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FDIs spiked 250pc in 2018, says Finance Minister
Published 34 minutes ago on 03 December 2018 By Emmanuel Santa Maria Chin 
Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng tables Budget 2019 at Parliament in Kuala Lumpur November 2, 2018.― Picture by Mukhriz Hazim
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 — Approved foreign direct investments (FDIs) rose about 250 per cent in the first nine months of the year, which Lim Guan Eng said signalled a return of investor confidence after Pakatan Harapan won the 2018 election.

The finance minister explained that numbers released by the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) showed FDIs in the manufacturing sector increased to RM49 billion for the period of January to September 2018, from RM14 billion in the same period last year. 

Lim said approved FDIs from China led the way at 32 per cent of the total investment value, followed by Indonesia at 18.4 per cent and the Netherlands at 17.0 per cent.

“FDIs from USA (6.4 per cent), Korea (5.0 per cent), Japan (4.3 per cent) and Singapore (2.5 per cent) were also approved from January to September 2018,” said Lim in a statement today. 

The statement also included how FDIs in the manufacturing sector spiked some 379 per cent for the months of May to September this year as compared to the same period last year.

“This demonstrates that foreign investors’ confidence in Malaysia is resurgent, with a RM27.7 billion or 379 per cent hike in the said figures, after the peaceful transition of power that took place on May 9, 2018,” said Lim.

Recently, former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak questioned the validity of Lim’s claims that FDIs had spiked as much as the numbers had suggested. 

Najib claimed that the value of FDIs into the local market had instead dipped for the first nine months of this year when compared to 2017, in total contrast to Lim’s revelations.

Lim’s statement then sought to explain the claims brought forward by Najib, as he detailed that the figures mentioned by the former prime minister were referring to the FDIs in realised values as found in the Balance of Payments documents.

“It is a lagged indicator, which means that the low and falling figures reflect the past efforts to attract FDI carried out before the change of power took place.

“Unlike figures cited by Datuk Seri Najib, the RM49 billion approved manufacturing FDI statistics from MIDA are forward-looking in nature, in terms of potential investment and confined to the manufacturing sector only,” Lim explained in the statement. 

Lim then added that the rise in figures was a positive indicator for the country’s potential economic growth, saying the Pakatan Harapan government would not yield in their efforts to attract high quality FDIs into the local economy.

“The government will press on its efforts to attract high quality FDI to provide well-paying jobs and career growth opportunities for Malaysians and business opportunities for the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as part of the larger vendor development ecosystem.

“At the same time, the government will continue to work with existing companies to ensure that their approved projects are smoothly implemented and executed,” said Lim.

https://www.malaymail.com/s/1699581/fdis-spiked-250pc-in-2018-says-finance-minister

Isu guling MB Terengganu, ini kata Exco...  NORHASPIDA YATIM 3 DISEMBER 2018
Mesej yang ditularkan semalam mengenai dakwaan wujudnya kumpulan yang ingin menggantikan Menteri Besar Terengganu, Dr Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar kepada Adun Batu Burok, Muhammad Khalil Abdul Hadi.
KUALA TERENGGANU – Kepimpinan kerajaan negeri menafikan wujudnya beberapa konflik melibatkan Menteri Besar Terengganu, Dr Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar dan Presiden Pas, Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang

Exco Pertanian, Industri Asas Tani dan Pembangunan Desa, Dr Azman Ibrahim berkata, perjalanan politik negeri ini tenang dan cerita yang disebarkan bahawa wujudnya kumpulan yang ingin menggulingkan Menteri Besar Terengganu adalah palsu

“Alhamdulillah, kerajaan Terengganu dalam keadaan damai dan tenang serta sedang bekerja keras untuk mengisi kemenangan yang diperoleh dalam PRU lalu

“Apa yang kita lakukan kini adalah bekerja untuk rakyat dan tiada berlaku sebarang konflik dalam pemerintahan kerajaan negeri yang diterajui Menteri Besar, Dr Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar,” katanya. 
Dalam pada itu, Azman turut menafikan konflik itu berlaku disebabkan perbezaan pendapat antara Ahmad Samsuri dan Abdul Hadi berhubung isu wang royalti minyak Terengganu dan Konvensyen Antarabangsa Mengenai Pembasmian Diskriminasi Kaum (ICERD)

“Ini adalah cerita rekaan dan isu ini tidak wujud pun

"Kita tidak pasti apa tujuan pembawa ‘cerita' ini. Apa yang pasti, kerajaan Terengganu kini dalam posisi yang sangat baik dan tenang,” katanya

Semalam, tular di media sosial dakwaan bahawa terdapat kumpulan telah bertemu Abdul Hadi bagi menukar Menteri Besar Terengganu kepada Adun Batu Buruk, Muhammad Khalil Abdul Hadi

Mesej tular itu mendakwa, tindakan itu disebabkan rasa tidak puas hati kumpulan tersebut terhadap Ahmad Samsuri yang dikatakan lebih mengutamakan orang luar dalam membuat lantikan politik

Turut disebarkan sebuah artikel bertajuk Kerusi MB Terengganu Panas? Di mana ia merujuk kepada wujudnya perbezaan pendapat antara Ahmad Samsuri dan Abdul Hadi berhubung isu royalti dan isu himpunan menolak ICERD

http://www.sinarharian.com.my/edisi/terengganu/isu-guling-mb-terengganu-ini-kata-exco-1.911348

BERITA»WilayahIsnin, 3 Disember 2018 | 3:11pm
Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur, Datuk Nor Hisham Ahmad Dahlan bersama Ketua Polis Kuala Lumpur, Datuk Seri Mazlan Lazim ketika sidang media berhubun- Foto Saddam YusoffDBKL benarkan perhimpunan ICERD Sabtu ini Oleh Asmah Rusman [email protected]
KUALA LUMPUR: Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) meluluskan perhimpunan kesyukuran terhadap penolakan ratifikasi Konvensyen Antarabangsa Mengenai Penghapusan Segala Bentuk Diskriminasi Kaum (ICERD), Sabtu ini
Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur, Datuk Nor Hisham Ahmad Dahlan, berkata melalui kelulusan itu, pihak penganjur dibenarkan berhimpun di Jalan Raja di antara Dataran Merdeka dan Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad bermula jam 2 hingga 6 petang
“Kami menerima permohonan pada 27 November daripada pihak penganjur perhimpunan berkenaan yang bercadang membuat perhimpunan di Dataran Merdeka pada 8 Disember
“Selepas berbincang dengan lebih mendalam, pihak kami memutuskan perhimpunan ICERD boleh diadakan di Jalan Raja saja pada tarikh berkenaan,” katanya dalam sidang media selepas mesyuarat bersama Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) di Menara DBKL, hari ini
Turut hadir, Ketua Polis Kuala Lumpur Datuk Seri Mazlan Lazim
Nor Hisham berkata, keputusan itu dibuat memandangkan perhimpunan berkenaan adalah satu perhimpunan kesyukuran
“Kami bersetuju dan berharap perhimpunan itu diadakan secara aman damai, sejahtera dan memberi kebaikan kepada semua pihak
“Saya juga berharap kebenaran ini dapat dilaksanakan dengan baik. Saya percaya PDRM akan memantau perkara ini mengikut prosedur operasi standard (SOP) yang sedia ada,” katanya
Menurutnya, susulan itu, Dataran Merdeka dan Jalan Raja akan ditutup bermula Jumaat selain beberapa jalan berhampiran lokasi itu
Katanya, maklumat terperinci berhubung perhimpunan berkenaan akan diputuskan PDRM dalam satu mesyuarat yang akan diadakan Rabu ini
Menurutnya, permohonan mengadakan perhimpunan itu dibuat tiga pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO) iaitu Gerakan Pembela Ummah (Ummah), Pertubuhan Muafakat Sejahtera Masyarakat Malaysia (Muafakat) dan Persatuan Bekas Anggota Tentera Tidak Berpencen (Daulat)
Pada 23 November lalu, Pejabat Perdana Menteri dalam satu kenyataan berkata, kerajaan Pakatan Harapan (PH) tidak akan meratifikasi ICERD dan akan terus mempertahankan Perlembagaan Persekutuan yang di dalamnya termaktub kontrak sosial dipersetujui wakil semua kaum ketika pembentukan negara ini
Susulan kenyataan itu, Ketua Sekretariat Gerakan Pembela Ummah, Aminuddin Yahaya, memaklumkan perhimpunan di Dataran Merdeka pada 8 Disember ini tetap diteruskan, namun ditukar menjadi majlis kesyukuran
Presiden UMNO, Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, dilaporkan memaklumkan UMNO akan menyertai perhimpunan itu sebagai tanda ‘terima kasih’ terhadap keputusan kerajaan tidak meratifikasi ICERD
https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/wilayah/2018/12/504777/dbkl-benarkan-perhimpunan-icerd-sabtu-ini

Pinda Laporan Audit 1MDB: PAC panggil Ambrin esok JANATUL FIRDAUS YAACOB 3 DISEMBER 2018
Timbalan Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Perpaduan Negara dan Kesejahteraan Sosial, Dr Md Farid Md Rafi (tengah) ketika sidang medianya di Institut Jantung Negara, hari ini.KUALA LUMPUR - Bekas Ketua Audit Negara, Tan Sri Ambrin Buang akan dipanggil esok oleh Jawatankuasa Kira-kira Wang Negara (PAC) untuk memberi keterangan berhubung dakwaan Laporan Audit 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) yang dipinda

Pengerusi PAC, Datuk Seri Dr Ronald Kiandee berkata, Ambrin akan dipanggil ke PAC esok, disusuli beberapa individu lain termasuk Tan Sri Madinah Mohamad pada Rabu minggu ini
“Ambrin Buang akan dipanggil untuk memberikan keterangan esok jam 11 pagi esok kepada PAC

"Tan Sri Dr Madinah dipanggil lusa sebagai saksi kemudian pegawai Pengauditan Kertas Kerja dan Bukti Jabatan Audit Negara, Saadatul Nafisah Bashir Ahmad. Selepas itu ada beberapa saksi lain akan dipanggil," katanya

[ARTIKEL BERKAITAN: Nama Jho Low diarah gugur dari Laporan Akhir 1MDB]
Sebelum ini dilaporkan, Madinah berkata, perenggan berkaitan kehadiran ahli perniagaan yang diburu  Low Taek Jho atau Jho Low dalam satu mesyuarat Lembaga Pengara 1MDB diarah digugurkan dalam penyediaan Laporan Akhir Pengauditan 1MDB

Katanya, perkara itu diarahkan bekas ketua setiausaha sulit kepada bekas perdana menteri, Tan Sri Shukry Salleh pada 26 Februari 2016 atas alasan ianya sensitif dan untuk mengelak fakta diputar-belit oleh pihak pembangkang ketika itu

Dalam pada itu, beliau juga memaklumkan isu penyelewengan Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) antara agensi yang menjadi 'highlight' Jabatan Audit Negara

Bagaimanapun buat masa ini beliau berkata PAC sedang menyiasat tiga kes utama iaitu, 1MDB, bayaran balik cukai barangan dan perkhidmatan (GST) dan Marina Awam

http://www.sinarharian.com.my/nasional/pinda-laporan-audit-1mdb-pac-panggil-ambrin-esok-1.911389

Anti-ICERD rally gets green light from DBKL and police Published 12 minutes ago on 03 December 2018 By Emmanuel Santa Maria Chin
Mayor Datuk Nor Hisham Ahmad Dahlan was quoted as saying that the decision was made following a meeting today among several government agencies and the Royal Malaysian Police. — Picture by Mukhriz HazimKUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 — Authorities today gave the green light for a gathering opposing the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) to be held in the city this weekend.
A report by Sinar Harian quoting Mayor Datuk Nor Hisham Ahmad Dahlan said the decision was made following a meeting today among several government agencies and the Royal Malaysian Police. 
The report stated that the decision was made in confidence that the gathering would be held in a peaceful manner.
“The gathering will be allowed to run from 2pm until 6pm along Jalan Raja only, opposite Dataran Merdeka at the Sultan Abdul Samad building. 
“Because it is meant to be a Thanksgiving gathering the location given to them will allow them more space to hold the gathering,” he was quoted saying during a press conference at the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) building today.
Opposition parties led by Umno previously planned to hold the rally on December 8 to protest the planned ratification of the ICERD, but now claim that the event will be held to allow its supporters to say thanks to the government’s decision not to do so. 
“Because it is meant to be a Thanksgiving gathering the location given to them will allow them more space to hold the gathering,” he was quoted saying during a press conference at the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) building today.
Opposition parties led by Umno previously planned to hold the rally on December 8 to protest the planned ratification of the ICERD, but now claim that the event will be held to allow its supporters to say thanks to the government’s decision not to do so.
Nor Hisham was then quoted saying an application for the gathering was received by authorities on November 27.
“The application was by submitted by the Gerakan Pembela Ummah, Pertubuhan Muafakar Sejahtera Malaysia, and the Persatuan Bekas Angkatan Tentera Tidak Berpencen Malaysia (Daulat) groups.
“I hope the organised gathering will be done properly and I also have faith the police will be monitoring the said gathering according to their existing SOPs and guidelines,” he said.
Nor Hisham added that as a precautionary measure, the Dataran Merdeka field and Jalan Raja would be closed off by DBKL for the duration of the gathering.
https://www.malaymail.com/s/1699551/anti-icerd-rally-gets-green-light-from-dbkl-and-police

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