Oleh SAIFULIZAM MOHAMAD
pengarang@utusan.com,my
KUALA LUMPUR 27 Julai - Cercaan yang diterima Mufti Perak, Tan Sri Harussani Zakaria serta Pesuruhjaya Pas Selangor, Datuk Dr. Hassan Ali kerana mengadakan pertemuan demi menyelesaikan perpecahan ummah membuktikan telah wujud segelintir orang Islam di negara ini amat bencikan perkara maaruf.
Ahli Parlimen Kulim-Bandar Baharu, Zulkifli Noordin berkata, golongan terbabit lebih rela tidur sebantal dengan pihak kafir yang secara terang-terangan menolak dan menentang Islam walaupun jelas ia merupakan satu kemungkaran.
Beliau yang sedih dengan keadaan itu percaya pertemuan Harussani dan Hassan menepati seruan Allah seperti mana yang difirmankan di dalam surah Ali-Imran ayat 103 yang bermaksud, 'Berpegang teguhlah kamu sekalian pada tali Allah dan janganlah kamu bercerai berai'.
''Sebagai Mufti, Tan Sri Harussani bersangka baik dan memberi cadangan untuk jalan penyelesaian kepada permasalahan yang dikemukakan. Mereka bertemu, berbincang dan bermuzakarah sesuai dengan seruan Allah di dalam Surah Ali-Imran ayat 103.
''Namun apa mereka dapat. Maki hamun, caci maki, dilabel dengan pelbagai penghinaan dan macam-macam lagi keaiban. Apa yang mereka cuba buat itu suatu perkara maaruf tetapi itu yang menjadi kebencian kepada segelintir umat Islam,'' katanya.
Zulkifli berkata demikian pada entri terbaru di dalam blog beliau, http://zul4kulim. blogspot.com.
Zulkifli di dalam blognya turut memaparkan satu petikan hadis Rasulullah SAW yang amat panjang yang antara lain menyentuh mengenai gambaran mengenai umatnya yang diperintahkan melakukan kejahatan dan ditegah melakukan kebaikan.
''Saya teringatkan hadis tersebut yang pernah dibaca oleh seorang ustaz. Apabila mengenangkan kita umat Islam yang tak habis-habis dirundung perpecahan dan yang paling teruk, kita sanggup bersekongkol dengan kafir untuk menjatuhkan satu sama lain.
''Kita lupa kepada sejarah. Itulah punca kejatuhan kerajaan Khilafah Uthmaniah, apabila sekumpulan badwi padang pasir yang kononnya mahu menumbangkan kerajaan Khilafah Uthmaniah yang didakwa zalim, rasuah dan banyak melakukan mungkar sanggup bersekongkol dengan kafir harbi Eropah, terutamanya dari Britain,'' ujarnya.
Akhirnya beliau berkata, kerajaan Islam yang berpusat di Istanbul, Turki itu runtuh dan peristiwa tersebut di abadikan dalam filem Lawrence of Arabia.
''Sepatutnya ia menjadi iktibar dan pengajaran kepada kita tetapi rupa-rupanya umat Islam akhir zaman ini memang mereka yang mudah lupa pada sejarah,'' katanya.
Dalam pada itu Zulkifli berkata, umat Islam pada zaman ini wajib bersatu sama ada mereka yang datang dari parti pemerintah mahu pun pembangkang.
''Kita boleh berselisih dalam apa juga isu tetapi dalam isu membabitkan Islam dan umat Islam kita wajib bersatu sama ada dalam isu murtad, isu perlaksanaan syariat, isu hukum-hakam, isu perundangan dan kehakiman, isu muamalat, munakahat dan isu halal haram.
''Jika timbul sesuatu isu, sepatutnya kita duduk bersama dengan para mufti dan ulama berbincang untuk mencari kata sepakat. Jika ada perbezaan hendaklah cuba diselesaikan di dalam muzakarah,'' katanya.
Apabila hendak diambil satu pendirian beliau berkata, ia hendaklah berlandaskan pada satu suara dan satu pendapat.
''Ini kerana Tuhan kita hanya satu, Nabi Muhammad hanya satu, kitab kita hanya satu. Pasti kita boleh mengambil satu pendirian. Asalkan ia berlandaskan al-Quran dan as-Sunnah,'' katanya lagi.
Ada pihak benci perkara maaruf
Oleh SAIFULIZAM MOHAMAD
pengarang@utusan.com,my
KUALA LUMPUR 27 Julai - Cercaan yang diterima Mufti Perak, Tan Sri Harussani Zakaria serta Pesuruhjaya Pas Selangor, Datuk Dr. Hassan Ali kerana mengadakan pertemuan demi menyelesaikan perpecahan ummah membuktikan telah wujud segelintir orang Islam di negara ini amat bencikan perkara maaruf.
Ahli Parlimen Kulim-Bandar Baharu, Zulkifli Noordin berkata, golongan terbabit lebih rela tidur sebantal dengan pihak kafir yang secara terang-terangan menolak dan menentang Islam walaupun jelas ia merupakan satu kemungkaran.
Beliau yang sedih dengan keadaan itu percaya pertemuan Harussani dan Hassan menepati seruan Allah seperti mana yang difirmankan di dalam surah Ali-Imran ayat 103 yang bermaksud, 'Berpegang teguhlah kamu sekalian pada tali Allah dan janganlah kamu bercerai berai'.
''Sebagai Mufti, Tan Sri Harussani bersangka baik dan memberi cadangan untuk jalan penyelesaian kepada permasalahan yang dikemukakan. Mereka bertemu, berbincang dan bermuzakarah sesuai dengan seruan Allah di dalam Surah Ali-Imran ayat 103.
''Namun apa mereka dapat. Maki hamun, caci maki, dilabel dengan pelbagai penghinaan dan macam-macam lagi keaiban. Apa yang mereka cuba buat itu suatu perkara maaruf tetapi itu yang menjadi kebencian kepada segelintir umat Islam,'' katanya.
Zulkifli berkata demikian pada entri terbaru di dalam blog beliau, http://zul4kulim. blogspot.com.
Zulkifli di dalam blognya turut memaparkan satu petikan hadis Rasulullah SAW yang amat panjang yang antara lain menyentuh mengenai gambaran mengenai umatnya yang diperintahkan melakukan kejahatan dan ditegah melakukan kebaikan.
''Saya teringatkan hadis tersebut yang pernah dibaca oleh seorang ustaz. Apabila mengenangkan kita umat Islam yang tak habis-habis dirundung perpecahan dan yang paling teruk, kita sanggup bersekongkol dengan kafir untuk menjatuhkan satu sama lain.
''Kita lupa kepada sejarah. Itulah punca kejatuhan kerajaan Khilafah Uthmaniah, apabila sekumpulan badwi padang pasir yang kononnya mahu menumbangkan kerajaan Khilafah Uthmaniah yang didakwa zalim, rasuah dan banyak melakukan mungkar sanggup bersekongkol dengan kafir harbi Eropah, terutamanya dari Britain,'' ujarnya.
Akhirnya beliau berkata, kerajaan Islam yang berpusat di Istanbul, Turki itu runtuh dan peristiwa tersebut di abadikan dalam filem Lawrence of Arabia.
''Sepatutnya ia menjadi iktibar dan pengajaran kepada kita tetapi rupa-rupanya umat Islam akhir zaman ini memang mereka yang mudah lupa pada sejarah,'' katanya.
Dalam pada itu Zulkifli berkata, umat Islam pada zaman ini wajib bersatu sama ada mereka yang datang dari parti pemerintah mahu pun pembangkang.
''Kita boleh berselisih dalam apa juga isu tetapi dalam isu membabitkan Islam dan umat Islam kita wajib bersatu sama ada dalam isu murtad, isu perlaksanaan syariat, isu hukum-hakam, isu perundangan dan kehakiman, isu muamalat, munakahat dan isu halal haram.
''Jika timbul sesuatu isu, sepatutnya kita duduk bersama dengan para mufti dan ulama berbincang untuk mencari kata sepakat. Jika ada perbezaan hendaklah cuba diselesaikan di dalam muzakarah,'' katanya.
Apabila hendak diambil satu pendirian beliau berkata, ia hendaklah berlandaskan pada satu suara dan satu pendapat.
''Ini kerana Tuhan kita hanya satu, Nabi Muhammad hanya satu, kitab kita hanya satu. Pasti kita boleh mengambil satu pendirian. Asalkan ia berlandaskan al-Quran dan as-Sunnah,'' katanya lagi.
Ada pihak benci perkara maaruf
Oleh SAIFULIZAM MOHAMAD
pengarang@utusan.com,my
KUALA LUMPUR 27 Julai - Cercaan yang diterima Mufti Perak, Tan Sri Harussani Zakaria serta Pesuruhjaya Pas Selangor, Datuk Dr. Hassan Ali kerana mengadakan pertemuan demi menyelesaikan perpecahan ummah membuktikan telah wujud segelintir orang Islam di negara ini amat bencikan perkara maaruf.
Ahli Parlimen Kulim-Bandar Baharu, Zulkifli Noordin berkata, golongan terbabit lebih rela tidur sebantal dengan pihak kafir yang secara terang-terangan menolak dan menentang Islam walaupun jelas ia merupakan satu kemungkaran.
Beliau yang sedih dengan keadaan itu percaya pertemuan Harussani dan Hassan menepati seruan Allah seperti mana yang difirmankan di dalam surah Ali-Imran ayat 103 yang bermaksud, 'Berpegang teguhlah kamu sekalian pada tali Allah dan janganlah kamu bercerai berai'.
''Sebagai Mufti, Tan Sri Harussani bersangka baik dan memberi cadangan untuk jalan penyelesaian kepada permasalahan yang dikemukakan. Mereka bertemu, berbincang dan bermuzakarah sesuai dengan seruan Allah di dalam Surah Ali-Imran ayat 103.
''Namun apa mereka dapat. Maki hamun, caci maki, dilabel dengan pelbagai penghinaan dan macam-macam lagi keaiban. Apa yang mereka cuba buat itu suatu perkara maaruf tetapi itu yang menjadi kebencian kepada segelintir umat Islam,'' katanya.
Zulkifli berkata demikian pada entri terbaru di dalam blog beliau, http://zul4kulim. blogspot.com.
Zulkifli di dalam blognya turut memaparkan satu petikan hadis Rasulullah SAW yang amat panjang yang antara lain menyentuh mengenai gambaran mengenai umatnya yang diperintahkan melakukan kejahatan dan ditegah melakukan kebaikan.
''Saya teringatkan hadis tersebut yang pernah dibaca oleh seorang ustaz. Apabila mengenangkan kita umat Islam yang tak habis-habis dirundung perpecahan dan yang paling teruk, kita sanggup bersekongkol dengan kafir untuk menjatuhkan satu sama lain.
''Kita lupa kepada sejarah. Itulah punca kejatuhan kerajaan Khilafah Uthmaniah, apabila sekumpulan badwi padang pasir yang kononnya mahu menumbangkan kerajaan Khilafah Uthmaniah yang didakwa zalim, rasuah dan banyak melakukan mungkar sanggup bersekongkol dengan kafir harbi Eropah, terutamanya dari Britain,'' ujarnya.
Akhirnya beliau berkata, kerajaan Islam yang berpusat di Istanbul, Turki itu runtuh dan peristiwa tersebut di abadikan dalam filem Lawrence of Arabia.
''Sepatutnya ia menjadi iktibar dan pengajaran kepada kita tetapi rupa-rupanya umat Islam akhir zaman ini memang mereka yang mudah lupa pada sejarah,'' katanya.
Dalam pada itu Zulkifli berkata, umat Islam pada zaman ini wajib bersatu sama ada mereka yang datang dari parti pemerintah mahu pun pembangkang.
''Kita boleh berselisih dalam apa juga isu tetapi dalam isu membabitkan Islam dan umat Islam kita wajib bersatu sama ada dalam isu murtad, isu perlaksanaan syariat, isu hukum-hakam, isu perundangan dan kehakiman, isu muamalat, munakahat dan isu halal haram.
''Jika timbul sesuatu isu, sepatutnya kita duduk bersama dengan para mufti dan ulama berbincang untuk mencari kata sepakat. Jika ada perbezaan hendaklah cuba diselesaikan di dalam muzakarah,'' katanya.
Apabila hendak diambil satu pendirian beliau berkata, ia hendaklah berlandaskan pada satu suara dan satu pendapat.
''Ini kerana Tuhan kita hanya satu, Nabi Muhammad hanya satu, kitab kita hanya satu. Pasti kita boleh mengambil satu pendirian. Asalkan ia berlandaskan al-Quran dan as-Sunnah,'' katanya lagi.
http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2010&dt=0728&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Politik&pg=po_09.htm
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
BP confirms Hayward's departure as CEO and US$30bil asset sales
Published: Tuesday July 27, 2010 MYT 2:30:00 PM
Updated: Tuesday July 27, 2010 MYT 3:08:58 PM
LONDON: BP PLC said Tuesday that embattled Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward will step down on Oct. 1 — to be succeeded by American Robert Dudley — and that it has set aside US$32.2 billion to cover the costs of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
In a statement accompanying its quarterly earnings update, in which BP reported a record quarterly loss, the company said the decision was made by mutual agreement. In a mark of faith in its outgoing leader, it said it planned to recommend Hayward, 53, for a non-executive board position at its Russian joint venture.
"The BP board is deeply saddened to lose a CEO whose success over some three years in driving the performance of the company was so widely and deservedly admired," BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg said in a statement.
BP PLC says Tony Hayward(left) will step down as chief executive officer from Oct. 1, to be succeeded by American Robert Dudley(right). - AP
Svanberg said the explosion of the Macondo well on the Deepwater Horizon platform run by BP in the Gulf of Mexico has been a "watershed incident" for the company.
"BP remains a strong business with fine assets, excellent people and a vital role to play in meeting the world's energy needs," he said. "But it will be a different company going forward, requiring fresh leadership supported by robust governance and a very engaged board."
Svanberg described Dudley, 54, who was thrown out of Russia after a battle with shareholders in the company's TNK-BP joint venture, as a "robust operator in the toughest circumstances."
BP said that the $32.2 billion charge for the cost of the spill led it to record a loss of $17 billion for the second quarter.
The company said it planned to tell analysts in an update later Tuesday that it will sell assets for up to $30 billion over the next 18 months, "primarily in the upstream business, and selected on the basis that they are worth more to other companies than to BP."
That would leave the company with a smaller, but higher quality Exploration & Production business, it said.
The company said that Dudley will be based in London when he takes up his appointment and will hand over his present duties in the United States to Lamar McKay — the chairman and president of BP America.
Hayward will remain on the board until Nov. 30. - AP
Hayward's rise and fall. He boosted BP's bottom line, but not safety
LONDON: Two decades ago, Tony Hayward was a "turtle" — one of a handful of young high fliers at BP earmarked for great things, named after the cartoon warriors, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Fast-tracked through BP's heavy bureaucracy by the man he would succeed as CEO, John Browne, Hayward took the top job three years ago promising to focus "like a laser" on safety and change the company's champagne culture. He was supposed to get BP back to basics, and for most of his tenure shareholders were happy with the results.
Then came the rig explosion that set off the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, and several weeks in which Hayward repeatedly put his foot in his mouth while his company appeared incapable of stopping the gusher.
Now the former geologist is set to resign. Following weeks of speculation about his future, Hayward is to step down from the company's top job in October and will be offered a post at the company's TNK-BP joint venture in Russia, a person familiar with the matter said Monday.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because an official announcement had not been made by the British company's board, which met Monday in London to decide the 53-year-old Hayward's fate.
Analysts were divided over whether removing Hayward was justified, but they acknowledged that it was inevitable despite his success before the Gulf spill in streamlining a bloated company.
"He was always going to be thrown out in the end to appease investors," said David Battersby, investment manager at Redmayne Bentley Stockbrokers.
But a post at BP's 50-50 joint venture with Russian oligarchs suggests that the company still holds more faith in their embattled CEO than much of the U.S. public and political establishment.
Analysts consider the venture one of BP's crown jewels, accounting for a quarter of BP production. But it is problematic, as Hayward's likely successor as CEO, Robert Dudley, well knows.
Dudley was forced to flee Russia in 2008, running the company in absentia until that became untenable, after a row with Russian shareholders. That history means that Hayward, who is still well-regarded in Europe, will be a key negotiator for his new boss.
"It's recognizing that this is a very smart guy and has good contacts," said Stephen Pope, the chief global equity strategist at Cantor Fitzgerald. "He will very good at smoothing the way."
Phil Weiss, an oil analyst with Argus Research in New York, said BP thinks highly of Hayward, "but they have to get him away from this situation."
Hayward's elevation to CEO in 2007 was supposed to herald a new era for the company after a series of accidents — including the 2005 Texas City refinery explosion that killed 15 people.
"The task is to restore confidence," he told the Texas-based Houston Chronicle newspaper shortly after his appointment.
Browne was forced to step down as CEO after admitting to perjury while giving evidence to a court to prevent a newspaper revealing details of his private life. There was little surprise that Hayward was named as his replacement.
It was Browne who, as head of exploration and production in 1991, recognized the young geologist's potential and marked Hayward out for a fast-track program for young executives. That gave Hayward entry to the inner circle.
He moved quickly through the ranks, from geologist to group treasurer to head of exploration and production — a crucial role at any big oil company.
Before becoming CEO, he was instrumental in BP's expansion into the United States, which involved a number of takeovers, including the 1998 merger with Amoco and the subsequent acquisitions of Arco and Castrol.
The eldest of seven children, Hayward had a far less privileged upbringing than his predecessor — Lord Browne of Madingley to his fellows in the House of Lords.
Browne had been known for his celebrity lifestyle as much as his business successes, and Hayward was seen as a leader who could focus BP more on the bottom line.
Not long before he took over, Hayward told a conference that BP needed to change its leadership style because it was "too directive and doesn't listen sufficiently well." He said he was concentrating on "closing the performance gap" with rivals such as Royal Dutch Shell.
Hayward stripped out layers of management and costs across a stumbling and bloated business, improving its refining efficiency and putting the firm on a stronger footing to weather a global downturn.
BP's market position improved and its reputation was rehabilitated. Cost-cutting, which saw around 7,500 positions axed, led to savings of around $4 billion.
Even in the immediate wake of the Deepwater Horizon explosion on April 20 with the loss of 11 workers, Hayward appeared to be able to survive.
Former BP Chairman Peter Sutherland described him as a "superb chief executive by common consent" and British-based investors and analysts were supportive.
But in the U.S., Hayward became the lightning rod for anti-BP feeling and didn't help matters with a series of gaffes. He raised hackles by saying "I want my life back," going sailing, and what was viewed as an evasive performance before U.S. congressmen in June.
President Barack Obama said then that Hayward should have been fired — although BP later cooled the political heat by agreeing to set up a $20 billion compensation fund.
Hayward was called back to London a month ago after the bruising encounter with the congressional committee and has since kept a low profile.
Tom Bower, who wrote a book called "The Squeeze: Oil, Money and Greed in the 21st Century," suggested Hayward's response to the Gulf spill was symptomatic of how he "hadn't changed the culture" at BP following the previous accidents in the U.S.
"He knew what had to be done, but he didn't do it properly. He was too slow; he wasn't inspired; he wasn't focused enough," Bower told the BBC.
But David Cumming, head of UK equities at Standard Life Investments, said that Hayward was the scapegoat for BP's "political appeasement" to help rebuild its U.S. reputation.
"I think Hayward has been harshly treated and I think Hayward's departure is premature," he said. "We still don't know the full facts of the spill." - AP
Dudley's path followed unusual turns to CEO of BP
LONDON: Bob Dudley's sudden rise to the top at BP PLC shows how the Gulf oil spill has dramatically changed the fortunes of people from local fishermen to corporate executives.
Seen as an unlikely candidate just a few months ago, Dudley is set to become the first American to lead the oil giant in its century long history. Dudley will become CEO on Oct. 1 and try to salvage the company's reputation and investments in the United States.
Dudley's standing within BP and along the Gulf Coast has risen since he took over response to the oil spill in June from current CEO Tony Hayward, who will be reassigned to Russia.
Though his words weren't all that different, Dudley delivered BP's message — don't worry, we're going to pay for all this — in a calm manner without Hayward's public impatience and occasional whininess. And serendipity was on Dudley's side: He was in charge when they finally capped the spewing well, shutting off the flow of oil until a relief well can finish the job.
BP is the largest producer of oil and gas in the United States, home to 40 percent of the company's assets and responsible for one-third of its worldwide oil and gas reserves. It has huge interests in Alaska and the Gulf, with vast tracts yet to be developed.
BP could lose access to those resources. The U.S. Congress is considering a proposal to block the awarding of any new offshore oil and gas leases to companies with bad safety records. BP would be targeted, the way the legislation is written. Also, BP's fuel contracts with the military, worth $2.2 billion last year, could be in jeopardy.
If BP is going to survive and grow, it must protect those assets, says Amy Myers Jaffe, an oil industry scholar at Houston's Rice University.
On Tuesday, the company said it plans to tell analysts that it will sell assets for up to $30 billion over the next 18 months.
In early April, nobody thought BP would soon need a new CEO. Under Hayward, the company was earning more than $20 billion a year until lower oil prices reduced earnings in 2009 to $16.6 billion. But on Tuesday, BP reported a record loss of $17 billion for the second quarter.
Dudley, 54, was a longtime executive with Amoco before BP bought that company in 1998. He had run BP's joint venture in Russia, then turned into a globe-trotting Mr. Fix-it for his bosses in London. It was that last role that landed him back along the Gulf, near where he grew up in Mississippi, after the April rig explosion that killed 11 men and spawned the oil gusher.
In that thread of biography lie several factors that elevated him above other candidates to replace Hayward, including Britons with years more experience inside BP, according to analysts.
"The two aspects of Dudley's work that make him an optimal candidate for CEO are that he's not Tony Hayward and he speaks with an American accent," says Pavel Molchanov, an analyst with Raymond James. He says by making Dudley CEO, BP is sending a message that it cares greatly about its stake in America.
Phil Weiss, an analyst with Argus Research, views Dudley as a compromise between picking another BP lifer like Hayward and choosing an outsider to clean house. Weiss thinks BP should have gone outside its ranks for a CEO to shake up a company with a safety record marred by the 11 deaths in the Gulf and 15 more at a 2005 refinery explosion in Texas.
Dudley wasn't tied to BP's exploration and production division that oversaw drilling operations including the one aboard the Deepwater Horizon. As head of that division, Andy Inglis was once seen as a potential successor to Hayward, but his chances dimmed after the Gulf accident, analysts say.
Dudley also may have been helped by his background at Amoco, which was seen as an efficient, low-cost oil producer.
Even some of Dudley's setbacks seem to have raised his profile. While running BP's Russian joint venture, he had to flee the country in 2008 amid a dispute with Russian partners and the Russian government. BP was replaced as the operating partners of the business, TNK-BP, but it retained its investment, which still makes money. Dudley ended up with a seat on BP's board London.
As head of BP's spill response, Dudley has mostly kept a low profile while shuttling between the Gulf Coast, Washington and London.
"I talk to Bob Dudley when I need to," says Thad Allen, the retired Coast Guard admiral now directing the federal response to the oil spill. "I woke him up on a number of occasions."
Dudley has adamantly defended BP's actions since the explosion. The company has pledged $20 billion to a cleanup and damages account, but said Tuesday that it has set aside $32.2 billion to cover the costs of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Although a big part of Dudley's job will be looking out for the company's U.S. assets, that doesn't mean he should move to Washington, says Jaffe, the oil industry scholar.
"He needs to run the whole company," she says. "His first job is to convince people BP is going to come back and you better buy BP stock while it's cheap." - AP
http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/27/business/20100727143641&sec=business
Updated: Tuesday July 27, 2010 MYT 3:08:58 PM
LONDON: BP PLC said Tuesday that embattled Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward will step down on Oct. 1 — to be succeeded by American Robert Dudley — and that it has set aside US$32.2 billion to cover the costs of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
In a statement accompanying its quarterly earnings update, in which BP reported a record quarterly loss, the company said the decision was made by mutual agreement. In a mark of faith in its outgoing leader, it said it planned to recommend Hayward, 53, for a non-executive board position at its Russian joint venture.
"The BP board is deeply saddened to lose a CEO whose success over some three years in driving the performance of the company was so widely and deservedly admired," BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg said in a statement.
BP PLC says Tony Hayward(left) will step down as chief executive officer from Oct. 1, to be succeeded by American Robert Dudley(right). - AP
Svanberg said the explosion of the Macondo well on the Deepwater Horizon platform run by BP in the Gulf of Mexico has been a "watershed incident" for the company.
"BP remains a strong business with fine assets, excellent people and a vital role to play in meeting the world's energy needs," he said. "But it will be a different company going forward, requiring fresh leadership supported by robust governance and a very engaged board."
Svanberg described Dudley, 54, who was thrown out of Russia after a battle with shareholders in the company's TNK-BP joint venture, as a "robust operator in the toughest circumstances."
BP said that the $32.2 billion charge for the cost of the spill led it to record a loss of $17 billion for the second quarter.
The company said it planned to tell analysts in an update later Tuesday that it will sell assets for up to $30 billion over the next 18 months, "primarily in the upstream business, and selected on the basis that they are worth more to other companies than to BP."
That would leave the company with a smaller, but higher quality Exploration & Production business, it said.
The company said that Dudley will be based in London when he takes up his appointment and will hand over his present duties in the United States to Lamar McKay — the chairman and president of BP America.
Hayward will remain on the board until Nov. 30. - AP
Hayward's rise and fall. He boosted BP's bottom line, but not safety
LONDON: Two decades ago, Tony Hayward was a "turtle" — one of a handful of young high fliers at BP earmarked for great things, named after the cartoon warriors, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Fast-tracked through BP's heavy bureaucracy by the man he would succeed as CEO, John Browne, Hayward took the top job three years ago promising to focus "like a laser" on safety and change the company's champagne culture. He was supposed to get BP back to basics, and for most of his tenure shareholders were happy with the results.
Then came the rig explosion that set off the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, and several weeks in which Hayward repeatedly put his foot in his mouth while his company appeared incapable of stopping the gusher.
Now the former geologist is set to resign. Following weeks of speculation about his future, Hayward is to step down from the company's top job in October and will be offered a post at the company's TNK-BP joint venture in Russia, a person familiar with the matter said Monday.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because an official announcement had not been made by the British company's board, which met Monday in London to decide the 53-year-old Hayward's fate.
Analysts were divided over whether removing Hayward was justified, but they acknowledged that it was inevitable despite his success before the Gulf spill in streamlining a bloated company.
"He was always going to be thrown out in the end to appease investors," said David Battersby, investment manager at Redmayne Bentley Stockbrokers.
But a post at BP's 50-50 joint venture with Russian oligarchs suggests that the company still holds more faith in their embattled CEO than much of the U.S. public and political establishment.
Analysts consider the venture one of BP's crown jewels, accounting for a quarter of BP production. But it is problematic, as Hayward's likely successor as CEO, Robert Dudley, well knows.
Dudley was forced to flee Russia in 2008, running the company in absentia until that became untenable, after a row with Russian shareholders. That history means that Hayward, who is still well-regarded in Europe, will be a key negotiator for his new boss.
"It's recognizing that this is a very smart guy and has good contacts," said Stephen Pope, the chief global equity strategist at Cantor Fitzgerald. "He will very good at smoothing the way."
Phil Weiss, an oil analyst with Argus Research in New York, said BP thinks highly of Hayward, "but they have to get him away from this situation."
Hayward's elevation to CEO in 2007 was supposed to herald a new era for the company after a series of accidents — including the 2005 Texas City refinery explosion that killed 15 people.
"The task is to restore confidence," he told the Texas-based Houston Chronicle newspaper shortly after his appointment.
Browne was forced to step down as CEO after admitting to perjury while giving evidence to a court to prevent a newspaper revealing details of his private life. There was little surprise that Hayward was named as his replacement.
It was Browne who, as head of exploration and production in 1991, recognized the young geologist's potential and marked Hayward out for a fast-track program for young executives. That gave Hayward entry to the inner circle.
He moved quickly through the ranks, from geologist to group treasurer to head of exploration and production — a crucial role at any big oil company.
Before becoming CEO, he was instrumental in BP's expansion into the United States, which involved a number of takeovers, including the 1998 merger with Amoco and the subsequent acquisitions of Arco and Castrol.
The eldest of seven children, Hayward had a far less privileged upbringing than his predecessor — Lord Browne of Madingley to his fellows in the House of Lords.
Browne had been known for his celebrity lifestyle as much as his business successes, and Hayward was seen as a leader who could focus BP more on the bottom line.
Not long before he took over, Hayward told a conference that BP needed to change its leadership style because it was "too directive and doesn't listen sufficiently well." He said he was concentrating on "closing the performance gap" with rivals such as Royal Dutch Shell.
Hayward stripped out layers of management and costs across a stumbling and bloated business, improving its refining efficiency and putting the firm on a stronger footing to weather a global downturn.
BP's market position improved and its reputation was rehabilitated. Cost-cutting, which saw around 7,500 positions axed, led to savings of around $4 billion.
Even in the immediate wake of the Deepwater Horizon explosion on April 20 with the loss of 11 workers, Hayward appeared to be able to survive.
Former BP Chairman Peter Sutherland described him as a "superb chief executive by common consent" and British-based investors and analysts were supportive.
But in the U.S., Hayward became the lightning rod for anti-BP feeling and didn't help matters with a series of gaffes. He raised hackles by saying "I want my life back," going sailing, and what was viewed as an evasive performance before U.S. congressmen in June.
President Barack Obama said then that Hayward should have been fired — although BP later cooled the political heat by agreeing to set up a $20 billion compensation fund.
Hayward was called back to London a month ago after the bruising encounter with the congressional committee and has since kept a low profile.
Tom Bower, who wrote a book called "The Squeeze: Oil, Money and Greed in the 21st Century," suggested Hayward's response to the Gulf spill was symptomatic of how he "hadn't changed the culture" at BP following the previous accidents in the U.S.
"He knew what had to be done, but he didn't do it properly. He was too slow; he wasn't inspired; he wasn't focused enough," Bower told the BBC.
But David Cumming, head of UK equities at Standard Life Investments, said that Hayward was the scapegoat for BP's "political appeasement" to help rebuild its U.S. reputation.
"I think Hayward has been harshly treated and I think Hayward's departure is premature," he said. "We still don't know the full facts of the spill." - AP
Dudley's path followed unusual turns to CEO of BP
LONDON: Bob Dudley's sudden rise to the top at BP PLC shows how the Gulf oil spill has dramatically changed the fortunes of people from local fishermen to corporate executives.
Seen as an unlikely candidate just a few months ago, Dudley is set to become the first American to lead the oil giant in its century long history. Dudley will become CEO on Oct. 1 and try to salvage the company's reputation and investments in the United States.
Dudley's standing within BP and along the Gulf Coast has risen since he took over response to the oil spill in June from current CEO Tony Hayward, who will be reassigned to Russia.
Though his words weren't all that different, Dudley delivered BP's message — don't worry, we're going to pay for all this — in a calm manner without Hayward's public impatience and occasional whininess. And serendipity was on Dudley's side: He was in charge when they finally capped the spewing well, shutting off the flow of oil until a relief well can finish the job.
BP is the largest producer of oil and gas in the United States, home to 40 percent of the company's assets and responsible for one-third of its worldwide oil and gas reserves. It has huge interests in Alaska and the Gulf, with vast tracts yet to be developed.
BP could lose access to those resources. The U.S. Congress is considering a proposal to block the awarding of any new offshore oil and gas leases to companies with bad safety records. BP would be targeted, the way the legislation is written. Also, BP's fuel contracts with the military, worth $2.2 billion last year, could be in jeopardy.
If BP is going to survive and grow, it must protect those assets, says Amy Myers Jaffe, an oil industry scholar at Houston's Rice University.
On Tuesday, the company said it plans to tell analysts that it will sell assets for up to $30 billion over the next 18 months.
In early April, nobody thought BP would soon need a new CEO. Under Hayward, the company was earning more than $20 billion a year until lower oil prices reduced earnings in 2009 to $16.6 billion. But on Tuesday, BP reported a record loss of $17 billion for the second quarter.
Dudley, 54, was a longtime executive with Amoco before BP bought that company in 1998. He had run BP's joint venture in Russia, then turned into a globe-trotting Mr. Fix-it for his bosses in London. It was that last role that landed him back along the Gulf, near where he grew up in Mississippi, after the April rig explosion that killed 11 men and spawned the oil gusher.
In that thread of biography lie several factors that elevated him above other candidates to replace Hayward, including Britons with years more experience inside BP, according to analysts.
"The two aspects of Dudley's work that make him an optimal candidate for CEO are that he's not Tony Hayward and he speaks with an American accent," says Pavel Molchanov, an analyst with Raymond James. He says by making Dudley CEO, BP is sending a message that it cares greatly about its stake in America.
Phil Weiss, an analyst with Argus Research, views Dudley as a compromise between picking another BP lifer like Hayward and choosing an outsider to clean house. Weiss thinks BP should have gone outside its ranks for a CEO to shake up a company with a safety record marred by the 11 deaths in the Gulf and 15 more at a 2005 refinery explosion in Texas.
Dudley wasn't tied to BP's exploration and production division that oversaw drilling operations including the one aboard the Deepwater Horizon. As head of that division, Andy Inglis was once seen as a potential successor to Hayward, but his chances dimmed after the Gulf accident, analysts say.
Dudley also may have been helped by his background at Amoco, which was seen as an efficient, low-cost oil producer.
Even some of Dudley's setbacks seem to have raised his profile. While running BP's Russian joint venture, he had to flee the country in 2008 amid a dispute with Russian partners and the Russian government. BP was replaced as the operating partners of the business, TNK-BP, but it retained its investment, which still makes money. Dudley ended up with a seat on BP's board London.
As head of BP's spill response, Dudley has mostly kept a low profile while shuttling between the Gulf Coast, Washington and London.
"I talk to Bob Dudley when I need to," says Thad Allen, the retired Coast Guard admiral now directing the federal response to the oil spill. "I woke him up on a number of occasions."
Dudley has adamantly defended BP's actions since the explosion. The company has pledged $20 billion to a cleanup and damages account, but said Tuesday that it has set aside $32.2 billion to cover the costs of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Although a big part of Dudley's job will be looking out for the company's U.S. assets, that doesn't mean he should move to Washington, says Jaffe, the oil industry scholar.
"He needs to run the whole company," she says. "His first job is to convince people BP is going to come back and you better buy BP stock while it's cheap." - AP
http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/27/business/20100727143641&sec=business
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Bantu SAR: Perak beri 2,023 hektar tanah
IPOH 21 Julai – Kerajaan negeri hari ini mengumumkan pemberian sebidang tanah seluas 2,023 hektar bagi memperkasakan semua Sekolah Agama Rakyat (SAR) di Perak.
Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Dr. Zambry Abd. Kadir berkata, tanah tersebut akan dimajukan oleh Perbadanan Kemajuan Ekonomi Islam Negeri Perak (PKEINPk) sebagai ladang kelapa sawit.
Katanya, hasil daripada aktiviti di ladang itu akan disalurkan ke sebuah tabung khas yang diwujudkan untuk menampung perbelanjaan SAR yang memerlukan bantuan.
Beliau berkata, tanah tersebut terletak di Besout, Sungkai iaitu berdekatan dengan tanah yang diberikan kepada sekolah persendirian Cina.
“Selain peruntukan tahunan berjumlah jutaan ringgit yang diberikan kerajaan negeri dan Pusat untuk pengurusan dan penyelarasan SAR selama ini, tabung khas ini diwujudkan untuk menampung keperluan SAR yang daif dan perlu dibantu.
“Kita harap dengan dana yang diperoleh daripada projek penanaman kelapa sawit ini, ia akan memberi pulangan yang baik bagi kita membantu SAR di negeri ini,” katanya kepada pemberita selepas mempengerusikan mesyuarat Ahli Majlis Kerajaan Negeri (Exco) Perak di sini hari ini.
Semalam, Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Kesihatan, Kerajaan Tempatan, Hal Ehwal Pengguna, Alam Sekitar, Pengangkutan Awam dan Hal Ehwal Bukan Islam negeri, Datuk Dr. Mah Hang Soon mengumumkan pemberian sebidang tanah seluas 1,012 hektar oleh kerajaan negeri kepada sembilan sekolah persendirian Cina di sini untuk dibangunkan sebagai ladang kelapa sawit.
Tanah berkenaan yang terletak di Besout, Sungkai akan diuruskan oleh Semangat Suwa Sdn. Bhd. yang ditubuhkan oleh lembaga pengurusan sembilan buah sekolah tersebut.
Pemberian tanah kepada sembilan sekolah persendirian Cina itu dibuat berikutan keputusan yang telah diambil pada era pemerintahan kerajaan pakatan pembangkang sebelum ini.
Menurut Zambry, tanah diberikan kepada SAR itu dijangka mampu memberikan pendapatan jutaan ringgit setahun apabila dibangunkan kelak.
“Keuntungan yang diperoleh akan disalurkan kepada tabung khas, sama ada secara terus melalui kerajaan negeri atau Yayasan Perak.
“Wakil Pertubuhan Pendokong Sekolah-sekolah Agama Rakyat Negeri Perak (PPSR) ada datang jumpa saya minggu lalu untuk berbincang dengan kerajaan negeri bagaimana mereka boleh terlibat sama dalam menguruskan dana tersebut,” katanya.
http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2010&dt=0722&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Dalam_Negeri&pg=dn_03.htm
Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Dr. Zambry Abd. Kadir berkata, tanah tersebut akan dimajukan oleh Perbadanan Kemajuan Ekonomi Islam Negeri Perak (PKEINPk) sebagai ladang kelapa sawit.
Katanya, hasil daripada aktiviti di ladang itu akan disalurkan ke sebuah tabung khas yang diwujudkan untuk menampung perbelanjaan SAR yang memerlukan bantuan.
Beliau berkata, tanah tersebut terletak di Besout, Sungkai iaitu berdekatan dengan tanah yang diberikan kepada sekolah persendirian Cina.
“Selain peruntukan tahunan berjumlah jutaan ringgit yang diberikan kerajaan negeri dan Pusat untuk pengurusan dan penyelarasan SAR selama ini, tabung khas ini diwujudkan untuk menampung keperluan SAR yang daif dan perlu dibantu.
“Kita harap dengan dana yang diperoleh daripada projek penanaman kelapa sawit ini, ia akan memberi pulangan yang baik bagi kita membantu SAR di negeri ini,” katanya kepada pemberita selepas mempengerusikan mesyuarat Ahli Majlis Kerajaan Negeri (Exco) Perak di sini hari ini.
Semalam, Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Kesihatan, Kerajaan Tempatan, Hal Ehwal Pengguna, Alam Sekitar, Pengangkutan Awam dan Hal Ehwal Bukan Islam negeri, Datuk Dr. Mah Hang Soon mengumumkan pemberian sebidang tanah seluas 1,012 hektar oleh kerajaan negeri kepada sembilan sekolah persendirian Cina di sini untuk dibangunkan sebagai ladang kelapa sawit.
Tanah berkenaan yang terletak di Besout, Sungkai akan diuruskan oleh Semangat Suwa Sdn. Bhd. yang ditubuhkan oleh lembaga pengurusan sembilan buah sekolah tersebut.
Pemberian tanah kepada sembilan sekolah persendirian Cina itu dibuat berikutan keputusan yang telah diambil pada era pemerintahan kerajaan pakatan pembangkang sebelum ini.
Menurut Zambry, tanah diberikan kepada SAR itu dijangka mampu memberikan pendapatan jutaan ringgit setahun apabila dibangunkan kelak.
“Keuntungan yang diperoleh akan disalurkan kepada tabung khas, sama ada secara terus melalui kerajaan negeri atau Yayasan Perak.
“Wakil Pertubuhan Pendokong Sekolah-sekolah Agama Rakyat Negeri Perak (PPSR) ada datang jumpa saya minggu lalu untuk berbincang dengan kerajaan negeri bagaimana mereka boleh terlibat sama dalam menguruskan dana tersebut,” katanya.
http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2010&dt=0722&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Dalam_Negeri&pg=dn_03.htm
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Kajian pakar UKM sahkan Melayu penduduk asal Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR 14 Julai - Kajian arkeologi oleh pakar-pakar arkeologi Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) mengesahkan bahawa rumpun Melayu merupakan penduduk asal Malaysia sejak lebih 40,000 tahun dahulu.
Hasil kajian itu sekali gus menyangkal teori migrasi yang dikemukakan oleh penyelidik dari Vienna School of Thought, Heine-Geldern pada 1930-an yang mendakwa rumpun Melayu berhijrah ke Malaysia dari Tanah Besar Utara.
"Data arkeologi yang diperolehi di Semenanjung Malaysia dan Sarawak menunjukkan rumpun Melayu adalah penduduk asal bumi Malaysia sejak lebih 40,000 tahun lalu dan bukan berhijrah ke sini dari Tanah Besar Utara.
"Artifak-artifak seperti seramik yang ditemui di lebih 100 kawasan ekskavasi yang dijalankan menunjukkan bahawa ia adalah berbentuk tempatan dan bukan dibawa masuk dari luar," jelas UKM dalam portal beritanya di http://pkukmweb.ukm.my/news.
Hasil kajian itu didedahkan Ketua Penyelidik Arkeologi UKM, Profesor Datuk Dr. Nik Hassan Suhaimi Nik Abdul Rahman (gambar) semasa membentang kertas kerjanya bertajuk '38 Tahun Arkeologi di UKM' pada Seminar Penanda Aras Penyelidikan Arkeologi di Bangi yang berakhir kelmarin.
Antara lokasi yang menjadi tapak kajian adalah Pulau Kalumpang dan Beruas (Perak); Kota Johor Lama, Kota Seluyut, Kota Sayong Pinang dan Muar (Johor); Kota Melaka (Melaka); Kota Lukut (Negeri Sembilan) dan beberapa tapak di Tasik Kenyir, Terengganu.
Nik Hassan Suhaimi yang juga Timbalan Pengarah Akademi Tamadun Melayu (ATMA) berkata, keputusan kajian itu selari dengan penemuan tengkorak manusia di Gua Niah, Sarawak oleh Tom Harrison dan isterinya pada 1958.
Tambah beliau, penyelidikan arkeologi di UKM sejak 1980-an menemui pelbagai data baru tentang asal usul kerajaan Melayu tertua di Malaysia iaitu kerajaan Kedah Tua yang diperolehi dari tapak arkeologi Sungai Mas, Kedah.
"Isu penting dalam zaman kerajaan awal ialah proses Indianisasi. Berdasarkan kajian yang dibuat di UKM, proses Indianisasi itu boleh ditukar kepada proses pembumiputeraan kebudayaan India," katanya seperti yang dilaporkan portal tersebut.
http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2010&dt=0715&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Dalam_Negeri&pg=dn_09.htm
Hasil kajian itu sekali gus menyangkal teori migrasi yang dikemukakan oleh penyelidik dari Vienna School of Thought, Heine-Geldern pada 1930-an yang mendakwa rumpun Melayu berhijrah ke Malaysia dari Tanah Besar Utara.
"Data arkeologi yang diperolehi di Semenanjung Malaysia dan Sarawak menunjukkan rumpun Melayu adalah penduduk asal bumi Malaysia sejak lebih 40,000 tahun lalu dan bukan berhijrah ke sini dari Tanah Besar Utara.
"Artifak-artifak seperti seramik yang ditemui di lebih 100 kawasan ekskavasi yang dijalankan menunjukkan bahawa ia adalah berbentuk tempatan dan bukan dibawa masuk dari luar," jelas UKM dalam portal beritanya di http://pkukmweb.ukm.my/news.
Hasil kajian itu didedahkan Ketua Penyelidik Arkeologi UKM, Profesor Datuk Dr. Nik Hassan Suhaimi Nik Abdul Rahman (gambar) semasa membentang kertas kerjanya bertajuk '38 Tahun Arkeologi di UKM' pada Seminar Penanda Aras Penyelidikan Arkeologi di Bangi yang berakhir kelmarin.
Antara lokasi yang menjadi tapak kajian adalah Pulau Kalumpang dan Beruas (Perak); Kota Johor Lama, Kota Seluyut, Kota Sayong Pinang dan Muar (Johor); Kota Melaka (Melaka); Kota Lukut (Negeri Sembilan) dan beberapa tapak di Tasik Kenyir, Terengganu.
Nik Hassan Suhaimi yang juga Timbalan Pengarah Akademi Tamadun Melayu (ATMA) berkata, keputusan kajian itu selari dengan penemuan tengkorak manusia di Gua Niah, Sarawak oleh Tom Harrison dan isterinya pada 1958.
Tambah beliau, penyelidikan arkeologi di UKM sejak 1980-an menemui pelbagai data baru tentang asal usul kerajaan Melayu tertua di Malaysia iaitu kerajaan Kedah Tua yang diperolehi dari tapak arkeologi Sungai Mas, Kedah.
"Isu penting dalam zaman kerajaan awal ialah proses Indianisasi. Berdasarkan kajian yang dibuat di UKM, proses Indianisasi itu boleh ditukar kepada proses pembumiputeraan kebudayaan India," katanya seperti yang dilaporkan portal tersebut.
http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2010&dt=0715&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Dalam_Negeri&pg=dn_09.htm
Monday, July 12, 2010
Tiada IPTA, IPTS terbilang
Oleh NAZMIL NASIRUDDIN
pengarang@utusan.com.my
PUTRAJAYA 12 Julai - Tiada institusi pengajian tinggi awam (IPTA) dan swasta (IPTS) yang layak menerima pengiktirafan tahap terbilang, manakala 18 daripadanya diberi tahap cemerlang dalam Sistem Penarafan Institusi Pengajian Tinggi (Setara) 2009 yang diumumkan hari ini.
Daripada jumlah institusi pengajian tinggi (IPT) yang menerima tahap cemerlang tersebut, tujuh daripadanya merupakan IPTA dan 11 lagi IPTS.
IPTA terbabit adalah Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Universiti Malaya (UM) dan Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) dan Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM).
Menteri Pengajian Tinggi, Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin (gambar) yang mengumumkannya berkata, IPTS berkenaan pula adalah Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL), Universiti Multimedia (MMU), Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) serta Universiti Sains dan Pengurusan (MSU)
Menurutnya, selain itu adalah Sunway University College, Curtin University of Teknology Kampus Sarawak, Monash University Kampus Sunway, Taylor's University College, International Medical University, University of Nottingham Kampus Malaysia dan Swinburne University Teknology Kampus Sarawak.
"Sejumlah 25 universiti dan kolej universiti iaitu 14 IPTS dan 11 IPTA pula menduduki tahap sangat baik manakala empat kolej universiti swasta menduduki tahap baik," katanya.
Beliau berkata demikian pada sidang akhbar berkenaan keputusan Setara 2009 di sini hari ini.
Setara 2009 merupakan lanjutan dari Setara 2007 bagi mengukur kualiti, kebertanggungjawaban dan prestasi IPTA dan IPTS.
Sebanyak 58 universiti dan kolej universiti tempatan mengambil penyertaan tahun ini berbanding cuma 20 universiti awam pada 2007.
Program itu salah satu usaha berterusan kementerian meningkatkan budaya penambahbaikan kualiti secara berterusan dan sistem negara yang melengkapi jaminan kualiti Agensi Kelayakan Malaysia (MQA).
Mohamed Khaled berkata, tiada universiti dan kolej universiti yang mencapai tahap terbilang pada tahun ini disebabkan tidak memenuhi kriteria pengukuran yang ditetapkan.
"Sebanyak 25 kriteria meliputi tiga dimensi umum digunakan iaitu input, proses dan output termasuk maklum balas terhadap pengukuran daripada institusi dari negara ASEAN seperti tiga universiti Indonesia dan 31 universiti di Thailand," katanya.
Beliau berkata, hasil keputusan Setara itu akan digunakan sebagai input kementerian dalam menetapkan dasar kerajaan bagi memperkasakan sistem pendidikan pengajian tinggi negara.
"IPTA dan IPTS terlibat yang mencapai tahap cemerlang layak dijemput mendapatkan status swaakreditasi serta boleh menerima tajaan kerajaan pelajar dalam dan luar negara tetapi bukan secara automatik.
"IPT berkenaan boleh memohon dan menerima geran penyelidikan yang disediakan kerajaan dan layak menerima status universiti penyelidikan serta menambah bilangan program pelajar pra dan pasca siswazah sendiri," katanya.
Tambahnya, kelebihan lain ialah kelonggaran dan pengecualian dalam Akta Institusi Pendidikan Tinggi Swasta (Akta 555) iaitu dikecualikan daripada memohon permit mengajar dan kelulusan kementerian dalam menggunakan perkhidmatan pensyarah antarabangsa.
Kata beliau, IPT berkenaan turut mendapat pengecualian proses semakan kelayakan pelajar antarabangsa dan kadar yuran pengajian daripada pihak kementerian serta diberi kelulusan mengambil sendiri pelajar antarabangsa.
http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2010&dt=0713&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Muka_Hadapan&pg=mh_04.htm
pengarang@utusan.com.my
PUTRAJAYA 12 Julai - Tiada institusi pengajian tinggi awam (IPTA) dan swasta (IPTS) yang layak menerima pengiktirafan tahap terbilang, manakala 18 daripadanya diberi tahap cemerlang dalam Sistem Penarafan Institusi Pengajian Tinggi (Setara) 2009 yang diumumkan hari ini.
Daripada jumlah institusi pengajian tinggi (IPT) yang menerima tahap cemerlang tersebut, tujuh daripadanya merupakan IPTA dan 11 lagi IPTS.
IPTA terbabit adalah Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Universiti Malaya (UM) dan Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) dan Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM).
Menteri Pengajian Tinggi, Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin (gambar) yang mengumumkannya berkata, IPTS berkenaan pula adalah Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL), Universiti Multimedia (MMU), Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) serta Universiti Sains dan Pengurusan (MSU)
Menurutnya, selain itu adalah Sunway University College, Curtin University of Teknology Kampus Sarawak, Monash University Kampus Sunway, Taylor's University College, International Medical University, University of Nottingham Kampus Malaysia dan Swinburne University Teknology Kampus Sarawak.
"Sejumlah 25 universiti dan kolej universiti iaitu 14 IPTS dan 11 IPTA pula menduduki tahap sangat baik manakala empat kolej universiti swasta menduduki tahap baik," katanya.
Beliau berkata demikian pada sidang akhbar berkenaan keputusan Setara 2009 di sini hari ini.
Setara 2009 merupakan lanjutan dari Setara 2007 bagi mengukur kualiti, kebertanggungjawaban dan prestasi IPTA dan IPTS.
Sebanyak 58 universiti dan kolej universiti tempatan mengambil penyertaan tahun ini berbanding cuma 20 universiti awam pada 2007.
Program itu salah satu usaha berterusan kementerian meningkatkan budaya penambahbaikan kualiti secara berterusan dan sistem negara yang melengkapi jaminan kualiti Agensi Kelayakan Malaysia (MQA).
Mohamed Khaled berkata, tiada universiti dan kolej universiti yang mencapai tahap terbilang pada tahun ini disebabkan tidak memenuhi kriteria pengukuran yang ditetapkan.
"Sebanyak 25 kriteria meliputi tiga dimensi umum digunakan iaitu input, proses dan output termasuk maklum balas terhadap pengukuran daripada institusi dari negara ASEAN seperti tiga universiti Indonesia dan 31 universiti di Thailand," katanya.
Beliau berkata, hasil keputusan Setara itu akan digunakan sebagai input kementerian dalam menetapkan dasar kerajaan bagi memperkasakan sistem pendidikan pengajian tinggi negara.
"IPTA dan IPTS terlibat yang mencapai tahap cemerlang layak dijemput mendapatkan status swaakreditasi serta boleh menerima tajaan kerajaan pelajar dalam dan luar negara tetapi bukan secara automatik.
"IPT berkenaan boleh memohon dan menerima geran penyelidikan yang disediakan kerajaan dan layak menerima status universiti penyelidikan serta menambah bilangan program pelajar pra dan pasca siswazah sendiri," katanya.
Tambahnya, kelebihan lain ialah kelonggaran dan pengecualian dalam Akta Institusi Pendidikan Tinggi Swasta (Akta 555) iaitu dikecualikan daripada memohon permit mengajar dan kelulusan kementerian dalam menggunakan perkhidmatan pensyarah antarabangsa.
Kata beliau, IPT berkenaan turut mendapat pengecualian proses semakan kelayakan pelajar antarabangsa dan kadar yuran pengajian daripada pihak kementerian serta diberi kelulusan mengambil sendiri pelajar antarabangsa.
http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2010&dt=0713&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Muka_Hadapan&pg=mh_04.htm
Friday, July 9, 2010
Berapa bilion berperang sesama Melayu?
Oleh hata wahari
pengarang@utusan.com.my
KUALA LUMPUR 8 Julai - Berapa bilionkah yang akan dihabiskan supaya calon Melayu boleh menewaskan calon Melayu pada pilihan raya umum akan datang?
Demikian soalan blogger Kickdefella atau Syed Azidi Syed Abdul Aziz (gambar) yang turut mempersoalkan berapa banyak wang, masa dan tenaga orang-orang Melayu yang akan dihabiskan untuk tujuan berperang sesama Melayu.
''Exco Kanan Kelantan, Datuk Husam Musa dalam ceramah terbukanya di Taman Guru tidak lama dulu berkata, dia akan cari RM20 juta untuk memerangi UMNO supaya parti itu tumbang.
"Saya sendiri pernah menulis bahawa Husam memberitahu saya dia perlu dapatkan RM200 juta untuk bawa Pas ke Putrajaya. Kalau seorang ekonomis seperti Husam menyasarkan jumlah itu, bagaimana pula puluhan ekonomis di dalam UMNO?" soalnya.
Beliau berkata demikian dalam entri terbarunya di http://kickdefella.wordpress.com mengenai Agenda Melayu: Menang Sorak, Semenanjung Tergadai.
Katanya, perebutan orang Melayu Islam di Semenanjung Malaysia pada pilihan raya umum akan datang melibatkan 109 kerusi Parlimen.
Katanya, perebutan itu akan melibatkan 65 kerusi Parlimen yang dimenangi UMNO dan 23 yang dimenangi Pas.
Parti Keadilan Rakyat pada suatu ketika memiliki 20 kerusi yang dimenangi oleh calon Melayu Islamnya dan Bebas satu kerusi, yang dimenangi oleh Datuk Ibrahim Ali atas nama Pas.
"Pas sekarang memiliki 23 kerusi di Dewan Rakyat manakala UMNO pula memiliki 65 buah kerusi yang dimenanginya di Semenanjung Malaysia. Jadi Pas ada peluang untuk bertanding lebih banyak kerusi dan ada kemungkinan untuk menang lebih besar dari DAP dan PKR.
"Untuk memperoleh kerusi lebih banyak, Pas perlu menyandarkan nasibnya kepada pemilih bukan Melayu dan bukan Islam serta pada waktu yang sama berusaha menyedapkan hati orang-orang Islam dengan menjemput beberapa kerat orang Cina dan India untuk membaca sepatah dua al-Quran kepada orang-orang Islam," katanya.
Syed Azidi bagaimanapun menyoal, adakah Pas yakin bahawa pemilih-pemilih bukan Melayu akan membiarkan parti itu menunggangi mereka untuk menjadikan Parti Islam Se-Malaysia sebagai parti tunjang pakatan pembangkang.
Beliau memberitahu, agenda Melayu sukar dilaksanakan kerana komposisi ahli Parlimen Melayu dan Islam yang berada di dalam kerajaan Pusat hanyalah 39 peratus.
"Sedangkan daripada 222 ahli Parlimen, jumlah keseluruhan ahli Parlimen dari keturunan Melayu dan beragama Islam ialah ialah 58 peratus daripada keseluruhan ahli Dewan.
"Ini bererti hampir 19 peratus ahli Parlimen Melayu dan bumiputera Islam lain berada di luar kerajaan manakala 17 peratus ahli Parlimen bukan Melayu, bukan bumiputera dan bukan Islam membentuk sebuah pakatan yang akhirnya menambah sukarnya agenda Melayu dilaksanakan," katanya.
http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2010&dt=0709&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Muka_Hadapan&pg=mh_03.htm
pengarang@utusan.com.my
KUALA LUMPUR 8 Julai - Berapa bilionkah yang akan dihabiskan supaya calon Melayu boleh menewaskan calon Melayu pada pilihan raya umum akan datang?
Demikian soalan blogger Kickdefella atau Syed Azidi Syed Abdul Aziz (gambar) yang turut mempersoalkan berapa banyak wang, masa dan tenaga orang-orang Melayu yang akan dihabiskan untuk tujuan berperang sesama Melayu.
''Exco Kanan Kelantan, Datuk Husam Musa dalam ceramah terbukanya di Taman Guru tidak lama dulu berkata, dia akan cari RM20 juta untuk memerangi UMNO supaya parti itu tumbang.
"Saya sendiri pernah menulis bahawa Husam memberitahu saya dia perlu dapatkan RM200 juta untuk bawa Pas ke Putrajaya. Kalau seorang ekonomis seperti Husam menyasarkan jumlah itu, bagaimana pula puluhan ekonomis di dalam UMNO?" soalnya.
Beliau berkata demikian dalam entri terbarunya di http://kickdefella.wordpress.com mengenai Agenda Melayu: Menang Sorak, Semenanjung Tergadai.
Katanya, perebutan orang Melayu Islam di Semenanjung Malaysia pada pilihan raya umum akan datang melibatkan 109 kerusi Parlimen.
Katanya, perebutan itu akan melibatkan 65 kerusi Parlimen yang dimenangi UMNO dan 23 yang dimenangi Pas.
Parti Keadilan Rakyat pada suatu ketika memiliki 20 kerusi yang dimenangi oleh calon Melayu Islamnya dan Bebas satu kerusi, yang dimenangi oleh Datuk Ibrahim Ali atas nama Pas.
"Pas sekarang memiliki 23 kerusi di Dewan Rakyat manakala UMNO pula memiliki 65 buah kerusi yang dimenanginya di Semenanjung Malaysia. Jadi Pas ada peluang untuk bertanding lebih banyak kerusi dan ada kemungkinan untuk menang lebih besar dari DAP dan PKR.
"Untuk memperoleh kerusi lebih banyak, Pas perlu menyandarkan nasibnya kepada pemilih bukan Melayu dan bukan Islam serta pada waktu yang sama berusaha menyedapkan hati orang-orang Islam dengan menjemput beberapa kerat orang Cina dan India untuk membaca sepatah dua al-Quran kepada orang-orang Islam," katanya.
Syed Azidi bagaimanapun menyoal, adakah Pas yakin bahawa pemilih-pemilih bukan Melayu akan membiarkan parti itu menunggangi mereka untuk menjadikan Parti Islam Se-Malaysia sebagai parti tunjang pakatan pembangkang.
Beliau memberitahu, agenda Melayu sukar dilaksanakan kerana komposisi ahli Parlimen Melayu dan Islam yang berada di dalam kerajaan Pusat hanyalah 39 peratus.
"Sedangkan daripada 222 ahli Parlimen, jumlah keseluruhan ahli Parlimen dari keturunan Melayu dan beragama Islam ialah ialah 58 peratus daripada keseluruhan ahli Dewan.
"Ini bererti hampir 19 peratus ahli Parlimen Melayu dan bumiputera Islam lain berada di luar kerajaan manakala 17 peratus ahli Parlimen bukan Melayu, bukan bumiputera dan bukan Islam membentuk sebuah pakatan yang akhirnya menambah sukarnya agenda Melayu dilaksanakan," katanya.
http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2010&dt=0709&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Muka_Hadapan&pg=mh_03.htm
Agih secara adil – Tun M
Oleh NURUL ANUAR KARI
pengarang@utusan.com.my
KUALA LUMPUR 8 Julai – Pembahagian kekayaan negara tidak boleh dibuat secara sama rata untuk semua tetapi perlu dilakukan secara adil mengikut tahap sosioekonomi sesuatu kaum.
Bekas Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad berkata, jika kekayaan negara dibahagikan secara sama rata tanpa mengikut latar belakang sosioekonomi, mereka yang ketinggalan tidak mungkin dapat mengejar golongan yang berada di hadapan.
Menurutnya, tujuan utama pembahagian secara adil adalah supaya pendapatan rakyat daripada setiap kaum disamakan dan jurang perbezaan antara yang kaya dan miskin tidak begitu ketara.
“Permintaan supaya tumpuan lebih diberikan kepada golongan bumiputera bukanlah satu perjuangan bersifat rasis tetapi bagi mencapai pembahagian kekayaan negara secara adil.
“Malangnya, kumpulan bumiputera paling ramai ketinggalan berbanding kaum lain, sebab itu tumpuan lebih perlu diberikan kepada mereka,” katanya pada Forum Rancangan Malaysia Kesepuluh (RMK-10) Kita, Siri Ketiga: Kepentingan Bumiputera Dalam RMK-10 yang disiarkan oleh RTM di sini, malam ini.
Turut hadir Menteri Penerangan, Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan, Datuk Seri Dr. Rais Yatim; Bekas Menteri Besar Perlis, Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim; Presiden Pertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa Malaysia (Perkasa), Datuk Ibrahim Ali serta kira-kira 500 penonton pelbagai kaum.
Pada penghujung forum tersebut, Dr. Mahathir turut dikejutkan dengan acara memotong pulut kuning sempena hari lahirnya ke-85.
Dr. Mahathir menegaskan, tidak elok jika permintaan bumiputera untuk mendapatkan cuma 30 peratus kekayaan negara dipersoalkan oleh mana-mana pihak memandangkan kaum tersebut mewakili kira-kira 60 peratus populasi rakyat Malaysia.
http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2010&dt=0709&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Muka_Hadapan&pg=mh_01.htm
pengarang@utusan.com.my
KUALA LUMPUR 8 Julai – Pembahagian kekayaan negara tidak boleh dibuat secara sama rata untuk semua tetapi perlu dilakukan secara adil mengikut tahap sosioekonomi sesuatu kaum.
Bekas Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad berkata, jika kekayaan negara dibahagikan secara sama rata tanpa mengikut latar belakang sosioekonomi, mereka yang ketinggalan tidak mungkin dapat mengejar golongan yang berada di hadapan.
Menurutnya, tujuan utama pembahagian secara adil adalah supaya pendapatan rakyat daripada setiap kaum disamakan dan jurang perbezaan antara yang kaya dan miskin tidak begitu ketara.
“Permintaan supaya tumpuan lebih diberikan kepada golongan bumiputera bukanlah satu perjuangan bersifat rasis tetapi bagi mencapai pembahagian kekayaan negara secara adil.
“Malangnya, kumpulan bumiputera paling ramai ketinggalan berbanding kaum lain, sebab itu tumpuan lebih perlu diberikan kepada mereka,” katanya pada Forum Rancangan Malaysia Kesepuluh (RMK-10) Kita, Siri Ketiga: Kepentingan Bumiputera Dalam RMK-10 yang disiarkan oleh RTM di sini, malam ini.
Turut hadir Menteri Penerangan, Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan, Datuk Seri Dr. Rais Yatim; Bekas Menteri Besar Perlis, Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim; Presiden Pertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa Malaysia (Perkasa), Datuk Ibrahim Ali serta kira-kira 500 penonton pelbagai kaum.
Pada penghujung forum tersebut, Dr. Mahathir turut dikejutkan dengan acara memotong pulut kuning sempena hari lahirnya ke-85.
Dr. Mahathir menegaskan, tidak elok jika permintaan bumiputera untuk mendapatkan cuma 30 peratus kekayaan negara dipersoalkan oleh mana-mana pihak memandangkan kaum tersebut mewakili kira-kira 60 peratus populasi rakyat Malaysia.
http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2010&dt=0709&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Muka_Hadapan&pg=mh_01.htm
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