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writing report (week 14) October 8, 2008

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NURZAIHAN BINTI OTHMAN
142724

GROUP 39 (WEEK 14)

 

Japan, Indonesia rattled by strong quakes

 

TOKYO: Two strong earthquakes rattled Asia on Thursday, triggering alerts for a tsunami that harmlessly lapped Japan’s northern coast and another in Indonesia that didn’t materialise but briefly sent residents fleeing to high ground.

The more powerful of the quakes, with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0, hit at 0021 GMT (8.21am Malaysian time) off Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido at a depth of about 20km, the country’s meteorological agency said.

A 10cm tsunami rippled to shore 35 minutes later, but there were no signs of damage.

“There was some light shaking, but it was nothing major,” said Yukio Yoshida, a police spokesman in Hokkaido.

Authorities temporarily advised about 10,600 residents of Ofunato in Iwate Prefecture, about 200km northwest of Tokyo, to evacuate their homes and ordered people to stay away from beaches.

An hour earlier, northeastern Indonesia was hit by a 6.6-magnitude quake that struck 90km beneath the Molucca Sea, the US Geological Survey. Though on the same tectonic plate, the temblors were unrelated, local officials said.

A tsunami alert was briefly issued over the radio and television and people in the Maluku capital of Ternate, which was closest to the epicentre, fled from houses and buildings as the earth rumbled beneath them.

The feared wave never came, however, and there were no reports of casualties or damage.

“I ran out of the hotel with other guests and we fled to high ground,” Benyamin Otte said. “I could see people on the beach, checking to see if the were any signs of a tsunami, but everything looked normal. Within a half hour, we were heading back down.”

Indonesia and Japan are both prone to seismic upheaval due to their location on the so-called Pacific “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanos and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.

In December 2004, a massive earthquake off Indonesia’s Sumatra island triggered a tsunami that battered much of the Indian Ocean coastline and killed more than 230,000 people — 131,000 of them in Aceh province alone.

A tsunami off Java island last year killed nearly 5,000.

Japan also is one of the world’s most earthquake prone nations.

In 1995, a magnitude-7.2 quake in the western port city of Kobe killed 6,400 people and experts believe Tokyo has a 90% chance of being hit by a major quake over the next 50 years. — AP

 

 

SUMMARY AND OPINION

 

Two strong earthquakes rattled Asia, triggering alerts for a tsunami that harmlessly lapped Japan’s northern coast and another in Indonesia that didn’t materialise but briefly sent residents fleeing to high ground. The more powerful of the quakes, with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0, hit at 0021 GMT (8.21am Malaysian time) off Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido at a depth of about 20km. A 10cm tsunami rippled to shore 35 minutes later, but there were no signs of damage. An hour earlier, northeastern Indonesia was hit by a 6.6-magnitude quake that struck 90km beneath the Molucca Sea, the US Geological Survey. Indonesia and Japan are both prone to seismic upheaval due to their location on the so-called Pacific “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanos and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin. In my opinion, tsunami is a bad disaster which can make people died and also the earth. So, we must keep the earth to avoid from pollution.

 

 

writing report (week 13) October 8, 2008

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NURZAIHAN BINTI OTHMAN
142724

GROUP 39 (WEEK 13)

 

Savouring a royal recipe

By IAN MCINTYRE

 

KOTA BARU: For the first time ever, residents here can taste ayam percik (marinated chicken) made with the secret recipe of the Raja Perempuan of Kelantan Tengku Anis Tengku Abdul Hamid’s family.

Sold only during this Ramadan month, the stall is located along Jalan Padang Garong.

Many Muslims and non-Muslims have been gathering at the stall to see how the chicken is marinated and barbequed.

The stall is the brainchild of Tengku Anis’ younger brother Tengku Abdul Rahman, who employs seven cooks to supply and market the ayam percik.

This is the first time Tengku Abdul Rahman, who manages a factory that produces processed chilli-mixed meat, is venturing into commercial food-making.

After much convincing from friends, Tengku Abdul Rahman, who maintains a low profile, allowed the stall to be featured in the media.

According to Tengku Abdul Rahman, the secret ingredient for the ayam percik is the sauce.

He said he thought it would be wonderful if the people of Kelantan can sample the sauce, which is usually only cooked and savoured by members of the state royal household.

“We take about two and a half hours to produce the sauce, which is blended with onions, chilli, coconut milk, herbs and spices,” he said.

“We take extra care when marinating the chicken to ensure it is not too fatty.”

The stalls sells an average of 30 birds daily when it opens from 4pm till 7pm, he said.

“The recipe can be traced to the ancient Pattani kingdom,” Tengku Abdul Rahman said.

Demand has picked up so much that he is opening stalls at the state royal family-owned Lazat Mesra restaurant in Kubang Kerian and near Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia.

Tyre dealer Peter Ng said the taste is different from other ayam percik sold at the Ramadan bazaar because the sauce is thicker.

Secretary Daliza Hassan said the chicken sold came in large portions.

 

 

 

SUMMARY AND OPINION

 

For the first time ever, residents here can taste ayam percik (marinated chicken) made with the secret recipe of the Raja Perempuan of Kelantan Tengku Anis Tengku Abdul Hamid’s family.There are sold only during this Ramadan month and the stall is located along Jalan Padang Garong. Many Muslims and non-Muslims have been gathering at the stall to see how the chicken is marinated and barbequed. The stall is the brainchild of Tengku Anis’ younger brother Tengku Abdul Rahman, who manages a factory that produces processed chilli-mixed meat, is venturing into commercial food-making.

 

 

writing report October 8, 2008

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group 39

2008/09/10

518,616 sit UPSR exam

PUTRAJAYA: A total of 518,616 pupils are sitting the three-day Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) examination at 8,171 centres throughout the country which began yesterday.

They are the first batch of pupils to sit the examination since they started studying Science and Mathematics in English, introduced in 2003.

Director-general of Education Datuk Alimuddin Mohd Dom said their results would partly determine whether the two subjects would continue to be taught in English.

“However, the questions for the two subjects will be bilingual,” he said after visiting Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Putrajaya Presinct 11 (1) here yesterday.

Alimuddin said many other factors would be considered to determine the continuation of the policy.

These include views and suggestions from various quarters through roundtable discussions.

Two roundtable discussions were held on July 27 and Aug 27 and two more will be held this month.

The discussions involved teachers and students of primary and secondary schools in both urban and rural areas. Discussions with politicians are scheduled for next month.

Alimuddin also said that beginning this year, students picked for fully-residential schools would have to sit for an aptitude test to determine their disposition and readiness.

“The pioneer test will be conducted by the Malaysian Examinations Board in 600 schools after the UPSR exam.”

There are 6,000 places in 54 fully-residential schools and 750 more places will be available if five more such schools are completed next year.

Applications can be made till Oct 31 and results will be known by Dec 15.

 

Comment : Teaching science and mathematic in English is an issue in education in Malaysia. There are public who support the government in way to improve the English among Malaysia students and certain who against it. This is the first year students who learn these subjects site for Ujian Penilaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) . The results will consider if it is be continue the policy or not. For me, it is the good way to help students adapt the good English. But now, we only wait announcement by education government.

 

 

2008/09/23

African student killed in brawl

KUALA LUMPUR: An African was killed and two others injured in a fight involving 10 men in Wangsa Maju on Sunday.

Abdul Aziz Mohd, 22, died at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital at 11pm, while his 21-year-old friend was warded there.

The third injured African was given outpatient treatment.

All three were International Islamic University students who had arrived two months ago and were undergoing English courses prior to studying for their degrees.

City Criminal Investigation Department chief Senior Assistant Commissioner II Ku Chin Wah said the foreign student was stabbed in the chest during a fight at the Wangsa Maju LRT station at 9pm.

He said police arrested three men early yesterday.

They have been remanded for a week.

Ku said police were still investigating the motive for the clash.

 

Comment : It is an embarrassed when foreign student killed in a fight with Malaysians. It is not the culture that we should show to them. In the fight involved 10 men, an African was killed and two students injured who are study in International Islamic University. Police remanded the suspects to knew the motive of fighting.

 

2008/09/11

Oil lamp tradition keeps on burning

PEKAN: A boutique hotel here is turned into a beacon at night with the lighting of hundreds of oil lamps or pelita.

The Melati Inn staff have also used their creativity to create a star and other structures decorated with the oil lamps.

Lt Col (rtd) Che Dan Mat, the managing director of Polo Inn Sdn Bhd which owns the hotel, said villagers here used to light dozens of pelita to brighten their house compounds during Ramadan.

However, the culture was no longer practised since there was electricity in the area.

Melati Inn manager Abdul Jamil Mohamad said his staff had used bamboo to build the different structures which were then decorated with the oil lamps.

“It’s a beautiful decoration used by the older generation.

“We hope the younger ones can learn about this culture,” he said, adding that the hotel was also the former palace of Datuk Maria Menado, the veteran actress known for her role as pontianak (Malay vampire). She lived there after marrying the late Sultan Abu Bakar Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mu’adzam Shah in 1963.


 Comment : Oil lamps tradition is now practice in the boutique hotel in Pekan. They used their creativity to decorate beautiful oil lamps variety. In the older, oil lamps is used to lighten house compounds but now we have colorful light. Maybe the next generation will not know about the existence of oil lamps before. So, we now should always practices to used oil lamps hope this culture never forgotten.

 

2008/09/23

Mum gone, kids must fend for themselves

By : Desmond Davidson

 

KUCHING: Hari Raya is just a week away, but for 16-year-old Siti Nia Romezza and her four siblings, the celebration holds no meaning.

Without parents, they have no one but each other for company. The painful memory of their father dying a week after Hari Raya last year is still raw.

When their mother, Dayangku Ira Erfiza Awangku Perseh, 33, disappeared one night last month, the world came crashing down.

As Hari Raya approaches, they seek comfort in each other and carry on with life.

The three brothers and two sisters live in a dilapidated rented house at the Laruh Settlement. The family moved there last year after their father died.

The eldest of the children, 17-year-old Mitrahad Hairum, is now the breadwinner, but his meagre income as a general worker can hardly make ends meet. Although relatives help pay the RM200 monthly rent, money is still short.

Siti Nia, as the second in the family, had to drop out of school to take over the role of “mother” to her younger brothers Amir Mustaqim, 13, Mohd Qhairum, 3, and sister Dewi Nirwana Sari, 4.

“Hari Raya this year has no meaning for us,” said Siti Nia.

She said life had been hard after their father died, and harder when their mother left, but they are trying to make do with what they have.

“I envy our relatives, friends and neighbours when they tell us of the new baju kurung they have for Hari Raya, or the nice pair of shoes they had just bought. We just have enough to survive,” she said, adding that they only had enough rice to last until the end of the month.

Although they yearn to celebrate Hari Raya like they did in happier times, Mitrahad and Siti Nia keep their act together for the younger ones.

They only hope for their mother’s return and the family to become whole again

 

Comment : When I read  the sad story about the family, I can’t imagine if I in their situation. I feel sorry because in the develop country now we still have the case like that. Do not have mother and father. How their mother is because afford to leave her children. Now, the family who is poor not afford to celebrate Hari Raya like others. I hope their mother will back to support their children life and take care of them. In the age now, they have to study and not responsible to be man in family.

 

2008/09/23

Missing man’s body recovered

PORT DICKSON: A woman’s search for her husband who failed to return home ended on a sad note when his body was found in a lane to an oil palm plantation in Kampung Pachitan, near here.

The body of Tan Beng Huah, 63, was found by his brother who had gone out to look for him.

He had not returned after going out for a drink with his friends on Sunday evening.

Initial investigations showed that the victim was attacked with a sharp object as there were bruises on his face and the back of his head. 

 

Comment : A husband who was not returned home actually was murdered after he is attacked with a sharp object. Tan Beng Huah,63 not returned home on Sunday evening after have a tea with his friends. Police investigate this case to find motive the murder.

 

2008/08/31

Number of virus cases falls

PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry said yesterday there has been a fall in the number of reported Chikungunya cases.

The ministry’s disease control division director Datuk Dr Hasan Abdul Rahman said there were 179 reports of Chikungunya cases nationwide between Aug 17 and 23, 34 cases fewer than the previous week.
Dr Hasan said the cases reported in the latest period were 124 in Johor, Malacca (42), Perak (10) and one case each in Putrajaya, Pahang and Selangor.
He said up till now no deaths had been reported.
He said the total number of cases reported this year stood at 1,479 with Johor having the highest number (897), followed by Malacca (363), Perak (98), Negri Sembilan (89), Selangor (25), Pahang (four) and Kuala Lumpur (three).

He said only 207 cases (14 per cent) needed treatment in hospitals while the rest required outpatient treatment. — Bernama

Comment : Chikungunya cases decrease from the week before. This cases happened in Johor, Malacca, Perak, Negri Sembilan, Selangor, Pahang and Kuala Lumpur. Differ than before, only few cases stay in hospitals while the rest get outpatient treatment. The cases decrease when public take precaution after remind about it by  Health Department.

 

 

 

Rising crime rate in Klang October 8, 2008

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NAME: CHEU SZE LENG

MATRIC NO: 149255

GROUP: 39

Selangor state executive councillor Dr Xavier Jayakumar lodged a report at the district police in Klang recently calling for the force to pay serious attention to the growing crime in Klang and its surrounding areas.

The Seri Andalas assemblyman said he had been receiving a lot of verbal and written complaints from Klang residents over the increasing cases of snatch theft, robbery and break-in.

He said the state government was also concerned of the growing crime rate especially in Taman Sentosa, Taman Seri Andalas, Taman Klang Jaya and Bandar Bukit Tinggi.

“We want the police to do something and bring the problem under control because people are scared to take strolls in their own housing areas.

“To make matters worse the criminals are becoming bolder and now carry out break-ins, robberies or snatch thefts during the day,” he told reporters outside the Klang District Police station after he lodged the report.

Dr Xavier said he almost became a victim recently when two men on a motorcycle tried to attack his maid with a parang while she was sweeping the floor outside the main gate of his house in Taman Klang Jaya.

The two men wearing full-face helmets fled on their machine when the maid ran into the house screaming upon seeing them approach.

He said some foreign workers carrying out renovation work in a house opposite his were not so lucky and ended being robbed just a few days later.

“These criminal activities also make investors think twice before coming to Selangor and the tourism industry has also been affected,” he said.

Dr Xavier said the people could no longer accept excuses that the police lacked personnel or faced logistics problems.

He said if the police were facing such problems they should ask for more allocations under the Ninth Malaysia Plan to beef up the force.

“The people have been suffering for some time now and they want the police to find ways to bring the crime under control because they cannot live in fear any longer,” he said.

The police, he said, needed to show a greater presence in residential and commercial areas to deter criminals, who now seemed to be able to time their activities to ensure they escaped before a patrol car came by.

He urged the state and district police to looks into ways to reduce crime in Klang and also hold more activities to teach the community on ways to avoid becoming victims and how to protect their own neighbourhoods.

He added that the state government was willing to join the police in any efforts to help reduce crime in Klang and other places in the state.

SUMMARY:

Recently, the crime rate increase in Klang, especially in Taman Sentosa, Taman Seri Andalas, Taman Klang Jaya and Bandar Bukit Tinggi. The assemblyman receiving a lot of written complaints from Klang residents over the increasing cases. Some cases are snatch theft, robbery and break-in often happened at Klang. Dr Xavier became a victim recently when two men on a motorcycle tried to attack his maid with a parang while she was sweeping the floor outside the main gate of his house in Taman Klang Jaya.