Dr Sng Kim Chai, who served humbly as Pulau Ketam’s sole community doctor for four decades, lived a simple meagre life. He supported a family of five children and was very considerate in his fees to the village folk.

Kuala Lumpur: CIMB menjangkakan Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) akan menaikkan kadar dasar semalaman (OPR) sebanyak 25 mata asas kepada 3.00 peratus pada Mac 2027, berbanding unjuran terdahulu yang menyaksikan kadar itu kekal pada 2.75 peratus sehingga suku ketiga tahun depan.

Unjuran baharu itu mengambil kira jangkaan peningkatan inflasi teras kepada sekitar 2.5 peratus pada suku ketiga 2027, sekali gus mengukuhkan alasan BNM menarik balik pengurangan kadar faedah dilaksanakan pada Julai 2025 sebelum tekanan harga menjadi lebih ketara.

Menurut laporan penyelidikan ekonomi CIMB Treasury and Markets Research, kenaikan OPR yang dijangkakan itu bersifat langkah awal bagi menangani potensi tekanan inflasi, meskipun kadar inflasi semasa terkawal.

Ahli Ekonominya, Chew Khai Yen dan Ketua Penyelidikan, Michelle Chia berkata, peningkatan perbelanjaan isi rumah yang dijangka berlaku pada separuh kedua 2027 berpotensi mengukuhkan permintaan domestik, sekali gus memberi lebih ruang kepada perniagaan memindahkan kenaikan kos operasi kepada pengguna.

Laporan itu menjelaskan langkah menaikkan OPR pada Mac 2027 akan membolehkan BNM bertindak lebih awal terhadap tekanan inflasi yang dijangka meningkat pada separuh kedua tahun berkenaan, dan bukannya menunggu sehingga inflasi teras mencapai paras tertingginya.

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PETALING JAYA: Malaysia wajar mula mempertimbangkan pemansuhan hukuman mati bagi kesalahan selain bunuh, susulan pembaharuan undang-undang yang dilaksanakan sejak 2023.

Ahli Parlimen Bukit Gelugor, Ramkarpal Singh berkata, langkah itu berpotensi mendapat sokongan dwipartisan di Parlimen, mengambil kira perkembangan selepas pemansuhan hukuman mati mandatori tiga tahun lalu.

Beliau yang juga bekas Timbalan Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri (Undang-Undang dan Reformasi Institusi) berkata, semua permohonan semakan hukuman mati bagi kes pengedaran dadah diluluskan dengan hukuman berkenaan diringankan kepada hukuman penjara.

"Saya berpendapat kita mempunyai sokongan dwipartisan bagi pemansuhan hukuman mati untuk kesalahan selain bunuh.

"Jadi, saya fikir sekarang adalah masa yang sesuai untuk meneroka kemungkinan memansuhkan hukuman mati bagi kesalahan selain bunuh dan saya percaya perkara ini boleh dilaksanakan," katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian pada sesi perbincangan utama bertajuk 'The Pathway to Abolition of the Death Penalty in Malaysia' sempena Persidangan 'Ending the Death Penalty in Asia: Reform Pathways, Comparative Perspectives, and Path Forward', di sini, hari ini.

Mengulas lanjut, Ramkarpal berkata, pemansuhan hukuman mati sepenuhnya tidak memerlukan pindaan Perlembagaan Persekutuan kerana undang-undang berkaitan boleh dipinda dengan sokongan majoriti mudah di Parlimen.

Bagaimanapun, katanya, cadangan pemansuhan hukuman mati bagi kes bunuh masih memerlukan perbincangan lanjut berikutan terdapat pihak yang mahu hukuman itu dikekalkan.

"Bagi kes bunuh, masih ada pihak yang sangat menyokong hukuman mati dan saya fikir lebih banyak sesi libat urus perlu diadakan dengan kumpulan berkenaan.

"Namun, bagi kesalahan selain bunuh, saya percaya cadangan pemansuhan itu akan mendapat sokongan dwipartisan di Parlimen," katanya.

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These shots were taken yesterday at Jonker Street, Malacca. Fingers crossed it stays this way for the foreseeable future. 🤞🏽

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Honestly did not expect that MY would be on this list😭😭

Malaysia may need RM176 billion in investments in new solar and gas-fired power generation capacity over the next decade to support its ambition of becoming a sustainable regional data centre (DC) hub, according to CIMB Securities Sdn Bhd.

the Ramayana is an epic story centered around Indian deities and mythological figures.
The story follows Lord Rama (an incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu), his wife Goddess Sita, his loyal brother Lakshmana, the monkey warrior Lord Hanuman, and the demon king Ravana.
It is based on the ancient Sanskrit epic by the sage Valmiki, telling the story of Rama's 14-year forest exile, the abduction of Sita by Ravana, and the massive war to rescue her.

Among the most iconic and polarising political works in Malaysia is Tun Dr Mahathir's The Malay Dilemma, published in 1970.

In the book, Mahathir broke down and analysed the economic struggle of the Malays. Among his claims were that if no interventions were made, the Malaysian economy would prosper, but would be left to total Chinese domination. Hence the thesis of his "dilemma" was whether Malays should just accept being the underclass of a highly prosperous country, or if they should forcefully intervene to take a share of the wealth, even if it somewhat set back Malaysia's economic development.

Among some of the reasons backing his claims were that Malays were genetically and culturally inferior to the non-Malays when it comes to economic drive, that the British marginalised the Malays, that Malaysia fundamentally belonged to the Malays, and that the Malays could not compete in business. At the time, the average income of the Malaysian Chinese was 3x that of their Malay peer.

Fast forward to today, over 50 years and decades after the New Economic Policy that was intended to address this dilemma. In 2024, the average Malaysian Chinese household earned a monthly income of RM11,494, as compared to RM9,841 and RM8,220 for Indians and Malays respectively, according to the government. The mean Chinese household still earns 40% more than the mean Bumiputera household. Absolute poverty remains disproportionately high among the Bumiputera.

So after more than half a century of the NEP, billions spent, and endless political rhetoric, do you believe that the Malay dilemma has been solved? The London School of Economics suggests that the NEP disproportionately benefitted the richest Malays most. Perhaps these "richest Malays" now form the business elite of Malaysia, capable of competing with the largest Chinese businesses in the country. Malays now dominantly control many industries, comprise the government and civil service, and lead both government-linked companies and their own private sector startups. In fact, it is highly debatable whether the Chinese still hold absolute economic dominance in Malaysia today.

And thus this brings us back to the most controversial core of Mahathir’s thesis: the idea that Malays are fundamentally uncompetitive.

If you are Malay, do you actually believe Mahathir's premise was and still is true? That the Malays are inherently incapable of thriving without government help? What about non-Malays, what do you think? This political narrative, that of The Malay Dilemma, has formed the basis and rhetoric of almost all political discussion and policy since our nation's founding. Have the Malays proven themselves capable of taking of their safety harness in the 60 years of the NEP? Or is the reality that it was never a problem of race, that Malaysians of all races are just equally struggling under a massive class divide engineered by the elite?

Ultimately, are we still trapped in Mahathir's 1970s dilemma, or is it finally time to throw his thesis in the trash?

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Bantuan JKM mana? MAIK mana? MP mana?

Hilux didn’t like it when I overtake him, proceeds to brake check me. Happy Monday everyone except this bodoh driver.

License plate: SJE4489

Car: Toyota Hilux

Location: Persiaran PP Narayanan, Petaling Jaya (junction going into Federal Highway)

Video 1 - makan my lane, but OK wtv la his car big

Video 2 (front)

Video 2 (back)

Repost because last post got removed lol.

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Malaysia could see relief from the haze as the northeast monsoon sets in, but weather experts warn that the reprieve may be followed by hotter and drier conditions under the influence of El Nino.

After many haze filled days, today i can see genting clearly 😱

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