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16 NOVEMBER 2020
Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) is expanding the use of smart meters in more premises nationwide. The new connected meters will provide a more efficient and accurate power consumption reading, while allowing users to better monitor their usage.
TNB has successfully installed 340,000 smart meters in Melaka and they targeting to install 1.2 million units for residential and commercial premises in the Klang Valley. The power utility company also aims to expand the smart meter usage to cover 9 million premises by 2021.
What is a Smart Meter?
Unlike traditional meters which requires manual reading by a TNB personnel, power consumption measurements on a smart meter can be done remotely. Users with the smart meter can view energy usage updates in 30-minute intervals from the myTNB portal or via the myTNB app. The smart meter itself won’t reduce power consumption, but it will help users to better track and manage their energy use.
Since the meters are connected, it could reduce the need for manual reading and it also improves TNB’s power outage detection.
Read more: TNB expands Smart Meter installation. Here’s what you need to know
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Wabak Covid-19 bukan sahaja melemahkan ekonomi negara tetapi turut mengubah aktiviti harian manusia secara amnya. Pengguna di Malaysia boleh dikatakan semakin serasi dengan kehidupan norma baharu semenjak pelaksanaan Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan (PKP) yang telah bermula pada 18 Mac yang lalu.
Antara perubahan aktiviti harian pengguna Malaysia yang paling ketara ialah apabila mereka mula serasi dengan kaedah pembelian barangan keperluan melalui platform atas talian atau e-dagang. Berdasarkan kajian statistik, aktiviti jual beli e-dagang mencatatkan peningkatan sebanyak 28.9 peratus pada April yang lalu.
Maka pemilik bisnes juga tidak mahu ketinggalan dengan pasca norma baharu ini, kebanyakan daripada mereka telah mula melakukan paradigma yang baru iaitu dengan meneroka peluang bisnes melalui platform e-dagang.
Namun begitu, berdasarkan data aduan daripada Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) sebanyak 2,500 aduan penipuan e-dagang telah diterima dalam tempoh 18 Mac sehingga 4 Ogos lalu. Manakala Pusat Khidmat Aduan Pengguna Nasional (NCCC) pula telah menerima sebanyak 1,520 kes aduan penipuan e-dagang dalam tempoh Januari sehingga Oktober di mana 1,216 kes aduan adalah daripada pengguna di Selangor yang membeli barangan e-dagang melalui platform Facebook, Twitter, Instagram dan juga Mudah.my.
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Selasa, 10 November 2020 @ 8:30 AM
Kuala Lumpur: Belanjawan 2021 yang diumumkan minggu lalu menyaksikan pelbagai bantuan disalurkan namun rakyat yang terkesan dengan penularan wabak Covid-19 seperti hilang pekerjaan, kerugian dalam perniagaan dan hilang punca pendapatan tetap memerlukan suntikan kewangan.
Penganalisis ekonomi, Prof Dr Azali Mohamed berkata, penurunan kadar caruman Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP) dari 11 kepada 9.0 peratus menerusi pengumuman Belanjawan 2021 dilihat akan memberi lebihan wang belanja buat pencarum seterusnya mampu merancakkan ekonomi domestik.
Katanya, jumlah inisiatif yang membabitkan sehingga RM9.3 bilion ini bakal menyaksikan pergerakan ekonomi lebih baik tahun depan.
"Memang benar, caruman KWSP untuk pelaburan jangka masa panjang dan simpanan hari tua, namun rakyat amat terkesan sekarang dan pengumuman kerajaan dalam Belanjawan 2021 dapat melegakan kira-kira 600,000 pencarum.
"Langkah ini hanya terpakai dalam tempoh 12 bulan tahun depan dan boleh berubah semula ke peratus asal apabila ekonomi sudah kukuh dengan pengumuman semula pada belanjawan seterusnya.
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09/11/2020 09:14 AM
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) -- Baru-baru ini, setelah pulang bertugas dari pejabat, penjawat awam Ahmad Erwan Othman singgah di sebuah pasar malam di tengah ibu kota, untuk membeli anak patung sebagai hadiah hari jadi ke-5 tahun anak perempuan sulungnya.
Antara banyak deretan gerai jualan, langkahnya terhenti di sebuah gerai, ada pelbagai jenis permainan kanak-kanak di gerai itu termasuk anak patung.
Hatinya berkenan pada satu anak patung Barbie yang kelihatan begitu comel, berpakaian hijau laksana puteri raja, dengan rambut palsu berwarna emas. Harganya sekitar RM15.
Ahmad Erwan tersenyum sendiri, membayangkan betapa anak kecilnya itu akan melompat keriangan menerima hadiah hari jadinya nanti.
Namun ketika ingin membuat bayaran, barulah beliau perasan, tiada pelekat Malaysian Comformity atau MC tertera pada anak patung atau di mana-mana bahagian kotaknya, tidak seperti barangan mainan lain yang pernah beliau beli sebelum ini.
Dengan perasaan sedih, beliau beredar tanpa membeli anak patung itu kerana risau ianya mungkin tidak selamat untuk anaknya. Getus hatinya, “apakah ianya suatu kesalahan berdasarkan undang-undang terhadap pengeluar atau peniaga untuk menjual barangan pengguna yang tiada penandaan MC?”
PERLU PENANDAAN MC
Mengulas mengenai persoalan ini, Penolong Pengarah Kanan Bahagian Standard Kepenggunaan di Kementerian Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna (KPDNHEP), Salman Salim berkata, mainan kanak-kanak adalah salah satu dari enam jenis barangan pengguna yang dikawal selia KPDNHEP dan perlu mematuhi standard keselamatan.
Read more: Pematuhan Standard Keselamatan Barangan Pengguna Akan Terus Diperkasa
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Isnin, 9 November 2020 @ 7:01 AM
INDUSTRI perbankan bersetuju memberikan bantuan bayaran balik pinjaman bersasar tambahan untuk peminjam individu dan perusahaan kecil dan sederhana (PKS).
Semua penambahbaikan ini adalah tambahan kepada bantuan yang diumumkan sebelum ini untuk mereka yang kehilangan pekerjaan serta untuk individu dan PKS yang pendapatan mereka terjejas akibat pandemik.
Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) dalam satu kenyataan berkata, peminjam juga boleh terus menghubungi bank mereka untuk bantuan bayaran balik yang sesuai mengikut keadaan kewangan khusus mereka kerana semua bank terus bersedia memberikan bantuan kepada peminjam yang memerlukan.
"Bantuan bayaran balik pinjaman tambahan akan diberikan kepada peminjam dalam kategori yang individu golongan B40 yang menerima Bantuan Sara Hidup (BSH) atau Bantuan Prihatin Rakyat (BPR) dan perusahaan mikro.
"Peminjam dalam kedua-dua kategori ini boleh memohon sama ada untuk menangguhkan ansuran bulanan selama tiga bulan atau mengurangkan ansuran bulanan sebanyak 50 peratus selama enam bulan," katanya.
Bantuan ini akan disediakan untuk kemudahan yang diluluskan sebelum 1 Oktober 2020 yang tidak tertunggak lebih daripada 90 hari pada masa peminjam memohon bantuan bayaran balik.
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Isnin, 9 November 2020 @ 7:20 AM
BANK Islam Malaysia Berhad (Bank Islam) menyambut baik penambahbaikan bantuan pembayaran balik bersasar yang diumumkan Menteri Kewangan, Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz, ketika pembentangan Belanjawan 2021.
Langkah terbaharu itu membuka laluan kepada golongan terjejas khususnya kumpulan B40, M40 dan perusahaan mikro menangani kesulitan dialami dan memberi peluang kepada mereka untuk pulih selepas berdepan cabaran yang berpunca daripada penularan pandemik Covid-19.
Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Bank Islam, Mohd Muazzam Mohamed berkata, pihaknya menyedari Covid-19 memberi impak berbeza kepada masyarakat dan secara konsisten menghubungi pelanggan bagi memahami keperluan mereka.
Katanya, dari sudut ekonomi, penambahbaikan kepada bantuan bayaran balik bersasar ini memberi kesan positif terhadap keyakinan perniagaan dan pengguna.
"Ia jelas memperlihatkan institusi perbankan secara proaktif menangani kepayahan yang dihadapi pelanggan mereka.
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The scammer told the victim that there was a transaction on an Ambank credit card in his name amounting to RM11,188.35 for the purchase of goods from Lazada
09 Nov 2020 8:30AM
BATU GAJAH — A contractor lost more than RM107,000 after he was duped by a Macau Scam syndicate member into believing that he had credit card debts.
Batu Gajah district police chief ACP Ahmad Adnan Basri said that the 45-year-old victim was at home in Kampung Baharu Chenderoh here, when he received a phone call from a man who introduced himself as 'Mr Lai' purportedly a Bank Negara officer at 03-94165679.
He said that 'Mr Lai' told the victim that there was a transaction on an Ambank credit card in his name amounting to RM11,188.35 for the purchase of goods from Lazada, but the victim denied it.
“The call was then connected to the money laundering division in Bukit Aman and the victim spoke to a woman named Than Kok Hwa who told him that his credit card account had been misused and he was required to appear in the Kuala Lumpur High Court.
“The victim informed the caller that he had two accounts, namely, Ambank account and Hong Leong Bank account before he was directed to go to the automatic teller machine (ATM) of both banks,” he said.
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The government needs to clarify its guidelines, criteria for the campaign to be effective
9 November 2020
THE Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry has initiated a follow-up to the Buy Malaysia campaign first launched in 1984 and relaunched during the financial crises of 1998 and 2008.
The current follow-up to encourage consumers to buy made in Malaysia products is to help local entrepreneurs during the economic crisis consequent on the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Proponents of economic liberalism and free-market capitalism baulk at such protective measures.
However, as noted by Nobel laureate Paul Krugman in his opinion piece in the New York Times supporting the US Buy National Campaign during the 2009 financial crisis: “These are not normal conditions. We’re in the midst of a global slump, with governments everywhere having trouble coming up with an effective response... Don’t say that any theory which has good things to say about protectionism must be wrong: that’s theology, not economics.”
Malaysians will surely support the ministry’s efforts and treat buying Malaysian made products as an important determinant of their purchasing behaviour.
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November 6, 2020 @ 10:02pm
KUALA LUMPUR: Despite the announcements on new road infrastructures under the 2021 Budget, the Malaysian Road and Transportation Safety Association (MRTSA) nevertheless is disappointed with a lack of coverage on road safety.
Its deputy president Harijit Singh said that the budget did not address solutions to road traffic accidents leading to deaths.
"Nothing in the budget to address the daily deaths of 16 to 18 people on our roads.
"The government should look into road safety enforcement and education. There should be specific grants to generate more road safety professionals," he said in a brief text message today.
Meanwhile, Malaysian Public Transport Users Association (4PAM) president Ajit Johl welcomed the transportation related initiatives to assist the groups in need.
Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz in tabling the 2021 Budget announced that the My30 unlimited travel pass initiative would be continued and expanded to Kuantan and Penang with a total allocation of RM300 million.
He also announced an unlimited monthly travel pass for as low as RM5 be for children to commute to school, and for the disabled.
Read more: Transport group disappointed no initiative to tackle fatal accidents
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November 5, 2020
PETALING JAYA: Of the 500,000 Malaysians reported to suffer from depression in the 2019 National Health and Morbidity Survey, 108,919 were young Malaysians, according to Befrienders KL.
They were between 15 and 24 years old, Befrienders publicity director Ardy Ayadali told FMT.
He also said those aged 28 and below made up 33% of the distress calls Befrienders received last year.
Referring to the current situation, Ardy said older people were experiencing emotional distress because they were working from home or had suffered loss of income.
However, he added, youths were more likely to get depression from the stress of academic and social struggles.
“But the causes of depression are complex,” he said. “In youths, these can include low self-esteem and poor interpersonal skills, which cause them to struggle with relationships with friends and family.”
He said family support played a key role in improving the younger generation’s well-being and he recommended that schools incorporate the topics of self-care, mental health issues and stress-coping skills into the syllabus.
Read more: 15 to 24-year-olds among those affected by depression
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