IPOH, Nov 14
The state government has launched Perak TV Digital Media Network, a new channel to disseminate information on activities by government agencies and non-governmental organisations (NGO).
Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said to this end, 300 television sets would be installed at strategic places like government offices and restaurants.
He said the project by K-Perak Inc Corp and Simfoni Maya Sdn Bhd was not poltically motivated but aimed at improving the delivery system of all government agencies.
“We are providing the people with a new alternative to receive information on economic and social activities. The television sets will also be installed in rural areas.
“As such, the people will have a choice to receive information not fully covered by the mainstream media,” he said at the launch here today.
Zambry said the new information channel would also offer advertising space for local products at much lower cost compared to other service providers. — Bernama
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Saturday, November 14, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Perak government appoints Professor Sukor Kasim as adviser - NST
Oct 7, 2009
IPOH: Universiti Sains Malaysia's (USM) microcredit expert Professor Sukor Kasim will be appointed adviser and consultant to the Perak government in its bid to narrow income disparities in the state.
Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said the appointment was important to enable the government to come up with the best approach to address this problem and poverty, especially hardcore poverty.
"We want them (experts) to come and be part of us, to advise us on the best mechanism and best policy to implement because many programmes had been announced before but nothing much had been done.
"Some of the announcements were mere announcements or populist moves to draw public support," he told reporters after chairing the State Executive Council meeting, here, Wednesday.
Asked on the duration of the appointment, Zambry said the state government would discuss it with Sukor and disclosed that the former Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM) managing director had in principle agreed to be adviser and consultant to the Perak government.
Zambry said the state government would set aside a special allocation in the 2010 state budget to be tabled at the next state assembly sitting to address the stark income disparity problem.
He said the 2010 state budget would also include measures to make Perak a business-friendly and high-income state.
"Besides that, there will also be programmes for capacity building which, among others, are aimed at eradicating poverty, as well as programmes for the youths."
The state assembly sitting should be held by November the latest since the last one in May. - BERNAMA
IPOH: Universiti Sains Malaysia's (USM) microcredit expert Professor Sukor Kasim will be appointed adviser and consultant to the Perak government in its bid to narrow income disparities in the state.
Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said the appointment was important to enable the government to come up with the best approach to address this problem and poverty, especially hardcore poverty.
"We want them (experts) to come and be part of us, to advise us on the best mechanism and best policy to implement because many programmes had been announced before but nothing much had been done.
"Some of the announcements were mere announcements or populist moves to draw public support," he told reporters after chairing the State Executive Council meeting, here, Wednesday.
Asked on the duration of the appointment, Zambry said the state government would discuss it with Sukor and disclosed that the former Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM) managing director had in principle agreed to be adviser and consultant to the Perak government.
Zambry said the state government would set aside a special allocation in the 2010 state budget to be tabled at the next state assembly sitting to address the stark income disparity problem.
He said the 2010 state budget would also include measures to make Perak a business-friendly and high-income state.
"Besides that, there will also be programmes for capacity building which, among others, are aimed at eradicating poverty, as well as programmes for the youths."
The state assembly sitting should be held by November the latest since the last one in May. - BERNAMA
Friday, September 25, 2009
Kinta Nature Park to be gazetted as wildlife sanctuary - Star
Sept 25, 2009 By FOONG THIM LENG (newsdesk@thestar.com.my)
IPOH: The Perak government will gazette the Kinta Nature Park as a wildlife sanctuary to prevent it from being destroyed by encroachment and illegal activities.
State Tourism Committee chairman Datuk Hamidah Osman said gazetting the park would not take much time as the groundwork for it had been prepared when Datuk Seri Tajol Rosli Ghazali was Perak mentri besar, and there was a file on the proposal in the state Land and Mines office.
Close inspection: Lee informing Hamidah about the encroachment at the Kinta Nature Park in Batu Gajah yesterday while Tan looks on. The island in the background is the heronry in the park.
“We will have to decide on which agency would manage the park and look into upgrading its facilities before promoting the park for tourism,” she told reporters during an inspection of the park in Batu Gajah after receiving complaints from the Perak branch of the Malaysian Nature Society (MNS).
Accompanying her were MNS Perak branch vice-chairman Lee Ping Kong, council member Tan Chin Tong and ornithologist Lim Kim Chye, who is the MNS Perak Branch Bird Group Coordinator.
“It will be a waste if such a potential tourist attraction like the park is neglected. It is said to be the best place for bird-watching in Malaysia. It is the home to more than 130 species of birds and has the largest heronry in the country on one of its islands,” she said.
It was reported in The Star on Tuesday that the park would will lose the heronry if illegal activities continued there.
Almost 60% of the birds in the park are listed as totally protected or protected under the Protection of Wild Life Act 1976.
A recent check by the MNS revealed that someone had fenced up the whole lake where the heronry, with five breeding species of 2,000 waterbirds, is located, with the intention of starting commercial fish farming.
The MNS had complained that pristine mining pools at the southern end of the park have been taken over by duck farms and that incursions by sand extraction activities have increased.
The lack of a management body had resulted in damage and disrepair to the infrastructure.
The only watchman in the park said he was only there to guard the amenities and was powerless to prevent any form of encroachment.
Hamidah said the park was managed by the Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan). She expressed disappointment at the amenities in the park having been vandalised and the grass not having been cut for months.
“We will like to park to be managed by the Kampar district office with Perhilitan playing a monitoring role,” she said.
Hamidah also agreed to look into a suggestion by the MNS to let the park be placed under the jurisdiction of the Perak State Parks Corporation.
She said the duck farms operating without permit would have to stop.
Hamidah added that she would talk with the Kampar District Office to stop renewing the permits for sand mining in the park.
On whether the park should be named the Royal Perak Wetlands, as proposed after the it was set up in 2001, Hamidah said the name would need consent from the Perak royal family.
IPOH: The Perak government will gazette the Kinta Nature Park as a wildlife sanctuary to prevent it from being destroyed by encroachment and illegal activities.
State Tourism Committee chairman Datuk Hamidah Osman said gazetting the park would not take much time as the groundwork for it had been prepared when Datuk Seri Tajol Rosli Ghazali was Perak mentri besar, and there was a file on the proposal in the state Land and Mines office.
Close inspection: Lee informing Hamidah about the encroachment at the Kinta Nature Park in Batu Gajah yesterday while Tan looks on. The island in the background is the heronry in the park.“We will have to decide on which agency would manage the park and look into upgrading its facilities before promoting the park for tourism,” she told reporters during an inspection of the park in Batu Gajah after receiving complaints from the Perak branch of the Malaysian Nature Society (MNS).
Accompanying her were MNS Perak branch vice-chairman Lee Ping Kong, council member Tan Chin Tong and ornithologist Lim Kim Chye, who is the MNS Perak Branch Bird Group Coordinator.
“It will be a waste if such a potential tourist attraction like the park is neglected. It is said to be the best place for bird-watching in Malaysia. It is the home to more than 130 species of birds and has the largest heronry in the country on one of its islands,” she said.
It was reported in The Star on Tuesday that the park would will lose the heronry if illegal activities continued there.
Almost 60% of the birds in the park are listed as totally protected or protected under the Protection of Wild Life Act 1976.
A recent check by the MNS revealed that someone had fenced up the whole lake where the heronry, with five breeding species of 2,000 waterbirds, is located, with the intention of starting commercial fish farming.
The MNS had complained that pristine mining pools at the southern end of the park have been taken over by duck farms and that incursions by sand extraction activities have increased.
The lack of a management body had resulted in damage and disrepair to the infrastructure.
The only watchman in the park said he was only there to guard the amenities and was powerless to prevent any form of encroachment.
Hamidah said the park was managed by the Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan). She expressed disappointment at the amenities in the park having been vandalised and the grass not having been cut for months.
“We will like to park to be managed by the Kampar district office with Perhilitan playing a monitoring role,” she said.
Hamidah also agreed to look into a suggestion by the MNS to let the park be placed under the jurisdiction of the Perak State Parks Corporation.
She said the duck farms operating without permit would have to stop.
Hamidah added that she would talk with the Kampar District Office to stop renewing the permits for sand mining in the park.
On whether the park should be named the Royal Perak Wetlands, as proposed after the it was set up in 2001, Hamidah said the name would need consent from the Perak royal family.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Just one number to do business with government
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 – Pemudah, the country’s special task force dedicated to facilitate all aspects of doing business in Malaysia, has initiated a single number reference called MyCoID.
Initially, as of July 1, the single number reference is applied to five agencies, namely Inland Revenue Board (IRB), Human Resource Development Fund (HRDF), Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF), Royal Malaysian Customs (RMC) and Social Security Organisation (Socso).
All other agencies will be using the reference number in stages, according to a statement released by the Pemudah secretariat.
MyCoID is a standard identification number of a business entity for use in its interaction with government agencies.
It is the Companies Commission of Malaysia (CCM) business registration number for companies, sole proprietors and partnerships.
“New businesses registering with CCM from July 1, 2009, can use the MyCoID when registering with the five agencies – IRB, HRDF, EPF, RMC and Socso,” the secretariat said.
“Existing companies (those registered before July 1, 2009) will be able to use their registration numbers as their MyCoID when dealing with IRB, EPF, and HRDF from Sept 1, 2009.
However, for RMC and Socso, these companies can only use their CCM registration numbers as their MyCoID from Jan 1, 2010,” it said.
Full implementation of MyCoID by all five agencies is expected from Jan 1 next year.
MyCoID will replace all other identification numbers required for businesses when dealing with the different government agencies, the secretariat said.
In the initial phase, with the exception of payment, MyCoID can be used by new businesses for all other services from the five agencies, it said. These services, however, are confined to over-the-counter and telephone services. – Bernama
Initially, as of July 1, the single number reference is applied to five agencies, namely Inland Revenue Board (IRB), Human Resource Development Fund (HRDF), Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF), Royal Malaysian Customs (RMC) and Social Security Organisation (Socso).
All other agencies will be using the reference number in stages, according to a statement released by the Pemudah secretariat.
MyCoID is a standard identification number of a business entity for use in its interaction with government agencies.
It is the Companies Commission of Malaysia (CCM) business registration number for companies, sole proprietors and partnerships.
“New businesses registering with CCM from July 1, 2009, can use the MyCoID when registering with the five agencies – IRB, HRDF, EPF, RMC and Socso,” the secretariat said.
“Existing companies (those registered before July 1, 2009) will be able to use their registration numbers as their MyCoID when dealing with IRB, EPF, and HRDF from Sept 1, 2009.
However, for RMC and Socso, these companies can only use their CCM registration numbers as their MyCoID from Jan 1, 2010,” it said.
Full implementation of MyCoID by all five agencies is expected from Jan 1 next year.
MyCoID will replace all other identification numbers required for businesses when dealing with the different government agencies, the secretariat said.
In the initial phase, with the exception of payment, MyCoID can be used by new businesses for all other services from the five agencies, it said. These services, however, are confined to over-the-counter and telephone services. – Bernama
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