The Star Online: Metro: South & East
The Star Online: Metro: South & East |
- Alert on online scams
- Senibong Cove hands out RM2,000 each to families
- Nursery teacher gets gift of an oven
| Posted: 22 Dec 2011 03:11 PM PST KUANTAN: Residents here will receive advise and alerts on the dangers of cyber crime via short message service (SMS) from today to create awareness and prevent people from falling prey to such scams. State Police Chief Datuk Sharifuddin Ab Ghani said the effort was an initiative by the Pahang Commercial Crime Division with the cooperation of Celcom Malaysia Berhad. "For a start, five messages will be sent to Celcom subscribers outlining the types of cyber crimes - requests for transfer of money from accounts; offers to buy miracle stones; cyber friends, cheap lottery tickets with lucrative prize money; asking for personal details and bank accounts claiming the recipient had won prizes - as an effort to alert them of the dangers." He added that the police, Celcom and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission would monitor the progress and effectiveness of such messages for a month. "We hope the people will receive the initiative well and give their full cooperation to the police so as to combat cyber crime," he said. Sharifuddin added that cyber crime cases had increased from 309 involving RM1.8mil last year to 377 cases involving RM2mil for the same period this year. "Many people are duped into buying expensive ornaments online, lose money from bank accounts after giving personal details, or interact with false email address, buy fake lottery tickets purportedly for draws in Hong Kong and buying mystical stones (miracle stones) are among common cases," he said. – Bernama. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Senibong Cove hands out RM2,000 each to families Posted: 22 Dec 2011 06:00 PM PST JOHOR BARU: Twenty-four orang asli families living in Teluk Jawa here received an early Christmas present of RM50,000 from a developer. Front Concept, the developer of Senibong Cove, gave out about RM2,000 to each family. A gift was also given to the community to help them fund their activities. The company's assistant general manager Ling Ngie Soon said the company had made several similar goodwill payments in the past as part of their corporate social responsibility. "So far, between 2008 and 2010, we have given out about RM100,000 in cash and kind to these families," he said during a ceremony to hand over the aid to the families. The company also donated a grass-cutting machine to the village head to help upkeep the village. Permas assemblyman Datuk M.M Samy commended Front Concept for their initiative in reaching out to the orang asli community. He added that the developer was also spending a substantial amount of money to improve the water quality of the Sungai Lunchoo in the area. "I am also happy the company has also hired local orang asli folk to make Effective Micro-organisms (EM) which will supplement their income," Samy said. Village head Gosti Bintik, 44, thanked the company for their generosity. "This money will come in handy as we prepare to celebrate Christmas end of this week," he said. Senibong Cove is a RM2bil development on the eastern corridor of Islandar Malaysia that is modelled after the highly acclaimed Hope Island Resort in the Gold Coast in Australia. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Nursery teacher gets gift of an oven Posted: 22 Dec 2011 05:58 PM PST YONG PENG: A 51-year-old nursery teacher Salmi Ngarip was gleaming with joy when her name was called to receive an approval letter for an oven from Ayer Hitam MP Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong. "I'm really excited. "I did not expect my application for an oven to be approved," she when met at a presentation ceremony by Dr Wee, held at a school hall here recently. Salmi has always wanted an oven but it was too expensive to own one as her husband was a retired soldier and an odd jobworker. "I will bring to the nursery and baking some cakes for the children," said the mother of five children from Kangkar Baru. Dr Wee said a total of 68 farmers, single mother and housewives received various goods under the Government's allocation. The goods amounting to RM100,000 included fertilizers, pesticides, ovens, mowers and other equipment for agriculture. Dr Wee urged all recipients to make full use of the goods and equipment given to them. "The Government always tries to help those in need. "Do not sell the goods and equipment as it is not right to do that," he advised. Another recipient Shahari Othman, 61, Kampung Parit Hamidvillage security and development committee chairman, thanked the Government for a mower and a tree trimmer which would be utilised for the village. "We have to loan the equipment from villagers every time we have a gotong-royong. "Now, we don't have to trouble others when we have such activities,"he said. Shahari said his village was surrounded by plantations, and villagers needed to carry out gotong-royong from time to time to ensure roads and surrounding areas were clear from overgrown weeds. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| You are subscribed to email updates from The Star Online: Metro: South & East To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 | |
0 ulasan:
Catat Ulasan