Harga Komoditi : Rakyat telah diperjelaskan

Dalam ekonomi dunia yang menghadapi pelbagai cabaran, tiap negara akan mengalami impak daripada pergolakan itu. Negara-negara ASEAN termasuk Malaysia, Thailand, Laos tidak terkecuali dalam hal ini. Perlu kita kenal pasti elemen-elemen yang membawa kepada peningkatan harga komoditi makanan supaya kita tidak mudah dikelirukan oleh dakyah-dakyah yang tidak berkepentingan.

Antara faktor peningkatan harga komoditi makanan dunia adalah kerana populasi dunia dianggarkan meningkat sebanyak 4% setahun, akan tetapi kapasiti pengeluaran makanan hanya meningkat 1-2% setahun.

Selain itu, faktor cuaca yang tidak menentu juga menyumbang kepada peningkatan harga komoditi global. Selain keadaan cuaca, peningkatan perdagangan global telah meningkatkan permintaan pengguna dan menyebabkan peningkatan terhadap kegunaan tenaga dan komoditi, disebabkan permintaan yang tinggi dan pengeluaran tidak dapat menampung permintaan maka ia meningkatkan harga komoditi. Ketidakstabilan politik juga menyumbang kepada kenaikan harga komoditi global.


Harga gula mentah di pasaran dunia pada 26 Mei 2011 adalah Usc22.59/lb. Harga gula mentah pasaran dunia dalam tren menurun disebabkan oleh penawaran gula yang mencukupi di pasaran dunia.


Harga bijirin gandum di pasaran dunia pada 20 Mei 2011 adalah USD 398/MT. harga bijirin gandum dalam tren menaik disebabkan kekurangan penawaran bahan mentah tersebut di pasaran. Ini disebabkan oleh keadaan cuaca yang tidak menentu di beberapa negara pengeksport bijirin gandum :-

* keadaan cuaca kering di Selatan Amerika
* kemarau di kawasan Eropah Barat yang menyebabkan pengeluaran gandum terjejas
*penanaman gandum di Utara Amerika dan Kanada masih belum dilaksanakan mengikut jadual. Ini akan menyebabkan pengeluaran gandum berkurangan
* Larangan eksport gandum yang dilaksanakan oleh Russia berkuat kuasa 15 Ogos 2010 sehingga 31 Julai 2011


Harga minyak mentah di pasaran dunia pada 26 Mei 2011 adalah USD101/bbl. Harga minyak mentah pasaran dunia dalam tren menaik disebabkan oleh ketidakstabilan politik di negara-negara Timur Tengah (Yaman) dan Afrika Utara (Libya). Ini kerana 1/3 daripada sumber minyak dunia adalah dari negara-negara tersebut.

Pemerhati ekonomi berpendapat bahawa Malaysia mempunyai cukup mekanisme untuk mengawal barang-barang makanan yang penting supaya rakyat tidak dibebankan akibat daripada kenaikan harga komoditi dunia.

Rakyat perlu mengambil perhatian bahawa wujud situasi supply-demand dalam pengurusan komoditi dan juga barang-barang makanan dalam apa-apa keadaan jua kerajaan sentiasa memantau keadaan semasa dan akan memastikan bahawa rakyat sentiasa diberi penjelasan berkaitan perkara ini.


oleh MM

MP PERMATANG PAUH FAILED AGAIN IN THE COURT OF LAW

MP PERMATANG PAUH FAILED AGAIN IN THE COURT OF LAW

By MM

The request by MP Permatang Pauh to disqualify the judge presiding over is sodomy case, was rejected by the high court on 6th June 2011. The judge concluded that such request by Anwar contained no merit for consideration by the court. However, the court granted for a stay of the trial pending appeal to the Court of Appeal. The judge fixed 13th July 2011 for mention of the case.

It seems that the decision by the high court is based on the facts of the case presented by the prosecution team. In short, the MP however would managed to have a ‘short break’ this time before the case comes to light again in early July, when the Parliament session will also resume.

The MP, not short of political ploys, will find ways and means to dodge the rule of law, and hoping to buy time until the next general election. To survive his political career and the ego to become the next Prime Minister of Malaysia, the MP will need to be free from any legal encumbrances, including going through court proceedings.

What happen now are all his own misdoings. For now, it appears rather difficult for him to extract himself from his own trap. He was shown various ways by his cohorts to redeem himself but he chose to move on mindlessly.

Analysts believe that this MP would not succeed in the plan to head for Putrajaya in the coming general election. However, he would not budge from adopting sinister tactics to achieve this goal . His refusal to listen to others and his innerself can be self destructive. It is a matter of time but by then it will be too late. The sensible option for this MP is to look at himself in the mirror and stop doing things which are not in the interest of the rakyat.

DIVERSIONS BY MP PERMATANG PAUH

DIVERSIONS BY MP PERMATANG PAUH

oleh MM.

ON 2ND JUNE 2011, MP PERMATANG PAUH HAD APPLIED FOR HIS SODOMY TRIAL TO BE RECONSIDERED BEFORE A NEW JUDGE FOR THE THIRD TIME. CURRENTLY, DATUK MUHAMAD ZABIDIN MOHDIAH ( HIGH COURT) IS PRESIDING THIS CASE. THE MP WAS REPRESENTED BY LAWYER KARPAL SINGH & CO. THE MP ARGUED THAT IF THE SAME JUGDE WERE TO CONTINUE HEARING THIS CASE, HE IS NOT ASSURED OF A FAIR TRIAL AS GURANTTED IN THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION.

THE MP FELT THAT THE JUDGE HAD PRE-JUDGED WHEN HE ACCEPTED THE TESTIMONY OF MOHAMAD SAIFUL BOKHARI AZLAN AS PRIMA FACIE OR TRUTHFUL EVIDENCE. KARPAL SINGH WOULD REPRESENT HIM MONDAY JUNE 6TH 2011 WHEN THE COURT WOULD MEET TO DICSUSS THIS CASE. FOR THE MOMENT, THE MP FROM PERMATANG PAUH IS ADAMANT WHEN HE TOLD THE PRESS THAT IF THE JUDGE CONTINUE TO PRESIDE THIS CASE, THEN HE WOULD TAKE IT UP TO THE COURT OF THE APPEAL.

THE MP’S DEFENCE COUNSEL S.N.NAIR SAID THAT THE DEFENCE WAS ALLOWED TO PRESENT FIVE WITNESSES WHEN HE HAD REQUESTED FOR 25 OTHER WITNESSES.
THE SUBMISSION BY ANWAR IBRAHIM IS MEANT TO PROLONG THE CASE AND TO GIVE HIM TIME AND SPACE TO POSITION HIMSELF IN THE CURRENT POLITICAL SCENARIO. HE MIGHT HAVE SENSE THAT HIS POLITICAL CAREER WOULD BE ENDING.
NONETHELESS, THIS MP HAS TO PORTRAY THAT HE IS NON-VUNERABLE. HE LIKES TO IMAGINE THAT HE IS INVINCIBLE IN THE EYES OF RULE OF LAW AND, THEREFORE HE CONTINUES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHATEVER IS LEFT TO CREATE CONFUSION AND DIVERSIONS BEFORE THE UPCOMING GENERAL ELECTION.
POLITICAL ANALYSTS ARE HAVING MIXED FEELINGS BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME TO TERMS WITH THE FACTS REVEALED BY THE COURT. MAJORITY BELIEVES THAT ANWAR SHOULD NOT TAKE TOO MUCH TIME OF THE COURT WHEN THERE IS HUGE BACKLOG OF CASES YET TO RECEIVE JUGDMENTS.

ONE SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE GAMEPLAN OF MP PERMATANG PAUH. IT IS LOGICAL TO AVOID BEING TRAPPED IN THE COUNTER ARGUMENTS POSED BY THE DEFENCE TEAM. ONE SHOULD PUT TRUST TO THE COURT TO FUNCTION AND TAKE ITS COURSE IN SERVING PUBLIC INTEREST.