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Same news, apparently from the same source, but a little more explicit in one report.
(Bernama version)
Bernama TV Will Be More Viable Under New Management, Dewan Rakyat Told
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 (Bernama) — Bernama TV will be a more viable entity under a new management which is taking over operations of the 24-hour news channel, the Dewan Rakyat was told Tuesday.
Deputy Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Joseph Salang said several changes would be made to get more advertisers to buy Bernama TV airtime.
He said it was hoped that Bernama TV’s new shareholders would make a success of the 24-hour TV channel so that it would not be saddled with debts.
“With strong finance, this entity will be more flexible in airing programmes needed for nation building,” he said in response to a question by Datuk Raime Unggi (BN-Tenom) who wanted to know Bernama TV’s role in realising the government’s development and unity agenda, especially the 1Malaysia concept.
Salang said Bernama TV would provide an additional channel, besides TV3 and RTM, as well as fill the vacuum for a provider of a 24-hour television channel for news and information to the people.
“The present society wants accurate and fast information or news. Through Bernama TV, they don’t have to wait for certain times to get the latest news,” he added.
He said Bernama TV would play its role in promoting the government’s development agenda, as well as strengthen the 1 Malaysia concept.
“News which is sensational and provocative in nature will not be given space because it will affect the objectives of 1Malaysia,” he added.
To a question by Salahuddin Ayub (PAS-Kubang Kerian) on the losses incurred by Bernama TV, Salang said it was because its operational cost was higher than the advertising revenue.
(The Malaysian Insider version – purportedly from Bernama)
Bernama TV promises development, unity agenda
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 — Bernama TV will be a more viable entity under a new management which is taking over operations of the 24-hour news channel, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.
Deputy Information Communication and Culture Minister Joseph Salang Gandum said several changes would be made to get more advertisers to buy Bernama TV airtime.
He said Bernama TV’s biggest share-holder was now Ancom Bhd, which had connection and networking with The Malay Mail newspaper.
Ancom Bhd largely deals with manufacturing agricultural chemicals and herbicides and is headed by Johari Razak, who is prime minister Najib’s youngest brother.
“With strong finance, this entity will be more flexible in airing programmes needed for nation building,” he said in response to a question by Raime Unggi (BN-Tenom) who wanted to know Bernama TV’s role in realising the government’s development and unity agenda, especially the 1Malaysia concept.
Salang Gandum said Bernama TV would provide an additional channel, besides TV3 and RTM , as well as fill the vacuum for a provider of a 24-hour television channel for news and information to the people.
“The present society wants accurate and fast information or news. Through Bernama TV, they don’t have to wait for certain times to get the latest news,” he added.
He said Bernama TV would play its role in promoting the government’s development agenda, as well as to strengthen the 1 Malaysia concept.
“News which are sensational and provocative in nature will not be given space because they will affect the objectives of 1Malaysia,” he added.
To a question by Salahuddin Ayub (Pas-Kubang Kerian) on the losses incurred by Bernama TV, Salang Gandum said it was due to its high operational cost, which was RM1.5 million a month, while its revenue collection through advertisements was only RM150,000 a month. — Bernama
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Sooo .. did Bernama do an Utusan (remember the umbrella which lost its BN logo) and doctored their version by leaving out the sibling link to NTR?
Or did TMI include that juicy bit coz they did their homework?
And pray tell, how will the Malay Mail, a print MSM which isn’t exactly burning hot coals in the engine room, gonna handle the electronic media? Will Bernama TV echo their hard-copy brethren and also regurgitate government propaganda in sync with RTM and TV3?
Or will Rocky make it go sexy?
Anywayz, an UMNO veteran recently uttered (link here), “For as long as there is still the divide between urban and rural where the new media is concerned, for the moment, we can still overcome them. So the official media is still important. Radio and TV caters to the rural areas“.
Looks like NTR is rounding up the wagons, every which way he can.
Malaysia may be first country to get its ‘Sealegs’
Putrajaya: Malaysia will be the first nation in the world to own the “Amphibious Sealegs,” a high-tech boat which is functional both on water and on land, if the purchase receives the green light from the Government.
Defence Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said its manufacturer wanted Malaysia to be the first country to own the boat and to be the centre for its worldwide sales.
“The chief executive of Sealegs, New Zealander David McKee Wright, has Malaysia close at heart because his mother hails from Taiping, Perak.
“From my observation, the boat is suitable to be used not only by the navy’s elite squad but also by other wings of the Armed Forces.
“I will ask for a special allocation to purchase the boat if the use of the ‘Amphibious Sealegs’ meet our needs, especially in helping to safeguard the sovereignty of our nation,” he said.
Speaking to reporters after witnessing a mock “sea rescue operations” at the Putrajaya Maritime centre Friday, Ahmad Zahid said the “Amphibious Sealegs” would also be useful to other agencies, especially to carry out rescue and relief operations during floods.
The “Amphibious Sealegs” will be carrying out a four-day tour, covering 1,600km from Kelantan to Langkawi in conjunction with the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (LIMA) exhibition 2009.
Meanwhile, Wright said it took his company five years to create the RM360,000 boat, which is 7.1m in length and could sit eight people.
He said Malaysia was the first country which was introduced to the vessel.
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Didja catch this news report in the Star, folks? (Note: Above pix is not from the Star but retrieved from the Net).
Well, it piqued my curiosity coz I’m a fan of technological gizmos, whether applicable in real life or just plain hare-brained what-were-you-thinking stuff.
Anywayz, back to this MSM inspired article:
a) “Sealegs” is a premier NZ manufacturer for amphibious boats based in Auckland. You can read more on their operations at their website (here) plus view their image gallery (here) where you’ll find some locals (read – Malaysians) undergoing product evaluations.
b) “Sealegs” have established several dealerships worldwide including one in Shah Alam, namely:
LMT Maritime SDN BHD
Mr. Ibrahim Wahab
No 77A, Jalan Lawan Pedang 13/27
Tadisma Business Park
Seksyen 13, 4000 Shah Alam
Selangor Darul Ehsan,
Malaysia
Phone: +603 5510 6340
Fax: +603 5510 6270
Mobile: +6012 3666 425
c) At RM360,000 per boat, it looks pretty accurate if you read this other news report (here) which also stated that 10 boats “destined for Malaysia have taken their final pre-delivery sea-trials on Auckland Harbour” in its first paragraph. Apparently, 8 were ‘Red’ and 2 were ‘Grey’ boats which according to the manufacturer’s color code designation refers to fire and rescue, and military (read – covert) applications respectively whilst ‘White’ is for recreational purposes.
Therefore, for SAR operations, I reckoned these amphibious boats are quite suitable.
On the other hand, AZH wants these new toys for the MAF.
If stealth, mobility and lethal strike/response are pre-requisites from a military standpoint, can AZH please explain the obvious vulnerability of an elite commando unit chugging merrily away at 10kph on land for a maximum period of 10 minutes? (Technical FAQs here).
Ahhh .. but there is the ‘XRT’ which basically is an upgraded option with an extended 30 minute ‘road-time’. Both options however require a 20 or 30 minute ‘cooling off’ period on its land propulsion system before you can re-start the built-in engine. (I guess the commandos can opt for a 5 minute cigarette break whilst waiting for their getaway boat to take a breather, eh folks.)
Ok, let’s .. errr .. rub.. ber (pun intended) this in further.
Rubber inflatable boats (RIBs) are definitely cheaper and lighter to carry on shore by (strong) commandos who will invariably land pretty close to their target destination. They would also probably be cast off on their mission from our newly acquired submarine (unless some UMNO MPs have taken it for a joy-ride elsewhere) and paddle on. In the event of a debacle (sometimes referred to as plan B .. coz everyone forgot the way back to da boat), the ‘cheap’ RIB becomes dispensable.
There are of course RIBs fitted with an outboard engine for quicker transporting if ’silent runs’ are not an issue but upon landing, it is incumbent for an elite commando squad to overcome terrain issues on foot in the fastest possible time-frame. They are trained for this … and not call in a radio taxi, fer crying out loud.
d) Product brickbats: Yamaha (Japan) or Evinrude (USA) outboard motor options plus a Honda (Japan) inboard for land use which are factory installed. Not-negotiable due to the manufacturer’s warranty tied into the standard ’sea trial before shipping’ policy. Which also makes this “Sealegs” boat genuinely un-Kiwi-ish, don’t you think. But, it’s better than having a ‘Proton’ on board, eh folks.
e) Is Malaysia the first nation in the world to acquire this technological wonder?
NOPE!!!
According to the earlier report, “Sealegs has now sold 400 boats to 22 different countries .. we are no longer at the ‘experimental’ or ‘start-up’ stage and we believe we are now moving towards achieving the critical mass which we have always sought”.
Furthermore, in Asia, Mumbai police (India) beat us to it recently. Read all about it here.
Thus, what gave the Star this crazy idea that Malaysia will be the FIRST? Or rather, was it AZH who is feeding us all this crappy stuff?
Honestly, this 1Malaysia thingy is creating a lot of hallucinations on being the only ONE or FIRST in whatever!
Hmmm .. Sometimes I wonder if someone would be wacky enough to put wheels on this other contraption with a single propulsion system for both aquatic and terra firma ’shoot the breeze’ pursuits.
And we can call it ‘1Frog’.
P.S. Best defense is a good offense. Check out MetalStorm.
Allegedly bashed by NINE PAS supporters, this bloke ended up in a hospital bed, looking none for the better coz he still looks … errr … pathetically idiotic.
Soft tissue injury? Now who would believe that a future leader of Malaysia, and an UMNO Supreme Council member at that, can be felled by fisticuffs and legistuffs (sic) when he should have been made of sterner stuff. Wimp! Don’t ever try that stunt of walking into ‘enemy’ territory unless you got kokonut kahunas.
And of course, Homey sez “We have seen what they tried to do to Umno supreme council member Datuk Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim .. ” and also ” .. police would carry out a thorough probe into the matter.” Ok, which is which? Homey knows better or is he ‘telling’ the PDRM to investigate according to his ‘announcement’ in the MSM? Or is he jumping the gun as usual, as in the bull-head incident in Shah Alam?
“This is not a gimmick. Can I make my head swell for no reason? … ” Nope, yer swelled head was there when UMNO made you Poootera chief and yer definitely ain’t no workaholic. The Bagan Pinang folks will be happier if you don’t show up again in their lifetime.
Awww .. c’mon guyz. Gimme a break. Can’t we go to that new K-oK joint tomorrow night? Them .. damn .. press people are still out there and I can’t sneak out lah.
??%##*@!!+&$>
And don’t you guyz dare go for my favorite awek 231.
Hmmm .. will Hollywood ever dish out a bronze Oscar? With Arkham’s certificate pre-loaded, of course.
Did you have problems reading the latest posting from Malaysia-Today entitled ‘The attacks on Malaysia-Today”?
Well, I’m reproducing the entire article here which is self-explanatory.
| THE ATTACKS ON MALAYSIA-TODAY |
| Posted by admin |
| Monday, 28 September 2009 16:21 |
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The MCMC has in the past failed to silence Malaysia Today officially through blocking it in August 2008. Now, with even more revelations of various scandals of the government exposed through this site, we can’t help but suspect that there is a more significant force, a hidden hand at play aimed at bringing down Malaysia Today.
NO HOLDS BARRED Raja Petra Kamarudin First of all, I have received tons of happy birthday messages via SMS, Facebook, e-mails and postings on this site. Initially, I tried to reply to all these messages one by one but as the messages flooded in I found it impossible to reply to each and every message individually. Therefore, I would like to say thank you and at the same time apologise to all those I was not able to personally reply to. Now, you may have noticed that of late Malaysia Today has been ‘off the air’ almost every day, sometimes for a stretch of many hours. This has been going on for more than a week. The man leading our technical team thought that maybe we should inform our readers about what is happening so that you can be kept abreast of the developments. Rest assured we are doing everything we can to solve this problem. Nevertheless, there is just so much we can do. Money, of course, is one issue that we have to address, as what would be required does cost us quite a sum. Money aside, though, if they choose to continue the attacks, even money can’t solve the problem. We just have to pick ourselves up and start all over again whenever we are hit and bear the disruptions to the site with a stiff upper lip. Anyway, let our technical team explain what is the problem we have been facing. What happened to Malaysia Today By Malaysia Today’s technical team With so much confusion and speculation making its rounds about what is happening to Malaysia Today over more than a week, we are compelled to offer our explanation so that the record can be set straight. Only limited technical details will be mentioned to allow you to appreciate the scale of challenge the site is facing. You may now be aware that the site has been up and down since Friday, 17 September 2009. This was due to malicious activities by those behind the effort to cripple Malaysia Today. This is just one of the many rounds of cyber-attacks that we at Malaysia Today have had to face for more than a year now. Coincidentally, this latest round of attacks started immediately after RPK’s explosive expose two weeks ago on Tuesday regarding the Malaysian Cabinet’s knowledge and ‘approval’ of the PKFZ scandal long before it became public knowledge. Suspicious activities against the site happened as early as Wednesday, but the first damage was done in the afternoon of Thursday, which brought the site down. The site was quickly recovered and by 6.00pm we were up and running again although with some loss of data. The attack revolved around the long-time problem faced by the site – a rather old version of Joomla content management system and the use of third-party components. Lack of resources (financial, manpower, etc.) has always been a challenge faced by Malaysia Today, which affected the maintenance and operations of the site. During the recovery process, we locked down the site to reduce the danger of further compromises. The next wave of attacks came the following day on Friday. This time it was in a wave of DDoS traffic crippling one of our nodes at Singapore. The Singapore node operates with about 30Mbps of bandwidth, a luxury by Malaysian standards but far short if we need to match any serious DDoS attacks. The node was basically choked with illegitimate traffic. Typical of DDoS network attacks, the origin of the attacks is difficult to pinpoint and sometimes pointless as the attack agents/zombies are likely compromised systems themselves. We then activated our resources at our US node to recover the site. The process required optimisation of the site to cope with demand. (The demand on the site seemed much higher, possibly due to the interest on the PKFZ expose.) Hence the intermittent site outage, due to either overloading or optimisation process. Being a service provider of a larger scale and sophistication, the US node has a higher capability of sustaining the attacks. Still, the attacks persisted on a daily basis and we tried deflecting them as far as we could. The DDoS traffic we suffered ranged from 227Mbps to 835Mbps, a mammoth scale for anyone familiar with maintaining Internet sites. The attacker does not appear interested in defacing the website, typical of self-styled college hackers. He/she just deleted articles published on Malaysia Today, literally one by one, with the single-minded aim of erasing all the explosive stuff on the site. Further complicating the trace of attacks is the use of free proxy servers, on random basis, by the attackers. This is an irony, as we have been advising our users to use such proxy servers to overcome any potential content filtering by the government. All the malicious activities and behaviours bear the hallmark of professional, for-hire hackers. These are certainly no amateurs, judging from the persistence and frequency of the attacks, with the main objective of making the content of Malaysia Today inaccessible to the public. We believe that there is NO explicit blocking of the site by the various Malaysian ISPs. The inconsistent and intermittent accessibility of the site in the past many days are the result of the situation described above, although we must caution that it is almost impossible to detect any clandestine censorship. The MCMC has in the past failed to silence Malaysia Today officially through blocking it in August 2008. Now, with even more revelations of various scandals of the government exposed through this site, we can’t help but suspect that there is a more significant force, a hidden hand at play aimed at bringing down Malaysia Today. —00000—
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, RPK (27th September 2009)
Behind that innocent little smile lies a brilliantly sinister mind! Btw folks, if you have noticed that his recent postings were simply ‘explosive’ in nature, did you also not wonder whether those images contained a little more than what’s obvious? Try S-T-E-G-A-N-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y Maaaan, I can already visualise the-powers-that-be slapping their noggins on this. |
Probe into leaked cabinet papers to narrow on place where it happened. (The Star report)
Putrajaya: Police investigations into the posting of classified Cabinet papers on the Internet will focus more on where the leak occurred rather than who was responsible for making them public, said Home Minister Datuk Hishammuddin Tun Hussein. Hey, the PDRM finally got their ‘corruption’ compass pointed in the right direction. It’s right smack in the middle of the PMO. In other words, they can’t find RPK lah.
He also warned that the police would even probe ministers if they were suspected to be involved. Yup, that’s gonna shake some black suits. Sabre rattling time. I’ll bet MCA’s gonna be the first port of call. But then again, they are just the deck hands. Try looking for the captain with a keris in his hand.
Hishammuddin said since the papers were classified, the person responsible for the leak would have to be “someone on the inside” and as such would have to face action. Duh! That’s how ‘classified’ leaks happen, dear home minister. From the inside. If it’s from the outside, it’s usually termed as an expose. That’s a good thing, I might add.
He said the act of leaking the papers was serious as it jeopardised the government’s decisions on how to lead, manage and administer the country and it was something that could not be tolerated. Gosh! You blokes in the cabinet actually work and make big, important decisions? And all this time, I’ve tolerated (sic) and thought that you’re a bunch of nincompoops who can’t read … hang on, we’re dealing with big, hugh numbers here, right? The ones with plenty of zeros at the back of the first digit. Like RM12,500,000,000.
“The papers were leaked before they were even discussed in cabinet and there is a possibility that they may not even have been discussed but leaking the papers has compromised the cabinet. Naughty, naughty, HH. Are yer saying that such an important secret government document with probably lots of words and big, hugh numbers was NOT read by the cabinet? Are yer certain or are yer just throwing a red herring for any gullible joe public to lap up this possibility? And if you yourself have not seen and read it, I’d recommend that you go here before the MCMC decide to ban it for something deemed as offensive. Thank RPK when yer done, will yer. Meanwhile, thanks but no thanks for the cunning obfuscation which I believe is the MAIN THRUST of this news report..
“There is a reason why the Official Secrets Act (OSA) was created and all those within the Government have a responsibility to respect the law and the confidentiality of the documents. Geez! And I thought the OSA was meant primarily for national security. Like how many nuts and bolts do you need to hold a submarine intact. No?
“I have told the police to conduct an all out and thorough investigation and investigate even ministers if they are suspected to be involved,” he told reporters when met at the Hari Raya open hosted by the Prime Minister and cabinet ministers here on Sunday. The PDRM ALWAYS have to have your green-light before they venture out of their cushy air-conditioned office, eh HH. What’s the newly re-instated IGP doing anywayz? Making coffee for yer, I’ll bet.
On another matter, Hishammuddin said the police had already handed to the Attorney General’s Chambers investigation papers on the allegations by Tunku Nadzimuddin Tunku Mudzaffar, grandson of the late Yang di-Pertuan Besar Negri Sembilan, that the Raja Muda of Johor Tunku Ismail Idris had put a gun to his head and hit him. Eleven months or closer to a year. That’s got to be a PDRM KPI record of sorts, especially when a firearm, yer know . a gun, was allegedly brandished. Wanna rake up Sungei Lunchu in JB just in case if the evidence was accidently dropped there?
The minister said the police had thus completed their work and it was now up to the AG’s chambers to decide on the next course of action. Twiddling their thumbs, more like it. It’s a case involving the bluebloods, yer twit. They are ‘bigger’ than the umnoputras.
Asked why the police took more than 11 months to conclude investigations into the case, he said that the papers had been handed in earlier but the AG’s chambers had then requested for additional information over the case. Maybe somebody stamped “RAHSIA” on it hence the AG deferred reading it like you lot in the Cabinet. Refer to above example.
“I was also told that the two sides had one point tried to resolve the problem on their own but what is wrong is wrong and the papers have now been handed to AG’s chambers and it is up to them to decide on the next course of action,” he said. Damn right, Mr Home minister. What’s wrong is still wrong. Just like what that bunch in Shah Alam did a couple of weeks ago with a severed bull-head. Unless you wanna wait 13 months and break a record. Ohh .. you are?
Tunku Nadzimuddin had claimed that he was hit in his head and face, had a gun pointed at his head, and suffered a fractured nose and other serious injuries as a result of the incident while his lawyer friend, Shamshuddhuha Ishak, who was knocked out, lost two teeth. Err .. never mind.
He had also hit out at the police for failing to act after having assured him that they would investigate the case and take the necessary action. Hmmpfff!
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