RM80 juta untuk OKU

Oleh: HABIBAH OMAR dan WAN NAJIB WAN DAUD

NIBONG TEBAL 1 Feb. - Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi hari ini mengumumkan peruntukan sebanyak RM80 juta kepada Kementerian Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat untuk aktiviti pengurusan dan pemulihan orang kurang upaya (OKU).

Perdana Menteri berkata, daripada jumlah berkenaan, RM20.9 juta merupakan peruntukan khas yang disalurkan kepada kementerian berkenaan bagi melaksanakan kerja-kerja amal membantu OKU bersama dengan pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO).

Sementara RM60.15 juta pula katanya, diperuntukkan untuk program pengurusan membantu OKU seluruh negara.

"Dasar kerajaan ialah mengamalkan dasar penyayang dengan mewujudkan masyarakat penyayang dan prihatin serta saling bantu-membantu.

''Sebab itu perbelanjaan dikeluarkan dan setelah dibincangkan oleh Kabinet semalam, maka kita keluarkan peruntukan untuk membantu OKU selain membuktikan Barisan Nasional (BN) adalah 'Kerajaan Berjiwa Rakyat' dan sentiasa mementingkan kebajikan rakyat,'' katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian ketika berucap melancarkan Program Semai Bakti Fasa Kedua Peringkat Nasional bersama Badan Amal dan Kebajikan Isteri-Isteri Menteri dan Timbalan Menteri (Bakti) serta Kementerian Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat di sini hari ini.

Hadir sama ialah isterinya, Datin Seri Jeanne Abdullah yang juga Yang Dipertua Bakti; Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat, Datuk Seri Shahrizat Jalil dan Ketua Menteri, Tan Sri Dr. Koh Tsu Koon.

Program Semai Bakti diwujudkan sebagai strategi untuk membantu negara dalam membangunkan masyarakat dan manifestasi rasa prihatin serta penyayang kepada seluruh masyarakat termasuk golongan OKU.

Program pertama Semai Bakti itu telah dirasmikan oleh Perdana Menteri di Felda Jerangau Barat, Terengganu pada 18 April 2005.

Dalam ucapannya itu juga, Perdana Menteri turut mengumumkan peruntukan yang diberikan untuk aktiviti dan pengurusan program Pemulihan Dalam Komuniti (PDK) berkuat kuasa serta-merta.

Peruntukan itu katanya, meliputi sewa premis PDK yang diperuntukkan sebanyak RM500 sebulan kini dinaikkan sebanyak RM3,000, manakala untuk utiliti meliputi bayaran air dan elektrik pula diberikan sebanyak RM1,000.

"Untuk melaksanakan aktiviti dalam PDK, kita telah menaikkan peruntukan dari RM5,000 kepada RM30,000, elaun khas OKU dari RM50 dinaikkan kepada RM150, sementara untuk pekerja di PDK pula, mereka akan menerima bayaran RM800 sebulan dari RM500 ketika ini.

''Kerajaan juga mewujudkan jawatan penyelia PDK dengan memberi mereka gaji sebanyak RM1,200 sebulan, peruntukan membina bangunan PDK sebanyak RM2 juta sementara peruntukan pembelian peralatan PDK dinaikkan dari RM3,600 kepada RM50,000 untuk keseluruhannya,'' katanya.

Beliau berkata, dengan adanya peruntukan tersebut, kerajaan berharap ia dapat mengurangkan beban yang ditanggung oleh mereka yang mempunyai ahli keluarga dalam kategori golongan OKU.

Ini kerana katanya, kerajaan memahami beban yang ditanggung oleh keluarga berkenaan terutama ketika OKU tersebut menghadapi masalah kesihatan.

''Ada golongan OKU yang menjadi profesor, ahli muzik serta guru dan mereka ini kalau berusaha akan menjadi orang yang pandai, jadi kita sentiasa berusaha dengan melaksanakan kaedah tertentu untuk membantu mereka," katanya.

Tiada Perjanjian

Tiada perjanjian jadi PM satu penggal – Pak Lah

Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi nampak relaks tetapi tegas ketika para wartawan petang Khamis bertanya mengenainya. "Tiada gentlemen's agreement ” ,”katanya tentang dakwaan bekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad Rabu bahawa ada perjanjian lisan antara mereka berdua yang menetapkan beliau berkhidmat sebagai Perdana Menteri hanya untuk satu penggal sebelum menyerahkan jawatan itu kepada Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak.

Ia merupakan soalan panas dalam sidang akhbar selepas beliau merasmikan pusat beli belah terbaru di ibukota, Pavilion, di Kuala Lumpur.

Beberapa orang wartawan kemudiannya cuba lagi untuk mendapatkan penjelasan lanjut tentang itu.Namun beliau mengulangi jawapannya: " No gentlemen's agreement ”.

Semasa menjawab soalan wartawan selepas majlis pelancaran buku koleksi surat-suratnya di Yayasan Perdana di Putrajaya,Dr Mahathir mendakwa perjanjian lisan itu ada tetapi beliau tidak dapat membuktikannya.

“Sekalipun saya kata ada perjanjian itu saya tidak dapat membuktikannya tetapi itulah dalam pemikiran saya memandangkan beliau (Abdullah) lebih tua dari Najib,beliau patut jadi PM untuk satu penggal dan kemudiannya Najib ambilalih,”katanya.

Ketika ditanya mengenai kenyataan Dr Mahathir supaya rakyat memilih calon Barisan Nasional daripada kalangan mereka yang "bersih" pada pilihan raya umum akan datang, Abdullah berkata: "Kita nak letakkan calon-calon yang bersih juga".

Sementara itu Najib yang ditemui para wartawan selepas merasmikan seminar pegawai-pegawai masjid Felda di Putrajaya pada sebelah pagi berkata beliau tidak tahu mengenai adanya sebarang perjanjian seumpama itu antara Dr Mahathir dan Abdullah.

"Saya tak tahu pasal itu. Saya komited dalam sokongan saya kepada Perdana Menteri dan taat kepada beliau," katanya.

Beliau enggan mengulas lanjut dan hanya berkata "Saya tidak tahu. Awak kena tanya pihak-pihak yang berkenaan."

Well, tuan punya badan saja yang tahu, apa sebenarya yang telah "dijanjikan".

Tunggu dan lihat sajalah apa yang akan terjadi selepas pilihanraya nanti.

Hadiah

Pada tahun ini, kami telah mendapat "Wheel Photo Frame" dari pihak majikan (Pustaka Negeri Sarawak) sebagai hadiah harijadi tahun 2008.

Maradona

Maradona: I hold my hands up

By TOM WELLS

DIEGO Maradona last night issued his first ever apology for his infamous Hand of God goal — and insisted: “If I could go back and change history I would.”

The 47-year-old former Argentina ace caved in during an interview with The Sun — nearly 22 years after his handballed effort cheated England out of the 1986 World Cup.

He also revealed he was planning to MOVE to Britain, has held talks about coaching a Premier League team — and took a swipe at David Beckham.

Dad-of-two Maradona, who has just finished a four-day visit to the UK, broke English hearts during the World Cup quarter-final in Mexico. The 5ft 5in genius dribbled past five England players to score his brilliant second goal in Argentina’s 2-1 victory.

Handball ... Maradona palms World Cup goal past Shilton

But it was his first, palmed into the net past helpless goalie Peter Shilton, which left him a hate figure in this country. Maradona has never before apologised for the strike — which helped Argentina go on to win the tournament.

He cheekily claimed it had been netted “a little with the head of Maradona and a little with the hand of God”.
Shilton, still fuming at 58, said recently: “He has never said sorry. I think for a player with his standing in the game, it was very unsporting.

“Instead of just saying it was the Hand of God, he could have owned up.” But yesterday Maradona finally DID say sorry to England’s success-starved fans. Smiling broadly, he said: “An English supporter came up to me this weekend, asked me for an autograph, and said, ‘You are a legend’.

“This made me very happy. Your people are so polite and kind despite the history between our countries.
“If I could apologise and go back and change history I would do. But the goal is still a goal, Argentina became world champions and I was the best player in the world. “I cannot change history.

All I can do now is move on.” Maradona flew into Britain to visit Chelsea star Claude Makelele and the London club’s Israeli boss Avram Grant.

Talks

He also watched Manchester United play Spurs at Old Trafford in their FA Cup fourth round clash, before attending Arsenal’s Premier League game with Newcastle on Tuesday. Maradona has never coached or played in this country, but revealed he had already held “informal” talks with advisors about taking a club post here.

Speaking through a translator, he said: “I’m looking for new opportunities — somewhere I can find a job, a position — and it is true I plan to spend much more time in England.

“There have been no formal talks and I haven’t come this week to remove managers from positions in the Premier League.
“I want to see as many games as I can here over the coming months. It is true I have had informal talks with various people about opportunities in England — but until there is a contract in front of me I cannot say any more.”

Maradona admitted he was stunned by England’s failure to qualify for this summer’s European Championships.
He went on: “At the moment there are some England players who are the stars of their club teams, but not for their country. It’s difficult to explain.

“Even during the World Cup I could see problems for England. It is a mental problem. “Fabio Capello needs to work on their mental state — then the tactics. But the skill level is OK. For me, John Terry should be the captain, Robinson should be in goal and Aaron Lennon must play. I like his style very much.

“Under Steve McClaren there was a problem. He wasn’t a capable manager of the national team.

“It was a big mistake to drop Paul Robinson for the Croatia game. Robinson would never have made the mistakes that Scott Carson did.

“Robinson is a very good goalkeeper who has had a few problems — but strikers would have thought twice about shooting at him from long range because doubt would have entered their minds.

“With Carson they thought, ‘Who is this player’? and took shots from everywhere.” Maradona also took a swipe at former England captain David Beckham — and love rat left-back Ashley Cole.

He added: “Beckham is a nice man and I’m sure he will reach 100 appearances for England. But he is just a good player, nothing more.

“He has a good long-range shot, but he’s not a great player — he doesn’t belong to the superior group of players.
“There are hundreds of Beckhams playing football all over the world. As for Cole, he needs to demonstrate he can forget girls and concentrate on football.
“I thought that is why you get married anyway — to stop problems like these with girls and think about your wife.
“If he has not played much for Chelsea, it is because of his form on the pitch, not his wife. “He needs to solve his problems off the pitch, but he cannot blame them for his performance on it. “His wife is not on the pitch with him — nor is his mistress.”

Maradona spent more than a decade hooked on drink and drugs. His cocaine addiction nearly cost him his life after a massive 2004 heart attack left him in a coma. At one point, Argentinians thought they had lost their national hero after rumours spread he had DIED.

But he battled back to fitness and claims he has not touched the drug for three years. Maradona said: “When I was in hospital in a coma my daughter Dalma sat by my bedside. “She whispered, ‘Daddy, please live for me. Please live for me’. I heard her words and woke up.

“It is my two daughters that saved my life. I realised I had lost so much of my time with them through drugs and I want to enjoy the time I have left with them now. “I lost a lot of my footballing talent to drugs. If I had never touched cocaine I would have been three times as good a player. .

“There would be no debate about who was the best footballer the world had ever seen — me or Pele. Everyone would say me.”

Addict

He added: “When I was at my worst, I would take coke with whisky constantly for three days, sleep for one day, then take coke again constantly for three days, and play a game on Sunday. “I wouldn’t know what was going on around me, but I was still better than all the other players.

“My older daughter Dalma spent her childhood knowing her father was a drug addict. “She is a great actress now, because she went to school every day acting like everything was OK. “You can have no real relationships with your family if you use cocaine — you need it all the time.

“I thought about killing myself several times, but then I thought about what I would leave behind. “It was my daughters’ eyes that helped me — that is why I am still here today.”

BOYINATION 6

Pustaka Negeri Sarawak, Youth Corner will be organising:-

Activity : 1-on- Breakdancing Competition
Date : 3 February 2008(Sunday)
Time : 2.30 - 5.30pm
Venue : Dataran Pustaka, Pustaka Negeri Sarawak.

Medal For Beijing 2008

Designs of Medals for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

Obverse face of the medal

Reverse side of the medal

The medal for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games is designed with inspiration coming from "bi", China's ancient jade piece inscribed with dragon pattern. The medals, made of gold and jade, symbolize nobility and virtue and are embodiment of traditional Chinese values of ethics and honor, sending forth strong Chinese flavor.

The medals are 70mm in diameter and 6mm in thickness. On the front side, the medal adopts standard design prescribed by the International Olympic Committee. While on the back, the medal is inlaid with jade with the Beijing Games emblem engraved in the metal centerpiece. The design inspiration of the medal hook derives from jade "huang", a ceremonial jade piece with decoration of double dragon pattern and "Pu", the reed mat pattern.

Noble and elegant, the Beijing Olympic Games medal is a blending of traditional Chinese culture and the Olympism. It gives the winners of the Games great honor and acclamation as recognition of their achievement.

Note: bi, a flat jade disc with a circular hole in the center
Huang, a semi circular jade ornament

Obverse side of the medal and the ribbon

Reverse side of the medal and the ribbon

Heal The World

Saya tak pernah jemu mendengar lagu ini. Ini antara lagu kegemaran aku.

Buah Rian

Bubur Rian...

Wow...sedap!

Di Kuching diatu benung musim buah Rian. Rega baka ke diatu, dalam RM20.00 setumpuk (5-6 igi setumpuk). Siti ari resipi buah rian ti di kerindu ka aku, iya nya Bubur Rian...

Malaysia cemerlang di Temasya Para ASEAN

BERJAYA...Temasya Sukan Para Asean di Korat, Thailand sudah pun melabuhkan tirainya secara rasmi semalam dengan menyaksikan kontinjen negara mencapai kejayaan cemerlang dengan memperbaiki kedudukan keseluruhan untuk berada di tempat kedua. Malah, pada edisi ke-4 sukan itu juga menyaksikan Malaysia melebihi sasaran dengan mengutip 81 pingat emas, 74 perak dan 46 gangsa berbanding pencapaian pada temasya 2005 di Manila dengan 78 emas, 41 perak dan 30 gangsa. Pingat emas terakhir negara berjaya diraih di Pusat Akuatik Kompleks Stadium Ulang Tahun Diraja ke-80 melalui Mohd. Nadhir Mazlan dalam acara renang 50 meter gaya bebas untuk kategori cacat penglihatan.Kontinjen negara yang terdiri daripada 180 atlet dan 101 pegawai dan anggota sokongan telah menyertai sebanyak 222 daripada 686 acara yang dipertandingkan selama lima hari bermula 21 Januari lepas. Gambar Bernama.

KORAT, Thailand – Temasya Sukan Para ASEAN ke 4 yang melabuhkan tirainya semalam secara rasmi menyaksikan kontinjen Malaysia mencapai kejayaan cemerlang dengan memperbaiki kedudukan keseluruhan untuk berada di tempat kedua.

Pada edisi ke-4 temasya berkenaan, Malaysia berjaya mengutip 81 pingat emas, 74 perak dan 46 gangsa, melepasi sasaran 80 pingat emas dan berjaya memperbaiki kedudukan keseluruhan daripada kedudukan ketiga di temasya 2005 di Manila dengan 78 emas, 41 perak dan 30 gangsa.

“Rakyat Malaysia patut berbangga dengan pencapaian atlet-atlet elit paralimpik negara. Mereka telah menunjukkan kemampuan mereka untuk berjaya dalam pertandingan antarabangsa,” kata ketua kontinjen Malaysia Liew Yoon Loy bagi menggambarkan prestasi atlet elit paralimpik secara keseluruhan.

Tuan rumah, Thailand terus gah dengan dengan 256 emas, 109 perak dan 84 gangsa. Vietnam pula di tempat ketiga dengan 78 emas, 66 perak dan 43 gangsa.

Sebelum ini, di temasya yang berlangsung di Hanoi, Vietnam (2003) dan Manila, Filipina (2005), kontinjen Malaysia menamatkan saingan di tempat ketiga keseluruhan.

Bagaimanapun, jumlah sukan yang dipertandingkan adalah kurang daripada jumlah yang ditawarkan di sini iaitu 14 jenis sukan.

Bermula di Kuala Lumpur pada 2001, Sukan Para ASEAN hanya menawarkan dua jenis sukan iaitu renang dan olahraga. Jumlah itu ditambah kepada lima pada 2003 di Hanoi dan seterusnya 10 jenis sukan di Manila.

Bagaimanapun, Pengarah Bahagian Atlet Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN), Ahmad Shapawi Ismail berkata, walaupun negara berjaya memperbaiki pencapaian keseluruhan di Manila tetapi berlaku kemerosotan dalam acara olahraga dan ping-pong kali ini, yang banyak disebabkan faktor teknikal

Katanya jumlah pungutan pingat emas dalam acara olahraga merosot daripada 47 di Manila kepada 37 di Korat, manakala ping pong pula merosot daripada lapan kepada hanya lima pingat emas

Secara khusus, pencapaian atlet paralimpik Malaysia di Sukan Para ASEAN dibahagikan kepada tiga kategori iaitu sukan cemerlang, sukan yang memuaskan dan sukan yang masih gagal.

Antara sukan yang diletakkan sebagai sukan cemerlang ialah badminton, renang, catur, bola keranjang berkerusi roda, tenis berkerusi roda dan powerlifting.

Acara badminton, renang dan catur berjaya meningkatkan pungutan pingat emas, sementara bola keranjang berkerusi roda, tenis berkerusi roda dan powerlifting berjaya meningkatkan prestasi sukan masing-masing ke suatu tahap yang tinggi.

Majlis Penghargaan 2008

Majlis Penghargaan Pustaka Negeri Sarawak 2008 telah diadakan pada 25 Januari 2008, Jumaat. Majlis tersebut telah disempurnakan oleh Pengerusi Lembaga Pengurusan Pustaka Negeri Sarawak, Tan Sri Datuk Amar (Dr) Hj Hamid Bugo. Pada sidang media, beliau telah menerang peranan serta hala tuju Pustaka Negeri Sarawak dalam usaha menyediakan maklumat kepada masyarakat negeri Sarawak. Beliau juga menegaskan bahawa peranan perpustakaan bukan saja sekadar memberi maklumat kepada pengguna, tetapi juga berperanan untuk menyimpan rekod dan warisan negeri Sarawak.

Pada majlis yang sama, beliau juga melancarkan perkhidmatan Pustaka On Phone (POP) yang mana pengguna Pustaka Negeri Sarawak akan mendapat malumat menggunakan SMS dari Pustaka. Dengan adanya perkhidmatan ini, akan memudahkan penyebaran iformasi terkini dari Pustaka Negeri Sarawak kepada pengguna-penggunanya. Bagi membolehkan anda menikmati perkhidmatan ini, anda perlulah mengemaskinikan rekod anda.

Upacara penyerahan Bas e-Pustaka kepada Setiausaha Majlis Daerah Sarikei, Encik Shariman Faizul Abdullah juga berlangsung pada hari yang sama.

Para tetamu jemputan....

YBhg. Hj Mohd. Atei Abang Medaan, Datuk Bandar DBKU, Puan Rashidah Hj Bolhassan, CEO Pustaka, Tan Sri Datuk Amar Hamid Bugo dan Encik Shariman Faizul Abdullah, Setiausaha Majlis Daerah Sarikei.

Upacara penyerahan kunci bas e-Pustaka....

Pemandangan di dalam bas....

Upacara melepaskan 8 ekor itik ke tasik Pustaka simbolik Pustaka telah 8 tahun beroperasi...

Perkhidmatan Pustaka On Phone (POP)