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‘Set up club to be better husbands’ Posted: 07 Jun 2011 11:19 AM PDT 2011/06/08 By Shuhada Elis news@nst.com.my KUALA LUMPUR: Husbands should form a club on how to become better leaders in their family, said Kelantan Mufti Datuk Mohamad Shukri Mohamad yesterday. Shukri said the Quran teaches husbands to treat their wives in the best and most accepted ways. "The Quran specifically mentions this to husbands," he told the New Straits Times yesterday. Shukri said even though Islam instructed a wife to obey her husband, it had to be done according to Islamic laws. "Comparing a wife with a first-class prostitute is absolutely horrible." Shukri's suggestion came following a statement by the Obedient Wives' Club (OWC) international vice-president Dr Rohaya Mohamed on Saturday that a wife must obey and serve her husband like "a first-class prostitute" to keep him from straying and to prevent bigger social ills. The club had claimed that the failure of women to keep their husbands satisfied was among the reasons for social problems such as infidelity and prostitution. To avoid this, the club had conducted seminars on how to be a good wife and provided individuals and couples with counselling sessions on sustaining their marriage. It also offered training and advice on sex to those who needed them. The club, which has 1,000 members worldwide — 800 of them in Malaysia — has since been receiving brickbats from women's rights groups and the public. Shukri said even if a wife did not serve her husband well in bed and this eventually led to the husband's infidelity, the wife was not to be blamed. "It is the husband who has a bad quality," he added. Selangor Religious Department family law department assistant director Aluwi Parman agreed. "Husbands should lead by example." He added that if a husband did not obey Allah and the Messengers, the wife could choose not to obey the husband. "She only needs to respect him but if she is disappointed, she can apply for fasakh to end the marriage," said Aluwi. He criticised OWC for using the term "prostitute" to deliver a point on how wives should treat their husbands. Former Perlis mufti Associate Professor Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin was sceptical of the club's agenda. "I hope everyone will be careful as we do not know whether they have a hidden agenda," he said. OWC was founded by Global Ikhwan Sdn Bhd, an offshoot of the now defunct Islamic religious movement Al-Arqam. Asri, however, said the club could be positive if it aimed to strengthen the family institution and help husbands and wives to carry out their duties correctly. "But they are saying as though wives should be sex slaves to their husbands." International Islamic University Malaysia family law lecturer Dr Azizah Mohd said there were limitations to a wife's obedience to her husband. "If the husband prohibits the wife from praying or fasting, she should not obey him." She said it was not wrong for women to form any club as long as they did not contradict the religion. It was reported, however, that Perak Mufti Tan Sri Harussani Zakaria had given his backing to OWC, saying that women needed to be reminded of their roles and responsibilities to their husbands. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

Maid deal in limbo Posted: 07 Jun 2011 11:15 AM PDT 2011/06/08 By Fadhal A. Ghani, Masami Mustaza and Fahirul N. Ramli news@nst.com.my Indonesian maid Isti Komariyah, 26, died on Sunday Jakarta awaits action over death of domestic help KUALA LUMPUR: The death of an Indonesian maid, allegedly at the hands of her employers, on Sunday has thrown the memorandum of understanding on domestic help between Malaysia and Indonesia into uncertainty. The Indonesian government is closely monitoring the action to be taken over the death of Isti Komariyah and may review the MoU. Isti's death came just a few days after the May 30 signing of the MoU which put an end to an Indonesian government-imposed moratorium on the republic's citizens coming to Malaysia to work as domestic help. Indonesian embassy Information, Social and Cultural Affairs Minister Counsellor Suryana Sastradiredja told the New Straits Times yesterday that his government was looking at the case with interest. "The government of Indonesia awaits the action and decision of the case before considering to review the MoU, including the possible need to impose another moratorium." Suryana said Indonesia would demand that the maximum punishment be meted out on those responsible for Isti's death. "What is important is the process and decision of the case must be fast and it must be transparent. Charge the perpetrator as soon as possible." Suryana, however, called for his countrymen to respect Malaysian law and the authorities investigating the case. He called Isti's death "frustrating" after both countries had signed the MoU last week. "It took two years of discussion between both countries before deciding on the MoU." Suryana said the MoU had proved that the Indonesian government was committed especially in helping employers in Malaysia who were having problems with manpower as far as domestic workers were concerned. On Isti's family, Suryana said the embassy was in the process of contacting them at their home in Tembokrejo in Muncar, Banyuwangi. The embassy would ask for the body to be handed over to the family once the post-mortem is completed. Meanwhile, Deputy Human Resources Minister Datuk Maznah Mazlan said a Malaysia-Indonesia task force set up following the MoU signing last week was expected to discuss the case when it convened in two weeks' time. She said the ministry would offer its assistance to Isti's family. "We sympathise with the family in light of this tragedy and we will offer to assist in the funeral rites and to extend aid to the family." Maznah said she was appalled by the recent allegations pertaining to maid abuse. "When things like these happen, it is a shock to everyone. It takes only one person to give the country a bad name, but I assure our Indonesian neighbours that we are looking into this seriously." Maznah said her ministry had been holding courses for employers, maids and employment agencies to educate them on their responsibilities, the law and communication. She said the ministry would look into other aspects of Isti's case, including claims that her employers had failed to pay her salary and had not fulfilled parts of her contract. She said if they were found to be true, the Labour Department could order the employers, a 56-year-old man and his 53-year-old wife, to pay the arrears in addition to punishment under labour laws. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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Jia Yee's red-hot form Posted: 07 Jun 2011 09:47 AM PDT 2011/06/07 By Ajitpal Singh Jia Yee's ambition is to put Malaysia on the world waterpolo map. — Picture by Supian Ahmad LOW Jia Yee etched her name into the Malaysia Games history books by scoring a massive 47 goals in just four matches for Malacca in women's waterpolo. The 14-year-old's exploits helped Malacca clinch the gold medal with ease in the five-team round-robin competition at Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil. In the final round of matches yesterday, Malacca hammered Penang 43-3 with Jia Yee finding the back of the net 14 times. "I like scoring goals and it comes naturally. I'm glad that I took up waterpolo," said Jia Yee, who fell in love with the sport two year's ago. "I hope my performance here will help me earn a spot in the women's national team for the Sea Games. My ambition is to put Malaysia on the world waterpolo map." The Malacca team could have recorded overwhelming victories over all their opponents throughout the competition but for their coach Fan Kow Jan. "Our coach did not want us to humiliate our rivals out of respect. Even today (yesterday), we were confident of scoring more than 50 goals against Penang but he stopped us," Jia Yee disclosed. The team's success can be attributed to Kow Jan's inspirational coaching style. "I teach my players to enjoy the game during competition. There are no shortcuts to success. You simply must be willing to put in the time and effort if you want to become an elite player. "We are the best because we trained hard for it. The only way for others to catch up is to train harder," said Kow Jan, who will be coaching the men's and women's national squads for the Indonesia Sea Games. RESULTS -- Men: Perlis 7 Federal Territories 10, Selangor 17 Penang 3, Perak 10 Negri Sembilan 12. Women: Selangor 20 Perak 3, Malacca 43 Penang 3. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

Poland running out of time Posted: 07 Jun 2011 08:32 AM PDT WARSAW: With just a year left until Euro 2012 kicks off, the gulf separating fan-fantasies from reality on the pitch remains huge for co-hosts Poland as they fail to thrill in their preparation campaign. Manager Franciszek Smuda faces constant sniping, with Poland's PZPN football association having to deny rumours he could be axed before the European Championships start in the capital Warsaw on June 8, 2012. Sunday's 2-1 home win against an under-strength Argentina may have helped ease the pressure. Polish league Player of the Year, Polonia Warsaw midfielder Adrian Mierzejewski, is the new poster-boy after scoring his first international goal. Overall, however, pundits remain unconvinced. "With only a year until Euro 2012, we still don't have a team that can put the wind up their rivals," complained the tabloid Fakt. Fans in this nation of 38 million are desperate for a return to long-lost glory. Poland won Olympic gold in 1972, silver in 1976, and finished third at the World Cup in 1974 and 1982. But the decades since a second Olympic silver in 1992 have been lean, with their solid World Cup qualifying runs turning into lacklustre finals performances in 2002 and 2006, just like their European Championships debut in 2008. All that ups the stakes for Euro 2012. "I'm from the generation that remembers 1982," Mikolaj Piotrowski, spokesman of organising body PL.2012, said. "I'd like to live that dream again," he said, adding that he hoped at least for a quarter-finals slot. As Poland brace to face France in Warsaw tomorrow, Smuda is taking things in his stride. "After this victory, I don't feel safe as manager. I'd rather feel unsafe and work harder still," he said following the Argentina game. "We're not Barcelona. We're just a young side that's been together for a year and a half. We need two years to gel." He also underlined that he has been plagued by injuries. Smuda's squad are an equal mix of domestic players and those plying their trade abroad, notably in Germany and Turkey, including trio Lukasz Piszczek, Kuba Blaszczykowski and Robert Lewandowski of German champions Borussia Dortmund. There have been reports of dressing-room disputes over tactics. "The atmosphere's not been as bad as some newspapers make out," Lewandowski told Polish news agency PAP. "The media's blown things out of proportion. We're doing all we can to make it better." For Michal Zachodny, author of the blog 'Polish Football Scout', the squad are fine in themselves. "I believe in those players, I know them, but the manager needs an idea how to manage them, to shape them and make them play. Smuda's too chaotic," he said. Like fellow hosts Ukraine, Poland have an automatic berth at the 16-nation tournament and must rely on friendlies to get ready. Having missed the 2010 World Cup, they will have gone 968 days without a competitive match by the time Euro 2012 kicks off. -- AFP Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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Three Gorges to expand dam in Malaysia Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:46 PM PDT [unable to retrieve full-text content]China Three Gorges Corp won a US$200 million contract to expand a dam in Malaysia, the company said in a statement on its website today. The project will start in August and last for 5 years, the statement said. -- Bloomberg

UOA Dev falls on KL listing debut Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:44 PM PDT UOA Development Bhd, a Malaysian developer, fell below the issue price paid by institutional investors in its debut on the Kuala Lumpur stock exchange. The stock fell 1.2 per cent to RM2.57 at 9:04 a.m. local time. The company sold shares to institutions at RM2.60 each in its initial public offering. The offer was priced at a discounted RM2.52 per share for individual investors. -- Bloomberg Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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SEND IN THE CLOWNS Posted: 06 Jun 2011 10:35 AM PDT SEND IN THE CLOWNS The Johor Baru Chinese Association and Teochew Eight Districts Association are keeping Chinese culture alive in a fun way DODO, a multi-talented artiste from Harbin, China, was the main attraction at the live performance in Tan Hiok Nee Cultural Street recently. A crowd of about 500 people were entertained by the show, jointly organised by the Johor Baru Chinese Association and Tan Chai Puan, the director of the Teochew Eight Districts Association. It is one of many such shows lined up for the coming weeks at Johor Baru's Chinese cultural street. Every Saturday night, the street is closed to traffic and turned into a street carnival lined with stalls selling Chinese specialties, souvenirs and knick-knacks. Freshly-fried Teochew snacks are eaten piping hot or for takeaways. Karaoke fans queue up to belt out their favourite songs to an appreciative audience. The carnival is an attempt by the Chinese associations in the city to keep alive the culture and heritage of the Chinese community in Johor Baru, especially among the young. Tan recalled how he used to watch live street entertainment by peddlers and medicine men as he was growing up in Jalan Ungku Puan. That Saturday the heart of old Johor Baru throbbed with the excitement of bygone days as Dodo took to the stage with his dramatic mask-changing performance. Mask-changing or face-changing is an ancient Chinese drama with a 300-year history. Part of the Szechuan opera, it's considered one of China's most covert performing arts because of its closely guarded secrets. Women are forbidden to participate because it is feared when they marry, they may divulge its secret to her new family. The audience at Tan Hiok Nee Cultural Street was in awe of Dodo, who with a flourish of his arms and flick of his cloak, his painted silk masks of vivid colours changed in quick succession within seconds. In a blink of an eye, he turned from a demon-faced monster, then Monkey God and clown. Dodo shoed no apparent contact between his hands and face, but the masks kept changing with the mere flick of his head. The full-faced masks gave way to half masks and suddenly it was over when he whisked off his head-dress and cloak to reveal his own face -- a clean shaven head save for a tiny tuft of hair. Dodo continued to thrill his audience with more amazing feats like blowing up the rubber tube of a truck tyre using just one nostril in 60 seconds. A balloon attached to the tube gradually expanded along with the tube until the balloon exploded. Then he picked up a Chinese traditional wind instrument and played it also using a single nostril. He went on to play popular Chinese songs with a saxophone, trumpet and traditional Chinese flute (this time with his mouth). For the finale, Dodo performed his fire-breathing act as he lit up the night sky with giant plumes of fire. Tan raved about the proud heritage of street entertainment and how it can thrive in Johor Baru with the support of families and tourists who make Tan Hiok Nee Cultural Street a regular destination. Among the events planned are the screening of a documentary on Sun Yat Sen's 1911 Revolution on Saturday. There will also be a night of kung fu, and lion and dragon dances on June 18. The Tan clan's 70th anniversary celebration is on June 25. He said Tan Hiok Nee Cultural Street will work with the annual Johor Arts Festival in July. Also in the works is a "dragon" spanning the length of Jalan Tan Hiok Nee with its "head" at the top of Bukit Timbalan and its "tail" at the OCBC Bank to symbolise the stream of people who will be thronging this area in the coming weeks of the arts fest. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

Amorous couples irk beach visitors Posted: 06 Jun 2011 08:49 AM PDT Couples making out in Air Papan beach are annoying other visitors. — Picture by Ikhwan Muhammad THE usual sight of couples making out in Air Papan, Mersing, have left visitors to the coastal area feeling awkward, embarrassed, and angry. Nur Atiqah Ramli, 16, who likes to go to the beach with her friends, said: "We often come here to de-stress, and it is unfortunate that we have to witness such shameful behaviour. "I feel embarrassed as there arealso children who visit this place." She said such activities might give rise to babies born out of wedlock and abandoned by their parents. "Although I was told there are fewer couples now making out on the beach, but what I have seen proves otherwise," she said. Nur Atiqah's friend, Nursyahira Idayu Razali, 16, said couples are also making out in abandoned cars dotted along the beach. "These people think they are hidden from view but they have been regularly spotted by other visitors including the local authorities," said Nursyahira. She said she has even seen couples in compromising situations while bathing in the sea. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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