Refund deposit, MPSJ urged15 PCAM members yet to get their money back despite, lIigh Co~rt orderBy JADE CHAN and THO XIN YIrnetl"o@11estar.com.my

THE Pest Control Association ofMalaysia (PCAM) wants theSubangjaya Municipal Council

(MPSj) to return RM3,OOOto each ofits15 members.

PCAM president Ang Tan Loongsaid the deposit was paid to thecouncil to register under the panelset up by the local authority.

The association had objected tothis ruling as it felt it violated thefundamental right to free trade ofpest control operators.

It was reported that businesses -especially restaurants, eateries, foodestablishments and other food-relat-ed industries - had been warnedthat their licences would not berenewed if they did not engage pestcontrol companies registered withthe MPSjpanel.

MPSj president Adnan Md Ikshan

had then told the press that the consent order by the HighCourtondeposit was meant to safeguardthe Aug12 this year.public's interest to ensure that the As specified in the three termscompanies provided efficient serv- listed in the order, the MPSjwasices and did not run away with the required to revoke the RM3,OOOcustomers' money. deposit ruling.

He said the RM3,OtJOwas refund- "Companies that wish to offerable in full whenever a company servicesin areas within the council:sdecided to withdraw from the jurisdiction are required to registerpanel. with the council - this is good for

In response, Ang said the deposit the industry to weed out illegah:om~could be imposed for servicesunder panies,"Angsaid.the public area within the MPSJ's Nonetheless, Ang said the 15jurisdiction but should not be done members who had paidthe depositto privatepest control companiesas had yet to receive the refund, andthe council had no right to measure the PCAM was contemplatingsuingunsatisfactorywork. the MPSJforcontempt of court

When the MPSjrefused to with- "The legal officers have verballydraw the rulingthen, the PCAMfiled agreed to return the deposit but wea petition at the High Courton Dee want an officialreply,"Angsaid.19,2007 to have the ruling declared Ang also pointed out that it wasnull and void. . ultraviresfor the MPSjto demanc!an

However; an out-of-court settle- annual licence fee of RM360beforement was initiated by the MPSJand two companies could be reinstatedthe case was finally settled with a in the panel.

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"The PCAM members are operat-ing outside ofthe MPSjand so do notfall under such jurisdiction.

"We have the mandatory licencesissued by the Pesticides Board andone of the prerequisites is the trad-ing licence issued by the respectivelocal councils,

"In no uncertain terms did thePesticides Act 1974 (Pest ControlOperatorsRules2004)stipulate thatwe are required to procure furtherlicences from local councils," hesaid.

In view of this problemthat arosefrom the flawed policyof the MPSj,the association also called for theimplementation of localelections. '

"When policies are commendedby the people, the localcouncilgetsthe credit

"But when its policies are underfire, the state gets the blame. Afterall, the bylawsare sanctionedby thestate.

iAlthough local elections fallunder the purview of the LocalGovernment Act, the least PakatanRakyatstates could do is to appointcouncillors through consensus byprofessionalorganisations,residentsassociations,trade and professionalbodies,"'hesaid.

When met at an event on,Friday,MPSj deputy president MohamadYusoffGhazalisaid the council hadalready decided not to charge theRM3,OOOdeposit since january thisyear. ,

"This decision was made at theLicensingCommittee meeting, andendorsed at the full board meet-ing.

"We will refund those who havepaidthe deposit,or offsetthe amountwhen the companies renew theirlicences," he said.

Mohamad Yusoff gave an assur-ance that the MPSjwould refund the

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Raid on illegalI

I cybercafes. BASED on tip-offs from the public,I the Subang jaya Municipal CouncilI (MPSj) raided four illegal cyberca-I fes in Taman Subang Mas onI Sunday.

Headed by enforcement directorI Mohd Zulkurnain Che Ali,theoper-I ation team compr,ising two officersf and 15 enforcement members con-

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said it was monitoring the areaclosely and would conduct fre-quent raids on these outlets.

Anenforcementteam headed byassistant enforcement officerMazrul Zahar Mohd, also brokeinto two entertainment outlets inPuchongon Oct 2c7and nabbed 62skimpily-dressed guest relationofficers (GRas) who were with

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Bandar 14 of Pusat Bandar Puchongwas found to be operating withouta licence.

The operator was issued a com-pound under Section6 (1) of theEntertainment and places ofEntertainment Enactment 1995(amended 1998). which carries a.maximumfineofRM25.000.

The premises was also sealedunder Section 19 of the sameenactment and items like DVDplayers. television sets. stereoamplifiersand speakersseized.

Thesecond outlet injalan Puteri1/4 ofBandarPuteri.was also raid-ed and slapped with a compoundfor operating illegally.

Also present at the operationwere six police officers from theSubangjaya districtpolicestation.

The GRas from China were allhanded over to the BukitPuchong police station for fur-ther action.

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Lelakiptcltkereta;tlrjUiddalamtasikditemul.matiP U.CHON~:Seorang l~la-

kl berUSla dalam lmg-kungan 40-an bertindak+ diluar dugaan apabila me-ngumpil pembuka pilltu ke-reta Iswara Aeroback milik-nya sebelum memandu ken-deraan itu lalu. terjun kedalam Tasik Prima berham-piran DesaMillennia, di sini,malanl kelmarin.

Difahamkan,dalam keja-dian jam 10.20 malam itu,lelaki berkenaan yang be-lum dikenal pasti identiti-nya merosakkan pembukapintu sebelum masuk ke da-lam kereta terbabit dan me-

mecut ke dalam tasik ber-kenaan.

Berikutan itu, sepasukan73pegawai serta anggota po-lis, bomba dan Unit Penye-lamat Majlis PerbandaranSubang .Jaya (MPSJ) mela.kukan .operasi mengeluar-kan mangsa dan kenderaan-nya itu pada jam 9 pagi se-malam.

Selepas lebih tiga jam, se-pasukan empat anggota. da-ripada Unit Skuba ShahAlam akhirnya mengesankedudukan kereta berkena-an dan membawa keluar ma-yat mangsa yahg ditemui

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Ketua Balai Bombadan Pe- ,nyelamat Petaling Jaya, Jas- Ini Ali, berkata operasi ter- jpaksa dilakukan pagi sema-lam kerana keadaan cuaca :

tidak mengizihkah malam se-belumnya.

Sementara itu, Ketua Polis IDaerah Subang Jaya, Asisten I

Komisioner Zainal RashidAbu Bakar, ketika dihubungiberkata tiada dokumen dite- !mUlpada mayat lelaki ber- Ikenaan dan kes diklasifIka-sikan sebagai ma.ti menge- Ijut. I

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peningkatan masalahjenayah ctikawasan perumahan seperti itu. :..'........................PUCHONG - Masalab se-

ctemilian turut ctialami pen-ctuduk cti pangsapmi ThmanPuchong Pennai Fasa 2 FI- FlOcti sini apabila mereka men-dakwa terpaksa berhadapanpelbagai kesukarankerana ke-kurangan kemudaban cti ka-wasan yang mempunyai ham-piT 5,000 peoduduk itu.

Difabamkan, sejak men-eliami rumab berkeuaan euam

tabun laIu, peududuk bukansabaja ctibantui masalab baubusuk akibat kedudukan ru-

mab pembuangan sampabyang elidakwa tidak strategikmalab beberapa masalab laiuyang membebankan.

PengeTusi PersatuanPendudukuya, RammeliSulaiman berka18, sebagai wa-kil kepada peughuni elikawa-san itu, beliau seriug me-nerima aduan daripadapenduduk berhubung masa-lall sampab yang elidakwaberlanjiJtan akibat sikap tidakbertanggungjawab orang luaryang membuaug sampab elisitu.

Meuurutuya, apa ctikesal-kan rumab sampab deugankapasiti tung yang sepatutuyasudab eukup bagi kemudabanpendudulc elipaugsapmi ber-kenaau terpaksa 'ctikongsi' de-ngan oraug luar

'Thngsapmi 10 blok de-nganjumlab 1,000 unit rnmallitu tidak mempmlyai pagaca18u wujud halaugan bagimengelakkau orang luar me-masuki kawasalmya.

"Jaeli, kami mendapati ba-nyak pihalc luac (pendudukberdekatan) termasul, peng-usaba kedai datang mem-buang sisa domestik merekacti rmuab sampall ctisectiakanuntukpenduduk sebingga me-nyebabkan kemudabau seeliaada seolall-olab kelihatan se-

perti tidak dapat menampungjmnlab ctiperlukan," katanyakepada Sinal' Rariall.

Raunneli berka18, apa yangctikesalkau ada segelintir pi-

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hak yang membawa sampabmeoggunakan lori-lori kecildau melaknkau kegiatan ituketika penduduk lena tidur elirumab masing-masing,

'~pa yang kami kesal me-reka ini datang membuaugsampab pada waktu awal pagiiaitu selepas kebanyakau pre-mis-prenris kedai, eli bawabpaugsapmi berkenaau eli-tutup untuk mengelakkau ke-giatan diketallUi.

"Mereka membawa: sam-

pab sisa kedai dalam knautitiyang bauyak sebinggakaume-nyebabkan berlaknnyalimpabau sampab keluar da-ripada tong eliseeliakau:'ka18-nya.

Kata beliau lagi, pendudukmtmgkin taknt tmtuk ber-suara sekirauya mereka ter-serempak dengau orang luacyang membuaug sampab elisitu keraua birnbaug deugaumaldum balas eliterima dari-

pada pihak tidak ber-tangglmgjawab itu.

"Bau sampab berkeoaaudapat dibidu bingga ke ting-kat 10 pangsapmi berkenaausebinggal<au ada yang ter-paksa menutup ,tingkap ke-rana berasa loya.

"Kedudukan rumab sam-

pab yang terletak terlalu haJll-pirdengall babagiaubelakaugrumab penduduk menaJuhabkepada ,masalab seelia ada:'katanya.

Justeru, kata beliau pihak-nya memohon pihak terbabitsupaya dapat mengalihkau

rmuab sampab' berkenaaudemi tmtuk kebarmouiau dau

keselesaau penduduk secarakeseluiuhaunya.

"Saye juga menrin18 per-tolongau pihak berlruasatempatan (PBT) tmtukmemperkenalkau satu dasacsupaye hauya penduduk yangmeuctiami sesuatu rumab

pangsa sabaja ctibenarkaumembuang SaJllpab elikawa-san mereka dau maJuhuat pe-nyekatan itu kepada oraugluac.

"Sekirauya dasac berkena-an eliperkenalkan deugan me-ngenakau ,kompatm kepadapihak luac itu, save yekin me-reka tidak bertauggungjawabini tidak akau mengulangi ke- I

silapa:u yang meildataJ1gkan ,[masalalJ. kepada penduduk,", !kataJlya. .

Raunneli berkata, selaiu

masalah sampab, kesukaranutamayang ctibadapi pen-duduk cti salab satu blok eli

situ adalab terpaksa berebutuntuk meuggunakan sebuah Ilif ker;ma seb\,lab lagi ke-IllUdaban SaJlli! mengalamikerosakan.

Katanya,masalall berkena-an telab berlaujutan sejaktu-juh bulan lalu namun tindak-an membaik pulibnya sepertimeuemuijalan buntu.

"Saye kecewa keraua sejaklif berkenaan tidak berfungsi,tiga wakil rakyet tennasukbe-berapa oraug Abli M'!ilis su-dab meninjau keadaanuye.

"Namun sebingga kini,masalab berkenaan masih ti-

dak selesai dau penduduk te-tap terus-terusan berebut-re-but menggunakan sebuab lagilifyang belfungsi ketika wak-tu puneak:'katanya.

Kata beliau lagi, apa yangctikecewakan adalab, ]if ber-kenaan rosakkeraua terkena

paI)aban petir dau ia sepatut-nya dilcategorikau sebagai ke-jaelian beneana alam, "

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"Setiap wakil rakyet se-patutuya mempunyai dana

. Penduduk mohon ,upaya kedudukan rumah sampah dipindahkan

bagi kejaeliau beneaua alamdau membantu IIlenyelesai-kanmasalabitu.

"Namun sebinggakini, wa-kilrakyet seolabcolallbermaiutarik tali malab ada yang h&-nyabeljanjikosong berkeuaanperkara itu:'katanya.

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berkata turut memohon pihakpengnrusau kectiaman itu su-pave dapat mewujudkau cirikeselaJllatan lebih baik de-

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letak motosikal berkunei.

"Setiap bula:n sekurang-knraugnya pasti berlakn satukejaelian kecurlml.motosikaldan ia teutulab menirnbulkaIl

kebirnbangaI) kepada pen-duduk.:'katanya.

Semeotara itu,Ahli Majlisbagi zon berkenaan, RabiabOmac berkata, pihakilyaakan meneliti masalall cti-

hadapi penduduk dau se-kiranya ada berkaitaI) de-ngan pihak MaJus, perkara

itu akan ctibineangkan untukctiselesaikan.

"Bagi masalab sampai iaperlu ctitingkatkau dau kitaaka:n melihat bagaimanakaedab untuk meugatasimasalab itu.

"Masalah ]if pula, saya eli-fahamkan, Abli PaclimenPuchong, Gobind Singh Deesudab meninjau perkara itudau akan memberl maklum

balas dalam tempoh duamJnggn lagi:'katanya.

Ma~Ta.tlelald. kerettiditemul dalamtasik

PUcHONG- "Sayadapat lihatkereta berkenaan tenggelamke dalam tasik perlahan-la-han sebelum Wang terus da-ripada pandangan,"kata,AmirIshak, 46, saksi yang rnelihatkejadian sebuah kereta terju-nam ke dalafu tasik di Desa

Millennia, ThInan PucbongPerdana, di sirJi,lewat iIJaIamke1matin.

Amir berkata, dalam kQjacdiank:ira-kirajam 10.20 rna-lamitu, salah srorangjirnnnyad,al~ keadaan tergesa-gesamengetuk pintp. rufnahnyadan 1¥emakl1llPMn terlihatsesuatuyang menGl.1cig<ikandi tasik berkeIIaan.

Kafanya, dia yang terkejutkemudian beJ::gegas~e kakilima p~gsapuri yang OJ.dia'midan mendakW~terd.engar00-llyi deruman enjin kenderaanyang lrna:t sebeltlm mp.Hfti'ltse-bUM Jrereta w.enjunamc1e da-lam1;iisik berkeb.aan.

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Imenyelamat beIjaya menemui kemungkinan sengaja merosak- .masuk'eaIa:rIlam sebuah kereta jenis Proton kan alatan pembuka pintu

"Seb'aik kereta bertenaan Iswara Aeroback berwarna kereta dari bahagian dalam se-bilang daripaga pandang;an, putih dan mayat seorang le- belum insiden itu berikutan pe-S<IYaIIItIDghub1!Pg1pq1i$me- laki berbaju T-shirt berwarna nemuankeempat-empatalatanmakltm)kan kfflq..rlianit~[' ka- kelabu dengan berseluar pen- pemegang pintu itu berdekat-tanyaf@gtj1lgg~icli,petl;l.Ii).a- dekberwarnacoklatdibahagi- an tebing tempat mangsa di-han Papgsaplll'iLotus£Pma an pemandu. percayai kali terakhir dilihat.yang tedetakberhaffupan "Kereta berkenaan. berjaya Ketua Polis Daerah Subang

deng~tasildtu. ... dikesan unit skuba kira-~a Jaya,~istenKomisione~Zain~ ,Ia:t;!i,..beliau:ber- jam 2.45 petang di dasar tasik Rashid Abu Bakar ketika di-

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"SEr£;jliti~'P~$1i ~P!if anlanjut:'kataJJ,ya. prosespengecaman oleh ahliorang"~ d~k~ 'itul Sementara itu Sinar Harian keluarga.I1am11U~a:~ :metJ.yela-.mat dijalank#HjJolis .~al1.:hantuaIl)?as~,,:Bo~dan~enye!~~t s~ lliID.ini1}~lfular~J~)""ka~ya.

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ruman enjin, saya menda-pati sebahagian keretamarlgsa tenggelam di da~lam Jombong berkenaan.Saya kemudian segeramenghubungi polis," katasai<sikejadian, Amir Ishak,43, di sini,s~malam.

Difahamkan, dalam k~~jad!an jam 10.20 malamkelmarin, seorang lelakiber:usia 40-an dipercayaimenenggelamkan IswaraAeroback n1ilikny~di TasikPriWaberhampiqln DesaMillennia, di sini.

Tanpa diketahui puna-nya, mangsa yang belum di-kenaI pastiidentiti itu sem-pat. mem9tlafigl'embulqipintu berkenaan. dan tetUsmemandu keretanya ke da-lam lombong terbabit.

BerikutaIJ itu, s'epasuka.n73 .pegawai serta anggotapolis,bomba dan \Init. Pe~p.y~l@)~t~ajMs . .da~

ran Sti\:);rngJaya PSJJsegera melakukarl opera§imencari mangsa dan ken~deraannya itu Yan.gteng~gelam, bennula.kira-.kirajafi+9~agisemaI~.

SelepasJebih tigaj@), se-pasulqinewpat anggotada-ripada Unit Skuba ShahAlam akhirnya mengesankedudukan kereta berkena-an dan membawa keluarmayatrnailgsaYang ditetJ:1.q.1di tempat duduk pemandtr.

Mayat mangsa seterusnyadibawa' ke Hospital Ser-

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dang imtuk bedah siasatdan kes diklasifIkasikan se:--bagaikematianme jut.

Me!mrut AWiI', yangmenetap di Fkt L~tus Pri-ma terkejut apabila pinturumabnya diketuJC sese-orang yangmemal<lumkantemampak. kelibatmangsall1.e~CUl'~g;ltsan.dj tepi 10m-bong ber.k~rlaan. .

"SelainderuIIiaIJ enjinyang agakkuat, saya ter~sentak apabila me}ihat ke-retamangsa yang berwamaPl1tih jtuh~JJirt~~.~~elall1.sepcfluhnya ke dasar loW"bong berdekatan.kawasanperumahan saya itu.

"Melihat keadaan itu, saya. meflghubungi balai polisberdekatanuntuk.tindakanselanjlitnya," katanyei.

SeIIientara itu, Ketua Ba-lai Bomba dan PenyelamatPetaling Jaya, Jasni Ali, ber-

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kata pihaknya me~alui Ba-lai Puthong bergegas kelokasiJ<ejadiap.memulakanoper~si mencari mangs;i.

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"Operasi terpaksa dija-lankan. pagi tadi (semalam) ~berikutan keadaan cuaca .

ketik(l Jttl terlalu g~lap se-baikkejadian . £1i.taporkanIorang awam," katanya. .

KetuaPolis Subang Jaya,Asisten Komisioner Zainal.Rashid Abu Bakar, ketika£1il:lUbungi .mengesahkan!kejeidian itu dan}>erkata ipihaknya tidak menolakkemungkinan mangsa £1i-percayai warga tempatan.

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Man drives car into mining poolPETALINGJAVA:A talcum powder bottle, aRM5note and two broken car door handleswere all that was left behind after a man alleg-edly committed suicide by driving his car intoa mining pool.

According to witnesses, a white ProtonIswara Aeroback was seen driven at highspeed into Tasik Pri!lla in Puchong Perdanaaround 10.20pmlast5unday.

. When police arrived at the scene, only those

items were found.Police suspect the driver broke the car

handles to prevent himself from jumpingout.

Thewaterloggedcar alongwith the bodyof a man, in his 40s, was pulled out by policescuba div~rs at around 4.15pm yesterday.

Policeare still trying to identify the man asno identification documents were found onhim.

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KUALA LUMPUR: The Selangor Housing andproperty Board has suggested a radical proposalto tackle the problem of illegal gated and guardedcommunities - it is asking developers and reg-istered residents associations (RAs) to apply tolease the land so that they can have completeresponsibility to manage and maintain the areas.

The board's executive director Datin Paduka

Alil1ah Ahmad said RAs and developers can applyfor a lease of up to 21 years from the the statesecretariat for areas such as roads and reservelands for areas not listed as gated communitiesunder the Strata Titles Act 1985 (Act 318).

This can be done in accordance with Section63 of the National Land'code (NLC) 1965, saidAlinah,who was speaking at a gated and guardedcommunity workshop in Ampang yesterday.

The workshop organised by the selangorHousing, Building Management and SquattersCommittee had representatives from variouslocal authorities, HAs and assemblymen to getfeedback and discuss various issues regardinggated and guarded communities.

The issue is a growing concern in urban areasdue to rising crime rates. Alack. of police enforce-ment has caused many residents to opt for gatedand guarded communities, which, according toAlinah, are inegal as there are no pr-ovisionsunderthe NLC and Strata Titles Act 1985.

However, it should be noted that there aredifferences between a gated and a guardedcommunity.

A guarded community is defined asan en-clave that is provided with security services with

or without a guard house and has no physical Ibarriers, while a gated community is defined as adevelopment that is demarcated with a physicalstructure that runs along the perimeter or bound-ary with contrblled access to the general PWblic. --

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areas not listed as gated communities throws upmore questions, namely that of maintenance. TheNLC states the roads belong to the state author-ity and maintenance is carried out by appointed I

agencies without requiring residents to paymaintenance fee. But once a property is leased"it belongs to whoever applied for the lease and.thus it becomes private property.- "ThiS means the property is no longer under

the state authority and maintenance is the re-sponsibility of the party that has taken up thelease," said Alinah.

However, subang Jaya assemblyman HannahYeah said leasing the land does not address themain problem, which isa matter of security.

"Guarded and gated -communities exist as a .way to f;howa lack of confidence in the police.There should be more monitoring from the policeand additional manpower to patrol areas," saidYeoh, who added that residents are extremely.frustrated over the lack of security.

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Squatters Committee chairman Iskandar Abdul -Samad agreed with Yeoh and suggested that lo-cal councils can also help playa role in patrollingresidential areas.

However, it should be noted that local authori-ties have no power to have municipal pOlicemenbut they are allowed to assign uniformed en-forcement officers to patrol the streets, parksand even housing estates.

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Sistem ganjarantingkatproduktivitisektorawamKUALA LUMPUR 2 Nov. - Sistemganjaran yang bakaI diperkenaIkanoIeh kerajaan akan meningkatkan mu-tu kerja sektor awam di negara ini.

Presiden Kongres Kesatuan Peker-ja-pekerja Dalam Perkhidmatan Awam(CUEPACS),Omar Osman berkata, se-hubungan itu pihaknya menyambutbaik sistem ganjaran tersebut.

Menurutnya, peIaksanaan sistem ituakan meningkatkan kualitidan pro-duktiviti kerja di kalangan penjawatawam dan pentadbiran kerajaan.

"Di negara Iuar banyak menyediakanganjaran kepada pekerja awam sehinggamenyediakan bonus Iapan bulan gaji.

"OIeh itu, sistem ganjaran yangingin diperkenalkan di negara ini

mesti dilakukan menyeIuruh, adildan saksamauntuk mengelakkanda-ripada kembali seperti sistem terda-huIu iaitu secaramenegakdan melin-tang;' katanya ketika dihubungi Utu-sanMalaysiadi sini hari ini.

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jaran kepada kakitangan cemerlangdalam sektor awam.

Omar berkata,beliauberharap~ganjaran ini akan dimulakan serepatmungkin iaitu pada Januari tabun depan.

"Dengan keadaan ekonomi seka-rang yanglembap,pengenaJansistemganjaran akan membantu meringan-kan beban kewangankepada pekerja

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disektor awam;' katanya.Sementara itu, Presiden Kongres

Kesatuan Sekerja Malaysia (MTUC),Syed Syahir Syed MohalllUd berkata,sistem ganjaran itu mestilahtelusdanbertanggungjawab.

"Apasajalangkah yang dilakukan olehkerajaan mestilah boleh mendatangkanmanfaat kepada semua pihak;' katanya.

JanganulangiI<esilapanMintapenjawatawarntidaklakukankesalahansarna

teguranserius

PUTRAJAYA - TIm Sri Mu-

hyiddill Yassin mengingat-kan penjawat awam supayatidak mengulangi kesilapClJlyang disebut dalam laporanKetua Audit Negara 2008.

Bercakap pada perhinl-punan bulanan Kementeri-an Pelajaran di sini, Timba-Ian Perdana Menteri

berkata, semua teguran itutidak akan mem-beri sebarangman-faat sekiranya iadiambil sambillewa.

Muhyiddill, yang jugaMenteri pelajaran berkata,ia bukan teguran biasa, te-tapi peringatan yang perludiberi perhatian serius.

"Kalau teguran sepertiini kerap dibuat dahulu danmasih berulang, mungkinrakyat anggap kita tidak se-rius, bahawa laporan KetuaAudit Negara yang penting

itu tidak diberi perhatian,seolah-olah kerajaan tidakmengambil kira apa pan-dangan pasukan yang sen-tiasa memantau kerja kitadan laporan-Iaporan tahu-nan yang dikeluarkan," ka-tanya.

Tindakan serius, ka-tanya, perlu kerana kesila-pan berulang menunjukkan

tidak beri tumpu-an kepada carapelaksanaan kerjadan abaikan pera-turan yang dite-

tapkan,"katanya.Muhyiddill berkata, pen-

dekatan Indeks Bidang Ke-berhasilan Utama Negara(NKRA)dan Indeks PetunjukPrestasi Utama (KPI) yangdiperkenalkan Najib adalahcabaran baru untuk mem-bolehkan tumpuan lebih

.mend81am bagi mencaprosasaran secepat mungkin.

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. Muhyiddin (dua, kanan) rnenerima baju t-shirt yang dipenuhi

tandatangan pelajar Malaysia yang akan bertanding di World Robot

Olympiad (WRQ) 2009 daripada Zulkifly di majlis perhimpunan bulanan

kementeriannya, semalam.---~ .'-- -Pada majlis itu, Muhyid-

dill menyerahkan Jalur Ge-milang kepada kontinjennegara ke Pohang, Korea Se-latan, untuk KejohananWorld Robot Olympiad(WRO)2009 6 Novemberini.

Sebanyak 300 pasukandaripada 32 negara.

Barisan kontinjen negaraterdiri daripada pelajar Se-

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kolah Jenis KebangsaanCina (SJKC)Jalan Davidson,Kuala Lumpur; SJKC YukChai, Petaling Jaya; SekolahMenengah Kebangsaan(SMK) Methodist, TanjungMalim, Perak; SMK Mantin,Negeri Sembilan; SMK StFrancis, Melaka dan SMSains Sabah, Kota Kinabalu,Sabah. - Bernama

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Sistem ganjaranjadi pendOiongPUTRAJAYA - Kerajaan akanmemperkenalkan sistem ganjaranyang lebih berkesan yang dapat me-motivasikan penjawat awam bagimemperkasa budaya prestasi tinggidi dalam sektor awam.

Perdana Menteri, Dat1.1kSeri Na-jib Tun Razak berkata, inikeranacabaran yang dihadapi oleh negaraadalah besar dan waIaupun berjaya,negara berada dalam situasi yang

disifatkan sebagai terperangkap da-lam tahap pendapatan sederhana.

''Maknanya jika kita tidak buat se-suatu kita akan terperangkap di da-lam tahap pendapatan sederhana ini.

"Maknanya kita tak miskin tetapikita tak kaya dan inilah cabaran yangpaling besar bagi negara, bagaimanakita nak -wujudkan satu motivasisupaya kita tidak terlekat pada tahapsekarang tetapi benar-benar men-

jadi .ne~a Y:1J1gberjayamen~ttakrif kita,"1\:atanya pada perhim-punan bulanan Jabatan PerdanaMenteri (JPM) di sini semaIam.

Sehubl:l.nganitu, kata Najib,beliaubersama Tim1:>alannya,TapSriMuh-yiddin Yassin dan Ketua Setiausaha '

Negara, Tan Sri..Mohd.SidekHassansedang memikirkan dari segi kae-dahnyauntuk memperkenalkan sis-tem ganjaran tersebut yang be-

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nar-benar berkesan serta dapat me-motivasikan penjawat awam.

"Mungkin hari kualiti kita tukarkepada hari inovasi. Kitanak cubagubal satu sistem ganjaran yanglebih bermakna, bukan seperti sis-tem sebelum ini, menegak melin-tang, ia tidak berkesan kerana kitadah be1'pakat.

"Tahun ini giliran saya, tahun de-p~m, hangpa punya peluang. Jadi,

kalau macam tu, ia tidak jadi danjangan kata ia tidak berIah.-u.1a be1'-laku. Sebab saya tabu, ia berIaku,"katanya. .

Najib be1'kata, penggubalan sis-tem ganjaran itu juga bagi menun-jukkan bahawa kerajaan tidak be1'-tolak ansur kepada penyalahgunaankuasa, mediokriti tetapi memberiganja1'an kepada p1'estasi tinggi.- Bernama

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kenalkan bagi mem-perkasakan budaya prestasitinggi dalamsektor awamserta kerajaan keseluruhan-nya dalam usaha memoti-vasi kakitangan awam.

Perdana Menteri, DatukSeri Najib Razak, berkata

-pengenalan sistem itu me-nunjukkan kerajaan tidakbertolak ansur terhadap pe-nyalahgunaan kuasa danmediokrasi (sederhana), se-

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kepada kakitangan yangmenunjukkan prestasi ce-merlang dan boleh rnemo-tivasi anggota pentadbiranawam.

"Mungkin Hari Kualiti kitatukar pada Hari Inovasi. Ki~ta nak cuba gubal satu sis-tern ganjaran yang lebih ber-makna lagi, bukan sepertitahun sebelumnya...mene-gak dan melintang saja.

"Ia tidak akan berkesansebab kita dah berpakat, ta-hun ini giliran saya, tahundepan giliran anda pula. Ka-lau macam tu tak jadi... ja-ngan' cakap perkara ini takberlaku, ia berlaku sebab sa-ya tahu ia berlaku," katanyapada majlis PerhimpunanBulanan Jabatan PerdanaMenteri (JPM), di sini, se-malan1: '

Turnt hadir, 'timbalannya,

Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.Najib berkata, ganjaran

mungkin boleh diberikankepada mereka yang be-nar-benar menunjukkanprestasi cemerlang, sekaligus menunjukkan kerajaanmenghargai usaha atau kerjayang dilaksanakan sese-orang kakitangan atau pe-gawai.

"Budaya prestasi tinggi bu-kan saja bererti perkhidma-tan di kaunter atau secaralangsung kepada rakyat.Mungkin kita boleh bagiganjaran kepada jabatanmengutip cukai tinggi ataujabatan berjaya dalam pen-dakwaan atau mungkin jugajabatan yang buat kajian danpenyelidikan (R&D) meng-hasilkan sesuatu yang luarbiasa," katanya.

Katanya, langkah mem-perkenalkan sistem ganja-ran lebiIi baik itu kerananegara.menghadapi cabaranlebih besar akibat terperang-kap dalam satu keadaanyang disifatkan sebagai ter-perangkap pada tahap pen-dapatan sederhana. ,

"Walaupun kita dah ber-jaya, tetapi kita terperang-kap pada tahap ini, kalaukita tak buat sesuatu, kitaakan terperangkap (selama-nya).

"Kita tak miskin, tetapi ki-ta tak kaya. Inilah cabaranyang paling besar, bagi ne-gara bagaimana nak mewu-judkan satu motivasi supayakita tidak terlekat pada ta-

hap sekarang, tetapi be-nar-benar menjadi satu ne-gara yang berjaya mengikutimaginasi kita," katanya.

Selain itu, Najib berkata,ketua jabatan juga tidak bo-leh bertolak ansur terhadapmutu kerja dilaksanakan ka-kitangan mereka jika tidakmelakukan kerja tidak me-menuhi tahap, atau kualitiditetapkan.

"Bukan bererti bahawa ki-ta marah dia, (atau) campakfail.. tidak. Tetapi jemput diake bilik dan terangkan ke-Ipada mereka kualiti kerjasaudara atau saudari taksampai pada tahap kualiti

dikehendaki sebagai ketua\jabatan."Tak payah tumbuk meja

atau bertempik, sebagai ke-Itua jabatan hanya sebut per-,kataan itu, saya jamin pe- I

gawai anda akan mengha-silkan kerja ,lebih berkualiti .

1pada .satu masa," katanya.Pada masa sarna, beliau

juga tidak mahu perkara,yang dilaporkan dalam La-poran Ketua Audit Negaraberulang bagi mengelakkanrakyat menjadi sinikal, se-kali gus memberi kesan ke-pada kerajaan.

"Setiap kali ada laporan,rakyat dah jadi sinikal, rak-yat kata ini laporan tak adaapa-apa tindakan, cerita la-ma saja, maknanya prestasi:1kita tak bertambah baik danrakyat mencemuh kita, ten-tu me.mberi kesan kepadakerajaan," katanya.--'-

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It's offi.:i"l: Ng(left) andCheahat the toppi@-6ff ceremony.

Mammoth projectin Subang JayaFour-in-one shopping gallery set to open next yearStory and photos byOH INGYEENingyeen@thestar.com.my

AFOUR-in-oneRM450milprojectis expected to be fully opera-tional bythe firstquarter of next

year in SubangJaya.Situated in SS16 near the Subang

Jaya KfM station, The Empire GallerySubang Jaya consists of a five-storeyshopping gallery,210 Soho suites, 12-storey office tower, and a 13-storeyboutique hotel.

The total gross built-up area is0.46mil sq metres with four levels ofbasement car park, providing 15,000parking bays.

In his speech at the .recently heldtopping-off ceremony, MammothEmpire Holding Sdn Bhd managingdirector Datuk Sean Ng said: "Thevision was founded on the beliefthat a niche destination as EmpireShopping Gallery would be a valu-able add-on to enhance the overallstrength of the retail precinct in

this part of Subang Jaya."Our foray into this project will

complement and enhance the pres-ence of other established malls suchas Subang Parade and Carrefour tooffer better varieties and choices inshopping, travel,business and lifestyleneeds.

"The Empire Hotel Subang is ahomegrown boutique hotel withinternational competitiveness, strate-gically located in the heart of Subang- the up-and-coming regional travel-ling hub of the nation."

At a press conference before theceremony, Ng said they were stillchoosing quality tenants. About 70%of retail space have been rentedout.

"Empire Shopping Gallery isdesigned to be a lifestyleand contem-porary centre that SubangJaya wouldbe proud to call its own.

"There will be <!selection of F&Bchoices, and key players in thefashion, lifestyle and beauty indus-try.

"We believe that we are the onlyshopping centre to dedicate anentire floor for world-classeduca-lion and entertainment for chil-dren," he said.

Mammoth Empire Holding groupexecutive director Danny Cheah saidshoppers ill1dvisitors could expect ashopping gallery that was different asmuch emphasis h<jdbeen placed onthe interior.

"We haVeselected many fine piecesfromvarious parts'ofthe world tocre-ate an international feel,but the ambi-ence will be cOmfortableand welcdmcing,"he said.

When asked about the traffic COI1-dition, Cheah said the T,affi(JmpactAssessmeI)t was done three yearsago to study the projetti(j~l(jf traf-fic.

"We can cope for the next 10yearsand I foresee no Probletns."

Atthe cerelJlOny,guestsvveretrea(~ed to a sumptuous spread and <!per-formance by Jocalsongbird NingBaizura.

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