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Happy Deepavali

Kepada semua Rakyat Malaysia

yang beragama Hindu,

SELAMAT MENYAMBUT DEEPAVALI

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Kalah

Malaysia kalah kepada Vietnam menerusi sepakan penalty 6 - 5 selepas bertarong dalam pertandingan akhir Pestabola Merdeka. Pasokan yang nampat gah dan 'mengaum' tiba-tiba mengucing dan akhirnya menikus semasa di Final. Tidak boleh bayangkan keresahan penonton di Stadium apabila tengok cara Malaysia bermain bola. Apa yang dia orang belajar atau practice masa training, wallahualam. Nampak sangat tak boleh menyepak, tak boleh kontrol bola, tak reti nak passing, bak kata lain.. main buran je. Basic main bola pun tak da. Pamcit dan tak pandai create space. Zaki.. apo yang kau ajar ni? yang tua-tua macam Khairuddin Omar, Indra Putra, Zaki Misbah tu, tukar dan main futsal saja lah. Lagi pun kalau kalau semasa ke Thailand nanti ada reason.. team maseh muda.
FAM ni pun tak reti berniaga ke? Nama tournement 'Pestabola Merdeka' tapi buat tak kena bulan. Timing out. Spirit out. Amende you all ni? Pening pening!! Ada akhbar yang melaporkan penonton seramai 50,000 orang?? Stadium nampak banyak kosong.., 50,000 amende.

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Unsur DEB dihapus beransur

Dilaporkan bahawa Kerajaan akan menghapuskan unsur-unsur Dasar Ekonomi Baru (DEB), yang berakhir pada 1990 dan digantikan dengan Dasar Ekonomi Nasional (DEN) pada 1991, dengan secara beransur-ansur.

Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Dato Seri Najib semasa diwawancara melalui program Bloomberg Voices terbitan Bloomberg TV yang disiarkan secara rakaman disini hari ini dilaporkan berkata,
"Saya sedang berusaha ke arah melaksanakan liberalisasi (unsur-unsur DEB) secara beransur-ansur itu apabila bumiputera sudah mempunyai keyakinan diri. Dan sukacita saya nyatakan bahawa semakin ramai dalam kalangan mereka kini sudah mempunyai keyakinan untuk bersaing, untuk berjaya di peringkat global dan domestik.
"Dalam tempoh yang tidak terlalu lama lagi, kita dapat saksikan unsur-unsur DEB ini akan diganti".

"Saya berpendapat unsur-unsur DEB perlu dibuang secara beransur-ansur dan pada waktu yang sama, sungutan yang berasas dan keperluan setiap masyarakat, perlu diberi perhatian,"

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Bila baca berita ini, tiba-tiba saya teringatkan Tollcross, Edinburgh ... Teringatkan Andy, Jeff, Jamil, Fairuz and Kudik, Ustaz Kamaruzaman, Ustaz Dzul, Prof Mawi, Arwah Dr. Mohd Shah dan the rest of the gang .. kesemuanya produk DEB..

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Abdullah, Najib kongsi jenaka

PUTRAJAYA: Pertukaran portfolio Kewangan dan Pertahanan antara Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dan timbalannya, Datuk Seri Najib Razak baru-baru ini boleh dikaitkan dengan jelapang dan senapang. "Ada orang Umno tanya saya kenapa Pak Lah bagi jelapang, ambil senapang," kata Abdullah secara berseloroh. Jelapang yang dimaksudkan merujuk kepada Kementerian Kewangan yang diibaratkan sebagai "jelapang duit" manakala senapang merujuk kepada Kementerian Pertahanan.
Beliau berkata demikian di majlis sambutan Hari Raya Aidilfitri 2008 dan majlis penghargaan kepada bekas Menteri Kewangan serta meraikan Menteri Kewangan yang baru di Kementerian Kewangan, di sini. Terdahulu Najib ketika berucap di majlis itu berkata: "Perbezaan antara jadi Menteri Pertahanan dan Menteri Kewangan ialah apabila menjadi Menteri Pertahanan, tengah malam dapat panggilan telefon pasal 'plane crash' tapi jadi Menteri Kewangan, tengah malam dapat panggilan telefon pasal 'market crash'. Najib berkata demikian secara berseloroh apabila menceritakan jawapan beliau ketika ditanya oleh orang ramai sebelum ini mengenai perbezaan antara menjadi Menteri Kewangan dan Menteri Pertahanan.
"Apabila orang tanya saya lagi, mana yang lebih teruk? Plane crash atau market crash? Saya kata market crash lebih teruk sebab orang masih hidup," katanya. Abdullah mengakhiri ucapannya dengan berpantun: "Bunga Selasih tak akan layu. Terima kasih. Thank you." Di majlis itu, Abdullah turut menyerahkan nota tugas sebagai Menteri Kewangan kepada Najib. - Bernama
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Hehehe! Nice one Dato' Seri.. enjoyed the joke!

Jangan serang peribadi

SEMPORNA 20 Okt. — Menteri Perpaduan, Kebudayaan, Kesenian dan Warisan Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal berkata setiap calon yang bertanding jawatan pada pemilihan Umno Mac depan agar tidak menyerang peribadi ketika berkempen.
Anggota Majlis Tertinggi Umno itu berkata cara sedemikian bukan sahaja dilihat sebagai tidak sihat tetapi juga boleh memberi kesan tidak baik dalam proses pemilihan kepimpinan parti.
“Seboleh-bolehnya (kita jangan sentuh peribadi), kita ada etika-etika yang perlu diberi perhatian. Kita kempenlah secara terbuka, merayu secara baik dan saya berharap ia tidak melibatkan (hal peribadi). LAGI BERITA

Nicol juara

PEMAIN nombor satu dunia, Nicol David akhirnya berjaya menebus kehampaan tahun lalu apabila merampas kembali gelaran skuasy Terbuka Dunia dengan kemenangan ke atas harapan tuan rumah, Vicky Botwright di Manchester semalam. Nicol, yang turun sebagai pilihan pertama, tercicir satu set pada permulaan – kali pertama dalam lima perlawanan sepanjang kejohanan – tetapi memenangi tiga permainan seterusnya, 5-11, 11-1, 11-6, 11-9 untuk merangkul gelaran ketiganya. ... LAGI BERITA
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Salute to Nicol. What more can we say. She has proven that she's the No. 1. If only Malaysia can produce more sportsman like Nicol ..

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ALI RUSTAM NAFI TARIK DIRI

MELAKA: Ketua Menteri Melaka, Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam tidak akan menarik diri daripada bertanding jawatan Timbalan Presiden Umno, malah yakin beliau mampu memperolehi cukup pencalonan untuk membolehkan beliau bertanding ke jawatan itu menjelang tamat pemilihan peringkat bahagian parti 9 November ini.
Katanya beliau merasakan perlu untuk membuat penjelasan itu berikutan tersebarnya desas-desus sejak beberapa hari lepas kononnya beliau mungkin akan menarik diri daripada bertanding ke jawatan itu.
"Ia tidak betul, saya harap ini dapat menjelaskan kepada semua anggota Umno dan bahagian-bahagian bahawa saya tidak akan tarik diri dan berharap bahagian-bahagian dapat berikan pencalonan bagi mencukupkan kuota 39 pencalonan untuk membolehkan saya bertanding," katanya. LAGI

MCA ... revamp economic policies

KUALA LUMPUR: The Government has been urged to expedite judicial reform and set up an independent Judicial Commission to restore the confidence of the people in the system.
The MCA 55th annual general assembly unanimously passed the resolution to urge the Government to review the Internal Security Act and establish a check and balance system to ensure that it strictly applies to terrorism and cases with subversive elements.
The general assembly also urged the Government to urgently review and revamp all major macro-economic policies to encourage rapid economic expansion and improve Malaysia's global competitiveness. .. MORE
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Malaysia's Got Talent (7)

Tempe diubah jadi bar coklat

SERDANG - Pernahkah anda terfikir bahawa makanan tradisional masyarakat Jawa iaitu tempe mampu menjadi hidangan moden yang lazat seperti bar coklat?
Hasil ciptaan kreatif pelajar Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) ini pasti menjanjikan sesuatu yang berbeza jika berjaya dipasarkan secara komersial.
Menurut Ketua kumpulan Nutri Nine Food Industries, Sew Chang Chew, 22, kumpulan yang menghasil Choc Tempt, ia merupakan ciptaan kreatif mereka yang mahukan produk asas tempatan dimodenkan dan mampu menyaingi produk antarabangsa.
"Kami melihat tempe mempunyai potensi yang sangat besar, oleh itu kumpulan kami yang mempunyai sembilan ahli mengambil keputusan untuk menjadikan tempe sebagai asas projek," katanya ketika ditemui.
Menurutnya, mereka mengambil masa satu semester untuk menghasilkan ciptaan mereka ini dari bahan mentah kepada produk siap dengan pembungkusan.

Pertahankan institusi Melayu

Oleh Ikbal Salam

Baru-baru ini seorang sahabat warga Singapura bukan Melayu singgah bertemu penulis dalam perjalanan dari Singapura ke Pulau Pinang. Beliau memaklumkan hasratnya membawa keluarganya pergi ke sebuah rumah ibadat di Pulau Pinang kerana menurut pandangannya di sana “adalah lebih mulia darjatnya dan mempunyai ramai sami yang berkaliber.”
Kenyataan itu membuatkan penulis terfikir bahawa dalam sebuah negara yang didominasi oleh orang Melayu beragama Islam, kepercayaan agama lain terus diberikan cukup ruang untuk berkembang hinggakan penganut agama dari negara lain pun datang ke sini memandangkan kemuliaan rumah ibadat agama itu di Malaysia.
Kemuliaan itu tidak mungkin akan berlaku tanpa sifat toleransi yang tinggi orang Melayu. Dalam keadaan yang lain lihat sahaja kegemilangan Batu Caves pada setiap tahun, yang mana perhimpunan sebesar itu pun tidak dibuat oleh orang Melayu dalam negara ini. Bukanlah menjadi rahsia lagi bahawa negara kita seringkali juga menjadi tempat bagi para paderi atau sami berhimpun atas tujuan agama masing-masing.
Kenyataan khas Mesyuarat Majlis RajaRaja ke-215 di Kuala Terengganu seharusnya menjadi peringatan kepada setiap pemimpin politik yang memperjuangkan kaum-kaum dalam negara kita. Biar sejauh mana pun kemajuan yang dicapai oleh negara ini, prinsip asasnya yang perlu diinsafi ialah Malaysia adalah milik semua warganegaranya. .. LAGI

Malay rights – a mystical myth? (Part II).

My letter Malay rights – a mystical myth? (Malaysiakini)had been ‘borrowed’ by many blogs which posted it on their own site as an interesting topic for sharing. I am touched that my letter-writing debut has been well-received with many positive comments although I have seen some negative comments posted too. Well, I would like to think that even I should allow such democracy! As happy as I am about this writing debut, it also worries me that some quarters are using it to prove their own unheard point. And considering that a Malay man wrote this article, it became a much talked about piece. This is why I feel the need to write this second letter because I may have been misunderstood in some ways in the earlier one. Perhaps my point was not very clear. Perhaps my sarcasm was out of context and perhaps I was not compassionate enough. I am not an anti-Malay or whatever privileges that the Malays are entitled to. I just feel that the Malays are ‘running on the spot’ in the endeavor of being privileged. What are we fighting for when we say Malay rights? What rights do we want? Do we even know what we want? .. More

Malay rights - a mystical myth?

Shaik Rizal Sulaiman Jun 23, 08 4:29pm

The Malays are ‘technically’ in power governing the country but it also this same controlling group that demands the right to correct economic imbalances and disparities for its own race.
What does this say about the ‘majority governing’ Malay race for the last 50 years?
I dare say that most Malaysians (regardless of race) below the age of 40 would like to see all opportunities be spread amongst those who deserve it on meritocracy.
We do not need the keris anymore to tell others to be careful of what they say and do because in the survival of the fittest, the keris is of very little relevance! More

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Malaysia bimbang tekanan

SHAH ALAM - Skuad negara telah pun mencatat kemenangan moral menentang Nepal pada pertemuan sulung Pestabola Merdeka malam ini apabila pengurus lawan, Rajendra Singh mengakui Malaysia sebuah pasukan hebat untuk ditandingi.
.... LAGI
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What? Pestabola Merdeka? Bila? Dimana? Siapa lawan siapa? Malaysia bertanding ke?!! Jepun, Korea Selatan datang ke? Singapore mari ka? Such a state of Malaysian football. Nak adakan pertandingan penuh dengan dilemma. Tiada pilehan terpaksa jemput team yang dahulunya tak masuk 'book' pun. Shame on you all footballers! Makan gaji main bola tapi performance hampeh!! Buat malu FAM, buat malu Malaysia. Yang herannya you all tak malu pun!! Dilemma Bolasepak Malaysia!

Minyak turun lagi

PUTRAJAYA 14 Okt. – Kerajaan menurunkan lagi harga bahan api sebanyak 15 sen bagi petrol dan 20 sen bagi diesel, iaitu penurunan kali ketiga dalam tempoh tidak sampai tiga bulan.
Dengan penurunan harga minyak hari ini, bermakna dalam tempoh tidak sampai tiga bulan kerajaan telah menurunkan harga petrol sebanyak 40 sen seliter berbanding harga RM2.70 seliter pada Jun lalu.
Dalam tempoh yang sama, harga diesel pula telah mengalami penurunan 38 sen berbanding RM2.58 sen seliter ketika harga minyak dinaikkan Jun lalu. .. LAGI

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Pakatan pilih cara aman tukar kerajaan

KOTA BHARU, 10 Okt (Hrkh) - Rakyat tidak seharusnya gusar biar pun tarikh pertukaran kerajaan yang diuar-uarkan 16 September lalu belum menjadi kenyataan, kata Ketua Pembangkang, Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim. ... LAGI

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Nur Jazlan also contesting for No. 2

JOHOR BARU, Oct 10 - Pulai Umno division head Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed said today he was not withdrawing from contesting the Umno deputy president post.
He said his decision to join in the fray was not out of personal pleasure but to beef up efforts to rejuvenate Umno and woo the younger generation to join the party. .. MORE

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Ali Rustam juga bertanding

PUTRAJAYA 9 Okt. - Ketua Menteri Melaka, Datuk Seri Mohd. Ali Rustam mengesahkan keputusan beliau untuk bertanding jawatan Timbalan Presiden UMNO pada pemilihan parti Mac tahun depan adalah muktamad.
Menurutnya, beliau ada mendengar terdapat beberapa lagi calon yang akan bersaing ke jawatan nombor dua itu namun berharap pertandingan tidak menjejaskan tali persahabatan yang sedia terjalin.
''Saya sudah nyatakan sebelum ini jika terdapat kekosongan, saya akan bertanding dan ini bermakna saya akan meneruskan hasrat ini. ... LAGI

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Muhyiddin tawar tanding timbalan

PUTRAJAYA 10 Okt. - Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin yang baru pagi ini tampil menawarkan diri bertanding jawatan Timbalan Presiden UMNO menerima suntikan semangat apabila menerima dua pencalonan daripada UMNO Bahagian Kimanis dan Machang yang bersidang hari ini. .. LAGI

Kedah quota 'may kill housing industry'

IPOH: The Kedah government should not increase the quota for bumiputeras in housing schemes blindly, Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan said.
"Problems will come up when developers are compelled to reserve 50 per cent for Bumiputeras and you do not have enough Bumiputera buyers for the properties." He was commenting on the Kedah government's decision to increase the 30 per cent housing quota for Bumiputeras to 50 per cent.Speaking after attending the 59th MCA anniversary dinner hosted by Perak MCA here on Wednesday, Ong said: "If the developers build the houses and are unable to sell, this will kill the industry."The practical way is to give a higher quota in areas where there is a large concentration of Malays.
"Otherwise, such a high quota should not be imposed."
'nstonline';

Pahang bersedia hadapi banjir

KUANTAN: Government departments and agencies have been told to prepare for the monsoon floods, which are expected to hit the state in the second week of December.
Pekan, Bera, Maran and parts of Rompin are likely to be among the worst affected. State secretary Datuk Muhammad Safian Ismail said yesterday the floods could continue until early January.
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Bila kes macam ni, teringat member di Rompin. Hope he has prepared himself for the occassion. Good luck Lan! Banjir banjir jugak, menjala jangan lupa!

'Those over 55 should step aside'

KUALA LUMPUR: Umno supreme council member Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad said yesterday that Umno leaders of the "Razak generation" should refrain from contesting the top posts in Umno elections.
After attending a Hari Raya gathering organised by the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia, he said those over 55 should step aside and let the younger generation fill the top posts.
"If Umno keeps the old leaders, it will start to look like on outdated party. It is better to give a chance to the younger generation of leaders. The quicker they are given a chance, the better."
Shahrir, 59, is contesting a seat in the supreme council. .. MORE

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Tan Sri Muhammad bertanding

Ketua Penerangan UMNO Malaysia Tan Sri Muhammad Muhd Taib secara rasmi petang Khamis menawarkan dirinya untuk bertanding jawatan Timbalan Presiden UMNO. Dalam sidang media yang dihadiri lebih 150 orang pimpinan UMNO Selangor di Shah Alam, Muhammad berkata, beliau menawarkan dirinya berdasarkan rekod kesetiaan dan perkhidmatannya kepada parti selama ini. Beliau juga memberitahu mendapat sokongan semua UMNO Bahagian negeri Selangor untuk bertanding jawatan Timbalan Presiden UMNO. ... LAGI

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Gordon Brown: irresponsible bankers should be punished

Gordon Brown today said that bankers who had acted irresponsibly and taken excessive risks deserved to be "punished".
In an interview with GMTV, the prime minister said that he was "angry at irresponsible behaviour" and that the days of big bonuses in the City were over.
When Brown unveiled his £500bn bank rescue plan yesterday, he refused to accept David Cameron's suggestion that there should be no bonuses at all for executives in banks who are being bailed out by the taxpayer because they have taken excessive risks.
But this morning Brown adopted a tougher stance. MORE

... 'The days of big bonuses are over. One of the conditions of us helping the banks is that we will have to reach an agreement about their executive remuneration," he said.
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Is this gonna happen in Malaysia as well .. I mean the big bonuses for our corporate guys .. (just kidding!)
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Financial crisis: IMF draws up emergency bail-out plans for countries

The International Monetary Fund has drawn up emergency plans to bail out governments affected by the financial crisis, after warning yesterday that no country would be immune from the ripple effects of the credit crunch.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the Fund's managing director, said it could make "hundreds of billions of dollars" available to either rich countries in the west, or to developing nations. ... MORE
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I hope the Malaysian government is fully prepared for this turbulance. Are we? InsyaAllah

Taman Tema di Iskandar Malaysia

DUBAI 9 Okt. - Iskandar Investment Malaysia Bhd. (IIB) mungkin mengumumkan niaga janji dengan sekurang-kurangnya satu pengendali taman tema dalam tempoh 6 hingga 12 bulan akan datang untuk mengusahakan taman tema di Iskandar Malaysia.
"Kami berbincang dengan beberapa pengendali taman tema, bukan hanya satu," kata Pengarah Urusan IIB, Alida Ariff pada sidang akhbar di sini, hari ini. .. LAGI
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I'm excited. Very much excited. Is Disney World coming to Iskandar Malaysia. Whatever it is, I hope I am able to take my family there .. at long last!

Najib akan bertanding

KUALA TERENGGANU 9 Okt. – Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak hari ini secara rasmi menawarkan diri bertanding jawatan Presiden UMNO pada pemilihan parti itu Mac depan.

.... ‘‘Sesungguhnya tugas sebagai pemimpin adalah satu amanah dan tanggungjawab yang dianugerahkan oleh Allah S.W.T. Insya-Allah saya akan melaksanakannya dengan cara yang terbaik. Semoga Allah memberi pertolongan dan memberkati kita semua,” katanya. ... LAGI

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PAKATAN Bincang Opsyen

Pemimpin-pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat mengadakan mesyuarat di ibu negara malam ini, dipercayai untuk membincangkan opsyen-opsyen baru bagi merealisasikan usaha membentuk kerajaan baru persekutuan.
Mesyuarat itu, yang diadakan kurang seminggu sebelum Dewan Rakyat bersidang, berlangsung di kediaman Ketua Umum Pakatan Rakyat, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. .. LAGI

Sah PM Tidak Akan Bertanding

Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi tidak akan mempertahankan jawatan Presiden Umno dan akan melepaskan jawatan Perdana Menteri pada Mac tahun depan. Abdullah mengumumkan keputusannya untuk tidak akan mempertahankan jawatan Presiden Umno pada pemilihan parti Mac depan selepas mempengerusikan mesyuarat Dewan Tertinggi Barisan Nasional (BN) hari ini. Beliau akan melepaskan jawatan Perdana Menteri kepada Datuk Seri Najib Razak selepas perhimpunan agung Umno pada Mac nanti. ..LAGI
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Berita Berkaitan

Pemimpin parti komponen Barisan Nasional (BN) menghormati keputusan Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi untuk tidak mempertahankan jawatannya sebagai Presiden Umno dan seterusnya berundur sebagai Perdana Menteri, Mac depan. Pada masa sama, mereka turut melahirkan rasa terharu dengan komitmen Perdana Menteri untuk terus melaksanakan beberapa inisiatif bagi memperbaiki daya saing negara, walaupun sudah mempunyai pelan peralihan kuasa. .. LAGI

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad menyifatkan keputusan Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi tidak mempertahankan jawatan Presiden Umno dan melepaskan jawatan Perdana Menteri pada Mac depan sebagai baik untuk parti. Bagaimanapun, Dr Mahathir berkata, Abdullah perlu memberi ruang kepada Timbalannya, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, untuk melaksanakan segala langkah perlu bagi mengembalikan sokongan rakyat kepada Umno dan Barisan Nasional (BN). "Saya amat bergembira untuk Umno, bukan untuk diri saya tapi Umno, untuk perjuangan Umno supaya ia dapat membina kekuatan kembali. ...LAGI
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Now that PM has formally made the announcement, I guess we have to pray really hard that the country will move ahead and will be in a better state under the 'new' leaderships. InsyaAllah.! And to Pak Lah, terima kasih ....

OJ faces life and death in prison

OJ Simpson's 1995 trial for the brutal murder of his ex-wife and her friend captivated America and sparked racial tension. But since his dramatic acquittal he has lived a twilight existence and been pursued at every step by his ex-wife's father. Now, following his conviction for a bizarre robbery, he could spend the rest of his life behind bars.

It was a scene that many Americans had been waiting exactly 13 years to see. OJ Simpson, the former American football star widely believed to have got away with murder, was found guilty in a court of law, meaning he could spend the rest of his life behind bars.
On the exact anniversary of the day in 1995 in which Simpson was cleared of killing his ex-wife and another man, he was found guilty of robbery and kidnapping in a bizarre Las Vegas crime. MORE

The many public faces of OJ Simpson

From the San Francisco ghetto to Hollywood via a glittering career in American football, then murder charges and now a conviction for kidnap and armed robbery, the trajectory of OJ Simpson's life has been anything but predictable.

Orenthal James Simpson, better known as OJ Simpson, acquired the nickname The Juice for his fluid running style during his American football years.
This was an impressive achievement, given that as a child he had suffered from rickets and wore leg braces.
He retired from his sports career in 1979, after a successful career with the Buffalo Bills and the San Francisco 49ers. Simpson went on to appear in minor roles in a number of films, including The Towering Inferno and The Cassandra Crossing. ... MORE

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OJ's episode should reminds us in our quest for glamour and wealth. Nothing better than freedom!

Sunderland 1 Arsenal 1

Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas wheels away after rescuing a point for Arsenal.

ARSENAL dropped two more points in the title race at the Stadium of Light.
Arsene Wenger's men believed they had erased last week's defeat to Hull following their Champions League thrashing of Porto in midweek.
But Sunderland's battling stars had other ideas and gave the Gunners a real fright.

Roy Keane's side might have had all three points after Grant Leadbitter's 86th-minute rocket put them in front.
But Cesc Fabregas headed home in the third minute of injury time to rescue a draw for the visitors.
Wenger claimed Sunderland's defensive tactics made it hard to break them down. ..MORE
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After the game, Arsene Wenger blamed Sunderland for their defensive game which of course resulted in the 1 - 1 draw. Wenger frustration is expected. But then Roy Keanne's tactic is also expected of Sunderland. Keanne's strategy was to defence and counter attact whenever they have the chance, and it works for them! Arsene Wenger knew it but couldnot break Roy Keanne's tactic!.

Other EPL results played last nite.

Blackburn 0 Man United 2
Sunderland 1 Arsenal 1
Wigan 0 Middlesbrough 1
West Brom 1 Fulham 0
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This incidence reminded me of my HBP (Housing Building & Planning) inter year football game in USM. We had to plan the team strategy when my team (Year 1) was drawn to meet Year 2 for our first game. And we had to think hard because half of the Year 2 team players were from the present university football team. We had a simple game plan, that is to defense and only to attack when we had the chance to do so. We had a very reliable goalkeeper in Wan Osman (he played goalkeeper for the University team), a strong backline in Zul Ismail (he's the fullback, the stopper for USM hockey team), Mahadi as the centre forward, Musa and Bakar Johar as wingers and yours truly manning the midfield. The strategy worked, we frustrated the opposing team so much so that they began to fight with each other and lost their concentration and lost the game!. Would you believed it, we won 2 - 0. Both goals scored by Mahadi. My team eventually won the tournement when we beat Year 3 in the final!

Jawatan Timbalan Presiden UMNO

Badan Perhubungan Umno Perlis semalam mengalu-alukan keputusan Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi untuk bertanding jawatan Timbalan Presiden Umno pada pemilihan parti, Mac depan.
Pengerusinya, Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim, berkata keputusan Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri itu sekurang-kurangnya memenuhi hasrat Umno yang memerlukan pemimpin muda untuk memperkasakan parti. "Saya setuju sangat dan mengalu-alukan keputusan Ahmad Zahid. Kita perlu golongan pelapis muda dalam kepemimpinan Umno. Semoga dengan kehadiran mereka, ia dapat memperkasakan Umno," katanya ketika ditemui di rumahnya di Jejawi dekat sini, semalam. ..LAGI

Naib Presiden Umno, Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam, semalam menjadi pemimpin kedua menawarkan diri untuk bertanding jawatan Timbalan Presiden Umno pada pemilihan parti Mac tahun depan. “Saya sedia bertanding sekiranya ada kekosongan jawatan Timbalan Presiden parti... saya menawarkan diri (bertanding jawatan itu),” katanya ketika dihubungi Bernama di sini semalam. Mohd Ali, 59, yang juga Ketua Menteri Melaka sebelum ini menawarkan diri bertanding mempertahankan jawatan Naib Presiden yang dimenanginya kali pertama ketika pemilihan parti pada 2004. .. LAGI

Take 5

Bursa wants bumiputera shareholding rules relaxed

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 - Bursa Malaysia, the former Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, has asked the government to relax shareholding requirements that mar the market's attractiveness, industry officials say.
The requirements - which stipulate minimum bumiputera shareholdings - are said to be making local companies with overseas assets reluctant to list locally, and driving a growing number of them to go private or list overseas.
Thirty per cent of a listed company's equity must be set aside for bumiputeras, but this is not really being contested.
The main point of contention is that should a company top-up its capital base - say, through a rights issue - regulators can demand that bumiputera equity be restored to 30 per cent if it has been sold down. This has always been a concern because shareholders rightfully complain about earnings dilution.
The bourse wants the rules changed so that once a company is listed and the 30 per cent bumiputera equity requirement is met, it should no longer be subject to any top-up conditions.
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Malaysia's Got Talent (6)

Amidst the plethora of vendors that fill the bazaar at Jalan Masjid India in Kuala Lumpur, all selling Hari Raya apparel and goodies — where so many goods abound that everything starts to blend into a blur — a young vendor and his team have hit upon a striking gimmick.
Their sales pitch stands out from the rest, attracting crowds by the droves to their stall.
Belting out snippets of favourite Hari Raya songs in a live performance to dazzle the audience, Mohd Rasydan, 23, and his friends strike a chord with the shoppers, standing out as entertainers as they promote their wares.
Donning one of the baju kurung from the stall, plus wigs to complete the "look", their unique sales pitch has clearly enthralled shoppers going about their last-minute buying for the Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration. .. RELATED

Ramos keeps faith in Spurs

Under-fire Tottenham boss Juande Ramos is determined to turn the club’s season around after their worst league start for 53 years.
Ramos was in the spotlight after fans turned on him during the 2-0 defeat at Portsmouth last Sunday, although there was no suggestion from within the club that his position is insecure.
Spurs’ efforts to do so start in Poland against Wisla Krakow on Thursday when they look to reach the group stages of the UEFA Cup by defending a 2-1 lead.
Then they face Hull at the weekend in their attempt to climb off the bottom of the Premier League. ... MORE.

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The headline should have been 'Spurs keeps faith in Spurs' instead. Spurs has themselves to blame for the poor start to their Premier League campaign this season. It is expected actually when the management decided to sell off and dump Keanne, Berbatov and Defoe. I pray hard that Ramos can turn around the team and to get them out of the danger zone, the soonest possible.

I became a fan of Spurs since the days of Martin Peters - yes, you guessed correctly, eversince the 60's. I remembered going through the Shoot magazine at Mubaruk Bookstore, Ipoh old town, during my schooling days, just to catch the 'latest' news on English football especially so on my fav footballer - Peters. I cant remember the price though but I did make the order from the bookstore for the Shoot magazine to be sent by post. I spent nearly all my allowances buying this magazine, can you imagine that. Anyway, it was because of Martin Peters that I became a Spurs fan. Having witnessed how Peters helped England captured the 1966 World Cup, to me then, there was no other and better players in England than Martin Peters. Of course, eventually Spurs had other 'Star' players as well, such Hoddle, Gascionne, Ardilles, Villa, Archibald, Teddy Sheringham, Anderton, Campbell, David Ginola, Linekar and Klinsmann. But nothing compares to Martin Peters.

Audere est Facere (lit: "To Dare Is to Do")

ANNOUNCEMENT

STAROBA Hari Raya gathering

will be held on 11 Oct. 2009 (Saturday)

at DEWAN RISDA, Jalan Ampang from 11am - 2pm.

There will also be a launching ceremony on STAROBA portal

www.staroba.org

Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar