Nobody dared to move, suddenly a man jumped into the water and desperately swam towards the shore while he was chased by all the crocodiles.
With great luck he arrived, taking the admiration of everyone in the place, then the owner announced;
-We have a brave winner.
After collecting their reward, the couple returned to the hotel, upon arrival, the manager told him; he was very brave to jump, then the man said;
-I didn't jump, someone pushed me!
His wife smiled ...
Moral: "Behind every successful man, there is a woman who pushes him."

When a group of tourists visited a crocodile farm, the owner of the place launched a daring proposal;
-Whoever dares to jump, swim to shore and survive, I will give 1 million dollars.

Bcos last time BN 5 decades spent like water. Now have to tighten belts la

• According to a recent New York Federal Reserve study of full-time workers, engineering degrees took nine top 16 rankings for college majors with the highest income five years after graduation.
• Computer engineering majors ranked first with an annual median salary of $80,000, followed by chemical engineering and computer science-the only two other majors that pay more than $75,000 annually.
• The trend is expected to continue. STEM jobs— science, technology, engineering, and mathematics-are expected to grow twice as fast as non-STEM jobs through 2031.
• When looking at "mid-career" graduates-aged 35-45 working full-time-engineering majors tend to make six figures. Once again, chemical engineering is ranked first, with $133,000 in annual median income.
• The lowest-paying majors were in liberal arts or education. Early childhood education had the lowest pay for mid-career earners, with an annual median income of $48,000-only $8,000 more than at the start of their careers.

If you're looking for a college degree with maximum earning potential, you'll want to be an engineer.

• Consulting firm Frost & Sullivan expects China's senior learning market to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 34% by 2027 to 120.9 billion yuan ($16.8 billion), up from 28 billion yuan in 2022.
• Over the next decade, roughly 300 million Chinese will enter retirement-almost the entire US population.
Euromonitor estimates that one in every two people over 65 in the Asia-Pacific region will live in China by 2040.
• China's government is getting involved by announcing tax incentives and financial support for products and services for the elderly. Premier Li Qiang pledged in March further efforts to develop "the silver economy."
• Analysts say low retirement incomes and insecurities related to basic needs, including healthcare, in a society where many elderly people rely on their children for financial support, will limit the industry's potential.

China's aging population is fueling a market for companies' recreational classes, activities, courses and products.

• Part of Rajaram's project looked at an open-source Al model that can read text from images. If an image of a red traffic light were next to text that says green, the model would often classify it as a green traffic light.
• "Models making these misclassification errors is certainly problematic," the 17-year-old said. He isolated the model's text reading capability and removed it,
"protecting" it against that specific failure.
• STS judges focus on candidates'
achievements beyond
their projects. "They want to see how well-rounded you are because they are looking for the next generation of scientific leaders," Ajmera said.
• Over the last 82 years, STS's alumni have included 13
Nobel Prize winners, 23 McArthur Fellows, and 11
National Medal of Science awardees. Rajaram plans to continue studying computer science at MIT in the fall.

Achyuta Rajaram's work on the speed and accuracy of computer vision won the Regeneron Science．

• Putin's statement was another blunt warning to the West. He emphasized that Russia's nuclear forces are in full readiness and "from the military-technical viewpoint, we're prepared."
• In an interview with Russian state television, Putin described US President Joe Biden as a veteran politician who fully understands the possible dangers of escalation and said he doesn't think the world is heading to a nuclear war.
• Putin said a recent spike in Ukrainian drone attacks deep inside Russia is part of efforts to derail the country's three-day presidential election, which starts Friday and which he is set to win by a landslide.

President Vladimir Putin said that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if there is a threat to its statehood, sovereignty or independence.

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Wow, China EV compete with rivals such as Ferrari NV and Lamborghini.

The company is rolling out refreshes of its existing line-up using the tagline “electricity is cheaper than oil,” cutting prices as well. Morgan Stanley said in a Feb. 19 note that the move is likely targeting combustion engine brands and models including Nissan Motor Co and Toyota Motor Corp.
Separately, BYD’s first EV-carrying ship docked in Vlissingen, in the Netherlands, last week, concluding an approximate six-week journey from China carrying the company’s newest exports to the European continent.

BYD shares jumped as much as 4.7% in Hong Kong on Monday, after chairman Wang Chuanfu proposed doubling a buyback of its China-traded shares to 400 million yuan. The company said the move could boost investor confidence, and stabilize and enhance the company’s value.
The automaker’s Hong Kong-listed shares have fallen 12.0% this year as investors punish EV stocks over concerns sagging demand is forcing companies to cut prices, and impact margins.

Other pricey EVs under the Yangwang brand are due to launch later this year in China, including a luxury sedan that will cost around one million yuan.
Yangwang started delivering cars in late November. It has one production model so far, a luxury sports utility vehicle known as the U8 which costs 1.1 million yuan. The company has delivered 3,653 units as of the end of January.

BYD became the world’s biggest EV seller — overtaking Tesla — in the last quarter of 2023. While it is better known for making affordable EVs, the company markets its luxury models under the Yangwang and Fang Cheng Bao brands.

With a post-Lunar New Year price war looming in China, the Shenzhen-based giant is betting there remains a market for high-end products which deliver better margins.

(Feb 26): BYD Co debuted its most expensive car on Sunday, a 1.68 million yuan (RM1.1 million) high-performance fully-electric supercar pitted against luxury gas-guzzling options offered by rivals such as Ferrari NV and Lamborghini.
The Yangwang U9 will initially be exclusively for the China market, the company said at a live-streamed event in Shanghai. The car can hit 100km/h (62mph) in 2.36 seconds and reach a top speed of 309.19km/h, it said.

By Danny Lee / Bloomberg
26 Feb 2024

https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/702287

U mean rent seekers?

Financial news broadcaster Bloomberg reported that this was due to Malaysia’s sluggish economic growth moving slower than expected.

On the same day, the ringgit hit an all-time low of 3.56 to the Singapore dollar.

At noon today, the ringgit traded at 4.775 against the United States dollar.

“External factors (United States, China) clearly important but affect different countries differently. Why? Because of differences in domestic conditions & response,” he said.

As an example, he said the Vietnamese dong performed better than the ringgit despite Vietnam’s heavy reliance on China’s exports.

The ringgit has been on a slide in recent days and hit its lowest this year on February 20, when it traded briefly at 4.7965 against the United States dollar.

The ringgit was at its lowest value during the Asian financial crisis in 1998 when it traded at 4.7965 to the greenback.

The economist also said that China’s economic deceleration and the recent hike in the United States’ interest rates have only impact the value of the ringgit slightly.

“1MDB shock also severely dented ringgit,” he said.

He noted that a country’s currency reflects its societal, economic, and political vibrancy.

According to Apurva, Malaysia opted for a short-term solution that boosted the ringgit in the immediate aftermath of the financial crisis but consequently hurt the currency’s in the long run.

He said the government’s measures resulted in its GDP and exports to fall.

In comparison, he said the Thai baht and South Korea’s won outperformed the ringgit because those countries arguably reformed the most after the financial crisis.

“Weak ringgit is ultimately a symptom of long-term decline in Malaysia’s competitiveness,” Apurva said in a series of postings on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

He said that while many Asian countries also slid after the 1998 financial crisis, Malaysia’s lack of reform affected its economy in the long run.

Ringgit’s decline due to 1MDB shock and lack of competitiveness in Malaysia post-Asian financial crisis, says World Bank economist
Zaf Seraj
Fri, 23 February 2024 at 3:40 PM
Malay Mail
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — The World Bank’s lead economist for Malaysia Apurva Sanghi today said the ringgit’s poor performance can be attributed to the lack of competitiveness in the country the past 28 years after the 1998 Asian financial crisis.

He also said that the decline was partly a consequence of the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) financial scandal.

Ringgit’s decline due to 1MDB shock and lack of competitiveness in Malaysia post-Asian financial crisis, says World Bank economist.

We Msia susah, Cina birth certificate declined. Now Rm also all time low since 1997. How unlucky…

Ringgit’s decline due to 1MDB shock and lack of competitiveness in Malaysia post-Asian financial crisis, says World Bank economist

Zaf Seraj
Fri, 23 February 2024 at 3:40 PM MYT
Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — The World Bank’s lead economist for Malaysia Apurva Sanghi today said the ringgit’s poor performance can be attributed to the lack of competitiveness in the country the past 28 years after the 1998 Asian financial crisis.

He also said that the decline was partly a consequence of the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) financial scandal.

“Weak ringgit is ultimately a symptom of long-term decline in Malaysia’s competitiveness,” Apurva said in a series of postings on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

Ringgit’s decline due to 1MDB shock and lack of competitiveness in Malaysia post-Asian financial crisis, says World Bank economist.

Encourage by more child support incentive else no one is paying or working for future country tax income
No one realized how special is Malaysia only when they were praise by foreign tourists / PR on multilingual and multicultural heritage.
If we just focus on uniting and standardizing which losses the "speciality" if compared to other countries.
Reading the comments below, it's too bad mindset is programmed decades ago, we can accept international school but we couldn't accept vernacular and other form of gov schools.

But other races, harga barang naik also producing more babies. How leh?

you're worried about the survival of SJKC??..why not worry about survival of chinese ppl?... harga barang semua naik. and you think having more babies is more important?you are rich politicians. easy for you to say have more babies!

now days, people would preferred for one family with only 2-3 child...they said, so that they can focus more for their child if they had less children.

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/02/13/how-will-chinese-schools-survive-with-declining-birth-rates-mp-asks/

Will Chinese schools survive declining birth rates, MP asks
Bayan Baru MP Sim Tze Tzin says ethnic Chinese babies make up less than 10% of the total 423,124 Malaysian babies born in 2022.

Ah yo. Previous government policies were not implemented.

Daddy Ular , results out already. 3-3.
But PN Green wave still strong. How?

Mpi bagus😁

Mpi bagus.

I3lurker .,. This AI will control everything. Scary.
https://youtu.be/NeHgMaIkPuY

Daddy Ular, thank you for sokong AnakUlar. Siapa gigit TheBull? Must be the Chew chewing TheBull punggung lah. Haha 😂

Posted by UlarSawa > 3 hours ago | Report Abuse

Anakular is ular punya long lost anak leh. You see he sometimes come here to support ular leh. Bcos he also like to eat tikus punya leh. Haiyoh. Correct?


Posted by StartOfTheBull > 2 minutes ago | Report Abuse

What?
🐍Sawa's pukul Anak🐍, Anak🐍 lari balik ke lobang loh.

Daddy Ular, every thing is fake now.
Fake chicken meat, Fake beef, Fake pork, Fake fish meat… all grown in the laboratory using meat cells dipped in laboratory solutions. Next time we can’t kill chicken, cow, lamb, fish anymore. Whoever kills animals or fish will be jailed.
No need to advertise fake sugar la.