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The Borneo Post of Aug 6 2010 reported this “ Unimas vice chancellor Prof Dr Khairuddin Abd Hamid said the state exported around 60,000 to 70,000 tonnes of sago annually with income of US$10 million.” This means that a ton of sago starch is sold for an average price of about RM $ 150-160? Is […]
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As the Federal Government studies what and how much subsidies to reduce, the future price of wheat will represent another problem. The Federal Government has already set the price of sugar. Now it is the time to have a closer look at the price of wheat. Listening to the radio, I heard that the international […]
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The Rain forest of Sarawak has been in existence for the last thousand years unfortunately in recent times, man has started to destroy it. Scientists say the Rain Forest could hold many secrets and we may never know many of these secrets , as the Rain Forest is continuously exploited and will be gone sooner […]
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There was a senior Politician in Sarawak, a kind hearted man, who would never say no when, asked for a favour. Be it an applicant for a Government Scholarship or a Contract, he will not say no. After all as far as he is concern, granting favours does not cause him to spend any money […]
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The Borneo Post of June 10 10 , reported that “The Housing and Population National Census” of Malaysia will be carried out in Sarawak from July 6 to Aug 22. The last census was conducted in 2000 when it was established that Sarawak ‘s population was 2 million . By now with a 2% growth […]
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Today, there are two pieces of news which are not favourable to our Malaysian Civil Servants . 1. 41% of Malaysian civil servants are involved in corruption (http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/6/2/nation/20100602215335&sec=nation ). Cuepacs ( The Union representing Workers working for the Government ) is alleging that 418,200 or 41% of the 1.2 million civil servants were suspected to […]
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A Supermarket in Sibu has abandoned its pledge not to supply plastic shopping bags on Monday .
It was announced by The Deputy Chairman of the Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) Daniel Ngieng Kwong Ann in Oct 2009 that 12 Supermarkets in Sibu have agreed to declare every Monday beginging Nov 16 2009 as a plastic bag free day for shoppers. On every Monday the Supermarkets will not provide free plastic bags to […]
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A few days ago the Borneo Post carried a piece of news that “THE Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) has formed a pact with Ningde Municipal People’s Government of China to promote bilateral trade between both parties. “ I wonder if this “Trade Pact “ is it within the official purview of SMC? If it is […]
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Will Shell Malaysia be thinking of a similar idea ? Here is a piece of news which I picked up the other day . Heard that Shell New Zealand has announced it has signed an agreement to sell its downstream business in New . The deal includes all of Shell’s downstream assets in New Zealand […]
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Met a young engineer. He was originally from Kuching and had spent over 15 years overseas. His employer where he worked as a technical support consultant wanted to branch into Asean region and has offered him a business deal: he supports them by giving technical information and gives advices to their clients. But the deal […]
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