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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

KDM Idol talent contest resumes next week





KOTA KINABALU: The KDM Malaysia Idol 2013 will resume after a short hiatus on Aug 24 at Buhavan Square in Donggongon, Penampang, to select 25 aspiring contestants for the next round.

President of Kadazan Dusun Murut (KDM) Malaysia, Datuk Peter Anthony, said 50 singers would be vying for the 25 slots during the quarterfinals on that day.

According to him, voting by members of the public will make up 60 per cent of the points while public jury, 20 per cent and professional jury, 20 per cent.

Dubbed as the most lucrative singing competition, with RM100,000 waiting for the winner, the KDM Malaysia Idol was stopped after the audition tour series following the 13th General Election nationwide, he said.

“But we took the opportunity during the short break to conduct in-depth selection of 50 participants for the quarterfinals,” he said during a media conference at a hotel here.

He said that despite some obstacles, KDM Malaysia treated it as mere challenges and part of the job in organising the event.

“And I am proud and happy that we can continue organising the event, thanks to the organising team and individuals who have helped us,” he said.

The KDM Malaysia Idol was aimed at harnessing singing talent from among the Kadazan, Dusun and Murut community.

He said that the Idol audition process saw 694 KDM people including from other ethnic groups taking part.

He said the jury panel headed by Asmin Mudin with Betsy Michael and Mohd Yusof have been very impartial in selecting the 50 participants for the quarterfinals.

He said the semi-finals would also be held at the same venue at Buhavan Square on Aug 31.

“During the semi-finals we will select only eight competitors for the final concert in September during which the event would be either shown live by a television station or delayed telecast,” he said.

The winner stands to win RM100,000 while first runner-up, RM50,000, second runner-up, RM30,000, fourth place, RM15,000 and fifth until eighth winner, RM10,000.

Anthony said the KDM Malaysia Idol not only aspire to bring out the best among the contestants but also produce an “idol” with balanced personality and an example to the younger generation.

Prior to the quarterfinals, Prof Dr Tengku Naufala will be conducting a “Dynamic Motivation” workshop for the participants.

Also present were vice-president, Michael Ubu, secretary-general, Azie Kaying and programme manager, Jasnin Suman.

Sumber : Borneo Insider

Second Lahad Datu kidnap victim may not be dead






KOTA KINABALU: Tung Wee Wei (aka Chong Wei Fei) may not be dead after all as his cousin admitted that he was taken away by the kidnappers while suffering from hypertension.

Tung Wee Jei (aka Chong Wei Jie) who escaped from his Abu Sayaff captors in Jolo last week, said he never saw his cousin Wee Wei, 34, dying

The 25-year-old Wee Jei only said that his cousin was suffering from hypertension during their captivity, and he was told that he (Wee Wei) was taken to a hospital.

Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Hamza Taib said police were now checking with various sources to verify if Wee Wei died during captivity or was still alive.

The cousins were grabbed by gunmen from their family plantation in Tambisan Lahad Datu on Nov 14, last year and were taken to Jolo where they were kept chained in a bamboo hut until April 17. They were separated when Wee Wei fell sick.

Wee Jei said the armed group claimed that they had sent his cousin to hospital.

Philippines officials were reported as saying that they were planning an operation in the area Wee Jei had been held in efforts to locate Wee Wei.

Wee Jei, who was fed rice and salted fish during his captivity and managed to unshackle himself using a fork, is now reunited with his family in Port Dickson after he was flown here last Wednesday.

In an interview on Sunday, Wee Wei’s father Tung Ah Tey, 62, said he first heard from his son in January and then from his nephew Wee Jei on April 18. The abductors had also asked him to go to Jolo to pay a ransom for their release.

Source : Borneo Insider

Nabbed after paying for hotel room with stolen credit card





KOTA KINABALU: Their joy from enjoying the fruits of a robbery was short-lived when a young robber and his girlfriends were nabbed while staying at a hotel.

The silly 25-year old male had used a stolen credit card to pay for a hotel room in Tanjung Aru and this was subsequently reported to the man who lost his credit card.

“The arrests followed a police report lodged by a 48-year-old businessman, who was robbed at his residence in Inanam last Wednesday, at 2.30am,” Deputy city police chief Superintendent M. Chandra said yesterday.

The businessman said he was outside his house when two masked men accosted him. One held a knife to the neck while the other pointed a pistol at him.

“Later that morning, the victim was informed by a bank that his credit card had been used to pay for a hotel room in Tanjung Aru,” Chandra told a press conference.

With the information, police arrested the two suspects, the 25-year-old robber and his 21-year-old girlfriend, at the hotel.

Chandra said police were tracking the third accomplice.

Police seized a fake pistol, a switchblade and a chain from them among several other stolen items.


Source : Borneo Insider

Pinjaman mudah bantu vendor automotif


 Pinjaman mudah bantu vendor automotif
Kuala Lumpur: Kerajaan dijangka memperuntukkan dana lebih RM2 bilion kepada Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Bhd (MIDF) untuk disalurkan sebagai pinjaman mudah bagi membantu memajukan vendor automotif tempatan dalam tempoh hingga 2020.
Institut Automotif Malaysia (MAI) yang bertindak sebagai penasihat strategik dana itu dijangka memeterai perjanjian persefahaman dengan MIDF untuk melancarkan pinjaman mudah itu menjelang akhir bulan ini.
Ketua Eksekutif MAI, Mohamad Madani Sahari ketika mengulas rancangan penyediaan dana itu mengesahkannya, tetapi enggan menyatakan jumlahnya.
Katanya, pelancaran kemudahan pembiayaan itu sejajar sasaran meningkatkan sumbangan sektor automotif kepada Keluaran Dalam Negara Kasar (KDNK) negara kepada 10 peratus menjelang 2020, berbanding 3.2 peratus kini.
Sumbangan sektor vendor
Beliau berkata, menerusi kemudahan pembiayaan itu, pihaknya menyasarkan sumbangan segmen vendor dikembangkan kepada kira-kira 4.6 peratus pada 2020 berbanding 1.6 peratus daripada nilai KDNK ketika ini.
“Pembiayaan ini langkah strategik yang menyokong Dasar Automotif Negara (NAP). Ia bakal memberikan manfaat besar kepada industri, terutama untuk menyediakan lebih banyak peluang perniagaan dan pekerjaan.
“Komuniti vendor sangat penting kepada industri kerana segmen ini memiliki 190,000 pekerja daripada keseluruhan 800,000 pekerja industri automotif tempatan.
“Dengan NAP dan dana yang disalurkan nanti, ia dijangka menjana lebih banyak peluang kerja dalam segmen vendor iaitu tambahan kira-kira 120,000 pekerjaan,” katanya di Kuala Lumpur.
Mohamad Madani berkata, vendor boleh menggunakan pinjaman itu untuk pelbagai aktiviti yang memperkasakan daya saing termasuk penggabungan dan pengambilalihan, membeli teknologi, pengkomersialan teknologi serta pembangunan produk.
Katanya, MAI juga cuba mempromosikan pembangunan aktiviti bernilai tinggi baru dalam sektor automotif seperti aluminium casting, foundry mold-Base, kejuruteraan plastik dan pelbagai lagi.
“Ini beberapa sektor yang kami cuba promosi supaya lebih banyak pembabitan pelaburan domestik. MAI akan menasihatkan berapa banyak pinjaman yang wajar disediakan untuk pelaburan baru ini dan MIDF akan laksanakan,” katanya.
- bharian.com.my


Sumber Malaysia Chronicle

MORE FALSE HOPE? The Prime Minister can do it! - Zaid Ibrahim


MORE FALSE HOPE? The Prime Minister can do it! - Zaid Ibrahim

The Prime Minister’s remark at his Hari Raya open house regarding the change needed in UMNO should give comfort to those waiting to hear a clear commitment on his part to bringing about reform. He agreed with the remarks of former Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi that UMNO must change to continue to be relevant but added that this would be a “gargantuan task” that may perhaps take generations because it would involve changing the minds and emotions of the people.
One of my favourite songs from the 1970s was Jimmy Cliff’s “You Can Get It If You Really Want”. The song is a reminder that Dato’ Seri Najib Razak can also do what he sets out to achieve, and changing UMNO is not that difficult and can be done during his term in office. Najib is after all a young Prime Minister and has many years left to effect the changes he wants to see.
Values, philosophy must also change
Changing the UMNO Constitution helps transform UMNO in some ways but this kind of structural change does not address the core problem. The real change in UMNO must entail changing the values and philosophy of the party.
Early leaders such as Tun Abdul Razak Hussein and Tan Sri Senu Abdul Rahman, together with other Malay intellectuals (including the young Abdullah Ahmad Badawi), published the book Revolusi Mental some 43 years ago, but the book was set aside by those in a hurry to make UMNO the powerhouse of Malaysian politics where values do not matter and only the brute force of obedience and compliance would take centre stage.
Revolusi Mental was inward-looking and sought to transform the values of the Malays so that they could embrace reason, accept the rights of non-Malays and believe in the value of science and technology. The book urged Malays to participate in the economic and social life of the country. It was one of those motivational books that, if you were to read it today, would still yield some useful ideas for the Malays in UMNO.
Obviously the Najib needs more than just an old edition of Revolusi Mental to bring change in the light of current developments. He needs to redefine the party’s struggle in much wider terms. Taking the country to developed status means that he must make the core values of the party consistent with the values of developed nations; for it is impossible to bring about physical and material uplifting without the accompanying moral and social values found in the developed world.
For instance, one of the greatest obstacles he will face—but which he must overcome—is the wrongly-held belief within the UMNO right-wing that citizenship granted to the non-Malays at time of Independence was a gift, an act of grace by UMNO, that can be withdrawn at any time.
This thinking is prevalent and it is why those who are opposed to UMNO are perceived to be ‘disloyal’ and that non-Malays among them are ‘ungrateful’ and deserve condemnation in the strongest terms. When a government opposes dissent, it is undemocratic—but when it describes dissent as ‘disloyalty’ then this represents the kind of outdated thinking that would similarly burn people at stake for believing the world is round.
These attitudes and beliefs are not merely misconceived. They have resulted in UMNO members treating non-Malay Malaysians as inferior citizens. Each time UMNO gets angry with the Chinese they will say “pendatang go home!” or “revoke their citizenship” and so forth.
Revolting Umno
Granted that the conferment of citizenship to non-Malays at that time was regarded as an act of “generosity” by some people, the present generation of non-Malay Malaysians do not deserve to be treated as inferior to the Malays. Just as the Malays, they are entitled to all the rights and benefits of citizenship.
No developed nation anywhere in the world questions the loyalty and dedication of their “immigrant citizens” several generations after the fact, whatever differences there may be. To treat and differentiate citizenship on the basis of race or religion is pure and unadulterated discrimination. It is a concept so revolting that no developed nation condones it today. If we recall, even Malaysia opposed apartheid in South Africa.
But today, both Article 153 of the Federal Constitution and our affirmative policies have been forgotten in terms of intent and scope. Instead of viewing such policies as a safety net to address social imbalances, our primary policy today is that of the ‘Malay-Muslim first’.
The scope of the “special position” of Article 153 has been unilaterally expanded to justify discrimination. This was certainly not the principle on which this country was founded. Developed countries (being democracies with citizens enjoying full rights and responsibilities) run their governments based on the acceptance that all citizens have equal rights and opportunities.
Malay-first is detrimental, not helpful
On a more practical level, the ‘Malay-Muslim first’ policy is detrimental not only to those excluded by the discrimination. It also jeopardises the potential of Malays to succeed and has resulted in mediocre individuals holding positions beyond their capabilities. In Government, there are policies that cannot be properly implemented because such individuals have achieved positions of power and influence simply by being Malay and linked to UMNO. Some even deprive other Malays of opportunities because they consider them their opponents.
Mediocrity has seeped in into every level of our social institutions. And if we have a mediocre university vice-chancellor, or mediocre senior civil servant or police officers, the people most affected are the Malays as they make up the largest ethnic group in the country. It is in the interest of the Malays and the country to have leaders of ability regardless of ethnicity. This is painfully obvious.
The holistic development of the Bumiputera community will depend on the Government initiating non-discriminatory policies so that the best Malaysians can rise. It is certainly a challenge to convince those blinded by years of indoctrination that non-Malays are after their wealth and trying to wrest the country from them.
Kuan Yew wasn't wrong
In view of the statement by former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew that Malaysia was being dragged down by race-based policies, there were the usual protests from UMNO leaders and even leaders of the Pakatan Rakyat. These leaders are too scared to tell the Malays the real cause of the problems affecting their community.
Lee Kuan Yew is recognised by the world as one of the more successful political leaders of our age. He transformed his Third-World island nation into one of the richest nations today. But instead of examining what he says with a cool head, many are quick to dismiss him, and the truth is that we cannot avoid assessing the merit of race-based policies if we are serious in becoming a developed country. There will be the initial outcry but I believe that the Opposition’s wresting of the popular vote from the Barisan Nasional at the last general election suggests that people, including Malays, are ready to accept the values of equality and fair play in the policies of the country.
I believe that dismantling discriminatory practices, which can be done in stages for practical reasons, is the only way to bring right-thinking and fair-minded Malaysians together to move this country forward. It is also the only way for the Malays to succeed.
UMNO leaders will say that the Malays are not ready to have a new policy to replace the old one. To them, the Malays will never be ready because they themselves do not want such a policy. It is the task of the Prime Minister to convince them otherwise, and it is not necessarily the case that a return of non-Malay support for Najib will result in the Bumiputera ditching him. There are enough Sabahan and Sarawakian Bumiputera who can see the reason in any policy that is intrinsically fair to all.
The Prime Minister has the resources to overcome the concerns of all Malaysians. Mindset and values don’t need generations to change if a leader can clearly articulate what this change means. We can see for ourselves the benefits that have accrued to countries possessing progressive policies. Malaysia is no different.
http://www.zaid.my/?p=887


Source : Malaysia Chronicle

Hans, Neelofa rasai debaran sebagai kekasih

Hans, Neelofa rasai debaran sebagai kekasih

HARI Raya Aidilfitri kali ini adalah antara saat yang paling sesuai bagi pasangan pelakon utama filem Lemak Kampung Santan, Neelofa dan Hans Isaac mengeratkan lagi hubungan baik di antara mereka.
Neelofa tidak menafikan menggunakan peluang beraya di Hari Lebaran baru-baru ini bagi saling kenal mengenali antara keluarganya dan pelakon kacak tersebut.
Malah, pelakon jelita itu secara jujur berkata, Hans turut pernah mengunjungi sanak keluarganya di Kelantan sewaktu perayaan perayaan yang disambut umat Islam setahun sekali itu.
"Sewaktu Hari Raya Aidilfitri dua tahun lepas, Hans pernah datang beraya di rumah keluarga saya di Pasir Mas dan Kota Bahru, Kelantan yang mana itulah kali pertama kami beraya bersama.
"Saya mengenali Hans dua tahun lebih yang mana ketika itu kami belum dipertemukan berlakon bersama-sama dalam Lemak Kampung Santan yang menjalani penggambarannya selepas itu.
"Sebab itu, tidak timbul isu mengatakan kami baru kenal secara lebih rapat hanya selepas berlakon dalam filem ini semata-mata," katanya kepada Hits sewaktu sesi fotografi di Studio Utusan, Kuala Lumpur baru-baru ini.
Gosip hubungan cinta antara pasangan itu timbul bukan baru, sebaliknya ia mula bertiup kencang terutama sewaktu penggambaran Lemak Kampung Santan dijalankan dua tahun lalu.
Meskipun enggan mengulas lanjut gosip hubungan intim itu, Neelofa berkata dia berasa serasi dan teruja sewaktu menjalani penggambaran filem ketiga arahan Hans tersebut.
Antara adegan-adegan romantis antaranya dan Hans yang banyak memerlukan penghayatan serta komitmen yang jitu, apatah lagi lokasi penggambarannya pula diadakan di tempat yang mencabar.
"Salah satu adegan yang mencabar antara saya dengan Hans adalah dalam adegan romantik yang diadakan di tingkat 80 bangunan berkembar KLCC pada sekitar November 2011.
"Tempat itu boleh dikatakan eksklusif kerana tidak ramai orang yang dibenarkan berada di situ melainkan atas sebab-sebab tertentu yang mana banyak cabarannya sewaktu di sana.
"Misalnya soal tiupan angin dan cuaca yang tidak menentu di kawasan yang tinggi seperti itu sehingga memaksa kami semua memakai tali pinggang demi menjaga keselamatan.
"Saya rasa adegan itu adalah yang paling romantik sekali dalam filem itu," ujarnya yang teruja menceritakan tentang filem yang ditayangkan mulai 8 Ogos lalu di pawagam seluruh negara.
Jelas Neelofa pengalaman berlakon dengan Hans bukan sahaja baru baginya, malah dia turut senang bekerja bersama-samanya yang juga merupakan penerbit serta pengarah filem tersebut.
Walaupun telah mengenali Hans sebelum terbabit dalam Lemak Kampung Santan, dia seperti juga pelakon lain terpaksa melalui sesi ujibakat sebelum berlakon dalam filem itu.
"Saya melakonkan watak Tiqa dan Hans pula watak Ridzuan yang mana watak saya meliputi hampir 70 peratus dalam filem ini. Saya seronok berlakon dan bekerja dengan Hans.
"Ini kerana, dia seorang yang matang dan amat mementingkan kualiti dalam hasil kerjanya. Hans juga amat mementingkan keselesaan para pelakon dalam filem ini semasa penggambarannya.
"Biarpun sudah mengenalinya tetapi saya juga telah melalui sesi ujibakat sebelum diterima berlakon dalam filem ini. Mungkin watak pasangan kekasih itu sesuai untuk kami," jelasnya.
Sempena sambutan hari raya ini, seperti biasa Neelofa telah beraya di rumah sanak keluarganya di Alor Setar, Kedah selama kira-kira tiga hari sebelum pulang ke Pasir Mas, Kelantan.

- utusan.com.my

Sumber : Malaysia Chronicle