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“Khabar angin disebarkan menerusi mesej berteks dan cara-cara lain kononnya ancaman radiasi menular merentasi Asia dan negara-negara lain ekoran kemudahan nuklear yang rosak di Jepun,” katanya.
“Kerajaan-kerajaan dan orang ramai digalak supaya mengambil langkah untuk menghentikan khabar angin (seperti ini), yang membawa kesan buruk kepada moral orang ramai,” katanya lagi. – Reuters
KUALA TERENGGANU, 12 Mac – Mereka yang mempunyai sekurang-kurangnya kelulusan diploma akan ditawarkan pangkat Sarjan jika menyertai pasukan Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) di masa depan.
Ketua Polis Negara, Tan Sri Ismail Omar berkata ia merupakan skim baru untuk PDRM menarik minat anggota masyarakat terutama golongan muda menyertai pasukan tersebut.
“Ini salah satu skim baru yang akan kita perkenalkan iaitu kelulusan minima untuk masuk dalam perkhidmatan polis bagi pangkat Sarjan ialah diploma.
“Menerusi skim baru ini juga, kenaikan pangkat juga akan lebih cepat. Kita mempermudahkan, umpamanya Konstabel untuk naik ke pangkat Koperal, Insya-Allah dalam masa lima tahun. Kalau dulu ada sampai 10 tahun, 15 tahun ada yang pencen pun masih Konstabel lagi.
“Begitu juga pangkat-pangkat lain. Kita nak ubah (skimnya),” katanya kepada pemberita selepas menyempurnakan pemakaian pangkat Pegawai Kehormat Kor Sukarelawan Polis Siswa Siswi (Kor Suksis) di Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) di sini hari ini.
Ismail juga berkata PDRM memerlukan para pegawai yang bertenaga serta berpengetahuan tinggi dalam penyiasatan agar kualiti siasatan sesuatu kes lebih efektif.
“Skim baru ini diperkenalkan selaras dengan hasrat PDRM mensasarkan kekuatan anggota seramai 150,000 orang menjelang 2015,” katanya.
Di majlis tersebut, lima kakitangan UMT dengan diketuai Timbalan Naib Canselor (Hal Ehwal Pelajar dan Alumni) Prof Dr Yahaya Ibrahim menerima pangkat daripada Ismail.
Kor Suksis UMT yang secara rasmi ditubuhkan pada 24 Julai 2006 mempunyai keanggotaan 282 orang pelajar dan daripada jumlah tersebut seramai 70 orang telah ditauliahkan. – Bernama
Here are the 10 strongest earthquakes recorded since 1900, by order of magnitude.
May 22, 1960 — Chile — An earthquake of magnitude 9.5 struck Santiago and Concepcion, triggering tidal waves and volcanic eruptions. Some 5,000 people were killed and 2 million made homeless.
A road is blocked by a landslide near Iwaki City in northeastern Japan March 11, 2011.
March 28, 1964 — Alaska — An earthquake and ensuing tsunami killed 125 people and caused about US$310 million (RM942.40 million) in property loss. The magnitude 9.2 quake buffeted a large area of Alaska and parts of western Yukon Territory and British Columbia in Canada.
Dec. 26, 2004 — Indonesia — A magnitude 9.1 quake struck off the coast of Aceh province on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, setting off a tsunami that killed more than 226,000 people in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, India and nine other countries.
Nov. 4, 1952 — Russia — An earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 generated a tsunami that reached the Hawaiian islands. No lives were lost.
March 11, 2011 — Japan — An 8.9 magnitude quake struck Japan, causing many injuries. The US Geological Survey verified the quake at a depth of 15.1 miles and located it at 81 miles east of Sendai, on the main island of Honshu.
— The Philippines, Taiwan and Indonesia all issued tsunami alerts, reviving memories of the giant tsunami which struck Asia in 2004. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued alerts for countries as far away as Colombia and Peru.
Feb. 27, 2010 — Chile — An 8.8 magnitude quake and subsequent tsunami in Chile killed more than 500 people and caused some US$30 billion in damage, wrecking hundreds of thousands of homes and mangling highways and bridges.
Jan. 31, 1906 — Ecuador - An earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 struck off the coast of Ecuador and Colombia, generating a tsunami that killed up to 1,000 people. It was felt all along the coast of Central America and as far north as San Francisco and west to Japan.
Feb. 4, 1965 — Alaska - An earthquake of magnitude 8.7 generated a tsunami reported to be about 10.7m high on Shemya Island.
March 28, 2005 — A magnitude 8.7 quake off Sumatra was estimated to have killed 1,300 people, many on Nias island off Sumatra’s west coast.
March 9, 1957 - Alaska - An earthquake with a magnitude of 8.6 rattled the Andreanof Islands. On Umnak Island, Mount Vsevidof erupted after being dormant for 200 years, generating a 15-m tsunami that continued to Hawaii.
Aug. 15, 1950 - Tibet/India - Two thousand homes, temples and mosques were destroyed in a quake measuring magnitude 8.6. Hardest hit was the Brahmaputra Basin in northeast India. At least 1,500 people were killed. Source Reuters/U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Web site — http://earthquake.usgs.gov/