28 January 2010
I read with interest an article in The Star "Change mind set about research, says Dr M". Tun Mahathir always make headlines with his words, including this one regarding R&D progress in Malaysia. He rightly said that, "Research is not about making profits. This kind of thinking is not up to date." He said further that research was all about acquiring information and making discoveries. He said one of the things Malaysia must do was to set up incubators for young people with ideas to create new things. This, he said, was important as the country had moved away from the labour intensive industries of the past into brain intensive industries. He said local investors should be nurtured and allowed to grow as world-class entrepreneurs. Syabas Tun M!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Malaysia -Tanah Tumpahnya Darah ku
27 Januari 2010
A month ago I saw a very interesting billboard set up by Nike along the Federal Highway. It is very much in line with the 1Malaysia concept. The billboard says " Tanah Tumpah Darah Ku " - very nationalistic, very patriotic, very heroic! Syabas to Nike and a host of other corporate organizations, like PETRONAS, Sime Darby, to name a few, which always instil and revive feelings of patriotism amongst us Malaysians by way of their advertisements in the newspapers and the electronic media. I for one is proud to be Malaysian!
A month ago I saw a very interesting billboard set up by Nike along the Federal Highway. It is very much in line with the 1Malaysia concept. The billboard says " Tanah Tumpah Darah Ku " - very nationalistic, very patriotic, very heroic! Syabas to Nike and a host of other corporate organizations, like PETRONAS, Sime Darby, to name a few, which always instil and revive feelings of patriotism amongst us Malaysians by way of their advertisements in the newspapers and the electronic media. I for one is proud to be Malaysian!
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Orang Utan
8 December 2009
I missed the National Geographic Channel programme on Among the Great Apes with Michelle Yeoh (aired on ASTRO Channel 553), but I was drawn to an article in The Star reviewing the programme. Datuk Michelle Yeoh did her bit to help protect the endangered Orang Utan. She became a volunteer at the Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre, a facility for orphaned and injured orang Utans in Sandakan Sabah. The Centre's aim is to nurse them back to health before releasing them back to the wild. The Malaysian Government is also in an effort to creating forest corridors to link pockets of protected habitats for these endangered species.
I missed the National Geographic Channel programme on Among the Great Apes with Michelle Yeoh (aired on ASTRO Channel 553), but I was drawn to an article in The Star reviewing the programme. Datuk Michelle Yeoh did her bit to help protect the endangered Orang Utan. She became a volunteer at the Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre, a facility for orphaned and injured orang Utans in Sandakan Sabah. The Centre's aim is to nurse them back to health before releasing them back to the wild. The Malaysian Government is also in an effort to creating forest corridors to link pockets of protected habitats for these endangered species.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Orang Utan
Monday 30 Nov 2009
National Geographic Channel on Astro is featuring a programme on the Orang Utans, premeiering Dec 9 2009. Orang Utans are native to only Malaysia and Indonesia. A century ago, their estimated population was 315,000. Today, only 50,000 remain - a decrease of more than 80 per cent. The greatest threat to this endangered species is the loss of their rainforest habitat, which are being cut down for timber and and the land cleared for mining and oil palm plantations. However, the Malaysian government has embarked on various programmes to protect them. The Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre in Sabah is renowned for its work in rehabilitating orphaned orang utans and releasing them back to the wild. The latest effort is the Tabin Wildlife Reserve, a forest reserve which will be part of the world's first post-rehabilitation monitoring programme.
National Geographic Channel on Astro is featuring a programme on the Orang Utans, premeiering Dec 9 2009. Orang Utans are native to only Malaysia and Indonesia. A century ago, their estimated population was 315,000. Today, only 50,000 remain - a decrease of more than 80 per cent. The greatest threat to this endangered species is the loss of their rainforest habitat, which are being cut down for timber and and the land cleared for mining and oil palm plantations. However, the Malaysian government has embarked on various programmes to protect them. The Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre in Sabah is renowned for its work in rehabilitating orphaned orang utans and releasing them back to the wild. The latest effort is the Tabin Wildlife Reserve, a forest reserve which will be part of the world's first post-rehabilitation monitoring programme.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Palm Oil - Nature's Gift to the World
Tuesday 3 November 2009
The Star today carried a full page Advertorial by Sime Darby on the positive impact of oil palm cultivation on the environment. The advert showed a closeup of the dumpy oil palm tree with huge oversized Fresh Fruit Bunches(FFB)! A product of the R and D work on the DNA of the oil palm by Sime Darby, I imagine.
I also read an article in the Mongabay Newsletter 0ct 29 2009 which carried the caption, "Money is not a Problem." The CEO of MPOC told conservationists and primate experts that the palm oil industry was ready to fund reforestration efforts in the corridors for connecting the forests, especially in Sabah to save Asia's last great ape, the Orang Utans. Researchers said such corridors for connecting forests were essential if Orang Utans were to have a future in Sabah.
I am especially proud of all these combined efforts of the big players in our Industry to defend and protect our national commodity. These initiatives by the corporate sector strongly reflect the quality of the leaders in our country, shaping the Industry that they are leading....Long Live our Good Leaders
Rasullullah S.A.W. ada menyatakan bahawa Cinta kepada Negara adalah satu-satunya Iman.....
The Star today carried a full page Advertorial by Sime Darby on the positive impact of oil palm cultivation on the environment. The advert showed a closeup of the dumpy oil palm tree with huge oversized Fresh Fruit Bunches(FFB)! A product of the R and D work on the DNA of the oil palm by Sime Darby, I imagine.
I also read an article in the Mongabay Newsletter 0ct 29 2009 which carried the caption, "Money is not a Problem." The CEO of MPOC told conservationists and primate experts that the palm oil industry was ready to fund reforestration efforts in the corridors for connecting the forests, especially in Sabah to save Asia's last great ape, the Orang Utans. Researchers said such corridors for connecting forests were essential if Orang Utans were to have a future in Sabah.
I am especially proud of all these combined efforts of the big players in our Industry to defend and protect our national commodity. These initiatives by the corporate sector strongly reflect the quality of the leaders in our country, shaping the Industry that they are leading....Long Live our Good Leaders
Rasullullah S.A.W. ada menyatakan bahawa Cinta kepada Negara adalah satu-satunya Iman.....
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Sunday 25 October 2009
Today, I was stunned being informed personally by one of my dearest friends that she has cancer! Looking at her family history, she is very prone to get it. (Both her sisters are cancer patients but are now leading normal lives after their treatment). However, the most comforting thing about her issue is that the cancer had been detected early and that the infection is at Stage 1. Alhamdullillah.....God willing, she should be alright after her treatment.
A friend told me the other day that cancer is actually just a buildup of repressed feelings inside you. This emotional build-up which is not released out will trigger the cells to act and become cancerous. A case of your emotions affecting your physical self, a cause-and-effect reaction. But I am sure it is more complicated than that....
Reminds me of the R&D work on palm oil and breast cancer. Research has shown that the Vitamin E tocotrienol component of palm oil can reduce the effect of cancerous cells in the breasts. This R&D work at the Malaysian Palm Oil Board(MPOB) is still ongoing. For more updated information, kindly contact nesaretnam@mpob.gov.my
I sincerely believe that every disease in this world has a cure for it, God willing......
Today, I was stunned being informed personally by one of my dearest friends that she has cancer! Looking at her family history, she is very prone to get it. (Both her sisters are cancer patients but are now leading normal lives after their treatment). However, the most comforting thing about her issue is that the cancer had been detected early and that the infection is at Stage 1. Alhamdullillah.....God willing, she should be alright after her treatment.
A friend told me the other day that cancer is actually just a buildup of repressed feelings inside you. This emotional build-up which is not released out will trigger the cells to act and become cancerous. A case of your emotions affecting your physical self, a cause-and-effect reaction. But I am sure it is more complicated than that....
Reminds me of the R&D work on palm oil and breast cancer. Research has shown that the Vitamin E tocotrienol component of palm oil can reduce the effect of cancerous cells in the breasts. This R&D work at the Malaysian Palm Oil Board(MPOB) is still ongoing. For more updated information, kindly contact nesaretnam@mpob.gov.my
I sincerely believe that every disease in this world has a cure for it, God willing......
Monday, October 5, 2009
The Truth (about Palm Oil) has Prevailed!
6 October 2009
"The truth has prevailed!" said Tan Sri Yusof bin Basiron, Chief Executive Officer of the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) in the very informative documentary on palm oil produced by the Asian Food Channel Productions aired over ASTRO on 5 October 2009. AFC did a wonderful job of boosting up the good image of palm oil in their documentary entitled Palm Oil : Good Fat, Bad Fat. The authentic truths about palm oil, its health attributes, its versatility and the excellent frying qualities of the oil, the environmental-friendliness of the product has been revealed by various experts in the field, ranging from producers and actual consumers, from environmentalists, chefs and man-in-the-street. R&D also showed that palm oil is just as good as the age-old olive oil. In fact, many foreigners interviewed did not know about the existence of palm oil and are not aware that palm oil is used in almost all the daily products that they consumed everyday, from fries to creamers and soaps to cosmetics. Palm Oil has actually conquered the whole world!
Check it out at http://www.asianfoodchannel.com/
"The truth has prevailed!" said Tan Sri Yusof bin Basiron, Chief Executive Officer of the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) in the very informative documentary on palm oil produced by the Asian Food Channel Productions aired over ASTRO on 5 October 2009. AFC did a wonderful job of boosting up the good image of palm oil in their documentary entitled Palm Oil : Good Fat, Bad Fat. The authentic truths about palm oil, its health attributes, its versatility and the excellent frying qualities of the oil, the environmental-friendliness of the product has been revealed by various experts in the field, ranging from producers and actual consumers, from environmentalists, chefs and man-in-the-street. R&D also showed that palm oil is just as good as the age-old olive oil. In fact, many foreigners interviewed did not know about the existence of palm oil and are not aware that palm oil is used in almost all the daily products that they consumed everyday, from fries to creamers and soaps to cosmetics. Palm Oil has actually conquered the whole world!
Check it out at http://www.asianfoodchannel.com/
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