di selatan India selepas menemui syiling emas dan batu permata bernilai berbilion dolar di bilik kebal kuil tersebut. Menurut Ketua Menteri Kerala, Oommen Chandy, kira-kira 100 orang polis bersenjata mengawal Kuil Sree Padmanabhaswamy di ibu negeri Kerala, di sini."Harta bernilai 500 bilion rupee (RM33.6 billion) itu akan disimpan di kuil tersebut dan polis Kerala mengambil alih kawalan keselamatan daripada kakitangan kuil", katanya.Sejumlah besar barang kemas dan duit syiling daripada emas dan perak, serta batu permata ditemui apabila lima bilik kebal dibuka minggu lepas, dan bilik kebal keenam dijadual dibuka hari ini.Bekas hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Kerala, C.S. Rajan menganggarkan nilai harta karun itu boleh mencecah satu trilion rupee (RM66 bilion). Rajan menganggotai sebuah panel tujuh ahli yang dilantik oleh Mahkamah Agung India untuk memantau pentaksiran harta tersebut.Jelas beliau, bilik kebal ketujuh berdinding besi akan dibuka hanya selepas mendapat arahan baru daripada Mahkamah Agung. Kuil itu dibina ratusan tahun silam oleh Raja Travancore dan sumbangan oleh penganut Hindu disimpan di dalam tujuh bilik kebalnya sejak itu. |
15 Julai 2011
Harta bilion dolar ditemui di kuil Sree Padmanabhaswamy di Thiruvananthapuram, ibu negeri Kerala di selatan India.
Jambatan Qingdao Haiwan Terpanjang di Dunia (2011)
China telah membuka jambatan laut terpanjang di dunia, keseluruhannya berukuran 42Km - 5 batu lebih panjang daripada jarak antara Dover dan Calais serta lebih panjang daripada marathon! Jambatan Qingdao Haiwan siap dibina awal tahun 2011 menyambungkan kawasan Bandar Qingdao, daerah Huangdao dan Teluk Jiaozhou. Jangkamasa 4 tahun adalah tempoh masa yang diambil untuk menyiapkan jambatan tersebut yang mencapai kos pembinaan sehingga 5.5 billion pound sterling iaitu hampir 3 batu lebih jauh daripada pemegang rekod sebelum ini - Tambak Tasik Ponchartrain di Louisiana, USA.
Struktur jambatan tersebut berupa 2 jambatan selari sebelah menyebelah yang mencatat sepanjang 38.42Km ini mempunyai 3 lorong sehala. Dua pasukan pekerja pembinaan telah memulakan kerja2 pembinaan sejak tahun 2006. Seorang jurutera pembinaan jambatan ini berkata bahawa model komputer dan perkiraan adalah sangat bagus tetapi kita tidak boleh terlalu relaks sehingga kedua2 belah jambatan dipasak bersama. "Sekalipun perbezaan adalah sebanyak beberapa sentimeter boleh mengundang bencana besar." Dikatakan jambatan ini telah direka untuk menahan gegaran gempa bumi sehingga 8.0 skala richter!
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Rekod Dunia
Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge (rail) - China - 102 miles
- Tianjin Grand Bridge (rail) - China - 71 miles
- Weinan Weihe Grand Bridge (rail) - China - 50 miles
- Bang Na Expressway (road) - Thailand - 34 miles
Struktur jambatan tersebut berupa 2 jambatan selari sebelah menyebelah yang mencatat sepanjang 38.42Km ini mempunyai 3 lorong sehala. Dua pasukan pekerja pembinaan telah memulakan kerja2 pembinaan sejak tahun 2006. Seorang jurutera pembinaan jambatan ini berkata bahawa model komputer dan perkiraan adalah sangat bagus tetapi kita tidak boleh terlalu relaks sehingga kedua2 belah jambatan dipasak bersama. "Sekalipun perbezaan adalah sebanyak beberapa sentimeter boleh mengundang bencana besar." Dikatakan jambatan ini telah direka untuk menahan gegaran gempa bumi sehingga 8.0 skala richter!
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Rekod Dunia
Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge (rail) - China - 102 miles
- Tianjin Grand Bridge (rail) - China - 71 miles
- Weinan Weihe Grand Bridge (rail) - China - 50 miles
- Bang Na Expressway (road) - Thailand - 34 miles
11 Julai 2011
Siti Nurhaliza bakal sambung pengajian di UiTM
Meskipun mengambil keputusan meneruskan kerjaya sebagai penyanyi selepas tamat Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM), beliau berkata cita-cita melanjutkan pengajian ke peringkat lebih tinggi tidak pernah padam sejak lebih 10 tahun lepas.
Bidang muzik menjadi pilihan memandangkan ia seiring dengan kerjayanya sebagai penyanyi, dan beliau percaya UiTM merupakan tempat terbaik untuk menggenggam sekurang-kurangnya segulung diploma dalam bidang berkenaan.
"Siti sedang berbincang dengan pihak UiTM, dan insya-Allah sekiranya semuanya berjalan lancar, Siti akan meneruskan pengajian seperti yang dirancang," katanya pada sidang akhbar selepas mengadakan persembahan pada Malam Gala dan Karnival SimplySiti. Perkara itu turut disahkan Naib Canselor UiTM Profesor Datuk Dr Sahol Hamid Abu Bakar pada sidang akhbar berkenaan.
Dr Sahol Hamid berkata UiTM sedang berbincang mengenai perkara itu dan sedia menerima Siti Nurhaliza yang berhasrat menyambung pengajiannya.
"Kita akan meneliti beberapa perkara dan menyambut baik hasrat Siti, lebih-lebih lagi kesediaannya membantu bersama-sama memungut dana untuk Tabung Mengubah Destini Anak Bangsa (MDAB) UiTM yang ditubuhkan bagi membantu mereka yang kurang berkemampuan untuk meneruskan pengajian," katanya.
Siti Nurhaliza, melalui SimplySiti Sdn Bhd, bekerjasama dengan UiTM sempena konsert Malam Gala bagi meraikan sambutan ulang tahun pertama syarikat milik penyanyi itu, yang diadakan di sini malam tadi.
Semua hasil jualan tiket konsert itu, yang dianggar berjumlah RM100,000 disalurkan kepada tabung MDAB UiTM, manakala SimplySiti turut menghulurkan RM30,000 selain sumbangan peribadi Siti Nurhaliza sebanyak RM10,000 kepada tabung berkenaan.
SimplySiti turut memperkenalkan dua koleksi terkini set kecantikan syarikat berkenaan iaitu SimplySiti Vogue Edition dan SimplySiti Lovely Edition, yang menampilkan produk baru seperti Gorgeous Lip Color, Shimmer Blush serta Due Eye Shadow.
Pada konsert berkenaan, Siti Nurhaliza menyampaikan lima lagu termasuk single terbaru album Inggerisnya, yang dijangka menemui peminat pada 9 Sept depan iaitu Falling In Love, selain berduet dengan penyanyi Aizat menerusi 'Lagu Kita'.
Selain Siti Nurhaliza, kira-kira 4,500 penonton konsert itu turut terpaku dengan persembahan legenda rock tanah air Amy Search yang menyampaikan dua lagu iaitu 'Kerja Gila' dan 'Isabella'.
Persembahan hampir empat jam itu turut diserikan dengan persembahan pelajar sekolah terpilih, penuntut UiTM, Aizat dan Ana Rafali serta diacarakan alumni UiTM Faizal Ismail.
Selain itu, Siti Nurhaliza turut menghadiahkan sebuah tas tangan koleksi peribadinya berjenama Prada kepada penonton bertuah menerusi cabutan khas.
Konsert berkenaan diuruskan sepenuhnya oleh empat fakulti UiTM iaitu Fakulti Teknologi Kreatif dan Artistik; Fakulti Komunikasi dan Pengajian Media; Fakulti Muzik serta Fakulti Seni Lukis dan Seni Reka.
10 Julai 2011
Umno Youth's Patriot rally fizzles out in the rain
Umno Youth's Patriot rally fizzles out in the rain
The build-up to the Patriot rally was almost epic.
Not only were there promises of thousands of people, a sideshow ofsilat exponents were supposed to appear alongside the Umno Youth members and “wage war against the Bersih 2.0 activists”.
In reality, it was a case of 500 noisy supporters suddenly appearing at 1.30pm, two-and-a-half hours later than when Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin said they would be there.
To be fair, text messages and tweets were circulated close to midnight last night about the change of plans, reminding me of a conversation this reporter had with an Umno man just on Friday about how hard it is to mobilise their party members in the morning.
“They will come up with all kinds of excuses one lah,” he said.
Even if Khairy had given a press conference the day before about the movement's plans to march from Bukit Bintang to Stadium Merdeka, it would appear that the police were not too bothered to even show up.
Maybe there were already scores of plainclothes police personnel early in the morning, apart from the ones visibly behaving like the police (holding walkie talkies while attempting to take pictures of everyone else discreetly).
Maybe they did not want to scare away the numerous tourists who seemed to be unaware of the events that were about to unfold.
Even with the tardiness, Umno Youth's timing was fortunately just right when they suddenly appeared at Jalan Bukit Bintang, just five minutes after about 1,000 Bersih protesters marched through the alleys of the Sungai Wang area towards Jalan Pudu.
Stand-off with the police
Suddenly appearing almost out of nowhere, Petaling Jaya Utara Youth chief Arman Azha Abu Hanifah climbed atop a pick-up truck, giving away the bright red Patriot T-shirts to their supporters as well as curious tourists.
By then, their supporters had arrived at Jalan Bukit Bintang, later to be met by Khairy who received a hero's welcome despite therestriction orderon him. (Jalan Bukit Bintang was not listed in the restriction order.)
“If the Election Commission is not clean and fair, how could they have won five states and deny BN a two-thirds majority?
“(Bersih 2.0) does not have a clean intent. This is all clearly the opposition agenda to topple the government,” he said when addressing the supporters.
Linking arms and marching in the front line, he led the group slowly with all intent to march to Stadium Merdeka, even if it meant crossing paths with the earlier group of Bersih 2.0 supporters who were already blocked by the police, just 200 metres away from them.
But despite their fiery chants of “Hancur Bersih” and “Hancur Anwar”, it later became clear that a clash with the opposing camp was the last thing on their minds.
Many of the Youth exco members were seen trying to rein in their members, a handful of whom were baying for some blood and action, telling them to get back behind the line as they inched forward slowly.
But after moving for no more than several metres, the group encountered the FRU barricade and water cannon trucks that had just rolled in, as though they were waiting for them.
Clashing with the police
Moving closer and closer to the FRU human barricade, what was about to happen threw everyone off-guard.
“Ready? One, two, three!” Khairy shouted before leading the Umno Youth members to charge at the FRU personnel.
Some of the Umno Youth supporters scuffled with FRU personnel before the police opened up a tear gas canister, sending the protesters scurrying away in the rain.
It was only several minutes later that the police found Khairy standing under a shack at an open air carpark, recovering from the effects of the tear gas, before whisking him away.
After a round of negotiations with the police, Umno Youth exco member Megat Zulkarnain Omardin ended what was to be a very short procession, calling it a moral victory.
“The police were very fair and they didn't take sides. Umno Youth doesn't want to clash with the police, unlike the Bersih 2.0 demonstrators who provoked the police, forcing them to respond in an aggressive manner.
“So now we choose to disperse peacefully,” he told reporters after the rally.
He also confirmed that apart from Khairy, exco member Lokman Noor Adam and two others were arrested.
Not only were there promises of thousands of people, a sideshow ofsilat exponents were supposed to appear alongside the Umno Youth members and “wage war against the Bersih 2.0 activists”.
In reality, it was a case of 500 noisy supporters suddenly appearing at 1.30pm, two-and-a-half hours later than when Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin said they would be there.To be fair, text messages and tweets were circulated close to midnight last night about the change of plans, reminding me of a conversation this reporter had with an Umno man just on Friday about how hard it is to mobilise their party members in the morning.
“They will come up with all kinds of excuses one lah,” he said.
Even if Khairy had given a press conference the day before about the movement's plans to march from Bukit Bintang to Stadium Merdeka, it would appear that the police were not too bothered to even show up.
Maybe there were already scores of plainclothes police personnel early in the morning, apart from the ones visibly behaving like the police (holding walkie talkies while attempting to take pictures of everyone else discreetly).Maybe they did not want to scare away the numerous tourists who seemed to be unaware of the events that were about to unfold.
Even with the tardiness, Umno Youth's timing was fortunately just right when they suddenly appeared at Jalan Bukit Bintang, just five minutes after about 1,000 Bersih protesters marched through the alleys of the Sungai Wang area towards Jalan Pudu.
Stand-off with the police
Suddenly appearing almost out of nowhere, Petaling Jaya Utara Youth chief Arman Azha Abu Hanifah climbed atop a pick-up truck, giving away the bright red Patriot T-shirts to their supporters as well as curious tourists.
By then, their supporters had arrived at Jalan Bukit Bintang, later to be met by Khairy who received a hero's welcome despite therestriction orderon him. (Jalan Bukit Bintang was not listed in the restriction order.)“If the Election Commission is not clean and fair, how could they have won five states and deny BN a two-thirds majority?
“(Bersih 2.0) does not have a clean intent. This is all clearly the opposition agenda to topple the government,” he said when addressing the supporters.
Linking arms and marching in the front line, he led the group slowly with all intent to march to Stadium Merdeka, even if it meant crossing paths with the earlier group of Bersih 2.0 supporters who were already blocked by the police, just 200 metres away from them.
But despite their fiery chants of “Hancur Bersih” and “Hancur Anwar”, it later became clear that a clash with the opposing camp was the last thing on their minds.Many of the Youth exco members were seen trying to rein in their members, a handful of whom were baying for some blood and action, telling them to get back behind the line as they inched forward slowly.
But after moving for no more than several metres, the group encountered the FRU barricade and water cannon trucks that had just rolled in, as though they were waiting for them.
Clashing with the police
Moving closer and closer to the FRU human barricade, what was about to happen threw everyone off-guard.
“Ready? One, two, three!” Khairy shouted before leading the Umno Youth members to charge at the FRU personnel.Some of the Umno Youth supporters scuffled with FRU personnel before the police opened up a tear gas canister, sending the protesters scurrying away in the rain.
It was only several minutes later that the police found Khairy standing under a shack at an open air carpark, recovering from the effects of the tear gas, before whisking him away.
Putera Umno chief Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim was also arrested.
After a round of negotiations with the police, Umno Youth exco member Megat Zulkarnain Omardin ended what was to be a very short procession, calling it a moral victory.“The police were very fair and they didn't take sides. Umno Youth doesn't want to clash with the police, unlike the Bersih 2.0 demonstrators who provoked the police, forcing them to respond in an aggressive manner.
“So now we choose to disperse peacefully,” he told reporters after the rally.
He also confirmed that apart from Khairy, exco member Lokman Noor Adam and two others were arrested.
Bersih 2.0 hails rally as a success
Bersih 2.0 hails rally as a success
Bersih 2.0 has hailed its rally as a victory for the movement and the people of Malaysia, claiming that up to 50,000 people had participated, supportting its cause for clean and fair elections.
"We consider this a big success because fighting for clean and fair election is not a one-day walk," Subramaniam Pillay, one of Bersih 2.0's steering committee members, told a press conference after the rally.
National laureate A Samad Said (left in photo), another committee member, said the large turnout was very significant because it took place despite the many obstacles thrown up by the authorities.
"I think this is very successful because despite two weeks of hindrances, I was very shocked to see thousands of people (joining in).
“From this perspective, the people has indeed succeeded," said the septuagenarian, who wore a Bersih 2.0 T-shirt outside his long-sleeved shirt.
Cops wrong for nabbing KJ, too
Bersih 2.0 said that since the police had barred them from submitting its petition to the Agong, another appointment would be sought.
"We will make a separate appointment to submit when the police have calmed down," said K Arumugam, another member of the committee. "There is no need for another rally.”
Asked if Bersih 2.0 would call for another rally if its demands for electoral reforms are not fulfilled, Subramaniam said that the committee would have to discuss the matter when the time comes.
He said that there are other means to push for free and fair elections apart from holding demonstrations.
While condemning the arrests of Bersih 2.0 leaders and supporters, Subramaniam said that the committee were also against the arrest of Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin.
"Nobody should be arrested. Khairy has the same rights to associate freely. We are condemning Ambiga's arrest, we are also condemning Khairy's arrest because he as a citizen of Malaysia, has the rights to express his view in peaceful manner," said Subramaniam.
Khairy Jamaluddin had led about 500 Umno Youth members at a counter-rally near the site where Bersih 2.0 supporters are rallying.
"We will make a separate appointment to submit when the police have calmed down," said K Arumugam, another member of the committee. "There is no need for another rally.”Asked if Bersih 2.0 would call for another rally if its demands for electoral reforms are not fulfilled, Subramaniam said that the committee would have to discuss the matter when the time comes.
He said that there are other means to push for free and fair elections apart from holding demonstrations.
While condemning the arrests of Bersih 2.0 leaders and supporters, Subramaniam said that the committee were also against the arrest of Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin.
"Nobody should be arrested. Khairy has the same rights to associate freely. We are condemning Ambiga's arrest, we are also condemning Khairy's arrest because he as a citizen of Malaysia, has the rights to express his view in peaceful manner," said Subramaniam.
Khairy Jamaluddin had led about 500 Umno Youth members at a counter-rally near the site where Bersih 2.0 supporters are rallying.
02 Julai 2011
Juara Imam Muda Musim Ke 2 - Imam Muda Hassan
JUARA IMAM MUDA MUSIM KE 2
MOHD HASSAN ADLI BIN YAHAYA @ YAHUZA
Juara Imam Muda musim ke 2 ini membawa pulang hadiah bernilai RM350,000 termasuk biasiswa penuh (pakej platinum) selama empat tahun bagi melanjutkan pengajian di Universiti Al-Madinah tajaan Yayasan Al-Madinah.
NAIB JUARA IMAM MUDA MUSIM KE 2
NAZRUL IZWAN BIN ZOLKIFLEE
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