University of Nottingham Malaysia, CelcomDigi inks MoU to foster digital talents of tomorrow
- aims to give individuals the knowledge they need for the coming modern era.
- Both events to create AI, Industrial XR/Metaverse answers
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The University of Nottingham Malaysia ( UNM) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with CelcomDigi Berhad as part of nation-building attempts to foster and develop the digital abilities of tomorrow.
The multi-year partnership, according to the university, aligns both parties on a mutual collaboration to develop Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) and Industrial XR / Metaverse solutions and capabilities, from unlocking innovative tech-driven education experiences for UNM students to improving internal employee and operational processes.
In addition to Professor Ir. Dr. Mohd Shahir Liew, vice president of Research and Knowledge Exchange at UNM, and Nik Naharudin Bin Mohd Nasir, director of Digital Industry Acceleration Division of Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation ( MDEC ), Professor Sam Kingman, interim provost and CEO, and Joachim Rajaram, chief corporate affairs officer of MDEC, witnessed the signing of the MoU.
The MoU has outlined numerous creative work over the course of the three-year relationship to the benefit of both students and employees. In order to create options and functions for the company’s internal XR and Metaverse, CELCOMDigi and UNM will work together. These solutions are anticipated to further increase operational efficiency while enhancing the individual expertise.  ,
CelcomDigi, through its in- home built options, has seen benefits from the implementation of AI and will now work with the school to more boost these solutions. From an education standpoint, both parties may seek to explore combining workshops, practical education, and business opportunities, empowering UNM students to participate in apprenticeship and function placement programmes at CelcomDigi.
Both events will work toward the establishment of CelcomDigi as a one-stop-center for UNM’s communication solutions and managed services partner in order to help 4G/5G/Direct Internet Access, WiFi, and a software-defined wide area network across the school and student-teacher area businesses. Both parties may look into possible ways for reskilling and upskilling opportunities for CelcomDigi employees as part of the wedding of CelcomDigi as one of UNM’s formal corporate partners, such as in micro-credential courses and part-time graduate degree programs.
Professor Sam Kingman emphasized the importance of securing future digital talent, saying,” Our collaboration with CelcomDigi opens doors for our graduates to practical learning with a leading industry giant, either through internships or employment opportunities after they graduate. We are also excited about the potential for immersive learning experiences for our students as a result of the adoption of Industrial XR/Metaverse and AI technologies, as well as the opportunities to creatively reimagine the tertiary education experience. The future is now, and only by developing and empowering students can we secure their capabilities to meet digital demands of the future” . ,  ,  ,
Additional joint project opportunities include thought leadership engagements, ranging from examining how UNM research agendas can facilitate the adoption and application of AI technologies by tech companies like CelcomDigi to discussing how important it is for industry stakeholders to bridge the gap between academia and the workplace.
Company director arrested over toxic-waste fires
PUBLISHED: 29 May 2024 at 14: 53
A producer of Win Process Company Ltd. has been detained by police and is being interrogated about new industrial-waste fires at stores in Ayutthaya and Rayong regions.
More individuals are likely to be detained in connection with toxic waste storage and burns.
Pol Lt Gen Thatchai Pitaneelabut, associate federal police commander, told Thai PBS on Wednesday that Opas Boonchan, chairman of Win Process, was arrested in Phetchabun state on Tuesday evening and taken to Rayong early Wednesday night.
He was detained over new industrial-waste flames at a Win Process inventory in the Ban Khai region of Rayong and a warehouse that allegedly was rented out by Aek Uthai Co in the Phachi area of Ayutthaya state.
Apparently, Mr. Opas was detained at Aek Uthai Co in Phetchabun’s Si Thep area.
According to Pol Lt Gen Thatchai, detectives identified connections between the dangerous compound fires in Rayong and Ayutthaya. Prior to the fires, police had received complaints from people about the launch of contaminating carcinogenic substances and the storage of dangerous substances.
The assistant police chief said that investigators had made up data from the Rayong circumstance, which they thought was planned, and that they were gathering evidence for the fire in Ayuthaya.
He claimed that the spare had been stored rather than effectively disposed of as had been anticipated.
Police were looking into whether harmful waste had been stored in other provinces without permission, as well as tracking the flow of funds. According to Pol Lt. Gen Thatchai, officers intended to make more arrests for those connected to the flames.
Indonesia’s public housing savings rule sparks criticism as it seeks to cover more workers, including foreigners
Heru Pudyo Nugroho, BP Tapera director, stated that the changes are a part of the administration’s efforts to “improve the efficiency and accountability of Public Housing Savings control.”
He claimed participants made a specified contribution to the bank, and they received their savings with curiosity at the end of their participation, according to news outlet Kumparan.
According to BP Tapera’s site, employees perhaps stop participating when they retire or pass away. At the age of 58, independent contractors and consultants may leave. If they do not match the membership criteria for five consecutive years, employees may also prevent contributing.
Through several borrowing options, such as mortgages with below-market interest costs for home ownership, home construction, and construction, BP Tapera works to improve access to cover for lower-income groups.
Those with regular wages below IDR8 million are available for Tapera aid, in Papua state, the income level is IDR10 million.  ,
The Ministry of Public Works and Housing also provides funding for the construction of homes through the House Financing Liquidity Service. As of May 8, the service has funded the development of virtually 73, 000 accommodation units across over 8, 000 housing estates in the island, according to BP Tapera’s site.
Depending on site and creator, the costs of the houses vary. In Java ( except Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi ) and Sumatra ( except Riau Islands, Bangka Belitung and Mentawai Islands ), for instance, costs start from IDR166 million, according to the Decree of the Minister of Public Works and Housing issued in 2023.
This year, about IDR 9.083 trillion ( US$ 562 million ) will be used to subsidise housing for low- income citizens, stated the website.
By this year, BP Tapera plans to file 13 million workers as participants, according to Mr. Eko.
By 2027, seven decades after the new legislation was enacted in 2020, all businesses may file their employees with BP Tapera under the fresh law.  ,
As of December 18, 2023, full property managed by the Tapera regular bank, derived from 3.07 million members, was IDR7.23 trillion.
BP Tapera’s portfolio management is supervised by the Tapera Committee, the Financial Services Authority, and the Supreme Audit Agency.
Vietnamese EV maker VinFast considers delaying US$4 billion US plant: Report
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Summer 2024: Temperatures cross 50C in northern India
31 days before
Meryl Sebastian,BBC News, Kochi
Getty ImagesAs the nation deals with extraordinary heat problems, temperatures have reached 50C in some parts of northern and central India.
This week, more than 37 cities in the country recorded temperatures over 45C.
On Tuesday, temperatures in money Delhi’s Narela and Mungeshpur places hit a report- breaking 49.9C.
The wind office in India has issued a significant heat warning for certain areas of the city.
Getty ImagesAfter the judge declared that working without air heating, a Delhi customer court resumed hearing cases on Tuesday.
With temperatures exceeding 50C, the states of Rajasthan’s eastern state of Churu and Sirsa in northern Haryana were both among the hottest regions of the nation.
Rajasthan’s Jaipur city reported three deaths due to heat stroke on Tuesday.
Getty ImagesAmerican seasons, which extend from March to September, are generally hot and humid.
However, the wind department forecast more and more powerful heatwaves this season.
This quarter, the state of Rajasthan and Gujarat saw nine to 12 weeks of heat wave, with heat between 45- 50C, it said.
Getty ImagesIn June, India’s Meteorological Department ( IMD) key Mrutyunjay Mohapatra stated this week, adding that northern India is expected to experience heat conditions for four to six days, compared to three normally.
The IMD has even predicted that this year’s country will experience an above-average monsoon season.
The rainfall is forecast to reach Kerala’s southwestern state on May 31.
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Thaksin Shinawatra: Ex-Thai PM to face royal insult charges
Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra may be indicted on costs of demeaning the king, the country’s solicitor- common has said.
The contentious social chief, who returned to Thailand last year after 15 years in exile, is facing charges for an appointment he gave to a Korean paper nine years ago.
He is the most well-known person to face charges under the famous lese qualifications law in Thailand, which has been extensively used against social dissidents.
In just four times, hundreds of people have been charged.
Mr. Thaksin’s returning to Thailand last season had appeared to put an end to the harsh social conflict between his home and the liberal organizations who feared his nationalist style of leadership. He had been a significant figure in Thai politics.
His group was given the power to form a coalition government with some of his political rivals in what appeared to be a big deal in order to oust Move Forward, a young revolutionary party that had a majority of the votes and chairs in the 2023 vote.
However, the 74-year-old past premier’s indictment under the strict der majeste law demonstrates that he still has enemies in Thailand’s enemy royalist system.
The allegations relate to an appointment he conducted with a Vietnamese magazine in 2015 while he was exiled.
In that article, he claimed that the privy council, the king’s best advisory body, had organized the military coup that deposed his girlfriend Yingluck in 2014.
Yingluck Shinawatra, elected in the 2011 public election, led Thailand for three years before being ousted by the revolution.
Technically speaking, the der majeste law does not apply to the privy council, but it has been frequently used to widely construed to include any opinion that might have a negative impact on the royal family.
Since widespread protests four years ago, when the king was the subject of extraordinary people criticism, more than 270 individuals have been charged under the rules.
Although Mr. Thaksin’s attorneys claim they are comfortable in defending him in court, the prosecution’s indictment may make it difficult for him to pursue social goals in the usually drawn-out trial.
Here comes the US$1tril semiconductor industry, says Ajit Manocha CEO of SEMI
- A trio of disruptions are accelerating market to the trillion-dollar mark by 2030.
- Desire Southeast Asia, including Malaysia, to work on getting more fabs built in place
Ajit Manocha, CEO and chairman of SEMI, made the remarks at Semicon Southeast Asia 2024, which was held yesterday in Kuala Lumpur, monday. Its swift development was fueled by a triple influx of modern disruptions, which is enabling it to reach the US$ 1 trillion marketplace size milestone by 2030.
Extraordinary business partnership may be required to realize this exponential rise in a time of unprecedented challenges.
Ajit outlined the three transformative waves fueling the industry’s trajectory: the Internet of Things ( IoT), Artificial Intelligence ( AI), and Quantum Computing. Ajit, who has served as SEMI ( Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International ) president for seven years, likes to give an example of how quickly the industry’s sales will increase. He said,” While it took about 50 times for semiconductor selling to reach US$ 500 billion, this trio of destructive forces is expected to double that number to reach US$ 1 trillion in just the next five decades.”
In the last ten years, the expansion was driven by the Internet. This generation is one of AI, and what you’re seeing now is only the tip of the iceberg, and that’s going to get this rise to US$ 1 trillion”, he boldly predicts.
If that does n’t impress you, consider his prediction for Quantum Computing’s impact on future sales. ” I think Quantum Computing is coming by the next decade, and it can take this industry to US$ 5 trillion by 2050″, he declared.
Although it may seem a stretch, management consultants McKinsey &, Co have calculated the projected US$ 1 trillion by 2030. The automotive industry will drive growth, with a CAGR of 13 % to 15 % between 2021 and 2030, while computing and data storage will experience the slowest CAGR growth from 2021 to 2030.
Our sector has been capturing high single-digit CAGR of 8 % for many years, Ajit noted, and some have even doubled that rate.
SEMI’s most recent World Fab Forecast lists 103 new 300mm and 200mm semiconductor fabs coming online across the globe between 2023 and 2027 to accommodate this explosive growth.  ,
Ajit did warn that by 2030, an additional 50 fabs would likely be required to fully realize the digital transformation that the three disruptive waves predicted had already begun.
Thus, he urged that Southeast Asia, including Malaysia, need to get more fabs on shore.
He argued that” we need to have more hubs and redundancies to be better prepared for any disasters or pandemics.”
As for the geopolitical issues, Ajit, over the last six months, has been promoting the SEMI International Policy Summit ( SIPS), a gathering of policy makers around the globe with the top , 60 to 70 semicon industry executives over the past 8 months. The first meeting was in Hawaii, with the second, last week, in Brussels. This December, the next meeting might take place in Tokyo.
No single company, no single nation, no single CEO can solve the problems that are so challenging, he explained, and the frequency of the meetings is to address them.
This requires a partnership of governments, academia, industry and civil society working together. ” Therefore, I urge Malaysia to be a part of SIPS. It should play an active role in it”, he said.
S$5,000 fine for man who set off fireworks near HDB flats in Yishun
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Oil trader admits molesting woman at nightclub after industry event
SINGAPORE: After meeting a friend oil seller at an industry occasion, a person tried to put alcohol into her lips at a bar.
Despite the person’s refusal, the man after slapped her buttocks half.
European national Arrica Frank, 38, pleaded guilty to one count of outraging the 24- season- old Singaporean defendant’s humility on Wednesday ( May 29 ).  ,
A second charge of this nature will be taken into account for sentencing.
The victim was introduced to Arrica at a recent industry event held at Synthesis Suntec for oil traders on April 27.  ,
They shook hands and shared brief introductions, but had no further interactions at the event itself, the court heard.
Arrica drank alcohol before joining other peers for a nightclub’s Avenue Lounge social night. Additionally, the victim left the club at around 1 a.m. the following morning.
Arrica attempted to pour alcohol from a bottle into the victim’s mouth at around 1.15 a.m.
The victim turned away from him.
Arrica walked to the spot where the woman was standing with her back to him at about 2.30am while the victim was speaking to someone else at the club.
He slapped her buttocks over her pants without her consent, on two occasions.
The victim felt uncomfortable and violated. Arrica continued to try to get more of her, and she turned away from him and left behind her friends to stop Arrica from getting any closer to her.
Arrica did not make an admission that she had committed the crime in a police statement in May 2023. Additionally, he again denied it in a second statement from October 2023.
Arrica is being detained for a week in prison, according to Deputy Public Prosecutor Suriya Prakash. He claimed Arrica chose to walk to the victim and remain close to her before abusing her.
The offence was also committed in a nightclub, where the premises are often dimly lit and detection is difficult, he said.
Between January 2023 and September 2023, there were 106 outrage of modesty cases reported at these locations, compared to 77 during the same time period in 2022.
Mr. Yusfiyanto Yatiman and Ms. Stephania Wong from Rajah &, Tann represent Arrica.
After some discussion with the prosecutor, the defense attorneys were given time to amend their mitigation plea.
In July, Arrica will go back to court to be sentenced and for mitigation.
The penalties for outrage of modesty are a maximum three years ‘ jail, a fine, caning, or any combination of these punishments.
Thieves strip 17 railway crossings in Songkhla
PUBLISHED: 29 May 2024 at 12: 56
SONGKHLA: Bandits have stolen sign poles, challenge arms and other products from 17 railroad crossings in three districts of this southwestern state, endangering the lives of passengers, pedestrians and motorists, a top rail national said.
The thieves had struck in Khuan Niang, Hat Yai and Sadao districts, especially along the Outfit Yai- Padang Besar course in Sadao area, stealing products from 9 of the 10 crossings.
Prachaniwat Buasri, head of the State Railway of Thailand’s southwestern border provinces activity heart, said on Wednesday crossings in three sub- districts on the Padang Besar way were the hardest hit ,- in , tambon Ban Phru, tambon Ban Rai and tambon Phatong.  ,
Barriers, light signal poles, train warning signposts, batteries, wiring, cables and other parts were stolen at 17 railway crossings. He claimed that the loss was estimated at tens of millions of baht.
Particularly concerning was the theft of several crossings after repairs were finished.
People frequently blame the SRT for problems caused by barriers at railroad crossings, he said. In fact, he said, the problems were typically brought on by external factors, such as the theft of parts, which also resulted in delays in repairs.
The damage caused by theft was more substantial than the value of the stolen components. He claimed that there was no real value in putting a value on an accident’s loss of life or property.  ,
In order to help locate those responsible for the thefts, the SRT had recently met with local administrators in Bang Phru, Ban Rai, and Phatong and asked for their assistance in preventing the equipment from being stolen from railroad crossings.
Metal parts and other tools were taken and the barrier arm was harmed at this railroad crossing , . ( Photo: Assawin Pakkawan )
A railway official announces that the safety barrier had been damaged and other equipment and parts had been taken by hanging a sign on a signal light at a railroad crossing in Songkhla. ( Photo: Assawin Pakkawan )