Fros dah mula ada kini di bumi Malaysia...

Khamis, 30 Januari 2014

Salji di Gunung Kinabalu ?

Lapisan fros meliputi tanah dan tumbuh-tumbuhan di Laban Rata di Gunung Kinabalu. Foto ihsan Mestianna Eil Inda

KOTA KINABALU: Suhu rendah yang luar biasa di Sabah menyebabkan lapisan fros meliputi tumbuh-tumbuhan di Gunung Kinabalu, terutamanya berhampiran Panar Laban dan Laban Rata pada ketinggian hanya lebih 3,000 meter.

Selain itu, suhu yang sejuk itu telah membekukan titisan air kabus yang meliputi gunung.

"Ia seperti kristal ais kecil di udara yang cair apabila ianya menyentuh kulit anda. Ia sesuatu yang ajaib," kata pemandu pelancong berpengalaman, Tham Yau Kong.

Pengembara dan kakitangan rumah rehat Laban Rata menyedari kewujudan fros dan kristal ais sejak tiga hingga empat hari lalu.

Tham, yang mengatakan dia telah mendaki gunung kira-kira 500 kali berkata, dia menyedari keadaan fros di puncak itu dianggarkan 20 kali.

"Ia bukan satu fenomena baru.

"Saya pasti fros itu disebabkan oleh suhu lebih sejuk daripada biasa kita alami di Sabah sejak dua minggu lalu," katanya pada Khamis.

Sumber mStar Online

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Tumbuk Kamalanathan: Umno beri surat tunjuk sebab

Umno akan memberikan surat tunjuk sebab kepada seorang anggotanya yang didakwa telah menumbuk Timbalan Menteri Pendidikan P.Kamalanathan baru-baru ini, kata Setiausaha Agung parti Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor.
  
Beliau berkata surat itu perlu dijawab individu terbabit, Penolong Setiausaha Pergerakan Pemuda Umno Hulu Selangor, Muhammad Rizuan Suhaimi sebelum tindakan lanjut diambil.

"Umno memandang serius terhadap tindakan tersebut dan kepimpinan tertinggi parti berasa kesal dengan insiden itu dan menganggapnya sebagai tidak sewajarnya berlaku," katanya dalam satu kenyataan hari ini.
  
Tengku Adnan berkata Umno menolak tindakan kekerasan dalam apa-apa penyelesaian masalah sebagaimana yang telah dilakukan oleh pihak terbabit terhadap Kamalanathan yang juga Anggota Parlimen Hulu Selangor.

Katanya dalam apa-apa hal pun, pendirian Umno tetap teguh kepada penyelesaian masalah secara bermesyuarat dan perbincangan tanpa ada pertelingkahan atau bentuk kekasaran yang tentunya hanya akan mengundang keadaan lebih buruk.
  
Pada kejadian Ahad lepas, Kamalanathan dilaporkan ditumbuk oleh seorang lelaki di pejabat wakil rakyat itu selepas satu program dianjurkan di kawasan berkenaan.

  
- Bernama

 

Berita awal sebelum ini mengatakan bahawa Timbalan Menteri Pendidikan ini ditumbok oleh seorang guru

Kini ucapan PM "diperbesarkan" menjadi berita dunia.

Najib bears the brunt of kangkung remark, report foreign media

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"With the government under fire because of price hikes in basics like fuel and electricity, he choose to push back by highlighting a reduction in the cost of the leafy green vegetable kangkung," the BBC said in its report yesterday. 

It likened Najib's position to British Prime Minister David Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne who both had used a food analogy to "get down with the people". "Moments after a video of the prime minister was posted making the comments, the sarcasm and jokes began to trend on social media in Malaysia,” said the BBC. 

The "kangkung" statement was met with much derision by the Malaysian public, as was reported in The Malaysian Insider previously.Netizens took to social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to air their frustrations and displeasure with the PM, who was taken to task for being insensitive to the plight of the people following the rising cost of living. 

Malaysian comedian Kuah Jenhan tweeted: "While others avoid becoming a laughing stock, we settle for becoming a laughing stalk. Lettuce get to the root of the problem. We have mushroom for improvement." Social media users have also gone to the trouble of remixing Najib's comments, rewording lyrics of popular local songs, and T-shirts are emblazoned with the words "Keep calm and eat kangkung", the BBC said. 

"'Kangkung-gate', as it's been dubbed by some, has hit a nerve because many people are struggling with the rising cost of living, and are resentful of what they regard as corruption, and lavish spending by the government," it added. 

The 11% increase in petrol prices, 12% increase in sugar price as well as the hikes in electricity tariff and toll, among others, have caused a domino effect, causing the price of other goods to increase. 

However, Najib is not the first to have put his foot in his mouth regarding the rising cost of living. Previously, Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Hassan Malek had called on the people to switch to fish or meat to check the rise in the price of chicken. Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Abdul Wahid Omar, in defending the toll hike, said that motorists could choose to use toll-free roads. – January 15, 2014

 (http://malaysia.msn.com/?rd=1&ucc=MY&dcc=MY&opt=0)