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Penyanyi Zamani mengumumkan akan bertunang dengan gadis pilihannya bernama Juliana.

Zamani atau nama sebenarnya Zamani Ibrahim, 48, mengumumkan perkara itu pada sebuah majlis sambutan Aidilfitri di ibu kota.

Zamani mengakui sudah lama mengenali Juliana atau lebih mesra dipanggil Julie.

Julie juga sering hadir memberikan sokongan ketika Zamani bertanding dalam rancangan Gegar Vaganza.

Namun Zamani masih belum mempunyai tarikh yang tepat untuk majlis pertunangannya.

“Masih belum dapat kerana kami masih mencari-cari tarikh yang sesuai. Apapun saya mengharapkan restu peminat agar mendoakan perancangan ini jadi kenyataan dan majlis nanti berjalan lancar,” katanya memetik laporan media.

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KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 — A toddler from the Batek tribe who was in the Intensive Care Unit of Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II in Kota Baru, Kelantan has died as the authorities fight against the clock to find the source of the illness afflicting the Orang Asli from Kuala Koh in Gua Musang.

National news agency Bernama reported the Kelantan/Terengganu director of the Orang Asli Development Department Hashim Alang Abdul Hamid said three-year-old Nasri Rosli was pronounced dead at 6.45pm yesterday, nine days after being hospitalised.

A post-mortem examination is underway at the same hospital to find the cause of his death.

“Follow-up action will be taken as soon as we have the post-mortem examination results,” he told Bernama.

Two other Orang Asli from the same tribe and village in Kuala Koh have been confirmed to have died from pneumonia prior to three-year-old Nasri.

Twelve more Batek Orang Asli who died recently and whose remains were exhumed from their scattered graves in the area have been also been sent for autopsies to find out their causes of death.

Google Maps tampil dengan ciri baharu dalam menyediakan maklumat bervisual dan amaran bencana alam yang bakal berlaku, umum syarikat gergasi teknologi itu baru-baru ini.

Digital Trends melaporkan, dengan ciri baharu itu pengguna boleh melihat secara terperinci visual bencana alam seperti ribut, banjir atau gempa bumi sekali gus menghindari mereka daripada berkunjung ke lokasi yang berpotensi ditimpa musibah.

Ciri baharu yang dinamakan amaran SOS itu turut menyediakan ringkasan insiden beserta berita-berita terkini, nombor kecemasan untuk dihubungi dan laman web pihak-pihak yang bertanggungjawab.

Pengguna terutamanya yang tinggal berhampiran dengan kawasan yang mungkin terjejas akan menerima notifikasi sehari sebelum berlakunya bencana.

Jangkaan masa kejadian juga akan dinyatakan secara spesifik.

Selain itu, ‘shakemap’ di mana magnitud dan pusat gempa bumi akan turut dipaparkan di dalam aplikasi berkenaan beserta kod warna yang akan digunakan untuk mengenal pasti gempa di kawasan tertentu.

Walaupun ramalan banjir sudah boleh diakses di India, Google Maps merancang untuk terus meningkatkan lebih banyak ciri yang berkaitan dengan bencana, termasuk memberi isyarat kepada pengguna untuk menggunakan laluan yang selamat.

Sumber Google

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KOTA BARU, June 17 — The Kelantan government has applied to the federal government to allow the Tok Bali East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) to serve as both cargo and passenger station to optimise the economic development in the area.

State Industrial, Trade, Investment and Entrepreneur Development Committee chairman Datuk Hanifa Ahmad said the application was made following the East Coast Economic Region Development Council’s decision to develop the 80-hectare land in Cherang Ruku as an industrial area.

“The industrial area is located about 15 kilometres from the Tok Bali ECRL station, and if the station is only used to ferry passengers, it would be less beneficial to the industrial area.

“If Tok Bali ECRL station is also used to carry cargo, it would boost the local economy in Kelantan and, at the same time, provide a little competition to Kemaman in Terengganu and Songkhla in Thailand,” he said in reply to Zuraidin Abdullah (PAS-Chetok) at the Kelantan State Assembly sitting here today.

Zuraidin had wanted to know the impact of the ECRL project to Kelantan, its people, and downstream industries.

Prior to this, the Federal government decided to change the function of the Tok Bali ECRL Station to only to ferry passengers even though the original plan was to use it to transport both passengers and cargo.

To the supplementary question by Datuk Mohd Adhan Kechik (BN-Bukit Bunga) about the federal government’s reason to shorten the ECRL route to Kota Bharu station, Hanifa said it was due to cost optimisation factor.

“The federal government also said they will develop the third phase of the East Coast Expressway (LPT) connecting Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu to Pengkalan Kubur in Tumpat.

“However, we will continue to appeal so that the Tok Bali ECRL station will be used to serve both cargo and passengers so that Kelantan stands to benefit from spillover development,” he added. — Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR, June 16 — In conjunction with Father’s Day today, a public petition was launched by rights group Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO) for Putrajaya to introduce seven days of paternity leave in Malaysia, as what is currently allocated for civil servants.

The petition on Change.org was launched on Friday, and will continue until the group receives a commitment from the government.

WAO advocacy manager Yu Ren Chung told Malay Mail the petition was launched to create more awareness and to highlight the issue with the government and the public, following the effort by the Federal administration to amend the Employment Act 1955.

“The [Human Resources] ministry has proposed to amend the Employment Act and we definitely welcome effort and thank ministry for it. But we would like to push further and say we could do better.

“In conjunction with Father’s Day, WAO is promoting the allocation for introduction for paid paternity leave in the private sector in the country,” Yu said when contacted today.

At present, there are no legal provisions on paternity leave for the private sector area.

The government had proposed to introduce a three-day leave for fathers to be included in the labour law.

“Three days is not enough for father. The reason we are proposing or would like to see it to be seven days is because fathers want to play a role in childbirth,” said Yu, adding that many who have signed and commented on the petition were men.

“Fathers want to play a role and want to support their wife in being part of the process as well as to bond with their new born baby.

“Looking at gender equality and gender roles, we want to move away from the idea that childcare and childbirth is solely the responsibility of mothers.”

The petition has as of 8pm yesterday reached over 1,700 signatures.

It stated several studies had shown children with involved fathers have better social, emotional and cognitive development, and perform better in school.