Jiakun to put RM50mil in nitrile elastic production adventure

Kousalya Selvam

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Kuala Lumpur – On December 22, Jiakun International Bhd Property and construction group has decided to invest into nitrile latex production which gives the rubber glove business.

In a statement today, Jiankun said it has inked a notice of comprehension with Chuanplus Industries Sdn Bhd to contribute RM50 million to create nitrile elastic.

Chuanplus is a nitrile rubber producer in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan.

Both companies have made an agreement to shape a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to build another rubber production plant and enter the rewarding upstream creation of nitrile gloves, said Jiankun, adding that it will claim 80% of the SPV and Chuanplus 20%.

Jiankun will be responsible for raising assets, while Chuanplus has the innovation expertise to create nitrile elastic.

With this new pursuit, Jiankun's newly appointed administrator Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali and chief chiefs Datuk Tan Choon Hwa and Edwin Silvester Das are hopeful of turning the organization around and improving its business possibilities sooner rather than later.

Jiankun disclosed that the arrangement to go into the nitrile latex industry and become a raw material provider for glove industrial facilities depends on the way that the Covid-19 pandemic has marked an ascent popular for elastic gloves, and thus, the cost of the crude material or nitrile elastic has increased dramatically.

The RM50 million venture is for the purchase of reactors, machinery, installations and all equipment, said the company.

It added that the land cost for the industrial facility is required to be at RM70 million, carrying the total investment to RM120 million. Then again, the organization may hope to lease a processing plant.

“If everything goes as planned, it is estimated that after the first year of production, the order book will top RM175 million," said Chuanplus CEO Chuan Tuck Soon.

"The factory invested by Jiankun and Chuanplus is expected to produce 40,000 tons of nitrile latex per year," Chuan added.

Jiankun's offers shut 7.5 sen or 12.3% higher at 68.5 sen, for certain 34.16 million offers done.

It has a market capitalisation of RM114.54 million and year to date, the counter dramatically increased from 34 sen.

Kuala Lumpur – 6^th November 2020, our Minister of Finance, Tengku Dato’Sri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz presented the table of Budget 2021 in Dewan Rakyat.

This Budget 2021 was all about reforming and balancing Malaysian’s live and livelihood and it is based on 6R approach which is Resolve, Resilience, Restart, Recovery, Revitalize and Reform.

According to our Finance Minister, he had meetings regarding Budget 2021 with all the organizations such as leaders of all federal ministries and state governments, academicians, non-governmental organizations, political party leaders and the full spectrum from youth, women, parents and senior citizens.

Other than that, Budget 2021 is formulated based on Three Integral Goals which is First (Rakyat’s Well Being), Second (Business Continuity) and Third(Economic Resilience).

One important allocation which has been made in Budget 2021 is Community-based Initiative where the government focus on community developed programs.

A total of 177 million  ringgit is provided to the Chinese community for programs to improve educational facilities, housing, and the development of kampung baru, and also financing facilities through Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN).

A total of 100 million ringgit is given to the Indian community for socio-economy status which is Malaysia Indian Transformation Unit (MITRA).

TEKUN will additionally provide 20 million ringgit specifically for the Skim Pembangunan Usahawan Masyarakat India, SPUMI and also 5 million ringgit for entrepreneurship.

Not only that but the government has allocated 50 million ringgit for repairs, maintenance and small development projects for worship places and these were what presented by our Finance Minister under Budget 2021 in community-based initiative.

Gayaetari Tanaraj,47, an entrepreneurship, said that during this pandemic, business are really down and most of the sales are effected and that leads to difficulty in families. Some companies are leading to bankruptcy and they have to fire some workers because they are unable to pay, despite this situation, the government has taken a good decision that will help many entrepreneur by rolling up their money back and business can go good.

Maureen Sinthiya,38, also an entrepreneurship also said that being a single mother and also business going slow in this pandemic is such a disaster but glad that the government has allocated some funds through organizations such as MITRA that can help Indian society, not only that but some funds also have been allocated to repair our worship place are also much needed right now.

Bombay High Court, Mumbai

    Ok. Just to be honest, reading the headline itself made me wonder if these people have a thing called 'sense'.

    A court in India had ruled that groping a child through their clothes is NOT equivalent to sexual assault and this verdict drew an outrage across the country and campaigners who were thriving to widespread sexual abuse against women and children.

    Last week, Bombay High Court judge Pushpa Ganediwala, found a 39 year old man NOT guilty for sexually assaulting a 12 year old girl just because he did not remove her cloths and there was no skin to skin contact. The court said ' the act of pressing of breast of a 12 year old child, in the absence of any specific detail as to whether the top was removed or whether he inserted his hand inside the top and pressed her breast, is not sexual assault'.  

    During the trial, the girl accused the man who goes by the name of Satish, of bringing her to his house with an excuse of giving her a guava. He then touched her chest and tried to remove her clothes. He was then found guilty and sentenced to 3 years in prison in a lower court but, then appealed to the High Court.

    On January 19,  Justice Ganediwala found that this act doesn't fall into the category of sexual assault. 'Considering the strict nature of the punishment for this offence, in the opinion of this court, stricter proof and serious allegations are required', said Justice Ganediwala. Bombay High Court overturned the verdict and gave Satish  a less serious charge of outraging a woman's modesty and sentenced him to a jail for a year along with a 500 Indian Rupee. 

    India's Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012 does not clearly state that skin on skin contact is needed to constitute the crime of sexual assault. 

    What I read and wrote here, is clearly nonsense. Where is the world heading today? What happened to justice? What happened to the court that was supposed to stand for the truth? Sexually assault, in my opinion, does not have to be a skin to skin contact only. If someone toucher you without consent, grabs your clothes, molest you with you clothes on or even look at you in a lustful way....that my friend is an ASSAULT !!!!

    If this keeps happening, those rapist and itchy creeps out there would definitely take advantage of it. They'll be like 'as long we don't touch the skin, we're safe' or 'we can still do what we what even without touching the skin'. What the heck man? 

    And the best part, the judge here was a woman. I know you have to be fair but think for a little. People these days rape with their eyes. As a judge, you are a woman yourself. If someone touches you in a wrongly matter, would you still say 'itz nothing. Not an assault' or if it happens to your closest kin, would you say the same thing? What were you thinking? 

    And in India's Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012, Section 7 states: Whoever, with sexual intent touches the vagina, penis, anus or breast of the child or makes the child touch the vagina, penis, anus or breast of such person or any other person, or does any other act with sexual intent which involves physical contact without penetration is said to commit sexual assault. Touch is a touch. Whether you have your clothes on or whether its on the skin, TOUCH IS A TOUCH! 

    My opinion is clearly based on the news I've read and what was stated there. This kind of judgement is a shame and does not protect the rights of women and children. Instead, it would encourage more of such incident to occur. I hope that there would be a change of verdict and victims of such incident will get their justice. 

Link to India Code: 
https://www.indiacode.nic.in/show-data?actid=AC_CEN_13_14_00005_201232_1517807323686&orderno=7

 PM Declares MCO 2.0

Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin speaking on the extension of MCO

PUTRAJAYA: The Prime Minister had said in the upcoming two weeks, movement restriction order is imposed once again starting from January 13 to January 26.

The MCO however is not nationwide and have be segregated into three different levels.

Conditional MCO will be enforced in Pahang, Perak, Negeri Sembilan, Kedah, Terengganu and Kelantan while MCO will be enforced in Penang, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Labuan, Melaka, Johor and Sabah. Only Perlis and Sarawak will be under recovery MCO.

To reduce the risk of Covid-19 infections, certain measures are being enforced. Interstate travel will not be allowed nationwide while in MCO states, inter-district travel is banned. Travel is also restricted to 10km radius from your house. 

Only two person per household is allowed in a vehicle to purchase essential things and roadblocks will be set up starting midnight.

The Prime Minister added that social activities are to follow a strict standard operating procedure (SOP) and can be carried out in RMCO states which is Sarawak and Perlis.

Restaurants and eateries in MCO states can operate but only takeaway service while in RMCO and CMCO states, restaurants can operate as per normal provided they follow the SOPs.

Food delivery service are permitted while supermarkets, clinics and banks are allowed to operate as per usual. The Prime Minister assured that food supply would be sufficient and the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry would monitor the supply of essential items such as rice, white bread, hand sanitizer and face masks. 

Muhyiddin announced that exemption would be given to examination candidates who would allowed to be in school with strict SOP even though movement is restricted especially in MCO areas. 

Muhyiddin is well aware of the isolation that could affect mental health and therefore allowed public to leave their house for exercise but only with their family members. 

'Physical distancing must be practiced and if you want to go for a jog, it should not be more than two people. If you are to go cycling, avoid doing it in a group', said Muhyiddin. 

The Prime Minister called on community leaders to look after their communities and protect them from Covid-19 as they are the frontliners in their community. 

The next two weeks would be crucial because it involves sacrificing freedom and isolating oneself to help save lives. Muhyiddin reminded that the virus is now in the community and they should not neglect the safety measures such as using face masks, maintaining social distance and washing hands frequently. 

Malaysia first recorded four-digit cases daily on September 24, 2020 and has now recorded the highest number on January 7 with 3027 cases.

The situation is very becoming and the healthcare system of the country is now under great pressure compared to the beginning of the pandemic. 

Muhyiddin said the ministry would make continuous risk evaluations to state if the MCO will end or needs to be extended. 

Here are two views from the public: 

Adriel Ivan, 18

'I believe the MCO is our only choice. The situation has already worsen and cases are increasing tremendously everyday. It may be painful but we have to abide with the law if we want to fight against Covid-19. Personally I feel that the situation worsen when they allowed inter-state travels. Literally everyone was travelling in and out as if Covid is no longer there. I hope that fellow Malaysians will not rebel but adhere to the SOPs stated if they want to get over this situation as soon as possible.' 

 

Crispuz Raj,

'In my point of view, this is our new norm. A lot of us are struggling in various aspects such as education, family and even in business and people need to find a solution to fit in or they are gonna be left out. This is also a step of humanity moving into a new civilization. On the MCO, as far as I am concerned, the government really messed up and we are paying a price for it. It came to a point where the King had to issue a curfew. It will be tough but it's all for the better'. 

More than five thousand families are affected during the massive Pahang flood involving around 19,000 people have been evacuated to around 240 relief centers. As you can see the picture below it shows an institution is flooded half way and also a picture of Pahang road been destroyed.

                                                              Photo by The Star

                                                             Photo by The Star

As per the Social Welfare Department's (JKM) data entry, Maran locale actually recorded the most elevated number of evacuees, totalling 4,501 individuals, trailed by Temerloh (3,020), Lipis (2,551), Raub (2,402), Jerantut (2,329), Kuantan(2,321), Rompin (1,012), Pekan (430) and Bera (410).

In PERAK, an aggregate of 520 flood casualties, involving 152 families from three regions, have been emptied as of 7am today (Wed), with Hilir Perak recording the most noteworthy number, at 484 individuals, trailed by Kampar (32) and Muallim (four).

     Does being drunked means to allow oneself to be raped? I for sure object the issue. 

Taken from Google

    Yesterday, a 23 year old flight attendant was found death in a hotel bath tub after being allegedly gang-raped at a party.The victim, Christine Dacera, checked into City Garden Hotel in Makati, Manila, Philippines to celebrate New Year with her friends and collegues. 

    Around 10am, one of her friend, Rommel Galida, found Christie in the bath and thought she was probably asleep and took a blanket to cover Christie before heading back to sleep. Several hours later, she woke up and found Christie still unconscious and was slowing turning blue. Fellow cabin crews then immediately performed CPR on Christie but she failed to respond. Christie was then rushed to the hospital where the doctors declared she was dead.

    Results from the authorities showed that Christie had bruises and cuts and the authorities assumed that she was gang raped as there were laceration and sperm in her genitals. Authorities also discovered that about 10 people attended a private party in one room in which only 3 of them were Christie's friend and the rest were merely strangers. Police chief Harold Depositar comfrimed 11 men who were with Christie at the time of death, charged. 

    Reading this piece of new, I came across a post on Instagram: 

Taken from Instagram

    When a girl or women is drunk and unconscious, does that give rights to men to defile her? Seeing that post, it looks like there are excuses given to rape and I find the reasons ridiculous. The point is not about whether a woman is drunk or what she wear but it is simply some men find it hard to resist such lustful desire. And at the end of the day, the woman is to be blamed for being raped. Is there not anything to do about this? 

    17 YEAR OLD MALAYSIAN GIRL SEXUALLY HARRASSED BY DRIVING INSTRUCTOR

                                                      WRITTEN BY: ABIA IRIS

Selangor, Dec 21- A 17 year old Malaysia girl was sexually harassed by her driving instructor while she was taking her driving test. 

The victim said that she was taking her driving trial test a few days ago with her driving instructor whom she assumes is in his mid twenties. 

Usually while she practiced driving on the road, her instructor would take her on a predicted route that takes her around a field which is two to three minutes away from the driving school. But this time the instructor took her on a different route which led to a housing area behind the field. 

The victim was confused but she followed anyway. At one point they came to a dead end as there were some construction there and the instructor told her to drive away from that place. He then asked the victim  to turn into an alley between two rows of house which was small and quiet but the victim didn't do so.

When the victim missed the turn, the instructor stepped on the brakes and said 'we need something lah'. 

The victim thought he was going to say she drove too fast but instead he said that they 'need sex'.

The instructor then asked for her number. The victim tried to drive away but he wouldn't let go of the brake. Without much choice the victim had to give her number. The instructor even took photos of her IC as he was having the paper with her information. 

Upon reaching the driving school, the victim told this incident to her agent who then helped her report the instructor. The instructor was then suspended for further investigation. 

This incident is believed to have happened in a driving school located in Hulu Langat, Selangor and the instructor is from Kuala Lumpur. 

           NORTH KOREAN FISHERMAN EXECUTED FOR LISTENING TO US MEDIA

                                                      WRITTEN BY: ABIA IRIS

Korea, Dec 20- A fishing boat caption was executed for secretly for tuning into an American radio channel and other forbidden media while at sea. 

The captain's surname was Choi and he was in his 40s. He worked out of a fishery base affiliated with the Central Party's Bureau 39. Choi was owner of more than 50 ships.

During an investigation, Choi admitted that he listened to RFA (Radio Free Asia) broadcast since he was 24 and while he was serving in the military as a radio operator. 

Upon returning to the base in Chongjin, his crewmen lodged a report on Choi. He was then gunned down by firing squad in mid-october. A source said that he was publicly shot at the base infront of 100 other captains and managers of the facility's fish processing plants.

Another source told RFA that Choi became arrogant and disrespectful as his wealth and power began to increase and in which prompted his crewman to report his unauthorized listening choice. 

A second source said that the security authorities decided then that the time to re-educated Choi had long passed so they executed him by firing squad. The authorities made an example of Choi which shows that listening to outside radio station means death, 

 PM Muhyiddin receive Covid-19 vaccine

Kuala Lumpur - Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin is ready to receive the Covid-19 vaccine inoculation in order to assure the safety of the people.

He announced in the television that the front liners will be the batch to get the jab.

"After the front liners, the vaccine will be given to the target groups comprising high risk groups including the senior citizens, those with noncommunicable diseases (NCD) and chronic respiratory illnesses," said the prime minister.

The public authority expected to get and regulate the primary stock of 1,000,000 immunizations from Pfizer to the objective gatherings as ahead of schedule as February 2021, the executive said. 

The Health Ministry's National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA, he stated, would keep keeping tab on the viability and security of the antibodies. 

Muhyiddin additionally recharged his approach the significance of grasping and culturalising the new typical in one's every day life even after one had been immunized. 

"We should adjust to the new typical in light of the fact that the infection is now in the network," he stated, refering to visit hand washing with cleanser, wearing face cover, and staying away from others. 

"InsyaAllah (God's willing), we can confront the difficulties together." 

Muhyiddin additionally said the rising number of Covid-19 cases in specific regions had not hosed the public authority's endeavors to reestablish the nation's economy and social exercises to what they were before the pandemic. 

The public authority knows how significant the fight against Covid-19 in the endeavors to guarantee things would recuperate at a quick movement, he added.

Cinemas opening back at RMCO locations

Written by Kousalya

Kuala Lumpur - GSC Cinemas, TGV Cinemas and MBO Cinemas have confirmed that they are reopening their theaters on December 2016 and the day the DC superhero movie is scheduled to have its sneak preview in Malaysia.

However, cinemas will be running under the recovery movements control order (RMCO).

Other cinemas located at districts still undergoing conditional MCO will remain closed.

GSC informed that it would open at nine locations in Malaysia on Dec 16, starting from 6pm onwards.

The operational locations for GSC cinemas are Aman Central, Kedah; Gurney Plaza, Penang; Sunway Carnival Mall, Penang; Dataran Pahlawan, Melaka; AEON Bandaraya, Melaka; Alamanda, Putrajaya; Mentakab Star Mall, Pahang; and CityOne Megamall, Kuching, Sarawak.

TGV Cinemas will open eight of its cinemas nationwide.

They are located at Gurney Paragon, 1st Avenue, AEON Bukit Mertajam, AEON Taiping, AEON Seri Manjung, Mesra Mall, Vivacity Megamall and Permaisuri Imperial Mall Miri.

Meanwhile, MBO spokesperson said likewise its cinemas located at Central Square SP, Taiping Sentral Mall, Melaka Mall, Kuantan City Mall, Kluang Mall and The Spring Kuching will be operating on Dec 16 onwards.

A paradise for cat lovers

Written by : Kousalya

DUNGUN: Bukit Bauk Forest Reserve in Dungun, which is inseparable from hiking and recreational exercises, now has a new attraction, the Dungun Cat Park. 

Dungun Municipal Council (MPD) president Lizan Che Mat said as of now 30 street cats which were gathered together during MPD activity in business sectors, diners and other public spots were set at the recreation center for treatment. 

"The Dungun Cat Park is one of our initiatives to guarantee public spots are liberated from homeless cats and simultaneously, guarantee the creatures are dealt with.

There are five cages in the area where isolation is carried out according to the animal’s health category, namely Intensive Care Unit, Recovery Unit, Happy Cat Unit, Happy Family Ward and Mother and Child Ward.

Elaborating further, Lizan said the Dungun Cat Park could accommodate 150 cats at one time and is run by two MPD employees at the moment.

“So far, there is no fee for visitors, as we want this area to be a recreational site for families who enjoy nature.

“We also encourage visitors to donate food, medicine, equipment and funds to sustain the needs of the cats,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Terengganu Veterinary Services Department director Dr Mohd Termizi Ghazali said that the department would provide periodic medical care and check-ups at the park.

“We also will provide courses to the MPD staff responsible of taking care of the cat park so that they can tend to the animals properly with vitamins and daily cleanliness routine.

“Department employees will be on duty round the clock to ensure all the abandoned cats are nursed back to health,” he added.

A visitor, Aidie Amin Yatim, 39, said he visited the Dungun Cat Park after it went viral on social media two days ago.

“I am a cat lover and have two cats at home…when I showed the pictures of the park to my children, they were excited to come and spend time with these cats.

“Insyaallah I will return in the future because time with these cats is a form of therapy for my family,” he said

Bangsar murder suspect caught 

Written by : Kousalya

KUALA LUMPUR: A man suspected of being involved in the robbery and killing of a former Mardi researcher in Bangsar yesterday has been arrested by police via facial recognition.

Kuala Lumpur police chief Saiful Azly Kamaruddin said the victim’s wife, who was at the scene, had recognised the suspect, making it easy for the police to detain him.

The victim’s wallet was also found at another break-in at an engineer’s house in Taman Tiara Titiwangsa.

Saiful Azli confirmed that the police had detained 10 male suspects, aged from 20 to 29 years, for investigation, eight of whom had previous criminal records. They were all remanded until Dec 6.

Several other suspects were being sought, he said.

The former researcher, Wan Hassan Wan Embong, 71, died after he was hacked with a parang when he tried to put up a fight against two men who broke in through a kitchen window of the two-storey bungalow in Bukit Bandaraya.

His wife Sarifah Yusof, 70, sustained injuries on her hand.

 Tamil origin family murdered in London

Written by : Kousalya 

LONDON: Scotland Yard has propelled a murder investigation after three individuals of a Tamil-origin family were found dead in their flat in west London. 

Officers from the Metropolitan Police forced entry into a block of flats in Brentford on Tuesday after concerns were raised for the well-being of Poorna Kaameshwari Sivaraj.

Inside, they found the body of the 36-year-elderly person and her three-year-old child, Kailash Kuha Raj. Her husband, Kuha Raj Sithamparanathan, was found with extreme cut wounds and died on the scene soon after. 

The police believe the 42-year-old fatally harmed himself when officials entered the property. While the police are yet to affirm their line of request and a posthumous on the bodies is planned for Thursday, it is associated to be a case with murder-self destruction. 

"Although we are in the infancy of this investigation, it appears that Poorna and Kailash had been dead for some time. This is a murder investigation and my team will work diligently to establish the sequence of events that led to their murders and the death of Kuha Raj Sithamparanathan," said Detective Chief Inspector Simon Harding from the Met's Specialist Crime Command, who is leading the investigation.

He said that their initial enquiries had established that Poorna and Kailash had not been seen or heard from for some days, perhaps since around the September 21.

"We know the family often walked their dog, a poodle cross breed, in and around the local area and I would ask anyone who saw them at any time in the last month to contact police so we can begin to build a full picture of their lives," said Harding.

"I know I speak on behalf of all the officers in my team that words cannot sufficiently sum up the devastation that this horrific incident will have on the families of those involved. However, I can reassure them that we will do all we can to provide them with the answers they need about what has happened here," he said.

                                                  THE NEW ATTRACTION: SUNFLOWER FARM

                                                      WRITTEN BY: ABIA IRIS

5 OKU MEN MOLESTED BY KOREAN PRIEST

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LUCKY VOMIT

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