Fuel Price Cuts To Ease Burden

The fuel price decrease hopefully will ease the burden of the people during Hari Raya. But the Government would be paying slightly more in fuel subsidy as the average crude oil price would be only seven sen cheaper but the Government had decided to absorb the difference and lower petrol and diesel prices by 10 sen. Although the 10 sen reduction was good for the public but it would not make any difference to bus operators since they still get subsidised diesel at a set price. Besides, consumers should continue to remain thrifty and manage their money wisely. For the Government, they must con­tinue to plan for better public transportation as the fuel issue will continue to affect us in future. For sure we did not expect prices of goods and services to drop in line with the reduction as the cost of production and raw materials had risen dramatically. Therefore the reduction should have been more. But nevertheless, it is better than nothing change. As conclusion, we should always be prepared to any changes in order to survive in this world of globalisation.

Parents Say No to NS Stint After Son’s Death

Lim Geok Kim and his wife Meng Yeok are still mourning the loss of their son Ricky who died after completing his three-month national service stint recently. The SMK Catholic High student did not complain of any illness or pain prior to his death but he did complain about the camp’s hygiene and yellowish water supply. In my own view it is really hard to accept the death of their son after taking a good care of him , all of the sudden everything is changing after completing national service that lead to his death. We are not blaming the authorities but sometimes they should be blamed for such problems. If I am one of the parents, I would not take anymore risk by leaving my daughter entering the national service. It is true that national service has many advantages, but we must remember that everything has positive and negative consequences, therefore, I want to urge the government to review and monitor the effectiveness of the programme. Besides, improve cleanliness,food supply and many more thing that related to human so that all civillians will satisfy with the programme. If this programme is conducted properly I am sure that we can prevent the problems from occuring redundently.

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Zaid’s Simple Recipe To Reforms

Senator Datuk Zaid Ibrahim said that a reform is only complicated if we dont want it. The Government should be more transparent, adopt meritocracy and a more equitable system and this is not easy. Secondly, the civillians should voice up their problems to their Member of Parliament, the party in power and the president of the party. Or they should change the government if that doesn’t work. Besides, we all have to find alternative routes to get what we want. The reform was meant to make the Government more transparent, employ a fairer and more equitable system, get the best people for the job, and to have meritocracy in place. The difficulty is some people don’t want to change and as long as they are in power. The race relations is a major problem in Malaysia. There are Malays who subscribe to ketuanan Melayu, special rights, special law and are fearful of the Chinese. The young people should be able to understand the other’s problems and fears so we can solve problems.The whole spectrum of our national life cannot undergo reform if the Malays, Chinese and Indians are ridden with fear and chauvinistic views. We should move beyond talk, address the fundamental problem, understand the issues and be willing to sit down and be trusting enough with one another. We really need to get out of mediocrity and stereotype and educate young people. Solving national problems is very difficult as the problems involve numerous people with different background, thougths, races and religion. By identifying the root of the problems and equality. Hopefully we can solve the problems wisely with all people satisfy with the solution.

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Internal Security Act To Stay For Now,

In my opinion The Internal Security Act should be reviewed or repealed. Each person has the rights to be protected by the law. Someone is innocent or not guilty until it is proved that he or she is guilty. This rule should be applied in laws making procedure. But, The Government had decided that this act will not be reviewed or repealed for now as such preventive laws were still needed for the people to live in peace and security. It cannot be denied that this act has its own crucialty in laws application but we are questioning how fare the procedure and to whom we should applied this act. It is very unfare applying this act on those unappropriate one in order to save individual importance in Government but not for the civilliance. The statement is issued due to the calls from various parties, including many Cabinet ministers, who want the ISA to be reviewed, carefully used or abolished since there were parts of the Act which did not meet humanitarian aspects and those could be the ones to undergo a cautious review. The Government should review the appropriateness of the ISA current scenario and ensure its proper use to safeguard national security as the rakyat desired security for the country but at the same time wanted to ensure that their freedom was not affected. There is no other way except Islam. We always discussing human laws that is unperfect and change, but we are ignoring Islam Rules and Regulations. Consequently, we had seen that the justice is not perform and the criminals sometime escape and sometimes those who are innocent is punished without any relevant perpose. I want to left several question to be thought, are we saying that human laws is better than Allah's Laws, and are we choosing the right one for our own sake or we had chosen the wrong one. Be Allah servants, follow his instructions and prevent ourselves from his angry and the truly success is in our hands..

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PM Will Not Convene Emergency Parliament Session

Our country is in unstable political condition with Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim is planning for his return to become our new Prime Minister.Recently, he had asked for emergency session of parliament as the Dewan Rakyat will be sitting soon but,Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has denied the call to convene an emergency session of the Dewan Rakyat. In my opinion the Government should take serious upon thi issue as the one who are taking the action is not an ordinary man, he is our Former Vice Prime Minister that has lot of experience in administration and politics, so he know what he is doing. We should be alerted that the civillance has lost their believe toward the Government upon certain issues and Anwar had stated that he can solve the problems. Definitely, people are trusting him as he had manage Malaysia's economy long time ago in stable condition. It is true that when our Prime Minister described Anwar as a threat to national security and the economy because of his lies, which he said were affecting the investment climate. But this is not a lying since anwar is speaking based on facts in his hand. Whether the Government are trying with their best effort to close their weaknesses by condemning Anwar. We should be open minded that the power is in 'Rakyat's hand let us decide what is better for the country. Although Anwar failed to take over the Federal Government by Sept 16 as he had pledged but this did not mean that he can't. Trials is a part of success and make perfect or maybe it is true that he should wait for the next five years. It is not a nonsense when our Government denying that Anwar has 30 Barisan MPs. We hope that whoever will be administrating Malaysia will do their best for the country based on Islam as only with Islam we will succeed.

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Hamas Backs Reconciliation But Rejects Pressure

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said on Saturday the Islamist group supported reconciliation among Palestinians provided there was no external pressure and all issues were discussed. Although, pressure and siege have been tried against Hamas but Hamas remained steadfast. This act should be followed by all muslims in handling hard difficulties. Islam teaches us about peace and we only fight for our religion and if there is no other solution than war. If the solution can be obtain by discussion we will choose this method rather than killing people in battles.

It had been a long time since 1948 palestine had been the subject of Western sanctions and an illegal Israeli siege of Gaza supported by Washington. Sorry to say, although Hamas is on the side of its Arab brothers it did not receive appropriate help from its siblings. It is unfair to blame the Palestinians for the schism and ignore the U.S. and Israeli role. In order to improve political condition in palestine, a presidential election must be held before Abbas's term expired in January and that Hamas would respect the result. I am very sad to see we are fighting each other, and the zionist are clapping their hand due to our bad behaviour. For sure, those who are defending islam is in the right path whether who are defending their status,races and their priorities are in the wrong path. In fact, in 2007, Abbas dismissed the Hamas-led Palestinian government and appointed a new administration in the occupied West Bank where his Fatah group holds way. Finally, I want to urge all muslims in the world to wake up from their sleep and try to give their best support to palestine as they are our sibling too. The land is ours so that we must defend it from being disturbed by those intruders and enemies.

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Shorter Price Control Period to Help Traders

Here I would like to congratulate our Government for their action on managing many problems that had occured due to the fluctuation of price or should the increase of price starting from oil price until all essential food items. The food items have been put under price control list for a shorter period on this festive season so that traders can recover their operation costs particularly chicken farmers, who have been complaining that their profits have been slashed following an increase in operating costs. Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad said this was why the Government reduced the price control period from 38 days previously to just 15 for this Hari Raya. Besides the Government had allowed traders and chicken farmers to sell their goods at a price level which will allow them to recover their costs and at the same time enjoy profits. This time, the price control will only be imposed for two weeks – a week before the festive holiday and a week after – so that they will not suffer unnecessary losses.The same two-week festive season price control scheme would be imposed for other holidays such as Christmas, Hari Gawai, Hari Kaamatan and Chinese New Year. The controlled food items for Hari Raya and Deepavali include chicken, beef, mutton, mackerel, eggs, cabbage, red chillies, grated coconut, red and white pomfret, tomatoes and white prawns.

Although numerous intiative had been taken in order to solve this problems, but we still in hard condition. Therefore we should try to save money from buying unnecessary items and spend our money wisely while facing problems. Moreover, we should support the government plan for our own benefits. In fact, the effectiveness of the programme are determined by us and people who are involved in that situation, therefore we need to cooperate with each other in order to solve the critical problems. In addition, we as consumer must understand the situation and not just blaming those traders who sell their products at high prices. But if the prices are very higher than usual we can take action by lodging reports to the authority so that our rights will be keep preserved. Be alert always and act wisely and rationally.


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Third dialogue on Teaching Maths, Science in English

The third in a series of roundtable discussions on the Teaching and Learning of Science and Mathematics in English (PPSMI) will be held on Sept 19 involving primary and secondary school teachers, the first batch of PPSMI students in secondary school, and officers from the Education Ministry, state education departments and the district education offices. That is a great initiative which has been done by our academicians. Hoping that all policies in our country should be monitored and improved always.There are two objectives why the discussion are being held, first to gauge public views on PPSMI and to decide whether to revert to Bahasa Malaysia as the medium of instruction. The decision on PPSMI will be clarified by year-end after taking into consideration the views of stakeholders and analysing research findings. The results of the first batch of pupils who have been studying the subjects in English from 2003 and who have just completed the Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) would also be studied. The ministry will continue to encourage individuals and interested parties to express their views and opinions whenever a critical decision is to be made with regards to policies, thus ensuring the continuous improvement of education in the country. Education is the main factor in producing human resources, therefore it is our responsibility to enhance the efficiency of the education. Based on facts there are no country in this world can have high achievement in the world by using foreigners language. It is true that we must learn english in our life, but the main purpose is to communicate and sharing knowledge. Why we keep on following The English in all aspects in our life. Is there any any other solution? In my opinion we should translate books and knowledge for the sake of our civilliance. We had seen The Malacca thousands years ago can manipulate the world by using The Lingua Franca or should we say Malay Language, and this had been done by translating knowledge in foreign language into malay. If we see from the west part, they had translated Ibnu Sina books and Islamic Scholars in Arabic Language into their own Language for sure english, latin, france and germany. Why they are doing so, because they knew that by applying knowledge in their own language could improve a lot of understanding towards the materials thus enable them to be the greatest in the whole world. I want to left a question here, why we do not try to act like them as we had seen large advantages by doing so. Finally, as a malaysian, we should be proud of our own language and using it in order to improve our life in all aspects based on Islam and our own principles.

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Petrol, Diesel Prices Reduced from Saturday

Here's some great news. The price of petrol and diesel at the pump will be reduced from Sat,Aug 23.The price of RON97 petrol will be reduced by 15 sen to RM2.55 a litre from RM2.70, while RON92 will be 22 sen less at RM2.40, from RM2.62.The premium Shell V-Power Racing will cost 10 sen less per litre, at RM3.05 from RM3.15.The retail price of diesel will be eight sen less at RM2.50 a litre. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announced the new prices in a statement after Friday's Cabinet meeting. He said the prices were determined by taking into account the actual price from Aug 1 to 21 and the 30 sen per litre subsidy borne by the government, while the subsidy for diesel, based on the new price, was 50 sen a litre.The cabinet decided to bring forward the enforcement date for adjustment of the new petrol price.For sure, this a good news for us as the consumers, but if we compare the amount of price increase is very large rather than the price decrease we will realize that the government still gaining lot of profit where as the community are facing problems every day. Although the price of fuel decrease, but the price of food stuff remain the same without can be controlled by government or us. Those who are involved in business and enterpreneurship will know that this is the perfect time to make lot of profit and they have the power especially for the chinese. Recently, the ticket price had undergo hiking of price for 30%, thus burdening the consumers who are poor and everybody who are using this facility. Although the government had said that they had tried their best in managing this issues, but the best solution has never been produced and done. We are in dilemma since it is our fault in some cases who are unable to manage the souces of our country properly and keeping dependent on outsiders. It is a big mistake exporting of our own oil without making storage and importing less quality of oil into the country causing us unable to decide our own price but we must follow the world price. We have no other choices except always trying for the best. We hope all problems can be solved and we always hoping like that. May God bless us in our life.

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Feeding The Poor This Ramadan

RAMADAN comes again with thousand of goodness, thus we as a muslims should grab this chances for our prosperity in the world and the hereafter. One of the ways can be done by contributing your money to Islamic Relief Malaysia (IR Malaysia) Berhad that will devide those charitable property to unlucky people. They are hoping that more people can benefit from its food distribution programme this year.To be able to do that, the non-governmental organisation is banking on contributions from the public so that the poor could have enough to break fast like everyone this month. Called the “Feed the Fasting” food aid programme, this is carried out annually during the Ramadan month, in which Malaysians can donate RM50 to help a poor family sustain for at least a week. The fluctuation and increase of food prices have affected the amount of foodstuff they can pack with RM50. Besides, all people are considering the same facts that they should manage their money properly due to the increase of food prices. But this will not break their effort to accomplish this harmony vision in order to help unfortunate people. This is based on the principle in Islam that encourage us to help others. However, each package this year will still consists of the basic foodstuff like rice, flour, oil, and sugar. It is difficult to tell if those boxes could sustain the poor throughout Ramadan, generally IR Malaysia’s primary aim was to ease their burden. They hope to continue the campaign even during Hari Raya so that they have proper meals to eat during the festive period. In addition, IRM also help in building a library fo an orphanage . They also distribute food for the orphans to break fast.They hoped people could come forward to pledge cash contributions rather than second-hand books as they believed orphans should still receive the best in education. A medical health check-up was also provided for the recipients in Chemor during the distribution campaign.They also hoping more corporations can sponsor them with cash or kind. From this article we can conclude that each person has the responsibilities to help each other although we are not recognizing each other but as a muslims we are siblings in our religion with the same faith and stage. Therefore, there is no excuses to neglect them in our life, and be careful that Allah will ask us what have we done for our religion, if we have done nothing in our life we may be facing diffculties in the hereafter. So, donate your money in the right path rather than wasting them in bad path.
Those who wish to contribute can log onto www.irm.org.my or call 03-8948 6334.


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Three People Nabbed in Murder of UMS Student

Murdering has been usual issues everyday, it is hard to read newspapers without reading those cases. Recently,three people were nabbed in murder of UMS student whom they suspect could have been raped. Police had arrested the trio, including a pirate taxi driver, to assist in investigations into the death of Sherliana Gediun. Sherliana, a final-year student at UMS, had left her home in northern Kota Marudu district on Aug 22 boarding a pirated taxi. The case came just months after another UMS student was kidnapped and raped outside the campus. But she was rescued by police in interior Tambunan. From this report, we can conclude that we must take a good care of ourselves always in order to protect us from casualties. Especially for the women, they should be in the house when it is dark already. Always walk with friends and siblings when you are outside. It is very sad to face the death of our young student, who had the potential to contribute a lot for the country, this means we are losing our human capital in such a tragic ways. In order to prevent this cases from repeatedly happening we should collaborate with each other and keep an eye who are suspected to be criminals.


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Mentally-Disabled Woman Raped Repeatedly

It was very ashamed to state a raping issue, but we must face the reality that nowadays raping cases always occuring in our country. Maybe this is happening because of our negligence in practicing Islam as our religion, lack of islamic education and moral and the inability to control ourselves. Recently, a 22 year old mentally-disabled woman is seven months pregnant after having been repeatedly raped by two men since last year.The suspects, a bus driver in his 60s and a 55-year-old businessman, have been making “stopovers” at the victim’s house in Taman Rinting, Masai, and taking her to their homes to rape her when her father was not around. Unfortunately, the mother, who is also mentally disabled, was unable to do anything to stop the two men, who made separate visits to the house. We as the member of society should be alerted on these issues and try to make affordable actions in order to prevent these cases from occuring. As the victim we should be braved in protecting our dignity and life. If we did not come to the front, the suspects who are guilty will live freely thus endangering society. The Authority should take strict action against those criminals making them as example to civilliance. Therefore, they will be afraid to do any criminals. It is our desire to see the justice being upheld in order to produce peaceful country.

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