PEMINJAM juga boleh mendapatkan bantuan alternatif daripada Agensi Kaunseling dan Pengurusan Kredit (AKPK).Kuala Lumpur: Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) memberi jaminan sektor perbankan terus komited membantu isi rumah dan perniagaan yang memerlukan bantuan selepas moratorium secara automatik berakhir semalam.

Ia berkata, institusi perbankan memperkenalkan pelbagai pakej untuk membantu peminjam yang terjejas termasuk lanjutan moratorium secara bersasar serta fleksibiliti bayaran balik pinjaman bagi membantu peminjam berdasarkan keadaan kewangan mereka yang khusus.

"Pendekatan bersasar ini akan memastikan lebih banyak sumber tersedia untuk membantu mereka yang mudah terjejas. Pendekatan ini juga membolehkan sektor perbankan menyokong ekonomi secara lebih meluas melalui pemberian pinjaman yang berterusan," katanya dalam satu kenyataan, semalam.

BNM berkata, industri perbankan menghubungi peminjam secara aktif melalui pelbagai cara, malah bank pusat itu bersama-sama dengan industri perbankan mengadakan lebih 150 sesi perbincangan dan interaksi.

"Itu termasuk kempen bantuan pembayaran balik pinjaman di seluruh negara serta perbincangan dan interaksi secara langsung dengan pelbagai kumpulan berkepentingan termasuk persatuan perusahaan kecil dan sederhana (PKS).

October 1, 2020 7:30 AM
PETALING JAYA: A sociologist has advised unemployed fresh graduates to take up lower-paying jobs for now, as they struggle to look for jobs in the midst of the economic impact from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Denison Jayasooria, a research fellow at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), said this would require a change of mindset but only for the short-term.

“They should not push away low-paying jobs, but this is for two years at the most. Then they can move on to other opportunities as the economy picks up,” he told FMT.

“During this period, self-employment might be the best option. Get the unemployed graduates into induction camps jointly organised by the higher education and human resources ministries.

A job seeker was duped of RM22,000 by a scam after applying for a job. - NSTP/File picSeptember 30, 2020 @ 12:41pm
KUANTAN: All a 26-year-old insurance agent wanted was to apply for a job posted on Facebook but instead he received a strange request to provide his bank account details.

Unperturbed by the demand, the man obliged and the move proved costly as he ended up losing RM22,000 of his savings.

In the incident on Sept 17, the victim noticed a job vacancy post on Facebook and sent a message to a number written on the advertisement to gather details about the job.

Pahang Commercial Crime Investigation Department chief Superintendent Mohd Wazir Mohd Yusof said after some time, the victim received a text message requesting a copy of his MyKad and bank account details.

Source: https://www.nst.com.my/news/crime-courts/2020/09/628478/insurance-agent-loses-rm22000-job-scam

September 30, 2020 4:53 PM
PETALING JAYA: An association representing more than 4,000 sundry shop owners has warned of a possible salt shortage “in days” because of Putrajaya’s requirement for iodine to be added to salt from today.

In a statement today, the Federation of Sundry Goods Merchants Association of Malaysia said the entire supply chain did not have enough time to comply with the requirement.

Its president Hong Chee Meng said the health ministry’s statement, issued on Sept 25, said iodine must be added to salt less than 20kg before it could be sold.

“It is very difficult for the market to comply within five days which is a very short notice,” he said, adding manufacturers and importers needed to be given time to comply with the new requirement.

Dr Noor Hisham advised against scanning hands and wrists for accurate body temperature readings.29 Sep 2020, 06:06 PM
The Ministry of Health (MOH) is again advising the public not to use their hands or any body part other than the forehead to scan their temperatures

According to Harian Metro, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said that the ministry discouraged people from recording their body temperatures by pointing the 'temperature gun' at the wrist, which he noted many have been doing lately.

He stressed that the most accurate body temperature readings are obtained from scanning the forehead

"The temperature reading from body parts other than the forehead is doubtful, so in relation to that, the public is advised to stop using their hands or other body parts," he explained.

According to Seattle Children's Hospital, a person's clinical body temperature is normally measured at the forehead, ears, mouth, armpit, or rectum.

Rectal temperatures are the most accurate but are the most invasive, which is why doctors opt for next best screening area - the temporal artery in the forehead.

26 September 2020, 4:04 pm
SELANGOR: Bekalan air untuk kegunaan domestik dan perindustrian di Selangor cukup sehingga 2065, kata Menteri Besar Selangor..

Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari berkata, jaminan tersebut berdasarkan pembangunan sistem bekalan air bagi mempertingkatkan jumlah sumber melalui Projek Hybrid off River Augmentation System (HORAS) 3000 dan Sungai Rasau.

“Ini kajian kerajaan Selangor berhubung sumber, bekalan dan agihan air negeri ini. Pembangunan bekalan air ini akan melibatkan kos tinggi.

“Hingga Ogos lalu semua empangan mencatatkan kapasiti takungan air melebihi 95 peratus ekoran taburan hujan tinggi di kawasan tadahan,” katanya ketika merasmikan majlis Sambutan Hari Sungai Sedunia 2020 peringkat negeri dan pelancaran Inisiatif Friends of River (FOR) Selangor, semalam.

27 September 2020
KUALA LUMPUR - [DIKEMAS KINI] Hampir setiap hari sebahagian penduduk Blok 41 Projek Perumahan Rakyat (PPR) Gombak Setia di sini berdepan gangguan air tidak berjadual sejak dua tahun lalu.

Gangguan tidak menentu dihadapi penghuni pintu 17 hingga 24 di semua aras yang ada kalanya berlaku pada waktu pagi, petang atau malam antara dua ke tiga jam dan pernah sehingga sehari.

Penduduk mendakwa keadaan itu semakin kritikal selepas kerja mencuci tangki dilakukan apabila hampir setiap hari penduduk berdepan gangguan air.

Penduduk, Rosnita Abdul Kadir Jailani, 44 berkata, masalah sama berlaku semalam apabila kediamannya di tingkat 13 mengalami gangguan air dari jam 10 malam hingga 7 pagi.

Katanya, keadaan itu turut menyukarkan 168 keluarga lain terutama mereka yang mempunyai penghuni ramai, warga emas dan anak kecil.

"Hampir semua rumah akan menyimpan air sehingga memenuhi ruang bilik air dan ada yang terpaksa mengangkut air dari tangki yang disediakan di bawah unit ini jika tidak mencukupi," katanya kepada Sinar Harian semalam.

September 29, 2020 9:45 AM
PETALING JAYA: Property experts agree the number of housing scams during the movement control order (MCO) and recovery MCO may be higher than reported.

Expressing its concern about the increasing number of property scams and illegal brokers in the industry, the Malaysian Institute of Estate Agents (MIEA) recently noted a 30% increase in the number of complaints received during the MCO and RMCO – most of them from members of the public who have been cheated by illegal brokers.

Speaking to FMT, Siva Shanker, CEO of real estate agency Rahim & Co International, said these complaints are just skimming the surface.

“I’m sure there are many more,” said Shanker.

“Scams and con jobs increase during bad times (as) people prey on fear, insecurity and greed. More people are desperate when times are bad. You sell them a story, they buy the story.”

Ahad, 27 September 2020 @ 8:07 PM
Pontian: Akibat percaya dengan sindiket 'Macau Scam' yang menyamar sebagai wakil Pos Laju, seorang wanita kerugian wang tunai berjumlah RM195,580.

Ketua Polis Daerah Pontian, Superintendan Mustafa Bakri Salleh, berkata mangsa yang berusia 30an itu didakwa menerima panggilan telefon daripada seorang suspek yang mendakwa terdapat bungkusan mengandungi barang miliknya.

Menurutnya, suspek mendakwa bungkusan itu mengandungi kad pengenalan, kad ATM dan buku cek milik mangsa yang dihantar ke alamat di Sabah.

"Suspek memberitahu mangsa bahawa dia terbabit dengan kes pengubahan wang haram dan diarahkan untuk memindahkan sejumlah wang ke dalam beberapa akaun bagi mengelakkan diri dikenakan tindakan.

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