Tag: Johor

  • DAP: Toll Hikes Reap Exorbitant Profits for Malaysia Resource Corporation Sdn Bhd

    DAP: Toll Hikes Reap Exorbitant Profits for Malaysia Resource Corporation Sdn Bhd

    Toll concessionaire Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad (MRCB) will reap “exorbitant profits”, Malaysia’s opposition said on Monday after the government revealed that 1.5 million paying vehicles crossed the Causeway in August after a toll-hike that has begun to hit Johor’s economy.

    Malaysia’s works ministry revealed in Parliament last week that in the month following the August 1 hike, 729,657 paid the toll to enter Singapore while 721,384 shelled out the increased fare going the other way.

    Malaysia added RM6.80 (S$2.63) each way to the existing RM2.90 to enter Johor from Singapore for cars, while buses saw a RM5.50 increase in both directions on top of the RM2.30 already paid heading north.

    According to opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP), this totals close to RM11 million per month, the same as the compensation paid by the government to MRCB since 2012 when the toll hike was to come into effect but was delayed ahead of last year’s closely-fought general elections.

    DAP assistant publicity chief Teo Nie Ching said yesterday this would mean that the government-linked MRCB would rake in RM4.3 billion by the end of its 34-year concession, despite the Eastern Dispersal Link (EDL) highway – which terminates at the Johor Baru immigration complex – only costing RM1.2 billion.

    “The profit that they are going to make from toll collection is still exorbitant and astronomical,” the Johor-based MP said, adding that this was before taking into consideration future toll hikes written into the concession deal and increasing traffic volume over the next three decades.

    Singapore matched Malaysia’s collection on Oct 1, bringing the cost of a roundtrip to $13, from just $2.35 as recently as July.

    The double hike caused alarm over the chilling economic impact especially to the Iskandar region – crucial to both nations – in Johor, which has just begun booming in the past two years after a quiet start.

    Even Malaysian ruling party leaders were critical of the hike, such as Public Accounts Committee chief Nur Jazlan Mohamad who told The Straits Times “both governments have to decide if they want Iskandar or not because instead of promoting it, they are imposing a de facto tax.”

    MRCB has insisted that the financing cost incurred to build the EDL – an elevated highway connecting the Johor Baru immigration complex to the North-South Expressway – alone is RM11 million a month, with an additional RM1 million needed for operations and maintenance.

    It also claims that it only collects RM6.80 upon exit and entry at the immigration complex (and not the existing RM2.90) but that up to 200,000 motorists use the EDL for free within Johor without crossing the border.

    Ms Teo added that Kuala Lumpur “should immediately declassify concession agreement with MRCB so that Malaysians will know if our government has again abused its power to enrich its crony.”

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  • Wanita Singapura Sanggup Mengaku Bukan Islam Selepas Kena Cekup

    Wanita Singapura Sanggup Mengaku Bukan Islam Selepas Kena Cekup

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    JOHOR BAHRU – Seorang wanita warga Singapura tergamak mengakui dirinya bukan beragama Islam bagi mengelak dirinya dicekup bersama pasangannya dalam serbuan Ops Ambang Merdeka, semalam.

    Wanita terbabit ditahan kerana disyaki berkhalwat bersama seorang lelaki bukan Islam dalam serbuan Bahagian Penguat Kuasa Jabatan Agama Islam Johor (Jaij) di sebuah hotel sekitar Taman Johor Jaya.

    Ketika disoal anggota operasi mengenai agamanya, dengan selamba wanita berusia 21 tahun itu mendakwa dirinya bukan Islam meskipun dalam pasport tertera ‘binti’ pada namanya.

    Ketua Penolong Pengarah Bahagian Penguat Kuasa Jaij, Mohd Zamri Kambari berkata, pihaknya tetap menahan wanita itu mengikut Seksyen 27 Enakmen

    Kesalahan Jenayah Syariah 1997 (Negeri Johor) kerana didapati berkhalwat bersama lelaki yang bukan suami atau mahramnya.

    “Melihat kepada alasan diberikan suspek, kita tetap membawanya ke balai polis untuk proses dokumentasi sebelum dibawa ke pejabat agama untuk tindakan susulan.

    “Kita juga akan bekerjasama dengan pihak berkuasa di Singapura untuk mengetahui latar belakangnya bagi mendapatkan kebenaran terhadap dakwaan kononnya dia bukan beragama Islam.

    “Jadi wanita itu juga kena buktikan juga yang dirinya bukan beragama Islam. Jaij menahannya kerana didapati berkhalwat malah nama tertera pada pasportnya merupakan nama individu Melayu,” katanya.

    Sementara itu, keinginan seorang pengurus sebuah syarikat untuk melampiaskan nafsu bersama gadis warga asing, terbantut apabila bilik hotel bajet dihuninya diserbu Jaij.

    Lelaki berusia 55 tahun itu ditahan bersama seorang wanita warga Filipina berusia lingkungan 20an dalam serbuan berasingan.

    Ketika disoal siasat, lelaki terbabit mendakwa mula memasuki bilik hotel berkenaan sekitar jam 7 malam kelmarin sementara wanita warga asing itu pula hadir kira-kira jam 1 pagi semalam.

    Beliau turut mengakui mendapatkan perkhidmatan seks ditawarkan oleh gadis genit warga asing itu pada harga RM200 bagi satu malam.

    Sumber: http://www.sinarharian.com.my/edisi/johor/sanggup-mengaku-bukan-islam-1.312708

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  • Sultan of Johor Wants Singapore’s Pedra Branca Back After Six Years

     

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    THE Sultan of Johor has ordered the state government to look into filing an appeal against the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) decision six years ago to award Pedra Branca to Singapore.

    Pedra Branca – which Malaysia refers to as Pulau Batu Puteh – belonged to Johor and should remain a part of it, Sultan Ibrahim Ismail was quoted by the online portals of Malay-language dailies Utusan Malaysia and Sinar Harian as saying yesterday.

    He said he was following the wishes of his father, the late Sultan Iskandar Ismail.

    Sultan Ibrahim, who was speaking at the opening of the state legislative assembly session, noted that while foreign affairs came under the jurisdiction of the federal government, it was unwise for Johor not to be consulted on the matter.

    “Don’t the Johor people understand their neighbours better than those in Putrajaya? How would the federal government know of the state’s needs or that of its people?” he said.

    Pedra Branca, an island the size of a football field located some 40km east of Singapore and home to Horsburgh Lighthouse, was at the centre of a territorial dispute between Singapore and Malaysia that lasted almost three decades.

    In 2003, the two countries signed a Special Agreement referring the dispute to the ICJ at The Hague, in the Netherlands.

    For three weeks in 2007, legal teams from both sides argued their case before the court. In a ruling that it said was “final, binding and without appeal” in May 2008, the ICJ awarded Pedra Branca to Singapore and outcrops called Middle Rocks to Malaysia.

    Of Sultan Ibrahim’s order to appeal against the ruling, Dr Azmi Sharom of Universiti Malaya told The Straits Times that he does not have the authority.

    “The ICJ has jurisdiction over disputes presented only by nations or governments. He may request it (an appeal), but it is the government that presents the case to the ICJ.”

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    JOHOR BAHRU 29 Mei – Sultan Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar hari ini menitahkan kerajaan negeri supaya menubuhkan pasukan khas untuk memfailkan rayuan bagi membatalkan keputusan Mahkamah Keadilan Antarabangsa (ICJ) tentang Pulau Batu Putih yang sebelum ini memihak kepada Singapura.

    Baginda bertitah, negeri ini adalah berbeza dengan negeri-negeri lain kerana mempunyai ‘jiran sebelah’ yang merupakan sebuah negara maju, malah sebenarnya mempunyai hubungan rapat dengan Johor kerana saling bergantung antara satu sama lain.

    “Oleh yang demikian, walaupun hal ehwal luar negara terletak di bawah kuasa Kerajaan Persekutuan, adalah tidak wajar jika kerajaan Johor tidak dimaklumkan atau tidak dibawa berunding dalam perkara yang melibatkan kepentingan Johor dan Singapura. Bukankah orang Johor lebih memahami tentang jirannya berbanding orang di Putrajaya?

    “Bagaimanakah pihak Persekutuan lebih tahu tentang keperluan atau kehendak negeri dan rakyat Johor? Inilah kesannya apabila orang luar yang tidak faham tentang sejarah dan kedaulatan negeri Johor (tetapi) diberikan tugas untuk mempertahankan kes tersebut,” titah baginda.

    Sultan Ibrahim bertitah demikian ketika merasmikan penggal kedua Sidang Dewan Undangan Negeri Johor Ke-12 di Bangunan Sultan Ibrahim, Bukit Timbalan, di sini hari ini.

    November tahun lalu, Kerajaan Persekutuan memaklumkan tiada rayuan semula dibuat selepas kalah dalam kes tuntutan Pulau Batu Putih kepada Singapura pada 2007 kerana ketiadaan bukti kukuh dan fakta lengkap namun tetap meneruskan usaha mencari bukti dan maklumat baharu untuk persediaan masa hadapan dengan kerjasama Arkib Negara.

    Malah pada penghujung bulan yang sama, Malaysia dan Singapura bersetuju menubuhkan sebuah jawatankuasa kecil baharu bagi membincangkan penandaan sempadan maritim Pedra Branca atau Pulau Batu Putih, Batuan Tengah dan Tubir Selatan – kelompok batu yang muncul di laut kedua-dua negara.

    Source: The Straits Times, Utusan Malaysia

     

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  • Beware: Con Man at JB Petrol Kiosk Use Fake SG NRIC

    Credit: Vincent Chou
    Credit: Vincent Chou

    Dear Friends,

    CONMAN ALERT IN JB PETROL STATION !!! PLEASE SHARE WITH ALL YOUR FRIENDS !!!

    This guy always at JB Petrol station.

    He will be telling you his is Singaporean lost passport and need you back to Singapore to inform his daughter to bring his birth-certificate to JB for him to go KL to make another passport to back to Singapore.

    Once u agreed to help him then he wants to loan S$50 for him to go to KL.

    He will be given to you his daughter Ronita mobile (94360061) & his IC number (S7452512I) but all are BULLSHIT!

    Please share this with your friends who frequent visit JB. Good Luck.

     

    Authored and retrieved from Vincent Chou

     

    EDITOR’S NOTE

    Thank you Vincent Chou for sharing this information. Please be informed that the NRIC given by this Mamat lurking around in JB is INVALID. He is a deserter from Singapore, currently residing in JB. A reader also revealed that his name is ‘Mamin’. To those who regularly top up petrol in JB, keep a look out and avoid such con artists. 

     

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  • Singaporean Chinese Man Finds Johor Fried Rice Too Spicy, Lodges Police Report

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    JOHOR BARU: A Singaporean man who was so upset after eating a plate of Nasi Goreng Kampung has lodged a police report over how it was apparently too spicy.

    Lau Thiam Huat, 61, ordered the plate of fried rice and a glass of warm water at a restaurant along Jalan Bukit Timbalan here for dinner at around 9pm on April 30.

    He stated that the fried rice was too hot and spicy, which made his mouth feel uncomfortable until the next day.

    He also suspected that the cook put too much chilli into the dish, making it extra spicy and decided to make a police report in case there was a need for a medical check-up after eating the fried rice.

    Source: The Star