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  • Siti Nurhaliza Bakal ‘Berduet’ Dengan Whitney Houston

    Siti Nurhaliza Bakal ‘Berduet’ Dengan Whitney Houston

    KUALA LUMPUR: Penyanyi pujaan ramai Malaysia, Siti Nurhaliza bakal ‘berduet’ dengan legenda pop yang juga idolanya, mendiang Whitney Houston.

    Menurut akhbar Harian Metro, Siti, 37 tahun, akan menyanyikan lagu era 80-an ‘Memories’ ‘bersama’ Houston, yang meninggal dunia pada 2012, secara digital.

    “Mengenai video klip lagu Memories, pihak Yonder Music memaklumkan masih terdapat beberapa perkara perlu diselesaikan membabitkan hak penyiaran gambar,” katanya seperti ditukil Harian Metro.

    Siti juga kini dalam perancangan untuk menghasilkan album pop baru yang dijangka dilancarkan awal tahun depan, lapor Harian Metro.

    Siti berkata beliau sudah mendapat beberapa lagu termasuk dari komposer Malaysia dan Indonesia, malah penyanyi lagu-lagu Islam, Opick, juga menyatakan hasrat untuk menyumbang sebuah lagu.

    Kata Siti, beliau akan memulakan proses rakaman pada bulan depan.

    Sementara itu, Siti buat pertama kalinya akan muncul dalam program televisyen realiti, ‘CTDK-ation’ yang mempunyai 10 episod dan akan mendedahkan kehidupan sehariannya bersama suaminya, Datuk Seri Khalid Mohamad Jiwa dan keluarganya.

    Menurut Harian Metro, program realiti itu bakal memulakan penggambaran menerusi percutian Siti bersama keluarga besar Datuk K di beberapa negara seperti Portugal, Sepanyol dan Emiriah Arab Bersatu selama 21 hari bermula 2 November ini.

    Program itu akan disiarkan pada Januari tahun depan.

    Siti memberitahu Harian Metro, beliau bersedia untuk mengongsi kehidupan sehariannya bersama peminat dan bersedia menerima kritikan daripada para peminat.

    “Dalam program ini nanti penonton boleh melihat sisi lain saya yang tak pernah diketahui orang lain,” katanya seperti ditukil akhbar itu.

    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

  • Are Malay Graduates And Job Seekers Being Discriminated In Malaysia? Yes, They Are

    Are Malay Graduates And Job Seekers Being Discriminated In Malaysia? Yes, They Are

    The high number of unemployed graduates, especially Malay graduates is not news in this country. We hear them blaming everything but themselves. But what if the Malays are indeed being discriminated against?

    “Yeah right,” I muttered at first as someone who is sometimes ashamed by my own race. How could I not, when I’m assumed to be ‘easily swayed and confused’ half the time?

    Trying to keep an open mind, I read this study, and was quite puzzled by the findings. It was entitled ‘Discrimination in high degrees: Race and graduate hiring in Malaysia‘ and was published in the Journal of Asia Pacific Economy by UM and UKM researchers. Here’s the paper abstract (bold is my own):

    This paper investigates racial discrimination in hiring fresh degree graduates in Malaysia through a field experiment. We send fictitious Malay and Chinese resumes to job advertisements, then analyse differentials in callback for interview attributable to racial identity, while controlling for applicant characteristics, employer profile and job requirements.

    We find that race matters much more than resume quality, with Malays, Malaysia’s majority group significantly less likely to be called for interview.Other factors, particularly language proficiency of employees, language requirements of jobs and profile of employers, influence employer biases.

    Applicants fluent in Chinese fare better, and Chinese-controlled and foreign-controlled companies are more likely to favour Chinese resumes, indicating that cultural compatibility explains part of the discrimination. Malay resumes tend to be perceived and prejudged adversely, and employers’ attitudes towards public policy outcomes, particularly pertaining to education quality and employment opportunity in the public sector, also account for the observed racial disparities.

    Let me simplify that for you:

    When researchers sent fake resumes of Malay and Chinese fresh graduates, the Malay applicants are much less likely to be called back for an interview. Employers perceive Malays negatively, think that they have lower-quality education and always have the safety net in the form of government jobs to fall back on.

    Huh. I’ve never been pro-Malay, but I hate discrimination more. How was the research conducted to come to this conclusion?

    How the research was conducted

    The research:

    • Sent over 3000 fake resumes, divided into 4 categories: AA Malay, AA Chinese, BA Malay and BA Chinese (AA = Above average; BA = Below average).
    • CGPA, university, language and technical skills were randomly assigned.
    • Sent the resumes to job vacancies in finance and engineering sector.
    • Did not include other races.

    The researchers:

    • Found that in general, AA applicants get more callbacks than BA applicants. Interestingly, AA Malay have lower callback rate than BA Chinese.
    • Showed that Chinese resumes received a 22.1% callback rate on average while Malay resumes received 4.2% callback rate on average.
    • Malay applicants for engineering jobs get the lowest callback rate at 2.9%.
    • Malay graduates from private universities get the lowest callback.
    • Showed that UTAR graduates get higher callback rates, but there is no penalty for UiTM degrees.
    • Malay resumes stating proficiency in Chinese get higher callback rates.
    • English and Malay proficiency and good English in cover letter have ‘negligible impact on call rates’.
    • Calculated callback rates among Chinese, foreign and Malay-controlled companies. Malays get lower callback rates in ALL of them.
    • Even Malay-controlled companies favour Chinese applicants 1.6 times more than Malays.

    As I read, it dawned to me the long-forgotten early struggles in my career, where I struggled to hear back from potential employers despite sending job applications after job applications. I thought it happened to everyone. I thought all job seekers faced the same problem.

    Was it… caused by my (very Malay-sounding) name instead?

    What caused this?

    The research said that the data generated cannot give conclusive reasons. But some important points to highlight:

    • Cultural compatibility and language ability matters. Employers with predominantly Chinese employees perceive that Malays are less likely to take jobs offered anyway (or quit within a few months), as Malays have the tendency to feel uncomfortable in these settings. The researchers theorise that Malays prefer environments where their religious customs and spoken language in work environment are catered to.
    • Malay applicants are negatively prejudged. This explains why BA Chinese get higher callback rates than AA Malays. No conclusive reasons are given, except that the negative stereotypes may be reinforced by past experience and lack of contact between these two groups to prove otherwise.
    • Appears to be the result of pro-Malay affirmative actions. People tend to think that Malays have lower-quality education and higher opportunities in the public sector anyway. This is a very complex issue, and further research are needed, but the researchers suggest that pro-Malay policies may in fact hurt Malay graduates’ job prospects.

    What does this mean?

    For the longest time, I thought, “Man, Malays are complainers,” when they say they can’t get jobs or get high pay or have limited opportunities. I thought: ‘The PM is Malay, the Parliament is majority Malay, the Kings are Malay, the policies are pro-Malay… what more do you want?’

    There’s substantive proof now to back up this discrimination claim. 22.1% callback rate vs 4.2% callback rate is a big difference. 1 in 5 Chinese applicants get called for interview, while less than 1 in 20 Malay applicants get the same. Remember that the quality of resumes were already factored in.

    Less callbacks means less opportunities, more likelihood to take lower-salary but stable jobs, and being stuck in lower-economic power for longer time.

    This is only one research though, and I’m happy to be pointed to other studies to disprove this or question the methodology of this research (for example, I didn’t like that it only compared Malay and Chinese resumes). But until then, won’t you agree that discrimination is discrimination?

    How now, brown cow?

    I hate the blame game, so I’m going to end this with a few suggestions on how can we level the playing field a bit more, so deserving Malay candidates get equal and fair chance in the job market, too.

    Employers (of ALL races):

    • If your employees are predominantly composed of a single race, get more diversified. Diversified workplaces earn more profits. It’s literally to your advantage to have a racially-balanced workforce.
    • Know that you (even Malay employers) have negative bias against Malays, and that potentially makes you lose out on those good Malay candidates.

    Malay graduates and job seekers:

    • If you have Chinese proficiency, put it in your resume. If you don’t and have difficulty getting callbacks, take Mandarin classes at the same time. This research proved that Chinese proficiency increased callback rates.
    • Make more friends outside of your race. Make more friends outside of your race. Make more friends outside of your race. You’re the majority. It’s up to you to reach out to others, not the other way around. Actively attend and network in events, not just Malay-organised events. Be a good friend, be a respectful person.
    • Even though you believe in your faith and race 100%, stop making remarks that make you sound stupid, non-accommodating and even violent. Be easy to work with.

    HXSM does this best so I’m just going to leave these examples of Malay-spewed absurdity to end this. If you’re gonna comment, be nice.

     

    Source: https://vulcanpost.com

  • Gambar Budak Perempuan Dirantai Pada Sebatang Tiang Jadi Viral

    Gambar Budak Perempuan Dirantai Pada Sebatang Tiang Jadi Viral

    Beberapa gambar seorang budak perempuan memakai uniform sekolah yang kelihatan seperti dirantai pada sebatang tiang di sebuah apartment menjadi viral di media sosial.

    Menurut laporan The Star, gambar-gambar yang tersebar di laman Facebook sejak petang Rabu (26 Okt) menunjukkan kaki kanan budak itu dirantai pada tiang berkenaan sementara beg sekolah dan botol airnya berada bersebelahan budak itu.

    Namun masih belum jelas sama ada budak itu ditinggalkan di situ oleh ibu bapa atau penjaganya, dan berapa lama budak itu dirantai.

    Berdasarkan gambar-gambar itu, insiden itu kelihatan berlaku di tempat letak kereta blok tersebut, dengan seorang pengguna Facebook mendakwa lokasi itu mungkin di kawasan Sunway.

    Para netizen juga dengan pantas mengutuk keras tindakan itu, dengan kebanyakan daripada mereka menyalahi ibu bapa budak perempuan itu kerana mengambil tindakan sedemikian untuk menghukum anak mereka.

    Namun, terdapat juga mereka yang mempertahankan perbuatan itu, meskipun mereka tidak setuju dengan hukuman sedemikian.

    Ada juga yang mengutuk para pengguna Facebook kerana mengongsi gambar budak perempuan itu dan menggesa mereka supaya membuat aduan polis, menurut laporan The Star.

    Source: Berita MediaCorp

  • Hisyam Hamid Pulang Ke Singapura Setiap Bulan Kerana Rindu Anak

    Hisyam Hamid Pulang Ke Singapura Setiap Bulan Kerana Rindu Anak

    Pelakon drama bersiri Abang Bomba I Love You, Hisyam Hamid membelanjakan RM1,000 (S$335) setiap bulan untuk membeli tiket pulang ke Singapura bagi melepaskan rindu pada anak-anaknya.

    Astro Gempak melaporkan beliau tinggal di Kuala Lumpur bersama isteri, Melrose Hanafi yang berusia 35 tahun yang juga pengurus beliau, kerana memenuhi tunutan kerjaya sebagai seorang pelakon.

    Anak-anak Hisyam, Nurish Syameliah 9 tahun dan Hayden 7 tahun tinggal bersama keluarga Hisyam di Singapura kerana masih bersekolah.

    “Saya jarang bertemu anak kerana mereka tinggal di Singapura. Namun begitu, setiap kali ada kelapangan saya dan isteri akan pulang ke sana.

    “Apabila kami menempah tiket ‘last minute’, harga selalunya mahal. Saya menghabiskan RM1,000 (S$335) sebulan untuk membayar harga tiket penerbangan,” katanya kepada Astro Gempak.

    Menyambut hari lahirnya pada 20 Oktober lalu, Hisyam mahu membawa anak-anaknya tinggal di Kuala Lumpur sebagai ‘hadiah’ ulang tahun.

    “Antara sebab mereka tinggal di sana adalah kerana sistem pendidikan yang berbeza. Saya tidak mahu mengganggu pelajaran mereka. Namun begitu, saya dan isteri telah mengenal pasti beberapa sekolah di Kuala Lumpur.

    “Insyaallah, jika segalanya dipermudahkan, anak-anak akan tinggal bersama kami di Kuala Lumpur pada awal tahun depan. Walaupun berjauhan, saya sangat merindukan anak-anak dan kami saling berhubungan setiap hari,” katanya ketika ditemui wartawan Astro Gempak.

    Source: Berita MediaCorp

  • Malaysia Consumer Group Demands Action Over Pork Burger Named ‘P Ramly’

    Malaysia Consumer Group Demands Action Over Pork Burger Named ‘P Ramly’

    KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 ― The Muslim Consumers Association of Malaysia (PPIM) has urged the authorities to take action against a restaurant for naming a pork burger “P. Ramly”, claiming it confused the public.

    Malay daily Berita Harian reported today PPIM head Datuk Nadzim Johan as saying that the Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry (KPDNKK) should take action because the restaurant’s actions in purportedly “confusing” consumers were an offence.

    “According to the Consumer Protection Act 1999, action can be taken against businesses who give a confusing picture about their goods or services,” Nadzim was quoted saying.

    The poster of the “P. Ramly” burger placed in front of the restaurant at a shopping centre in Damansara, as shown in the Berita Harian report, however, clearly states that the dish has pork.

    “Introducing P. Ramly ― juicy pork patty wrapped in an omelette, fresh lettuce, pickled onions, Thousand Island dressing, chilli sauce & mayonnaise,” reads the poster.

    A restaurant worker was also reported telling Berita Harian that the “P” in the name referred to “pork”.

    However, the newspaper reported two women who claimed that the use of the name “P. Ramly” was confusing, with one of them saying that it appeared to be disrespecting the late artiste Tan Sri P. Ramlee.

    “Even though the spelling is different, but it sounds almost the same. P. Ramlee is a big name in this country,” shopper Nur Alia Abdullah Tahir, 21, was quoted saying.

    Executive Nurhafeezah Che Haludin, 20, reportedly claimed she almost bought the burger because of the poster.

    “The advertisement was placed where people usually walk, as if they want to attract the attention of all consumers, including Muslims. This causes confusion,” she was quoted saying.

    The report came after a brouhaha over the “pretzel dog” name by US pretzel chain Auntie Anne’s for its hot dogs here that were purportedly one of the reasons its application for halal certification failed.

     

    Source: www.themalaymailonline.com