The idea to have Universal Studio Singapore (USS) is a brilliant idea. This world class attraction will boost the tourism industry in Singapore. Eventhough we in Malaysia have few good theme park etc, but in term of the branding still not there to challenge the USS.

I have been to Universal Studio Japan (Osaka) last year and based on the promo, USS has few same attraction such as Jurassic Park, Shrek etc. The ticket I am not sure, but people are saying that it will cost us more than RM100. Just to share with you, USJ cost me almost RM200 for the entrance fee. Eventhough the price consider high, but with all entertainment/attractions that they can offer, I believe you will satisfy.

For those who have small budget and want to save alot, Tune Hotels, Danga Bay provide daily shuttle service to Universal Studio Singapore.

Visit the official page HERE.

AirAsia Big Sale is back. Hurry up the offer only for few days, grab many value buy ti

CIMB Bank AirAsia Savers Early Notice : AIRASIA’S BIG SALE IS BACK ! Book online from 3/3 – 7/3 & enjoy fares as LOW as RM9. Travel from 25/9/10 – 13/2/11. T&C Apply.

For others, you can make your reservation effective 3 March 2009. If you are looking for RM699 London fare this is the right time. How about Bandung for RM69, Gold Coast RM149 and many more.

Grab your ticket now at AirAsia Big Sale page.

The vibrant, resource-rich country came under intense international scrutiny last year after a Shariah court sentenced 32-year-old Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno to be caned after she was caught drinking beer in a hotel bar. Many moderate Muslims and non-Muslim Malaysians saw that verdict as reflecting the growing reach of Islam in Malaysia over the past several years, although Prime Minister Najib Razak has said he won’t let Malaysia drift toward becoming an Islamist state.

I am not sure where to go this year but thinking of travel to Jakarta.

The Malaysia Airlines‘ Travel Fair 2010 (MATF’ 10) is back, offering attractive air fares and holiday packages from today until 7 March 2010. Offers such as a 75% discount off current market fares will be available during the fair 49 destinations worldwide. The travel period starts from March 24 until Jan 14 next year.

Tickets can be bought via the airlines’ ticketing offices, travel agents or www.malaysiaairlines.com. What great about this year MATF is MAS will also be extending these offers to its customers in Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar, where the fair will run concurrently.

Some of the great offer that you can grab during The Malaysia Airlines‘ Travel Fair 2010

• Asia; starting from as low as RM133 to Medan, RM213 (Phuket) and RM359 (Hong Kong).
• Australia; RM639 to Perth one-way, and RM1,069 to Mel- bourne (one-way).
• Europe; London, Paris or Rome for only RM1,549.
• Other; Bangkok will cost RM264; Beijing (RM487), Sydney (RM754) and the Gold Coast (RM816).
• Customers intending to go on their umrah and ziarah journeys can opt for MASholidays’ travel package from RM4,999 for 14 days/ 12 nights to Jeddah, with three nights in Madinah and nine nights in Mecca.

They can also opt for package deals of four days, three nights travel from MASholidays – inclusive of return airfare, airport transfers, accommodation and breakfast. The offers will also be available at all Malaysia Airlines ticketing offices and its 24-hour callcentre at 1-300-88-3000. Those interested can also visit the website at www.malaysiaairlines.com.

Source : Go-AirAsia

1. Tan Sri Robert Kuok, the Kuok Group
2. Tan Sri Ananda Krishnan of Maxis Group
3. Tan Sri Lee Shin Chen, IOI Corporation Bhd
4. Tan Sri Teh Hong Piow, Public Bank
5. Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay, Genting Berhad
6. Tan Sri Quek Leng Chan, Hong Leong Group
7. Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Albukhary, Albukhary Foundation
8. Lim Goh Tong’s widow Puan Sri Lee Kim Hua,
9. Tan Sri Tiong Hiew King of Rimbunan Hijau Group
10. Tan Sri Vincent Tan of Berjaya Group.

There were five newcomers in the list — Lee Swee Eng of the KNM Group, brothers Datuk Shahril Shamsuddin and Shahriman of Sapura, Datuk Seri Nazir Razak of CIMB Group and OSK Holdings’ Ong Leong Huat, who makes a comeback to the list after a one-year absence. — Bernama

• Program Biasiswa Nasional
• Program Ijazah Luar Negara (PILN)
• Program Ijazah Dalam Negara (PIDN)

PSD said the scholarships offered this year were targeted at studies in critical fields like medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, engineering, and science and technology as well as social sciences needed by the public sector and the nation.

Full details on the scholarships can be obtained from the department’s portal at www.jpa.gov.my or by calling (03) 8885-3412 from March 10 or by coming personally to counters at its human development division at the lobby, Blok C1, Putrajaya from 8am to 4pm.

Advertisements on the scholarship offer will also be placed in all major mainstream newspapers. Applications can be made online from the date the results of the 2009 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination results are officially announced.

Anyway, for those who are not aware, the high performance school will get the following benefits :

• An annual budget of nearly RM1mil besides allowing students to finish school a year earlier were among the “prizes” awarded to the country’s first ever 20 high performance schools.
• The principals will also be given the option to select 20% of their student intake.
• The schools’ management would also have the flexibility to re-assign staff who under-performed, and pay overtime and performance incentives.
• a Year One pupil of a high performance school, who was academically excellent, could be given the option of skipping a year after consultation with his parents.
• On the flexibility of the curriculum,  the schools could make changes after a thorough consultation with all involved, including the ministry and parents.

Sekolah berasrama penuh:

1. Sekolah Tun Fatimah (STF), Johor Bahru
2. Sekolah Datuk Abdul Razak (SDAR), Seremban
3. Kolej Melayu Kuala Kangsar (KMKK), Perak
4. Sekolah Seri Puteri, Cyberjaya
5. Sekolah Menengah Sultan Abdul Halim, Kedah
6. Kolej Tunku Kurshiah (TKC), Seremban
7. Kolej Islam Sultan Alam Shah, Klang
8. Sekolah Menengah Sains Tuanku Syed Putra, Perlis
9. Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah, Putrajaya
10. Sekolah Menengah Sains Muzaffar Syah , Melaka

Sekolah menengah harian:

1. Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Perempuan Sri Aman, Petaling Jaya
2. Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Aminuddin Baki, Kuala Lumpur
3. Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sultanah Asma, Kedah
4. Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (P) St George, Pulau Pinang

Sekolah rendah:

1. Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Bintang utara, Kuala Lumpur
2. Sekolah Kebangsaan Zainab (2) Kota Bharu, Kelantan
3. Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Tun Dr Ismail 1, Kuala Lumpur
4. Sekolah Convent Kota Taiping, Perak
5. Sekolah Kebangsaan Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur
6. Sekolah Kebangsaan Bandar Baru Uda 2, Johor Bahru

Source : Education Talk

How to check ?

• You can check online using your PMR number or your NRIC.
• Check it here Kementerian Pelajaran Website

How to appeal ?

• If you didn’t get the place you still can appeal direct at the respective school.
• The decision is subject to the place availability after the school registration date.

If you have any enquiries, you can go direct to nearest Sekolah Menengah Teknik all you can call Bahagian Pendidikan Teknikal dan Vokasional at  03-48845154 / 5067/ 5088

Good luck guys hope you can get the best for your future endeavour.

Saving is sin, and spending is virtue…
Interesting article written by an Indian Economist

Japanese save a lot. They do not spend much. Also Japan exports far more
than it imports. Has an annual trade surplus of over 100 billions. Yet
Japanese economy is considered weak, even collapsing.

Americans spend, save little. Also US imports more than it exports. Has an
annual trade deficit of over $400 billion. Yet, the American economy is
considered strong and trusted to get stronger.

But where from do Americans get money to spend?

They borrow from Japan, China and even India.
Virtually others save for the US to spend. Global savings are mostly
invested in US, in dollars.

India itself keeps its foreign currency assets of over $50 billions in US
securities. China has sunk over $160 billion in US securities. Japan’s
stakes in US securities is in trillions.

Result:

The US has taken over $5 trillion from the world. So, as the world saves
for the US, Americans spend freely. Today, to keep the US consumption
going, that is for the US economy to work, other countries have to remit
$180 billion every quarter, which is $2 billion a day, to the US!

A Chinese economist asked a neat question. Who has invested more, US in
China, or China in US? The US has invested in China less than half of what
China has invested in US.

The same is the case with India. We have invested in US over $50 billion.
But the US has invested less than $20 billion in India.

Why the world is after US?

The secret lies in the American spending, that they hardly save. In fact
they use their credit cards to spend their future income. That the US
spends is what makes it attractive to export to the US. So US imports more
than what it exports year after year.

The result:

The world is dependent on US consumption for its growth. By its deepening
culture of consumption, the US has habituated the world to feed on US
consumption. But as the US needs money to finance its consumption, the
world provides the money.

It’s like a shopkeeper providing the money to a customer so that the
customer keeps buying from the shop. If the customer will not buy, the
shop won’t have business, unless the shopkeeper funds him. The US is like
the lucky customer. And the world is like the helpless shopkeeper
financier.

Who is America’s biggest shopkeeper financier? Japan of course. Yet it’s
Japan which is regarded as weak. Modern economists complain that Japanese
do not spend, so they do not grow. To force the Japanese to spend, the
Japanese government exerted itself, reduced the savings rates, even
charged the savers.

Even then the Japanese did not spend (habits don’t change, even with
taxes, do they?). Their traditional postal savings alone is over $1.2
trillions,
about three times the Indian GDP. Thus, savings, far from being the
strength of Japan, has become its pain.

Hence, what is the lesson?

That is, a nation cannot grow unless the people spend, not save. Not just
spend, but borrow and spend.

Dr. Jagdish Bhagwati, the famous Indian-born economist in the US, told
Manmohan Singh that Indians wastefully save. Ask them to spend, on
imported cars and, seriously, even on cosmetics! This will put India on a
growth curve. This is one of the reason for MNC’s coming down to India,
seeing the consumer spending.

‘Saving is sin, and spending is virtue.’

But before you follow this neo economics, get some fools to save so that
you can borrow from them and spend!!!
God Bless You

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