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Malaysian Paper www.thesun.my RM1.00 PER COPY RM1 MONDAY JUNE 24, 2024 SCAN ME No. 8550 PP 2644/12/2012 (031195) The mandatory price tags are noticeably absent at wet market stalls. – ADIB RAWI YAHYA/THE SUN Cosmetic boycotts won’t free Palestine Support govt efforts to help parolees: MEF Federation president says feedback from employers on calls to hire ex-convicts positive but more needs to be done. CAP: Enforce price-tag rule strictly ’Don’t play on’t play religion card religion card’ Election campaigns not platforms to determine voters’ religious beliefs but for parties to go up against one another with their policies, plans, agenda, and their efforts to help the people, says PKR sec-gen Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail. Those serious about making a difference in the conflict should educate themselves and others on the issue, make their voice heard by getting politically active, and help boost the state’s economy. Association chief says recent survey across Penang shows widespread non-compliance among traders, including food and beverage stalls, wet markets, night markets, restaurants, and retail shops. - Report on page 4 Report on — page 3 Report on — page 2 Report on — page 6

MONDAY | JUNE 24, 2024 2 @thesundaily FOLLOW ON TWITTER Malaysian Paper NIBONG TEBAL: Election campaigns are not platforms for parties to determine voters’ religious beliefs, but should be used by political parties to explain their plans and agenda for the people should they emerge victorious, said Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) secretary-general Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail. He added that should any party attempt to do so, it should not be supported. “Election campaigning means contesting parties go up against one another to explain their policies, plans and agenda when they get the right to administer. “Elections are not the time for us to say ‘choose us and it means you’re a Muslim and if you don’t, you’re not our kin’. You can’t do that. This is not about determining voters’ beliefs but about how we run the country,” he said at the first Unity Talk programme for the Sungai Bakap by-election at Taman Widuri, Sungai Jawi on Saturday. Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) president Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu, Amanah strategic director Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, Umno supreme council member Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir and Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate for the Sungai Bakap byelection Dr Joohari Ariffin were also present at the event. Saifuddin said Sungai Bakap residents are lucky to have a candidate with excellent credentials. “You need to have strong and trustworthy leadership skills to be a state leader, so it’s good to elect him (Joohari) as your representative here. “Insya-Allah there will be a lot of advantages if Sungai Bakap voters elect the unity government candidate as there are many executive councillors in the state government who can help out, along with those at the federal level.” Mohamad urged “old friends” from Barisan Nasional (BN) to support the unity government candidate to ensure that victory would be theirs, Bernama reported. “I was also with BN previously. BN works hard. If everyone votes for our candidate from the unity government, I’m convinced we can win even if our rivals play up racial issues.” Joohari is contesting against Perikatan Nasional’s Abidin Ismail in a straight fight, with polling day set for July 6. ‘Cleaning of oil spill progressing well’ KUALA LUMPUR: Cleaning of the oil spill in the waters off Pengerang, Johor, which started yesterday morning, is scheduled to be completed on Saturday, said Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad. He said phase one of the cleaning work, involving collecting oily waste by an appointed contractor, had reached 95%, while phase two, involving spraying rocky areas and cleaning pebble stones, was 20% complete. “Other cleaning works such as the collection of tarballs on the surface of the beach and the containment of oily water using absorbent booms to prevent it from flowing towards the sea are also being actively carried out. “It involves the Sungai Rengit beach area, which is behind Sekolah Kebangsaan Sungai Rengit and the Sungai Rengit fisherman’s jetty,” he said after opening a carnival at Taman Tasik Titiwangsa here yesterday. Nik Nazmi said the oil slick was also detected in the waters off Pulau Cik Kamat and cleaning will be carried out after the assessment of the situation there. He said as of yesterday, other locations, including the rocky area behind the Sungai Rengit police station have not been cleared, while monitoring continues at the Teluk Ramunia Beach near the mosque area. – Bernama Don’t use religion to woo voters, says PKR sec-gen o‘Election campaigning means contesting parties go up against one another to explain their policies, plans and agenda for people’ Ministry coordinating appeals for diesel subsidy PUTRAJAYA: The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry is coordinating appeals from certain transport sectors that want to participate in the Subsidised Diesel Control System for submission to the Appeals Committee, said its minister Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali. He said the matter would then be brought to the Cabinet meeting for consideration, and immediate approval would be given to applications that are complete, covering 33 types of public land transport and goods. The application can be made at https://mysubsidi.kpdn.gov.my/ and the approval letter will be issued immediately to allow successful transport companies to apply for fleet cards through the same system, he added. “The application process is easy and fast because a company only needs to fill in limited information and the confirmation can be made immediately through integration with the Road Transport Department system,” he said in a statement yesterday. He urged companies on the list of the 33 types of public land transport and qualified goods for Subsidised Diesel Control System to apply immediately. “For approvals obtained before June 30, the transport companies are to apply for reimbursement of expenditure on subsidy prices through proof-of-purchase receipts until they receive the fleet cards from the selected oil companies.” Based on a statement issued by the Finance Ministry on June 12, refund payments would be implemented from July 2024 for those who register and receive the Subsidised Diesel Control System approval before June 30, with the claim application and reimbursement procedures to be notified later. Armizan said in the event of misuse of fleet cards, the ministry will not hesitate to take strict action, including withdrawing the approval for the cards. He said the ministry insists that all dealers, especially those who receive diesel subsidy facilities through the fleet card, do not raise prices following the setting of the new diesel price. As of 8am yesterday, the total number of public transport vehicles and goods approved for diesel subsidy under the system is 226,957 involving 75,541 companies. – Bernama Saravanan retains MIC deputy presidency KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri M. Saravanan retained the post of MIC deputy president for the 2024-2027 term after being returned unopposed. MIC president Tan Sri S.A. Vigneswaran announced the results after Saravanan remained the sole nominee for the post when nominations closed at 1pm on Saturday. “As he has the support of the majority from our party, Datuk Seri M Saravanan is once again the deputy president of MIC,” he told the media at the MIC headquarters here. The nominations involved the party’s highest posts, including deputy president, three vice-presidents and 21 members of the central working committee (CWC). In March, Vigneswaran was re-elected unopposed as the MIC president for the 2024-2027 term. The three vice-president posts will see fierce competition among four candidates, namely incumbents Datuk T. Mohan, Datuk T. Murugiah and Datuk M. Asojan as well as MIC Education Committee chairman Datuk Dr R. Nelson. Meanwhile, 45 candidates will be vying for the 21 CWC posts in the party elections which will be held on July 6. – Bernama Warning to driving schools engaged in corrupt practices SEREMBAN: Driving institutes have been warned not to get involved with illegal kopi O driving licence syndicates, as they may face immediate revocation of their operating licences, said Transport Minister Anthony Loke. He said corrupt activities during driving tests must be stopped because such actions endanger the lives of road users, especially the youth. “Driving schools must not engage in corruption. If this issue is not curbed, youths will become victims. Our goal is to save lives. “The public is also advised not to be easily deceived by lesen terbang offers advertised on social media,” he said at the 10th anniversary celebrations of RDS Driving Academy yesterday. He said the electronic driving test system (eTesting) is a proactive, integrity-driven measure introduced to combat corruption in the industry. He called on driving institutes to familiarise themselves with the system before its mandatory implementation in 2030. “The ministry is committed to implementing eTesting to ensure greater integrity. “We have been aware of the issue of illegal driving licences for a long time, but I see positive developments. Although it cannot be denied that some syndicates may still try to exploit the system, we will continue our efforts to eradicate corruption.” Loke said the ministry had received several applications from driving institutes for the implementation of eTesting since it was introduced last April. He said the Road Transport Department is processing these applications and the first batch will receive their approval letters soon. – Bernama Loke trying out a vehicle used for eTesting at the event yesterday. – BERNAMAPIC

MONDAY | JUNE 24, 2024 3 ‘Support govt efforts to assist parolees seek jobs’ PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) has called on its members to support government efforts to assist parolees and give them employment opportunities. Its president Datuk Dr Syed Hussain Syed Husman told theSun that thus far, the feedback from employers has been positive, but more needs to be done. He said the MEF recently hosted its second conversation series, titled “Unlock Potential, Hire Parolees”. The initiative was aimed at promoting the hiring of parolees as a valuable labour resource for the private sector. About 85 representatives encompassing manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors such as plantation, construction, hospitality, and services attended the discussion. The Malaysian Prisons Department, Social Security Organisation, and Ready Set Go Sdn Bhd, a company that offers pre-employment training, mass recruitment and team-building oEmployers should not deny chance for them to reintegrate into society, contribute as responsible citizens, says federation █ BYJOSHUA PURUSHOTMAN newsdesk@thesundaily.com Perak steps up promotion to woo more China tourists BATU GAJAH: The Perak government is intensifying its promotion to attract more tourists from China following the mutual visa-exemption policy between China and Malaysia. State Tourism, Industry, Investment and Corridor Development Committee chairman Loh Sze Yee said the state government, in collaboration with Tourism Malaysia, had also discussed the matter with players in the tourism industry in China. “We (the state government) will go to China again at the end of August, together with Tourism Malaysia, to visit several provinces there to further promote the 2024 Visit Perak Year,” he said after opening the third phase of the edu-entertainment park Dinosaur Encounter World at Silverlakes Village Outlet here yesterday. In a joint statement between China and Malaysia on deepening the comprehensive strategic The eduentertainment theme park staff with their ‘dinosaur friends’ at the launch of its third-phase yesterday. – BERNAMAPIC Cloud seeding to focus on 7 locations in Kelantan SUBANG JAYA: The cloud-seeding operation (CSO) in Kelantan will focus on seven strategic localities in the state in efforts to address the drop in water level in Sungai Kelantan and the prolonged drought affecting padi farmers. The seven targeted localities are Pasir Mas, Kota Bharu, Tanah Merah, Pasir Puteh, Dabong, Kemubu, and Manek Urai. Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu said the operation aims to increase the water level in Sungai Kelantan, which serves as the main irrigation source for the Kemubu Agricultural Development Authority padi cultivation areas. “The operation is expected to enhance the irrigation system in the Kemubu area, which has been experiencing prolonged drought. It will directly benefit nearly 3,400 padi farmers in the area. “Mobile pumps, booster pumps, tube well construction, and others have been provided to farmers,” he said before participating in the operation using a Royal Malaysian Air Force C-130H transport aircraft from Subang Air Base here yesterday. Mohamad said on the first day last Friday, rainfall was successfully induced in the southern zone of Kelantan. However, on the second day (Saturday), the operation was less effective as no cloud formation occurred. Meteorological Department (deputy director-general (Operations) Dr Mohd Hisham Mohd Anip said the formation of “towering cumulus” is necessary to produce heavy rainfall in a specific area. – Bernama No early Sg Bakap polling centre NIBONG TEBAL: No early voting centre will be opened for the Sungai Bakar state by-election on July 2. Sungai Bakap returning officer Khairulnizam Hashim, who confirmed this yesterday, said all the early voters in the by-election, comprising police personnel, are voting as postal voters. He said the Election Commission ( EC) will issue the postal ballot papers for the affected early voters to collect at 2.30pm today. The EC has set July 6 as polling day for the by-election, which will witness a straight fight between Pakatan Harapan candidate Dr Joohari Ariffin and Perikatan Nasional candidate Abidin Ismail. Based on the Electoral Roll, as of last May 24, 39,279 are eligible to vote. They comprise 39,222 ordinary voters and 57 police personnel. – Bernama We are committed to reducing carbon footprint, says Anwar KUALA LUMPUR: The government is committed to reducing the country’s carbon footprint and promoting sustainable practices, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. It has implemented multifaceted policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions, promoting social equity, creating new growth opportunities in the green economy, and ensuring transparent governance, he said. “To this effect, we have allocated substantial funds towards renewable energy, investing in clean and sustainable energy sources,” the prime minister said in a post on X yesterday. On sustainable agriculture, Anwar noted that the nation supports eco-friendly farming practices to ensure long-term environmental health. Furthermore, Malaysia is developing green transport solutions to reduce its environmental impact and enhance connectivity. “Together, we can build a more sustainable and equitable Malaysia for future generations,” he added. – Bernama services, also gave their input. Syed Hussain said discussions centred on the parole system, with representatives sharing their experiences in hiring parolees, and providing insights into the support systems available for employers. He said the enthusiastic participation of these companies underscored the potential for hiring parolees, although questions were raised regarding the hiring process, employer incentives, and government support. “One concern raised is that in the interest of transparency, are employers duty-bound to tell their employees that a parolee has been hired? “The MEF takes the position that this is confidential, just like an employee’s salary. Furthermore, a parolee is in the process of being rehabilitated and should be given every opportunity to turn over a new leaf. “The last thing we want is for other employees to look down on them as ‘criminals’. Doing so would defeat the whole purpose of the scheme to hire parolees,” he said. Syed Hussain also emphasised the importance of “social justice”, which he said is about fairness and providing opportunities for everyone. He said MEF believes that hiring parolees aligns with the principle of social justice and that it is a moral duty of all citizens to support other Malaysians in need. He also urged the public not to stigmatise parolees, noting that many of them had committed criminal acts due to challenging circumstances. “However, sometimes circumstances, desperation, a sudden fit of anger or heightened emotion would cause them to commit a crime. “They paid for it by being sentenced by the courts and now deserve an opportunity to reintegrate into society to contribute as responsible citizens, so let’s not deny them this chance.” Syed Hussain said MEF’s call on the corporate sector to trust and allow parolees to work highlights the scheme’s potential for success. In March 2022, then home minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin proposed that industries plug foreign labour shortages by hiring parolees. Hamzah had said the ministry would place 80% of the 10,000 prison inmates that would undergo the Parole System Programme, Licensed Release of Prisoners Programme and Resident Reintegration Programme in industries that required manpower. However, Syed Hussain said parolees who are employed should also not be deemed as temporary replacements for migrant workers. He added that despite the negative stereotypes about parolees, there are many success stories of them thriving after being given employment. “Our feedback shows they are hardworking and many have turned their lives around.” partnership released last Thursday, China agreed to extend the visa-free policy until the end of 2025, and Malaysia will extend the policy until the end of 2026. Earlier in his speech, Loh said the park can help boost the tourism industry in Perak, a state rich in natural beauty and historical heritage. The uniqueness of Dinosaur Encounter World lies in the immersive experience offered to visitors through the use of Animatronic Technology and Reality Technology such as Mixed Reality, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality. He said it is an innovation that will change the landscape of the country’s tourism industry and prove that Perak is always at the forefront of exploring new dimensions. “This park is not just an entertainment centre. It also applies educational elements suitable for all ages in learning pre-historic science through learning methods outside the classroom. “This simultaneously enriches the mind and gives added value to visitors in terms of cognitive development, communication and psychosocial skills,” he said. – Bernama

MONDAY | JUNE 24, 2024 4 /thesundaily FOLLOW ON FACEBOOK Malaysian Paper Traders still non-compliant over displaying price tags PETALING JAYA: The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) has urged the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry to strictly enforce Section 8(1) of the Price Control Act 1946 (Amendment 1973), which mandates that traders display price tags on their goods. Its president Mohideen Abdul Kader said a recent survey across the state revealed the widespread noncompliance of traders in displaying price tags. “They included food stalls, wet markets, night markets, restaurants and retail shops. The primary violation was the absence of visible price tags at food and beverage stalls. “This was followed by restaurants either not updating prices or providing customers with misleading information. This lack of transparency often led to them being overcharged.” Mohideen said the absence of documented price lists to refer to caused disputes when bills were handed to customers. He said the impact of the recent diesel price hike had also raised food costs and underscored the need for consumers to be well-informed about prices before purchasing food items. oMinistry urged to strictly enforce regulations and prosecute offenders to protect consumer rights and maintain fair trading practices █ BYSIVANISVARRY MORHAN newsdesk@thesundaily.com Perda intensifies programmes to meet rural community NIBONG TEBAL: The Penang Regional Development Authority (Perda) will continue its agenda of helping the people by organising various programmes to bring the agency closer to rural communities. Perda chairman Datuk Dr Shaik Hussein Mydin expressed confidence that the move will improve information delivery and help the public better understand Perda’s programmes and services. “We want to be more aggressive by going down to meet the community so that information about input and programmes offered by Perda can be delivered more effectively. “We want the public to know that apart from having housing projects, Perda also has the Perda High Skills Institute (Perda-TECH) which offers technical and vocational education and training programmes which are very much needed in the industry. “This is in addition to loans, grants to help entrepreneurs, especially petty traders, in rural areas,” he said when met at the Santuni Komuniti Madani #PERDADiHati programme at Taman Sungai Bakap Perdana yesterday. Meanwhile, Perda general manager Mohd Asri Baharum said such a programme brought the agency closer to the community and also enabled the agency to obtain input, feedback and ideas from the public. “We will develop the Perda 2.0 policy at the end of the year, whereby through this programme we can gather input from rural communities for use to improve the Perda strategic plan.” According to him, among the suggestions received were for Perda to relax the admission requirements to Perda-Tech and to collaborate with big companies to secure employment opportunities for Perda-Tech trainees. At the event, Perda also held a prelaunch of its Phase II and Phase III of the Taman Sungai Bakap Perdana Housing project, which involved the construction of 105 housing units, scheduled for completion in September next year on a threehectare site. – Bernama Tasik Chini gearing up to captivate visitors PEKAN: The natural wonderland of Tasik Chini, once a lesser-known gem, is now gearing up to captivate even more visitors with its new educational tourism offerings. State Unity, Tourism and Culture Committee chairman Leong Yu Man highlighted the array of exciting tourism packages available through the Tasik Chini Research Centre tailored for diverse visitors, including students from schools and universities, eager to explore and learn. In addition to the ongoing Tasik Chini development plan slated for completion in October, he said the introduction of edu-tourism promotions is aimed at restoring the glory of Tasik Chini, which was popular among local and foreign tourists in the past. “Visitors can enjoy a range of educational activities and facilities that highlight the area’s natural beauty and diverse wildlife and we are encouraging schools and universities to organise programmes here.” Leong said this after an engagement programme on the development plan for the Tasik Chini biosphere reserve, a collaborative effort involving 18 agencies and four Orang Asli villages, at the centre yesterday. Among the activities available, participants will have the opportunity to experience the lifestyle and culture of the indigenous people, observe local flora and fauna around the tourist centre, and gain knowledge about water management and safety. Elaborating, Leong said efforts are being made to boost the tourism destination, which would also benefit local residents by generating income. – Bernama Pan Borneo highway flooding issue under probe KUCHING: The flooding issue on the Pan Borneo Highway involving the Betong-Sri Aman route is being thoroughly investigated by the Sarawak Public Works Department (PWD), said Works Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi. He added that the ministry was allowing PWD Sarawak to conduct a detailed investigation to find a lasting solution. “Besides raising the road level, there might be other methods to address the issue. PWD Sarawak is still assessing the situation and I have instructed the relevant officers to determine the necessary steps to ensure this does not happen again.” Nanta said this after receiving a visit from Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg at his Gawai Dayak Open House yesterday. On May 26, local newspapers reported that Pan Borneo Highway users had to wade through floodwaters at KM23 of the BetongSri Aman route when the water level of Sungai Krang rose rapidly at about 8am that day. – Bernama Triple amputee excels in SPM 2023 JOHOR BAHRU: Despite being a triple amputee with no hands and a right leg, How Xue Qi, 18, achieved an A- in Visual Arts and passed all subjects in the 2023 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination. Xue Qi, who received the Inspirational Award, expressed her gratitude for the award and was deeply indebted to her school, teachers, friends and family, especially her parents and twin sister, How Xue Thing, 18, who always helped and encouraged her throughout her schooling. “The teachers gave a lot of assistance because I draw using my left foot. While waiting for the SPM results, I was very anxious but I am grateful to have passed all subjects and received an A in the subject I am passionate about.” – Bernama While the Price Control Act stipulates that it is the seller’s responsibility to ensure transparency in pricing, he said the inconsistent enforcement has compromised its effectiveness. “We made a similar call last August, but it did not receive an adequate response. CAP wishes to reiterate the importance of addressing this issue and is seeking an update on what action the authorities are taking regarding the matter.” Mohideen stressed that there is a need for stricter enforcement and prosecution of offenders to protect consumer rights and maintain fair trading practices. The ministry’s head of corporate communications Jaafar Jantan confirmed with theSun that it has not issued any official statement regarding CAP’s repeated calls for enforcement of the Price Control Act 1946. However, he said Minister Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali has constantly reminded retailers and business owners about the importance of price tagging, especially during festive seasons when price controls are announced. “The ministry is committed to ensuring that retailers and business owners adhere to the price tagging law and not charge unreasonably high prices.” The ministry said price tag enforcement regulations have been in place since 1977 and initially covered 111 selected items under the Price Control Order (Indication of Price by Retailer) 1977 (Revised 1993), to encompass all retail goods. Retailers at sundry shops, markets, hypermarkets, kiosks, sports shops, goldsmith stores and boutiques are required to display price tags on each item or provide a clear price list if tagging individual items is impractical. Price tags must be in Bahasa Malaysia, with translations if necessary, and prices should be visible and stated in ringgit. Consumers can access price information at all times and report instances of non-compliance, which can lead to significant fines and penalties. Individuals may face fines of up to RM50,000 or two years jail, while corporations could be fined up to RM100,000. The ministry also assured the public of prompt investigation on all consumer complaints. Those who wish to lodge complaints to the ministry can do so through the following channels: WhatsApp at 019-848 8000 or 019-279 4317, the call centre at 1-800-886-800 or the ministry’s enforcement command center at 03-8882 6245/6088. They can also log on to the Ez ADU KPDN smartphone app or visit the eAduan KPDN portal at eaduan.kpdn.gov.my The ministry said complainants should include specific details such as the location or address of the retail outlet, date of transaction, nature of the offence and any other relevant information. “Such details are important as they will assist the ministry’s enforcement officers to take prompt action and bring the errant retailers to book,” said Jaafar. SEASONAL RETURN ... Visitors eyeing durians at a stall hoping to get their hands on the King of Fruits in Taman Medan, Petaling Jaya yesterday. – BERNAMAPIC

MONDAY | JUNE 24, 2024 5 BUTTERWORTH: Singer of the 1960s Rocky Din expressed his joy and gratitude at the possibility of rerecording and giving a new touch to his iconic election theme song, “Marilah Mengundi”. Rocky Din, whose real name is Mohd Hashim Sharif, 75, expressed his readiness to re-record the song anytime following the proposal from Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil, as both the lyrics and melody remain vivid in his memory. “Johari Salleh, the composer of the song, gave me two weeks to practice and I only needed 10 minutes to record the song on my first attempt. “I am honoured by the invitation (to re-record the song) and every election season, it brings me joy to see the song become a phenomenon,” he said after receiving assistance under the National Film Development Corporation Ziarah Seni MADANI programme. Rocky Din, who had a stroke four years ago, said his health has improved although he now relies on a wheelchair to move around. “Alhamdulillah, my health is improving, enabling me to sing and entertain patrons at a restaurant here every Friday to Sunday.” Since its debut in 1978, the song “Marilah Mengundi” (Let’s Go and Vote) has been a familiar pre-general election tune that continues to remain popular even today. Meanwhile, Fahmi said the Communications Ministry would ask RTM to invite Rocky Din to re-record the song to revive enthusiasm for voting during election periods, including the Sungai Bakap state by-election on July 6. He expressed hope that the new rendition of the song would captivate the new generation and young voters, inspiring them to engage in the electoral process and fulfil their civic duty. – Bernama Clean-up operation to combat dengue PETALING JAYA: The Petaling Jaya City Council held a gotong-royong yesterday at the Medan 32 Flats in Taman Medan Baru here to clean up and destroy dengue breeding areas. Mayor Mohamad Zahri Samingon who led the clean-up operations said it was conducted together with Uni-charm Mamypoko pants and was in conjunction with Asean Dengue Day and the 18th anniversary of the city council. “Between June 9 and 15, 134 dengue cases were identified in Taman Medan Baru, which is a reduction from the 141 cases identified the previous week, which is a 5% drop. Cumulatively, 3,838 cases have been identified in Petaling Jaya to date.” Mohamad Zahri said 73 dengue locations and 15 hotspots were identified in Petaling Jaya so far this year. In 2021, 1,458 cases were recorded compared with 2023, when 5,641 cases were identified – an increase of 286%. “Of the 32 hotspots identified at the Medan 32 Flats, 22 cases were found within just 55 days. We are hopeful that the outbreak would end today.” Mohamad Zahri said dengue is a serious viral infection, which could end in death, and the rising number of cases is cause for concern. Hence, he said the city council partnered with Uni-charm to organise this gotong-royong, which is also held in conjunction with Dengue Awareness Month 2024 that fell on June 15. “We will continue to conduct dengue awareness talks so the public, especially children, will be careful and not play in the vicinity of rubbish or places where there is stagnant water as they could be breeding grounds for the Aedes mosquito. The public is also encouraged to take 10 minutes a week to carry out clean-up activities to destroy any Aedes breeding areas around their houses as this will protect them and their families.” Mohamad Zahri also commended the gotong-royong participants for their efforts and dedication to public health and in raising awareness and curbing the rising number of dengue cases through the initiative. Uni-Charm Corporation (Malaysia & Singapore) group managing director Toru Fujita who was present together with 57 company employees said the gotong-royong is part of the brand’s ongoing CSR activity, #MamyPokoAgainstDengue campaign. “We rolled out the campaign last year alongside the launch of our MamyPoko ANTIMOS Pants Diaper in Malaysia and due to its success, we Storm in Perlis damages 48 houses KANGAR: A total of 48 houses in Perlis were damaged by storms on Friday and yesterday, according to the state Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council. Its CEO Mohd Nazim Mohd Noor said the latest data revealed 37 houses sustained damage in the incident yesterday and an additional 11 houses was affected by the storm last Friday. “The majority of the houses suffered roof damage due to strong winds,” he said, adding that minor damages would be eligible for assistance from the Department of Social Welfare while cases of major damage would be referred to the welfare department for support coordinated by the Malay Customs Council (MCC) and relevant agencies. “As for damage to business premises, owners are advised to report to the Kangar Municipal Council to facilitate assistance from MCC and related agencies.“ Meanwhile, in Alor Setar, seven houses in Kubang Pasu were destroyed during a storm early yesterday. Kubang Pasu Civil Defence Force officer Captain Mohd Adenin Suhaimi said in the 2.05am incident, trees were uprooted in several areas including Kampung Kota Si Puteh, Kandis, Pida 2, Teluk Malik and Changkat Setol. He said the storm, which lasted for 35 minutes, resulted in blocked traffic and damaged houses due to uprooted trees. He said the teams monitored the situation, cleared uprooted trees and restored normalcy without the need to open temporary relief centres. – Bernama decided to continue with it every year. Also, our office is located in Petaling Jaya so carrying out the gotong-royong in the district hits home and is very meaningful for us.” Taro said the launch of the ANTIMOS Pants was prompted by the escalating dengue cases in Malaysia. “The diaper pants were invented and developed by Uni-charm R&D Japan to provide Malaysian parents with an effective, safe and convenient way to protect their babies from mosquito bites.” Earlier, Taro, Mohamad Zahri and 20 volunteers from the city council and district health office participated in an energetic Japanese Taiso exercise led by Uni-Charm Malaysia employees. After the session, they immediately rolled up their sleeves and proceeded to clean up and destroy larvae breeding areas in and around the flat. Residents of Medan 32 Flats and Taman Medan Baru were also invited to attend anti-dengue talks by Petaling district health officials. The ANTIMOS Pants were also distributed to residents in dengue hotspots to protect their babies and help repel mosquitoes from biting them. Man claims trial over unlawful diesel purchase KOTA BHARU: A wholesaler pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here yesterday to 116 counts of failing to submit documents on his diesel purchase worth more than RM10 million for export and not maintaining a record of the diesel stock. Mohd Fared Ramli, 36, the proprietor of Wau Beremas Enterprise, made the plea after the charges were read before Judge Zulkifli Abllah. He was charged with committing all the offences at a premises in Jalan Sultan Omar, Kubang Kerian at 12.30 pm on Dec 18, 2022. Mohd Fared, who holds a diesel wholesale licence, was charged with failing to submit documents and information required by the Assistant Controller of Supply under Section 8(1)(a) of the Control of Supplies Act 1961 concerning the purchase of diesel for export purposes. He allegedly failed to maintain a record of information about his diesel stock. He also breached Regulation 13(1) and 21 (1) of the Control of Supplies Regulations 1974, which is punishable under Section 22(1) of the Control of Supplies Act 1961 Act, that provides up to three years’ jail or a fine up to RM1 million, or both. The court set July 23 for mention. – Bernama Foreign women nabbed over prostitution KUALA LUMPUR: Police raided a budget hotel in Bukit Bintang last night and rounded up 16 African women believed to be involved in prostitution. Dang Wangi police chief ACP Noor Delhan Yahaya said the women, aged between 21 and 40, would charge tourists and locals RM100 for sexual services. He said the women would solicit clients on the streets around Bukit Bintang before taking them back to the budget hotel, that they rent on a daily basis. “Based on our week-long intelligence, the group of women would frequently change hotels to avoid detection by the authorities. “In the raid, we seized 40 condoms, 10 tubes of lubricant gel, 14 mobile phones and RM800 in cash.” He said the women will be investigated under Section 372B of the Penal Code and Section 6 (1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63.– Bernama TRAFFIC OFFENDERS ... Motorcyclists being escorted by police on foot to the Kampung Tawas station after being remanded during Op Bersepadu Samseng Jalanan at Jalan Kuala Kangsar-Ipoh yesterday morning. – BERNAMAPIC Singer happy to re-record iconic 1978 election song █ BYJOSHUA PURUSHOTMAN newsdesk@thesundaily.com oAbout 73 dengue locations and 15 hotspots identified in Petaling Jaya so far this year, says mayor

MONDAY | JUNE 24, 2024 6 Or download app on the AppStore or Google Play ENJOY A SEAMLESS READING EXPERIENCE. Read our iPaper at https://www.thesun.my/ Couple on motorcycle injured by falling tree KANGAR: A husband and wife were injured after an uprooted tree fell on the motorcycle they were riding on in Jalan Kampung Padang Benta, Simpang Empat at around 3am yesterday. Kangar district deputy police chief Supt Baeyah Abdul Wahab said Muhammad Danish Hakim Hanizam, 18, suffered a fracture on his right thigh while Nuraleya Syazreena Roslan Anuar, 18, who was five months pregnant, sustained a head injury, fractured her left and right hip bones and miscarried her baby. “The incident happened when the couple, with the husband on the pillion, was travelling from a restaurant in Sungai Baru, Simpang Empat to their home in Kampung Sungai Bugis during an early morning storm.” He said the victims were taken to the Tuanku Fauziah Hospital. – Bernama Cosmetic boycotts won’t free Palestine PETALING JAYA: As they sit sipping single-origin coffee at their favourite niche cafe, some individuals are convinced that boycotting certain brands is a revolutionary act. However, it is time they wake up from this comfortable delusion. Abstaining from daily corporate coffee fixes is not a major geopolitical statement. It is merely scratching the surface of activism while patting oneself on the back. It is easy to pass up on a Big Mac or a pumpkin spice latte and fancy oneself a frontline warrior in the struggle for Palestine. However, the truth behind this charming self-deception is that at best, one is tossing pebbles at a behemoth that does not even pause to notice. Boycotts are just appetisers, little bites that might whet one’s appetite for justice but leave one fundamentally unfulfilled. The act feels good because it is tangible, immediate and creates a positive perception on social media. But to put it in frank terms, it is largely performative. The process of achieving real change is dirty and complex. It is about wading through the muck, not just opting out of a drive-through line or choosing a local coffee joint over an international brand. To push beyond the comfort of hashtag activism and become more serious about making a difference in global issues, such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, there are some measures one could take. The first step is to educate oneself and then educate others. Ignorance is the biggest ally of oppression. So, one could dive deep into the history and complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict instead of being satisfied with just Although boycotting feels good because it is tangible, immediate and creates a positive perception on social media, a well-rounded strategy is needed instead to develop a diverse arsenal of activism that is prepared for prolonged engagement. oSteps to push beyond hashtag advocacy include educating oneself, engaging legal frontlines and expressing cultural solidarity █ BYCHE RAN newsdesk@thesundaily.com skimming the surface. By organising talks, attending workshops and initiating discussions that go beyond the echo chamber, one could create a full-course intellectual feast to challenge what they think they know. Another strategy is to train one’s political muscle and make one’s voice heard by getting politically active, for example by voting, lobbying or campaigning. One could also support leaders and legislation that recognise and advocate Palestinian rights. By doing so, one could make those representatives work for them and demand those in power do more than offer mere lip service. A third measure is to boost the Palestinian economy. Rather than boycotting brands, one could go the other way and support Palestinian businesses. This would bolster their economy and indirectly strengthen Palestinian communities. Such targeted decisions go beyond acts of charity and help build a robust economic front that could stand up to oppression. Engaging legal frontlines is another approach one could utilise. Sometimes, a courtroom is where war is waged. One could fund and support cases that address human rights abuses or push for international scrutiny on human rights violations and war crimes. Courtroom battles may be gruelling but they are also the channels through which some of the most profound victories are won. Cultural solidarity could also help make a difference since culture is a battleground of narratives. To express cultural solidarity is to amplify Palestinian voices in arts and media, host events, curate exhibitions and promote Palestinian art. This would showcase their stories, struggles and resilience, allowing the world to see and feel the Palestinian experience through a cultural lens. Token boycotting is an inadequate and underwhelming way to make a difference. Instead, a well-rounded strategy is needed to develop a diverse arsenal of activism that is prepared for prolonged engagement. It is not enough to marginally reduce the profits of mega corporations when the aim is to dismantle a whole system of oppression. To achieve change, one must have a multi-pronged strategy that is sustained and comprehensive, integrating education, political activism, economic initiatives, legal warfare and cultural exposure. It is time to stop making noise and start making a difference. Switching from performative gestures to impactful activism would forge the path to true liberation. Palestine needs more than symbolic steps taken on the easy way out. It needs individuals to roll up their sleeves and gear up for the hard yet rewarding road ahead. The path to justice is fraught with challenges but every step and effort counts. The world is poised for transformative action and every move must be bold and strategic. One must not simply talk about change but be prepared to enact it, pushing forward with purpose, passion and resolve.

MONDAY | JUNE 24, 2024 7 Philippines aims to settle disputes peacefully MANILA: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said yesterday his country is not in the business of instigating wars and will always aim to settle disputes peacefully, amid escalating maritime confrontations. “In defending the nation, we stay true to our Filipino nature that we would like to settle all these issues peacefully,” Marcos said in a speech to troops of the Western Command in charge of overseeing the South China Sea. Philippine navy personnel and the Chinese coast guard had their o‘We will not resort to the use of force’ China, France launch satellite to better understand universe XICHANG: A French-Chinese satellite blasted off on Saturday on a hunt for the mightiest explosions in the universe, in a notable example of cooperation between a Western power and the Asian giant. Developed by engineers from both countries, the Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) is carrying four instruments – two French, two Chinese – that will seek out gammaray bursts (GRB), the light from which has travelled billions of light years to reach Earth. The 930kg satellite “successfully” took off aboard a Chinese Long March 2-C rocket from a space base in Xichang, in southwestern Sichuan province, China’s National Space Administration said. Gamma-ray bursts occur after the explosion of huge stars, those more than 20 times as big as the sun, or the fusion of compact stars. The extremely bright cosmic beams can give off a blast of energy equivalent to more than a billion billion suns. Observing them is like “looking back in time, as the light from these objects takes a long time to reach us”, said Ore Gottlieb, an astrophysicist at the Flatiron Institute’s Centre for Astrophysics in New York. The rays carry traces of the gas clouds and galaxies they pass through on their journey through space – valuable data for better understanding the history and evolution of the universe. “SVOM has the potential to unravel several mysteries in the field of (gamma-ray bursts), including detecting the most distant GRBs in the universe, which correspond to the earliest GRBs,” Gottlieb said. The most distant bursts identified to date were produced just 630 million years after the Big Bang – when the universe was in its infancy. “We are ... interested in gammaray bursts for their own sake because they are very extreme cosmic explosions which allow us to better understand the death of certain stars,” said Frederic Daigne, an astrophysicist at the Paris Institute of Astrophysics. “This data makes it possible to test the laws of physics with phenomena that are impossible to reproduce in the laboratory.” Once analysed, the data could help to improve understanding of the composition of space, and the dynamics of gas clouds. The project stems from a partnership between the French and Chinese space agencies as well as other scientific and technical groups from both nations. “It’s a great success. We’ve managed to work well with our Chinese colleagues,” said Philippe Baptiste, CEO of France’s CNES space agency. Space cooperation at this level between the West and China is uncommon, especially since the United States banned collaboration between Nasa and Beijing in 2011. “US concerns on technology transfer have inhibited US allies from collaborating with the Chinese, but it does happen occasionally,” said Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics in the United States. In 2018, China and France jointly launched CFOSAT, an oceanographic satellite mainly used in marine meteorology. Once in orbit 625km above the Earth, SVOM will send its data back to observatories. – AFP A Long March 2-C rocket carrying a satellite jointly developed by China and France lifts off from Xichang on Saturday. – AFPPIC India toxic brew toll rises to more than 50 BENGALURU: The death toll from a batch of toxic illegal alcohol in India has risen to 53 as more victims succumbed to the poisonous brew. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has said the locally brewed arrack was laced with poisonous methanol, killing 37 within hours after they drank the illegal alcohol on Tuesday. More than 100 people were rushed to hospital, but some were too sick for medics to save. Hundreds of people die every year in India from cheap alcohol made in backstreet distilleries, but this poisoning is one of the worst in recent years. To increase its potency, the liquor is often spiked with methanol which can cause blindness, liver damage and death. The Indian Express yesterday quoted a local councillor, Palraj, describing how poor labourers regularly bought the liquor in plastic bags costing 60 rupees (RM3.30). “The men work just to drink, and the women run the family,” said motor rickshaw driver Shankar, who lives on a street where 23 people died. M.S. Prasanth, the top government official in Kallakurichi district, said “53 people have passed away”, according to the latest figures on Saturday, the Press Trust of India reported. Other Indian media yesterday put the toll as high as 55, but there was no immediate official confirmation. Prasanth said that seven people had been arrested in connection with the “spurious liquor tragedy”. Tamil Nadu is not a dry state, but liquor traded on the black market comes at a lower price than alcohol sold legally. Selling and consuming liquor is prohibited in several other parts of India, further driving the thriving black market for potent backstreet moonshine. Last year, poisonous alcohol killed at least 27 people in Bihar. – AFP B R I E F STAIWAN WAR GAMES TO MIMIC COMBAT TAIPEI: Taiwan’s annual war games this year will be as close as possible to actual combat, no longer just putting on a show to score points but aiming to simulate real fighting. Taiwan starts its five-day Han Kuang exercises on July 22. A senior Taiwan defence official said elements that were mostly for show, like rehearsal drills, have been cancelled, while this year there will be nighttime exercises and, unusually, the capital Taipei will be included too. “We want the soldiers to wonder whether this is for real,” he said. “Things may go wrong, like vehicle breakdowns, and that is fine.” – Reuters VATICAN NAMES HANGZHOU BISHOP VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has appointed Giuseppe Yang Yongqiang as bishop of Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province. The appointment follows a landmark accord the Vatican struck with China in 2018, renewing it for a further two years in 2022, over the appointment of Roman Catholic bishops in the country. The deal was an attempt to ease a divide between an underground flock loyal to the pope and a state-backed official church. For the first time since the 1950s, both sides recognised the pope as supreme leader of the Catholic Church. – Reuters latest clash during a routine resupply mission by Manila last week, in which it said a sailor was injured and vessels damaged. China’s Coast Guard personnel looted firearms and punctured boats involved in the mission, the Philippine military said. China disputed the Philippine account, with a Foreign Ministry spokesperson saying late last week the necessary measures taken were lawful, professional and beyond reproach. Marcos commended the troops for exercising restraint “amidst intense provocation”, and said his country would always exercise its freedoms and rights in line with international law. “In the performance of our duties, we will not resort to the use of force or intimidation, or deliberately inflict injury or harm to anyone,” Marcos said. “We stand firm. Our calm and peaceful disposition should not be mistaken for acquiescence.” Maritime run-ins between China and the Philippines, a US treaty ally, have made the strategic South China Sea a potential flashpoint. The United States has condemned China’s actions and reaffirmed defence commitments against any attack on Philippine aircraft or vessels under their mutual defence treaty. But the Philippines said on Friday there was no reason to invoke the treaty because China’s actions, which security officials have described as escalatory, could not be classified as an “armed attack”. China claims almost the entire South China Sea, including parts claimed by the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. In 2016, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague said China’s claims had no legal basis, a decision Beijing has rejected. “We are not in the business to instigate wars – our great ambition is to provide a peaceful and prosperous life for every Filipino,” Marcos said. “We refuse to play by the rules that force us to choose sides in a great power competition.” – Reuters

MONDAY | JUNE 24, 2024 8 Japanese royals begin Britain state visit LONDON: Emperor Naruhito and his wife began a week long trip to Britain on Saturday, during which they will visit Oxford University where they both studied and attend a banquet with King Charles, but no formal meeting with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is scheduled. Naruhito and his wife, Empress Masako, had been due to make the visit in 2020 when Queen Elizabeth was still alive but it was postponed because of public health concerns. Their first overseas trip together after Naruhito’s enthronement was to Elizabeth’s funeral in 2022. Ahead of this state visit the 64- year-old emperor spoke of the kindness the British royals showed him when he arrived in Britain to study in the early 1980s. He recalled how the late queen had invited him to Buckingham Palace for tea, which she made herself. “I have fond memories of the heartwarming hospitality I received from her majesty the queen and the royal family, making me feel like I was part of their family,” he told a news conference in Tokyo. Naruhito was greeted by officials on his arrival at London’s Stansted airport on Saturday afternoon. The emperor’s trip is the third state visit of Charles’ reign, and the first since it was revealed earlier this year that the British monarch had been diagnosed with cancer. Ahead of the visit, Naruhito said he was grateful the king would host them despite his illness, and he also sent good wishes to Charles’ daughter-in-law Kate, wife of heir Prince William, who is having preventative treatment for cancer. The official reason for the trip is to celebrate the long ties between the two royal families, and to demonstrate the deep relationship between the two countries. The Japanese royals are also using it as a chance to return to Oxford where they both studied at separate times, while Naruhito will visit the River Thames flood barrier which he researched while at university. – Reuters B R I E F SNEW CALEDONIA RIOTS ACCUSED SENT TO FRANCE NOUMEA: Seven independence activists linked to a group accused of orchestrating riots last month in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia have been sent to mainland France for pre-trial detention. Public prosecutor Yves Dupas said the seven were sent to mainland France due to the sensitivity of the case and to allow investigations to be carried out free of any pressure. Among the seven detainees was Christian Tein, head of the proindependence group CCAT, who was charged on Saturday over the recent violence in which nine people died, including two police personnel. Hundreds more were wounded, and around €1.5 billion (RM7.6 billion) of damage was inflicted during the unrest over voting reforms. Authorities did not specify what charges Tein faces. – AFP GROUNDED NEW ZEALAND FERRY REFLOATED SYDNE: A New Zealand ferry that ran aground on Friday was refloated late on Saturday. Operated by state-owned enterprise KiwiRail, the Aratere ferry ran aground in Picton Harbour on the north coast of South Island. It had been due to travel to Wellington but hit the shore after a steering failure. There were no injuries although 47 people had to spend the night aboard the ferry. Transport Minister Simeon Brown said the Aratere will be anchored in Picton Harbour for further checks. Divers who checked the ferry found minimal damage and determined the vessel was water-tight, Radio New Zealand reported. KiwiRail says the fleet ferries nearly 800,000 passengers yearly across the Cook Strait. – Reuters ‘One rule for them and one rule for us’ LONDON: A senior British minister compared the latest scandal involving Tory candidates accused of betting on the election date to Partygate, a series of lockdown-era parties that brought down Boris Johnson. Housing Minister Michael Gove compared the betting allegations to the Partygate scandal in an interview with the Times newspaper. “It looks like one rule for them and one rule for us ... That’s the most potentially damaging thing,” said Gove, who is standing down this election after 14 years as an MP. “That was damaging at the time of Partygate and is damaging here.” Prime Minister Johnson was forced from office in 2022 following public anger at the revelations of parties held in Downing Street oUK health minister compares election betting scandal to Partygate when the rest of the country was under lockdown. Now another senior Conservative Party figure has been caught up in the latest scandal. The party’s chief data officer, Nick Mason, has taken a leave of absence, following claims he placed bets on the timing of the election, the PA news agency reported on Saturday. Mason is being investigated by betting regulators, accused of placing dozens of bets on the election date according to the Times. He is the fourth Tory figure to be implicated in the affair. The party’s campaign director stepped aside following reports on Thursday that he and his wife, a Tory candidate in the July 4 election, were under investigation by the Gambling Commission. The scandal broke a week earlier, when Tory candidate and Sunak’s ministerial aide Craig Williams said he was being investigated for staking a bet on the snap election date before it was called. On Wednesday, London police said one of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s security detail had been arrested for allegedly placing a bet on the date. Sunak has said he is “incredibly angry”. “If anyone is found to have broken the rules, not only should they face the full consequences of the law, I will make sure that they are booted out of the Conservative Party,” he said last week. Political bets are allowed in the UK, including on the date of elections, but using insider knowledge to do so is against the law. The inquiries heap further misery on Sunak, whose party has trailed Labour by about 20 points in the polls for nearly two years, making it odds-on to be dumped out of office after 14 years. Gove said that those involved in the betting scandal were “sucking the oxygen out of the campaign”. Comparing it to Partygate again, he said: “A few individuals end up creating an incredibly damaging atmosphere for the party. “So it’s both bad in itself, but also destructive to the efforts of all of those good people who are fighting hard for the Conservative vote.” – AFP Trump courts black voters in Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA: Donald Trump made two speeches on Saturday, urging Christian supporters to go to the polls for him one last time and courting black voters in Philadelphia by promising to bring law and order to the city. If elected in November, the Republican presidential candidate told a rally Temple University, he would give police “immunity” to do their jobs and “surge” federal resources to cities battling violence. Trump dismissed as “fake” FBI statistics that showed a continued drop in violent crime and murder across the country in the first three months of this year, and accused Democratic President Joe Biden of lying about the data. “Under Biden the City of Brotherly Love is being ravaged by crime,” Trump told an audience more diverse than a typical rally, but still largely white. “Under the Trump administration we are going to bring law and order and safety back to our streets.” The promise to fight crime was part of a larger pitch to Black and Hispanic people, who form more than half the city’s population. The Trump campaign has been encouraged by some opinion polls showing he may be gaining ground with these voters. “Biden’s open border has also been a disaster for our great African-American and Hispanic-American populations,” Trump said. Trump has little chance of winning Philadelphia, which Biden won easily in 2020. But he hopes to narrow the margin in the region, key to the tally in Pennsylvania, a hotly contested state because it can swing either to Republicans or Democrats. Trump said: “Philadelphia was one of the most egregious places anywhere” for voter fraud. “We are not going to let it happen again.” Trump and Biden will face off in the first presidential debate of the 2024 race in Atlanta on Thursday. During a pre-rally stop Trump told supporters he knew whom he planned to choose as his running mate. At an earlier event on Saturday in Washington, the former president urged churchgoers to go to the polls for him one last time in November. “Christians go to church, but they don’t vote that much. You know the power you have if you would vote,” he said. “You gotta get out and vote. Just this time. In four years you don’t have to vote, OK? In four years don’t vote, I don’t care.” Trump briefly mentioned the sensitive issue of abortion, reiterating his position that curbs on the procedure should be decided by voters on a state-by-state basis. – Reuters NATURE FIRST ... A girl holds placards as she joins the ‘Restore Nature Now’ protest supported by Extinction Rebellion, National Trust and WWF in London on Sunday. – AFPPIC

MONDAY | JUNE 24, 2024 9 Israeli forces strap wounded man to jeep TEL AVIV: Israeli army forces strapped a wounded man to the hood of a military jeep during a raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Saturday. A video circulating on social media and verified by Reuters showed a resident, Mujahed Azmi, on the jeep that passes by two ambulances. The Israeli military in a statement said Israeli forces were fired at and exchanged fire, wounding a suspect and apprehending him. Soldiers then violated military protocol, the statement said. “The suspect was tied on top of a vehicle,” it said. The military said the “conduct of the forces in the video incident does not conform to the values” of the Israeli military and that the incident will be investigated and dealt with. The individual was transferred to medics for treatment, the military said. Reuters was able to match the location from corroborating and verified footage shared on social media. The date was confirmed by an eyewitness. According to Mujahed’s family, there was a raid and he was injured, and when the family asked for an ambulance, the army took Mujahed, strapped him on the hood and drove off. Violence in the West Bank has escalated with frequent army raids, rampages by settlers and deadly street attacks. In Gaza, health officials said air strikes on Saturday killed at least 24 people. The strikes added to at least 120 deaths over the previous 48 hours. Dr Mahmud Aliwa of Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City said his facility received 24 bodies after the strikes, which left smoke rising over the city. Gaza civil defence agency spokesman Mahmud Basal said at least 20 were killed in a strike on a house in Al-Tuffah neighbourhood, while a strike in Al-Shati refugee camp claimed the lives of four others. “People were going about their business” when, suddenly, “the whole area was wiped out”, said Abu Mahmud al-Kariri, an eyewitness in Al-Shati. On Saturday, a security source said a leader of the Lebanese group Jamaa Islamiya was killed in an Israeli strike in eastern Lebanon. – Reuters/AFP B R I E F SJORDAN POLICE DETONATE EXPLOSIVES NEAR AIRPORT AMMAN: Police said they detonated explosives found in a residential area of the capital close to a military airport used by US army planes. The explosives in a home in the Marka neighbourhood were detonated after the area was evacuated. They did not give details. Witnesses said the flat was nearly one kilometre from the Marka military airport. The explosives were discovered after civil defence authorities arrived at the flat following an explosion that was initially believed to have been caused by a gas leak, but may have been a botched attempt to manufacture explosives, former officials and security experts said. “The indications all point to a terrorist case,” said Saud Al Sharafat, a former brigadier general in Jordanian intelligence. – Reuters ‘WORLD SPORT MISSES RUSSIAN ATHLETES’ MOSCOW: Russia’s sports minister said his country’s athletes, most of whom are barred from the Paris Olympics, would soon take part in more competitions. “Fans and athletes from other countries are demanding this,” said Sports Minister Mikhail Degtyarev after a meeting of sports ministers on the sidelines of the BRICS Games. “The entertainment value and effectiveness of international tournaments have declined without Russian athletes.” Athletes from Russia and Belarus are barred from representing their countries at Paris. A certain number, vetted to ensure they have no connection to the military, are being allowed to compete. Russia denounces the restrictions as discriminatory. – Reuters Red Cross chief recounts shelling horror GENEVA: A senior Red Cross official in Gaza on Saturday told reporters of the horrific scenes after an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip. It was around 3.30pm when three explosions rocked the walls of the Red Cross compound in Gaza on Friday, William Schomburg, the local chief for the ICRC told reporters in Geneva via video link. Then came the “flood of wounded people” seeking help, said the international charity’s chief in Rafah. “There were piles of dead bodies, blood everywhere,” he said. Twenty-two people were killed in shelling that lightly damaged the outside walls of the compound where the Red Cross has been operating. It is located just south of a humanitarian zone identified by the Israeli army in the Palestinian territory. “All of our buildings are very well known to all parties to the conflict,” Schomburg said. oNo direct attack against facility, says IDF Refusing to speculate on the source of the shelling, he said: “We’re not here to lay blame. “But of course, this incident is one of several near misses that we have had ... and we as the ICRC cannot operate like this.” Many of the wounded were taken by ambulance to a nearby Red Cross field hospital for surgery. Some did not survive. No Red Cross employees were killed, Schomburg said, but two children of staff members required treatment for injuries sustained in the blasts. It is not the first time Red Cross facilities have been damaged during the more than eight months of fighting between Israel and Hamas fighters who control the Gaza Strip. Schomburg said that recovering from the trauma of Friday’s strike would not be easy. “Around the compound on the street, there were pools of blood, there were bodies strewn across the ground,” he said. “We literally found body parts scattered in different areas, including within the compound. “Frankly, it’s like nothing I’ve ever seen before. The scale of the suffering in such a short period of time was really very shocking for the team.” Houthi claim of attack on aircraft carrier false, say US officials WASHINGTON: A claim by Yemen’s Houthi group on Saturday that its forces had attacked the US aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Red Sea is false, said two US officials. “That is incorrect,” said one of the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity. The Iran-aligned Houthis first launched drone and missile strikes in the key waterway for trade in November in what they say is solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, where Israel has waged a more than eight-month war. In more than 70 attacks, the Houthis have sunk two vessels, seized another and killed at least three seafarers. But US warships have successfully intercepted almost daily Houthi attacks and repeatedly struck Houthi targets inside Yemen. The Eisenhower, which ended its deployment to the Red Sea on Saturday and will briefly reposition to the Mediterranean Sea, rushed to the region in the days following the Oct 7 attack. “The (Eisenhower carrier strike group) protected ships transiting the Red Sea, Bab-elMandeb and the Gulf of Aden, rescued mariners against the unlawful attacks from the Houthis and helped to deter further aggression,” the Pentagon said in a statement. The Pentagon announced that the US aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt will follow the Eisenhower, heading to Middle East waters once it completes an exercise in the Pacific. Earlier the Houthi group said its forces had attacked the Eisenhower in the Red Sea and the operation had achieved its objectives successfully, without elaborating. The group also said it attacked a commercial ship, Transworld Navigator, in the Arabian Sea. It did not say when the attacks took place. A Houthi statement said the Transworld Navigator took a direct hit from a missile. – Reuters The Theodore Roosevelt at anchorage in Busan, South Korea, on Saturday. – REUTERSPIC The shelling came as Israel stepped up its strikes in the Gaza Strip since war broke out after the October 7 attack. An Israel Defence Forces statement on Saturday said an initial inquiry found “there was no direct attack carried out by the IDF against a Red Cross facility”. But the incident was still under review and “findings will be presented to our international partners”. The Red Cross office is surrounded by a camp where several families of ICRC staff members live in tents. Schomburg said it was a “miracle” that none were severely injured. Nonetheless “there was an overwhelming sense of fear amongst people that were clearly panicked and very desperate with nowhere to go”, he said. Thousands of displaced Palestinians have been sheltering in tents in the coastal AlMawasi area since the outbreak of the fighting, prompting the recognition of the humanitarian zone by Israeli authorities. “All of our buildings and facilities are marked with the Red Cross emblem. “So how to explain the strikes? I think you will have to ask the parties involved in this conflict.” – AFP

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This is mainly due to powerful Western nations’ contractionary macroeconomic and geopolitical policies. Dismal outlook According to the bank’s last Global Economic Prospects report, world economic growth will be weakest by the end of 2024. Only the US economy’s strength will statistically prevent a world recession. World economic growth was expected to slow to 2.4% but even the US-controlled World Bank acknowledges growing geopolitical tensions are the main threat. Medium-term prospects for most developing economies have worsened due to slower growth in most major economies. This has been exacerbated by tighter monetary policy and credit, sluggish trade and investment growth. This year will be the third year of economic slowdown due to tighter monetary policies to rein in inflation. Central banks are fixated on bringing inflation below their 2% target by tightening credit. Worldwide growth was expected to slow from 2.6% in 2023, to 2.4% in 2024 – well below the 2010s’ mean. Developing economies would only grow by 3.9%, more than a percentage point below the previous decade’s average. World Bank chief economist Indermit Gill feared, “Near-term growth will remain weak, leaving many developing countries, especially the poorest, stuck in a trap: with paralysing levels of debt and tenuous access to food for nearly one out of every three people”. Gloomy prospects The bank projected that developed economies would slow as most developing economies outside Asia recover. It also acknowledges nations with poor credit ratings are especially condemned. With rich economies expected to slow from 1.5% last year to 1.2%, demand for primary commodities will further dampen. Despite other dismal projections, the bank wishfully projected LICs would grow by 5.5% in 2024. Howwever, instead of prioritising economic recovery, finance ministers and central bank governors agreed to continue policies, worsening the situation by suppressing demand and ignoring “supply-side disruptions” responsible for inflation. Fiscal follies? For decades, the Washington-based Bretton Woods institutions urged developing economies to be more open and marketoriented. Unsurprisingly, the global South now faces problems due to earlier procyclical policies. The report advises commodity exporters – two-thirds of developing nations – how to cope with price fluctuations. Breaking with past advice, the bank calls for a more counter-cyclical fiscal policy framework. Fiscal policies in recent decades have often been procyclical, overheating economies and deepening slumps. The bank found fiscal policy in commodity-exporting nations 30% more procyclical and 40% more volatile than in other developing economies. It argues commodity exporters’ fiscal policies have worsened price vicissitudes. It estimates that when commodity price increases enhance growth, government spending increases can boost growth by an additional fifth. Greater fiscal policy pro-cyclicality and volatility amplify business cycles, hurting economic growth in commodity-exporting developing economies. The bank argues this should be addressed with “a fiscal framework that helps discipline government spending, by adopting flexible exchange-rate regimes and by avoiding restrictions on the movement of international capital”. The report claims such policy measures will help commodity-exporting developing economies boost per capita growth by about 0.2% annually. Misrepresenting statistical correlations, the bank urges easing restrictions on international financial flows, claiming this would “help reduce both fiscal procyclicality and fiscal volatility”. Ignoring developing countries’ experiences, it urges the adoption of developed-economy “exchange rate regimes, (lack of) restrictions on cross-border financial flows, and fiscal rules” as part of a “strong commitment to fiscal discipline”. The report ignores overwhelming evidence of fiscal austerity and capital account openness exacerbating procyclicality and volatility. Clearly, the bank’s advice has not changed much since the 1980s, when such policy recommendations worsened Latin America’s and Africa’s lost decades. – IPS COMMENT by Jomo Kwame Sundaram precarious prospects for vulnerable developing economies due to much higher debt financing costs. At the end of 2023, the bank expected things to worsen due to the Gaza invasion, related commodity market pressures, financial stress, more indebtedness, higher borrowing costs, persistent inflation, China’s weak recovery, trade disruptions and climate disasters. US unwillingness to broker a ceasefire in Ukraine or to stop the Gaza massacre or South China Sea militarisation has worsened geopolitical risks and recovery prospects while diverting more resources for war. Financial stress and higher interest rates have exacerbated inflation and stagnation. Meanwhile, the new Cold War has slowed growth in China and much of Asia by worsening “trade fragmentation” and global heating. The bank urges multilateral cooperation to provide debt relief, especially for the poorest countries, address global heating, enable the energy transition, revive trade integration, address climate change and reduce food insecurity. The world economy has lost US$3.3 trillion (RM15.56 trillion) since 2020. Yet, instead of strengthening developing countries’ recoveries, the bank still urges fiscal austerity and financialisation. A quarter of developing countries and twofifths of low-income countries (LICs) would be worse off in 2024 than in 2019, before the pandemic. With limited fiscal space, developing

11 MONDAY | JUNE 24, 2024 Weighty issue weighing on women I RECENTLY watched a TikTok video excerpted from a live show in India, a platform that often lays bare life’s realities, sometimes so abridged they are bewitchingly bitter. In this episode, the host’s bodyshaming comments towards a supporting actress stirred a storm of emotions. As the actress left the stage, she delivered a powerful speech that moved the audience and viewers to tears. She highlighted the intricate and often tumultuous journey women face in mid-life, battling the relentless demands and expectations from family, friends and colleagues. This mid-life weight crisis is not unique to women but they experience it more acutely, especially after pregnancies. The journey through peri-menopause, menopause and postmenopause adds layers of complexity as each woman’s experience is distinctly her own. Weight gain during these phases is a phenomenon that defies simple explanations. Older women find it harder to shed pounds due to a cocktail of physiological and lifestyle factors. Firstly, there is the decreased metabolism. As we age, our metabolic rate slows down, meaning the body burns fewer calories at rest, making weight loss a daunting challenge. Coupled with this is the loss of muscle mass, a natural decline known as sarcopenia. Since muscle burns more calories than fat, losing muscle mass further slows down metabolism. Then, there is the hormonal upheaval during menopause, marked by a significant drop in oestrogen levels, which can lead to weight gain, especially around the abdomen, complicating weight loss efforts even further. Changes in energy levels and activity also play a crucial role. Older adults often experience lower energy levels and may be less physically active due to various health issues or mobility limitations. This decline in physical activity is a significant contributor to weight gain. Health conditions such as hypothyroidism and diabetes, which become more common with age, also promote weight gain. Furthermore, many medications prescribed to older adults have side effects that include weight gain. Dietary changes, influenced by shifts in taste, medical restrictions and appetite changes, further complicate nutritional intake and weight management. Addressing these challenges requires a multi-faceted approach such as tweaking diets to lower calorie intake while ensuring nutritional needs are met, boosting physical activity within individual limits and managing underlying health conditions impacting weight. Women often find losing weight more challenging than men due to biological and hormonal differences. They naturally have a higher body fat percentage and their bodies are NZ landmark decision offers lessons for house buyer protection IT is a trite practice that after a company is wound up by the court, the affairs of the company are given to the liquidator, who plays a key role in the process. The liquidator’s responsibility is to gather all assets, properties and money of the liquidated company and distribute them fairly to the creditors and other entitled individuals, following the priority of payment principle as per Section 292(1) of the Companies Act 1965 (CA) (Act 125) (repealed) (now Section 527(1) of the Companies Act 2016 (Act 777)). Regrettably, the list of priority paymententitled persons does not include purchasers, who are often the victims in abandoned housing projects of liquidated developer companies. There are also no adequate legal provisions to protect them in abandoned housing projects, which is a significant oversight in the current Malaysian legal system. The list of debts for settlement by the liquidator, using the funds from the accumulated money, is as follows: (Section 292(1) of CA 1965 (Act 125) (repealed) and Section 527(1) of CA 2016 (Act 777)): 0 The costs and expenses involved in winding up. 0 All wages or salaries under any contract of employment or award agreement. 0 All amounts due in respect of the workers’ compensation fund. 0 All remuneration payable to any employee in respect of vacation leave, etc. 0 All amounts due in respect of contributions relating to employees’ superannuation, provident funds, or retirement benefits, which are approved schemes under federal laws relating to income tax. 0 The amount of all federal tax assessed. After all the above-mentioned debts have been paid off, only the unsecured debts will then be ranked equally and settled. This means that they will be paid equally from the remaining surplus funds, if there is any (Section 292(1) CA 1965 (repealed) and Section 527(1) CA 2016). In the case of abandoned housing projects, aggrieved purchasers are not included in the priority list for payments during liquidation. They may receive payment only if there is a surplus of money left after all other debts have been settled. Aggrieved purchasers must file proof of debts as unsecured creditors to the liquidator to prove their entitlement to the liquidated company’s assets (Sections 500 and 524 CA 2016). If there is no surplus, these purchasers will not receive any payment, regardless of whether they have paid the house purchase prices in full or partially. Examples of abandoned housing projects involving this type of aggrieved purchasers include Taman Desa Surada in Kajang, Selangor, Kondominium Esplanade in Klebang, Malacca, Taman Lingkaran Nur, Kajang Selangor and Taman Perdana Muar in Mukim Serong, Muar, Johor. The above is the current state of law in Malaysia. Be that as it may, in a recent landmark case in New Zealand, the High Court decision, presided by Venning J., in Maginness v Tiny Town Projects Ltd (in Liquidation, 2023) has had a significant impact on the principles of equity and fairness in liquidation administration. The court’s analysis of conflicting interests in an abandoned housing development project in Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand, led to a decision favouring the aggrieved victim purchasers. This case sets a precedent in New Zealand and serves as a valuable lesson for the need for similar protections in liquidation administration legal frameworks, including in Malaysia. In this case, the purchasers who have paid either the full or partial purchase price for houses are entitled to an equitable lien over the houses that they have paid and purchased from the vendor developer. Pursuant to Section 23(b) of the Personal Property Securities Act 1999 (PPSA), the vendor developer cannot claim full ownership over the lien. As a result, the fully completed or partially completed houses can only be included in the sale or disposal by the liquidator to settle the vendor developer’s debts to creditors and other entitled parties, subject to such equitable lien, in the liquidation administration. In this case, even after the vendor developer company’s liquidation, the house titles have still not been transferred to the purchasers. Therefore, the houses still belong to the liquidated vendor developer company because the Code Compliance Certificate (CCC), as required under Section 53 of the PPSA, has not been obtained. Nevertheless, the court has ruled that the vendor developer company’s ownership is subject to the purchasers’ equitable lien over the houses. This means that if the completed or partially completed houses have been sold to a third party, the proceeds from the sales are subject to the equitable lien, and the proceeds received must be paid to the purchasers, along with any other damages the purchasers may have claimed as legal and equitable relief for the breach of contract of the defaulting vendor developer company. The writer suggests that it is timely that Malaysia’s liquidation law needs to be revised and improved to address the above-mentioned issue. This can be achieved by incorporating provisions of equity and principles of fairness to provide better protection for the rights of aggrieved purchasers when the vendor developer company is undergoing liquidation administration. Prof Dr Nuarrual Hilal Md Dahlan ACIS (CS), (CGP), CCC, School of Law, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Exco, Kongres Persatuan Akademik Malaysia. Comments: letters@thesundaily.com COMMENT by Prof Dr Nuarrual Hilal Md Dahlan genetically programmed to store more fat for reproductive purposes. The observation that Indian women often appear more heavily set compared with their Chinese and Malay counterparts is influenced by genetic, dietary and lifestyle factors. Genetic predispositions affect body type and fat distribution. Dietary habits, high in carbohydrates and fats, common in some Indian diets, contribute to higher body fat percentages. Cultural norms and values related to body image and dietary practices also play significant roles. Celebrities, with their access to personal trainers, nutritionists and sometimes surgical interventions, live under immense pressure to maintain a certain image, often motivating them to lose weight quickly. Such opulence may not be available to the average women, and women without the means turn to other longer routes for recourse. Withing these, the societal pressure to conform to a certain body weight can lead to frustration, demoralisation and low self-esteem, exacerbating mental health issues such as depression and anxiety. It is crucial for social conversations and media portrayals to evolve towards a more inclusive and realistic representation of women’s bodies, reducing these pressures. Addressing weight and health issues effectively requires understanding that not all weight challenges are linked directly to eating habits or lifestyle choices. I know of a friend who eats miserly portions and yet is unable to lose even an inch and has been on the heavy side most parts of her adult life. Fostering body positivity and embracing diverse body types can help diminish the stigma associated with being overweight or obese. Encouraging healthy behaviours for their own sake, rather than solely for weight loss, emphasises overall wellbeing over numbers on a scale. Language plays a pivotal role in shaping perceptions and interactions. Using derogatory terms or making unsolicited comments about someone’s body can perpetuate feelings of inadequacy and shame. Promoting respectful and supportive interactions that focus on the person, not their appearance, is vital. Increasing awareness about the medical and genetic factors influencing obesity can help reduce stigma. Educational programmes that provide comprehensive information on the complexities of weight, including metabolism, genetics and health conditions, can foster a more understanding and supportive community. This shift in perspective, from seeing weight loss as a mere equation of eating less and exercising more, to recognising the broader spectrum of influencing factors, supports individuals in managing their weight effectively, and nurtures a culture of empathy and respect. Comments: letters@thesundaily.com “Using derogatory terms or making unsolicited comments about someone’s body can perpetuate feelings of inadequacy and shame. Promoting respectful and supportive interactions that focus on the person, not their appearance, is vital. Malaysia’s liquidation law needs to be revised to ensure fairness to purchasers. – ADIB RAWI YAHYA/SUNPIC

BANKING & INSURANCE BANKING & INSURANCE 12 MONDAY | JUNE 24, 2024 AmBank BizRACE Season 4 – 30 firms progress to next phase PETALING JAYA: AmBank Group has selected 30 outstanding businesses to advance to the next phase of the highly competitive AmBank BizRACE Season 4. Nearly 1,000 innovative companies from across Malaysia competed for a spot in this transformative programme, designed to accelerate growth and integration of advanced technologies and sustainability practices within local industries. The chosen companies, which have been operating for three to 60 years across various industries, share a commitment to adopt Industrial Revolution 4.0 (Industry 4.0) technologies and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles. Season 4 focuses on refining manufacturing processes and boosting sustainability through advanced technological adoption. The top 30 finalists are now undergoing a comprehensive lineup of handson development and coaching by technical experts in the industry. This includes on-site factory visits to assess each company’s pain points and smart automation capabilities followed by one-to-one development and coaching towards going further oFourth edition focuses on refining manufacturing processes and boosting sustainability through adoption of advanced technologies in Industry 4.0 and ESG adoption. As part of AmBank BizRACE Season 4, AmBank has collaborated with partners such as Bosch Rexroth Malaysia, Malaysian Green Technology and Climate Change Corporation, Malaysian Consortium of Mid-Tier Companies, Pantas Software, YGL Convergence Bhd and The College of Law Australia. These partnerships enhance the programme’s offerings, which include an array of expert-led guidance, targeted strategic workshops and opportunities for financial support. AmBank Group business banking managing director Christopher Yap (pic) said, “Malaysia’s industrial landscape demands businesses to stay competitive through innovative technologies and efficient processes. AmBank BizRACE Season 4 empowers business leaders and their teams to navigate this shift towards sustainable manufacturing by equipping them with the knowledge and tools needed for success. The programme fosters participants’ sustainable development and equips them to thrive in this new landscape.” Plus Xnergy Holdings Sdn Bhd CEO Ko Chuan Zhen said BizRACE was a catalyst for Plus Xnergy. “Through BizRACE, we strengthened our commitment to sustainability, refined our strategies, and fostered innovative solutions. It clarified our market position and pinpointed key areas for sustainable impact. By embracing renewable energy and ESG goals, Plus Xnergy has become more competitive and impactful. “We firmly believe sustainability should be at the core of every business strategy,” he added. Cloudhax Sdn Bhd managing director Yeong Chia Chung said that participating in BizRACE significantly boosted Ticket2u.com.my’s profile and expanded its market reach through expert mentorship and strategic networking with industry leaders. “These experiences have sharpened our operations and strategies, enhancing our competitiveness. For future BizRACE participants, seize every opportunity to network and adapt based on the invaluable insights gained. This programme is a catalyst for innovation and growth,” he remarked. This season’s BizRACE will see the top 30 businesses showcase their enhanced business models to a panel of industry partners, as they compete for a spot in the Top 10. Safer, more secure online card transactions with OCBC OneToken PETALING JAYA: About a year after migrating all its customers to the safer and more secure OCBC OneToken for authorising online banking transactions, OCBC Malaysia is closing the loop by doing the same for all online credit and debit card transactions. With this, its customers will no longer receive SMS OTP (one-time passwords) from the bank to verify online credit and debit card transactions. Accordingly, any such SMS purporting to be from the bank should be ignored as OTP can only be generated via OCBC OneToken. OCBC Malaysia comprises OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Bhd and its Islamic banking subsidiary OCBC Al-Amin Bank Bhd. According to OCBC Bank managing director and consumer financial services head Anne Leh, the move to discontinue the use of SMS OTP to authorise transactions is to ensure customers are more comprehensively protected against banking-related scam attempts. “With this, we hope our customers will feel a greater sense of security when using their credit and debit cards online, especially given the rise in online scams by fraudsters purporting to be from banks. “To ensure a smooth online card transaction experience, we urge all our customers who have yet to register for OCBC Online Banking to do so immediately and then to activate their OCBC OneToken. Online scams cannot be ignored or taken lightly and we look forward to continuing our duty of care to our customers,” she said. The bank began the call in 2022 for its customers to make it more difficult for fraudsters to trick them by encouraging them to switch from SMS OTP to the more secure OCBC OneToken. With its introduction of OCBC OneToken in 2019, the bank became one of the early adopters of digital tokens. OCBC OneToken is a digital token available in the OCBC Malaysia Mobile Banking app that allows customers to securely generate an OTP to authorise their online transactions. For added security, OCBC OneToken can only be activated on a single mobile phone at any given time. In addition to providing two-factor authentication security, OCBC OneToken has built-in defence capabilities to detect threats on customers’ mobile phones. Upon activation of their OCBC OneToken, customers will receive SMS and email alerts. SeaMoney, Zurich roll out personal accident plan PETALING JAYA: Driven by an effort to provide easier access to affordable insurance, SeaMoney, the financial services arm of Sea Limited, has introduced a personal accident insurance plan in collaboration with and underwritten by Zurich General Insurance Malaysia Bhd. The insurance plan can be purchased through the Shopee app, starting from RM1.67 a month. For annual coverage, the Basic Plan is priced at RM20 and the Gold Plan at RM50. Covering any form of bodily injuries or disablement caused by unforeseen events, the plan provides insurance coverage of RM18,000 in the case of accidental death and permanent disablement for the Basic Plan, and RM40,000 for those insured with the Gold Plan. Additionally, it covers hospital expenses up to RM50 per day for 15 days (Basic Plan) or 60 days (Gold Plan). Gold Plan users are also entitled to additional benefits including hospital allowance of RM50 per day for 60 days in the case of hospitalisation due to vector-borne diseases, and RM500 coverage for funeral expenses in the case of accidental death. “With a population that grows increasingly digitised, Malaysians of varying demographics now have access to a variety of digital services that ease their daily lives,” SeaMoney head Alain Yee said. “At SeaMoney we aim to lower the barriers to entry for financial services, including personal insurance, and we are grateful to have Zurich Malaysia join us in this endeavour to make insurance more accessible and affordable for all Malaysians.” Commenting on the collaboration, Zurich Malaysia country CEO/head Junior Cho said, “Accelerating value-enhancing collaborations that bring a collective benefit to Malaysians is a fundamental principle for us at Zurich Malaysia. As people become more technologically savvy, we remain committed to serving customers in more meaningful ways that help them safeguard their well-being, safety, and financial security while supporting them as they care for what truly matters to them. “We’re delighted to bring our Zurich Edge proposition to SeaMoney, enabling a seamless, personalised and more relevant user experience. We look forward to working together to keep more Malaysians safe and protected from unforeseen situations.” In conjunction with the launch of Zurich’s Personal Accident Plan on the Shopee app, users who purchase the insurance are entitled to an automatic 25% discount when they buy the Gold Plan. Additionally, users can choose to pay for their plans through a variety of flexible payment methods, including instalment plans of up to 12 months when they check out using SPayLater and rebates when using Shopee coins at checkout. Malaysian Re, Pacific Life Re extend retakaful solutions collaboration PETALING JAYA: Malaysian Reinsurance Bhd (Malaysian Re) and Pacific Life Re Ltd, Singapore Branch (Pacific Life Re), recently signed an extension to their memorandum of understanding (MoU) on providing sustainable retakaful solutions to takaful operators. The collaboration was first established in 2019 and since then Malaysian Re, through Malaysian Re Retakaful Division, has worked with Pacific Life Re to provide family retakaful solutions leveraging on Pacific Life Re’s global experience and technology solutions powered by UnderwriteMe, Pacific Life Re’s fully owned subsidiary. The collaboration has facilitated knowledge exchange, particularly on in-depth technical knowledge and syariah advanced practice. Commenting on the collaboration, Malaysian Re president and CEO Ahmad Noor Azhari Abdul Manaf said, “The collective capabilities and mutual support garnered from both Malaysian Re and Pacific Life Re have allowed us to deliver exceptional retakaful solutions to the diverse needs of the customers. Within the first five years of this collaboration Malaysian Re has expanded not only its takaful business, but also the conventional business and we look forward to unlocking new opportunities from the extension of this collaboration”. Errakiah (left) and Ahmad Noor Azhari after signing the extension to the MoU on providing sustainable retakaful solutions to takaful operators. He added that by combining Malaysian Re and Pacific Life Re’s strengths and advantages, they are well-positioned to continue to provide innovative retakaful solutions to address complex risk challenges faced by the industry as well as promote the benefits of retakaful to a larger pool of industry players. Vasan Errakiah, managing director, protection, Asia of Pacific Life Re commented, “This collaboration underscores the shared vision and commitment of both Malaysian Re and Pacific Life Re to meet the demands of the sector and contribute to enhancements of retakaful solutions. By combining our expertise, we are confident that we will continue to deliver greater value to our customers and contribute to the development of a robust and innovative (re)takaful market”.

MONDAY | JUNE 24, 2024 Editorial T: 03-7784 6688 F: 03-7785 2625 E: sunbiz@thesundaily.com Advertising T: 03-7784 8888 E: advertise@thesundaily.com SCAN ME National Decarbonisation Committee to monitor greenhouse gas mitigation measures KUALA LUMPUR: The National Decarbonisation Committee will monitor and accelerate the implementation of greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation measures at the national level, said Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) Ministry secretary-general Datuk Ching Thoo Kim. The National Climate Change Action Council at its meeting earlier this month, agreed to set up the National Decarbonisation Committee, which will be chaired by the NRES minister. “This initiative is as outlined in the New Industrial Master Plan, the National Energy Transition Roadmap, the Hydrogen Economy and Technology Roadmap and new policies such as the National Climate Change Bill,” Ching said at the launch of Malaysia Property Expo (Mapex) on Friday. “Recognising the need for financing facilities for developers to undertake green projects, the government has introduced the Green Technology Financing Scheme 4.0 (GTFS 4.0) with a fund of RM1 billion until Dec 31, 2025. This scheme offers a government guarantee of up to 60% on green technology costs, as well as an interest and profit rebate of 1.5% per annum for the first five years,” Ching said. One of the improvements introduced through GTFS 4.0 is the expansion of categories to developers of affordable green housing and charge point operators of electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Meanwhile, Mapex organising committee chairperson Datuk Chan Kin Meng said it is targeting potential sales exceeding RM30 million at the three-day event which began on Friday. “Based on our previous success, we are optimistic about achieving potential sales exceeding RM30 million. Mapex also targets nearly 30,000 visitors to the exhibition at MVEC Mid Valley, Kuala Lumpur,” he said. - by AIMIE SHAZRIE Malaysia Airlines partners Huawei to enhance brand, services in China PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Airlines and Huawei have entered into a strategic partnership aimed at revolutionising the national airline’s digital landscape through Huawei Consumer Cloud Services’ advanced digital solutions. This collaboration will enable Malaysia Airlines to gain deeper insights into traveller preferences and effectively analyse market trends, thereby enhancing its customer-centric service approach. The partnership was formalised at the Huawei Developer Conference 2024 in Dongguan, China. Malaysia Airlines will leverage the Huawei Consumer Cloud Services Advertising Platform to enhance its brand and services in the Chinese market, optimise customer experience, and further draw Chinese travellers to choose Malaysia Airlines for their travel needs. Malaysia Aviation Group CEO Ahmad Luqman Mohd Azmi said, “This strategic partnership aims to elevate our efforts in customer engagement by providing highly personalised experiences and innovative solutions tailored to meet the unique needs of the market.” Huawei cloud services business growth director Vincent Wen said they are committed to strengthening their partnership with Malaysia Airlines by leveraging their extensive expertise in telecommunications infrastructure, digital solutions, and their deep understanding of the Chinese market. Digitalise to stay ahead, manufacturing firms told PETALING JAYA: Established manufacturing companies need to adopt digitalisation in order to create support for clients, stay ahead and remain competitive regionally, said OpenMinds founder Jan Wong (pic). “OpenMinds sees clients becoming digitalised and this way of putting simple efforts of digitalisation into a company will create a system that is more productive and efficient. Companies need to be aware that implementing digitalisation is actually not scary or expensive if the plan is to start with small steps first, then continue accordingly,” he said in an exclusive interview with SunBiz. Wong noted the lack of awareness among companies in adopting digitalisation and felt it is not because they do not realise that technology is helpful, but it is more about application and on how technology can benefit them. “OpenMinds finds companies understand the need for technology ... but their lack of awareness appears in applying technology into their businesses, which contributes to oProcess is not scary or expensive – start with small steps, then continue accordingly: OpenMinds founder █ BYAIMIE SHAZRIE sunbiz@thesundaily.com how technology can help companies to perform well,” he stated. Wong said that most of these manufacturing companies are big organisations that have been in the market for a relatively long period, which means the gap and the exposure towards tools and technologies started when companies had more employees from millennials and Generation Z with advanced technological knowledge, while Generation X and baby boomers continue to manage the companies with barriers to adoption of technology. “The gap was created due to not having many good resources here, especially in Malaysia. Digital skills are not only about social media advertising, but knowledge in the area of manufacturing is important so as to help the companies stay ahead. “Due to these reasons, OpenMinds sees a big number of manufacturing companies now choosing to wait and watch, where this turns out to be the most obvious impact that slows down manufacturing companies from achieving bigger accomplishments in Malaysia,” he added. Wong emphasised that government and private sector should dive deeper into digital skillsets and the focus needs to be shifted to developing deeper verticals, as Malaysia has created too many “getting-started” courses. “OpenMinds thinks that it will also help if there are companies that can bring their people on a ‘journey’. As improving skillsets need to be done in steps, OpenMinds proposes that there should be a journey on phases of progression to correct the awareness and bridge the skills gap, then to dive in and provide support for the companies to take the smallest step forward to digitalisation,” he said. On the benefits that manufacturing companies can derive from implementing automation, he opined that automation plays a major role in speeding up the generation of reports, compared to manual compilation. “Having automation to take place in reporting, communication and even customer relationship management for better scaling, will contribute much to helping these companies. Some companies are still relying on the traditional methods while these methods can be replaced by portal management, therefore helping them to scale everything faster,” said Wong. Meanwhile, he said OpenMinds targets to broaden its core areas of expertise in performance, marketing, data analytics, education and consultancies in the next five to 10 years. “The company aims to enhance the Malaysian manufacturing sector by leveraging advanced marketing technology solutions,” he added. Investment growth momentum to persist: Tengku Zafrul KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is optimistic that its investment growth momentum will continue in 2024 despite external challenges, said Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz. Based on current trends, he anticipates the momentum to persist, supported by the double-digit increase in trade for May. “So we are on the right track. We can see that our exports to Asean and the US rose by double digits in May. In terms of exports, 85% are from the manufacturing sector, especially the electronics and electrical (E&E) sector,” he told reporters after the launch of the Centralised Sustainability Intelligence Solution at Bursa Malaysia here on Friday. However, he said there are many challenging issues as well. “Issues such as ongoing trade tensions and geopolitical events, like the US-China trade war, pose challenges,” he added. Malaysia recorded approved investments amounting to RM83.7 billion in the first three months of 2024, a 13% increase over the previous year’s corresponding period, creating 29,000 new jobs for Malaysians. Tengku Zafrul said the main sectors contributing to the approved investments are: the manufacturing sector 51.3% (RM43 billion), the services sector 47% (RM39.3 billion) and the primary sector 1.7% (RM1.4 billion). “In terms of breakdown, foreign investment is 56% and domestic investment is Tengku Zafrul (centre) launching the Centralised Sustainability Intelligence Solution at Bursa Malaysia. Also present are, from left, Malaysian Investment Development Authority CEO Sikh Shamsul Ibrahim Sikh Abdul Majid, Bursa Malaysia CEO Datuk Muhamad Umar Swift, Bursa Malaysia chairman Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar and Investment, Trade and Industry Ministry Secretary General Datuk Hairil Yahri Yaacob. – BERNAMAPIC █ BYHAYATUN RAZAK sunbiz@thesundaily.com 44%,“ he added. Austria topped the list of foreign investors by a very wide margin, with RM30.1 billion (64%) in approved investments, followed by Singapore (RM5.6 billion), the Netherlands (RM3.6 billion), China (RM3.4 billion) and the United States (RM632.8 million). In terms of states, Kedah recorded the highest value of approved investments (RM31.3 billion), followed by Kuala Lumpur (RM21.5 billion), Selangor (RM12.4 billion), Sarawak (RM4.2 billion) and Johor (RM4.1 billion). Target sectors stipulated by the National Investment Aspirations (NIA) contributed RM53.7 billion, accounting for 64.1% of the total approved investments across 252 projects, which are expected to create 17,056 new job opportunities. The NIA is built on five robust pillars: enhancing economic complexity, creating high-value job opportunities, expanding domestic linkages, developing new and existing clusters, and promoting inclusivity. Of the total approved investments, RM47.5 billion, or 56.8%, fall under the jurisdiction of Miti/Mida, covering 500 projects with 18,517 new job opportunities.

BIZ & FINANCE BIZ & FINANCE MONDAY | JUNE 24, 2024 14 /theSunMedia FOLLOW ON YOUTUBE Malaysian Paper Marine & General registers Q4 pre-tax profit of RM27.8 million KUALA LUMPUR: Marine & General Bhd reported revenue of RM83.1 million for the fourth quarter ended April 30, 2024, a 9.1% improvement over the figure in the preceding year’s corresponding quarter. Fleet utilisation for upstream and downstream divisions was 77% and 75% respectively compared with 73% and 84% respectively recorded in the preceding year’s corresponding quarter. The upstream division continued as the main contributor, generating 80% of the group’s revenue for the quarter, while the downstream division generated the remaining 20%. During the fourth quarter, the group disposed of another tanker under the downstream division and recognised a gain of RM5.4 million. Considering the higher revenue recorded and gain from the disposal of the tanker, the group recorded RM27.8 million profit before taxation compared with a profit of RM48.6 million in the preceding year’s corresponding quarter. This reflects the lower net vessel impairment reversal during the quarter and higher vessel repairs incurred during the period. For the cumulative 12-month period, the group recorded RM347.9 million in revenue, reflecting a 13.2% increase over that recorded in the previous corresponding period. The increase was in line with higher charter activities and charter rates for both upstream and downstream divisions. Although the group recorded higher revenue during the latest 12-month period, the results were affected by lower net vessel impairment reversal. Consequently, the group posted RM69.3 million profit before taxation in line with the profit of RM69.8 million registered in the preceding year. “The upstream division looks forward to an active year ahead in line with Petronas’ positive outlook for its drilling and exploration activities as highlighted in its Activity Outlook for 2023-2025. The board expects the vessel utilisation and charter rate increase to continue in the next financial year, although at a slower rate than the current financial year,” executive chairman Tan Sri Mohammed Azlan Hashim said. IJM Construction clinches two contracts totalling RM962.3m PETALING JAYA: IJM Construction Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of IJM Corporation Bhd, has secured two contracts worth a total of RM962.3 million. The projects are the construction of a logistics hub in Shah Alam, Selangor, and a semiconductor manufacturing facility for Siliconware Precision Malaysia in Penang. IJM Construction secured an RM584.3 million contract from Strategic Sonata Sdn Bhd for the construction of Plot A of a logistics hub at Section 15, Shah Alam. The project involves the construction and completion of six storeys of ramp-up warehouses with offices, a two-storey cafeteria, and all associated ancillary structures and services. The project is expected to be completed within 28 months from the commencement date of June 20 2024. IJM Corp group CEO and managing director Lee Chun Fai stated: “The logistics sector presents Issues arising from internal group restructuring IT IS very common for groups of companies to undertake restructuring for various reasons: reduction of operating costs, avoiding duplication of resources, reducing financing costs, reducing bureaucratic compliance and improving tax efficiency. Merging businesses within the group will reduce the need to prepare an extra set of tax returns, eliminating the need to manage transfer prices (direct and indirect taxes) and prepare transfer pricing documentation and possibly eliminating the need to account for sales and service tax for intercompany transactions. Merging businesses will allow the use of current-year business losses generated from one business against the profits of another business. Common types of restructuring The two common types of internal restructuring will be through share transfers or asset transfers. Asset transfers can be of two types – selling the business “lock, stock and barrel” to another entity within the group, or the business will be broken down and sold on a piecemeal basis (i.e. assets and liabilities will be sold separately). Tax pointers to watch out for: 0Share transfers In the case of shares being transferred within the group, stamp duty will be payable at the rate of 0.3% of the consideration or market value of the shares (if the company is listed), whichever is higher. If the shares are not listed, 0.3% stamp duty will be payable on the higher of the consideration or net tangible asset of the company. The transfer of shares could also trigger Capital Gains Tax (CGT) where unlisted shares are transferred within the group. The government earlier announced that CGT exemptions will be given on the transfer of shares involving internal group restructuring. However, to date, no gazette order or rules have been introduced to effect the exemptions. Since the introduction of CGT in 2024, there is no need to check whether such shares are Real Property Company shares since such gains will no longer be subject to Real Property Gains Tax (RPGT). 0Business transfers If the business is transferred as a whole and that will include all assets and liabilities, staff and business connections, the tax issues you need to consider will cover stamp duty, income tax and potentially RPGT. Since the business is viewed as a “property” for stamp duty purposes, the stamp duty applicable will be at the ad valorem rate of 1% to 4% based on the higher of the consideration or market value of the business. The market value can be based on multiples of the price-earnings ratio, discounted cash flow, and any other acceptable valuation methodologies. If the business is transferred as a whole, the consideration will be regarded as capital in nature, and the company should not be subject to income tax. However, if there are any real properties involved in the transfer of the business, then RPGT will be triggered. 0Piecemeal transfers If there is a business restructuring involving the transfer of assets and liabilities separately on a piecemeal basis, it is extremely important for stamp duty purposes that the fragmentation is not intended to avoid paying stamp duty at a higher ad valorem rate. Normally, if there is a piecemeal sale between two third parties, the buyer will not buy all the assets and liabilities but instead, he will pick and choose assets and liabilities that he is prepared to take over. The same characteristics should also be present in transfers on a piecemeal basis between related companies to avoid being labelled as a transfer of a business as a whole. In this scenario, you need to look at the tax implication of each asset and liability that is being transferred. There are different tax treatments for the transfer of stocks, debtors, creditors, fixed assets and real properties, intangibles, bank loans, provisions transferred, employees, concessions, long-term contracts, etc. Finally, you should be aware that there are provisions in the Stamp Act 1949 and RPGT Act 1976 that provide exemptions for such transfers. This article is contributed by Thannees Tax Consulting Services Sdn Bhd managing director SM Thanneermalai (www.thannees.com). Batik Air to suspend service to and from Auckland PETALING JAYA: Batik Air will suspend its services to and from Auckland, New Zealand, via Perth, Australia, effective July 19 due to operational requirements. The airline, however, will reinstate operations to Auckland with direct flights from Kuala Lumpur in December, subject to regulatory approvals. Batik Air CEO Datuk Chandran Rama Muthy stated that the airline regrets any inconvenience caused and remains confident that the strategic adjustments will strengthen its operational framework. Passengers holding reservations for flights to and from Auckland affected by the suspension are advised to submit their tickets for a full refund. For further assistance, affected passengers can contact Batik Air Customer Care Centre via email at od_customercare@batikair.com.my. significant growth opportunities, and this project reaffirms our commitment to delivering highquality, sustainable infrastructure. Leveraging advanced construction methods and value engineering, we aim to meet our client’s evolving needs while maintaining our focus on sustainability and efficiency. “This logistics hub project underscores our capability to execute large-scale logistics developments that align with our strategic goals and environmental objectives.” The project aims to achieve GreenRE Gold certification by adopting it as the benchmarking and assessment system for development. The GreenRE assessment will evaluate the design, construction, and operational phases of the building, ensuring compliance with stringent environmental standards. The certification process focuses on six key pillars: energy efficiency, water efficiency, carbon emission reduction, environmental protection, indoor environmental quality and the integration of other green features. IJM Construction has also been awarded an RM378 million contract to construct Phase 1 of a semiconductor manufacturing facility for Siliconware Precision Malaysia Sdn Bhd at Bandar Cassia Technology Park, Penang. Siliconware Precision Malaysia is part of ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd, the world’s largest outsourced semiconductor assembly and test company. The Phase 1 facility will include a four-storey production building with an office, a centralised utility building, a warehouse building, a 33kV substation building and a link bridge to support advanced semiconductor production. Construction, which began last month, is scheduled for completion by October 2025. To accelerate the construction process, IJM Construction will utilise the SMART IBS (Industrialised Building System) solution from IJM IBS Sdn Bhd. The advanced construction method enhances efficiency, reduces construction time, and ensures superior quality by using prefabricated components manufactured in an IR4.0 automated precast system off-site and then assembled on-site. This approach minimises environmental impact and showcases the group’s vertically integrated construction capabilities, ensuring streamlined project execution with high-quality results. Lee said the rising demand in logistics, warehousing, data centres and electrical and electronics manufacturing presents significant growth opportunities for its future pipeline. The strong project portfolio has strengthened IJM Construction’s order book to RM7 billion, comprising high-profile private and public sector projects in building construction and civil engineering, ensuring nearterm earnings visibility. oLogistics hub in Shah Alam and phase one of semiconductor manufacturing facility in Penang Artist’s impression of Siliconware Precision Malaysia Sdn Bhd’s semiconductor manufacturing facility in Bandar Cassia Technology Park, Penang.

BIZ & FINANCE BIZ & FINANCE MONDAY | JUNE 24, 2024 15 Education remains an important pillar of Malaysian society; it equips students with the skills needed to become productive and useful members of society. We invite you to showcase the best of education and the difference your institution has brought to the education landscape. Education matters so join us in 2024! Contact us now for special deals on digital, video and print advertising. Malaysian Paper 03-7784 6688 advertise@thesundaily.com Scientex Q3 net profit increases to RM130.5m to higher exports of industrial and consumer packaging. CEO Lim Peng Jin said, “Scientex maintains a balanced approach to growth, accelerating the pace of new property launches to meet robust demand while strategically acquiring land to expand affordable housing access across Peninsular Malaysia.” Simultaneously, he added they enhancing their packaging division’s competitiveness through operational excellence, cost optimisation, and the development of innovative, customer-centric solutions, including a growing portfolio of sustainable packaging options. This multi-faceted approach, supported by continued resilience in both segments, positions them well to achieve sustainable performance in FY24, said Lim. For the nine-month period ended April 30, 2024, revenue rose 10% to RM3.3 billion from RM3 billion in the prior-year period, while net profit improved 26.6% to RM409.4 million from RM323.2 million previously. The property segment was the key growth driver, contributing RM1.4 billion in revenue compared to RM998.9 million previously, due to higher sales, steady construction progress, and strong take-up for new launches. The packaging segment maintained stable performance, with revenue of RM1.9 billion versus RM2 billion in the previous period. Scientex has committed to sustainable growth, balancing expansion in the affordable housing market with a continued focus on innovation and operational efficiency in its packaging division. This commitment includes a significant investment in renewable energy, with the deployment of a 21-MWp rooftop solar PV system across the group’s headquarters and key manufacturing plants scheduled for completion by January 2025. Lim said, “Scientex’s investment in renewable energy, together with our focus on operational efficiency and cost management, enables us to proactively address global market challenges and rising energy costs.” Additionally, he added, their recent launches in Penang, Selangor, and Malacca are seeing strong response, and they remain on track to achieve their goal of 50,000 completed homes by 2028, supported by land acquisitions and a robust pipeline of development projects. Scientex declared an interim dividend of 6 sen per share for the financial year ending July 31, 2024 (FY24), representing a total payout of RM93.1 million to shareholders. The exdividend date is July 9, payable on July 19. oPackaging and property divisions post improved revenue, company declares 6 sen interim dividend Moomoo Malaysia sets new standard in IPO accessibility KUALA LUMPUR: Moomoo Securities Malaysia Sdn Bhd (Moomoo MY) is setting a new benchmark in the investment landscape with the launch of its pioneering IPO subscription service, allowing investors to subscribe to IPOs directly through the Moomoo App. As the first in Malaysia to streamline this process online, Moomoo MY offers a straightforward and accessible approach to IPO participation for local investors. This service redefines how Malaysian investors access IPOs, ensuring a seamless, entirely online process that simplifies capital market participation, enabling investors to engage directly from their devices. Moomoo Securities Malaysia CEO Ivan Mok said, “This initiative represents a cornerstone in Moomoo MY’s mission to transform the financial services landscape. As the first platform in Malaysia to facilitate a completely seamless and direct online IPO subscription process, making this process as easy and accessible as possible for retail investors, we are not just setting a new industry standard; we are opening doors for potential investors and paving the way for a more inclusive financial ecosystem. Our goal is to empower every investor with the tools and knowledge to participate confidently in IPOs.” The Moomoo Malaysia CDS Account-IPO feature allows investors to subscribe to IPOs directly through the Moomoo App, bypassing traditional paperwork and queues. The service supports direct in-app deductions, eliminating the hassle of bank transfers, and provides realtime updates throughout the subscription process — from application to IPO allotment — ensuring that investors are well-informed every step of the way. Moomoo MY offers this service with no fees for IPO subscriptions or maintenance of CDS accounts, coupled with a competitively low financing rate of 6.8%. These conditions present a highly attractive and accessible option for investors looking to maximize their financial resources. This development is enhanced by comprehensive resources within the Moomoo app including detailed information about the IPOs, insightful business analyses, and live Q&A sessions with business leaders. These tools ensure that investors have equitable access to crucial information, empowering them to make smarter, well-informed investment decisions. This approach not only democratises investment opportunities but also aligns with Moomoo MY’s mission to foster a knowledgeable and empowered investor community. “Our platform does more than facilitate transactions. Through comprehensive educational resources and direct engagements such as live webinars, we are creating a community of well-informed investors. These efforts ensure equitable access to crucial information, enabling retail investors to make decisions on a level playing field. The upcoming Johor Plantations Group IPO is a prime example of how we leverage this integration to foster a well-informed community of investors,“ Mok elaborated. The platform has risen to prominence in the Malaysian market, reaching a milestone of 100,000 clients in just six weeks after launch and now boasting over 300,000 Malaysian users. As of April 23, Moomoo is the No. 1 most downloaded financial app in Malaysia. Hiap Huat to build RM100m liquid bulk terminal at West Port KUALA LUMPUR: KL Bunkering Sdn Bhd, a pioneering joint venture between Bursa Malaysia listed Hiap Huat Holdings Bhd and KL Platform Services Sdn Bhd (KLPS), has commenced the construction of a RM100 million cutting-edge liquid bulk storage terminal at West Port, Port Klang. This milestone is a 46+12-year land lease agreement obtained from Westports Malaysia Sdn Bhd (a subsidiary of Westports Holdings Bhd). The new terminal has a storage capacity of 123,800 cubic metres spread over 41 vertical storage tanks and is designed to accommodate a diverse range of products including petroleum, petrochemicals, and biofuels, ensuring versatile and comprehensive storage solutions for various industrial needs. Hiap Huat Holdings Bhd managing director Datuk Chan Say Hwa said they are happy to embark on this ambitious project, which represents a significant milestone for the Hiap Huat group and the Malaysian liquid bulk storage landscape. Our commitment to green practices, combined with our strategic location and cutting-edge technology, will position us as one of the leaders in the industry while contributing to a more sustainable future,” he added. The terminal’s development will be executed in three planned phases, with an estimated capital expenditure of approximately RM100 million over five years. SHAH ALAM: Global packaging manufacturer and property developer Scientex Bhd recorded net profit of RM130.5 million in the third quarter ended April 30, 2024 (Q3’24), growing 18.9% from RM109.8 million in the corresponding quarter last year, on improved contribution across the packaging and property development divisions. Group revenue for Q3’24 rose 11.1% to RM1.1 billion from RM997.1 million previously. The property division led overall growth in Q3’24, with segment revenue increasing 24.7% to RM451.1 million from RM361.7 million previously, driven by steady construction progress for affordable housing developments across Peninsular Malaysia. Meanwhile, the packaging division achieved a 3.4% increase in revenue to RM656.9 million in Q3’24 from RM635.4 million previously, due

BIZ & FINANCE BIZ & FINANCE MONDAY | JUNE 24, 2024 16 Chinese outbound travel recovery lags expectations SHANGHAI: A recovery in Chinese overseas travel from the Covid-19 pandemic is fading as rising costs and difficulties in securing visas cement a preference for local and short-haul destinations. The delay in a revival to pre-Covid levels by China’s outbound travellers, the world’s top spenders on international tourism and airlines, is hitting travel-related companies, hotels and retailers globally. Eighteen months after China dropped strict zero-Covid policies and reopened its borders, the recovery in overseas travel is lagging behind market expectations and the shape of Chinese travel is changing, with a surge in domestic trips. Pressured by a prolonged property crisis, high unemployment and a gloomy outlook in the world’s second-biggest economy, Chinese consumers have become more frugal since the pandemic, prompting discount wars on everything from travel to cars, coffee and clothes. Chinese people took 87 million trips abroad last year, down 40% from pre-Covid 2019, and industry observers say the pace has slowed since the Lunar New Year in February. China’s travellers spent 24% less last year than in 2019, while US travellers’ spending was up 14%, according to UN Tourism data. The Chinese lag is bad news for countries like France, Australia and the US, which were among the top destinations for Chinese travellers before the pandemic. Liu Simin, vice president of the tourism branch of the China Society for Futures Studies research institute, Travellers walking past a display showing departure flights information at Shanghai Pudong International Airport. – REUTERSPIC oCosts, visa snags cement preference for local and short-haul destinations Egypt cracks down on tourism companies CAIRO: Egypt withdrew the operating licenses of 16 tourism companies and referred them to the public prosecutor, accusing them of being responsible for the deaths of Egyptian pilgrims in Mecca, a crisis unit tasked with addressing the situation said on Saturday. Medical and security sources say at least 530 Egyptians died during this year’s haj pilgrimage to Mecca, while the statement from the unit, formed last Thursday and headed by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, said 31 deaths were confirmed as a result of chronic illness. The tourism companies which facilitated the travel of those who died did not provide them with services of any kind, including medical, the statement said without naming the companies involved. The agencies are being blamed for sending pilgrims to Saudi on personal visit visas, rather than haj visas that allow access to Mecca where haj rituals take place. Medical services offered by Saudi authorities to alleviate the hardships of the pilgrimage are not offered to those travelling with a personal visa. The pilgrims who died had to walk through the desert into Mecca to avoid arrest or deportation, the statement added. Egyptian authorities also say those travel agencies did not provide the pilgrims with “appropriate accommodation”, adding that this caused pilgrims’ “exhaustion due to the high temperatures.” Egyptian authorities also documented 31 deaths among registered Egyptian pilgrims, citing “chronic diseases” as the cause of death. Most of those who died were unregistered, the statement said. In recent days hundreds of people from different countries have died in punishing conditions for the haj pilgrimage in the Saudi city, where temperatures have at times exceeded 51°C. – Reuters UK airport faces ‘widespread disruption’ after power cut LONDON: A “significant” number of flights at the UK’s third-busiest airport were being delayed or cancelled yesterday after a major power cut, the airport operator said. The Manchester Airports Group, which also operates London Stansted and the East Midlands airports, said Manchester Airport had been “affected by a major power cut in the area earlier this morning”. “This has caused widespread disruption,” it said on social media. Power has now been restored at the international airport in the north of England, but passengers due to travel from Terminals One and Two were told to “not come to the airport until further notice” as flights were being cancelled. Passengers for Terminal Three were told to come to the airport as normal but warned they “could be affected by delays”. Some flyers took to X to describe the “chaos”, with one passenger saying there was “baggage thrown on any carousel” and another saying they were “stuck on the plane”. Airline easyJet, which operates flights from Terminal One, warned of “very long queues” for security, and disruption to check-in luggage, meaning passengers can only board flights with cabin bags. The UK travel industry has been hit by a series of disruptions in the last few years, including technical problems and industrial action affecting rail and air passengers. – AFP forecasts China’s international travel might not recover to pre-pandemic levels for another five years. “The recovery is a lot slower than expected,” Liu said. “The devaluation of the Chinese yuan combined with inflation in the US and Europe is a double blow.” The Chinese currency has fallen more than 2% against the dollar since the start of the year, raising costs in yuan terms for Chinese travellers abroad. Consultancy Oliver Wyman last month pushed its estimates for China’s international travel recovery to late 2025, half a year later than it forecast last year. “I would actually argue that consumers are even more costconscious than last year, and you’ll also see that feed into travel trends,” said Hong Kong-based Oliver Wyman partner Imke Wouters. To be sure, overseas travel is rebounding, with Chinese travellers again the world’s top spenders on international tourism last year after falling behind the United States in 2022, according to UN Tourism data. This summer, 8% of flights at Chinese airports have been international, up from just 1% in 2022, according to aviation data provider OAG. That recovery, however, is overshadowed by the surge in domestic trips, which hit a record 295 million during the five-day May Day holiday, up more than 20% from 2019, official data showed. Domestic airline seats were up 16% in May from the same month in 2019, while international flights were down 30%, Cirium data shows. Wouters said 40% of those who travelled abroad in 2023 for the first time since borders reopened had decided not to travel internationally again this year, mainly due to inconvenience and long visa processing times for many European destinations. Beijing resident Wang Shu, 38, vacationed domestically after cancelling a trip to France because he could not get a visa, despite trying to book a visa appointment months ahead. “I tried booking the interview in late March, as I planned to attend the French Open tennis in late May, but the earliest date that I could book was June 19.” Wang instead vacationed in Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, known for its spicy food. “The food was great, I watched a concert and spent one-tenth of the money I’d have spent in France.” Australia’s top source of tourists before Covid, China is now number four, with arrivals down 53% in March from March 2019, said Margy Osmond, chief executive of Tourism & Transport Forum Australia. Chinese travellers to France, the most visited country in the world, have reached only 28.5% of 2019 levels, according to airport operator ADP. Capacity on US-China routes remains down more than 80% from 2019 levels, weighed by intensifying bilateral political tensions. The US National Travel and Tourism Office expects Chinese tourism to America to recover fully only in 2026. By contrast, countries with visa-free policies have received strong growth in Chinese visitors. These include Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, where flight capacity has also increased. Switzerland, growing in popularity with high-end travellers on Trip.com, boasts a seven-day visa process, said Trip.com Group CEO Jane Sun. Japan has also received a surge in Chinese travellers this year, boosted by a plunge in the yen’s value. “We are not just seeing a market re-growing, we are seeing a market re-shaping,” said Gary Bowerman, director of tourism intelligence firm Check-In Asia. – Reuters

BIZ & FINANCE BIZ & FINANCE MONDAY | JUNE 24, 2024 17 TORONTO: For a few days, AI chip juggernaut Nvidia sat on the throne as the world’s biggest company, but behind its staggering success are questions on whether new entrants can stake a claim to the artificial intelligence bonanza. Nvidia, which makes the processors that are the only option to train generative AI’s large language models, is now Big Tech’s newest member and its stock market takeoff has lifted the whole sector. Even tech’s second rung on Wall Street has ridden on Nvidia’s coattails with Oracle, Broadcom, HP and a spate of others seeing their stock valuations surge, despite sometimes shaky earnings. Amid the champagne popping, startups seeking the attention of Silicon Valley venture capitalists are being asked to innovate – but without a clear indication of where the next chapter of AI will be written. When it comes to generative AI, doubts persist on what exactly will be left for companies that are not existing model makers, a field dominated by Microsoft-backed OpenAI, Google and Anthropic. Most agree that competing with them head-on could be a fool’s errand. “I don’t think that there’s a great opportunity to start a foundational AI company at this point in time,” said Mike Myer, founder and CEO of tech firm Quiq, at the Collision technology conference in Toronto. Some have tried to build applications that use or mimic the powers of the existing big models, but this is being slapped down by Silicon Valley’s biggest players. “What I find disturbing is that people are not differentiating between those applications which are roadkill for the models as they progress in their capabilities, and those that are really adding value and will be here 10 years from now,” said venture capital veteran Vinod Khosla. The tough-talking Khosla is one of OpenAI’s earliest investors. “Grammarly won’t keep up,” Khosla predicted of the spelling and grammar-checking app, and others similar to it. He said these companies, which put only a “thin wrapper” around what the AI models can offer, are doomed. One of the fields ripe for the taking is chip design, Khosla said, with AI demanding ever more specialised processors that provide highly specific powers. “If you look across the chip history, we really have for the most part focused on more general chips,” Rebecca Parsons, chief technology officer at tech consultancy Thoughtworks, told AFP. Providing more specialised processing for the many demands of AI is an opportunity seized by Groq, a hot startup that has built chips for the deployment of AI as opposed to its training, or inference – the speciality of Nvidia’s world-dominating GPUs. Groq CEO Jonathan Ross told AFP that Nvidia will not be the best at everything, even if they are uncontested for generative AI training. “Nvidia and (its CEO) Jensen Huang are like Michael Jordan... the greatest of all time in basketball. “But the inference is baseball, and we try and forget the time when Michael Jordan tried to play baseball and wasn’t very good at it.” Another opportunity will come from highly specialised AI that will provide expertise and know-how based on proprietary data which will not be co-opted by voracious big tech. “Open AI and Google aren’t going to build a structural engineer. They’re not going to build products like a primary care doctor or a mental health therapist,” said Khosla. Profiting from highly specialised data is the basis of Cohere, another of Silicon Valley’s hottest startups that pitches specifically-made models to businesses that are skittish about AI veering out of their control. “Enterprises are sceptical of technology, and they’re risk-averse, and so we need to win their trust and to prove to them that there’s a way to adopt this technology that’s reliable, trustworthy and secure,” Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez told AFP. When he was just 20 and working at Google, Gomez co-authored the seminal paper Attention Is All You Need, which introduced Transformer, the architecture behind popular large language models like OpenAI’s GPT-4. The company has received funding from Nvidia and Salesforce Ventures and is valued in the billions of dollars. – AFP Yaccarino shakes up X amid Musk’s pressure on costs LONDON: The chief executive of social media platform X, Linda Yaccarino, has shaken up her inner circle in the face of pressure from owner Elon Musk to boost sales and cut costs, the Financial Times said yesterday. This month, Yaccarino fired her right-hand man and head of business operations and communications Joe Benarroch, the newspaper said, citing three people familiar with the matter. X did not immediately respond to Reuters request for comment on the report. Before joining X, then known as Twitter, in June 2023, Benarroch worked at Comcast’s NBCUniversal, where he oversaw communication strategy for its advertising and partnerships division, reporting to Yaccarino, who was advertising chief there. X’s head of global government affairs Nick Pickles will take over Benarroch’s responsibilities, with an expanded role including directing all global communications, the Financial Times said. The reshuffle stems from growing tensions between Musk and Yaccarino, as she struggles to steady X’s financial health, according to the report. Steve Davis, a longstanding Musk ally and chief executive of his Boring Company, was brought in by the billionaire in April to review X’s finances and performance management, the Financial Times added. – Reuters Search for next AI breakthrough oStartups look for opportunity in field dominated by Big Tech British journalist will not take up top job at ‘The Washington Post’ WASHINGTON: British journalist Robert Winnett will not become editor-in-chief of The Washington Post, the daily said last week, a decision taken against a backdrop of disputes over editorial practice. Winnett currently serves as deputy editor of the Telegraph Media Group, which oversees the London-based Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph. Will Lewis, the managing director and publisher of The Washington Post, informed the newspaper’s editorial staff of Winnett’s decision “with regret”, according to the daily, which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Lewis had tapped Winnett, a former colleague in Britain, to drastically remake the once-powerful Post, which is suffering heavy financial losses and bleeding readership. Winnett’s withdrawal followed a Washington Post article alleging that, while working for the Sunday Times, he had hired an actor to obtain confidential information. The actor reportedly used false identities and deceived potential sources to gather information. Winnett has not commented on the accusations. The actor, John Ford, also implicated Lewis among his contacts. The New York Times separately reported that in 2004, Lewis, then a business editor, had asked a Sunday Times journalist to write an article based on illegally obtained telephone recordings. According to the Times, Lewis also attempted to discourage several US-based journalists, including those at The Washington Post, from covering a UK legal case in which he was involved. He is alleged to have helped to conceal evidence of fraudulent practices, including illegal phone tapping, within Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp group. Lewis, who assumed his position in January, reportedly pressured the Post’s previous editor-in-chief Sally Buzbee, who unexpectedly stepped down this month, paving the way for Winnett’s appointment. – AFP Huang speaking during the Nvidia GTC Artificial Intelligence Conference at SAP Center in San Jose, California. – AFPPIC

BIZ & FINANCE BIZ & FINANCE MONDAY | JUNE 24, 2024 18 READ OUR HERE /thesun Malaysian Paper Original ‘Harry Potter’ cover art to go under hammer NEW YORK: The original watercolour illustration for the first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – the book that introduced the world to the young bespectacled wizard – will go up for auction in New York on Wednesday. The work by Thomas Taylor, who was just 23 in 1997 when he painted the iconic image of the young boy with the lightning bolt scar and the round glasses, is expected to fetch from US$400,000 (RM1.8 million) to US$600,000 at Sotheby’s. Taylor was working at a children’s bookstore in Cambridge, England, when he was tapped by publisher Barry Cunningham at Bloomsbury to paint the image for J.K. Rowling’s book, which was to be released in London on June 26, 1997. He was one of the first people to read the book, getting an early copy of the manuscript to inform his artwork, according to Sotheby’s books specialist Kalika Sands. “So he knew about the world before anybody else and it was really up to him to think of how he visualised Harry Potter,” Sands said. Rowling and Taylor were unknown when the book was released, and few expected it would become a global phenomenon. Only 500 copies of the first edition were printed, and 300 of them were sent to libraries, according to Sotheby’s. But the book soon became a runaway bestseller. Twenty-seven years later, the so-called “Potterverse” features Rowling’s seven original books, a blockbuster film franchise, a critically acclaimed stage play and video games. More than 500 million copies of the books have been sold in 80 languages. “It’s exciting to see the painting that marks the very start of my career, decades later and as bright as ever,” Taylor, now a children’s book author and illustrator, said in a statement released by Sotheby’s. “As I write and illustrate my own stories today, I am proud to look back on such magical beginnings.” The illustration is part of a collection of manuscripts and rare book editions going up for sale that also features works by some of literature’s great heavyweights, including Edgar Allan Poe, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Mark Twain and Charles Dickens. – AFP EU and China set for talks on planned EV tariffs SHANGHAI: China and the European Union (EU) have agreed to start talks on the planned imposition of tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs) being imported into the European market, senior officials of both sides said on Saturday. Germany’s Economy Minister Robert Habeck said he had been informed by EU commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis that there would be concrete negotiations on tariffs with China. The confirmation came after China’s Commerce Ministry said its head Wang Wentao, and Dombrovskis, executive vice-president of the European Commission, had agreed to start consultations over the EU’s anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese EVs. “This is new and surprising in that it has not been possible to enter into a concrete negotiation timetable in the last few weeks,” Habeck said in Shanghai. He said it was a first step and many more will be necessary. “We are far from the end, but at least, it is a first step that was not possible before.” The minister had said earlier on Saturday that the European Union’s door was open for discussions regarding EU tariffs on Chinese exports. “What I suggested to my Chinese partners today is that the doors are open for discussions and I hope that this message was heard,” he said in his first statement in Shanghai, after meetings with Chinese officials in Beijing. Habeck’s visit is the first by a senior European official since Brussels proposed hefty duties on imports of Chinese-made electric vehicles to combat what the EU considers excessive subsidies. Habeck said there is time for a dialogue between the EU and China on tariff issues before the duties come European Union and China flags during a summit at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. – REUTERSPIC oDuties are not ‘punishment’, says German minister into full effect in November and that he believes in open markets but that markets require a level playing field. Proven subsidies that are intended to increase the export advantages of companies cannot be accepted, the minister said. Another point of tension between Beijing and Berlin is China’s support for Russia in its war in Ukraine. Habeck noted that Chinese trade with Russia increased more than 40% last year. Habeck said he had told Chinese officials that this was taking a toll on their economic relationship. “Circumventions of the sanctions imposed on Russia are not acceptable,” he said, adding that technical goods produced in Europe should not end up on the battlefield via other countries. The EU’s provisional duties of up to 38.1% on imported Chinese EVs are set to apply by July 4, with the investigation set to continue until Nov 2, when definitive duties, typically for five years, could be imposed. “This opens a phase where negotiations are possible, discussions are important and dialogue is needed,” Habeck said. Proposed EU tariffs on Chinese goods are not a “punishment”, Habeck told Chinese officials earlier in Beijing. “It is important to understand that these are not punitive tariffs,” he said in the first plenary session of a climate and transformation dialogue. Countries such as the US, Brazil and Turkiye had used punitive tariffs, but not the EU, he said. “Europe does things differently.” Habeck said the European Commission had for nine months examined in detail whether Chinese companies had benefited unfairly from subsidies. Any countervailing duty measure that results from the EU review “is not a punishment”, he said, adding that such measures were meant to compensate for the advantages granted to Chinese companies by Beijing. Zheng Shanjie, chairman of China’s National Development and Reform Commission, responded: “We will do everything to protect Chinese companies.” Proposed EU duties on Chinese-made EVs would hurt both sides, Zheng added. He told Habeck he hoped Germany would demonstrate leadership within the EU and “do the correct thing”. He also denied accusations of unfair subsidies, saying the development of China’s new energy industry was the result of comprehensive advantages in technology, market and industry supply chains, fostered in fierce competition. The industry’s growth “is the result of competition, rather than subsidies, let alone unfair competition”, Zheng said during the meeting. After his meeting with Zheng, Habeck spoke with Wang, who said he would discuss the tariffs with Dombrovskis in a video conference. “There’s room for manoeuvre, there’s room for discussion and I hope that this room for manoeuvre will be taken,” Habeck said. In case the negotiations did not reach a deal, Chinese carmaker SAIC Group has designed an array of creative products in response to the threat of tariffs. Shao Jingfeng, chief design officer of the SAIC Motor R&D Innovation Headquarters, released pictures on his Weibo social media account showing products such as skateboards, hoodies, sneakers, cups, umbrellas and table tennis paddles, mainly yellow and black in colour and emblazoned with the EU emblem and the figure “38.1” – a reference to the level of the EU’s tariffs. “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,” Shao wrote on Weibo. “Let us remember 38.1.” – Reuters Boeing may avoid criminal charges NEW YORK: The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is considering a deal with Boeing that would avoid criminal prosecution of the aerospace giant but may appoint a federal supervisor to oversee company progress on safety improvements, The New York Times reported last week. People familiar with the discussions told the daily that the terms of the possible alternative settlement, known as a deferred prosecution agreement, or DPA, are still subject to change. A DOJ official involved in the case, fraud section chief Glenn Leon, said in an e-mail to a civil party lawyer seen by AFP that the department “has not made a decision” on the path it will take with respect to Boeing. The DOJ is determining its next steps after concluding in May that Boeing could be prosecuted for violating a criminal settlement following two fatal 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019 which claimed 346 lives. But the Times, citing sources familiar with the discussions, reported that after substantial internal debate, DOJ officials “appear to have concluded that prosecuting Boeing would be too legally risky”. Officials also reportedly believe that the appointment of a watchdog would be “a quicker, more efficient way” to ensure safety and quality A Boeing 737 MAX at the Farnborough International Airshow in Britain. – REUTERSPIC control improvements are made, the newspaper said. Last month, the DOJ told the judge in the case it would give its decision no later than July 7. Leon e-mailed Paul Cassell, a lawyer for families in the criminal case against Boeing, saying the Times reporting “was simply not correct”. Boeing did not respond to AFP requests for reaction. The planemaker had contested the department’s conclusions earlier this month, but has recognised the gravity of the safety crisis and CEO Dave Calhoun told Congress that Boeing is “taking action and making progress.” In January 2021, Justice announced an initial DPA in which Boeing agreed to pay US$2.5 billion (RM11.7 billion) to settle fraud charges over certification of the 737 MAX. But since early last year, the manufacturer has experienced multiple production and quality control problems on its commercial aircraft, as well as mid-flight incidents including in January when a door plug panel flew off an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9. The DOJ says Boeing’s violation of several provisions of the initial agreement, including measures requiring it to bolster its internal controls to detect and deter fraud, opened the company to prosecution. Victims’ families have called for the criminal prosecution of Boeing and its executives, and are seeking a nearly US$25 billion fine. A new DPA would allow the US government to resolve Boeing’s violations without a trial. That could serve as a victory of sorts for Boeing, a company seen as critical to the US aviation industry as well as national security. – AFP

BIZ & FINANCE BIZ & FINANCE MONDAY | JUNE 24, 2024 19 Participation 14.77 32.58 52.65 100.00 Retail Institutions Foreign Bought RM m 894.24 2063.72 3103.58 6061.54 Sold RM m 895.95 1886.18 3279.41 6061.54 Net RM m -1.71 177.53 -175.82 0.00 % Preliminary stats (excluding trade amendments). For final data, please refer to www.bursamalaysia.com Source: Bursa Malaysia A Participating Organisation of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad A Trading Participant of Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad S E C U R I T I E S S D N. B H D. 197201001092 (12738-U) 21/6/2024 STOCKS CLOSING (RM) +/- (RM) VOLUME (’00) DLADY 36.320 -0.480 397 MPI 39.220 -0.380 3867 PENTA 4.820 -0.230 30097 KESM 7.170 -0.140 644 PPB 14.300 -0.120 35,711 RVIEW 3.110 -0.110 79 CDB 3.610 -0.100 91,304 PMETAL 5.700 -0.100 213,692 SAB 3.500 -0.100 101 DAYANG 2.700 -0.090 33,807 TOYOVEN 1.430 -0.090 7820 AJI 15.420 -0.080 1,043 HENGYUAN 2.750 -0.080 7,253 TENAGA 13.720 -0.080 480,826 MAYBANK 9.860 -0.070 208221 BMGREEN 1.670 -0.060 13,012 CPETECH 1.240 -0.060 66,499 DIALOG 2.390 -0.060 121,012 GAMUDA 6.380 -0.060 221,026 KOTRA 4.280 -0.060 315 STOCKS CLOSING (RM) +/-(RM) +/-(%) VOLUME JCY 0.845 0.070 9.03 1,255,788 INGENIEU 0.065 - - 1,208,380 VELESTO 0.255 -0.005 -1.92 1,113,879 ATAIMS 0.530 - - 987,378 AGRICOR 0.875 0.375 75 877,010 K1 0.295 0.050 20.41 797,897 CABNET 0.525 0.010 1.94 759,349 MYEG 1.010 -0.030 -2.88 756,984 PBBANK 4.000 -0.030 -0.74 691,110 VS 1.300 0.100 8.33 672,311 WCT 0.825 0.060 7.84 612,910 SNS 0.845 0.025 3.05 542,804 JAKS 0.175 -0.010 -5.41 532,066 TENAGA 13.720 -0.080 -0.58 480,826 NOTION 2.380 0.400 20.2 480,279 MUIIND 0.070 - - 460,151 DFX 0.205 - - 388,069 CIMB 6.790 0.050 0.74 373,856 VINVEST 0.080 -0.005 -5.88 348,913 PUC 0.050 - - 347,634 SUNBIZ presents a summary of the day’s trading activity on Bursa Malaysia and other markets in an easy to digest format. MARKET ROUND-UP: JUNE 21 [ Sources: Bursa Malaysia, Bernama, shareinvestor.com and websites DISCLAIMER: The data and reports are provided as a service to investors. Sun Media Corporation Sdn Bhd shall not be liable or responsible for any consequences resulting from usage of the information. INDEX CHANGE FBMEMAS 12,244.83 +1.48 FBMKLCI 1,590.37 -2.32 CONSUMER PRODUCTS 589.52 +2.31 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS 197.79 +0.32 CONSTRUCTION 261.24 +1.79 FINANCIAL SERVICES 17,416.53 -2.87 ENERGY 963.00 -10.41 TELECOMMUNICATIONS 600.47 -1.54 HEALTH CARE 2,156.19 -11.73 TRANSPORTATION 1,102.56 +2.59 PROPERTY 1,107.22 -0.41 PLANTATION 7,028.38 +20.40 FBMSHA 12,579.17 -10.27 FBMACE 5,789.05 +35.01 TECHNOLOGY 77.70 +0.18 TURNOVER: 5.830 bil VALUE: RM6.061 bil Top 20 Actives Top 20 Losers (By RM) Bursa Indices INDEX CLOSING DAILY DAILY CHANGE CHANGE (%) DJIA (US) 39,150.33 15.57 0.04 S&P 500 (US) 5,464.62 -8.55 -0.16 NASDAQ (US) 17,689.36 -32.23 -0.18 NYSE (US) 17,995.70 -20.25 -0.11 EURO STOXX 50 (EUR) 4,907.30 -40.43 -0.82 FTSE 100 (UK) 8,237.72 -34.74 -0.42 DAX (GER) 18,163.52 -90.66 -0.5 NIKKEI 225 (JPN) 38,596.47 -36.55 -0.09 TOPIX (JPN) 2,724.69 -0.85 -0.03 HANG SENG INDEX (HK) 18,028.52 -306.80 -1.67 CSI 300 (CHN) 3,495.62 -7.66 -0.22 SH SE COM (CHN) 2,998.14 -7.30 -0.24 KOSPI INDEX (SK) 2,784.26 -23.37 -0.83 MSCI ASIA PACIFIC 181.05 +1.86 +1.04 ASX 200 (AUS) 7,795.97 +26.54 +0.34 ALL ORDINARIES INDX (AUS) 8,039.91 +27.79 +0.35 SENSEX INDEX (IND) 76,976.00 -502.93 -0.65 FBM KLCI 1,590.37 -2.32 -0.15 STRAITS TIMES INDEX (S’PORE) 3,306.62 +6.62 +0.20 WTI (US$/BBL.) 80.73 -0.56 -0.69 BRENT (US$/BBL.) 85.24 -0.47 -0.55 GOLD (COMEX) (US$/T OZ) 2,331.20 -37.8 -1.6 SILVER (COMEX) (US$/T OZ) 29.94 -1.21 -3.87 PLATINUM (US$/T OZ) 994.9 10.63 1.08 COPPER (COMEX) (US CENTS/LB.) 442.85 -9.45 -2.09 COPPER 3MO (LME) (US$/MT) 9,682.50 -175.5 -1.78 CORN (US CENTS/BU.) 453.25 -3.5 -0.77 WHEAT (US CENTS/BU.) 575.75 -10.25 -1.75 SOYBEAN OIL (CBOT) (US CENTS/LB.) 44.38 0.01 0.02 COCOA (ICE) (US$/MT) 8,905.00 -150 -1.66 RUBBER (S’PORE) (US CENTS/KG) 172.2 -3.2 -1.82 World Stocks/Commodities as at 5pm, June 21 STOCKS CLOSING (RM) +/- (%) VOLUME (’00) COMPUGT 0.015 -25 300 REKATECH 0.050 -23.08 129,589 EVD-PA 0.035 -22.22 4 MTRONIC 0.020 -20 32,362 TALAMT 0.020 -20 60,241 ALRICH 0.030 -14.29 2,246 KEYASIC 0.060 -14.29 74,965 BARAKAH 0.035 -12.5 4,827 BIOHLDG 0.090 -10 7,365 MERIDIAN 0.045 -10 140 PDZ 0.050 -9.09 36,332 VIZIONE 0.050 -9.09 3574 MJPERAK 0.265 -8.62 151 IVORY 0.055 -8.33 680 KAMDAR 0.330 -8.33 50 KANGER 0.055 -8.33 3630 ASB 0.115 -8 32750 CNH 0.060 -7.69 1978 ECOHLDS 0.060 -7.69 200 MUH 0.430 -7.53 1,375 Top 20 Losers (By %) STOCKS CLOSING (RM) +/- (RM) VOLUME (’00) KLK 20.660 0.400 65430 NOTION 2.380 0.400 480279 AGRICOR 0.875 0.375 877010 UTDPLT 24.080 0.280 6597 EG 1.730 0.240 165943 HLFG 17.360 0.160 4032 PETDAG 17.500 0.160 11174 TAKAFUL 3.880 0.160 22447 BIMB 2.560 0.130 41136 CRESNDO 3.780 0.130 8913 PADINI 3.850 0.130 6145 BAT 8.440 0.120 1621 HLIND 11.220 0.120 132 LPI 12.600 0.120 3928 PIE 6.710 0.120 8524 AEONCR 7.660 0.110 10021 HAPSENG 4.480 0.110 3224 GESHEN 3.150 0.100 214 GREATEC 5.170 0.100 27848 IDEAL 4.000 0.100 129 Top 20 Gainers (By RM) STOCKS CLOSING (RM) +/- (%) VOLUME (’00) EAH 0.010 100.00 22,752 KGROUP 0.010 100.00 12,044 PHB 0.010 100.00 214245 AGRICOR 0.875 75.00 877,010 DIGISTA 0.070 27.27 57,054 JAG 0.260 23.22 116,746 TECHBASE-LA 0.055 22.22 15263 K1 0.295 20.41 797897 NOTION 2.380 20.20 480,279 G3 0.030 20.00 18,894 TWL 0.030 20.00 47,624 XDL 0.030 20.00 3567 BSLCORP 0.035 16.67 8,391 TAWIN 0.035 16.67 3,900 XOXNET 0.035 16.67 13,672 EG 1.730 16.11 165,943 HEXIND 0.405 14.08 97445 ITRONIC 0.045 12.50 4,672 TECHBASE 0.205 10.81 55697 IHB 0.165 10.00 15086 Top 20 Gainers (By %) Bursa tipped to remain in consolidation mode BURSA Malaysia is expected to stay in consolidation mode this week until fresh catalysts emerge, said an analyst. Rakuten Trade Sdn Bhd equity research vice-president Thong Pak Leng said, nonetheless, the online broker still holds a positive long-term view on the local market, supported by attractive valuations, robust corporate earnings and improving economic conditions. “Based on our technical analysis, the FBM KLCI gapped down on Thursday, marking its ninth consecutive black candle and the benchmark index will undergo further consolidation and establish a base in the short to mid-term,” he told Bernama. However, Thong said a close below the 50-day Exponential Moving Average could signal potential deeper weakness ahead. “Consequently, we anticipate the index to fluctuate within the 1,589 to 1,610 range this week, with immediate support at 1,575, followed by 1,565,” he added. Meanwhile, UOB Kay Hian Wealth Advisors head of investment research Mohd Sedek Jantan said Bursa Malaysia is expected to move within the 1,590-1,610 range this week, with trading likely supported by domestic investors. Wall Street is anticipated to be mixed this week, he said, as investors may look to secure profits, particularly in technology companies. Domestically, the scheduled release of leading indicator data this week will influence investor confidence and expectations, said Mohd Sedek. Last week, on a Friday-to-Friday basis, the FBM KLCI eased 16.95 points to 1,590.37 from the previous week’s 1,607.32. Turnover for the holiday-shortened week dwindled to 22.37 billion units valued at RM17.69 billion from 32.08 billion units worth RM21.97 billion. 1,590.37pts June 21, 2024

BIZ & FINANCE BIZ & FINANCE MONDAY | JUNE 24, 2024 20 @thesundaily FOLLOW ON Malaysian Paper INSTAGRAM MARKETS/FROM THE BROKERS SUNBIZ presents extracts of a selection of commentaries and research reports received from stockbrokers on counters that could be of interest to investors. [Compiled by SunBiz Team DISCLAIMER: The information is extracted from stockbrokers’ commentaries and research reports and do not represent the views or opinions of Sun Media Corporation Sdn Bhd. It is not a solicitation, recommendation or an offer to buy or sell the equities featured. Sun Media Corporation shall not be liable or responsible for any consequences resulting from usage of the information. GENT will effectively equity invest RM278 million (US$60 million) in a 49%-owned 1,490 MW yet to be completed gas-fired power plant in China. Commercial operations date is scheduled for Q4’’25. No details were provided on the cost or power purchase agreement. That said, we gather that the cost will be US$1.5 billion or US$1 million/MW and we understand that IRRs of 8-15% are reasonable which will be accretive to earnings and equity valuation given that most of the cost will be debt-financed. GENT will commission a >US$1 billion floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility to serve its gas fields in Indonesia. Again, no details were provided on gas price, opex and tax rates. Yet, we note that the gas fields have 2P reserves of 2.674 trillion cubic feet or 474 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe). Assuming GENT has 50% share of the reserves, EV/boe of US$10, we estimate that the FLNG and gas fields can accrete RM6.45 billion or RM1.68/share to equity value [(474 million boe X 50% share X US$10/boe – US$1 billion FLNG capex) X US$1:RM4.71 exchange rate]. Our earnings estimates and TP are unchanged due to a dearth of details. Yet, we like the 2 aforementioned developments. The first will increase GENT’s net attributable operating capacity to 2,650MW from 1,800MW. The second will allow GENT to monetise its Indonesian gas fields which it has been working on since the mid-2000s. On the balance of probabilities, we believe these 2 developments will be long-term earnings and value accretive to GENT. Maintain BUY and RM5.84 SOP-TP. GAMUDA remains optimistic about its E&C job win prospects. FY24-YTD win is RM9 billion and it expects to secure another RM14 billion by end-CY24, bringing forward its RM25 billion target for FY24-25E by half a year. Pipeline projects include the Mutiara LRT Package 1 (Silicon Island to Komtar), Upper Padas HEP & water infra, Melbourne suburban rail loop, and a highcapacity signalling project in Perth. Having secured RM2 billion in data centre jobs last month – RM1.7 billion in Elmina Business Park and RM300m in Cyberjaya – Gamuda is in talks still, with data centre players. Its two IBS plants in Sepang and Banting can support another sizeable data centre project. We also visited Gamuda’s Silicon Island project in Penang on June 10. About 25-30 acres of land have been reclaimed to date (depending on the tide) and the work pace is expected to gain significant momentum over the next few months after 2 new dredgers are added to the existing 2 dredgers in operation. Over at its Australian E&C projects, SMW-WT is 61% completed as of Apr 2024, while Coff Harbour Bypass and M1 Motorway have both reached 24% completion. Variation orders for the SMW-WT project have been submitted and are pending approval. We raise our RNAV-TP to RM7.25 (+40 sen). We remain positive on Gamuda’s prospects, for both its E&C and property ops. BUY. Downsides include delays in the implementation of key infrastructure projects., Silicon Island reclamation work pace falls short of the targeted timeline and cost overrun and delay in E&C order book execution. EXCLUDING RM1.7 million net allowance for impairment of receivables, ECW’s Q2’24 core net profit of RM71.8 million lifted 1H’24 core net profit to RM140.2 million (+18.2% YoY), at 49%/50% of MIBG/consensus’ FY24E earnings. Despite the +3.3% QoQ growth in revenue and losses from ECWI (ECWI MK; HOLD; CP: RM0.415; TP: RM0.28), Q2’24 core net profit grew by +5% QoQ on better operating margin (+2ppt) due to cost savings from completed phases and profit from handing over of vacant parcels. ECW has secured RM2.2 billion in property sales in 7M FY24, which is 62%/58% of ECW/MIBG’s RM3.5b/3.7b sales target/assumption for FY24 – in line. Of the RM2.2 billion sales, 61% was from its developments in Johor, 28% from Klang Valley and 11% from Penang with most of the sales derived from residential properties (70%), followed by commercial (11%) and industrial properties (19%). ECW will likely exceed its RM3.5 billion sales target for FY24 after including the RM402 million worth of land sale to Microsoft (123 acres; RM75psf ) in June 2024. Additionally, property sales are usually stronger in 2H due to more new launches. We revise FY24/25/26 earnings by -0.1%/+31.4%/-1.6% after factoring in: a) our new sales assumption of RM3.9 billion (+4%) for FY24, b) land sale to Microsoft to be recognised by 1H’25 or ECW’s FY25, and c) a higher 29% stake in ECWI (from 27%). Our new TP is RM1.96 (+13 sen) on an unchanged rolled forward 1.1x FY25E P/B. BUY. FOREIGN CURRENCY SELLING TT/OD BUYING TT BUYING OD 1 US Dollar 4.7810 4.6485 4.6385 1 Australian Dollar 3.2030 3.0790 3.0630 1 Brunei Dollar 3.5310 3.4300 3.4220 1 Canadian Dollar 3.4920 3.4000 3.3880 1 Euro 5.1300 4.9660 4.9460 1 New Zealand Dollar 2.9400 2.8330 2.8170 1 Singapore Dollar 3.5310 3.4300 3.4220 1 Sterling Pound 6.0630 5.8770 5.8570 1 Swiss Franc 5.3500 5.2290 5.2140 100 UAE Dirham 131.7800 125.0300 124.8300 100 Bangladesh Taka 4.1570 3.8720 3.6720 100 Chinese Renminbi 66.3400 63.5800 N/A 100 Danish Krone 70.4900 64.9100 64.7100 100 Hongkong Dollar 61.9500 58.9000 58.7000 100 Indian Rupee 5.8200 5.4600 5.2600 100 Indonesian Rupiah 0.0301 0.0273 0.0223 100 Japanese Yen 3.0140 2.9190 2.9090 100 New Taiwan Dollar N/A N/A N/A 100 Norwegian Krone 46.6000 42.8800 42.6800 100 Pakistan Rupee 1.7500 1.6400 1.4400 100 Philippine Peso 8.2500 7.7800 7.5800 100 Qatar Riyal 132.7100 125.9800 125.7800 100 Saudi Riyal 128.9900 122.4500 122.2500 100 South Africa Rand 27.6100 24.9300 24.7300 100 Sri Lanka Rupee 1.6100 1.4800 1.2800 100 Swedish Krona 47.0200 42.8500 42.6500 100 Thai Baht 13.6000 12.0700 11.6700 Exchange Rates Source: Malayan Banking Bhd/Bernama Ringgit likely to trade lower against US dollar this week KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit is likely to trade lower against the US dollar this week, maintaining a range near 4.71. Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd chief economist Dr Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid said that this week, market players will be focusing on the United States’ final gross domestic product (GDP) figure for first quarter 2024 (Q1’24). “The first Q1 2024 GDP estimate was 1.6% in April, and the second estimate came in lower at 1.3% in May. Should the data come in lower, it should reinvigorate the interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve (Fed) in September,” he told Bernama. On top of that, he said, there are a series of speeches by Fed officials in the pipeline this week. “We shall continue to hear similar messages where they want to keep the rate steady until they are convinced the inflation rate will go even lower,” he added. Last week, on a Friday-to-Friday basis, the ringgit rose to 4.7110/7145 against the US dollar from 4.7190/7225 a week ago. The ringgit was traded higher against a basket of other major currencies. The local note rose against the British pound to 5.9594/9638 from 5.9955/9999 on the previous Friday, strengthened versus the euro to 5.0394/0431 from 5.0418/0455 a week earlier and gained vis-a-vis the Japanese yen to 2.9648/9671 from 3.0046/0072. The ringgit was traded mostly higher against Asean currencies. It went up against the Philippine peso to 8.00/8.02 compared with 8.04/8.05 a week earlier, improved versus the Indonesian rupiah to 286.3/286.7 from 287.5/287.8 and edged up vis-a-vis the Singapore dollar to 3.4785/4814 from 3.4857/4886 previously. However, it was lower versus the Thai baht at 12.8495/8639 last Friday from 12.8328/8475 in the week before. ICT Zone Asia shareholders approve transfer to ACE Market KUALA LUMPUR: Shareholders of technology financing solutions provider ICT Zone Asia Bhd have voted in favour of withdrawing the group’s listing from the Leap Market and subsequently listing on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd. This also includes the holders of irredeemable convertible preference shares. The group, which expects to complete the transfer by the first quarter of 2025, said the resolutions pertaining to the transfer were approved at an extraordinary general meeting recently. The proposed withdrawal does not have any effect on the group’s earnings and earnings per share, as the proposed exercise does not involve any issuance of new shares. “This corporate exercise will further enhance our credibility, prestige and reputation, and accord us with greater recognition among investors, particularly institutional investors, while reflecting the current scale of operations of our group,” said ICT Zone Asia Bhd CEO and managing director Tommy Lim. In a bourse filing, the shareholders of the group passed resolutions on the appointment of three independent nonexecutive directors, namely Karen Yap Pik Li, Sim Shu Mei, and Chong Pei Nee during the annual general meeting. Lim said that having three female professionals join their board underscores their commitment to diversity and inclusion besides their being instrumental in steering ICT Zone Asia towards achieving their long-term goals. The group’s total unbilled order book has increased to RM251.2 million as of Jan 31, registering a 63.8% compounded annual growth rate over a three-year period. For the financial year ended Jan 31, 2024 (FY24), the group booked a net profit of RM7.3 million and revenue of RM114.4 million. Eco World Development Group Bhd Buy. Target price: RM1.96 Gamuda Bhd Buy. Target price: RM7.25 Genting Bhd Buy. Target price: RM5.84 Source: Maybank Investment Bank Source: Maybank Investment Bank Source: Maybank Investment Bank June 21, 2024; RM1.63 June 21, 2024; RM6.38 June 21, 2024; RM4.77

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LYFE LYFE MONDAY | JUNE 24, 2024 22 Changing perceptions GLASTO here we come! All set and stoked, the allfemale Indonesian heavy metal trio Voice of Baceprot (VOB) will be taking to the stage at UK’s legendary open air concert Glastonbury Festival at the end of this month. Formed a decade ago by guitarist and vocalist Firda Marsya Kurnia, drummer Euis Siti Aisyah and bassist Widi Rahmawati when they were still in school, VOB enjoyed a meteoric rise backed by of sheer tenacity following the release of their first single School Revolution. However, the path to reach that point was paved with never-ending obstacles. As hijabi-clad musicians in the religiously conservative small town of Garut in West Java, the group faced an array of criticisms due to how they looked, the music they played and gender stereotypes. From Marsya’s perspective, some of their detractors have changed their opinions while others seemingly moved on to other topics to latch their toxicity into. “In the past, we were bullied because they thought VOB only relied on our looks. After they found out our skills were not bad, they accused us of being big because we did cover songs. “When they found out that we had our own songs with a lot of listeners, we were accused of bribing big festivals to be able to play there. Haters will always find a reason to hate. The people who support us (will continue to give support) as they do not care about what the haters say and (neither will VOB) as we continue to focus on our work,” she stated. In the lead up to their highly anticipated appearance at Glastonbury, Marsya spoke exclusively to theSun on their journey and what fans can expect from the band. How are the preparations for Glastonbury going? Is the pressure heavier compared to the weeks leading up to the band playing at Wacken two years ago? The band played at Wacken Open Air, the biggest metal festival in the world two years ago. – PICS COURTESY OF VOB oIn an exclusive interview with theSun, Voice of Baceprot’s vocalist recounts the trials and tribulations the all-female band have faced to get to this point of their career █ BY MARK MATHEN VICTOR VOB rose to prominence after the release of their debut single School Revolution in 2018. So far so good. We are working hard to give our best, but this time we have to work 100 times harder because it is hard for us to practise in a good studio, (which we do not have) in Garut. We try to get around every limitation here and it turns out that it has made us more creative. We do all this because what we carry is not only the name of VOB, but also the name of Indonesia, (as we are) the first Indonesian band that will play in Glastonbury. The pressure is more than when we played at Wacken, but we are enjoying it. A lot of metal bands tend to stick to a circuit of small-medium sized gigs or strictly metal shows locally before they are booked for gigs abroad. As blessed as the band’s music trajectory has been, does the band think they skipped past paying their dues after VOB skyrocketed into international fame with its debut hit single? We do not think we skipped past anything. Even though we thought that this was too fast, we also realised VOB went through all the stages like other bands. We participated in many band competitions, played at many small gigs, and we even experienced being left behind by the audience in the middle of the show. We’re a band that grew on the stage. Even though everything looks fast, it does not mean it was easy. There was always a price to pay and we believe that each band has its own process which is equally difficult. Retas, your debut album, came after around five years of releasing singles, on top of another four years after forming the band. For a metal band, that is an unnatural release pattern. Does VOB have new songs planned and can fans expect a second album to come faster? You know what, the release of our songs depends on when we have the money (laughs). VOB does not lack the song material. Even after releasing our debut album, we still had at least ten other songs. [We are trying to release] as much as we can and have started saving to do so. Right now, we are working on new songs. We hope that next year our listeners will be able to (listen to them) in a full album. What comes after Glastonbury? Will VOB continue its tour-heavy schedule or will you three be doing things differently, especially now that the band is independent? We have a few shows after Glastonbury, in Indonesia and abroad. We have already announced some and others are still in the discussion) stage. Apart from that, we are also building a studio in Garut and will finish it after returning from the UK. We are excited!

LYFE LYFE MONDAY | JUNE 24, 2024 23 “I plan to provide footballs to those in need,” he explained. By ensuring that every aspiring footballer has access to proper equipment, he aims to foster a love for the sport from a young age. “This contributes significantly to grassroots development,” he added. Imran believes that content creators play a crucial role in c o n n e c t i n g p r o f e s s i o n a l football players with their fans, especially in the digital age. “The videos I created show the side of football that many football lovers will dream to experience,” he pointed out. By showcasing the personalities and dayto-day lives of football players, he humanises them and makes them more relatable to fans. According to Imran, the Malaysian League can leverage the influence of content creators to increase fan engagement. “My content helps to show the different sides of football that football lovers love to see,” he reiterated. Drawing parallels to international football marketing strategies, he points out how European clubs use content creators to maintain fan interest and engagement. Vision for Malaysian football Imran’s partnership with Puma has been a gamechanger for his mission to elevate football awareness in Malaysia. “Being a Puma ambassador is something I still can’t believe I have achieved,” he stated proudly. Through events like the CEO Fifa futsal showdown, sponsored by Puma, he has managed to bring football closer to the community and raise awareness about local talent. Reflecting on a memorable collaboration, Imran talks about his experience with Richard Chin, an English footballer. “After I created a few pieces of content with him and all of it went viral, a few months later Chin finally joined the Malaysia national team,” he recalled. This, he believes, demonstrates the power of content creation in shaping football careers. Looking ahead, Imran has ambitious goals for Malaysian football. I MRAN Sajahan, 22, hailing from Selangor and currently a student of Ecology and Biodiversity at Universiti Malaya, has always been obsessed with football. His journey into content creation was fuelled by an undying passion for the sport and inspired by his idol Cristiano Ronaldo. “Watching him become the legend he is today inspired me to become a football content creator,” he shared. While many might wonder why he did not pursue a career as a footballer, Imran’s selfawareness and honesty stand out. “Some people might ask why you don’t use your passion for football to become a footballer and the simple answer to that question is that I’m not good enough. “But that doesn’t mean just because I’m not good enough at playing football, I can’t do something else that is related to football.” TikTok power Imran’s choice of platform – TikTok, was not random. He recognised its massive influence and potential to reach a broad audience. “TikTok is the fastest-growing app in the world right now, and it’s the most relevant app as of now,” he noted. Imran believes that TikTok has played a significant role in elevating the visibility of football in Malaysia, especially among the younger generation. “There are so many football fans in Malaysia that are crazy about football just as much as I am. “But when it comes to Malaysian football, they can’t even name all the starting players that represent the Malaysia national team. And this is where TikTok can help reach these football fans, help them learn a few things about Malaysian football and finally make them love Malaysian football just as much as they love European football.” Community engagement As an ambassador for various football programmes in Malaysia, Imran emphasises the importance of grassroots development and accessible infrastructure. “First and foremost, we need to focus on grassroots development programmes. This means introducing football at a young age, whether it’s through school programmes or community clubs.” He also highlighted the need for better facilities. “Having the right facilities in place is essential for nurturing talent. Even for me as a content creator, I often face a problem when I need a field to shoot my content because good quality fields are really limited.” Imran’s collaborations with local football clubs like KL City FC have been pivotal in bridging the gap between professional football and fans. “I have collaborated with KL City FC a few times, and they have helped me achieve a few of my goals,” he said. His content, ranging from podcasts with players to football challenges, has garnered significant attention and helped bring the club closer to the fans. For instance, Imran created a podcast with players like Giancarlo Gallifuoco and Paulo Josue, which received positive feedback. “This type of content makes many Malaysian football fans recognise KL City FC and start to have an interest in the club as they can see how friendly and entertaining the KL City players are.” Humanising heroes One of Imran’s most impactful initiatives is making football more accessible to the community. TikTok sensation transforming domestic football oInfluencer harnesses social media to boost sport’s popularity locally Imran was invited to the football museum in Dormund, Germany. – PICS COURTESY OF IMRAN SAJAHAN Imran worked with Selangor FC and TikTok Malaysia to create engaging content. Imran meeting former Liverpool and Dortmund player Karl-Heinz Riedle in Germany. Imran with multiple content creators and KL City players in CEO Fifa Futsal Showdown. █ BYYASMIN ZULRAEZ Imran has turned his passion for football into a thriving career. “My aspiration for Malaysian football in the next five years is deeply rooted in seeing the sport flourish at every level across the country,” he declared. He aims to inspire a new generation of fans and players through engaging content and strategic collaborations with clubs and organisations. Ultimately, Imran’s vision is to see Malaysian football reach new heights of success and recognition both domestically and internationally. “Through dedication, passion and collaboration, I am confident that we can make this vision a reality and create a brighter future for Malaysian football,” he said with optimism. Imran’s journey from a football enthusiast to a significant influencer in the Malaysian football scene is a testament to the power of passion and creativity. His innovative use of TikTok to engage fans and his efforts to improve grassroots football highlights his commitment to the sport. As Imran continues to leverage his platform to inspire and connect with fans, the future of Malaysian football looks promising.

LYFE LYFE MONDAY | JUNE 24, 2024 24 /thesuntelegram FOLLOW ON TELEGRAM Malaysian Paper Best shark movies of all time I N the chilling depths of the ocean, a dark silhouette glides silently, its presence a harbinger of doom. Shark movies, with their perfect mix of fear and fascination, have captivated audiences for decades. Tapping into the primal fear of these under water killing machines, shark movies have proved to be hugely popular. Here are some of the best from this very niche genre. Jaws (1975) The genesis of the shark movie phenomenon began with Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, which was released in 1975. Based on Peter Benchley’s novel, Jaws tells the story of a great white shark terrorising the small island community of Amity. The movie’s tagline “You’ll never go in the water again” became a chilling reality for many. Spielberg’s masterful direction, coupled with John Williams’ iconic score, created a perfect storm of suspense and horror. The mechanical shark, affectionately named “Bruce” by the crew, became an unlikely star, proving that what you don’t see can be even more terrifying than what you do. Deep Blue Sea (1999) Fast forward to 1999, Deep Blue Sea brought a new dimension to shark films. Directed by Renny Harlin, the movie introduced genetically engineered mako sharks with enhanced intelligence. The plot centres around a group of The film that spawned a genre. oThese are some of the best under water thrillers that have left a lasting impression on audiences █ BYTHASHINE SELVAKUMARAN Deep Blue Sea is about genetically enhanced sharks that wreak havoc on a research facility. The Shallows is a surfer’s fight for survival against a white shark. Sisters trapped in a shark cage face a desperate struggle for escape. The Meg features a stellar cast including Jason Statham and Samuel L Jackson. The premise of shark-filled tornadoes may be silly in the extreme but the film was a huge success. The latest shark thriller set in Paris is reviewed on page 25. scientists whose research to cure Alzheimer’s disease goes horribly wrong. The film’s combination of action, horror and memorable attack scenes pushed the boundaries of the genre. Who could forget Samuel L. Jackson’s rousing speech, abruptly ended by a shark attack that left audiences gasping? The Shallows (2016) In 2016, The Shallows took a more intimate approach to shark terror. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, it stars Blake Lively as a medical student stranded 200 yards from shore on a rock formation with a great white shark lurking below. The film’s strength lies in its simplicity and Lively’s compelling performance. The tension is palpable as she uses her wits and determination to survive, making The Shallows a standout in the genre. 47 Metres Down (2017) The following year, 47 Metres Down plunged audiences into a nightmare scenario. Directed by Johannes Roberts, the film features two sisters trapped in a shark cage at the bottom of the ocean, with their oxygen running out and great white sharks circling. The claustrophobic setting and relentless tension kept viewers on the edge of their seats, proving that the fear of being trapped underwater is a potent addition to the threat of circling sharks. The Meg (2018) The Meg, released in 2018, took the concept of shark terror to colossal proportions. Directed by Jon Turteltaub and starring Jason Statham, the movie centres on a prehistoric Megalodon shark, a massive predator thought to be extinct. The film’s blend of sci-fi and horror, along with its impressive special effects, made it a box-office hit. The Meg reminded audiences that when it comes to sharks, bigger can indeed be scarier. Sharknado (2013) No discussion of shark movies would be complete without mentioning Sharknado. This 2013 film, directed by Anthony C. Ferrante, became an unexpected cult classic. Its absurd premise – a freak cyclone scoops up sharks and unleashes them on Los Angeles – captured the imagination of viewers worldwide. Sharknado embraced its campiness, delivering over-the-top action and humour that endeared it to fans and spawned multiple sequels. Under Paris (2024) The latest entry in the shark movie canon is Under Paris (see page 25 for review). Directed by Jane Doe, this film offers a fresh take on the genre by placing sharks in the flooded catacombs of Paris. As the waters rise, a group of explorers must navigate the labyrinthine tunnels to survive. The unique setting and atmospheric horror promise to make Under Paris a standout addition to the shark movie legacy. Shark movies continue to evolve, each one exploring new depths of terror and innovation. These films tap into audiences deepest fears, reminding them of the mysteries and dangers that lurk beneath the surface. Whether through suspense, action or sheer absurdity, shark movies have carved out a niche that continues to captivate and thrill audiences worldwide.

LYFE LYFE MONDAY | JUNE 24, 2024 25 keeps viewers stressed and glued to the screen. Setting up for a sequel As the movie races towards its conclusion, the battle against Lilith reaches a fever pitch. Without giving too much away, suffice to say that Under Paris sets the stage perfectly for a sequel. The final scenes hint at unresolved threads and new threats on the horizon, ensuring that fans will eagerly anticipate the next instalment. The city of Paris, with its unique blend of historical beauty and modern vibrancy, provides a fresh backdrop for what could become a beloved series in the shark movie genre. It is a film that knows exactly what it is and does not pretend to be anything more. With its thrilling action sequences, charismatic cast and the sheer novelty of a giant shark terrorising the Seine, this movie is best enjoyed with a group of friends and a willingness to embrace the absurd. Under Paris is currently streaming on Netflix. Andy Lau returns to Kuala Lumpur FOLLOWING the success of his three sold-out concerts in Malaysia in 2019, Hong Kong “Heavenly King” Andy Lau is poised to make history once again after a five-year hiatus. This time, he will deliver four consecutive nights of spectacular concerts in Kuala Lumpur, thrilling fans with even more electrifying performances. Lau’s brand-new world tour “Today... is the Day” will take place at the Axiata Arena Bukit Jalil at 8pm on Oct 24, 25, 26 and 27, 2024. The tour is set to visit various cities in China, including Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore. However, due to Lau’s tight schedule, the concert tour will only cover certain places at the moment, meaning Malaysian fans should be hugely grateful for the KL dates. The “Today... is the Day” World Tour offers a breathtaking new stage show, crafted by an experienced world-class production team. Featuring state-of-the-art lighting technology and mesmerising visual effects, this concert promises an audiovisual feast with attention to detail, providing audiences with the ultimate “Heavenly King” experience. “It is not just a musical Lau will perform in Kuala Lumpur on Oct 24, 25, 26 and 27. oFour-night spectacular in October to thrill fans after five-year hiatus Terror in Paris catacombs unique flair to the movie. Bejo shines as the tormented yet determined Sophia, while Léviant’s portrayal of the passionate activist Mika adds a layer of urgency and modern environmental consciousness to the film. Lyes, as the tough and sceptical Adil, rounds out the team, providing a grounded, no-nonsense counterpoint A perfect blend of horror and thriller elements with just enough camp to make it a guilty pleasure. – PICS COURTESY OF NETFLIX █ BY YASMIN ZULRAEZ This will be Lau’s first concert in Malaysia since 2019. IN the heart of Paris, amid the sparkling Seine and iconic landmarks, lies a lurking terror that no one saw coming. Directed by Xavier Gens, Under Paris offers a perfect blend of horror and thriller elements with just enough camp to make it a guilty pleasure for shark movie enthusiasts. The film follows the tale of Sophia, played by Bérénice Bejo, a marine biologist grappling with her tragic past involving a colossal, murderous mako shark named Lilith. Three years after witnessing the massacre of her team by Lilith, Sophia is pulled back into the fray by Mika (Léa Léviant), a young environmental activist. The pair, along with river police commander Adil (Nassim Lyes), must stop Lilith before the World Triathlon Championships turn into an international bloodbath. As the trio dives deep into the murky waters of the Seine, the tension and stakes rise, keeping viewers on the edge of their seats. Fin-tastic cast Under Paris assembles a diverse and talented cast, each bringing their extravaganza but also an extraordinary fusion of art and technology. Every moment will be filled with awe and emotion, allowing audiences to immerse themselves in a dazzling display of lights and Lau’s captivating super hits,” concert organiser Star Planet said in a statement last week. Lau’s music has long captured the essence of an era, featuring timeless classics like It’s Not a Crime For a Man to Cry (nan ren ku ba bu shi zui), The Dream I’m Pursuing (wo he wo zhui zhu de meng), Ice Rain (bing yu), Thank You for Your Love (xie xie ni de ai), Forget Love Potion (wang qing shui), Love You Forever (ai ni yi wan nian), The Day We Spent Together (yi qi zhou guo de ri zi) and The Fate of Next Life (lai sheng yuan), among many others. Each song is a vessel for countless fans’ youthful memories. As these familiar tunes play, they unlock the gates to the past, transporting the audience back to those unforgettable years. Lau will once again bring everyone together, sharing a beautiful musical journey that unites hearts in his distinctive way. Jointly presented by Maybank and MYEG, organised by Star Planet, with Infinitus as co-organiser, tickets for “Today... is the Day” Andy Lau Concert Tour 2024 in Malaysia will go on sale on July 7 from noon onwards. Maybank Visa cardholders will enjoy priority ticket purchase privileges on July 5 between 12pm to 7pm. Ticket prices start from RM388. to the more idealistic leads. The supporting cast, including the likes of Anne Marivin as the Mayor of Paris and Marvin Dubart as Markus, enrich the narrative, making every scene feel populated with authentic, relatable characters. Not to be overshadowed, Lilith, the oversized mako shark, delivers a performance that would make even Bruce from Jaws proud. Bite-sized thrills and chills Under Paris manages to combine moments of genuine suspense with outright gory fun, perfect for those who appreciate a touch of casual bloody rampage. The film’s pacing ensures that there is never a dull moment. From the initial attack in 2021 to the climactic showdown in the Seine, the movie maintains a high level of tension. The scenes involving the triathlon, in particular, are masterfully done, combining chaos, horror and the desperate heroics of our leads in a way that The four policemen helping Sophia to capture the shark. Sophia in the water next to shark carcass. A peak behind the scenes of the filming. Under Paris is currently streaming on Netflix. 0 DIRECTOR: Xavier Gens 0 CAST: Bérénice Bejo, Nassim Lyes, Léa Léviant, Sandra Parfait, Marvin Dubart, Anne Marivin E-VALUE 7 ACTING 7 PLOT 7

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Sesalinan Writ Saman bertarikh 1 Mac 2024 dan Pernyataan Tuntutan bertarikh 29 Februari 2024 tersebut akan dibekalkan oleh pihak yang bertandatangan di bawah ini kepada mana-mana pihak yang memintanya dengan membuat bayaran yang ditetapkan. Peguamcara untuk Plaintif ialah Tetuan Revathi & Partners yang beralamat di No.1- 11, Jalan Cenuk 2, Prima Avenue 3, Batu 10, Jalan Puchong, 47100 Puchong, Selangor. Ditandatangani Tetuan Revathi & Partners Peguamcara bagi Pihak Plaintif PERHATIAN: - Sesiapa yang ingin hadir pada tarikh Pengurusan kes Writ dan Pernyataan Tuntutan tersebut hendaklah memasukkan kehadiran dalam tempoh empat belas (14) hari dari tarikh pengiklanan ini dengan menyampaikan atau menghantar dengan pos kepada Peguamcara Plaintif iaitu Revathi & Partners suatu notis bertulis tentang niatnya sebegitu. Notis tersebut hendaklah menyatakan nama dan alamat orang tersebut, atau sekiranya ia adalah sebuah firma, nama dan alamat firma dan mestilah ditandatangani oleh orang atau firma yang berkenaan atau peguamcaranya jika ada dan notis hendaklah dihantar dalam jangka masa yang mencukupi supaya sampai kepada pihak yang dinamakan di atas sebelum pukul 12.00 tengahari pada 02 Julai 2024, satu (1) hari sebelum tarikh yang ditetapkan untuk Pengurusan Kes Writ dan Pernyataan Tuntutan tersebut pada 03 Julai 2024. IKLAN ini disediakan oleh Tetuan Revathi & Partners, peguamcara bagi Plaintif yang dinamakan di atas yang mempunyai alamat penyampaiannya di No.1-11, Jalan Cenuk 2, Prima Avenue 3, Batu 10, Jalan Puchong,47100 Puchong Selangor. [Ruj Kami : RP/RK/LIT/1219/24] [No. Tel : 03-8082 2789] [No. Faks : 03-8082 3207] DALAM MAHKAMAH MAJISTRET DI JOHOR BAHRU DALAM NEGERI JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM PELAKSANAAN NO: JA-76J-174-05/2023 ANTARA TOSHIBA ELEVATOR (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD (DAHULU DIKENALI SEBAGAI MS ELEVATORS ENGINEERING SDN BHD) (NO. SYARIKAT: 84871-M) ...PEMIUTANG PENGHAKIMAN DAN 1. CHONG TECK ENG (NO. K/P: 740618-04-5125) 2. TAN BOON HWA (NO. K/P: 790511-01-5263) 3. RAJA MOGHAN A/L TAMALANTAN (NO. K/P: 790806-08-6667) (DIDAKWA SEBAGAI AHLI JAWATANKUASA PERBADANAN PENGURUSAN KIP VILLA INDAH (NO. PTG 0228) (SEBELUM INI DIKENALI SEBAGAI BADAN PENGURUSAN BERSAMA PANGSAPURI KIP VILLA INDAH) ...PENGHUTANG-PENGHUTANG PENGHAKIMAN NOTIS (Dalam perkara Permintaan Mengeluarkan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 dan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman, bertarikh 5.5.2023) Kepada: 1. Penghutang Penghakiman CHONG TECK ENG (NO. K/P: 740618-04-5125) 04-03, Block A Jalan Titiwangsa 1, Kip Villa Indah, Taman Tampoi Indah, 81200 Johor Bahru, Johor AMBIL PERHATIAN bahawa Permintaan Mengeluarkan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 dan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 telah dikeluarkan terhadap kamu dalam Mahkamah ini oleh Pemiutang Penghakiman yang dinamakan di atas dan Mahkamah ini telah memerintahkan supaya Permintaan Mengeluarkan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 dan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 ini disampaikan kepada kamu dengan cara penyampaian ganti seperti berikut:- 1. Menampalkan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 dan Permintaan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 meterai bersama Perintah Mahkamah untuk Penyampaian Ganti meterai di satu tempat yang jelas kelihatan pada premis yang dikenali sebagai 04-03, Block A, Jalan Titiwangsa 1, Kip Villa Indah, Taman Tampoi Indah, 81200 Johor Bahru, Johor; 2. Menampalkan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 dan Permintaan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 meterai bersama Perintah Mahkamah untuk Penyampaian Ganti meterai pada Papan Kenyataan di Mahkamah Majistret di Johor Bahru, Johor; serta 3. Mengiklankan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 dan Permintaan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 meterai bersama Perintah Mahkamah untuk Penyampaian Ganti meterai di surat khabar harian tempatan “The Star” dan “The Sun”. dan bahawa penampalan-penampalan dan pengiklanan tersebut hendaklah dianggap sebagai penyampaian yang baik dan sempurna Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 dan Permintaan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 meterai bersama Perintah Mahkamah untuk Penyampaian Ganti meterai ke atas Penghutang-Penghutang Penghakiman yang dinamakan di atas setelah tamatnya tempoh tujuh (7) hari selepas tarikh terakhir penampalanpenampalan dan pengiklanan tersebut. Bertarikh pada 24 June 2024 …......………………..……… Tetuan Chambers of Firdaus Peguamcara Pemiutang Penghakiman NOTIS ini dikeluarkan oleh Tetuan Chambers of Firdaus selaku Peguamcara Plaintif yang mempunyai alamat penyampaian di Unit J-5-1, 5th Floor, Parklane Commercial Hub, Jalan SS 7/26, Kelana Jaya, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan. Tel: 03-7887 5360 Fax: 03-7887 5361 Ruj: 0950/MSE-KIP VILLA INDAH/L2 Emel: cfirdaus@gmail.com DALAM MAHKAMAH MAJISTRET DI JOHOR BAHRU DALAM NEGERI JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM PELAKSANAAN NO: JA-76J-172-05/2023 ANTARA TOSHIBA ELEVATOR (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD (DAHULU DIKENALI SEBAGAI MS ELEVATORS ENGINEERING SDN BHD) (NO. SYARIKAT: 84871-M) ...PEMIUTANG PENGHAKIMAN DAN 1. CHONG TECK ENG (NO. K/P: 740618-04-5125) 2. TAN BOON HWA (NO. K/P: 790511-01-5263) 3. RAJA MOGHAN A/L TAMALANTAN (NO. K/P: 790806-08-6667) (DIDAKWA SEBAGAI AHLI JAWATANKUASA PERBADANAN PENGURUSAN KIP VILLA INDAH (NO. PTG 0228) (SEBELUM INI DIKENALI SEBAGAI BADAN PENGURUSAN BERSAMA PANGSAPURI KIP VILLA INDAH) ...PENGHUTANG-PENGHUTANG PENGHAKIMAN NOTIS (Dalam perkara Permintaan Mengeluarkan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 dan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman, bertarikh 5.5.2023) Kepada: 1. Penghutang Penghakiman RAJA MOGHAN A/L TAMALANTAN (NO. K/P: 790806-08-6667) 04-03, Block A Jalan Titiwangsa 1, Kip Villa Indah, Taman Tampoi Indah, 81200 Johor Bahru, Johor AMBIL PERHATIAN bahawa Permintaan Mengeluarkan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 dan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 telah dikeluarkan terhadap kamu dalam Mahkamah ini oleh Pemiutang Penghakiman yang dinamakan di atas dan Mahkamah ini telah memerintahkan supaya Permintaan Mengeluarkan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 dan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 ini disampaikan kepada kamu dengan cara penyampaian ganti seperti berikut:- 1. Menampalkan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 dan Permintaan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 meterai bersama Perintah Mahkamah untuk Penyampaian Ganti meterai di satu tempat yang jelas kelihatan pada premis yang dikenali sebagai 04-03, Block A, Jalan Titiwangsa 1, Kip Villa Indah, Taman Tampoi Indah, 81200 Johor Bahru, Johor; 2. Menampalkan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 dan Permintaan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 meterai bersama Perintah Mahkamah untuk Penyampaian Ganti meterai pada Papan Kenyataan di Mahkamah Majistret di Johor Bahru, Johor; serta 3. Mengiklankan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 dan Permintaan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 meterai bersama Perintah Mahkamah untuk Penyampaian Ganti meterai di surat khabar harian tempatan “The Star” dan “The Sun”. dan bahawa penampalan-penampalan dan pengiklanan tersebut hendaklah dianggap sebagai penyampaian yang baik dan sempurna Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 dan Permintaan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 meterai bersama Perintah Mahkamah untuk Penyampaian Ganti meterai ke atas Penghutang-Penghutang Penghakiman yang dinamakan di atas setelah tamatnya tempoh tujuh (7) hari selepas tarikh terakhir penampalanpenampalan dan pengiklanan tersebut. Bertarikh pada 24 June 2024 …......………………..… Tetuan Chambers of Firdaus Peguamcara Pemiutang Penghakiman NOTIS ini dikeluarkan oleh Tetuan Chambers of Firdaus selaku Peguamcara Plaintif yang mempunyai alamat penyampaian di Unit J-5-1, 5th Floor, Parklane Commercial Hub, Jalan SS 7/26, Kelana Jaya, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan. Tel: 03-7887 5360 Fax: 03-7887 5361 Ruj: 0950/MSE-KIP VILLA INDAH/L2 Emel: cfirdaus@gmail.com 322 Notices 322 Notices KSS MACHINERY SDN. BHD. 201301024864 (1054693-V) (In Members’ Voluntary Winding-Up) (Incorporated in Malaysia) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Final General Meeting of the Company will be held at the office of the Liquidator, Suite D23, 2nd Floor, Plaza Pekeliling, No. 2 Jalan Tun Razak, 50400 Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, 24th of July 2024 at 11.30 a.m. for the following purposes:- (1) To receive accounts from the Liquidator showing how the winding-up has been conducted and to receive any explanations thereon. (2) To resolve under Section 518 of the Companies Act 2016 that after the expiration of three months from the date of the Final Meeting, the books and papers of the company may be destroyed. 24th June 2024 Kuala Lumpur Yap Siew Cheng Liquidator DALAM MAHKAMAH MAJISTRET DI JOHOR BAHRU DALAM NEGERI JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM PELAKSANAAN NO: JA-76J-173-05/2023 ANTARA TOSHIBA ELEVATOR (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD (DAHULU DIKENALI SEBAGAI MS ELEVATORS ENGINEERING SDN BHD) (NO. SYARIKAT: 84871-M) ...PEMIUTANG PENGHAKIMAN DAN 1. CHONG TECK ENG (NO. K/P: 740618-04-5125) 2. TAN BOON HWA (NO. K/P: 790511-01-5263) 3. RAJA MOGHAN A/L TAMALANTAN (NO. K/P: 790806-08-6667) (DIDAKWA SEBAGAI AHLI JAWATANKUASA PERBADANAN PENGURUSAN KIP VILLA INDAH (NO. PTG 0228) (SEBELUM INI DIKENALI SEBAGAI BADAN PENGURUSAN BERSAMA PANGSAPURI KIP VILLA INDAH) ...PENGHUTANG-PENGHUTANG PENGHAKIMAN NOTIS (Dalam perkara Permintaan Mengeluarkan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 dan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman, bertarikh 5.5.2023) Kepada: 1. Penghutang Penghakiman TAN BOON HWA (NO. K/P: 790511-01-5263) 04-03, Block A Jalan Titiwangsa 1, Kip Villa Indah, Taman Tampoi Indah, 81200 Johor Bahru, Johor AMBIL PERHATIAN bahawa Permintaan Mengeluarkan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 dan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 telah dikeluarkan terhadap kamu dalam Mahkamah ini oleh Pemiutang Penghakiman yang dinamakan di atas dan Mahkamah ini telah memerintahkan supaya Permintaan Mengeluarkan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 dan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 ini disampaikan kepada kamu dengan cara penyampaian ganti seperti berikut:- 1. Menampalkan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 dan Permintaan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 meterai bersama Perintah Mahkamah untuk Penyampaian Ganti meterai di satu tempat yang jelas kelihatan pada premis yang dikenali sebagai 04-03, Block A, Jalan Titiwangsa 1, Kip Villa Indah, Taman Tampoi Indah, 81200 Johor Bahru, Johor; 2. Menampalkan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 dan Permintaan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 meterai bersama Perintah Mahkamah untuk Penyampaian Ganti meterai pada Papan Kenyataan di Mahkamah Majistret di Johor Bahru, Johor; serta 3. Mengiklankan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 dan Permintaan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 meterai bersama Perintah Mahkamah untuk Penyampaian Ganti meterai di surat khabar harian tempatan “The Star” dan “The Sun”. dan bahawa penampalan-penampalan dan pengiklanan tersebut hendaklah dianggap sebagai penyampaian yang baik dan sempurna Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 dan Permintaan Saman Penghutang Penghakiman bertarikh 5.5.2023 meterai bersama Perintah Mahkamah untuk Penyampaian Ganti meterai ke atas Penghutang-Penghutang Penghakiman yang dinamakan di atas setelah tamatnya tempoh tujuh (7) hari selepas tarikh terakhir penampalanpenampalan dan pengiklanan tersebut. Bertarikh pada 24 June 2024 …......……………..…… Tetuan Chambers of Firdaus Peguamcara Pemiutang Penghakiman NOTIS ini dikeluarkan oleh Tetuan Chambers of Firdaus selaku Peguamcara Plaintif yang mempunyai alamat penyampaian di Unit J-5-1, 5th Floor, Parklane Commercial Hub, Jalan SS 7/26, Kelana Jaya, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan. Tel: 03-7887 5360 Fax: 03-7887 5361 Ruj: 0950/MSE-KIP VILLA INDAH/L2 Emel: cfirdaus@gmail.com 322 Notices 322 Notices If you feel you have what it takes, to join us in the interesting media industry, send your resume (together with a photo of you) via email to hr@thesundaily.com You can call us at +603 7784 6688 theSun is published by Sun Media Corporation Sdn Bhd Lot 6, Level 4, Jalan 51/217, 46050 Petaling Jaya, Selangor. MARKETING EXECUTIVE Responsibilities 1. Handle both local & outstation Agents and Vendors. 2. Handle sales of newspaper-corporate sales e.g.: Hospital, Hotels, etc. 3. 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Company No: 199201014540 (246043-A) (IN MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that in pursuant to Section 459 of the Companies Act, 2016 a Final Meeting of the abovenamed Company will be held at 12A (Room 2), Medan Bendahara 2, Medan Bendahara, 31650 Ipoh, Perak on the 24th day of July 2024 at 10.00 a.m. for the following purposes: - 1. To receive and consider the Liquidator’s final statement of accounts showing the manner in which the winding-up has been conducted and to receive any explanations arising therefrom. 2. To resolve that under Section 518(3)(b) of the Companies Act, 2016, the books, accounts and documents of the Company and the Liquidator, be destroyed after the expiration of three months from the date of the final meeting. Dated this 24th June 2024 Chew Choon Seong Liquidator Pawnbrokers’ forfeited pledges under Section 23 of the Pawnbrokers’ Act 1972 Pawnbrokers’ (Control and Licensing) Regulations 2004 The above will be sold by public auction during the first week of July 2024 at YMCA, No. 211 Macalister Street, Penang for articles pawned in September 2023 and earlier commencing from the date and time stated below:- Date Time 03.07.2024 9:30 A.M (Wednesday) Note: Interested bidders are to register with the licensed auctioneer 7 working days before the auction date. *Term and conditions apply. A.Dennys & Co Sdn Bhd Licensed Auctioneers 22-07-704 Penang Chinese Town Hall, Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling, 10200 Pulau Pinang Tel no’s: 04-2611551/2 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2016 AND IN THE MATTER OF ELEGANT EFFORT (M) SDN. BHD. (199701014981) (430478-P) (IN MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP) Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 459 of the Companies Act, 2016 that a Final Meeting of the Company will be held at 27A, Jalan Bersatu 8, Taman Bersatu, 48000 Rawang, Selangor Darul Ehsan on 25 July 2024 at 10.00 a.m. AGENDA 1 To receive the accounts and reports of the Liquidator in relation to the winding up of the Company. 2 To resolve that under Section 518(3)(b) of the Companies Act 2016, the books and papers of the Company and of the Liquidator that are relevant to the affairs of the Company at or subsequent to the commencement of the winding up of the Company be destroyed accordingly. Dated : 24 June 2024 Chin Mei Teng Liquidator 322 Notices 322 Notices 322 Notices SCAN ME MONDAY JUNE 24, 2024 TEL: 03-7784 6688 FAX: 03-7785 2625 EMAIL: classifieds@thesundaily.com

SPORTS SPORTS MONDAY | JUNE 24, 2024 27 PERISYTIHARAN JUALAN DALAM MAHKAMAH TINGGI MALAYA DI PULAU PINANG PERMOHONAN UNTUK PERLAKSANAAN NO: PA-38-336-04/2024 Dalam perkara mengenai Seksyen 256 dan 257 Kanun Tanah Negara, 1965 Dan Dalam perkara mengenai Gadaian Perserahan No: 27134/2006 (bertarikh : 16/08/2006) ke atas semua bahagian tanah yang dipegang di bawah Hakmilik Strata No. Berdaftar Geran 59106/M3/2/284, Lot 3134, Mukim 14, Daerah Seberang Perai Utara, Pulau Pinang Dan Dalam perkara mengenai Aturan 83 Kaedah- Kaedah Mahkamah, 2012 ANTARA RHB BANK BERHAD (No. Syarikat : 196501000373 (6171-M)) ...PLAINTIF DAN LEONG THIAN SEE (No. Kad Pengenalan : 721208025603) EYU LAY LING (No. Kad Pengenalan : 740623075070) ...DEFENDAN Menurut Perintah Mahkamah Tinggi Malaya di PULAU PINANG mengenai Perintah Jualan dan Perintah bertarikh 24 Januari 2024 dan 21 Mei 2024, adalah dengan ini diisytiharkan bahawa Timbalan Pendaftar/Penolong Kanan Pendaftar Pusat Operasi e-Lelong di Kuantan AKAN MENJUAL SECARA LELONG AWAM Pada Hari Khamis, 4 Julai 2024, Pada Jam 11:00 pagi, SECARA ELEKTRONIK DI LAMAN WEB e-LELONG, PUSAT OPERASI e-LELONG, KOMPLEKS MAHKAMAH KUANTAN, PAHANG DARUL MAKMUR NOTA: Bakal pembeli adalah dinasihatkan aqar membuat carian Hakmilik secara rasmi di Pejabat Tanah dan memeriksa semua tanqqunqan, bebanan serta mengenal pasti dengan tepat hartanah tersebut sebelum jualan lelonqan dijalankan. Sila layari https://elelong.kehakiman.gov.my/bidderweb BUTIR-BUTIR HAKMILIK: No. Hakmilik : Hakmilik Strata No. Berdaftar Geran 59106/M3/2/284 No. Lot : Lot 3134 Mukim / Daerah / Negeri : 14 / Seberang Perai Utara / Pulau Pinang Pegangan : Hakmilik Kekal No. Petak/No. Tingkat/ No. Bangunan : 284 / 2 / M3 Keluasan Tanah : 947.0000000000 kaki persegi 88.0000000000 meter persegi Pemilik Berdaftar : LEONG THIAN SEE, EYU LAY LING Syarat Nyata : Petak ini hendaklah digunakan untuk tujuan ruamh pangsa sahaja. Sekatan Kepentingan : Tiada Bebanan / Lain-Lain : Kawasan Rizab : Kaveat : LOKASI DAN PERIHAL HARTANAH : Hartanah tersebut adalah Pangsapuri yang beralamat pos di Unit No. 1-23, Block C, Lorong Bunga Rampai 5, Taman Pandan, 13400, Butterworth, Pulau Pinang. HARGA RIZAB : Hartanah tersebut akan dijual atas “sepertimana sedia ada” tertakluk kepada satu harga rizab sebanyak RM 260,000.00 (RINGGIT MALAYSIA: DUA RATUS ENAM PULUH RIBU SAHAJA) dan kepada syarat-syarat jualan yang dilampirkan. Pembida yang berminat hendaklah mendepositkan 10% daripada harga rizab dalam bentuk Bank Draf di atas nama RHB BANK BERHAD 1 HARI BEKERJA sebelum tarikh lelong awam. Baki harga belian hendaklah dibayar oleh pembida yang berjaya kepada RHB BANK BERHAD dalam tempoh seratus dua puluh (120) hari dari tarikh jualan. Untuk butir-butir selanjutnya, sila berhubung dengan:- Firma Guaman : TOH THEAM HOCK & CO. Alamat : NO. 155, 1ST FLOOR MEDAN KIKIK SATU TAMAN INDERAWASIH, 13600, PG, MY No. Telefon : 04-3981917 No. Fax : 04-3981921 No. Rujukan : TTH/RHB/44/2023/OSY/NA 322 Notices DALAM MAHKAMAH MAJISTRET DI KUALA KUBU BHARU DALAM NEGERI SELANGOR DARUL EHSAN, MALAYSIA GUAMAN NO: BF-A72NCVC-159-04/2024 MAJLIS PERBANDARAN HULU SELANGOR (MPHS) … PLAINTIF DAN ANTHONY TAN SWEE HOCK (NO K/P : 620528-10-5423) … DEFENDAN NOTIS IKLAN Kepada: ANTHONY TAN SWEE HOCK 8, Taman Sembrong, Yong Peng, 83700 Batu Pahat, Johor Darul Takzim. ANTHONY TAN SWEE HOCK No 19, Jalan Kenanga 7C, Seksyen BB11, Bandar Bukit Beruntung 48300 Rawang, Selangor Darul Ehsan. AMBIL PERHATIAN bahawa satu Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan telah dikeluarkan terhadap kamu dalam Mahkamah ini oleh MAJLIS PERBANDARAN HULU SELANGOR (MPHS) yang beralamat di Jalan Bukit Kerajaan, 44000 Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor Darul Ehsan dan Mahkamah telah memerintahkan supaya Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan tersebut disampaikan kepada kamu dengan menampalkan salinan- salinannya beserta satu salinan yang dimeterai bagi Perintah untuk penyampaian ganti pada Papan Notis Mahkamah Majistret di Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor, menampal satu salinan Writ Saman bersama dengan Perintah tersebut ke alamat terakhir Defendan yang diketahui dan pengiklanan Perintah tersebut dalam satu keluaran akhbar tempatan ‘The Sun’ selama satu hari dan bahawa penampalan, pengeposan dan pengiklanan sedemikian dianggap sebagai penyampaian yang wajar dan mencukupi akan Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan ini keatas kamu atas penamatan EMPAT BELAS (14) hari selepas tarikh terakhir penampalan dan pengiklanan tersebut. DAN SELANJUTNYA AMBIL NOTIS bahawa tarikh pengurusan kes Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan tersebut telah ditetapkan di hadapan Majistret 01.07.2024 pada 9.00 pagi di dalam Pengurusan Kes secara eReview (dalam talian). Jika kamu berhasrat untuk menentang dan/atau membela diri, kamu mestilah dalam masa empat belas (14) hari dari tarikh penampalan dan pengiklanan tersebut menjadi sempurna, memohon kepada Mahkamah untuk memasukkan kehadiran di Mahkamah ini. Jika tidak, suatu Penghakiman boleh dikeluarkan terhadap kamu. Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan ini boleh diperiksa oleh kamu dengan melalui permohonan kepada Mahkamah ini. Bertarikh 19 Jun 2024 ………………… Penolong Pendaftar Mahkamah Majistret Kuala Kubu Bharu NOTIS IKLAN ini difailkan oleh TETUAN IBRAHIM & FUAADAH, Peguambela & Peguamcara bagi Plaintif yang beralamat di No.12F, Jalan Bidara 8, SU Mall, Saujana Utama 3, 47000, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, No. tel: 03- 6038 8164 /3031 emel: info@ ibrahimfuaadah.my Ruj fail : IF/1/1252/9623/MPHS(nfs) DALAM MAHKAMAH MAJISTRET DI KUALA KUBU BHARU DALAM NEGERI SELANGOR DARUL EHSAN, MALAYSIA GUAMAN NO: BF-A72NCVC-157-04/2024 MAJLIS PERBANDARAN HULU SELANGOR (MPHS) … PLAINTIF DAN YIM AH KIEW (NO K/P : 610616-10-5619) … DEFENDAN NOTIS IKLAN Kepada: YIM AH KIEW No 5, Batu 8, Ulu Klang, 68000 Ampang, Selangor Darul Ehsan YIM AH KIEW No 5, Jln Mawar 2A, Perniagaan Jln Mawar Prima Beruntung, 48300 Rawang, Selangor Darul Ehsan AMBIL PERHATIAN bahawa satu Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan telah dikeluarkan terhadap kamu dalam Mahkamah ini oleh MAJLIS PERBANDARAN HULU SELANGOR (MPHS) yang beralamat di Jalan Bukit Kerajaan, 44000 Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor Darul Ehsan dan Mahkamah telah memerintahkan supaya Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan tersebut disampaikan kepada kamu dengan menampalkan salinan- salinannya beserta satu salinan yang dimeterai bagi Perintah untuk penyampaian ganti pada Papan Notis Mahkamah Majistret di Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor, menampal satu salinan Writ Saman bersama dengan Perintah tersebut ke alamat terakhir Defendan yang diketahui dan pengiklanan Perintah tersebut dalam satu keluaran akhbar tempatan ‘The Sun’ selama satu hari dan bahawa penampalan, pengeposan dan pengiklanan sedemikian dianggap sebagai penyampaian yang wajar dan mencukupi akan Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan ini keatas kamu atas penamatan EMPAT BELAS (14) hari selepas tarikh terakhir penampalan dan pengiklanan tersebut. DAN SELANJUTNYA AMBIL NOTIS bahawa tarikh pengurusan kes Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan tersebut telah ditetapkan di hadapan Majistret 01.07.2024 pada 9.00 pagi di dalam Pengurusan Kes secara eReview (dalam talian). Jika kamu berhasrat untuk menentang dan/atau membela diri, kamu mestilah dalam masa empat belas (14) hari dari tarikh penampalan dan pengiklanan tersebut menjadi sempurna, memohon kepada Mahkamah untuk memasukkan kehadiran di Mahkamah ini. Jika tidak, suatu Penghakiman boleh dikeluarkan terhadap kamu. Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan ini boleh diperiksa oleh kamu dengan melalui permohonan kepada Mahkamah ini. Bertarikh 19 Jun 2024 …………………… Penolong Pendaftar Mahkamah Majistret Kuala Kubu Bharu NOTIS IKLAN ini difailkan oleh TETUAN IBRAHIM & FUAADAH, Peguambela & Peguamcara bagi Plaintif yang beralamat di No.12F, Jalan Bidara 8, SU Mall, Saujana Utama 3, 47000, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, No. tel: 03- 6038 8164 /3031 emel: info@ ibrahimfuaadah.my Ruj fail : IF/1/1249/9323/MPHS(nfs) IN THE HIGH COURT OF MALAYA AT KUALA LUMPUR (COMMERCIAL DIVISION) COMPANIES WINDING-UP NO : WA-28NCC-382-04/2024 In the matter of Octagon Nations Construction Sdn. Bhd [Company No. 201401028489 (1104575-A)]; AND In the matter of Section 465 (1) (e) of the Companies Act 2016 and the provisions of the Companies Act 2016; AND In the matter of the Companies (WindingUp) Rules 1972; AND In the matter of the Rules of Court 2012. BETWEEN LEONG BENG HOCK (NRIC No 620716-08- 5511) operating business under the name and style of L.B. HOCK ENTERPRISE [Reg. No. : 201303168416 (0022977752- H)] … PETITIONER AND OCTAGON NATIONS CONSTRUCTION SDN. BHD. [Company No. 201401028489 (1104575-A)] … RESPONDENT ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION NOTICE is hereby given that a Petition for the winding-up of the abovenamed Respondent Company by the High Court was, on the 29th day of April, 2024 presented by the abovenamed Petitioner. And that the said petition is directed to be heard before the Court sitting at Kuala Lumpur at 9.30 o’clock in the forenoon on the 24th day of July, 2024 and any creditor or contributory of the said company desiring to support or oppose the making of an order on the said petition may appear at the time of hearing by himself or his counsel for that purpose; and a copy of the petition will be furnished to any creditor or contributory of the said company requiring the same by the undersigned on payment of the regulated charge for the same. The Petitioner’s address is at L-07-01, Level 7, Block L, No.2, Jalan Solaris, Solaris Mont Kiara, 50480, Kuala Lumpur. The Petitioner’s solicitors are Messrs Song & Partners, with a place of practice/ address for service at No. 27-7, Menara 1MK, Kompleks 1 Mont’ Kiara, No. 1 Jalan Kiara, Mont’ Kiara, 50480 Kuala Lumpur. Signed …………………… Messrs Song & Partners Solicitors for the Petitioner NOTE – Any persons who intend to appear on the hearing of the said petition must serve on or send by post to the abovenamed solicitors for the Petitioner, Messrs Song & Partners notice in writing of his intention to do so. The notice must state the name and address of the person, or, if a firm, the name and address of the firm, and must be signed by the person or firm, or his or their solicitors (if any) and must be served, or, if posted must be sent by post in sufficient time to reach the abovenamed not later than twelve o’ clock noon of the 23rd day of July, 2024 (the day before the day appointed for the hearing of the Petition). [YCL/24/1977/03(21)/(LBHE)] IN THE HIGH COURT OF MALAYA AT KUALA LUMPUR IN THE STATE OF WILAYAH PERSEKUTUAN KUALA LUMPUR (COMMERCIAL DIVISION) COMPANIES WINDING-UP PETITION NO. WA-28NCC-505-06/2024 In the matter of Section 465 (1)(e) and Section 466 (1) of the Companies Act, 2016 And In the matter of the Companies (WindingUp) Rules 1972 And In the matter of Oakwood Property Sdn Bhd (formerly known as Music Tribe Commercial My Sdn Bhd) [Company No. 201801046867 (1308899-U)] BETWEEN YOK TZE WEI [NRIC No. 890712-12-5459] [a sole proprietor practising under the name and style of Messrs. Aaron Yok Chambers] …PETITIONER AND OAKWOOD PROPERTY SDN BHD (formerly known as MUSIC TRIBE COMMERCIAL MY SDN BHD) [Company No. 201801046867 (1308899-U)] …RESPONDENT ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION NOTICE is hereby given that a Petition for the Winding-Up of the abovenamed Company by the High Court was on 6th day of June 2024 presented by YOK TZE WEI (NRIC No. 890712-12-5459) [a sole proprietor practising under the name and style of Messrs. Aaron Yok Chambers] of 54, Jalan Suadamai 2/1, Bandar Tun Hussein Onn, 43200 Cheras, the above said Petitioning Company. And that the said Petition is directed to be heard before the High Court sitting at Kuala Lumpur at 9.30 a.m. in the morning on 3rd day of September 2024; and any creditor or contributory of the said Company desiring to support or oppose the making of an Order on the said Petition may appear at the time of Hearing by himself or his Counsel for that purpose; and a copy of the Petition will be furnished to any creditor or contributory of the said Company requiring the same by the undersigned on payment of the regulated charge for the same. The Petitioner’s address is at 54, Jalan Suadamai 2/1, Bandar Tun Hussein Onn, 43200 Cheras. The Petitioner’s Solicitors are Messrs. Aaron Yok Chambers of 54, Jalan Suadamai 2/1, Bandar Tun Hussein Onn, 43200 Cheras. Signed ……………………………… Messrs. Aaron Yok Chambers Solicitors for the Petitioner NOTE – Any person who intends to appear on the Hearing of the said Petition must serve on or send by post to Messrs. Aaron Yok Chambers, notice in writing of his intention to do so. The notice must state the name and address of the person, or, if a firm, the name and address of the firm and must be signed by the person of firm, or their Solicitors (if any) and must be served, or if posted, must be sent by post in sufficient time to reach the abovenamed solicitors not later than twelve o’clock noon of the 2nd day of September 2024 the working day before the day appointed for the hearing of the Petition. THIS ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION is filed by Messrs. Aaron Yok Chambers, whose address for service is at 54, Jalan Suadamai 2/1, Bandar Tun Hussein Onn, 43200 Cheras. [Tel: 017-6310712 Fax:03-27268932] [Ref: aaronyokchambers@gmail.com] DALAM MAHKAMAH MAJISTRET DI PETALING JAYA DALAM NEGERI SELANGOR DARUL EHSAN, MALAYSIA GUAMAN NO: BB-A72NCvC-324-04/2024 ANTARA TENAGA NASIONAL BERHAD (No. Syarikat: 199001009294) … PLAINTIF DAN LUM WEI FENG (No. K/P: 810424-14-5284) … DEFENDAN NOTIS PENGIKLANAN (Dalam Perkara mengenai Penyampaian Ganti Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan bertarikh 16.04.2024 melalui Perintah Mahkamah bertarikh 13.06.2024) Kepada:- LUM WEI FENG 54, Jalan Indah 1/11B Taman Universiti Indah 43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor LUM WEI FENG 42, Jalan Indah 1/20 Taman Universiti Indah 43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor AMBIL PERHATIAN bahawa satu Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan bertarikh 16.04.2024 (“Writ tersebut”) dan satu Perintah Untuk Penyampaian Ganti bertarikh 13.06.2024 (“Perintah tersebut”) telah dikeluarkan terhadap kamu di Mahkamah Majistret Petaling Jaya oleh Tenaga Nasional Berhad (No. Syarikat: 199001009294) yang mempunyai alamat penyampaian di Pejabat Setiausaha Syarikat, Tingkat 2, Ibu Pejabat Tenaga Nasional Berhad, No. 129, Jalan Bangsar, 59200, Kuala Lumpur dan Mahkamah telah memerintahkan supaya Writ dan Perintah tersebut disampaikan keatas kamu secara penyampaian ganti dengan menampalkan sesalinan Writ tersebut berserta dengan sesalinan Perintah tersebut di premis alamat-alamat terakhir Defendan yang diketahui, dengan menampalkan sesalinan Writ tersebut berserta dengan sesalinan Perintah tersebut di papan notis Mahkamah Majistret Petaling Jaya, dan dengan mengiklankan satu Notis sekali dalam surat khabar tempatan “The Sun”. DAN BAHAWA penampalan dan pengiklanan tersebut hendaklah dianggap sebagai penyampaian yang sempurna dan mencukupi Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan tersebut kepada Defendan selepas tujuh (7) hari selepas pelaksanaan terakhir tindakan penampalan dan pengiklanan tersebut. DAN AMBIL PERHATIAN SELANJUTNYA bahawa Saman tersebut akan didengar di Mahkamah Majistret Petaling Jaya pada 11.7.2024, pukul 9.00 pagi di hadapan Majistret Puan Azdianur Binti Abu Samah di mana kamu perlu menghadirkan diri pada tarikh tersebut. Jika kamu gagal menghadirkan diri pada tarikh tersebut, suatu penghakiman ingkar boleh dikeluarkan terhadap kamu. Sesalinan Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan tersebut dan Perintah tersebut boleh diperiksa oleh kamu atas permintaan di Mahkamah ini. Bertarikh 19 haribulan Jun 2024 t.t. .................................. Peguamcara Plaintif NOTIS PENGIKLANAN ini telah dikeluarkan oleh Tetuan Vin Law Co. yang beralamat di Suite 6.05, Tingkat 6, Wisma E&C, No. 2, Lorong Dungun Kiri, Damansara Heights, 50490 Kuala Lumpur, peguamcara bagi pihak Plaintif. (Tel: 03-2093 3300 Faks: 03- 2093 2200 / e-mel: efiling@vinlawco.com) (Ruj: VR/LIT/95/2023/TNB-LWF) DALAM MAHKAMAH MAJISTRET DI KLANG DALAM NEGERI SELANGOR DARUL EHSAN, MALAYSIA GUAMAN NO: BL-A72NCvC-214-04/2024 ANTARA TENAGA NASIONAL BERHAD (No. Syarikat: 199001009294) … PLAINTIF DAN MUHAMMAD NAZRI BIN AMRAN (No. K/P: 770725-10-5231) … DEFENDAN NOTIS PENGIKLANAN (Dalam Perkara mengenai Penyampaian Ganti Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan bertarikh 16.04.2024 melalui Perintah Mahkamah bertarikh 05.06.2024) Kepada:- MUHAMMAD NAZRI BIN AMRAN Plot 20, Lot 6613, Jalan Jaya Setia Kampung Bukit Kapar, 42200 Klang Selangor MUHAMMAD NAZRI BIN AMRAN No.21, Jalan Pisang 7/KU10 Taman Desa Meru 41050 Klang Selangor AMBIL PERHATIAN bahawa satu Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan bertarikh 16.04.2024 (“Writ tersebut”) dan satu Perintah Untuk Penyampaian Ganti bertarikh 05.06.2024 (“Perintah tersebut”) telah dikeluarkan terhadap kamu di Mahkamah Majistret Klang oleh Tenaga Nasional Berhad (No. Syarikat: 199001009294) yang mempunyai alamat penyampaian di Pejabat Setiausaha Syarikat, Tingkat 2, Ibu Pejabat Tenaga Nasional Berhad, No. 129, Jalan Bangsar, 59200, Kuala Lumpur dan Mahkamah telah memerintahkan supaya Writ dan Perintah tersebut disampaikan keatas kamu secara penyampaian ganti dengan menampalkan sesalinan Writ tersebut berserta dengan sesalinan Perintah tersebut di papan notis Mahkamah Majistret Klang, dengan mengeposkan sesalinan Writ tersebut berserta dengan sesalinan Perintah tersebut di alamatalamat terakhir Defendan yang diketahui secara pos berdaftar, dan dengan mengiklankan satu Notis sekali dalam surat khabar tempatan “The Sun”. DAN BAHAWA penampalan dan pengiklanan tersebut hendaklah dianggap sebagai penyampaian yang sempurna dan mencukupi Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan tersebut kepada Defendan selepas tujuh (7) hari selepas pelaksanaan terakhir tindakan penampalan dan pengiklanan tersebut. DAN AMBIL PERHATIAN SELANJUTNYA bahawa Saman tersebut akan didengar di Mahkamah Majistret Klang pada 17.7.2024, pukul 9.00 pagi di hadapan Majistret Puan Haleez Binti Hasnan di mana kamu perlu menghadirkan diri pada tarikh tersebut. Jika kamu gagal menghadirkan diri pada tarikh tersebut, suatu penghakiman ingkar boleh dikeluarkan terhadap kamu. Sesalinan Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan tersebut dan Perintah tersebut boleh diperiksa oleh kamu atas permintaan di Mahkamah ini. Bertarikh 19 haribulan Jun 2024 t.t. .................................. Peguamcara Plaintif NOTIS PENGIKLANAN ini telah dikeluarkan oleh Tetuan Vin Law Co. yang beralamat di Suite 6.05, Tingkat 6, Wisma E&C, No. 2, Lorong Dungun Kiri, Damansara Heights, 50490 Kuala Lumpur, peguamcara bagi pihak Plaintif. (Tel: 03-2093 3300 Faks: 03- 2093 2200 / e-mel: efiling@vinlawco.com) (Ruj: VR/LIT/97/2023/TNB-MNA) 322 Notices 322 Notices 322 Notices 322 Notices FOCAL PARK SDN BHD (358698-H) NOTIS LELONG AWAM KENDERAAN UNTUK DILELONG SEPERTI SEDIA ADA TEMPAT & TARIKH LELONG: Northern Region (Alor Setar, Butterworth & Ipoh) 27-06-2024 (Khamis) Pukul 11:00pagi TARIKH MELIHAT : SEBELUM TIGA HARI LELONG (Pukul 9:00pagi - 4:00petang) PERTANYAAN (Tel) : Butterworth 04-3567972, Alor Seter 04-787 7972, Ipoh 05-5293971 FPAC - PELELONG BERLESEN : a) Mr. Chew Wooi Kok , b) Mr. Steven Lim Peng Seng (01795), c) Pn Hasniza Binti Abu Samah (00919) Alamat : 352, Permatang Tok Jaya Maklom Sg Dua 13800 Butterworth. : Lot 138-A, Batu 5 Jalan Langgar 05460 Alor Setar : PT51683, Jalan Jelapang, Kws Perindustrian Tmn Meru 30020 Ipoh SILA LAYARI LAMAN WEB KAMI : http://www.focalpark.com.my Lot Reg No. Jenis & Model Tahun AM1 AKR5523 NISSAN ALMERA 1.5 VL 2017 AM2 RAK2836 PERODUA AXIA 1.0 2021 AM3 JRR7558 PROTON SAGA 1.3 (A) 2016 AM4 ALW587 PROTON SAGA 1.3 (A) 2021 AM5 JUL7302 PROTON EXORA 1.6 (A) 2021 AM6 WVR2042 SUZUKI SWIFT 1.5 PREMIER 2011 (Perhatian: Kenderaan-kenderaan diatas yang tidak dibida dalam perlelongan akan dilelong semula pada 04.07.2024) Item Reg No Make Model Price 1 PJR8575 2010 PERODUA MYVI-1.3 EZ (A) 13000 2 WYY1732 2013 PROTON PERSONA 1.6L CVT 10000 3 NCW399 2013 PERODUA ALZA-1500 EZ 17000 4 W6701Q 2014 HONDA JAZZ 1.5L I-VTEC 28000 5 WB6117R 2015 PROTON PREVE 1.6L CVT 25000 6 TBN7643 2014 PROTON PERSONA 1.6 (A) 9900 7 CED2773 2012 HYUNDAI ELANTRA 26000 8 WD9324E 2016 NISSAN NV200 1.6L PANEL VAN 28000 9 AND2614 2023 YAMAHA 135LC FI STANDARD 6000 10 PQB2795 2021 HONDA WAVE 125I 3000 11 VHK1832 2022 HONDA RS-X FS150FA 4000 12 DEM 7673 2022 HONDA WAVE ALPHA 2500 13 VKF3076 2023 YAMAHA Y15ZR 6000 14 PQD4278 2022 HONDA RS-X FS150FA 5000 15 SU8394H 2022 SYM VF3I 185 LE 4000 16 ALV9795 2021 YAMAHA Y15ZR 5000 17 VHU5814 2022 HONDA RS150R FS150FN4 4000 18 VGS5602 2021 HONDA RS150R 3000 19 BRE 413 2022 HONDA VARIO 150 5000 20 JUP5983 2021 HONDA VARIO 150 5000 21 VFV6073 2021 YAMAHA Y15ZR 5000 22 VCV3607 2019 YAMAHA Y15ZR 5000 23 VGS3493 2021 YAMAHA YZF-R15 5000 24 VKK2076 2023 HONDA ADV160 10000 25 ALV8497 2020 HONDA DASH 125 2000 26 VKC9471 2023 YAMAHA Y15ZR 6000 27 PPJ8557 2020 YAMAHA Y15ZR 5000 28 VFS1057 2020 YAMAHA Y15ZR 3000 29 KFN3703 2023 YAMAHA Y15ZR 6000 30 RAM2531 2022 HONDA VARIO 150 4000 For more information contact us at 016-6999170 | 012-5553727 (WhatsApp) www.pickles.my | info@pickles.my Scan QR to download Pickles Auctions App PICKLES ASIA SDN BHD [1231292-D] Lot 19391, Batu 8 ½, Jalan Klang Lama, Taman Desaria, 46000 Petaling Jaya, Selangor. Bank Repossessed bikes and cars for sale by auction. Auctions are conducted via eBidding on Wednesday 26 June from 9.30 onwards. All are invited to join our PUBLIC AUCTION. Viewing and inspection on every Tuesday from 9.30am - 5.30pm. All unsold bank repossessed vehicles will be reauctioned on the following Wednesday until the vehicles are sold. Download Pickles Auctions app to view all auction listings or visit www.pickles.my 322 Notices PERISYTIHARAN JUALAN DALAM MAHKAMAH TINGGI MALAYA DI PULAU PINANG PERMOHONAN UNTUK PERLAKSANAAN NO: PA-38-336-04/2024 Dalam perkara mengenai Seksyen 256 dan 257 Kanun Tanah Negara, 1965 Dan Dalam perkara mengenai Gadaian Perserahan No: 27134/2006 (bertarikh : 16/08/2006) ke atas semua bahagian tanah yang dipegang di bawah Hakmilik Strata No. Berdaftar Geran 59106/M3/2/284, Lot 3134, Mukim 14, Daerah Seberang Perai Utara, Pulau Pinang Dan Dalam perkara mengenai Aturan 83 Kaedah- Kaedah Mahkamah, 2012 ANTARA RHB BANK BERHAD (No. Syarikat : 196501000373 (6171-M)) ...PLAINTIF DAN LEONG THIAN SEE (No. Kad Pengenalan : 721208025603) EYU LAY LING (No. Kad Pengenalan : 740623075070) ...DEFENDAN Menurut Perintah Mahkamah Tinggi Malaya di PULAU PINANG mengenai Perintah Jualan dan Perintah bertarikh 24 Januari 2024 dan 21 Mei 2024, adalah dengan ini diisytiharkan bahawa Timbalan Pendaftar/Penolong Kanan Pendaftar Pusat Operasi e-Lelong di Kuantan AKAN MENJUAL SECARA LELONG AWAM Pada Hari Khamis, 4 Julai 2024, Pada Jam 11:00 pagi, SECARA ELEKTRONIK DI LAMAN WEB e-LELONG, PUSAT OPERASI e-LELONG, KOMPLEKS MAHKAMAH KUANTAN, PAHANG DARUL MAKMUR NOTA: Bakal pembeli adalah dinasihatkan aqar membuat carian Hakmilik secara rasmi di Pejabat Tanah dan memeriksa semua tanqqunqan, bebanan serta mengenal pasti dengan tepat hartanah tersebut sebelum jualan lelonqan dijalankan. Sila layari https://elelong.kehakiman.gov.my/bidderweb BUTIR-BUTIR HAKMILIK: No. Hakmilik : Hakmilik Strata No. Berdaftar Geran 59106/M3/2/284 No. Lot : Lot 3134 Mukim / Daerah / Negeri : 14 / Seberang Perai Utara / Pulau Pinang Pegangan : Hakmilik Kekal No. Petak/No. Tingkat/ No. Bangunan : 284 / 2 / M3 Keluasan Tanah : 947.0000000000 kaki persegi 88.0000000000 meter persegi Pemilik Berdaftar : LEONG THIAN SEE, EYU LAY LING Syarat Nyata : Petak ini hendaklah digunakan untuk tujuan ruamh pangsa sahaja. Sekatan Kepentingan : Tiada Bebanan / Lain-Lain : Kawasan Rizab : Kaveat : LOKASI DAN PERIHAL HARTANAH : Hartanah tersebut adalah Pangsapuri yang beralamat pos di Unit No. 1-23, Block C, Lorong Bunga Rampai 5, Taman Pandan, 13400, Butterworth, Pulau Pinang. HARGA RIZAB : Hartanah tersebut akan dijual atas “sepertimana sedia ada” tertakluk kepada satu harga rizab sebanyak RM 260,000.00 (RINGGIT MALAYSIA: DUA RATUS ENAM PULUH RIBU SAHAJA) dan kepada syarat-syarat jualan yang dilampirkan. Pembida yang berminat hendaklah mendepositkan 10% daripada harga rizab dalam bentuk Bank Draf di atas nama RHB BANK BERHAD 1 HARI BEKERJA sebelum tarikh lelong awam. Baki harga belian hendaklah dibayar oleh pembida yang berjaya kepada RHB BANK BERHAD dalam tempoh seratus dua puluh (120) hari dari tarikh jualan. Untuk butir-butir selanjutnya, sila berhubung dengan:- Firma Guaman : TOH THEAM HOCK & CO. Alamat : NO. 155, 1ST FLOOR MEDAN KIKIK SATU TAMAN INDERAWASIH, 13600, PG, MY No. Telefon : 04-3981917 No. Fax : 04-3981921 No. Rujukan : TTH/RHB/44/2023/OSY/NA 322 Notices DALAM MAHKAMAH MAJISTRET DI KUALA KUBU BHARU DALAM NEGERI SELANGOR DARUL EHSAN, MALAYSIA GUAMAN NO: BF-A72NCVC-159-04/2024 MAJLIS PERBANDARAN HULU SELANGOR (MPHS) … PLAINTIF DAN ANTHONY TAN SWEE HOCK (NO K/P : 620528-10-5423) … DEFENDAN NOTIS IKLAN Kepada: ANTHONY TAN SWEE HOCK 8, Taman Sembrong, Yong Peng, 83700 Batu Pahat, Johor Darul Takzim. ANTHONY TAN SWEE HOCK No 19, Jalan Kenanga 7C, Seksyen BB11, Bandar Bukit Beruntung 48300 Rawang, Selangor Darul Ehsan. AMBIL PERHATIAN bahawa satu Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan telah dikeluarkan terhadap kamu dalam Mahkamah ini oleh MAJLIS PERBANDARAN HULU SELANGOR (MPHS) yang beralamat di Jalan Bukit Kerajaan, 44000 Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor Darul Ehsan dan Mahkamah telah memerintahkan supaya Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan tersebut disampaikan kepada kamu dengan menampalkan salinan- salinannya beserta satu salinan yang dimeterai bagi Perintah untuk penyampaian ganti pada Papan Notis Mahkamah Majistret di Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor, menampal satu salinan Writ Saman bersama dengan Perintah tersebut ke alamat terakhir Defendan yang diketahui dan pengiklanan Perintah tersebut dalam satu keluaran akhbar tempatan ‘The Sun’ selama satu hari dan bahawa penampalan, pengeposan dan pengiklanan sedemikian dianggap sebagai penyampaian yang wajar dan mencukupi akan Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan ini keatas kamu atas penamatan EMPAT BELAS (14) hari selepas tarikh terakhir penampalan dan pengiklanan tersebut. DAN SELANJUTNYA AMBIL NOTIS bahawa tarikh pengurusan kes Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan tersebut telah ditetapkan di hadapan Majistret 01.07.2024 pada 9.00 pagi di dalam Pengurusan Kes secara eReview (dalam talian). Jika kamu berhasrat untuk menentang dan/atau membela diri, kamu mestilah dalam masa empat belas (14) hari dari tarikh penampalan dan pengiklanan tersebut menjadi sempurna, memohon kepada Mahkamah untuk memasukkan kehadiran di Mahkamah ini. Jika tidak, suatu Penghakiman boleh dikeluarkan terhadap kamu. Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan ini boleh diperiksa oleh kamu dengan melalui permohonan kepada Mahkamah ini. Bertarikh 19 Jun 2024 ………………… Penolong Pendaftar Mahkamah Majistret Kuala Kubu Bharu NOTIS IKLAN ini difailkan oleh TETUAN IBRAHIM & FUAADAH, Peguambela & Peguamcara bagi Plaintif yang beralamat di No.12F, Jalan Bidara 8, SU Mall, Saujana Utama 3, 47000, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, No. tel: 03- 6038 8164 /3031 emel: info@ ibrahimfuaadah.my Ruj fail : IF/1/1252/9623/MPHS(nfs) DALAM MAHKAMAH MAJISTRET DI KUALA KUBU BHARU DALAM NEGERI SELANGOR DARUL EHSAN, MALAYSIA GUAMAN NO: BF-A72NCVC-157-04/2024 MAJLIS PERBANDARAN HULU SELANGOR (MPHS) … PLAINTIF DAN YIM AH KIEW (NO K/P : 610616-10-5619) … DEFENDAN NOTIS IKLAN Kepada: YIM AH KIEW No 5, Batu 8, Ulu Klang, 68000 Ampang, Selangor Darul Ehsan YIM AH KIEW No 5, Jln Mawar 2A, Perniagaan Jln Mawar Prima Beruntung, 48300 Rawang, Selangor Darul Ehsan AMBIL PERHATIAN bahawa satu Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan telah dikeluarkan terhadap kamu dalam Mahkamah ini oleh MAJLIS PERBANDARAN HULU SELANGOR (MPHS) yang beralamat di Jalan Bukit Kerajaan, 44000 Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor Darul Ehsan dan Mahkamah telah memerintahkan supaya Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan tersebut disampaikan kepada kamu dengan menampalkan salinan- salinannya beserta satu salinan yang dimeterai bagi Perintah untuk penyampaian ganti pada Papan Notis Mahkamah Majistret di Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor, menampal satu salinan Writ Saman bersama dengan Perintah tersebut ke alamat terakhir Defendan yang diketahui dan pengiklanan Perintah tersebut dalam satu keluaran akhbar tempatan ‘The Sun’ selama satu hari dan bahawa penampalan, pengeposan dan pengiklanan sedemikian dianggap sebagai penyampaian yang wajar dan mencukupi akan Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan ini keatas kamu atas penamatan EMPAT BELAS (14) hari selepas tarikh terakhir penampalan dan pengiklanan tersebut. DAN SELANJUTNYA AMBIL NOTIS bahawa tarikh pengurusan kes Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan tersebut telah ditetapkan di hadapan Majistret 01.07.2024 pada 9.00 pagi di dalam Pengurusan Kes secara eReview (dalam talian). Jika kamu berhasrat untuk menentang dan/atau membela diri, kamu mestilah dalam masa empat belas (14) hari dari tarikh penampalan dan pengiklanan tersebut menjadi sempurna, memohon kepada Mahkamah untuk memasukkan kehadiran di Mahkamah ini. Jika tidak, suatu Penghakiman boleh dikeluarkan terhadap kamu. Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan ini boleh diperiksa oleh kamu dengan melalui permohonan kepada Mahkamah ini. Bertarikh 19 Jun 2024 …………………… Penolong Pendaftar Mahkamah Majistret Kuala Kubu Bharu NOTIS IKLAN ini difailkan oleh TETUAN IBRAHIM & FUAADAH, Peguambela & Peguamcara bagi Plaintif yang beralamat di No.12F, Jalan Bidara 8, SU Mall, Saujana Utama 3, 47000, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, No. tel: 03- 6038 8164 /3031 emel: info@ ibrahimfuaadah.my Ruj fail : IF/1/1249/9323/MPHS(nfs) IN THE HIGH COURT OF MALAYA AT KUALA LUMPUR (COMMERCIAL DIVISION) COMPANIES WINDING-UP NO : WA-28NCC-382-04/2024 In the matter of Octagon Nations Construction Sdn. Bhd [Company No. 201401028489 (1104575-A)]; AND In the matter of Section 465 (1) (e) of the Companies Act 2016 and the provisions of the Companies Act 2016; AND In the matter of the Companies (WindingUp) Rules 1972; AND In the matter of the Rules of Court 2012. BETWEEN LEONG BENG HOCK (NRIC No 620716-08- 5511) operating business under the name and style of L.B. HOCK ENTERPRISE [Reg. No. : 201303168416 (0022977752- H)] … PETITIONER AND OCTAGON NATIONS CONSTRUCTION SDN. BHD. [Company No. 201401028489 (1104575-A)] … RESPONDENT ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION NOTICE is hereby given that a Petition for the winding-up of the abovenamed Respondent Company by the High Court was, on the 29th day of April, 2024 presented by the abovenamed Petitioner. And that the said petition is directed to be heard before the Court sitting at Kuala Lumpur at 9.30 o’clock in the forenoon on the 24th day of July, 2024 and any creditor or contributory of the said company desiring to support or oppose the making of an order on the said petition may appear at the time of hearing by himself or his counsel for that purpose; and a copy of the petition will be furnished to any creditor or contributory of the said company requiring the same by the undersigned on payment of the regulated charge for the same. The Petitioner’s address is at L-07-01, Level 7, Block L, No.2, Jalan Solaris, Solaris Mont Kiara, 50480, Kuala Lumpur. The Petitioner’s solicitors are Messrs Song & Partners, with a place of practice/ address for service at No. 27-7, Menara 1MK, Kompleks 1 Mont’ Kiara, No. 1 Jalan Kiara, Mont’ Kiara, 50480 Kuala Lumpur. Signed …………………… Messrs Song & Partners Solicitors for the Petitioner NOTE – Any persons who intend to appear on the hearing of the said petition must serve on or send by post to the abovenamed solicitors for the Petitioner, Messrs Song & Partners notice in writing of his intention to do so. The notice must state the name and address of the person, or, if a firm, the name and address of the firm, and must be signed by the person or firm, or his or their solicitors (if any) and must be served, or, if posted must be sent by post in sufficient time to reach the abovenamed not later than twelve o’ clock noon of the 23rd day of July, 2024 (the day before the day appointed for the hearing of the Petition). [YCL/24/1977/03(21)/(LBHE)] IN THE HIGH COURT OF MALAYA AT KUALA LUMPUR IN THE STATE OF WILAYAH PERSEKUTUAN KUALA LUMPUR (COMMERCIAL DIVISION) COMPANIES WINDING-UP PETITION NO. WA-28NCC-505-06/2024 In the matter of Section 465 (1)(e) and Section 466 (1) of the Companies Act, 2016 And In the matter of the Companies (WindingUp) Rules 1972 And In the matter of Oakwood Property Sdn Bhd (formerly known as Music Tribe Commercial My Sdn Bhd) [Company No. 201801046867 (1308899-U)] BETWEEN YOK TZE WEI [NRIC No. 890712-12-5459] [a sole proprietor practising under the name and style of Messrs. Aaron Yok Chambers] …PETITIONER AND OAKWOOD PROPERTY SDN BHD (formerly known as MUSIC TRIBE COMMERCIAL MY SDN BHD) [Company No. 201801046867 (1308899-U)] …RESPONDENT ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION NOTICE is hereby given that a Petition for the Winding-Up of the abovenamed Company by the High Court was on 6th day of June 2024 presented by YOK TZE WEI (NRIC No. 890712-12-5459) [a sole proprietor practising under the name and style of Messrs. Aaron Yok Chambers] of 54, Jalan Suadamai 2/1, Bandar Tun Hussein Onn, 43200 Cheras, the above said Petitioning Company. And that the said Petition is directed to be heard before the High Court sitting at Kuala Lumpur at 9.30 a.m. in the morning on 3rd day of September 2024; and any creditor or contributory of the said Company desiring to support or oppose the making of an Order on the said Petition may appear at the time of Hearing by himself or his Counsel for that purpose; and a copy of the Petition will be furnished to any creditor or contributory of the said Company requiring the same by the undersigned on payment of the regulated charge for the same. The Petitioner’s address is at 54, Jalan Suadamai 2/1, Bandar Tun Hussein Onn, 43200 Cheras. The Petitioner’s Solicitors are Messrs. Aaron Yok Chambers of 54, Jalan Suadamai 2/1, Bandar Tun Hussein Onn, 43200 Cheras. Signed ……………………………… Messrs. Aaron Yok Chambers Solicitors for the Petitioner NOTE – Any person who intends to appear on the Hearing of the said Petition must serve on or send by post to Messrs. Aaron Yok Chambers, notice in writing of his intention to do so. The notice must state the name and address of the person, or, if a firm, the name and address of the firm and must be signed by the person of firm, or their Solicitors (if any) and must be served, or if posted, must be sent by post in sufficient time to reach the abovenamed solicitors not later than twelve o’clock noon of the 2nd day of September 2024 the working day before the day appointed for the hearing of the Petition. THIS ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION is filed by Messrs. Aaron Yok Chambers, whose address for service is at 54, Jalan Suadamai 2/1, Bandar Tun Hussein Onn, 43200 Cheras. [Tel: 017-6310712 Fax:03-27268932] [Ref: aaronyokchambers@gmail.com] DALAM MAHKAMAH MAJISTRET DI PETALING JAYA DALAM NEGERI SELANGOR DARUL EHSAN, MALAYSIA GUAMAN NO: BB-A72NCvC-324-04/2024 ANTARA TENAGA NASIONAL BERHAD (No. Syarikat: 199001009294) … PLAINTIF DAN LUM WEI FENG (No. K/P: 810424-14-5284) … DEFENDAN NOTIS PENGIKLANAN (Dalam Perkara mengenai Penyampaian Ganti Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan bertarikh 16.04.2024 melalui Perintah Mahkamah bertarikh 13.06.2024) Kepada:- LUM WEI FENG 54, Jalan Indah 1/11B Taman Universiti Indah 43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor LUM WEI FENG 42, Jalan Indah 1/20 Taman Universiti Indah 43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor AMBIL PERHATIAN bahawa satu Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan bertarikh 16.04.2024 (“Writ tersebut”) dan satu Perintah Untuk Penyampaian Ganti bertarikh 13.06.2024 (“Perintah tersebut”) telah dikeluarkan terhadap kamu di Mahkamah Majistret Petaling Jaya oleh Tenaga Nasional Berhad (No. Syarikat: 199001009294) yang mempunyai alamat penyampaian di Pejabat Setiausaha Syarikat, Tingkat 2, Ibu Pejabat Tenaga Nasional Berhad, No. 129, Jalan Bangsar, 59200, Kuala Lumpur dan Mahkamah telah memerintahkan supaya Writ dan Perintah tersebut disampaikan keatas kamu secara penyampaian ganti dengan menampalkan sesalinan Writ tersebut berserta dengan sesalinan Perintah tersebut di premis alamat-alamat terakhir Defendan yang diketahui, dengan menampalkan sesalinan Writ tersebut berserta dengan sesalinan Perintah tersebut di papan notis Mahkamah Majistret Petaling Jaya, dan dengan mengiklankan satu Notis sekali dalam surat khabar tempatan “The Sun”. DAN BAHAWA penampalan dan pengiklanan tersebut hendaklah dianggap sebagai penyampaian yang sempurna dan mencukupi Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan tersebut kepada Defendan selepas tujuh (7) hari selepas pelaksanaan terakhir tindakan penampalan dan pengiklanan tersebut. DAN AMBIL PERHATIAN SELANJUTNYA bahawa Saman tersebut akan didengar di Mahkamah Majistret Petaling Jaya pada 11.7.2024, pukul 9.00 pagi di hadapan Majistret Puan Azdianur Binti Abu Samah di mana kamu perlu menghadirkan diri pada tarikh tersebut. Jika kamu gagal menghadirkan diri pada tarikh tersebut, suatu penghakiman ingkar boleh dikeluarkan terhadap kamu. Sesalinan Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan tersebut dan Perintah tersebut boleh diperiksa oleh kamu atas permintaan di Mahkamah ini. Bertarikh 19 haribulan Jun 2024 t.t. .................................. Peguamcara Plaintif NOTIS PENGIKLANAN ini telah dikeluarkan oleh Tetuan Vin Law Co. yang beralamat di Suite 6.05, Tingkat 6, Wisma E&C, No. 2, Lorong Dungun Kiri, Damansara Heights, 50490 Kuala Lumpur, peguamcara bagi pihak Plaintif. (Tel: 03-2093 3300 Faks: 03- 2093 2200 / e-mel: efiling@vinlawco.com) (Ruj: VR/LIT/95/2023/TNB-LWF) DALAM MAHKAMAH MAJISTRET DI KLANG DALAM NEGERI SELANGOR DARUL EHSAN, MALAYSIA GUAMAN NO: BL-A72NCvC-214-04/2024 ANTARA TENAGA NASIONAL BERHAD (No. Syarikat: 199001009294) … PLAINTIF DAN MUHAMMAD NAZRI BIN AMRAN (No. K/P: 770725-10-5231) … DEFENDAN NOTIS PENGIKLANAN (Dalam Perkara mengenai Penyampaian Ganti Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan bertarikh 16.04.2024 melalui Perintah Mahkamah bertarikh 05.06.2024) Kepada:- MUHAMMAD NAZRI BIN AMRAN Plot 20, Lot 6613, Jalan Jaya Setia Kampung Bukit Kapar, 42200 Klang Selangor MUHAMMAD NAZRI BIN AMRAN No.21, Jalan Pisang 7/KU10 Taman Desa Meru 41050 Klang Selangor AMBIL PERHATIAN bahawa satu Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan bertarikh 16.04.2024 (“Writ tersebut”) dan satu Perintah Untuk Penyampaian Ganti bertarikh 05.06.2024 (“Perintah tersebut”) telah dikeluarkan terhadap kamu di Mahkamah Majistret Klang oleh Tenaga Nasional Berhad (No. Syarikat: 199001009294) yang mempunyai alamat penyampaian di Pejabat Setiausaha Syarikat, Tingkat 2, Ibu Pejabat Tenaga Nasional Berhad, No. 129, Jalan Bangsar, 59200, Kuala Lumpur dan Mahkamah telah memerintahkan supaya Writ dan Perintah tersebut disampaikan keatas kamu secara penyampaian ganti dengan menampalkan sesalinan Writ tersebut berserta dengan sesalinan Perintah tersebut di papan notis Mahkamah Majistret Klang, dengan mengeposkan sesalinan Writ tersebut berserta dengan sesalinan Perintah tersebut di alamatalamat terakhir Defendan yang diketahui secara pos berdaftar, dan dengan mengiklankan satu Notis sekali dalam surat khabar tempatan “The Sun”. DAN BAHAWA penampalan dan pengiklanan tersebut hendaklah dianggap sebagai penyampaian yang sempurna dan mencukupi Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan tersebut kepada Defendan selepas tujuh (7) hari selepas pelaksanaan terakhir tindakan penampalan dan pengiklanan tersebut. DAN AMBIL PERHATIAN SELANJUTNYA bahawa Saman tersebut akan didengar di Mahkamah Majistret Klang pada 17.7.2024, pukul 9.00 pagi di hadapan Majistret Puan Haleez Binti Hasnan di mana kamu perlu menghadirkan diri pada tarikh tersebut. Jika kamu gagal menghadirkan diri pada tarikh tersebut, suatu penghakiman ingkar boleh dikeluarkan terhadap kamu. Sesalinan Writ Saman dan Pernyataan Tuntutan tersebut dan Perintah tersebut boleh diperiksa oleh kamu atas permintaan di Mahkamah ini. Bertarikh 19 haribulan Jun 2024 t.t. .................................. Peguamcara Plaintif NOTIS PENGIKLANAN ini telah dikeluarkan oleh Tetuan Vin Law Co. yang beralamat di Suite 6.05, Tingkat 6, Wisma E&C, No. 2, Lorong Dungun Kiri, Damansara Heights, 50490 Kuala Lumpur, peguamcara bagi pihak Plaintif. (Tel: 03-2093 3300 Faks: 03- 2093 2200 / e-mel: efiling@vinlawco.com) (Ruj: VR/LIT/97/2023/TNB-MNA) 322 Notices 322 Notices 322 Notices 322 Notices FOCAL PARK SDN BHD (358698-H) NOTIS LELONG AWAM KENDERAAN UNTUK DILELONG SEPERTI SEDIA ADA TEMPAT & TARIKH LELONG: Northern Region (Alor Setar, Butterworth & Ipoh) 27-06-2024 (Khamis) Pukul 11:00pagi TARIKH MELIHAT : SEBELUM TIGA HARI LELONG (Pukul 9:00pagi - 4:00petang) PERTANYAAN (Tel) : Butterworth 04-3567972, Alor Seter 04-787 7972, Ipoh 05-5293971 FPAC - PELELONG BERLESEN : a) Mr. Chew Wooi Kok , b) Mr. Steven Lim Peng Seng (01795), c) Pn Hasniza Binti Abu Samah (00919) Alamat : 352, Permatang Tok Jaya Maklom Sg Dua 13800 Butterworth. : Lot 138-A, Batu 5 Jalan Langgar 05460 Alor Setar : PT51683, Jalan Jelapang, Kws Perindustrian Tmn Meru 30020 Ipoh SILA LAYARI LAMAN WEB KAMI : http://www.focalpark.com.my Lot Reg No. Jenis & Model Tahun AM1 AKR5523 NISSAN ALMERA 1.5 VL 2017 AM2 RAK2836 PERODUA AXIA 1.0 2021 AM3 JRR7558 PROTON SAGA 1.3 (A) 2016 AM4 ALW587 PROTON SAGA 1.3 (A) 2021 AM5 JUL7302 PROTON EXORA 1.6 (A) 2021 AM6 WVR2042 SUZUKI SWIFT 1.5 PREMIER 2011 (Perhatian: Kenderaan-kenderaan diatas yang tidak dibida dalam perlelongan akan dilelong semula pada 04.07.2024) Item Reg No Make Model Price 1 PJR8575 2010 PERODUA MYVI-1.3 EZ (A) 13000 2 WYY1732 2013 PROTON PERSONA 1.6L CVT 10000 3 NCW399 2013 PERODUA ALZA-1500 EZ 17000 4 W6701Q 2014 HONDA JAZZ 1.5L I-VTEC 28000 5 WB6117R 2015 PROTON PREVE 1.6L CVT 25000 6 TBN7643 2014 PROTON PERSONA 1.6 (A) 9900 7 CED2773 2012 HYUNDAI ELANTRA 26000 8 WD9324E 2016 NISSAN NV200 1.6L PANEL VAN 28000 9 AND2614 2023 YAMAHA 135LC FI STANDARD 6000 10 PQB2795 2021 HONDA WAVE 125I 3000 11 VHK1832 2022 HONDA RS-X FS150FA 4000 12 DEM 7673 2022 HONDA WAVE ALPHA 2500 13 VKF3076 2023 YAMAHA Y15ZR 6000 14 PQD4278 2022 HONDA RS-X FS150FA 5000 15 SU8394H 2022 SYM VF3I 185 LE 4000 16 ALV9795 2021 YAMAHA Y15ZR 5000 17 VHU5814 2022 HONDA RS150R FS150FN4 4000 18 VGS5602 2021 HONDA RS150R 3000 19 BRE 413 2022 HONDA VARIO 150 5000 20 JUP5983 2021 HONDA VARIO 150 5000 21 VFV6073 2021 YAMAHA Y15ZR 5000 22 VCV3607 2019 YAMAHA Y15ZR 5000 23 VGS3493 2021 YAMAHA YZF-R15 5000 24 VKK2076 2023 HONDA ADV160 10000 25 ALV8497 2020 HONDA DASH 125 2000 26 VKC9471 2023 YAMAHA Y15ZR 6000 27 PPJ8557 2020 YAMAHA Y15ZR 5000 28 VFS1057 2020 YAMAHA Y15ZR 3000 29 KFN3703 2023 YAMAHA Y15ZR 6000 30 RAM2531 2022 HONDA VARIO 150 4000 For more information contact us at 016-6999170 | 012-5553727 (WhatsApp) www.pickles.my | info@pickles.my Scan QR to download Pickles Auctions App PICKLES ASIA SDN BHD [1231292-D] Lot 19391, Batu 8 ½, Jalan Klang Lama, Taman Desaria, 46000 Petaling Jaya, Selangor. Bank Repossessed bikes and cars for sale by auction. Auctions are conducted via eBidding on Wednesday 26 June from 9.30 onwards. All are invited to join our PUBLIC AUCTION. Viewing and inspection on every Tuesday from 9.30am - 5.30pm. All unsold bank repossessed vehicles will be reauctioned on the following Wednesday until the vehicles are sold. Download Pickles Auctions app to view all auction listings or visit www.pickles.my 322 Notices High expectations Five sports capable of winning gold in Paris THE Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) will be banking on athletes from five sports to deliver medals at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games from July 26 to Aug 11. OCM president Tan Sri Mohamad Norza Zakaria said badminton, cycling, diving, archery and sailing have the potential to deliver the goods for the national contingent. “Our athletes in these sports have a good prospect of contributing the gold medal at the world’s biggest multi-sports Games and that the gold medal is our primary objective. “Winning just one Olympic gold medal feels different to winning 10 Olympic silver medals. So, surely, we are gunning for gold,” he told a media conference after the signing ceremony of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the OCM and Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) and the International Olympic Day 2024 celebration. Also present were UPSI vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Md Amin Md Taff and Malaysian chef de mission to the Paris Olympics Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin. But, Mohamad Norza said, that doesn’t mean the other sports can just take it easy as they too are seen as being able to etch their name at the Olympics. “All the athletes have qualified for the Olympics, which means they too stand a chance to win a medal. After all, they have been striving for four years to reach this high level, so they will surely do their best to ensure they do not become mere ‘passengers’. “Everyone who calls himself or herself an athlete dreams of qualifying for the Olympics, so now that they have reached it, we will give them all the support they need so that they can produce their best in Paris,” he said. He added that all the athletes are in peak condition to challenge for medals at the Games. “Some of our athletes are already there as part of their final lap of preparations. Some of the sports also have their own plans. Our advice is to be careful with their preparations to avoid any injuries. “I hope all the athletes will be in the best shape and free from injuries ahead of the Games,” he said. Earlier, about 5,000 participants comprising UPSI students and staff and the community around Muallim joined in the International Olympic Day 2024 celebration, which was held simultaneously in over 200 other countries, and aimed at igniting a collection passion for the Paris Olympic Games. – Bernama

SPORTS SPORTS MONDAY | JUNE 24, 2024 28 PERISYTIHARAN JUALAN DALAM MAHKAMAH TINGGI MALAYA DI PULAU PINANG PERMOHONAN UNTUK PERLAKSANAAN NO: PA-38-297-03/2024 Dalam perkara mengenai Seksyen 256 dan 257 Kanun Tanah Negara, 1965 Dan Dalam perkara mengenai Gadaian Perserahan No: 0799SC2016024572 ( bertarikh 19/08/2016) ke atas semua bahagian tanah yang dipegang di bawah Geran 65859/ M1/23/357, Lot 1529 Seksyen 9W, Mukim Bandar George Town, Daerah Timor Laut, Pulau Pinang Dan Dalam perkara mengenai Aturan 83 Kaedah-Kaedah Mahkamah, 2012 ANTARA OCBC BANK (MALAYSIA) BERHAD (No. Syarikat : 295400-W) ...PLAINTIF DAN TNEK KOK CHENG (No. Kad Pengenalan : 551010025297) LIM POH ENG (No. Kad Pengenalan : 550213075206) ...DEFENDAN Menurut Perintah Mahkamah Tinggi Malaya di PULAU PINANG mengenai Perintah Jualan dan Perintah bertarikh 20 Februari 2023 dan 30 Mei 2024, adalah dengan ini diisytiharkan bahawa Timbalan Pendaftar/Penolong Kanan Pendaftar Pusat Operasi e-Lelong di Kuantan AKAN MENJUAL SECARA LELONG AWAM Pada Hari Selasa, 16 Julai 2024, Pada Jam 11:00 pagi, SECARA ELEKTRONIK DI LAMAN WEB e-LELONG, PUSAT OPERASI e-LELONG, KOMPLEKS MAHKAMAH KUANTAN, PAHANG DARUL MAKMUR NOTA: Bakal pembeli adalah dinasihatkan agar membuat carian Hakmilik secara rasmi di Pejabat Tanah dan memeriksa semua tanggungan, bebanan serta mengenal pasti dengan tepat hartanah tersebut sebelum jualan lelongan dijalankan. Sila layari https://eIelong.kehakiman.gov.my/bidderweb BUTIR-BUTIR HAKMILIK: No. Hakmilik : Geran 65859/M1/23/357 No. Lot : Lot 1529 Seksyen 9W Mukim/Daerah/Negeri : Bandar George Town / Timor Laut / Pulau Pinang Pegangan : Hakmilik Kekal No. Petak/No. Tingkat/No. : 357 / 23 / M1 & Aksesori A33 Bangunan : Keluasan Tanah : 0.0000000000 kaki persegi : 0.0000000000 meter persegi Pemilik Berdaftar : TNEK KOK CHENG, LIM POH ENG Syarat Nyata : Petak ini hendaklah digunakan untuk tujuan rumah pangsa sahaja Sekatan Kepentingan : Tiada Bebanan / Lain-Lain : Tiada Kawasan Rizab : Kaveat : LOKASI DAN PERIHAL HARTANAH : Hartanah tersebut adalah Rumah Pangsa yang beralamat pos di 90-22-19, Block 90 Kota Emas, Lorong Seremban, 10150, Georgetown, Pulau Pinang. HARGA RIZAB : Hartanah tersebut akan dijual atas “sepertimana sedia ada” tertakluk kepada satu harga rizab sebanyak RM 324,000.00 (RINGGIT MALAYSIA: TIGA RATUS DUA PULUH EMPAT RIBU SAHAJA) dan kepada syarat-syarat jualan yang dilampirkan. 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Bertarikh 19 Jun 2024 …………………… Penolong Pendaftar Mahkamah Majistret Kuala Kubu Bharu NOTIS IKLAN ini difailkan oleh TETUAN IBRAHIM & FUAADAH, Peguambela & Peguamcara bagi Plaintif yang beralamat di No.12F, Jalan Bidara 8, SU Mall, Saujana Utama 3, 47000, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, No. tel: 03- 6038 8164 /3031 emel: info@ ibrahimfuaadah.my Ruj fail : IF/1/1253/9723/MPHS(nfs) 322 Notices 322 Notices 322 Notices Super subs star for Venezuela GOALS from substitutes Jhonder Cadiz and Eduard Bello gave Venezuela a 2-1 win over 10- man Ecuador in their Copa America Group B match yesterday. In the group’s other game, Mexico made a winning start to their campaign with a 1-0 victory over Jamaica in Houston but lost their captain Edson Alvarez to injury. Ecuador were forced to play with 10 men from the 22nd minute of the game at Levi Stadium when striker Enner Valencia was sent off for dangerous play. Ecuador, which had been in control of the game before the dismissal, responded well and went ahead in the 40th minute when Venezuela failed to clear a free kick into the box and Jeremy Sarmiento pounced on the loose ball to drill home. Venezuela head coach Fernando Batista made two changes at the break, bringing on Cadiz and Bello and both were to make a decisive impact. “To be able to score a goal, which helped in the victory, and to have contributed to the first goal, is a joy. These three points are very important for what’s to come,” said a delighted Bello. Ecuador’s Spanish coach Felix Sanchez said the red card for Valencia had forced him to change the team’s approach. “We had to change the plan, wait a bit behind the opposition. It’s clear that when you play with 10 men you are at the mercy of the opposition for many minutes, even if you don’t want to play that way,” he said. “Obviously it’s not the dream start, but there are two more games left and we have the team to compete. The most important thing is that the team recovers its spirit for what is to come.” Mexico laboured for long stretches against Jamaica before a superbly struck 69th minute goal from Gerardo Arteaga earned them the three points. Jaime Lozano’s team suffered a major blow when their skipper, West Ham midfielder Alvarez had to go off in the 29th minute after going down without contact. The Mexico captain’s potentially tournament-ending injury is a huge blow for the national team, coach Jaime Lozano. “We’re going to wait a couple of days to do some testing on him and to know well what he’s got going on,” Lozano said after the match. “He’s extremely important. He’s a leader, he understands the game well. He’s important on the pitch and in the locker room as well. “You listen to him talk, he has a way with words and when he speaks you listen. This was a tough blow for all of us.” Mexico face Venezuela on Thursday in Los Angeles with Jamaica up against Ecuador on the same day in Las Vegas. “We know there’s not going to be an easy opponent. Thank God we won against Jamaica and now we want to go for another win,” said Arteaga. – AFP/Reuters Rohit credits India’s smart batting INDIA have found their batting template for the T20 World Cup, skipper Rohit Sharma said after the team beat Bangladesh in yesterday’s Super Eight contest to maintain their unbeaten record in the tournament and close in on a semifinal spot. A string of attacking cameos powered India to 196 for five, their highest total in what has been a low-scoring tournament so far, in the Group 1 contest at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua. Bangladesh managed 146-8 in reply and are on the brink of elimination after their second successive defeat in Group 1. “I thought we played really well today, adapted to the conditions,” Rohit said. “There is the breeze here that you need to take into consideration, so you have got to be smart about that. “Overall, we were clever with the bat and we used the conditions really well with the ball.” Hardik Pandya smashed an unbeaten fifty but Virat Kohli (37), Rishabh Pant (36), and Shivam Dube (34) also chipped in with breezy cameos. “Only one player got fifty but we still got to 196,” Rohit, who contributed 23, said. “In T20, you don’t need that many 50s or 100s. You can put pressure on the opposition in other ways. And all our batters tried to do that from the start. “That’s how we want to play going forward, of course while respecting the conditions too. “We have a lot of experience in our squad and I back the players to make those decisions.” – Reuters RAHMANULLAH GURBAZ (pix) and Ibrahim Zadran shared an opening stand of 118 before Gulbadin Naib took over to drive Afghanistan to a 21-run win over Australia in St Vincent yesterday and keep alive their hopes of reaching the Twenty20 World Cup semifinals. A win for Australia would have sent the 2021 champions and India into the last four, but even a second hattrick in as many matches from Pat Cummins was not enough to keep their unbeaten record at the tournament intact. Half centuries from Rahmanullah and Ibrahim helped the Afghans rack up 148-6 in their 20 overs, before their bowlers dismissed the Australians for 127 on a tricky Kingstown track. Gulbadin claimed 4- 20 and Naveen-ul-Haq bagged 3-20, but it was the third century partnership of the tournament from Rahmanullah and Ibrahim that laid the foundation for a win that also kept Bangladesh alive. “We’ve waited for a long time (for this),” said man-of-the-match Gulbadin. “It’s a big moment for our nation and our people. “I have no words, but thanks to the fans who supported us in our career and cricket journey… thank God we finally beat Australia. It’s a great achievement for Afghanistan. “We have achieved many things in the last 10 years, but this is big.” The explosive G l e n n M a x w e l l g a v e A u s t r a l i a some hope with a battling 59 off 41 balls, but his dismissal by Gulbadin, thanks to an acrobatic catch by Noor Ahmad, all but sealed the fate of the former champions. – Reuters Afghanistan stun Australia ... as Mexico edge Jamaica but lose captain Alvarez to injury Venezuela forward Jhonder Cadiz (2nd from left) is congratulated by teammates after scoring a goal against Ecuador. – USATODAYPIX

SPORTS SPORTS MONDAY | JUNE 24, 2024 29 PORTUGAL veteran Pepe is the oldest player ever to appear at the European Championship but that did not stop him being one of the best performers in yesterday’s win over Turkiye as coach Roberto Martinez described the 41-year-old as a “wonderful example”. The Porto centreback, who turned 41 in February, set the record for the competition’s oldest player when he appeared in his country’s 2- 1 win over the Czech Republic in their opening game at Euro 2024. He passed the mark set by Hungary goalkeeper Gabor Kiraly, who was 40 years and 86 days when he played against Belgium in the last 16 at Euro 2016, and Pepe was again in the side for Saturday’s 3-0 win over Turkiye. Not only that, he was outstanding as he marshalled the back line alongside Ruben Dias in Dortmund, helping Martinez’s team to a victory which allowed them to clinch their place in the knockout stages. “If there was a neutral guy watching the game and he saw Pepe playing he would never believe he is 41 years old,” Martinez said. “He is an example, a professional, the way he reads the game, the way he competes. “He uses the 24 hours to be a professional footballer,” Martinez added when asked how Pepe manages to continue competing at such a high level when most players his age have long since retired. “We all know players who maybe only spend two hours a day preparing themselves. The rest of the time they live life normally and expect one day to retire. “Pepe doesn’t do that. He uses 24 hours to get himself recovered. When he is not recovering he makes sure he has the right sleep patterns. “Everything is down to the detail and the focus is to play for another year. Then it is just that love for the game, focusing on knowing the opposition, knowing tactical aspects,” added Martinez. “I think he is an example for all young players of how a player can extend his career by what he does 24 hours a day.” Portugal are one of the favourites to win another Euros in Germany with the experience of Pepe and Ronaldo added to the immense strength in depth and exciting young talent also available to Martinez. Yesterday’s win saw them cruise through to the last 16 with one group game against Georgia still to come, in Gelsenkirchen on Thursday (3am Malaysian time). The coach might be tempted to rest Pepe as he eyes several changes ahead of a last-16 tie in Frankfurt on July 1. “We are first in the group and we can make changes in the next game which for me is very important as there are lots of players in the dressing room who deserve to play,” said Martinez, who notably has two supremely gifted young defenders waiting in the wings in Goncalo Inacio (22) and Antonio Silva (20). “They showed that during the training camp before the tournament in Portugal. We need to give them opportunities to see how competitive they are.” – AFP GEORGIA goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili hailed his team’s “historic” first ever point after a thrilling 1-1 draw against the Czech Republic at Euro 2024 on Saturday. Georges Mikautadze struck from the penalty spot for the Euros debutants in the first half in Hamburg but Patrik Schick levelled for the Czechs after the break. Valencia stopper Mamardashvili made 11 saves in a brilliant display and was named player of the match. After an opening defeat by Turkey, the draw means Georgia will likely have to beat one of the tournament favourites Portugal in their third match to progress from Group F. “I am quite happy and satisfied just for being here… our first point is a historic moment,” Mamardashvili told reporters. “We will have a very difficult match against Portugal, they are one of the best teams at the tournament but we will do our best, and we will see (what happens).” Georgia might even have won the game at the death against the run of play, but after being sent in on goal, substitute Saba Lobjanidze hammered over the bar. The Atalanta United winger’s teammates and Georgia coach Willy Sagnol went to him at the end to try and raise his spirits. “You can say a lot of things, I don’t know if the player wants to hear all those things,” said former Bayern Munich defender Sagnol. “In the three-and-a-half years I’ve been coaching Georgia, we’ve done a lot of very positive things on the pitch, but it’s also a massive and very important human experience for me. “That’s why I went to the player, because I could imagine how he was feeling – it’s difficult to say anything, I told him the ones who never try will never miss.” Sagnol said his squad had mixed feelings at full-time after claiming their first point but seeing two more slip between their fingers. “For the first minutes the players were disappointed because of this massive opportunity, but they got their first ever point in a major tournament,” he said. “I don’t know if the point is deserved, but for everything we’ve done together, I think it’s deserved.” – AFP Portugal veteran turns back clock in win over Turkiye Georgia celebrate historic first point PORTUGAL coach Roberto Martinez said it was lucky that none of the multiple fans who invaded the pitch during his team’s Euro 2024 game against Turkiye yesterday had ill intentions after several supporters ran on looking for a selfie with Cristiano Ronaldo. The Group F match in Dortmund, which Portugal won 3-0, was interrupted on several occasions in the second half as pitch invaders got away from security in an attempt to take a photograph with the 39- year-old superstar. The first fan, a young boy wearing a red tracksuit top, emerged from the stand behind the benches midway through the second half and made his way towards the Portugal skipper. Ronaldo posed smiling for a photo before the pitch invader ran off trying to escape stewards. They eventually caught up with him and escorted him away to applause from the stands. At least five other fans managed to get onto the pitch attempting to pull off the same stunt, either during the match or after the final whistle, but Ronaldo grew increasingly exasperated with the unwanted attention. “It is a concern because today we were lucky that the intentions of the fans were good,” Martinez told reporters. “I think that we all love a fan who recognises the big stars who are icons in their lands. “I think we all agree with that, but you can understand that it is a very difficult moment if those intentions are wrong. “Then the players are exposed and we need to be careful with that. Probably there is a lot of security and protection and I don’t think it should happen.” Ronaldo is one of the most recognisable celebrities on the planet and his teammate Bernardo Silva – who scored the first goal in the game – admitted all the attention was the price to pay for such levels of fame. “I am not really concerned. It is just a bit annoying in terms of always having to stop the game because a fan enters the pitch,” Manchester City player Silva said. “Apart from that I think that is the price you pay for being so recognised in the world of football. But in terms of feeling in danger I don’t think so, not me personally at least.” – AFP Concern as pitch invaders chase Ron selfies Concern as pitch invaders chase Ron selfies COACHES’ VIEW Montella regrets own goal ‘bad luck’ VINCENZO MONTELLA yesterday rued Samet Akaydin’s own goal which led to Turkiye being soundly beaten 3-0 by Portugal and left in the balance his team’s hopes of reaching the Euro 2024 knockout stage. Akaydin’s sloppy backpass crawled into his own net not long after Bernardo Silva’s 21st-minute opener as Portugal cruised to victory and won Group F. “We had our chances and we didn’t capitalise, they punished us for every little error. It was an even match and the bad luck of the second goal – which can happen in football – changed the balance of the game,” Montella told reporters. “It was a fairly obvious misunderstanding. Every now and again it happens and unfortunately it happened to the team I manage, I would have preferred it to happen to the opposition but there you go.” Turkiye need a draw with the Czech Republic in their final group match on Thursday (3am) to guarantee second place behind Portugal and a last-16 spot. And Montella was encouraged by his team’s display in front of a partisan crowd of Turkish supporters in Dortmund. “For long periods of the match we played on the same level as one of the best teams at this tournament. They were just more clinical than we were,” said Montella. “They have more players used to playing in matches like this and maybe that made a difference.” Lineker labels Southgate ‘tactically inept’ GARY LINEKER branded Gareth Southgate “tactically inept” in an extraordinary attack on the England manager following the dismal 1-1 draw with Denmark at Euro 2024 Former England striker Lineker, who is usually reserved in his criticism while presenting on the BBC, made the comments on his The Rest is Football podcast and said the team’s performance was “s***”. Lineker said it was “inexplicable” that England were unable to play a high press against Denmark and was scathing of Southgate’s tactics, while also rubbishing the manager’s suggestion that England lacked a replacement for midfielder Kalvin Phillips. “If anyone says that the England team is not trying or not giving 100%, that is nonsense. They’re just a little bit lost tactically,” Lineker said. “And that comes from the manager, I’m afraid. It really does. He’s got to get England playing higher up the pitch, as a unit. Because at the moment they’re not a unit. Are they not coached to play that?” “He talked about, ‘I’ve never been able to replace Kalvin Phillips. I thought, ‘Oh come on’. (Adam) Wharton could do that job easily. (Kobbie) Mainoo could do that job. “He’s an amazing leader, he’s a great communicator, he’s transformed the public’s opinion of the national team and the players. But, tactically, the first game (a 1-0 win against Serbia), and we’ve seen it in other tournaments as well. “England kind of start OK and then get a goal and then everything changes, and it’s almost like the kind of tactics of, get a lead, hang onto it. And the game’s moved on from that.” Martinez hails Pepe’s ‘love for the game’ A young pitch invader takes a selfie with Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo. – REUTERSPIX Another older fan takes a selfie with a visibly irate Ronaldo. – AFPPIX | EURO 2024 Expert opinion

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Battle for survival Croatia face Italy in crunch Euro 2024 clash GROUP B was dubbed Euro 2024’s “Group of Death” but while Spain soared through with a game to spare, heavyweights Italy and Croatia meet tomorrow (3am Malaysian time) fighting to stay in the competition. Both sides were outclassed by Spain, and while reigning champions Italy edged Albania 2-1, Croatia could only draw 2-2 with the minnows. It gives Italy the upper hand ahead of their clash in Leipzig, with Croatia’s golden generation at risk of a disappointingly early exit if they fail to win. Croatia, who reached the 2018 and 2022 World Cup final and semifinal respectively, may make several changes as they scrap for Euros survival. Midfielder Marcelo Brozovic, playing in Saudi Arabia, has come in for criticism after subpar outings in the first two matches, while Real Madrid’s Luka Modric, 38, has also struggled. Fullback Ivan Perisic has looked a shadow of himself, still to find his footing after a long injury lay-off. “It makes me cry when I watch (Modric) on the pitch, he is giving his last atoms of strength… but he is not (the Modric) we are used to seeing,” read one column in Croatian newspaper Jutarnji List. Youngster Luka Sucic could replace Brozovic, as he did at half-time against Albania. Striker Bruno Petkovic, who missed a penalty in the 3-0 beating by Spain, called on Croatia to deliver for their vast support in Germany. “The responsibility is on us, we owe it to our fans to show more,” he said. “I expect us to beat Italy, and I hope it’s going to happen. We are aware of everything we did or didn’t do in the first two matches, and we need to fix that.” Coach Zlatko Dalic complained ahead of the game he was not being given credit when Croatia did well but was immediately criticised when they struggle. “I have learned some things in these seven years where there have been far m o r e s u c c e s s e s t h a n failures,” he said. C r o a t i a goalkeeper D o m i n i k Livakovic was positive ahead of the clash with the Euro 2020 winners. “We control our own fate – that’s a good thing,” said the stopper, who shone at the Qatar World Cup, saving a penalty in a shoot-out against Brazil to take Croatia to the semis. Italy need a draw against Croatia to claim second place but after being thoroughly outplayed in their 1-0 loss to Spain, expectations are not high for the Azzurri. Newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport labelled them “Little Italy”, a far cry from the steely team which beat England at Wembley. Even Italy’s opening victory over Albania was not without its challenges – Sassuolo’s Nedim Bajrami put Albania ahead with the fastest goal Euros history on 23 seconds. Italian goalkeeping great and the current delegation head, Gianluigi Buffon, said he was confident the Azzurri could use the loss as fuel. “Sometimes it’s easier to react to a defeat than it is to a win,” said Buffon on Friday. “Yesterday we got some answers to questions we’d asked of ourselves, and some new questions to think about. “So if we thought we were a nine out of ten team against Albania, we can’t suddenly think we’re a four out of ten team after the Spain match. We’re probably somewhere in the middle.” – AFP Denmark’s day of destiny AFTER two draws in their opening Euro 2024 games, Denmark’s final Group C game against Serbia will be one that defines the current team and management, Danish FA (DBU) director of football Peter Moeller said. The team has enjoyed great success under Kasper Hjulmand, making the semis of Euro 2020 and playing some brilliant football, but a disappointing early exit from the World Cup in Qatar and a shaky Euro 2024 qualifying campaign have led to questions over where Danish football is headed. D e s c r i b i n g Wednesday’s (3am) game against the Serbs in Munich as “defining and decisive”, Moeller said that the national team is at a crossroads. “If we go out, it will be two major tournaments in a row where we don’t progress from the group stage, but conversely we have the chance to progress without having lost a game, which we haven’t done at the Euros for 20 years,” Moeller said. The 52-year-old, who won 20 caps for Denmark, brushed off speculation about Hjulmand’s future, stressing that the coach has a contract until 2026. “This is a very important game, both now and for the future. Therefore it’s perhaps much better to focus on this championship to begin with, and to prepare ourselves for this game,” he said. Moeller accepted that performances over the last couple of years had not been good enough, but said that the Danish team is showing signs of finding its best form after draws with Slovenia and England. “We are back, we are hard to play against and hard to beat. If we can maintain the attitude we had against England, then we are in a good place,” Moeller said. – Reuters | EURO 2024 *Per match Group B, June 25 3am (Malaysian time) 9 CRO 0-3 ESP CRO 2-2 ALB 10 ITA 2-1 ALB ITA 0-1 ESP FIFA rank Match 1 Match 2 HEAD-TO-HEAD Croatia 3 Draws 5 Italy 1 Goals scored Croatia vs Italy UEFA EURO RECORD © GRAPHIC NEWS 10 10 UEFA Euro 2024 9 7 8 1.33 1.38 22 18 7 1.15 0.70 Wins Draws Losses Goals for* Goals against* Petkovic

SPORTS SPORTS MONDAY | JUNE 24, 2024 31 S PAIN conclude their Group B campaign at Euro 2024 against Albania tomorrow (3am Malaysian time) in Dusseldorf, hoping to maintain their unbeaten start to the tournament. Spain head coach Luis de la Fuente insists his side are yet to achieve anything at Euro 2024, despite qualifying for the knockout stages with a game to spare. De la Fuente watched on as his side earned their second victory of the tournament against Italy last week, with Riccardo Calafiori’s own goal ending the Azzurri’s 10-game unbeaten run in the competition. The 1-0 triumph in Gelsenkirchen saw La Roja earn a third consecutive victory over Italy for the first time. However, De la Fuente knows his side have more to do to lift their third European Championship crown, insisting his players will show humility against Albania. “We’re still a long way off winning the European Championship. We haven’t yet achieved anything. Okay, we’ve won some important matches. We have wonderful prospects,” De la Fuente said. “But football can also be very cruel. So we need to be cautious. We need to be humble. We need to show respect.” Spain defender Aymeric Laporte fired a shot at his critics ahead of tomorrow’s match after some Spanish media speculated over whether he was at the right level to play after a year in the Saudi league. “I spoke with the (Spain) coach before taking the decision to go to Saudi Arabia,” the former Manchester City player said. “For me the national team is very important, it’s one of the most important things in my career.” For Albania, a last-minute equaliser by Klaus Gjasula against Croatia, making him just the second player to score a goal and an own goal in a single match at the Euros, kept their hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages alive. The goal marked the first time Albania have scored more than once in a match at a major tournament, and their attacking talents will need to be firing as they aim to penetrate Spain’s resolute defence, who in their last game, restricted Italy to just four shots – their fewest at the Euros. Head coach Sylvinho is hopeful of masterminding Albania’s first victory against La Roja, promising supporters his side will give everything to ensure their memorable journey in Germany continues. “What I promise to the Albanian people is that we will fight for every point,” Sylvinho told beinsports.com. “Against Spain it will be difficult but we must enjoy these moments.” – Agencies/AFP All jackpot amounts stated above are for this Draw. Subject to T&Cs of the Scheme. Please visit to www.magnum4d.my for more info. 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theSun is published and printed by Sun Media Corporation Sdn Bhd (221220-K) of Lot 6, Jalan 51/217, 46050 Petaling Jaya, Selangor. Tel: 03-7784 6688 • Tel (Editorial): 03-7784 6688 Fax: 03-7785 2625 Email: newsdesk@thesundaily.com • Tel (Advertising): 03-7784 8888 Email: advertise@thesundaily.com SCAN ME MONDAY | JUNE 24, 2024 or download app from the App Store or Google PlayTM . www.thesun.my Free access to iPaper PDF Download SCAN ME Malaysian Paper Read iPaper at Malaysian Paper Malaysian Paper ROMELU LUKAKU stood with his back not only to goal, but to the raucous mass of crimson behind it. From somewhere within that throng, a plume of red smoke billowed towards the roof of the stadium. It might as well have been a warning to Romania, but just one minute into this critical Euro 2024 clash, they did not have time to heed it. Lukaku, so often maligned for his endeavours with Belgium, executed his holdup to perfection, fending off Andrei Burca and cushioning the ball into the stride of Youri Tielemans. The midfielder did the rest, driving the ball low and hard past Florin Nita. So much of the last decade must have felt like a footballing nightmare for Belgium, but here was a dream start in Cologne. After the start of the week brought great concern for Domenico Tedesco’s side, with a shocking 1-0 loss to Slovakia, the end of the week at least brought hope. Following this 2-0 win for Belgium, all four teams in Group E possess three points. They still look a collection of talented individuals, rather than a bonded team. That issue has been so chronic over the last decade that it almost feels lazy to highlight, but it is true and remains the biggest barrier to Belgian success. At times yesterday, it even looked as though there were only 10 Belgians on the pitch. Ultimately, though, their problems manifested in minor mistakes, rather than anything crippling. But by the end, the Belgian fans were singing Kevin De Bruyne’s name, as he finally located the back of the net. He did so at a crucial juncture, with 10 minutes left on the clock, stretching to stab the ball into the bottom corner. So used to conjuring beautiful assists himself, De Bruyne was in fact set up by a terrific long ball from his goalkeeper Koen Casteels. After the final whistle, Tedesco claimed Belgium have “extreme potential” and is confident the Red Devils can make a big impact in Germany if they qualify for the knockout stage. “We have an extreme amount of potential. Let’s see, the last game will be difficult,” he said. “We are very relieved we won. It was very important to get the three points. For the rest of the tournament, we are released (from the pressure) and happy.” For Belgium to thrive in the latter stages, Tedesco acknowledged they need to develop a killer instinct after missing a host of chances yesterday. “Romania left more spaces than Slovakia did. Of course we missed one or two chances. It would be better if we could kill the game earlier. “The mentality was good. It’s a pity if you see the quality of chances we created. But it’s not easy against Romania.” Romania boss Edward Iordanescu conceded his team had been out-classed, but he rued missed chances that could have rattled Belgium. “You saw a team with lots of quality. They have speed, they have explosion and they have power. That is why I said don’t get fooled by the first game,” he said. “It is not a mistake that they are third in the world. They are a candidate to win the trophy. “The game did not start well for us but we fought very hard. With a bit of luck we could have got a point.” Romania, who beat Ukraine 3-0 in their opening game, are still in contention to reach the last 16 at the Euros for the first time in 24 years. Iordanescu is confident they will rise to the occasion against Slovakia in their last game on Thursday (12.01am Malaysian time). “Now is the moment of truth. Let’s see how we deal with difficulties. We need solidarity and unity,” he said. “We are still top of the group. We have what it takes to write history for Romania.” – The Independent/AFP Super subs star for Venezuela -Story - on page 29 Story on page 28 Martinez hails Pepe’s ‘love for the game’ Relieved Devils Lukaku’s assist, De Bruyne’s goal seal necessary victory for Belgium -Story on page 31 La Roja stay humble Belgium’s Jeremy Doku (front) and Romania’s Andrei Ratiu vie for the ball during the Euro 2024 Group E match at the Cologne Stadium yesterday. – AFPPIX