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- Penang to go ahead with mosque polls
- Cashier gets 10 years and 12 strokes of cane for CBT
- PM announces 15 ETP initiatives
| Penang to go ahead with mosque polls Posted: 13 Jun 2011 06:34 AM PDT GEORGE TOWN: The Penang government will not budge from its decision to carry out the election of mosque officials as it is accordance with the laws, said its Religious Affairs, Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Committee chairman Abdul Malik Abul Kassim. He said the proposed election adhered to Section 104(a)(b) of the State of Penang Enactment 2004 and 4(1) Congregation Committee and Mosque Officials Requirements (Penang). "The new procedure introduced by the Penang Islamic Religious Council is an improvement of existing regulatory procedures adopted by the previous state government," he told reporters Monday. Commenting on calls for the state government to get the consent of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong before holding the mosque polls, Abdul Malik, said the new procedure accorded congregators the right to nominate candidates through mosque committees to the council before getting the consent of the king. Abdul Malik said the mosque congregation committees would decide whether the congregators were eligible to vote and the state government would set up the congregators' database after the election. After nomination was closed last Tuesday, 193 out of 200 mosques had sent the nomination lists, he said, adding that this showed the proposed election had received an overwhelming response from congregators. Meanwhile, Penang Umno Liaison Committee chairman Datuk Zainal Abidin Osman said the state Umno had sent an appeal letter to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong through Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom, to oppose the move. "I hope the Yang di-Pertuan Agong as the head of Islam will prevent the mosque polls from taking place as it could divide the Muslims," said Zainal. - Bernama. Perkasa wants Penang Malays to oppose plan for mosque elections Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
| Cashier gets 10 years and 12 strokes of cane for CBT Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:42 AM PDT MALACCA: A bank cashier was jailed 10 years and ordered to be whipped 12 times for criminal breach of trust (CBT) involving RM1,925,500. Roslizam Zabar, 40, from Kg Batu Gajah, Merlimau, Jasin, pleaded guilty to three alternative charges which he committed at Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad (BIMB) in the Masjid Tanah Business Complex, Alor Gajah. On the first alternative charge, he deceitfully and without the knowledge of the bank deposited a non-existent cheque via a blank BIMB cheque deposit form for the amount of RM95,000 and credited it into the account of Roslen Enterprise between Dec 5 and 26, 2008. On the second and third alternative charges, he committed similar acts involving RM1,578,000 between Jan 9 and Aug 25, 2009, and RM252,500 between Aug 2 and 17, 2010. The charges under Section 409 of the Penal Code carries a jail term of two to 20 years with whipping and/or fine. Sessions Judge Abu Bakar Katar sentenced him to 10 years and four strokes of the cane for each charge and ordered the jail terms to run concurrently beginning Monday. Roslizam had claimed trial when he was first charged last March 4 with 56 counts of CBT involving RM1,925,500 that he allegedly credited into the account of Roslen Enterprise. However he changed his plea to guilty when the three alternative charges were offered to him Monday. - Bernama Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
| PM announces 15 ETP initiatives Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:27 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: The Economic Transformation Programme has reached a new milestone and has to date recorded a total of RM170.28bil in investment. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said it was possible to achieve a 6% growth or more, adding that economic transformation was beginning to bear fruit in a relatively short time. "Today, we have reached a new milestone. Including nine all-new and six recapped initiatives announced today, the ETP has seen 50% or 65 of it's 131 Entry Point Projects taking off, represented by 87 initiatives. "If we look at the Gross Domestic Product for the first quarter of this year, it is clear that our economy is on the right and stable track. "Although the GDP growth was at a moderate 4.6%, the consumption and investment growth which was at 6.6% and 6.5% respectively, reflects increasing confidence among consumers and investors," he said Monday. Najib announced the 15 initiatives Monday during the sixth ETP progress update at the Securities Commission here. The 15 initiatives, which is under seven National Key Economic Areas (NKEA), is expected to bring in RM66.31bil in Gross National Income; RM63.38bil in investment and 63,531 new jobs. "On a cumulative basis, the ETP has to date recorded RM170.28bil in investment; RM220.15bil in GNI and 362,396 new jobs. "This is the largest ever in history in such a short period of time," he said. The seven NKEA areas are education; healthcare; agriculture; communications content and infrastructure; wholesale and retail; oil,gas and energy; and business services. The nine new initiatives include plans to build a 160-acre UCSI Group integrated health education cluster in Bandar Springhill, Port Dickson which will feature Malaysia' first private teaching hospital; two Sime Darby Specialist Hospitals in Ara Damansara and Desa ParkCity; and an early childhood care and education consortium and training hub. Other projects include developing Malaysia as a leading global shrimp producer, and enhance it's swiftlets nests production. Tourism Malaysia's three main annual sales events will be reintroduced under the Unified Malaysia Sale umbrella to take place from June 15 to Aug 31 this year. Another project is the Sustainability Achieved via Energy Efficiency or SAVE which will provide monetary rebates for energy-efficient refrigerators, air-conditioners and chillers. At a press conference later, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Idris Jala explained that the moderate 4.6% growth was due to a problem with an off-shore reservoir in Sabah. "Crude oil exports were down 11.2% in the first quarter. "We will see production and crude oil export increase once the problem is fixed; and the economy rebound in the second half of this year," he added. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
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