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  • Chinese and Myanmar Workers Are More Honest Than Malays

    Chinese and Myanmar Workers Are More Honest Than Malays

    KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 — Ethnic Chinese and even the migrant Myanmar workers are more honest compared to the native Malays where money is concerned, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today as he continued his decades-old belief of inherent racial weaknesses to explain the economic failures of Malaysia’s largest community. 

    The former prime minister also claimed that many Malays do not pay back their debts, and therefore many companies prefer to award contracts to the Chinese, whom he insisted were more trustworthy.

    “Now I have a bakery. I want to say honestly, I am ashamed because among the Malay, Chinese or Burmese or any other workers, the Malay ones sometimes when they see money they forget themselves, they become dishonest,” Dr Mahathir told Umno-controlled Malay paper, Mingguan Malaysia in an exclusive interview published today.

    Dr Mahathir is the chairman of The Loaf, a chain of Japanese-inspired bakery which first opened in Langkawi in 2006.

    “Whenever the [Malay workers] see money, if they can swipe the money, they will. I have fired a lot of Malays because of this attitude. But the Chinese are not like that,” the veteran Umno politician said.

    According to Dr Mahathir, some of his Malay managers have even tried to collude with his workers to cheat the outlets of money.

    He also claimed that there are also cases where the managers did not deposit the outlets’ money in the bank, or have swindled the money by not recording the proper amount of sales.

    “When we’re trustworthy, when we want to lend money, people will give because they know we will pay it. How many Malays when they borrow money, they don’t pay back?” asked Dr Mahathir.

    He singled out as an example, those who received scholarships but refused to pay them back despite having the money to do so.

    “We have to be trustworthy so people will give contracts to us. When we want to give contracts, we give to the Chinese instead because we know they will do their work properly. This is our weakness, not trustworthy,” added Dr Mahathir.

    Dr Mahathir was widely panned last week after he described Malays as being lazy and dishonest in a speech last Thursday.

    The 89-year-old said Malaysia’s largest race group lacks good values, ethics and were not hardworking enough, which he said has caused them to trail behind the other races economically.

    In response to criticisms, Dr Mahathir said he was only calling a spade a spade: “I have never wanted to fool myself. If they’re lazy, I call them lazy. If people don’t like it, then be it. When I was Umno president, I used to nag all the time.”

    Dr Mahathir is a staunch defender of race-based affirmative action policies as prescribed by the New Economic Policy, an economic model mooted in 1971 to close the socio-economic gap between the largely-urban Chinese and the rural Malays as well as other indigenous Bumiputera.

    However, the former prime minister has admitted in the past that the programme has made the Malays more complacent while noting that the system had been abused to enrich only a few elites who were close to the ruling party.

    But the man who ran the country from 1983 to 2003 has continued to defend the policy, saying it was still needed to help the Malays compete and bridge the income disparity among the races.

    Source: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/chinese-myanmar-workers-more-trustworthy-than-malays-dr-m-says#sthash.iUoCqnzx.dpuf

  • Why Swine Flesh Is Bad for Consumption?

    Why Swine Flesh Is Bad for Consumption?

    1) A pig is a real garbage gut. It will eat anything including urine, excrement, dirt, decaying animal flesh, maggots, or decaying vegetables. They will even eat the cancerous growths off other pigs or animals.

    2) The meat and fat of a pig absorbs toxins like a sponge. Their meat can be 30 times more toxic than beef or venison.

    3) When eating beef or venison, it takes 8 to 9 hours to digest the meat so what little toxins are in the meat are slowly put into our system and can be filtered by the liver. But when pork is eaten, it takes only 4 hours to digest the meat. We thus get a much higher level of toxins within a shorter time.

    4) Unlike other mammals, a pig does not sweat or perspire. Perspiration is a means by which toxins are removed from the body. Since a pig does not sweat, the toxins remain within its body and in the meat.

    5) Pigs and swine are so poisonous that you can hardly kill them with strychnine or other poisons.

    6) Farmers will often pen up pigs within a rattlesnake nest because the pigs will eat the snakes, and if bitten they will not be harmed by the venom.

    7) When a pig is butchered, worms and insects take to its flesh sooner and faster than to other animal’s flesh. In a few days the swine flesh is full of worms.

    Swine and pigs have over a dozen parasites within them, such as tapeworms, flukes, worms, and trichinae. There is no safe temperature at which pork can be cooked to ensure that all these parasites, their cysts, and eggs will be killed.

    9) Pig meat has twice as much fat as beef. A 3 oz T bone steak contains 8.5 grams of fat; a 3 oz pork chop contains 18 grams of fat. A 3 oz beef rib has 11.1 grams of fat; a 3 oz pork spare rib has 23.2 grams of fat.

    10) Cows have a complex digestive system, having four stomachs. It thus takes over 24 hours to digest their vegetarian diet causing its food to be purified of toxins. In contrast, the swine’s one stomach takes only about 4 hours to digest its foul diet, turning its toxic food into flesh.

    11) The swine carries about 30 diseases which can be easily passed to humans. This is why God commanded that we are not even to touch their carcase (Leviticus 11:8).

    12) The trichinae worm of the swine is microscopically small, and once ingested can lodge itself in our intestines, muscles, spinal cord or the brain. This results in the disease trichinosis. The symptoms are sometimes lacking, but when present they are mistaken for other diseases, such as typhoid, arthritis, rheumatism, gastritis, MS, meningitis, gall bladder trouble, or acute alcoholism.

    13) The pig is so poisonous and filthy, that nature had to prepare him a sewer line or canal running down each leg with an outlet in the bottom of the foot. Out of this hole oozes pus and filth his body cannot pass into its system fast enough. Some of this pus gets into the meat of the pig.

    Source: My Youth Public and Community Unit

  • Sakit Gout Kerana Kurang Minum Air

    Sakit Gout Kerana Kurang Minum Air

    PENYAKIT sendi atau gout kerap dikaitkan dengan pemakanan.

    Namun, sebahagian orang tidak sedar gout juga ada kaitan dengan kekurangan pengambilan air.

    Menjelaskan tentang penghidratan itu, Konsultan Kanan, Klinik Reumatologi, Alergi dan Imunologi, Hospital Tan Tock Seng (TTSH), Dr Law Wen Giap, berkata: “Apabila tubuh kekurangan air, bahan-bahan di dalam tubuh akan menjadi lebih pekat.

    “Jika kadar asid urik di dalam badan anda memang sudah agak tinggi dan anda pula bermandi peluh (proses pengeluaran air), asid urik akan menjadi lebih pekat dan anda bakal lebih berisiko terkena gout.”

    Ini juga termasuk pesakit yang diserang sakit jantung dan angin ahmar yang mungkin hilang selera makan dan minum.

    Tanpa pengambilan air yang mencukupi, serangan gout boleh menyusul.

    Maka itu, di samping memantau pemilihan pemakanan, pesakit gout juga perlu memberi perhatian pada jumlah pengambilan air, ujar Dr Law. Jumlah itu, tambahnya, bergantung pada keperluan setiap individu dan kegiatan mereka sehari-hari.

    Semalam, satu forum awam, Gout: Ubat-ubatan, Diet, Gaya Hidup, diadakan secara percuma dalam bahasa Melayu di TTSH.

    Anjuran bersama hospital tersebut dan Yayasan Artritis Kebangsaan merupakan forum berbahasa Melayu mengenai gout di TTSH yang pertama setelah sedekad.

    Antara topik yang disentuh ialah Apakah Itu Gout oleh Dr Anindita Santosa; Ketahui Makanan Demi Atasi Gout oleh pakar diet, Encik Nelson Chin; dan Tetap Cergas Walau Hidapi Gout oleh pakar fisioterapi, Cik Yong Sue Mei.

    Dalam satu wawancara berbeza sebelum forum tersebut, Dr Law, yang merupakan antara penceramah dalam sesi berbahasa Melayu di TTSH sedekad lalu, berkata: “Secara umum, jumlah pesakit yang berkunjung ke klinik reumatologi khusus menangani artritis seperti gout memang telah bertambah. Tetapi ini mungkin kerana jumlah penduduk negara juga telah meningkat.

    “Dari segi perangkaan, kami tidak mempunyai sebarang jumlah khusus memandangkan gout bukan satu penyakit rumit. Kebanyakan pesakit dirawat di poliklinik, klinik swasta atau sebagai pesakit luar. Hanya apabila keadaan artritis mereka agak meruncing barulah mereka dirujuk ke hospital,” ujarnya.

    Gout adalah sejenis artritis – radang sendi – yang berpunca daripada tahap asid urik yang tinggi. Asid urik merupakan hasil akhir proses metabolisme dalam badan iaitu sejenis sisa buangan hasil degradasi atau pemecahan purina (purine) yang terdapat dalam makanan. Sisa asid urik biasanya dihantar ke ginjal untuk disingkir bersama air kencing.

    Bagi pesakit gout, asid urik tidak dapat disingkir sepenuhnya dan paras asid urik dalam darah akan meningkat sehingga menyebabkan serangan gout.

    Pesakit akan berasa sakit pada bahagian yang terjejas. Sendi tampak merah dan bengkak.

    Apabila serangan berlaku empat kali setahun, Dr Law sifatkan ia sebagai tahap serius.

    “Serangan itu disebabkan oleh sel darah putih menyerang asid urik atau kristal itu kerana menyifatkan ia sebagai benda asing. Apabila ia berlaku maka anda mengalami radang dan bengkak dan ia boleh menjejas di mana jua sendi dalam tubuh seseorang,” jelas Dr Law. Ia termasuk ibu jari kaki, buku lali, lutut, siku, telinga dan sebagainya.

    Asid urik yang pekat itu juga boleh mendak, mengeras, membentuk kristal, bintil atau ketulan keras di permukaan kulit yang disebut ‘tophi’. Jika anda menusuk jarum di bahagian sendi yang bengkak untuk mendapatkan cecair, warnanya putih umpama susu atau kapur.

    “Walaupun ia tidak mengancam nyawa, tetapi jika serangan berlaku pada sendi yang sama selama bertahun-tahun, sendi tersebut akan rosak dan terhakis.

    Ia akan mengehadkan pergerakan, membuat anda sukar berjalan dan boleh menyebabkan kecacatan,” jelasnya.

    Sumber: http://beritaharian.sg/premium/setempat/gout-juga-kerana-kurang-ambil-air#sthash.xt6ZmCrg.dpuf

  • AFL Reassessing Lucrative Sponsorship Deal with Royal Brunei Airlines Amid Sharia Anti-gay Laws

    AFL Reassessing Lucrative Sponsorship Deal with Royal Brunei Airlines Amid Sharia Anti-gay Laws

    The AFL says it is reassessing a lucrative sponsorship deal with Royal Brunei Airlines amid international condemnation of Brunei’s new anti-gay laws.

    AFL Europe – the governance body for the sport across Europe – had previously promoted a year-long deal with the state-owned airline as its “biggest-ever sponsorship” agreement.

    A strict new sharia-based penal code, imposed by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, will punish gay sex with death by stoning once the legislation is fully introduced in 2015.

    The AFL, which has pledged to stamp out homophobia in its ranks, made an embarrassing admission on Wednesday that it was unaware of Brunei’s adoption of laws introducing harsh penalties for a range of behaviour, including homosexual acts.

    It is now reconsidering the deal between its European affiliate and the airline.

    “AFL Europe entered into the sponsorship agreement with Royal Brunei Airlines in good faith, unaware of concerns outside the sporting arena about the Brunei government’s adoption in April this year of harsh and discriminatory cultural laws,” the AFL said in a statement.

    “These laws are counter to everything the AFL stands for in regards to inclusion and diversity.

    “In conjunction with AFL Europe, we are currently reassessing the appropriateness of the sponsorship arrangement and also the broader issue of the AFL’s oversight of potential sponsorship deals that are put to affiliate organisations overseas.

    “Given the AFL has only recently been made aware of the situation, the sponsorship deal will be reconsidered in consultation with various key stakeholders.”

    International businesses owned by the Sultan have been targeted by protesters over his harsh new laws, with celebrities including Jay Leno and Richard Branson calling for a boycott of the Sultan-owned Dorchester hotel business.

    As part of its sponsorship deal, the airline flies international AFL players between London and Melbourne for competitions such as International Cup tournament held last month.

    The airline is also involved in advertising events during live matches and events and on AFL Europe’s online platforms.

    Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/afl-reassesses-brunei-deal-amid-antigay-law-outrage-20140910-10f6fq.html#ixzz3DLO3MzMB

  • Religious Leaders Conducted Prayers For Singapore Formula 1 Grand Prix

    Religious Leaders Conducted Prayers For Singapore Formula 1 Grand Prix

    SINGAPORE: With the gaze of the motor racing world set to be firmly focused on Singapore next week with the Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix, the organisers have left nothing to chance to ensure it runs smoothly.

    A ceremony was held at the race’s Marina Bay Street Circuit on Wednesday (Sep 10), where religious leaders from Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Sikhism, Judaism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism and the Baha’i faith conducted prayers for good weather and the safety of the 23 drivers and their teams, race officials and spectators.

    “As we gear up and put the finishing touches to the Marina Bay Street Circuit, we will not leave anything to chance,” said Mr Colin Syn, deputy chairman of Singapore GP, the event’s promoters and organisers.

    “We are honoured to have the religious leaders representing various faiths with us here today to participate in this tradition to bless the track and pray for the event.”

    The tradition, which started with the inaugural race in 2008, was continued as the finishing touches were put to the 5.065km circuit for this year’s edition.

    Coming into the Singapore Grand Prix, Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg leads the drivers’ championship with 238 points, ahead of team-mate Lewis Hamilton (216) and third-placed Daniel Ricciardo (166) of Red Bull.

    Last year’s Singapore Grand Prix winner, four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull, is sixth with 106 points.

    Mercedes also lead the constructors’ championship with 454 points, ahead of Red Bull (272) and Williams (177).

    Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/track-blessing-tradition/1356396.html