DAP regrets that BN government has shown that it is not committed to green and sustainable growth but instead is willing to sacrifice people’s health for profits. Malaysia’s Atomic Energy Licensing Board (AELB) has granted Australian company Lynas Corporation a temporary operating licence (TOL) for its controversial Pahang-based and also the world largest rare earth refinery plant provided it fulfils five conditions.

Instead of focusing on race and religion, perhaps Barisan Nasional should explain why they are allowing the Lynas Rare Earth Plant in Kuantan to be operated; despite all the dangers inherent and even its regulators themselves did not have a clear radioactive waste disposal proposal from Lynas. Among other issues, the Lynas’ waste management plan does not fully disclose the contents of its waste streams.

Two days ago the New York Times (NYT) had also reported that Dutch multinational AkzoNobel, a key contractor, had withdrawn from the project due to the safety concerns. Engineers involved in the project and internal emails showed that AkzoNobel withdrew from supplying the chemicals after it was told that the fibreglass liners would be installed in concrete-walled tanks that have a problem with rising dampness in the floors and cracks in the walls.

Followed by the issue of the conditional TOL, shares in Australian miner Lynas soared yesterday. Clearly, the irresponsible BN government is colluding with the industry interest group at the expense of the health and welfare of the hundreds of thousands of innocent Malaysians.

Last year, the BN government has brought a panel of radiological experts from the IAEA to review the case. However, not only does the panel contain no public health and environmental expert, the IAEA is also seen to be industry-driven, and is expected to rubber-stamp their approval.

Sahabat Alam Malaysia(SAM) has revealed that the Lynas project was fast-tracked for approval by the Pahang State DoE. The DoE received the Preliminary Environmental Impact Assessment(PEIA) on the 21st of January 2008 and approved it in early February. Why is DOE acting with unholy haste to give their approval for such a complex project involving potentially radioactive hazards with a very vague waste management, storage and disposal proposal?

In the light of the nuclear disaster in a highly-advanced country like Japan, the BN government should also abandon their plans to build two nuclear power plants by 2021. Lynas has always insisted the plant, which will handle rare earths imported from Australia, will be safe, but if that is so why did Lynas not build it in Australia? Is it because Lynas is unable to convince Australian environmental and health regulators that radioactive waste would not leak out thus threatening public health and the environment?

If even the Australian authorities are unwilling to face such hazardous risks despite their highly rated safety standards, how can BN be trusted to ensure the safety and health standards of such a dangerous and high risk project like nuclear plant or rare earths refinery plant? BN has a poor abysmal safety record when the BN government cannot even build a stadium without its roof collapsing or the roof of Parliament leaking? Up to now no one knows where or which state the next plant will be sited.

Only a PR ruled state will not take such risks. I have stated clearly that so long as PR rules Penang, there will be no rare earth refinery plant or nuclear power plants. For this reason the people of Pahang as well as other BN states should learn an important lesson that only a PR ruled state can ensure that there is no rare earths refinery or mines or nuclear facilities to threaten their health and safety of their families.

Let your votes decide in the next general elections whether you want a nuclear plant or rare earth refinery plant in the backyard of your home!

— BM Translation—

Kenyataan Akhbar Setiausaha Agung DAP dan Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang Lim Guan Eng di Kuala Lumpur pada 3 Februari 2012

Hanya Pakatan Rakyat (PR) Akan Mementingkan Kesihatan Rakyat Dan Keselamatan Awam Daripada Mengejar Keuntungan Dengan Memastikan Bahawa Loji Nadir Bumi Dan Loji Nuklear Tidak Dibina Di Negeri-Negeri PR.

DAP berasa kesal bahawa Kerajaan BN jelas tidak berkomited terhadap pembangunan mapan dan hijau, dan sudi mengorbankan kesihatan rakyat demi keuntungan. Lembaga Perlesenan Tenaga Atom (AELB) Malaysia telah memberi Lesen Kendalian Sementara (TOL) kepada syarikat Australia Lynas Corporation untuk pembinaan loji pemprosesan nadir bumi yang terbesar di dunia di Pahang sekiranya mereka dapat memenuhi lima syarat yang ditetapkan.

Daripada menumpukan sumber dan tenaganya kepada isu-isu perkauman dan agama, adalah lebih baik Barisan Nasional menjelaskan kenapa loji nadir bumi di Kuantan dibenarkan untuk beroperasi, sedangkan projek itu berbahaya dan pihak pengawal selia sendiri tidak menerima cadangan pembuangan sisa radioaktif yang jelas daripada Lynas. Tambahan pula, pelan pembuangan sisa Lynas tidak mendedahkan sepenuhnya kandungan aliran-aliran sisa.

Dua hari lepas, New York Times (NYT) telah melaporkan bahawa syarikat antarabangsa dari Belanda iaitu AkzoNobel, salah satu kontraktor utama, telah menarik diri daripada projek tersebut ekoran kebimbangan keselamatan. Jurutera-jurutera yang terlibat dalam projek serta emel-emel dalaman telah menunjukkan bahawa AkzoNobel telah menarik diri daripada pembekalan resin setelah diberitahu bahawa lapik kaca gentian yang akan dipasang di tangki berdinding konkrit tidak memenuhi standard keselamatan dan piawaian.

Susulan pemberian TOL bersyarat, saham syarikat Lynas telah melonjak semalam. Adalah jelas bahawa Kerajaan BN yang tidak bertanggungjawab ini sedang berpakat dengan pihak-pihak industri sehingga menjejaskan kesihatan dan kesejahteraan beratus-ratus ribu rakyat Malaysia yang tidak bersalah.

Tahun lepas, Kerajaan BN telah membawa masuk sebuah panel pakar radiologi daripada IAEA untuk mengkaji kes ini. Namun demikian, panel tersebut bukan sahaja tidak mengandungi seorang pakar kesihatan awam dan persekitaraan, IAEA itu sendiri dilihat umum sebagai didorong oleh pihak industri, dan dijangka akan meluluskan projek tersebut.

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) telah mendedahkan bahawa projek Lynas telah mendapat kelulusan “fast-track” oleh Jabatan Persekitaran (DOE) Pahang. DOE telah menerima Penilaian Awal Impak Alam Sekitar (PEIA) pada 21 Januari 2008 dan meluluskannya pada awal bulan Februari. Kenapakah DOE memberi kelulusan dengan begitu tergesa-gesa dalam sebuah projek yang bukan sahaja rumit dan melibatkan sisa-sisa radioaktif yang berbahaya, tetapi juga tidak mempunyai pelan pembuangan dan penyimpanan sisa yang jelas?

Ekoran daripada bencana nuklear yang terjadi di negara maju seperti Jepun, Kerajaan BN harus meninggalkan sahaja rancangan mereka untuk membina dua loji nuklear menjelang 2020. Lynas selalu berkeras mempertahankan loji mereka yang akan memproses nadir bumi yang diimport dari Australia sebagai selamat, tetapi jika memang selamat kenapa tidak bina sahaja loji itu di Australia? Adakah ia kerana Lynas tidak dapat meyakinkan pihak pengawal selia persekitaran dan kesihatan di Australia bahawa loji mereka betul-betul selamat?

Sekiranya pihak berkuasa di Australia tidak sanggup menghadapi risiko yang berbahaya walaupun mereka mempunyai standard keselamatan yang tinggi, bagaimanakah kita boleh yakin bahawa BN akan memastikan standard kesihatan dan keselamatan projek yang berbahaya dan berisiko tinggi ini? BN mempunyai rekod prestasi yang tidak cemerlang apabila stadium yang dibina pun mengalami keruntuhan bumbung dan bangunan Parlimen pula bocor. Sehingga sekarang, tidak sesiapa tahu di mana loji seterusnya akan ditempatkan.

Hanya negeri yang ditadbir PR tidak akan mengambil risiko sedemikian. Saya telah lama menyatakan dengan bahawa selama PR berkuasa di Pulau Pinang, loji pemprosesan nadir bumi atau nuklear tidak akan dibina. Kerana itu, rakyat di Pahang dan juga negeri-negeri BN lain harus tahu bahawa hanya negeri-negeri yang ditadbir PR sahaja yang boleh memastikan tidak ada loji nadir bumi atau nuklear yang akan mengancam kesihatan dan keselamatan keluarga mereka.

Undi anda dalam Pilihan Raya Umum akan datang akan menentukan sama ada anda mahukan loji nuklear atau nadir bumi di kawasan rumah anda!

— Mandarin Translation —

民主行动党秘书长兼槟州首席部长林冠英于2012年2月3日在吉隆坡发表声明：

唯有民联才会注重人民的健康及公共安全，确保民联州属不会兴建稀土厂或核电厂，而不是盲目地追求利益。

国阵政府已经证明它并不是立志追求绿色与永续发展，而是为了利益愿意牺牲人民的健康，民主行动党对此感到遗憾。马来西亚原子能执照局（AELB）已经发出临时营运执照给澳洲莱纳斯公司，让他们必须遵守五项条件的情况下在彭亨州运作世界最大的稀土提炼厂。

与其不断地玩弄种族与宗教课题，国阵应该解释，为什么他们明知稀土厂存在这么多危险，甚至连管制单位也不知道莱纳斯稀土厂将如何处理辐射性废料，却允许他们在关丹设厂？其它的课题还包括，在莱纳斯的废料管理计划中，它们还未全面公布它们的废料内容。

两天前，《纽约时报》报道，稀土厂的其中一家荷兰化学品公司Akzonobel已经退出上述工程。从参与设厂的工程师的电邮内容发现，他们发现原本要安装玻璃纤维内衬（Fibreglass Liners）的混凝土储存槽出现底部潮湿、外壁出现裂缝的问题。

随着当局发出临时营运执照，澳洲矿商莱纳斯的股价也在昨天上涨。很明显地， 不负责任的国阵与工业利益团体勾结，牺牲成千上万名无辜马来西亚人的健康及福利。

去年，国阵政府请来了国际电子能机构的代表来审查此个案。无论如何，这个代表团并没有公共卫生及环境的专家，而国际电子能机构也被视为工业主导的团体，预料也将会似橡皮图章般给予得批准。

大马自然环境之友揭露，莱纳斯工程是彭亨州环境局加速批准的计划。州环境局在2008年1月21日收到初步环境评估报告，在二月上旬就批准了。这项工程涉及辐射公害、含混不清的废料管理、储存与废弃问题，为什么环境局要如此仓促地批准他们兴建如此复杂的工程？

就连高科技国日本也发生核泄危机，国阵应该放弃在2021兴建两座核电厂的计划。莱纳斯经常强调，他们从澳洲入口的稀土是安全的，如果是真的，那么为何莱纳斯不把提炼厂建在澳洲？还是因为莱纳斯根本无法说服澳洲的环境及卫生管制单位，有关辐射性废料不会泄漏，危害公共卫生及环境？

尽管澳洲政府拥有高级别的安全水平，他们也不愿面对稀土提炼厂的风险，更何况安全设备记录恶劣的国阵？就连体育馆顶盖会倒塌、国会大厦屋顶也会漏水，我们还能相信国阵将确保像核电厂或稀土厂这样危险及高风险的项目，符合公共安全及健康水平吗？直到今天，我们都不知道，下一次会轮到哪一个州属。

唯有民联执政的州属不愿意承担这种风险。我已经说过，只要民联执政槟城，这里就不夫有稀土厂或核电厂。因此，彭亨州以及其它国阵州属的人民都应该要吸取这个重要的教训，那就是只有民联执政的州属才能保障人民的健康与安全，不兴建稀土提炼厂或矿场或核电设施，来伤害人民的健康及安全。

来届大选，就让全民投票决定，你要不要核电厂或稀土厂兴建在你家的后院！

林冠英

Part 1: The Flight To London [video]
Part 2: Wow, Hello London! Nice to meet you. [video]
Part 3: Royal Albert Hall, Double Decker Buses & 1st Hard Rock Cafe In The World
Part 4: My 130 Bucks Pasta in London
Part 5: Midnight Walk in London [video]
Part 6: Picadilly Circus & Crazy Queue At Trafalgar Square!
Part 7: Good Morning London!
Part 8: Fat Sausages & Ticket To Hogwarts!
Part 9: We Are At King’s Cross! I Challenged Harry Potter At Platform 9 3/4
Part 10: Oh London Bridge, You Make Us Wet..
Part 11: Byron Burger At Picadilly Circus With James & Katie
Part 12: We Are At The Red Carpet! Hey There Ron Weasley!
Part 13: I Met Dumbledore, Weasley Twins, & Draco Malfoy From Harry Potter!
Part 14: I Took A Photo With Hermione! Oh Lord Voldermort, Hagrid & Prof. Snape Too
Part 15: Meeting Harry Potter, J.K.Rowling & Walking The Red Carpet In London
Part 16: Harry Potter 7.5 Premiere Begins! Walking Down Hogwarts!

As we were walking on the red carpet.. we took photos with everything we saw lol

Check out the people! They were the ones who stood there since morning!

We finally entered the hall and they were streaming live broadcast of Trafalgar Square and the red carpet outside

View from top.

Harry Potter 7.5 ended around 2 and a half hours later… so at about 1030pm we walked out and felt hungry.

We walked n walked thinking what to eat

… and we ended up at Chinatown trying this Four Seasons Duck.. lol

Hello I have a few minutes today since my lessons tomorrow are all planned, so thought I’d write a little here!

Before I continue, I just want to apologize for the lack of updates, and even if I do update it’s all about teaching. It’s just that: 1. teaching consumes my entire life now and 2. it doesn’t seem too appropriate for a teacher to be posting too many camwhore pictures etc (plus, surprise surprise I’m not that vain anymore!). So…sorry that I’m no longer the same silly and stupid sweatlee.com

Anyway, I have a few pictures that I took over the weeks so I’m going to write about a day in my life as a teacher!

I wake up in the morning around 6.30 am and get ready for school (like a student hahah).

When I get to school (which is only a 2-minute walk away), I pack the materials for my classes immediately. My schedule is really packed everyday, I usually have back-to-back classes and if I’m lucky, 40 mins-1 hour between classes to photostat materials etc.

This is one of my form 1 classes! I’m actually not allowed to post pictures of my students since they’re under 18 (it’s apparently a law in Malaysia) so here’s one of their backs haha. I’m pretty sad that I can’t post their pictures because I’m planning to write some of their stories here with pictures for effect but guess I’ll blur their faces or something..

I hate making them copy questions from board cause it’s a waste of class time and I think it’s a lot more efficient if I could give them photocopied questions to answer. BUT we have to pay to photocopy and I’ve already spent more than RM100 so far for my 6 classes so.. Now I get why teachers make us copy the questions.

Actually, now that I’m a teacher, I totally get why teachers teach the way they do in Malaysia.

You have NO idea the stuff that we have to do. More than 50% of our time has to be devoted to a lot of other unnecessary administrative work and it’s so tiring to maintain our energy in all our classes. Sometimes I just want to be a teacher who asks students to copy notes and sits while they copy cause I have no energy at all! Thank god so far I’ve managed to remain super active but can you imagine how it’s like for a teacher who has been teaching for years? I don’t blame them for being worn out.

In the picture above, the seating arrangement is a little weird because I got so fed up of the kids complaining that they can’t see the board (it’s true, the board is terrible) so I dragged their tables to the front. The front kids were actually like 15cm from the board. Now they can’t complain anymore!

Ok continue. So I teach till around 2.40 pm and will finally get to sit. Sometimes I’ll eat my bun for breakfast/lunch but if I didn’t buy any then I’ll have to wait a little longer.

On Tuesdays and Wednesdays, there’ll be cocurriculum so we’ll have to stay in school till 4.30-5pm.

This was taken during our Merentas Desa activity last week. ALL the kids have to run 8km for that two days. I felt so bad for them cause they were already so tired from school and some of them didn’t even have time for lunch yet!

But it IS nice to run around the paddy fields

I’d choose to run here over congested city roads anytime!

After running, they had to sit under the BLAZING HOT SUN to listen to some speech. Super kesian!!! I sat with them to know how it feels and seriously it was not fun at all. I think teachers should sit under the sun with the kids to know how they actually feel everytime during assembly.

This was taken yesterday during the house practice. We have a very nice big field

Anyway! Around 5pm, I’ll go back to the staff room to pack my things. By then, I’d have been wayyy too tired for anything else and just want to shower and nap.

Then I would punch out and collect my mail. Got a postcard from Melissa! I have no idea which Melissa this is. Melissa Kong is that you???

I feel so loved!

When I get back home around 5.30ish, I’ll shower right away and die for a while on my bed. Lunch is out of the question, I just need some sleep.

Then I’ll wake up and cook dinner! We don’t have a fridge (cause we’re poor teachers) so I’ll eat whatever we have in the kitchen. Here’s an awesome meal of rice with omelet. Looks simple but it’s really good ok!

Sometimes I’m too tired to cook so I’ll eat outside. There’s a chinese restaurant, a mamak and a tom yam shop nearby.

Then I get back and mark my papers/homework and plan lessons for the next day. Planning takes a huge amount of time and if I don’t plan my lessons ahead, my classes will definitely not go well.

I go to bed around 12.30am every night because I cannot function without at least 6 hours of sleep!

On weekends, I’ll key in students’ homework marks etc in the tracker. We have to track each and every student’s progress, which is very hard if you have around 150 students :S I basically don’t have weekends at all..

That’s basically my life for the past one month that I’ve been a teacher!

Oh I also took plenty of photos last week cause for CNY, my dad and sister came back home! This is the first time in many years that we’re all together so it’s a momentous occassion!

Waiting for my sister and mother to finish their makeup at the photo studio. We were there to take our family photo! Can you see my brother and Peter (sis’ bf) sleeping at the back wtf

Yay family photo! Bad quality cause I sneakily took this picture from the computer.

I love my siblings! <3

Went back to Teluk Intan for Chinese New Year!!!!!!! So happy to be back and so happy to be getting my first angpau in 5 years!

Pete and my grandma downing shots together hahahhaa. My grandma is super hardcore ok!

With my cousin

Ok now I want to show you a picture, but you must promise to still love me after this.

Promise?

Promise??

Promise??????

So because we were so bored while visiting relatives (somemore some of them got no cookies in their houses how can!!!!), we had a “See who’s the ugliest competition”

Guess who won?

Me! wtf

Sigh such striking beauty

Chapped lips, big teeth, what more can you possibly want in a girl?

Anyway, *abrupt* we went to Singapore after that!

Yays!

Walked until I wanted to die.

By the way, I lost some weight recently. Conclusion: be a teacher if you wanna lose weight! I’ve been trying to lose weight for an eternity but never did so I’m quite happy! But I’ve also been sick and have not been eating well, plus teachers have to move a lot.

Ok the end have to sleep now. I just want to take this opportunity to congratulate myself for successfully finishing my first month of school T________T *tears of joy

Things are definitely getting more difficult now. Kids are misbehaving more often now that they’re used to me, and my energy level has been quite low but everyday I see something that inspires me to be a better teacher.

Rakis, an orang asli kid from my most challenging class, came to me today and said “Cikgu, saya faham SEMUAAAA yang cikgu ajar dalam kelas!!!” (teacher, I understood everything you taught in class!) with a huge grin. He was so proud of himself for being able to answer the questions, and looking at his proud smile made me cry a little inside.

This small boy has failed all his subjects before this and has probably not understood much in class before. He cannot read and write, and yet he is so hardworking in my class. All the kids around him are so disruptive, but he has always paid full attention to me when I teach. I’m just so inspired by him.

When I was exiting the class, I saw him walk to another boy and said “Amirul, cikgu ajar senang nak faham kan? Saya faham SEMUAAAA hari ini!” (Amirul, it’s easy to understand what teacher taught right? I understood everythinggg!) with his huge cheeky grin.

I just wanted to hug him there and then and tell him I will do everything I can to make sure he will succeed. Rakis, you don’t know this, but you inspire me in so many ways to be a better teacher.

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p.s: very impressed with myself for writing this super long post hahah

There was a question asked, “Why don’t Android users get typo like iPhone”.. Well.. they do! Hahaha

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Many of us know that when Nokia Lumia 800 & 710 were launched months back in Singapore, they offered the Xbox 360 Kinect bundle to the first 100 customers. That was an awesome deal and I was waiting for that same deal to happen in Malaysia. If you haven’t heard, Nokia Lumia is going to be officially launched in Malaysia:

But… no Xbox 360 Kinect bundle

Instead, Nokia Malaysia is going to offer its first 100 customers who purchase a Nokia Lumia 800 at the exclusive launch event @ Pavilion KL with a FREE Nokia Purity HD Stereo Headset by Monster + Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse + exclusive Nokia premiums worth up to RM1,000!

Wowowowowowow. Music freaks, rejoice! Nokia fans, rejoice!

If you’re wondering what’s so special about the Nokia Purity HD Stereo Headset by Monster, well probably because you haven’t heard of the discontinued partnership news between Beats & Monster… Now that you combine Monster’s recognition of superb audio performance with Nokia’s sleek design, it is one of the headphones which may attract the market segment of those who adores Monster Beats by Dr Dre headphones alike.

The Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse is also another great offering! Looking sleek, heard good reviews about it. If you’ve been looking for one, why not just get the whole Nokia Lumia 800 set? Superb deal, you know? :p

Can’t wait for the Nokia Lumia launch next Friday (10 February 2012) @ Pavilion KL!

Touched, fiddled, harrass played around with the Nokia Lumia 710 & Nokia Lumia 800 phone few weeks back @ Nokia HQ. I would say I think I love the integration of apps & the simplicity of the Windows Phone 7 Platform.

Hope to be able to get hold of the Nokia Lumia 800 once it is launched! Will you be getting one? Are you going to be the first 100 customers in line?

Music video of The Grasshopper Song, by Korean pop group Sunny Hill. The song questions the moral lesson behind (ancient Greek writer) Aesop’s fable, The Ant and the Grasshopper [wiki], by wondering whether the hardworking ant was truly happy and whether the grasshopper really ended up being miserable…

Interesting point of view, especially in Korean context as Korean folks are often mentioned as overworked. Debatable in most cases though, as it becomes problematic when there are too many grasshoppers, living nonchalantly in good times but whined that others have not done enough for them during crisis. Decent song regardless.

Sunny Hill – The Grasshopper Song music video from YeinJee's Asian Blog

亂象生、妖孽起、國將亡乎？

但是華仔不是劉德華。

話說馬來西亞的國產賀歲片《阿炳心想事成》的導演華仔（原來他叫 Silver）看不順眼大家對首映禮時請了首相夫人及她的夫君到場的種種責難而開腔控訴：

“首相出不出席与政治无关，那些人喜欢批评，显然不喜欢大马，所以可(以)考虑移民，政府如此支持本地中文电影，应该觉得很光荣，所以不明白这些人的用意(思)是什么?”

顯然的，不是每個導演都是有家教的。

馬來文有一句話叫: Kurang Ajar 估計就是說他這種沒甚麼教養的人。要一個沒教養的人道歉就有點像要那個土權老狗道歉這樣，不要也罷。

本來我因為有朋友在片子裡擔綱演出，給她面子，沒說甚麼。但是看到這華仔的狗樣也真的讓我怒吼：杯葛電影吧！

The Election Commission (EC) should recognise that the Local Government Elections Act 1960 (Act 473) has been revised in 1991 and constitutes the sole and only proper law relating to the election of local councillors. For this reason, the Penang state government is taking a progressive step-by-step approach towards removing all legal impediments preventing the conduct of local government elections by the EC.

One of the steps that is being taken is the instruction by the Penang State Government to the Penang State Legal Adviser to issue a gazette notification exempting local authorities in Penang from section 15 of the Local Government Act 1976 as a precursor to seeking a court declaration to compel the Election Commission to conduct local government elections.

The EC Chairman, Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof, has said that he is confused by the Penang State Government’s intention to bring to the Courts the issue of the State’s right to ask the Election Commission to conduct local government elections to the local authorities in Penang. On 4 March 2010, I wrote to the Election Commission asking it to conduct local government elections to the MPPP and MPSP exercising the state powers under Article 113(4) of the Federal Constitution, but the Election Commission also refused. Article 113(4) states,
“Federal or State law may authorise the Election Commission to conduct election other than those referred to in Clause (1).”
On 12 March 2010, I also wrote to the Prime Minister offering to meet with him to discuss the State Government’s position but again received no response.

I can confirm that the EC Chairman wrote a long letter to me on 23 March 2010 setting out the Federal Government’s claim that local government elections are not possible because section 15 of the Local Government Act 1976 (Act 171) had caused the Local Government Elections Act to be of no force and effect. This is the very reason why the state government is gazetting notification exempting local authorities in Penang from section 15 of the Local Government Act 1976

The EC Chairman and the Federal Government have also sidestepped the crux of this issue, namely that the Local Government Elections Act was never repealed and was in fact revised in 1991. According to section 10(2) of the Revision of Laws Act 1968 (Act 1), a revised law “shall be deemed to be and shall be without any question whatsoever in all courts and for all purposes whatsoever the sole and only proper law in respect of matters included in it and in force on that date”.

Clearly the Local Government Elections Act clearly authorises the EC to conduct elections to local authorities in Malaysia. It is therefore perplexing that the EC Chairman continues to refuse to conduct local government elections in Penang. As the EC is the only legal authority that is empowered to conduct local government elections, the Penang state government has no choice but to seek a court declaration to compel the EC to abide and obey the Penang state government’s directives.

LIM GUAN ENG

—Mandarin Translation —-

槟州首席部长林冠英于2012年2月2日在光大发表声明：

选举委员会应该1960地方政府选举法令已于1991年修订，并指定它为举行市议员选举的唯一适用的法律。

选举委员会应该1960地方政府选举法令已于1991年修订，并指定它为举行市议员选举的唯一适用的法律。因此，槟州政府正采取积极的步骤，扫除所有阻止选委会举办地方选举的法律障碍。

其中一项步骤就是槟州政府指示州法律顾问在宪报上公布，让槟州的地方政府免于遵守1976年地方政府法令第15条文，首开先例，申请庭令，迫使指示选委会举行地方政府。

选委会丹斯里阿都阿兹说，对于槟州政府要就行使州权限、指示选委会举办地方政府选举的问题带上法庭，他对州政府的用意感到混淆。在2010年3月4日，我曾写信给选委会，行使宪法第113（4）条文赋予州政府的权利，要求他为槟岛市政局及威省市政局举办地方政府选举，但是选委会却拒绝我的要求。宪法第113（4）条文阐明：“联邦或州法律可以授权选委会举行选举，项目（1）所列明的除外。”

2010年3月12日，我也写信给首相，要求与他见面，商讨州政府的立场，但是，也是不了了之。

我可以确认，选举委员会主席在2010年3月23日，写了一封很长信的给我，说明联邦政府声称不可能举办地方选举，因为1976年地方政府法令第15条文已经让地方政府法令宣判无效。这也是为什么州政府要在宪报上公布，让槟州的地方政府免于遵守1976年地方政府法令第15条文。

选委会主席及联邦政府也忽略了这项课题的症结，那就是地方政府选举法令从来没有被废除，反而曾在1991年修订过。根据1968年法令修正法第10（2）条文，一项修订后的法令，“应该被视为，同时不应被任何法庭、任何目的质疑它做为有关事项的唯一适用法律，并在当天生效。”

很明显地，地方政府法令授权选委会为马来西亚地方政府举行地方选举。因此，针对选委会主席继续拒绝在槟州举办地方政府选举，槟州选举别无选择，只好申请庭令，迫使选委会遵守槟州政府的指示。

林冠英

By refusing to criticise the refusal of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to condemn Perkasa for distributing “White Pows” and not taking action against MCA Seputih Division Committee Member Dr Tiew Chew Ming, MCA President Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek can no longer hide MCA’s links and UMNO’s open support for Perkasa. What is the use of condemning the racist Perkasa when Chua should also have asked why the Prime Minister Dato Seri Najib did not condemn Perkasa for blatantly trampling over the sensitivities of the Chinese community by distributing white instead of red ang pau during Chinese New Year?

Clearly the Prime Minister’s refusal to condemn Perkasa only proves UMNO’s open support for Perkasa racist objectives in creating their own version of “Asian Apartheid” by wanting to divide Malaysians into favoured “first-class” and discriminated “second-class” citizens. MCA is equally guilty by failing to act sternly against its Sri Desa Branch Chairman and Seputeh division committee member Dr Tiew Chew Ming, who has been exposed as openly assisting Perkasa by ferrying elderly citizens to Perkasa’s event and spoke publicly in defense of Perkasa.

Such open linkages with Perkasa by UMNO and MCA contrast with the openness of PAS in respecting the religious and cultural sensitivities of the Chinese community. PAS leaders not only distributed ang pau, mandarin oranges and Chinese New Year cards to market traders but also to a pork seller, with his pork openly displayed. Will UMNO leader have a green lion dance performance or do what PAS leaders have done?

The time for racist parties like UMNO and MCA is over. Malaysians regardless of race must reject not only extremist Perkasa and Utusan Malaysia but also UMNO and MCA, that has divided the people for 55 years and robbed the country of trillions of ringgit by relying on racial rhetoric.

Star had a front-page report yesterday quoting Customs deputy director-general Datuk Zainul Abidin Taib as saying that 7 high-tech cash scanners capable of detecting bank notes in luggage are to be installed at all entry and exit points in the country to curb the illegal outflow of money that has amounted to bilions of ringgit. US-based watchdog group Global Financial Integrity in its annual report said Malaysia lost RM150bil in illegal outflow of cash in 2009.

Malaysia was the fourth highest among developing nations, losing US$338bil (RM1.08trillion or 1,077 billion) between 2000 and 2009. Are we to lose another trillion ringgit or go bankrupt first before realising that we are being distracted from fighting corruption by supporting extremists and racists?
LIM GUAN ENG

— Mandarin Translation- -
民主行动党秘书长兼槟州首席部长林冠英于2012年2月2日在吉隆坡发表声明：

马华不愿批评首相不谴责土著权威组织派发“白包”的做法，以及没有采取行动对付马华士布爹区会当然委会张秋明医生，显示拿督蔡细历医生再也无法掩盖马华与土权的联系，以及巫统对土权的公开支持。

马华不愿批评首相不谴责土著权威组织派发“白包”的做法，以及没有采取行动对付马华士布爹区会当然委会张秋明医生，拿督蔡细历医生再也无法掩盖马华与土权的联系，以及巫统对土权的公开支持。蔡细历谴责种族主义的土权有什么用？他应该问首相为何不谴责土权，公然在农历新年期间触犯华社的敏感文化禁忌，派发“白包”，而不是“红包”？

很明显地，首相不愿意谴责土权，证明巫统公开支持土权的种族主义议程，制造本身的“亚洲版隔离政策”，将马来西亚人民分裂成“第一等”而受歧视的“第二等”公民。马华也难逃其咎，因为它没有严厉对付时利帝沙支会兼士布爹区会当然委员张秋明医生，他被揭发公开协助土权载送老人家出席土权的活动，还公开替土权说话。

巫统和马华与土权的联系如此张扬，与伊斯兰党尊重华社宗教及文化敏感习俗成强烈正比。伊斯兰党不只分派红包、蕉柑和贺年卡给巴刹小贩，也派给公开摆卖猪肉的猪肉贩。巫统会不会进行舞青狮表演，或者像伊斯兰党领袖那样？

是时候终结像巫统及马华这类种族主义政党。马来西亚各族人民不只应该拒绝极端的土权及《前锋报》，也应该拒绝巫统和马华，它已经分裂人民55年，还假借种族论述，敛走了我国数兆令吉的财富。

昨天《星报》 头条新闻引述关税局副总监拿督再努说，当局将在我们所有出入口安装7部现款扫描机，以阻遏数百亿令吉非法资金外流的问题。美国全球金融廉正机构在年度报告中说，2009年，马来西亚因资金非法外流而损失了1500亿令吉。

马来西亚在2000年至2009年间损失了10兆7700 亿令吉，是资金非法外流第四多的国家。难道我们还要等到损失另一个1兆令吉或破产，我们才发现反贪工作因支持极端及种族主义而转移视线，？

林冠英

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Do you know what the common allergens are in Malaysia? This is a often encountered scenario in the clinic yet there are so few clinical immunologists in Malaysia. The Malaysian Society of Allergy and Immunology has useful information in their website. Too often we only think about food allergens (not surprising given our food orientated culture. We musn’t forget about other home allergens which include not only house dust mites but cockroaches and animal dander.
Here’s a useful infographic about bed bugs and house dust mites:

Via: Allergy Asthma Technology

from the Malaysian Medical Resources

Allergies

第三個版本才是完美的。

看過胡某之前的 Final Cut Pro X 的實際操作評語的人就知道我有多討厭這個軟件。

今天蘋果終於釋出第三個版本的 Final Cut Pro X，這個版本粉碎了坊間說蘋果已經放棄專業市場的傳聞。胡某花了將近一個小時下載這總共約 4GB 的昇級軟件後終於可以跟各位用 Final Cut Pro 7 的朋友們說，等待終於結束了。

From Malaysia Chronicle

In the last few weeks, I have openly condemned the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency’s (MACC) inaction over the NFC Scandal and the blazen shameless admission of acceptance of gratification by Awang Adek. Since then, Malaysians have witnessed another “rejected” Minister, Azalina Othman Said, making a similar admission.

It seems that instead of being embarrassed, apologetic and standing down from public office, these shameless BN ministers are being emboldened to use the propaganda tools of their party and the mainstream media to make their misconducts look innocent. Like most Malaysians, I am appalled and find this most repulsive.

An echo in the PM’s Department

My call for Shahrizat Jalil and Awang Adek to resign from all posts in the party and the government is exactly to prevent what is happening now. I knew they would use all their resources to spin fabulous stories of how they have been victimized and how the whole fiasco is a misunderstanding.

You can clearly see that happening when Perkasa’s Ibrahim Ali comes to Shahrizat’s defence and tries to make the Auditor-General a political scapegoat. You then see the jantan or macho minister in the PM’s office, Nazri Aziz, explaining why there cannot be a public declaration of assets by those holding high public office.

To make it appear that the Chinese community also share this “aspiration” for secrecy, Nazri’s deputy, VK Liew, echoes his boss’s sentiments by saying that that it is inappropriate for the MACC to keep records of properties of ministers and deputy ministers.

That to me amounts to abusing the 1Malysia concept to cover up for wrong doings by government leaders. That is against the Islamic principles of “Amr Ma’aruf Nahy Mungkar” i.e. encourage righteousness and discourage evil. That it is done by the highest echelons of our government leaders is public display of arrogance of the highest order.

VK Liew, please break wind in your own home!

Let us remind ourselves that Teoh Beng Hock died over allegations of a mere RM 2,400-00. Ahmad Sarbaini died because of similar minor allegations which until today have just gone silent. Yet, when the riches of the powerful are involved, the MACC either drag its feet or behave like eunuchs emasculated of all their powers. I ask the MACC – why the discrimination?

But I cannot stomach it if so called Chinese leaders like VK Liew speaks with a forked tongue just to please his political masters. Let me say this to VK Liew – “IF YOU HAVE TO FART, PLEASE DO IT IN THE COMFORT AND PRIVACY OF YOUR HOME. IF YOU HAVE MUCH TO HIDE, THEN QUIT”

It is on record and for reasons best known to MACC, they had acted in a very high handed manner against Lawyer Rosli Dahlan in asking him to declare his assets whereas he had never even served in any public office. He had been a private practitioner all along and despite his innocence, he was humiliated, abused and charged just because he acted professionally to defend his client. Yet, we now have a senior UMNO Minister and his Chinese deputy saying that MACC cannot be entitled to keep records of Ministers’ wealth. What is it that these UMNO and BN Chinese leaders so afraid of in making and open declaration of their wealth if all their accumulated wealth are legitimate?

I wish to remind VK Liew that he is elected by the people to serve in public office and his salary comes from law-abiding taxpayers.The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) president is therefore accountable to the people at all times and can be made answerable the MACC when needed. If you have nothing to hide or what the Chinese would say, “Something that cannot see the daylight”, then what is there to fear?

If there’s nothing to hide, they should not be scared

As a former MACC advisory panel member, I fully support MACC Advisory Panel Chairman, Zaitun Zawiyah Puteh, over the commission’s proposal to the government as follows:

a) to obtain a copy of the declaration of assets of Cabinet members and their spouses and other family members;

b) that a copy of the declaration of assets of all members of the federal administration be given to the commission;

c) that their spouses and other family members be required to disclose their assets through a statutory declaration and a record of it be kept by the MACC.

No better person to know the assets of Ministers than the MACC

It is most appropriate for MACC to know the assets of all who hold high public office. That is what accountability and transparency is about in the public sector. Liew is, therefore, seriously flawed in his argument that MACC’s main role is only to receive and investigate complaints on corruption in the country.

To be an effective enforcement agency, the MACC must have reliable records to enable it to gather reliable and solid evidence for a successful prosecution. If Liew, cannot understand such basic logic in the fight against corruption, it is time for him to step down or for the people to elect another more intelligent leader.

“HUMBLENESS IS GOOD VIRTUE, ARROGANCE SHALL FALL,

THE MEEK WILL RULE THE WORLD”.

Tan Sri Datuk Robert Phang is a prominent citizen, an ex-member of the MACC advisory panel.

Here is the corrected, albeit more complicated, method to calculate investment return of SARA 1Malaysia by investing your own RM 5,000 in cash and not withdrawing the monthly RM 134 payment until maturity. Credit goes to Peter Lim who dropped his insightful comment in my original post,  An (Over-)Simplified Way to Calculate Investment Return of SARA 1Malaysia.

My gratitude also goes to Malaysia’s top financial blogger, KC Lau, for my blog post mention in KCLau.com –   Should you invest in SARA 1Malaysia Fund? (where my post was featured).

Peter Lim’s original comment

I think there’s a mistake in the assumption (thus causing a mistake in the calculation and the answer).

If you invest with your own cash of RM 5,000, you either get RM 134 per month OR RM 13,000 at the end of 5 years (if you choose Not to take the monthly withdrawal), Not both.

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Using the same online financial calculator, the parameters in Scenario 1 becomes much simplified, like this:

Present Value= -5,000

Future Value = 13,000

Payment at: End

Then, click on IR button. The interest rate is 21.06 percent per annum. This is the Annual Effective Rate (AER).

Now, we need to convert AER to Annual Percentage Rate (APR).  AER is the interest rate when you account for compounding, while APR does not. For a crash course on APR and AER, you can refer to a post I wrote last year,  Lesson 1: Annual Percentage Rate vs Annual Effective Rate – Can you differentiate?

AER to APR conversion mathematical equation (or use Conversion or CNVR function on a financial calculator) :

APR = n*[(AER+1)^(1/n) - 1], where n = number of times for intra-year compounding, and “^” represents “power of”

APR = 12 x [(0.2106+1)^(1/12) - 1] = 19.26 percent

Hence, simple interest rate = 19.26/12 = 1.605 percent per month. This is the monthly return of investment for not withdrawing RM 134 monthly.

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Now, we can do a double check of our calculation above.

Total capital after 1 year = 5,000 x (1 + 21.06%)  = RM 6,053

This is equivalent to:

Total capital after 1 year = 5000 x (1+ 1.605%)^12 = RM 6,053

My financial thoughts

After reading readers’ comments from my original post and KCLau’s post, it does seem to me that the workings of this scheme is quite vague to most people. For instance, the money you invested in is actually in the form of 5000 units of Amanah Saham 1Malaysia (subject to change, but what is actually subject to change – the units quantity or the price per unit?) with monthly payment eligibility if you have at least 100 units (does that mean I can sell some units within the 5 years? If not, how can an investor end up with less than 5000 units per entry price?).  The units are priced at RM 1 per unit, and it does seem the price is  fixed at RM 1 throughout 5 years but one reader didn’t think so. Besides, someone mentioned that we can only invest using loan, not own cash, and that single people are not eligible for the scheme.

If you have any insider information to share apart from what is stated in the official website, please drop your comments.

This article is posted at: KCLau's Money Tips

A Corrected Method to Calculate Investment Return of SARA 1Malaysia

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Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) diingatkan supaya tidak sibuk dengan isu-isu kecil dan prosedur tetapi sebaliknya memberi tumpuan utama kepada membersihkan daftar pemilih, kata Ketua Pembangkang, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

“Tanggungjawab lebih besar bagi SPR adalah membersihkan pilihan raya, bersihkan daftar pemilih, pastikan pilihan raya yang adil dan akses media untuk semua (parti yang bertanding).

“SPR tidak harus terikat atau sibuk dengan perkara-perkara kecil kerana itu prosedur biasa. Ini satu cubaan untuk mengalihkan perhatian rakyat,” katanya pada sidang akhbar di Wangsa Maju hari ini.

Beliau mengulas laporan dalam akhbar The Star hari ini bahawa SPR akan menghentikan amalan mengadakan perarakan pada hari penamaan calon pilihan raya.

Parti-parti pembangkang sebelum ini menuduh SPR berdolak dalik berhubung syor dan cadangan yang telah dibuat oleh jawatankuasa terpilih khas parlimen (PSC) berhubung pembaharuan dalam sistem pilihan raya di negara ini.

Langkah terbaru SPR itu menimbulkan kebimbangan di kalangan parti pembangkang yang sebelum ini seringkali menuduh badan itu menyebelahi kerajaan yang diterajui BN dan sering cuba melambatkan reformasi pilihan raya.

Wow! It’s been a while since the last motorsports@PETRONAS2011 update!

Time time around, we take a look at AHM Profile!
Getting up close with the heroes of PETRONAS Syntium Moto Yamaha AHM Team- Zamri Baba, Ramdan Rosli & Hafieenaz Ali to find out what Zamri has to say about Syahril Izzuwan, the 2011 Champion in the CP 115 category.

Watch the video here!

Jaman filem sebelum era deejeetal susah payah orang nak elakkan flare sebab kesannya akan menghilangkan kontras gambar serta warna jadi “tawar”.
Masa kini budak-budak berkampung di Facebook nak sangat efek flare photoshop ni dan kasik kaler kuning-kuning dan desaturate sikit lagi siap bilang.. “toning” gitu….

Ms Ardell, lighted with an umbrella far, far away and flared from camera left lagi...

Ni nak kongsi, tak perlu 44 layer fotoshop pun BOLEH dapatkan flare yang sebenar . Dalam kamera. Dengan pakai lampu denyar. Malam-malam boleh tidur awal beb tak payah lah nak “Edit” 44 layer gitu sampai pagi whoah hahahahahaha

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Sekian marketing untuk hari ini, tunggu pengumuman tentang “Bengkel Penataan Cahaya Lokasi Bersama Ted Adnan” pada hari Sabtu, 10hb March 2012 di Kuala Lumpur nanti.

Bengkel penataan cahaya di Saratok Sarawak pada bulan Februari 2012 ni masih on sebab tiket Airasia dah beli lama dah! Jupa anda di Saratok sana nanti, macham-macham saya nak share nanti

I was lucky enough to get a free 50GB box.net account. 50GB is alot!. However, the catch, individual files can’t exceed 100mb each. lol

I mainly use my box.net to hold eBooks for later access on my Laptop and Android devices.

There is no free client for Linux so I use WebDAV instead. It’s slower but it works.

Start by installing davfs2.
# sudo yum install davfs2
Create your Box.net directory
# mkdir ~/Box.net
Create the davfs2 config directory. It’s in your home dir so it’s not system wide.
# mkdir ~/.davfs2
Disable locking. Causes issues sometimes.
# cd ~/.davfs2
# echo "use_locks 0" > davfs2.conf
Create a secret file to hold your box.net login details. Make sure to “chmod 600 the file”
# echo "https://www.box.net/dav [you box.net login] [your box.net password]" > secrets
# chmod 600 secrets
Backup and update your /etc/fstab file to include your box.net directory.
# cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.ori
# echo "https://www.box.net/dav /home/danesh/Box.net davfs rw,user,noauto 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
Mount and you should be able to list ~/Box.net
# mount ~/Box.net
# ls -l ~/Box.net

This is the hard way to do this. I will post a simpler method using Nautilus in a future post.

• Mounting CIFS shares
• cannot allocate memory error
• How to configure SSL on Tomcat 5
• Linux Tip #9: Create multiple folder or files
• Inspecting the contents of an initrd file.

Many many years ago, they volunteered (or so I heard) to produce a short Saladin video demo, which our dear friends at MDeC raved as Malaysia’s next big project. Many years ago, was more than 10 years ago.

Though I have not heard of Saladin the hero ever since (UPDATE: they have apparently completed the series, but there was no mention of Silver Ant), I was pleasantly surprised by a video teaser on TV today. Silver Ant is alive and kicking, and they have produced a under seafaring story that look strikingly close to Pixar’s Finding Nemo.

Seefood has the look and feel of a Pixar film? Doesn’t matter if they copied any idea from Pixar, because this teaser looks good. Just hope originality will be Silver Ant’s next primary objective.

But for now, it will do.

Nothing in life should ever remain the way it is forever. Stagnation is a slow death and nostalgia is just another way of saying what you have now isn't as good as what was once past. Always remember that the world is your sandbox, and everything, not even your memories can be redefined and repurposed into something better than what it originally was.

Hack your life and your world.

It's not just a sacred code that every geek follows. It's another road to a more fulfilling life.

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PDC akan menjadi agensi pelaksana untuk Tabung Rumah Mampu Milik sebanyak RM500 juta untuk bina rumah mampu milik di Seberang Perai dan Pulau Pinang.

Jumlah RM500 juta merupakan jumlah yang paling besar diperuntukkan oleh mana-mana kerajaan negeri di Malaysia untuk membina rumah mampu milik. Jumlah wang ini diperolehi daripada pengswastaan Bayan Mutiara secara tender terbuka. Di bawah pentadbiran lama RM600-800 juta wang rakyat dicadangkan dibelanjakan untuk memindahkan pusat pentadbiran baru daripada Komtar ke Bayan Mutiara. Kerajaan baru Pakatan Rakyat telah menolak cadangan ini dan menggantikan dengan cadangan pengswastaan yang tidak perlu membelanjakan wang besar sebalik menambahkan sumber kewangan agar kerajaan negeri boleh menjalankan projek sosial seperti membina rumah mampu milik.

Sejak mengambil alih tampuk pemerintahan pada tahun 2008, Kerajaan Negeri berjiwa rakyat di bawah pimpinan Pakatan Rakyat telah meluluskan pembinaan rumah kos rendah dan kos sederhana rendah sebanyak 11,596 unit yang sekaligus menyangkal dakwaan yang mengatakan kerajaan negeri pakatan rakyat tidak membina rumah mampu milik kepada rakyatnya. Ini adalah di antara kos rendah (RM42,000) dan kos sederhana rendah (RM72,500) yang diluluskan.

Di bawah Kerajaan Negeri dan Agensi Kerajaan Negeri, projek perumahan Kos Rendah dan Sederhana Rendah seperti berikut yang dibangunkan adalah seperti berikut :

槟州首席部长林冠英于2012年2月1日在槟城发表的声明：

槟州发展机构将成为价值5亿令吉“有素质平民屋基金”的执行单位，以在槟威两地兴建可承担的平民屋。

槟州发展机构将成为价值5亿令吉“有素质平民屋基金”的执行单位，以在槟威两地兴建可承担的平民屋。

这笔总值5亿令吉的兴建平民屋基金，是全马各州当中，数额最高的可承担房屋基金。这笔基金，是透过公开招标、以私营化峇央珍珠而取得的。在前朝政府执政期间，前朝建议耗资6亿至8亿令吉的人民纳税钱，将现有的光大行政中心迁往峇央珍珠。不过，民联政府上台后，拒绝了这项建议，并以不需要花费巨额的私营化取而代之。这样一来，州政府还能增加财务资源，以推行各项如兴建可承担平民屋的社会计划。

以民为本的民联槟州政府，自从2008年执政以来，已批准了1万1千596间廉价及中廉价屋，而不是如一些人所指控般从未兴建任何可承担房屋。获批准的廉价屋为价格4万2千令吉，而中廉价屋则是7万2千500令吉。

下列是州政府及州政府机构所承建的廉价屋及中价屋工程：

i’m still alive (barely). i work 17 hours a day. i need more hours, please give me some?

that is all.

The Internet has grown to become a major Malaysian industry and one that contributes more to Malaysia’s GDP than it does to the U.S or China, according to the “Online and Upcoming: The Internet’s Impact on Aspiring Countries” report, a new joint research by McKinsey & Company and Google.

The Internet contributes 4.1% to Malaysia’s GDP

The reports estimates that the Internet contributes 4.1% of Malaysia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2010, or US $9.75 billion of the 2010 GDP of US$238 billion (World Bank [PDF] estimate) – placing Malaysia among the highest of the 30 fast-growing countries that the report highlights as crucial to the Internet’s future.

The government’s strong promotion of ICT has resulted in broadband penetration doubling between 2008 and 2010. Malaysia’s stock of secure Internet servers has also doubled per capita since 2007, giving it 25 times as many per capita as the rest of South Asia.

Malaysians spend most time online

According to the report, Malaysians now spend more time surfing the Internet than they spend consuming any other media, including watching television, listening to the radio, and reading newspaper. 1 out of every 3 minutes spent online is on social networking.

However, domestic online consumption is below average. Only 40% in Malaysia, compared to 70% average in other countries.

Malaysia business yet invest in Internet advertising

While Malaysian businesses sell more things online than many other countries with a similar wealth but they have yet to invest in Internet advertising. Only 1% of Malaysian businesses advertise online, which is bottom 10% of the 57 countries ranked for the index.

“Online and Upcoming: The Internet’s Impact on Aspiring Countries” report is the first of its kind to measure the contribution the Internet makes to economies.

The report suggests to decrease the cost of doing business on the Internet and encourage the growth of human and financial capital in order for SMEs to capture the full potential of the Internet in Malaysia. The full report is available here.

Image credit: Vasyl Helevachuk

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