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Asylum seekers to reach Christmas Island today Posted: 03 Aug 2011 07:26 PM PDT Asylum seekers to reach Christmas Island today MELBOURNE: The first boatload of asylum seekers earmarked for Malaysia under a refugee swap deal is expected to reach Christmas Island today. The Australian Associated Press said the authorities will tell the 54 asylum seekers that they will be sent to Malaysia to join 90,000 others seeking refugee resettlement. A Malaysian police delegation is due to arrive on Christmas Island for briefings the same day, The Age newspaper reported. It is believed that 10 to 20 asylum seekers could be transferred to Kuala Lumpur as soon as Sunday, the paper said. Under the agreement, Australia will send 800 asylum seekers to Malaysia in exchange for 4000 processed refugees. -- BERNAMA Air your comment on this issue: Asylum seekers to reach Christmas Island today Log in with your Facebook account or use the form below to comment. New Straits Times reserves the right not to publish offensive or abusive comments and those of hate speech, harassment, commercial promos and invasion of privacy. Your IP will be logged and may be used to prevent further submission.The views expressed here are that of the members of the public and unless specifically stated are not those of NST. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

Najib discharged after surgery Posted: 03 Aug 2011 10:43 AM PDT Najib discharged after surgery KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was discharged yesterday from Kuala Lumpur Hospital where he had undergone arthroscopic surgery on the left knee. Najib, who was accompanied by his wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, left the hospital about 12.30pm. He waved to members of the media who had waited for him. Najib hurt his knee at a sports event. Health director-general Datuk Dr Hasan Abdul Rahman said doctors who performed the surgery on Monday were satisfied with the operation and the progress made by Najib. He said Najib would resume work next week. — Bernama Air your comment on this issue: Najib discharged after surgery Log in with your Facebook account or use the form below to comment. New Straits Times reserves the right not to publish offensive or abusive comments and those of hate speech, harassment, commercial promos and invasion of privacy. Your IP will be logged and may be used to prevent further submission.The views expressed here are that of the members of the public and unless specifically stated are not those of NST. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

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Ambiga fails to challenge refusal notice to enter Sarawak Posted: 03 Aug 2011 10:51 PM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: Bersih 2.O chairman Datuk S.Ambiga today failed to challenge a notice refusing her entry into Sarawak during the last state election. High Court Judge Datuk Rohana Yusuf dismissed in chambers Ambiga's leave application for judicial review over the notice. On May 23, Ambiga filed the application naming the director-general of the Malaysian Immigration Department, Immigration Director of Sarawak and Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud as respondents. Counsel Tommy Thomas and James Khong represented Ambiga and Senior Federal Counsel Datin Azizah Nawawi acted for the D-G of the Malaysian Immigration Department. Azizah told the media that the judge refused to grant Ambiga's application on the basis that the Malaysian Immigration D-G had nothing to do with the refusal notice made by the Immigration Director of Sarawak, who acted at the direction of state authority, the Sarawak state secretary. Azizah said the judge held that the Chief Minister was not a proper party to be named in the application and the cause of action should be filed in Sarawak as the Immigration Director of Sarawak resides there. Ambiga said that she is considering appealing the ruling. In the judicial review application, Ambiga sought to quash the notice of refusal of entry dated April 15 issued by the Sarawak Immigration director. Ambiga also asked for an order from the High Court to compel the respondents to allow her to enter Sarawak. She sought damages and costs and further relief deemed fit by the court. Ambiga was barred from entering Sarawak during the 10-day election campaign when she arrived at Kuching Airport from Kuala Lumpur on April 15. She said that she was informed at the at the Immigration Department Counter she was informed that she will not be issued with a pass to enter Sarawak. She left Sarawak on the next available flight for Kuala Lumpur. -- BERNAMA Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

Malaysia trade surplus hits RM7.6b in June Posted: 03 Aug 2011 10:32 PM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia recorded a trade surplus of RM7.60 billion in June, making it the 164th consecutive month of trade surplus since November 1997, said International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed. Exports increased 8.6 per cent to RM57.35 billion during the month under review from RM52.83 billion recorded in June last year, he said in a statement today. Imports rose 6.3 per cent to RM49.75 billion in June against RM46.61 billion registered a year ago. Total trade amounted to RM107.11 billion, up 7.5 per cent from a year ago, against RM99.07 billion registered in the same month last year. On a month-on-month basis, exports in June 2011 increased 4.1 per cent, imports expanded 6.8 per cent and total trade increased 5.3 per cent. For the second quarter of the year, total trade grew 4.1 per cent to RM313.39 billion compared with the first quarter. Total exports registered an increase of 2.3 per cent to RM170.24 billion while imports rose 6.4 per cent to RM143.15 billion against the first quarter. Cumulative trade between January and June increased 7.9 per cent to RM614.35 billion attributed to a 6.6 per cent growth in exports of RM336.60 billion and a 9.6 per cent expansion in imports of RM277.74 billion. Major export products which contributed to higher offtake in June were electrical and electronics (RM19.63 billion), palm oil (RM5.96 billion), billion), liquefied natural gas (RM3.74 billion), chemical and chemical products (RM3.64 billion), refined petroleum products (RM3.06 billion), crude petroleum (RM3.06 billion), manufactures of metals (RM1.82 billion), machinery, appliances and parts (RM1.76 billion), rubber products (RM1.52 billion), optical and scientific equipment (RM1.50 billion) and others products (RM11.94 billion). Singapore, China, Japan, the United States of America and Thailand were the top five export destinations, accounting for 50.3 per cent of Malaysia's total exports in June 2011. Exports to Asean were valued at RM14.67 billion, accounting for 25.6 per cent of Malaysia's total exports, in June 2011. Meanwhile, among the main import items in June were electrical and electronics valued at RM14.82 billion, chemical and chemical products (RM4.46 billion), refined petroleum products (RM4.03 billion), machinery, appliances and parts (RM3.7 billion), transport equipment (RM3.18 billion) and manufactures of metal (RM2.73 billion). Singapore, China, Japan, the United States of America and Indonesia accounted for the main sources of import during the month in review. Total imports from Asean amounted to RM14.49 billion or 29.1 per cent of Malaysia's total imports in June. -- BERNAMA Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

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<b>2 - 0</b> Posted: 14 Mar 2011 10:28 AM PDT 2010/11/04 Joniston Bangkuai, Patrick Sennyah and Sajahan Waheed news@nst.com.my KUALA LUMPUR: Substantive swings produced two key by-election victories for the Barisan Nasional tonight. BN has now won three of the four of by-elections this year, losing Sibu by 398 votes. In Kelantan, BN wrested the Galas State seat from Pas by a majority of 1,190 - improving its near-victory in the July 2009 Manik Urai by-election when the coalition lost by 65 votes. BN shall now look to repeat the kind of performance it produced in the 2004 general election when it won 21 state seats in Kelantan. As for now, Galas brings its state seats to 7 in a 45-seat Legislative Assembly. The Galas by-election was called following the death of Pas' Che Hashim Sulaima, 46, on Sept 27 from colon cancer. Che Sulaima had defeated BN's Mohd Saufi Deraman by a 646 vote-majority in the March 2008 general election. In the 2004 general election, Che Hashim had lost to Mohamad Saufi, by 1,729 votes. Significantly for Kelantan politics, the Galas battle had been billed as contest between BN's Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah and Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat, the Kelantan Menteri Besar and Pas spiritual leader. Analysts had said that a Pas defeat would be seen as a sign of Nik Aziz losing grip. He is 79 and had been Menteri Besar since 1990. "The face to face interaction adopted by BN has worked..this is a indicator of how BN can change," Prof Dr Sivamurugan Pandian of Universiti Sains Malaysia told the New Straits Times tonight. Pas had during the campaigning mocked Abdul Aziz Yusoff, the BN candidate for his lack of qualification. Dr Zulkefli Mohamed of Pas now has to his name three unsuccessful attempts to win seats in the Gua Musang area. The results of the nation's 12th by election since March 2008 were announced by returning officer Wan Mustapa Abdul Hamid at the Gua Musang Civic Centre here tonight. Many of Chinese voters in Galas had returned to BN, according to preliminary analysis of the results. Pas lost in Kampung Baru, which is a Chinese majority area by 41 votes. It garnered more than 200 over votes there in the general election. The BN election machinery which was led by Tengku Razaleigh, the Gua Musang MP, had adopted a new campaign strategy this time where they focused on a more personal approach as opposed to big scale ceramah and large entourages. Election Commission deputy chairman, Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar said voter turnout was 82.71 per cent or 9,555 of the total 11,553 voters in the constituency, compared to a 80.57 per cent turnout in 2008. In Batu Sapi, the choice of a woman as a candidate and the joint-leadership of Datuk Seri Musa Aman and Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan of Parti Bersatu Sabah had contributed to the increase of majority from 3,708 (2008 general election) to 6,359, analysts said. "My husband is watching me now and I think he is proud of me," said the BN candidate, Datin Linda Tsen Thau Lin. Tsen's husband Datuk Edmund Chong was the late parliamentarian of Batu Sapi. His death on Oct 9 had led to the by-election. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

UiTM student posts highest score in accounting course Posted: 10 Mar 2011 03:55 PM PST 2010/12/23 By Hanif Miswan SHAH ALAM: Few Malaysians can stake claim to being the best in the world, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) student Khalid Kamarulzaman is one of them. He was acclaimed the 'World's Best CAT Graduate' in the Certified Accounting Technician (CAT) programme. The results were announced in October. The 19-year-old Faculty of Accountancy student scored the highest aggregate of 474 marks or an average of almost 95 per cent, for five advanced CAT papers. CAT is an international qualification offered by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), the global body for professional accountants headquartered in the United Kingdom. The qualification provides the graduate with the necessary knowledge and skills in Finance and Accounting to perform an accounting-support role. It is also designed to fast-track students towards a full-fledged career in accountancy. Khalid achieved a perfect score in Drafting Financial Statements (T6) and came close in Managing People and Systems (T5) with 98 per cent. His marks in these two papers were the highest in the world. He also posted 97 per cent for Planning - Control and Performance Management (T7), 90 per cent for Preparing Taxation Computations (T9) and 89 per cent for Managing Finances (T10). "It was important for me to shine in this programme as it has placed me on the right path to achieving my dreams so I can help my less fortunate family," said Khalid in an interview with Varsity Voice on Nov 21. Although he expected to pass the CAT exams with flying colours, the outstanding results were "...a dream come true, and a tribute to my love for mathematics and numbers". The third son in a family of nine siblings from Hulu Langat, Selangor, Khalid has now set his sights on completing another 11 courses in the ACCA programme to become a chartered certified accountant. "CAT is only the first step. I intend to do just as well in the ACCA examination before gaining work experience and eventually opening up my own accountancy practice." "For now, I must be careful not to get too carried away as there is still a lot to learn and a long way to go before I can fulfill my aspirations," he added. The CAT programme was first offered by the faculty in 2002 to SPM graduates who had at least five credits, inclusive of Mathematics, Malay and English. Khalid was recognised as a top student during the Faculty's Excellence Day on Oct 6, during which he received an award from UiTM's Vice Chancellor Datuk Professor Dr Sahol Hamid Abu Bakar. (Ed: This article first appeared in Varsity Voice, a monthly publication jointly produced by the New Straits Times and Universiti Teknoogi MARA (UiTM) under the newspaper's Journalism on Campus project.) Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

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Football: Safiq makes his intention clear Posted: 03 Aug 2011 05:09 PM PDT 2011/08/04 Ajitpal Singh ajitpalsingh@nst.com.my Safiq Rahim(left) is keen to join Safee Sali in the Indonesian league. SELANGOR manager Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin has confirmed that national team captain Safiq Rahim has made it "perfectly clear" that he wants to leave the team. The midfielder has been linked with numerous top clubs in the Indonesia Super League after the national team won the AFF Cup for the first time last December. Hamidin said while Safiq wishes to leave, there is a glimmer of hope of keeping him with Selangor. "Yes, Safiq wants to leave the club, he has made that perfectly clear. He spoke to me about the (Indonesian) offers a few days ago," said Hamidin yesterday. "At the moment he is a Selangor player and will be treated like a Selangor player until he no longer is." Indonesian news portals have over the past few weeks linked Safiq with Persib Bandung and Persija Jakarta. Hamidin stressed that Safiq will not be released during the season. "I've told him (Safiq) to speak to me about it after the Malaysia Cup. We want him to focus on the mission ahead," he said. Winger Amirulhadi Zainal is also rumoured to be linked with Indonesian clubs but Hamidin said the national player has not spoken to him about it. Meanwhile, Selangor may drop one of their three new signings on loan from Young Tigers for a goalkeeper for next month's Malaysia Cup. The three are Young Tigers B captain D. Saarvindran and two Young Tigers A reserve players -- Haziq Zikri Elias and Muhd Nazri Ahmad. Third choice keeper Mohd Fairul Shahrullai has been ruled out of the Malaysia Cup due to injury and to replace him Selangor are looking at signing USM's G. Jeevananthan, who is on trial with the club. "According to Malaysia Cup rules, we can hire a maximum of three players. Besides that, teams must register at least three goalkeepers. "We may have to drop one of our new signings for Jeevananthan. An official announcement will be made soon," Hamidin added. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

Football: Team urged to move forward Posted: 03 Aug 2011 05:02 PM PDT 2011/08/04 T.N.Alagesh nstsport@nstp.com.my National coach K. Rajagobal expects his charges to bounce back after their disappointing loss to Singapore in the World Cup Qualifiers. THE national team must put aside the disappointment of failing to advance into the group stages of the Asian Zone World Cup Qualifiers and focus on retaining the AFF Cup and qualifying for the 2015 Asian Cup. FA of Malaysia (FAM) deputy president Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah said he is aware of the enormous task at hand but national coach K. Rajagobal must find a way to motivate his squad after they were beaten 6-4 on aggregate by Singapore in the two-leg second round last week. Tengku Abdullah said Rajagobal and his coaching staff must figure out what went wrong and address the problems. "There were some criticisms on the team's tactics, strategy and choice of players. It will be discussed at the FAM technical meeting soon. "After the defeat, various parties have come forward to voice out their views and I have mine too," said Tengku Abdullah in Muadzam Shah, Rompin on Tuesday. Tengku Abdullah said FAM will hold a post-mortem of both matches. Turning to Rajagobal's target of getting Malaysia to qualify for the 2015 Asian Cup in Australia, Tengku Abdullah said he was optimistic the coach will be able to put together a formidable side. "It must be remembered that it's a young batch of players and Rajagobal will have to get them ready in the next two years," he said. "The young players need to gain more experience on the international stage so the FAM will help arrange more matches to expose them to competitive matches." The friendly match against Oman on Aug 9 in Muscat has been called off but they will play the Indonesian national side in September. On the Olympic squad currently in Slovakia preparing for the Asian Olympic qualifiers, Tengku Abdullah said FAM does not want to put pressure on team. The national Olympic team, who have been drawn in Group C with Japan, Syria and Bahrain, are expected to return from Slovakia on Aug 28 before travelling to South Korea for a friendly match. They open their Olympic qualifying campaign against Japan on Sept 21 before meeting Syria (Nov 23) and Bahrain (Nov 27) at the National Stadium. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

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KL shares higher in early trade Posted: 03 Aug 2011 07:06 PM PDT Bursa Malaysia was higher in early trade, recovering from yesterday's losses, following the rebound in overnight US stocks on speculation that the Federal Reserve will embark on another stimulus programme to spur the flagging American economy. As at 9.15 am, the benchmark FBM KLCI was 3.51 points higher at 1,548.61 after opening 1.77 points better at 1,546.87. The Finance Index rose 27.87 points to 14,721.14, the Industrial Index increased 12.55 points to 2,826.68 and the Plantation Index gained 19.59 points to 7,754.96. The FBM Emas Index increased 28.21 points to 10,693.89, the FBM Ace Index added 34 points to 4,226.29 and the FBM Mid 70 Index advanced 48.89 points to 11,875.29. Gainers outnumbered losers 170 to 43 with 131 counters unchanged, 1,156 untraded and 34 others suspended. Turnover stood at 120.4 million shares worth RM78.8 million. Actives, Sanichi Technology and Advance Information Marketing both gained one sen each to 10.5 sen and 8.5 sen, respectively, Smartag Solutions added four sen to 31.5 sen and Malaysia Building Society rose six sen to RM1.74. Heavyweights, Maybank and CIMB were each two sen higher at RM8.83 and RM8.39, respectively, while Sime Darby increased eight sen to RM9.15 and Petronas Chemicals perked three sen to RM6.82. -- Bernama Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

Malaysia Building's fair value raised Posted: 03 Aug 2011 06:19 PM PDT Malaysia Building Society Bhd rose to a three-month high after OSK Research Sdn Bhd increased the stock's fair value to RM2.60 from RM2.06. The shares climbed 4.2 per cent to RM1.75 at 9:11 a.m. local time in Kuala Lumpur trading, set for their highest close since May 3. -- Bloomberg Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

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WINNING SHOTS Posted: 02 Aug 2011 10:33 AM PDT 2011/08/02 By Shenton ThomasDe Silva Recent photography competitions showcased the beauty of Johor Baru's common sights Photographic Society of Johor secretary Kee Jwee Hiong said Johor Baru is full of picturesque scenes worth capturing on camera. "Once I snapped some photos of Danga Bay and posted them online. Some viewers thought the pictures were taken at Sydney Harbour!" said Kee. "I disagree with Malaysian photographers who believe places abroad are more attractive than those in their country. "I believe one can turn anything into something beautiful by using one's imagination," said the photography lecturer. Kee added the recent The Scenery of Admiral Cheng Ho's Expedition and Its Impact on Asia competition held at Sutera Mall was a platform for potential photographers to test their skills. It was open to secondary school students and the public, with altogether 36 amateur photographers from all over Johor taking part in the open category. The competition was held in conjunction with the closing of the month-long exhibition. Participants were required to take pictures of the exhibition. The first and third prize winners went to photography enthusiasts Lim Li Kwong, 45, and his wife Tai Siew Then, 42, respectively. Lim took home RM1,000 and a trophy, while Tai won RM500 and a trophy. The second prize went to Photographic Society of Johor member Lek Kah Meng, 44, who won RM800 and a trophy. Lek, also an avid photographer, said he did not plan much before shooting his picture. "I was suddenly inspired to base my photo on the 1Malaysia theme," he said. Two of the panel of judges were from Johor Baru. The third was a Singaporean. Photographic Society of Johor president Tang King Huat said the society encourages photographers to promote Johor and its rich history and culture to the world. Another photography contest, Photo-Kopi@Jalan Tan Hiok Nee, was held at Jalan Tan Hiok Nee about the same time as the The Scenery of Admiral Cheng Ho's Expedition and Its Impact on Asia competition was being held. The first prize went to photography enthusiast Tan Chong Meng, 53, from Johor Baru. He bagged RM600 and a certificate of merit, while the first runner-up was Lim Siew Tien, 27, from Taman Sri Tebrau, Johor Baru. Lim took home RM400 with a certificate of merit. Third prize winner Lim Xiao Tian, 22, from Simpang Renggam won RM300 and a certificate of merit. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

Set up more counters, Immigration urged Posted: 02 Aug 2011 08:55 AM PDT 2011/08/02 By Chong Chee Seong Er Teck Hwa (standing second from left) monitoring the registration of foreign workers at the Immigration Department in Muar. — Picture by Chong Chee Seong THE Muar branch of the Immigration Department has been taken to task for the poor management of its ongoing exercise to register foreign workers. Member of parliament for Bakri, Er Teck Hwa, said he visited the branch office for four days last week and found the situation not improved. Er said he had proposed to the department to set up mobile units to register the foreign workers at their factories. "When the Immigration officers allocated the queue numbers to the foreign workers, the latter should be informed when would be their turns. "Currently, they wait for hours, some even sleeping on the verandah in front of the department or in a tent set up by the department," he said, when met in front of the department where about 500 foreign workers were waiting to be registered last Friday. Er proposed that more counters for registration be set up. "Currently, the department has three counters with registration machines." He said many workers went to the Malacca Immigration Department instead as they could be registered on the same day. Er said a queue display should be installed at the ground floor of the Muar Immigration branch to let foreign workers know how long they need to wait. "At present, a Rela officer would announce the numbers through a loud-speaker." Er said he had met a senior duty officer of the department, Abdul Latif Abu Bakar, who informed him that the department was registering an average of 1,000 workers daily. Er also regretted that no policemen were on hand to ensure an orderly crowd and smooth registration. A furniture factory owner from Jorak, Pagoh, Tay Soon Heng, 40, said he was at the department at 9am last Thursday but had to wait for a long time to be given the queue numbers for his 50 workers. "They were finally registered after a five-hour wait." State Immigration Department director Nasri Ishak said it would look into the problem and Er's suggestions were being considered. He said the department had two mobile units that visit factories which have over 500 foreign workers. "However, the units visit factories which have made prior arrangements with us. "Employers, alternatively, can register their foreign workers at Immigration branches in Segamat, Batu Pahat or Kluang." Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

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