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SEREMBAN: Kadar tarif air di Negeri Sembilan tidak akan dinaikkan sekurang-kurangnya bagi tempoh 2 tahun ini, kata Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun.Perkara itu diputuskan hasil mesyuarat jawatankuasa yang ditubuhkan bagi mengkaji cadangan kenaikan kadar tarif air yang dikemukakan kerajaan pusat serta Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Air Negara (SPAN) bulan lalu.“Buat masa ini tiada kenaikan tarif air termasuk tarif air industri selepas melihat kepada kepentingan rakyat.“SPAN boleh cadangkan kenaikan tetapi bergantung kepada kerajaan negeri,” katanya kepada pemberita selepas mempengerusikan mesyuarat Exco di sini, hari ini.
Bulan lalu, Menteri Air, Tanah dan Sumber Asli, Dr Xavier Jayakumar berkata kadar tarif air mungkin akan dinaikkan secara berperingkat tahun ini selaras dengan usaha kerajaan untuk menstruktur semula industri perkhidmatan bekalan air negara.
Katanya, kenaikan tarif sumber asli tersebut perlu dilaksanakan bagi menjaga kepentingan pengguna untuk mendapatkan air berkualiti serta menjamin perkhidmatan industri tersebut.Sementara itu, berhubung penyerahan memorandum menuntut penyelesaian isu tanah peneroka Kampung Serampang Indah (Ladang Gatco), Jempol, semalam, Aminuddin berkata pihaknya akan mengadakan perjumpaan dengan wakil kumpulan berkenaan Rabu ini di Wisma Negeri.“Semalam mereka hadir untuk menyerahkan memorandum kepada saya namun mereka enggan menyerahkannya melalui setiausaha sulit dan setiausaha kanan, jadi Rabu ini saya akan berjumpa dengan wakil mereka dan adakan perbincangan,” katanya.
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From the moment we wake up, to the last thing we do at night, technology is transforming our lives.Digital technology is also revolutionising the workplace and reframing the debate on how successful businesses operate. It is creating new opportunities for connecting with customers and opening new channels to markets. The businesses that are prepared and able to adapt fastest to this change will be those that reap the rewards.But what does this mean for finance and shared services? In the face of seemingly bewildering technological possibilities, how should business leaders even begin to navigate the tech landscape? Where should they place their digital bets? And how can they take advantage of the significant opportunities that digital may present?
Addressing Talent Shortages
Almost everything we do leaves a digital footprint – a data record in the vast data pool that humanity is creating. Human societies are living and benefit from a life based around technology. Businesses talk of automation of the factory floor or the shared services centre, replacing people with robots and intelligent tools that can perform tasks with increased efficiency and reduced cost. This creates opportunities but also challenges the basis of our traditional ways of working.For today’s technology-enabled working practices, organisations need to equip themselves with new skills, whether by “upskilling” or raising the skill levels of existing employees; “repainting” executives with new skills; or by recruiting externally. Many of these skills may not be available among the current talent pool, requiring leaders to think carefully about the future skills mix and to create clear and coherent development plans.
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MALAYSIAN consumers lost tens of millions of ringgit annually as a result of unsatisfactory services from their telecommunications providers, said a consumer affairs group. According to the National Consumer Complaints Centre (NCCC) annual reports, customers lost RM16 million in 2016 and RM15.87 million in 2017 from telco-related issues, said senior manager for legal and policy matters Shabana Naseer Ahmad.The losses stemmed from billing disputes, roaming charges disputes, broadband and mobile internet services, unsolicited messages and wrong charges.Last week, Eastern Analytica reported a high level of consumer dissatisfaction regarding their mobile service providers – Maxis, Digi, Celcom and U Mobile – based on pricing, customer service, speed and coverage.
One in five subscribers described services provided by mobile phone operators via online platforms as “trash”, it said.The survey was based on 674,910 online posts gathered from several online platforms, such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and blogs.The data on the posts was compiled between November 8 last year and January 7.Shabana said the NCCC received 5,590 complaints on telcos in 2017 and 5,681 in 2016.“We are receiving a lot of complaints from the consumers. They’re facing issues like poor internet connection… complaints that could not be resolved in a timely manner. There are consumers claiming that there are no ports available at their respective areas,” she told The Malaysian Insight. Consumers feel they are not getting their value for money, she said.Consumers feel they are not getting value for money from the services provided by telecommunications providers, says a consumer affairs group. – AFP pic, February 13, 2019.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Trend pemasangan kamera ‘dashboard’ atau ‘dashcam’ dalam kenderaan oleh pemilik kenderaan terutama golongan muda sekarang ini adalah satu perkembangan yang positif.Ketua Pengarah Institut Penyelidikan Keselamatan Jalan Raya Malaysia (MIROS), Dr Siti Zaharah Ishak, berkata ia kerana dashcam yang mampu merekodkan pelbagai kejadian di atas jalan raya boleh dijadikan sebagai maklumat tambahan untuk mengenal pasti punca sesuatu kemalangan.“Contohnya, apabila berlakunya satu kemalangan, pada mulanya ia dikatakan terjadi kerana kecuaian pemandu. Namun selepas siasatan dibuat melalui rakaman dashcam, kita mendapati kemalangan berlaku kerana faktor lain seperti tayar meletup sehingga menyebabkan kenderaan hilang kawalan,” katanya ketika dihubungi Bernama, di sini.
Pemasangan dashcam juga selari dengan usaha MIROS dan Kementerian Pengangkutan untuk menggalakkan masyarakat menjadi mata dan telinga pihak berkuasa dalam menyalurkan maklumat termasuk berkaitan kemalangan jalan raya, katanya.Pada 20 Januari lepas, satu kemalangan ngeri di Km4.0 Jambatan Pulau Pinang yang mengorbankan seorang penuntut kolej swasta Moey Yun Peng, 20, selepas kenderaan utiliti sukan (SUV) Mazda CX-5 dipandunya dilanggar sebuah kereta lain jenis Toyota Vios, yang mana video rakaman dashcam kejadian itu tular dalam laman sosial.Baru-baru ini Menteri Pengangkutan, Anthony Loke Siew Fook berkata, walaupun menyedari akan kebaikannya, namun kerajaan belum mempunyai cadangan untuk mewajibkan pemasangan kamera itu pada setiap kenderaan di Malaysia kerana tidak mahu membebankan rakyat.
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PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry has never approved any herbal medicine which claimed to be able to cure and prevent dengue, Zika and chikungunya.Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the ministry has received complaints on the herbal medicine which is advertised on social media sites.“The ministry wishes to stress that all advertising of medicinal products, registered under Drug Control Authority, must get the approval of the Medicine Advertisement Board (LIU) before advertising to the public.“Legal actions can be taken against medicine advertisements advertised without the approval of Medicine Act (Advertisement and Sale) 1956.“If anyone is found to have committed wrongdoings, they will be liable to a fine not more than RM3,000 or jail term not more than one year, or both,” he said in a statement today.
The ministry also reminded the people to not easily be deceived by suspicious advertisements on any products.Dr Noor Hisham said for any information on suspicious products can be directed to the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency, call at 03-7883 5400 or email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ministry also advised the people to continue activities to prevent dengue, Zika and chikungunya which are spread by Aedes mosquitoes.“Activities to control the breeding of Aedes mosquitoes are important. We have to make sure that there are no stagnant waters, and empty containers which could hold water must be destroyed and containers which can’t be emptied must contain medicine with poison to kill the larvae.
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THE funding conundrum for the light rail transit line 3 or Bandar Utama-Johan Setia line has taken another twist as a number of contractors contend that they have yet to receive payment from Prasarana Malaysia Bhd for work packages completed since last February. Because of this problem, sources say several smaller subcontractors are on the brink of bankruptcy.The sources add that Prasarana has not paid for work that had been completed up to Sept 30, 2018, amounting to RM800 million, and that a meeting was held recently between the work package contractors and the main contractor, MRCB George Kent Sdn Bhd (MRCBGK).
“Prasarana has stopped paying us for the work done since February last year. When we requested a meeting with them, Prasarana went silent,” one of the sources tells The Edge.“We are really hard-pressed in the current situation. How are we going to continue with the work if we are not paid? Some of the smaller subcontractors are saying that they are on the brink of bankruptcy as they don’t have enough cash to roll over,” says another source.The sources say MRCBGK had to let some 100 workers go following a reduction in the project scope by the new government and an extension of the deadline for its completion. Initially targeted to be completed by 2020, the LRT3 will now only be ready in 2024.
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PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s economic growth in the fourth quarter of 2018 (Q4’18) could accelerate for the first time in a year, after the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth continued to slow down after the third quarter of 2017.However, the pace of growth for the October-to-December 2018 period may only be marginally higher than the Q3’18 GDP growth of 4.4%, according to pundits.A Bloomberg survey of 16 economists has predicted a median GDP growth of 4.5% year-on-year (y-o-y) in Q4’18.The Statistics Department will release the official GDP results tomorrow.
AllianceDBS Research expects the economy to expand by 4.5% in the fourth quarter, sustained by domestic demand despite the weakening external conditions.For full-year 2018, Malaysia’s GDP growth is projected at 4.6% compared to 5.9% in 2017.The research firm said that the manufacturing and services sectors would likely be the drivers of growth in Q4’18.“The recent release of the Q4’18 industrial production index (IPI) data showed that both IPI growth as a whole (Q4’18: 3.5%) and manufacturing IPI growth (Q4’18: 4.5%) remained resilient, coupled with steady exports growth of electrical and electronic manufactured goods during the same quarter.“Meanwhile, total manufacturing sales growth remained strong in Q4’18 (8.5%), along with a steady rise in the prices of goods and services (Q4’18: 0.3%), and the labour force participation rate of 68.6% in Q4’18 compared to 68.5% in Q3’18 will keep the services sector as the main driver of growth,” AllianceDBS Research said via an email to StarBiz.
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KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit may advance gradually to breach the psychological level of 4.0 against the US dollar again, and continue its strengthening path to 3.80 by end-2019, according to RHB Research.
Malaysia’s heightened forex reserves and the dovish tone set by the US Federal Reserve (Fed) are lending support to the domestic unit.Malaysia’s forex reserves rose US$700 million to US$102.1 billion as at Jan 31, 2019, after falling US$600 million in Dec 2018.“The ringgit is expected to continue its strengthening path to 3.80 versus the US dollar by end-2019, also due to the dollar’s weakness on expectations that the US Fed may pause its rate hike stance following signs of slowing US economic growth,” said the research house in a note today.
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Pengusaha food truck perlu diberi lebih penjelasan mengenai pelan teknikal keselamatan melibatkan penggunaan bahan mudah bakar seperti api dan tong gas. Garis Panduan Pengurusan Trak Bergerak telahpun berkuatkuasa 11 November lalu.Bagaimanapun, kebanyakan mereka mengakui, masih memerlukan bimbingan dan kursus dalam aspek ini memandangkan ia turut melibatkan keselamatan dan nyawa pelanggan food truck. Susulan itu, pihak bomba akan mengadakan program berkaitan kepada pengusaha food truck bermula pertengahan tahun ini.
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PUTRAJAYA: Kerajaan menubuhkan Majlis Tindakan Ekonomi yang akan bertindak untuk meneliti dan membuat keputusan berkaitan hal ehwal ekonomi dan kewangan serta kebajikan rakyat.Majlis dianggotai 16 individu yang dilantik sebagai ahli majlis berkuat kuasa serta-merta, yang dipengerusikan Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.Pejabat Perdana Menteri berkata majlis itu ditubuhkan bagi menyahut dan bertindak ke atas maklum balas rakyat terhadap masalah yang dihadapi mereka, khususnya dalam bidang ekonomi.
“Matlamat utama majlis ini adalah untuk merancakkan dan merangsang pertumbuhan ekonomi yang mampan, pengagihan kekayaan yang saksama dan seterusnya meningkatkan kesejahteraan rakyat.“Majlis ini juga akan meneliti isu berkaitan kos sara hidup, guna tenaga, kemiskinan dan pemilikan rumah,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan, hari ini.Ahli majlis terdiri daripada Menteri Hal Ehwal Ekonomi, Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali; Menteri Kewangan, Lim Guan Eng; Menteri Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri, Datuk Ignatius Darell Leiking dan Menteri Kerja Raya, Baru Bian.
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