Budget 2008

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Budget 2008: Responsible Leadership for Uncertain Times

Building on the Government’s 2007 Economic Statement, the Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, tabled a balanced, focused and prudent budget to strengthen Canada amidst global economic uncertainty. Budget 2008 continues reducing debt and taxes, focuses government spending, and provides additional support for sectors of the economy that are struggling in this period of uncertainty.

In fact, this year alone the Government is injecting $21 billion of stimulus into the Canadian economy. As a share of the economy, this is significantly greater than the stimulus package offered by the U.S.

“Our Government is meeting the challenge of global economic uncertainty with a plan that is real, a plan that is responsible, a plan that is working,” said Minister Flaherty. “In the weeks to come, Canadians will see $2.9 billion in retroactive personal tax relief that was announced in the fall. We didn’t wait, we acted and Canadians can see the results.”

Budget 2008 also provides the most important federally driven personal finance innovation since the introduction of the Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP): the Tax-Free Savings Account. This flexible, registered, general-purpose account will allow Canadians to watch their savings—including interest income, dividend payments and capital gains—grow tax-free.

“The Tax-Free Savings Account is the first of its kind in Canadian history,” said Minister Flaherty. “It will provide all Canadians with a powerful incentive to save. An RRSP is primarily intended for retirement, but the Tax-Free Savings Account is like an RRSP for everything else in your life.”

Budget 2008 also demonstrates responsible leadership by:

• Reducing debt. Since taking office, the Government has reduced the federal debt by more than $37 billion, including $10.2 billion this fiscal year. The Government’s aggressive debt reduction has resulted in ongoing interest savings of $2 billion per year. Under the Tax Back Guarantee, the benefits of debt reduction are passed on to Canadians in the form of lower personal income taxes.

• Strengthening Canada’s tax advantage. Since taking office, the Government has delivered almost $200 billion in tax relief over this and the next five years. Budget 2008 extends accelerated capital cost allowance treatment for the manufacturing and processing sector by three years on a declining basis—this will provide these businesses with an additional $1 billion in tax relief.

• Investing in the country’s manufacturing heartland. In February 2008, Parliament passed the Government’s $1-billion Community Development Trust to support communities and workers. Budget 2008 builds on this investment by providing $250 million for an Automotive Innovation Fund to help Canada’s automotive sector adapt to the challenges of the future.

• Investing in the priorities of Canadians. Budget 2008 is providing $400 million to hire 2,500 new front-line police officers over the next five years. Budget 2008 also supports the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and will improve the safety systems for food, consumer and health products.

“We have come to a fork in the road,” said Minister Flaherty. “Some would have us go down the path to higher spending, higher interest payments and higher taxes. That approach is misguided. Our Government is taking the path that requires focus, prudence and discipline.”

Tiga tokoh Pemuda Umno dapat projek RM1.2 bilion?

Tiga tokoh Pemuda Umno dapat projek RM1.2 bilion?

KUALA LUMPUR,23 Julai (Hrkh) - Tiga tokoh penting Pemuda Umno Malaysia didakwa mendapat projek sistem perisian komputer E-Tanah sejumlah RM1.2 bilion secara runding terus tanpa tender terbuka namun sehingga kini gagal dilaksanakan semenjak dimulakan pada tahun 2006.


Ahli Parlimen Machang, Saifudin Nasution Ismail yang mendedahkan perkara itu di Dewan Rakyat baru-baru ini memberitahu, ketiga-tiga individu terbabit dikaitkan juga dengan Precision Portal Sdn Bhd, sebuah syarikat yang terbabit dengan sistem perisian komputer di Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri (LHDN) yang membabitkan kos hampir RM250 juta.

“Masalahnya ialah sistem itu tidak menetapi spesifikasi LHDN dan salah dalam kiraan taksiran. Ini serius sebenarnya.

“Hari ini kakitangan LHDN terpaksa betulkan kesilapan sistem komputer itu satu persatu cara ‘manual’ dan 80 peratus daripada masa kakitangan terpaksa digunakan,” katanya ketika memohon penjelasan dalam Rang Undang-undang Perbekalan Tambahan (200 8) di Dewan Rakyat baru-baru ini.

Berikutan itu katanya, kelemahan dan kesilapan syarikat ini terpaksa ditanggung oleh LHDN sedangkan jutaan ringgit telah pun dibayar kepada syarikat terbabit walaupun sistem perisian tersebut gagal dilaksanakan.

“Projek syarikat ini, syarikat ini sudah dapat duit habis, sistem dia tidak jalan. LHDN balik asal. Ini berat ini. Kerajaan yang amanah, cemerlang, terbilang dan segala-gala macam itu harus teliti perkara ini dengan serius,”tambahnya lagi.

Beliau juga turut membangkit isu sistem E-Tanah berjumlah RM65 juta yang diperuntukkan untuk ‘pilot project’ di Pulau Pinang namun gagal juga dilaksanakan.

“Mengaibkan, memalukan! RM1.2 bilion ‘witout open tender’, bagi sahaja, belakangnya Pemuda Umno Malaysia berjuang untuk agama, bangsa dan negara tetapi rompak di siang hari,” katanya.

Press Statement by Datuk Seri Anwar IbrahimThe hospital report

Press Statement by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim The hospital report leaked yesterday confirms our contention that the allegations leveled against me are baseless and politically motivated and that the complainant is an outright liar working hand in glove with those in power to assassinate my character and attempt to derail the people’s aspirations for transformational change in government.This report makes a mockery of the so-called “impartial police investigations” and clearly showfour weeks of their “thorough and professional investigations” have overlooked such a critical piece of evidence? I condemn in the strongest terms their negligence, dishonesty and recklessness in humiliating the nation by dragging us all through this vile and filthy charade.

Our refusal to submit a DNA sample has been vindicated. The failure of the police to disclose this medical report all but confirms their intention to frame me. Although quite apparent even before yesterday, their desperate attempt to collect a new DNA sample is now even more clearly a last ditch effort to build a case where none exists.

The statement by Bar President Dato’ Ambiga Sreenevasan in response to this latest development bears repeating.

s the dubious but persistent attempts to incriminate me by whatever means employable.How else can we fathom why the police during the last “The credibility of the Malaysian justice system as a whole is therefore atstake. The integrity of professionals, be they doctors or lawyers, must never be interfered with. The public must be left in no doubt that the criminaljustice system in this country will not be misused or abused.”

Several weeks ago I filed a police report implicating Musa Hassan and Gani Patail in the conspiracy to fabricate evidence in my 1998 case. The ACA subsequently opened an inquiry into the matter. Given their current involvement as heads of the police and Attorney General’s chambers, and their earlier attempts to discredit and defame me, I have consistently asserted that a fair investigation into this matter would be impossible, notwithstanding the dubious character of the complainant and his association with the Deputy Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister’s wife and, her staff, as well as key figures in the police department.

I reiterate earlier calls to ensure the safety and security of the doctor who authored this medical report. Reports that he and his family may be in danger must not be taken lightly given earlier instances when key witnesses in high-profile cases in Malaysia have been threatened, coerced or gone missing.

My family and I have endured a great deal during the last month. Our fears of arepeat of the trauma and abuse inflicted upon us in 1998 were bearable only with the tremendous outpouring of support from our friends in Malaysia and throughout the world. We breathed a deep sigh of relief upon hearing of the report and after seeing it with our own eyes felt a great burden lifted from our shoulders. We remain eternally grateful to them for their belief in us and their commitment to the cause of freedom and justice in Malaysia.

I have willingly cooperated in the police investigations; careless and vindictive though it has turned out to be. But I have decided that nation is in a grave situation economically and socially and I can no longer be distracted by such nuisances. I am now determined to move ahead with the reform agenda, which the Malaysian people endorse in the last elections, and i do not intend to address this scurrilous accusations anymore.

At a time when the world economy is spiraling into recession and Malaysia has struggled to remain competitive with its neighbors, this scandal was raised at the worst possible moment. The problems of inflation, unemployment, and investor confidence grow more serious by the day The authorities, aided by senior Ministers in the government, appear to be willfully dragging the nation’s stature down in their last ditch efforts to retain power. The international community has expressed its disdain for what is happening and that will translate to less foreign investment, less tourism and an even weaker economy.

I call upon the government to rise above petty vindictiveness and maneuvering for power, and to be sincere, honest and hence effective in its actions. The national good that, for the moment now reposes in their hands, demands nothing less.

Dr. M attacked

Dr. M attacked

PROSECUTION ENDS CASE AGAINST NIK SAPEIA
Dr M menganas lagi,menarik cerita ini,tetapi saya tak berapa berani untuk memberi apa-apa komen mengenai artikel ini yang saya petik dari bernama,saya pun sebenarnya tidak tahu apa sebanarnya carita ini tetapi saya cadangkan keta semua tidak perlu lah memutuska apa-apa,biarkan mahkamah yang menjalankan siasatan terhadap kes ini,mari kita sama-sama menbaca artikel dari bernama ini,

KOTA BAHARU, June 2 (Bernama) -- The prosecution closed its case today against businessman Datuk Nik Sapeia Nik Yusof for causing hurt to Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and three others at the Sultan Ismail Petra Airport in Pengkalan Chepa two years ago.

The hearing before Magistrate Azman Mustapha began in August 2006 and saw Deputy Public Prosecutor Raja Rozela Raja Toran assisted by Noor Ezwanee Mohamad producing 20 witnesses including Dr Mahathir and Pasir Mas Member of Parliament Datuk Ibrahim Ali.

Azman fixed tomorrow for the summing up before deciding whether to call Nik Sapeia to enter defence.

Nik Sapeia, 53, is charged under Section 324 of the Penal Code with injuring Dr Mahathir, Ibrahim, Mohd Nasir Muda and Suberi Sahidan by spraying a substance which posed a danger to the body when inhaled on July 28, 2006.

The offence carries a maximum jail term of three years and a fine.

isu semasa lagi tentang cat kereta

lagi cita tentang cat kereta.memang menyedihkan bila saya melihat kereta member saya di perlakukan seperti menconteng di dinding apabila marah,saya rasa memang tidak sepatutnya sekiranya saya membayar sejumlah wang untuk mengecat kereta saya dan kereta saya seperti tidak di cat,dengan keadaan cat yang tak sama,kesan cat yang meleleh,cat terkopek dan segala macam cacat,ini lah kerja yang dilakukan oleh pemilik bengkel cat di segambut dalam,milik orang melayu,beliau tidak sepatutnya melakukan tugasa yang dibayar dengan tidak ada rasa tanggungjawab untuk melaksanakan dengan bersungguh-sungguh,

moral dari cerita itu,,,

jangan lah menghantar kereta kita di kedai yang sebarangan tanpa usul cerita

sekian terima kasih

Dr. Mahathir Mohamad Pengumuman Keluar Dari UMNO

ini lAH SATU pengumuman yang peling gempak sekali yang saya dengar selama saya menjadi rakyat malaysia'mari kita semua sama-sama membaca artikel ini

Hari ini, Mei 19, 2008 saya mengumumkan keputusan saya untuk keluar daripada UMNO. Isteri saya turut bersama.

Keputusan ini dibuat kerana UMNO yang ada sekarang bukan lagi UMNO yang ditubuh 62 tahun dahulu yang berjuang untuk bangsa Melayu, Agama Islam dan Negara Malaysia (Malaya); UMNO yang menggagalkan Malayan Union, memperjuangkan kemerdekaan Malaya dan Malaysia dan membangunkan Malaysia sehingga menjadi Negara yang termaju di antara Negara membangun di dunia.

UMNO yang ada sekarang hanya wujud untuk menyokong Dato Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, keluarganya dan tindakan serta dasar yang tidak secocok dengan kepentingan bangsa, agama dan negara.

Kepimpinan Dato Seri Abdullah jelas membawa kekalahan dan bencana kepada Barisan Nasional, UMNO, MCA, MIC, Gerakan dan PPP. Kemenangan UMNO di Sabah dan BN di Sarawak bukan kerana kepimpinan Dato Seri Abdullah.

Saya akan jelas satu persatu dasar-dasar dan tindakan Dato Seri Abdullah yang menjadikan Kerajaan pimpinannya dan parti BN dibenci oleh ahli-ahli parti komponen sendiri.

Walaupun sebelum perisytiharan ini saya adalah ahli UMNO tetapi sebenarnya selepas saya letak jawatan sebagai Perdana Menteri saya tidak dilayan sebagai ahli UMNO.

Saya tidak dibenarkan berjumpa ahli UMNO dan ahli UMNO tidak dibenarkan hadir apa-apa perhimpunan di mana saya dijemput sebagai jurucakap atau penyampai ucapan.

Menteri-Menteri yang dahulu berada dalam Kabinet saya tidak dibenarkan atau tidak berani atau tidak mahu jumpa saya lagi.

Jemputan oleh UMNO dan bukan UMNO kepada saya diarah ditarik balik oleh Mneteri Besar dan Polis.

Ramai pemimpin UMNO melepaskan kata-kata kesat kepada saya dan ada yang menyuruh saya keluar daripada UMNO walaupun mereka baru sahaja masuk UMNO. Tidak ada pemimpin UMNO yang pertahankan saya secara terbuka.

perhimpunan Agong tidak dibenarkan menyuara pendapat mereka. Mulut semua orang ditutup.

Yang didengar hanyalah media arus perdana yang memuji Dato Seri Abdullah sehingga dia percaya dia begitu popular dan akan sapu bersih parti lawan dalam pilihanraya umum ke-12.

Hasilnya ialah kekalahan yang teruk bagi Barisan Nasional. Malangnya mesej yang hendak disampaikan oleh pengundi dan penyokong BN tidak dapat difahami oleh Dato Seri Abdullah.

Dia masih berkata dia menang. Ini sukar diterima oleh orang Kedah, orang Pulau Pinang, orang Perak, Selangor dan Wilayah Persekutuan.

Oleh kerana Dato Seri Abdullah buta mata dan pekak telinga dan tidak faham mesej ahli BN, oleh kerana ahli UMNO pun turut bersama, oleh kerana proses demokrasi tidak berjalan, oleh kerana UMNO yang ada sekarang bukan lagi UMNO yang ditubuhkan 62 tahun dahulu, saya berpendapat penyertaan saya sebagai ahli UMNO tidak bermakna dan tidak berguna lagi.

Justeru itu saya ingin umumkan bahawa saya sudah keluar daripada UMNO.

Saya ingin tegaskan bahawa saya bebas dan tidak menyokong mana-mana parti lawan.

Saya akan pohon untuk masuk UMNO apabila Dato Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi sudah berhenti daripada menjadi Presiden UMNO, Pengerusi BN dan Perdana Menteri Malaysia.

Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad (bekas ahli UMNO No 1)
Dr Siti Hasmah binti Mohd Ali (bekas ahli UMNO No 2)

gambar bogel dan aksi lucah Sufiah Yosuf’s

video aksi sufia yosuf

Sufiah Yosuf’s Raunchy Photos

Sufiah was only 12 years old when she was admitted into Oxford University to do her Degree in Mathematics.

Sufiah's parents, Halimahton Yusof from Johor is a freelance researcher and her father, Farooq Yusof from Pakistan, is the director of an education management company. Farooq use the accelerated learning techniques developed by himself, which had resulted in astonishing academic success for his children who were basically home-schooled.

Their eldest child, Isaac, 23, is in Information Technology. Noraisha, 21, who received second-class honors for her Masters Degree in Maths, is doing her Doctorate research in education and Iskander at 17 already holds a First-Class Masters Degree, is currently doing further research work in Mathematics, while the youngest Zuleika, age 10, has completed her A-Levels in Maths and Science subjects.

Sufiah made headlines both in Britain and Malaysia back in 2000 when she disappeared from St Hilda's College, Oxford University, at the age of 15, after her third-year exams.

The British police conducted a nationwide hunt while her family made emotional appeals for her return. Her disappearance erupted into a major controversy when she was later found by the police in Bournemouth, south England, but refused to return to her parents, claiming that her father had been controlling her life with over-intensive academic tutoring and emotional abuse.

She was then placed with a foster family. In October 2002, Sufiah returned to Oxford University to complete the final year of her Masters in Maths.

Sufiah, however, did not complete the course and did not get a degree. Instead, she found love and happiness with Jonathan. She said they plan to move to London and have many children.

For the past year, she has been working as an administrative assistant for a construction company, while her trainee lawyer fiancée completed a legal practice course.

Looking at the children, we can't deny that Farooq had produced extremely successful results with his Accelerated Learning Techniques and his childrens' academic records are testimony of his educational project success. Probably, his only failure, that is, Sufiah the prodigy, is because of his stern unwavering desire to develop the world's youngest genius at her teens. As a father, he had to suffer the consequence of his actions - his passion and ambition to prove himself as the new Einstein of our modern world.


Sufia was married to her former fellow Oxford student, Jonathan Marshall, 24, on July 10, 2004 in Oxford. However, Sufiah's parents, Halimahton Yusof and Farooq Yusof were not present to witness the wedding. Sufiah's four siblings were also absent. She is only 19, and she will have to learn to grow up to be an adult and a mother someday.

Sufiah told a British newspaper, The Times: "Meeting Jonathan was the best thing that happened to me while I was at Oxford University," adding that her experience over the years had been "interesting".

The Times also quoted her as saying: "If you are surrounded by people your own age it certainly is different from being surrounded by people who are five years older than you. I can't quantify why exactly that is... It's just different."

Will she develop her talent further or resign herself to be a wife and mother?
Let's hope we have not lost a talent!

kenapa mesti orang melayu bila meniaga mesti tak pandai nak bagi pelanggan berpuas hati

saya pelik dengan satu kisah ini,seorang sahabat ini menghantar kereta dia untuk dicat warna baru di sebuah bengkel orang melayu di segambut dalam,dah lah cat tak cantik ,orang melayukemudian tak nak betulkan,kemudian pemilik kereta tadi di marah kerena dikatakan terlalu cerewet,saya memang tidak puas hati dan berang dengan tindakan pemilik bengkel itu,saya harap pihak yang berkenaan seperti kementerian perdaganan,kementerian pengguna,persatuan bengkel melayu,dan persatuan kebajikan dakwah islamiah malaysia ( pekida ) memandang serius tentang perkara ini,kerana ianya melibatkan maruah bangsa melayu dan akan membuat pelanggan lain takut untuk menghantar kereta mereka untuk dibaiki di bangkel orang melayu