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  • JB Car Wash Chaos: Driver Of SKR9083B, My Car Keys Are In Your Car

    JB Car Wash Chaos: Driver Of SKR9083B, My Car Keys Are In Your Car

    Looking for : SKR 9083 B (Mitsubishi model)

    Please help to share this post so that the rightful owner of his Mitsubishi Delica gets his key back. On Tuesday 14 March between 1500-1700 hours at a car wash at Giant Southern City, Johor Bahru, my friend Shaik Mohamed Muzhaffar had his car key misplaced into another vehicle bearing registration number SKR 9083 B, another Mitsubishi model. Keys were accidentally misplaced by the car wash staff.

    Kindly help to share and viral this post so that we can trace the other vehicle SKR 9083 B and if found, please contact me at 93296689 or Shaik at 87148197 if the other car is traced.

    Thank you all for taking time to read and share and may the power of social media be of great help to others in need.

     

    Source: Syafiq Aziz

  • PRC Netizens Irked By Dr Mahathir’s Remarks On Forest City Project, Wants To Boycott Malaysia

    PRC Netizens Irked By Dr Mahathir’s Remarks On Forest City Project, Wants To Boycott Malaysia

    BEIJING — Chinese netizens have criticised former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad over his comments that China’s investment in the Forest City property project in Johor Baru is a threat to Malaysian sovereignty.

    “Being an old friend for over a decade, Dr Mahathir had turned on China. It’s a big deal,” influential state-run tabloid Global Times quoted netizen yuchundaxianglianzhuli as saying.

    “Shall we boycott Malaysia for this?” netizen jiemohu wrote on Sina Weibo.

    Writing in his blog, Dr Mahathir had attacked the Forest City project as a “foreign enclave”.

    “Much of the most valuable land will now be owned and occupied by foreigners,” noted the 91-year-old, who was current Malaysian premier Najib Razak’s former mentor and now one of his biggest critics.

    “In effect, (land occupied by the Forest City initiative) will become foreign land,” Dr Mahathir added.

    He also claimed that more than 700,000 Chinese nationals will be brought into Forest City, alleging that the Chinese citizens would be given identity cards to enable them to vote in the coming general election.

    The Chinese embassy in Malaysia has criticised Dr Mahathir’s remarks.

    In a statement released on its official website, the embassy said: “Somebody applauded Sino-Malaysian relations in office but fanned the flame of anti-Chinese sentiment after.

    “We can expose the lie behind claims that Chinese investment is stealing job opportunities from Malaysia.”

    Sultan Ibrahim of Johor has also reprimanded Dr Mahathir over his Forest City claims.

    “He is giving the impression that Johor is surrendering land to the Chinese and that we are giving up our sovereignty, comparing even how we gave up Singapore to the British, the sultan told The Star.

    Sultan Ibrahim also accused Dr Mahathir of fearmongering by playing racial politics that he said had no place in Johor.

    Forest City is a US$100 billion (S$143 billion) property development by Chinese firm Country Garden.

    The firm has partnered Esplanade Danga 88, an associate company of Kumpulan Prasarana Rakyat Johor, which is the southern state’s investment arm. The largest shareholder of Esplanade Danga 88 is Sultan Ibrahim.

    The 1,386ha Forest City encompasses the development of facilities for business, tourism, hotel, residence, services and others, built on four man-made islands in Iskandar Malaysia.

    Construction began in February last year and about 8,000 apartments have been sold, the company said.

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

  • 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

  • Sultan Of Johor ‘Declines Offer To Be Next King’

    Sultan Of Johor ‘Declines Offer To Be Next King’

    Johor’s Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar has said he declined an offer to be the next Malaysian king because “he wants to strictly adhere to the rotation system”.

    He disclosed this in a Facebook post late on Friday night, hours after the Conference of Rulers ended a three-day meeting by choosing the Sultan of Kelantan, Muhammad V, as the next Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

    Under Malaysia’s unique monarchy system, the hereditary rulers from the nine states on the peninsula take turns to be the country’s head of state for a five-year term.

    The Johor ruler said in his Facebook posting that, contrary to social media reports, he declined the offer to become the next Yang di-Pertuan Agong because he wanted to strictly adhere to the rotation system set by the Conference of Rulers.

    He added: “Under this time-tested succession pattern, the Sultan of Kelantan is next in line, followed by the Sultan of Pahang. Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar respects and understands the rule of succession by rotation and wishes to abide by this.”

    The Johor Sultan’s Facebook post raised some eyebrows.

    “It is very rare for details of discussions in a Rulers’ Council meeting to be disclosed to the public,” said Mr Wan Saiful Wan Jan, chief executive of think-tank the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs.

    The British-educated Muhammad V, 47, who is the current deputy king, will be the 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong since Malaysia’s independence. He succeeds 88-year-old Kedah ruler Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, whose reign as king officially ends on Dec 12.

    There was a surprising turn of events in the selection of the next deputy king, according to The Star newspaper.

    Perak ruler Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah, 59, was chosen as deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong although Pahang ruler Sultan Ahmad Shah was next in line for the post, the newspaper said. Sultan Ahmad, who will soon turn 86, was seen being driven in a yellow buggy inside the palace to attend the meeting on the first day of the rulers’ conference.

    For the first time, both the newly selected king and his deputy are a generation younger than most of the other rulers, The Star noted.

    Under the federal Constitution, the role of Yang di-Pertuan Agong is mostly ceremonial. He acts as the head of Islam and appoints Cabinet ministers and senior judges on the advice of the prime minister.

    The chairman of this year’s Conference of Rulers was the Johor Sultan, but the Raja of Perlis, Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail, chaired the final day’s special meeting to select the king and his deputy, according to The Star.

    Voting for the new king is usually done via a secret ballot handed out by the Keeper of the Rulers’ Seal during the special election meeting. A majority of five votes is required before the chairman presiding over the meeting offers the office of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to the nominee.

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com

  • Kind Malaysian Man Helped Stranded Singaporean Couple Pay To Tow Car, Couple Hasn’t Repaid Him

    Kind Malaysian Man Helped Stranded Singaporean Couple Pay To Tow Car, Couple Hasn’t Repaid Him

    Good morning folks. I’m from JB. On 04/10/15 around 9am, I saw a Honda Odyssey 2006 black or bronze not sure, registration number SGH 3105 L was parked by the roadside with the hood open near Petronas Jalan Bukit Chagar.

    I stopped my car to help and I saw a Malay couple was in the car. The guy’s name was Mohd Sharel and the girl was Syazwani if I’m not mistaken. According to them, he worked as a bouncer at an Indian pub in SG and lives in Jurong. After talking to them, they said they just bought a new battery for the car but before going in SG, the car broke down.

    Even after trying to jump start several times. After several workshop guys came to see, they have mentioned to bring to workshop to diagnose the car. Almost 1 hour plus i was with him to figure out a way for him. He said he wants to tow the car back to SG since he bought this car from a used car dealer recently so they provide warranty but he has no money and no one is answering his call to help.

    I called a friend of mine who does towing services and asked the price to tow back to SG. It was RM750. He asked if I could help him to pay first and then later after a week he will come back JB to pay me. Out of goodwill I paid but almost 1 year now and there’s no news. He is still using the same number, he answers but he acts as if he doesn’t know me. Attached some pictures. Just be careful with both of them. Please share the post to create awareness.

    Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com