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SERDANG -- Malaysia memerlukan sebuah universiti yang pengajaran dan pembelajarannya berfokus kepada bidang pertanian bagi melahirkan pakar dan graduan yang diperlukan sektor berkenaan pada masa hadapan, kata Menteri Pertanian dan Industri Asas Tani Datuk Salahuddin Ayub. Beliau berkata ia akan melibatkan pertimbangan sama ada perlu menubuhkan sebuah universiti  pertanian atau mengembalikan fungsi Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) seperti awal penubuhannya yang menekankan pertanian sebagai teras. Katanya universiti berkenaan akan berperanan seperti Universiti Chulalongkorn dan Universiti Chiangmai di Thailand yang fungsi utamanya meningkatkan kemahiran, pengetahuan dan teknologi baharu dalam bidang pertanian kepada graduan dan petani. Salahuddin berkata keputusan berhubung universiti pertanian itu akan bergantung kepada perbincangan rasmi ...

KUALA LUMPUR -- The proposed abolition of the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (SOSMA) is still under review as the abolition, should it take place, will affect the authorities involved in discharging their duties to combat security offences and threats. Deputy Home Minister Datuk Mohd Azis Jamman said the government was still considering the views of various quarters such as the authorities, judiciary and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) which should be evaluated from various angles. “The abolition of SOSMA will involve many quarters and hence all views need to be considered because through this act, the authorities are protected and they could perform their duties to combat crime. “It will be quite disadvantageous if there is no ‘protection’. There are various serious criminal cases such as terrorist activities that require the use of this act. “The SOSMA is good and also significant. However, we are concerned that the Act can a...

KUALA LUMPUR -- The Government will increase the annual sales threshold for eligibility to register for the Sales Tax to RM500,000 annually under the Sales and Tax Service Tax (SST) from RM100,000 previously. Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said the annual turnover threshold of RM500,000 would also apply to manufacturers who carried out sub-manufacturing activities, for which the annual sales threshold was at RM20,000 before. "This is to enable small-sized manufacturers to operate without having to pay this tax," he said when tabling the Sales Tax Bill 2018 for the second reading at the Dewan Rakyat. Lim said the government expected only 27,456 manufacturers would be registered under the Sales Tax compared with 32,725 under the Goods and Services Tax (GST). He said subsequently, most manufacturers would fall out of the scope of the Sales Tax and this would eventually reduce the cost of tax compliance and administration for small-sized manufacturers. Lim a...

KUALA LUMPUR – The Youth and Sports Ministry (KBS) has decided to re-activate the National Sports Council (MSN) Board at the central level as a measure to ensure centralisation of power does not occur. Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman said that, with the move, all youth and sports development processes in each state could be done in tandem regardless of political ideologies. According to Syed Saddiq, the agency was inactive for more than ten years after the last time in 2006. "That's why we (KBS) want to involve all state leaders regardless of whether they are from the government or opposition states. In this issue of youth and sports there should be an effort to unite all. "In terms of appointments, the minister does not appoint his people but we will appoint the individual who is the youth and sport executive councillor (exco) of each state," he told reporters after chairing a meeting with state Youth and S...

KUALA LUMPUR – The Social Security Organisation (SOCSO), in collaboration with four agencies, has launched the Social Synergy Programme to further improve SOCSO beneficiaries’ economic standing and quality of life. The four agencies are Credit Counselling and Debt Management Agency (AKPK), Giat Mara, Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM) and Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC). Deputy chief executive (corporate) of SOCSO, Azlaily Abdul Rahman, said the cooperation is a form of social safety network that will provide a host of benefits to target groups. “As the leading social security organisation in Malaysia, SOCSO has taken a proactive step by cooperating with AKPK in October last year. About 50 SOCSO beneficiaries have taken the debt restructuring programme under AKPK. “It has indirectly rendered continuous aid and protection to SOCSO beneficiaries as well as the public at large,” she said at a pre...

SEREMBAN --  The police are seeking five more suspects to assist with investigations into a gang robbery case at the Customs Narcotics Administration Complex in Kampung Jijan, Nilai, last Sunday. Negeri Sembilan police chief Datuk Noor Azam Jamaludin said among the suspects sought were Tong Lip Seong and Tung Seong Leong, both aged 30, from Port Dickson. "In the report filed by security guards who were on duty on the day of the incident, 10 masked men broke in and fled with 60 boxes of henna from one of the containers stored inside the complex, some of which contained drugs. "However, based on closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage, the police found that the number of masked suspects involved in the case was around six to seven," he said. State CID chief Wan Rukman Wan Hassan was also present. Noor Azam said the incident was believed to have occurred at around 3 am, whereby the suspects came in three vehicles and broke into the complex before...

KUALA LUMPUR — Dewan Rakyat hari ini kecoh apabila Anggota Parlimen Kinabatangan Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin mengeluarkan kata-kata kesat kepada seorang Anggota Parlimen Pakatan Harapan (PH). Episod kekecohan berkenaan bermula sewaktu Bung Moktar bangkit mencelah Khairy Jamaluddin (BN-Rembau)  yang baharu memulakan perbahasan Rang Undang-undang (RUU) Cukai Jualan 2018. Beliau menjelaskan mengenai harga barangan di Pasar Borong Selayang yang menurutnya lebih murah sewaktu dikenakan Cukai Barangan dan Perkhidmatan (GST) sebelum diganggu Willie Mongin (PH-Puncak Borneo) yang bertanya ’bukan kasino ke?’. Bung Moktar yang tidak berpuas hati dengan soalan berkenaan meminta Willie menarik balik  kenyataannya serta menyifatkan beliau tidak layak untuk berada di dalam Dewan Rakyat. “Biadap. Ini kurang ajar, tarik balik, Yang Berhormat tidak layak duduk sini, samseng. What you want? You nak ...

KUALA LUMPUR -- Ketua Pembangkang Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi berkata tiada kabinet bayangan bagi blok pembangkang, namun setiap Anggota Parlimen yang mewakili Barisan Nasional (BN) dan PAS diberikan tanggungjawab memfokuskan portfolio tertentu. Pengerusi BN itu berkata, setiap Anggota Parlimen pembangkang diberi ruang untuk berbahas mengikut portfolio masing-masing yang sudah diagihkan sebelum ini. "Ini telah kami berikan kepada semua Anggota Parlimen dan tentunya sebagaimana yang kita lihat,  setiap perbahasan menjurus kepada bidang masing-masing. "Ini akan menyebabkan fokus diberikan kepada Anggota Parlimen tertentu untuk bahas dan membangkitkan perkara tertentu," katanya ketika ditemui pemberita di lobi Parlimen. Jelasnya, setiap Anggota Parlimen juga diberikan kebebasan untuk menyentuh lain-lain perkara di dalam sidang Dewan Rakyat berdasarkan latar belakang mereka. "K...

KUALA LUMPUR –  Prime Minister  Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has  thanked Indonesian President  Joko Widodo and the Indonesian government for their assistance in handing over the super luxury yacht ‘Equanimity’, which the Indonesian authorities had seized, to Malaysia. Dr Mahathir  in a video clip recorded in Fukuoka, Japan,  and uploaded on Youtube today, said the close ties between Malaysia and Indonesia had helped the Malaysian government resolve a problem it was facing. "I sincerely thank the Indonesian government particularly Bapak Jokowi, President of  Indonesia,  for their cooperation with Malaysia to help resolve a problem faced by Malaysia,” he said. The Prime Minister, who is currently in Japan for a four-day working visit, said he believed the yacht belongs to the Malaysian government because it was bought with Malaysian money that was stolen by certain parties. In the two minutes 28 se...

KUALA LUMPUR -- The government is confident the initiatives to restructure FGV Holdings Bhd’s (FGV) board of directors and the steps taken to introduce the Strategic Plan 2020 (SP20) will rehabilitate and grow the group’s business and share price. Deputy Economic Affairs Minister Dr Mohd Radzi Md Jidin said the initiatives will be able to rehabilitate the group in stages. “This will also restore investor perception towards FGV and bring positive impact on the share price,” he said in the Dewan Rakyat, Bernama reported. Mohd Radzi was responding to a question from Wan Hassan Mohd Ramli (PAS-Dungun) on the efforts of the government to revive the settler’s shareholdings in FGV for the original objective of raising their economic status.​​​​​​​ He said the restructuring of the FGV board over the past several years have seen Felda, the largest shareholder, receiving two seats to look after its interests and thos...

SINGAPURA, -- Menteri Dalam Negeri Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin telah dibenarkan meninggalkan Hospital Mount Elizabeth di sini setelah selesai melakukan pembedahan dan menerima rawatan. “Beliau akan berehat sementara bersama keluarga,” menurut Setiausaha Akhbar kepada Menteri Dalam Negeri, Hafiz Abdul Halim dalam satu kenyataan yang dipaparkan di laman Facebook rasmi Muhyiddin Yassin. Hafiz mengucapkan penghargaan kepada semua doktor, jururawat serta staf hospital tersebut. “Terima kasih juga kepada semua yang telah mendoakan kesihatan dan meluangkan masa melawat YB Tan Sri Muhyiddin Hj Mohd Yassin semasa beliau di sana,” katanya lagi, lapor Bernama. Ketika di sini, Perdana Menteri Singapura Lee Hsien Loong turut melawat Muhyiddin selepas Timbalannya Teo Chee Hean melakukan kunjungan sama. Terakhir pada semalam, bekas Perdana Menteri Singapura Goh Chok Tong turut menziarahi Muhyiddin. Menteri Dalam Negeri itu selamat menjalani pembeda...

PORT KLANG -- The luxury superyacht 'Equanimity', believed to be linked to businessman Low Taek Jho or Jho Low, which arrived at the Boustead Cruise Centre here today afternoon, has been properly seized under Malaysian laws. The yacht reached the terminal at 12.35 pm accompanied by four Marine Police patrol boats. More than 50 media representatives from various local and foreign media organisations were at the terminal. The 91.5-metre-long vessel had 12 crew on board including the captain. After its arrival, officials from the High Court, Attorney General's Chambers, Customs Department, and Immigration Department carried out certain inspection procedures which took about an hour. The media, however, were not allowed to approach the vessel, and could only take videos and pictures from a distance. Bukit Aman Special Branch director Datuk Abdul Hamid Bador was also present. The yacht was reported to have set sail from Batam Island...

KUALA LUMPUR -- Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak  who was slapped with three charges of criminal breach of trust (CBT) and one count of abuse of power over funds totalling RM42 million belonging to SRC International Sdn Bhd, is expected to be charged today on three charges of money laundering. According to a source from Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC),  Najib will be brought to the Sessions Court, in Jalan Duta Court Complex to face three additional charges of  the  SRC funds under Section 4(1) of Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001 (AMLATFA). “He will be charged on additional charges,” said the source.  The section carries a maximum fine of RM5 million or imprisonment of up to five years, or both, if found guilty. On July 4, Najib, 65, pleaded not guilty at the High Court  here on three CBT charges and one count of abuse of power over SRC funds. ...

KUALA LUMPUR -- Bekas Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak dijangka hadir bagi memberi keterangan di Akademi Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (MACA), Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim di sini, pukul 5 petang ini. Menurut sumber, Najib akan hadir bagi memberi keterangan bagi kes SRC International Sdn Bhd di bawah Akta Pencegahan Pengubahan Wang Haram, Pencegahan Pembiayaan Keganasan dan Hasil Daripada Aktiviti Haram 2011 (AMLA). “Petang ini juga, beliau (Najib) akan diberikan notis perintah hadir ke mahkamah esok, di bawah pertuduhan yang sama buat kali kedua,” katanya. Pada 4 Julai lalu, Najib didakwa buat kali pertama di Mahkamah Kuala Lumpur berhubung pemindahan wang RM42 juta ke dalam akaun peribadi beliau yang dipercayai diseleweng dari bekas anak syarikat 1MDB, SRC International. Bagaimanapun, beliau mengaku tidak bersalah sebelum mahkamah melepaskannya dengan bayaran ikat jamin sebanyak RM1 juta.

SUNGAI PETANI -- Rakyat Malaysia, yang terkandas akibat gempa bumi kuat di Lombok, Indonesia pada Ahad lepas, akan ditempatkan di satu penempatan khas sebelum dibawa pulang secepat mungkin. Timbalan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail berkata kerajaan akan memastikan segala urusan membawa pulang kira-kira 161 rakyat Malaysia itu berjalan lancar. "Penempatan yang akan diadakan itu bagi melicinkan kerja-kerja membawa pulang mereka secepat mungkin," katanya kepada pemberita selepas merasmikan Penutupan Simulasi Bencana Gempa Bumi dan Tsunami di Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Kota Kuala Muda. Pada Ahad lepas, gempa bumi bermagnitud 7 pada Skala Richter menggegarkan Pulau Lombok, Indonesia yang meragut nyawa lebih 90 penduduk. Gempa bumi yang berlaku pukul 6.46 petang waktu tempatan itu berlaku di 27 kilometer Timur Laut Lombok Utara di Nusa Tenggara Barat. Wan Azizah berkata ketika ini kerajaan sedang menunggu permohonan daripa...

KLANG -- The yacht, estimated to be worth RM1 billion, is believed to be part of the assets purchased using funds from 1MDB. Its purported owner businessman Low Taek Jho or Jho Low, is also being sought to assist in the investigation into 1MDB. Yesterday, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad thanked Indonesian President Joko Widodo and his government for their assistance in handing over the yacht seized by authorities from the republic to Malaysia. The ship was seized in Bali in February at the request of the US Department of Justice (DOJ), however, in April, the Indonesian court ruled that the seizure was illegal, and that the yacht should be returned to its owner. The Indonesian authorities seized it again in July following a formal request for legal assistance from the US.

KUALA LUMPUR -- Menteri Kewangan Lim Guan Eng berkata kerajaan bercadang mengurangkan bilangan hari cabutan khas untuk semua syarikat nombor ramalan bermula 2019 dalam usaha mengurangkan masalah sosial melibatkan aktiviti perjudian. Menurut Lim, dasar baharu ini akan diumumkan dalam Belanjawan 2019 pada 2 Nov nanti. "Pada tahun 2018 sebanyak 22 kali cabutan khas diadakan serentak di seluruh negara. "Pengurangan bilangan cabutan khas ini adalah langkah awal kerajaan dalam mengurangkan aktiviti perjudian agar aktiviti ini tidak mendatangkan masalah sosial seperti ketagihan judi melampau," katanya pada persidangan Dewan Rakyat. Beliau menjawab soalan Wong Shu Qi (PH-Kluang) sama ada kerajaan merancang membenarkan syarikat ramalan nombor seperti Magnum, Sports Toto dan Da Ma Cai terus mengadakan cabutan khas pada hari Selasa tertentu bagi tahun 2019 dan masa akan datang. Cabutan khas dimulakan pada tahun 1999 bagi mem...

SEREMBAN -- A group of robbers escaped with seven boxes of what were believed to be ketamine and heroin at the Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) Narcotics Unit Office in Jijan near here on Sunday. Customs director-general Datuk Seri T. Subromaniam said the seized drugs, weighing about 50kg, were kept in a container which was parked at the JKDM’s office compound when the incident occurred at 3 am. He said the container was initially seized by the department’s personnel at Westport in Klang, Selangor recently before it was taken to the scene for further investigation. “Following the incident, the department had lodged a police report. Subsequently, police had detained five suspects comprising two customs officers, two security guards and a civilian,” he said in a statement. Subromaniam said the suspects were being remanded for six days until Saturday. He said the department would conduct an internal investigation and take stern...

source: http://www.klia2.info GEORGE TOWN -- Penang is set to get a low-cost carrier terminal (LCCT) at Penang International Airport in Bayan Lepas after the airport had surpassed its maximum capacity last year. Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said talks with Malaysia Airport Holdings Bhd and AirAsia had been positive in setting up a LCCT here. "We are almost confirmed to set up the LCCT in Penang as the discussion with MAHB and AirAsia was quite positive. We are going to work on a different frame work here for the LCCT," he told reporters on the sideline of the Penang State Legislative Assembly. He said the setting up of the LCCT in Penang will be based on Public Private Professional and People partnership (PPPP) framework. “We can expand the existing airport but where to find money? That is why we are looking at LCCT. So that we can get the volume, and people are wiling to invest," he said. He said that the new formula would enable AirAsi...

source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/88172061@N05/15235917902 KUALA LUMPUR -- Kapal ‘Equanimity’ yang dipercayai milik ahli perniagaan kontroversi Low Taek Jho atau Jho Low dijangka tiba di Terminal Boustead Cruise Center, Pelabuhan Klang tengah hari ini, menurut sumber polis. Kapal mewah itu yang dianggarkan bernilai RM1 bilion dipercayai sebahagian daripada aset yang dibeli menggunakan dana 1MDB. Pihak berkuasa antarabangsa masih memburu Jho Low yang dikatakan turut bersuhabat dalam penyelewengan dana 1MDB.  Semalam, Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad mengucapkan terima kasih kepada Presiden Indonesia Joko Widodo dan kerajaan negara itu atas bantuan mereka dalam menyerahkan ‘Equanimity’ yang dirampas pihak berkuasa republik itu kepada Malaysia. Kapal itu disita di Bali pada Februari atas permintaan Jabatan Keadilan Amerika Syari...

GEORGE TOWN -- Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow urged the federal government to study the financial  impact of abolishing toll on the Penang Bridge. "The federal government must study the implications of paying compensation to the concessionaire and maintenance costs based on the concession contract which still has 20 years to go,” he said when replying to a question from Lee Khai Loon (PKR-Machang Bubuk) during the first sitting of the Penang State Assembly since the 14th general election (GE14)  on May 9. He said the matter came under the purview of the federal government and that the state government would support whatever decision was taken (on the toll). Chow said the state government was taking measures to alleviate congestion on the bridge and among them were providing the Bridge Express Shuttle Transit (BEST) that was introduced in 2011. Meanwhile, state opposition leader Muhamad Yusoff Mohd Noor (BN-Sungai ...

KUALA LUMPUR – The government is studying to rebrand the National Civics Bureau (BTN) so that the role and function of the agency will no longer be missed from the main objective of its establishment. Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Dr Md Farid Md Rafik said BTN will no longer be an agent that can be used by certain parties to ‘accentuate their own motives’. “Along with sociopolitical changes and the spirit of new Malaysia, BTN is in the process of re-branding and discussions on BTN's rebranding is still ongoing. "The review to develop its modules will emphasise the pursuit of noble values ​​in life and return to the original objective of its establishment," he said when winding up the debate on the motion of thanks for the Yang di-Pertuan Agong's speech on behalf of his ministry in the Dewan Rakyat. He said the programme aims to bring more focus to foster self-esteem in terms of race, culture ...

source: http://www.luxuo.com/ KUALA LUMPUR – The Finance Ministry plans to sell off the super yacht ‘Equanimity’ which is reported will be arriving in Malaysia today. Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said the ministry was eyeing to dispose of the vessel at the highest price to enable Malaysia recover some US$250 million (RM1 billion) – the vessel's reported price tag. “It (the yacht) will be under the custody of the government of Malaysia. The ministry's concern is to get the best value for the ship. “If we leave it (just like that), every day you've got to pay maintenance costs and you'll get to see the asset deteriorate, diminish and depreciate,” he told reporters at Parliament lobby. Lim said  Attorney-General Tommy Thomas would prepare the relevant documents so that proper controls could be imposed over the super yacht. Lim noted that the luxury yacht would be displayed to the public before being sold off. “We hope the p...

KUALA LUMPUR -- A total of RM7.43 million from RM7.6 million expenses and payments made by the Institute of Islamic Strategic Research Malaysia (IKSIM) cannot be accounted for, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (JPM) Datuk Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa. He said following an internal audit on the institute it was found that the financial procedures were unclear and purchases were made not in accordance with the purpose of request. "Only RM0.17 million or 2.2 per cent were confirmed to be expenses while the remaining amount cannot be accounted for,” he said when winding up the debate on the motion of thanks for the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s speech for his ministry in the Dewan Rakyat. Later in a press conference, Mujahid said all IKSIM’s activities and accounts would immediately be frozen. He said the ministry would also look into efforts to revive the institute and safeguard the welfare of all its staff. "We have m...