October, 2011:

Projek feedlot RM73j diakui untuk keluarga Shahrizat

Menteri pertanian dan industri asas tani, Datuk Seri Noh Omar mengakui bahawa projek Pusat Feedlot Kebangsaan bernilai RM73.64 juta yang digambarkan dalam keadaan “kacau-bilau” oleh Laporan Ketua Audit Negara 2010 telah diberikan kepada anggota keluarga seorang menteri kabinet.

Ketika ditanya, Noh mengakui bahawa projek berkenaan telah diberikan kepada anggota keluarga menteri pembangunan wanita, keluarga dan masyarakat, Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil.

NONENamun, Noh (kanan) menjelaskan bahawa penganugerahan projek berkenaan dibuat tanpa melanggar apa-apa peraturan.

“Ya, apa salahnya kalau dia meniaga dan dia bukan kerja direct nego (rundingan terus)?” soal Noh kembali ketika ditanya mengenai projek yang menurutnya telah dianugerahkan melalui “tender terbuka” itu.

Ditanya lanjut dalam sidang media di bangunan parlimen hari ini, Noh bagaimanapun bersetuju bahawa projek berkenaan telah diberikan secara tender terhad.

“Cara pemilihan syarikat yang dipilih untuk program National Feedlot ini bukan diberi secara rundingan terus. Semasa dibuka projek ini, ada enam syarikat buat persembahan kepada pihak jawatankuasa,” katanya.

Daripada enam syarikat berkenaan, jawatankuasa kementerian pada 2006 telah memilih Agro Science Industries Sdn Bhd dan sebuah syarikat Australia, Lambert Malaysia Sdn Bhd.

“Lambert dia lari, dia tak sanggup buat. Kalau kita tengok laporan audit kata pagar runtuh itu semua sebab Lambert larilah tu,” katanya lagi yang juga ahli parlimen Tanjong Karang dalam ucapan penggulungannya di Dewan Rakyat sebelum itu.

Ditanya dalam sidang media, Noh berkata sukar untuk mengambil tindakan ke atas Lambert kerana kerajaan tidak menandatangani apa-apa perjanjian dengan syarikat berkenaan.

Kementerian juga sedang membincangkan untuk menawarkan tanah pajakan seluas 500 ekar yang ditinggalkan oleh Lambert itu kepada syarikat lain.

Tegasnya, projek feedlot berkenaan bukanlah satu projek gagal kerana syarikat Agro Science telah berjaya membekalkan sejumlah 8,016 ekor lembu sepanjang tempoh 2008 hingga 2010 seperti yang disasarkan.

Bagaimanapun, kerajaan masih belum membayar sejumlah RM6.48 juta daripada jumlah geran sebanyak RM13 juta.

Laporan Audit Negara sebelum ini menyebut badan itu kekurangan 4,000 ekor lembu yang sepatutnya dibekalkan dan tindakan berkenaan menyebabkan program keusahawanan seperti yang disyaratkan oleh kerajaan tidak dapat dijalankan.

NFC juga enggan mengulas dakwaan PKR bahawa projek tersebut hanya memenuhi 0.6 peratus daripada permintaan kerajaan dan jauh ketinggalan daripada sasaran 40 peratus dalam Rancangan Malaysia Kesembilan.

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The ICC wants Saif Gaddafi… but where are Bush and Blair?

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Malaysian blogger Just Read thinks it is “absurd” that the International Criminal Court may pursue charges against Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libya’s former leader, when George W. Bush and Tony Blair were still roaming freely.

 

“I personally believe the US, under Barack Obama’s directive, has plans to kill each and every one of Gaddafi’s family and close aides, just like what they did to Saddam Hussein and his senior government officials after George Bush and Tony Blair formed a cahoot to attack the innocent Iraqis and killed about a million of them since 2003,” the blogger wrote yesterday in a post entitled ‘ICC wants Saif Gaddafi…but where are Bush and Blair?’

 

“And coming back to the ICC,” he continued, “I think it is proper to put Bush and Blair on trial first. Saif and others could come later. Bush-Blair crime is considered the most brutal after Hitler in World War II and as such, they deserve a severe punishment.”

The blogger added that the ICC “should not exercise double standards” in deciding who gets put on trial for war crimes.

 

“Focusing on Saif and Gaddafi’s remnants shows how the ICC is being managed, as how the United Nations has to bow to Washington each time a decision is made to condemn Israel’s atrocity on the Palestinians,” he said.

 

 

Read more at JUST READ.

Projek feedlot RM73j diakui untuk keluarga Shahrizat

Menteri pertanian dan industri asas tani, Datuk Seri Noh Omar mengakui bahawa projek Pusat Feedlot Kebangsaan bernilai RM73.64 juta yang digambarkan dalam keadaan “kacau-bilau” oleh Laporan Ketua Audit Negara 2010 telah diberikan kepada anggota keluarga seorang menteri kabinet.

Ketika ditanya, Noh mengakui bahawa projek berkenaan telah diberikan kepada anggota keluarga menteri pembangunan wanita, keluarga dan masyarakat, Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil.

NONENamun, Noh (kanan) menjelaskan bahawa penganugerahan projek berkenaan dibuat tanpa melanggar apa-apa peraturan.

“Ya, apa salahnya kalau dia meniaga dan dia bukan kerja direct nego (rundingan terus)?” soal Noh kembali ketika ditanya mengenai projek yang menurutnya telah dianugerahkan melalui “tender terbuka” itu.

Ditanya lanjut dalam sidang media di bangunan parlimen hari ini, Noh bagaimanapun bersetuju bahawa projek berkenaan telah diberikan secara tender terhad.

“Cara pemilihan syarikat yang dipilih untuk program National Feedlot ini bukan diberi secara rundingan terus. Semasa dibuka projek ini, ada enam syarikat buat persembahan kepada pihak jawatankuasa,” katanya.

Daripada enam syarikat berkenaan, jawatankuasa kementerian pada 2006 telah memilih Agro Science Industries Sdn Bhd dan sebuah syarikat Australia, Lambert Malaysia Sdn Bhd.

“Lambert dia lari, dia tak sanggup buat. Kalau kita tengok laporan audit kata pagar runtuh itu semua sebab Lambert larilah tu,” katanya lagi yang juga ahli parlimen Tanjong Karang dalam ucapan penggulungannya di Dewan Rakyat sebelum itu.

Ditanya dalam sidang media, Noh berkata sukar untuk mengambil tindakan ke atas Lambert kerana kerajaan tidak menandatangani apa-apa perjanjian dengan syarikat berkenaan.

Kementerian juga sedang membincangkan untuk menawarkan tanah pajakan seluas 500 ekar yang ditinggalkan oleh Lambert itu kepada syarikat lain.

Tegasnya, projek feedlot berkenaan bukanlah satu projek gagal kerana syarikat Agro Science telah berjaya membekalkan sejumlah 8,016 ekor lembu sepanjang tempoh 2008 hingga 2010 seperti yang disasarkan.

Bagaimanapun, kerajaan masih belum membayar sejumlah RM6.48 juta daripada jumlah geran sebanyak RM13 juta.

Laporan Audit Negara sebelum ini menyebut badan itu kekurangan 4,000 ekor lembu yang sepatutnya dibekalkan dan tindakan berkenaan menyebabkan program keusahawanan seperti yang disyaratkan oleh kerajaan tidak dapat dijalankan.

NFC juga enggan mengulas dakwaan PKR bahawa projek tersebut hanya memenuhi 0.6 peratus daripada permintaan kerajaan dan jauh ketinggalan daripada sasaran 40 peratus dalam Rancangan Malaysia Kesembilan.

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A million Malaysians live abroad

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KUALA LUMPUR: There are about one million Malaysians working overseas as of last April.

 

 Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk S.K. Devamany told the Dewan Rakyat that the  the figure was based on a joint study by the World Bank and the Economic Planning Unit of the PM’s Department.

He said the setting up of Talent Corporation Malaysia Berhad (TalentCorp) was thus an apt move in an effort to attract them to come home.

“Among the initiatives taken by TalentCorp to reach out to them is through the Returning Expert Programme,” he said in reply to Salahuddin Ayub (PAS-Kubang Krian).

TalentCorp would create a professional network with those who want to remain abroad to inform them of job opportunities in Malaysia and to leverage their expertise and network for the country’s economic development.

“TalentCorp will reach out to them, including those in Australia, United States and United Kingdom,” he said, adding that these expatriates contributed to the country’s gross domestic product through remittance.

PAS bound by Buku Jingga?

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KUALA LUMPUR: Was there a secret deal for compromise or is PAS still firm on its struggle for an Islamic state and hudud?

 

This seems to be the question among Pakatan Rakyat members and supporters, in particular those aligned to PAS, following the revelation of a ‘secret deal’ document between Pas and its partners in PR.

 

The document basically revealed that PAS agreed to abandon its core struggle of wanting to set up an Islamic state and implement hudud should Pakatan form the government after the next general election.

 

An excerpt of the document (pic) which was published in a blog revealed that PAS would sacrifice its Islamic state and hudud for the sake of unity in Pakatan.

 

The document also says that PAS was satisfied with the provisions on Islam, as spelled out in the Federal Constitution and as currently being practiced in this country.

 

 

 

DAP vice chairman Dr Tan Seng Giaw, when contacted by The Mole, dismissed the need for a secret deal with PAS over the party’s previous stand on the setting up of an Islamic state and the implementation of hudud.

 

“Pakatan’s common policy is crystal clear and it is spelled out in detail in our Buku Jingga (Orange Book). There is no secret and no secret deal. Pas will have to follow our common policy and there is no mention of an Islamic state or hudud. 

 

“What we (Pakatan) want to do should we come in power is all in the book,” he said, stressing that the common policy had been agreed upon by all the parties in Pakatan.

 

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He said the question of whether hudud will be implemented or not by Pas is irrelevant as Buku Jingga states very clearly that Pakatan would abide by the Federal Constitution.

 

Asked about the ‘secret document’, Dr Tan said, “You can receive as many documents or letters on the deal but the truth is, matters regarding hudud have already been agreed upon, and it is public knowledge.”

 

But Pas Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad denied any agreement or deal which compelled PAS to abandon it’s struggle for Islamic state and the implementation of hudud, saying the document could be just another attempt by Pas’ enemies to confuse it’s supporters.

 

“Why would we (PAS)  want to give up our Islamic state and hudud agenda when we have publicly declared to agree to disagree about this?”

 

“DAP understands our take on hudud. So it does not make any political sense for PAS to be having any secret deal with Pakatan when this issue is already being discussed in the open.”

 

He also said the reason for PAS’ resolution for a welfare state rather than an Islamic state had nothing to do with the deal with Pakatan, as the party would strive to create a state with Islamic principles. 

 

“Islamic state or welfare state, it is just a term. The foundation of our aspirations is simple: to create a country which has Islamic state governance and principles.”

 

PAS vice president Mahfuz Omar also denied knowing about the document which is alleged to contain the deal, dismissing rumours of its existence as baseless.

 

“We never had any discussion. I don’t know how there is even a deal about it,” the Pokok Sena MP said.

  

Yesterday, DAP chairman Karpal Singh reportedly said that hudud laws have no place in the country’s legal system, commenting on a statement by Kelantan government’s spokesperson for hudud, Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah, that to deter crime, criminal laws should be made as severe as hudud laws.

Public Mutual dividends for 8 funds

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KUALA LUMPUR: Public Bank Bhd’s unit, Public Mutual, has declared a total income distribution of RM232 million for eight of its funds for the year ended Oct 31, 2011.

The distributable income for its Public Industry Fund is 5.00 sen per unit, while for Public Equity Fund it is 3.00 sen, Public Sector Select Fund 2.00 sen, Public South-East Asia Select Fund 2.50 sen, Public Asia Ittikal Fund 1.25 sen, PB Australia Dynamic Balanced Fund 3.00 sen, PB Asia Real Estate Income Fund 2.00 sen and Public Islamic Bond Fund 5.00 sen.

 

In a statement Monday, Public Mutual said the distribution for all the funds would be made by Public Mutual unit trust consultants, except for PB Australia Dynamic Balanced Fund and PB Asia Real Estate Income Fund for which the dividends would be made through Public Bank branches nationwide.

Public Mutual is Malaysia’s largest private unit trust company with 89 funds under its management.

It has over 2.5 million account holders and as at Sept 30, 2011, the total net asset value of the funds managed by the company amounted to RM41.3 billion.

Tunisia hopes democracy brings better ecomomy

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TUNIS: Democratic elections should revive an economy brought to its knees by the revolution that swept from power the oligarchal regime of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the head of the Tunisian central bank said.

 

After years of averaging five-per cent growth, the revolution that began in December 2011 pushed Tunisia into economic free fall.

 

As the political process of writing a new constitution begins, problems that urgently need tackling range from 300,000 unemployed graduates to how to relaunch the country’s battered tourism industry.

 

“The top priority is the return of international and domestic investment, which we hope will come with (the return) of democracy,” Tunisian central bank governor Mustapha Kamel Nabli told AFP.

 

The Islamist party Ennahda won 90 out of the 217 seats in the constituent assembly in the October 23 election and is now tasked with forming an interim government and writing the much-anticipated new constitution.

 

It has repeated assurances to investors that Tunisia remains an attractive country for business.

 

But the economy contracted by three per cent in the first quarter and only 0.5 per cent growth is expected for all of 2011.

 

For the governor, growth will improve with the return of confidence.

 

Nabli warned however that in order “to create enough jobs and remedy social inequality”, Tunisia needed 7.0 per cent annual growth.

 

High unemployment was a key factor in the fall of the Ben Ali regime. Now the challenge is not only to bring down the 20-per cent jobless rate, but to find careers for the country’s army of jobless university graduates.

 

Whatever the difficulties ahead, Nabli said he was confident that Tunisia had left the danger zone and that the economy was headed in the right direction.

 

With the unrest, the bottom fell out of the tourism sector, which normally counts for seven per cent of the economy.But after falling by 60 per cent in the first quarter, Nabli said the sector had shown signs of recovery.

 

Despite the troubles, “public services continued to function and as early as April we noted a slight rise in exports of manufactured goods,” Nabli said.

 

“The economic recovery is there. It is fragile, but the macro-economic balances are satisfactory,” he said.

2012 will be a good year, the governor said.

 

“If the transition goes well, democracy will give us a clear advantage because our society will function more transparently. We got rid of a predatory regime where corruption was the rule and that should open up space for investment,” he said.

 

Nabli added that growth in Tunisia would also depend on the economy in Europe, which represents 80 per cent of trade; and the situation in Libya, which is the country’s second biggest trading partner after France.

Jamu medication in some Indonesian hospitals

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JAKARTA: Indonesia’s traditional herbal medicine, jamu, is now an approved prescription in 14 hospitals and 30 community health centres in Central Java, Health Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih said.

Speaking at a regional seminar on traditional medicine in Solo, Central Java, Monday, she said the move would be expanded to other hospitals in stages.

Studies have shown that 49.53 per cent of Indonesians aged 15 and above take jamu routinely and that of the figure, 4.36 per cent take the herb on a daily basis, she was quoted as saying by the detik.com news portal.

In Africa, she said, 80 per cent of the people relied on traditional medicine.

Endang called on producers of traditional medicine to take on the challenge to produce quality jamu following its widespread use among the people.

There are about 280,000 traditional medical practitioners in Indonesia.

The ministry is now carrying out research in Tawangmangu to find a traditional cure for diabetes, lipid, hypertension and gout.

Hubungan komunis: Umno hipokrit, kata Mahfuz

Ahli parlimen PAS Pokok Sena, Datuk Mahfuz Omar mempertikaikan tindakan Umno yang membuat perjanjian persefahaman dengan kerajaan komunis China tetapi membangkitkan sentimen untuk mengaitkan pembangkang dengan komunisme.

Mahfuz berkata, Umno bertindak “hipokrit” dengan bertindak demikian walhal parti itu membuat hubungan dengan Parti Komunis China yang didakwa banyak menyokong Parti Komunis Malaya sebelum ini.

“Sesiapa yang cuba angkat perjuangan komunis dianggap pengkhianat sedangkan dalam masa sama Umno jalinkan hubungan dengan komunis China.

“Banyak pemimpin Parti Komunis Malaya ini telahpun berhijrah ke China dan dapat perlindungan di China. Jadi apa perlu Umno adakan hubungan tersebut?

“Inilah hipokrasi politik umno dalam isu Mat Indera yang kaitkan (pembangkang) dengan komunis, sedangkan perbincangan kami adalah untuk memperbetulkan sejarah,” kata Mhafuz lagi dalam sidang media di parlimen hari ini.

Beliau mengulas perkara itu kerana tidak berpuas hati dengan jawapan yang diberikan timbalan menteri luar negeri di Dewan Rakyat sebelum itu.

Dalam soalannya, Mahfuz bertanya sama ada kerajaan maklum bahawa memorandum persefahaman yang ditandangani Umno pada Ogos lalu itu dibuat dengan parti komunis “yang bekal senjata kepada Parti Komunis Malaya dan mungkin juga bunuh polis Bukit Kepong?”

Dalam jawapannya, timbalan menteri dalam negeri, Datuk Richard Riot sekadar berkata China kini berbeza kerana mengamalkan dasar pintu terbuka.

“Dulu (tafsiran negara) komunis adalah ideologi guna pintu tertutup, tapi sekarang komunis pun dah buka negara mereka,” katanya lagi.

Maka, tidak timbul masalah untuk membuat hubungan dengan negara berkenaan, kata ahli parlimen Serian itu lagi.

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KTM losing customers due to shift to Woodlands Checkpoint?

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JOHOR BARU: The shifting of KTM Berhad’s railway operations to Woodlands in July following the closure of the Tanjung Pagar railway station has taken its toll on the revenue of the rail company.

 

Checks showed the company has incurred an average monthly loss of RM1.8 million since July as a result of a decline of between 20 and 30 per cent of passengers using train services to the republic.

 

KTMB believes most of its customers are instead opting to travel to the republic by express buses, and some by planes, as the Woodlands station is not quite convenient for travellers.

 

There are seven train services to Singapore daily, and all services stop at the Woodlands checkpoint.

 

All the trains will make a brief stop at JB Sentral before moving towards Woodlands, which is about one kilometre away.

 

 

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