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KUALA LUMPUR - Keputusan Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) 2014 menyaksikan peningkatan pencapaian calon dalam semua kriteria pengukuran pencapaian calon dalam peperiksaan.&lt;/div&gt;
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Pengerusi Majlis Peperiksaan Malaysia (MPM), Prof. Datuk Dr. Mohd Noh Dalimin berkata, kriteria berkenaan adalah dari segi Purata Nilai Gred Keseluruhan (PNGK) negara, peratusan calon yang mendapat PNGK 4.00, PNGK 3.50 ke atas, PNGK 2.00 hingga 3.49, peratus calon yang mendapat A dalam lima dan empat mata pelajaran, peratus lulus penuh dan penurunan peratus calon gagal.&lt;/div&gt;
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&quot;PNGK negara dalam peperiksaan STPM 2014 telah meningkat kepada 2.62 daripada 2.57 pada STPM tahun 2013.&lt;/div&gt;
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&quot;Min PNGK sekolah kerajaan telah meningkat daripada 2.55 pada tahun 2013 kepada 2.62 pada peperiksaan STPM 2014,&quot; katanya ketika mengumumkan keputusan STPM 2014 di sini hari ini.&lt;/div&gt;
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PNGK 4.00 bagi STPM 2014 meningkat kepada 0.91 peratus atau 390 calon berbanding 0.89 peratus atau 492 calon pada STPM 2013.&lt;/div&gt;
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Mohd Noh berkata, walaupun peratusan calon pada PNGK meningkat, bilangan calon mengikut PNGK bagi 2014 berkurangan berbanding 2013 disebabkan kemerosotan bilangan calon yang mendaftar untuk menduduki STPM 2014.&lt;/div&gt;
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&quot;Peratusan calon yang mendapat PGNK 3.50 ke atas juga meningkat kepada 9.09 peratus atau 3,895 calon berbanding 8.18 peratus atau 4,516 calon dalam STPM 2013.&lt;/div&gt;
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&quot;Peningkatan peratusan juga telah ditunjukkan pada PNGK antara 2.00 hingga 3.49 iaitu kepada 73.85 peratus atau 31,647 calon berbanding STPM 2013,&quot; katanya.&lt;/div&gt;
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Peratusan calon yang mendapat lulus penuh dalam lima hingga satu mata pelajaran juga menunjukkan peningkatan 0.96 peratus iaitu 97.81 peratus atau 41,915 calon berbanding 96.85 peratus atau 53,494 calon pada tahun 2013.&lt;/div&gt;
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Bagi lulus penuh dalam empat mata pelajaran mendapat peratusan tertinggi tahun ini iaitu 63.80 peratus atau 27,342 calon. - Bernama&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;intro&quot; style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;KUALA LUMPUR 5 Julai - Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) hari ini menetapkan tempoh pinjaman peribadi maksimum dihadkan selama 10 tahun manakala pinjaman pembelian rumah dihadkan selama 35 tahun.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;Sebelum ini, had tempoh pinjaman peribadi ialah 25 tahun manakala pinjaman pembelian rumah ialah 45 tahun.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;Gabenor Bank Negara Malaysia, Tan Sri Dr. Zeti Akhtar Aziz berkata, langkah itu bertujuan mengekang hutang isi rumah ketika ini berada pada paras 83 peratus daripada keluaran dalam negara kasar (KDNK).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;Katanya, paras tersebut adalah yang tertinggi di Asia daripada kalangan negara-negara ekonomi berkembang pesat. Malah meningkat 12 peratus daripada 70 peratus pada 2009.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;Selain memendekkan had tempoh pinjaman peribadi dan pembelian aset, larangan turut dikenakan bagi menawarkan produk pembiayaan peribadi yang diluluskan terlebih dahulu.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;&quot;Langkah yang berkuatkuasa serta-merta bagi melengkapkan langkah terdahulu yang dilaksanakan sejak tahun 2010 untuk mengawal perbelanjaan isi rumah.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;&quot;Isi rumah perlu memikirkan kemampuan mereka sebelum berbelanja. Sebagai contoh, jika tidak mampu membeli rumah, mereka boleh menyewa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;&quot;Malah terdapat pinjaman peribadi dilakukan semata-mata bagi menanggung kos perkahwinan yang tinggi,&quot; katanya kepada pemberita pada sidang akhbar di sini hari ini.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;Bagaimanapun, had bagi tempoh pembiayaan itu tidak melibatkan permohonan yang dibuat sebelum hari ini.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;Langkah ini dilaksanakan menurut seksyen 31(1)(a) Akta Bank Negara Malaysia 2009 dan terpakai pada semua institusi kewangan yang dikawal selia oleh BNM, serta koperasi kredit yang di bawah kawal selia Suruhanjaya Koperasi Malaysia, dan Malaysia Building Society Bhd. dan AEON Credit Service (M) Bhd.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;Sehingga Mac 2013, hutang isi rumah Malaysia berjumlah RM784 bilion yang mana 44.6 peratus daripadanya merupakan hutang membeli kediaman.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;Diikuti hutang membeli kenderaan (17.6 peratus) dan pinjaman peribadi (16.8 peratus).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;Tambah Zeti Akhtar, langkah itu tidak dilihat menjejaskan permintaan domestik yang selama ini pendorong utama pertumbuhan ekonomi negara.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;&quot;Ekonomi negara sepatutnya disokong oleh peningkatan pendapatan serta kadar pengangguran yang rendah,&quot; katanya.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;Gabenor itu berkata, perbincangan mengenai had baharu pinjaman tersebut telah dibincangkan dengan perbankan dan pemberi kredit tempatan, dan mereka menyokong langkah berkenaan dalam usaha mengawal hutang isi rumah negara.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;Bagi menambah baik pengurusan hutang yang bertanggungjawab oleh isi rumah, BNM akan mempergiat usahanya dalam menyediakan pendidikan kewangan kepada semua segmen masyarakat, termasuk mereka yang masih muda dan peminjam kali pertama daripada institusi kewangan.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;Di samping itu, rangka kerja perlindungan pengguna akan terus diperkukuh di bawah Akta Perkhidmatan Kewangan dan Akta Perkhidmatan Kewangan Islam.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Sabah leaders welcome retraction of conversion bill&lt;/h1&gt;
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KOTA KINABALU: The cabinet’s decision to withdraw the controversial Administration of the Religion of Islam (Federal Territories) Bill 2013 is reflective of the Barisan Nasional’s sensitivity and concern for public opinion.&lt;/div&gt;
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It also showed that the government does not act in haste when passing legislations that affect the people’s personal lives, Deputy State Speaker Datuk Johnny Mositun said.&lt;/div&gt;
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Mositun, who is also Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) information chief, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin had assured that the Bill, presented for its first reading in the Dewan Rakyat on June 26, had been withdrawn because the cabinet wanted the issue on determination of a child’s religion under controversial circumstances to be resolved in a fair manner to all parties concerned.&lt;/div&gt;
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“The withdrawal of the Bill and Tan Sri Muhyiddin’s assurance and clarification should put to rest any accusations that the BN government is not sensitive to the people’s feelings,” he said.&lt;/div&gt;
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The controversial Bill had drawn criticism from various quarters because of a Federal Court ruling interpreting the word ‘parent’ as singular in the context of Clause (4) Article 12 of the Federal Constitution which provides for the religion of anyone under the age of 18 to be decided by his or her parent or guardian.&lt;/div&gt;
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“It might not matter so much in the case of a child with only a single parent or guardian, but it certainly matters when it concerns both parents of a child. If the word ‘parent’ is interpreted in the singular, it would mean that one parent can arbitrarily convert a child to Islam without the knowledge or consent of the other, whatever the motive.&lt;/div&gt;
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“It is not right to rush a Bill through Parliament without first studying its implications in the context of our multiracial society,” Mositun added.&lt;/div&gt;
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He also said that he concurred with the views of the Malaysian Consultative Council on Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism that the Bill should be withdrawn in the interest of national unity and social harmony.&lt;/div&gt;
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“I am also of the view that the government should not attempt to re-introduce this Bill or any other Bill with similar clauses which would have the same effect.&lt;/div&gt;
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“As long as frequent and regular consultations are held between the government and religious authorities, and also between Islamic and non-Islamic authorities and representatives, I am confident that such controversial issues can be resolved in everybody’s interest without rancour or distrust,” Mositun said.&lt;/div&gt;
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Muhyiddin said that the cabinet, which met Friday, had agreed to retract the Administration of the Religion of Islam (Federal Territories) Bill 2013.&lt;/div&gt;
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The bill was tabled for the first reading at the Dewan Rakyat on June 26 by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom.&lt;/div&gt;
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Muhyiddin said the issue on the status of a child’s name, in cases where the mother or father of the child converted to Islam, had been discussed at length by the Cabinet taking into consideration the views and concerns of various quarters including Barisan Nasional component parties.&lt;/div&gt;
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“The cabinet had agreed that the retraction of the Bill was necessary to ensure that the issue on the determination of the child’s religion in such cases was resolved in a fair manner for everyone,” he said in a statement Friday.&lt;/div&gt;
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Muhyiddin said the decision to retract the Bill was also made in order to give ample time to the government and everyone else to review the Bill in a holistic manner.&lt;/div&gt;
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“The Bill will only be tabled again after getting the agreement of all quarters,” he said.&lt;/div&gt;
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Meanwhile, Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Dr Maximus Ongkili said the government’s decision to retract the bill showed the Barisan Nasional is open to views and opinions on matters that concerned the people.&lt;/div&gt;
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It also showed that the Cabinet took into consideration the views of the people and did not act unilaterally.&lt;/div&gt;
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“The government is willing to break new grounds in arriving at decisions that affect many parties. The Cabinet unanimously agreed to withdraw the bill due to the contentious clause that allows one parent to convert their child to Islam. This was done in the interest of the people and not due to pressure from any party,” he said.&lt;/div&gt;
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He added that the decision would also allow discussions and consultations on the intention or interpretation of the contentious clause to be carried out.&lt;/div&gt;
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“I am grateful that our Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister listened to all views expressed by the coalition parties, including by Sabah and Sarawak MPs, on the matter as it has implications to those who are non-Muslims,’ he said.&lt;/div&gt;
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Dr Ongkili added that the MPs from Sabah and Sarawak were able to make their voice heard louder because they had a big representation in Parliament.&lt;/div&gt;
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“Sabah and Sarawak make up 47 out of the 133 Barisan Nasional MPs in Parliament and therefore our voice is formidable and we can influence the direction, policies and contents of laws to ensure they reflect the needs of the people.&lt;/div&gt;
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“The people of Sabah and Sarawak should appreciate this as had our representation in Parliament been marginal we would not have this voice,” he said at a gathering with the people and opening of the ‘tagal’ (no fishing zone) at Sg Pamaitan in Kg Wokok, Marak Parak, Kota Marudu yesterday.&lt;/div&gt;
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Dr Ongkili, who is also Kota Marudu member of parliament, said the decision to withdraw the bill was done in Barisan Nasional’s spirit of consensus.&lt;/div&gt;
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“The welfare of the people in religious matters will continue to be protected because Barisan Nasional listens to the people, including Sabah and Sarawak,” he said, adding that Sabah and Sarawak’s representation in Parliament was acknowledged by the Prime Minister who appointed a higher number of 13 Cabinet ministers from the two states.&lt;/div&gt;
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Sabah leaders welcome retraction of conversion bill&lt;/h1&gt;
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KOTA KINABALU: The cabinet’s decision to withdraw the controversial Administration of the Religion of Islam (Federal Territories) Bill 2013 is reflective of the Barisan Nasional’s sensitivity and concern for public opinion.&lt;/div&gt;
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It also showed that the government does not act in haste when passing legislations that affect the people’s personal lives, Deputy State Speaker Datuk Johnny Mositun said.&lt;/div&gt;
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Mositun, who is also Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) information chief, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin had assured that the Bill, presented for its first reading in the Dewan Rakyat on June 26, had been withdrawn because the cabinet wanted the issue on determination of a child’s religion under controversial circumstances to be resolved in a fair manner to all parties concerned.&lt;/div&gt;
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“The withdrawal of the Bill and Tan Sri Muhyiddin’s assurance and clarification should put to rest any accusations that the BN government is not sensitive to the people’s feelings,” he said.&lt;/div&gt;
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The controversial Bill had drawn criticism from various quarters because of a Federal Court ruling interpreting the word ‘parent’ as singular in the context of Clause (4) Article 12 of the Federal Constitution which provides for the religion of anyone under the age of 18 to be decided by his or her parent or guardian.&lt;/div&gt;
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“It might not matter so much in the case of a child with only a single parent or guardian, but it certainly matters when it concerns both parents of a child. If the word ‘parent’ is interpreted in the singular, it would mean that one parent can arbitrarily convert a child to Islam without the knowledge or consent of the other, whatever the motive.&lt;/div&gt;
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“It is not right to rush a Bill through Parliament without first studying its implications in the context of our multiracial society,” Mositun added.&lt;/div&gt;
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He also said that he concurred with the views of the Malaysian Consultative Council on Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism that the Bill should be withdrawn in the interest of national unity and social harmony.&lt;/div&gt;
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“I am also of the view that the government should not attempt to re-introduce this Bill or any other Bill with similar clauses which would have the same effect.&lt;/div&gt;
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“As long as frequent and regular consultations are held between the government and religious authorities, and also between Islamic and non-Islamic authorities and representatives, I am confident that such controversial issues can be resolved in everybody’s interest without rancour or distrust,” Mositun said.&lt;/div&gt;
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Muhyiddin said that the cabinet, which met Friday, had agreed to retract the Administration of the Religion of Islam (Federal Territories) Bill 2013.&lt;/div&gt;
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The bill was tabled for the first reading at the Dewan Rakyat on June 26 by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom.&lt;/div&gt;
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Muhyiddin said the issue on the status of a child’s name, in cases where the mother or father of the child converted to Islam, had been discussed at length by the Cabinet taking into consideration the views and concerns of various quarters including Barisan Nasional component parties.&lt;/div&gt;
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“The cabinet had agreed that the retraction of the Bill was necessary to ensure that the issue on the determination of the child’s religion in such cases was resolved in a fair manner for everyone,” he said in a statement Friday.&lt;/div&gt;
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Muhyiddin said the decision to retract the Bill was also made in order to give ample time to the government and everyone else to review the Bill in a holistic manner.&lt;/div&gt;
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“The Bill will only be tabled again after getting the agreement of all quarters,” he said.&lt;/div&gt;
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Meanwhile, Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Dr Maximus Ongkili said the government’s decision to retract the bill showed the Barisan Nasional is open to views and opinions on matters that concerned the people.&lt;/div&gt;
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It also showed that the Cabinet took into consideration the views of the people and did not act unilaterally.&lt;/div&gt;
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“The government is willing to break new grounds in arriving at decisions that affect many parties. The Cabinet unanimously agreed to withdraw the bill due to the contentious clause that allows one parent to convert their child to Islam. This was done in the interest of the people and not due to pressure from any party,” he said.&lt;/div&gt;
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He added that the decision would also allow discussions and consultations on the intention or interpretation of the contentious clause to be carried out.&lt;/div&gt;
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“I am grateful that our Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister listened to all views expressed by the coalition parties, including by Sabah and Sarawak MPs, on the matter as it has implications to those who are non-Muslims,’ he said.&lt;/div&gt;
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Dr Ongkili added that the MPs from Sabah and Sarawak were able to make their voice heard louder because they had a big representation in Parliament.&lt;/div&gt;
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“Sabah and Sarawak make up 47 out of the 133 Barisan Nasional MPs in Parliament and therefore our voice is formidable and we can influence the direction, policies and contents of laws to ensure they reflect the needs of the people.&lt;/div&gt;
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“The people of Sabah and Sarawak should appreciate this as had our representation in Parliament been marginal we would not have this voice,” he said at a gathering with the people and opening of the ‘tagal’ (no fishing zone) at Sg Pamaitan in Kg Wokok, Marak Parak, Kota Marudu yesterday.&lt;/div&gt;
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“The welfare of the people in religious matters will continue to be protected because Barisan Nasional listens to the people, including Sabah and Sarawak,” he said, adding that Sabah and Sarawak’s representation in Parliament was acknowledged by the Prime Minister who appointed a higher number of 13 Cabinet ministers from the two states.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Kota Kinabalu:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;More houses under the Hardcore Poor People Housing Project (PPRT) as well as affordable homes should be built in Kiulu and rural areas elsewhere in Sabah.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;Kiulu assemblyman Datuk Joniston Bangkuai believed there were many people in his constituency and other rural areas with the purchasing power to buy their own homes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;&quot;But they have no choice but to continue staying with their parents because the affordable home projects are not implemented in their area.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;&quot;I hope the relevant agency will look into the matter and implement the affordable home projects not just in the urban but in rural areas as well,&quot; he said in his maiden speech at the State Assembly on Wednesday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;Debating the State Government&#39;s policy speech, Bangkuai said there was also a need for the government to implement more PPRT programmes in Kiulu since many of the houses of the people were in a bad shape.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;Bangkuai also proposed that the State Government provide each village house with a fire extinguisher as a precautionary measure in the event of fire outbreaks.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;Over the last two months, there were three fire outbreaks in Kiulu, destroying villagers&#39; homes, he said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;He said the cost of a fire extinguisher was about RM160, which was much cheaper than rebuilding a house destroyed by fire which could cost RM50,000 to RM100,000.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;&quot;It is clear that there is also a need for a fire and rescue station to be built in the area in facing a fire outbreak or any other untoward incident,&quot; he said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;Bangkuai also urged the State government to consider replacing or upgrading 72 suspension bridges in several villages in the Kiulu constituency as they were old and posed a danger to the villagers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;He said the area&#39;s level of security should also be improved by setting up a police beat base in the bigger villages from Tamparuli to Mantub like Kampung Malangang and Kampung Pukak, and the Kiulu police station be provided with patrol cars.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;&quot;The Kiulu dispensary should also be upgraded for the residents to enjoy prompt and better medical care.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;The Kiulu Native Court, which had been operating from an old community hall, was in need of a better premises as it played a big role in the lives of the local community.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;Bangkuai also suggested a training institution specifically for grassroots leaders such as the village security and development committee (JKKK) chairmen in order for them to be more efficient in the administration of the rural development.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;Among the skills that could be given to the community leaders included the management of records, proper paperwork for project applications and better Information and Communication Technology (ICT) knowledge.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;&quot;The institute could also be relied on to clarify sensitive issues that may affect the harmony and unity of the people,&quot; he said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;Bangkuai also said that better infrastructures and more allocation were needed to capitalise on Kiulu&#39;s tourism potential and developed the agriculture industry.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;Most of the villages are already connected with roads, but then most of the120km are only gravelled roads while another 173km of roads are red soil (earthen), meaning it would be unusable in bad weather.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;&quot;My constituency is 250-square miles in size, almost the size of Singapore, if not bigger, and we need all-weather roads, or else tourists will find it difficult to come over,&quot; he said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;Bangkuai expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak on his recent announcement that the second highway from Kota Kinabalu to Ranau would pass through Kiulu.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;&quot;This new highway will definitely expedite economic development in the constituency, besides serving as an alternative road should there be landslides in the existing Tamparuli-Ranau road.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;He also urged relevant authorities in the constituency to be given grants in improving its conservation efforts to ensure the pristine Tuaran river is able to provide clean water for the people in Kiulu as well as those in Kota Kinabalu.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;The Tuaran river, which flows through Kiulu, also serves as a popular water rafting area for adventure lovers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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KOTA KINABALU, May 21 – The government has spent RM21.7 million for the past six years in healthcare on foreigners in Sabah who did not pay for their treatments, a Health Department official told the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on illegal immigrants here today.&lt;/div&gt;
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The number of immigrant patients, mostly comprising Filipinos and Indonesians, in government hospitals has also risen over the years to 40,826 people in 2011 that received inpatient treatment, or 19 per cent of patients in total.&lt;/div&gt;
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“Foreign patients coming to the hospitals, whether they are outpatient or inpatient, are an increasing burden to us,” said Dr Maria Suleiman, the principal assistant director (Epidemiology) at the Sabah Health Department, at the RCI here today.&lt;/div&gt;
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She also revealed that foreigners comprised 25 per cent of births at government hospitals in 2011, or 14,096 babies.&lt;/div&gt;
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From 2000 to 2011, foreigners gave birth to 122,882 babies at government hospitals, averaging about 22 per cent of total births.&lt;/div&gt;
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“Foreigners giving birth at government hospitals are worrying to us because the total number of births is 122,882,” said Maria.&lt;/div&gt;
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About 28 per cent of Sabah’s 3.2 million-strong population are foreigners, totalling a whopping 889,000 people.&lt;/div&gt;
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Maria also noted that Malaysians, in contrast, owed the government RM7.7 million in unpaid medical bills from 2007 to 2012.&lt;/div&gt;
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A total of 1,009,716 foreigners received outpatient treatment at government hospitals from 2000 to 2011, while 295,053 foreigners were warded in the same period.&lt;/div&gt;
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The number of foreigners that received outpatient treatment has been increasing steadily from 56,956 patients in 2008, or 2.6 per cent, to 81,651 patients in 2011, or 3.3 per cent.&lt;/div&gt;
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“This is a significant number that affects the healthcare system,” said Maria.&lt;/div&gt;
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The senior health official, who has worked in the government for 22 years, also said that there were 7,550 cases of communicable diseases among foreigners from 2010 to 2012, including measles, cholera, leprosy and hepatitis.&lt;/div&gt;
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The number of foreigners infected with communicable diseases, however, has been slipping from 2,898 cases in 2010 to 2,143 cases in 2012.&lt;/div&gt;
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Maria expressed concerns over the increasing number of foreign patients, saying: “The cost of treatments is huge.”&lt;/div&gt;
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“Communicable diseases are always happening in Sabah too,” she added.&lt;/div&gt;
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Maria, however, did not have at hand the total cost of healthcare for foreigners.&lt;/div&gt;
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“The influx of immigrants is a national problem. The government needs to do something to return the rights of citizens – the right to medical treatment and health,” said Maria.&lt;/div&gt;
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“The presence of foreigners has a big impact. But for humanitarian reasons, we still have to treat sick people,” she added.&lt;/div&gt;
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The inquiry before a five-man panel led by former Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Tan Sri Steve Shim Lip Kiong resumes tomorrow.&lt;/div&gt;
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The government&#39;s perimeter surveys of NCR land will leave Ibans landless because once surveyed under Section 6 of the Land Code, the plot will be classified as communal reserve.&lt;/div&gt;
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Warning fellow natives, Sarawak Dayak Iban Association (Sadia) which has been in the forefront in fighting for NCR rights over their ancestral land said thousands of longhouses in Sarawak may disappear if the the process continues.&lt;/div&gt;
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“What we worry is that if the government continues to carry out a parameter survey of NCR land under Section 6 of the Sarawak Land code, the government is actually extinguishing the rights of the natives over their land.&lt;/div&gt;
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“If this happens, the Ibans in particular will become landless because the government has turned the land into communal reserve land.&lt;/div&gt;
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“Any time the government wants the land, it can alienate to anyone,” said Sadia president Sidi Munan.&lt;/div&gt;
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Since the perimeter survey started in 2010, hundreds of thousands of hectares of NCR land have been surveyed and converted into native communal reserve land.&lt;/div&gt;
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There are more than 1.5 million hectares of NCR land in the state.&lt;/div&gt;
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On top of that, thousands of hectares of NCR land are being encroached upon by plantation companies and other commercial entities.&lt;/div&gt;
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Said Sidi: “When the Ibans become landless, they cannot carry out their farming activities anymore. They have become squatters in their own land.&lt;/div&gt;
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“There are cases where they have been chased away from their land and their longhouses demolished.&lt;/div&gt;
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“Where do they go from here?” he said when asked by FMT to elaborate further on his statement on urban poor made at a Sadia dinner on Saturday night.&lt;/div&gt;
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According to Sidi, majority of the landless Ibans had migrated to big cities and towns, and some went to other states like Johor in search of employment.&lt;/div&gt;
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“Their longhouses are gradually abandoned. Now there is the real possibility that Iban longhouse will disappear in the future as more of them migrate to the towns.&lt;/div&gt;
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“But I must warn you that their migration to towns will create more social problems such as prostitution, crimes, gangsterism and urban poverty.&lt;/div&gt;
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“It is a common sight to see some of them becoming scavengers.&lt;/div&gt;
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“This is because they lack the necessary skills,” he said adding that Sadia and Sarawak Dayak National Union (SDNU) were willing to cooperate with any organisation or individuals who ‘championed the poor and needy’.&lt;/div&gt;
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He said that Kuching Society for Urban Poor (SKUP) and Green Ribbon Association were doing a good job to assist squatters and the poor in Kuching.&lt;/div&gt;
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SANDAKAN: Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman wants the Sabah Natives&#39; Affairs Council (MHEAINS) to establish a database on native laws and customs.&lt;/h2&gt;
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This would strengthen the Native Court institution and MHEAINS should look into forging cooperation with higher learning institutions and related bodies in the matter, he said.&lt;/div&gt;
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&quot;The database should include information on cases handled by the native courts in the state as well as their judgments.&lt;/div&gt;
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&quot;It is crucial for reference by other such courts when handling similar cases in the future.&lt;/div&gt;
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&quot;I also request that cases be decided swiftly so that the people will be satisfied with the Native Court.&quot;&lt;/div&gt;
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Musa said this at the opening of the biennial conference for the state&#39;s customary chiefs at a hotel here on Monday.&lt;/div&gt;
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Since the state&#39;s Native Court institution was still relevant, Musa said the government would focus on the improvement of its system and other aspects in its administration.&lt;/div&gt;
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This was reflected in the ground-breaking of the Native Court Training Institute in Penampang by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak last year as well as the plan to build another six courts in the state.&lt;/div&gt;
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Musa also called on the customary chiefs, including district chiefs and native chiefs, to continue being the eyes, ears and mouthpiece of the government.&lt;/div&gt;
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&quot;They are the implementers of government policies.&lt;/div&gt;
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&quot;They have an important role in assisting the government preserve the unity and identity of the people here.&quot;&lt;/div&gt;
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Musa added that community leaders should do their best to ensure the government&#39;s development programmes reached their target groups.&lt;/div&gt;
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In this respect, he said he was puzzled by claims made by opposition leaders that they pitied the people of Sabah because there was purportedly no development in the state.&lt;/div&gt;
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&quot;This is an insult to customary chiefs here.&lt;/div&gt;
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&quot;They have been working hard with elected representatives to bring development to their constituencies.&lt;/div&gt;
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&quot;I want to tell them (the opposition leaders) not to teach the duck how to swim.&lt;/div&gt;
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&quot;We have brought about so much development to the state, especially since Najib became the prime minister.&quot;&lt;/div&gt;
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Musa said that the state government had stopped logging in more than 300ha of land, in addition to implementing programmes to replant high-value trees for future generations.&lt;/div&gt;
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He said investors, especially big companies, were willing to come to the state and pour in millions of ringgit in investment because they had confidence in the state&#39;s political stability.&lt;/div&gt;
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&quot;It is up to us to explain and convince the grassroots that they must make the right choices for development, provided by the Barisan Nasional led-government, to continue.&lt;/div&gt;
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&quot;We need to remind the grassroots not to be hoodwinked by the empty promises made by the opposition.&quot;&lt;/div&gt;
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About 400 customary leaders from the state took part in the conference, where nine working papers were tabled.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li class=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;department  nav_2_624&quot; href=&quot;http://www.nst.com.my/streets/northern?cache=03%2F7.198169%2F7.198617%3Fpage%3D0%2F7.267256&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #c4cace; display: block; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize;&quot;&gt;Northern&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;department  nav_2_624&quot; href=&quot;http://www.nst.com.my/streets/johor?cache=03%2F7.198169%2F7.198617%3Fpage%3D0%2F7.267256&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #c4cace; display: block; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize;&quot;&gt;Johor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: left; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: 90px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;department &quot; href=&quot;http://www.nst.com.my/world?cache=03%2F7.198169%2F7.198617%3Fpage%3D0%2F7.267256&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 3px; color: white; display: block; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;&quot;&gt;WORLD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: left; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: 90px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;department active&quot; href=&quot;http://www.nst.com.my/business?cache=03%2F7.198169%2F7.198617%3Fpage%3D0%2F7.267256&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 3px; color: white; display: block; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;&quot;&gt;BUSINESS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: left; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: 90px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;department &quot; href=&quot;http://www.nst.com.my/sports?cache=03%2F7.198169%2F7.198617%3Fpage%3D0%2F7.267256&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 3px; color: white; display: block; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;&quot;&gt;SPORTS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;department  nav_2_635&quot; href=&quot;http://www.nst.com.my/sports/soccer?cache=03%2F7.198169%2F7.198617%3Fpage%3D0%2F7.267256&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #c4cace; display: block; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize;&quot;&gt;Soccer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;department  nav_2_635&quot; href=&quot;http://www.nst.com.my/sports/badminton?cache=03%2F7.198169%2F7.198617%3Fpage%3D0%2F7.267256&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #c4cace; display: block; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize;&quot;&gt;Badminton&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;department  nav_2_635&quot; href=&quot;http://www.nst.com.my/sports/cricket?cache=03%2F7.198169%2F7.198617%3Fpage%3D0%2F7.267256&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #c4cace; display: block; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize;&quot;&gt;Cricket&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;department  nav_2_635&quot; href=&quot;http://www.nst.com.my/sports/racing?cache=03%2F7.198169%2F7.198617%3Fpage%3D0%2F7.267256&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #c4cace; display: block; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize;&quot;&gt;Racing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;department  nav_2_635&quot; href=&quot;http://www.nst.com.my/sports/other?cache=03%2F7.198169%2F7.198617%3Fpage%3D0%2F7.267256&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #c4cace; display: block; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize;&quot;&gt;Other&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: left; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: 90px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;department &quot; href=&quot;http://www.nst.com.my/life-times?cache=03%2F7.198169%2F7.198617%3Fpage%3D0%2F7.267256&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 3px; color: white; display: block; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;&quot;&gt;LIFE &amp;amp; TIMES&lt;/a&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;department  nav_2_640&quot; href=&quot;http://www.nst.com.my/life-times/tech?cache=03%2F7.198169%2F7.198617%3Fpage%3D0%2F7.267256&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #c4cace; display: block; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize;&quot;&gt;Tech&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;department  nav_2_640&quot; href=&quot;http://www.nst.com.my/life-times/health?cache=03%2F7.198169%2F7.198617%3Fpage%3D0%2F7.267256&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #c4cace; display: block; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize;&quot;&gt;Health&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;department  nav_2_640&quot; href=&quot;http://www.nst.com.my/life-times/style?cache=03%2F7.198169%2F7.198617%3Fpage%3D0%2F7.267256&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #c4cace; display: block; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize;&quot;&gt;Style&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;department  nav_2_640&quot; href=&quot;http://www.nst.com.my/life-times/holiday?cache=03%2F7.198169%2F7.198617%3Fpage%3D0%2F7.267256&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #c4cace; display: block; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize;&quot;&gt;Holiday&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;department  nav_2_640&quot; href=&quot;http://www.nst.com.my/life-times/showbiz?cache=03%2F7.198169%2F7.198617%3Fpage%3D0%2F7.267256&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #c4cace; display: block; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize;&quot;&gt;Showbiz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;department  nav_2_640&quot; href=&quot;http://www.nst.com.my/life-times/live?cache=03%2F7.198169%2F7.198617%3Fpage%3D0%2F7.267256&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #c4cace; display: block; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize;&quot;&gt;Live&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;department  nav_2_640&quot; href=&quot;http://www.nst.com.my/life-times/sunday-life-times?cache=03%2F7.198169%2F7.198617%3Fpage%3D0%2F7.267256&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #c4cace; display: block; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize;&quot;&gt;Sunday Life &amp;amp; Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li class=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;department  nav_2_648&quot; href=&quot;http://www.nst.com.my/7-day-news/saturday?cache=03%2F7.198169%2F7.198617%3Fpage%3D0%2F7.267256&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #c4cace; display: block; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize;&quot;&gt;Saturday&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;department  nav_2_648&quot; href=&quot;http://www.nst.com.my/7-day-news/sunday?cache=03%2F7.198169%2F7.198617%3Fpage%3D0%2F7.267256&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #c4cace; display: block; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize;&quot;&gt;Sunday&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li class=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;department  nav_2_629&quot; href=&quot;http://www.nst.com.my/opinion/editorial?cache=03%2F7.198169%2F7.198617%3Fpage%3D0%2F7.267256&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #c4cace; display: block; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize;&quot;&gt;Editorial&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;department  nav_2_629&quot; href=&quot;http://www.nst.com.my/opinion/columnist?cache=03%2F7.198169%2F7.198617%3Fpage%3D0%2F7.267256&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #c4cace; display: block; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize;&quot;&gt;Columnist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;department  nav_2_629&quot; href=&quot;http://www.nst.com.my/opinion/letters-to-the-editor?cache=03%2F7.198169%2F7.198617%3Fpage%3D0%2F7.267256&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #c4cace; display: block; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize;&quot;&gt;Letters To The Editor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;department  nav_2_629&quot; href=&quot;http://www.nst.com.my/opinion/comment?cache=03%2F7.198169%2F7.198617%3Fpage%3D0%2F7.267256&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #c4cace; display: block; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize;&quot;&gt;Comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: left; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: 90px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;department &quot; href=&quot;http://www.nst.com.my/galleries?cache=03%2F7.198169%2F7.198617%3Fpage%3D0%2F7.267256&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 3px; color: white; display: block; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;&quot;&gt;GALLERIES&lt;/a&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;department  nav_2_670&quot; href=&quot;http://www.nst.com.my/galleries/image?cache=03%2F7.198169%2F7.198617%3Fpage%3D0%2F7.267256&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #c4cace; display: block; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize;&quot;&gt;Image&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;department  nav_2_670&quot; href=&quot;http://www.nst.com.my/galleries/video?cache=03%2F7.198169%2F7.198617%3Fpage%3D0%2F7.267256&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #c4cace; display: block; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize;&quot;&gt;Video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: left; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: 90px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/musa-wants-database-on-native-laws-1.213843#&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 3px; color: white; display: block; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;&quot;&gt;CHANNELS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;department  nav_2_661&quot; href=&quot;http://www.nst.com.my/channels/gadget?cache=03%2F7.198169%2F7.198617%3Fpage%3D0%2F7.267256&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #c4cace; display: block; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize;&quot;&gt;Gadget&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&quot;Everyone (bosses) is scared of the enforcement. The unaffordable unskilled or surplus workers will face retrenchment, leading to higher unemployment, which will affect the whole country,&quot; he said.&lt;/div&gt;
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&quot;For example, a company having 10 workers may have to let go four or five workers and the remaining workers to be paid minimum wage will have to do more work to cover the tasks vacated by the other retrenched workers within the same working hours,&quot; he explained.&lt;/div&gt;
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A survey conducted among small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which constitute more than 90 per cent of business entities in Sabah, showed the minimum wage has &quot;instigated&quot; demands from longer serving staff envious of unskilled workers having their pay increased to RM800, in accordance with the law, effective this month.&lt;/div&gt;
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Voicing concern over this development, Lui, who seeks to attract more businesses, professionals and young entrepreneurs to join as new members and strengthen KKCCCI, expects 2013 to be a &quot;tough year.&quot;&lt;/div&gt;
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&quot;For instance, some companies with longer-serving staff want parallel salary increment of RM200 if the unskilled or inexperienced staff being paid RM600 in 2012 are to be paid RM800 minimum wage in 2013.&lt;/div&gt;
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&quot;These experienced employees demand this same increment out of fairness and equal treatment from employers in recognition of their key roles.&lt;/div&gt;
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It is not easy to find good staff nowadays. Those who can afford it would probably pay. It is worrying for those companies that are hard-pressed financially to fulfil such expectations. It will affect everybody,&quot; Lui said of the increasing business costs not solely arising out of the minimum wage but also parallel salary increment demanded by other employees earning more than RM800.&lt;/div&gt;
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Concerned over increased business costs faced by firms in 2013, Lui appealed for understanding and leniency from the authorities against harsh enforcement of the minimum wage law in Sabah without a grace period.&lt;/div&gt;
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He also expressed concern over possible retrenchment arising out of this minimum wage policy and its larger social implications. Only firms with less than five employees could apply for deferment until June 2013 for delaying in paying the minimum wage.&lt;/div&gt;
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KKCCCI Executive Secretary, Loh Boon Hooi, said the chamber attended many committee hearings in Kuala Lumpur last year and submitted its minimum wage (around RM600+) suggestion and inputs.&lt;/div&gt;
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These included workers&#39; efficiency, dividing wage calculations into various sectors to be implemented gradually with other organisations such as manufacturers and other trade associations.&lt;/div&gt;
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The chamber had also sent out circulars to members with less than five workers on the deferment but none had asked the chamber to assist on the matter, Loh said.&lt;/div&gt;
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KKCCCI new Secretary-General, Yee That Hian, a pharmacist, also echoed what Federation of Sabah Manufacturers (FSM) President Datuk Wong Khen Thau said about the difficulty faced by firms in applying for the deferment.&lt;/div&gt;
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&quot;The need to submit comprehensive documents like a full set of audited accounts and so on in order to apply and qualify for the deferment, which is not easy.&lt;/div&gt;
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&quot;How long is the deferment? Three months? Six months?&lt;/div&gt;
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The most is six months. Is it worth it?&quot; Yee pondered over the tough bureaucratic hassle for small business operators to expend time and energy over such matter for a very limited timeframe of exemption.&lt;/div&gt;
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Yee was concerned about KKCCCI members having problems over the minimum wage as factories with many workers to be paid minimum wage of RM800 face huge increase in costs.&lt;/div&gt;
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&quot;It is not that the chamber has not done anything on this matter which was not publicised.&lt;/div&gt;
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There was a consensus that the minimum wage should be implemented gradually like 10 per cent every year and not across the board on Jan 1 giving our members time to adjust and plan their budget.&quot;&lt;/div&gt;
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&quot;Singapore started minimum wage policy and implemented it gradually until it reaches a high income society. We also need time to adjust gradually,&quot; Yee explained.&lt;/div&gt;
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Implementation of minimum wage from Jan 1 looks set to also leave a mark on the prices of goods and services in Sabah.&lt;/div&gt;
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STAR’s Sabah state committee member, Jalibin Paidi, said consumers in Sabah should expect the unpleasant surprises as businesses are expected to pass on to them the extra costs of doing business.&lt;/div&gt;
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“The direct immediate effect of this minimum wage policy will be an increase of production cost for all employers in the state already burdened with the highest cost of living in Malaysia.&lt;/div&gt;
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“Expect increases of prices of goods and services (of) anything from 20% to even 200% as the employers would definitely pass the cost to consumers at large,” Jalibin said in his statement in Ranau today.&lt;/div&gt;
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“Already we in Sabah STAR have been receiving reports from industries that increasing prices of goods and services would inevitably be an option to offset the extra cost for minimum wage of RM800 in Sabah.&lt;/div&gt;
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“Sabah consumers would be the worst affected by this policy as the gap from old wage to the new one will be the widest as Sabahans are also the least paid in Malaysia,” he said.&lt;/div&gt;
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Jalibin, who was a school principal before resigning to be active in politics, said that many employees in various sectors in Sabah are paid around RM400 to RM500 a month in the resources-rich but poverty-riddled state.&lt;/div&gt;
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The party, he said, had been told by those familiar with the restaurant, hotel, hardware, and supermarket sectors in various parts of Sabah that prices in almost all sectors would certainly be increased following the enforcement of the minimum wage policy.&lt;/div&gt;
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“There are also to be expected some business owners (out) to exploit the situation by increasing prices at (their) whim and fancy but they are expected to respond to market forces once competition sets in,” added Jalibin.&lt;/div&gt;
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There has also been no indication that the government will allow for grace period until June 2013 for employers with less than five employees on their payroll to delay paying the minimum wage.&lt;/div&gt;
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“We are concerned on many fronts. No doubt we support higher wages for our under-paid labour force, but we must also have the mechanism to check employers who might try to terminate older staff and take in fresh workers in order to offset costs.&lt;/div&gt;
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“This will result in unemployment for many and would also affect the quality of services to consumers.&lt;/div&gt;
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“We are already on the receiving end of many bad things in Sabah, it is only right that the government is cautious when implementing a well-intentioned policy,” he added.&lt;/div&gt;
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KOTA KINABALU - The NECF Commission on Sabah Affairs (COSA) welcome the Cabinet’s decision to resolve with urgency the long standing dilemma of Bumiputra Christians in Sabah wrongly classified as Muslims in their MyKad.&lt;/div&gt;
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“This is a step in the right direction to avoid further confusion over the status of Bumiputra Christians in Sabah,” said Datuk Jerry Dusing, chairman of the National Evangelical Christian fellowship Commission on Sabah Affairs in a statement today.&lt;/div&gt;
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The statement also said the assurance by the State National Registration Department that the error in recording the religious status in MyKad can be resolved immediately is a positive move. COSA hopes with this, the injustice and the huge back log of unresolved MyKad cases can be cleared quickly without having to go through the Syariah Court.&lt;/div&gt;
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COSA will immediately seek the intervention of both the Cabinet and the state NRD to remove the long protracted dispute from the Kudat Syariah High Court where it will have to determine whether three baptised Christians who have been Christians since birth and have never been Muslims are indeed Christians and not Muslims. After a series of postponements, the case is scheduled to be heard five days before Christmas.&lt;/div&gt;
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The statement said COSA urge the authorities to act with utmost urgency to amend the error in the entry in their MyKad as Christians and not Muslims so that the Syariah Court is not forced to make any judgment or order which may further complicate the problem.&lt;/div&gt;
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COSA said the controversy came to light when a test case was mounted by a 53 year-old widow of Banggi ethnicity, Intim binti Lambatan, and her two adult daughters, Norina binti Nuhudan,28, and Listin Nuhudan, 22, after they were classified as Muslims in their MyKad when all three are baptised Christians belonging to the Sidang Injil Borneo (SIB) denomination.&lt;/div&gt;
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The statement said the Jabatan Hal Ehwal Agama Islam Negeri Sabah – JHEAINS - or the Sabah Islamic Affairs Department, had clarified their names are not on the department’s register, thus indicating they are not Muslim converts.&lt;/div&gt;
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But the NRD would not rectify its error and asked Intim to go the Kudat Syariah High Court for a declaration that she is not a Muslim. After several delays, the case came up for hearing on 29 Oct 2012 but both JHEAINS and the NRD did not turn up, forcing another postponement.&lt;/div&gt;
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COSA cited press reports that the United Pasok Momogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (Upko) president Tan Sri Bernard Dompok said the matter has been resolved at the Federal Cabinet level. He said Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has given the NRD the go-ahead (to rectify the errors) instead of having to go through the Syariah Court.&lt;/div&gt;
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Dompok, who is also the Plantation industries and Commodities Minister, said the Cabinet had also decided to appoint him as the “focal point” in Sabah while Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Douglas Unggah Embas was directed to monitor Sarawak. Dompok said that he will render the necessary assistance.&lt;/div&gt;
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Meanwhile, COSA added that the Sabah state director of NRD Ismail bin Ahmad said the errors were caused by “technical glitches.” He assured those facing such problems that all they need to do is to go to his office and point out the error and it would be rectified.&lt;/div&gt;
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Transparency International, ANI Washington, Hindustan Times and WSJ Live, to name a few, have all bestowed Malaysia the dubious honour of Champion of Corruption.&lt;/div&gt;
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COMMENT&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;em style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2012/12/17/world-champion-of-corruption/attachment/rasuah-malaysia/&quot; rel=&quot;attachment wp-att-209187&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #e00000; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;alignleft size-full wp-image-209187&quot; height=&quot;221&quot; src=&quot;http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/rasuah-malaysia.jpg&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: left; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-top: 5px; max-width: 598px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;By Chua Jui Meng&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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For so long, Malaysia has been in the domestic and international limelight as far as corruption is concerned.&lt;/div&gt;
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However, it has never been humiliated and shamed by the international community wholesale like today.&lt;/div&gt;
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Transparency International, ANI Washington, Hindustan Times and WSJ Live, to name a few, have all bestowed Malaysia the dubious honour of Champion of Corruption.&lt;/div&gt;
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Much have been written, reported and more than 100 financial scandals exposed since 1983, beginning with the then world’s biggest banking financial loan scandal – the Bumiputera Malaysia Finance (BMF) which came with a murder suspense.&lt;/div&gt;
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BMF’s internal auditor Jalil Ibrahim was found dead in a banana grove in Hong Kong in July 1983 when he was sent there to probe the scandal.&lt;/div&gt;
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The federal government had to bailout BMF three times to a tune of RM2.5 billion to keep it afloat.&lt;/div&gt;
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After 29 years, no one has been punished for the financial scandal and no one has been convicted for the murder.&lt;/div&gt;
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That was 1983. What about today?&lt;/div&gt;
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It is still the same as reflected by the murder of Mongolian interpreter Altantuya Shaariibuu who is linked to alleged corrupt financial practices over Malaysia’s Defence Ministry’s purchase of two French-made second hand Scorpene submarines at an inflated price of RM6.7 billion.&lt;/div&gt;
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What is confirmed is that Altantuya was murdered by two police security officers who served Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and his wife, Rosmah Mansor.&lt;/div&gt;
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Although the two policemen have been convicted for the murder and their case is pending appeal, what we amazingly still don’t know are these:&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;What’s the motive for the murder. The presiding judge had the audacity to rule that the motive for the murder is irrelevant. Can any court in the world beat that?;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Why did the murderers, after shooting Altantuya point blank on the head, need to use exclusive military grade C4 explosives to blow up her body. The plausible explanation for this is to destroy all DNA evidence as she was reported to be pregnant when she was killed. This begs the question: Whose child was Altantuya carrying?; and&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Why is the Umno-led Barisan Nasional (BN) government so fearful of the ongoing French court’s probe on alleged corrupt financial practices over the Scorpene purchases, to the ridiculous extent of barring French lawyers from entering the country to brief parliamentarians and Malaysians on the development of the case.&lt;/li&gt;
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Malaysia is a country blessed with vast and rich natural resources, including oil and gas. But, after 55 years of BN-Umno rule, the country’s federal debt is at more than RM620 billion (including RM118 billion in off-budget liabilities or sovereign guarantees for private corporations like the Port Klang Free Zone and government-linked company loans ending 2011) against a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of RM881 billion or 70.4% of GDP.&lt;/div&gt;
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This means the BN government is operating way above the legislated federal debt ceiling of 55% of GDP.&lt;/div&gt;
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Although I have mentioned this many times over, there is surely a need to keep on reminding all Malaysians so that, when they go to the next general election, they can make an informed decision on what they must do to save Malaysia from an economic disaster of a bankrupt nation.&lt;/div&gt;
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Congratulations Najib. The whole world now knows you are leading the most corrupt nation on earth.&lt;br style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot; /&gt;Also read:&lt;br style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/Americas/Malaysia-is-world-champion-in-corruption/Article1-972080.aspx#.UMkUPrLSiqY&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #e00000; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot; /&gt;Malaysia is World Champion in Corruption&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;em style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Chua Jui Meng is PKR vice-president and Johor state chief. He is also a former MCA vice-president and an ex-Cabinet member.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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The appellate court also dismissed the claim for Native Customary Right over the whole Sipadan island by one Haji Abdillah Haji Abdul Hamid.&lt;/div&gt;
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Justices Datuk Ramly Haji Ali, Dato&#39; Anantham Kasinather and Dato&#39; Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim unanimously allowed the State Govern-ment&#39;s four appeals after hearing submissions from all parties.&lt;/div&gt;
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The appellate court held that on the question of Native Customary Rights (NCR), they were not satisfied that both individuals (Ab Rauf Mahajud, 70, and Haji Abdillah) have established NCR.&lt;/div&gt;
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&quot;NCR was in any event extinguished by legislation,&quot; they ruled.&lt;/div&gt;
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They also held that the collection of turtle eggs in the island is illegal by law and that the question of compensation does not arise.&lt;/div&gt;
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The court further said that the possession of turtle eggs did not arise by way of NCR under Section 15 of the Sabah Land Ordinance and also not a property of Ab Rauf and Abdillah.&lt;/div&gt;
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The State Government and the Board of Trustees of the Sabah Parks were appealing against Ab Rauf Mahajud in the first appeal.&lt;/div&gt;
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In the second appeal, the Semporna Assistant Collector of Land Revenue (ACLR) and State Government was appealing against Haji Abdillah Haji Abdul Hamid, while the third appeal was by Ab Rauf against the State Government and the Board of Trustees of the Sabah Parks - all appeals on the issue of liability.&lt;/div&gt;
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The fourth appeal was by the State Government and the Board of Trustees of the Sabah Parks against Ab Rauf, and the fifth appeal by Semporna ACLR and State Government against Abdillah, both appeals on the consequent issue of quantum.&lt;/div&gt;
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State Attorney General Datuk Roderic Fernandez defended the State Government, Ab Rauf was represented by counsel Yunof Maringking while Abdillah was represented by counsel Alex Decena and Shireen Sikayun.&lt;/div&gt;
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The High Court, which heard both Ab Rauf and Abdillah&#39;s suits together on the issue of liability, had on Dec. 15, 2009 allowed the application by traditional turtle eggs collector Ab Rauf and 70 family members to collect the turtle eggs around Sipadan.&lt;/div&gt;
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The High Court also granted a similar claim by businessman Haji Abdillah on Native Customary Rights over 2.5 acres of ancestral land on the island to collect turtle eggs and ordered the Deputy Registrar to assess damages on both suits.&lt;/div&gt;
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The High Court Deputy Registrar, who heard the assessment of damages of both suits, had on April 20, 2011 awarded damages of RM4,376,008.75 to Rauf&#39;s suit in respect of the right to collect turtle eggs and awarded damages of RM5,524,711.04 to Abdillah and also awarded damages of RM26,500,000 to Abdillah in respect of the loss of the tourist resort, which Abdillah would otherwise have developed on the 2.5 acres of native customary right land on the island.&lt;/div&gt;
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The appellate court in Thursday&#39;s proceedings, also dismissed Ab Rauf&#39;s appeal against the part of the High Court decision which had dismissed his claim for native customary right over the whole Sipadan island.&lt;/div&gt;
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Earlier, Roderic, among others in his submission, said that the collection of turtle eggs is totally prohibited on Sipadan island or anywhere in Sabah since July 31, 1998 and that the right to collect turtle eggs on Sipadan island is not a native customary right within the definition of Section 15 and 65 of the Land Ordinance.&lt;/div&gt;
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The island had been reserved for public purposes particularly of a bird sanctuary since 1933 and no one can claim it even via NCR and both Ab Rauf and Abdillah had not established the NCR factually, said Roderic.&lt;/div&gt;
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Sipadan on Sept 24, 1997 was declared a protected area under the Protected Areas Order 1997 and under the control and management of the National Security Division, which remains so until today, he said.&lt;/div&gt;
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When Malaysia went to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to challenge Indonesia&#39;s claim to the island, it was not Malaysia&#39;s argument on the continuity of occupation on the island as the ICJ judges found it on different principles, he said.&lt;/div&gt;
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Meanwhile, Decena submitted among others that having established NCR under common law, Abdillah does have propriety rights over Sipadan island under the Land Ordinance even though the island had been reserved as a Bird Sanctuary and that despite the ban under the Wildlife Conservation Enactment 1997 on collecting turtle eggs in Sipadan and elsewhere in Sabah, the enactment does not extinguish Abdillah&#39;s NCR to collect eggs on the island, established under common law.&lt;/div&gt;
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Even if the enactment does extinguish Abdillah&#39;s NCR to collect and sell eggs from the island, he is entitled to compensation for loss of the right, said Decena.&lt;/div&gt;
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Ab Rauf in his application on Dec 8, 2006 to seek an injunction against the State Government and Board of Trustees of Sabah Parks (defendants) from continuing to possess the island, said he is an heir of Maharaja Ligaddung Samang, who had the right to collect turtle eggs on the island which was recognised by the then British Government in letters dated Jan 25, 1916 and July 5, 1957, respectively.&lt;/div&gt;
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He said the Federal Government had also recognised his grandfather&#39;s right to collect turtle eggs on the Island and the State Government had also sought his grandfather&#39;s cooperation to challenge Indonesia&#39;s claim to the Island in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which ruled in favour of Malaysia.&lt;/div&gt;
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He further said that the Tawau Syariah Court granted him an order on Nov 23, 1998 to inherit the right to collect turtle eggs for 40 nights a year.&lt;/div&gt;
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The Sabah Government took over the island in 1997 and, without consent, licensed 12 tourism companies to run business there, thus his families were prohibited from collecting turtle eggs, said Ab Rauf.&lt;/div&gt;
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Ab Rauf also wanted the court to rule whether the defendants are liable to pay compensation to his family for the loss of their right of use and occupancy of the Island under customary tenure resulting from the application of the Wildlife Conservation Enactment 1997 and or the licensing of 12 companies to do tourism business on the Island.&lt;/div&gt;
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Meanwhile, Abdillah&#39;s ancestors had built, lived and maintained a house on the island and planted coconut trees and tapioca over 2.5 acres on the island and Abdillah, who inherited that NCR continued to collect and sell turtle eggs from the island and maintained the house and the 2.5 acres.&lt;/div&gt;
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The recent murder of a teenager has brought the Pakistani scourge in Sabah into focus and its increasing threat to local native women and small businesses.&lt;/div&gt;
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A mixture of politics, crime and other social problems related to demographic changes along with discussions and comments on the Internet has erupted into open simmering discontent between Sabahans and the newcomers.&lt;/div&gt;
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The first to bear the brunt of discrimination and bigotry were the Filipino refugees streaming across the border from civil war-torn Southern Philippines and Indonesians. Now the focus is on Pakistani traders.&lt;/div&gt;
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The unexplained death of Norikoh Saliwa, a 16-year-old student in Kota Marudu recently, and the subsequent detention of a shop manager of Pakistani origin have, however, stirred anger against immigrants in general and Pakistanis in particular.&lt;/div&gt;
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Turn any corner in Sabah – even in the most unlikely and remote places in its poor northern reaches or the scrappy east coast of the state – one is bound to see a trader from the sub-continent happily attending to a small grocery store, clothing outlet or selling electrical items and cell phones.&lt;/div&gt;
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Ask and many will cheerfully admit that they are from Peshawar or some area in the North-West Frontier Province, in northwestern Pakistan near the Khyber Pass on the border with Afghanistan.&lt;/div&gt;
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They are quiet, polite, speak Malay fairly fluently and keep to themselves. Talk about cricket or any of the stars of the game and they become amiably animated.&lt;/div&gt;
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All admit that they come from a hardscrabble background in their home country.&lt;/div&gt;
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Sabah has been good to them and they have become wealthy beyond their dreams.&lt;/div&gt;
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But questions are now being raised about how these immigrants from an impoverished background have had the funds to start businesses in the state.&lt;/div&gt;
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Who has given them the money and the licences to operate? Do they have a benefactor at state and federal level?&lt;/div&gt;
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Some of the shoplots they rent in strategic areas are not cheap. Rentals can be between RM2,500 and RM4,000, the wage of a middle income office worker.&lt;/div&gt;
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Then there is the cost of the goods in the shop that can range from RM25,000 to over RM100,000.&lt;/div&gt;
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Where is that stake or seed money coming from?&lt;/div&gt;
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Many say they have obtained loans but declined to reveal from who but, insist they can make ends meet and even turn a profit despite the interest on the loans.&lt;/div&gt;
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With an eye on the general election around the corner and growing voter dissatisfaction over immigration, politicians have thrown caution to the winds and joined in the free-for-all immigrant-bashing.&lt;/div&gt;
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The Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP), a local opposition group, which is hoping to resurrect its fortunes on a Sabah-for-Sabahans agenda, expressed on Sunday its “grave concern over the increase in the number of Pakistani traders in the district over the years”.&lt;/div&gt;
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Party information chief Chong Pit Fah warned that their increasing presence in the district, if left unchecked, could pose a serious threat to the socio-economic well-being of the local residents.&lt;/div&gt;
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“The business of the local tuck shop operators has been badly affected since these Pakistani traders started to come in to Penampang district in the last few years to set up their tuck shops in almost every nook and corner of the district right up to the Putatan sub-district,” he said.&lt;/div&gt;
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Speaking to reporters after lodging a police report at the district police station here yesterday, Chong who, is also SAPP Kepayan chief, claimed that a recent random survey carried out by its Kepayan Youth wing found that there were more than 20 tuck shops operated by the Pakistanis in the district.&lt;/div&gt;
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The survey, he said, was prompted by public concern over the increasing number of Pakistani traders in the district, following the alleged murder of Saliwa.&lt;/div&gt;
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“SAPP felt compelled to lodge a police report to urge the police as well as the Immigration Department to conduct a thorough check on these Pakistani traders who are operating the tuck shops in the Penampang district.&lt;/div&gt;
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“We strongly believed they could be abusing their social visit pass, or even having secured their stay and permit to do business through such dubious means like marriages of convenience with the rural native women, some of whom are single mothers,” he said.&lt;/div&gt;
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Chong claimed to have received numerous reports that many of the Pakistanis coming to the state are targeting rural young native girls for marriages of convenience so that they could secure a longer stay in Sabah as well as to apply for trading licences.&lt;/div&gt;
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According to sources, the preferred entry point into Sabah for Pakistan nationals and others is an indirect flight from Kuala Lumpur via Labuan.&lt;/div&gt;
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“The major concern among the native community in Sabah now is that some of these Pakistani traders had returned to their wife and children back in Pakistan for good, thus leaving behind their native wife and children here,” Chong said.&lt;/div&gt;
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He also claimed that the district of Kota Marudu has a large population of Pakistani nationals and has been dubbed “mini Karachi”.&lt;/div&gt;
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Chong, who was a former deputy chairman of the Penampang district council, said that the increasing number of Pakistanis in the district could be a government-sanctioned tactic to alter the demographics of various “troublesome” districts in the state in order to produce a favourable outcome for the Barisan Nasional government in any election.&lt;/div&gt;
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He said there seemed no other justifications for the relevant authorities to allow such a huge number of Pakistani nationals to continue to come into Sabah.&lt;/div&gt;
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“We know for a fact that the Filipino and the Indonesian workers are here because they are needed by the plantation and construction industries.&lt;/div&gt;
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“But as for the Pakistanis… what have they contributed to Sabah? To help increase the population of Sabah and to ensure a perpetual rule by the Barisan Nasional?” he asked.&lt;/div&gt;
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Making the report with Chong at the police station were several SAPP district leaders.&lt;/div&gt;
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Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas) said that corruption in Malaysia is not as bad as what the public perceives.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2011/10/04/amalan-rasuah-membudaya-dalam-masyarakat/attachment/rasuah/&quot; rel=&quot;attachment wp-att-56115&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #e00000; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;alignleft size-medium wp-image-56115&quot; height=&quot;243&quot; src=&quot;http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Rasuah-300x243.jpg&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: left; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-top: 5px; max-width: 598px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;KUALA LUMPUR: Discuss corruption issues in Malaysia with a pinch of salt. Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas) said this in its interim research report on Anti-Corruption Initiatives in Malaysia which was launched today at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Academy.&lt;/div&gt;
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Present at the launch was former prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.&lt;/div&gt;
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The report, titled Combating Corruption: Understanding Anti-Corruption Initiatives in Malaysia, said it was important for the public not to be influenced by perception alone when discussing corruption in Malaysia.&lt;/div&gt;
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“Although the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) implies that corruption level in the country is bad, our data suggests the situation is not as bleak as the CPI score.&lt;/div&gt;
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“Therefore, we need to be cautious and not throw blanket accusations denying the many good efforts initiated by the government to combat corruption,” the report said.&lt;/div&gt;
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However, the report indicated several weaknesses in government’s effort to battle corruption such as lack of a cohesive approach by government agencies, private sector and the civil society to curb graft.&lt;/div&gt;
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The report added the government had not effectively addressed the root cause of corruption and its agencies suffer from redundancy and lack of focus.&lt;/div&gt;
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“And that’s why the public does not believe that the government is serious in tackling corruption despite its attempts to do so,” the report said.&lt;/div&gt;
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Offering solution, the interim report urged the government to set up an inter-agency working committee at the federal level to help agencies to coordinate initiatives and strategies to tackle graft.&lt;/div&gt;
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The report also said that the government should not ignore anti-corruption framework like the National Integrity Plan as it provides comprehensive long term framework in strengthening integrity and battling corruption.&lt;/div&gt;
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“We also find that the Nazir Shah Alam report on corruption, done is 1958, is worth revisiting.&lt;/div&gt;
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“Plus, the MACC should optimise it resources to improve detection and investigation capacity and allow the Integrity Institute of Malaysia (IIM) to focus on public education initiatives,”the report said.&lt;/div&gt;
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The report is funded by MACC’s NKRA Anti Corruption Unit, plus several local and foreign funders.&lt;/div&gt;
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Sex won’t bring on labour&lt;/h1&gt;
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November 22, 2012&lt;/div&gt;
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Study shows that sex won&#39;t induce labour.&lt;/div&gt;
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NEW YORK: Despite a widespread belief that sex during the later stages of pregnancy can jumpstart labour, a new study from Malaysia found no differences in the timing of delivery between women who had sex near term and those who abstained.&lt;/div&gt;
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“We are a little disappointed that we did not find an association,” said Dr. Tan Peng Chiong, an obstetrics and gynecology professor at the University of Malaya, and one of the authors of the study. “It would have been nice for couples to have something safe, effective and perhaps even fun that they could use themselves to help go into labour a little earlier if (they) wanted.”&lt;/div&gt;
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Tan said that many women believe intercourse can induce labour, and scientists have proposed plausible biological explanations for why it might help.&lt;/div&gt;
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For one, semen contains a hormonelike substance called prostaglandin, which is used in synthetic form to induce labour.&lt;/div&gt;
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Breast stimulation is also thought to hasten labour and orgasm can trigger uterine contractions.&lt;/div&gt;
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Tan said the belief also probably came from “the deep seated folk perception that intercourse in pregnancy may be unsafe and may cause pregnancy expulsion or miscarriage despite fairly replete evidence to the contrary.”&lt;/div&gt;
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So they set out to see whether advising women to have sex during the final weeks of pregnancy could help them avoid an induction.&lt;/div&gt;
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“Labour induction for prolonged pregnancy is common and many women are also tempted for a variety of personal reasons to trigger labor off in the very latter stages of pregnancy,” he said.&lt;/div&gt;
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The researchers invited more than 1,100 women to participate, all of whom were 35 to 38 weeks pregnant (the typical pregnancy lasts 40 weeks) and none of whom had had sex in the previous six weeks.&lt;/div&gt;
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Roughly half of the women were advised by a physician to have sex frequently as a means of safely expediting labor.&lt;/div&gt;
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The other half were told that sex was safe during pregnancy, but that its effects on labour were unknown.&lt;/div&gt;
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The researchers then tracked the women to determine how long their pregnancies lasted and whether they required any medical intervention to start labour.&lt;/div&gt;
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They found that about 85 percent of the women who were encouraged to have sex did follow the doctor’s advice, while 80 percent of women in the other group also had sex.&lt;/div&gt;
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Women in the group advised to have sex also had it more frequently for the remaining duration of their pregnancies – three times versus two.&lt;/div&gt;
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But the rates of induced labor were similar in both groups: 22 percent of those advised to have sex and 20.8 percent of the other group had inductions, a difference so small it is likely to have been driven by chance.&lt;/div&gt;
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Pregnancy also lasted an average of 39 weeks for both groups.&lt;/div&gt;
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Dr. Jonathan Schaffir, an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at The Ohio State University College of Medicine who has studied obstetrical folklore, said the findings offer good support for the idea that sex won’t induce labour.&lt;/div&gt;
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Earlier research had relied primarily on surveys of women about their sexual experiences during pregnancy, but this study was “the first attempt to really randomize the experience, for some to have sex and some to not, which is a very hard thing to do,” he said.&lt;/div&gt;
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Schaffir wouldn’t advise his patients to have sex for the express purpose of going into labor, he added, but the study did indicate that there aren’t any hazards to it.&lt;/div&gt;
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“Even though this study did not show any increase in the rate of labor or a decrease in the rate of induction, it helped to cement the idea that having sex is probably safe if you want it,” he told Reuters Health.&lt;/div&gt;
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Tan said the results show that pregnancy evolved to be resistant to disruption.&lt;/div&gt;
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“Human pregnancy has to be robust to a little adventure like intercourse and unfortunately for our purpose, it seems pretty robust to the very end,” he said.—&lt;em style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Reuters&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;strong style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;KANOWIT:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Community leaders have been urged to cooperate with the Land and Survey Department to ensure consensus is achieved among every member in their community before applying for perimeter survey.&lt;/div&gt;
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The department’s Sibu chief Peggy Ronin Edin said the consensus included land boundaries and ownership claim.&lt;/div&gt;
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“This is other than giving your full support to the department when we carry out the survey work,” she told about 50 community leaders present at ‘Native Customary Right (NCR) Land New Initiative’ dialogue session at Kanowit MP service centre here on Saturday.&lt;/div&gt;
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The session was also held to explain the standard traverse geodimeter (STG) control for perimeter survey purpose in Sungai Poi here.&lt;/div&gt;
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Kanowit MP Datuk Aaron Ago Dagang, acting Kanowit District officer Ibrahim Kipli, Kanowit police chief DSP Ismail Mahmud and Kanowit Information Department head Wan Mohd Zuki Wan Ismail were among those present. Peggy later explained on the use of STG control, legal documents for land ownership claim, overlapping claims and trespassing of land border.&lt;/div&gt;
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Meanwhile not begin given prior notices before perimeter survey works started is one of the issues raised by community leaders at the session.&lt;/div&gt;
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Some even claimed the department had failed to give them detailed explanations on the matter.&lt;/div&gt;
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A few community leaders also disclosed that their followers did not want their land to be developed through a joint venture scheme like with Land Custody and Development Authority (LCDA).&lt;/div&gt;
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KOTA KINABALU: Top priority is given in tackling the right of ownership on Native Customary Rights (NCR) land and to find the best solutions to problems to protect the interest of the natives.&lt;/div&gt;
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Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman said every NCR claim received by the government would be studied as deeply as possible to confirm its legitimacy.&lt;/div&gt;
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“I will ensure priority will be given to looking after, preserving and protecting the interest of the natives,” he told Datuk Nilwan Kabang (Umno-Kunak) at the State Assembly, today.&lt;/div&gt;
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Musa, who is also the State Finance Minister, said 890,626.47 hectares or 45 per cent of the total government land had been given ownership in Sabah through five methods, including Native Title (NT), equity and gazetting.&lt;/div&gt;
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In this regard, he said, 17,501 applications for land were processed last year and 6,872 were backed for approval through a meeting of the District Land Utilisation Committee (LUC), with 6,218 applications under Native Title.&lt;/div&gt;
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As of August 2012, 35,350 applications for land were processed, and 10,540 including 9,922 under NT were supported for approval via a meeting of LUC.&lt;/div&gt;
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He said, NCR claims could still be forwarded under Section 14 to the Assistant Collector of Land Revenue (PPHT) although the Sabah Land Ordinance had been legislated on Dec 13, 1930. At the same time, the state government would continue to strive to increase land ownership by Sabah-born through other simpler and effective means.&lt;/div&gt;
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He said, until December 2011, the state government through the Land and Survey Department had registered 348,652 land ownerships. Of the total, 190,452 were NT and given to applicants through the land application approval process.&lt;/div&gt;
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“This is 55 per cent of the overall number of land ownerships registered in Sabah. A total of 1,970,961 hectares had been given ownerships, and, of the total, 487,680 hectares were under NT which is 24.7 per cent of the land ownerships registered in Sabah,” he said.&lt;/div&gt;
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In rejecting accusations saying the state government sidelined claims for NCR and discriminated against giving land rights to Sabah-born, he said the government was always open to criticisms, views and constructive suggestions to boost the delivery system from time to time.&lt;/div&gt;
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He said the Forestry Department had also been ordered to cease the new delineation process of the forest reserves in several areas resided and worked by residents to allow investigations to be carried out on their status.&lt;/div&gt;
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He said the state government was also planning to issue communal grants in Kota Marudu (17,000 acres), Pintas (10,000 acres), Tongod (15,000 acres) and Semporna (5,117.12 acres).&lt;/div&gt;
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He said, the state government, in the State Assembly sitting in April 2010, had dissolved 24,563 hectares from the Sook Plain forest reserve and Mandalom through a land swap with government land to enable communal grants to be issued.&lt;/div&gt;
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“Until December 2011, 36,486.43 hectares had been and are being developed with agricultural plantation in a smart partnership between government agencies and in-situ Sabahans,” he said.&lt;/div&gt;
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He said since 2000 until today, there were 41 cases involving 1,243 claims by Sabahans filed in court which involved NCR claim issues, of which 10 claims were rejected involving 1,021 claimants while only four claims were allowed by the court involving 17 claimants, and five cases involving 17 claimants opted for consent judgements.&lt;/div&gt;
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He said, four cases involving five claimants were withdrawn and the remaining 18 cases, involving 183 claimants, had not been decided by the court.&lt;/div&gt;
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In the meantime, he said 615 customary land demand cases had been registered whereby 207 were recognised, 70 rejected and 338 still being investigated.&lt;/div&gt;
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In this regard, he said the state government pledged to speed up the investigating process of cases which were still being investigated by using the Native Customary Rights Fast Unit (PANTAS) especially in the rural areas under the Sabah Land Ordinance.&lt;/div&gt;
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He also reminded that NCR issues should not be manipulated because it touched on the interest on the natives who should be supported by all parties to ensure such issues could be tackled and properly solved. – Bernama&lt;/div&gt;
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Construction worker from Kedah wins RM20mil Toto jackpot&lt;/h1&gt;
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PETALING JAYA: A construction worker from Kedah has hit the jackpot of his life RM20.78mil.&lt;/div&gt;
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The winning has prompted the man, who is in his 30s, to start looking for a girlfriend and to settle down.&lt;/div&gt;
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The man struck the Toto 4D Jackpot 1 on Saturday with his winning numbers of 8132 and 3017, which was the combination of his car registration number and birth certificate number.&lt;/div&gt;
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The man almost missed out on his win as he had accidentally left the winning ticket with his regular Toto customer sales assistant when he left the counter in a hurry.&lt;/div&gt;
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According to the statement, the man found out the results from the Sports Toto website but endured a sleepless night as he did not have his ticket with him.&lt;/div&gt;
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However, all ended well when the assistant called the next morning to inform him that he had won.&lt;/div&gt;
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The winner said he would use his winnings to invest in property, travel and to start a construction-related business.&lt;/div&gt;
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“He also said he would start looking for a girlfriend,” the statement said.&lt;/div&gt;
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His mother, who was with him at the Sports Toto head office, said her son was filial and hard-working but had delayed his plans to settle down as he felt he was not ready, especially financially.&lt;/div&gt;
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Sports Toto also announced that an engineering consultant from Selangor won its Mega Toto 6/52 Jackpot 1 totalling RM3.9mil.&lt;/div&gt;
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The man, who is in his 50s, got his winning numbers of 18, 21, 29, 31, 33 and 39 via Sports Toto&#39;s computerised random numbers selection system, Lucky Pick.&lt;/div&gt;
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He and his wife recounted how they checked and double-checked their numbers both on the website and in a newspaper after discovering that they had won.&lt;/div&gt;
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The Toto player of over 20 years described his jackpot win as a “boost” to his life.&lt;/div&gt;
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A university undergraduate who shot to fame for posting his lovemaking video on the Internet says he used to admire the MCA president.&lt;/div&gt;
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The undergraduate with the National University Singapore said this yesterday in a posting on his Facebook account.&lt;/div&gt;
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“I used to look up to Dr Chua Soi Lek, sexually. Funny how things turned out,” he said.&lt;/div&gt;
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The posting has received 389 “likes” and 70 “shares” so far.&lt;/div&gt;
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Chua was involved in a sex scandal in 2008 when a sensational DVD depicting him having sex with a young woman was widely circulated.&lt;/div&gt;
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He subsequently relinquished his post as a Cabinet minister, MCA vice-president and Labis MP.&lt;/div&gt;
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Chua, however, made a comeback and was elected as MCA president in 2011.&lt;/div&gt;
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While Tan did not explain why he dragged Chua into his sex furore, it appeared to be tit-for-tat as several MCA leaders have lashed out at Tan.&lt;/div&gt;
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“We are not that advanced or daring. We have to consider the consequences of such actions, especially if students can be exposed to it,” Wee was quoted as saying.&lt;/div&gt;
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MCA Wanita Kangar division representative, Oh Ho Kiew, said the blog had attracted a lot of public attention and criticism.&lt;/div&gt;
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“There are young people who are not bothered to take our culture and moral values as part of their life,” she said at the MCA Wanita annual general assembly meeting on Saturday.&lt;/div&gt;
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DAP wants the government to explain three issues, which include directly negotiated government contracts, writting off government and IWK licences.&lt;/div&gt;
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Party secretary-general Lim Guan Eng noted that one was on several directly negotiated massive government contracts and projects that had affected public trust&lt;/div&gt;
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Another major issue was the massive write-off of government loans to Perwaja Terengganu Sdn Bhd, amounting to a whopping RM1.626 billion.&lt;/div&gt;
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The third, he said, involved the exemption of licence fees for Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd (IWK) amounting to RM1,371 million.&lt;/div&gt;
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“Barisan Nasional has to be changed if it continues to dismiss the AG Report by refusing to explain the mismanagement, waste and abuses costing tens of billions of ringgit,” said Lim.&lt;/div&gt;
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The Penang chief minister cited the directly-negotiated RM12.49 billion Ipoh-Padang Besar double-tracking project, which was delayed twice and had incurred RM3.6 billion extra cost, as a glaring example.&lt;/div&gt;
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He pointed out that majority of military quarters built by the Defence Ministry were awarded by direct negotiation and its cost nearly doubled to RM3.2 billion with visible defects of collapsed ceilings and leaking sewer pipes.&lt;/div&gt;
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He urged Defence Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to explain why he waited until the AG Report had exposed the shoddy and defective work to lodge a complaint with the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB).&lt;/div&gt;
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Moreover, he argued that the Defence Ministry should have acted to punish the contractor instead of passing the buck to CIDB, which had lesser powers.&lt;/div&gt;
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He demanded Zahid to list down his ministry’s steps to detect such abuses, rectify defects and punish contractors and officials responsible.&lt;/div&gt;
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He demanded a ministerial explanation on why the federal government waived penalties worth RM87.12 million despite poor and defective performance that flouted contractual obligations.&lt;/div&gt;
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“Clearly, the entire internal control mechansim within the ministry comprising the monitoring, analysing and auditing of projects has failed.&lt;/div&gt;
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“Military personnel have been shortchanged in another crony project of BN benefiting contractors at public expense,” he added.&lt;/div&gt;
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Lim also chided the 1,000 brochure racks worth RM1.95 million for Visit Malaysia Year 2007 bought through direct negotiation by the Malaysian Tourism Promotion Board without the Finance Ministry’s approval and the five billboards worth RM3.64 million put up in Indonesia via direct negotiation, a case currently investigated by MACC.&lt;/div&gt;
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The AG Report also mentioned state-owned company Sarawak Coal Resources Sdn Bhd’s contracts for extraction and transportation of coal ore in Mukah for RM923.03 million that was awarded to four firms through direct negotiations.&lt;/div&gt;
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“No wonder Sarawak Coal Resources Sdn Bhd is recording losses,” jibed Lim.&lt;/div&gt;
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The AG Report had highlighted 42 loans given out by the federal government to companies having arrears for a period between one and 17 years, amounting to RM 3,328 million, which was an 18.7% increase from RM2,805 million in 2010.&lt;/div&gt;
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Lim chided the federal government for failing to take any action to recover the loan arrears and for writing off Perwaja’s RM 1,626 million loans for a period of 16 years between 2011 and 2027.&lt;/div&gt;
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He questioned the rationale behind the huge write-off when public-listed Perwaja was making profits, arguing that it gave the impression of cronies getting special treatment at the expense of 28 million Malaysians.&lt;/div&gt;
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“Again why cronies have their loans written off but not ordinary Malaysians who have to pay the last cent or else be sued by banks?” he asked.&lt;/div&gt;
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On the third issue, he noted that IWK had applied to the environment department (DOE) for 3,290 licenses between 2008 and 2011 to violate environmental standards in disposal of toxic wastes.&lt;/div&gt;
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Upon approval, IWK was required to pay RM1,554 million for license fees as at end of 2011&lt;/div&gt;
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But due to the Cabinet’s exemption of RM 1,371 millon on May 21, 2010, IWK now needed only to pay RM183 million.&lt;/div&gt;
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“Why did Cabinet give IWK this huge exemption at the expense of the environment and without any benefit to Malaysians?” asked Lim.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;strong style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Also read:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;strong style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2012/10/22/audit-report-2011-nothing-has-changed/&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #e00000; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Audit Report 2011: Nothing has changed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/leisure/2012/10/20/5-things-she%e2%80%99s-done-but-won%e2%80%99t-ever-tell-you/attachment/secrets_girls/&quot; rel=&quot;attachment wp-att-186748&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #e00000; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;alignleft size-medium wp-image-186748&quot; height=&quot;204&quot; src=&quot;http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/secrets_girls-300x204.jpg&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: left; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-top: 5px; max-width: 598px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Think she’s never lied? You’d be wrong. Although your girlfriend looks angelic and swears she’s never fibbed, the facts are everyone lies; even Scouts and Girl Guides. It may be that your girl tweaks the cost of a dress or denies the fact that she’s ever faked it in bed; either way a lie is a lie and she’s been holding back the truth from you for a long time.&lt;/div&gt;
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Here are five things your girlfriend has definitely done but won’t ever tell you.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;strong style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Told her friends the size of your you-know-what&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot; /&gt;Even though she’d be horrified to hear that you told your guy friends that she has odd shaped boobs or a spotty butt, it turns out that girls abide to a different set of laws and rules. Basically, although you’re not going to be happy about hearing this, your girlfriend will have definitely told all her girl friends the size of your penis and, as if they haven’t caused you enough humiliation, they will probably have also swapped stories about your moves, your stamina and even your deepest, darkest fantasies. If you’re reading this in a red-faced, clammy panic, take a deep breath, remain calm and try to accept that this is just girls’ ways.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;strong style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Spent a fortune on a dress she wears once&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot; /&gt;Before you started dating women, you knew that they liked to shop. Yet what you hadn’t been prepared for was the amount she’d spend on items and how often she would go shopping. Research has found that in a lifetime the average woman buys 3,109 items, including: 271 pairs of shoes, 185 dresses and 145 bags. The longer you spend with your girl, the more items she’ll end up buying and the more annoyed you’ll get when she brings home yet another shopping bag. Your girl knows you find her shopping habits exasperating and so at some point she will definitely lie to you about the cost of one of her latest splurges.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;strong style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Faked it&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot; /&gt;Do you often refer to yourself as the Love Machine or as Mr. Casanova? Don’t worry, your secret is safe with us and you’re not alone. Most men think they’re excellent under the covers because they always make their girlfriends come, no matter what. Although your girl may be so satisfied because you are dynamo, it might also have something to do with the fact that she’s a faker. According to studies around 48 per cent of women have faked an orgasm at one time or another. So, we’re afraid to tell you that you’re probably not quite the stud you thought you were and your girl does not visit Orgasm Land every single time you have sex.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;strong style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Returned a gift&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.realbuzz.com/&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #e00000; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;alignright size-full wp-image-135379&quot; height=&quot;50&quot; src=&quot;http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/rb-logo-full-colour.jpg&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: right; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; max-width: 598px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; right: 0px;&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;You scoured the shops for days, trying to pick out the right shade of jumper or the right scent of perfume. On the morning of her birthday you proudly present the well-wrapped (the lady in the store gift-wrapped it for you) present you picked and watch her reaction carefully. Success! She loves it and is ecstatic. What you don’t know is that every woman is an incredible actress. It’s as if to become a fully-fledged woman they have to graduate from some kind of fantastic drama school where they can demonstrate their skills in faking joy at an unwanted gift. How do we know this? Well, when did you last see your last present being used? If your girl says she lost it or it broke, you can guarantee that she returned your gift the next day.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;strong style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;Told you she’s fine&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot; /&gt;If you’ve been dating for longer than two weeks then at some point your girl would have told you ‘she’s fine’. Whatever you do don’t believe her. In a study commissioned by 20th Century Fox, researchers found that telling their partner’s that they were fine, even though they were anything but, was the most common lie women told men. If your girlfriend tells you that nothing is wrong even though she’s still pouting and won’t let you touch her, then take it from us: it’s a lie. We’re not sure why women do this. It may be that she is too humiliated to tell you why she is upset or it may be that she wants you to be a mind reader and instantly know why she’s unhappy that you’re going to go on an all boys holiday rather than stay at home to go to her mum’s wedding.&lt;/div&gt;
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He said throughout last year the State&#39;s inflation rate was lower, at 2.9 per cent compared to the national rate of 3.2 per cent.&lt;/div&gt;
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&quot;Goods and services which recorded a rise compared to the national average for food and non-alcoholic drinks, recreation, culture, hotel, restaurant, decorations, household maintenance and hardware.&lt;/div&gt;
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&quot;Other food items such as meat, milk, eggs, sugar, jam, honey, chocolate and sweetmeats as well as other manufactured foods recorded a rate increase compared to the national average,&quot; he said, replying to Datuk Chua Soon Bui (Independent-Tawau) at the Dewan Rakyat, here, Tuesday.&lt;/div&gt;
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Chua had asked on the steps taken by the ministry and relevant authorities to resolve inflation woes faced by the people in Sabah.&lt;/div&gt;
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Devamany said enforcement and price monitoring on essential items such as wheat, sugar, cooking oil, bread, chicken, petrol, diesel and cooking gas were constantly enhanced to ensure that prices remained stable and reasonable.&lt;/div&gt;
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&quot;The Government will continue to focus on lowering and controlling the inflation rate nationwide.&lt;/div&gt;
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&quot;To lower the price of essential goods in Sabah and Sarawak, the Government has implemented the price standardisation programme, transport subsidy as well as the 1Malaysia people&#39;s shop (KR1M),&quot; he said.&lt;/div&gt;
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He said under the 2013 Budget, the Government allocated RM386 million to ensure that essential goods in Sabah and Sarawak as well as Labuan were sold at the same price as in the peninsula.&lt;/div&gt;
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&quot;This included opening 57 KR1M and bearing the transportation cost from the peninsula to Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan including the interior areas.&lt;/div&gt;
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To a supplementary question by Chua, he denied claims that only one KR1M was opened in each parliamentary area, thus preventing the people living in the rural areas to benefit from it.&lt;/div&gt;
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&quot;The KR1M was opened and located according to needs and not based on parliamentary areas,&quot; he said.-Bernama&lt;/div&gt;
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