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  • No Influx Of Chinese Nationals In Johor

    No Influx Of Chinese Nationals In Johor

    JOHOR BARU • Investments from China into Johor are part of a global trend and it does not make sense to say that there will soon be 700,000 Chinese nationals living in the southern state, said Johor Menteri Besar Mohamed Khaled Nordin.

    He made the remarks to rebut a claim by former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad that housing projects in Johor such as Forest City township will result in an influx of Chinese nationals into the state.

    Datuk Seri Khaled said China has become an economic powerhouse with a large middle class that has a strong appetite for property all over the globe, the Malay Mail Online news website quoted him as saying on Thursday.

    And Dr Mahathir, who was prime minister for 22 years, should understand the importance of foreign investments as he had flown all over the world to ask investors to put money in the country.

    “This is a global phenomenon and it behoves all parties, particularly the private sector, to attract investment from China and, specifically, to Johor. More so when Johor is just next to Singapore,” Mr Khaled said in a statement.

    “But it is wildly inaccurate to state that property… is only for the Chinese. What more when developers in Johor do not target only Chinese as their prospects.”

    Dr Mahathir, who now leads an opposition party, claimed in a speech late last month that a “gigantic city” being built in Johor would be peopled by Chinese nationals.

    He further claimed that he had heard that they would be given Malaysian identity cards to vote for Prime Minister Najib Razak’s ruling coalition.

    “This is the frightening story I heard, that there is an attempt to issue ICs to foreigners to support Najib in the next general election,” he said in a speech at an opposition rally last week, as quoted by the Malaysian Digest news site.

    “Johoreans, Malays or even local Chinese and Indians can’t fill up this gigantic city that can hold 700,000 people. Foreigners will be imported to fill these houses being funded by Chinese developers, to settle them into our community,” Dr Mahathir said.

    Rebutting the claim, Mr Khaled said the 1,386ha Forest City project, which is being built on four man-made islands, is a project lasting 30 years.

    “Marketing for residential properties in Forest City is not concentrated only in China but also in Australia, Middle East and other countries, and it is only offering 10,000 units,” he said, as quoted by Bernama news agency.

    “After 30 years, maybe there will be 700,000 foreigners in Johor but it is unlikely all of them will be Chinese nationals.”

    He added: “We, in Johor, do not want to be the backyard of Singapore. We want to develop on our own efforts, our capability, strength and on the position of Johor itself.”

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com

  • Chee Soon Juan: Lee Hsien Loong’s Unstatesman-Like Behaviour Ruining Relations With China

    Chee Soon Juan: Lee Hsien Loong’s Unstatesman-Like Behaviour Ruining Relations With China

    It is clear that Singapore’s relations with China has deteriorated in recent years and LHL’s utterances have not helped. The couple of wisecracks he made – saying that all the Chinese people need to do was to turn on the tap if they wanted pork soup after pig carcasses were found in the rivers or get free smokes simply by opening windows because of the smog – were, to put it mildly, eyebrow-raising.

    Such humour, while one might expect from a stand-up comic, has to be off limits to a head of government. Does this even need to be pointed out?

    To make matters worse, Lee made these injudicious remarks in front of an American audience, a country that China sees as its intense rival, and drew much laughter. How do you think we would react if another country’s leader made some jokes about Singapore?

    And when matters came to a head regarding the South China Sea, Lee presumed to lecture China on the rule of law, forgetting his own abuse of the rule of law in Singapore. And when frustrated over the demise of the TPP, he lashed out that China was no more the middle kingdom. The tone-deafness defied belief.

    Would not such views have been better expressed behind the scenes? Did the jokes contribute to an already aggravated atmosphere?

    No one determines who we trade and build alliances with. Singaporeans will not be dictated to by any foreign power and we will meet any such challenge with united resoluteness.

    But when our prime minister deprecates other countries, he must be called out. To remain silent or, worse, call for unintelligent loyalty to him on such occasions is to endanger our country’s interests and jeopardise our people’s well-being.

    As PM, Lee must realise that what he says on the international stage impacts greatly on ordinary Singaporeans. Unstatesman-like remarks that harm our country’s international relations must stop.

     

    Source: Chee Soon Juan 徐顺全

  • Singapore Entrepreneur Asad Jumabhoy: Singaporeans Should Stop Complaining And Start Competing

    Singapore Entrepreneur Asad Jumabhoy: Singaporeans Should Stop Complaining And Start Competing

    Entrepreneur Asad Jumabhoy is a member of the once-powerful Jumabhoy family whose name is synonymous with Scotts Holdings, one of Singapore’s pioneer property giants. Years of family feuds including one between Asad’s brothers weakened the family business and by the late 1990s, Asad decided to go his own way.

    One of the first things he started as CEO of his Scotts Group was Asia Tax Free Shopping, a GST tax refund platform. Over the years, he’s been able to adapt and zero in on opportunities.

    His latest project is UTU, a cross-border loyalty and reward points platform for consumers – a project he is working on with his son.

    He goes “On the Record” with Bharati Jagdish about this, about staying competitive, and how he feels about the problems that plagued the Jumabhoy family business. But first, whether he felt a sense of apprehension in stepping out of his family business to go his own way.

     

     

    STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT FOREIGNERS AND COMPETE 

    Jumabhoy: I think it has to do with education and skills level. If you turn around and say, “I’m as good as the foreigner that comes in. I’m probably better-educated. I’m happy to compete.” it’s fine.

    It’s a question of getting our local men and women to say the same thing. You’re good enough to compete, so compete. Stop complaining. Let anybody come. You want to work or you don’t want to work? You want to work hard or you don’t want to work hard? You want to get somewhere in this world or you don’t? It’s up to you.

    Don’t come and tell me foreign guys came in and took my job. Improve your skills. I see so many kids today come from every kind of background, well-of backgrounds and not well-off backgrounds. They’re knocking themselves out learning. It’s really a question on how much you’re willing to put out and how hard you’re willing to work.

    Bharati: Of course some might say no matter how hard I work, I’ll never really be able to compete because the foreigner doesn’t have to deal with the high cost of living that I do and therefore is willing to accept a lower salary than me, so he becomes a more attractive employee.

    Jumabhoy: That’s market practice. Every time you interfere with market pricing, you end up in a mess. It’s not just Singapore, every country. If you put currency controls for example, you’ll get a problem somewhere else. All these things are interconnected. It’s been proven and it’s very painful to prove, but the market economy is a good allocator of resources.

    If you have a feeling that your talent is worth more than what you’re being paid, go do something else. Go start your own business. If the market is saying, “Asad, I’m not willing to pay you so much for this job.” then I have two choices: either I change my job and change my focus or I stick with this and accept my position.

     

     

    Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

  • Artis K-Pop Dipuji Kerana Peka Akan Peminat Berhijab Di Malaysia

    Artis K-Pop Dipuji Kerana Peka Akan Peminat Berhijab Di Malaysia

    KUALA LUMPUR: Seorang artis lelaki sebuah kumpulan K-pop dipuji para netizen di Malaysia kerana dianggap cukup peka menghormati sensitiviti masyarakat Islam.

    Ini setelah artis berkenaan, Jinyoung dari kumpulan GOT7, dilihat mengelak daripada bersentuhan dengan seorang peminat bertudung di sebuah acara di Kuala Lumpur.

    Video selama empat saat yang tersebar luas online itu menunjukkan peminat berhijab itu, yang dilihat begitu teruja mahu bertemu dengan Jinyoung, melambai-lambai ke arahnya dan cuba sama ada memberi ‘high-five’ atau bersalaman dengan bintang idola Korea itu.

    Bagaimanapun Jinyoung dilihat dengan pantas menarik tangannya agar mereka tidak bersentuhan.

    Menurut Astro Gempak, video tersebut dikongsi oleh kelab peminat IGOT7 Malaysia di laman Facebook dan Twitter sejak 5 Disember lalu.

     

    PEMINAT MALAYSIA BANGGA

    Ramai netizen yang kagum atas kepekaan Jinyoung hingga hashtag #jinyoung menjadi ‘trending’ selama dua hari berturut-turut di Twitter, lapor Astro Gempak.

    Seorang pengguna Twitter, @HeyCarl97, menulis: “Jinyoung trending kerana kelakuannya yang menghormati peminat Muslim. Saya bangga dengannya.”

    Video itu dirakamkan ketika sesi bertemu peminat digelar “Hello Session.”

    GOT7 berada di Malaysia untuk konsert jelajah GOT7 Flight Log Turbulence 2016 yang diadakan pada 4 Disember lalu.

    PERNAH PAKAI SARUNG TANGAN UNTUK BERSALAMAN

    Ini bukan kali pertama kumpulan GOT7 menarik perhatian atas atas apa yang dianggap adalah sikap mereka menghormati masyarakat Islam di Malaysia.

    Menurut Astro Gempak, kumpulan idola itu pernah memakai sarung tangan untuk bersalaman semasa sesi bertemu peminat di Malaysia pada Mac lalu untuk menghormati peminat Islam.

    Tahun lalu, kontroversi tercetus apabila sebuah video yang tersebar luas online menunjukkan beberapa gadis bertudung di Malaysia berpelukan dengan artis-artis lelaki kumpulan K-pop B1A4.

    Dalam video itu, artis-artis tersebut dilihat menyanyikan lagu kepada gadis-gadis bertudung tersebut di atas pentas dan memeluk mereka di sebuah konsert di Kuala Lumpur.

    Bahkan seorang artis lelaki mencium dahi salah seorang daripada mereka.

    Insiden itu dilaporkan menyebabkan Jabatan Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan (JAWI) memberikan gadis-gadis itu tempoh selama seminggu untuk menyerah diri kepada pihak berkuasa atau diberkas.

    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

  • Pelakon Nadiah M. Din Sanding Hari Ini, Jumlah Kos Lebih $100,000

    Pelakon Nadiah M. Din Sanding Hari Ini, Jumlah Kos Lebih $100,000

    Personaliti setempat Nadiah M. Din dan suaminya Bilal Jeanpierre bersanding hari ini (10 Dis) dalam majlis besar-besaran yang dihadiri oleh sekitar 2,300 jemputan.

    Majlis persandingan itu turut dibahagikan kepada dua sesi iaitu jamuan sarapan tengah hari dan jamuan makan malam.

    Menurut perancang perkahwinan, Cik Lulu Mustika, jamuan sarapan tengah hari bakal dihadiri oleh golongan VIP dan selebriti. Satu acara resepsi turut diadakan dari 10.30 pagi.

    Jamuan makan malam pula akan dimeriahkan oleh kira-kira 2,000 saudara-mara dan sahabat-handai kedua belah mempelai.

    Cik Lulu memberitahu BERITAMediacorp: “Majlis persandingan ini disokong oleh lebih 70 ‘vendor’, termasuk lebih 60 penaja.”

    “Berkat bagi jamuan sarapan tengah hari merangkumi lapan jenis barangan termasuk beg tote, buku nota, lilin, pes masakan, tart Nutella, minyak Argan dan sabun lavender.

    “Antara yang menaja adalah Grey by Ortenhill, Zahara Cosmetics, Asyura, Pink Sucree, Argabody dan Berkatfg,” kongsinya.

    Tema bagi jamuan sebelah pagi adalah ‘Under The Sea’ manakala acara makan malam pula bertemakan Bollywood.

    Nadiah M Din dan Bilal Jeanpierre juga mempunyai tiga persalinan pakaian dari Fatimah Mohsin The Wedding Gallery.

    Kos bagi majlis persandingan, malam berinai, parti ‘bachelorette’ dan majlis pernikahan dianggarkan lebih S$100,000. Jumlah hantaran tidak dinyatakan.

    NADIAH: MENGGEMBIRAKAN TETAPI MEMBERI TEKANAN

    Ketika dihubungi BERITAMediacorp pada malam berinai pada 8 Disember, Nadiah berkongsi: “Segala persiapan amat menggembirakan saya, tetapi juga memberi tekanan pada masa yang sama.”

    “Merancang majlis persandingan memang seronok, tetapi tekanan pasti akan ada juga,” balasnya ringkas.

    Nadiah M Din bernikah dengan pilihan hatinya Bilal Jeanpierre, yang berbangsa Perancis, pada 14 Ogos lalu dalam satu acara tertutup di The Colonial @ Scotts. Majlis itu dihadiri oleh 200 jemputan.

    Cik Lulu Mustika, yang sudah mengendalikan bisnes perancang perkahwinan selama empat tahun, turut memberitahu BERITAMediacorp bahawa perancangan bagi majlis ini bermula sejak setahun lalu.

    “Meskipun agak mencabar untuk menguruskan lebih 70 ‘vendor’ dalam satu masa, mereka semua sangat membantu. Malah, Nadiah dan Bilal juga merancang majlis ini bersama-sama saya sehingga awal pagi, adakalanya sehingga jam 5.00 pagi.

    “Tetapi walau apa pun, saya tetap menikmati merancang segala persiapan bagi majlis ini,” tambahnya lagi.

    Malam berinai diadakan di HomeTeamNS Bukit Batok dengan tema Kampung, yang turut diserikan dengan Cabaran Pantun dan Cabaran Ikat Samping.

    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

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