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Karnival Kerjaya Kedah 2009
August 1st, 2009
Back online…
August 1st, 2009 | Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email After an agonizing month without Internet access (well I did manage to squeeze some time to check mails and blog twice in the last 28 days), I’m back online. There’s 4000++ mails to be cleared and 40 over comments to moderate in the blog…hope can settle it tomorrow. Apologies to those who inquired about education issues – I’ll try to answer all of them by end of weekend.
Well, what’s been brewing in July? I heard about the death of Teoh who was being questioned by MACC Selangor, death of Yasmin Ahmad, the MAIKA issue, 5 deaths due to AH1N1, announcement of Amanah Saham 1Malaysia, still unresolved saga of Kg Buah Pala, Kuhan death case, Rm15 million allocation for Indian youths etc.
Looks like its going to be a hectic August…
SMIDEC Johor grant recipient statistics
July 2nd, 2009 | Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email Probably another reason is that there’s too many place to apply to! 🙂
THE bulk of the nearly RM39 million worth of grants approved by the Small and Medium Industries Development Corporation (Smidec) for Johor entreprenuers between 2003 and 2008 were channeled to non-Bumiputera companies.
State Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development, Education and Higher Education Committee chairman Datuk Maulizan Bujang said non-bumiputera companies received RM29.86 million while Bumiputera companies received RM8.83 million.
“There are various reasons why the Bumiputera applications for loans were turned down. Among them is the lack of minimum requirements such as a business licence,” said Maulizan, adding that the state government would encourage more Bumiputera entrepreneurs to apply for financial aid from Smidec.
A committee under the state government will work with Smidec to desseminate information about the grants.
Kampung Buah Pala residents protest photos
July 2nd, 2009
Kedah DAP to pull out from state government
July 2nd, 2009 | Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email This may be signs of things to come. In Penang, its PKR. In Selangor, its PAS. In Perak, its all three of them.
In Kedah, the DAP has one representative in the state assembly. The state DAP has decided to pull out, subject to HQ feedback. Reason given – “undelivered promises” by the Kedah government, and not giving equal treatment to all Kedahans.
State DAP chairman Thomas Su Keong Siong, said the decision to demolish the 30-year-old abattoir was the last straw.
“We are pulling out of the state government as we find we can no longer work with other PR assemblymen,” he told reporters here two hours after the abattoir, located near a densely-populated rsidential area, was demolished by Alor Star city council workers.
The demolition, which started about 3pm, proceeded smoothly for about two hours despite the presence of a small group of DAP members, including Su, who held placards protesting the move.
Su, who is also state assemblyman for Pasir Pinji in Perak, said the state government had failed to handle the issue properly.
He said he had met state Housing and Local Government Committee chairman Datuk Phahrolrazi Zawawi on Tuesday to ask if the state executive council had agreed to the state DAP’s request to delay the demolition.
“He told me he would raise the matter with Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak. Today, I received an SMS from the state executive councillor (Phahrolrazi) that the matter had not been discussed at the weekly state executive council meeting today,” he said.
Su, who was careful not to mention Azizan’s name throughout the press conference, said he had also learnt that the city council was planning to demolish a multi-purpose hall at a Hindu temple in Jalan Pegawai and a Chinese temple in Jalan Tanjung Bendahara here.
He said other issues that substantiated the DAP’s claims about the state Pas included the state government’s policy of a 50 per cent housing quota for Bumiputeras and the delay in approving a building plan submitted by the Kedah Buddhist Association.
The problem came to a boil after an illegal pig abattoir was demolished by Alor Setar City Council two days ago. The demolition of the slaughterhouse was another reason which had prompted the state DAP to quit the pact.
“Although the slaughterhouse was operating on land belonging to the Alor Setar City Council, the state government has the power to postpone the demolition. This will give more time for the Kedah Pig Traders and Slaughterer Association which operates the slaughterhouse to find a new site,” he said.
Mayor Datuk Khazali Din was quoted as saying recently that the abattoir had been erected illegally on the site for the past 30 years.
The council had ordered the association to vacate the place several times since 1995 with the latest in May this year.
Kedah MB says its DAP’s fault because didn’t do anything to solve the problem in the last one month (Kedah DAP had failed to deliver on an alternative site for the facility after asking for a month’s grace) , while Kedah PKR admits that its shoulders part of the blame for not acting fast to solve the problem. However, PKR supports the demolishment.
