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BAD TIMES ... A worker cuts a poignant figure as he makes a final check on a sea of beds set up at the Universiti Malaysia Pahang low-risk quarantine and treatment centre in Kuantan before it received its first patients yesterday. – BERNAMAPIX

Worst yet to come █ BY RAJVINDER SINGH [email protected] oWin or lose, it’s now up to the people ETALING JAYA: A concerted effort to comply with containment phase. We are now in He also expressed MMA’s concern standard operating the mitigation phase of the that with the newer (South African procedures (SOP) and a pandemic,” he added. and Indian) variants having already speedierP vaccination exercise may The number of daily new cases is been detected in a number of cases, just be all that is left in the Malaysian reaching new highs every day, with the overall number of infections arsenal for the Covid-19 war. 7,857 reported yesterday. could double very quickly if The rapid increase in infections If no drastic remedial measures compliance with the SOP remains has sent healthcare facilities and are taken immediately, the number of poor. health workers into overdrive, yet it daily new cases will breach the 10,000 As of yesterday, 541,224 cases have has failed to slow down the Covid-19 mark in the next few days, Health been recorded in the country since advance, must less reverse it. director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor the first infection was detected on Jan “We are already at a critical stage. Hisham Abdullah has warned. 25 last year. Both public and private hospitals According to Subramaniam, the Subramaniam also expressed fears are overwhelmed, many with time to heed Noor Hisham’s warning that if the situation does not improve, severe cases of Covid-19,” said is now. the death toll could rise by more than Malaysian Medical Association He said the most important role in 1,000 a month. As of yesterday, the (MMA) president Datuk the effort to stop the tide is now in the death toll stood at 2,491. Dr M. Subramaniam. hands of the people. He said the government should Intensive care units (ICU) are “Everyone must strictly observe use data from the Hotspot already overflowing, and normal the SOP and get vaccinated quickly,” Identification for Dynamic wards are being converted to double he said. Engagement system and MySejahtera up as ICU, he said. “The infection is already spreading to identify areas for mass screening. “We are no longer at the within the community like wildfire. “Locations with an overly high Avoid meeting people, best not to go number of infections out unnecessarily.” should be targeted for vaccination en Turn to masse,” he said. — page 4 2 theSUN ON FRIDAY | MAY 28, 2021 NEWS WITHOUT BORDERS

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BRIEFSstation against Instagram celebrity Ryzal Duriankimchi (Ryzal Ibrahim) for ridiculing the traditional dress of Iban economic recovery women. The police report was lodged yesterday by the club’s chairman, Jackery Hillary █ BY RAJVINDER SINGH “This is essential to help Malaysia [email protected] Chukan, who was oTargets missed this year due to pandemic reduce its carbon footprint and accompanied by five other attract investments from green members, all wearing PETALING JAYA: Apart from need to be fixed in next financial plan, technology companies. The world is traditional Iban warrior’s addressing the needs of the poor, already turning to green technology costumes. The report was Budget 2022 must focus on economic economists say and we have a unique opportunity of lodged against Ryzal, whose recovery, an objective the current cashing in by getting green tech real name is Nik Muhammad budget is not likely to achieve. companies to invest here.” Ryzal Nik Ibrahim, because he The target under Budget 2021 was growth under Budget 2022. It has to Bernama TV on Sunday, Prime He said efforts must also be made showed insensitivity to the to register a growth rate of 6.5% to 7%, be an expansionary budget that also Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to sustain export growth. culture of a race through a once deemed achievable by Bank takes into account the need to protect said the focus of next year’s budget Barjoyai acknowledged that the video uploaded on his Negara Malaysia, the World Bank and lives and livelihood,” he told theSun. will be on helping the people tackle worsening Covid-19 situation had Instagram site. – Bernama the International Monetary Fund. The government must ensure that the effects of the pandemic. likely caused Budget 2021 to miss However, as economists Dr Yeah growth is sustainable in the long “If we have the money, we will use some of its targets. GAZA KEEN ON Kim Leng and Dr Barjoyai Bardai term, with emphasis on hundreds of billions (of ringgit) to “The government has been forced TWINNING COURSES said, this has been derailed by a surge digitalisation, he said. assist the people.” to direct a lot of money to deal with KUALA LUMPURP: Palestine in Covid-19 cases since last month. Digitalisation will be one of the Yeah said the budget’s emphasis the surge in infections, thus depleting Education Ministry in Gaza is Yeah, who is professor of means to alleviate economic will also depend very much on how funds for economic growth,” he said. interested in establishing economics at Sunway University hardship and promote high growth, well Malaysia does in the Covid war Politics will also play a role in academic twinning Business School, said the failure to especially for people in the low and whether it can break the determining the direction of the next programmes with Malaysian achieve the economic growth target income group. The budget should infection chain. budget, he added. higher learning institutions, under Budget 2021 is solely due to the focus on creating employment for the “If there is a clear indication that “A factor to consider is whether said the ministry’s director- fact that the government has had to group, Yeah added. the chain has been broken, then the Perikatan Nasional will still be in general of international direct more funds to address the Work on drafting Budget 2022 focus should be on expansion that power after the Emergency ends on relations Ahmed Abu Ayesh pandemic. began last month and is expected to will lead to economic growth.” Aug 1. This will depend on whether Alnajjar. These programmes “It is even more pertinent now that be completed by August. He said another area not to be left Umno pulls out of the coalition can be held online, he added. our focus is on accelerating economic In a “live” interview on RTM and out is opportunities for green growth. government to force new elections.” “Now we have started twinning programmes with schools in Gaza and schools in Italy. We hope that we can do Malaysia’s the same with universities or colleges in Malaysia. We are not aiming for financial aid,” he population told Bernama recently. touches 32.75m PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia’s DG rebukes civil population in the first quarter (Q1) of this year is estimated to be 32.75 servants for million, an increase by 0.4% from 32.62 million in the same period of poor work ethics 2020, according to the Demographic Statistics report. PUTRAJAYA: Public Service Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Dr Director-General Tan Sri Mohd Mohd Uzir Mahidin in a statement Khairul Adib Abd Rahman yesterday said the country’s total yesterday reprimanded civil population comprised 29.91 servants following people’s million or 91.3% citizens and 2.84 dissatisfaction over the level of million or 8.7% non-citizens. public service delivery, which is Males outnumbered females at deemed to be inefficient. 16.83 million and 15.92 million “We are appointed to help the respectively. government solve problems faced Mohd Uzir said the population by people and not just aim for of those aged 65 and above higher-level positions. Our increased from 2.26 million to 2.37 salaries and allowances will be million during the same period. paid anyway. So, appreciate that. “This trend is in line with other “I would like to remind all (civil developed countries that are servants) not to be merely heading towards an ageing perfunctory. Get rid of the old population.” (work) culture. We all must realise The population of 0-14 years and appreciate the fact that while decreased to 7.56 million workers (in the private sector) are compared with 7.61 million in Q1 facing retrenchments during the 2020. The number of live births pandemic, we are not affected,” he saw a decrease of 10.8% to 102,969 said at the Public Service births as against 115,439 in the Department’s monthly assembly corresponding period last year. held virtually yesterday. There was no baby boom in the Mohd Khairul Adib called on first quarter as anticipated, civil servants to learn lessons from following movement control QUICK WORK ... Two light rail transit trains that collided in Kuala Lumpur on Monday have been removed from the crash the difficult situation faced by restrictions, he added. – Bernama site yesterday, three days earlier than scheduled. – ADIB RAWI YAHYA/THESUN private sector workers and the self-employed whose sources of income have been badly affected by the current crisis. He said they should also Study on indigenous people’s traditional knowledge improve their quality of service to alter the negative perception of KUCHING: Universiti Malaysia The traditional knowledge and research fellow at Unimas. network among Unimas, UiTM and civil service. Sarawak (Unimas) Institute of practices that such communities They will conduct indepth UMS. Mohd Khairul Adib said if all Borneo Studies is initiating research have, and how they are able to adapt interviews with indigenous residents The network, which came up with public servants were to maintain on Borneo indigenous people’s to climate changes can provide in national parks, hold focus group an initial funding of RM15,000 for the their integrity in discharging their traditional knowledge and practices guidance to global efforts for sessions and carry out direct study, aims to promote collaboration duties, the negative public that could help in addressing global sustaining the world’s critical observations for the study. among the three institutions. perception can be corrected. climate issues. ecosystems, she said in a statement “It will carry lessons of global “We hope to extend this initiative To ensure that the public Its director Assoc Prof Dr Poline yesterday. significance for the wider to other individuals and agencies service will remain relevant, civil Bala said the study, “Climate Change, Poline said the research team achievement of United Nations who are interested in exploring ways servants should boost their Biodiversity and Borneo Indigenous includes Dr Gaim James Lunkapis of sustainable development goals and to integrate and adapt indigenous knowledge, especially on new Peoples” will look into the role of Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), the healthy future of our planet,” she and local knowledge into policies technologies so that their existing indigenous people as stewards of Haijon Gunggut of Universiti Institut said, adding that the project is funded and practices to deal with risks, skills and competencies can be fragile ecosystems that are highly Teknologi Mara (UiTM) and Dr Roger by the Malaysian Comprehensive hazards and vulnerability induced by improved in line with the Digital susceptible to global warming. Harris, a visiting professor and senior University Network, a collaborative climate change.” – Bernama Economy Blueprint. – Bernama theSUN ON FRIDAY | MAY 28, 2021 3 NEWS WITHOUT BORDERS Bitcoin bar leads to boom Its country manager in Malaysia, fake trading and cryptocurrency community group with 68,600 oCryptocurrency crash leads to frenzy of Aaron Tang, said the number of new apps by scammers looking to take members, said the situation has led users rose by about 70,000 last year, advantage of those who are less to new entrants who are regular investors stampeding to get into the game but several thousands more signed aware of the field. people looking to make a quick up each day in 2021. Tang urged users to conduct their buck. “We now have more than 300,000 own due diligence before they begin “This in turn makes it ripe for bad █ BY HAKEM HASSAN currency being wiped out from the users in Malaysia, indicating that to invest and to only use digital asset actors such as scammers to prey on [email protected] market in just a week. there is an increasing demand for exchanges that are regulated by the the greedy and desperate by making The two events led to a sharp drop cryptocurrencies in the country,” Securities Commission. fraudulent and false promises the PETALING JAYA: A crackdown by in the value of Bitcoin, from a peak of Tang told theSun. “Regulations are important to victim wants to believe,” he said. China and a decision by Tesla Inc to US$59,000 (RM244,000) to He pointed out that there is now a protect consumers by raising His group organises a volunteer- stop accepting Bitcoin for cars have US$38,000 (RM157,000) now, in lot of mainstream attention in standards in the industry and driven Bitcoin for Beginners webinar led to a sharp increase in demand for what has been dubbed “The Great everything related to cryptocurrency implementing barriers to entry for once every two weeks so that people cryptocurrencies in Malaysia. Crypto Crash of 2021”. and that people are looking to operators with low concern for can understand Bitcoin better and On May 12, Tesla chief executive Rather than undermine the capitalise on its appeal as digital consumer protection,” he said. not fall into such traps. officer Elon Musk announced that demand for cryptocurrencies, the assets. “The advantage of having a The group is currently growing by the company was suspending lower cost of possessing Bitcoin now “The increase is a reflection of the regulated exchange is very clear. It 300 new users per day, which is purchases using the cryptocurrency has led to a rise in demand. However, bigger-picture market demand for includes greater transparency and approximately 10 times the normal out of concern over the rapid that has also raised the risk users cryptocurrencies globally, as the protection for consumers as well as a growth rate. increase in the use of fossil fuels in being scammed. industry continues to prove its worth blueprint for further collaboration To put this into context, during the mining Bitcoin. Luno, a digital asset exchange that as a sustainable financial and innovation with regulatory second movement control order in Soon after, China began to crack facilitates the buying and selling of infrastructure,” Tang said. bodies,” he added. February, Chew said the group saw down on the use of cryptocurrencies cryptocurrencies, has seen a steady However, the sharp increase in Jason Chew, managing partner of an additional 300 new members per in the country, leading to a total of increase in new registrations since demand for cryptocurrencies BitcoinMalaysia.com, which is the week as the cryptocurrency world US$1 trillion worth of the digital the beginning of the year. worldwide has also caused a surge in largest Facebook cryptocurrency was then seeing a surge in interest. ‘M’sian doctor’ allegedly missing in Israel Human remains █ BY CHARLES RAMENDRAN Wisma Putra also urged two Instagram focus on aid missions full time. found in plantation [email protected] account holders, @iesya_toh and “Her spirit should be emulated by the @nurhelizahelmi, to assist in locating Dr Nur. current generation,“ she said. TELUK INTAN: A skull and several bone KUALA LUMPUR: The identity of a “Dr Nur”, Both are believed to have made posts on In an Instagram post by Nurhelizahelmi, a fragments believed to be that of a human were purportedly a medical doctor taken captive by Dr Nur’s purported capture by Israeli forces. message by a Dr Syafiq from HKL claimed that found at the Seri Intan oil palm plantation in security forces in Israel, remains a mystery. Checks on social media platforms showed Dr Nur was “fighting for her life” in Palestine. Jalan Maharajalela here on Wednesday. According to the Foreign Affairs Ministry posts by individuals who claimed that Dr Nur He also claimed that Dr Nur was a freelance Hilir Perak district police chief ACP Ahmad (Wisma Putra), efforts to trace the identity of was unconscious and in the custody of Israeli doctor and was detained by Israeli forces Adnan Basri said the remains were found by a Dr Nur has not yielded any results. authorities. while “crossing a camp border”. Bangladeshi worker who was spraying It said that based on posts on social media They also alleged that Dr Nur had suffered In yet another message purportedly sent weedkiller, before auxiliary police personnel at platforms, efforts were made to contact two serious injury to her chest, had a low pulse by Dr Nur via WhatsApp to a “Prof”, she claims the plantation alerted police at about 11.30am. doctors – Dr Aida and Dr Shafiq – who are rate and was shot in a leg after putting up a that she is “ok”, except for suffering body aches Ahmad Adnan said a forensics team and a purportedly attached to the Kuala Lumpur fight during her arrest. and a dry throat as she had not drank or eaten dog unit from the Perak contingent police Hospital (HKL), but they were unreachable. The message was directed to a person the for some time. headquarters were subsequently deployed to Wisma Putra said checks with the individual referred to as “Prof”. She claimed she was helped by a the location, and collected 22 specimens and Malaysian embassies in Egypt and Jordan Another person, who identified herself as Malaysian and suffered a light injury when soil samples for further investigation. revealed they had not had any contact with Prof Aida, posted a message saying that she she fought back on being ordered to remove “No other discoveries such clothing or anyone by that name. would send updates on Dr Nur’s condition. her headscarf and that they “did not touch her weapons which could be linked to criminal It added that efforts to trace Dr Nur are She also claimed that Dr Nur is from Negri body.” elements were found at the scene. underway, with assistance from police and Sembilan and had undergone her “I am resolute to continue the fight,” she “The skull was found in an area with oil palm the Immigration Department. housemanship at HKL before deciding to had purportedly said. trees and teeth, fragments of hand, pelvis and thigh bones were scattered in the area, about 20m apart. It is believed the body could have been eaten by wild animals and stray dogs,“ he said in a statement. Ahmad Adnan added that the skull and bone fragments were sent to the Teluk Intan Hospital forensics department. He urged those who have information on missing persons to contact the police to assist in investigations to identify the victim. – Bernama

18 YEARS’ JAIL FOR RAPING WORLDLY 7-YEAR-OLD NIECE MESSAGE ... KLUANG: An unemployed man was Artist sentenced to 18 years’ jail and six strokes of Muhammad the cane by the sessions court here Fakhrul Akmal BRIEFSyesterday after he pleaded guilty to raping Shamsurrijal his seven-year-old niece. He was charged completing a with raping the girl at a house in Simpang Renggam at 3.30pm on May 14. In the same mural in Bangi, court, a proprietor of a car spare-parts shop, Selangor that Tan Chuang Loong, 32, was charged with highlights the murdering K. Ramachandran at a factory in situation in Taman Perindustrian Gemilang between Palestine. – ADIB 2.50am and 4am on May 15. No plea was RAWI YAHYA recorded from Tan, who was represented by /THESUN lawyer Dr Abraham Mathew, as the case is under the jurisdiction of the High Court. The court set June 17 for mention. – Bernama

Man charged with murder, causing hurt SYNDICATE BUSTED WITH JASIN: An unemployed man was charged in Rao prosecuted, while lawyer Mohan Singh Dec 15 last year. SEIZURE OF RM1.3M LIQUOR separate courts here yesterday with represented the accused. The charge, framed under Section 324 of BATU PAHAT: The General Operations Force murdering his former brother-in-law, causing Meanwhile, at the Ayer Keroh magistrate’s the Penal Code and read together with busted a syndicate selling liquor using fake Customs duty stamps, with a seizure worth hurt to his daughters and ex-wife and court, Mohd Amin pleaded not guilty to two Section 326A, provides imprisonment of up to RM1.3 million, following a raid in Yong Peng assaulting her boyfriend. charges of voluntarily causing hurt to his 20 years or a fine, or whipping, or any two of on May 25. Commanding officer Supt In the magistrate’s court, Mohd Amin daughters, aged eight and 10, with a cane at a the punishments. Rozasin Ramlan said 21,470 bottles of Mohamad, 32, was charged with murdering house in Permatang Pasir in Alai on May 15 Mohd Azmi was also charged under liquor were seized in the raid. A 41-year-old Hanafiah Hanafi, 36, at Jalan Solok Berangan last year. Section 325 of the Penal Code with voluntarily storekeeper was also detained. The Enam in Merlimau between 7am and 7.30am The charges, under Section 323 of the causing grievous hurt to Hashimah’s syndicate is believed to have been actively on May 13. Penal Code, provides for imprisonment of up boyfriend, Mah Azrul Mah Hussain, 39, at distributing liquor to Batu Pahat and No plea was recorded as the matter is to two years or a maximum fine of RM2,000, Lorong Berangan Enam Umbai in Merlimau surrounding areas, Rozasin said, adding under the jurisdiction of the High Court. or both. on May 11. that the authorities were tracking down Magistrate Suzana Mokhtar set July 16 for He was also charged at the Ayer Keroh He faces a jail term of up to seven years and other syndicate members who were still at mention for submission of documents, sessions court with voluntarily causing hurt a fine for the alleged offence. large. The case is being investigated under including a chemist report. by dangerous means to his former wife, The court set July 16 for mention of the the Customs Act 1967. – Bernama Deputy public prosecutor Arthana Sarma Hashimah Hanafi, 32, at the same place on cases. – Bernama 4 theSUN ON FRIDAY | MAY 28, 2021 NEWS WITHOUT BORDERS LIFESAVING ACT ... A health worker High number tending to a donor during a blood of infections donation drive at the Sunway Pyramid make it hard shopping centre in Selangor to bring down yesterday. – SYED DANIAL SYED AZAHAR figures /THESUN Subramaniam also called for increased public-private From collaboration in the front management of non-Covid page cases by having patients with other illnesses transferred to private hospitals. He said the government should also consider setting up more hospitals exclusively for Covid-19 cases, like the Sungai Buloh Hospital. Galen Centre for Health and Social Policy founder and chief executive officer Azrul Mohd Khalib said many new cases recorded now are likely to have been infected a week or two ago. Role of religious speakers He expressed disappointment that calls to avoid travel during the Hari Raya Aidilfitri period had not been heeded. that some preachers believe that all it is “This has caused the emergence of oSpreading message on importance of vaccination part propaganda. new clusters.” “They must remember that in Islam, if the “It is evident from social media posts of responsibility to ensure well-being of others illness jeopardies the health of others, it is a that people visited family and friends must to get the vaccine to save others as well.“ like it was just another Raya holiday,” he “We must not be selfish as this virus spreads added. █ BY ALISHA NUR MOHD NOOR the country aims to achieve herd immunity by to others. It is our responsibility to take care of Azrul also expressed dismay over [email protected] early next year. each other,“ he said, adding that preachers must incidents of politicians and senior Islamic preacher Abdul Halim Abdul practise what they preach. government officials ignoring the SOP PETALING JAYA: Religious leaders have a vital Rahman, who is also assistant manager of a The Young Buddhists Association of during Hari Raya events. role to play during the Covid-19 pandemic, mosque in Selangor, said regardless of religion, Malaysia, described the essence of compassion “It is going to be difficult to reduce especially when there are many Malaysians preachers should come together to encourage of the Buddha as “to regard the suffering of all the number of new cases daily to double who are hesitant to sign up for vaccinations. their followers to get vaccinated. living beings as our own suffering”. or single digits given how fast the With the number of daily cases reaching the “But it is unfortunate that some preachers I “It is a collective responsibility to take care of infection is spreading. We reap what we 8,000 mark, there is increased pressure to bring know have refused to take the vaccines as they the physical and mental well-being of society, sow.” that figure down. think it is sufficient to adhere to the standard country and the entire humanity,” its president “At this stage, a movement control The situation is made worse as only a total of operating procedures (SOP) and they believe Yong Kuei Yoong said in his Wesak Day speech. order is no longer effective. Our last 1,647,183 out of a population of 32.7 million the Almighty will decide their fate,” he said. He also encouraged all Buddhist chance is to get as many people as have received their first dose while 935,865 “It is our duty to preach to our followers organisations and their followers to obey the possible vaccinated,” he added. have had both doses, which is considered low if every week to get vaccinated but I am saddened SOP while participating in ceremonies. TCM practitioners plea for exemption to EMCO IPOH: Traditional Chinese medicine therapeutic massage at his medical service to be allowed to operate. during the EMCO made it very medical centres are not operational, practitioners here want the centre since the EMCO started. “We have received two doses of difficult for existing patients to it will be inconvenient for patients.“ government to allow their centres to He said most of the patients the vaccine just like other medical receive proper treatment. He said strict SOP were also operate during the enhanced suffered from sprains, joint pain and practitioners, so I sincerely hope that “We do not object to the SOP observed, with only two patients movement control order (EMCO). various other ailments. Some treatments such as acupuncture and (standard operating procedures) but treated at any one time. The EMCO started on May 22 and needed continuous treatment that Tuina massage can be allowed to traditional Chinese health service is Stage-four breast cancer patient is scheduled to end on June 4. could not be stopped, as it would operate throughout the EMCO.” also an essential service, patients Looi Kim Foong, 69, said if the EMCO Perak Chinese Medical Specialists adversely affect them. Meanwhile, Perak Traditional have the right to choose which is extended, it will be very difficult as and Pharmacists Association “Traditional Chinese treatment is Chinese Medicine Specialists treatment is appropriate. she would feel sick all the time, president Hew Thim Fock said he has the same as modern treatment, its Association president Leong Tuck “Patients have to undergo adding that she has been receiving received many calls from patients function is the same. I really hope the Seng said the ban on traditional treatment every week, especially treatment at a centre in Pengkalan receiving acupuncture treatment and government gives permission for this Chinese medicine centres to operate chronic ailment patients. If these since a year ago. – Bernama theSUN ON FRIDAY | MAY 28, 2021 5 * NEWS WITHOUT BORDERS

COMMENT by Yeoh Guan Jin The numbers tell the tale, and it’s a scary story FOR those who remain suspicious of the a vaccine is so minuscule, it does not even the 147 days that have lapsed this year. That blame, with reason. Too many exceptions have Covid-19 vaccines, or have failed to turn up for warrant an attempt to put a number to it. works out to 2,913 cases per day, almost nine been made for people in positions of power, their appointment date for the jab, here are Two per cent may seem like negligible but times the daily average in 2020. setting a very bad example for the general some sobering numbers. the concern is that the number of new cases The fatality rate is equally worrying. At 471, it population. The standard operating procedure Of the estimated 168 million people who and fatalities are rising, and rising fast. worked out to 1.3 fatalities a day last year. A total is not set in stone, and in many cases, the have been infected worldwide, 3.49 million In Malaysia, the situation has reached an of 2,020 have already succumbed to the authorities’ ability to enforce it across the have succumbed to the infection. A rough alarming stage. From Jan 25 last year when the infection so far this year, or 13.7 fatalities a day, country is questionable. calculation puts the probability of death first case was diagnosed until Dec 31, there or 10 times the death rate last year. But the people are equally at fault. Despite resulting from Covid-19 infection at marginally were a total of 113,010 infections, or 330 new The number of new infections reported per the risk, people continue to steal across state over 2%. cases a day. day has breached the 7,000 mark and, Health and district boundaries, spreading the infection On the other hand, there have been only 23 Despite all the efforts to curb its spread, we Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham along the way. fatalities that may or may not have been linked recorded an exponential increase this year. As Abdullah warned it will hit the 10,000 mark in Short of a miracle cure, our best hope is in to vaccines, out of the 403 million who have of yesterday, the country had chalked up just a few days. the vaccine. Get the shot now, or it is as good as been fully vaccinated. The risk of being killed by 541,224 cases, an addition of 428,214 cases in The government has taken the brunt of the getting shot at. Ministry mulls using breath test to detect Date night in the new normal Covid infections oCouples find different ways of courting, as online apps get a boost during pandemic PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry is considering the use of a breath test in Malaysia, which has been identified as the █ BY SHIVANI SUPRAMANI It’s odd but we make it work,” he said. affected her dating style very much. latest method to detect Covid-19. [email protected] Alexx Tan, 25, recounted how difficult it was “I met my partner just before the pandemic Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham to keep up with his many dates when the first started and we have always dated through the Baba said the Medical Device Authority will PETALING JAYA: There was a time when a date lockdown was enforced in March last year. phone,” she said. run clinical tests on the device before giving meant a movie, a candlelight dinner and perhaps “I always preferred to meet in person, but I Chu and her partner sometimes send each its approval for use in the country. a drink or two at a pub. have been forced to adapt to the situation.” other care packages and home-cooked meals. “Right now, it is widely tested in But in times of social distancing, it has become Like most millennials, looking for love in a Subashini Jeyaraman, 25, said since she is Singapore as a tool to detect Covid-19 and it more like chatting through a tablet and perhaps a pandemic means going online. forced to take the virtual route, the act of dating should be explored for use in our country peck on the screen to say “goodnight”. “I have a steady girlfriend now, so we use itself has changed. too,” he told a virtual press conference That is to be expected. Covid-19 has upended Zoom to communicate often. We also have “It does get a little lonely since most of my yesterday. lives, and the young and lovelorn have no choice movie nights through apps such as Rave.” matches never really last due to the On May 24, Bernama reported that an but to find new ways of wooing and courting. Jennifer Chu, 25, said the pandemic has not conversation drying out after a while.” easy-to-use breath test, that can accurately In fact, the pandemic has given online dating a detect Covid-19 within a minute, has major boost. received provisional authorisation from Tinder, an online dating app, recorded three Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority. billion swipes in a single day in March last year The BreFence Go Covid-19 breath test when the start of the pandemic triggered a series system is developed by Breathonix Pte Ltd, a of lockdowns worldwide. spin-off company from the National From March to May last year, another virtual University of Singapore. dating app, OKCupid, saw a 700% increase in the On the detection of Covid-19 through a number of virtual dates, while Bumble has been 541,224 self-test kit using deep throat saliva logging 70% more calls than normal. sampling, Adham said approval for the use of Others are already getting in on the act. the test kit would be issued soon. Dateworks, which began as a matchmaking “Detection of Covid-19 using deep throat agency that catered mostly to working saliva sampling is easy and can be done at professionals, now also has a dating platform home. It also has a high level of sensitivity online. and specificity.” Kendrick James, 32, recounted the days when a The minister said once approved, the date was a romantic dinner or even a weekend public can purchase the kit at any pharmacy getaway. or supplier registered with the ministry. “Astrid (his partner) and I got to know each “If they are tested positive after using the other online, but we have never actually met in 69,408 2,491 self-test kit, they need to quarantine person. However, we have video calls every day themselves and notify the nearest district during which we incorporate activities such as health office or via the MySejahtera app,” he household chores. These activities now count as said. dates for us.” Earlier, Health Director-General Tan Sri James said Astrid’s favourite activity is to cook Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the ministry during her days off. was identifying two companies that will “We even do grocery shopping together supply the kit. whenever we can (albeit in different locations). 7,857 771 4,598 59

BRAVE OBSERVER ... A child watches as her parents and sibling get tested during a free Covid-19 screening operation in Shah Alam yesterday. – ASYRAF RASID/THESUN 6 theSUN ON FRIDAY | MAY 28, 2021 NEWS WITHOUT BORDERS ‘Patriots rule Hong Kong’ as sweeping electoral rules passed HONG KONG: The legislature here words: patriots ruling Hong Kong,” disqualified some lawmakers and responsible for choosing the chief most violent anti-government since approved the biggest overhaul of its said Peter Shiu, a pro-Beijing others resigned in protest. executive. the handover from British rule in political system in the quarter lawmaker. Chinese authorities have said the The new vetting committee 1997, after proposing a bill to allow century since British rule yesterday, Most of the changes were electoral shake-up is aimed at getting empowered to disqualify candidates extraditions to mainland China. in a decisive step to assert Beijing’s announced by China in March, rid of “loopholes and deficiencies” will work with national security China had promised universal authority over the autonomous city. though Hong Kong authorities later that threatened national security authorities to ensure those standing suffrage as an ultimate goal for Hong The changes will reduce the contributed further details, such as during anti-government unrest in are loyal to Beijing. Kong in its mini-constitution, the proportion of seats in the legislature redrawing constituency boundaries 2019, and ensure only “patriots” run Elections for the election Basic Law, which also states the city that are filled by direct elections from and criminalising calls for ballots to the city. committee are set for Sept 19, and for has wide-ranging autonomy from half to less than a quarter. be left blank. The legislature will increase in size the legislature three months later. Beijing. A new body will be empowered to The measures were passed with to 90 seats from 70. The committee will choose a chief Western countries say the political vet candidates and bar those deemed 40 votes in favour and just two The number of seats filled by executive on March 27 next year. overhaul moves the city in the insufficiently patriotic towards China against. direct election will decrease to 20 Chief executive Carrie Lam has opposite direction, leaving the from standing. The pro-Beijing government has from 35. not made clear whether she will seek democratic opposition with the most “These 600-or-so pages of the faced no opposition in the legislature Forty seats will be filled by an re-election. limited space it has had since the legislation come down to just a few since last year, when China election committee, which is also In 2019, she faced the largest and handover. – Reuters Sri Lanka braces for Biden orders virus probe oil spill as ship burns COLOMBO: International salvage experts and may have emerged from a virology lab in coronavirus from a highly secure research Indian vessels yesterday joined a desperate bid oChina rails at ‘dark Wuhan and has instead accused the US of laboratory in the same city. to extinguish a huge blaze on a container ship peddling conspiracies and politicising the The idea is gaining increasing traction in off the Sri Lankan coast as fears grow that the history’ of US intelligence pandemic to divert attention from the high the United States, where it was initially fuelled vessel could cause a devastating oil spill. death rates there. by Trump and his aides and dismissed by Strong Indian Ocean winds have hampered Rejecting the need for a new investigation many at the time as a political stunt. efforts to douse an inferno on the BEIJING: China hit out at the “dark history” of into the pandemic, a Foreign Ministry Citing a US intelligence report, The Wall Singapore-registered X-Press Pearl that has now the US intelligence community yesterday, spokesman said the Biden administration’s Street Journal reported on Sunday that a trio been burning for eight days. after President Joe Biden ordered a probe into “motive and purposes are clear”. from the Wuhan Institute of Virology were Three Indian coast guard vessels bolstered the Covid-19 origins as the lab-leak theory “The dark history of the US intelligence hospitalised with a seasonal illness in the firefighting operation while the owners said rebounds and strains relations between the community has long been known to the November 2019, a month before Beijing they have called in experts from Dutch salvage two countries. world,” Zhao Lijian said, referring to the US’s disclosed the existence of a mysterious specialists SMIT to help. Biden on Wednesday ordered US unfounded allegations of weapons of mass pneumonia outbreak. A Sri Lankan military helicopter on intelligence agencies to report to him in the destruction which justified its invasion of Iraq. The natural origin hypothesis – backed as Wednesday dropped fire retardant chemicals next three months on whether the virus first According to Biden, intelligence agencies the most likely by the WHO expert team who on the 186m-long ship as the blaze spread. emerged in China from an animal source or are currently split over the two possible visited China – holds that the virus emerged in The X-Press Pearl was carrying nearly 1,500 from a laboratory accident. sources for the virus that swept the planet bats then passed to humans, likely via an containers, including 25 tonnes of nitric acid, The lab-leak theory, initially dismissed as over the past year, killing more than 3.4 intermediary species. when the fire broke out close to Colombo port. “highly unlikely” by a delayed World Health million people. This theory was widely accepted at the Sri Lanka’s Marine Environment Protection Organisation mission to China, has Biden’s order signals an escalation in start of the pandemic, but as time has worn Authority (Mepa) now fears the vessel could resurfaced in recent days, driven by mounting controversy over how the virus first on, scientists have not found a virus in either break up and spew oil onto coastal beaches. Washington. emerged – through animal contact at a market bats or another animal that matches the “The fire is covering the length of the vessel. China wholly rejects the theory the virus in Wuhan, China, or through release of the genetic signature of SARS-CoV-2. – AFP The hull may not be stable for us to tow the ship away from our waters,” Mepa chairman Dharshani Lahandapura said. The vessel, now anchored, is carrying 278 tonnes of bunker oil and 50 tonnes of marine gasoil, she said. She said a large quantity of oil threatened to leak and hit the nearby tourist and fishing region of Negombo, 40km north of the capital. “Given the very rough seas and the heavy monsoon winds, it is not possible to lay booms around the ship to contain a spill.” – AFP

SNAP LOCKDOWN FOR MILLIONS IN MELBOURNE CANBERRA: Five million people in Melbourne were ordered yesterday into a

BRIEFSsnap week-long lockdown, with officials blaming Australia’s sluggish vaccine rollout and quarantine failures for yet another virus outbreak in the country’s second-biggest city. Facing a cluster of 26 cases linked to the “highly infectious” Indian strain of Covid-19, authorities issued stay-at-home orders for Melbourne and surrounding Victoria state from midnight. Officials have traced the latest cluster back to an overseas traveller. The unnamed Victoria man tested negative after finishing his quarantine in neighbouring South Australia and flew to Melbourne this month but tested positive six days after he arrived. – Agencies

FATAL SHARK ATTACK IN NEW CALEDONIA NOUMEA: Rescue services in New Caledonia were yesterday searching for the body of a fisherman believed to have been killed by a shark, following a spate of fatal RED MENACE ... Police standing at a traffic intersection wearing coronavirus-themed headgear urging people to adopt safety protocols during an attacks in the South Pacific territory this year. The alarm was raised on Wednesday awareness drive in the Indian city of Hyderabad yesterday. – AFPPIX after fishermen told emergency services they had seen a shark attack a fisherman diving off a beach on the Nouville peninsula Indian priests pray for mercy from Covid ‘goddesses’ northwest of the capital Noumea. Witnesses recounted the attack to the NEW DELHI: Priests at an Indian temple are The Kamatchipuri Adhinam temple is “We are worshipping the virus in the form newspaper Les Nouvelles-Caledoniennes. “It saying daily prayers to two coronavirus closed to worshippers because of the city’s of a Goddess and praying to her every day to was very fast. We saw eddies on the surface, goddesses in an effort to tame the pandemic high infection rates but priests are paying reduce the impacts of this disease,” said it was a shark that was attacking,” one as the country battles a new infection surge. tribute in front of the goddesses, one made of temple manager Anandbharathi K. witness said. “We saw the fins flapping Two “Corona Devi” idols have been set up sandalwood and the other from stone. “Even doctors are unable to deal with the above the water and then nothing more.” A in the southern city of Coimbatore, badly hit They leave food and other offerings, chant enormity of the situation. sea and air search of the area had yet to find in an outbreak that has killed 100,000 people prayers urging an end to the pandemic and “So, we turn to faith as a last resort,” the missing fisherman. – AFP nationwide in the past four weeks. bathe the idols in turmeric water and milk. Anandbharathi said. – AFP theSUN ON FRIDAY | MAY 28, 2021 7 * NEWS WITHOUT BORDERS

FIVE DROWN IN SELFIE ACCIDENT JAKARTA: Five members of an Israeli air strikes on Gaza Indonesian family drowned when a dock where they were

BRIEFStaking a selfie collapsed, police said yesterday. The family of 14 were at picturesque Kandi Lake in West Sumatra when they may be war crimes: UN gathered on the wooden structure to take a group photo, but their combined GENEVA: Israel’s recent barrage of “Although reportedly targeting weight brought it down, police deadly air strikes on Gaza might be o‘Bombardment of densely populated areas members of armed groups and their said. A 17-year-old was among war crimes, the UN rights chief said military infrastructure, Israeli attacks the five who drowned while yesterday, adding she had seen no resulted in high destruction, civilian casualties’ resulted in extensive civilian deaths the rest of the family survived evidence the attacked buildings were and injuries, as well as large-scale the Wednesday accident. Local used for military purposes. destruction and damage to civilian police chief Junaidi Nur said it Addressing a special session of the level of civilian fatalities and injuries, fire on Gaza killed 253 Palestinians, objects.” was after closing hours so no United Nations Human Rights as well as the widespread destruction including 66 children, and wounded She pointed out that security was at the site. A Council, Michelle Bachelet voiced of civilian infrastructure,” the UN more than 1,900 people in 11 days of governmental buildings, residential rescue effort later retrieved the deep concern about the surge in High Commissioner for Human conflict, Gaza authorities say. homes, international humanitarian bodies, he said. – AFP deadly violence between Israelis and Rights said. Rocket and other fire from Gaza organisations, medical facilities and Palestinians earlier this month. “If found to be indiscriminate and claimed 12 lives in Israel, medics say. media offices had been hit. 9 DEAD, THOUSANDS “Although Israel undertook a disproportionate in their impact on “There is no doubt that Israel has “Despite Israel’s claims that many DISPLACED IN INDIA number of precautions, such as civilians and civilian objects, such the right to defend its citizens and of these buildings were hosting NEW DELHI: Thousands of advance warning of attacks in some attacks may constitute war crimes.” residents,” Bachelet said. armed groups or being used for people were homeless cases, air strikes in such densely Before a truce took hold last “However, Palestinians have rights military purposes, we have not seen yesterday after Cyclone Yaas populated areas resulted in a high Friday, Israeli air strikes and artillery too. The same rights. evidence in this regard.” – AFP battered India and Bangladesh, killing nine people including four children. Two people died in West Bengal, two in Odisha and five in Bangladesh. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said more than 300,000 homes were destroyed. “Thousands of people are still marooned. We have set up 14,000 cyclone SEEKING centres to provide shelter to BETTER LIFE the homeless,” she said. In ... US-bound southern areas of Bangladesh, migrant families although not in Yaas’s direct from Venezuela path, the sea smashed through crossing the Rio water defences and inundated Grande river thousands of homes. – AFP into Del Rio, Texas from MALI PRESIDENT, Mexico on PREMIER FREED Wednesday. BAMAKO: Mali’s ousted – REUTERSPIX interim president and prime minister have been freed after they were detained by the military and later resigned, an aide to Vice-President Assimi Goita said yesterday. Interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were arrested and taken to a military base outside the capital on Monday. The two men resigned while in detention on Wednesday. “They resigned, their release was scheduled, we have nothing against them,” said Goita aide Baba Cissé. – Reuters

RUSSIAN COURT Nine killed in California rail yard shooting FINES TWITTER MOSCOW: A Russian court yesterday fined Twitter 19 WASHINGTON: A public transit “What is wrong with us, and when was there he took his own life,” said San Jose police were also million roubles (RM1.1 million) worker shot dead eight people at a are we going to come to grips with Santa Clara County sheriff Laurie investigating a house fire believed to for failing to delete content California rail yard Wednesday this?” said California Governor Gavin Smith. be linked to the shooting. considered illegal by Moscow. before turning his gun on himself as Newsom at a press conference. Bomb squads were deployed after According to US media reports, Moscow’s Tagansky District police arrived, officials said after the Law enforcement officers had dogs detected “some type of the blaze began at the suspect’s home Court said it issued Twitter with latest mass shooting to hit the US. rushed to investigate multiple early explosives material at the crime shortly before the attack. fines for six different Multiple victims were also morning 911 calls reporting scene”, Davis said. The shooter’s ex-wife Cecilia administrative offences, wounded in the attack at the rail yard gunshots, and entered the The suspect – identified by Nelms said Cassidy had “often spoke totalling 19 million roubles. in San Jose, south of San Francisco. compound during an “active multiple media outlets as Samuel angrily about his co-workers and Twitter, which did not One later died at the Santa Clara shooting”, said Russell Davis, a Santa Cassidy – was an employee of the bosses, and at times directed his immediately respond to a Valley Medical Centre where he had Clara County Sheriff’s deputy. Valley Transportation Authority, anger at her”. request for comment, was also been hospitalised in critical They did not exchange gunfire which provides rail and bus services An ex-girlfriend accused him of fined 8.9 million roubles last condition, local media reports said. with the shooter, who died from a for San Jose. raping and abusing her, often during month. TikTok and Google The attack has once again shone a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Victims including VTA employees violent “mood swings”, according to received smaller fines spotlight on the country’s raging gun “I know for sure that when the were found shot in two different court records cited by the San yesterday for similar offences. control debate. suspect knew that law enforcement buildings on the site. Francisco Chronicle. – AFP – Reuters Volcano evacuation order sparks mass exodus in Congo

GOMA: Tens of thousands of people on Saturday, leaving at least 32 Tens of thousands of residents fled rivers of molten rock during the around 20km west of Goma, in each fled the eastern DR Congo city of people dead. Goma last weekend after Nyiragongo eruption, one of which came to halt of the ten districts of the city affected. Goma yesterday towards “Right now we can’t rule out an erupted on Saturday night – many on the edge of Goma after The announcement was followed neighbouring Rwanda after eruption on land or under the lake, across the nearby border to Rwanda – obliterating villages in its wake. by the immediate departure of tens of authorities warned of possible new which could happen very soon and before returning. Local volcanologists have thousands of people towards the eruptions from the Nyiragongo without warning,” said General But strong aftershocks have recorded hundreds of aftershocks southwest, in the direction of the volcano, including underneath the Constant Ndima, the military continued to rattle the city, leading since Nyiragongo, which sits 12km Rwandan border. nearby Lake Kivu. governor of North Kivu province. some buildings to collapse and from Goma, roared back into life. Vehicles of all kinds, including The city has been on edge since He said an evacuation of part of leaving residents fearful. Ndima said authorities had cars full of families, vans and trucks Africa’s most active volcano erupted the city had been ordered. The volcano spewed out two arranged transport towards Sake, waited to cross into Rwanda. – AFP 8 theSUN ON FRIDAY | MAY 28, 2021 SPEAK UP Learn from Duterte’s vaccination policy ODRIGO Duterte has been called organisation quickly came out in support of Our Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr much as possible. many names since he took over as this policy by Duterte. Noor Hisham Abdullah has warned that at the It’s comforting to see that even PAS Philippine president five years ago for “This is a correct step in the right direction rate the pandemic is spreading, the next two president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang has his unorthodox ways of running because this will help us to manage these weeks will be critical and people must prepare also come out lately urging Muslims to give full Rhis country. One that perhaps aptly kinds of superspreader events from for the worst. support to the government in the ongoing describes him is “a maverick”. happening and will also encourage “The rise in cases started on April 1 and vaccination programme. This former mayor of Davao people to accept the vaccines that could trigger a vertical surge. We must prepare He criticised religious preachers who had City is the first president from are being rolled out,” said for the worst. Please help us by staying at home. been issuing views against the vaccination, Mindanao, the Southern region of Abeyasinghe. Only together can we break the chain of saying that Islam prioritises protecting lives the country that has been having The WHO official also sends infection,” he appealed. above all other matters to the extent that some its cultural, religious and armed an important message that we in By common sense, I mean like what the things that are normally haram or prohibited in conflict for 52 years now. Malaysia should seriously take WHO official alluded to, what does it matter Islam are given exception just for the sake of But true to his out-of-the-box note of as there has been too much what type of vaccine we will be jabbed with protecting lives. This includes a medical style, Duterte this week announced time-wasting and energy-sapping when vaccination is the most effective means emergency. his administration’s policy not to reveal debate on the efficacy of vaccine A, B or C to protect each and everyone of us from being It’s also probably due to doubts being vaccine brands to be used in inoculation sites in our own backyard here. infected with the virus and equally critical, spread on this, or that vaccine, that a whopping against the Covid-19 pandemic, something “It does not matter which brand an from infecting others. 10,000 people didn’t show up for their which is widely done in Malaysia. I, for one, individual would receive as all Covid-19 The insensitive manner in which people vaccination appointments in Kelantan take my hat off to him for this bold move. vaccines are effective in preventing deaths and resort to what could be described as “vaccine recently. Duterte ordered a stop to the severe disease,” said Abeyasinghe. politics or politicking” reminds me of an article According to latest media reports, the announcement of vaccine brands to avoid For the record, the vaccines that are being in The Times of London under the obituary number of no-shows at vaccination centres has congestion arising from people’s preference for used now have all been approved by the WHO column. swelled to 30,000 with two more states – Kedah a certain brand. itself. It’s not an obituary as a tribute to someone’s and Perak – added to the list. He decided on this after scores of people His commonsensical remark on this is death but it mourned the death of common The Kelantanese are known for their strong flocked to a shopping mall and failed to exactly what I have been telling friends via sense. religious convictions and it’s just mind- observe proper distancing as a protocol during several WhatsApp groups that I am affiliated It’s incumbent upon all stakeholders to do boggling to think that they have squandered in the pandemic in an attempt to get the Pfizer with upon getting toxic texts that cast doubts whatever is necessary and doable to speed up large numbers this golden opportunity of vaccine. on this or that type of vaccine. Malaysia’s vaccination programme. saving lives, like what Hadi Awang was From now on in the Philippines, an I asked them, too, to stop viralling mainly Malaysian Medical Association president referring to. individual would only be informed of the such fake news and instead use their common Datuk Dr M. Subramaniam said that at the This prompted Cabinet minister Datuk Seri brand at the vaccination site and can still refuse sense. rate we are going we will never reach the Mustapa Mohamed, himself a Kelantanese, to to have it. What such information that bad-mouths on target of vaccinating at least 80% of the say that this apathy should not recur. The brand-agnostic policy would help in vaccines or vaccine brands amounts to is population, as well as achieving the herd Moving forward, it must be all hands on preventing crowds and also convince people to further slowdown of our already sluggish pace immunity objective. deck to ramp up the vaccination programme. It get whatever vaccine available, said Rabindra of vaccination, which as of now is reportedly This is indeed a gloomy scenario what with should be priority number one. Abeyasinghe, the World Health Organisation well behind schedule, especially with the rampant reports of people still very lax in (WHO) representative to the Philippines. The exponentially rising statistics of new infections. observing “self-lockdown” by staying home as Comments: [email protected] We need to win Covid-19 war on both counts a lockdown. latest decision to ban dining-in harsh, just as imposed during MCO 1.0 were reintroduced LETTERS The choice that lay before us need not be the economy was starting to sputter along after now, as many as 2.8 million people are [email protected] limited to just choosing between saving lives or restrictions were slowly eased starting late last projected to lose their sources of income while saving livelihoods. We should not divide year. as many as 40% of our SMEs will be shuttered ourselves by this. Both views are correct but fail to take into for good. THE country has entered its most critical stage From the very beginning, with the pandemic account the holistic outlook required to tackle This can certainly lead to an economic with all-time high new Covid-19 infections and disrupting supply chains and trade across the the most daunting crisis the country has ever disaster that can set Malaysia back by years and fatalities reported almost daily in recent weeks. globe, we have been facing a war on two fronts: faced since independence. one that can plunge the nation into great Our healthcare facilities nationwide are at both the health and economic fronts. Busting the coronavirus chain of infection despair. breaking point. Since this outbreak began last year, the need not necessarily mean depriving millions of Having said that, Malaysians should be As the sense of doom descends amid the government has been introducing policies and individuals from feeding and sustaining their mindful of attempts to stoke public anger and spike in infections and body count, the measures that aim to simultaneously save lives families. divide for political means using the “either overriding question in our national and livelihoods. Vice-versa, keeping economic sector open health or economy” argument. conversation now is: Are we on the right track? Like my fellow Malaysians, I too, share some should not necessarily result in a failure to win This is not just a health crisis, nor is it merely The debate over this invariably revolves frustration at certain measures and with this war against Covid-19. an economic one. It’s a double whammy crisis. around the idea of choosing between saving pandemic fatigue creeping up on us, it is easy Recently, former health minister Datuk Seri The truth is, for the sake of this country’s lives and saving livelihoods. to have blinkered views of the matter. Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said that a lockdown is not progress and future, we cannot simply choose The government’s decision not to pursue a For example, a person who has lost family the silver bullet to overcome this pandemic and between lives or livelihoods, not while we can lockdown, opting instead to keep the economic members and close friends to the virus may get would only delay, not stop, the deadly virus. strike a reasonable balance between the two. sector open under stricter SOP has been frustrated over why the government refuses to In fact, as studies have shown, MCO 2.0 had For the future of our rakyat and coming criticised by certain quarters. impose the kind of lockdown we first saw proven that it is possible to keep infection generations, there can only be one form of The criticism is further fuelled by a certain during MCO 1.0, which started on March 18, numbers down without closing the economic victory, and that is to win on both accounts. former prime minister and his supporters, 2020. sector. though we as the rakyat should really question Likewise, a restaurant operator struggling to Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Fathul Mohd Abidin the political motives lying behind their calls for feed his children may find the government’s Aziz also warned that if the restrictions Batu Caves ON FRIDAY | MAY 28, 2021

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NAPCHAT recently announced a host of new features at the Snap Summit 2021. One new feature will Sallow Snapchatters to shop and try on clothes and accessories virtually, while standalone app Story Studio lets them edit high-quality videos on the fly, along with an inclusive camera to capture darker skin tones accurately. One of the more exciting features Snapchatters is Connected Lenses. Connected can now shop Lenses allow Snapchatters to build and try on or carry out an activity together, no clothes and matter where they are. accessories BUZZ had the opportunity to virtually. speak to Qi Pan, the director of Computer Vision Engineering at Snap, about some of the upcoming features.

Can you tell me more about Connected Lenses? Augment your reality “Most of the Augmented Reality (AR) experiences that exist on Snapchat allow you to experience AR on your oCool new features own, and the social aspect comes when you share the video with your are coming your way friends. “With Connected Lenses, we from Snapchat want to go into the next generation and for the first time, you can actually experience the AR together, what are the other future experience together with your activities users can do using friends and family. It’s a shared Connected Lenses? experience and a real-time “Connected Lenses really opens up interaction between multiple users. the AR world and the shared “We have two versions of this. experience. We’re also looking into One is the remote Connected utility and other things we can do Lenses, where you’re in a different and go beyond entertainment.” place from your friends and family, and you can do something together, Does the feature need constant like build a Lego set [while] sitting on data connection work? Can it work the table or the living room floor. offline? “The second version is where “For Connected Lenses, you’ll need users use Connected Lenses in the to be online to experience [it], same room and build the Lego on because we rely on real-time data the same table together.” stream. For a lot of the other features, it’ll require a connection to get the Which feature are you most excited Lens, but once you get the Lens you about? won’t need to use data. “For Lens Studio 4.0 [which was] “For example, the Body Mesh released today, I’m probably excited Reconstruction is running on the about Connected Lenses and Body phone itself, so it doesn’t need to Mesh reconstruction. This is really send or use up data. All the Build Lego together virtually using Connected Lenses. an amazing understanding of people processing is happening locally, and and the scene around you. offers a great experience because it’s be used by phones with [either] a fast to embrace this technology? example, people see these amazing, “You can do hand gestures and instant.” or slow CPU. If the phone has lower “Snapchat has embraced AR in a creative ways to express themselves things like that, and it can be computational power, we try to tune different way compared to other and we don’t necessarily say this is understood by the Snapchat camera. Everyone is using different types of it down, so you can still have a great companies, in that people are using AR or this is not AR. We’re saying this This is very exciting when combined phones. With all these new experience. We try to tune it so the augmented reality without knowing is a really good way to communicate. with Connected Lenses because it features, will it slow down our feature works well across all phones.” necessarily that it’s augmented I think that’s probably the best way can recognise other people in the phones? reality. We’re seeing the end-user for the public to adopt AR: by not scene and it tracks with them.” “Some of the features need quite a lot Since Snapchat focuses a lot on creativity rather than us telling them actually thinking they’re specifically of processing power, but we virtual and augmented reality, do it’s augmented reality. adopting AR but through gaining Other than building Legos generally try to design it so that it can you think the public is still hesitant “If you look at Face Lenses, for enough value-added experience.” Happenings

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█ BY ADELINE LEONG went. I think traditional Chinese embroidery is so stunning, such an HAT do you do when eloquent way to convey a story, it has something that was definitely been an inspiration to me. once your safe haven “The dragon was my first piece, turns into a source of Out of the shadows you can’t see on the jacket but the pain?W For musician Lucinda Chua, back is very messy! By the time I had her solution was to pick up the art of oReturning from a lengthy hiatus, UK-based musician Lucinda Chua done a few, I was a lot neater and had embroidery, which helped her learned how to control the threads embrace her heritage and return to is ready to share her new music with the world better. music with a fresh perspective. “I hope to continue doing it Chua is a South London-based because I love the process of sewing, singer, songwriter, composer, s o m e t h i n g embroider. connected to my culture whilst I was it is like a meditation. My dream is to producer and multi-instrumentalist. textural and “I was inspired by different separated from my friends and family collect threads from each city I tour, Raised in Milton Keynes, she has explorative. 2 feels creatures from Chinese mythology, and to remind myself of who I am so I can sew a English, Malaysian and Chinese a lot more intimate but I interpreted them in my own outside of music.” diary of my roots. Growing up as a mixed-race kid and personal – I am living way. Each of them represents a travels and in an overwhelmingly white area, she right inside it, stripping back moment in time for me, like Was it hard to learn embroidery? h a v e found solace in art, photography and the layers.” tattoos that I wear on the Do you plan to continue honing s o m e t h i n g her local music community. outside. this newly gained skill? that will She began learning music from What’s the inspiration behind “It was a “It’s not something I had a l w a y s the age of three using the Suzuki your single, Torch Song? way for me ever done before, I remind me of method, which meant she largely “For me, Torch Song is a love song for to feel taught myself by t h e played by ear. She regards music as a the self. It’s about feeling invisible looking at memories.” natural form of non-verbal self- and the desire to move and be pictures and expression. moved. To be a river running but figured it How was your By the time she was in her 20s, she buried under stone, or a pile of out as I experience had caught the attention of US indie leaves waiting to be carried by the working with label Kranky, released two albums wind. FKA twigs? with her first band Felix, and even “Many beautiful moments can “twigs is a very toured with Stars of the Lid as a cellist feel fleeting when there is no one talented, ambitious and string arranger. She has also there to see.” and hardworking performed with English singer- artiste but she is also songwriter FKA twigs’ live band for What’s the significance of the an incredibly kind, her Magdalene tour in 2019, whilst first track in Antidotes 2, Until I sensitive and generous self-releasing her debut solo EP Fall? person. I really enjoyed Antidotes 1. “I think it’s easy to focus on our time working togethert. She has performed solo across the growing upwards, or moving “The shows were magical, UK and Europe, including at the Red forwards, we forget that life comes it’s something I am very proud Bull Music Festival London, MUTEK in cycles. The higher one climbs, to have contributed towards. Barcelona, Tate Modern and the easier it is to be afraid to But some of my favourite Somerset House, earning praise from stumble or fall, but a fall can be moments were the small things, like publications like Pitchfork, The exhilarating – it’s a chance to making each other herbal teas on the Guardian, Dazed and gal-dem. release the things that are no tour bus, thrifting through vintage However, last year in the midst of longer serving us, a rebirth.” stores on our days off or going out the pandemic, she decided to take a dancing and letting our hair down.” break from music, as a result of The jacket looks amazing! heightened tensions brought about Can you share with us What attracted you to the cello? by discussions of racism on social the creative process “When I was very little, I saw a girl media and within the music industry. and how you came up play the cello. She was a few years The situation inspired a journey of with the designs? older than me and she had red hair. I self-discovery for Chua, as she sought “Thank you! With live just thought she was really cool and I a new method of expression. shows getting wanted to be like her.” For nine months, she stopped cancelled in 2020 listening and playing music entirely. and being grounded What’s in store for you next? Instead, she immersed herself in the at home, I found “I don’t actually know the answer to meditative process of sewing and myself with a lot of that, but I hope it’s something nice!” embroidery. time. For the first This quickly became an outlet for time I didn’t have What would you like to say to your her to chronicle new discoveries any desire to Malaysian fans? about her heritage. When she connect with “I really hope I can come to play for emerged from her musical music. I spent a you. I have so many happy memories hibernation, it was with a new sense lot of time at of Malaysia from my trips as a child, of identity, as well as a jacket she home listening picking rambutans in my grandma’s designed with motifs inspired by to audiobooks, garden, going to the market with my ancient Chinese culture, which she and whilst I dad, eating food at the hawker stalls, wears with pride. listened, I paying respect to my ancestors at the BUZZ had the opportunity to have t a u g h t cemetery. a chat with Chua about her second EP myself to “I have never visited as an artist, Antidotes 2, which was released on and I would love to have the chance May 7, and the story of her growth to share my music and connect in a during lockdown. different way.” Listen to Chua’s music on Tell us about Antidotes 2, and what Soundcloud (LucindaChua), and listeners can expect from the EP. follow her on Instagram and Twitter “Antidotes 2 is the sister record to my (@LucindaChua). You can also first release, Antidotes 1. The process purchase her music digitally through of making 1 felt like building a world, her website: lucindachua.com. S4 Buzz theSun BUZZ ON FRIDAY | MAY 28, 2021 Pack & Go oHere are some tips to help you prep your Quarantine Go Bag

█ BY ADELINE LEONG while the quarantine period for all other travellers remains at 14 days. ALAYSIA is still not out of the woods from the Going into quarantine Covid-19 pandemic If you find yourself getting the order despite the ongoing to be quarantined at a hotel or a Mvaccination efforts. With the recent government facility, here’s what you high number of cases, we’re bound to need to know. know someone who needs to undergo mandatory quarantine. 0 What’s provided at the facility Quarantining in a place other than Three meals daily with fruits your home can be scary. If you know Mineral water someone who’s about to spend a few Bath essentials and toiletries such as days at the quarantine centre, towel, shampoo, soap, toilet paper hopefully, this list of things to pack Plastic cutleries and what to expect will help allay Kettle their fears. Instant coffee and tea Sugar sachets Tips for sanitising the home Arriving in Malaysia Trash bag Based on the guidelines by the Bedsheet and blankets THE SARS-COV-2 virus which causes Covid- Remember to wear gloves and keep the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Malaysia, Charging ports 19 isn’t going away anytime soon. Based on windows open if you’re cleaning using all Malaysians and non-Malaysians Wifi an updated study by the Centers for Disease bleach. Do not mix bleach with other arriving in Malaysia are required to Control and Prevention (CDC), the SARS- cleaning products and be aware that bleach provide their test results of the Covid- 0 What to pack for a comfortable CoV-2 virus is less likely to spread by surface can damage or discolour sensitive surfaces. 19 RT-PCR test. stay contamination than once thought before. This test must be conducted three Clothes and footwear However, it doesn’t mean we can go back to Disinfect your gadgets days before arrival to Malaysia and Enough clothes to last the duration of the way we once were. Everyone still needs to Another high-touch surface is our gadgets presented to the health authority at quarantine practice good hygiene habits and here are a such as our smartphones, laptops, gaming the point of entry. Warm clothes such as a sweater and few tips on sanitising the home. consoles and tablets. To disinfect our If the test result is negative, it must socks in case it gets really cold smartphones and tablets, use a disinfecting be indicated in the form of a certified Towel (if you prefer to use your own) Wash and moisturise hands wipe or alcohol solution (at least 70%). laboratory report or a report issued Bathroom slippers One of the very first steps we can take is to Make sure the front screen, buttons, sides by a registered medical practitioner. Sandals remember to wash our hands with soap and the back of the smartphone and tablet It’s also important to note that the test Toiletries daily. It’s especially important to wash our are wiped down. It’s also important to wipe result must be written in English or Toothbrush hands after coughing, sneezing or when we down the phone and tablet covers too. Bahasa Malaysia. Toothpaste return home after getting groceries. While the When it comes to cleaning our laptops Upon arrival, travellers must Shampoo and soap (if you prefer to virus is less likely to spread by surface and computers, avoid using disinfecting undergo a mandatory quarantine use your own) pack some snacks and items to bring contamination, the risk is still there. wipes on the screen. This is because laptop and they’ll be assigned to a hotel or a Sanitary pads (for women) with you such as: The World Health Organisation displays aren’t always made of glass. government-designated quarantine Shaver and shaving cream (for men) recommends everyone to wash and scrub For example, matte displays are plastic centre. The quarantine period for Skincare products Instant coffee or tea sachets their hands for 20-seconds, which is about and wiping them with a strong solution may those returning from Pakistan, Body moisturiser Cup noodles the duration of a Happy Birthday song. If you cause damage. To make sure the gadgets are Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka Face masks Cereal or granola bars cannot find a sink and soap to wash your cleaned safely, wipe the surfaces such as was recently extended to 21 days, Wet wipes and tissues Biscuits and dry snacks hands, a hand sanitiser works just as well. keyboard, trackpad, mouse and the exterior Hand sanitiser Condiment packets surfaces with isopropyl alcohol (70%) Small scissors and nail clippers Water tumbler A hand sanitiser isn’t a cure-all but it helps solution and a soft towel. Small hairdryer A mug keep germs and viruses at bay. Medications A food container to act as plate and Frequently washing our hands with soap can Shower and wash all clothes upon food storage dry out our hands fast too. As such, it’s returning home 0 Vitamins & supplements Ziplock bags important to remember to moisturise our Similar to washing hands, it’s good to Medication such as Panadol, Tech essentials hands after washing. This is because dry, quickly shower and throw all the ointment for aches and pains, Phone charger and cables cracked skin increases our risk of getting worn clothes into the washing anti-histamines for allergies infections. machine upon returning home. Strepsils or other throat While we may be masked up, we relieving lozenges to soothe Clean and disinfect high-touch surfaces can’t be sure if the sneeze and sore throats Cleaning and disinfecting are two very cough particles or other Charcoal pills for different things. Cleaning removes contaminants are stuck to our stomach aches or food contaminants from the surface while clothes and hair. poisoning disinfecting kills the pathogens. Hence, it’s The usual laundry detergent Plasters in case of cuts or beneficial to carry out both cleaning and does a good cleaning job. minor injuries disinfecting especially if you have had visitors However, you can wash the over. clothes in the warmest 0 Food and snacks To make the task as seamless as possible, appropriate water setting to be Most quarantine centres allow the first place to clean and disinfect is the safe. This is helpful if you’re family members to deliver food high-touch surfaces in the home. High-touch washing the clothes of someone and other essentials. It’s still best surfaces are areas where it’s frequently who’s sick or is under home to check with the quarantine touched such as doorknobs, table surfaces, quarantine. centre regarding the types of food chairs, kitchen counters, faucet and faucet allowed. knobs, toilet seats and the flush handles, light Disinfect bedrooms and bathrooms when During the stay, you’re allowed to switches and TV remote controls. someone is sick order food from food delivery To clean, wipe the surface with a hand If you find yourself having a family member services. If that’s not enough, you can towel and soapy water or a cleaning spray. under home quarantine, it’s important that This helps to remove the layer of dust and they have a separate bedroom and bathroom debris. The next step is to disinfect. To do this, to use. apply a surface-appropriate disinfectant Since no one can clean up their room, it’s Why vaccination is important using disinfecting wipes or disinfecting spray. helpful to provide them with some cleaning According to the head of infection and disinfecting supplies too. Cleaning and COVID-19 brings the possibility of serious, life- discouraged from taking the vaccine. prevention and control at the Oregon Health disinfecting supplies to be included are threatening complications for anyone who’s To protect these vulnerable groups, the & Science University Dr John Townes, if a disinfecting wipes, hand sanitisers, tissues infected. Thus, getting vaccinated against Covid- responsibility lies on those who can take the disinfectant has an indication for killing and paper towels. 19 is still a safer way to build protection for vaccine to get vaccinated as fast as possible. influenza, RSB, SARS virus or other If the person in-home quarantine can’t yourself and everyone around you without falling It goes without saying that the Covid-19 coronaviruses, “it should work against” clean, the person who’s going into the room ill first. pandemic has taken a lot of lives over the globe. SARS-CoV-2 virus too. to clean and disinfect must wear a mask and Covid-19 vaccines are only approved and Families everywhere have lost the people they If you are out of disinfectants at home, you put on gloves. It’s important to limit contact authorised for use after it is showed that they are love dearly or are separated from each other for can make your own homemade bleach with the person who’s sick so just clean the safe and effective in clinical trials. The known months due to the lockdowns. disinfectant spray. Just mix four teaspoons of areas around the person. Last but not least, and potential benefits of getting vaccinated far The only way to regain some sense of household bleach and one litre of water into it’s good to open windows to increase air outweigh the risk of getting infected. normalcy, reunite families and prevent more a spray bottle and shake it vigorously. circulation at home. While we know getting vaccinated is loss of lives is to make sure everyone gets Spray the homemade bleach disinfectant With these tips, hopefully, everyone will important, it’s unfortunate that not everyone is vaccinated. on the surface and leave it for 10 minutes be able to keep safe and lessen the spread of eligible to get the Covid-19 vaccine. Infants, When more people in the society are before wiping it away with a wet cloth. Covid-19 infection. young children, some of the elderly and those vaccinated, the higher the chances are to with serious underlying health conditions are achieve herd immunity to protect everyone and Buzz S5 theSun BUZZ ON FRIDAY | MAY 28, 2021

pack some snacks and items to bring Travel adapter Laptop charger HDMI cable (for hotel quarantine) Instant coffee or tea sachets Powerbank SIM card (if you arrive from outside Cereal or granola bars Malaysia) Biscuits and dry snacks Miscellaneous items Condiment packets Books and magazines Netflix and Kindle subscription Board games or card games A food container to act as plate and Laundry detergent and laundry bag Dishwashing liquid and sponge (for hotel quarantine) Yoga mat for those who can’t Phone charger and cables miss the gym

keep the Covid-19 virus at bay for good. social workers should travel to these rural areas In Malaysia, more than a million Malaysians to educate the communities there so that they have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 are also protected from the Covid-19 disease. vaccine without suffering from ill side effects. Village chiefs and MPs should also be roped According to the Malaysian Medical Association in to help dispel doubts and apprehension (MMA), this is evidence that it’s safe to be about the vaccines and their side effects, and vaccinated and will help Malaysia to be on track encourage communities to sign up for to achieve its target of herd immunity sooner. vaccination. “If everyone cooperates, we will be able to Malaysia is doing its best to meet its target of meet the nation’s target of having at least 80% achieving herd immunity by February next year of the people vaccinated to achieve herd with the ramping up of vaccinations throughout immunity by February next year,” said MMA the country. president Datuk Dr M. Subramaniam. Here’s to hoping more of us can get However, people in rural areas may not be vaccinated soon. In these urgent times, medical aware of the importance of vaccination. To experts agree that the best vaccine is the one manage this, Subramaniam said health and that is first available to you. RED LIFE IS

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BMW 330e M Sport Just for that XtraBoost

█ BY AZLAN RAMLI

YBRID and plug-in hybrid cars (or PHEVs), at least in the Malaysian context, are not really about saving the tigers and orangutans. It’s all Habout pricing, attractive government incentives and to many owners, minimising petrol consumption in traffic jams, so that they will have more money to spend on their worsening online shopping and delivered-food addiction. The conclusion of whether or not they are “good” or not for the environment may have arrived, as hybrids/PHEVS are starting to become dinosaurs of the automotive world, according to the home of the automobile, Europe. A recent report by Reuters stated that the once “green” plug-in hybrid cars, swooned over by climate-conscious drivers and portrayed as cool rides by Hollywood, have turned out to be not that good for the environment, according to some experts and they could be phased out by carmakers in the face of tougher rules, in Europe, where many of our favourite cars are made at. In the news last year was the European Union (EU) looking at ending the sale of cars with internal combustion engines (ICE), which covers not just ICE-only cars but also hybrids/PHEVs too, since they all burn fuels in their highly-evolved combustion chambers. Malaysia, if ever. ICE plus 68hp from its electric drive, combining This act by EU is to achieve carbon neutrality At the rate of how things are going in this to give a better 420Nm of maximum torque) within their borders by 2050, among others. country, we can be VERY sure that our meme- and despite the 330e weighing a worrying 270kg When that happens, it would be implemented generating lawmakers won’t be so quick to more than the 330i, its 0-100km/h sprint time is across the union’s 28 member countries. mirror the supposedly green deeds of the 5.9 seconds vs. the 330i’s 5.8 seconds. At about the same time, many major Europeans. And so, hybrids and PHEVs still These near-similar times is due to the 330e’s carmakers based in Europe also announced have their time here and for good reason too, new feature called the “XtraBoost”. For the first that they will eventually stop manufacturing like this BMW 330e M Sport, for example. time ever in any 3 Series, this feature, built to ICE, going for all-EV (electric vehicle) lineup as provide “a more intense acceleration soon as 2030, while some others will offer a XtraBoost y’all! experience”, says BMW, adds an additional 40 majority of zero-emission vehicles in their Being RM20,000 less than its non-hybrid 330i M more horses to give an awesome maximum of range within the next 15 years. Sport stablemate, which is also currently sold by 292hp, for up to 10 seconds. Whether EVs are truly eco-friendly or not, BMW Malaysia, makes the 330e M Sport a very Almost like a mild squirt of nitrous oxide, from their production right up to end-user appealing option between the two. this feature comes in during the SPORT mode ownership, is another story altogether. In terms of straight-line performance, a with you flooring the accelerator. It is also Whatever it is, those things are in Europe and a quick comparison with the 258hp, 400Nm 330i available during kickdown manoeuvres and handful of other developed countries now, so it shows that the 330e has just six horses less, at after shifting the gear selector switch to the M or is a long time away from affecting us here in 252hp (184hp from the 2.0-litre, four-cylindered S position. Nice! theSun on friday Out & About MAY 28, 2021 7 New CKD GLE450 ERCEDES-BENZ Malaysia recently introduced a new locally- assembled premium SUV variant, the GLE450 4Matic AMG Line. The Mfull-sized seven-seater is “a true luxury SUV, equipped with a wealth of innovations”. Company vice-president of sales and marketing Michael Jopp said: “We are proud to introduce the all-new Mercedes-Benz GLE450 4Matic AMG Line as a locally-assembled variant in Malaysia. It portrays the iconic design of the brand while remaining true to its character as a full-sized seven-seater SUV. “From its luxurious appeal to best-in-class driver assists, the SUV is at the forefront of innovation. The interior derives its fascination from the contrast between its design and the aesthetics with a progressive character. With the superior technological features, such as the generous amount of space, free-standing MBUX* NTG 6 infotainment system, touch- elements and the excellent attention to detail screen media display and Burmester Surround the interior conveys exclusivity and wellbeing. Sound System.” Fully digital instruments visually float on a With a turbocharged six-cylinder engine linear-themed dash. Flowing door-to-door and generating 367hp, the GLE450 4Matic AMG into a console integrating prominent twin grab compromise made with the suspension Line is powered by a 3.0-litre engine with the handles and anthracite open-pore oak wood system and the car’s 1,815kg unladen weight, extended Dynamic Select transmission modes. trim elements. which is quite hefty for a compact saloon. Also, the new SUV is built with the latest The SUV features the MBUX NTG 6 with two What was otherwise a very pleasant trip to developments in the air suspension system 12.3-inch widescreen displays that includes a Sekinchan recently with two cousins, was Airmatic with enhanced damping system ADS, digital touch screen media display. Other class- sliiiightly marred by the bad coastal roads in a 9G-Tronic nine-speed automatic leading highlights and innovation includes the those parts. Other than that, the drive was a transmission, state-of-the-art driver assistance Burmester Surround Sound System and the dream for both driver and passengers. systems and the new MBUX. well-known favourites like the 64-colour Mercedes-Benz Malaysia says the SUV ambient lighting. Third row seating raises the Other stuff features an AMG Line exterior and dials up its GLE to a seven-seater. You get 18-inch M light alloy rims in double- expressive and sporty character to the highest The GLE450 is also equipped with best-in- spoke style, M Sport brakes, adaptive M Sport level. Its body styling features the iconic class safety and driving assistance systems suspension, variable sports steering, M diamond radiator grille with chrome pins, including Active Distance Distronic, blind spot Aerodynamics package as standard, sporty sporty aprons all-round with large air inlets, assist, active lane keeping assist and a 360- M leather steering wheel, a 10-speaker audio multibeam LED headlamps and 21-inch AMG degree camera for all-round visibility. system with a 205-watt amplifier, Apple multi-spoke light-alloy wheels. The recommended retail price (on-the-road, CarPlay (available upon subscription) and The SUV features the Airmatic package, an without insurance and with sales tax Driving Assistant Professional with steering adaptive damping system that meets modern exemption**) is RM475,501.23 or RM and lane guidance assistant, as well as the air suspension resulting to an intelligent 499,888.00 with 10% sales tax. parking assistant featuring the reverse comfort suspension which is able to adjust assistant. The reverse assistant records the automatically to the driving conditions, speed *Mercedes-Benz User Experience. last 50 meters of travel below 35km/h, for a and load. **Recommended retail price is effective until better experience when reversing through The interior blends luxuriously elegant the end of the tax-free incentive period. narrow streets. A rear-view camera is Only the top speeds of both 3 Series are equipped as standard, of course. significantly different – 230km/h for the 330e By now, a host of those usual, acronym- as compared to the 250km/h for the 330i. riddled passive and active safety features on After all, mad top speeds is not what this a BMW like this one is quite standard, just so compact PHEV saloon is really for. With it, you can enjoy a Sheer Driving Pleasure on you go for the fuel savings it gives you when this XtraBoost-ed machine. you are stuck in jams and in traffic crawls The new BMW 330e M Sport is sold in during your commutes. On your countryside Alpine White, Black Sapphire, Portimao Blue, drives out of the state (when you can Mineral Grey and Sunset Orange. They can eventually do that, one day!), you may want be complemented by either Black or Cognac to roll down the windows and enjoy the rural Vernasca leather upholstery with decor sights, smell, sounds and serenity, while this stitching in black. car glides only in electric drive, albeit not all Sure, there are more complications based the way, of course. on that simple more-things-to-go-wrong Handling-wise, be it a PHEV or just about logic, as compared to its 330i sibling, but you any other 3 Series present and past, it is shouldn’t worry too much about that, since always an enjoyable experience to drive a 3 for RM264,613.13 (on the road, without Series. The Germans made sure that their insurance with sales tax exemption), you’ll golden goose series remains so – on the get an extended hybrid battery warranty for straights, corners, over crests, highways, B- up to eight years or 160,000km (whichever roads and even on track days, without comes first and this offer lasts till Dec 31) and needing any add-ons, tweaks and changes. If a complete “BMW Group Malaysia Premium or when they start to become boring, I hope Ownership” experience, which includes five- it is when I am already too old to drive! year unlimited mileage warranty with free The only thing I don’t quite like in this scheduled service programme, BMW 330e is its harsh reaction to bad roads, as if Roadside Assistance and Accident Hotline, the car is leaf-sprung and/or the tyres are BMW Group Loyalty+ Mobile App - BMW solid rubbers. Maybe it’s due to the Privileges Card and BMW Service Online. theSun on friday 8 MAY 28, 2021

New colours, graphics for Sport 110R SINCE the SM Sport 110R was launched in 2017, MForce Bike Holdings Sdn Bhd has constantly improved its quality to ensure customer satisfaction. In continuance of that, the company recently released a new version of the Sport 110R that has refreshed colours and graphics (pix). The Sport 110R produces 6.04hp at 7,500rpm and 7Nm of torque at 5,000rpm, which is ideal for daily use. Its overall weight of 105kg is for “perfect handling”. Its spacious 10-litre storage capacity can hold various personal items and there’s also a USB charger. Despite its four-litre fuel tank, the motorcycle has a fuel-saving switch for better economy. The motorcycle is also equipped with LED front and rear signal lights and bright daytime running lights. It now has MMM gives a Triton to sportier and more stylish rims and front disc brake for a safer ride. The moped uses tubeless tyres. “It has a variety of advantages; tubeless tyres can increase safety when punctured, absorb shocks better and lower tyre Insaf Malaysia pressure compared to tubed tyres,” says MITSUBISHI Motors Malaysia (MMM) has shelters. ceremony, Insaf Malaysia president and the company. contributed a Triton 4x4 pick-up truck to Insaf “Our CSR vision for this year is ‘Inspiring founder Ishak Abdul Kadir said: “We have Its rotary gear transmission system Malaysia, a non-profit organisation (NGO) Lives Today for a Greater Future’, while our been witnessing a dangerous trend from the improves handling and responsiveness carrying out humanitarian efforts. missions are to implement CSR activities that number of people suffering from malnutrition while riding or stopping. The bike has a The vehicle will be used to run several provide aid to support underprivileged and food insecurity especially during this smooth launch for more stable riding programmes under Insaf Malaysia’s belt, children and to collaborate with NGOs in pandemic. Hunger is on the rise in Malaysia performance and a dual-absorbent KYB especially to help transport abundance of promoting a sustainable economy, society as we’ve seen a lot of breadwinners lose their shock absorber for its rear suspension. food items for those that have been victims of and environment,” said Tomoyuki Shinnishi, sources of income, which lead to the inability SM, a local brand owned by MForce poverty and natural disasters. MMM CEO. to put food on the table. We are doing all that Bike Holdings sells the Sport 110R at a Some of the programmes include “So when we found out that Insaf we can to make sure children or families don’t base price of RM4,018, excluding distribution of food items and also lunch Malaysia’s humanitarian efforts is constantly go to bed hungry hence we are so glad to have registration and road tax. With every boxes to orphanages and welfare homes as striving for voluntary action, we want to companies like Mitsubishi Motors reach out purchase of the Sport 110R, buyers also well as “Meals on Wheels”, where food are support their work by contributing a Triton to us to offer help. The contribution of the get a two-year or 20,000km distributed to senior citizens who have been pick-up truck in hopes that the NGO can go Triton pick-up truck is timely, practical and manufacturer’s warranty (whichever abandoned or live alone. The NGO also builds beyond the distance and help more very much appreciated.” comes first) and a genuine online parts shelter homes for those who have been hit by underprivileged families.” purchase service by the company. natural disasters and is in dire need for Speaking during the Triton handover

Traditionally seen as a retirement vehicle, campers Camper life flourish under Covid era are now attracting younger FOR French retiree Jean-Michel caravan parks or in the middle of Deliveries at dealerships customers. Sibois, travelling will no longer be the nature, according to a survey have been delayed. same in the age of Covid-19. He is conducted in France for US Production has also been the baby boomers, are now among legions who have bought automaker Ford. disrupted by the closure of buying RVs earlier than motorhomes to escape in their own Younger buyers say it allows them some factories during previous generations,” travel bubbles. to take cheaper holidays while older confinements and a global according to Thor “You don’t imagine travelling as customers feel safer in them during shortage of semiconductors. Industries. before, on an airplane heading to a the pandemic. “It’s a battle every day to In the US, the average faraway destination,” said Sibois, who Julie Vignaux, whose company get a vehicle out in time,” age of RV owners is 53 recently spent RM250,750 on his Nomadism rents luxury campers, Gueret said. but new buyers were leisure vehicle. said leisure vehicles can be “like a In the US, order books for around 41 years old last “We really wanted to be a little less health bubble”. the luxury campers made by year, according to US RV Industry confined, a little bit more at peace,” Airstream are full until 2022. percent per year until 2025 Association (RVIA). he said, citing health and Total excitement “As the pandemic played out, we after reaching RM173 billion in 2020, Younger buyers spend around environmental concerns with Hundreds of workers pierce and cut anticipated that more people would according to US consultancy Arizton. RM276,576 on average on RVs, more traditional travel. into Fiat and Renault vans to add see Airstream as a viable option for “As these vehicles provide a than older generations, according to Sales of motorhomes have soared beds, kitchens, bathrooms and sky safe travel, but the demand far reliable and personal way to travel, it RVIA spokeswoman Monika Geraci. across the world in the past year. roofs to the vehicles at a factory of the exceeded our expectations,” said the is considered the safest travel With new campers harder to find, A record number of leisure Pilote company in the western company’s chief executive Bob alternative during the coronavirus some are turning to the used vehicle vehicles, which include motorhomes French city of Angers. Wheeler. pandemic, while maintaining social market or rentals. Others take matters and towable caravans, were sold in “It’s total excitement. We have a lot “More than 90 percent of distance norms,” Arizton said in a into their own hands and repurpose Europe in 2020, rising 12% to around of demand, many clients want their everything we ship to our dealers report. their vans. 235,000 units, according to the vehicles before the summer,” said already has a customer’s name on it,” “Further, the increasing demand With her theatre school in European Caravan Federation. Pilote spokesman Antoine Gueret. Wheeler said. for road trips as a getaway from Brussels closed because of the Record sales were also recorded in The camper market has grown at a Airstream’s parent company, Thor quarantine would also boost growth.” pandemic, Swiss student Elise Bijou the United States in March, while in regular pace for many years “but the industries, posted record turnover of turned her van into a camper to travel Australia the number of registered coronavirus has speeded up growth”, RM11 billion in the first quarter and Millennial wanderers from Belgium to Portugal. leisure vehicles has reached 750,000. Gueret said. expects demand to saturate the Traditionally seen as a retirement “By wandering I was able to live Holidaymakers enjoy the The vehicles range in size from market until the end of the year. vehicle, campers are now attracting through the Covid pandemic almost flexibility that motorhomes offer, vans to palaces on wheels that sell for The global recreational vehicle younger customers. disconnected from the restrictions,” allowing them to set up camp at RM1 million. market is expected to grow seven “Millennials, a market bigger than she said. – ETX Studio theSUN ON FRIDAY | MAY 28, 2021 9

DPS BUYS 2.85HA LAND IN MALACCA FOR RM6.1M PETALING JAYA: DPS Resources Bhd’s wholly owned unit RICS launches new global Shantawood Sdn Bhd has entered

BRIEFSinto a sale and purchase agreement with Bao Long Marketing Sdn Bhd for the proposed acquisition of a piece of freehold land measuring 2.85ha for RM6.1 million. Managing guidance for land measurement director Edward Sow Yuen Seng said the acquisition of the freehold land in Mukim Tanjong Minyak, Malacca in some jurisdictions to reference the same is in line with the group’s strategy to oGuidance represents international best practice; has point. For consistency, PR should be used build up its land bank and expand wherever possible. Where jurisdictional its property development business potential to improve consistency to benefit both requirements are for the use of either FAR or in Malacca through the acquisition FSR, PR should be reported as well. of strategic land. professionals and general public > Site coverage: the ratio of ground floor area (measured in accordance with GEA) to SA, UOA GOES INTO CARE BIZ expressed as a percentage. PETALING JAYA: UOA Development PETALING JAYA: New guidance on the measured on a horizontal plane, which is A key difference with the new guidelines is Bhd has entered into an agreement measurement of land for development projects held in a single legal interest or title by one or that calculations of density should now always with Care Concierge Care Centre such as new housing and commercial more legal owners, which may be the subject be expressed in terms of gross density (based Sdn Bhd to collaborate and set up a development have been published by London- of a proposed or actual sale, letting or other on SA), rather than on a net basis, with net care business at Komune Living and headquartered Royal Institution of Chartered disposal, valuation or compulsory purchase, Wellness Centre owned by its density providing an additional and subsidiary UOA Golden Pines Sdn Surveyors (RICS) this week, which defines and which may comprise all or part of that complementary metric for understanding the Bhd. Under the collaboration, Care common measurements used across the built single legal interest or title. intensity of development of a site. Concierge will develop and manage environment and associated metrics such as 0 Site area (SA): the total land area on which The guidance is lead-authored by one of care/health facilities for the venture density. development authorisation is sought, Britain’s foremost urbanists, chartered surveyor which may comprise but not limited The guidance is now available and will be measured on a horizontal plane. and town planner Jonathan Manns, executive to a nursing home, medical centre, used by planners, surveyors, developers, 0 Net development area: the extent of the SA director at Rockwell, who said land pharmacy, dental clinics, food and architects, government and legal upon which one or more buildings or other measurement is a vital day-to-day component beverage area, recreational area and administrators around the world. operations and their ancillary space can be of real estate and this guidance introduces, for independent living units. Titled “Measurement of Land for Planning built, measured on a horizontal plane. the first time, clear and fixed definitions to assist and Development Purposes”, it provides clear 0 Plot ratio (PR): the ratio of total development with that process. AIRBNB: 100+ UPGRADES definitions for measurements widely used in floor area to SA. Development floor area “In doing so it establishes international best the property and built environment sectors, may be measured as gross external area practice to be used whether buying, selling, ACROSS ENTIRE SERVICE advocating consistency worldwide. Five core (GEA) or gross internal area but whichever is evaluating, valuing or developing land. This has PETALING JAYA: Airbnb is introducing over 100 upgrades to definitions have now been formalised by RICS used or modifications of them should be the potential to profoundly improve refine and improve every aspect of to assist with the global measurement of land, clearly stated. consistency, once in regular use, to the benefit its service, from the platform’s they are: Floor area ratio (FAR) and floorspace ratio of both professionals and the general public website and app to community 0 Land ownership area: an area of land, (FSR) are similar terms, used interchangeably alike, in countries around the world.” support and policies. New ways to search on the platform include flexible dates, flexible matching and flexible destinations. Additional Juwai IQI: Record 2021 real estate sales despite Covid upgrades for guests include faster checkout process and arrival guide; PETALING JAYA: Despite the challenges of Covid- they have built up more savings and want to put which the best positioned and best designed an all-new today tab, new welcome 19, Kuala Lumpur-headquartered real estate that money to good use by buying a stake in the properties will sell more rapidly and at higher to hosting page, inbox technology company Juwai IQI transacted 293% property market.” prices. Less attractive homes will also benefit to improvements and dedicated more new project sales in 2021 to date, compared He said property buyers see owning real estate some degree from the rising demand. superhost support for hosts. to the same period of 2020. as a relatively low-risk way to build a financial “Two projects where we have seen strong sales The 2021 sales are 247% higher than during the cushion. this year despite Covid are D’Cosmos and The SIME DARBY PROPERTY same dates in 2019. Its recent consumer survey found that 70% of Fiddlewoodz. At Fiddlewoodz, prices start at FINISHES B40 PROGRAMME The latest coronavirus restrictions have not Malaysians have neither lost a job nor had to close RM854,800 for a unit with two bedrooms and two PETALING JAYA: Sime Darby Property caused sales to drop. In the week of May 10, 2021, a business during the pandemic. Most Malaysians baths.” Bhd has completed its inaugural the company concluded US$88 million (RM364 are still earning their income but are not spending Kashif said buyers today are much more Economic Empowerment Programme million) of new-project residential sales across as much as before the pandemic. Many are using sensitive to lifestyle and amenities than in the past. to support B40 communities living Malaysia, nearly 75% more than in the US$50 the money for down payments on property They realise they may have to spend much of their within its townships. The programme million of a typical week this year. instead. time at home, so their home had better be equips participants with Juwai IQI group co-founder and CEO Kashif “What many see as the upcoming property pleasant. Projects that offer resort-style living are entrepreneurial skills to enhance Ansari said the MCO did not hurt its sales in boom is another reason people are buying benefitting from this new emphasis on quality of livelihoods, including trainings on Malaysia as one might have expected. On the property today. Observers expect that economic, life. using social media and e-commerce contrary, sales went up during that period thanks employment and income growth should increase “One reason Fiddlewoodz has been selling so tools. Close to 80% of the 49 to its technology platform. more rapidly in the post-pandemic rebound than quickly is its resort facilities, such as its fantastic programme participants residing in “Since then, we have continued to invest in the pre-Covid rate. Those conditions tend to swimming pool. It is not the first building to have a the Sime Darby property townships of technology and are building a 1,000-person global coincide with rising property demand and prices. rooftop pool, but it will be the first to have a 360- Ara Damansara, Bandar Bukit Raja, technology and data team here in Kuala Lumpur. Demand has been fuelled by low interest rates, the degree rooftop infinity pool across the entire Bukit Subang and Putra Heights in Paradoxically, it is because of Covid that many reintroduction of the Home Ownership Campaign rooftop, overlooking all KL Metropolis. Selangor have recorded increased income during the first phase of the people believe this is a good time to purchase and various other property related initiatives “The best-selling units all have at least two six-month programme which began homes. Malaysians have been spending less due introduced in Budget 2021, including Penjana.” bedrooms and two bathrooms. In addition, some in October 2020. to the pandemic-related restrictions. As a result, It foresees a robust market post-pandemic, in have study rooms.” Boustead Properties remains optimistic about its commercial assets PETALING JAYA: With hybrid Boustead Properties senior general changing times, Boustead Properties workplaces and vaccination roll-out manager property management & plans to move forward, spurred on by shaping how businesses adapt to the investment Jazmi Kamarudin said Boustead Holdings’ Reinventing pandemic, property developer while the utilisation of office space is Boustead strategy which intends to Boustead Properties Bhd remains certainly evolving, rental, ready unlock value and tap the benefits of optimistic about the performance of its facilities, security, digitalisation and the digitalisation through harnessing the commercial and retail portfolio this location of commercial real estate will fit-for-purpose technology.” year. be key drivers for the sector. Under the group’s mall operations, Occupancy rates of the company’s “Affordable offices that provide a the Curve, Mutiara Damansara commercial assets are currently above flexible, technology-compatible continues to maintain a occupancy rate 90%, higher than the average workspace are still considered crucial of 90% despite a generally soft retail occupancy rate of similar grade as companies require employees to market. Following plans to redevelop buildings within similar locations. Its engage and collaborate while eCurve and tenant movements, latest addition, Nucleus Tower, an MSC maintaining a safe environment. Boustead Properties said between Cybercentre status, and GBI Gold Investments in commercial properties January and June 2021, it has welcomed Grade A office tower which occupies a will also be reliant on property and 13 new retail tenants ranging from F&B, prominent corner site within the financial incentives. fashion, services, and furniture, which popular Mutiara Damansara area is set “As certain businesses have now can be found at the shopping mall. to increase its occupancy to 95% come expanded during the pandemic, some “Our mall has been relatively the third quarter of 2021. of these, including those in e- protected in the current retail climate. In what is seen as a recovery year commerce, selected grocery brands, With more new tenants expected in the despite challenges posed by the and logistics will need larger or second half of 2021, we expect the mall pandemic, the company expects additional spaces to operate from. By to remain resilient and reach 95% occupancy of its commercial space to adapting and reimagining how we occupancy by end-year,” Jazmi The Curve, Mutiara Damansara continues to maintain a occupancy rate of 90% continue in this trend. market office and retail spaces in these commented. despite a generally soft retail market. FRIDAY SECURITIES SDN. B HD. 197201001092 (12738-U) MAY 28, 2021 A Participating Organisation of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad A Trading Participant of Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad Editorial Tel: 03-7784 6688 27/05/2021 Fax: 03-7785 2624/5 Participation Bought Sold Net Email: [email protected] % RM m RM m RM m Advertising Tel: 03-7784 8888 Fax: 03-7784 4424 30.9 Institutions 2202.8 2340.7 -137.9 Email: [email protected] 21.3 Retail 1580.4 1542.5 37.9 47.8 Foreign 3555.7 3455.7 100.0 Sun16.08 18.73 52.81 BIZ15.49 93.18 42.08 2.92 2.35 100.0 7338.9 7338.9 0 KLCI STI HANG SENG SCI NIKKEI TSEC KOSPI S&P/ASX200 Preliminary stats (excluding trade amendments). For final data, please refer to www.bursamalaysia.com Source: Bursa Malaysia 1,593.90 3,164.82 29,113.20 3,608.85 28,549.01 16,601.61 3,165.51 7,094.87

KL MARKET SUMMARY May 27, 2021

INDICES CHANGE Rakuten lowers end-2021 FBMEMAS 11,598.50 -106.23 FBMKLCI 1,593.90 +16.08 CONSUMER PRODUCTS 614.34 +3.36 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS 194.39 +2.33 CONSTRUCTION 168.49 +0.39 KLCI target to 1,700 points FINANCIAL SERVICES 15,132.50 -238.51 ENERGY 864.09 -0.17 TELECOMMUNICATIONS 725.18 +9.83 HEALTH CARE 3,148.55 +18.60 oPandemic and movement controls bring uncertainty TRANSPORTATION 820.08 +3.55 PROPERTY 730.65 +2.12 but small caps will be saviours of local bourse in the near PLANTATION 6,964.63 +24.41 FBMSHA 12,891.80 -104.57 term, says research head FBMACE 7,937.47 +87.74 TECHNOLOGY 80.82 +1.35 █ BY AMIR IMRAN HUSAIN SAFRI seeing at the moment, but there are still no TURNOVER VALUE [email protected] takers for the local market. 8.613 BIL RM7.338 BIL “We are seeing lumpy corporate PETALING JAYA: Rakuten Trade has earnings at the moment amid the uneven revised its end-2021 target for the FBM recovery,” Yee said. 5 MOST ACTIVES KLCI to 1,700 points from 1,870 points, This year should see a 58% growth in May 27, 2021 citing uncertainty over the spike in Covid- earnings while 2022 is expected to be flat at 19 cases and the implementation of 1.2%. STOCK VOL CLSG (sen) +/– (sen) movement control order 3.0 (MCO 3.0) as Against this backdrop, the research PRIVA 733,597,600 30.5 +4.5 the main factors for the downgrade. house sees small-cap counters to emerge as DNEX 571,243,600 80.0 +6.5 “We expect FBM KLCI to possibly touch saviours of the local bourse as they have DNEX-WD 470,669,400 29.0 +5.0 1,700 based on 14 times 2021 price-to- registered a 4.3% gain YTD, while the PICORP 339,033,700 21.5 +2.5 earnings ratio (PER) supported by solid performance of mid and big caps has been KAB-WA 242,731,400 11.0 +4.5 earnings growth as well as prevailing lukewarm, to say the least. down from 14.40% in January 2020. alluring market valuation,” head of research Yee expects the small-cap lead to be Yee suggested that the low participation Kenny Yee (pix) told the media during sustained in the short term on the back of of foreign funds in local equities might be 5 TOP GAINERS Rakuten Trade’s Q2’21 Market Outlook prominent retail participation. However, he due to their sensitivity to the political May 27, 2021 Briefing yesterday. opined that the outperformance by the landscape as well as the higher returns on “Over the next two months we are not smaller counters will not persist beyond the Wall Street. STOCK VOL CLSG (RM) +/– RM expecting any strong buying activities from near term, as the institutional investors On the subject of the US market, he said HLFG 882,100 18.24 1.24 funds as investors are expected to be uneasy slated to return in the fourth quarter would the world’s largest economy has been NESTLE 554,200 136.50 1.20 over the lumpy earnings for this year and bode well for the larger counters. thriving on cheap funds and printing CARLSBG 435,300 22.58 0.98 flat earnings for 2022.” The head of research has identified the money, which could not go on forever. PETDAG 2,126,500 19.48 0.66 Yesterday, Bursa Malaysia’s key index banking sector as one of the bright spots in “The Federal Reserve needs to address MFCB 2,366,300 7.60 0.64 closed at 1,593.90 points, a 1.02% gain from the local market as it has been the primary this and mop up all this liquidity in the its previous close. engine of growth on Bursa Malaysia. system. Hence, interest rates will reverse to Yee elaborated that valuation will be the Rakuten Trade also views the plantation a higher level, and it will be interesting to 5 TOP LOSERS determining factor for the index to close the sector as a winner, a recommendation it has see the performance of Wall Street over the May 27, 2021 gap from its current position. He made since the previous year. While the next six months.” highlighted that the KLCI has always been stocks have not seen much movement, he On the ringgit, the research house STOCK VOL CLSG (RM) +/– RM trading at a premium to its local peers but pointed out that earnings for the sector have projected that the currency will end the year HEIM 1,314,000 23.92 0.88 now the index is trading at a discount. been charting record highs. at the 3.90-4.00 level against the US dollar, DIN040000223 70 102.40 0.60 Compared with the regional market, the Meanwhile, the foreign outflow from backed by the surge in crude oil prices. BAT 933,400 15.54 0.42 local index is roughly 30% down year to date Bursa Malaysia – which intensified to a Apart from oil prices, a positive foreign fund SCIB 34,117,400 1.22 0.26 (YTD). record high of RM24 billion in 2020 – has flow into local equities could be a possible KPOWER 54,303,300 1.45 0.24 “I have never seen the KLCI hovering at continued so far this year, as foreign catalyst for the Malaysian unit’s this market PER of 13 times, as what we are shareholding hit a low of 11.75% in April, performance against the greenback.

EXCHANGE RATES MAY 27, 2021 Foreign currency Bank sell Bank buy Bank buy Maybank Q1 net profit rises 16.7% on lending pickup TT/OD TT OD 1 US DOLLAR 4.2065 4.0815 4.0715 PETALING JAYA: Malayan Banking Bhd’s saw a steady 4.9% increase in loans during lift the group’s net interest margin by 8bps to 1 AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR 3.2710 3.1420 3.1260 (Maybank) net profit for the first quarter the first quarter, underpinned by a healthy 2.31% from 2.23% a year earlier. 1 BRUNEI DOLLAR 3.1720 3.0800 3.0720 ended March 31, 2021 (Q1’21) increased 7.4% rise in community financial services Maybank chairman Tan Sri 1 CANADIAN DOLLAR 3.4650 3.3720 3.3600 16.71% to RM2.39 billion from RM2.05 on the back of strong demand in the Zamzamzairani Mohd Isa said Maybank is 1 EURO 5.1340 4.9690 4.9490 billion in the same quarter last year as consumer as well as business banking and well positioned to support the expected lending picked up pace on the improving small and medium enterprise segments. improvement in economic activity. 1 NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR 3.0720 2.9590 2.9430 economic outlook, while overhead Gross deposits rose 10.3% on-year, with a Maybank group president and CEO 1 SINGAPORE DOLLAR 3.1720 3.0800 3.0720 expenses and impairments declined. 10% jump in Malaysia and 9.6% in Singapore. Datuk Abdul Farid Alias said there remains 1 STERLING POUND 5.9400 5.7550 5.7350 Revenue fell 7.7% to RM12.22 billion The group’s current account and savings a sense of caution given that the Covid-19 1 SWISS FRANC 4.6700 4.5620 4.5470 from RM13.24 billion previously. accounts (CASA) ratio to total deposits pandemic is not fully contained. Therefore, Loan demand picked up in Q1’21 with expanded further to 44.5% as of March 2021 Maybank will remain agile and alert to tap 100 UAE DIRHAM 115.8600 109.8700 109.6700 the group’s gross loans coming in 3.1% from 38.4% a year earlier. Coupled with the into emerging opportunities, while always 100 BANGLADESH TAKA 5.0770 4.7080 4.5080 higher compared with 0.3% a year ago. This rate cuts seen throughout FY20, the healthy maintaining a disciplined approach in 100 CHINESE RENMINBI N/A N/A N/A was led by the Malaysian operations which growth in deposits and CASA ratio helped managing its business. 100 HONGKONG DOLLAR 54.7600 52.0400 51.8400 100 INDIAN RUPEE 5.8800 5.5200 5.3200 100 INDONESIAN RUPIAH 0.0304 0.0275 0.0225 Deficit target revised to 6% of GDP: Finance Ministry 100 JAPANESE YEN 3.8570 3.7360 3.7260 100 NEW TAIWAN DOLLAR N/A N/A N/A KUALA LUMPUR: The government has 58% in 2020, to 58.5% by the end of 2021. said in a statement after the Fiscal Policy revised the deficit target to 6% from 5.4% of “This is still below the statutory limit of Committee meeting chaired by Prime 100 PAKISTAN RUPEE 2.7700 2.5700 2.3700 gross domestic product (GDP) for 2021, 60%, which was approved by Parliament in Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin yesterday. 100 PHILIPPINE PESO 8.8600 8.3500 8.1500 having factored in continuing measures August 2020. The country’s debt profile The committee also discussed reform 100 QATAR RIYAL 116.7900 110.8700 110.6700 from 2020 economic stimulus packages, as remains favourable with more than 90% of initiatives, including the Fiscal 100 SAUDI RIYAL 113.3900 107.6400 107.4400 well as the Permai and Pemerkasa packages government debt denominated in ringgit, Responsibility Act framework as one of the launched in the first quarter of this year. supported by ample domestic liquidity and measures to enhance management, 100 THAI BAHT 14.0400 12.4600 12.0600 Consequently, the federal government’s long maturity issuances which supported governance and accountability in public Source: Malayan Banking Berhad/Bernama statutory debt is estimated to increase from funding flexibility,” the Ministry of Finance finances. – Bernama theSUN ON FRIDAY | MAY 28, 2021 11 * SUNBIZ 7-Eleven: Better earnings from convenience stores in Q1 BCorp posts RM1.82b PETALING JAYA: 7-Eleven Malaysia from March 5, 2021. commercial innovation, at the same time revenue for Q3 Holdings Bhd’s net profit for the first 7-Eleven said the trading conditions refreshing the 7-Eleven and Caring brand quarter ended March 31, 2021 rose 2.8% to and the overall consumer sentiment will in the mind of customers though PETALING JAYA: Berjaya Corp Bhd’s (BCorp) RM11.69 million from RM11.37 million a continue to be influenced by the refreshed stores, innovations in our revenue for its third quarter ended March year ago, while revenue jumped 6% to reintroduction of MCO 3.0 nationwide pricing, promotions, and developing 2021 (Q3’21) dropped 7.8% to RM1.82 billion RM657.13 million from RM619.67 million starting on May 2021 and the progress of exciting products.” from RM1.98 billion in the corresponding mainly thanks to the convenience stores National Covid-19 Immunisation Additionally, it noted that the retail quarter of the previous year. segment. Programme. pharmaceutical segment proved a The lower revenue in the current quarter The group’s performance in the quarter “The group will continue to explore resilient and defensive sector which was was mainly from the gaming operations as was affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. opportunities for growth in other bolstered by the pandemic, as consumer well as the hotels and resortssegment due to Operations and store operating hours channels and innovation in our product focus shifted towards positive health- the impact of government-imposed were restricted during the various stages offerings. We will also continue to focus seeking behaviours and preventive restrictionsto curb the spread of Covid-19. of MCO; several states were placed under on our customer’s needs, pursuing our measures. Thus, it believes this will However, this was mitigated by higher sales the MCO 2.0, from Jan 13, 2021, which was core strategy pillars of operational continue to augur well for the segment performance achieved by the motor subsequently replaced with the CMCO excellence, cost management and and the group. distribution business operated by H.R. Owen Plc and the restaurants and cafes segment. The restaurants and cafes segment reported higher revenue in the current quarter under review. The group registered a pre-tax loss of RM28.16 million for Q3’21, against a pre-tax Vivocom venturing into profit of RM538.08 million previously, due primarily to lower profit in the gaming segment and higher losses in the hotels and resorts business segment. The group registered a pre-tax profit of RM18.6 million for the nine months compared mineral supply business with a pre-tax profit of RM522.04 million in the previous year’s corresponding period. “It was due to the lower revenue from the oProposed diversification gaming operations as a result of the movement restrictions imposed by the into trade and sale of iron government and from the hotels and resorts business segment. However, this was ore, metals will provide firm mitigated by the higher revenue from all the From left: A other business segments,“ BCorp said in a with new income stream representative Bursa filing yesterday. of the Chinese The group recognised a gain on disposal of buyer for Berjaya Jeju Resort Ltd amounting to about RM67 PETALING JAYA: Vivocom International commodities million in the current financial period, following Holdings Bhd has proposed to diversify into the completion of the JDC lawsuit settlement. and minerals, the trade and sale of iron ore and other In addition, BCorpp is embarking on a minerals as an additional income stream to along with Chia restructuring and rationalisation process to the group’s existing businesses. and Vivocom transform the group into a diversified consumer Rain International Sdn Bhd, a 97%-owned executive group comprising focused business sectors. subsidiary of V Development Sdn Bhd, which director Patrick in turn is a 45%-owned subsidiary of Vivocom Tan Cheuk Hooi has accepted a letter of intent from a China- meeting at a MBSB BACK IN THE BLACK based natural resources and minerals private FOR FIRST QUARTER wholesaler, to purchase a minimum of three residence PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Building Society Bhd shipments of 50,000 metric tonnes (mt) on a earlier this year. (MBSB) posted a net profit of RM63.41 million monthly basis. The order is for a duration of for its first quarter ended March 31, 2021 24 months with an option to renew for an said the group is eyeing a minimum of three ore and other minerals will not require BRIEFSagainst a net loss of RM73.25 million reported in additional 24 months. contracts for supply of iron ores worth RM290 regulatory approval as it is not involved in the corresponding quarter of the previous year, Vivocom stated that the diversification million monthly up to RM6 billion which will mining activities. However, the diversification mainly due to lower funding costs and lower would allow it to capitalise on the increasing be announced by end-June or early-July. is subject to the approval of its shareholders at net allowance for impairment.Revenue for the demand for scarce minerals. Apart from iron “For the financial year ending June 30, 2022, an EGM to be convened. quarter stood at RM680.98 million, an 8.1% ore, it aims to trade other commodities such we target to deliver at least RM3 billion worth Should the proposal fail to obtain approval decline from RM741.41 million reported as iron, zinc and copper. of minerals to our clients overseas. This is from the majority of its shareholders, Vivocom previously. “We had to withstand the economic Its CEO Datuk Seri Chia Kok Teng revealed expected to contribute a gross profit of RM250 will continue with the new business to a lesser pressure due to the MCO and there were a few that it is in the final stage of negotiations for million or higher to Vivocom in that year,” Chia extent and ensure that the contribution does factors which affected our profitability. However, trade finance remains active with the supply of minerals valued at several said in a statement. not tantamount to a diversification of business disbursement of more than RM900 million in billion which should be concluded soon. He The new business of trade and sale of iron activities of the group. Q1’21,” said MBSB president and CEO Datuk Seri Ahmad Zaini Othman in a statement.

Trade payments Covid-19 may scare businesses but M&As TNB PROFIT JUMPS 33.5% IN Q1 PETALING JAYA: Tenaga Nasional Bhd’s (TNB) net profit jumped 33.5% to RM958.7 million show moderate could dispel those fears, says expert for its first quarter ended March 31, 2021 from RM717.9 million reported in the same quarter improvements PETALING JAYA: The merger & acquisition for business growth and this can come in the of the previous year due to significant (M&A) market will see a bounce-back in the form of merging two companies or creating reduction in foreign currency translation loss PETALING JAYA: The average repayment fourth quater of this year as a solution for an entirely new separate entity for new of RM331.2 million and a fair value gain on across seven sectors took 71 days, troubled businesses that have been business ventures between parties, in which financial instrument of RM135.3 million. according to Industry Debts Turned Cash (i- significantly wounded by the Covid-19 case is known as an incorporated joint Revenue for the quarter slipped 1.5% to DTC) data by Experian Information Services pressure, according to law firm venture with the new separate entity RM11.48 billion from RM11.65 billion (Malaysia) for the first three months of MahWengKwai & Associates. sometimes known as a special purpose recorded previously mainly due to reduction 2021, which is a better performance by It said the pandemic has taught many a vehicle,” she said. in sales of electricity. comparison from April 2020 to Dec 2020 lesson in business survival and lured The law firm elaborated further on M&A period when Covid-19 first hit. businesses towards the necessity of M&A and that it is not just practical for small and BINTAI KINDEN UNIT RECEIVES The i-DTC examined seven key industries it brought many benefits to business owners. medium enterprises (SMEs), even larger consist of construction, hospitality and F&B, MahWengKwai & Associates partner firms have decided to take this proactive MDA ESTABLISHMENT LICENCE PETALING JAYA: Bintai Kinden Corp Bhd’s manufacturing, retail, services, Cassandra Nicole Thomazios said there were solution to benefit their organisations. subsidiary Bintai Healthcare Sdn Bhd transportation and storage, and wholesale. certainly advantages from a business MahWengKwai & Associates managing yesterday received the establishment licence The improvement in trade payment standpoint in terms of entering into an M&A partner Raymond Mah said despite the from the Medical Device Authority (MDA) to averaging 71 days for Q1’21 may be transaction and there were also different ongoing pandemic, there was a slight act as an authorised representative, distributor attributed to the government’s efforts to types of M&As. Four common types of M&As increase in bigger companies acquiring and importer of the medical devices in limit the closure of businesses under MCO in Malaysia include the acquisition of assets smaller companies especially within the Malaysia. Bintai Healthcare had in April 2.0 and to elevated holiday spending or business, acquisition of shares, joint same industry sector and this is predominant received the Certificate of Conformity in Good during the festive season in the first quarter. ventures and total takeovers that Malaysian in joint ventures and acquisition of shares as Distribution Practice for Medical Devices Furthermore, more businesses appear to entities typically partake in. part of M&A transactions. (GDPMD) from Medivice Certification Sdn Bhd. have adopted some level of digitalisation “The acquisition of shares is the most It added that acquisitions can quickly and The GDPMD certification will allow the which have put in place processes to better common wherein either a certain dramatically shift an organisation’s position company to act as local authorised manage the possibility of a returning MCO. percentage of shares in a company is sold by by improving accessibility to clients in new representative, import, storage and handling, Experian CEO Dawn Lai said cash flow a seller to a buyer or 100% of all shares in a attractive markets as well as enhancing distribution (including transportation) and monitory continues to be the key for company is sold by its shareholders to a access in existing markets, fundamentally documentation (including traceability) of companies whether they would be able to purchaser, in which case this is known as a changing the market position by moving the medical devices warehousing and ride through the ebb and flow of the complete buyout. organisation from a subordinate position to documentation of medical devices, specifically uneven economic recovery in MCO 3.0. “Joint ventures also serve a great purpose a more dominant position. in hospital hardware and reusable devices. 12 theSUN ON FRIDAY | MAY 28, 2021 SUNBIZ HSBC exiting US retail banking

banking and wealth management focus on our competitive strengths, Cerberus, Reuters reported in March. banking business made a loss of oSelling east coast needs of globally connected affluent connecting our global wholesale and Citizens Bank, part of Citizens US$547 million in 2020, according to and high net worth clients”, it said in a wealth management clients to other Financial Group, has agreed to buy the bank’s annual results, versus a business to Citizens statement late on Wednesday. markets around the world.” HSBC’s east coast personal and small US$5 billion profit in Asia, primarily Of its 148 US branches, 90 are to be HSBC had announced earlier this business banking business including from Hong Kong, its most profitable Bank, west coast to sold, including to Citizens Bank and year that it intended to restructure its 80 branches, and Cathay Bank, a unit market. Cathay General Bancorp. US retail and small business operations. of Cathay General Bancorp, has Its global banking and markets Cathay Bank The bank plans to turn about 20 HSBC unveiled in February a agreed to buy its west coast business division, which includes its locations into international centres revised strategy focused mainly on including 10 branches, according to investment banking and large HONG KONG/SAN FRANCISO: dedicated to high net worth wealth management in Asia, and at HSBC and separate statements from corporate businesses, made a profit HSBC announced that it is exiting the individuals, and gradually wind the same time said it was “exploring the two US-headquartered banks. of US$573 million in the US in 2020. retail and small business banking down the remaining 35-40 branches. organic and inorganic options” for its HSBC said it expected to incur The bank’s Hong Kong listed market in the United States, in line “They are good businesses, but we US retail banking franchise. pre-tax costs of US$100 million shares rose as much as 0.8% to a with its strategy to refocus on lacked the scale to compete,” said HSBC is also seeking to sell its (RM414 million) connected with the three-month high, before retreating. corporate and investment banking in Noel Quinn, the group’s chief French retail banking operations as transactions, after which it does not HSBC expanded into US retail Asia. executive, in the statement. part of the same strategy, and has expect to generate a significant gain banking in the 1980s as part of a The London-headquartered, Asia- “This next chapter of HSBC’s entered final negotiations to sell that or loss. broader strategy to diversify its focused giant intends to “focus on the presence in the US will see the team business to private equity firm HSBC’s US wealth and personal geographical focus. – AFP, Reuters

AUSTRALIA Q1 BUSINESS Singtel posts lowest profit since 1998 on impairment INVESTMENT BOOMS SINGAPORE: Telco Singtel yesterday posted largely accounted for Singtel’s exceptional Singtel, whose biggest shareholder is state IN BOOST TO ECONOMY SYDNEY: Australian business investment its lowest profit in at least two decades charges this year. investor Temasek Holdings, said annual net

BRIEFSjumped by the most in almost a decade in following a S$1.18 billion (RM3.68 billion) On infrastructure, CEO Yuen Kuan Moon profit halved to S$554 million, the lowest the first quarter as businesses took impairment charge, and said it was exploring told a briefing that options would include since at least 1998. Profit excluding advantage of tax breaks to buy new options for its infrastructure assets that investing in some assets with partners and exceptional items slumped 30% to S$1.73 machinery, a major plus for economic include towers, satellites, subsea cables and divesting others. billion. growth and productivity. Australian Bureau data centres. “Some of our assets are valued at telco “This is part of the kitchen-sinking exercise of Statistics figures showed capital Faced with slowing growth in its traditional multiples today, which we have the potential to give a clean slate to the new CEO,” said DBS expenditure rose a real 6.3% in the March carrier business, Singtel (Singapore to be revalued at far higher multiples,” said analyst Sachin Mittal. quarter, from the previous quarter, to Telecommunications) - Southeast Asia’s Moon, who took on the top job in January. He noted that Singtel’s core business is A$31.5 billion ($24.36 billion). That was the largest telecoms operator - has been trying to The company also said it is seeking being valued similarly to other operators that largest since 2011. Spending on plant and diversify for years. partnerships and minority stakes in quick- do not own infrastructure assets, which machinery surged 9.1%, while investment But some investments such as those in growing regional firms in areas such as typically command higher valuations due to in buildings rose 3.8%. Firms also revised up digital marketer Amobee and cyber-security financial services and gaming, which Singtel their regular cash flow and highly visible spending plans for the year to June 2022 to firm Trustwave yielded weaker-than- is betting will benefit from its 5G capabilities growth. A$113.6 billion, from A$105.3 billion in the expected returns, forcing writedowns that and large client base. “This is a problem,” he said. – Reuters February report. – Reuters

SOUTH KOREA READIES MONETARY TIGHTENING Tiny activist hedge SEOUL: South Korea’s central bank upgraded its economic outlook and fund deals huge projected high consumer inflation, signalling an eventual tilt towards blow to ExxonMobil tightening to end its run of pandemic era record-low interest rates. Bank of Korea HOUSTON/BOSTON: A tiny hedge fund (BOK) governor Lee Ju-yeol said the bank is dealt a major blow to ExxonMobil Corp on preparing to pull back on the extraordinary Wednesday, unseating at least two board stimulus extended during the pandemic in members in a bid to force the company’s the face of accelerating inflation and a leadership to reckon with the risk of failing build-up of dangerous imbalances. The BOK to adjust its business strategy to match yesterday kept its base rate at a historic low global efforts to combat climate change. of 0.50%. It now sees Asia’s fourth-largest economy logging the fastest annual The success by hedge fund Engine No. 1 growth this year since 2010 and has in its showdown with Exxon shocked an upgraded its outlook to 4.0% from the 3.0% energy industry struggling to address projected in February. – Reuters growing investor concerns about global warming. Eight of Exxon’s nominees including TAIWAN OFFERS NT$100B CEO Darren Woods were re-elected to its MORE IN LENDING AID TO SMES 12-member board of directors, along with TAIPEI: Taiwan will offer another NT$100 two of Engine No. 1’s nominees, the billion (RM1.48 billion) in loans to help company said. The counting is not small- and medium-sized firms hit by the finished, so Engine No. 1 could potentially Airbus says the aviation sector is beginning to recover from the Covid-19 crisis. – REUTERSPIX Covid-19 pandemic. Taiwan’s central bank see three of its four nominees join the last year made NT$300 billion available to Exxon board. help small- to medium-sized enterprises “It’s a huge deal. It shows not just that (SMEs) cope with the impact of Covid-19. A Airbus to step up aircraft production further NT$100 billion would be provided there is more seriousness apparent in the to help SMEs, the government announced thinking among investors about climate PARIS: Europe’s Airbus set out sweeping its projections, which used carefully at a news conference yesterday. But change, it’s a rebuff of the whole attitude of goals yesterday to expand production of calibrated language ranging from firm plans Taiwan’s state-owned banks have set aside the Exxon board,” said Ric Marshall, jetliners, pushing shares up across the to long-term scenarios. T$550 billion for the next round of loan help executive director of ESG Research at industry as it charts a recovery from the Demand for single-aisle jets is recovering “to assist through this difficult time”, a MSCI. coronavirus crisis and prepares for as domestic travel rebounds, especially in the source briefed on the matter told Reuters. The dissident shareholder group led by negotiations with suppliers about investment United States and China. Engine No. 1 put up a slate of four nominees plans. In anticipation of a continued recovery, CHINA ALLOWS SOME BANKS in the first big boardroom contest at an oil The world’s largest planemaker is Airbus is asking its suppliers to “enable a major that makes climate change the exploring an almost twofold increase in scenario” where it can produce 70 single-aisle HIGHER OVERSEAS BORROWING central issue. The fund’s stake in Exxon – an output of best-selling single-aisle jets by the jets a month by the first quarter of 2024. SHANGHAI: Chinese regulators have energy behemoth with a market value of middle of the decade from current crisis- “Longer term, Airbus is investigating allowed smaller banks to borrow more from close to US$250 billion (RM1.03 trillion) – is depressed levels, and has finalised its output opportunities for rates as high as 75 (a month) overseas, three sources with direct worth just US$50 million. plans for the rest of this year. by 2025,” it said. knowledge of the matter said, a move that mainly benefits the local branches of The two Engine No. 1 nominees elected “The aviation sector is beginning to recover Airbus also gave a firm target of increasing foreign banks who have reported a were Gregory Goff, a 64-year-old former from the Covid-19 crisis,” chief executive production of the small A220 from five a shortage of foreign-currency capital. top executive at Marathon Petroleum and Guillaume Faury said in a statement. month to six a month in early 2022 and said it China’s central bank has now raised the Andeavor, and former Neste Oyj executive Airbus confirmed plans to increase single- was envisaging monthly output of 14 for the cross-border financial leverage ratio at Kaisa Hietala. aisle A320neo production by more than 10% same model by the middle of the decade. some commercial banks which have a Vote counting to determine the final from a current rate of 40 airplanes a month to The planemaker said production of the capital base of less than 100 billion yuan two seats was continuing. That left the re- 45 a month by the end of this year. wide-bodied A350 was expected to rise from (RM65 billion), to 2 from 0.8, a document election of directors Steven Kandarian, It gave suppliers a firm new target of 64 a an average of five a month now to six by the seen by Reuters shows. The same Douglas Oberhelman, Samuel Palmisano month by the second quarter of 2023 – autumn of 2022. Long-haul travel on jets like document also shows the central bank has and Tan Sri Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin, topping its previous record of 60 a month and these is expected to be slowest to recover. granted qualified commercial banks an former CEO of Petroliam Nasional Bhd, up above pre-crisis ambitions of hitting 63. Only the wide-bodied A330 family is initial financing quota of 10 billion yuan. in the air. Alexander Karsner, one of Engine Shares in Airbus rose as much as 6.8%, excluded from the higher production The adjustments came into effect from May No. 1’s nominees, was still in the running, soaring back above €100 (RM504) to within a ambitions and will stay at two a month, Airbus 25. – Reuters Exxon said. – Reuters whisker of their 52-week high of €104.54 after said. – Reuters theSUN ON FRIDAY | MAY 28, 2021 13

PERISYTIHARAN JUALAN 322 Notices DALAM MAHKAMAH TINGGI MALAYA DI PULAU PINANG PERMOHONAN UNTUK PERLAKSANAAN NO:PA-38-423-10/2020

PERISYTIHARAN JUALAN Dalam perkara mengenai Seksyen 256 dan 257 Kanun Tanah Negara, 1965 DALAM MAHKAMAH TINGGI MALAYA DI SHAH ALAM Dan PERMOHONAN UNTUK PERLAKSANAAN NO:BA-38-538-07/2020 Dalam perkara mengenai Gadaian Perserahan No: 0799SC2010012393( bertarikh : 25/03/2010) ke atas semua bahagian tanah yang Dalam perkara mengenai Seksyen 256 dan 257 Kanun Tanah Negara, 1965 dipegang di bawah Geran 53850, 3788, Mukim 11, Daerah Seberang Perai Utara, Pulau Pinang Dan Dan Dalam perkara mengenai Gadaian Perserahan No: 96627/2015( bertarikh : 14/09/2015) ke atas semua bahagian tanah yang dipegang di bawah GRN 152021, LOT 41391, Mukim BANDAR SELAYANG, Daerah KUALA Dalam perkara mengenai Aturan 83 Kaedah- Kaedah Mahkamah, 2012 LUMPUR, Selangor Dan Dalam perkara mengenai Aturan 83 Kaedah- Kaedah Mahkamah, 2012 ANTARA RHB BANK BERHAD (No. Syarikat : 6171-M) ... PLAINTIF ANTARA DAN UNG KOK BENG (No. Kad Pengenalan : 700328075047) IN THE MATTER OF HSBC AMANAH MALAYSIA BERHAD (No. Syarikat : 807705-X) ... PLAINTIF KHOR PHAIK Al (No. Kad Pengenalan : 680819055096) ... DEFENDAN 322 Notices DAN THE COMPANIES ACT, 1965 Menurut Perintah Mahkamah Tinggi Malaya di PULAU PINANG mengenai Perintah Jualan dan Perintah bertarikh 9 Januari 2019 dan 8 IN THE MATTER OF JAISHANKER A/L SINAPPAN (No. Kad Pengenalan : 761022145339) April 2021, adalah dengan ini diisytiharkan bahawa Timbalan Pendaftar/Penolong Kanan Pendaftar Pusat Operasi e- Lelong di Kuantan JIA RECORDINGS SDN BHD LETCHUMY A/P SHANDENREN (No. Kad Pengenalan : 780428145922) ... DEFENDAN PERISYTIHARAN JUALAN Menurut Perintah Mahkamah Tinggi Malaya di SHAH ALAM mengenai Perintah Jualan dan Perintah bertarikh DALAM MAHKAMAH TINGGI MALAYA DI SHAH ALAM Company No. 200701028449 28 November 2018 dan 13 April 2021, adalah dengan ini diisytiharkan bahawa Timbalan Pendaftar/ AKAN MENJUAL SECARA PERMOHONAN UNTUK PERLAKSANAAN NO:BA-38-400-06/2020 (786471-K) Penolong Kanan Pendaftar Pusat Operasi e-Lelong di Kuantan LELONG AWAM Pada Hari Selasa, 22 Jun 2021, Pada Jam 11:00 pagi, Dalam perkara mengenai Seksyen 256 dan 257 Kanun Tanah Negara, 1965 (In Members’ Voluntary AKAN MENJUAL SECARA Dan LELONG AWAM SECARA ELEKTRONIK DI LAMAN WEB e-LELONG, PUSAT OPERASI e-LELONG, Dalam perkara mengenai Gadaian Perserahan No: 63936/2014( bertarikh : 11/06/2014) ke atas Liquidation) Pada Hari Selasa, 22 Jun 2021, Pada Jam 9:00 pagi, KOMPLEKS MAHKAMAH KUANTAN, PAHANG DARUL MAKMUR semua bahagian tanah yang dipegang di bawah HSD 159414, PT 58657, Mukim CHERAS, Daerah SECARA ELEKTRONIK DI LAMAN WEB e-LELONG, PUSAT OPERASI e-LELONG, ULU LANGAT, Selangor KOMPLEKS MAHKAMAH KUANTAN, PAHANG DARUL MAKMUR Dan NOTA: Bakal pembeli adalah dinasihatkan agar membuat carian Hakmilik secara rasmi di Pejabat Tanah dan memeriksa Dalam perkara mengenai Aturan 83 Kaedah- Kaedah Mahkamah, 2012 NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTA: Bakal pembeli adalah dinasihatkan agar membuat carian Hakmilik secara rasmi di Pejabat Tanah dan memeriksa semua tanggungan, bebanan serta mengenal pasti dengan tepat hartanah semua tanggungan, bebanan serta mengenal pasti dengan tepat hartanah tersebut sebelum jualan lelongan dijalankan. ANTARA tersebut sebelum jualan lelongan dijalankan. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT Sila layari https://elelong.kehakiman.gov.my/bidderweb HSBC AMANAH MALAYSIA BERHAD (No. Syarikat : 807705-X) Sila layari https://elelong.kehakiman.gov.my/bidderweb ... PLAINTIF pursuant to Section 272 of the Companies Act, 1965, a Final BUTIR-BUTIR HAKMILIK: BUTIR-BUTIR HAKMILIK: DAN No. Hakmilik : GRN 152021 Meeting of the Company will be No. Lot : LOT 41391 No. Hakmilik : Geran 53850 HARYATI BINTI RADI (No. Kad Pengenalan : 750204065168) ... DEFENDAN held at the Liquidator’s Office Mukim / Daerah / Negeri : BANDAR SELAYANG / KUALA LUMPUR / Selangor No. Lot : 3788 Pegangan : Hakmilik Kekal Mukim / Daerah / Negeri : 11 / Seberang Perai Utara / Pulau Pinang Menurut Perintah Mahkamah Tinggi Malaya di SHAH ALAM mengenai Perintah Jualan dan Perintah at No. 27-4, Level 4, Jalan PJU No. Petak / No. Tingkat / No. Banggunan : bertarikh 27 Februari 2020 dan 13 April 2021, adalah dengan ini diisytiharkan bahawa Timbalan Keluasan Tanah : 775.00 kaki persegi Pegangan : Hakmilik Kekal Pendaftar/Penolong Kanan Pendaftar Pusat Operasi e-Lelong di Kuantan 1/42A, Dataran Prima, 47301 : 72.00 meter persegi No. Petak / No. Tingkat / No. Banggunan : Pemilik Berdaftar : JAISHANKER A/L SINAPPAN, AKAN MENJUAL SECARA Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul LETCHUMY A/P SHANDENREN Keluasan Tanah : 883.00 kaki persegi LELONG AWAM Syarat Nyata : Rumah Teres : 82.00 meter persegi Pada Hari Selasa, 22 Jun 2021, Pada Jam 9:00 pagi, Ehsan on 30 June 2021 at 2.30 Sekatan Kepentingan : TIADA SECARA ELEKTRONIK DI LAMAN WEB e-LELONG, PUSAT OPERASI e-LELONG, p.m. for the following purposes:- Pemilik Berdaftar : UNG KOK BENG, KHOR PHAIK AI KOMPLEKS MAHKAMAH KUANTAN, PAHANG DARUL MAKMUR Bebanan / Lain-lain : Gadaian HSBC Syarat Nyata : Rumah Teres Kawasan Rizab : Sekatan Kepentingan : TIADA NOTA: Bakal pembeli adalah dinasihatkan agar membuat carian Hakmilik secara rasmi di : Pejabat Tanah dan memeriksa semua tanggungan, bebanan serta mengenal pasti dengan tepat 1. To receive the Statement of Kaveat Bebanan / Lain-lain : hartanah tersebut sebelum jualan lelongan dijalankan. Accounts of the Liquidator LOKASI DAN PERIHAL HARTANAH: Kawasan Rizab : Hartanah tersebut adalah No 17, No. 17 Jalan SG 9/7, Taman Sri Gombak Fasa 9, 68100, Selayang, Kaveat : Sila layari https://elelong.kehakiman.gov.my/bidderweb showing the manner in which Selangor. HARGA RIZAB: BUTIR-BUTIR HAKMILIK: the winding up has been Hartanah tersebut akan dijual atas “sepertimana sedia ada” tertakluk kepada satu harga rizab sebanyak LOKASI DAN PERIHAL HARTANAH: No. Hakmilik : HSD 159414 conducted and to receive any RM 400,000.00 (RINGGIT MALAYSIA: EMPAT RATUS RIBU SAHAJA) dan kepada syarat-syarat jualan yang Hartanah tersebut adalah Rumah Teres Dua Tingkat yang beralamat pos di 189, Jalan Murni, Taman Desa Murni, 13800, Butterworth, No. Lot : PT 58657 dilampirkan. Pembida yang berminat hendaklah mendepositkan 10% daripada harga rizab dalam bentuk explanation arising thereon. Bank Draf di atas nama HSBC AMANAH MALAYSIA BERHAD 1 HARI BEKERJA sebelum tarikh lelong Pulau Pinang. Mukim / Daerah / Negeri : CHERAS / ULU LANGAT / Selangor awam. Baki harga belian hendaklah dibayar oleh pembida yang berjaya kepada HSBC AMANAH MALAYSIA Pegangan : Hakmilik Kekal BERHAD dalam tempoh seratus dua puluh (120) hari dari tarikh jualan. Untuk butir-butir selanjutnya, sila No. Petak / No. Tingkat / No. Bangunan : 2. To determine pursuant to berhubung dengan:- HARGA RIZAB: Keluasan Tanah : 3113.00 kaki persegi Hartanah tersebut akan dijual atas “sepertimana sedia ada” tertakluk kepada satu harga rizab sebanyak RM 290,000.00 (RINGGIT Section 284(3)(b) of the Firma Guaman : SHEARN DELAMORE & CO. : 286.00 meter persegi Alamat : 7TH FLOOR, WISMA HAMZAH KWONG-HING NO. 1, MALAYSIA: DUA RATUS SEMBILAN PULUH RIBU SAHAJA) dan kepada syarat-syarat jualan yang dilampirkan. Pembida yang berminat Pemilik Berdaftar : HARYATI BINTI RADI Companies Act, 1965, the LEBOH AMPANG , 50100, WPKL, MY hendaklah mendepositkan 10% daripada harga rizab dalam bentuk Bank Draf di atas nama RHB BANK BERHAD 1 HARI BEKERJA sebelum Syarat Nyata : Rumah Berkembar No. Telefon : 03-20272727 manner in which the books, No. Fax : 03-20785625 tarikh lelong awam. Baki harga belian hendaklah dibayar oleh pembida yang berjaya kepada RHB BANK BERHAD dalam tempoh seratus Sekatan Kepentingan : TIADA dua puluh (120) hari dari tarikh jualan. Untuk butir-butir selanjutnya, sila berhubung dengan:- Bebanan / Lain-lain : TIADA accounts and documents of the No. Rujukan : SD 4325155 SKD Kawasan Rizab : Company and of the Liquidator Untuk maklumat lanjut Sila Hubungi : Ng Chan Mau & Co Sdn Bhd 03-21623333, Whatsapp : 012-5310600 / Kaveat : Website: http://www.ngchanmau.com/ Firma Guaman : TOH THEAM HOCK & CO. thereof may be destroyed. Alamat : NO. 155, 1ST FLOOR, LOKASI DAN PERIHAL HARTANAH: Hartanah tersebut adalah yang beralamat pos di 3, JALAN IMPIAN MAKMUR 1/11, SAUJANA MEDAN KIKIK SATU IMPIAN, 43000, KAJANG, Selangor. LAW FOK KIONG TAMAN INDERAWASIH, 13600, PG, MY HARGA RIZAB: Hartanah tersebut akan dijual atas “sepertimana sedia ada” tertakluk kepada satu No. Telefon : 04-3981918 harga rizab sebanyak RM 800,000.00 (RINGGIT MALAYSIA: LAPAN RATUS RIBU SAHAJA) dan Liquidator kepada syarat-syarat jualan yang dilampirkan. Pembida yang berminat hendaklah mendepositkan 10% No. Fax : 04-3981921 daripada harga rizab dalam bentuk Bank Draf di atas nama HSBC AMANAH MALAYSIA BERHAD 1 Dated this : 28 May 2021 No. Rujukan : TTH/RHB/51/2018/OSY/NA HARI BEKERJA sebelum tarikh lelong awam. Baki harga belian hendaklah dibayar oleh pembida yang berjaya kepada HSBC AMANAH MALAYSIA BERHAD dalam tempoh seratus dua puluh (120) hari dari 322 Notices 322 Notices tarikh jualan. Untuk butir-butir selanjutnya, sila berhubung dengan:- Note: Firma Guaman : SHEARN DELAMORE & CO. A member entitled to attend Alamat : 7TH FLOOR, WISMA HAMZAH KWONG-HING and vote at the above Meeting NO. 1, LEBOH AMPANG , 50100, WPKL, MY No. Telefon : 03-20272727 is entitled to appoint a proxy to IN THE HIGH COURT OF IN THE MATTER OF IN THE MATTER OF IN THE MATTER OF IN THE MATTER OF No. Fax : 03-20785625 MALAYA AT KUALA LUMPUR THE COMPANIES ACT, 1965 THE COMPANIES ACT, 1965 THE COMPANIES ACT, 1965 No. Rujukan : 4518486 attend and vote instead of him. COMPANIES ACT 2016 A proxy need not be a member AND IN THE MATTER OF IN THE MATTER OF IN THE MATTER OF Untuk maklumat lanjut Sila Hubungi : Ng Chan Mau & Co Sdn Bhd 03-21623333, Whatsapp : 012- ORIGINATING SUMMONS NO: GBEET SDN BHD DUTA DAMAI SDN BHD ZERMATT HOSPITALITY 5310600 / Website: http://www.ngchanmau.com/ of the Company. The instrument WA-28JM-18-07/2020 IN THE MATTER OF appointing a proxy must be INGRAVITY CONSULTANCY Company No. 201101031515 Company No. 199701034263 SDN BHD (959650-K) (449762-H) Company No. 200601028290 deposited at the Liquidator’s In the matter of Order 88 (M) SDN. BHD. Office not less than 48 hours of Rules of Court 2012 (In Members’ Voluntary (In Members’ Voluntary (748046-V) 322 Notices (In Members’ Voluntary Liquidation) Liquidation) (In Members’ Voluntary before the time for holding the And Meeting. Winding Up) Liquidation) In the matter of Sections Registration No. NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING 404, 405, 406, 407 and 408 201201018621 (1004134-V) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING DALAM MAHKAMAH SESYEN DI BUTTERWORTH of the Companies Act 2016 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT DALAM NEGERI PULAU PINANG, MALAYSIA pursuant to Section 272 of the pursuant to Section 272 of the NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT GUAMAN SIVIL NO.: PB-A52NCC-24-03/2021 And NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THE ATLAS ICE COMPANY, BERHAD Companies Act, 1965, a Final Companies Act, 1965, a Final pursuant to Section 272 of the that the Final Meeting of the Meeting of the Company will be Meeting of the Company will be Companies Act, 1965, a Final INCORPORATED IN MALAYSIA ANTARA In the matter of members of the abovenamed Registration No. 191201000003(1302-W) held at the Liquidator’s Office held at the Liquidator’s Office Meeting of the Company will be MCB Industries Sdn. Bhd. Company will be held at 57-G UNIMECH ENGINEERING (M) SDN. BHD. (Judicial Manager Appointed) at No. 27-4, Level 4, Jalan PJU at No. 27-4, Level 4, Jalan PJU held at the Liquidator’s Office LOST STOCK CERTIFICATES Persiaran Bayan Indah, Bayan 1/42A, Dataran Prima, 47301 1/42A, Dataran Prima, 47301 at No. 27-4, Level 4, Jalan PJU (No. Syarikat: 50595-W) [Registration No.: …PLAINTIF Bay, Sungai Nibong, 11900 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul 1/42A, Dataran Prima, 47301 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following certificates have been reported lost:- 198501001192 (133638-K)] Penang on Wednesday, Ehsan on 30 June 2021 at 12.30 Ehsan on 30 June 2021 at 10.30 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul DAN Form 22 30th day of June 2021 at 10.00 p.m. for the following purposes:- a.m. for the following purposes:- Ehsan on 30 June 2021 at 4.30 THE ATLAS ICE COMPANY, BERHAD [191201000003(1302-W)] p.m. for the following purposes:- [Rule 37] a.m. to consider, and if thought 1. LKL PIPING & ENGINEERING SDN. 1. To receive the Statement of 1. To receive the Statement of NAME OF STOCK STOCK CERTIFICATE NO. OF STOCKS fit, to pass the following 1. To receive the Statement of HOLDER NUMBER BHD.(Company No.: 939030-U) NOTICE OF EXTENSION ORDER OF Accounts of the Liquidator Accounts of the Liquidator resolutions:- showing the manner in which showing the manner in which Accounts of the Liquidator 2. WONG KAM YEONG JUDICIAL MANAGEMENT ORDER CHEE GIM CHYE 330 21,300 the winding up has been the winding up has been showing the manner in which (NRIC No.: 820528-07-5339) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on the 4th ORDINARY RESOLUTION – To conducted and to receive any conducted and to receive any the winding up has been 3. LISA OCTAFIA day of September, 2020, a judicial CHEE GIM CHYE BS 488 63,900 receive the accounts of the explanation arising thereon. explanation arising thereon. conducted and to receive any (Passport No.: C6558431) management order for placing the explanation arising thereon. …DEFENDAN-DEFENDAN Liquidator showing the manner NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that if within fourteen (14) days from the date abovenamed company under judicial in which the winding up has 2. To determine pursuant to 2. To determine pursuant to hereof no claims or representations in respect of the aforesaid certificates management has been made by the Court been conducted to date and to Section 284(3)(b) of the Section 284(3)(b) of the 2. To determine pursuant to are made to the Directors they will proceed to deal with the application for NOTIS PENGIKLANAN and on the 17th day of February, 2021 an Companies Act, 1965, the Companies Act, 1965, the Section 284(3)(b) of the replacement certificates and the original certificates will be deemed duly extension order of the judicial dissolve the Company. manner in which the books, manner in which the books, Companies Act, 1965, the manner cancelled and void. Kepada:- WONG KAM YEONG management order has also been made by accounts and documents of the accounts and documents of the in which the books, accounts and (NRIC No.: 820528-07-5339) the Court. The relevant particulars of the SPECIAL RESOLUTION - Company and of the Liquidator Company and of the Liquidator documents of the Company and TSC Corporate Services Sdn. Bhd. [199901012656(487556-H)] 55, Lebuh Nakhoda, matter are given as follows: “RESOLVED that the books, thereof may be destroyed. thereof may be destroyed. of the Liquidator thereof may be 1B, Level 1, Wisma Tan Cheng Tiong, Taman Seri Senangan, accounts and documents destroyed. No. 1A, Jalan Tun Sri Lanang, 13050 Butterworth, 1. Date of filing of application for 75100 Melaka. of the Company and of the LAW FOK KIONG LAW FOK KIONG Pulau Pinang. extension of judicial management Liquidator Liquidator LAW FOK KIONG order: 18th day of January 2021 Liquidator, shall be kept for a MELAKA, 28th day of May 2021. period of three months from Dated this : 28 May 2021 Dated this : 28 May 2021 Liquidator LISA OCTAFIA 2. Applicant's solicitor: Messrs. 30th day of June 2021 to 29th Dated this : 28 May 2021 (Passport No.: C6558431) Bodipalar Ponnudurai De Silva Note: Note: 55, Lebuh Nakhoda, September 2021 and thereafter A member entitled to attend A member entitled to attend Note: PERISYTIHARAN JUALAN Taman Seri Senangan, 3. Date of extension order of judicial such books, accounts and and vote at the above Meeting and vote at the above Meeting A member entitled to attend DALAM MAHKAMAH TINGGI MALAYA DI PULAU PINANG 13050 Butterworth, management order: 17th day of documents be destroyed.” is entitled to appoint a proxy to is entitled to appoint a proxy to and vote at the above Meeting PERMOHONAN UNTUK PERLAKSANAAN Pulau Pinang. February 2021 attend and vote instead of him. attend and vote instead of him. is entitled to appoint a proxy to NO: PA-38-457-11/2020 4. Registered office of the abovenamed Dated this A proxy need not be a member A proxy need not be a member attend and vote instead of him. AMBIL PERHATIAN bahawa suatu company: Unit 31-8, 31st Floor, 28th day of May 2021 of the Company. The instrument of the Company. The instrument A proxy need not be a member Dalam perkara mengenai Seksyen 256 dan 257 Kanun Tanah Negara, 1965 tindakan telah dimulakan terhadap Menara Permata Damansara, appointing a proxy must be appointing a proxy must be of the Company. The instrument Dan kamu di Mahkamah Sesyen No. 685 Jalan Damansara, 60000 deposited at the Liquidator’s deposited at the Liquidator’s appointing a proxy must be Dalam perkara mengenai Gadaian Perserahan No: 0799SC2016011384 (bertarikh Zainurul Aniza Binti Abd Office not less than 48 hours Office not less than 48 hours deposited at the Liquidator’s Office 24/03/2016) ke atas semua bahagian tanah yang dipegang di bawah PN2331/ Butterworth dalam Guaman No: PB- Kuala Lumpur Rahman A52NCC-24-03/2021 oleh UNIMECH before the time for holding the before the time for holding the not less than 48 hours before the M1/5/19, No. Lot 8017, Mukim 12, Daerah Barat Daya, Pulau Pinang. Dated this 28 May 2021 Liquidator Dan ENGINEERING (M) SDN. BHD. melalui Meeting. Meeting. time for holding the Meeting. Dalam perkara mengenai Aturan 83 Kaedah-Kaedah Mahkamah, 2012 peguamcaranya, Tetuan Prem & Associates yang beralamat di Unit ANTARA A-16-11, Tower A, Vertical Business Public Islamic Bank Berhad (No. Syarikat : 14328-V) IN THE MATTER OF . . . PLAINTIF Suite Avenue 3, Bangsar South No. 8, Jalan Kerinchi, 59200 Kuala THE COMPANIES ACT, 1965 DAN IN THE MATTER OF Normala Binti Puteh (No. Kad Pengenalan : 810914065746) Lumpur dan Mahkamah telah melalui . . . DEFENDAN satu Perintah bertarikh 03/05/2021 BELLA EXQUISITE SDN BHD Company No. 200301000361 memerintahkan bahawa Writ bertarikh (602781-D) Menurut Perintah Mahkamah Tinggi Malaya di PULAU PINANG mengenai Perintah 10/03/2021 dan Pernyataan Tuntutan Jualan dan Perintah bertarikh 29 Ogos 2019 dan 1 April 2021, adalah dengan ini (In Members’ Voluntary diisytiharkan bahawa Timbalan Pendaftar/Penolong Kanan Pendaftar Pusat Operasi bertarikh 10/03/2021 tersebut Liquidation) e-Lelong di Kuantan hendaklah diserahkan kepada kamu AKAN MENJUAL SECARA secara penyampaian ganti dengan NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING LELONG AWAM menampalkan sesalinan Writ bertarikh Pada Hari Selasa, 22 Jun 2021, Pada Jam 11:00 pagi, 10/03/2021 dan Pernyataan Tuntutan NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT SECARA ELEKTRONIK DI LAMAN WEB e-LELONG, PUSAT OPERASI e-LELONG, bertarikh 10/03/2021 dan Perintah KOMPLEKS MAHKAMAH KUANTAN, PAHANG DARUL MAKMUR pursuant to Section 272 of the bertarikh 03/05/2021 di alamat terakhir NOTA: Bakal pembeli adalah dinasihatkan agar membuat carian Hakmilik Companies Act, 1965, a Final secara rasmi di Pejabat Tanah dan memeriksa semua tanggungan, bebanan kamu yang diketahui di 55, Lebuh Meeting of the Company will be serta mengenal pasti dengan tepat hartanah tersebut sebelum jualan lelongan Nakhoda, Taman Seri Senangan, 13050 TENDER NOTICE held at the Liquidator’s Office dijalankan. Butterworth, Pulau Pinang; dan dengan at No. 27-4, Level 4, Jalan PJU Sila layari https://elelong.kehakiman.gov.my/bidderweb menampalkan sesalinan Writ bertarikh 1/42A, Dataran Prima, 47301 10/03/2021 dan Pernyataan Tuntutan Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul BUTIR-BUTIR HAKMILIK bertarikh 10/03/2021 dan Perintah No. Hakmilik : PN 2331/M1/5/19 Ehsan on 30 June 2021 at 9.00 No. Lot : 8017 bertarikh 03/05/2021 di papan notis a.m. for the following purposes:- Mukim / Daerah / Negeri : 12 / Barat Daya / Pulau Pinang Mahkamah Seksyen Butterworth; Pegangan : Hakmilik Pajakan dan dengan mengiklankan Notis 1. To receive the Statement of No. Petak/No. Tingkat/No. : 19 / 5 / M1 ini dalam dua (2) akhbar harian Accounts of the Liquidator Bangunan : tempatan, iaitu Sinar Harian dan The showing the manner in which Keluasan Tanah : 614.00 kaki persegi Sun Daily sebanyak satu (1) kali dan the winding up has been : 57.00 meter persegi conducted and to receive any Pemilik Berdaftar : Normala Binti Puteh bahawa penampalan dan pengiklanan Syarat Nyata : Rumah Pangsa sedemikian adalah dianggap sebagai explanation arising thereon. Sekatan Kepentingan : - penyampaian yang cukup dan Bebanan / Lain-Lain : sempurna kepada kamu selepas 2. To determine pursuant to empat belas (14) hari dari tarikh akhir Section 284(3)(b) of the LOKASI DAN PERIHAL HARTANAH penampalan dan pengiklanan. DAN Companies Act, 1965, the Hartanah tersebut adalah The subject property is a two-bedrooms flat located on AKHIRNYA DIPERINTAHKAN bahawa manner in which the books, level 5 (i.e the top-most floor) of a 5-storey high block of walk-up flats ground accounts and documents of the floor shop lots identified as Block No. 1.lt bears assessment address No. 1-5- kos permohonan ini adalah kos 19, Persiaran Mayang Pasir 2, Bandar Bayan Baru, 11950 Bayan Lepas, Pulau mengikut kausa. Company and of the Liquidator Pinang yang beralamat pos di No. 1-5-19, Persiaran Mayang Pasir 2, Bandar thereof may be destroyed. Bayan Baru, 11950 Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang. Bertarikh 03 Mei 2021 LAW FOK KIONG T.T. HARGA RIZAB Liquidator Hartanah tersebut akan dijual atas “sepertimana sedia ada” tertakluk kepada satu ...... Dated this : 28 May 2021 harga rizab sebanyak RM 108,000.00 (RINGGIT MALAYSIA: SATU RATUS LAPAN Tetuan Prem & Associates RIBU SAHAJA) dan kepada syarat-syarat jualan yang dilampirkan.Pembida yang Peguamcara bagi Plaintif Note: berminat hendaklah mendepositkan 10% daripada harga rizab dalam bentuk Bank Draf di atas nama PUBLIC ISLAMIC BANK BERHAD 1 HARI BEKERJA sebelum A member entitled to attend NOTIS PENGIKLANAN ini disediakan and vote at the above Meeting tarikh lelong awam. Baki harga belian hendaklah dibayar oleh pembida yang berjaya oleh Tetuan Prem & Associates, kepada PUBLIC ISLAMIC BANK BERHAD dalam tempoh seratus dua puluh (120) is entitled to appoint a proxy to hari dari tarikh jualan. Untuk butir-butir selanjutnya, sila berhubung dengan:- peguamcara bagi Plaintif yang attend and vote instead of him. beralamat untuk penyampaian di Unit A proxy need not be a member Firma Guaman : WONG-CHOOI & MOHD NOR A-16-11, Tower A, Vertical Business of the Company. The instrument Alamat : NO. 27, 1ST FLOOR JALAN MAJU JAYA Suite Avenue 3, Bangsar South No. 8, appointing a proxy must be PUSAT PERNIAGAAN MAJU JAYA, 14000 Jalan Kerinchi, 59200 Kuala Lumpur. https:// www.bnm.gov.my deposited at the Liquidator’s BUKIT MERTAJAM, PULAU PINANG No. Tel: 03-2242 2141 / No. Faks: No. Telefon : 04-5398855 Office not less than 48 hours No. Fax : 04-5395855 03-2242 3140 / No. Ruj: PA/BS/L/ before the time for holding the No. Rujukan : WCMN(BM)/PIBB-HL/2019-195/NP(RS/j) UNIMECH/(LKL)/1662/21 Meeting. 14 theSUN ON FRIDAY | MAY 28, 2021 SPORTS

SHORTS Tuchel earns a second crack at European glory Osaka to boycott media WHATEVER happens in Sunday’s Champions League in the semifinals to Pep Guardiola’s City. “It was like he had been here for two years so it at Roland Garros League final against Manchester City (3am Malaysian In any case Tuchel came out of that sacking with came quite naturally, everything. time), Chelsea’s Thomas Tuchel can already claim a his reputation intact, in large part thanks to the job “I think the team completely changed, how we JAPAN’S Naomi Osaka said small bit of history by becoming the first coach to he did in taking PSG to last season’s final where they approach games, like we were more confident, solid yesterday that she will not take make it to the showpiece game in European club lost narrowly to Bayern Munich in Lisbon. at the back, not conceding anything in the last two part in news conferences at the football in successive seasons with different clubs. At Chelsea, he took over a team that was or three months.” forthcoming French Open, Tuchel’s impact on Chelsea, at least up until the underperforming under Frank Lampard and had an After the difficulties of dealing with a Paris team believing that some post-match last few matches, has been little short of remarkable immediate impact – Tuchel has turned the London built around Neymar, Tuchel has been effusive in his inquests are little more than and, it can be argued, hardly reflects well on his old club into a supremely well-drilled machine with a praise of the Premier League and the mentality of “kicking a person while they’re side Paris Saint-Germain. three-man defence led by his old captain in Paris, the players he inherited at Stamford Bridge. down”. The French giants’ gratitude towards Tuchel for Thiago Silva. Now they have the chance to cap it all if they can The world No. 2, a four-time leading them to the Champions League final for the They kept 18 clean sheets in his first 24 matches win the final in Porto to give Tuchel the medal he Grand Slam title winner, says she first time in their history last season was not enough in charge, culminating in the semifinal victory over missed out on last year. will donate the fines she will to stop them sacking him in December. Real Madrid. Chelsea have already beaten City twice under accrue to mental health charities. PSG have since gone on, under Tuchel’s “He came in and from the first minute the players their new coach, a 1-0 FA Cup semifinal victory “I am writing this to say that I replacement Mauricio Pochettino, to finish second in felt a great connection with him, from the first being followed by a 2-1 away success in the league. am not going to do any press Ligue 1 to Lille while going out of the Champions meeting,” said midfielder Mateo Kovacic this week. – AFP during Roland Garros,” the 23- year-old announced on Twitter. “I have often felt that people have no regard for athletes’ mental health and this rings true whenever I see a press Pep to break the jinx conference or partake in one. “We’re often sat there and City on the brink of exorcising Champions League demons asked questions that we’ve been asked multiple times before or DECADE on from when he last lifted the European champions Bayern expected a dynasty change of style in English football more reliant on asked questions that bring Champions League trophy, Manchester when the Catalan arrived in Bavaria fresh from a technique than tenacity. doubt into our minds and I am City manager Pep Guardiola is once again year’s sabbatical in 2013. Instead, Guardiola’s Yet the Champions League continued to bring not going to subject myself to in the final and is looking to back up his Bayern suffered semifinal heartache to Spanish out the worst in Guardiola as persistent tinkering people who doubt me.” claimA to being the greatest coach football has ever opposition in each of his three seasons in charge. and surprise team selections saw him labelled as a Under tennis tournament seen. City’s determination to create the perfect project coach guilty of overthinking a series of knockout rules, all players are required to Victory over Chelsea in Porto would take to lure him to Manchester by appointing his former ties. hold press conferences after Guardiola level with Zinedine Zidane, Carlo colleagues at Barcelona, Txiki Begiristain and City never make it beyond the quarterfinals in each match. Ancelotti and Bob Paisley as the only men to win Ferran Soriano, to top jobs at the Etihad Stadium his first four seasons in charge as a combination of They also perform media three European Cups as coach. has been fully vindicated with three Premier League wasteful finishing, defensive errors and duties before a tournament. The 50-year-old’s record in 12 seasons at titles in the past four years. controversial refereeing calls to cost them. Osaka regularly packs out Barcelona, Bayern Munich and City speaks for itself. “They have an incredible squad and the best That has all changed this season with the signing media rooms due to her Among his 26 major trophies are nine league titles, manager in the world and that makes it a good of Portuguese centreback Ruben Dias helping City standing in the sport and her three in each of Spain, Germany, England, and nine recipe,” said Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp after City to boast the tightest defence in the Champions charismatic appeal to reporters. domestic cups. dethroned his side as English champions. League, while Guardiola’s use of a system without a She fields questions in At his boyhood club Barca he also conquered the Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel is also a natural striker has not stopped City scoring four Japanese and English and is Champions League in two of his first three seasons. Guardiola disciple, labelling City “the benchmark” goals in each of their knockout ties against Borussia regarded as one of the world’s But since masterminding one of the greatest ever for the Blues to aim for. Monchengladbach, Borussia Dortmund and Paris most marketable stars. performances in a European final to sweep aside Guardiola has been so revered because he Saint-Germain. Last year she made US$37 Manchester United 3-1 at Wembley brings a style to go with the substance of hoarding “Now we are quite satisfied to get to the final but million (RM153m), more than in 2011, Europe’s top club trophies. we know if you don’t have a huge desire to win it, a any other female athlete. competition has been the one “He’s had, arguably, the most positive influence huge desire to know what we have to do, it will not blot on Guardiola’s record. of anyone, ever on our game,” said former England be possible to win the game, to win the Champions ‘The mind games Newly-crowned striker Gary Lineker on how Guardiola has shaped a League.” – AFP have begun’ MAX VERSTAPPEN’S father has Conte parts company with Inter had his say on the “games” being played between Mercedes and ANTONIO CONTE parted next season, according to reports. Red Bull, but hailed his son’s win Antonio company with Inter Milan Among the names being on Sunday as “very special” in Conte (right) yesterday just days after lifting touted to replace him are Lazio Monaco. and Romelu their first Serie A title in 11 years boss Simone Inzaghi and former After his triumph in the Lukaku. amid clashes with the club’s cash- Juventus coach Massimiliano Principality, Jos’ son now leads strapped Chinese owners on the Allegri, who has also been linked the standings by four points over way forward. with a return to the Turin club. Lewis Hamilton, after the The ambitious Italian refused For Conte, future destinations Mercedes driver suffered his Suning’s planned cost cutting could include Tottenham Hotspur worst weekend yet this season. which would have prevented him and Real Madrid. In the aftermath of the win, building the team he wanted to A demanding coach, whose Hamilton said he refused to get challenge at home and in Europe. training sessions were described involved in a “childish war of The former Chelsea and by Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku words” with Verstappen after Juventus boss took over in May as ‘like a war zone’, Conte leaves claiming he had “a lot to prove” 2019 on a three-year contract Inter at the summit of Serie A, a in Formula One coming into the worth a reported £12 million feat last achieved by Jose weekend, something the (RM70m) annually. Mourinho, who won the treble Dutchman dismissed. But the 51-year-old leaves with the club in 2010. Red Bull team principal the San Siro one year early, It was a fifth league title for Christian Horner threw his hat Inter confirming “an Conte having won three with into the ring and suggested his agreement has been Juventus between 2012 and 2014 driver’s performance was reached with and the Premier League with starting to rattle his main title Antonio Conte for Chelsea in 2018. rival. the termination But tensions had been ongoing, However with the blow to of his contract having already threatened to leave Mercedes, Verstappen said he by mutual last summer after losing the felt perhaps the point had been consent”. Europa League final to Sevilla and proven in Monaco. “Antonio finishing second in the league to “You have to talk on track, Conte will Juventus. that’s what I like. forever remain a Despite a second Champions “We as a team so far have part of our club’s League group stage exit this made the smallest mistakes, and history,” the season – Inter clinched their 19th that’s why we are ahead, so I statement added. Scudetto with a 12-point lead on hope we can keep that going for Severing AC Milan and with four games the rest of the season.” Conte’s contract remaining. Responding to his rival, has cost the club a “This is one of the most Hamilton said smiling: “I am not reported £7m important successes of my career,” playing mind games. It is (RM35m), while his Conte said. interesting what Christian final year’s salary “Deciding to join Inter was not (Horner) comes out with but I would have been easy, the team was not equipped couldn’t care less. They did a around £12m to win immediately. great job this weekend and that’s (RM70m). “Furthermore, the opponent that.” As part of the deal was Juventus for whom I had And Verstappen Snr, speaking Conte will not be worked for a long time. Today we to the Telegraaf, said the mind allowed to coach can say that our sacrifices have games had only just begun. another Serie A club paid off.” – AFP theSUN ON FRIDAY | MAY 28, 2021 15 * SPORTS

ANCHESTER UNITED manager Ole 5 things we learned from Gunnar Solskjaer said “one kick” was the difference after his side slumped Man Utd vs Villarreal to a surprise Europa League final Mdefeat by Villarreal yesterday. ‘One kick away’ United and Solskjaer let Europa The Premier League giants remain without a League slip major trophy in four years after losing 11-10 on Solskjaer bemoans fine margins after Europa League loss penalties following a 1-1 draw in Gdansk, with After falling behind to Villarreal, United did goalkeeper David de Gea missing the final spot United gave themselves hope of a second because it means nothing. One winner, one loser. well to claw themselves back into the game and kick. Europa League title, after the one they won under Today we lost. We have to find out why and make re-establish control in the second half. “It’s quiet, a disappointed dressing room. Jose Mourinho in 2017, when Edinson Cavani sure next time we don’t lose.” Eventually, the pressure told with Cavani That’s football for you. Sometimes it’s decided on equalised 10 minutes after halftime following Solskjaer, who said he had considered drawing United level. one kick – and that’s the difference between Gerard Moreno’s 29th-minute opener. replacing De Gea with another keeper for the But what followed was a damning indication winning and losing,” Solskjaer told BT Sport. But they struggled to turn possession into shootout given the Spaniard’s terrible record – 36 of Solskjaer’s hesitancy to use his bench. By the “We didn’t turn up. We didn’t play as well as chances and visibly tired in extra time. without a save after yesterday’s game – said he time the United manager made his first change we know we can. We started alright and they got “The feeling inside is difficult to explain,” was hoping the club would recruit “two or three” in extra time, Villarreal had already made five, the goal, their only shot on target. We were admitted forward Marcus Rashford. players to strengthen his starting eleven for next and it seemed to completely change the game. disappointed to concede a goal on a set play. “We came here to win. We’ve been working so season. From being on top, the momentum had “We pushed, we pressed, we got a goal. After hard all season and this was the opportunity to “We will come back next season with more swung back towards the Spaniards. United we scored we didn’t control the game or win a trophy and it didn’t happen for whatever desire and hunger. We have to give 110%,” said looked short of ideas, and there was a lack of dominate as we wanted. reason. Rashford. movement from the bench to change that. “It’s not a successful season of course. Nobody “Second doesn’t count for nothing. “To win big trophies you have to show expected us to finish second in the league but the Manchester City win the league, we finished sacrifice. I know in every club they don’t have this Unai Emery does it again boys came up just short tonight unfortunately. second. Doesn’t mean nothing. Villarreal won the sacrifice. In the top clubs they do. That’s why they “Trophies matter and that’s what matters at Europa League, we finished second. For us it’s win trophies. This was Emery’s fifth Europa League final in this club so no it’s not a successful season. It’s the nothing,” said Rashford. “We’re close, I promise we’re close.” – eight seasons, with his third different team. It’s a short answer. “I don’t want to hear ‘they were so close’ AFP/Reuters stunning record, and despite struggling to replicate the success during his time at Arsenal, the Europa League final victories where his SIDENETTING Sevilla and Villarreal sides shut down Liverpool Emery reveals penalties not practiced and United respectively are magnificent VILLARREAL midfielder Francis Coquelin hailed his our supporters. It’s been a huge job this season. MU fans spot Cavani achievements for the coach. side’s “special” maiden major trophy, secured in “We knew that we would enter the Champions and Ole touchline row The Spaniard’s gameplan was clear, to sit in stunning fashion with victory over Manchester League if we won, it’s a double boost! It’s a reward with two banks of four and Gerard Moreno and United in the Europa League final yesterday. for this whole group, the supporters… anything is MANCHESTER UNITED fans were Carlos Bacca pressing from the front. Playing their first ever major European final, Unai possible.” quick to notice star striker Edinson Even before taking the lead, Emery’s side Emery’s men clinched a memorable triumph 11-10 For Villarreal boss Unai Emery, it was a record Cavani and boss Ole Gunnar were frustrating their opponents and limiting on penalties in Gdansk. fourth UEFA Cup/Europa League triumph as coach. Solskjaer in a heated touchline them to few chances. “It feels really good. It’s been a very tough “This season, we have not worked on penalties exchange. The Red Devils are They took their chance when it came, with competition,” Frenchman Coquelin told BT Sport. in training but the players have been fabulous,” he taking on Villarreal in the Europa Moreno prodding home from a wide freekick, “What an end.” said. League final in Gdansk, Poland. On but in the second half Villarreal lacked any Villarreal finished seventh in La Liga, but the win “It’s amazing and wonderful that everyone has Twitter, one fan shared footage of threat or pace on the breakaway to cause over United sees them scored. It is a source of the Red Devils boss ranting at his United further problems. jump from next pride for Villarreal, the star striker from the touchline. season’s inaugural president, the project. Cavani then throws his arms up in United continue to concede from Europa Conference “The secret is the air in frustration, appearing to League into the work. The players be exasperated with the set-pieces Champions League showed a great Norwegian’s advice. The person All season long, United’s defending from set- group stage. mentality throughout who uploaded the footage pieces has not been good enough for a team “We didn’t manage to the competition and in captioned it “Cavani telling Ole to with ambitions for challenging for the league get to the Champions the final.” – AFP shut up” along with laughing title and competing for trophies. League through the emojis. Even this month, Solskjaer’s side conceded league – so to get through key goals from set-pieces in defeats to Leicester with our first title is Pogba drops hint and Liverpool at Old Trafford. Those goals were amazing,” added former from corners, but it has been a weakness of Arsenal midfielder over club future United’s for a long time, and nothing has been Coquelin. PAUL POGBA has dropped a clue done about it. “Obviously to beat that he intends to remain at It would be easy to say that the loss of Harry them in the final was Manchester United beyond this Maguire was a factor here, but even when the something special. season as he sent a message to England defender has been in the team United “We will try to celebrate Ole Gunnar Solskjaer over his have still conceded cheaply from dead-ball (despite Covid) because it’s position. The Frenchman situations. It points to a deeper problem. something special for the appeared to be heading for the club.” exit door at the start of December Cavani leads from the front Villarreal’s only previous when agent Mino Raiola claimed silverware had been the his client’s time at Old Trafford was When United needed a goal in normal time, Spanish third division in up. Pogba and Ole Gunnar of course it was Edinson Cavani who stepped 1970 and two Intertoto Cups Solskjaer were said to have up. in 2003 and 2004. engaged in an honest This was thought to be Fernandes’ team but “We had a great match conversation in the following days, in the space of a matter of weeks, Cavani’s against one of the best in which they put the Frenchman’s importance has grown to such an extent that it teams in the world,” leftback Villarreal’s Spanish long-term future to one side. Now now feels as if he has as much influence on the Alfonso Pedraza told RMC coach Unai Emery Pogba has revealed that he is team as the Portuguese. Sport. poses for pictures with planning to stay at United, as he The 34-year-old has scored nine goals in his “We suffered, we did not the trophy after targets a Premier League winners last 10 games for the team and has become a have many chances, and then winning the UEFA medal. However, he has reminded leader on the pitch, as well as a fan favourite, it was the lottery of penalties. Europa League final Solskjaer that he would prefer to during that time. A title for the supporters who yesterday. – AFPPIX stick to one position after being Many questioned the sense of signing are here, who helped us, we moved around. Cavani at the start of the season, with the move obviously dedicate it to all reminding many of United’s signing of Radamel Falcao a few years before. Few would have guessed how well the striker has done since Red Devils criticised for Europa League ‘failure’ under Solskjaer joining the club. MANCHESTER UNITED have too many players today – you have to credit Unai for that. They got have almost become a nice club.” Rashford struggles a worry ahead who are fine with losing matches and Ole Gunnar their tactics spot on. United weren’t good enough Owen Hargreaves agreed with the main line of Solskjaer was beaten tactically in the Europa on the night. It’s a failure.” the campaign being largely a disappointment all of the Euros League final by Unai Emery. Paul Scholes looked to the playing squad for told. “If they win the Europa League they’ve had a Despite being restored to his preferred Those were the prevailing opinions of former the Red Devils and questioned whether enough heck of a season but losing this changes that. It’s a position on the left wing, Marcus Rashford was Old Trafford stars Rio Ferdinand, Paul Scholes and of them felt the sting of losing out on silverware tough blow for United,” he said. United’s least effective attacking option against Owen Hargreaves, after United were beaten on enough to keep up with the demands of the club. Forward Rashford spoke after the game to BT Villarreal. penalties by Villarreal in the Europa League final in “It’s a lot easier for Villarreal, nobody is and acknowledged that finishing second in the Mason Greenwood was far more dangerous Gdansk. expecting them to create chances, score goals. It league and the final “doesn’t mean anything” for on the opposite flank, and for whatever reason Speaking on BT Sports after the game, the ex- was United who should be doing that but they are United, though noted the gap to rivals Rashford did not have the same impact on the England international trio were unanimous in their always much better on the counter-attack and Manchester City had closed somewhat. left. points of view that United have fallen short this away from home,” he noted. Scholes, however, disagreed and feels the gap Rashford also missed a sitter during the season as a result of not winning silverware – and “Rashford didnt have his best night. They remains bigger than the Premier League points second half, in a move that was eventually that Solskjaer was shown up on the night. weren’t very good tonight but overall there has tallies suggest. brought back for offside, but Rashford did not “Unai got it perfect on the tactics board. Bruno been progress. “When he (Rashford) says they’re close, are look at all confident as he approached the Fernandes was nullified, closed down at all times,” “Does it hurt them enough? They’ve lost they really that close? Beaten in a Europa League chance and he scuffed his effort. said Ferdinand. games recently, does it really hurt? It’s almost final by Villarreal; finished second, 14pts behind “There’s space for Cavani, Marcus Rashford become an accepted thing. Even from the City. It doesn’t feel like it’s close to me.” – The The Independent with their pace and movement but it wasn’t there manager sometimes it looks acceptable. United Independent EURO 2020 Watch out for

pullout from June 10 Download theSun app from 15 or go to www.thesundaily.my FRIDAY • MAY 28, 2021 Failure built upon failure leaves more questions over Ole’s Utd reign █ MIGUEL DELANEY the Europa League final only makes that all the because they do have great players, who are where they are ultimately dependent on the final more acute, totally eroding any credit taken from capable of always bailing them out – but will result. The game thereby became a referendum INSTEAD of the first trophy he needed, Ole a relatively forgiving run. inevitably fade at big moments when there is no on the campaign. Gunnar Solskjaer still has all the old questions he The brutal reality is that the flaws that saw bigger game plan. Solskjaer is 48, having been in management could do without. They are maybe now more them fall out of the Champions League were still Many might say Solskajer did little wrong, for over a decade, and at United for two and a severe than ever. visible here. and they just failed to open a defensive team in half years. He still has nothing to show for that There was more here than a big chance More than anything, there were some baffling a tight game, but that’s kind of the point again. other than Norwegian trophies from over seven squandered. in-game decisions, even if some were inverted. He almost did nothing. years ago. This was a golden chance, one almost It may seem harsh to dwell on the negatives Whereas that decisive defeat to Paris Saint- There was that inertia again. And while a lack offered up. And he flunked it. after a game that went the distance in the truest Germain saw Solskjaer inexplicably refuse to take of faith in his squad may be understandable He was instead bested by Unai Emery, the sense, and could really have gone either way, but Fred off when it was clear to anyone he was against Manchester City or Liverpool, this was sort of manager that United would dismiss as a that’s the point. It should never have got that far. destined for a red card, he here refused to bring Spain’s seventh-placed side – who were literally potential option, and who offered them great Manchester United should have had this players on, when it was similarly clear to anyone delighted to just win their first trophy. mirth in eliminating Arsenal. He has now done a Europa League final won long before the end of that Dan James’ pace could have hurt an ailing Against that, and an exhausted team at times number on United and Solskjaer, too. the 90 minutes. Villarreal looked done at more Villarreal. inviting pressure, United has just two shots It is failure upon failure. Europa League final than one point. That inertia on the sideline on target. defeat has only followed Champions League Of course, it’s not just about this match. did more than gift the swing of It was why so much of this match was elimination, with both showing why there are United shouldn’t have been in this the game back to Villarreal, as almost a microcosm of the season, and still so many questions whether Solskjaer is one competition. They should have eased their way they freshened up with five subs. entirely in keeping with it. of the right men for this job – let alone the best. through their Champions League group, having It once again made United fail United alternated between spells where The season has now ended on a negative. It won their first three games. to capitalise on a period of genuine they were good and spells when they were never should have got to this. – The So, this is really failure upon failure. Defeat in quality. But was that quality just wholly unconvincing, with any sense of Independent

Villarreal’s players lift the trophy after winning the UEFA Europa League final match after defeating Manchester United at the Gdansk Stadium yesterday. – AFPPIX Epic shootout Villarreal beat Man Utd to win the Europa League after De Gea miss decisive penalty ILLARREAL defeated Manchester Gunnar Solskjaer. in central defence, with the United captain place in next season’s Champions League, saving United 11-10 on penalties to win their “We have to learn from it, taste this feeling and surprisingly named among the substitutes them from competing in the new UEFA first major trophy after a 1-1 draw in the make sure we don’t get it again.” despite suffering ankle ligament damage two Conference League which they had qualified for Europa League final as goalkeeper He added: “We didn’t turn up. We didn’t play weeks ago. by finishing seventh in La Liga. DavidV de Gea missed the decisive spot kick in a as well as we know we can.” De Gea started ahead of Dean Henderson in United coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said his remarkable shootout. Villarreal midfielder Francis Coquelin was goal, while Paul Pogba took up a more orthodox players had to remember the pain of the defeat Gerard Moreno gave Villarreal the lead 29 delighted that the victory also led to a place in midfield role as Fred was only deemed fit enough for the future. minutes into the Spanish club’s first European next season’s Champions League. for a spot on the bench. “They made it hard for us, we had the majority final, but Edinson Cavani equalised early in the “It feels really good. To play against a very “This is a dream come true, in these moments of possession but they defended well, we didn’t second half before Unai Emery’s team prevailed good side like Manchester United, we knew it we can all remember how hard we’ve worked to create enough big chances,” he added. on spot kicks, extending United’s four-year would be tough,” Coquelin told BT Sport. go down in the club’s history books,” said United forward Rashford said the club had trophy drought. “We didn’t manage to get to the Champions goalscorer Moreno. passed up a great opportunity. “It’s a disappointed dressing room. That’s League through the league so to get it through the “We wanted to make history and we did it. We “In one word, it’s disappointing,” he said. football for you. Sometimes it’s decided on one Europa League is something special – and a first played so well in extra time and our fans helped “But there’s no chance this team will give up, kick – and that’s the difference between title for the club as well – something amazing.” us in the shootout.” we’ll come back next season with a bigger desire.” winning and losing,” said United boss Ole Eric Bailly replaced the injured Harry Maguire The shootout win also booked Villarreal’s – AFP/Reuters theSun is published and printed by Sun Media Corporation Sdn Bhd (221220-K) of Lot 6, Jalan 51/217, 46050 Petaling Jaya, Selangor. Tel: 03-7784 6688 Fax: 03-7783 7435 • Tel (Editorial): 03-7784 6688 Fax: 03-7785 2624/5 Email: [email protected] • Tel (Advertising): 03-7784 8888 Fax: 03-7784 4424 Email: [email protected]