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BY LIZAWATI MADFA

SERDANG, OCT 31: The State Government is extending the term of Council Members in its local authorities from December 31 to June 30, 2018.

Local Government, New Village Development and Illegal Factory Legalisation Exco, Ean Yong Hian Wah said the decision was made during the State Executive Council Meeting (MMKN) last September 20.

He said it involves a total of 283 Council Members from all 12 local authorities in Selangor.

“The council members involved are 100 people from KEADILAN party, DAP (93), PAS (67) and Amanah (9).

“Others include five people from non-governmental organisations, Orang Beasr Daerah (9) and five are still vacant,” he said.

He was speaking at a press conference at the DAP Serdang Community Service Centre, today.

Ean Yong said MMKN has also decided to extend the term of service for Kampung Baru, Bagan and Tersusun Village Development and Security Committee (JKKK) chairmen.

He said the meeting last October 4 decided that those whose term end on October 22 and December 31, 2017 will be extended to June 30, 2018.

“It includes 74 regular JKKK members whose terms will expire this December 31, while another three are pioneer projects which has ended last October 22,” he said.

BY LIZAWATI MADFA

KUALA SELANGOR, OCT 31: The State Government has never viewed its budget as a political tool to fish for votes.

Poverty, Caring Government and Plantation Workers Exco, Ganabatirau Veraman said, on the contrary, the State Government always puts the citizens’ interest as top priority when preparing budget.

He said, every decision taken is according to state’s financial capability and not burdening the people.

“From the beginning we have been criticised as bankrupt and until now Selangor is still stable financially with over 40 Inisiatif Peduli Rakyat programmes.

“And every year, we add our allocation for existing programmes and always introduce new schemes and programmes. No need to wait for election,” he said to SelangorKini.

He had attended the Selangor Technical Skills Offer Letter Presentation and Inpens International College Deepavali Celebration today.

Touching on the 2018 Budget, he said there are additional for programmes under his portfolio.

“Of course, there is good news for Poverty, Caring Government and Plantation Workers Exco.

“Let Dato’ Menteri Besar, Dato’ Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali announce it this November 3,” he said.

BY ERMIZI MUHAMAD

SHAH ALAM, OCT 31: The Health Ministry (KKM) is proposed to allow local authorities in Selangor to conduct inspection inside housing compounds, for dengue.

Dato’ Menteri Besar, Dato’ Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali said that is required for local authorities to be able to take action against owners who fail to clean their houses from Aedes habitats.

“Most of dengue cases are caused by hygiene problems inside housing compounds and it is difficult for local authorities to take action as they are not authorised.

“I have discussed with Health Minister on how can we empower local authorities to conduct inspection inside housing compounds.

“For now, only a ministry-appointed officer is allowed to inspect inside houses.

Mohamed Azmin was speaking to reporters at an Memorandum of Understanding Signing Ceremony at Laman PKNS this morning.

Earlier, the source from the CPRC National Dengue Movement Room, Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) revealed that Selangor recorded 40,722 dengue cases until October 30.

It is followed by Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur with 7,042 cases and Johor 6,856 cases.

Meanwhile, Mohamed Azmin said the State Government is consistent in ensuring that dengue problems are addressed through the ongoing plans through relevant agencies.

“We are always taking proactive measures including imposing tough action on individuals, developers or homeowners who fail to keep their premises clean,” he said

BY AFIX REDZUAN

KUALA LUMPUR, OCT 14: Pakatan Harapan listed five main thrust to combat corruption if it governs Putrajaya after the 14^th General Election (GE14).

Its Chairman, Tun Mahathir Mohamad said these five thrusts are to support its five actions that will be taken within 100 days if they are selected to become Federal Government.

“The five thrusts are Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Reformation, Political Contribution Reformation, Enhanced Transparency Reformation, Open Tender Practices using Anti-Corruption Technology and Introducing Anti-Corruption Culture among society,” he said.

Through the MACC Reformation, the unit will become an independent body to report and responsible to Parliament besides being given prosecution power in any corruption case.

The appointment of its Chief Commisioner will be made by Yang Dipertuan Agong upon advise from Parliamentary Committee.

Political Contribution Reformation will see that every contribution is limited to a maximum of RM200,000 a year and contribution exceeding RM10,000 must be recorded.

“Political contributions cannot be given by GLCs and companies that have contracts with Federal or State Government.

“Every political party must provide an annual report on political contribution and expenses directly to the Auditor-General’s (AG) office and the AG will report it to Parliament,”

Under the Transparency Enhancement Reformation, acts like the Witness Protection Act 2009, Whistleblower Protection Act 2010 and the Official Secrets Act 1972 will be amended to enhance transparency.

The Freedom of Information Act will also be amended as Selangor and Penang have done while people’s representatives and government senior officials in the Jusa C category and above, GLCs’ senior management and above must declare their properties to Parliament.

All open tender will be done online and accessible by public. The use of the e-perolehan and e-bidaan systems will expanded for all government contracts. These are among the initiatives under the Open Tender Practices using Anti-Corruption Technology

Meanwhile ISO 37001 (Anti-Corruption System) will be used in government bodies administration and is placed under the Introducing Anti-Corruption Culture Among Society.

BY ERMIZI MUHAMAD

SHAH ALAM, OCT 31: IJN Holdings Sdn Bhd and SELGATE Corporation Sdn Bhd have signed a strategic cooperation to develop the IJN Selgate Specialist Hospital, to expand their expertise in heart treatment and healthcare.

The memorandum of understanding was signed by the IJN Holdings Group Chief Executive Officer, Datuk Seri Dr. Mohd Azhari and SELGATE Group Chief Executive Officer, Noor Hisham Mohd Ghouth.

The signing ceremony at Laman PKNS this morning was witnessed by Dato’ Menteri Besar, Dato’ Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali.

Also present were State Financial Officer, Dato’ Noordin Sulaiman; State Excos, Dr Daroyah Alwi, Amirudin Shari and Dato’ Iskandar Abdul Samad.

Other attendees included Selangor State Development Corporation (PKNS) Chief Executive Officer, Noraida Mohd Yusof and IJN Holdings Sdn Bhd Chairman, Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Abdul Aziz Kasim.

Meanwhile, Mohamed Azmin said in his speech that the hospital development can enhance access to healthcare services in the state.

He added that it is in line with the State Government’s commitment to ensure Selangor citizens get the best and most up-to-date healthcare services.

“This is a strategic effort to enhance health quality in Selangor.

“It is consistent with State Government’s policy to improvise aspects of social justice development.

“In fact, this development will place Selangor as a key healthcare player in this country,” he said.

The IJN Specialist Hospital was formed to meet healthcare demands and was ultimately expected to enhance the private healthcare network in Selangor.

It is a multi-disciplined hospital with a cardiac centre developed in phases with 259 beds.

It will start to operate in the fourth quarter of year 2020 with a development cost around RM250 million, and it is designed as a green building with efficient resource management.

The hospital will be built under the SELGATE Medical City development framework, in Seksyen 13, Shah Alam.

BY ERMIZI MUHAMAD

KUALA LUMPUR, OCT 30: Opposition leader, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail commented on Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s sarcasm citing an individual named ‘Wan Azizah’s’ success during the 2018 Budget presentation.

The Permatang Pauh Member of Parliament said, the individual’s success is a result of the successful implementation of the former minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s policy.

Wan Azizah said, Anwar Ibrahim who was then in the Federal Government’s cabinet had introduced the Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM) in an effort to help local entrepreneurs.

“Thank you to YB Pekan on Kak Zah’s story yesterday and for making the effort to invite Kak Wan Azizah Wan Salleh to the Dewan Rakyat.

“Congratulations to Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia for successfully guiding a woman entrepreneur.

“I would like to remind that this effort started from Universiti Sains Malaysia’s research and paper which was promoted by Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim in 1987.

“It became a special programme to eradicate poverty among the citizens and Kak Wan’s success proved the success of Anwar Ibrahim’s policy,” she said while debating in Dewan Rakyat this morning.

Earlier, Najib quoted the name ‘Wan Azizah’ in his 2018 Budget presentation as a strong individual who is successful in entrepreneurship.

That was believed to be an insinuation to opposition leader to attack her leadership.

For the record, Wan Azizah Wan Salleh started her business with an initial RM500 loan from AIM.

The female entrepreneur is now a successful millionaire in the field of chicken farming and processing.

BY NAZLI IBRAHIM

SHAH ALAM, OCT 30: The civil servants in the state are encouraged to practice a healthy lifestyle by being active any sports.

Youth, Sports, Culture and Entrepreneur Development Exco, Amirudin Shari said Kelab SUK’s effort to organise various sports competition is much apperaciated.

“Congratulations to Kelab SUK. These kinds of activities are most welcomed as I want to encourage a healthy lifestyle, particularly for government employees to be involved in sports and to strengthen rapport and bond between them.

“I believe such activities can encourage collaboration and healthy lifestyle among civil servants in Selangor,” he told SelangorKini at the 2017 Selangor State Secretary’s Department, Sukan Perdana Football Championship 2017 at the Shah Alam Stadium last night.

He said besides the Kelab SUK’s competition, he will also organise competition involving all departments in Selangor.

“The football match tonight is organised by the SUK Club. Soon, there will be football matches involving the Sports Exco and departmets throughout Selangor. So far, there are 20 teams such as the SUK, local authorities, JKR and JPS who wish to participate in the match that will start on November 4,” he said.

He added that Kelab SUK’s initiative to invite Selangor players in the Invitation Match between Kelab SUK’s Choice and Amiruddin’s Choice has strengthened relationship between Selangor Government and the veteran players.

Among the players involved in the interlude match were Azman Adnan, M Chandran, Karim Pin, Santokh Singh, Liew Kit Kong, Hardi Jaafar and Safee Sali.

The interesting match ended with Amirudin’s Choice winning ahead of SUK Club Choice with a 4-0 goal.

Liew Kit Kong had scored two goals while Hardi Jaafar and Ahmad Faridzul Ahmad Fadhil scored one goal each.

Meanwhile, in the football finals, the Cobra team beat the Viper with a 2-1 score.

BY AFIX REDZUAN

SHAH ALAM, OCT 30: Dato’ Menteri Besar, Dato’ Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali is happy with the enthusiasm shown by the Indian entrepreneurs in Selangor who strive to improve their quality of life.

Having announced a RM1 million allocation for 2017 to empower Indian entrepreneurs, he is now prepared to announce a bigger amount in the 2018 Budget this November 3.

“I have said that I am proud of the achivements in this programme. Therefore, this Friday (November 3), I will announce a bigger budget for this programme.

“How much? Wait till Friday. That morning I may be inspired to maintain the budget at RM1 million, or perhaps it may increase to RM2 million. Maybe. We wait and see.

“Nevertheless, when I say something, I do it. That is Azmin Ali,” he said at the 2017 Selangor Indian Entrepreneurs Programme Launch at the Midlands Convention Centre, Seksyen 7, Shah Alam, yesterday.

He said, Selangor provides the opportunity for every race to expand their businesses through the HIJRAH Selangor loan programme.

And so far, through that programme, the State Government has allocated RM300 million to finance 45,000 small businesses in Selangor and more than 65% of the recipients were women entrepreneurs who received interest-free capital from RM1,000 to RM50,000.

He stressed that the Indians should be given creative innovation training which is becoming increasingly developed now including online sale and they should not be sidelined.

Besides that, the latest data from the Malaysian Statistics Department showed that Selangor has managed to reduce poverty rate from 0.2% in 2015 to 0% in 2016.

The Indian community is performing at their best with an increase in household income by 10.7% compared to 8% by Bumiputera and 7.3% by the Chinese.

BY CHANG LIH KANG

I take note of the Education Minister, Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid’s statement dismissing claims that teachers’ workload in schools are leaving them with no time to get close with students.

He said that teachers in this country are not burdened with the working hours as set by the international agency.

1. To me, Mahdzir is not talking based on reality, in fact he was merely talking based on surface value. He needs to know that teachers’ workload is increasing when they are now required to carry out tasks outside the learning scope.

This extra burden has not only affected their actual duty as educators, in fact some teachers are living under work-stress besides having to get involved with co-curricular activities and attend various courses.

2. Not only that, teachers are also forced to do administrative and clerical jobs. The implication is that these educators are unable to give full commitment to the quality and process of teaching and learning in the classroom.

Besides that, I also received complaints that papers supplied by the government are not enough for the materials to be photocopied to students.

Then, teachers must find other means to secure funds to buy papers. There are teachers who use their own money to buy papers.

3. To me, the Malaysian Education Ministry (KPM) must play a role to address these problems. KPM must find a solution to provide extra funding to schools to buy papers for students’ use in schools. Not to cut education budget.

Teachers’ job which is getting increasingly tough and challenging is prone to put pressure on them. The job which is originally a form of responsibility is now beginning to feel like a burden.

This will surely cause a lot of distress to teachers. They are forced to do their work and the result will surely fall short of expectations.

If these burdens are eliminated, then each teacher will be able to fully commit and focus on teaching duties in the classroom to improve students’ performance in view of less workload.

In fact, the quality of our education system can also match that of other Asian countries and become technologically, theoretically and technically competitive.

#Chang Lih Kang is KEADILAN Youth Secretary cum Teja Assemblyman

BY AFIZ REDZUAN

SHAH ALAM, OCT 30: Dato’ Menteri Besar, Dato’ Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali cynically told the Federal Government that they might as well let PAKATAN lead Putrajaya rather than replicating its administration module.

He said a big portion of the 2018 Budget tabled by the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak has been done in Selangor, in fact he has no problem to implement the same at federal level.

“Last two days (October 27), when the prime minister tabled the 2018 budget, most of the initiatives have been done in Selangor.

“But it is alright. If he feels the policies in Selangor are good, he can follow, there’s no problem. If he wants to follow or replicate everything, we might as well be in Putrajaya to save the nation,” he said.

He said that at the 2017 Selangor Indian Entrepreneur Programme Launch at the Midlands Convention Centre, Shah Alam, yesterday.

Among the initiatives introduced by the Federal Government and closely resembling those done in Selangor are MyBrain, a fund for newborn known as ADAM50 and the Off-River Storage (ORS) to protect water sources.

He said, the Federal Government ‘s budget allocating 84% for administration compared to 16% for development is seen to be incapable to save Malaysia’s economy.

“How is he (Najib) going to save the citizens and the economy of development spending is reduced to 16%? PERMATA receive RM600 million. Prime Minister’s office gets additional budget of RM1.5 billion.

“That is why administration budget rose to 84% and development budget reduced from 18% in 2017 to 16% for 2018,” he said.

BY HAFIZAN TAIB

SEMENYIH, OCT 27: The State Government is capable of tabling a solid budget since it has achieved a good economic progress following its practice of good governance.

Accordingly, Dato ‘Menteri Besar, Dato’ Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali, said the State Government is able to provide a development plan through the Budget 2018 that will be tabled on November 3.

“We have an excellent financial management record and I dare to face the people because we have done our responsibility honestly and with integrity,” he said during the Penyerahan Hakmilik Tanah dan Menyemarak Inisiatif Peduli Rakyat (IPR) ceremony today.

Unlike the Federal Government, Selangor has registered an excellent economic achievement and that will be returned to the people in the form of various programmes by State Government.

“The State’s revenue will be returned to all the citizens in Selangor,” he said.

He said, although Selangor is attacked with many negative reports but the government is not weakened as everything have been done for the people.

He added that the Prime Minister’s 2018 Budget will be tabled this evening and people will evaluate themselves following the country’s severe financial position.

“The economy is in a slump and I am not sure what will be tabled because the national debt is almost RM1 trillion,” he said.

BY HAFIZAN TAIB

SEMENYIH, OCT 27: The good economic achievement has become a catalyst for the State Government to continue to focus on improving its Peduli Rakyat (IPR) in the 2018 Budget.

Dato’ Menteri Besar, Dato’ Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali said among the State Government’s focus is education, to produce highly skilled youth.

“The state has progressed well and its economy is good, we have to share this with the citizens.

“The State Government has programmes to educate youth to become a generation with knowledge and skills that meet the industrial and markets demands.

“This is because we see many graduates now who don’t have much skill so we shall help them with that,” he said to media today.

He said the State Government will also emphasize on housing issue so that more people can own homes.

“We will improvise the existing IPR programme since it has been proven to be of great help and benefit to the people.

“Our focus is not just on economic growth and industrial development but to balance it with ‘distributive justice’ where the principle of social justice must be maintained,” he said.