http://forum.lowyat.net/ Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:53:01 +0800 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5563617 Australia, April 2026 sales, BYD namba 2 <!--emo&:w--><img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/whistling.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='whistling.gif' /><!--endemo--> <br /><br />Proton parent company: Geely ( &amp; Zeeker) = 2006 + 1006 = 3012, not bad <!--emo&:hmm:--><img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/hmm.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='hmm.gif' /><!--endemo--> Cronies must ask why don&#39;t Proton build the EV here and export to Aus. Oh ya, forgot Proton got special position here in this country <!--emo&:clap:--><img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/rclxms.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='rclxms.gif' /><!--endemo--> <br /><br /><a href='https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/vfacts-april-2026-rising-ev-phev-demand-boosts-new-vehicle-market-byd-takes-second-spot' target='_blank'>https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/vfact...kes-second-spot</a><br /><br /><a href='https://pictr.com/image/xXthxj' target='_blank'><img src='https://pictr.com/images/2026/05/05/xXthxj.md.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /></a> 70U63 Kopitiam Tue, 05 May 2026 13:12:15 +0800 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5536621 <a href='https://pictr.com/image/xbDrHx' target='_blank'><img src='https://pictr.com/images/2025/08/21/xbDrHx.md.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /></a><br /><br />Not sure which MY leaders going to attend <!--emo&:idea:--><img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/icon_idea.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='icon_idea.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--emo&:w--><img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/whistling.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='whistling.gif' /><!--endemo--> <br /><br />Inb4, AMDK: TS want to spread commie ideology<br /><br />[YOUTUBE]k0EjApTi_Ms?si=ZiufzZ9gquK1rab4[/YOUTUBE] <br />[YOUTUBE]CPPGZuUxtnI?si=uV8thUtYffyFCpTC[/YOUTUBE] <br />[YOUTUBE]lFImWVr9zBY?si=9vUIVI7FqAk8FTTe[/YOUTUBE] <br /><br /> 70U63 Kopitiam Thu, 21 Aug 2025 13:58:39 +0800 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5535809 Can&#39;t wait...<br /><br />[twt]https://twitter.com/GSCinemas/status/1955556467454652675[/twt] 70U63 Kopitiam Thu, 14 Aug 2025 13:27:28 +0800 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5534435 Fight Russian, don&#39;t give up. Apa takut, Russia only fight with shovel <br />Inb4, ini memang gila babi, sudah kalah tapi big brother not allow them to surrender <!--emo&:bye:--><img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/bye.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='bye.gif' /><!--endemo--> <br /><br /><a href='https://pictr.com/image/xI3Fax' target='_blank'><img src='https://pictr.com/images/2025/08/03/xI3Fax.md.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /></a><br /><br /><b>Ukraine: Zelenskyy to allow over-60s enlist in military</b> <br /><br />Ukrainians over the age of 60 will be allowed to enlist in the military following the enactment of a law signed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Ukrainian officials also called a Russian strike on a prison a war crime.<br /><br /><a href='https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-zelenskyy-signs-law-for-over-60s-to-join-military/live-73445167' target='_blank'>https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-zelenskyy-sig...y/live-73445167</a><br /><br /> 70U63 Kopitiam Sun, 03 Aug 2025 09:23:35 +0800 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5495259 <!--emo&:clap:--><img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/rclxms.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='rclxms.gif' /><!--endemo--><br /><br />HK47: dozens of pro-democracy activists jailed in Hong Kong’s largest national security trial<br /><br /><a href='https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/19/hong-kong-47-hk47-sentencing-national-security-trial' target='_blank'>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/...-security-trial</a><br /><br /><a href='https://pictr.com/image/x6FnBV' target='_blank'><img src='https://pictr.com/images/2024/11/19/x6FnBV.md.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /></a><br /><a href='https://pictr.com/image/x6F8CQ' target='_blank'><img src='https://pictr.com/images/2024/11/19/x6F8CQ.md.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /></a><br /><a href='https://pictr.com/image/x6F4L5' target='_blank'><img src='https://pictr.com/images/2024/11/19/x6F4L5.md.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /></a><br /> 70U63 Kopitiam Tue, 19 Nov 2024 13:43:13 +0800 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5485832 Inb4, AMDK will say why Malaysia busybody... <!--emo&:innocent:--><img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/innocent.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='innocent.gif' /><!--endemo--> <br /><br />[YOUTUBE]3zx0xXOQeEA?si=2DcaOVw67TrswZ9j[/YOUTUBE]<br /><br /> 70U63 Kopitiam Mon, 30 Sep 2024 14:26:52 +0800 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5453147 Some one suggested that CCP finally got the reason to start building the man-made island at Scarborough Shoel (which is just outside Manila bay...)<br />Scarborough Shoel is currently controlled by PLA.<br /><br /><a href='https://pictr.com/image/EDLIRY' target='_blank'><img src='https://pictr.com/images/2024/04/22/EDLIRY.md.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /></a><br /><br /><b>US sends land-attack missile system to Philippines for exercises in apparent message to China </b><br /><a href='https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/22/asia/us-land-attack-missile-philippines-china-intl-hnk-ml/index.html' target='_blank'>https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/22/asia/us-...k-ml/index.html</a><br /><br /><b>South China Sea: will Beijing ramp up militarisation after US missile system deployed in the Philippines?</b><br /><a href='https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3259453/south-china-sea-will-beijing-ramp-military-presence-after-very-strategic-deployment-us-missile' target='_blank'>https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/ar...ment-us-missile</a><br /><br /> 70U63 Kopitiam Mon, 22 Apr 2024 18:34:56 +0800 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5450026 We know amdk belong to US&#39;s doggie group...<br /><br /><a href='https://pictr.com/image/E2sarB' target='_blank'><img src='https://pictr.com/images/2024/04/05/E2sarB.md.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /></a> 70U63 Kopitiam Fri, 05 Apr 2024 18:45:51 +0800 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5445393 <!--emo&:clap:--><img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/rclxms.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='rclxms.gif' /><!--endemo--> <br /><br />That&#39;s why we keep having those xinjiang fake news issue. <br /><br />Inb4, amdk will say USA has moral high ground, are allowed to do so...<br />Also, amdk openly wish to invite USA to setup military bases here in MY...<br /><br /><a href='https://pictr.com/image/EtPdZ8' target='_blank'><img src='https://pictr.com/images/2024/03/15/EtPdZ8.md.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /></a><br /><br /><a href='https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-launched-cia-covert-influence-operation-against-china-2024-03-14/' target='_blank'>https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-laun...ina-2024-03-14/</a><br /><br /><!--SPOILER BEGIN--><div class="spoilertop" onClick="openClose('3a0c6cf730fa26559d0ec0531986b33e')" style="font-weight: bold"><u>&raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &laquo;</u></div><div class="spoilermain" id="3a0c6cf730fa26559d0ec0531986b33e" style="display:none"><!--SPOILER END--><br />WASHINGTON, March 14 - <b>Two years into office, President Donald Trump authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to launch a clandestine campaign on Chinese social media aimed at turning public opinion in China against its government, according to former U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the highly classified operation.</b><br /><br /><b>Three former officials told Reuters that the CIA created a small team of operatives who used bogus internet identities to spread negative narratives about Xi Jinping’s government while leaking disparaging intelligence to overseas news outlets. The effort, which began in 2019, has not been previously reported.</b><br /><br />During the past decade, China has rapidly expanded its global footprint, forging military pacts, trade deals, and business partnerships with developing nations.<br /><br /><b>The CIA team promoted allegations that members of the ruling Communist Party were hiding ill-gotten money overseas and slammed as corrupt and wasteful China’s Belt and Road Initiative, which provides financing for infrastructure projects in the developing world, the sources told Reuters.</b><br /><br />Although the U.S. officials declined to provide specific details of these operations, they said the disparaging narratives were based in fact despite being secretly released by intelligence operatives under false cover. The efforts within China were intended to foment paranoia among top leaders there, forcing its government to expend resources chasing intrusions into Beijing’s tightly controlled internet, two former officials said. “We wanted them chasing ghosts,” one of these former officials said.<br /><br />Chelsea Robinson, a CIA spokesperson, declined to comment on the existence of the influence program, its goals or impacts.<br /><br />A spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said news of the CIA initiative shows the U.S. government uses the “public opinion space and media platforms as weapons to spread false information and manipulate international public opinion.”<br /><br />The CIA operation came in response to years of aggressive covert efforts by China aimed at increasing its global influence, the sources said. During his presidency, Trump pushed a tougher response to China than had his predecessors. The CIA’s campaign signaled a return to methods that marked Washington’s struggle with the former Soviet Union. “The Cold War is back,” said Tim Weiner, author of a book on the history of political warfare.<br /><br />Reuters was unable to determine the impact of the secret operations or whether the administration of President Joe Biden has maintained the CIA program. Kate Waters, a spokesperson for the Biden administration’s National Security Council, declined to comment on the program’s existence or whether it remains active. Two intelligence historians told Reuters that when the White House grants the CIA covert action authority, through an order known as a presidential finding, it often remains in place across administrations.<br /><br />Trump, now the Republican frontrunner for president, has suggested he will take an even tougher approach toward China if re-elected president in November. Spokespeople for Trump and his former national security advisers, John Bolton and Robert O’Brien, who both served the year the covert action order was signed, declined to comment.<br /><br />The operation against Beijing came with significant risk of escalating tensions with the United States, given the power of China&#39;s economy and its ability to retaliate through trade, said Paul Heer, a former senior CIA analyst on East Asia who learned of the presidential authorization from Reuters. For example, after Australia called for an investigation inside China probing the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Beijing blocked billions of dollars in Australian trade through agricultural tariffs.<br /><br />Trump’s 2019 order came after years of warnings from the U.S. intelligence community, and media reports, about how China was using bribery and threats to obtain support from developing countries in geopolitical disputes as it attempted to sow division in the United States through front groups.<br /><br />China’s Foreign Ministry said Beijing follows a “principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries and does not interfere in the domestic affairs of the United States.”<br /><br />A year earlier, Trump gave the CIA greater powers to launch offensive cyber operations against U.S. adversaries after numerous Russian and Chinese cyber attacks against American organizations, Yahoo News reported, opens new tab. Reuters could not independently confirm the existence of the earlier order.<br /><br />Sources described the 2019 authorization uncovered by Reuters as a more ambitious operation. <b>It enabled the CIA to take action not only in China but also in countries around the world where the United States and China are competing for influence. Four former officials said the operation targeted public opinion in Southeast Asia, Africa and the South Pacific</b>.<br /><br />“The feeling was China was coming at us with steel baseball bats and we were fighting back with wooden ones,” said a former national security official with direct knowledge of the finding.<br /><br />Matt Pottinger, a senior National Security Council official at the time, crafted the authorization, three former officials said. It cited Beijing’s alleged use of malign influence, allegations of intellectual property theft and military expansion as threats to U.S. national security, one of those former officials said.<br /><br />Pottinger told Reuters he would not comment on the “accuracy or inaccuracy of allegations about U.S. intelligence activities,” adding that “it would be incorrect to assume that I would have had knowledge of specific U.S. intelligence operations.”<br /><br />Covert messaging allows the United States to implant ideas in countries where censorship might prevent that information from coming to light, or in areas where audiences wouldn’t give much credence to U.S. government statements, said Loch Johnson, a University of Georgia political scientist who studies the use of such tactics.<br /><br />Covert propaganda campaigns were common during the Cold War, when the CIA planted 80 to 90 articles a day in an effort to undermine the Soviet Union, Johnson said. In the 1950s, for example, the CIA created an astrological magazine in East Germany to publish foreboding predictions about communist leaders, according to declassified records.<br /><br />The covert propaganda campaign against Beijing could backfire, said Heer, the former CIA analyst. China could use evidence of a CIA influence program to bolster its decades-old accusations of shadowy Western subversion, helping Beijing “proselytize” in a developing world already deeply suspicious of Washington.<br /><br />The message would be: “‘Look at the United States intervening in the internal affairs of other countries and rejecting the principles of peaceful coexistence,’” Heer said. “And there are places in the world where that is going to be a resonant message.”<br /><br />U.S. influence operations also risk endangering dissidents, opposition groups critical of China and independent journalists, who could be falsely painted as CIA assets, said Thomas Rid, a professor at Johns Hopkins University who wrote a book on the history of political warfare.<br /><!--SPOILER DIV--></div><!--SPOILER DIV--><br /><br /> 70U63 Kopitiam Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:52:35 +0800 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5444418 Continue from the Tech &amp; Economy wars since Trump administration...<br />Financial war haven&#39;t start yet.<br />But similar pattern come out already. US want TikTok owner to sell their company or ban from US. Their allies including Australia pun sama. This morning start discuss about China e-commerce companies.... buying the time to brainwash the people from the &#39;free world&#39;. Topic about BYD and Huawei also intensified these few weeks especially in Europe.<br /><br />And we got some stxpxd fxck concern about Tibetan (Chinese) learning Mandarin.... <br /><br />(at the same time, China economy gonna collapse &#39;again&#39;, AMDK memang senang confuse).<br /><br /><a href='https://pictr.com/image/EqjFfB' target='_blank'><img src='https://pictr.com/images/2024/03/11/EqjFfB.md.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /></a><br /><br />[YOUTUBE]Wps5mn5mH44?si=I-ItuEAmIdv37tBD[/YOUTUBE] 70U63 Kopitiam Mon, 11 Mar 2024 14:06:17 +0800 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5433498 Feel sorry (not) for Koreans on both sides.<br />SK kena game by US... Forever become US doggie...<br /><br />(Taiwan how? Some people hope president Xi can continue in 4th term, so no rush to settle this issue).<br /><br /><a href='https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/16/unification-with-south-korea-no-longer-possible-says-kim-jong-un' target='_blank'>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/...ays-kim-jong-un</a><br /><br /><a href='https://pictr.com/image/EOxS6D' target='_blank'><img src='https://pictr.com/images/2024/01/17/EOxS6D.md.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /></a> 70U63 Kopitiam Wed, 17 Jan 2024 11:03:26 +0800 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5417904 Nice show especially he talked about Jews = Europeans problem.<br /><br />Inb4, haters can fxck off.<br /><br />[YOUTUBE]rqjO5Z9Lt_M?si=JFfgSgaloOQTtaf6[/YOUTUBE] 70U63 Kopitiam Thu, 02 Nov 2023 08:03:50 +0800 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5415311 As topic said, &#036;100 billion dollars question:<br /> <br />Xi Pooh Pooh ok for funding for Belt Road Initiative.<br />Positive point: Some poor fxck global south will have some funding for development<br />Negative point: some leaders from poor fxck nation will misuse the fund and blame China later. <br /><br /><a href='https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/china-xi-jinping-belt-road-100-billion-funding-3854951' target='_blank'>https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/china-...funding-3854951</a><br /><br /><!--SPOILER BEGIN--><div class="spoilertop" onClick="openClose('0ab74da0727c18727170fc351ce5c771')" style="font-weight: bold"><u>&raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &laquo;</u></div><div class="spoilermain" id="0ab74da0727c18727170fc351ce5c771" style="display:none"><!--SPOILER END-->BEIJING: Beijing will inject over US&#036;100 billion of new funding into its Belt and Road initiative, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday (Oct 18) at a summit marking the vast infrastructure project&#39;s tenth anniversary.<br /><br />The Belt and Road is a central pillar of Xi&#39;s bid to expand China&#39;s clout overseas, with Beijing saying it has now inked over two trillion dollars in contracts around the world.<br /><br />Proponents hail it for bringing resources and economic growth to the Global South.<br /><br />But the initiative has also been slammed for saddling poor countries with enormous debt.<br /><br />Xi announced on Wednesday that key Belt and Road lenders, the China Development Bank and the Export-Import Bank, will now offer an additional US&#036;100 billion in loans.<br /><br />Both will set up financing opportunities of 350 billion yuan (US&#036;47.9 billion) for BRI projects, he said.<br /><br />An additional 80 billion yuan will be injected into the project&#39;s official lending institution, the Silk Road fund, Xi said.<br /><br />This week&#39;s forum, attended by representatives of 130 countries, is the third major summit of its kind to be hosted by Beijing since the Belt and Road&#39;s launch in 2013.<br /><br />Critics have long pointed to opaque pricing for BRI projects built by Chinese companies, with countries including Malaysia and Myanmar renegotiating deals to bring down costs.<br /><br />Beijing has been forced to hand out billions of dollars in bailout loans to BRI countries in recent years to allow the countries to extend their loans and remain solvent, according to a joint report this year by the World Bank and other institutions.<br /><br />And China said this month that BRI participants owe more than US&#036;300 billion to the Export-Import Bank of China.<br /><br />The initiative has also drawn scrutiny for its massive carbon footprint and the environmental degradation caused by massive infrastructure projects.<br /><br />Beijing has been forced to hand out billions of dollars in bailout loans to BRI countries in recent years to allow the countries to extend their loans and remain solvent, according to a joint report this year by the World Bank and other institutions.<br /><br />And China said this month that BRI participants owe more than US&#036;300 billion to the Export-Import Bank of China.<br /><br />The initiative has also drawn scrutiny for its massive carbon footprint and the environmental degradation caused by massive infrastructure projects.<!--SPOILER DIV--></div><!--SPOILER DIV--><br /><br />Biden looking for 100 billions to support Israel.<br />Positive point: Israel will have the funding to do whatever they like. For example, bxmb the shxt out of Gaza, drive those poor people out and never let them back.<br />Negative point: Amdk approved this action. Muslim world (especially those rich one and many connection with the west) can&#39;t do shxt, or simply can&#39;t give a shxt coz got skaletons in the closet (in CIA database).<br /><br /><a href='https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-drafts-100-billion-foreign-aid-package-including/story?id=104059871' target='_blank'>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-draft...ry?id=104059871</a><br /><!--SPOILER BEGIN--><div class="spoilertop" onClick="openClose('ad2ba5fcc08b0ab87f49354e6190493c')" style="font-weight: bold"><u>&raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &laquo;</u></div><div class="spoilermain" id="ad2ba5fcc08b0ab87f49354e6190493c" style="display:none"><!--SPOILER END-->The Biden administration is drafting a &#036;100 billion foreign aid package that includes assistance for Israel as well as other top security priorities, according to two people familiar with the details.<br /><br />Details on the spending request were still being finalized ahead of an official request sent by the White House to Congress this week.<br /><br />One person told ABC News that the “bulk” of the assistance will likely go toward Ukraine, while others also said that it included &#036;10 billion for Israel. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss details that hadn&#39;t been announced yet by the White House.<br /><br />The request comes as President Joe Biden travels to Israel in a show of unity with the Jewish state following the brutal Oct. 7 attack on civilians by Hamas terrorists from Gaza.<br /><br />On Capitol Hill, Senate leaders suggested Tuesday that such a sweeping aid package would find support among lawmakers.<br /><br />&quot;We&#39;d like to get the supplemental package moved as quickly as possible because the needs are great in both Israel and Ukraine,&quot; said Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.<br /><br />Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said he would support bundling aid for Ukraine and Israel and that he expects the administration to include money for border security, too.<br /><br />&quot;The border part of it needs to be credible, not just some reference to it but a credible deal,&quot; he told reporters.<br /><br />Bloomberg was first to report the &#036;100 billion total.<br /><br />The aid proposal for Israel follows extensive discussions between the two countries, with Israel appearing to opt -- at least for now -- against a massive ground invasion of Gaza, even as international groups accuse Israel of worsening a humanitarian crisis by not allowing food or water into Gaza and cutting off electricity.<br /><br />Behind closed doors, Biden officials have grown deeply worried about hardliners within Israel pushing for a scorched-earth military response that wouldn&#39;t do enough to prevent civilian casualties, according to a senior administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity. At one point this week, aides believed that only the president himself could convince officials there that allowing humanitarian aid in Gaza would be in their country’s best security interests.<br /><br />When asked about those discussions, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said they’re not telling the Israeli military how to operate and that civilians should be protected. At the same time, following the law of war is critical and something Biden has pressed Israel on, he said.<br /><br />“Since almost the very, very beginning here, we have been talking about how important it is for democracies, like Israel and the United States, to stand up for the law of war, to respect innocent civilian life, unlike Hamas. So this is a foundational element of the discussions that we&#39;ve had with the Israelis for forever, and we&#39;ll continue to do that going forward,&quot; Kirby told ABC&#39;s &quot;Good Morning America.&quot;<br /><br />Following lengthy meetings earlier this week between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Israeli counterpart, the two allies seemed to have reached some kind of consensus. Details of the aid package are now circulating among U.S. officials as Biden is en route to the region.<br /><br />Budget experts say Israel’s assistance needs aren’t likely to be urgent due to a 2016 agreement that provides Israel &#036;3.8 billion a year over 10 years. More pressing, they say, is Ukraine, which has run out of long-term funding as it seeks to fend off Russia.<br /><br />Some House Republicans have questioned the need for more U.S. aid to Ukraine. By tying Ukraine and Israeli aid in a single legislative package, the White House would make it harder for GOP hardliners -- who are staunch allies of Israel -- to reject it.<br /><br />Pro-Israeli groups have also called on Biden to include at least &#036;500 million in grant funding for Jewish communities in the U.S. to protect synagogues and other community sites due to threats. It was not immediately clear if that request was part of Biden’s aid package as of Tuesday.[/QUOTE] 70U63 Kopitiam Sat, 21 Oct 2023 10:53:15 +0800 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5414929 Putin go attend Belt &amp; Road Summit <!--emo&:flex:--><img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/flex.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='flex.gif' /><!--endemo--> <br /><br />Inb4, amdk said BRI (belt road initiative) is debt trap. <br /><br />Also, siapa nak kesian Ukraine now? Zelensky want to go Israel pun tak dapat. <!--emo&:w--><img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/whistling.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='whistling.gif' /><!--endemo--> <br /><br />[YOUTUBE]fJ1Ws_SGYVo?si=3_7Nqa8Td72e_W9z[/YOUTUBE] 70U63 Kopitiam Thu, 19 Oct 2023 16:31:50 +0800 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5413744 Mana amdk when Ukraine need their support especially winter is coming....<br /><br />Inb4....<br />[YOUTUBE]Sw0aZFYdGwo?si=buTpFr9b0kbIqrkA[/YOUTUBE] 70U63 Kopitiam Sat, 14 Oct 2023 08:25:42 +0800 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5411504 Pusing, jangan tak pusing.<br />Kalau tak malu, orang lain yang malu...<br /><br />Some people said WW2 happened long time ago. And didn&#39;t know much about war.<br />We also have some ppl here said Japanese army didn&#39;t kill enough Chinese.<br />[YOUTUBE]2xMRwM2yXrk?si=T34jgdhvuQCMXfFf[/YOUTUBE] <br />[YOUTUBE]XlkAwpvv7ss?si=hpHjvYx_POlaj1DY[/YOUTUBE] 70U63 Kopitiam Wed, 04 Oct 2023 12:04:51 +0800 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5394682 China respect this old man....<br />Inb4, who is Kissinger<br />[YOUTUBE]J997oYBfiY8[/YOUTUBE] <br /> 70U63 Kopitiam Thu, 20 Jul 2023 17:35:08 +0800 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5381493 Even Malaysia trying to do what she said...<br /><br />[YOUTUBE]bcv19n-J5o0[/YOUTUBE] 70U63 Kopitiam Wed, 24 May 2023 07:46:22 +0800 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5380423 [YOUTUBE]h3nLWtrjyt0[/YOUTUBE] 70U63 Kopitiam Fri, 19 May 2023 08:00:18 +0800 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5374548 Amdk quickily raise some fund to buy some assets...<br />But please push Ukraine &#39;lawmakers&#39; approve the sale first<br /><br /><a href='https://www.rt.com/business/575077-ukraine-state-companies-sale/amp/' target='_blank'>ukraine-state-companies-sale</a><br /><!--SPOILER BEGIN--><div class="spoilertop" onClick="openClose('f1c5a65e4d567dc4941c5b41707670c5')" style="font-weight: bold"><u>&raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &laquo;</u></div><div class="spoilermain" id="f1c5a65e4d567dc4941c5b41707670c5" style="display:none"><!--SPOILER END-->Igor Maslov<br /><br />Kiev reportedly seeks to make &#036;400 million to shore up its budget<br /><br />Ukraine is looking for &quot;brave&quot; investors as it seeks to sell big state-run companies at distressed prices to raise funds for its aid-dependent budget, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing the head of the State Property Fund (SPF), Rustem Umerov.<br /><br />Currently, more than 3,500 companies are listed as state-owned with almost 1,800 of them bankrupt and non-functional. The list for privatization includes distilleries and grain elevators, which could be of interest to investors, as well as hundreds of abandoned facilities, which will likely see limited demand.<br /><br />&quot;There are emerging markets, and there is an emergency market, and as an emergency market, we are one of a kind,&quot; Umerov said last week and called for investors &quot;brave&quot; enough to take the risk of putting their money into the war-torn country.<br /><br />Touting possible future yields, he said that &quot;this should be a 20x story for you in the future.&quot;<br /><br />Kiev is hoping to earn over &#036;400 million by selling companies ranging from a fertilizer producer to utilities, smelters and an insulin maker, the outlet said.<br /><br />If the Ukrainian parliament approves the sale of large state companies in May, enterprises including ammonia maker Odessky Pryportovy Zavod, titanium producer United Mining and Zaporozhye Titanium-Magnesium Plant, insulin manufacturer Indar, and power generator Centrenergo PJSC will go under the hammer in the third quarter of the year, according to Umerov.<br /><br />He added that another &#036;190 million could come from leasing farmland, if lawmakers allow the fund to consolidate state-owned land.<br /><br />READ MORE: EU ‘done’ with Russia sanctions – official<br /><br />One of the reasons behind the fire sale is that most Soviet-era enterprises listed on the fund&#39;s balance sheet are quickly losing value.<br /><br />&quot;If we don&#39;t sell them this year, then next year their only value will be real estate, and in the following year, just the land they stand on,&quot; Umerov said.<br /><br />Confiscated property of Russian businessmen could be another source for shoring up the Ukrainian budget.<br /><br />In late March, the SPF announced it was preparing the sale of the Demurinsky Mining and Processing Plant, which develops reserves of titanium-zirconium sands and was confiscated from Russian tycoon Mikhail Shelkov.<br /><br />According to Umerov, the fund was also working on taking control of the assets of sanctioned Russian billionaires Vladimir Yevtushenkov and Oleg Deripaska, which include the Nikolaev alumina refinery owned by Rusal.<br /><br />&quot;If the state gives us other Russian assets confiscated by court ruling, we will put them up for privatization. We are moving as quickly as possible on all cases,&quot; Umerov said.<br /><br /><!--SPOILER DIV--></div><!--SPOILER DIV--> <br /> 70U63 Kopitiam Mon, 24 Apr 2023 07:41:22 +0800