Lower HIV

I'm sure that most of you are aware that our DPM came up with a statement saying that all women should go for HIV check-ups before marriage. But his emphasis was towards the Malays I think its a good idea for all the people to have this check. Well its good for everyone purpose. We will have a better understanding among our opposite sex and it will help us to lower the possibility of having HIV kids. But actually do read the post below and have your say.

Taken from Malaysiakini.com

Mulai tahun depan, semua bakal pengantin di seluruh negara diwajibkan menjalani ujian saringan virus HIV, kata timbalan perdana menteri.Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Razak yang mempengerusikan mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Kabinet Mengenai AIDS di Parlimen hari ini berkata saringan itu sebahagian daripada kursus praperkahwinan.Menurut Bernama, langkah itu selaras dengan sasaran kerajaan untuk mengurangkan jangkitan HIV terutamanya kepada wanita yang kini menunjukkan trend peningkatan."Tahun depan, kita akan mewajibkan semua negeri untuk mewajibkan saringan HIV yang jadi sebahagian daripada kursus praperkahwinan," beliau dipetik berkata.

Sebelum ini, hanya beberapa negeri yang mewajibkan pasangan yang ingin melangsungkan perkahwinan menjalani saringan HIV.Negeri-negeri yang telah mewajibkan saringan HIV termasuklah Negeri Sembilan, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor dan Kelantan.Najib turut melahirkan kebimbangan berhubung peningkatan jangkitan HIV pada wanita akibat hubungan seks secara biasa.Tahun 1997 mencatatkan peningkatan sebanyak 5.02 peratus dan jumlah itu terus meningkat kepada 16.3 peratus pada tahun lepas.Dalam sidang media yang sama, Mohd Najib berkata kadar peratusan jangkitan HIV di negara ini dapat dikurangkan sebanyak 50 peratus sejak 2003.Jumlah kes lima tahun yang direkodkan sebanyak 6,756 jangkitan HIV telah menurun kepada 3,452 kes tahun ini.Beliau menambah, antara faktor terbesar yang menyumbang kepada penurunan jumlah kes itu termasuk Program Pengurangan Mudarat.

Program itu akan diteruskan untuk mencapai sasaran kerajaan iaitu 11 kes bagi 100,000 penduduk menjelang 2015 berbanding 12.8 kes bagi 100,000 penduduk pada masa kini.Jumlah jangkitan HIV setakat ini sebanyak 83,527 termasuk 14,317 pesakit Aids serta 12,425 orang meninggal dunia, katanya.Najib berkata Aids masih merupakan ancaman yang serius di negara ini, lapor agensi berita itu lagi."Mengikut perangkaan Program Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu mengenai HIV/Aids (UNAIDS), Malaysia dikategorikan sebagai sebuah negara wabak tertumpu... maknanya dalam kumpulan-kumpulan tertentu, kumpulan berisiko tinggi. "Terdapat fenomena yang boleh disabitkan dengan wabak tertumpu," katanya.Katanya mesyuarat hari ini turut memberi fokus kepada kumpulan berisiko tinggi dengan Kementerian Kesihatan akan mengambil pendekatan untuk mendekati kumpulan itu dalam usaha mengurangkan Aids.

No yoga!!

A Muslim cleric in Malaysia has called on Muslims to stop doing yoga exercises. Professor Zakaria Stapa, a lecturer at University Kebangsaan Malaysia"s faculty of Islamic studies, said recently that yoga is based on Hindu elements and could affect the faith of Muslims practising it. What is wrong with you people? Yoga is an exercise.

I really find it funny. Yoga centres are flourishing in more orthodox Muslim countries such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. In Iran, yoga is so popular that there are classes for children. Most of the fitness center in Malaysia is packed with people who go for yoga lessons.I bet that some of Malaysia leaders and their wives go for these lessons. It really gives our mind peaceful and I don't know why only this country religious leaders find it wrong. I think that's stupid.

People want to loose weight and stay healthy also cant do what they want. Can you all please stop controlling the Malays in Malaysia. I really feel pity for them. Let them have a little freedom, let them have space let them have their own preferred hobby.

If a person's religious tic views and teaching is truthful, I don't see the need to be worried and I have not seen that there were use of chants in doing yoga exercises. So stop creating problems. Yoga can mislead ones believe, "My ass". Do you know what is the use of Yoga first of all? Go and read or get to know more you baseless critics.

And you will go on saying this is a Democratic country, multicultural or perhaps multi ethnic. There is no space for the Malays to do what they feel is correct. When a Malay does yoga its wrong, but when an Indian or Chinese or any other race wants to do anything Muslim style you all make them convert to a Muslim. What is that?

HINDRAF once again!

This is about the protest which HINDRAF did on 1st OCT 2008 in the Prime Minister's Open House. Most of those who i talked to said what they did was wrong, made a fool out of themselves,you don't go attacking people on their celebration day and all but what I saw was a little different. So what do you all think?

We cant jump sides or come to conclusion what happen in the open house.
Simple question, are we in the same situation as they are? What would we do if our loved ones are taken away like them? Hell, we don't really know if the Hindraf 5 are still alive.

I think that if my dad or mom or brother was taken like them, who cares about celebration!
And yeah what did the hindraf people did was wrong, but to what extend? Even we might do it under circumstances, so there is absolutely no point to say its wrong,

Anyway what really happen there? Anyone knows? I not talking about where you heard it from and other secondary source. Anyone who was there or maybe got the video clip of the whole incident of the Hari Raya Open House.

Honestly going there to beg them under the word called "protest" was desperate and I understand to a certain level but asking the PM to maafkan the Hindraf 5 and the release them sempena Hari Raya, Maaf Zahir dna Batin?

What the hell? You people stupid or what? And what is up with the statment kita maafkan Perdana Menteri? Did the PM ask for forgiveness for you all to forgive? Did the Hindraf 5 who I don't even know if they are alive, forgives the PM?

And yeah I don't support and care about Hindraf at all since they were famous. Once upon a time they were all about fighting for the Indians, now its getting rid of BN and we want our 5 friends back!

For those who supported HINDRAF and thought that they were up to save the Indian, so sorry but they were just our to save themselves,friends and yeah they are just another upcoming UMNO/BN reincarnation.

It is worth building?

First of all Selamat Hari Raya. Hope that all of you have a safe journey back and come back safely. I don't know when I am going back but it might be soon.

I am thinking why does the Sarawak state need so many hydro power dam. The latest, Murum dam project is about 3 billion, started a few days back. But there is another mega-dam project in Sarawak located in the central, Bakun which costs over 800 million. I do understand that all this are being done for the greater benefit of the people's in Sarawak.

But have to remember that some places are the Sarawak native people's village. Why can't there be a few dams which will supply the power and what power are we talking about? Electricity for the people? or to generate power to store in Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB)? These are some of the questions that the government should make clear and as far as I'm concern I'm worried about the people living in the village. If lets say, the government wants to improve their living style, the people have to obey. Don't tell me government wants to provide proper home, facilities and all but have to develop the place, I don't see the harm of cooperating.

Over the next decade there is about 12 dam project in Sarawak alone. I am very sure that alot of native people's home has to be sacrificed but why so many dam's ? Most of the Sarawak is still covered by forest the power which is to be created is for who? Raymond Abin of the Borneo Resource Institute (Brimas) said , for energy needs in Sarawak, we don't need the Murum, because Bakun is more than enough to supply the state's needs.

Penan people are likely to be effected and I really think that building quite a number of dam's means that the will be a major loss of flora and fauna and loads more. I do understand we have to sacrifice something in order to get something better but, we can avoid making unnecessary sacrifice which will in the short term lower down the cost of spending, save the native people's culture and give them a life and in the long run there will be still flora and fauna where the new generation can experience so that they too can have a chance.