Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri

Salam Pengakap !

Cuti raya dah bermula, Majlis Pengakap Daerah Zon Bangsar ingin mengambil kesempatan ini untuk mengucapkan Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri kepada semua ahli-ahli Pengakap PPM.

Sambutan Ruman Terbuka Aidilfitri

Sambutan Rumah Terbuka Aidilfitri

Persekutuan Pengakap Malaysia akan mengadakan majlis Rumah Terbuka Aidilfitri di Rumah B.P., Jalan Hang Jebat, Kuala Lumpur:

Tempat: B.P. House, Jalan Hang Jebat50150 Kuala LumpurMalaysia

Tarikh:Sabtu, 10hb. Oktober 2009

Masa: 12:00 - 17:00

Pakaian: Baju Kebangsaan / Batik

Semua ahli Persekutuan Pengakap Malaysia dijemput untuk menghadiri dan memeriahkan lagi majlis yang akan diadakan tersebut.

Majlis Berbuka Puasa PPM

Majlis Berbuka Puasa

Persekutuan Pengakap Malaysia akan mengadakan majlis berbuka puasa dan bersholat Tarawih di Rumah B.P., Jalan Hang Jebat, Kuala Lumpur:

Tarikh	:	29 hb. Ogos 2009
Tempat	:	Rumah B.P.
Waktu	:	19:00 - 22:00

Semua ahli Persekutuan Pengakap Malaysia dijemput untuk menghadiri dan memeriahkan lagi majlis yang akan diadakan tersebut.

- sumber www.malaysiascouts.org

Scout For Nature - Pengakap Kelana WPKL

- News taken from Pengakap Zon Bangsar Facebook.

SFN following project will be H1N1 Campaign where Rovers/Scouts will help MOH to give out the brochures related to H1N1. SFN will do a public campaign and same time getting Signatures for Egg=Life.
Rovers will be needed to assist in Wildlife Education, Photography, Public Relations and many others beside open a booth on SFN Campaign.

# Participations : 18years old and above

Pls be in activity attire:
Scarf
Activity Tee
Cap
Track Bottom
Shoe

Zoo Negara Volunteer Programme is about to provide a close relation between human and wildlife by learning to understand their needs and social behaviour.

By volunteering hand in hand with zookeepers, these programme also build up your self-confidence and spirit through the community service and raise awareness to the wildlife conservation.

Apart from this, we will also learn to get a chance to explore behind the scene as a zookeeper by assisting them on daily routine.



JOB SCOPE

1. To assist our animal keepers in providing daily care for the animals, including exhibit cleaning, food preparation and animal behavioural enrichment activities.

2. To assist our animal keepers in exhibit maintenance.

3. To assist our animal keepers with special projects, including research and exhibit modifications

4. To assist our horticulture and plants landscaping around the zoo.

5. To support office management ; including data entry, filing, updating records, preparing promotional kits, etc.

6. To support the marketing team during internal and external zoo events, including set- up and / or tear down.

7. To assist wherever help is needed on an ad – hoc basis.


If interested pls reserve your attendance via sms or email or reply SFN Group before 30August2009 including full name, identity card no., hand phone no.

Arvind : 0126788805
Soh Chee Wei : Zon HQ - 0123456580
Peter : Zon Bangsar - 0123788693
Najib : Zon Sentul - 0173251093
Azlan : Zon Pudu - 0132654149

ON THE DAY OF VOLUNTEER PROGRAMME

Please arrive at the zoo 45 MINUTES BEFORE the above programme starts to make sure that the Volunteer Programme is not postponed to another date.

Proceed to the GATE 3, ZOO NEGARA (Security Post) and the person in-charge must register the group by fill in the Zoo Volunteer Book at the Security Post.

Please gather at the Zoology Office’s Foyer (near Gate 3) and our Education Officer will be waiting for your group.



ITINERARY

7.15 am : Volunteer arrival and registration

8.15 am : Welcome note & safety briefing

by Education Officer

8.30 am : Volunteer distribution by Zoology Duty Officer

10.00 am : Tea break*/REST

10.20 am : Volunteering work continues

1.00 pm : Lunch and break* / REST

2.00 pm : Volunteering work continues

4.30 pm : Volunteer program ends


Address :
Zoo Negara
Hulu Kelang
68000 Ampang
Selangor Darul Ehsan

By Light Rail Transit System (LRT) :
- Alight at Wangsa Maju Station, Kelana Jaya Line
- Board a taxi to Zoo Negara

By Bus :
- Metrobus number 16 from Central Market, KL
- Rapid KL number U34 from Putra LRT Station, Wangsamaju, KL
- Rapid KL number U23 from Titiwangsa Station, KL

Sekitar Kempen Scout For Nature

Pada 16 Ogos 2009, beberapa orang ahli Pasukan Pengakap Kelana A Seremban Timur telah menjalankan kempen Scout For Nature dengan mendapatkan tandatangan daripada orang ramai di sekitar bandar Seremban.

Pada pukul 6.30 pagi, kami berkumpul di rumah Avindran. Selepas itu, kami bertolak ke taman rekreasi di Seremban 2, Seremban. Kami memilih tempat tersebut kerana ramai orang dari pelbagai peringkat umur akan berada di sana. Avindran dan Jim memberikan taklimat ringkas tentang matlamat dan objektif utama kempen Scout For Nature di samping maklumat-maklumat berkaitan dengan penyu. Kami pun berpisah menjadi 4 kumpulan.

Pada pukul 10.00 pagi, kami bersarapan pagi dan terus bertolak stesen bas Terminal 1. Kami terus memberi kesedaran kepada orang ramai tentang krisis yang dihadapi oleh penyu dan bahayanya telur penyu kepada manusia.

Pada pukul 1.00 petang, kami berharap dapat mewujudkan kesedaran tentang kepentingan menyelamatkan penyu yang hampir pupus dalam kalangan pengunjung gereja di SMK Methodist (ACS). Kami menjelaskan tentang usaha WWF Malaysia menghapuskan pembelian dan penjualan telur penyu.

Selepas itu, kami bertolak pulang ke rumah masing-masing. Kami berjaya memperolehi 300 tandatangan pada hari tersebut. Kami bercadang untuk meneruskan kempen in pada minggu yang akan datang di Jusco dan berharap dapat melaksanakannya dengan lebih berjaya.

Ahli-ahli yang terlibat dalam aktiviti pada hari tersebut:

Avindran A/L Tharmasegaran
Foo Wai Ken
Intan Farhana Binti Amir
Jim Yang Yexin
Kong Wei Teck
Kuan Boon Peng
Kwan Kien Bin
Lai Chin Yoon
Lai Kian Woon
Lau Zhi Hui
Lim Ting Min
Loong See Hao
Ng Yong Liang
Tan Wei Yew
Wong Sek Wei
Yeo Zhee Shern

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SCOUT FOR NATURE DI KEDAH TELAH DIADAKAN DI AUDITORUM KOLEJ UNIVERSITI INSANIAH KAMPUS SG PETANI. SERAMAI 75 ORANG TELAH MENURUNKAN TANDATANGAN MENYOKONG PROGRAM SCOUT FOR NATURE. PROGRAM DI KEDAH INI DIURUSKAN OLEH AHLI KUMPULAN LATIHAN KELANASISWA MALAYSIA KOLEJ UNIVERSITI INSANIAH . PROGRAM DI KEDAH AKAN DITERUSKAN PULA SELEPAS INI DI KOLEJ UNIVERSITI INSANIAH KAMPUS ALOR SETAR DAN UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA

Jumaat 21 Ogos 2009 sekali lagi KUMPULAN LATIHAN KELANASISW MALAYSIA KOLEJ UNIVERSITI INSANIAH ALOR SETAR telah menganjurkan Scout For Nature di Kampus induknya di Alor Setar. Seramai 150 orang orang pelajar, kaki tangan dan jurulatih KO K telah menurunkan tanda tangan menyokong program Scout di Kolej Universiti Insaniah Alor Setar. Program ini telah banyak memberi kesedaran kepada para pelajar dan kakitangan kolej mengenai kepupusan Penyu. kerana sebelum ini kurangnya pendedahan mengenai habitan penyu kepada masyarakat. masyarakat hanya mengetahui penyu disebabkan telurnya sahaja.

Scout For Nature - Pengakap Kelana WPKL

Kempen Scout For Nature ini bertujuaan untuk mempertingkatkan tahap kesedaran dikalangan ahli Pengakap dan warga Malaysia . Khususnya golongan belia dalam kepentingan kita menjaga alam sekitar. Projek pertama dibawah Kempen ‘Scout For Nature’ adalah konservasi penyu iaitu Kempen ‘Egg=Life’ dengan kerjasama WWF Malaysia.

Kempen ini berpontensi untuk mengintegrasikan Pengakap bersama masyarakat. Ia juga memberi peluang untuk membina rangkaian komunikasi baru melalui kepengakapan.

Bersempena Hari Pengakap Sedunia 01-08-2009 dan 100 Tahun Kepengakapan di Malaysia, Majlis Pengakap Kelana Kuala Lumpur telah melancarkan Kempen “Scout For Nature : Egg=Life” dengan matlamat untuk mengumpul 10,000 tandatangan daripada orang ramai sebelum 12 September .

Setiap tandatangan yang dikumpulkan adalah bertujuan untuk konservasi penyu. Daging dan telur penyu mengandungi logam berat,toksid yang tinggi serta mempunyai parasit ,biotoksin termasuk bakteria berbahaya. Jadi , amalan pemakanan daging dan telur penyu ini akan memudaratkan manusia dan membawa maut.

Janganlah kita memakan daging/telur penyu , beli atau jual daging/telur penyu. Ia adalah barangan terkawal di bawah akta Perlindungan Hidupan Liar Bab 102, Seksyen 8(1) dan di bawah Perintah Kastam 2006, Bab 140 dan ia juga merupakan haiwan liar yang dilindungi sepenuhnya oleh Jabatan Perlindungan Hidupan Liar , dibawah Akta Perlindungan Hidupan Liar (1972).

Terima kasih atas setiap langkah yang akan diambil untuk menyelamatkan penyu kita dari terus pupus.

Maklumat lanjut Hubungi :

Pengarah Projek

Scout For Nature
D. Arvind
(Pengerusi Majlis Pengakap WPKL)
Tel : (012-6788805)

Sila muat turn dokumentasi serta presentasi Kempen Scout For Nature.

The Interview of Pegerusi Majlis Pengakap Daerah Zon Bangsar

The ICM Cometh
Bursa Malaysia’s newly appointed global head of Islamic Capital Markets (ICM), Raja Teh Maimunah Raja Abdul Aziz, believes there is room in Islamic finance for all schools of thought. JENNIFER JACOBS talks to the contemporary face of Islamic finance in Malaysia about her hopes, plans and to-do list.
Raja Teh is excited over what she has been tasked to do — among others, developing ICM infrastructure, products and services as well as strengthening cross border ICM capabilities to take Malaysia to the next level as an Islamic financial hub. Only 10 days into the job when Islamic Finance Asia caught up with her, she has already done the rounds of both the public and private sectors, finding out what everyone wants and figuring out how she is to get there from here.
That’s what she’s good at. The former COO and head of international business at Kuwait Finance House (Malaysia) was handpicked to internationalize what was formerly a little unit within Bursa Malaysia, the country’s sole stock exchange, focusing primarily on ringgit products. She is actively looking at what Malaysian Islamic products she can take abroad and what foreign products she can bring in.
Looking tired but relaxed during the evening interview shoehorned within a flurry of meetings, the attractive doyenne of Islamic finance leaned back on the sofa at the Exchange’s business center and proceeded to outline her plans for the division. “I want to draw up two lanes — ringgit onshore and non-ringgit offshore products. I’ve looked at the 16 products we have and come up with what I think we can market to non-ringgit and offshore investors immediately.”
One product she thinks will have universal appeal, especially to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) markets, is Islamic real estate investment trusts (iREITs). “iREITs didn’t seem very sexy or exciting two years ago, but everyone’s into safe and defensive investments these days. I could take this to the GCC tomorrow and there would be demand.” To Raja Teh, it is a matter of duplicating structures that are already available and getting other investors to come in and use Malaysia’s platform.
However, she is not just looking to take Malaysian products abroad. With her international exposure, especially during her time at KFH where she was instrumental in setting up its Singapore and Australian offices, she is looking to bring foreign products to Malaysian shores. “In the GCC there are some very big leasing funds for the shipping and aviation industries. Those are defensive in nature because they’re rental with long-term contracts on them, to say nothing of the underlying assets. We have leasing houses here but their products tend to be somewhat less sophisticated.”
Although she is looking at cross-border appeal, Raja Teh understands that some products only have appeal in their own markets. “Every market has its own peculiarities and I don’t succumb to the standardization arguments. What works for you may not work for me but it may work for somebody else. So instead of one product that meets the requirements of all markets, I can come up with five.”
The important thing is to understand the limitations of the market one is targeting and to create products that are acceptable within the framework. “Within the GCC there are different levels of tolerance. We have to figure out what these are for the targets we want to zero in on.”
Raja Teh is also looking to encourage offshore funds to list on the Labuan International Financial Exchange (LFX) to tap the Asian market: “There is still a lot of money in Asia and what’s more, with the crisis, many of these funds are looking at Islamic products as safer investments. What appeals to them is that these products are basically old-school, with none of your subprime securitizing five times over.
“You just have to look at KFH or Al-Rajhi and compare them with Barclays. There must be something these people are doing right. Anyway, that’s the thinking going around now, and I have some private banking friends from Hong Kong, China and Singapore who say their clients are now asking for Islamic products.”
On the other hand, there are asset managers out of the GCC searching for capital. “In the good old days, you opened a US$100 million fund in Dubai and closed it in three days. Now, those asset managers have also taken a hit, and are looking elsewhere for funds. “I want to encourage them to come out of the GCC and list on our platform on the LFX so they can tap the Asian market. That means they don’t come onshore at all and we keep the Bursa as a conduit for ringgit transactions. I’m just trying to keep the demarcations clear,” she said with a cheeky ‘let’s not step on anyone’s toes’ grin.
Raja Teh is also looking forward to the establishment of the Commodity Murabahah House (CMH), an international spot commodity platform operating according to Shariah requirements, due to be set up sometime this year. In Malaysia, the Commodity Murabahah program is designed to be the first ever to use crude palm oil (CPO) based contracts as underlying assets. In the GCC, companies generally use aluminum or copper, purchased from the London Metals Exchange (LME) for their Commodity Murabahah transactions.
Commodity Murabahah is one of the most popular techniques to manage short-term liquidity in the Gulf. While it is frowned upon by some of the more orthodox houses because of its use of Tawarruq, it is considered preferable to the Bai-al-Inah contracts, which are largely regarded as a camouflage for interest-based transactions.
Briefly, a Commodity Murabahah program is where a company purchases a certain commodity on the LME at spot for cash and then sells this commodity to a third party on a Murabahah, that is, a cost plus financing, through a deferred payment arrangement which can take anywhere from one week to six months to settle, with spot delivery of the commodities in question.
“There’s been a lot of hype about us being the alternative to the LME. We’re not an alternative per se, because the LME never positioned itself as a Commodity Murabahah platform; it’s really a place to facilitate futures contracts. For a trade to be Shariah compliant there must be physical delivery of the commodities in question.”
“What makes us different is that we can ensure the Shariah compliance of the whole transaction,” she said. Raja Teh added that the CMH is an extension of what is already being offered in Malaysia. “The central bank initiated a Commodity Murabahah program in Malaysia in 2005 where the banks signed an agreement to say they would deal with each other through this program. What we’re doing is providing a platform for them to use.”
The biggest selling point at the moment is that this new platform is regulated. “Everything is contract-based so there is legal remedy as per contract law and you have Bursa there as the facilitating agent. It is completely electronically-enabled which means we can be quite efficient in terms of the number of trades we can do in a day. And if you’re a bank, you have direct access to the suppliers without having to source for a broker, although you can do that if you prefer.”
She said some of the larger houses in the GCC find their own solutions, which usually involve bilateral arrangements. “They procure their own underlying assets and work out their own interbank. What we are providing is the only formal one-stop platform in the world, an exchange that can be accessed from the comfort of your computer screen.” When will the CMH be launched? “We hope to do so by this year. Right now we’re in the second phase of testing the system.” In its recent fatwa, the International Council of Fiqh Academy (ICFA) stated that the transactions known as reverse commodity Tawarruq or simultaneous organized and reverse Tawarruq, which have been commonly used to raise finance on the back of real or fictional commodity trading, are not Shariah compliant. How would that affect CMH going forward?
Raja Teh remained cool: “We consulted the market when we structured our program, and that goes right up to some of the most orthodox GCC houses. I’m pleased to say most of them seemed to find our structure acceptable.
Of course, the best structure for Islamic interbank would be Wakalah but it’s not something people will adopt straightaway because there are still credit issues to address. So for now, I think this is still a real solution to facilitate Islamic interbank liquidity.”
Under a Wakalah agreement, a bank places funds with another bank for it to invest in suitable Shariah compliant projects. Other countries have been moving towards this structure. It was reported recently that in Pakistan, for instance, Islamic banks have finalized two interbank trading agreements, Interbank Musharakah and Interbank Wakalah, as standard contracts for the Islamic banking industry, in a move to develop a Shariah compliant interbank market.
While she believes in taking the middle path between the more orthodox and liberal points of view, Raja Teh doesn’t believe in walking what she calls “that fine line” which flirts with the edges of what is allowable.
“What shouldn’t be confused are the conviction and the belief behind Islamic finance. You should never take a shortcut. Some people trade currencies and have it stamped off as Shariah compliant. Others trade what are essentially futures contracts. Some scholars may say this is acceptable but I’m a bit more guarded.
“And whilst I’m a major proponent of coming up with things that will facilitate our business like the money market, I think there’s so much you can do within the Islamic context like Commodity Murabahah that you really don’t have to walk that fine line. And if you’re efficient enough, the idea of organized Tawarruq would never come into play.”
She has been busy meeting with the various stakeholders in government as well as the private sector and so far the support has been tremendous. At least, I think it has. Ask me again in 100 days.”

World Scout Environment Programme

Engage in Climate Change ActionThe world is being threatened by climate change and Scouts have the opportunity to have their actions recognised and their voices heard amongst the world's leaders on this important issue. In December 2009, The United Nations will hold a Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark where world leaders will decide what future we would like to see for our shared planet. In light of the current international focus on climate change and environmental awareness, the World Organization of the Scout Movement reaffirms its commitment to the environment and tackling climate change by urging Scouts around the world to demonstrate their leadership capabilities and take action.Several co-operative partnerships have been established between WOSM and other organisations that have committed themselves to tackling the climate change challenge. Scouts have many opportunities to show their concern for the environment and to share what action they are taking on the climate change challenge, which can be seen by the local community and international community. We urge Scouts worldwide to engage in the following campaigns, visit the websites and participate in vocalising our pledge in our mission of “Creating a Better World”.Unite for ClimateUnite for Climate is your entry point into the world of youth action on Climate Change. Here you can join an online community working on Climate Change, find out how young people are responding to climate change, learn about their experiences, and join campaigns from around the world.Our mission is to support young people's action on climate change around the world by providing easy and efficient tools to organize their action. The online community is specifically focused on youth action from around the world.The official launch of Unite for Climate will take place at the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) International Children's and Youth Conference in Daejeon, Republic of Korea on the 20th August. This is the portal for Scouts to join the participants of conference and to share their opinion in a statement on climate change that will be given to the world leaders in Copenhagen.Join in and register to the WOSM Group with the following link: http://my.uniteforclimate.org/Check out the official site of Unite for Climate at: http://www.uniteforclimate.org/Seal the DealThe UN-led Seal the Deal! Campaign aims to galvanise political will and public support for reaching a comprehensive global climate agreement in Copenhagen in December. Reaching a deal by the time the meeting ends on December 18 will depend not only on political negotiations but also on public pressure from around the globe. 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