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Murray stands up to diving Tsonga in Queen’s win Posted: 13 Jun 2011 08:21 AM PDT Andy Murray of Britain (right) shakes hands with Jo-Wilfred Tsonga (left) of France after winning their singles final match at the Queen's Club Championships on June 13, 2011. — Reuters pic LONDON, June 13 — Briton Andy Murray withstood an athletic onslaught from Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to beat the Frenchman 3-6 7-6 6-4 and win the final of the Queen's Club championships today. The climax of the Wimbledon warm-up event was being held a day late after rain washed out play yesterday and, while conditions stayed dry, Murray weathered the storm of Tsonga's fast groundstrokes, diving volleys and energetic charges. "He was playing a different sport to me in the first two sets. I've never seen anyone dive so much," the world number four grinned in a courtside interview. Murray, who picked up his second Queen's trophy after also triumphing in 2009, goes into next week's grasscourt grand slam at the All England Club having given the British public and media even more reason than usual to set expectations high. Having dished out a grasscourt masterclass to American Andy Roddick in the semi-finals, Murray was forced to play a different game against Tsonga who hurled every imaginable shot at the Briton while also throwing his body across the court. The Frenchman's high-risk strategy of attack had looked like paying off before an unlucky net cord in the 11th game of the second set prevented him from breaking to serve for the match. The ball bounced off the top of the net and had looked like it would make it over the net before dropping down on the wrong side in what was a major turning point in the match. "I remember only this ball," Tsonga said on court. "Today I had only one chance, it was this one but I missed it. But today Andy was just too good and I will try to beat him next time." Outlandish shots Fifth seed Tsonga had lost to Murray in the quarter-finals at last year's Wimbledon and he found himself lacking once again as the Scot drew on his experience of three grand slam final appearances, as well as his passing shots, to see him through. His mouth often caught somewhere between a grimace and a look of mild amusement as Tsonga reached the most impossible shots, Murray gave the Frenchman a taste of his own medicine with some outlandish shots of his own. His first between-the-legs forehand was unbelievably batted back by a diving Tsonga in the second set but the second time he tried the trick, he won the point at the net to go 5-3 up in the final set. "I got my feet a bit messed up and I wasn't planning on doing that when I went forward, I do it sometimes in practice but I've never tried it at the net but I'll give it a few more goes," said Murray. Having won the second-set tiebreak with ease 7-2, Murray carried his momentum through the third set where he dominated and he wrapped up the title with a seemingly heart-felt smash as Tsonga's tenacious challenge came to an end. "He's so much fun to watch, I enjoy watching him myself but he wasn't fun to play today," Murray said of his opponent. "It's been great preparation this week (for Wimbledon) and I'll work hard for the next five or six days to get ready." — Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

Forest name ex-England boss McClaren as manager Posted: 13 Jun 2011 02:30 AM PDT England football manager Steve McClaren attends a team training session in London Colney, north of London in this November 14, 2007 file photo. — Reuters pic MANCHESTER, June 13 — Former England manager Steve McClaren made a return to English football today when he was named manager at Championship (second division) side Nottingham Forest. It will be the first time he has managed in England since his spell in charge of the national team ended in humiliation with the country failing to qualify for Euro 2008. He signed a three-year deal at Forest, who came close to promotion to the Premier League this season but lost in the playoff semi-finals. He succeeds Billy Davies, who was sacked yesterday. "The club moved quickly to secure his services as it is rare for a manager and coach of his undoubted calibre to be available," Forest Chief Executive Mark Arthur said in a statement on the club website (http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk). The 50-year-old McClaren has been keen to repair his tarnished reputation in England after his ill-fated spell in charge of the national team, when he was dubbed "The Wally with the Brolly" after putting up a big umbrella to shield himself from the rain during a match. After being sacked by England in 2007 he took up a post at Twente Enschede and steered the club to their maiden Dutch title in 2010. Last year he became the first English coach at the helm of a Bundesliga club when he took over at VfL Wolfsburg but lasted just nine months in the job as the 2009 German champions became involved in the battle to avoid relegation. He was sacked in February. Before his stint as England boss he had been viewed as a promising manager having worked as an assistant to Alex Ferguson at Manchester United in 1999-2001 before being appointed manager at Middlesbrough, with whom he won the 2004 League Cup. He also took Middlesbrough to the 2006 Uefa Cup final, where they lost to Sevilla, and Forest will be hoping McClaren can have a similar impact at the club as they seek a return to the top flight. "Steve has a proven track record of coaching and managing at club level, having played a key role in helping Manchester United secure the Champions League trophy, three Premier League titles and an FA Cup," Arthur said. "We are delighted to have him on board at the City ground." — Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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Hotel offers ‘ultimate luxury’ for your pets Posted: 13 Jun 2011 08:43 AM PDT The splash and play water feature at Best Friends Pet Care Walt Disney World. MELBOURNE, June 13 – Pets are set to be able to stay in style at a new Melbourne airport hotel, which also has limousine transfers for travellers' four-legged friends. The new Hanrob Pet Hotel is set to open July 1 at Melbourne International Airport's Tullamarine terminal, an A$4 million (RM12.86 million) project which has taken five years to complete. The hotel, which is the second in the Hanrob chain following an opening at Sydney airport, has a limousine service to collect passengers, their luggage and their pets, dropping humans off at departures and pets at the Hanrob to begin their stay. The hotel offers ten "ultimate luxury" dog suites complete with private courtyard, toys and television, kennels and "cat condos" for feline companions to stay in. During the day, activities for dogs include a training programme and exercise activities, along with playtime hours with other dogs and grooming sessions. Luxury pet hotels are becoming increasingly popular among pet owners as an alternative to the traditional kennels, with many owners admitting that they would rather take their animal with them than leave it at home. The Best Friends Pet Care Resort, which operates 40 pet resorts across the US, last year announced the opening of a 300-pet high-profile facility at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, catering for families unable to leave their furry friends behind. The resort, equipped to service dogs, cats, pocket pets, small mammals and birds, features a 21 sq m VIP suite, a private dog park with its own water feature and a grooming salon. – AFP Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

China unveils landmark rail line Posted: 13 Jun 2011 03:12 AM PDT A file photo showing a security guard keeping watch near a high-speed train at the Beijing South Railway Station July 22, 2008. China will launch in June 2011, the world's longest high-speed railway, to link Beijing and Shanghai. – Reuters pic BEIJING, June 13 – China will this month launch what it is touting as the world's longest high-speed railway built in one go to link the country's two most important cities, officials said today, shrugging off concerns over financing and high debt levels. Costing 220.9 billion yuan (RM103.75 billion), the 1,318km Beijing-to-Shanghai line's formal start marks the beginning of a massive effort to transform its sprawling rail network. The spending spree will amount to 2.8 trillion yuan between 2011 and 2015. The new line will whisk passengers through the Chinese countryside at 300kph, cutting travel time between the two cities nearly in half to less than five hours. In doing so, it will provide a model for how the government is seeking to efficiently transform passenger transport in a nation already accustomed to travelling by rail rather than by aircraft. Railway Ministry officials told a news conference that the line, using "world-class technology standards", was only the beginning of an investment splurge that could be an example to the world. Over the next five years "railway investment will continue the trend of rapid growth. We will not slow down the pace, and there will be no cut in investments", Vice-Minister of Railways Hu Yadong said. The 2.8 trillion yuan earmarked is an increase of 41.4 per cent over the country's previous five-year spending plan which finished in 2010. In 2010 alone, China's railway investments amounted to 707.5 billion yuan, up 17.8 per cent from 2009. That funding will help China meet its goal of laying 45,000 km of high-speed track across the country by 2015. But the steep price tags for schemes like the Beijing-Shanghai link carry their own financing woes, concerns the ministry has played down. China's Railway Ministry is already heavily in debt. Its total liabilities jumped to 1.9836 trillion yuan at the end of March 2011, representing a 58.24 per cent asset-liability ratio. Former Railway Minister Liu Zhijun spearheaded the sector's investment drive over the last decade, but his dismissal earlier in the year on "disciplinary violations" – a charge that usually denotes corruption – called into question the ambitious expansion plans. The ministry posted a rare pre-tax loss of 3.7 billion yuan in the first quarter of 2011, according to figures released by its finance department. Yu Bangli, the ministry's chief economist, said that with rail seen as a vital part of national infrastructure, the ministry had sufficient support from other departments to finance its massive construction projects. "Everyone can relax, funds for railway (construction) are guaranteed," he said. Yu has previously told Chinese state media that he expects most high-speed lines to be profitable within four to seven years after construction. Shorter high-speed lines already connect Beijing to Tianjin, Shanghai to Hangzhou, and a few other cities, where their opening has caused dramatic cuts in flight services, or even total cancellations. One-way economy class tickets for the Beijing-to-Shanghai run will cost 555 yuan to start, slightly cheaper than the lowest price, discounted air ticket between the two cities. But the ministry will be hoping to win passengers away from the airlines on a route notorious for its long delays due to airport congestion and military controls over air space. – Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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‘The Book of Mormon’ scoops Tony Awards Posted: 12 Jun 2011 07:01 PM PDT NEW YORK, June 13 — Irreverent musical "The Book of Mormon," an affectionate spoof about Mormons from the creators of the TV show, "South Park," scooped the major honours at the Tony Awards held yesterday, winning nine awards. The hit show about two young present-day Mormon missionaries sent to Uganda won some of the night's top awards including best musical, original score, best book, best direction and best actress in a featured role in a musical at the awards for Broadway's best musicals and plays. "We did this because we all secretly wanted to have a big, happy Mormon family and now we do," said co-creator Trey Parker on stage, before jokingly thanking their "co-writer," the late Joseph Smith Jr, who founded the Latter Day Saint movement, saying, "You did it Joseph, you got the Tony!" Actor Hugh Jackman performs with Harris (right) during the 65th annual Tony Awards ceremony in New York on June 12, 2011. — Reuters pic The British import to Broadway, "War Horse," adapted by Nick Stafford from the 1982 novel of the same name, which uses puppets to tell the story of World War I and a soldier's quest to find his horse and bring him home, won a total of five awards, including best play. Actress Frances McDormand won best actress in a leading role in a play for her turn as a tough single mother in the play, "Good People," and in accepting her first Tony predicted her current role would become "an American classic," before adding emphatically, "I love my job." Mark Rylance beat out Al Pacino to win the top acting award in a play for his turn in "Jerusalem," and rather than giving a traditional speech, recited an excerpt from an obscure Midwestern poet — as he did when he won a Tony in 2008. The awards were handed out at New York's Beacon Theatre in a live televised event hosted by actor Neil Patrick Harris. Other major winners included best play revival winner, "The Normal Heart," a semi-autobiographical play that focuses on the AIDS crisis, which premiered in 1985. It won three awards, including for actors Ellen Barkin and John Benjamin Hickey. In accepting her Tony, Barkin, 57, said, "it's the proudest moment in my career. It has transformed me, not just as an actor but as a human being," while Hickey backstage called the revival "extraordinary" that "so many young, gay people and so many young, straight people are coming to see this play." Its playwright Larry Kramer said on stage, "I could not have written it had not so many of us so needlessly died." A revival of the musical, "Anything Goes," won three awards, led by best actress in a musical winner Sutton Foster, while John Larroquette won best featured role in a musical for "How to Success in Business Without Really Trying." But it was "The Book of Mormon" that dominated the night, winning nine of 14 nominations but falling short of beating the record of the Mel Brooks musical comedy, "The Producers," which won 12 Tony Awards after it opened in 2001. "The Book of Mormon" also won for best lighting, scenery and sound design and orchestrations. Nikki M. James, who won a Tony for her role as a member of an African village, said backstage, "I knew when I read the script this was going to get a lot of attention." The four Tony Awards won by Parker for "The Book of Mormon" — which he co-created with Matt Stone from "South Park" and composer Robert Lopez — tied the record for the most Tony awards in one night set by Joshua Logan for the original 1949 production of "South Pacific." "I want to thank the 'South Park' fans. If it weren't for you guys, we wouldn't be here," Parker said on stage in sharing the award for best direction with Casey Nicholaw. But the show's two lead actors lost the best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical to Norbert Leo Butz, who called his FBI agent role modelled on his own father in "Catch Me If You Can" his greatest role but "not easy." The short-lived musical "The Scottsboro Boys" was shut out of the awards after receiving 12 nominations, as was "The Merchant of Venice" which starred Pacino. The show featured sprinklings of jokes about the current beleaguered and injury-prone US$65 million (RM195 million) musical "Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark," which was panned by critics in previews before being revamped with its official opening this week. It missed the deadline for this year's awards. Rock star Bono, who wrote the show's music along with his bandmate, The Edge, joked on stage: "We used to be famous for being in U2." — Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

‘Super 8’ defies sceptics with big box-office debut Posted: 12 Jun 2011 05:30 PM PDT LOS ANGELES, June 13 — To Hollywood's great surprise, moviegoers will show up en masse for the rare summer film that features real actors, an original story and some genuine thrills. The new sci-fi mystery "Super 8" easily claimed the top spot at the weekend box office in North America after selling about US$38 million (RM114 million) worth of tickets, despite concerns about a marketing campaign that kept some key elements under wraps. Its distributor, Paramount Pictures, said yesterday the tally includes a US$1 million contribution from a limited number of sneak-peak previews on Thursday, a day before the film opened in wide release across the United States and Canada. Spielberg and his wife Kate Capshaw pose at the premiere of 'Super 8' in Los Angeles on June 8, 2011. — Reuters pic Industry pundits had forecast a three-day opening in the US$25 million to US$30 million range, while some movie theatre executives had worried it might struggle to hit US$20 million. In a summer of familiar sequels and superheroes, "Super 8" is the first original, live-action non-sequel to take the No. 1 slot in almost three months. The thriller "Limitless" led the field during the weekend of March 18-20. Last weekend's champion, "X-Men: First Class," the fifth entry in the Marvel comic book series, slipped to No. 2 with US$25 million. It was followed by "The Hangover, Part II" with US$18.5 million in its third weekend. The "X-Men" sequel remained the top choice overseas with sales of US$42.2 million. The only other big new film in North America bombed. The kids movie "Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer" opened at No. 7 with just US$6.3 million, coming in at the low end of expectations in the US$6 million to US$10 million range. The advance buzz for "Super 8" was hardly deafening, even with the A-list imprimatur of J.J. Abrams as writer/director and Steven Spielberg as a producer. Abrams convinced sceptical Paramount executives to run a campaign that retained a sense of old-fashioned mystery, earning scorn from industry pundits as surveys showed little enthusiasm among prospective moviegoers. The plot centres on a group of kids in a small Ohio town who spend the summer of 1979 making a home movie using the 8mm film format that was popular back then and from which the film gets its title. They witness a train crash, which triggers a series of inexplicable events and disappearances. The trailer deliberately did not show the alien creature around which the film revolves. As industry pundits began to second-guess that strategy, Paramount last week announced the film would open a day ahead of schedule on Thursday in a sneak-preview promotion with Twitter. A glimpse of the creature was also sent online. The last-minute fix, along with overwhelmingly positive reviews, seemed to do the trick. The film cost a relatively modest US$50 million to make, according to Paramount. In an age where movie trailers routinely act like mini-synopses, Paramount walked "a fine line" between making the movie interesting, but not wanting to give away too much information, said Don Harris, executive vice-president of domestic distribution at the Viacom Inc unit. With a hefty 71 per cent of the audience aged over 25 — despite a cast of youngsters — Harris was confident the film would pull in younger viewers as the summer progresses. "Super 8" also earned US$6.7 million from nine foreign markets, led by US$2.7 million in Australia where it trailed the "Hangover" and "X-Men" sequels. Elsewhere, "Judy Moody" is the latest in a string of underperforming literary adaptations aimed at young girls, including last summer's Beverly Cleary adaptation "Ramona and Beezus" and a 2007 adaptation of the Nancy Drew books. It was financed for nearly US$20 million by Sarah Siegel-Magness and her husband Gary Magness, the couple who backed the Oscar-winning movie "Precious." Closely held studio Relativity Media distributed the movie for a fee. "X-Men: First Class" has earned US$99 million after two weekends, dropping a relatively slight 55 per cent from its opening round. Its foreign total stands at US$124 million from about 66 markets. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox, a unit of News Corp. "The Hangover: Part II" raced to US$217 million in North America and an additional US$216 million in 55 markets. The sequel was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a unit of Time Warner Inc. — Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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Marital sex and the OWC Posted: 12 Jun 2011 05:14 PM PDT JUNE 13 — The Arab Spring may be continuing but for one section of Arab society some things don't appear to be changing. In March, Amnesty International reported that some of the women protestors in Egypt had been forced to undergo "virginity tests" and the previous month, Lara Logan, a CBS reporter was beaten up and sexually assaulted by a mob in Tahrir Square. Women in many countries — especially conservative ones — face an uphill struggle to be treated equally (or even to be treated well). There are brave women all over the world who courageously fight for the right to have an education, to work, to be something more than just a servant and a sexual object. Compared to many countries in the world, Malaysian women aren't too badly off. Then along came the Obedient Wives Club (OWC), and that made me wonder if in fact, we women are taking a backwards step. I don't doubt that the OWC are completely sincere in wanting to improve the lives of their members. In fact, given how repressed our society is when it comes to all things sexual, I think it may even be healthy to have a forum where people can find out more information and seek advice about sex without feeling embarrassed or censured. As OWC national director Fauziah Ariffin puts it in an interview with The Malay Mail: "In our society, wives often feel sex is a taboo subject, hence their negligence in addressing the sexual matter in their marriage."  That said though, I can't say I'm entirely comfortable with the philosophy that appears to underpin the club. Yes, I can certainly understand that some marriages flounder because of sexual problems, but surely there's more to marriage than just sex? What about marriage as an equal partnership, with both partners sharing the joys and burdens of a life together? Also, the club's stance on marital sex, I rather fear, is sending the wrong message to people.   To my mind, a wife is neither superior nor subservient to her husband, and vice-versa. Both are equal in the relationship, which means each must respect the other.  Of course, we should all be considerate towards our partners' needs. However, the OWC appear to be advocating women to go one further, and subjugate themselves to their husbands. Maybe it's because I've lived in the West for some time, but don't we women have a right to our own bodies? When I was younger I couldn't get my head around the concept of marital rape. How can rape occur in a marriage? But of course, it can. It's one thing to say no when you're simply tired and want to go to sleep, but having to perform anyway because your husband expects it. It's quite another when you say no and then have your husband beat you up and then forcing himself on you anyway. Yet the OWC's message appears to be that married women should have sex whenever their husbands want it; in effect, married women have no right to say no. Yes, lack of sexual interest from a wife can lead a husband astray, but wouldn't it better to advocate an approach that concentrates on rebuilding relationships, rather than just concentrating on sex as a panacea to all marriage problems? And anyway, what about men? Contrary to popular belief, not all men think about sex all the time. Yes, sometimes even men are too tired for sex after a hard day's work. What if it's the wife who wants sex, but the husband refuses? For fairness' sake, shouldn't there be an Obedient Husbands Club too, where men are exhorted to be studs to their wives? In any case, it doesn't matter if there's a bidadari at home looking after all his needs if a man decides to play away, does it? He can then have it both ways! (And of course, that works for a woman too!) To me, the problem with the OWC approach is not just the emphasis on sex but also the focus on women. Thankfully not all Malaysian men want to dominate their wives, but there are still people out there who think it's perfectly natural — their God-given right, in fact — to control another person through marriage. It is attitudes like this that needs challenging, and unfortunately, sincere though the OWC might be in advocating better marriages, the message that they're propagating isn't helping. I don't disagree that sex is an important feature in married life, but to focus solely on it, and in such a skewed manner, might not be the healthiest way to approach what is actually a very important issue — and one that is usually swept under the carpet, too. We women in Malaysia are fortunate that our place in society is quite good compared to women in other countries. We don't need our husbands' permission to do most normal, everyday things. Nonetheless, attitudes towards women in some sections of society need to be continually challenged — though they are entitled to their ideas, I can't say I agree with the OWC and I certainly wouldn't want any of my younger relatives — male and female — to have such ideas foisted on them. When I was growing up, I often heard this phrase: sejauh mana budak-budak perempuan belajar, lama-lama masuk dapur juga. Thankfully I've not heard that mentioned in many years, but with the emergence of OWC, I wonder if youngsters like my niece might hear something like this instead — sejauh mana budak-budak perempuan belajar, lama-lama jadi hamba seks suami. I for one certainly hope not!   * The views expressed here are the personal opinion of the columnist. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

The audacity of youth Posted: 12 Jun 2011 04:55 PM PDT JUNE 13 — My wife and I were away in London for the last two weeks where we had the opportunity to visit our three older children together with some of their friends. My eldest daughter is doing a master's in risk management and financial engineering at Imperial College, my second daughter is midway through doing her chartered accountancy with one of the big four in Cambridge and my son is in his final year at UCL doing human genetics. Over the period of my stay in London I met some of their friends and course mates over a number of dinners. There were different stories but they tended to be unique to the individual. Overall what stood out was their determination to succeed. The two German chaps I met were well on their way in life with jobs already secured after completion of their master's, with major global banks. One told me of his experience with a German conglomerate where he was put in charge of a project worth about US$100 million (RM300 million) when he was only 21 years old. It seems that the German way is to challenge their youth at a young age but it appears to have paid dividends for the young man as he is extremely employable globally at the tender age of 25. The other German gentleman, though a little older, told me how he has done a deal with his employer after graduation whereby the employer agrees to place him in China for six months. He feels that he really needs to have some experience in China to further his career. These young men are extremely focussed on what they want to achieve and it appears that they have the full support of their mentors in Germany. Another two whom I met was a chap of South Asian descent who graduated in mathematics from an Ivy League university in the US and a Lebanese girl who graduated from a university in Beirut. I don't know what the US graduate will do after his master's but as he is only 21 years old, I am sure the world will be his oyster. As for the Lebanese girl, she was by her own account seriously out of her depth when she first joined the master's course and wanted to quit in the early part of it. Nevertheless she persevered and found a PhD to tutor her on the higher level mathematics required for the master's. In the interim, she managed to obtain a job offer in Dubai which will pay her nearly US$100,000 a year upon graduation. That's pretty good for a 24-year-old. When I went to Cambridge to meet by daughter who is midway into her chartered accountancy course, I met up with five of her colleagues at the same stage, who were British and hailed from various parts of the country: from Scotland, the Midlands to the south of England.  Over dinner I enquired what they would do if they failed in their exams as of the six of them, my daughter included, it was likely that not all of them would pass the notoriously difficult ICAEW professional exams. It seems that they too were aware of that possibility but as one of them remarked, they would still be better off part qualified than if they only relied on the degrees that they already had. This view is likely to be correct as some of them, like my daughter who graduated in biomedical science, did not have an accounting background prior to joining the firm. Having to work and study at the same time is challenging but for those who are successful, the reward is a portable professional qualification that is globally recognised. Certainly these young people recognise the risks but what sets them apart from their peers is their ability to take risks, work hard and hope for a better future for themselves. I also met up with my son's housemate who is an Indonesian doing his final year in agribusiness in a UK university. His ambition is to launch himself into the livestock industry in Indonesia but he intends to spend time in India after his graduation to expand his knowledge in the field. I do not know exactly what my son will do after graduation but I suspect that he too will have to work hard, move out of his comfort zone and take calculated risks if he wants to succeed in the future. My trip to London exposed me to some of the youthful talent in the world. Irrespective of the vagaries in the world economy, many of them, because they already have solid academic credentials and are prepared to compete in the world, will succeed in the future. The colour of their skin, their gender, their looks or even their height is not going to stop these truly talented youth from succeeding in today's world. * The views expressed here are the personal opinion of the columnist. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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Pengarah Ditamas beri Khir Toyo ‘diskaun’ takut bisnes terancam Posted: 13 Jun 2011 02:15 AM PDT SHAH ALAM, 13 Jun – Seorang pengarah syarikat memberitahu Mahkamah Tinggi Shah Alam bahawa dia menjual banglo dan dua bidang tanah kepada bekas menteri besar Dr Mohd Khir Toyo pada harga RM3.5 juta meskipun ia dibeli dengan harga RM6.5 juta kerana bimbang dengan nasib perniagaannya di Selangor. Pengarah Ditamas Sdn Bhd Shamsuddin Haryoni yang menyambung keterangan hari ini selepas ditangguhkan minggu lalu kerana kurang sihat berkata, Dr Khir (gambar) telah menolak tawarannya antara RM5 dan RM5.5 juta, sebaliknya mahu membeli hartanahnya di Seksyen 7 itu dengan hanya RM3.5 juta. "Kami ada projek di Selangor, bisnes di Selangor dan menteri besar mahu membeli rumah saya dengan harga RM3.5 juta," kata Shamsuddin di Mahkamah Tinggi hari ini. "Jadi, kami bersetuju. Saya risau kedudukan saya sebagai ahli perniagaan dan saya bimbang bisnes saya akan tergugat," katanya lagi. MENYUSUL LAGI Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

Nik Aziz: Umno boleh guna BI tapi PAS dihalang guna kebajikan Posted: 13 Jun 2011 01:59 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, 13 Jun – Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat menyelar pemimpin-pemimpin Umno yang menggesa partinya yang berusia lebih enam dekad agar menggugurkan perkataan Islam pada namanya hanya kerana mengetengahkan pendekatan negara berkebajikan. Menjawab gesaan beberapa pemimpin Umno agar PAS menggugurkan nama Islam, Nik Aziz (gambar) yang juga Menteri Besar Kelantan berkata, jika Umno boleh menggunakan singkatan Bahasa Inggeris pada namanya, maka tidak salah bagi parti Islam itu menyebut nama "kebajikan." "Hari ini ada pihak yang mendesak PAS menggugurkan nama Islam dari nama parti. Seolah-olah Islam langsung tidak boleh menyebut soal kebajikan. "Bila menyebut kebajikan, maka ia tidak Islam. Peliknya, pihak itu sendiri pun masih menggunakan bahasa asing pada nama partinya yang mendakwa memperjuangkan Melayu," kata Mursyidul Am PAS dalam mesej yang dipaparkan pada laman sosial Facebook petang ini. Ini bukan kali pertama pemimpin-pemimpin Umno dan pertubuhan bukan kerajaan yang rapat dengan parti itu mahu PAS menggugurkan nama Islam pada namanya. Ia pernah ditimbulkan akhir selepas pilihan raya umum 1999. Ahli Majlis Tertinggi Umno Datuk Seri Mohd. Ali Rustam dipetik Utusan Malaysia meminta Pendaftar Pertubuhan (RoS) membatalkan penggunaan nama Islam pada PAS serta menghalang parti lain daripada menggunakan nama agama dalam parti mereka. Beliau berkata, sejak dari dahulu lagi, Umno menolak pihak yang memperalatkan agama demi kepentingan politik dan kini terbukti ia dituruti oleh PAS. Menurut Mohd. Ali, Umno bersama kerajaan BN sentiasa meletakkan kebajikan sebagai asas perjuangan mereka sejak sekian lama. Dalam pada itu, seorang lagi ahli Majlis Tertinggi Umno Datuk Dr. Mohd Puad Zarkashi mencabar PAS agar menggugurkan perkataan Islam pada nama parti itu kerana ia "menimbulkan kekeliruan banyak pihak". Menurut beliau, bukan saja bukan Melayu tidak faham atau keliru tetapi PAS turut mengelirukan umat Islam sendiri, bila ia mempolitikkan akidah dan ini cukup bahaya. "Jadi, kalau parti itu sudah sanggup dibuli oleh DAP sehinggakan akhirnya PAS boleh menggugurkan perjuangan negara Islamnya, maka kalau begitu saya cabar PAS supaya gugurkan sahaja perkataan Islam daripada nama parti itu," katanya. Isu negara berkebajikan menjadi bahan serangan Umno-BN sejak Presiden PAS Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang dalam ucapan dasarnya pada muktamar baru lalu menekankan soal negara berkebajikan. Ekoran itu pemimpin-pemimpin Umno mahu PAS menggugurkan perkataan Islam. Umno ditubuhkan pada tahun 1946 ketika era British dan selepas negara merdeka, Umno menggunakan singkatan Bahasa Inggeris sehingga kini. Umno dalam Bahasa Malaysia dikenali sebagai Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Malayu Bersatu. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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