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Pakatan Harapan (PH) is widely known as a fragile coalition, which contributed to the downfall of the previous government. According to Dato' Dr Khairuddin Aman Razali, a member of PAS' Majlis Syura Ulama' Central, PH often experiences internal conflict and power struggles, which remain unresolved. On the other hand, Pakatan Nasional (PN) welcomes anyone who wants to join the current government, provided they understand and support PN's aspirations to uphold Islam and strengthen the Malay community. Dato' Ustaz Hashim Jasin, PAS' Mursyidul Am, also revealed that PAS had previously proposed to hold a general election during the crisis of the Prime Minister's appointment when Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad resigned in February. The PN government and its components will continue to work hard in preparation for the upcoming 15th General Election (GE15) whenever it is called. | PH: Pakatan yang rapuh. KANGAR: Umum mengetahui Pakatan Harapan (PH) adalah sebuah pakatan yang sangat rapuh dan menjadi punca kejatuhan kerajaan yang lalu.Ahli Majlis Syura Ulama’ PAS Pusat, Dato’ Dr Khairuddin Aman Razali berkata pakatan itu seringkali berlaku pertembungan sesama mereka dan perebutan kuasa untuk menjadi ketua yang sehingga kini belum selesai.Katanya lagi, Pakatan Nasional (PN) mengalu-alukan sesiapa sahaja yang mahu bersama kerajaan hari ini dengan beberapa syarat. “Kita mengalu-alukan sesiapa sahaja yang mahu bersama, dengan syarat mereka memahami aspirasi kerajaan PN yang asasnya adalah untuk mempertahankan Islam dan memperkasakan bangsa Melayu. “Kerana asas pembinaan negara kita adalah Islam dan Melayu, dan jika mereka tidak dapat menjiwai asas ini maka ianya tidaklah membantu PN untuk membina negara,” ulasnya semasa sesi soal jawab bersama media mengenai ura-ura mengatakan terdapat ahli parlimen dari PH yang akan beralih arah. Antara lain beliau mengulas mengenai Pilihan Raya Umum ke-15 (PRU-15) yang dijangka boleh berlaku pada bila-bila masa apabila diputuskan Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. “Kami di peringkat kementerian ketika ini akan terus bekerja sebaik mungkin seolah-olah esok adalah pilihan raya,” katanya ketika ditemui di sini, petang semalam semasa ziarah mahabbah bersama Tuan Guru Mursyidul Am PAS, Dato’ Ustaz Hashim Jasin di kediamannya di Sanglang. Tuan Guru Dato’ Ustaz Hashim juga mendedahkan PAS pernah meminta diadakan pilihanraya ketika berlakunya krisis pelantikan Perdana Menteri apabila Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad meletakkan jawatan secara mengejut Februari lalu.- HARAKAHDAILY 17/6/2020 | 1 | train |
Timbalan Presiden PAS, Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man, mengulangi kepada Perdana Menteri Anwar Ibrahim bahawa parti yang memerintah adalah majoriti, bukan minoriti seperti PKR, demi kestabilan negara. Dia memetik hadis Nabi, di mana majoriti (kaum Quraisy) harus memimpin untuk kestabilan. UMNO, katanya, telah membuktikan tadbir urus yang stabil melalui kerjasama dengan pemimpin Cina dan India dalam MCA dan MIC, tetapi parti majoriti tidak seharusnya mendiskriminasi parti minoriti. Kerajaan baharu, katanya, mesti memastikan keadilan kepada semua. Anwar sebelum ini menyatakan PAS harus meninggalkan naratif lapuknya berhubung kerajaan perpaduan yang melindungi hak semua rakyat Malaysia tanpa mengabaikan orang Melayu. Timbalan Presiden PAS, Idris Ahmad, mempersoalkan Anwar mengapa kerajaan Melayu-Islam akan bermasalah. Beliau menekankan bahawa Kelantan, di bawah pemerintahan PAS selama 30 tahun, tidak menghalau mana-mana penduduk Cina, bertanya sama ada mahu kerajaan Melayu-Islam adalah isu perkauman atau jika rakyat hanya selesa dengan pemimpin yang boleh bercakap tentang Islam. | PAS menegaskan kepada Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim bahawa sejak dulu lagi sudah dibuktikan parti majoriti yang memerintah bukan minoriti seperti PKR. Timbalan Presidennya, Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man berkata perkara itu perlu bagi menjamin kestabilan negara. “Majoriti perlu memimpin demi perpaduan dan kestabilan. Selama lebih 60 tahun UMNO melakukannya. “Anwar kena rujuk hadis Nabi yang mana Nabi pernah bersabda majoriti (kaum Quraisy) ketika itu mesti memimpin orang Arab demi kestabilan. “Ia berlaku di Amerika Syarikat, majoriti menjadi pemimpin, bukan minoriti,” katanya, lapor The Malaysian Insight. Menurut Tuan Ibrahim, UMNO membuktikan dengan jelas kestabilan itu berjaya diwujudkan apabila parti majoriti yang memimpin negara dengan kerjasama pemimpin Cina dan India dalam MCA serta MIC. Namun Ahli Parlimen Kubang Kerian itu menegaskan, parti majoriti itu tidak boleh mendiskriminasi parti minoriti serta mesti berlaku adil terhadap semua. “Apabila majoriti memimpin, mereka tidak boleh menindas minoriti, mereka mesti menghormati hak minoriti dan dengan berbuat demikian, tidak akan timbul isu diskriminasi. “Perdana menteri silap. Kita tetap kuat apabila majoriti menjadi tonggak utama dalam kerajaan,” katanya. Semalam Anwar berkata PAS harus meninggalkan naratif kolotnya apabila mengatakan kerajaan perpaduan yang dipimpinnya menjaga hak semua rakyat Malaysia selain tidak mengabaikan orang Melayu. Beliau menolak dakwaan PAS bahawa Pakatan Harapan (PH) tidak layak mentadbir kerana gabungan itu didominasi parti bukan Islam. Sementara itu Naib Presiden PAS, Datuk Idris Ahmad bertanya kepada Anwar di mana salahnya jika rakyat mahukan kerajaan Melayu Islam mentadbir. “Ambil contoh Kelantan, tiada seorang Cina pun dihalau keluar dari negeri itu dalam tempoh 30 tahun PAS mentadbir negeri. Apa salahnya mahukan kerajaan Melayu Islam. “Adakah ia perkauman? Adakah kita hanya mahukan seseorang yang boleh bercakap mengenai Islam, membaca al-Quran namun pada masa sama menari dalam majlis sebagai pemimpin,” kata ahli Parlimen Bagan Serai itu. | 1 | train |
Catatan "Mengapa Talhah bin Ubaidillah Dijamin Syurga" menonjolkan kepentingan memahami perbezaan antara Sahabat (sahabat) dan Ahlulbait (keluarga Nabi) dalam Islam. Walaupun kedua-duanya sangat dihormati, sebahagian umat Islam, khususnya Syiah, mengutamakan Ahlul Bait daripada Sahabat. Walau bagaimanapun, adalah penting untuk diperhatikan bahawa tidak semua Sahabat ditolak oleh Syiah, dengan pengecualian yang ketara seperti Umar dan Khalid bin Walid. Sufi, sebaliknya, mungkin memetik kata-kata Imam Jaafar Sadiq tetapi secara umumnya menghormati semua Sahabat. Untuk mengelakkan polemik, seseorang harus memberi tumpuan kepada kebaikan unik kedua-dua Sahabat dan Ahlul Bait, termasuk dedikasi mereka kepada Islam, kefasihan, dan kebijaksanaan. Fanatik terhadap satu pihak boleh membawa kepada perpecahan dalam masyarakat Islam, akhirnya mencemarkan nama baik Islam. | Payments
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Payments platform Fave announced that its Founder and Chief Executive Officer Joel Neoh will leave his role by early March 2023.
Co-founder Yeoh Chen Chow will continue to lead the business together with Avantika Jain, General Manager in Singapore, Aik Kuang Heng, Fave’s newly appointed General Manager in Malaysia, alongside local leadership teams in Indonesia and India.
News of Joel’s exit comes less than a year since Fave’s acquisition by India’s Pine Labs in a deal valued at US$ 45 million (RM 185 million) was announced. The serial entrepreneur was the Co-founder of digital media platform Says.com in 2009. The platform then merged with Catcha Media to form Rev Asia which was then acquired by Malaysia’s largest media conglomerate Media Prima.
Joel was also one of the founders of Groupon in Malaysia in 2011, where he later managed Groupon Asia Pacific’s US$2 billion business with over 2,500 employees.
He continues to remain plugged into Southeast Asia’s digital and technology ecosystem as an investor in over 25 startups, through holding mentorship and advisory roles in Endeavour Malaysia, XA Network, Sunway University, as a limited partner in 500 Southeast Asia III, Better Bite Ventures, and as an investor in Nasdaq-listed Prenetics, among others.
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Joel Neoh, outgoing CEO and Founder of Fave shared,
“I have had the privilege of a lifetime to work with some of the best talents in Southeast Asia to build Fave into a household brand name – today, 1 out of every 3 Singaporeans, and millions of consumers across Malaysia, Indonesia and India use Fave on a daily basis for payments and rewards.
With the strong leadership and culture we have built, I am confident in the company’s continued growth in the years to come. As I leave Fave, I look forward to further contributing to Southeast Asia’s technology ecosystem, paying it forward by helping other fellow entrepreneurs grow in their startup journeys.”
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B Amrish Rau, CEO of Pine Labs said,
“He leaves behind a tremendous legacy. Fave is an extremely strong addition to Pine Labs’ company portfolio, and we are excited about the 2023 growth trajectory as Fave is set to break new boundaries in sales volumes and explore new countries.
During the last two years Joel has become a dear friend, and I will continue to pick his brain even as he departs the company. He will always be the founder of Fave and the greatest supporter of the business in the years to come.” Get the top fintech stories directly in your inbox monthly | 0 | train |
A keloid scar is an overgrowth of scar tissue, often larger than the original wound. Yours, caused by acne, is 3cm long and has developed tingling and itching. While laser or surgery can treat keloids, home remedies include moisturizing oils, pressure dressing, and silicone gel pads. Consult a doctor for a proper diagnosis and treatment recommendation, as they may suggest specific medications or additional procedures. Visit [DoctorOnCall](http://DoctorOnCall) for online consultation. Remember, individual results may vary, and it's essential to discuss this with a medical professional for personalized care. | I have a large keloid scar on my shoulder, about 3cm in length for 5 years. Recently, there will be tingling and itching. This scar was caused by an acne.
May I ask what method can be used to cure it? Thank you.
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Thank you for your question. I understand your worries regarding your condition.
For your information, Keloids come from the overgrowth of scar tissue. Keloid scars tend to be larger than the original wound itself. They may take weeks or months to develop fully.
The definite treatment for keloid scar is by laser or surgery, but you also may want to try some home treatment for it such as:
Use moisturizing oils to keep tissue soft
Pressure dressing
Avoid more injuries
Use pressure pad or silicone gel pad after injury
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Bapa kepada Sheikh Faizan, 31, dipenjara seumur hidup di Taiwan. Dia ditahan di penjara Taiwan kerana didakwa menyeludup dadah ke negara itu. Omar Yuhyi, 63, berkata, panggilan telefon sempena Hari Raya Aidilfitri cukup penting kerana sudah 12 tahun Sheikh Faizan atau lebih mesra disapa Pak Tam ditahan di penjara Taiwan.
Omar Yuhyi, 63, mengatakan panggilan telefon sempena Hari Raya Aidilfitri cukup penting. Dia mengatakan bahawa dia dan isterinya terlalu rindukan Pak Tam. Gambar Pak Tam masih tergantung di dinding dan diletakkan bingkai gambar. Dia dan isterinya juga ingin bertemu Pak Tam di Taiwan. | Saya wanita berumur lewat 20’. Saya mengalami rasa sakit perut yang teramat sehingga terpaksa mengambil pain killer dan terpaksa menekan perut. Rasa seperti ingi membuangvair besar bercampur period pain. Tapi sakit menjadi semakin teruk.
Salam sejahtera, terima kasih atas soalan yang anda ajukan.
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Untuk makluman pihak anda, sakit perut boleh disebabkan oleh:
Keracunan makanan
Gastrik adalah disebabkan oleh acid berlebihan di dalam perut.
GERD
Radang pankreas atau pancreatitis.
Jangkitan paru-paru boleh menyebabkan sakit perut yang lebih sakit semasa batuk.
Masalah pada usus atau mana-mana bahagian saluran pencernaan
Untuk mengetahui punca masalah yang anda hadapi, maklumat lanjut adalah diperlukan sebelum kesimpulan boleh dibuat. Oleh itu, anda amat disarankan untuk merujuk masalah ini kepada doktor. Sila klik pada link ini
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You've described having persistent abdominal pain despite eating filling foods like rice, oats, and fried fish. While you've taken Alucid, the pain persists. Potential causes include gastric issues, ulcers, acid reflux, diverticulitis, intestinal blockage, and bacterial/fungal infections. To determine the cause and appropriate treatment, further information and examination are required. To avoid abdominal pain affecting your daily activities, consider improving your digestive system care. For personalized advice, consider contacting our doctor via the DoctorOnCall link. A gastroenterologist can help solve your abdominal pain today. Last updated: Tue Apr 06 2021 09:49:45 GMT+0800 (Malaysia Time). |
Kuala Lumpur: Bekas juara Piala FA tiga kali, Kuala Lumpur berada di landasan tepat untuk melangkah jauh apabila menyingkirkan Melaka United menerusi sepakan penalti 4-2 selepas terikat 1-1 masa sebenar permainan di Stadium Majlis Perbandaran Selayang (MP Selayang), malam tadi.
Kuala Lumpur yang kali terakhir menjulang gelaran itu pada 1999 selain dua musim berturut-turut 1993 dan 1994 turun dengan penuh keazaman untuk menamatkan kemarau itu sejak awal perlawanan.
Belumpun sempat kedua-dua pasukan berpeluh, Kuala Lumpur sudah berada di depan seawal minit ke-4 apabila penyerang import dari Brazil Casa Grande mudah menguis masuk susulan kegagalan penjaga gol pelawat, Solehin Mamat menangkap kemas hantaran silang.
Gol pembukaan itu jelas mengejutkan kem Melaka yang turun dengan misi mahu menambah koleksi kejuaraan selepas muncul juara Liga FAM musim lalu.
Anak buah Mat Zan Mat Aris kembali bangkit memburu jaringan penyamaan menerusi gerakan pantas yang diilhamkan R Surendran namun tindakan penyudah menerusi gandingan Spasojevic Ilija dan Nurshamil Ghani sedikit menghampakan.
Peluang paling hampir untuk skuad Hang Tuah memecah kebuntuan adalah melalui sepakan percuma Hazri Rozali yang mirip tendangan 'ajaib' pemain Pulau Pinang Faiz Subri pada minit ke-38 namun penjaga gol tuan rumah, Badrulzaman Halim sudah bersedia untuk menghalang percubaan itu.
Tonggak tengah Melaka See Kok Luen harus menyalahkan diri sendiri apabila mensia-siakan peluang terhidang pada minit-minit terakhir babak pertama walaupun ketika itu gawang Kuala Lumpur sudah ternganga luas untuknya.
Bersambung separuh masa kedua, tuan rumah mengendurkan sedikit tempoh permainan dan menyaksikan Melaka menguasai sepenuhnya rentak permainan.
Akibatnya, pemain gantian Melaka Jasmir Mehat muncul penyelamat apabila mengikat kedudukan 1-1 selepas menerima hantaran Wan Amirul Afiq di sebelah kanan. Rembatan kaki kanannya gagal ditepis Badrulzaman pada minit ke-87.
Perlawanan terpaksa diheret ke penentuan penalti selepas keputusan terikat tanpa jaringan pada masa tambahan untuk mencari pemenang.
Akhirnya, anak buah Ismail Zakaria lebih bernasib baik untuk mara ke peringkat berikutnya dengan memenangi penentuan sepakan penalti 4-2. | 0 | train |
Wanita berusia 27 tahun itu, hamil 24 minggu anak pertamanya, mengalami sesak nafas dan sukar tidur. Dia juga mengalami batuk yang berterusan tanpa kahak. Gejala ini mungkin disebabkan oleh pelbagai keadaan, termasuk jangkitan pernafasan seperti asma, radang paru-paru, atau penyakit paru-paru obstruktif kronik. Keadaan kardiovaskular seperti kegagalan jantung atau aritmia juga boleh menyebabkan sesak nafas. Punca lain yang mungkin termasuk anemia, alahan, gangguan kecemasan, atau obesiti. Untuk menentukan punca sebenar dan rawatan yang sesuai, maklumat lanjut dan pemeriksaan menyeluruh diperlukan. Adalah disyorkan untuk berunding dengan profesional penjagaan kesihatan jika gejala berterusan dan menjejaskan aktiviti harian. | Semalam kami melaporkan Google Pixel 2 dipercayai akan mempunyai fungsi bingkai boleh dipicit Active Edge, Pagi ini giliran imej pengolokan Google Pixel XL dan Pixel 2 XL pula tertiris bersama dengan harga jualan. Peranti ini mengekalkan rekaan Pixel tahun lalu tetapi dengan rekaan lensa kamera yang lebih besar. Pada waktu yang sama sisi peranti juga kelihatan lebih bulat.
Google Pixel 2 dipercayai bakal ditawarkan dalam tiga warna iaitu Kinda Blue, Just Black dan Clearly White. Dua pilihan storan boleh dibeli iaitu 64GB dan 128 masing-masing pada harga jualan $649 (~RM 2720) dan $749 (~RM 3140) sebuah.
Google Pixel 2 XL pula hanya ditawarkan dalam warna hitam dan kombinasi hitam putih. Versi 64GB dijual pada harga $849 (~RM 3559) manakala versi 128GB pula pada harga $949 (~RM 3977) sebuah. Apakah pendapat anda mengenai rekaan, warna harga peranti yang bakal dilancarkan 4 Oktober ini? | 0 | train |
Minum air yang berlebihan boleh menyebabkan ketidakselesaan seperti kembung perut, sakit perut, loya, dan degupan jantung yang cepat. Jumlah air yang disyorkan berbeza untuk individu. Untuk menentukan punca dan rawatan yang sesuai, maklumat lanjut dan pemeriksaan fizikal diperlukan. Adalah dinasihatkan untuk berunding dengan doktor. Ini adalah penjelasan umum dan mungkin tidak terpakai sepenuhnya pada situasi anda. Dikemas kini pada 11 Mei 2020. | Open beta for MoeGirl Go! begins today
21 January marks the start of the open beta for cute idle RPG mobile game, MoeGirl Go! on all relevant platforms. The open beta offers plenty of rare heroes, high-end equipment, limited cute pets, millions of gold and other gifts are prepared for players who opt in early for the game. Sign in through the official website, get the game and go!
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To thank the summoners for your support, during the open beta, the game official has also specially prepared a lot of bonus events for everyone: the “7-Day Battlepass ” event allows you to get a lot of golds and Adv. Summon Stones, the “Novice Gift Pack” event allows players to obtain powerful SSR heroes, and the “Clearance Fund” event will also give away massive diamonds, helping players to play easily without topping up!
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Southeast Asian fans can join in with their favourite celebrities in playing the open beta of MoeGirl Go! including Malaysia’s Coser Baobao, Indonesia’s former professional female player Sarah, Thailand’s cute CoserMisaki, etc. They’ll be recruiting members to join their in-game associations and you can fight along with them.
As an idle game, play MoeGirl Go! at your leisure as auto-combat generates all you need. Do be sure to log in to get secret chests daily for rare heroic fragments to build the most powerful and cute teams!
The world of Egrathia is facing imminent collapse. You, as a fledgling summoner, summon heroic heroes from legends, all in the form of cute and beautiful girls to fight alongside you to save the world from raging demons.
Play the open beta and don’t miss out on all the bonuses and gifts you can get for free!
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MoeGirl Go!Developer: Perfect Speed GamingRelease Date TBCAndroid, iOS
This is a fantasy world of sword and magic and you're the summoner who can summon historical heroes changing into cute girls to fight along your side to save the world!
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Asus secara rasminya telah melancarkan Zenfone 7 dan 7 Pro, dengan spesifikasi mewah. Kedua-dua model menampilkan sistem kamera flip 180 darjah untuk menggunakan kamera utama sebagai kamera swafoto. Zenfone 7 Pro mempunyai skrin AMOLED FHD+ Samsung 6.67" yang menyokong HDR1 | Nickelodeon All Star Brawl Is Reportedly Smash But With Better Netcode
Nickelodeon has announced Nickelodeon All Star Brawl, a platform fighter based off of Nintendo’s iconic characters. The developers have also elaborated on the Nickelodeon All Star Brawl netcode , giving Smash fans a reason to check out the game.
While a lot of the information comes from IGN’s exclusive reveal of the game, developers Ludosity were also taking questions in their discord channel, presenting new information about the game.
Related Posts Pokemon Sleep Now Available In Malaysia GamerBraves Newsletter Vol. 103 – The Glory of The Barbie/Oppenheimer Double Feature The game is coming to PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch. Ludosity has also said that a PC version is coming at a later date.
While we don’t know the specifics of the game’s mechanics, the Smash DNA is certainly there- unlike previous Smash clone PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale, Nickelodeon Brawl seems to be sticking to the death-by-platform rule that Smash fans know and love.
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Developers Ludosity seem to be doing their homework, as it looks like they’ve confirmed in their discord that the game will feature wavedashing, a movement option beloved in high-level Smash play.
Characters Coming To The Game
Here’s the currently announced roster of characters for Nickelodeon All Star Brawl
Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Nigel Thornberry (The Wild Thornberrys)
Powdered Toast Man (Ren & Stimpy)
SpongeBob SquarePants (SpongeBob SquarePants)
Sandy Cheeks (SpongeBob SquarePants)
Patrick Star (SpongeBob SquarePants)
Oblina (Aaahh!!! Real Monsters)
Lucy Loud (The Loud House)
Lincoln Loud (The Loud House)
Helga (Hey Arnold!)
Reptar (Rugrats)
Zim (Invader Zim)
Danny Phantom (Danny Phantom)
This is far from the final roster of the game, as Target has put out a redacted version of the box art that seems to show more silhouettes, including what appears to be Ren & Stimpy, as well as Catdog. There’s also two vaguely humanoid silhouettes, which some fans believe might be Korra from The Legend of Korra, which released exclusively on Nickelodeon.
Nickelodeon All Star Brawl Netcode
While not part of the initial announcement, developers Ludosity seem to have commented on the Nintendo All Star Brawl netcode. While not universal, the developers say some platforms will support rollback netcode.
Online play has been one of the big gripes with Smash Bros, due to the fact that it has the double whammy of having traditional Delay-based Netcode and the Switch having no ethernet port, leading to situations where matches could become unplayable with how badly the game slows down. Worse yet, it’s been teased that Grand Finals could be won by a CPU, as Smash replaces disconnected players with bots rather than ending the match.
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Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team DX, pembuatan semula permainan Red and Blue Rescue Team 2006, diumumkan semasa Pokemon Direct pada 9 Januari 2020. Permainan ini akan dikeluarkan pada Nintendo Switch pada 6 Mac 2020. Pemain boleh membuat pra-pembelian dan cuba demo pada hari yang sama. Permainan ini menampilkan permainan berasaskan giliran, dengan watak pemain yang bertukar menjadi Pokemon dan rakan kongsi mereka meneroka penjara bawah tanah merentasi berbilang tingkat dalam pasukan 3-4. Ciri baharu termasuk evolusi mega, yang diperkenalkan dalam Pokemon X dan Y. Pemain boleh menentukan Pokemon permulaan mereka melalui kuiz dan boleh melakukannya semula jika mereka mahu. | Mobile Game Aster Tatariqus Will Have Its Global Launch in 2023, New Trailer Also Revealed
The mobile strategy RPG Aster Tatariqus will be having its global launch this year in 2023, following its initial launch in Japan in November of 2022.
A new trailer for the international version of the game has also been revealed. Check it out below:
Related Posts Pokemon Sleep Now Available In Malaysia GamerBraves Newsletter Vol. 103 – The Glory of The Barbie/Oppenheimer Double Feature According to QooApp, the game is developed by Studio FgC, a subsidiary of the game’s publisher Gumi. The developers are also known for producing other mobile gacha games like The Alchemist Code and War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius. The music for Aster Tatariqus is also being made by the famed composer Yoko Shimomaru, known for her work on Street Fighter II, Live A Live, and the Kingdom Hearts series.
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Here is a summary of the plot of the game from its official website:
“This is the story of the Successor, tasked with saving the world. Geas, weapons with the power to destroy the Barbaroi menace and Resonants, the Geas’ chosen partners.
The protagonist Noir, in his struggle against the Barbaroi, learns of gestalt shift — the power that binds Geas with Resonant and that as Successor, his destiny is bound to those chosen to be Geas
Though he knows his decisions can alter the course of history, Noir must hold his chosen sword high and march toward victory for that is the burden of the Successor — to save the world’s entire “.
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Aster Tatariqus will be launching for iOS and Android devices in global regions sometime this year, 2023.
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Perhimpunan Agung Umno 2010 memberi tumpuan kepada penetapan parti terhadap kuota 30 peratus pemilikan bumiputera dalam sektor korporat, dengan penceramah menekankan kepentingan melindungi hak dan kepentingan Melayu. Pengkritik berpendapat bahawa tumpuan sempit ini mengabaikan isu nasional dan menghalang kemajuan dalam masyarakat berbilang kaum. Walaupun terdapat beberapa gesaan untuk keterangkuman, perwakilan membuat kenyataan kontroversi, seperti menyokong kronisme dan menyalahkan parti komponen BN lain atas prestasi buruk gabungan itu pada pilihan raya umum 2008. Retorik perhimpunan itu bercanggah dengan konsep 1Malaysia Perdana Menteri Najib Razak, dan beberapa penceramah menggunakan bahasa grafik yang kuat untuk mengumpulkan ahli parti untuk pilihan raya umum akan datang. Secara keseluruhannya, perhimpunan itu menegaskan semula pendirian dan keutamaan tradisi Umno, yang sebahagian besarnya tidak berubah selama beberapa dekad. | Automobili Lamborghini has released another monster off its chain, the Huracan Tecnica, developed for both the road and track.
Powered by the same 5.2-litre V10 engine used in the Huracan STO, the Huracan Tecnica produces the same output as the STO, with 640 hp and 565 Nm. Gearshifts are made through a 7-speed dual-clutch gearbox, for a quick 3.2 seconds from 0 to 100 km/h. Top speed is 325 km/h.
Weighing just 1,379 kg, it’s the second lightest Huracan behind the Huracan STO. Lamborghini said the Huracan Tecnica emits sharper engine sound at higher revs while inside the cockpit offers improved acoustic comfort.
The Tecnica’s carbon-ceramic brakes are aided with cooling deflectors and brake caliper ducts. This helps direct airflow into the discs to maximise heat dissipation and reduce brake fluid temperatures and brake pedal travel.
The rear-wheel drive Tecnica features rear-wheel steering and torque vectoring, together with a modified Performance Traction Control System (P-TCS) and specific suspension set-up. Depending on the drive mode selected – Strada, Sport, or Corsa – the systems mentioned above come together to provide a highly different driving experience.
In Strada, the rear-wheel-steering provides stability and manoeuvrability, while in Sport mode, maximum driving fun comes from the rear-wheel steering’s enhanced oversteer and with more slip allowed by the P-TCS system. Torque vectoring ensures the Tecnica’s agility and responsiveness in the hands of the driver.
In Corsa mode, the Huracan Tecnica’s true colours are revealed; as it responds to every input by the driver with extreme precision. The powertrain is calibrated to provide optimised track-oriented throttle response and the fastest gearshifts.
The Huracan Tecnica’s revised design lends a stronger, predatory stance with a new bumper featuring the Terzo Millennio’s black Ypsilon design. The front bumper also incorporates an air curtain for the first time in a Huracan. The front hood is a full carbon fibre unit.
The rear section has also undergone some changes, with a new vertical rear glass window to improve visibility, along with a redesigned engine hood made of (you guessed it) carbon fiber. Similar to the front end, the rear incorporates a new bumper with air ducts and also houses the new hexagonal exhaust tips.
The fixed rear wing contributes to 35% more downforce than the Huracan EVO RWD. The Huracan’s new shoes are 20-inch Damiso diamond cut wheels, inspired by the Lamborghini Vision GT and wrapped with Bridgestone Potenza Sport tyres. The brakes are 6-pot caliper units in the front, and 4-pot units at the back.
Inside is a redesigned, infotainment interface that’s exclusive to the Tecnica. The driver’s instrument panel reduces colors and emphasizes readability in a large new ‘arc’ in front of the pilot. A new Alcantara interior has also been created exclusively for the Tecnica.
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Johan Qari Tilawah al-Quran juara dunia dari Malaysia, Wan Ainuddin Hilmi Abdullah, meninggal dunia hari ini pada usia 39 tahun akibat disyaki serangan jantung. Beliau pernah menjadi juara tilawah dan hafazan al-Quran antarabangsa sebanyak lima kali, termasuk dalam Pertandingan Tilawah dan Hafazan Al-Quran Antarabangsa ke-58 pada 2016. Jenazahnya akan disembahyangkan selepas solat Isyak di Masjid Muhammadi, Kota Bharu dan dikebumikan di Tanah Perkuburan Islam Kampung Banggol. Kehilangan Wan Ainuddin merupakan satu kehilangan besar dalam menyebarkan ilmu al-Quran. Semoga Allah SWT merahmati beliau dan menempatkan beliau dalam kalangan orang-orang yang soleh. Al Fatihah. Pada tahun 2018, kerajaan negeri menganugerahkan sebuah rumah kepadanya atas pencapaian, jasa dan sumbangannya terhadap martabat al-Quran. (kurang daripada 100 patah perkataan) | Klu boleh saya nk gugurkan kandungan yg berusia 2 bulan ni macam mana saya nk gugurkan kandungan tanpa orang tidak tahu
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The Malaysian national football team, Harimau Malaya, lost their chance to end a 44-year drought of winning the Thailand King's Cup after being defeated 0-3 in a penalty shootout against Tajikistan. Despite dominating the game, Malaysia failed to score, with the opposing goalkeeper, Rustam Yatimov, saving two early penalties by Dion Cools and Muhammad Nazmi Faiz Mansor. In the final moments, Muhammad Safawi Rasid missed the last attempt, hitting the post, which allowed Tajikistan to win. Earlier in the game, Malaysia's head coach, Kim Pan Gon, made four player substitutions during the penalty shootout against Thailand, including bringing in Muhammad Nazmi Faiz Mansor to replace Muhamad Nor Azam Azih. Although Malaysia started strong, they missed several opportunities to score, with one shot by Muhammad Akhyar Rashid getting saved by Yatimov. Heavy rain later in the game benefited Malaysia, helping them control the tempo and create more chances, with Brendan Gan coming close to scoring in the first half. However, Malaysia's momentum was disrupted when Mohamadou Sumareh received two yellow cards and was sent off. Despite these setbacks, Malaysia managed to hold Tajikistan to a 0-0 draw, forcing a penalty shootout. However, they ultimately lost the match after failing to convert their penalties. | Piala Raja Thai: Impian Harimau Malaya tamatkan kemarau musnah. KUALA LUMPUR: Impian Harimau Malaya untuk menamatkan kemarau 44 tahun mendakap kejuaraan Piala Raja Thailand, musnah apabila tumpas 0-3 kepada Tajikistan dalam penentuan sepakan penalti di Chiang Mai, malam tadi.Setelah 90 minit aksi berlangsung di Stadium 700th Anniversary of Chiang Mai itu berakhir tanpa jaringan, penjaga gol lawan, Rustam Yatimov muncul wira pasukannya apabila menyelamatkan dua sepakan awal oleh pemain pertahanan, Dion Cools dan tonggak tengah, Muhammad Nazmi Faiz Mansor.Percubaan terakhir skuad negara menerusi pemain sayap Muhammad Safawi Rasid pula, singgah di palang gol sebelum pemain gantian Rustam Soirov, melepaskan tendangan ke arah kanan pintu gol untuk menghadiahkan kejuaraan sulung mereka dalam kejohanan tersebut. Terdahulu, perlawanan akhir edisi ke-48 itu menyaksikan ketua jurulatih negara Kim Pan Gon melakukan empat pertukaran pemain ketika mengatasi Thailand, 5-3, menerusi sepakan penalti, termasuk memanggil khidmat Muhammad Nazmi Faiz Mansor yang menggantikan Muhamad Nor Azam Azih susulan kad merah diterimanya tempoh hari. Walaupun pasukan bimbingan Petar Segrt menguasai bola di awal permainan, Malaysia, yang menduduki ranking ke-148 dunia, terlebih dahulu menguji gawang lawan namun sepakan jarak jauh oleh tonggak serangan Muhammad Akhyar Rashid, ditangkap kemas Yatimov pada minit ke-10. Hujan lebat yang kemudiannya membasahi padang, sedikit sebanyak memberi kelebihan kepada Harimau Malaya apabila mereka mula mendapat rentak permainan, untuk menyusun gerakan serangan ke kubu pasukan ranking ke-109 dunia itu. Percubaan terbaik pasukan negara di separuh masa pertama hadir menerusi Brendan Gan, apabila pemain tengah kelahiran Malaysia-Australia itu hampir membuka tirai jaringan perlawanan, namun tandukannya pada minit ke-23, hasil daripada umpanan dari sebelah kanan oleh Nazmi Faiz, melewati palang gol Tajikistan. Perlawanan terpaksa dihentikan kira-kira tiga minit menuju penghujung babak pertama, apabila Mohamadou Sumareh gagal mengawal emosi apabila didakwa melakukan tolakan dada dari belakang kepada Tabrez Islomov, sehingga menyaksikan pemain naturalisasi negara itu dilayangkan kad kuning oleh pengadil. Sumareh terus bernasib baik kekal dalam permainan, apabila tindakan agresifnya yang melayangkan badan untuk menerjah Ehsoni Panshanbe pada masa kecederaan, tidak mempengaruhi pengadil untuk melayangkan kad kuning kedua, seterusnya memerintahkannya keluar padang. Muhammad Safawi berpeluang meletakkan Malaysia di hadapan apabila sepakan lencong kaki kirinya diselamatkan Yatimov pada minit ke-57 sebelum giliran penjaga gol kebangsaan, Ahmad Syihan Hazmi Mohamed menyekat Tajikistan, daripada memecah kebuntuan dengan menampan keluar rembatan padu jarak jauh Muhammadjon Rahimov pada minit ke-68. Malaysia, yang dilihat hilang konsentrasi dalam 10 minit terakhir permainan, bernasib baik apabila jaringan Soirov pada minit ke-84 dibatalkan, selepas berada dalam kedudukan ‘offside’ dan kedudukan 0-0 kekal sehingga wisel penamat dibunyikan, sebelum Tajikistan menjulang kejuaraan edisi ke-48 itu menerusi sepakan penalti. – BERNAMA | 1 | train |
The author's bestfriend, who is a guy, confessed his love to her. At first, she felt awkward and wondered if she had done something to lead him on. However, she valued their friendship and didn't want to lose it. She initially thought that his feelings were his own problem, but later found herself thinking about him more and more. She realized that she has fallen in love with him too.
Despite this, the author's parents have already arranged for her to marry someone else. She is hesitant to go against their wishes, but at the same time, she believes that her bestfriend can take care of her better because she knows him well. She is afraid to confess her feelings to her bestfriend, fearing that it will lead nowhere. She is also sad at the thought that their feelings for each other may not have a future as a married couple.
Now, both the author and her bestfriend are in pain, hiding their feelings for each other. The author doesn't want to get her bestfriend's hopes up if there's no future for them, and she also doesn't want to be the cause of her own heartbreak if she ends up marrying someone else. | Semalam pagi I made a call to CERDAS pertaining the pre-marriage course, if it is possible to book/register via phone call.
Sister in-charge tu suruh pergi office to register, sebab ada forms kena fill in and what not. So before I hang up, I did ask.. berapa ramai dah register? Dia kata 77 (I was like..wow banyak jugak). And I asked again.. whats the limit? Dia jawab 250 (tak silap. I went..oh banyak lagi. Ok)
Excited tau bagitau my friend (sebab we have been eyeing for this, as our biological clock is ticking). Later that day at around 450 pm, I hurriedly went to CERDAS sebab semangat sangat nak register. ‘I am here to register the pre-marriage course..’ Sister tu reply ‘its already full’ Serious ke penuh within a few hours? Penat je rush dari office nak kejar course tu, through the rain and traffic (wpon tak boleh masuk dalam resume lol)
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Anda berumur 19 tahun yang tidak datang haid selama setahun dan baru-baru ini mengalami sakit perut yang teruk, sakit belakang, hilang selera makan, loya dan muntah. Anda fikir ia gastrik, tetapi ia adalah sesuatu yang lain. Anda juga mengalami pedih ulu hati yang teruk kerana tidak boleh makan dan diberi ubat untuknya. Anda masih mengalami sakit perut, kerap membuang air kecil dengan sedikit keluaran, dan sembelit.
Gejala anda mungkin disebabkan oleh beberapa faktor seperti tekanan, gaya hidup yang tidak teratur, masalah berat badan, ketidakseimbangan hormon atau kesan sampingan ubat. Mengenai masalah kencing anda, ia mungkin disebabkan oleh UTI, minum terlalu banyak air, ketidakseimbangan hormon, jangkitan pundi kencing, atau penggunaan ubat-ubatan tertentu. Adalah penting untuk berunding dengan doktor untuk diagnosis yang betul dan rawatan yang sesuai. | Saya berumur 19 tahun dan setahun tak datang period. Beberapa hari lepas saya mengalami sakit perut teruk, sakit belakang, susah nak makan, tiada selera, rasa mual dan muntah, saya fikir itu merupakan masalah senggugut tapi bukan. Saya juga turut mengalami gastrik yang teruk disebabkan tidak dapat makan dan akhirnya doktor bagi saya ubat untuk merawat gastrik hari semalam. Saya juga masih merasa sakit perut sekarang dan kerap ingin kencing tetapi saya hanya kencing sedikit. Saya juga mengalami masalah sembelit. Sila bantu saya doktor!
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Berdasarkan penerangan yang telah diberi, anda menghadapi masalah tidak datang haid selama setahun, sakit perut teruk, sakit belakang, susah nak makan, tiada selera, rasa mual, sembelit dan kencing tidak lawas. Saya akan memberikan maklumat berkaitan situasi anda sebaik mungkin.
Untuk makluman anda, gejala anda sedang anda alami boleh disebab oleh beberapa perkara, contohnya:
Stress, kegelisahan
Gaya hidup yang tidak teratur
Kegemukan atau kurang berat badan ( BMI > 25 atau < 18)
Peningkatan atau menurunkan berat badan secara ketara (bersenam berlebihan)
Kesan pengambilan sebarang ubat seperti pil perancang dan lain
Penyakit puan seperti sista ovari, PCOS, fibroid dan lain
Ketidakseimbangan hormon
Selain itu, masalah kencing boleh disebabkan oleh pelbagai perkara. Antaranya:
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Terlalu banyak minum air
Masalah hormon yang mengawal air dalam badan
Radang pada pundi kencing
Penggunaan ubat ubatan seperti ubat darah tinggi jenis diuretik
Pundi kencing terlalu aktif (Overactive Bladder)
Kesan strok
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The Samsung Galaxy M30 is a mid-range smartphone by Samsung targeted at the Indian market, sold at a lower price point than the Galaxy A series while still featuring a Super AMOLED screen, large battery, decent processing chip, and attractive camera specifications. In late 2019, Samsung released an upgrade, the Galaxy M30s.
In 2020, the Galaxy M31 is set to launch soon, with recent posters revealing the use of the phrase "Mega Monster" and a 64MP camera. It is also likely to feature a larger battery than previous models. Samsung may continue to use the Exynos 9611 chip, the same one used in the Galaxy A51, but at a much lower price point.
Additional information about the Galaxy M31 remains a mystery, so we look forward to the official announcement from Samsung. | Superman Open World Game In The Making by Rocksteady Leaked
Rumor has been going around that Rocksteady is making a Superman game for consoles since last year. If you don’t know yet, Rocksteady is the studio that gave us the Arkham game series and they are about to announce a Superman game prior to this year’s E3. This is backed with a recent leak by an anonymous 4Chan member has given a list of details that are quite convincing.
Made by Rocksteady
Unreal Engine 4
Big open world Metropolis(about 3 times the size of Arkham Knight with a lot more buildings)
Can’t play as Clark Kent
Main villain is Brainiac
Nerfed Superman (TAS Levels)
Semi-destructible environments(think [Arkham Knight], no buildings are falling over)
Combat system integrates the flying (kind of like DBZ, you can punch someone then zoom towards them and repeat)
Set within the Arkhamverse
Tons of easter eggs to Superman’s lore, and some to the events that took place in the Batman Arkham Franchise
Rocksteady and WB Montreal are also working on a joint multiplayer game (Hence the multiplayer hirings on Rocksteady’s site).
This is for a planned Justice League game down the road. They had to nail Superman first.
Announcement should be incoming about a couple weeks before E3 2018.
If you’re having some doubts about it, here’s a tweet from the Head of Marketing of Rocksteady back in September 2017.
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Now that months have gone by since the tweet with E3 coming soon in less than a month, we could expect some footage or gameplay by this time. However there’s no news from Rocksteady yet so this rumor might just turned out to be fake news. But with Superman being an iconic character from the DC universe and has impacted the game industries, a Superman game isn’t too farfetched. So with the knowledge on these details, we can have some sort of expectation but just not enough to jump onto the bandwagon.
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Seorang pemain telah mencipta Diablo Immortal Rift Simulator yang membolehkan anda mengalami sistem keretakan permainan tanpa membelanjakan wang sebenar. Simulator ini menjejaki kos menjalankan Elder Rift dan juga mempunyai pilihan untuk mensimulasikan gulungan untuk Permata Lagenda 5 bintang. Permainan mudah alih yang popular itu telah dikritik kerana amalan pengewangannya, yang sesetengah orang percaya sebagai punca kelewatan mengejutnya dalam keluaran Asia. Diablo Immortal, dibangunkan oleh Blizzard Entertainment, tersedia pada Android, iOS dan Microsoft Windows. | Race quotas, politics led to falling UM standards, says World Bank study by Leslie Lau
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Oct 17, 2011
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 — A World Bank publication has found that standards at Universiti Malaya have fallen and the institution has been kept at a disadvantage because of race-based admission quotas and political interference in university management.
In contrast, Singapore’s decision to prioritise research, keeping English as the medium of instruction and a merit-based admissions policy have all contributed to the success of the National University of Singapore’s success, according to “The Road to Academic Excellence,” which studies what contributes to a world-class research university.
The study also noted that Malaysian secondary school students are not well prepared for tertiary education.
It points out that the Malaysian education system promotes rote learning, conformity and uniformity rather than fresh and creative thinking.
The study is led by two scholars — Philip Altbach and Jamil Salmi — while various chapters see contributions from various academics.
Salmi, a Moroccan education economist attached to the World Bank, also notes that “disturbing political developments, from the burning of churches to the whipping of a woman for drinking beer in public,” also cast a shadow on Malaysia’s “image as an open and tolerant society.”
The comparisons between UM and NUS is contained in a chapter entitled “The National University of Singapore and the University of Malaya: Common Roots and Different Paths.”
The chapter is authored by Hena Mukherjee, a former Universiti Malaya department head with a doctorate in education from Harvard University, and Poh Kam Wong, an NUS Business School professor.
According to the study, “at an early stage, the Singapore government realised the universities’ role in sustaining economic growth.
“In contrast, after 1970, UM’s institutional goals reflected the New Economic Policy, an affirmative action plan for ethnic Malays and indigenous groups, put in place in the wake of disastrous 1969 ethnic riots that took the lives of hundreds of people on both sides of the racial divide.,” the study found.
The authors said that apart from the student quota system, the NEP translated into more scholarships to Bumiputeras, special programmes to facilitate their entry into higher education institutions, and the use of the Malay language in place of English in the entire education system by 1983.
“In UM and in government, the policy impact spiralled upward so that Bumiputera staff members, over time, secured almost all senior management, administrative, and academic positions.
“As NUS kept pace with the demands of a growing economy that sought to become competitive internationally, with English continuing as the language of instruction and research, UM began to focus inward as proficiency in English declined in favour of the national language — Bahasa Malaysia — and the New Economic Policy’s social goals took precedence.”
The study noted however that there has been widespread recognition that the implementation of affirmative action policies in Malaysia has hurt the higher education system, sapping Malaysia’s economic competitiveness and driving some (mainly Chinese and Indians) to more meritocratic countries, such as Singapore.
In the broader study, the lead authors found that research was an important element in the making of a world-class university, as well as top-grade talent.
“We’re both convinced that serious research universities are important in almost all societies,” Altbach, who is the director of the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College, told the New York Times last week in an interview.
Said Altbach: “Independence, luck, persistence, some kind of strategic vision, adequate resources — usually, but not always, public resources — good governance structures, good leadership, the ability to attract good students and so on. But we have found that the quality of the faculty is really crucial.”
Salmi, who co-ordinates the World Bank’s activities related to higher education, told the same newspaper of their new 390-page study, which will be released later this month, that their advice is like that supposedly given for a rabbit stew recipe: “First, catch your rabbit.” Only in this case the advice would be: “First, catch your faculty.”
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If a woman has sexual intercourse with a partner who does not ejaculate and does not reach climax, there is still a chance of pregnancy as fluid released before ejaculation may contain sperm. To reduce the risk of pregnancy, consider using contraceptive methods such as condoms, combined contraceptive pill, progesterone-only pill, contraceptive injection, vaginal ring, patch, or intrauterine device (IUD). Consult a doctor to discuss the most suitable method for you. Take a urine pregnancy test if your period is late by two weeks. This information is for general purposes only, for personalized advice, consult a healthcare professional. | Senior MBPJ officials own low-cost flats by R. Nadeswaran, Terence Fernandez and Llew-Ann Phang
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PETALING JAYA (May 20, 2010): SHE is chauffeur-driven in an official four-wheel drive on duties and states her address in official documents as a double-storey corner terrace house in Kota Damansara. But Sharipah Marhaini Syed Ali is also the owner of the low-cost apartment in Ara Damansara and happens to be the planning director of the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ).
She is not the only senior official owning a low-cost apartment.
MBPJ’s senior assistant engineer, Hanizah Katab, owns one in the same block – and so does about 500 other MBPJ employees, many using the names of wives, husbands and relatives to own low-cost homes in Petaling Jaya.
By her own admission, Sharipah is not the only director who owns a low-cost flat. Questioned by a councillor, she charged that there are other “directors and deputy directors” who own such properties.
In a reply to a memo from Deputy Mayor Puasa Md Taib dated Feb 4, Sharipah argued that “if the policy is that those earning above RM2,500 are not eligible, then all the other officers involved should be asked to explain”.
Going by the state government’s guidelines on eligibility for low-cost units, they would not qualify by a mile because only those having combined family income of less than RM2,500 a month can apply.
However, according to Sharipah, there was a policy introduced in 2001, when the council took over squatter eradication efforts from the state, to allocate low-cost units to council staff.
This decision, however, was in contravention of the state’s policy, which restricted the sale of low-cost units to those with a household income of not more than RM2,500.
Executive councillor in charge of poverty eradication Dr Xavier Jeyakumar said the policy still stands. “The state government’s policy on first-time ownership of low-cost units has not changed, and any exemption by the housing department must be sanctioned by the Exco,” he said.
However, documents made available to theSun revealed how the RM2,500 criteria could be circumvented (see also page 8).
Most, if not all, the low-cost units are not owner-occupied. Instead, they are an extra source of income because they can fetch rentals of up to RM500 a month.
Sharipah’s monthly bank loan repayment is RM322. Her apartment has been unoccupied for two months. According to neighbours, the Indonesian construction workers who were renting it had left for Kuantan after finishing a development project nearby.
Hanizah is collecting RM400 a month from an Indian family of six.
However, a search at MBPJ’s Valuation Department showed that in her application for the low-cost flat, Sharipah gave her address as a double-storey corner house on Jalan Nuri, Section 7 Kota Damansara, estimated at about RM450,000. Hanizah gave an address in Nilai.
The issue of MBPJ staff owning low-cost flats was first raised by councillor K.W. Mak in February when he asked the State Select Committee for Competency, Accountability and Transparency (Selcat) to investigate the non-compliance and malpractices in the sale of such apartments to non-eligible applicants.
In a statement last week, Mak said he had written to Mayor Datuk Roslan Sakiman on April 29 to also conduct investigations.
Mak raised the issues after receiving complaints from former squatters who were promised low-cost units but never received offers once the construction of the low-cost flat was completed.
“These former squatters have shown me proof that they were interviewed and given alternative accommodation prior to waiting for the demolition of their village to make way for development and subsequent relocation to the completed flat in their former locale,” he said.
Last week, two residents who had complained to Mak turned to theSun claiming that MBPJ officers had taken away apartments meant for them.
Mak said he has yet to see documents supporting the so-called policy to open up low-cost units to council staff.
In a statement today, MBPJ said developers offered excess units in eight low-cost housing schemes, on private lands, to its management team from year 2000. — theSun This entry was posted on Friday, 21 May 2010, 7:19 am and is filed under
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The author, married for 12 years, struggled with infertility despite professional success and early marriage. After being diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), she underwent various treatments, including hormone injections and multiple rounds of artificial insemination and in-vitro fertilization. Despite facing judgment from others, the couple remained patient and hopeful. After accepting that parenthood may not be their fate, they focused on their relationship and were presented with the opportunity to adopt a four-year-old girl, now a beloved member of their family. The author has found peace and gratitude, trusting in Allah's plan. | Fasiliti KPM Dibuka sebagai PPS
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KUALA LUMPUR-Sejak tengah hari semalam, fasiliti Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia (KPM) di seluruh negara terus dibuka sebagai Pusat Pemindahan Sementara (PPS) dengan menerima mangsa-mangsa banjir di kawasan terbabit.
Menurut YB Senator Datuk Dr. Mohd Radzi Md. Jidin, Menteri Kanan Pendidikan, warga KPM juga tidak terkecuali turun ke lapangan bagi membantu mangsa-mangsa yang dipindahkan selain memastikan kelancaran operasi PPS di sekolah.
Berdasarkan situasi semasa, beliau telah mengarahkan semua Jabatan Pendidikan Negeri (JPN-PPD) supaya sentiasa bersedia untuk bekerjasama dengan agensi-agensi yang berkaitan dengan pengurusan bencana, khususnya dalam usaha memudahkan penggunaan fasiliti KPM sebagai PPS.
Dalam laman sosial Facebook milik beliau, YB Menteri Kanan Pendidikan turut mendoakan agar usaha membantu rakyat yang terjejas akibat banjir dipermudahkan. “Saya akan pastikan semua fasiliti KPM dimanfaatkan sepenuhnya untuk membantu mangsa yang terlibat, iaitu sebelum atau selepas banjir,” ujar beliau.
Beliau juga mengucapkan terima kasih kepada seluruh warga KPM atas segala khidmat yang diberikan. | 0 | train |
A recent study at Sao Paolo State University in Brazil found that skipping breakfast increases the risk of heart attack. The study analyzed 11 people who had experienced heart attacks and found that 57% of them skipped breakfast at least 3 times a week, 51% often missed dinner, and 41% did both. The results showed that individuals who frequently skip breakfast and eat two hours before sleeping have a 4-5 times higher risk of recurrent heart attacks. Therefore, a healthy diet, including regular breakfast, plays a crucial role in heart health. | Calon sah bertanding JK PAS Pusat sesi 2017-2019. NAIB PRESIDEN (3)1) Idris Bin Ahmad, YB Ustaz Hj. 2) Mohd Amar Bin Abdullah, YB Dato’ Hj.3) Iskandar Bin Abdul Samad, YB Dato’ Hj. Ar.4) Nasruddin Bin Hassan, YB Ustaz Hj. AHLI JAWATANKUASA KERJA (18) AJK1) Riduan Bin Mohd Noor, Dr. Hj.2) Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali, YB Dato’ Dr.3) Mohd Nassuruddin Bin Daud, YB Dato’ Hj. 4) Mohd Zuhdi Bin Marzuki, Dr. Hj.5) Sallehen Bin Mukhyi, YB Ustaz Hj.6) Razman Bin Zakaria, Hj. 7) Nik Mohd Abduh Nik Abdul Aziz, YB Ustaz Hj.8) Rosni binti Adam, Dr. Hajjah, 9) Mohamad Sanusi Bin Md. Nor, Hj. 10) Mohd Fadzli Bin Hassan, YB Dato’ Dr. Hj.11) Najihatussolehah Ahmad, Dr. Hajjah 12) Mokhtar Bin Senik, Ustaz Hj. 13) Abdullah Bin Hussin, YB Ustaz Hj. 14) Muhtar Bin Suhaili As-Sarawaki15) Zaharuddin Bin Muhammad, Ustaz Hj.16) Norazli Musa, Ustaz Hj 17) Zainal Abidin Kidam, Hj. 18) Mohamad Noor Bin Mohamad, Hj. 19) Mohd Fuad Bin Salleh, Dr. 20) Halimah Bt. Ali, YB Dr.21) Ahmad Fakhruddin Sheikh Fakhrurrazi, Dr. 22) Ahmad Bin Yahya, YB Ustaz 23) Kamaruzzaman Bin Mohamad 24) Misbahul Munir Masduki, Ustaz25) Saiful Bahri Bin Mamat, YB Hj. 26) Azman Bin Ibrahim, Dr. Lembaga Pemilihan PAS Pusat dengan ini mengisytiharkan bahawa penama/calon bagi jawatan PENGERUSI TETAP, TIMBALAN PENGERUSI TETAP, PRESIDEN, TIMBALAN PRESIDEN DAN PEMERIKSA KIRA-KIRA di atas adalah menang tanpa bertanding dan dengan itu tiada pemilihan/pengundian bagi jawatan-jawatan tersebut sewaktu Muktamar PAS ke-63. | 0 | train |
Sejak penjarakan sosial bermula, terdapat peningkatan dalam jualan kamera web, tetapi pengguna desktop mungkin terlepas pandang aksesori ini sebelum ini. Walau bagaimanapun, pengguna Canon dengan kamera digital seperti EOS R, EOS-1D X Mark III dan PowerShot G7 X III boleh mengubahnya menjadi kamera web dengan perisian baharu Canon. Perisian percuma untuk pengguna Windows 10 64-bit ini membolehkan visual berkualiti tinggi, malah mengatasi kamera web kendiri. Tiada perkakasan tambahan diperlukan dan senarai kamera yang disokong termasuk 25 model daripada EOS DSLR dan siri PowerShot. | Antara statistik menarik yang kami baca sejak dunia mula melakukan pembatasan sosial ialah kesukaran mendapat kamera web. Jualan kamera web meningkat sebaik sahaja ramai perlu bekerja dari rumah tetapi bagi pengguna desktop ia mungkin aksesori yang sebelum ini tidak dipandang penting. Tetapi sekiranya anda mempunyai kamera digital Canon, anda tidak perlu membeli kamera web baharu.
Canon telah mengeluarkan perisian rasmi yang mengubah kamera digital seperti EOS R , EOS-1D X Mark III, dan PowerShot G7 X III menjadi sebuah kamera web. Buat masa ini sokongan diberikan pada komputer Windows 10 64-bit sahaja.
Dengan perisian ini anda bukan sahaja tidak perlu membeli kamera web, tetapi anda juga akan mempunyai kualiti visual terbaik di kalangan ahli keluarga kerana EOS R mislanya ialah sebuah kamera bingkai penuh nircermin. Untuk memuat turun perisian, sila ke pautan ini. Senarai lengkap 25 kamera yang disokong adalah seperti di bawah.
EOS DSLR
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The Asus ROG Phone is the first smartphone from Asus in the ROG series, which previously only consisted of gaming laptops. It is a powerful gaming device with a sleek design that has a gamer aesthetic, a 120Hz refresh rate screen, and support for various additional accessories. However, when it was launched in 2018, it was already behind as it still ran on Android Oreo, while other brands had already moved on to Android Pie.
As of now, Asus has officially started rolling out the ZenUI 16.0410.1910.91 update based on Android Pie for the device. Unfortunately, other devices have already updated to Android 10, while Asus has only just introduced Android Pie. Here is the change log for this update;
The update has been available since November 28 and will be rolled out to all first-generation ROG Phones with the model number ZS600KL. If you own this device, check for notifications or go to settings to update it via OTA. | Kia has just revealed the first images of the Kia Rio GT-Line ahead of its global premiere at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show (GIMS). The
fourth-generation Rio
will be dressed in the most aggressive GT-Line specification like the
Picanto
,
Optima
,
Sportage
and
Sorento
.
The company’s global best-selling B-Segment hatchback was well received by customers around the globe thanks to its versatility, handling and safety features. The new GT-Line spices up the Rio line up further to enhance the car’s desirability to drive sales in 2018 and beyond.
On the outside, the GT-Line gets a unique gloss-black and chrome contrast tiger nose grille, quad ice-cube LED fog lamps, twin exhaust tips at the rear, chrome window trim and a gloss black roof spoiler. It now rides on 17-inch GT-Line multi-spoke alloys.
Inside you’ll find new items such as black synthetic leather and cloth upholstery with contrasting grey stitching, a flat-bottomed multifunctional steering wheel as well as new metallic and carbon fibre-effect interior trims. Other than that, the car gets the standard aluminium pedals, 7.0-inch floating touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto (something our
local spec Rio is missing
), rear view camera and heated seats.
Under the hood you’ll find a new
1.0-litre turbocharged three-cylinder T-GDI
engine similar to the one found in the
Picanto X-Line
. Except on the larger sibling, the three-potter churns out
119 hp
and
171 Nm
of torque,
20 hp
higher but
1 Nm
lower than the Picanto. Drive is channeled to the front wheels via a six-speed manual transmission.
Interestingly, Kia has announced that from Q3 2018 onwards, the Rio GT-Line will be available with naturally aspirated options: 1.25- and 1.4-litre four-cylinder MPI petrol engines that will be paired to a new
seven-speed double clutch transmission
. The 1.4-litre MPI offered to the Malaysian market comes with a four-speed slushbox which
we found to be a little dated
.
On the safety front, the Rio GT-Line gets the full suite of safety features including Forward Collision-avoidance Assist (FCA) with pedestrian recognition, Lane Departure Warning System (LDWS) and Driver Attention Warning (DAW) system on top of the usual six-airbags and three letter acronyms.
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Nintendo mengumumkan bahawa permainan baharunya, Super Mario Run, akan tersedia pada peranti Android mulai 23 Mac 2017. Selain itu, pada hari yang sama, versi iOS Super Mario Run akan dikemas kini kepada versi 2.0 dengan ciri baharu. Super Mario Run menampilkan watak Mario yang popular, dioptimumkan untuk peranti mudah alih dan skrin sentuh, dan ditawarkan secara percuma dengan permainan terhad, memerlukan pembelian dalam apl untuk akses penuh. Pengguna Android boleh pradaftar dan menerima pemberitahuan apabila permainan itu tersedia untuk dimuat turun minggu depan. | Ubisoft MOBA Battle Royale Mobile Game – Wild Arena Survivors is Now Available
Ubisoft Entertainment’s mobile game Wild Arena Survivors is now available to download today on the 1st September 2022 on Google PlayStore and Apple AppStore. About Wild Arena Survivor
Wild Arena Survivor is Ubisoft’s newest PvPvE battle royale game which lets players choose your Survivor to fight in fast paced battles with 40 players on one map. Players will also be able to explore an exotic island for resources to make you stronger, defend yourself against wild animals and fight other players to win.
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10 Minutes, 40 players
Prove your skills in fast-paced matches in this hero-based battle royale. Face off against other players and master the playstyle of your chosen Survivor.
Unlock & Upgrade Unique Survivors
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Play a variety of unique Survivors with their own weapons, abilities and playstyles. Collect them all and level up their skills to unlock their true potential.
Loot & Improve Your Gear
Search the island for resources to upgrade your weapons and items during each match. Improve your gear to blast your enemies away.
Survive In The Wild
Prove yourself on an untamed exotic island filled with secrets, wild animals and other Survivors! Adapt and improvise in hostile environments to make it through the fight.
Wild Variety of Game Modes
Choose from an increasing variety of game modes and experience the adrenaline rush of making it on your own in Solo Mode, or team up with other players in Duo Mode to lead your team to victory.
For more information and future updates for Ubisoft Entertainment’s Wild Arena Survivors, check out the official website here.
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Disqus has fully integrated Facebook Connect into its platform, allowing users to comment using their Facebook accounts. This can be helpful as some websites require users to sign up for a Disqus account before commenting. With this integration, users can now log in and comment using their Facebook accounts, saving time and eliminating the need for registration. Users commenting with their Facebook accounts will have an "F" avatar, while those using Disqus accounts will retain their original avatars. However, aMaNz will continue using the default WordPress commenting system and has no plans to switch to Disqus or Intense Debate in the near future. | Tom Clancy Elite Squad Review – Tom Clancy’s More Casual Game
Tom Clancy Elite Squad as the name suggests, is a Tom Clancy IP based mobile game. We tested the game and here’s our review on it.
Game Overview
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The game is essentially a hero collector game where players get to pick characters across the Tom Clancy franchise to lead them to the battlefield which are also based on iconic locations from each video game franchise.
Gameplay
The gameplay for Tom Clancy Elite Squad is very simple. You bring in your squad of units and fight against the enemy. Majority of the combat are done through auto with the very few exception of using your “command orders” which are basically the player’s skill located at the bottom right of the screen.
And that’s essentially all there is to combat. You can’t even control the usage of your own character’s abilities, it’s all up to the AI to decide which targets your units will attack which is rather disappointing since players don’t get to do much during gameplay but for players who prefer a more casual gameplay with minimal things to do then this game might be up your alley.
While there isn’t much to do during battles, there is at least a silver lining in terms of coming up with team synergy and also building up your units. Each of your units have their own skills and interchangeable weapons to choose from given the situation of the battle. They each have their own “skill rating” which determines the strength of the unit and is used as a measurement of the difficulty of a map.
Features
One of the main features for Tom Clancy’ Elite Squad would be the campaign mode where play through various of chapters each with its own unique requirements such as the Allies chapter where the player can only use Hero-base soldiers and the contrasting Underworld chapter where players can only use villain soldiers.
There’s also your usual features such as PvP Arena and Guild where you can battle with friends and against foes. And there is also quite a hefty amount of event activities where players can participate in for in-game rewards.
Gacha System
Located at the O.R.B Depot in the main menu, you’ll be bombarded with the ridiculous amounts of crates and the currencies to buy said crates are placed relatively high.
The choice for a shard-base system for a hero collector gacha game is always a questionable decision since the system is always frowned upon the Gacha community and usually rubs people off the wrong way.
Opinion
The game doesn’t have enough depth and complexity to keep me personally entertained. As someone who expected the gameplay to be similar to XCOM, the combat for Tom Clancy Elite Squad feels shallow and lackluster which doesn’t require much thinking to get through the levels.
But on the other side of the coin, if you’re looking for a super casual idle game with your favorite characters from the Tom Clancy franchise then yeah, the game’s for you.
For more information regarding the game, do check out their official website.
Verdict
Pros
Cons Tons of Characters from the Tom Clancy Franchise
Gameplay is shallow and lacklustre with minimal things to do and control
Casual Idle Gameplay for casual players
Gacha is shard based which is typically frowned upon Final Score:
5/10
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Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri meminta orang ramai untuk bertenang. Tan Sri Noor Rashid Ibrahim meminta orang ramai untuk bertenang. Dia juga meminta rakyat Malaysia untuk bertenang sehingga siasatan penuh dijalankan.
Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri meminta orang ramai untuk bertenang. Menteri membangkitkan kebimbangan masyarakat terhadap kekerasan. Kejadian berlaku di tapak Kuil Sri Mariamman, USJ 25, Putra Heights, Subang Jaya. | aku nak konvo minggu depan , lima tahun aku hbs kan masa belajar kat u dan kena tunggu setahun untuk konvo , finally aku konvo korang , aku konvo ! lebih kurang enam tahun masa yang aku amek untuk aku genggam ijazah.
dan sudah tentu lah bila aku konvo yang jarang berlaku dlm hdup aku tu , aku nak org yg selama nie ada dgn aku tgk aku pakai jubah konvo , raikan aku , bukan selalu , hurm.
selain mak ayah aku dan adk beradik aku , pakwe aku pun antara org yg bg sokongan kat aku selama enam tahun tu , aku berharap sgt dia dpt pg tgk aku konvo tapi dia tak dapat pg , aku tahu dah , aku ajak ritu pun buat mulut manis je , aku tahu dia takkan pg punye , tapi sentapnye hati aku tuhan aje tahu.
mak ayah aku ada suruh ajak dia dtg tgk aku konvo nanti tapi dia mcm2 hal ada tapi hal bola kau pg dlm kubur bertapa pun sanggup kalau ada bola, pg pun semata mata pg tgk aku konvo je , rumah sewa , makan semua fmly aku support , itu pun mcm2 hal dia bagi.
aku bodoh kan korang , aku rasa aku perempuan paling bodoh sekali dlm hal nie, fine tinggalkan hal konvo aku , cerita pasal tunang pulak , mak ayah aku bnyk kali dah suruh dia dtg masuk meminang at least nampak lah dia nak aku , dia serius dgn aku , tapi mcm biasa lah nak sambung belajar lah , terlalu awal lah , tahi umur dah 24 lah gilaa , hidup tahu nak main2 tak pk masa depan lgsung.
sedangkan syarat mak aku suh masuk meminang tu semudah mudah perkara dah fmly aku bg jalan , sbb tahu aku dgn dia dah lama dr aku spm lah hape pun takde skunk dah ad keje pun. syarat mak aku suh bawak je masa meminang tu ape ape pun lah yang simple hatta dia nak bwk gula gula pun mak aku terima , tak pun dtg ckp depan depan mak ayah aku betul syg aku , haha , harapan lah , nak buat itu pun takut padahal ckp syg.
so skunk aku sentap sbb aku rasa aku yg beria nak mati sgt , aku tak phm lah ad fmly pmpuan yg letak hantaran tinggi sgt sampai cirit phak laki cari duit.
fmly aku senang je , bawak lah ape pun fmly aku terima , yang mana mampu sebab nak mempermudahkan je tapi tu lah nasib aku nie takde sape pulak nak terima atau yg sudi masuk meminang , murah sgt agaknye kan aku , haa sedih lah dah lah aku nak konvo , serabot. desperate ke aku nie haa ,
do give positive vibes to me , sblm nie aku ad confess gak kat sini , setiap yg korang komen yg positive tu aku screan shot buat kate2 semangat , now aku nk mintak lg sbb down gilaa | 0 | train |
Over 4.8 million Muslim pilgrims have performed Umrah in Makkah, Saudi Arabia since the Umrah season began on 1 Muharram 1444 Hijrah (July 30, 2022). According to a report released today by the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah (MOHU), a total of 4,840,764 Umrah pilgrims have arrived in the country so far, with 4,258,151 international pilgrims having returned to their respective countries and 582,613 still present in the country as of Tuesday. Out of the total arrivals, 4,329,349 involved pilgrims using air travel, while 507,430 arrived via land routes. Previously, MOHU announced that Muslims with visit, tourism, and other types of visas that permit entry into Saudi Arabia can now perform Umrah, visit religious sites, and pray at Raudhah after booking a slot through the "NUSUK" app. The Umrah visa duration has also been extended to 90 days, compared to the previous 30-day limit, for entry into the country via land and air routes. (AlHijrah Online) | [TGS 2022] Sonic Frontiers Preview – A New Step In the Right Direction
Over the course of the Tokyo Game Show 2022 event that is happening over the week, we got the opportunity to head over to the SEGA booth and tried our hands on a demo preview for the upcoming Sonic Frontiers game and I gotta say, the new artstyle for the game just works. Here’s our thoughts on the game. Sonic Frontiers had gained quite a lot of traction on it with tons of fan criticism where previous gameplay footage were show here and there. Most of the complaints were about how the game felt unfinished with a large open zone that feels barren and lifeless.
Related Posts Pokemon Sleep Now Available In Malaysia GamerBraves Newsletter Vol. 103 – The Glory of The Barbie/Oppenheimer Double Feature Admittedly, I too had my reservations about Sonic frontiers at first, with just about every sonic game I’ve played in the past had well-structured levels which was mainly built on optimising your run. But having to try out the demo preview here at TGS 2022 though, Sonic Frontiers has some potential in bringing new ideas to the series.
One thing that I’m extremely glad about this new sonic game is that from my time moving Sonic around the game, the controls for him felt really smooth. Since the last main 3D Sonic game that I last played was Sonic Forces, and that game had some polishing issues. But whereas in Sonic Frontiers, it really feels like sonic has been given the golden finish that the Sega’s mascot truly deserves.
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To further elaborate, Sonic’s run feels especially good and fluid, and while even if you’re not zooming around the map at maximum speed, it still feels like you’re going at a speed that Sonic himself would consider to be a brisk walk. It’s nice to see that Sonic actually accelerates at a decent speed because people previously had worried about earlier footage where that wasn’t the case.
On top of that, Sonic Frontiers are bringing back some staple gameplay mechanics which were featured in previous Sonic series like the homing attack which allows the user to swerve while in midair, automatically zeroing in and striking a nearby enemy with a midair Spin Attack as well as the drop dash where when used, it makes the user launch a midair Spin Dash.
Not only that but Sonic has gotten some new gameplay mechanics too where he now has access to light attacks to do while performing air combos now, so instead of previously spindashing repeatedly, you can now perform a spindash into air combos, which honestly feels like a breath of fresh air since it gives us some brand new leeway in terms of gameplay.
Sonic also still has his side dodge ability, but I unfortunately didn’t get to try it out since the demo time was so short. There’s also one more new ability which let’s you essentially draw a circle using sonic, which let’s you create rings and damage groups of enemies. All in all, the moveset you have in Sonic Frontiers manages to keep Sonic’s personal flair which is very reassuring to hear.
There’s also a cool new feature in Frontiers where it implements a new RPG-like element where it offers skill trees and the like. While I unfortunately wasn’t able to understand most of the text since it was in Japanese but it does seem like the game allows you to upgrade Sonic and his abilities over time.
Art Style
Admittedly, I was personally iffy about the new artstyle for Sonic Frontiers at first from all the trailers I’ve seen. But being able to actually see it in person, it actually think it really fits into the whole vibe that Frontiers is trying to portray to the players. Sonic looks almost totally different from the rest of the world environment and I feel like that really helps to distinguish the character model since you’re out and about exploring such a huge world now.
I also really like the new enemies that were in Frontiers, they’re very unlike the classic sonic Badniks but in a good way. The overall atmosphere of the game and the vibe it gives off is very reminiscent of my time playing through Nier Automate but it doesn’t quite go as hard as that.
All in all, it was such a blast playing through the demo preview for Sonic Frontiers and I’m definitely looking forward to when the game officially launches in 8th November 2022.
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PAS is confident that Perikatan Nasional (PN) can make a surprise win and take over Selangor from Pakatan Harapan (PH) in the upcoming state election. This confidence is based on PN's victory in the 15th General Election (GE15), particularly in majority Malay constituencies. According to Roslan Shahir Datuk Mohd Shahir, the Secretary-General of PAS Selangor, after winning Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah, and recently Perlis, it is now Selangor's turn to be contested in the state election. He mentioned that PAS won 43 out of 222 parliamentary seats in GE15, mostly in majority Malay constituencies. He pointed out that there are 21 parliamentary constituencies with more than 90% Malay voters, 80% (10 constituencies), 70% (seven constituencies), and 60% (four constituencies). He also mentioned that only one parliamentary constituency, Kuala Langat, has less than 60% Malay voters, which is 58.69%, while 41.31% are non-Malay voters. However, during the election, PN's Malay candidate, Datuk Dr Ahmad Yunus Hairi, managed to win the seat, defeating PH and BN. Roslan also mentioned that PH and BN had non-Malay candidates for the Kuala Langat parliamentary seat, but it seemed that the majority of Malay voters rejected them. Dr Ahmad Yunus believes that PN has the advantage to take over Selangor from PH, even though PH and BN are denying it. He said that there are several factors and recent political developments that contribute to PN's confidence in winning the election. He also mentioned that the people of Selangor are tired of PH's lies and broken promises. Roslan then questioned the position of 33 out of 56 state constituencies in Selangor, which are mostly dominated by Malay voters. He stated that Selangor has 56 state constituencies, and 33 of them have more than 60% Malay voters. Therefore, PAS is confident that Selangor will become the fifth state to be won by PAS through PN. He urged the people of Selangor to bring about change and vote for a clean, responsible, and stable government. | PAS tidak bercakap kosong apabila meletakkan keyakinan Perikatan Nasional (PN) mampu membuat kejutan dengan merampas Selangor daripada Pakatan Harapan (PH) pada pilihan raya negeri (PRN) yang bakal diadakan dalam beberapa bulan lagi. Keyakinan itu adalah berdasarkan kepada kemenangan PAS dan PN pada Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-15 (PRU-15), khususnya di kerusi majoriti Melayu, kata Setiausaha Perhubungan PAS Selangor, Roslan Shahir Datuk Mohd Shahir. Menurutnya selepas Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah dan terbaharu iaitu Perlis, kini giliran Selangor pula untuk ditawan dalam PRN akan datang. “PAS menang 43 daripada 222 kerusi Parlimen dalam PRU-15 lalu. Kemenangan itu rata-rata di kerusi majoriti Melayu,” katanya sambil memberikan fakta berkaitan kedudukan pengundi Melayu di kawasan Parlimen ketika PRU lalu. Beliau menggariskan 21 kerusi Parlimen mempunyai 90 peratus pengundi Melayu; 80 peratus (10 kerusi); 70 peratus (tujuh kerusi); dan 60 peratus (empat kerusi). Roslan berkata satu sahaja kerusi Parlimen yang mempunyai pengundi Melayu di bawah 60 peratus iaitu Kuala Langat (58.69 peratus), manakala 41.31 peratus adalah pengundi bukan Melayu. Untuk rekod, walaupun, di Parlimen Kuala Langat pengundi Melayunya di bawah 60 peratus tetapi calon PN yang juga Pesuruhjaya PAS Selangor, Datuk Dr Ahmad Yunus Hairi, berjaya merampas kerusi itu daripada Pakatan Harapan (PH) dalam saingan enam penjuru. Dr Ahmad Yunus yang juga Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Sijangkang, menang dengan 1,833 undi apabila memperoleh 52,867 undi, manakala calon PH (51,034 undi); dan Barisan Nasional (18,685), manakala calon Pejuang dan dua calon Bebas hilang deposit. PH dan BN meletakkan calon bukan Melayu bagi kerusi Parlimen Kuala Langat iaitu masing-masing G Manivanan (PH) dan M Mohana (BN), tetapi kelihatannya majoriti pengundi Melayu telah bersatu menolak mereka. Semalam, Dr Ahmad Yunus yakin PN mempunyai kelebihan untuk merampas dan mengambil alih pentadbiran negeri Selangor daripada PH, pada PRN akan dtang walaupun perkara itu cuba dinafikan pihak lawan. Ini kerana, katanya wujud beberapa faktor serta perkembangan mutakhir politik semasa yang ternyata menyumbang ke arah keyakinan dan kemenangan PN, termasuk rakyat Selangor yang telah muak dengan siri-siri pembohongan dan jani-janji palsu PH. “Calon PH dan Barisan Nasional (BN) kecundang di enam kerusi Parlimen di Selangor dalam Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-15 (PRU15), malah BN gagal menang walau satu kerusi pun di Selangor. “PH dilihat tidak memiliki kemampuan membawa imej yang dikehendaki rakyat dalam pentadbiran, tambahan pula apabila mereka sanggup bekerjasama dengan BN yang selama ini mereka serang sebagai kleptokrat dan serba pincang,” kata Dr Ahmad Yunus. Mengulas lanjut, Roslan yang merujuk kemenangan Dr Ahmad Yunus di kerusi 58.69 peratus Melayu itu mempersoalkan kedudukan 33 daripada 56 kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Selangor yang majoritinya dikuasai pengundi Melayu. “Walau di kerusi 58.69% Melayu calon PAS mampu menang di Selangor bagaimana pula di DUN Selangor nanti? “Selangor punya 56 kerusi DUN yang mana 33 kerusi mempunyai lebih 60 peratus pengundi Melayu. Kerana itu PAS bukan cakap kosong. “Insya-Allah dengan kewibawaan calon-calon PAS dan rekod pengalaman bersih dan cemerlang ketika berada dalam kerajaan negeri satu ketika dahulu kita yakin Selangor punya potensi dan bakal menjadi negeri kelima yang akan dimenangi PAS melalui Perikatan Nasional. “Ayuh anak-anak Selangor kita bawa perubahan. Selangor perlukan kerajaan yang prihatin, bersih dan stabil. Undi anda penentunya,” kata beliau lagi. | 1 | train |
iPhone 13 Pro Max pada masa ini mempunyai hayat bateri terbaik di kalangan telefon pintar, bertahan lebih sehari dengan sekali cas. Pada platform Android, telefon dengan bateri 10,000 mAh telah dikeluarkan, menjanjikan hayat bateri selama seminggu. Walau bagaimanapun, isu utama dengan telefon pintar ialah cip cekap kuasa memerlukan kuasa yang ketara untuk beroperasi. Untuk menangani isu ini, Samsung dan IBM telah mengumumkan reka bentuk cip baharu yang dipanggil Vertical Transport Field Effect Transistor (VTFET), yang menggantikan reka bentuk FinFET semasa. VTFET menyusun transistor secara menegak dan bukannya hanya pada satu lapisan, menghasilkan reka bentuk cip yang lebih padat dan pengurangan 85% dalam penggunaan kuasa. Selain itu, VTFET membenarkan peningkatan dua kali ganda dalam kuasa pemprosesan dan membolehkan Undang-undang Moore diteruskan. Reka bentuk VTFET masih diperhalusi dan belum lagi sedia untuk kegunaan komersial. | Twitter kini telah mula memperkenalkan antaramuka baharu kepada para pengguna iOS dan Android tempatan, sekaligus memberikan akses pantas kepada Twitter Spaces.
Melalui antaramuka baharu ini, akses Twitter Spaces boleh dicapai melalui sebuah butang menu khas dibahagian tengah bawah aplikasi.
Menariknya, apabila menu berkenaan diakses, pengguna turut boleh melihat pelbagai sesi Twitter Spaces yang sedang berlangsung, dan menyertainya untuk mendengar perbincangan yang sedang berlaku.
Kemaskini baharu ini sedang diperkenalkan oleh Twitter kepada pengguna tempatan secara berperingkat. | 0 | train |
Penceramah adalah seorang wanita ekstrovert yang berkahwin dengan lelaki yang lebih introvert. Dia tertarik dengan perwatakannya, termasuk hakikat bahawa dia tidak merokok, solat, dan mempunyai jati diri yang kuat. Bagaimanapun, selepas berkahwin, dia menyedari bahawa perbezaan mereka, terutamanya dalam gaya komunikasi dan bahasa cinta, menyebabkan pergeseran. Dia mementingkan kasih sayang fizikal dan masa yang berkualiti, manakala suaminya lebih fokus pada kerjaya dan pertumbuhan peribadinya.
Penceramah juga bercakap tentang cabaran menjadi ibu bekerja, termasuk perubahan mood, perubahan fizikal, dan keperluan untuk mengutamakan keperluan anak-anaknya. Dia berkomunikasi secara terbuka dengan suaminya tentang isu-isu ini dan mengharapkan tahap pemahaman dan kerjasama yang sama daripada suaminya. Dia juga menghargai peranan jantina tradisional dalam beberapa cara, seperti mengharapkan suaminya menjaga anak-anak apabila dia perlu makan atau berehat.
Di sebalik perbezaan dan perjuangan mereka, penceramah merasakan suaminya telah menjadi pasangan idealnya dari semasa ke semasa. Mereka telah belajar untuk berkomunikasi dengan lebih baik, bekerjasama, dan menghargai kekuatan satu sama lain. Penceramah percaya bahawa setiap orang mempunyai jangkaan mereka sendiri dalam perhubungan, dan adalah penting untuk bersabar, memahami dan berkomunikasi untuk membina perkongsian yang kukuh dan penuh kasih sayang. Dia menggalakkan ibu bapa supaya tidak terlalu tegas atau menuntut dalam hal pilihan pasangan anak mereka, kerana setiap orang mempunyai perjalanan dan proses pembelajaran mereka sendiri. | Gate of Nightmares reveals new screenshots
Several new screenshots were released for Gate of Nightmares, a new mobile RPG from Square Enix, featuring character designs and world creation from Hiro Mashima – Fairy Tail, Edens Zero – scenario by Jin Fujisawa – Dragon Quest X – and music by Yasuharu Takanashi – Log Horizon, Naruto Shippuden.
If you missed out on the original pitch, here it is:
Related Posts Pokemon Sleep Now Available In Malaysia GamerBraves Newsletter Vol. 103 – The Glory of The Barbie/Oppenheimer Double Feature Gate of Nightmares is a traditional fantasy adventure of swords and magic, set in both the “real world” where people live, and “Remurias,” a world of mixed up dreams made manifest. When Emma, a girl who became a “Nightwalker” and commands monsters known as “Nightmares,” which are born from bad dreams, encounters Azel, a mysterious boy the Nightmares like, she gets wrapped up in an adventure where the fate of the world hangs in the balance.
All the characters that appear in the game are newly illustrated by Hiro Mashima, and the scenario by Jin Fujisawa is fully voiced.
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Going by these screenshots, Gate of Nightmares looks to be a fully 3D work. If you’re curious to know more, the official Twitter will announce when recruitment for a hands-on test will happen, where we should know more about how the systems work. The Twitter will also post illustrations from Hiro Mashima, so do check it out as we wait to get more news about the title.
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MINI has announced the MINI One First 5 Door, an entry-level model for the 5-door variant. It is equipped with a 1.2-liter, three-cylinder engine that has MINI TwinPower Turbo technology, making 75 horsepower and 150 Nm of torque at 1,400 rpm. The car accelerates from 0-100 km/h in 13.4 seconds and has a six-speed manual transmission that drives the front wheels. It has an average fuel consumption of 5.2 liters per 100 km. MINI Malaysia introduced the Cooper S 5 Door model in November last year, leaving us to wonder if the One First 5 Door will also make its way here. | BMW Group Malaysia recorded a strong 15 per cent growth in sales in the first quarter of 2018 compared to the same period last year, delivering 3,000 vehicles across BMW, MINI and Motorrad brands.
Over 2,500 new BMW vehicles were delivered to customers in Q1 of 2018 compared to 2,100 cars in 2017, charting an
18 per cent growth
. BMW X models were the strongest growth driver for the brand, enjoying a significant
39 per cent growth
in the first quarter of the year. The X5 proved to be the most popular model, but BMW is set to bolster the healthy trend with the first-ever X2 and
all-new X3
.
The MINI brand, on the other hand, saw 220 deliveries in the first three months of 2018, 6 per cent up from the same period last year. BMW Motorrard closed Q1 2018 with 260 motorcycles delivered to customers.
Moving forward, BMW Group Malaysia is committed to grow its investments in Malaysia to continue to develop Malaysia as a hub for BMW Group in South East Asia. In 2017, the group opened its doors to the new
BMW Regional Parts Distribution Centre in Senai, Johor
that supports after sales operations of 23 countries. | 0 | train |
Polis mengatakan kemalangan itu berlaku di jalan, Ogaya. Murid dan guru berada di kaki lima berhampiran garisan melintas ketika kereta kecil itu merempuh mereka.
Kereta merempuh sekumpulan murid tadika di bandar Otsu. Kanak-kanak dan guru berada di kaki lima berhampiran garisan melintas ketika kereta itu merempuh mereka. | Netmarble prepares launch of Penta Storm
In the footsteps of its successes such as Seven Knights and Lineage: Revolution, game developer Netmarble is in the midst of launching a mobile MOBA title known as Penta Storm. Penta Storm is in fact developed by an internal Tencent game studios, which previously worked on 王者荣耀, also a MOBA game. The odd thing however is that an English language version of Penta Storm has been released under the name Strike Kings, available on Google Play. Singapore-based Promixa Beta oversees the game, although chances are this is a shell company.
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No idea why Netmarble would go through such a confusing path with regards to game release, but if you so choose, you can play Strike Kings right now, or wait for a global launch of Penta Storm.
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Anggota Majlis Tindakan Ekonomi Negara (MTEN) akan ditentukan oleh Perdana Menteri Anwar Ibrahim, seperti yang diamanatkan oleh kabinet, dan akan diumumkan tidak lama lagi. MTEN berperanan untuk menerajui perancangan, pelaksanaan dan pemantauan ekonomi negara, termasuk dasar dan strategi ekonomi semasa untuk menangani cabaran ekonomi moden. Ia akan berfungsi sebagai majlis penasihat ekonomi tertinggi kerajaan, memberi tumpuan kepada menyelaraskan keputusan merentas kementerian dan agensi untuk menyelesaikan isu struktur ekonomi yang berterusan. MTEN juga akan memainkan peranan penting dalam menilai dan membuat keputusan mengenai dasar jangka pendek, sederhana dan panjang untuk mengukuhkan kedudukan fiskal negara, meningkatkan hasil, dan meningkatkan daya tahan ekonomi. | Saya dan teman wanitan melakukan hubungan sex pada hari kedua haid teman wanita saya. Adakah dari hubungan sex tersebut boleh mengandung?
Salam sejahtera, terima kasih atas soalan yang diajukan.
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Untuk makluman anda, kemungkinan untuk hamil jika melakukan hubungan seks ketika haid adalah rendah, namun begitu, masih terdapat kemungkinan untuk berlaku. Selain itu, seks ketika haid juga adalah amat tidak digalakkan kerana boleh menyebarkan jangkitan kelamin.
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Adobe offers online video tutorials for their output software users to learn its techniques. Online learning allows students to follow steps at their own pace, and from personal experience, it is more effective than in-class learning. Fender, a renowned guitar manufacturer, has recently launched Fender Play, an online service where customers can learn guitar-playing techniques by watching videos. These tutorial videos can be accessed through computers or iOS apps. Various genres of songs can be learned based on the student's preference, with a $19.99 (~RM 86) monthly fee, but a 30-day free trial is available. | Sekiranya anda melanggan kepada perkhidmatan Adobe, terdapat pelbagai video tutorial boleh ditonton bagi mempelajari teknik penggunaan perisian keluaran mereka. Belajar secara atas talian membolehkan pelajar mengikuti langkah mengikut keselesaan peribadi. Dari pengalaman peribadi ia adalah lebih efektif dari pembelajaran di dalam kelas.
Konsep belajar secara atas talian kini digunapakai oleh Fender. Syarikat pengeluar gitar ternama ini baru sahaja melancarkan perkhidmatan Fender Play. Melalui perkhidmatan ini, pelanggan boleh mempelajari teknik bermain gitar dengan hanya menonton video. Video tutorial boleh ditonton menerusi komputer ataupun aplikasi iOS.
Pelbagai genre lagu boleh dipelajari mengikut minat pelajar. Bayaran bulanan $19.99 (~RM 86) dikenakan tetapi ia boleh dicuba selama 30 hari secara percuma. | 1 | train |
Last year marked a new beginning in my relationship with my wife, a significant event for us despite being common for others. My wife is kind and takes care of our children and meals. I never had to worry about anything when I was with her. However, I was addicted to watching explicit content and often felt guilty. I feared that my addiction would lead me to stray. Despite this, my wife never failed to support me and was always there for me.
Despite my addiction, I never shared it with her, and she saw me as a perfect husband. I often felt ashamed, and my prayers became irregular. Eventually, I was caught in the act. My wife saw the explicit content on my phone and was devastated. She felt hurt and betrayed, and I felt guilty for disappointing her.
My addiction caused me to lose my blessings, and I drifted away from my faith. However, after seeking forgiveness and repenting, I was able to regain my faith and rebuild my relationship with my wife.
It is haram to watch explicit content, and doing so can cause harm to oneself and one's relationship. It is crucial to seek help if one is struggling with addiction. My wife was my savior, and her love and support helped me overcome my addiction and rebuild our relationship.
It is important not to blame one's spouse for one's own wrongdoing. Seeking forgiveness and rebuilding trust is crucial for a healthy relationship. I now realize the seriousness of addiction and how it can harm one's marriage and faith. It is essential to seek help and support to overcome addiction and maintain a healthy relationship. | Hujung tahun lepas adalah titik permulaan dimana saya dan isteri start over semula hubungan kami, yang mungkin puncanya biasa bagi orang lain. Tapi ianya sangat besar bagi kami. Maaf jika panjang sikit.
Isteri seorang yang baik. Dia surirumah, setiap hari jaga anak-anak. Dia jaga makan pakai kami. Apa saya bawa balik, itulah yang dia masak.
Bila saya nak bersama, dia tak pernah menolak dan layan saya dengan baik. Saya mengeluh pasal kerja, dia dengar. Kadang saya fikir, saya ni cukup bagus ke untuk dia?
Pada waktu tu saya fikir mungkin kami tak ada keserasian.. saya jadikan tu alasan untuk justify apa silap saya. Sedangkan dia tak bersalah pun, saya yang salah. Ketagih video 18. Saya patut berhenti dari dulu sebelum nikah lagi.
Walaupun lepas bersama isteri, saya akan buka video 18 tu, baru saya tidur. Selama 5 tahun saya tonton, dia tak tahu kegiatan saya. Didepan dia, saya adalah lelaki yang perfect dan menjaga pandangan.
Kadang rasa geli tengok semua perempuan tu. Tapi kenapa tengok juga kalau geli? Sebab saya dah ketagih nak bagi otak makan dengan hormon dopamine. Itu je sebabnya.
Lama-lama saya rasa malu untuk solat sebab terbuai dengan dosa. Tapi isteri tak tahu saya berhenti solat. Mungkin ada sebab, Allah ciptakan perempuan ni dengan firasat.
Cepat atau lambat je. Akhirnya saya tertangkap semasa tengah tonton. Isteri tengok skrin, dia rampas handphone dan kuncikan diri dia dalam bilik lain. Saya hanya dengar dia menangis semahunya.
Dia keluar bilik, dia menangis cakap pada saya yang dia tak pernah buka benda macam tu. Tak pernah membayangkan lelaki lain selain saya.
Dia cakap kadang saya tolak ajakan dia, tapi dia tetap ingat saya. Dia persoalkan diri dia, tak cukup baik ke dia sampai saya buka benda ni.
Dan banyak lagi benda dia cakap membuatkan saya rasa bodoh, useless, tak guna. Isteri sangat menjaga maruah dia, tapi perbuatan saya seolah olah menjatuhkan maruah diri sendiri.
Rumahtangga hilang keberkatan, tidak mendapat redha Allah. Menjadi punca kepada kelalaian dalam beribadah. Hati menjadi hitam dan jauh dari Allah. Jadi pelupa.
Adalah haram melihat aurat bukan mahram malah lagi besar, melihat orang lain bersetubuh. Di padang mahsyar nanti juga, semua video tu akan terpampang ketika berhimpun sebagai saksi perbuatan kita.
Saya tak berhenti sehingga harini solat taubat dan memohon ampun pada isteri. Memang saya ketagih. Tapi demi Allah, tak pernah saya rasa nak bersama dengan perempuan dalam video.
Malu. Saya malu semalunya pada isteri, walaupun selepas semua tu jadi, dia tetap layan saya dengan baik. Saya fikir dia akan tolak untuk bersama, dan saya dah bersedia untuk kena reject. Tapi dia tetap layan baik seperti biasa.
Mungkin orang akan cakap, kamu bertaubat hanya kerana kamu tertangkap. Tapi bagi saya, tak. Saya anggap isteri sebagai penyelamat saya dunia akhirat.
Dia selamatkan saya dari terus hanyut. Mungkin kalau tak tertangkap awal, saya akan cuba benda yang lebih teruk dari ni, dengan anggapan ianya normal. Astaghfirullah.
Kalau saya ada dirumah, saya dan isteri akan solat berjemaah. Kami tak pernah solat jemaah sebelum ni. Hati saya yang sebelum ni kosong, sekarang rasa terisi.
Yang paling terasa kesannya, kami tak lagi bergaduh semenjak tu. Saya rasa ini lah saat kami yang paling bahagia.. kalaulah dari awal saya berhenti, mungkin lagi awal saya rasa kebahagiaan ni?
Bukan hanya dalam islam, malah saya jumpa artikel bahasa inggeris tentang kesannya pada marriage. Orang inggeris juga pandang serius tentang ni. Kalau dulu saya anggap benda ini biasa, sekarang saya anggap benda ni tak normal.
Jangan jadikan alasan isteri tak perfect, untuk buat perkara yang jelas dosa besar. Kalau dah ketagih macam saya, isteri baik macam mana pun tetap ketagih.
Ustaz tu juga bertanya pada saya, apa perasaan saya jika saya membuka 18 dan melihat wajah adik beradik, anak ataupun isteri sendiri didalam tu? Astaghfirullah. Saya tak redha. Mungkin saya akan menggigil dan marah kalau perkara tu jadi. | 1 | train |
Blogspot has introduced a new video player for its video service on its popular blogging platform. The new player allows visitors to watch uploaded videos in full screen, while also improving navigation and user-friendliness. The new player is similar to YouTube's current player, with added features such as additional information about the uploaded video displayed with a right-click on the player. This move shows Blogspot's commitment to enhancing the user experience, in line with the features offered by competing platforms like WordPress.com. | Brown Dust x Destiny Child Collaboration
The all famous stratergy RPG made by Neowiz, Brown Dust is partnering up with LINE Games’ Destiny Child. The collaboration will be a costume-crossover event starting from August 1st till August 13th.
Hell from Brown Dust is most likely going to have costume exchange with Destiny Child. You can get the costume by completing missions in Destiny Child. If you complete the required missions in the Destiny Child, Dust Brown players can get 10 Premium Scrolls, as well as 10 Legend Scrolls.
Related Posts Pokemon Sleep Now Available In Malaysia GamerBraves Newsletter Vol. 103 – The Glory of The Barbie/Oppenheimer Double Feature The second costume will be featuring Brown Dust’Refithea costume-crossover with Destiny Child’Davi. For the third costume, Brown Dust’Valze will have costume exchange with Destiny Child’Demeter. You can get both of these costumes by just simply logging into Brown Dust during the crossover event.
Brown Dust and Destiny Child have released global launch for their game. Both of the game can be downloaded in iOS and Android platform. To know more about both of these games, visit Destiny Child and Brown Dust official website. Visit their collaboration site to know more about the crossover!
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Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Naib Presiden UMNO dan bekas Perdana Menteri, menafikan dakwaan bertemu dengan beberapa pemimpin PAS, menyifatkannya sebagai perbuatan memfitnah untuk mencemarkan nama baiknya. Beliau menyatakan tidak menghadiri sebarang mesyuarat tertutup membabitkan pemimpin BN dan PAS di Tropicana Golf and Country Resort di Petaling Jaya. Jelasnya, segala tindakannya disalah tafsir menyebabkan beliau dilihat sebagai pengkhianat apabila bertemu dengan pemimpin PAS, manakala mereka yang bertemu dengan pemimpin Pakatan Harapan (PH) dilihat sebagai hero. Dia juga menyebut bahawa khabar angin "Tropicana Step" adalah khabar angin berniat jahat yang bertujuan untuk merosakkan reputasinya. Jelas Ismail Sabri lagi, beliau hanya menghadiri majlis perpisahan bersama bekas kakitangannya di Pejabat Perdana Menteri pada hari sebelumnya, tetapi laporan palsu mendakwa beliau bertemu dengan Hishammuddin Hussein, Bendahari Agung BN. Pemimpin UMNO lain, seperti Khairy Jamaluddin, juga didakwa berkomplot terhadap Zahid Hamidi, Presiden UMNO dan Pengerusi BN. Khabar angin keretakan dalam BN timbul apabila parti itu dilaporkan berpecah kepada dua puak - mereka yang menyokong kerajaan PH-BN dan mereka yang tidak bersetuju dengan perikatan itu. Sebelum ini, timbul desakan supaya Zahid berundur kerana prestasi buruk parti itu pada Pilihan Raya Umum ke-15, di mana UMNO di bawah pimpinannya hanya memenangi 27 kerusi, dikecam. Bagaimanapun, Wee Ka Siong, Presiden MCA dan ahli mesyuarat yang didakwa, menafikan "Step Tropicana" dan menyatakan bahawa dia sedang makan tengah hari dengan dua rakan di resort itu. Annuar Musa, Ketua UMNO Ketereh, turut mengesahkan pertemuan tertutup di hotel Tropicana, tetapi tidak mendedahkan siapa yang terlibat. Beliau menyiarkan gambar dirinya bersama pemimpin BN yang lain, bersiap sedia untuk menghadapi pilihan raya Parlimen Padang Serai. | Samsung Galaxy M13 5G dijangka tiba untuk beberapa pasaran terpilih tidak lama lagi. Ia berikutan kewujudannya telah ditemui menerusi beberapa laman berbeza termasuklah laman web rasmi Samsung UK.
Dalam perkembangan terkini, reka bentuk peranti telah diperlihatkan menerusi perkongsian @evleaks. Ia menunjukkan peranti lengkap dengan panel hadapan bertakuk bersama bezel yang tebal pada bahagian dagu. Turut melengkapi peranti adalah sistem tri-kamera di belakang yang disusun menegak dan diletakkan dalam modul kamera tidak terlalu tebal.
Sisi kanan terdapatnya butang kuasa dan laras audio. Dalam masa sama, ia turut menyokong pengimbas cap jari sisi. Samsung Galaxy M13 5G mungkin dilengkapi kamera 50MP, skrin LCD 6.5-inci dan bateri dengan sistem pengecasan 15W. | 0 | train |
Tujuh mangsa lain dilaporkan cedera, dua daripadanya parah. Kren jatuh di atas bangunan perumahan lima tingkat.
Tujuh mangsa lain dilaporkan cedera. Dua daripada mereka cedera. Punca sebenar kren itu jatuh masih dalam siasatan. | SEORANG wanita maut apabila sebuah kren di tapak pembinaan tumbang dalam kejadian ribut kencang di Dallas, Amerika Syarikat pada Ahad.Menurut jurucakap bomba, Jason Evans, tujuh mangsa lain dilaporkan cedera, dengan dua daripada mereka parah.“Kren tersebut jatuh di atas bangunan perumahan lima tingkat. Kesemua mangsa dibawa ke Hospital Parkland bagi mendapatkan rawatan susulan.“Mayat mangsa dijumpai di bawah timbunan batu-bata selepas operasi mencari dan menyelamat dijalankan.“Bagaimanapun, laporan awal tidak dapat memastikan sama ada masih ada lagi mangsa yang cedera atau maut,” katanya dalam satu sidang media.Punca sebenar kren itu jatuh masih dalam siasatan, namun laporan awal menyebut angin kencang punca kren itu jatuh.Salah seorang mangsa, Kevin Collins yang juga saksi kejadian bersyukur hanya alami kecederaan ringan tetapi masih terkejut dengan insiden yang berlaku di depan mata. | 1 | train |
The writer, Lim Kit Siang, expresses concern that a letter he sent to Malaysian Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, about corruption allegations involving Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Taib Mahmud, was not read or acknowledged. Lim had asked Abdullah to respond to the allegations in Parliament. The Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) has been asked to investigate, but Lim questions the ACA's independence and ability to investigate high-profile individuals. He criticizes Abdullah's anti-corruption efforts and lack of commitment, citing Malaysia's falling ranking in Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index. | KERAJAAN akan meneruskan pemberian insentif Pinjaman Sara Hidup dan Pendahuluan Hasil kepada peneroka Lembaga Kemajuan Tanah Persekutuan (Felda) pada kadar semasa iaitu RM1,500, kata Menteri Hal Ehwal Ekonomi Mohamed Azmin Ali.
Katanya keputusan itu dibuat selepas Perdana Menteri Dr Mahathir Mohamad tidak bersetuju dengan cadangan pemotongan insentif tersebut kepada RM1,000 yang dikemukakan oleh Lembaga Pengarah Felda sebelum ini. | 0 | train |
WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger now limit message forwarding to curb the spread of false news. Facebook introduces labeling support for forwarded messages and will limit message forwarding to five individuals or groups only. This step aims to prevent the spread of false information and misunderstandings among users when receiving forwarded messages. The new feature is being rolled out gradually to all users starting today. | 1) Use natural light Did you know that as of 2015, approximately 79.7% of energy consumption globally is through burning fossil fuel (according to data from The World Bank)?
If we aren’t careful with our electricity usage, the depletion of our earth’s fossil fuels will only continue to accelerate.
Public and private organisations alike have long been advocating eco-friendly lifestyles. However, perhaps you don’t know where to start, or you don’t wish to go through the supposed fuss involved.
Thankfully, we’ve got a couple of energy-saving tips that you can start applying today!
Draw up the curtains and open your windows. Most of the time, you won’t even need to switch on your lights till sunset comes round.
If you’re afraid of your house getting too hot in the afternoon, you can invest in a translucent thermal curtain to keep the heat out.
Plants give out water during the transpiration process, keeping the air in your room fresh and cool on a hot day.
Not only will you save energy by leaving the lights switched off, you won’t need to turn on the air conditioning too. You can also get indoor plants to style up your home interior!
8 Indoor Plants To Suit Your Interior Design Style
We’re not referring to the medical usage of the term here! You’ve surely been nagged to switch off your gadgets and appliances when not in use, but you may not have been asked to unplug them.
Did you know that you’re still wasting electricity when you leave your devices plugged in, or on standby mode? In fact, these seemingly trivial actions can account for 12% of your electricity usage.
One way to resolve this is to plug your home electronics into power strips. When they’re not in use, simply switch off the power and disconnect the main plug. This helps you save up to 30% on your electricity bill!
Living in a tropical country can be unbearably hot even at night, so you probably sleep with the air conditioning turned on. But did you know that our body requires less cooling when we’re asleep?
Assuming you sleep 8 hours a night, that’s 240 hours of air conditioning usage monthly! Using the “sleep mode” or timer function could greatly reduce your energy consumption.
You could also consider setting the air conditioning to a temperature of only 25 degrees Celsius.
At this temperature, air conditioners run at their optimal performance level and aren’t working too hard. This creates less of a power drain.
Not only is it cheaper to buy home appliances with energy-efficient labels, they can even halve your energy consumption at home.
For example, an energy-efficient refrigerator uses three times less energy than that of a regular one. LED light bulbs also use 80% less energy than traditional incandescents.
If you get impatient while your favourite garment is in the laundry basket, hand wash it. Or if you’ve cooked a single-serving meal, skip the dishwasher!
Using the dishwasher and washing machine at half load can waste a lot of energy. Did you know that a single large load can save you about 25% to 50% of the energy of two small loads?
You’ve heard it before, but we’re gonna say it again – take shorter showers, turn off the tap when not in use, and fix water leaks at home. All these water-saving tips help you save energy at the same time.
Here’s another way to maximise water usage – wash your laundry in cold water. It’s estimated that 75% to 90% of all the energy your washing machine uses goes to warming up the water.
There are also other perks to using cold water: your clothes will not shrink, there’ll be less wrinkles, and the colours will not fade.
All the tips we’ve given above sounds pretty boring and straightforward to you? Why not check out some of these quirky ones we’ve read online!
Forget about the air conditioner! Place a bag of rice in the freezer and put it inside your pillowcase when you’re going to sleep. This helps to cool your head, along with the rest of your body.
Why waste electricity by turning on the lights at night? Get yourself a pair of night vision goggles and move around effortlessly even in complete darkness. Now, that’s a real investment.
If it’s a chilly night, reverse the blades of your ceiling fan’s direction to run clockwise and at low speed. This ensures that the room air is being pulled up, and warm air is distributed from the ceiling down into the room.
And if it’s a warm day, turn your ceiling fan’s blades so that it runs in a counter-clockwise direction and at a higher speed. This will direct the air downward into the room and create a cooling wind chill effect!
P.S. We haven’t tried any of these, though.
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The National Language, Bahasa Melayu, is the identity of the nation and should be embraced by the younger generation. The national language is used and accepted by many people in the country and is essential for national communication. However, the usage of Bahasa Melayu among the younger generation is declining, especially in areas such as administration and public services. This is due to the increasing use of English and the influence of digital technology. The government and relevant agencies should take measures to promote the use of Bahasa Melayu in public services and in education. Additionally, the younger generation should be encouraged to read more books in Bahasa Melayu to strengthen their understanding and appreciation of the language. The National Language Development of Malaysia (DBP) provides funding for external publishers to publish more books in Bahasa Melayu, with the aim of promoting the language and making it relevant in various fields. The integration of Bahasa Melayu in technology and pop culture is also essential to attract the younger generation to the language. | Malaysia: UN experts call for protection of civil organizations seeking electoral reforms UN News Center
7 June 2012 – United Nations independent experts today called on the Malaysian Government to protect the members of a group of civil society organizations campaigning for electoral process reform, who have been the target of harassment and intimidation.
The members of the umbrella group Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (also known by the Malay name Bersih) have received threats because of their advocacy work, which calls for reform of the electoral process ahead of the country’s general election, set to take place in April next year. The director of the organization, Ambiga Sreenevasan, has been particularly threatened.
“I am seriously concerned by these disturbing acts of harassment against a prominent woman human rights defender who is being targeted because of her legitimate human rights activities in Malaysia,” said the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, Margaret Sekaggya. “I urge the authorities to investigate thoroughly these allegations, hold the perpetrators accountable, and effectively protect Ms. Sreenevasan, and more generally, Bersih members.”
Ms. Sekaggya was joined in her call by the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of opinion, Maina Kiai, and the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue.
According to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Ms. Sreenevasan has received credible threats against her life in the past months, and has been labelled by various groups as an enemy of the State and a traitor, who should be expelled from the country, because of her work with Bersih. Effigies of Ms. Sreenevasan have also been set alight, and recently, she had to cancel her participation in a public event because of fears for her safety.
In addition, Ms. Sreenevasan, along with other organizers from Bersih, has been sued by the federal Government in relation to property which was allegedly damaged during a rally organized by the coalition of non-governmental organizations in April.
“Holding assembly organizers liable for the alleged unlawful conduct of others is not compatible with standards governing the right to freedom of peaceful assembly, and has a detrimental effect on the exercise of this right,” said Special Rapporteur Kiai. “I urge the Government of Malaysia to withdraw the complaint against her.”
“The Government of Malaysia should fully guarantee the right to freedom of opinion and expression of those advocating for electoral reform, and should ensure a safe and conducive environment for journalists and those monitoring and reporting on demonstrations,” added Special Rapporteur La Rue. “The rights to freedom of opinion, expression and peaceful assembly are fundamental pillars of democracy.”
Mr. Kiai and Ms. Sekaggya also reminded the Government of their requests to visit the country given the urgency of the situation.
Independent experts, or special rapporteurs, are appointed by the Geneva-based Human Rights Council to examine and report back on a country situation or a specific human rights theme. The positions are honorary and the experts are not United Nations staff, nor are they paid for their work. This entry was posted on Friday, 8 June 2012, 5:53 pm and is filed under
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A year has passed since the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which remains a significant event in Malaysia's history, similar to the 1969 racial riots and Anwar Ibrahim's sacking as Deputy Prime Minister. The incident brought Malaysians together, regardless of race or religion, in hope of finding the missing plane. Despite extensive search efforts, particularly by the Australian Navy in the Indian Ocean, the truth behind the plane's fate remains elusive. Conspiracy theories persist, questioning the government's transparency in revealing information about the plane's cargo manifest, final data, and radar readings. The incident has geopolitical implications, as major powers like the US and China compete for influence in Southeast Asia. The MH17 tragedy in Ukraine, involving Russia, further complicates the situation. The author urges against speculation, emphasizing the need for truth and transparency from the Malaysian government, while questioning whether the incident was truly an accident or part of a greater geopolitical game. | dlm dilema..
aku ni orangnya gemok..obes..dan sewaktu denganya..tapi tu dulu time zaman kt uia..memang time tu aku betol2 tak ada confident..berat aku lebih kurang 90kg..bila tengok kwn2 ad orang minat,ad yg dh kahwin, aku betul2 rasa macam "sampai bila2 kot xkan ada org nak kat aku.." ha, macam tu la aku rasa..
so after grad aku dpt kerja kat satu company ni..kat situ aku kenal dengan seorang mamat ni..satu ofis dgn aku..kerja die nak bahan aku je sbb aku gemok kan..tp aku pekakkan telinga je..entah macam mana lama2 aku jd rapat dengan dia..but still die bahan aku xsudah..tp walpun mulut die cm longkang, die rajin carikan aku tips2 nak kurus dan sebagainya..tp aku mcm xde confident jugak..macam2 aku buat, sama je..
satu hari tu die ajak aku deal dgn dia..dia cabar kalau aku berjaya turunkan berat badan 30kg dlm masa 5bulan,dia akan bagi aku gaji 2bulan dia..dia siap offer untuk belikn aku apa2 produk kalau aku nak..tapi kalau aku kalah, aku kena ikut 1permintaan dia,tp die xbagitahu la ape benda..tak pikir lagi katanya..lantak la..yg penting duit gaji 2bulan tu yg aku nak..hhaha
so,misi pun bermula..mcm2 aku buat dan akhirnya aku berjaya juga turunkan berat badan..xsangka sebab duit aku berjaya juga..bukan senang..nampak sgt mata duitan tu kan..hahha..tp sygnya aku hanya mampu turun berat sebanyak 27kg..lagi 3kg!frust aku..so nampaknya aku kalah la dlm cabaran ni..tp die ni memang baik..dia tetap bg aku gaji dia 2bulan..xsangka..hhuhu
so since aku kalah dlm cabaran ni,aku tanya la psl permintaan dia tu..dia bagitahu dia nak memperisterikan aku..memang dr awal2 masuk kerja dulu dia suka kat aku..cuma dia xsuka sikap aku yg low confident tu..sebab tu dia sanggup buat ape je untuk bg aku kurus, supaya aku boleh jd mcm org lain jugak.. speechless gila aku time tu..dia bagitahu yg dia xkan paksa aku terima dia..
bila ckp psl perasaan, aku rasa aku mcm tak ada langsung perasaan suka kat dia..just kawan biasa..tp bila fikir psl semua kebaikan dia pd aku,aku rasa xkan ad laki lain yg sanggup buat mcm tu pd aku..dan yg paling penting, aku xpernah bercinta seumur hidup aku, so xtahu nak respon macam mana..patut ke aku terima permintaan tu atau macam mana? | 0 | train |
The increasing number of Malay organizations in Malaysia, whether they are right-wing, opposition, student, or activist groups, indicates the breakdown of the myth that the Malay community is a single, monolithic entity. This diversity is a positive development for the country and shows that Malaysians are becoming modern citizens, determined by their individual needs, thoughts, and aspirations rather than being defined by a single political party. The opposition from other communities has been weak and based on individual activism, while the Malays continue to dominate the national discourse. However, the old propaganda that the Malays are in danger of extinction is no longer effective, as demonstrated by the poor turnout at a recent protest against perceived Christian threats to Islam. The Malay citizen has come into his or her own and the question now is how quickly the death of the old myth will lead to the fall of UMNO from power. | Did Malaysia mature when we were not looking? — Ooi Kee Beng
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Oct 31, 2011
OCT 31 — The flurry of Malay organisations making the news in Malaysia bodes well for the country, whether or not these group together extreme rightists, opposition voices, concerned students or professors, or green or human right activists.
The matter has now become too obvious to be denied, which is that the Malay community in Malaysia is like any other community anywhere in the world. Its collectiveness, like anyone else’s, is pragmatic and contingent. This is how it should be. They are not an entity whose extremely diverse and individual needs, thoughts and aspirations can be articulated through one single political party.
The myth is broken. What will take its place is a cacophony of noises or a symphony of tunes, depending on one’s politics and disposition.
That powerful party, Umno, is the oldest in the country, founded as it was just one year after the Second World War. It has dominated Malaysian politics to this day, but now rightly fears that it will lose power in the very near future.
When the party started, its slogan was “Hidup Melayu” — Long Live the Malays. Only after changing that to “Merdeka” in March 1951 did it begin to make serious headway into the popular consciousness.
From the very beginning, Malay political consciousness went in many directions. There were pan-Indonesianists, communists and other leftists, monarchists, Fabian socialists and republicans. The British, with their reputation lost through their defeat by the Japanese, favoured conservatives who were willing to work closely with the nine sultanates. This entity was Umno.
The amazing diversity found in the Malay community — as in all communities — was obvious from the onset. Those more concerned about religious values broke away to form PAS in 1951, while Umno itself split around the same time when its president, Onn Jaafar, left with his group of followers to form the Independence of Malaya Party (IMP).
Umno gained the upper hand through co-operation with the Malayan Chinese Association, formed at the instigation of the British to draw Chinese support away from the communists. This coalition managed to gain independence in 1957 for the country after its electoral successes saw the British abandoning the IMP, which they had favoured since its founding.
Even after 1969, when the so-called Malay agenda could be applied fully through the New Economic Policy, internal fighting continued within Umno, leading to outright splits in 1988 and 1998.
Today, when more and more Malays are urban and well educated, and make up an increasing portion of the population, the expression of diversity within that community — the breaking of the collective myth — should be seen as the coming into being of Malaysia’s modern citizen, largely determined by the Malays.
Opposition from other communities since 1969 has been generally weak, and based on the activism of certain individuals. The propaganda that had served Umno for so long, that the Malays are in danger of extinction, does not work anymore.
This became most obvious when the group Himpun recently demonstrated with a cry against purported Christian threats to Islam.
Despite the claim that a massive crowd of one million would turn up, the Umno government granted the permit. Only 5,000 people showed up, indicating quite clearly that Malays in general cannot relate to the old idle logic any longer.
The Malays continue to decide the national discourse, as they have done since the beginning. But most hearteningly, diversity is taken for granted, and a lot of activism is done in collaboration with non-Malays.
The Malaysian citizen has come into his and her own right.
There is no longer any doubt that the Malays will “hidup”; and Merdeka was won a long time ago. What seems to be the problem now is, how quickly will the death of the old myth mean the fall from power of Umno?
Instead of 1 Malaysia, Umno’s latest slogan, to be correctly reflective of the government’s concerns, should be “Hidup Pemimpin Umno” — Long Live Umno Leaders. — Today This entry was posted on Monday, 31 October 2011, 9:37 am and is filed under
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Jambatan angkat atau 'drawbridge' dibuka untuk tempoh percubaan pada pukul 7 pagi esok. Jalan raya akan sesak berikutan orang ramai tidak mahu melepaskan peluang. Menteri Besar meminta pengguna mematuhi arahan pihak berkuasa.
Jambatan angkat atau 'drawbridge' dibuka pada pukul 7 pagi esok. Laluan di jambatan dijangka sesak berikutan kejadian yang tidak diingini. Menteri Besar Dr Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar meminta pengguna mematuhi arahan pihak berkuasa. | [GDC 2023] Jane Hsu On How SpatialLabs Overcome its Hurdles
During the Games Developers Conference 2023, we got the opportunity to speak with Jane Hsu, the Head of Business Development, Spatial Computing Product BU at Acer about SpatialLabs.
Interview is edited for clarity
Related Posts Pokemon Sleep Now Available In Malaysia GamerBraves Newsletter Vol. 103 – The Glory of The Barbie/Oppenheimer Double Feature Can you tell us about the announcement that you guys gave a week ago where you gave updates about SpatialLabs and the new profiles that you guys are working on?
Jane Hsu: So far we have 70 games developed on TrueGame, and then we’re still working on how can we provide more games every month.
One thing that we just finalise our development is what we call the Unity and Unreal TrueGame Base Profile. What it does is that because games using these game engines, they kind of share similar rendering pipeline. With the Base Profile take care of some of the basics, but still, each game is different, we can spend more time and tweaking, and optimising performance, and do a lot of testing, so we can focus on those task to make sure that we always give the best experience.
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But as an example of this kind of Base Profiles, we worked together with Square Enix. They recently released the latest Octopath Traveler II, and we got the game two weeks before their official release, and the 3D profile was done in three weeks. By the time the [game] released, we were almost ready for the 3D experience.
And this is a win-win. These studios, and game developers using Unity or Unreal, we can really speed up our process to support them on day one.
For the past few years, console games weren’t doing very well for the Japan market because of the lack of PS5. The last two years, a lot of companies like CAPCOM, Square Enix, they started to have their PC porting team.
Do you think that actually helps SpatialLabs in terms of getting more games on console?
Jane Hsu: The way I see it, I wouldn’t say it’s a trend but because of the lack of the hardware. Developers in studios are starting to understand that actually PC gaming can provide very high quality experience as well.
I think back then because PC consoles, they focus only on gaming graphics, and they tend to provide better experience in terms of graphic performance. But now, the whole PC industry are moving so rapidly, especially in the rendering and graphics experience. I see that kind of change, not just from the PS Studios, but also Xbox for sure. Microsoft is also throwing and getting all the games available onto the Windows platform.
I think thanks to the rendering power and how it’s moving, it’s definitely helping by making it available for us to create the SpatialLabs experience, because for the moment we’re really Windows based.
Do you have any upcoming games that you can share with us that you guys are working on?
Jane Hsu: I would say a lot of AAA games, some retro. For instance I can tell you is Diablo III, that’s a good one. For the upcoming ones, we would love to [tell you], but we haven’t got the chance to talk to the studio yet, so let’s see. We would like to see how we can also get out hands on the new upcoming one.
How much computing power does SpatialLabs need compared to traditional 2D rendering?
Jane Hsu: For our hardware, we need two views right? We need one for the left eye, and one for the right eye, so you’re kind of rendering two images. And then it’s 2K [resolution] per eye, so just look up what’s the requirement to render the game in 4K, and then that’s kind of the computing power.
Let’s say if you’re playing God of War, which we do support, then yes, you’ll need a very powerful machine. But if you’re playing Octopath Traveler II, then that takes much less [computing power].
We noticed that the Predator Helios 300 SpatialLabs Edition, they capped it at 60Hz, is it possible to go higher than that?
Jane Hsu: We would love to, but it also depends if you would need an even higher performance system right? That is definitely something we are looking at now, to see how we can get higher frame rates.
Do you think the price point currently for the products for SpatialLabs is a bit on the premium side?
Jane Hsu: Definitely, yes.
The reason why I’m asking this is because the more premium the product, the higher the entry level is. If I want to buy the product, I need to spend X amount of money to try. If the barrier is lower, then more people would get the experience of the product.
What do you think about the price point and do you think that in the future it would get cheaper?
Jane Hsu: I think you can look at it two ways. One is that do we have experience that is good enough that can be branded as a premium experience? For that, I think we did a pretty good job, in terms of visual quality and then everything. You got really sharp and very good quality of the 3D visuals, and for that experience, yes, it’s definitely premium. But it doesn’t mean that we always set it at the premium price point, right?
I think at the moment, not just the system requirement, but also the 3D module production. We are working together with our partner to see how we can increase the yield rate, and then also reduce the price for the production.
But at the moment, I have to admit that it’s a very advanced production process. So unfortunately, within the next twelve months, I would say it’s still probably within that range of cost for a 3D module.
We do see in another maybe three to five years, it can be something very common to anyone.
Since SpatialLabs takes facial recognition into account, do you have any problems with people with different features like varying eye sizes or skin tones? If so, how do you overcome those problems?
Jane Hsu: Yeah, that’s very interesting. Because for tracking, we went through so much because we did [have those problems at a point. We found out that we didn’t have enough support to understand like a darker skin tone, or how we can navigate it, and at the time we even have problem with masks.
When we started with the technology, we were tracking the whole face. And then when you’re wearing a mask, especially if it’s a black mask, we would have problems with that.
Luckily, the best part is it’s machine learning, so we can continue to train the algorithm to understand better. So we start putting more variety, like people with a mask on. We started training our algorithm with people with darker skin tone, Asian faces, all sort of ethnicity.
Sometimes you find out that you don’t have the complete coverage on that, but the good part of this technology is you can train it. We can always input more variety or more different types of people, or even a mask.
Now with the trained algorithm, we can support very well with people with masks on.
When it comes to 3D, VR, or anything related to that, there are a lot of people who experience 3D motion sickness. How does SpatialLabs mitigate or reduce this kind of problem?
Jane Hsu: VR is a little different, like the motion sickness part, it’s because of latency. And also, when in VR, you’re kind of like fully covered in a world that’s different from your reality, and you’re porting and moving, but your brain says “no, you’re not moving”. That’s where the confusion comes and then your brain will be like “something is wrong”.
That’s why for people who are sensitive to this kind of not synchronised experience, some of your visual sense tells you are moving, but your body feels like you’re not moving, so your brain will get confused and then that create sickness. That’s the part of the motion sickness, even though sometimes latency doesn’t get in the way, you have smooth content, but some people will still feel that.
I think 3D is different. I know that in the old days, when we have 3D TV or 3D gaming devices, some people still feel 3D motion sickness. A big reason is because the imagine that is supposed to go into your right eye, got leaked to your left eye. So you get that blur and mixed message, and then your brain starts processing stereo, and then you feel like it doesn’t really match. That’s where the 3D motion sickness comes in with the naked eye.
That’s why we introduce eye tracking, and constantly understand where your eyes are, so we make sure that the pixels that need to go into your left eye doesn’t go to your right eye. The benefit is one you don’t get any 3D sickness, and then the other thing is that you get a really sharp visual, not like the one you experience that isn’t sharp and crisp.
I think the other problem that I might have with SpatialLabs is that, when we tilt our head or move it slightly more than what we’re supposed to, the images just doesn’t match anymore. Is there a way to solve that problem?
Jane Hsu: There are two things about this. For one, it’s not about titling the head, it’s maybe because the eye went out of range of the tracking camera. There’s limitation on the t racking camera implementation on the laptop, because you have such a thin bezel, so the camera lens have a field of view that probably won’t be able to cover all of the movement that you do.
There’s also another thing about 3D, is that when you view 3D from the side, you kind of lose it. You really lose it, it doesn’t matter about tracking your eyes or not, it’s because when it comes to lenticular lens, the design of the lenticular lens will give you a box, where you can actually see through 3D. If you are out of that range, it won’t get your eye positions correctly.
So yeah, there’s still such limitations.I wouldn’t says it’s about the tracking, but instead the display limitation with the 3D module. It doesn’t cover all angles, and if you’re off the screen, then you would have limitations on seeing 3D.
Do you have anything that you think we should know or anything that you want to tell us?
Jane Hsu: I would just like to say that we are here because [at GDC] to understand how the gaming community, like game producers, art designers, feel about this technology [SpatialLabs].
One question I got asked the most, is people would ask me if something is already available, and I told them yes, they couldn’t believe it. They feel like this is just a proof of concept because it’s so futuristic, and it doesn’t feel like it’s something already happening now.
It’s really interesting because stereo 3D is definitely not a new technology. But what I see is that when you introduced it, and then the experience isn’t great, like you said. It might feel blurry when you feel in the past, people would feel 3D sickness and all that.
We think it’s the right timing with all these technologies, with the system performance being way better than five years back, and then also panel with 4K, eye tracking, machine learning AI. All these things comes together can really provide a really good experience. Even though they say “Okay, I’m just curious what kind of stereo 3D”, they realise it’s really not what they thought it would be, and everyone is blown away. I think for them, it’s really a futuristic gaming experience.
I’m really excited and I’m really looking forward to see their comments or what do they see this technology can bring them. A lot of them just asked us “What do we need to do to get our games [to be] like this.”
I guess we really got their attention and their stamp of approval. So, I’m really happy to be here [at GDC] and getting direct feedback from the gaming community.
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The text describes a 18-year-old male patient who frequently experiences chest pain accompanied by neck and shoulder pain, which has persisted for several weeks without improvement. Potential causes of the chest pain include heart conditions such as coronary heart disease or heart valve problems, gastrointestinal issues, referred pain from the abdomen, muscle, bone or joint problems, respiratory conditions such as asthma, or emotional factors. To determine the root cause of the symptoms, further information about the patient's medical history, examination, and testing may be required. The patient is advised to consult with a doctor for further evaluation. | LONDON 1 Mac- Penjaga gol Tottenham Hotspur, Hugo Lloris berharap dapat mengetepikan kekalahan kepada Liverpool selepas kesilapannya pada penghujung permainan membenarkan The Reds mengungguli takhta Liga Perdana Inggeris (EPL).
Spurs dilihat hampir meraih satu mata selepas Lucas Moura menafikan jaringan pembukaan Roberto Firmino, sementara Moussa Sissoko melepaskan peluang terhidang untuk memenangi perlawanan.
Kegagalan Lloris menampan dengan cemerlang tandukkan Mohamed Salah pada penghujung permainan hingga memaksa Toby Alderweireld untuk melakukan jaringan sendiri sekaligus memberi kemenangan kepada tuan rumah.
Penjaga gol kelahiran Perancis itu, mengakui bersalah di atas insiden tersebut dan berharap kembali beraksi Rabu ini berdepan Crystal Palace di stadium baru dapat menebus kesilapannya.
“Sebagai penjaga gol, anda mengetahui tanggungjawab yang harus dipikul.
“Sememangnya ia akan bermain di fikiran tetapi saya lega kerana kami akan mengharungi satu lagi perlawanan dalam tiga hari lagi. Ia adalah peluang untuk menebus kesilapan saya,” kata Lloris. - AGENSI | 0 | train |
Abu Hanifah Mohd Kamal, 35, memandu kereta jenis Honda City. Dia gagal mengelak lori yang hilang kawalan akibat tayar pecah. Kemalangan berlaku di Kilometer 288.3 Lebuhraya Utara Selatan (PLUS) berhampiran susur Bandar Seri Putra, Kajang.
Kemalangan berlaku di Kilometer 288.3 Lebuhraya Utara Selatan (PLUS) berhampiran susur Bandar Seri Putra, Kajang. Mangsa Abu Hanifah Mohd Kamal, 35, gagal mengelak lori yang hilang kawalan. Pemandu Honda City mengalami kecederaan parah dan tersepit di tempat duduk hadapan bahagian pemandu. | Rundingan kerusi antara Pakatan Harapan (PH) dengan UMNO boleh dijalankan secara baik seperti ‘abang dan adik’ bagi menghadapi Pilihan Raya Negeri (PRN) nanti, kata Rafizi Ramli. Timbalan Presiden PKR itu optimis rundingan dengan rakan politik PH yang baharu itu akan berjalan lancar dan sekiranya berjaya ia dapat menguatkan lagi hubungan dengan UMNO dalam kerajaan campuran yang dibentuk di peringkat Persekutuan. “Ia akan menjadi satu daripada medan untuk menguji bentuk kerjasama dengan UMNO yang saya rasa kalau berjaya dirundingkan dengan baik ia akan menjadi model untuk menguatkan kerjasama Kerajaan Perpaduan di peringkat Persekutuan,” katanya dipetik laporan Bernama. Berhubung kerjasaman antara PH dan UMNO-Barisan Nasional (BN) untuk menghadapi PRN, Rafizi berkata kedua-dua pemimpin utama parti di negeri ini iaitu Aminuddin dan Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan merupakan individu yang senang untuk dibawa berbincang dan taat kepada parti. Dalam pada itu, Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun memberi bayangan Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Negeri Sembilan dijangka akan dibubarkan pada Mei ini bagi memberi laluan kepada PRN. Naib Presiden PKR itu berkata ia berdasarkan perbincangan secara tidak rasmi bersama Menteri Besar dan Ketua Menteri bagi negeri terlibat berhubung perkara itu sebelum menghadiri perjumpaan Majlis Raja-Raja tempoh hari. “Pada dasarnya kita setuju bubar pada Mei. itu bermakna PRN dalam Jun atau Julai, kita tak ada masa, tinggal beberapa bulan lagi, jadi kita kena terus bersedia atur langkah bagi memastikan kemenangan kita. “Lepas pilihan raya pelbagai andaian dan pandangan sama ada kita bersama Barisan Nasional (BN) atau tidak, itu akan diputuskan dalam waktu terdekat. Harap ada keputusan segera untuk aturkan strategi bersama BN, kita juga nak berikan hak dari segi peruntukan dan sebagainya,” katanya. Enam negeri yang akan terlibat dengan PRN tahun ini ialah Selangor, Pulau Pinang, Negeri Sembilan, Kedah, Kelantan dan Terengganu. | 0 | train |
The BMW X2, a new SUV targeted at young and dynamic drivers, has been revealed. It is based on the X1 but has a leaner profile and unique design, with a flipped kidney grille, BMW logo on the C-pillars, and extremely slim window graphics. The X2 is available in three trims and comes with LED taillamps, twin tailpipes, and a choice of upholstery. It has a 470-liter boot and is available at launch with three engine options, all paired with a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission. More variants will be introduced in the future. The X2 also features BMW's latest drive assistance systems. It will be available in Europe in March 2018. | Air mineral terbukti lebih baik daripada air oksigen dan air alkali.
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Ahli gizi menyebut hasil telaah kritis berbagai jurnal penelitian tentang berbagai jenis air menunjukkan bahwa air mineral biasa masih lebih baik daripada air oksigen dan air alkali. Padahal kedua air tersebut marak disebut memiliki manfaat kesehatan.
"Air oksigen tidak terbukti memperbaiki status hidrasi lebih cepat dari air biasa," kata ahli gizi yang juga Ketua Indonesian Hydration Working Group (IHWG) Dr dr Diana Sunardi MGizi SpGK di Jakarta, Selasa.
Diana mengungkapkan, air oksigen tidak terbukti meningkatkan kesehatan fisik. Hal serupa juga terjadi pada penelitian terhadap air alkali.
"Air alkali hanya memperbaiki status hidrasi saja, sama seperti air biasa," kata Diana.
Dia menyebut masyarakat cenderung memercayai komunikasi yang beredar dengan klaim yang berlebihan, meski tidak memiliki sumber dan kredibilitas yang jelas. Survei juga menunjukkan masyarakat Indonesia cukup mengenal produk-produk air beroksigen dan air alkali yang dianggap memiliki berbagai manfaat terhadap kesehatan dan bahkan dapat menyembuhkan penyakit.
Sedangkan untuk air demineral atau air yang tanpa memiliki mineral apapun dengan melalui proses terlebih dahulu lebih sedikit dikenal di masyarakat. Air demineral terlebih dulu melalui proses deionisasi atau destilasi sehingga tidak mengandung zat apapun di dalamnya.
Diana menjelaskan, mengonsumsi air demineral dalam jangka waktu yang lama tidak baik untuk kesehatan karena tubuh menjadi kekurangan vitamin B12. | 0 | train |
Menteri Kanan Ismail Sabri Yaakob mengatakan kerajaan memberi kebenaran kepada pelanggan. Tidak ada kes positif COVID-19 di pusat membeli belah. Ramai yang keliru kerana cuba pakaian itu menyebabkan banyak tukang jahit tidak membuka semula perniagaan mereka.
Menteri Kanan (Keselamatan), Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, berkata kerajaan memutuskan untuk memberi kebenaran kepada pelanggan. "Kita galakkan sebaik-baiknya untuk pelanggan menggunakan stoking sendiri," katanya. | KUALA LUMPUR: Ilmuan Islam terkemuka tanah air, Profesor Emeritus Tan Sri Dr. Mohd Kamal Hassan, 80, meninggal dunia hari ini.
Allahyarham yang juga Pengerusi Institut Kefahaman Islam Malaysia (IKIM) menghela nafas terakhir jam 2.27 pagi hari ini.
Jenazahnya akan dikebumikan di Tanah Perkuburan Islam Bandar Baru Bangi (Sungai Tangkas).
Allahyarham sebelum ini menjalani siri prosedur perubatan dan dilapor mengalami komplikasi sebelum meninggal dunia.
Profesor Emeritus Tan Sri Dr Mohd Kamal dilantik sebagai Pengerusi IKIM pada 24 Februari 2022.
Profesor Emeritus Tan Sri Dr Mohd Kamal merupakan seorang tokoh pemikir Islam yang memberikan sumbangan besar kepada dunia akademik, penyelidikan, pendidikan serta pembangunan modal insan.
Allahyarham dilahirkan pada tahun 1942 di Pasir Mas, Kelantan dan memiliki Ijazah Sarjana Muda Pengajian Islam di Universiti Malaya pada tahun 1965, sebelum menyambung pengajian di peringkat Sarjana dan Ijazah Doktor Falsafah dari Columbia University, New York pada tahun 1975.
Allahyarham juga pernah menerajui Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM) sebagai Rektor pada tahun 1999 sehingga 2006.
Beliau turut berperanan sebagai Pengerusi, Lembaga Penasihat Penyelarasan Pelajaran dan Pendidikan Agama Islam (LEPAI), sebuah lembaga yang ditubuhkan dengan perkenan Majlis Raja-Raja. -AlHijrah Online | 0 | train |
Thailand menarik balik peraturan yang memerlukan penggunaan topeng di kawasan terbuka pada Khamis, berikutan keadaan Covid-19 yang bertambah baik. Topeng kini menjadi pilihan, tetapi Kementerian Kesihatan menasihatkan orang ramai untuk memakainya di tempat sesak atau kawasan pengudaraan yang buruk. Peraturan itu dikuatkuasakan pada pertengahan 2021 untuk membendung penularan Covid-19. Kumpulan yang terdedah seperti mereka yang berumur lebih 60 tahun, wanita hamil, pesakit kanser, pesakit kencing manis, dan mereka yang mempunyai penyakit jantung atau buah pinggang dinasihatkan untuk meneruskan penggunaan topeng. Tempat hiburan, seperti pub, bar dan restoran, kini boleh beroperasi dan menjual alkohol sehingga 1 pagi atau 2 pagi, meningkat daripada tarikh akhir tengah malam sebelumnya. Dalam tempoh 24 jam lalu, Thailand melaporkan 2,313 kes baharu dan 16 kematian, dengan jumlah keseluruhan 4,509,541 kes dan 30,559 kematian setakat ini. | Answer critics, not accuse them of trying to topple you, Musa Hitam tells Najib by V. Anbalagan
The Malaysian Insider
11 July 2015
Datuk Seri Najib Razak must respond decisively to serious allegations made against him and his administration over various issues, including the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) fiasco, instead of accusing detractors of seeking to topple his government, Tun Musa Hitam said.
The former deputy prime minister said toppling leaders and bringing down governments were part and parcel of politics.
“Instead of answering questions and doubts by his political opponents and well-wishers, Naib cannot make the accusation that this was done to topple his administration,” Musa told The Malaysian Insider in an exclusive interview.
Musa, who was deputy to former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad between 1981 and 1986, said this in apparent reference to Najib’s oft-repeated statements against his critics in response to issues related to troubled 1MDB.
Last week, Najib refuted what he termed “unsubstantiated and outrageous allegations” by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that US$700 million (RM2.67 billion) was transferred into his personal bank accounts, and said he had never taken funds for personal gain from 1MDB or any other entities.
Najib said the false allegations were part of a political ploy to topple him engineered by his opponents, including Dr Mahathir.
Two nights ago, Najib vowed to ensure that the truth about himself and 1MDB would emerge, as a special government task force began probing into the WSJ allegations.
“Don’t listen to nonsense. There is too much nonsense on social media. Don’t listen to it all. Not all of it is true. We will ensure that the truth will emerge in the end,” the prime minister said after breaking fast at a mosque in Kuala Lumpur.
Musa, who gained prominence during the tenure of second prime minister Tun Abdul Razak, said Najib, who is Razak’s son, must reply point by point to major issues raised.
He said previous prime ministers could have or were accused of doing the same thing as Najib was facing but they were lucky as they were not running governments in a digital democracy.
“They managed to survive but I am sorry to tell Najib that this cannot work as times have changed.”
The 81-year-old Musa said Najib started well after he assumed office in 2009 by further strengthening political and economic reforms but the prime minister was now under siege.
He said as time went by reports of misdeeds, alleged corruption and cronyism surfaced.
“An unprecedented thing is happening as a sitting prime minister is being investigated by a task force. This also shows that this government is operating in the manner it should be,” he said.
Musa said digital democracy with the emergence of social media has opened the government system and by implication, any wrongdoing by a leader could be exposed.
Blaming those handling Najib’s public relations, Musa said there was no positive reaction to correcting stories that appeared in the alternative media.
“This is almost nil from the leadership for putting things in the right respective by denying or affirming each accusation hurled.”
He said although Najib has been active in the social media in the last few years, the issues piled against him were not dealt with in a proper manner.
“I don’t want to list out the issues but 1MDB was a new thing that raised more questions that remained unanswered.”
He said Najib’s government was lacking in direction because the leadership was not providing what the people demanded.
Musa believed many people were no longer supportive of the government and only an open election would reveal that.
“They can redeem themselves by getting their act together. There are so many issues which have been left hanging and so much doubt.” – July 11, 2015. This entry was posted on Saturday, 11 July 2015, 9:46 am and is filed under
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Teks itu menunjukkan bahawa pengguna, lelaki berusia 40 tahun, telah mengalami kesakitan semasa membuang air kecil dan mengeluarkan cecair jernih seperti jeli. Teks itu menjelaskan lagi bahawa isu ini boleh disebabkan oleh pelbagai faktor dan mengesyorkan berunding dengan doktor untuk pemeriksaan dan rawatan lanjut. | InsurTech
Insurtech Firm 360F Appoints Former Temenos APAC MD by Fintech News Singapore
April 14, 2021 Singapore-based insurtech 360F announced that it has appointed Martin Frick as a member of its advisory board, where he will support the ramp up of the bancassurance business.
Martin will be an advisor to 360F operating under the legal umbrella Amsantix.
Martin brings nearly 30 years of extensive industry knowledge, regional expertise and leadership experience in providing technological solutions to the financial services industry. His experience spans across both the developed and emerging countries in Asia Pacific.
Over the last decade, he has successfully spear-headed numerous large and complex projects in multiple financial services organisations in their journey to achieve competitive advantage through business and technology innovation. Most recently Martin was the APAC Managing Director for the banking software firm Temenos.
The new appointment comes on the heels of the recent announcement of accelerating the growth of 360F with expansion plans to increase its presence in the region.
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Michael Gerber, CEO of 360F said,
“We’re thrilled to have Martin’s commitment to help us drive our growth plans in Asia Pacific. Despite these challenging times, we remain committed to serving and transforming the financial services industry.
We continue to be dedicated to strengthening our relationships with existing clients and forging new ones, and we’re certain that Martin’s strong industry credential and track record in the financial services sector will be vital in achieving our target of building a 100m SGD business by 2025.”
Featured image: Martin Frick,member of its advisory board of 360F
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Penulis telah bergelut dengan gangguan kecemasan sejak sekolah menengah, yang diburukkan lagi oleh penderaan psikologi masa lalu. Dua bulan lalu, seorang ahli keluarga terdekat meninggal dunia secara mengejut akibat sakit kepala yang kronik menyebabkan penulis semakin mementingkan kesihatan dan paranoid. Ini membawa kepada dua bulan sakit kepala yang berterusan, yang penulis percayai sebagai simptom tumor otak atau kanser. Penulis menjadi sangat cemas dan takut mati secara tiba-tiba. Selepas mendapatkan nasihat daripada rakan yang mempunyai pengalaman serupa, penulis disahkan menghidap hypochondriasis, sejenis OCD yang memfokuskan kepada kesihatan. Penulis kini cuba mendapatkan semula keyakinan mereka dan mengekalkan sikap positif, menumpukan pada iman mereka dan bermain permainan untuk mengalihkan perhatian mereka daripada kebimbangan mereka. Mereka telah belajar untuk menghargai kehidupan dan memahami bagaimana orang boleh membangunkan isu kesihatan mental. | Terengganu perkenal pelan induk berteras Islam. KUALA TERENGGANU: Kerajaan negeri memperkenalkan Pelan Induk Terengganu Sejahtera (PITAS2030) yang berpandukan prinsip Islam.Pelan pembangunan itu bagi membawa Terengganu menjadi negeri ‘Maju, Berkat dan Sejahtera’ menjelang 2030. Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Dr Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar berkata, perancangan PITAS2030 lebih holistik dan komperehensif bagi manfaat rakyat.Katanya, menyedari kepentingan dan peluang yang disediakan teknologi digital, kerajaan digital menjadi pemboleh daya yang menyokong teras PITAS2030.“Ini bertepatan dengan situasi semasa kerana kita memasuki gerbang Revolusi Perindustrian 4.0 yang sangat berbeza.“Jika kita menoleh ke belakang revolusi perindustrian bermula dengan penciptaan mesin yang menggunakan kuasa enjin stim. Ketika ini industri digerakkan kuasa air dan stim.“Revolusi Perindustrian kedua berbekal penggunaan elektrik yang mendorong beberapa penciptaan baru seperti telefon, pemancar gelombang radio dan kereta,” katanya pada pelancaran Pelan Induk Kerajaan Digital Pintar Terengganu dan Pelan Srategik Taman Maya AI Terengganu di Dewan Besar Wisma Darul Iman hari ini.Manakala Revolusi Perindustrian ketiga muncul komputer dan internet. Ahmad Samsuri berkata, sekarang semua pihak sedang bersiap menempuh era Revolusi Perindustrian 4.0. – HARAKAHDAILY 28/10/2020 | 0 | train |
Syahir Sulaiman (P.025 Bachok) holds a First Class Honors Bachelor's Degree in Economics from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM, 2006). He received three awards during his time at IIUM. Farique Zubir (P.100 Pandan) is a registered member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) since 2014 and a certified ASEAN Chartered Professional Accountant (ASEAN CPA) since 2019. Young Muslimah leader, Dr. Siti Mastura Mohamad, obtained her PhD in Islamic Development Management from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) at the age of 32. | Hi boleh suggest cream mana yg ok untuk kanak kanak 1 tahun 9 bulan supya tak kena gigitan nyamuk
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Premature ejaculation can affect men of all ages and can be caused by psychological or biological factors. It is recommended to address this issue through counseling, improving self-confidence, and using techniques to delay ejaculation. There is no scientific evidence that penile injections to extend the penis are safe and effective. Regular exercise and a healthy diet can help improve overall sexual health. If the problem persists, it is best to seek professional help from a government hospital or clinic in Sabah. It is important to consult with a healthcare professional for accurate information and treatment options. | Sebelum era peranti mudah-alih menjadi popular, ramai yang mengikuti pelbagai laman berita dan info melalui langganan RSS. Kini, ia berubah kepada pengguna mengikuti sesuatu laman melalui Facebook dan Twitter. Beberapa aplikasi terdapat di pasaran hari ini dalam memudahkan anda mengikuti laman-laman yang digemari, dan Facebook kini dilaporkan sedang membangunkan sebuah aplikasi dinamakan Notify dalam memudahkan proses berkenaan.
Melalui aplikasi Notify ini, ia dikatakan pengguna boleh memilih penerbitan yang mereka minati, dan seterusnya menerima notifikasi apabila terdapat sebarang perkara baru yang dikongsikan.
Facebook dikatakan akan memperkenalkan aplikasi baru ini pada penghujung bulan ini, dan ia kini dalam fasa ujian dikalangan beberapa penerbit kandungan di Amerika Syarikat.
Ini sekaligus mungkin membawa kepada era baru bagaimana berita dikongsikan dan dibaca melalui platform Facebook. Buat masa ini, Twitter menyediakan fungsi lebih kurang sama, membolehkan pengguna menerima notifikasi masa-nyata ketika akaun yang diikuti mereka berkongsi sesuatu. | 0 | train |
Anda berumur 35 tahun dan telah mengalami tempoh tertunda selama 3 hari. Ujian kehamilan di rumah menunjukkan garis samar, tetapi ujian Clearblue mengesahkan kehamilan. Anda mempunyai simptom cepat menghampiri haid, demam malam sekali-sekala, dan kekejangan bahagian bawah perut. Anda keliru jika anda hamil atau mengalami ketidakstabilan hormon.
Ada kemungkinan bahawa ujian awal adalah negatif kerana paras hormon hCG (human Chorionic Gonadotrophin) yang tidak mencukupi dalam air kencing anda. Negatif palsu boleh berlaku disebabkan oleh kerosakan kit ujian atau teknik yang tidak betul. Dapatkan ujian kehamilan di klinik berdekatan untuk keputusan yang tepat.
Jika anda mengalami simptom tambahan seperti kekejangan, ini mungkin menunjukkan tempoh lewat disebabkan faktor gaya hidup, tekanan emosi, masalah berat badan, masalah tiroid atau pituitari, penggunaan pil perancang, PCOS atau masalah organ pembiakan. Adalah disyorkan untuk berunding dengan doktor untuk pemeriksaan yang betul dan diagnosis yang tepat. | Tajem’s message to the Ibans The Broken Shield
SERIAN: An adviser to PKR and former deputy chief minister Datuk Daniel Tajem (pic below)warns the Iban community that they will lose their native customary rights lands if they continue to elect the State Barisan Nasional coalition in the coming State election.
“Many Ibans in other parts of Sarawak have already lost their lands and we will continue to loose our land, if the State Barisan continues to govern Sarawak.
“In Balai Ringin we are about to lose our lands, when four companies linked to Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud have been given provisional lease (PL) to plant oil palm in our lands.
“A total of 741,000 hectares of our NCR lands have been earmarked for this purpose,” he said, adding that the land owners had protested, but to no avail.
In fact, he said, he and the land owners have written to UMNO to intervene and stop the State government from taking away people’s lands.
Tajem said: “Lands are our only assets. And if we lose our lands, we will lose everything. We will become landless people. We do not know where to go except to seek refuge and sleep under a bridge.
“Landless People who sleep under a bridge are a common sight in other countries. And this will happen to us, if we do not change the State government,” he said, when he opened the annual general meeting of PKR Sri Aman division on Saturday, 24 April 2010.
“We do not change Taib Mahmud, but what we must change is the state government. So we must be united and work hard to change the government and only then we can prepare a new programme of development,” he stressed.
Tajem went on to say that Pakatan Rakyat must aim to win at least 36 seats out of 71 in order to take over the administration of the state government.
“Even winning the state government alone is still not good enough; the Pakatan Rakyat must also take over and control the federal government, otherwise the federal government will make life unbearable in Pakatan-controlled states.
“Look how the federal government retook the Perak State government after the Pakatan had won it through the electoral process.
“Similarly what happened to Stephen Kalong Ningkan’s state government in late 1966, when he did not agree for expatriate officers in Sarawak to be replaced with Malayan officers?
“When Ningkan refused to resign, the federal government declared a state of emergency in Sarawak. Then the federal government amended the state constitution in order to give authority to the governor to dismiss Ningkan as chief minister,” said Tajem.
“Thus, it is also very important that the federal government be controlled by Pakatan Rakyat,” he added. – The Broken Shield
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Brown Dust, a popular tactical RPG in Southeast Asia, is now available worldwide for Android and iOS. The game features over 300 mercenaries, 1,200 battles, and seasonal guild wars. Gacha mechanics are present, but free units are also viable. With a lengthy campaign and PVP, players can expect to be engaged for a long time. The game is free-to-play, and players can choose to spend or not to bolster their army. | You may or may not know that the beastly Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG had an electric twin, the SLS AMG Electric Drive. It was a short-lived affair because not too long after its inception, pure electric cars bearing the Mercedes-Benz logo just quietly disappeared.
Then suddenly, Mercedes plans to have a full fleet of electric cars. According to
Bloomberg
, Mercedes are able to justify the business proposition of offering electric cars to the mass market. Plans are in progress to add two electric SUVs and two electric sedans. The new electric line-up is set to be marketed under a sub-brand, similar to how the i-Division is to BMW.
With the technology for electric vehicles becoming more readily available (on top of tightening emissions regulations), the time is right to introduce electric vehicles that are
profitable
. Daimler’s trucks chief, Wolfgang Bernhard also mentioned that there are plans in the pipeline to introduce fully electric trucks in the next 10 years. We will know more information about these plans come September at the Paris Motor Show. | 0 | train |
You menstruated for only 2 days this month, with no bleeding since then. This is unusual for you as your period usually lasts 6-7 days. You had sexual intercourse with your spouse 2 days prior to menstruation. The amount of menstrual blood is typically 10-35 ml per cycle, and the cause of your scanty flow is unclear without further information. It is advisable to consult a doctor online for personalized advice. Please note that irregular/late/prolonged/excessive menstruation can be addressed by a gynecologist. | Celebrating its one millionth car sold here in Malaysia, Honda Malaysia has launched a
“1 Million Dreams” campaign
where the company will be giving away seven cars. Yes you read that right, Honda Malaysia will be giving away one “1 Million Edition” special edition model of every car in its current line-up to contest winners, all fit with unique touches to make them truly one in a million.
The exterior of the 1 Million Dreams special edition models are characterised by the dual-tone, blacked-out roof, body trims, and wheels. These are accented by red stripes on the front fascia, side mirrors and wheels – all properly painted in detail, and not just
yellow stickers
! A “1 Million Dreams special edition” emblem on the front fenders tie up the entire exterior look.
Moving inside, the special edition models get a “1 Million Dreams” logo embossed on the front seat headrests, along with red stitching and a centre marker on the leather steering wheel. There’s also a special edition sticker on the dashboard, but if we’re being honest, we’d rather do without that. Each “1 Million Dreams” model will also be accompanied by a special edition leather key pouch.
Looks nice, right? Well – the bad news is they are all one-off models, and you will not be able to purchase them, no matter how hard you try to convince Honda. Good thing that there are quite a few ways that you can actually win them.
One of these seven cars is reserved specifically for the frontliner workers, who have worked tirelessly throughout the entire Covid-19 pandemic. As for the other six, you’ll be able to gain entries to the giveaway via the following methods:
Downloading and signing up for the HondaTouch app – 2 entries
Playing the 1 Million Dreams Quiz Game at
Honda Malaysia’s official website
– 1 entry
Test driving a Honda vehicle – 1 entry
Booking a new Honda vehicle – 3 entries
Servicing or repairing a Honda vehicle – 3 entries
Registering a new Honda car within the “
1 Million Dreams Campaign
” period – 4 entries
However, you’ll stand a better chance if you complete any of the tasks above via the
HondaTouch application
, as all of your entries will be counted fivefold! Once you collected as many entries as possible, the completed entry form must then be submitted to any authorised Honda dealerships, or via Honda Malaysia’s website, linked
here
.
Beyond the methods listed above, Honda has also partnered with Cuckoo, Shopee, and Watsons to offer their customers to win one of the special edition models.
Customers who purchase selected products from Cuckoo’s Beyond Standard range or A-Series mattress will stand a chance to win the Honda City 1 Million Edition, while Shopee customers can also stand a chance to drive home the HR-V 1 Million Edition by playing the Shopee Lucky Prize game on the mobile app.
Additionally, Shopee will also be giving out one million Shopee coins to 150 lucky winners weekly, alongside other prizes worth 5 million Shoppee coins. Watsons members who spend a minimum of RM50 in a single receipt will also be entered to win the Honda BR-V 1 million Edition.
The Honda 1 Million Dreams campaign runs
from 25th of February to the 24th of March 2021
. Winners will be announced at a Grand Finale scheduled in March 2021.
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Honda City 1 Million Edition
Honda Jazz 1 Million Edition
Honda Accord 1 Million Edition
Honda Civic 1 Million Edition
Honda CR-V 1 Million Edition
Honda HR-V 1 Million Edition
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The 2018 Ford Mustang has received a mid-cycle update featuring a restyled front and rear bumper, new hood, and restyled front grille for improved aerodynamics. The headlights have been replaced with LED type lamps, and the C-shaped taillights now have tri-bar LEDs. The interior boasts better materials, subtle tweaks to the trims, and a 12-inch digital instrument cluster. The 3.7-liter V6 engine has been retired, and the 2.3-liter EcoBoost four-cylinder engine now comes standard. The 5.0-liter V8 engine features port and direct fuel injection. The 10-speed automatic transmission is now available in both EcoBoost and V8 variants, while the six-speed manual is still available with a twin-disc clutch and dual-mass flywheel for the V8. The Mustang also receives new shock absorbers, a new cross-axis joint in the rear suspension, and optional MagneRide adaptive dampers. Malaysia received the right-hand drive Mustang last year, and the facelifted model is expected to arrive soon. | Samsung kini dilaporkan merancang untuk memperkenalkan komputer Windows 10 yang dijana dengan cip pemprosesan keluaran mereka tersendiri, iaitu siri Exynos.
Melengkapkan komputer riba ini juga dijangka adalah sokongan GPU daripada pihak AMD – salah satu kerjasama yang sedia diumumkan pihak Samsung sebelum ini untuk peranti mudah-alih.
Samsung dijangka memperkenalkan komputer riba berasaskan cip Exynos ini pada pertengahan kedua 2021 ini. Langkah ini juga adalah selari dengan pihak Qualcomm yang mula mempromosikan peranti Windows 10 yang dijana cip mereka, selain Apple yang turut memasarkan komputer menggunakan cip pemprosesan tersendiri.
Sebelum ini, pihak Samsung sedia memperkenalkan komputer riba berasaskan cip ARM – tetapi menggunakan penawaran Qualcomm, dan bukannya Exynos mereka tersendiri. | 0 | train |
Tidak digalakkan untuk mengambil pil perancang 21 jika ujian kehamilan negatif, kerana ia tidak akan menghalang kehamilan. Jika anda telah mengambil pil dan mempunyai kebimbangan tentang kesannya, sila dapatkan nasihat profesional penjagaan kesihatan dengan segera. Perlu diingat bahawa ujian kehamilan air kencing mungkin tidak selalu tepat, dan yang terbaik adalah untuk mengesahkan dengan ujian darah. Sila pertimbangkan untuk bercakap dengan kami untuk perundingan peribadi melalui laman web kami (DoctorOnCall). Terima kasih. (Kemas kini 27 Jun 2019) | Masih ada Orang Asli tinggal di bangsal usang?. BIARPUN ada agensi khas bagi menjaga hal ehwal penduduk Orang Asli di negara ini, namun sebahagian kaum terbabit hidup dalam keadaan dhaif dan miskin. Ketua Pemuda PAS Jerantut, Ustaz Mohd Zakhwan Ahmad Badardan berkata, kehidupan Orang Asli di penempatan tersebut jauh ketinggalan dalam semua aspek. “Mereka bukan sahaja tinggal di bangsal usang dan masih mengamalkan cara hidup tradisi kais pagi makan pagi bagi meneruskan kehidupan harian. “Mereka tidak mempunyai pekerjaan tetap bagi menyara kehidupan keluarga,” katanya ketika menyertai misi bersama NGO Gerakan Dakwah Pendalaman di Hulu Tembeling baru-baru ini. Penduduk di perkampungan itu dari suku kaum Bateq. Terdapat 27 rumah yang didiami hampir 100 penduduk. tiga daripada mereka beragama Islam. – HARAKAHDAILY 10/11/2017 | 0 | train |
Program Sarapan Percuma (PSP) akan bermula pada sesi persekolahan 2020. Ia akan memberi manfaat kepada 2.7 juta murid, menurut soalan lazim. Rancangan Makanan Tambahan (RMT) memperuntukkan RM2.50 bagi seorang pelajar. Dengan kos yang sama, sebanyak RM6.75 juta diperlukan sejari untuk memberi makan kepada 2.7 juta murid.
Program Sarapan Percuma (PSP) akan dilaksanakan di sekolah rendah Malaysia. Program ini akan memberi manfaat kepada 2.7 juta murid. Menu yang disediakan dalam program yang dijangka bermula tahun depan akan disediakan oleh kantin sekolah masing-masing. | It just keeps getting weirder and weirder, doesn’t it. BMW has just unveiled the new Concept XM, their first exclusively M-badged model since the
M1
(and the first with an electric motor), and it’s pretty much all-grille up front.
BMW says that the Concept XM will be turned into a production-model SUV by the end of 2022, and will be manufactured at the carmaker’s Spartanburg plant in South Carolina, USA.
To call its design “unusual” would be putting it lightly. The kidney grille – now illuminated around its perimeter – takes up nearly the entire front fascia, and flanked by tiny angular headlights that looks nothing more like daytime-running lights.
The bumpers – and the rest of the car for the matter – are styled with sharp lines and acute angles, somewhat like the
BMW 2 Series Coupe
taken to the extreme. Round the back, the rear screen even comes with humps that extends upwards to meet the roof’s contours, with the BMW logo etched onto the glass itself – the latter a nod to the original M1’s design.
RELATED: BMW still won’t commit to a complete EV powertrain switchover just yet. Read more here.
Whether you like it or not, BMW says that the new front-end design previews the styling direction that all of its future luxury-class models will adhere to. And while it still looks like a concept for now, we have no doubts that many of its brash styling elements will actually make it into production – especially with how similar the production
4 Series
looks when compared to the
Concept 4
.
The interior of the BMW Concept XM, meanwhile, is by contrast a more “civilised” look – well, that’s if you discount the funky polygon-filled headliners and rear seats. It’s slathered in what BMW calls “vintage-look leather”, while the curved displays with
iDrive 8
takes centre stage on the carbon fibre and copper dashboard.
RELATED: The BMW i4 M50 is BMW M’s first EV with 544 hp, 0 to 100 in 3.9s
As for performance, BMW says that the Concept XM will come with a V8 engine underneath the bonnet, paired with an M-Hybrid high-performance electric motor for a total system output of around
750 hp
and
1,000 Nm
of torque.
The output figures are, of course, still preliminary at this point in time, but BMW says that the hybrid V8 powertrain will be the sole option on the Concept XM when it makes it to production.
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PAS Terengganu claims that a "green wave" of support is growing in the state, with the greatest reception among young voters. The party is confident it will retain the four parliamentary and 15 state seats it won in the previous election and potentially gain additional ones to form a new state government in Terengganu. However, PAS's position is not secure due to competition from Umno-Barisan Nasional and PKR-Pakatan Harapan. PAS emphasizes the importance of candidates being clean, honest, and having a proven track record in governance. The statement was made by PAS Terengganu chief Husain Awang during a press conference for the 14th General Election at the PAS Terengganu headquarters. | Boling ikat ukhuwah ahli PAS Shah Alam. SHAH ALAM: Lajnah Sukan, Kebudayaan dan Kesenian PAS Kawasan Shah Alam telah menganjurkan Kejohanan Boling Ukhuwah di Ole Ole Shopping Centre, di sini hari ini. Kejohanan antara PAS Cawangan ini telah melibatkan 122 peserta mewakili 22 PAS Cawangan ini bertujuan mengerat ukhuwah dan silaturahim antara ahli-ahli PAS dalam Kawasan ini. Menurut Pengerusi Lajnah Sukan, Kebudayaan dan Kesenian PAS Shah Alam hadiah-hadiah pertandingan disumbangkan Yang DiPertua PAS Shah Alam, Ustaz Ahmad Dasuki Abd Rani. Turut bersama dalam kejohanan ini adalah Setiausaha PAS Shah Alam, Mohd Faizal Ismail dan Ketua Pemuda PAS Shah Alam, Aubidullah Fahim Ibrahim “As-Syahid Imam Hassan al-Banna meletakkan ukhuwah sebagai salah satu Rukun Bai’ah menunjukkan perjuangan ini memerlukan kita bergerak secara berjemaah dan menitikberatkan ikatan ini,” ujarnya. – HARAKAHDAILY 21/12/2019 | 0 | train |
Menteri Besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu berkata cadangan untuk menaikkan had umur perkahwinan akan dibincangkan. Perak adalah negeri pertama yang menerbitkan panduan pencegahan penderaan fizikal, mental dan seksual terhadap kanak-kanak.
Perak adalah negeri pertama yang menerbitkan buku panduan pencegahan penderaan fizikal, mental dan seksual terhadap kanak-kanak dan golongan remaja. Menteri Besar Ahmad Faizal berkata perkara itu akan dibentang dan dibahaskan dalam sidang DUN sebelum pindaan enakmen serta kelulusan undang-undang sedia ada dilakukan. | Marvel’s Avengers will be playable at GameStart Asia 2019!
If you’ve been wanting to be a hero, attendees of GameStart Asia 2019 can try out Marvel’s Avengers! Follow through the link to check out our impressions on the game! Stop by booth MH05 at Suntec Convention Centre Halls 401 – 403 for your taste at power. This will be Asia’s first try at the game! Related Posts Pokemon Sleep Now Available In Malaysia GamerBraves Newsletter Vol. 103 – The Glory of The Barbie/Oppenheimer Double Feature The Marvel’s Avengers game will feature a whole different story from the current Marvel Cinematic Universe. Something goes terribly wrong during A-Day, and superheroes get outlawed. Yet, when disaster strikes, who else to save the world but them.?
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The Chairperson of UMMAH, Aminuddin Yahaya, has urged traders to ensure sufficient and quality products in their stores to maintain support and positive sentiment among the Muslim community for the Muslim Products Campaign (KBPM), which is currently gaining popularity. The KBPM, initiated by UMMAH and other non-governmental organizations, aims to help Muslim traders and entrepreneurs by encouraging the purchase of their products. Two large campaigns have already been held in April and July this year, with several phases of the jerawara (mobile market) to further strengthen the campaign. The first phase will begin in northern regions, starting with Penang on September 8, followed by Kedah on September 9, and will end in Johor. Through the jerawara, all Muslim product manufacturers and entrepreneurs will be informed to join the initiative. | KUALA LUMPUR – Semua peniaga diseru memastikan kedai-kedai mereka mempunyai barangan mencukupi dan berkualiti supaya tidak merencatkan sokongan dan sentimen umat Islam keseluruhannya terhadap Kempen Beli Produk Muslim (KBPM) yang sedang mendapat sambutan hangat kini.
Pengerusi Gerakan Pembela Ummah (UMMAH), Aminuddin Yahaya menerusi laman Facebooknya hari ini berkata, langkah ini bagi mengelakkan pembeli berasa kecewa jika barangan sering tiada atau tidak mencukupi.
“Saya menyeru supaya kita bersabar jika terdapat kedai-kedai yang tidak
mempunyai barangan yang kita perlukan. Kempen kita masih lagi baru dan berilah
masa kepada peniaga-peniaga untuk melengkapkan barangan di kedai mereka,”
tulisnya.
Kempen Beli Produk Muslim yang digerakkan oleh UMMAH bersama pertubuhan
bukan kerajaan (NGO) yang lain bertujuan membantu peniaga dan pengusaha muslim
dengan mengutamakan belian barangan mereka.
Dua kempen besar telah pun diadakan pada bulan April dan Julai pada
tahun ini, manakala beberapa fasa jerayawara akan diadakan untuk memperkasakan lagi
kempen ini.
Fasa pertama akan dijalankan di bahagian utara bermula Pulau Pinang pada 8 September, diikuti Kedah pada 9 September. Seterusnya pada 16 September akan di teruskan di Wilayah Persekutuan dan Selangor yang akan berakhir di Johor.
Melalui jerayawara ini, semua pengusaha dan pengeluar produk muslim akan
diberi penerangan supaya mereka dapat bergabung bersama-sama dalam usaha ini. | 1 | train |
Datuk Wira Yusoff Mahadi mengatakan bahawa isu trofi anugerah Kasut Emas tidak perlu diperbesarkan. Pengerusi MFL Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim kesal dengan kesalahan itu. MFL berjanji akan menggantikan semula trofi kepada pemenang.
Yusoff Mahadi mengatakan bahawa kesilapan itu tidak seharusnya menjadi modal untuk mengecam MFL yang berjaya menguruskan Liga Malaysia dengan baik musim ini. MFL telah berjanji untuk menggantikan semula trofi tersebut kepada pemenang. | KUALA LUMPUR: Timbalan Presiden Persatuan Bolasepak Malaysia (FAM) Datuk Wira Yusoff Mahadi berharap isu trofi anugerah Kasut Emas yang menjadi kecaman banyak pihak tidak terus diperbesar-besarkan.
Beliau berkata, Liga Bolasepak Malaysia (MFL) yang menjadi penganjur kepada Anugerah Bolasepak Kebangsaan (ABK) yang berlangsung pada Isnin lalu juga tidak harus terus dipersalahkan atas kesilapan itu.
"Saya melihat isu ini tidak perlu diperbesarkan, memang MFL sudah mengakui silap membabitkan trofi itu seperti yang diperkatakan Pengerusi MFL Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim. Mereka kesal dengan apa yang berlaku tapi bukan sesuatu yang disengajakan.
“Malah MFL segera mengambil langkah untuk mengatasi isu itu dengan memberi jaminan trofi itu akan digantikan semula. Ini juga bakal menjadi pengajaran kepada pihak pengurusan MFL supaya lebih berhati-hati dalam memastikan ABK terus diangkat sebagai anugerah paling berprestij bola sepak tanah air," katanya kepada Sukan NSTP, hari ini.
Kontroversi berlaku apabila ramai pihak khususnya penyokong tempatan mengecam trofi bersaiz tapak tangan yang diraih penjaring terbanyak Liga Super dari Selangor, Rufino Segovia (pemain import) dan penyerang Kelantan, Shafiq Shahrudin (pemain tempatan) yang dikatakan tidak memiliki kualiti seperti musim sebelumnya.
Malah Tunku Ismail sendiri turut meluahkan rasa kecewanya dengan trofi itu dan mahukan pegawai yang menguruskan trofi itu bertanggungjawab sepenuhnya.
Susulan kritikan itu, MFL tampil memohon maaf kepada semua pemenang dan komuniti bola sepak Malaysia atas insiden yang tidak mencerminkan matlamat, visi dan piawaian MFL itu serta berjanji akan menggantikan semula trofi berkenaan kepada pemenang.
Yusoff yang turut hadir untuk menyampaikan anugerah pada majlis berkenaan berkata, kesilapan itu tidak seharusnya menjadi modal untuk mengecam MFL yang berjaya menguruskan Liga Malaysia (Liga-M) dengan baik musim ini.
"Jangan kerana kesilapan itu kita lupakan usaha keras MFL dalam menaikkan liga kita sepanjang musim ini. Mereka menguruskan perjalanan liga dengan lebih tersusun, meningkatkan hak penajaan serta penyiaran jadi kita harus sama-sama bergerak ke depan dalam memajukan liga bola sepak kita," katanya. | 1 | train |
Empat tahun lalu, suami saya disahkan menghidap kanser selepas mengalami demam yang berterusan. Dia terpaksa menangguhkan pengajian selama setahun untuk kemoterapi dan pembedahan, menyebabkan dia menamatkan pengajian lewat setahun berbanding rakan sebayanya. Dia kini menjalani rawatan susulan setiap enam bulan selama lima tahun.
Selepas tamat pengajian, beliau menerima tawaran kerja di sebuah syarikat besar di KL dengan tempoh percubaan selama enam bulan. Bagaimanapun, dia jujur tentang sejarah kansernya semasa pemeriksaan perubatan, menyebabkan kelewatan dalam pengesahannya. Walaupun berasa sakit hati, dia berjaya mencari kerja lain sementara menunggu pengesahan.
Walaupun rakan sekerjanya tidak mengetahui sejarahnya, pengurusnya akhirnya diketahui melalui sijil perubatan hospital. Apabila syarikat mengumumkan pemberhentian, dia bergelut untuk mencari pekerjaan lain kerana sejarah kansernya. Dia akhirnya menerima tawaran kerja tetapi bimbang tentang pemeriksaan kesihatan. Malangnya, syarikat itu enggan mengambilnya kerana sejarah perubatannya, menyebabkan dia berasa sedih dan menyalahkan dirinya sendiri.
Walaupun saya sedih, saya faham bahawa syarikat teragak-agak untuk mengupah individu yang mempunyai sejarah penyakit serius. Bagaimanapun, saya berharap mereka dapat mempertimbangkan status kesihatan dan kelayakan semasa individu tersebut. Suami saya sesuai untuk bekerja, dan dia mempunyai skop kerja yang sama seperti sebelum ini. Dia hanya mempunyai sejarah kanser, yang sepatutnya tidak mengehadkan peluang pekerjaannya.
Saya menggalakkan pencari kerja yang mempunyai sejarah perubatan untuk terus mencuba dan tidak berputus asa. Semoga Allah memberi peluang dan rezeki kepada mereka. Bagi suami saya, dia sudah berputus asa untuk mencari kerja dan mahu memandu untuk Uber atau Grab Car. Tetapi saya tetap berharap dan terus memohon peluang pekerjaan bagi pihaknya. | The general sentiment associated to the word diesel has been a long but ineradicable stigma in Malaysia, to say the least. Let’s face it. How many of you are put off by the idea of driving a car that clatters louder and smells no better than your granduncle’s good ol’ Isuzu Trooper? Fortunately, times (and people) are changing, but many still chafe at the thought of a diesel powered daily runabout, pickup trucks not withstanding.
Now, just days after BHPetrol
introduced their Infiniti Euro5 diesel fuel
to the Klang Valley, we leapt at the opportunity to sample one of Mazda’s finest, the
Mazda2 1.5L Skyactiv-D
. Our last stint with the very same car had a full tank of Euro2m diesel, but that did more than a good enough job in convincing us that it’s the Mazda2 to have. With Euro5 now in place, let’s help Bermaz Motor shed some ‘green’ light on the matter at hand.
i. All about that torque
A diesel engine is best known for its
fuel efficiency
(more on this below), but the main reason behind its suitability in powering heavy duty industrial vehicles, busses and utility trucks is because the diesel fuel is
much denser or richer in energy
, therefore providing
greater pulling power
(torque) that’s accessible at low engine speeds. Just how quick is a diesel powered car, you ask? Well, click
here
to watch a video of an Isuzu D-Max blaze across a quarter mile strip in
8.2 seconds
. Yep, an Isuzu D-Max with a four cylinder diesel engine that’s capable of humbling Dominic Toretto and co.
So, imagine having
270 Nm of torque
in a Mazda2, all harnessed from the
turbocharged
1,499cc Skyactiv-D
engine. In comparison, the 1.5-litre petrol (Skyactiv-G) engine delivers 114 hp and 148 Nm of torque – a
full 102 Nm lesser
than its equal sized diesel counterpart! On the subject of compression ratio, Mazda engineers ambitiously took both these Skyactiv engines a few steps beyond the conventional.
The gasoline engine operates at a ratio of 14.0:1 (that’s really, really high for petrol powered vehicles), whereas the oil burner cranks at a relatively low
14.8:1
when some diesels go as high as 22.0:1. In justifying this, Mazda cited that their pursuit of an ideal combustion resulted in the creation of an all-aluminium, low compression turbodiesel engine. In short, it’s not just more powerful, it burns leaner than the petrol as well.
ii. It’s still that much fun to drive
Despite being
nearly 80kg heavier
on the front end, the Mazda2 Skyactiv-D’s fun-to-drive character remains surprisingly intact, if not made better by the low-rev torque surge. Trust us, there’s not a single time where we weren’t caught smiling sheepishly when flooring the throttle upon exiting a corner. Granted, there is a discernible dive during hard braking, but that came to light only after spending weeks driving the petrol variant. Imagine had we not!
The fact that the brakes weren’t as grippy as we’d like had very little to do with its poor stopping performance, but rather because the discs were of the exact size as the petrol. With all that additional power – and more importantly weight up front, the only thing that’s missing from what is otherwise a complete package is better brakes.
iii. Sure, it rattles, but does it really matter?
Diesel engines, for as long as they’ve been around, rattles. The reason behind this lies in its
combustion process
. During an intake stroke of a gasoline engine, both air and fuel is injected into the cylinder before being compressed and subsequently ignited by a spark plug. This tiny explosion drives the piston downwards, creating what is known as the power stroke, a motion which sends torque to the crankshaft.
In a diesel engine however, there are
no spark plugs at all
, and ignition occurs simply by compressing air, and just air alone. The higher the compression ratio, the more heat (up to 260°C) is created during the compression stroke. What happens when you inject fuel into this extremely hot pocket of air? Ignition. And it’s this very process that gives a diesel engine its characteristic knock or clatter. Who’s to say that they don’t rattle now? They still do, in fact very distinctively as well, much like a sewing machine on loudspeaker, but hardly discernible from inside the cabin thanks to progressive insulating technology.
iv. Diesel engines are generally tougher, more robust and longer lasting
Contrary to popular belief, the clanky nature of oil burning engines does not mean that they wear out much faster, but instead have extremely long lifespan, in most cases even longer than gasoline engines if given appropriate care. Website
popular
mechanics.com
pieced together nine cars whose owners drove past the million-mile mark (that’s 1.6 million kilometres, all with the original engine!), a feat only so few can achieve in a lifetime.
So what makes a diesel engine robust? Well, this goes back to its nature of combustion. Because they operate at such extreme ratios, the mechanical components of the engine have to be made of denser steel. This in turn require the use of heavier pistons, crankshaft, bearings, rings and what have you.
Again, Mazda’s 1.5-litre diesel engine has a low compression ratio of 14.8:1, which is one of the reasons why the entire engine can be made out of aluminium. This not only reduces weight by a significant margin, Mazda also claims that it makes the engine
more dynamic
, allowing for a greater rev range because the moving components are so much lighter. We can attest to that. v. Exceptional fuel efficiency
As mentioned earlier, the diesel fuel contains more usable energy than gasoline, sometimes up to 50 percent in a single drop of diesel. In a real-world scenario, that translates to
superior fuel economy
, covering between
30 to 40 percent more tarmac
than comparable gasoline engines. There’s nothing quite like a diesel engine’s fuel economy when cruising on freeways, as they rack up more kilometers per litre as opposed to gasoline, hybrids or even electric vehicles. To prove this, Mazda specifically flew us to Bangkok, dumped us in the Mazda2 diesel and had us
drive over 1,000 km in a single tank of fuel
because you know, they were certain we’d make it. What if we didn’t, guys?!
A key contributor in the Skyactiv-D’s remarkable fuel efficiency is the use of
Piezo injectors
(connected to the fuel rail, typically a common rail setup in diesel engines) which are far more precise than traditional fuel injectors. They for one, act really quickly and can inject fuel as many as seven times during a single combustion cycle, but only when needed. Such level of precision yields better fuel economy and reduced emissions. Win, win, win.
With the cleaner Euro5 diesel making its slow entry across the country, we’ve reached a point where we could finally see a new wave of vehicles making its way here. Sources from Bermaz Motor have not completely dismissed their plans to introduce the diesel-powered CX-5, Mazda6 and Mazda2, but whether or not they make it here remains to be seen. If anything, chances are they might already be well in the planning stages of introducing the highly anticipated CX-5 Skyactiv-D. Until then, let’s keep our fingers crossed in hoping that these cars will find their way here.
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Foundation Perak donated kitchen necessities to 30 asnaf (needy individuals entitled to receive zakat) from three villages in DUN Kenering: Kampung Kenayat, Kampung Lawin, and Tanjong Kasau. The donation was given through the Welfare and Social Committee (LKK) of PAS Kawasan Lenggong, during a brief ceremony held at the Village Hall of Kampung Kenayat. The handover was done by Deputy Chairman of PAS Lenggong, Ustaz Mohd Hanafiah Idris, who is also a member of Gerik District Council. Also present were LKK PAS Lenggong Chairman, Jamil Yahya, who is also a member of Lenggong District Council, PAS Lenggong Committee member, Azmi Ahmad, and several local leaders. Jamil, in his speech, expressed gratitude to the state government for channeling food aid through Foundation Perak to be distributed to the 30 eligible recipients. | Yayasan Perak sumbang bantuan asnaf di DUN Kenering. LENGGONG: Seramai 30 asnaf dari tiga kampung dalam DUN Kenering iaitu Kampung Kenayat, Kampung Lawin dan Tanjong Kasau menerima peruntukan Yayasan Perak berupa bantuan keperluan dapur. Bantuan disampaikan melalui Lajnah Kebajikan dan Kemasyarakatan (LKK) PAS Kawasan Lenggong pada majlis ringkas yang diadakan di Dewan Orang Ramai Kampung Kenayat, di sini kelmarin. Penyampaian bantuan berkenaan telah disempurnakan oleh Timbalan Yang Dipertua PAS Lenggong, Ustaz Mohd Hanafiah Idris yang juga Ahli Majlis Daerah Gerik. Turut hadir Pengerusi LKK PAS Lenggong, Jamil Yahya yang juga Ahli Majlis Daerah Lenggong dan Ahli Jawatankuasa PAS Lenggong, Azmi Ahmad dan beberapa pimpinan kawasan. Jamil dalam ucapannya, merakamkan penghargaan kepada Kerajaan negeri, yang telah menyalurkan bantuan kotak makanan melalui Yayasan Perak untuk diagihkan kepada 30 penerima yang layak. – HARAKAHDAILY 20/10/2020 | 1 | train |
Tempoh tingkap bermula dari masa pendedahan kepada aktiviti risiko jangkitan HIV. Ini bermakna jika anda baru-baru ini terlibat dalam aktiviti sedemikian dengan orang yang dijangkiti, tempoh tetingkap bermula dari itu. Dalam tempoh ini, anda mungkin tidak mengalami sebarang gejala kerana sistem imun anda masih kuat. Walau bagaimanapun, adalah penting untuk berunding dengan doktor untuk rawatan yang betul. Doktor dalam talian kami tersedia untuk mendapatkan maklumat dan bantuan lanjut. Tolong jaga diri.
(Dikemas kini Isnin 29 Nov 2021 10:41:02 GMT+0800 (Waktu Malaysia)) | kiraan hari pertama window period
adakah bermula selepas kali terakhir melakukan aktiviti berisiko?
Salam sejahtera,
Terima kasih atas soalan anda.
Berdasarkan pertanyaan anda di atas, saya memahami bahawa anda berasa bimbang tentang masalah anda. Saya akan cuba untuk membantu anda.
Untuk makluman anda, tempoh waktu window period adalah bermula daripada waktu anda terpapar dengan risiko jangkitan hiv tersebut. Berdasarkan pernyataan anda di atas, waktu window period bermula selepas anda melakukan aktiviti berisiko bersam orang yang dijangkiti virus HIV. Pada waktu window period tersebut, anda tidak mengalami sebarang gejala atau hanya gejala ringan disebabkan oleh tahap imun badan yang masih tinggi.
Oleh itu, saya menyarankan anda supaya merujuk kepada doktor untuk mendapat rawatan yang tepat. Anda boleh berhubung dengan doktor kami secara atas talian untuk mendapat maklumat serta rawatan yang lebih lanjut.
Saya berharap agar jawapan ini dapat membantu anda. Terima kasih.
Klik di sini untuk bercakap dengan doktor.
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Saya mempunyai peperiksaan esok, tetapi saya diserang dengan dorongan tiba-tiba untuk membuat pengakuan. Saya jenis orang yang belajar bersungguh-sungguh, tetapi tidak suka cramming saat akhir. Namun, di sebalik usaha saya, saya nampaknya sentiasa gagal mencapai sasaran saya. Ia mengecewakan apabila anda melakukan banyak usaha dan tidak melihat hasil yang anda inginkan. Ini telah menjadi tema berulang dalam hidup saya, dari sekolah menengah hingga peperiksaan universiti saya. Saya tidak tahu di mana silap saya.
Gred saya tidak menggambarkan usaha saya, dan ia adalah tekanan untuk difikirkan. Semester ini, kebanyakan markah dalaman saya tidak kuat, dan saya bimbang saya tidak dapat mengejar masa untuk final. Saya bercakap serius dengan diri saya sendiri kerana saya tidak faham mengapa, walaupun belajar bersungguh-sungguh, saya nampaknya selalu gagal mencapai matlamat saya. Saya bukan tidak bersyukur; Saya percaya bahawa segala-galanya berlaku ada sebabnya. Saya sentiasa berpesan kepada diri saya supaya tidak mudah berputus asa dan terus mencuba kerana Allah melihat usaha, bukan hasil semata-mata. Tetapi, malangnya, manusia lebih fokus kepada hasil daripada usaha yang dilakukan. Bagaimanakah saya dapat mengelakkan perasaan sedih? Saya tidak malas; Saya telah belajar di perpustakaan, tetapi saya masih tidak mempunyai jawapan. Saya harap saya dapat menjawab soalan peperiksaan dengan baik esok; Saya telah belajar bersungguh-sungguh untuk itu. | KUNAK 2 April - Tiga rumah musnah dalam satu kebakaran di Kampung Jaya Baru 3, di sini petang semalam.
Menurut kenyataan Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia (JBPM) Sabah hari ini, Balai Bomba dan Penyelamat (BBP) Kunak menerima panggilan kecemasan kira-kira pukul 6.35 petang.
“Kebakaran melibatkan tiga rumah iaitu dua rumah jenis tidak kekal dan sebuah jenis kekal, manakala dua kenderaan dan dua motosikal turut musnah dalam kejadian itu.
“Pasukan Bomba berusaha mengawal dan memadam kebakaran seterusnya memastikan kawasan persekitaran dalam keadaan selamat.
“Operasi terkawal kira-kira pukul 7.15 malam dan tamat pada pukul 10.21 malam dengan tiada sebarang kecederaan atau kemalangan jiwa dilaporkan,” kata kenyataan itu. - BERNAMA | 0 | train |
Dunia Fantasi Akhir Square Enix: Meli-Melo dilancarkan pada 12 Disember 2018, untuk iOS dan Android di Jepun. Acara pencapaian prapendaftaran telah mencapai lebih 500,000 prapendaftaran dan semua pemain akan menerima ganjaran seperti cip kristal, aksesori avatar, pakaian pemain dan fatamorgana empat bintang: Shiva. Pemain boleh membuat prapendaftaran di laman web rasmi untuk menerima ganjaran ini. World of Final Fantasy: Meli-Melo ialah spin-off permainan World of Final Fantasy, menampilkan raksasa yang dipanggil fatamorgana dan watak kembar, Reynn dan Lann. | Are activists more dangerous than criminals? By P Ramakrishnan | Aliran’s President
The way the police hound and harass activists engaged in social issues gives the impression that they are more dangerous than the criminals who cause hell for peace-loving citizens.
The number of police engaged in this activity makes one wonder why the police are running after these activists instead of the criminals who are lurking among our midst committing all kinds of crimes, some even resulting in death.
More and more Malaysians are beginning to believe that the police are no longer what they used to be in the past when they were professional in their duty and were not seen as political tools of the ruling party.
The change in perception occurred during the Mahathir years as witnessed during the Refomasi days and while Anwar’s first sodomy trial dragged on when the police were harsh and brutal in dealing with the crowd who stood up against a cruel regime.
We have seen how heavy-handed the police were during the Bersih 1.0 and Hindraf rallies in November 2007. They continue to behave in that same fashion right up to today.
Yesterday (25-6-11), 31 PSM members, including the Sungai Siput MP, Jeyakumar Devaraj, were detained at the Sungai Dua toll plaza at about 3.45pm. They were on their way to Penang after leafleting in Kedah when they were apprehended.
These activists were then taken to Kepala Batas Police Station in Seberang Perai Utara for questioning. Top-ranking Penang state police officers were seen at the police station.
According to Jeyakumar, they were expecting to be released on police bail, but all of them were then detained in lock-ups. The women were detained at the Kepala Batas police station, while the men were taken to the Butterworth police station.
About the same time as the activists were detained at the Sungai Dua toll plaza in the north, PSM activists who had been leafleting in the south were detained in Tangkak and taken to the Ledang police station and subjected to the same harrowing experience. But they were released at 4.00am this morning, after 12 hours with the police.
One is tempted to ask, is this the reason why we have a police force – to deny the fundamental rights of citizens, making the constitutional provisions granting them these rights meaningless?
This is a sheer waste of time for everybody concerned in this episode. The police should not be tied down in a case where there was clearly no threat to the nation. The activists should not be wasting their precious time doing nothing when they have their work to carry out which has been unfairly disrupted.
Four lawyers who had turned up at the Kepala Batas Police Station last night were blocked from meeting the detainees. This is completely unwarranted; it is a basic right of detainees to have access to their lawyers. There is no justification for this refusal; it goes against natural justice.
The activists have now been remanded for seven days, the application granted at the Butterworth Magistrates Court. They are now being demonised in the media.
All these activists were engaged in legitimate, democratic activity which is guaranteed by the Federal Constitution. Leafleting is not criminal; educating the public on issues is not an offence. They are not engaged in violent or armed struggle.
The police have been going after activists similarly engaged in Johor and Shah Alam. And anyone wearing a T-shirt with the word Bersih (Clean) is hauled away. What have we come to? Why are the police targeting this group of people?
It is tied to BN’s fear of the Bersih 2.0’s Walk for Democracy Rally on 9 July.
This rally promises to draw unprecedented huge crowds. The sheer number of participants will debunk the BN’s claim that Malay support has swung back to Umno. It would be such a humiliation for Umno, which is pretending to be brave and masquerading as the champion of the Malays.
July 9 will be the defining moment in Malaysian politics. Umno is not prepared to face this truth.
So the BN is using the police to stop the Bersh 2.0 rally on 9 July. It has to be stopped at all costs for the survival of the BN.
We will know on 9 July whether Malaysians have been cowed by fear; whether they will choose to snivel and quiver or will cast aside their shackles once and for all.
Will 9 July be an epoch-making day? Only time will tell.
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Datuk Stephen Wong, a dedicated political worker and Sabah Minister for Health and Wellbeing, has passed away unexpectedly. He served Malaysia and Sabah well as MP for Sandakan since 2013 and was known for his commitment to the wellbeing and greatness of both Malaysia and Sabah. Before his active role in DAP Sabah, he served as a Sandakan Councillor and Secretary-General of the Sandakan Chamber of Commerce. His loss is deeply felt by all. (Lim Kit Siang, DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri, Media Statement in Parliament on 28th March 2019.) | Alleged Anwar sex tape2 – Police in danger of suffering knock-out blow in public confidence which only a change of government can restore It is exactly one month ago that Malaysians were sprung with the alleged Anwar Ibrahim sex tape made public by a cloak-and-dagger screening at the Carcosa Sri Negara on March 21 to select media representatives.
Malaysians now know that this is Alleged Anwar Sex Tape2 as 12 years ago in 1999, a sex video linking Anwar had surfaced and was investigated by the police.
This was revealed by Datuk Mat Zain Ibrahim, who was then the Kuala Lumpur Criminal Investigation Division (CID) chief and who had investigated the Alleged Anwar Sex Tape1.
The Police had dismissed the Alleged Anwar Sex Tape1 as a smear and attempt at character assassination of Anwar in 1999. The Alleged Anwar Sex Tape2 is the latest attempt to smear and character-assassinate Anwar.
Zain has asked the Police to widen its investigations into the Carcosa sex video to ascertain whether there are any possible links between the two Alleged Anwar Sex Tapes separated by 12 years, viz:
1. Is Sex Video I also authentic now that Sex Video II has been officially declared authentic?
2. Are the contents of Sex Video I the same in full or in part with Sex Video II?
3. Is the identity of the man in Sex Video II that police have declared can be determined positively the same as the man in Sex Video I?
4. Does the voice of the man in Sex Video I belong to the man who is said to be identifiable in Sex Video II?
5. Does the voice of the woman in Sex Video I belong to the woman who is said to have been identified in Sex Video II?
6. Is the recording location of Sex Video I the same as Sex Video II?
7. Are the trio involved or played any role in the production or distribution of Sex Video I in 1999, seeing as they have been identified as having a relationship with Anwar? More so Rahim (former Malacca Chief Minister Tan Sri Rahim Tamby Chik) who is believed to have cause for revenge as Anwar had accused the former Umno Youth chief of corruption just three months before Sex Video I was made public on November 24 and 25, 1999.
During the 1999 general election campaign at that time, Keadilan Deputy President Dr. Chandra Muzaffar condemned the Alleged Anwar Sex Tape1 in no uncertain terms, dismissing it as “yet another vicious, malicious endeavour” by Anwar’s “political and corporate foes to discredit and denigrate him”.
Now, has the Alleged Sex Tape1 dismissed by the police as a smear on Anwar re-appeared in part or in whole as the Carcosa sex video 12 years later?
I must remind the Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Ismail Omar that the Carcosa sex tape or Alleged Anwar Sex Tape2 has put the independence, credibility, professionalism and reputation of the Malaysian Royal Police Force on the line – and the police are in danger of suffering a knock-out blow in public confidence which only a change of government can restore.
The police suffered the worst blow of public confidence in its history in 1998 when it allowed political and extraneous considerations to compromise and undermine police professionalism and integrity in the Anwar “black eye” episode and investigations.
Mat Zain was then the investigation officer for the Anwar “black eye” episode and there would have been no need for any royal commission of inquiry to find out that it was the then Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Rahim Noor who had assaulted Anwar if Mat Zain had been allowed to complete his investigations without obstruction from higher authorities, including the Attorney-General’s Chambers with the present Attorney-General Tan Sri Gani Patail playing a prominent role in the subversion of justice and the rule of law 12 years ago.
The police has not yet fully recovered from the 1998 blow to public confidence in police independence, credibility, professionalism and reputation from the Anwar “black eye” episode.
Now, if the police again allows political and extraneous forces and factors to dictate its investigations into the Alleged Anwar Sex Tap;e2 episode, it will be a knockout blow to public confidence in police independence, credibility, professionalism and reputation which only a change of government can repair and restore.
For the past month, right-thinking Malaysians have been asking two questions:
1. Why police have not yet arrested the trio of “Datuk T”, namely Rahim, Datuk Shazryl Eskay Abdullah and Datuk Shuib Lazim for various crimes including Section 292 of the Penal Code for “publicly exhibiting any obscene or pornographic material” liable to a jail term of three years or Section 5(1) of the Film Censorship Act 2002 where a person is liable to be fined up to RM50,000 or jailed up to five years or both. Do the trio enjoy immunity and impunity for breaches of the law and actions which have brought world-wide shame to the nation?
2. How Malaysian public and international opinion are to be convinced that the police and the top Umno and Cabinet leaders including the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak and the Home Minister, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein were not privy to the Sri Carcosa sex tape caper and to the identities of the trio in “Dato T” whether before or immediately after the screening of the sex video.
The despicable and dastardly political ploy to destroy both Anwar Ibrahim and Pakatan Rakyat’s chances in the Sarawak general elections have failed, and Najib and BN leaders must be warned that the continued resort to such gutter politics may prove to be the last straw to break the back of public confidence in the credibility and legitimacy of the Najib premiership and to convince the majority of the people that the time has come to end the mandate of Barisan Nasional and Umno to continue to govern Malaysia.
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Giat Mara telah memenangi satu pingat emas dalam Kejuaraan Kemahiran Global 2019. Giat Mara adalah antara institusi pendidikan dan latihan teknikal dan vokasional yang pertama kali berjaya menempatkan seramai empat peserta.
Menteri Pembangunan Luar Bandar mahu GiatMara terus mencapai kejayaan di peringkat antarabangsa. Empat pelatih GiatMara baru sahaja memenangi pertandingan di Melbourne, Australia. | KUALA LUMPUR 16 April - Kementerian Pembangunan Luar Bandar mahu GiatMara di bawah kendaliannya terus mencapai kejayaan di peringkat antarabangsa.
Menterinya, Datuk Seri Rina Mohd. Harun berkata, ini rentetan empat pelatih GiatMara yang baru saja memenangi pertandingan di Melbourne, Australia.
Menurut Rina, para pelatih GiatMara juga akan ke Rusia bagi mengikuti pertandingan peringkat antarabangsa, Ogos ini.
“Giat Mara ini, kita beri galakan untuk menyertai pertandingan di dalam dan luar negara.
“Apabila menang itu, ia bukan saja diiktiraf dalam negara, tetapi di peringkat antarabangsa,” katanya.
Beliau berkata demikian selepas menghadiri Sambutan Hari Guru peringkat Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur di Pusat Konvensyen HGH di Bandar Baru Sentul di sini hari ini.
Yang turut hadir pada majlis Ahli Parlimen Lembah Pantai, Fahmy Fadzil dan Pengarah Jabatan Pendidikan Wilayah Persekutuan, Ismail Musa.
Baru-baru ini, empat pelatih Giat Mara meraih kejayaan termasuk satu pingat emas dalam Global Skill Championship 2019 (GSC 2019) yang berlangsung di Melbourne, Australia, sejak 9 April lalu.
Pingat emas dan perak berjaya diraih oleh Amir Syazwan Saridan bagi kategori pemasangan elektrik dan Hanafi Osman bagi kategori teknologi fesyen, manakala pingat gangsa diraih oleh Timorthy Bakery.
GSC 2019 adalah pertandingan kemahiran peringkat dunia yang disertai 16 negara dengan mempertandingkan 24 jenis kemahiran.
Malaysia berjaya menempatkan kontinjennya dengan menyertai sebanyak 13 bidang kemahiran dan Giat Mara adalah antara institusi Pendidikan dan Latihan Teknikal dan Vokasional (TVET) yang julung kalinya berjaya menempatkan seramai empat peserta dalam pertandingan itu. - UTUSAN ONLINE | 1 | train |
PAS President, Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang stated that PAS is ready to take federal power with Pakatan Rakyat allies in the 13th General Elections (GE). He outlined two pre-conditions for Pakatan Rakyat to defeat Umno/Barisan Nasional: 1) practicing the politics of "Unite and Rule" instead of Umno/BN's divisive "Divide and Rule" tactics, and 2) demonstrating sincerity, honesty, and trustworthiness in upholding Pakatan Rakyat's commitments. Pakatan Rakyat must show that they will unite Malaysians, regardless of race or religion, and that they will not renege on their pledges. | The 5 minute 58 second-exchange in the White House that launched a thousand jokes Just as there is a saying about “The face that launched a thousand ships”, I would not be surprised if there is saying about “The 5 minute 58 second-exchange in the White House that launched a thousand jokes”.
The Trump-Najib meeting at White House on Sept. 12 was choreographed as a “master propaganda stroke” to position the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak in an unassailable position in the run-up to the 14GE.
It was to knock out the adverse publicity hounding and haunting Najib as a result of the US Department of Justice (DOJ)’s largest kleptocratic suits ever to forfeit US$1.7 billion of 1MDB-linked assets, and coupled with the “go for the jugular” propaganda offensive blaming the Opposition of using the 1MDB issue to undermine investor confidence in the Malaysian economy, it was to place Najib in the elevated and unbeatable position of a world-respected Malaysian leader facing unreasonable attacks by unpatriotic Malaysians!
But within 24 hours, the two-prong propaganda offensive of the Najib strategic communications team came apart, for it was so artificial and lacking in candour and truth that it is not sustainable, and the top-heavy propaganda artifice erected by Najib’s highly-paid media foreign consultants has come tumbling down.
In fact, instead laying all controversies, including the RM55 billion 1MDB and RM2.6 billion donation twin mega scandals to rest, the Najib-Trump meeting at the White House, and in particular the 5 minute-58 second Trump-Najib exchange in the White House, opened up more questions.
Here are 10 of these questions:
1. Who conceived the ideas of the two propaganda offensives – the White House Trump-Najib show and the “go for the jugular” offensive to blame the Opposition for using the 1MDB scandal to undermine investor confidence in the Malaysian economy. Did it come from the highly-paid media consultants and propagandists, and if so, let us have the names.
2. How much was spent to secure Trump’s invitation to Najib for the meeting at the White House, whether paid from the government coffers or from private funds.
3. Did Najib and his entourage stay for three days at Trump International Hotel and what was cost of the stay for the Najib entourage – whether in hundreds of thousands of United States dollars?
4. Was Najib aware that his entourage’s stay at the Trump International Hotel created an ethical problem, whether Trump was violating the Emoluments Clause of the US Constitution which forbids presidents from receiving gifts or payments for services rendered from foreign governments while in office; and if so, they still stayed at Trump International Hotel?
5. Why is the 5 minute 58 second-transcript of the Trump-Najib exchange in the White House Cabinet Room so humiliating for Malaysians, as the tone and tenor of the exchange were not between two equals representing two sovereign nations but like those between a monarch and a chieftain of vassal state bearing gifts, like Bunga Mas, to the sovereign?
6. Is Najib aware of the ludicrous and comical implications, and the total lack of a sense of scale, when as Malaysian Prime Minister, he declared Malaysia sought to “strengthen the US economy” to make America great again when the comparative 2016 GDP is US$18.569 trillion for USA and US$296 billion for Malaysia only (or USA having a GDP which is 63 times bigger than Malaysia)? How could an economically weaker country “strengthen” the economy of a country which is 63 times bigger than that of Malaysia – when it should be the other way round? Out of the 50 states in USA, 22 states have GDPs larger than Malaysia, headed by three states which are trillion-dollar economies, namely California which has GDP of US$2.6 trillion; Texas US$1.6 trillion; New York US$1.5 trillion. The next three states in USA topping the GDP list are Florida with US$927 billion; Illinois US$792 billion and Pennyslvania US$725 billion.
7. Najib claimed that Trump’s invitation to the White House was a form of acknowledgement of Malaysia’s status as a rising star. Is he aware that of the 32 foreign leaders from sovereign countries that Trump had invited to the White House so far, 15 rule over nations that either score in the bottom half of the Global Democracy Ranking, which uses metrics to measure the health of 112 democracies in the world, or hail from countries like Saudi Arabia that have no pretense of democratic rule.
8. Najib’s White House meeting with Trump has not put the 1MBD scandal behind the Malaysian Prime Minister, as the opposite has happened, highlighting the iniquity and monstrosity of the scandal which has made Malaysian overnight into a global kleptocracy. Will Najib finally recognize that the 1MDB scandal will not go way, and that it can only disappear if there is full accountability.
9. During Najib’s meeting with Trump, he had pledged “value propositions” to strengthen the US economy and announced that the Employees Provident Fund will invest between US$3 billion to US$4 billion in US infrastructure project. He also announced Malaysia Airlines’ planned purchase of between 33 to 58 aircraft from Boeing, a deal which would be worth more than US$10 billion within five years, and that Khazanah Nasional Berhad will also increase investments in US high-tech companies. Will Najib summon an emergency meeting of Parliament to debate his 5 minute 58-second exchange with Trump in the White House and seek endorsement of his “value propositions” to Trump? Is Najib aware that his “value propositions” constitute a drop in the ocean of USA economy, as the cost of Trump’s infrastructure upgrade is USD5 trillion over the next decade, and that the market capitalization of the New York stock exchange totaled USD27 trillion?
10. Najib had boasted in his article “Malaysia’s Record of Democracy and Free Speech is Strong” on the eve of his visit to White House. Would he establish his credentials on both fronts by (i) allowing Parliament to have a full debate on the 1MDB scandal and Malaysia as a global kleptocracy; and (ii) declare that he would peacefully and democratically transfer power to Pakatan Harapan if Malaysian voters in 14GE decide on a change of government in Putrajaya and that there would be riots or any declaration of emergency?
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Immortals: Fenyx Rising ialah permainan aksi-pengembaraan baharu oleh Ubisoft yang mengambil inspirasi daripada mitologi Yunani. Pemain mengawal Fenyx, seorang demigod dalam usaha untuk menyelamatkan Dewa Yunani daripada Typhon raksasa yang berkuasa. Permainan ini menampilkan suasana aneh dengan penceritaan oleh Zeus dan Prometheus, yang kerap memecahkan tembok keempat. Pertempuran adalah pantas dan menampilkan pelbagai senjata, seperti kapak dan pedang, serta sistem stamina yang membolehkan Fenyx mendapatkan semula stamina melalui serangan biasa. Permainan ini juga menampilkan teka-teki dan sudut pandang yang serupa dengan permainan dunia terbuka Ubisoft yang lain. Permainan ini akan dilancarkan pada akhir tahun ini. | BIC Festival 2020 is brought to you by these sponsors!
BIC Festival / Busan Indie Connect Festival 2020 has unveiled the list of corporate sponsors who have helped to bring the contactless event live to audiences worldwide, online. The corporate sponsors are KRAFTON, Xsolla, Pearl Abyss, NAVER CLOUD PLATFORM, Epic Games, NCSOFT, Game Rating and Administration Committee of Korea, and ONE store – a total of 8 companies, aiming to make the game market have more variety and vitality with these indie titles. Related Posts Pokemon Sleep Now Available In Malaysia GamerBraves Newsletter Vol. 103 – The Glory of The Barbie/Oppenheimer Double Feature Enhanced grade sponsors for BIC Festival 2020 include:
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The Perikatan Nasional (PN) government has been warned not to repeat the mistakes of the Barisan Nasional (BN) era, following controversies related to Home Minister, Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin. Political analyst from Universiti Malaya, Prof Madya Dr Awang Azman Awang Pawi, stated that during the BN administration, the attitude of its ministers, who were unable to connect with the people and were perceived as arrogant, contributed to its downfall. He noted that the recent actions of Home Minister Hamzah Zainuddin, which have sparked controversy, pose a high risk to the already fragile position of the PN government, which is dependent on public support. He pointed out that this situation is reminiscent of how BN fell, with several ministers making statements that upset the people and gained attention from netizens, leading to a surge in protest votes against BN. During the BN era, the actions of Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister at the time, Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, were often controversial, and he was seen as one of the reasons for BN's downfall. For instance, he suggested that young people who protest against election results should leave the country and find one that practices the kind of democracy they prefer. Additionally, his revelation about Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's Indian ancestry also attracted widespread attention. In this context, Awang Azman advised the PN government to consider the national interest and its impact on public opinion and handle the issue wisely without further aggravating the current political situation. He noted that the minister responsible for the controversy is a powerful figure in the ruling party and a key player in the PN movement and government, and Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin could advise the minister to apologize publicly and turn over a new leaf. Recently, Hamzah's name has been in the spotlight due to several controversial revelations linked to the minister, including a leaked audio recording that allegedly captures him discussing the appointment of senior police officers. Hamzah has acknowledged that the voice in the recording is his, but he insists that he did not do anything wrong. The opposition bloc and civil society groups have also been putting pressure on the PN government following the revelations involving the Home Minister. | Kerajaan Perikatan Nasional (PN), diingatkan agar tidak mengulangi kesilapan yang dilakukan ketika era pentadbiran Barisan Nasional (BN) dahulu, susulan kontroversi yang dikaitkan dengan Menteri Dalam Negeri, Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin. Penganalisis politik Universiti Malaya (UM), Prof Madya Dr Awang Azman Awang Pawi berkata, pada era kerajaan BN, sikap menterinya yang tidak pandai menjaga hati rakyat dan bersifat angkuh menyebabkan kerajaan BN tersungkur. “Tindak tanduk Menteri Dalam Negeri Datuk Seri Hamzah yang mencetuskan kehangatan baru-baru ini dilihat berisiko tinggi terhadap kedudukan kerajaan PN yang diketahui agak rapuh daripada sokongan rakyat. “Ia dilihat seolah-olah bakal mengulangi skrip bagaimana jatuhnya BN dahulu yang memperlihatkan beberapa menteri BN memberikan kenyataan yang mengguriskan hati rakyat dan mendapat perhatian daripada netizen. “Seterusnya menyebabkan ayunan undi ketidakpuasan hati rakyat terjelma dalam bentuk undi protes tolak BN,” katanya kepada Agenda Daily. Pada era kerajaan BN dahulu pemerhati politik melihat tindak tanduk Timbalan Perdana Menteri yang juga Menteri Dalam Negeri ketika itu Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi sering mencetuskan kontroversi sehingga ia menjadi salah satu punca kejatuhan BN. Antara kenyataannya, Zahid meminta anak-anak muda yang memprotes keputusan pilihan raya agar keluar dari negara ini dan mencari negara yang sesuai yang mengamalkan sistem pilihan raya seperti mereka gemari. Dalam pada itu, isu pendedahan Zahid yang mengungkit sejarah Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad yang berketurunan India turut menjadi sorotan umum. Zahid, dalam satu program, menunjukkan salinan kad pengenalan Dr Mahathir, yang memaparkan namanya sebagai ‘Mahathir a/l Iskandar Kutty’. Mengulas lanjut, Awang Azman berkata, kerajaan PN perlu mengambil kira kepentingan nasional yang memberikan kesan kepada ayunan undi rakyat dan adalah lebih baik menangani isu ini secara bijaksana tanpa mengeruhkan lagi keadaan politik semasa PN. “Dalam konteks ini sukar kerajaan bertindak tegas kerana menteri yang bertindak sedemikian ialah orang kuat dalam parti Bersatu dan pemain utama dalam gerakan parti dan kerajaan PN. “PM boleh menasihat menteri yang terlibat agar meminta maaf secara terbuka dan membuka lembaran baru untuk bergerak ke hadapan,” katanya. Nama Hamzah sejak kebelakangan ini agak panas, susulan beberapa pendedahan kontoversi yang dikaitkan dengan menteri itu, antaranya rakaman suara bocor yang mengaitkan beliau sedang membincangkan pelantikan pegawai kanan polis. Hamzah mengakui rakaman itu adalah suaranya, tetapi berpendapat beliau tidak melakukan sebarang kesalahan. Blok pembangkang dan kumpulan sivil juga memberikan tekanan terhadap kerajaan PN susulan pendedahan melibatkan Menteri Dalam Negeri tersebut. | 1 | train |
Facebook is introducing the large profile picture feature, known as "cover photo," to various parts of its platform, starting with Facebook Groups. Group administrators can now select and upload a cover photo, providing a more impactful identity for the group. This feature is currently being rolled out gradually and may be introduced to Facebook Pages and other areas soon. Thank you, Faiz. | So, this is Malay leadership By
Farah Fahmy
| December 20, 2011
The Malaysian Insider
DEC 20 — If our politicians are to be believed, the Malays are under threat these days. Our religion, culture and power are steadily under attack from all and sundry. Everyone has it in for us, from Christians to the Chinese. We are even warned about a so-called “Malaysian Spring” being orchestrated by “anasir-anasir Barat” (and quite possibly, the Jews, who of course, have always had it in for us).
“We won’t surrender an inch,” said the Melayu champion-in-chief (who also finds the time to be our prime minister) during a speech to Pekida recently. Malays, we were told, will never be oppressed in our own land so long as Umno is in power.
Well, glory be. I’m sure there are many others who can sleep more soundly at night knowing that there are so many out there making sure we Malays are not stripped of our position and power in our land.
But . hang on a minute.
The last time I checked we Malays, along with the other Bumiputeras, make up about 60-odd per cent of our country’s population. Islam is not just our country’s official religion, it is also the religion professed by about 60 per cent of our people. Not only are we and our religion in the majority, but let’s see, we Malays also make up most of, oh, the civil service, police, army, ruling class and politicians.
Of course, you can say that there are plenty of Malays who still need help. This, I don’t dispute. I’ve seen rural poverty in our country, where people still live without basic amenities like constant water supply and proper toilets. I’ve also seen urban poverty, with families living in small, low-cost flats in the outskirts of KL making do with the little that they earn.
Yet poor Malays aren’t the only ones who need help. There are also plenty of poor people, non-Malays, who deserve help. My brother was once approached by a young Indian man late one evening. He had just arrived from Kulai and asked my brother for help; my brother pointed him in the direction of the nearest kedai mamak.
I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again: not all Malays deserve to get the help that the NEP brings. I would hazard a guess that most Malays who live in exclusive neighbourhoods in KL do not need the Bumiputera housing discount, or government scholarships for their offspring.
Are we really throwing away our “power” and “position” if we amended the NEP so that it excluded rich Malays and was open to all of our country’s poor, regardless of their race? Yes, Datuk Najib, we’ve “willingly shared power with the non-Malays” since Merdeka, but why keep harping on the past? Why not share with us your vision for the future?
I should have expected it, but I’m disappointed all the same. Is this what Malay leadership is about? Is there such a dearth of good Malay leaders in Umno that only scare tactics will do? Where is the vision about what the Malays can achieve? Why is no one inspiring us to be better? Why, in fact, is there no Malay leader out there who has the guts to say enough is enough, we Malays will never reach our full potential if we keep harping on about the help that we need? Why is no one honest enough to say that not all Malays are equal, and the haves should no longer receive a handout?
Instead of leaders who inspire us and show us how it is possible for all of us — Malay or otherwise — to have a stake in this country, we have leaders like Datuk Shahrizat Jalil. The pity of it all is that I felt that Shahrizat had not done a bad job as the minister for Women, Family and Community Development. Yet the NFC controversy has made her position untenable and shown the ugly face of Umno and our government.
Why are our ministers allowed to run family businesses that are subsidised by the government? Even if ministers are not actively involved in running such businesses, how is it that businesses run by members of a minister’s family can qualify for government assistance? Why are the people who govern our country in our name not required to declare their interests in such companies, and the assets they hold?
There is also a failure of leadership over the whole NFC debacle. Najib should have taken decisive action when it first erupted, and demanded Shahrizat’s resignation. Not doing so would mean that he condoned what she did, no?
This was our PM’s chance to show that he meant business; that even the slightest whiff of misconduct would not be tolerated, be it at ministerial level or otherwise. Well, he’s flunked the test. What this shows us is that our PM and Umno as a whole are prepared to turn a blind eye to such things. Why? I don’t know. Is it because she’s “one of us”? Or perhaps because she’s a Malay?
Is this what Najib means when he tells us to choose wisely in the next general election? Is this what Umno means when it claims to be the only political party that can safeguard Malay interests? For shame, Umno. Out of all its members, only two leaders have called on Shahrizat to do the right thing, and recognised the damage the whole affair is doing to the party.
Let me remind you what Najib said at Pekida: Umno would not allow the Malays to be oppressed in their own land. Well, the vast amounts of money that have been reportedly spent buying expensive properties and cars could have been spent improving the lives of poorer Malays, so who’s oppressing who now?
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SEORANG guru KAFA di sebuah sekolah di Marang, Terengganu, direman tiga hari selepas didakwa menendang pelajar lelaki sehingga patah kaki. Perintah reman terhadap lelaki itu yang bermula hari ini dan berakhir Ahad, dikeluarkan oleh Timbalan Pendaftar Mahkamah Kuala Terengganu Rabiatul Adawiyyah Che Khalid. Ketua Polis Daerah Marang, DSP Mohd Zain Mat Dris berkata, perintah reman itu bagi membolehkan siasatan dijalankan mengikut Seksyen 325 Kanun Keseksaan. Sebelum ini, seorang murid berusia sembilan tahun dilaporkan patah kaki kanan selepas didakwa ditendang oleh guru KAFA ketika satu pelajaran pada 6 Julai lalu. Kejadian itu dikatakan berpunca daripada kemarahan guru berkenaan terhadap tingkah laku murid Tahun Tiga itu. dalam kelas. (AlHijrah Online) | Terdapat sejumlah perkhidmatan yang menawarkan ciri pengurusan kata laluan – dan tidak ketinggalan juga yang hadir terbina bersama pelayar web. Terkini, Mozilla telah memulakan eksperimen dan ujian mereka untuk sebuah perkhidmatan baru yang dinamakan Lockbox – iaitu pengurus kata laluan dan informasi log masuk ke pelbagai perkhidmatan web melalui desktop.
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Since 2013, Adun Salor (Assemblyman for Salor) has not asked any questions in the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly. Yesterday, the Speaker, Datuk Abdullah Ya'kub, instructed Adun Salor, Datuk Husam Musa, to leave the chamber. When given the opportunity to speak, the involved assemblyman did not take it. The six opposition members were given the opportunity to speak on the Royal Address. However, a PAN advisor took the opportunity to cause disruption during the assembly proceedings. This statement was made during an event celebrating 179 students heading to the Middle East for further studies in Kota Bharu, attended by Adun Gual Periuk Muhammad Awang, Political Secretary, Wan Roslan Wan Hamat, and Yayasan Islam Kelantan (Yik) officials. | Chaos, karma and MH370 Azly Rahman
Malaysiakini
Mar 20, 2014
Waking up this morning I wrote this, concerning the fate of MH370:
in karma there is chaos
in kudrat there is iradat
in qada’ there is qadar
in randomness there is order
in silence there are screams no one will ever hear
in the falling of a tree in a forest there is no sound heard
in seeds of hope there are microbes of destructive forces
in memory there is forgetfulness
in history there is fractal geometry
in the rustle of language there is the violence of semantics
in 1414 these were not made to manifest
because the protagonist of the story and the antagonist are one
in the longest story told
whilst the white noise
of chaos
plays in the background.
If there is a watershed, a tipping point, or an apocalypse now to the limits of the neo-feudalistic culture of information suppression and cult of secrecy of Malaysia’s ruling elite, it is in this case of the missing aircraft MH370. In this case of international proportions lies Malaysia’s swan song – her chaos and karma in one.
Chaos Theory, drawn out of quantum mechanics and metaphysics or bio-cybernetics of living things in which an occurrence that seems to be an isolated case and random, may have its origin in an orderly pattern whose seed of its design contains both force of construction and destruction.
Karma is a concept borrowed from the Hindu-Buddhist philosophy signifying a rebirth or a reincarnation or even a reward or retribution governed by the Law of Manu or loosely put, the ‘wheel of life’.
We reap what we sow and as a government the ruling regime, too, may have followed such a pattern of randomness and order and is undergoing karma, judging by the hellish time the international media is giving the country in its attempt to arrive at an explanation of what is the truth is behind the story of the missing MH370; signified and symbolised as a ‘national carrier’ and hence representing the Malaysian government itself.
It is a ‘butterfly effect’ of an arrogant, well-guarded and well-deployed act of patronage especially in the way information is monopolised and how freedom of information, free speech, and freedom of the press is handled.
A cult of government secrecy
The ripples that created the waves from the flapping of the wings of a butterfly during the feudal times of the Malacca kingdom has travelled through space of time and traversed multiple epochs to create a cult of governmental secrecy and a culture of political repression used to suppress dissenting views, and now only to be faced with a karmic situation of epic proportions.
The truth behind the fall of Malacca, the truly legitimate rulers of the Malay kingdom, the reasons behind the countless usurpations between and amongst the degenerative rulers, the conspiracies of the traditional rulers with the colonial powers, real story of the interregnum, the deal made circa the granting of Independence, the riots of May 13, 1969, the many political murders unresolved, the numerous high-profile corruption cases still unresolved and the culprits unpunished, right till the brutal murder of the French-speaking Mongolian arms negotiator – these will never be known.
But all these are narratives useful as data for the chaos and complexity theory applied to the fractal-geometric evolution of the cult of secrecy leading to the inability for this regime to handle an international investigative audience whose culture is that of transparency and accountability.
The butterfly effect is here. Herein lies the effect of a degenerative culture of monopolising and manipulating information that existed even in feudal times – when the sultans of Malacca monopolised knowledge and asked the subjects or the ‘hamba sahaya’ to kow tow to them in the name of the ‘divine right of kings’ or the ideology of ‘daulat’ in which those ruled must be ruled by force and coercion and must never question the feudal rulers’ wishes, commands, and intention.
The international media is demanding all-out transparency and the current regime is learning to abide by the demands.
This is a moment of the deconstruction of the space of knowledge and power and the realisation by the public that the ruling regime cannot subscribe to its own Law of Manu in a post-modern weltanschauung or worldview that demands high-speed access to timely information on a case so crucial to the future of air travel safety specifically and to international standards of the cult of knowing and to the global citizens’ right to information, in general.
This is Malaysia’s swan song – a poetic justice moment of a karma.
Years of putting many in jail without trial, destroying the power of the independent judiciary, silencing the academics, punishing university students for speaking up, waging war on dissenting views, obsession with the big-time economic ideology of monopoly capitalism via a hideous form of crypto-chronic-crony-cultural-capitalism of half-baked Friedmanistic-run-wild form of neo-liberalism deployed liberally to support race-based political ideology – this is where our moment of chaos and karma meets.
It takes a missing plane to craft Malaysia’s newly-found need to totally dismantle her culture of secrecy. A sartor resartus of a post-modern informational sensibility.
It is time to make peace with ourselves. As a nation, we are imploding – this time while the world is watching.
DR AZLY RAHMAN, born in Singapore and grew up in Johor Baru, holds a Columbia University (New York City) doctorate in International Education Development and Masters degrees in four areas: Education, International Affairs, Peace Studies and Communication. He has taught more than 40 courses in six different departments and has written more than 350 analyses on Malaysia. His teaching experience in Malaysia and the United States spans over a wide range of subjects, from elementary to graduate education. He has edited and authored four books; Multiethnic Malaysia: Past, Present, Future (2009), Thesis on Cyberjaya: Hegemony and Utopianism in a Southeast Asian State (2012), The Allah Controversy and Other Essays on Malaysian Hypermodernity (2013), and the latest Dark Spring: Ideological Roots of Malaysia’s GE-13 (2013). He currently resides in the United States. This entry was posted on Friday, 21 March 2014, 7:25 am and is filed under
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The situation in Gaza is worsening as civilian deaths continue to rise amidst Israeli regime's ongoing bombing and blockade. Global Peace Mission (GPM) coordinator in Gaza, Dr. Tareq M. Altalmas, reported that basic supplies such as water and electricity are severely affected, making life even harder for Palestinian civilians who have lost their homes.
Communication lines are mostly not working, and constant bombing without prior warning has resulted in the loss of families, children, and women. Despite the ongoing violence, the center has been providing assistance to those in need.
Over 338,000 people in the Gaza Strip have been displaced, with thousands of homes, public institutions, and infrastructures destroyed by Israel. GPM Executive Director Ahmad Fahmi Mohd Samsudin urged Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to request Egypt to open the Rafah border for humanitarian aid to reach Gaza. He warned of a humanitarian disaster in Gaza if the ongoing violence against the Palestinian people is not stopped.
GPM is ready to deploy its humanitarian resources to Gaza once they receive the green light from authorities. GPM also launched an emergency fund "Taufan Al-Aqsa" to help Palestinians, and donations can be made to Global Peace Mission through Maybank Islamic account number 5642-2161-1602. | Pembohongan PH terus terbongkar. “Untuk memastikan setiap sen wang rakyat dibelanjakan dengan baik, Kerajaan Pakatan Harapan (PH) akan mereformasi sistem perolehan dan pemberian kontrak kerajaan, demi memastikan ia lebih berdaya saing dan menjana nilai yang terbaik untuk wang rakyat. Kami akan memastikan sistem tender terbuka digunakan dengan meluas dan telus, terutamanya untuk projek-projek besar.” Janji tinggal janji rupanya. Semasa berkempen mengemis sokongan rakyat, PH mendabik dada kononnya mahu wujudkan kerajaan yang telus dan bersih rupanya setelah menang amalan perolehan secara rundingan terus yang ia kritik dahulu terus diamalkan. Di Dewan Rakyat petang semalam Menteri Kewangan mendedahkan sepanjang PH memerintah negara iaitu 22 bulan sebanyak 101 perolehan rundingan terus telah ditawarkan kerajaan. Ini melibatkan perbelanjaan berjumlah RM6.61 bilion. Mana pergi reformasi dan ketelusan yang dijanjikan? RM6.61 bilion projek yang diberikan secara rundingan terus tanpa tender dalam tempoh 22 bulan bersamaan dengan lebih kurang RM300 juta sebulan. | 0 | train |
Webe, penyedia perkhidmatan internet mudah alih, membincangkan apl teratas yang menggunakan paling banyak data. YouTube, apl paling intensif data, menggunakan kira-kira 11MB untuk video 4 minit pada resolusi 360p dan 30MB untuk 720p. Pelayar web seperti Chrome dan Safari boleh mengambil masa sehingga 4MB setiap halaman, bergantung pada kandungan imej. Apl media sosial seperti Facebook, Twitter dan Instagram menggunakan banyak data disebabkan oleh siaran imej dan video, dengan Instagram menggunakan 200KB setiap imej dan sehingga 2MB setiap sesi. Perkhidmatan penstriman seperti Netflix dan iflix menggunakan sekitar 150MB setiap episod 40 minit. Skype menggunakan 375KB untuk panggilan suara selama seminit dan 4MB untuk panggilan video. Apl penstriman muzik seperti Spotify dan JOOX boleh mengambil masa sehingga 3MB setiap lagu. Permainan video pada peranti mudah alih boleh menggunakan 3-10MB setiap permainan. Webe menawarkan internet mudah alih tanpa had tanpa had data, menjadikannya lebih mudah untuk menggunakan apl ini. Ini adalah advertorial untuk web. | DUA lelaki dijatuhi hukuman penjara 10 hari dan didenda sebanyak RM500 oleh Mahkamah Majistret Bahau di Jempol, hari ini kerana mencuri buah kelapa sawit.
Majistret Khir Nizam Jemari menjatuhkan hukuman itu terhadap Mohd Khairul Zamrus, 38, dan Mohd Helmi Mohd Samin, 31, dari Gemas selepas kedua mereka mengaku bersalah sebaik pertuduhan dibaca terhadapnya.
Mengikut kertas pertuduhan, kedua tertuduh didakwa memiliki 3.2 tan buah kelapa sawit dan gagal memberi alasan munasabah dari mana memperolehnya di ladang PM 07 P Blok 16 FGV, Palong 18 pada pada 3 pagi, 2 Mei lalu.
Kedua tertuduh didakwa mengikut Seksyen 29(1) Akta Kesalahan-Kesalahan Kecil 1955 (Akta 336) dan dibaca bersama Seksyen 34 Kanun Keseksaan.
Berdasarkan fakta kes, mereka yang menaiki sebuah lori berisi muatan buah kelapa sawit ditahan oleh anggota polis bantuan Felda Palong 18 sebelum membuat laporan polis di Balai Polis Ladang Geddes.
Khir Nizam turut mengarahkan kedua tertuduh menjalani hukuman penjara satu bulan sekiranya gagal membayar denda.
Di mahkamah sama, kedua tertuduh turut didakwa mengikut Peraturan 3(1) Peraturan-Peraturan Pencegahan dan Pengawalan Penyakit Berjangkit (Langkah-Langkah Di Dalam Kawasan Tempat Jangkitan) 2020 yang boleh dihukum mengikut Peraturan 11 peraturan yang sama dan dibaca bersama Seksyen 34 Kanun Keseksaan.
Kedua tertuduh yang mengaku bersalah terhadap pertuduhan itu kemudiannya didenda sebanyak RM1,000 dan dihukum penjara selama tiga bulan sekiranya gagal membayar denda terbabit.
Pendakwaan kes dikendalikan Timbalan Pendakwa Raya Muhammad Amirul Noor Hashimi, manakala tertuduh tidak diwakili peguam. | 0 | train |
Badan bukan kerajaan (NGO) memainkan peranan penting dalam membantu orang ramai semasa era COVID-19. Menurut Pengerusi Yayasan Peduli Masyarakat (PKPI) Ipoh, Ustaz Md Salleh Said, NGO adalah platform yang sesuai untuk mereka yang ingin membantu mereka yang memerlukan. “Pada musim COVID-19 ini, banyak golongan yang bergelut, bukan sahaja di luar bandar tetapi juga di bandar,” katanya ketika berucap pada majlis kutipan sumbangan untuk keluarga kurang berkemampuan anjuran PKPI di Taman Mewah, Tanjung Rambutan, baru-baru ini. Islam mengajar umatnya untuk saling tolong menolong. Oleh itu, apabila kita melihat jiran kita bergelut, kita mesti membantu mereka, tanpa mengira agama mereka.
Melalui niat yang murni, NGO boleh meninggalkan kesan positif kepada masyarakat, seperti menggalakkan perbuatan baik dan menghapuskan sifat bakhil. Akibatnya, semua orang harus memanfaatkan teknologi moden dengan mengambil bahagian dalam sumbangan dalam talian dan menyebarkan siaran derma di media sosial. "Kami mungkin tidak mempunyai masa atau tenaga untuk membantu NGO secara fizikal, tetapi itu tidak sepatutnya menjadi alasan untuk tidak memberi. Kami boleh menderma dalam talian atau berkongsi siaran derma di media sosial," tambahnya. | WWE 2K Battlegrounds introduces multiple game modes for the all-out brawl
The upcoming WWE 2K Battlegrounds arcade-style WWE brawler on 18 September will be having a ton of wild game modes for brawling without limits. The game is currently available for pre-order in digital formats and participating retailers.
Game modes include:
Campaign Mode: Throw down in this single-player story mode told through a comic art style as you add to your stable of WWE Superstars to overcome the next challenge. Team up with Paul Heyman and Stone Cold Steve Austin as you travel the globe in search of new Superstars for an all-new WWE brand. Play as one of the seven newly created Superstars, such as Bolo Reynolds and Jessica Johnson, as you travel across several regions battling WWE Superstars, achieving campaign goals and unlocking various WWE Superstars, power-ups and items;
Exhibition Mode: Brawl with your friends or family, with up to four-player action online or on the couch in your favorite match types, including:
One-on-One;
Tag Team;
Triple Threat;
Fatal Four Way;
Steel Cage Match;
Royal Rumble;
King of The Battleground Mode: Battle to become the Last Man (or Woman) Standing as you and up to seven other online players burn it down and try to toss one another out of the ring! The longer you stay in the arena, the higher your score climbs. The second you send someone flying, another Superstar waiting outside the ring enters the fray;
Online Tournament Mode: Take the action online for rewards in a variety of time-limited tournaments featuring a wide range of win conditions. Keep an eye out. you never know when a new Battlegrounds tournament might be kicking off;
Battleground Challenge Mode: Brawl from the bottom all the way to the top! Create your own WWE Superstar and overcome all the odds stacked against you.
A WWE 2K Battlegrounds fun time will be had for everyone with these game modes! Are you ready to throw down?
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Before, desktop computers or laptops were commonly used to access the internet, making Windows-based devices the most widely used for internet access. However, for the first time, this has changed, with Android now leading as the most widely used device for internet access, according to analytics firm Statcounter. This may have been anticipated by some, as Windows computers are primarily used in corporations and developed countries, while new users and those from developing countries are more likely to use smartphones as their sole "computer," using them for various tasks. This trend is particularly popular in Asia, making large-sized devices very popular here. While Windows still dominates the desktop and PC market globally, when it comes to mobile device usage, Android leads far ahead of competitors, with around 90% of smartphones on the market today being Android-based. | Pendakwah selebriti terkenal, Ebit Lew sememangnya dikenali sebagai seorang yang gemar berkongsi aktiviti harian serta kebajikan yang dilakukannya di media sosial.
Baru-baru ini, Ebit dilihat ada menyertai aktiviti lasak mendaki bukit di Tasik Cermin, Setia Alam seperti yang dimuat naik di Instagram miliknya.
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Kelihatan berpeluh dan penat ketika mendaki bersama beberapa pendaki yang lain, netizen juga turut bersemangat melihat ketangkasan Ebit melakukan aktiviti sihat.
Dalam pada itu, ada netizen tampil ‘menegur’ Ebit supaya memakai pakaian dan kasut yang lebih sesuai untuk melakukan aktiviti lasak. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ebit Lew (@ebitlew)
Ini berikutan dalam video berkenaan, Ebit dilihat memakai jubah panjang berwarna ‘maroon’. Salah pakai baju tu ustaz. Memang berlecak lah. -netizen
Ada juga yang seriau melihat Ebit begitu lincah ketika menuruni bukit selain netizen memberikan idea untuk membuat baju jubah ‘hiking’ pula selepas ini.
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Kepala kanak-kanak lelaki berusia tiga tahun tersangkut di pintu hadapan rumahnya di Bandar Puncak Alam, Selangor. Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia (JBPM) menerima panggilan kecemasan pada 1:22 tengah hari dan menghantar pasukan ke lokasi. Sebaik tiba, mereka mendapati kepala kanak-kanak itu terperangkap di pintu. Anggota bomba berjaya melepaskan kepala kanak-kanak itu dengan membuka engsel pintu, dan kanak-kanak itu selamat diserahkan kepada ibunya. Operasi menyelamat mengambil masa kira-kira 25 minit. | 9 takeaways from 2012 election By Politico
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Tuesday, November 06, 2012 Election Day is finally here.
And even though neither Barack Obama nor Mitt Romney has been declared a winner yet, there are some things that will still hold true no matter which candidate wins the White House tonight — or in the wee hours of the morning.
Here are POLITICO’s nine takeaways from the 2012 campaign:
1. Luck matters — a lot
Obama has assembled some of the best field operatives around. His team has run the gauntlet before, prepared a ground game for five years, had a basic playbook for the 2012 cycle and (mostly) stuck to it. Obama’s natural skills as a politician are far better than Romney’s. The auto bailout helped Obama maintain what has been a small but consistent polling lead in critical states like Ohio.
And yet a little bit of luck goes an awfully long way. For all his troubles throughout his term, Obama caught some needed breaks.
Obama was fortunate to be blessed with an opponent who declined to define himself until after the party conventions at the end of the summer. That allowed Romney to be swift-boated over his main calling card — his business experience. Obama was fortunate to draw a rival who ran a curious ad strategy that allowed Democrats to swamp him.
He was fortunate his opponent never, until it was quite late, made effective overtures to Hispanics, the fastest-growing voting bloc. He was fortunate the eurozone didn’t totally collapse. And he was fortunate that Romney went with prevent defense in the final presidential debate.
The climate for Democrats has also improved as the unemployment rate dipped incrementally and more people think the country is heading in the right direction.
Hurricane Sandy clearly did help Obama somewhat, in crass political terms, but it didn’t alter the political landscape. Obama remains in dangerous territory for an incumbent heading into Election Day, under 50 percent in a number of states. But that just underscores how lucky he is that Romney didn’t run harder.
This is not to say that Republicans have had bad luck — they have in some cases, but candidate quality matters. Obama’s backers would also argue he made some of his own luck with smart policy. Still, bad decisions on one side are the good fortune of the other.
2. Super PACs — it’s complicated
They were the favored boogeyman of most Democrats and the entity Republican hopefuls openly embraced. They were going to be the game-changer this cycle, allowing a small pool of roughly a dozen billionaires to buy elections. They would throw the campaigns into messaging chaos by creating off-kilter moments (see Ricketts, Joe). They would swamp the airwaves.
They certainly did flood televisions. But beyond being used as an epithet by Democrats to goose the base, the verdict on super PACs is mixed at best.
Some of the issue is how money was spent. The conservative Crossroads groups raised $300 million to recapture the White House and the Senate majority but may not come up with either. The Koch brothers-backed Americans for Prosperity also raised vast sums toward the same goals.
Democrats had far less by way of super PAC money, but the pro-Obama super PAC Priorities USA Action got bang for its buck with surgically placed buys in a handful of battleground states — it was the chief purveyor of the Bain ads that drove up Romney’s negatives. Unions also flooded Democrats with support, but mainly in traditional ways, like get-out-the-vote operations.
Super PACs did play a large role in the GOP primary. Newt Gingrich’s super PAC kept his broke campaign alive through the South Carolina primary. Rick Santorum’s did the same. And Romney’s super PAC was a negative ad machine that ground Gingrich up, allowing the candidate some distance from the attacks and to conserve resources.
But in the general election, super PACs were simply less dominant overall. As for single rich donors like Sheldon Adelson, he may end up spending at least $100 million of his vast fortune to elect Romney.but not elect Romney.
This is not to say that super PACs have not mattered — they have. But in an era when both presidential campaigns were well-funded, maybe not the way everyone had expected. And it’s clear that just throwing money into races doesn’t automatically shake things up.
3. There were two different but parallel campaigns
One was taking place on Twitter and other places on the Web. The other was taking place in the battleground states.
The issues that flared up — hot, bright and out in the endless news cycle — often didn’t break through in a meaningful way to voters. Romney’s line about liking to fire people? Not really. Obama’s “You didn’t build that” gaffe? Polls showed it had no measurable impact.
The grinding, death-by-increments sensation of the 2012 campaign for reporters and pols was also not quite so visible to voters. Instead, voters saw two politicians speaking about serious, weighty issues involving the country’s economy only in extremely pedestrian terms. “I’m rubber, you’re glue” could have been a bumper sticker this year.
The result was a very media-driven campaign that played out with a subset of elite opinion-makers, and then a larger campaign about the mood and feel of the country that took place among voters. The divide was real between what the media found important versus what voters did.
So, too, was the partisan divide that both campaigns exploited. On the final day of the campaign, the Drudge Report had a giant, paid-advertising banner for the Romney-Ryan ticket. On The Huffington Post was a paid ad for the Obama-Biden ticket. Those two images, juxtaposed, tell you much of what you need to know about 2012.
4. There is no longer just one Election Day
What there are is a series of Election Days, which begin weeks before the first Tuesday in November. Early voting is taking place in more states than ever before this cycle, and while it has been far from problem-free — see Ohio and Florida — it has significantly changed the landscape.
The Obama campaign has made a huge early-voting push over the past several weeks, incorporating that effort into its playbook and trying to bank as much of the vote ahead of time as possible.
The Romney campaign has pooh-poohed such efforts publicly, insisting it’s actually doing very well in this metric — better than John McCain, who was not a high bar in this regard — and arguing that the Obama camp is “cannibalizing” its Election Day share of the vote.
We’ll know soon which of them is right and which, as David Axelrod said two weeks ago, was bluffing. But the reality is that the landscape has changed in terms of how voting is conducted, and both parties need to adapt or face consequences.
5. Bill Clinton. Forever.
This is not a commentary on whether people do or should like the 42nd president. It is instead a reflection of his durability on the national stage.
There are few others in the Living Presidents Club, so it’s a tough metric. But Clinton’s love of campaigning and desire to be on stage is epic and empirical throughout 2012.
Yes, there are personal reasons why he’d want to lay groundwork nationally by helping Obama and down-ballot candidates — a big one being his wife’s potential political future. But the man also clearly enjoys this, and a lot more than either of the candidates currently running for the White House.
Clinton talked himself hoarse stumping for Obama over the weekend. He’s had advisers to the man who beat his wife in the 2008 primaries openly praise him to the press as the missing ingredient from the campaign this cycle. His positions — and his place in history — have been ratified by the Obama campaign.
And no one can argue he didn’t work hard enough for Obama.
6. About all that fact-checking.
The advent of fact-checking websites and reporters who crunch dubious claims from both sides has been a running theme this cycle. Both campaigns have alternately embraced the fact-checkers and slammed them.
The irony is that for all the fact-checking, both campaigns have invented their own narratives when it’s suited them — not to the same degrees but certainly for the same purposes.
The Obama campaign has made claims about Romney’s stand on abortion and the degree to which he’d curtail it a major focus of ads, despite the fact that they haven’t been totally accurate. The Romney campaign was slammed by Democrats for ads that accused Obama of “gutting” the Clinton-era welfare reforms, a claim that also was not quite based in fact.
But both candidates have, through selective media usage — soft interviews like “The View” and “People” for Obama, and friendly conservative outlets like Sean Hannity for Romney — been able to circumvent the mainstream press to say what they want.
The fact-checking industry is crucial. But it has also been thwarted plenty this cycle.
7. Ads don’t matter, unless they’re good
Given the plethora of ads aired in the presidential race on both sides, it’s remarkable how divided polls are at the close.
Between the campaigns themselves, and super PACs and other outside groups, the crush of TV spots in battlegrounds was impressive. So much so that it was hard to distinguish them after a while.
The Obama campaign made an early bet in terms of ad spending, placing heavy buys throughout the summer to define Romney early. Not all the ads were winners. But they had the benefit of airing before the commercial breaks during every show became clogged.
To that end, what matters more than ads themselves is making good ones — ones that stand out. That was an elusive goal on both sides this cycle.
For Democrats, the Priorities USA Action spots about Bain Capital were emotional gut-punches, using workers laid off from factories taken over by Romney’s company. On the Republican side, the most memorable spot was one by the Republican National Committee’s independent expenditure arm saying it was “OK to make a change.”
8. Both parties have soul-searching to do
This is less true for whichever party wins. But the Democrats and Republicans are facing questions about who will lead them, and what they will make their defining platforms, heading into 2016.
Obama has shown almost no interest in party-building, which is part of why Clinton has been able to enjoy the seventh or eighth of his nine political lives this year. He doesn’t want to do the grip-and-grins on behalf of other candidates.
Neither does Romney, who has never quite warmed to the world of retail politicking. If he becomes president, the party will need someone else — perhaps a Vice President Paul Ryan? — to tend to that effort in the way that Vice President Joe Biden has for Obama.
But Romney’s party is weighted with conservatives who may not embrace him in primaries, just as moderate Democrats held Obama at arm’s length in 2010 and this year.
That leaves an opening on both sides for someone to become the face of the party, if not the de facto leader.
9. Neither party has a deep female bench
In terms of field teams, most of the attention this cycle has been on Hispanic candidates — Julian Castro for Democrats, and Marco Rubio for Republicans.
Yet it’s notable how thin the benches on both sides are in terms of credible female candidates for the presidency (there were a large number of female Senate candidates running in 2012).
The obvious exception, of course, is Hillary Clinton, who may consider a 2016 bid — she has said she isn’t, but people close to the family are not convinced — and would likely be field-clearing if she does launch another campaign.
Beyond Clinton, there’s New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar for the Democrats. On the Republican side, there’s New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez — a friendly Hispanic face who is pro-abortion rights, meaning she would have difficulties in the party primaries.
The decades of candidate-grooming on the GOP side has been largely focused on black and Hispanic officials at the local and state level. And the Democrats have not quite figured out what the next wave of strong female candidates looks like in the post-Clinton era, whenever that arrives.
Given that this is probably the last cycle in which a ticket will be all white and all male, it’s something both sides have to work toward. This entry was posted on Tuesday, 6 November 2012, 7:16 pm and is filed under
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Lim Kit Siang, seorang ahli politik Malaysia, menggesa pengembalian RM470 juta kepada pampasan awam yang diselewengkan daripada 1MDB dan diberikan kepada parti Barisan Nasional untuk pilihan raya umum 2013. Dana itu dikesan ke akaun perbankan peribadi Najib Razak dan diagihkan kepada parti termasuk UMNO (RM 417,414,000), MCA (RM 16,500,000), MIC (RM 20,550,000), BN (RM 3,550,000), SUPP (RM 3,500,000), SUPP (RM 3,500,00,00). , UPKO (RM 2,000,000), PBRS (RM 1,000,000), PPP (RM 700,000), dan Pergerakan (RM300,000). Lim menggesa pihak ini memulangkan dana, dan jika tidak, aset mereka harus diasingkan. Beliau mengkritik dakwaan Chua Soi Lek bahawa MCA tidak mengetahui sumber dana pada 2013, dengan alasan bahawa walaupun dalam hubungan bapa-anak, seorang anak lelaki harus menolak wang tercemar. Lim membangkitkan skandal 1MDB seawal 2010 dan menggesa MCA menangani penglibatannya dalam skandal itu dengan memastikan pemimpin yang membantu dan bersubahat dengan Najib bersara daripada jawatan. | Gal Metal Is A Free-Form Rhythm Game Coming To Switch On November 2nd!
Gal Metal is a free-form rhythm game by DMM Games. The game will be published by Marvelous on the Nintendo Switch this coming November 2nd. It will be launched across Europe along with a DLC pack and a physical retail edition packed with tons of extras! If you’re an eco-friendly person, you can also get it digitally for your Nintendo Switch.
As seen in the trailer, Gal Metal is a rhythm game designed for Nintendo Switch that turns the Joy-Cons into drum sticks. Players take hold of the Joy-Cons and rock along with the music in order to repel would-be alien conquerors. This is accomplished by creating complex musical performances and racking up millions of points using personal free-form drumlines based on over a dozen different beats. With Nintendo Switch Pro Controller support on offer as well, players can choose how they want to jam and earn metal power to use against these nefarious invaders in this uniquely adlib-friendly rhythm spectacular.
If you think you’ll love the game and want more out of it, you can also get the ‘Encore Pack’ DLC which adds 5 new characters to the game with their own unique story episode and song. There’s also the Gal Metal: World Tour Edition that will be released on the same day of release, but only in selected retail stores. The Gal Metal: World Tour Edition contains the base game, Encore Pack DLC and exclusive set of Heavy Metal stickers! You can use those stickers to customize your Switch or Joy-Cons!
For more info, you can check out their official site!
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Bleach: Awakened Souls is an upcoming 3D MMORPG for mobile in China, based on the popular Bleach manga series. Players can collect and control various characters, including Ichigo, and engage in hack-and-slash gameplay with touch controls and skill combos. The game features story quests with iconic scenes from the anime and co-op quests with other players. It will be available on the App Store on November 15 and on Android on November 22. Pre-registration is currently open for those with a China phone number. The game appears to be grindy but looks good. Follow Gamer Braves on Twitter for more information. | There Are No Current Plans on a Atelier Marie Remake Mobile Port says Producer Junzo Hosoi in Interview
With the release of Atelier Marie Remake: The Alchemist of Salburg fast approaching, we got the chance to speak with Producer Junzo Hosoi about the upcoming title in an interview.
Junzo Hosoi is most known for his role as a Producer for several Atelier titles such as Atelier Ryza, Atelier Lydie & Suelle, and Atelier Escha & Logy, as well as the Blue Reflection series.
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Can players trigger all the characters for Social Events within the 5 years in the game?
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Junzo Hosoi: Depending on your play style, it is possible. Please make full use of the Event List function, which can be opened in the main menu “Story”, to confirm the trigger conditions of events.
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We see that the game has normal scale Live2D drawings, but Marie had been shown a full scale model in “Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World”, why did you choose to use a Chibi character instead of a full scale model?
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Junzo Hosoi: The design philosophy/direction of the Remake, is to remake the game in modern style, without affecting the kind of feeling that the original version has created. In the original version, Marie and the others have this chibi style character in the field, so the remake followed the chibi style design. Actually, we have talked about using a lifesize ratio model like those in Atelier Ryza, but we’re worried about whether the game had this strong feeling of “Atelier” series RPG at the time.
Comparing it with recent games, Atelier Marie’s colour simulation is stronger, so if we were to use lifesize ratio model, the contrast between the visual and content would be stronger. So we think that the chibi models that is closer to the original game is the best solution.
I really like the overlay map feature added in the remake, what gave you the inspiration behind this idea?
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Junzo Hosoi: This is a feature actually from “Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream”. We came up with the idea of using overlapping maps to achieve this, based on the need to be able to operate the characters while opening larger maps.
Have the team considered adding a new story plot to the game?
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Junzo Hosoi: In this remake, we added 30-40% more of the new plot to the game. The content includes the ability to learn about the new side of the companion or the teachers’ comments on Mari’s performance. The purpose is to let players know more about the character and increase the immersion of the game.
The original game was ported to mobile platforms, will there be a plan on this remake?
Junzo Hosoi: There are no plans for this at the moment. But if the players are very vocal, it may be possible.
Did you guys consider remaking other works? If so, which generation of remakes are you most looking forward to?
Junzo Hosoi: It is possible. One of our goals is to see the “Atelier Series” works start from Marie lined up in the store. Be sure to keep supporting us! Personally, I’m looking forward to the Mana Khemia series!
Would you like to share anything with fans of the series?
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Junzo Hosoi: Thank you for your continued support and love of the Atelier series and the GUST brand!It is because of your support that this series has been able to continue. We will continue to provide you with quality game in the future, Thank you!
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We would like to thank Junzo Hosoi for taking the time to answer our questions. Atelier Marie Remake: The Alchemist of Salburg is set to release on 12th July 2023 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC.
We previously tried a preview version of the game, and if you’re interesting in checking out our thoughts on the game, do check it out here.
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Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin defended his commitment to the 1Malaysia concept, which aims to strengthen racial unity, but declined to take the "acid tests" set by Lim Kit Siang to prove his support. These tests include establishing an Opposition-headed Parliamentary Select Committee on 1Malaysia, agreeing that the basis of 1Malaysia is "ketuanan rakyat Malaysia" and not "ketuanan Melayu," and endorsing the objective of 1Malaysia as defined by the GTP Roadmap. Muhyiddin accused Lim of questioning Malay special rights and the constitution, which Lim denied. Lim challenged Muhyiddin to declare that he is Malaysian first and Malay second, and to explain how the four questions on 1Malaysia "questioned Malay special rights and rejected the differences in identity of the different races and the spirit of the constitution." | LONDON 15 April - Seekor ikan emas tertua di Britain bernama George yang dimenangi pada pesta ria hidup sehingga usia 44 tahun telah mati baru-baru ini.
Daily Mail melaporkan, kebiasaannya ikan emas tidak dapat hidup lebih daripada 10 tahun.
Bagaimanapun, George yang dimenangi pemiliknya, Keith Allies, 75, pada 1974 sebelum diberikan kepada teman wanita yang menjadi isterinya, Mary.
Menurut Mary, 62, kepada The Sun, George sebahagian daripada keluarga mereka.
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A woman, nine months pregnant, was arrested along with her 36-year-old foster sister in Arau, Perlis, for allegedly stealing RM45,000 worth of gold bangles from a goldsmith shop. The incident occurred when the 29-year-old suspect asked to see the bangles and then took them while the shop assistant was momentarily distracted. The police investigation found that the suspect confessed to stealing the bangles and fleeing the scene with her foster sister on a motorcycle. The police were able to recover evidence of the suspect's fingerprints at the scene. Both suspects have been detained, with the pregnant woman released on police bail, while the foster sister has been remanded for three days to aid in the investigation under Section 380 of the Penal Code for theft in a building. | ISRAEL menarik semula larangan yang dikenakan terhadap bot nelayan Palestin untuk ke laut, kata tentera Israel.
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Research In Motion (RIM) telah mengumumkan bahawa versi BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) yang akan datang akan menyepadukan FourSquare, tapak rangkaian sosial berasaskan lokasi yang popular. Penyepaduan ini akan membolehkan pengguna BBM berkongsi maklumat FourSquare dalam masa nyata, termasuk daftar masuk lokasi pada status BBM mereka. Ciri FourSquare yang lain juga dijangka akan disepadukan ke dalam BBM. Setakat ini, RIM tidak memberikan tarikh keluaran untuk versi BBM baharu, tetapi ia dijangka dilancarkan tahun ini, mungkin bersama BlackBerry OS 7. | Gobala banned from Sarawak entry – omen of relapse to Malaysia’s dark ages? When I saw the Malaysiakini headline
“MP denied entry into Sarawak”
, it was déjà vu going back three decades.
Malaysiakini reported that Pakatan Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Member of Parliament N. Gobalakrishnan (Padang Serai) was denied entry into Sarawak by immigration officers at the Kuching international airport at about 5.30 pm yesterday.
Malaysiakini quoted Gobalakrishnan:
“The moment I reached the airport, immigration officers told me that I am not allowed to enter due to instructions from the state government.
“The immigration officer gave me a notice which reads ‘Tuan bukan rakyat Sarawak, tidak berhak untuk masuk ke Sarawak tanpa permit atau pas Akta Imigresen 1959-1963’ (You are not a citizen of Sarawak and are not eligible to enter Sarawak without a permit or immigration pass).”
Gobalakrishnan returned to Kuala Lumpur by an AirAsia flight later the same night.
This is a most deplorable and ominous development, portending to the bad old days when fundamental liberties and human rights of Malaysians were given short shrift!
This is what I said in Parliament 34 years ago on 9th November 1974:
“Mankind have dismantled the ‘Iron Curtain’, the ‘Bamboo Curtain’, but we in Malaysia are erecting the ‘Batik Curtain’ to separate Malaysians from Malaysians. We are coming to a stage where it will be easier for Opposition political leaders to visit Peking or Moscow than to visit Kota Kinabalu or Kuching!”
In that dark era of Malaysia, I was declared a “persona non grata” and prohibited from entering both Sarawak and Sabah to exercise my constitutional rights of legitimate politic al activities.
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This personal experience confession revolves around work ethics. I worked as a research assistant for less than 10 years, and my story is about my time with a young supervisor who had not yet become an associate professor.
While my supervisor was excellent in securing research grants and completing research, their ethics as a supervisor and academic were questionable. They required every student to produce articles for magazines or newspapers under their name and write a book annually for publication under their name, with our names only appearing in the acknowledgements.
Moreover, they would include their non-academic spouse's name in academic journal articles and posters we presented at conferences without their contribution. This behavior was unethical and left a bad taste in my mouth.
My supervisor had an entrepreneurial mindset, which is not inherently bad. However, they now use their doctorate title to sell health products with unfounded claims of healing abilities. Many people trust these products simply because of the doctor title, even if the doctor is a philosopher and not a medical professional. This practice is regulated, and my supervisor has achieved significant success, becoming a Dato Dr.
I share this story to remind everyone that life requires ethics. In a time when life seems to revolve around money, remember that if you don't get caught now, you'll have to answer to a higher power later for misusing the power given to you. | Open Letter to PM & Ministers – Lessons of two “political tsunamis” in six months An Open Letter to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet by DAP Parliamentary Leader and MP for Ipoh Timor Lim Kit Siang on Tuesday, 2nd September 2008:
YAB Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister,
YB-YB Cabinet Ministers,
Ten challenges which the Cabinet must address tomorrow to demonstrate that it has learnt the lessons of the two political tsunamis in six months
I believe the overwhelming majority of Malaysians have one common reaction when they read or learnt of the news of the announcement by Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukudu of his sudden resignation yesterday – when Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is going to resign as Malaysian Prime Minister despite his earlier announcement of the power-transition schedule in June 2010.
This may be unfair but this is a fact. Why is this so when four short years ago, the Prime Minister had won the country’s biggest mandate in the 2004 general election winning an unprecedented 91 per cent parliamentary majority?
This was one of my thoughts when I hiked up Penang Hill “48” this morning, which I had not done for a very very long time. The hour hike up and down Penang Hill “48” provided me with a very conducive atmosphere to think about the multiple crisis of confidence afflicting Malaysia – political, economic, educational, judicial, institutional and nation-building.
The idea to pen this Open Letter also came from this hike as the Cabinet meeting tomorrow is the first one after the Permatang Pauh by-election, presenting an acid test whether Barisan Nasional government has learnt the lessons of the two “political tsunamis” in six months to save the country from the multiple crisis of confidence confronting the nation.
There are at least ten challenges which the Cabinet must address tomorrow:
1. Ahmad Ismail’s racist remarks
The Cabinet must sternly and unanimously censure the Bukit Bendera Umno chief, Datuk Ahmad Ismail for his offensive, insensitive, derogatory and racist remarks about the Malaysian Chinese during the Permatang Pauh by-election campaign.
By referring to the Chinese as pendatang, orang tumpang and totally untrustworthy Malaysians, and going into hiding after making the offensive and racist remarks, Ahmad had spoilt the 51st Merdeka anniversary celebrations and sabotaged the Prime Minister’s 51st National Day Message calling on every Malaysian to give importance to solidarity, as “it is the cornerstone of the country’s political stability, social harmony and economic competitiveness”.
The Prime Minister has also caused great dismay and distress among right-thinking Malaysians as he has chosen to demonstrate his “solidarity” with Ahmad when he should be an exemplar for Bangsa Malaysia.
Is there any Cabinet Minister who is prepared to point out tomorrow that the Prime Minister’s response in condoning Ahmad’s racists remarks is weak, unworthy and unacceptable?
The Prime Minister’s statement: “I will tell him not to do it again.. I don’t think he meant it. I’ll make sure to tell him not to use it again” raises many questions.
It means that the Prime Minister had neither met, discussed nor reprimanded Ahmad or he would not have used to future tense of “I will tell him not to do it again”.
How can Abdullah ensure that such offensive, insensitive, derogatory and racist language would not be used again when even in Parliament recently, Umno MPs could hurl racist abuses like “Balik Cina” without any censure by UMNO or BN leadership?
Or shouldn’t the Ahmad Ismail furore be raised and discussed in the Cabinet at all? In that case, let the Cabinet explain its double standards in rejecting the apology of Wee Meng Chee for the “Negaraku” rap video-clip just before the 50th Merdeka anniversary last year, with Umno Ministers competing with each other to demand all sorts of penalties including stripping him of his citizenship as compared to the case of Ahmad Ismail!
2. Declare Malaysia Day on Septembert 16 as a national public holiday
Sabah and Sarawak have suddenly become very important after the March 8 “political tsunami”, not so much to end the long-standing neglect and marginalisation of the rights of the people of Sabah and Sarawak as distinct from those of the leaders of Barisan Nasional in the two states but to ensure the survival of the Barisan Nasional power structure at the federal level.
This is just not good enough as the people of Sabah and Sarawak feel being made used of just to perpetutate the vested interests of the Barisan Nasional in Kuala Lumpur, without any change of heart by the Barisan Nasional leaders.
After 45 years, the people of Sabah and Sarawak must be made to feel that they are an integral part of the Malaysian federation with the Cabinet taking the first step in declaring Malaysia Day on September 16 as a national public holiday with effect from this year.
3. Commitment to establish IPCMC by end of the year
Despite increased budget allocations for the police, Malaysians today feel even more unsafe whether in the streets, public places or the privacy of their homes compared to five years ago when Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi became Prime Minister.
In Pasir Pinji in my parliamentary constituency of Ipoh Timur, there is a reign of fear following a sudden spate of violent thefts leaving the residents and the petty trading community worry for their lives.
This is not an isolated development in Ipoh but represents a worsening situation of law and order in the country, which has made Malaysia unsafe and insecure for its citizens, visitors and investors.
So far there is no political will to fully implement the recommendations of the Royal Police Commission, including the establishment of an Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) to create an efficient, incorruptible, professional world-class police service to keep crime low.
Let the Cabinet make a policy decision tomorrow to establish the IPCMC by the end of the year.
4. Restoration of an independent, impartial, professional and meritocratic judiciary
The Cabinet has failed Malaysians in failing to set up a Judicial Appointments Commission to restore national and international confidence in the independence, impartiality, integrity and meritocracy of the judiciary.
There must be a Cabinet commitment that although such a Judicial Appointments Commission has not yet been set up, the Prime Minister will respect and follow the spirit of consultation intended in such a judicial reform when appointing the next Chief Justice as the current Chief Justice of Malaysia Datuk Abdul Hamid Mohamad will retire on 17th October 2008.
The Prime Minister and the Cabinet must be forewarned that it does not serve the cause of justice or the nation if the country is plunged into a new judicial crisis because of the appointment of the first Umno Chief Justice in the nation’s history in utter disregard of a proper consultation with the relevant stakeholders such as the Bar Council, the Parliamentary Opposition and the civil society, and in keeping with the principles of accountability, transparency and good governance.
This Open Letter to the Prime Minister and Cabinet is still a work-in-progress. However, because of time factor, I am making public the first four of the ten challenges to give time for deliberation by the Cabinet while the rest of the Open Letter would be finalized and released before the end of the day.
This is one beauty of the Internet era of instant communication and there is no reason why Malaysians should not fully make use of such facilities opened up by the information age.
Yours sincerely,
Lim Kit Siang
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55 pelajar dari Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Kampus Seremban menyantuni golongan itu melalui program Santun Tunawisma. Program ini bertujuan untuk memupuk semangat insaniah dan keprihatinan pelajar terhadap masyarakat.
55 pelajar Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Kampus Seremban menyantuni golongan itu melalui satu program. Program Santun Tunawisma dengan tema 'Homeless Hygiene Drive' juga memberikan makanan dan pakaian kepada golongan berkenaan. | InsurTech
bolttech Acquires AVA Insurance to Accelerate Its Growth in Singapore by Fintech News Singapore
February 16, 2022 Singaporean insurtech unicorn bolttech has completed the acquisition of AVA Insurance Brokers and AVA Insurance Agency, a Singapore-based insurance intermediary and specialist broker.
The acquisition of AVA will accelerate the deployment of bolttech’s insurance exchange in Singapore, connecting insurers, distributors and customers, making it easier and more efficient to buy and sell insurance.
Yen Yen Koh, General Manager for bolttech in Singapore, will oversee AVA’s operations, which will be integrated with bolttech and subsequently rebranded later this year.
The change in ownership has no impact on AVA’s service to its partners or customers, and the existing team will remain intact when after the deal has been finalised. The acquisition follows bolttech’s completion of its US$247 million Series A last year, with strategic investors including Singapore’s EDBI.
Based in Singapore, bolttech has grown its global footprint to 30 markets since its inception in 2020.
According to a Bloomberg report in January this year, bolttech is looking to raise US$200 million to US$300 million this year to to support its expansion plans.
The insurtech is also said to be considering going public in the US or in Asia.
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“We are delighted to welcome AVA to our growing team. Singapore has served as our home base and a crucial springboard for our global expansion since we launched in early 2020.
We will continue to invest in Singapore, both as an international hub for innovation and as a market that presents bolttech with significant opportunity to enhance the insurance experience for local customers and partners.”
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Michael Chew, Chief Executive Officer of AVA added,
“Together with bolttech, we will significantly increase our ability to bring new, innovative solutions to customers in Singapore and the greater region through bolttech’s pioneering insurtech capabilities.
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Interaksi antara Nabi Yusuf dan Nabi Yaakub mengajar kita betapa pentingnya menghargai kehendak dan cita-cita anak. Tanggapan Yaaqub terhadap impian Yusuf menunjukkan peranan seorang bapa dalam membina hubungan rapat dengan anaknya di samping meningkatkan keyakinan diri mereka. Penghargaan seorang bapa boleh dibandingkan dengan vaksin yang meningkatkan pemikiran dan daya saing anak. Dengan mengambil pendekatan ini, seorang bapa boleh membantu mendedahkan potensi anak mereka dan menggalakkan mereka untuk mencapai dan mengembangkannya lebih jauh. Imam Ibnul Qayyim menekankan betapa pentingnya seorang bapa dalam mengutamakan pendidikan agama, berdikari, dan potensi pembangunan anak mereka. | At 16 years old, where the majority are eagerly obtaining their driver’s license, young racing sensation Max Verstappen has already signed a deal with Red Bull to drive for its sister’s team, Torro Rosso. Now at the tender age of 18 years, 7 months and 16 days old, this Dutch wunderkind has just won his first Formula One race in Spain, becoming the sports’ youngest race winner.
The young Verstappen is the son of former F1 driver, Jos Verstappen and as a teenager, he’s had an impressive record in junior motorsports. That didn’t take long for the Austrian energy drink company to secure his “special” skills. Just this week, the young Dutch, in his second season in F1, was promoted to drive for the main Red Bull Racing team. He replaces Danni Kvyat who was demoted to Verstappen’s former team in this week’s Spanish Grand Prix.
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The moment the young Dutch crossed the finished line in the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, not only he is officially F1’s youngest winner ever but also the first ever Dutch to win an F1 race. This is also Red Bull Racing’s first F1 victory since 2014. The win came as a shock following a disastrous outing for the dominating Mercedes team when both Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg collided in the first lap. This achievement is no less incredible for Verstappen, who made his debut in a Red Bull F1 car at the Spanish GP.
Our heartfelt congratulations go out to this young lad who not only rewrote the record books in Formula One, but will certainly become a potential World Champion in the near future. Seriously, at that age, what were you doing back then? | 0 | train |
The Everlasting Regret is a mobile game by Tencent Games, based on the ancient Chinese epic poem "Chang Hen Ge" by Bai Juyi. The poem tells the story of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and his love for his favorite concubine Yang Guifei. The game brings the poem to a wider audience with an Eastern art style that sets it apart from most games. Players interact with the game using paints that represent bond, vivify, and erase, symbolizing the emperor's relationship with Yang Guifei. The game is available in several languages, including English, and features simple animations and traditional music. The game is a short, interactive experience that offers a glimpse into Chinese culture and the enduring love story of the emperor and his concubine. | Mahathir’s false accusation of Tunku by K. Siladass
Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, former prime minister had indeed accused Malaysia’s first prime minister Tunku Abdul Rahman of having done something not permitted by law by granting citizenship to one million foreign immigrants.
Historians of repute will be quick to confirm how inhuman, unsound, flippant and exasperating is Mahathir’s allegation. The granting of citizenship to “foreign immigrants” was not the work of one man – Tunku alone. Besides, it is wicked of Mahathir to claim that one million or so residents in Malaya were purely immigrants ignoring the fact that they had lived in this country for generations; and had been an integral part in the resistance against the Japanese occupation and in the fight against communism. Those one million or so “foreign immigrants” as Mahathir arrogantly and wickedly describes are the ones who saw the economic progress of this country from the time the East India Company arrived here, under constant perilous conditions.
It is indeed shocking that Mahathir had not acquainted himself of the negotiations among the Alliance Partners consisting of UMNO-MCA-MIC, the predecessor of Barisan Nasional (BN) which played a prominent role in achieving Merdeka. Aside this, it is also shocking that a man of Mahathir’s stature would descend to cheap politics in hurling condemnation against the late Tunku, who was indeed instrumental in ensuring that the radicals from all sides did not scuttle the movement towards Merdeka by their emotional actions.
These historical facts are there for the world to see; that the partners in Alliance were concerned as to the type of policy that had to be adopted and implemented after Merdeka in relation to education, citizenship and Malay special privileges. These were classified as sensitive issues and it is fair to infer that there must have been a lot of debate over them.
While the citizenship was a thorny issue beginning with the question whether it should be granted on the basis of jus soli or other format, after much consideration and upon reaching consensus on the issues of education and Malay special privileges the Alliance partners agreed on the jus soli principle for citizenship. Further, it was also agreed that the residential qualification shall be less restrictive than the previous requirement. However, according to Joseph M. Fernando, “The Making of the Malayan Constitution (2002)”, the residential qualification was reduced to eight years. The authors Barbara Watson Andaya and Leonard Y. Andaya in their “A History of Malaysia” (2nd edn.) have stated very distinctly the circumstances leading to the compromises reached by the Alliance Partners, and also referring to other features that must have been very significant, namely the influence of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) which was wielding its influence, and its association with left wing Malay nationalists, coupled with the dissatisfaction of the Chinese community with the British; who also seemed to be easy target for MCP’s recruitment. The combination of all these developments would have derailed every effort to find solutions to problems that were tormenting the leaders of all races at that time. These are the other considerations which eventually led to the compromises which everyone in the Alliance was reasonably satisfied.
Granting of citizenship was a joint decision in which decision making process UMNO was the dominant partner. Therefore, it is patently wrong for Mahathir to single out Tunku and condemn him as having done something out of the ordinary. The situation demanded a solution and common sense prevailed to tackle the situation in a pragmatic manner and that was what precisely done. Mahathir’s condemnation is indeed a mischievous distortion, an attempt to conceal or cloud his own illegality in granting citizenship to illegal immigrants. Illegal immigrants can never be equated with those who had come here legally and raised their families and contributed for the well-being of this country. When others had come to exploit and take away the wealth of this country those one million immigrants who were granted citizenship had worked hard to earn that right and had reinvested their earnings in this country.
Mahathir and his cronies should realise that there is a world of difference between the status of those who aspired to become citizens under the Alliance arrangement and those that were granted by Mahathir. During the Tunku’s premiership citizenship was granted to those who were legally living in this country for decades. They were not illegal immigrants. The Sabah situation was totally different when illegal immigrants’ status was altered to one of lawful citizens of Malaysia by Mahathir to benefit one political party which was led by him.
Another point Mahathir makes is that by granting citizenship to one million “immigrants”, the Malays’ power had been diluted. Any fair-minded person will tell that this is a preposterous fancy and we have to stomach it because he was an erstwhile premier and the press gives him undue publicity.
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Penceramah berasal dari keluarga yang berada tetapi berasa diabaikan semasa zaman kanak-kanak kerana kedua-dua ibu bapa bekerja di pejabat dan mempunyai sedikit masa untuk mereka. Penceramah memahami bahawa ibu bapa mereka bekerja keras untuk menyara keluarga, tetapi kadangkala mengharapkan lebih banyak masa berkualiti bersama. Kini setelah berada di luar universiti, mereka menyedari kepentingan komunikasi dan berasa jauh daripada ibu bapa berbanding hubungan rakan-rakan dengan ibu bapa. Mereka menggalakkan pendengar untuk berkomunikasi dengan ibu bapa mereka dan menjadi ibu bapa yang baik, menekankan kepentingan memberi perhatian kepada keperluan anak-anak. | family aku ni bkn lah dari golongan yang berharta byk, kitorg just biase2 jer, mak ayah aku kerja ofis tapi skrg dorg dah pencen la, ni nk ckp psl hidup aku waktu kecik2 dulu. Mak ngn ayah aku ni kerja ofis hour, so pergi kerja pg2, balik kerja ptg2, so masa utk aku ngn parents aku hanyalah pd wktu mlm ngn weekend jer, kehidupan aku xlah terabai ke ape, mkn minum, pakaian smua lengkap tp satu jer yang kurang, quality time utk aku bersama ngn parents aku. aku faham dorg kerja sbb nk support family, tu dorg pnya responsibilities tp sometimes aku jeles gak bla tgk parents kwn aku bleh dtg ambk dorg kat skolah, bila balik skolah, mak dorg akn masak siap2 n sambut dorg balik rumah. Parents aku walaupun kerja ofis hour, sometimes dorg kna krja jgk smpai tgh mlm or weekend, so honestly waktu utk anak2 mmg kurang.
waktu dulu2 aku mcm x ambik kisah tp skrg bla dh msk universiti, bla dah jauh dr family, br aku perasan something, aku, klau ckp ngn mak or ayah aku kat phone, mmg xkn lebih 10 minit, compare ngn kwn2 aku yg lain yg boleh sembang mcm2 ngn parents dorg, spanjang aku jauh ngn parents aku, aku x prnah rs homesick, balik pn bla ad cuti je. aku sayang parents aku, mmg la, sape x sayang kan? tp mmg aku ngaku, hubungan aku ngn parents aku ok, xde masalah, tp tak serapat mcm kawan2 aku yang lain. aku pn mmg jarang sangat2 kongsi problem aku ngn dorg sbb aku takut dorg risau, ape2 bnda mmg aku simpan dlm hati, habit ni aku develop dr kecik lg sbb dlu mase aku kecik2 aku selalu complain mcm2 lps tu kakak aku ckp bnda2 kecik xperlu nk complain, mak ayah dah la penat kerja ni nk melayan perangai anak2 plak so mmg dr situ smpai skrg, aku akn smpn masalah aku selagi aku boleh sbb xnak family aku risau.
main point yg aku nk smpaikan sbnrnya, bila korg dah ada kerjaya dan ada family, cuba lah sebaik mgkn utk tanya khabar anak2, dengar apa yang dia buat hari ni, biasakan dorg bercakap dan kongsi cerita dgn korg nnti x psl2 jd mcm aku, introvert, x reti nk kongsi masalah. sbb skrg aku boleh nmpk bnda yg sama brlaku kat anak buah aku, parents dorg kerja, balik penat, nk main pn penat, bila anak meragam, mnta perhatian mula lah membebel anak2 tak dengar kata. so be good to your parents and be a good parents ok | 1 | train |
YouTube telah menambah sokongan gerakan perlahan pada Alat Peningkatan mereka dalam Editor YouTube di web. Ini membolehkan pengguna memuat naik video seperti biasa, dan kemudian menggunakan aplikasi berasaskan web yang disediakan untuk mengedit video mereka, termasuk menambah kesan gerakan perlahan. Ciri ini mungkin meningkatkan kehadiran video gerak perlahan di YouTube, kerana ia memudahkan proses dan menjadikannya lebih mudah diakses oleh julat pengguna yang lebih luas. | InsurTech
In Yet Another Funding Round This Month, Singapore Life Raises US$ 13 Million by Fintech News Singapore
January 15, 2019
225 3 Insurtech firm Singapore Life has received a US$ 13 Million investment from Aberdeen Standard Investment. This makes it the second round of capital injection Singapore Life has received this month alone.
Singapore Life has previously received a total sum of $US 26 Million from NYSE listed AFLAC, an American based insurance company.
Upon completion of this round Singapore Life will have a total of US$ 83 Million raised, according to data from Crunchbase.
Commenting on the investment, Aberdeen Standard Investments Co-CEO, Martin Gilbert noted that the industry is undergoing digital transformation, he added that technological innovation will be a key differentiator. Featured image credit: Unsplash
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In the 1990s, the Fatal Fury series was a popular beat 'em up game alongside Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat, featuring Geese Howard as the final antagonist. Geese later appeared in the King of Fighters series and has now jumped to Tekken. Recently announced as the latest DLC character for Tekken 7, Geese Howard will be available for download in the winter. With this collaboration, we can hope for more characters from SNK series to appear in Tekken, starting with Terry Bogard. Rising Tackle! | minggu ni hebat bcerita pasal rumet memasing, ada yg saiko ad yg nokturnal lah apa lah tapi marilah kita berdoa semoga hidup kita sentiasa sejahtera.
aku pun nak bercerita pasal rumet aku, tapi bukan rumet kat U, rumet waktu sekolah. aku sekolah sbp, cina india dan bangsa-bangsa bersatu yg lain duduk satu bilik mmg no hal lah. kate satu malaysia. yg islam solat yg lain hormat, duduk diam. kita pun kalau yg kristian baca bible ke sembahyang ke kita hormat jugak, tak kacau or buat bising. tapi ada seorang kwn chindian aku ni, cantik mcm kajol tpi perangai sedikit pelik. apa yg aku perasan la tiap kali aku solat dia kuar bilik. even aku solat Isyak lepas light off, die tgh tidur terus die angkat kuar bilik. aku mmg syak something wrong. die panas kot waktu aku solat. aku segan la nk tanya die since kitorang tak rapat, rumet je pon aku rapat dgn budak2 junior dlm bilik aku tu je.
tapi ade budak junior dlm bilik aku die pernah cerita budak chindian ni pernah ckp sensorang atas katil dlm bahasa Tamil. setahu aku die tak reti ckp Tamil (sbb family die educated, mak ayah abang kakak lepasan degree oversea so reti ckp English je and Malay sikit2). tapi aku buat dont know je maybe budak junior ni reka2 cerita nak ambik hati aku.
tapi ada satu malam tu, aku stay up sebb esok ade test add math. dengan light off nye, aku study bersumberkan cahaya lampu koridor masuk dari tingkap bilik aku je (sbb tu skang aku rabun). aku dgn rumet aku sorang je yg belom tido waktu tu, rumet aku tu tgh dgr radio dari Walkman yg pakai kaset tu (nostalgik huhu). tiba-tiba aku dgr bunyi loceng. aku ingat Encik Meow dr blok sebelah dtg, jd aku terus ke pintu nak jumpe die tapi tgok2 takde.
bunyi loceng lagi. aku tgok sekeliling sume tgh tido kecuali rumet aku dgr radio kepala tersengguk-sengguk smbil tutup mata.aku tak sedap hati dah waktu tu tpi malas nak layan, ad bberapa soklan lagi nak kene buat.
bunyi loceng lagi. tetiba ad suara orang menyanyi lagu Tamil. naik 90 darjah bulu roma aku. mana taknya suara tu mcm berbisik tapi sayu, mcm nak nangis tapi nada mcm gembira. entah mcm mne aku nak describe. tak reti aku. aku pergi ke katil rumet aku yg msih blom tido tu, tapi hampeh die dh ttido. aku dah kecut perut terus naik atas katil.
bunyi loceng. aku dah maki2 dlm hati siapa la buat bunyi mcm tu. suara nyanyi lagu Tamil sekejap ada sekejap tak ade tapi bunyi loceng tu mmg consistent la. aku selubung badan dgn selimut baca apa yg patut. nasib baik ayat kursi msh ingat lagi dan akhirnya aku ttido.
esoknya aku gi kelas dan jawab test add math mcm biasa. tak ingat pun peristiwa malam td sehinggalah junior aku bgtau aku waktu tgh tggu turn nak guna shower. die ckp die nampak budak chindian tu menari-nari tgh2 bilik smbil nyanyi lagu Tamil. die menari-nari tu bukan ngajat ataupun zapin ye tapi tarian Benggali tu. dan aku terfikir peristiwa mlm tdi, rupa-rupanya bkn aku je yg mengalaminy, junior aku siap nampak lagi. tapi die cool nak mam je story ke aku. mybe die dh biasa sbb dgr2 die ad sixth sense. | 0 | train |
UMK menandatangani memorandum persefahaman (MoU) dengan Syarikat Oew Algae Technologies Sdn Bhd. Ia akan memberi manfaat kepada banyak pihak termasuk membantu ekonomi penduduk tempatan.
MoU antara Universiti Malaysia Kelantan dan Oew Algae Technologies Sdn Bhd. UMK akan membantu mengembangkan ekonomi penduduk tempatan dan komuniti setempat. | KOTA BHARU: Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) menandatangani memorandum persefahaman (MoU) bersama Syarikat Oew Algae Technologies Sdn Bhd bagi memperkasakan penyelidikan dan inovasi produk nilai tambah daripada mikroalga serta tumbuh-tumbuhan herba.
Naib Cancelor UMK, Prof Dr Noor Azizi Ismail berkata, melalui MoU itu, ia akan memberi manfaat kepada banyak pihak termasuk membantu ekonomi penduduk setempat khususnya di Jeli.
Katanya, kerjasama yang dijalinkan itu dapat membantu penyelidik dari Fakulti Kejuruteraan Biologi dan Teknologi menjalankan kajian bagi menghasilkan produk dari alga yang boleh dikomersialkan.
“Pada masa sama, produk ini juga akan dikomersialkan oleh penuntut Fakulti Keusahawanan dan Perniagaan dengan kerjasama Syarikat Oew Algae Technologies Sdn Bhd.
“Selain itu, ia juga dapat membantu membangunkan ekonomi komuniti setempat yang secara tidak langsung memberi manfaat kepada mereka melalui konsep ladang kontrak.
“Melalui kontrak ini komuniti akan menanam rumpai laut dan boleh dibekalkan kepada syarikat (Oew Algae Technologies) sekali gus dapat melahirkan lebih ramai usahawan,” katanya dalam sidang media selepas Majlis Menandatangani MoU antara UMK dengan Oew Algae Technologies Sdn Bhd, di UMK Kampus Kota, di sini, hari ini.
Turut hadir, Presiden Oew Algae Technologies, Datuk Dr Nazily Mohd Noor.
Nor Azizi berkata, penuntut di UMK yang mengambil bahagian dalam kerjasama berkenaan boleh menjadikan projek itu sebagai latihan selain menimba pengalaman dalam bidang industri dan seterusnya menjadikannya kerjaya pada masa hadapan.
Sementara itu, Dr Nazily berkata, pihaknya memilih UMK untuk menjalinkan kerjasama berkenaan disebabkan institut itu adalah universiti keusahawanan.
“Kerjasama ini sebagai satu platform yang dapat mendedahkan kepada penuntut UMK terutama dalam bidang keusahawanan untuk mereka mengetahui secara praktikal bagaimana menguruskan perniagaan, kewangan dan juga cara pemasaran.
“Kami yakin dengan kerjasama di bawah bimbingan UMK , bidang ini boleh berkembang serta menjadikan UMK sebagai universiti terulung dalam bidang keusahawanan,” katanya. | 1 | train |
PAS-PBS: A Point of Convergence at the End. An abbreviation for Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) and Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS), distinguished only by the letters A and B, the first and second letters of the Roman alphabet. The absence of these two letters would make the Roman spelling incomplete. Like two close friends who cannot be separated, despite their differences, they complement each other. The recent political landscape of Sabah, the Blessed Land Below the Wind, has been marked by the successful establishment of a new government by Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS), which includes PAS and PBS. I recall that during the Sandakan Parliamentary Election 186, held from April 27 to May 11, 2019, following the death of its incumbent, Datuk Stephen Wong from DAP, PBS was allowed to contest the election to avoid internal competition among the opposition parties and face DAP. PAS and its allies were willing to give way to PBS and join forces to face the election. It is a new chapter for both PAS and PBS, as they collaborate for the sake of the nation's and people's future. I am confident that both parties, despite their differing ideologies and past animosity, can work together for the good of the people. PAS has deployed its members from all over Sabah, including some central leaders and members of the Dewan Himpunan Pendukung PAS (DHPP), to assist PBS in the election. The harmonious collaboration between PAS and PBS, transcending race, religion, and culture, is a testament to the unity of the people in Sabah. | PAKATAN Harapan (PH) yakin dapat merampas Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Rantau daripada Barisan Nasional (BN) pada Pilihraya Raya Kecil (PRK) kali ini, kata Timbalan Presiden PH Mohamad Sabu.
Beliau berkata sekiranya PH mahu menang ia memerlukan kerja keras serta komitmen penuh jentera parti berkenaan. | 0 | train |
Polis Kuala Lumpur menerima laporan yang dibuat bapa mangsa pada Mei lalu. Kes disiasat di Bahagian Siasatan Seksual, Penderaan dan Kanak-kanak. Polis juga mengesan individu yang bertanggungjawab menyebarkan kes tersebut.
Polis Kuala Lumpur menerima laporan bapa mangsa pada 19 Mei lalu. Kes kini disiasat oleh Bahagian Siasatan Seksual, Penderaan dan Kanak-kanak. Ketua Amar Singh Ishar Singh mengatakan polis menerima laporan itu. | I am prepared to give Najib the benefit of the doubt that he is a not full-blown mental case – but this would mean he is an unscrupulous, unprincipled, Machiavellian and incorrigible liar without any of the noble values which great religions seek to imbibe in their followers! I am prepared to give Datuk Seri Najib Razak the benefit of the doubt that he is not a full-blown mental case – but this would mean that he is an unscrupulous, unprincipled, Machiavellian and incorrigible liar without any of the noble values which the great religions seek to imbibe in their followers!
I shudder at the thought that our beloved nation has such a person as Prime Minister for nine years!
Najib said yesterday he will only reveal the identity of the person, who he claimed had revealed my plan on creating Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia, “if necessary”.
I will not bet Najib will be able do so, though if such a person exists, it will at least salvage his credibility by one iota that he had not manufactured such a lie from whole cloth, and he could claim that he was only guilty of the shocking gullibility to fall for such a tall claim.
But such a fraudster who could convince a Prime Minister with such a tall tale is a person all Malaysians should know. Over to Najib, who is this person if there is one?
Najib is no innocent in the manufacture and peddling of lies and falsehoods, and he often used the UMNO General Assembly as a platform for such dishonest and dishonourable pursuits.
Before the 14th General Election, he was the “father” of the army of cybertroopers who demonised the Opposition, and I estimate he must have spent tens or even hundreds of millions ringgit for this project which, among other things, gave him the confidence that he was going to win big in the 14th General Election, even regaining two-thirds parliamentary majority.
For a few months after the unexpected UMNO/BN defeat on May 9, 2018, there was thunderous silence as the army of cybertroopers disappeared from the social media scene.
But they have returned to the Malaysian social media with a vengeance, which means that the funds for such an army of cybertroopers of lies and falsehoods have been reorganised and furnished – and it is going to be one of the biggest challenges of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to cleanse the Malaysian social media of such lies and falsehood aimed.
May be this is a tip for both the MCMC and the Police, to zero in on the funders and financiers of the cybertroopers of lies and falsehoods in the social media in the campaign to combat fake messages.
But clearly Najib is not prepared now to depend solely on his cybertroopers, and he is himself spearheading the campaign of lies and falsehoods – starting with his monstrous lie that I had told Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad to form Bersatu to split the Malays.
Even before the 14th General Election, I had been accused of being the mastermind of all Pakatan Harapan plans.
UMNO accused Tun Dr. Mahathir of being my stooge while MCA/Gerakan accused me of being Mahathir’s puppet.
Even now, the parties in Barisan Nasional cannot make up their mind as to who is whose stooge and puppet.
Tun Dr. Mahathir has just celebrated his 94th birthday, having returned as the seventh Prime Minister after the historic decision of May 9, 2018 to “Save Malaysia”, and after having served as the fourth Prime Minister for over 22 years from 1981 – 2003.
Why should Mahathir become my stooge, and how have I suddenly become so powerful as to become the “king-maker” in Malaysian politics, directing the actions and thoughts of Mahathir, the eighth Prime Minister-to-be Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, and other political leaders including Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and Amanah President and Defence Minister, Mat Sabu?
I am 78 years old, dedicated myself to 53 years of full and active involvement in Malaysian politics because of my love for Malaysia to ensure that the country can become a model prosperous and democratic plural nation for the world.
I have been twice detained under the Internal Security, hauled to court countless times on trumped-up charges, my son Lim Guan Eng had been detained under the Internal Security Act and gone to jail and lost his position as Member of Parliament to defend an underaged Malay girl and is now the Finance Minister after two terms as Penang Chief Minister.
Why should I become a puppet of Mahathir?
Both Mahathir and I have strong views and opinions. Mahathir is not my stooge and I am not his puppet. We co-operate as patriotic Malaysians who feel that we have to work together to Save Malaysia from becoming a global kleptocracy and hurtling towards a failed and rogue state.
The present batch of UMNO/BN leaders just do not understand that in politics, there are roles apart from being a stooge or a puppet, whether Najib-Liow Tiong Lai or now Najib-Wee Ka Siong mould.
If Malaysia is to succeed in its endeavour to create a New Malaysia, we must not allow UMNO/BN leaders, propagandists and cybertroopers to drown Malaysia in an ocean of lies and falsehoods about DAP and Pakatan Harapan leaders in the Malaysian social media.
(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Gelang Patah on Sunday, 14th July 2019) This entry was posted on Sunday, 14 July 2019, 7:21 pm and is filed under
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Jawatankuasa Pemerkasaan TVET ditubuhkan pada 7 April. Timbalan Perdana Menteri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail berkata, 'Kesihatan dan perkhidmatan pendidikan TVET yang mantap tidak akan memberi makna tanpa penglibatan industri'
Timbalan Perdana Menteri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail mengumumkan inisiatif TVET. Jawatankuasa Pemerkasaan TVET diharapkan dapat memberi kesan positif kepada isu tersebut. | Why such uneasiness among Muslims over ‘Allah’? By Stephen Ng
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Oct 12, 2013
As the nation anxiously awaits the Court of Appeal’s decision on Monday regarding the use of the word ‘Allah’ by non-Muslims, a short chapter on the controversial issue in former Tenaga Nasional Bhd chief’s latest book, ‘Memoirs of Tan Sri Ani Arope’, is both apt and timely.
Representing the “endangered species” of broadminded Malays who grew up in multicultural Malaysia, Ani asks, “Why there is so much uneasiness among Muslims to hear others using the word loosely?”
Ani is referring to the dispute on the use of ‘Allah’ by non-Muslims in Malaysia, which has gone all the way up to the appellate court.
It has also created tension between Muslims and non-Muslims in the country, which led to a few churches being fire-bombed following the High Court decision to allow the Catholic weekly The Herald to use the word ‘Allah’ for God in Bahasa Malaysia, the language used by many Christians in Sabah and Sarawak.
Pig’s heads, wrapped in plastic, were also found in two mosques in Kuala Lumpur, but to date police have not arrested the culprits.
Sincere and frank dialogue
According to Ani, the term and use of the word ‘Allah’ is not and cannot be exclusive to Muslims.
“The Jews and Christians in the Arab speaking world would use the name ‘Allah’ to refer to the Almighty,” he argues.
He further explains: “Allah (swt) to us, Muslims, is not merely a word but more importantly, the concept from an Islamic teaching.”
The octogenarian, who turned 81 recently, said he had hoped that his sincere and frank dialogue on the Allah row could help to “continue to build peaceful and friendly relationships based upon mutual respect, justice, and what is common in essence in our shared Abrahamic tradition, particularly ‘the two greatest commandments’ in Mark 12:29-31 (and, in varying form, in Matthew 22:37-40), that the Lord, our God, is one Lord (Rabi Allahu Ahad).”
‘Memoirs of Tan Sri Ani Arope’ is published by the Fulbright Alumni Association of Malaysia. The soft-launch of the 143-page book was done at the Fulbright’s 50th anniversary dinner in July this year by its president, Professor Dr Gendeh Balwant.
The book will be available in major bookstores nationwide soon.
STEPHEN NG is a chemist by training. He dealt with printing ink, paint and emulsion polymer for 15 years before becoming a freelance writer. This entry was posted on Saturday, 20 December 2014, 8:40 pm and is filed under
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Among Us, the popular online multiplayer game, is coming to Playstation 4 and PS5 in 2021. The game features impostors who sabotage and kill crewmates, while the remaining crewmates try to figure out who the impostors are. The Playstation release will include a Ratchet & Clank skin, hat, and pet, and will have crossplay and online multiplayer. No specific release date has been announced. | Ni No Kuni II: REVENANT KINGDOM new gameplay video released
Ni No Kuni II: REVENANT KINGDOM has announced its new launch date just about two weeks ago, and now the developers have updated us with a gameplay video showcasing the brand new Kingdom Mode. In the new Kingdom Building mode, you will be able to build up your kingdom as you like and recruit various denizens to your cause. Ni No Kuni II: REVENANT KINGDOM will be available globally for PC and PS4 on 23 March 2018, stay tuned to their official website and Facebook page for updates!
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Recently, phishing and scam emails using the name of Telekom Malaysia have been circulating, asking users to enter personal information such as full name, email, username, and password. Telekom Malaysia has issued a notice stating that the emails titled "Verify Your TM Account" are not from them and advises users to be cautious to avoid falling victim to scam and phishing emails. They also recommend changing your password immediately if you have responded to the email to prevent any unwanted incidents. There has been an increase in scam and phishing emails sent to local users, previously mainly using the names of local banks and now also using the name of telecommunications service providers in Malaysia. | Doraemon Story Of Seasons: Friends of the Great Kingdom will be launching This November
Bandai Namco Entertainment Asia has announced Doraemon Story Of Seasons: Friends of the Great Kingdom will be released on the 2nd November 2022.
This will be the latest entry to the Doraemon Story of Seasons (formerly known as Harvest Moon) spin-off series. The title’s latest trailer as well as details about the title’s bonus content have also been released:
Related Posts Pokemon Sleep Now Available In Malaysia GamerBraves Newsletter Vol. 103 – The Glory of The Barbie/Oppenheimer Double Feature The trailer showcases the beautiful natural scenery of the planet of Illuma, the setting for the title. It also introduces other game features, including online cooperative play and a range of new secret gadgets to make your farm life even more convenient and enjoyable than ever.
Early purchase bonus content for both physical and digital versions of the game has also been revealed:
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Please note, that the Sweet Seeds Set will only be available for the physical version.
A Digital Deluxe Version will also be available. Here is a list of content that this version will include:
Main Game
Season Pass
Digital Soundtrack
Deluxe Edition Purchase Bonus: Seasonal Vegetables Seeds Set
The season pass for the game will include:
Costume & Furniture Set 1: Planned to contain costumes for five characters, eight items of furniture, and a mini scenario
Costume & Furniture Set 2: Planned to contain costumes for five characters, eight items of furniture, and a mini scenario
Costume & Furniture Set 3: Planned to contain costumes for five characters, eight items of furniture, and a mini scenario
Season Pass Purchase Bonus: Premium Crops Seeds Set
Doraemon Story Of Seasons: Friends of the Great Kingdom will be available for PS5, Nintendo Switch, and PC on November 2nd.
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Operasi AmBank adalah serbuan bank yang dilakukan oleh Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) pada 6 Julai 2015. Semua dokumen yang dirampas dalam operasi itu diserahkan kepada Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) tahun lepas.
Operasi AmBank adalah operasi yang dilakukan oleh Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) pada 6 Julai 2015. Ia melibatkan serbuan ke atas AmBank, sebuah bank di Malaysia. | 36-Day Countdown to 13GE – As Najib is morally a caretaker Prime Minister after March 8, he should brief and consult with Pakatan Rakyat leaders on the Sabah Sulu crisis As the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak has signed the Transparency International-Malaysia’s Election Integrity Pledge on Feb. 20 to observe the principles of integrity, ethical conduct, accountability, transparency and good governance in the 13th General Elections, he must uphold and recognise the concept and conventions of caretaker government when Parliament is dissolved or at the end of the five-year term of Parliament.
Najib has delared that he wants to make Malaysia “the best democracy in the world”. If he is serious, it is beholden upon him to observe the best practices of mature and better-functioning democracies in other parts of the world, one of which is the concept and conventions on caretaker governments.
A caretaker government provision recognises that on the dissolution of Parliament, the day-to-day business of government must continue on ordinary matters of administration to allow for the normal operations of all government departments, but a Caretaker Government is limited and precluded from making major policy decisions or appointments.
In Australia, for instance, five broad principles have been spelt out in its Caretaker Government Conventions, viz:
*Major policy decisions. The Government will cease taking major policy decisions except on urgent matters and then only after formal consultation with the Opposition. *Significant appointments. The Government will cease making major appointments of public officials, but may make acting or short-term appointments. *Major contracts or undertakings. The Government will avoid entering major contracts or undertakings during the caretaker period. If it is not possible to defer the commitment until after the caretaker period, for legal, commercial or other reasons, a minister could consult the Opposition, or agencies could deal with the contractor and ensure that contracts include clauses providing for termination in the event of an incoming government not wishing to proceed. Similar provisions cover tendering. *International negotiations and visits. The Government ordinarily seeks to defer such major international negotiations, or adopts observer status, until the end of the caretaker period. *Avoiding public service involvement in election activities. The public service adopts a neutral stance while continuing to advise the Government.
In another two days is the fifth anniversary of the historic “308 political tsunami” of the 12th General Elections, a watershed in Malaysian electoral history which saw Pakatan Rakyat victory in Penang, Kedah, Perak, Selangor and Kelantan.
The five-year term of Parliament, however, is not calculatede from the previous general elections on March 8, 2008 but from the first meeting of the 12th Parliament on 28th April 2008.
This means that Najib can drag out dissoution of Parliament for another 50 days, but by midnight of 27th April 2008, the 12th Parliament stands automatically dissolved without the necessity for any formal dissolution by the Prime Minister, even without any need to seek an audience with the Yang di Pertuan Agong.
However, as the Negri Sembilan State Assembly will be automatically dissolved on March 26 (as its first meeting was on March 27, 2008), it would be most odd and a most adverse reflection on Najib’s leadership if Parliament continues to be in existence but a Barisan Nasional-controlled State Assembly has already been dissolved.
For this reason, I expect the 12th Parliament to be dissolved by March 26 with general elections held within 60 days to elect the 13th Parliament as well as for the various State Assemblies.
Is Najib prepared to accept the concept and conventions of a caretaker government when Parliament is dissolved, as for the firs time in the 56-year of the nation, there is a possibility that there could be an alternation of federal power, with Pakatan Rakyat replacing Barisan Nasional in Putrajaya, and the appointment of a new Prime Minister who is not from UMNO/Barisan Nasional?
I would even go one step further and argue that from Friday, March 8, 2013 which marks the fifth anniversary of the last general elections, public and political morality demands that Najib should regard himself as a caretaker Prime Minister and his Cabinet a Caretaker Cabinet, and that they should not make any major or substantive decisions whether concerning policy, appointments, contractual obligations or abuse and misuse of the public service, whether personnel, resources and public funds without consultation with the Opposition.
In this period of caretaker government, the caretaker Prime Minister and the caretaker Cabinet should consult with Pakatan Rakyat leaders on issues of major national import – for instance, the handling of the Sabah Sulu crisis which affect the national sovereignty and the security, safety and welfare of thje people of Sabah and security forces personnel.
As Najib is morally a caretaker Prime Minister after March 8, I urge him to brief and consult with Pakatan Rakyat leaders on the Sabah Sulu crisis.
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Anita Baharom, pelakon Malaysia, baru-baru ini berkahwin dengan ahli perniagaan Engku Isyamuddin, menandakan perkahwinan keduanya selepas kematian suami pertamanya pada Januari. Perkahwinan mereka mendapat perhatian yang ketara, dengan ada yang mempersoalkan keputusan Anita untuk berkahwin semula kurang daripada setahun selepas pemergian suami pertamanya. Bagaimanapun, Anita mempertahankan tindakannya dengan menyatakan bahawa dia tidak terpengaruh dengan komen negatif dan perkahwinan semulanya tidak melanggar undang-undang agama atau undang-undang. Dia berharap untuk menjadi seorang isteri dan ibu yang lebih baik kepada tiga anaknya dengan kesatuan baru ini. Perkahwinan itu adalah yang kedua kepada Anita dan yang pertama kepada Isyamuddin. Sebelum ini, Anita pernah berkahwin dengan seorang lelaki yang mempunyai tiga orang anak, manakala Isyamuddin pula merupakan bapa kepada lapan anak hasil hubungan terdahulu. | N16 Bus Restaurant, like its name suggests, is a refurbished bus restaurant. It is located in an ocean of paddy greenery and is further elevated on a container.
The Sekinchan bus restaurant first went viral back in 2017 when it launched.
Question is, now 2 years on, are the dishes still as good as when the restaurant first started?
Our team had (almost) everything on the menu in order to find out.
We dug into the Chicken Chop (RM16) first. Paired with a tasty, albeit artificial, cheese sauce and a handful of crunchy brocolli, the chicken is personally not the standout dish at N16 Bus Restaurant.
The chicken is a fairly decent palm size and is coated with a thin layer of breading. When I removed the skin from the chicken, I noticed how it wasn’t overly greasy either.
Being averse to spice and watching my colleagues suffer with constant pantings and “Wah very spicy ah”s, I chose not to try the Korean Fried Chicken (RM14) but I was told that it has a spicy and sweet taste.
“Be careful because you’ll even feel the spice on the tip of your tongue,” my colleague said as she reached for a cold drink.
N16 Bus Restaurant serves 2 types of spaghettis—carbonara and aglio olio— and these base carbs are repeated throughout 6 different types of dishes: mushroom, duck and seafood.
Considering how N16 Bus Restaurant operates from a small kitchen on the ground floor—an inconspicuous container acting as the elevated base of the restaurant—it makes sense to repeat certain elements of the dishes.
The Aglio Olio with chilli flakes was a tad bit too salty for my liking. Texture wise, N16 got it right with its springy, chewy texture.
The Carbonara is not your traditional version which is cooked in a cream sauce. The bus restaurant’s version calls for butter instead and I have mixed opinions on their rendition. On one hand, it’s extreme indulgence and is comfort food at its best. On the other hand, my pasta was drowning in a butter pool by the end of my meal.
Both spaghettis are served with an option of smoked duck, mushroom or seafood.
The Smoked Duck (RM16 for Aglio Olio, RM17 for Carbonara) was surprisingly tender, even after being left out for a good 15-20 minutes while we snapped some shots.
The Mushroom (RM14 for Aglio Olio, RM15 for Carbonara) was a creamy enokitake and though it was decent, RM14 is definitely a pretty hefty price tag for a mushroom pasta. But then again, it’s standard KL price for a platter of vegetarian pasta, and that version doesn’t come with a paddy field view.
We’d advice sitting on the left side of the bus upon entering because that’s where you’d get your money shot of the paddy fields.
Alternatively, the back of the bus is perfect for larger groups of 6-8 pax. An overhead chandelier gives off effortless romantic vibes and if you’re here on a date, we’d suggest coming during sunset. The bus restaurant transforms, now with casual fine dining vibes.
For desserts, we tried all 4 of N16’s cheesecakes.
The Blueberry Cheesecake (RM13) is topped with large blueberries and the cake does not taste of artificial blueberry. The base is not too creamy and it does not crumble easily, keeping its form as you plunge your fork in for mouthfuls of the cake.
The Secret Oasis Cheesecake (RM15) is disappointing for matcha lovers. The matcha taste is not as prominent as the marshmallow flavour masks it. Also, being the most expensive cheesecake option on the menu, we had expected more from the Secret Oasis.
Next is the Strawberry Cheesecake (RM14). The texture of the strawberry is light and it doesn’t taste artificial. It has a fragrant, fruity aftertaste. Also, it makes for a visually-stunning IG material, what with the generous amount of strawberry in this bad boy.
We saved the Dark Chocolate Cheesecake (RM12) for last. This was a decent chocolate cake but there’s nothing special or noteworthy about it. Loved the added touch of constantly changing the edible cake-topper though. One day, we had a Lego, and the next, we had a dark chocolate gorilla.
N16’s very own house brews were surprisingly the standout elements for me. There is a total of 5 drinks.
The Honey Citron Tea (RM8) is a fairly light-tasting drink accented by the floral taste of the citron flower, which as its name suggests, has a mild citrus flavour.
If you prefer a stronger floral taste, go for the Honey Lemon Pea Flower (RM8). This wildly popular flower is used to colour dishes like Pulut Tai Tai. Although its name indicates that honey is added into the beverage, I did not manage to pick up any honey notes but that’s a plus as that means that the drink isn’t too sweet.
My personal favourite is the Rosemary Green Tea (RM8). Infused with an actual rosemary leaf, it’s a pretty cool addition and simple as it is, it was fragrant and an ideal beverage for a balmy afternoon in the back of the bus. Do note that it has a herbal aftertaste and if that’s not what you’re into, you might not enjoy the drink as much as I did.
The Iced White Coffee (RM13) is surprisingly not sweet at all and packs a good coffee punch. As someone who’s averse to coffee, I found the drink a nice complement to the meals. If you’re the sort to have your coffee sans milk, this is one worth trying.
And if bitter coffee is more up your alley, give the Iced Black Coffee (RM12) a go. It’s a bitter watered down coffee concoction that’s similar to an authentic cold brew. We’d suggest heading here for your morning coffee if you’re staying at Padi Box, a homestay located right next to the restaurant.
Although I’d highly suggest going for N16’s in-house drinks, the non-alcoholic malt drinks deserve a special shout out too.
On a warm afternoon, there’s nothing better than a Barbican nestled in a small tin bucket of ice. There are 2 flavours available (Apple and Peach) and both are priced at RM8. The peach is a tad bit sweeter than the apple, which tastes like a cider, albeit being non-alcoholic.
For a hipster spot, N16’s dishes are definitely above average and the handcrafted beverages are a nice touch to the unique restaurant.
Would I travel all the way from KL for this? Probably not.
But if I were ever in Sekinchan again, I feel that the space is interesting enough to pop by for a meal, a drink and some shots by the neighbouring paddy field.
Just be prepared to endure the humid in-bus conditions. Alternatively, the evening would be a better time to drop by, or at night when the bus transforms into a semi-casual fine dining eatery with the same food but a completely different vibe.
Do note that there’s a minimum spend of RM30/table during weekends and public holidays and during the hours of 12pm-6pm. Meals here are by appointment-basis and you can book your slot through N16 Bus Restaurant’s Facebook page.
N16 Bus Restaurant
Hours: Thursdays-Sundays: 11am-8pm, Mondays: 11am-7pm, Closed on Tuesdays & Wednesdays
Address: Head Southwest on Jalan Tali Air 4 Sekinchan, Selangor, Malaysia
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