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The tightening for employment is getting fierce, man. Going all the way to to plug holes and cracks. I can see, is going to be tough business environment for IT, banks' back offices and banking. Especially those have been abusing the employment act. Tightening controls

Are we going to see a drop in prices at the petrol kiosk tomorrow? Oil prices drop

Has the MSK escape fiasco has anything to do with him stepping down. Kinda late to relive him of high profile position. http://sg.yfittopostblog.com/2010/10/27/wo...abinet-changes/

Gerhard Berger has backed Michael Schumacher amid a climate of continuing criticism of the seven time world champion's performance so far in 2010. Four races into 41-year-old Schumacher's F1 comeback at the wheel of a Mercedes, the critique of pundits has ranged from a verdict of disappointment to a harsh denigration of his skills after three years of retirement. "I find all the talk about Michael a bit tedious, because it is always with a negative slant," 10-time GP winner Berger, who raced in Schumacher's era until retiring in 1997, said on Austrian TV 'Sport und Talk aus dem Hangar 7'. "Michael has come back and is doing what he wants. I think you cannot change the status of someone who is a seven time world champion," added the 50-year-old former Ferrari and McLaren driver. Austrian Berger backs Schumacher to improve his pace in the forthcoming races. "We know his ambition. We know that if he does something, he does it right. I think we must take him seriously again in the future," he said. After the initial three races of 2010, Berger admits that Schumacher's performance in China was a setback. "It was weak, but that can happen," said the former teammate of the late F1 great Ayrton Senna. "I think he has done an excellent job so far -- except for the last race. In the first three grands prix he was in the top six of the championship. That is a great achievement," added Berger. Also defending Schumacher is his countryman and friend Sebastian Vettel, who until the great German's struggle in 2010 was nicknamed by the German press 'Baby-Schumi'. "He is yet to exhaust the potential of his car and will therefore get better from a driving point of view from race to race," the Red Bull driver told Switzerland's Motorsport Aktuell. "I wouldn't write him off for a long time," added 22-year-old Vettel. Force India's Adrian Sutil also sees nothing odd about Schumacher's comeback to date. "I had counted on it being difficult for him. Formula one has changed to the extremes in the past few years so that you can lose half a second and not know exactly why," he told spox.com. "Plus it would have been funny if Schumacher had beaten us all after three years of being retired -- then he really would have been the god of F1. "That doesn't mean he's doing badly; on the contrary, he's always in the top ten. He only needs time," added Sutil. Source: GMM

wah just saw the news on CH8 and went dig out this...really power sia...thk maybe boleh land will start riots liao... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100127/ap_on_...aysia_allah_ban Kuala Lumpur Mosques desecrated with pig's head - symbolic tit-for-tat for attack on 11 churches and sikh temple Four wild-boar heads were thrown early this morning into the compound of two mosques along Jalan Klang Lama, a major road in the southwest of Kuala Lumpur. Not quite the same as burning a church down ~ and no doubt pigs ran wild over all of Malaysia at one time - in this case a good mop and bucket will do the trick. One thing must be said that the Malaysia authorities have moved quickly to arrest those responsible for the attacks on the non-Muslim places of worship - which is almost completely at odds with the way it works in the rest of the Muslim world - where most attacks are carried out with impunity - in some case the police are there as witnesses. The Koran calls for a very definite second class status for non-Muslims living among Muslims in the Islamic world - and most of the time this is respected over universal human rights norms. Kuala Lumpur (AsiaNews) - Some mosques in Kuala Lumpur have been desecrated with pig's heads. The remains of the animal - which is considered "unclean" by Muslims - were scattered in fields adjacent the places of worship. The police speak of a link between this incident and recent attacks on Christian churches, which broke out following the controversy over the use of the word "Allah". AsiaNews sources confirm that there is an ongoing in Malaysia attempt to " politically destabilize the country". In the last few weeks 11 Christian churches and Protestants, a Sikh temple and Muslim places of worship have been affected. Inter-religious tensions in Malaysia exploded after the court ruling last December 31, which authorized Christians to use the word "Allah" to refer to God in the Malay language. Musa Hassan, chief of police, points a finger at "a group" that aims to stoke sectarian hatred in a country with a Muslim majority, but that is also home to large Chinese and Indian communities. Hazelaihi Abdullah, imam of the mosque in Taman Dato Harun, confirmed the discovery of a severed pig's head near the place of worship. A similar episode occurred in the nearby mosque of Al Imam al Tirmizi and the mosque of Sri Sentosa, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. Hishammuddin Hussein, Minister for Foreign Affairs, condemned the attempt to "create chaos in the country." The Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism - a body that promotes interfaith dialogue - has issued a statement stressing that "all violence against places of worship and prayer is a very serious sin" and has invited civil society "not to give in to provocation". AsiaNews sources in Kuala Lumpur confirm ongoing attempts to " politically destabilize the country." "Some people

Friday October 19, 12:40 PM Oil prices pass record 90 dlrs amid supply, geopolitical fears New York crude oil prices surpassed a record 90 dollars a barrel in after-hours trading Thursday as Iraq urged Turkey not to take military action against Kurdish rebels located in northern Iraq. Traders said oil prices were also stoked higher by a weakening US dollar and global supply jitters. "The issue seems no longer to be whether oil will reach 100 dollars per barrel, but when," said Barclays Capital analyst Kevin Norrish. The price gains in after-hours trading came after New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in November, had jumped 2.07 dollars to a record close of 89.47 dollars a barrel. In electronic trade after the market close, the benchmark contract spiked to an all-time high of 90.02 dollars. London prices also pushed higher in after-hours trading, as Brent North Sea crude for December delivery soared to 84.88 dollars after the contract had earlier settled 1.47 dollars higher at 84.60 dollars. Oil prices have gained this week amid geopolitical angst, related to fears over a potential conflict affecting Turkey's boder with Iraq, and a weakening dollar. The dollar's decline has made dollar-priced commodities, such as oil, cheaper for buyers holding stronger currencies. Traders said speculators have also jumped into the market, adding to the price frenzy. The euro earlier hit a record high of 1.4310 dollars Thursday. Turkey said Thursday it would pursue diplomacy to defuse a crisis over Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq as Baghdad made fresh appeals to dissuade its neighbor from possible military action. The Turkish parliament Wednesday approved a motion authorizing military strikes for a one-year period against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which is accused of using bases in northern Iraq for attacks on targets across the border in Turkey. Many of Iraq's major oil fields are located in the north of the country. "Once the furor has settled down, the oil market as a whole can get on the job of working out whether supply and demand dynamics mean that long-term prices should have two or three digits." But, Alaron Trading analyst Phil Flynn predicted prices could go even higher. "The next target should be roughly four dollars above that level, somewhere around 93 dollars a barrel," he said. "It