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- Batu Caves condo cancelled: Who suffers?
- Cybertrooper UMNO bergaduh kerana duit
- Islamik: Cara Betul Lupuskan Al-Quran
- Utusan Malaysia diberi percuma di UIAM, tapi orang tak mahu baca
- 75.9% Malaysian Households CANNOT afford HOUSES above RM$250,000!
- The Malaysian Indians and Hindraf
| Batu Caves condo cancelled: Who suffers? Posted: 27 Jan 2013 05:24 PM PST It is easy for politicians to promise a solution to a problem, especially as a condition for being voted into power, or to be seen as being sensitive to voters' complaints. But often, the issue is more complex and the promised "solution" causes even more problems. What are some of the ramifications of cancelling or stopping a project once development approval has been granted? Costing public money In all this talk of cancelling the project, politicians have left out an important group that would be severely affected – the buyers of the condominium units. These buyers would have paid a down payment, secured a bank loan, and signed a sales and purchase agreement. These would only have taken place with the necessary approvals from the local council for the project. Usually, local councils would be slow to cancel any approved development because the ramifications are immense. If the development approval was correctly granted, the council would potentially have to pay compensation to the developer and buyers for the cancellation. This means that keeping the promise to halt the project may result in a large sum of public money being spent to pay off aggrieved parties. Harming the public's purse would also not be popular politically. This, then, leads one to wonder what will happen after the general election, and whether such promises will then be dropped for the next politically expedient pledge. Under the Town and Country Planning Act, it is the state planning committee that is legally empowered to order a stop to the project. The order would be published in the government gazette, mentioning the state planning committee meeting that affirmed the order. As Khalid made no mention of the law being invoked in his announcement to cancel the project, it is still possible for the government to back out later and say he acted prematurely. Buyers beware There is, however, the option of arguing that the documentation and approvals are not in order due to fraud or corruption, and finding a way to absolve the council from paying any compensation. But even if there is a valid legal reason to stop the project, this still leaves buyers in a lurch. Take the case of the purchasers of the Taman Petaling Utama Block E low-cost flat, which started construction in April 2004. It was meant to house 276 villagers from several demolished squatter villages in PJS 1. Sales and purchase agreements were signed with bank loans approved for 262 buyers, as the remainder failed to qualify for the bank loans. The project was supposed to be completed in May 2006. On 2 June 2006, the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) received a solicitor's letter sent on behalf of the owner of a house located next to the project. The house owner objected to the project and had obtained a court injunction from the Shah Alam High Court dated 9 July 2004 that prohibited construction of the project pending the case hearing. Since then, the buyers have had a tough time trying to resolve their predicament. On 23 July 2007, they met with MBPJ officers to discuss the problems, assisted by the office of then Petaling Jaya Selatan member of Parliament Datuk Donald Lim. Promises were made, but no action was forthcoming. On 8 March 2008, the Selangor government changed hands to the Pakatan Rakyat. From 2008 to 2010, the buyers had several meetings with MBPJ and their new elected representatives, and more promises were made to resolve the problems. When still no solution was found, the buyers staged a protest at Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim's office on 15 Nov 2011. Khalid reportedly promised an answer within a week. He said: "We need to discuss with the developer and other agencies to resolve the matter. These things will take time." Several options were proposed, but it is now 2013 with no building in sight. Meanwhile, the buyers are still servicing bank loans with only a sales and purchase agreement to show for all the money they are paying. It will be five years soon, from the time the present PR government came into power, but it doesn't appear like the problems will be solved before the next general election.
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| Cybertrooper UMNO bergaduh kerana duit Posted: 27 Jan 2013 01:01 PM PST Cybertrooper UMNO adalah kumpulan IT ahli UMNO dan penyokong UMNO yang dibiayai oleh UMNO untuk berkeliaran dalam Facebook dan Blog bertujuan untuk menyerang parti lain, menimbulkan kekeliruan dan …anda boleh baca lagi di sini http://albangi.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/cybertrooper-umno-berkeliaran/ Mereka dibayar oleh UMNO. Baca di sini http://albangi.wordpress.com/2012/05/20/umno-upah-cybertrooper-dalam-facebook-dan-blog/. Sila lihat nama-nama cybertrooper UMNO di pautan itu. Mereka diajar dan dididik oleh UMNO dengan duit. Ada duit kerja jalan. Tak ada duit, boleh jalan. Kalau bagi sikit, kerja sikit. Kalau bayar tinggi, kerja tanpa henti. Tetapi sampai bila UMO boleh bayar mereka? Sampai bila cybertrooper ini boleh terima upah yang sikit dan tidak berbaloi? Pastinya mereka akan bergaduh kerana dunia….bergaduh kerana duit…..baca lagi kisah mereka bergaduh baru-baru ini http://albangi.wordpress.com/2012/07/07/cybertrooper-umno-sedang-bergaduh/dan UMNO akan kehabisan wang untuk membayar cybertrooper sebelum PRU 13. Watch videos at: http://albangi.wordpress.com/2012/07/24/cybertrooper-umno-bergaduh-kerana-duit/
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| Islamik: Cara Betul Lupuskan Al-Quran Posted: 27 Jan 2013 12:50 PM PST HATI tiba-tiba berasa sayu tatkala melihat 33 bungkusan plastik hitam yang mengandungi abu al-Quran diikat rapi sebelum dipunggah ke atas sebuah kapal oleh sekumpulan petugas Jabatan Hal Ehwal Agama Islam Terengganu (JHEAT). Seketika kemudian, jentera itu bergerak jauh ke tengah laut di perairan Kuala Terengganu dan berhenti sembilan batu nautika dari jeti Jabatan Laut Malaysia Wilayah Timur. NASKHAH al-Quran diasingkan sehelai demi sehelai sebelum diracik. Tepat pukul 10.37 pagi, Khamis lalu, plastik pertama dibuka. Seorang petugas yang bertinggung di tepi pelantar kapal membuang semua abu itu ke dalam laut. Abu itu memenuhi permukaan laut dan larut perlahan-lahan dalam air yang sejuk. Perasaan sayu sekali lagi menyelubungi diri, seolah-olah sedang menyaksikan perjalanan terakhir kitab suci itu ke tempat persemadiannya.
Ujar beliau, naskhah al-Quran lama yang dikumpul tidak boleh dibakar sesuka hati sebaliknya mesti diasing-asingkan sehelai demi sehelai. Tambahnya, proses itu penting bagi memastikan setiap lembaran yang mengandungi ayat al-Quran terbakar dan menjadi abu sebelum dilupuskan di tengah laut. Bercerita mengenai proses mengumpul al-Quran lama itu, ia ternyata menuntut ketabahan para petugasnya. Seorang petugas, Mohd. Radhwan Abu Bakar, 39, berkata, beliau bertanggungjawab mengumpul dan meleraikan al-Quran itu sebelum membakarnya. "Saat paling sedih adalah apabila melihat al-Quran yang ditemui sudah rosak seratus peratus. Ia berada dalam keadaan basah manakala tulisannya tidak kelihatan lagi. "Saya juga menjumpai senaskhah al-Quran yang pada asalnya bersaiz besar tetapi tinggal selebar tapak tangan sahaja akibat dimakan anai-anai. Ia begitu menyayat hati," tambahnya. Ujar Radhwan, detik paling sukar pula adalah semasa beliau memasukkan helaian demi helaian al-Quran itu ke dalam tong untuk dibakar. "Bayangkan bagaimana perasaan kami apabila melihat kitab suci itu dibiarkan terbakar. Tetapi itulah cara terbaik untuk menjaga kesuciannya daripada terus dibiar rosak dan dibuang di merata tempat," katanya. CEBISAN helaian al-Quran dibakar di dalam sebuah tong khas. Read more at: http://www.kurakura.my/cara-betul-lupuskan-al-quran/
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| Utusan Malaysia diberi percuma di UIAM, tapi orang tak mahu baca Posted: 27 Jan 2013 12:38 PM PST SEBELUM ini pernah didedahkan di MiLo SuaM bagaimana Utusan Malaysia diedarkan secara percuma di Kedah dengan tajaan pihak tertentu memandangkan jualannya sudah merudum teruk rujuk sini ~ Utusan Malaysia percuma.
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| 75.9% Malaysian Households CANNOT afford HOUSES above RM$250,000! Posted: 27 Jan 2013 12:08 PM PST How do we ensure the price of properties is stabilized and more affordable houses is offered to the public?
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| The Malaysian Indians and Hindraf Posted: 27 Jan 2013 12:04 PM PST Sometimes we have to ask ourselves - where do these so called analysts come from? Which planet? Arriving at some very preliminary and inconclusive summaries based on surveys made through telephone calls are risky. How do we authenticate the answers given? And there are so many other variables to consider - the character of the sample, sample size, the nature of the questions, the questioners. How do we know, the sample population asked is not the same one approached before and the one already existent in the data base? Political predictions is not the dig-here-fill-there kind. It's not tear-here-paste there kind. Unfortunately that seems to be the approach taken and journalists eagerly lap them up. Take the findings on Hindraf recently. Analysts say because Hindraf has lost steam, the Indians will come back into the embrace of BN. how do we arrive at the conclusion that Hindraf has lost steam? Because the government has lifted the ban on them? Therefore Hindraf must have capitulated. It was all hot chicken sheet that has cooled down? What was the extent of Indian support for Hindraf before? What was the nature of their support? Were they supportive of the physical presence of Hindraf or were they supportive of the idea that Hindraf represents? So now we can safely conclude since the grounds on which Hindraf stands are dug out, the same soil can be used to fill up elsewhere? Behind Najib's house? Palanivel's?
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