| Title: | Software Developer Specialisation Training |
| Description: | Calling All Fresh IT Degree Graduatest to register. Now, available in BUKIT MERTAJAM, PENANG. Hurry! Limited Seats, First Come, First Serve Basis. 100% sponsored Training plus allowance |
| Duration: | 9 months |
| Contact person: | May Tang |
| Contact no: | 016-4190987 |
New Announcement August 31, 2008
Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka! August 31, 2008
51st Merdeka: Seven cheers for Merdeka
Jubilant Malaysians from all walks of life come together to celebrate the nation’s independence at Dataran Merdeka. — Picture by Effendy |
KUALA LUMPUR: At the stroke of midnight, the country’s Merdeka celebrations roared to a start as Malaysians came together at Dataran Merdeka to celebrate 51 years of independence.
| Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi leads the crowd in seven shouts of ‘Merdeka’ at Dataran Merdeka. — Picture by Afendi Mohamed |
| Datuk Seri Najib Razak celebrating with the large crowd at KLCC last night. — Picture by Yusni Ariffin |
Led by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the crowd of 5,000 as one roared “Merdeka!” seven times, echoing Tunku Abdul Rahman’s action in declaring the country’s independence in 1957.
The prime minister was accompanied by his wife, Datin Seri Jeanne Abdullah, Unity, Culture and Heritage Minister Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal, International Trade and Industry Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen.
It was an eventful night, with performances that embodied everything Malaysian — our vibrant culture which co-exists with thriving modernity.
Cultural and religious differences took a back seat, as Malaysians from varied walks of life mingled and shared the limited space at the square.
Business was also thriving for the many stalls set up to satisfy parched throats and growling stomachs, as well as enterprising individuals hawking a host of items such as flags and colourful accessories.
As midnight approached, all eyes and ears were trained on Abdullah and the atmosphere became charged with anticipation as the crowd began a spirited countdown to midnight, culminating in a 10-minute fireworks display.
Celebrations were also held at the Kuala Lumpur City Centre.
It was officiated by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, accompanied by his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.
Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Ong Ka Chuan attended festivities in Bukit Bintang.
Budget 2009 August 29, 2008
These are the highlights of the 2009 Budget being announced by the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
- Some 100,000 tax payers to be out of the tax net as rebate for taxable income of RM35,000 and below will be increased to RM400 from RM350
- Tax exemption for all interest income for individuals
- Reduction of import duties for consumer durables (examples: blender, rice cooker, microwave oven and electric kettle) to between 5 percent and 30 percent from 10 percent and 60 percent
- Import duty exemption on several food items including vermicelli, biscuits, fruit juices and canned sweet corn
- Road tax for passenger vehicles with diesel engines to be similar with petrol engines effective Sept 1, 2008
- Tax exemption for employees on staff benefits such as subsidised interest on housing, motor vehicles and education loans
- Bills of mobile and fixed line phones as well as internet paid by employers to be tax-exempted
- Government to provide RM3 billion soft loan facility under public transportation to finance acquisition of buses and rail assets to be administered by bank pembangunan malaysia bhd
- 50 percent reduction in toll charges for all buses, except at border entry points, for two years effective Sept 15, 2008
- Efficiency of public transportation to be improved via rm35 billion expenditure from 2009 to 2014
- Farmers to benefit from proposal to abolish import duty on fertilizers and pesticides
- Home ownership among civil servants to be boosted by extension of housing loans tenure to 30 years from 25 years
- Government housing loan insurance panel to be expanded to all eligible insurance companies from only five insurance companies now
- Excise duties on cigarattes up three sen to 18 sen per stick. Duty for 20-stick pack now up 60 sen
- Highest marginal tax rate for individuals to be cut to 27 percent from 28 percent effective year of assessment 2009
- Middle income group to benefit from cut in marginal tax rate to 12 percent from 13 percent
- Accelerated capital allowance for purchase of ICT equipment can be claimed over one year instead of two years (86).
- Import prohibition on cranes used at ports to be removed. Import duty for the cranes cut to 5 percent from 20 percent (88)
- New investments by operators of four-star & five-star hotels in sabah and Sarawak to enjoy pioneer status with 100 percent income tax exemption or investment tax allowance of 100 percent for five years.
- Venture capital companies to enjoy five-year tax exemption for investing at least 30 percent of their funds in start-up, early stage financing or seed capital
- Local shipping industry to be promoted via a new rm2 billion fund to finance the purchase of ships and upgrading of shipyards.
- Plants and machinery acquired by SMEs in the years of assessment 2009 and 2010 to be accorded accelarated capital allowance to be claimed within one year.
- Local shipping industry to be promoted via a new RM2 billion fund to finance the purchase of ships and upgrading of shipyards
- Plants and machinery acquired by smes in the years of assessment 2009 and 2010 to be accorded accelerated capital allowance to be claimed within one year.
- Removed – import duty and sales tax on solar photovoltaic system equipment
- Removed – import duty and sales tax on intermediate goods such as high efficiency motors and insulation materials
- Removed – sales tax on locally manufactured solar heating system equipment
- Removed – sales tax on locally manufactured energy efficient consumer goods such as refrigerators, air conditioners, lightings, fans and tvs
- Exemption of 100 percent import duty & 50 percent excise duty on new hybrid CBU cars, with engine capacity below two 2,000 cc litre to be given to franchise importers. The exemption is for two years
- One month bonus for civil servants, subject to a minimum of RM1,000. Payment in two instalments – September and December 2008
References, http://www.nst.com.my/
New Revolution in Malaysia August 27, 2008
It’s Anwar, as expected
Barisan Nasional’s Datuk Arif Shah Omar Shah casting his vote yesterday. |
BUTTERWORTH:
As expected, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim won the Permatang Pauh by-election yesterday.
| Barisan Nasional deputy chairman Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak talking to BN election workers at Sekolah Kebangsaan Seberang Jaya 2 in Permatang Pauh yesterday. |
| Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim waving to supporters outside the Institut Perguruan Tuanku Bainun yesterday. — NST picture Rosli Ahmad |
He polled 31,195 votes compared with the 15,524 obtained by Barisan Nasional’s Datuk Arif Shah Omar Shah.
Anwar’s majority of 15,671 votes was bigger than that obtained by his wife Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail in the March general election.
The third candidate, Hanafi Mamat, who contested on a Parti Keadilan Insan Malaysia (Akim) ticket, only managed to get 92 votes, losing his RM15,000 deposit in the process.
There were 447 spoilt votes.
With the win, Anwar takes back the seat he had held from 1982 to 1999. In 1998, after he was sacked from government and jailed, Dr Wan Azizah won the seat in the general election that followed. She was returned again on March 8 but resigned on July 31, to force a by-election so that Anwar could return to Parliament.
That Anwar was set to make his political comeback after a 10-year absence, of which six were spent behind bars, became apparent by the time polling stations closed at 5pm.
An estimated 40,000 Pakatan Rakyat supporters swarmed the Tuanku Bainun Teacher Training College grounds to celebrate the victory.
The crowd began to gather at the area from 4pm. Conspicuously missing were Barisan Nasional supporters.
When the crowd grew larger, the field set aside for BN supporters was opened to Pakatan Rakyat supporters.
The crowd cheered each time the returning officer announced Anwar had won in a particular polling station.
Shouts of “reformasi” and “Merdeka” filled the air with supporters waving their party flag.
Dubbed the “mother” of all by-elections, BN was the underdog from the start as Permatang Pauh has long been Anwar’s turf.
Nevertheless, the BN fought hard. It was a ferocious 10 days of campaigning as both sides traded insults and accusations. Some have even described it as the dirtiest by-election ever.
Anwar and his supporters had claimed that the government and mainstream media had mounted an “intensely negative campaign” against him
They also claimed that there was electoral fraud.
What is happening here!!!!!!!! August 26, 2008
I just wanna to confess something, you see here at UNITEN especially department of IKAL have a very HUGE problems upon their administrative system.
I, as a PPOU student already feel so upset about it. Especially towards ‘the person that suppose not to be mention’. He already burdening us a lot.
NO 1 Credit Hour
can somebody tell me what is the average credit hour for most foundation student? I think it might be around 30-35 credit hour per week right? but if you see our time table, just by taking a glance at ours timetable already can tell you how ‘PACK’ it is.. above 40 credit hour!!!… Can somebody tell me, is this can be categorize as an abuse?
NO 2 TOEFL test
I wanted to seek a prove about the PBT and iBT for TOEFL test, is it true that PBT cannot be used as a qualification for us PPOU student to bounce for study abroad? I only know that TOEFL can be use as a qualification to enter any international university, but is only iBT test they accept or both PBT and iBT? since ‘the person that suppose not to be mention’ said to us that we cannot sit for TOEFL PBT test since international university will not accept it as a qualification entry to the university. Not only that, he also said that we gonna take the test in semester 2 but not in semester 1. The problem is, we already prepared for the TOEFL test in our first semester now!… If us take the test in second semester, it will burdening us a lot since our timetable for 2nd sem will be more ‘PACK’ than our 1st sem… This is crazy!
NO 3 Focus on your FOUNDATION course!!
He also mention that we only need to focus on our foundation course for this 1st sem, but our ‘time’ say “we didn’t have the time to do that!”… What is the problem with this guy?… Seems like he making us as a ‘experimental rat’ for his own goodness… WHAT THE HACK!!… I know our course, special education is still new here and we are the 2nd batch in this course, but how dare he treat us like ‘that’… Just like he want to test whether we can survive or not in this course and used our ‘timetable’ and our ’subject’ as a variable…
please, all I want to say “spare upon us, we still a freshman here!! and still we need to cope with this situation”…
At last, we got our holiday at hari raya.. August 22, 2008
“saya memegang mohor2 kebesaran UNITEN ingin mengumumkan bahawa semua pelajar PPOU, akan mendapat cuti hari raya!!!” Pak ARIP announce.
yahoo!!!… that is called fair!.. now they give us FREEDOM at last…
we get our holidays for hari raya celebration in a week and if not mistaken it is in 27august-5sept..but thats good…
you see we didn’t get our mid-term break holidays, so this holidays suppose to be the replacement for it…
P/S: i will bounce to sabah for this holiday…Wait for me my beloved homeland…i miss u so much!!
commuter and LRT August 21, 2008
Abdullah rail-ly unhappy:
KUALA LUMPUR, THURS:
Setting aside protocol, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi took rides on the commuter and LRT rail services from Serdang to the city centre today to get a feel of the transportation problems faced by the public and came away less than satisfied.
Throughout the one-hour journey, during which he switched trains, the prime minister noted the congestion, especially during the peak period, and spoke to his fellow passengers to get their feedback.
Speaking to Bernama after disembarking at the Masjid Jamek LRT station, he said he was not satisfied with the rail services and wanted immediate improvements to be made.
He said the existing services were not systematic, there were not enough coaches and coverage was not comprehensive, leaving many areas not serviced.
“I just saw the plight of people using the trains to get to work every morning. They were jostling to get on board every time a train arrived. There appeared to be no system.
“I’m not happy with this because the people are not getting satisfaction from riding the trains. This we must fix,” he said.
“I found the trains really packed with so many passengers. Some had waited for three trains and yet could not board.
“There’s no queue. People push their way in, women with children and old people are pushed aside,” he added.
Abdullah, who was not accompanied by any officials from the two rail services, arrived at the Serdang Komuter KTM station at 8.15am but could not get on board the first train that arrived because it was packed.
He got on the next train which arrived 15 minutes later and headed for KL Sentral, the modern transportation hub for the various rail services.
There he also had to wait a while to switch to the Putra LRT service to get to the Masjid Jamek station because again, the first train to arrive was full.
On both the trains that he took, the prime minister, dressed in a red batik shirt with golden print, had to stand although the passengers offered him their seats.
Upon arrival at the Masjid Jamek station at 9.15am, he chatted with members of the the public and bought several types of local cakes from the sellers there before leaving.
Abdullah said he would give attention to efforts to improve the quality of both rail services.
He said trains that were not punctual and people scrambling to get into the trains caused problems to other passengers.
Immediate steps would be taken including improving the train schedules, having a more systematic system and giving attention to senior citizens and women with children.
“There were many more suggestions given me by the passengers for my attention. I will strive for improvements, I will propose changes,” he said.
PHYF test this Thursday!!! August 18, 2008
arrragggggggggghhh!!!!
Tension!!!… the test just around the corner and I still didn’t do any revision yet….
This will be awful even though I had outstanding result for my quizzes… Our test will be even harder than usual quiz… Hope I still got time to do some revision.
I need to manage my time properly from now on.
And from this day and so on, I will doing all the physics report by myself….emmmm
na… i know what is my mistake…
What a mess!! August 16, 2008
Huh…
I don’t know how to say this, but if you all can see what is happening in my room, One big words will bounce out from your mouth…”sepahnye!!!”…
I forgot to do my routine chores work in weekend…about two weeks you know!…seems like my room already become garbage truck….hahaha…
Therefore, next time never forgot to do the routine chores work!!!….
Berita Harian August 16, 2008
Anwar belum pasti jadi PM
PRESIDEN PAS Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang menyampaikan ucapan dasar dan merasmikan Muktamar Tahunan PAS kali ke-54 di Stadium Indera Mulia, Ipoh, semalam. – Foto Muhaizan Yahya |
Pakatan tak pilih sesiapa lagi: Hadi
IPOH: Pakatan Rakyat tidak pernah bersetuju untuk melantik Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim sebagai Perdana Menteri jika berjaya menubuhkan Kerajaan Pusat pada 16 September ini seperti diuar-uarkan, kata Presiden Pas, Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang.
Beliau berkata, gabungan pembangkang yang dibentuk daripada kerjasama Pas, DAP dan Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) itu sehingga kini tidak pernah melantik sesiapa pun menjadi ketua kerana setiap keputusan berhubung kepimpinan akan dibuat secara kolektif.
Katanya, setakat ini Pakatan Rakyat hanya mengesahkan bersetuju untuk melantik Anwar sebagai Ketua Pembangkang di Dewan Rakyat, itu pun jika beliau menang pilihan raya kecil Parlimen Permatang Pauh pada 26 Ogos ini.
“Kita tidak pernah membuat pengumuman (Anwar akan jadi Perdana Menteri). Kita akan bincang dan akan melihat siapa yang boleh diterima oleh masyarakat majmuk.
“Dia tidak (belum) bertanding lagi. Tunggu dia bertanding, tunggu dia menang. Lepas menang, kita tunggu 16 September. Jadi, nanti dulu, belum tiba masanya (bincang siapa jadi Perdana Menteri), kalau tidak nanti kita akan jadi seperti Mat Jenin.
“Saya tak mahu jadi ahli politik Mat Jenin. Tulis Mat Jenin (meminta wartawan menulis)… panjat pokok kelapa, belum dapat buah, dah bercita-cita nak jadi raja,” katanya pada sidang media selepas menyampaikan ucapan dasar pada Muktamar Tahunan Pas Ke-54 di Stadium Indera Mulia di sini, semalam.
Beliau berkata demikian ketika diminta mengulas kenyataan perwakilan Pemuda Pas dan Dewan Ulama kelmarin yang mahu Abdul Hadi menjadi Perdana Menteri jika Pakatan Rakyat membentuk Kerajaan Pusat berbanding Anwar yang diuar-uarkan penyokongnya sebagai `Perdana Menteri menanti’.
Malah, beberapa perwakilan pada Muktamar Dewan Pemuda Pas secara terbuka mengingatkan kepimpinan serta ahli parti supaya jangan terlalu kagum dengan Anwar, sebaliknya berhati-hati dengan Penasihat PKR itu.
Abdul Hadi berkata, luahan tidak puas hati itu adalah pandangan peribadi perwakilan, bukannya keputusan Pas dan sebagai parti yang mengamalkan demokrasi, mereka boleh bercakap apa saja tetapi yang membuat keputusan ialah kepemimpinan tertinggi.
Katanya, Pas sebagai parti Islam hanya akan menyertai kerajaan yang berteraskan orang Melayu/Islam dan faktor itu sudah diterima semua termasuk komponen Barisan Nasional (BN) yang boleh menerima Umno dan orang Melayu sebagai teras pemerintahan negara.
Ditanya adakah kenyataannya itu bermaksud Pas mahu menjadi teras dalam Pakatan Rakyat seperti Umno dalam BN, beliau berkata: “Tidak semestinya… kita akan melihat kepada penerimaan rakyat nanti.”
Beliau juga berkata, parti itu akan melihat kepada pandangan dan realiti politik semasa serta perbincangan dalam Pakatan Rakyat sama ada bersedia menerima Timbalan Perdana Menteri bukan Melayu/Islam.
Bagaimanapun, Pengerusi DAP, Karpal Singh, ketika dihubungi, tidak bersetuju dengan kenyataan Abdul Hadi dan menegaskan pemimpin daripada parti dalam Pakatan Rakyat yang memiliki bilangan kerusi Parlimen paling banyak harus menjadi Perdana Menteri.
Beliau berkata, mengikut prinsip dan amalan demokrasi, parti majoriti mempunyai lebih hak dalam menentukan kepemimpinan sesebuah negara.
“Dalam hal ini, jika sesebuah parti itu mendapat sokongan majoriti rakyat dan seterusnya mendapat perkenan Yang di-Pertuan Agong berhubung jawatan Perdana Menteri, pemimpin daripada parti itulah yang menjadi Perdana Menteri,” katanya.
Ketua Penerangan PKR, Tian Chua, pula mengakui Pakatan Rakyat masih belum membuat sebarang keputusan siapakah yang akan menjadi Perdana Menteri jika mereka berjaya membentuk kerajaan Pusat pada masa depan.
“Sehingga ini, belum ada perbincangan siapakah yang akan menjadi Perdana Menteri bagi kerajaan baru yang bakal dibentuk. Apa yang dikatakan Abdul Hadi itu adalah betul,” katanya ketika dihubungi di sini, semalam.
