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TELLING IT AS IT IS Fresh calls for Smooth gliding for
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The popular Ramadan fare is sold at RM30 per
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Suffering in silence
█ BY AZMAN UJANG
[email protected] oNo redress for house buyers
affected by abandoned projects
PETALING JAYA: With so while errant developers go scot-free
many abandoned housing
projects, the National House abandoned,” he told theSun. “One of the greatest
Buyers Association (HBA) is Chang said even the best injustices is to end up being a
baffled over why there has not been victim of an abandoned
a single case of delinquent legislation to counter a particular housing project. It is a
developers being prosecuted under situation in the country would traumatic experience having to
laws criminalising such practice. remain as an “ornamental piece”, endure a situation where you
unless strict enforcement was place your entire savings to own
HBA secretary-general Datuk carried out against offenders to instil a home, only to discover the
Chang Kim Loong said under respect for the law and fear of the house never gets completed and
Section 18A of Housing penalties. worse, you still have to service the
Development (Control and bank loan.
Licensing) Act 1966 that was “The Local Government and “It should be pointed out that
amended in 2015, any licensed Housing Ministry is the guardian of these statistics do not include
housing developer who abandons or the housing legislation that was those not declared by the ministry,
causes to be abandoned, a housing passed by Parliament. Yet, how do which are still left idle under the
development or any phase of a you account for the surmounting categories of ‘sick projects’, they are
housing development, shall be guilty problematic housing projects? nearly three-fold the figures of
of an offence and upon conviction, abandoned ones,” Chang
shall be liable to a fine of between “It is not that the ministry does said, adding that the
RM250,000 and RM500,000, or not have the laws. It’s the sheer lack dilemma faced by Turn to
imprisonment of up to three years, and lax enforcement,” he said. victims of failed housing
or both. projects is a widespread —
HBA, which is a non-political,
“A total of 198 abandoned private non-profit organisation manned by page 3
housing projects were recorded in volunteers, has been at the forefront
Peninsular Malaysia, some as old as of championing the interests of national issue.
1997. These statistics do not even house buyers.
include projects by the government
or their agencies that have been

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Media guests get UiTM: Platforms in place
feel of Perak to address problems
tourism products
o Varsity issues statement on support strategies in enforcement levels.”
TELUK INTAN: A total of 19 media aftermathof lecturerberatingB40studentincident He said UiTM has a Code of Values and
members from print, electronic and new
media agencies participated in a four-day █ BY SURAYA ALI non-academic matters.” Ethics, requiring all staff and students to
Ekspresi Cuti-Cuti Malaysia: Getaway To [email protected] He said the university has also developed express their views either orally or in writing in
Perak Programme, organised by Tourism SHAH ALAM: A recent incident that went viral a prudent and civilised manner.
Malaysia. on social media involving a Universiti an online complaints system and provided
Teknologi Mara (UiTM) professor berating her guidelines, policies, circulars as well as The spokesman added that there are also
Tourism Malaysia director-general student has raised questions about the kind of instructions for faculties and students to various awareness programmes related to
Datuk Zainuddin Abdul Wahab said the action that institutions of higher learning can ensure that all service management and discipline.
programme, held from March 22, was take against those who flout regulations. academic operations at UiTM run smoothly.
aimed at strengthening cooperation with “Appropriate action will be taken for
the media to promote tourism products by The professor has since been suspended He added that the university also provides misconduct, including uttering words or deeds
focusing on millennials. from teaching duties until an investigation into various programmes such as inclusive that insult or demean students, in accordance
her case is completed. An initial probe by teaching, collaborative teaching, V-Buddy as with the Second Schedule, Rules and
“Through this programme, we wanted to UiTM revealed that the incident in which she well as Student Happiness Apps. Regulations of Statutory Bodies.
promote tourism products and destinations rebuked a B40 student took place last semester.
to the public from different perspectives. “We also empower academic advisers and “In addition to internal disciplinary action,
A UiTM spokesman told theSun that the counsellors to ensure the wellbeing of all UiTM an affected party may make a report to the
“When the media is brought to varsity provides various communication students.” authorities on any criminal conduct, including
experience tourism products under the new platforms for students facing problems on and acts which constitute an offence under Section
normal, we hope the publicity will help off campus, and assistance for those needing On UiTM’s guidelines on social media 509 of the Penal Code.”
revive the domestic tourism, arts and help with their studies. postings and sharing by students and faculty
culture sector.” members, the spokesman said the top On how the university could avoid the
“Students can communicate with the management always reminds them to comply recurrence of incidents of students recording
He said the programme was aimed at administrative, academic or student affairs with all applicable laws. and sharing videos without the knowledge and
restoring people’s confidence in travelling, department to channel complaints or consent of parties involved, he said it would
in line with the endemic transition phase, make inquiries on academic and “Although no specific warning was given intensify social media ethics awareness
with the reopening of the country’s borders regarding compliance to the Penal Code, campaigns.
effective April 1. general warnings are always given
at the policy, implementation and “Students found to have committed
The programme allowed participants to offences will face disciplinary action and if
explore experiential tourism products in found guilty, will be punished under the
Hilir Perak and Perak Tengah districts Educational Institutions (Discipline) Act 1976,”
covering Bagan Datuk, Teluk Intan, Sungai the spokesman said.
Manik and Kampung Gajah.

The focus was on niche products,
heritage, gastronomy and community-
based tourism as well as destinations
considered as hidden gems. – Bernama

Anwar accepts Najib’s Sapura debate challenge Toll rates to
remain
KUALA LUMPUR: PKR president Datuk Seri The Port Dickson member of Parliament address Rafizi Ramli’s protestation on the unchanged,
Anwar Ibrahim said he is willing to debate with (MP) said his stand on debates had been Sapura bailout issue at a time when the people says PM
former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul consistent over the past 10 years as he had are poor and petty traders not looked after.”
Razak about Sapura Energy Bhd (SEB). thrown a similar challenge to Najib before, but
it was not accepted, Bernama reported. Najib was reported to have said he would
“I take note of the debate challenge thrown accept ex-Pandan MP Rafizi’s challenge to a
by the former prime minister,” Anwar said on “Now he has chosen to challenge me at the debate if Anwar also participates. Rafizi had
his official Facebook page yesterday. start of the Ramadan month after failing to challenged Najib to a debate on the issue.

Tan hopes that KUALA LUMPUR: Toll rates on highways
seeding efforts operated by four highway concessionaires in
would help the Klang Valley will not be raised until the
rejuvenate the end of their concession period with the
coral population in restructuring of the four firms, said Prime
the country’s Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
waters.
– BERNAMAPIX He said the restructuring was
implemented in line with the government’s
600,000 coral seeds sowed in nation’s first effort objective to alleviate the burden of
Keluarga Malaysia, and does not involve
KUALA NERUS: Universiti Malaysia “The seeding process of three parent corals “Large-scale coral spawning occurs twice a financial implications to the government.
Terengganu continues to excel in the field of of the acropora gemmifera species has year, namely from March to April and
marine science, with its research team successfully produced 600,000 coral seeds. The September to October. When the phenomenon “This is (among) the government’s
succeeding in releasing 600,000 coral seeds in five-day process was carried out in Pulau takes place, millions of eggs are simultaneously continuous efforts to ensure that Malaysian
the waters off Pulau Bidong recently. Bidong. released by various species of corals. families are not burdened, especially with an
increase in toll rates as stipulated in the
The university’s coral researcher Assoc Prof “As the process is energy-consuming and “However, the eggs’ survival rate is very low concession agreements.
Dr Tan Chun Hong said the coral seeding effort involves high costs, support from volunteers as as they will be eaten by fish or drift to shore
was the first of its kind in Malaysia. well as any party that is willing to provide funds before reaching the final stages of “The savings from this move can be
is very much needed for the effort to be carried metamorphosis.” utilised for the country’s infrastructure
He said similar efforts are also being carried out continuously and on a larger scale development programme and other facilities
out by researchers in other parts of the world throughout Malaysia.” Metamorphosis involves the change of that need to be given priority for the well-
such as the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and physical structure from a caterpillar-shaped being of Malaysian families,” he said in a
the island of Curacao in the Caribbean Sea. Tan hoped that the success would serve as a larva to that of an adult coral and new parent. statement yesterday.
catalyst for coral reef recovery in the future as
“Coral seeding requires a mature parent the survival rate of naturally produced coral Tan hoped that seeding efforts would help Ismail Sabri said the decision was made
coral that is ready to lay eggs. The parent coral is larvae is very low. restore the coral population in the country’s after a detailed study covering all aspects,
then taken out of the sea for ex-situ fertilisation. waters. – Bernama namely the burden on highway users, the
government’s obligations in the concession
agreements, as well as the government’s
financial burden.

He added that the government had
agreed to the proposed restructuring of the
companies, namely Kesas Sdn Bhd which
manages Shah Alam Expressway, Syarikat
Mengurus Air Banjir dan Terowong Sdn Bhd
which manages the Stormwater
Management and Road Tunnel, Sistem
Penyuraian Trafik KL Barat Sdn Bhd which
manages the Kuala Lumpur Traffic
Dispersal Scheme Expressway and
Lingkaran Trans Kota Sdn Bhd which
manages the Damasara-Puchong
Expressway.

Ismail Sabri said the restructuring of the
four companies was expected to reduce
compensation costs from Jan 1 until the end
of the concession period, and enable the
government to save at least RM4.3 billion in
toll subsidies, Bernama reported.

He said details of the approval for the
firms’ restructuring would be given by Works
Senior Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.

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Penangite wins RM95.2 million Toto Supreme jackpot

KUALA LUMPUR: Two lucky winners from playing the Toto Supreme 6/58 game when the and 41 – was what I had bet on for the last few charity, and would consider how to use the rest
Penang and Selangor made history when they jackpot amount hit RM70 million. draws before winning.” of his newfound wealth later.
won the record-breaking RM97.75 million Toto
Supreme 6/58 Jackpot – the largest ever – on “Because of the social media hype, all of my The winner said when he found out that he Another lucky individual from Selangor, who
March 30. friends were talking about it, so I thought I won the jackpot, he and his wife were both in also won a portion of the jackpot through an
should also try my luck. disbelief. EZ-Bet System 15 ticket, received
The 41-year-old Penangite, who won the RM2,715,322.65 and an additional bonus of
larger portion of RM95,036,321.25 and an “I bet on a System 10 ticket with a “We had to literally slap each other to make RM12,289.20.
additional bonus of RM173,152.00, said he had combination of numbers inspired by the ages sure we were not dreaming,” he said, adding
sleepless nights after checking the results and and birth dates of my family members. I would that he was still in shock that he is now a The second largest jackpot in Malaysia was
finding that he had won the jackpot. change some of the number combinations after multi-millionaire. also won by a Penangite, who struck the RM69.6
a few draws. million Toto Grand 6/63 jackpot on
The machinery supplier said he only started The winner also said he would use some of Sept 13, 2017.
“My set of lucky numbers – 5, 12, 20, 22, 29 the winnings to pay his debts and donate to

Fresh calls for More abandoned
‘Build-Then-Sell’ policy projects expected

“This is not only unfair. It is downright
unacceptable and disgusting. How do we
expect those who are directly facing such a
situation to stomach it while the
developers go scot-free?”
“So far, there have been no reports that Chang said the prolonged
o Approach would be fairer to house buyers and reduce licensed BTS projects were delayed, sick or From Covid-19 pandemic had
cases of abandoned housing projects: Experts abandoned and there has been no claim front further forestalled the
made by the buyers of these projects against page property industry and
the developers. The practice of BTS would
also result in less defective houses,” she continues to beset stakeholders
added. with massive problems that could
█ BY SHIVANI SUPRAMANI of RM219 million.” precipitate costs that may run into billions of
[email protected] She said STB also allowed developers to National House Buyers Association (HBA) ringgit, with the number of abandoned
PETALING JAYA: As one of the only two president Brig-Jen (Rtd) Datuk Goh Seng Toh projects expected to rise due to the
countries worldwide that practises Sell-Then- sell the units first, using the purchasers’ said the subject has been deliberated economic slowdown, resulting in
Build (STB) as the only method of supplying money to lock in profits and have two to three thoroughly by a special task force chaired by cash-strapped property developers.
homes, experts say more Malaysian years to build the houses. former chief secretary to the government Tan He added that the possibility of a post-
developers should consider the Build-Then- Sri Mohd Sidek. pandemic spike in distressed projects
Sell (BTS) concept. “This delivery method therefore cannot be discounted since cash flow
disincentivises shorter building periods with “There were discussions, workshops and hiccups would affect both developers and
“STB is only practised in high-end the utilisation of better technology (such as mini workshops and the final unanimous buyers, especially the M40 and B40
developments (with less than 1% of incoming the Industrialised Building System and other decision was that the industry should household groups which have become more
stock) in some developed countries where modern building techniques). progress to BTS 10:90 (10% downpayment vulnerable, with many facing job losses and
buyers are seen as joint investors due to the during booking and 90% via progressive salary cuts.
inherent high risks of STB,” said Khazanah “This practice would result in less payments). “The public who rely on legislation is
Research Institute director of research defective houses. The migration to BTS would often let down. It is only good on paper and
Dr Suraya Ismail. induce developers to put greater effort into “The sole disagreement was from the Real will continue to remain in our archives
providing good quality houses. This would Estate and Housing Developers’ Association unless the existing laws are used to their full
“In Malaysia, STB has created problems encourage technological adoption and Malaysia. capacity”.
such as buyers affected by abandoned, innovation in construction processes and Chang acknowledged that there was no
delayed and ‘sick’ housing projects (with an building materials development. “Even a timeline for its implementation easy solution to abandoned projects, except
average of 30,000 house buyers being affected was drawn up. However, due to immense to prevent it from happening as well as
every year), with government spending to “Additionally, developers would also have lobbying by vested parties, it was never adopting pre-emptive measures and
revive abandoned projects reaching an the discipline to limit the number of units implemented. We believe if it had been enforcement.
average of RM33 million annually, with a total based on their feasibility studies with implemented, the housing industry would be
financial institutions, consequently leading to on firmer ground and not in its present
a more responsive supply sector and predicament,” he said.
preventing the creation of property gluts.

Registration open for STATELY VISITOR ... Former prime minister Tun Dr
Penang Bridge run Mahathir Mohamad chatting with traders and
residents during a tour of a Ramadan bazaar in
GEORGE TOWN: After a two-year hiatus, Putrajaya yesterday. – ADIB RAWI YAHYA/THESUN
the Penang Bridge International Marathon
(PBIM) will return as a physical event this Enough essential goods in Penang
year. Registration opened on Sunday.
GEORGE TOWN: The Domestic Trade and “A total of 109 premises were inspected Eid,” he said in a statement yesterday.
Penang executive councillor for Consumer Affairs Ministry in Penang has involving Ramadan and Hari Raya bazaars, Mohd Ridzuan said checks were also
Tourism and Creative Economy Yeoh Soon given an assurance that there was sufficient public, wet and morning markets, grocery
Hin said the 2022 edition of PBIM will take supply of essential goods in the state for shops and we also monitored sales conducted conducted to see whether traders complied
place on Dec 11 at the same venue since its Ramadan. online. with price-tag requirements to ensure that
inauguration, the Penang Bridge. they do not increase prices arbitrarily.
Its director Mohd Ridzuan AB Ghapar said “The operators were found to be complying
“For the past two years, PBIM adapted this was based on the operations and with the law and the operation was also He said stern action will be taken against
to the Covid-19 pandemic and turned monitoring carried out under the statewide carried out to ensure that there was an those who try to take advantage by increasing
virtual. While the initiative proved a “Ops Pantau 2022” on Sunday. adequate supply of goods for Ramadan and prices or hoarding goods, especially controlled
tremendous success, we are absolutely items during Ramadan and Syawal. – Bernama
delighted that the loosening of standard
operating procedures (SOP) has allowed
for the return of a physical marathon,” he
told a press conference yesterday.

Yeoh said PBIM 2022’s maximum
capacity will be capped at 25,000 runners
and 5,182 runners who had registered for
PBIM 2020 will automatically be registered
for this run without any extra charges.

“We had received requests to have a
physical run since last year but due to the
pandemic, we could only do it this year. We
foresee a promising response
for PBIM 2022.”

Apart from omitting the 5km fun run for
better crowd control, Yeoh said the other
race categories will remain unchanged,
comprising the full marathon (42km), half
marathon (21km), and 10km
(Open/Junior).

He said early bird registration
commenced from yesterday and ends on
April 30, applicable for the first 5,000
runners regardless of categories.

“Foreign runners are welcome but will
be subject to immigration clearance
requirements and arrival SOP outlined by
the relevant authorities,” he said.
– Bernama

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Showing true grit in battling big ‘C’

o Teacher with multiple myeloma remains with her feeling sick and tired but she She then underwent a bone supporting me. I need to get through
optimistic, finds strength through supportive did not pay much attention to it as marrow biopsy to see how much her this for them too,” she said.
family and employer she was in the midst of completing a plasma cells had been affected by the
Master’s degree. She thought she was myeloma. Although Sunita had to undergo
█ BY ELLY FAZANIZA living with multiple myeloma. just tired from the extra workload. five sessions of targeted therapy, she
[email protected] “This disease is not a commonly- “I would do my blood test every said she was able to handle it.
DESPITE going into remission after “As a special educational needs three months to ensure there is no
being diagnosed with a rare blood known cancer as many are not aware teacher at school, I was always on my trace of paraprotein (an indicator). It “I don’t have side effects like hair
cancer four years ago, Sunita of it. feet. I didn’t think my symptoms were was during one of these sessions that loss, but I do get severe headaches
Balakrishnan has to face the big “C” abnormal until I had very high fever paraprotein was found. It means the after each treatment. The second
once again, after she relapsed in “It is a type of bone marrow that just did not go away. myeloma is coming back. time I underwent therapy, I could not
December. cancer, which is rare among young keep my eyes open for an entire day.
people. It is called myeloma as the “That’s when I took some tests “Because it is a form of cancer that
However, the 47-year-old intends cancer often affects several parts of and a month later, I discovered it was has no cure, a relapse is common,” “Interestingly, I have a good
to continue her advocacy for those the body,” she said, adding that she multiple myeloma.” she said. appetite and I eat a lot of fruits and
was diagnosed with it in 2018. organic food to build up my strength
Although she had been free of the “I was gutted, but I told myself that for the next stem cell transplant. The
Sunita said her symptoms began symptoms after undergoing six cycles I needed to be strong for my three transplant can take a toll on my
of chemotherapy and a stem cell boys. I am lucky to have a supportive body,” she said.
transplant, it only took a blood test to family and an employer who is
confirm the cancer cells had constantly supporting me. It made Sunita is optimistic that there
returned. me confident that I have a big troop would be light at the end of the
tunnel.

‘Do not bring children Number of vaccinated children, elderly still low
to Ramadan bazaars’
LABUAN: The number of children aged Ismuni said the healthcare personnel vaccination, 30% completed the second dose,
BAGAN SERAI: Parents are advised not to bring between five and 11, as well as the elderly, found that 73% of 926 children (aged 5-11) and 57% have received the booster shots.
their children to Ramadan bazaars to protect them who have received or completed their have not received the vaccine, while the
from being exposed to Covid-19 infection. Covid-19 vaccination here is still far below remaining 254 only received the first dose “Of the 3,534 adults aged 18 to 59, 52%
expectation, said Labuan Health director since the National Covid-19 Immunisation have received their booster shots, 43% have
Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Dr Ismuni Bohari. Programme for Kids was launched on Feb 7. completed the second dose, 3% received the
Ghazali said although the country has entered the first dose, and the remaining 2% were
transition to endemic phase, it was not advisable He said this was revealed following a “The immunisation rate in adolescents unvaccinated,” he said.
for children, especially those who have not been scouting exercise by healthcare personnel (aged 12-17) improved steadily with 80% of
vaccinated, to go to crowded places. throughout the island from Feb 23 to March 699 individuals have completed their vaccine Ismuni said among the reasons that
29. and 7% received the first dose. However, the contributed to the low number of recipients
“On the first day of Ramadan, many people who remaining 13% have not been vaccinated,” were discouragement from family and friends
visited Ramadan bazaars in Bagai Serai brought “We have campaigned extensively to get he said. and the belief that two doses were sufficient.
along their children, especially the young ones. people, especially children and the elderly to
get vaccinated, but our calls seem to fall on Ismuni said of the 468 individuals aged “Some of them also said they were
“It is not advisable to bring them to such places. deaf ears,” he told Bernama yesterday. above 60, 9% have not received the unprepared to be vaccinated and that they
We do not want to observe Ramadan in a sombre feared the side-effects.”
mood or at hospitals,” he told Bernama after
distributing packets of dates at the Bagan Serai New Covid cases remain below 15,000
Ramadan bazaar on Sunday.
KUALA LUMPUR: The number of new fully vaccinated, 33 had received two doses of occupancy at 60% and 50% respectively as of
According to the latest data, only 38% of the Covid-19 cases remained below the 15,000 vaccine but not the booster dose, while 28 had Sunday, Bernama reported.
child population have been vaccinated against mark for two days in a row with 12,380 cases received booster shots,” he said in a statement
Covid-19 while 91.7% of the adolescent group have reported on Sunday, bringing the tally to yesterday. He added that no state recorded bed usage
completed their vaccination, he said. 4,246,467, said Health Director-General Tan exceeding 50% at Covid-19 low-risk
Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He added that 20,635 recoveries were quarantine and treatment centres, while
“This shows that the vaccination rate among reported, bring the cumulative recovery cases patients needing respirators increased to 157,
children is still low.” On Saturday, 14,692 cases were reported. to 4,018,421. bringing respirator usage at the facilities to
Noor Hisham said of the new cases 18%.
On another development, Noor Azmi said the recorded on Sunday, 7,559 were in category Noor Hisham said out of the number of
decision to shorten the quarantine period for one, 4,736 in category two, 32 in category new cases, 253 required treatment in the Noor Hisham said 562 cases were admitted
healthcare workers infected by Covid-19 was based three, 20 in category four and 33 in category intensive care units (ICU), while 157 required to hospitals with 220 being in categories three,
on scientific findings as well as advice from experts. five. respiratory support. four and five, while the rest in categories one
“Of the 85 cases that comprised categories and two. The national infectivity rate stood at
“The quarantine period is shortened to three to five, 24 were not vaccinated or not On utilisation of specialised health 0.85 with Selangor s recording the highest rate
overcome the manpower shortage and prevent facilities for Covid-19 cases, he said Kuala of 1.05 and Kelantan the lowest at 0.69.
disruption of hospital operations. Lumpur and Selangor recorded ICU bed

“Healthcare workers, who are fully vaccinated
and had received the booster dose, and are
asymptomatic, will undergo assessment to ensure
they are safe to return to work,” he said.

The Malaysian Health Coalition has urged the
Health Ministry to review its decision to shorten
the quarantine period for health workers.

Increase in number of
fully-inoculated kids

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 14,949 children aged JOINT INITIATIVE ... Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin delivering his speech yesterday during the launch of the Precision Medicine
between five and 11 have completed two doses of Collaboration initiative between Prudential Assurance Berhad Malaysia, AstraZeneca Malaysia and Pantai Premier Pathology. – BERNAMAPIX
the Covid-19 vaccination under the National
Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children
as of Sunday, more than doubled from 6,129
children recorded the day before.

Based on the CovidNOW website, a total of
1,348,693 children have received at least one dose
of the vaccine.

For adolescents aged 12 to 17, 2,853,753 or
91.7% have received two doses of the vaccine,
while 2,949,653 or 94.8% received the first dose.

A total of 15,850,917 or 67.4% of the adult
population have received the booster dose,
22,954,771 or 97.6% have been fully vaccinated and
23,230,565 or 98.8% received at least one dose of
the vaccine.

On Sunday, a total of 15,708 doses of the vaccine
were dispensed, involving 2,178 first doses, 9,277
second doses and 4,253 booster doses, bringing the
cumulative number of doses administered under
the immunisation programme to 68,991,116.

According to the Health Ministry’s GitHub
portal, 30 deaths due to Covid-19 were recorded on
Sunday with Kedah and Perak having seven cases
each, Kelantan and Selangor three each, Pahang
and Penang two cases each, while Johor, Malacca,
Negri Sembilan, Sarawak, Terengganu and Kuala
Lumpur recorded one each. – Bernama

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Smooth gliding for Olympics skater

o After competing at Winter Youth Games in
2020, teen sportsman now aspires to push
boundaries and achieve more

█ BY SHIVANI SUPRAMANI said, adding that at the age of 12, he training. That was when I ended up in Prior to going to those countries, Yeo (front) in action at the
[email protected] decided to dedicate his full attention Korea for two-and-a-half years and Yeo also travelled to Taiwan, China, Winter Youth Olympics in
PETALING JAYA: What started as a to the sport and started his journey of spent another six months in England Australia, and New Zealand for short Lausanne, Switzerland.
simple school activity to pass time self-improvement. from 2017 to 2020 perfecting my term training. said: “I hope to place as much time
evolved into a lifelong passion for skills,” he said. and energy into perfecting my
18-year-old Sean Yeo. “I started off with figure skating for On his plans for the future, Yeo technique and shortening my time
the first year and when short track while also pushing myself to see
Since then, he has competed in skating was introduced in Malaysia in exactly what I am capable of.”
the Winter Youth Olympics 2020 in 2011, I trained for both. They are two
Lausanne, Switzerland. He qualified very different types of ice skating
for Lausanne after gaining world sports and eventually, between 2014
placing in short track speed skating at and 2015, I decided to focus on short
the World Junior Championships track speed skating.”
2019 in Montreal when he was
16 years old. Yeo said short track speed skating
was a form of competitive ice speed
Yeo clocked 44.026 seconds and skating, where multiple participants
1:31.117s in the boys’ 500m and skate on an oval ice track with a
1,000m events, which saw him finish distance of 111m.
third from four skaters in both
his heats. “I was captivated when I watched
speed skating. The precision of form,
Turning 19 in July, Yeo told theSun technique and power all balanced to
his passion started when he was perfection to achieve maximum
seven-years-old. speed is exhilarating. It’s beautiful. It’s
watching people dance with the laws
“It was a school curriculum of physics and I fell in love with it.”
activity that was introduced to us in
2010 to bring children together As time passed, Yeo found that he
through ice skating once a week at yearned to do more than what he was
Sunway Pyramid. accustomed to, and his adventures
to explore the world of ice
“When my feet first touched the sports began.
ice rink, I knew I could skate for hours
because I enjoyed the sheer joy it “I wanted to do more than what I
brought me. I would skate almost was doing in Malaysia at the time, so I
every day until the ice rink closed,” he started to look for a country that
could provide foreigners with

Students, parents happy about school reopening Cops to monitor
sale of fireworks
KUALA LUMPUR: Secondary old son R. Devandran can resume eager to meet her friends after teach him to socialise and be more during Ramadan
school students nationwide attending physical classes, as the having online sessions at home for responsible, apart from getting to
resumed face-to-face classes teen, who studies at Sekolah so long. She said she was happy to meet new friends.” KOTA BARU: Kelantan police will
without rotation yesterday, after Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) attend classes as it would provide a monitor the sale of fireworks at
Malaysia entered the transition to Bandar Baru Ampang, had better learning experience. In Perak, state police chief Datuk Ramadan bazaars, markets and
endemic phase on April 1. difficulties with online classes. Mior Faridalathrash Wahid shopping malls to ensure traders do
In Pahang, part-time presented face masks to students of not sell banned items and
In Selangor, the state education “I’m thankful that he gets to photographer Shaikh Ahmad Razaif SMK Raja Perempuan in Ipoh firecrackers.
department said that 375,232 return to school. For online classes, I Shaikh Mustafa, 49, was relieved that during a visit to the school.
students began in-person sessions. had to spend RM600 to buy a mobile school sessions had returned to State police chief Datuk Shafien
phone to make sure that my son normal, allowing his only child, He said the face-to-face sessions Mamat said only two types of
Checks found that students were would not be left behind in his Rayyan Akhlaqen, 14, to focus involved 250 schools throughout fireworks, namely “Happy Boom”
in high spirits and thrilled to return lessons. It was challenging because in class. the state. and “Pop-pop” were allowed for
to school after two years of having to we are not from a wealthy family.” sale for Aidilfitri, provided the
undergo online learning sessions “It was quite difficult for me to Mior Faridalathrash added that traders complied with the
at home. At SMK Tunku Syed Idrus in help him at home because the all district police chiefs and school regulations set.
Tampin, Negri Sembilan, students current syllabus is different from liaison officers also visited schools to
Parents also expressed relief that were excited to return to school and what his mother and I studied share information on safety-related He said although there were
their children’s lives as students adhered to standard operating before. issues and increase social traders selling permitted firecrackers
would now return to normal. procedures by wearing face masks. cooperation, especially involving and fireworks, it was possible that
“Also, I hope my son can join club matters related to disciplinary they were also selling prohibited
Rajakumaran, 64, said he was Sarah Amir, 17, said she was and sports activities because it will problems. – Bernama items “under the counter” for
happy and relieved as his 16-year- more profit.

Rosmah’s lawyers raise reasonable doubt without Najib’s testimony “In Kelantan, we don’t have any
permits to bring in firecrackers and
KUALA LUMPUR: Datin Seri However, on Jan 10, defence lead (Rosmah) had indeed solicited and “Hence, the statutory any surreptitious sale could be acted
Rosmah Mansor’s defence team has counsel Datuk Jagjit Singh informed received gratification from Jepak presumption under Section 50(1) of upon under Section 8 of the
raised reasonable doubt in her the court that the it had decided to Holdings Sdn managing director the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Explosives Act 1957 (Act 207).
corruption case involving a hybrid restrategise after discussing the Saidi Abang Samsudin. Commission Act 2009 cannot be
solar panel project for rural schools merits of calling Najib and elected invoked against the accused as the “Anyone found guilty under the
in Sarawak despite her husband, not to call him. It further said the prosecution prosecution failed to establish the Act can be jailed for seven years or
Datuk Seri Najib abdul Razak not continued to find the accused at essential ingredients of the three fined RM10,000, or both, if they fail to
being called to testify. Lead prosecutor Datuk Seri fault without any basis and evidence offences in this case.” comply with the conditions set,” he
Gopal Sri Ram said the prosecution although the prosecution itself told a media conference at the
In a written submission, the had no issues with the defence’s admitted that the accused occupied On Feb 23, the defence closed its Kelantan police contingent
defence team said it elected not to decision as it was the defence’s no official position in the case after calling two witnesses, headquarters yesterday.
call Najib as a defence witness as his prerogative to do so, the defence said government. Rosmah and former director of the
evidence was merely corroborative in its written submission filed at the First Lady of Malaysia division, Earlier, Shafien witnessed the
in nature, Bernama reported. High Court on March 29. “Therefore, it is our respectful Datuk Seri Siti Azizah Sheikh Abod. handing over of duties of the heads of
submission that it is obvious that the the special branch, CID, commercial
“We respectfully submit that it is In the submission at the end of accusations and charges against the High Court judge Mohamed CID and logistics department of
the defence’s prerogative to call the the defence case, it said the accused are frivolous and done with Zaini Mazlan set today for hearing Kelantan police.
offered witness, Najib, to testify prosecution had completely failed to the sole purpose to make the an oral submission from both the
before the court.” adduce evidence that the accused accused a scapegoat. prosecution and defence. A total of 19 officers were
promoted and transferred, including
Police complete ‘car stunt’ probe SAC Salim Youb, who is now Kelantan
special branch chief and Datuk Nor
IPOH: The case of three siblings who Perak police chief Datuk Mior more responsible in looking after the Media reports earlier said that Yhazid Idris, who is the new state CID
acted dangerously by positioning Faridalathrash Wahid said police safety of his children and should not police had arrested a 37-year-old chief.
themselves with part of their bodies had submitted the investigation have allowed them to behave that man in Sunway City here on March
protruding from a moving car in paper to the DPP and released the way,” he said after visiting SMK Raja 24 in connection with the incident. In a related development, Shafien
Tambun recently has been referred father of the three children after Perempuan in Jalan Batu Bungkal said all district police heads in Pasir
to the deputy public prosecutor recording his statement. yesterday in conjunction with its first Police investigated the case after Mas, Tumpat, Tanah Merah and Jeli
(DPP) for further action, police said. day of face-to-face class sessions. a video of the incident went viral on on the Malaysia-Thailand border
“The father should have been social media. – Bernama had been directed to act against
attempts to smuggle in firecrackers.
– Bernama

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Indonesian HK leader to step down Instead, the position is selected
teacher gets after one term by a 1,500-strong pro-Beijing
death for raping committee, the equivalent of 0.02%
13 students o Lam says China’s leaders ‘understood Kenneth Chan, a political of the city’s 7.4 million population.
and respected’ her decision scientist at Baptist University, said
JAKARTA: An Indonesian court Hong Kong leaders have always The next chief executive will be
handed down a death sentence HONG KONG: Chief Executive career in government,” Lam told suffered from a “chronic legitimacy chosen on May 8 but so far no one
yesterday to a teacher for raping 13 Carrie Lam announced yesterday reporters. crisis” because they are not with a realistic prospect has publicly
girls at a religious school, upholding that she will step down in June, popularly elected. thrown their hat into the ring.
an appeal by prosecutors for the death ending a divisive term that saw Lam said China’s leaders
penalty after he had initially received democracy protests squashed and “understood and respected” her But Lam had lost support across Hong Kong’s number-two official,
a sentence of life in prison. strict pandemic curbs plunge the choice not to seek another term and the political spectrum. John Lee, who has a background in
business hub into international that she wanted to spend more time the security services, has been
The case of teacher Herry Wirawan isolation. with her family. “Not merely among the tipped by local press as the most
has shocked Indonesia. pro-democracy citizens but also likely contender.
Ending months of speculation, The 64-year-old had dodged increasingly among the pro-Beijing
After he was sentenced to life in jail Lam confirmed she would not seek questions for months over her camp as she has done such a terrible Another potential front runner is
by a court in the city of Bandung in a second term when a committee future and during yesterday’s job with the pandemic,” Chan said. finance chief Paul Chan.
February, prosecutors who had called made up of Hong Kong’s political announcement she revealed that
for the death penalty filed an appeal. elite chooses a new leader next she had informed Beijing of her Hong Kongers and businesses Lam’s successor will take office
month. plans to quit more than a year ago. based in the finance hub currently on July 1, the 25th anniversary of
“(We) hereby punish the have little clarity on who will be the Hong Kong’s handover by Britain to
defendant with the death penalty,” the “I will complete my five-year The career bureaucrat became next leader at a time when Beijing is China.
judge said in a statement yesterday term as chief executive on June 30, Hong Kong’s first woman leader in increasingly calling the shots
posted on the Bandung High Court’s and officially conclude my 42-year 2017 but she is on track to leave office directly. Supporters saw Lam as a staunch
website. with record-low approval ratings. Beijing loyalist who steered the city
The chief executive position is not through huge democracy protests
Ira Mambo, Herry’s lawyer, popularly elected, something that and a debilitating pandemic.
declined to comment on whether years of democracy protests failed to
there would be an appeal, citing a change. Starry Lee, who leads Hong
need to see the full ruling from the Kong’s largest pro-Beijing party the
court. DAB, described Lam yesterday as a
“hard-working” official.
A spokesman for the local
prosecutor’s office also said it would “Her merit should be left to
wait to receive the final ruling before history to judge,” she said.
commenting.
Critics, including many Western
Between 2016 and 2021, Herry powers, viewed Lam as someone
sexually groomed the 13 girls, who who oversaw the collapse of Hong
were between 12 and 16, and Kong’s political freedoms and its
impregnated eight of his victims, a reputation as a stable regional
judge said in February. business hub. – AFP

Indonesian officials, including the Sri Lankan president offers to share power
country’s child protection minister,
had also backed calls for the death COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s embattled
penalty, though the nation’s human president offered to share power
rights commission, which opposes with the opposition yesterday as
the death penalty, said it was not protests demanding his resignation
appropriate. – Reuters grew over the worsening shortages
of food, fuel and medicines.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s
invitation to legislators came as
heavily armed security forces
looked to quell more
BRIEFS UN GUIDE TO CLIMATE demonstrations over what the
CHANGE SOLUTIONS government itself has
acknowledged as the worst
PARIS: UN climate experts are set to shortages of essentials since
release what is expected to be the
definitive guide to halting global independence from Britain in 1948.
“The president invites all
warming today, in a report that political parties in parliament to
lays out how societies and
economies must transform to accept cabinet posts and join the
effort to seek solutions to the
ensure a “liveable” future. In recent national crisis,” Rajapaksa’s office
months, the UN’s
Intergovernmental Panel on said in a statement.
Climate Change has published the It stressed that solutions to the
first two instalments in a trilogy of deepening crisis should be found
mammoth scientific assessments
covering how greenhouse gas “within a democratic framework”, as
thousands joined spontaneous
pollution is heating the planet and demonstrations in cities, towns and
what that means for life on Earth.
This third report will outline what villages.
The invitation came after 26
to do about it. Two weeks of cabinet members – every minister
gruelling negotiations have seen
nearly 200 nations struggling to except Rajapaksa and his elder
brother Prime Minister Mahinda
thrash out line-by-line a high-level Rajapaksa – submitted letters of People shouting slogans against the president after the government imposed a curfew in Colombo on Sunday.
“summary for policymakers” that – REUTERSPIX
distils the hundreds of pages of resignation at a late-night meeting
on Sunday.
underlying assessment. – AFP The country’s central bank The first nominations to the new opposition, the president’s office a unity government did not go far
cabinet saw the president enough to address the economic
20 KILLED IN ECUADOR governor Ajith Cabraal – who has re-appoint four of the outgoing said. crisis or restore confidence in the
PRISON RIOT long opposed an International ministers, three of them to their old But there was no immediate Rajapaksa administration.
Monetary Fund bailout for the jobs, while he replaced his brother response from the opposition,
QUITO: At least 20 people died in a country – also stepped down Basil as finance minister with the which would not join any “This is like re-arranging the
prison riot early on Sunday in yesterday. previous justice chief. Rajapaksa-led government, deck chairs on the Titanic,” said
southern Ecuador, the president’s The departures cleared the way according to comments on Sunday political analyst and human rights
office said, the latest outburst of for the ruling political clan to seek to Other cabinet vacancies by its main leader Sajith Premadasa. lawyer Bhavani Fonseka.
deadly violence in the South shore up its weakening position. will be filled after talks with the Political analysts said the offer of
American country’s detention “This is a joke.”– AFP
facilities. “There are 20 reported
dead who have been transferred to Pakistan’s top court meets as constitutional crisis rages
the Forensic Centre of Cuenca,”said
President Guillermo Lasso’s press ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Simultaneously, Imran asked the but Shehbaz declined to cooperate. democracy” above a front-page
office. Five of the inmates were Court was hearing arguments presidency – a largely ceremonial “How can we respond to a letter editorial.
“mutilated” in the clash in the El yesterday around Prime Minister office held by a loyalist – to dissolve
Turi prison in Cuenca, Interior Imran Khan’s shock decision to call the assembly, meaning an election written by a person who has Pakistan’s Supreme Court has
Minister Patricio Carrillo said. He an early election, sidestepping a must be held within 90 days. abrogated the constitution?” now received a slew of suits and
told reporters the riot had been no-confidence vote that would have Shehbaz told a press conference petitions from the government and
brought “under control” following seen him booted from office. On paper, and pending any court yesterday. opposition regarding the crisis, but
the deployment of 800 policemen decision, Imran will remain in has also taken up the case suo moto
and 200 members of the armed The opposition had expected to charge until an interim government According to the constitution, – on its own merit.
forces. “The clashes have ceased take power on Sunday after is formed to oversee elections. the prime minister cannot ask for
but inside there are armed mustering enough votes to oust the assembly to be dissolved while The current court is ostensibly
inmates,” he said. Carrillo said each Imran, but the National Assembly A notice yesterday from he is facing a no-confidence vote. independent, but rights activists
bloc was being evacuated one by deputy speaker refused to allow the President Arif Alvi to Imran said previous benches have been
one so that weapons could be motion to proceed because of and opposition leader Shehbaz “Khan’s ‘surprise’ triggers used by civilian and military
confiscated. – AFP “foreign interference”. Sharif said they should agree constitutional crisis”, thundered The administrations to do their bidding
on a new interim prime minister, Nation newspaper yesterday, while throughout Pakistan’s history. – AFP
its rival Dawn called it “A travesty of

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Diplomats ask China not to separate Covid-positive children from parents

BEIJING: Western diplomats have Foreign Ministry urging authorities Covid-19 from their parents” and Asymptomatic or mild cases children could be accompanied by
expressed concern about separating not to take such a step. requested assurances that this would should be sent to “a specialised their parents if the parents were also
children from their parents as part of not happen to diplomatic staff. isolation environment with staff who infected, but separated if they were
Covid curbs – a situation that has “We request that under no can communicate in English”, said not, adding that policies were still
arisen in Shanghai as the government circumstances should parents and The French consulate and British the French consulate letter, a copy of being refined.
tries to stamp out the spread of the children be separated,” said a letter embassy both said they were writing which Reuters has seen and verified
virus. written by the French consulate in the letters on behalf of other with two sources. China has sent the military and
Shanghai that was addressed to the countries, including European Union thousands of healthcare workers into
The city has been separating foreign affairs office of Shanghai. states as well as others including Currently, asymptomatic cases are Shanghai to help carry out Covid-19
Covid-positive children from their Norway, Switzerland, Australia and sent to centralised quarantine tests for all of its 26 million residents
parents, citing epidemic prevention In a separate letter to the Chinese New Zealand after hearing about centres, some of which have been as cases continued to rise amid a city
requirements, which has prompted a Foreign Ministry, the British embassy difficulties caused by Shanghai’s described as unsanitary and lockdown, in one of the country’s
widespread public outcry. in Beijing said it was concerned by lockdown, which the city started overcrowded. biggest-ever public health responses.
“recent instances when local carrying out in two stages starting late
Diplomats from more than 30 authorities have sought to separate last month. Shanghai official Wu Qianyu told a The city reported 9,006 Covid-19
countries have written to the Chinese minors who tested positive for news conference yesterday that cases yesterday. – Reuters

Outrage grows over Cops save woman
civilian killings in Ukraine who was zipped
in duffel bag
o Zelensky calls Russian “murderers, torturers, rapists, looters, who AFP reporters saw at least 20 bodies, all in
troops murderers, rapists call themselves the army and who deserve civilian clothing, strewn across a single street. WASHINGTON: A woman zipped inside a
only death after what they did”, speaking in duffle bag to be trafficked across border had a
KYIV: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Ukrainian. The UN said it was “highly concerned” by narrow escape as US patrol agents pulled her
Zelensky called Russian troops “murderers, images emerging from the region, though it out of a fiery wreck after the car smugglers were
torturers, rapists, looters” yesterday after Switching to Russian, he continued: “I said it could not rule out that some of the dead using crashed.
dozens of bodies were found near Kyiv, want every mother of every Russian soldier to were fighters or had died of natural causes.
triggering global outrage and vows of tough see the bodies of the killed people in Bucha, in The incident took place near Laredo, Texas,
new sanctions on Moscow. Irpin, in Hostomel.” Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba when personnel of state troopers and Border
accused Russia of a “deliberate massacre”, Patrol joined forces to rescue the migrant
Local authorities said they had been forced “I want all the leaders of the Russian while Zelensky’s spokesman, Sergiy Nikiforov, woman who was abandoned in the burning
to dig communal graves to bury the dead Federation to see how their orders are being said the killings in Bucha “looks exactly like vehicle while she was zipped inside a duffle bag.
accumulating in the streets, including some fulfilled.” war crimes”.
found with their hands bound behind their The search teams were tracing a vehicle that
backs, in scenes that sent shockwaves through Zelensky said he had created a special Russia’s Defence Ministry pushed back, started from the Webb County and ended in La
international capitals more than a month into body to investigate killings in areas from saying “not a single local resident” in Bucha Salle County, eventually crashing and igniting
Russia’s invasion. which Russian troops have withdrawn around suffered violence and accused Kyiv of as the smugglers abandoned the car and the
the capital, as Moscow refocuses its energies falsifying images of corpses in “another woman inside it.
Despite Russian denials of responsibility, on southeastern Ukraine. production” for Western media.
condemnation was swift, with Western Dramatic footage from the bodycam of one
leaders, Nato and the UN all voicing horror at The scale of the killings is still being pieced The deaths have heightened calls for new of the officers, shared by the Texas Department
reports of civilian murders in Bucha, together, but Ukrainian prosecutor general measures against Russia. of Public Safety South Texas Region last week,
northwest of Kyiv, and elsewhere. Iryna Venediktova said 410 civilian bodies had shows law enforcement officers moving
been recovered so far. French President Emmanuel Macron said towards a burning SUV with dark clouds of
Zelensky was unsparing in his nightly he was in favour of fresh sanctions. smoke in the air.
video message, warning “concentrated evil Municipal worker Serhii Kaplychnyi told
has come to our land”. AFP that Russian troops initially refused to “There are very clear indications of war The footage also shows patches of dry grass
allow residents to bury the dead in Bucha. crimes. It was the Russian army that was in nearby catching fire with the SUV as three
He described Russian troops as Bucha,” he told the France Inter broadcaster. officers tried to pull out a black bag from the
“They said to let them lie there.” trunk of the vehicle.
Eventually, they were able to retrieve the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said new
bodies, Kaplychnyi said. sanctions would be decided “in coming days”. One of the officers can be heard saying:
“We dug a mass grave with a tractor and “She’s in the bag. There’s a female in the bag.”
buried everyone.” Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki
called for an international investigation into The officers moved toward the vehicle and
what he termed a “genocide”. – AFP broke the rear window as they unzipped the bag
after which a woman in blue jeans and black
sweatshirt emerged out of it, panting and
shivering in fear.

While the smuggler initially left the
crashed car and fled from the crime scene,
the video showed that he was later arrested.
– The Independent

BRIEFS SPACE DEBRIS FOUND IN INDIA
LIKELY FROM‘CHINA ROCKET’
A girl sitting
on a suitcase NEW DELHI: A large metal ring and sphere
before the that villagers in rural western India said fell
train leaves from the sky over the weekend could be
the eastern from a Chinese rocket launched into space
city of last year, officials told local media. The
Kramatorsk in metal ring – reportedly 2m to 3m in
the Donbas diameter and weighing over 40kg – was
region on discovered in a village field in Maharashtra
Sunday. state late on Saturday, district collector Ajay
– AFPPIX Gulhane told the Press Trust of India.
Another object – a large, metal ball around
Six dead, dozen injured in California shooting 500cm in diameter – fell in another village
in the district, he said. An Indian Space
WASHINGTON: Six people were shot and multiple gunshot victims”, Lester told A video posted online appeared to show Research Organisation official said the
killed on Sunday in California, with 12 more reporters. people scuffling in the street, then starting to timing of the objects’arrival was the“closest
injured in the latest mass casualty event to run as gunfire can be heard. match”to the re-entry times on Saturday for
spark calls in the United States for new actions Despite attempts at resuscitation, six debris from a Chinese rocket launched in
to combat gun violence. victims were pronounced dead at the scene – “It was just horrific,” said community February last year. – AFP
three men and three women, all adults. activist Berry Accius, who arrived minutes
The shooting occurred in state capital after the shooting. ‘ILLIBERAL’HUNGARY PREMIER
Sacramento around 2am after a “large fight” Twelve others were hit by gunfire and are WINS FOURTH TERM
broke out in its downtown area, city police being treated in local hospitals. “Just as soon as I walked up you saw a
chief Kathy Lester said. chaotic scene, police all over the place, BUDAPEST: Official results from Hungary’s
At a press conference, Sacramento Mayor victims with blood all over their bodies, folks general election on Sunday showed
Officers on patrol nearby heard the Darrell Steinberg described some of the screaming, folks crying, people going ‘where nationalist Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor
gunshots and saw people running, she said. hospitalised as “seriously and critically injured”. is my brother?,’ mothers crying and trying to Orban’s Fidesz party had won a fourth term
identify who their child was,” he told local in office by a much greater margin than
Upon arriving at the scene, Lester said on Sunday evening there were broadcaster KXTV. – AFP pre-election polls had suggested, after a
“they encountered a large crowd and “multiple shooters” and a “stolen handgun” campaign overshadowed by the war in
had been recovered at the scene. Ukraine. Orban’s administration has
presided over repeated confrontations with
the European Union, including over the
neutering of the press and judiciary. The 58-
year-old was challenged by six united
opposition parties seeking to roll back the
“illiberal” revolution Orban’s Fidesz party
has pursued during 12 consecutive years in
office. But with 94% of votes counted,
Fidesz was on 53% compared to 35% for
the opposition coalition. – AFP

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Covid-19 here to stay, learn to adapt
AFTER more than two years of
the Covid-19 pandemic, the and “relaxed” stance, we must “As a society, to chronic ill health or even disability 5. Not all outdoors are the same
world and Malaysians are remember that there are three main we need to years from now. While some nations have removed
fatigued. We want the effects of a Covid-19 infection. make mask mandates outdoors, we must
pandemic to end and for all of us to get significant Preliminary studies suggest that remember that not all outdoor
on with our lives, but is the end in Firstly, the immediate hospital long term these long-term effects of Covid-19 do locations are the same. A crowded
sight? Just wishing for it to happen will admission, organ damage and death changes – a not always appear to be related to pasar malam, Ramadan bazaar or
not make it so. risk. This is dramatically reduced by new way of severity of the infection you suffer and outdoor shopping area are far higher
vaccination. However, from good data life now and can occur even in those who have an risks than a jog in the neighbourhood
Fortunately, vaccines have locally and overseas, we know that the ‘post’ Covid asymptomatic infection. We must or a walk in the park. Keep your mask
significantly improved outcomes but elderly and vulnerable (those with that will count the cost of the long-term on when in crowded locations with
this is only limited success, and we will chronic disease, immunocompromised enable us to disability risk of this pandemic. In limited spacing and prolonged
have to contend with future variants. or disabled) still have a significant risk of live better, addition, we have a mental health exposure.
We want to restore our jobs and hospitalisation and severe illness if they deal with the pandemic that has risen in tandem 6. Support employees
economy, get our children back to do not have a booster. potential new with the Covid-19 pandemic. We need to change our work
school and allow our health services to challenges Vital measures we need ethic/behaviour to allow routine work
focus back on the many health needs. In addition, not all vaccines are the Covid-19 As a society, we need to make from home, offer routine paid leave for
But to make these important changes, same. A recent study from Hong Kong throws at us, significant long term changes – a new unwell staff and move more meetings
we must not lose sight of the threat that (released March 2022) showed that the as well as face way of life now and “post” Covid that and conferences to online platforms.
Covid-19 still poses to the community two-dose vaccine effectiveness against the next will enable us to live better, deal with 7. End fake news on pandemic and
and keep in place vital measures. severe disease and death for Pfizer was pandemic that the potential new challenges Covid-19 “Covid Wars”
What endemic is not 88.2% (95% CI (confidence interval) will come. throws at us, as well as face the next Currently, measures to fight Covid-19
The constant talk about “endemic” has 84.4%, 91.1%) and for Sinovac 74.1% pandemic that will come. This is a are hampered by continued fake news
sadly begun to lull many in the world (95% CI 67.8%, 79.2%). This means that summary of the bare essentials: on the pandemic. We must work
and Malaysia into complacency. As there would be 12%-17% less deaths if 1. Get your boosters collectively to stop this. In addition, we
experts from the World Health two doses of Pfizer were used Those aged 60 years and older and have, what I term, “Covid Wars”, among
Organisation (WHO) clearly express, compared to two doses of Sinovac in young adults with comorbidities, medical personnel. We need to always
endemic is not the same as good or those aged over 60 years. disabilities or are be data and science-based, and
better, and that endemic does not immunocompromised need boosters present the full picture to minimise
imply mild or milder. Three-dose protection (booster) for before the next wave (possibly a BA.2 confusion among the public.
both vaccines was good at 98.1% (95% wave in April 2022).
Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, an CI 97.1%, 98.8%). Hence, it is worrying
infectious disease epidemiologist and to see booster rates of only 61% to 72% 2. Vaccinate your young children now 8. Invest in our healthcare system
technical lead for WHO, said in among those aged 60 years and older, Note that 63 childhood deaths due to Our national healthcare system has
February 2022: “The next variant of especially if they used Sinovac as their Covid-19 occurred in the past 24 weeks, been deteriorating. We need to deal
concern will most likely be more primary vaccination. Remember that two thirds in the past three months, and with the social determinants of health,
transmissible as compared to young adults with comorbidities or mostly children under 12 years. the underspend on healthcare,
Omicron because it will have to disabilities also need boosters. Vaccinate all five to 11-year-olds before inadequate support for health staff,
overtake the strains that are currently they get infected. We hope to have data instead of focusing too much on
circulating. Future variants may also Secondly, the intermediate risk of that supports vaccination of the curative medicine and hospitals while
have a greater ability for immune long Covid that may affect even those youngest children soon. neglecting prevention and public
escape (vaccines will not be as who have a mild infection. Adult long 3. Use a good mask always health. We must reverse these trends to
effective against them).” Covid rates are in the region of 20%- We must improve the mask quality in make our national health system more
30%. Data from the UK National our community. Good cloth and robust to deal with pandemics like
It is extremely difficult to predict Statistics office on long Covid in surgical masks are only 60-75% Covid-19.
what will happen in the immediate children showed that 1.0% of primary effective. We need to use FFP2/KF94
future as it is dependent on many school and 2.7% of secondary school masks. Make sure they are reliable We may be making a move to an
factors, which include new vaccine students in the UK have experienced because many masks sold online may “endemic Covid-19” state but the virus
resistant variants of concern emerging, long Covid; lasting one year in 15%. be fake. These masks have a better fit may not have got the memo.
waning immunity from current and filtration and are especially Experience from many nations with
vaccinations, better vaccines, new Recent data pooled from 21 studies useful indoors. good vaccination rates, that have lifted
therapeutics, what level of burden of in Europe, Asia, Australia, South 4. Improve indoor ventilation restrictions, has shown us how fragile
disease and disruption to our America showed that up to 25% of It is sad that despite the data, we have we still are in the face of this virus.
healthcare capacity are we willing to children infected developed long yet to have mandatory changes to
accept, and what long-term Covid, hence, our poor vaccination of optimise ventilation in all buildings The Covid-19 virus and new
meaningful social behaviour and children aged five to 11 years (37% first and rooms. Suggestions will not be variants will exploit any and all
change the public will make. dose rates) is of serious concern. enough – we need mandated changes weaknesses in our response.
that include monitoring. Only then can Continued vigilance is required both
The reality about Covid-19 is that it Vaccination reduces long Covid we keep our children in schools and by the authorities as well as the public.
is here to stay for a long time and it risk by up to 50%, but note that you our office staff safer. We will only succeed together.
will continue to impact society in still have a 9.5%-14% risk of long Covid
various ways. if you have a breakthrough infection Datuk Dr Amar-Singh HSS,
Appreciate full impact after two-dose vaccination, and this Consultant Paediatrician.
As we discuss a move to a more “open” should be a good reason to take
precautions to avoid getting infected. Comments: [email protected]

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long term effects of Covid-19 on the
brain and other organs (heart, lungs,
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Sulu Sultanate’s claim over Sabah baseless

COMMENT Economic Zone (EEZ). “The matter as the 1878 Agreement was have confused the procedural with the
by Jason Loh Notwithstanding, on June 29, 2021, claimants signed between one party which substantive aspects of the 1878
(so-called claimed sovereign right and ownership, Agreement. The procedure by which
IS the fact that cession payment at the request of the Malaysian heirs and and the other party intending to do so the 1878 Agreement was to be executed
had continued to be made to the government, the Madrid Court revoked successors- over the same territory. would be the cession payment
(supposed) heirs of the Sulu the appointment of Stampa as in-title of the (originally 5,300 Spanish dollars). The
Sultanate up until 2013 as a result arbitrator. This was followed up with Sulu It is simply irrefutable that the substantive matter of the 1878
of the Lahad Datu incursion materially another ruling by the Madrid Court on Sultanate) administration of the NBCC has all the Agreement pertains to the transfer of
relevant to their case for Oct 13, 2021 which specifically and the hallmarks of a government, i.e. North Borneo from one sovereign
compensation, etc.? declared that Stampa lacked the arbitrator sovereign entity – which gainsay the entity to another.
jurisdictional faculty to make that ex have preposterous argument that it is purely
Some would argue that Malaysia’s parte (i.e. without the presence of the confused the a commercial transaction. Again, that the NBCC was a
“resumption” of the cession payment other party) decision on behalf of the procedural sovereign entity in its own right was
of RM5,300 under the terms of the 1878 French Arbitration Court, which has with the As to the argument – accepted yet neither novel nor absurd – since its
Agreement signed between Sultan since been rendered null and void. substantive again by Stampa on Feb 28, 2022 in counterpart in India had been the
Mohamet Jamal Al Alam with Baron aspects of defiance of his revocation and English East India Company before the
von Overbeck and Alfred Dent According to minister in the Prime the 1878 disqualification (see page 94 of the Crown assumed direct control to
constitutes an explicit (if not, implicit) Minister’s Department (Parliament Agreement. Final Award) – that the sovereign can become the British Raj by virtue of the
recognition of the “lease” theory, i.e. and Law) Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi also behave as private citizens (acta de Government of India Act (1858).
that Sabah (then North Borneo) was Tuanku Jaafar, the Malaysian iure gestionis) and, therefore, no legal
only leased – and not given up – to the government had also filed a criminal immunity is afforded is simply Of course, such a case was not
North Borneo Chartered Company complaint with the Spanish attorney- untenable. For that would effectively confined to the British alone. The
(NBCC). general against Stampa in protest mean that there would have been, at Dutch East India Company operated in
against his non-compliance with the least, some semblance of Sulu a similar fashion – in Malacca and the
For otherwise, why continue to Superior Court of Justice of Madrid’s Sultanate or Spanish sovereignty in then so-called East Indies (modern-
make the payment, especially after the decision alongside the irregularities of North Borneo. day Indonesia).
fact that it actually was discontinued by procedures, injustice and contempt for
the NBCC in 1936 when Sultan Jamalul the rule of law on Dec 14, 2021. For example, there would or ought There is no denying that NBCC, at
Kiram II died that year without leaving to have been some form of a hybrid all material time, perceived itself as a
an heir? An appeal has also been made by legal or even administrative system or sovereign power and had intended to
the Malaysian government to revoke both. Tax revenues would have been act accordingly (acta de iure imperii).
In other words, the act of making the exequatur order and an application partially diverted to the Sulu Sultanate
payment would by default presuppose to stay its implementation. On Dec 16, in addition to the cession payment and, As to the Sulu Sultanate heirs, it is
and imply that it is not voluntary but a 2021, the French Court of Appeal by extension, Spanish Philippines. immaterial whether 1936 marked the
legal obligation and liability of the allowed the Malaysian government’s time when there were no longer known
NBCC and, by extension, the British application for the stay of the As we all know, taxation is one of the heirs or that the family line still
colonial administration and finally the exequatur order issued on Sept 29, fundamental features of sovereignty – continued after that.
Malaysian government. And hence, the 2021 pending an appeal. as it is underpinned by coercive power
cessation of the cession payment in and right. Taxes drive the currency as What finally matters is that cession
2013 serves only to attract the sum of The exequatur order simply means issued by the state, which is also payment was never a recognition of
compensation as awarded by the that the French Arbitration Court has another feature of sovereignty. None of sovereignty – as the behaviour of NBCC
French Arbitration Court in Paris via the authority and jurisdiction to which ever existed. and subsequent legally-binding
Dr Gonzalo Stampa on May 5, 2021 enforce the award with legal effect agreements (namely the Madrid
for the sum of US$14.92 billion outside of France, i.e. on the Malaysian Furthermore, the post-1963 cession Protocol of 1885 and the Confirmation
(approximately RM62.59 billion). The government. payment was denominated in the of Cession Deed of 1903) demonstrate.
initial claim was US$32 billion – which ringgit – that is the currency of
comprised both the unpaid cession As pointed out by Wan Junaidi, the Malaysia as a sovereign entity. No Jason Loh Seong Wei
sum as well as the gross reserves value May 25, 2020 preliminary or partial complaints or grievances have ever is Head of Social, Law & Human Rights
for oil and gas in Sabah’s Exclusive ruling in Madrid by Stampa proceeded been filed to change that arrangement
on a faulty assumption to begin with. by the heirs of the Sulu Sultanate. at EMIR Research,
That is, the 1878 Agreement was a an independent think tank focussed
“private lease agreement”. This is, of It means that the claimants (so- on strategic policy recommendations
course, contrary to the facts of the called heirs and successors-in-title of
the Sulu Sultanate) and the arbitrator based on rigorous research.
Comments: [email protected]

Addressing the disconnect between students and educators

COMMENT accessibility to be a major advantage, while Expanded and enriched Microsoft Edge, they will gain powerful
byVarinderjit Singh 62% found that it saved time and eliminated access to hybrid learning protection too.
the need to commute. will help close the gaps Framework for the future
AS hybrid learning solidifies its place in our between students and While the global pandemic led to seismic shifts
new normal, it is vital that we address today’s Lowering barriers to an engaging, fulfilling their knowledge. in the education landscape, it has also laid the
challenges to digital learning, to prepare digital learning experience is crucial to education technology software and hardware, foundation for a new training ground for the
tomorrow’s workforce. growing these proportions and getting including Lenovo’s end-to-end Smart future digital working world.
students back on track. To do that, we need to Classroom solution, can prepare students for
The rise of hybrid learning in response to approach our education technology more future workplaces, while developing the As students experiment and become
Covid-19 restrictions seems to present a silver creatively – combining new, engaging collaborative skills they need for success. familiar with a variety of learning methods and
lining. Across industries, technological technologies in the classroom alongside Using a combination of devices, students technologies, they will not only have finesse in
aptitude is a good indicator of success. adequate support. can collaborate with each other on projects in digital skills but also develop the ability to
Students practising hybrid learning are gaining multi-dimensional ways. These devices are adapt quickly and resiliently to change.
and building technological skills that will make For example, AR (Augmented Reality) and also equipped with tools that are essential for
them more competitive in the workforce. VR (Virtual Reality) solutions can help learning such as Microsoft Edge. Developed As new technologies quickly become
students reduce learning time for new skills with built-in tools to advance learning, relevant in the workplace, students equipped
Introducing more technology into and improve retention, while being more cost Microsoft Edge works seamlessly with to take up new skills boldly – at any age – stand
classrooms – physical and virtual – has offered effective. The introduction of integrated and Microsoft 365 to help students and teachers the best chance for success.
students accessibility and convenience, but comprehensive AR and VR solutions can open access and organise important information.
also presented new challenges. Distractions, doors for students to experience limitless Students can use Immersive Reader on the Varinderjit Singh, General Manager, Lenovo
lack of motivation and a disconnect between immersive environments. It is a door that web, collect research for class projects, and get Malaysia. Comments: [email protected]
educator and student suggest students may not stands wide open but only one-third of quick access to Office apps and files with every
be able to keep up with their education, educators have explored AR or VR new tab. Plus, Microsoft Edge is designed to be
according to a 2021 study by Lenovo and technologies. the fastest browser on Windows 11. While they
Microsoft. are enjoying the speed and accessibility of
Meanwhile, existing technology has not
By harnessing the full potential of online been fully utilised, with merely 38% of students
learning, we can lay the basis for a skilled using video conferencing applications for their
workforce of tomorrow. lessons, and an even smaller proportion (20%)
Bringing different kind of creativity into the of students are using cloud-based file sharing
classroom services.
In 2020, the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic Expanding the classroom and creating next
saw an estimated 1.6 billion students out of generation of learners
school. A year later, over 800 million students Expanded and enriched access to hybrid
globally continue to grapple with complete or learning will help close the gaps between
partial school closures. The study conducted students and their knowledge. Streamlining
by YouGov and Terapinn saw over 80% of the systems students use in schools can help
upper-level and 95% of educators increased encourage use; giving students access to
their use of technology in the classroom within devices, support and services in one place.
the past year in Asia Pacific.
Under Malaysia’s Cerdik programme,
Standout challenges to online learners – students from lower income families will be
distractions, lack of motivation and provided with digital access in the form of
immediate feedback from their educators, and laptops, tablets and data connectivity. The
social isolation – did not stop students from programme is targeted to impact at least
recognising the benefits in online learning. 150,000 students in 500 schools.
Nearly two-thirds (63%) of students found
We can also lean on technology to help
develop less quantifiable soft skills that are vital
within the workplace. Implementing custom

10 theSUN ON TUESDAY | APRIL 5, 2022 In support of the elderly
MEDIA & MARKETING IN the spirit of giving and sharing, Johor; Mesra Homecare Centre in
(from left) Datin Fadzlin Suraya, Enfagrow A+ Mom, Nur Fazura, actress & Nestlé’s ‘MAGGI Gong Xi Masak, Kelantan and Pusat Penjagaan
THE sacred month of Enfagrow A+ Celebrity Mom and Tiffany Tang, Marketing Director of Mead Gong Xi Meriah’ Chinese New Year Orang Tua Grannies in Pahang.
Ramadan is a significant Johnson Malaysia, Singapore & Vietnam launching Dana Sepenuh Harapan in campaign raised RM81,000 in
time for introspection and to support of ten elderly care homes Ms Suzanne, House Manager of
develop positive emotional Raising themconjunctionwithRamadan. across Malaysia. Rumah Charis, shared: “One of our
growth in all areas of our right oldest residents, 92-year-old
relationships. In conjunction with o Enfagrow A+ Sets the example this Ramadan Nestlé has reached out to senior Dorcas, who finds joy in helping
this meaningful season, Enfagrow A+ on how to raise well-rounded children citizens in these homes to learn the caregiver cook on a daily basis,
today launched their campaign and understand their needs for was particularly excited in
called Segelas Kebaikan, Sepenuh ability to identify, assess and regulate A+ aims to support and uplift the essential items such as food preparing the Chinese New Year
Harapan. This campaign aims to the emotions oneself. A child with a lives of underprivileged children and supplies, household necessities, dishes, made more special thanks
encourage open dialogue between healthy balance of IQ and EQ skills to help parents fulfil their child’s wheelchairs, mattresses, and to the food supply contributions
parents and to guide them on raising has better capabilities in dreams by winning up to RM100,000 electrical appliances including from Nestlé! Indeed, we’re
children that are well-rounded, not comprehension and self-awareness in prizes. microwave and rice cookers. Some thankful and blessed that this has
just focusing on the importance of as well as the memory to quickly of these homes also experienced brought all the residents closer
academic grades but also being learn, understand and retain All funds raised will be donated to damages due to the massive floods together during this meaningful
grounded in moral values. information that is given. Rumah Amal Cahaya Kasih Bestari in December last year and require celebration.”
and Rumah Titian Kaseh as a show of support in upgrades and repairs of
“It is extra meaningful for us to Just as a high IQ can predict top support for these charity homes’ their living facilities. For Pusat Jagaan Wargamas Air
launch the Enfagrow A+ Segelas test scores, a high EQ can predict compassion and kindness in caring Tenang, the contributions and
Kebaikan, Sepenuh Harapan success in social and emotional for less fortunate children. According to Geetha support from Nestlé were
campaign this Ramadan as we want situations. Research has shown that Balakrishna, Business Executive especially poignant this year, as
to be alongside this journey with intentionally nurturing EQ is critical To participate in this contest and Officer of MAGGI, Nestlé they had experienced the
parents in nurturing positive values as it is a key predictor of future contribute to the charity fund, every (Malaysia) Berhad: “MAGGI is a devastating flash flood in
and strengthening relationships with success in relationships, health, and RM45 minimum spend of Enfagrow brand made for Malaysians. As December last year.
their children. At Enfagrow A+, we quality of life. Interestingly it is found A+ will entitle you to one (1) contest such, in the spirit of the Chinese
strive to be a strong pillar of support that EQ matters twice as much as IQ, entry. Submit your participation and New Year, we extended our Speaking about this experience,
to parents in their parenthood with 67% of the abilities necessary for answer a simple question via initiative to our senior folks as a Puan Saroja, House Manager of
journey. Together, we aim to lay the superior performance among WhatsApp and RM2 will be donated gesture of appreciation with the Pusat Jagaan Wargamas Air
building blocks for a well-rounded leaders. In the spirit of Ramadan, the to these charity homes. With every hope that our contributions will Tenang, said: “The flood had
development that emphasises the Segelas Kebaikan, Sepenuh Harapan entry, RM100,000 worth of prizes bring them some festive joy, damaged a lot of the residents’
importance of both mental campaign also introduces a awaits parents to bring their child’s reminiscent of their warm belongings, including furniture,
intelligence (IQ) and emotional nationwide contest to raise funds for dream to life! memories with their loved ones mattresses, electrical items and
intelligence (EQ),” said Tiffany Tang, Dana Sepenuh Harapan. and in their younger days. We are clothes which had to be disposed
Marketing Director of Mead Johnson For more details, visit Enfagrow humbled to see many Malaysians of. We’re thankful that individuals
Nutrition for Malaysia, Singapore With this charity fund, Enfagrow Malaysia’s website and Facebook coming together through this and organisations like Nestlé are
and Vietnam. page. campaign to show their support helping us recover from the
and give back to the community.” aftermath of the flood,” said Puan
As parents continuously look for Saroja.
ways to impart values to their The ten elderly care homes
children, Ramadan is an opportune selected to receive the Nestlé’s Corporate Social
time for them to model the right contributions from Nestlé’s Responsibility (CSR) initiative in
example and instil good values in ‘MAGGI Gong Xi Masak, Gong Xi conjunction with the ‘MAGGI
their young, whether through fasting Meriah’ Chinese New Year Gong Xi Masak, Gong Xi Meriah’
together, bonding over iftar or giving campaign included Rumah Charis, Chinese New Year campaign saw
back to the community, Nur Fazura, a Pusat Jagaan Wargamas Air the organisation contributing
celebrity mother who was present at Tenang, Sahana Old Folks Home RM0.10 for every contest entry
the event shared: “Every year I look and Noble Care in Klang Valley; received from the public, bringing
forward to Ramadan and even more Pertubuhan Kebajikan Rumah the total contributions to
so now with my daughter Nur Fatima. Orang-orang Tua Islam Titian RM81,000. For stories of elderly
Abadi and Darul Hanan in Pulau folks living in these senior homes
“This special month not only Pinang; Pusat Jagaan Warga Emas which the campaign supported,
brings a sense of togetherness and Nur Ehsan and Pertubuhan visit www.maggi.my/en/maggi-
family bonding but also emphasises Kebajikan Orang Kurang Upaya in happenings/gongxi-masak-
the strengthening of values. As my gongxi-meriah.
little one grows up, I hope that she
will develop a strong moral compass Senior citizens at Rumah Charis receiving goodies from MAGGI.
and possess the ability to make good
decisions and deal with difficult
situations in the future. Enfagrow A+
has been my trusted go-to in
ensuring that Nur Fatima gets the
right foundation with key nutrients
such as Milk Fat Globule Membrane
(MFGM) and expert-recommended
amount of DHA which gives her a
head start in achieving IQ and EQ
milestones for a successful future.”

Imparting values at a young age is
no easy task, and it begins with
providing a good start to a child’s
development. The key to raising a
well-rounded child is in developing
both their IQ and EQ (such as social-
emotional skills) through parental
nurturance and nutrition. IQ is the
cognitive skills that contribute
academically whereas EQ is the

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KL MARKET SUMMARY ALR offers to acquire four
April 4, 2022

INDICES 11,480.10 CHANGE +8.51 highway concessionaires
FBMEMAS
FBMKLCI 1,598.92 -3.49
CONSUMER PRODUCTS 586.16 +1.98
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS 207.41 +1.06
CONSTRUCTION 164.57 +2.23
FINANCIAL SERVICES 16,822.00 -86.78
ENERGY 733.50 +12.76
TELECOMMUNICATIONS 646.19 +2.54 o Litrak, Gamuda receive exchange filing. to purchase all the securities of Kesas based
HEALTH CARE 2,188.41 +1.12 bids for Kesas, Sprint, Sprint is a 50% associate company of on an enterprise value of RM1.24 billion as
TRANSPORTATION 865.62 +13.09 Litrak and Smart of the valuation date of Dec 31, 2021;
PROPERTY 725.22 +7.78 Litrak. RM1.81 billion for Sprint; RM2.12 billion for
PLANTATION 8,080.32 +131.56 KUALA LUMPUR: Trading of Lingkaran The company said the offers will remain Litrak; and RM313 million for Smart.
FBMSHA 12,079.50 +45.68 Trans Kota Holdings Bhd (Litrak) and
FBMACE 5,771.06 +85.18 Gamuda Bhd securities was suspended open for acceptance until 5pm on April 30, It added that the offers remain open for
TECHNOLOGY 77.43 +0.01 yesterday after the two companies received 2022. acceptance until 5pm on April 30, 2022 .
conditional letters of offer from Amanat
TURNOVER VALUE Lebuhraya Rakyat Bhd (ALR), with ALR Gamuda also announced yesterday that Kumpulan Perangsang Selangor Bhd
3.383 BIL RM2.060 BIL offering to acquire all the securities of four it has received a conditional offer letter for (KPS), meanwhile, said its associate
highway concession companies – Kesas, ALR to acquire all its securities in its company Sprint has received a letter of offer
5 MOST ACTIVES Sprint, Litrak and Smart. expressway concession companies. from ALR to acquire the entire equity
April 4, 2022 interest of Sprint for about RM1.81 billion.
“ALR conditionally offers to purchase all It told the stock exchange that ALR has
STOCK VOL CLSG (sen) +/– (sen) the securities of Litrak based on an offered to acquire its 70% stake in Kesas Sdn KPS currently has a 20% interest in Sprint
MTRONIC 13,864,700 2.0 UNCH enterprise value of RM2.12 billion as at Dec Bhd; 51.6% stake in Sprint; 43.2% in Litrak; via its associate company, Sprint Holdings.
PPJACK 13,542,800 46.0 +6.5 31, 2021 and ALR conditionally offers to and 50% stake in Projek Smart Holdings Sdn
VC 77,720,300 12.0 +2.0 purchase all the securities of Sprint (Sistem Bhd (Smart). In a filing with Bursa Malaysia Securities,
KNM 71,695,200 18.0 +0.5 Penyuraian Trafik KL Barat Holdings Sdn it said the offer will be valid until 5pm on
SIAB 65,841,300 25.0 +3.5 Bhd) based on an evaluation value of The group said its share of anticipated April 30, 2022 and a definitive agreement
RM1.81 billion,” Litrak said in a stock equity value for all of its expressway between Sprint Holdings and ALR should
5 TOP GAINERS concession companies amounted to be entered into no later than July 31, 2022 or
April 4, 2022 RM2.33 billion. another extended date that is mutually
agreed upon by both parties.
“Each of the Kesas offer, Sprint offer,
Litrak offer, and Smart offer has been given It said based on the enterprise value, the
by ALR on a standalone basis and is anticipated equity value of Sprint is RM904
mutually exclusive from each other,” million, of which, KPS’ share would be
Gamuda said. RM180.8 million. – Bernama

The group said ALR conditionally offers

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EXCHANGE RATES APRIL 4, 2022 The government says private companies
can put forward proposals to take over toll
Foreign currency Bank sell Bank buy Bank buy highways. – BERNAMAPIX

1 US DOLLAR TT/OD TT OD Further restructuring on the way, private
1 AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR 4.2755 4.1505 4.1405 companies welcome: Works minister
1 BRUNEI DOLLAR 3.2220 3.0960 3.0800
1 CANADIAN DOLLAR 3.1520 3.0590 3.0510 KUALA LUMPUR: More highway the government has agreed to the proposed of the takeover has not been finalised yet.
1 EURO 3.4130 3.3220 3.3100 concession companies will be involved in restructuring of four highway He said the restructuring will involve an
1 NEWZEALAND DOLLAR 4.7330 4.5800 4.5600 talks on restructuring aimed at easing the concessionaries – Kesas Sdn Bhd, Syarikat
1 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 2.9710 2.8620 2.8460 financial burden of the people and the Mengurus Air Banjir dan Terowong Sdn extension of the concession period for three
1 STERLING POUND 3.1520 3.0590 3.0510 government, said Senior Works Minister Bhd (Smart), Sistem Penyuraian Trafik KL of the companies but Smart have its
1 SWISS FRANC 5.6160 5.4370 5.4170 Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof. Barat Sdn Bhd (Sprint), and Lingkaran concession shortened.
100 UAE DIRHAM 4.6080 4.5010 4.4860 Trans Kota Sdn Bhd (Damasara-Puchong
100 BANGLADESHTAKA 117.7900 111.7000 111.5000 He said the government welcomes Highway. “However, an extension of the
100 CHINESE RENMINBI 5.0430 4.7330 4.5330 private companies to take over highway concession period is not an exclusive right
100 HONGKONG DOLLAR concessionaires for this purpose. After Amanat Lebuhraya Rakyat Bhd’s of the concession company and is subject to
100 INDIAN RUPEE N/A N/A N/A takeover of these companies, the toll rates traffic volumes and monitoring by the
100 INDONESIAN RUPIAH 55.1700 52.4300 52.2300 “The government welcomes the private for the highways will not increase and will government from time to time,” he added.
100 JAPANESE YEN 5.7200 sector to come forward with such terms, remain unchanged until the end of their
100 NEWTAIWAN DOLLAR 0.0308 5.3700 5.1700 where concession companies will hand concession periods. Fadillah said the government will not
100 PAKISTAN RUPEE 3.4990 0.0279 0.0229 back highways to the government once they incur any expenditure for the takeover
100 PHILIPPINE PESO 3.3890 3.3790 have settled their debts. This will be a relief The restructuring will also save the transactions and is not giving any
100 QATAR RIYAL N/A to the people ... there will be negotiations on government from paying compensations guarantees for financing by ALR to
100 SAUDI RIYAL 2.3600 N/A N/A restructuring involving other highway from Jan 1, 2022 until the end of the undertake the restructuring of the four
100THAI BAHT 8.4100 2.2100 2.0100 concessions after this,” he told a special concession periods and give net savings in concession companies.
118.5300 7.9300 7.7300 media conference here yesterday. toll subsidy payments estimated at not less
115.2700 112.5200 112.3200 than RM4.3 billion. The government also will not have to
13.3700 109.4300 109.2300 Earlier yesterday, Prime Minister Datuk bear any maintenance and operation costs
11.8600 11.4600 Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that Fadillah said, however, the effective date following the restructuring of Kesas, Litrak,
Sprint and Smart, he added. – Bernama
Source: Malayan Banking Berhad/Bernama

BRIEFS12 theSUN ON TUESDAY | APRIL 5, 2022 Axiata-Digi merger faces
SUNBIZ regulatory hiccup

MAG PLANS TO INCREASE o MCMC’sstatementofissuescoulddelaytimelinebut RHB Research said the two telcos were
AIRCRAFT CAPACITY BY chances of dissenting view low, says RHB Research requested to provide additional
ANOTHER 15% THIS MONTH comments and detail on the national
PETALING JAYA: Although the substantially lessen competition in the retail market for mobile and low-speed
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Aviation Malaysian Communications & market nor result in a dominant position, fixed broadband and data services, the
Group Bhd (MAG) is planning to Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has even though there is a likelihood of a national retail and wholesale market for
increase its aircraft capacity by an raised the statement of issues (SOI) on dissenting view/decision by the mobile voice and person-to-person (P2P)
additional 15% on top of the 20% of the proposed Axiata and Digi merger, the regulator. messaging services including the related
pre-Covid level projected for this risk of the regulator taking up a local distribution channel market and
month, in light of Malaysian borders dissenting view is low, according to RHB The research house outlined that the network sharing arrangement. The
reopening. The airline group expects Research as the regulator previously SOI could potentially delay the timeline regulator also sought more information
that by year-end the capacity would maintained an accommodative stance on for completion of the merger, which was on the national wholesale market for
reach 70% of pre-Covid capacity level, market consolidations and the merger initially set for end Q2’22. mobile broadband services including
said MAG group CEO Captain Izham construct. network sharing arrangements from the
Ismail. He said with the trend of higher RHB Research elaborated that MCMC It explained that MCMC’s SOI issuance two.
demand (inbound) coming from India, may issue a notice of no objection if it is indicates it is likely to issue an
the UK and Europe into Malaysia, the satisfied that the merger does not unfavourable decision but reserves its The research house opined that the
airline is looking at 80% capacity. – final decision pending the feedback and SOI may have triggered renewed
Bernama input from the telcos on points raised. concerns over merger execution.

PINTARAS JAYA UNIT BAGS 3 “The development has also caught the
PILING JOBS WORTH RM90M market off guard as Axiata and Digi’s
management teams had earlier indicated
KUALA LUMPUR: Pintary International – during their results call and briefings –
Pte Ltd’s wholly owned unit Pintary that the integration process is
Foundations Pte Ltd has secured three progressing as planned. Both Celcom
new piling contracts worth and Digi will continue to engage closely
approximately RM90 million. Pintary with the regulator and are required to
International Pte Ltd is a wholly owned respond to their SOI within 30 days,” said
unit of Pintaras Jaya Bhd (PJB) in the research house in a report yesterday,
Singapore. In a filing with Bursa adding that the SOI raised by the
Malaysia, PJB said these projects will regulator has led to a knee-jerk selldown
commence in May 2022 with contract on Axiata Group and DiGi.com shares.
periods varying from three to four
months. These contracts are expected It noted that the telcos have 30 days to
to contribute positively to PJB’s address the preliminary concerns over
financial year 2022 earnings. – Bernama market competition that could arise from
their proposed merger presented by the
FOREIGN NET BUYING ON regulator on April 1.
BURSA AT RM537M LAST WEEK
“Key risk is an unfavourable decision
PETALING JAYA: Only foreign investors by the regulator. We see the uncertainty
were net buyers last week, which saw as a near-term overhang on both stocks.”
total net inflows amounting to
RM536.5 million. Local retailers turned It has retained a neutral call on the
net sellers for the week at RM72.74 sector, favouring fixed players and their
million. International funds have been stronger re-rating catalyst. RHB
net buyers on Bursa for 11 out of the Research’s top picks are Telekom (target
first 13 weeks of 2022, with a net price [TP]: RM7.65), Axiata (TP: RM5.03),
inflow of RM6.66 billion year-to-date. Time dotCom (RM5) and OCK (TP: 56
Foreign investors were net buyers for sen).
all the trading days last week, with the
largest being on Friday at RM194.8 TNB completes acquisition of UK onshore
million and the smallest on Tuesday at wind farms for RM808m, strengthens RE portfolio
RM30.7 million.
PETALING JAYA: Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) offshore wind market last October, which is regimes, which are expected to provide
Malaysian Genomics has completed the acquisition of a 100% stake in in line with the strategy to grow its global stable long-term revenues.
Resource Centre a 97.3MW onshore wind portfolio in the UK renewable energy (RE) portfolio while
awarded Covid-19 from a number of funds advised by Capital strengthening its presence in a focus Upon completion, the subsidiary’s total
surveillance contract Dynamics for £145.9 million (RM807.73 market. operational RE capacity will grow by 23%
million). from 433MW to 530MW and will diversify the
PETALING JAYA: Genomics and The wind portfolio is made up of 11 technology mix and improve the balance of
biopharmaceutical specialist Malaysian The acquisition was carried out via its onshore wind farms across the UK that were its portfolio’s electricity generation profile
Genomics Resource Centre Bhd was wholly owned subsidiary Vantage RE Ltd, developed under either the Feed-in Tariff or throughout the year.
recently awarded a Covid-19 surveillance following TNB’s maiden venture into the UK Renewable Obligation Certificate subsidy
contract by the Institute for Medical TNB president and CEO Datuk Baharin
Research (IMR), the biomedical research The wind portfolio is made up of 11 onshore wind farms across the UK that were developed under Din commented that the acquisition
arm of the Health Ministry (MOH). either the Feed-in Tariff or Renewable Obligation Certificate subsidy regimes. – BERNAMAPIX represents the continued success of its
strategy to expand its RE portfolio in its focus
Malaysian Genomics is one of the markets such as the UK and Europe while
private laboratories that IMR has engaged accelerating TNB’s journey in delivering its
to outsource genome surveillance of global environmental, social and governance
SARS-CoV2. (ESG) vision.

Malaysian Genomics executive “We firmly believe in an innate
director Datuk Alvin Nesakumar said it responsibility towards a better world and
will support IMR and MOH in this effort to brighter lives anchored on TNB’s aspiration
monitor the evolution of the Covid-19 towards net zero emissions by 2050. TNB’s
virus, its variants and sub-variants. Sustainability Pathway is underpinned by
our commitment to reduce 35% of our
“We can help IMR track and trace the emissions intensity as well as 50% of our coal
virus for any variants of concern that the generation capacity by 2035,” he said in a
government needs to be informed of as statement.
well as prepare for,” he said in a statement
yesterday. Baharin believes the acquisition
underpinned by subsidy regimes would also
Malaysian Genomics, whose cell allow it to fully benefit from stable revenues
laboratory is the only privately-owned and build financial resilience to weather the
BioSafety Level 2 (BSL-2) facility in economic challenges aggravated by Covid-
Malaysia with the Current Good 19.
Manufacturing Practice (cGMP)
certification, is moving towards becoming “In addition, it will move TNB a step
a premier healthcare provider through the closer to transitioning towards a new energy
production of CAR T-cells for cancer future of low carbon generation consistent
immunotherapy for solid cancers, as well with TNB’s Sustainability Pathway and
as other cell engineering services. BSL-2 overall ESG vision.”
and cGMP certifications indicate that a
laboratory facility has stringent measures
for biocontainment standards and ultra-
pure laboratory environments to safely
work on human cells.

The group is also ISO 9001:2015, ISO
15189:2014 and ISO 17025:2017 certified
under the Integrated Management
System.

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BRIEFS KONTENA NASIONAL Businesses cautiously
BEEFS UP FLEET WITH optimistic in Q1: RAM-CTOS
30 PRIME MOVERS
o Survey indicates uncertainty over full irrevocably changed consumption MSME still trail behind corporates
PETALING JAYA: MMC Corp economic recovery, majority of respondents habits.” in the path to recovery.
Bhd wholly owned subsidiary cite rising cost as biggest concern
Kontena Nasional Bhd has Not surprisingly, the index “Although Malaysia’s transition
acquired 30 units of Volvo’s PETALING JAYA: RAM Holdings micro, small and medium found that 55% of firms surveyed into an endemic phase and the
FM440 6x2 T RAS prime Bhd and CTOS Data Systems Sdn enterprises, which may be have yet to recover to pre-Covid reopening of borders in coming
movers from Volvo Trucks Bhd’s Q1’22 Business Confidence interpreted as cautious optimism levels, particularly for the business months may boost prospects,
Malaysia. The first 20 units Index (BCI) survey found business as many firms continue to report services sector (62%) and smaller firms would have to contend with
from a total of 30 prime sentiment to be positive amid the significant challenges in the near SMEs and micro firms (60%). Most rising costs and labour shortages
movers have been delivered, reopening of the economy but term. It also found firms were of these firms foresee full recovery that will eat into margins,” it said.
with the remaining units there is uncertainty over full most bullish about sales and only from 2023.
expected to arrive by the end recovery. hiring outlook, seen in the It opined that banks need to
of this month. “The newly respective sub-indices rising to On the flip side, it said only 12% keep SMEs adequately funded
acquired prime movers are The joint survey reported that 60.2 and 60.7. of respondents, mainly from larger during the recovery phase.
part of Kontena Nasional’s the overall index charted a positive corporate firms, reported business
business expansion plan sentiment reading of 55.4, the first “The share of firms citing has surpassed pre-pandemic “Policymakers should continue
towards achieving logistics since the start of the Covid-19 economic weakness as a levels. The survey elaborated that to engage with vulnerable firms
excellence and delivering pandemic, compared with the significant challenge dropped to large corporates likely benefited and address specific needs to
quality services to our reading below 40 registered for the 50% from more than 80% in the from the sharp rebound in export ensure a uniform and faster
customers. It will also support previous five quarters. A reading of same period last year. Most firms sales last year on the back of recovery from the pandemic.”
our fleet readiness for new and above 50 indicates positive or surveyed nonetheless expect robust external demand.
bigger market outreach,” said optimistic sentiment. capacity slack to persist, implying RAM group CEO Chris WK Lee
Kontena Nasional CEO Nik demand has not fully normalised Moving forward, 62% of the said since the group started the
Muzani Nik Abd Aziz. The survey polled over 140 as the pandemic may have firms cited rising cost as the RAM BCI in 2017, the survey has
respondents, 75% of which are biggest concern for the quarter proven to be a reliable and leading
MALAYSIAN GOVT with higher raw material cost as barometer of forward business
IS COUNTRY’S TOP the top pain point particularly sentiments in Malaysia.
BOND ISSUER IN Q1 with manufacturers followed by
staffing costs. “With CTOS’s large subscriber
KUALA LUMPUR: The base, we hope to capture the
Malaysian government has The joint report also found that sentiments of a much larger pool
been named the overall top of businesses that will further
bond issuer in Bond Pricing strengthen the utility of the BCI,”
Agency Malaysia Sdn Bhd’s said Lee in a statement.
(BPAM) Bond League Tables for
the first quarter of 2022 On the joint index, CTOS
(Q1’22), with a total issuance of Digital Bhd deputy group CEO Eric
RM50 billion. BPAM said the Hamburger remarked that
government also issued the business sentiment is often the
top traded bond overall for the first indicator for the future
quarter under review at direction of the economy.
RM205.06 billion. According to
the report, national mortgage “CTOS has the largest customer
corporate Cagamas was the base in the industry which allows
top corporate bond issuer us to monitor and access credit
(RM1.88 billion) for Q1’22 and trends. Findings from CTOS Credit
issued the top traded corporate Manager concur with the joint
bond (RM590 million). Maybank survey, with our subscribers
Islamic Bank was the top sukuk pulling 17% more business credit
issuer (RM4 billion) in the quarter, reports since the start of 2022
while DanaInfra Nasional issued compared to corresponding
the top traded sukuk (RM2.8 period in 2021 to carry out due
billion). BPAM is the only registered diligence on new customers and
bond pricing agency accredited by reevaluate existing customers.”
the Securities Commission of
Malaysia. – Bernama Hamburger believes this is a
good sign that businesses are
PAYHALAL, ATOME beginning to increase operations
TEAM UP TO OFFER and productivity.
ISLAMIC BNPL FACILITY
Iconic Medicare passes Smeta methodology ESG audit
PETALING JAYA: Syariah-
compliant payment gateway PETALING JAYA: Iconic Worldwide modules such as labour standards, support personnel. of our company. This will certainly
PayHalal has collaborated with Bhd’s fully owned subsidiary Iconic health and safety, management Managing director Datuk Tan Kean lend greater confidence to customers
Buy Now Pay Later provider Medicare Sdn Bhd has passed an systems, environmental assessment of Iconic Worldwide as we seek to
Atome to enable Islamic Buy environmental, social and and business ethics. Tet said although not compulsory, penetrate the US and European
Now Pay Later (iBNPL) facility governance (ESG) responsibility Iconic Medicare participated in the markets for our glove business.
across halal and syariah- audit as per the Smeta methodology, Iconic Medicare was certified for Smeta audit as it is a worldwide-
compliant merchants onboard. which was carried out by a third- its glove manufacturing business after recognised standard of how it conduct “For our 500-strong workforce
This facility allows flexible party international audit firm. going through a four-pillar Smeta business. which is fully made up of locals, the
payment option that is riba- audit scope. The audit held at its PPE group has worked to devise and
free at zero-interest with no Sedex Members Ethical Trade manufacturing facility in Batu Kawan, “This is especially important for implement a system that supports and
annual or servicing fees at an Audits (Smeta), one of the most Penang, explored the extent of the us as a relatively new PPE player, and sustains the overall wellbeing and
RM5,000 spending limit. widely used ethical audit formats in employees’ social protection and ran we have the advantage to be able to health of employees. Moving forward,
Currently, there are 786 the world, is founded on the across production subdivisions, align our goals to the long-term goals we will continue reviewing the
merchants available on the conventions of the International support services and administration. of society. The positive result of the conditions of our workplace
platform, including Zurich Labour Organization, as well as Collective and individual interviews audit testifies not only to the high periodically and fulfil our duties as a
Takaful, Celcom, and Misz relevant local laws. It comprises were also held at all levels of key and quality of production but also to the responsible corporate citizen,” said Tan.
Nina. The campaign has worthy level of social responsibility
already kickstarted with a
promotion offering the first
786 merchants free set-up of
PayHalal payment gateway
with preloaded iBNPL facility.

NWP’s board buries the hatchet, turns attention to driving recovery

PETALING JAYA: NWP Holdings Bhd group after settling the legal issues an increase in timber prices will also increased by 20% compared with the ensuing movement control order had
has moved past the legal tussles within the group. benefit NWP, allowing the group to average selling price in 2021, which a severe impact on its manufacturing
involving its board of directors, as record a turnaround for its upcoming benefits the group. capacity, which had also been partly
legal suits were dropped after the “On March 28, on the advice of our financial year. affected by the supply chain
reshuffling of its boardroom members. legal team, Originating Summons No. “We are optimistic that both the disruption and logistic bottlenecks.
WA-24NCC-55-01/2022 has been “We remain focused on our strong demand and pricing will drive
The group has appointed its withdrawn. We are glad that we will existing core business, which is the the turnaround for NWP in the With the reopening of the
largest shareholder, Datuk Tan Lik turn over a new page,” he said in a timber manufacturing business. upcoming financial year,” said the economy, NWP is looking to ramp up
Houe, as non-independent and non- statement. Since the reopening of the economy, non-executive director. its manufacturing capacity from its
executive director while his daughter, we have seen an increase in orders current level of around 20% to 80% by
Tan Jyy Yeen, was made executive With the internal issues resolved, for our business, led by the surge in He elaborated that orders from the end of this year. “The focus on the
director. Datuk Yeo Chai Poh was NWP will tap into the surge in demand demand for furniture.” China are particularly strong and timber manufacturing business will
named as an independent and non- for its timber manufacturing business would provide the foundation for its rejuvenate the group and drive the
executive director. amid the reopening of international He explained that this is partly due growth over the next three to five turnaround of our financial
borders and the economy. to the return to the workplace as the years as the group’s expansion performance in the upcoming
Lik Houe said the board is looking economy reopens. strategy takes off. financial year,” said Lik Houe.
forward to drive recovery for the Lik Houe said demand for furniture
has surged over the last one year and In addition, timber prices have Previously, the pandemic and the

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ExxonMobil suspends Russian Far East LNG project

MOSCOW: ExxonMobil has would exit its Russian oil and gas production facilities on Sakhalin Sakhalin-1 consortium led by Mikhail Degtyaryov as saying.
suspended its liquefied natural gas operations, which it had valued at Island in Russia’s Far East, and put Russian energy giant Rosneft. “Why has it been done? I am
project in Russia’s Far East, Interfax more than US$4 billion (RM17 the fate of a proposed multi-billion
news agency quoted a Russian billion), and halt new investment dollar LNG facility there in doubt. “The project, which the Americans astonished, this is a shot in the foot.”
governor as saying yesterday, after due to sanctions on Russia over – Exxon – had announced at the port Exxon in Moscow referred
the firm announced plans to quit the Ukraine. Exxon had planned to build the of De Kastri with the pipe from
country following Western sanctions. Far East Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Sakhalin, it is frozen until further Reuters to the company’s
ExxonMobil said last month it The decision would see Exxon project with annual capacity of more notice from them,” Interfax quoted announcement about its decision to
pull out of managing large oil and gas than six million tonnes as part of the Khabarovsk region’s governor leave business in Russia on March 1.
– Reuters

Sri Lanka crisis sends inflation BRIEFS EASYJET CANCELS FLIGHTS AS
warning to rest of the world COVID HITS STAFF IN EUROPE

o Unravelling of its economy a reminder of political to about 74 cents at the start of February. LONDON: EasyJet yesterday said it was
implications of high prices Haircuts will stretch from China to Wall Street, cancelling flights to and from the UK
where market borrowings accounted for 47% after high Covid rates in Europe left the
MUMBAI: Sri Lanka’s collapse is front of mind tourists, a crucial source of foreign exchange. of Sri Lanka’s foreign government debt as of British airline with a lack of staff. “As a
for many. Protesters fed up with crippling Food inflation hit an eye-watering 30.2% in April last year. result of the current high rates of Covid
shortages of essential food and fuel items are March. The currency’s 40% depreciation infections across Europe, like all
on the streets, prompting multiple members against the US dollar in one month, including It’s a reminder of the political implications of businesses EasyJet is experiencing
of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa’s a central bank managed devaluation, is high prices. Prior to Russia’s invasion of higher than usual levels of employee
cabinet to offer to resign late on Sunday. Social blowing out leverage ratios: Public debt Ukraine, few Asian countries had consumer sickness,“ the carrier said. After
unrest will probably accelerate a restructuring estimated by the International Monetary Fund inflation in double digits. The standouts were cancelling more than 200 flights over
of some US$44 billion (RM185 billion) of at 120% of GDP is perhaps some 40 percentage Sri Lanka and Pakistan, whose Prime Minister the weekend, EasyJet said it had
international sovereign debt. Though Sri points more than might be deemed Imran Khan on Sunday dodged a no- preemptively cancelled 60 yesterday.
Lanka’s problems follow years of sustainable, guesses Citi. confidence vote and called fresh elections. The airline noted that it was a “small
mismanagement, its speedy unravelling is a Poorer countries are more vulnerable to surging proportion” of the more than 1,645
warning to sturdier economies from Europe to A worsening crisis mutes the impact of global food prices because their populations flights planned for the day. – AFP
Asia suddenly grappling with a spike in the disjointed financial lifelines, including a spend more on food than discretionary items.
cost of living. US$1.5 billion currency swap from China in But pandemic dislocations to supply chains NOVARTIS TO SAVE AT LEAST
December and rice and diesel shipments from and trade meant advanced economies overall US$1B BY 2024 THANKS
A current account crisis has intensified India. The IMF notes that policies required to were facing a jump in prices three times bigger TO SIMPLIFIED STRUCTURE
after the West fired its sanctions bazooka at reduce debt to sustainable levels are neither than emerging markets between 2019 to 2022,
Russia as punishment for its invasion of economically nor politically feasible. Hence, per IMF estimates in January. ZURICH: Novartis said yesterday it was
Ukraine. Rolling blackouts and a state of Sri Lanka’s US$1 billion bond maturing in July integrating its pharmaceuticals and
emergency are frightening away remaining trades at 67 cents on the US dollar, compared Whether countries rush to deal with oncology units into an innovative
surging prices with tax cuts, or ramping up medicines (IM) business to simplify its
subsidies, Sri Lanka’s speedy unravelling offers structure, targeting savings of at least
a warning of the political risks of complacency. US$1 billion (RM4.2 billion) by 2024.
– Reuters “Integrating pharmaceuticals and
oncology business units into an
S’pore looks to tighten monetary policy – but by how much? innovative medicines business with
separate US and international
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s central bank is likely Instead of interest rates, the MAS manages policy by letting the local dollar rise or fall against the commercial organisations will increase
to tighten its policy settings at its review this currencies of its main trading partners within an undisclosed band, known as the Nominal Effective focus, strengthen competitiveness and
month, the third time in a row, as inflationary Exchange Rate. - AFPPIX drive synergies,” the Swiss
pressures intensify due to global supply-side pharmaceutical company said in a
disruptions and an easing of the city-state’s next semi-annual monetary policy statement forecast provided before Russia’s invasion of statement. It said it expects selling,
border controls. no later than April 14. Ukraine. general and administrative savings of at
least US$1 billion to be fully embedded
All 15 economists polled by Reuters forecast The MAS tightened monetary policy in Singapore’s finance minister Lawrence by 2024 as a result of these changes.
the Monetary Authority of Singapore to tighten January this year in an out-of-cycle move, which Wong said in March the city-state’s economy Value creation through these
its policy, but they are divided on how followed a tightening in October. should continue to expand this year but that operational improvements should
aggressive the central bank is likely to be and authorities were ready to deploy more fiscal and ensure at least 4% sales growth in
which of its various settings it will change. February headline prices rose at their fastest monetary policy measures if a worsening constant currency through 2026. –
pace in nine years due to higher private Russia-Ukraine crisis impacted growth and Reuters
Instead of interest rates, the MAS manages transport costs, while core prices eased for the inflation.
policy by letting the local dollar rise or fall first time since June last year. CARREFOUR LAUNCHES
against the currencies of its main trading Last month, Singapore made its biggest FUND TO INVEST IN
partners within an undisclosed band, known as The MAS is expecting core inflation to come reopening moves from the Covid-19 pandemic, DIGITAL RETAIL STARTUPS
the Nominal Effective Exchange Rate. in within 2–3% this year, up from 0.9% last year, easing local restrictions and allowing
while headline inflation is projected to average vaccinated travellers from anywhere in the PARIS: Carrrefour, Europe’s largest food
It adjusts its policy via three levers: the slope, between 2.5% and 3.5%. world to enter without having to quarantine. – retailer, is joining forces with venture
mid-point and width of the policy band. Reuters capital firm Daphni to invest in digital
The government had projected gross retail startups as part of a global plan to
Of the economists polled, two expect the domestic product to expand 3-5% in 2022 in a step up e-commerce expansion over
MAS to only raise the slope of the band, while the next four years, it said yesterday.
another five expect the MAS to raise the slope of Their new venture capital fund,
the band along with an upward re-centering of Dastore, will initially invest €80 million
its mid-point. (RM370 million) by taking minority
stakes in high-potential emerging
“Downside growth risks due to current startups in France and globally to allow
geopolitical tensions are manageable, in our Carrefour “to stay close to innovations
view,” ANZ economist Khoon Goh said in a and emerging technologies”, the
research note. “Tightening resource pressures in statement said. Last November
the economy and upside inflation risks mean Carrefour pledged to spend €3 billion
the MAS has to be more forceful in normalising between 2022 and 2026 to step up
monetary policy.” digital expansion, one of the pillars of
the group’s strategy to stay ahead of
Adjusting the mid-point is typically seen as a Amazon on grocery deliveries and
more “aggressive” tool than only adjusting the accelerate its continuing turnaround. –
slope, while width is usually used to control how Reuters
much the Singapore dollar can fluctuate.
INDONESIA’S GOTO SELLS
Five forecast the MAS re-centering the mid- ITS MAJORITY STAKE
point higher, with no change to the width or the IN PHILIPPINE E-WALLET
slop.
SINGAPORE: GoTo Group, Indonesia’s
Morgan Stanley expects the slope to be biggest tech firm, said yesterday it had
steepened alongside a widening of the band – a sold its majority stake in Filipino e-
move last made in 2010, while Barclays and wallet Coins.ph, signalling the end of it
Bank of America are predicting a change to all efforts to capture the Philippines
three parameters. market. Ride-hailing and payments firm
Gojek, which merged last year with e-
“With the heightened uncertainty from commerce leader Tokopedia to form
geopolitics, the upside risk to inflation, and the GoTo, had acquired the stake in 2019 as
downside risk to growth, we now think that MAS it planned a full expansion into the
could undertake both a slope steepening and a Philippines. But the plan was halted in
band widening,” Morgan Stanley analysts said. the same year after regulators did not
grant it a ride-hailing licence. GoTo said
The central bank is expected to release its last week it plans to raise US$1.1 billion
(RM4.6 billion) in its upcoming initial
public offering in Jakarta, in one of
Asia’s biggest share sales so far this year.
– Reuters

T U E S DAY
5 APRIL 2022

INDUSTRY watchers had tipped HERE IS A LIST OF SELECTED
pop superstars as the likely big WINNERS:
winners at yesterday’s Grammys ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Jon
– but jazzman Jon Batiste instead Batiste, We Are
was crowned king, taking home five RECORD OF THE YEAR
awards including the prestigious
Album of the Year prize. (OVERALL SONG
At the star-studded gala, held for PERFORMANCE): Silk Sonic,
the first time in Las Vegas, Silk Sonic – Leave The Door Open
the 70s revival project of Bruno Mars SONG OF THE YEAR (BEST
and Anderson.Paak – won all four of SONGWRITING): Leave The Door
their potential prizes, including both Open – Brandon Anderson,
Record and Song of The Year for their Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst
single Leave The Door Open. Emile II and Bruno Mars,
Olivia Rodrigo didn’t win as many songwriters (Silk Sonic)
awards as predicted – but the BEST NEW ARTISTE: Olivia
Filipino-American pop phenom did Rodrigo
scoop the coveted prize for Best New BEST MUSIC VIDEO: Jon Batiste,
Artiste, and two trophies in the pop Freedom
category. BEST RAP ALBUM: Tyler, The
That meant the winners of all four Creator, Call Me If You Get Lost
top Grammys were people of colour – BEST RAP PERFORMANCE: Baby
a milestone for the Recording Keem featuring Kendrick Lamar,
Academy, which for years has faced Family Ties
criticism that it disproportionately BEST ROCK ALBUM: Foo
honored white men. Fighters, Medicine At Midnight
“I just put my head down and BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM: Olivia
work on the craft every day,” Batiste, Rodrigo, Sour
born into a prominent New Orleans BEST POP SOLO
musical dynasty, told the audience as PERFORMANCE: Olivia Rodrigo,
he accepted the night’s final prize. drivers license
“It’s more than entertainment for US singer Jon Batiste performs onstage on his way to winning five Grammy awards. – AFP
me – it’s a spiritual practice.”
The night was heavy on

performances but also held a number
of somber moments – most notably
when Ukrainian President Volodymyr

A night of starsZelensky delivered a pre-taped plea
for support.
Zelensky’s message led into a
performance by John Legend of the
song Free, with the help of Ukrainian o Silk Sonic, Jon Batiste, Joni Mitchell, Olvia
singer Mika Newton, musician Rodrigo, Doja Cat, Foo Fighters among the
Siuzanna Iglidan and poet Lyuba
Yakimchuk.

key winners“On our land, we are fighting
Russia, which brings horrible silence
with its bombs. The dead silence,”
Zelensky said. New Artiste.
“Fill the silence with your music, Lady Gaga performed a few zippy
fill it today to tell our story.” standards from Love for Sale, her hit
duet album with Tony Bennett, who
Bieber, Eilish, Lil Nas X shut out introduced her in a brief video
Despite being among the night’s most message.
nominated artistes, pop juggernauts Big winner Batiste also performed, Silk Sonic, comprising Bruno Mars and Anderson.Paak, dancing on the stage as
they receive their award for Record of the Year. – AFP
Billie Eilish, Justin Bieber and Lil Nas showcasing his elasticity as an artiste
X were shut out completely. by starting at the piano for a classical
But they all staged impressive piece before transitioning to a
performances: Eilish belted out rhythmic dance number.
Happier Than Ever in a lightning- The night’s leading nominee with
backed downpour, Bieber delivered a 11 nods, Batiste had already scooped
crooned-up version of Peaches, and four ahead of his big sleeper win for
Lil Nas X hosted an unabashed the year’s best album. Lady Gaga’s performance at the
celebration of sexuality and But he looked shocked when Grammys earned her a standing
queerness set to a medley of his songs presenter Lenny Kravitz declared him ovation. – AFP
including MONTERO (Call Me By the night’s big hit.
Your Name). “I really don’t do it for the awards,” stage at the Oscars added an extra
Rodrigo also gave a searing the 35-year-old Batiste told layer of unpredictability to what is
rendition of her viral teen breakup hit journalists backstage. already usually one of the edgier
drivers license, showcasing her “Music is something that’s so nights on the showbiz awards circuit.
impressive vocals against a set subjective.” That fiasco prompted some gentle
mimicking a gloomy night in zings over the course of the night, but
suburbia. Diverse field antics were virtually non-existent at
“This is my biggest dream come The timing of the Grammys just one what ultimately proved to be a heavily
true,” the 19-year-old said as she week after Will Smith stunned the scripted show.
accepted the gramophone for Best world by slapping Chris Rock on Music’s chaos agent Kanye West
stayed home even as he won two
Grammys, one of which he shared
with Jay Z.
Among the diverse crop of
winners was Doja Cat, who took
home her first ever Grammy in the
pop category – which she had to
sprint back to accept after dipping out
of the gala for a bathroom break.
The Brooklyn-based Pakistani
vocalist Arooj Aftab, who won her first
Grammy for Best Global Music
Performance for Mohabbat, and had
also been in the running for Best New
Artist, told journalists the win left her
“beyond thrilled.”
And it was a special night for folk
icon Joni Mitchell, who won the prize
for Best Historical Album days after
being honoured at a moving tribute
South Korean boy band BTS performing at the Grammys. – AFP gala Friday. – AFP Olivia Rodrigo accepts the award for Best New Artiste. – AFP

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Wolf Van Halen Seol In-ah looking to switch agencies
honours dad’s
legacy at BASED on a webtoon of the same title, reported that she is sign with them. However,
Grammys Business Proposal is the latest Korean rom- likely to sign on with nothing has been decided.
com to get -drama fans all excited. Gold Medalist
MUSICIAN Wolfgang Van Halen made his Entertainment, which It appears that Seol is
mother, Valerie Bertinelli extremely proud at the While the leading couple, played by is currently home to capitalising on her newfound
2022 Grammy Awards. Kim Se-jeong and Ahn Hyo-seop, are in actor Kim Soo Hyun, fame and will be seeking
the limelight most of the times, fans have actress Kim Sae Ron, new career opportunities.
Wolfgang was nominated for Best Rock Song also been captivated by the story of the and more. Hopefully this means fans
for the track, Distance – which he wrote and secondary couple on the show, played by
dedicated the tune to his late father, Eddie Van Seol In-ah and Kim Min-kyu. All four In later reports, will see her in a leading role
Halen. While the award eventually went to the Foo actors profiles have been raised thanks to OUI Entertainment soon.
Fighters, mum Valerie was thrilled at her son’s their performances in the series, with fans confirmed that the Seol is emerging as a fast-
achievement nonetheless. discussing elements of their respective actress is indeed
romances. leaving their agency, rising K-drama star.
“It is really emotional. I mean, the song that while Gold Medalist – ALLKPOP
Wofie wrote is absolutely stunning, gorgeous and Recently, news broke that Seol will be has confirmed
it’s really beautiful that he was honoured for it, and leaving her agency OUI Entertainment. that the
for songwriting,” Bertinelli said to ET backstage. actress is
According to media reports on currently in
“Because that is the first thing that really stuck Monday, the actress will be leaving the talks to
out to me, was like, ‘Wolf, you are a songwriter. agency that she has been with since the
That is the hardest part about being a musician,’” early days of her career. It was also
she continued.
Washington and Smith pictured at this year’s Oscars. Washington was among the first to try to maybe it’s because he’s trying to do
And it is a feat that Bertinelli is sure that her late something right,” Washington said.
husband, Eddie, would also be very proud of. In Dehvisil sohnouldercomfort Smith after the incident. – AFP
another conversation, the proud mum shared o Denzel Washington and Jim Carrey weigh in on “And for whatever reason, the devil got
with People magazine: “There’s only one other Will Smith’s actions at the Oscars ahold of him that night.” Washington
person that would be prouder than me. And that’s added that following the altercation, he
pretty impossible, but it would be Ed.” DURING author and bishop T.D. “There’s a saying, ‘When the devil and Tyler Perry both prayed with Smith.
Jakes’ leadership summit on ignores you, then you know you’re doing
“I feel him so strongly right now. He’s here with Saturday, Denzel Washington something wrong.’ The devil goes, ‘Oh no, “Who are we to condemn? I don’t
us. He is,” Bertinelli said of her late ex-husband broke his silence about Will leave him alone, he’s my favourite.’ know all the ins and outs of the situation,
while getting emotional and telling Wolf: “I’m not Smith’s behaviour to Variety. Conversely, when the devil comes at you, but I know the only solution was prayer,
gonna make you cry too, baby. But yeah. He’s here. the way I see it.”
Thanks, Ed. It’s fun.”
The Los Angeles Police Department
Eddie, who was a member of the rock band Van also said in a statement that Chris Rock
Halen, was among the most successful musicians had declined to file a police report.
in music history. He was in fact, regarded as one of
the greatest guitar players of all time in rock Actor Jim Carrey also weighed in and
history. But sadly, he passed away on Oct 6, 2020, explained that most celebrities are
after his long battle with cancer. pressured to take on too many roles. “It’s
beyond our bandwidth. And we’re
Wolfgang has since made a point to respect his starting to see the symptoms of what it’s
father’s legacy throughout his career. “Everything like and cracking under the pressure.
that I do in music for him, so I just do the best I can
and make sure I try to make him proud in “It was more than just an insult to
everything I do.” someone’s wife. Jada’s a tough girl. She
Wolfgang Van Halen (centre) with his girfriend can defend herself. [Will] was just
Andraia Allsop and mum actress Valerie Bertinelli. – thinking more about how he was looking
AFP in that moment than what was the right
thing to do.”

On Friday, just five days after his first
Oscar win, Smith apologised in a
statement and resigned from the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts &
Sciences, stating that he will accept any
further consequences the Board deems
appropriate.

Smith explained that he was
heartbroken that he deprived other
nominees and winners of their
opportunity to be celebrated for their
work and that he acknowledged that his
actions were shocking, painful, and
inexcusable.

“Change takes time and I am
committed to doing the work to ensure
that I never again allow violence to
overtake reason,” Smith concluded in his
statement.

The statement came after the six-
minute virtual call with the Academy’s
president David Rubin and CEO Dawn
Hudson.

The Academy has accepted Smith’s
resignation and the board will meet on
April 18 to determine additional
consequences.

9/11 controversy for Twenty Five A screenshot of
Twenty One series the controversial
scene from the
TvN K-drama. –
TVN

NETIZENS were shocked over the The implication is emphasised
use of images of the 9/11 tragedy moments later when Hee Do is
in the latest episode of the TvN watching Yin Jin reporting from
rom-com K-drama Twenty Five another warzone, but appears sad to
Twenty One. only hear him speaking in a
voiceover. He later calls her to
In the episode, which also aired reassure her, telling her that he knew
on the Netflix streaming platform, she would be sad not to see his face.
lead character Baek Yin Jin (played
by Nam Joo-hyuk), is a news The entire sequence did not go
correspondent who reports on the down well with viewers.
2001 terrorist incident from New
York. Many felt that the producers
crossed the line by trying to show a
What surprised the netizens was love story with a world-changing
the image of his girlfriend Na Hee Do human tragedy in the background. It
(played by Kim Tae-ri) looking happy appeared as though the Hee Do
watching the tragic news, just lacked sensitivity, as she was shown
because her boyfriend is appearing looking happy despite such sad
on the screen to present the news. news being reported by Yin Jin.

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Morbius’ action Jared Leto finds
sequences are his place in the
experimental superhero movie
and daring. – pantheon in the
SONY PICTURES Venomverse.
– SONY
PICTURES

█ BY MARK MATHEN VICTOR 0Cast: Jared Director Daniel
Leto, Matt Espinosa cited
THE latest entry in Sony’s Smith, Adria Pokemon as the
“Venomverse”, the studio’s Arjona, Jared inspiration for
game-changing strategy to Harris and Morbius’ powers.
fight competitors, is Morbius, Tyrese Gibson – SONY PICTURES
a film that tells a never-done-before 0Director: that led him to coercing Sam Raimi to
story. Daniel Espinosa include Venom into Spider-Man 3,
and years later, Arad did it again with
A man stricken with a rare blood E-VALUE Marc Webb, by coercing him to
disease, Dr. Michael Morbius (Jared 3 include not one, not two, but three
Leto) resorts to gene therapy that supervillains in The Amazing Spider-
splices vampire bat DNA with human ACTING Man 2, because Arad really, really
DNA. While the experiment works 5 wanted to bring the Sinister Six to the
and cures him, Morbius becomes a big screen.
vampire as a side-effect, regularly PLOT
needing to feed on blood or risk Some people criticised both films
reverting to being sick. Fr3 om clown gangster for having too many villains, but
to vampire doctor Arad, a visionary beyond his time,
In a world where cinematography allegedly said: “No, there will always
as seen in The Batman exists, or o No one can say that Morbius isn’t revolutionary arthouse superhero films such as be room for another ten supervillains
character development, comedy and 2003’s Daredevil, the Ghost Rider in my movies”.
action filmmaking as seen in most his arms and legs to better portray Dr Morbius’ producers appeared, but films and the Fantastic Four films,
Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) Morbius, who moves around with when Avi Arad’s name finally among many others. Which leads us back to Morbius,
exists, Morbius chooses to go against two walking sticks. splashed on the screen, that’s when it which features one villain, but the
the grain. all clicked in my head: “This is why However, the most notable and mid-credits and post-credits scenes
However, like Jesus Christ’s Morbius is good. Arad produced this most famous films that Arad teases another villain.
The action is simple, the CGI looks resurrection and emergence from the film”. produced were Spider-Man 3 and The
like PlayStation 3 graphics, there is empty tomb, Morbius is Leto’s Amazing Spider-Man 2. Arad, the mad genius, completely
the early 2000s Matrix-inspired slow- resurrection after being locked within For those who are unaware, Arad ignores storytelling rules and
mo in every fight sequence, and the a tomb while still wearing his Suicide has had a long history of producing Arad’s passionate love for rationality, breaks the multiverse by
story is basically “Man ****s science. Squad Joker make-up. almost all of the Marvel movies that exclusively producing superhero bringing another supervillain from a
Bad things happen”. History repeats itself are set outside of the MCU, which is movie is eclipsed by his love for completely unrelated movie just so
Once the initial credits began to roll, it separately produced by Kevin Feige. Spider-Man, or, more specifically,
Another aspect of Morbius that took a while before the names of Venom and the infamous Sinister Six, he can make his Sinister
stands out is the editing. Absolutely Arad’s history in filmmaking has Spider-Man’s archenemies. Six movie.
stellar. It’s impossible to tell that the seen him produce successful Bravo.
film was initially filmed in 2019, and It is this burning passion the
then went through reshoots to align producer has for the sticky, gooey
itself with certain movie events. alien and the supervillain group

Lesser critics would say Morbius is
“boring”, “uninspired” or “bad”. I say
Morbius is avantgarde and
experimental.

An often repeated quote by
Morbius and Milo (Matt Smith), his
friend who suffers from the same
blood disease, is how they’re the few
Spartans against everyone else.

Morbius is the Spartan against the
many other superhero movies.

If there is any valid criticism that
can be hurled at Morbius, it’s that
Leto didn’t go the extra mile with his
method acting, like actually breaking

BobruvcioeuWs imlliesn’tfainl adlefcillimnes marred by increasingly
IN the days since the announcement that Bruce more than eight hours a day, but he often stayed disputed that the incident occurred, but the
Willis was retiring from acting after being for only four, according to production sources. alleged discharge left actors and crew
diagnosed with aphasia, reports have emerged members shaken.
from Hollywood detailing evidence of the However, it was clear to those involved in
actor’s declining health during his recent films. these productions that the 67-year-old actor Director Mike Burns, who worked with
was clearly experiencing some mental and Willis in the 2020 film Out of Death, was
Over the past several years, the actor had cognitive difficulties, often having trouble reportedly one of the few people who
been all but absent from mainstream movies – remembering his cues and lines, which had to knew that Willis was struggling with
his biggest role was in the 2019 M. Night be fed to him via earpiece. memory problems, instructing his
Shyamalan feature Glass – and instead had screenwriter to reduce the actor’s speaking
been focused on appearances in direct-to-video “It was less of an annoyance and more like: lines in the film.
action films. ‘How do we not make Bruce look bad?’” one of
the crew members reportedly told The Los He also worked with Willis last year in
His roles in these films were often limited to Angeles Times. “Someone would give him a line another film titled Wrong Place, and said that
guest appearances, often with very few lines. and he didn’t understand what it meant. He the actor appeared markedly worse than before.
However, his involvement in these productions was just being puppeted.”
– even if for a fleeting few minutes – helped low- He told The Los Angeles Times: “After we
budget independent filmmakers sell their films Despite the tightly controlled filming finished, I said: ‘I’m done. I’m not going to do
internationally. situation, it was obvious that there was going to any other Bruce Willis movies.’ I am relieved
be an expiry date on how long Willis would be that he is taking time off.” – by Anansa
The sight of Willis’ face on a movie poster or able to work. There had been increasing Jacob
a lineup of streaming service thumbnails also concerns over safety in recent films.
helped draw viewers to his films, even if they Stories have emerged that crew
were otherwise critically panned. In one alleged incident two years ago on a members on the sets of his later films
Cincinnati set of the movie Hard Kill, Willis knew of Willis’ mental decline. – AFP
Willis’ longtime management team – unexpectedly fired a gun loaded with a blank on
including a powerhouse group of agents at the the wrong cue, according to two people familiar
Creative Artists Agency – made sure that his film with the incident who were not authorised to
shoots were limited to two days. The actor’s comment to the media.
contracts stipulated that he was not to work
No one was injured. The film’s producer

FOOD

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The traditional
Nyonya dishes
available at ATAS.

(right) The juicy
Roasted Whole

Lamb Leg.

█ BY ANANSA JACOB Traditional tastes Chef Tyson Gee. – ALL
PIX BY AMIRUL SYAFIQ
THIS holy month of o Break your fast with a sumptuous Nyonya buffet MOHD DIN/THESUN
Ramadhan, The RuMa Hotel at The RuMa Hotel and Residences ATAS restaurant
and Residences is set to (left) A
excite Malaysian taste buds For those with a sweet tooth, there ordered in two options. The first selection of
by offering its iftar food promotion, will be a dessert counter which option is suitable for two pax while tasty desserts.
Hidangan Tradisi – Edisi Nyonya serves tasty delights such as Bubur the second option is meant for four
Buffet, as part of its festive food and Cha Cha, Pulut Tai-Tai, Onde-Onde pax. These promotions are priced at
beverage offering at its ATAS Swiss Roll Cake, Pudding Santan RM228 nett for the former and
restaurant. Kacang Merah, Macaron Coconut RM328 nett for the latter. For take-
Pandan and so much more. away orders, for every two boxes of
Members of the media were orders made, there will be 10%
recently given a taste of the cuisine at Besides the delcious traditional discount from the purchase.
the 5-star luxury hotel located in the tastes of the Nyonya menu, guests
heart of Kuala Lumpur. After being will also be able to enjoy their meal For more information, ATAS can
greeted by friendly staff dressed in while taking in the beautiful, be contacted via Whatsapp at 03-
Peranakan outfits, including contemporary design of ATAS, with 2778 0735 or via landline at 03-2778
colourful baju kebayas, we were elements that pay homage to 0888 or email at [email protected].
introduced to the line-up of Malaysia’s historical heritage. In
delicacies for us to try. addition, the restaurant windows
offer a unique view of the city skyline.
The table was laden with some
all-time Malaysian favourites, Priced at RM218 nett per person,
including Ketam Cili, Kari Kepala Hidangan Tradisi – Edisi Nyonya
Ikan, Daging Masak Cili Api, Asam Buffet can be purchased via
Pedas Lidah, Ayam Pong Teh, Ikan www.theruma.com with the Early
Kapitan, Sotong Sambal, Roasted Bird Promotion at RM174.40 nett per
Whole Lamb Leg and many others. pax from now to April 10.

There was also Lemang Pulut In addition, all CIMB Bank Credit
Hitam, Ketupat Pulut Daun Palas, Card holders are eligible for a 30%
Ketupat Nasi Daun Kelapa, discount for this promotion, while
Serunding Ayam, Serunding Daging, Maybank credit card holders and its
Serunding Kelapa, Kuah Kacang and American Express or charge cards
Oxtail Soup, as well as the ever users get 20% discount off the
ubiquitous Satay Ayam and Daging. normal price. This special promotion
is applicable only for dine-in.
Chef Tyson Gee, who crafted the
menu, pointed out how each dish Meanwhile, for others who wish
was made from fresh and locally to have it as take-away, Hidangan
sourced ingredients, as part of his Tradisi – Edisi Nyonya can be
mission to promote authentic
Malaysian flavours, by getting diners
to appreciate local produce.

“We are glad that our hotel guests
love our food and want even more,”
he said.

Get ready for burger vending machines
WHEN hunger strikes
unexpectedly, how about Burgers prepared by A television
grabbing a quick burger on the a robot can now be cooking
way home from the office or a ordered directly from
night on the town? You’ll need to a vending machine. competition
wait just six minutes to have your – ROBOBURGER entirely
snack prepared by RoboBurger, universities.
the first burger-making robot And the burger isn’t the first dedicated to
vending machine! ever dish to be “cooked” by a vegan cuisine
robot. A Pizza Hut franchise has
It cooks the patties. It toasts already developed a robot that is soon to
the buns. And it adds the garnish. makes pizzas. And, in February, launch in the
The very first burger-preparing Super Bowl spectators were able United States.
robot was invented in 2019 in the to test an automated food truck
New York City suburb of Newark. serving up ramen. – ETX Studio – 123RF
A patent has been filed to protect
the technology involved in this All vegan cooking competition
new kind of compact kitchen,
capable of cooking and building prepare the order: a refrigerator IT can be hard for vegan TV viewers to Following the success of the show
a burger in an ultra-small space. to keep the burgers cool and a identify with the cooking contests and the level of demand, vKind Studios
Meet RoboBurger. All steps in the grill to cook them, but also an currently scheduled on mainstream has moved to the next stage by turning
process are essentially the same automatic cleaning system to television. it into Peeled, expected to hit screens
as those of a fast-food restaurant, keep the robot kitchen clean. this summer on the Unchainedtv.com
except that here, it’s a robot that From tofu to plant-based proteins platform, a channel committed to the
takes care of everything. The burger vending machine and vegan cheese, it’s indeed rare to see promotion of vegan food.
could be destined to make its way animal-free alternatives used by
The company that developed to airports in the United States, as contestants on these shows. If it’s not yet known how many
this technology is now taking the well as shopping malls and episodes of the show are in store, each
next step by packing its invention But things are changing in the United one will see the candidate who gets the
into a vending machine. The States, where a TV cooking competition lowest score eliminated from the
machine has just been installed entirely dedicated to the vegan diet is contest.
in Jersey City, USA. For only coming to screens.
US$6.99 (RM29.45), customers At the end, the winner will nominate
can get a burger made by the The project is created by a platform a charity to receive a check for US$1,000
robot with the ingredients they called vKind, which gives advice and (RM4,210.50). The competition will be
choose. There is everything recommends brands to facilitate held in Las Vegas, in a school that claims
needed inside the machine to cooking for the vegan community. to be the first in the United States to
teach entirely vegan cuisine. – ETX
This cooking contest, free from all Studio
animal products, trialed the concept as a
single episode, broadcast on YouTube.

FEATURE

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Real friends are
consistent, not
two faced. –
123RF

fSaigknesfroifends

oIf someone hits most of these fake
friend signs, it’s time to walk away

█ BY THASHINE SELVAKUMARAN and triumphs, but they may even disparage Understanding signs
them. They may use your celebrations against can help you decide
WE all have diverse sets of friends, you, putting you down or belittling you, saying whether you should
some of whom we consider best things like “anyone could do that” or “it’s not save or end the
friends, some from whom we seek that big of a deal to celebrate.” They don’t enjoy friendship. – 123RF
counsel, and yet others who are it when other people succeed in life since it
simply travel companions. However, there is draws attention to their own failings. If you notice red flags early on, However, if you befriend fake individuals, they
one sort of ‘buddy’ we should avoid, and that is rethink the friendship. –VERY WELL will never speak out when you need them. If
a fake friend. Some fake friends would even abandon FAMILY you and another individual are having a
someone with a better life than theirs because it founded on trust. If you find a buddy dispute, a fake friend will not stand up for you.
Have you ever had the gut sensation that you is too difficult for them to confess it. They will spreading stories or falsehoods about you, or They will not speak up for you and vouch for
have a false buddy in your midst? It can be not applaud you or cheer you on; instead, they simply trash-talking in general, they are not your character since doing so will cause them to
difficult to know for sure, and much more will remain silent and withdraw from your life your actual pals. And you don’t need them in be hated by people with whom you disagree.
difficult to accept if you have a close for a while. True friends stand by one other in the first place. Instead, they will stand by and watch you
relationship with this individual, or have been the face of adversity and rejoice in each They have something to gain from you struggle alone. Even if they get something from
“friends” for a long time. Toxic friendships exist other’s victories. They are pleased with One of the characteristics of a fake buddy is that having you in their lives, it is not enough for
in the same way that people might find our accomplishments. False friends, they expect something from you. They take them to act on your behalf. They would sooner
themselves in toxic love relationships. on the other side, become advantage of your friendship. It might be for lose you than side with you. Fake buddies will
irritated and jealous when you social prestige, getting a job, or becoming only be present as long as their image is not
Take a look at some of their key achieve something. friends with your pals – anything to benefit harmed or everyone adores them. They are
characteristics, and see whether somebody in They are disrespectful themselves. incredibly diplomatic, and you are left to deal
your social circle represents any of them. Subtle mocking, light-hearted If you’ve demonstrated that you will come to with any misunderstandings or wrong doings
They are not there for you assault, and even taunts and this person’s aid whenever necessary, that’s the on your own.
This individual appears when it is praises make you uneasy. job they have assigned to you, someone they
advantageous to them, but when you genuinely Teasing may be entertaining at can rely on. They will appreciate you in the Fake friendships do exist. The greatest thing
require them, they vanish. They just happen to times, but not always. This moment, but you will not hear from them again you can do is trust your instincts and gut
be busy every time you need them and are behaviour may have a variety of until something else arises that requires your feelings. If this individual frequently makes you
unable to make any promises. psychological roots, but it does not make assistance. Fake pals prey on you since they feel horrible, it’s not a friendship that’s
it any simpler to deal with them. Furthermore, aren’t afraid of losing you. So, what’s the point benefiting you, and you shouldn’t continue to
They will be difficult to get rid of because because a fake friend is uninterested in your of you being worried when he/she is not? explore that type of connection. When you
they will make you feel guilty, and make you feel well-being, they are more likely to disregard They don’t fight for you realise a friendship isn’t worth your time and
like the worst person on the earth for not your limits. Whether they are just rude to you or True friends are similar to families. They effort, it’s up to you to walk away. It may seem
succumbing to them when they are all frail and openly ignore your needs, this demonstrates support one other and boost each other up. tough, and you may even miss this buddy,
miserable. In their opinion, being there for you that they do not genuinely care about you. despite the fact that you know they were lying to
and providing emotional support isn’t They spread rumours about you you. To protect yourself and maintain your
advantageous to them in any way. If they have heard a tasty titbit of information, happiness, you should prioritise your mental
you can bet that everyone they know has heard and emotional well-being.
And if they do show some concern to you, it it before the end of the day. They get a kick out
almost feels superficial and not genuine. of hearing and spreading rumours about other
They make you feel bad about yourself individuals. It’s something you hear all the time
Sophisticated tricks in the form of teasing and as they dump odd “facts” they’ve picked up
backhanded compliments are just a few of the along the way. And their impersonation as a
ways that fake friends can try to knock you buddy comes into play when they talk about
down to make themselves feel good. you to other people.

A fake friend will not uplift you the way a real Of course, depending on how careful this
friend does. You may feel unsafe, taken individual is about who they talk about you to,
advantage of, or judged. Sometimes it doesn’t this one may be more difficult to detect. They
have to be obvious, but you can certainly sense could utilise one of the few things they’ve
their judgment or objection. learned from you throughout your chats as
They don’t celebrate your success social currency to gain the attention and favour
They will not be pleased for you, no matter how of others.
well you perform at work or how happy you are
in your personal relationships. Fake friends will Friendship, like any other relationship, is
not celebrate your victories, accomplishments,

TECH

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Verbal abuse of avatars is causing serious headaches for
architects of the metaverse. – ANDROIDWORLD

Virtual assault PhD student at the University of Washington the two Silicon Valley giants that have
oMetaverse builders grapple with who has worked on online harassment. committed to the metaverse – have tried to
sexual harassment conundrum quell the controversy by developing tools that
“When it comes to harassment in virtual keep unknown avatars away.
NINA Jane Patel felt confined and under the question: can an avatar suffer sexual reality – for instance, a sexual assault – it can
threat as the male avatars closed in, assault? mean that in the first instant your body treats it Microsoft has also removed dating spaces
intimidating her with verbal abuse, Tricking the brain as real before your conscious mind can catch up from its Altspace VR metaverse.
touching her avatar against her will “VR (virtual reality) relies on, essentially, and affirm this is not physically occurring.”
and photographing the incident. tricking your brain into perceiving the virtual “I think the harassment issue is one that will
world around it as real,” says Katherine Cross, a Her research suggests that despite the virtual actually get resolved because people will self-
The abuse took place in a virtual world but it space, such victimisation causes real-world select which platform they use,” says Louis
felt real to her, and this kind of story is causing VR (virtual reality) relies on, harm. Rosenberg, an engineer who developed the first
severe headaches for architects of the essentially, tricking your brain augmented reality system in 1992 for the US Air
metaverse – the 3D, immersive version of the into perceiving the virtual Underlining this point, Patel explained that Force research labs.
internet being developed by the likes of world around it as real. – her ordeal did briefly continue outside of the
Microsoft and Meta. 123RF constructed online space. The entrepreneur, who has since founded a
company specialising in artificial intelligence,
“I entered the shared space and almost She said she eventually took off her VR told AFP he was more concerned about the way
immediately three or four male avatars came headset after failing to get her attackers to stop companies will monetise the virtual space.
very close to me, so there was a sense of but she could still hear them through the
entrapment,” Patel told AFP. speakers in her living room. He says a model based on advertising is
likely to lead to companies capturing all kinds of
“Their voices started verbally and sexually The male avatars were taunting her, saying personal data, from users’ eye movements and
harassing me, with sexual innuendos,” said the “don’t pretend you didn’t like it” and “that’s why heart rate, to their real-time interactions.
London-based entrepreneur. you came here”.
“We need to change the business model,” he
“They touched and they groped my avatar The ordeal took place last November in the says, suggesting that safety would be better
without my consent. And while they were doing “Horizon Venues” virtual world being built protected if funding came from subscriptions.
that, another avatar was taking selfie photos.”
by Meta, the parent company of Facebook. However, tech companies have made
Patel, whose company is developing child- The space hosts virtual events like themselves fantastically wealthy through a
friendly metaverse experiences, says it was business model based on targeted advertising
“nothing short of sexual assault”. concerts, conferences and basketball refined by vast streams of data.
games.
Her story and others like it have prompted And the industry is already looking to get
soul-searching over the nature of harassment in The legal ahead of the curve by setting its own standards.
the virtual world, and a search for an answer to implications are
The Oasis Consortium, a think tank with ties
still unclear, to several tech companies and advertisers, has
although Cross developed some safety standards it believes are
suggests that good for the metaverse era.
sexual harassment
laws in some “When platforms identify content that poses
countries could be a real-world risk, it’s essential to notify law
extended to cover this enforcement,“ says one of its standards.
type of act.
Protective bubbles But that leaves the main question
Meta and Microsoft – unresolved: how do platforms define “real-
world risk”? – ETX Studio

Protecting your data against theft, loss and accidents
FROM work or administrative computer, as this could prove Online backup
documents to family photos, holiday detrimental in cases of theft or Because no one is immune to theft or It is essential to regularly back up all of the data on your computer. – 123RF
videos and e-mails, all kinds of digital accident. accident, it is also advisable to keep a
documents should be backed up so copy of this data online. To do so, you
that they are not irretrievably lost in If there are a multitude of software should choose a cloud storage
the event of theft, loss or an accident programs that allow you to make a service, log in and then backup. Some
involving your computer or perfect copy of your computer’s hard options include Google One,
smartphone. It is advisable to do two disk, Windows nevertheless includes Dropbox, and iCloud.
types of backup: one to a hard disk a very simple tool. To use it, you need
and the other to the cloud. to go to the Control Panel and then to This kind of solution is pretty
Backup to a hard disk the System and Security section. much essential for backing up a
It is essential to regularly back up all smartphone. Your multimedia data
of the data on your computer. Here, you should find a backup can then easily be stored in the same
Although it is obviously possible to option to copy your files to another way online, via the relevant services
copy only your documents, it is drive (USB flash drive or external from Apple (iCloud) or Google (One).
nevertheless better to back up your hard drive) connected to your PC. On an iPhone, go to Settings, Apple
entire drive, in case you have to You will then be able to restore all or ID then iCloud. There, you can select
reinstall everything on a new device, part of this data at a later date, if the list of data you want to
for example. This solution also offers necessary. synchronise.
the advantage of being able to restart
from the backup disk in case of If you have a Mac, the easiest way On an Android smartphone, you
technical problems with your to make a copy of your data is to have to go to Settings, Google then
computer. However, be careful not to connect an external drive and use Backup. These services are free for up
store this backup disk alongside your Time Machine, a tool directly to 5 and 15 GB of data, respectively.
integrated into macOS. The program Beyond that, you will have to pay to
is easily launched and managed from subscribe (monthly or yearly). – ETX
the menu bar of Apple’s operating Studio
system.

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302 Jobs IN THE MATTER OF IN THE MATTER OF IN THE MATTER OF IN THE MATTER OF THE IN THE MATTER OF IN THE MATTER OF
THE COMPANIES ACT, 2016 THE COMPANIES ACT, 2016 THE COMPANIES ACT, 2016 COMPANIES ACT, 2016 THE COMPANIES ACT 2016 SINGADOWN MANUFACTURING
WE ARE HIRING
AND AND AND IN THE MATTER OF AND AND IN THE MATTER OF (M) SDN. BHD.
ASSISTANT MANAGER IN THE MATTER OF IN THE MATTER OF DYNAMIC INTERNATIONAL (MM2H) IN THE MATTER OF HALLHUB SDN. BHD. (Company No.
FURNDIRECT SDN. BHD. ANIMAL PARADISE SDN. BHD. 199001000760 (192319-V)
ADVERTISING SALES & MARKETING TAI SURGICAL 200301022819 (625239-H) SDN. BHD. [Registration No. 200201032298 (In Members’ Voluntary Liquidation)
Job Description: SPECIALIST SDN. BHD. (In Members’ Voluntary Winding-Up) 201101039162 (967284-A) (579278-M) (599963-D)] NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING
199801005690 (461817-X) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING (IN MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant
• Building and sustaining strong working relationships with UNDER SECTION 459 OF (In Members’ Voluntary (IN MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY to Section 459 of the Companies Act,
advertising clients. (In Members’ THE COMPANIES ACT, 2016 Winding-Up) WINDING-UP) WINDING-UP) 2016 that the final meeting of the
Voluntary Winding-Up) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Final At an Extraordinary General abovenamed Company will be held on
• Drive to perform and bring in sales revenue for the company on all NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING Meeting of the Company will be held at NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING Meeting of the members of NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Tuesday, 17th May 2022 at 2.00 pm at
media platforms. UNDER SECTION 459 OF No. 7, JALAN ROTAN CUCUR, TAMAN SRI UNDER SECTION 459 OF Animal Paradise Sdn. Bhd. duly Section 439 of the Companies Act 2016, Suite 1, No. 25, Jalan Meranti Merah,
THE COMPANIES ACT, 2016 JAYA, 83000 BATU PAHAT, JOHOR on 05 convened and held at 119A that the Special Resolutions set out below Melodies Garden, 80250 Johor Bahru,
• Plan and executive new, creative, exciting and innovative NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Final MAY 2022 at 2.00 p.m. THE COMPANIES ACT, 2016 & C, Macalister Lane, 10400 were duly passed by the Members of the Johor for the following purposes:-
marketing campaigns for the company Meeting of the Company will be held at AGENDA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Final Georgetown, Penang on the 1st Company on 1 April 2022. 1. To receive an account from the
No. 7, JALAN ROTAN CUCUR, TAMAN SRI 1. To receive and consider the Meeting of the Company will be held at April 2022 the following Special/ 1. THAT the company be liquidated by liquidators showing the manner
• Develop and continuously improve marketing materials, JAYA, 83000 BATU PAHAT, JOHOR on 05 Liquidators account of receipts No. 7, JALAN ROTAN CUCUR, TAMAN Ordinary Resolution were duly in which the winding up has been
product/service presentations and proposals. MAY 2022 at 11.00 a.m. and payment and statements of SRI JAYA, 83000 BATU PAHAT, JOHOR passed:- way of members’ voluntary winding conducted and to hear explanations
AGENDA distribution among the contributories on 05 MAY 2022 at 10.00 a.m. SPECIAL RESOLUTION up pursuant to Section 439(1)(b) of the that may be given by the liquidators.
• Work closely with the respective department to improve revenue 1. To receive and consider the Liquidators and any explanations arising VOLUNTARY WINDING UP Companies Act 2016 (“the Act”). 2. To determine by ordinary resolution
generating platforms. account of receipts and payment and therefrom. AGENDA That the company be wound up 2. THAT Chan Eng Mat of 4-5-3A in the manner in which the books,
statements of distribution among the 2. To resolve that under Section 518 of 1. To receive and consider the voluntarily pursuant to Section Kompleks Kantonmen Prima, 698 accounts and documents of the
Requirements: contributories and any explanations the Companies Act 2016, the books, 439(1)(b) of the Companies Act Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, 51200 Kuala Company and the liquidators
arising therefrom. papers, accounts and documents Liquidator(s) account of receipts 2016. Lumpur be appointed as Liquidator to thereof shall be disposed of.
• Minimum Diploma/Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or 2. To resolve that under Section 518 of of the Company be destroyed after and payment and statements APPOINTMENT OF LIQUIDATOR act for the purpose of winding-up the
any other related field. the Companies Act 2016, the books, the expiration of period of five years of distribution among the That Mr. Teoh Kim An of 11- company’s affairs and distributing its WEI WOON
papers, accounts and documents from the date of the dissolution of the contributories and any explanations A, Taman Merbau, Off Bagan assets to the members and to exercise Liquidator
• Minimum 5 years of experience in sales and marketing in print of the Company be destroyed after company. arising therefrom. Ajam, 13000 Butterworth, the powers of the Liquidator as set out Dated this 5th April 2022
and digital media the expiration of period of five years Dated : 05 APRIL 2022 2. To resolve that under Section 518 of Pulau Pinang be and is hereby in Section 456 of the Act. Johor Bahru
from the date of the dissolution of the PHAN LI CHING the Companies Act 2016, the books, appointed as liquidator of the 3. THAT the Liquidator be indemnified by Note :
• Good communication, presentation, problem solving and company. Liquidator papers, accounts and documents company for the purposes of the the company against all costs, charges, A member entitled to attend and
organizational skills Dated : 05 APRIL 2022 of the Company be destroyed after winding up of the company. That losses, expenses and liabilities vote at the above meeting is entitled
PHAN LI CHING the expiration of period of five years the liquidator be indemnified sustained by him in the execution and to appoint a proxy to attend and
• Possess own transport and willing to travel Liquidator from the date of the dissolution of by the company against all discharge on his duties as liquidator vote instead of him. A proxy need
• Able to start immediately if successfully chosen the company. cost, losses, expenses and and in relation hereto. not be a member of the company.
• Successful candidate(s) will be based in the Petaling Jaya office Dated : 05 APRIL 2022 liabilities sustained by him in the LI HENG LOONG
PHAN LI CHING execution and discharge of his Director IN THE MATTER OF
SENIOR EXECUTIVE Liquidator(s) duties as liquidator in relation Kuala Lumpur THE COMPANIES ACT 2016
hereto. Dated: 5 April 2022
DIGITAL MARKETING 322 Notices 322 Notices Mr. Teoh Kim An NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the AND
Job Description: Director creditors of the abovementioned IN THE MATTER OF
IN THE HIGH COURT OF IN THE HIGH COURT OF MALAYA AT IN THE HIGH COURT OF MALAYA AT Dated this 5th April 2022 Company, which is being wound up MAHKOTA REALTY SDN BHD
• Design and develop online marketing strategies, digital roadmap MALAYA AT KUALA LUMPUR KUALA LUMPUR KUALA LUMPUR voluntarily, are required on or before (199301011537 (266274-D))
and creative campaigns that aligned with the business goals and IN THE STATE OF WILAYAH IN THE HIGH COURT OF 5 May 2022 to send in their names
directions. PERSEKUTUAN, MALAYSIA IN THE STATE OF WILAYAH IN THE STATE OF WILAYAH MALAYA AT KUALA LUMPUR and addresses and the particulars of (In Members’
PERSEKUTUAN, MALAYSIA PERSEKUTUAN, MALAYSIA their debts or claims and their names Voluntary Winding Up)
• Provide creative ideas for content marketing. (COMMERCIAL DIVISION) (COMMERCIAL DIVISION) (COMMERCIAL DIVISION) IN THE FEDERAL and addresses of their solicitors (if any) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING
• Manage all digital marketing channels COMPANIES (WINDING UP) COMPANIES (WINDING UP) COMPANIES (WINDING UP) TERRITORY OF MALAYSIA to the undersigned, the Liquidator of NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant
• Plan and manage social media platforms. NO. : WA-28NCC-148-02/2022 NO. : WA-28NCC-150-02/2022 NO. : WA-28NCC-149-02/2022 COMPANIES (WINDING-UP) the said Company, and if so required in to Section 459 of the Companies Act
• Able to create content & produce graphics for social media In the matter of Section 465(1)(e) In the matter of Section 465(1)(e) and NO.: WA-28NCC-43-01/2022 writing from the said Liquidator, are by 2016, that a Final Meeting of the
and (h) read together with Section (h) read together with Section 466(1) In the matter of Section 465(1)(e) and In the matter of the Companies Act 2016 their solicitors or personally, to come in Company will be held at SOHO Suites
postings. 466(1)(a) of the Companies Act, 2016 (a) of the Companies Act, 2016 (h) read together with Section 466(1)(a) and prove the said debts or claims at @ KLCC, Block A2, Level 32-3A, No.
• Prepare copywriting for the marketing campaign. of the Companies Act, 2016 AND such time and place as shall be specified 20, Jalan Perak, 50450 Kuala Lumpur
And And In the matter of Section 465(1)(e) and in such notice, or in default thereof, they on 5 May 2022 at 10.00 a.m. for the
Requirements: In the matter of ANN LOONG DEVELOP- In the matter of C.A. MARKETING (M) 466(1)(a) of the Companies Act 2016 will be excluded from the benefit of any following purposes:
MENT SDN BHD (Company No: 10934-H) SDN BHD (Company No: 257774-H) distribution made before such debts are AGENDA:
• Diploma/Degree in Marketing, Digital Marketing or equivalent. AND proved. 1. To receive and consider the
• Minimum 3 years of experience in implementing digital And And In the matter of LJH Resources Sdn Bhd CHAN ENG MAT Liquidator’s Statement of Accounts
In the matter of the Compa- In the matter of the Companies (Company No. 1153905-D) Liquidator and Report showing how the
marketing strategies nies (Winding-Up) Rules, 1972 (Winding-Up) Rules, 1972 4-5-3A Kompleks Kantonmen Prima, 698 winding up has been conducted
• Excellent understanding of digital marketing concepts and BETWEEN Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, and to receive any explanation
Between Between PERMAI IHSAN SDN BHD 51200 Kuala Lumpur thereon.
best practices. KFSS HARVEST (M) SDN. BHD. KFSS HARVESTS (M) SDN. BHD. (Company No. : 292691-W) Dated: 5 April 2022 2. To consider, and if thought fit, pass
• Required Skill(s): Google Adwords, Google Analytics, SEO/SEM, (Company No. : 1176060-T) (Company No. : 1176060-T) the following resolution as an
…PETITIONER 322 Notices Ordinary Resolution:-
social media marketing and optimization. ...PETITIONER ...PETITIONER AND “That the books, accounts and
• Team player And And LJH RESOURCES SDN BHD IN THE HIGH COURT OF documents of the Company and
• Good time-management skills ANN LOONG DEVELOPMENT SDN BHD C.A. MARKETING (M) SDN BHD (Company No. : 1153905-D) MALAYA AT KUALA LUMPUR of the Liquidator shall be kept
• Great interpersonal and communication skills (Company No. : 10934-H) (Company No. : 257774-H) IN THE STATE OF WILAYAH by the Liquidator for a period of
…RESPONDENT PERSEKUTUAN, MALAYSIA three (3) months from the date
Office based in Petaling Jaya (5 days a week) …RESPONDENT …RESPONDENT ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION COMPANIES WINDING-UP of the Final Meeting and that
Closing date - 30 April 2022 ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Petition NO: WA-28NCC-240-03/2022 thereafter such books, accounts
NOTICE is hereby given that a Petition NOTICE is hereby given that a for the Winding-Up of the abovenamed In the Matter of Section 465(1)(e) & and documents may be destroyed
Send in your CV with your photo via email to : for the Winding-Up of the abovenamed Petition for the Winding-Up of the Company, LJH RESOURCES SDN BHD 466(1)(a) of the Companies Act 2016 by the Liquidator.”
[email protected] company by the High Court was on abovenamed company by the High (Company No. : 1153905-D), by the High Dated this 5th day of April 2022
18th day of February 2022, present- Court was on 18th day of February Court, was on the 17th day of January And Chong Ai Ling
ed by KFSS Harvest (M) Sdn Bhd and 2022, presented by KFSS Harvests (M) And 2022, presented by PERMAI IHSAN SDN In the Matter of ROWENDA KITCHEN SDN Liquidator
that the said Petition is directed to Sdn Bhd and that the said Petition is BHD (Company No: 292691-W) of No. 29- BHD [COMPANY NO.: 200901011204 Note:
PERISYTIHARAN JUALAN be heard at Kuala Lumpur High Court directed to be heard at Kuala Lumpur In the matter of LAGOON POOL AND 1, Jalan 4/62A, Bandar Menjalara, Kepong, (854229-T)] The Member entitled to attend and
DALAM MAHKAMAH TINGGI MALAYA DI PULAU PINANG at 9.30 a.m. on the 28th day of June High Court at 9.30 a.m. on the 28th WATERWORLD (M) SDN BHD (Company 52100, Kuala Lumpur and that the said vote at the meeting may appoint a
PERMOHONAN UNTUK PERLAKSANAAN NO: PA-38-173-08/2021 2022; and any creditor or contributory day of June 2022; and any creditor or No: 280511-W) Petition is directed to be heard before BETWEEN proxy (or in the case of a corporation,
of the company, desiring to support or contributory of the company, desiring the Court sitting at Kuala Lumpur High STONEHENGE SURFACES SDN BHD to appoint a representative) to attend
Dalam perkara mengenai Seksyen 256 dan 257 Kanun Tanah Negara, 1965 oppose the making of an order on the to support or oppose the making of an And Court, at 9.00 am on the 24th day of May [COMPANY NO.: 201701020705 and vote in his place. The Form of
Dan said Petition, may appear at the time order on the said Petition, may appear 2022; and any creditor or contributory (1234871-V)] Proxy may be obtained from the office
Dalam perkara mengenai Gadaian Perserahan No: 0799SC2017024066( bertarikh . of hearing by himself or his counsel for at the time of hearing by himself or In the matter of the Companies of the said Company desiring to support of the Liquidator located at SOHO
23/08/2017) ke atas semua bahagian tanah yang dipegang di bawah Hakmilik Sementara that purpose; and a copy of the Petition his counsel for that purpose; and a (Winding-Up) Rules, 1972 or oppose the making of an Order on the … PETITIONER Suites @ KLCC, Block A2, Level 32-
No. H. S. (D) 46600, PT 1038, Mukim 15, Daerah Seberang Perai Selatan, Pulau Pinang will be furnished to any creditor or con- copy of the Petition will be furnished said Petition, may appear at the time of AND 3A, No. 20, Jalan Perak, 50450 Kuala
Dan tributory of the company requiring the to any creditor or contributory of Between hearing by himself or his counsel for that ROWENDA KITCHEN SDN BHD Lumpur. The appointment of a proxy
Dalam perkara mengenai Aturan 83 Kaedah-Kaedah Mahkamah, 2012 same by the undersigned on payment the company requiring the same by purpose; and a copy of the said Petition [COMPANY NO.: 200901011204 must be lodged at the Liquidators’
of the regulated charge for the same. the undersigned on payment of the KFSS HARVEST (M) SDN. BHD. will be furnished to any creditor or (854229-T)] office at least forty eight (48) hours
ANTARA The Petitioner’s address is No.8-8- regulated charge for the same. (Company No. : 1176060-T) contributory of the said Company requiring before the meeting.
2,Queen’s Avenue, Jalan Bayam, Off The Petitioner’s address is No.8-8- the same by the undersigned on payment … RESPONDENT
RHB Bank Berhad (No. Syarikat: 196501000373 (6171-M) ... PLAINTIF Jalan Peel, 55100 Kuala Lumpur. 2,Queen’s Avenue, Jalan Bayam, Off ...PETITIONER of the regulated charge for the same. ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION IN THE MATTER OF THE
The Petitioner’s solicitors are M/s Fran- Jalan Peel, 55100 Kuala Lumpur. And The Petitioner’s address is No. 29- NOTICE is hereby given that a COMPANIES ACT, 2016
cis Pereira & Shan of Suite 8A, Wisma The Petitioner’s solicitors are M/s 1, Jalan 4/62A, Bandar Menjalara, Petition for the Winding-up of the
DAN TCT, 516-1, 3rd Mile, Jalan Ipoh, 51200 Francis Pereira & Shan of Suite 8A, LAGOON POOL AND WATERWORLD Kepong, 52100, Kuala Lumpur. abovenamed Company by the High AND
Kuala Lumpur. (Tel.:03-4044 0800 Fax: Wisma TCT, 516-1, 3rd Mile, Jalan (M) SDN BHD The Petitioner’s Solicitors is Messrs Court at Kuala Lumpur was on IN THE MATTER OF
PHEH PENG BONG (No. Kad Pengenalan : 620626075459) ... DEFENDAN 03-4044 0700) Ref. No: FPS/3454/12/L) Ipoh, 51200 Kuala Lumpur. (Tel.:03- (Company No. : 280511-W) Rabinder Budiman & Associates whose the 25th March 2022 presented GENIUS THINKERS SDN. BHD.
PHEH WEI CHEN (No. Kad Pengenalan : 940628075578) .......................t.t....................... 4044 0800 Fax: 03-4044 0700) Ref. address is at Suite 3B-15-5, Level to the said Court by STONEHENGE 201501015832 (1141165-W)
No: FPS/4676/12/L) …RESPONDENT 15, Block 3B, Plaza Sentral, Jalan SURFACES SDN BHD [COMPANY NO.: (In Members’ Voluntary Winding-Up)
Solicitors for the Petitioner .......................t.t....................... Stesen Sentral 5, 50470 Kuala Lumpur. 201701020705(1234871-V)], a company NOTICE OF RESOLUTION
Menurut Perintah Mahkamah Tinggi Malaya di PULAU PINANG mengenai Perintah Jualan NOTE: ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION Dated this 5th day of April 2022 incorporated in Malaysia under the NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at the
dan Perintah bertarikh 26 April 2021 dan 10 Mac 2022, adalah dengan ini diisytiharkan Any person who intends to appear Solicitors for the Petitioner Companies Act 2016 and having its Meeting of Members of the abovementioned
bahawa Timbalan Pendaftar/Penolong Kanan Pendaftar Pusat Operasi e-Lelong di Kuantan on the hearing of the said Petition NOTE: NOTICE is hereby given that a Petition -Signed- address for service at 68, Jalan TSB 9, Company deemed convened vide a
must serve on, or send by post to, the Any person who intends to appear for the Winding-Up of the abovenamed Messrs Rabinder Budiman & Associates Kota Damansara, 47000 Petaling Jaya, members’ written resolution pursuant to
AKAN MENJUAL SECARA abovenamed Solicitors for the Peti- on the hearing of the said Petition company by the High Court was on Selangor and that the said Petition is Section 297(1) of the Companies Act, 2016
LELONG AWAM tioner, Messrs Francis Pereira & Shan, must serve on, or send by post to, 18th day of February 2022, presented Solicitors for the Petitioner directed to be heard before the Court on the 4th day of April, 2022, the following
notice in writing of his intention to do the abovenamed Solicitors for the by KFSS Harvest (M) Sdn Bhd and NOTE: Any person who intends to appear on sitting at Kuala Lumpur on the 3rd special resolution was duly passed:-
Pada Hari Khamis, 21 April 2022, Pada Jam 11:00 pagi, so. The notice must state the name Petitioner, Messrs Francis Pereira & that the said Petition is directed to the hearing of the said Petition must serve August 2022 at 9.00 a.m. in the morning Special Resolution
SECARA ELEKTRONIK Dl LAMAN WEB e-LELONG, PUSAT OPERASI e-LELONG, and address of the person, or if a firm, Shan, notice in writing of his intention be heard at Kuala Lumpur High Court on or send by post to the abovenamed and any Creditor or Contributory of the Members’ Voluntary Winding-Up
the name and address of the firm, and to do so. The notice must state the at 9.30 a.m. on the 28th day of June Petitioner’s solicitors, Messrs Rabinder said Company desirous to support or and Appointment of Liquidator
KOMPLEKS MAHKAMAH KUANTAN, PAHANG DARUL MAKMUR must be signed by the person or firm, name and address of the person, 2022; and any creditor or contributory Budiman & Associates, a notice in writing oppose the making of an Order on the THAT the Company be wound up by way of
or his or their solicitors (if any). The or if a firm, the name and address of the company, desiring to support of his intention to do so. The Notice must said Petition may appear at the time of members’ voluntarily winding-up pursuant
NOTA : Bakal pembeli adalah dinasihatkan agar membuat carian Hakmilik secara notice must be served, or posted, must of the firm, and must be signed by or oppose the making of an order state the name and address of the person, hearing by himself or his Counsel for the to Section 439(1)(b) of the Companies Act,
rasmi di Pejabat Tanah dan memeriksa semua tanggungan, bebanan serta mengenal be sent by post in sufficient time, to the person or firm, or his or their on the said Petition, may appear at or, if a firm, the name and address of the purpose and a copy of the Petition will be 2016 and that Mr. Joshua Lim Phan Yih (NRIC
pasti dengan tepat hartanah tersebut sebelum jualan lelongan dijalankan. reach the abovenamed not later than solicitors (if any). The notice must the time of hearing by himself or his firm, and must be signed by the person furnished to any Creditor or Contributory No. 840427-01-5095) of No. 7, Jalan Bukit
12 noon of the 27th day of June 2022. be served, or posted, must be sent counsel for that purpose; and a copy or firm, or his or their solicitors (if any), of the said Company requiring the same Meru 4, Taman Bukit Meru, 30020 Jelapang,
Sila layari https://elelong.kehakiman.gov.my/bidderweb by post in sufficient time, to reach the of the Petition will be furnished to any and must be served, or if posted, must by the undersigned on payment of the Ipoh, Perak having given his consent to act,
abovenamed not later than 12 noon of creditor or contributory of the company be sent by post in sufficient time to regulated charge for the same. be appointed as Liquidator of the Company
BUTIR-BUTIR HAKMILIK : : Hakmilik Sementara No. H. S. (D) 46600 the 27th day of June 2022. requiring the same by the undersigned reach the abovenamed not later than The Petitioner’s address is at 68, Jalan to act for the purpose of such a winding-
No. Hakmilik : PT 1038 on payment of the regulated charge for twelve o’clock noon of the 23rd day TSB 9, Kota Damansara, 47000 Petaling up at a remuneration agreed upon and
No. Lot : 15 / Seberang Peral Selatan / Pulau Pinang the same. of May 2022 (the date before the day Jaya, Selangor. that pursuant to Section 456 and Eleventh
Mukim I Daerah I Negeri : Hakmilik Kekal appointed for the hearing of the petition). The Petitioner’s Solicitors are Messrs Schedule of the Companies Act, 2016, the
Pegangan : The Petitioner’s address is No.8-8- This ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION is filed Aaron KC Ng & Partners, A-3-02, Kelana liquidator may exercise all his powers and
No. Petak/No. Tingkat/No. : 3197.00 kaki persegi 2,Queen’s Avenue, Jalan Bayam, Off by Messrs Rabinder Budiman & Associates, Square, No. 17, Jalan SS7/26, Kelana duties.
Bangunan : 297.00 meter persegi Jalan Peel, 55100 Kuala Lumpur. Solicitors for the Petitioner herein whose Jaya, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor By Order of the Board
Keluasan Tanah : PHEH PENG BONG, PHEH WEI CHEN address for service is at Suite 3B-15-5, Darul Ehsan. Joshua Lim Phan Yih
Pemilik Berdaftar Level 15, Block 3B, Plaza Sentral, Jalan Dated the 29th day of March 2022 Director
Stesen Sentral 5, 50470 Kuala Lumpur. Ipoh
Syarat Nyata : (First Grade) The land comprised in this title: (a) shall not be The Petitioner’s solicitors are M/s (Tel: 03-2274 2075; ...............t.t............... Dated this 5th day of April, 2022
Sekatan Kepentingan affected by any provision of the National Land Code limiting Francis Pereira & Shan of Suite 8A, Fax: 03-2260 7266 Solicitors for the Petitioner IN THE MATTER OF THE
Bebanan / Lain-Lain the compensation payable on the exercise by the State Wisma TCT, 516-1, 3rd Mile, Jalan Emel: [email protected]) Note - any person who intends to COMPANIES ACT, 2016
Kawasan Rizab Authority of a right of access or use conferred by Chapter 3 Ipoh, 51200 Kuala Lumpur. (Tel.:03- [Ref : RBA/RS/1110/21/cpf] appear on the hearing of the said
Kaveat of Part Three of the Code or on the creation of a Collector’s 4044 0800 Fax: 03-4044 0700) Ref. No: Petition must serve on or send by post AND
right of way; and (b) subject to the implied FPS/3458/12/L) to the abovenamed Messrs Aaron KC IN THE MATTER OF
Ng & Partners, notice in writing of his GENIUS THINKERS SDN. BHD.
: Tiada .......................t.t....................... intention to do so. The notice must state 201501015832 (1141165-W)
: Solicitors for the Petitioner the name and address of the person, or, (In Members’ Voluntary Winding-Up)
: in a firm, the name and address of the NOTICE FOR CREDITORS
: firm and must be signed by the person NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Creditors
or firm of his or their solicitor (if any) of GENIUS THINKERS SDN. BHD., which is
LOKASI DAN PERIHAL HARTANAH : and must be served or if posted, must being wound-up voluntarily, are required on
Hartanah tersebut adalah Rumah Berkembar Dua Tingkat yang beralamat pos di 5, be sent by post in sufficient time to or before 6th day of May, 2022 to send in
Lorong Hijauan Valdor 38, Hijauan Valdor, 14200, Sungai Jawi, Pulau Pinang. NOTE: reach the abovenamed not later that their names and addresses, the particulars
12.00 o’clock in the forenoon of the 2nd of their debts or claims and the names
HARGA RIZAB : CALL TO PLACE CLASSIFIED ADS Any person who intends to appear August 2022. and addresses of their solicitors (if any)
Hartanah tersebut akan dijual atas “sepertimana sedia ada” tertakluk kepada satu harga on the hearing of the said Petition This Advertisement of Petition is filed to the undersigned, the Liquidator of the
rizab sebanyak RM 650,000.00 (RINGGIT MALAYSIA: ENAM RATUS LIMA PULUH RIBU MS. SHOBA must serve on, or send by post to, by Messrs Aaron KC Ng & Partners, said Company and, if so required by notice
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22 theSUN ON TUESDAY | APRIL 5, 2022 Inter down Juve to keep heat on Milan
SPORTS
INTER MILAN kept their title defence alive with Wojciech Szczesny and from there chaos ensued, right now,” he said to DAZN.
BRIEFS yesterday’s 1-0 win at Juventus thanks to a with Inter’s players celebrating after the ball was “We played well and had lots of shots on goal,
Tiger’s Masters decision soon controversial retaken penalty which moved them clumsily bundled in by Juve defenders only for
three points behind leaders AC Milan and Napoli, that goal to be ruled out for a foul. it’s just a shame about the defeat.”
TIGER WOODS will make a “game-time 3-1 winners at Atalanta. Napoli prevailed in Bergamo thanks to
decision” on competing at this week’s Masters, A VAR check then showed that Matthijs de
the five-times champion said yesterday as he The champions came away from the Allianz Ligt, who stopped Calhanoglu from scoring on Lorenzo Insigne’s early penalty, a sweet Matteo
continues his recovery from the serious leg Stadium in Turin with a narrow win in a bad- the rebound, had encroached in the area before Politano volley eight minutes before halftime and
injuries he suffered in a car crash in February tempered match decided by Hakan Calhanoglu’s the Turk missed his penalty, allowing him a a stunning late breakaway finished by Eljif Elmas
2021. Woods said six weeks ago that he had a spotkick which was scored at the second attempt second chance to slam home the opener which just as Atalanta were pushing for a leveller after
“long way to go” in his recovery but five minutes into first-half stoppage time. was taken with gusto. Marten De Roon pulled one back in the 59th
speculation mounted with each passing day minute.
that his return could come at the April 7-10 “It’s a huge step for us. We know that we’ve Juve coach Massimiliano Allegri was livid on
Masters as he refrained from removing his dropped points lately, but we’re going to try to the sidelines but kept his cool post-match, saying “We believe, we’ve always believed,” said
name from the field of competitors. “I will be recover them over the remaining eight games,” that his team were “out of the title race” despite Insigne of Napoli’s title hopes.
heading up to Augusta today to continue my said coach Simone Inzaghi. being the better team.
preparation and practice. It will be a game- “There are still seven matches to go and
time decision on whether I compete,”Woods Calhanoglu’s weak spotkick was saved by “I’m not going to say things that won’t help they’re seven big matches so we need to face
said on Twitter. them in the right way.” – AFP

Kupcho earns major glory rCeastuarlagnence
at Chevron
Pedri masterclass sees off Sevilla
JENNIFER KUPCHO’S first win on the LPGA and sends Barcelona second
Tour was a major breakthrough. Kupcho hung
on through a nervy back nine yesterday to Barcelona’s Pedri celebrates scoring the
win the Chevron Championship by two shots opening goal with teammates Ousmane
at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Dembele (top) and Dani Alves (left) during
Mirage, California. Kupcho entered the final the Spanish La Liga match against Sevilla
day with a six-stroke lead, and her 2-over 74
was still enough to stay ahead of the pack. at the Nou Camp yesterday. – AFPPIX
She posted a 14-under 274 for the week, two
better than second-place Jessica Korda. “I’ve A WONDER-GOAL from Pedri proved driving seat to finish second, which would be a Barcelona did find it tough going against
been so close a couple of times, so it’s just the difference for Barcelona remarkable achievement for a team that only a Sevilla, and Xavi explained what the team had
really hard sometimes, and here I am. It’s really yesterday as a 1-0 win over Sevilla few months ago had serious concerns about spoken about at halftime with the game still
exciting. A major is crazy,” Kupcho said. Taking sent Xavi Hernandez’s side up to missing out on the top four. When Xavi took goalles.
third place was Slovenian 18-year-old Pia second in La Liga for the first time this season. over in November, they lay ninth.
Babnik while Japan’s Hinako Shibuno tied for “During the break we talked about the last
fourth with Patty Tavatanakit of Thailand, Barca missed a string of chances against a The last time the Catalans were second in pass missing, decision-making. It’s what we
France’s Celine Boutier and Lexi Thompson. dogged Sevilla at the Nou Camp before the 19- La Liga after a complete round of fixtures was practice the most in training.
year-old Pedri settled the contest with a May 10 last year, three matches before the end
JJ books ticket to Augusta moment of magic, dancing his way into space of last season. “In the end It was about finding solutions to
on the edge of the area before firing into the this defensive framework of Sevilla.”
JJ SPAUN shot a final-round 69 yesterday to corner. “We’re second but nothing is done,” Xavi
finish with a 13-under 275 and earn his first said. “While it’s mathematically possible to Xavi later praised his team’s performance
career win on tour at the Valero Texas Open at Victory continues Barcelona’s recent surge fight for La Liga, we will keep fighting.” and hailed the importance of the result.
TPC San Antonio. The two-shot victory earned as they backed up their 4-0 thrashing of Real
Spaun his first-ever trip to the Masters in Madrid before the international break with a Pedri’s stunning performance in midfield “I am a positive person, I believe in work,
Augusta this week, where he will enter play at convincing win against the team who have was rounded off with a masterful goal that will effort, sacrifice and collective work. We are
No. 10 in the FedEx Cup standings. “It’s a great been Madrid’s chief title challengers all only further the reputation of one of the very good, we are supportive, everyone runs
feeling to be in the winner’s circle and now it’s season. world’s most exciting young talents. and presses. With this base the results have to
like a game changer,” Spaun said. “(Heading to come. We are in the best moment of the
the Masters) means the world. You’ve only Madrid edged past Celta Vigo on Sunday to “I encourage him to shoot,” said Xavi. “He season,” he said.
dreamed of playing there, for most of us. calm suggestions their Clasico nightmare always thinks to pass, he’s a passer, it’s
Hopefully I can have another good week could even prompt a late collapse and let something that happened to me as well. But “Today we dominated a super team, the
there, too.” Matt Kuchar and Australian Matt Barca back into the race. today he scored a great goal. best in the league defensively. We won 1-0 and
Jones (66) finished tied for second two strokes it could have been more.
back at 11-under. A 12-point advantage means that is surely “When I say he’s an elite player, it’s because
impossible now but Barcelona are in the there is hardly anyone that understands our “Perhaps we failed to make decisions, we
Jadeja not feeling the pressure style as well as him.” should have scored earlier. It’s a six-point win.”
– AFP/Agencies
RAVINDRA JADEJA’S reign as Chennai Super
Kings captain began with a hattrick of defeats Mbappe mum on future after PSG rout Lorient
in the Indian Premier League (IPL) but the all-
rounder says he is not feeling any pressure. KYLIAN MBAPPE said he has still yet to make a my decision, I’m thinking it over, there are new in with a crushing win at the Parc des Princes.
Holders Chennai unveiled Jadeja as their new decision on his future at Paris Saint-Germain elements and there are loads of factors,” They lead Marseille by 12 points and need
captain two days before the start of the after scoring twice in a sensational display in Mbappe told Prime Video.
tournament after the talismanic MS Dhoni, yesterday’s 5-1 demolition of Lorient in Ligue 1. just 13 more from their final eight games to be
who led them to four IPL titles, relinquished “I don’t want to be wrong,” he added. “I assured of a record-equalling 10th French title.
the role. Chennai have since lost to Kolkata The France star was in unstoppable form, know it’s getting a bit late for people, we talk
Knight Riders, Lucknow Super Giants and creating two goals for Neymar and another for about it every day. Marseille reclaimed second place with a 4-2
Punjab Kings but Jadeja did not want to link Lionel Messi as the trio all scored in the same win at Saint-Etienne in a game that was
the defeats to the last-minute leadership match for PSG for the first time. “If I’d taken my decision, I would say it. I rescheduled from Saturday following heavy
change. “I have been preparing (for the role) don’t have to explain myself to anyone, it’s a snowfall.
since he (Dhoni) told me a few months ago,” However the post-match focus again personal choice. If I’d made my decision I would
Jadeja told reporters after yesterday’s 54-run quickly shifted to where Mbappe will be come and announce it and stand by it.” Dimitri Payet and Bamba Dieng scored
defeat by Punjab. So mentally I was ready to playing next season, with his PSG contract penalties either side of a comical own goal
lead. I don’t have any pressure on me. We expiring in July. After three defeats in four games before the from Saint-Etienne defender Timothee
need to find our rhythm… It just needs to international break and a traumatic Champions Kolodziejczak before Amine Harit added a
click.” “I haven’t made my choice. I haven’t taken League exit, PSG began the end-of-season run- fourth for Marseille. – AFP

Alcaraz delighted by call
from king after Miami win

CARLOS ALCARAZ was a picture of calm as
he sealed the biggest win of his career at the
Miami Open yesterday but the teenager said
his nerves were jangled by a congratulatory
phone call from Spain’s King Felipe. Alcaraz
defeated Norwegian world No. 8 Casper Ruud
7-5, 6-4 to earn his first ATP Masters 1000
crown and become the first Spanish man to
triumph in Miami after eight previous final
appearances by his compatriots. “It’s pretty
amazing to get the call from the Spanish
king,” the 18-year-old told reporters. “I was
more nervous (for) that call than the match.
It’s pretty amazing that the Spanish king
congratulates you on the hard work that you
put in every day and your win. It’s something
that you never thought you were going to
receive.”

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RESULTS & STANDINGS Pep pleasantly surprised

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE:
Tottenham 5 (Davies 43, Doherty 48,
Son 54, Emerson 64, Bergwijn 84)
Newcastle 1 (Schar 39), West Ham 2 Guardiola not sure how City would respond to Liverpool going top
(Cresswell 32, Bowen 59) Everton 1
(Holgate 53).
P W D L F A Pts █ IAN PARKER how our people and our players will be. games during the game and he handles perfectly
“But here after the international break, to these different games. Tomorrow we start to talk
Man City 30 23 4 3 70 18 73 PEP GUARDIOLA admitted he did not about the game.”
Liverpool 30 22 6 2 77 20 72 know what to expect from his come back, just one training session together.
Manchester City side going into Riyad (Mahrez) is sad after (missing World Cup The two legs of the quarterfinal will both be
Chelsea 29 17 8 4 58 23 59 Saturday’s 2-0 win over Burnley that qualification). Riyad, if he qualified, maybe he followed by fixtures against Liverpool, with the
Tottenham 30 17 3 10 52 37 54 ensured they ended the day back at the top of the would have played. FA Cup semifinal to come after Sunday’s League
Premier League table. meeting at the Etihad. It is a run which can make
Arsenal 28 17 3 8 44 31 54 “Ten days off, you never know. That is why I or break City’s season as they remain in the hunt
The City players watched on their coach as am more than pleased for the victory and to for a treble.
West Ham 31 15 6 10 51 40 51 Liverpool beat Watford 2-0 to temporarily reach continue the fight against Liverpool.”
Man Utd 30 14 9 7 49 41 51 the summit, but responded with first-half goals “After six seasons, win, win, winning, still we
from Kevin De Bruyne and Ilkay Gundogan to Attention now switches to tomorrow’s are there, in the last stages of the season, fighting
Wolves 31 15 4 12 33 27 49 retain their one-point advantage. Champions League quarterfinal first leg against for the title,” Guardiola said.
Leicester 28 10 7 11 43 47 37 Atletico Madrid.
Guardiola said he was wary of this fixture on “That is why we are a big club. With a lot of
Aston Villa 30 11 3 16 42 42 36 the back of the international break – in some Atletico and Diego Simeone ended money, yes I know that but it is not just that,
ways more so than this Sunday’s crunch meeting Guardiola’s final chance of winning the otherwise we do not five seasons every season
Southampton 30 8 12 10 37 46 36 with Liverpool. Champions League during his three seasons being there fighting for the titles.
Crystal Palace 29 7 13 9 39 38 34 with Bayern Munich in 2016, the third straight
“I was a little bit concerned about this game,” season in which they lost in the semifinals of the “I have said many times, you lose (a game),
Brighton 30 7 13 10 26 36 34 he said. “Honestly, with all respect, more than competition. you lose the competition. The (players) know it,
Brentford 31 9 6 16 37 48 33 the Liverpool game. I know against Liverpool they feel it. I’m not there but I think our
“He is a master for knockout stages,” opponents feel it too.” – The Independent
Newcastle 30 7 10 13 33 54 31 Guardiola said of Simeone. “There are many
Lamps sees positives
Leeds 31 7 9 15 35 68 30 despite defeat
Everton 28 7 4 17 30 49 25
█ ANDY SIMS
Watford 30 6 4 20 29 57 22
Burnley 28 3 12 13 22 40 21
Bruno tries to rouse Devils
Norwich 30 4 6 20 18 63 18

CHAMPIONSHIP: Birmingham 1
West Brom 0.
TOP 6 P W D L F A Pts

Fulham 38 24 8 6 92 32 80
Bournemouth 37 21 9 7 62 33 72
FRANK LAMPARD insisted he saw
Huddersfield 40 18 12 10 52 43 66 enough from Everton’s 2-1 defeat at West
Ham to suggest they can climb away
Luton 39 18 10 11 58 44 64 from relegation trouble.
Middlesbrough 38 18 8 12 52 40 62
Goals from Aaron Cresswell and
Blackburn 40 17 11 12 51 41 62 Jarrod Bowen, either side of a Mason
Holgate equaliser, condemned the travel
LA LIGA: Athletic Bilbao 2 (Beren- sick-Toffees to another defeat on the
guer 32, Villalibre 86) Elche 1 (Fernan- road.
des 90+2), Real Betis 4 (Juanmi 34,
45+1, Carvalho 82, Lopera 88) Osasuna Everton remain just one place above
1 (Budimir 65), Granada 2 (Molina 67, the drop zone and face a huge match
Milla 90+4-pen) Rayo Vallecano 2 against fellow strugglers Burnley on
(Catena 6, Navarro 17), Valencia 0 Thursday (2.30am).
Cadiz 0, Barcelona 1 (Pedri 72)
Sevilla 0. Manchester United’s “It’s disappointing. We deserved a
TOP 6 P W D L F A Pts Bruno Fernandes point at least from the game on general
(right) fights for the play,” Lampard said.
Real Madrid 30 21 6 3 61 26 69 ball with Leicester
City’s Youri “It was an afternoon when quite a few
Barcelona 29 16 9 4 57 29 57 Tielemans during circumstances went against us. That can
Atletico 30 17 6 7 57 37 57 the English Premier happen. But we played well; the game
League match at plan, the discipline, the character.
Sevilla 30 15 12 3 40 20 57 Old Trafford on
Real Betis 30 16 5 9 54 36 53 Sunday. – AFPPIX “We created enough chances and it’s
not easy to create against West Ham so
Sociedad 29 13 9 7 29 29 48 there are things we can be positive and
happy about.
SERIE A: Atalanta 1 (De Roon 58)
Napoli 3 (Insigne 14-pen, Politano 37, “Not the result, but we’ve got 10 more
Elmas 80), Fiorentina 1 (Gonzalez 58) games and if we carry on in that vein
Empoli 0, Juventus 0 Inter Milan 1 things will turn and we will be OK.”
(Calhanoglu 45+5-pen), Sampdoria 0
Roma 1 (Mkhitaryan 27), Udinese 5 █ DAVID CHARLESWORTH Cristiano Ronaldo, sidelined due to illness, with Hammers boss David Moyes said he
(Becao 38, Beto 45, 49, 73, Molina 59) BRUNO FERNANDES called for Manchester his fellow Portuguese Fernandes withering in his felt his former club had enough quality
Cagliari 1 (Joao Pedro 32). United to raise their standards after a critique of their display as he called for sharp to stay up, and Lampard smiled: “That’s
TOP 6 P W D L F A Pts disappointing 1-1 draw against Leicester. improvements. easy for him to say – but I appreciate the
AC Milan 30 20 6 4 56 29 66 sentiment.
United’s hopes of finishing in the Premier “Everyone is disappointed,” he told MUTV. “This
Napoli 31 20 6 5 56 23 66 League top-four were dealt a setback at Old result was not the result that we want but there is “If he meant from seeing us today and
Trafford on Sunday although Fred struck to rescue nothing we can do now. if we continue with that form and
Inter Milan 30 18 9 3 63 24 63 a point after Kelechi Iheanacho had given replicate that then I agree. But we are in
Juventus 31 17 8 6 47 27 59 Leicester the lead. “We have to look ahead to the next game and the position we are in with 10 games
understand that the standard of this club has to left.” – The Independent
Roma 31 16 6 9 51 35 54 The Foxes might have walked away with all be higher and better, and we know that we are
Lazio 31 15 7 9 60 46 52 three points but the video assistant referee capable of that. Van Gaal has
chalked off James Maddison’s strike 10 minutes prostate cancer
BUNDESLIGA: Augsburg 3 VfL before fulltime because of a foul in the build-up “You have to think (about) winning every
Wolfsburg 0, Moenchengladbach 1 to the “goal”. game we have going forward,” he added. “But NETHERLANDS coach Louis van Gaal
Mainz 05 1. now, (we need to be) thinking about the next one says he has prostate cancer and has been
TOP 6 P W D L F A Pts United, though, were uninspiring without and not rushing too much because we have to receiving treatment, but still plans to
think game by game.” – The Independent lead his team at the World Cup in Qatar
in seven months’ time.
B. Munich 28 21 3 4 85 29 66 Thomas gets Frank about Eriksen
The 70-year-old told RTL television
Dortmund 28 18 3 7 68 42 57 yesterday that the players “don’t know it”,
Leverkusen 28 15 6 7 68 42 51 adding he has undergone 25 bouts of
radiotherapy, including during training
RB Leipzig 28 14 6 8 61 31 48 THOMAS FRANK has insisted he never doubted return to his playmaking pomp, and Bees boss Frank camps with the Dutch team.
Freiburg 28 12 9 7 44 33 45 Christian Eriksen’s return to football’s elite when the has had no need to hide his pride.
Denmark playmaker joined Brentford. The players “think I’m in good health,
Hoffenheim 28 13 5 10 50 42 44 Asked if he had been surprised by Eriksen’s form, but I’m not”, said the former Barcelona,
Eriksen notched an emotional first Bees goal in Frank replied: “Honestly, I hope you all know 90% of Manchester United, Bayern Munich and
FRENCH LIGUE 1: Strasbourg 1 Saturday’s remarkable 4-1 win over Chelsea at the time I speak I do my very best to speak the truth. Ajax coach, who began treatment last
Lens 0, Metz 1 Monaco 2, Clermont Stamford Bridge to put Brentford on the verge of year after his diagnosis in 2020.
2 Nantes 3, Troyes 1 Reims 0, top-flight safety. “From the beginning I thought, ‘okay everything’s
Montpellier 1 Brest 2, Saint-Etienne been checked in his entire body’. “It’s part of my life,” he added in an
2 Marseille 4, Lyon 3 Angers 2, Paris Eriksen has himself admitted he “died for five interview marking the upcoming release
SG 5 Lorient 1. minutes” on the pitch in Denmark action at Euro “He didn’t have an injury like an ACL, so I was of a film about his life, entitled LOUIS.
2020, which renders his subsequent return to full actually not in doubt on him. Because his
TOP 5 P W D L F A Pts health enough of a blessing even before considering foundations physically were quite good. “I’ve been through so much in my life,
Paris SG 30 21 5 4 64 28 68 his resurgent career. sickness and death, I’ve probably
“I never knew how quick it would be to get to become richer as a person because of all
Marseille 30 16 8 6 49 29 56 The 30-year-old has delighted the footballing this level, but it’s impressive and we’re just pleased those experiences.”
Rennes 30 16 5 9 64 29 53 world in starring for Brentford and returning for and so proud.
Denmark thanks to an Implantable Cardioverter
Strasbourg 30 14 9 7 51 32 51 Defibrillator (ICD). “You can always give it to Christian and he will
find a solution. It was an important goal from him,
Nice 30 15 7 8 40 24 51 That cardiac technology has afforded Eriksen a that maybe finished off the match for us.” – The
Independent

TUESDAY • APRIL 5, 2022 QUOTE OF THE DAY

I haven’t made my choice. I haven’t taken
my decision, I’m thinking it over, there
are new elements and there are loads of factors. I
don’t want to be wrong. I know it’s getting a bit late
for people, we talk about it every day. If I’d taken
my decision, I would say it.”

Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe

Liverpool, City face season-defining fortnight in historical quest

LIVERPOOL’S quest for a quadruple and Anything other than a convincing breaking battle in 2018/19. “The next Premier League game obviously is a
Manchester City’s bid to match Manchester win when Atletico visit the Etihad City emerged winners on that big one, we do not hide from that. It’s all good,”
United’s historic treble of 1999 are on a collision tomorrow (3am) will give Guardiola a said Klopp.
course over the next two weeks. difficult balancing act on his team occasion by a single point despite
selection for the title showdown Liverpool amassing 97 points, the “We are not favourite in one of the
Premier League leaders City will host a against Liverpool. fourth highest points tally in English competitions we are in, but who cares? We will
potential title decider against second placed top-flight history for a 38-game give it a try.”
Liverpool on Sunday (11.30pm Malaysian time) “The next Premier League game season.
before the fierce rivals clash again in the FA Cup we will play against Liverpool. We With City and Liverpool on different sides of the
semifinal at Wembley on April 16. know they are going to win almost all The other two were also registered Champions League draw, there is also the
the games – hopefully not the next during an era marked by the possibility for them to meet again in the final in
However, the impact of the Champions League one – but we will try to do the same,” Guardiola excellence of Guardiola and Klopp’s Paris on May 28.
quarterfinals could have a big impact on who said after City beat Burnley on Saturday to sides.
claims the domestic trophies. reestablish their one-point lead over Liverpool. City hold the record for the 100 points they Thiago Alcantara played under Guardiola at
recorded in 2017/18, while Liverpool responded in Barcelona and Bayern Munich, but the Liverpool
Liverpool on paper have the better draw in the “When you arrive in May challenging to lift the 2019/20 to end their 30-year wait to win the midfielder believes the next two months could
last eight as they take on Benfica, while City face a title it means you have had an incredible season. league with 99 points. surpass everything he has experienced so far in a
gruelling two legs against Spanish champions Being here is because we work a lot and we have “In the last few years we’ve pushed each other trophy-filled career.
Atletico Madrid. done that every single season.” on insane levels,” added Klopp.
This year, history will be marked in the number “It looks like a World Cup where every game is a
Reds boss Jurgen Klopp declared the Premier Liverpool are happy just to be in this position of trophies won. final. With that we are in a one-mission mood,”
League as “the most important” prize up for grabs after finding themselves 14 points adrift of City at United’s feat of winning the Champions Thiago said.
for his team, who have already lifted the League one point in January. League, Premier League and FA Cup is the only
Cup this season. time that particular treble has been won by an “The other day I was talking with some friends
A 10-game winning run has reeled in the English side. about it. I never had, in the years that I have been
But that cannot be the case for City as they aim English champions, setting up another titanic fight involved in football, a month so exciting like this
to end the club’s long wait for Champions League between the sides, reminiscent of their record- with such important matches every three days. It
glory. will be amazing.” – AFP

Talisman
Kane
Spurs boss Conte
hopes to keep Tottenham Hotspur’s
working with Harry Kane (right) has
‘world-class’ this shot blocked by
striker Newcastle United’s
Fabian Schar during
the English Premier
League match at
Tottenham Hotspur
Stadium yesterday. –
AFPPIX

█ JONATHAN VEAL deliver Champions League “For this reason I want to thank has to play two games. Don’t forget shouldn’t have done.
qualification his future is sure to come him, he is always a big example for (Manchester) United, an amazing “We played in an expansive way too
TOTTENHAM boss Antonio under renewed speculation in the everything and I hope to give him squad.
Conte hopes the club can keep summer. satisfaction. early in the game and were punished
Harry Kane satisfied after his “West Ham, Wolverhampton are by a top-level team.
striker put in another standout Conte says that Kane deserves the “I think he is now enjoying playing having a fantastic season and this
display in the 5-1 thrashing of best and hopes they can “continue this type of football and we have to try League is very, very difficult but I’m “I felt we chased the game far too
Newcastle. together”. to continue together. I am seeing many happy because hard work is paying early. We became very expansive. We
players with great improvement.” off.” were taking risks in areas that we
The England captain did not score, “I am happy for him because we are shouldn’t have done. We committed
but notched another assist and again talking about a world-class striker,” the Kane, along with Son and Dejan Newcastle boss Eddie Howe, whose too many men forward.
showcased his exquisite passing range Italian said. Kulusevski, have spearheaded an side sit nine points clear of the
as Spurs enhanced their top-four upturn in results, which has seen relegation zone, believes the second “I’m being careful to not go too over
chances in the Premier League. “He deserves the best because he is Spurs win five of their last six League goal was a key moment and was the top with my criticism. But we need
a great worker, a hard worker, this is games. unhappy with how his players chased to be smarter. It was in our desire to get
After falling behind to Fabian not normal. Normally the player that the game. back into the game.
Schar’s first half freekick, goals from has talent doesn’t like to work hard. While Arsenal still have games in
Ben Davies, Matt Doherty, Son Heung- hand, Spurs are firmly in the top-four He said: “First half I thought we did “What’s to come is a key week for
min, Emerson Royal and Steven “In my career I didn’t have a great race very well. was hugely disappointed to us. We’re in a position that we didn’t
Bergwijn moved them above north talent and for this reason I worked go in 1-1. expect to be in. Maybe this is a little jolt
London rivals Arsenal, who visit hard. What I liked from him from the “I have seen my team that now is in that we can’t get ahead of ourselves.
Crystal Palace overnight. first time was his availability, he was a the race because I have seen great “The key goal is the second goal.
big example for his teammates. improvement,” the Italian said. The manner of it was really “There was no doubt that was ever
Kane is going to be key to where disappointing. Then we chased the the case (that we’re in a relegation
Spurs end up, but even if he helps “When you see him work in this “In this race there are other teams game in a very aggressive way and battle) in my mind. We have a lot of
way, for sure you have the desire to that maybe are in this moment they played in a way we probably work ahead of us. We have to be very
work and work very hard. have an advantage and I think Arsenal calm.” – The Independent

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