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- Zahrain welcomed with open arms
- Taman JP Perdana folk unhappy with partition placed by developer
- London to host WIEF next year
| Zahrain welcomed with open arms Posted: 11 Dec 2012 05:43 PM PST JOHOR BARU: Umno supreme council member Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin welcomes former PKR leader Datuk Seri Zahrain Mohamed Hashim to rejoin the party. Khaled said that Umno is an open party and accepts anyone with the intention to join it. "Maybe he had seen the operations and system during his previous stint in another party and thinks that Umno is still the party for him," he said. Khaled, who is also Higher Education Minister and Pasir Gudang MP, cited the example of former DAP vice chairman Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim who left the party in May. "Although Tunku Abdul Aziz did not join Umno, maybe he saw what was implemented by the party was unlike what was projected to the people," he said. He was speaking to reporters after attending the Pasir Gudang Anak-Anak Minang Association gathering in Masai here recently. It was reported that former PKR leader and Bayan Baru MP Zahrain on Saturday handed over a letter of support to the Prime Minister expressing his intention to rejoin Umno after quitting PKR in Feb 2012 to become an independent MP. He brought along 346 members said to be from the PKR divisions of Bayan Baru, Jelutong and Bukit Gelugor. Besides that, Khaled said the Barisan Nasional government recognises the different cultures and communities in Malaysia and does not aim to assimilate any race. He said that the government understands that Malaysia is a multi-cultural society and every community faced their respective problems that differ from other communities. "In order to have a successful change in our nation, it should be implemented through proper ways and not force the people to change by imposing certain beliefs onto them. "The government understands that it takes time to identify and learn about the problems faced by each community, unlike other parties who just give out empty promises to please the people," he said. |
| Taman JP Perdana folk unhappy with partition placed by developer Posted: 11 Dec 2012 05:42 PM PST JOHOR BARU: Residents at Taman JP Perdana here are unhappy that the road near their housing area leading to Taman Setia Indah was blocked by a partition placed by a housing developer. The residents were frustrated because now they are forced to take a longer route which takes about 10 minutes to reach the shophouses. Had the partition — that was put up by Setia Indah Sdn Bhd — is not there, it would only take about one minute to reach the shophouses. Retiree Mohammad Sapar, 58, said that the partition caused a lot of inconvenience to the residents because it takes up a lot of their their travel time. "It is tiresome for me to go a longer way when I want to drive to the market or convenience store just opposite my house due to the road closure," he said a press conference organised by PKR deputy secretary-general Steven Choong recently. Another resident, Ching Kim Choon, 51, said one of the reasons why he chose the housing area was because of the short distance from his house to the shops. "The partition has been obstructing the roads since I moved in five years ago and I do not understand why the developer still have not opened up the road," he said. Ching added that besides a wholesale market, eateries and sundry shops, there was also a police station located at the shophouses. "What if there was an emergency, it means the police need to take a longer route to enter our housing area?" he said. Meanwhile, Choong, who organised the press conference, said he would write a letter to the developer as well as the Johor Baru City Council (MBJB) within a week. When contacted, a Setia Indah Sdn Bhd spokesperson said that the cross-junction road closure along Jalan Persiaran Jaya Putra was due to safety reasons because of the ongoing constructions. "There is an ongoing construction for phase one of our Setia Eco Cascadia housing project, slated to complete in 2015," he said. |
| Posted: 11 Dec 2012 03:20 PM PST JOHOR BARU: The World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) Foundation hopes to attract more non-Muslim business delegates to attend its next year's event to be held in London. Chairman Tun Musa Hitam said London would also be the first time that the forum would be held in a non-Muslim country since the first one in 2005 in Kuala Lumpur. He said it would also be the forum's first edition in Europe after Malaysia, Kazakhsatan, Indonesia, Kuwait and Pakistan. Musa said the forum, to be held from Oct 29-31, would take place at the ExCel London – the venue that was used for boxing, weight lifting and wrestling events in the 2012 Summer Olympics. "It is a reflection of the forum's increasing significance as a global platform that brings together Muslim and non-Muslim communities through business,'' he said. Musa said this at a briefing at the closing ceremony of the 8th WIEF here – the first forum to be held outside the capital city of a hosting nation since 2005. Also present was Chief of Staff and Deputy Mayor, Policy and Planning, City of London, Sir Edward Lister. He said the organising committee for the London edition of the WIEF had already met twice – in London and Johor Baru – to discuss the preparations for the event. Lister said London was excited to host the event and hoped it would create a better business relationship between the business communities from Muslim and non-Muslim countries. "More than 90% of businesses in London are small and medium enterprises and they can work together with those from Muslim and non-Muslim countries,'' he said. Lister said the organiser had yet to decide whether Queen Elizabeth II or British Prime Minister David Cameron would be officiating at the event. |
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