attract companies that are heavy users of electricity and the 20,000MW planned is more than enough for the state.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Previously, there were plans to instal an undersea cable between Sarawak and the peninsula to transmit the excess electricity, but the project, planned since the early 1990s, has not taken off the ground yet due to cost constraints.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On renewable energy (RE), Azman said that RE currently comprised less than 1% of its power generation mix.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He noted the Government’s aspiration to increase the RE contribution to overall generation to 5% by 2020, adding that this was a very challenging effort, as the cost of RE was still more expensive than using fossil fuel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Currently, he said TNB was also embarking on several renewable projects within Malaysia, including the Jengka biomass project with Felda as well as two joint-ventures with Sime Darby Bhd. “We are looking forward to working together with other developers on RE projects. On the international side, we have an investment agreement project with KLS Energy in Sri Lanka,” Azman said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TNB chairman Tan Sri Leo Moggie said it would increase its investment in alternative sources of energy such as RE, wind and solar to ameliorate the effects of fossil fuel shortage in the future.&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.thestar.com.my/Business/Business-News/2014/12/19/No-electric-shockTNB-unable-to-determine-impact-of-lower-energy-prices-yet/?style=biz' target='_blank'&gt;sos TNB bodo&lt;/a&gt;</description>
            <author>ctys2012</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2014 11:44:01 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>This price can only apply UNIFI</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3416925</link>
            <description>&lt;br /&gt;Ultra 1Gbps&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#036;49.99 per month&lt;br /&gt;Up to 1000Mbps Download&lt;br /&gt;Up to 500Mbps Upload&lt;br /&gt;Video Streaming Priority&lt;br /&gt;No BitTorrent Blocking&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#036;58 Service Installation&lt;br /&gt;FREE &amp;#036;100 New Router Discount&lt;br /&gt;FREE 3 Months Home Voice Plus&lt;br /&gt;FREE 3 Months Teleport&lt;br /&gt;24/7 Technical Support&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For Gamers&lt;br /&gt;1Gbps&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#036;59.99 per month&lt;br /&gt;Up to 1000Mbps Download&lt;br /&gt;Up to 500Mbps Upload&lt;br /&gt;Video Streaming + Gaming Priority&lt;br /&gt;Low Latency via Custom Routing&lt;br /&gt;Gaming Privileges&lt;br /&gt;No BitTorrent Blocking&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#036;58 Service Installation&lt;br /&gt;FREE &amp;#036;100 New Router Discount&lt;br /&gt;FREE 3 Months Home Voice Plus&lt;br /&gt;FREE 3 Months Teleport&lt;br /&gt;FREE Logitech G400s Mouse&lt;br /&gt;24/7 Technical Support&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.myrepublic.com.sg/pricing' target='_blank'&gt;sos mahal&lt;/a&gt;</description>
            <author>ctys2012</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2014 17:39:07 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>1,2 or 3?</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3173389</link>
            <description>My house is currently under renovation. double storey, landed, melaka.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wiring + installation (lights,fan etc) , must have - RM 2450&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Any suggestion is welcome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;thanks.</description>
            <author>ctys2012</author>
            <category>Home Renovations and Interior Design</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 16:56:45 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>China speeds past Europe on 4G mobile rollout</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3153941</link>
            <description>High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut &amp;amp; paste the article. See our Ts&amp;amp;Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft.com to buy additional rights. &lt;a href='http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6c82e78a-a082-11e3-a72c-00144feab7de.html#ixzz2vF0zOGaO' target='_blank'&gt;http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6c82e78a-a082-11...l#ixzz2vF0zOGaO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China has overtaken Europe by building hundreds of thousands of masts to carry superfast 4G mobile signals and Western executives warn it will pull further ahead with its plans to more than double construction this year.&lt;br /&gt;While the take-up of 4G services in China lags behind the rollout of base stations – given services only became commercially available last month – the scale of the infrastructure building underlines the country’s ambitions .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut &amp;amp; paste the article. See our Ts&amp;amp;Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft.com to buy additional rights. &lt;a href='http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6c82e78a-a082-11e3-a72c-00144feab7de.html#ixzz2vF14035Y' target='_blank'&gt;http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6c82e78a-a082-11...l#ixzz2vF14035Y&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Mobile became the country’s first 4G operator in December last year and it built about 200,000 base stations in advance of the launch. That is already more than are deployed Europewide, according to analysts at HSBC and CCS Insight. China Mobile’s network covers as many as 500m people in the important cities on the country’s east coast.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China Telecom and China Unicom are also building smaller 4G networks. Up to 1m 4G masts could be built in China by the end of 2014, according to equipment makers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At last month’s annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, executives from European mobile operators feared that the combination of regulatory constraints and sluggish economic growth would curtail construction of 4G networks in the continent.&lt;br /&gt;Also in Barcelona this week, Wei Zaisheng, finance director for ZTE, the Chinese state-owned equipment maker, said there could be as many as 1m 4G base stations in China by the year’s end, from close to 300,000 today, as companies “speeded up construction”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China represented about 60 per cent of the market for new 4G masts, he said. “China is leading 4G compared to Europe.”&lt;br /&gt;Three industry executives said they were expecting a second tender from China High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut &amp;amp; paste the article. See our Ts&amp;amp;Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft.com to buy additional rights. &lt;a href='http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6c82e78a-a082-11e3-a72c-00144feab7de.html#ixzz2vF19G85Q' target='_blank'&gt;http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6c82e78a-a082-11...l#ixzz2vF19G85Q&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mobile for about 500,000 base stations this year. Equipment-maker executives forecast that China Telecom would order up to 250,000 masts this year.&lt;br /&gt;Neelie Kroes, Europe’s digital commissioner, has also emphasised the need to accelerate 4G rollout, and has recently shifted the focus to developing the next stage of mobile networks with so-called “5G” technology.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beijing has made telecoms a main national industry. Only a third of Chinese households have broadband internet connections, according to data from the brokerage CLSA, intensifying the urgency to rollout high-speed mobile services.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The US, South Korea and Japan lead the world in 4G deployment and usage with almost ubiquitous coverage, which is seen to have economic benefits as people work and access media swiftly while on the move.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chinese groups are also leading the development of networks based on a lesser used variant of 4G technology called TD LTE, which analysts say will give China the chance to claim an advantage in promoting a standard that had not been used much in the West, where FDD is the dominant 4G standard.&lt;br /&gt;TD LTE technology is gaining momentum outside China, with the recent decision by Sprint to use the technology in its 4G network in the US.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6c82e78a-a082-11e3-a72c-00144feab7de.html#axzz2vEzo0a3Y' target='_blank'&gt;kicap&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;china boleh&amp;#33;&amp;#33;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
            <author>ctys2012</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2014 10:46:40 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Sony Xperia Z2 will only be the flagship</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3146514</link>
            <description>Speaking to Japanese K-Tai.Impress Sony Mobile&amp;#39;s Creative Director, Director of Product Planning and UX General Manager, Yoshiro Kurozumi, addresses the early rise to the throne by the Xperia Z2 and why he thinks a half a year upgrade cycle is a better fit for this industry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to him, in order to maintain the flagship status of the product, you must upgrade it faster to keep it competitive. He went on to confirm that the Xperia Z2 will likely be Sony&amp;#39;s flagship for only the first half of 2014.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He also commented about design, saying Sony doesn&amp;#39;t want to rely on a single design, which could mean the company will perhaps move away from its OmniBalance design language, which has dominated the Xperia line so far (including Z, Z1 and Z2, compact and ultra included).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And while we can extrapolate from Mr. Kurozumi&amp;#39;s words that Sony will be releasing its next flagship some time in Q3 or Q4 of 2014 and that it may feature a new design, we truly hope Sony will at least continue to update its Z and Z1 flagships for the sake of those users, who have purchased these devices for a handful amount of money (all of which are still waiting to receive Android 4.4 KitKat).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;kicap - &lt;a href='http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_z2_will_be_flagship_for_half_the_year-news-7942.php' target='_blank'&gt;kicap&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;wait new flagship then buy</description>
            <author>ctys2012</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2014 13:54:46 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Man jumps to his death</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3144107</link>
            <description>A Chinese man reportedly hated shopping so much that he jumped to his death from the 7th floor of a mall after five hours of shopping with his girlfriend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WARNING: graphic photos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A man died after jumping off the seventh floor of a shopping mall in the city of Xuzhou in Jiangsu, China, on December 7th. The 38-year old man had been shopping with his girlfriend. After five hours, he wanted to go home but his girlfriend wanted to continue shopping. A heated argument soon took place as later confirmed by security videos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to nearby shoppers, the following dialog took place:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He said, &amp;quot;You have enough shoes to wear for the rest of your lifetime. Why do you want to go to another shoe store?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She said, &amp;quot;You penny-pincher&amp;#33; You&amp;#39;ve ruined the Christmas spirit&amp;#33;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He got very angry, threw down all the many shopping bags he was carrying, turned around, and jumped over the rail and fell all the way from the seventh floor of the huge shopping mall. People on the first floor heard a thump and found him bleeding, lying near the Christmas decorations. He was dead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the time of the report, police were still confirming his ID in order to contact his family.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The holiday season can be one of the most stressful times. Please stay calm when shopping.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.dramafever.com/news/man-jumps-to-his-death-rather-than-continue-shopping-with-his-girlfriend/?utm_source=outbrain&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_content=blog&amp;utm_campaign=outbrainpaid' target='_blank'&gt;sos kicap pedas&lt;/a&gt;</description>
            <author>ctys2012</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 11:31:14 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Place to rent in Shah Alam</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/0</link>
            <description></description>
            <category>Property Talk</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>House / Condo for rent</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3139069</link>
            <description>Hi /k ,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As per topic i am helping a friend to find a house / condo for rent in Shah Alam.&lt;br /&gt;Most time will be only her and son, husband is soldier so travel most of the time.&lt;br /&gt;She&amp;#39;s Malay, going to transfer to Klang. Budget around &amp;lt;1k.&lt;br /&gt;She needs it by April.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Condo is 1st choice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kindly PM me if you have any good deal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks in advance.</description>
            <author>ctys2012</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2014 14:49:08 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Place to rent in Shah Alam</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3139007</link>
            <description>Hi,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As per topic i am helping a friend to find a house / condo for rent in Shah Alam.&lt;br /&gt;Most time will be only her and son, husband is soldier so travel most of the time.&lt;br /&gt;She&amp;#39;s Malay, going to transfer to Klang. Budget around &amp;lt;1k&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Condo is 1st choice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kindly PM me if you have any good deal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks in advance.</description>
            <author>ctys2012</author>
            <category>Property For Sale</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2014 14:12:33 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>HTC boleh yo~</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3013601</link>
            <description>We all know the “indestructible” Nokia meme, but it looks like it’s time to start a new one. A petrol station clerk was shot at by a robber yesterday in Florida, and escaped with his life after the bullet was stopped dead in its track by the clerk’s HTC EVO 3D smartphone in his front pocket.&lt;br /&gt;The clerk had been working his shift at the petrol station with another employee when the robber entered the premises demanding them to open the safe. Unfortunately, both of them did not have access to the safe, and in frustration shot at the clerk as he made his exit. The shot hit the clerk’s chest, where the bullet was stopped by the HTC smartphone’s 12mm thick chassis. According to the police, the clerk “didn’t even realise he’d been shot”, and only realised it when he took out his phone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In addition to escaping with his life, HTC – who followed up on the news report – managed to contact the clerk to pass him a “Glad You’re OK” care package, which consisted of a brand new HTC One as well as other accessories for his new device.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src='http://cdn.lowyat.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/htc-evo-3d-bullet-2.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lowyat.net/2013/10/30/14562/htc-smartphone-stops-bullet-saves-life/' target='_blank'&gt;sos putih saya&lt;/a&gt;</description>
            <author>ctys2012</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2013 10:03:06 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Government unions want salaries to equal contract</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3012872</link>
            <description>&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('01fc0f243c81722ed080fc8d35c429a2')&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;01fc0f243c81722ed080fc8d35c429a2&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;Stung by news that contract officials are getting high pay, the main union body representing 1.4 million civil servants now wants Putrajaya to give them better salaries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) said it was unfair that qualified civil servants are paid less than those on short-term contracts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Cuepacs views the current arrangement as unfair whereby contract workers in agencies are getting higher wages than their civil service counterparts,” Cuepacs deputy president Azih Muda told The Malaysian Insider in Kuala Lumpur.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He was commenting on Serdang MP Ong Kian Ming&amp;#39;s expose yesterday that the pay package of a head of a government agency could be as high as RM69,000 a month.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ong revealed that Malaysia’s top civil servant, the Chief Secretary, was only paid RM23,577 – a far cry from what was earned by the heads of agencies such as TalentCorp, Agensi Inovasi Malaysia, and Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Azih questioned the qualifications and talent of these agency employees that warrant higher salaries than civil servants doing the same job in government.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He said Cuepacs had raised the disparity in salaries between those in service and contract work on numerous occasions but Putrajaya had done little to address it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Civil servants are just as qualified as those employed in these agencies,” he said noting that many of them could be deployed to work in these agencies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Azih said Cuepacs supported the government initiative to trim the budget deficit but urged it to start by looking at the exorbitant salaries paid to those working in its agencies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ong (pic, right) said hiring contract staff in the Prime Minister&amp;#39;s Department was one reason why Putrajaya&amp;#39;s expenditure went up significantly over the past four years under Najib&amp;#39;s administration.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Budget 2014, the Prime Minister&amp;#39;s Department received one of the largest allocations, with its Economic Planning Unit capturing all capital expenditures for development planning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a speech in Parliament two days ago, Ong told Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to walk the talk by cutting expenditure in the Prime Minister&amp;#39;s Department and not create more new and expensive agencies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He said this in reference to Najib&amp;#39;s announcement of a Green Foundation and the Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Centre (Magic) during the Budget 2014 speech last Friday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ong said the two new agencies were unnecessary because of the existence of the Malaysian Green Tech Corporation and the Sustainable Energy Development Authority.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He said agencies such as Agensi Inovasi Malaysia, the Malaysian Productivity Council and others were already doing the job of the newly-announced Magic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He quoted a parliamentary reply on October 1 detailing the salary, allowances and bonus of Agensi Inovasi Malaysia&amp;#39;s chief executive officer, which amounts to RM830,500, an average of RM69,000 monthly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The CEO of the Land Transport Commission, or SPAD, is paid a yearly salary of RM480,000 (RM40,000 a month), an annual allowance of RM162,000 and a bonus of RM60,000, totalling RM622,000, said Ong.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The CEO of TalentCorp, said Ong, gets a monthly salary of RM30,000, in addition to a monthly car allowance of RM5,000, which works out to an annual income of RM420,000. – October 30, 2013.&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;inb4 apa lagi Cuepacs mahu?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/government-unions-want-salaries-to-equal-contract-staff-in-putrajaya-agenci' target='_blank'&gt;sos masam manis&lt;/a&gt;</description>
            <author>ctys2012</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2013 17:28:57 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Can start 1in KL city?</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2982931</link>
            <description>Tiny spaces are being rented out as apartments in South Korea, with some that are so cramp that tenants have to sleep beside the toilet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to Kotaku, the shoebox &amp;#39;apartments&amp;#39; were originally designed as rooms for students who needed a place to study at.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, they are being rented out as actual apartments due to the lack of affordable housing in big Korean cities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some of the tenants have fallen on hard times, and are staying at these &amp;#39;goshitel&amp;#39; apartments for the time being.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The apartments have been described as prison cells due to their size.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some goshitel units have kitchenettes squeezed into the small space, while some are so incredibly small that the toilets are right beside the bed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/this-urban-jungle/these-apartments-in-korea-are-so-tiny-tenants-sleep-right-beside-the-toilet' target='_blank'&gt;sos&lt;/a&gt;</description>
            <author>ctys2012</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2013 17:42:55 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Home prices could dip 20% by end-2015</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2981639</link>
            <description>Home prices could fall by as much as 20 per cent by the end of 2015 in the wake of oversupply, tougher loan rules and rising interest rates, say analysts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One warning comes from a Barclays report which noted that risks from a number of directions are putting pressure on residential values and hitting demand at new launches. &amp;quot;We expect developer sales to fall by 30 per cent in 2013, as the latest sets of measures bite,&amp;quot; it said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a separate report, CIMB said that a large supply of new homes set to hit the market could cause prices to correct by 10 to 15 per cent by 2015.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Affordability has become more of an issue since new loan curbs were introduced in June. These cap a borrower&amp;#39;s total monthly debt payments at no more than 60 per cent of his gross monthly income.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/home-prices-could-dip-20-end-2015-20131003' target='_blank'&gt;sos kicap pedas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;er... guys, i din mean to troll, but its singkapork news...</description>
            <author>ctys2012</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2013 17:01:23 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Do Not Call</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2977790</link>
            <description>Unwanted phone calls from telemarketers will soon be a thing of the past. From Jan 2 next year, a national Do-Not-Call registry will be launched for people to list their numbers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Telemarketers must check against it before making a sales pitch on the phone, through fax. SMS or MMS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To register for no voice call, text messages and fax messages, consumers may SMS &amp;quot;DNC&amp;quot; to 78772. Consumers may also send an SMS to 78773 if they choose to block calls only. They can also call 1800-248-0772 to register to block calls, text messages and fax messages. Another way to list one&amp;#39;s number on the registry is to visit the www.dnc.gov.sg website. Consumers may register for the registry from Dec 2 to ease the rush in January next year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marketing messages sent via instant messaging apps, such as WhatsApp, to the numbers on the registry will be prohibited too. Those who defy the rule risk a maximum &amp;#036;10,000 fine, should the consumer complain to a new watchdog body called the Personal Data Protection Commission.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/do-not-call-registry-will-be-open-registration-next-year-20130930' target='_blank'&gt;SOS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When merehsia have?? when? when? when?</description>
            <author>ctys2012</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 17:58:57 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Loanshark sends death threats to family</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2923741</link>
            <description>&lt;img src='http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/sites/default/files/public/styles/sgseen_featured_image/public/article/images/featured/2013/08/loansharkmain.JPG' border='0' alt='user posted image' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;STOMPer WSK says that he has received notes from a loan shark who threatens to set fire to his flat and harm his family members.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Along with hell notes and threatening letters, the loanshark&amp;#39;s runners have also pasted pictures of the previous occupant of the flat on his door.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The STOMPer wrote:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;I bought this unit at Choa Chu Kang Drive in January this year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;In March, I started to receive numerous harassment letters in my letter box from loan sharks, attention to the previous owner.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;My unit was also being splashed with paint on few occasions and graffiti were scribbled on the wall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;My neighbours were not spared either and his unit was also splashed with paint as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;As if these were not bad enough, he had also borrowed money from numerous legal money lending companies using his previous address.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;As a result these companies sent notices to my house and even attached his photos on my door.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;I hope the previous owner can own up and take responsibility of his actions instead of sabotaging innocent victims by using his previous address to borrow money after he sold his flat and moved out.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/in-the-heartlands/loansharks-issue-death-threat-to-family-because-previous-resident-owes-money' target='_blank'&gt;sos siham&lt;/a&gt;</description>
            <author>ctys2012</author>
            <category>The Museum Of Kopitiam</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2013 12:39:53 +0800</pubDate>
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