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布城7日讯-首相拿督斯里阿都拉今日宣布，直至今年杪，政府都不会再调整汽油、柴油及天然气价格。

他也宣布，为了纾缓国际原油飙升带来的冲击和减轻人民的生活负担，政府将削减所有商用车辆的路税25％。

首相今早主持的内阁会议，曾经深入讨论各种减轻人民负担的措施，较后于下午3时许通过首相办公室网站发布这项消息。首相办公室网址为 www.pmo.gov.my 。

首相办公室发表文告说，公布政府减轻人民负担的4大措施，包括不调整油价、削减路税、不调整过路费和提高贫穷家庭补贴。

国际原油价格最近一度创下每桶71美元的历史新高，政府在今年内，也已两度调整油价。油价高企带来连锁效应，百物腾涨。阿都拉在9月30日明年度财政预算案公布前，提前宣布系列措施，带给人民预算案前的惊喜，旨在减轻人民的生活负担。

小马力车辆路税减

文告说，目前每年缴付10令吉路税的学生车，路税将降低至2令吉，直于1千马力以下私家车只须缴付30令吉路税。1千至1千600马力车辆的路税削减50％。

文告说，151至250马力电单车路税也是削减50％。目前，150马力以下电单车已无须缴付路税。

文告说，所有削减路税措施将于9月12日起生效。

今明年不调高路费

文告说，政府也决定在今年及明年，不会允许调高过路费。

“政府希望削减路税及不准调高过路费的措施，将使经营者及消费人受惠。”

文告说，政府也决定提高社会福利局发给年老及赤贫人士的补贴。此外，当局也会增加发给孤儿、贫穷、残障及染疾儿童的补贴。

文告说，他在9月30日提呈的2006年度财政预算案 将会公布更多减轻人民负担 的预算案。

首相4招解民困

1.降低路税

2.油价不起

3.过路费不涨

4.提高贫民补贴
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it seems that the government is encouraging people to buy national car especially kancil.
yes it seems that it is true to say that kancil is a car that can save up the petrol and with the new government policy to curb the hike of petroleum prices,
we think that government is looking for ways to enable the competition between local car and also the imported car.
as well as enable the people to afford to travel and also maintain thier living ;)

銀行今起須回收
國行發指南．防假幣湧現
（吉隆坡6日訊）明日起，所有銀行必須為公眾免費將1令吉硬幣兌換成紙幣，且必須悉數全收，包括存款。

換言之，不管公眾提著多少數額的1令吉硬幣到商業銀行兌換，都可取得同值紙鈔。

銀行業消息指出，公眾不必為真假硬幣感到疑惑，他們只要在期限內（明日起至12月6日之間）拿1令吉硬幣到銀行更換，銀行都有“義務”為公眾免費兌換成同額紙幣，或免費為他們存入戶頭。

“換言之，你拿總額100令吉到商業銀行去，他們（銀行）都必須免費兌換100令吉紙鈔給你，你帶1000令吉去，他們就必須兌換1000令吉給你。”

國家銀行昨日發出文告宣佈，1令吉硬幣12月7日起報廢，引起民眾爭相往銀行兌換，當中更有不少人所持的假幣被沒收，本報更接到不少電話投訴。

為何會出現這種情況，這位銀行界消息人士指出，這是因為配合1令吉硬幣12月7日報廢啟動的兌換期，是明日（7日）才啟動，相信有關銀行今日仍根據舊有作業制度處理所致。

“意思是說，公眾若明日才前往兌換的話，就不會有問題。”

does this means that even we got the fake coin,
we could also exchange the coins into the real RM1 dollar note?
erm... then this would be great.

1. Use MSN emotions but don't distort your message. Do change the shortcut key whenever you add an emotion. It's not fun to figure out your word puzzle.
2. If you are a stranger, please introduce yourself.
3. Don't ask for my picture if you don't even want to show yours.
4. If you are a stranger, do not ask for my phone number.
5. If you start a conversation, please don't repeat the word "oic" or reply with a smiley for n times.
6. If you have nothing to say, don't ask me "why are you so quiet". That's because I have nothing to say too.
7. If I am in "away" mode, I'm either not around my computer or doing some other stuff, so I might not be able to reply your message.
8. If I am in "busy" mode, I'm either too busy or not in the mood of chatting.
9. For (7) and (8), message me only if you have something to say.
10. (7) and (8) are excluded if I start the conversation.
11. It's ok to nudge once, it's rude to nudge 5, 6, 7, 8 times.
12. I can't stand ugly MSN emotions.
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got this post on my friend's blog.
sometimes i think it's fun to know other people on msn.
but it's weird because i rarely get people whom i do not know to add me.

i have a very very long list of poeple on my msn but there is only a few poeple whom i always chat with.
we just chat regardless whether the person is busy or not.
hehe
and for me,
my status is always busy,
but if ur brave enough, and when i'm around.
i would be more than willing to reply you.

Bank Negara Malaysia announces today that effective 7 December 2005, the RM1 coin will cease to be legal tender and will be withdrawn from circulation.

The RM1 banknote will continue to be legal tender and will remain in circulation.

Members of the public will be given a three-month period from 7 September to 6 December 2005 to exchange the RM1 coins at face value without any charges at all branches of commercial banks, the main branches of Bank Simpanan Nasional and Bank Negara Malaysia's branches at Kuala Lumpur, Pulau Pinang, Johor Bahru, Kuala Terengganu, Kuching and Kota Kinabalu.

Further details on the withdrawal of the RM1 coin can be obtained from Bank Negara Malaysia's website (http://www.bnm.gov.my) or by contacting the Currency Management and Operations Department of Bank Negara Malaysia at 03-2698 8044 ext 7442 / 7417.
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last time i used to keep a lot of RM1 coin
i used to have about 200 of the RM1 coin.
it's just one of the ways for me to save my money.
but since last year or begining of this year,
my bf told me that there are a lot of fake RM1 coin.
so we decided regardless of anything happened,
we just started to spend and spend all the RM1 coin,
since we could not differentiate whether the money is real or fake.

i believe there are a lot of people who are keeping all the RM1 coin.
so now have to return to the bank or used it in the money market before it becomes unacceptable.

uncle beng yean, beng chuan, beng him, beng kar and my dad
t0m@k0 2005

my uncle's b'day cake last saturday
t0m@k0 2005

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Louisiana coast on Monday with 224 kph winds as the powerful storm came ashore from the Gulf of Mexico and took aim at low-lying New Orleans.

The coast, much of it lightly populated swamps, was being pounded with high winds and heavy rains while New Orleans, 88 km northeast, braced for the worst of Katrina.

People walk down a street in a flooded neighborhood in South Miami Dade County, Florida in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, August 27, 2005. (REUTERS/Marc Serota)
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the storm, now Category 4 on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale, was not quite the monster it had been in the open Gulf, but still packed a powerful punch. It had been a Category 5 with 280 kph winds.

In New Orleans, wind gusts had already topped 135 kph, well above hurricane force, and the powerful center of the storm was still two to three hours away, the center said.

Even into early Monday, Louisiana highways were thick with traffic as residents sought safety as far away as Texas, 425 km to the west.

"The only thing I was worried about was the water. We don't worry about no wind," said Cray Bruce as he stopped for gas in Crowley, Louisiana, 260 km west of New Orleans.

The winds shook street signs, whipped trees about and knocked out electricity in some areas, but streets were largely abandoned after officials said at least 1 million people fled the storm.

Weather forecasters said Katrina may veer just east of New Orleans and head toward neighboring Mississippi, where strong winds were already building.

In Baton Rouge, officials said three people from a New Orleans nursing home had died during their evacuation to a Baton Rouge church. They said they were among nearly two dozen people from the home who were on a bus stuck in traffic for hours during the 125 km trip.

NEW ORLEANS IN DANGER

Weather experts had warned of a possible storm surge as high as 28 feet, enough to damage or destroy thousands of homes and leave 1 million people homeless.

New Orleans is nearly surrounded by water, including Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi, and about 70 percent of it lies below sea level, protected only by a series of levees.

Mayor Ray Nagin, who ordered a mandatory evacuation, warned the predicted storm surge could push water over the levees and flood the city, including its historic French Quarter.

Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu said 26,000 people had taken shelter in the Superdome, a giant, enclosed stadium near the French Quarter.

"Please Pray for New Orleans" read a giant hand-painted sign, appearing to sum up the fears that had seized the city known as the Big Easy for its relaxed life and party atmosphere.

New Orleans has not been hit directly by a hurricane since 1965 when Hurricane Betsy blew in, flooding the city. The storm killed about 75 people overall.

Katrina was making its second U.S. landfall after striking southern Florida last week, where it caused widespread flooding and seven deaths.

As Katrina plowed through the Gulf of Mexico, oil companies shut down production from many of the offshore platforms that provide a quarter of U.S. oil and gas production.

At least 42 percent of daily Gulf oil production, 20 percent of daily Gulf natural gas output and 8.5 percent of national refining capacity was shut on Sunday, producers and refiners said.

U.S. oil futures jumped nearly $5 a barrel in opening trade to touch a peak of $70.80. The rise in oil prices fed through to other financial markets, hurting stocks and the dollar on fears that economic growth might be curtailed but boosting safe havens such as government bonds and gold.

i took this news report from the star website. all the while i'm not concern about what is happening in the international and world. because i feel that there is nothing related to me.
but now i just feel that we should not be so ignorant.
things that happening around the world, around us is very very crucial.
the price of cruel oil has increase to 70USD per barrel. increase of 5USD within the day.
i also feel the heat.
i realised that the pay is not enough.
what can i do to help myself?
i'm still wondering...

eventually i expect myself to fail my 3.6 paper.
i'm thrilled that i've pass that paper.

no need to say/ feel sorry to miss chin.
still remember that she really take good care of us.
but i do really think that i just ignore the paper.
then at the end i ended up regreting i'm not paying much attention on the paper.

i've prepared myself for the referal of paper 3.6
and i even bought those card to start writing the short notes,
to enable me to get more prepared and ensure that i would definately pass for my acca exam next sitting.

but only god knows what is going to happened.
so now my cards are lying there.
i still do not know what's their purpose.
maybe i'll know what to do with my cards after i finished tidy my house.

I am a....
Chinese, gal, daughter, granddaughter, niece, cousin, gal friend, friend, aries, student, employee.......

I like....
blue, sky blue, deep blue, navy blue
chocolates, ice cream, cheese cake....
blogging, reading, listen to music, online, chatting, sleep
Michael and Victor, fish leong, rene liu, lee hom, sunza, MLTR, enya
soft music.
Harry Potter
Liu Yong
Motivating movies
Panda
Pork Chop
Sunny Sky
Lonely night
Drizling rain
knowing more about things
Maths, music, finance, management, history
think positively.

I have CD/CDs of....
Micheal Wong, Victor Huang, Fish Leong, Penny Tai, Rene Liu, Z Chen, Lee Hom, Enya ,Ah Niu,Tao Tze

I also like....
my parents, grand parents, uncle, aunty, cousins.
my friends.
my blog

My favorite song....
difficulte to answer... have not think of any favourite song currently...
maybe should be one moment in time.

My favorite quote....
If you think you can do it, you can

I dislike....
Fights and arguments
being misunderstood
being ill treated
People smoking around me
Arrogant people who think they are superior than others
People making fun of others
being asked to do many things.
people who think they are very good but eventually they aren't

I'm afraid of....
Myself
the unknown
Being misunderstood
loosing faith in myself and what i should do

the vegetarian restaurant that we take our dinner. this photo is taken from inside the bus while it was still drizling
t0m@k0 2005

half boiled hot water? i cannot put my feet inside it's just tooooooo hot.
t0m@k0 2005

boiling egg everyone can have a try, remember to bring your peper and soya sause when you go there
t0m@k0 2005

ah ma, mom and me in the 'hot water' 30-35 c
t0m@k0 2005

sungkai 'wen quan' the water is really really hot.
t0m@k0 2005

my convo photo taken by photo prime during the convocation
t0m@k0 2005

this is how those bean they said there is letter carved on it look like.
t0m@k0 2005

it has been a long long time since i last blog.
i wanted to blog wat i see and wat i feel.
but eventually i have too many other things to do rather than to blog.
so i ended up not blogging.

blogging is just like i journal for myself to see how much i've changed and how much that i have grown.

results of acca came out last monday.
i've pass.
cant believe it.
why?
because i'm expecting to refer one paper that is the 3.6 paper.

now that i've pass i can share my happiness with all my friends.
but i'm still very very busy.
not enough time to go to look for them
and annother reason is they are all studying in uk

on the other hand,
looking at those friends who din make it for their acca exam.
i just feel sorry for them.
and also do not know what other words that i can say to express how i feel towards them.

feel luckily that i do pass one go for my acca.
because i do really invest a lot of money on the examination for part 3 of acca.
buying all the ftc books (but in fact i rarely use it)
and also taking tuition and revision class at ftms, mc orange.

looking backwards at those times,
i remember that my dad always scold me that i always go watch movie and go out and not to study at all.
but i still remember the one month of intensive study in the tar college library.
(but it seems that i'll always lepak to the office and kacao the staff in the office but they do not seems to like to peduli me back then)

now the most important thing that i wanna do is to go back to tar to visit my lectures.
to tell them how thankful i feel.
that i have thier very very good guidance and support.

i still cant really contact miss chin,
because i feel that maybe she had changed her phone number.
i really wanna tell her thank you.
thanks for her concern towards me.
thanks for reminding me not to pay too much attention towards to job of the printing manager.
thanks for always nagging us.
although i never prepare for her tutorial class, but she never really scold me.
thanks miss chin.

finally today there is somebody who came to check about the internet and network connection at my group's office.
it is very very difficult that i do not have internet connection.
if there is no internet connection,
i have to 'ma fan' other people for many many other things.

hoping that the internet connection would be ready by monday bah.
hoping that everything would be smooth.
hoping that everything would be good.

pray that things would get better and better.

have not been blogging for a long long week.
had experienced a lot and a lot of things trough out the week.

realised that it is different when you work and when you are studying.

currently i'm working in an accounting or better known as a tax firm.
name? erm... everyone who knows me well might have know where i'm working already.
so not to disclose here.

i started working last wednesday and today is amost the 8th day i working in the office.
i started to get used to the things that are in the office.
i started to get used to the ways people do things.

i wonder what would you do if your superior is a very very tedious person.
the little little mistake they would pin point it out and ask you to correct it.
erm.. maybe this is to maintain the professionalism of the office bah.

but luckily i have a good group leader.
she is very very dedicated, sometimes she seems like the mom of the group.
and she is those gals who are very very thin.
in the sense that she seems like she do not need the help of those sliming product also she can stay very very slim.

most of the gals in my group are all very slim also.
being the gal who is quite plump sometimes i feel i do really ergently need to slim down.

sometimes its like walking around a maze in the office.
and you might get tired because it is so ma fan that you need to swap in and out every time you walk in and out of the office.

and there is also the secret for opening and closing the door for the toilet of my office.
the office toilet is always locked.
i think this is because they need to prevent anything bad form happening around the office gua.

in the office i can also find a lot of senior form tar.
and the best thing is i can find SMPian as well.
there are definately more gals than guys in the firm.

yesterday i saw my basic and malaysian tax lecture mr kwek in the office.
eventually my friend told me she saw him as well.
but she was kindda upset because he did not recognised her as his student.
mr kwek might be working in our firm too?
erm.. good question.
i also not sure about it.

today finally i've got my staff code.
i do not know whether is i do not have the guts.
i do not know whether is it i have the internet connection.
seems that it is very very troublesome.
have to 'ma fan' other people everytime i need to do something.

start to learn to be independent.
start to learn how to do things nicely.
start to do things faster.
start to be nice to other people.

amber chia magazine cover 1
t0m@k0 2005


amber chia magazine cover 2
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amber chia magazine cover 3
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Amber Chia Malaysia's top model

if you do not know who is Amber Chia...
i would consider you are kindda out of trend.
she is Malaysia's top model aka Malaysia Lin chi Lin.
hope you all like this model..;)