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Parit Yaani seeks to change cowboy town image
BATU PAHAT: The image of Parit Yaani as a cowboy town will soon be a thing of the past as a structured development project will be implemented there soon.
The project will include building various facilities that have been planned by the government that are welcomed by the residents there as they are uncomfortable with the town being known as a cowboy town.
Sri Gading member of Parliament Datuk Abdul Aziz Kaprawi said RM5 million has been allocated to implement the project, which would include the construction of a commercial complex, that will make the town as competitive as its neighbours like Parit Raja and Parit Sulong.
He said the construction of the complex is expected to begin early next year and will be undertaken by Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara).
“A 1.21ha piece of land located in the town will be used for the project.
“The population of Parit Yaani has risen, therefore causing an increase in the demand for facilities.
“The development project for the town would not only involve the building of new and modern commercial and residential premises but also other facilities like banking.
“The absence of banking facilities here forces the residents here to travel to Yong Peng, Parit Sulong or Batu Pahat whenever they have any financial matters to attend to,” said Aziz.
He said a new RM27 million secondary school will be build in Parit Yaani to accommodate the increasing number of students in the surrounding areas of the town.
Aziz said that once completed the school will ease the residents, whose children now have to go to a secondary school in Tongkang Pechah, which is 10km away.
“If everything goes according to plan, the school is expected to be completed by the end of 2016 and can be used for the 2017 school session. The implementation of these projects would hopefully bring prosperity and provide convenience
to the residents in the area,” said Aziz.
Parit Yaani village head Jailani Awi said the development project is something the residents have been waiting for as they were confident that it would change the town’s image.
“Besides making the town more structured, I am confident the project will place Parit Yaani on par with other small towns, which have been also been going through transformations for some time now,” said Jailani. By Mustapha Ismail
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The project will include building various facilities that have been planned by the government that are welcomed by the residents there as they are uncomfortable with the town being known as a cowboy town.
Sri Gading member of Parliament Datuk Abdul Aziz Kaprawi said RM5 million has been allocated to implement the project, which would include the construction of a commercial complex, that will make the town as competitive as its neighbours like Parit Raja and Parit Sulong.
He said the construction of the complex is expected to begin early next year and will be undertaken by Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara).
“A 1.21ha piece of land located in the town will be used for the project.
“The population of Parit Yaani has risen, therefore causing an increase in the demand for facilities.
“The development project for the town would not only involve the building of new and modern commercial and residential premises but also other facilities like banking.
“The absence of banking facilities here forces the residents here to travel to Yong Peng, Parit Sulong or Batu Pahat whenever they have any financial matters to attend to,” said Aziz.
He said a new RM27 million secondary school will be build in Parit Yaani to accommodate the increasing number of students in the surrounding areas of the town.
Aziz said that once completed the school will ease the residents, whose children now have to go to a secondary school in Tongkang Pechah, which is 10km away.
“If everything goes according to plan, the school is expected to be completed by the end of 2016 and can be used for the 2017 school session. The implementation of these projects would hopefully bring prosperity and provide convenience
to the residents in the area,” said Aziz.
Parit Yaani village head Jailani Awi said the development project is something the residents have been waiting for as they were confident that it would change the town’s image.
“Besides making the town more structured, I am confident the project will place Parit Yaani on par with other small towns, which have been also been going through transformations for some time now,” said Jailani. By Mustapha Ismail
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China eyes KL-Singapore high-speed rail project
KUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - A consortium of China's high-speed rail design, development and construction companies is hopeful of clinching the multi-billion ringgit Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail link
The consortium comprises China Railway Construction Corp Ltd (CRCC), The Third Railway Survey And Design Institute Group Corp (TSDI) and CSR Qingdao Sifang Co Ltd.
Dubbed South-East Asia's most ambitious infrastructure project and the region's first HSR, the 340 km link will reduce the journey over land between the two neighbours to 90 minutes from about six hours.
The proposed link is expected to benefit both countries economically with better connectivity and development opportunities, ease traffic congestion and improve liveability in its major cities.
Malaysia's Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) chairman Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar had said the project might take six to seven years to complete once construction starts by 2016.
"We have been given the timeline (to complete the project) by 2020 and our target is for construction to begin next year. Construction will likely begin in the third quarter of next year," he was quoted as saying after attending the International High-Speed Rail Conference: High-Speed Rail Accelerating Toward the Future in Tokyo on Oct 22.
Syed Hamid said the exact date would depend on the outcome of the meeting scheduled for early next year between the two governments to finalise the details.
He said both governments were expected to ink an agreement on the project, reportedly to cost RM38.4 billion (S$14.37 billion), which included the purchase of locomotives and high-speed bullet trains.
Two committees - Technical Committee and the Joint-Ministerial Committee - have been established to oversee the project.
Seven stations had been identified, namely Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Seremban, Ayer Keroh, Muar, Batu Pahat and Nusajaya.
The project is one of the entry point projects listed under the Economic Transformation Programme aimed at improving the economic dynamism of Malaysia's capital city and liveability ranking relative to other global cities.
At a reception for a media delegation from Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and Brunei at CRCC headquarters in Beijing recently, CRCC chairman Meng Fengchao says the Chinese consortium comprises top-notch industrial experts in HSR technology with proven track record of building rail links of up to 350 kph.
"We have built up the world's leading technology in HSR and look forward to submit our bid for the project including the pre-qualification process and meeting all the stated requirements," Meng adds.
He says being China's largest engineering contractor, CRCC and its consortium partners will adopt environment friendly design and construction systems, excellent safety standards, as well as train and employ local engineers and workers.
TSDI director of overseas business development Guo Weidong says that as an industry leader in survey and design of railways, urban mass transit system and highways, TSDI has the competency and capability to design the most technologically-advance, optimum and competitive system for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore HSR.
"We will ensure the project reaps maximum benefits and contributes positively to the growth and development of the whole corridor along the HSR project," Guo said.
TSDI is an engineering design consulting company that pursues innovation in railway technology and design so that the enterprise has strong cohesion, execution and operational effectiveness.
CSR Qingdao Sifang Co deputy president Ni Shengyi is confident the company's expertise in manufacturing railway locomotive and rolling stock products, including high-grade passenger coaches and high-speed electricity multiple units (EMUs), will make significant contribution to ensuring great comfort, stability and safety of the commuters.
"Excellent customer service is always our goal. We have been providing customers with quality products and services in supplying various fittings and components of high-speed rail and EMUs, manufacturing and refurbishing of all types of passenger coaches, and development and manufacturing of railroad vehicles.
"We adopt first-class technology, manufacture high-quality products and train our employees to provide users with the most valuable green products and social responsibility," Ni added.
The five Malaysian journalists who had the chance to commute on the Beijing to Tianjin InterCity Rail which took 45 minutes for the 117km journey, and Zhengzhou to Beijing (three hours plus, 693km) routes have given their thumbs up for the comfortable, smooth, safe, stable and on time rides.
When the Beijing-Tianjin line opened on August 1, 2008, it set the record for the fastest conventional train service (at 330 kph) in the world by top speed, and reduced travel time between the two largest cities in northern China from 70 to 30 minutes.
According to CRCC's Meng, clinching the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore HSR project will propel CRCC closer to its goal of becoming China's leading construction group and the world's most competitive and largest construction group.
It is the largest engineering contractor in China leading in project design and construction of plateau railways, high-speed railways, highways, bridges, tunnels and urban rail traffic systems.
He says CRCC has designed more than 70 per cent and constructed more than 60 per cent of China's HSR links, giving it solid technology accumulation, proven expertise, scientific management system and a strong management team.
It started out as the Railway Engineering Corp, a branch of the Party Liberation Army back in 1948, and has grown into the fastest growing global contractor with presence in 77 countries and more than 580 ongoing overseas projects worth some US$70 billion (S$91.8 billion).
For the past five years, revenue from overseas projects surpassed US$16 billion.
In 2012, it established its Malaysian branch, CRCC Malaysia Sdn Bhd.
CRCC was listed on the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges on March 10 and 13, 2008, respectively.
According to Meng, CRCC is one of the world's largest integrated construction group, ranking 80th among the Fortune Global 500, and sixth among China's Top 500 Enterprises.
"The business areas of CRCC covers project contracting, survey design consultation, industrial manufacturing, real estate development, logistics, trading of goods and materials, as well as financial capital operations," Meng discloses.
CRCC has morphed from construction contracts into a complete and comprehensive industrial chain of using scientific research, planning, survey, design, construction, supervision, maintenance and operation works to provide one-stop integrated services.
Among its signature projects are Wuhan-Guangzhou HSR, Beijing-Tianjin intercity HSR, Ningbo-Taizhou-Wenzhou HSR, Beijing-Shanghai HSR, Nanjing Yangtze River Tunnel, Xiamen Xiang'an Undersea Tunnel and Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay Undersea, Metro light rail in Mecca and West Ring Express Trunk Road of Suzhou City.
It has also constructed more than 100 motorways for a total of 22,600 km and one of its feats is building underwater tunnels in the Yangtze River stretching 7.68 km.
Retrieved from The Straits Times
The consortium comprises China Railway Construction Corp Ltd (CRCC), The Third Railway Survey And Design Institute Group Corp (TSDI) and CSR Qingdao Sifang Co Ltd.
Dubbed South-East Asia's most ambitious infrastructure project and the region's first HSR, the 340 km link will reduce the journey over land between the two neighbours to 90 minutes from about six hours.
The proposed link is expected to benefit both countries economically with better connectivity and development opportunities, ease traffic congestion and improve liveability in its major cities.
Malaysia's Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) chairman Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar had said the project might take six to seven years to complete once construction starts by 2016.
"We have been given the timeline (to complete the project) by 2020 and our target is for construction to begin next year. Construction will likely begin in the third quarter of next year," he was quoted as saying after attending the International High-Speed Rail Conference: High-Speed Rail Accelerating Toward the Future in Tokyo on Oct 22.
Syed Hamid said the exact date would depend on the outcome of the meeting scheduled for early next year between the two governments to finalise the details.
He said both governments were expected to ink an agreement on the project, reportedly to cost RM38.4 billion (S$14.37 billion), which included the purchase of locomotives and high-speed bullet trains.
Two committees - Technical Committee and the Joint-Ministerial Committee - have been established to oversee the project.
Seven stations had been identified, namely Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Seremban, Ayer Keroh, Muar, Batu Pahat and Nusajaya.
The project is one of the entry point projects listed under the Economic Transformation Programme aimed at improving the economic dynamism of Malaysia's capital city and liveability ranking relative to other global cities.
At a reception for a media delegation from Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and Brunei at CRCC headquarters in Beijing recently, CRCC chairman Meng Fengchao says the Chinese consortium comprises top-notch industrial experts in HSR technology with proven track record of building rail links of up to 350 kph.
"We have built up the world's leading technology in HSR and look forward to submit our bid for the project including the pre-qualification process and meeting all the stated requirements," Meng adds.
He says being China's largest engineering contractor, CRCC and its consortium partners will adopt environment friendly design and construction systems, excellent safety standards, as well as train and employ local engineers and workers.
TSDI director of overseas business development Guo Weidong says that as an industry leader in survey and design of railways, urban mass transit system and highways, TSDI has the competency and capability to design the most technologically-advance, optimum and competitive system for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore HSR.
"We will ensure the project reaps maximum benefits and contributes positively to the growth and development of the whole corridor along the HSR project," Guo said.
TSDI is an engineering design consulting company that pursues innovation in railway technology and design so that the enterprise has strong cohesion, execution and operational effectiveness.
CSR Qingdao Sifang Co deputy president Ni Shengyi is confident the company's expertise in manufacturing railway locomotive and rolling stock products, including high-grade passenger coaches and high-speed electricity multiple units (EMUs), will make significant contribution to ensuring great comfort, stability and safety of the commuters.
"Excellent customer service is always our goal. We have been providing customers with quality products and services in supplying various fittings and components of high-speed rail and EMUs, manufacturing and refurbishing of all types of passenger coaches, and development and manufacturing of railroad vehicles.
"We adopt first-class technology, manufacture high-quality products and train our employees to provide users with the most valuable green products and social responsibility," Ni added.
The five Malaysian journalists who had the chance to commute on the Beijing to Tianjin InterCity Rail which took 45 minutes for the 117km journey, and Zhengzhou to Beijing (three hours plus, 693km) routes have given their thumbs up for the comfortable, smooth, safe, stable and on time rides.
When the Beijing-Tianjin line opened on August 1, 2008, it set the record for the fastest conventional train service (at 330 kph) in the world by top speed, and reduced travel time between the two largest cities in northern China from 70 to 30 minutes.
According to CRCC's Meng, clinching the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore HSR project will propel CRCC closer to its goal of becoming China's leading construction group and the world's most competitive and largest construction group.
It is the largest engineering contractor in China leading in project design and construction of plateau railways, high-speed railways, highways, bridges, tunnels and urban rail traffic systems.
He says CRCC has designed more than 70 per cent and constructed more than 60 per cent of China's HSR links, giving it solid technology accumulation, proven expertise, scientific management system and a strong management team.
It started out as the Railway Engineering Corp, a branch of the Party Liberation Army back in 1948, and has grown into the fastest growing global contractor with presence in 77 countries and more than 580 ongoing overseas projects worth some US$70 billion (S$91.8 billion).
For the past five years, revenue from overseas projects surpassed US$16 billion.
In 2012, it established its Malaysian branch, CRCC Malaysia Sdn Bhd.
CRCC was listed on the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges on March 10 and 13, 2008, respectively.
According to Meng, CRCC is one of the world's largest integrated construction group, ranking 80th among the Fortune Global 500, and sixth among China's Top 500 Enterprises.
"The business areas of CRCC covers project contracting, survey design consultation, industrial manufacturing, real estate development, logistics, trading of goods and materials, as well as financial capital operations," Meng discloses.
CRCC has morphed from construction contracts into a complete and comprehensive industrial chain of using scientific research, planning, survey, design, construction, supervision, maintenance and operation works to provide one-stop integrated services.
Among its signature projects are Wuhan-Guangzhou HSR, Beijing-Tianjin intercity HSR, Ningbo-Taizhou-Wenzhou HSR, Beijing-Shanghai HSR, Nanjing Yangtze River Tunnel, Xiamen Xiang'an Undersea Tunnel and Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay Undersea, Metro light rail in Mecca and West Ring Express Trunk Road of Suzhou City.
It has also constructed more than 100 motorways for a total of 22,600 km and one of its feats is building underwater tunnels in the Yangtze River stretching 7.68 km.
Retrieved from The Straits Times
Malaysia’s East Coast records highest Internet porn streaming, says video company
PETALING JAYA: People from Malaysia’s East Coast spend the most time streaming Internet pornography, an online video company confirmed.
Statistics by Pornhub revealed that Internet users in Kuala Terengganu spent an average of 12mins and 58sec per visit looking for (or looking at) visual smut.
Citizens of Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur came in second, recording 12:29mins.
These are followed by Internet users in Kota Bahru and Miri, who recorded average forays of 12:27mins each, per visit.
These time periods are an extension of a global Pornhub infographic titled “Who Lasts Longest” compiled over the Fall of 2014, detailing the average time spent on the website by people around the world.
All four Malaysian cities marked higher average Pornhub usage times than Malaysia itself (12:05mins), which on its own was one of the highest in Asean.
Speaking to The Star, Pornhub vice-president Corey Price said some countries may have recorded longer time periods per visit because they were looking for the right kind of videos.
“The selection process could be time consuming sometimes, which is no surprise given the amount of variety on our site,” he said.
Price added that it was also possible that the time periods could have been buffed by certain users watching one specific video for an extended amount of time.
“In order to prove that, however, you’d need to cross check those numbers with number of page views per visit,” Price said, adding that there would be a “positive correlation” to it.
Retrieved from The Star
Statistics by Pornhub revealed that Internet users in Kuala Terengganu spent an average of 12mins and 58sec per visit looking for (or looking at) visual smut.
Citizens of Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur came in second, recording 12:29mins.
These are followed by Internet users in Kota Bahru and Miri, who recorded average forays of 12:27mins each, per visit.
These time periods are an extension of a global Pornhub infographic titled “Who Lasts Longest” compiled over the Fall of 2014, detailing the average time spent on the website by people around the world.
All four Malaysian cities marked higher average Pornhub usage times than Malaysia itself (12:05mins), which on its own was one of the highest in Asean.
Speaking to The Star, Pornhub vice-president Corey Price said some countries may have recorded longer time periods per visit because they were looking for the right kind of videos.
“The selection process could be time consuming sometimes, which is no surprise given the amount of variety on our site,” he said.
Price added that it was also possible that the time periods could have been buffed by certain users watching one specific video for an extended amount of time.
“In order to prove that, however, you’d need to cross check those numbers with number of page views per visit,” Price said, adding that there would be a “positive correlation” to it.
Retrieved from The Star
Conman does a number on businessman in license plate scam
BATU PAHAT, Malaysia - A man claiming to be from an automotive magazine has duped several individuals into believing he could get their desired vehicle registration numbers.
Apparently, the man had cheated several businessmen of tens of thousands of ringgit here and in other states.
Sources said that in the latest incident, he misled a company director, who is a Datuk, into believing he could get him the numbers he wanted for RM50,000 (S$18,728).
The businessman, taken in by the conman's persuasion, deposited RM10,000 into his bank account.
Over several weeks the suspect began giving the businessman, who is in the food business, excuses for not being able to deliver.
The businessman, in his 50s, lodged a police report on Wednesday. Batu Pahat OCPD Asst Comm Din Ahmad said police were investigating, but declined to give details. He urged those with information to contact the police at 07-221 2999.
In an unrelated case, a man in his 30s was cheated of almost RM3,000 in a scam in Johor Baru several days ago after he responded to a phone call offering him "compensation from a furniture company".
The man received a call from someone claiming to be from a legal firm that was offering him a cheque for RM32,800. Apparently, the amount was compensation as the victim had purchased furniture from a company "that was involved in fraud".
They even emailed a copy of the cheque to him. However, the caller demanded 10 per cent of the amount as service charges before he could release the cheque.
The man made the deposit at a bank in Skudai but when he contacted the law firm, he realised he had been conned.
Investigations are being carried out for cheating under Section 420 of the Penal Code after the man lodged a police report.
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Apparently, the man had cheated several businessmen of tens of thousands of ringgit here and in other states.
Sources said that in the latest incident, he misled a company director, who is a Datuk, into believing he could get him the numbers he wanted for RM50,000 (S$18,728).
The businessman, taken in by the conman's persuasion, deposited RM10,000 into his bank account.
Over several weeks the suspect began giving the businessman, who is in the food business, excuses for not being able to deliver.
The businessman, in his 50s, lodged a police report on Wednesday. Batu Pahat OCPD Asst Comm Din Ahmad said police were investigating, but declined to give details. He urged those with information to contact the police at 07-221 2999.
In an unrelated case, a man in his 30s was cheated of almost RM3,000 in a scam in Johor Baru several days ago after he responded to a phone call offering him "compensation from a furniture company".
The man received a call from someone claiming to be from a legal firm that was offering him a cheque for RM32,800. Apparently, the amount was compensation as the victim had purchased furniture from a company "that was involved in fraud".
They even emailed a copy of the cheque to him. However, the caller demanded 10 per cent of the amount as service charges before he could release the cheque.
The man made the deposit at a bank in Skudai but when he contacted the law firm, he realised he had been conned.
Investigations are being carried out for cheating under Section 420 of the Penal Code after the man lodged a police report.
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