Kuala Terengganu akan dinaikkan taraf sebagai sebuah bandar raya berkuatkuasa 1hb January 2008. Majlis Bandaraya Kuala Terengganu merupakan pihak berkuasa tempatan ke-12 yang bertaraf bandar raya selepas Kuala Lumpur, Johor Baharu, Ipoh, Shah Alam, Melaka, Alor Star, Petaling Jaya, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching Utara, Kuching Selatan dan Miri.. aikk mana Bandaraya Islam Kota Bharu?

Bandar Kuala Terengganu akan dinaik taraf kepada sebuah Majlis Bandaraya dengan tema “Bandar Raya Warisan Pesisir Air“.

Apa criteria untuk mendapat taraf bandaraya?
Untuk mendapat taraf bandaraya, bandar tersebut perlu merupakan sebuah pusat pentadbiran negeri, jumlah penduduk lebih daripada 300,000 orang, mempunyai pembangunan yang pesat, pusat perniagaan dan perindustrian, mempunyai institusi kewangan yang kukuh, pusat pengajian tinggi yang lengkap, mempunyai ciri-ciri istimewa sejarah yang panjang, pusat aktiviti kebudayaan dan pendapatan tidak kurang daripada RM80 juta.

Kuala Terengganu dikatakan memenuhi semua kriteria tersebut kecuali pendapatan yang kurang daripada RM80 juta. Pusat perindustrian tu kat mana eh, Gong Badak dengan Chendering kut. Kat mana aku copy criteria ni.. lupa la pulak.

Apa pendapat aku sebagai anak Terengganu..
Aku mengalu-alukan bandar Kuala Terengganu dinaik-tarafkan sebagai sebuah bandaraya, secara tak langsung menaikkan taraf pandangan orang luar terhadap rakyat Terengganu. Baru-baru ni aku balik ke Kuala Terengganu untuk berhari raya Aidiladha, macam supo skalo keadaan bertukar menjadi sesak terutamanya di bandar Kuala Terengganu, rasanya yang ramai tu bukan rakyat Terengganu atau mungkin juga rakyat Terengganu yang bermastautin di luar Terengganu.

Pasal apa aku kata gitu, pasal pakaian dia orang especially kaum perempuan tidak menunjukkan ciri-ciri orang Terengganu, pehh tengok pakaian pun boleh tahu ke. Tidak juga tetapi boleh lah di buat petunjuk.

Sesekali aku balik ke Kuala Terengganu, aku duk perhati peel orang Terengganu ni, orang negeri aku ni lah. Bukanlah bermaksud aku ni riak sebab dah keluar jauh dari kampung, namun ada beberapa perkara yang membuatkan aku rasa ada perbezaan antara mentaliti orang Bandaraya Kuala Terengganu dengan orang dari bandaraya di negeri-negeri lain.

Perkara yang paling selekeh yang aku biasa nampak ialah slow drive sebelah fast lane. Bawa kereta kancil, awek ada kat sebelah ngek ngek ngek tak sedar kereta lain berbaris di belakang. Sama juga time bawak kereta tu asal boleh masuk lane, tak kira dah orang lain kena brek mengejut ke atau tak, asal kereta dia boleh masuk lane je. So apa masalahnya? Takde masalah pun cuma bila dah naik taraf jadi orang bandaraya, kena la berubah ikut cara orang bandaraya bawak kereta. Nak bawak slow-slow duduk ler sebelah kiri. Kalau depan trafic light tu, bila dah hijau terus jalan jangan tunggu lama-lama. Orang KL bila lampu hijau terus tekan minyak.. orang kita bila lampu bertukar hijau pun slow sangat nak jatuhkan hand brake, lepas cluth dan tekan minyak.. huhuhu.

Mungkin juga Terengganu ni kurang persaingan dengan bangsa lain seperti Cina dan India menyebabkan menyebabkan mentality orang Terengganu (macam aku lah) jadi jenis macam aku ni. Kalau jalan-jalan kat Kg Tanjung ka, Kg Ladang ka, Kuala Ibai ka masih boleh tengok keluarga yang masih miskin, cukup makan pakai jer.

Duk lepak kat bus stand Kuala Terengganu, pun masih ada saki baki peel kampung yang asal berselisih je nak bergocoh. Kalau ada pesta pantai ada je lah geng kampung ni gocoh dengan geng kampung tu. Set darat gocoh dengan set bandor. Set-set deber jumpa set-set gong. Tak abih-abih..

Pakai selipar Jepun, kain pelikat dengan baju Pagoda masuk Astaka atau Hock Kee Seng. Setakat ni tak nampak lagi yang pakai kain pelikat masa shopping kat Maidin atau kat Giant. Menarik juga kalau identity ini diteruskan di Bandaraya Kuala Terengganu.. aku pakai kain pelikat dengan selipar Jepun di Shah Alam pun orang duk pandang-pandang. Hahaha..

So guana agaknya selepas peristiharan ni nanti, boleh ke kita jumpa Tea O dengan harga 50 sen lagi? Roti canai 60 sen? Rokok Dunhill separuh dengan separuh harga? Atau lepas ni semua harga dah jadi harga bandaraya.. Manalah tahu, orang Kuala Terengganu dah kaya-kaya sekarang bila MPKT bayar pampasan nak besarkan jalan. Juta-juta dapat tu.

Aha.. i like this story, from thestar.com.my. That’s really brave.

ALOR STAR: A 14-year-old girl sustained minor injuries when she jumped out of the window of a double-storey building to escape from two men who were trying to molest her.

The incident occurred at about 1.30pm on Wednesday at Taman Wira here. According to her father, who declined to be named, the girl was with her mother at a sundry shop when the men, in their 20s, called her for a chat.

He claimed the men had grabbed his daughter and took her to their rented room located on the upper floor of a shop house, located several metres from the sundry shop.

“They tried to molest her in the room. My daughter fought them and managed to escape by jumping out of the window,” he said.

He said his daughter suffered cuts in her arms and sprained her ankles during the escape. It is learnt the girl ran back to the shop and told her mother of the ordeal. Several men then went to the room and caught the two suspects. Kota Star CID chief chief Deputy Supt Fiesal Libertus Abdullah confirmed the case.

He said police are looking for two other men to shed more light on the incident.

Gillian Gibbons, 54 was arrested at her lodgings at Khartoum’s Unity High School yesterday, accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammed, as a reference to Islam’s prophet and founder. A British teacher asks her students to name a teddy bear as Mohammed.

Mrs Gibbons technically faces three charges - insulting Islam, inciting religious hatred and contempt for religious beliefs - each of which carries a maximum penalty of 40 lashes and a year in jail.

Meanwhile, a Sudanese embassy official has said that the British woman could soon be free. Dr Khalid al Mubarak, a spokesman for the Sudanese embassy in London, told BBC Radio that the police had no choice but to follow procedure following a complaint from a parent.

Extreme Islamic groups said Mrs Gibbons “must die” and urged Muslims to hold street protests after prayers tomorrow.

What do you think…

Hindraf will go on with peaceful assembly on 25.11.2007 with or without police permit according to Article 10 of the Federal Constitution – Right to assemble peacefully without arms. Hindraf had applied for a police permit with Cheras police to hold the assembly opposite the British High Commission to hand over a memorandum to Queen Elizabeth over issues of economic disparities among the Malaysian Indian community.

Latest news from tranungkite.net, police shot tear gas to the crowd in order to break the Hindraf rally at Jalan Ampang this morning.

Ketika kejadian berlaku, aku berada di Kuantan, Pahang, so aku tidak merasaai gegaran seperti yang diperkatakan oleh penduduk sekitar Kuala Terengganu. Aku tanya kawan-kawan aku, mereka mengesahkan memang mendengar bunyi kuat serta gegaran. Sampai kan bergegar tingkap-tingkap di rumah. Ada orang yang gi ke laut, cerita mereka melihat air laut berpusing di sekitar bot ketika mencari ikan. Apadang.. suspeng jugok ni..

Source news.
KUALA TERENGGANU: Bandar Kuala Terengganu semalam (Jumaat 23 Nov 2007) dikejutkan dengan gegaran seperti bunyi letupan bom yang kuat kira-kira satu atau dua saat hingga menimbulkan tanda tanya di kalangan penduduk di bandar ini.
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SHAH ALAM: Two state government agencies were publicly rebuked when they were presented with a broom each on stage by Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo for failing to collect assessment above the 50% mark required for 2006. More..

He he he…

There is no such thing as halal pork..

News from Singapore:
SINGAPORE: NTUC FairPrice said it will make a police report over what it called “a deliberate and wilful act of mischief” to tamper with its packaging of “Pasar Fresh Pork”.

A photo sent in by a viewer showed a packet of pork under NTUC’s Pasar brand with a “halal” sticker from the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS).

Muslims are forbidden from eating pork and such “halal” labels are reserved for food products that do not contain pork or other non-permissible products.

“Halal” means permissible for Muslims to consume.

NTUC Fairprice has clarified that the original packaging does not come with a “halal” sticker.

It added that this matter is serious and it will take all necessary steps to make sure such act of mischief is stopped and will not be repeated. - CNA/ac