Snorkling at Payar Island with Langkawi Coral package on second day. That's the platform we having food, sun bathing and fun.....
Arcuz Kelana Jaya – Exsim
8 years ago
Friday, December 26, 2008
Journey to Langkawi 4
Snorkling at Payar Island with Langkawi Coral package on second day. That's the platform we having food, sun bathing and fun.....
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Journey to Langkawi 3
View at Dayang Bunting Island, our last destination for today's islands hoping; after Beras Basah Island and Singa Putih Island (eagle feeding)
Journey to Langkawi 1
Left home @ 10.40pm of x-mas eve. Ketupat and Rendang Daging for my supper at Tapah R and R @ 1.40am.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
KL Plaza on X-mas eve
The former Berjaya property has been sold to Kuwait Finance House and Gang for RM400mil. Refurbishment of the building and bridging to Pavilion expected to start work by 2009
Bungalow turned into a mini hotel
Nice: The lounge area.
THE owner of a bungalow in Jalan Desa 6/7 at Phase Six in Bandar Country Homes, Rawang, has turned it into a mini hotel.
The bungalow is in a secluded end of the residential road which comprises only bungalows.
StarMetro visited the place following a tip-off from residents and found that there is no signboard indicating that it is a hotel or has rooms for rent.
The place is completely walled, with its entrance sealed by a metal gate. No one looking at it from the outside would suspect it is a hotel.
Cosy: The dining area
The hotel operator has also advertised it on a website www.chateau.com.my, offering Internet booking for its 10 rooms, with rental from RM120 to RM200 a night.
The rooms are well furnished like those of a three-star hotel. There are also function rooms, a pool stable, a bar and lounge area with dart games and a place for viewing football matches.
When a worker was asked whether the bungalow had any “special” functions, he didn’t want to say much.
Well laid out: The common dining area.
However, according to the worker, the owner is a Singaporean and the owner’s wife is the one running the place.
The worker also said the bungalow could cater for private functions of up to about 100 people at any one time.
According to Selayang Municipal Council (MPS) public relations director Mohd Zin Masaod, a hotel cannot be located at a residential area.
“In fact, we were tipped off by the public last week and will investigate this matter. As far as we are concerned, the hotel is illegal,” Zin said.
“Previously, the bungalow owner did not follow building by-laws and we have issued him a few compounds.
“Now he has turned his bungalow into a boarding place and renting out rooms,’’ he said.
- Story and photos by STUART MICHAEL (The Star)
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Website: http://www.chateau.com.my/
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Telco probes millions in kickbacks
PETALING JAYA (Dec 22): A telecommunications company is conducting an internal probe into "kickbacks" amounting to millions of ringgit received by its staff over the past few years.
The company, with international links, is investigating its staff, including a senior executive, for allegedly accepting kickbacks over procurement contracts.
theSun learnt that the contracts were awarded to local contractors and vendors by the telco’s officials who are believed to have received the money for facilitating the deal over the past two to three years.
It is learnt that the contracts ranged from materials’ supply, maintenance parts and other equipment required by the telco, which had been aggressively expanding its network in the country.
Sources said that the management has recorded statements from one of the executives on three occasions. He was found to have several hundred thousand ringgit in a bank account. It is believed that the amount in his other bank accounts totalled more than a million ringgit.
The executive had also travelled extensively to various parts of the world.
It is learnt that the management, which is interviewing several other employees and witnesses, is expected to report to the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) once its internal probe is completed.
A spokesperson for the telco, when contacted by theSun yesterday, confirmed the investigations and said a report will be lodged with the ACA.
"We are looking at all angles to find out if other staff were also involved.
"This is a serious issue and we will leave no stone unturned in our investigations. Once our own findings are completed, we will pass the information to the authorities," the spokesperson added.
theSun learnt that several representatives of prominent local companies which supplied materials to the telco and had dealt with the staff, are also under investigation.
by Tim Leonard
Wondering which Telco is this DiGi, Maxis, Celcom or U Mobile........
Source: http://www.sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=28689
The company, with international links, is investigating its staff, including a senior executive, for allegedly accepting kickbacks over procurement contracts.
theSun learnt that the contracts were awarded to local contractors and vendors by the telco’s officials who are believed to have received the money for facilitating the deal over the past two to three years.
It is learnt that the contracts ranged from materials’ supply, maintenance parts and other equipment required by the telco, which had been aggressively expanding its network in the country.
Sources said that the management has recorded statements from one of the executives on three occasions. He was found to have several hundred thousand ringgit in a bank account. It is believed that the amount in his other bank accounts totalled more than a million ringgit.
The executive had also travelled extensively to various parts of the world.
It is learnt that the management, which is interviewing several other employees and witnesses, is expected to report to the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) once its internal probe is completed.
A spokesperson for the telco, when contacted by theSun yesterday, confirmed the investigations and said a report will be lodged with the ACA.
"We are looking at all angles to find out if other staff were also involved.
"This is a serious issue and we will leave no stone unturned in our investigations. Once our own findings are completed, we will pass the information to the authorities," the spokesperson added.
theSun learnt that several representatives of prominent local companies which supplied materials to the telco and had dealt with the staff, are also under investigation.
by Tim Leonard
Wondering which Telco is this DiGi, Maxis, Celcom or U Mobile........
Source: http://www.sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=28689
Monday, December 22, 2008
Money in creepy crawlies
A NEW bio-agriculture trend has emerged in Kelantan which is famed for its enterprising and conservative residents.
Since last year, many have ventured into commercial farming of worms and leeches, both slithering kinds which are usually off-limits to most people.
It has emerged that the worms and leeches apparently produce an enzyme which can be used as a compound in beauty pharmaceutical products.
One of the breeders is businessman Wan Ya Wan Yusuf, 38, from Kampung Chi Cha, Kota Baru, who has roped in his wife Noorlaila Ibrahim, 37, and six children to help manage the farm
full of the slithering worms.
Wan Ya, encouraged to venture into breeding worms by a friend last year, began importing unhatched eggs of worms from Indonesia.
He earns an average of RM300 to RM1,200 per kilo of worms, depending on the grades.
He said his business was slowly but surely turning into a lucrative venture as at times, he could earn beyond RM5,000 per month.
He also sells the worms to a wholesaler who would distribute it to pharmaceutical agents for processing.
Over at Kemumin, Pengkalan Chepa, Khalid Abdul Rahim, who is know locally as Mat Yos, shows people about his commercial breeding of leeches at an open-space near his home.
He began breeding the leeches about two years ago after he was informed by a marketing agent that many cosmetic firms were using leeches. Leeches are also processed into an ointment as a massaging cream.
Khalid earns about RM60 per kilo of leeches and it has become lucrative enough for him to quit his day job as a welder.
- By SAZUKI EMBONG (The Star)
Related (Leeches Farming):
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=322584
http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2008/2/23/lifefocus/20185761&sec=lifefocus
http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2008/4/11/north/20890124&sec=North
http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/6525/leeching-into-commercial-production
http://www.badruzamani.org/blog/?p=589
Since last year, many have ventured into commercial farming of worms and leeches, both slithering kinds which are usually off-limits to most people.
It has emerged that the worms and leeches apparently produce an enzyme which can be used as a compound in beauty pharmaceutical products.
One of the breeders is businessman Wan Ya Wan Yusuf, 38, from Kampung Chi Cha, Kota Baru, who has roped in his wife Noorlaila Ibrahim, 37, and six children to help manage the farm
full of the slithering worms.
Wan Ya, encouraged to venture into breeding worms by a friend last year, began importing unhatched eggs of worms from Indonesia.
He earns an average of RM300 to RM1,200 per kilo of worms, depending on the grades.
He said his business was slowly but surely turning into a lucrative venture as at times, he could earn beyond RM5,000 per month.
He also sells the worms to a wholesaler who would distribute it to pharmaceutical agents for processing.
Over at Kemumin, Pengkalan Chepa, Khalid Abdul Rahim, who is know locally as Mat Yos, shows people about his commercial breeding of leeches at an open-space near his home.
He began breeding the leeches about two years ago after he was informed by a marketing agent that many cosmetic firms were using leeches. Leeches are also processed into an ointment as a massaging cream.
Khalid earns about RM60 per kilo of leeches and it has become lucrative enough for him to quit his day job as a welder.
- By SAZUKI EMBONG (The Star)
Related (Leeches Farming):
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=322584
http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2008/2/23/lifefocus/20185761&sec=lifefocus
http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2008/4/11/north/20890124&sec=North
http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/6525/leeching-into-commercial-production
http://www.badruzamani.org/blog/?p=589
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