Simson Moi:
4Years ago, the world economic down turn and hit the whole world and our country have no exception and every 1 is suffer from that. My wife lost her job and I my self also affected by either accept a pay cut or choose to leave the company. Like most families, we survive living at KL with double income but now I ‘ve to struggle to keep my wife alive alone. Over the years working with a little money we have, we foresee it wouldn’t last long and we are fortunate enough, we find Genneva and the Hibah we received from them consistently we survive for the past 2 years. During that horrifying 4 years, we never ask for any help from our government, ( they jaunt can’t do anything even if I did ), or getting any loan from the bank or loan shark, and I’m still paying tax as a duty of a citizen of this country. At last we truly hope Genneva Malaysia can resume their business and let our life live on peacefully

Alan Leon:
I am a government pensioner and for the last 16 months have depended solely on Genneva’s hibah to sustain my family and me. I still have a very young son whose education and whole future depends on this hibah. I have withdrawn all my FDs, Amanah Saham 2020/Wawasan, EPF money, Public Mutual, Wife’s Jewellery, and all other bank accounts and even sold off family antiques and heirlooms to purchase the gold. In all the 16 months I have received ALL hibah payments. Genneva has not defaulted, not even once. There is absolutely NO element of cheating or deposit taking. I am holding the gold now and have confirmed it is 100% 999.9, 24K genuine gold. With the Bank Negara raid I don’t think my family and I can survive cos the future appears extremely bleak. For the last few days, I have not eaten, been staring at the 4 walls in my room and my mind is a total blank. I humbly appeal to Bank Negara and to YBhg Tan Sri Dr Zeti Aziz, Governor of Bank Negara to unfreeze Genneva’s account and allow it to resume trading with immediate effect.

Kunasegeren Rajoo:
Being a father of 5 kids and feeding a number of 8 people family, this recent issue has caused a massive impact on my income. All my kids are studying. 3 of my kids are studying in the University where they travel on a daily basis. A sudden investigation on Genneva which has been an honourable association that has been providing us the Hibah on a timely manner. It has been really helpful for middle class family like mine to have a stable life in the current economy status. It is really unfair that Bank Negara just out of the blue raids Genneva and 60,000 people are being affected. I really think BNM needs to provide more reasonable explanation for this sudden disaster. I really wish the investigation will be done as soon as possible because, it is not 100 people but it is thousands of families income. I would like take this opportunity to Thank Genneva for all their support and I will pray that all this ends soon. RAKYAT DIDAHULUKAN ,,,,,,Said PM…

Celine Ong:
Since I was introduced to GM about 20 mths ago, it’s been a turning point to my family’s life. The burden of raising up 3 school going children, supporting our mothers, funding of our son’s medical expenses were lifted. We hv also been able to sail through the crisis while many are finding it hard to survive with the rising inflation rate. A huge sum of debts were paid off. Many buyers are happy to be able to hedge against inflation. A single mother, thanked GM with tears of joy, for helping her to hedge against inflation. With the hibah payment, she was able to celebrate her son’s birthday in the church, brought smiles to many children and orphanages who attended the church. BNM, pls return GM to us, return our customer’s gold and return the smiles to 60K rakyat!

Elaine Yap:
We rely on hibah to pay for our mom medical expenses as she is suffering from motor neuron disease which is a deadly disease. My family members put our hard earn money in GENNEVA gold savings plan the purpose is to let our mom to have better medical treatment and better life hope one day she can be cured. But now the nightmare comes and we will be facing financial crisis if the authority depts are not going to uplift the suspension and let GENNEVA resume their buiness, let us continue to earn the hibah so that our mom will have a better chance of recovery. I urge the related authority depts to help us please………

Yeap Kim Lai:
I am a retiree whose not working right now. Yes I can depend on my EPF money but for how long for sooner or later its going to become zero if I do not invest into something. I have a child in college 1st year which requires fees of RM5000 every quarter while not forgetting his travelling and food allowances. With Genneva coming into the picture nearly two years now, I am able to substain myself without other people supporting me like my day to day spending, petrol and so on. Do BNM want us retiree to be dependent on our children or others when we can actually take care of ourself without putting pressure on the childrens whose trying to survive in our present economy. BNM tell me that Bank can pay high returns if I put my money with them then YES I would go with the bank but for now they give mesirable interest or dividends

Chen Sie Yeo:
I must say Genneva Malaysia SB (from hereon GM) is a SAVIOUR to me and all the about 200,000 Malaysians who are trading Gold with GM for the last 4-5 years. I buy Gold from GM to earn the Hibah money that helps me pay living allowances for my 88 years old wheelchair-ridden stroke-striken belived mother. The Hibah also helps ease ever escalating living costs in our beloved country: Malaysia while we strive to achieve the 2020 Goals & 1 Malaysia targets. Hooray Genneva! We sincerely urge Bank Negara Malaysia to immediately return all GM Gold Bars, Server & Devices and all documents snatched from GM and declare that GM is free from all future RAIDS from Bank Negara Malaysia & all other related Government authorities & Consumer Association and PPIM. Thank you very much BNM for your kind consideration & subsequent approval ? May ALLAH Bless YOU, BNM & ALL MALAYSIANS. MAY PEACE, HARMONY, PROSPERITY, UNITY, EQUALITY, HAPPINESS & HEALTH BE WITH ALL MALAYSIANS.

Sincerely,

Ting

I went there to buy a water filter and asked one of the owners for the part.

I asked politely, then he asked me for the brand of it but I can’t remember.

So he suddenly shouted at me and kept saying that I should tell him the brand.

I brought the sample with me and hoping that he could find the same for me but he keep on shouting and yelling at me rudely and then I said,’ why are you yelling at me? I’m asking you politely…I said I can’t remember the brand but I bring the sample so why don’t you just help me find the same item?’

He kept saying that, ‘we are not free to find it for you.’

The problem is when I went there, they were all resting and there was no customer at that time.

So why he said that they don’t have time?

I’m sick of him yelling at me so I raised my voice, ‘Is this how you should treat your customer? You don’t have to worry; I’m not coming here again buying your things.’

He answered me rudely,’ Our business is very good so that will not affect us!’

These types of people should not give low grades on other peoples.

Thank you.

Disappointed

(via Facebook)

I am one of those who converted my loan. what i do not understand is the follows:
Balance of my loans of 31.10.11 rm 4786.83
Pindah pinj ke ujrah 1.11.11 a sum of rm11,483.52 was credited into my account. with that current balance negative rm6696,69.

On 1.11.11 lrs kpn semasa extra 142.47 credited into my account making an excess of rm6839.16

Now comes the big Q? also on that date lrs pind byrn balik where my account was debited the sum of rm7535.64  !!!!!!

Now i owe pptn again rm696.48. on the same date again rm696.48 was credited in.

Now my balance is rm0.00

I tried to fill in their online feedback form to get a clearer picture but the moment i click enter several compulsory  sections auto blanked itself and feedback failed due to incomplete form.

My request: can BP help find out why rm7535.64 was deducted/debited from my account when in the first place my balance as of 31.10.2011 was only rm4786.83.

I have printed out my loan statement and its very confusing. ( as mentioned above)

I am sure many others out there opted for this ujrah are just as confused as i am. please help clarify this matter.

Thank you.

Cikgu

Every now and then, we hear and read about so and so drowned or lost their lives while fishing, picnicking at their local favorite water recreation area or some school kids losing their lives while using our many rivers and water ways on their holiday break or even on their way to schools. As a matter of fact, I have a personal interest in all these cases that involve drowning. For the last few years, I have more or less come to understand that in most of the cases, it was a combination of being at the wrong place at the wrong time kind of situation.

I have been a volunteer officer in one of the Government Emergency Services agency since 2001 and have covered many drowning cases far and wide in Sarawak. The most important thing that Padawan Municipal Council must not forget is the human factor that always contributes to such accidents. I have even brought some divers from a government rescue agency not too long ago and I have personally searched and scoured every inch underwater of the area where the two lives were lost.

Years back, local folklore told about the place having a “penunggu” or spirits who live in a cave underneath the waterfall area but I have already proved and can prove again that it’s not only the place that is to be blamed but the lack of understanding on the dynamics of drowning.

When doing water activity, or swimming for that matter, I have always noticed that people don’t understand why we need to wear proper attire. You can’t swim with your sport track pants and cotton shirt period. The track pants have elastic bands at the ankle area and these will trap the water in the pants thus making the person unable to stay afloat. Also, the cotton T-shirt will absorb water and makes the person sink. These two factors and other miscalculations like swimming after eating meals and after heavy rain when water is super cool, will lead to disaster with deadly results. Like the saying goes, “Pandai pandai tupai melompat, akhirnya jatuh ke tanah juga” can be applied here for even the strongest swimmers will tell you how they nearly drowned once. I am one of them.

Thus said, human factor like not understanding the dynamics of why people drown in water and proper education and enforcement of rules like no swimming after heavy down pour and wearing proper swim attire or materials like lycra that does not absorb water will at least help. If the council wants to further make the water recreation area safer, train and place people at these spots with certified water rescuer and CPR practitioner. I am sure the public will not mind paying some entry fees if they can come there with their love ones for a happy outing knowing some trained help is nearby, in case.

No use to point fingers every time something happens like the two recent victims and I am sure that once people understand the do’s and don’ts when swimming, lives will be saved.

Cheers,
Mohd Amin Abdullah

I WOULD like to take this opportunity to thank journalist Jacob Achoi and thesuundaypost for highlighting the plight of my daughter Teresa Clare Ratnam in trying to obtain a place in the Matriculation programme.

My sincere appreciation also goes to Dato Sri Douglas Uggah Embas, the Minister for Natural Resources and Environment, for his prompt response and promise to assist in resolving this matter.

I am also grateful to The Borneo Post and Marina Undau’s parents for having brought this issue to public attention in 2010. It had made us all aware of the anomaly in the Federal Constitution when it comes to the children of Bumiputeras from the peninsula, Sabah and Sarawak marrying other races.

The federal government is lauded for issuing an Executive instruction to overcome this anomaly without delay as soon as this issue was brought to its attention.

However, there appears to be a break in communication between the government of the day, who are elected representatives of the people, and the civil service which implements the policy decisions.

The civil service should abide by the decisions of the government in the best interest of the public in line with the concept of 1Malaysia.

Otherwise it will become mere lip service and not the great country that we aspire to create.

On behalf of Michelle Goh Vivian, Astynnia Gan Tze Ching, Jacklyn Michael Gopal and their parents, as well as the many other children of mixed marriages who are in the same predicament, I wish to thank Dato Sri Douglas Uggah again for his quick and positive response.

Col (Rtd) Ratnam