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Iran using coins to bypass US sanction...

sukhoi35mk — Sun, 23 May 2021 22:21:49 +0800

I once told my "investors" friends that once North Korea and Iran exploit cryptocurrencies to go against UN sanctions then governments will come hard on it.
sure no financial institutes dare to support the coins if they cannot gerenti those coins are not from Iran or North Korea or will be used by team to buy goods...

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Iran using cryptocurrency mining to swerve around US sanctions

Bitcoin mining earns Iran hundreds of millions of dollars in cryptocurrencies which can be used to buy imports and decrease the impact of sanctions, a new study has found.

Iran's Bitcoin production - which is 4.5 per cent of the world's total - would amount to revenues close $1 billion a year, according to figures from blockchain analytics firm Elliptic.

The US has imposed an almost total economic embargo on Iran, including a ban on all imports from the country's oil, banking and shipping sectors.

While exact figures are "very challenging to determine", Elliptic estimates are based on data collected on Bitcoin miners by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance up to April 2020 and statements from Iran's state-controlled power generation company in January, which showed that up to 600 megawatts of electricity was being consumed by miners.

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are created through a process known as mining, where powerful computers compete with each other to solve complex mathematical problems. The process is energy intensive, often relying on electricity generated by fossil fuels, of which Iran has a rich supply.

The country's central bank prohibits the trade of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies mined overseas, although the currencies are widely available on the black market, according to local media reports.

Iran officially recognised crypto mining as an industry in recent years, offering cheap power and requiring miners to sell their mined Bitcoins to the central bank.

The prospect of cheap power has attracted more miners, particularly from China, to the country. Tehran allows cryptocurrencies mined in Iran to pay for imports of authorised goods.

"Iran has recognised that Bitcoin mining represents an attractive opportunity for a sanctions-hit economy suffering from a shortage of hard cash but with a surplus of oil and natural gas," the study found.

The electricity being used by miners in Iran would require the equivalent of around 10 million barrels of crude oil each year to generate, around 4 per cent of total Iranian oil exports in 2020, according to the study.

"The Iranian state is therefore effectively selling its energy reserves on the global markets, using the Bitcoin mining process to bypass trade embargoes," the study said.

"Iran-based miners are paid directly in Bitcoin, which can then be used to pay for imports – allowing sanctions on payments through Iranian financial institutions to be circumvented."

Financial firms that have started offering cryptocurrency services, particularly in the US, should consider the potential sanctions they are exposed to due to Iranian Bitcoin mining, Elliptic said.

https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/ir...tions-1.1227191

this mask can fence off covid 19?

sukhoi35mk — Wed, 19 May 2021 13:16:32 +0800

actually i want to know where i can buy it? ada face shield + mask + air filtration as well

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my friend went out last night and saw this thing..

sukhoi35mk — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 13:41:36 +0800

he went to a park for jalan-jalan in SG and this bugger followed him out of noway...

damn intelligent..... if ppl talak practice social distancing... it will sound and tiew you to keep a distance

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hand carry baggage...

sukhoi35mk — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 12:43:01 +0800

especially those with more than one hand carry items such as laptop bag, souvenirs, etc...... why not you just check in the small baggage?.. last week again, I saw little argument on board a flight back from TH.... when the overhead cabins are full and few passengers not able to store theirs belongings.. by average most of the passengers ada a backpack/handbag, a handcarry luggage and a bag of souvenirs..

only 2 "halal" mamak restaurants in Pahang...

sukhoi35mk — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 19:16:38 +0800

kekekee....... janji mcm olang kita...

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Only two ‘mamak’ restaurants in Pahang have halal cert, says state Islamic Religious Dept

KUANTAN, Sept 19 — Only two ‘mamak’ restaurants in Pahang have obtained the halal certificate and both premises are in the Kuantan district, Pahang Islamic Religious Department (Jaip) deputy director Datuk Mohd Ghazali Abdul Aziz disclosed today.

He said the good business at other ‘mamak’ restaurants could be one of the reasons for the operators concerned to not apply for the halal certificate.

“From our observation, the operators are happy with the huge crowd that patronise their shops that they do not see the need to apply for the halal certificate, although the process is not that difficult.

“They will only be charged RM200 for the certificate, which will be issued if all the conditions are met, and will have to be renewed after two years,” he told reporters after handing over the Halal Certificate for Pahang Maahad Tahfiz’s dining hall to Ikip Advanced Skills Centre (IASC) chairman Datuk Ahmad Munawar Abdul Jalil.

Mohd Ghazali said programmes, including campaign, would be carried out by the department to enhance awareness among ‘mamak’ shop operators and other restaurants to apply for the halal certificate.

So far, he said a total of 452 business premises had been issued with the halal certificate in Pahang, comprising restaurants, hotels and suppliers of raw materials. — Bernama

proven that LGE is like not like opposition

sukhoi35mk — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 12:43:10 +0800

kecil hati....cannot accept the truth... cannot ditegur... ... and tak kenang budi...

kalau anak jantan; sila pulangkan dana bantuan....

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“Saya baru luluskan bantuan untuk Kerajaan Negeri Kelantan” – Guan Eng

Walaupun pemimpin PAS sering menyerang pemimpin Pakatan Harapan (PH), kerajaan Persekutuan yang diterajui gabungan itu masih tetap menyalurkan dana kepada kerajaan negeri yang ditadbir parti Islam itu.

Menurut Menteri Kewangan Lim Guan Eng, kerajaan negeri Kelantan tidak mempunyai wang yang cukup untuk membayar gaji penjawat awamnya sehingga memerlukan suntikan dana daripada Putrajaya.

“Ianya benar kerajaan Kelantan tidak mampu bayar gaji (penjawat awam).

“Ini sudah lama berlaku. Baru-baru ini, saya sudah luluskan peruntukan untuk membantu kerajaan negeri Kelantan,” katanya yang juga Setiausaha Agung DAP kepada pemberita di lobi Parlimen, hari ini.

Tambah Guan Eng, tanpa Bantuan Kewangan Defisit daripada kerajaan Persekutuan, kerajaan negeri Kelantan tidak mampu membayar gaji penjawat awamnya.

“Hanya kerajaan negeri Kelantan yang merekodkan defisit dalam akaun mengurus untuk lebih lima tahun berturut-turut,” katanya.

Guan Eng berkata demikian mengulas desakan Setiausaha Agung PAS, Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan agar menarik balik kenyataan yang disifatkannya sebagai menghina negeri tersebut.

Terdahulu, Takiyuddin bertanya di Parlimen sama ada kerajaan negeri Kelantan dan Terengganu boleh mengambil alih projek Laluan Rel Pantai Timur (ECRL) jika ia dibatalkan oleh kerajaan Persekutuan.

Guan Eng berkata beliau perlu menunggu surat rasmi jika kerajaan negeri berminat untuk berbuat demikian.

Beliau bagaimanapun mempersoal kemampuan Kelantan untuk mengambil alih projek berkenaan sedangkan kerajaan negeri sendiri tidak mempunyai dana yang cukup untuk membayar gaji kakitangannya.

Jawapan jujur itu bagaimanapun tidak disenangi pemimpin pembangkang terutama Takiyuddin yang mendesak agak Guan Eng menarik balik kenyataan itu.

Menurut Guan Eng, beliau hanya mengulangi apa yang pernah disebut oleh bekas Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak mengenai tahap kritikal kewangan negeri Kelantan.

Katanya, Najib ketika masih menjadi perdana menteri pernah berkata bahawa kerajaan negeri Kelantan yang diterajui PAS tidak mampu membayar gaji penjawat awamnya tanpa suntikan dana dari Putrajaya.

Najib sebelum ini berkata kerajaan PAS Kelantan tidak mampu menangung bayaran kepada penjawat awam walaupun negeri tersebut merupakan negeri defisit rendah.

“Negeri defisit macam Kelantan ini pun, kalau tidak ada suntikan daripada kerajaan pusat nak bayar gaji pun tak mampu, tak boleh nak bayar gaji,” kata Najib.

Budget 2019: TDM sudah cakap

sukhoi35mk — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 19:45:11 +0800

expecting the worse.... but i guess ppl will still blame LGE... LOL

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Dr M: Development budget to be cut as Govt strives to save money

KUALA LUMPUR: Budget 2019 will see a cut in the development budget as the government cannot afford to reduce operational expenditures, says Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

The Prime Minister said a lot of the government revenue must be used to pay off the mounting national debt, which has reached more than RM1tril.

"The fact is that a lot of the money we earn must be used to pay the debts so to that extent, we cannot reduce the operational budget.

"The only way to save money is by reducing the development budget," he told reporters at the Parliament lobby on Thursday (Oct 18).

He added that Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng would have more details on this.

Dr Mahathir also said that the government is expecting a lower gross domestic product (GDP) growth next year, with the target set between 4.5% and 4.9% growth.

This is lower than previous figures under the former government, he said, and explained that this was because the figures by the former administration did not take into account "off-budget" spending.

"It's lower than previously but their figures were not correct because the figures didn't take into consideration what they call 'off-budget' budgeting.

"Whatever they don't like, they put it off-budget. They borrowed RM42bil off-budget and that now has been inherited by the government," said the Prime Minister, referring to the debt by troubled state-owned investment arm 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

To a question on whether he is worried about Malaysia being downgraded by ratings agencies due to the revised 3% budget deficit by 2020, Dr Mahathir said the government is facing this challenge while trying to develop the nation.

"Well the market will react one way or another, what we are trying to do is improve the performance of Malaysia politically, economically and socially, everything is being done.

"If we leave things as they are, this country will go down the stream because what we inherited is a lot of loans, a lot of money that was borrowed, more than RM1tril.

"We inherited this and whether we like it or not we have to pay, that's the constraint that we face," he said.

Dr Mahathir added that despite the challenge, the government will deliver development to the people from whatever income that it derives.

On another question on how much the government had decided to hedge crude oil prices against the Budget 2019, Dr Mahathir said it has been targeted at US$70 (RM291.2) per barrel.

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buy tesla somemore la....

sukhoi35mk — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 13:07:17 +0800

now owners in HK are regretting........ save on petrol and R&M but pay back in triple insurance premium... thanks to Tesla's no repair but replace policy

u scratch your car..... they dont repair the dent and paint panel but they replace the whole panel and paint...

“Tesla does not fix the car, but replaces all the damaged parts, with the components having to be imported from the US,” said Patrick Rozario, managing director of Moore Stephens Advisory Services in Hong Kong, who owns a six-seat Tesla Model X electric sports-utility vehicle, in midnight silver metallic. “Once, I scratched my car in the garage, and received a HK$170,000 quotation from the official body shop.”

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Will Tesla lose its cool in Hong Kong? Axa triples insurance premiums

When Jardine Matheson’s former Hong Kong executive Geoffrey Jones was shopping for a new car two years ago, a special package by Axa on Tesla’s four-door sedan caught his eye.

The French insurer offered three years of coverage in a special programme called InsureMyTesla, for HK$12,300 (US$1,569) in total, about a third of the nearest competitor’s price to insure all-electric vehicles, at a rate that’s even cheaper than policies for non-electric cars.

The HK$875,000 Model S also enjoyed a tax waiver, saving Jones another HK$625,000 on registration. Topping off the incentives, Tesla threw in an agreement to buy back the car after three years for HK$587,000.

The Model S, which boasts of going from standstill to 60 miles per hour (almost 100 kilometres per hour) in 2.5 seconds, “is a beautiful car, powerful and comfortable”, Jones said, adding that he was persuaded by the incentives package to trade his Mercedes-Benz E Class for the fully electric car, in solid black with grey leather interior.

Hong Kong has been one of the world’s fastest adopters of electric vehicles, as both government and owners have eschewed internal combustion engines to help reduce tailpipe emission in the city’s urban landscape. Helped by a tax waiver on registrations from 1994 until March 2017, sales of electric cars surged in Hong Kong to 11,247 units at the end of August, from a mere 69 vehicles in April 2011, with Tesla claiming almost 90 per cent of that market share since entering the city in 2010.

Recognising the sales boom, insurers like Axa, Liberty Mutual Group and Target Insurance piled on to offer package deals to make electric cars more attractive. Axa, based in Paris, first tied up with Tesla in 2015.

Hong Kong has one of the lowest per capita ownership levels of private cars among Asian urban cities, with slightly more than half a million cars registered among 7 million residents, based on 2015 numbers – about half of Singapore’s average ownership, and a third of Taiwan’s.

That makes auto insurance the least profitable among every class of general insurance in Hong Kong, with the segment reporting a net loss of HK$164.33 million in the first six months of this year, according to the Insurance Authority’s data.

On top of that, the Model S has the dubious honour of being the most expensive vehicle to insure, with the average annual insurance costing US$1,790, according to a 24/7 Wall St survey of 25 different makes and models sold in the United States.

Electric car industry ‘demoralised’ by Hong Kong government policy after tax waiver capped So it wasn’t long before Axa changed its offer. Last month, the insurer notified Jones that his policy – due for expiry in August 2019 – would be terminated by December this year. The former executive had clocked up 994 kilometres (618 miles) in two years, with no accidents or claims on his policy.

Axa offered him a new policy at HK$12,300 per annum, effectively tripling his annual payment. Additionally, the insurer raised the policy’s excess – the top-up that the car owner needs to make to qualify for a compensation – to HK$130,000, from HK$8,000.

“If I had known that the insurance would become so expensive, I would not have bought my Tesla in 2016,” Jones said. “Now the annual premium is three times the cost and the vehicle excess is 20 times as much as a Mercedes E Class. This is ridiculous.”

Axa’s spokeswoman in Hong Kong said its termination of insurance policies for Tesla vehicles was “based on a commercial decision,” adding that the electric cars are expensive to insure, with the average windscreen claim at around HK$10,000, double the claim on other models.

“Tesla does not fix the car, but replaces all the damaged parts, with the components having to be imported from the US,” said Patrick Rozario, managing director of Moore Stephens Advisory Services in Hong Kong, who owns a six-seat Tesla Model X electric sports-utility vehicle, in midnight silver metallic. “Once, I scratched my car in the garage, and received a HK$170,000 quotation from the official body shop.”

For now, Axa is the only insurer to raise its premium charges. The insurer would refund all the premium in October, and certify that its termination was due in no part to the behaviour of the car owners, Axa’s spokeswoman said.

“With regards to the change of the Tesla car insurance policy, we understand the inconvenience that may have caused to the customers and will do as much as we can to support the affected customers,” she said, declining to say how many customers would be affected.

Jones wasn’t the only Tesla owner caught by Axa’s policy change.

“I received a letter from Axa that my insurance will be cancelled,” said Rozario. “I will need to get new insurance and I have assumed that the insurance cost will go up.”

Like Jones, Rozario hadn’t been given a reason for the cancellation, although he assumed that it was because it’s costly to repair a Tesla vehicle. He had claimed his HK$170,000 paint job off his Axa policy, he said.

Hong Kong’s Insurance Authority has taken notice. The regulator has discussed with Axa, and has persuaded the insurer to give four additional months to allow customers to switch their coverage, according to a source close to the Insurance Authority.

The regulator “is concerned” about Axa’s motor insurance issue with Tesla, a spokeswoman said in response to the queries by the South China Morning Post.

“If an insurer does decide to terminate a policy prematurely, it should give full explanation and make every effort to provide alterative solutions so that the interests of policy holders will not be unduly affected,” the spokeswoman said. “The Insurance Authority considers it imperative for insurers to convey clearly the scope and terms of coverage to the insured during the sales process. It is the inherent responsibility for insurers to ensure that products are underwritten and priced prudently.”

Tesla, which teamed up with Axa globally in offering the insurance package, has now partnered with Liberty Mutual to offer a bridging policy to car owners who want to switch from Axa.

“We have also been disappointed about the recent situation where Tesla owners were let down by AXA Hong Kong,” a Tesla spokeswoman said.

Jones is one such customer. He refused to sign on with Axa’s new policy, but opted for Liberty Mutual’s package for the same increased annual payment. But at least the excess on his new policy would be kept at HK$8,000, he said.

Axa’s policy change has also helped Target, the second-largest motor insurer in Hong Kong, catch up, as a large number of Tesla car owners are migrating their policies over.

Target’s third-party insurance for Tesla and other electronic vehicle costs between HK$10,000 and HK$20,000 per annum, depending on the driver’s record and the model of the insured vehicle, double the price range on non-electric vehicles.

For comprehensive car insurance, the price for electronic vehicles ranges between HK$40,000 and HK$50,000 per year, compared with about HK$10,000 for gasoline-powered cars.

“The insurance risks are higher for electric cars such as Tesla,” said Target’s chairman Haywood Cheung. “The repair cost is much higher, as the car maker does not just repair the parts but replace the whole thing, taking much longer time compared with the easier, quicker and cheaper repairs on conventional vehicles.”

Still, the changing insurance policy should not deter car owners who are technologically savvy or environmentally concerned from embracing zero-emission vehicles, the Tesla spokeswoman said.

“Insurance premiums are not a deterrent to buying electric vehicles,” she said. “In most markets that Tesla operates in, insuring electronic vehicles is comparable to insuring gasoline-powered cars. In some markets, insurance costs less for electric cars.”

As the car maker reaches a scale big enough to make components more readily available, it can offer faster and better repairs and customer service, “often at lower costs”, she said.

“Over time, insurers will pass these savings on to customers,” she said.

For now, Rozario remains committed to his electric car.

“I don’t think I will return to vehicles with internal combustion engines,” he said. “There is really no charging cost, and the vehicle license fee is much lower than gasoline-powered vehicles. The car performs well, and it’s also more environmental friendly.”

Jones, formerly of Jardine, wasn’t quite as contented. The experience has put him off electric vehicles entirely, he said.

“I have decided to give up my Tesla when the buy-back agreement allows me to sell the car back to the company next August,” he said. “I will go and buy a conventional, gasoline-powered car, which is easier to refill and has much more reasonable insurance cover.”

LGE dipersalahkan lagi... always

sukhoi35mk — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 17:14:55 +0800

so many ppl blame LGE when gomen terminated MRT2 contract and caused KLSE to bleed while he was not even in the cabinet meeting and away in Indonesia...

why dont they just blame TDM for it...

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Termination of MMC-Gamuda MRT2 contract a Cabinet decision, says Guan Eng

KUALA LUMPUR: The termination of MMC-Gamuda’s contract to build the underground portion of the MRT Line 2 (MRT2) was a decision made by the Cabinet, says Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng (pic).

“It is a Cabinet decision, and if there are any changes, it must be decided by the Cabinet.

“I will comment after the next Cabinet meeting,” he told reporters at the Parliament lobby on Wednesday (Oct 17) when asked about the controversial termination of the contract.

Lim said he was not present in the last Cabinet meeting as he was in Bali, Indonesia on a working visit and was therefore unable to comment.

On Oct 7, Lim said Cabinet had decided to terminate the MMC-Gamuda contract to build the underground portion of the MRT2 project, adding that all unfinished underground work would be re-tendered via an open tender process.

However, following protests from Gamuda that the decision would result in job losses affecting about 20,000 workers, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said on Oct 9 that the government would reconsider the decision.

PH wins big not because of sweet promises.....

sukhoi35mk — Sun, 14 Oct 2018 12:35:05 +0800

it's proven in PD...... something BN/DUMNO macais failed to understand.... we dont need freebies

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after crispy chicken redang, Uk chef gives us this

sukhoi35mk — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 13:09:59 +0800

a proper way and correct way of prepare Hainanese chicken rice from Wife Of Masterchef UK Judge....

Serves 2
Prepare 5 minutes
Cook 20 minutes

Ingredients
125g pack trimmed salad onions, sliced thinly on the diagonal keeping the green ends separate
½ Cooks’ Ingredients red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
Finely grated zest and juice of one unwaxed lime
2 tbsp essential pure clear honey
1 pack of 2 chicken breast fillets fed on an omega 3 enriched diet
150g Hom Mali jasmine rice, rinsed
40g Cooks’ Ingredients Hainanese paste

Method:

Combine 1 tbsp of the green salad onions in a small bowl with the chilli, lime zest, juice and honey, then set aside.

Place about one third of the remaining salad onions in a medium saucepan, thinly slice the chicken breast and add to the pan. Pour over 350ml water and season with a little salt. Bring to a gentle simmer, cover and cook for 6-8 minutes, until the chicken is thoroughly cooked and there is no pink meat.

Remove the chicken from the pan, keep warm and set aside. Stir the rice into the pan of chicken cooking liquid. Cover and cook gently for about 10 minutes, until the rice is tender and the stock absorbed. Add a dash of water if the rice is still firm and cook a little longer.

Stir the remaining onions and rice paste into the rice and heat gently, stirring for a couple of minutes to heat through. Pile on to serving plates and top with the chicken fillets. Serve drizzled with the reserved chilli and lime sauce.

Per serving: 2386 kJ/564 kcals/6.6g fat/1.8g saturated fat/79g carbohydrate/19g sugars/2.9g fibre/45g protein/0.6g salt per serving.

Malaysia is one of World's biggest.....

sukhoi35mk — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 10:34:58 +0800

plastic dump sites..... thanks to prev gomen and now we continue to clean the shit...

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China ban turns Malaysia, others into world’s plastic dumpsite

Malaysia is increasingly becoming a major destination for the world’s recyclable plastic waste, with the country taking in over hundreds of thousands of tonnes after China stopped accepting such refuse this year.

According to The Guardian, the US shipped over 157,299 metric tonnes of plastic waste to Malaysia in the first six months of the year, representing a 273 per cent increase year-on-year.

Malaysia’s neighbour, Vietnam, also took in more over the same period, albeit just 71,220 tonnes or a 46 per cent increase compared to the same period in 2017. Thailand is another growing victim.

Citing data that a Greenpeace investigative unit extracted from the US census bureau, the British outlet reported that US shipments of plastic waste to China plunged 92 per cent while those destined for Hong Kong fell 77 per cent in the same period as shipments here skyrocketed.

John Hocevar, Oceans campaign director for Greenpeace USA, told The Guardian that China’s decision to ban such imports has exposed the “enormous” scale of the world’s plastic waste problem and the lack of a viable solution to this.

“The average person when they put a piece of plastic in a [recycling] bin, they assume it is being recycled, not being shipped to China or now to south-east Asia, where it will possibly be incinerated or landfilled,” he was quoted as saying.

While an ethical and regulatory concern for countries shipping the waste out, the problem has real and immediate ramifications for destination countries such as Malaysia.

The US is the now third country shown to be routing its plastic waste here, after previous reports revealed that the UK, New Zealand and Australia have all increased the bulk of the recyclable wastes sent to Malaysia.

Last month, RadioNZ said New Zealand’s shipment of such material here tripled in the first half of 2018. Australia’s plastic waste also regularly reached Malaysia.

In July, British public spending watchdog National Audit Office's (NAO) latest report showed that about 250,000 tonnes of plastic — used as product packaging — were exported by the UK as waste to other countries in 2018's first quarter. Malaysia accepted 17 per cent of this.

The NAO report noted that China had been the single biggest market for UK’s exports of packaging material for recycling, but said China had this January banned imports of various waste materials due to fears of high contamination levels.

Aside from the concern that Chinese firms were diverting the shipments here, the greater fear is that the illegal local factories are not equipped to recycle the waste and simply burned them.

Residents in various areas of Selangor — where the illegal network of “recyclers” appear to be congregated — have raised health and pollution concerns owing to the improper disposal of such waste.

Authorities here are aware of the issue and are scrambling to address the problem that was previously only tackled by local councils.

Without any policy restricting such imports before this, local authorities had been limited to ferreting out the illegal plants and shutting these down for operating without a licence, but were fighting a losing battle.

Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng previously demanded that local enforcers be punished for allowing such plants to mushroom seemingly overnight and for a no-compromise approach to any illegal “recyclers” found.

He also urged the Customs Department to determine the magnitude of the problem by tracking the amount of recyclable waste shipped here so far from all over the world.

The government has since responded by imposing a RM15 levy for each metric tonne of plastic waste imported and temporarily halted the issuance of approved permits to bring such material until October 23.

Nestle to invest RM100mil in world's largest Milo

sukhoi35mk — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 13:37:40 +0800

plant in Negeri Sembilan..... wah, such a good news and maybe can give little credit to PD by election....

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KUALA LUMPUR: Nestle (Malaysia) Bhd will invest RM100mil from the proceeds of the RM155.3mil which it will receive from the sale of its chilled dairy and manufacturing business in the world's largest Milo factory in Chembong, Negeri Sembilan.

Nestle is disposing of the business to subsidiaries of the Lactalis group for RM155.3mil cash.

Nestle had entered into an agreement to sell its business of manufacturing chilled dairy products and cold sauces and the packing of milk powder at its Petaling Jaya factory, as well as the factory along with its manufacturing fixed assets.

In a stock exchange filing, Nestle Malaysia said the sale was in line with its efforts to consolidate its Milo operations in its factory in Chembong, Negeri Sembilan.

The group said in a statement it is investing RM100mil of the proceeds of the sale to expand its Milo factory in Chembong, effectively making it the biggest Milo factory in the world.

"Through the concentration of our Milo operations and our investment of over RM100mil into the Chembong factory, we will not only be able to further upgrade production facilities and improve operational efficiencies, but also scale up capacity and make Chembong the biggest Milo manufacturing centre in the Nestlé world

The Milo plant in Chembong supplies Milo domestically and contributes exports to over 20 countries.

Trading in Nestle Malaysia's shares was suspended for the Tuesday session. It last traded at RM146.40 on Monday.

that lombong at puchong really haunted..

sukhoi35mk — Sun, 07 Oct 2018 16:01:22 +0800

the same lombong claimed 7 lives 34 years ago..... recently also 7...

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TRAGEDI enam anggota bomba dan seorang pelajar berusia 17 tahun yang ditemui lemas di sebuah lombong di Taman Putra Perdana, Puchong memberi impak besar kepada pengacara Jimmy Shanley.

Jika tragedi Rabu lalu meragut tujuh nyawa, kejadian 34 tahun lalu turut meragut jumlah serupa termasuklah seorang daripadanya bapa kepada pengacara Jimmy Shanley ialah Norjahan Saleh.

Jimmy, 38, berkata peristiwa hitam yahg mengorbankan anggota bomba dan pelajar itu menyebabkan dia terkenangkan kejadian serupa apabila nyawa ayahnya diragut di sebuah lombong di Batu 13 Puchong, daerah yang sama kejadian Rabu lalu.

Mengimbas detik itu kata Jimmy, arwah bapanya yang ketika itu bekerja sebagai jurutera kapal korek antara tujuh mangsa yang maut dalam tragedi kapal korek terbalik pada 8 Ogos 1984.

Kejadian menyayat hati tersebut mendapat perhatian pelabagai pihak sehingga dilaporkan pada muka depan akhbar-akhbar tempatan ketika itu.
"Saya sangat sedih dengan berita mengenai enam anggota bomba dan seorang pelajar maut di lombong kerana tragedi itu lebih kurang sama dengan apa yang terjadi pada keluarga saya.

"Arwah ayah saya ketika itu bekerja sebagai jurutera kapal korek antara tujuh mangsa yang terkorban dalam tragedi kapal korek terbalik 34 tahun lalu.

"Setiap kali ada kes lemas, saya teringat ayah tapi tragedi anggota bomba itu lebih dekat dengan saya kerana kejadian berlaku di kawasan yang sama," kata Jimmy kepada mStar Online.

Pada 8 Ogos 1984, sebuah kapal korek milik Sungai Klang Dredging Sdn Bhd terbalik di sebuah lombong yang terletak di Batu 13 Puchong.

Kejadian menyayat hati itu telah meragut nyawa tujuh orang termasuk bapa Jimmy yang terperangkap dalam kapal korek berkenaan dan sukar dikeluarkan kerana mangsa tersepit.

Bagaimanapun mayat Norjan berjaya ditarik keluar dalam keadaan terlungkup dengan bantuan penyelam anggota Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia (TLDM).

Semasa kejadian Jimmy berusia empat tahun dan peristiwa berkenaan sering diceritakan ibunya setiap kali tibanya tarikh 8 Ogos.

Pada Rabu lalu, seramai enam anggota Pasukan Penyelamatan di Air (PPDA) maut ketika melakukan operasi mencari dan menyelamat (SAR) seorang remaja lelaki yang lemas di Taman Putra Perdana, Puchong.

Dalam pada itu, Jimmy yang turut melalui pengalaman yang sama berharap ahli keluarga mangsa lemas bertabah dan kuat mengharungi ujian Allah.
Dia masih lagi menyimpan keratan akhbar berita yang melaporkan tragedi hitam.

Crude Oil is approaching USD100 pb soon

sukhoi35mk — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 09:44:52 +0800

get prepare for more expensive petrol.... food price increase and utilities price increase.... as it estimated gonna to hit USD100 by end of year..... now already over USD81 per barrel

Airport Immigration officers rejoice....

sukhoi35mk — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 17:04:00 +0800

more can "keras" whole day...

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Loke: No more 'raba-raba' business at airports with installation of new X-ray machines

SEPANG: The days of passengers being "raba-raba" (frisked) at immigration check points in KLIA and KLIA2 will soon be a thing of the past, says Transport Minister Anthony Loke.

"Reporters covering Parliament will know that there is this funny guy from Sabah's Kinabatangan who uses the word 'raba-raba' each time he passes through the airport.

"So there will be no more 'raba-raba' at the airports when new X-ray machines are installed by the second half of next year," he told reporters at the groundbreaking ceremony of the dedicated processing centre for departing crew at KLIA2 here on Friday (Sept 21).

Loke said that the new X-ray machines will do away with the need for airport security personnel to carry out physical body checks on airline passengers.

The controversial lawmaker said he took offence at the manner in which passengers were groped by airport security personnel whenever the detector alarm goes off.

He claimed some passengers were frisked differently depending on how security personnel handled each case.

He suggested that airport operators install scanners to avoid passengers from being groped.

now we have Police's Police....

sukhoi35mk — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 16:57:23 +0800

another reform brought to you by PH....

however TDM cakap susah to find a person with enough integrity (to serve) as an ombudsman.... kekekeee....

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Putrajaya finally replaces EAIC with IPCMC, forms ombudsman body

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 21 — The government has decided to strengthen the Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC) by rebranding it as the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC), Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad announced today.

He said this is to ensure it will become a more holistic body to monitor the police force.

“The establishment and implementation of the IPCMC for the Royal Malaysian Police has been agreed upon,” Dr Mahathir said during a press conference following the meeting of the Special Cabinet Committee on Anti-Corruption.

The prime minister also announced the Public Complaints Bureau will be transformed into the Malaysian Ombudsman, adding that it will require a special Ombudsman Act to be tabled.

“We will likely table or at least discuss the Ombudsman Act during the next Parliamentary session,” he said.

Dr Mahathir said the ombudsman system would greatly assist the management of public complaints in becoming more effective later on, and that it would be independent of the agency or ministry in which it monitors.

“It is difficult to find a person with enough integrity (to serve) as an ombudsman, but we will find it nonetheless,” he said when asked about who would best be suited to becoming ombudsmen.

Dr Mahathir said the Malaysian Integrity Institute which has been placed under the National Governance, Integrity, and Anti-Corruption Centre (GIACC) will now function along a new business model.

“The model will enable the institute to work as an operation body aimed at building the capacity and competency of both government and corporate agencies,” he said.

The Integrity and Good Governance Division will be absorbed into the GIACC, which Dr Mahathir said will be discussed with the Public Services Department so that cost-saving can be taken into account.

i think Azmin may loose the party election....

sukhoi35mk — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 01:00:01 +0800

direct to those PKR leaders against him and PD move.....

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PKR polls: Pick leaders loyal to party, drop traitors, says Anwar

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 16 — PKR president-elect Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today reminded party members to pick leaders who were loyal to the party’s struggle at its upcoming polls and not those who had their own personal agendas.

Anwar said PKR members must remember that the party was formed because of the reformation agenda and to champion the people’s interests.

“If there are leaders who have changed and are no longer committed to the struggle, they have betrayed the party, don’t choose leaders like these,” he told about 1,000 supporters at the ‘Jelajah Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim ke Wilayah Persekutuan’ programme here today.

Anwar also questioned the action of certain individuals in PKR who disputed his decision to contest in the Port Dickson by-election.

“When I made the decision to contest in PD (Port Dickson), (DAP secretary-general) Lim Guan Eng supported me, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad also supported it, also (Amanah president) Mohamad Sabu, but in PKR, ngok ngek ngok ngek (ding dong) ... why?

“I want to say, we had discussed with all those who could give their views, so this decision had been discussed,” he said.

He also slammed certain individuals in the party who wanted him to sack certain other individuals as a condition for their support for him in the Port Dickson by-election.

“Some came to me to say that the party will be peaceful if I sack this or that person. If want my support in PD, sack this person. I told the person that if he did not want to support me in PD, I did not care,” he said to thunderous applause from the crowd.

Meanwhile, at an earlier function, Anwar said he will not take the by-election for granted, although given the fact that he is a well-known character, as naturally any candidate would not have 100 per cent support from voters for any constituency, and the same applied to Port Dickson.

“I will never do that, (be it) in politics, life and career, I do not take things for granted, you have to work hard, you have to meet the people and explain, naturally you don’t have 100 per cent support, but it is important that you realise that we are only offering ourselves as a candidate.

“Therefore to them you may be known and accepted elsewhere, but what is critical is the support from Port Dickson. There is no certainty. I have to work very hard,” he told reporters after attending the ‘Meet Anwar’ programme organised by Anwar Ibrahim Club, here.

Anwar said he would visit the constituency as soon as possible to meet the voters, even before nomination day.

On Umno’s Padang Rengas MP Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz open support to campaign for him in the by-election, Anwar said he personally welcomed any support.

“But then when it comes to party platform that would be decided by the party. I am not arrogant to reject any offer of help, I am just a candidate,” he said.

Nazri was quoted as saying by a news portal that he believed this was what is best for Umno to pave its return to the government. — Bernama

BN senators vote to keep Anti fake news act

sukhoi35mk — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 22:18:35 +0800

BN macais...u ask for it.... still wanna to talk abt Christianize malaysia by DAP.... wanna to talk abt DAP control the gomen and wanna remove raja-raja...

cyber troopers, not sure if ur fund can last until DSAI by election.....

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Syed Saddiq: Senate backstabbed us by rejecting repeal of Anti-Fake News Act

PUTRAJAYA: The Dewan Negara has "stabbed the government in the back" by refusing to repeal the Anti-Fake News Act 2018, says Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman.

"The debate on whether the Anti-Fake News Act should be repealed is somewhat timely as the Senate has somewhat backstabbed us," he told reporters at a press conference at the soft launching of the "Re: Action Youth Engaged" debate series here on Wednesday (Sept 12).

Syed Saddiq, who opposed the law, questioned whether such controversial legislation should be allowed as it is an issue that affects all Malaysians.

"This is a very pertinent issue, as it talks about the freedom of expression and freedom of the media to report despite the fact that it may be controversial," he said.

The Muar MP said that it was for this reason that the theme chosen for inaugural debate series was 'Repealing the Anti-Fake News Act is a mistake'.

"When we debate it, it will bring an impact to policy-making and form public opinion and define public policy," he said.

Syed Saddiq was asked to comment on the Senate's move to block the passing of the Anti-Fake News (Repeal) Bill 2018.

Earlier on Wednesday (Sept 12), the Dewan Negara rejected the Bill to repeal the Anti-Fake News Act.

This was announced by Dewan Negara president Tan Sri S.A. Vigneswaran, after 28 members voted against the repeal, compared to 21 who supported it. Three senators abstained.

The Dewan Rakyat had passed the Anti-Fake News (Repeal) Bill on Aug 16.

The Anti-Fake News Act was bulldozed through Parliament by the previous Barisan Nasional government and was passed on April 2.

Despite protests from Pakatan lawmakers, it was passed by Dewan Negara the following day on April 3, a month before the May 9 general election.

Pakatan, in its election manifesto, promised to repeal the Act.

Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia chairman Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was investigated under the Act over claims that a private jet he was using had been sabotaged to prevent him from attending a ceramah during the campaign period.

Syed Saddiq will be debating against RHB Banking Group's chief financial officer Syed Ahmad Taufik Albar on the issue at the International Islamic University Malaysia's cultural centre at 8pm on Sept 18 and the debate will be broadcasted live by RTM.

bersyukur...thing getting cheaper

sukhoi35mk — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 22:18:30 +0800

my favorite BKT restaurant also reduced the service charge....

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