KUALA LUMPUR 19 Julai - Yayasan Masa Hadapan (FFF) yang diketuai Ketua Pembangkang, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim pada pertengahan dekad lalu ditubuh dan dibiayai oleh Jabatan Negara Amerika Syarikat.
Source : Utusan Malaysia Online
Man becomes a victim of snatch theft and shooting
JOHOR BARU: After allegedly losing more than RM5,000 to a snatch thief, another misfortune hit the victim – he was shot twice during an argument with a security guard here.
Johor Baru South OCPD Asst Comm Zainuddin Yaacob said the incident happened at a moneychanger’s shop in Jalan Harimau Tarom at 5pm yesterday.
Source : The Star Online
Sunday July 18, 2010
Degree not recognised
MY SON completed the Bachelor of Engineering programme with an established university in the Klang Valley and obtained an honours degree.
He recently applied for a job at a reputable engineering firm and was on the verge of being accepted, when he was informed that his degree was not recognised by the Board of Engineers, Malaysia.
We called up the board and it confirmed that it only recognises the four-year degree programme and not the three-year one.
This important fact was obviously not told to us during the time of my son’s registration at the university, when it should have been openly disseminated to all prospective students.
Why has this established university withheld such information from its students? Something is terribly wrong here.
Most universities that offer UK-recognised engineering programmes are for three years with an additional year for industrial training.
There will be many engineering students who will be graduating, but they will be unable to get jobs simply because of the board’s requirement.
I want parents of prospective engineering students to know of this requirement which I think is totally unfair.
Is there any recourse for graduates like my son? Many parents like me have worked hard to save so as to educate our children, and we feel this is an injustice on the part of the university and the board too.
HG CHEOK
Source : The StarOnline
Pic: Bernama
Najib Picks 53rd Independence Day Official Attire
PUTRAJAYA, July 16 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has chosen two official attires for the Independence Month and 53rd Independence Day celebrations this year.
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Source : Bernama
Pic: The Daily Express
10,000 Notebooks for free
Kudat: Some 10,000 1Malaysia notebooks will be given free to eligible Sabahans in phases as part of the Federal Government's initiative to achieve a nationwide 50 per cent Internet penetration rate target by 2010.
Information, Communication and Culture Minister, Datuk Seri Rais Yatim, said it was part of the government allocation to provide one million computers nationwide. Through the Multimedia Communications and Malaysian Commission (MCMC).
To get the free 1Malaysia computers, eligible recipients must be earning less than RM3,000 a month in urban areas and less than RM5,000 a month in rural areas. (????)
Source : The Daily Express
RM40bil in assets stuck
PETALING JAYA: Some RM40bil worth of assets and property left behind by deceased persons continue to be unclaimed due to poor administrative procedures in the distribution of estates to the rightful Muslim heirs.
Source : The Star Online
An Astro subscriber claimed to have never missed paying her bills every month but still had her service disconnected twice.
The complainant, HASNI, in an email sent to Actionline, said that on both occasions she went to the Astro service centre at KK Times Square only to be left disappointed with the way the staff handled her case.
Source : New Sabah Times
KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 — Former Johor Mufti Datuk Nooh Gadot defended the Emotional Spiritual Quotient (ESQ) leadership centre today, after a decision by the Federal Territory Islamic Affairs Council’s decision to declare it “haram” sparked a row about the suitability of its motivational programme for Muslims.“The role of ulama (religious scholars) is to preach and not give judgment. The Prophet has reminded us of this very clearly,” Nooh told reporters during a press conference today.
Source : The Malaysian Insider
Hard to control high blood pressure
KUALA LUMPUR: Four out of 10 adults suffer from high blood pressure in Malaysia, but only 26% of them have it under control.
The direct and indirect costs of treating high blood pressure was estimated at RM2,719 and RM7,511 respectively per patient last year.
Source : The Star Online
PETALING JAYA: Many taxpayers are frustrated over the confusing tax deduction system and delay in getting refunds for overpaid tax amounts.
A taxpayer and salaried employee claimed he had not received a refund of RM15,000 from the Inland Revenue Board (IRB).
This amount was the accumulated tax he had overpaid over the past seven years. He was informed of the amount by the IRB.
Source : The Star Online
Still waiting for my refund ...
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 870,630 taxpayers overpaid their taxes by RM10bil in 2009, said Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Dr Awang Adek Hussein.
He told Pendang Member of Parliement Datuk Dr Mohd Hayati Othman at the Dewan Rakyat that 838,644 taxpayers overpaid by RM8.6bil in 2008 while 654,606 taxpayers overpaid by RM5.4bil in 2007. Some 291,315 taxpayers overpaid by RM4.3bil in 2006.
He said as of last year, the Inland Revenue Board had yet to refund 150,757 taxpayers.
Source : The Star Online
10 couples caught naked daily on Terengganu beaches
KUALA TERENGGANU: As many as 10 couples are caught daily by anti-vice volunteers along the Tok Jembal and Teluk Ketapang beaches, which are increasingly becoming favourite haunts for sexual trysts.
Source : The StarOnline
Controversy Surrounds Construction of Mosques Across U.S.
Published July 02, 2010/FoxNews.com
They're separated by thousands of miles, but they share a common controversy: Mosques. Murfreesboro, Tenn., has joined a growing list of midsized towns in the U.S. that are embroiled in conflicts over proposed mosques being built or bought in their neighborhoods.
