Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) mendedahkan bahawa 60 peratus peruntukan kerajaan untuk projek infrastruktur penting di Sarawak disalahguna antara 2002 dan 2008 oleh pihak tertentu yang bertanggungjawab mengendalikan projek itu.
Muhyiddin terkejut dengan pendedahan itu dan mahu SPRM menyiasat sama ada salah laku itu benar-benar wujud.
Sementara iaitu Dubai World, yang dimiliki kerajaan Dubai dan merupakan konglomerat pembangunan, memohon penangguhan enam bulan dari membayar hutang hampir AS$60 bilion.
Pengerusi Yayasan Forum Ekonomi Islam Dunia (WIEF) Tun Musa berpendapat bahawa kerajaan Abu Dhabi, yang bersempadan dengan Dubai dan juga sebahagian daripada negara Emiriah Arab Bersatu (UAE), perlu menyelamatkan Dubai World. Dubai juga merupakan sebahagian daripada UAE.
Kaji impak hutang Dubai atas ekonomi M'sia
Kerajaan akan mengikuti rapat impak krisis hutang Dubai bagi melihat sama ada ia mendatangkan kesan ke atas ekonomi Malaysia, kata Timbalan Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
"Kami berharap kesannya tidak teruk kerana kami telah menyebut bahawa 2010 merupakan tahun yang dinantikan untuk pertumbuhan ekonomi, dengan angka pertumbuhan yang positif seperti yang diumumkan oleh perdana menteri.
"(Bagaimanapun), ia masih terlalu awal untuk melihat sejauh mana ia akan menjejaskan sentimen yang semakin meningkat setakat yang membabitkan ekonomi Malaysia," katanya kepada pemberita selepas merasmikan loji tenaga arang batu swasta pertama, Tanjung Bin, milik Malakoff Corporation Berhad, pengeluar tenaga bebas utama.
Dubai World milik kerajaan, konglomerat pembangunan, memohon penangguhan enam bulan daripada membayar hutang hampir AS$60 bilion.
Krisis itu menimbulkan kebimbangan mengenai kemungkinan kegagalan syarikat terbabit, yang terlibat dalam projek di seluruh dunia. Perkembangan itu mengejutkan sektor kewangan yang sememangnya lemah.
Berikutan perkembangan itu, timbalan perdana menteri berkata kerajaan akan melihat sama ada pelabur dari Timur Tengah, yang sudah membuat komitmen sebelum ini untuk membawa masuk modal ke Malaysia, akan menunaikan janji mereka.
Terdapat pelbagai sumber akses modal di Timur Tengah dan Malaysia perlu lebih agresif dalam melaksanakan misi penggalakannya untuk menemui kumpulan tumpuan dalam sektor yang mempunyai kepentingan di Malaysia.
Dalam perkembangan lain, Muhyiddin memandang serius pendedahan Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) bahawa 60 peratus peruntukan kerajaan untuk projek infrastruktur penting di Sarawak disalahguna antara 2002 dan 2008 oleh pihak tertentu yang bertanggungjawab mengendalikan projek itu.
Muhyiddin berkata beliau terkejut dengan pendedahan itu dan mahu SPRM menyiasat sama ada salah laku itu benar-benar wujud.
Timbalan perdana menteri berkata beliau tidak mengetahui sama ada jabatan dan agensi kerajaan persekutuan turut terlibat dalam salah guna dana awam dan jika mereka disabitkan, kerajaan mahu maklumat daripada SPRM.
Muhyiddin berkata beliau menyerahkan perkara itu kepada Timbalan Ketua Menteri Sarawak Tan Sri Dr George Chan Hong Nam untuk menanganinya.
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Jadikan Krisis Ekonomi Dubai Sebagai Teladan-Musa Hitam
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 (Bernama) -- Pengerusi Yayasan Forum Ekonomi Islam Dunia (WIEF) Tun Musa Hitam berkata krisis hutang cabang pelaburan kerajaan Dubai, Dubai World, wajar dijadikan pengajaran oleh para pelabur untuk lebih berhati-hati dan tidak mengamalkan "mentaliti ikut-ikutan."
Musa, bekas Timbalan Perdana Menteri, berkata krisis itu berlaku kerana mereka yang terlibat terlalu ghairah sehingga melupakan prinsip permintaan dan penawaran.
"Saya sudah menduga sejak dua tiga tahun lepas bahawa perkara seperti ini akan berlaku. Gelembong itu telah berkembang terlalu pantas sehingga ia terpaksa meletup...mereka lupa prinsip penawaran dan permintaan. Apabila terlebih bekalan, ia akan mencapai tahap untuk meletus," katanya ketika diminta mengulas krisis hutang Dubai World yang semakin gawat.
Beliau yang ditemui pemberita selepas pelancaran dua buah buku karya bekas Ketua Pengarah Pelajaran Tan Sri Dr Abdul Rahman Arshad di sini Selasa, bagaimana pun berkata beliau tidak pasti jika ada syarikat tempatan yang menghadapi masalah serius ekoran krisis berkenaan.
"Hakikatnya, bahawa Dubai World, institusi payung yang perlu bertanggung jawap dan mengendali krisis itu, pastinya akan memberi kesan limpahan dan mereka semua yang telah melabur di dalam Dubai World akan merasai kesannya dan ia telah mulai dirasai," katanya.
Bagaimana pun, Musa berpendapat bahawa kerajaan Abu Dhabi, yang bersempadan dengan Dubai dan juga sebahagian daripada negara Emiriah Arab Bersatu (UAE), di dalam apa cara sekali pun perlu menyelamatkan Dubai World. Dubai juga merupakan sebahagian daripada UAE.
"Sehingga ini, mereka tidak mengambil sebarang tindakan...saya mengesyaki mereka ingin membiarkan keadaan reda dahulu dan cuba memulihkan keadaan pada kos yang murah," katanya.
Dubai World, yang dimiliki kerajaan Dubai dan merupakan konglomerat pembangunan, memohon penangguhan enam bulan dari membayar hutang hampir AS$60 bilion.
Krisis itu menimbulkan kebimbangan mengenai kemungkinan kegagalan syarikat terbabit, yang terlibat di dalam projek di seluruh dunia. Perkembangan itu mengejutkan sektor kewangan yang sememangnya lemah.
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Dubai's Debt Crisis Should Be A Lesson, Says Musa Hitam
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 (Bernama) -- Chairman of the World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) Foundation, Tun Musa Hitam said Dubai's debt crisis should be a lesson for investors to be more careful and not adopt a herd mentality.
The crisis took place because the people involved got too excited to the point of forgetting the principle of supply and demand, the former deputy prime minister said.
"I foresaw something like this happening two or three years ago. The bubble has grown too fast it has to burst...they forgot the principle of supply and demand. When (there is) oversupply, somehow or rather it would reach breaking point," he said when asked on the ongoing debt crisis of Dubai.
Speaking to reporters after the launch of two books here today by former director general of education, Tan Sri Dr Abdul Rahman Arshad, Musa however said he was not sure if any local company would be seriously affected by the crisis.
Dubai World, a government owned development conglomerate recently sought a six month reprieve from paying creditors nearly US$60 billion in debts.
This triggered concerns of possible failure of the company which is involved in projects worldwide, sending shock waves to an already weakened global financial sector.
"But the fact that the Dubai World, the umbrella institution is the one that has to take and handle the crisis, surely will have the spillover effects and all those who had invested in Dubai would feel Dubai's ripples. It is already starting to be felt," Musa said.
Musa also said that the Abu Dhabi government should somehow rescue Dubai World.
"But so far they have not take any action...I suspect they are trying to let things go down first and when things are down, they might be able to salvage it in a cheaper way," he said.
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SPRM DEDAH 60% PERUNTUKAN UNTUK INFRA DI SARAWAK ANTARA 02-08 DISELEWENG
GOOD TIMES OVER FOR JOHOREANS WORKING IN LION CITY
According to Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam, some 300,000 Malaysians are working in Singapore. Tens of thousands of Malaysian workers from the services and manufacturing sectors in Singapore will be retrenched when employers, hit by the recession, start downsizing in the island republic. So Johoreans, start looking for other alternatives. Johor Labour Department deputy director Ruzita Bahari advised locals to visit its website at jobsmalaysia.gov.my or contact the department at 07-2275080 for job opportunities.
Malaysians in recession-hit Singapore face retrenchment
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by Nelson Benjamin, Gladys Tay and Mohd Farhaan Shah
JOHOR BARU: Tens of thousands of Malaysian workers from the services and manufacturing sectors in Singapore will be retrenched when employers, hit by the recession, start downsizing in the island republic.
Though the recession has not translated to retrenchment, Malaysian workers in Singapore are starting to feel jittery over the prospect of losing their jobs if the country’s economy takes a turn for the worse.
At the same time, Johor is taking early steps, including playing job matchmaker, to ensure those retrenched can quickly be matched with jobs available locally.
For many Malaysians working in Singapore, the main concern is how to continue supporting their families if they are retrenched. Some said they were willing to take a pay cut and return to Malaysia. Others were even prepared take up two jobs back home to supplement their income.
Single mother Karen Lee is worried she may not be able to support her only daughter through college if she loses her job.
“My daughter is taking her SPM this year and plans to further her studies in Taiwan,” said the factory operator, adding that she was willing to take up a job in Malaysia at a lower salary if she were retrenched.
Lee, who earns S$1,500 (RM3,600) a month, stays in a rented room in Woodlands, Singapore while her daughter lives with her mother in Johor Baru.
Technician N. Soomu, 34, who was retrenched in 2002, said the experience was a nightmare.
This time around, he is taking steps to safeguard his job including taking up a technical course.
Soomu has been working in Singapore for the past 10 years and earns about S$1,200. He travels daily to Singapore from Johor Baru as it is cheaper to live in Johor.
Johor Unity, Human Resource, Science, Technology and Innovation committee chairman M. Asojan said there were many job opportunities within Iskandar Malaysia.
“We need 4,000 people for the oil and gas sector alone,” he said.
Johor Labour Department deputy director Ruzita Bahari advised locals to visit its website at jobsmalaysia.gov.my or contact the department at 07-2275080 for job opportunities.
According to Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam, some 300,000 Malaysians are working in Singapore.
