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showing a farmer how to fly the DJI Agras T30 drone at the
launch of the SMART SBB large scale padi planting programme
and signing of a memorandum of understanding between the
company and the government at Permatang Nibong in Penang
yesterday. The 26kg drone can be used to spray pesticides and
fertilisers as well as sow seeds. – MASRY CHE ANI/THESUN
Moral policing
█ BY SHIVANI SUPRAMANI oDress codes are just guidelines and
[email protected] cannot be enforced as law, says Awam
PETALING JAYA: The repeated
instances of moral policing are
frustratingly reflective of a
long-standing obsession by
society at large with what women wear, preferably in briefings or in the form of “As such, services cannot be
said All Women’s Action Society (Awam). policy that is accessible to all civil denied to you solely based on
Its information and communications servants,” Tan said. your attire. Secondly, should you
officer Jernell Tan Chia Ee said this is seen be denied any services or receive
through the attitudes of a multitude of “There is an expectation for discriminatory remarks based on
authorities from security guards to government departments and agencies to your attire, you can complain to the
management bodies and government and deliver quality services to the public, corresponding government agency
law enforcement officials. which we are entitled to, and not to or department’s reporting channel.
“The same unnecessary preach or admonish the people on their “Always remember we are a
preoccupation about clothing above the choice of attire. proud country of diverse ethnicities
knees, tops baring the shoulders, and and cultures. Self-respect and
form-fitting or sleeveless attire is also “Such policies or briefings should also respect for other cultures must be
pervasive among netizens, politicians, be accompanied with effective reporting given due consideration,” she said.
and in most cases, the media. This mechanisms that are easily accessible, She also pointed out that dress
obsession is both discriminatory and with swift and accountable action or policing imposes significant
dehumanising,” she told theSun. repercussions taken against civil servants responsibility and burden on women
Tan noted that in 2015, then minister in who continue the practice of unnecessary to cover up and shames or punishes
the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk dress policing,” she said. them for not doing so.
Seri Azalina Othman Said clarified in “All these factors interact to
Parliament that there is no enforceable or Tan said if faced with moral policing, normalise gender-based violence, and
statutory dress code for the public when it women should first know their rights, entrench a rape culture that does not
comes to government departments and specifically involving their freedom of hold perpetrators fully
agencies. expression. accountable for their
“In short, the dress code is just a violations while Turn to
guideline and cannot be enforced as law. “This right is enshrined in Article 10 of subjecting victims (mostly
This should be made clear to all personnel the Federal Constitution. Attire women) to a vicious cycle —
constitutes a symbolic form of speech or
expression, which is also covered in the page 3
legal provision. In addition, bear in mind
in the civil sector, regardless of rank – that dress codes are just guidelines and of self-blame and trauma.”
not laws.
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PM to officiate at Early booking ensures
Firefighters’ Day cheaper flights
celebration
o Experts urge public not to make last-minute decisions to January, return flight ticket prices to Kuching
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk fly to avoid paying steeper prices for tickets may be in the region of RM600.
Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob will officiate at
the Firefighters’ Day 2022 celebration, █ BY RAJVINDER SINGH Raya festive break. “Some may think it is too early to buy their
which will be held on May 22 in Kepala [email protected] He said tickets for the round trip were tickets now, but the closer they are to the festive
Batas, Penang, said Malaysian Fire and PETALING JAYA: Planning a trip early to any period, the ticket prices are bound to increase,”
Rescue Department Director-General destination would ensure airline passengers purchased early and his friend paid just under he added.
Datuk Seri Mohammad Hamdan Wahid. pay lower prices, while booking tickets closer RM600 for them.
to the departure date would be an expensive He also said people are just beginning to fly,
He said the event would be enlivened affair. One of the main issues is many people so overall, ticket prices will be determined by
with a number of interesting make last-minute decisions to fly and end up demand.
programmes such as parades comprising An aviation expert said the public may paying more for their tickets. He urged those
fire engines, personnel from state complain about expensive flight tickets as they intending to fly to look at different dates to get A source close to the Malaysian Aviation
contingents as well as the airport fire have not flown for the last two years. However, the best possible price for their tickets. Commission (Mavcom) said ticket prices are
contigent, the army fire brigade and the sudden realisation that they have to fork determined by supply and demand. The
frontliners. out more money to travel may cause them to “A difference of a single day can save a higher the demand, the higher the price.
baulk. person a few hundred ringgit. People must
“Other programmes include the fire learn to be flexible when flying if they want He added that on average, ticket prices have
and water safety exhibition as well as the “A simple rule to follow is the earlier a cheaper tickets.” been reasonable although they rise during
sale of fire extinguishers and smoke person buys a ticket, the cheaper it will be. periods of high demand as there can only be so
detectors,” he said on TV3’s Malaysia Airlines practise dynamic pricing. Tickets He pointed out that the cost of flying has many flights to certain destinations.
Hari Ini programme yesterday. bought early are always cheaper. The longer also become more expensive.
the person waits to buy a ticket, the higher the “Airlines look at the number of flights and
In line with the theme Bomba price will be because the cheaper tickets have During the pandemic, aviation fuel was in capacity before fixing ticket prices. For
Frontliner Keluarga Malaysia, Mohamad been sold out,” he said. the higher range of US$40 (RM175.64) per example, if the majority of passengers decide to
Hamdan said the department would barrel but today, it is hitting around US$110 return to their hometowns on the eve of
posthumously honour its personnel who He cited an example of his friend’s decision (RM482.93) per barrel. Chinese New Year for the reunion dinner, then
died while carrying out their duties, with to return to Kuching during the recent Hari ticket prices will be high.”
appreciation awards in recognition of He said this cost will be passed on to
their services and contributions. passengers via the fuel surcharge, which He added that the public might be
ultimately makes ticket prices more expensive. expecting Mavcom to get involved in bringing
“The objective of the celebration is to down ticket prices but the commission has no
appreciate the hard work, sacrifices and “For the coming Chinese New Year next power to do so.
services of every firefighter who risk their
lives to ensure the safety of the people,” “The fact is, Mavcom cannot get involved in
he said. commercial matters involving airlines.”
Firefighters’ Day is observed annually Malacca mulls
on May 4, but as it fell on the third day of
Hari Raya this year, the celebration will
be held this Sunday. – Bernama
Hate speech leads to establishing
animosity: Minister cultural, heritage
research centre
KUALA LUMPUR: The government has MESMERISING ACTION ... Visitors at the Quayside Mall in Kota Kemuning, Selangor
been urged to put more effort into curbing watching an acrobatic lion dance championship organised by Gamuda Land Sdn Bhd. MALACCA: The state has the potential to be
and preventing elements of racial politics in – AMIRUL SYAFIQ/THESUN a research centre for culture and heritage for
the country from spreading. Southeast Asia by bringing together experts
in the field, said Malacca Historic City
Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Council (MHCC) Mayor Datuk Zainal Abu.
Abdullah said this was because elements
such as hate speech would lead to animosity He said the state needs to establish the
and cause violence to erupt in a country. research centre as a platform to represent
an international urban cultural attraction.
“I consider racial politics as the source of
other ‘diseases’ ... if a government allows “In terms of preservation and
racial discrimination to occur, then there conservation, we feel the proposal to create
lies the problem. a cultural heritage research centre is
appropriate.
“This is because racial discrimination
can occur everywhere such as in the “If it is in Malacca, there is no need to
provision of laws, policies, in public create it again (cultural heritage research
institutions as well as government centre) in Penang. So we can centralise it in
programmes, which are merely efforts to Malacca, if possible,” he said after officiating
win elections and remain in power,” he said at the International Urban and Regional
in his speech in conjunction with the Cooperation Programme Malacca
webinar titled “Manifestation of the City-Nouvi Circindario Imolese (NCI)
Philosophy of Peaceful Co-Existence in the Bologna here yesterday.
Digital Space” organised by the
Southeast-Asia Regional Centre for Also present were Imola Mayor and NCI
Counter-Terrorism yesterday. president Marco Panieri, Metropolitan City
of Bologna deputy mayor Gabriele Meluzzi
Saifuddin said to tackle the matter, and Research Innovation and EU projects
tolerance, understanding and embracing head, Marino Cavalio.
cultural and racial diversity should be the
foundation in creating an environment of He said during the three-day visit by the
peaceful co-existence. Italian delegation, there will be
engagements among city experts from
He said the wasatiyah (moderation) Bologna and Malacca through government-
concept in practising one’s culture, should to-government dialogues, policy meetings
also be applied so that the people can and on-site visits, and discussions on
celebrate pluralism and be kind to all groups implementing the collaboration from 2022
without discrimination. – Bernama to 2023.
Evacuation centres opened in Kedah, Negri Sembilan “We will also be exchanging knowledge
and innovative solutions, and meeting
KUALA LUMPUR: Three temporary evacuation She added that Baling CDF is in a state of “Following that, motorists are advised to technical partners to execute projects on
centres have been opened in two states to readiness and will continue to monitor the use alternative roads, namely Route FT051 the ground,” he said.
accommodate 138 flood victims from 48 situation from time to time. (Jalan Kuala Pilah-Seremban) or Route
families. FT009 (Jalan Kuala Pilah-Tampin),” He added this sharing of knowledge and
In Negri Sembilan, according to the latest he added. expertise was important as Malacca has
In Kedah, 28 flood evacuees from six data on the Social Welfare Department heritage sites that needed to be preserved.
families in Baling were taking shelter in InfoBencana app, two evacuation centres Meanwhile, he said the Darul
Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Tawar as of 9am have been opened at SK Undang Johol and Widad centre in Port Dickson was also “Malacca is small and as a matter of fact,
yesterday. Dewan Desa Dangi in Kuala Pilah involving flooded, but no evacuations were carried there is not much heritage compared with
110 individuals from 42 families as of 8am out. Italy. But this small and little (heritage) is
Baling Civil Defence Force (CDF) chief yesterday. what we need to preserve.”
Kapt (PA) Rasidah Kassim said all evacuees Continuous heavy rain since midday on
were villagers from Mukim Tawar. Meanwhile, Negri Sembilan CDF director Monday triggered flash floods at several Apart from tourism, MHCC also aims to
Lt Kol (PA) Mohd Syukri Md Nor said a locations in three states, namely Kuala Kubu nurture the city to be more resilient and
“Yesterday, the weather was sunny in landslide occurred at N14 Jalan Inas-Kg Batu Baru in Selangor, Nilai and Kuala Pilah in inclusive, and promoting low-carbon
Baling. The water level has receded and the due to heavy rain in a hilly area, blocking the Negri Sembilan and Baling in Kedah. growth to remain competitive while
victims will return to their respective road completely. – Bernama enhancing liveability for residents.
homes,” she said in a statement yesterday. – Bernama
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Corruption hinders progress, says Raja of Perlis
ARAU: The Raja of Perlis Tuanku and accepting bribes were great sins country’s well-being,” he said at the Tuanku Tengku Fauziah Tengku state awards, medals and honours,
Syed Sirajuddin Putra Jamalullail in Islam and criminal offences under investiture of state awards, medals Abdul Rashid was also in attendance. with 22 recipients receiving their
yesterday said no progress could be the law. and honours in conjunction with his awards at yesterday’s ceremony
achieved if corruption was rampant 79th birthday at Istana Arau Among those present were Mentri while 303 others would receive their
among the people. “Corrupt practices, if left yesterday. Besar Datuk Seri Azlan Man and awards at separate events.
unchecked, will lead to more social state executive council members. – Bernama
He said soliciting, offering, giving problems and can pose threats to the The Raja Perempuan Perlis
A total of 325 individuals received
█ BY SURAYA ALI Group steps up Water firm denies
[email protected] to boost English ‘incompetence’
PETALING JAYA: The first step towards allegations
improving English proficiency among o International education charity organisation offers to
Malaysians is to set up an English Academy set up world-class training college, invites govt to render KOTA BARU: Air Kelantan Sdn Bhd (AKSB) has
similar to the Malayan Teachers’ Training non-financial support refuted allegations made by Save Kelantan
College (MTTC) in Kirkby, England, which chairman Datuk Husam Musa against it and the
was established in 1952. Malaysians speak Bahasa Malaysia produce competent English language state Works, Infrastructure, Transport and
abroad and it is not translated properly. teachers, adding that Malaysians know the Utilities Committee chairman Datuk Azami
English Speaking Union (ESU) Malaysia importance of the national language. Mohd Noor.
chairman Tunku Dara Tunku Tan Sri Naquiah “The information or messages will
Tuanku Ja’afar (pix) said although our mother not get across well, and we will miss “Bahasa Malaysia is not under any form of AKSB said the allegations, among others,
tongue is important, Malaysians should all out even more.” threat. If there is a perceived threat, then it is claimed that Azami did not have the relevant
learn and be able to converse in English. perhaps from Bahasa Indonesia. So, learning expertise to lead the committee.
Parent Action Group for Education and mastering English, Mandarin, Tamil,
“I am willing to set up an academy similar president Datin Azimah Abdul Rahim Japanese, French or German does not relegate “Datuk Azami appointed those with
to that of Kirkby, but we need the said the public outcry over having Bahasa Malaysia but instead complements it.” expertise to manage AKSB to ensure that they
government’s support in this effort,” she told English medium schools (EMS) has are truly qualified to lead departments and
theSun, adding that she does not need the been so intense from ultra-nationalists Azimah said a teacher in Subang Jaya units in the organisation.
government’s money to do it. in the past that it gets shot down at revealed that there were 40% Indonesian
every turn. immigrants enrolled in her school, of which “This can be seen when the new general
She said ESU faced difficulties “It has now culminated over the years into six of eight classes are Dual Language manager of AKSB was appointed in mid-2019
finding trained English teachers or a critical point where even some English Programmes (DLP) and the students enjoy and AKSB has been restructured twice, namely
tutors, not because of a lack of teachers fail to impart proficiency in this learning science and mathematics in English. in 2020 and 2021,” it said in a statement, adding
candidates, but due to scarcity of universal and crucial language of knowledge that another allegation involving failed tube
opportunities for them to train as as we swiftly engage in the digital world.” “The challenge remains with some wells was also untrue.
tutors or teachers. Azimah said while having EMS may be teachers who lack enthusiasm. The option is
perceived as diluting the importance of the not to revert to Bahasa Malaysia but to ramp “The tube wells for the Merbau Chondong
Tunku Dara said public schools national language, it is these schools that will up the DLP and seriously consider EMS for Water Treatment Plant operate successfully at
overseas make it compulsory for future-ready English language teachers.” 17 million litres per day (MLD) while the tube
students to study foreign languages, wells for the Wakaf Baru plant operate at
adding that Malaysia, as a multi- 24MLD and tube wells for the Kampung Chap
lingual country should do the same. plant operate at 11MLD.
“Why can’t Malaysian schools “The claim that the tube wells for the
offer Bahasa Malaysia, English and Mandarin Kampung Telok plant have no water is also
as compulsory subjects and other languages untrue as it successfully operates at 32MLD
as electives? although currently, it is only able to produce
10MLD of treated water that meets the
“English is used everywhere. So, we must standards stipulated by the Health Ministry.”
know the language to be part of the global
development movement. No one is saying It also said other allegations, including the
Bahasa Malaysia is unimportant, but we must installation of the Chemiles system at the
master English to move forward as a nation.” Kampung Chap, Taman Telok Mesira and
Meranti Baru plants, were false as such
She also said problems would arise if installations were only present at the Kampung
Chap plant and would be installed at the
Meranti Baru plant next.
AKSB also denied claims that the proposed
construction of a riverside water reservoir in
Labok, Machang was a wasteful expenditure
and may not be able to solve water supply
problems in Kelantan.
Husam recently claimed in a video that the
tube well system had failed many times due to
insufficient water quantity, adding that AKSB
and the exco (in charge of managing water
supply) lack expertise in the related field.
– Bernama
Dry spell fire hotspots
There have been many cases where women were denied entry to government agencies despite being dressed modestly. – AMIRUL SYAFIQ/THESUN KUALA LUMPUR: The Fire and Rescue
Department has identified several hotspots
‘Focus should be on service quality, not dressing’ during the current hot and dry season, that is
expected to last until September.
Women’s Aid Organisation deputy Yu also questioned whether any Baru by security guards who deemed her
executive director Yu Ren Chung said it government leader would step up to outfit to be “inappropriate” despite her being Its director-general Datuk Seri Mohammad
seems like women in Malaysia face speak out on this issue and take action dressed modestly. Hamdan Wahid said the department would
never-ending policing by the From to resolve the matter. Tan and Yu were monitor the areas and have made preparations
government and over-zealous officers. front commenting on the latest of Administrative clerk Leni Fernandez was in terms of personnel and required assets.
page numerous incidents where a woman dressed in a long-sleeved dress that ended
“Will it ever end? Government 7cm below her knees and closed-toe shoes He said hotspots were identified in Banting,
facilities ought to focus on quality service was denied entry into the Wisma when a security guard said her attire was Sepang and Johan Setia in Selangor, in Miri and
delivery, not how women dress,” he said. Persekutuan government complex in Johor “provocative and indecent”. the central region of Sarawak and the south of
Sabah.
“We have mobilised assets and personnel
based on information received,” he said after
the Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department
Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Gawai Day and Keamatan
Festival celebrations on Monday.
He added that the department will
collaborate with the Meteorological
Department (Met) and other related agencies
for large-scale disaster management, including
forest fires and structure fires.
Mohammad Hamdan said the department
would also rely on the assistance of locals
should fires occur as there were many areas
with challenging terrain.
Met earlier announced that the Southwest
Monsoon started last Saturday and is expected
to continue until mid-September.
This is expected to cause fewer rain clouds
to form and most places throughout the
country would experience dry spells.
– Bernama
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DOE ready to tackle 15-fold increase
expected hazy days in HFMD
infections
█ BY MUHAMMAD YUSRY o Public urged not to carry out open burning operating procedures have
[email protected] as itcontributestoproblem been relaxed, the spokesman said. KUALA LUMPUR: The number of
PETALING JAYA: The Department hand, foot and mouth disease
of Environment (DOE) says it is “The public is advised not to DOE said a meeting chaired by “The community must always (HFMD) cases in the country has
ready to face any haze problem in carry out open burning activities,” Environment and Water Minister monitor the Air Pollutant Index increased 15 fold to 31,661 as of last
the country. the spokesman said. Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man (API) level that can be obtained from Saturday, compared with 2,121 cases
was held on March 31 to discuss the http://apims.doe.gov.my/public_v2 reported in the same period last year.
This follows a Malaysian The public is also urged to report country’s actions and preparations /home.html or by downloading the
Meteorological Department (MET any cases of open burning or any to face the dry season and haze. mobile application MyIPU.” Health Director-General Tan Sri
Malaysia) report that the weather is activity that emits black smoke by Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said a total
expected to be dry during the calling DOE’s toll-free line The department will coordinate The spokesman also advised the of 7,526 cases were recorded during
southwest monsoon period. 1-800-88-2727 or through eAduan at with other agencies to take public to always wear a face mask the 19th epidemiological week,
https://eaduan.doe.gov.my necessary measures to tackle the when outdoors and recommends which ended on May 14, an increase
A DOE official, who declined to haze problem. the N95 face mask. of 349% compared with the previous
be named, told theSun the main The DOE, together with other week with 1,676 cases reported
cause of haze is open burning agencies such as local authorities These include monitoring, MetMalaysia director-general nationwide.
activities, especially from gardens, and Fire and Rescue Department, firefighting, cloud seeding and Muhammad Helmi Abdullah said to
land clearing, construction, will monitor any open burning school closures. prevent the expected haze from “Selangor has the largest number
peatlands, landfills and garbage. activities as outlined in the National reaching dangerous levels, of HFMD cases, with 8,864 or 28% of
Open Burning Action Plan where all “Members of the public must authorities must reduce or control the total cases, followed by Kuala
“Based on statistics, open activities related to prevention, always ensure that their health is not open burning activities especially in Lumpur and Putrajaya with 4,421
burning of garbage in monitoring, fire suppression and affected if the haze hits the country, areas that are prone to fire such as (14%), Sabah with 2,650 cases (8%),
neighbourhoods is the most enforcement are managed. especially during the Covid-19 peat soil and waste disposal areas. Perak with 2,638 cases (8%) and
common complaint. A total of 5,198 endemicity phase as the standard Kelantan with 2,493 cases (7.9%),
of such complaints from 5,990 “However, what is worrying is while other states reported fewer
reports were received by DOE. that if the haze transcends our than 1,500 cases,” he said in a
borders, it will be out of our control statement yesterday.
and jurisdiction,” he said.
Meanwhile, a total of 889
MAN DOWN ... A member of the outbreaks were reported nationwide.
Sarawak General Operations Force The three states that recorded the
faints during the opening ceremony highest number of outbreaks were
of the second meeting of the first Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya with 309
session of the 19th state assembly in outbreaks (35%), followed by
Petra Jaya yesterday. – BERNAMAPIX Selangor with 111 outbreaks (12%),
and Perak with 105 outbreaks (12%).
Processing food waste to generate side income
“The majority of cases occurred in
kindergartens, nurseries or
pre-schools with 575 outbreaks or
65% of the total cases, followed by
private homes with 305 outbreaks
(34%) and childcare centres with 27
outbreaks (3%).”
Noor Hisham said 29,781 cases or
94% of the HFMD cases involved
children aged six and below, followed
by children aged seven to 12 at 1,473
cases.
He added HFMD is closely related
to personal hygiene and
environmental practices, with
infection rate among children aged
under 10 being almost 100%,
especially in premises where children
gather such as in kindergartens.
Parents and guardians are advised
to seek treatment for their children if
they show symptoms and they should
not be taken to public places.
– Bernama
Dengue cases
showing
upward trend
KUALA LUMPUR: Who would have community gardens at the housing “We have been trying to produce compost using a 60-litre KUALA LUMPUR: Health Director-
thought that food waste that we area. crispy Brazilian spinach chips for a capacity machine. General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham
consider worthless can help long time to generate funds for Abdullah yesterday said a total of
generate a source of side income, After harvesting, the leaves are community projects and activities at The process would take about 24 1,074 dengue cases were recorded
especially in the face of today’s processed into crispy chips to be the housing programme, but hours. during the epidemiological week,
uncertain economic situation. sold in the market, thus generating production has not been which ended on May 14, an increase
income for the local community. encouraging. She said the production of of 365 cases or 51.5%, from the
A group of residents at the Brazilian spinach chips also number of cases reported in the
Beringin People’s Housing Beringin PHP Rukun Tetangga “To produce quality chips the provided an opportunity for single previous week with 709 cases.
Programme (PHP) here have taken chairman Che Roziani Mohd Shariff Brazilian spinach must be of high mothers to earn extra income of
the initiative to process food waste said by using the compost from the quality,” she said. about RM60 per day. “This brings the cumulative
into compost to fertilise crops, food waste and the compost number of dengue cases reported
especially Brazilian spinach. machines supplied by the local Che Roziani added residents “We have applied to the thus far to 14,725, compared with
authority, the yield and quality of the would help collect the food waste at Department of Agriculture for 10,139 reported in the same period
The compost is used to fertilise Brazilian spinach have increased a given location. laboratory testing to analyse the last year, an increase of 4,586 cases or
the Brazilian spinach grown in threefold. compost content and quality,” she 45.2%,” he said.
It would then be processed into said. - Bernama
Terengganu recorded the highest
At least one vaccine dose given to over 23m adults increase with 164.7%, followed by
Labuan (150%), Kedah (137.8%),
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of received at least one dose of the booster dose, while 22,971,246 or number of doses administered Negri Sembilan (71.4%), Selangor
1,063,569 children aged five to 11 or vaccine. 97.6% completed two vaccine doses under the immunisation (42.6%), Sabah (40.8%), Kelantan
30% of the child population have and 23,247,211 or 98.8% received at programme to 70,689,336. (27.1%), Perak (26.4%), Kuala
completed their vaccination under For adolescents aged 12 to 17, least one dose. Lumpur and Putrajaya (14.3%),
the National Covid-19 2,905,317 or 93.4% completed their According to the Health Sarawak (13.7%), and Penang (3.4%).
Immunisation Programme for vaccination, while 3,002,852 or A total of 9,228 doses of the Ministry’s GitHub portal, five deaths
Children as of Monday. 96.5% received at least one vaccine vaccine were dispensed on Monday, were recorded on Monday with Perlis, Malacca, Johor, and Pahang
dose. with 2,700 as the first dose, 4,779 as Malacca registering two cases while recorded a drop in the percentage of
According to the CovidNOW second dose and 1,749 as booster Johor, Sarawak, and Selangor cases, while the cumulative number
website, 1,646,257 children or 46.4% As for the adult population, dose, bringing the cumulative recorded one each. – Bernama of deaths recorded due to dengue in
16,066,394 or 68.3% received the the 19th week stood at nine.
– Bernama
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Investigation Department investigating officer Nur Hasanah Jamil showing drugs packed NEWS WITHOUT BORDERS
as crayons confiscated in four raids in and around George Town between May 12 and 14,
which saw police crippling a drug processing syndicate and seizing items, including two Tronoh assemblyman’s
vehicles worth RM296,000. – MASRY CHE ANI/THESUN trial verdict on June 29
‘Universal basic pension IPOH: The High Court yesterday set June 29 for
scheme needed’ a decision on whether Tronoh assemblyman
Paul Yong Choo Kiong will be acquitted or
o Policiestodealwith part-contributions from citizens who are the social care for the elderly from a convicted on a charge of raping his Indonesian
ageing Malaysian population potential beneficiaries, where regardless of holistic perspective. maid.
require review, say experts the outstanding amount in their EPF
accounts, they can still draw funds from Loh said the government could also do Judge Datuk Abdul Wahab Mohamed set
█ BY ELLY FAZANIZA the UBP.” more to explore a pilot scheme for care the date after hearing submissions from the
[email protected] homes to be located next to hospitals. defence and prosecution at the end of the
PETALING JAYA: The government may need He also said an agency could be set up defence case.
to set up a universal basic pension (UBP) under the government or as a “Additionally, we need to ensure that
such as practised in the United Kingdom, so government-linked company to provide activity centres for senior citizens are The prosecution was conducted by Perak
that even those in the private sector who post-retirement employment to seniors, available in every parliamentary and state prosecution director Azlina Rasdi, deputy
have depleted their EPF savings can still tap with no maximum age limit. constituency.” public prosecutors Liyana Zawani Mohd Radzi
into a taxpayer-funded retirement scheme, and Mohd Fitri Sadarudin, while Yong was
said think-tank Emir Research head of social, “The Entrepreneur Development and University of Malaya professor of represented by counsels Datuk Rajpal Singh
law and human rights, Jason Loh. Cooperatives Ministry should also be at Economics Datuk Dr Rajah Rasiah said there and Salim Bashir.
the forefront of developing schemes to is “a serious need to establish milestones and
He was responding to queries on the nurture and help retirees become to have a review to see if government policies On March 31, the defence closed their case
World Bank’s research released in 2020, entrepreneurs in their own right, together on ageing have been met. after calling three witnesses, including Yong,
which said more than 7% of the Malaysian with SME Bank,” he said, adding that the 52, and his wife Too Choon Looi, 46.
population were aged 65 and above, thus National Policy for Older Persons (1995- “That review committee must also
classifying the country as an “ageing society”. 2005) was last updated in 2011 and the recommend changes. Otherwise, existing Yong was accused of raping the 23-year-old
Health Ministry’s National Policy for Older policies will not go beyond symbolic maid in a room on the first floor of his house in
The World Bank had also said that the Persons “needs to be reviewed as it is more gestures. Meru Desa Park between 8.15pm and 9.15pm
rate of ageing would increase in the coming than a decade old”. on July 7, 2019.
years, with the portion of the population “Problems associated with senior citizens
aged 65 and above projected to double to “But before updating the policies, there range from a loss of income after retirement The charge, under Section 376(1) of the
14% by 2044 and later to 20% by 2056, should be a White Paper presented in to myriad health and social issues as they Penal Code, carries a maximum jail term of 20
making Malaysian society “super-aged”. Parliament to seek policy input on our age. years and whipping.
ageing population.
“A UBP can be something to be explored, “The Covid-19 pandemic has aggravated Meanwhile in Kuala Lumpur, police
with some modifications that include “This includes setting out in the (the situation) as the elderly are more arrested a part-time contractor for allegedly
immediate term, the national and strategic vulnerable to the virus owing to abusing a three-year-old boy under his care in
policy framework and priorities. comorbidities. Jalan Besar Taman Dagang on Monday.
“Such a policy framework will set the “Digitalisation and Industry 4.0 Ampang Jaya district police chief ACP
future direction of tackling the challenges technologies can absorb the aged back into Mohamad Farouk Eshak said the man, in his
of an ageing society,” he said, adding that it the workforce, provided they have 40s, was the temporary guardian of the child
would entail looking at healthcare and programming, coding and other digital skills. because the victim’s biological parents were
currently in jail serving time for drug offences.
“Such an approach will need effective
life-long learning programmes”. He said the child had been put under the
care of the suspect since January. – Bernama
Bid to adduce new evidence in estate tussle rejected
340 maritime crime
PUTRAJAYA: The mother of Tan Sri Ismail in the appeal. Insights Sdn Bhd. cases in four months
Jamaluddin Mohd Jarjis failed in her Lee added that the evidence sought by Wan Zafran told the court they had tried to
application in the Court of Appeal yesterday PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Maritime
to adduce further evidence in her appeal Aminah was only in the form of an assertion call Zakri, a confidante of the late Jamaluddin, Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has recorded a
relating to a civil suit seeking to include in an affidavit filed by Zakri in his suit against to testify as a witness but decided not to as he total of 340 cases involving maritime criminal
company shares as part of her late son’s Aminah’s two grandchildren, adding that the demanded exorbitant fees of RM24,800 to activities from January to April.
estate. court had not evaluated that evidence at trial, do so.
which has yet to commence. MMEA maritime enforcement and
A three-member bench comprising On Aug 13 last year, the Kuala Lumpur coordination division director Rear Admiral
justices Datuk Lee Swee Seng, Datuk Earlier, Aminah’s lawyer Wan Zafran High Court allowed Aminah’s application for (M) Hamid Mohd Amin said the activities
Hadhariah Syed Ismail and Datuk Pawancheek sought the court’s permission to a declaration that three million Rantai recorded included the smuggling of drugs,
M. Gunalan, dismissed Aminah Abdullah’s admit Zakri’s affidavit, which he had filed in Wawasan Sdn Bhd shares be included in the subsidised controlled items, illegal immigrants
application with costs of RM5,000. separate suits against Jamaluddin’s children – list of Jamaluddin’s estate. and the intrusion of foreign fishing boats into
Ikhwan Hafiz and Nur Anis – where the the country’s waters.
In a unanimous decision, Lee said the former business associate wanted the return However, the High Court dismissed her
court found no merit in Aminah’s application of shares in three companies, including application for a declaration that shares in He said the illegal foreign fishermen, who
to adduce the evidence of Datuk Zakri Afandi Alpine Motion Sdn Bhd and Ivory Alpine Motion and Ivory Insight were also normally encroached the waters off Kelantan
part of her son’s estate. – Bernama and Terengganu, were now brazen enough to
enter through Pulau Tioman as they are experts
on the country’s waterways and it is believed
there are syndicates involving local ground
coordinators.
Hamid added that cooperation among
various agencies, as during Op Benteng when
the country was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic,
needed to be further expanded in terms of
information sharing and technology
improvement to enable each agency to
improve their capabilities.
“We see the need for mutual understanding,
agreement and collaboration between
agencies involved in the enforcement and legal
aspects of maritime law to ensure the
uniformity of implementation and overcome
the “grey area”, which involves enforcement
coordination and duplication of powers,” he
said at the launch of a maritime enforcement
seminar yesterday. – Bernama
TV host charged
with mischief
PETALING JAYA: Television personality Awal
Ashaari was charged in the magistrate’s court
yesterday with committing mischief by
damaging a boom bar belonging to the
management of a residential area in
Damansara last month.
Awal, whose real name is Ahmad Awaluddin
Ashaari, 41, pleaded not guilty after the charge
was read out to him before magistrate Zhafran
Rahim Hamzah.
The actor and TV host was charged with
committing the offence by breaking the bar
belonging to the Challis Damansara
management, causing losses estimated at RM600.
He allegedly committed the offence at the
guardhouse in Sunway Damansara at 11.30am
on April 16. – Bernama
6 theSUN ON WEDNESDAY | MAY 18, 2022
NEWS WITHOUT BORDERS
Sri Lanka North Korea mobilises army, steps up tracing efforts
president escapes
censure motion SEOUL: North Korea has mobilised 269,510 more people with fever, people having fever are worrisome,” long after the wave dies down, but
its military to distribute Covid bringing the total to 1.48 million, said Hallym University professor of the North does not conduct annual
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s beleaguered medications and deployed more while the death toll grew by six to 56 infectious diseases Lee Jae-gap. census studies, said Gachon
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa than 10,000 health workers to help as of Monday evening, KCNA said. University professor of infectious
side-stepped a censure motion trace potential patients as it fights a He said the death count would diseases Eom Joong-sik.
yesterday after his fractured coalition sweeping coronavirus wave, state It did not say how many people surge over time, but that Pyongyang
rallied to delay a resolution blaming media outlet KCNA said yesterday. had tested positive for Covid-19. might be tempted to keep the KCNA reported enhanced virus
him for the country’s economic crisis. publicly available numbers low to control efforts.
The isolated country is grappling The country has not started mass avoid a political crisis.
Rajapaksa’s shaky coalition voted with its first acknowledged Covid-19 vaccinations and has limited testing The news agency said “a
against taking up the unprecedented outbreak, which it confirmed last capabilities, raising concerns that it “I don’t think the North Korean powerful force” of the army’s
“displeasure of parliament” motion. week, fuelling concerns over a major may be difficult to assess how widely regime can afford to release any medical corps was immediately
crisis due to a lack of vaccines and and rapidly the disease is spreading surging death toll, which would sour deployed to improve the supply of
The non-binding motion was adequate medical infrastructure. and verify the number of confirmed public sentiment.” medicines in Pyongyang, the centre
proposed by the opposition Tamil cases and deaths. of the epidemic, following an order
National Alliance, saying it echoed the The state emergency epidemic Gauging Covud deaths from by Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un.
demands of thousands of prevention headquarters reported “The numbers are simply outside North Korea would require – Reuters
anti-government demonstrators who unreliable, but the sheer numbers of comparing excess mortality figures
have for weeks been seeking
Rajapaksa’s resignation. A worker
disinfecting a
Shortages of food, fuel and dining room at a
medicines, along with record inflation sanitary supplies
and lengthy blackouts, have brought factory in
severe hardships to Sri Lankans, in the Pyongyang.
worst financial crisis since – KYODO
independence from Britain in 1948. /REUTERSPIX
BRIEFSThe president’s elder brother Shanghai claims forms of lockdown in the city,
Mahinda stepped down as premier ‘zero-Covid’ achieved according to official figures.
last week and in a bid to defuse
mounting public anger, Rajapaksa oAnnouncement sparks derision on That means none of the over 1,000 Social media erupted in disbelief
appointed opposition politician Ranil social media as millions still in lockdown new infections recorded yesterday at the gap between official
Wickremesinghe to replace him. was detected outside of quarantined statements and the reality of life
BEIJING: Shanghai yesterday The government’s insistence on areas, city authorities said. under an enduring lockdown.
Wickremesinghe has won crucial declared it had achieved squashing the outbreak, driven by
support from the two main opposition “zero-Covid” across all its districts, the Omicron variant, prompted rare China’s strategy to achieve zero “Since society has reached
parties to form a “unity government” sparking derision on social media as protests and angry scuffles with Covid cases includes strict border Covid-zero, why are people in
to pull the country out of the dire millions in China’s biggest city authorities as Shanghai residents closures, lengthy quarantines, mass Songjiang district still only allowed
economic crisis, but had yet to form a remained under lockdown. reject the prolonged confinement testing and rapid, targeted to go out once every two days?” said
full cabinet. and food shortages. lockdowns. a blogger on the Twitter-like Weibo.
Confronted with its worst
He was expected to name a new outbreak since the beginning of the “All 16 districts of Shanghai have Vice-mayor Chen Tong said on “Is this a parallel universe
cabinet later, but political sources said pandemic, China – the last major already achieved zero-Covid at the Sunday that the city would gradually Shanghai?” said another.
negotiations were still under way on economy still closed off to the world community level,” city health reopen businesses starting this
sharing portfolios. – put the city of 25 million under commission official Zhao Dandan week, without giving specifics. In some areas of the city,
heavy restrictions early last month. told reporters yesterday. restrictions have even been quietly
In an address to the nation on But millions in Shanghai were tightened in recent days.
Monday, Wickremesinghe said the still unable to leave their residential
country had run out of petrol and that compounds yesterday. Live video broadcast yesterday
the “next couple of months will be the by Chinese media showed crowds
most difficult ones of our lives”. More than 3.8 million people gathering at Shanghai’s Hongqiao
were officially still under the strictest Railway Station as train services
Most petrol stations in the capital leaving the city resumed.
were closed yesterday with long
queues outside the few that were still Meanwhile, multiple airlines
open. – AFP resumed domestic flights out of
Shanghai this week after nearly all
DOCTOR ACCUSED OF routes out of the city were
SELLING RANSOMWARE suspended during the outbreak.
WASHINGTON: The US accused a People are only allowed to leave
French-Venezuelan cardiologist Shanghai after receiving permission
on Monday of selling ransomware and taking multiple Covid tests.
to cybercriminals and instructing – AFP
them on how to extort money
from the victims they hacked. The Man attacked US church over ‘hatred of Taiwan’
Brooklyn district attorney’s office
said Moises Luis Zagala, 55, who WASHINGTON: A man who ammunition around the building, guard in Las Vegas, launched the John Cheng, a doctor, charged
lives in the Venezuelan city of padlocked a church and opened fire before opening fire with two attack out of “politically motivated the attacker in a bid to bring him to
Ciudad Bolivar, “not only created on its Taiwanese-American handguns, in what investigators say hate (and) was upset about political the ground, allowing others to
and sold ransomware products to congregation, killing one person was a “methodical” attempt to cause tensions between China and hogtie him until police arrived.
hackers, but also trained them in and injuring five others, was carnage. Taiwan”, he said.
their use”. It said the doctor “sold motivated by hatred of the island “Without the actions of Dr Cheng
the tools for conducting and its people, US investigators said “We know that he formulated a Barnes said Chou “is a US citizen there is no doubt that there would
ransomware attacks, trained the on Monday. strategy that he wanted to employ,” who immigrated from China”. have been numerous additional
attackers about how to extort said Orange County sheriff Don victims in this crime,” said Barnes.
victims, and then boasted about David Chou jammed the doors Barnes. An official at Taiwan’s trade office
successful attacks, including by shut using chains and superglue as in Los Angeles told AFP that he was “Unfortunately, after Dr Cheng
malicious actors associated with dozens of parishioners enjoyed a “It was very well thought out from born on the island in 1953. tackled the suspect he was hit by
the government of Iran”. – AFP post-service banquet at the church how he had prepared, both being gunshots and he was pronounced
in Laguna Woods, near Los Angeles. there, securing the location, placing Taiwan has been ruled deceased at the scene.”
ACTRESS COMPLAINS things about the inside of the room independently since the end of a
TRIAL IS‘TORTURE’ The 68-year-old, an American to perpetuate additional victims if civil war in 1949. Five other people, who were
citizen, also hid bags containing he had the opportunity.” injured, were taken to hospital.
WASHINGTON: Amber Heard Molotov cocktails and spare Details emerged on Monday of
testified on Monday that the Chou, who worked as a security the heroism of one parishioner who They ranged in age from 66 to 92.
multi-million dollar defamation tackled Chou as he began shooting. – AFP
suit filed against her by former
husband Johnny Depp is “torture”
and she just wants him to leave
her alone so she can move on
with her life. The actress also told
the jury hearing the case that she
filed for divorce from the Pirates of
the Caribbean star in May 2016
because she feared for her life.
Heard said the trial has forced her
to live “over and over again the
most intimate, embarrassing,
deeply humiliating and personal
things that I’ve survived”. “I want
to move on and I want Johnny to
move on,” she said. “I just want
him to leave me alone.” Filing for
divorce was“the hardest thing I’ve
ever had to do”, she said. – AFP
7theSUN ON WEDNESDAY | MAY 18, 2022
NEWS WITHOUT BORDERS
Fighting erupts in Libyan capital
TRIPOLI: The capital of war-battered (UN) and European Union launched parliament in the country’s eastern return to the chaos that reigned after from the unity administration led by
Libya was rocked by fighting between urgent appeals for calm. city of Tobruk and is backed by a Nato-backed popular revolt in 2011 Abdulhamid, which was installed in
backers of two rival administrations strongman Khalifa Haftar. toppled dictator Muammar Gaddafi, 2020 as part of a troubled UN-backed
for several hours yesterday, There were no immediate reports and to the all-out conflict that peace process and which has since
threatening renewed chaos in the of casualties from the fighting that Violence flared before dawn after gripped the capital in 2019 and 2020. refused to step down.
oil-rich North African country. erupted before dawn, according to Fathi’s press service announced “the
AFP correspondents. arrival of the prime minister of the After several hours of fighting The UN’s top in-country official,
The side backed by an Libyan government, Mr Fathi yesterday, Fathi’s camp announced Stephanie Williams, in a tweet called
eastern-based military strongman Libya has been ruled by Prime Bashagha, accompanied by several that he and his ministers “have left for calm and stressed the necessity of
then pulled out of the western city of Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah, but ministers, in the capital Tripoli to Tripoli to preserve the security and “refraining from provocative actions”.
Tripoli, citing the “security and safety he has been challenged by Fathi begin his work there”. safety of citizens”.
of citizens”, as the United Nations Bashagha, who was named as rival “Conflict cannot be solved with
premier in February by the The fighting raised fears of a There was no immediate reaction violence but with dialogue.” – AFP
Kyiv orders Mariupol Sandstorm
defenders to surrender blankets Saudi
capital in grey haze
o Ukrainian soldiers, many Russia said 256 Ukrainian fighters had “laid at the fastest pace since they were driven out of
wounded, transported down their arms and surrendered”, including 51 the north and the area around Kyiv in March. RIYADH: A sandstorm engulfed Saudi
to Russian-held towns severely wounded. Arabia’s capital and other regions of the
Authorities on both sides gave few clues desert kingdom yesterday, hampering
KYIV: Ukraine’s military said yesterday it aimed Ukraine said 264 soldiers, including 53 about the ultimate fate of Mariupol’s last visibility and slowing road traffic.
to evacuate its remaining soldiers from their last wounded, had left the metal plant, and efforts defenders, with Ukrainian officials discussing
stronghold in Mariupol, as fighters that have were under way to evacuate others still inside. the prospect of some form of exchange for A thick grey haze made iconic buildings
held out for 82 days began to surrender, Russian prisoners but giving no details. such as Kingdom Centre nearly impossible
heralding the end of Europe’s bloodiest battle in “The ‘Mariupol’ garrison has fulfilled its to see from more than a few hundred
decades. combat mission,” said the General Staff of In response the invasion, historically metres away, though there were no
Ukraine’s Armed Forces in a statement. non-aligned Finland and Sweden have announced flight delays or cancellations.
Reuters saw buses leave the huge Azovstal announced plans to join Nato, bringing about
steelworks overnight and five of them arrive in “The supreme military command ordered the the very expansion of the Western alliance that The kingdom’s meteorology centre
the Russian-held town of Novoazovsk. commanders of the units stationed at Azovstal to President Vladimir Putin had long invoked as forecast “surface dusty winds” in the
save the lives of the personnel. Defenders of one of the main justifications for ordering his country’s east and in Riyadh, “reducing
In one, marked with the Latin letter “Z” that Mariupol are the heroes of our time.” “special military operation” in February. horizontal sight”, according to the official
has become the symbol of Russia’s assault, Saudi Press Agency.
wounded men were lying on stretchers three The surrender appears to mark the end of After weeks in which Russia threatened
bunks high. One man was wheeled out, his the battle of Mariupol, where Ukraine believes unspecified retaliation, Putin appeared to Dusty conditions were also expected
head tightly wrapped in thick bandages. tens of thousands of people were killed under abruptly climb down, saying in a speech on farther west in the holy cities of Mecca and
months of Russian bombardment and siege. Monday that Russia had “no problems” with Medina, according to the forecast.
Video released by the Russian Ministry of either Finland or Sweden, and that their Nato
Defence showed fighters leaving the plant, some The city now lies in ruins. membership would not be an issue unless the Electronic signs along Riyadh’s
being carried on stretchers, others with their Its complete capture is Russia’s biggest alliance sent more troops or weapons there. highways warned drivers to reduce their
hands up to be searched by Russian troops. victory of the war, giving Moscow total control speed because of the lower visibility.
of the coast of the Sea of Azov and an unbroken Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said there
stretch of eastern and southern Ukraine about would be “probably not much difference” if In central Riyadh, sand layered cars
the size of Greece. Finland and Sweden joined Nato, since they and buildings, and residents struggled to
But it comes as Russia’s campaign has had already been cooperating in the alliance’s keep it out of their homes.
faltered elsewhere, with its troops around the military exercises. – Reuters
city of Kharkiv in the northeast lately retreating “Working outside is very difficult
because of the dirt,” a Pakistani
construction worker, who gave his name
as Kalimullah, said as he installed tiles.
“I try to wash my face from time to time,”
said the 30-year-old, wrapping a piece of
cloth around his face to block the sand.
The frequency of sandstorms has
increased in recent months in the region.
Neighbouring Iraq has experienced
eight sandstorms since mid-April, a
phenomenon fuelled by soil degradation,
intense droughts and low rainfall linked to
climate change. – AFP
BRIEFS TALIBAN SHUTS DOWN
HUMAN RIGHTS BODY
THE DAY AFTER .... A policeman standing guard yesterday at the site of a bomb blast that killed one and injured nine others on Monday in the Pakistani
city of Karachi. – AFPPIX KABUL: Taliban authorities said
yesterday they have dissolved
100,000 people missing in Mexico Afghanistan’s independent human
rights commission as it was “not
MEXICO CITY: The number of people reported The Movement for Our Disappeared warned acquiescence or omission” on the part of public considered necessary”. Since the
missing in Mexico has exceeded 100,000, Monday that the figure was “certainly well officials. hardliners seized power last August
according to official data, with rights groups below the number” of cases that are reported they have closed several bodies that
calling for “immediate” action from the daily, calling for the government to “deal with The lack of official help in investigating the protected the freedoms of Afghans,
government to locate the disappeared. this crisis in a comprehensive and immediate cases has led families of the disappeared, including the Electoral Commission
manner”. especially mothers, to form groups that search and the Ministry for Women’s Affairs.
The National Registry of Missing Persons – for clandestine graves in the hope of finding “We have some other organisations to
which has been tracking disappearances since Last April, the United Nations Committee their relatives. carry out activities related to human
1964 – said that as of Monday, the whereabouts against Enforced Disappearances warned that rights, organisations that are linked to
of 100,012 people are unknown. Mexico was facing an “alarming upward trend” The government has reported that around the judiciary,” said deputy government
in missing people cases. 37,000 unidentified bodies are being held in spokesman Inamullah Samangani,
About 75% are men. forensic services, though civil organisations without elaborating. The National
Disappearances have skyrocketed in the Organised crime groups were mainly warn the number could be much higher. Security Council and a reconciliation
wake of mounting drug violence that has rocked responsible for these disappearances, the council that promoted peace were
the country for 16 years. committee said, with “varying degrees of Many corpses have been buried without being also shut down at the weekend. – AFP
identified due to overflowing morgues. – AFP
U.S. EASES VISA RULES
FOR CUBA
WASHINGTON: The United States said
on Monday it is easing restrictions
imposed during former president
Donald Trump’s administration on
travel to Cuba and on the sending of
family remittances between the US
and the communist island.“The Cuban
people are confronting an
unprecedented humanitarian crisis
and our policy will continue to focus
on empowering the Cuban people to
help them create a future free from
repression and economic suffering,”
said the State Department. The
loosening of the embargo on Cuba will
see increased visa processing,
including at the Havana consulate, but
with most visas still handled at the US
embassy in Guyana. – AFP
8 theSUN ON WEDNESDAY | MAY 18, 2022
SPEAK UP
COMMENT by Jason Loh and Rosihan Addin
Re-envisioning consumer price index
THE Consumer Price Index
(CPI) is designed for the sake of Thus, there is this discrepancy between “The does not indicate the underlying policy (read: “political”) inflation rate
the non-government sector what is stated in the CPI and the lived methodologies dynamics of the inflationary process, (rather than “economic” as such).
(households and the general experience of the consumer. regarding whereby the price of one goods may
citizen) and, hence, the “consumer”. It calculating the increase but the other may not (and in This is because, as has been
is the “headline” inflation aimed at the For example, let us say that the hike CPI can never fact, decrease). Moreover, price highlighted, the CPI is intrinsically
masses. The CPI is the measure of in the prices of vegetables, poultry, fish be adequate changes take place on a periodic basis unable to offer an accurate depiction of
inflation that comes to immediate and red meat have gone up by 15% on precisely within any year – subject to the cost-of-living due to the limitations
attention and which ought to be, average (mean level) in March from last because the externalities such as e.g. supply-chain concerned. Put in another way, coming
therefore, of utmost concern because month but this is not reflected in the underlying disruptions, with which we are now so up with a CPI methodology that reflects
the items included therein has the CPI – which only tracks “year-to-year” definition of familiar with. Therefore, inflation is a real-world dynamics and variables
most impact on our daily expenditure. comparisons and, hence, the time lag. inflation is dynamic rather than static process – relating to the cost of living and, hence,
inadequate. As which the CPI is unable to capture with accurate precision is difficult to
It is also otherwise informally Notwithstanding, on the surface, such, the CPI adequately. undertake.
known as the cost-of-living index – as Malaysia’s CPI is no different than the needs to be
the items reflect the typical rest of the world, including the re-envisioned Furthermore, the increase in money Instead, the CPI should require
expenditure or “bill” of a household (in developed countries. The dynamics for other policy supply, while it may result in inflation monetary policy to embark on a
a year). and processes of calculating the purposes. in one goods/services or sector, may nominal gross domestic product (GDP)
formula is divided into the arithmetic not necessarily apply to other sectors targeting – by “aligning” and
In addition to the CPI, there is also and geometric. or goods/services. “synchronising” the overnight policy
the Producer Price Index (PPI) for rate (OPR) with the output gap (as
businesses, which measures the prices The arithmetic is calculated based And, of course, CPI works with the measured by the rate of unemployment
of goods at the factory gate (i.e. finished on either the: assumption of homogeneity of and underemployment as pointing to
products but minus transport/logistics 0 Laspeyres Index – for example, the spending patterns across individuals potential GDP by using the CPI as an
and other post-production charges basket of goods consists of a loaf of and households, and holding the indicator. This means that the CPI is
such as a wholesale, distribution and bread and a kilo of potatoes. Initially, quantity and quality of the goods and used as one tool (in addition to the rate
marketing). they cost 50 sen each so the total cost is services in the consumption basket as of unemployment, underemployment
RM1. Over the year, the price of bread constant. and wage growth, etc.) to “project”
Malaysia does not have a wholesale increases by 4%, while that for potatoes spare capacity in the economy (rather
price index (WPI) as in other countries increases by 8%. So, the bread costs 52 It does not take into account the than future inflationary development
like India. Therefore, the PPI would sen and potatoes cost 54 sen – which external dynamics of impact on as such) set against potential GDP
also substitute and “stand-in” for the means the basket of goods now costs the purchasing power arising from growth next year.
WPI here. The Services Producer Price RM1.06 – in turn, an increase of 6% loss of income, unemployment,
index (SPPI) tracks inflation in representing a weighted average of 4% underemployment, etc. that are If the CPI and GDP are at 2.5% and
the services industry (like arts, + 8%, respectively; or characteristic of individual consumers 5% this year, respectively, it means real
entertainment and recreation). 0 Paasche Index – for example, the and individual households. GDP is only at 2.5%, which is
basket of goods consists of a loaf of equivalent to the CPI. There is a need
As an index, both the CPI and the bread and a kilo of potatoes, again. At While rehauling the methodologies and room for the GDP to outpace
PPI track the changes in the price levels base Year One, they cost 50 sen each so of the CPI to make it more reflective of the CPI.
and, therefore, the percentage of the total cost is RM1. In Year Two, the the actual inflationary process is
inflation in a period or over time. price of bread increases by 4%, while difficult, given the complexity of the With potential GDP growth
that for potatoes increases by 8%. So, cost of living, we believe that measures projected to be higher at 6.5%, then
In turn, the changes in the price the bread costs 52 sen and the potatoes can still be taken to promote the there is space for the OPR to remain
levels are based on a (predetermined) cost 54 sen – which means the basket of use/deployment of the CPI in a more low or even lower, without the risk of
basket of goods and services. This goods now costs RM1.06. So, the CPI transparent and accountable way. the economy overheating.
means that the change (in the CPI), for Year Two would be calculated as
which is averaged out is derived from RM1.06 ÷ RM1 x 100 = 1.06%. EMIR Research would like to offer However, monetary policy on its
the average of the changes of the basket the following recommendations: own is either futile or unsustainable
of goods and services – “(singular) The geometric calculation, on the (relying on private debt and
average of the (plural) average(s)”. other hand, works on the basis that the 1. To add the WPI and Retail Price consumption), without fiscal policy as
price increases are multiplied together Index and other such prices indexes the main actor.
Typically, the CPI can be divided and the nth root is taken – where “n” is that cover the entire supply chain,
into the main groups (or categories) the number of increases. including an Import Price Index also. In conclusion, the methodologies
and sub-groups (or sub-categories). And then base the CPI methodology to regarding calculating the CPI can never
This means that there is an overlap Countries like New Zealand and the include the related items in the related be adequate precisely because the
between the CPI/headline inflation US use the Jevons Index for the indexes in the supply-chain, e.g. underlying definition of inflation is
with core inflation – which excludes the geometric calculation. Put simply, the vegetables in the WPI. inadequate.
volatile fluctuations in the former. This Jevons Index uses the nth root as the
is why it is often the subject of average – for arriving at the price Meaning that the CPI will now take As such, the CPI needs to be
controversy – since charges of increases and, by extension, the into account the costs of vegetables as re-envisioned for other policy
inaccurate estimation often arises. “central tendency” (i.e. the CPI average measured by the WPI using a specific purposes, i.e. at the macro-level
itself ). formula that is broadly analogous to other (or rather) than serving as a
As the national measure of inflation, (cascading effect of ) the Goods and cost-of-living index, i.e. at the micro-
the CPI is treated as understating the The various methodologies in Services Tax (e.g. by adding a certain level, as such.
real inflation, which for the person on calculating the CPI treats the very percentage).
the street could be three to four times nature of inflation as heterogenous Jason Loh Seong Wei and
more, anecdotally. So, for example, if (rather than homogenous). That is, At the same time, it also allows for Rosihan Addin are part of the research
the CPI is said to be 2% on the whole, instead of a uniform inflation, we have the government to monitor for any
then real/real-world inflation is different levels of simultaneous “undesirable” convergences (i.e. spikes team of EMIR Research, an
thought to be 6% or more as inflations. in both WPI and CPI) and any serious independent think tank focused on
experienced by the average consumer. divergences (e.g. high WPI but low strategic policy recommendations
Within the CPI itself, the average CPI).
based on rigorous research.
2. Re-envisioning the CPI as a purely Comments: [email protected]
9theSUN ON WEDNESDAY | MAY 18, 2022
SPEAK UP
Swim with the tide LETTERS
or sink into obscurity
[email protected]
COMMENT Gloves make good returns, or if any. announcement, considering how
by Lee Kah Keat manufacturers This is symptomatic of our online banking saw an exponential Take serious action
made a fortune rise during the pandemic. But I do not against speeding
ALL economic sectors in following the propensity to rush into things and think local banks are ready to face the truckers
Malaysia are now fully spike in inability to adapt quick enough. onslaught of borderless banking
reopened. The last sector to demand for afforded by technology, especially OVER the last week, road crashes involving
reopen are night clubs, medical gloves This is why I believe that the competition from the bigger banks trailers have taken more than six lives. Five
which resumed business on May 15, during the reminder by Plantation Industries worldwide. people were burnt to death when a trailer
much to the delight of operators, pandemic. and Commodities Minister smashed into their car, hitting another
whose premises were shut since – REUTERSPIX Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin that On top of that, banks and even trailer on the PLUS highway, and a young
March 2020. As the nation inches manufacturers should tap into regulators have to contend with the girl died when a trailer driver lost control
closer to pre-pandemic “normalcy”, “We are worlds non-medical industries is timely. rise in usage of cryptocurrency, which of the vehicle and crashed into the car she
are we ready to embrace the business apart when it comes is now getting more popular, was in.
landscape that has been reshaped by to dexterity and She was spot on by saying particularly among urban and
the coronavirus? adaptability. We are manufacturers should be creative in tech-savvy folks. According to a media report, out of the
often more reactive exploring ways and means to make 17 major road crashes, 10 involved trailers.
Malaysians are often too rigid than proactive. This the gloves industry lucrative and Banks need to pull up their socks Trailers are heavy vehicles, and because of
when it comes to embracing change. is a liability in the thriving again, although certainly not or risk being drowned by this their sheer size, the drivers think they are
As a businessman with extensive cut-throat globalised at the similar pace when demand was technological wave. kings of the road.
dealings with China, I can attest that world, where delays soaring and average selling price
we are worlds apart when it comes to and hesitation can skyrocketed to record levels. The above are just two examples Drivers of smaller vehicles steer clear of
dexterity and adaptability. result in losses in the where we need to adapt. But this need them. They can be intimidating when they
billions of ringgit. As As one of the largest producers of is not industry-specific in a globalised are right behind you.
We are often more reactive than the world becomes natural rubber in the world, our world. As the world becomes more
proactive. This is a liability in a more interconnected, gloves manufacturers have an interconnected, the ability to learn Most of them do not follow the speed
cut-throat globalised world, where the ability to learn advantage and it is time we leverage and to adapt to change is imperative. limits and they overtake on the fast lane,
delays and hesitation can result in and to adapt to on that. which they are not supposed to do.
losses in the billions of ringgit. change is We have to up this game as we
imperative. The other example I would like to return to post-pandemic normalcy. The speed limit of heavy vehicles is set
Rightfully, the pandemic should cite is the banking industry. Recently, We need to swim with the tide, failing at 90km an hour but they go beyond this
have been a wake-up call to Malaysian Bank Negara Malaysia announced a which, we will sink into obscurity. limit and throw caution to the wind.
businesses to become more agile and list of consortiums that will receive Comments: [email protected]
forward-looking. Alas, this is not the first digital banking licences in When cars do not give them the right of
happening. Malaysia. It is a long anticipated way, they drive dangerously close to you.
I would like to cite two examples. Express buses and other heavy vehicles
The first is the rubber gloves industry also have a tendency to flout the law.
since I am a vendor in this sector.
During the pandemic, as local Traffic police and highway authorities
companies were drowning in a sea of need to monitor and keep check on the
red ink, gloves manufacturers were speed of these heavy vehicles on our roads
making a fortune following the global and highways.
spike in demand for medical gloves.
Trailer drivers who speed should be
Overnight, some companies fined and given a warning. Speed kills and
became investors’ darlings in the when these drivers speed, they are unable
midst of a global recession. to brake on time, hence, causing accidents.
Even companies with no The driver of the trailer in the highway
gloves-manufacturing history jumped accident had a number of speeding
on the bandwagon, hoping to make a summonses that were not paid. Some of
quick buck. these drivers have numerous pending
summonses and fines but yet refuse to
But now, as global Covid-19 change their attitude and reckless ways.
infection rates dive and the world
begins to look “normal” again, gloves What is mind boggling is how these
manufacturers are facing an drivers, who have so many unpaid
uncertain future. summonses, are still driving on the roads.
Questions are being raised about According to a media report, Malaysian
whether the billions ploughed in to drivers are the fifth most dangerous
build plants and increase capacity will drivers. We need to stop unnecessary
deaths on our highways and roads.
Effective and responsible enforcement is
sorely missing.
It is time we take serious action against
trailer drivers to prevent more lives being
lost from road crashes.
Samuel Yesuiah
Seremban
Digital addiction should not be taken lightly
█ BY LEON HADY for as long as possible are borrowed directly Indeed, during the 19th century, cocaine was Yet what scares me more is the direction of
THE hypodermic needle delivers intoxicating from slot machines and gambling websites, as freely available in pharmacies. travel for these social media sites. I have written
drugs into our brains via our bloodstreams. noted by Natasha Schull, author of Addicted by previously about how the Metaverse could be a
Today, the addictive drug is compelling content, Design. Similarly, between the 1930s and 1950s, boon for education. But that is only if the
and the needle is the smartphone. cigarettes were actively promoted and problems baked into social media are not copied
For example, the “pull-to-refresh” function, prescribed by doctors, with marketing copy for and pasted across into these new, virtual worlds.
From its gratifying sounds and bright, where dragging the screen down refreshes the cigarettes reading: “Give your throat a vacation ...
seductive colours to its likeable pictures and content, is taken straight out of the slot machine Smoke a fresh cigarette”. Regulation and education caught up with
images; social media is becoming as addictive handbook. In what is known as a “Ludic loop”, cigarettes and cocaine in the end. Now, I believe
and ultimately destructive as many of the drugs (those cycles of uncertainty, anticipation and With social media, the damning science is social media sites must be transparent about the
we warn our children about. feedback), the rewards keep us engaged enough rolling in and we cannot ignore the results any addictive mechanisms being built into their
to clock up our total engagement over the longer. A 2018 Lancet study found that those who platforms.
As a former head teacher, I have seen social long term. check Facebook late at night were more likely to
media addiction in full force in the classroom. feel depressed. Another 2018 study found that Children should have to verify their age
Attention span is down, while depression and Similarly, the “infinite scrolling” feature of the less time people spent on social media, the before making an account, and time bans
anxiety are up. We must recognise these apps like Facebook and TikTok means that the fewer symptoms of depression and loneliness should be implemented by law for those using
platforms for what they are: Addiction machines. dopamine-releasing, short-form content never they showed. these social media sites who are under the age
We should also treat them as such. ends. At least cigarettes and alcohol run out. The of 18.
same cannot be said of content on social media Indeed, internal research by Mark
Most of us would be ashamed if we knew how platforms. Zuckerberg’s company revealed that addiction Much like the addictive warnings that now
much time we actually spent on social media to Instagram damages the health and school come with cigarettes, it is time to plaster
every day. App monitoring firm App Annie Social media addiction works much like performance of over 6% of teenagers, causing warnings onto social media sites that utilise
revealed that the average person spends 4.8 substance dependency. A study by Michigan depression, anxiety and anorexia. addictive technology. The business model of
hours on their phone every day, which makes up State University found that there is a connection cigarette companies relies on addiction to boost
a third of our total waking hours. between heavy social media use and the I have seen this myself. Children in my class sales. Social media websites rely on addiction to
impaired, risky decision-making found in do not just speak of addiction to one site. They harvest and sell as much data as possible.
Social media’s inherent addictive quality is no addicted substance abusers. speak about being caught in a “loop”, where they
secret in Silicon Valley. Even Chamath would skim through seven to eight social media It is time we recognised the addictive harm
Palihapitiya, Facebook’s former vice-president In South Korea, the issue of internet addiction sites they subscribe to. Once they have been built into the fabric of social media sites. We
of user growth, explained that he feels is even more prevalent. Authorities suspect that through them all, enough time has elapsed to must then work to rip addiction out of the heart
“tremendous guilt”. up to 20% of the population are at serious risk of start the whole process again, and mop up any of these platforms if we want to make a safer,
internet addiction. As a result, they are funneling fresh, new content that has been uploaded in the healthier online world for our children to
“I think we have created tools that are ripping public funds into digital detox programmes, that meantime. inhabit. – The Independent
apart the social fabric of how society works”, he come in the form of in-school counselling,
said, before admitting that even his children screening surveys and even addiction camps. For many of these children, their social lives Leon Hady is a former head teacher
“aren’t allowed to use that shit”. are inextricably linked with a platform that has and founder of Guide Education, which has
As humans, we are prone to revel in pleasure been proven to increase the risk of depression,
Many of the tricks used to keep users online before acknowledging and responding to harm. anxiety and body dysmorphia. That scares me. trained thousands of teachers.
10 theSUN ON WEDNESDAY | MAY 18, 2022 Doing good this Raya
MEDIA & MARKETING SUNWAY partners with the Malaysian o Sunway partners Malaysian AIDS Foundation to bring
AIDS Foundation (MAF) for its Raya cheer to marginalised communities nationwide
Time for a Joliday! signature #SunwayforGood Raya
Cheer initiative, where close to 20,000 Sunway Group Deputy Chairman Tan Sri Datuk Seri Razman M. Hashim (second left) distributing
Jameson, the world’s No.1 Irish Whiskey beneficiaries in the B40 segment will receive bubur lambuk to B40 communities at Masjid Al-Husna in Selangor.
presents Joliday, the ultimate Jameson essential aid in the form of rice, bubur
Glamping Experience from June 24 to 26, lambuk, groceries, and packed meals. Sabah and Sarawak.” Malaysian Red Crescent Society (MRCS), the
2022. Set in the stunning, tropical This Sunway-MAF partnership began in Selangor Youth Community (SAY), Majlis
surroundings of Perak, glampers can The Sunway-MAF partnership, in December 2021, with Sunway coming on Bandaraya Petaling Jaya (MBPJ), Mutiara
expect to enjoy a mixture of exciting particular, is set to reach hundreds of families board as MAF’s official sustainability partner. Food Bank and Persatuan Kebajikan Anak
activities over a 2D1N trip including a impacted by HIV/AIDS with essential Central to this partnership is the annual Muda Balik Pulau, to distribute essential
thrilling adventure on an exciting groceries and cash aid across Malaysia. This Sunway-MAF Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Award and items such as groceries, hand sanitisers,
whitewater rafting; live DJ sessions and long-term partnership is also supporting B40 Sunway’s long-term support for MAF’s major body wash, vitamin C, face masks, Raya
performances featuring local talents People Living with HIV (PLHIV) in Sabah projects serving underprivileged cookies, soy sauce, umbrellas, white coffee,
including Aidaho, Vanns Ngo, Talitha., and Sarawak through the Sunway Health communities living with HIV in the Borneo stationery sets and cash vouchers over a span
Saint Kylo, Roshan, and Reeve; an evening Outreach Programme for Everyone (HOPE). States. of two months – from April to May 2022.
of delicious BBQ food and live music; The various business divisions across
classic Jameson Bond & Connect games; Sunway Group Deputy Chairman Tan Sri Sunway, namely Sunway Theme Parks, Since its inception, #SunwayforGood has
all with a refreshing Jameson, Ginger & Datuk Seri Razman M. Hashim said, Sunway Malls, Sunway Property, Sunway touched the lives of over half a million
Lime in hand. “Corporate Social Responsibility is very Hospitality, Sunway Healthcare Group, beneficiaries and aims to positively impact
much part of our DNA, and our Sunway PALS and Sunway Pharmacy joined millions more across the country in the lead
Consumers will be in the running to #SunwayforGood initiatives have reached forces with other key partners such as up to Sunway’s 50-year milestone in 2024
win this ultimate glamping experience via more than half a million beneficiaries since Yayasan Kebajikan Negara (YKN), the underscored by its core values and purpose-
the Joliday Contest which is currently its inception in 2017. This year, in our driven commitment.
taking place. Winners will be announced pursuit, to be more inclusive, we have
on June 7, 2022. committed to a long-term partnership with
the Malaysian AIDS Foundation.
Pooi Wan, Head of Marketing at Pernod
Ricard Malaysia added: “Joliday presents “Each programme in our
guests with the natural charm of the rustic #SunwayforGood initiative is a chance for us
surroundings alongside truly unique to reach out to even more families in need
Jameson experiences. Jameson believes throughout the country. It is our promise to
that unspoken bonds happen when continue doing what we can to bring about a
kindred spirits connect and echoing our change in their lives.”
#WidenTheCircle campaign last March, we
want to encourage people to celebrate Commenting on Sunway’s contribution,
that spark between them over a glass of MAF Chairman, Professor Dato’ Dr Adeeba
Jameson and we hope everyone joins us Kamarulzaman said: “The Foundation is
in putting their own spin on safely truly humbled by the generous display of
connecting, because like our smooth, compassion by Sunway Group for our
triple-distilled whiskey, this experience is community members. Addressing their
meant to be shared.” vulnerability is integral to our ending AIDS
mission and one that is also aligned with our
A total of 6 (six) grand prize winners aim to create a much more sustainable
will get to stay and experience The Spirits response to the epidemic. We look forward to
Tent which fits three people, while a total this continued partnership with Sunway for
of 18 (eighteen) runner-ups will get to stay our work to improve access to antiretroviral
in The Kindred Hut which fits two people. drugs for the economically disadvantaged
Both packages include whitewater rafting patients, particularly in the rural corners of
sessions, breakfast and a BBQ dinner.
There will also be 10 consolation prize Sunway distributing basic household items and groceries to B40 families in Penang through the #SunwayforGood Raya Cheer initiative at Surau Nur
winners, who will receive a complimentary Hidayah Kampung Jalan Tengah.
bottle of Jameson Irish Whiskey each.
For more information, please visit
www.jameson-connects.com.
TikTok named official supporter of 31st SEA Games
TIKTOK, the leading destination for short- opportunity we have in capturing and sharing Uniting sports communities across Southeast SEA Games fans via the official hashtag,
form mobile video, today announced its the most memorable and meaningful Asia with #SEAGames31 #SEAGames31. Additionally, Malaysian users can
partnership with the 31st Southeast Asian moments of this industry with the entire Throughout the games, TikTok users will be also tap into their local hashtag, #MalaysiaRoar, to
(SEA) Games, currently being held in Hanoi, region.” able to reach and engage with millions of other follow all the latest news and highlights about
Vietnam until May 23. their home team, including match updates as
well as re-plays of all the best moves, trick shots,
As the event’s official supporter, TikTok will and serves across the entire sports season.
bring the latest sports highlights even closer to Cheer on national teams with #MalaysiaRoar
passionate fans in Malaysia through shared Fans can also tap onto the newly launched in-
and LIVE video content from official app effects to celebrate the games in style.
authorities, news media partners, athletes, These include effects such as clappers and
and more. Users on the platform can expect confetti to cheer teams on, fun interactions with
up-close-and-personal interactions with the games’ official mascot, Sao La, as well as
national athletes as well as an opportunity to augmented reality (AR) tools that put users right
showcase their support from home via in the arena to test their skills in soccer, ping
specially designed in-app features. pong, volleyball, and more.
“We’re deeply honoured to be the official “Powered by your Roar, Powered by
media partner of the SEA Games and to bring #MalaysiaRoar”, is now available on all TikTok’s
this historic event closer to passionate sports social channels. Users can also watch exclusive
fans in Malaysia, especially as the entire content and discover all things related to the
nation collectively celebrates our local event, share exciting moments surrounding it
athletes and their dedication to their craft,” with the hashtag #SEAGames31, and show love
said Darren Quek, Strategy Operations and support to all SEA Games athletes with the
Manager, TikTok Malaysia. “Sports continues hashtag #MalaysiaBoleh.
to hold a special place in the hearts and minds
of the TikTok community – and we cherish the
S E C U R I T I E S S D N. B H D. WEDNESDAY
MAY 18, 2022
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23.6 Retail 655.2 660.9 -5.7
34.7 Foreign 942.0 994.0 -52.0
100.0 2788.4 2788.4 0.0 4.19 10.73 652.31 19.95 112.70 155.05 23.86 19.50
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Source: Bursa Malaysia 7,112.50
KL MARKET SUMMARY PetChem makes landmark
May 17, 2022
INDICES 11,060.40 CHANGE +49.61 buy of Perstorp for RM7b
FBMEMAS
FBMKLCI 1,548.60 +4.19
CONSUMER PRODUCTS 577.32 -2.74
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS 200.42 +3.63
CONSTRUCTION 163.35 +1.19
FINANCIAL SERVICES 16,534.40 +0.12
ENERGY 839.28 +52.04
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 606.85 -1.50 o Acquisition is a key
HEALTH CARE 1,975.41 -5.53 platform for O&G group’s
TRANSPORTATION 847.91 +3.96 step-out strategy into the
PROPERTY 689.97 +0.59 specialty chemicals industry
PLANTATION 8,260.19 +80.91
FBMSHA 11,549.20 +80.86
FBMACE 5,363.24 +20.61
TECHNOLOGY 67.07 +1.38
TURNOVER VALUE PETALING JAYA: Petronas Chemicals
5.510 BIL RM2.787 BIL Group Bhd (PetChem) has signed a
securities purchase agreement to acquire
5 MOST ACTIVES the entire equity interest in Perstorp
May 17, 2022 Holding AB, a sustainability-driven global
specialty chemicals company for €1.54
STOCK VOL CLSG (sen) +/– (sen) billion (RM7.02 billion).
SERBADK 1,061,713,800 16.5 +4.5
SAPNRG 948,562,900 7.5 +3.0 The agreement was signed with
SERBADK-WA 298,804,000 5.5 +1.5 Financière Forêt S.à.r.l, a company under
TECHNAX 202,784,700 8.0 -3.5 European private equity firm PAI Partners.
SAPNRG-WA 141,529,400 5.0 +2.5 The acquisition values Perstorp group at an
enterprise value of €2.3 billion.
5 TOP GAINERS
May 17, 2022 Perstorp is a specialty chemicals
company that develops sustainable
STOCK VOL CLSG (RM) +/– RM solutions, with seven manufacturing sites Acquisition will also provide PetChem with critical talent, know-how, technological platforms
NESTLE 65,200 132.80 1.30 and three R&D centres worldwide. It has and proven customer channels to address the pressing needs of the market for more
PETRONM 1,990,000 6.71 0.69 presence in 26 countries including US, sustainable solutions.” – PETCHEM WEBSITE
HENGYUAN 6,485,600 7.40 0.42 Europe and Asia Pacific. In FY2021,
PMETAL 15,879,500 5.38 0.34 Perstorp recorded €1.33 billion in revenue
HEIM 453,400 24.78 0.30 and €248 million in ebitda with an ebitda
margin of 18.6%.
5 TOP LOSERS of products, established customer base environmental and social contributions,
May 17, 2022 PetChem managing director and CEO and is a market leader in selected we are confident that together we can
Mohd Yusri Mohamed Yusof said the chemicals, which are complementary to accelerate our sustainability journey
STOCK VOL CLSG (RM) +/– RM acquisition is a major milestone for PetChem. towards circular economy and carbon
F&N 115,900 21.28 0.64 PetChem in establishing a key platform to neutrality by 2050.”
BKAWAN 34,500 27.32 0.38 diversify into the specialty chemical “Perstorp will add up to 2.3 million
HSI-HEN 5,000 0.825 0.315 industry and capture new growth tonnes per annum (mtpa) to (PetChem’s) Perstorp president and CEO Jan Secher
SP500-HZ 239,700 1.14 0.31 opportunities, whilst enabling it to future production capacity and contribute about said by tapping into the Petronas strong
BYD-H4 3,000 0.49 0.28 proof its business against market cyclicality 28% incremental revenue to the group global brand and PetChem’s strength as a
and volatility. based on 2021 results as well as support reputable industry and market leader in
EXCHANGE RATES MAY 17, 2022 the group’s medium-term goal of the Asia Pacific region, it is confident that
“Perstorp is a strategic fit for PetChem establishing 30% revenue generated from Perstorp can continue to expand into its
Foreign currency Bank sell Bank buy Bank buy and enables us to participate in attractive non-traditional businesses by 2030. next phase of growth.
end-markets such as paints & coatings,
1 US DOLLAR TT/OD TT OD construction, automotive, personal care “With Perstorp’s holistic and innovative The completion of the acquisition is
1 AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR 4.4585 4.3255 4.3155 and animal nutrition that share a robust approach to reduce environmental impact subject to relevant regulatory and
1 BRUNEI DOLLAR 3.1320 3.0080 2.9920 growth outlook. This acquisition will also in line with (PetChem’s) aim for positive shareholders’ approvals.
1 CANADIAN DOLLAR 3.2040 3.1120 3.1040 provide PetChem with critical talent,
1 EURO 3.4710 3.3780 3.3660 know-how, technological platforms and
1 NEWZEALAND DOLLAR 4.6630 4.5140 4.4940 proven customer channels to address the
1 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 2.8290 2.7250 2.7090 pressing needs of the market for more
1 STERLING POUND 3.2040 3.1120 3.1040 sustainable solutions.”
1 SWISS FRANC 5.5050 5.3320 5.3120
100 UAE DIRHAM 4.4390 4.3370 4.3220 He said Perstorp has an expansive range
100 BANGLADESHTAKA 122.7900 116.4500 116.2500
100 CHINESE RENMINBI 5.1840 4.8580 4.6580 Talk of global recession premature, Malaysia
100 HONGKONG DOLLAR 65.7000 63.2000 on track to hit growth target: Tengku Zafrul
100 INDIAN RUPEE 57.3900 54.5500 N/A
100 INDONESIAN RUPIAH 5.8200 5.4700 54.3500 PUTRAJAYA: Finance Minister Tengku the war in Ukraine, high commodity prices private sector’s borrowing needs.
100 JAPANESE YEN 0.0316 0.0286 Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz yesterday gave and global monetary policy tightening. As a Meanwhile, Tengku Zafrul said the
100 NEWTAIWAN DOLLAR 3.4570 3.3490 5.2700 an assurance that Malaysia is on track to result, the government will need to ensure
100 PAKISTAN RUPEE 16.1000 0.0236 meet the economic growth target of adequate fiscal flexibility in the future to ministry was looking at ways to execute
100 PHILIPPINE PESO 2.3500 N/A 3.3390 between 5.3% and 6.3% this year while manage such a risk. targeted oil subsidies.
100 QATAR RIYAL 8.6200 2.1900 calling talk of a global recession “premature
100 SAUDI RIYAL 123.6200 8.1200 N/A and unwarranted”. “This is why we intend to gradually “We have held engagement sessions with
100THAI BAHT 120.1700 117.3600 1.9900 reduce the fiscal deficit from 6.4% in 2021 to stakeholders and would bring (the matter)
13.4200 114.0800 7.9200 Speaking to the media at the ministry’s 6% in 2022 and also rationalise the subsidies to the Cabinet in the near future,” he said,
11.9100 117.1600 open house, he said Malaysia’s economic to be more targeted,“ he added. adding that the current blanket subsidies
113.8800 growth would be supported by the benefitted everyone, including the wealthy.
11.5100 government’s expansionary fiscal policy as Tengku Zafrul pointed out that failure to
well as accommodative monetary policy. meet debt obligations was a major risk for “The rich enjoy more subsidies based on
Source: Malayan Banking Berhad/Bernama countries in the event of a global recession their larger usage. For example, the bulk of
He noted that Malaysia would see further but it was not a risk for Malaysia as the risk the RM4 billion spent on petrol subsidies
growth momentum in the second quarter was mitigated due to its low exposure to until March 2022 was actually enjoyed by
after recording a strong first-quarter gross external debt, with less than 3% in foreign the T20 (top 20% household income) group.
domestic product growth of 5%. currencies.
“For every RM1`of fuel subsidy, 53 sen
“However, we remain wary of potential He added that Malaysia had ample went to the T20 group while only 15 sen
downside. There is a potential risk (due to) liquidity to finance the government’s and benefitted the B40 (bottom 40% earners),”he
added. – Bernama
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Foreigners back as
net buyers on Bursa Flood risk in Malaysia and
with RM56.9m its impact on the economy
PETALING JAYA: Foreign investors o Need to find a solution to better cover the Management Agency (Nadma) to the lower-income segments of
turned net buyers again after a week threat by bringing together the insurance develop a solution that ties together Malaysia’s population, the current
of net selling the week before, with sector, Bank Negara, Nadma and the those who can afford to insure with wholesome solutions aim to provide
net inflows summed up to RM56.9 government: Malaysian Re those who cannot,” said Zainudin in faster protection to consumers and
million last week. a statement in conjunction with the encompass all parts of society or
PETALING JAYA: Last year’s great Malaysian Re president and CEO launch of the MIH 2021. policyholders,” added Zainudin.
In its weekly fund flow report, flood from Dec 16-21 caused Zainudin Ishak said the cost for
MIDF Research said local retailers economic losses of RM5.3 billion to flood insurance is rather nominal. MIH 2021 accentuates the need MIH 2021 was published in
remained net buyers for the fifth RM6.5 billion, according to The cover is available as an to address the protection gap as partnership with Faber Consulting
consecutive week at RM234.8 million Malaysian Reinsurance Bhd’s extension to the standard fire policy flood risk increases, where the AG, a Zurich-based research,
while local institutions turned net (Malaysian Re) latest publication and costs about 0.086% of the sum- demand for flood cover is influenced communication, and business
sellers after a week of net buying with Malaysian Insurance Highlights insured. In the personal lines, the by the government’s support of the development consultancy. The
a net selling position of RM291.8 (MIH 2021) that examines the pricing of the risk is perceived as country’s low-income segment for findings of MIH 2021 are based on
million last week. impact of flooding on the high and is often only purchased in the loss caused by a disaster. This structured interviews with more than
Malaysian economy and insurance flood prone regions or following third edition of the MIH also states 24 executives representing 22
“To date, international funds have markets. recent events. that the December flood has Malaysian insurers, reinsurers,
been net buyers for 15 out of the 19 impacted the pricing for flood intermediaries, and trade associations.
weeks of 2022, with a total net inflow MIH 2021 explores the major “Mostly homeowners are insured coverage in Malaysia’s insurance
of RM6.98 billion. They were net challenge of underinsured flood risk as the banks arrange the cover as markets. Insurers are also expected Zainudin said it has seen last year
sellers on Wednesday and Thursday, in Malaysia whereby on average part of the mortgage. The lower- to review their reinsurance and in recent months how the
at RM2.08 million and RM145.2 only about 10% of economic losses income segment of the population, structures to ensure they have livelihood and properties of people
million, respectively,” said MIDF. are covered. The publication who run a high flood exposure, rely sufficient coverages in place, due to and communities across the nation
revealed that Malaysia’s insurers on the government in case of a loss. the changing in understanding of were severely impacted by the flood
Local institutions were net sellers shouldered about RM1.5-2 billion In the recent flood it supported the flood risk in Malaysia. catastrophe at unprecedented scale
on all the trading days last week, (US$360-480 million) or 20% to 30% people affected with a financial and unusual timings.
except on Thursday where they were of the economic losses as a high contribution of RM1.4 billion. “From an insurance point of view,
net buyers to the tune of RM41.38 share of manufacturing properties Currently, we are working with Bank there is a need to push for a deeper “The region grapples with the
million. The highest net selling was were hit in Kuala Lumpur and Negara Malaysia (BNM) and discussion to find a solution to better consequences of man-made climate
recorded on Tuesday at Selangor. Malaysia’s National Disaster cover the country’s flood risk by change which has caused greater
RM200.67million, and the smallest bringing together the insurance severity and frequency of floods.
net selling on Wednesday at RM40.44 sector, the regulator (BNM), Nadma Hence, the topic of our publication
million. They have been net sellers and the government. While this year came in timely, and we
for 16 out of 19 weeks this year. To previously, the focus had been on hope that it will provide an
date, they have sold RM8.1 billion of developing a coverage which assessment of the current flood risk
equities. foremost addressed the exposure of in Malaysia as well as its main trends
and developments.”
Local retailers were net buyers on
all trading days of the week with theBRIEFS
highest net buying on Thursday at
RM103.83 million, and small net From left: M&A
buying on Tuesday, at RM21.34 Securities Sdn Bhd
million. associate director of
corporate finance Lee
RESERVOIR LINK Yoke Wah, head of
MOVES INTO ENERGY corporate finance
STORAGE SOLUTIONS Gary Ting, Yew Lee
Pacific Group COO
PETALING JAYA: Reservoir Link and executive
Energy Bhd will be collaborating director Ang Poh Yee,
with ADS Asset Holdings Sdn Bhd M&A Securities
(AAH) to jointly co-fund, construct managing director of
and develop energy storage corporate finance
solutions. Both parties have Datuk Bill Tan, Yew
agreed to treat RL ADS Power Sdn Lee Pacific Group
Bhd as a joint venture company chairman Mahdzir
with Reservoir Link having the Othman, Ang Lee
majority stake of 51% and AAH Leong, Wong and Eco
with the remaining 49%. Energy Asia Capital Advisory
storage solutions aim to reduce Sdn Bhd managing
wastage and inefficiency from director Kelvin Khoo.
energy generated through
renewable energy infrastructures. Yew Lee Pacific to raise RM37m via IPO on ACE Market
CTOS LAUNCHES ONLINE PETALING JAYA: Yew Lee Pacific (RM1.8 million or 4.83%). Its IPO will see a public issue of was derived from the overseas
CAR INSURANCE, ROAD Group Bhd plans to raise RM37.27 Group managing director Ang 133.1 million new shares to be market primarily located in
TAX RENEWAL SERVICE million in its initial public offering issued at 28 sen per share and an Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and
(IPO) on Bursa Malaysia Securities Lee Leong said as an established offer for sale of 26.62 million existing Taiwan, representing 7%, 5.8%, 3.3%
PETALING JAYA: CTOS Digital Bhd Bhd’s ACE Market. producer of industrial brushes, it shares by way of private placement and 5.8% respectively.
through its subsidiary CTOS IDS embarked on this IPO to raise to selected investors.
Sdn Bhd, is expanding its range of The Perak-based group is an funding for its growth plans and M&A Securities Sdn Bhd deputy
services with the launch of CTOS industrial brush manufacturer and elevate its profile in the industry. Of the new shares, it had head of corporate finance Danny
Car Insurance, an online platform trader of machinery parts and allocated 26.62 million shares for Wong said the proceeds from the
for car insurance and road tax industrial hardware. “To maintain sustainable growth the Malaysian public, 15.97 million IPO will allow the group to increase
renewal, in collaboration with and create long-term shareholder to eligible directors and employees, its manufacturing capacity in order
PolicyStreet.com. This latest service, Proceeds from the IPO will value, we have plans to expand 23.96 million by way of private to support its expansion plans and
CTOS Car Insurance, provides a fast, primarily be utilised for purchase of manufacturing capacity and placement to selected investors, capitalise on the post-Covid
hassle-free opportunity to make machinery and equipment (RM10.9 increase automation which the 66.55 million by way of private demand recovery. As such, it is
price comparisons of policies from million or 29.25%), repayment of proceeds from the IPO enables us to placement to approved bumiputra confident that Yew Lee’s shares will
more than 10 insurance providers bank borrowings (RM8.9 million or implement. We are also investors approved by the Ministry be well received upon IPO.
within minutes, allowing consumers 23.88%), construction of warehouse constructing warehouse and office of International Trade and Industry.
to find the best deals in the market. facility and office building (RM7.3 facilities as the current facilities are M&A Securities is the principal
million or 19.58%), working capital needed for the expansion of the For its financial year ended Dec adviser, sponsor, underwriter and
MALAYSIA AIRLINES (RM4.57 million or 12.26%), listing group’s manufacturing activities 31, 2021, 76.8% of the group’s total placement agent for the IPO while
EXPANDS TIE-UP expenses (RM3.8 million or 10.19%) and also to cater for future business revenue was mainly derived from Eco Asia Capital Advisory Sdn Bhd
WITH QATAR AIRWAYS and renovation of office building growth.” Malaysia while the remaining 23.2% is the financial adviser.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines
Bhd and Qatar Airways will
significantly expand their
codeshare cooperation to 96
combined destinations allowing
passengers to travel the world
and enjoy seamless connectivity
via their leading hubs in Kuala
Lumpur and Doha. The airlines
said this in unveiling the roadmap
outlining the next phase of their
strategic partnership, following
Malaysia Airlines’ announcement
to launch a non-stop service from
Kuala Lumpur to Doha from May
25. – Bernama
13theSUN ON WEDNESDAY | MAY 18, 2022
* SUNBIZ
DNeX, Foxconn unit plan wafer fab JV
o Companies sign MoU for joint venture to build part of the group’s ongoing strategy to embracing the importance of related activities. Foxconn is the
and operate 12-inch semiconductor materials explore new opportunities in the semiconductors to national security, world’s largest electronics
factory in Malaysia involving 28nm and 40nm technology field, innovate and grow as a strong semiconductor supply manufacturer and also a leading
technology as a group and address strong global chain is indispensable to their technology solution provider which
demand for semiconductors.” manufacturing sector especially continuously leverages its expertise
PETALING JAYA: Dagang Mohamed Tahir (pix) said the project those focusing on the electrical and
NeXchange Bhd (DNeX) and Big will allow the group and the country Under the MoU, DNeX and BIH electronics (E&E) sector. in software and hardware
Innovation Holdings Ltd (BIH), a leap forward in terms of will work together to decide the to integrate its
wholly owned subsidiary of Hon Hai location of the New Fab in Malaysia, “With E&E being a key Malaysia’s unique
Precision Industry Co Ltd (Foxconn), financing structure of the project, and export, this leap forward in manufacturing
plan to set up a joint venture initial management structure and key semiconductor technology space for systems with
company (JVCo) to build and operate personnel of the New Fab. the country is expected to promote emerging
a 12-inch wafer fabrication plant and encourage more local players to technologies.
(New Fab) in Malaysia. “The New Fab will further participate in the local
semiconductor technology strengthen DNeX’s position in semiconductor supply chain.
Both parties have signed a advancement as well as offer semiconductor foundry as well as
memorandum of understanding multitude of economic spillover complement the group’s business in “Moreover, the project will be able
(MoU) to collaborate on establishing effects to the country, hence be in this segment via its existing to create new employment
and operating the semiconductor line with the government’s national investment in SilTerra Malaysia Sdn opportunities for the country’s work
fabrication facility in the country. agenda. Bhd, in such areas as best practices force and more importantly facilitate
“The New Fab will be the first 12- and technology excellence. the upskilling of the country’s
New Fab is expected to produce inch wafer fabrication plant in semiconductor workforce in the
40,000 wafers per month, Malaysia initiated by a bumiputra “The country’s semiconductor advanced semiconductor
encompassing the manufacturing of company. In addition, the New Fab sector plays a vital role in the global space, which can serve as the
28nm and 40nm (nanometre) will be operating in the 28- semiconductor supply chain and future innovation building
technologies. nanometre technology node, which with the project, we hope to further block for the group and the
is the most advanced technology enhance the sector’s capabilities and country, with the help of our
DNeX group managing director node in the planar transistor robustness. We envision that the partner, Foxconn,” he
Tan Sri Syed Zainal Abidin Syed technology. This technology node technologies used in the New Fab to added.
will have a long production life and be able to elevate technological
have the widest range of applications. acumen and competencies of the BIH is a wholly owned
“The building of the New Fab is country to a higher level,” Syed Zainal subsidiary of Foxconn, and
Abidin said. is the investment entity for
Foxconn’s semiconductor-
He said more countries are
Ferrotec to build RM500m factory in Malaysia Maybank launches
country’s first
SAN FRANCISCO: Ferrotec (USA) Azmin (centre) and Malaysian Investment Development Authority CEO Datuk Arham Abdul contactless ATM
Corporation has committed more than Rahman (right) meeting with Ferrotec (USA) senior executives in San Francisco on Monday. – cash withdrawal service
RM500 million in new investment in Malaysia BERNAMAPIX
to set up its first manufacturing facility in PETALING JAYA: Malayan Banking Bhd
Southeast Asia. factories globally, and the facility in Malaysia the locals,” he said. (Maybank) has introduced the first-ever
will be its first large platform manufacturing Nextracker’s Miller said the company is contactless cash withdrawal service via
Spanning an 8.13-hectare site that will site outside Japan, China and the US. automated teller machines (ATM) in Malaysia.
include a 800,000 square feet manufacturing currently doing US$100 million (RM438
plant in Kulim Hi-Tech Park, construction of “We choose Malaysia because Southeast million) worth of business with two Malaysian In a statement, Maybank said the new
the facility is expected to begin in the next few Asia, including Malaysia, has become a focal companies, and is planning to expand the service is available via the MAE app at selected
weeks. point of supply chain for the industry. We feel business in the coming years and make ATM nationwide and aims to enhance
compelled to invest Southeast Asia,” he said. Malaysia a key manufacturing partner. convenience for more than 12 million Maybank
Senior Minister and Minister of ATM cardholders. Customers can use this
International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri He said Ferrotec plans to employ between “We choose Malaysia for its geographical service at some 1,000 ATM, which will indicate
Mohamed Azmin Ali said the global supplier 250 and 500 local talent over the next three location and dedicated highly skilled the availability of the contactless cash
of materials, components, precision systems, years, and its goal is to let the facility ran and workforce which manufacture our high-tech withdrawal service. Eventually, this service will
and a worldwide leader in quartz material operated by locals. products,” he said. be made available at all Maybank-owned ATM.
fabrication for the semiconductor industry,
also committed to generate between 250 and “We want to invest in people, and we He said Nextracker is expected to see its Maybank group president & CEO Datuk
500 high-skilled jobs for Malaysians. understand that it (the process) is going to Malaysian partners double the workforce Khairussaleh Ramli said the bank has been
take some time, therefore, for the initial stage, from the current 400 employees in the near bringing to the market numerous solutions for
“They are also committed to assisting we will bring in expats for a very short period future to cater to its growing business. – customers’ convenience. This was initially
small and medium enterprises (SME) in of time to transfer the technology and train Bernama driven by its Maybank2020 Plan which included
Malaysia in building the supply chain and the group’s aspiration to become a digital bank
ecosystem in the semiconductor industry. of choice in the region.
“This is a very positive development where “We have now progressed into our next
the company not only wants to bring phase of digital development guided by our
investment into Malaysia, but wants to see latest five-year M25 Plan, and anchored by our
Malaysia continue to thrive in new mission to humanise financial services. Under
technologies by involving local companies, this plan, we have a dedicated priority,
especially SME,” he told Bernama and TV3 Pervasively Digital, to ensure we continue to
after holding a meeting with Ferrotec CEO Eiji leverage technology to bring meaningful digital
Miyanaga here on Monday. solutions to serve our stakeholders from all our
business segments and communities across the
Azmin suggested that Ferrotec train region. The new contactless cash withdrawal
Malaysian workers, especially those based in service is another step in our holistic offering of
the US or Japan, to coach Malaysian students digital banking services which we have been
or professionals residing in the two countries. pioneering over the years.”
Apart from Ferrotec, Azmin also met with Group CEO of community financial services
US leading solar tracker company Nextracker Datuk John Chong said its focus in building its
Inc COO and co-founder Marco Miller. Azmin digital capabilities has enabled the bank to stay
said Nextracker will strive to enhance ahead of the curve, and continue serving
products from Malaysia to penetrate not only customers and the underserved segments of the
the US market, but also globally. community.
Speaking to Bernama after meeting Azmin, “The new service reaffirms our strength as a
Miyanaga said the company has nearly 40 digital bank, in addition to our role as a
traditional bank. We have been able to design
MPOB worried over continual changes to sustainable palm oil standards our own lifestyle applications, introduce digital
financing solutions in Malaysia cutting across
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is worried that which both are using more advanced difficult for RSPO to get smallholders on retail and non-retail segments for products
benchmark standards keep on changing and standards that are constantly revised, board, and seen now a very small percentage such as mortgage, personal and SME financing,
are difficult to comply with, especially for especially RSPO. of smallholders certified RSPO,” he said. and allowed for KYC processes to be
smallholders, as it continues to address undertaken digitally in Singapore, Indonesia
sustainability aspects and corrects the negative RSPO and ISCC are the benchmark set by Ahmad Parveez on Monday presented his and the Philippines, amongst others.”
perception and allegation towards its palm oil, the European Union (EU). views at a hybrid forum titled: “Trade
the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) said. Agreements and Product Demands”. “To undertake a cash withdrawal, all a user
“The newer standard, which also includes needs to do is scan the quick response code on
Citing an example, director-general Datuk the Malaysian Palm Oil Sustainable (MSPO) Meanwhile, Malaysian Palm Oil Council selected Maybank ATM screens using the MAE
Ahmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir said for the certification, will not be able to reach the Science environment and sustainability app, enter the amount, provide a PIN or
Indonesia-European Free Trade Association, same level, as once reached, RSPO will be division director Dr Ruslan Abdullah observed biometric authentication in the app, and
Indonesia is using the Roundtable on changed again and become more stringent. that some countries have already turned back receive the cash from the ATM.”
Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and the to palm oil and have accepted some standard
International Sustainability and Carbon “It’s not fair to use the standard as a set by MSPO as they realised that business is
Certification (ISCC) as its benchmarks, for benchmark. Also as RSPO is for business to becoming more difficult, especially due to the
business and requires membership fees war in Ukraine. – Bernama
annually and a higher cost of auditing, it’s very
14 theSUN ON WEDNESDAY | MAY 18, 2022BRIEFS Indonesian smallholders call
SUNBIZ for end to palm oil export ban
INDONESIA HAS RECORD o Farmers’ income hit as Joko Widodo and prompting the farmers’ This indicates that storage tanks are filling up at
TRADE SURPLUS IN APRIL fruit prices slump, mills stop backlash. mills, said Albertus Wawan, a farmer from West
buying from them Kalimantan province, by telephone.
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s trade surplus “Malaysian farmers are wearing full smiles,
jumped to its largest ever at US$7.56 JAKARTA: Hundreds of Indonesian Indonesian farmers suffer,” one of the signs Similar protests by farmers were also
billion (RM36.93 billion) in April, as smallholder farmers yesterday staged a protest held up by protesters read. Malaysia is the planned in 22 other provinces, Apkasindo said.
exports rose to a record high while here and in other parts of the world’s fourth second-largest producer of palm oil and aims
imports grew slower than expected, most populous country, demanding the to fill the market gap opened by Indonesia’s Yuslan Thamrin, a farmer attending the
data from the statistics bureau showed government end a palm oil export ban that has export ban. Jakarta rally, said celebrations in his area of
yesterday. A Reuters poll had expected slashed their income. Aceh province in Sumatra for the end of
a trade surplus of US$3.25 billion for Marching next to a truck filled with palm oil Ramadan this month were more muted
April, following a US$4.53 billion Indonesia, the world’s top palm oil exporter, fruit, farmers held a rally outside the offices of because of the lost income from the export ban.
surplus the previous month. April on April 28 halted shipments of crude palm oil the Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs,
exports were worth US$27.32 billion, and some of its derivative products to control which is leading the government policy. “With such poor prices, farmers are
up 47.76% on a yearly basis, with mining soaring prices of domestic cooking oil, rattling hesitating to even harvest,” he said, adding that
and oil and gas products driving growth. global vegetable oil markets. In a statement, the smallholder farmers’ mills were also not taking in more fruit because
Imports were up 21.97% on an annual group Apkasindo said since the export ban the storage at ports was full.
basis to US$19.76 billion. – Reuters However, government efforts to make price of palm fruit had dropped 70% below a
cooking oil, a household staple for many floor price set by regional authorities. Another farmer pointed to the dilemma
SHOPEE OWNER SEA BEATS Indonesian dishes, more affordable have failed, palm oil smallholders face.
REVENUE FORECASTS undermining the approval rating of President Independent farmers are not protected by
the floor price, which is fixed through an “Harvesting the fruit is not profitable, but
SINGAPORE: Singapore-based Sea Ltd agreement between mills and large-scale leaving it rotting would damage the trees,”
beat first-quarter revenue estimates cooperatives. Bambang Gianto, a farmer in South Sumatra,
yesterday, driven by improvements in said by telephone.
its core e-commerce business in Apkasindo estimates at least 25% of palm oil
Southeast Asia and Latin America, mills have stopped buying palm fruit from Representatives of the farmers had met
sending its shares up 2.8%. The New independent farmers since the ban started. some government officials to convey their
York-listed company said total revenue demands, economic ministry official
in the first quarter of 2022 rose 64.4% to Indonesian oil palm smallholders taking part in a protest outside the Coordinating Ministry of Susiwijono Moegiarso said.
US$2.9 billion (RM12.7 billion), above Economic Affairs office in Jakarta yesterday. – REUTERSPIX
analysts’ estimate of US$2.76 billion, President Widodo imposed the export ban
according to Refinitiv IBES data. The on palm oil after earlier policies failed to
company widened its full-year 2022 e- control domestic cooking oil prices.
commerce revenue outlook range to
between US$8.5 billion and US$9.1 Jokowi, as the president is popularly known,
billion, compared with US$8.9 billion to said the need for affordable food trumped
US$9.1 billion forecast earlier– Reuters revenue concerns and the ban would be lifted
only after domestic needs were met.
India insurance giant
LIC slumps in debut But an opinion poll this week showed his
after record IPO approval rating sagged to 58.1% in May, the
lowest since December 2015, largely tied to the
MUMBAI: Indian state-owned Life Insurance rising cost of cooking oil.
Corp of India (LIC) slumped in its market
debut yesterday following the country’s Yose Rizal Damuri, an executive director at
biggest-ever initial public offering (IPO), the Center for Strategic and International
closing nearly 8% below the IPO price. Studies, said the type of price control policies
Indonesia was trying to implement were flawed.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s
government raised US$2.7 billion (RM11.8 “This is a policy that was taken just to show
billion) by selling 3.5% of LIC as his that the president is doing something,” he said,
administration seeks to sell off state assets urging authorities to allow the price to track the
to bolster tattered public finances. But it was market and compensate consumers through
forced to cut back the offer from a planned other means.
5% after markets turned volatile following
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China’s Chief Economics Minister Airlangga
Covid lockdowns. Hartarto has said the ban would stay in place
until bulk cooking oil prices drop to 14,000
The offer price of 949 rupees (RM53.68) rupiah (RM4.20) per litre across Indonesia.
had valued LIC at US$77 billion, but the
stock traded under pressure all day, closing Trade Ministry data showed as of Friday that
7.75% lower at 875.45 rupees a share. bulk cooking oil averaged 17,300 rupiah per
litre, down from an average of 18,000 rupiah in
“We were not expecting a big listing as March but up from 13,300 in July. – Reuters
markets were jittery, expect it to pick up,”
LIC’s chairman M. R. Kumar told reporters. Thailand’s economy rebounds after virus battering
The muted debut could test market BANGKOK: Thailand’s economy grew 2.2% in in January to March compared with the same level in almost five years against the dollar.
appetite as Modi seeks to privatise more the first quarter as exports and tourism period last year, and by 1.1% compared with the Earlier yesterday, the planning agency cut its
shares in nationalised companies to plug an rebounded after the relaxation of pandemic previous quarter.
estimated 16.6 trillion rupee fiscal deficit. restrictions, the country’s main economic 2022 growth outlook to 2.5%-3.5% from 3.5%-
agency said yesterday. The figures are a stark turnaround from the 4.5% and raised its inflation estimate because of
Market analyst Arun Kejriwal said the depths of the pandemic, which saw the higher prices and slower global growth caused
slump on LIC’s first day of trading was a During the pandemic, Southeast Asia’s economy contract by 6.1% in 2020. by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“learning” experience, adding that the second-largest economy suffered its worst
government will have to do more to convince economic performance since the 1997 Asian The agency said global market volatility from Arkhon said the revised outlook “is still
investors if it wants to sell more of its stake. financial crisis, with visitor numbers crashing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and a slowdown in considered a good sign that the economy is still
from roughly 40 million annually. But this China’s economy thanks to virus lockdowns recovering”.
But the IPO saw enthusiastic participation month the tourism-dependent kingdom across various cities, were affecting the pace of
from small investors – including many first- dropped almost all restrictions for fully the kingdom’s economic recovery. Monetary policy should continue to support
timers – and was oversubscribed nearly three vaccinated visitors, including the need for Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy as
times. Covid-19 tests to travel. Meanwhile, Thailand’s finance minister said fund outflows have been small following the US
this year’s economic outlook was still good despite Federal Reserve’s policy tightening, he said.
Founded in 1956 by nationalising and “The export sector is good ... the tourism the state planning agency’s downgrade of its
combining more than 240 firms, LIC was a industry is getting better due to the relaxation of growth forecast, adding he also hoped for a policy “I still want to see an interest rate that is
monopoly until private companies were entry requirements for tourists,” National rate from the central bank that supports recovery. positive for the economic recovery, though we
allowed to enter the market in 2000. It Economic and Social Development Council also have to weigh fund outflows, which haven’t
continues to lead the pack with a 61% market secretary general Danucha Pichayanan said. A weak baht was good for exports though it been much yet,” Arkhom said.
share and an army of 1.3 million “LIC made imports more costly, Finance Minister
agents” giving it huge reach, particularly in The agency said the economy grew by 2.2% Arkhom Termpittayapaisith told reporters. The The Bank of Thailand has left its key rate
remote rural areas. But its dominance has currency has recently been trading at its weakest unchanged at a record low of 0.50% since May 2020.
declined steadily in the face of competition It will next review its policy on June 8. – AFP, Reuters
from net-savvy private insurers offering
specialised products. – AFP, Reuters
IATA: China’s zero-Covid policy will clip wings of Asia aviation recovery
SINGAPORE: China’s zero-Covid lockdowns and mass testing, and the “It has been a brutal two years for figure of 25%, he said. requirements in recent months.
policy will hold back a full air travel measures have hammered both airlines. But we are seeing signs of While the picture had improved at “The science supports these
recovery in the Asia-Pacific region, a domestic and international air travel. recovery now,” he told an aviation
top airline industry group warned conference here. “Unfortunately, (the) the start of this year, there was still a initiatives,” Walsh told the Changi
yesterday, adding to calls for Beijing The aviation sector’s recovery in Asia-Pacific will lag this recovery as “long way to go”, he added. Aviation Summit. IATA is “convinced this
to ease its hardline stance. Asia was already relatively slow, and China continues to pursue zero-Covid.” science supports the removal of testing
Willie Walsh, the International Air China’s decision to stick with zero- and quarantine for unvaccinated
The world’s second-biggest Transport Association (IATA) chief, In 2021 in Asia, international Covid has put it at odds with many travellers from areas of high population
economy is seeking to stamp out the warned Beijing’s approach made the travel was only 7% of what it was in Asian governments, which have immunity, including many parts of
coronavirus entirely, with rapid picture bleaker. 2019, compared with a worldwide started reopening borders and this region,” he said. – AFP
dropping quarantine and testing
W E D N E S DAY
1 8 M AY 2 0 2 2
UNIPIN, the leading digital Last year’s
entertainment enabler in UniPin Ladies
Southeast Asia who is Series winners.
pioneering the esports
platform, is elevating the game for Ladies taking charge
women to even greater heights. o The UniPin Ladies Series MYSG is back in
Aimed at creating a welcoming Malaysia, and offering gamers triple the prize pool
community which encourages more
women to take part in esports professionals and enthusiasts of scheduled from May 26 to June 11,
tournaments at any level, UniPin esports so that they may contribute to followed by the play-off stage from
offers a competitive arena where the esports arena. June 22 to 25.
physical strength and height have no
bearing on the strategy and skill The open qualifier stage will take All participating teams will be
needed to win. place from May 19 to May 21. competing for a total prize pool of
Meanwhile, the regular season is RM7,500, more than triple of last
The Ladies Series MYSG 2022 year’s RM2,000 tournament prizes.
competition will be UniPin’s second
tournament in Malaysia and Additionally, the best team from
Singapore, after the first one the UniPin Ladies Series MYSG in
successfully took place in October Malaysia and Singapore will become
last year. each country’s representatives in the
UniPin Ladies Series Southeast Asia
Debora Imanuella, SVP UniPin Invitational.
Community, explains that the UniPin
Ladies Series MYSG will pave the way UniPin has been facilitating
for many female esports teams to gamers in the Southeast Asia region
show up and compete in Malaysia’s for easier top-up access and hosting
esports arena. several successful female-only
tournaments in various Southeast
She says: “We are glad to present Asian countries.
the opportunity for every female
gamer in Malaysia to compete and The UniPin Ladies Series MYSG
showcase their skills with 2022 tournament will be held online,
confidence. The UniPin Ladies Series and streamed on the UniPin’s
is not just another esports
tournament, but the perfect stage for
female gamers in Malaysia to enter
the competitive scene and act as a
steppingstone for pro female players
to reach a higher level in the
Southeast Asia region. This
competition will certainly boost the
growth of the female gaming
community and the Malaysian
esports ecosystem as a whole.”
The UniPin Community (UNITY)
is a major part of UniPin’s esports
ecosystem, including the Ladies
Series 2022. The community baseline
which keeps the esports scene alive is
one of the key drivers and
motivations behind UNITY’s
continuous focus on organising
tournaments.
UNITY’s goal is to nurture both
YouTube channel, FB page at the UniPinGaming channel. Details
www.facebook.com/OfficialUniPin and information on www.seaca.gg or
Malaysia and TikTok platforms. Instagram @unipin_malaysia,
@unipincommunity, and
All matches of the UniPin Ladies @unipinladiesseries.
Series MYSG 2022 can be accessed on
Multisearch will boost the range of what
you can do with Google and Lens
AT its annual developer conference, a dress to a decoration item or a undoubtedly involves the Lens It will soon be
Google revealed how multisearch, restaurant menu item. The idea is application. Currently, it’s possible to possible to use
which consists of combining obviously to make the search as identify a product or a person with the Google
searches in both text and images, is natural as possible. this app. In the near future, it will be Lens
about to change the habits of mobile possible to obtain other types of application to
users. In concrete terms, it will soon To illustrate the scope of these detailed information, directly on the refine your
make it possible to broaden the scope possibilities, Google takes the screen of your smartphone, in searches. – ETX
of searches on Google and Lens, example of a photo of a dish found on augmented reality. What Google calls STUDIO
starting with a simple photo or the internet, whose name you don’t “scene exploration” will allow users,
screenshot. even know. Multisearch near me will for example, to identify a product on
find a restaurant in your vicinity that a store shelf according to their own,
Currently the Google application has this particular dish on its menu. specific criteria.
already makes it possible to In such cases, Google’s engine
simultaneously search with images analyses millions of images and Thus, when viewing an aisle of
and text. Soon it will be possible to reviews published by its community chocolate bars through one’s
find additional, local information of Maps contributors. This type of smartphone camera, it will be
about your searches. This means that multiple search will be available later possible to filter out those containing
it will be possible to use any photo this year in English. For other certain allergenic ingredients or
and add the query “near me” to languages, we’ll have to be a little others too low in cocoa, depending
display the businesses offering these more patient. on your requirements. Again, this
products. This could be for searches feature will roll out gradually. – ETX
related to shopping for anything from But the most impressive thing Studio
about these multisearches
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Stevens will play the lead in the monster movie Wedding bells at last
sequel. – AP SOCIALITE Kourtney o Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker have made it official
Kardashian and drummer
Dan Stevens joins Travis Barker have finally Kardashian and Travis’ wedding photo. – INSTAGRAM
Godzilla vs Kong sequel made their relationship
official, exactly a month after photographs of the bride and death do us part.” well as a daughter, Penelope.
IT looks like Godzilla vs Kong is on its way. Dan they exchanged vows in an groom pulling away in car with a Both have been candid about Barker and ex-wife Shanna
Stevens, whose past credits include Beauty and informal Las Vegas wedding, just “Just Married” sign on the Moakler have two children:
the Beast, Downton Abbey and Eurovision, will hours after Barker performed at bumper, as well as photos of the their desire to start a family Landon, 18, and Alabama, 16.
play the lead in the film, though the rest of the the Grammys. two smiling fondly at one other together. Kardashian and ex- Congratulations to the couple! –
cast has yet to be named. in the car, with the caption “Till husband Scott Disick have two by Thashine Selvakumaran
Kardashian, 43, and Barker, kids, Mason, 12, and Reign, 7, as
It will be the fifth instalment in Legendary’s 46, got married over the weekend
MonsterVerse franchise, following Godzilla in a Santa Barbara courtroom in
(2014), Kong: Skull Island (2017), Godzilla: King of front of a few close friends and
the Monsters (2019), and Godzilla vs. Kong family members. The wedding
(2021). was witnessed by Kardashian’s
grandma Mary Jo ‘MJ’ Campbell
The sequel to the hit 2021 monster film will and Barker’s father Randy Barker.
be directed by Adam Wingard, who directed the
previous film. Kardashian previously talked
about her Las Vegas wedding to
Godzilla vs. Kong was the second film in the talk show host Jimmy Kimmel,
Covid era to reach the US$100 million (RM439.3 claiming that they did everything
million) mark at the US box office and to secure a licence but that
evnetually racked up US$468 million (RM2 everything was closed.
billion) worldwide. The figure is amazing,
especially given that it debuted on HBO Max on “Well, it’s not called fake
the same day. married,” she pointed out.
“There was no, like, possibility to
Other narrative specifics have been kept get a marriage license at that
secret for the time being, but fans can expect hour. I’m like, ‘Are you guys
another epic fight between Godzilla and King lying?’ We asked like five times,
Kong. There is no set release date as of yet. what do we have to do to make
However, filming is set to begin in Australia later this happen. It was 2am and they
this year. – by Thashine Selvakumaran were like, ‘It opens at 8 o’clock.’
We just did it anyway, it’s what’s
The teaser for Gotta Get Back. – TWITTER in the heart.”
P1Harmony single Kardashian looked stunning
collab with Pink Sweat$ in a white strappy minidress with
a crimson heart embellishing the
ON Monday, rising K-pop group P1Harmony bodice and a traditional veil. She
announced that it was working on an tied her hair up and kept her
upcoming collaboration with US-based R&B makeup and accessories basic.
singer Pink Sweat$. Barker kept things simple and
dressed in an all-black tuxedo.
The two will be releasing a digital single
titled Gotta Get Back. The single was revealed According to sources, they are
through the unveiling of a teaser featuring a planning to have a big wedding
retro pink telephone emblazoned with the title celebration in Italy soon.
of the track and the names of both artistes.
“They had to legally get
The two musical acts have shown their love married first ahead of their big
for one another in the past, with P1Harmony Italian wedding, which is
previously covering Pink Sweat$’s single At My happening very soon. All the
Worst, and Pink Sweat$ was also seen details are set and the whole
supporting P1Harmony at the NYC stop of the family, including all the kids, are
group’s recent US tour. very excited.”
Pink Sweat$ is also no stranger to the world The pair got engaged on the
of K-pop, as he has previously collaborated with beach in Montecito, California,
SEVENTEEN’s DK and Joshua, and has thanked in October 2021. The couple had
K-pop idols like ATEEZ’s Seonghwa for covering been dating for less than a year
his songs in the past. before Barker proposed. The
scene was filmed for Hulu’s The
Fans can look forward to hearing Gotta Get Kardashians.
Back when it drops on May 26. We’re sure that
the track will be yet another hit tune! – by On Instagram, Kardashian
Anansa Jacob uploaded black-and-white
Jason Momoa apologises for Sistine Chapel photos
AQUAMAN star Jason Momoa what I thought would be OK.”
is extremely sorry for violating He continued: “I would A photo Momoa shared of him posing with fans inside the chapel. – INSTAGRAM
the rules of The Sistine Chapel.
The actor, who recently visited never want to do anything to
the sacred venue, has disrespect someone’s culture.
apologised for taking photos So if I did, I apologise. It wasn’t
and videos inside the building, my intention. I paid to have that
where photography and filming private moment and gave a nice
is banned. donation to the church. I love
you. I’m sorry if I offended you.
In the clip posted on his My apologies.”
Instagram page, Momoa
acknowledged his fault. “I just The ban was implemented
also wanted to say, if you ever due to a long-standing
felt that I disrespected your copyright agreement with
culture, it wasn’t my intention.” Japan’s Nippon Television
Network Corporation. The
He clarified, however, that Japanese company which
he “gave a wonderful donation” funded the chapel’s extensive
for his friends and film crew to restoration project won
enjoy the sacred venue privately exclusive rights to photographs
like the other guests. and videos of the Sistine
Chapel.
But as expected, Momoa was
approached for a photo by the While some of the contracts’
other viewers who were his criteria have expired, the
fans. Vatican has continued to keep
the rule intact to protect the
“[It’s] very odd, during a trip chapel’s priced paintings.
to the Vatican with all this
wonder and they want to take Momoa is currently in
pictures with me, which I don’t Rome, shooting for Fast X, the
get, but regardless, I did,“ he 10th instalment of the Fast &
said. “So I was very respectful, Furious franchise. – by John
and I asked for permission from Tan
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Love story reaches
for the stars
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charitable mission someplace in Africa. When
SH**TING Stars is a workplace rom-com Tae-sung returns home, realities begin to
drama by tvN that depicts the daily emerge gradually. He’s not the saint his fans
struggles of office workers as well as their believe him to be – just the reverse, in fact.
joyful romances. The narrative gives an
intimate look at the entertainment industry, Tae-sung, who is hot-tempered and sharp-
with stars in the limelight as well as industry tongued, regards the Star Force Entertainment
insiders. It seeks to show the lives of individuals personnel as mere lackeys. The public relations
in the industry and their blossoming romances and artist management teams are constantly
with dreamy top stars in a light hearted manner. under his thumb, but Han-byeol suffers the
brunt of his fluctuating moods. The two
Oh Han-byeol (Lee Sung-kyung), the leader characters’ chemistry and squabbling provide a
of Star Force Entertainment’s public relations good amount of comedy and chaos.
team. She works day and night to protect the
reputations of individuals represented by the The series realistically depicts the intense
firm, battling outraged higher-ups and everyday lives of industry business insiders.
obstinate reporters in the process. Although parts of the situations were overdone
to add humour to the programme, its thorough
Tae-sung Gong (Kim Young-dae). Tae-sung and realistic description of performers, agents,
is an A-lister by all standards, and his ardent publicists, and reporters drew us in fast.
followers and the general public refer to him as
an “angel.” He appears to be an idealistic guy. The supporting actors did an excellent job
His introduction sees him finishing a year-long portraying showbiz insiders. Yoon Jong Hoon,
Park So Jin, and Jin Ho Eun, for example, nailed
their parts. With his calm exterior, Yoon Jong
0DIRECTOR: This rom-com follows the lives of people who cleans up the mess of celebrities. – ASIAN WIKI
Lee Soo Hyun
0CAST: Lee A relationship blossoms between the perfect top star and the promotion team’s Hoon plays Kang Yoo Sung, the leader of the presents Han Byul and Tae Sung’s squabbling
Sung-Kyung, leader.– MYDRAMALIST talent management team who gently exposes relationship in a pretty lame and
Kim Young-Dae, his passionate devotion for his profession as he straightforward way, failing to bring heart-
Yoon Jong- does everything for his client. pounding passion to the storyline.
Hoon, Kim
Yoon-Hye, Sojin, Park So Jin portrays Cho Gi Peum, a tabloid Because the love-hate relationship isn’t as
Lee Jung-Shin reporter who frequently suffers meltdowns appealing as it appears, viewers might easily
owing to job stress. She received acclaim for her tune out their storyline as well as the show itself.
E-VALUE realistic portrayal of a journalist under But with so much more story to tell, let’s hope
7 continual pressure to generate exclusive pieces. the plot improves and the relationship develops
in an engaging way.
ACTING Jin Ho Eun makes the audience laugh by
7 portraying a furious rookie talent agent named If you enjoy romantic comedies, this drama
Byun Jung Yeol, who lacks flexibility yet is filled may be your next choice. Sh**ting Stars is
PLOT with immense fire. streaming on iQiyi, with new episodes available
8 on Fridays and Saturdays until the finale on
Despite having a comic plot, it lacks the June 11.
GUIDE potential to be a romantic comedy. The series
The best at Cannes Nostalgia
THIS year’s Cannes Film Festival has The Lost City of Z. This one is based Italian director Mario Martone pays
21 films in competition, including on his adolescence in 1980s New York David Cronenberg is back at Cannes with Crimes Of The Future. - ETX STUDIO homage to his hometown of Naples.
movies from four past winners of the and a school governed by Donald Brother and Sister
top prize Palme d’Or, as well as Trump’s father, starring Anne teenagers exiled in Belgium. ballet dancer. Here he tackles two Marion Cotillard stars in a drama
several cult favourites. Hathaway and Anthony Hopkins. Stars at Noon teenagers separated by a tragedy. about feuding siblings brought back
Broker One of France’s most lauded auteurs, Boy from Heaven together by the death of their parents,
The festival started on Tuesday, Japan’s Hirokazu Kore-eda won the Claire Denis is having a busy year, A daring film about power struggles directed by Cannes veteran Arnaud
with the winners to be announced at Palme d’Or in 2018 for his beautiful having already won the directing in the leading centre of Sunni Islam, Desplechin.
the closing ceremony on May 28. and touching family tale Shoplifters. prize at this year’s Berlinale. Her the Al-Azhar University in Egypt, by Leila’s Brothers
Crimes of the Future Featuring the star of Parasite Song Cannes entry is a political thriller set Swedish director Tarik Saleh. Iran’s Saeed Roustaee made a splash
The horrible genius behind The Fly Kang-ho, this one is about people in Central America starring Robert Holy Spider last year with his punchy cop thriller
and Crash, David Cronenberg returns dropping off infants in “baby boxes” Pattinson. Having won the Un Certain Regard Just 6.5. His new film examines the
to his body horror roots with a tale to be looked after by other families. R.M.N. section in 2018 with Border, Danish- economic struggles of a family in a
starring Viggo Mortensen, Lea Decision to Leave Romania’s Cristian Mungiu won the Iranian Ali Abbasi heads for the country hit by international
Seydoux and Kristen Stewart about Park Chan-wook had an Palme d’Or in 2007 for his bleak but Iranian religious city of Mashhad sanctions.
people indulging in revolting surgical international hit with the vital abortion film, 4 Months, 3 Weeks where a family man seeks to rid the EO
alterations for artistic and sexual nightmarish thriller Old Boy which and 2 Days. This one explores ethnic streets of prostitutes. Following a donkey from the circus to
pleasure. Buckets at the ready. won him the runner-up Grand Prix in and political tensions in a remote Forever Young the slaughterhouse, this treatise
Triangle of Sadness 2004. This time, the South Korean Transylvanian village. A tale of love, life and tragedy in a against animal cruelty is from 84-
The king of cringe, Sweden’s Ruben brings his unique stylings to the Close Paris theatre troupe against the year-old Polish director Jerzy
Ostlund took a scalpel to modern familiar trope of a detective falling for Belgium’s Lukas Dhont won the outbreak of AIDS in the 1980s from Skolimowski, who was first in
bourgeois niceties with his Palme the prime suspect in a murder Camera d’Or newcomer award in French-Italian director Valeria Bruni competition at Cannes in 1972.
d’Or-winning The Square in 2017. In a investigation. 2018 for his debut Girl about a trans Tedeschi. Pacification
similar vein, his latest places two Showing Up Spanish director Albert Serra heads
models and a cleaning lady on a Kelly Reichardt has gradually built up for Tahiti to explore the diplomatic
desert island with a group of a cult following with her mini- tensions around French nuclear
billionaires. masterpieces about life on the edges testing.
Tchaikovsky’s Wife of American society, including 2019 Mother and Son
The enfant terrible of Russian film sleeper hit First Cow. She is reunited France’s Leonor Serraille follows a
and theatre, Kirill Serebrennikov fell with her favourite muse Michelle Senegalese mother from the 1980s to
foul of authorities with his caustic Williams for a self-reflective look at a the present day as she tries to
attacks on conservative values and small-town artist trying to overcome establish a life in the Paris suburbs.
was barred from travelling to Cannes distractions. The Eight Mountains
for two previous nominations. Now Tori and Lokita A story of a lifelong friendship
in exile, he should be present for his Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc between boys and their rural home
historical tale about the famous Dardenne make simple but from Belgian husband-and-wife
composer. devastating slice-of-life stories and team Felix Van Groeningen and
Armageddon Time are among a handful to have won the Charlotte Vandermeersch. – ETX
James Gray has made big sweeping Palme d’Or twice. Their latest follows Studio
dramas, from space odyssey Ad Astra the friendship of two African
with Brad Pitt to Amazon adventure
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█ BY ANANSA JACOB The sleeker choice
SPORTS watches for fitness o The Suunto 5 Peak is a sports watch with a difference
enthusiasts have come a long
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Once used to calculate basic requires you to explore new terrain. long I was in deep sleep) and even The Suunto 5
functions such as running time, heart Both the Suunto 5 Peak and the app rate how well my rest was. You can Peak comes in
rate, number of steps taken and so have heat maps that allow you to see even set sleep goals for yourself. six distinctive
on, sports watches these days have the most popular roads, trails and colours. –
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diverse sports watch market right For instance, when I went to a heather, cave green, and ridge sand conscious
now is the Suunto 5 Peak. particularly famous park in Putrajaya multicolour (beige with speckles of users. –
to test out the feature, I discovered yellow and gray). SUUNTO
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I was recently given the Suunto 5 accessed through the app. it every 4-5 days. This makes it perfect
Peak watch to try out for a couple of to bring on sporty activities that
weeks to see how it lives up to the Aside from ‘sporty’ activities, stretch over long weekends.
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I found especially helpful was the Thedevice is priced at RM1,499
Setting up the device was fairly extremely precise – and occasionally and available for online purchase at
easy, especially thanks to an all-too-honest – sleep tracker. Lazada, Shopee, SolarTime.com, and
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While the device has a selection of
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useful to those whose interests
include walking, running, hiking,
Magic: ThefiGvaetnheewrindge’ms loantecsrtimceolfleacmtiiloinesintroduces
WIZARDS of the Coast has once again broadened
The Obscura consists of gifted the universe to Magic: The Gathering. As part of its
magicians who use their magic for yearly expansion efforts, the card publishing
deception and manipulation. – WOTC company has launched its latest collection, Streets
of New Capenna.
The Streets of New
Set in the brand-new Art Deco noir metropolis Capenna. – WOTC
of New Capenna, the new set introduces five
unique crime families that seek to control the city.
The factions indeed compete to gain access to Halo,
a rare resource that is scattered throughout the city
of angels.
The Halo is sought after for its material beauty
and magic-boosting powers. But as the invasion of
a bigger threat enters New Capenna, it is up to
Planewalkers Vivien and Elspeth to stop the conflict
from turning into an all-out cold war.
“The new set expresses an exciting new city that
looms large and exudes power and luxury. Each of
the five families contends for strength and profits
and will take more than just one or two colours.
Streets of New Capenna is about family, business,
dealmakers and more. I think fans, old and new,
will enjoy it,” says Philip Galliford, spokesperson for
Solarpop.
As such, players are allowed to pick which of the
three-colour crime factions they would like to join.
Aside from legal matters, the brokers The Obscura (White, Blue, and Black): Spies that The Brokers (Green, White, and Blue): Lawyers Hence, due to his involvement, Malaysian
secretly follow a grim doomsday keep tabs on everyone within New Capenna while who are mostly rhinos and birds that handle players will have the opportunity to own an
prophecy. – WOTC also working to maintain the balance between all mundane legal matters and property disputes by exclusive Family Treasure Tokens for Streets of New
five families. day. Capenna. The exclusive token is available with
The Maestros (Blue, Black, and Red): Stylish every purchase of a collector booster box at
vampires who are experts in assassinations and Apart from the families, Magic’s newest participating WPN stores in the country.
also collecting relics and art from the past. collection also features 10 never seen before full art
The Riveteers (Black, Red, and Green): Working Metropolis basic lands cards. Additionally, there is But as for the standard New Capenna collection,
class dragons that were responsible for the also the Skyscraper and Golden Age card that it will be available as Draft Boosters, Set Boosters,
formation of New Capenna. Their excellent captures the vibrant aesthetic of New Capenna. and Collector Booters, with factionalised Theme
craftsmanship skills make them masters of Boosters and Commander Decks for the player’s
intimidation and destruction. To achieve the collection’s visual, Wizards of the crime family of choice.
The Cabaretti (Red, Green, and White): Cats and Coast worked with five local artists from Southeast
druids that love to throw lavish parties, and draw Asia – namely Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, For more information on Streets of New
magical power from their social gatherings. Indonesia, and the Philippines. Malaysian artist, Capenna, head over to
Fei Giap was the mastermind behind the Halo and magic.wizards.com/en/products/streets-of-new-
Maestros card. capenna. – by John Tan
Things to do in Melaka TRAVEL
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o Here is our guide to the
best things to do in Melaka
█ BY THASHINE SELVAKUMARAN The landmark at Dutch Square. – THASHINE SELVAKUMARAN/THESUN & INSTAGRAM/THE_CHILLIZ See A-Famosa
The Portuguese were the first Europeans to
MALACCA, commonly known as tried all of the street food and checked out what a rickshaw and ride about town. They are establish themselves in Melaka. It’s hardly
Melaka in Peninsular Malaysia, is the local merchants have to offer, you can still available throughout the day and night and may surprising, therefore, that a Portuguese fort is
one of the most intriguing sections visit this street for the street art which is be found parked along the square. Simply one of the best spots to see in Melaka. In 1511,
of the nation. Melaka has a rich plastered over building facades and hidden in request that your driver take you to a specific the Portuguese navy led by Alfonso de
history, having been colonised by the alleyways. place, or request that they cycle through Jonker Albuquerque seized Melaka from Sultan
Portuguese, Dutch, and British, and as a result, Street for a fast tour of the neighbourhood. Mahmud Shah. The Portuguese governed until
influences from all of these previous colonial 1641, when the Dutch seized it. The British then
powers can be found in the food, architecture, Melaka river cruise St. Paul’s Church drove the Dutch out in 1795 and reigned until
and even the language. The city also has a If you look out onto the Melaka River, you will Saint Paul’s Church is one of Melaka’s most Malaysia got independence in 1957. The
substantial Chinese community known as most likely see one of these Melaka River well-known churches. St Paul’s is Malaysia’s and original wooden bridge, which was the primary
Peranakan or Straits Chinese, which has Cruises on the river. It’s a popular pastime for South East Asia’s oldest church. It was initially focus of the Portuguese invasion, is still
resulted in the Nyonya culture, which is a blend folks who wish to take a leisurely boat trip along erected by the Portuguese in 1521, but it has standing today. Tourists throng the ruins of A
of Malay and Chinese influences that has Jonker Street to explore the sites. You will get to since been taken over by a number of other Formosa “the renowned” Fort, which guarded
generated a wholly distinct cuisine in the shape explore art murals along the river and sail European nations. It was utilised as a the Portuguese for 130 years.
of delectable Nyonya delicacies. beneath six historic bridges, including the Tan stronghold in 1567 before becoming a church Walk Along the River
Kim Seng Bridge and the Chan Boon Cheng during the Dutch invasion of Melaka. It used to Walking along the river is another excellent
In addition to cuisine, Melaka offers a Bridge. Each boat journey lasts around 40 be known as Our Lady of the Annunciation, and option to view more of Melaka on foot. You will
plethora of cultural attractions, and given its minutes. it also has a Dutch cemetery nearby where you see a lot of street art and beautiful eateries, and
size, it has a plethora of intriguing museums can view some of the tombstones of persons it’s a fantastic way to avoid the throng on Jonker
that will be a pleasure for any history lovers who used to go from the Netherlands to Melaka. Walk in Melaka, especially if you visit Melaka on
interested in learning more about the place. Inside, the stones have old-Dutch writings on a weekend. The route up the river is pretty long
them. Because of its location on a hill, it is a and there aren’t many things to do in Melaka up
This is also a strategically significant region wonderful area to enjoy a panoramic view of there, so you can go as far as you like and then
of the nation that stands on a beautiful river, and Melaka. turn back, or cross the river on one of the
one of the pleasures of a visit here is a gorgeous numerous bridges and walk back the other side.
river cruise that allows you to view all of
Melaka’s attractions while enjoying the wind
across the water. Much of the city has remained
largely untouched for centuries, with decaying
forts and buildings clad in characteristic cherry-
red façades established during the colonial
period. Overall, Melaka provides a tranquil yet
interesting view into Malaysia’s past and is a
must-see for anybody wishing to discover a
distinct aspect of the nation away from bigger
cities.
Melaka is a vibrant and exciting city, and
despite its size, the tourist centre is relatively
small, making it more manageable than bigger
cities. It also means that you just need one or
two days in Melaka to see and enjoy it. Continue
reading to learn about the greatest things to do
in Melaka.
Zoo Melaka
The Melaka Zoo has to be one of the highlights
of a trip to Melaka. Zoo Melaka and Night Safari,
which covers 22 hectares and is home to over
150 different species, is the city’s longest-
established animal attraction. It has animal
exhibitions, food outlets, instructional speeches
by keepers, the opportunity to feed animals,
and a night safari.
Jonker Street Dutch Square Prison Museum Portuguese settlement
Jonker Street (Jalan Hang Jebat) goes through Dutch Square, commonly known as Red The finest museums are those that wonderfully The Portuguese Settlement of Melaka, or
the heart of Melaka’s Chinatown. The area has Square, is a historic monument in Melaka that maintain their history. This museum is built in a Kampung Portugis, is a tiny town of roughly
evolved to include clothing boutiques, craft actually turns the town red. The houses, streets, former jail, and you can learn all about how 1,000 people descended from early Portuguese
shops, and restaurants as well. Jonker Street in a church, a museum, and the iconic Tang Beng convicts were imprisoned here in the 18th settlers located a few kilometres outside of
Melaka is not to be missed. If you’ve already Swee Clocktower all have a rich red façade, century. When you see how captives lived or Melaka’s city centre in an area known as Ujong
making it a must-see photo opportunity. There survived in isolation cells, lengthy halls, Pasir. The village consists of a plaza with many
are kiosks put up here, bordered by these interrogation rooms, hanging gallows, spanking seafood restaurants, a few taverns, and a small
characteristic red walls, where you can buy rooms, and so on, it definitely gives you museum. For the majority of guests, the main
inexpensive mementos and souvenirs. When goosebumps. Because of the graphic nature of draw is the food. Typical meals include ikan
your legs are tired from all the shopping, get on some of the exhibits, this museum may not be bakar in the Portuguese style and other seafood.
appropriate for younger visitors. All of the Food in Melaka
photographs on exhibit have not been Melaka is a well-known foodie destination.
censored. Entrance to this museum is RM3. Melaka’s melting pot of many cultures results in
a wide array of excellent cuisines from all over
the world.
So, what are you holding out for? Celebrate
the holidays by taking a vacation to Melaka
together!
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Campsites provides a quick getaway from the hectic city life. – 123RF
Staying active and enjoying the day is an important part of
every camping trip. – 123RF
█ BY THASHINE SELVAKUMARAN
VERYONE should go on a
camping vacation with their
E Things to know for your firstbuddiesatleastonceintheir
lives. In fact, going away from
the city and roughing it in the great
outdoors may do wonders for
developing friendships. Firstly,
camping trip with friendsbecauseeveryonewillbemoreorless
unplugged, going camping is a good
chance to spend quality time with
your friends. Second, because you will
be away from the comforts of home, oThese tips will help take your adult camping trip from average to awesome
everyone will learn to rely on each
other.
Last but not least, being outside might include short day hikes on
and immersed in nature is one of the Camping is a good way to reconnect with friends and family. – 123RF neighbouring trails or paddling
most effective stress relievers. Going experiences on a nearby lake.
camping helps you to forget about Whatever you select, it’s vital to
your troubles, live in the moment, and choose something that everyone will
enjoy the company of your friends. appreciate. Alternatively, if some
The following suggestions will people in your company want
ensure that your first camping trip lengthier excursions while others
away from home with your buddies is prefer a more relaxing outing, you
the most exciting adventure of your may divide up into two to three
life. groups for the day. However, be sure
to rest each night and share tales
Pick a location about your day over the campfire so
If your company consists primarily of that everyone feels included in the
inexperienced campers, consider group experience.
visiting adjacent state parks, which
sometimes provide rustic lodgings Give everyone a part
such as yurts or cabins in addition to Even if some of your friends don’t
tent sites. Restroom facilities, have much camping experience, that
especially ones with running water, doesn’t mean they could not
are typically a game changer for contribute to the adventure. Giving
reluctant campers, so look for a everyone in your team a role for your
campsite that has a place to wash up. vacation may boost group morale
If your party feels more at ease in a tremendously. Let’s be honest,
more isolated environment, scattered people might quickly become
camping might provide a more irritated with one another if they
private experience because you are believe that other group members
less likely to encounter nearby are not performing their fair share of
neighbours. Regardless of where you camp tasks. To address this issue,
travel, make sure to check ahead of everyone on the trip can volunteer
time for any fees or permissions that for a position such as head cook.
may be necessary. If you do need to That way, everyone may feel as
make a reservation, it is likely that you though they made a considerable
will need to do so ahead of time, so the part to the trip’s success.
sooner you can begin arranging for
your vacation, the better. friends. This is because mealtimes Make it easy
are frequently turned into social If you have a lot of first-timers in
Pack your essentials affairs when everyone can sit back your group, think about going to the
The most important thing to do and catch up on the day’s nearest campsite to your house. It
before going camping is to make sure happenings. Food can also be a may not be the most attractive
you have thought of and packed technical difficulty for certain alternative, but knowing that you
everything you could need. Tents, people, especially if you have just have a 15-minute drive home if
sleeping bags, firewood, charcoal, air members in your group who have something goes wrong makes it a lot
mattresses, a device to inflate the air dietary requirements or allergies. simpler to persuade them to make
beds, and so on. The list should Therefore, you should plan your list the journey.
include everything you could need for menu before leaving the house. Camping with your buddies is a
the time you are there, so plan out When creating your menu, keep in wonderful opportunity to spend
your day at the campground and any mind any dietary preferences, time with the people you care about
issues you might encounter. Going limitations, or allergies. while taking a vacation from your
camping with buddies is convenient typical hectic schedule. So, what are
since you can divide up your supplies. Don’t get caught in the great outdoors unprepared. – HOLIDIFY Find activities with wide appeal you holding out for? Nature is
This is especially true if you want to Choosing activities that work for calling! It’s time to round up your
trek to your campground. Packing a Plan your menu end of a long day of hiking? Food, on everyone is essential if you want pals, pull out your sleeping bags, and
lot of items can weigh you down, and Food is usually a big element of the other hand, typically takes on a your journey to continue well. arrange your first camping trip! Trust
dragging about all your goods will every camping vacation. Who whole new dimension of pleasure Depending on your group’s expertise me when I say it will be a journey
undoubtedly tyre you out faster. doesn’t love a wonderful meal at the and connection while camping with and comfort level, your activities you will never forget.
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Tiger buzz
builds … as rivals see
ADVERTISING SALES & TIGER WOODS excited threat at PGA
MARKETING Championship
spectators and rivals alike
1)ASSISTANT MANAGER / MANAGER with a back-nine practice If his body has the strength and
2)EXECUTIVE / SENIOR EXECUTIVE round yesterday at stamina to walk 72 holes, his skill
Southern Hills, continuing his could make him a major threat.
Job Description: comeback from severe leg injuries
• Building and sustaining strong working relationships with before this week’s PGA “If there’s ever a question if
Championship. Tiger can contend, we can all just
advertising clients. Woods, whose incredible kind of chuckle at that. Never is he
return at last month’s Masters going to be in a field where he can’t
• Plan and executive new, creative, exciting and innovative came only 14 months after a contend,” home-state hero Talor
rollover car crash, brought a Gooch said.
marketing campaigns for the company similar buzz to the roars he created
at Augusta National. “He might not have as good of
• Develop and continuously improve marketing materials, “Just watching him at the odds in some places but I think as
Masters, that was unreal, just the long as he’s in the field, if he ever
product/service presentations and proposals. crowds and what it does to a gets it slotted, no matter how old
tournament when he tees it up,” he is, no matter what’s going on,
• Passionate in serving client accounts to improve sales revenue 322 Notices 322 Notices 322 Notices said Norway’s Viktor Hovland. he’s always going to have a chance.
“Just getting used to big crowds,
Requirements: loud crowds.” “I mean, it’s Tiger Woods.”
• Minimum Diploma/Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, DALAM MAHKAMAH TINGGI DI IPOH Woods played the front nine on Woods, 46, seeks his 16th
or any other related field. DALAM NEGERI PERAK DARUL DALAM MAHKAMAH MAJISTRET DI Sunday and said his surgically career Grand Slam title, two shy of
RIDZUAN, MALAYSIA PETALING JAYA repaired right leg – held together the record set by Jack Nicklaus,
• Assistant Manager/Manager: minimum 5 years of experience in PENGGULUNGAN SYARIKAT with pins, rods and screws – feels and a 73rd US PGA Tour triumph,
sales and marketing in media industry NO: AA-28NCC-20-04/2022 DALAM NEGERI SELANGOR DARUL stronger than it did a month ago. which would break the all-time
EHSAN, MALAYSIA “I’m excited,” Woods told record he now shares with Sam
• Executive/Senior Executive: at least 2 years of sales and Dalam perkara Seksyen 465(1)(e) dan reporters Sunday. “I’m not going Snead.
marketing experience in media industry 466 dalam Akta Syarikat 2016 GUAMAN SIVIL NO: BB- to play that much going forward, “When Tiger is in the field…
A72NCvC-738-12/2021 so anytime I do play, it’s going to there’s just a different energy,”
• Good communication, presentation, problem solving and Dan be fun.” Gooch said. “Every time he’s in the
organizational skills Dalam perkara PETROGAZ ENGINEERING ANTARA Woods made the cut at the same field, you just cherish it. We
SDN BHD [No. Syarikat: 200701029902 TENAGA NASIONAL BERHAD Masters but battled through pain all know what he’s been through.” –
• Possess own transport and willing to travel (787927-K)] (No. Syarikat: 199001009294) simply to walk 72 holes and faded AFP
• Able to start work immediately. to his worst-ever Augusta rounds
Dan … PLAINTIF of 78, the 15-time major winner
DIGITAL MARKETING Dalam perkara Kaedah-Kaedah DAN calling the effort to finish four
Penggulungan Syarikat 1972 CHEW TEE KAI rounds among his greatest feats.
EXECUTIVE / SENIOR EXECUTIVE (No. K/P: 830107-14-5721) The former world No. 1, now
ANTARA ranked 818th, won the 2007 PGA at
Job Description: PERI FORMWORK MALAYSIA SDN BHD … DEFENDAN Southern Hills, although the
(No. Syarikat: 199101010001/220313-U) course underwent an US$11
• Design and develop online marketing strategies, digital roadmap NOTIS PENGIKLANAN million (RM48m) revamp in 2018.
and creative campaigns that aligned with the business goals and … PEMPETISYEN (Dalam Perkara mengenai
Penyampaian Ganti Writ Saman
dan Pernyataan Tuntutan bertarikh
13.12.2021 melalui Perintah
Mahkamah bertarikh 30.3.2022)
directions. DAN Kepada:-
• Provide creative ideas for content marketing. CHEW TEE KAI
• Manage all digital marketing channels PETROGAZ ENGINEERING SDN BHD (No. K/P: 830107-14-5721)
• Plan and manage social media platforms. (No. Syarikat: 200701029902/787927-K) No. 17, Jalan PP 2/11
• Able to create content & produce graphics for social media Taman Putra Prima
… RESPONDEN 47130 Puchong
postings. Selangor
• Prepare copywriting for the marketing campaign. IKLAN PETISYEN dan/atau
CHEW TEE KAI
Requirements: NOTIS ADALAH DENGAN INI DIBERI (No. K/P: 830107-14-5721)
bahawa suatu Petisyen untuk No. 42, Kampung Baru
• Diploma/Degree in Marketing, Digital Marketing or equivalent. penggulungan Syarikat yang Mengkuang
• At least 2 years of experience in implementing digital marketing dinamakan di atas oleh Mahkamah 28340 Triang
Tinggi di Ipoh telah pada 20 April 2022 Pahang
strategies dikemukakan oleh PERI FORMWORK
• Excellent understanding of digital marketing concepts and MALAYSIA SDN BHD (No. Syarikat:
199101010001/220313-U), B-12-02,
Level 12, Block B, East Wing, PJ8, No. 23,
Jalan Barat, Seksyen 8, 46050 Petaling
Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan.
best practices. DAN bahawa Petisyen tersebut AMBIL PERHATIAN bahawa satu Writ BRIEFS golf.
• Required Skill(s): Google Adwords, Google Analytics, SEO/SEM, diarahkan supaya dibicarakan di Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan DeChambeau optimistic “I know it has been a rough go
hadapan Mahkamah yang bersidang bertarikh 13.12.2021 (“Writ tersebut”)
social media marketing and optimization. di Ipoh pada pukul 9.00 pagi pada 19 dan satu Perintah Untuk Penyampaian BRYSON DECHAMBEAU, the 2020 the last few months, a tough
• Team player Julai 2022. Ganti bertarikh 30.3.2022 (“Perintah US Open winner who underwent situation to be in,” Fowler said. “It’s
• Great interpersonal and communication skills DAN mana-mana pihak Pemiutang atau tersebut”) telah dikeluarkan terhadap left hand surgery last month after unfortunate that he didn’t feel like
Penyumbang Syarikat tersebut yang ingin kamu di Mahkamah Majistret Petaling missing the cut at the Masters, the place that he should be right
Office based in Petaling Jaya (5 days a week) menyokong atau menentang sesuatu Jaya oleh Tenaga Nasional Berhad tweeted yesterday he will practice now is here.”
Closing date - 31 May 2022 Perintah mengikut Petisyen tersebut (No. Syarikat: 199001009294) yang the next two days and see about
boleh hadir dengan tujuan itu secara mempunyai alamat penyampaian di playing the event. Hovland said players wanted to
Send in your CV with your photo via email to : peribadi atau melalui peguambelanya Pejabat Setiausaha Syarikat, Tingkat see the US left-hander return this
pada masa perbicaraan. Salinan 2, Ibu Pejabat Tenaga Nasional “On my way to Southern Hills week.
[email protected] Petisyen tersebut akan dibekalkan oleh Berhad, No. 129, Jalan Bangsar, CC,” tweeted DeChambeau. “Going
pihak yang bertandatangan di bawah 59200, Kuala Lumpur dan Mahkamah to test how I am feeling over these “It’s a bizarre situation, that’s for
ini kepada mana-mana Pemiutang atau telah memerintahkan supaya Writ dan next couple days and decide on sure,” Hovland said. “It’s not often
Penyumbang Syarikat tersebut yang Perintah tersebut disampaikan keatas whether to compete. Looking the defending major champion
memintanya dengan membuat bayaran kamu secara penyampaian ganti forward to being in Tulsa.” doesn’t come back to defend.
yang ditetapkan. dengan menampalkan sesalinan Writ
tersebut berserta dengan sesalinan Jordan Spieth will try to “I think we all would have liked
IN THE MATTER OF THE Alamat Pempetisyen adalah B-12-02, Perintah tersebut di Papan Notis complete a career Grand Slam by to have Phil here and tee it up and
COMPANIES ACT, 2016 Level 12, Block B, East Wing, PJ8, No. 23, Mahkamah Majistret Petaling Jaya, winning the PGA after a second- see how he would have done. It’s
Jalan Barat, Seksyen 8, 46050 Petaling dengan menampalkan sesalinan Writ place finish in his hometown PGA just a weird situation.”
and Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan. tersebut berserta dengan sesalinan event last weekend and a win last
IN THE MATTER OF Peguamcara Pempetisyen ialah Tetuan Perintah tersebut di alamat-alamat month at the Heritage, his game in Top dogs in Tulsa
MESH FILTRATION SDN. BHD. Nazri Aziz Masura Mak & Tan yang Defendan seperti yang tertera pada rare form.
Registration No. 199501001086 beralamat di No. 30-1, Jalan Galloway, Writ Saman tersebut yang merupakan WORLD NO. 1 golfer and Masters
Bukit Bintang, 50150 Kuala Lumpur. alamat Defendan tersebut yang Spieth captured the 2015 champion Scottie Scheffler appears
(330280-V) terakhir diketahui, dan dengan Masters and US Open and the 2017 to be an obvious bet to win this
(In Members’ Voluntary Winding-Up) t.t mengiklankan satu Notis sekali dalam British Open and makes his sixth week’s PGA Championship. Just
At a General Meeting of the Company duly ………………………….… akhbar “The Sun”. attempt to join an elite group to because it’s obvious doesn’t mean
convened and held at Wisma Goshen, Peguamcara bagi Pihak Pempetisyen DAN BAHAWA penampalan dan complete the sweep that includes people will shy away.
2nd Floor, 60, 62 & 64 Jalan SS 22/21, PERINGATAN:- pengiklanan tersebut hendaklah Woods, Nicklaus, Ben Hogan, Gary
Damansara Jaya, 47400 Petaling Jaya, Sesiapa yang ingin hadir pada dianggap sebagai penyampaian Player and Gene Sarazen. Scheffler has received the
Selangor Darul Ehsan on Wednesday, 11th perbicaraan Petisyen tersebut hendaklah yang sempurna dan mencukupi Writ highest percentage of both the
day of May, 2022, the following special menyampaikan, atau menghantar Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan Mickelson’s absence felt handle and the total tickets at
resolutions were duly passed: dengan pos, kepada peguamcara tersebut keatas Defendan tujuh (7) BetMGM for the second major of
1. THAT, the Company will be liquidated by Pempetisyen yang dinamakan di atas hari selepas pelaksanaan terakhir PHIL MICKELSON, who became the season, the sportsbook said
way of Members’ Voluntary Winding Up. suatu notis bertulis tentang niatnya tindakan penampalan-penampalan golf’s oldest major winner last year yesterday.
2. THAT, Ms. Lam Lee San and Ms. Lee Yee sebegitu. Notis tersebut mestilah dan pengiklanan tersebut. when he won the PGA at Kiawah
Ching both of Norvic Corporate Services menyatakan nama dan alamat pihak DAN AMBIL PERHATIAN SELANJUTNYA Island at age 50, withdrew from the Scheffler is the co-favorite, tied
Sdn. Bhd., Wisma Goshen, 2nd Floor, 60, berkenaan, atau jika ia sebuah firma, bahawa Saman tersebut tersebut event on Friday. It’s only the fourth with Spaniard Jon Rahm, at +1200
62 & 64, Jalan SS 22/21, Damansara nama dan alamat firma, dan mestilah akan didengar di Mahkamah Majistret time in the past half-century a at BetMGM. But Scheffler is
Jaya, 47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor ditandatangani oleh pihak atau firma Petaling Jaya, aLorong Sultan, PJS major winner will not defend his responsible for 19.8% of the
Darul Ehsan be appointed as Joint berkenaan atau peguamcaranya, jika 52, 46505 Petaling Jaya, Selangor crown. handle. The next closest on the
and Several Liquidators to act for the ada. Notis hendaklah disampaikan, atau pada 24.5.2022, pukul 9.00 pagi board, Jordan Spieth, has raked in
purpose of winding-up the Company’s jika dihantar dengan pos, hendaklah di hadapan Majistret Puan Sara Mickelson has not played since just 9.6% by comparison.
affairs and distributing its assets. dihantar dalam jangkamasa mencukupi, Zuriati binti Zaharifudin di mana controversial comments about the
3. THAT, the said Liquidators be authorised supaya sampai kepada pihak yang kamu perlu menghadirkan diri pada Saudi-backed LIV Golf series were BetMGM said Scheffler
to divide amongst the members in dinamakan di atas sebelum pukul 12.00 tarikh tersebut. Jika kamu gagal revealed in February, the six-time represents 10.6% of the tickets,
specie or kind, the whole or any part tengah hari pada 18 Julai 2022 (sehari menghadirkan diri pada tarikh major winner calling the Saudis with Spieth (+1800) in second at
of the assets of the Company and may, sebelum tarikh yang ditetapkan untuk tersebut, suatu penghakiman ingkar “scary” with a “horrible record on 6.4%. Collin Morikawa (+2000), the
for such purpose, set such value as perbicaraan Petisyen tersebut). boleh dikeluarkan terhadap kamu. human rights.” He later apologized 2020 PGA champ, is third in both
they deem fair upon any property to be Sesalinan Writ Saman dan Pernyataan and said he needed a break from categories with 4.3% of the tickets
divided as aforesaid and may determine Tuntutan tersebut dan Perintah and 5.4% of the handle.
how such division shall be carried out as tersebut boleh diperiksa oleh kamu
between the members. atas permintaan di Mahkamah ini. Rahm was tied with Morikawa
at 5.4% of the handle and had
Evelyn Lai Dah Noi CALL TO PLACE Bertarikh 13 haribulan Mei 2022 received just 3.9% of the tickets.
Director CLASSIFIED ADS t.t.
Dated this 18th day of May, 2022.
KLANG VALLEY .................................
IN THE MATTER OF THE PENANG | KEDAH Peguamcara Plaintif
COMPANIES ACT, 2016 PERAK | PERLIS | PAHANG | NOTIS PENGIKLANAN ini telah
dikeluarkan oleh Tetuan Vin Law Co.
and KELANTAN yang beralamat di Suite 6.05, Tingkat
IN THE MATTER OF TERENGGANU 6, Wisma E&C, No. 2, Lorong Dungun
MESH FILTRATION SDN. BHD. Kiri, Damansara Heights, 50490 Kuala
Registration No. 199501001086 MS. Shoba Lumpur, peguamcara bagi pihak
TEL: 03-7784 8888 Plaintif. Tel: 03-2093 3300, Faks: 03-
(330280-V) FAX: 03-7784 4424 2093 2200, emel: elaine@vinlawco.
(In Members’ Voluntary Winding-Up) com
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the creditors MALACCA | N.SEMBILAN (Ruj: VR/LIT/77/2020/TNB-TEE(KUPM))
of the above Company are required to send
in their names and addresses and the MR. Rajah
particulars of their debts or claims and the TEL: 012-628 2844
names and addresses of their solicitors (if FAX: 06-764 2051
any), to the undersigned (the Liquidators of
the said Company) at the belowmentioned JOHOR BAHRU
address by 5.00 p.m. on 20th June, 2022
c/o Norvic Corporate Services Sdn. Bhd.
Reg. No. 200201033104 (600769-D)
Wisma Goshen, 2nd Floor
60, 62 & 64 Jalan SS 22/21
Damansara Jaya
47400 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan
The creditors (either through their
solicitors or personally) who do not
file their debts and claims on or before
the specified date and time above will
be excluded from the benefit of any
distribution made.
Lam Lee San(f) MS. Anne Lim
Lee Yee Ching (f) TEL: 013-770 6699
Liquidators
Dated this 18th day of May, 2022. FAX: 07-355 5549
22 theSUN ON WEDNESDAY | MAY 18, 2022 Retro Europa League final
SPORTS
… as Rangers and Frankfurt roll back the years win,” sad Van Bronckhorst.
Swiatek picks TEN YEARS after “Then the stories they will tell
Nadal ahead financial final in Seville now offers them a under Giovanni van
of Djokovic, oblivion shot at European glory too. Bronckhorst from November in years to come will be the same
Federer plunged them into after Steven Gerrard left for stories that the players from 1972
Scotland’s bottom tier, “We’re one game away from Aston Villa, defeated Borussia tell to my players.
IGA SWIATEK has described Rafael Nadal as the Rangers are on the brink of making history,” Rangers Dortmund, Red Star Belgrade,
“greatest of all time” ahead of his long-time rivals lifting their first European trophy midfielder Aaron Ramsey said Braga and Leipzig in the “I’ve said it before you have to
Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer. in half a century as they meet yesterday. knockout rounds to reach their dream of something to really
Eintracht Frankfurt in the final of first European final in 14 years. achieve it. You can work hard
The conversation is often brought up in the the Europa League tomorrow With the chance to play in the A victory would earn the club and really give everything to
tennis world, with the sport’s current “big three” (3am Malaysian time) Champions League on the back its first cup on the continent achieve your goal and that is
boasting a combined 61 Grand Slam singles titles Administration, liquidation of winning the Scottish title, since Rangers beat Dynamo beautiful.”
between them. and relegation all blighted a Rangers instead lost to Malmo in Moscow 3-2 in Barcelona to lift
broken club in 2012 but if the the third qualifying round, a the Cup Winners’ Cup in 1972. Frankfurt will start the match
Who comes out on top as the “greatest” is hard Rangers recovery was complete result that set up a playoff to “This is a chance for them to as favourites after already
to nail down, but women’s world No.1 Swiatek is when they won the Scottish reach the Europa League with be in the history books of this knocking out Real Betis,
firmly in the camp of Nadal, who she believes has Premiership again last season, a Alashkert from Armenia. club and really get an historic Barcelona and West Ham to
“superpowers” when taking to the court. elevate an otherwise
There were more prestigious underwhelming campaign that
Swiatek grew up watching Federer, Djokovic opponents to come as Rangers, saw the team finish 11th in the
and Nadal dominate the ATP tour, but it is the Bundesliga.
Spaniard who she admires most. UEFA Europa League Final 2022
It will be Frankfurt’s first
When asked by former American tennis star FRANKFURT May 19, Ramón RANGERS European final since beating
Prakash Amritraj who her inspiration was, she Sánchez Pizjuán, Borussia Moenchengladbach to
responded: “I’m just going to be boring in just Coach Coach: Giovanni win the UEFA Cup in 1980 while
repeating myself but Rafa is always a good Oliver Glasner Seville @ 3am van Bronckhorst the club retains happy
inspiration for sure. Club captain in M’sia memories of games against
Sebastian Rode Club captain Rangers, after thrashing the
“Watching him this year at the Australian Open I Europa League record Third meeting James Tavernier Glasgow side 12-4 on aggregate
was there in the stadium and I could see how he between teams – Europa League record in the semifinals of the
came back after the first two sets when Daniil was W70 D29 L33 Frankfurt thrashing European Cup 20 years before.
playing such good tennis. Rafa has some Rangers 12-4 on aggregate W71 D46 L40
superpowers sometimes. in 1960 European Cup “They were the best team I’d
ever seen in my life,” said Alex
“I think… he’s not giving up. He’s physically and semi-final Ferguson, the former
tactically always there on the court. I feel he’s the Manchester United manager
perfect role model. He’s the greatest of all time in Frankfurt vs Scottish teams who was in the crowd at
tennis right now.” Hampden Park. “And then they
Won 4 Drawn 1 Lost 1 got slaughtered 7-3 by Real
Fitness issues have plagued Nadal’s career in Madrid in the final.”
recent years and the chronic foot injury that European pedigree Rangers vs German teams European pedigree
curtailed his 2021 season caused him problems in UEFA Cup winner: 1980 Won 20 Drawn 17 Lost 20 European Cup Winners’ The crowd are expected to
both Madrid and Rome this month, as he beat Borussia play a huge part at the Ramon
succumbed to quarterfinal exits at both Mönchengladbach Winners will qualify for 2022-23 Champions League. Cup winner: 1972 Sanchez Pizjuan, with up to
tournaments. Frankfurt would participate for first time since 1960, beat Dynamo Mosow 100,000 Rangers fans and at least
European Cup final: 1960 UEFA Cup final: 2008 60,000 Frankfurt supporters
A broken rib also meant Nadal missed events in lost to Real Madrid while Rangers last entered group stage in 2010 expected to follow their teams to
Miami and Monte-Carlo earlier in the year. lost to Zenit Seville, raising concerns about
security in the city.
Ahead of the French Open, the 13-time winner Strong UEFA Europa League credentials having made Lengthy 19-match European campaign began
admitted he will have a doctor by his side while semifinal in 2019, losing to eventual winners Chelsea. in UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. “They’re expecting a rush in
competing at Roland Garros. Claimed superb victory at Nou Camp to eliminate Chasing historic cup double – set to play Hearts in Seville that the city hasn’t seen
Barcelona en route to final Scottish Cup final three days after Seville showpiece before,“ Frankfurt chief
“First thing that I need to do is to (not) have executive Axel Hellman said.
pain to practise, that’s it… It’s true that during the Europa League ROUTE TO FINAL 2nd in Europa “It’s going to be a unique
French Open, Roland Garros, I’m going to have my League group A gathering of the most vocal and
doctor there with me. That sometimes helps group D winners Knockout round playoff enthusiastic fans in Europe.”
because you can do things.” – Express Newspapers 4-2 (a), 2-2 (h)
Advanced as group winners Dortmund Former Rangers manager
Medvedev still hoping 3-0 (h), 1-2 (a) and player Graeme Souness
to play at Wimbledon Round of 16 urged the team’s supporters to
0-1 (a), 3-1 (h) enjoy the final peacefully.
DANIIL MEDVEDEV is hopeful that the “unfair” ban Real Betis 2-1 (a), 1-1 (h) Red Star “When you think from the
on Russian and Belarusian players at Wimbledon 0-1 (a), 3-1 (h) journey we’ve been on over the
will be lifted, believing it could set an Quarterfinal last 10 years to getting to a
“uncomfortable” precedent. serious European final, it’s a
Barcelona 1-1 (h), 3-2 (a) Braga fantastic achievement,” Souness
The organisers of the tournament at the All said.
England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) announced in Semifinal
April that they would not allow players from Russia “Theyve done their bit, now
and Belarus to play after the invasion of Ukraine. West Ham Utd 2-1 (a), 1-0 (h) RB Leipzig it’s your turn. Have a party but
make sure you behave
The ATP Player Council has subsequently called Filip Kostic: Creative 20 EUROPEAN STATISTICS* 22 James Tavernier: Attacking yourselves.” – Agencies
for Wimbledon to be stripped of ranking points if talisman with wand of left foot 12 15 right back has provided
the ban remains in place. has produced competition-high 57 Goals scored 57 seven goals and two assists
38 crosses from open play 55 Goals against 66 in Europa League this season
While Medvedev admits he “can understand” 4397 Shots on target 5285
why the step was taken, the 2021 US Open winner 63 56
thinks a “delicate situation” must be handled 48% Shots wide 48%
carefully. Passes completed
The 26-year-old fears that Wimbledon may be Corners
looked at as an example and lead to further Average possession
exclusion of Russians and Belarusians.
*Matches played: Frankfurt (12), Rangers (14)
“On the one hand, I can understand it and, on
the other, I find it unfair,” Medvedev told Tribune de Source: UEFA Pictures: Getty Images© GRAPHIC NEWS
Geneve.
SHORTS No WTA tournaments in China Hamilton warned about dangers
“This is a delicate situation because it sets a Delhi peaking at right time: Marsh of wearing jewellery
precedent and puts other sports competitions in THE WTA released an updated tournament
an uncomfortable position. DELHI CAPITALS are hitting their stride at the calendar for the 2022 season yesterday, with LEWIS HAMILTON has been warned that
perfect time in the Indian Premier League, all- no events taking place in China and the wearing jewellery risks “years of agony” as the
“Where is the line? What are the rules that rounder Mitch Marsh said after helping the side venue for the season-ending WTA Finals yet FIA prepare to crack down on the issue.
should lead to a possible exclusion? break into the top four with yesterday’s victory to be disclosed.
against Punjab Kings. Grand Prix Drivers’ Association chairman
“For having discussed it with the ATP, we are, us The Tour had said last month it was still Alex Wurz has sided with the FIA as he
tennis players, considered in terms of law as Marsh smashed the only half-century of the working to find a resolution to the standoff insisted the rules are there to protect drivers.
independent workers. match as Delhi defended a modest 159-7 to with China over the Peng Shuai issue and
record their first back-to-back victories this would not return to the country this year. And the Austrian has recalled a story
“But currently in the United Kingdom, self- season. where inappropriate clothing led to
employed Russians have the right to work. So, if I Former doubles world number one prolonged suffering.
have the opportunity to play at Wimbledon, I “It’s been one of those seasons where we’ve Peng’s safety became a big concern after she
would be delighted. If not, I would accept it. been stop-start,” said Marsh, whose 63 off 48 posted a message on social media in Wurz spoke about a talk given by Danish
balls saw him named Man of the Match. November accusing China’s ex-Vice-Premier racer Kris Nissen in 1988 following a crash at
“I don’t know if this decision is 100% and it’s Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault, before Fuji, where the driver was burned. And the
over,” the world No. 2 explained. “If I can play, I’m “In long tournaments like this, it’s about deleting it and disappearing from public incident could serve as a warning to
going to be happy to play in Wimbledon. I love this peaking at the right time. view. Hamilton.
tournament.
“I think over the last week or 10 days, we’ve The WTA then suspended its events in “He showed his body and said, ‘look at
“If I cannot, well, I’m going to try to play other played some really good cricket and that’s a China, a decision that is expected to cost the this,’”Wurz explained. “For him the absolute
tournaments and prepare well for next year if I really good sign.” elite women’s tour millions of dollars in most painful thing after fire, and it wasn’t a
have the chance to play.” – AFP broadcasting and sponsorship. long fire, was the rubber in his normal pants
Delhi, who beat Rajasthan Royals in their being burnt into the skin.
previous match, finish their league campaign In the absence of tournaments in China,
against bottom-placed Mumbai Indians on the autumn schedule includes a new WTA “He said it was for years agony and pain.
Saturday. 1000 event in Guadalajara, Mexico in And it educated me. At this moment I said I
October and a WTA 500 event in San Diego, don’t want to live these consequences, only
“We’ve got one more to go. We know if we California which will take place earlier in the for not taking my pants off and putting
win that, we’ll be in the finals and we can give it month. fireproof underpants on – the same with
a real good shake,” Marsh said. jewellery. It is a rule for the right reasons.”
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█ HARRY LATHAM-COYLE Kane adds commitment to goals for Spurs to banish turbulent start to season
THE SALE of Chelsea has reportedly
been thrown into doubt with the █ RICHARD JOLLY is that the loyalist is not the local. alternative reality. Each is long this season did not seem to have a
government yet to receive assurances When Kane was contemplating finality.
from Roman Abramovich over the terms THE season started at the career opportunities in August, Son gone while Kane has stayed.
of an agreed deal. took the opportunity to score the His has been a season of various In part that is because
Tottenham Hotspur winner against Manchester City. parts and two managers. There was Tottenham’s destiny will be
Abramovich announced his intention Stadium with and without only one League goal for Nuno, 15 decided at Carrow Road on
to sell the club in March after sanctions Harry Kane. “Are you watching, Harry for Antonio Conte. It was why, Sunday. It may reflect the reality
were levied against the billionaire after It ended with him on the ball; Kane?” the Spurs faithful asked. when Spurs crowned their player of that City have moved on: Erling
the Russian invasion of Ukraine. fittingly, looking for Son Heung- Nine months later and an aborted the year, Son was a fitting winner. Haaland will be City’s new striker.
min on the counter-attack as the move to City later, they watched He has delivered throughout.
A consortium led by Todd Boehly final whistle blew. him see out a victory built on his “Look how happy I am, it is He had a release clause, not a
agreed to terms on a £4.25 billion There is a tradition of fine fourth goal in three May games at incredible to be here,” the Korean gentleman’s agreement with
(RM23b) deal last month, but a number double acts at Spurs but they have home but completed by his said. “I am the happiest guy in the Daniel Levy. A deal was concluded
of reports now suggest this may be in shown more longevity and potency commitment. world playing in this stadium.” in May, not still on the agenda in
peril. than Teddy Sheringham and Jurgen They are not words Kane could August.
Klinsmann, than Robbie Keane He showed an aptitude for the have voiced with a straight face last
Several outlets suggest that there is and Dimitar Berbatov. rightback role to block a Dwight summer. Son, the unassuming But a season that threatened to
concern within the government about They have a blend of the McNeil shot. He popped up as an superstar, called it “a dream come be a write-off for Spurs may yet
the destination of the proceeds of the homegrown and the exotic that, in ersatz leftback to thrash a true” to win Tottenham’s annual conclude with them in the
sale, and that Abramovich may be willing their own ways, Glenn Hoddle and clearance. Burnley were beaten. award. Kane dreamed of more. Champions League.
to let Chelsea “go under”. Chris Waddle lacked, as, for other Perhaps Conte has got him
reasons, did Ossie Ardiles and The subsequent lap of honour refocused, rejuvenated, It should seem a natural habitat
A source inside the government told Ricky Villa. came to a backdrop of a season reinvigorated. Certainly the lap of for players of the calibre of Kane
The Times: “There’s quite serious concern The paradox in the partnership video featuring Nuno Espirito honour after the final home game and Son. Now it feels both belong
in government that the deal may fall Santo, Bryan Gil and Tanguy again at Tottenham. Nine months
apart and that Abramovich is ultimately Ndombele. It was a glimpse of an ago, only one thought he did. – The
willing to let Chelsea go under. Independent
“There’s alarm in government about Leeds in big trouble, says Neville
the gap between what Abramovich has
said he will do publicly and what he’s █ KARL MATCHETT and stay up if Leeds lose on the final day away happen to them, they have got a massive week,
willing to commit to legally as part of the LEEDS UNITED are facing relegation back to to Brentford. as have Burnley and Everton as well. I think
sale process. the Championship and will be facing “huge them two will get out of it.”
stress” due to the financial drop-off in doing so, That’s the situation Neville thinks will play
“There are pressing deadlines this believes Gary Neville. out, with the Elland Road club set for a return to Leeds have failed to win any of their last five,
week, and if there isn’t a breakthrough, the second tier after two years in the top flight. while Burnley put themselves back in
we’re quite concerned that the sale of Jesse Marsch’s side secured a last-minute contention to survive with three straight
Chelsea could be timed out by certain point against Brighton which saw them move “To me, I think Leeds are going to go down, victories soon after sacking Sean Dyche.
sporting deadlines.” out of the Premier League’s bottom three on by the way,” said Neville on Instagram.
Sunday, but while they are one point ahead of Everton had taken seven points from three
Chelsea have been able to operate Burnley, they have just one final game to play – “I think they are going to get caught. I might games prior to the weekend, but a collapse
under a licence from the government while both the Clarets and Everton, one place be wrong. But I think they are going to be in big against Brentford saw them lost 3-2 from a
while the club is sold, and will need a and point above Leeds, have two. trouble. They are in big trouble, Leeds. winning position on home soil – while two red
special licence to conclude the sale. This cards during the match also hinder their
must be issued by the end of May. A win from their last two will be enough for “Financially, they will be under huge stress if chances against Crystal Palace and Arsenal this
Everton to guarantee survival, while both they go down. Most teams are when they go week.
If the sale is not completed, Chelsea teams’ respective goal difference means Burnley down from the Premier League.
could face administration, or be excluded can get just a single draw from their last two Burnley play Aston Villa on Friday, before
from club competitions next season. “That’s the huge gap that exists between the hosting Newcastle on the final day. – The
money in the Premier League and in the Independent
The BBC suggest that Chelsea may Championship.
not receive a licence to play in the
2022/23 Premier League season if the “But I think Leeds, I never thought this could
deal is not concluded by early June. –
The Independent
RESULTS & STANDINGS
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE: Newcastle
2 (White 55-og, Guimaraes 85) Arsenal 0.
P W D L F A Pts
Man City 37 28 6 3 96 24 90
Liverpool 36 26 8 2 89 24 86
Chelsea 36 20 10 6 73 31 70
Tottenham 37 21 5 11 64 40 68
Arsenal 37 21 3 13 56 47 66
Man Utd 37 16 10 11 57 56 58
West Ham 37 16 8 13 59 48 56
Wolves 37 15 6 16 37 40 51
Leicester 36 13 9 14 57 57 48
Brighton 37 11 15 11 39 43 48
Brentford 37 13 7 17 47 54 46 Huddersfield Town’s
Newcastle 37 12 10 15 42 61 46 Jordan Rhodes (centre)
Crystal Palace 36 10 15 11 47 43 45 celebrates with fans
Aston Villa 36 13 5 18 49 50 44 after reaching the
Southampton 36 9 13 14 41 61 40 Championship playoff
Everton 36 10 6 20 39 59 36 final after the
Leeds 37 8 11 18 40 78 35 Championship playoff
Burnley 36 7 13 16 32 50 34 2nd leg match against
Watford 37 6 5 26 33 75 23 Luton Town yesterday.
Norwich 37 5 7 25 23 79 22 – REUTERSPIX
Note: Top four qualify for Champions
League; Europa League and Europa
Conference League places; bottom three
relegated
ENGLISH CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFF JORDAN RHODES’ solitary late strike sealed Rhodes the toast of Huddersfield
(Semifinal, 2nd leg): Huddersfield 1 Huddersfield’s victory in the second leg of their
Luton 0 ((Huddersfield win 2-1 on agg). Championship playoff semifinal against Luton
and a 2-1 aggregate win.
SERIE A: Juventus 2 (Vlahovic 10, Morata “I’m really, really excited and motivated to and how we have gone about it. We were
36) Lazio 2 (Alex Sandro 51-og, Milinkovic- Rhodes, a first half substitute for Danny Ward, take the team to Wembley. I think it is important outstanding tonight,” Luton manager Nathan
Savic 90+5), Sampdoria 4 (Ferrari 16, stole in at the far post in the 82nd minute to that the players celebrate now because this was Jones said.
Quagliarella 30, Thorsby 71, Sabiri 84) edge the Terriers closer to a Premier League the target we had. From tomorrow we have a
Fiorentina 1 (Gonzalez 89). return after a three-year absence. different target.” “We were the better team, we had the better
TOP 8 P W D L F A PTS chances, more corners, we just couldn’t find the
AC Milan 37 25 8 4 66 31 83 “It was a difficult and tough game. I cannot It was tough on Luton, who were the better opening.
Inter Milan 37 24 9 4 81 32 81 tell you that I was enjoying it, it was a hard game side for long periods on the night after being
Napoli 37 23 7 7 71 31 76 to manage. They were better and more held 1-1 at Kenilworth Road in Friday’s first leg. “Tactically we were superb, we were
Juventus 37 20 10 7 57 35 70 comfortable than us in the first half,” aggressive, we pressed - people say they’re the
Lazio 37 18 9 10 74 55 63 Huddersfield boss Carlos Corberan told BBC The goal deflated Luton and they were best tactical side in the league, they’re not.
Roma 37 17 9 11 56 43 60 Radio Leeds. unable to create a meaningful opportunity in
Fiorentina 37 18 5 14 57 51 59 the final minutes as Huddersfield saw the game “It’s quite easy to sit in and be pragmatic, we
Atalanta 37 16 11 10 65 47 59 “I think the concentration in the backline and out in relative comfort. don’t. We go after everyone and how we went
the goalkeeper was massive. Jordan Rhodes had about our work, I am so proud of our group - it’s
a great contribution, not just with his goal. “I’m really disappointed but that’s a magnificent group.” – The
overshadowed by the pride I have for the club Independent/Agencies
WEDNESDAY • MAY 18, 2022 QUOTE OF THE DAY
If there’s ever a question if Tiger can
contend, we can all just kind of chuckle at
that. Never is he going to be in a field where he can’t
contend. He might not have as good of odds in some
places but I think as long as he's in the field… he's
always going to have a chance.”
Talor Gooch
█ DAMIAN SPELLMAN Nexocuses
ARSENAL boss Mikel Arteta Arteta admits ‘it’s not easy’ to defend
has told his players to Arsenal display in Newcastle loss
“swallow the poison” of a
damaging defeat at Newcastle Arsenal’s Martin
which left their Champions League Odegaard (right) vies
dream hanging by a thread. with Newcastle
United’s Bruno
The Gunners went into yesterday’s Guimaraes during the
Premier League clash at St James’ Park English Premier League
knowing victory would leave them in match at St James’ Park
pole position to claim a top-four place yesterday. – AFPPIX
ahead of arch-rivals Tottenham when
they entertain Everton on Sunday. this is one of our most important Asked if he could have envisaged in some phases of a season, I would think that’s a massive problem. They’ve
games. the current situation – Newcastle head have been surprised if you’d told me had a big opportunity this season
However, a 2-0 defeat on Tyneside for Burnley on Sunday with a top-10 that would have happened.” having no European football.
means their fate is out of their own “But a performance like this is not finish still a possibility – he said: “It
hands, with Spurs two points clear in acceptable and very sad. I feel very probably could have gone better – of According to Sky Sport pundit Jamie “That was a big advantage for them.
fourth with a far superior goal sorry for Arsenal supporters.” course it could have done in certain Carragher, the manner in which They are not in the best four sides in the
difference and knowing a single point games and in certain moments. Arsenal have collapsed in their last two country but they had an advantage on
at Norwich is likely to be enough to see Magpies boss Eddie Howe was fixtures against Spurs and Newcastle is the other teams and they still haven’t
them home. understandably jubilant after a “But when you look back as a whole, a concern moving forward, with a made it.
performance he rated as the best since if you’d have said this would be the Europa League campaign now likely to
“We need to win and we need a his arrival at the club in November, outcome and this is how you will have to be juggled. “I do really fear for Arsenal and
defeat for them. We know in football, when relegation was a very real achieve safety in the division, certainly Mikel Arteta next season, that’s a real
that’s always possible and if anything possibility. “Yes, it is over (for Arsenal) and I bad one tonight.” – The Independent
happens, you have to be there in order
(to take advantage),” Arteta said:
“Today, you have to put your head
down, swallow all the poison that we all
feel, hopefully, and tomorrow start
again.”
Arsenal ran out knowing exactly
what was at stake, but were never really
able to compete with a Magpies side
backed by a raucous crowd of 52,274
from the off.
Newcastle took a 55th-minute lead
through Ben White’s own goal and then
cemented victory when the once again
hugely impressive Bruno Guimaraes
extended their advantage with his fifth
goal since his £35 million (RM196m)
January move from Lyon.
“Normally I sit here, I can defend
what we have done. Today, it’s not
easy,” Arteta said.
“Newcastle were 100 times better
than us in every department from the
beginning to the end, and it’s very hard
to accept it. But that’s the reality of what
happened today on that pitch.”
Gunners midfielder Granit Xhaka’s
assessment was even more damning.
“We didn’t do what the game-plan
was, not listening to the coach,” Xhaka
told Sky Sports.
“We were doing our things and
when you do your things, this is what
happens.
“You don’t deserve to play
Champions League, you don’t deserve
to even play Europa League.
“It’s very hard to take and I don’t
know why we don’t do what the coach
is asking of us.
“We need people to have the balls to
come here and play, because we know
Milner savouring Liverpool success and eyeing more
█ RICHARD JOLLY and Liverpool; the first in blue, the other two in League. They have completed the set: they have “It was amazing. You see everyone
JAMES MILNER is playing the long game. In red. won the Champions League, European Super experiencing what you’re feeling yourself; relief,
more ways than one, really, given he debuted in Cup, the Club World Cup, the League Cup and joy, everything.”
the Premier League at 16 and is still plying his He had intended to help restore Liverpool to now the FA Cup.
trade there two decades later. past glories; do the quadruple, however, and Famously teetotal, he joked he might
they would outstrip anything even that has gone Milner has always been grounded but he also celebrate Liverpool’s 2018 Champions League
He faced David Seaman in the top flight that before. has reasons to know not to take anything for semifinal win over Roma with a Ribena. This
season and the former England goalkeeper turns granted. time, he said, his drink of choice was a Coke –
59 this year. His has been a resolutely unglamorous part in “full-fat, because Diet Coke is worse for you,” he
their rise. His faith has been vindicated. He had played more than 350 games in his rationalised.
He lined up alongside Lucas Radebe in the FA career before he first got his hands on silverware.
Cup and the South African is now 53, while “That was the hope, part of the drive,” he said. He is out of contract in the summer and, keen as “You’re very lucky to play in any final, you’re
Milner became an FA Cup winner again last “When I went to City they hadn’t won anything Jurgen Klopp is to keep him, nothing is certain. lucky to be a footballer in the first place, and to
weekend. for a long time and it was great to be part of play in finals and win 10 medals,” he said.
that, the start of their success, winning Leagues When Kostas Tsimikas scored the winning
When he traded Manchester City for and cups. spotkick, Milner was not looking. Not because he “If you said that at the start of my career, I’d
Liverpool in 2015, he left a club who were could not, but because he chose not to. He had have taken it.”
champions a year earlier for one who had not “Liverpool is an incredible club with turned around to face the other end.
claimed that accolade for a quarter of a century. incredible history, but it hadn’t been as But 10 could become 12 on successive
successful (in the recent past), hadn’t won the “I wanted to watch our fans’ reaction,” he weekends. Each seems to mean more.
A few weeks into his Anfield career, the Premier League, which was baffling. explained. “I had faith in Kostas, I know he’s got a
manager who signed him, Brendan Rodgers, was wand of a left foot. “Yeah, it does, because you don’t know how
sacked with Liverpool languishing in 10th. “That was the aim, and if we could do that, long is left, do you?” he asked.
win a Premier League here, that would be “Obviously you’re nervous, because you know
Fast forward some six-and-a-half years, and special. It’s a process, and the process has been there’s a good chance it could be over, but how His career has long since entered extra time
Milner is in a third tight title race between City incredible.” many times do you get to play at Wembley and but Milner has won more in the last three years
experience that? than the preceding 17. Perhaps there is still more
Liverpool have not just won a Premier to come. – The Independent
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