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PUTRAJAYA needs to set up a special body to monitor all constitutional institutions to prevent mockery of the justice system and to strengthen the democratic process, said Election Commission (EC) chairman Azhar Azizan Harun.
This body, said Azhar, is needed as currently the EC has no institution to adjudicate their actions or provide check and balance.
US gymnastics queen Simone Biles is set to be the undisputed star of the world championships, enhancing her status as the sport’s greatest athlete – even if she does not feel it.
“I never really feel like I’m a big name,” she told reporters in Stuttgart.
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The rail operator says that it was no longer in a position to provide safe and reliable service.
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple Inc on Friday said that some iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus models manufactured between October 2018 and August 2019 may not turn on due to a failed part.
The company offered a free repair program for users who are affected.
The iPhone 6s line originally went on sale in September 2015 but was officially discontinued in September 2018 with the launch of last year’s iPhones.
Still, Apple continued producing some iPhone 6s models for sale in select markets, including India.
The repair program is the sixth for Apple this year, according to the company’s website.
Earlier this year, it opened repair or recall programs for the old 15-inch MacBook Pro’s battery, some wall adapters, the 13-inch MacBook Pro display back light, MacBook keyboards, and screens on the Apple Watch Series 2 and Series 3.
KINABATANGAN, Oct 5 ― Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Mohamaddin Ketapi has expressed hope for the edu-tourism infrastructure project at the Pygmy Elephant Conservation Centre near here to raise awareness among the people, especially the local community, on the importance of protecting the elephants from extinction.
Disappointed with the recent killing of elephants in Kalabakan, he said the local community should cooperate in the effort to protect the elephants.
“We hope the local community will give their full cooperation to protect the elephants and not to abuse or kill the animal.
“If not, the pygmy elephant will become extinct,” he told reporters after the launch of Damas Fect 2019 here last night.
The RM5.7 million edu-tourism infrastructure project is expected to be completed by the end of this month.
Mohamaddin also said that the centre would also become another tourist destination in Kinabatangan that will help boost the tourism sector in Sabah in view of the Visit Malaysia Year 2020 (VMM2020).
“We hope to record 30 million tourist arrivals and revenue of RM100 billion next year in conjunction with the VMM2020,” he added. ― Bernama
PARIS: Bilangan syarikat penerbangan muflis meningkat pada kadar paling pantas tahun ini, termasuklah kegagalan Jet Airways India, Thomas Cook dan Avianca dari Brazil, menurut data industri dikeluarkan semalam.
“2019 telah melihat pertumbuhan tercepat dari segi kegagalan syarikat penerbangan dalam sejarah,” kata firma perunding syarikat penerbangan IBA, yang telah mengesan bilangan pesawat yang dikembalikan kepada pihak menyewakan atau pentadbir iaitu 17 syarikat mengalami kerugian tahun ini.
Kemungkinan banyak lagi kes akan menyusul ekoran persaingan khidmat kos rendah dan harga bahan api lebih tinggi, diburukkan lagi oleh nilai dolar makin kukuh, menyukarkan mereka yang menjual tiket penerbangan dalam euro atau pound dan membeli minyak dan pesawat dalam mata wang AS.
“Suku terakhir tahun ini akan menyaksikan lebih banyak kegagalan semasa musim sejuk di hemisfera utara,” kata Phil Seymour, ketua pegawai eksekutif IBA dalam satu temu bual.
Pesawat-pesawat AS diselamatkan oleh “lindung nilai semula jadi” hasil dolar, kata beliau.
Pada masa sama kebankrapan juga telah mewujudkan peluang bagi syarikat penerbangan yang kukuh untuk mengambil alih pesawat, trafik dan slot lapangan terbang ditinggalkan pesaing gagal.
Syarikat penerbangan lain yang gagal pada 2019 termasuklah Aigle Azur dan XL Airways, Germania, Flybmi dan Adria dari Perancis, yang memfailkan notis muflis minggu ini.
SpiceJet, penerbangan kos rendah India berkata, ia akan mengambil alih lebih banyak Boeing 737 MAX yang ditempah Jet Airways, yang muflis Jun lalu.
Pengendali kos rendah Eropah terkemuka, Ryanair, terkesan ekoran masalah pesawat MAX, sedang berusaha untuk mengambil alih pesawat-pesawat Airbus A320 yang sebelum ini disewa Thomas Cook dan meletakkannya di bawah syarikat pembawa Austria, Lauda.
“Peluang muncul di sebalik kegagalan seperti Thomas Cook,” kata Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Kumpulan Ryanair Michael O’Leary pada majlis Reuters Newsmaker di London Selasa lalu.
“Kami bercakap dengan beberapa syarikat peminjam mengenai mengambil alih beberapa pesawat Airbus dan meletakkannya di Lauda pada musim panas akan datang,” katanya.
.jpg "Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail urges the younger generation to continue to develop their soft skills, strengthen their moral values as well as religious beliefs to become an ethical person. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri")
SHAH ALAM, Oct 5 ― Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail has urged the younger generation to equip themselves with technical knowledge, soft skills and emotional intelligence to face future challenges.
“Communications, being agile and having the ability to evaluate and adapt are skills that are considered important today.
“As such, I urge the scholarship recipients (younger generation) to continue to develop their soft skills, strengthen their moral values as well as religious beliefs to become an ethical person,” she said when launching Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB)’s My Brighter Future (MyBF) sponsorship programme at Politeknik Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah here yesterday.
Present were TNB chairman Tan Sri Leo Moggie and TNB president and chief executive officer Amir Hamzah Azizan.
Meanwhile, Dr Wan Azizah lauded the MyBF programme describing it as a proactive measure to help families from the low-income group get out of poverty status.
“I was informed that TNB would expand the scope of MyBF programme to students in Technical and Vocational Education and Training institutions, Malaysia Technical University Network, polytechnics and community colleges.
“It is an appropriate measure as many students from the B40 group will further their studies in the institutions,” she said. ― Bernama
WHISTLE-BLOWING civil servants will be rewarded, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng today.
He said the ministry is creating the Integrity and Personality Award, which is in the final stages of evaluation by a committee headed by the Treasury secretary-general.
IN a country highly focused on academic achievement, Singaporean Galvin Kang Jian Wen did something almost unthinkable – he stopped studying as a teenager to spend more time playing computer games.
He defied parental and social disapproval after his high school finals to pursue his dream of becoming an eSports champion, but believes the sacrifice has paid off as he heads with his national team to Southeast Asia’s mini-Olympics.
