Rising number of property scams alarms estate agents
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September 29, 2020 9:45 AM
PETALING JAYA: Property experts agree the number of housing scams during the movement control order (MCO) and recovery MCO may be higher than reported.
Expressing its concern about the increasing number of property scams and illegal brokers in the industry, the Malaysian Institute of Estate Agents (MIEA) recently noted a 30% increase in the number of complaints received during the MCO and RMCO – most of them from members of the public who have been cheated by illegal brokers.
Speaking to FMT, Siva Shanker, CEO of real estate agency Rahim & Co International, said these complaints are just skimming the surface.
“I’m sure there are many more,” said Shanker.
“Scams and con jobs increase during bad times (as) people prey on fear, insecurity and greed. More people are desperate when times are bad. You sell them a story, they buy the story.”
Read more: Rising number of property scams alarms estate agents
'Hampir setiap hari tak ada air'
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27 September 2020
KUALA LUMPUR - [DIKEMAS KINI] Hampir setiap hari sebahagian penduduk Blok 41 Projek Perumahan Rakyat (PPR) Gombak Setia di sini berdepan gangguan air tidak berjadual sejak dua tahun lalu.
Gangguan tidak menentu dihadapi penghuni pintu 17 hingga 24 di semua aras yang ada kalanya berlaku pada waktu pagi, petang atau malam antara dua ke tiga jam dan pernah sehingga sehari.
Penduduk mendakwa keadaan itu semakin kritikal selepas kerja mencuci tangki dilakukan apabila hampir setiap hari penduduk berdepan gangguan air.
Penduduk, Rosnita Abdul Kadir Jailani, 44 berkata, masalah sama berlaku semalam apabila kediamannya di tingkat 13 mengalami gangguan air dari jam 10 malam hingga 7 pagi.
Percaya sindiket Macau Scam, rugi RM195,580
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Ahad, 27 September 2020 @ 8:07 PM
Pontian: Akibat percaya dengan sindiket 'Macau Scam' yang menyamar sebagai wakil Pos Laju, seorang wanita kerugian wang tunai berjumlah RM195,580.
Ketua Polis Daerah Pontian, Superintendan Mustafa Bakri Salleh, berkata mangsa yang berusia 30an itu didakwa menerima panggilan telefon daripada seorang suspek yang mendakwa terdapat bungkusan mengandungi barang miliknya.
Menurutnya, suspek mendakwa bungkusan itu mengandungi kad pengenalan, kad ATM dan buku cek milik mangsa yang dihantar ke alamat di Sabah.
"Suspek memberitahu mangsa bahawa dia terbabit dengan kes pengubahan wang haram dan diarahkan untuk memindahkan sejumlah wang ke dalam beberapa akaun bagi mengelakkan diri dikenakan tindakan.
Paling penting usah panik
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Isnin, 28 September 2020 @ 6:45 AM
Kuala Lumpur: Terdapat beberapa petua mengelakkan setiap individu yang mempunyai simpanan dalam Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP) dan institusi kewangan lain daripada terpedaya dengan scammer menawarkan pelaburan tipu.
Pakar kewangan Islam dan fintech, Muhamad Fahmi Mustafa berkata, semua individu mesti ada konsep Know Yourself (KYS) dan di setiap institusi kewangan mengunakan kaedah KYC untuk mengesahkan identiti dan kesesuaian seseorang sebelum diterima sebagai pelanggan.
"Sebagai individu kita mesti ada konsep KYS. Kita mesti tahu kedudukan kewangan kita. Ini termasuk jumlah pinjaman, baki duit dalam bank, kad kredit, di mana anda pergi dan sebagainya. Ketahui informasi barangan milik anda, contohnya kereta dan rumah.
"Dengan keadaan anda yang selalu siap siaga, anda tidak akan mudah cemas jika berdepan scammer. Muat turun aplikasi scam filter di telefon anda. Aplikasi seperti Truecaller sangat penting as first line of defence atau pertahanan awal untuk mengelakkan anda memulakan komunikasi dengan scammer.
Penjualan garam beriodin dikuatkuasakan
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Jumaat, 25 September 2020 @ 11:41 AM
Kuala Lumpur: Mulai Rabu depan, semua garam halus atau garam beratnya 20 kilogram atau kurang akan diwajibkan menambah iodin sebelum boleh dijual di pasaran Malaysia.
Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah berkata, peraturan baru itu susulan pindaan Peraturan 285 berkaitan Garam Halus Beriodin atau Garam Beriodin di bawah Peraturan-Peraturan Makanan 1985 yang diwartakan pada 12 November 2018.
"Pindaan peraturan ini susulan daripada hasil dapatan Tinjauan Gangguan Akibat Kekurangan Iodin (IDD) Kebangsaan yang menunjukkan 48.2 peratus kanak-kanak sekolah rendah berumur lapan hingga 10 tahun mengalami masalah kekurangan iodin.
"Selain itu, 2.1 peratus kanak-kanak mengalami masalah goiter. Bagi tinjauan membabitkan wanita hamil dan murid sekolah, pengambilan iodin juga tidak mencapai paras optimum.
"Oleh itu, pelaksanaan Pengiodinan Secara Universal di Malaysia (USI) dapat membantu meningkatkan pengambilan iodin dalam kalangan masyarakat memandangkan garam adalah bahan asas yang digunakan di semua peringkat lapisan masyarakat tanpa mengira status pendapatan," katanya.
MCMC: Telcos to optimise existing spectrum for 4G, 700MHz to be released later based on need
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Friday, 25 Sep 2020 09:31 AM MYT
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 25 — Malaysia has recently introduced the Jendela plan which aims to boost connectivity nationwide especially in rural areas.
The initial target of rolling out 5G in Q3 2020 has taken a back seat as the government is now prioritising improvements of existing 4G networks.
An improved 4G coverage would serve as a strong foundation to ensure that 5G can be rolled out in an efficient and effective manner.
One of the key targets is to expand 4G population coverage from 91.8 per cent to 96.9 per cent within phase 1 of Jendela (2020-2022). Responding to our queries on spectrum, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has told us that all service providers will have to expand their coverage with their existing resource.
COMMENT | On the 5th anniversary of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
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10:00 am l 25 September 2020
2020 is a significant and defining year for the international community. Today marks five years that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework, or Agenda 2030, was unanimously endorsed by the 193 member states of the United Nations on Sept 25, 2015.
Because the progress of the goals, to date, has been too slow, this is also the year that the Decade of Action was announced to accelerate the SDGs. And all of these coincide with the 75th anniversary of the United Nations.
Rewinding the clock back to five years ago, the powerful 15-year framework of the SDGs that emerged from the largest global consultation ever was formulated to ensure all member states work towards a common goal – a renewed and reinvigorated global commitment to a more inclusive, prosperous and environmentally sustainable future for all underpinned by good governance.
Guided by the principle of leaving no one behind, the SDGs are a call to action to all parts of society – government, businesses, civil society and citizens themselves – doing their part to achieve the most ambitious common vision that the world has ever had.
Read more: COMMENT | On the 5th anniversary of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Bantuan tambahan kurang beban rakyat
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Rabu, 23 September 2020 @ 2:55 PM
Kuala Lumpur: Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin mengumumkan inisiatif bantuan tambahan kepada empat kategori golongan bagi mengurangkan beban rakyat menghadapi impak Covid-19.
"Golongan pertama adalah golongan B40 yang berkeluarga dan bujang, golongan M40 bagi berkeluarga dan bujang serta pekerja tempatan pelbagai bidang.
"Kategori keempat adalah golongan peniaga mikro dalam pelbagai bidang," katanya dalam Perutusan Khas Kita Prihatin, hari ini.
Beliau juga mengumumkan inisiatif Subsidi Upah dilanjutkan hingga Disember menjadi Subsidi Upah 2.0.
Program Subsidi Upah 2.0 melibatkan peruntukan RM2.4 bilion dan memanfaatkan 1.3 juta pekerja.
Siasat dakwaan buang air najis khinzir ke sungai
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Rabu, 23 September 2020 @ 2:51 PM
Ipoh: Jabatan Alam Sekitar (JAS) Perak sedang menyiasat dakwaan berhubung pembuangan air najis khinzir ke Sungai Kuala Gepai, Bidor di Tapah, dekat sini, petang semalam, sebagaimana tular di media sosial.
Pengarahnya, Rosli Zul berkata, JAS menerima laporan mengenai perbuatan jijik hingga menyebabkan pencemaran sungai di Kampung Kuala Gepai itu, pada malam tadi.
"JAS Perak sedang merujuk kes ini ke Jabatan Veterinar dan akan menjalankan siasatan secara bersama," katanya ketika dihubungi Bernama, hari ini.
Semalam, tular beberapa gambar di Facebook menunjukkan warna air sungai berkenaan yang kehitaman didakwa tercemar akibat pembuangan air najis dari ladang penternakan khinzir di kawasan berhampiran.
Seorang penduduk kampung, Abd Aziz Mohamed, 45, ketika dihubungi berkata, kejadian itu bukan pertama kali berlaku, sebaliknya berlarutan sejak bertahun-tahun, namun tiada penyelesaian sehingga sekarang walaupun banyak aduan dibuat kepada pihak berkaitan.
IWK denies its sewage treatment plant behind latest Sungai Gong pollution
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September 20, 2020 @ 1:48pm
KUALA LUMPUR: Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd (IWK) today denied that the black discolouration of water at Sungai Gong yesterday was due to effluent discharge from its Rawang Integrated Industrial Park Sewage Treatment Plant (GBK134).
In a statement today, IWK said it believes that the effluent was released by an illegal waste disposal unit near the plant, and that the water had turned a deep yellow.
IWK chief executive officer Narendran Maniam said chemical dosage works were immediately carried out to control the situation.
He said staff at the plant first noticed that non-sewage waste was present in the plant's inlet chamber, causing water in the final stage of treatment at the plant to be imbued a deep yellow.
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