News Update on Gaza's Attack

Israel pushed ahead with its offensive in the Gaza Strip on Friday, ignoring a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the 14-day-old conflict.
Israeli warplanes dropped bombs on the outskirts of the city of Gaza, residents said. Elsewhere, Palestinian medics said tanks shelled a house in Beit Lahiya in the north of the Gaza Strip, killing six Palestinians from the same family.
The Israeli air force hit at least 50 targets across the enclave, including launching pads for rockets and facilities used to manufacture rockets, an army spokesman said.
In New York, the Security Council passed a resolution urging an “immediate, durable and fully respected ceasefire”, and for Israel to withdraw from Gaza after its two-week air-and-ground offensive. The United States abstained.
Israel’s leaders convened early on Friday to debate the resolution. The security cabinet would later vote on whether to push ahead with the offensive or cease fire unilaterally, an Israeli official said.
Israel’s military commanders appeared keen to pursue what was termed a third stage of the operation with additional ground troops being sent into the heart of Gaza’s built-up areas to flush out more gunmen and to try to secure more gains.
Gaza’s Hamas rulers sent mixed signals about the resolution.
Hamas spokesman Ayman Taha said the group did not recognise the resolution as it had not been consulted. However another spokesman said Hamas was “studying” the resolution.
The resolution, pressed for by Arab countries in the face of efforts by Britain, France and the United States for a more muted statement, called for arrangements to prevent arms smuggling into Gaza and for its borders to be opened.
It said there should be “unimpeded provision” and distribution of aid to the territory, home to 1.5 million people, many of whom are dependent on food assistance.
The U.N. Relief and Works Agency, which distributes the vast majority of aid in Gaza, kept its operations suspended on Friday after the death of one of its drivers in Israel’s offensive. It was not clear when aid distribution would resume.
Hamas officials said the Palestinian death toll had risen to 783, of whom more than a third were children.
The Israeli army said militants fired at least four rockets into Israel on Friday. No injuries or damage were reported.
While the United States abstained from the U.N. resolution, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Washington backed the text and had abstained only because it wanted to see the results of an Egyptian mediation effort.
Israel deployed 3,000 policemen in Jerusalem ahead of Friday prayers in the Old City. Police limited Palestinian access to the prayers to men aged over 55 and women over 50.
ROTTING CORPSES In Gaza, local ambulance crews and the Red Crescent, using a time slot coordinated with Israeli forces, said they collected rotting corpses in places that had been too risky to reach since Israeli forces began their ground attack six days ago.
Ten soldiers have been killed in the campaign launched by Israel to crush Hamas forces and halt the firing of rockets from Gaza into Israel. Israel says it is doing what it can to avoid civilian casualties but accuses Hamas of deliberately placing its fighters close to homes and mosques.
Rockets have killed three Israeli civilians since the offensive began. Olmert said Israel’s goal had not been achieved and a decision on further military action lay ahead.
Israel has said it accepts the “principles” of a ceasefire proposal by Egypt and the European Union, and Washington has urged the Jewish state to study details of the plan.
Hamas, shunned by the West for espousing violence, said it was still considering the ideas. But the militants say they will never accept Israel, whose establishment amid conflict 60 years ago dispossessed and uprooted Palestinian people.
European governments offered to back the plan with an EU border force to stop Hamas rearming via tunnels from Egypt. The deal would also address Palestinian calls for an end to Israel’s economic blockade of the Gaza Strip.
The ICRC accused Israel of violating the rules of war by delaying ambulance access to the house where its team found children huddled beside corpses, not far from the Israeli army.
The Red Cross said the army must have known of the situation but did not help the wounded, in violation of international law.
(Additional reporting by Louis Charbonneau and Sue Pleming at the United Nations and by Jerusalem bureau) REUTERS

What the World Say About Attacks on Palestine?

JAKARTA, Jan 2, 2009 (AFP) - Tens of thousands of Indonesian Muslims carrying banners and Palestinian flags staged a peaceful protest in the capital Jakarta Friday to condemn Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, police said.

The demonstrators gathered in the city centre to pray for the safety of Palestinians before marching to the US embassy, punching their fists in the air and chanting “Allahu Akbar” (God is greater).

Organiser the Prosperous Justice Party had said it hoped to attract 200,000 people for the protest, which came as Israeli jets continued to pound militant targets for the seventh straight day.

“This is to show the world that Indonesians possess solidarity and understand the sufferings of the Palestinians,” the party’s deputy head Hilman Rosyad Syihab said.

The group hoped to raise 200,000 dollars for the Palestinians from the rally, he added.

“They want to protest against the Israeli airstrikes. We can handle the large number as long as they don’t become aggressive and throw stones or bottles,” national police spokesman Abubakar Nataprawira said.

There was heavy security for the rally, with about 500 police officers deployed, most of them outside the US embassy, local news website Detikcom reported. Two armoured police vehicles equipped with water cannons also stood by.

Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, has been a staunch supporter of the Palestinian struggle for nationhood, and has no diplomatic relations with Israel.

It has condemned the massive Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip and said it would send cash and medical aid to Palestinian victims.

The offensive, launched Saturday in response to a wave of Palestinian-fired rockets, has killed over 400 people so far, while rockets fired from Gaza have claimed four Israeli lives.

TEHRAN, Jan 2, 2009 (AFP) - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki hit out at the international community for not doing more in the face of Israel’s deadly blitz on Gaza on Friday and demanded an immediate halt to the assault.

“We are calling for an immediate ceasefire, a halt to the attacks and aid for the population of Gaza as well as an end to the (Israeli) blockade of the Palestinian territory and the opening up of all the borders, particularly the ports,” Mottaki said in a sermon at the main weekly Muslim prayers here.

Mottaki accused the Israeli navy of behaving like “a bunch of Somali pirates” after a patrol boat collided with an aid boat carrying medicines and international activists trying to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza on Tuesday.

Iran is a staunch supporter of the Islamist Hamas movement which controls Gaza and does not recognise its archfoe Israel.

The death toll from Israel’s aerial pounding of Gaza reached at least 420 on Friday as it entered its seventh day.

BAHAYA MICROWAVE OVEN

BAHAYA MICROWAVE OVEN

Ketuhar gelombang mikro atau lebih popular dengan nama inggerisnya microwave oven, ialah antara gajet moden yang popular dikalangan para suri rumah dan pengusaha restoran di dunia sebagai jalan pintas menyediakan makanan untuk keluarga dan pelanggan.

Ketuhar ini amat popular kerana kecekapannya memanaskan makanan dalam sekelip mata. Lebih-lebih lagi, amat membantu pada bulan puasa, waktu sahur. Para ibu dan isteri hanya perlu masukkan makanan ke dalam ketuhar dan tekan punatnya...nyit. ..nyit... nyit dan tinggg....! Makanan panas sudah pun terhidang. Justeru, hampir setiap rumah kini memiliki microwave oven.

Cara masak melawan fitrah

Cara memasak atau memanaskan makanan di atas api atau ketuhar biasa bermula dengan makanan panas di bahagian luar dahulu, kemudian barulah haba masuk ke bahagian dalam. Berlainan dengan penggunaan ketuhar gelombang mikro. Makanan yang dimasak atau dipanaskan akan menjadi panas di bahagian dalam dahulu, kemudian barulah haba bergerak ke luar.

Ini boleh dilihat dengan membakar kentang di dalam ketuhar gelombang mikro untuk satu tempoh yang agak lama,katakan sejam. Walaupun telah dimasak sejam, kentang kelihatan seperti belum masak. Tetapi jika dibelah,tiada apa di bahagian dalamnya melainkan arang!

Inilah yang dikatakan cara memasak melawan fitrah. Pastinya sesuatu yang melawan fitrah, lazimnya membawa keburukan..

Ketuhar pengancam nyawa

Ketuhar gelombang mikro diperkenalkan pada orang ramai sekitar pertengahan 1950-an. Ketika itu tidak banyak kajian saintifik terhadap kesan memakan makanan gelombang mikro. Cuma sejak kebelakangan ini barulah pelbagai kajian dan penyelidikan dilakukan terhadap kesan memakan makanan gelombang
mikro kepada kesihatan manusia.

Kesemuanya merumuskan bahawa ketuhar gelombang mikro menghasilkan makanan yang sangat bahaya.

Ini agak mengejutkan kerana ketuhar ini baru bersama kita beberapa dekad sahaja. Namun dalam tempoh yang singkat itu, pelbagai penyakit yang berbahaya dan pelik-pelik muncul satu persatu. Ini secara teorinya,menjelaskan penggunaan ketuhar gelombang mikro turut menyumbang kepada meningkatnya pelbagai penyakit yang mengancam nyawa!

Tidak hairan jika golongan remaja hari ini, banyak yang diserang sakit jantung, dan orang muda seusia20-an dan 30-an mati menghidap kanser.

Makanan jadi toksik

Dalam penggunaan ketuhar gelombang mikro, radiasi elektromagnetik menggerakkan molekul-molekul makanan.

Molekul-molekul ini 'dipaksa' berpusing sedangkan kalau memanaskan makanan cara biasa, molekul-molekul ini bergerak dari tepi ke tepi. Keadaan berpusing ini memusnahkan molekul dan kadang kala menyusunnya semula menjadi bahan-bahan toksik yang menyebabkan alahan kepada manusia.

Badan tak kenal makanan

Yang dibimbangkan tentang penggunaan ketuhar gelombang mikro, bukan radiasi yang terhasil, tetapi bagaimana ia merosakkan DNA makanan hingga badan manusia tidak kenal bahawa apa yang ditelan itu ialah makanan.

Kerana tidak mengenali makanan, badan bertindak menyalutinya di dalam sel-sel lemak sebagai perlindungan terhadap 'makanan mati'; atau badang mengumuhkannya dengan pantas.

Sesungguhnya telah banyak bukti saintifik yang didedahkan oleh saintis akan bahaya penggunaan ketuhar gelombang mikro, para pengeluar tetap mengatakan ia selamat kerana keuntungan yang diperoleh daripada penjualan ketuhar ini berlipat ganda.

Penemuan mengejutkan

Dua orang penyelidik, Blanc dan Hertel telah mengesahkan bahawa memasak menggunakan ketuhar gelombang mikro,dengan ketaranya mengubah nutrisi makanan. Hertel telah bertahun-tahun menjadi saintis makanan dan berkhidmat di sebuah syarikat makanan Swiss terkemuka. Dia dibuang kerja kerana mempersoalkan prosedur memproses makanan
secara luar tabi'i. Lantas dia bergabung tenaga dan kepakaran dengan Blanc
dari Swiss Federal Institute of Biochemistry dan University Institute for Biochemistry. .

Kedua-dua saintis ini mengkaji kesan makanan mikro gelombang terhadap lapan individu dengan mengambil darah mereka sejurus selepas mengambil makanan gelombang mikro. Blanc dan Hertel mendapati paras haemoglobin individu-individu ini telah menurun.

Hasil kajian ini menunjukkan orang yang makan makanan gelombang mikro cenderung mendapat anaemia (kekurangan darah). Situasi bertambah jelas pada bulan kedua penyelidikan.

Itu baru dua bulan diberi makan makanan gelombang mikro, bagaimana kalau kita memakannya berbulan-bulan,bertahun-tahun?

Sepuluh sebab ketuhar gelombang mesti dibuang

Perhatikan fakta hasil kajian klinikal saintifik Swiss, Jerman dan Rusia di bawah ini:


1. Makan makanan yang melalui proses ketuhar gelombang mikro menyebabkan
kerosakan otak dalam jangka panjang iaitu ia 'memendekkan' utusan elektrik di dalam otak (depolarizing atau demagnetizing tisu otak).


2. Badan manusia tidak mampu meleraikan (metabolize) bahan makanan yang dimasak/dipanaskan di dalam ketuhar gelombang mikro.

3. Pengeluaran hormon lelaki dan perempuan terhenti dan/atau berubah dengan mengambil makanan gelombang mikro.

4. Kesan makanan gelombang mikro sebenarnya ibarat sisa/sampah di dalam badan manusia.

5. Mineral, vitamin dan khasiat makanan gelombang mikro berkurang atau berubah. Jadi badan kita dapat sedikit sahaja manfaat makanan. Badan kita juga menyerap kompaun-kompaun yang berubah itu, dan tidak dapat meleraikannya.

6. Mineral-mineral di dalam sayuran berubah menjadi radikal bebas yang menyebabkan kanser apabila dimasak/dipanaskan di dalam ketuhar gelombang mikro. Ini antara punca
mengapa pengidap kanser meningkat.

7. Makanan gelombang mikro menyebabkan ketumbuhan kanser di dalam perut dan usus-juga menjadi punca meningkatnya penghidap penyakit ini.

8. Makan makanan gelombang mikro berpanjangan menyebabkan sel-sel kanser meningkat di dalam darah manusia.

9. Makan makanan gelombang mikro secara berterusan juga menyebabkan merosotnya sistem imun melalui kelenjar limpa dan pengubahan serum darah.

10. Makanan gelombang mikro menyebabkan hilang daya ingatan, tumpuan, kestabilan emosi dan mengurangkan kecerdikan.

Fikirkan...

Pernahkah kita terfikir mengapa anak-anak kita hari ini degil, keras dan gelap hati? Atau kerap berlaku 'haruan makan anak' serta amalan seks luar tabi'i? Atau pernahkah
terlintas di benak fikiran kita, mengapa makin ramai yang cenderung menukar jantina - perempuan mahu jadi lelaki dan yang lelaki mahu jadi perempuan?

Fenomenanya krisis identiti dan gender kini menular dan semakin menjadi kelaziman. Antara sebabnya ialah kecelaruan hormon di dalam badan yang selain disebabkan makan makanan yang berstatus syubhah, juga berkemungkinan besar berpunca daripada makanan yang ditelan melalui proses gelombang mikro.

Selain pengusaha restoran, siapa lagi yang menghidangkan makanan yang mengancam kesihatan ini kalau bukan kita sendiri? Kitalah isteri, kitalah ibu yang kononnya sentiasa siuk.

Maka ketuhar gelombang mikrolah yang kita sandarkan untuk pantas menyediakan makanan keluarga tersayang.

Jika di rumah kita ada ketuhar ini dan telah tahu akan bahayanya, hentikanlah penggunaannya. Hanya mereka yang zalim sahaja sanggup menggadai nyawa sendiri dan ahli keluarganya.

Jika anda sedang berkira-kira mahu membeli ketuhar gelombang mikro,lupakan niat itu. Laburkan duit anda itu untuk sesuatu yang lebih bermanfaat untuk kesihatan keluarga. Jangan kita menjadi pembunuh kepada keluarga melalui penggunaan ketuhar gelombang mikro dengan memberi mereka makan makanan yang mengancam nyawa!

Terdapat banyak jurnal dan rencana kesihatan dan perubatan yang menjelaskan bahayanya ketuhar gelombang mikro kepada nyawa manusia. Antaranya:

http://www.mercola. com/article/ microwave/ hazards2. htm

http://www.cancersa lves.com/ article/microwav e.html

http://www.indigosu n.com/august99/ microwave. htm

Dipetik Dari Anis

Kisah 3 Ekor Kura-Kura

Pada suatu hari, ada 3 ekor kekura (kura kura) nak gi bekelah bersama-sama. Kekura pertama membawa makanan, Kekura kedua membawa minuman, sedangkan Kekura ketiga tidak membawa apa-apa pun selamber jek lenggang perut.
Didalam perjalanan tiba-tiba ujan pun turun dengan lebat dan derasnya, sehingga mereka tak boleh meneruskan perjalanan. Kemudian timbul perbualan di antara mereka…
Kekura I : ermmm….. salah sekor dari kita mesti balik untuk amik payung. Siapa yang nak pegi ni?
Kekura II dan I saling pandang memandang, dan sepakat menuding Kekura III
Kekura III : Tak nak ahhh. Aku jalan lambat dan nanti aku nak sampai sini lagilah terlambat. Nanti sure nkorang bedal makanan ni semua.
Kekura II : Takk lah. Kita orang tunggu sampai nko datang.
Kekura III : Betul??? Kalau aku lambat 1 jam?
Kekura I & II : Kitorang akan tetap tunggu
Kekura III : Kalau 3 jam ??
Kekura I & II : Kitorang akan tetap tunggu
Kekura III : Kalau 1 hari ??
Kekura I & II : Kitorang akan tetap tunggu
Kekura III : 5 hari????
Kekura I & II : Kitorang akan tetap tunggu
Kekura III : 1 minggu?
Kekura I & II : Kitorang akan tetap tunggu
Kekura III : 2 minggu?
Kekura I & II : Kitorang akan tetap tunggu!!!!!!! nko pegi jek lah!!!!!!!!
Dengan berat hati, akhirnya Kekura III pun berangkat. Kekura I & II menunggu dengan setia. Sehari, dua hari dan seminggu telah berlalu, Kekura III tak jugak balik balik. Setelah dua minggu berlalu, Kekura I & II sudah tidak dapat menahan lapar…
Kekura I : Aku dah tak tahan lapar ni . Kita makan jek lah
Kekura II : Aku pun dah nak pensan ni. Jom ahh kiter perabih makanan ni
Tiba-tiba Kekura III muncul dari blakang semak…
Kekura III : Hoii !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nasib baik aku belom pegi lagi… kalau tak sure nkorang abiskan makanan ni kan kan??

Sambutan Tahun Baru 2009

Oleh AlKundangi

Sebentar tadi penulis berpeluang melihat sambutan Tahun Baru Masehi 2009 di kaca TV. Antara yang hadir termasuklah Perdana Menteri dan isterinya, serta beberapa orang penggiat seni dan kebudayaan sepeerti M.Nasir. Nampak begitu meriah sekali mereka menungggu detik 12 malam untuk meyambut kedatangan tahun 2009 di Dataran Merdeka itu. Mengapa sambutan itu begitu meriah sekali? Apakah tahun 2009 itu perlu kita sambut sedemikian rupa? Irama muzik pop rock dan sebagainya serta pergaulan bebas lelaki wanita yang menimbulkan bermacam kecurigaan? Inilah cara saban tahun BN-UMNO menyambut Tahun Baru masehi itu.


Penulis teringat Allahyarham Ustaz Othman Abdul Razak yang sering mengajar di masjid Hospital Besar,KL dan di Suraunya Kg.Kinabalu Hujung,Dato’ Keramat. Beliau kemudian berpindah ke Hulu Langat dan mendirikan perkampungan Islam di sana. Ada satu perkara yang penulis masih ingat tentang ceramahnya atau kuliah-kuliah Tauhidnya. Tauhid atau Kalimah Thoyyibah itu diibaratkan beliau seperti sepohon rambutan, kalau pokoknya pokok rambutan, dahannya dahan rambutan, daunnya daun rambutan, buahnya buah rambutan, hatta akarnya akar rambutan. Begitulah akidah Islam atau kalimah Tauhid itu. Ia tidak bercampur dan tidak mungkin bercampur ibarat minyak dan air. Begitulah, akidah Islam itu tidak mungkin bercampur sepertimana yang dijelaskan dalam Surah Ibrahim yang bernaksud “Apakah tidak kamu melihat,bagaimana Tuhan mendatangkan satu misal bahawa Kalimah Tauhid itu seumpama sepohon pokok yang baik, akar tunjangnya menjunam ke bumi dan dahan serta cabangnya menjulang ke langit..” Inilah akidah Islam. Ia ibarat satu pokok yang tak mungkin berlainan,tak mungkin rambutan berbuah pulasan, berdahankan durian dan berbatangkan pokok kelapa. Pokok rambutan, seluruhnya adalah pohon rambutan.


Lalu apa kaitannya dengan Tahun Masehi tadi? Ya, tahun masehi adalah tahun kelahiran Nabi Isa,tahun kebesaran Kristian. Kenapa pula kita meyambutnya? Kenapa Paklah dan isteri serta berpuluh ribu rakyat Malaysia sanggup berdiri tegak sampai tegah malam semata-mata untuk menyambut kedatangan tahun Kristian itu? Apakah agama kalian. Islamkah kristian kah? Kita tidak menolak Nabi Isa. Bahkan Nabi Isa adalah di antara 25 rasul yang kita wajib percaya dengannya. Tetapi pada kita, nabi Isa tidak mati, dia hanya diserupakan dengan seseorang yang lain, dan orang itu disalib. Nabi Isa yang sebenar diangkat ke langit. Suatu hari dia akan turun semula ke bumi dan memerintah bumi ini sebelum kiamat Besar berlaku. Imam Mahdi juga muncul waktu membantu nabi Isa memerintah secara Islam sebelum kiamat mutlak datang. Inilah kepercayaan Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jamaah.


Berbeda sekali dengan ucapan Presiden Iran,Ahmadi Nejad yang diberi peluang berucap oleh TV Brirain, yang menerangkan kedudukan Nabi Isa dalam Islam, tidak seperti kepercayaan orang Kristian. Tetapi kenapakah PM kita tidak begitu,sedangkan beliau cucu seorang ulama terkenal di Kedah? Bila kita menghitung dalam tahun masehi umur kita, berurusan rasmi menggunakan tahun masehi, cuti umum pada hari utama agama mereka saban minggu, bermakna kita telah mengikut ‘millah” mereka, atau cara hidup/jalan hidup mereka. “Kaum Yahudi dan Nasrani tidak akan redha sehingga kita mengikut cara mereka .”(AlBaqarah). Kalau kita mengira umur kita menurut tahun masehi, setiap empat pulu tahun, umur kita kurang setahun jika lita mengira semula dalam Tahun Hijrah.Ertinya setiap 40 tahun,umur kita sebenarnya 41 tahun menurut Tahun Hijrah.kalau kita berzakat, ertunya setiap 40 tahun sekali kita akan terlepas dari membayar zakat. Bayangkan berapa ramai umat Islam tidak membayar zakat sepanjang hidupnya sekali atau dua kali jika mengira menurut Tahun Masehi? Inilah antara implikasinya yang tidak begitu kita sedari.Banyaklah lagi hal-hal lain yang tidak dapat disebutkan di sini.


Seperti kata Asyahid Syed Qutb, jika kita ingin ambil Islam ini, ambillah seluruhnya, kalau tidak tinggalkan seluruhnya, supaya senang umat Islam yang lain membuat perkiraan.Kita tidak mahu Islam yang dimahukan oleh Amerika diamalkan di sini, yang menganggap cita-cita menegakkan negara dan hukum Islam sebagai fundamentalist Muslim, atau lebih popular sekarang ini dengan gelaran terrorist. Oleh itu fikirkanlah kembali patutkah kita menentang Hudud dan Qisas, tetapi di masa yang lain kita mengaku Islam,bernama Islam berketurunan Islam, bahkan mengamalkan ajaran-ajaran Islam!

What Prominent Person of Intel Say About 2009?

2008 has been a very positive year for Intel. Apart from extending its technology leadership in its 45 nanometer (nm) manufacturing process, Intel also introduced a wide range of new products, achieved several R&D, environmental and corporate milestones this year. In addition, the company also spearheaded a number of marketing campaigns in Malaysia to stimulate consumer demand and spur further market growth among local PC manufacturers. (For more details on key highlights in 2008, please refer to Page 4 of this press statement).

As we close 2008 and move ahead into 2009, Intel Malaysia executives would like to share their thoughts on the company’s achievements made in 2008 as well as their expectations for the next year:

Atul Bhargava, Managing Director, Intel Malaysia:

2008 was a great year for Intel Malaysia as the site made valuable contributions to key product designs, qualifications and manufacturing. We will continue to invest and innovate and have the best products in the future, because we have a very strong business model. Since Intel is a key ingredient in all aspects of computing and communications, we feel we will emerge from this cycle stronger than ever because of that.

As part of Intel’s 40th year anniversary, Intel Malaysia contributed over 118,105 volunteer hours to the community in Malaysia. This represented more than 10 per cent of the global 1 million volunteer hours that Intel had committed to achieve in 2008 as a way to honour its 40th year of business.

Intel remains committed to the investments it has made in Malaysia. After all, we have been here for more than 36 years, have invested nearly USD4 billion and currently employ close to 10,000 people to support our operations in Malaysia.

More importantly, Intel believes in investing for the future. While the economic outlook remains uncertain for 2009, we believe that Intel Malaysia is very well positioned competitively. We have been through many cycles before and the one thing we have learned is you cannot save your way out of a downturn. If companies want to be competitive, they need to invest to emerge as winners in a downturn. Companies that fall off the investment cycle in IT are taking a risk and next generation IT solutions will give them that winning edge.

We should also bear in mind that while business activity may slow down, the big challenges around energy, the environment, healthcare, education, and life sciences aren't going away. If anything they will get tougher. Hence, investment in new technology can address these critical issues in Malaysia as well as globally. All said and done, Intel believes that technology has been the engine of the economy for some time, and will continue to be so in the future.


Ryaz Patel, Country Manager, Sales and Marketing, Intel Malaysia:

While 2009 will be a challenging year, we are confident that a concerted effort by consumers, corporations, and the government will enable Malaysia to emerge out of this economic transition stronger than before. With shrinking global demand and less foreign direct investments available, the global marketplace will be even more competitive. It is therefore imperative for all Malaysians to raise the national productivity levels so that we can stay ahead of the curve, and make the country an attractive location for more foreign investments.

Naturally, ICT will continue to play a critical role in helping to increase productivity levels, hence the focus for strategic investments should be channelled towards ICT as a key enabler for sustained growth.

In this respect, Intel is playing its part to ensure that computing is made affordable to all Malaysians, and this includes rolling out campaigns such as volume aggregation programs that help consumers save by pooling their purchasing power. Today, new PCs and many other computing devices are already priced below RM1,000 to satisfy the basic computing needs of many consumers. Meanwhile, companies that require more computing horsepower can opt for Intel’s full suite of processors that are designed to cater to the breadth and depth of any computing environment.

We are also committed to accelerate broadband adoption in Malaysia because widespread and affordable Internet access will allow Malaysians to be more competitive in a global economy. An example of our commitment in accelerating broadband adoption in Malaysia is Intel Capital’s decision to invest RM50 million in Green Packet to kick-start Malaysia’s first mobile WiMAX network. Intel and Green Packet’s subsidiary, Packet One Networks are working together to deploy Malaysia’s first nationwide 802.16e WiMAX network. This is a significant milestone for Malaysia and WiMAX as it represents the first large scale commercial deployment of mobile WiMAX in Southeast Asia and the first large scale deployment of an 802.16e 2.3GHz WiMAX network outside of Korea.

There are still a billion people who aren’t connected to the Internet, and all around the world governments are looking to invest in technology as a way to be competitive. The Malaysian government understands this challenge and has done much to invest in and embrace technology. While this is commendable, we wish to encourage the government to keep the momentum going by reviewing other ICT-related areas that can help stimulate further economic growth in the country. This includes unlocking the Universal Service Provider funds to support broadband infrastructure deployment in the country.

A review of the existing Internet backhaul charges by the government would also be a welcome move because this would contribute significantly towards reducing the cost of international bandwidth charges to the Internet. This move will make Malaysia more competitive and also opens the door for growth and more inbound investments in areas such as Shared Services Outsourcing and the setting up of regional data farms.

Funny Stories About Sardar Jee

Well! Well! Well! Happy New Year to all readers. Here we started this lovely 2009 with funny story about Sardar Jee.

Boss: Where were you born?
Sardar: India ..
Boss: which part?
Sardar: What 'which part'? Whole body was born in India .

2 sardar were fixing a bomb in a car.
Sardar 1: What would you do if the bomb
explodes while fixing.
Sardar 2: Dont worry, I have one more.

Sardar: What is the name of your car?
Lady: I forgot the name, but is starts with 'T'.
Sardar: Oh, what a strange car, starts with Tea. All cars that I know start with petrol.

Sardar joined new job. 1st day he worked till late evening on the computer. Boss was happy and asked what you did till evening.
Sardar: Keyboard alphabets were not in order, so I made it alright.

Museum Administrator: That's a 500-year-old statue u've broken.
Sardar: Thanks God! I thought it was a new one.

At the scene of an accident a man was crying: O God! I have lost my hand, oh!
Sardar: Control yourself. Don't cry. See that man. He has lost his head. Is he crying?

Sardar: U cheated me.
Shopkeeper: No, I sold a good radio to u.
Sardar: Radio label shows Made in Japan but radio says this is 'All India Radio!

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NOW THE LAST TWO ULTIMATE :
In an interview, Interviewer: How does an electric motor run?
Sardar: Dhhuuuurrrrrrrrrr. .....
Inteviewer shouts: Stop it.
Sardar: Dhhuurrrr dhup dhup dhup...

Tourist: Whose skeleton is that?
Sardar: An old king's skeleton.
Tourist: Who's that smaller skeleton next to it?
Sardar: That was same king's skeleton when he was a child .

Hahahahahah......