iFlix plans massive expansion !!

Source:
http://www.nst.com.my/news/2016/02/126346/iflix-plans-massive-expansion
(08 FEB 2016)

iFlix plans massive expansion 
BY BILQIS BAHARI - 8 FEBRUARY 2016 @ 11:00 AM

KUALA LUMPUR: IFLIX, an Internet television (TV) service provider in Southeast Asia, plans a massive expansion this year in emerging markets across three regions spanning Asia, Africa to Eastern Europe. 

Indonesia tops the list of the first few markets that iFlix will penetrate as it readies itself by engaging with strategic partners in the country, which has a 250 million population. “I’m going back to Indonesia in a couple of days,” said iFlix’s group chief operating officer and Malaysia’s chief executive Azran Osman-Rani when asked about the company’s plans on expanding to Indonesia. It is a huge priority market for iFlix, as are other markets in Southeast Asia, such as Vietnam and Cambodia, and those in the Middle East, Africa and Eastern Europe, he said. Azran said the company is actively engaged in discussions with partners in Indonesia and other key markets in Africa and the Middle East and is in the process of interviewing candidates. 

“This year alone, there will be a lot of announcements on new markets. It’s a long list and I’m pretty confident we will be in each of these regions this year itself,” he told Business Times in an interview recently. iFlix, a video-on-demand startup founded by Catcha Group head honcho Patrick Grove, was launched on May 26 last year. Its initial capital investment in content last year was US$30 million (RM124.5 million). This year, the company plans to double its content by offering more Hollywood movies and TV shows as well as Asian and local contents. “We started with a few thousand shows and today we’ve doubled the number. But in less than six months, we will double what we’ve just doubled. This means in less than six months, we will quadruple the amount of content that we’ve had when we first launched,” Azran said. He said new content is being added on iFlix every day and there are more exciting shows and movies in the pipeline. 

Some of the company’s popular content include American TV shows such as Fargo, Mad Men, Scandal, The Big Bang Theory as well as Malaysian content. There are also Korean and Philippine TV shows and movies in the content mix. iFlix has over 1.5 million subscribers in Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. Its recent deal with Telekom Malaysia Bhd to provide TV shows and movies to TM’s UniFi and Streamyx high-speed broadband customers have added over one million iFlix subscribers. iFlix’s unique business model, where it offers local content and local subtitles as well as allow viewers to download the content for offline preview, has garnered high interests among investors globally. “The level of investor interest has been very high. I think we are humbled and privileged to be able to have options,” Azran said, adding that its competitor Netflix’s announcement on worldwide expansion has accelerated the interest in iFlix. “For a lot of investors, it validates what was potentially an uncertainty. But now, investors are very clear of our business,” he also said. 

Netflix is an American-based Internet TV service provider, similar to iFlix. Earlier in January this year, it announced a huge global expansion in 130 countries including Malaysia, Kazakhstan and Russia. The presence of Netflix in Malaysia has not affected iFlix’s business and growth plans, said Azran, as both companies have different target markets as well as different price proposition and content. “iFlix is not a replacement for traditional broadcasters... neither iFlix is a replacement for Netflix nor Netflix is a replacement for iFlix. “Netflix is a modern day channel and iFlix is a modern day channel. Netflix has shows that iFlix doesn’t have. iFlix has three times the number of shows that Netflix doesn’t have,” he added. Meanwhile, speaking on the new landscape of TV broadcasting, Azran said the consumption of TV as a whole has changed in both developed and emerging markets. More people are watching movies and TV shows but they are watching less of it on a traditional big screen TV. “A big part of that is the advent of smartphones, which can show good quality, good resolution pictures and videos,” he added. On whether Internet content providers like iFlix would someday “kill” the traditional TV, Azran said it’s not either or because there’s still time and place for traditional TV, particularly with time-sensitive content such as live sports or live news broadcasts.

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Medical grads quit as doctors due to poor English proficiency, says report

The Malaysian Insider – Mon, Nov 9, 2015

Some 1,000 medical graduates have stopped becoming doctors, with their poor command of English being a main factor, The Star reported.

Quoting the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) Malacca chapter president Dr M. Nachiappan, the daily said medical graduates were also unable to cope with other job pressures.

“Despite having completed their housemanship last year, they are no longer keen to be doctors.

“The main reason was poor grasp of English. This is not good for the medical fraternity and does not augur well for the nation if stakeholders do not execute some plans to improve the standard of English,” he was quoted as saying.

Other factors include lack of interest in basic medical training, poor communication skills with patients and frustration over working conditions.

Expressing worry, Dr Nachiappan said lack of English proficiency will handicap Malaysian medical students from keeping up with their counterparts from other countries.

“There must be an urgency to improve the grasp of the language at the primary level. Otherwise, the quality of doctors will go downhill,” the Malacca Manipal Medical College deputy dean told The Star.

Medical schools were also having difficulty producing medical graduates due to poor command of English, he said.

“The quality of our students is compromised due to their inabilities to communicate in English,” the report quoted him as saying, adding that most reference books on medicine as well as lectures were delivered in English.

The Malaysian Insider had reported in June last year that employers were becoming increasingly dismayed by Malaysia's "generation Y" job seekers, due to their poor command of the English language and communication skills.

A survey by the Malaysian Employers Federation a few years ago found that 60% of them identified low English proficiency as the main problem with young recruits.

A similar survey conducted in September 2013 by online recruitment agency JobStreet.com found that 55% of participating senior managers and companies said poor command of the English language was the main reason for unemployment among undergraduates.

School leavers might have SPM (Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia) English grades of A and B, but could not even hold a conversation in English, MEF executive director Datuk Shamsudin Bardan had told The Malaysian Insider. – November 9, 2015.

Source: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/medical-grads-quit-doctors-due-011144480.html

Dividend Tabung Haji 1994-2013

Dividen Tabung Haji 1994-2013

Bayaran dividen Tabung Haji kebiasaannya akan mula di bayar pada awal minggu pertama Februari setiap tahun (e.g. 03 Februari 2014).

Kebiasaannya Tabung Haji (TH) memberi dividen tahunan sebanyak 6% kepada semua pencarum/pendeposit, manakala 2% tambahan bonus hanya dibayar kepada pendeposit yang BELUM mengerjakan haji lagi.

    Pendeposit yang telah mengerjakan Haji       = 6% dividen tahunan
    Pendeposit yang BELUM mengerjakan Haji = 6% dividen tahunan +  2% Bonus

Tabung Haji akan menolak siap-siap zakat simpanan pendeposit sebelum dividen diagih kepada mereka. Jadi pendeposit tidak perlu risau/pening dengan pembayaran zakat untuk menyucikan simpanan mereka.


Source:
http://kafeque.blogspot.my/2014/01/bonus-dividen-tabung-haji-2014-8-bonus.html
http://www.astroawani.com/infografik/infografik-dividen-serta-bonus-tabung-haji-1994-2013-52627

20 Terkaya di Malaysia !

http://www.sinarharian.com.my/nasional/20-terkaya-di-malaysia-1.253228
(21 FEB 2014)

20 Terkaya di Malaysia

21 Februari 2014

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KUALA LUMPUR - Robert Kuok, hartawan Malaysia yang berpangkalan di Hong Kong, kekal lelaki paling kaya di Malaysia dengan kekayaan RM54.48 bilion berbanding RM46.1 bilion tahun lepas, diikuti ahli perniagaan T. Ananda Krishnan dan tokoh perbankan Public Bank Tan Sri Teh Hong Piow.

Ananda, mengekalkan posisi kedua sejak 2004 dengan aset yang dimilikinya menerusi Usaha Tegas Sdn Bhd bernilai RM33.19 bilion, peningkatan sebanyak 0.88 peratus daripada RM32.90 bilion tahun lepas.

Hong Piow, kekal di tempat ketiga sejak tiga tahun lepas, dengan aset bernilai RM18.07 bilion, lapor Malaysian Business, majalah Perniagaan utama dalam terbitan 16 Februari.

Ia melaporkan gabungan kekayaan 40 individu paling kaya itu meningkat kepada RM217.82 bilion pada 18 Jan 2014 atau 11.73 peratus daripada RM194.86 bilion tahun lalu.

Semasa majalah itu mula menyenaraikan kekayaan 40 individu paling Malaysia pada 2002, gabungan jumlah aset mereka sebanyak RM41.7 bilion, dengan Robert Kouk Hock Nien berada di tempat teratas.

Majalah itu berkata tempat keempat dalam senarai itu ialah Tan Sri Quek Leng Chan melalui Hong Leong Group dan Guoco Group, dengan kekayaan bernilai RM14.11 bilion tahun ini.

Tempat ke-5 ialah Tan Sri Lee Shin Cheng dari IOI Group yang melompat dari kedudukan keenam tahun lepas, mengatasi Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Albukhary yang jatuh ke tempat keenam.

Kekayaan Lee tahun ini berjumlah RM13.12 bilion, naik daripada RM10.56 bilion tahun lalu.   

Syed Mokhtar berada di tempat keenam walaupun kekayaan beliau meningkat sebanyak 4.43 peratus kepada RM11.07 bilion daripada RM10.6 bilion pada tahun lepas.

Ketua Genting Group Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay dan ibunya, Puan Sri Lee Kim Hua, mengekalkan kedudukan mereka, masing-masing di tempat ketujuh dan kelapan.

Kekayaan Lim meningkat 16.18 peratus kepada RM9.43 bilion manakala Lee meningkat sebanyak 3.2 peratus kepada RM7.47 bilion.

Datuk Mokhzani Mahathir melalui SapuraKenchana Petroleum berada di tempat kesembilan dengan aset bernilai RM4.22 bilion.

Tokoh perbankan Tan Sri Azman Hashim melalui Arab-Malaysian Corporation menduduki tempat ke-10 dengan aset bernilai RM4.11 bilion tahun ini.

Malaysian Business berkata antara fakta menarik ialah sejak 2002, 81 usahawan menyertai senarai 40 individu terkaya di Malaysia dan 15 berjaya kekal di atas secara berterusan.

Keseluruhannya, peningkatan kukuh kekayaan mereka boleh dikaitkan dengan sumbangan prestasi pasaran dan harga inflasi, dengan kekayaan mereka sebahagian besarnya berasaskan kepada pegangan masing-masing.

Ia juga menggambarkan prestasi syarikat-syarikat mereka dan pertumbuhan ekonomi Malaysia yang positif dalam tempoh 12 tahun.

Tahun ini terdapat 33 jutawan dalam senarai harta mencecah angka bilion, lebih dua daripada tahun lepas dan 29 daripada 40 dalam senarai merekodkan  lebih tinggi daripada tahun lepas.   

Daripada jumlah itu, 20 individu mencatatkan pertumbuhan lebih daripada 10 peratus.

Dua individu kembali memasuki senarai tahun ini, Datuk Tony Tiah dari TA Enterprise di tempat ke-38 dengan aset bernilai RM589.14 juta, manakala Tan Sri Rozali Ismail dari Puncak Niaga Holdings memasuki senarai 40 Teratas dengan RM543.74 juta.

Seperti tahun-tahun sebelumnya, kekayaan 40 Teratas dinilai berdasarkan nilai pegangan mereka dalam syarikat tersenarai pada 18 Januari 2014.

Malaysian Business majalah perniagaan utama di negara ini diterbitkan oleh Berita Publishing Sdn Bhd.    


SENARAI 20 INDIVIDU TERKAYA MALAYSIA 2013

Senarai
Sekarang       Nama                        Kekayaan (JUTA RM)             Syarikat    

1.      Robert Kuok Hock Nien                 54,480.00            Kerry Group/Kuok Group
2.      T Ananda Krishnan                        33,193.88            Usaha Tegas
3.      Tan Sri Teh Hong Piow                  18,066.20            Public Bank
4.      Tan Sri Quek Leng Chan               14,110.81             Hong Leong Group
5.      Tan Sri Lee Shin Cheng                13,115.37             IOI Group
6.      Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Albukhary    11,070.00            Al-Bukhary Foundation
7.      Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay                     9,434.18             Genting Group
8.      Puan Sri Lee Kim Hua                    7,467.00             Genting Group
9.      Datuk Mokhzani Mahathir               4,222.26             SapuraKencana Petroluem
10.     Tan Sri Azman Hashim                   4,108.45            Arab-Malaysian Corp
11.     Tan Sri Tiong Hiew King                 3,790.00            Rimbunan Hijau
12.     Ong Beng Sheng                           3,530.00            Hotel Properties Ltd
13.     Tan Sri Yeoh Tiong Lay                 3,220.83            YTL Group
14.     Tan Sri Lau Cho Kun                     3,120.67            Hap Seng Consolidated
15.     Tan Sri Shahril Shamsuddin           2,506.03            Sapura Group
16.     Datuk Shahriman Shamsuddin       2,468.65            Sapura Group
17.     Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah Fook Ling   2,153.15            Sunway Group
18.     Datuk Lee Yeow Chor                   2,033.81            IOI Group
19.     Lee Yeow Seng                            2,006.13            IOI Group
20.     Tan Sri Vincent Tan                      1,924.12             Berjaya Group


Source: Bernama

http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/Dalam_Negeri/20131031/dn_06/Minyak-masak-kitar-semula

(31 Oct 2013)

Minyak masak kitar semula

Oleh NORAZLINA ISMAIL
pengarang@utusan.com.my

KUALA LUMPUR 30 Okt. - Hampir 90 peratus minyak masak di pasaran dipercayai hasil daripada kegiatan kitar semula minyak masak yang telah digunakan.

Perkara itu didedahkan Ketua Aktivis Persatuan Pengguna Islam Malaysia (PPIM), Datuk Nadzim Johan yang sekali gus mendesak kerajaan memandangkan serius isu terbabit kerana boleh menjejaskan kesihatan pengguna.

Malah, menurut beliau, aktiviti kutipan, penghasilan dan jualan minyak masak terpakai telah lama berlaku di negara ini serta merupakan satu industri yang besar.

Lebih mengejutkan lagi, sebahagian besar minyak masak dikitar semula itu dijual dalam bentuk paket. “Mereka (pengusaha) membeli minyak masak terpakai di restoran makanan segera untuk dikitar semula dan kemudiannya dicampur dengan minyak baharu," katanya dalam sidang akhbar di sini hari ini. Beliau berkata, hasil soal selidik yang dijalankan aktivis PPIM melibatkan kira-kira 70 buah restoran dan gerai makan di beberapa kawasan di sekitar Kuala Lumpur mendapati kebanyakan peniaga menggunakan minyak masak kitar semula.

“Minyak masak yang dipaketkan itu bukan daripada jenama terkenal dan ramai peniaga yang tidak sedar mereka menggunakan minyak masak kitar semula," katanya. Menurut Nadzim, status halal minyak masak itu juga meragukan kerana mungkin diambil daripada restoran bukan Islam.

Sehubungan itu, katanya, pihak berkaitan seperti Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (Jakim), Kementerian Kesihatan, Lembaga Minyak Sawit Malaysia (MPOB) dan Kementerian Perdagangan Dalam Negeri, Koperasi dan Kepenggunaan perlu bekerjasama membanteras aktiviti tersebut. “Selain menipu pengguna, pengusaha terlibat turut mengeksport minyak masak itu dengan mendakwa produk tersebut adalah halal," katanya.

Sementara itu, Pengurus Pembangunan Perniagaan Kris Biofuels Sdn. Bhd., Ja’afar Abdullah memberitahu, aktiviti kutipan dan jualan minyak masak terpakai melanggar undang-undang dan peraturan MPOB.

Katanya, lesen yang dikeluarkan MPOB dengan jelas menyatakan penggunaan minyak masak kitar semula hanya bagi tujuan menghasilkan produk biofuel.

“Isu ini wajar ditangani segera kerana dari segi kesihatan minyak masak ini jika digunakan semula sebanyak tiga kali akan menghasilkan komponen radikal bebas yang boleh mengakibatkan kanser dan kerosakan hati," katanya.   

MERIT-BASED VS TIME-BASED ?!

MERIT-BASED VS TIME-BASED:


3.4 Kenaikan pangkat secara terbuka berdasarkan merit-based seperti apa yang diamalkan oleh
semua universiti sekarang adalah tidak sesuai lagi dijadikan syarat mutlak, sebaliknya kenaikan
pangkat secara time-based dan kecemerlangan dalam niche area dan pentadbiran (Ketua PTj)
perlu juga diambil kira untuk para pensyarah universiti seperti apa yang diamalkan oleh jabatan
kerajaan yang lain.

3.5 Walaupun kenaikan pangkat pensyarah universiti adalah terbuka akan tetapi ia lebih sukar
dibandingkan secara time-based. Ini adalah kerana penilaian yang dibuat oleh jawatankuasa
kenaikan pangkat adalah terlalu subjektif sehingga para pensyarah tidak tahu yang mana satukah
yang perlu diberi penekanan khusus.

3.6 Kenaikan pangkat pensyarah universiti tidak sepatutnya dilihat kepada penglibatan dan
pencapaian dalam bidang akademik sahaja sebaliknya perlu juga dinaikkan pangkat berdasarkan
kecemerlangan dalam bidang bukan akademik.

3.7 Untuk pensyarah yang dinaikkan pangkat melalui saluran bukan akademik atau time-based
adalah dicadangkan agar mereka tidak diberi gelaran Profesor Madya atau Profesor. Ini adalah
untuk membezakan sama ada kenaikan pangkat itu berdasarkan kecemerlangan akademik atau
time-based. Walau bagaimanapun kenaikan pangkat bukan secara akademik dicadangkan
diberikan sekali sahaja dalam perkhidmatan seseorang pensyarah sebagaimana diterangkan pada
Huraian 1,2,3 dan 4.

3.8 Bagi guru sekolah, selain dari kenaikan pangkat secara time-based , NUTP adalah amat kuat
untuk mendesak menteri KPM mengadakan lebih banyak jawatan-jawatan kenaikan pangkat
secara hakiki dengan alasan kononnya untuk memertabatkan profesion perguruan. Dengan ini
profesion perguruan sekarang menjadi rebutan ramai orang kerana cepat naik pangkat tetapi
perkara ini tidak wujud bagi pensyarah universiti yang kononnya untuk mengawal kualiti
seseorang pensyarah.

3.9 Gelaran jawatan Profesor Madya dan Profesor inilah yang sebenarnya menyekat kenaikan
pangkat pensyarah universiti, oleh itu kertas kerja ini memberi peluang kenaikan pangkat dengan
menyembunyikan gelaran tersebut agar kenaikan pangkat para pensyarah tidak terlalu rigid
sebagaimana yang diamalkan sekarang ini.


SOURCE:
http://utimas.uitm.edu.my/images/stories/pdf/kk1.pdf
http://utimas.uitm.edu.my/kertas-kerja.html

HENTI Bayar Kerana Langgar Syarat !

http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/Dalam_Negeri/20130313/dn_10/henti-bayar-kerana-langgar-syarat---Dr-Mahathir  (12 March 2013)

HENTI bayar kerana langgar syarat - Dr. Mahathir

KUALA LUMPUR 12 Mac - Bayaran penyerahan wilayah tahunan sebanyak RM5,300 kepada individu yang mendakwa sebagai keturunan Kesultanan Sulu perlu dihentikan kerana mereka telah melanggar syarat.

Bekas Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad berkata, pembayaran tersebut diberikan sebagai memegang perjanjian yang telah dipersetujui antara kedua-dua pihak.

"Syaratnya ialah tidak kacau kita, tetapi sekarang mereka kacau. Mereka bertindak ganas, tak cukup bunuh orang, dia cincang dan pecahkan kepala. Apa jenis manusia ini yang kata Islam. "Sekarang kita bayar harga lama dan tak boleh minta harga baru, lagipun bukan dia yang memajukan Sabah," katanya dalam sidang akhbar selepas Bicara Tani Dalam Konvensyen Usahawan Tani 1Malaysia 2013, di sini hari ini.

Semalam, Pengerusi DAP, Karpal Singh berkata, kerajaan harus segera menghentikan bayaran itu kerana keturunan kesultanan Sulu tidak mempunyai locus standi bagi menerima bayaran berkenaan.

Menurut Dr. Mahathir, sebelum ini, kerajaan telah pun menerima orang Sulu yang tinggal di Sabah.

"Sebenarnya ada wakil rakyat juga terdiri daripada orang Sulu termasuk sekarang ini Yang di-Pertua Sabah, jadi secara tidak langsung orang Sulu sudah menguasai Sabah," ujarnya.

[01/01/2011 – present

Tun Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Juhar Haji Mahiruddin]

Source: http://www.sabah.gov.my/adminstructure/govstructure.asp?culture=br&section=tyt

Sementara itu, Menteri Penerangan, Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan, Datuk Seri Dr. Rais Yatim meminta Peguam Negara mengkaji secepat mungkin berhubung bayaran penyerahan wilayah tahunan sebanyak RM5,300 kepada pihak yang mendakwa Sultan Sulu. Beliau berkata, ini bagi membolehkan kerajaan melihat semula dari sudut undang-undang sama ada perlu untuk segera menamatkan bayaran tersebut.

Dari sudut sejarah Sultan Sulu telah lama tamat kedaulatannya iaitu sejak 1878.

"Kerajaan harus melihat semula dari sudut undang-undang antarabangsa, undang-undang kontrak dan undang-undang konvensional sama ada perlu kita segera tamatkan bayaran kepada pihak yang kononnya Sultan Sulu itu.

"Dari sudut pengkajian, pada 1903, kuasa Sultan Sulu telah diambil North Borneo Company. Maka, jelaslah berakhir kedaulatan mereka dan kini ada sembilan cabang keluarga diraja Sulu yang kita tidak tahu siapa sebenarnya menjadi ketua dan sultannya," katanya. 

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Source: http://www.mysinchew.com/node/83777  (07 March 2013)

Jamalul Kiram III: A Fake Sultan: Insider

 2013-03-07 10:52

KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 (Bernama) -- Jamalul Kiram III, who is masquerading as the sultan of Sulu and whose followers have intruded into Sabah and killed Malaysian police personnel, cannot lay claim to the defunct title, according to a source familiar with the goings-on in the family.

It is, therefore, wrong for him to assert to be the heir to the last sultan of Sulu, Jamalul Kiram II, who died in 1936. Jamalul Kiram III was never a legitimate descendant of the nine "rightful heirs" of Jamalul Kiram II that was drawn up in the 1939 'Macaskie Judgement' to be eligible to receive cession payments, following the ceding of Sabah, then known as North Borneo, to the British North Borneo Company (BNBC).

The source, who has in-depth knowledge of the Sulu "sultanate" household and its history, stressed that according to the family tree, although Jamalul Kiram III was a member of the household, he was never a descendent of the nine principal heirs who had the right to the cession payments.

"When Jamalul Kiram II died in 1936, he left no direct heir, and BNBC also stopped the cession payments. So, the nine had gone to court as a group to recognise their right to receive the annual payment," the source said.

In 1939, the Chief Justice of the High Court of North Borneo, Justice Macaskie, ruled in the heirs' favour and the annual payment resumed. The Malaysian Government has continued with the payment, following the formation of the federation.

In 2011, descendants of the nine principal heirs to Jamalul Kiram II obtained an order from a Sulu court to recognise them as the legitimate direct descendents to the nine principal heirs.

This second generation of the heirs are Dayang Dayang Piandao Taj-Mahal Kiram-Tarsum Nuqui, Putli Nurhima Kiram-Forman, Siti Ayesha K.H Sampang, Sulatan Fuad A. Kiram, Dayang-Dayang Sheramar T. Kiram, Princess Permaisuri Kiram Guerson and Sitti Jenny K.A Sampang.

"As such, he (Jamalul Kiram III) cannot claim to be an heir or descendent of any of the nine principal heirs," the source contended.

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http://www.mysinchew.com/node/83778  (07 March 2013)

Sabah Rightfully Malaysia's: Historians

 2013-03-07 10:48

KOTA KINABALU, March 6 (Bernama) -- Historians insisted that Sabah belongs to Malaysia and cannot be claimed by others as Sabahans had agreed to the formation of Malaysia in a referendum held by the Cobbold Commission in 1962.

Head of Social Science School History Programme, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Mosli Tarsat said historical evidence clearly shows the status of Sabah as a valid part of Malaysia and recognised by the United Nations (UN).

Although Sabah, formerly known as North Borneo before the formation of Malaysia, was controlled and influenced by the Sultanate of Brunei and Sulu, the North Borneo Chartered Company, Japan and the British, but after 1963, the situation changed after the formation of Malaysia," he told Bernama here today.

The Cobbold Commission which held a four month referendum of Sabah and Sarawak for the formation of Malaysia received 2,200 memorandum with about 80 percent of the people supporting the creation of Malaysia.

The Commission's report was submitted to the British government and Malaysia was formed by combining Malaya, Singapore, Brunei, Sarawak and Sabah (North Borneo).

"Therefore, Sabah officially joined Malaysia on September 16, 1963 after gaining independence on August 31, 1963," he said supporting a statement by Information Communications and Culture Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim that Sabah rightfully belongs to Malaysia according to international law and cannot be claimed by any party.

In Kuala Lumpur, Prof Dr Ramlah Adam who also agreed with the statement by Rais said Malaysia is a sovereign state that is recognised globally.

"As such, there is no question of claim by any party. The statement by the Information Communications and Culture Minister yesterday is historically accurate," said the Main Fellow, Strategic Studies Unit, Universiti Malaysia Perlis when contacted here.

Ramlah said the referendum on Sabah and Sarawak by the Cobbold Commission, is similar to the Singapore Referendum for the formation of Malaysia in 1962.

"They cannot claim just based on history. For example, the Siam government handed Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan and Terengganu over to the British and cannot claim the states."

Ramlah said Malaysians, especially those in Sabah must be clear about the matter so that the country will remain peaceful and support national sovereignty.

"We are talking about the security and sovereignty of the country. This is not the time to politicise this issue or blame the government," said Ramlah.

Prof Emeritus Tan Sri Dr Khoo Kay Kim said North Borneo (Sabah) was separated from Sulu since 1885 and was administered by the North Borneo Chartered Company. "This matter (separation of Sabah from Sulu) happened long before the Cobbold Commission came in 1963. 

Judge JUDY' Tops Daytime Ratings

Source: 

http://tv.yahoo.com/news/-judge-judy--tops-daytime-ratings-in-first-year-post-oprah.html

'Judge Judy' tops daytime ratings in first year post-Oprah

By Dave Nemetz | Yahoo! TV

The verdict is in: Judge Judy is the new queen of daytime TV. When longtime ratings champ Oprah Winfrey ended her syndicated talk show last year, she left a void at the top of the daytime ratings heap, and the tough-talking Brooklyn judge with the fancy lace collar was all too happy to fill it. "Judge Judy," now in its 16th season, averaged nearly 8 million viewers last month, which makes it the top syndicated program on daytime TV. And that's not all: Those numbers actually represent a 3 percent increase from last year, and are the highest sweeps ratings "Judy" has ever earned. 

"Judge Judy," of course, centers on former family court judge Judith Sheindlin (69 years young!) deciding small-claims cases with her trademark brand of common-sense wisdom. And she gets paid very well to do it: As of 2010, Sheindlin was already pulling in a whopping $45 million a year from the show. As ridiculous as that sounds, with these ratings, it's entirely possible she's actually UNDERPAID.  

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Comment:

Well, IF $USD45 million a year is an UNDERPAID sum... I then am really really underpaid 1,000,000 times (or $USD45 million missing - or cut short the story essentially 'working for free')!! I think I am in the wrong business, or that I am working in the wrong institution/organization. 

Well, honestly, I do not really like the Judy's show. But who cares if you get paid $USD45 million a year!


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Kerajaan Sedia Timbang Beri Imbuhan Kpd Pensyarah - Muhyiddin

Sources:
http://www.bharian.com.my/articles/Kerajaansediatimbangimbuhanuntukpensyarah_Muhyiddin/Article/

http://cuepacs.blogspot.com/

18 Mei 2012

KERAJAAN SEDIA TIMBANG BERI IMBUHAN KEPADA PENSYARAH - MUHYIDDIN

Bernama

17/5/2012

KUALA LUMPUR, 17 Mei (Bernama) -- Timbalan Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin berkata kerajaan sedia menimbang untuk memberi imbuhan kepada pensyarah-pensyarah di institusi pengajian tinggi di seluruh negara.

Bagi tujuan itu, katanya, beliau akan menyemak semula situasi dan masalah yang dihadapi oleh para pensyarah dengan Menteri Pengajian Tinggi Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin.

"Saya akan semak apakah kes gaji dan gred jawatan pensyarah telah dikemukakan kepada Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA). (Jika ada) apa respons JPA, saya tidak tahu."Tapi kalau dianggap perkara ini penting dan perlu diberi perhatian, kita percaya kita akan beri pertimbangan yang sewajarnya," katanya dalam sesi soal jawab dengan peserta pada majlis Wacana Intelek dan Acara (Wira) anjuran Persatuan Alumni Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Malaysia di sini, Khamis.

Muhyiddin, yang juga Menteri Pelajaran, berkata beliau menyedari keluhan ramai pensyarah bahawa mereka tidak menerima imbuhan seperti yang dinikmati para guru. "Ada yang kata lebih baik jadi guru biasa sebab skim tidak setara. Kalau betul dan ada asasnya, kita harap kementerian (Pengajian Tinggi) boleh bawa dan kerajaan akan beri pertimbangan," katanya.

Terdahulu, Muhyiddin menyampaikan ucaptama yang menerangkan perjalanan kesemua program transformasi negara dalam usaha Malaysia mencapai status negara maju berpendapatan tinggi pada 2020 serta pencapaian program-program tersebut sehingga kini. Menjawab soalan lain berhubung sistem demokrasi, Muhyiddin berkata kerajaan lebih suka untuk menjelaskan sesuatu isu atau perkara kepada rakyat secara profesional berbanding mengadakan debat dengan pembangkang.

"Kerajaan tidak bertindak atas dasar emosi tapi rasional untuk jelaskan. Ada yang kata tak cukup penjelasan, maka adalah tanggapan yang kerajaan tak laksanakan apa yang dikehendaki oleh rakyat. Tapi, itu kita boleh perbaiki," katanya. Beliau menekankan apa yang penting adalah hubungan dengan rakyat agar mereka dapat sama-sama berbincang tentang sesuatu perkara.

Menyifatkan sistem demokrasi negara sebagai "terbatas berlandaskan Perlembagaan dan undang-undang negara", beliau berkata ia penting dalam memastikan Malaysia kekal aman. "Bukan kita tak sedia untuk berbahas tapi bila perbahasan dengan pembangkang ini mereka sudah tetapkan di fikiran... apa yang kita buat tak berfaedah. "Kita tak takut, tapi lebih baik kita buat secara rasional sebab sebahagian besar rakyat bersikap matang dan boleh menilai," katanya.

Pada majlis yang sama, Timbalan Perdana Menteri turut melancarkan dua buah buku terbitan Wira iaitu Pemasaran Politik di Malaysia dan Malaysiaku.

-- BERNAMA

Tunai haji melalui caruman KWSP

http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2011&dt=1231&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Muka_Hadapan&pg=mh_04.htm

(31 Dec 2011)  

Tunai haji melalui caruman KWSP

KUALA LUMPUR 30 Dis. - Bermula 3 Januari (2012) ini, semua ahli Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP) beragama Islam yang mempunyai simpanan minimum RM1,300 di dalam Akaun 1 boleh membuat pendaftaran menunaikan haji dengan Lembaga Tabung Haji.

Pengurus Besar Perhubungan Awam KWSP, Nik Affendi Jaafar berkata, [Gambar Sebelah: Nik Affendi Jaafar], pendaftaran itu boleh dilakukan di semua kaunter Tabung Haji, cawangan Bank Rakyat dan Bank Islam dengan membawa MyKad dan penyata terkini KWSP masing-masing.

“Mereka yang layak mesti warganegara Malaysia atau pemastautin tetap yang belum mencapai usia 55 tahun dan mempunyai akaun simpanan Tabung Haji. Ahli yang tidak mempunyai akaun, mereka boleh membukanya dengan deposit minimum RM2,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan hari ini [ http://www.tabunghaji.gov.my/th/TH/THHajiMontaj.html ].

Tambahnya, mana-mana ahli yang telah mendaftaran haji di bawah prosedur Tabung Haji boleh menukar pendaftaran tersebut kepada Pendaftaran Haji Ahli KWSP.

“Penukaran itu tidak melibatkan tarikh giliran haji yang telah diberikan dan tidak melibatkan sebarang urusan berkaitan tarikh kerana ia akan ditentukan oleh Tabung Haji,” tegasnya.

Maklumat lanjut boleh layari www.kwsp.gov.my atau www.tabunghaji.gov.my dan menghubungi talian 03-89226000 serta 03-62071919.

http://www.tabunghaji.gov.my/th/TH/THHajiMontaj.html  Also see, 

http://www.tabunghaji.gov.my/th/TH/THIndex.htm

RUMUSAN:
1- Membuka akaun Tabung HajI (di kaunter Tabung Haji / Bank Rakyat / Bank Islam).
2- Mendaftar nama di bawah ‘Pendaftaran Haji Ahli KWSP.’
3- Syarat-syarat: Beragama Islam, Warganegara atau Pemastautin Tetap, dan mempunyai minimum RM1,300 di dalam Akaun 1 KWSP [Sila bawa IC dan Penyata KWSP terkini].

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