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Hotel raises RM9,000 for cancer society
A-G’s Report found KPRJ yet to address financial problems
Safari to preserve animals in Kemaman Mini Zoo

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 12:20 AM PST

MALACCA: Bayview Hotel of Malacca managed to raise about RM9,000 to be handed over to Malacca Cancer Society (MCS) as part of the hotel's corporate social responsibility.

The cheque was presented to MCS president A.C. Vohrah by Bayview Hotels general manager Tan Hui Teng during a brief ceremony held recently.

The hotel, through its month-long fund raising drive managed to accumulate RM3,955.50 and the remaining cash of RM5,000 was personally donated by Tan.

The fund of about RM9,000 used by MCS to organise activities and projects in disseminating comprehensive information about breast cancer and early detection.

Bayview Hotel on its part participated in the fund raising campaign by organising various activities including sourcing donation through the sales of pink ribbons, where donors will had the chance of pinning-up the ribbons on a display board in the hotel lobby.

Tan when met at the cheque presentation ceremony said the hotel also organised a Pink Luncheon that attracted some 200 patrons.

"We believe that the breast cancer awareness campaign was an excellent platform to raise consciousness on efforts of MCS.

"The campaign is also seen as a step to remind women on the importance of carrying-out self examinations to detect any sign of breast cancer," Tan said, adding that cancer specialist Dr Chong Kwang Jeat presented a about the disease during the luncheon.

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A-G’s Report found KPRJ yet to address financial problems

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 12:19 AM PST

JOHOR BARU: Kumpulan Prasarana Rakyat Johor Sdn Bhd (KPRJ) has yet to rectify and solve several weaknesses highlighted under the 2009 Auditor-General's Report.

Follow-up investigation conducted by the auditing team of the A-G Department up to April 2010 found that KPRJ had not started several joint-venture property development projects.

According to the A-G's Report, the projects were still not launched between two and 10 years after KPRJ and private developers signed joint-agreements to undertake the projects.

For example, Ponderosa — a project that has not began as Province Treasure Sdn Bhd was still in the midst of getting building plan approval from the Johor Baru City Council.

The project has not started as KPRJ has yet to settle the land premium dues of RM1.38mil for surrendering and return of the land for development purposes.

Negotiations between the two parties were still ongoing to restructure the agreements signed earlier and accomodate changes to the development plan.

Similarly, there was a delay in the implementation of a low-cost flats project between KPRJ and Cemerlang Land Sdn Bhd which is only expected to be fully completed by August 2012.

Cemerlang Land also has not paid the balance payment of RM0.59mil received from the sale of land for a petrol station to KPRJ due to problems in transferring land ownership.

Apart from delay in projects, two of KPRJ subsidiaries which were dormant — Minda Rakyat Sdn Bhd and Anggerik Nusantara Sdn Bhd — were still in operations while the other two subsidiaries had been making losses from 2006 until 2009.

KPRJ also did not hold its annual general meetings in 2008 and 2009 and has not submitted the 2009 financial report which was completed on August 10, 2010 to Companies Commission of Malaysia.

The A-G's Report also revealed KPRJ still did not implement Strategic Planning and Key Performance Indicator while its financial guidelines and procedures were incomplete.

Instead of having annual allocations set aside for its 2010 and 2011 budget, the company only has projection cash flows in hands for expenditure purposes.

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Safari to preserve animals in Kemaman Mini Zoo

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 12:21 AM PST

KEMAMAN: The Terengganu government plans to set up an animal preservation sanctuary (safari) at the Kemaman Mini Zoo to raise the number of animal species in future.

Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Said said plans for the sanctuary were being prepared and expected to be completed within the next three years.

"When the safari is completed, more animals from African countries including the giraffe will be placed there," he said after receiving animal contributions from the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan) represented by its director-general Datuk Abdul Rashid Shamsuddin.

The zoo received 13 lions and two tapirs from Perhilitan as the new attraction for the zoo, with a total of animal population of 250 currently including elephants and and various birds.

Ahmad said the government also intended to provide river cruise facilities from Cukai Town directly to the zoo. — Bernama

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Khamis, 24 November 2011