MyKad Commercial Applications To Be Expanded

PUTRAJAYA, May 31 (Bernama) — Life as Malaysians will soon be more convenient and simplified as plans to expand commercial applications in MyKad is underway.

Multimedia Development Corporation Sdn Bhd (MDeC) chief executive officer Datuk Badlisham Ghazali said: “Now, there are nine government applications and 28 commercial applications available in MyKad.

“By the end of next year, we are going to increase it up to 60 commercial applications in MyKad,” he told Bernama here.

“We confidently said that because the government has agreed to the standards and processors in terms of how to open up MyKad for commercial applications while maintaining the security of confidential and government data,” he added.

Have you encountered this before?

When you go to Government department let’s say Ministries at Putrajaya, at many occasion you have to park your vehicle before the security check point. Then, you have to register yourself there and exchange your MyKad for a security pass temporary.

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I don’t see this piece of news in other mainstream newspaper online but Kwong Wah Daily only. Does he deserve that? Who’s fault? Who should be blamed?

“若我孩子做错事，警方可以给他传票或逮捕他回警局，为何要这样对他？”
If my child does something wrong, the police can give him a summons or arrest him back to the police station, why treat him like this?
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Rela chief: Give us more power

If he had his way, People’s Volunteer Corps (Rela) director-general Zaidon Asmuni would like to see the body equipped with even wider powers than it now holds.

“We want not only the power to check passports and travel documents. If you ask me, we want more than that. We want the power to investigate and prosecute in court,” he said in an interview.*

“But who am I to ask for this? We just follow decisions made by the top. For now, we will follow whatever is stated in the law.”

* my personal opinion, they should not give more power. We are not and we don’t prefer live in “police” country.

We have so many enforcement forces in our society. However, have these forces really help to make our society nice to stay, secure to go out, safe for kids play around, or the other way round?

Read this piece of news, do you think they are already out of line?

Food court operator sues Rela

SEREMBAN: A food court operator has filed a suit against Rela for alleged abuse of power and corruption.
Chen Yau Choy, 57, claimed that Rela officer Mohamad Yusof entered his Cahaya Food Court in Ampang, here, and displayed his firearm without any reason, scaring away customers.

Not yet, we have more to read. This really makes me feel very uncomfortable

Two days later, Mohamad came with a team of Rela officers to the food court at 9pm to detain Chen but was unsuccessful as Chen called the police.
A few hours later, Mohamad returned with his team and detained and handcuffed Chen. Chen said he was detained in a police lock-up at the Ampang police station for 11 hours.

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Say this LOUD and CLEAR to them, we understand better than them.

Role of women and youth vital

KUALA LUMPUR: The Muslim world must discard bias against women and youth who have not been given the opportunity to contribute to society, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said.

He added Muslims must acknowledge that women and youth have the greatest potential to contribute constructively to the advancement of the Muslim world.

Unfortunately, said the Deputy Prime Minister, some societies in the Muslim world give scant attention to women and youth, (which is) a worrying trend that has already proved detrimental to the development of Muslim societies all over the world.

“We witness a serious lack of representation of women in certain Muslim societies, giving rise to gender marginalisation.

Who are them? You may want to refer these posts

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I came across to this letter this morning while having my breakfast.

I was educated in Christian missionary schools in Penang. Those were happy days. There was no racial polarisation and we mixed and studied and played together – Malays, Chinese, Indians, Eurasians and the odd white kid or two. The medium of instruction was English but I think we couldn’t have cared less if it was Greek.

This is not the first times I heard this story. Many people in his age told me that before. They really miss those old days.

But it looks like instead of building on the systems we are more intent on destroying them. Our judiciary, once admired by other Commonwealth countries, is now a disgraced institution. Our parliament is a laughing stock, a circus of bumbling clowns and raving maniacs, goons and hoods. Our educational system produces docile and unquestioning little minds. Our electoral system is rigged to maintain the cabal in power.

I found myself hardly to disagree with his points above, did you?

‘Grandpa, were the BN bad and cruel people?’
Zeekhay May 25, 07 2:52pm

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M’sian Students Abroad Must Respect Social Contract - Zam

BANDUNG, May 26 (Bernama) — Multi-racial Malaysians, especially students studying overseas, must strengthen unity among them at all times and have mutual respect for each other including not questioning what has become a social contract in this country, Information Minister Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin said.

Being the chosen ones, he said the students must be mindful of each others’ sensitivities and not raise questions on matters that have been ingeniously agreed to by the country’s forefathers nearly 50 years ago.

“Matters like how the Chinese and Indians can become Malaysian citizens, why only the Malays can become rulers, why Islam became the official religion and why Bahasa Malaysia is the national language should not be questioned anymore,” he said when speaking at a dinner with Malaysian students at the Padjajaran University in Jatinangor here last night.

I don’t think students abroad asking those questions. Make it clear, who questions those (for example) mostly? Remember what have been highlighted in the GM of you-know-what-party-is last year?

And, few people read blog, so don’t read.

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Where’s leak? After parliament now is the brand new Court complex!

With permission of the author (Mr.Zunar). Million thanks to him. More cartoon at here

Leaked Pipe Causes Flood At Court Complex

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 (Bernama) — Less than a month since the Court Complex in Jalan Duta started operations, during which it had faced various problems such as collapsed ceiling, cracks and power disruption, it again drew the limelight today when a leaked pipe flooded the cafeteria on the ground floor.

Water seeped out to the dining area from the service room, where the water level was ankle deep, flooding about 90 percent of the cafeteria which can take 450 people at any one time, forcing those who were eating to move to a dry area.

A lawyer, Muhammad Ariff Arshad said he noticed that water was flowing out of the service room which resulted in the chairs and tables being moved, and customers having to move out of the dining area.

“What is regretful and frustrating is that it had not even been a month (since the Court Complex became operational) and a flood has occurred at the canteen, a place where we come for food and drinks. This is as though, they (judiciary) were given a fake product, or product without quality,” said lawyer M. Manoharan.

What our Works Minister will says this time? Another million Ringgit Malaysia, perhaps? Where is the quality? Where is the standard? Where is the system? We have heard so many ISO certificates awarded to many Government departments. Well, what’s wrong actually?

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Dress Code Proposal To Check Sexual Harassment

PENANG, May 22 (Bernama) — Two state assemblymen Tuesday proposed a dress code for women aimed at checking sexual harassment and violent sexual acts against women.

Shabudin Yahaya (BN-Permatang Berangan) said the way women dressed up was among factors that led to sexual harassment and violent sexual acts being committed. *1

“The women’s dressing nowadays can entice men to harass and do things to them,” he said when debating the motion of thanks in the state assembly Monday.

Datuk Jasmin Mohamed (BN-Sungai Dua) said women’s pursuit of position prompted many of them to put aside their responsibility to the family and was one of the reasons for the violent sexual acts. *2

*1 ~ Sexual harassment happens because of women dressing? Again, we have someone blaming others for some people’s evil acts.

“The women’s dressing nowadays can entice men to harass and do things to them,”

What do you think? May I ask?

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Be Responsible, Maintain Harmony In Society, Zam Tells Bloggers

KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 (Bernama) — Information Minister Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin Tuesday reminded bloggers of their responsibilities in maintaining harmony among Malaysia’s multiracial society.

“We do not consider them (bloggers) as a threat but we do not want to return to the era where we depend on rumours (for news),” he told reporters after launching the Malaysian Press Institute’s (MPI) new logo here today.

“Lately, I found that most of the (political) bloggers have the tendency to question the basis of the social contract which had been agreed upon by our forefathers,” he said.

Zainuddin said that about 20,000 out of the 11 million Internet users in the country were actively involved in political blogs.

Thanks, many responsible bloggers are well aware that. They don’t blog to ruin country’s harmony.

If they don’t consider bloggers as a threat, why they keep on “remind(s)/warn(s)” bloggers in mainstream newspapers for how many months already?

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Samy Vellu told to stop passing the buck

TOKYO: Stop blaming others. It is your duty, so just do it, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi told Works Minister Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu today.

Abdullah was commenting on the issue of the lack of maintenance of the Parliament building resulting in its leaking roof and faulty wiring.

You may want to have a look on this post as your reference.

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