image from http://www.mydin.com.my/

Advertisement Fraud

Taking an hour or two reading local daily after morning breakfast. An advertisement definitely catches my attention. There are four hypermarkets shown. I think you can definitely guess which it belongs to.

1. Please analyze the advertisement above. Now look at second column. It belongs to Mydin indeed. Will you add up all the prices on 22 items selected? Not in a mood to total up? Same as me! Well, I can see 2 items shown were not added (Those written ‘no stock’). Then, I have a peep on the next column (tricked for the 1st time). Can you see what I mean? There are no ‘no stock’ item. If I add up all the 22 items on the next column, the total of the price will be more than Mydin offered.

2. Play rough with me, eh? So I calculated to prove the price of 20 items sold by Mydin were higher than 20 items sold by the other hypermarket (tricked for the 2nd time). When I looked at the advertisement again, soon I realized item with asterisk ‘*’ were not included. Then I wonder……wo … wo … wo … wo … wonder? Why? ....sorry…back to the topic. I wonder why Mydin advertisement agents include stocks that are not available/ counted. Another gimmick to trick foolish buyers like us?

3. Mydin should advertise essential goods (Malaysians most used brands and items) and compare them with others Hypermarkets. Then we will be pengguna bijak lah Ministry of consumer affairs. How can we afford to support local hypermarts in this condition?

So Mydin’s proven and guarantee the best value for money all year round eh? Why pay more, pay even more!

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LOOKS FAMILIAR?

It looks like a brand new Honda Civic sold in America. The front lamp looks similar to Honda Civic while the grill looks similar to Honda Accord.

Reference from http://www.paultan.org/

The facelifted Kia Optima (known as the Magentis in Europe) is now on sale in the Korean market as the Kia Lotze Innovation. Interestingly Kia has decided to offer two different stylings for the car like what Honda is doing with its Accord. One has a more mature styling (the original) while the other is sportier, but strangely Kia has decided to offer both in the same market.

Four official product photos of the new Kia Forte sedan has been released by Kia. It will hit Korean showrooms first in August 2008, with the rest of the world to get it later, including Malaysia as a new Cerato or Forte sedan. The current Cerato is sold here as a 5-door hatch, but a sedan from this current generation is not likely to be introduced with Naza Kia management most probably deciding to skip the current generation Cerato sedan and going straight for this new Forte.

TO IMPLIMENT OR NOT TO IMPLIMENT?

First the Seat Belt rule has been post pone. What about tinted now? Delay again? Before any regulations is finalized, please do not make any unnecessary announcement.

Reference from NST Online:
The Road Transport Department has instead been told to review the existing regulations to make it suit local weather, said Transport Minister Datuk Ong Tee Keat."The crackdown is off. We are holding back because we want to review existing regulations. I'm prepared to do away with this ruling, but I need the feedback and co-ordination of the police first."The issue is being studied now and we will make a final decision following the feedback we receive from the police and RTD," he said.It was earlier reported that the crackdown was to start on July 1 with owners of heavily-tinted vehicles to be slapped with a RM200 fine.
RTD enforcement director Salim Parlan had said that those who were allowed to drive vehicles with heavily-tinted glass would have to show proof they had permission to do so."For instance, a billionaire or a person suffering from a skin disease can apply for an exemption from the transport minister," Salim had said.Under current regulations, owners of tinted vehicles needed to show proof, such as a police report, if their life was under threat or a doctor's letter if they were suffering from a skin disease.Under the Motor Vehicles (Prohibition of Certain Types of Glass) Rules 1991, the chief judge and top-ranking police and army officers were allowed to have tinted vehicles.Ong yesterday said there was no reason why tinting should not be allowed and restricted only to a privileged few."I don't see the need for anyone wanting to tint their cars to be politically connected. We are part of the international community and our regulations must reflect this," Ong said."I have asked my director-general to look into all procedures and implications, including the entry of heavily-tinted foreign cars into our country. We will make an announcement when things have been finalised," he said.

FLASH FLOOD CAUSE BY UNPROPER DRAINAGE AND RUBBISH DUMPING CULPRITS

A decade ago, flash floods occurred in Green House Area(Taman Sri Hijau). It is due to a fallen tree against the flowing stream therefore the water overflow to the road. Rubbish dumping is a popular past time for folks here. They just simply throw rubbish into the river or big drain. Another designated area were big drain situated between Taman Panglima(Assam Kumbang Area) and Taman Kami D(Aulong) also towards Giant Hypermarket in Aulong(Taman Tekah Jaya). When a sudden heavy downpour occurred, the drain or river cannot accommodate the amount of water from the sky. Soon water from it will overflow to the road. Factories nearby also contributes to the flash floods which happened lately.

Reference from thestar:

RESIDENTS living along Sungai Tupai bank had a rude shock when their villages were hit by flash floods on Monday afternoon following an hour-long downpour.
Among the affected areas were Pokok Assam, the Tupai light industrial area, Kam-pung Tupai Mas, Kampung Larut Tin, Taman Sri Kota, Taman Kota West and Kampung Boyan.
At some places, the water was reported to be waist-deep.
Traffic police said traffic at Jalan Simpang, the main access road to the town, almost came to a standstill when motorists slowed down and tried to pass the flooded stretch.
Policemen were also deployed to the area to divert and guide the traffic.
The floods subsided at 3pm.
A. Segar, 32, who lived in Kampung Tupai Mas, said he was having lunch at 12.30pm when water gushed into his home.
“All of our furniture and electrical appliances were damaged when the water rose to the waist,” he said.
His neighbour, M. Manimaran, 32, said 11 families in the squatter settlement were badly hit by the flash floods.
He claimed silting in Sungai Tupai had caused the floods.
“The river has never been desilted over the past 20 years,” he said.
Pokok Assam assemblyman Yee Seu Kai, who visited the village and distributed food rations to the victims, said he would check the claim with the district Irrigation Department.
“If necessary, a desilting exercise will be carried out,” he said.

YARIS AND VIOS J-SPEC AVAILABLE IN MALAYSIA

As low as RM6X XXX, Vios is available for everyone. Cheaper brand new Toyota car now can compete with local made cars. Foreign car sales will overtake local car sales soon.