Magnificent Berbatov & Anderson are back!!!

It was da moment of Glory for United! Watching MU thrashed Blackburn at Old Traford was owesome. Dimitar Berbatov answered his critics by netting 5 GOALS.. Just one goal was all that stopped the Bulgarian striker from putting his name on the record books. Since the inception of English Premier League, no player has scored 6 goals in one competition thus far, another 5 goal scorer in United history was Andy Cole.

His praised went all to his teammate - Wayne Rooney who also started in the line-up. For the record, Rooney has made a public apology to his fans on the previous outburst and wage saga. Unfortunately, the sensational united attacking was less cheered as Rooney didn't join the scoresheet eventually. Instead Nani, Chico & Park JS have been persistently rose to the occasions.

The glorious part of the United strike force was noticeably contributed by the strong midfield filled by Anderson and M.Carrick. It was almost certain that Anderson who has been linked to transfer finally showed his vociferous and magnificent passes all night.

With United back on top of EPL table, hope to see the current form continue...

Glory Glory ManUnited..

Glory Glory ManUnited..

Interesting observation

I got this from a friend's blogger site.
Honestly, this philosophy was outdated but no harm to share wat.. :)

1. The sport of choice for urban poor people is BASKETBALL 
2. The sport of choice for maintenance level employees is BOWLING
3. The sport of choice for front-line workers is FOOTBALL
4. The sport of choice for supervisors is BASEBALL
5. The sport of choice for middle management is TENNIS
And……
6. The sport of choice for corporate executives and officers is GOLF

THE AMAZING CONCLUSION:
The higher you go in the corporate structure,
the smaller your balls become.. Hehe

BASTARD!!! (adultry joke)

GIRL: I have sinned. I called my boyfriend a BASTARD.
PSYCHIATRIST: Well now, that’s not a nice thing to call anyone, so what did he do to deserve that?
GIRL: Well, he kissed me.
PSYCHIATRIST : You mean like this?
(The psychiatrist kissed the girl)
GIRL: …… Yes!
PSYCHIATRIST: Well that’s no reason to call him a BASTARD.
GIRL: But, he put his hand in my top.
PSYCHIATRIST: You mean like this?
(The psychiatrist put his hand in the girl’s top)
GIRL: Yes!
PSYCHIATRIST: Well that’s no reason to call him a BASTARD.
GIRL: But, he took my clothes off.
PSYCHIATRIST: You mean like this?
(The psychiatrist took off the girl’s clothes)
GIRL: Yes!
PSYCHIATRIST: Well that’s no reason to call him a BASTARD.
GIRL: But, he had sex with me!
PSYCHIATRIST: You mean like this?
(The psychiatrist had sex with the girl )
GIRL: Yes!
PSYCHIATRIST: Well that’s no reason to call him a BASTARD either.
GIRL: But, then he told me he has AIDS.
PSYCHIATRIST:   BASTARD!!!!!

讓癌細胞睡著的食物

-------醫師好友的資訊分享

請大家多吃含有這些有效成份的食物，讓身體內蠢蠢欲動的癌細胞多多睡覺。讓癌細胞睡著下午參加了一場小型國際研討會，其中有一位目前在美國癌症中心的戴博士以 "Is Cancer Curable?" (癌症是否能治癒?)為題，分享了他對癌細胞生長動力學的研究結果。癌症最令人害怕的就是 metastasis（轉移）。原生癌並不會讓病人死亡，然而一旦癌細胞轉移，它們在其它組織器官內的興風作浪就讓病人逐漸（或是很快速）的走向死亡。但是，為什麼有些癌細胞已轉移的病人卻未繼續惡化?日本曾解剖研究了幾十位無病痛往生的 90-103歲老人，發現他們每一位體內都有不少的癌細胞。但是，為什麼他們的癌細胞沒有造成身體的病痛? 戴博士和幾位癌 症研究學者發現，癌細胞在活躍一段時間後會進入「休眠期」，休眠一段時間後又再度活躍，興風作浪。「休眠期」越長，病人能存活的時間就越長，甚至不發生令人害怕的「轉移」。

現在醫學界積極的在研究拖延癌細胞「休眠期」的方法，包括利用藥物和飲食。「有效預防細胞癌化」那篇中提到的幾種天然物可藉由控制癌細胞內訊息傳 導(signaltransduction)的路徑來讓癌細胞進入「休眠期」，所以我把它們再次列，請大家多吃含有這些有效成份的食物，讓身體內蠢蠢欲動的癌細胞多多睡覺。

1. 咖哩的重要成份「薑黃」（抗癌成份是「薑黃素」）
2. 辣椒（抗癌成份是「辣椒素」）
3. 薑（抗癌成份是「薑油」）
4. 綠茶（抗癌成份是「兒茶素」）
5. 大豆（抗癌成份是「異黃酮」）
6. 蕃茄（抗癌成份是「茄紅素」）
7. 葡萄（抗癌成份是「白黎蘆醇」）
8. 大蒜（抗癌成份是「硫化物」）
9. 高麗菜（抗癌成份是「indole」）
10. 花椰菜（抗癌成份是「硫化物」）

United's Rooney U-Turn: How's the deal was done



Wayne Rooney & Sir Alex Ferguson (Fergie)



1. On the 16th Oct 2010, the future of Wayne Rooney dominated media reports as speculation mounted that the Manchester United superstar was set to leave Old Trafford following a rift with Sir Alex Ferguson. Several newspapers reported that Rooney's previously close relationship with Fergie had deteriorated irrevocably following a bust-up over lurid tabloid revelations about the striker's private life which emerged few week before.

2. On the 19th Oct 2010, Fergie confirmed the statement by saying Rooney's agent has contacted CEO, David Gill and informed the team that his refusal to renew his contract. Fergie din't believe it, so as the fans worldwide. Some claimed that Rooney was looking for pay rise after seeing his former teammate, Ronaldo snatched by Real Madrid at a staggering world record of £80mil!

3. Wayne Rooney has revealed that the reasons behind his outburst was due to lack of confidence in the teams spirit to win trophies and there're no indications for the club to sign top players. However on the 22nd Oct 2010, Fergie has managed to keep Rooney after 4-eyes meeting (Fergie, Rooney, his agent - Paul & Gill) settled down with some filthy catches.

4. Despite United's debt which currently exceeds £720 million, the club has commited to a new £160,000-a-week for 5-year contract for Rooney. Is this the only particular issue that caused so much attentions in Rooney-United saga?

5. Wheather Rooney being dubbed as 'greedy articulator' with manipulative agent, his current form still highly doubtful. Fergie however believes that his star striker will come back a new man amid the pressure of contract talks are now over. "I think that this has been preying on his mind," Ferguson told Inside United. "I don't know the reason for his loss of form because it started in the World Cup. Whether some clubs have been filling his head in that period to affect him we don't know. The important thing is for us to put it behind us and move on. But certainly something has been troubling him".

6. As of today's news, Rooney has disclosed to the media saying another major reason for his 'u-turn' was due to the recent suicide threat posed by some fanatic United's fan outside his residence.

7. No matter what latter news to surface, Rooney must buck up and prove his worthiness to the club, the team as well as the FANS! With the current in-form strikers of Berbatov and Hernandez, Rooney must fight for his place soon after recovering from his ankle injury.

Indon, Bangla & Malaysian (Jokes)

An Indonesian, a Bangladeshi and a Malaysian are in a bar one night having a beer.

The Indonesian finishes his beer and suddenly throws his glass in the air, pulls out a gun and shoots the glass to pieces. He brags, "In Jakarta our glasses are so cheap that we don't need to drink from the same one twice."

The Bangladeshi obviously impressed by this, drinks his beer, throws his glass into the air, pulls out his gun and shoots the glass to pieces. He says, "In Dhaka we have so much sand to make the glasses that we don't need to drink out of the same glass twice either."

The Malaysian, cool as a cucumber, finishes his drink, throws his glass into the air, pulls out his gun and shoots the Indonesian & the Bangladeshi. He says "In KL we have so many Indons and Banglas that we don't need to drink with the same ones twice."

;)

Temubual dengan CEO (Malay Jokes)

Seorang CEO ingin mencari eksekutif baru dalam syarikatnya. Daripada beribu permohonan, hanya empat yang betul-betul menarik perhatiannya. Bagaimanapun beliau tidak dapat memilih antara keempat-empat orang calon tersebut, lantas memanggil kesemuanya untuk ditemuduga (beliau tidak sekaya Donald Trump untuk menganjurkan temuduga seperti The Apprentice).

Setelah keempat-empat calon berada di hadapan beliau, CEO tadi pun mula berkata, "Saya ada satu soalan yang mungkin memberi jawapan berbeza, calon yang memberikan jawapan terbaik akan diterima untuk bekerja di sini".

"Soalannya adalah apakah perkara atau benda yang paling pantas sekali?” tanya CEO tersebut.

Calon pertama berkata, "FIKIRAN, kerana kadang ianya datang sendiri tanpa kita sedari"

"Bagus, satu jawapan yang baik", kata CEO tadi.

"Kamu pula?", tanyanya kepada calon kedua.

"KELIP MATA, kerana tanpa kita sedari, sebelum sempat kita buat apa pun, mata kita dah berkelip", jawab calon kedua.

"Satu jawapan yang sangat baik, lagipun perumpamaan melayu pun ada sebut SEKELIP MATA melambangkan kepantasan", kata CEO itu.

"Bagaimana kamu pula?", tanya CEO kepada calon ketiga.

"Kalau kita tengok, lampu KLCC dihidupkan dengan pantas walaupun bangunan tu tinggi. Jadi saya rasa MENGHIDUPKAN LAMPU adalah paling pantas, jawab calon ketiga.

"Jawapan yang terhebat setakat ni. Bagaimana pula dengan kamu?"

CEO terus mengusulkan soalan kepada calon keempat dengan merasakan calon ketiga hampir pasti menjadi eksekutif baru di syarikatnya dengan jawapan yang sangat bagus sebentar tadi.

"Setelah diteliti jawapan calon-calon sebelum saya ni tadi, saya rasa perkara yang paling pantas sekali adalah CIRIT-BIRIT", jawab calon keempat dengan yakin sekali.

"Haaa...???? CIRIT-BIRIT ???? Kamu ni tak serius langsung, macamana kamu boleh mintak kerja dengan syarikat saya ni?", CEO terkejut dengan jawapan calon keempat tadi.

"Begini tuan, malam kelmarin saya terjaga di tengah malam dengan rasa sakit perut yang amat sangat. Belum sempat saya FIKIR , KELIP MATA atau MENGHIDUPKAN LAMPU, benda tu dah terkeluar dah............."

Calon keempat diterima menjadi eksekutif baru syarikat berkenaan.............

(Tetttttttt)

Pengembala Kambing (Malay Jokes)

Temubual seorang pemuda dengan pakcik gembala biri-biri..

Pemuda : Baguslah ternakan biri-biri pakcik. Boleh saya tanya beberapa soalan tak?
Pakcik : Boleh aje…
Pemuda : Berapa jauh biri-biri ni berjalan setiap hari?
Pakcik : Yang mana, yang putih atau yang hitam?’
Pemuda : Yang putih.
Pakcik : Kalau yang putih berjalan lebih kurang enam kilometer setiap hari.
Pemuda : Yang hitam?
Pakcik : Yang hitam pun sama…
Pemuda : Berapa banyak plak rumput biri-biri ni makan setiap hari?
Pakcik : Yang mana, yang putih atau yang hitam?
Pemuda : Yang putih?
Pakcik : Ah, yang putih makan lebih kurang empat kilo rumput setiap hari.
Pemuda : Dan yang hitam?
Pakcik : Yang hitam pun sama…
Pemuda : Berapa banyak bulu yang mereka hasilkan setiap tahun?
Pakcik : Yang mana, yang putih atau yang hitam?
Pemuda : Yang putih?
Pakcik : Aaa…yang putih menghasilkan sekitar enam kilo bulu setiap tahun.
Pemuda : Dan yang hitam?
Pakcik : Yang hitam pun sama…
Pemuda : Kenapa pakcik membezakan biri-biri pakcik yg putih dgn yg hitam, padahal jawapan semuanya sama aje?
Pakcik : Mestilah…sebab biri-biri yang putih itu pakcik yang punye.
Pemuda : Ooo, gitu ke…abis tu yang hitam tu sapa punye?
Pakcik : Yang hitam pun sama….

Tiada bonus untuk tahun 2010 dan 2011

Seminggu selepas memberi komen tentang Bajet 2011 yang lalu, saya telah memperoleh pelbagai maklumat melalui Twitter tentang beberapa perkembangan semasa di mana ianya kini menjadi persoalan kepada ramai rakan2 saya yang bertanya mengapa negara kita tidak mampu membayar bonus kepada kakitangan kerajaan sejak tahun 2010.

1.  PM YAB Datuk Seri Najib menyatakan bahawa kerajaan tidak mampu mengeluarkan jumlah wang RM3.1bn untuk membayar 1-bulan bonus kepada 1.2 juta kakitangan kerajaan, kecuali RM500 bantuan kewangan sahaja yang mempu dikeluarkan pada Disember tahun ini. Saya berpendapat walaupun ianya sedikit namun ramai di kalangan mereka yang cukup bersyukur di atas pemberian tersebut.

2.  Bajet 2011 yang dibentangkan tersebut pada hakikatnya memberikan fokus dan penekanan terhadap pelaburan domestik. Kerajaan telah menyarankan agar sektor swasta meningkatkan pelaburan untuk merangsangkan ekonomi  tempatan kerana pengaliran wang dalam negara ini amat penting selain mengharapkan kemasukan pelaburan asing atau FDI (Foreign Direct Investment).

3.  Dengan keadaan krisis ekonomi yang dihadapi oleh negara pada masa ini, bukankah kerajaan seharusnya berjimat-cermat dalam urusan kewangan? Ulasan2 berikut menjadi tanda tanya adakah kerajaan tidak mampu, tidak sanggup atau tidak mahu membayar bonus.

4.  Perbelanjaan kementerian kerajaan terutama oleh KDN (Kem Dalam Negeri) dan Kem Pelancongan menjadi buah mulut sesetengah masyarakat. Sebagai contoh, kos perbelanjaan ke luar negeri oleh PM dan DPM telah mencecah RM9.8m sehingga awal bulan Okt’2010. Untuk rekod, belanja yang dikeluarkan pada tahun 2008 dan 2009 ialah RM5m+ dan RM6m+.

5.  Menurut Kem Sains, Teknologi dan Inovasi (Datuk Maximus Ongkili), peruntukan sedang dipohon untuk melanjutkan program angkasawan kedua negara pada pertengahan penggal RMK10. Perlancongan angkasawan pertama sudah menjadi kontroversi di kalangan masyarakat tetapi oleh kerana ianya tajaan daripada hasil pembelian kapal pejuang jet Rusia justeru ramai yang beranggapan ia hanya perjalanan percuma. Maka sekiranya program kedua ini diteruskan bermakna negara tidak menampakkan ciri-ciri kegawatan.

6.  Istana Negara merupakan simbol kedaulatan negara yang tidak boleh dipertikaikan. Namun demikian, projek membina Istana baru telah menelan belanja RM797m yang dijangka akan siap pada tahun 2011. Tidakkah projek seperti ini boleh ditangguhkan sehingga keadaan kewangan negara kembali stabil?

7.  Bagi sesetengah rakyat adalah menjadi khabar berita yang cukup menggembirakan di mana harga tol di seluruh semenanjung Malaysia tidak akan dinaikkan selama 5 tahun. Bagaimanapun, kerajaan lantas mengumumkan bahawa pampasan sebanyak RM1bn setiap tahun akan dibayar kepada PLUS bagi menanggung kerugian syarikat GLC tersebut.

8.  Saya kurang jelas dengan sumber dan cara pengagihan serta pengaliran wang yang akan disalur namun apa yang ingin dipersoalkan ialah mengapa tidak dikurangkan 1 atau 2 tahun sahaja? Dengan ini dapatlah penjimatan RM3bn untuk membayar bonus.

9.  Dengan pemberian bonus sejumlah RM3.1bn, bukankah mereka ini lah yang akan membelanjakan wang tersebut dalam negara?  Ini bukan sahaja merancakkan ekonomi tempatan malah membantu menjana pendapatan sektor peruncitan, pengusaha makanan, dan banyak lagi.

Preserving Human Race

According to my previous blog, “Petanda Akhir Zaman” (Malay version of ‘Signs of end of the World’) is an inevitable phenomenon in the eye of religious perspective. Apart from this, let us look at other apocalyptic catastrophes that could bring this world to an end.

1. “Deep Impact”, “Sinking of Japan”, “Korean Tsunami”, and “2012”. What these blockbuster movies have in common? THE END OF HUMAN KIND! But at the end of the day, we have to stand up and build our own ‘shields’ in order to protect mankind. They’ve shown underground projects such as bunkers and giant submarines to be the best survival against these natural disasters.
2. Global warming has brought to a profound implication to the climate change which has angered the mother nature to strike back! Typhoons, floods etc already taken hundreds and thousands of human lives. According to WWF, if the massive emission of CO2 and overuse of natural resources continue at this pace, the earth will eventually ‘explode’. Judging by the fact that global energy demand is climbing rapidly due to population growth and progressing industrialization, we might soon need to look for ‘second earth’ by the end of 2030.
3. Ironically, the downside of these events has been cheered by some amazing ideas and achievements by people who believe that the world needs a ‘second chance’. For instance, more orbital explorations are currently underway to seek alternative living planets. NASA has been the leader in the spaceship industry for decades, providing enormous researches and developments to serve the purpose.
4. VSS Enterprise is a pilot project conducted by Virgin Galactic, a unit of Virgin Group owned by Sir Richard Brandson, which is the first commercial manned space flight system and tourism business. It has successfully completed its first piloted free flight of SpaceShip 2 on the 10.10.10 (10^th Oct 2010).
5. This company had received a sum deposit of US$50million dollars from 370 customers who will be the 1^st batch of commercial space tourists in not many years to come. Imagine any person who able to fork out RM620,000.00 could realize his or her dreams to travel into galaxy. Having this thought, I wish Malaysia won’t consider sending another ‘can-or-not’ (Malaysian version of astronaut) to space if the purpose merely gather information and comeback with lists of theories and speeches that only end up sucking out rakyat’s tears and blood.

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Petanda Akhir Zaman - "Apocalypse"

Tujuan blog ini bukanlah sebuah kajian tentang Hari Kiamat atau Apocalypse, tetapi hanyalah pendapat saya sendiri tentang topik yang sedang diwar-warkan oleh media cetak sejak akhir2 ini agar saudara dan sahabat saya serta pembaca sendiri dapat merenung seketika kehidupan di dunia ini yang akan berakhir pada bila2 masa sahaja.. Waulahualam..

1. Tanda2 Kiamat Menurut Islam

Daripada Huzaifah bin Asid Al-Ghifari ra. berkata: “Datang kepada kami Rasulullah saw. dan kami pada waktu itu sedang berbincang-bincang. Lalu beliau bersabda: “Apa yang kamu perbincangkan?”. Kami menjawab: “Kami sedang berbincang tentang hari qiamat”.

Lalu Nabi saw. bersabda: “Tidak akan terjadi hari qiamat sehingga kamu melihat sebelumnya sepuluh macam tanda-tandanya”. Kemudian beliau menyebutkannya: “Asap, Dajjal, binatang, terbit matahari dari tempat tenggelamnya, turunnya Isa bin Maryam alaihissalam, Ya’juj dan Ma’juj, tiga kali gempa bumi, sekali di timur, sekali di barat dan yang ketiga di Semenanjung Arab yang akhir sekali adalah api yang keluar dari arah negeri Yaman yang akan menghalau manusia kepada Padang Mahsyar mereka”.

• Asap yang akan keluar dan mengakibatkan penyakit seperti selesema di kalangan orang-orang yang beriman dan akan mematikan semua orang kafir.
• Dajjal yang akan membawa fitnah besar yang akan meragut keimanan, hinggakan ramai orang yang akan terpedaya dengan seruannya.
• Dabbah, binatang besar yang keluar berhampiran Bukit Shafa di Mekah yang akan bercakap bahawa manusia tidak beriman lagi kepada Allah SWT.
• Matahari akan terbit dari tempat tenggelamnya. Pada saat itu Allah swt. tidak lagi menerima iman orang kafir dan tidak menerima taubat daripada orang yang berdosa.
• Turunnya kembali Nabi Isa a.s. Beliau akan mendukung pemerintahan Imam Mahdi yang berdaulat pada masa itu dan beliau akan mematahkan segala salib yang dibuat oleb orang-orang Kristian dan beliau juga yang akan membunuh Dajjal.
• Keluarnya bangsa Ya’juj dan Ma’juj yang akan membuat kerosakan dipermukaan bumi ini, iaitu apabila mereka berjaya menghancurkan dinding yang dibuat dari besi bercampur tembaga yang telah didirikan oleh Zul Qarnain bersama dengan pembantu-pembantunya pada zaman dahulu.
• Gempa bumi di Timur. Contohnya yang berlaku di China dan Aceh yang mengakibatkan Tsunami besar.
• Gempa bumi di Barat. Contohnya yang berlaku di Amerika, Brazil, Argentina, dsb.
• Gempa bumi di Semenanjung Arab. Contohnya kes longsor yang berlaku di Mesir.
• Api Besar yang bermula di Yaman akan menghalau manusia menuju ke Padang Mahsyar. Mungkin kah maksud bermulanya Perang NuClear?

2. Terdapat 7 petanda menurut Christian

• Terbentuknya sebuah bangsa Israel dan Jerusalem sebagai ibu negara
• Kembalinya kaum Yahudi di tanah mereka
• Terbentuknya Empayar Rome baru yang disekutui oleh 10 buah negara yang seterusnya akan menguasai Timur Tengah dan seluruh dunia
• Krisis nuklear serantau
• Krisis di Timur Tengah
• Keganasan, kejahatan dan keruntuhan kepercayaan serta agama

3. Perspektif Sains - Perspektif sains merujuk kepada pengiraan dan anggapan daripada beberapa pakar astrofizik dan matematik yang menyatakan kaedah penggunaan “Cutoff Time” menunjukkan dunia akan berakhir selepas 3 bilion tahun dari sekarang.

4. Persepsi Lain - Menurut persepsi daripada segelintir penulis seperti Lawrence E. Joseph melalui terbitan bukunya “Apocalypse 2012 – Scientific Investigation into Civilization’s End”, beliau yang mengutip ideologi “Bible Code” yang disangkal oleh ramai saintis, menegaskan bahawa dunia akan berakhir pada tahun 2012.

Terdapat banyak lagi sumber dan informasi yang boleh didapati melalui Internet dan setiap daripada kita berhak untuk mengetahui serta memproses semua ideologi tersebut mengikut kepercayaan masing-masing. Yang penting pada zahirnya bumi kita tidak akan dapat menampung segala kegiatan dan aktiviti penduduk sampai bila2. Sifat tamak haloba oleh sebilangan besar manusia yang rakus dan pentingkan diri sendiri akan mempercepatkan lagi proses ‘hakisan’ bumi. Justeru itu, adalah menjadi tanggungjawab kita semua untuk memelihara dan menyayangi ciptaan Allah SWT agar generasi akan datang berpeluang menikmati segala keindahan di muka bumi ini sebelum berakhirnya zaman kemanusiaan…AMIN!

Bajet 2011: Komen saya...

Bajet 2011 yang dibentangkan oleh YAB PM Datuk Seri Najib Razak telah mendapat pelbagai reaksi daripada semua lapisan masyarakat. Saya ingin mengambil peluang untuk meluahkan pendapat saya sendiri dalam blog ini.

1. Bajet 2011 memperuntukkan sejumlah RM212bn berbanding RM208bn pada bajet tahun lalu. Bagaimanapun, saya tidak yakin ia akan membantu meningkatkan pendapatan dan taraf hidup rakyat. Walaupun kerajaan akan melaksanakan Program Pengagihan Barangan Keperluan atau Distribution of Essential Goods Program, ia tidak akan mampu menangani masalah kenaikan harga barangan khususnya makanan. Begitu juga dengan pembentukan portal “Pengguna Bijak 1Malaysia” amat diragukan keberkesanannya.
2. Bajet kali ini menekankan lebih kepada aspek pembangunan infastruktur seperti perkhidmatan pengangkutan dsb yang memerlukan penglibatan sektor swasta secara agresif serta kebajikan rakyat terutama bagi kalangan wanita dan OKU.
3. Seperti bajet-bajet tahun sebelum ini, rakyat akan memperoleh manfaat hasil daripada pendapatan negara melalui pelbagai sumber seperti petrol, gas, cukai dsb, yang seharusnya dinikmati oleh semua lapisan masyarakat. Persoalan saya, sebagai sebuah negara pengeluar minyak, mengapa kita masih dibelenggu masalah subsidi minyak, kenaikan harga dsb? Jika kerajaan boleh membandingkan kadar petrol dengan negara2 Asean, mengapa tidak dengan negara2 pengeluar minyak seperti Arab Saudi?
4. Saya merujuk kepada kenyataan CEO PEMANDU (Datuk Seri Idris Jala) bahawa Malaysia telah mengenalpasti  bidang-bidang yang akan menjana pelaburan negara sebanyak Rm1.38 trillion (di mana 60% drpd sektor  swasta, 32% drpd GLC & 8% drpd kerajaan sendiri) dalam tempoh 10 tahun akan datang bagi merealisasikan visi wawasan 2020. Persoalannya: Bagaimanakah sektor swasta dapat menghasilkan pelaburan sebegitu besar memandangkan keadaan ekonomi yang merudung. Saya merujuk kepada sebuah buku bertajuk “Accelerating Out of the Great Recession – How to win in a slow-growth economy”, difahamkan pemulihan ekonomi global akan mengambil masa bertahun untuk kembali ke landasan yang asal.
5. Saya hanya mampu berharap agar semua projek ‘keMUNGKINan’ serta pelan-pelan yang belum menjadi kenyataan ini akan terlaksana dengan jayanya.. Insya-Allah. (Contohnya  penglibatan syarikat kerajaan Abu Dhabi dengan kerjasama 1MDB untuk membangunkan KLIFD yang bernilai RM26 billion, serta projek mewujudkan  Academic Medical Centre, sebuah institusi perubatan hasil kerjasama dengan Johns Hopkins Medicine International dan Royal College of Surgeons Ireland yang bernilai RM2 billion).  Ini kerana kita pernah melihat dan mendengar bagaimana projek2 besar dari timur tengah yang walaupun sudah dimeterai tetapi boleh ditarik semula atas alasan isu kewangan, kekangan ekonomi dsb. Persoalannya: Adakah kerajaan kita 100% yakin bahawa sektor swasta mampu menjana pelaburan sebegitu besar, dan apakah implikasinya jika tafsiran ini GAGAL?
6. Saya tidak menafikan bahawa terdapat beberapa aspek pembangunan kemasyarakatan yang cukup menarik dan menggembirakan seperti Private Pension Fund, Reforming Insolvency Law, Skim Rumah Pertama Ku, Imbuhan2 kepada ketua2 kampung, Guru2 dsb.
7. Untuk meningkatkan taraf hidup penduduk kawasan pedalaman, peruntukan sebanyak RM2.1bn bagi membina & menaiktaraf jalanraya di Sabah & Sarawak; RM1.5bn untuk membekalkan air serta elektrik di Sabah. Persoalan: Adakah RM2.1bn cukup untuk 2 buah negeri Sabah & Sarawak? Sedangkan membina jalanraya sejauh 145km Sapulut-Kalabakan yang menyambungkan Kota Kinabalu ke Tawau sudah memakan belanja RM563juta! Bagi bekalan elektrik, rakyat Sabah masih lagi sangsi dengan situasi bekalan elektrik yang belum pernah diselesaikan secara menyeluruh sejak 15 tahun yang lalu (3 RMK).
8. Tanpa dinafikan bahawa setiap tahun kerajaan akan memperuntukan jumlah wang yang besar bagi Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kesihatan. Persoalan: Daripada jumlah bajet yang dibentangkan, apakah jumlah pecahan peruntukan bagi setiap jabatan dan agensi kerajaan, serta bagaimanakah rakyat dapat memperoleh maklumat2 tersebut secara online?
9. PM Najib menyatakan bahawa kerajaan tidak mampu mengeluarkan jumlah wang RM3.1bn untuk membayar 1-bulan bonus kepada 1.2 juta kakitangan kerajaan, kecuali RM500 bantuan kewangan sahaja yang mempu dikeluarkan pada Disember tahun ini. Persoalan saya: Adakah ini akan melembabkan lagi suasana ekonomi domestik di mana ianya kontradik dengan dasar kerajaan untuk merancakkan sektor peruncitan melalui Program TUKAR, Community Market dsb?
10. 1MDB akan memperuntukkan RM20juta kepada 1Malaysia Youth Fund bagi melaksanakan program memupuk semangat 1Malaysia di kalangan lapisan muda. Persoalan: Adakah 1Malaysia Youth Fund sebuah persatuan di bawah agensi kerajaan atau ia hanya persatuan yang ditubuhkan oleh pihak2 tertentu semata-mata untuk mengaut keuntungan bagi kepentingan individu?
11. Saya berpendapat bahawa lebih daripada separuh penduduk negara kita sudah tahu menggunakan kemudahan jalurlebar Internet melalui komputer, telefon bimbit dsb terutama di kalangan generasi muda. Justeru itu, penyampaian mesej dan informasi yang lebih jelas melalui media2 sosial seperti Facebook, Tweeter, Blogs, Portal Kerajaan dsb akan lebih berkesan.
12. Pencapaian kerajaan melalui dasar2 pembangunan dan semua perancangan yang sedang dan bakal diimplimentasikan perlu diberi penjelasan dan dikemaskini secara berperingkat dan berterusan, sama ada ianya berjaya atau gagal dilaksanakan agar rakyat faham dan tahu bahawa kerajaan kita jujur serta telus dalam usaha memajukan negara Malaysia.

Joke of d' Month

An elderly woman walked into the Royal Bank of Canada one morning with a purse full of money. She wanted to open a savings account and insisted on talking to the president of the Bank because, she said, she had a lot of money.

After many lengthy discussions (after all, the client is always right) an employee took the elderly woman to the president’s office. The president of the Bank asked her how much she wanted to deposit. She placed her purse on his desk and replied, ‘$165,000′. The president was curious and asked her how she had been able to save so much money. The elderly woman replied that she made bets.

The president was surprised and asked, ‘What kind of bets?’ The elderly woman replied, ‘Well, I bet you $25,000 that your testicles are square.’ The president started to laugh and told the woman that it was impossible to win a bet like that. The woman never batted an eye. She just looked at the president and said, ‘Would you like to take my bet?’ ‘Certainly’, replied the president. ‘I bet you $25,000 that my testicles are not square. ”Done’, the elderly woman answered. ‘But given the amount of money involved, if you don’t mind I would like to come back at 10′clock tomorrow morning with my lawyer as a witness.’ ‘No problem’, said the president of the Bank confidently.

That night, the president became very nervous about the bet and spent a long time in front of the mirror examining his testicles, turning them this way and that, checking them over again and again until he was positive that no one could consider his testicles as square and reassuring himself that there was no way he could lose the bet.

The next morning at exactly 10 o’clock the elderly woman arrived at the president’s office with her lawyer and acknowledged the $25,000 bet made the day before that the president’s testicles were square. The president confirmed that the bet was the same as the one made the day before.. Then the elderly woman asked him to drop his pants etc. so that she and her lawyer could see clearly. The president was happy to oblige. The elderly woman came closer so she could see better and asked the president if she could touch them.. ‘Of course’, said the president. ‘Given the amount of money involved, you should be 100% sure.’ The elderly woman did so with a little smile.

Suddenly the president noticed that the lawyer was banging his head against the wall. He asked the elderly woman why he was doing that and she replied, ‘Oh, it’s probably because I bet him $100,000 that around 10 o’clock in the morning I would be holding the balls of the President of the Royal Bank of Canada!’

StuxNet: 新网络武器

StuxNet: a trojan virus malware

我最近碰到所谓的"StuxNet" 恶意软件(malware)，但认为它可能是一普通无害的电脑木马。然而，之后我猜测这是一个新的网络武器被设计对毁坏或破坏伊朗的核项目.

尽管许多安全专家尚未确定该木马的创造者，假设有指出，StuxNet 是某个国家政府所机构的创作计划。本人相信许多国家认为美国和以色列政府有能力建立那么先进的科技来对付伊朗，巴基斯坦，印度及印尼。本人也猜想这袭击有与伊朗总统在24/09/2010联合国首脑会议开幕时有关系，并在当场举例说: "有个理论认为美国政府内的某些环节策划了这起袭击，以扭转美国经济下滑和对中东的交手，也为了拯救犹太复国主义政权." (Read More)

美国总统奥巴马Barack Obama回应猛烈谴责达伊朗总统的言论有所进攻性及可恨！




本人在此认为美国和以色列一直希望能成为这世界上的"军"和"警察"，只有他们有权利携带武器和军械库。只是平民的在于谁必须遵守其规则和法律的国家。想想看吧..

StuxNet: New Cyber Weapon

I came across a malware called Stuxnet somewhere around end of August but thought it might just another common medium-risk category virus that surfaced around da globe. However, after went thru some updates I realized this is a new cyber weapon designed to either destroy or sabotage Iran’s nuclear programme.

Although many security experts have yet to identify da crafter of this nasty bomb, assumptions have pointed that Stuxnet is da work of a national government agency.  I’m sure many of us would think that US and Israeli government capable to create such an advanced technology that can infiltrate remote computer systems especially against their rivals with da likes of Iran, Pakistan, India and even Indonesia. This malware also dubbed as “Super Aurora” was targeting these countries that posses nuclear power plant.

Simple terminology:  When this malware successfully infiltrate into Windows-based platform computers  that  running nuclear programming software such as Siemens SCADA, it can replicates by itself, manipulate and manage itself, including backfire da entire systems.

My guess is this attack got something to do with da Iranian’s President’s recent outburst during his opening speech at UN Summit on da 24 Sept 2010. He told da floor that da US government was behind da 9/11 attack on d American soil.  He quoted that “There was a theory that some segments within the US government orchestrated the attack to reverse the declining American economy and its grips on the Middle East, in order also to save the Zionist regime”. (Read more)

US President Barrack Obama responded fiercely by condemning da Iranian President’s remark as “offensive” and “hateful”.

Think about it.. United States and Israel always wana be da “Army” and “Police” of this world. They are da people who can only carry weapons and armory. Da rests of the countries are just “civilians” who must obey their “rules and laws”. B*S#!

Property Bubble in Sabah

Property market evolution has surpassed many expectations. Speculations are heating up so much so that prices of the properties esp housings in da state have becoming increasingly 'out of control'. Back in da 90's, prices of a standard double-storey terrace house cost between RM150K-RM250K.

Financial Recession 1998:

During the 1997-1998 financial crissis, the real estate market in da states struggled big time when BLR (basic lending rate) recorded highest in history of up to 12.27% . Many sectors and industries fallen to da ground and housing market as well as developments came to a stand still for couple of months. During da same period, our former PM Tun Mahathir administration has taken drastic measures including pegging the Ringgit to cushion da country's volatility against foreign currency attack and prevented deeper recession in our economy. However, the trend took a spin and since the year 2000, the property market has started to bubble. At this point, developers and property players began to 'fry' da market and speculations escalated inevitably. A double storey unit terrace which was cost RM150K 5 years in da past went up more than 30% to RM200K and above.

What I observed during this moment, da demand of our country's comodities such as palm oil has boosted da economy of da Sabah state. Planters who used to seek more land for expansions had shifted their profit sight on property market. Unlike majority players in da peninsular, wealthy planters who doubled their fortune within few years managed to sustained their stakes at longer period of time. After da crisis, da states tourism industry boomed tremendously. Sabah becoming increasingly popular among Asian tourists and property investors. Judging by da fact by its political and social stability, Sabah ranked among da top 5 in terms of most expansive housing and residential markets.

Great Recession 2008:

In 2003 Oct 31, Tun Mahathir stepped down as da country's premier and handed over to Tun Abdullah to continue his legacy whereby this country continue to enjoyed a significant growth with an average annual GDP of 5.5%. Da year 2008 was very much unfortunate for us as d economic powerhouses such USA and many European countries slumped into great recessions prior to their own 'unethical' financial practices since decades (click here for more info). All the financial and economic perspective, projections and statistics went downwards. Malaysia's annual GDP growth rate in da year 2008 and 2009 was 4.6% and -1.7% respectively.

During this period I remember when da crude oil price shot up to $108 per barrel, our government was unable to subsidiced petrol fuel and eventually raising da price gradually. As da result, many industries especially retail business were badly affected - consumer prices increased when production costs, materials costs, bla bla costs etc jumped sky rocketing, forcing da economy to sluggished and businesses shutting down. Surprisingly, all these factors didn't implicate much on da property market in da state of Sabah but rather a slight impact. By end of 2009, the cost of a 1600sqf DST/I in da states has doubled to RM300K-RM400K, 50% up within 10 years period.

Recently, da Central Bank has planning to cap 80% on housing loans but then called it off as many voices protested againts it. The initial objective for da 'study' was to avert the risk of a potential property bubble. However, looking into da current situation, I doubt that da measure wouldn't slow down da pace of housing development sectors any time soon.

Cara AirAsia mencari rakan - Sejauh mana kesahihannya?

Tony Fernandes

MUNGKIN ramai yang tidak menyedari bahawa seorang ahli muzik yang pernah mengetuai syarikat rakaman Warner Music (M) Sdn. Bhd., Tony Fernandes kini merupakan seorang tokoh korporat tanah air yang disegani kerana kejayaannya mencetus revolusi dalam industri penerbangan rantau Asia.

Bagaimanapun, kejayaan yang dibinanya sejak enam tahun lalu itu, bukannya datang bergolek, kerana Fernandes, yang mahir bermain keyboard itu, terpaksa melalui ‘ranjau dan duri’, sebelum berjaya membina firma penerbangan tambang murah AirAsia Bhd. sehingga dikenali di peringkat antarabangsa pada masa ini.

Kejayaannya itu juga telah mengheret beliau ke dalam kancah kontroversi termasuk dikaitkan dengan Naib Ketua Pemuda UMNO, Khairy Jamaluddin, tokoh korporat T. Ananda Krishnan (seorang hartawan), Tan Sri Vincent Tan (tokoh korporat), Datuk Mokhzani (anak Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad) dan beberapa orang lain, tetapi Fernandes mengambil sikap ‘membisu’ kerana tidak mahu kontroversi itu merebak menjadi isu.

Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Air Asia itu ketika menceritakan detik permulaan beliau menceburi industri penerbangan berkata: “Saya sudah lama bercita-cita ingin menceburi perniagaan secara serius, tetapi tidak tahu perniagaan apa yang ingin dijalankan.”

Fernandes berkata, idea untuk menubuhkan syarikat penerbangan datang secara spontan semasa beliau berada di London, ketika menonton televisyen.

“Saya tertarik melihat iklan sebuah syarikat penerbangan tambang murah, Easyjet. Kemudian saya bergegas ke Lapangan Terbang Luton (di London) dan menghabiskan masa selama dua hari di sana.

“Saya tertarik dengan konsep perniagaan itu dan bercadang untuk memperkenalkan perkhidmatan itu di Malaysia dan menyimpan impian untuk mengembangkan konsep itu di rantau Asia,” katanya ketika ditemui di Kuala Lumpur, Sabtu lalu.

Katanya, setelah kembali ke Malaysia, beliau telah menyatakan hasratnya itu untuk menubuhkan syarikat penerbangan kepada kawan rapatnya (Datuk) Kamarudin Meranum yang merupakan bekas kakitangan sebuah bank pelaburan dan kini menjadi Pengarah Eksekutif AirAsia.

“Saya mengenali Kamarudin menerusi Sheila Majid (Ratu Jazz Malaysia) dan selain itu, Kamarudin juga merupakan kawan rapat kepada Roslan Aziz (penerbit muzik).

“Saya menyatakan hasrat saya untuk menjadi usahawan dan menubuhkan syarikat penerbangan kepada Kamarudin.

“Setelah mendengar penjelasan saya itu, Kamarudin bersetuju untuk bersama dan kami kemudian mengeluarkan wang simpanan masing-masing dan berjaya mengumpulkan sebanyak RM1 juta sebagai modal permulaan,” katanya.

Fernandes berkata, beliau masih ingat lagi tarikh keramat itu ialah pada Mei 2001.

Beliau dan Kamarudin menjemput seorang lagi rakan baik mereka dalam industri muzik tanah air iaitu Aziz Bakar untuk menyertainya.

“Kami kemudian menemui Datuk Pahamin Ab. Rajab, untuk meminta bantuannya bagi mendapatkan lesen penerbangan.

“Kami meminta bantuan Pahamin kerana beliau sebelum itu banyak membantu industri muzik dalam memerangi cetak rompak semasa menjadi Ketua Setiausaha di Kementerian Perdagangan Hal Ehwal Dalam Negeri,” katanya.

Menurut Fernandes, Pahamin kemudian mengatur temu janji bagi pihak kami dengan Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad yang ketika itu menjadi Perdana Menteri.

“Dalam pertemuan itu, Tun Mahathir telah memaklumkan bahawa lesen syarikat penerbangan tidak lagi dikeluarkan dan jika kami berminat, kami diminta mengambil alih mana-mana syarikat penerbangan yang ada ketika itu.

“Pahaminlah yang telah menukar impian kami menjadi kenyataan,” katanya.

Atas jasanya (Pahamin) itu, Fernandes berkata, beliau telah mempelawa Pahamin menjadi rakan kongsi.

Fernandes dan rakan-rakan kongsinya itu kemudian mengambil alih syarikat penerbangan AirAsia Sdn. Bhd. daripada DRB-Hicom Bhd. menerusi Tune Air Sdn. Bhd., pada 8 September 2001 untuk diterapkan konsep tambang murah.

Ketika mengambil alih Tune Air, mereka juga terpaksa mengambil alih hutang tertunggak syarikat tersebut dengan Malaysia Airlines Bhd., Malaysia Airport Holdings Bhd. dan Petronas yang berjumlah RM20 juta, katanya.

“Selepas mengambil alih AirAsia, kami diberi tempoh selama enam bulan untuk melunaskan kesemua hutang yang tertunggak itu. Kami telah berbincang bagi mencari jalan bagaimana untuk menjelaskan hutang tersebut kerana kami tidak mempunyai modal yang mencukupi,” katanya.

Penyelamat

Menurut Fernandes, penyelamat mereka ketika itu adalah kontrak AirAsia dengan Tabung Haji yang diwarisi daripada DRB-Hicom, yang menjana keuntungan kepada AirAsia.

Beliau berkata, keuntungan daripada kontrak AirAsia itu telah digunakan untuk membayar balik hutang tersebut.

“Kontrak penerbangan jemaah haji yang berbaki dua tahun ketika kami mengambil alih AirAsia telah menjadi penyelamat, kalau tiada kontrak itu, tak tahulah apa yang mungkin berlaku pada kami ketika itu.

“Kami juga telah meminta seorang lagi rakan kami iaitu, bekas pemain gitar base kumpulan Discovery (Datuk) Nasser Abdul Kassim yang pernah bermain bersama Fauzi Marzuki dan Goh Boon Hoe untuk menguruskan kontrak tersebut,’’ katanya.

Nasser kini merupakan Pengarah Rantau Kargo AirAsia, tambah beliau.

Nasser berjaya melaksanakan tugasnya dengan cemerlang, namun begitu kontrak tersebut tidak dilanjutkan kerana kerajaan memberikan kontrak itu semula kepada MAS, katanya.

“Kami di AirAsia memang suka berkawan dan kami melantik kawan-kawan daripada pelbagai latar belakang dan keturunan untuk menjadi rakan kongsi kami. Ternyata formula ini telah membuahkan kejayaan kepada AirAsia,” katanya.

Fernandes berkata, kejayaan AirAsia bukan sahaja merupakan manifestasi kejayaan negara tetapi merupakan simbol kejayaan masyarakat majmuk dalam menguruskan sebuah syarikat perniagaan.

Ketika menceritakan lebih lanjut perkembangan AirAsia, Fernandes berkata: “Baru-baru ini, kami telah melantik Mark Lankester (adik kepada pelakon Susan Lankester) sebagai Timbalan Ketua Eksekutif Tune Hotels.Com; Datuk Seri Kalimullah Hassan sebagai Pengerusi AirAsia X; Tengku Zafrul Aziz (bekas Ketua Avenue Securities Sdn. Bhd.) sebagai Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Tune Money Sdn. Bhd. dan penyanyi rock, Jason Lo sebagai Ketua Eksekutif Tune Talk Sdn. Bhd.”

Fernandes berkata, beliau mengenali Kalimullah semasa makan di sebuah restoran.

Beliau berkata, kesemua mereka itu adalah rakan-rakan rapatnya dan langkah melantik mereka ke dalam syarikat adalah bertujuan mengembangkan AirAsia.

“Saya sedar, kejayaan besar saya dalam tempoh yang singkat itu telah menimbulkan pelbagai tuduhan kononnya syarikat kami dimiliki oleh Ananda Krishnan, Vincent Tan, Mokhzani, Khairy dan beberapa orang lain.

“Malah ada yang mendakwa nombor pendaftaran pada pesawat kami bermula dengan ‘AK’ membawa maksud Ananda Krishnan. Sebenarnya nombor itu telah lama ada pada pesawat kami dan kami warisi nombor itu daripada syarikat induk terdahulu iaitu DRB-Hicom Bhd.,” katanya.

Sambil menafikan semua desas-desus itu, Fernandes berkata, kejayaan syarikat tersebut adalah hasil kerja keras seluruh warga kerja AirAsia yang terdiri daripada berbilang kaum, yang bertungkus-lumus membawa AirAsia ke puncak kejayaannya sekarang.

Mengenai hubungannya dengan Khairy, Fernandes berkata, beliau mengenali Khairy semasa Naib Ketua Pemuda UMNO itu memperkenalkan program pasukan bola sepak berkonsep realiti, MyTeam pada tahun 2006.

“Saya tertarik dengan konsep itu kerana merasakan ia berpotensi untuk diketengahkan dan kemudian bersetuju menaja pasukan tersebut, tidak lebih daripada itu,” katanya.

Fernandes juga bangga kerana kejayaan AirAsia adalah atas sikap berdikari dan tidak bergantung kepada subsidi kerajaan.

Katanya, tiada yang istimewa dalam AirAsia, sesiapa sahaja mampu melakukannya, jika ada tekad dan azam yang kuat, di samping sikap tidak mahu mengalah.


Dalam tempoh enam tahun sejak penubuhannya, kakitangan AirAsia kini meningkat daripada 200 orang kepada 5,000 orang dengan pesawat meningkat kepada 65 buah berbanding dua buah pesawat pada permulaan dan jumlah penumpang daripada 200,000 setahun kepada 18 juta setahun.

Kini Fernandes dan rakan-rakan daripada semua kaum membuktikan syarikat Malaysia mampu bersaing di pentas global dan mengubah landskap industri penerbangan negara selaras dengan label syarikat itu, ‘Now Everyone Can Fly’.

Dipetik daripada Utusan Online (Arkib 17/12/2007)

Google TV - simply gona change our way of web entertainment

Google TV is a new experience made for television that combines the TV with the freedom and power of the Internet. Apparently, Google is developing this technology after its announcement on May this year. Guess wat.. Apple & Sony are not gona back down either! With the social networking and media are currently booming I believe our country require better SPEED & High Bandwidth Broadband! Instead of hooking up with lousy 1MB at RM98/mth + frequent downtime, we all deserve BETTER! Dont u think so??..

Social Networking - the boon and bane

By Bjorn Engelhardt, Vice President, Symantec Hosted Services, Asia Pacific & Japan


Social networking is no longer just a term in the urban dictionary but a way of life. Sites like Facebook and Twitter connect millions of users around the globe, breaking down traditional geographical barriers with the aid of the Internet. Organizations too have come to realize the value of social media with many companies jumping on the social media wagon. It is not uncommon to find companies running their own corporate blogs, Facebook pages and Twitter accounts. This phenomenon can be attributed to the number of followers that social media sites attract.

As of February 2010, Facebook had 400 million users with 70% of users based outside of the US. Asia alone has an estimated 59.6 million users making up about 15% of the global Facebook population. Social networking site Twitter has approximately 240 million users worldwide with an estimated 18.6 million users from Asia.


Countries like Malaysia have an estimated 5 million Facebook users with a majority of users falling between the 18 to 24 year age group . Malaysia also boasts the sixth largest Twitter population in Asia with an approximate 1.1 million users far surpassing countries like China, South Korea and Thailand .

Not the Real McCoy

Through social media, businesses now have increased capabilities to interact with customers, vendors, stakeholders and supporters – the sites act as a platform to allow companies to discuss business issues and even introduce new products – making them invaluable branding and marketing communications tools. However, despite the benefits that social media offer businesses, there is a downside – the increased risk of having a company’s IT system infiltrated by web-based viruses and spyware.

When a user accesses a compromised social media website hosting a seemingly harmless link or video, spyware hosted on site can be activated to lure users to fake websites that trick them into divulging personal details and passwords. There are social media threats aplenty but one of the best-known social-networking viruses is Koobface.

• In 2009, the virus attacked a number of social media sites including MySpace, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. Koobface sent messages to contacts of an infected account, tricking users into downloading a Trojan from a malicious website. Facebook has also seen other targeted attacks including phishing attacks. Hackers have used the social networking site’s internal messaging system to trick users into giving up their credentials on a fake Facebook log-in screen.
• 2010 saw the ‘Kneber botnet’ gathering login credentials of email systems and social networking sites. Shortened URLs are also a common ploy used by cybercriminals especially in social networks like Twitter. Users can’t preview the actual page of a link within a tweet and tend to trust that the link is legitimate. These shortened URLs usually lead to malicious website that launches malware attacks compromising users’ accounts.

Cybercriminals are not partial when choosing their victims but high profile individuals are a popular target:

• In June 2010, UK Minister of Parliament Therese Coffey, a member of the conservative party had her Twitter, Facebook and personal blog hacked into. The hacker then proceeded to pose as the politician and posted several sexually explicit messages on those sites.
• One of Facebook’s board members, Jim Breyer also became prey to an attack when his Facebook account was hacked in May 2010. His account was used to send a spam message to more than 2,300 friends in his network.

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My Views - MCA CEC, Subsidies & Economic Liberalisation

The Chinese Economic Congress which was held on da 14/8/10 by MCA has caused stir among our society - politically n economically. After gone thru CSL full text on da speech it come to my thought tht is ths some kind of orchestrated political event or just merely an innocous remark by da chinese leaders?

Days aft da congress several NGOs including DPMM n Perkasa stood up n raised their dissatisfactory n called for da PM to reject d 13 resolutions proposed.

In my point of view merely less than minority bumis benefited frm da previous Msia Plan n NEP, therefore lots of issues need 2b rectify before doin any justifications if govt seriously wana realize da high income nation by 2020. If our PM gona consider accepting da resolution than i reckon majority bumis wil struggle to catch up. Apparently, a huge economical gap occured among our society - da rich bcme richer n vise versa, so what's d implications if da country's economy monopolize entirely by non-bumis?

On da contrary, I assume our PM was 'testing da water' by asking da chinese community to play a leading role in helping the country to become a high-income economy.. Well then da bumis shud treat it as a wake up call so as not to treat ths priviliges for granted. Instead of responding 2d so called 'ungrateful' n provocative statmnt by CSL, bumis shud realize our country wil goin thru tough times ahead.

1. Skilled Work Force
Skilful n knowledgeable work force is vry significant to lift a country's economic status. I'm not gona compare Msia wit Singapore whereby its main eco-factor is human resource, but if we can emulate some elements frm our neighbour then are we suppose to focus on developing n nurture our own people? Increasing salary wages, allowances or whatsoever..

2. Subsidies
Subsidies is a form of financial asst paid to a business or sector n it's represents govnt policies tht benefit particular sectors of our economy. Unfortunately Msia can't afford ths in da long run due to high fiscal deficit. In July, da govt announced tht subsidies for sugar, petrol, liquified petroleum gas n diesel will b cut as part of the gradual subsidy rationalisation programme. My question is does govnt realized tht ths move wil trigger price-rise in almost every households items? We must look into boon n bane, pros n cons, as well as long term implications...yes?!

What CSL quoted in his speech tht liberalising telcos sector is one good option. TM has been monopolizing da streamyx market for years. Govnt shud consider allowing more players so tht when ther's competitions, efficiencies wil improve! The objective to increase broadband penetrations n super-speed bandwidth initiatives will b fruitful when consumer can enjoy cheaper price!

Full text speech by MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek at MCA's Chinese Economic Congress

Govt must consider liberalising M’sia’s oil, gas sector: Dr Chua


By NG SI HOOI and TEH ENG HOCK


Full text of the welcome speech by MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek at MCA's Chinese Economic Congress is below


KUALA LUMPUR: The Government should consider liberalising the Malaysia’s oil and gas sector for the country to achieve accelerated growth, said MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek on Saturday.


He said the Government should also allow more of non-Bumiputra investors to be joint-venture partners, contractors and sub-contractors in areas such as exploration, platform constructions, logistics, deep-sea operations and others.


“Our oil and gas sector has reached a stage in which we are already an established player in the global stage. Yet the opportunities for the SMEs are still small compared to other countries including non-oil producing nations like Singapore.


“Therefore, given the maturity of the sector, the opening up of the sector will boost the country’s GDP by many folds,” he said at MCA’s Chinese Economic Congress at the Prince Hotel here on Saturday.


He said the telecommunication sector also needed to be fully liberalised as increased competition benefitted operators and consumers.


Dr Chua encouraged more GLCs to open their Board of Directors to include more non-Bumiputras as well as international expertise.


“It is important that GLCs open up their procurement system to include competitive SMEs based on the quality of service and products offered. Rather than based on race or equity requirement,” he said.


Dr Chua also called for greater transparency in the tendering process as closed tender systems had always been associated with corruption and kickbacks.


“We hope all public procurement is open to all local SMEs and they are provided with equal access and opportunities,” he said.


He said the party also called for the execution of a minimum wage policy on a sectoral and regional basis to accelerate the process of reducing the reliance on foreign labour.


WELCOMING SPEECH BY YANG BERHORMAT DATUK SERI DR CHUA SOI LEK IN CONJUNCTION WITH MCA’S CHINESE ECONOMIC CONGRESS


14 AUGUST 2010


Yang Amat Berhormat Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib Tun Haji Abdul Razak The Right Honourable Prime Minister of Malaysia; Distinguished Guests, Distinguished Speakers, Ladies and Gentlemen; and a very good morning to all of you. Welcome to the “Chinese Economic Congress” with the theme “Role of the Chinese community in achieving the NEM and 10th Malaysia Plan targets”.


We are honoured that YAB Dato’ Sri Najib is with us today to officiate this event. His presence here says a lot about the importance of the matters that will be discussed in this economic congress.


The NEM and the 10 Malaysian Plan are two of the 4 pillars of national transformation that will enable Malaysia to achieve the goals of Vision 2020, that is, to be a high-income economy and developed nation by 2020.


The other pillars are the 1Malaysia concept and the Government Transformation Programme.


Much thought and effort has gone into crafting the NEM and 10MP, and, of course, far more work needs to be done for the actual implementation.


Let us bear in mind that these are national plans, and not just the Government’s plans. This means the nation as a whole has to come together and pull in the same direction in order for the NEM and the 10MP to succeed.


Our immediate priority is to jointly grow the economic pie, instead of noisily debating over which slice we deserve. Make no mistake, failure is not an option.


Sir, you had, when the launching of the NEM, clearly stated that the nation was in need of a dramatic transformation in order for all Malaysians to achieve the next level of growth driven by innovation and competitiveness.


And, I would like to congratulate the Prime Minister on his vision and far sightedness in wanting to make a better future for all Malaysians for generations to come. We are here to ensure that the transformation is successful and the targets for both the NEM and the 10th Malaysia Plan are met.


The end result will be beneficial to the rakyat in general and, in the process, further improve the rakyat’s confidence in the Government.


Ladies and Gentlemen,


1. Liberalisation of the economy


For a country to achieve accelerated growth, one needs to liberalise the economy. One of the better examples of sectors is the liberalisation of the oil and gas sector which encompasses areas as such shipping, distribution of gas, petrochemicals, education and vocational/technical training, and so on.


Our oil and gas sector has reached a stage in which we are already an established player in the global stage.


Yet the opportunities for the SMEs are still small compared to other countries including non-oil producing nations like Singapore.


Therefore, given the maturity of the sector, the opening up of the sector will boost the country’s GDP by many folds.


As such, sir, I sincerely urge you to consider liberalising the Malaysia’s oil and gas sector, and allow many more of our non-Bumiputera investors to be joint-venture partners, contractors and sub-contractors in areas such as exploration, platform constructions, logistics, deep-sea operations and others.


Another area that needs to be liberalised is also the telecommunications sector. The incumbent players have been operating for a few decades now.


With the full opening of the sector, increased in competition actually augurs well for both the operators and the consumers. With protectionism, rates of telecommunication services offered are high.


Thus the country’s broadband usage is less than desired. We are hardly touching the 40% penetration rate as compared to the higher levels achieved by other countries.


Full liberalisation of the market will see competition bringing down telecommunication services’ rates. This will provide a better business environment for foreign companies especially the MNCs to set up their businesses here.


2. The Role of the GLCs in the NEM


The GLCs make up nearly 40% of the value of the Bursa and there is no denying that they dominate the private sector in the economy in terms of their assets and capitalisation.


GLCs have been instrumental in helping the Bumiputera Business Community to flourish – to give them a head start to form a core cluster of Bumi entrepreneurs to which it is to spin off, mentor and nurture others to be equally competitive and to be confident in the global stage.


But at the same time, it must be recognised that Malaysia is just a small market with 26 million people.


As such, GLCs must take the bold step to venture regionally and/or globally like CIMB bank. CIMB has expanded its financial wings to Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and is doing very well in South East Asia.


However, to be regionally and globally competitive, we need to make sure that the best talent remains within our shores.


I encourage more GLCs to open up their Board of Directors to include more non-Bumiputeras as well as international expertise.


It is important also that GLCs open up their procurement system to include competitive SMEs based the quality of their service and products that they offer. Rather than based on race or, equity requirement.


3. Open Tender System


Likewise, we call for greater transparency in our tendering process. Closed tender systems have always been associated with corruption and kickbacks. Quality of projects would also be compromised.


This does not go down well with the good governance that the government is trying to project. Vying for projects under an open tender system will not only remove accusations and talk of corrupt administration but also lower the cost of projects.


We hold the opinion that all the public procurement should be open to all local SMEs and provided with equal access and opportunities.


Under the 9th Malaysia Plan, over RM1bil was allocated for SME development alone. Bank Negara estimated the number of SMEs in the country at about 600,000.


The importance of the SMEs is recognised by the government. The NEAC report stated that SMEs currently make up 35% of Malaysia’s GDP and 20% of its exports.


If the future procurements were to be opened to the SMEs, the SMEs would account for much more than the current 35% of the GDP. If the value of the SMEs were to double, they will account for over 50% of the country’s GDP.


Following upon your decision to relax the 30% Bumiputera equity requirement for IPOs as well as the liberalisation of the 27 services sub-sectors, I urge you, sir in similarly consider to be flexible in implementing the 30% Bumiputera equity in other sectors.


Rather than enforcing the 30% bumi equity requirement across the board, a more flexible system in the form of a Margin of Preference system should be implemented on a sector-by-sector basis.


In the days of traditional economic structure, when capital and land were the major economic input, we could insist upon a certain percentage of equity distribution and still be fairly successful.


But we are now in the age of a knowledge economy, where brain power in the forms of innovation and creativity, is the major (if not sole) requirement. If a talented investor, weather local or foreign, wants to start a new venture to design and manufacture a product based on his innovation for the new IT generation consumers in Malaysia, we cannot insist that he shares 30% of his creativity with us.


He is talented and can go to any other part of the world to pursue his dreams. Instead we should offer him all the assistance he needs so that he can come to Malaysia, create high-paying jobs and help propel us to being a high-income economy.


Ladies and Gentlemen,


4. Merit –Based and Needs – based System


Fundamentally, the Malaysian Chinese have been and still are very understanding and loyal citizens. Globalisation has presented Malaysians many opportunities but it has also forced us to continue to be a competitive nation. Malaysians cannot remain globally competitive unless we go a merit-based system.


On the other hand, we must inculcate a caring society in which, the poor must be looked after. The NEM has pointed out that the bottom 40% of households earn less than RM1,500 per month. Thus, it is clear that preferential treatment must be given according to need rather than race.


5. Retaining and Attracting Talent


Ladies and Gentlemen, To achieve high income nation status, the NEM sets out a couple of primary thrusts and enablers to move the economy up the value chain and also to address the persistent socio-economic inequalities.


Amongst the enablers is to develop a quality workforce and reducing dependency on foreign labour. In order to retain our talent pool in the country, we must recognise their contribution to the nation – to make sure that they are rewarded according to their merit.


Therefore, at this juncture, I would like to applaud Y.A.B. Dato Sri’s recent decision to offer scholarships to all students, regardless of race who scored 9A+ in their SPM examinations. This is truly in the 1Malaysia spirit.


This shows the Government’s efforts to develop human capital. Don’t forget high achievers are, in fact, hidden talent and asset to a nation.


Elevating and improving the level of education in the country also means paying more attention to vernacular schools.


Approximately 20% of Malaysia’s total trade over the last couple of years was with countries that adopt Mandarin as its main language.


Total trade in the primary countries that use Mandarin as their mother tongue has been estimated at over US$2.5 trillion per annum.


Malaysia’s trade with these countries, in turn, accounts for only 2% of their total trade. This goes to show that the importance of this potential to date has been way underestimated.


Given our multi lingual and multi cultural society, we believe Malaysia has yet to tap into the full potential of these trading nations.


The great strategist Sun Tzu has been frequently quoted on this where he said that whoever is first in the battle field and awaits the coming of the “competitors” will be fresh for the fight.


Whoever trails behind in the field will arrive exhausted, having to hasten to battle.


Thus, with more schools, we would be able to produce more students from these vernacular schools. Only then will we be able to generate a workforce conversant in Mandarin in order to be able to seize the opportunities offered in the global markets.


Not only are additional schools required to cater for future demand and population growth but, more importantly, to ease the current overcrowding problem which we have been combating exhaustively over the last few years.


To add to the problem, the number of students in the Chinese schools is expected to increase by an additional 65,000 over the next five years.


Ladies and Gentlemen,


6. Rationalisation of Subsidy, Minimum Wage and Skilled Workers


In Malaysia, only 23% of workers (11 million) are skilled workers, including those with higher education degree. We are one of the countries with the least qualified workers in the region. Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan have about 40% skilled workers. Lack of skill and qualified workers in Malaysia is impending economic progress and do not attract FDI.


Malaysia is addicted to cheap foreign workers. Study by the Human Resources Ministry show that 34% of 1.3 million works earn less than RM700 per month, below poverty line of RM720 per month.


What is worrying is that the World Bank Study on wage trend in Malaysia recorded only an annual 2.6% growth in the last 10 years. The influx of foreign workers depresses the wage increase of local workers.


To accelerate the process of reducing the reliance on foreign labour, MCA here calls for the execution of a minimum wage policy on a sectoral and regional basis. Over 90% of the countries in the world already have legislation in place on minimum wage but Malaysia is still lagging behind.


The setting up of a minimal wage system is in line with MCA’s calls for rationalisation of subsidy. Subsidy cut is a must to prevent distortion in the allocation of the country. Implementation of subsidy reduction schemes cannot stand alone as it needs to be complemented with a minimal wage system to offset negative impact of the reduction in subsidy.


The activation of the Minimum Wage Council now is, therefore, looking more and more appropriate as the current situation we are in, seems to be calling for one.


At this point, our businesses can no longer win market share by trying to be the cheapest producers of goods or providers of services. In a globalised world, such an edge is only fleeting.


Lasting competitive advantage today has to come from productivity-led growth and innovation. The 10MP includes Government measures to create an environment in which the creativity, energy and initiative of private enterprises can be nurtured and harnessed.


On that note, I believe the Chinese Economic Congress held today is most timely. We need to ensure we know each and everyone’s role, to be able to tap into each others forte to ensure that the NEM and 10th Malaysia Plan are executed efficiently to achieve the targets already set out.


There is no denying the road ahead will undoubtedly be tough indeed but I have full confidence that under your leadership at the end of the day, we will see bright light at the end of the tunnel.


I acknowledge that the business community has certain expectations of what the Government should and should not do. In the overall scheme of things, 10 years is a mere blink of an eye. But for Malaysia, the next decade may well prove to be a crucial phase in our nation’s history.


As we can see from the audience patronising this Economic Congress, the Chinese community is well represented here with a significant number of Chinese organisations coming out in full force to ascertain its role in ensuring that targets are met as per the theme of today’s Economic Congress.


Yang Amat Berhormat Dato’ Sri, Ladies and Gentlemen,


Before I end, I would like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you and congratulate the organising committee and those involved for the hard work in organising this event successfully.


Also, permit me to end with a couple of ancient sayings by Confucius for you audience to ponder. We should “better be a diamond with flaws rather than a pebble without”. Also, “only the wisest and stupidest of men never change” and for one “to know what is right and not to do it, is the worst type of cowardice”.


So we intend to change for the better and to do what is right. We can start off with this Congress where we can brainstorm, learn our roles and how we can help in ensuring the target of becoming a high income advanced nation can be met.


Once again, thank you.