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Isu Pajakan Pulau Pinang — Dari Perspektif Mana Kita Melihat

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Sultan Kedah Mahu Kerajaan Persekutuan Kaji Semula Kadar Pajakan Pulau Pinang Sultan Kedah, Al Aminul Karim Sultan Sallehuddin Ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah mahu Kerajaan Persekutuan mengkaji semula kadar bayaran pajakan Pulau Pinang mengikut nilai semasa selaras dengan semangat dan maksud asal perjanjian yang dimeterai antara kedua-dua pihak, demikian menurut laporan portal berita Siakap Keli semalam. Perkara itu dimaklumkan menerusi hantaran Urus Setia Penerangan Darul Aman UPDA di laman Facebook rasmi. Baginda bertitah, hak dan kedaulatan negeri Kedah seperti yang termaktub dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan hendaklah dihormati oleh semua pihak, termasuk dalam soal berkaitan pajakan Pulau Pinang. Sultan Sallehuddin bertitah, bayaran pajakan yang diterima Kerajaan Negeri Kedah ketika ini masih berasaskan perjanjian lama dan nilainya jauh lebih rendah berbanding kadar yang sewajarnya pada masa ini. Beta mahu Kerajaan Persekutuan mengkaji semula kadar bayaran pajakan Pulau Pinang mengikut...
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The Poster Boy — The new hero replaces the old hero

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Only two people went to jail over Malaysia's biggest cattle scandal. The man who exposed it. And the bank clerk who helped him. Rafizi Ramli gave up a top career to blow the whistle. He revealed that 250 million ringgit of public money, meant to raise cattle and feed a nation, had been spent on luxury living. The anti-corruption agency cleared the powerful family behind it. Nobody at the top was punished. Except him. Jailed 30 months. For telling the truth. Then a court cleared him. And the man they tried to bury rose to run the nation's economy. Rafizi Ramli had it made. Born in 1977. A small-town boy. The son of a rubber tapper. He became a chartered accountant. Then went to work for Petronas, the national oil company. He managed huge assets. A big salary. A safe, comfortable life. He could have stayed rich forever. But he could not stand what he saw happening to his country. Public money disappearing. The powerful getting away with everything. So he walked away from the easy...
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Giant competitors are not enemies, but rather hidden opportunities

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Judging from the surface, it looks like your business will go bankrupt The owner of a small neighborhood grocery store was deeply worried You want me to bless the very place that may put me out of business? A huge supermarket had just opened across the street, and he was convinced his business was finished. His little store had supported his family for generations. It had never made them rich, but it had always provided enough. Now he feared bankruptcy, and the thought of losing everything felt unbearable. So he went to an old wise man for advice. The old man listened carefully and then said, “If you fear your competitor, you will begin to hate him. And that hatred will destroy you faster than the competition ever could.” “What should I do?” the store owner asked. “Every morning, stand in front of your store and pray for your own business to prosper. Then turn toward the supermarket and pray for it to prosper as well.” The man stared at him. “You want me to bless the very place that ma...
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Pi Mai Pi Mai Tang Tu

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PRN JOHOR: Bagaimana pula dengan nasib rakyat Johor? 11 Julai, pengundi Johor akan sekali lagi keluar mengundi dalam Pilihan Raya Negeri. Sedikit maklum balas menunjukkan UMNO/BN dijangka menang besar di Johor. Ada yang mengatakan UMNO/BN boleh menang lebih daripada 40 kerusi (daripada 56 kerusi yang dipertandingkan). Ada juga yang kata UMNO mungkin dapat kurang daripada 40 kerusi, tapi akan tetap membentuk kerajaan negeri. Beberapa faktor menjadi penentu. Jentera UMNO diketuai oleh Hishammuddin Hussein Onn, anak jati Johor yang mempunyai keturunan dan latar belakang Johor yang masih laku (di kalangan pengundi Melayu). Satu lagi aset UMNO ialah Menteri Besar Johor, Onn Hafiz Ghazi, yang juga mendapat penerimaan yang baik daripada orang Johor. Terdapat juga seorang lagi tokoh gergasi yang dikhabarkan mahu melihat UMNO menang. Saya tidak akan menyatakan siapa tokoh gergasi itu. Yang lebih penting, saya dengar "Wak" telah diminta jangan terlalu menonjol dalam kempen. Biar senyap...
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