Akhbar The Straits Times melaporkan iklan "Indonesian maids now on SALE!!!" yang menjadi kontroversi beberapa hari yang lepas telah mencetuskan kemarahan rakyat Indonesia...EP harap pihak yang bertanggungjawab harus memandang serius dalam menangani isu ini kerana kecetekan pemikiran orang yang membuat iklan ini telah menyebabkan negara dan rakyat Malaysia susah... An advertisement in Malaysia for cut-price Indonesian maids has gone viral online in Indonesia and sparked new outrage over an issue that has long divided the two countries. Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa has phoned his Malaysian counterpart to complain and web users have vented their anger over the flyers tacked to trees in Kuala Lumpur which read "Indonesian maids now on sale!!" "Now your housework and cooking come easy. You can rest and relax. Deposit only 3,500 ringgit (S$ 1,400)" reads the ad, which was posted online at the weekend by an Indonesian campaigner for migrant wor

Penemuan rizab minyak tambahan di medan minyak Bertam, kira-kira 160km dari luar pantai negeri Pahang pastinya merupakan satu rezeki yang nikmatnya akan dirasai oleh seluruh penduduk negeri itu. Dalam satu kenyataan oleh Perdana Menteri, Dato' Seri Najib Tun Razak semalam, beliau secara rasmi mengesahkan penemuan medan minyak tersebut yang dijangkakan memulakan pengeluarannya pada suku ketiga tahun 2014. Berdasarkan kajian kebolehlaksanaan teknikal dan komersial, dianggarkan pengeluaran minyak dari lokasi Blok PM 307 itu akan mencapai jumlah pengeluaran sekitar 17,500 hingga 20,000 tong sehari bermula. Memandangkan medan minyak baru ini berada di Pelantar Benua dan jaraknya melebihi 3 batu nautika dari pantai negeri Pahang, maka ia berada dalam bidang kuasa Kerajaan Persekutuan sepenuhnya. Dengan kata lain, negeri Pahang tidak layak untuk menerima pembayaran royalti ataupun lebih tepat lagi "bayaran tunai" 5% disebabkan medan minyak yang ditemui itu tidak berada dalam l

Blogger seks, Alvin Tan berada di National University of Singapore (NUS) di sini untuk pendengaran tatatertib berhubung blognya. Penuntut jurusan undang-undang yang berusia 24 tahun itu tiba pada pukul 2.20 petang di dewan NUS tanpa ditemani teman wanitanya, Vivian Lee, 23. Alvin berpakaian kasual dengan kemeja-T merah, seluar jeans dan topi gaya 'beanie' yang pernah dipakainya dalam salah satu video. Semasa pendengaran tatatertibnya Alvin memberitahu kepada pihak universiti :-  The National University of Singapore (NUS) scholar, who made headlines recently for posting an explicit sex blog, has apolog! ised to the school. Speaking to the media after a disciplinary inquiry at NUS on Wednesday, law undergraduate Alvin Tan Jye Yee, said: "I apologised for bringing disrepute to the school". But the 24 year-old said he had reiterated during the inquiry that what he did was done in his "own personal time as a private individual and not an NUS student". "W

This sort of things only happens in America. They do all sorts of unimaginable childish stunts to gain attention. Even when they are supposed to be grown ups. In their open-ness, the resulted to some serious immature pranks, in the name of public interests. Eccentric celebrity billionaire Donald Trump challenges President Barack H. Obama to release his personal records: President Obama responded with style and humour: Stephen Colbert responded directly to Donald Trump: Maturity is a virtue. Ability to think, is too. For the Middle America, combination of both is probably divine. In seven days, they decide who shall become President. Literally the most powerful man in the world. However, there are active campaigners like Joss Whedon: The outcome of next week's race shall assume the self-appointed role of 'World Policeman'. Read More @ Source More » Bonology.com | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) | Sociopolitics Plus | 大马社会政治 </div

MALAYSIANS cannot resist a discount. People are willing to queue up for hours when there is a sale in town, even for a small price reduction. Thus, it does not come as a surprise that borrowers are responding to the discounts offered by the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) to settle their study loans. Since the scheme kicked off on Oct 1, the repayment rate has shot up to 49.9% and PTPTN chairman Datuk Ismail Mohamad Said is confident the target of 70% is attainable. Under the scheme, borrowers who fully settle their loans in a lump sum at any time between Oct 1 this year and Sept 30 next year will get a 20% discount. Borrowers who consistently pay their loans according to the schedule for 12 months, effective from Oct 1, are entitled to a 10% discount. This discount offer, announced on Budget Day, appears to be working and while detractors will criticise this as a case of rewarding irresponsible behaviour, we need to look at the bigger issue of how to kee

Tiba-tiba EP rasa sayu plak baca ayat pertama kenyataan Nik Aziz..hehehehe...tapi EP memang setuju dengan Nik Aziz dalam perjuangan memartabatkan Islam di Malaysia..tapi untuk memartabatkan Islam supaya dipandang mulia oleh semua agama..tak cukup hanya dengan  pemimpinnya yang tidak pentingkan diri sendiri, sebaliknya mengutamakan kebajikan rakyat dan tidak rasuah... Bagaimana pula dengan aspek ekonomi dan pembagunan metarial??  Bukankan  Islam amat menggalakkan supaya umatnya memakmurkan bumi dan sebagai pemimpin yang dipilih rakyat Nik Aziz sepatutnya mentadbir Negeri Kelantan dengan sebaiknya dan bersungguh-sungguh agar ianya dapat memberikan manfaat kepada masyarakat bukan mendatangkan kesengsaraan dan kesusahan kepada mereka.. Antaranya..isu air di Kelantan yang masih belum selesai dan isu peluang pekerjaan di Kelantan...Anak-anak muda terpaksa merantau ke negeri orang untuk mencari rezeki... "Apabila ketiadaan saya nanti, pemimpin lain hendaklah sambung dan teruskan perjua

When you are in a foreign country for just a few months, it is hard to actually create and have true friendships. To the locals, you're just one of the many expatriates who will come and go. YOU would think that having travelled for work and pleasure most of my life, I would be prepared. But there is a vast difference between the former and living among its people. Your patience and faith are sorely tested, and you learn that being open and friendly does not mean they will be reciprocated. Being a Pollyanna is also detrimental to one's health! You would think a similar language and culture, and the fact that the Internet has muddied our boundaries, that two countries can actually find some kinship with each other. But no. Isolation, befuddlement and exasperation can become friends as you persist in getting to know your new friends. In the company of strangers, you realise that you are truly alone. When you are in a country for just a few months, it would be hard t

The Malaysian Quality of Life Report 2011 provides an insight into the changes and improvements in the quality of life of Malaysians. It shows that we are on the right track towards becoming a developed, high-income nation by 2020. THE Malaysian Quality of Life Report 2011, which was released on June 11, provides an opportunity to review our economic history, ponder on our past achievements and consider whether our recipe for past successes remains relevant in the future. The report has tracked improvements in the quality of life since 1980. It reflects the widening of the Government's policy framework from a quantitative agenda to include a qualitative component involving the human, social and environmental dimensions of development. Over the last 40 years, we have experienced three important periods in our economic progress. In 1970, we introduced the New Eco­nomic Policy (NEP) which set a new path of economic progress. In 1991, we were given a bold plan under Vision 2020

There is a growing obsession with form over substance and nowhere is this more evident than in the unhealthy interest taken with university rankings. THIS month marks the 22nd year I have worked as an academic. In that time, I have seen many changes in the university. There have been, of course, some improvements since those early days. For one thing, technology has transformed things for the better. Let's take a trip down memory lane. The very first publication I wrote went through this rather painful process. First, I had to go to the library and find the relevant cases and journal articles. Then having taken copious notes, I went back to my office where I proceeded to write out my thoughts with an ancient device known as a pen. Having completed this task, I would send my scratching to a lovely lady in the general office downstairs whose job title was "steno". She would type out what I wrote, give it back to me to check and then I would return it to he

Tak habis-habis peniaga Melayu ditindas di Pulau Pinang.. Kadang-kadang tu EP sendiri nampak tak logik mengenai isu penindasan peniaga Melayu di Pulau Pinang..ini kerana Kepimpinan Lim Guan Eng sentiasa dipuji oleh pemimpin PAS & PKR kerana berlaku adil kepada semua kaum dan menjaga kepentingan umat Islam di Pulau Pinang..sampai dapat gelaran Khalifah la.. Namun..bagi peniaga-peniaga Melayu di Pulau Pinang semua itu hanyalah indah khabar dari rupa, pemimpin PAS dan PKR sanggup bersubahat melindungi kezaliman DAP menindas peniaga Melayu hanya kerana ingin menjaga poket mereka..Jika lawan Guan Eng..nanti elaun kena potong.. Cuba tengok video dibawah ini..Seorang peniaga wanita di Padang Kota terpaka mengugut untuk membuka bajunya dikhalayak ramai kerana  sudah hilang sabar dengan tindakan penguatkuasa  Majlis Perbandaran Pulau Pinang (MPPP) di bawah telunjuk Ketua Menteri Guan Eng yang tak habis-habis setiap malam   'mengganggu' mereka ini berniaga. Kejadian seperti rakaman

KUALA LUMPUR: Some 2,000 Chinese language teachers from national-type Chinese schools will undergo training next month to meet the demand for more English and Malay language teachers. Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong said the training was part of the ministry's additional option intervention programme and would focus on Chinese language teachers who have been teaching Malay and English. "It is a concrete move by the ministry to address the shortage of teachers in national-type Chinese schools," he told reporters at Parliament House yesterday. Dr Wee, who had chaired a meeting of the special committee to address the shortage of teachers at national-type Chinese schools earlier, said offer letters to the teachers would be issued on Nov 10 and training would begin on Nov 19. He said the teachers would be trained at the ministry's teacher training colleges nationwide and undergo practical assessment at their respective schools. Unde

Dah lebih  daripada 3 langkah..tetapi tangan budak lelaki ini masih dipegang erat oleh Anwar...apa agaknya keistimewaan budak lelaki ini sampai Anwar tak mau lepas tangannya... Read More @ Source More » Bonology.com | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) | Sociopolitics Plus | 大马社会政治 </div

Kelab Penyokong Barisan Nasional (BNBBC) meminta Ketua Audit Negara untuk menyemak semula beberapa kemasukan dalam akaun hasil bagi kerajaan negeri Selangor dan Pulau Pinang di dalam Laporan Ketua Audit Negara 2011 yang menimbulkan kekeliruan. Ahli Parlimen Ledang, Hamim Samuri berkata, kajian oleh BNBBC terhadap Laporan Audit Mengenai Pengurusan Kewangan di Peringkat Negeri-Negeri mendapati ada keadaan yang mana wang daripada akaun amanah negeri (hasil bukan cukai) dimasukkan ke dalam akaun hasil. Di samping itu, menurut beliau, wujud juga keadaan yang mana wang yang disalurkan daripada kerajaan Pusat tidak dibelanjakan oleh kerajaan negeri "Saya ingin membuat pembetulan sekiranya ada orang berkata Menteri Besar Selangor paling cemerlangdari segi pengurusan kewangan kerana negeri paling cemerlang adalah Sarawak. "Saya hendak tegaskan disini, dari segi kedudukan kewangan yang disatukan, negeri yang terbaik adalah Sarawak dengan RM18.4 billion, diikuti Sabah dengan RM2.6 bil

This sort of things only happens in America. They do all sorts of unimaginable childish stunts to gain attention. Even when they are supposed to be grown ups. In their open-ness, the resulted to some serious immature pranks, in the name of public interests. Eccentric celebrity billionaire Donald Trump challenges President Barack H. Obama to release his personal records: President Obama responded with style and humour: Stephen Colbert responded directly to Donald Trump: Maturity is a virtue. Ability to think, is too. For the Middle America, combination of both is probably divine. In seven days, they decide who shall become President. Literally the most powerful man in the world. However, there are active campaigners like Joss Whedon: The outcome of next week's race shall assume the self-appointed role of 'World Policeman'. Read More @ Source More » Bonology.com | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) | Sociopolitics Plus | 大马社会政治 </div

Jeepers creepers: A group of students from a local university having fun during a Halloween party on campus. JOHOR BARU: PAS, which has consistently frowned on concerts, has now raised the red flag on Halloween parties where teenagers are dressed up in ghoulish costumes. Johor PAS Commissioner Datuk Dr Mahfodz Mohamed wants parents to keep an eye on their children participating in Halloween parties. "We hope the costumes are proper. If there are no proper checks by the parents or the authorities, this can lead to moral decay. "Such parties can get wild where alcohol would eventually be consumed," he said, adding that guidelines should be drawn up. He said PAS was not against Western culture but insisted that "guidelines were necessary when it involves other cultures, especially from the West or the East from Japan and Korea, being brought into Malaysia". Dr Mahfodz said there must be some form of moderation in accepting such cultures, incl

31 October 2012 Press statement by Perak MCA Secretary Datuk Tan Chin Meng How does PAS define "moral decay" ? Jeepers creepers: A group of students from a local university having fun during a Halloween party on campus. An article in The Star (31 Oct 2012) which quotes Johor PAS commissioner Dato' Dr Mahfodz Mohamed expressing that "(Halloween costumes), can lead to moral decay" or that Halloween "parties can get wild where alcohol would eventually be consumed" thus requiring guidelines be drawn up once again highlights PAS' intrusive intents into the personal spheres of individuals which also will affect non-Muslims. If not railing against pop concerts, fining women for not wearing long sleeves, the distrust against Halloween's Day comes is a mere continuation of PAS' Taliban-like social-bashing, where any form of celebration of occasions intended for merriment will always be construed as "leading to moral decay." It

Ada dua perkara penting dalam sidang media selepas mesyuarat Pergerakan Pemuda UMNO di PWTC petang Selasa. Pertama, ketuanya Khairy Jamaluddin mengumumkan keputusan sebulat suara Pemuda UMNO mendesak kerajaan tangguh perlaksanaan Sistem Penguatkuasaan Automatik (AES) yang jadi rungutan ramai dan kedua pihaknya berharap pengumuman calon Barisan Nasional (BN) bagi Pilihanraya Umum ke 13 lebih awal boleh dipertimbangkan bagi kawasan tertentu tetapi bukan setiap kawasan. Khairy Jamaluddin menjelaskan bahawa bukan setiap kawasan bersedia untuk diumumkan calon awal disebabkan faktor dalaman dan sebagainya. Bagaimanapun, beliau menegaskan kawasan tertentu dimana pada pendapat pimpinan parti calon-calon berkenaan dilihat boleh diterima oleh kebanyakkan masyarakat dan juga BN maka tidak menjadi masalah untuk diumum lebih awal. Menurut beliau, pengumuman calon itu tidak terlalu lama sebelum pilihan raya, ianya mungkin boleh diumumkan dua minggu atau sebulan lebih awal. Kata Khairy, "kalau

Apa..Gambar Agnes Monika tukar baju semasa persembahan..mesti ramai yang nak tengok kan..? Maksud EP bukan tengok Agnes tukar baju tapi tengok persembahannya...hehehe Kejadian ini berlaku semasa Agnes sedang mengadakan persembahan konsert  "Mahakarya RCTI"  sempena menyambut ulangtahun RCTI yang ke-23.. Agnes Monica  telah menyanyikan 3 buah lagu sekaligus yang dibawakan secara medley bermula dengan lagu  "Temperature", kemudiannya  "Paralyzed" dan diakhiri dengan    "Shake It Off" dan semasa persembahan itu Agnes telah mengenakan pakaian yang berlainan untuk setiap lagu dan kesemua pakaian itu ditukar diatas pentas... Kala! u tak percaya..tengok ni... Read More @ Source More » Bonology.com | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) | Sociopolitics Plus | 大马社会政治 </div

Helping hands: Lydiyani (second from left) and her brother Raja Azam (second from right) with Theng (centre), bureau deputy chief Kelvin Chong (left) and bureau legal adviser Datuk C.K. Lim (right) after seeking assistance with their case. RAJA Nor Lydiyani Raja Halid Shah, 29, received the shock of her life when she discovered that RM361 had been deducted from her monthly salary to pay for a co-operative loan she did not take. Lydiyani also discovered someone had used her name to take another loan from a local bank. Working as an audio-visual editor at Tourism Malaysia, she had previously taken out a loan with Kowaja Bhd (Koperasi Wawasan Pekerja-Pekerja) for RM10,000 on March 6, 2008, with a 10% interest rate and a monthly repayment scheme of RM361.11 for 36 months. She added that the agreement was for her salary to be deducted to pay for the loan which was settled by March 2011. However, Lydiyani found that she still owed the co-operative much more than the origina

Generous donation: Dr Chua (third from right) and other MCA officials handing over a donation of RM300,000 to Kulai's Foon Yew High School and another RM200,000 for Southern College. The funds were collected from ticket sales. SCORES of people packed the field in Foon Yew High School under a brighltly moonlit night in Kulai to attend the MCA mega dinner. An earlier downpour did not stop some 15,000 people from arriving in time for the event that was scheduled to start 7.30pm. Many arrived as early as 6pm to beat the evening rush hour traffic jam. MCA President Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek arrived an hour earlier and headed straight to the field to make sure the dinner preparations were in order. Lucky draw prices were also given out throughout the night. Addressing the mammoth crowd later, Dr Chua thanked them for finding time to attend the event themed 'Stability Above Chaos'. "Your presence and support have made the event a success," he said.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry will interview 1,681 private nursing diploma holders from Nov 10-12 at 85 centres nationwide for recruitment in mid-December this year, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai . "The Government has decided to overcome the unemployment faced by graduates from private institutions of higher learning by taking in more nurses into the ministry, to simultaneously resolve the shortage in government clinics and hospitals," he said. The ministry would also implement the 1Malaysia Training Scheme (SL1M) with the Economic Planning Unit for nursing graduates who are still unemployed, he said. He added that the Nursing Graduates SL1M programme was part of the Government's effort to provide graduates with skills and clinical experience to enhance their employability. The programme, to be launched in mid-December, would involve the private sector via their corporate social responsibility (CSR), he said. "Selected g

Rabu lepas, satu himpunan dibuat oleh sekumpulan masyarakat orang asli di hadapan Wisma Sri Pahang. Mereka mahu menyerahkan memorandum kepada Menteri Besar Pahang, Dato' Sri DiRaja Adnan Yaakob. Mereka menuntut beberapa perkara terutama melibatkan hak tanah adat. Yang menjadi masalah bukanlah himpunan atau tuntutan orang asli sebaliknya adalah beberapa ekor puak PR terutama kaum ultra kiasu yang turut terlibat menghasut dan cuba membuat provokasi semasa himpunan aman berlangsung. Mereka inilah yang pengacau utama himpunan orang asli berkenaan. Mereka cuba mengambil kesempatan didalam kesempitan. Mereka cuba menonjolkan diri di hadapan masyarakat orang asli sebagai hero tetapi apabila MB Pahang datang berjumpa dengan masyarakat orang asli, mereka ini melarikan diri seolah olah syaitan kepanasan ketika waktu azan. Dalam pada mengamati-amati tindak-tanduk mereka sementara menunggu kehadiran Menteri Besar, ternampak dua-tiga kerat orang berbaju-T lambang Himpunan Hijau 2.0 berlegar m

Husam terjuling gembira dapat tambah bajet Kelantan dari royalti minyak Bertam KOTA BARU: Exco Kerajaan negeri Kelantan, Dato Husam Musa menyatakan bahawa negeri Kelantan berhak dan akan tuntut minyak yang baru diumumkan jumpa di kawasan eksplorasi blok PM307 yang dipanggil sebagai medan minyak Bertam. Menurut Husam, negeri Kelantan berhak mendapat royalti minyak dari kawasan Bertam kerana kawasan tersebut berada dalam perairan negeri Kelantan. Katanya lagi, dia mendapat arahan dari Menteri Besar Kelantan, Dato Nik Aziz Nik Mat yang telah  bermimpi ketika tidor lepas sembahyang asar di pejabat selepas mendengar berita penjumpaan minyak Bertam semalam. Dalam mimpi tersebut, Nik Aziz menyaksikan Cik Siti Wan Kembang menandatangani perjanjian dengan Petronas untuk membolehkan carigali dalam tanah jajahan negeri Cik Siti Wan Kembang ketika itu.   Tidak dapat dipastikan samada Nik Aziz ada terkentut dalam tidor dan wudhunya telah terbatal atau tidak.     Miny! ak dijumpai di blok PM307