Al fatihah buat primadona

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Semoga Allah mengampunkan dosa-dosa arwah dan menempatkan beliau di kalangan hamba-hamba yang diredhai-Nya.

Takziah buat ahli keluarga Azean Irdawaty. Moga tabah dan redha dengan dugaan-Nya ini. Sesungguhnya Allah lebih menyayangi arwah.

Dan satu kehilangan besar buat industri seni tanahair khususnya, dan Malaysia amnya.

Al fatihah.

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Warisan and Riwayat Petani by Simfoni Kijang

This is the second time Simfoni Kijang, a choir of Bank Negara Malaysia competed at Pertandingan Koir Kementerian Kewangan Malaysia, which was held on 10 December 2013 in conjunction with the Hari Innovasi.

Last year, the team got 3rd place.

This time, the choir was declared as the winner after beating 7 other teams, including the two-time defending champion, Suara Hasil of Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negara.

The team sang Fauziah Ahmad Daud's Riwayat Petani, besides the compulsory song i.e. Warisan which was made popular by the late Sudirman Haji Arshad.

The team was coached and conducted by AF Alumni, Bob Yusof.

The team from Jabatan Penilaian dan Perkhidmatan Harta, Simfoni JPPH got 2nd place and last year's first runner, The Vocalist from the Ministry of Finance got 3rd place.

Pantun buat Encik Merdi Jaya Putera Simon

Dari Sebatu ke Tanjung Tuan
Bawa jerami menutup berangan
Doa dan restu mengiringi tuan
Ditinggal kami dilupa jangan.

Pancang galah sorong papan
Digali sumur di awal pagi
Silap dan salah  jangan disimpan
Panjang umur berjumpa lagi.

Anak kedidi menggigit berudu
Dibuang tauhu berasam gelugur
Encik Merdi bakal dirindu
Berlanggar bahu jangan tak tegur.

Selamat bersara kepada Encik Merdi Jaya Putera Simon. And all the best in your future undertakings. I'm sorry that I can't attend your farewell party but I hope Pengarah will read out the above pantuns :)

15% of population diabetic

The article was first published on Free Malaysia Today.

Reducing sugar subsidies will help bring down consumption, said Health Minister Dr S Subramanian

SEGAMAT: The government has been urged to reduce subsidy for sugar as a means to discourage people from using sugar in their food and drinks daily, thus reducing the danger of diabetes among Malaysians.

Health Minister Dr S. Subramaniam said a reduction in subsidy for sugar, in stages, can reduce the consumption of sugar in their daily meals.

“The number of diabetic patients in the country has increased to 2.6 million or 15 percent of the total population.

“This is partly due to lack of control in the intake of sugar,” he told reporters after opening a diabetes awareness campaign in the Segamat Parliamentary constituency at the Buloh Kasap Multi-purpose hall, here, yesterday.

He added that the figure (2.6 million) was not including about two million people who have not undergone medical checkup at government hospitals and clinics.

Dr Subramaniam said diabetic patients were also vulnerable to other diseases, including kidney ailments and eye sight.

He said based on statistics, there were 16,000 kidney patients in the waiting list for kidney transplant because there are only 40 to 50 organ donors a year.

HARI MALAYSIA - "KEMBARA" [Pete Teo]

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Happy birthday Malaysia.

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Tahniah Osman...

Selamat pengantin baru.
Semoga berbahagia santak akhir hayat.

Sorry that I can't make it to the akad nikah, but in shaa Allah will be coming to your reception.

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Bank Negara Malaysia will not review repayment period

Bank Negara Malaysia will not review repayment period

By LIZ LEE
lizlee@thestar.com.my

KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia will not review its 10-year repayment period for personal loans as suggested by certain quarters.

Governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz was responding to appeals by Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) and the National Cooperative Organisation of Malaysia’s (Angkasa) to consider reviewing Bank Negara’s 10-year repayment period.

“In the world, 10 years for a personal loan (to be repaid) is the highest. It is usually about six years in other countries,” Zeti said on sidelines of the 5th Annual Global Policy Forum by the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI).

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak graced the closing ceremony of the forum.

“When a person borrows to either pay for a television or a wedding, that is squandered within a few days,” she said, “(If the repayment period is longer) he or she will then have the misery of owning that loan for 15, 20 or 25 years for what they spent in a few days.”

Zeti pointed out that personal loans are different from housing loans, where applicants eventually own an asset after repaying the loan.

Both Cuepacs and Angkasa opined that the repayment cap should be extended to 15 years.

On higher inflation as a result from higher fuel costs, Zeti said there was no such scenario currently.

“We do not see that happening because the global economy is still having a very modest growth and certainly from the demand side, it is not going to precipitate higher prices,” she said, adding that any Government that tried to contain price increases through subsidies would experience a financial burden that is not sustainable.
“However, if there is a disruption in supply due to events that is beyond anyone’s control, then of course it could cause prices to go up throughout the world,” she said.

The forum ended with AFI declaring the Sasana Accord to help people in developing countries to have some form of financial services.