MEMORY LANE - Birthday Party II

Picture shows that Dira Aisha was about to blow her birthday cake candle light during the party at our home - Apartment 67 & 68, Park West Hotel and Apartments, Kendal Street, off Edgware Road, London. Next to her is her mum, Mdm Hajjah Rohaya Haji Ma'aya, where her mum tried to assist her for cutting the cake in slices, and join together are her Malay and Chinese friends. From R2L: Christine; Mdm Rohaya; Dira Aisha; Wan Noor Amran (daughter of the owner of the popular Malay restaurant located at Edgware Road - Mawar Restaurant - apart from "Satay House" in London); Firdaus Azhar; Farisha Azhar and two of her friends.

Dira Aisha Amran, had many occasions of celebrating her birthday and this memory lane wanted to highlight of that occasion was happened at our home, during our period of stay in the West End, city of London, United Kingdom.

Dira Aisha had invited a few of her friends for celebrating her birthday. All the Malay friends were not from her school at primary school which was the Christ Church Bentick School at Marylebone Road, West End, London. However the Chinese friends were from the same school with her.

Picture shows that Dira Aisha was about to blow her birthday cake candle lights during the party at our home - can be seen was her mum, Mdm Hajjah Rohaya Haji Ma'aya, together are her Malay and Chinese friends.

Dira Aisha was blowing candle lights of her birthday cake, during the party at our home - together with her Malay and Chinese friends.

Dira Aisha was about to cut the birthday cake, during the party at our home - together with her Malay and Chinese friends.


Dira Aisha was looking at the birthday cake, during the party at our home - together with her Malay and Chinese friends and can be seen the small girl, Farisha Azhar (far right).


Picture shows that Dira Aisha and her friends was relax at the sofa in our living hall of our home - Apartment 67 & 68, Park West Hotel and Apartments, Kendal Street, off Edgware Road, (West End) London.


Picture shows that Dira Aisha and her friends was relax and eating the cake, as well as, other foods, and relax at the sofa in our living hall of our home - Apartment 67 & 68, Park West Hotel and Apartments, Kendal Street, off Edgware Road, London.


Dira Aisha was taking the slice of the birthday cake, during the party at our home - together with her Malay and Chinese friends; and can be seen the small girl, Farisha Azhar (far right)was looking at the cake very enthusiatically.


Picture shows that Dira Aisha was about to blow her birthday cake candle light during the party at our home - Apartment 67 & 68, Park West Hotel and Apartments, Kendal Street, off Edgware Road, London. Next to her is her mum, Mdm Hajjah Rohaya Haji Ma'aya, where her mum tried to assist her in blowing the candle lights and the party was join together with her Malay and Chinese friends.


Dira Aisha was about to blow her birthday cake candle lights during the party at our home - Apartment 67 & 68, Park West Hotel and Apartments, Kendal Street, off Edgware Road, London. Next to her is her mum, Mdm Hajjah Rohaya Haji Ma'aya, where her mum tried to assist her in blowing the candle lights and its was join together by her Malay and Chinese friends.

In our living hall at our home, where guests were came for the party, among others are, Mr Azhar Sulaiman and Mr Ismail at our home - Apartment 67 & 68, Park West Hotel and Apartments, Kendal Street, off Edgware Road, London.

Salam...................

MEMORY LANE – Visiting Brighton / Worthing.

Can be seen were Dora Azida (with sun glasses) with Dira Aisha at the bridge to “the Pier” at Worthing town, south of England. The sea water level was at high tide and can also be seen the beach along side with road and the town of Worthing (used to be fishing village in England).

As expected in many areas in the United Kingdom, some tourists went to certain places due to nostalgia memory. This was the intention of our trip to Brighton and Worthing, where it’s located in the south of England – at the frontage of English Channel Sea.

The reason being was, I was an overseas student for post graduate certificate course for 4 months on Private and Public Financial Management conducted by the Sussex University of Brighton, in collaboration with the Crown Agents Training Centre of Worthing.

One of the days, we droved down with our Mercedes car from London to south of England and when we reached Worthing, we try to locate our home at Ridge Road in the Worthing town. We managed to meet Mrs Khan (the land lord) and talked to her on our previous memory lane during our stayed in Worthing. We used to rent one of her room in her house during my studied at the University of Sussex.

During weekends, we normally went to the seaside, especially at the piers and watched many white peoples together with their families went there and played with all sort of games at the pier that located right on the sea.

We went with the same purpose and we had the intention of visited interesting places at Worthing town and Brighton city.

This was the environment inside of the Pier – can be seen Dira Aisha was trying to put one pence in the hope to get many pences in return of her investment. It just a mini slot machines located in the Pier’s building for tourists, for enables them to play with. Can be seen Dora Azida and Mdm Hajjah Rohaya Haji Ma’aya, were inside the Pier watching Dira Aisha trying her luck, at Worthing town.


Salam..................

SELAMAT BERPUASA BAGI SEMUA PEMBACA “KAWAN”

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. Islam uses a lunar calendar - that is, each month begins with the sighting of the new moon.

For more than a billion Muslims around the world is practicing fasting during the month of Ramadan. Ramadan is a "month of blessing" marked by prayer, fasting, and charity and Muslims retains its focus on self-sacrifice and devotion to Allah (God).


Muslims practice sawm, or fasting, for the entire month of Ramadan. This means that Muslims do not eat or drink while fasting. Fasting is one of the Five Pillars (duties) of Islam. Fasting serves many purposes. While Muslims are hungry and thirsty, Muslims are reminded of the suffering of the poor. Fasting is also an opportunity to practice self-control and to cleanse the body and mind. And in this most sacred month, fasting helps Muslims feel the peace that comes from spiritual devotion as well as kinship with fellow believers.


Therefore, Blog “Kawan” would like to wish “SELAMAT BERPUASA” to all:

i. Semua ahli UMNO Bahagian Jelebu;
ii. Semua Ketua Cawangan Dan AJK Cawangan-Cawangan UMNO Bhg Jelebu;
iii. Semua Ketua Dan AJK Wanita UMNO Cawangan-Cawangan Bhg. Jelebu;
iv. Semua Ketua Dan AJK Pemuda UMNO Cawangan-Cawangan Bhg Jelebu;
v. Semua Ketua Dan AJK Puteri UMNO Cawangan-Cawangan Bhg Jelebu;
vi. Ketua UMNO Bahagian, Timbalan Ketua UMNO Bahagian, Naib Ketua UNMO Bahagian dan AJK UMNO Bahagian Jelebu;
vii. Ketua Wanita UMNO Bahagian dan AJK Wanita UMNO Bahagian Jelebu;
viii. Ketua Pemuda UMNO Bahagian dan AJK Pemuda Bahagian Jelebu;
ix. Pmg Ketua Puteri UMNO Bahagian dan AJK Puteri Bahagian Jelebu;
x. Rakan-rakan di Kuching dan seluruh Sarawak;
xi. Jiran-jiran di Taman Rashidah Utama, Seremban dan Rakan-rakan di Seremban;
xii. Jiran-Jiran di Taman Segambut SPPK, off Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur dan Rakan-rakan di Kuala Lumpur.



Salam.........

EXPENSIVE CITIES IN THE WORLD FOR EXPATRIATES

EXPENSIVE CITIES IN THE WORLD

Beijing City

Just for information:

Here is some of the survey concerning cost of living for expatriates in major cities of the world.

According to the China Daily indicated - "Beijing costlier than Hong Kong, survey finds - strong Asian currencies push up costs for international workers ":

• Results of survey, conducted in March 2009 and released on 10 June, indicates that strong domestic currencies, such as the Renminbi and the Yen, are pushing up the cost of living for expatriates sent to major Asian locations.

Beijing City - modern

• Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong are the 26th, 28th and 29th most expensive cities, respectively, for expatriates.

Tokyo City

• Luanda, Angola, is the most expensive city in the world, followed by Tokyo, Nagoya, Yokohama and Kobe. Rankings of other major cities include Geneva (8), Brussels (34) Washington (46) and New Delhi (217).

City of New Delhi

City of Geneva

Washington DC

• ECA International website (eca-international.com) indicates that within ASEAN, Singapore is the most expensive city (rank 72 worldwide), followed by Bangkok (174), Vientiane (183), Hanoi (186), Jakarta (190), Manila (202) and Kuala Lumpur (210 ).

City of Jakarta

City of Singapore

City of Kuala Lumpur

• ECA International survey compares a basket of 125 consumer goods and services commonly purchased by expatriates.

For our information, ……. salam.

NANO CAR FROM INDIA

Much-Awaited ‘Nano’ CAR BEEN Launched BY INDIA Tata Motors

On 23 March 2009, India Tata Motors has commercially launched the Rs 100,000 (US$2,000) price tag small car ‘Nano’. In term of Malaysian value is only RM6,000.

The car was much awaited across India since unveiled at the Auto Expo in New Delhi on 10 January 2008.

Tata Motors keeps its price promise as Nano Standard version priced at US$ 2,000 ex-Factory Pantnagar (excluding transportation charges and value added tax).

Main features of Tata Nano:

- rear-engine;
- sheet-metal body;
- spacious passenger compartment;
- tubeless tyres;
- wider rear wheels;
- intrusion-resistant doors;
- reinforced passenger compartment;
- lowest CO2 emission at 101 gm/km;

Nano, rolled out from Tata Motors’ plant in Pantnagar (Uttarakhand), is available in three variants:

i. Nano Standard

- ex-showroom price US$ 2,467 (Rs 123,360);
- three colour options;
- single-tone seats; and
- fold-down rear seat

ii. Nano CX

- ex-showroom price US$ 2,967 (Rs 148,360);
- five colour options;
- heating and air-conditioning;
- two-tone seats;
- booster-assisted brakes;
- fold-down rear seat with nap rest

iii. Nano LX

- ex-showroom price US$ 3,447 (Rs 172,360);
- central locking;
- front power windows;
- fog lamps;
- electric trip meter;
- cup holder in front console;
- mobile charger point;
- rear spoiler

Specifications:

- two-cylinder 624 cc petrol engine;
- four-speed gear box;
- top speed of 105 kmph;
- fuel tank capacity of 15 litre;
- mileage of 23.6 km/litre (highest for any petrol car in India);
- ground clearance of 180 mm;

- dimension:

o weight of 600 kg;
o length of 3.1 metre;
o height of 1.6 metre; and
o width of 1.5 metre

Nano has the smallest exterior footprint, but is 21% more spacious than smallest car available.

In India booking of Tata Nano will open from 9 - 25 April 2009 with an application amount of:

- US$ 1,900 (Rs 95,000) for Nano Standard;

- US$ 2,400 (Rs 120,000) for Nano CX; and

- US$ 2,800 (Rs 140,000) for Nano LX

Tata Motors has entered into agreements with 15 preferred banks/non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) to enable customers to book the car at US$ 60 (Rs 3,000) under financing scheme.

The allotment of first phase of 100,000 Nano cars will be through computerized random selection procedure.

These 100,000 allotments will be price protected for the launch prices till delivery of the cars but the booking amount will not bear any interest for the customers.

Delivery of Tata Nano will commence from July 2009.

The launch of Tata Nano cars is expected to bring a revolution in the automobile sector as the cheap-priced car will create a huge demand in the recession-hit sector.

The delivery of 100,000 cars may take one year, as the first batch will roll out from the Pantnagar plant, which has a capacity to produce 50,000 cars annually. However, the situation will improve after Tata’s plant at Sanand in Gujarat, capable of producing 350,000 car per annum, becomes operational early next year.

Price protection for the first 100,000 cars indicates that the Rs 100,000 price tag for the basic petrol-driven car will be revised later.

Nano project had faced several hurdles leading to delay of the launch of the car because of stiff protest at the Singur plant in West Bengal on the land acquisition issues, forcing Tata Motors to shift plant to Sanand in Gurjarat last year.

According to market research firm Crisil, Nano will make the car affordable to an additional 14 million families, including 58 million two-wheeler owners.

This is just for our information on the new technology on car manufacturing in India………… salam.

Gambar ini hanyalah sekadar gambar hiasan sahaja
untuk rencana ini. Ianya bukanlah gambar Wanita
UMNO Bahagian Jelebu.

PERGERAKAN WANITA UMNO BAHAGIAN JELEBU BAGI TEMPOH 2008-2011

Disenaraikan nama-nama pegawai Pentadbiran untuk Jawatan Kuasa Wanita UMNO Bahagian Jelebu bagi tempoh 2008 hingga 2011. Nama-nama pegawai wanita adalah seperti berikut:

JAWATANKUASA WANITA UMNO BAHAGIAN JELEBU:

Pengerusi Tetap : Puan Rosiah Kassim

Timb. Peng Tetap : Puan Faridah Abd Razak

Ketua Wanita : Cik Zuraidah Mohd Zin

Naib Ketua Wanita : Pn Siti Mariam Mohd Dusa

Setiausaha : Pn Roziah Shafie

Bendahari : Pn Fatimah Abd Jabar

Ketua Penerangan : Pn Siti Hawa Abd Mukti

AJK Wanita Bhg :

Pn Norsiah Usul; : Pn Northamilah Ishak; : Pn Esah Kassim; : Pn Saleha Manaf; : Pn Chik Nah Ibrahim; : Pn Siti Zaleha Shabudin; : Pn Makalsom Ismail; : Pn Adibah Abd Aziz; : Pn Asiah Yassin; : YM Raja Mis Sariah Raja Hamzah; : Pn Zariah Khairuddin; : Puan Zaiton Sulaiman; : Pn Halimahtun Sa’diahtun Haji Ahmad; : Pn Noriah Ali; : Pn Rahana Sulaiman; : Pn Hasnah Mohd Diah; : dan : Pn Norahain Mahmud.

Sepertimana yang diharapkan agar Pergerakan Wanita UMNO Bahagian Jelebu akan terus berjaya, serta bergerak dengan pantas dalam menjadikan UMNO sebuah parti yang berwibawa, diharapbergantung oleh orang-orang Melayu sepanjang masa.

Selamat Berjuang !!!.

RECLASSIFICATION OF HANDPHONES

EURO-PEAN UNION ON HAND PHONE

The European Union (EU) intention to reclassify or set the criteria for certain types of "multifunction" products, of hand phones with GPS function, of certain size, etc.

The EU has been actively working to lower the telecommunication costs for consumers, by lowering roaming costs.

If mobile phones with the additional mobile broadcasting features are reclassified as TVs with attached 14% EU import duty, this would increase the costs to customers.

The European Communities have signed up to the 1996 Information Technology Agreement (ITA). The ITA guarantees a duty free import for all mobile phones under heading 8517.

"Mobile phones” defining as "Cellular or mobile phones are wireless communication devices that simultaneously send and receive voice, data or other mobile communication transmissions via radio waves.

Mobile phones are capable of converting user's voice, into radio waves, and radio waves back into voice. The radio waves from a cellular or mobile phone travel to a cellular base station. Subsequently, they are forwarded to the base station situated closest available to the destination cellular or mobile phone."

"Mobile phones generally have the following characteristics".

• They are "pocket-sized" i.e. have dimensions, which do not exceed 170 mm x 100 mm x 45 mm. The size in which it is actually carried by the consumer is the most compact, smallest form.

Mobile phones can also consist of separate parts forming a mobile phone kit, such as, a wrist mobile phone with a detachable headset.

Devices are becoming increasingly larger, due to consumer expectations for larger screens and keypads that provide increased usability.

The needs of special user groups, such as, growing market segment for elderly people.

• It has a dialing sector of the push-button or touch screen type.

"User interface" instead of "a dialing sector and "voice input.

• It is capable of operating without an external source of electric power;

• It have a microphone and an earphone, either in the same unit or in the form of a detachable headset for the transmission and reception of voice enabling voice communication when the apparatus is held to the ear.

• It incorporate other components, such as, an amplifier and an antenna for telephony, which provide for dual-way short-range transmission of voice within a network consisting of base stations and using mobile telephony frequency bands.

• It can be used as a telephony communication device equipped with a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card that has been activated.

Hand phones also have other features, such as, sending and receiving SMS (Short Message Service) and MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) messages, emails; packet switching for access to the Internet; sending and receiving positioning signals; gaming; receiving radio or television signals; capturing, recording and reproducing sound and images.

Access to the Internet, sending and receiving positioning signals, navigating, routing, maps, gaming, Bluetooth, NFC Near Field Communication, receiving radio or television programs.

Additional features, such as, clocks, calculators, address books, PDAs, caller IDs, games, MP3 players, cameras, FM-radios, Mobile TVs or GPS locators.

Able to send or receive data, video, images, audio signals, i.e. supporting communication to the internet and thereby enabling web browsing, e-mail or “information management use” via the cellular or other wireless network.

This subheading excludes apparatus with a wireless telephony function incorporating:

• Personal digital assistant incorporating an alphanumerical keypad.

There is a suggestion on an inbuilt memory to have exceeding 16 Gigabytes.

However, based on EC data, Malaysia’s exports of hand phones under CN85171200 (telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks), totaled Euro 443.8 million in 2007 (RM2.067 billion). Are we going to effect by these measures?