Selangor Persoal PERMATA Pintar
SHAH ALAM, 8 Dis: Kerajaan Negeri Selangor mempersoalkan kewajaran langkah Kerajaan Persekutuan dalam memperkenalkan Program PERMATA Pintar untuk memberikan pendekatan pembelajaran yang berbeza kepada pelajar pintar cerdas sedangkan mutu pendidikan secara keseluruhan merosot.
Perdana Menteri Najib Razak kelmarin menyatakan hasrat kerajaan pusat mewujudkan Program PERMATA Pintar untuk memberi tumpuan kepada pelajar pintar, misalnya mengadakan tadika pintar dan sekolah pintar.
“Sebenarnya BN telahpun memperkenalkan 300 buah Sekolah Kluster atau Kelompok Sekolah Cemerlang (KSC) sejak tahun 2007, jadi kami tidak jelas apa perbezaan Sekolah Kluster dengan Program PERMATA Pintar yang terbaru ini,” kata Exco Pendidikan Selangor, Dr Halimah Ali dalam satu kenyataan media hari ini.
Halimah berkata, secara keseluruhan mutu pendidikan negara kita bertambah merosot, malah jurang taraf sekolah semakin melebar di antara kawasan maju dengan mundur.
“Sejauh manakah peluang terbuka kepada murid-murid dari sekolah-sekolah kampung, estet atau kawasan setinggan untuk menyertai program itu?”
“Dengan curahan wang yang banyak ke dalam program PERMATA Pintar yang bersifat ekslusif dan elitis, ianya mungkin boleh membantu segelintir pelajar yang mempunyai kecerdasan luar biasa, akan tetapi ia tidak akan memperbaiki keadaan pendidikan negara seluruhnya.”
“Sebaliknya menambahlebarkan lagi jurangnya dengan sekolah-sekolah terbiar di kawasan mundur,” ujar Adun Selat Klang itu.
Halimah menyarankan agar Kerajaan Persekutan fokus pada usaha mempertingkatkan infrastruktur sekolah khususnya sekolah sepertimana dilakukan di Selangor di mana RM16 juta diperuntukkan untuk Sekolah Agama Rakyat, Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina, Tamil dan Sekolah Persendirian Cina.
Berhubung dengan isu pelajar yang menduduki peperiksaan Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) dibenarkan mengambil tambahan dua mata pelajaran tetapi keputusan keseluruhan akan tetap mengambil kira 10 mata pelajaran teras, Halimah berpendirian keputusan kementerian itu jelas bercanggahan dengan konsep yang dibawa oleh Perdana Menteri sendiri iaitu memberi tumpuan kepada pelajar pintar.
“Apa gunanya untuk mengadakan Program PERMATA Pintar jika kerajaan sendiri menghadkan potensi mereka yang pintar ini?,” soal Halimah.
Katanya, kerajaan sewajarnya mengambil kira semua mata pelajaran yang diambil bagi menggalakkan pelajar yang cemerlang dalam pelajaran berpeluang untuk terus maju ke depan.
Harakahdaily
MAKSIMUM 12 SUBJEK SPM BERCANGGAH DENGAN PROJEK PERMATA PINTAR
FORMER PKA GM NOWHERE TO BE FOUND
Lawyers acting for PKA have been unable to serve the papers of a civil suit filed two months ago.
OC Phang failed to comply with Treasury guidelines, failed to ensure that key agreements entered into by PKA contain adequate terms necessary to safeguard PKA’s interest, and appointing a quantity surveyor which was in a position of conflict of interest due to its association with KDSB.
OC Phang, where are you?
PETALING JAYA (Dec 7, 2009) : Has the former Port Klang Authority (PKA) general manager Datin Paduka Phang Oi Choo (OC Phang) left the country? Lawyers acting for PKA have been unable to serve the papers of a civil suit filed two months ago.
On Oct 8, PKA through its lawyers Skrine & Co filed a suit against Phang for breaches of her fiduciary, contractual and common law duties to PKA over the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) multi-billion ringgit fiasco. It contends that she had failed to exercise due care, diligence and skill in the discharge of her duties as PKA general manager. Among others, failing to comply with Treasury guidelines, failing to ensure that key agreements entered into by PKA contain adequate terms necessary to safeguard PKA’s interest, and appointing a quantity surveyor which was in a position of conflict of interest due to its association with KDSB (Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd), the turnkey developer of PKFZ."
Sources familiar with the case said that several attempts were made to serve the writ at Phang’s last known address in Bukit Bandaraya in Bangsar, but on most occasions, no one was at home.
The summons servers, said the source, were at the house as late as last week and met a young woman who said that Phang would be in on Friday to receive the writ, but again, she was not in when they went there.
Lawyers said that the PKA has no choice but to effect a "substituted service" in the form of newspaper advertisements but have warned that this could take up to two months. They have to prepare documents to convince the court that all attempts to serve the papers have been exhausted.
"The summons servers will have to affirm affidavits giving details of the dates and times they visited the Bukit Bandaraya home and other relevant facts which the court will have to rely on before an order for substituted service can be given," explained one lawyer.
On Sept 25, PKA filed a RM920 million suit against KDSB and BTA Architect over key development and supplementary agreements signed between February 2003 and November 2006. The authority also filed an originating summons with the Civil High Court registry in Shah Alam, seeking a declaration that the increase in the interest rate in respect of a supplementary agreement for additional development works signed in April 2006 is null and void.
R. Nadeswaran/sun2surf
HOMICIDE IS MOST PROBABLE CAUSE OF TEOH'S DEATH
There was an 80% possibility of homicide and 20% chance of suicide in the death Teoh Beng Hock.
Dr Porntip Rojanasunan (PIC LEFT) pointed out that among others a contusion on the right side of Teoh's neck as shown on the port mortem pictures was compatible with injury caused by manual strangulation.
She also found penetration injury in the anal region which can be caused by inserting an object in that particular part.
The fracture of the skull might have been caused by a direct blunt force to the skull prior to the fall.
Pornthip maintains 80% possibility of homicide in Teoh Beng Hock's death
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 7, 2009) : Acclaimed Thai forensic pathologist Dr Porntip Rojanasunan, who attended the second post mortem on Teoh Beng Hock last month as an observer, maintains her view that there was an 80% possibility of homicide and 20% chance of suicide in the political aide's death.
Porntip had put forward her view last month at the inquest into Teoh's death on a fifth-floor landing of the Plaza Masalam on Aug 17 after he was interviewed by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
Gobind Singh Deo, the lawyer for Teoh's family, said Porntip had maintained her view during his latest discussion on her preliminary findings of the second post mortem.
However, he told Nanyang Siang Pau that Porntip still needed some time to complete her post mortem report.
The Puchong MP disclosed that British pathologist Prof Peter Vanezis, who is representing the Selangor MACC, and the pathologists who conducted the post mortem, have also yet to complete their reports.
"But I believe their reports will be ready before the coroner's court resumes the inquest on Wednesday" he said.
On whether the post mortem reports would be made public, Gobind said he felt they should be but he would leave it to the coroner.
At the hearing last month, Porntip's testimony prompted Teoh's family to seek a court order for Teoh's body to be exhumed for a second post mortem.
The flamboyant forensic expert had pointed out that among others a contusion on the right side of Teoh's neck as shown on the port mortem pictures was compatible with injury caused by manual strangulation.
She also found penetration injury in the anal region which can be caused by inserting an object in that particular part.
She told the inquest the fracture of the skull might have been caused by a direct blunt force to the skull prior to the fall.
sun2surf
GANGGUAN BEKALAN AIR DI SELANGOR
Gangguan Bekalan Air Di Selangor Pada 8 , 9 Dan 15 Dis
KUALA LUMPUR, 5 Dis (Bernama) -- Gangguan bekalan air sementara akan berlaku di beberapa kawasan sekitar Petaling Jaya dan Hulu Selangor berikutan Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) sedang melaksanakan kerja-kerja menaik taraf perkhidmatan bekalan air di beberapa kawasan di sekitar Selangor.
Menurut kenyataan Syabas pada Sabtu, gangguan akan berlaku di keseluruhan flat dan kondominium di Flora Damansara, Wilayah Petaling pada Selasa depan iaitu dari 10 malam sehingga 3 pagi keesokannya akibat kerja-kerja pemasangan injap kupu-kupu di Damansara Perdana oleh pemaju Saujana Triangle Sdn Bhd.
Gangguan bekalan air juga akan berlaku di Taman Seruling, Wilayah Hulu Selangor pada Rabu depan iaitu dari 7 pagi sehingga 7 malam akibat kerja-kerja henti tugas loji rawatan air Kuala Kubu Baru bagi kerja pencucian kolam imbangan oleh Puncak Niaga (M) Sdn Bhd.
Pada 15 Dis pula, gangguan bekalan air akan berlaku di Kampung Lembah Kinrara, Puchong; PJS 8/8 hingga PJS 8/14; Kondominum Suriamas, PJS 10/11; dan Mentari Court, PJS 8/9 akibat kerja-kerja pemasangan 'meter tekanan air' di saluran keluar kolam air Bukit Dengkil 10MG, Wilayah Petaling.
Sebarang pertanyaan lanjut, hubungi Pusat Perkhidmatan Pelanggan (Puspel) menerusi talian bebas tol 1-800-88-5252 atau menggunakan sistem pesanan ringkas (SMS) dengan menaip PUSPEL , dan hantar ke 39222.
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PELAN BARU SISTEM ALIRAN TRAFIK BANDAR KLANG
Menurutnya, sewaktu pentadbiran Umno-Barisan Nasional, mereka sudah berjanji kepada rakyat Klang malah sudah pun melancarkan batu asas jambatan ketiga bagaimanapun ia hanya omongan kosong sahaja. “Kerajaan Pusat dia sudah janji orang Klang, dia ada jambatan ketiga, dia sudah janji lama 10 tahun, akhir sekali semasa ada kempen Pilihanraya Ke12 Mac 2008, saya nampak Khir Toyo dan Samy Vellu dia datang sama-sama untuk lancarkan dia mahu mulakan jambatan ketiga, kalau tidak silap saya kosnya 230 juta”, kata Ronnie. Kelambatan pembinaan jambatan di pusat bandar Klang memburukkan lagi keadaan apabila didapati sering tergendala dan dibuat secara sambil lewa oleh kontraktror Spaz Sdn Bhd. Menurut Ronnie, pembinaan jambatan tersebut yang dimulakan sejak 2007 itu masih gagal disempurnakan malah sering kali berlaku penangguhan walaupun ia sepatutnya siap pada Mac tahun ini. “Sebab itu hari ini saya minta bagi pihak orang Klang kita minta dibuat 24 jam, yang kedua dia tambah pekerja, ketiga dia kena pastikan sentiasa ada cukup bahan, sebab pekerja dia kata kadang-kadang tak ada bahan, tak ada bahan semua orang berhenti”, jelasnya lagi. Exco Kerajaan Tempatan, Kajian & Penyelidikan, Ronnie Liu bercakap kepada pemberita ketika ditemui pada perhimpunan secara aman di jambatan Pusat Bandar Klang, pagi tadi. Ekoran itu, Ronnie sendiri menempatkan jurutera kerajaan negeri bagi memantau perjalanan projek pembinaan jambatan tersebut supaya dapat disiap seberapa segera. “Saya harap orang Klang dia kena faham ini projek persekutuan, kontraktor pun persekutuan, orang yang jaga tempat ni pun JKR, ini semua persekutuan punya kuasa, jadi kita minta jangan salahkan MPK, jangan salahkan Adun termasuk saya, saya ini kita hanya boleh bagi desakan sahaja”, tegasnya. Katanya lagi, kontraktor sudah berjanji menurap jalan lencongan berhampiran jambatan baharu semalam, bagaimanapun sehingga kini mereka masih gagal berbuat demikian.
Satu kajian yang dijalankan oleh MPK, PDRM dan JKR mendapati:-
(i) Persimpangan berlampu isyarat di bandar Klang menyebabkan berlaku kelewatan dalam alirn trafik,
(ii) Aktiviti meletak kenderaan serta menunggu menjejaskan pengaliran lalu lintas di pusat bandar,
(iii) Konflik lalu lintas di jalan keluar masuk pada Persiaran Sultan Ibrahim
menganggu kelancaran trafik,
(iv) Kapasiti sedia ada tidak mampu menampung kesesakan serta 
penggunaan di Jambatan Kota, Bulatan 100 dan Persiaran Sultan Ibrahim.
Kerajaan Selangor Desak Bina Jambatan Ketiga Atasi Kesesakan Bandar Klang
KLANG, 6 Dis - Kerajaan Negeri Selangor mendesak Kerajaan Persekutuan membina jambatan ketiga bagi mengatasi masalah kesesakan bandar Klang, kata Ronnie Liu.
MOHD SAHRULNIZAM MOHD ZAIN/selangorkini
