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Posted: 04 Jul 2011 11:21 PM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin's statement that street demonstrations bring more bad than good to the country, was timely and most welcomed, the Malaysian Bar said.

Its president Lim Chee Wee said all parties should consider the advice of the King and "replace any sledgehammer in one's hand with an olive branch instead."

However the Bar wants the police to charge the detained activists in court rather than detaining them under the Emergency Ordinance, he said in a statement today.

Tuanku Mizan in a special statement issued by Istana Negara on Sunday reminded all parties not to follow too much the practices in other countries, as harmony and stability are vital foundations for a country and which all quarters must protect. - BERNAMA

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Sea Games participant list out after July 27

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 10:29 PM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR: The Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) is expected to announce the actual number of participants for the 2011 SEA Games in Indonesia after the OCM selection committee meeting.

OCM honorary secretary Datuk Sieh Kok Chi said Malaysia had submitted a list by numbers, estimated at 1,000 participants, to the organizer.

"As for the actual number of participants, it can only be decided after the selection committee meeting on July 27. The committee will consider athletes on merit, potential and appeal," he told Bernama here today.

Based on the number of sports participated in the games to be held in Palembang and Jakarta from Nov 11-25, the OCM had estimated the Malaysian contingent to comprise of 650 athletes and officials.

Kok Chi said a 650-member contingent was a reasonable figure since Indonesia would be offering 545 events in 44 sports, that include extreme and traditional sports.

Malaysia however, would not compete in extreme and traditional sports like paragliding, fin swimming, traditional boat race, roller skates, bridge, vovinam, kempo and wrestling.

The country's record participation in the SEA Games held outside the country was during the 2007 edition in Korat, Thailand with a 1,139-member contingent.

The second biggest participation was in the 1997 games in Jakarta with 749 and 658 in the 1995 SEA Games in Chiang Mai, Thailand. -- BERNAMA

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Govt to remove healthcare, education, legal sector restrictions

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 08:01 PM PDT

Govt to remove healthcare, education, legal sector restrictions

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will liberalise the top services sector namely healthcare, education and business services in phases, among others, by removing restrictions to foreign equity participation.

The phased liberalisation will be based on its current and potential contribution to the Gross National Income (GNI).

The liberalisation comes under the International Standards and Liberalisation Strategic Reform Initiatives (SRIs), which is among the six SRIs announced here today.

Currently, the services sector contributed about 57 per cent to Malaysia's economy compared with between 70 per cent and 80 per cent for developed countries.

The following are the recommendations for the three sectors to be implemented in phases:

For Healthcare:

*Remove restrictions to foreign equity participation in the setting up of specialised private hospitals with a minimum number of beds.
*Relaxing entry restrictions for foreign specialists such as doctors and dentists.

For Education:
*Gradual relaxation of foreign equity restrictions in international schools while maintaning guidelines to ensure quality and standard of education institutions.
*Extending teaching permits' validity up to five years.

For Business Services (Professional Services)
*Remove equity restrictions for accounting, legal and engineering services.
*Relaxing entry conditions for foreign lawyers, engineers and architects to work in Malaysia.

The government will also work towards improving the quality of Malaysia's goods and services as well as improve access to international markets. -- BERNAMA

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82pc of EPPs have commenced operations: Idris

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 07:14 PM PDT

82pc of EPPs have commenced operations: Idris

Idris Jala, chief executive officer of Malaysia's PEMANDU (Performance Management & Delivery Unit), presents his report during the Economic Transformation Programme Update in Kuala Lumpur July 5, 2011.

"The overall ETP progress to date is outstanding. 65 Entry Point Projects have been announced with an investment commitment of RM170 billion. The projected Gross National Income is RM220 billion while over 360,000 new jobs will be created.

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 82 per cent of the entry point projects (EPPs) initiatives have started operations with the remaining 18 per cent in various stages of work-in-progress.

"We are on track to achieve our GNI, investment and creation of new jobs target by 2020," said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department and Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu) Chief Executive Officer Datuk Seri Idris Jala at the seventh Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) update here today.

The ETP is driven by 12 National Key Economic Areas focusing on various industries with 131 EPPs outlined by the government in a bid to transform the nation's economy. -- BERNAMA

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KL to 'gradually' lift curbs on foreign equity

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 07:22 PM PDT

Malaysia plans six reform initiatives to boost competitiveness and revamp its finances, the government said in a statement.

The state will become more of a facilitator in business as opposed to being a significant investor, it said.

Around RM13 billion will be targeted through cost-savings and revenue generation which will help the government repay debts and invest, said the statement.

Malaysia plans to "gradually" remove restrictions on foreign equity and overseas professionals working in the Southeast Asian nation's services sector, the government said.

Malaysia will ease foreign equity restrictions in international schools and extend teaching permits validity to up to five years.

Malaysia will remove curbs to foreign participation in the establishment of specialist hospitals and ease entry restrictions for foreign specialists such as doctors and dentists.

Malaysia said it identified 33 state-linked companies that may be divested through the government paring its stake, listing or outright sale.

Some 24 of these corporate exercises will take place either this year or next, the government said in a statement today, outlining its recommendations. -- Bloomberg

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Govt earmarks 33 companies for divestment

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 07:23 PM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR: The government has identified 33 companies as ready for divestment through a stake pare-down, listing or outright sale in a move to rationalise its portfolio of government-linked companies (GLCs.

An action which involves the paring down of five companies, listing of seven companies and outright sale of 21 companies is under the Government's Role in Business, one of the six Strategic Reform Initiatives (SRIs) announced today.

"Twenty-four companies are expected to be involved in the exercise during 2011-2012," said Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu) in a statement today.

It said the companies were at a different stage of preparation for divestment and announcements will be made over the course of the year by the respective organisations.

Proceeds will be channeled to the Federal Government Divestment Account or a State Account for the purpose of serving the country's national deficit, investing in existing funds and the facilitation fund for businesses which the government can be involved in.

The government will work at ensuring a clear separation in regulatory and business functions to avoid conflict of interest and encourage a level-playing field to boost private sector investments. - Bernama

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Football: Defence to get wake-up call

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:38 PM PDT

2011/07/05
By Devinder Singh
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K. Rajagobal

IT'S back to the drawing board for national coach K. Rajagobal after seeing his plans almost undone by poor defending in the Asian World Cup qualifying first round against Taiwan.

In the first leg in Bukit Jalil, Helmi Remeli and Amirulhadi Zainal were both found wanting in the right-back position and second leg replacement Mahalli Jasuli did no better when his mistake led to Taiwan's second goal.

Even experienced centre-back Aidil Zafuan Radzak admitted to playing below par while his partner Fadhli Shas gave away a penalty and was replaced in the 77th minute by Muslim Ahmad.

Rajagobal said the errors allowed Taiwan, who won Sunday's second leg 3-2, to score four goals over the two legs, all of which could have been prevented.

"As a coach, I don't take any defeat easily. But I have to remain calm because we achieved our aim of making it to the next round.

"I'm not happy with how we played and we need to fix our mistakes and get our confidence back. We have time to work on things until we play Singapore (on July 23 and 28)," said Rajagobal.

The coach pinpointed the defence where the team were mostly at fault.

"The defenders were caught napping. After we took the lead twice, we sat back. Individual mistakes also came in. Mahalli, I have told him a thousand times not to hold onto the ball.

"In the ensuing panic, Aidil let his man escape him. We gave away three penalties and did not play as we should have," added Rajagobal.

Attention now turns to Singapore although first the national team will have two friendly matches against English clubs Arsenal (July 13) and Liverpool (July 16).

Rajagobal could squeeze in another international friendly before the Arsenal match with Qatar and Laos expressing interest.

The national team will not play the friendly against Chelsea on July 21, with the national Olympic team set to be the English club's opposition.

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Football: Kelantan warned to be on guard

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:35 PM PDT

2011/07/05
By Zainuddin Muhammad
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Kelantan coach M. Karathu briefs his players during training in Kota Baru yesterday. Kelantan only need a draw in their fi nal match to win the Super League title for the fi rst time but tomorrow's opponents Sabah have warned them not to celebrate too soon. — Picture by Fathil Asri

DON"T celebrate just yet!

That is the advice from Sabah head coach Justin Ganai for Kelantan who only need a draw in Likas tomorrow to become Super League champions for the first time.

Justin, who took over from Gary Micheal in early May, said many teams have come to Sabah and returned home empty-handed.

"We have beaten Perak, Kedah, Negri Sembilan, Felda United FC, Kuala Lumpur and Pahang at home this season and we want to win our last league match too," said Justin.

"We have qualified for the Malaysia Cup but with talks about having fewer teams in the Super League next year, we have no choice but to distance ourselves from the bottom four teams by collecting full points."

Justin, however, admitted that it would not be easy to tame the determined league leaders even if playing at home.

"It is too bad that defender Sumardi Hajalan was involved in a motorcycle crash last week as he is now out of the squad for at least two weeks," added Justin. "But the rest of our players are available for selection and they are in the mood to play spoilers."

Meanwhile, Kelantan coach M. Karathu said Kelantan will play their normal brand of football against Sabah.

"This is just another game and we are not going to do anything different. A draw should be enough for us to winthe Super League trophy as long as Selangor do not beat Perak by more than a dozen goals," said Karathu.

"We know that Likas Stadium is not an easy place to visit, so we will be careful to avoid any slip-ups."

Karathu confirmed that except for Norshahrul Idlan Talaha and S. Chanturu, who played for the national team in the World Cup qualifiers against Taiwan on Sunday, the rest of the team are looking forward to end the season on a high.

"Three of our players in the national team including goalkeeper Khairul Fahmi Che Mat were just warming the bench in Taipei, so they will play their parts in the match against Sabah," said the coach.

"The supporters are also eager to see us win the Super League title and I understand hundreds of them will be at Likas Stadium to cheer us on."

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