New breed of local
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New breed of local
Rebates, only for c:itizens t4/6 ~tA«- Nor Mo,h-~rned:PResdo..,'t qualify !., ~ dents are not ed'titled td the cash rebates also receive die rebate. Owners of motorcycles pf 250cc.and below. announced are eligiblefor;a RM150rebate. PETALING J~ Y~Mal?ysian . f permanenpesi- for car owners. . Second Fjnance Minister Tan Sri Nor Moha- . PosMalaysia Bhd;in a statement yesterday; med Yakcop said this 'in response to a query .said three post officesBukit Bendera from a reader who asked whether her Indian (Penang), Changkat Kruing (near Setiawan) national husband, who had applied for permaand Carey Island (off Banting) - will not be accepting applications for fuel subsidy cash nent resident status seven years ago, was' entitled to the rebate. . rebates. '-. The rebates can be claimed at its other 683 "Only vehicle owners who afE~Malaysian citizens are entitled to the rebate,"'he said. postofficesnationwide..'. . 'On June 4, Prime Minister Datuk Seri The list of post offices is available at its web':' Abdullah Ahmad Badawi had announced the site WWW.pos.com.my. . f.' Customers can also contact its customersernew fuel price'of"RM2.70 a litre for petrol and RM2.58 a litre for diesel. vice centre PosUne at 1-300-300-300 (except In line with that, owners of private veI1ides on the first Saturday of the month) should they with engine capacity of2,OOOccand below will have anY enquiries. "~ Pos 'Malaysia also clarified that the three enjoy a RM625 rebate. minutesforprocessin g the cash rebate did not i Owners of private pickup trucks. and jeeps . I with engine capacity of2,500cc and below,will Jnclude.,thequeuing time. I " " , I .~ 81All Tarikb: . 1 4 JUN ... 2008 ...... ~.,~ . SfA(Z, t~ /6 Automatic roadtax reduction from June"- 24 KUALA LUMPUR: The' reduction of road tax, which was to take effect on June 1, can only be done automati-. ' cally 0n June 24 after the Road. Transport Department computerised system is updated. . JPJdirector:general DiitukAhmad Mustapha Abdul Rashid said until then, vehicle owners would have to . . I i J ., i ~ fi I J ; paythe tax atthe originalratesand 'then applyfor.reimbursement from JPJofficesstartmgJune 23. . "Vehicle owners' or their repre~ csentativescan apply for reimbursement by providing documents like of bankcards statements, copies of .,~ copies their identity and formJPJK6," he said in a statement yesterday. ForinJPJK6can be obtained from all JPJ offices or dowploac:iedfrom the JPJ website at wwwjpj.gov.my. The reimbursements would becred.. ited into their bank accotints,' it - .. added... . Prime .MinJster Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi had amiounced that motorists would be given cash. rebates. ,and lower , road tax:to help them cushion the 41'%hike in petrol and 63.3%hike' in diesel prices. Ahmad Mustapha said renewal of road tax with the new rates can also be made atPos Malaysiaofficesor at c the MyEGkioskor portal at www. . myeg.com.my. - Bernama ITcAR 1 Tarikh: ._J.!l..~.~.~..~- P~nefto vet~'carl~dldifes , " , . ('fA.A. I ¥/6 - - MBheads committee to'select local councillors By ELAN PERUMAL [email protected] cronyism and nepotism;" Khalid stategoverrunent' would appoint said. ,.-~only tlJose \Vh()were. qualified and "There have been rumours and ableto perform. , -' SPECIAL high~profile commitallegations that we areapP9inting He said the people expected a lot tee headed by Selangor our friends to the localcoundls and. from the local councillors and those Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid this committee is tasked with appoint~d_shouldbe able to per~ Ibrahim has been formed to vet a ensuring thpt such a scenario is.not form with excellence and frans-. list of 288 names nominated for happening,"he said; parency. '. localcouncillorsofthe 12 municipal Accordingto Khalid,the appoint- , "We k.now it used to be very}'; and two Citycouncilsin the state. ment of the ,councillors,especi,illy, rewarding under the previous state The committee members include those unde;:Jhe NGOquota, would government to be appointed as local. three state executive councillors - be based only on merit and hot on councillors in the various munici~"' Ronnie Uu (local government and favouritism. palities and city-councils," he said. He said the committee would research), Datuk Hassan Mohamed "But I can assure you that from Ali (Islamic affairs, Malay customs, study carefullyall.incliviclualspro~ - now on,the job of a local councillor' Khalid:The comtniftee.aims to infrastructure and publicamenities) . posed so that only those suitable , wou.1dnotbea glamorousonewith ensure that the appointments are and YaakobSapari(agriculture,nat- wereappointed. . a lot of perks, financial gains and made solely onmerit Khalid said the names of those benefits,"he said. ural resources and entrepreneurial development). recommended by the committee Khalidsaid that those ,appointed vetting committee would enhance "The committee is looking and endorsed by the state executive councillors would be required to 'the merit o(being appointed a local through the names ofallthose nom- council would be announced by servewith dedicationand sincerity. councillor. Uu said he endorsed thementri "It is good for the government inated to ensure that they are June 20.appointedon merit and not due to Kh~lid said the P~lkat~nRaky~_t besar's decision,,and felt that the and the people,"he said. STAR Tuikh: .-1 JIJtL~~...- New breed of local cOUIJ~iII,P%s !Io.. - ~ "'" ~ --emerging-~ THE current changed political scenario, especially in Selangor, has brought about a sort of grassroots political awakening involving a new perception and a holistic perspec. tive on the role and scope of the local councils and councillors. The Local Government Act 1976 (Act 171) Section 10 (2) states that "councillors of the local authority shall be appointed from among persons the majority of whom shall be persons ordinarily residents in the local authority areawho in the opinion of the state authority have wide experience in local government affairs or who have achieved distinction in any profession, commerce or industry. or are otherwise capable of representing the interests of their communities in the local authority area". Section 10 (1) states tha.t "the local authority shal1 consist of the mayor or president and not less than eight and not more than 24 other councillors to be appointed by the state authority". Sectjon (3) stipulates that. the term of office of each councillor shall not exceed three years while Section (6) states that a .councillor shall be eligible for reappointment upon the expiry of his term of office. Under previous state governments, it was a tradition of sorts for state assemblymen to be appointed as councillors. "This was based on the understanding that assemblymen worked closely with local authorities in handling community issues and as-such, maintained a better line of communication in dealings," said a former assemblyman and councillor. From a wider scope of things, their positions as councillors were clearly viewed as political appointments. In the 1950s and 1960s, councillors were elected through local council elections but this came to what was supposed to be a temporary halt in 1963 due to the Indonesian Confrontation (Konfran- Hard at work: A file picture of a full board meeting in progress tasi) against the formation of Malaysia. Local council elections were eventually abolished in 1965 with an amendment to Section '15 of the Local GovernmentAct. Following the outcome of .the 12th general election on March 8 this year, when the Barisan Nasional lost control of four states and failed to unseat the PAS state government in Kelantan, there have been calls to amend the Loca1Government Act to bring back local council elections. In 'Selangor, the. new Pakatan Rakyat state government has declared that elected representatives would not be appointed local councillors in the two city councils (Shah Alam and Petaling Jaya) and 12 municipal councils in the state. The Selangor state executive council. meanwhile, is going through a list of public nominees for councillors comprising professionals and representatives from the NGOs. Under Section 28 of the Local Government Act, each local authority may, from time to time, appoint committees, either of a general or special nature, consisting ofa chair- at the Petaling Jaya City Council. man, councillors and such other persons as it may deem fit. The new batch of councillors for the two city councils and 12 local councils in Selangor are also expected to sit in the relevant committees, rendei'ing their expertise in areas like licensing, building, infrastructure and finance. Each Qfthe councillors of the previous administration used to serve in at least two to four committees. Their selection to the committees iS,based on recommendations made by the.state leaders of their respective political parties. I Section 28 also states that councillors shall be paid allowances determined by the local authority. Contrary to general public perception, councillors are. paid only a miserable monthly allowances ranging from RM500 to RM650. Not something to shout about! An additional of RM50 or RM100 is paid for each attendance at the' monthly full council meetings or a committee meeting. Accordingto a forI;11ercouncillor, each councillor was gi"en an annual grant of RM10,000 to spend on pro-. jects in his or her area. "But the amount was hardly sufficient for big projects. "We usually organised gotong royong, talks and small community events and even had to fork out our own money forthese events," he said. In the awarding of contracts, Section 34 (1) of the Local Government Act. cclearly states that any councillor with a pecuniary interest, whether direct or indirect, in any contract or proposed contract should withdraw from the meeting where the matter is under consideration. There have been allegations from the public that the previous elected representatives strongly influenced decisions on the awarding of cone tracts in Selangor. The present Pakatan Rakyat state government has recently announced that assemblymen and politically-appointed local councillors would no longerbe allowed to sit on tender boards. .,All that remains now is to keep our fingers crossed 'as the list is finalised and hope that better days are.ahead for Sela~gC!L. -'" '''~'J STAR Tuikla:1 4 JUN.-..................-.- . ..... \CD5f'II-@ \Lf(b ,Kerajaan kaji:(Jad~~t1 PASIR MAS :...Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad BadaWi sernalam oe:r:kata,kerajaan sedaifg mengkajicadanganuntUk memberikan pelepasanatau pengurangan cukai pendapatanpllgiimeringankan bepan rakYat berikutan peningkatan kos~arahidup ,akibat ~aripada'kenaikan harga rp.inYfik:, bentangan Bajet2009 yang di~ jaduaIkaii 29 Og(jsdepan. " '~Adabeberapalangkah yang al¥India:mbil.Tetapipada m(lSa ini, kita ,maSih memperhalilsi" dan lebih baiklah, saya tidak beritiiliu lagi,'~katanya.kepada pernberita selepas 'melancarkan Felan Peningkatan Penge;, luaran Beras Negara di KamMemlrut"'PerdaillFMenteri'; pung BendangPerangkap, Bu': pen&"unnirnan,bernubtmgliper.; nut Susu di sini sernalam. Majlls tersebut dihadiri ki. kara itu ~dibllatpada pem;", '" ,," ''isJ . ;~~e'lepasiit:1ccrkai ra-kira 3,000 oral1g. Turut hadir ialah Menteri Pertanian dan Industri AsasTani, Datuk Mustapa MOl1amed;Pengerusi Perhubungan.UMNO Kelantan, Tan, Sri Annuar Musa, dan isteri Perdana Menteri, Datin SeriJeanne Abdullah. Abdullah .wengulas kenyata~m,Menteri Kewangan Ke-, dua, Tan Sri, :Nor,Mohamed Yakcop kelmarin,bahawake- rajaan aka,n rnenimbangkemungkinan memberi pelepasan atall p(!ngurangan, ,cukai pendapatarr,biigi meringankan bebap rakyflt akibat kos sara hidup yang meningkat. Perkara 'itu dibangkitkan oleh KelabPenyokongBarisan Nasional (BNBBC)pada majIis kOl1sultasi Bajet 200Q. . Perdana Menteriyang juga Menteri KewaJ1ganmembe.: ritahu,. kerajaan sedaJ1g me-, PM neliti dan memperhalusi ca"Mereka banyak memberi dangan BNBBC, itu sebelum cadangan dan cadangan itu separang keputll§an dibuat. wajar diberikan perhatian," Beliau menainbah, terdakatanya. pat jugftlangkah yang dikenal 'Beliau berkata antara perpasti bagi pengurangan cukai kara yang sedang diteliti adaitu, namun ia masih di peringlah memastikan sarna ada cakat pertimbangan. dangan itu benar-benar mem"Saya telah, , membayangberikan kesan yang baik dakan sedikit sebanyak (insentif lam rnembantu rakyat me- . pengurangan beban kenaikan, , ngurangkan beban kos sara harga minyak) semasa diadahidup rakYat yang meningkat. . kan sesi dialog BNBBC. '- Bernama . -. -====::-=:J' ,~.~- KOSMO . 1 4 JUN Tankh: ..........-........... " , 2008 ---'--'. Kadar baru hanya bermula 24 Jun J<. LIf{ c>j b fo"'-Q Cukai jalan diturunkan InfOPe" Oleh WAN FAKHRULBAKAR fakhrul@kosmo,com.my KUALA LUMPUR - Selepas segolongan pemilik kenderaan mula menerima rebat tunai mulai hari ini, para pemilik yang tidak termasuk dalam senarai itu pula bakal menikmati potongan cukai jalan. Menurut Ketua Pengarah JabatanPengangkutan Jalan (JPJ), Datuk Ahmad Mustapha Abdul Rashid, Lesen Kenderaan Motor (LKM) atau cukai jalan bagi beberapa jenis kenderaan persendirian diberi pengurangan bayaran berkuat kuasa 1 Jun lalu. "Pengurangan sebanyak RM150diberi untuk motosikal persendirian melebihi 250cc, manakala pengurangan sebanyak RM200 diberi bagi kenderaan persendirian melebihi 2,000cc serta jip dan pikap melebihi 2,500cc. "Namun, pengurangan ini hanya untuk kenderaan yang menggunakan petrol atau diesel dan ia didaftarkan atas nama indiyidu warganegara Malaysia," katanya dalam satu kenyataan semalam. Perclana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi ketika mengumumkan kenaikan harga petrol clan diesel pada 4 Jun lalu, turut memaklumkan pemberian rebat dan pengurangan kadar LKM bagi mereka yang layak, dalam usaha mengurangkan bebanan rakyat berikutan, kenaikan sebany:lli 41 peratus bagi petrol dan 63.3 peratus bagi diesel. Berikutan itubagi kenderaan persendirian termasuk jip dan pikap lebih 2,000cc, cukai jalan dikurangkan RM200 manakala pemilik motosikal persendirian kapasiti lebih 25Qcc, cukai jalan dikurangkan RM50, tertakluk kepada cukai jalari minimum RM2. Jelas Ahmad Mustapha, biarpun pengura" ,..\c, .11 RM180 Motosikal 501cc hinggaBOOcc (Semenanjung) .' . v'-.- RM50 RM130 RM 5 0 ~M' 2 < kerana kada r '. RM42 .(Sabahf:iai1 Sarawak) " . ,." " . ",C' '" "~~ t. Motokar diesellebih 2,500cc (Semenanjung) ", Motokar'petrollebih2,OOQcc (Labuiin) , . , . , i , , , ., , n ,RM1.680 ;;~;;a-kadar:1I' l na,: d~ ~ I RM2 ~,._ ~M. 2 <k~;a~~=-~~adalah "~",./,,,"".,c," ',c. ,.."'!;k,..;~>",.,:.$'RM~~ ngan cukaijalanituberkuat kuasal Jun lalu, pemilik hap.ya bofeh mendapatkan kadar baru itu bermula 24 Jun' ini di mana-mana pejabat JPJ, pejabat pas atau melalui kiosk! P.ortal My-EG. "Bagi mereka yang memperbaharui cukai jalan pada 1Jun hingga 23 Jun 2008 dengan kadar lama, bayaran semula perbezaan antara kadar baru dan lama boleh diperoleh dengan mengemukakan permohonan di mana-mana pejabat JPJ berdekat:;m. ":Pemiliksendiri atau wakil boleh memohon, cuma pastikan bawa sekali salinan buku banklpen}'ata bank, salinan kad pengenalan ; I , ,, , . - - clT)lntm~rn ad~ lahRM2), °° ",, ,.". , , .. ... , , , . , ,. I pemilik, salinan kad pep.genalan wakil (jika wakil yang hadir) dan Borang JPJ K6,"jelas beliau. Ahmad Milstapha berkata, Borang JPJ K6 itu boleh didapati di,semua pejabat JPJ atau boleh dimuat turun melalui wwwjpj.gov.my clanbayaran batik itu akan dikreditkan terns ke akaun bank yang disertakan. Sebelum ini, pemilik kenderaan persendi~ rian sehingga 2,000cc serta trak pikap dan jip sehingg~ 2,500cc diberi rebat tunai sebanyak RM625, manakala pemilik motosikal persendiriansehingga 250cc pula diberi rebat tunai sebanyak RM150 setahun. - KOSMO Tarikh: , ,, , minimum a~ah R~~I ",. ' , RM200 ., _.. . , , RM200 . '", ' RM157 ' Motokar petrQllebih 2,qqOcc (Langkawi) .' ~ RM200, RMl.880 , ' . , ,, ' ~' ' Motosikallebih BOOcc ~..~..~~.~...~~ t&~~ ..1 jft. . Tiada lagi.PPR"pencakar langit di Selangor Oleh FAIZAL NAZARUDDIN [email protected] KLANG - Kerajaan Selangor tidak akan membina rumah kos rendah melebihi bertingkat -tinggi sebaliknya hanya setinggi hinggaempat tingkat sahaja bagi penempatan semula setinggan di negeri itu. , pelbagai masalah' termasuk kepadatan penduduk, kerosakan kemudahan awam seperti lif, aduan penduduk, sampah sa~ rap dan gejala sosial. "Oleh itu, kita. merancang membina ruinah 'kluster' seperti tiga atau empat tingkat sahaja yangdapat memberi Jaedah kepada penduduk selain keselesaan buat anak-anak.mereka nanti. Malah pembinaan ifu nanti tid* akan . "Pembinaanrumah itu nanti, separuh . melibatkan pemindahan penduduk terakan ditanggung' kerajaan negeri malibat ke kawasan lain tetapi dijalankan' nakala selebihnya dibayar penduduk tersecara berperingkat di sekitarpenemlibat," katanya kepa4a pemberita selepas patan mereka. . mengadakanlawatan ke kawasan setingDemikian jelas Pengerusi Jawatankuc gan di Kampung Dagang J* Boot Jati di. sini semalam. asa Tetap Kesihatari, Pekerja Ladahg, Kemiskinan cfunKerajaan Prihatin negeri, Menurut Jayakumar, kampung terseDr. Xavier Jayakumar mengenai rencana but akan menjadi perintis kepada progkerajaan negeri dalam mengatasi masalah ram itu yapg turut dibantu sebuM badan penempatansetinggan di masa hadapan. bukan kerajaan (NGO)antarabangsa iaitu Katanya, pembinaan pangsapuri 20 Habitat For Humity dari Amerika Syarikat. atau 25 tingkat lebih mengundang kepada ~. Jelasnya, NGO terbabit akan melakukan bancian terlebih dahulu di kam.pung itu dan kemudian menyediakandata maklumat mengenai biodata penduduk tersebut sebelum program tersebut di~ jalankan. "Program itu akan memakan masa St:!.dikit. dan kerajaanpegeri bersedia memberi peruhtukan ke padlPprogram itu, sekiranya berjaya -ia. disusuli di beber apa pen emp. atan setinggan lain di negeri ini,"ujarnya. . . Tambahnya; penduduk di kampung itu telah menanti lebih 40 tahun untuk memiliki rumahlebih selesa berikutan ketika ini penempatan mereka tidak teratur dan tiada prasarana awam yang baik. "Akibatnya tahap kesihatan mereka sering terjejas dan penduduk dilaporkan. bariyak menghidap denggi disebabkan tiada saluran longkang yang efisen'selain kawasan sekitar yangkotor," ujarnya. . # 'KOSMO . 1 4 JUN . . 2008 Tankh:........................ . ..' ~'. I , I 'Kebenaran.k~r~~-S~",bil~~'~i~~~~,~i,ka<:p,~!~~~a'Si terj~jas .1 OlehAbdul RazakRaaff P ! term:asUk\'~ltaIllatkanperkhldma; " . ,tan., .' "', . perkh . idma t an .: B,el1au:berka,ta,d~engikllt-i,§~~~YE(,p ",')\1eIJ,g1J.mtPeratw:angEera,tW'an- 1l,AktaPencen'l980pulakakitangan aw a1;I1 t er babif<bOleh dikenakan "tin '- iPeraturanPegawalAwam(Kelakuap UTRAJAYA: Kebenaran b~rtuJuru Cakap Jabatan dan Tatatertib) 1993 dan peratur an, , , . lis untuk kakitangan awam Awam (JPA)berkata, mengikut p-er- dakan . , demi kepenti' Peraturan Pegawai.AWam(Kel~u- , . dibersaralciri . bekerja ,sambilanselepas wak,' aturan 49, Peraturan-Peraturari Pe- ngan'sekfor awam. kan dan Tatatertib)"PiJ).daan2002" ttu kerja atau hujung minggu akan gawaiAwam(Kelakuan-dan Tatater"KakitanganawamQukantidak bo,kakitangaJ} awarilyang ;irigtn,Il1ela- , .. , \ . ..., .. . .. ' ' ' kel']a:atau¥etika melakukantugas rasIijl gan tlqakbercanggah dengan kepentmgan p~rkhidniatm 'awam. Sementara itu, PresidenCuepacs; Omar Osman,.menasihatkankakitanganawam ,yang ingin' bekeija . idibatall}anjika prestasi'kerja dim tib) 1993,ketuaja):>atan mempunY\3.ilehbekerjasambilip1 tetapipefluuta: ktj1{anpekerjaan,isambilan 'hendak- ~ambilan:memastika,tlwaktu'kerja rproduktivitimerekaterjejas. .kuasamembatalkankebenaranber- IDakantugasdantanggungjawabse, lab m,endapatkebenaranbertuliske- sambilantidakjmelebiliijam"12teMalah, kakitangan terbabit yang masili meneruskan kerja sambilan selepa~ kebenaran itu dibatalkan lakan dlkenakan tindakan tatatertib, , tulis bekerja sambilan 'jika kakitangannyamengabaikanprestasikerja sehingga, .,menjejaskan sistem penyampaian perkhidmatan, ". bagaipenjawat awam dan memastikan sistem penyampaian perkhidniatan aw;pn tidak terjejas," katanya semalam. . J tuajabatan. ngahmaliun supaya mereka .mem,Ketua jabatan akan mehilai kela- 'punyai masa rehat m:encukupi dan kUanserta syaratditetapkan 1erma- tidak menjejaskan prestasi kerja dan suk tidak dilak11karipada waktu,be- .produktiviti. . , . .. ..0' , A17D ITA u.&. in .&.N ' " ' Tarith J..~.~~.t!.~--