Najib Rasmi LIMA 2013, Kesal Pencerobohan Pengganas Di Sabah

LANGKAWI, 26 Mac — Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak merasmikan satu daripada pameran pertahanan terkemuka dunia dan menyatakan rasa kesalnya bahawa beliau terpaksa melakukannya di bawah mendung suasana pencerobohan pengganas di Sabah.

“Ini pertama kali pasukan keselamatan dikerah bertugas di bumi Malaysia sendiri sejak 1989,” katanya semasa merasmikan Pameran Antarabangsa Maritim dan Udara Langkawi (LIMA 2013) di sini, Selasa.

Tahun 1989 menyaksikan Parti Komunis Malaya (PKM) yang diharamkan menandatangani perjanjian damai dengan kerajaan Malaysia lantas menamatkan ancaman pengganas komunis di negara ini.

Berkongsi rasa dengan para perwakilan dan pegawai tentera negara ini dan luar negara di LIMA 2013, Najib berkata beliau pernah berkhidmat sebagai menteri pertahanan, sebagai timbalan perdana menteri dan kini perdana menteri dan telah berucap pada pameran ini dan yang serupa dengannya, tetapi ini pertama kali beliau menyampaikan ucapan sebegini ketika negara menghadapi ancaman pengganas Sulu di Sabah.

Sejak enam minggu lalu insiden itu telah menjadi ancaman keselamatan terbesar negara sejak berakhirnya pemberontakan komunis, katanya.

Beliau menjelaskan bahawa kerajaan Malaysia dan Filipina cuba menamatkan kemelut itu secara aman dengan pengganas Sulu dari selatan Filipina tetapi usaha itu menemui kegagalan.

Malaysia kemudian memutuskan kehadiran kumpulan penceroboh itu tidak boleh lagi diterima dan melancarkan operasi ketenteraan, katanya.

Tindakan ofensif ‘Operasi Daulat’ terhadap pengganas Sulu itu dilancarkan pada 5 Mac dan menyebabkan 65 pengganas terbunuh. Pengganas itu pada mulanya menyerang hendap dan membunuh lapan anggota polis Malaysia. Seorang anggota tentera juga terkorban dalam pertempuran dengan pengganas berkenaan.

“Ramai daripada anda yang telah berkhidmat untuk negara sama ada dalam angkatan tentera atau dalam kerajaan. Anda telah membuat keputusan yang besar mengenai perolehan dan dasar pertahanan, menasihati syarikat dan angkatan tentera mengenai pembelian dan strategi.

“Sebagai bekas menteri pertahanan, saya telah berhadapan dengan keputusan sedemikian sebelum ini mengenai penghantaran pasukan ke Bosnia dan Somalia dan mengenai operasi pengamanan di Lebanon, ” kata Najib.

Beliau berkata keputusan-keputusan itu memang sukar dibuat kerana melibatkan kemungkinan kehilangan nyawa dan penghantaran sumber negara tetapi “ia tidak mencukupi untuk mempersiapkan kita berdepan dengan situasi seperti yang berlaku di Sabah.”

“Apa yang sepatutnya cuma langkah berkawal bertukar menjadi operasi dengan anggota pasukan keselamatan masing-masing komited dalam usaha melindungi kedaulatan negara,” katanya.

Perdana menteri mengucapkan terima kasih dan penghargaan kepada mereka yang berkhidmat di Sabah, yang menggunakan kemahiran dan profesionalisme mereka untuk menamatkan apa yang disifatkannnya boleh menjadi peristiwa diplomatik.

“Saya menggesa anggota keselamatan lelaki dan dan wanita yang kini bertugas di Sabah supaya sentiasa bersiap siaga dan berwaspada. Doa kami sentiasa mengiringi anda semua. Pengorbanan anggota keselamatan negara dalam memerangi penceroboh bersenjata ini amat tidak ternilai harganya,” katanya.

Najib berkata adalah menjadi tanggungjawab kerajaan untuk memastikan anggota keselamatan diberikan kelengkapan terbaik yang termampu diberikan negara dan bagi membuktikan nyawa anggota yang terkorban dalam melindungi kedaulatan negara tidak gugur dengan sia-sia.

“Saya mengambil peluang ini untuk merakamkan penghargaan terhadap wira kami yang gugur daripada pasukan polis dan tentera yang telah menggadai nyawa dalam menunaikan tugas dan tangggungjawab terhadap negara, serta dalam memastikan keselamatan Malaysia terpelihara. Anda tidak akan dilupai,” katanya.

Mengenai LIMA 2013, Najib berkata program pemodenan ketenteraan terus merangsang perbelanjaan dalam Asean.

“Pemerolehan kapal dan pesawat, pesawat pengesan dan kenderaan perisai akan terus menjadi fokus pemerolehan di rantau ini dan dijangka membentuk perbelanjaan utama pemerolehan pertahanan sehingga 2020.

“Menurut (penerbitan pertahanan) Jane’s, negara-negara Asia Tenggara meningkatkan perbelanjaan pertahanan mereka sebanyak 13.5 peratus tahun lepas dan buat pertama kali perbelanjaan ketenteraan Asia melebihi yang dirancang Eropah,” katanya.

Najib berkata berlatarbelakangkan ini, LIMA 2013 bakal menjadi pintu masuk bagi pasaran bertenaga ini.

Mengenai segmen aeroangkasa, Najib berkata industri itu akan membangun secara signifikan dalam beberapa tahun akan datang dengan peningkatan besar dalam perjalanan udara, pelaburan infrastruktur dan dasar-dasar baharu.

Beliau berkata Malaysia, melalui Majlis Aeroangkasa Malaysia telah berjaya mengemudi pembangunan industri aeroangkasa, dengan jumlah dagangan kini bernilai RM30 bilion berbanding RM8.2 bilion dalam tahun 1998, dan melibatkan lebih 230 syarikat yang aktif dan tenaga kerja seramai 65,000 orang.

Selepas ucapan itu, Najib dan kira-kira 500 anggota perwakilan menadah doa terhadap keselamatan Malaysia, terutama keselamatan dan kesejahteraan anggota pasukan keselamatan di Sabah.

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PRU-13: Rakyat perlu bijak pilih kerajaan

KUALA LUMPUR - Bekas Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad mengingatkan rakyat khususnya orang Melayu supaya bijak menentukan kerajaan dalam pilihan raya umum ini.

Menurutnya, walaupun sistem demokrasi 'menawarkan' hak untuk memilih, mereka sewajarnya mampu membuat perbandingan khususnya parti atau organisasi mana yang benar-benar bertanggungjawab serta mempertahankan Islam.

"Apakah orang yang sewenang-wenangnya mengkafirkan orang Melayu patut memerintah negara? Dahulunya, pihak ini yang berkata bahawa bekerjasama dengan orang kafir akan menjadikan kita kafir, tetapi kini mereka bukan sahaja bekerjasama, hari jadi pun sambut di rumah orang bukan Islam.

"Akan datang, kalau kita silap, kita akan dapat kerajaan yang merosakkan negara dan agama. Kalimah Allah pun boleh diguna oleh apa jua agama. Apakah kita boleh terima itu? Kerana kepentingan politik, ketepikan negara Islam dan diganti dengan negara berkebajikan. Hudud pula ditangguhkan. Ini kerana apa? Ini hanya undi dan bukannya kerana Islam," katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian ketika menjadi panel sempena Forum Negara: Membina Peradaban Bangsa Melayu Berteraskan Tamadun Islam di Dewan Bankuet, Bangunan Parlimen di sini hari ini.

Forum anjuran Majlis Perundingan Melayu (MPM) itu turut menampilkan dua lagi panel iaitu bekas Ketua Hakim Negara, Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad dan pakar wakaf korporat, Tan Sri Muhammad Ali Hashim.

Dr. Mahathir berkata, sebagai keutamaan, orang Melayu perlu menaruh harapan kepada pihak yang telah lama berbakti kepada agama, bangsa dan negara.

Menurut beliau, ini berbanding pihak tertentu yang sekadar mahu merebut Putrajaya dan mendirikan kerajaan semata-mata atau pihak yang hendak menjadi Perdana Menteri.

"Sebab itu kita tidak boleh mengharapkan mereka untuk kembali kepada perjuangan asal iaitu demi agama, bangsa dan negara. Kita tak nampak apa mereka boleh buat untuk kita.

"Namun, terpulanglah kepada kita. Cuma, kalau kita salah mengundi, kita tidak boleh salahkan sesiapa," tegasnya.

Dalam perkembangan lain, beliau ketika bercakap mengenai perpecahan umat Melayu Islam berkata, perkara itu berpunca daripada sikap tamak selain perbezaan pendapat dalam hal-hal berkaitan tafsiran agama.

"Waktu kita miskin, biasanya kita akan rapat sesama kita. Sebab itu, masa British mencadangkan Malayan Union, kita rasa ini seperti mahu merampas negeri-negeri Melayu.

"Kita lupakan perbezaan antara kita dan bersatu sehingga British tunduk. Tetapi selepas berjaya, terhidang 'peninggalan perang' dan sesama kita mula memikirkan soal pangkat, nak jadi perdana menteri.

"Semua nak berebut. Inilah yang membuatkan kita lupa kepada perjuangan asal kita. Kita pentingkan diri sendiri. Di sini, kita menerima Islam dan fahaman Sunnah Wal Jamaah. Sepatutnya tidak ada perpecahan kerana fahaman yang sama, tetapi dengan politik, ada yang mula saling kafir-mengkafir. Kita sengaja melemahkan diri kita sendiri sehingga tidak lagi majoriti," katanya.

Sementara itu dalam sesi soal jawab, beliau menafikan dakwaan yang mengaitkannya sebagai seorang antihadis.

"Itu tak benar. Saya kata, kita perlu berpegang kepada al-Quran dan hadis-hadis yang sahih. Saya tekankan kalau hadis itu bertentangan dengan al-Quran, kita perlu berpandu kepada al-Quran. Sunah kalau kita turut, dapat pahala, kalau tak turut, tak mengapa. Itu cuma sunat kepada kita sebaliknya yang wajib kita ikut datangnya daripada al-Quran.

"Ramai yang mudah terima hadis tetapi menolak al-Quran. Itu sebab ramai yang keliru dan berpecah," tambahnya.

Sumber : @UrusanOnline

Sabah Stand-off: Coastline needs Better Protection

By Samuel Yesuiah, Seremban, Negri Sembilan, New Straits Times
March 10, 2013

SABAH STAND-OFF: Coastline needs better protection.

IT is sad that our security forces suffered losses in Lahad Datu. Our hearts go out to their families in this time of bereavement.


The drama has taught us two lessons.
Firstly, the security of our country needs to be beefed up with better surveillance.

We have a long coastline and the maritime agencies (Royal Malaysian Navy, Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency and the marine police) should be equipped to monitor the entire coastline of the peninsula and Sabah and Sarawak.

The ease with which the 200-odd Sulu terrorists came and took charge of the village in Lahad Datu needs to be looked into seriously.

How did our maritime forces allow the Sulu vessels to enter our waters?

How did they evade our surveillance technology?

The second and more important lesson is the issue of illegal Filipino immigrants in Sabah. There are thousands of them in Sabah.

Towns such as Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan, Tawau, Kudat and Lahad Datu have big Filipino communities. Most of them are illegals who are squatting.

The overwhelming presence of these immigrants should be checked and reduced.

Those without papers and valid documents should be deported back to the Philippines.

These immigrants are involved in crime and other undesirable activities in the big towns.

The government needs to monitor and check this growing menace.
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Terbaru: YB Zul Nordin minta maaf kepada Tun Dr Mahathir

Menuntut Perubahan - by RockY-MY
SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2013

[EKSKLUSIF] Zulkifli Nordin minta maaf kepada Dr Mahathir



Anggota Parlimen Kulim-Bandar Baharu Datuk Zulkifli Nordin hari ini membuat kejutan di depan kira-kira 15,000 rakyat di Sekolah Kebangsaan Panglima Raja di sini apabila membuat permohonan maaf kepada bekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Permohonan maaf itu turut disaksikan isteri Dr Mahathir, Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali, Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan Umno Kelantan Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed dan Presiden Pertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa Malaysia Datuk Ibrahim Ali.
Zulkifli, yang sempat berucap pada majlis Pemimpin Bersama Rakyat itu, turut memandang Dr Mahathir ketika memohon maaf kerana menurutnya, beliau pernah mencaci pemimpin negara tersebut ketika bersama pembangkang sebelum ini.
"Saya akui kesilapan saya, dan mahu memohon maaf kepada ayahanda Tun (Dr Mahathir) atas tindakan saya dahulu yang pernah memaki hamun Tun," katanya.
Dr Mahathir kemudian dilihat tersenyum dan mengangguk ketika Zulkifli berkata demikian.


"Dahulu saya tidak nampak kebijaksanaan Tun. Saya bersama-sama (Datuk Seri) Anwar (Ibrahim) maki Tun. Saya mengkritik langkah Tun memecat Anwar, walaupun saya tahu itu adalah jasa terbesar Tun kepada negara (memecat Anwar)," katanya.
Beliau kemudian meminta rakyat menolak pembangkang yang diketuai Anwar kerana kerosakan yang lebih besar terhadap negara akan berlaku jika mereka dipilih pada Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13.
Zulkifli berkata apa yang dikhuatiri sinar Islam di negara ini akan terus pudar jika pembangkang dipilih menerajui negara, dan ketika itu, tiada apa lagi yang boleh dilakukan.
Naib Presiden Perkasa itu turut meminta rakyat berhati-hati dengan taktik pembangkang, terutama Anwar, pada pilihan raya umum ini yang akan melakukan pelbagai perkara tidak dijangka demi untuk berkuasa.
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Malaysia army hunts door to door in Sabah

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FELDA SAHABAT: Malaysian forces have searched houses for armed Filipino invaders who apparently escaped a military assault, as a Philippine guerrilla warned more fighters had arrived.

Malaysia on Tuesday launched an attack with jet fighters and soldiers on up to 300 Filipino invaders to end a bloody three-week standoff. Prime Minister Najib Razak had declared the operation was ''weeding out'' the holed-up followers of a self-styled Muslim sultan from the Philippines who had come to assert a long-dormant claim to the Malaysian state of Sabah.

"As the intrusion prolonged, it was clear that the intruders had no intention to leave Sabah," Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said Tuesday. "The government must take action to defend the country's dignity and sovereignty."....

Police moved cautiously in an area slightly larger than New York City's Central Park to find followers of Jamalul Kiram, a Filipino who asserts he's the sultan of Sulu. Authorities have yet to release a death toll from Tuesday's aerial and ground attacks, which came after earlier clashes between Malaysian police and Kiram's followers killed 31 people.
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The battle on Borneo Island erupted weeks before elections in both countries, with Mr Najib facing a late-April deadline to dissolve parliament as his ruling coalition seeks to maintain a 55-year grip on power. It also comes as Philippine President Benigno Aquino aims to conclude a peace deal with a Muslim separatist group that Mr Najib is helping to broker.

The Philippines and Malaysia will form a naval blockage to prevent more Filipinos heading to Sabah as reinforcements, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs said. An exit channel should be created for woman and children caught in the fighting, it said.

Malaysian security forces operating in Sabah's Tanduo village are being cautious to avoid more bloodshed, state-run Bernama news agency reported, citing Inspector-General of Police Ismail Omar. Malaysia suffered no injuries, and casualties in Kiram's group couldn't be assessed, Bernama reported, citing Home Minister Hishammuddin Tun Hussein.

Three F-18 and five Hawk fighter aircraft were used in the attack, Bernama cited Defense Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi as saying.

Agbimuddin Kiram, the self-proclaimed crown prince of Sulu and brother of Jamalul, said that he couldn't confirm casualties. About 180 members of the group, including 30 with weapons, invaded Sabah about three weeks ago.

"There will be no surrender," Jamalul Kiram's spokesman, Abraham Idjirani, said at a briefing in Manila Tuesday, adding that the group's followers fear for their lives.

Eight Malaysian police officers and 23 Kiram loyalists

have been killed in shootouts since March 1. Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario held talks with his counterpart after arriving in Malaysia earlier this week, Najib's spokesman, Tengku Sariffuddin Tengku Ahmad, said. In a statement Tuesday, Malaysia's foreign ministry said it considered the group to be "terrorists."

The Sulu sultanate, which dates back to the 14th century, says it leased Sabah to the British North Borneo Company in 1878, an agreement that Malaysia views as a secession of the region. Sabah fell under British control after World War II and joined Malaysia in 1963, shortly after the sultanate ceded sovereignty to the Philippines.

The incident comes several months after Najib's government helped Aquino reach a peace deal with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, a Muslim separatist group in the southern Philippines. The Moro National Liberation Front, a splinter rebel group, called the accord -- which will expand the country's autonomous Muslim region -- a conspiracy between Mr Aquino and Mr Najib for Malaysia to retain sovereignty of Sabah.

"Any agreement will be problematic and will be questioned" because Sabah wasn't included in the self-governing region, said Rommel Banlaoi, executive director of the Philippine Institute for Peace Violence and Terrorism Research. "There will be consequences on the peace talks."

Mr Aquino risks putting the country in "total chaos" if he orders the arrest of Jamalul Kiram, said Nur Misuari, chairman of the Moro National Liberation Front.

"It's unbecoming for a head of state to be siding with the enemy of his people," Mr Misuari said. "What kind of leader are you if you abandon your own people for the sake of his friendship with colonial troublemaker Malaysia?"

Mr Aquino tried to solve the conflict peacefully by sending intermediaries and agreeing to study the legal basis of the Sulu sultanate's territorial claims, Communications Secretary Ricky Carandang said.

"There's only so much we can do if the Kirams insist on this course of action," he wrote. "It defies logic."

Mr Aquino on March 4 accused allies of former Philippine President Gloria Arroyo of involvement in the incident, saying that "certain members of the past administration" assisted Jamalul Kiram, who ran for a Senate seat in 2007 elections under Arroyo's party. Elena Horn, a spokeswoman for Ms Arroyo, didn't return a phone call seeking comment.

"We came to Malaysia to endeavor to walk that last mile to try to save lives in this unfortunate conflict," Mr del Rosario said in a statement issued by his department's spokesman yesterday. "We intend to fully continue this effort."

The Philippines will hold elections for its 285-member House of Representatives and half of its 24 Senate seats on May 13. Mindanao has 11.4 million voters, making up a quarter of the nation's total, according to government data.

The US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur issued an advisory urging citizens to avoid visiting the eastern coastal regions of Sabah, which provide access to nearby islands including Sipadan, a popular diving site.

Najib must dissolve parliament by April 28 and hold elections within 60 days. His government called for unity on March 4 after Anwar Ibrahim's opposition alliance accused him of "weak leadership" in handling the conflict.

The outcome will raise questions about the government's ability to defend Malaysia, according to Joseph Chinyong Liow, associate dean of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore.

"Malaysians will want to know how on earth this large a number of people got into Malaysian soil and gained a foothold," he said. "The followers of the Sulu sultan are prepared to fight to the end. That sets the whole thing up for a pretty gruesome outcome."

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Wirawati Negeri Kedah Anjur Bowling

Jommmm kita pakat pi serbu Sungai Petani minggu depan sebelum puasa.

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Konvensyen Media Sosial 1Malaysia, Pulau Pinang

Siri Jelajah Konvensyen Media Sosia sudah sampai ke Pulau Pinang. Jom kita ramai2 ke Pulau Pinang plak

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Mangsa banjir tak pernah di lupa

Keprihatinan kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN) terhadap kebajikan rakyat terus dibuktikan apabila 360 keluarga mangsa banjir besar Disember 2006 hingga Januari 2007 dari enam kampung di sini, menandatangani Surat Aku Janji Bagi Program Penempatan Semula dengan Syarikat Perumahan Negara Bhd. (SPNB), di sini semalam.

Kampung yang terlibat dalam penempatan baru diberi nama Desa Sejahtera itu adalah Kampung Tembioh dan Kampung Makam dalam Parlimen Kota Tinggi serta Kampung Kelantan, Kampung Panti, Kampung Sungai Berangan dan Kampung Batu 25 dalam Parlimen Tenggara.

Penyerahan rumah itu akan dilakukan oleh Menteri Besar, Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman pada 8 Julai ini.

Ahli Parlimen Tenggara, Datuk Halimah Mohamed Sadique berkata, penduduk diharap menjaga penempatan baru yang bakal didiami itu dengan sebaiknya.

Selesai 18 kes bulan lepas

Polis menyelesaikan 18 kes curi kenderaan di sekitar daerah Johor Bahru Selatan dan Seri Alam selepas menahan enam lelaki dalam dua serbuan di Taman Molek dan Taman Johor Jaya, di sini bulan lepas.

Timbalan Ketua Polis Johor, Datuk Ismail Yatim berkata, kesemua mereka yang berusia antara 22 hingga 43 tahun ditahan kira-kira pukul 12.15 tengah malam pada 18 Jun lalu selepas polis menerima maklumat curi kenderaan daripada orang awam.

Beliau berkata, polis menemui semula empat kereta yang dilaporkan hilang, peralatan curi kenderaan serta pelbagai jenis dadah.

"Semakan mendapati tiga daripada suspek memiliki rekod jenayah lampau berkaitan rogol dan dadah. Kesemua mereka kini disiasat mengikut Seksyen 379A dan Seksyen 411 Kanun Keseksaan," katanya pada sidang akhbar di Ibu Pejabat Polis Kontinjen (IPK) Johor hari ini.

ADUN DAP Sewel

Lima Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) dari DAP termasuk Betty Chew Gek Cheng (Kota Laksamana) tidak berpuas hati dengan penyiaran gambarnya dalam akhbar Utusan Malaysia hari ini berhubung isu seorang wanita yang dikaitkan dengan suaminya telah bertindak keluar dewan semasa permulaan sidang Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Melaka.

Suasana sidang DUN kecoh apabila ketua pembangkang, Goh Leong San (DAP-Kesidang) bangkit mempertikaikan Speaker DUN, Datuk Othman Mohamad kerana membenarkan jurugambar mengambil gambar sewaktu berlaku kekecohan apabila Datuk Gan Tian Loo (BN-Duyong) membangkitkan isu Ng Phaik Kheng yang dikaitkan dengan Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang, Lim Guan Eng semalam.

Pendaftaran Percuma

Kempen Pendaftaran Ahli PERKASA secara PERCUMA, tarikh akhir pendaftaran adalah seblm 30/7/2012, Daftar secara online di

http://www.pribumiperkasa.com/keahlian/index.php

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Dah Daftar Menjadi Ahli Perkasa Pribumi Malaysia ??

Klik pada link untuk isi borang secara online

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Perkongsian Ilmu

Tanggal 22/05/2012 adalah tanggal 1 bulan Rajab, 1433 H, Riwayat Al-Thabarani dari Sa'id bin Rasyid "Barang siapa berpuasa sehari di bulan Rajab,maka ia laksana berpuasa setahun, bila puasa 7 hari maka ditutuplah untuknya pintu-pintu neraka Jahanam, bila puasa 8 hari dibukakan untuknya 8 pintu surga, bila puasa 10 hari, Allah akan mengabulkan semua permintaannya."

Barang siapa mengingatkan org lain ttg ini seakan ibadah 80 tahun.....fa insya'allahu minal amiiniin.
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Computer Radiation Now at Danger Level

If you are a computer user, computer radiation may be your largest single source of electromagnetic radiation.

Although the intensity of radiation from computers may be far less than from, say, a high-voltage power line, people get much closer to their PC.

Many of us spend our working days in front of computer monitors, surrounded by nearby electronic equipment, each item emitting radiation. Because of the duration of this exposure (many hours every day), computer radiation is a real health hazard.

This type of radiation, known as Extremely Low Frequency (ELF), is also emitted from power lines, electrical sub-stations, TVs and other electrical and electronic appliances.

Another type of dangerous electromagnetic radiation found near computers is microwave radiation. Microwaves are used to provide radio communication between wireless-networked equipment, including computers, printers, modems, routers and other cordless or wi-fi devices.

A typical computer user, not too careful about equipment choice and placement, could be exposed to

Type of Radiation	Field Strength
ELF radiation from computers	3-6 milligauss
Microwave from wi-fi devices	100-200 µW/m2

Each of these levels individually is far from safe. Taken together they create a very serious health risk.

Fortunately there are simple measures to reduce this radiation, which you will read about on this page.

Computer Radiation Health Effects

For many years it has been known that ELF radiation can cause, or contribute to, various health problems - ranging from sleep interference and allergic reactions, through to heart disease, cancer and alzheimer's disease. To learn more about how computer radiation causes these health problems, see our EMF Health Effects page.

Most people would not want to sit at a desk under high voltage power lines. But they will happily sit a foot away from a computer screen, with a computer and printer on the desk next to them, and perhaps a power supply (UPS) near their feet.

They will work like this for several hours every day, for many years, absorbing as much (or more) ELF radiation than if their desk was close to a high-voltage power line! See our table of Power Line EMF Levels for comparison.

Computer radiation is easily subdued!

Computers contain power supplies, fans, drives and other electrical units which generate ELF radiation strong enough to cause concern at distances up to about 60 cm (about 2 feet).

For example, the desktop PCs in our office each produce computer radiation of about 1 milligauss (borderline safe) at 60 cm, stronger towards the rear of the unit.

The magnetic portion of this electromagnetic radiation is the most dangerous part. It can penetrate just about anything (including, of course, you). It does not help to place a shield or screen between you and the computer. (See our page What is Electromagnetic Radiation.)

But this ELF radiation naturally falls away very quickly with increasing distance, because the radiation is from a low power source.

The simple solution is to position your computer as far away from you as cables allow (at least 60 cm, preferably more). If possible, keep it on the floor, not on your desk.

You want to minimise the computer radiation to all parts of your body, but especially your head and your trunk.

Computer monitor radiation

The item most likely to cause a health hazard in some offices is the computer monitor, or screen. The old box-shaped cathode-ray tube (CRT) computer monitors generally have quite high levels of radiation at around 30 cm.

The CRT computer monitor in our office produced 3 milligauss of radiation at 30 cm, measured from the front and 4 milligauss at the same distance from the sides. This is a fairly recent model. Computer monitor radiation from older equipment can be even higher.

A constant 3 mG of computer monitor radiation is a health hazard in itself, but remember that this same user is probably also absorbing low-frequency radiation from computers, printers, power supplies (ups), florescent lights and mobile phones as well as microwave energy from wireless modems, routers, networks and printers.

No wonder computer users get sick so often!

Fortunately, technology has come to our aid with the LCD monitor (the flat one), which emits minimal radiation. For example, the LCD screens in our office create an EMF of 0.3 milligauss at 30 cm, from the front or back - and practically nothing at the sides. This is a much safer level.

More recent still are LED monitors. I have one fitted to my laptop. EMF levels on this monitor are very similar to the LCD monitors, so nothing to worry about there.

If you use the older CRT type for long periods every day, perhaps it's time it was replaced. (Speak to the boss!)

Pregnant women should be particularly careful about using CRT screens - which have been associated with higher rates of miscarriage and possibly birth defects.

Laptop radiation

Laptop or notebook computer radiation is generally lower than from desktop PCs, partly because the components are smaller, the laptop is battery-operated and the laptop screen is invariably an LCD or LED.

But the problem with laptop radiation is that you may be very close to it indeed, especially if you operate the laptop on your laptop!

In fact, as you will see from our Table of EMF Values, laptop radiation may be as little as 1 milligauss at 30cm, but as much as 20 milligauss at point-blank range.

So keep your distance when operating your laptop computer. It should be positioned on a table or desk. Make sure that you are at least 30 cm away from it (except for your hands on the keyboard) to minimise computer radiation. A separate keyboard and mouse (not wireless!) would also be a good idea.

Laptop computers produce RF EMF when they are being used wirelessly, either with wi-fi or 3G connectivity. I use the wireless capabilities of my laptop for short periods when I am on holiday, but for normal usage in my office, I use a cable connection, and keep my laptop's wireless ability switched off.

EMF from netbook computers (the little jobs) is similar to that from notebooks.

The Kindle book reading device produces no EMF in normal use. (The page display uses no power.) Only the tiniest flicker on my Trifield needle was observed when the page-turn button was pressed. But when using wi-fi or 3G communications a substantial RF EMF is produced, similar to a cellphone or laptop computer.

Radiation from computer power supply (UPS)

Many people have a UPS (uninterruptible power supply) to provide backup power for their computers. These little guys pack a powerful radiation punch.

My UPS produces radiation of 20 milligauss at 30 cm, and over 1 milligauss at 1 metre, even when apparently switched off (but still connected to mains electricity, and charging its battery).

If you need a UPS, position it as far away from yourself and others as cables allow - I suggest at least 1.5 metres.

Radiation from larger computer/office equiment.

For larger (generally floor-standing) computer equipment such as printers, photocopiers, mini-computers and all racked equipment, assume that a substantial amount of computer radiation will be produced, unless you know differently.

Position these items at a safe distance (at least 1.5 metres) from where people work. (The occasional visit to the photocopier or printer need not be a cause for concern, because the duration is short).

For mainframe computer operators, engineers and other personnel, it is essential to measure both types of radiation with suitable meters, and minimise your contact with high-EMF areas.

Radiation from printers and other computer devices

Small (desktop) computer printers generally produce less than 0.5 milligauss at 60cm in standby mode and up to twice that amount when printing. As this is probably not be the only source of computer radiation at your desk, do not keep your printer too close to you.

Some corded desktop devices are practically harmless, including keyboards, mouses(!), small speakers and modems. The same applies to telephones (landlines only). You can have these as close as you like.

Large sub-woofers that are becoming popular as part of a home computer's sound system can emit more than just (astonishing levels of) bass - ours produces 20 milligauss of ELF radiation at 0 cms, 3 mG at 60 cm (1') and .5 mG at 60 cm (2') whenever the speaker is powered (even when it is producing no sound).

So don't use your sub-woofer as a footrest! It needs to be at least 90 cm (3') away from you. (Closer than that it would deafen you anyway!)

Wi-fi Radiation from wireless networks, routers, printers and modems

Wi-fi information networks, wireless routers, modems and other wireless devices are becoming very pervasive. All of them emit electromagnetic radiation, mainly microwave or radio (also known as RF) radiation, as they keep in touch with each other.

These wireless devices are not safe. In fact there is strong evidence that the information content (pulsed digital signal added on to the microwave carrier) may interfere with biological processes.

Wi-fi networks are now installed in many public and private places. You may be exposed to them without knowing it.

Most concerning is the practice in some schools of installing wi-fi networks in the computer centre and classrooms. Children are particularly vulnerable to electromagnetic radiation. See our page Who is at risk? Schools and libraries should always install wired networks.

For your home and office too, rather use wired products. You may still be exposed to someone else's wi-fi, but at least it will be further away. If you still have reason to be concerned, obtain a suitable radio-frequency EMF meter to run a check.

Achieving acceptable computer radiation levels

In most cases, applying these recommendations will cause computer radiation to be reduced to acceptable levels.

For example, in the small office where I work (about eight hours a day with two other people) there are three desktop computers and one laptop. We have arranged the office to minimise computer radiation for all of us:

• Computer (tower) cases are all on the floor next to the user's desk, as far away from the user as possible.
  
  
• The UPS is far away from everyone - at max cable stretch.
   
• Screens are all LCD.
   
• There is no cordless equipment (keyboard, mouse, telephone etc.) in our office.
   
• On a table next to my desk are two desktop printers and a laptop computer. The nearest printer is about 75 cm (30") away from me. At this distance my EMF meter can barely detect it's presence.
   
• The computers and printers are all networked together into our (wired) office network .
   
• Our internet connection is by DSL with a wired modem connected to a wired telephone line.

I don't think there is much more we can do to reduce computer radiation, unless we change our line of work! So what's the result?

Zero Radiation?  Not quite

At my desk, my feet are exposed to electromagnetic radiation of about 0.5 milligauss and my head to about 0.2 milligauss, with an average whole body EMF of about 0.3 mG.  The two other people who share this office have similar levels.

Microwave radiation levels in the office are fairly low (about 0.15 microwatts/m²). The microwave radiation is probably due entirely to the cell phone tower, which I estimate is just over 400 metres away.

I'd prefer zero radiation, but in the real world one has to accept a small amount!

Now arrange your own workplace

You can probably achieve similar or better levels in your home or office.

To optimise your exposure and check your results, you would need an EMF meter.

A good one for low-frequency work (including computer radiation) is the TriField Electromagnetic Field meter and for microwave radiation you can look at the Electrosmog meter. They are both reviewed on our EMF Meters page.

But if you cannot lay your hands on a meter, great benefit can still be achieved just by stretching the distance between you and each item of equipment. You won't know exactly how much you have reduced your exposure to radiation, but your health will still benefit!

And forget that myth about putting a cactus on your desk to absorb all the radiation in the room! It would be an easy solution, but it doesn't work. Plants have no effect on EMF, I'm afraid.

Bersih 3.0: Satu lagi Gimmik Basi Pihak Pembangkang

"Penganjur BERSIH 3.0 hari ini mengumumkan bahawa perhimpunan tersebut akan diteruskan pada penghujung bulan ini - jam 2 - 4 petang 28 April - di Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur.

Pengerusi bersama Gabungan Menuntut Pilihan Raya Bersih dan Adil (BERSIH 2.0), Datuk A Samad Said ketika mengumumkan perkara itu turut menganggarkan 500,000 orang dijangka menyertainya kali ini"

Berikut adalah petikan artikal dari Malaysiakini bertarikh 4hb April 2012.

Gimik basi oleh pembangkang ini dilihat semata-mata ingin menarik publisiti murahan waina telah ketandusan idea untuk menidakkan sistem pentadbiran Negara di bawah pemerintahan kerajaan BN.  Sistem SPR yang menjadi modal basi aka lapok itu terus dijadikan isu seolah-olah pengendalian SPR bagi menghadapi PRU13 akan datang ini tidak bersih, transparen dan sebagainya.

Satu soalan baik kepada mereka-mereka yang buta hati buta minda yang terus mendokong BERSIH ini adalah:

ADAKAH DENGAN KEMENANGAN 4 NEGERI KE PARTI PEMBANGKANG PADA PRU 12 YANG LALU BELUM CUKUP MEMBUKTIKAN SPR BERORIANTASIKAN SISTEM PEMILIHAN TELUS DAN BERSIH?

HOLA Tepuk Dada Tanya Hati!

Persediaan Melahirkan Pemain Golf Negara Bakal Jadi Realisasi 5 Tahun Akan Datang

Kerajaan melalui Kementerian Belia dan Sukan bakal menjana persediaan bagi melahirkan pemain Golf Negara melalui plan 'Junior Development Program' di setiap kelab-kelab Golf ternama di seluruh Negara.

Dato Sri Ahmad Shabery Cheek bercakap berkenaan hasrat berkenaan di Kelab Golf Rahman Putra Malaysia di ibu kota baru-baru ini.

Plan pembangunan pemain-pemain muda Golf akan diperkenalkan di seluruh negara dengan pembabitan pemain-pemain muda seawal umur 15 tahun ke 20 tahun.  Tujuan tersebut adalah bagi mengenegahkan bakal-bakal pemain Golf Negara di peringakat Sukan Golf antarabangsa.

Setakat ini, Malaysia telah dikenali di seluruh dunia melalui sukan badminton dan squash.  Persediaan bagi meletak Negara di sukan Golf sekurang-kurangnya di peringkat Asia Tenggara adalah menjadi keutamaan Kementerian Belia dan Sukan bagi tempoh 5 hingga 10 tahun akan datang.

Ia bukan satu cita-cita kosong sekiranya Kementerian Belia dan Sukan memberi ruang pendedahan awal terhadap misi tersebut.  Semoga misi ini mendapat sokongan semua pihak.

Maju Sukan untuk Negara!

I Have Never Wavered In My Commitment To Deliver Real Change Across All Fronts - NajibRazak

SPR Akan Kenal Pasti Cadangan Yang Boleh Dilaksanakan » ...

Wednesday, 04 April 2012 17:22

KUALA LUMPUR, April 4 - Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said that since becoming Prime Minister three years ago, he has never wavered in his commitment to deliver real change across all fronts, with lasting prosperity, security and democracy for all Malaysians regardless of race or religion.

Najib said to that end he had worked to transform Malaysia's economy to make it fit for the challenges of the 21st century, increasing competitiveness, raising incomes and cutting unemployment along the way.

He stressed that he had repealed oppressive colonial-era legislation and replaced it with modern, progressive laws that protect both the lives and rights of all Malaysians.

The Prime Minister also said that he had listened to calls for greater transparency in elections, establishing a bipartisan commission to look at the voting process and introduce measures such as the use of indelible ink to reduce the possibility of fraud at the polls.

"In the half-century since independence, we have found that steady reform is the best way to secure lasting stability. It is a process that continues in Malaysia to this day," Najib said in the Opinion Asia column written by him entitled "The Asean Way Won Burma Over" in The Wall Street Journal, published Wednesday.

Najib said that as the leader of Malaysia, Southeast Asia's oldest democracy, he was always keen to share these experiences.

"It is a process of evolution rather than revolution, and that process can best be supported and encouraged by a tight-knit family of nations working together to help each other," he said.

Najib said that was why, at this week's Asean summit which concluded today in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, the leaders of the 10-member regional grouping would put the final touches on a declaration entitled One Community, One Destiny.

"It is a very real acknowledgement that our future lies in closer, warmer relations, speaking with one voice and with one goal in mind, the continued development of our economies, our societies and above all our democracies. It is, in short, a very Asian, very Asean approach," he said. - BERNAMA

Bom Hatyai: Ahli keluarga warga Malaysia tuntut mayat

Daripada OPAT RATTANACHOT

HATYAI 2 April - Suasana pilu menyelubungi perkarangan bilik mayat Hospital University Prince of Songkhla (PSU) di sini hari ini apabila kaum keluarga tampil menuntut mayat seorang warga Malaysia mangsa tragedi bom kompleks beli-belah dan Hotel Lee Garden Plaza kelmarin.

Mereka yang kebanyakannya masih trauma dengan tragedi itu tidak mampu menahan kesedihan apabila diberi peluang membuat pengecaman mayat Law Phin Hock, 46, dari Kulim, Kedah.

Proses pengecaman yang bermula bermula pukul 10 pagi (waktu tempatan) itu dijalankan oleh abang mangsa, Law Chiang Teck, 56.

Chiang Teck berkata, dia bersama ahli keluarga bertolak dari Kuala Lumpur petang semalam selepas dimaklumkan kejadian oleh pihak Kementerian Luar.

Katanya, mayat adiknya itu akan dibawa pulang ke Malaysia petang ini dengan bantuan pihak berkuasa kedua-dua negara. - UTUSAN

http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2012&dt=0402&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Terkini&pg=bt_10.htm

ANTARA PENGKRITIK2 HANDALAN PEMBANGKANG, HEBAT DALAM MEMANIPULASI GAMBAR YG MEREKA SENDIRI TIDAK TAHU APA TUJUAN, DAN KENAPA, TETAPI MEMBUAT PERSEPSI MENJATUHKAN BANGSA SENDIRI, INILAH YG DIBANGGAKAN OLEH PARTI PEMBANGKANG

Sunday, 01 April 2012 07:47 Radhi Razak (KLPOS)

KUALA LUMPUR 1 April - Kerajaan menerusi Kementerian Belia dan Sukan dijangka bakal menghantar 20 ke 23 atlet untuk mewakili Negara ke Temasya Sukan Olimpik London 2012 pada 27 Julai ini.

Menteri Belia dan Sukan, Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek berkata, barisan atlet ini telahpun melakukan persiapan bagi memastikan ianya berjalan dengan lebih lancar tanpa menghadapi sebarang kesulitan menjelang temasya Sukan Dunia tersebut.

Walaubagaimanapun, beliau mengakui agak kecewa dengan kegagalan Skuad Hoki Negara untuk ke temasya Sukan berprestij yang bakal berlangsung di London itu.

"Tetapi senarai pemain badminton ke Sukan Olimpik hanya akan diputuskan pada Mei nanti," katanya pada Sidang Media di Kelab Golf Rahman Putra, Kuala Lumpur semalam.

Untuk rekod, Sukan Olimpik London 2012 bakal berlangsung bermula 27 Julai dan acara kemuncaknya berakhir pada 12 Ogos ini.

Shabery juga telah memberi sumbangan sebanyak RM20 Ribu kepada Kelab berkenaan untuk Program Pembangunan Sukan Golf Junior di samping mengenang jasa bekas Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Allahyarham Tun Abdul Ghafar Baba sebagai individu yang banyak memberi sumbangan kepada Kelab tersebut ketika hayatnya.

Ragu2 Nak Tolak BISEKSUAL ??

Dah terang dan nyata Biseksual ( LGBT ) tu amalan2 mereka yang memang tak ada akal, tetapi perbuatan tersebut menjadi satu kebiasaan bagi pemimpin pembangkang. Parti Pas pulak memang agak mengecewakan bila ada segelintir barisan pemimpin mereka yang menerima amalan sedemikian rupa. Kecewa sungguh aku dengan Parti yang dulu aku anggap pemerintahannya berlandaskan Al Quran dan Al Sunnah.

Hari ini, seorang demi seorang dari kalangan pemimpim Pas keluar membuat kenyataan yang beliau menolak amalan tersebut. Baguslah kalau macam tu. Lepas ni aku harap ada kalangan pemimpin2 Pas akan cuba menasihati Penasihat Parti PKR agak balik ke pangkal jalan. Jangan cuba nak huru harakan Negara Malaysia yang dah sedia aman. Kalau setakat dia nak berasuah sikit sikit tu mungkin orang akan pejam sebelah mata walau pun ada yang tak boleh nak pejam. 

Ini pulak cuba nak perak peranda warga2 muda dengan amalan2 yang terkutuk. Sudahlah menaikan kemarahan jalinan cinta dengan Israel. Tak cukup dengan itu, nak rosakkan ideologi dan pemikiran anak2 muda dengan membenar hubungan sumbang. 

- angrybirdfly -