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Kenny Lim, 37, hangs lanterns of
various sizes and shapes at his
shop in George Town yesterday,
ahead of the Mid-Autumn or
Tanglung Festival, which will be
celebrated by Chinese on Sept
21. Lanterns aside, mooncakes
and pomelos are other must-
haves for the festival.
– MASRY CHE ANI/THESUN

█ BY ELWIN DAVA Hot issue extremes,” it said in the report, adding: “It is a
[email protected] code red for humanity.”
The report was compiled by more than 200
PETALING JAYA: The mercury is rising climate experts from 66 countries.
but it is not fever. Over the past half a Environment and Water Ministry
century, the surface temperature has secretary-general Datuk Seri Dr Zaini Ujang
risen by 0.13°C in Sarawak, 0.16°C in pointed out recently that climate change,
Sabah and 0.25°C in Peninsular Malaysia every together with other contributory factors such as
decade. mismanagement of natural resources and lack
of development planning, will lead to natural
While this may seem negligible to the catastrophes on a larger scale.
layman, climate experts are already sounding oClimate change experts reiterate concerns In recent weeks, many countries in the
the alarm. over increasing surface temperatures in Malaysia Western and Northern hemispheres have seen
widespread forest fires and floods, and scientists
Just a 1.5°C increase in temperature will have put the blame squarely on climate change.
destroy 70% to 80% of the world’s coral reefs, While it is a global problem and requires all
according to Ecotourism and Conservation of humanity to work together to address the
Society Malaysia president and chief executive Meteorological Services Department (IPCC) paints a grim picture. issue, Malaysia can and should do its part to
officer Andrew J. Sebastian. Director-General Muhammad Helmi Abdullah. The IPCC, a United Nations body for make a difference.
Sebastian noted that Malaysia
Malaysia is already close to that. The temperature may drop to a low of about assessing the science related to climate change, has made significant investments Turn to
“Within the next five decades, average 22°C before dawn and rise to a peak of 32°C said it is already too late to avoid an increase in renewable energy, but it still
surface temperatures will be as much as 1.5°C at midday. in “extremes”. has a long way to go to make a —
higher than it is now if nothing is done,” he told
theSun. A report published last week by the “What matters now is trying to limit the pace page 2
The average daily temperate in Malaysia Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change of global warming and the intensity of those
ranges from 26°C to 28°C, according to difference.

2 theSUN ON THURSDAY | SEPTEMBER 9, 2021 MIC ready to hold
party elections
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KUALA LUMPUR: MIC is prepared
Deputy minister criticised to hold party elections for the 2021-
over statement on religion 2024 term this year and will proceed
when approval is given by the
█ BY ALISHA NUR MOHD NOOR o Comment sparks wave of demands for “If the prime minister celebrates government, said secretary-general
[email protected] apology and clarification from prime minister the ‘Malaysian Family’ concept, why Datuk M. Asojan.
PETALING JAYA: A statement by a then place non-Muslims in such
deputy minister that there are plans in the Cabinet. The council pointed out that anxiety and unease?” He said the party had already
to introduce a legislation to restrict Furthermore, he said since under Article 11(1) of the Federal carried out part of the election
growth of religions other than Islam Constitution, it is the right of every Young Buddhist Association process, including the branch and
has irked non-Muslims across the religion is a state matter, such a Bill person to profess and practise his Malaysia general secretary Eow presidential elections.
country. would require the consensus of all religion and, subject to Clause (4), to Shiang Yen said that the statement
the states before it can be tabled in propagate it. had brought worry and unease “MIC is just waiting for the
Many have demanded an the Dewan Rakyat. among non-Muslim groups. government’s permission as it cannot
apology from him, as well as The statement was endorsed by hold any party elections now.
clarification from Prime Minister Tan, who is president of the the Malaysian Gurdwaras Council, “It is not aligned with Article 3(1)
Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. Federation of Taoist Associations FTAM, Malaysia Hindu Sangam of the Federal Constitution, which “The branch elections were held
Malaysia (FTAM) described Ahmad (MHS), Christian Federation of says that while Islam is the religion of from April 5 to May 5 while the
One person who spoke up, Marzuk as totally unfit to be a deputy Malaysia and the Malaysian the federation, other religions may nominations for the presidential
Daozhang Tan Hoe Chiow, minister in charge of religious affairs Buddhist Association. be practised freely. In addition, there election took place on May 26,” he
described it as a “mindless” in a multi-racial country. is Article 11, that safeguards the told Bernama when contacted
statement and said Malaysia may be MHS assistant secretary-general rights and freedom to profess and yesterday.
heading towards a disastrous future. “He should offer a public Gowri P.S. Thangaya said it was very practise one’s own religion.”
apology.” inappropriate to announce such a Tan Sri S. A. Vigneswaran has been
Deputy Minister in the Prime Bill when the whole nation is “As a deputy minister, Ahmad returned unopposed as the president
Minister’s Department (Religious He said that if there was such a struggling under the Covid-19 Marzuk should be playing a of MIC for the 2021-2024 term.
Affairs) Datuk Ahmad Marzuk law, it would destroy the fabric of pandemic. “Our economy is slowing proactive role in ensuring
Shaary said on Tuesday that the racial harmony in Malaysia. “We are down and all aspects of life have harmonious and peaceful Asojan said divisional, state and
government planned to draft four no longer progressing. We are been affected. What we need is a co-existence among people of national level elections, including for
new syariah laws, one of which is the regressing.” unity Bill. Unity and harmony are the various religions. However, he is top posts such as deputy president,
Control and Restriction on the pillars of our country’s development focused only on (promoting) the three vice-presidents and the 23 posts
Propagation of Non-Muslim In a statement issued yesterday, and advancement.” affairs of one religion, thereby in the central working committee
Religions Bill. the Malaysian Consultative Council causing concern among those of (CWC) would be contested later.
of Buddhism, Christianity, In a separate statement, MHS other faiths,” Eow said.
However, Minister in the Prime Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism said raised questions about the new He said that the election process
Minister’s Department (Law) Datuk Ismail Sabri should step forward to government’s agenda. He added the Prime Minister’s would follow the standard operating
Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar told offer clarification before it causes Department religious affairs division procedures set if it was allowed to be
a media conference later that the further anxiety among Malaysians. should work closely with religious held during the National Recovery
proposal had never been discussed groups to promote interfaith Plan period.
understanding.
The decision to proceed with the
KL Tower to be lit party elections was made at the CWC
in colours of meeting chaired by Vigneswaran in
Tajikistan flag February. More than 20,000
committee members from over 4,000
branches nationwide are expected to
fulfil their responsibility in
determining the 75-year-old party’s
central leadership.

KUALA LUMPUR: Menara Kuala Foreign policy to
Lumpur (KL Tower), the seventh focus on health
tallest telecommunication tower in diplomacy
the world, will be lit up in the colours
of Tajikistan’s national flag tomorrow KUALA LUMPUR: Health diplomacy
to commemorate the 30th will be the focus of the foreign policy
anniversary of its independence. framework for the new
administration, which will guide
The display will be from 8pm to Malaysia’s approaches in
9pm, Tajikistan’s embassy in managing the Covid-19 pandemic
Malaysia said in a statement to and its impact for the next three to
Bernama. five years.
Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin
“Seeing Menara Kuala Lumpur, Abdullah said he will be organising a
the seventh tallest communications joint meeting with Health Minister
tower in the world, embellished in Khairy Jamaluddin and Senior
red, white and green lights signifying Minister of International Trade and
the national flag of Tajikistan Industry Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin
will be a wonderful gift for Tajik Ali to discuss the framework.
citizens who currently live in “Health diplomacy will be one of
Malaysia. the more important focus of priorities
and we will divide this into two sub
“This event will be remembered themes – what we need to do now as
for a long time and will make a great we are facing the pandemic and the
contribution to strengthening the second part will be on what we have
friendship and mutual to do post-pandemic,” he said in
understanding between the people conjunction with his visit to the
of Malaysia and Tajikistan,” the Institute of Strategic and
statement said. CURTAINS UP ... Employees of Golden Screen Cinemas in Mid Valley Megamall sanitising seats in preparation for International Studies (ISIS).
the reopening of movie theatres beginning Saturday. – ADIB RAWI YAHYA/THESUN Last Friday, Saifuddin chaired the
“Tajikistan diplomatic missions first meeting of the Consultative
abroad would usually hold official ‘Nation still too reliant on fossil fuels’ Council on Foreign Policy, which
receptions and gatherings to mark serves as a platform for the formation
this important day, which is of the foreign policy framework,
dedicated to the adoption of a involving senior ministry officials,
resolution proclaiming the business representatives, civil society
independence of the Republic of For instance, solar energy, in primary forests,” he said. severe environment.” and academia.
Tajikistan. The ongoing Covid-19 which is an unlimited From He also proposed He said Malaysia will have to cut He pointed out that Malaysia’s
pandemic and the movement resource, accounts for only front approach has to be inter-disciplinary
control order currently put in place 0.4% of the country’s total page investments in smart back on coal for power generation comprising public health,
in Malaysia had prevented such buildings, green roofs, smart and expand the use of renewable
celebrations to be held. energy use. public transport systems and energy such as solar and water. international affairs, management,
“We are still far too reliant on solar farms. law, economics, trade policy as well
“Thirty years ago, on Sept 9, 1991, coal and other fossil fuels (which “We should also make it “We will also have to reduce the as science and technology.
at the session of the supreme council are major causes of global mandatory for schoolchildren and use of private vehicles significantly “ISIS has done some good work in
of the Republic of Tajikistan, a warming).” university students to learn about and enhance public transportation this area. I have scanned through the
resolution of independence was He added that the government climate change.” to stop the deterioration,” he added. report, which I received this morning.
adopted, and the state of the has to make climate change an Centre for Environment, I think we are on track to come up
Republic of Tajikistan as an important component of the Technology and Development According to Gurmit, the with the framework, especially
independent, democratic and Natural Resources Ministry, as it Malaysia chairman Gurmit Singh average temperature in Malaysia dealing with health diplomacy.”
law-abiding one was declared. once was. said the onus is on key players, has risen by about 1.2°C in the last Saifuddin, who returned to the
“We must conserve and particularly politicians, to act now 50 years, and it will continue to foreign affairs portfolio for his second
“The Tajik nation has made preserve our natural forests. for the sake of future generations. climb until 2030 if nothing is done stint, announced the establishment
significant achievements over the Logging and agriculture should not “Otherwise, our children and now to address global warming. of the foreign policy framework on his
last 30 years under the be permitted on land still covered grandchildren will have to live in a first day in office on Sept 1. – Bernama
outstanding leadership of president “By then, our average
Emomali Rahmon,” it added. temperature could be as much as
– Bernama 4°C higher than it is now.”

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Jabs update delay due to split-system

o Information on MySejahtera app for financing healthcare services participating private clinics will not created to make it possible to update
vaccination done at private clinics shown only mandated by the Health Ministry. see an update after their first dose. the status after each dose.
after second dose: MMA chief Instead, the information is uploaded
He was commenting on concerns on the app only after the second dose About 8,000 GP nationwide have
█ BY RAJVINDER SINGH have been vaccinated, there have not raised by those who have received has been administered, to show that joined efforts to speed up the
[email protected] been any reports of serious problems. their first dose but have yet to see they have been fully vaccinated. vaccination process. Given their
PETALING JAYA: The use of a their vaccination status updated on strategic locations close to local
different system for those who get Malaysian Medical Association the MySejahtera app. Subramaniam said the Sinovac communities, they have been vital in
their Covid jabs at private clinics is president Datuk Dr M. Subramaniam vaccine is supplied to GP by ensuring that those living in urban
the reason for delays in their said general practitioners (GP) who GP now administer only privately Pharmaniaga, and any information and rural areas are vaccinated.
vaccination status being updated on are administering the vaccines under procured Sinovac doses, one of the on the status of those who have been
the MySejahtera app. the National Immunisation Covid-19 vaccines approved by the vaccinated are keyed in to another “Private GP play a significant role
Programme are registered with National Pharmaceutical Regulatory database managed by the company. in improving access to vaccines for all
But apart from the inconvenience ProtectHealth, the entity that Agency. This system is linked to the Malaysia to ensure that no one is left out.”
of not being able show proof that they coordinates, administers and Vaccine Administration system.
manages initiatives related to Those who get their jabs at vaccine He said more of them should be
centres operated by the Health The vaccination status is uploaded enlisted to reach out to those who
Ministry will see the status of their on MySejahtera within 48 hours after have yet to be vaccinated, including
vaccination updated on the the second dose. undocumented migrants.
MySejahtera app within 24 hours of
each dose. Subramaniam said it would be Subramaniam also said that many
ideal if a separate code could be people have expressed preference on
But those who get their shots from getting vaccinated at private clinics.

Many seeking fake digital certificates Govt aiming for
balanced Budget
KUALA LUMPUR: The easing of restrictions Covid-19 inoculation centres – RM10 to RM15 About 60% of Malaysian adults have been
for individuals who have been fully for a fake certificate have been circulating on fully vaccinated as of Sept 6. KUALA LUMPUR: The government will ensure
inoculated has made the vaccination social media recently. that infrastructure projects such as the East
certificate a “valuable commodity”. Private clinic general practitioner Dr Mohd Coast Rail Link, Johor Baru-Singapore Rapid
There is a purportedly anti-vaccine group Shafiz Mohd Zaini said he does not rule out Transit System and Mass Rapid Transit Line 3
Holders of the digital certificates are now which is actively searching via the Telegram the possibility of some individuals attempting can be fully developed to bring more economic
allowed to dine-in at restaurants and app for private clinics offering fake to get their hands on fake Covid-19 benefit to the nation.
participate in recreational activities in open vaccination certificates to individuals who are vaccination certificates.
areas. Some are even allowed to travel across reluctant to get the jabs. Transport Minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong
districts and states. “Some people have also tried asking us if said in a Facebook post the government
Last month, the government decided to we knew of any clinics that offer the remains sensitive to the voices of all quarters
However, the move to use the certificate as ease certain social restrictions for fully certificates,” he said, adding that the demand and will strive to achieve a balance between
a “ticket to freedom” has resulted in certain vaccinated individuals. The move also served for fake certificates is also high among health, society and the economy through a
quarters, especially anti-vaccine groups, as an incentive to those who have yet to get undocumented migrant workers who are comprehensive and inclusive Budget 2022.
scurrying to fake their vaccination by getting a immunised, so that the government can avoiding vaccination for fear of being
forged certificate. achieve its target of inoculating 80% of the apprehended by the authorities, although the He said this was in line with the Malaysian
population by the end of October to achieve government has given its assurance that they Family spirit to bring benefits to the country and
Allegations of unvaccinated individuals herd immunity. will not be detained. – Bernama the people.
paying private clinics – which also serve as
“I am of the opinion that society too must be
CONVENIENT prepared to live with Covid-19 in the future
OPTION ... A because the pandemic has changed our daily
Domestic Trade and lives, numerous industrial ecosystems and
Consumer Affairs development trends.
Ministry officer in
Penang showing a “As such, we will continue to monitor the
Covid-19 Rapid Test development of the market, implement foreign
Kit produced by investor-friendly policies and help in the revival
local firm Medical and stimulation of local industries.”
Innovation Ventures
Sdn Bhd. – MASRY Wee, who is also MCA president, said he had
CHE ANI/THESUN a virtual discussion on Tuesday with the new
leadership of the Associated Chinese Chambers
of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia
(ACCCIM) on numerous matters.

He said ACCCIM suggested that the
government not only focus on the National
Recovery Plan but also improve the standard
operating procedures to address the pandemic.

“The government was also urged to be more
transparent and provide relevant statistics,
improve the country’s health system and
strengthen the nation’s capability to face the
pandemic,” he said.

ACCCIM also suggested that the
government introduce various subsidies or aid
as well as reduce and exempt taxes to ease the
burden of the people and industries. – Bernama

PERLIS 74

1,900,467 KEDAH 1,564 KELANTAN 1,471 LABUAN 7
PENANG 2,474 TERENGGANU 904 2,067
PAHANG 700
248,673 1,632,631 19,163 PERAK 1,319 N.SEMBILAN 256
SELANGOR 2,989
19,733 22,701 361 375 SABAH
K. LUMPUR 537 JOHOR 1,867
PUTRAJAYA 29 SARAWAK 3,100

MALACCA

PROGRESS OF VACCINATION DRIVE UNDER As of September 7

904 THE NATIONAL COVID-19 IMMUNISATION PROGRAMME

Received rst dose Received second dose

20,814,413 16,299,881

4 theSUN ON THURSDAY | SEPTEMBER 9, 2021 Ministry proposes fields,
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Walk-in jabs in o Relaxation of restrictions could be implemented in tandem Its president, Datuk V. Radhakrishnan, said it
Klang Valley to with resumption of operations for cinemas, says minister also included financial aid programmes for gym
end oSenpSte1p5t 15 and fitness facility operators, fiscal incentives
KUALA LUMPUR: The Youth and Sports relaxation to people in areas under Phase One and grassroots programmes to educate and
PUTRAJAYA: The Covid-19 walk-in Ministry has proposed fields and gyms be given of the National Rehabilitation Plan to conduct encourage the public to adopt a healthy and
vaccination programme in the Klang Valley approval to be reopened to the public, said its outdoor sports activities individually without active lifestyle.
will end after Sept 15, said Science, Technology minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu. contact such as cycling, jogging, skateboarding,
and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Dr fishing, equestrian, exercise, taichi, archery “The benefits of exercise and physical
Adham Baba. He hoped the Health Ministry, led by Khairy and climbing. activity are manifold and well documented. We
Jamaluddin, would also support the proposal to firmly believe that fitness is part of the solution
He said the decision was made after taking get approval from the National Security Council, It also allowed motorsports, golf, singles in Malaysia’s long-term fight against not just
into account the small percentage of eligible Bernama reported. events for badminton and tennis, as well as the Covid-19, but also its national health agenda.
vaccine recipients who have yet to get the opening of premises selling sports equipment,
Covid-19 jabs, as well as the low presence “Cinemas are open? Gyms, sports fields? but the operation of sports facilities such as “Whether it is mental health issues,
reported at vaccination centres. Maybe, open with strict (Covid-19 prevention) badminton courts, futsal, bowling centres and non-communicable diseases like diabetes,
SOP (standard operating procedures). Many gymnasiums had yet to receive the green light. cardiovascular problems or obesity; increasing
Adham said starting Sept 16, residents in have almost stopped “breathing,” he said in a the presence of antibodies post-vaccination as
the Klang Valley who have yet to be Twitter post yesterday. Meanwhile, National Sports and Fitness well as reducing the risk of contracting severe
vaccinated can get their Covid-19 vaccines at Venue Owners and Operators Association said Covid, fitness and regular physical activity is the
selected health clinics, which would be On Tuesday, Prime Minister Datuk Seri they had presented a proposal comprising answer,” he said in a statement yesterday.
announced later. Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that cinemas guidelines, SOP and recommendations for the
were allowed to operate at 50% capacity for fully safe resumption of business for the sector at a
“The walk-in vaccination programme will vaccinated individuals, which will give relief to meeting with the Youth and Sports Ministry
still continue in the states. The public is more than a million creative industry players, recently, to safeguard its long-term
advised to follow the latest updates from the artistes and workers. sustainability.
respective state health departments,” he said
during a press conference after a handover The government had previously given
ceremony between him and Health Minister
Khairy Jamaluddin yesterday. Youths develop amidobdilsetraibidutdioisntrimbuotbioilne app

Meanwhile, Adham said as of Tuesday, KUALA LUMPUR: In response to a plight of stress they are facing.”
69.9% of the total adult population in the individuals whose income had been badly He said their target users were not only
country have completed their vaccination. affected by the Covid-19 outbreak, a group of
youths got together to develop a mobile app to those in need but also individuals or
The National Covid-19 Immunisation facilitate aid distribution among the needy. non-governmental organisations wishing to
Programme aims to inoculate 80% of the channel assistance to those struggling to
country’s adult population by the end of According to Mohammad Hasif Afiq Jaafar, make ends meet.
the year. he and nine friends started developing Bantu
App last month. Mohamad Hasif said the types of aid
“We are on the right track and vaccination provided via Bantu App are not limited to
has reached a commendable rate,” he said, He said they hope the platform would food or essential items as it can also be used to
adding that on Sept 2, Malaysia’s Covid-19 encourage Malaysians to help each other during provide aid in terms of accommodation,
coverage had surpassed that of the United these trying times as well as to provide wider financial medical assistance, as well as
States for at least one dose. access to assistance for affected individuals. counselling services.

He said as many more Malaysians received “Life is very challenging now. Many have lost The software engineer said the app is
their jabs, the vaccination rate had also their jobs and source of income. equipped with user-friendly
declined, which is a good sign. features, including location
“What is even sadder is when people detection and a selection of
Meanwhile, Adham said as of Tuesday, a resort to suicide due to the mental four languages, namely Bahasa
total of 547,595 students of higher learning Malaysia, English, Mandarin
institutes in the country have been fully and Tamil.
vaccinated. Since its launch on Aug 27,
the app has attracted more
He said over 195,000 students of public than 100 active users.
higher learning institutes and 51,000 students “We hope it can
of private higher learning institutes have not reach at least 10,000
registered for Covid-19 vaccination. d o w n l o a d s ,”
he said.
“Public higher learning institutes and – Bernama
private higher learning institutes students can
go to the (walk-in) vaccination centres to get
their jabs, provided they bring their student
card,” he said. – Bernama

Mohammad Hasif showing the Bantu App he developed with his friends.

Vaccination for Sarawak teens kicks off

KUCHING: Sarawak started in their villages.” “Parents are encouraged to bring
vaccinating its teenagers aged 16 to He said this at a press conference their children who are eligible to
17 against Covid-19 yesterday, and is receive the vaccine to the special
targeting to complete vaccination for after visiting a vaccination centre for centre set up, clinics and to the
this group before Oct 3, when school teenagers at Telaga Air Health Clinic, outreach programme held at
sessions begin. about 25km from here. schools,” he added.

Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi As for the young aged 12 to 15, “For Kuching Division, 69 schools
Abang Johari Openg said 96,400 totalling 192,800 in Sarawak, Abang involving 20,990 students aged 16 to
teenagers in this age group, which Johari said they would be vaccinated 17 will be receiving the vaccine, and
represent 3.4% of the state’s by the end of this month, starting another 758 students from two
population, would be receiving with those having co-morbidities, secondary schools will be vaccinated
the vaccine. and full vaccination for this age group at the nearby Telaga Air Health Clinic
was expected to be completed in the centre,” he added.
“The inoculation will be done at fourth week of October.
public vaccine administering centres Abang Johari also said that up to
and schools, while the health clinics He said the State Education Sept 6, Sarawak had achieved 88.9%
will be vaccinating non-schooling Department had on Tuesday been of the two-dose vaccination for its
teenagers and hostelites, who are still appointed to manage the vaccination adult population. – Bernama
exercise for school students.

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Guan Eng under Refuge for domestic meant for victims of domestic
quarantine, violence victims violence who have nowhere to go
hearing postponed and need immediate protection.
o FT mosques to be made transit centres for programme is among the initiatives
KUALA LUMPUR: Lim Guan Eng’s men and women subjected to physical or under the Mosque Enlightenment “The mosque concerned will
corruption trial has been postponed to mental abuse, says Jawi Plan 2020-2024, which is a five-year provide protection to the victim on
Sept 22 as he is undergoing plan aimed at expanding the role of condition that a police report related
self-quarantine after being in close KUALA LUMPUR: In view of the Development (under the Women, mosques in the Federal Territories to the domestic violence case has
contact with a Covid-19 patient. rising cases of domestic violence in Family and Community and mobilising them to serve as local been lodged, and if needed, an
the country, fuelled largely by the Development Ministry) to community centres. emergency protection order has
Lim’s lawyer Gobind Singh Deo told protracted Covid-19 pandemic, the implement the initiative, which been issued by Social Welfare,
the court his client was ordered to Federal Territories Islamic Religious kicked off in May. These centres will provide Department,” he said.
undergo self-quarantine for 10 days Department (Jawi) has mobilised an various facilities to meet
from Sept 1 to 10 and requested for a initiative to make mosques transit Jawi director Datuk Mohd Ajib psychosocial and spiritual needs of Department of Women’s
postponement. centres for victims of domestic Ismail said the centres are open to people from all walks of life. Development director-general Dr
violence. both women and men, including Zurina Abdul Hamid said the
Lim is facing four charges relating to non-Muslims, who are subjected to He said to get it going, two collaboration between her
the undersea tunnel and major road Jawi is collaborating with the physical or mental abuse. mosques – the Federal Territory department and Jawi came about
construction projects in the state. Department of Women’s Mosque and Al-Ghufran Mosque in following the increase in domestic
He told Bernama this Taman Pinggir Tun Dr Ismail, both violence cases during the
On the first amended charge, Lim is in Kuala Lumpur – have been movement control order period.
accused of using his position as the then selected as pioneers for the transit
Penang chief minister to obtain a bribe centre initiative. According to police records,
of RM3.3 million for helping a company 5,260 such cases were reported in
to secure the construction projects Mohd Ajib said the facility is only 2020, compared with 3,263 in 2019.
worth RM6,341,383,702. The offence Between January and June this year,
was allegedly committed between 3,970 cases of domestic violence
January 2011 and August 2017 at the were reported.
Penang chief minister’s office.
She said to ensure the
On the second amended charge, Lim programme attains its objective,
is accused of soliciting bribes officials from the selected mosques
amounting to 10% of the profits earned will undergo training based on the
by the company as gratification to department’s women anti-crime
secure the project. The offence was squad’s training module.
allegedly committed near The Gardens
Hotel, Lingkaran Syed Putra, Mid Valley ‘Don’t make comments on Zahid’s ongoing corruption trial’
City, here between 12.30am and 2am in
March 2011. KUALA LUMPUR: High Court “This court has to issue a because the case is still ongoing. found that Nurulhidayah had
Judge Datuk Collin Lawrence warning that comments of “I am not instructed to initiate a deleted the comment and posted a
The Bagan MP also faces two charges Sequerah yesterday warned the subjudicial nature should not be new one in which she apologised to
of causing two plots of land, worth public against making any made while this trial is ongoing,” contempt proceeding but it is the court.
RM208.8 million, belonging to the comment on social media relating Sequerah said. sufficient to inform the public not to
Penang government to be disposed of to to former deputy prime minister make any comment on the “I should not share or comment
two companies linked to the project, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Earlier, Raja Rozela told the court proceedings,” the DPP said, adding on what transpired during the
which were allegedly committed at the Hamidi’s ongoing corruption trial. that the prosecution believed that that the court should prohibit proceedings. It will not happen
Penang Land and Mines Office, Level an Instagram post on immunity Nurulhidayah and the public from again,” she said.
21, Komtar, on Feb 17, 2015, and March The warning was issued after issue on Tuesday was made by making any comment on the case.
22, 2017. – Bernama deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Nurulhidayah under the name Ahmad Zahid, 68, is facing 47
Datuk Raja Rozela Raja Toran “nurul.zahid”. Ahmad Zahid’s counsel Hamidi charges – 12 on criminal breach of
Catalytic converter informed the court that Ahmad Mohd Noh told the court he would trust, eight on corruption and 27 on
thieves nabbed Zahid’s daughter had posted about “The comment was baseless and ask Nurulhidayah to remove the money laundering involving tens of
her father’s case on Instagram. prejudicial. post. millions of ringgit belonging to
KUALA LUMPUR: Two thieves Yayasan Akalbudi.
specialising in stealing catalytic “It is not fair for the prosecution A Bernama check on Instagram
converters from exhaust pipes of parked
car were arrested on Wednesday hours SAVE THE
after they were caught in the act on TREES ...
video near a hotel in Ampang. North Kuala
Langat Forest
A car owner’s friend took a video of Reserve
the suspects, aged 24 and 25, while they Defence
were cutting the catalytic converter Coalition
from under a car at about 3pm at a representatives
carpark. staged a
protest in Shah
When the man questioned them, the Alam yesterday
suspects claimed they were “repairing and delivered a
the car” before fleeing the scene memorandum
empty-handed in their car. to the mentri
besar of
The video was shared widely on Selangor
social media. The female car owner following the
lodged a police report. state’s move to
degazette the
Ampang Jaya police chief ACP area for a
Mohamed Farouk Esha yesterday said mixed
police tracked down the suspects before development
arresting them in Sungai Besi at about project.
11pm. – ASYRAF
RASID/THESUN
He said investigations showed the
suspects were behind several catalytic
converter thefts in Ampang and Kajang

He said police seized from the
suspects catalytic converters they had
earlier stolen and several hand and
power tools including a cordless mini
reciprocating saw. – by Charles
Ramendran

Najib fails in bid to disqualify Sri Ram in 1MDB-linked cases

PUTRAJAYA: Former Federal Court judge High Court judge on Feb 15 in dismissing In delivering the court’s decision, Yaacob conversation that had taken place between
Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram continues to lead the Najib’s application (to disqualify Sri Ram) said Najib’s complaint was that Sri Ram’s them.
prosecution team in Datuk Seri Najib Abdul which warranted appellate intervention. appointment as senior deputy public
Razak’s court cases linked to the 1Malaysia prosecutor was tainted with the element of The other two judges on the bench were
Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal. “We find there is no merit in this appeal. We, interfering with the powers of investigation, Datuk Abu Bakar Jais and Datuk Che Mohd
therefore dismiss this appeal. The order of the which could only be carried out by the relevant Ruzima Ghazali.
This follows an unanimous decision by the High Court is affirmed,” he said. authorities of four agencies, and that it was not
Court of Appeal three-member bench within the power of the public prosecutor to High Court Judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan,
yesterday in dismissing Najib’s appeal to The four 1MDB-linked trials against Najib exercise. when dismissing the Pekan member of
disqualify Sri Ram from appearing as ad-hoc still pending in the Kuala Lumpur High Court Parliament’s application, said the court found
senior deputy public prosecutor in the former are the IMDB case, the 1MDB audit tampering He said Najib also complained that Sri Ram’s Najib’s allegation that Sri Ram had been
premier’s 1MDB-related criminal trials. case, the criminal breach of trust involving appointment was tainted with an element of involved in the investigation against him
payments to International Petroleum bias and conflict of interest in view of Sri Ram’s unmeritorious. He held that Najib’s claims of
Justice Datuk Yaacob Md Sam, who led the Investment Company and the visit to the house of former attorney-general biasness, which relied on the communications
bench, held that the court was of the view that money-laundering and power abuse involving Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali and an alleged between Mohamed Apandi Ali and Sri Ram has
there was no appealable error committed by the RM2.6 million linked to 1MDB case. no basis and was misplaced. – Bernama

6 theSUN ON THURSDAY | SEPTEMBER 9, 2021 BRIEFS DUTERTE ACCEPTS
NEWS WITHOUT BORDERS VP NOMINATION

41 dead in Indonesia prison fire MANILA: Philippine President
Rodrigo Duterte yesterday
o Drug offender relevant authorities to look into the evacuating the facility as of 9am local Nursin, a father of one of the accepted his PDP–Laban party’s
incarcerations blamed causes of the fire and of course time. victims, said at the prison that the nomination to run for
for chronic crowding formulating prevention strategies so Prisons in Indonesia are family could not afford to pay his vice-president in next year’s
that severe catastrophes like this notoriously overcrowded, with 22-year-old child’s legal expenses election, pushing ahead with a
JAKARTA: A fire killed 41 inmates in won’t happen again,” the minister experts saying the phenomenon is before going to trial for a drug-related plan criticised by rivals as an
an overcrowded prison block in said in a statement. partly due to the emphasis on offence. attempt to maintain his grip on
Indonesia’s Banten province incarceration rather than power. Barred by the
yesterday, a government minister The minister said two of the dead rehabilitation of those convicted of “We are poor ... we couldn’t free constitution from running for a
said, injuring scores more in a blaze were foreign nationals, one each from drug-related offences under the our child,” he said, tearfully. second term, Duterte, 76, said
that police said may have been South Africa and Portugal, and country’s strict narcotics laws. his decision to seek the
caused by an electrical fault. confirmed the prison was operating Local TV showed footage of Jakarta police said 73 people had vice-presidency was driven by
at overcapacity when the fire broke flames engulfing the detention light injuries and the initial suspicion love of country. “I want to see
The fire, the country’s most deadly out. facility early yesterday and later, the behind the cause is “an electrical the continuity of my efforts
since 47 perished in a firework factory building’s charred remains as victims short circuit”. even though I may not be the
disaster in 2017, broke out at 1.45am Cells were locked at the time, the were pulled from the scene in orange one giving direction, I might be
local time in a Tangerang Prison minister said, but with the fire raging body bags. The electrical wiring at the prison able to help,” he said. He had
block, said Indonesian Law and uncontrollably, “some rooms Dr Hilwani from Tangerang had not been upgraded since the wanted ex-aide Christopher Go
Human Rights Minister Yasonna couldn’t be opened”. General Hospital said some of the 1970s when the prison was built, to succeed him, but the senator
Laoly after visiting the scene. bodies had been so badly burned Yasonna told reporters. declined the party’s presidential
Earlier yesterday, Rika Aprianti, a they were unidentifiable. nomination. – Reuters
“We’re working together with spokesman for the ministry’s prison Another hospital official said The prison in Tangerang, an
department, said 122 were being some victims were in the intensive industrial and manufacturing hub on ‘CRACKDOWN IS TO
detained on drug-related offences in care. the outskirts of Jakarta, housed more MAINTAIN ORDER’
a block built to hold 38. than 2,000 inmates in total, far
exceeding its 600 capacity, according BEIJING: China’s crackdown on
Rika said all 41 fatalities were to government data as of this month. “fan culture” is aimed at
inmates, adding authorities were still – Reuters maintaining public order and
will not affect its relations with
India restricts any country, said the Chinese
religious festivals embassy in South Korea
yesterday. Beijing has launched
NEW DELHI: Indian authorities are Sikh devotees lighting candles on the occasion of the 417th anniversary of the installation of the Guru Granth Sahib at the a multi-pronged crackdown on
restricting major religious festivals Golden Temple in Amritsar on Tuesday. – AFPPIX a broad range of sectors
that start this week and attract huge including the entertainment
crowds, warning that a new Covid-19 days, ignoring the warnings. Restrictions on movements and positive test levels will be banned industry and what authorities
wave had already begun in the The state government will limit activities are expected to be from holding Ganesh celebrations. describe as a “chaotic” celebrity
financial capital Mumbai. introduced this week as cases rise in fan culture, and its influence on
the height of effigies of the another major Maharashtra city, The southern state of Tamil Nadu young people and social order.
State governments across the elephant-headed god Ganesha to Nagpur. has banned public festival The embassy said it was
country of 1.3 billion people, which reduce the number of devotees celebrations, while the eastern state responding to concern in South
saw a devastating coronavirus surge carrying them during the festival. In the neighbouring state of of West Bengal was expected to Korean media about the
in April and May, are clamping down Karnataka, a night curfew will remain impose curbs on the nine-day Durga campaign, which has led to
on mass gatherings. Processions on the festival’s first in place and districts posting higher Puja next month. – AFP Chinese social media platforms
and last days will be banned. suspending accounts set up by
“The third wave is not coming, it is Chinese fans of South Korean
already here,” Mumbai Mayor pop stars. – Reuters
Kishori Pednekar told reporters on
Tuesday. HK police arrest
vigil organisers
“We can celebrate festivals later.
Let us first prioritise the lives and HONG KONG: Police yesterday
health of our citizens,” added Uddhav arrested four members of the
Thackeray, chief minister of group behind the Tiananmen
Maharashtra, of which Mumbai is the Square vigils here, a day after they
capital. refused to cooperate with a
national security investigation.
He was speaking ahead of the
11-day Hindu Ganesh Chaturthi The Hong Kong Alliance is the
festival, which starts tomorrow. latest target of a sweeping national
security law that China imposed
The last Covid-19 wave on the city last year to quash
overwhelmed India’s hospitals and dissent after huge and often
was known to have killed more than violent democracy protests.
200,000 people.
Alliance vice-chairman and
It struck after one of the world’s barrister Chow Hang-tung was led
biggest religious gatherings, the away by police in handcuffs from
Kumbh Mela, which attracted some her office building in the city’s
25 million pilgrims. central business district.

That gathering, large state election Three other members of the
rallies and the infectious Delta virus group – Simon Leung, Sean Tang
variant – first detected in India – were and Chan To-wai – were arrested
blamed by experts for fuelling the early yesterday, said the alliance.
surge.
Police confirmed that they
Authorities said a recent spike in arrested three men and one
cases in the southern state of Kerala woman for “not providing
after the Onam festival last month information” according to the
should be cause for alarm. national security law.

But festive crowds have The alliance is one of several
still packed markets in Maharashtra pro-democracy groups being
and other states in recent investigated by the city’s newly
created national security unit.
Myanmar cell towers attacked after ‘war’ call
Last month, police ordered the
YANGON: Protesters have destroyed mobile phone masts belonging to the elsewhere in the Sagaing region, said “We launch a people’s defensive group to hand over financial and
around a dozen military-owned military-owned Mytel, one of the local sources. war against the junta,” he said in a operational details, accusing it of
communications towers in Myanmar, country’s four main cell networks, in recorded video. working as a “foreign agent”.
witnesses and reports said yesterday, the town of Budalin in the central While attacks on military-owned
after the country’s self-proclaimed Sagaing region. infrastructure and businesses have “All citizens within Myanmar The request included personal
shadow government issued a call for been seen before, the spate of blasts revolt against the military terrorists details of all members since its
a “defensive war” against the junta. “Our intention is to destroy the comes after a call to arms from the led by Min Aung Hlaing.” founding in 1989, all meeting
military business. Their businesses so-called National Unity Government minutes and financial records.
The country has been in chaos support (them) to maintain their (NUG). Junta spokesman Zaw Min Tun
since the military seized power in power. Therefore, we have to destroy accused NUG of attention-seeking On Tuesday, the deadline for
February, sparking mass rallies it,” a resident involved in the The NUG, which claims to be the ahead of the United Nations General the request, alliance members
followed by a deadly crackdown and operation told AFP. country’s legitimate government, is Assembly in New York next week handed police a letter saying the
renewed fighting with ethnic rebel made up of dissident lawmakers in which will consider whether the request was illegal, arbitrary and
militias in border areas. Video footage from local media hiding or exile, many of them from junta or shadow government should that no evidence of their
shows an explosion at the base of one ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s represent Myanmar. wrongdoing had been presented.
More than 1,000 civilians have tower followed by the structure party.
been killed and nearly 8,000 arrested, falling down, to applause from “The terrorist groups realise that The alliance also rejected the
according to local observers. onlookers. NUG acting president Duwa Lashi they are nearly failing. That’s why the accusation that they are foreign
La on Tuesday urged citizens to target attempt to grab international agents. – AFP
Protesters said they targeted 11 Two more masts were destroyed military assets in their areas. attention.” – AFP

RUSSIAN MINISTER DIESBRIEFS 7theSUN ON THURSDAY | SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
DURING ARCTIC DRILLS * NEWS WITHOUT BORDERS

MOSCOW: Russia’s Emergencies Hardliners in all key
Minister Yevgeny Zinichev died during a Taliban govt posts
training exercise in the Arctic, the RIA
news agency cited the ministry as o Protests grow, with Hundreds protested on Tuesday, both in the Mullah Yaqoob, the son of the Taliban
saying yesterday. “Zinichev died women at the forefront capital and in the city of Herat, where two founder and late supreme leader Mullah Omar,
tragically while performing his official people at the demonstration site were shot was named defence minister.
duties during inter-departmental drills KABUL: A new Taliban interim government dead.
to prevent crisis situations in the Arctic, drawn exclusively from loyalist ranks formally The position of interior minister was given
saving someone’s life,” RIA quoted the began work yesterday, with established The announcement of a government on to Sirajuddin Haqqani, the leader of the feared
ministry as saying. The 55-year-old was hardliners in all key posts and no women – Tuesday night was a key step in the Taliban’s Haqqani network.
in the Arctic to oversee large-scale drills despite previous promises to form an inclusive consolidation of power over Afghanistan,
and visited the construction site of a administration for all Afghans. following a stunning military victory that saw Co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar, who
new fire station in Norilsk, as well as a them oust the United States-backed oversaw the signing of the American
search and rescue team in the area. He is As they transition from militant force to administration on Aug 15. withdrawal agreement last year, was appointed
thought to have once been part of governing power, the Taliban are already facing deputy prime minister.
President Vladimir Putin’s security detail. opposition to their rule, with scattered protests Notorious for their brutal and oppressive
– Reuters – many with women at the forefront – breaking rule from 1996 to 2001, the Taliban had None of the government appointees were
out in cities across the country. promised a more inclusive government this women.
7.1-MAGNITUDE QUAKE time.
SHAKES MEXICO A small rally in the capital yesterday was The Taliban had made repeated pledges in
quickly dispersed by armed Taliban security, However, all the top positions were handed recent days to rule with greater moderation
MEXICO CITY: A 7.1-magnitude while Afghan media reported a protest in the to key leaders from the movement and the than they had in their last stint in power.
earthquake struck Mexico on Tuesday northeastern city of Faizabad was also broken Haqqani network – the most violent faction of
near the Pacific resort city of Acapulco, up. the Taliban known for devastating attacks. “The new Taliban, same as the old Taliban,”
leaving at least one person dead. The tweeted Bill Roggio, managing editor of the
epicentre was 11km southeast of Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund – a US-based Long War Journal.
Acapulco in Guerrero state, reported senior minister during the Taliban’s reign in
the National Seismological Service. A the 1990s – was appointed interim prime “It’s not at all inclusive, and that’s no
man was killed when a utility pole fell on minister. surprise whatsoever,” said Michael Kugelman,
him in the nearby city of Coyuca de a South Asia expert at the Woodrow Wilson
Benitez, said Guerrero Governor Hector International Centre for Scholars. – AFP
Astudillo. Tourists evacuated hotels as a
series of aftershocks rattled nerves. “I TORN OPEN ...
was taking a bath and suddenly I felt a The scene of a gas
very strong movement and then I was explosion in a
scared and screamed,”said a tourist who nine-storey
fled outside in only a bath towel. – AFP residential
building in the
Israel arrests relatives Russian town of
of jail escapees Noginsk yesterday.
– REUTERSPIX
RAMALLAH: Israeli troops have arrested at
least five family members in the occupied Media outlets liable for Facebook comments: Court
West Bank of the Palestinians who escaped
from a high-security jail this week, a CANBERRA: Australia’s biggest news and he alleged that the news outlets were liable At the time the comments were published,
Palestinian prisoners’ group said yesterday. publishers, including Rupert Murdoch’s The as the publishers. Facebook did not allow page moderators to
Australian, are responsible for comments that turn off comments on posts.
The six Palestinians fled on Monday readers post on their corporate Facebook Voller filed a suit against the publishers,
through a hole dug under a sink in a Gilboa pages, the High Court ruled yesterday. including Fairfax Media, publisher of the However, it has changed that.
Prison cell in northern Israel. Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, which is The case will now return to the New South
The court dismissed an appeal against a owned by broadcaster Nine, and others. Wales Supreme Court to determine if any of
Israel has deployed drones, road previous ruling that found in favour of a the comments defamed Voller.
checkpoints and an army mission to Jenin, defamation suit by Dylan Voller, a young man After a court found in favour of Voller, the A spokesman for Nine said it was
the West Bank hometown of many of the who had been the subject of several news media outlets lodged an appeal based on the “disappointed with the outcome ... as it will
men locked up for their roles in attacks on reports about youth detention. argument that they administered a Facebook have ramifications for what we can post on
the Jewish state. page on which third parties published their social media in the future”.
“This is a common-sense decision that own material. News Corp Australia executive chairman
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club said two accords with longstanding law on the issue of Michael Miller told Sydney Morning Herald
brothers of Mahmud Ardah, described in publication,” said Voller’s lawyers, O’Brien But the High Court dismissed the appeal that the ruling was significant for anyone who
local media as the mastermind of the Criminal and Civil Solicitors, in a statement. and ordered the organisations to pay costs. maintains a public social media page.
escape, have been arrested. “They can be liable for comments posted by
Voller had said that after stories referring to “The acts of the (media firms) in facilitating, others on that page even when they are
The army has also taken into custody him were posted on the news companies’ encouraging and thereby assisting the posting unaware of those comments.” – Reuters
three other people – fellow family member Facebook pages, a number of third-party of comments by the third-party Facebook users
Dr Nidal Ardah, along with the brother of a Facebook users made defamatory comments rendered them publishers of those comments,”
second fugitive and the father of Munadel Justice Stephen Rothman found.
Infeiat, another escapee.

All three of these escapees are members
of the Islamic Jihad group.

Amani Sarahneh, a spokesman for the
prisoners’ group, said others could also have
been arrested, while some had been only
briefly detained. – AFP

French queen’s
jewels up for auction

GENEVA: Two splendid diamond bracelets
that belonged to French queen
Marie-Antoinette will go under the hammer
in Geneva later this year, the auction house
Christie’s said yesterday.

The bracelets, coated with 112 diamonds
in total, will be sold together and are
estimated to fetch between US$2 and US$4
million (RM8.3 and RM16.6 million) when
they go under the hammer on Nov 9.

That estimate “includes not only the
intrinsic value of the diamonds, but also the
possibility to wear jewellery that was once
worn by the famous queen
Marie-Antoinette”, said Christie’s jewellery
specialist Marie-Cecile Cisamolo.

Marie-Antoinette, the last queen of
France before the revolution, was guillotined
in Paris in October 1793 at the age of 37.

Cisamolo said it was not just their history
that made the bracelets extraordinary,
pointing to the large size of the diamonds,
which range from one to four carats. – AFP

8 theSUN ON THURSDAY | SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
SPEAK UP

COMMENT Why Myanmar should
bolster ties with Bangladesh
by Pathik Hasan
a surplus of human resource and Myanmar Myanmar is rich in minerals, ores, oil, gas, can also contribute to the development of
MYANMAR is one of the closest can utilise it for maximum gain. precious stones and other natural resources Myanmar’s infrastructure.
neighbours of Bangladesh. Before and it is a major supplier of wood to the world.
World War II, many people from But Bangladesh has never been able to take The proposed construction of the Asian
Bangladesh used to travel to full advantage of this opportunity as the While attracting foreign investment has Highway, funded by the Asian Development
Myanmar (Burma then) in search of livelihood. country, comprising 135 tribes and different been limited to the oil and gas sector, the Bank and other donor groups, could also
ethnic groups, has been under military rule for country has recently shifted its focus to increase land connectivity between the two
Since then, the people of this country have many years. That may be one of the reasons attracting production-based investment. countries and there is ample opportunity to
developed an economic and social why the relationship between Bangladesh and increase shipping.
relationship with Burma. Apart from India, Myanmar is not deep. The country is well ahead in power
Bangladesh shares a border with Myanmar. generation due to sound investments in Furthermore, joint investments can be
If Bangladesh had good relations with hydropower generation. The tourism industry made in the production of fertiliser, plastic,
The 271km-long Bangladesh-Myanmar Myanmar, its dependence on India could be is also a promising sector of the country. cement and furniture.
border is very important for Bangladesh due to reduced in many cases and if contacts were
geographical reasons. Bangladesh can use made in Southeast Asia and China through Myanmar’s economy has so far been Both countries will benefit if Myanmar
Myanmar by land for communication with Myanmar, there would be immense potential limited to extracting natural resources, said produces raw materials and Bangladesh
Southeast Asian countries including China. for investment and trade. Nobel laureate economist Professor Joseph utilises its skills, technical knowledge and
Stiglitz, who warned that the country would labour. Myanmar imports almost every
Road connectivity is possible through Bangladesh and Myanmar are both on the suffer a “curse of wealth” if it continued. product while Bangladesh can export ready-
Myanmar, perhaps a new horizon of way to becoming developed countries. made garments.
relationships and possibilities unfolds. Bangladesh is going to be a South Asian Some resource-rich countries in Africa,
Economic Miracle, playing a significant role in including Nigeria, Sudan and Benin, have been Bangladesh produces medicines,
Myanmar can also use Bangladesh to reach Myanmar and to some extent all of Southeast plagued by corruption, internal strife and electronics. Myanmar can import these from
South Asia, especially Nepal, Bhutan and Asia. poverty. Bangladesh hugely.
India. Bangladesh and Myanmar both share a
common regional platform like The Bay of For this, Myanmar should increase its These countries could not adopt proper On the other hand, Myanmar is a source of
Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical diplomatic relations with Bangladesh for the wealth management system and economists agricultural products. Bangladesh can import
and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC). better mutual interest for all of South Asia and have opined that if democracy is restored in these from Myanmar.
Southeast Asia. Myanmar and corruption is reduced, it will not
On the other hand, Bangladesh is have to go to the level of countries that have During the moment of Bangladesh’s onion
considered a hub between South Asia and The European Union, China, India, Russia failed in wealth management. crisis with India in 2019, Myanmar provided
Southeast Asia. and North Korea are becoming allies in onions to Bangladesh. Bangladesh understood
Myanmar’s oil, gas, mineral resources and Therefore, it can be assumed that Myanmar the importance of bilateral trade with
It is true that Bangladesh is a Southeast military markets. will become a country with rapid economic Myanmar at that time. On the flip side,
Asian country geographically but a South growth in a few years. The country’s biggest Bangladesh is keen to provide assistance to
Asian country culturally, demographically and Taking advantage of US negligence, economic advantage is that it is a member of Myanmar, with Covid-19 vaccine diplomacy,
historically. This is an outstanding geo- Myanmar’s military junta extended a helping the 10-nation Asean. counter terrorism approach for regional
strategic characteristic of Bangladesh. hand to China for investment purposes. security in some sectors.
Asean is one of the three most successful
Therefore, without the involvement of China is now the biggest investor in this trade blocs in the world consisting of However, the Rohingya refugee problem
Bangladesh, any connectivity among the states country. According to Earth-Rights Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the has caused a rift between Bangladesh and
of Asean and South Asian Association for International, a private group, more than 26 Philippines, Brunei, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos Myanmar.
Regional Cooperation is absolutely impossible. Chinese companies are investing in and Myanmar.
Myanmar’s oil, gas, mineral resources and As such, Myanmar should solve this
Myanmar is a country rich in natural allied sectors. The bloc controls about 24% of total world problem to serve its own and regional interests.
resources. There are huge amounts of natural trade and its share in world trade is growing The country should understand that it is an
resources like tin, zinc, copper, tungsten, coal, China has already become its biggest ally in every year and its trade relations with China, issue in South Asia and Southeast Asia could
marble, limestone, natural gas, hydropower building and supplying arms to Myanmar. Japan and South Korea are deepening due to become volatile and unstable because of it.
etc. the increase in trade.
Myanmar has not only developed relations However, the two countries can also
The major resource of this country is with China, but also with India and both Asean countries account for more than 50% increase production in the agricultural sector
mineral resources and Myanmar can be a countries are building trade relations with of total trade among themselves and the three through joint ventures.
major source of energy for Bangladesh to Myanmar. countries.
ensure its energy security. Apart from adopting joint investment
The US is also changing its approach to the As a result, Bangladesh has the opportunity projects, Bangladesh can increase imports of
Food and grains are produced in large Myanmar question, which is why the US, a to benefit by strengthening ties with this trade various agricultural products including pulses,
quantities in Myanmar and it can also be a big strong economic country, has started taking alliance, that is, Myanmar. spices, fish and rice.
helper for Bangladesh in the field of food new initiatives to develop relations.
security. Both countries are among the seven Thus, enhancing bilateral relations could
Recently, a 41-year dispute over the member countries of BIMSTEC, as such there contribute to the growth of trade and
The country has a huge potential for rice maritime border between Bangladesh and is ample opportunity to increase trade and investment relations with Asean and BIMSTEC
cultivation, but lands there have not been Myanmar had been settled by the investment relations between them through countries.
unutilised for decades due to lack of human International Court of Justice. the initiative.
resources. This will create an opportunity to solve the
As a result, the rights of Bangladesh have There are many opportunities to enhance Rohingya problem and stop militant activities.
Myanmar needs labourers as rice been established in an area of 11,000 square Bangladesh’s bilateral trade and investment Therefore, Myanmar should take effective
production in Myanmar accounts for kilometers. Myanmar’s waters have also been relations with Myanmar. Through the import steps to strengthen bilateral relations.
approximately 43% of total agricultural identified and as a result, this problem has of gas and electricity, Bangladesh can obtain
production in the country, making it the been eliminated. future energy security. Pathik Hasan is a Dhaka-based NGO activist
seventh largest producer of rice in the world. and writer on contemporary international
The path of creating tension in the Bay of The two countries can jointly explore for oil
Out of 67.6 million hectares of land, 12.8 Bengal has been blocked. and gas in the Bay of Bengal and Bangladesh issues. Comments: [email protected]
million are used for cultivation. In 2019 alone,
Myanmar accounted for 13,300 million tonnes
of milled rice production.

Rice production in Myanmar is heavily
dependent on human and animal power, both
traditional methods of cultivation. However, it
lacks manpower and technology in this regard.

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Youth
appeal
o Sudanese rap thrives with
Ahmed, post-uprising freedoms
Sudanese
rapper and RAPPERS in Sudan taking advantage of
member of the looser social controls following the
band 2019 uprising are seeing their scene
Procedures. expand, rapping in public squares and
in concert venues about everything from
Mohab works at a recording studio in Khartoum, Sudan. – PICTURES BY REUTERS
difficult living conditions to relationship
problems. laws. front of a mixing board.
Ijraat now performs across the capital Artists performing in Arabic and English
Musician Ahmed Mahdy says the
increased freedoms allow his rap group Khartoum, criticising the police, complaining of release albums through dedicated studios and
Ijraat, or “procedures”, to better reflect the economic conditions, and referencing burning command large social media followings.
tires in anti-government protests.
issues they see still plaguing Sudan, Large shows have become more common,
which is in the grip of a deep economic “Happiness here is sold by the jerrycan. with artists drawing thousands to venues
crisis and is making a shaky transition Women are hungry and the government is out previously used only by more traditional
to democracy. of it,” goes one of the group’s songs, in a singers.
“We always write about our reference to the sale of illegal home-brewed
reality,” he said. alcohol. Although music played a central role in the
“You see something happening uprising against Bashir’s Islamist regime,
to a homeless child in the street, so Group member Mohab Kabashy, known as Mahdy says many Sudanese still reject rap
you’ll reflect that in your music. Mo3, says they attract fans looking to express music as foreign or immoral.
You walk past the Nile and their own issues and those of wider society.
witness the flooding, and the However, we have faith that when we
problems our people face that “Problems at home, problems with friends provide our own generation with songs and
you then try to tell using simple or girlfriends. It then developed when people, discuss issues through music and art, these
words, simple phrases that can especially those of my generation, started to young people will be able to get to grips with
listen to the things I was working on and any issue, no matter how complex or difficult it
resonate with everyone.” enjoyed them,” said the 26-year-old, sitting in may be,” Mahdy said. – Reuters
Under its long-ruling president Omar al-

Bashir, who was ousted two years ago, Sudan
had a growing but cautious rap industry as
artists had to contend with the country’s
security services if they were overtly critical of
the government.

Venues for their performances were also
limited, particularly given strict public order

Sudanese fans of the band Procedures pose for a photo on Sudanese youth and members of the band Procedures Sudanese fans of the band Procedures dance on the street to a
the street in Khartoum, Sudan. perform on the street to a small crowd of followers. small crowd.

Filmmakers take different approaches to mark 20th anniversary of 9/11
A slew of new films and TV series are
A flower seen in silhouette stands on the south reflecting pool at the 9/11 being released around the 20th said. theorists but had removed them
Memorial site in the lower section of Manhattan, New York. anniversary of the Sept 11, 2001, Rosenbaum’s movie, which will be from the final edit after facing an
attacks, taking different approaches uproar.
as the United States looks back on released in cinemas and on-demand,
that day that changed everything. is an insider’s look at the creation of Meanwhile, National Geographic
New York’s 9/11 Memorial & is airing 9/11: One Day in America, a
One of the more high-profile Museum and disputes among staff in six-part docuseries that will feature
projects being released is Worth. A how it approached retelling the story first-person testimonials from first
Netflix film, Worth tells the story of of what happened. The museum responders and survivors.
mediator Kenneth Feinberg, played asked for cuts to be made to some
by Michael Keaton, who was tasked scenes, which were declined by the The different approaches reflect
with developing and administering filmmakers. how people react in varied ways
the September 11th Victims depending on their individual
Compensation Fund. “We made clear to the filmmakers circumstances, where they were,
that we were disappointed by many and even if they are old enough
“You talk to some people, you do of their decisions, which we think are to remember it at all, psychologists
investigation, you know, the disrespectful towards victims and say.
investigation required. And it’s really their families,” said museum
a learning experience and it’s really spokeswoman Lee Cochran. “I think for some of us, 9/11 feels
emotional,” said Keaton. like yesterday and that depended on
Filmmaker Spike Lee has also how much trauma we were exposed
Steven Rosenbaum, co-director of faced criticism for his new HBO Max to at the time and if we’ve had to deal
documentary The Outsider, said his docuseries NYC Epicenters 9/11- with symptoms since then,” New
film is different from others that will 2021½, which weaves together York-based psychiatrist Dr Karinn
come out this year. “We think that dozens of interviews to create a Glover said.
America deserves a free, open, mosaic account of New York, the
honest conversation about 9/11, and events of 9/11, and the years since. “There are other people for whom
we think that we haven’t had that,” he The New York Times reported that he it’s a distant memory and seeing a
had included some conspiracy movie about 9/11 could be just art.” –
Reuters

ENTERTAINMENT

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KRISTEN STEWART may Larrain road – lost, as it turns out, and late
be no stranger to the (left) and for Christmas Eve lunch at the
paparazzi, but after Stewart. castle.
playing Princess Diana on Tensions with Prince Charles
the silver screen she feels that no Stewart (Jack Farthing) are at their peak,
one can understand what it felt like plays Lady after the heir to the throne has
to be her. gifted his wife the same pearl
Diana. necklace offered to his mistress,
New movie Spencer premiered at Camilla Parker Bowles.
the Venice Film Festival recently, As played by Stewart, Diana’s
with Stewart the latest actor to play misery is palpable.
Diana, whose marriage to Britain’s But more revealing is the inner
Prince Charles ended in scandal radiance and sparkle we see when
and divorce, before her death in a Diana is alone with her children,
Paris car crash in 1997, after fleeing the young princes William and
photographers. Harry.
“The idea of somebody being so
The film focuses on the desperate for connection and
princess’s decision to flee the somebody who is able
pressures of the royal family and to make other
take control of her own life at a key people feel so
juncture in the early 1990s. good, feeling so
bad on the
“She was the most famous inside, and
woman in the world, she was the being so
most photographed woman in the generous with
whole world,” Stewart told her energy, we
journalists ahead of the premiere. ‘No one can just haven’t had
understand what so many of those
“I have tasted a high level of that, Diana endured’ people,” said
but really kind of nowhere near Stewart.
that monumental, symbolic o Hollywood star Kristen Stewart plays “The saddest part
representation of an entire group of Princess Diana in Spencer of the story is we will
people, an entire country – and the never know her and
world,“ she said. that’s all she wanted, was
to just tell the story
“I can relate but I don’t think herself.” – ETX
anyone can understand what that Studio
felt like,” said Stewart, of the royal
family’s claustrophobic watch over days at Christmas when the royal Sandringham.
Diana, who was expected to bend to family is assembled at Queen We first see Diana at the
protocol and was powerless to Elizabeth’s private residence at wheel on a rambling country
make her own decisions.

In taking on the role, Stewart
joins a long list of actors who have
sought to capture the spirit of the
royal, most recently Emma Corrin,
who this year won a Golden Globe
for her portrayal in season four of
Netflix’s The Crown.
‘True tragedy’
The new film, which is competing
for the top Golden Lion award at
Venice, was directed by Chilean
Pablo Larrain and is described from
the outset as “a fable from a true
tragedy”.

It tracks the princess over three

Singing from the heart Serbian film wins top prize at
Daiyan Czech festival
█ BY S. TAMARAI CHELVI hopes her

A RELATIONSHIP breakup takes a new song AS Far As I Can Walk, a film by American actor Ethan Hawke
heavy toll on emotions. will help Serbian director Stefan and Czech director Jan Sverak,
those going Arsenjevic, won the Crystal Globe known for his Oscar-winning film
Singer-songwriter Daiyan through a award at the Karlovy Vary Film Kolya from 1996, also received a
Trisha expresses her feelings about similar Festival in the Czech Republic prize for their contribution to
her recent breakup in a beautifully situation. recently, organisers said. cinema.
written song, Penat.
The film co-produced by American actor Johnny
“We are now facing challenging Serbia, France, Luxembourg, Depp was another special
times. We are in the same ocean Bulgaria and Lithuania tells the guest at the festival held on
but in different boats. Everyone story of two African migrants in August 20-28.
goes through different challenges Arsenjevic Serbia. Postponed from July because
(during lockdown). I was going poses with English actor Michael Caine
through a phase where my of Covid-19 restrictions, the
emotions were not stable.” Grand Prix received the Crystal Globe for his festival registered 111,203 tickets
Crystal outstanding contribution to sold, down from almost 140,000
The experience inspired her to Globe for world cinema at the beginning in 2019.
write Penat. Best film As of the festival, the most The festival was cancelled last
Far As I Can influential in Central and Eastern year because of the Covid-19
Daiyan believes that everyone Walk. Europe. pandemic. – ETX Studio
feels Penat, especially during the
pandemic period. because I was crying,“ said Daiyan. song.
She wrote the song about one- “I wrote this song to get over the
She also chose the word “Penat”
(tired) as it resonates with many and-a-half months ago. She was breakup. It’s a coping mechanism
others who are feeling fatigued inspired while watching television, for me,” said Daiyan, adding that
going through difficult times in and felt the need to go to the piano. she feels much better now.
their lives.
Daiyan worked together with She hopes the ballad will help
Daiyan, who describes herself music producer, arranger and those who are going through a
as an emotional person, added that sound engineer Kuizz to record the similar situation.
the song is a gamut of feelings and
moods.

The singer, actress and poet,
who started her career in 2014,
released the official music video for
Penat on the Warner Music
Malaysia YouTube channel. It was
directed by music producer
Jasmine Wong.

The song is available through all
digital streaming platforms such as
Apple Music, Spotify, Joox, KKBox
and Deezer.

“It is one of the hardest songs I
have ever written. It took an hour
but I had to stop many times

LIFESTYLE

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Stir fried KrIisntin’s kitchen
vegan beef
with ginger o Teenage influencer champions animal cruelty in her own
and scallion. way by sharing her passion for delicious vegan dishes

Chinese cold █ S. TAMARAI CHELVI
soft tofu.
KRISTIN Tan Kai Yen is just 17 years
old, and she can cook up a storm! Hee Pan or Pink Kuih.
Last year, she took up a pursuit curiosity, figuring out whether I can
that many other people were recreate a familiar dish without animal
doing during the Covid-19 lockdown – products. I became a vegan in June last year,
cooking. a few months after starting my Instagram
account, eatwkriss.
But she took it a step further.
Kristin did not just learn to cook new
dishes. She learned about animal cruelty
and the way animals were handled in the
farming industry before the meat is
processed for consumption.
Shocked by the conditions, Kristin made
an important decision that would transform
her life.
The teenager became a vegan and began
to share her knowledge about veganism and
recipes for a plant-based diet with
Malaysians, young or old.

What inspired you to cook vegan food? How and when did you learn to cook?
Even before turning vegan, I had always My first experiences with cooking were in
been afraid of cooking raw meat. However, I high school. I would prepare my own lunch
think what drives me the most is my but my cooking was pretty bad back then.
During the pandemic last year, I spent most
Crispy rice of my time playing around in the kitchen.
paper tofu. – There are so many resources online via
YouTube, social media and blog posts and
PICTURES that’s how I learned to cook. Over the years,
COURTESY my mum and grandma also shared with me
OF KRISTIN many tips and tricks, the kind that one
probably wouldn’t be able to learn
TAN elsewhere.
What motivated you to veganise your
food?
Mostly, it stems from my own cravings. I
missed eating dishes like curry mee and roti
canai, so I decided to make them myself. I
also wanted to share my culture and
Malaysia’s mouth-watering food with other
people.

Cekodok What are the challenges in veganising
Pisang. Malaysian dishes?
Veganism isn’t very mainstream in Malaysia
yet, so I only know a handful of local vegan
food bloggers in comparison to the huge
Western vegan community.

Veganising a dish that
no one has
ever

Pulut Tai Tai.

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Spain’s wine growers
adapt to climate change
FOR over a century, Joaquin Gay de Spain’s largest producers,
Kristin in the Montella Estany’s family produced embraced higher elevation more
kitchen. – wine in Spain’s Mediterranean than 20 years ago, despite facing
PICTURE region of Catalonia but the effects scepticism at the time.
COURTESY of climate change have pushed
OF KRISTIN them to seek higher ground. The company, which has grown
TAN from a small family business in the
Now their Torre del Veguer late 19th century, began planting
veganised before can be a bit difficult everyone should. Wine winery also has vineyards at the grapes in Tremp, 160 kilometres
because I am starting from square one. I would like to emphasise that it doesn’t producers in foot of the Pyrenees mountains -- at northeast of its Vilafranca de
Spain, which an altitude of nearly 1,200 metres Penedes base, in 1998.
It takes a lot of trial and error, but the have to be 100% plant-based because being (3,900 feet) – where temperatures
end result is really satisfying. able to choose what to eat and what not to has the are cooler. Grapes for making wine had
What is a staple ingredient for your vegan eat is a privilege in itself. There is also a largest never been grown before at higher
dishes? difference between a vegan diet and a vineyard area It’s one of the ways in which altitudes in this region in the
I can’t live without tofu, I think it’s the most plant-based diet. in the world, Spain’s wine producers are trying to foothills of the Pyrenees.
amazing ingredient ever. You can marinate are trying to adapt, as a warmer climate
it, then deep-fry or pan-fry it. I also add soft In general, choosing the plant-based adapt to a advances the harvest season and “Farmers in the area thought it
tofu to smoothies and make vegan kaya. It’s option is better for the planet, the warmer makes the need for more heat- was absurd. They thought grapes
always delicious! I love tofu. environment and your health. climate that is tolerant grape varieties greater. would not mature,” said Xavier
How do you balance cooking and What is your advice for aspiring vegan bringing Admella, who is in charge of the
studying? chefs? forward the In searing August heat, farm farm located at an altitude of 950
Actually, I am in a gap year so I am not Observe how your parents cook, ask harvest workers pick the white grapes by metres.
studying at the moment. Managing cooking questions and watch cooking videos online. season. hand at a vineyard with sea views in
and studying at the same time is something The same cooking methods usually apply to Penedes, about 40 kilometres south “Climate change has proven us
I will have to figure out once I start college. vegan ingredients. However, you still need of the city of Barcelona. right,” he added, as workers set up
to get into the kitchen and do things with nets to protect the vines from hail
your own hands. Higher temperatures have which is much more common
brought the grape harvest forward along mountain ranges.
by 10 to 15 days over the past New techniques
decade, said Gay de Montella In Tremp, temperatures are almost
Estany, who owns the ecological 10 degrees Celsius cooler than at
winery. sea level, Miguel A. Torres,
president of the Familia Torres
“We have to harvest at the start winery, said.
of August when the heat is the most
intense,” he told AFP. That makes it possible to grow
grape varieties to produce white
So in 2008, the company moved wines “that still have very good
part of its production to Bolvir, a acidity levels,” he added.
village in the Pyrenees near the
French border. The company, which exports to
Speedy ripening 150 countries, also has a laboratory
With a total of 961,000 hectares of where it revives grape strains that
vines, Spain has the largest area of have almost disappeared.
vineyards in the world, the
International Organisation of Vine One of them which performs
and Wine says. well at high altitudes has already
been planted in Tremp.
It is the third biggest wine
producer behind Italy and France. But the fight to adapt has a stiff
price tag.
Over the past 60 years, average
temperatures in Spain have risen “The future is complicated,”
by 1.3 degrees Celsius, according to Torres said, adding the wine sector
the national weather office, Aemet. had asked for aid from both the
Spanish government and European
And wine producers have seen Union.
an impact, as the timing of the
harvest is crucial. Gay de Montella Estany agrees.
He predicts that Spain’s wine
Higher average temperatures sector will have to go on planting at
speed up the ripening of the grapes, higher altitudes and “look for
which leads to lower acidity and grape varieties that ripen later” to
increased sugars in the fruit. survive.
He does not rule out that some
This yields higher alcohol levels parts of the country, especially in
in the wine and also alters other the south, will one day no longer be
compounds in grapes that affect suitable for wine production.
aroma and flavour. Grapes must be Not everyone is as pessimistic,
picked quickly to avoid an though.
excessive alcohol content. “Climate change is leading
many wineries to get their act
“Essentially these grapes have together and learn how to make
not fully ripened in the right way,” wine, not like our grandparents did,
said Fernando Zamora, a professor but by looking for new techniques,”
in the oenology department at university professor Zamora said.
Rovira I Virgili University in “And wines are now much better
Tarragona. than they were a few years ago.” –
‘Absurd’ ETX Studio
The Familia Torres winery, one of

Which young vegan chef inspires you? What are your future plans?
Creators like George Lee and Lisa Kitahara. For now, my goal is really just to share
Do you feel the younger generation Malaysian culture and veganism through
should switch to plant-based food? my recipes, while having fun. I also want to
I don’t think it’s just the younger generation pursue Food Science and Biotechnology in
who should eat more plant-based ... college, which I believe will help me grow in
my understanding of food and cooking.

Next Gen YOUTH Ilham recently
branched out of her
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and animation to
The mystery of more interactive
storytelling mediums for her
work. – PICTURES
COURTESY OF
ILHAM ALSHAHAB

o Ilham Alshahab’s interpretative art lets viewers
decide how each story ends

█ BY JASON LIM
TAKING inspiration from her own
thoughts, experiences and
sometimes dreams, Ilham
Alshahab’s narrative art may
appear ambiguous at first look.
But its recurring themes of absence,
solitude and peace have served as
touchpoints for viewers to contemplate.
The 23-year-old interdisciplinary \TRIVIA
artist said: “Creating pieces that asks
people to pay attention has made me Favourite pastime: Playing with
more receptive to the world around my cats.
The Waiting me. This world is vast, and I’m always experiences. Spirit animal: Turtle.
Room. picking up symbols and patterns out It’s a constant balance between Latest obsession: Colourful
We Were Happy. there and connecting them with my ceramics and glassware.
own experiences. making sure that the story isn’t too Greatest fear: Dark windowless
“I’ve learnt a lot about myself this predictable, while also ensuring that the rooms.
way and it has helped me learn about message isn’t lost or too abstract.
how other people think How does your more recent new media We are all collectors and our individual
too.” art compare with your earlier work? voices are simply a combination of
As she translates her I’ve been having a lot of fun just influences from others.
real life experiences experimenting with these new mediums
and gives them new Let Light In. really, and trying to find my place in it all. Figure out what you want to say, while
meaning through I am today because of works by Maria There’s so much potential in reaching using those influences to piece things
mysterious storytelling, Medem, Max Ernst and Hergeì. out to people with more than just a story together. There’s nothing wrong with
suggestive of fictitious Something about their work just speaks within five to six panels. It opens a lot of being open to the voices all around you.
reality and the to me while being so quiet, like a silent doors for me and challenges me as an
symbolic unknown, nod you give someone when your eyes artist. I find myself constantly having to What matters most is what happens
Ilham’s comic-like meet. I like how that feels,” she added. rethink: “Which of the five senses must I inside your head after you hear them.
illustrations and Does your background in advertising engage with for this message to come Do you have to stay away from what
animation can help influence the way you create art? across?” others are doing in order to produce
frame alternative Advertising has opened my eyes to the Is it important for your work to raise original work?
perspectives of the world around me. I learnt how to questions? In the earlier stages, yes.
world. understand what people want and what Most definitely. Although these stories When I have an abstract idea of what I
“I am definitely who they need to hear. I think that helped me are often about my own thoughts and want to talk about, I try to hold myself
think outside myself when I tell these experiences, I want them to belong to back from immediately looking up
stories. I knew then how to reach out to you, as a viewer. It’s not about the stuff references or what others have said
people, how to make myself vulnerable you see, but about the stuff that counts. about it and just let the idea sit and brew.
in my work while also making it about There’s something beautiful about
something others would care about too. making up stories in your head. The When I have something more
Tell us more about the distinctive viewer gets to figure out what the story is concrete, then I can begin to open up a
comic elements in your art. about or how it ends without me giving it little and let everything in.
I have always been in love with comics as to them, and that sense of euphoria is What motivates you?
a child and especially liked to pay extra akin to solving a puzzle. It helps me to take a step back and realign
attention to the panels that had no text. How would you define “originality” in myself with what really matters. There’s a
That’s how I want people to absorb my the creative field? lot of noise out there.
work as well, to pay attention, assess how Everything has been said or done before.
the environment in each panel makes I don’t believe there’s truly any way to be I just have to make sure that I know
them feel, and guess what they think this completely original. However, I believe my place in this world so I don’t get lost
story is about based on their own it’s important to be authentic and true to in it.
one’s self in the creative field.

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The yellow
sidewalk
panels, also
known as tenji
Advertisements in podcasts get largely positive feedback. blocks, which

Advertising in podcasts is better are aimed to
perceived by consumers help people
with visual
impairments,
are seen inside
a train station
AS brands enter new media are expected to continue to in Tokyo.
landscapes, they are invest more, accelerating the
increasingly moving into the digital transformation of the
podcast world. Kantar’s Media audio world, while spending on Seeing squares
Reactions recent study involved radio continues to decline.
conducting more than 14,500
consumer interviews on more The advertising industry was
than 290 brands across 23 also surprised by the size of
another phenomenon: social
industries, as well as 900 media campaigns. And it’s
interviews with marketing TikTok that stands out as the
experts from around the world. preferred digital platform oJapan’s tenji block paving guides visually impaired
Thanks to its extensive among consumers, ahead of
survey, Kantar reveals that in Amazon, Instagram, Google and
2020, the podcast became the then Twitter. The Chinese FROM Tokyo’s famous the easiest colour for the visually several Tokyo stations, which
preferred digital advertising company, due to its admirable Shibuya crossing to the impaired to see. pedestrians can scan for
medium, surpassing influencer growth during lockdown, has remotest Okinawan island, spoken information including
content. Ads on e-commerce seen its user base skyrocket. As a Japan’s streets have one They come in two types: directions and distance to their
sites, video streaming services result, users exposed to ads are squares with long raised parallel
and in stories on various social climbing exponentially, from thing in common: ‘tenji blocks,’ strips tell pedestrians they can destination.
networks follow in the ranking. 19% in 2020 to about 37% this yellow textured paving squares to proceed safely and keep them “A lot of information comes
Consumers have formed more year. aid people with visual following the road, while those from vision but visually impaired
positive opinions about It’s clear that offline impairments. with raised bumps indicate a people don’t have access to that,“
podcasts as an advertising advertising, such as in The tactile paving was invented change of direction or stopping said Yuichi Konishi, chairman of
platform, it seems. Ads on magazines or movies, is still in Japan more than 50 years ago to point like an entrance, or a LiNKX, which developed the app.
podcasts are perceived as higher successful and is still ahead of help those with visual impair- possible danger like a platform “We wanted to do something
quality and more relevant, even digital channels. However, ments move smoothly and safely edge, staircase or traffic light. about it with technology.”
if they are more repetitive change can be expected. around urban environments. “Walking along the tactile With the app, users can choose
compared to last year. In other Advertising investors are And they’ve gone global over paving reassures me that it is safe destinations such as specific exits,
words, advertisers should be moving away from these the years, becoming a familiar to walk there,” Toyoharu toilets and train cars.
careful not to saturate listeners channels, aware that it is sight in cities from London to Yoshiizumi, executive member of So far QR codes are available at
with ads and risk quashing the less easy to innovate via such Sydney. the Japan Federation of the nine Tokyo metro stations and the
goose that lays the golden eggs. media. In this respect, music The tiles, typically found at Visually Impaired, told AFP. company hopes to see the project
In addition, the various streaming services such as railway station platforms, Yoshiizumi, who lost his sight expand.
marketers in the industry have Spotify or Deezer are considered pedestrian crossings, and in front at age 12, commutes about 40
increased their investment in the most innovative. – ETX of public buildings, are usually minutes every day, guided by tenji ‘We can do a lot of things’
podcasts in 2021. For 2022, they Studio yellow, which is often said to be blocks – named for the Japanese Tenji blocks alone are not always
word for braille. enough to keep people safe.
“Roads are never straight and Last year, a visually impaired
The plants helping us to stay zen are often curved or twisted, and man fell onto the train tracks at a
thanks to the guide blocks, I feel Tokyo station and was hit by a
safe because I know I’m walking train despite the blocks on the
MANAGING the schedule of the along the streets.” platform.
youngest child’s return to school, The now-ubiquitous blocks Increasingly though, platforms
heading back to the office after were the brainchild of local feature doors that open only when
months of home office or navigating inventor Seiichi Miyake from a train is in the station. Other
a hybrid setup, shopping for school western Japan’s Okayama. safety measures in Tokyo include
supplies, signing up for activities, After witnessing a blind person crosswalk sounds that tell people
visits with our mother-in-law ... with a cane almost hit by a car at when to cross, and recordings that
There’s always a lot going on at the an intersection, Miyake decided announce the start or end of an
start of September. And if you’re to devote himself to inventing escalator.
anything like us, stress (or, let’s be something to keep visually Yoshiizumi said those with
honest, even panic) is taking up a lot impaired pedestrians safe. visual impairments need
of mental space. So to help us calm infrastructure but also support
down and stay zen, let’s look at what QR code innovations from others.
plants can do for us. In herbal tea, in In 1967, Japan’s first tenji blocks “As far as awareness is
decorative planters or in essential were donated for a crossing near a concerned, I find that openness
oils, they can help us relieve tension school for the blind in Okayama. towards people with disabilities
and soothe the mind. Miyake’s brother helped him has increased considerably,” he
Which plants are good for our mental state? develop the tenji blocks and later said.
Dried flowers for rooms and closets said he would “never forget the “When I walk through a
When it comes to scents, lavender is sage are also good choices. If you’re bathtub or shower. The bathroom is emotional moment” when the station, station employees of
high on the list for calming. It can be lucky enough to have a garden, also a good place to keep a branch of tiles were first put to the test by a course speak to me, but nowadays
placed in the entrance for a sensory angelica is a type of herb whose name a dried plant like laurel or pine of pedestrian. I very often hear other passengers
atmosphere that imbues a peaceful is as charming as its smell. As with which you get a delightful whiff when It would take another three offering their help to guide me.”
vibe as soon as you walk in the door. mint leaves, you can use them in an you run the water. years for the tiles to reach the first And he’s hopeful that the
The balcony or the windows are also infusion. Feel free to add a slice of district in Tokyo, and over time Tokyo Paralympics, currently in
great spots to place them. And if you lemon and even a bit of ginger for a Flowers for the living room and the they went global, becoming so full swing in the city, will help
really don’t have the space, you can pick-me-up. bedroom well-known that they featured as improve inclusion for people with
slip some into small fabric bags and Choose your seasonal favorites, for an animated Google Doodle in disabilities.
tuck them into a closet or drawer. Hanging plants for the bathroom sure. But, for calm and appeasement, 2019. “People think, oh you can’t do
Rosemary and thyme can also be When it comes to making the bathtub look to the elegance of white orchids And tenji block innovation this or do that because of
used in this way, or for scenting the or shower a relaxing haven, look to or lilies, although be careful of the continues today. disabilities.”
kitchen if you get them in little pots tropical plants like the monstera latter in the bedroom as their smell While the blocks help keep “I hope that watching the
with earth. which grows quickly and spreads can be overpowering. Hydrangeas pedestrians safe and on track, Paralympic Games will change
humidity and freshness. Ivy and are also a fine choice. they don’t give much more their perceptions so that they will
Aromatic herbs in the kitchen hanging plants like rhipsalis or the And in any case, offering a pretty information, including which understand that we can do a lot of
In the kitchen, sorrel, chives, quirky polka dot plant are also bouquet of freshly cut seasonal direction a person is headed. things,” he said.
peppermint and chervil are among favorites. In addition to decorating a flowers provides sensory pleasure to But an app launched this year “I think it would make the
the herbs that both smell fresh and piece of furniture or a bookcase, they both giver and recipient. – ETX aims to address that, with QR world a better place for people
add flavor to dishes. Tarragon and can be placed on the edge of a Studio codes pasted onto blocks in with disabilities.” – ETX Studio

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Clicking for change
o Photographer Emma Khoo sets her sights on transforming
the industry and fashion norms

█ BY MARK MATHEN VICTOR Emma says having a
creative outlet
OVER the past seven or eight makes a huge
years, Emma Khoo has left a
mark on the photography difference, especially
scene at home and abroad, in maintaining a
particularly in London, where she person’s mental
pursued architecture.
health. – PICTURES
With a keen eye for capturing and COURTESY OF
telling stories about women, the EMMA KHOO
photographer’s works have been Three Graces.
published in a large array of
international publications. Emma is currently
experimenting
Emma has also displayed her with makeup and
work at several exhibitions. The last costumes as her
exhibition was under Women photography has
Photographer’s Malaysia at the KL been put on hold.
Photography Festival 2020.

“I stumbled into photography in
my second year of architecture
school. It
was very
funny
how it
came
about
because
it started

with pain and loss. I had Behind the lenses more aware of it as I worked with struggle. For me, the frustration hits
tenosynovitis during my first year From the early years of learning and models here and the UK”. differently because photography has
in architecture school,” she told trying her hand at photography, been a part of me for seven years, so
theSun. Emma eventually settled on her Emma revealed that even she gets it’s like losing myself again. And I had
bread-and-butter form of a little restricted at times when a lot of losses to overcome,” she said.
The injury, which is a form of photography – women empower- publishing with fashion magazines,
tendonitis, forced her to step ment and diversity. as there are usually in-house model Last year, Emma had a relapse and
back and stop doing the standards. it was frustrating as she could not do
On why she honed in on as she wanted to.
practical aspects of something so specific to focus her “I really want to quash that,” she
architecture, and turn talents, Emma said although it did stressed. To deal with that frustration, she
towards an academic route. not start that way, it was always decided that since she was staying at
subconsciously there. “In Malaysia, when I’m working home and could not go out, she
Having her hands on personal projects, I try to use a would work on her PhD thesis and
figuratively taken away “Being in London, I was exposed variety of models ... any colour, any experiment with makeup.
from her, Emma needed a to so many amazing women creators, race, anything. I just want someone
creative outlet that was far who were very multifaceted. Being in who can vibe with me and “I’d like to say I’m a PhD student
removed from architec- that creative community really understand the concept I’m trying to all week but a content creator on
ture, and photography inspired me to push the boundaries deliver, and nail it by being in- Sunday,” Emma said, drawing a
became her form of therapy. and redefine what beauty meant,” she character. That’s the nuance and distinction between her fyi.khoo and
said. main criterion that I use. I just wish I fyi.photography accounts on
“I started with model- could have done more.” Instagram.
friends and a basic camera. When she came back to Malaysia, The road forward
The initial year that I Emma noticed that the situation here Due to Covid-19, photography for her “I feel more liberated. It’s quite
started photography was was not similar to the UK. has taken an extended hiatus. strange. I didn’t lose photography
very difficult because I was because I still use the skills, like
not only struggling to find my “When I was there, they were As the medium was Emma’s outlet editing, taking pictures, styling and
identity, I also felt like a part of already beginning to push for models to share her joy, opinions and pain, doing makeup. It’s a different sense of
me was gone. My hands of colour, along with modelling having it taken away from her liberation compared to photography”.
weren’t working the way I agencies which catered to that. They momentarily has been very painful.
wanted them to”. also celebrated women of any size In that sense, Emma says she is at
and age. I feel like this narrative is “I wouldn’t say it’s because of peace with herself.
For seven years after she really lacking here,” Emma said. Covid. There are a lot of
picked up photography, photographers out there now “I don’t know how long this will go
“The standard is being challenged struggling to make ends meet on for, but as long as Covid is around
she kept at it when she by amazing creators here, I will not because of the restrictions. I am and I’m doing my PhD, photography
could spare the time, deny that. But we are still far behind, blessed not to have this kind of will have to wait. Instead, self-
until the pandemic and I think that was when I became portraits and makeup are here to
happened. stay.”

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RUKUN NEGARA: THE PRINCIPLES THE OBJECTIVES

BELIEF LOYALTY TO KING TO achieve greater unity TO maintain a TO create a just society in which
IN GOD AND COUNTRY among Malaysians democratic way of life the wealth of the nation shall be equitably shared

THE SUPREMACY OF THE RULE COURTESY AND TO ensure a liberal approach to her rich TO build a progressive society which shall be
THE CONSTITUTION OF LAW MORALITY and diverse cultural traditions oriented to modern science and technology

End the vaccine apartheid

Most scientists do not agree that boosters securing many times more than what their
are the best way to deal with new threats. populations need.
COMMENT by Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram Citing lack of credible data, scientists have
Some have even abused Covax,
VACCINE costs have pushed many opposed boosters in reputable journals, purportedly designed for equitable
developing countries to the end of including Nature. distribution to poorer countries.
the Covid-19 vaccination queue, shots on Sept 20. On Aug 6, the European Union’s drugs
with most low-income ones not even France began administering boosters to Covax aimed to deliver a billion vaccine
regulator noted not enough evidence to doses in 2021, but had only delivered 217
people over 65 from September. recommend Covid-19 vaccine boosters. million by August, according to Unicef.
The UK has announced offering a third
A European Centre for Disease Prevention Meanwhile, many rich country
lining up. Worse, less-vaccinated poor nations dose from late September. Germany, Belgium and Control report this month affirmed, governments continue to block the request to
cannot afford fiscal efforts to provide relief or and other European countries followed suit. “there is no urgent need” for booster shots the World Trade Organisation to temporarily
stimulate recovery, let alone achieve Agenda Now, supply will decline except for those in frail suspend Covid-19 related intellectual
further as Pfizer and health. property rights.
Moderna sell booster doses. The WHO noted on Aug
Vaccine inequity is2030. This waiver would enable developing
Excluding by appropriating Two new Pfizer-BioNTech the world’s biggest 18 that current evidence does countries to affordably produce tests,
Developing countries now account for more facilities have been approved obstacle to ending not support the case for vaccines, treatments, equipment and other
than 85% of global pandemic deaths. to manufacture boosters in this pandemic and booster shots. such needs.
France and Germany. recovering from Scientists described
By early September, The Economist official decisions approving Earlier, Big Pharma leaders rejected as
estimated actual Covid-19 deaths worldwide Meanwhile, Moderna is third booster shots as “nonsense” WHO’s C-TAP initiative to share
at 15.2 million, rather than the official 4.6 scaling up booster “shocking” and “criminal”. technologies and research knowledge to
million. production in Massachusetts When US authorities accelerate affordable production of and
and New Hampshire. approved boosters, two top access to such technologies.
In six of the 10 countries with the highest Vaccine equity necessary
fatality rates, less than a 10th of their Almost all the 3.2 billion There is also a practical reason to seek vaccine
populations were fully vaccinated as of Aug Pfizer and Moderna doses to vaccine officials quit in equity. We are all safer when everyone is
protest. vaccinated.
Covid-19.10. In the other four, no more than a third be produced this year have
were fully vaccinated. already been purchased by Independent research on New, more vaccine-resistant variants are
Economically,Now, as rich nations buy up more vaccines the US and Europe. Pfizer’s two-dose vaccine emerging, endangering everyone.
for third shots, vaccination inequities are The WHO DG lambasted suggests it provides long-
epidemiologicallybecoming starker. term immunity for years, Rich countries protecting their own
this “scandalous inequity” at contrary to the company’s citizens will not prevent new mutants from
Buying up hundreds of millions of doses, the World Health Assembly latest claims. emerging.
Also using mRNA
and morally, it is inthey penalise poorer countries already doubly in May. New infections risk triggering a resurgence,
deprived. Rich countries will likely have about The WHO has repeatedly or worse, with new, more dangerous
all countries’ best1.2 billion extra doses by the end of 2021! Moderna’s mutations.
called for delaying booster technology,
More than 5.41 billion vaccine shots have provision, arguing that the vaccine should have similar The Delta variant, first reported in India in
been administered worldwide, with 81% in most vulnerable people interest to use the longer-term efficacy. late 2020, surged in March as few there had
only 10 high and upper middle-income worldwide should be latest available As Covid-19 vaccines are been vaccinated.
countries. Meanwhile, the poorest countries vaccinated first. data to make life- still new, such expectations
have only received 0.4%. saving vaccines remain subject to Ironically, the Serum Institute of India has
Pfizer and Moderna have confirmation. As with most the world’s largest vaccine production
In January, the World Health Organisation not provided details of their vaccines, “memory capacity by far, but largely underutilised for
(WHO) director-general warned: “I need to be booster prices. An economist response” triggers antibody Covid-19 vaccines.
blunt: the world is on the brink of a has estimated: “Sold at protection when someone
catastrophic moral failure – and the price of present prices, this would The International Monetary Fund warns
this failure will be paid with lives and represent roughly a 50% vaccinated is infected, even highly infectious variants could derail
after natural response levels economic recovery, cutting global output by
available to alllivelihoods in the world’s poorest countries.” increase in revenue over the US$4.5 trillion by 2025.
longer run.” have waned.
Profits booster Moderna raised its 2021 Perhaps most worryingly, But the Economist Intelligence Unit
In early July, Pfizer and BioNTech announced vaccine sales forecast for its as big pharmaceutical estimated the world economy could lose
plans to get emergency authorisation for first two doses to US$19.2 billion in May. companies transform their business strategies US$2.3 trillion in 2021 alone due to delayed
booster vaccine doses. So, booster sales should add about US$10 to generate more profits from boosters, their vaccinations, with developing nations losing
Pfizer then met with US officials to press billion. incentives change. most.
their case, while Moderna applied for Meanwhile, Pfizer raised its own forecast They have less reason to develop vaccines
approval this month. by more than 70% to US$26 billion, with fully immunising against the Covid-19 virus, For the WHO DG: “Vaccine inequity is the
Following the Israeli president’s third shot booster sales bringing US$13 billion more. or even to ensure that everyone is vaccinated. world’s biggest obstacle to ending this
on July 30, nearly a million boosters have been pandemic and recovering from Covid-19 ….
administered in the US since Aug 12 despite Profits over science Apartheid booster Economically, epidemiologically and morally,
earlier official hesitation. Rich countries’ practices actually go against Supplying boosters reduces vaccines available it is in all countries’ best interest to use the
US President Joe Biden expects to launch a most scientific advice. The case for boosters is to others. Supplies to poorer countries have latest available data to make lifesaving
campaign for a further 100 million booster not scientifically established. already been greatly reduced by rich countries vaccines available to all.” – IPS

Address causes of heavy vehicle accidents holistically

COMMENT byYSChan (RTD) could suspend licences held by the lorry of those killed in motor accidents caused by between RM5,000 and RM8,000 per month.
driver if he is found guilty by the court. heavy vehicles undergoing untold suffering. If not, they could drive buses and meet new
TRANSPORT Minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka
Siong said his ministry (Transport Ministry) The driver was taken to the Dang Wangi Apart from helping these victims, it is people every day. They will also alleviate the
will carry out an investigation on the driver police headquarters for a urine test and found equally important to institute measures to acute shortage of good bus and lorry drivers in
who ploughed his lorry into five stationary positive for methamphetamines and prevent massive accidents caused by heavy our country.
vehicles waiting at a traffic light on Jalan Ipoh amphetamines. commercial vehicles.
in Kuala Lumpur last Monday. Meanwhile, incentives could be given to
Not only is it against the law to be driving Lorry drivers are required to renew their lorry and bus operators to make use of
The Perodua MyVi just in front of the lorry under the influence of drugs or alcohol, but Goods Driving Licence (GDL) annually, and telematics to monitor their vehicles using GPS
was crashed beyond recognition and unlikely insurers would also repudiate claims. bus drivers their Public Service Vehicle (PSV) technology and on-board diagnostics to plot
for anyone to survive in such a mangled wreck. licence on top of the Competent Driving their movements on a computerised map.
If so, any claim made by the MyVi driver for Licence (CDL) that could easily be renewed for
But mercifully, the driver was able to crawl injuries and compensation against the lorry’s one or up to five years. Drivers would also behave better with in-
out by himself. Hopefully, he did not suffer insurance company may come to naught, cab cameras facing them.
internal injuries other than external bleeding although he should have no difficulty in But renewal of GDL and PSV requires
and shock. making an own damage claim for total wreck of passing a physical examination by a medical Without newer and effective measures, road
the car from his own insurance company. doctor including a urine test. Why are so many tragedies will continue to happen followed by
Under the Industry Code of Practice (Icop), commercial vehicle drivers on drugs were able investigations and decades will soon pass.
action could be taken to suspend or cancel the Motor insurance covers injuries to third to produce a RTD form stamped and signed by
commercial vehicle licence by the Land Public parties only and legal liability to fare-paying a doctor and succeeded in renewing their Instead of doing little or nothing, efforts
Transport Agency (Apad) if the licence holder passengers in buses and taxis when the driver licence? must be stepped up to defuse time bombs on
fails the audit, which is a part of the conditions was at fault. our roads in the form of heavy commercial
set for commercial services licences. This loophole has long been known and I vehicles.
But if passengers were to be injured by a have pointed it out many times before, but it
Should this happen, the agency could also runaway lorry smashing into their bus or taxi, can only be overcome by political will. YS Chan is a master trainer for Mesra
suspend or cancel the lorry transport they would have to sue the lorry driver. Malaysia and an Asean Tourism Master Trainer.
company’s operating licence. The ministry should also subsidise driving
And if the lorry is not insured or the driver courses to encourage many young men and He is also a tourism and transport business
Also, the Road Transport Department was under the influence of drugs or alcohol, women, including graduates, to drive heavy consultant and writer, and researcher for the
then making claims would be futile unless the vehicles as a career of choice.
lorry driver has the means to pay huge Travel Industry Occupational Framework
compensation, which is unlikely. Instead of working for a pittance, they can published by the Department of Skills
choose to drive trailers and easily earn Development. Comments:
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43.3 Institutions 1279.3 1522.6 -243.3

33.2 Retail 1094.8 1058.7 36.1

23.5 Foreign 865.6 658.4 207.2 39.59 32.70 1.40 158.38 24.43 18.33
STI HANG SENG SCI TSEC KOSPI S&P/ASX200
100.0 3239.7 3239.7 0.0 14.15 26,320.93 3,675.19 265.07 3,162.99
KLCI 3,068.94 NIKKEI 17,270.49 7,512.01
Preliminary stats (excluding trade amendments). For final data, please refer to www.bursamalaysia.com 1,597.63 30,181.21
Source: Bursa Malaysia

KL MARKET SUMMARY 11 M’sian firms in Forbes Asia’s
September 8, 2021 Best Under A Billion 2021 list

INDICES 11,665.30 CHANGE +64.93
FBMEMAS
FBMKLCI 1,597.63 +14.15
CONSUMER PRODUCTS 617.55 -0.72
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS 202.61 +1.33
CONSTRUCTION 173.05 -0.79
FINANCIAL SERVICES 15,526.40 +88.36
ENERGY 759.14 -18.30
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 707.77 -2.46 oSound financials reflect how well 200 top performers have coped with pandemic
HEALTH CARE 2,747.21 -32.70
TRANSPORTATION 893.88 +5.82
PROPERTY 739.08 -2.27 PETALING JAYA: Eleven on this list, which is unranked,
PLANTATION 6,728.55 +107.20 Malaysian companies made Malaysian companies in Forbes Asia’s Best Under A Billion 2021 were selected based on a
FBMSHA 12,788.30 +76.44 it to Forbes Asia’s Best Under composite score that
FBMACE 7,252.08 -108.00 A Billion 2021, which (in alphabetical order) incorporated their overall track
TECHNOLOGY
92.28 -0.04 recognises 200 top Name Industry Sales Net Income Market value record in measures such as debt,
performing publicly listed (US$ mil) (US$ mil) (US$ mil) sales and earnings-per-share
TURNOVER VALUE small and midsized growth over both the most recent
5.914 BIL RM3.239 BIL companies in the Asia-Pacific Comfort Gloves 252 fiscal one- and three-year
Healthcare 225 67
region with less than US$1 D&O GreenTechnologies Semiconductors 137 12 1,425 periods, and the strongest one-
billion (RM4.16 billion) in Dancomech Holdings Trading 38 and five-year average returns on
5 MOST ACTIVES revenue and consistent top- DufuTechnology 28 4 558 equity.
September 8, 2021
and bottom-line growth. Manufacturing 71 12
Electronic components 12 4 110 Aside from quantitative
FoundPac
Forbes Asia noted that Frontken 88 20 1,273 criteria, qualitative screens were
STOCK VOL CLSG (sen) +/– (sen) their sound financial figures Revenue Group Industrial services 18 2 208 used as well, such as excluding
KNM 803,538,200 26.5 -5.0
PUC 305,919,900 17.5 +1.0 in the midst of a global Scientex Software 834 92 1,524 companies with serious
FINTEC 280,610,300 2.5 +0.5
BORNOIL 242,789,400 3.0 UNCH Plastic products
MTRONIC 142,090,700 3.5 UNCH pandemic had reflected how Thong Guan Industries Plastic products 220 governance issues, questionable
well these companies have UG Healthcare 229 18 259 accounting, environmental

Healthcare 104 10
coped with the situation. Technology hardware 112 25 2,113 concerns, management issues
Healthcare and ViTrox or legal troubles. State-

phar maceutical-relate d Source: Forbes Asia & equipment controlled and subsidiaries of

5 TOP GAINERS companies were standouts larger companies were also
September 8, 2021 while tech and logistics firms linked to the companies with long-term sustainable excluded.
global e-commerce boom also benefited. performance across a variety of metrics. “The criteria also ensured a geographic
Forty-two companies were returnees From a universe of 20,000 publicly traded diversity of companies from across the
STOCK VOL CLSG (RM) +/– RM from the previous year. They include companies in the Asia-Pacific region with region. The list uses full-year annual results,
SBAGAN 246,800 3.71 0.51 Taiwan’s Aspeed, now on the list for a annual revenue above US$10 million and based on the latest publicly available figures
KLK 670,600 21.50 0.50 notable eight years in a row. below US$1 billion, only these 200 as of Aug 12, 2021 compiled by FactSet,” it
KLUANG 193,300 4.50 0.49 Forbes Asia said the list is meant to identify companies were selected. The companies said.
WPRTS 839,400 4.74 0.39
UWC 6,598,000 5.74 0.34 Green Packet, FETCi to run Malaysia’s first
multi-lane free-flow tolling system POC
5 TOP LOSERS
September 8, 2021

STOCK VOL CLSG (RM) +/– RM PETALING JAYA: Green Packet Bhd and expertise in MLFF implementation.
MPI 167,300 46.30 0.38 FETC International Co (FETCi) will run The data collected from the POC during
PANAMY 38,000 30.56 0.34 Malaysia’s first-ever multi-lane free-flow
GENETEC 129,000 31.46 0.30 (MLFF) tolling system proof of concept the three-month period will be shared with
KHIND 854,800 4.82 0.30 (POC) on Malaysian highways. relevant authorities and stakeholders, with
CARLSBG 63,100 22.30 0.24 the primary aim to prove and validate the
The MLFF POC will be installed at feasibility of using MLFF. The data and
EXCHANGE RATES SEPTEMBER 8, 2021 Besraya KM5.5 (North Bound) and is insights are valuable for eventual rollout to
scheduled for data collection for three Malaysian highways in line with the
Foreign currency Bank sell Bank buy Bank buy months starting early 2022. An artist’s impression of the POC gantry government’s roadmap for smoother traffic.
free-flow tolling expert having implemented
1 US DOLLAR TT/OD TT OD The MLFF POC is a critical process to MLFF systems in other Asian countries and MLFF is an efficient and time-saving
1 AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR 4.2205 4.0955 4.0855 achieve a congestion-free highway state will provide the front-end equipment and tolling system. It is envisioned to use a cloud
1 BRUNEI DOLLAR 3.1360 3.0130 2.9970 through better traffic infrastructure, as tolling system with no toll lanes or gates and
1 CANADIAN DOLLAR 3.1350 3.0440 3.0360 stipulated in the Ministry of Works’ will be able to process far more vehicles per
1 EURO 3.3350 3.2460 3.2340 Malaysian Intelligent Transport System hour compared with existing toll systems. It
1 NEWZEALAND DOLLAR 5.0060 4.8450 4.8250 blueprint. will also be able to reduce fraud by getting
1 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 3.0120 2.9010 2.8850 rid of the gaps that the present solutions are
1 STERLING POUND 3.1350 3.0440 3.0360 Green Packet will be providing the not able to address and that are often
1 SWISS FRANC 5.8240 5.6420 5.6220 funding, local insights and expertise in exploited by many traffic users.
100 UAE DIRHAM 4.5760 4.4720 4.4570 fintech payments. FETCi is an RFID and
100 BANGLADESHTAKA 116.2500 110.2400 110.0400
100 CHINESE RENMINBI 5.0750 4.7210 4.5210 Economic reform agenda must have new ideas: Tengku Zafrul
100 HONGKONG DOLLAR
100 INDIAN RUPEE N/A N/A N/A KUALA LUMPUR: The economic reform inequality over the last 30 years, Malaysia has not in public service delivery that the current
100 INDONESIAN RUPIAH 54.8700 52.1400 51.9400 agenda, moving forward, has to look yet reached the point where we can comfortably leadership is actively seeking to remedy.
100 JAPANESE YEN 5.8500 5.4900 5.2900 different and even consider unorthodox say that we have effectively addressed the issue,” There is room for change in the role played
100 NEWTAIWAN DOLLAR 0.0307 0.0278 0.0228 ideas given the unusual pandemic situation, he said in his commemorative speech at the by government policy, especially in the
100 PAKISTAN RUPEE to ensure the nation strides confidently into virtual Global Education Conference and provision of social safety nets,’’ he said.
100 PHILIPPINE PESO 3.8310 3.7110 3.7010 the future, said Finance Minister Tengku Postgraduate Colloquium 2021 hosted by
100 QATAR RIYAL N/A N/A N/A Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz. UNIRAZAK yesterday. “More than ever, we need experts to be
100 SAUDI RIYAL alive to the shortcomings and misapplication
100THAI BAHT 2.5600 2.3900 2.1900 He said the bigger challenge for Tengku Zafrul said policymakers of economic prescriptions. For all the data
8.5400 8.0500 7.8500 Malaysia’s economy today is the capacity to recognise that there is a group of Malaysians and technology we now have, we still
117.2100 111.2700 111.0700 generate new ideas, products, innovative who are at a disadvantage in climbing out of struggle with our forecast and predictive
113.7900 108.0200 107.8200 business models, and production poverty and this is where greater use of models as we did 50 years ago,” he said.
13.4800 11.9700 11.5700 techniques, as well as the ability to diffuse technology and digital inclusion might be
them quickly through the economy. necessary to help them. “The big test at hand for economics is to
Source: Malayan Banking Berhad/Bernama help meet the challenges that policymakers
“In its role as a policymaker, the government There are gaps and issues in delivering everywhere face today – the terrible twin
is facing challenges of entrenched disadvantage. assistance to some quarters of society, he said. crises of health and economy caused by the
Despite improvements in narrowing (wealth) Covid-19 pandemic.” – Bernama
“The pandemic has exposed several gaps

11theSUN ON THURSDAY | SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
* SUNBIZ

HDC eyes end-to-end Malaysian
presence in global halal supply chain

o Agency aims to increase the number of encouraging more of the existing export our graduates to fulfill the
certified halal firms and make them more certified firms to venture into global halal market demand, I am
involved in production and distribution exports, said the CEO. sure we will be on the right path to
achieve greater growth in our
Out of 7,000 accredited ecosystem development.”
companies, only 3,000 are engaged For 2021, HDC expects to attract
in export activities. RM700 million of new investments
to the local halal market after raking
█ BY AMIR IMRAN HUSAIN SAFRI cocoa for food producers, while the He outlined that the biggest in RM400 million of new investment
[email protected] pharmaceutical players may rely on challenge for HDC was to increase in the first half of the year.
imports for their active ingredients. the number of certified halal
PETALING JAYA: companies and make them more Moving forward, the agency has
Halal Apart from that, Hairol observed prominent players in the supply completed two sectoral roadmap on
Development Corp (HDC) is eyeing that the pandemic has resulted in chain. To this end, the agency has food services and pharmaceuticals
to improve the country’s halal hiccups to compliance as the revealed one of its approach is via to grow local halal exports and it is
ingredients segment to protect the issuance and renewal of certificates the internationalisation of Malaysia’s working on halal ingredients and
industry from supply chain have been halted due to the halal ecosystem by linking it to other Muslim hospitality services. It will
disruptions and establishing an end- lockdown, as the necessary audits countries. also focus on sectors that can
to-end presence in the value chain. could not be carried out. provide better returns in the
Its CEO Hairol Ariffein Sahari “Through this, we can have longer-term post-
(pix) pointed out that As a result, Malaysia’s halal mutual recognition between pandemic.
manufacturers had suffered exports in 2020 fell to RM31 billion countries, and we can create “Once the world
production halts due to the fallout from RM41 billion reported in the opportunities on government-to- achieves herd
from the Covid-19 pandemic impact preceding year. Export decline aside, government and business-to- immunity, we see
on the global supply chain. the number of certified companies business basis which will translate to recovery especially in
“Most of our halal manufacturers for the year also shrank to about cross border trade, investments and Muslim-friendly
in Malaysia have to import their raw 7,000 from 10,000 in 2019. employment opportunities.” tourism, and then we
materials hence they are unable to will promote this
continue their production, although Globally, the halal market is Hairol explained that HDC is halal standardisation
the demand for halal products estimated to be US$3.1 trillion focused on establishing G2G and capitalise on it
remain constant,” he said during a (RM13 trillion) in 2018 and it is partnerships in Southeast Asia and to promote our
group interview with the media projected to grow to US$5 trillion by the Far East, having entered into products and
yesterday. 2030. memorandum of cooperation with services for the
“We found that whoever controls agencies representing the pharmaceutical
the halal ingredient industry will With local exports at RM31 government of South Korea, Taiwan, and food services
control the halal end products and billion, he pointed out that this is Senegal and Japan. He stated it is products,” he said,
the supply chain in general.” just a drop in the ocean which needs important to collaborate with which in turn would
At the moment, many of the local to dig further. agencies that have strong support create wider and new
players depend on raw material from their governments. market space for halal
imports such as sugar, flour and One possible avenue is to end products.
increase the number of certified “As long as we stay to our
halal companies by tapping into the objectives, to increase Malaysia’s
pool of 190,000 non-certified halal exports, bring more investment
companies in Malaysia as well as in our halal business park and to

RAM: Relief measures delay recognition of problem loans BRIEFS DUOPHARMA DENIES HIRING
SUPPLIER FOR COVID VACCINE
PETALING JAYA: The emergence of bad loans creep up in the coming months although it because of substantial modification charges
in the banking system is expected to be understands the number of applications has arising from the first loan moratorium and PETALING JAYA: Duopharma Biotech Bhd
delayed in view of the sizeable proportion of already slowed in recent weeks. multiple policy rate cuts. yesterday clarified that it has not appointed
loans under relief, according to RAM Ratings. any party as distributor for the distribution of
“Not all relief loans will turn problematic as NIMs have since staged a strong recovery the Covid-19 Sinopharm vaccine in Malaysia.
With the reintroduction of the six-month we believe some borrowers took the payment (Q2’21: 2.33%; Q2’20: 1.83%), but the q-o-q The group said it will adhere to any applicable
blanket loan repayment moratorium for all holiday as a precaution. This is evident from improvement was modest (+2bps) as most SOPs as may be issued by the government of
retail, microenterprise and affected SME the high percentage of relief loans with no deposits had already been repriced lower by Malaysia in relation to supply of the Covid-19
borrowers, it said impaired loans will continue arrears or held by the T20 income group, as Q1’21. The system’s NIM is envisaged to hover Sinopharm vaccine to the private sector. On
to be suppressed for the rest of the year and shared by some banks,” Wong said in a at the current level in the coming quarters and Tuesday, Bintai Kinden Corp Bhd subsidiary
even in the first half of 2022 (H1’22). statement yesterday in conjunction with the may even see slight compression. We expect Bintai Healthcare Sdn Bhd announced that it
publication of the rating agency’s Banking banks to book some modification losses in entered into a business collaboration
The latest regulatory support measure – on Quarterly Roundup Q2’21. Q3’21 on account of the recent moratorium, agreement with NGT Solutions (M) Sdn Bhd,
an opt-in basis but automatically approved – but the quantum will be significantly lower an appointed healthcare organiser of
came into effect in July following a rise in “The system’s underlying asset quality than last year’s. Duopharma Biotech, to jointly distribute
infections and stricter lockdowns which however will only become clearer after Sinopharm’s Covilo Covid-19 vaccine to the
resulted in major disruptions to business forbearance measures are phased out, with “In Q2’21, the average credit cost ratio private sector in Malaysia.
activity. Targeted relief programmes offered by bad loans likely to peak in late 2022 or early (annualised) of the eight banks moderated q-o-
banks were already available prior to this. 2023. As at end-July 2021, the banking q to 52bps from 61bps. We however, maintain PROTON EXPECTS TO END 2021
industry’s gross impaired loan ratio stood at a our full-year projection of 60-70bps (2020: 84 WITH STRONG SALES RECOVERY
Based on data obtained during the recent still-low 1.67%,” she added. bps) as we foresee that banks will continue or
bank results briefings, the average proportion step up efforts to build up provision reserves as KUALA LUMPUR: Proton Holdings Bhd is set
of domestic loans under relief or restructuring It also noted that all eight banks posted a the protracted lockdown has dampened nascent to finish 2021 strongly with the resumption of
and rescheduling programmes doubled to higher year-on-year pre-tax profit in Q2’21, economic recovery. Despite heightened production, sales and export activities, which
about 26% (ranging from 22% to 32% for largely due to a low base effect, but uncertainties, profit performance for the full year is expected to contribute towards increased
individual banks) from the previous quarter performance was mixed on a quarter-on- is expected to be better than previous year’s, sales volume beginning this month. In a
for eight selected banking groups. quarter (q-o-q) basis. Results for the previous driven by NIM recovery and to a lesser extent, statement yesterday, the national carmaker
corresponding period were marred by a sharp lower provisioning charges,” Wong added. said it achieved a total sales volume of 5,354
RAM’s co-head of financial institution squeeze in net interest margins (NIMs) units from June to August 2021, comprising a
ratings Wong Yin Ching said this figure may mix of online registrations and exports. As at
end-August, the total sales volume was
M’sia to increase efforts to address semiconductor backlog orders 62,637 units, an increase of 1.6% compared to
the same period in 2020. – Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is doing its best involving fabrication factories in Japan, the the pressure in meeting customers’ orders.
to reduce the backlog of orders in the US and Taiwan, as well as the Suez Canal According to the survey, 16 companies AIRASIA: COST CONTAINMENT
semiconductor industry due to the disruption incident in March this year when container PAYING OFF AS LOSSES NARROW
of operations in the past 12 months, following ship Ever Given was horizontally wedged and said they would invest over RM4 billion in
the imposition of lockdowns to curb the obstructed the traffic flow at one of the busiest capital expenditure over the next two years, PETALING JAYA: AirAsia Group Bhd saw its net
Covid-19 pandemic. trade routes in the world for almost a week. expand their built-up area by 3.4 million sq ft, loss for the second quarter ended June 30,
and create about 4,600 new jobs. 2021 narrowing by 41.6% to RM580.06 million
The lockdowns saw many factories in Malaysia Semiconductor Industry from RM992.89 million reported in the same
Malaysia and other countries suspending Association president Datuk Seri Wong Siew Meanwhile, industry research revealed quarter of the previous year on the back of
their operations or operating in limited Hai said as Malaysia plays a significant role in that global demand for ICs is projected to cost-containment measures. Revenue for the
capacities. the global semiconductor supply chain, it is increase by 20% this year and a further 10% in quarter more than doubled to RM370.61
critical to expand the sector’s capacity in light 2022. million against RM142.09 million reported
The shortages – mainly involving integrated of the severe global shortage of ICs. previously. For the first half of the year, its net
circuits (ICs) components – were also Malaysia is one of the top 10 countries in loss stood at RM1.35 billion against a net profit
compounded by developments around the He noted that the government has allowed the semiconductor industry, accounting for of RM1.8 billion reported in the corresponding
world over time that had restricted supply factories to resume operations at 100% about 7% of the global semiconductor trade period of the previous year. Revenue came in
flows. capacity after 80% of the employees have been and about 13% of the global capacity in terms at RM686.82 million, a 72.3% decline from
fully vaccinated, which helped to ease some of of back-end assembly test and packaging. – RM2.49 billion reported previously.
This includes fire and drought incidents Bernama

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STANDARD CHARTEREDBRIEFS PayPal’s Japan deal heats up
SEES BITCOIN HITTING ‘buy now pay later’ race
US$100,000 BY EARLY 2022
o USpaymentscompany more than tripled over the last 10 years to some instalments, bypassing credit checks.
LONDON: A new cryptocurrency to acquire Paidy for US$2.7b US$200 billion, but more than two-thirds of all Paypal, already considered a leader in the
research team at Standard Chartered purchases are still paid for in cash, PayPal said
(StanChart) has predicted bitcoin will SINGAPORE/TOKYO: US payments giant in an investor presentation. BNPL market, also entered Australia last year,
double in value and hit US$100,000 PayPal Holdings Inc said it would acquire raising the stakes for smaller companies such as
(RM415,730) by early next year and that Japanese buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Paidy Paidy, with more than six million registered Sezzle Inc.
it could be worth as much as in a US$2.7 billion (RM11.22 billion) largely cash users, offers payment services that allow
US$175,000 longer-term. The team deal, taking another step to claim the top spot in Japanese shoppers to make purchases online, The US payments firm is among the big
headed by Geoffrey Kendrick who is an industry experiencing a pandemic-led boom. and then pay for them each month at a winners of the pandemic as more people used
also the global head of its emerging convenience store or via bank transfer. its services to shop online and pay bills to avoid
market currency research said in a note The deal tracks rival Square Inc’s agreement stepping out. Businesses, forced to move their
sent to clients on Tuesday that it also last month to buy Australian BNPL success story Japanese consumers have traditionally stores online, also flocked to PayPal, boosting its
“structurally” valued ethereum, the Afterpay Ltd for US$29 billion, which experts favoured cash but that has changed in recent customer base of active accounts to more than
second-most traded crypto asset, at said was likely the beginning of a consolidation years, mostly in the cities, said Eiji Taniguchi a 400 million worldwide.
US$26,000-US$35,000 although to in the sector. senior economist at think tank Japan Research
reach that level bitcoin would have to Institute Ltd. Paidy, whose backers include Soros Capital
be near US$175,000. Bitcoin was at “The acquisition will expand PayPal’s Management, Visa Inc and Japanese trading
US$46,024 in early European trading capabilities, distribution and relevance in the “One of the notable things about Japan’s house Itochu Corp, will continue to operate its
yesterday while ethereum consolidated domestic payments market in Japan, the third BNPL market compared to the United States or existing business and maintain its brand after
losses at US$3,366. – Reuters largest ecommerce market in the world, Europe is that most users clear their outstanding the acquisition. founder and chairman Russell
complementing the company’s existing cross- balance by the end of the month in one Cummer and CEO Riku Sugie will continue to
‘BYTEDANCE IN TALKS border ecommerce business in the country,“ payment. In Japan accumulating debt is more hold their roles in the company.
TO BORROW OVER US$3B’ PayPal said in a statement on Tuesday. frowned on.”
The transaction is expected to close in the
SHANGHAI: ByteDance, the Chinese Buying Paidy will help PayPal expand in a Fuelled by federal stimulus cheques, the fourth quarter, and will be minimally dilutive to
owner of short-video platform TikTok, is country where online shopping volume has BNPL business model has been hugely PayPal’s adjusted earnings per share in 2022.
in talks with Wall Street banks to successful during the pandemic, especially in
borrow more than US$3 billion (RM12.4 western countries. These firms make money by BofA advised PayPal on the deal and
billion) to refinance its debt, according charging merchants a fee to offer small point-of- Goldman Sachs advised Paidy. White & Case was
to two people with the knowledge of sale loans which shoppers repay in interest-free lead legal adviser for PayPal and Cooley LLP and
the matter. The company plans to take Mori Hamada & Matsumoto for Paidy. – Reuters
advantage of currently low interest
rates to repay its debt, one of the Two US private equity Fitch cuts China
people said, adding that terms and the groups are bidding to take Evergrande rating,
loan size are still subject to changes. over Britain’s fourth largest says ‘default of
ByteDance declined to comment. grocer. – REUTERSPIX some kind’ probable
Technology news website The
Information reported that ByteDance US private equity firms’ battle for Britain’s BENGALURU/SHANGHAI: Fitch Ratings cut
and the banks discussed raising US$4 Morrisons set to head for auction the ratings of China Evergrande Group and two
billion to US$5 billion to refinance debt of its subsidiaries yesterday, the latest in a series
and fund overseas expansion. – Reuters LONDON: The US$10 billion (RM41.6 competitive situation” – which would of downgrades targeting the property firm over
billion) takeover battle for British typically be an auction. its struggles to restructure huge debts.
JAPAN UPGRADES Q2 supermarket group Morrisons between two
GDP GROWTH NUMBER US private equity groups looks set to be Morrisons said shareholder meetings to Regulators have warned that Evergrande’s
decided by a rarely used auction process. vote on the CD&R offer would be convened 1.97 trillion yuan (RM1.26 billion) of liabilities
TOKYO: Japan’s economy grew faster for around the week starting Oct 18. It said could spark broader risks to the country’s
than the initially estimated in the April- Morrisons said yesterday it was in talks any auction would take place prior to these financial system if not stabilised.
June quarter, helped by solid capital with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R), shareholder meetings, on a date announced
expenditure, although a resurgence in Fortress Investment Group and Britain’s by the Takeover Panel. Fitch said in a statement that it had
Covid-19 is undermining service-sector takeover regulator about an auction to settle downgraded the long-term foreign-currency
consumption and clouding the its future. Following completion of an auction, issuer default ratings of Evergrande and
outlook. Revised gross domestic Morrisons shareholders would vote on subsidiaries Hengda Real Estate Group Co and
product (GDP) data by the Cabinet Last month, Morrisons agreed a £7 billion either a Fortress or a CD&R offer, depending Tianji Holding Ltd to CC from CCC+. Fitch
Office released yesterday showed the (RM40 billion) offer from CD&R, which has on which offer Morrisons’ board defines a CC rating as indicating “very high
economy grew an annualised 1.9% in former Tesco boss Terry Leahy as a senior recommended. levels” of credit risk.
April-June, beating economists’median adviser. However, the rival consortium led by
forecast for a 1.6% gain and the initial Softbank-owned Fortress could still trump Morrisons said it expected a scheme Fitch also downgraded the senior unsecured
estimate of a 1.3% expansion. The upward that bid. document on CD&R’s offer to be posted to ratings of Evergrande and Tianji, as well as the
revision was caused by better-than- shareholders around Sept 25. rating on Tianji-guaranteed senior unsecured notes
initially-estimated business spending. – The fight for Britain’s fourth-largest issued by Scenery Journey Ltd to C from CCC.
Reuters grocer after Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda, is CD&R’s latest offer is worth 285 pence per
the most high-profile looming takeover amid Morrisons share – a 60% premium to “The downgrade reflects our view that a
India’s edible oil a raft of bids and counter bids, reflecting Morrisons’ share price before takeover default of some kind appears probable. We believe
imports could private equity’s appetite for UK Plc. interest emerged in mid-June. credit risk is high given tight liquidity, declining
fall to six-year low contracted sales, pressure to address delayed
Morrisons said that as neither bidder had Morrisons shares were up 0.5% at 292.7 payments to suppliers and contractors, and
MUMBAI: India’s imports of edible oil declared its offer final, it was talking to both pence at 0745 GMT, indicating investors are limited progress on asset disposals,” Fitch said.
could fall to their lowest in six years, of them and the Takeover Panel about “an hoping for a higher offer.
contracting for a second straight year orderly framework for the resolution of this Fitch said it saw few signs of progress in the
because of the coronavirus outbreak and Fortress said yesterday it “continues to sale of Evergrande’s property management
demand squeezed by record prices, a senior consider its options”. – Reuters business, Evergrande Property Services Group
industry official said yesterday. and its new-energy vehicle business China
Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group Ltd, and
Lower purchases by the world’s biggest cautioned there was “significant execution risk”
importer of vegetable oils could weigh on surrounding their disposal. It said that raised
benchmark Malaysian palm oil, US soyoil the possibility of default on offshore bond
and sunflower oil prices. interest payments.

India’s consumption, which had grown While Evergrande does not have any bonds
every year before the coronavirus outbreak maturing in 2021, Fitch estimated that it faces
hit last year, fell to 21 million tonnes in the bond interest payments of US$129 million in
marketing year that ended last Oct 31, from September alone and US$850 million before the
22.5 million a year ago, the official said. end of the year.

Demand is unlikely to recover in the In the latest indication of the company’s
current 2020/21 marketing year because of funding challenges, financial information
record high prices, said BV Mehta, the provider REDD reported yesterday that the
executive director of the Solvent Extractors’ company would suspend interest payments due
Association of India. on loans to two banks on Sept 21, citing sources
briefed by banks.
India’s edible oil imports in 2020/21
could fall to 13.1 million tonnes, the lowest The company has delayed payments to
in six years, from last year’s figure of 13.2 several trust firms and may suspend all
million, he told an online conference. payments on its wealth management products
starting yesterday, REDD reported.
Imports meet nearly two-thirds of India’s
demand, he said, with palm oil coming Evergrande did not immediately respond to
mainly from Indonesia and Malaysia, while a Reuters request for comment. – Reuters
other oils, such as soy and sunflower, come
from Argentina, Brazil, Ukraine and Russia.

But imports of palm this marketing year
could rise 8% on the year to 7.8 million tonnes,
he said, as India allowed imports of refined
palm oil and cut import tax on the crude
variety to lower domestic prices, which have
nearly doubled in the past year. – Reuters

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Virat’s captaincy gets thumbs up

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14 theSUN ON THURSDAY | SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
SPORTS

Daniil in New York state of mind
Medvedev reaches third straight US Open semifinal
WORLD NO. 2 Daniil Medvedev
dropped his first set at this year’s arriving in New York. wrapped up in a brisk 22 minutes, but struggled today he was still able to come back.
US Open but eventually overcame But the 2019 runner-up, who fired down 13 in the third set, making 13 unforced errors, and “In the fourth set, anything could happen. It
Dutchman Botic van de van de Zandschulp pounced.
Zandschulp 6-3, 6-0, 4-6, 7-5 to reach his third aces in the match, came roaring back in the was an amazing level from him in the third and
straight semifinal at Flushing Meadows fourth set, winning all but two of his first-serve “First two sets were kind of under control. He fourth sets.
yesterday. points and never facing a break point. was missing some balls, some important
points,” said Medvedev. “If he continues to play like this,” said
Van de Zandschulp had enjoyed a Van de Zandschulp fended off match point Medvedev, “he’s going to be, let’s say, Top 30,
remarkable run, taking down 11th seed Diego in the 10th game, holding his serve to wild “Then third and fourth set was really tough. Top 50.”
Schwartzman to reach his first Grand Slam applause from a rowdy New York crowd, but He played top level, served really big.
quarterfinal, where he fired off 20 forehand Medvedev responded with a quick hold and a Medvedev, who lost in the semifinals a year
winners and was the first player here to take break, helped by a double fault from the “Was breaking the rhythm a little bit, so was ago to eventual winner Dominic Thiem, is one
Medvedev past the two-hour mark. Dutchman. really tough set. I’m really happy that in the of the main candidates aiming to thwart world
fourth I managed to, first of all, hold my serve number one Novak Djokovic’s bid for a
The Dutch qualifier outlasted the Russian in The match was the first real challenge of the really easily and managed to break him in the calendar Grand Slam – though he is not
a 20-shot rally and then converted on break tournament for Medvedev, who looked on track end where I had few opportunities to do before thinking about facing the 20-times major
point in the fifth game of the third set before to flatten yet another competitor at the start also. winner just yet.
taking it on Arthur Ashe Stadium, the first sign after getting up two breaks through the first five
of weakness Medvedev had shown since games. “It’s an amazing run, coming from qualies to “I don’t think about him, because as we saw,
make quarters,” Medvedev of Van de anybody can beat anybody. If he’s in the final,
The Australian Open runner-up never faced Zandschulp. and if I’m there, I’m happy,” said Medvedev.
a break point in the second set, which he He’s also happy, I guess.” – Reuters
“He played so many tough matches, and
TRAMLINES
Fernandez rides Aryna Sabalenka of Del Potro targets 2022 comeback
wave of support at Belarus hits to Barbora
Flushing Meadows Krejcikova of Czech JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO said yesterday
Republic (unseen) on he hopes to return to competitive action
AFTER the Covid-19 pandemic left the stands day nine of the 2021 in 2022 after being sidelined for over two
empty last year, the US Open has welcomed US Open tennis years with numerous knee injuries. The
tennis-starved fans back to Flushing Meadows tournament at USTA 2009 US Open champion has undergone
and Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez has Billie Jean King three knee operations, the most recent of
ridden a wave of support all the way to the National Tennis Centre. which was in March, since sustaining an
semifinals. – USA TODAY Sports injury at the Shanghai Masters in 2018.
Argentine Del Potro, 32, said he was
Harnessing the energy generated by New Sabalenka makes quick optimistic about a comeback despite the
York’s raucous fans, Fernandez has knocked out work of Krejcikova multiple setbacks. “I love the challenge. It
a string of big names, including former could be a tennis challenge or a different
champions Naomi Osaka and Angelique WORLD NO. 2 Aryna Sabalenka bulldozed her Playing in the US Open main draw for the challenge in life, and this is the toughest
Kerber. way past Barbora Krejcikova 6-1, 6-4 yesterday to first time after five failed attempts to qualify, match of my career because I cannot deal
reach the US Open semifinal for the first time. Krejcikova said her “tank is empty” after arriving with this kind of injury, this kind of pain
Yesterday it was fifth seed Elina Svitolina’s in New York on the heels of a jam-packed that I’ve had, but I’m still trying,” he told
turn to be sent packing by the 19-year-old’s Sabalenka had three double faults in the first schedule. ESPN. “I believe in myself that this is going
racquet, Fernandez winning a quarterfinal nail game at Arthur Ashe Stadium but still managed to be in the past, for sure. I think it’s also a
biter 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(5) on the sport’s biggest to hold serve, then came back in the second “At some point for sure I’ve got to stop, I’ve message to young kids, all players, and
stage, Arthur Ashe Stadium. game to break a listless Krejcikova, who had just got to rest. It’s really hard to say right now people around the world that they never
five winners in the first set and struggled badly because there are just still so many tournaments have to give up in following a dream, and
“Thanks to you guys, to the crowd, to the with her serve. coming up. I have to find a good schedule,” she that’s what I’m doing.”
New York crowd, cheering me on, fighting for said.
me and never giving up for me,” she said. Krejcikova, who captured her maiden major Bad omen for Americans
“Thanks to you, I was able to push through at Roland Garros this year, saw her serve broken “Right now I didn’t know that the situation is
today.” at the start of the second set and while she got a going to be like this, that I’m going to be sitting AS Novak Djokovic slammed the door
bit of her spark back as the match went on it here, be a top-10 player, have a chance to be in shut on American wildcard Jenson
After a year without spectators, players have was too little, too late. one of the main rooms.” Brooksby on Monday, it also left the host
said crowds have seemed louder and more nation without a player in the
engaged. Belarusian Sabalenka, who reached the Dissatisfied with elements of her quarterfinals for the first time since the
semifinal at Wimbledon, won eight of the first 10 performance, Sabalenka, who won the Madrid inaugural tournament 140 years ago.
While at Wimbledon you can hear a pin points in the second set and did not face a Open in May, hit the practice courts after her American players have won 85 men’s and
drop on centre court, a constant buzz provides single break point after fending off five of the six match before facing the media. 92 women’s singles titles at the
the background soundtrack on Arthur Ashe she faced in the first set. tournament, which was first held in 1881
and the crowd is never shy about expressing “I needed extra balls kind of a little bit to as the US National Championship. Three
their feelings. She closed out the match after one hour and move, a little bit to feel my legs, to feel the US men, including 22nd seed Reilly
26 minutes with an ace and beamed at the move, to feel the court,” she said. “Also my serve Opelka, and one woman reached the
For Fernandez, tapping into the crowd is cheering New York crowd. was really, I wouldn’t say terrible, but was really fourth round of this year’s hardcourt
something she says she has worked hard at, yet bad today. I was trying to find the rhythm.” – major but all four were defeated. “We have
it seems so instinctive. “I’m really enjoying my game here and every Reuters I think 14 or 15 Americans in the top 100,
second on this court,” said Sabalenka so we’ve got a huge group of guys there.
The 19-year-old’s natural enthusiasm We just don’t have the world beaters,”
combined with a fearlessness and attacking Opelka, who lost to unseeded South
style have made her a Flushing Meadows African Lloyd Harris on Monday, told
darling. reporters. “I don’t think we will have a
(Pete) Sampras, (Andre) Agassi era of just
“Over the years I’ve been learning how to dominance like that again.”
use the crowd’s energy, how to use it to my
advantage even though they’re cheering Andreescu holds head high
against me, to use it,” said Fernandez.
BIANCA ANDREESCU saw her US Open
“From a very young age I think it’s winning streak snapped by Maria Sakkari
something from inside of me because from a in a brutal three-and-a-half hour
very young age I’ve always wanted to be on encounter but while the 2019 champion
the first court playing in front of parents. rued her failure to sew up the match she
was satisfied she left everything on the
“Even though they’re not watching, I court. The absorbing fourth-round contest
wanted to be in the first court. at the Arthur Ashe Stadium captivated the
crowd in New York until 2.13am (local
“Even in school, apart from presentations in time) when the Greek sealed the 6-7(2), 7-
front of the class that I hated, but when I had 6(6), 6-3 victory. “I wish I could have
to… do a mini play, sing, dance, I would go out finished it in two sets, because I had my
there, have fun.” – Reuters opportunities, but tennis is just like that
sometimes,” Andreescu said. “I take
Auger-Aliassime gets free ride into last four everything from this tournament and I
just look at it, like, ‘Wow, I really fought
FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME moved into the US like this,” said Alcaraz. “I had no choice to still not seeing things.” through that. That was crazy.’ I was
Open semifinals yesterday when Spanish playing. Auger-Aliassime becomes the first Canadian cramping from the start of the third set,
teenager Carlos Alcaraz retired due to an and I just kept fighting, and for me that’s
abductor injury while trailing 6-3, 3-1. “First of all I have to take care of my body. I man to reach the US Open semifinals where he all that matters.”
didn’t feel good to still playing, so I had to retire.” will take on second seeded Daniil Medvedev of
The 18-year-old Spaniard showed no signs of Russia.
distress as Auger-Aliassime took the opening set Coming off gruelling back-to-back five-set
but after the Canadian broke to open the second matches, including a third-round win over The 21-year-old joins compatriot Leylah
Alcaraz slumped. Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alcaraz stepped onto the court Fernandez, who booked her spot in the women’s
with both legs heavily strapped and seemed to last four earlier in the day by beating Elina
During the first changeover of the second set, lack the power and energy that had carried him to Svitolina.
Alcaraz called for the physiotherapist but did not the quarterfinals.
receive any treatment. A game later, however, the “It’s great for Canada,” said Auger-Aliassime. “I
Spaniard turned and indicated he could not go “I didn’t see it coming. It’s unfortunate to finish never thought a day like this would come.
on. like this,” said Auger-Aliassime. “I didn’t really see
anything. “Both a little girl and a little boy from Montreal,
“It’s really tough to end a great tournament both at the same time in the semifinals of the US
“Either I was too focused on my game or I’m Open. It’s special.” – Reuters

SIDENETTING Jude no longer 15theSUN ON THURSDAY | SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Pique says Pep relationship‘changed’ the obscure SPORTS
after dating Shakira Klopp makes Bellingham
Liverpool’s top transfer target Southgate
GERARD PIQUE has said his relationship with Pep hits back at
Guardiola during their time together at Barcelona changed JURGEN KLOPP has made Borussia international break with a game against contract talk
when he started dating Shakira. Guardiola took over the Dortmund midfielder Jude Bellingham Leeds United away on Sunday.
managerial role of the Catalan club he’d previously played his top transfer target for next summer, Bellingham has also hinted at a possible GARETH SOUTHGATE has put talks about a
for in 2008 and made Pique one of his first signings. The according to reports. transfer to the red side of Merseyside. new contract on hold until the end of the
centreback was a graduate of the La Masia academy but But Liverpool will have to break the Now a regular with England, the autumn claiming the players won’t care
had left the club to join Manchester United four years prior. club’s transfer record to secure the youngster may be ready to take the next who is manager after the next World Cup.
In an interview with comedy programme La Sotana, via youngster’s signature, it is claimed. step in his career with a move to the
Spanish sports daily Marca, he said: “We reached an Premier League and his recent comments FA chief executive Mark Bullingham has
important point of tension with him, and with the dressing And Bellingham, who joined the on an England YouTube video have sparked made no secret of the organisation’s desire
room in general. The rivalry with Jose Mourinho was very German club from Birmingham City last Liverpool fans into frenzy. to extend his current contract which runs
exhausting. Pep wanted absolute control of everything that summer, is likely to be tempted by a return The Dortmund midfielder is a huge until the tournament in Qatar in December
happened. I started dating Shakira and the relationship to England despite his success in the admirer of Reds legend Steven Gerrard and 2022.
with him changes; I had a lot of pressure. I felt that in Bundesliga. when questioned as to who he’d like to
training I had to do everything perfect. If there was a swap shirts the teenager had to go with his After reaching the semifinals in the 2018
moment in which I thought about leaving Barca, it was that The 18-year-old has been a revelation at boyhood idol. World Cup and the 2019 UEFA Nations
season. “ Dortmund, already racking up 32 “Stevie G, easily to be fair. In fact, no it is League, this summer’s Euro 2020 final
Bundesliga appearances and excelling in not easy, I think him or Rooney definitely appearance has heightened that desire.
Bale not in favour of biennial World Cup the club’s Champions League campaign close,” said Bellingham when questioned.
last season. “But I think I would go Gerrard, though. Southgate, though, was cagey when it
WALES captain Gareth Bale said he is not in favour of a FIFA The No. 8, similar position to me, so yeah, I was suggested that ongoing uncertainty
proposal to hold the World Cup every two years. The 2022 And Liverpool, who lost key central would probably go with him.” about his future may cause a distraction
World Cup in Qatar could be the 32-year-old’s last midfielder Gini Wijnaldum to Paris Saint- This isn’t the first time Bellingham has among the England squad.
opportunity to play in the tournament but the winger said Germain this summer, see Bellingham as shown his appreciation of
making the competition a biennial event would diminish the perfect signing. Liverpool and Gerrard in “I wouldn’t think the players could care
its appeal. “I like the tradition of every four years. It has that particular. less!” he said. “They aren’t bothered who the
prestige, like the Olympics where it comes around every The Daily Star report that Klopp has In May the teenager manager is at club or country.
four years. It feels that little bit more special because it’s not made Bellingham his top transfer target retweeted a
happening too often,” Bale said. “It does make it that bit for next summer and wants the compilation video of “One comes; one goes. The next one is
more prestigious… I don’t really like that every two years club to launch a move that the former England appointed and they get on with it. So, no,
because it loses that bit of history.” Manchester City’s chief could require a club-record international, showing it’s not a distraction in any way shape or
executive Ferran Soriano said the football calendar was fee. a highlights reel from form.
already overwhelmed. “There is no space for anything,” he his sensational career.
said. “No room at all. The players cannot play more games.” Liverpool’s relative lack But the admiration “I’ve got 14 months and if you can get
of transfer activity in the is not a one-way street; through 14 weeks as a manager you have
Portugal cruise past Azerbaijan summer has been criticised current Reds captain done well so it really isn’t an issue.
by fans, after centreback Jordan Henderson
PORTUGAL eased to a 3-0 victory in a World Cup qualifier Ibrahima Konate was the believes his England “I enjoy working with the team and I
against Azerbaijan yesterday that sent them top of Group only significant arrival. team-mate has what it would imagine that we won’t even discuss
A, but they are still short of automatic qualification. The takes to go all the way: that until after the autumn now.”
Portuguese did not need the absent Cristiano Ronaldo, But reports of interest in a “He’s a fantastic player,”
who was suspended, as Bernardo Silva opened the scoring long-term midfield solution said Henderson following Southgate is a firm believer that England
on 26 minutes before Andre Silva added a second five such as Bellingham will be England’s 4-0 thrashing of Andorra. managerial changes should ideally occur
minutes later. Liverpool forward Diogo Jota completed the encouraging to Liverpool “Even at such a young age he shows after major tournaments and has made no
job with a second half header. fans. fantastic maturity on and off the field. secret of his desire to return to club
management at some point of his career.
Ireland rescue late draw Jurgen Klopp’s
side return He believes his stint in the Premier
SERBIA’S bid to qualify for the World Cup suffered a blow to action League with Middlesbrough in 2006 came
as Nikola Milenkovic’s late own goal and a superb display after too early on his managerial learning curve
from teenage goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu gave the Republic the for him to have been able to make the most
of Ireland a 1-1 draw yestersday. Lazio midfielder Sergej of it.
Milinkovic-Savic put Serbia ahead in the first half in Dublin. You can see how hungry he is to be a top
But Dragan Stojkovic’s side were unable to capitalise on player and has all the attributes to do With the Qatar World Cup coming mid-
their territorial dominance due to 10 saves from Bazunu, a that. season for most of the European leagues, it
19-year-old currently on loan at Portsmouth from “I don’t want to could be a period of unprecedented
Manchester City. The Serbs paid the price in the 86th praise him too transition in club football and, at 51, it could
minute when Milenkovic deflected Milinkovic-Savic’s much and be the perfect time for him to prove himself
clearance into his own net. They sit two points behind put in the domestic game. – Express
Group A leaders Portugal with three games to play for both Newspapers
teams. “We had a tough night defensively but my job is to Bellingham too
be there and make saves,” Bazunu said. “It gives me more much Scotland beat
fire to push onto the next level. It’s just a point but we pressure on him but Austria to revive
continue to show as a group how we’re developing. he has a very good head World Cup dream
on his shoulders, I’m told
RESULTS he has good people around SCOTLAND manager Steve Clarke
him and a good family, and you rounded on his side’s critics after beating
FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS can see that is an important part Austria 1-0 in Vienna to revive their hopes
EUROPE of him. I think he will be a top of reaching a first World Cup since 1998.
Group A: Azerbaijan 0 Portugal 3 (B Silva 26, A Valente player going forward.” – Express
Silva 31, Jota 75), Republic of Ireland 1 (Milenkovic 86-OG) Newspapers Clarke’s men bowed out at the group
Serbia 1 (Milinkovic-Savic 20). stage in their first major tournament for 23
Group D: Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 (Pjanic 74, Menalo Mane on target as African giants years at Euro 2020 and the manager was
85), Kazakhstan 2 (Kuat 51, Zainutdinov 90+5), France 2 make move for Qatar 2022 also heavily criticised for a limp
(Griezmann 25, 53) Finland 0. performance in losing 2-0 to Denmark last
Group F: Austria 0 Scotland 1 (Dykes 30), Denmark 5 LIVERPOOL star Sadio Mane was among Boulaye Dia gave Senegal a lead week.
(Poulsen 28, Kjaer 31, Olsen 41, Delaney 57, Cornelius 90+1) the goals for Senegal who, along with cancelled by a Silvere Ganvoula penalty in
Israel 0, Faroe Islands 2 (Olsen 68, Vatnsdal 71) Moldova Nigeria and Tunisia, took significant steps first half added time before Watford forward Automatic qualification for Qatar next
1 (Milinceanu 84). yesterday toward qualifying for the 2022 Ismaila Sarr nudged the visitors ahead again year still looks to be too big an ask with
Group G: Montenegro 0 Latvia 0, Netherlands 6 World Cup in Qatar. and Mane put the result beyond doubt. the Danes romping away at the top of
(Klaassen 1, Depay 16, 38-PEN, 54, Til 80, Malen 90 Turkey 1 Group F of European qualifying with a
(Ünder 90+2), Norway 5 (Thorstvedt 23, Haaland 27, 39, All three nations are seeded first in mini- Ahmed Musa made his 100th seven-point lead thanks to a 100 percent
90+1, Sørloth 59) Gibraltar 1 (Styche 43). leagues and have a maximum six points appearance for Nigeria, who overcame the record.
Group H: Croatia 3 (Livaja 33, Pasalic 66, Vlasic 90+4) after two rounds having started with home handicap of lacking seven players because
Slovenia 0, Russia 2 (Smolov 10, Bakaev 84) Malta 0, victories over the lowest-ranked sides of British coronavirus travel restrictions to But Scotland are now best-placed to
Slovakia 2 (Schranz 54, Koscelnik 77) Cyprus 0. before winning away to the second seeds. defeat Cape Verde 2-1 in Mindelo. reach the playoffs as they edged a point
AFRICA ahead of Israel, who visit Glasgow next
Group A: Burkina Faso 1 Algeria 1. Another of the 10 four-team groups is Among the absentees was Leicester City month, and four clear of Austria with four
Group B: Zambia 0 Tunisia 2, Equatorial Guinea 1 led by lowly Tanzania, who scored off a star Kelechi Iheanacho, whose two goals games to play.
Mauritania 0. penalty awarded after just five seconds got the Super Eagles off to a winning start
Group C: Cape Verde 1 Nigeria 2. when defeating Madagascar. in Group C four days ago against Liberia. “Some people in this country (Scotland)
Group D: Malawi 1 Mozambique 0. don’t believe in this group of players, but I
Group F: Angola 0 Libya 1. Reigning African Footballer of the Year Early and late goals sealed a 2-0 triumph do,” Clarke told Sky Sports. “I love my
Group G: Ethiopia 1 Zimbabwe 0. Mane shrugged off being yellow-carded in for Tunisia over Zambia in Ndola, giving the players. We’re a good team.
Group H: Congo 1 Senegal 3. Congo Brazzaville to complete a 3-1 victory north Africans an early three-point
Group I: Sudan 2 Guinea-Bissau 4. by converting an 87th-minute penalty. advantage in Group B. – AFP “We’ve got a great squad of players and
Group J: Tanzania 3 Madagascar 2. everyone involved wants to do well for the
country. We want to get the credit we
deserve.”

Unlike Scotland, Austria reached the
last 16 at Euro 2020 but a third defeat in six
qualifiers for Qatar has put manager
Franco Foda’s position back under
pressure.

Foda’s men were thrashed 5-2 by Israel
on Saturday and are now realistically
relying on a playoff place via their
performance in the Nations League for a
second shot at reaching the World Cup. –
AFP

THURSDAY • SEPTEMBER 9, 2021 QUOTE OF THE DAY

Griez I want to take a moment to welcome
George Russell to the team… He is a
great example to all the kids out there that
dreams do come true when you chase them
wholeheartedly. Through hard work he has rightly
earned his spot on our team.”

Lewis Hamilton

lightning

France back on winning track as Oranje run riot in Amsterdam
ANTOINE GRIEZMANN’S double gave
France a 2-0 victory over Finland in their technical quality,” said the France coach, Didier fantastic group, and I’m saying that again now. moments. But we should actually try and keep a
2022 World Cup qualifier yesterday and Deschamps. “They boys have lasted the whole game, which high level, and I’m talking about myself here
ended a run of five games without a win again.
for the World Cup holders. “We did not do everything well but we have is not normal. The first goal was college football. “Everyone might think I’m just jubilant now
rediscovered our confidence. This puts our fate in We haven’t worked on that in training, it just after the hattrick. I’m happy, yes, but I expect more
The 30-year-old Atletico Madrid striker’s brace our hands and we must finish the job in comes out. from myself.”
took him level with Michel Platini on 41 goals for November.” Depay is now joint eighth on Oranje’s all-time
his country – 10 behind all-time leader Thierry “I’m dealing with a very happy group. I have top-scorers list, level with Johan Cruyff and Abe
Henry and five short of Olivier Giroud. Meanwhile in Group A, Memphis Depay passed the first threshold and I’m very happy with Lenstra with 33 goals in 71 caps.
scored a hattrick as the Netherlands ran out 6-1 it. From now on it will only get better. We were too “Cruyff and Lenstra are legends,” Depay told
“I am very happy with my performance and winners over 10-man Turkey at the Amsterdam careless in possession.” NOS. “They have meant so much to the Dutch
immensely proud to have equalled Michel Arena. national team and put our football on the
Platini,” Griezmann told TF1. And despite his hattrick, Depay was critical of map. You can’t compare anyone with
It was the first international treble for the 27- his own performance and was not satisfied with that.” –
“This evening we were strong as we really year-old striker as the Dutch posted an emphatic his overall play. AFP/Reuters/
needed this win after five draws, and we managed victory for the second time in four days to reach 13 Agencies
it in a nice manner.” points from six games and take over from Turkey “We were often sloppy, especially me,”
at the head of the section. he said, adding that he had lost
Victory will go some way to putting to bed the possession the first three times he had
lingering memories of France’s traumatic loss on Davy Klaassen scored in the opening minute in the ball.
a dream start for the home side, who had lost 4-2
penalties to Switzerland in the last 16 at to Turkey in Istanbul in March at the start of the “But if we start like we did, we
this summer’s Euro 2020. qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 finals, before Depay make it easy on ourselves. After
The three points saw added three more, including a penalty. going two-up, we expanded our
France extend their lead at game and then
the top of Group D to seven Guus Til scored the fifth 10 minutes from time you can afford
points over the Finns, who and Donyell Malen added a sixth in stoppage time those
have two games in hand. before a consolation goal for Cengiz Under. sloppy
“Even it was not
perfect we showed Oranje have won two and drawn one of their
determination and three games since Louis van Gaal replaced Frank
with that came de Boer, scoring 11 goals in the process, yet van
some more Gaal can see room for improvement.

“If you win 6-1, you can expect a lap of
honour,” he told NOS. “This is what I

signed up for, for the competition.
“I projected my vision onto the

players. I did a lot of what the
players wanted. I said after the
Norway and Montenegro

games that it was a

France’s Antoine Griezmann
(2nd left) is congratulated by
teammates Anthony Martial
(left) and Leo Dubois (2nd
right) as he celebrates after
scoring his team’s second goal
during the FIFA World Cup
Qatar 2022 Group D
qualification match against
Finland at the Groupama
stadium in Decines-Charpieu
near Lyon. – AFPPIX

Premier League clubs banned from playing Brazilian players

PREMIER LEAGUE clubs will contest FIFA’s Burnley on Tuesday due to enjoying a strong was out of their control. appear to be most affected by the World Cup
enforcing of Brazil’s request to bar their relationship with the club. Chile, Mexico and Paraguay have also qualifiers.
internationals from featuring for a period of five
days, which would impact top-flight and The Merseysiders allowed Richarlison to play in requested that FIFA apply these restrictions, which The London club is facing the prospect of
Champions League fixtures. the Olympics in Tokyo, which helped Brazil land a would affect Watford’s ability to use Francisco going into Saturday’s clash at Crystal Palace
gold medal. Sierralta and Blackburn Rovers’ Ben Brereton. without seven members of their first-team squad.
Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City,
Chelsea and Leeds United believe there is no basis That has only infuriated the affected parties Wolves would be without Raul Jimenez and No less than four Spurs players have suffered
for such action given the extraordinary further. Liverpool will be without Alisson, Fabinho Miguel Almiron wouldn’t be able to feature for injury scares during the international break,
circumstances around Covid restrictions which and the injured Roberto Firmino, against Leeds on Newcastle. excluding the three that travelled to South
prevented players from being able to travel and Sunday. Their opponents cannot select Raphinha. America against the club’s wishes.
report for national team duty. The current state of play, described by one
Manchester City won’t be able to count on source as “chaos everyone could do without” Spurs boss Nuno Espirito Santo has been left
The situation affects eight players across the Ederson or Gabriel Jesus against Leicester City on materialised after English teams, together with the sweating on the fitness of Ryan Sessegnon and
period of September 10 to 14, which is when Saturday. European Club Association, said there would be Oliver Skipp, who both suffered setbacks while on
automatic restrictions will apply under FIFA’s no release of players for September’s qualifiers. duty for England U-21’s.
regulations. Thiago Silva will have to sit out Chelsea’s
games against Aston Villa and Zenit St Petersburg This was unless authorities could avert the Meanwhile, Son Heung-Min missed South
The Independent understands the governing while Fred will miss United’s clash with Newcastle need for players to quarantine for 10 days in a Korea’s World Cup qualifying win over Lebanon
body has not willingly opted into this action, but and the Champions League away tie at Young hotel upon their return to the UK. FIFA yesterday after sustaining a calf injury.
have been forced by an association demanding it Boys. unsuccessfully tried to lobby the government for
be invoked. such an exception. “Heung-min felt uncomfortable in his right calf
The clubs are working in tandem to find a after training on Monday, and as a result of the
Brazil, particularly having seen Argentina field solution with the Premier League, Brazil, the FA This ultimately means that blocking the players test, he was excluded in order to protect the
Premier League players, are furious that they were and FIFAa. from featuring would be penalising them and player,” the KFA said in a statement.
denied their talent for World Cup qualifiers. their clubs for doing the right thing by following
The Independent have been told that sanctions England’s health advice on travel to red-list The final player to suffer an injury setback in
They have waived their right to ask for are “possible” rather than definitive and that the countries. the Spurs squad is Steven Bergwijn, who limped
Richarlison to be excluded for Everton’s game with ideal outcome will be resolved soon with the off in the 6-1 win over Turkey yesterday. – The
players not being punished for something that To add insult to injury, Tottenham Hotspur Independent/Express Newspapers

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