June 5, 2010 - Posted by Camelia - Comments Off
CALL FOR AUDITION!!!
This is an invitation to be part of the SIX IN THE CITY Pop Musical.
Time to show just how creative you are…If you can sing, dance or act… WE WANT YOU! Integrated Expressions, the producer of Pop Musicals like Rose Rose I Love You, No Limits, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and many more…will be producing SIX IN THE CITY – another Pop Musical this August for The Befrienders. SIX IN THE CITY is in conjunction with The Befrienders 40th Anniversary Annual Fundraiser. And we are looking for Singers, Actors, Dancers.. and of course background crew!
So there is no better time than now to make use of your talents and at the same time do a little bit of charity. For more information please write to marketing@ie- asia.com or call up Marcus @ 012 651 6661 or Joey @ 0122991023 for an appointment to audition.
May 7, 2010 - Posted by Camelia - 4 Comments
The last day to submit individual income tax is 30th April 2010 and it’s advisable to use e-Filling system to submit your e-BE form so the IRB of Malaysia will not chase you after that due to late submission.
Make sure that you read all the income tax FAQ and help before filling the form so that you are not getting into trouble with the income tax laws.
I noticed that still many people do not know why we need to pay income tax. Almost everyone who has to pay income tax is reluctant to pay it. We pay income tax is to allow our government to make use of our money to build the schools and public hospitals, public library, sidewalks, and other infrastructure, which are important to each one of us.
How To Calculate Income Tax Malaysia ?
Now, you can try to pay your income tax via e-filing website which is https://e.hasil.gov.my/. The entire filing process is done online and all calculations will be automatically calculated after you key in the amount. You can even save your work and come back again to complete the tax filling at anytime.
Or, if you want to calculate your income tax locally first, then you can try this Borang BE 2009 spreadsheet calculator. Please feel free to download it here:
Borang Income Tax BE 2009
How If Pay the Income Tax After Due Date?
If you do not pay your tax before the due date which is 30th April then you need to pay the penalty charge which is 10% increased and if found any balance remaining unpaid upon the expiration of 60 days from the due date then it will be further increased by 5% of the balance unpaid.
So, try don’t wait till last minute to pay your income tax as you might not able to pay income tax on time due to high traffic of e-filling website. For all taxpayer, please do remember to keep all the records and relevant receipts or documents for at least 7 years for investigation purpose.
April 3, 2010 - Posted by Camelia - 1 Comment
Zizie Ezette berparti bersama Bung Mokhtar
January 25, 2010 oleh Gadis Lonely?
Hi guys. We all tak tahu yang gambar ni diambil sebelum atau selepas Zizie Ezette dan Bung Mokhtar Radin diijabkabulkan sebagai suami isteri. Apapun memang terbukti kemesraan antara mereka berdua. Kemesraan dengan lelaki lain juga terbukti tapi we all tak tahu siapa pula lelaki yang lain tu. Maybe saudara terdekat mereka. Kalau you guys tahu, inform la ye? Atau pihak media lain macam Jubir (LOL),Melodi atau Terjah, cuma la tanya Zizie pasal gambar ni.
Oh! Artis setakat ini belum pernah lagi mengeluarkan sebarang artikel mengenai perkahwinan mereka. Namun kami faham semua orang dah tahu kan?
Anyway gambar ini diterima dari seseorang yang katanya gambar ini telah di’upload oleh someone di Facebook. Well, pastinya Facebook Membunuh. Jadi kepada artis-artis dan selebriti yang pastinya hidup anda dikelilingi peminat dan paparazi, watch out yo!
March 20, 2010 - Posted by Camelia - Comments Off
Darker side of attacks on churches
Isn’t it interesting how Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak leapt at a journalist’s throat when asked if Umno and his regime were to blame for the arson attacks on churches in and around Kuala Lumpur?
Did it touch a raw nerve?
It’s an act of political desperation by Najib who, by any measure, is starting to look every bit as useless as his predecessor, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who has disappeared from the public eye.
Najib, despite tacit support from his boss and mentor, the former dictator Dr Mahathir Mohamad, is struggling to stay relevant in politics.
Not only that, he’s struggling to win the hearts and minds of factions in Umno, especially within the supreme council, who are already jockeying for positions as Najib’s political stock continues to dwindle, and dwindle rapidly.
The Altantuya Shaariibuu murder still hangs over his head despite his vehement denial of any involvement.
Now there’s the growing and violent racism by diehard Malays against non-Muslims.
How Najib handles this crisis will determine his political future. His days are numbered, though, unless he’s resurrected, Jesus of Nazareth-like.
His other problem is that he is surrounded by other useless no-hopers, such as Hishammuddin Hussein, Khairy Jamaluddin, and Muhyiddin Yassin.
Najib is hemmed between being a genuine leader for all Malaysians or for just a few. But his hands are tied.
That’s the price every future premier has to pay to continue the corruption, cronyism and nepotism of the New Economic Policy and maintain institutionalised racism and, through these, the polarisation of Malaysians through the deep-seated fear of ketuanan Melayu.
The cronies and nepotists from the Mahathir years are still there. Najib is expected to look after their narrow interests foremost.
It’s the ‘national interest’. They’re Malays, or bumiputera, with a good sprinkling of Chinese and Indians too, by virtue of their connections to the political elite.
It’s old-style corruption, the kind you’d find in Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Japan, China, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Nothing in Malaysia has changed in the course of the last few months when I last wrote on Malaysia. At least not for the better, but everything for the worse.
You can’t say that Najib and Co’s reactions to the arson attacks were surprising, any more than you can say that the arson attacks on non-Malay religious houses were unexpected.
There’s a long history of desperate and distorted politics that leads most analysts to shrug their shoulders and say: ‘Well, it was always on the cards, wasn’t it?’
From the ridiculous dogma of Islamic fanatics who body-snatched dead Hindus without documented evidence that they were Muslim converts or even converts by choice, to the destruction or removal of Hindu temples close to the Malay-Muslim populace – every one of these gutless acts reeks of political calculation and extreme anxiety.
Weak-kneed BN
Najib says Umno and his government are not to be blamed for these attacks. Bah, humbug!
Umno is the ruling party of the coalition government, and as such the party is the ruling regime despite the coalition’s existence. Of course it is to be blamed.
So, too, its partners in Barisan Nasional, for being outrightly pusillanimous.
They’re too afraid to speak out against Islamic fanatics who have taken the law into their own hands to destroy non-Muslim religious institutions. These weak-kneed parties must face the same widespread condemnation as Umno.
They’ve all lost their political relevance, political lustre and moral compasses. The only thing that matters to them is that they and their cronies continue to amass wealth unchecked at the expense of ordinary Malaysians. That’s their sole raison d’etre for staying in politics.
So now Malaysians face a new dilemma: the greater Islamisation of Malaysia, not by moderate elements but fanatical elements with Taliban-like instincts and cowardice. They want draconian Syariah laws that would also apply to non-Muslim transgressors.
Now they want Najib’s Umno regime to upend the Kuala Lumpur High Court’s decision to allow the Catholic weekly newspaper Herald to use the word ‘Allah’ in general reference to God.
But when did these Muslims become the sole proprietors of the word ‘Allah’ when history shows that the word pre-dates the birth of Islam?
This is not about the defending of Islam. It’s about chauvinist elements inside Umno’s inner circle stirring for a fight in the run up to the next poll, as much as it is a show of force to non-Malays of the primacy of ketuanan Melayu.
Don’t wager too lightly that those inside Umno’s inner sanctum and who recently have loudly disclaimed or condemned the attacks on the churches (and temples previously) are not also surreptitiously the instigators of these vile, racist and cowardly actions. After all, they have more to lose, politically and wealth accumulation-wise.
Either way, even if Najib is ousted, Malaysia’s future remains bleak, dark and racist because those who take over are likely to be worse than Mahathir and certainly Najib and Abdullah put together. The hypocrisy of this group is stunning.
The church attacks are not about Islam and ‘Allah’. They’re the seedy side of racism and power politics – a diabolical mix.
This articles by:
MANJIT BHATIA, an academician and writer, is also research director of AsiaRisk, a political, economic and risk analysis consultancy in Australia. He specialises in international economics and politics, with a focus on the Asia-Pacific.
March 16, 2010 - Posted by Camelia - Comments Off
Construction of nine-storey complex making life miserable for SS5 Kelana Jaya folk
By CHRISTINA LOW
http://www.starproperty.my/PropertyScene/PropertyScene/3070/0/0
RESIDENTS of SS5 Kelana Jaya can no longer tolerate the heavy traffic flow since the construction of a new project which started a few months ago.
“None of the residents here were told or informed of the project by the developer. We do not even know that a huge commercial centre would be sitting next to our homes until we saw the lorries moving into this area,” said SS5 Action Committee chairman Astornuddin Omar.
Astornuddin said they found out about the project only after reading the signage placed at the site.
“Some of us have lived here for more than 27 years and we have not had anything so huge built here,” said Astornuddin who headed the peaceful protest on Saturday in front of the site in Jalan SS5D/6.
According to the residents, the nine-storey Soho complex was the third project planned on the same vacant lot since 1996.
“The previous projects did not continue after some minor piling work, hence the same lot had seen a change of hands several times,” said its secretary, Sangaran Kutty Menon.
He said the land was previously gazetted under institutional land. However, they were informed that it had changed to commercial land after it was sol
Near the lot are a therapy centre, a senior citizens association as well as two schools.
“As it is now we are already suffering with the traffic on weekdays especially during peak hours where parents come to pick their children up from school.
“We have no problems as most of us understand that these cars are only here for a short while. But we are worried about the tractors and bulldozers coming into the same road as well, leaving the roads clogged up,” said Sagaran.
He said the problem could turn bad at times when residents could not get in or out of their homes.
Another resident Abdul Wahid Mohd Zain said he could not understand how the road in housing area could withstand the commercial traffic.
“This road here is built for a housing area and not meant for commercial area,” said the architect.
The group had met their assemblyman Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad to resolve the problem and was even given a chance to meet the Selangor mentri besar last year.
Sangaran said they understood they could not stop the project as it had been approved by the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ).
During the early morning protest, the residents also presented a memorandum to MBPJ councillor Muzammil Hafiz who said he would try to help the residents on both the project as well as the traffic problems.
March 16, 2010 - Posted by Camelia - Comments Off
OCM targeting one medal for badminton
Published on: Saturday, February 27, 2010
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Kuala Lumpur: The Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) is targeting at least one medal for the national junior badminton squad at the Junior Olympics in Singapore from Aug 14 to 26.
OCM honorary secretary Datuk Sieh Kok Chi said the target was made based on the potentials shown by the junior squad in several championships at the national level previously.
“However, it is too early for us to name the shuttlers who has the potential to win the medal as the selection for the badminton events has yet to be made by the main body for the sport,” he said.
Sieh said so far the OCM had only received confirmation for the yachting team. However, for other events such as badminton, swimming, shooting, diving, the confirmation will be received soon.
He said that host Singapore had specified that each country could only send 70 athletes because the Junior Olympics was being held for the first time.
“As such, although Singapore is near, we cannot send as many athletes as we like,” he said.
The Junior Olympics will offer 26 events including aquatics, archery, athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, canoeing, fencing, football, equestrian, gymnastics, handball, hockey, judo, shooting, weightlifting and cycling.
March 16, 2010 - Posted by Camelia - Comments Off
Three quarters of Labuan facing water shortage
Published on: Sunday, March 14, 2010
Labuan: The water shortage here has reached a critical stage with three quarters of the island affacted. The problem became aggravated since last November with depleting supplies in local reservoirs due to the Al Nino phenomenon.
The Sungei Pagar and Kerupang reservoirs have dried upwhilel the reservoir at Merinding is at 75 per cent. If the dry spell continues, the reservoir would only provide for another four months supply to maintain current Labuan production level at 42ML (million litres).
Only the reservoir at Bukit Kuda is helping to ease the situation.
The National Security Council has been alerted and rapid remedial actions are being taken as short term solutions pending the completion of the second RM365 million subsea water pipeline which is expected to be completed by next year.
The island would have 88 million litres a day, which is more than the daily requirement of 56ML.
The measures now undertaken include the appointment of Sime Darby Bhd to explore and extract ground water sources and to draw water from the murky Sungei Kinabanuwa using RO technology. When this is completed by May 2010, another 3.5ML will be added to current supplies available.
The daily water production is at 42ML. Coming from Beaufort is 37ML while 12ML (maximum) from the four reservoirs here.
These facts were highlighted by the Director of the Water Department, Sulaiman Kamisan and his deputy Christopher Lim during a dialogue with Consumer Protection Association Malaysia (PPPM) branch here which was led by PPPM Sarawak Chairman Dato Yeo Kok Vui, Labuan Chairman Derex Chan PPPM Sungai Beduan Chairman, Chan Yun Fong and others.
A statement issued after the dialogue by the PPPM noted that Sulaiman acknowledged that the hard-hit areas were Belukut, Bebuloh Darat, Sungai Beduan and the massive Taman Mutiara. These areas had been receiving supplies from the Sungai Pagar plant and this had dried up.
Sulaiman said the issue in these areas was being tackled by using the pumphouse at Bukit Kalam to divert water to Sungei Beduan.
He said a new pump would be installed within a month or two so that supply to Sungei Beduan would be more consistent.
Water sourced from Sungai Kinabenuwa would also be supplied to Sungai Beduan (Taman Mutiara) and Bebuloh areas.
Sulaiman spoke on these because residents at Taman Mutiara had complained persistently that they were only supplied water during the wee hours and as such they were unable to carry out cooking, washing and bathing after reaching home from work at 5pm.
Sulaiman hoped there would be heavy rainfall soon so that water level at all the reservoirs will return to normal level as supplies from two reservoirs remaining were dwindling by the day.
He also urged for co-operation from consumers not to waste water and not to use it for performing non-essential things like washing cars, etc.
BY http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/
March 10, 2010 - Posted by Camelia - Comments Off
“90 DAYS FOR MUM” Campaign
You can go to www.nube.org. my to sign the petition.
Dear Yang Amat Berhormat Dato’ Sri Najib Tun Razak,
We, the undersigned Malaysian citizen strongly support the initiative by the National Union of Bank Employees (NUBE) to increase the existing paid maternity leave from 60 to 90 days.
The role of a modern woman has become more varied and challenging than, say, 30 years ago. Most women today juggle the demands of a full-time job with their traditional role of home-maker so that they help to sustain a decent standard of living.
As a home-maker, a woman bears the heavy burden of raising children, managing the household and ensuring her family’s overall wellbeing. With this in mind, the least the government should do is ensure the full recovery of a woman’s physical, emotional and mental state after delivering a child.
Many Southeast Asian nations have moved forward along with the Recommendation of the ILO Convention 103 – Maternity Protection Convention (Revised), 1952. The revised Convention 183 of 2000 considered 7 maternity protections; let’s do a regional comparison of just the basic protection:
Statutory maternity leave in Southeast Asia:
· Singapore – 112 days (16 weeks)
· Thailand – 90 days (3 months)
· Cambodia – 90 days
· Indonesia – 90 days
· Malaysia – 60 days
(Source: www.asianfoodworker .net)
Some Southeast Asian countries even provide breastfeeding and child care protection. For example a mother in Singapore gets up to 12 months leave to breastfeed and care for her newborn. In Cambodia, companies are obliged to grant a new mother a 30-minute break twice daily to breastfeed her child. Those with more than 100 women workers have to provide nursing rooms and day care centers, with the cost of childcare borne by the company. Indonesian employers meanwhile are required to provide a suitable place for breastfeeding mothers to nurse their children during work hours.
These are but some of the instances of protection for women workers afforded under the ILO convention.
Malaysia, unfortunately, is lagging far behind and there is a pressing need to amend the relevant provision in the Employment Act 1955.
The 60-day paid maternity leave is simply not enough for most Malaysian women.
Why? A women who goes through the delivery of a child suffers not just physically but emotionally and mental too.
Post-natal depression (PND), a health issue – 1 in 3 new mothers, or 10%, suffer PND which is a less understood form of depression. Women with this medical disorder are either not ready to work or feel they cannot return to work yet. The problems usually start within a few weeks or months of giving birth. Over 50% of mothers develop the disorder within the first 3 months.
Further, for about 1 in 7 women the ensuing stresses and emotional changes can be intense, and include strong depressive mood swings, anxiety, social withdrawal, irritability and can get highly dysfunctional if severe. PND also interferes with the bonding and attachment process between mother and child. Around 1 in every 10 women has PND after having a baby. Without treatment it can last for months, or quite rarely, years. Recovery takes time .
That is not all; breastfeeding (bonding) – holding a full-time job while still breastfeeding is tough partly because workplaces do not meet the needs of nursing mothers. Breastfeeding itself is mutually beneficial for mother and child. It protects against some breast and ovarian cancers because oestrogen levels drop very low while breastfeeding. Research shows the longer a mother breastfeeds, the cancer risk goes lower. Also, if a mother is unable to express milk during the work-day, her breasts will become engorged, resulting in plugged milk ducts which can lead to unbearable pain that may result in breast infection, and she will not be fit to work.
For the child, breast milk provides numerous health and emotional advantages for both mother and child, which are crucial in the initial months of bonding. Breastfeeding protects a newborn from ear infections, colds and viruses, or reduces the severity of the illness. It helps to reduce infant mortality, most of which occurs in the first 100-200 days of a baby’s life. More maternity leave will allow mothers to provide better care for their newborns.
Preparing to return to work is another emotional and mental trauma. The concern for the child’s care, love, affection, nutrition etc occupies the mother’s thoughts rendering her incapable of producing results up to her fullest capacity. Leave alone if the mother has no one to care for the child and has to leave the child at day care centre etc. Her thoughts are not just of the child but also the cost that accompanies the care.
Malaysian women in employment stand at 5.1 million in the total Malaysian workforce of 11.29 million (2009) and a workforce without sufficient maternity leave, are forced to stop work altogether or find it hard to return to work. The social, psychological and medical cost of having women back at work before full physical recovery or connecting with their newborns is immeasurable, and should never be tolerated in a country like Malaysia. Extended maternity leave would give mothers a reasonably sufficient time to bond with and breastfeed their babies without the added financial worries . It will be good for business and the economy because it will help keep skilled, experienced female staff attached to the workforce.
For the employer, offering extended maternity leave indicates to prospective employees that the company cares about their health and relationships with their spouse and children. Maternity leave also encourages highly-qualified people to apply for positions, creating a larger pool of applicants, and enhances the company’s public image among its peers, thus increasing its status within the industry.
A UNDP report in 2005 citing the ILO says Malaysia is among 25 countries out of 152 providing maternity leave for 60 days or less.
We, therefore, wish to petition the Malaysian government to amend the Employment Act 1955 to reflect the extension of the paid maternity leave to 90 days.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned:
Explanatory note:
1. This petition is presented here both in Bahasa Malaysia and in English.
2. Collection of signatures in support of this petition will end on 6th June 2010.
3. If you agree to support this petition, you are required to submit your name, identity card number and state your email address.
4. Names unaccompanied with their identity card numbers, or accompanied by incorrect identity card numbers, will be deleted.
5. Names of those supporting this petition will not be displayed here.
6. NUBE will compile the supporting signatures of this “90 Days for Mums” Online Petition and submit it together with a Memorandum to the Honourable Prime Minister of Malaysia and a copy to the 221 Members of Parliament as the voice of 1Malaysian citizen urging for the amendments
March 10, 2010 - Posted by Camelia - Comments Off
NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO SPEND AS A MALAYSIAN
Yes, I know it is not enough ! What do I get for paying high toll everyday? Have to Q also to follow traffic jams after the toll !
Now I have to pay an extra RM50 for each credit card. For what?
Extra GST (goods and services tax). Again, how does that benefit me?
Look at the long list:
I have to pay for security guards because the police are hopeless.
I have to install filters because the water supply is dirty.
I have to watch satellite TV because the government broadcast s crap….all pro-government & religious programmes !
Many kids have to go for tuition or to private schools because the government schools are bad and the teachers lazy & inefficient !
We have to pay IPPs (independent power providers) because the government cannot provide consistent electricity.
We have to pay Indah Water to clean up the sewers.
We have to pay very high taxes on foreign cars because Mahathir wants to keep his dying local car industry alive.
Most have to drive because the government cannot provide good public transport… stupid & inefficient planning of LRT and trains services !
We have to pay to sustain the government’s affirmative action policies…. lots of rhetorics rubbish !
We have to pay for private health care because the public hospitals are overcrowded to the brim….waiting for hours to be treated !
We have to pay more for our goods because of corruption.. …all our tax money goes to Government politicians’ pockets and the Royalties “shaking legs”….”gaji buta” !
All in all, we have to pay a PREMIUM to stay in this country!
And all this while we have to shout,
1Malaysia Boleh!!!
DAMN IT!!!
Frustrated Citizen!!!
March 8, 2010 - Posted by Camelia - Comments Off
