Born: 13 July 1944
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Best known as: Inventor of the Rubik's Cube puzzle
Erno Rubik was teaching interior design and architecture in Budapest when he created what is now known as the Rubik's Cube, a three-dimensional puzzle that became a worldwide sensation in the early 1980s. Rubik studied architecture and design at the Academy of Applied Arts and Crafts in the late 1960s. He took a job as an instructor there, and in his off-hours he built models and worked on three-dimensional designs.
Selamat Hari Merdeka – Malaysia Independence Day 2014
Today August 31, 2014 Malaysia is celebrating their Independence Day and Google Malaysia announced the day with their “Selamat Hari Merdeka” Google Doodle. The Hibiscus rosa-sinensis is the national flower of Malaysia. It’s known as the Bunga Raya in Malay.
To help celebrate this year’s Independence Day, guest artist Red Hong Yi from Google Doodles Team created an artful arrangement of the Hibiscus flower petals arranged into the words Google to celebrate the day.
She also created a second version using some pink petals that you can see below. It was hard to choose! Both were quite beautiful but in the end the top one won and is the one featured today in Malaysia.
Hari Merdeka (Independence Day) is a national day in Malaysia and commemorates the independence of the Federation of Malaya from British colonial rule in 1957.
The day is celebrated on 31 August each year.
This should not be confused with Hari Malaysia (Malaysia Day) when Malaysia was formed on 16 September 1963 together by Federation of Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore.
King Sejong is the reason why 9 October is a holiday. If you're new to Seoul, you may have wondered about the statue of the seated King in Gwanghwamun Square. That is King Sejong the Great, the rule credited with the invention of hangul (hangeul). Established initially in 1926, Hangul Day is intended to celebrate the creation of the Korean alphabet.
Proclaimed by King Sejong in 1446/7 (lunar calendar), the new phonetic alphabet system would give the Koreans of all classes the opportunity to read and write. Until then, these skills were limited to members, mostly men, of the highest class in Korean society because the adapted Chinese characters system (hanja) used to write in Korean was quite complex and cumbersome.
The new alphabet was made up of 28 characters each of which was based on a simplified diagram of the patterns made by the mouth, teeth and tongue when one made the sound related to the character - a rendition of spoken sound. The majority of Koreans were effectively illiterate before the invention of Hangul. King Sejong succeeded in changing that despite opposition from the literati, including Confucian scholars. Following the introduction of Hangul, not only did common folk learn to read and write, so did many women of all classes.
Hanja is still used on occasion in Korea. One can see the Chinese hanja style characters on some newspapers in South Korea so as to get an idea/headline across quickly. Hanja is no longer used in North Korea, however. Both North and South Korea celebrate the proclamation of Korea’s official alphabet, just on different dates: 9 October (Hangul Day) the South and 15 January (Chosongul Day) in the North.
Hangeul Day stopped being a national holiday in South Korea in the early 1990’s allegedly due to pressure from some of the chaebol owners who objected to the number of national holidays (non-working days) in the country. Efforts had been made since then to reverse that decision and finally, on November 1st last year (2012) the National Assembly voted by an overwhelming majority (189 to 4 with 4 abstentions) to re-instate Hangul Day as a national holiday starting 9 October 2013.
The third son of King Taejong and Queen Min, the fourth king of the Joseon Dynasty would not have been expected to ascend to the throne. His destiny, however, dictated otherwise and he not only oversaw the creation of Hangul during his reign but also encouraged scientific and technological advancements. Born YI Do, known by the nickname Wonjung during his lifetime and given the name Sejong after his death, King Sejong is one of only two Korean rulers to be posthumously honoured by being officially referred to as ‘The Great’.
Sejong Arts Center and Sejong-ro are named after this revered ruler, his face is on the W10,000 (man won) note and since 2009, his statue dominates the center of Gwanghwamun Square. Visitors will notice a celestial globe, a rain gauge and a sundial in front of the statue. These represent some of the inventions credited to King Sejong. The six columns behind the statue depict his major accomplishments.
The Seochon (Western Village) area is the section of Seoul most closely related to King Sejong. This is where he was born. In 2011, the area was renamed Sejong Village. Among the treasures to discover on an alley walking tour are more than 300 hanok (traditional Korean houses) hidden from view from the outside. Over the years into the late Joseon period, Seochon was where the ‘jungin’ (middle class) lived. In the early 20th century, the area attracted young writers and artists and this influence remains to this day with the numerous galleries, art museums and cafes to be found all through the area.
Even for non-Koreans, Hangul Day is worthy of celebration. For all of us who spend some time in Korea, it’s essential to be able to read, at least a little, and hangul is so much easier to learn than hanja. While Korean grammar more closely resembles Japanese, most of Korean vocabulary is based on Chinese characters. Both Chinese and Japanese characters are pictorial representations and involved hundreds and hundreds of characters, not to mention interpretations. With is 28 characters and simple lines reflecting spoken sound, hangeul is much simpler, easier to deciper and quicker to learn than most Asian languages. http://www.korea4expats.com/news-hangul-day-history.html
1933 - Jerman Nazi mengundurkan diri dari Liga Bangsa-Bangsa.
1949 - Perang Saudara Tiongkok: Pasukan Komunis Tiongkok menduduki kota Guangzhou (Kanton), di Guangdong, Tiongkok.
1962 - Krisis Rudal Kuba dimulai.
1968 - Siaran televisi pertama dari angkasa disampaikan dari pesawat berawak Apollo 7.
1973 - Pemberontakan berdarah di Kerajaan Thai, 100.000 orang memprotes pemerintahan militer Thanom.
Tanggal 14 Oktober 2013 akan menjadi lipatan sejarah kepada umat Islam di Malaysia. Ia menjadi penanda aras kepada kepekaan dan sensiviti umat Islam khususnya dan masyarakat majmuk umumnya dalam menghayati erti Keluhuran Perlembagaan Negara. Diharapkan keputusan yang akan diumumkan kelak ianya akan menjadi titik pertemuan terhadap ukhuwah umat Islam tanpa mengira fahaman politik atau ideologi. Hanya kalimah ALLAH yang akan menyatukan kita demi kesucianNya.
Kronologi Keputusan Isu Kalimah Allah
31 Disember 2009 – Mahkamah Tinggi mengisytiharkan keputusan Kementerian Dalam Negeri melarang The Herald menggunakan kalimah ALLAH adalah salah di sisi undang-undang, tidak sah dan batal. Kerajaan kemudian membawa kes itu ke Mahkamah Rayuan.
Marilah kita bersatu hati sederap melangkah kehadapan untuk mempertahankan kalimah Allah
Marilah kita bersatu hati sederap melangkah kehadapan untuk mempertahankan kalimah Allah
16 Februari, 2010 – Gereja itu memfailkan permohonan semakan kehakiman menamakan Kementerian Dalam Negeri dan kerajaan sebagai responden, menuntut antara lain, perisytiharan bahawa keputusan kementerian melarang penggunaan kalimah ‘ALLAH’ dalam penerbitan The Herald adalah tidak sah. Penerbitan mingguan itu yang diterbitkan dalam empat bahasa, telah menggunakan kalimah ‘ALLAH’ untuk merujuk kepada “Tuhan” dalam edisi bahasa Malaysia, khusus untuk penduduk di Sabah dan Sarawak.
10 September 2013 – Panel tiga hakim Mahkamah Rayuan, yang terdiri daripada Hakim Mahkamah Persekutuan, Datuk Seri Mohamed Apandi Ali serta Hakim Mahkamah Rayuan, Datuk Abdul Aziz Abd Rahim dan Datuk Mohd Zawawi Salleh, menangguhkan keputusan selepas mendengar hujah pihak berkenaan dalam kes itu. Panel itu akan memutuskan rayuan Kementerian Dalam Negeri dan kerajaan berhubung keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi membenarkan The Herald menggunakan kalimah ‘ALLAH’.
Penglibatan semua pihak yang menolak percubaan menyalahgunakan kalimah Allah perlulah disokong
Umat Islam perlulah menolak percubaan menyalahgunakan kalimah Allah tanpa rasa takut walaupun ia disokong oleh rakan pakatan
Enam majlis agama Islam negeri iaitu Majlis Agama Islam Terengganu, Selangor, Kedah, Johor, Wilayah Persekutuan serta Melaka dan Persatuan Cina Muslim Malaysia (MACMA) dibenar menjadi pencelah dalam kes itu. Sementara itu, peguam Hanif Khatri Abdullah yang mewakili MACMA mengesahkan bahawa Mahkamah Rayuan sudah memaklumkan tarikh berkenaan kepada peguam Tajuddin Razak.
14 Oktober 2013 – Mahkamah Rayuan akan memutuskan isu ini sama ada penerbitan mingguan Katolik, The Herald, dibenar menggunakan kalimah ‘ALLAH’. Peguam Kanan Persekutuan, Andi Razalijaya memberitahu Bernama bahawa Jabatan Peguam Negara baru sahaja menerima surat daripada bahagian pendaftaran Mahkamah Rayuan memaklumkan bahawa keputusan kes itu ditetapkan pada 14 Oktober 2013.
TANGGAL 26 Disember ini, genaplah 10 tahun tragedi Tsunami Lautan Hindi 2004 yang merupakan antara bencana alam terburuk dalam sejarah manusia. Bencana alam itu telah mengorbankan lebih 230,000 orang dari 14 buah negara termasuk Malaysia.
Indonesia mencatatkan angka korban tertinggi iaitu kira-kira 170,000 orang, diikuti Sri Lanka (35,322 orang), India (18,045 orang) dan Thailand (8,212 orang) manakala kematian di negara-negara lain di bawah 100 orang. Mengikut Kajian Geologi Amerika Syarikat (AS), jumlah korban mencecah 283,000 orang dengan 14,000 lagi hilang dan 1,126 juta hilang tempat tinggal.
Dari segi angka korban, Tsunami Lautan Hindi 2004 merupakan bencana alam keenam paling banyak membunuh manusia di dunia, selepas Banjir China 1931 yang mengorbankan lebih 2.5 juta orang, Taufan Bhola di Bangladesh 1970 (500,000 orang), Gempa Bumi Haiti 2010 (316,000 orang), Gempa Bumi Tangshan, China 1976 (242,419 orang) dan Gempa Bumi Haiyuan, China 1920 (234,000 orang).
Pusat gempa terletak pada bujur 3,298° utara dan 95,779° timur kira-kira 160 kilometer (km) sebelah barat Aceh sedalam 10 km. Ia merupakan gempa bumi yang kelima terkuat dalam sejarah dunia sejak 1900.
Hanya antara 15 dan 20 minit selepas gempa bumi itu, ombak raksasa setinggi 30 meter yang dicetuskan oleh gegaran itu melanda kawasan pesisir pantai Indonesia terutamanya Banda Aceh. Ombak tsunami itu yang mempunyai kelajuan seperti sebuah kapal terbang telah bergerak sehingga 5,000 kilometer (km) dan menyebabkan kerosakan serta kematian sehingga ke pesisir timur Afrika.
Pada amnya, tsunami amat jarang berlaku di Lautan Hindi tetapi sering berlaku di Lautan Pasifik. Namun, Tsunami Lautan Hindi 2004 merupakan tsunami paling ganas pernah direkodkan. Tsunami itu dikatakan telah menghasilkan tenaga yang menyamai 23,000 butir bom atom yang dijatuhkan di Hiroshima dan Nagasaki, Jepun pada Perang Dunia Kedua.
Fokus Rencam minggu ini menyoroti kembali peristiwa Tsunami Lautan Hindi 2004 yang masih meninggalkan kesannya sehingga hari ini khususnya di Banda Aceh.
MALAYSIA
DI MALAYSIA, apabila tsunami pertama kali melanda negara ini pada 26 Disember 2004, sebanyak 68 orang disahkan terbunuh manakala enam lagi dilaporkan hilang dan lebih 5,000 orang hilang tempat tinggal. Bencana itu membabitkan empat buah negeri iaitu Kedah, Pulau Pinang, Perak dan Selangor.
Daripada bilangan angka korban itu, Pulau Pinang mencatatkan kematian tertinggi iaitu sebanyak 52 orang, Kedah (12 orang), Perak (dua orang) dan Selangor seorang. Sebanyak 2,486 nelayan dan 86 petani mengalami kerugian akibat bencana dahsyat itu.
Di Pulau Pinang, kawasan yang terlibat ialah di pesisir pantai Balik Pulau, Pantai Pasir Panjang, Batu Feringgi dan Teluk Bahang. Di Kedah pula, kawasan terlibat ialah Kuala Muda dan Pulau Langkawi.
Paling menyayat hati, seorang bapa kehilangan kehilangan isteri dan empat anaknya apabila tsunami melanda tempat mereka berkelah di Batu Feringgi. Dalam kejadian itu, Hassan Harun kehilangan isteri, Nizari Mahmud yang berusia 39 tahun ketika itu, serta empat anaknya; Nurul Hasinah, 17, Nurul Naimah, 15, Nurul Nazirah, 13, dan Mohd. Ferdaus, 4.
Di Pantai Pasir Panjang pula, sepasang suami isteri, Zulkifli Mohd. Noor dan Jamilah Majid kehilangan lima anak dan seorang anak saudara selepas tempat mereka berkelah dipukul ombak tsunami pada hari tersebut. Lima anak mereka yang terkorban dalam tragedi itu ialah Siti Nurain, 17, Mohd. Shukri, 12, Siti Nur Shuhada, 10, Siti Nur Atikah, 9, dan Siti Suraya, 5.
THAILAND
KERAJAAN Thailand menganggarkan sebanyak 8,212 orang terbunuh dengan 2,817 orang hilang apabila enam wilayah di negara itu dilanda tsunami yang disebabkan gempa bumi di Lautan Hindi pada 26 Disember 2004.
Daripada jumlah kematian itu, sebahagian besar melibatkan pelancong asing yang sedang bercuti di kawasan pelancongan di negara tersebut termasuk Khao Lak, Krabi, Koh Phi Phi, Songkhla, Surat Thani, Phuket, Phang Nga, Ranong, Satun dan Trang. Tsunami yang membawa ombak setinggi lima meter itu turut memusnahkan beribu-ribu rumah di sepanjang kawasan pantai.
Kawasan yang paling teruk dilanda tsunami ialah Khao Lak yang terletak di dalam wilayah Phang Nga, 80 km di utara Phuket. Sebanyak 4,163 orang termasuk 2,213 pelancong asing disahkan terkorban dalam tragedi itu. Angka sebenar kematian di situ mungkin lebih besar kerana 2,113 orang dilaporkan hilang.
Pulau pelancongan terkenal, Phi Phi yang terletak di wilayah Krabi turut musnah teruk dalam kejadian itu. Beratus-ratus resort percutian di pulau tersebut lenyap apabila dilanda tsunami. Bhumi Jensen yang merupakan cucu Raja Thailand, Bhumibol Adulyadej, turut terkorban dalam bencana itu.
Salah seorang pelancong asing yang terselamat dalam insiden itu ialah model terkenal, Petra Nemcova. Semasa kejadian, Nemcova sedang bercuti bersama tunangnya, Simon Atlee yang merupakan seorang jurugambar fesyen di sebuah resort di Khao Lak.
Ketika ombak besar pertama melanda, Nemcova dan Atlee berada di dalam banglo percutian mereka. Tidak lama kemudian, air laut memasuki banglo itu dan menghanyutkan mereka berdua.
Namun, Nemcova terselamat selepas berjaya berpaut sebatang pokok palma ketika dihanyutkan. Bagaimanapun, Atlee yang sebelum itu melamarnya untuk berkahwin terbunuh dalam tragedi itu. Mayat Atlee hanya ditemui pada 3 Mac 2015 iaitu hampir tiga bulan selepas kejadian.
ACEH
SEPULUH tahun sudah berlalu sejak kejadian tsunami 2004 yang meninggalkan peristiwa hitam kepada wilayah Aceh terutamanya di kotanya, Banda Aceh. Wilayah Aceh yang mempunyai keluasan 57,365.57 km persegi dan terletak di utara Sumatera, menerima kesan paling teruk daripada bencana tersebut kerana terletak paling hampir dengan pusat gempa dan keadaan muka buminya yang rendah. Lebih 130,000 penduduk Aceh disahkan terbunuh manakala 37,063 lagi hilang dan masih belum dijumpai sehingga hari ini selepas tragedi tersebut.
Walaupun kehidupan penduduk Aceh kini kembali menjalani kehidupan normal dan wilayah itu pesat membangun selepas mendapat kuasa pemerintahan ekonomi dari Indonesia pada Julai 2005, kejadian itu masih meninggalkan parut yang dalam kepada penduduk wilayah itu.
Kesan tsunami itu juga masih boleh dilihat di situ sehingga hari ini. Empat tanah perkuburan besar yang menjadi tempat persemadian puluhan ribu penduduk yang terkorban, sebuah kapal yang terdampar di atas runtuhan bangunan dan serpihan-serpihan bertaburan akan terus menjadi ingatan kepada tragedi itu bagi mereka yang terselamat.
Selain itu, Muzium Tsunami Aceh setinggi empat tingkat dengan bentuk atapnya menyerupai ombak besar yang dibina pada 2009, menjadi simbol ingatan kepada tragedi memilukan itu.
Seorang penduduk Banda Aceh, Nanda Suhada masih trauma dengan kejadian itu, apatah lagi dia kehilangan ayah, abang dan neneknya dalam bencana itu. “Saya tidak akan pernah melupakan hari itu. Pengalaman yang sangat menakutkan,” katanya.
Mengimbau kembali kejadian itu, pada pagi Ahad 26 Disember 2004, penduduk Banda Aceh sedang menjalani rutin kehidupan harian. Secara tiba-tiba, mereka dikejutkan dengan gempa bumi kuat yang disusuli dengan ombak kuat menghempas pantai.
Namun, mereka yang sudah biasa dengan keadaan itu kerana wilayah berkenaan terletak dalam lingkungan Lingkaran Api Pasifik, tidak menjangkakan ia petanda kedatangan musibah besar.
Namun ombak pertama itu tidak berhenti setakat itu sahaja, ia disusuli sekurang-kurangnya dua ombak lagi sehingga membentuk ombak besar setinggi pokok kelapa menuju ke kawasan di dalam wilayah Aceh termasuk ibu kotanya, Banda Aceh. Dalam sekelip mata sahaja, amukan ombak kuat itu meragut nyawa ratusan ribu penduduk dan memusnahkan lebih 50 peratus bangunan di wilayah itu sehingga menjadi ibarat padang jarak padang terkukur.
Pada hari ini dalam tahun 1976,Perdana Menteri Malaysia, YAB Tun Abdul Razak bin Dato’ Hussientelah kembali ke Rahmatullah di London pada jam 6.30 petang waktu Malaysia. Berita mengenai pemergian Allahyarham telah disampaikan oleh Pemangku Perdana Menteri, Datuk Hussein Onn ke seluruh negara menerusi Radio Televisyen Malaysia.
Allahyarham telah pergi ke London untuk menjalani rawatan akibat penyakit ‘acute leukemia’ yang dihidapi olehnya. Jenazah Allahyarham telah diterbangkan dengan penerbangan Khas Sistem Penerbangan Malaysia (MAS) dan kemudianya di bawa ke kediamaan Allahyarham di Sri Taman, Kuala Lumpur sebelum disemadikan di Makam Pahlawan, Masjid Negara.
Penglibatan Tun Abdul Razak dalam arena politik bermula sejak menuntut di London lagi, dan bergiat aktif setelah memasuki UMNO dan dilantik sebagai Ketua Pemuda. Mulai tahun 1951 hingga 1970 Tun Abdul Razak telah dilantik sebagai Timbalan Yang di Pertua UMNO dan menganggotai jemaah kabinet sebagai Menteri Pelajaran pada tahun 1955.
Sesungguhnya pemergian Allahyarham amat dirasai oleh seluruh masyarakat, di atas segala jasa bakti yang telah disumbangkan dalam pembangunan negara, Tun Abdul Razak telah diberi gelaran sebagai Bapa Pembangunan Negara.
U.S. 1961 U.S.A. John F. Kennedy 20th January, 1961 : John F. Kennedy, the nation’s youngest president (at this time), took the oath of office today. He was sworn in by Chief Justice Earl Warren. Vice-President Lyndon Johnson (who became president after JFK was assassinated), was sworn in on the same day as JFK. As part of the inauguration celebration on this day, Robert Frost himself recited from memory one of his own poem entitled “The Gift Outright”. He was originally going to read a poem that he wrote especially for this day called “Dedication”, but he could not read the ink from the page he was viewing.
Yasser Arafat is elected president of the Palestinian National Council with 88.1 percent of the popular vote, becoming the first democratically elected leader of the Palestinian people in history.
Arafat, the founder of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), originally employed guerilla warfare and terrorism against Israel in his struggle for an independent Palestinian state. However, in the late 1980s, he stunned Israel and the world when he began seeking diplomatic solutions in his quest for a Palestinian homeland. Arafat persuaded the PLO to formally acknowledge the right of Israel to coexist with the independent state of Palestine and in 1993 signed the historic Israel-Palestinian Declaration of Principles with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. One year later, Arafat and Rabin signed a major peace agreement granting Palestine limited self-government in territories occupied by Israel. In 1995, Arafat shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Rabin and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres for his peace efforts. In the Palestinian people's first democratic election, in 1996, he won an overwhelming electoral majority, consolidating his rule over the West Bank and Gaza Strip areas granted autonomy in the 1995 agreement.
In 2000, though, hopes were dashed that the Oslo Accords might finally bring peace to the troubled region when Arafat, dogged by self-doubt and criticism at home that he was compromising too much, and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak were unable to negotiate a final peace.
In the aftermath of the collapse of negotiations, with most Palestinians still living in poverty and growing increasingly desperate, a new wave of violence erupted. Israel continued to blame Arafat for the violence--even that which was perpetrated by Hamas and Islamic Jihad, groups that had probably never been under his control. The collapse of peace talks and the declaration of intifada by the Palestinians led to the election of a hawkish right-wing government in Israel, making peace seem an even more distant prospect.
Though Arafat pledged to join in America's war on terror after the attacks of September 11, 2001, he was not able to garner favor with U.S. President George W. Bush, who was strongly pro-Israel. In December 2001, after a series of Palestinian suicide attacks on Israel, Bush did nothing to stop Israel as it re-conquered areas of the West Bank and even steamrolled the Palestinian Authority's headquarters with tanks, effectively imprisoning Arafat within his compound. After Israel dismissed a compromise offer put forth by the Arab League, Palestinian attacks increased, causing Israel to again turn to military intervention in the West Bank. Arafat finally was released from his compound in May 2002, after an agreement was reached which forced him to issue a statement in Arabic instructing his followers to halt attacks on Israel. It was ignored and the violence continued.
In a 2004 interview, George W. Bush rejected Arafat's status as a legitimate spokesperson for his people, ending hopes for a peace agreement while Arafat was still in power. In late October of that year, reports surfaced that Arafat was seriously ill. He was flown to Paris for treatment, and in early November fell into a coma. He was pronounced dead on November 11. The exact cause of his death is unknown.
Arafat's funeral was held in Cairo, the city of his birth, and he was buried in his former compound in the West Bank. He left behind a mixed and painful legacy. Mahmoud Abbas became the new chairman of the PLO and was elected president of the Palestinian Authority in January 2005.
MAJLIS PECAH TANAH BANGUNAN BALAI SENI LUKIS NEGARA
Pada hari ini dalam tahun 1997, YB Dato’ Sabbaruddin Chik, Menteri Kebudayaan, Kesenian dan Pelancongan telah merasmikan upacara memecah Tanah Bangunan Baru Balai Seni Lukis negara. Antara yang hadir pada majlis perasmian Bangunan baru yang terletak di Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur ialah Tan Sri Kamarul Ariffin, Pengerusi Lembaga Amanah Balai Seni Lukis Negara dan Dato’ Francis Yeoh Sock Ping, Pengarah Eksekutif YTL Corporation Berhad. Dalam ucapannya Dato Sabbaruddin menyifatkan bahawa upacara ini merupakan detik yang terpenting dalam pembangunan seni lukis negara. Beliau juga menyatakan harapan agar Balai Seni Lukis Negara yang telah ditubuhkan pada tahun 1958 dapat menyatukan masyarakat yang mempunyai pelbagai adat resam dengan aktiviti kebudayaan bangsa melalui seni visual. Pembinaan bangunan ini dibuat melalui program penswastaan di antara Syarikat Tanah dan Harta Sdn. Bhd., Kementerian Kebudayaan, Kesenian dan Pelancongan dan YTL Corporation Berhad. Rekabentuk bangunan yang berasaskan bentuk rumah Melayu ini, adalah hasil rekabentuk dan rekaan Encik Meor Wazir Zul’aidin dari Syarikat Arkitek MAA yang telah dipilih dalam satu pertandingan anjuran YTL Corporation Berhad dan Balai Seni Lukis Negara.
MESYUARAT ITALI - MALAYSIA CAPAI BEBERAPA PERSETUJUAN
Tarikh Peristiwa: 28-01-1984
Pada hari ini dalam tahun 1984, mesyuarat yang pertama Suruhanjaya bersama Malaysia-Itali berakhir di Wisma Putra. Mesyuarat yang berlangsung selama tiga hari itu telah mencapai banyak persetujuan yang menggalakkan dalam hubungan dua hala kedua negara. Dalam mesyuarat ini Malaysia telah diwakili oleh Timbalan Menteri Luar Encik Abdul Kadir bin Sheikh Fadzir manakala rakan sejawatnya dari Itali Encik Bruno Certi mewakili negaranya. Antara persetujuan-persetujuan yang dicapai ialah penandatanganan perjanjian elak cukai berganda bagi meningkatkan kerjasama ekonomi dan teknikal kedua-dua negara dan juga bertukar-tukar perjanjian jaminan pelaburan bagi menggalakkan pelaburan dan perdagangan. Malaysia juga mencapai persetujuan Itali untuk memperbagaikan importnya dari Malaysia dengan memasukkan barang-barang pembuatan selain dari bahan mentah. Malaysia juga mendapat jaminan dari Itali mengurangkan perdagangan menerusi negara ketiga sebaliknya meningkatkan dagangan langsung. Malaysia juga mengemukakan kepada Itali bantuan yang diperlukan oleh negara ini khususnya berhubung dengan pembinaan lebuh raya, perkembangan pertanian dan tenaga. Kerajaan Itali pula bersetuju menawarkan 30 biasiswa setahun kepada rakyat Malaysia menjalani latihan dalam pelbagai bidang yang akan dikenal pasti oleh Kerajaan Malaysia. Sesungguhnya mesyuarat yang pertama kali diadakan akan membawa manfaat kepada Malaysia khususnya dan sudah pasti mengeratkan lagi hubungan dua hala antara kedua negara.
Pada hari ini dalam tahun 1832, satu perjanjian persahabatan ditandatangani di antara Penghulu Rembau iaitu Raja Ali dan lapan orang Suku bagi pihak Rembau dan Robert Ibbetson, Residen bagi Singapura, Pulau Pinang dan Melaka bagi pihak kerajaan Inggeris. Dengan perjanjian ini Kerajaan Inggeris membatalkan dan memansuhkan semua perjanjian dan persetujuan yang terdahulu yang dibuat di antara Rembau, Kerajaan Belanda dan Kerajaan Inggeris yang ada sekarang. Antara perjanjian itu ialah:-
Kerajaan Inggeris mengakui Raja Ali dan lapan orang Suku sebagai pemerintah Rembau dan jajahan takluknya.
Kerajaan Inggeris dan Rembau akan mengekalkan persahabatan yang berpanjangan dan menahan dari melakukan sebarang tindakan permusuhan. Kerajaan Rembau bebas menjalankan pemerintahan dalam lingkungan wilayahnya mengikut undang-undang dan adat negeri itu.
Jika berlaku sebarang angkara ke atas rakyat Rembau oleh rakyat Inggeris di kawasan pihak Inggeris, pihak Rembau tidak boleh melakukan sebarang tindakan tetapi hendaklah merujukkan angkara itu kepada kerajaan Inggeris untuk disiasat dan jika sabit kesalahan di atas rakyat Inggeris, ia akan dihukum mengikut Undang-undang Inggeris, demikian juga sebaliknya jika berlaku angkara ke atas rakyat Inggeris oleh rakyat Rembau di kawasan pihak Rembau, pihak Inggeris tidak boleh mengambil sebarang tindakan tetapi hendaklah merujuk perkara itu kepada pihak berkuasa Rembau untuk disiasat dan jika sabit kesalahan ia dihukum mengikut kesalahannya. Sekiranya pihak Rembau mengumpul orang dan kelengkapan untuk tujuan berperang, hendaklah ia memberitahu Inggeris akan tujuannya itu, demikian juga bagi pihak Inggeris hendaklah ia berbuat yang sama.
Dengan termaktubnya perjanjian kemerdekaan Rembau pada hari ini dalam tahun 1832, Rembau diiktiraf oleh Inggeris sebagai sebuah negeri yang merdeka. Ini dapat dimengertikan dari pemansuhan perjanjian-perjanjian yang terdahulu yang mengikut dan memaksa Rembau menurut segala kemahuan Inggeris.
PERSETUJUAN GERAKAN BERSAMA MENGHAPUS KOMUNIS DI SEMPADAN MALAYSIA – SIAM
Pada hari ini dalam tahun 1955, Persekutuan Tanah Melayu dan Siam telah bersetuju mengadakan gerakan bersama menghapus komunis di sempadan kedua-dua buah negara. Dalam perbincangan ini pihak Persekutuan Tanah Melayu diwakili Pesuruhjaya Tinggi, Sir Donald Mac Gillirary dan Left. General Sir Geoffrey Bourne. Manakala Siam diwakili oleh Ketua Polis Negara iaitu Phao Siriyonan. Antara perkara-perkara yang telah disepakati berkaitan dengan operasi polis dan tentera menghapus khemah-khemah komunis di Sadao, Utara Kedah, di Betong dan di Utara Kelantan. Selain itu kedua-dua pihak juga bersetuju memperkemaskan lagi Biro penyiasatan yang berpusat di Songkla. Kerjasama yang diterajui kedua-dua pihak ini, telah memberi kesan yang besar dalam usaha kedua-dua negara menghapus kegiatan komunis terutama di kawasan sempadan negara masing-masing.
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“It is a risk to love. What if it doesn’t work out?
Ah, but what if it does?”
– Peter McWilliams
Fifty years, for any marriage is an extraordinary feat — but, a Hollywood marriage?Why, it’s an eternity! Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward were famously dubbed the golden couple of Hollywood, and a better description could not be given — blissfully happy, wonderfully grounded, and a charmingly lovely great love story by any standard . . .
Paul Newman met the beautiful blonde, Joanne Woodward, in 1953 during his Broadway debut starring in the romantic drama, Picnic. Joanne, an understudy to the female lead, was instantly captivated Paul — however, unfortunately for them both, Paul was already married.
Further to their shared love of Broadway, the pair had much in common: they were both members of Lee Strasberg’s prestigious Actors Studio, and after finalising the play, both took to Hollywood to take on the silver screen.
Despite not working together again for the next 4 years, they remained firm friends. Finally, in 1957, after Paul had divorced his first wife, they were cast opposite one another in the movie The Long, Hot Summer [trailer]. Passion immediately reignited, and an intimate love affair began. On January 29th, 1958 the pair married.
The marriage of Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward was not grand or ostentatious, but a lovely, quiet affair at the Hotel El Ranch Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada — but it was nonetheless, very ‘them’. As a wedding gift to his beautiful new wife, Paul gifted Joanne a silver cup that he had inscribed with the words, “So you wound up with Apollo/ If he’s sometimes hard to swallow/Use this.” Following the intimate ceremony, the couple honeymooned at London’s Connaught Hotel before returning to the US to make their home in an 18th-century Connecticut farmhouse — very atypical for a celebrity couple of the fifty’s.
When asked about their unique choice of residence, Joanne responded “We were never Hollywood people; we just liked it better here. It also probably helps that we always enjoyed each other’s company.”
“From the Terrace”, 1960
Not only were they blissfully happy in their comfortable little abode in Westport, Connecticut, they also completely immersed themselves into the local community — most prominently, restoring the Westport Country Playhouse [of which, Joanne remained the Artistic Director until 2009].
“Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that’s a real treat.” –Joanne Woodward
Joanne described her marriage to Paul as, “Being married to the most considerate, romantic man”.
It was in January of 2008 that the steadfast couple celebrated their ‘golden’ 50th wedding anniversary. Still as happy as ever, Newman was set to direct a stage production at the Westport Country Playhouse, Of Mice and Men — however, quite unfortunately had to withdraw in June of that year due to ‘health reasons’. It was tragically announced that Paul had been diagnosed with lung cancer. The hearts of fans the world over went out to this beautiful couple as the future looked bleak. The suffering did not last long — Paul sadly passed away on September 26th, 2008 at the age of 83.
When asked the secret to their long & happy marriage, Paul attributed it to the “correct amounts of lust and respect.” And “. . . because of great impatience tempered by patience. When you have been together this long, sometimes you drive each other nuts, but underneath that is some core of affection and respect.”
When asked why he never was unfaithful to Joanne, Paul famously replied, “Why fool around with hamburger when you have steak at home?”
Indeed, they were the golden couple of Hollywood — but seemingly with a lot more sensibility and prudence then normally seen. Paul & Joanne were completely smitten with one another, but knew it would take more then that to create a long and happy marriage.
Sagacious, but wonderfully happy until the very end, this great love story is based on judicious principles which are a wonderful lesson to any romance — celebrity or otherwise.
At their 1958 nuptials, The Art of Marriage was recited, and in itself, could quite possibly be the ultimate secret to their long and happy marriage. . .
In the Art of Marriage the little things are the important things.
It means never being too old to hold hands, or to say I love you.
It’s never going to bed angry.
It is at no time taking the other for granted; the courtship should not end with the honeymoon.
Allow it to continue through the years.
It’s having a mutual sense of values and common objectives.
It’s standing together facing the world.
It’s forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family.
It’s doing things for each other, not in the attitude of duty or sacrifice, but in the spirit of joy.
It’s speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways.
It is not looking for perfection in each other and yet seeing each other perfect as you are.
It is cultivating flexibility, patience, understanding and a sense of humour.
It’s having the capacity to forgive and forget.
It’s giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow.
It is finding room for things of the spirit.
It is a common search for the good and the beautiful.
It is establishing a relationship in which the independence is equal, dependence is mutual and the obligation is reciprocal.
It’s not only marrying the right partner, it’s being the right partner.
Setelah menolak beberapa tawaran bersyarat rejim Afrika Selatan, Nelson Mandela akhirnya dibebaskan pada 11 Februari 1990. Akibat tentangan hebat parti ANC dan tekanan antarabangsa, Presiden F.W. de Klerk terpaksa akur dan membebaskan semua tahanan politik termasuk Mandela dan juga mengakhirkan pengharaman parti ANC.
The Beatles Please Please Me Recorded 11th February, 1963 : The Beatles record their first album Please Please Me at the Abbey Road Studios which is released on 22 March which helped to create the phenomenon known as Beatlemania. Each one of The Beatles received seven pounds and ten shillings (£7.50) session fee for each three hour session making a total £30.00 as full payment for the recording session of 9 hours and 45 minutes
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