Highlights of Budget 2009
Enhancing Health Services
* Excise duty specific on cigarettes increased by three sen from 15 sen per stick to 18 sen per stick. With this, the duty for a 20-stick pack of cigarettes is now increased by 60 sen.
Social Safety Net
* Eligibility criteria for welfare assistance under the Welfare Department, increased from a monthly household income of RM400 to RM720 for Peninsular Malaysia, RM830 for Sarawak and RM960 for Sabah.
* Government pensioners who had served at least 25 years upon retirement, will receive a pension of not less than RM720 per month, effective Jan 1 2009.
* The Government will now also set up a Special fund of RM25mil set up to channel financial assistance to victims of calamities such as floods and fire.
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Resdung
Resdung aka Sinusitis, ataupun seduang - mengikut panggilannya di terengganu , adalah penyakit normal di negara kita. Sesiapa pun kalau duk dlm Malaysia ni sure pernah dgr psl resdung.
Resdung mmg sejenis penyakit yg menyakitkan hati. Start dr gatal2 di mata , ataupun gatal hidung muka, kemudian selesema . Tak senang duduk sekiranya kita terkena penyakit resdung . Adakah anda salah seorg yg mengidap resdung ? mari kita check ..
Antara gejala gejala resdung adalah ;
1. gatal mata
2. gatal telinga
3. gatal muka
4. gatal hidung
5. selesema yg berterusan
6. bersin
7. jerawat yg melampau
8. sakit tekak yg berpanjangan
9. lendir di hidung dan tekak
Tags: gejala penyakit, perubatan, resdung
LCD TV
Thinking on changing your CRT tv to the new style of LCD tv but fearing that it would consume more electricty than CRT tv ? Fear not , i got your answers here
Does digital TV use more electricity than analogue TV?
- Digital TVs do not use any more energy than analogue TVs.
- However, larger screens will need more electricity than smaller screens, so if you are trading up to a bigger TV it will probably use more energy.
- There is no significant difference in the energy consumption of different TV technologies: a 32″ CRT (cathode-ray tube) or current flatscreen model will consume much the same energy
What makes LCD TV better than CRT
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Bigfoot found in Georgia
Aug 19, 2008 General, News, Stuff
This has been on CNN news and coverage all over America.
The picture above you’re seeing is bigfoot in an icebox about to be send for DNA test. And that bigfoot fails DNA test just about 4 hours ago
One of the two samples of DNA said to prove the existence of the Bigfoot came from a human and the other was 96 percent from an opossum, according to Curt Nelson, a scientist at the University of Minnesota who performed the DNA analysis.
on 15th August 2008 , Two men claim to found bigfoot remains in georgia woods. Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer repeatedly said that their claim is not a hoax and that scientific analysis will prove it.
rick holding a picture said to be bigfoot's mouth
“We were not looking for Bigfoot. … We wouldn’t know what we were doing if we did,” said Whitton, a police officer on leave after being shot in the hand while making an arrest. “I didn’t believe in Bigfoot at the time. … But you’ve got to come to terms with it and realize you’ve got something special. And that’s what it was.”
The men say they were hiking in early June when they discovered the body of a 7-foot-7, 500-pound half-ape, half-human creature near a stream. They also claim to have spotted about three similar living creatures — and showed reporters video stills of what they say is one of those creatures shadowing them through the woods.
Dyer and Whitton said they were carrying a video camera during their hike to film wildlife.
They said they handed the body over to Biscardi, who is keeping it at an undisclosed location until a team of scientists can examine it.
Tags: bigfoot, bigfoot picture, dna test, georgia
