Penang Smart Parking app back online today
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September 2, 2020 @ 4:26pm
GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Smart Parking (PSP) application is back online after encountering a technical glitch yesterday.
State Local Government Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo, however, said the PSP application had yet to "stabilise".
"The PSP application came back online at 11am today but it is still 'on and off'. We will continue to monitor the system closely.
"If it remains unstable at the end of the day, both the Penang Island and Seberang Prai City Councils will issue a statement on parking fees for today," he told newsmen.
Yesterday, irate Penangites took to social media to vent their frustrations after they were unable to log in to their PSP account.
As such, no parking fees were charged for yesterday.
Both city councils had also informed users that they would not be issued summons for non-payment of parking fees for yesterday.
Kerajaan kaji pengkelasan semula kumpulan isi rumah
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Selasa l 2 September 2020
KUALA LUMPUR - Kerajaan sedang mengkaji penggunaan konsep desil iaitu B1, B2, B3 dan B4 bagi mengklasifikasikan pendapatan rakyat di negara ini.
Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri (Ekonomi), Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed berkata, langkah itu dibuat agar ia selari dengan Survei dan Perbelanjaan Isi Rumah dan Kemudahan Asas (HIES & BA) 2019 yang diterbitkan Jabatan Perangkaan Malaysia.
"Perkara ini sedang dipertimbangkan dalam tempoh Rancangan Malaysia ke-12, 2021-2025 selepas satu kajian lanjut pengkelasan semula kumpulan isi rumah dilaksanakan.
"Kajian ini akan mengambil kira ciri dan keperluan kumpulan pendapatan.
"Usaha ini dijangka akan membantu kerajaan mengenal pasti kumpulan khusus mengikut keperluan sebenar kumpulan pendapatan masing-masing seterusnya meningkatkan kesejahteraan rakyat," katanya di Dewan Negara di sini hari ini.
Read more: Kerajaan kaji pengkelasan semula kumpulan isi rumah
AirAsia starts charging counter check-in fees, up to RM30 per guest
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Tuesday, 01 Sep 2020 02:56 PM MYT
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 1 — Effective September 1, 2020, AirAsia will start charging counter check-in fees in a move to encourage contactless check-ins. According to the low-cost carrier, they have successfully deployed its contactless check-in kiosks and enhanced mobile app features to enhance operational efficiency and guests convenience.
Fee starts from RM20 per guest
The counter check-in fee costs RM20 per guest for domestic flights and RM30 per guests for international flights. This means if you’re travelling in a group of four, that’s a total of RM160 in fees for a return trip.
The fees can be paid by cash or credit card at the airport. Alternatively, guests are able to pre-book the counter check-in service by modifying their booking under on the AirAsia website or mobile app. Just go to “My Bookings” > “Add-ons” > “Airport Shuttle, Car Rental, Tune Talk & More” > “Counter Check-in”. Do note that you can’t add the option when you book a new flight ticket.
AirAsia Group Chief Operations Officer Javed Malik said, “We have seen a very high adoption of our self-check in services through our website, mobile app and airport kiosks over recent times. Thus, the implementation of the counter check-in fees is a way for us to further encourage guests to use these digital technologies, which we have invested enormously in, to promote and enhance operational efficiency and guest convenience.”
“In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, these self-check in facilities have become very crucial in minimising physical contact between our guests and staff. In the past two months, thousands of guests on essential travel have experienced our contactless travel procedures as we stepped up our safety and security measures for the health and safety of our guests and Allstars.”
How to avoid counter check-in fees?
To avoid paying the check-in fees, guests can opt to check-in using the AirAsia.com website, mobile app or at the airport kiosks. Once you’ve checked-in, you can print your boarding pass and print your baggage tag.
Once you’ve attached the tag to your bag, you can drop it off at the baggage drop counters. The baggage drop counters open 2 hours before departure time for domestic flight and 3 hours for international.
The counter check-in fees are currently applicable for domestic and international flights in Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Honoulu (Hawaii). Below are the check-in fees in various currencies:
There are exemptions for the counter check-in fees. This includes guests with reduced mobility, guests travelling with an infant (under 24 months of age) and young guests travelling alone (YPTA). The check-in fee is also waived for guests affected due to schedule changes and flight cancellation.
If the check-in kiosks are not available or out of service, the counter check-in fees will be waived as well. This also includes guests who are unable to complete their web, mobile or kiosk check-in due to a system error.
Exemption is also given to guests that purchased a seat upgrade, Big platinum and Big Black members, Premium Flex and Flatbed guests, Red Carpet guests and guests on travel warrant and government bookings.
You can read the full FAQ here. — SoyaCincau
Waspada penyalahgunaan nama dan logo PIDM
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Selasa, 1 September 2020 @ 1:13 PM
PERBADANAN Insurans Deposit Malaysia (PIDM) meminta orang awam berwaspada dengan bahan pemasaran palsu menggunakan nama dan logo PIDM untuk mempromosikan skim pelaburan atau perniagaan.
Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif PIDM Rafiz Azuan Abdullah berkata, pihaknya menegaskan bahawa perlindungan disediakan oleh PIDM kepada pendeposit bank, pemilik sijil takaful dan polisi insurans adalah secara automatik dan percuma.
Katanya, perlindungan ini tidak memerlukan sebarang pembayaran dan pendaftaran.
"Orang ramai juga diingatkan bahawa perlindungan PIDM tidak merangkumi pinjaman dan produk kewangan bukan deposit seperti unit amanah, saham, dan produk pelaburan emas dan perak," katanya dalam kenyataan dikeluarkan, hari ini.
Razif berkata, institusi ahli PIDM adalah semua bank perdagangan konvensional dan bank Islam, syarikat insurans am, syarikat insurans hayat serta pengendali takaful yang dilesenkan Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM).
Pesara rugi hampir suku juta ditipu Macau Scam
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Jumaat, 28 Ogos 2020 | 9:31am
KUANTAN: Seorang pesara wanita kerugian RM236,994 selepas diperdaya sindiket Macau Scam yang menyamar sebagai pegawai polis kononnya mangsa terbabit dengan pengubahan wang haram.
Ketua Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Komersial (JSJK) negeri, Superintendan Mohd Wazir Mohd Yusof, berkata kejadian bermula pada 23 Julai lalu apabila mangsa berusia 66 tahun menerima panggilan daripada seorang lelaki yang mendakwa terdapat barang pos mengandungi kad pengenalan serta beberapa keping kad ATM milik mangsa.
"Mangsa menafikan perkara itu sebelum diminta untuk membuat laporan polis. Panggilan kemudian disambungkan kepada seorang lagi suspek memperkenalkan diri sebagai Sarjan Chong.
"Suspek mendakwa mangsa terbabit dengan kes penggubahan wang haram, namun wanita itu menafikan perkara itu," katanya dalam satu kenyataan hari ini.
Mohd Wazir berkata, mangsa kemudian mengikut arahan diberikan suspek dan pada 3 Ogos lalu mangsa meletakkan sampul surat yang mengandungi kad ATM, buku akaun Tabung Haji dan Amanah Saham Bumiputera (ASB) miliknya di sebuah pondok telefon berdekatan Masjid Beserah di sini.
Ismail Sabri: Businesses must check customers’ temperatures, but not compulsory to jot them down
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Thursday, 27 Aug 2020 03:22 PM MYT
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 — Business owners must check the body temperature of patrons but are not required to record every reading, clarified Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob today.
He explained the main intention is to ensure people are not symptomatic before they enter a business premises.
“If the reading is more than 37.5°C, they cannot be allowed in, and if they are less than 37.5°C, it is their right to enter the premises.
“So, it is not compulsory to record, they just need to check the temperature, and from there, see if they (visitors) can be allowed in or not.
“If they (businesses) do not record the temperature, they cannot have action taken against them,” he said.
Ismail Sabri however stressed jotting down one’s personal details such as name and phone number for contact tracing purposes is still a requirement, unless they scan their details using the MySejahtera app.
This follows some claims by business owners that the authorities have taken action against them for not recording the temperature of customers despite screening everyone before entry.
Three districts in Kelantan face water disruption until Saturday
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Thursday, 27 Aug 2020 10:20 PM MYT
KOTA BARU, Aug 27 — Air Kelantan Sdn Bhd (AKSB) is providing six lorry tankers in tackling the water supply disruption in Machang, Pasir Puteh and Kota Baru, involving 38,018 accounts, from today until Saturday.
AKSB Corporate Communications and Training Department head, Mat Noor Awang said the disruption was due to emergency repair works on the broken raw water supply pipeline (GRP-type of size 1,100 mm) at Kampung Pulai Chondong, by the appointed contractor.
“The works begin today and expected to be completed on Saturday at 10pm. It will take three days due to a major leak and the pipe depth at the site.
“As such, the Merbau Chondong water treatment plant in Machang stops operating temporarily to facilitate the repair works,” he said at a press conference, here, today.
Read more: Three districts in Kelantan face water disruption until Saturday
Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2020 approved, bankruptcy threshold now RM100,000
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Tuesday, 25 Aug 2020 10:49 PM MYT
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 — The Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2020 aimed at amending the Insolvency Act 1967 (Act 360) has been passed with a simple voice majority in the Dewan Rakyat.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan, when tabling the bill, said Act 360 was amended based on certain requirements, including transforming existing legal framework into legislation that is more relevant to current needs.
He said that it was also to update the Act to be in line with the development and advancement of international law on insolvency, corporate governance and best practices in insolvency.
“(In addition), prepare the country to face any outbreak in the future or any disaster which may cause a wave of economic crisis,” he said when tabling the Bill for its second reading in the Dewan Rakyat today.
Takiyuddin said the bill would have a positive impact, like in giving individuals the chance to strengthen their current economy without constraints arising from bankruptcy actions and to boost economic growth and national development.
It also gives an opportunity to individuals to better manage their finances, more so after facing unexpected situations like Covid-19, as well as avoiding the sudden increase in bankruptcy cases in a short time.
Read more: Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2020 approved, bankruptcy threshold now RM100,000
RM496,000 lesap lepas serah nombor pin
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Selasa | 25 Ogos 2020
KOTA BHARU - Seorang pesara kerajaan berputih mata apabila wang simpanan Tabung Haji (TH) dan Amanah Saham Nasional Berhad (ASNB) miliknya berjumlah RM496,000 lesap akibat diperdaya sindiket Macau Scam.
Kejadian berlaku apabila wanita berusia 70-an itu terpedaya dengan taktik penyamaran sebagai posmen dan polis sehingga menyerahkan nombor pin kad mesin transaksi automatik (ATM) bank miliknya.
Ketua Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Komersil (JSJK) Kelantan, Superintendan Ahmad Azizul Mohamed berkata, pada pertengahan Julai lalu, pesara kerajaan berkenaan dihubungi suspek yang memperkenalkan diri sebagai kakitangan pejabat pos laju dan memberitahu bungkusan yang dipos mangsa sudah tiba di Sabah.
”Suspek memberitahu bungkusan tersebut mengandungi kad pengenalan dan beberapa kad ATM mangsa yang didapati terlibat dengan kes jenayah pengubahan wang haram.
“Mangsa kemudian dihubungkan dengan beberapa orang suspek lain yang menyamar sebagai polis temasuk pegawai penyiasat kes jenayah pengubahan wang haram tersebut,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan akhbar hari ini.
Guna alat elektrik diperakui ST elak renjatan - Mohammad Hamdan
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KUALA LUMPUR: Orang ramai dinasihatkan menggunakan peralatan elektrik yang diperakui Suruhanjaya Tenaga (ST) bagi mengelakkan berlaku litar pintas seterusnya mengakibatkan renjatan elektrik dan kebakaran.
Ketua Pengarah Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia (JBPM), Datuk Seri Mohammad Hamdan Wahid, berkata pengguna perlu sedar peralatan elektrik tidak memenuhi spesifikasi ST dari luar negara dan dijual pada harga rendah adalah tidak berkualiti serta menimbulkan risiko kepada nyawa pengguna.
"Saya nasihatkan kena berhati-hati ketika menggunakan barangan elektrik, kena tengok dari manual penggunaannya. ST ada garis panduan.
"Pada masa sama, masih berlaku penjualan barangan elektrik yang diimport dan dijual di sini tanpa memenuhi standard tertentu.
"Perkara ini boleh mengakibatkan situasi cemas seperti litar pintas, kemudian menjurus kepada insiden kebakaran," katanya pada BH, hari ini.
Read more: Guna alat elektrik diperakui ST elak renjatan - Mohammad Hamdan
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