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MCO violations: How Neelofa and husband Haris kept drawing police attention Posted by: superadmin - 05-31-2021, 08:06 AM - Forum: Covid-19 Pandemic - No Replies KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 — Celebrity entrepreneur Noor Neelofa Mohd Noor and her Islamic televangelist husband, Haris Ismail, have repeatedly come under police investigation after their alleged violations of the movement control order (MCO) made headlines. Amid growing public criticism against preferential treatment for VIPs, Malaysians with internet access have been quick to point out the alleged breaches. One keyboard warrior even started an online petition to demand that Neelofa and her husband, better known as PU Riz, be punished with jail time for their repeated violations. Here is a list of the couple’s violations — admitted and alleged — so far. On March 27, Neelofa married PU Riz at the Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur, with some 200 guests reportedly attending the hotel event. Videos and images depicting the attendees failing to maintain the required one-metre physical distance and sitting shoulder-to-shoulder were later circulated on social media. The wedding was also attended by Islamic Affairs Minister Datuk Zulkifli Mohamad who has refused to comment on the alleged breaches at the event. A day after the wedding, Dang Wangi police chief Mohamad Zainal said the police have started investigations under Section 21A of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act. A month later, Neelofa was fined RM20,000. Twenty of her family members were also fined RM1,500 each, resulting in RM30,000 collectively for ignoring the minimum physical distance during the ceremony to prevent spreading Covid-19. - More -   How control of the economy corrupted Umno Posted by: superadmin - 05-30-2021, 08:35 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies After the formation of Barisan Nasional in 1973,  prime minister Abdul Razak Hussein appointed Hussein Onn as the new finance minister in 1974, taking over from MCA leader Tan Siew Sin, who had occupied the post since 1959. For the first time since independence, Umno controlled the country’s purse. When Hussein became PM, after the death of  Razak, he brought in Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, then chief executive of Petronas, to be the new finance minister in 1976. Hussein Onn had a strategy. In exchange, he appointed MCA leader, Lee San Choon, as the new transport minister on Nov 1, 1979. Since then, the transport portfolio has remained with an MCA leader, except when Pakatan Harapan won GE14 and the post went to Loke Siew Fook of DAP. Transport to riches The continued dominance of MCA in the country’s business and financial matters has been well documented. As the Chinese controlled almost all the commercial activities in the country, MCA frequently set the agenda and influenced public policy on commerce and industry. The Umno-led government was simply the political administrator. They had no choice but to “kow-tow” to the “towkays” in MCA, the centrifugal force built around the leader who also controlled the transport ministry. - More -   Govt makes U-turn on vaccine choice Posted by: superadmin - 05-30-2021, 05:22 PM - Forum: Covid-19 Pandemic - No Replies PETALING JAYA: The government has decided against allowing people to choose their vaccine, National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme coordinating minister Khairy Jamaluddin said today. On Thursday, Khairy said Putrajaya was looking at adding a feature to the MySejahtera app to allow the public to have the vaccine of their choice. “We thought about (allowing people to have a choice) initially, but now the concern is to increase and ramp up the (vaccination) numbers. So, we will just give whatever we have,” he said. “If we give them an option, maybe that will slow things down,” he said at a press conference after visiting the vaccination centre at the Malaysia International Digital Entrepreneurs Centre (Mitec) in Kuala Lumpur. The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) had earlier supported the idea of having people choose their vaccine, telling FMT that it would be better in case those who are hesitant decide against getting vaccinated at all. “Giving people the chance to select their vaccines would instil greater confidence in Malaysians that they are receiving an effective vaccine and not one of the dregs,” it said. Currently, there are three vaccines available to Malaysians, from Pfizer-BioNTech, Sinovac and AstraZeneca. While AstraZeneca was earlier taken out of the national programme and only open to voluntary sign-ups, this decision has since been reversed due to the high demand seen once applications opened up in a number of states. - More -   Apple’s massive success with CarPlay paves the way for automotive ambitions Posted by: superadmin - 05-30-2021, 12:00 PM - Forum: Business, Economy and Investment - No Replies Apple introduced CarPlay in 2014 as a way to integrate the iPhone and a car’s dashboard. In the United States, over 80% of new cars sold support it, Apple said last year. Apple’s success with CarPlay explains the automotive industry’s interest in rumors that Apple plans to build its own car. In the early 2010s, automotive manufacturers and their suppliers were excited about building sophisticated apps for car dashboards that went beyond a CD player and a tiny LED screen. Partnering with companies like Microsoft, car makers started to come up with services for maps, music, and on-road assistance, often bundled into an upgrade package. They entered into large consortiums to create industry standards to connect smartphones to cars. Then Apple came in and changed everything. - More -   Brazil: Protesters blame Bolsonaro for Covid crisis Posted by: superadmin - 05-30-2021, 11:54 AM - Forum: Covid-19 Pandemic - No Replies Protests are taking place across Brazil over the management of the Covid-19 crisis by the government of President Jair Bolsonaro. In the capital, Brasilia, thousands of people gathered in front of Congress calling for the president's impeachment, and demanding more vaccines. Demonstrations are taking place in several other major cities, including Rio de Janeiro. Mr Bolsonaro's popularity has plummeted over his response to the pandemic. Brazil has registered nearly 460,000 deaths - the second highest toll in the world after the US. It also has the third highest number of coronavirus cases at more than 16 million. Saturday's protests piled further pressure on Mr Bolsonaro as Brazil's Senate holds an inquiry into his government's handling of the pandemic and the slow roll-out of the vaccine programme. Opposition parties, trade unions and social movements accuse Mr Bolsonaro of stalling the programme and disregarding the consequences. - More -   Past, present and future: The evolution of China's incredible high-speed rail network Posted by: superadmin - 05-30-2021, 11:20 AM - Forum: Travels - No Replies (CNN) — At the beginning of the 21st century China had no high-speed railways. Slow and often uncomfortable trains plodded across this vast country, with low average speeds making journeys such as Shanghai-Beijing a test of travel endurance. Today, it's a completely different picture. The world's most populous nation has -- by some distance -- the world's largest network of high-speed railways. No fewer than 37,900 kilometers (about 23,500 miles) of lines crisscross the country, linking all of its major mega-city clusters, and all have been completed since 2008. Half of that total has been completed in the last five years alone, with a further 3,700 kilometers due to open in the coming months of 2021. The network is expected to double in length again, to 70,000 kilometers, by 2035. With maximum speeds of 350 kph (217 mph) on many lines, intercity travel has been transformed and the dominance of airlines has been broken on the busiest routes. By 2020, 75% of Chinese cities with a population of 500,000 or more had a high-speed rail ink. Spain, which has Europe's most extensive high-speed network and occupies second place in the global league table, is a minnow in comparison with just over 2,000 miles of dedicated lines built for operation at over 250 kph. In contrast, the UK currently has just 107 kilometers while the United States has only one rail route that (just about) qualifies for high-speed status -- Amtrak's North East Corridor, where Acela trains currently top out at 240 kph on expensively rebuilt sections of existing line shared with commuter and freight trains. - More -   Anwar tells government to decentralise vaccination efforts Posted by: superadmin - 05-30-2021, 10:48 AM - Forum: Covid-19 Pandemic - No Replies KUALA LUMPUR, May 29 — Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim urged the government to let private entities and state governments obtain Covid-19 vaccines on their own. He said that is essential as the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) was slow and not effectively reaching those in the rural areas. “I urge the government to decide now today, give permission to the private sector or the state government to buy vaccines and run more effectively. - More -   Covid-19: 98 deaths a dark moment for Malaysia, says Dr Noor Hisham Posted by: superadmin - 05-30-2021, 10:45 AM - Forum: Covid-19 Pandemic - No Replies KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 — “Today marks a dark moment when the country recorded its highest daily Covid-19 deaths since the pandemic began,” according to Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. In voicing his concern, he said the 98 Covid-19 fatalities saw the death toll shooting to 2,650 cases. He said the development caused the mortuary facilities in the Ministry of Health (MoH) hospitals to reach maximum capacity and it is getting difficult to accommodate the bodies of victims. “There were 472 deaths in 2020 while 2,179 deaths were recorded in just the first five months of 2021. - More -   How do you explain consciousness? | David Chalmers Posted by: superadmin - 05-30-2021, 10:16 AM - Forum: Interesting Videos - No Replies   Is this the beginning of a new era for cryptocurrencies? Posted by: superadmin - 05-29-2021, 11:05 PM - Forum: Business, Economy and Investment - No Replies Pages (1035): « Previous 1 … 886 887 888 889 890 … 1035 Next » Jump to page: