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Perhimpunan Protes Harga Minyak Naik!!
Malay Version
Perhimpunan untuk protes kenaikan harga minyak secara besar-besaran telah berlangsung hari ini di hadapan bangunan Sogo, Kuala Lumpur. Berikut adalah rentetan peristiwa yg berlaku hingga ke saat artikel ini ditulis. Sumber diperolehi daripada laman web Malaysia Kini.
3.20 petang Polis memberitahu Malaysiakini, tiada tangkapan dalam perhimpunan tersebut dan keadaan kini terkawal.
Beberapa ratus penyokong pembangkang berhenti di depan ibu pejabat PAS di Jalan Raja Laut, dan kemudiannya bersurai di situ.
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No more petrol price increase?
There will be no further increase to the price of fuel in the country this year. This is despite the possibility of the global price of oil reaching US$200 (RM654) per barrel, as forecast by some analysts.
This latest decision by the Cabinet came on top of various measures announced on Monday to help the Government cut costs and channel more subsidies to low-income earners.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said to stem any more increase, the Government would have to think of alternative ways to finance its spending.
“Since the Government announced the new price last week, fuel prices have gone up to US$139 per barrel and is still hovering at US$130.
“In fact, the price of oil is expected to remain at high levels in the months to come. The high price of oil means that the market price of petrol at the pumps have now reached RM3.45 per litre,” he said, pointing out that the price should be reviewed to RM3.15 per litre (with a discount of 30 sen) instead of RM2.70 beginning next month.
“However, the Government realised that the rakyat is still trying to adapt to the higher petrol prices. The Cabinet has thus decided there will be no more increase this year,” he told reporters at his office yesterday.
Ok guys, the above statement I got from The Star today. Is it true or it’s just to cool down the rakyat due to the increment of fuel price lately. If I’m not mistaken, before our National Election a few months ago, the Deputy Prime Minister promised, the fuel price will not increase after the election, then what happen now? My answer is, No comment…
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Pay the Salaries in Two Instalments
Hi guys,
The Government decide to pay the salaries of civil servants in two instalments starting from August 2008. What do you think of this decision? Feedback from Cuepacs president, Omar Osman said they understood the rationale behind the move, saying that it would help lower income staff manage their expenses.
“Now that they get their pay every two weeks, they can estimate their expenses better,” he said.
However, Omar said civil servants in the higher income bracket might not like the move as it would curtail their financial freedom.
Meanwhile, MTUC deputy president Mohd Khalid Atan said it was more important to look at how people spend their money.
“It doesn’t matter if they receive their pay once or twice a month. It is how they spend it that matters,” he said.
He said many might encounter difficulties paying their bills and loan instalments at the end of the month with the Government’s move.
Then how about you guys? Do you agree with this decision or not? And what is your opinion?
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Budak Jolai Hot Video
GEMAS: A Felda settler who made recordings of his sexual acts with a woman for his “own viewing pleasure” is in big trouble after the clips were widely circulated and ended up in the hands of the police.
The 52-year-old settler and his “partner”, a 21-year-old woman, were arrested by police and are expected to be charged in the Sessions Court and Syariah Court soon.
The man had sought the help of a 21-year-old friend to record the sexual acts in a hut in a rubber plantation at Felda Jelai 3 early last month.
The friend used his mobile phone to record the deed.
The recordings, under the title “Budak Jolai” (Budak Jelai), were circulated via Bluebooth and multimedia messaging service (MMS) to almost every settler in Felda Jelai 3 who had a mobile phone.
There were three recordings showing the man having sexual intercourse with the woman, believed to be from Felda Jelai 4.
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Fuel hike: 78 sen more to RM2.70 per litre
The government has just announced that petrol price will go up by 78 sen at midnight - a 40.6 percent jump from RM1.92 per litre to RM2.70 while diesel to go up by RM1 to RM2.58. At the same time, RM625 rebate for cars below 2000cc and motorcyclists will get rebate of RM125.
Wow…this is crazy! For sure price for food also increased after this, how about other things? Now I’m really curious, is this “the best” solution from the government?
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New oil subsidy from Malaysian government
KUALA LUMPUR: A new fuel subsidy scheme to be announced tomorrow will take immediate effect to prevent further speculation.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the anti-inflation committee would decide today on the various proposals put forward by the Cabinet.
He was speaking to reporters after chairing the national small-and-medium enterprise development council at Bank Negara here yesterday.
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Hot News: Harry Potter Actor Fatally Murdered!
Rob Knox, one of the actors in the upcoming film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was murdered Saturday morning outside a bar in Southeast London. Knox plays Ravenclaw student Marcus Belby and also appeared in 2004’s King Aurthur. He was stabbed while trying to defend his younger brother Jamie from a 21-year-old man wielding two kitchen knives.
Robert Knox, an 18-year-old actor set to appear in the next Harry Potter film, was fatally stabbed outside a London pub on Saturday. According to British media reports, the actor was part of a brawl that sent five males to the hospital, including a 21-year-old who was arrested on suspicion of murder after being treated for facial injuries.
Knox, who appeared in the 2004 film King Arthur, plays Ravenclaw student Marcus Belby in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the penultimate film in the series. The film is scheduled for release later this year. He had also been signed for the final installment, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
“Rob was kind and thoughtful and would always help out others—he would always spend his last penny on other people instead of himself,” parents Sally and Colin Knox said in a statement Sunday.
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School uniform sexy, says group
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian group condemned the uniform worn by girls at government schools, saying it encouraged rape and pre-marital sex.
“The white blouse is too transparent for girls and it becomes a source of attraction,” National Islamic Students Association of Malaysia vice-president Munirah Bahari said in a statement.
“It becomes a distraction to men, who are drawn to it, whether or not they like looking at it,” she said, calling for a review of uniform policy so that it did not violate Islamic ideals.
In multicultural Malaysia, home to majority-Muslim Malays as well as ethnic Chinese and Indians, female students at government schools have a choice of wearing a white blouse with a knee-length skirt or pinafore.
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Menara TM conferred MSC Malaysia “Cybercenter” status
The operational headquarters of Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM), Menara TM, was recently awarded MSC Malaysia “Cybercentre” status by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Yang Amat Berhormat Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, in conjunction with the 11th MSC Malaysia International Advisory Panel Meeting.
Tan Sri Dato’ Ir. Muhammad Radzi Haji Mansor, Chairman, TM received the award on behalf on the company in a ceremony held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre today.
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Rice losing place on Asian plate as diets improve
BEIJING/NEW DEHLI (Reuters) - Rice prices have surged this year for many reasons, but unlike most other commodities, fast-growing Chinese and Indian demand isn’t one of them.
With incomes rising in two countries where a third of the world’s population consumes about half of the world’s rice, more people are eating protein-rich meat and diary, or sampling new foods like pasta, leaving less room on the plate for rice.
If Chinese rice demand follows the trend seen in wealthy Japan it could fall by half in the coming decades, bringing relief to world consumers more anxious than ever after a near trebling in benchmark Asian rice prices this year.
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Facebook, Myspace and Google move closer
Some of the most popular online social networks have begun moves to make their websites more compatible with each other.
Google, Facebook and Myspace are looking at ways of allowing users to interact with friends on other sites, rather than just the site on which they registered.
By breaking down the technological barriers between the sites it could remove the need to join a host of different online communities.
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KL the wireless online metropolitan
WITH the launch of the Kuala Lumpur wireless metropolitan project at the City Hall headquarters yesterday, the entire capital city will be covered by a wireless broadband access network in the near future.
This means that if you are in KL, you will not need to patronise certain cafes or pay for Internet services to go wireless.
Everyone in the city will be able to use the service, which runs at 512kb per second, for free over the next two years.
The service is based on WiMAX 2.3 Giga Hertz. Kuala Lumpur is among one of the first cities in the world to use this technology.
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