Having An Interim/Caretaker Prime Minister Is Actually Nothing New In Malaysia

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It was announced today (16 August) that Pagoh Member of Parliament (MP) Tan Sri Mahiaddin Md. Yasin had been placed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (YDPA) as Malaysia’s Caretaker Prime Minister until a new PM can be appointed.

The decision was made following Mahiaddin and his entire Cabinet of Minister’s resignation this afternoon.
Read More: Mahiaddin Is Now Malaysia’s ‘Caretaker’ Prime Minister, GE15 Not Advised
Déjà vu
Last year, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed also handed in his resignation to the YDPA following the fall of the Pakatan Harapan government prior to his temporary appointment as the Interim Prime Minister before Mahiaddin took over.
Truth is, Malaysia has had an interim Prime Minister a bunch of times, we just never realised it.
An interim Prime Minister is just a member of the cabinet serving the role of a prime minister
An interim Prime Minister does the same things a prime minister does. (Credit: Twitter/@chedetofficial)
An interim prime minister, also known as an acting prime minister or also sometimes a caretaker prime minister is just any member of the cabinet who acts as the prime minister when the prime minister isn’t available.
Usually, the deputy prime minister performs this role. And basically, every time the prime minister goes overseas and isn’t around or falls sick and can’t perform their duty, the deputy prime minister becomes somewhat of an ‘interim prime minister’
The concept of an interim prime minister, however, may not be expressly stated in law,  but it is done by convention, which means it is common practice.
Malaysia has technically had many interim Prime Ministers
All of our prime ministers except Tunku Abdul Rahman started their terms somewhat as interim prime ministers. (Credit: TRP)
If we don’t count the times the deputy prime minister has to act as the prime minister, Malaysia still has had many interim prime ministers.
Every time a prime minister passes away while still in office, or steps down, the member of the Cabinet who takes his place is basically an interim prime minister.
One easy example is when Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi stepped down from being Prime Minister in June 2009. This was before the end of his term, and so the Deputy at the time, Datuk Seri Najib Razak took his place.
In this sense, Najib was considered an interim Prime Minister because he didn’t win the position from an election. Instead, he was a senior Cabinet member who took over power until the next general election.
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Another example was when Tun Abdul Razak passed away while still in office in January 1976. He was seeking medical treatment in London when he died. After news of his passing reached Malaysia, Tun Hussein Onn, who was the Deputy Prime Minister took over and sat as interim Prime Minister until the following general elections, just like Najib.
Of course, in both these examples, Najib and Tun Hussein were officially commissioned into the position by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and took the oath of office.
But, if you look at all our past prime ministers, they all came into office in the middle of a term because the former prime minister either died or stepped down. The only Prime Minister whose term began from a general election is Dr Mahathir during GE14.
Though there was that one time when it did matter
 The members of the caretaker government a.k.a National Operations Council. (Credit: Malaysiakini)
The only other occasion when an interim prime minister was a big deal was actually during the May 13th riots.
At the time, Tunku Abdul Rahman was the elected Prime Minister while Tun Abdul Razak was the Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister.
After the government declared a state of emergency following the incident (darurat), a caretaker government was formed and chaired by Tun Abdul Razak, making him the de facto caretaker Prime Minister until peace was restored.
But our current circumstance isn’t quite like May 13th
For one, the front of Istana Negara looks like more of a food festival than a crisis right now. (Credit: WhatsApp)
May 13th was a state of national emergency, while our current situation is more of a political crisis that was triggered by Dr Mahathir’s resignation and the resulting dissolution of the Cabinet.
These two events are also part of the reason why Dr Mahathir was appointed as interim after handing in his resignation. Since his Cabinet had dissolved, there was no deputy prime minister for the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to elect as interim.
Furthermore, it is pretty much general knowledge that out of all the members of Parliament, Dr Mahathir is the one person everyone can agree on to be prime minister and this is possibly the reason why YDPA chose him back in 2020.
One possible outcome of that mess was speculated to be the formation of a unity government, but that didn’t happen.
Now Malaysia is again being temporarily lead by Mahiaddin prior to the instalment of a new Prime Minister and the 15th General Elections (GE15).

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Malaysia’s Traditional Dances Were Once Really Controversial, Some Were Even Banned

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Did you know that apart from traditional wear from each state, Malaysia has its own performance according to the region?

READ MORE: Did You Know Each Malaysian State Has Its Own Special Traditional Baju Designs?
Sure, you may know of the Joget or Zapin dance that we learned about in school, but we actually have more dances that you’ve never heard of– especially these ones, which have been controversial or banned in our history.
Although there are many more other examples of dances or performances, here are a few that you should know.
Here we go:
1. Mak Yong – Kelantan & Terengganu
Mak Yong is a traditional theatrical performance that has elements of storytelling, acting, dancing, and singing, accompanied by traditional instrumental music with intricate costumes. It is popular in the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia like Kelantan and Terengganu. It has origins in the Malay Palace in Pattani once upon a time, around 400 years ago.
There used to be an all-female cast for this performance as it is said to be performed to the female royalty, so even the lead hero was played by a female. Back in the day, a single story can be presented for several consecutive nights in a three-hour performance. This performance evolved from being done to the royalty to being done among the villagers for entertainment purposes. And the awesome part of it, it’s done in a local accent like Kelantanese.

Mak Yong done in 2015 on stage in Kuala Lumpur. (Credit: Manaweblife / Youtube)
Did you know that it was banned in Kelantan around the 1990s? Why?
Well, this performance was so ancient that it was widespread even before the Islamization movement kicked in. Apart from being done as a performance to the royalty, it was also done as a ritualistic healing practice therefore had some elements of animism and ancient Hindu-Buddist roots. Hence, the dance was banned due to not being Islam-compliant.
However, the traditional performance got recognition from UNESCO in 2005 where it was listed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity when it was performed outside of Kelantan. Nowadays, it is permitted to be performed in Kelantan but with shariah-compliant rules.

This version is done in Terengganu in a village setting. (Credit: Walkabout Asia / Youtube)
2. Kuda Kepang – Johor & Selangor
Kuda Kepang or Kuda Lumping originated from Java, Indonesia and made its way to Johor and parts of Selangor. This dance features 9 dancers with flat horses made out of woven bamboo (called Kepang) dancing as if they’re riding the horses.
But the most interesting part is that this dance is associated with mystical spirits! For a dance to commence, a ritual is done at the beginning (buka gelanggang) to invoke the spirits to ‘possess’ the dancers so that they could ‘perform’. The dancers will then perform for hours until the end, when the shaman (Tok Batin) will eventually free the spirits from the dancer’s bodies.

Modern Kuda Kepang dance done on stage. No rituals in this one. (Credit: Paris Nurashikin Mohamad Supian / Youtube)
Some say that while being in the trance, the dancers could do unbelievable things like jumping as high as six feet, eating shards of glass, tearing into coconuts with their bare teeth and enduring whip lashes without showing any signs of pain. Sounds cool but if you see it face to face we bet it’s eerie.
Banned in a Fatwa (legal ruling) in 2009 by the Johor Mufti
Of course, all the spirits and possessing are against Islamic law and are considered superstitions and shirk. The dance and its controversy were heatedly debated when it was banned in Johor in 2009. However, it made its way back into the cultural arts world by removing the superstition and shirk parts of the performance. Hence, no more being possessed and screaming out of nowhere on stages, hopefully.

We’re honestly getting goosebumps already watching the scary but very interesting masks and the rhythmic dancing. (Credit: PentasPusaka / Youtube)
3. Tarian Dabus – Perak
Popular in Perak, the Dabus dance is a warrior dance that has roots in Sumatran and also the Middle East. It was not originally a dance but an art of self-defence. An art that started almost 300 years ago in Perak, this dance features dancers moving to the beat of the traditional music and singing while holding the dagger called ‘anak dabus‘. The ‘anak dabus’ looks like a sharp tool with a four-bladed head (sort of looks like an egg beater/whisker). But the head design can differ.
This dance used to be done during the Islamic times in Arab when the warriors would dance this courageously to scare off their enemies for the battle. They could walk on blades of swords, be compressed by big rocks, walk through fire, be bitten by snakes and injure themselves with the daggers. All of the injuries would be treated by the leader of the group (khalifa) after some incantation and healing. That was the original one though.
These daggers are called ‘anak dabus’ (left) and these dancers are ‘stabbing’ themselves with the ‘anak dabus‘ (right). (Credit: Tarian Dabus, Ngadap Seni / Blog)
When the dance made its way to Perak, they retained some of the inhuman feats such as being stabbed in the hands and compressed by rocks. The good news is, the khalifa was still around to use incantations and rituals to treat the dancers before and after the performance. Don’t worry, the dancers were well taken care of.
Between Violating the Shariah (Islamic law) and Keeping The Tradition
Nowadays, the dance did not include any more real stabbing because, well, it didn’t sit well with society. There were rumours of people condemning this self-hurting behaviour and claimed that it was against the shariah. But it wasn’t banned or anything as some religious experts said that as long as they don’t hurt themselves or practice any superstition, there would be no reason to ban it. So the modern Dabus dance became one of the unique traditional dances of Perak today.

The modern dance is actually quite unique. You can see the ‘stabbing act’ in the video at minute 2:20. No real stabbing, FYI. It would be a bloody stage if it were.  (Credit: cawangan RnD JKKN)
4. Boria – Penang
Now this one is more on the fun side. This is because Boria is a parody theatre that’s filled with skits, dancing, singing and… flamboyant costumes. Penang’s Boria is meant to entertain the audience with its comedic stories and foreign-influenced dances (Cha-cha-cha, Rumbas, Bollywood, etc).
The dance actually originated in Persia a long time ago where the original version of it was a passion play called ta’ziyeh, a reenactment of the defeat of Imam Hussain in the Battle of Karbala in 680 AD. This passion play evolved and was brought to Penang in the 19th century by Indian Muslim soldiers.

You gotta train them young. (Credit: Berita RTM / Youtube)
Passed down to generations of Indian Muslims (also called Jawi Peranakan) in Penang, the performance was adapted to the Malay tradition and also a combination of other cultures. Then the exclusive and unique Boria tradition was born. Now, truly eccentric and a part of Penang’s intangible heritage, a Boria performance involves a comedic sketch followed by a musical segment of dancing and singing, led by a lead singer (tukang karang).
 Used to be banned by the British
Did you know that Boria used to be banned by the British here back in the 1930s? The reason behind this was because of its satirical and anti-colonisation stance. In fact, it was banned in the whole Straits Settlements including Melaka, Kedah and Singapore except for Penang. Penang managed to survive the ban because of its dancers, singers, merchants (good platform for business sponsorships) and Malay politicians (good platform to spread Malay nationalism at the time).
Thanks to the unsuccessful ban, this art performance still remained today and is a vital part of Penang heritage.

Some of these performances are examples of Boria done on TV and also on stage during festivals. The first two minutes are an example of the skit while you can see the flamboyant performances on stages starting from minute 3:16. (Credit: Omar hashim Omara / Youtube)
That’s actually not all the ‘forgotten dances’ we have in Malaysia! We also have gems such as Mek Mulung from Kedah, Menora from Kedah and Kelantan, Jikey from Kedah and Perlis, and also Hadrah from Perlis.

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Top 10 most stolen cars in Malaysia (as of May 2019)

Things have been great since cars started becoming a thing.
No more riding on horses or trouble getting your Kereta Lembu ready in the morning.

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And definitely no
more of that pesky walking business.
Unfortunately, ever since weâ€™ve had cars, we also had to deal with car thieves.

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Today the Vehicle Theft Reduction Council of Malaysia (VTREC) released a list of the topmost stolen cars in Malaysia for the first half of 2019.
The council which consists of several enforcement agencies and trade organizations is a coordinated task force to tackle cases of grand theft auto in the country.

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So, here are the top 10 hottest cars â€“ at least among thieves – in Malaysia;
10. Honda City

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The Honda City has always been popular among Malaysian car buyers, and apparently, it’s quite admired by thieves too.
This family sedan produced by the Japanese manufacturer since 1981 has seen many different variations over the years.
Since the second-generation model was introduced in the country in 2019, the car has seen more than 100,000 units sold.
With 24 units stolen this year alone, weâ€™re betting it is quite the lucrative prize among car thieves as well.
9. Honda Civic

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The dream car of many hot-blooded, trigger-happy teens has gone through many changes since the first two-door model was introduced in 1972.
This Japanese machine has been credited to be among the best cars that the nation of the rising sun has to offer, noted as being reliable and having excellent performance.
Well, this trend is bound to keep on going, as the car takes 9th place with a total of 28 units stolen this year.
8. Nissan Vanette

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Being the No.1 choice for transporting goods and annoying school children, the Nissan Vanette has been in production here in Malaysia since 1997.
This nifty vehicle was initially introduced by its Japanese manufacturer as a minibus, of sorts, quickly proliferated to streets around the world offering great versatility with its economic and compact design.
The van seems to be an all-round choice for thieving too, with 36 units stolen in 2019.
7. Proton Saga

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Coming in at 7th place with a total of  40 units stolen this past year is none other than Malaysia’s very own iconic Proton Saga, the country’s first ever production car.
Being Proton’s flagship model, the Saga has stood the test of time as the manufacturer’s longest-running nameplate on the assembly line for over 31 years.
With its third-generation models released in 2016, the budget-sedan has proven itself to be a favorite among locals and carjackers alike.
6. Proton Waja

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Though suffering the stereotype of being a Mitsubishi Lancer clone, this sexy saloon has the reputation of being the first-ever car to be fully designed in-house by Proton.
Even with the carâ€™s production being discontinued, the Waja still remains admired by its fateful owners and still wanted for its durability and for being quite budget-friendly.
The car was even being sold in the UK under the name Proton Impian at one point.
It comes in at number 6 for car thieves who are looking to make their dreams come true.
5. Perodua Myvi

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Credited to be the most successful car model in Malaysia, there are currently an estimated 1 million Myvis habituating the national roadways to date.
This subcompact car introduced back in 2005 was the result of the manufacturerâ€™s collaboration with Japanese companies Toyota and Daihatsu, with its third-generation model being designed fully in-house here in Malaysia.
A total of 49 units of these small, speedy bugs were stolen this year, making it the 5th most favorite among Malaysian car thieves.
4.  Toyota Hilux

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Coming in at 4th place is the Toyota Hilux, this massive pickup truck was first introduced in 1968 has gone through multiple upgrades over the years with its eight-generation currently available in the market.
It is a popular choice among drivers for its sturdiness and reliability which was highlighted during an episode of BBC’s motoring TV show, Top Gear, where it survived even after being plunged into the ocean.
A total of 52 units of these trucks were nicked in 2019.
3. Perodua Kancil
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The Perodua Kancil, the first-ever vehicle to be introduced by Perodua back in 1992, is a rebadged version of the Daihatsu Mira.
This small and versatile five-seater hatchback stands
triumphant as being one of the most preferred city-car in its time.
Most people would have had the experience of driving one of these babies when taking their drivers’ license test. Guess the car remains embedded in the memories of car thieves to boot with 70 units total stolen within the year.
2.  Proton Saga Iswara

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Not to be confused with the original Proton Saga, the Saga Iswara was released back in 1992 and made available as both a 4-door sedan and a 5-door hatchback.
This version of the car is noted to be cheap, reliable, and surprisingly fast for a vehicle from its time and was once the most popular choice for taxi drivers across the country.
A total of 82 units of these steel tanks were stolen as of 2019.
1. Proton Wira

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Thatâ€™s right folks if you havenâ€™t figured it out by now, the most popular car in Malaysia is neither a fancy Italian sports car nor a fearsome American muscle car, but none other than Malaysia’s very own Proton Wira.
Making its first appearance in 1993, the Wira which translates to â€œheroâ€ was based on the Mitsubishi Lancer and comes in a four-door saloon and a five-door hatchback model.
The Wira is known to be the perfect car for families and single folks alike for being practical, economical, comfortable and ultimately reliable in most ways.
Well, one thing you could definitely rely on is how panas the car is, with 127 units flinched away in 2019.

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A total of 35,953 reported cases of vehicle theft had occurred in 2018.
This year, 12,710 cases of theft have been reported in which 9,308 motorcycles, 2,721 cars, and 681 commercial vehicles were taken between January to May.
This translates to a 49% reduction in vehicle theft incidents over the course of five years. (So it’s not all doom and gloom…)
Do you by any chance own one of the cars listed above?

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MOE Aims To Offer More Language Subjects To Primary Schools To Attract More Parents

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MOE intends to enhance the number of language subjects taught in national primary schools.

Senior Education Minister Datuk Dr. Radzi Jidin stated that this is one of the government’s initiatives to make national primary schools the preferred option for parents.
Currently, he added, the ministry offers Mandarin, Tamil, and Arabic as extra communication language courses to students enrolled in national primary schools in the country.
The government will continue to strengthen Sekolah Kebangsaan through programmes highlighted in the Malaysia Education Development Blueprint 2013-2025.said Razdi Jidin in a written parliamentary reply

According to New Straits Times, he stated that the government has implemented eight actions to enhance and empower national primary schools.
Apart from ensuring that all Year One students master reading, writing, and calculating skills, Radzi explained that other measures included holistic student development, which included cognitive, affective, and psychomotor aspects; creating a healthy school culture; and strengthening the curriculum and sports activities implementation.
Radzi stated this in a written parliamentary response to Setiawangsa MP Nik Nazmi’s question regarding the ministry’s efforts to attract more non-Bumiputera students to national schools.
Radzi also discussed the MOE’s other initiatives to improve SK schools.
2. Radzi said this in a written parliamentary reply to Setiawangsa MP Nik Nazmi, who asked about the steps taken by the ministry to attract more non-Bumiputera students to national schools.Radzi also outlined various other measures taken on by MOE to strengthen SK schools. pic.twitter.com/xqBHtc6bGA— BFM News (@NewsBFM) October 6, 2022

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Johor Teen To Face 7 Rotan Strokes For Lighting Dog On Fire

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Braden Yap Hong Sheng, the 18-year-old student who set a dog on fire last month, has been sentenced to seven strokes of light caning after he was convicted of animal cruelty.

Judge Che Wan Zaidi Che Wan Ibrahim also ordered that Braden Yap be released on a one-year good behaviour bond of RM10,000.
Braden pleaded guilty to causing excruciating pain to a brown female dog by beating and setting the dog on fire.
He was charged under Section 29(1) of the Animal Welfare Act 2015 on 27 March in Taman Impian Emas.
Wan Zaidi said he took into consideration that Yap was a young first-time offender who showed remorse and pleaded guilty at an early stage.
READ MORE: Johor Teen Who Set Dog On Fire Apologises, Netizens Not Pleased
The court sees a prison sentence as not appropriate. However, it is the court’s responsibility to also give an appropriate punishment by taking into account the public interest factor as a lesson to the accused and the community so that this act does not happen again in the future. All living beings, including animals, have a fundamental right to be protected by the law and to live in peace.Judge Che Wan Zaidi Che Wan Ibrahim
The Johor Bahru sessions court has fixed 21 May for the public caning sentence against the accused at Sessions Court 4 at 9am, New Straits Times reported.
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What happened?
On 27 March around 2am, Yap was caught on camera beating and lighting up a brown dog on fire in front of a veterinarian clinic at Taman Impian Emas, Johor.
A veterinary doctor Salehatul Khuzaimah M. Ali said the dogs showed no signs of aggression towards Yap even when abused.
There have been allegations that it wasn’t the first time Yap abused and harassed dogs.
My Forever Doggo, a platform dedicated to the well-being of dogs, claimed that two of their dogs have been repeatedly abused by Yap.
Yap’s mother said that her son was chased by dogs before and suffered broken bones and fractures. They have apparently made a police report regarding the matter too.
She also brought Yap to the veterinarian to apologize when the incident went viral, but the apology wasn’t accepted.
On 31 March, Yap was charged with animal cruelty at the magistrate’s court.
READ MORE: Johor Youth Suspected Of Setting Dog On Fire
READ MORE: Cops And DVS Investigating Case Of Dog Set On Fire in Johor

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[Watch] Young Rugby Player Hands His Medal To Hannah Yeoh And Asks For Support For The Sport

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A Tiktok video of a young kid giving his medal to Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh has gone viral.

  @hannahyeohmp Apabila diberi pingat oleh kanak-kanak #DemiMalaysia #Ragbi #AnakKecil #Anak #Hanayo  ♬ Tanpa Batas Waktu – Elsa Japasal

In the video, the young boy handed the medal he won in a rugby tournament last week to Yeoh as she was exiting the Cobra Sports Complex and requested her to support rugby.
Rugby is a famous in our country, however it appears the athletes are not as appreciated as those in football and badminton.
The Malaysian Rugby League Premier was founded in 2004. It was formerly known as the MRU Super League.
Malaysia has also produced a talented team to represent the country in the Asian rugby tournaments.
One of the players from the national team, K Dinesvaran had the opportunity to be the first Malaysian to compete in the grandstands of rugby, the Major League Rugby (MLR) in the United States, as reported by New Straits Times.
Although we have such talented players in our country, they are still not recognized. There is yet to be a National Stadium for rugby although the planning for it began last year.
Upon completing the stadium, the rugby sports could have a better future in our country as it can open doors for international games to be held and also more domestic games.
The converstion between Yeoh and the young kid caught the attention of many people.

His only message and hope for the minister is to improve and support the rugby sport here.

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Former Chief-Sect To Govt Ali Hamsa Dies

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Former chief secretary to the government Tan Sri Ali Hamsa passed away at the age of 66 at a hospital in Dublin, Ireland.

Ali’s passing was confirmed by the current chief secretary to the government Tan Sri Mohd Zuki Ali in a statement today.
“On behalf of members of the civil service in Malaysia, I would like to extend our condolences to the family of Tan Sri Dr Ali Hamsa who has returned to rahmatullah today on April 21 at Dublin Hospital in Ireland.
“The 13th chief secretary to the government was an icon in the country’s public service,” the statement reads.
The Kluang, Johor born joined the Administrative and Diplomatic Services in 1981 and had since served various departments and ministries.
This includes the International Trade and Industry Ministry, Transport Ministry, Economic Planning Unit, the National Institute of Public Administration (Intan), Public Services Department, Public-Private Partnership Unit as well as the Prime Minister’s Department.
Ali served as the chief secretary to the government from 23 June 2012 to 30 Aug  2018 before he was succeeded by Tan Sri Dr Ismail Bakar, the predecessor to Mohd Zuki.
“His passing in the holiest months of Ramadan is a big loss to the nation and the public service. May his soul rest among the righteous,” said Mohd Zuki.

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People in Selangor will have to adhere to additional rules during the Movement Control Order

The Selangor state government has decided to impose an additional set of rules with regards to the Movement Control Order.
Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari said the decision to impose the additional rules was made after a meeting with the presidents of local councils and district officers on Friday.
Restaurants, food stalls and convenience stores are only allowed to operate from 6.00am to 12.00 midnight daily and the same conditions also apply to supermarkets and grocery stores.
Workshops and spare part outlets are also allowed to operate from 9.00am to 4.00pm but the state government has decided to suspend operations of food trucks, night markets and pasar tani (Farmerâ€™s markets)
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“The state government takes it very seriously that certain quarters of the society still flout the order to stay at home and not to go out except for critical necessity as outlined (by the government) he said in a statement.
“These orders are effective until March 31 as has been set through MCO by the federal government,” he added.

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What Squid Game Taught Me That’s Not About Winning A Mass Murder Game Show

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After societal pressures brought upon countless memes and media writing about it, I finally watched Squid Game and I can finally rest in peace, but not in the way some characters do so on the show.

Yes, there’s a lot of death involved in Squid Game but that’s to be expected from a show described as a South Korean survival drama.
What is Squid Game?

The Netflix series released on 17 September revolves around 456 players in a bid to win a whole lot of cash.
It sounds like any other contest except the games they play revolve around traditional children’s games, and the price of losing is your life.
For film fans of this kind of genre, it’s a cross between the Japanese thriller Battle Royale and Hollywood’s Hunger Games, and imagine they had a ménage à trois with Saw.
Written, created and directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk, the idea of Squid Game came up over ten years ago and is based on his economic struggles at the time.
The show also focuses on the class disparity within South Korea – something the Oscar-winning movie Parasite does so well too.
But is it good?
If watching all nine of the hour-long episodes in the course of a weekend says anything, then yes it was good.
It was also gripping, sadistic, and aroused nearly every emotion from anger, disgust, fear, happiness, and sadness.
Now that the hype has been relieved and I’ve had a few days to let it settle, Squid Game is more than clever to turn seemingly innocent children games into weapons of mass destruction, it teaches us important life lessons too.
The following may or may not contain spoilers so read at your own risk:
So, what did watching Squid Game teach?
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Money doesn’t always guarantee happiness
Most of the players of Squid Game were in debt. Although the show doesn’t go into detail about why each character is there, we do learn the bulk of their problems comes from gambling, bad investments, and unemployment just to name a few.
While spending the money that first got you into debt may have given you temporary happiness, the headache of having to pay those debts off far outweigh it.
So what do you do to feel happiness again? You chase for more money, and with money as the biggest motivator in Squid Game, it doesn’t always have a happy ending.
Migrant workers do good but get mistreated anyway
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We are introduced to a character in the series called Ali (played by Anupam Tripathi) who is a migrant worker from Pakistan working in a factory trying to support his family. But due to unforeseen circumstances, still needs money to get by.
We grow to like Ali for his cheerful disposition and to an extent – his naivety. He also (*spoiler alert*) risks his life to save an important character early on in the show and doesn’t have a “you owe me” attitude towards it either.
His positive character traits ultimately work against him, which sadly is also a metaphor for many migrant workers in real life.
Children’s games may be psychologically damaging
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Speaking of metaphors, the children games played with a deadly twist in Squid Game can also be interpreted as psychologically damaging when played without having your life at stake.
One of the games, for example, calls for teams to be formed and is an awful anxious-ridden flashback for people who’d often get picked last in PE class.
Studies have found evidence that the pain of being excluded is not so different from the pain of physical injury.
Rejection also has serious implications for an individual’s psychological state and society in general. These people sometimes become aggressive and can turn to violence.
Never give up – not even in a pandemic
This may be an obvious one because if you give up in Squid Game (e.g. accept defeat and lose) you die.
The lesson is not in the games themselves, but in the show creator’s grit to pursue with the series after the script was rejected for 10 years.
Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk (centre) with Park Hae Soo who plays Sang-woo (left) and Lee Jung-jae who plays Gi-hun (right) (Credit: Netflix/Youngkyu Park/PA via Yahoo)
At one point, Dong-hyuk had to halt on the scriptwriting and was forced to sell his $675 laptop for money.
In the decade or so waiting for the script to be picked up, several studios deemed it “too grotesque and too unrealistic”.
And while the pandemic forced many people to give up, Dong-hyuk believes it was the classist issues brought to the forefront during the height of the pandemic that made Netflix decide to purchase the show.
As of today, Squid Game still tops Netflix Malaysia’s  “Top 10 in Malaysia Today” at number two but previously reigned at number one for several weeks.
The series has also trended at number one in more than 90 countries.
Not bad for a show that was released nearly a month ago but took 10 years to grace the screens.

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What’s Going On With Undi 18 Right Now

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Automatic voter registration and eligibility to vote at the age of 18 is expected to be feasible only after 1 September next year said Chairman of the Election Commission (EC), Datuk Abdul Ghani Salleh.

Based on reports from Berita Harian, he said that they should be realistic with the development and current situation in the country which is generally still in the period of Movement Control Order (MCO) to curb the spread of Covid-19.
Indirectly, he said, such a situation affected the EC’s planning and preparations for the successful registration of automatic voters and 18-year-old votes, which was previously expected to be implemented in July this year.
Lawsuits are incoming
Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (MUDA) has declared that it will take the government to court over the matter.
The Star quoted MUDA pro-tem committee member Lim Wei Jiet who said efforts are ongoing to file a case against the government.
Undi18 has also issued a statement to hold the Government accountable to their promise and are facilitating a legal action to compel the EC to allow 18 to 20-year-olds to register as voters.
They said that legal action is expected to be filed on 2 April.
Credit: Malay Mail
Some politicians are mad
Muar Assemblyman Syed Saddiq went on Twitter to question the delay, pointing out the inconsistencies in the government’s policies.
A 17-year-old student can be compounded RM10,000.Youths who are 18 years old can’t vote.It’s okay to take our money,but we can’t vote.Syed Saddiq via Twitter
Pelajar umur 17 tahun boleh dikompaun RM10,000.Anak muda umur 18 tahun tidak boleh mengundi.Nak ambil duit kita boleh,nak mengundi tak boleh.#PNipu#PNakut#PNgecut— Syed Saddiq (@SyedSaddiq) March 25, 2021
Meanwhile, Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin slammed the EC’s latest statement which he says contradicts what they said on 7 June last year.
In a statement published on his website, he said it should be noted that the EC’s statement last year is just a repeat of the statement issued by the former Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, the late Datuk V.K Liew in October 2019 which has set the same target.
The reason that the Movement Control Order (PKP) has affected the planning and preparation of the EC is also unreasonable as the PKP has been implemented for more than a year. In fact, the response of the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) in the Dewan Rakyat in November last year also still maintained the July 2021 target for the implementation of Vote 18 and this automatic registration. Less than 5 months after the answer in the Dewan Rakyat was issued, the EC inadvertently announced the postponement of its implementation to more than one year, namely September 2022 compared to July 2021.Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin
Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah also questioned the move on Twitter, and said that that the definition of youth and maturity is subjective.
To make a national policy, a certain age is usually chosen. This is what happened in #Undi18. Age 18 is accepted as mature. Dewan Rakyat has approved #Undi18 & automatic registration. It is good that the implementation is expedited.Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah via Twitter
Definisi belia, matang dsb adalah subjektif. Utk membuat dasar negara, lazimnya umur tertentu dipilih. Inilah yg berlaku dlm #Undi18. Umur 18 diterima sbg telah matang. Dwn Rakyat telah meluluskan #Undi18 & pendaftaran automatik. Eloklah pelaksanaannya disegerakan.— Saifuddin Abdullah 🇲🇾 (@saifuddinabd) March 26, 2021

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Child Labourers, Diminishing Orang Asli Rights & More – Latest UN Report Shows Devastating Reality of Poverty On Malaysians

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The United Nations’ (UN) Report of the Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights recently made available online today reveals the troubling reality of poverty in Malaysia and its devastating effects.
The 20-page report prepared by the former Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, was compiled following a August 2019 visit to Malaysia where he travelled to Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Sarawak, Sabah, and Kelantan.
In Malaysia, Philip met state and federal government officials, international agencies, civil society, academics, and people affected by poverty in urban and rural areas. He visited a soup kitchen, a women’s shelter, a children’s crisis centre, low-cost housing flats, a disability centre, indigenous communities and informal settlements and schools.
His presence was to report to the Human Rights Council on the extent to which the Government’s policies and programmes relating to extreme poverty are consistent with its human rights obligations and to offer constructive recommendations to the Government and other stakeholders.
Here’s some of the devastating realities revealed in the report:
Poverty is effectively a crime in Malaysia
Philip noted that poverty is in effect criminalized by the Destitute Persons Act, which allows authorities to take into their charge people deemed destitute and penalizes resistance with up to three months’ imprisonment.
Civil society groups have pointed out that the Act has been used to detain homeless people without trial.
In response to the report the government said that in order to control vagrancy, any person who refuses or resists to be taken will be charged under section 11 and on conviction, will be sent to a welfare home or to imprisonment.
The Special Rapporteur, Philip Alston, visiting Sungai Buloh prison in Selangor.(Credit: Bassam Khawaja 2019/ UN Special Rapporteur)
Social protection is sharply declining
Malaysia’s social protection in 2017 was lower than all Southeast Asian countries for which data was available.
The report also pointed out the strangeness of Malaysia’s social protection spending not rising in step with gross domestic product (GDP), alongside inadequate investment and schemes, results in only small irregular benefits that are too small to make a real difference.
Credit: Bernama via Malay Mail
The social protection system is fragmented, inadequate, underfunded and poorly targeted. Most importantly, as UNICEF has noted, the system has “virtually no redistributive or poverty reduction impact.”Report of the Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights

Poor Malaysians Stay Poor And That’s A Fact

We still have child labourers
It turns out that the child poverty rate in Malaysia is three times the national poverty rate with no adequate support system addressing the problem and the Social Welfare Department financial assistance scheme declining since 2013.
Only 69,000 of 160,000 children under the national poverty line received aid in 2019.
Child labour is also highlighted as a deep concern, especially in palm oil plantations where an oppressive quota system drives families to bring their children to work as unpaid labourers.
A child labourer collecting oil palm fruits at a plantation in Sabah.(Credit: Jason Motlagh/The Atlantic)
The missed-opportunity cost of child labour, as well as inability to afford school uniforms, books and supplies keeps children in very low-income families out of school.
The report also understands that poverty inadvertently becomes a main driver of child marriage which has severe implications on children including  increased risk of health problems and loss of education.
Orang Asli have the highest overall poverty rate
Orang Asli of Gua Musang.(Credit: Jabatan Kemajuan Orang Asli (JAKOA)/Facebook)
In the report, Philip writes that the indigenous people or Orang Asli have the highest overall poverty rate and are in desperate need of better protection of their customary land rights and more effective access to quality health care and education.
One challenge he notes in reviewing the existing data on poverty and inequality is that it is not presented in a manner that distinguishes gender or differences between Malay and non-Malay Bumiputera, which obscures crucial details including the reality of the Orang Asli’s situation.
The Special Rapporteur meets with indigenous communities in Sabah.(Credit: Bassam Khawaja 2019/ UN Special Rapporteur)
The report also highlights that no government official could produce an assessment of educational outcomes for indigenous peoples.
Indigenous peoples continue to face discrimination despite laudable commitments to promote their rights. Government officials misunderstand or dismiss their goals and ways of life with alarming regularity.Philip Alston, former United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.
The Orang Asli in Pos Tohoi, Gua Musang, put up a banner demanding recognition of their customary land during a visit by former deputy rural minister R Sivarasa in August 2019.(Credit: Bernama via FMT)
Women are not working due to housework
In 2018, 60% of women not working stated housework as the main reason for not seeking employment, while only 3.6% of men feel the same.
Women in Malaysia shoulder a disproportionate share of housework, have an exceptionally low rate of workforce participation, are disproportionately stuck in lower-level jobs and are paid less than men.Report of the Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights.
A woman cooking inside her her Kota Damansara PPR unit.(Credit: Choo Choy May/Malay Mail)
LQBTQIA are overrepresented in poverty statistics
Due to persistent stigmatization and discrimination, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex people are overrepresented in poverty rates compared to the rest of the population.
Transgender people also face challenges in access to healthcare, education and employment, leading to long-term socioeconomic disadvantages.

In a statement released today following the release of the report, Philip found that Malaysia’s national poverty rate of just 0.4%, the lowest in the world, was based on a statistical sleight of hand.
Even with the change in government, the administration stands by the national poverty line of RM 980 per month for a household of four, about RM8 a day for one person to survive on.
He concluded that the current poverty line is inadequate and almost universally considered to be misleadingly low, and obscures the troubling reality that millions scrape by on very low incomes, now more so with Covid-19.

60 Million People Expected To Fall Into Extreme Poverty Due To Covid-19 Pandemic

Philip’s successor, Olivier De Schutter, is scheduled to present the report to the UN Human Rights Council on 7 July.
Read the full report on the United Nations website (HERE).

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This Man Shares Good Tips On How You Can Manage Your Moratorium Money

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The Malaysian government has announced the Pakej Perlindungan Rakyat dan Pemulihan Ekonomi (PEMULIH) worth RM150 billion to help Malaysians who who are still under the Movement Control Order: Phase 1 of the National Rehabilitation Plan.

PEMULIH aims to provide comprehensive assistance to the people with three main areas, namely:
Continuing the Agenda Prihatin RakyatBusiness SupportImproving Vaccination
Various types of assistance are offered through the Agenda Prihatin Rakyat, including; Bantuan Prihatin Rakyat or BPR, Covid-19 Special Assistance (BKC), Income Loss Assistance, Food Basket Assistance, and more.
In fact, like MCO 1.0 last year – Moratoriums for loan repayment deferment is also back for six months.
It will be given to all individual borrowers, whether from the B40, M40 or T20 group, and micro-entrepreneurs.
Applications will start opening on July 7, 2021.
What to do with the moratorium money?

Facebook user, Azizul Azli Ahmad, has shared a few tips of you can do with the moratorium money that you will receive later.
And for those who may not be very good at the whole money management thing, it’s a pretty interesting insight, especially during a time when the world is hit by a pandemic and having a bit of extra cash doesn’t hurt.
Here’s what he has to share:
First: Make an Emergency Fund savings. If we have a debt/loan of RM1,200 x 6 months every month that’s around RM7,200 in emergency savings.
This savings is for emergency expenses only. It is also for the purchase of basic necessities if it’s not enough. If you still have some salary left, use that salary money. Don’t use emergency funds to buy anything you need. Use only in emergencies!
New car rims are not an emergency!
Second: Can pay off the Credit card debt. If we have credit card debt up to RM4,000. Use this Moratorium money to settle this debt in stages.
Why a credit card? That’s because the interest rates that credit cards charge are very high. Between 12-15% of the rate. The longer the debt sticks with us the worse our finances will be.
Third: Take back the gold leased in Ah-Rahnu. The rate charged by Ah-Rahnu is usually 7.85% for a period of 6 months. If a year it becomes 15.7% which is a very high rate. Better to take it and keep it back in our house.
Fourth: If we have all the emergency funds, a stable salary, a good company, then try to settle whichever debt you can afford and the smallest first.
Let’s say we have a personal financing debt of RM3,000. So it is better to settle one of the 4 debts we have. This is called the snow ball effect. Settle the lowest remaining debt.
Fifth: Invest back, for people who know how to invest only but its not for newcomers to try. Use this money to invest. Make sure you know what you’re doing before investing, don’t just take anybody’s word and invest blindly
If this is your first investment, “I follow this investment sifoo. Pay only RM3000 to buy a house ”. Well forget about it, this is not the time.
In every cloud there’s a silver lining.

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The Rise of Digital Payments: How Grab Is Enhancing The Consumer Experience

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The pandemic has given an unexpected boost towards the spending habits of Malaysians with more people now opting to embrace digital payments than ever before.
In 2020, the average number of digital payments a person made in a year increased to 170 from 150 in the previous year, with e-wallets being the preferred payment method among consumers in Southeast Asia.
Grab Malaysia’s Head of GrabPay Priyanka Madan thinks that with digital payments being a focal point of Malaysia’s digitalisation journey, it has also been one of the easiest methods to adopt.
It is imperative for businesses to ride on this transformation wave and start rethinking their payment strategies to provide greater flexibility and a more seamless experience for their consumers. This would ultimately help to reduce friction and increase stickiness among consumers in digital payments.Grab Malaysia’s Head of GrabPay Priyanka Madan
Credit: Grab
Easier, smarter and more rewarding ways to pay
As a homegrown tech company, she said that Grab have played a part in empowering Malaysians to embrace the digital economy – including the introduction of GrabPay Wallet in 2018 and driving its adoption to provide seamless and convenient payments solutions for merchants and consumers.
Since its launch, we have introduced various features such as Save Using Points, and Pay with GrabPay (online and offline payments) to provide a more rewarding and affordable cashless lifestyle – all within one app.  Grab Malaysia’s Head of GrabPay Priyanka Madan
More features have also been added to the payment platform, with multiple payment methods allowing consumers to enjoy more flexibility, which she said makes every amount spent more rewarding with GrabRewards, enabling consumers to save more.
Credit: Grab
With GrabRewards, consumers can use their accumulated points to redeem exclusive deals or vouchers to offset payments at their favourite GrabPay merchant stores. With the Save Using Points feature, over 400 million GrabRewards Points have been used by GrabPay consumers to offset their bill payments in Q2 2021. Grab Malaysia’s Head of GrabPay Priyanka Madan
Grab’s latest payments offering is PayLater – which allows users to split the payment into four monthly instalments instead to allow consumers to manage their finances responsibly.
Our internal data showed that over 80% of consumers use PayLater as a budgeting tool to ease cash flow and not as an avenue to increase their total liabilities. In fact, 72% of Grab consumers agree that having more ways to pay is important to them.Grab Malaysia’s Head of GrabPay Priyanka Madan
They even roped in more traditional finance players like Maybank with the introduction of the Maybank Grab Mastercard Platinum Credit Card in 2020 to provide Malaysians with even more rewards for their digital-first lifestyle and everyday spending.
Credit: Grab
With the Maybank Grab Mastercard Platinum Credit Card, cardholders will be able to earn more GrabRewards Points faster and easier, which can be used to redeem any Grab or partner vouchers, offset bills and make payments.
The Maybank Grab Mastercard Platinum Credit Card has also been recognised as the Best Credit Card Product by the Asian Banker Awards demonstrating our strategic partnerships to bring superior products and services for consumers. Despite being launched in the midst of the pandemic, the credit card has received positive responses and has managed to garner a strong take-up in Malaysia.Grab Malaysia’s Head of GrabPay Priyanka Madan
To celebrate their one-year partnership anniversary, they’ve also  come up with the Maybank Bonanza Challenge 6.0 from September to October and with rewards for consumers (both new and existing cardmembers) when they spend with their Maybank-Grab-Mastercard Platinum Credit Card.
Here’s how you can join in:
First time Maybank Credit Card holder
Apply, activate and spend a minimum of RM300 within 45 days with the Maybank-Grab-Mastercard Platinum Credit Card to receive RM100 cashback (applicable for first time approved applicants);
For all new Maybank Grab Mastercard Platinum Credit Card holder (during the campaign period)
Win 6-months worth of GrabFood (RM6,000 GrabPay credits) or a Nintendo Switch Lite for spending using their Maybank credit cards during the campaign period.
Credit: Malay Mail
What’s next for Grab
Priyanka said that Grab welcomes opportunities to collaborate and form strategic partnerships with like-minded industry partners and the government to drive the nationwide adoption of digital payments.
She added that they believe that reducing friction in digital payments not only benefits consumers but the platform’s merchant-partners as well.
We launched GrabPay DuitNow QR nationwide, Malaysia’s National QR code that is designed to offer consumers with a safe, easy payment method for in-store purchases, and give merchants access to millions of consumers who have adopted the digital-first lifestyle. Grab Malaysia’s Head of GrabPay Priyanka Madan
Credit: Grab
Grab has also helped businesses of all sizes, she said, to digitalise and thrive in the digital economy.
In the past year, we welcomed a wide variety of merchants to the platform, from wet markets and hawkers to grocers and health and beauty merchants nationwide. We have enabled merchants to serve Grab users through our robust payments and rewards ecosystem, while providing convenience to consumers to purchase essential items and be rewarded when using their GrabPay Wallet.Grab Malaysia’s Head of GrabPay Priyanka Madan
Citing Google’s e-Conomy SEA 2020 report, she said that e-wallets transactions rose to an average of 25% post-Covid-19, which indicates that consumers will continue to use digital payments, given their convenience.
We are humbled by the opportunities and support in our efforts to drive digital payments growth in Malaysia. We will continue innovating on our offerings to better serve the digital and financial needs of our consumers and merchants.Grab Malaysia’s Head of GrabPay Priyanka Madan
Credit: Grab

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Washington Post Thinks “Teochew” Means Porridge And Asians Are Baffled

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Asians love porridge. Asians also love to share the love of porridge with others.

However, a Washington Post writer accidentally angered Southeast Asians by making a mistake in a simple article about rice porridge.
Known as juk or jook in Korea, bubur in Indonesia, lugaw in the Philippines, teochew in Singapore and dozens of other names around the world, there are an endless variety of ways to make a simple rice porridge. https://t.co/oiqxKPNsZ0— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 23, 2022
In one paragraph, author G. Daniela Galarza writes about how porridge goes by many names in different countries.
However, she mistakenly wrote that porridge is called “Teochew” in Singapore.
Teochew is an ethnicity, whereas Teochew-style porridge is the kind of rice porridge commonly served in Singapore and Malaysia, which consists of plain white rice porridge with various toppings such as century egg, chili oil, pickled vegetables, and more.
This simple mistake has caused the original tweet to be blasted by Asians and other readers.
2/ Just to be clear: Teochew is a dialect group, of which I'm part of. There is a form of porridge called "Teochew Porridge", a form of dining where porridge comes with different kinds of dishes.— Keep-Away-From-Me-Kenneth (@lrjk1985) May 23, 2022
My mom is of TeoChew Chinese ethnicity, I'm gonna start calling her Porridge now thank you— Marc Jit Singh (@MarcJitSingh) May 23, 2022
Information on Teochew porridge is not difficult to verify at all. In fact, Teochew porridge has its own Wikipedia page that clarifies its name, origins, and role in Southeast Asian cuisine.
Others managed to turn the mistake into an opportunity to make fun at Westerners instead.
I'm gonna refer to French fries and "French" from now onSee how u angmo like it— BabblegumSam #LumenRyderCore is FULLY ITCHFUNDED (@BabblegumSam) May 23, 2022
While we’re flattered that local Asian cuisine is gaining international attention, perhaps it’s best to fact-check with a local or two before stating assumptions as facts.

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How huge amounts of rubbish & Foodpanda waste wound up in Gombak jungle

This week, the Malaysian internet is abuzz by the sight of huge amounts of rubbish and Foodpanda waste dumped in the jungles of Gombak.
The shocking discovery came to light when Facebook user Andy Hickson shared the troubling image and video on Sunday (3rd November).
In the video, Andy lamented his shock and horror at finding the disgusting heap of rubbish besmirching the pristine Malaysian jungles.
What the? What are you doing? Chucking all this rubbish. Look at that! The jungle is not a dumping ground you ignorant a**holes.Andy Hickson via Facebook
What’s more, he exclaimed that the dumped trash was mainly ofFoodpanda waste and in the shared images, bright pink food delivery bagsemblazoned with the company’s panda logo could clearly be seen.
Credit: Andy Hickson/Facebook
Following the massive uproar on social media, the fooddelivery company has come out with a statement to explain their side of thestory.
Foodpanda told Malay Mail that an investigation has been launched on the matter and they have also reached out to Andy for the exact location to remove their trash immediately.
They also insisted that the company practiced ethical waste management, working with suppliers to properly dispose spoilt delivery bags.
Credit: Andy Hickson/Facebook
According to their statement, the Foodpanda delivery bags are dismantled, sorted and sent to recycling facilities.
What’s really happening?
While there is no concrete proof to ascertain if Foodpanda was aware or responsible for illegally dumping their rubbish, this scene is actually not unusual in Gombak.
According to Andy’s replies to the Facebook post, he came acrossthe pile close to the Orang Asli Hospital along Jalan Gombak.
Credit: Mohd Faiz bin Abdul Manan
Residents living in that area told Malaysiakini that the dumping has been going on for years where unscrupulous parties will dispose waste every day, hiding in the dark of the night.
Resident and CEO of Jungle School Gombak, Major Kalam Pie said that the Selayang Municipal Council (SMC) appointed a company to take care of this route. Instead of clearing out the rubbish however, the contractor sends a backhoe loader to push all the trash into the ravine.
As it turns out, this cancerous problem has been the bane of Gombak since 2015!
Four years ago, The Star had reported that TEN illegal dumpsites in Gombak were still operational despite the orders of then Menteri Besar Azmin Ali to SMC to shut it all down.
But it seems that little was done to address the issue.
Back in June this year, it was reported that the residents of Jalan Gombak had been complaining of air pollution caused by all the rubbish accumulating at a nearby landfill which was believed to be operating illegally.
Why dump at Gombak?
In the 2015 report, The Star discovered that garbage collectors preferred dumping rubbish at illegal sites in Gombak instead of the legal dumpsite located at Bukit Tagar because it was nearer and cheaper.
They paid RM30 to RM50 to dump rubbish illegally in Gombak while a trip to Bukit Tagar would cost garbage collectors around RM100.
Why is this a problem?
Due to the scale of the issue and the proximity to Sungai Gombak, the river’s water quality has been threatened. This was reported in 2017.
Meanwhile hundreds of dead fish spotted floating in Sungai Gombak in August this year went viral, later confirmed to be caused by lack of oxygen with fishes’ gills filled with sediment.
Hundreds of dead fish (along with rubbish) spottted in Sungai Gombak in August 2019.(Credit: Global Environment Centre/Facebook)
Sungai Gombak is classified as a “Slightly Polluted River” with water quality is rated at Class 3 (unsuitable for human activities) in the 2015 River Water Quality report by the Environment Department Malaysia.

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[Watch] Freedom! Young Girl Attempts School Escape By Climbing Through Gate

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School students run away from school for various reasons. It could be due to reasons such as boredom, the fear of being punished for not finishing the homework, or simply to enjoy the thrill of escaping and getting away with it.

While we don’t know the reason for this young girl’s “prison break,” her breakout attempt was caught on video.
In the video, a young girl could be seen walking along the school gate calmly before making an attempt to climb out.
When her first attempt failed, she tried again at another section of the gate, successfully squeezing through the grille, tumbling over on the other side, and making a run towards freedom. The poor school teacher wasn’t fast enough to stop her in time.
Fortunately, two school security guards managed to stop her and brought her back to school.
She looked so glum when one of the guards carried her all the way into a classroom.
awal dapat lesen fly pic.twitter.com/P3rIzJsBw4— 🇲🇾 (@localrkyt) March 20, 2023
Netizens jokingly said that the girl got her license to “fly” early since most of them attempted to run away from school when they were in Form 1.
A netizen said the girl was lucky because she was found by security guards instead of someone with malicious intent. They praised the guards for acting fast and for bringing her back to school.
It also emphasised the importance of having good security guards stationed at schools.
The girl’s attempt to run away from school also triggered netizens to recall their schooling days.
One of the netizens shared their memorable experience as a school prefect who had to stop their younger sibling and cousin from running away from school.
Netizens were also amused at the sight of the guard carrying the young girl in her arms back to school.
Despite the hilarity, the incident also brought up the security of the gate as the gaps between the metal grille were still wide enough for a child to squeeze through.
Thanks to the little escapee, the gate’s security flaws were demonstrated with video evidence. Hopefully, the school will look into it to improve the current security.
Kecik kecik dah tahu fly😂😂😂😂😂😂😂— GEL ombang ABAH (@psikosong) March 20, 2023
Aku belajar panjat pagar ponteng sekolah pun masa form 1. Adik ni lagi advanced 😂😭😂😭😂😭 https://t.co/796Den64Jx— Aaaaaaa-ArtBlock!!! (@YayaOkita) March 21, 2023
Nasib security yang jumpa kalau bad guy? Ko jangan nak nyanyi lagu billie eillish pulak eh— hafiza multis (@peppermintgi) March 20, 2023
dulu ak pengawas skolah rendah, satu hari tgh duty meronda ak nmpk ade 2 org bdk nk fly pagar blakang..ak woiii kn je dr jauh, skali bila tgk bebetul adik n czn sndiri eh..ak marah tnye npe nk lari skolah siap bag bgai..sambil nangis dorang ckp cikgu sandingkn dorang dlm kelas 😂— شفيقه شهيد (@syafieqashaid) March 20, 2023
Its the dukung masuk sekolah dgn security guard tu had me 🤣🤣🤣🤣Dah bukan walk of shame dah, dia pura2 pengsan ke tu, eee cute 😂 https://t.co/Xs8Gq1jnvN— ikssy (@ikssy_) March 21, 2023
Benda ni sangat bahaya. Imagine la klu dia terlepas. Dah la budak lg apa pun taktahu.— Hanis Hasbullah (@HanisHasbullah_) March 20, 2023
Comel je cara dia mencarik lobang utk meloloskn diri. haha. cumanya bahaya sangat2 la kan. Pagar sekolah/taska pasni kene design elok2 supaya xde budak boleh lepas. hihi— Normasilla 🇲🇾  (@mas4638) March 21, 2023
Aduhh 😅😆, syukur Sekuriti alert nampak budak ni. Risau juga kalau telepas— -KT- (@kamilahtaufik90) March 20, 2023

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Customer Finds Mould On ZUS Coffee’s Sausage Roll, Company Apologises

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A customer found mould on food served by the coffee chain ZUS Coffee while dining at the KL East Mall outlet.

The mould was on its Firecracker Chicken Sausage Roll, and the incident happened on 28 January at 2.44pm.
The customer then alerted the staff, who compensated the customer with vouchers and removed all the hot dogs from the shelf.
The customer also reminded everyone to be careful and alert about the condition of their food before consuming it.
We deeply apologise for the recent mouldy Firecracker Chicken Sausage Roll incident at KL East Mall. Investigations found that a chiller malfunction caused the contamination. ZUS Coffee has reached out to the customer to offer a full refund and medical compensation. https://t.co/wvbnEJdUAh pic.twitter.com/XrnUcHIicf— ZUS Coffee® (@ZusCoffee) February 3, 2023
ZUS Coffee has released a statement to apologise after the matter was made known publicly on social media.
Once again, we are deeply sorry for the disappointment caused to our customer, and to the ZUS community.ZUS Coffee
They have conducted an investigation and found that a chiller malfunction was the cause of the mould contamination despite their standard operating procedure in place.
There are multiple processes put in place to safeguard and enhance food safety to ensure the final products our customers receive are of good quality and safe to consume. Unfortunately, things can go wrong if even one small detail deviates.ZUS Coffee
ZUS Coffee said they have reached out to the customer and are awaiting a reply. They will fully refund the food order, provide the recommendation of a medical panel, and compensation for medical treatments needed to ensure the customer’s health and safety.
ZUS Coffee reiterated its promise to improve and maintain good food standards for its customers.
Any feedback can be channelled through their official channel at support@zuscoffee.com so that ZUS Coffee can reach out and respond immediately to any future incidents.
Netizens urged ZUS Coffee to carry out checks
Since it wasn’t the first time ZUS Coffee encountered food safety and hygiene issues, customers are feeling wary.
Some advised ZUS Coffee to maintain a daily checklist to check the chillers and freezers. They said a chiller malfunction happens but is preventable with daily checks.
Others also urged the company to carry out a full check on each outlet’s standard operating procedures and maintenance to avoid similar incidents again.

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Stay Safe And Win A Nissan Navara, Plus Many More Prizes When You Use Your Boost eWallet In October

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In the current coronavirus pandemic, eWallets have become all the more useful and important.

eWallets enable efficient social distancing to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus and save peoples’ lives.
From purchasing goods or services on a smartphone, to shopping at pasar malam and malls, consumers can avoid cash and contact-based payments by using an eWallet.
With an eWallet, there will no longer be the hassle of queuing at ATM machines and banks.
Apart from the safety and convenience, eWallets also offer rewards in various forms such as instant cashback and reward points that can be used to redeem prizes or reduce total payments.
In other words, safety, accessibility, and ease of transaction – all in one secure and convenient app.
For those who have yet to enjoy the benefit of using eWallets, or still have doubts, Malaysia’s homegrown lifestyle eWallet app Boost is lining up some exciting giveaways in October for all its users so there’s no better time to download and try it.
Launched in 2017, the cashless payments innovator is celebrating its 4th Anniversary “Boost Birthday Bash” and to reward its users, Boost is giving out cashback, prizes & rewards worth over RM1.4 million.
The following are some of the deals available throughout October:
Pick & Win

Spend using Boost, earn Boost Coins and redeem entrees for a chance to win special prizes, including a brand new Nissan Navara pickup truck, iPhone 13 Mini, iPad Mini, Samsung Galaxy Watch 4, and more!
Fun Fridays

Every Friday, Boost will be hosting fun contests on its official Facebook & Instagram pages where users will stand a chance to win RM40.
Saturday Savings

Every Saturday, Boost will be dropping special redemption codes on its official Facebook & Instagram pages, which users can redeem in-app to enjoy RM4 savings on essentials, bills, online shopping & more.
Birthday Deals All Month Long
Shopping Online Lagi Best with up to RM240 Cashback. Just follow these easy steps to get instant cashback for ZERO coins:Step 1: Go to My RewardsStep 2: Browse RewardsStep 3: Go to tab “For Rakyat” to redeem
The campaign period is from Oct 13 to Oct 31. Enjoy amazing deals from Boost partners including Pizza Hut, Servay Online, Go Shop, Vettons, Photobook
Referral Rewards

Know someone who isn’t on Boost yet? Get them to join the Boosted lifestyle and stand to win an RM500 referral reward. Here’s how:
1. Tap on “Refer & Earn” in your Boost profile2. Send your referee your invite code3. Get your referee to download the Boost app and insert your invite code when prompted.4. Once your referee credits RM20 into their Boost app, a RM5 reward will be credited to your Boost account.5. Become the Top Referrer of the month and you’ll stand a chance to win an extra RM500 referral reward.
To know more about Boost and its offerings, be sure to visit their website today! Or if you want to get started on your Boost journey right away, download the app now!

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There Are More Vehicles Than People In Malaysia, Expert Says

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The number of registered vehicles in the country has surpassed the total number of the human population, New Straits Times reported.

Road safety expert Professor Dr Kulanthayan K.C. Mani of Universiti Putra Malaysia said that there were 33.3 million registered vehicles nationwide compared to 32.6 million people in the country last year.
According to the report, 47.3% of the 33.3 millions registered vehicles were cars, 46.6 % were motorcycles while 4.7% were goods vehicles. The rest were buses, taxis, self-drive car rentals and others.
This, according to Dr. Kulanthayan has largely contributed to the traffic congestion in the country which had worsened over the years, especially during long holidays.
He said that the country’s population was recorded at 32.5 million in 2019 and increased between 300,000 to 400,000 annually, bringing it to about 32.6 million in 2021.
“What is surprising here is that the vehicle population in 2019 was 31.2 million. Subsequently, it increased by one million every year. In 2021, it was registered at 33.3 million.
“For the first time ever, in 2021, the trend of vehicle population outpaced the human population. Over all these years, it has always been the reverse.
“The vehicle population now is high. If this trend continues yearly where vehicles are rising to the tune of one million, then we are going to face even more horrendous traffic congestion,” he was quoted by the English daily.
He said that he will observe whether the traffic congestion would sizzle down after the weeklong school holiday.

“It was common for traffic to be clogged during festivities and peak hours and then it returns to normal. But looking at the situation now, it is beyond that. Hopefully it will ease.
“If it does not, it means we have a clear cut issue of the overwhelming number of registered vehicles in the country.”
Covid-19 among contributing factors to traffic congestion
Dr. Kulanthayan also said that the pandemic had brought about domino effects on traffic conditions, while adding that the government’s introduction of the automotive sales and services tax exemption in June 2020, which was extended to 30 June 2022 could also be a contributing factor that led to the soaring number of vehicles in Malaysia.
Credit: Sayuti Zainudin/Malay Mail
“Now, we are seeing even more vehicles on the road and this could contribute to traffic jams. That is why you see this happening nationwide and not just in the Klang Valley.
“The pandemic had also caused some to lose income and they had resorted to taking on several jobs which means they are travelling multiple times a day and spending more time on the road. Some may have taken up p-hailing and e-hailing jobs, which was in demand and allowed during the Movement Control Order period.
“Money-strapped families may also have an extra family member going out to work now to sustain their household, what more with the rising prices of food. Now they are forced to work so it adds on to the extra people making travels.
“Whatever work they embark on, it attracts more travel and the use of vehicles,” he added.
Build more rails, not roads
Dr. Kulanthayan also advised the government against building more highways or adding more lanes to existing roads as it wouldn’t solve the traffic congestion that we are facing.

He said that the government should instead channel its focus to investing and further improving the nation’s public transportation infrastructure, especially the rail-based public transportation system.
“It is the government’s duty to provide public transportation and when they do that, it is best to channel more to rail-based public transportation and we also need road-based public transportation for ‘first and last mile’ connectivity.
“However, there should be more rail-based public transportation because it is much safer compared to road-based transportation due to the presence of various types of vehicles on the road. Rail crash incidences are very low,” he said.
Industries too have a role in reducing traffic congestion
Industries should also play their part in helping to ease the traffic congestion, said Dr. Kulanthayan
He suggested that industries could provide transport for their employees or give travel pass subsidies or incentives for their employees to utilise the public transportation systems.
Dr. Kulanthayan also said that employers too could reintroduce the work-from-home policy on a rotational basis to help reduce the traffic jam, adding that the policy had worked well during the lockdown.

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Watch this Malaysianâ€™s touching tribute to his father that won him an international award

When you lose a loved one, sometimes you wish you could tell them one last thing before theyâ€™re gone forever.

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Thatâ€™s exactly what Victor Chen felt when he lost his father to lung cancer. â€œI wanted to whisper â€˜I love youâ€™ to him [â€¦] But I didnâ€™t know how to express my love for him then.â€ he told Free Malaysia Today.
And so, he chose to say it with â€œMy Baâ€™s Radioâ€, an emotional film that won him Best Short Film award at the Mantova Lovers Short Film Festival in Italy last May.
Picture Credit: Screenshot from Viddsee
Victorâ€™s directorial debut beat out 1,500 submissions from around the world at the inaugural Italian film festival which carried the theme The Love That Survives Over Time.
With Father’s Day just around the corner on 16th June, Victor’s film hits us right in the feels.
The nearly 11-minute film centres on a sick father who clings on to the memories of his late wife through a small radio and his son who does not know how to reach out to him.

Picture Credit: My Ba’s Radio Facebook Page

 â€œMy Baâ€™s Radioâ€  is especially profound to the Seremban-born filmmaker whose father always carried a radio around with him. What’s even more touching is that the film was shot on his late fatherâ€™s birthday at Victorâ€™s grandfatherâ€™s house in Semenyih.

 Picture Credit: My Ba’s Radio Facebook Page

He admits that the entire project was a personal and emotional one for him and his crew of passionate friends, who were supporting him throughout the film-making process.

 Picture Credit: My Ba’s Radio Facebook Page

â€œMy Baâ€™s Radioâ€ is so beautifully made that it also won Best Short Film and Best Cinematography at Panasonic Digital Short Film Competition 2016 and presented at Tokyoâ€™s Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2017 as well as various film festivals in the US, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and France.
 Picture Credit: My Ba’s Radio Facebook Page
Watch Victor’s genius for yourself in the award-winning short film below.(Warning: Get a box of tissues ready because your eyes are about to turn into Niagra Falls)


Malaysian Artist Sets Up Solo Show In New York City Titled ‘Anak Dara’, Batik Art Selling For Over RM16,000

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Malaysian-native artist Azzah Sultan has made her mark in New York City with beautiful Malaysian-inspired contemporary art presented at her first solo show titled ‘Anak Dara’.

Although she is of Malaysian descent, she was born in Abu Dhabi and lived across Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Finland. She moved to New York at 16 years old. As such, she notes that staying in touch with her heritage has been a lifelong exercise.
Her solo show is titled ‘Anak Dara‘, which translates to virgin or maiden. It is a term of endearment often used by her mother, says Azzah. This choice is intentional to explore the nuances of the term, which is loaded with assumptions and obligations as a Muslim and a person-of-colour living in the United States.
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For me, religion and culture is a fundamental point of my identity, as I am physically seen as Muslim with my hijab. But within my art I try to display those parts of my identity in a more nuanced way, where it doesn’t just symbolize the entirety of who I am but it is just a part of me, there is still so much more to me, this the use of the lack of body within the Anak Dara series of work. Azzah Sultan to The Rakyat Post
For her Anak Dara showcase, she used batik fabric purchased in Penang and brought back to the US and drapes the fabrics together in artistic forms, adding hand-stitched effects or mixed paint to bring the art to life.
 I was able to find fabrics, spices and objects of nostalgia simply by exploring my hometown with my parents and having them a part of the process of collecting these materials.Azzah Sultan to The Rakyat Post
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In this collection, she designed her pieces using silhouettes of her mother’s and her own hands in various Malaysian dance moves that we may find intimately familiar. Her pieces also make use of negative space woven in with batik fabric.
Her largest designs are three almost full-sized hand-stitched batik fabric with acrylic paint on canvas titled Melipat, featuring our traditional wear.
Spot the wildly familiar wooden tiled floors the art pieces are displayed on!(Credit: Trotter & Sholer)
These designs are on display and priced at $4,000 (around RM16,672) per piece!
There are not a lot of Muslim women doing art, so I felt the need to present myself in a certain way.Azzah Sultan to White Hot Magazine
Speaking to The Rakyat Post, she mentions that while she has not held any shows in Malaysia before, she would love the opportunity to do so.
I am currently working starting a new body of work soon and I hope in the future to display these artworks back home, InShaAllah.Azzah Sultan to The Rakyat Post
Congratulation to Azzah Sultan on her achievement! We hope to see more of her artistic endeavors and Malaysian-inspired art elsewhere and back home too!

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Key Points From Ismail Sabri’s RMCO Daily Press Conference (June 11)

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Here are they key points from Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s daily press conference:
Hotels no longer serve as quarantine centres
Ismail Sabri said hotels in the country will no longer be makeshift quarantine centres for Malaysians who are returning to the country.
Those returning from outside of Malaysia are now required to quarantine themselves at home for 14 days.
The government in talks to allow for water-based activities
The Ministry of Youth and Sports will discuss with experts, the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Ministry of Housing and Local Government and other related agencies to finalise the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to allow for water based-activities to restart.
Ismail Sabri said the SOP will then be presented to the Ministry of Health and the National Security Council.
E-hailing without time limit, passengers now limited to car capacity
The government has allowed for e-hailing and taxi services to operate round the clock again and they can fill up passengers according to the vehicle’s capacity.
Previously they were only allowed to operate up to 10pm.
Those wanting to use these services must download the MySejahtera app and they’re required to use cashless transactions.
Everyone in the vehicle will be required to wear masks during the trip and drivers must ensure that their vehicle is sanitised.
Express buses now can operate without time or capacity limit
Ismail said due to the nature of express buses having to travel cross country which requires a lot time, the government has allowed for them to operate without any time limits.
He also added that passengers can fill up the buses at full capacity, but bus operators must register passengers via the MySejahtera app or manually for contact tracing for Covid-19 related matters.
Everyone is required to wear masks at all times and operators are required to conduct body temperature checks and give masks to those who don’t have them.
Operators are also required to sanitise buses regularly.
Public transport can now operate at full capacity
Ismail Sabri also added that public buses, ferries, trains, will also be allowed to operate at full capacity like express buses.
For public transport where passengers can stand up like LRTs, they are required to observe preventive measures.
The train driver and passengers are required to wear masks, use the MySejahtera app and hand sanitisers.
Domestic flights are allowed at full capacity
Domestic flights are allowed to operate at full capacity but airliners have to adhere to measures such as body temperature checks, and those in the aircraft are required to wear masks.
Non-family members can now ride the same vehicle
The government has allowed for carpooling with non-family members according to the vehicle’s capacity.
Previously it was only limited to family members within the same house.
Many will travel interstate
Ismail Sabri said the government foresees that Malaysians will take the opportunity to balik kampung after restrictions have been eased during the RMCO.
As of 12 June, vehicles have increased on the PLUS highway from the previous day of 1.2 million to 2.04 million.
Meanwhile, Karak also recorded an increase in the number of vehicles from 37,789 on the previous day to 85,985 on June 12.
He said the police will monitor traffic and R&R stops to ensure the SOPs are observed.
Government to introduce Act in Parliament to address wedding cancellation payment issues
Ismail Sabri said the government is aware that some hall operators and make-up artists are refusing to refund deposits and payments even though weddings were called off due to the Movement Control Order (MCO).
He said the government will introduce a new Bill to Parliament to address this issue.
Patrons can report on businesses that don’t adhere to SOP
Ismail Sabri said that patrons can report to authorities if business premises do not adhere to SOP such as social distancing, body temperature checks, etc.
He said action will be taken on premises which ignore the SOP.

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Ipoh woman becomes clown on weekends to feed stray animals & pay for their medical bills

Clowns have not necessarily had the best reputations, from
terrifying us as kids to terrifying us as adults (Pennywise, anyone?)
But Nazirah Abd Rahman proves to us that clowns are not all
that scary. In fact, theyâ€™re harbingers of joy and hope. Well, this one anyway.
She dresses up as a clown on weekends to feed stray animals and pay for their medical bills!

 Credit: MALAY MAIL/Farhan Najib

The 42-year-old Ipohanâ€™s alter ego is called â€œMama Pinkyâ€- a
jolly jester who performs and sells brightly coloured balloons of all sizes at
a local cafÃ© in Taman Jubilee.
 Credit: MALAY MAIL/Farhan Najib
Why does she spend her weekends clowning around for strays?
The answer is simple- pure empathy.

â€œI really feel sympathy for them. Unlike humans, they canâ€™t tell whether they are hungry or in pain.â€
Nazirah Abd Rahman via Malay Mail.
Her tender heart cannot stand the sight of an animal in pain, so she does whatever she can to help the voiceless creatures.

Credit: Facebook

â€œWhenever I find stray cats or dogs, I will feed them and if they are wounded, I will bring them to the veterinarian.â€
Nazirah Abd Rahman via Malay Mail.
Nazirah tells Malay Mail that she has been on this â€œrescue
missionâ€ for over four years with around 50 cats in her home!

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 setiap dr mereka ada cerita sendri..pernah dbuang..dbenci…pernah ketakutan..pernah dlm keadaan bahaya… ini yg mampu kita bntu..byk lg yg lain kt luar sana perlukan kita untuk belindung… andai mereka x mampu untuk dsayangi..cukup lah dgn sedikit rasa kasih simpati kerana mereka jg layak hidup selesa n bahagia… #prayforstray #noraneko
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Before she became Mama Pinky, there wasnâ€™t much she could do
for the hapless strays. Once the face paint came on however, she could care for
more creatures AND give them proper medical care.

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Nazirah and her three kids have cared for those with broken limbs, festering wounds and even creatures that have died!

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â€œWhenever they find any injured animals, they will bring back home so that they can be treated. Even if the animals are dead, they bring them back home and bury them.â€ â€œHowever, if they found any injured or dead dogs on the road, they will help bring them to the veterinarian or bury them somewhere near.â€
Nazirah Abd Rahman via Malay Mail.
Itâ€™s so wholesome right? But this isnâ€™t easy for Nazirah to do though.
She estimates that it takes about RM400 a week to care for her cats and strays.
Thatâ€™s RM 1,600 a month just to help the animals!
While the amount may not seem too bad to some of us fortunate
ones, itâ€™s a sizeable amount for the kind soul who works as a beauty consultant
at a shopping complex in Ipoh.
After work, she rides about 20kms home to Batu Gajah, quickly slaps on the face paint and silly costume before riding back into Ipoh to perform at Konda Kondi Cafe & Bistro.

Credit: Facebook

She entertains patrons for two hours every weekend night until 11pm.
Then, she hops on her trusty motorcycle and goes for a spin
around the streets of Ipoh to feed the strays. Her nights usually end around
1am.

Credit: Facebook

Weâ€™re truly inspired by Nazirahâ€™s story and we hope that it
inspires you too!
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Marrybrown Is Doing Their Lucky Plate Promotion Again – Get 2 Lucky Plates For Only RM22

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Dear Fried Chicken lovers! Your prayers have been answered!

Marrybrown is doing its Lucky Plate Promotion again.
This time, you can get two Lucky Plates for RM22 only (which makes one Lucky Plate cost RM11). The original price for two Lucky Plates is RM31.40, which is RM15.70 for one meal.
In one Lucky Plate, you will get 2pcs of MB Crispy Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, Vegetable Salad and Roti Goreng.

Their 3-Day promotion starts today (22 February) and lasts till Friday (24 February) and is available for dine-in, takeaway, drive-in and drive-thru only.
The promotion is also valid for all Marrybrown restaurants except in Genting Highland, Sunway Lagoon, Johor Premium Outlets, Tan Hiok Nee, Mydin Bertam, Beletime, Batu Kawan, Forest City, Zoo Taiping and all airports.
So, what are you waiting for? Go snatch that deal before it’s too late!
Let’s enjoy their Crispy Fried Chicken for lunch, dinner or even breakfast!
Visit their Facebook and Website for more details.

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Malaysian Syabira Yusoff Wins 2022’s Great British Bake Off

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Syabira Yusoff, a Malaysian-born home baker has bagged first place in 2022’s Great British Bake Off.

The 32-year-old Cardiovascular Research Associate based in London joined the 13th series of the show earlier this September and managed to compete against 12 bakers from all over the UK.
From 10 episodes of the show, Syabira managed to win the Star Baker three times for Halloween Week, Custard Week and Pastry Week. A Star Baker is sort of an achievement for every episode where you’re the best among others in that particular week only.
Yesterday on November 15 (on the finale of the show), Syabira managed to beat Rehman Sharif, 29 and Sandro Farmhouse, 30 for the number one title.
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According to CNA, for the finale, they were tasked to create a summer picnic using seasonal ingredients from across the UK, excluding meats. The theme of the week was sustainability.
For the next technical challenge, they had to bake a “summer pudding bombe” and for the showstopper challenge, they had to design an edible sculpture of Our Beautiful Planet.
Although her creation collapsed in the technical round, she made a comeback to the next round by creating a huge Orang Utan sculpture holding up his rainforest home.
After her name was announced as the winner of the show, she beamingly told how her win was the “biggest achievment in my life”.
I’m coming out as a new person after this competition, I became more confident and I trust my instinct. We can do anything we want as long as we give all of our heart and work for it.Syabira Yusoff, GBBO 2022 Winner
Congratulations Syabira, we Malaysians are truly proud of you!
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After 22 Years, Fast Saga Coming To An End

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The Fast Saga franchise is nearing its end after keeping fans on the edge of their seats for 22 years. The franchise recently announced on Instagram that the Fast X will be released on 10 February.

This is the final movie in the saga as stated by Vin Diesel, the producer, star and co-creator of the final trilogy of the saga back in 2015, as reported by The Guardian.
The cast of the movie includes Vin Diesel as Dominic Torretto or Dom, Michelle Rodriguez (Letty Ortiz),  Jordana Brewster (Mia Torretto), Tyrese Gibson (Roman Pearce), Jason Statham (Deckard Shaw), and Charlize Theron (Cipher).
Jason Momoa joins the franchise as the villain and Brie Larson has jumped on the bandwagon as Tess.
Photo by: thefastsaga
The Fast Saga has a history of entertaining the people for over two decades with the first move The Fast and the Furious released in 2001 with Diesel and Paul Walker as Brian O’Connor in the lead.
Since then the franchise has created many memorable memories for fans around the world.
For the car enthusiasts, this saga has been a treat to watch each time. Not forgetting the usage of the Lycan HyperSport in the movie Fast 7 where it jumped between three buildings, and with O’Connor shouting “Cars don’t fly Dom” still bringing goosebumps.
Other notable scenes were the final race in the first movie between Dom and O’Connor with the iconic 1970 Dogde Charger R/T and the 1994 Toyota Supra Mark IV, the Nissan Skyline GT-R34 jump in the first race of 2 Fast 2 Furious and the air drop of the cars in Fast 8.
Screenshot from : Screen Bites
More importantly the moment where Dom says, ‘Money will come and go, we know that. The most important thing in life would always be the people in this room. Right here. Right now. Salud, mi Familia.’
Just as stated in the dialogue above, a great send off was given to Walker in the ending of the Fast 7 following the actor’s death.
The news of his death in 2013 shocked fans and the cast of Fast and Furious Saga. Walker passed away from injuries sustained in a car crash in California.
The beautiful song ‘See you again’ by Wiz Khalifah and Charlie Puth was played in the background of the send off scene as Dom said, “I used to say I lived my life quarter mile at a time. And I think that’s why we were brothers. Cause you did too…….”Still brings tears to our eyes.

However, from then onwards, the movies has been quite disappointing for fans and they expressed this through social media prior to the Fast X announcement.
Meanwhile there are still others who appear to be excited by the announcement.
Just like them, we are also eagerly waiting for the movie in May. Let’s hope the final ride will be one to remember.

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Should healthy people get off?

We’re talking about lifts here. Elevators if you prefer to speak American.
There’s a debate happening in Facebook for the past few days over whether young and healthy people should get out of a lift and make way for families in strollers.

The post over at the Brainless Driver Malaysia Edition Facebook page has over 2,000 shares and comments going both ways.

It seems like the more popular opinion is that lifts aren’t just for parents for strollers and so the first come first serve rule should apply to everyone, but parents with strollers don’t seem to agree.

However, there are some who say they would give way for pregnant women and the elderly.

Others are recounting their experience as parents with children who are forced to wait while healthy and unburdened people push and shove their way onto the lifts.

But what do you think? Should healthy childless people give way for parents when it comes to lifts and are there other situations where parents with children should have priority?


Proton Has Begun Shipping Out The Face Shields They Produced

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Last week, Proton announced that they were going to start producing face shields for the frontliners battling the Covid-19 pandemic.
This came after new that Malaysia was facing a shortage of face masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE) due to the sheer volume of PPE required during the outbreak.
Now, Proton has revealed that the company has started producing the face shields. In fact, the first batch of 8,000 units was shipped out on 16 April to hospitals in Kelantan and other East coast states.
(Credit: Proton)
The face shields were produced at the companyâ€™s Shah Alam plant, which has been quiet since 18 March when the movement control order (MCO) came into effect. But now, the plant is seeing a flurry of activity as staff members work hard to make the face shields.
In their statement, Proton explained that the process of producing the masks began with designing and testing prototypes as well as getting feedback from end-users to confirm the final product met their needs.
While that was going on, the project team also had to plan for a production line that met with Covid-19 health protocols but was still as efficient as possible.
PROTON is humbled by the response received both internally and outside of the company to our face shield project. The number of staff volunteering their services was overwhelming, despite inherent risks involved in leaving home and coming to work.Datuk Radzaif Mohamed, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Proton
(Credit: Proton)
According to Proton, many of their staff that volunteered to be part of this project from whom they picked 50 people. These employees worked on an assembly line to measure and cut the various components of the face shields before assembling all the parts into the final product.
The company took extra steps to ensure everyone was kept safe from possible infection by providing employees with PPE and establishing sufficient space between each workstation to maintain social distancing practices.
(Credit: Proton)
Proton shared that this assembly line is capable of making up to 3,000 units a day, and the company is expected to take roughly 20 days to produce the 60,000 units they committed to deliver.
Thankfully, they arenâ€™t doing this alone. In fact, the project is a joint effort with Protonâ€™s partners, such as Pos Logistics Sdn Bhd who contributed more than 2,000 large carton boxes to pack the face shields and ease transportation.
(Credit: Proton)
Besides that, HICOM-Teck See Manufacturing Malaysia Sdn Bhd contributed 1,500 kg of polypropylene, one of the main components in a car bumper, to be used to produce the frame of the face shield.
Meanwhile, the original design for the face shield was contributed by Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)

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