AEON Co (M) Bhd, which runs the JUSCO supermarket, has been able to reduce 10 million pieces in usage of plastic bags by its customers since the launch of its "No Plastic Bag" campaign in January 2008.
Its general manager (corporate social responsibility and corporate branding), Noryahwati Mohd Noh, said the 10 million reduction in plastic bag usage also helped to save energy of 14,640 litres of petroleum which would be required to produce the plastic bags.
She said that when AEON launched the campaign in 2008, only five per cent of the customers obliged, but now the number had increased to 15 per cent.
Prior to the campaign, AEON gave between 80 and 90 million plastic bags to customers every year, she said at the launch of the state-level "Reduce Use of Plastic Bag" and "No Plastic Bag Day" campaign in Bukit Tinggi in Klang today.
The function was opened by the Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry deputy secretary-general (Consumerism and Management), Mahani Tan Abdullah.
Noryahwati said that the company was able to collect RM200,000 from sales of plastic bags on the "No Plastic Bag Day" this year, which is Saturday, where customers would have to pay 20 sen for each plastic bag should they insist on having the plastic bags to put in their purchases if they did not bring their own bags.
"The collection is not to bring in profit for the company because the money is used to finance projects like planting of trees at the AEON Mahkota Cheras and the social project at the Melaka Hospital" she added.
Meanwhile in TERENGGANU, 13 supermarkets in Kuala Terengganu, Dungun and Kemaman have agreed to cooperate with the government to ensure the success of the "Reduce Use of Plastic Bag" campaign.
Terengganu Unity, Health and Consumer Affairs Committee chairman Dr A Rahman Mokhtar said effective today, the participating supermarkets would no longer give plastic bags to their customers on Saturday.
"Those who still want the plastic bags will have to pay 20 sen each and the money donated to the Terengganu consumers welfare fund," he added. -- Bernama
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Sunday, January 2, 2011
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Solar Powered iPad
Just sharing Technology Info
Just 5 hours Charging time to fully charged up your iPAD-Wifi series.
Technical Charging Data:
Power consumed: Approximately 11W @ 230Vac
Energy Consumed:
E= Pxt
E= 11W x 5 hours = 55Wh = 0.055kWh = 0.05 unit
Electricity Bill/Charged = RM0.012 (1.2 sen)
Electricity Bill/Charged @ 21.8 cents/unit ( Based on Malaysia's Electricity Tariff )
Well, look like this small wonder can helps Mother Earth reduces Co2 emission!
Please note:
# 1
Fully charged iPad can take u approximately 10 hours of operation.
# 2
This i Pad can 100% charge up via Solar Energy!
For further info e-mail to:
fooedu4all@yahoo.com
Courtesy: Foo Hi Kium ( Go Solar )
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Using Your BlackBerry Off-Hours Could Be Overtime
Courtrsy: National Public Radio
A BlackBerry may be convenient, even essential for some jobs. A lawsuit in Chicago contends employees should be compensated for using the devices to work after hours.
Published: August 14, 2010
by Cheryl Corley
Can't put your BlackBerry down? Your boss may come to dread that if you're working while you're off the clock. A police sergeant in Chicago is suing the city. He says he's due plenty of overtime back pay because he logged in on his BlackBerry to continue working even though his shift was over.
Go to any office, any coffee shop, ride a train or take a bus and you see them -- people's eyes glued to those tiny devices in their hands getting rid of e-mails or taking care of some other work.
"I have a BlackBerry and I have an iPhone," says Catherine Merritt, who works at Ketchum Public Relations. She say her iPhone is personal; the BlackBerry is for work.
"Definitely it's a little bit of a crackberry," she says, with a laugh.
In her office in Chicago, Merritt was syncing up her BlackBerry with her computer so she could check in on work later. "I check it at least a few times probably an hour," she says.
As electronic leashes, mobile devices mean work can go on forever. Zev Salomon, a real estate developer with Belgravia Group in Chicago, doesn't mind, though. He always carries his BlackBerry, and it has a nickname.
"We affectionately refer to it as my binkie," he says.
You know, like a security blanket. It drives his wife a little crazy, but when Salomon goes to sleep, the BlackBerry goes to bed with him, too.
"The ability to continually watch what's coming in and going on in the various parts of the company just feels critical," he says.
Salomon says there's no financial compensation, but he thinks being so connected is just part of the world we're in.
'Doing The City's Work'
Maybe so, but Chicago police Sgt. Jeffrey Allen argues his connection means the city of Chicago owes him lots of overtime. His attorney Paul Geiger says it's a simple case.
"What we are saying is he's using this mobile device at the behest of the Police Department very routinely and very often off duty and not being compensated for all the time spent on the device doing the city's work," Geiger says.
The city gave Allen a BlackBerry when he worked in a unit determining which assets of criminals police could seize. Susan Prince, an attorney with Business and Legal Resources, says the deciding factor in this dispute is likely to be the Fair Labor Standards Act, which governs wage and overtime provisions for American workers.
"Basically, it comes down to whether an employee is exempt or non-exempt," she says. "Exempt employees, they make the same salaries no matter how many hours they work during a week, so using a BlackBerry from home at night is not an overtime issue for them. But when you're dealing with non-exempt employees, they have to be paid for all the time they work."
That means hourly workers, like Allen, and some salaried ones too -- like secretaries. Employees who spend an insignificant amount of time -- say two or three minutes of checking e-mail in an evening -- don't qualify for overtime.
A BlackBerry may be convenient, even essential for some jobs. A lawsuit in Chicago contends employees should be compensated for using the devices to work after hours.
Published: August 14, 2010
by Cheryl Corley
Can't put your BlackBerry down? Your boss may come to dread that if you're working while you're off the clock. A police sergeant in Chicago is suing the city. He says he's due plenty of overtime back pay because he logged in on his BlackBerry to continue working even though his shift was over.
Go to any office, any coffee shop, ride a train or take a bus and you see them -- people's eyes glued to those tiny devices in their hands getting rid of e-mails or taking care of some other work.
"I have a BlackBerry and I have an iPhone," says Catherine Merritt, who works at Ketchum Public Relations. She say her iPhone is personal; the BlackBerry is for work.
"Definitely it's a little bit of a crackberry," she says, with a laugh.
In her office in Chicago, Merritt was syncing up her BlackBerry with her computer so she could check in on work later. "I check it at least a few times probably an hour," she says.
As electronic leashes, mobile devices mean work can go on forever. Zev Salomon, a real estate developer with Belgravia Group in Chicago, doesn't mind, though. He always carries his BlackBerry, and it has a nickname.
"We affectionately refer to it as my binkie," he says.
You know, like a security blanket. It drives his wife a little crazy, but when Salomon goes to sleep, the BlackBerry goes to bed with him, too.
"The ability to continually watch what's coming in and going on in the various parts of the company just feels critical," he says.
Salomon says there's no financial compensation, but he thinks being so connected is just part of the world we're in.
'Doing The City's Work'
Maybe so, but Chicago police Sgt. Jeffrey Allen argues his connection means the city of Chicago owes him lots of overtime. His attorney Paul Geiger says it's a simple case.
"What we are saying is he's using this mobile device at the behest of the Police Department very routinely and very often off duty and not being compensated for all the time spent on the device doing the city's work," Geiger says.
The city gave Allen a BlackBerry when he worked in a unit determining which assets of criminals police could seize. Susan Prince, an attorney with Business and Legal Resources, says the deciding factor in this dispute is likely to be the Fair Labor Standards Act, which governs wage and overtime provisions for American workers.
"Basically, it comes down to whether an employee is exempt or non-exempt," she says. "Exempt employees, they make the same salaries no matter how many hours they work during a week, so using a BlackBerry from home at night is not an overtime issue for them. But when you're dealing with non-exempt employees, they have to be paid for all the time they work."
That means hourly workers, like Allen, and some salaried ones too -- like secretaries. Employees who spend an insignificant amount of time -- say two or three minutes of checking e-mail in an evening -- don't qualify for overtime.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Finland makes broadband a 'legal right'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10461048.stm
Broadband commitment
Finland makes broadband a 'legal right'
Page last updated at 07:01 GMT, Thursday, 1 July 2010 08:01 UK
Finland argues that net access is a fundamental right Finland has become the first country in the world to make broadband a legal right for every citizen.
From 1 July every Finn will have the right to access to a 1Mbps (megabit per second) broadband connection.
Finland has vowed to connect everyone to a 100Mbps connection by 2015.
In the UK the government has promised a minimum connection of at least 2Mbps to all homes by 2012 but has stopped short of enshrining this as a right in law.
The Finnish deal means that from 1 July all telecommunicatons companies will be obliged to provide all residents with broadband lines that can run at a minimum 1Mbps speed.
Broadband commitment
Speaking to the BBC, Finland's communication minister Suvi Linden explained the thinking behind the legislation: "We considered the role of the internet in Finns everyday life. Internet services are no longer just for entertainment.
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