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SEREMBAN: Individuals with special needs, students and senior citizens in three states can now travel for free on the myBAS stage bus service, says Anthony Loke Siew Fook.
The Transport Minister said special needs individuals registered with the Welfare Department, students aged between seven and 17 and senior citizens who are above 60 can, from Tuesday (Aug 15), apply for the myBASKonsesi card which will allow them to travel for free on 58 routes in Negri Sembilan, Perak and Johor.
The move is also to encourage more people to use the public transport service.
"This is another initiative by the ministry under the Stage Bus Service Transformation programme to help reduce the living cost of the people.
"Those eligible will only have to bring their MyKad, MyKid or MyTentera identification document or the OKU card issued by the Welfare Department when applying," he told reporters after launching the card at the Terminal One bus station here.
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PETALING JAYA: A new survey has found that the lack of punctuality in public transport services is the main complaint among commuters.
“Of the challenges the users of public transport faced, 54% stated lack of punctuality, 48% stated poor last-mile connectivity while 47% perceived the fares as too expensive,” UCSI University’s Poll Research Centre, which carried out the survey, said.
The survey, from July 10 to Aug 4, took into account feedback from 1,029 respondents on their perception toward public transport in Malaysia. Sixty-seven per cent of the respondents said they used various forms of public transport, including trains and buses.
The pollster said 21% of its respondents used public transport daily, 22% several times a week, and 24% several times a month. A third of the respondents said they did not use any form of public transport.
As for reasons to use public transportation, 39% of the respondents said it was because they do not have their own vehicle, 25% said it was due to traffic congestion, and 18% mentioned a lack of parking facilities and the costs they would have to incur using their own vehicle.
Among those who opted not to use public transport, the main reasons given were that they preferred using their own vehicle (33%) as well for convenience and safety concerns (19%).
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PASIR GUDANG - Beberapa peniaga di sekitar bandar raya ini terpaksa menjual ayam pada harga RM8.70 sekilogram ketika ini kerana mereka mendapat harga yang tinggi daripada pembekal bahan mentah itu.
Peniaga kedai runcit di pekan Kota Masai, Rahmad Abdullah, 34, berkata, terpaksa menjual pada harga itu berbeza RM7.39 minggu lalu kerana tidak mahu rugi selain memperoleh sedikit keuntungan.
"Peniaga di pekan ini mendapat bekalan daripada pembekal yang berbeza-beza. Saya mendapat bekalan ayam, ikan dan sayur daripada pembekal yang berbeza jadi susah untuk mendapatkan harga murah.
"Saya bukan suka-suka jual tidak mengikut harga ditetapkan tetapi kita bergantung kepada pembekal.
Dalam sehari kita perlu dapatkan 30 sehingga 50 ekor bekalan ayam," katanya ketika ditemui pada Isnin.
Dia berkata, biasanya bekalan ayam tersebut habis walaupun harganya berbeza mengikut harga borong yang diberikan pembekal.
Seorang lagi peniaga yang hanya mahu dikenali sebagai Shafie, 40, berkata, walaupun harga tidak menentu, pelanggan tetap membelinya kerana bahan mentah itu sudah menjadi satu keperluan.
"Setakat ini tiada lagi pelanggan yang merungut kerana ayam memang sentiasa dicari pelanggan.
Sebelum ini ada peniaga di pekan ini yang menjual ayam sehingga RM9 sekilogram pada minggu lepas kerana mendapat harga mahal daripada pembekal," katanya.
Bagi seorang lagi peniaga kedai runcit, Abdul Kadir Mahmud, 50, harga ayam tidak boleh dinaikkan sesuka hati apatah lagi terlalu banyak persaingan di pekan tersebut kerana terdapat pasar raya dan pasar mini menjual bahan mentah itu dengan harga lebih murah.
"Kita pun tidak tahu minggu depan harga macam mana lagi. Harap-harap tidaklah naik sampai kena jual RM12 seperti yang berlaku sebelum ini di beberapa tempat, bukan sahaja peniaga susah tapi kasihan kepada pelanggan," katanya.
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KUALA LUMPUR; The Council of Buildings (COB) of Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has issued a circular prohibiting room partitions (adding bedrooms) in commercial-titled apartments with strata status under its jurisdiction in Kuala Lumpur.
The circular, which became effective on August 1, 2023, was addressed to the chairman of all Joint Management Bodies (JMB), Management Corporations (MC), and Sub Management Corporations (Sub-MC) in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur.
Kuala Lumpur Mayor Datuk Kamarulzaman Mat Salleh noted in the circular that all service apartments and SOHOs with strata titles in the city are prohibited from building walls to create more bedrooms.
He provided numerous reasons for the ban, the first being that converting living rooms and dining rooms into new bedrooms increases the number of rooms in an apartment or SOHO unit.
This, he said, would be in violation of the original Development Order (DO) approved by the relevant authorities, including DBKL.
Read more: DBKL forbids adding more bedrooms in commercial-titled apartments in KL
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PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) has called for stricter regulation and enforcement of the beauty and aesthetics industry following a recent death linked to a plastic surgery procedure.
MMA president Dr Muruga Raj Rajathurai said the increasing number of incidents involving unlicensed or unregistered beauty centres in recent years suggested a lack of enforcement by the authorities.
“The MMA takes a serious view of these incidents and urges the health ministry to immediately take action to address these concerns,” he said in a statement.
His statement comes after China Press reported on Saturday that a 29-year-old woman had died after allegedly undergoing breast augmentation surgery at a beautician’s home in Skudai, Johor Bahru.
The victim was admitted to the hospital after complaining of pain and swelling in her chest before dying three days later.
Read more: MMA calls for stricter enforcement of beauty industry
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Putrajaya: Skim Perubatan MADANI akan diperluaskan ke 11 daerah lain bermula minggu kedua bulan ini bagi memastikan lebih ramai rakyat mendapat kemudahan kesihatan, kata Menteri Kesihatan Dr Zaliha Mustafa.
Ia terdiri daripada Kota Setar dan Kuala Muda, Kedah serta Kuala Terengganu dan Kuala Nerus, Terengganu akan bermula pada minggu kedua, manakala Seremban, Negeri Sembilan; Kota Bharu, Pasir Mas (Kelantan); Kuantan (Pahang); Melaka Tengah (Melaka), Seberang Perai Tengah (Pulau Pinang) dan Perlis bermula pada minggu keempat Ogos.
Dalam kenyataan hari ini beliau berkata klinik perubatan swasta umum (GP) di daerah terlibat dialu-alukan untuk mendaftar sebagai klinik panel Skim Perubatan MADANI dengan melayari laman sesawang ProtectHealth di www.protecthealth.com.my/skimperubatanmadani atau menghubungi talian 03-8687 2525.
Skim Perubatan MADANI bermula pada 15 Jun lepas di 10 daerah iaitu Gombak, Hulu Langat, Klang dan Petaling, Kuala Lumpur, Kinta (Perak), Timur Laut (Pulau Pinang), Johor Bahru, Kota Kinabalu (Sabah) dan Kuching (Sarawak).
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Kuantan: Wanita mendakwa kerugian RM118,767.49 selepas terpedaya dengan sindiket tawaran kerja sambilan yang menawarkan gaji tinggi secara dalam talian.
Ketua Polis Pahang Datuk Seri Yahaya Othman berkata, mangsa yang berusia 22 tahun itu mendakwa ditawarkan pekerjaan oleh seorang wanita yang dikenalinya menerusi Instagram, pada 23 Julai lepas.
"Suspek dikatakan menawarkan mangsa untuk menyelesaikan satu tugasan dengan bayaran, selain turut memberikan nombor telefon untuk dihubungi, jika mangsa berjaya melakukan kerja itu.
"Mangsa yang menghubungi suspek kemudiannya ditawarkan pula tugasan melakukan tangkap layar barangan di pautan diberikan dengan dijanjikan keuntungan bagi setiap tangkap layar dibuat," katanya menerusi kenyataan di sini, hari ini.
Yahaya berkata, mangsa yang bekerja di sebuah institusi pendidikan di sini, tertarik dengan "kerja" itu kerana menerima upah RM47 selepas menyelesaikan dua tugasan, menyebabkan dia terus menghubungi suspek untuk mendapatkan tugasan selanjutnya.
Read more: Terjerat tawaran kerja, wanita rugi lebih RM100,000
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Kuala Lumpur: Menjanjikan pulangan hingga lebih setengah juta ringgit seawal tiga jam selepas pelaburan dibuat.
Itu antara taktik digunakan sindiket dikenali Pelaburan Philip bagi menjerat mangsa.
Pengarah Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Komersial (JSJK) Bukit Aman, Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf berkata, sindiket terbabit menggunakan logo sebuah syarikat kewangan antarabangsa, Phillip Capital untuk memperdaya mangsa.
"Melalui promosi yang dibuat menerusi aplikasi Telegram, pelabur ditawarkan pakej pelaburan serendah RM 500 hingga RM10,000.
"Sindiket terbabit menjanjikan keuntungan bermula RM15,000 sehingga RM610,000 seawal tiga jam selepas pelaburan dibuat," katanya dalam kenyataan hari ini.
Menurutnya, pihak sindiket menggunakan logo syarikat terbabit untuk mencipta gambaran seolah-olah skim pelaburan itu dikendalikan syarikat kewangan yang mempunyai cawangan di seluruh dunia.
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PETALING JAYA: The education ministry is aiming to set up schools that cater especially for children from the poorest communities by next year, says its minister Fadhlina Sidek.
She said these schools will ensure that poor students enjoy a higher standard of education.
“We will provide updates as we want to ensure these (special) schools are ready to operate,” she told reporters after launching a school-in-hospital (SDH) programme at Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital in Alor Setar, Kedah.
Yesterday, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said the government will introduce a new type of school for children from poor families to ensure they are not left behind in their studies.
The school would be similar to a secondary boarding school and cater to poor students, including those who are behind in their studies.
Previously, the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas) highlighted that the lack of funds was among the reasons why many children from urban and rural low-income families dropped out of school.
Meanwhile, on the SDH programme, Fadhlina said there were a total of 17 SDH in 11 states.
“This (SDH programme) is very important, especially in ensuring access to education for our children, and this includes those in hospitals.”
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