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mother in laws main cause of divorce

May 26th, 2009
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Mother-in-laws are the main reason why Indian couples divorces – so says a study by National Population and Family Development Board (LPPKN).  One can be quick to blame the suffocating mega-serials as part of the reason for this. Or the age gap  which leaves the mother-in-law stuck in the past while the daughter has move with the times.  Or even education level of women nowadays who don’t tolerate unwarranted attention and know their rights.

Next is infidelity at 25%. Blame it on ……work stress? alcohol? liberal thinking? loss of moral compass? lack of attention?

By the way, abuse is 5% of the reasons for divorce among the Indians.

Age plays are role too – it seems divorce is more apparent when on is age either below 25 or above 40. Meaning either lack of maturity, became brave, or becoming independent (financially) from the other spouse.

Parents-in-law or, more specifically, mother-in-law horror stories are widespread and with good reason as a study by the National Population and Family Development Board (LPPKN) shows.

Meddlesome in-laws are the main reason Indian couples divorce but it figures as one of the top reasons for divorce among Chinese and Malay couples, too.

The Malaysia Community and Family Study 2004 showed that the two other factors are incompatibility at 42.3% and infidelity at 12%.

“Interference of in-laws is the main reason why Indians divorce. It is the top ranked reason at 30%,” said LPPKN Director General Datuk Aminah Abdul Rahman when presenting a paper on Malaysia’s family profile and its effects Monday at Institut Kefahaman Islam Malaysia.

Infidelity is a deal breaker Malay and Indian marriages but it appears to be tolerated among the Chinese.

“Among Malays, the second most common reason for a divorce is infidelity and a refusal to put up with polygamy (enggan dimadukan),” she said.

“In the Indian community, infidelity is the second highest ranked reason for divorce at 25%,” she said.

However, the Chinese considered infidelity as the least crucial reason to demand a divorce. Cheating nestled at the bottom along with health and gambling addiction reasons at 4.2%.

Surprisingly, abuse is not a reason for divorce among the Malays and Chinese, but is a known reason among Indians at 5%.

“Another overall reason that ranked high among the three races at 11.5% is ‘not being responsible’,” she said.

She explained that though the family institution was perceived as quite fragile and divorces rampant, the data showed otherwise.

“According to a population survey in 2000, only a portion of the population at 0.7% is divorced,” she said.

The data showed that divorce is more likely to happen to those in the age group under 25 and above 40.

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Youngster rely on Internet more

April 12th, 2009
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This doesn’t really surprise many of us. We have seen the impact of Internet in highlighting social issues,elections, e-commerce, and even crime. The survey by Synovate had the following to report:

– about 45 percent of the Malaysian youth interviewed in the survey said they planned to use the Internet more than other media.

– young Malaysians were active bloggers with close to half (48 percent) spending a portion of their time blogging.

– a total of 21 percent of Malaysian youngsters create and update their blogs regularly and this figure is expected to rise

– young Malaysians aged eight to 24 spend an average of 1.2 hours a day on email, one hour and thirty-six minutes a day as part of online communities, two hours and 48 minutes on instant messaging and two hours and 36 minutes on other Internet activities.

“Young Malaysians are definitely turning to the Internet more for their information and entertainment needs and it’s not surprising that the Internet is slowly becoming the medium of choice,” said managing director of Synovate in Malaysia, Steve Murphy.

The survey covers 12 markets across Asia, including Japan and Vietnam for the first time. Besides Malaysia, the other markets were China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, South Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.

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Pushing for civil service intake increase

February 20th, 2009
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MIC is constantly announcing that there are plans/proposals/initiatives to increase the number of Indians in civil service. Latest is the plan to put in place a quota across the board for civil service. That means 8% of officers, not only 8% of low level support staff jobs. But how long it will take to be approved and implemented is anyone’s guess. We don’t exactly have any good track record on getting things done.

Murugiah was commenting on the statement by Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri S. Subramaniam that there were 20,000 vacancies available in the civil service.

Subramaniam had announced there would be a “major breakthrough” in the request for increase in non-Malay recruitment in the civil service.

On a statement by MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu that there should be quotas on places set aside for non-Malays in the civil service, Murugiah said he would be meeting with SPA on the matter on Monday.

Meanwhile, PPP’s Murugiah is butting into MIC’s territory when he said there are plans to meet with Public Services Commission (SPA) :

Deputy Minister in Prime Minister’s Department Senator T. Murugiah said he would also be meeting with the board of the Public Services Commission, which is responsible for interviewing and recruiting civil servants, particularly non-Malays.

“We have checked thoroughly and these are the places available that need to be filled, either due to promotion or retirement. There has also been some restructuring of government agencies, which may see more vacancies, as well as demand for more staff from the ministries.

“These vacancies do not take into account available posts in the teaching or police professions, which conduct their own recruitment, as well others in the local authorities and councils,” he told reporters at the Parliament lobby on Wednesday.

“In 2007, 827,540 Malays applied for positions in the Government, of which 41,117 were successful. For the Chinese, there were 17,443 applications, of which 2,286 were successful, and for the Indians, 24,815 applications, of which 2,367 were successful.

“I will the matter further with my minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok and we will hand in any proposal to the Cabinet,” he said.

So, we can expect another round of unhappiness from MIC over Murugiah’s transgressions.

Anyway, just to share a story, someone I know applied for the PTD position quite recently. As you many know, PTD (Administrative and Diplomatic Officer) is considered the creme of the crop of public service. They constitute degree holders from all kinds of fields unlike those in the medical, engineering or IT service scheme. Entry into PTD is quite strict – 5 written exam, a one day assessment, and an interview. The person I mentioned above did well in exam  and was shortlisted for the assessment (PAC). Unfortunately, the person did not pass the assessment even though was confident of doing well and believed had done excellently during the assessment.

This year, PTD positions will be offered on two year contract basis, with rumours saying that its due to the performance of recent intakes. If the officers performs well in two years, he/she will be confirmed into a permanent position.

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MIEd to sue 4000 borrowers

February 13th, 2009
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MIED is getting tough since its not being able to get the borrowers to pay back. I remember few years back, MARA took some drastic measures like publishing the defaulters name, asking to be blacklisted so that cannot leave the country, sending lawyer notice etc. MIC may have to do the same as well in MIED’s case.

9000/12,500 is a mindblowing 72% default rate!

RM90 million / 9000 students is averaging RM10,000 per student.

ABOUT 4,000 students who have failed to repay their loans to MIED, theducational arm of the MIC, will be blacklisted and taken to court, reported Tamil Nesan.

MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said that the MIED had given educational loans to 12,500 students since 1984 and about 9,000 had failed to repay their loans which amounted to RM90mil.

He said MIED decided recently that in future, students would only be given a maximum of RM40,000 for the first year and for the subsequent years, it would depend on their educational grades.

He said MIED also decided that parents should start repaying the loans after six months even when their children were studying and need not wait till they completed their studies.

However, the part where parents have to start repayment after 6 months of loan disbursement is a bit hard since some of the borrowers may be from low income families.

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PAS wins Kuala Terengganu

January 18th, 2009
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This means there’s 82 + 3 non-BN MPs in the parliament. The PAS candidate overturned a 628 deficit into a majority of 2,631, meaning there’s a 3,259 change of voters’ choice. This  cannot go unnoticed in the BN camp.

– The threat of Hudud law, the open spat between PAS and DAP because of the Hudud trap, and the pouring of funds into Kuala Terengganu failed to influence the voters.

– The voters were not worried that the PAS candidate is also a state assemblyman.

– They were not impressed that the BN candidate was a Senator nor a personal aide of current PM.

– The hardwork of Deputy PM Najib also did not pay off.

The majority is not something that BN cannot overcome in the next election, its barely 5% of the overall voters. So, there’s still some sliver of hope. However, its a big blow for UMNO since their image has suffered. They could not deliver the goods when it mattered. One can try blame the Chinese voters from outstation who did not turn up (MCA says up to 3,000 of them), but their votes may have actually increased the majority for PAS.

So what swayed the voters? Local issues? Anwar Ibrahim? candidate personality? The analyst on Awani (Prof Hasbullah I think) said that some of the voters depended on Internet or alternative media, which were provided by their relatives/friends in west coast. Also, both the candidate did not touch on two major issues – Obama and Gaza. He also said if  more young voters voted, the opposition will win (If I heard correctly).

If one looks at the statistics NST reported on Internet presence, it seems BN had learnt their lesson. BN candidate has more hits.

If Google hits are anything to go by, the Barisan Nasional candidate for the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary by-election, Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh, is a winner.

Till yesterday afternoon, Wan Farid was the clear winner with 467,000 hits, against a mere 136,000 hits for Pas candidate Mohd Abdul Wahid Endut and a measly 1,170 hits for independent candidate Azharuddin Mamat @ Adam.

Even “Kuala Terengganu by-election” scored more Google hits, at 137,000 searches, than the two opposition candidates.

A more precise search with the names of candidate combined with the words, “Kuala Terengganu by-election”, however saw a slightly different set of results, with Wahid scoring 75,900 hits.

In second place was Wan Farid, with 47,100 hits. Azharuddin came in last again, with 497 hits.

On YouTube, both Wan Farid and Wahid tied with 13 videos when their names were keyed in along with the words “Kuala Terengganu by-election”.

Maybe in Kuala Terengganu, Internet presence did not matter much. The rumours of unhappiness over candidate selection surfaced on both sides, so it may be a cause, especially for BN.

The impact of this win will worry not only UMNO, but I believe DAP as well. A win for PAS may signal the willingness to accept Hudud by KT voters. It also means that without PAS, DAP can never hope to be in the parliament as the ruling government since Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu are PAS strongholds. My guess is that this unholy alliance will continue and the parties will cross the bridge when they come to it.

Meanwhile, its Pakatan 2, BN 0.

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