SUBANG: Susana sedih menyambut ketibaan jenazah Datuk Noriah Kasnon, Timbalan Menteri Perusahaan Perladangan dan Komoditi yang terbunuh dalam nahas helikopter di Sarawak kelmarin.

Jenzah beliau tiba di Lapangan Terbang TUDM Subang tepat jam 11.30 malam dari Kuching Sarawak dengan pesawat Hercules C130 milik TUDM yang membawa jenazah Ahli Parlimen Sungai Besar itu tiba di sini dan disambut oleh kira-kira 300 ahli keluarga dan rakannya.

Saya mewakili ahli Pergerakan Wanita UMNO Malaysia melahirkan perasaan dukacita dan bersedih atas insiden helikopter AS350 yang membawa 6 orang penumpang termasuk Ketua Wanita UMNO Bahagian Sungai Besar iaitu YB Datuk Noriah Kasnon, yang juga Timbalan Menteri Perusahaan Perladangan dan Komoditi, dari Betong untuk ke Kuching yang kini telah disahkan terhempas oleh YAB Perdana Menteri.

Merujuk kejadian ini, Exco Pergerakan Wanita UMNO Malaysia telah bersepakat untuk menangguhkan Karnival Skuad Sayang United yang dijadualkan pada 8 Mei 2016 di Dataran Seri Kemang, Pantai Telok Kemang, Negeri Sembilan.

Mayat wanita dijumpai di tebing hulu 15km Batang Lupar sekitar jam 12 tengah hari - Pengarah JBPM Sarawak

Nama-nama penumpang dalam helicopter dari Betong ke Kuching yang di laporkan hilang petang tadi.

Sebuah helikopter dalam penerbangan dari Betong ke Kuching dilaporkan hilang petang tadi.  

Ketua Pengarah Jabatan Penerbangan Awam (DCA) Datuk Seri Azharuddin Abdul Rahman mengesahkan perkara itu ketika dihubungi Bernama.  

"Helikopter itu berlepas dari Betong jam 4.12 petang dan sepatutnya tiba di Kuching sekitar 5 petang," katanya.

Difahamkan pihak DCA telah melancarkan operasi mencari dan menyelamat.

Pesawat jenis Eurocopter AS350 itu dikendalikan oleh sebuah syarikat helikopter tempatan.

Skuad Sayang Pergerakan Wanita UMNO/ Barisan Nasional Malaysia telah melancarkan Misi Sayang, Sumbangan Barangan Bagi Bantuan Mangsa Banjir di Ibu Pejabat UMNO petang semalam.

Menurut Ketua Wanita UMNO, Sharizat Abdul Jalil, tujuan utama Wanita UMNO/ Barisan Nasional melancarkan Misi Sayang bertujuan mengumpulkan derma berupa wang tunai dan barangan keperluan seperti selimut, pakaian, lampin bayi dan makanan untuk di agihkan kepada mangsa banjir yang memerlukan.

Sehubungan itu, Pergerakan Wanita UMNO / Wanita Barisan Nasional merayu kepada orang ramai dan syarikat-syarikat korporat yang ingin turut serta menyumbang barangan keperluan asas, boleh menghubungi pejabat Wanita UMNO di talian 03- 4042 7730 atau boleh datang terus ke pusat pengumpulan barang-barang untuk mangsa banjir di Aras 4 Menara Dato Onn, PWTC Kuala Lumpur, pusat pengumpulan beroperasi dari jam 9.00 Pagi hingga 6.00 Petang.

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Kementerian Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat (KPWKM) melalui Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat (JKM) telah membangunkan Portal MyCorporateCare bagi tujan membantu mana-mana syarikat atau badan-badan korporat yang ingin melaksanakan tanggungjawab korporat sosial (CSR) kepada institusi-institusi kebajikan atau Pertubuhan Sukarela Kebajikan (PSK) yang menerima bantuan kewangan kerajaan melalui JKM.

Menurut Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat, YB Dato’ Sri Rohani Abdul Karim, dalam melaksanakan CSR di syarikat masing-masing, kekangan yang lazimnya dihadapi oleh sektor korporat atau swasta adalah kekangan dari segi masa.

“Portal ini dapat membantu masalah yang dihadapi oleh badan korporat atau syarikat yang ingin memberi sumbangan kepada PSK dan boleh mendapatkan maklumat lengkap dan keperluan sebenar PSK untuk menyampaikan sumbangan,” katanya kepada pemberita ketika merasmikan Majlis Pelancaran Portal MyCorporateCare di kementeriannya hari ini.

“Syarikat Korporat yang ingin menyumbang tidak perlu ragu-ragu berhubung dengan status PSK yang berdaftar dengan portal ini kerana senarai PSK yang dipaparkan dalam portal ini adalah sah dari segi penubuhannya dan mematuhi keperluan mengikut Akta Penubuhan 1966, Akta Pusat Jagaan 1993 atau Undang-Undang Tubuh yang lain.

Pertemuan maya di antara PSK dan Syarikat Korporat akan mempercepatkan lagi urusan pengendalian sumbangan Syarikat Korporat kepada PSK selaras dengan Dasar Kebajikan Masyarakat Negara 1990, Dasar Sosial Negara 2003 serta Wawasan 2020 iaitu ke arah memupuk masyarakat penyayang,” tambah Rohani lagi.

Portal MyCorporateCare adalah sistem yang dibangunkan secara percuma oleh Syarikat Kometsoft sebagai menunaikan CSR Syarikat Kometsoft kepada kumpulan sasar KPWKM khususnya JKM.

“Saya berharap dengan adanya portal ini, ianya mampu mengatasi masalah yang dihadapi Syarikat Korporat dalam memastikan sumbangan mereka dinikmati oleh golongan yang benar-benar memerlukan bagi meningkatkan kualiti hidup kumpulan sasar,” katanya.

Turut hadir sama di majlis tersebut ialah YB Senator Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun, Timbalan Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat, YBhg Dato’ Norsham Abdul Rahin, Timbalan Ketua Setiausaha (Operasi) KPWKM, YBrs Encik Wee Beng Ee, Timbalan Ketua Setiausaha (Strategik) KPWKM, YBhg Dato’ Norani Hj Mohd Hashim, Ketua Pengarah Kebajikan Masyarakat, YBrs Puan Wan Noraidah Wan Mohd Zain, Pengarah Bahagian Komuniti JKM, Encik Khairul Amri Yunus, Pengarah Urusan Kometsoft (M) Sdn Bhd, Pegawai-Pegawai Kanan KPWKM dan JKM serta wakil-wakil Syarikat Korporat dan Pertubuhan Sukarela Kebajikan.

The definition of 'sedition' under the Sedition Act 1948 may be reviewed in order to clear up any confusion or ambiguity over the term, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today.

He said the act was not aimed at stifling dissent or criticism of the government but at protecting national peace and harmony.

"For example, there is a difference between criticising the government's economic policies and calling for the government to be overthrown.

"To me, there's nothing wrong with disagreeing with any of the government's decisions and policies, but we should not incite the people to cause chaos," he said after the presidential speech delivered by Datuk Seri Najib Razak at the Umno General Assembly 2014.

Muhyiddin, who is Umno deputy president, said the government will seek feedback from various parties on the planned amendments.

"We realise there are those who have called for the act to abolished, claiming that the law was draconian or obsolete.

"We must engage with them, and hopefully make them see that one of the outcomes of this law has been the peace and harmony that we have enjoyed since it was passed in 1948."

The amendments, he said, could be passed as early as next year, pending a review.

He also said there may no longer be a need for the National Harmony Act, which was originally planned to replace the Sedition Act.

"Both laws are aimed at promoting peace, so this is something that we will need to study further."

Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today urged his contemporaries to make way for the young to take rise, as he echoed party president Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s call for the party to embrace youths as an “investment” for the future.

He said this is now the time of those from Generations X and Y to take on the mantle of leadership in the Barisan Nasional (BN) lynchpin, especially since amendments have been made to the party constitution allowing direct membership to Umno without having to sign on to any party division or branch.

“The era has passed. The opportunity should be given to the young. We are not warlords who consider party posts to be our possessions or should be handed down to our bloodline,” he said at a news conference after officiating at the Film Censorship Board’s 60th anniversary Carnival.

Earlier today, Najib said Umno must come to terms with current political realities and embrace youths if they hope to restore their waning influence in urban centres.

Taking a dig at senior party leaders who allegedly sabotage recruitment of young members in fear of losing their party posts, the prime minister said they risk becoming politically obsolete if the party does not work on reinvigorating its ranks with new blood.

Ahmad Zahid today echoed Najib’s call for renewal, urging senior party leaders to be cognizant of their position and extent of their influence among the grassroots.

“When you get the signal that you are no longer wanted, it is best to step down before you are made to leave,” he said.

Laporan polis yang dibuat ke atas wakil GERAKAN Johor, Tan Lai Soon berikutan kenyataan biadapnya yang mengatakan Melayu juga adalah pendatang di negara ini masih tidak mendapat maklum balas pihak berkuasa.

Naib Presiden 2 ISMA, Encik Abdul Rahman Mat Dali berkata, kita mahu tahu apa status laporan polis ke atasnya.

“Lebih 20 laporan polis dibuat. Tetapi sampai hari ini masih tidak ada tindakan.

“Rakyat ingin tahu status kes ini supaya tidak berulang kembali di masa hadapan.

“Jangan wujud dakwaan terpilih kerana ia akan menjejaskan keyakinan rakyat terhadap sistem pendakwaan negara,” tegasnya.

Pada 19 Oktober lalu, Tan mengeluarkan kenyataan menghasut apabila mengatakan orang Melayu juga sebenarnya pendatang di negara ini.

Katanya, Melayu, Cina, India semua pendatang, kecuali Orang Asli, orang Sabah dan orang Sarawak, yang menjadi bumiputera asal.

Ujar Encik Rahman, sudah hampir dua bulan masih tiada tindakan.

“Jadi kita harap siasatan segera perlu dilakukan. Tindakan ke atas Tan perlu dibuat secepat mungkin,” ujar beliau.

The National Unity Convention passed today a declaration that, among others, sought for Bumiputera citizens to be officially recognised as “bangsa teras”, or “core group”, who “calls the shots” on national policies.

The declaration also pushed for the Federal Constitution and this conceptual “core group” to be the cornerstone in the formulating and implementation of all actions, programmes and policies in nation forming, building and development.

“In the context of our country, the public is 67 per cent Bumiputera. So you have to listen to the majority first, only then you consider the other groups. That is how democracy goes,” Perkasa president Datuk Ibrahim Ali told reporters.

Besides holding the majority group, Ibrahim claimed the Bumiputera — which includes the Malays, Orang Asli and natives of Sabah and Sarawak — were also the original settlers of the land.

The convention today was organised by a coalition of 58 Malay NGOs, and was attended by over 300 groups, to debate and pass a National Unity Memorandum draft to be delivered to the Malay rulers, Putrajaya, the Cabinet, and every mentri besar or chief ministers.

The memorandum, titled “Malaysian Unity: the Core of National Peace and Prosperity”, covered topics such as economy, law, education and Islam.

“If the majority is not considered and be given a proper place, surely there will be no national unity,” said Ibrahim, who heads the memorandum drafting committee, said earlier.

Vice Admiral (Rtd) Datuk Mat Rabi Abu Samah, a central committee member of Perkasa, insisted that the concept of “core group” is important in order to ensure the security of the nation.

He claimed that the concept is similar to the United Nations Security Council, where the “core group” consists of the five permanent members: China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States.

The memorandum, which was tabled and debated in the convention, will also be delivered during the Umno General Assembly, on November 27.

Ibrahim also said that the National Unity Council will be formed consisting of Malay-Muslim groups, which among others will be tasked to present the content of the memorandum to the public.

The Malays and Bumiputera make up the majority of Malaysia’s population at an estimated 67.4 per cent of the 28.3 million population, followed by the Chinese at 24.6 per cent, according to the most recent census at 2010.