Some Memories

OMG! He does this at the height of his coaching career. Salute! The Frenchman, formerly coach of Real Madrid Castilla, was appointed as head coach of Real's first team in January 2016 after the dismissal of Rafa Benítez, and guided the club to the Champions League title by beating Atlético Madrid on penalties in the final. He won the Spanish league title in his second season, then became the first manager to win the Champions League in his first three seasons when Real defeated Juventus in the 2017 final, and Liverpool this month. "A change is needed. I'm not going to get involved in these things," he said when asked about a possible successor. "I'm not here to talk about the future of this team." https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/may/31/zinedine-zidane-real-madrid-manager-steps-down

PUTRAJAYA: The Klang Valley mass rapid transit line 3 (MRT 3 or Circle Line) project, reported to cost between RM40bil and RM45bil, will not proceed, says Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. The MRT3 or MRT Circle Line was planned as the third MRT line for the Greater Klang Valley area. While the MRT1 connects Sungai Buloh and Kajang, the MRT2, which is now under construction, will run from Sungai Buloh to Serdang and Putrajaya. http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/05/31/govt-scraps-mrt-3-project-pm-we-must-reduce-our-borrowings/

Pakatan's PTPTN pledge put on hold for now, says Education Minister Pakatan's election manifesto included delaying PTPTN loan repayments for those earning RM4,000 and below. In the past, borrowers were required to start paying back their loans six months after graduation. http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/05/31/pakatans-ptptn-pledge-put-on-hold-for-now-says-education-minister/

Trust fund set up for Malaysians to contribute to settle nation's debt - Nation | The Star Online https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/05/30/trust-fund-set-up-for-malaysians-to-contribute-to-settle-nations-debt/ Trust fund set up for Malaysians to contribute to settle nation's debt PUTRAJAYA: The Government has set up a trust fund known as Tabung Harapan Malaysia (THM) for Malaysians to contribute towards alleviating the country's debt, says Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pic) . The Prime Minister said that the fund was set up to accept contributions from the public who want to help ease the Government's financial situation. "When people realised how bad the Government's finances are, many came forward, expressing their willingness to contribute. "We welcome their act of patriotism and would like to thank them for their generosity," he said on Wednesday after chairing the Cabinet meeting. Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said

Like the missing of MH370, MH17 downing incident is buried deep down in my heart. May we find the truth one day. MH17 downed by Russian military missile system, say investigators An international team of investigators say they have uncovered hard evidence that a Russian military missile system fired the missile that shot down flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014. The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 was travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was shot down over the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine on 17 July 2014. All 298 people onboard were killed. In 2016, investigators  announced they had evidence  that the  BUK system  involved in the incident had crossed the border into eastern Ukraine from Russia and returned after the plane had been shot down. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/24/mh17-downed-by-russian-military-missile-system-say-investigators?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Malaysia naik ke ranking 22 senarai Daya Saing Dunia

No pay but we're going to help Finance Ministry, say Pua and Ong PETALING JAYA: Their penchant for crunching numbers has landed DAP MPs Tony Pua and Dr Ong Kian Ming a half-year stint with the Finance Ministry.

KLSE has dropped to below 1800 level amid the revelation of RM 1 trillion national debt.

A moment to rejoice! KUALA LUMPUR: Jailed Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) leader Anwar Ibrahim on Wednesday (May 16) left the Cheras Rehabilitation Hospital a free man after receiving a royal pardon from the Malaysian king. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/anwar-ibrahim-freed-from-prison-royal-pardon-malaysia-10237840

👍 WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin confirmed on Sunday (May 20) that Washington and Beijing have agreed to back off from imposing tariffs on each other, a day after reaching an accord on slashing the American trade deficit with China. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/us-china-back-off-on-tariffs-easing-trade-tensions-10251524

Finally! 👍 "The Committee requests that the representations should be for the purpose of institutional reform and institutional issues and not about any personal grievances or individual misconduct of public officers," it said in a statement on Monday (May 21). "The Committee will if necessary, invite these individuals and groups for face-to-face meetings," added the Committee, which falls under the Council of Eminent Persons. http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/05/21/committee-on-institutional-reforms-accepting-complaints-from-people-groups/

- Lesser or closed to none rebates for users - Reduced incentives for drivers - Nonetheless the options have increased for users compared to previous years - Drivers are considering to join taxi company, Comfort DelGro for a more stable income - New entrants would pose little threat to Grab with its USD 2 billion on hand thus monopolistic situation may persist The Big Read: When the music stops, Uber-less reality hits commuters and Drivers http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/no-uber-grab-hits-commuters-drivers-hard-no-incentives-promos-10253762

Very glad that he honours the manifesto pledge :-) Malaysian PM Mahathir drops education portfolio to honour manifesto pledge On Thursday, Dr Mahathir announced that he would tackle education at a news conference. He had joked that "so many people are uneducated in this country so I thought I should give my attention to that". http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/malaysian-pm-mahathir-drops-education-portfolio-to-honour-10247712

Over 15,000 iOS apps have 'programming error' that could expose iPhones to attacks A programming error that could expose thousands of iPhones to attacks has been found in over 15,000 iOS apps, some that have been downloaded over 100 million times. Dubbed ZipperDown, the flaw was discovered by China-based iPhone jailbreaking experts Pangu Team which noticed the programming error while auditing various iOS apps. "According to our search, 15,978 out of 168,951 iOS apps are potentially vulnerable. ZipperDown is a very typical programming error, and we did not expect so many iOS apps to have this issue," stated Pangu on its ZipperDown  website . http://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2018/05/17/over-15000-ios-apps-possibly-exposed-to-attacks/

Dr Siti Hasmah worried about Dr M's health, lack of sleep On one night, he went through 200 documents until 4-5am. At 7am, he was already in the office," she said in a post on the Kelab Che Det Facebook page. http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/05/17/dr-siti-hasmah-worried-about-dr-ms-health-lack-of-sleep/

Finally! This 1MDB Audit Report can be retrieved from the www.audit.gov.my website. The 20 pages summary is found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/13KnemxJL5Ac1PWqzKAjYaKI9KQMOIEpZ/view?usp=sharing http://www.astroawani.com/berita-bisnes/terkini-laporan-audit-1mdb-bukan-lagi-rahsia-175567

The tech execs who have called out Facebook's trust problem "It's a technology that's addictive, it may not be that great for you, and it might be something that you want to go back to," said Benioff, whose company focuses on cloud computing. "So maybe this is a time where the government has to step in and regulate"

Google is riven by debate over selling AI to US military The pact could generate millions in revenue for Alphabet Inc's Internet giant. But inside a company whose employees largely reflect the liberal sensibilities of the San Francisco Bay Area, the contract is about as popular as President Donald Trump. Not since 2010, when Google retreated from China after clashing with state censors, has an issue so roiled the rank and file. Almost 4,000 Google employees, out of an Alphabet total of 85,000, signed a letter asking Google chief executive officer Sundar Pichai to nix the Project Maven contract and halt all work in "the business of war".

Popular encrypted e-mail standards are unsafe: researchers FRANKFURT:  European researchers have found that the popular PGP and S/MIME e-mail encryption standards are vulnerable to being hacked and they urge users to disable and uninstall them immediately. University researchers from Muenster and Bochum in Germany, and Leuven in Belgium, discovered the flaws in the encryption methods that can be used with popular e-mail applications such as Microsoft Outlook and Apple Mail. "There are currently no reliable fixes for the vulnerability," lead researcher Sebastian Schinzel, professor of applied cryptography at the Muenster University of Applied Sciences, said on May 14. http://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2018/05/15/popular-encrypted-email-standards-are-unsafe--european-researchers/

"We have not decided whether it's going to be zeroised from 6 per cent to 0 per cent, we don't know how it's going to be done, but it will be done. But the ultimate objective is well known to everyone, to put more purchasing power into the hands of the people, especially in the middle and lower income groups." http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/plan-to-remove-malaysia-s-gst-may-be-announced-within-100-days-10235508

Status as at 10 May 2018 @ 1:30 am Official announcement by EC Chairman: - PAS wins Kelantan & Terengganu - PH wins Penang - BN wins Perlis & Pahang