Hari ini Timbalan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak menyatakan akan menangguhkan pengambilalihan 51 peratus ekuiti dalam Institut Jantung Negara (IJN)oleh Sime Darby hingga kajian mendalam dilakukan oleh kementerian-kementerian yang berkaitan.
Pihak yang terlibat dalam kajian itu termasuk Kementerian Kewangan dan Kementerian Kesihatan serta Unit Perancang Ekonomi.
Walaupun secara dasarnya kerajaan memberi kelulusan kepada syarikat berkaitan kerajaan itu untuk mengambil alih kepentingan dalam IJN Holdings tetapi kajian yang rapi mestilah dilakukan bagi mengelakkan perkara yang tidak diingini berlaku sehingga memberi kesan kepada rakyat miskin untuk menikmati kemudahan ini.
Penangguhan pembelian ini menunjukkan kepekaan kerajaan terhadap rungutan rakyat yang jelas kurang menyokong pengambilahan IJN ini. Dalam masa yang sama Sime Darby perlulah memberi penjelasan yang terperinci mengenai 'tindakan' membeli IJN ini supaya rakyat mengetahui apakah alasannya.
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Jumaat, Disember 19, 2008
KISAH MB YANG 'BENGONG'...
Hendak ketawa pun ada tengok gelagat pemimpin Pakatan Rabun ini.. kalau menyalahkan orang tanpa usul periksa, itu memang kepakaran pemimpin Pakatan Rabun ni...
Ni kisah MB yang 'BENGONG' ini semalam menyalahkan JKR... sedangkan jabatan itu bercadang menyerahkan laporan berkenaan selepas ia dibentangkan dalam mesyuarat jemaah menteri pagi ini dan diumumkan oleh menteri berkenaan...
Terdahulu, Abdul Khalid dilaporkan berkata keputusan membenarkan penduduk pulang dicapai selepas menerima kajian awal geoteknikal JKR dan Institut Kerja Raya Malaysia (Ikram).
Beliau bagaimanapun berkata belum meneliti sepenuhnya laporan tersebut.
Semalam kerajaan Selangor melahirkan rasa kecewa dengan sikap Kementerian Kerja Raya yang enggan membenarkan JKR menyerahkan laporan tersebut semalam sehingga menghalangnya memaklumkan kepada penduduk dalam satu pertemuan yang dijadualkan jam 10 pagi ini.
Ni kisah MB yang 'BENGONG' ini semalam menyalahkan JKR... sedangkan jabatan itu bercadang menyerahkan laporan berkenaan selepas ia dibentangkan dalam mesyuarat jemaah menteri pagi ini dan diumumkan oleh menteri berkenaan...
Terdahulu, Abdul Khalid dilaporkan berkata keputusan membenarkan penduduk pulang dicapai selepas menerima kajian awal geoteknikal JKR dan Institut Kerja Raya Malaysia (Ikram).
Beliau bagaimanapun berkata belum meneliti sepenuhnya laporan tersebut.
Semalam kerajaan Selangor melahirkan rasa kecewa dengan sikap Kementerian Kerja Raya yang enggan membenarkan JKR menyerahkan laporan tersebut semalam sehingga menghalangnya memaklumkan kepada penduduk dalam satu pertemuan yang dijadualkan jam 10 pagi ini.
Penang factories take a longer break as demand slumps
GEORGETOWN, Dec 19 — Penang’s industrial areas will turn into ghost towns between Dec 22 and Jan 5 as factories shut down longer for the year-end holidays amid falling demand from major markets that are already in recession. Some manufacturers have also sent back foreign workers as their contracts lapse.
But industry insiders say Penang’s multinational manufacturers, particularly in the electronics sector, face a bleak 2009 as demand dries up for components and accessories. They expect further job cuts even as the companies mull over shortening work weeks or closing production lines.
The DAP secretary-general said Penang has attracted RM8 billion thus far in investments for 2008 against RM4.7 billion last year, adding the state could have taken in RM10 billion in investments if there was no economic downturn.
Despite the rising investments, Penang businessmen are bracing for hard times. Manpower suppliers say one multinational had just sent back nearly 400 workers or 10 percent of their workforce when their contracts lapsed. “The MNC has another 100 foreign workers and they are expected to leave once their contracts expire too,” one labour consultant told The Malaysian Insider.
He added some companies are thinking of reducing work days to retain their staff and avoid retrenchment.
“Retrenchment is the last option as some don’t have the funds to pay severance packages,” he explained.
A senior executive at a multinational electronic maker said the situation will get worse in 2009.
“There is just no demand for anything electronics. We will have to let the workers go and close production lines very soon,” said the executive,
Source: The Malaysianinsider
But industry insiders say Penang’s multinational manufacturers, particularly in the electronics sector, face a bleak 2009 as demand dries up for components and accessories. They expect further job cuts even as the companies mull over shortening work weeks or closing production lines.
The DAP secretary-general said Penang has attracted RM8 billion thus far in investments for 2008 against RM4.7 billion last year, adding the state could have taken in RM10 billion in investments if there was no economic downturn.
Despite the rising investments, Penang businessmen are bracing for hard times. Manpower suppliers say one multinational had just sent back nearly 400 workers or 10 percent of their workforce when their contracts lapsed. “The MNC has another 100 foreign workers and they are expected to leave once their contracts expire too,” one labour consultant told The Malaysian Insider.
He added some companies are thinking of reducing work days to retain their staff and avoid retrenchment.
“Retrenchment is the last option as some don’t have the funds to pay severance packages,” he explained.
A senior executive at a multinational electronic maker said the situation will get worse in 2009.
“There is just no demand for anything electronics. We will have to let the workers go and close production lines very soon,” said the executive,
Source: The Malaysianinsider