(MY111) : Mirzan says San Miguel stake is just business

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 13 – Mirzan Mahathir has defended his investment group’s stake in Philippines conglomerate San Miguel Corp (SMC), saying the company was well on the way to diversifying substantially from its brewery business.

In a letter to The Malaysian Insider yesterday, Mirzan said San Miguel Corp had decided to shift its attention to the infrastructure, public utility and energy requirements of the Philippines, from its core brewery business.

“Since Kirin Holdings of Japan acquired a significant direct ownership stake in the brewery division, this will result in a dramatic change in SMC’s revenue mix, with beverages expected to contribute less than 15% of total sales by next year,” he said in the letter.

The Malaysian Insider had reported this week that Mirzan, the eldest son of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, was recently appointed to the board of San Miguel Corp, the biggest food and beverage conglomerate in the Philippines and the owner of San Miguel Brewery Inc.

San Miguel Corp told the Philippines stock exchange last week about Mirzan’s appointment which is to represent the interests of Q-Tech Alliance Holdings Inc on the board.

Q-Tech, a Manila-based investment company in which Mirzan has a stake in, recently acquired a 19.9 per cent share in San Miguel Corp for 39.61 billion pesos (RM2.9 billion).

It bought the stake from Japan’s Kirin Holdings, which used the funds to help finance the acquisition of a 43 per cent stake in San Miguel Brewery Inc.

With this latest corporate exercise, San Miguel Corp still maintains a 51 per cent stake in San Miguel Brewery Inc.

San Miguel Brewery controls 95 per cent of the Philippine beer market. The company has made San Miguel Beer for more than a century. The beer is brewed in the Philippines, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia, and is sold in 60 markets worldwide, according to the company’s Web site.

Mirzan’s involvement in the deal, while a sound investment decision, has raised some eyebrows among Malaysia’s conservative Muslim community.

Since news of Q-Tech’s acquisition of San Miguel Corp shares began circulating here, a number of news blogs have used it to attack Dr Mahathir’s Muslim credentials.

“Unfortunately, certain parties are keen to turn this exciting positive change in a well?managed Philippines corporation into an assault on the reputation of my father, even though he has nothing whatsoever to do with my business interests.

“I can only provide a rational explanation for my actions and it would be a pity if facts are twisted to gain dubious points from a straightforward business decision,” said Mirzan.

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(MY110) Nogold Trivia : Uji Kecekapan Mata Dan Pengetahuan Anda

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Permainan diatas adalah yang diberi nama Nogold Trivia sebahagian dari usaha pihak Nogold.com untuk memberikan anda NG$ yang mana boleh digunakan untuk membuat bidaan seperti yang telah di ceritakan di entry sebelum ini. Untuk melihat apa yang ditawarkan di Nogold Mart boleh lihat disini. Untuk mengetahui apa itu NG$ dan bagaimana untuk membida boleh lihat disini.

(MY109) Nogold Mart : Penghargaan NG kepada Forumer

Nogold.com bukan sesuatu yang baru. Forum ini telah subur seawal 2005.Disini anda bebas membuat pilihan untuk menjadi silent reader mahupun aktif berforum.Selain itu di nogold.com anda dihargai. Segala catatan mahupun komen-komen anda di nogold.com boleh memberikan anda membawa pulangan berbentuk barangan. Anda tidak percaya? Saya akan membuktikan ini bukan suatu omongan kosong sebaliknya adalah benar.

Di nogold.com setiap komentar dan catatan yang anda luahkan akan berikan NG$. Apa itu NG$? Ia adalah berfungsi seperti RM tetapi hanya boleh digunakan dan diterima di nogold.com. Berbagai cara boleh dilakukan untuk mendapatkan NG$ antaranya dengan membuat blog dan hantarkan ke Nogold.com : Blog Review untuk mendapatkan NG$. Didalam entry ini akan diceritakan bagaimana cara untuk mendapat NG$ dengan mudah.

Dengan memperkenalkan NG$ maka selepas itu nogold.com memperkenalkan pula "Nogold Mart : Daily, Weekly & Monthly bid". Nogold Mart diwujudkan sebagai penghargaan kepada forumer yang setia dan aktif melontarkan komentar mereka di ruang-ruang forum nogold.com. Kepada silent reader, ini satu kerugian. Di Nogold Mart, diadakan ruangan membida barang-barang yang ditawarkan oleh pemilik nogold.com. Barangan yang ditawarkan adalah mengikut kekerapan seperti barangan yang ditawarkan secara harian, mingguan dan bulanan.

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Kita kembali kepada bagaimana cara untuk mendapatkan NG$. Sila lihat di bawah:

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b. Kredit Referral (100) - masa register, kalau guna nama referral maka dapat bonus

c. Referral Bonus (5)- ini kalau kita refer new member

d. Kredit Activiti (20)- menjadi aktif, tidak idle

e. Kredit Hari Lahir (100)

f. Kredit Memberi Reputasi (0.5)- sekiranya memberikan reputasi kepada orang lain

g. Kredit Menerima Reputasi (2)- sekiranya menerima reputasi dari orang lain

h. Menerima Infraction (-10)

i. Buka Thread Baru (10)

j. Thread di beri 'rate' (1)

k. Membuat post di thread orang lain (5)

l. Membuat post di thread sendiri (3)

m. Kredit setiap perkataan melebih 100 (0.5)

n. Kredit apabila thread di lawat oleh ahli lain (0.05)

o. Thread menerima balasan (2)

p. Profile di lawati (0.05)

q. Membuat poll (5)

r. Poll di undi (1)

s. Ada attachment (3)

t. Hantar PM (-2)

u. Letak event dalam kalendar (3)

v. Ada profail gambar (3)

Cara-cara mendapatkan NG$

Format-format bagaimana untuk membida :

last bid: NG$XXXXX

my bid: NG$XXXXX

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Format-format Membida

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semula dan NG$ pemenang yang tidak membuat pembayaran akan ditolak 10%. Sekiran pembayaran telah dibuat maka lampiran hendaklah di letakkan di tempat yang berkenaan. Format bukti pembayaran.

Barangan yang dimenangi akan di pos atau diserahkan kepada pemenang semasa NG Tour diadakan. Tempat dan tarikh penyerahan akan di nyatakan di forum. Boleh lihat dibawah majlis penyerahan barangan bidaan kepada pemenang.

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(MY108) How Can You Participate And Become Nogold Super Star (RM10k can be yours)

r u hav a gut to record what u r singing then upload ur video to youtube??? if yes then u should try this Nogold Super Star..there's lot of money they are offer to the winner..just take a look at the poster below then u can find how much can u win..rm10k???? (if u win the final) can u believe it??? it just a simple step to participate..



1st step : snap a video while u r singing (even while u r in a toilet but pleaseee with full set of clothes)
2nd step : upload to youtube
3rd step : register ur ID at nogold.com (if u r still did'nt register as NG member)
4th step : submit ur video url.
5th step : join the community to introduce ur self in order for them to know about u (they hav to know u if u want their vote)
6th step : just cross ur finger till end of month to know if u are the top 3..

here are the Month of June Winner...

1st Place



2nd Runner up



3rd Place




here are the Month of July Winner...

1st Place



2nd Runner up



3rd Place




congratulation to the monthly winner..
for the 1st place the prize is RM500
for the 2nd place the prize is RM300
for the 3rd place the prize is RM100

for detail you can check nogold.com
so anyone interested to participated can send your video..to check the weekly top 5 of NG superstar just click here...Carta Top 5 NG Superstar Untuk Minggu Ini

(MY107) Pregnancy, STDs on the Rise Again Among Teens

THURSDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) -- Birth rates among U.S. teens increased in 2006 and 2007, following large declines from 1991 to 2005, according to a new U.S. government study.

It found that previously improving trends in teens' and young adults' sexual and reproductive health have flattened or may be worsening in some cases.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers analyzed national data from 2002-2007. Among their findings:

About one-third of adolescents hadn't received instruction on methods of birth control before age 18.
In 2004, there were about 745,000 pregnancies among females younger than age 20. This included an estimated 16,000 pregnancies among girls aged 10 to 14.
Syphilis cases among young people aged 15 to 24 have increased in both males and females in recent years.
In 2006, about one million young people aged 10 to 24 were reported to have chlamydia, gonorrhea or syphilis. Nearly one-quarter of females aged 15 to 19, and 45 percent of females aged 20 to 24 had a human papillomavirus (HPV) infection during 2003-2004.
From 1997 to 2006, rates of AIDS cases among males aged 15 to 24 increased.
In 2006, the majority of new diagnoses of HIV infection among young people occurred among males and those aged 20 to 24.
From 2004 to 2006, about 100,000 females aged 10 to 24 visited a hospital emergency department for nonfatal sexual assault, including 30,000 females aged 10 to 14.

"This report identifies a number of concerns regarding the sexual and reproductive health of our nation's young people," Janet Collins, director of CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, said in a news release.


"It is disheartening that after years of improvement with respect to teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, we now see signs that progress is stalling and many of these trends are going in the wrong direction," she said.


The study also identified a number of racial/ethnic disparities in the sexual and reproductive health of young Americans. For example, Hispanic teens aged 15 to 19 are much more likely to become pregnant (132.8 births per 1,000 females) than non-Hispanic blacks (128 per 1,000) and non-Hispanic whites (45.2 per 1,000). The study also found that non-Hispanic black youth in all age groups have the highest rates of new HIV and AIDS diagnoses.


The study appears in the July 17 issue of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, published by the CDC

(MY106) World's largest telescope to be built in Hawaii

HONOLULU – Hawaii was chosen Tuesday as the site for the world's biggest telescope, a device so powerful that it will allow scientists to see some 13 billion light years away and get a glimpse into the early years of the universe.

The telescope's mirror — stretching almost 100 feet in diameter, or nearly the length of a Boeing 737's wingspan — will be so large that it should be able to gather light that will have spent 13 billion years traveling to earth. This means astronomers looking into the telescope will be able to see images of the first stars and galaxies forming — some 400 million years after the Big Bang.

"It will sort of give us the history of the universe," Thirty Meter Telescope Observatory Corp. spokesman Charles Blue said.

The telescope, expected to be completed by 2018, will be located atop a dormant volcano that is popular with astronomers because its summit sits well above the clouds at 13,796 feet, offering a clear view of the sky above for 300 days a year.

(MY105) Solar eclipse shrouds Asia

TAREGNA, India – The longest solar eclipse of the 21st century pitched a swath of Asia from India to China into near darkness Wednesday as millions gathered to watch the phenomenon.

But millions more, gripped by fear, shuttered themselves in. India abounds in superstitions and fables based on Hindu mythology, one of which says an eclipse is caused when a dragon-demon swallows the sun.

The eclipse is caused when the moon covers the sun completely to cast a shadow on earth. In some parts of Asia it lasted as long as 6 minutes and 39 seconds.

Thick cloud cover over India obscured the sun when the eclipse began at dawn. But the clouds parted in several cities, minutes before the total eclipse took place at 6.24 a.m. (0054 GMT; 8:54 p.m. EDT).