FOOD INDUSTRY TO BE EXPANDED UNDER IMP3, EMPHASIS ON HALAL FOOD

The food processing industry will be expanded and diversified towards
making Malaysia a regional food production and distribution hub, with
particular emphasis on halal products, under the third Industrial Master
Plan (IMP3).

It is the government's objective to make Malaysia the global halal hub
for the production and trade in halal goods and services, said the IMP3
report released by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry
here today, said.


It is envisaged that by 2008 Malaysia will be the centre for the
production and distribution of halal products and service, the reference
on the halal standard and research and development (R&D) base for halal
matters.

The halal industry covers food, non-food products such as pharmaceuticals
and cosmetics, as well as services, including logistics, tourism and marketing.


The report said that to expand Malaysia's food processing industry, the
government would also upgrade human resource and technology, enhance R&D,
undertake the production and export of high-value added and niche products,
and adopting quality standards.


Targets have been set on investments and exports for the industry, with
total investments set at RM24.6 billion for the entire IMP3 period, or RM1.6
billion per annum.

Meanwhile, exports are targeted to grow at an average annual rate of 7.8
percent to reach RM24.2 billion by 2020, the report said.


It said that since the food industry was less vulnerable to economic changes,
with global retail sales in food products expected to grow at an annual rate
of 4.8 percent to US$6.4 trillion in 2020, Malaysia will need to take advantage
of this trend to become the regional food processing hub, especially for the
global Muslim markets.


Three main factors identified to drive the demand for food products are
changes in disposable incomes, changes in consumer demand and global trade
liberalisation.

The report said growth areas that have been identified are convenience foods,
functional foods, food ingredients and related support services. As for halal food,
global market value for trade in halal food and non-food products are estimated
at US$2.1 trillion annually.


The report said that 11 strategic thrusts have been set for the development and
promotion of Malaysia as the global halal hub.

These include enhancing awareness on Malaysia as the centre for halal products,
managing the competition, leveraging upon outward investments to gain access
to raw materials, enhancing R&D and developing halal services.

Others are utilising and leveraging Malaysian halal standard, ensuring quality
and safety, undertaking systematic development of halal parks, harmonising
certification process, enhancing coordination and strengthening institutional
capacity.

However, the report said that there are several challenges that needed to be
addressed in order for Malaysia to become a regional food production and
distribution hub, such as insufficient supply of raw material, technology
and product development, quality and safety and market access.

To overcome this, the government has set seven strategic thrusts, which
include ensuring availability of raw materials supply, expanding and
diversifying food processing activities and promoting the growth of
targeted areas.

Others are enhancing sectorial linkages and support services, intensifying
R&D, enhancing competitiveness overseas, strengthening human resource
development as well as institutional support and delivery systems.

Pelaksanaan ISO 9000 dalam Perkhidmatan Awam di Malaysia

1995 - PM. Y.A.B. Dato' Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad mengisytiharkan bahawa Kerajaan Malaysia akan melaksanakan ISO 9000 disegenap lapisan Birokrasi.
(Semasa ucaptama di Persidangan CAPAM, Malta)

1996 - MAMPU. JPM mengeluarkan Garis Panduan Pelaksanaan MS ISO 9000:94 melalui Pekeliling PKPA 2/96, (11 Julai 1996)

- Sek. Menengah DERMA, Perlis mendapat Persijilan ISO 9002:94 - 1997

- INTAN - April '97.

- Majlis Perbandaran Pasir Gudang (1997), MINTS (Sinagama) 1997

- 2002 - Sebanyak 700 Agensi Awam telah dianugerahkan Persijilan
MS ISO 9001 / ISO9002:94.

- 16 Disember 2002 Mampu mengeluarkan SPKPA. 2/2002 Garis Panduan melaksanakan ISO 9000:2000 dalam Perkhidmatan Awam

- UTM Agensi Pertama, ISO 9001:2000 - Januari 2000

- Kementerian Perdagangan Dan Perindustrian Mac 2001



Imbasan Sejarah ISO 9000

ISO, beribupejabat / secretariat di Geneva. ISO ada kaitan dengan IEC (1906)

ISO 9000 dibangunkan oleh Jawatan Kuasa Teknikal (TC.176)

Pada masa ini ISO mempunyai lebih 205 Jawatankuasa Teknikal

Malaysia, adalah sebuah negara yang menjadi ahli tetap kepada perwakilan J/teknikal 176. Jabatan Standard dan SIRIM menghantar wakilnya (wakil Malaysia) ke dalam Jawatankuasa teknikal 176.

Pengenalan Kepada Konsep Asas ISO 9000 versi 2000

APA ITU ISO 9000?
* Sistem kerja yang terancang berasaskan piawaian antarabangsa
* Sistem kerja yang terancang, akan mempunyai proses-proses yang dikenalpasti, proses-proses tersebut didokumenkan, dilaksanakan, dikawal dan ditambahbaik
* Sistem tersebut akan menghasilkan produk dan perkhidmatan yang konsisten kualitinya

ISO 9000 versi 2000
* Sistem kerja yang Terancang berasaskan piawaian antarabangsa versi 2000. Piawaian versi 1994 telah menjadi usang pada 15 Disember 2003 dan bagi perkhidmatan awam, Panel Memajukan Perkhidmatan Awam menetapkan 31 Disember 2003 sebagai tarikh luput persijilan ISO 9000 versi 1994.
* Piawaian versi 2000 menuntut bahawa Sistem Pengurusan Kualiti
hendaklah mematuhi beberapa penekanan baru, seperti berikut:-
1. Komitmen Pengurusan Atasan (Seksyen 5.1)
2. Pengurusan Sumber secara berkesan (Seksyen 6)
3. Fokus kepada penambahbaikan berterusan (Seksyen 8)
4. Penyelenggaraan Infrastruktur (Seksyen 6.3)
5. Persekitaran kerja yang kondusif (Seksyen 6.4)
6. Pemantauan ke atas keberkesanan proses (Seksyen 8.2.2 – Audit, Seksyen 8.2.3 –
pemantauan proses
7. Kekesanan proses bagi mencapai matlamat organisasi (Seksyen 5.4.1 dan 8.4)
8. Pematuhan sistem secara menyeluruh (Seksyen 1.1 dan 5.1)
9. Fokus kepada memenuhi kepuasan hati pelanggan (Seksyen 5.2, 7.2 dan 8.2)

Akan disambung dengan tajuk Pelaksanaan ISO 9000 dalam Perkhidmatan Awam di Malaysia
pada artikel akan datang .

THE TONGKAT ALI IS POTENT AS GINSENG?

By: Jamaludin Ismail *

Tests by two local universities on rats with extracts of the tongkat Ali found that the animals going into an overdrive in their sexual activities.
The biological test by the Biochemical Department of the Medical Faculty of University Malaya found that the male rats fed with extracts of the well-known aphrodisiac from the Malaysian jungles performed more mounting and that there were more births when compared with the controlled group.
Similar results were also obtained by a group of scientists of the Pharmacuetical Science Centre of University Sains Malaysia.
The Biochemical Department of UM also conducted test on the production of testosterone, the principal male sex hormone, in the rats and human beings.
The results showed there was an increase in the testosterone when the subjects were fed with drinks mixed with extracts from the root that has pride of place in Malaysian herblore.
These test could lead to the conclusion that the Tongkat Ali can stimulate the production of testosterone, and thus enhance one’s sexual ability as is widely believed by the Malay society.
According to the reports, which were produced in the seminar recently, the plant, which scientific name is Eurycoma Longifolia Jack of Simaroubaceae family, is also widely found in the Malaysian jungles as well as peat land.
The increase in the testosterone level in the tests is among the factors that heighten sexual drive among the rats due to possess aphrodisiac properties.
Although it is too early to say that these tests showed, without a shadow of doubt, that extracts of the root can hike up one sexual desire or prowess, they can form the basis for more researches on human.
What is certain that these tests had shown that Tongkat Ali is safe for consumption because it does not contain any toxin that can cause death.
The studies at the fundamental level found that extract from Tongkal Ali contain chemical properties such as saponine and alkaloid, which can prevent malaria. What is not known is the actual composition of these chemicals in the root.
What is certain is that some of the chemical elements are found in all sections of the plant and is not confined to the roots only.
These basic findings cannot support the claim that Tongkat Ali has aphrodisiac qualities but rather it has the potential to treat malaria.
Whatever it is, the fame of the root is synonymous with traditional medicine. The ardent believers of Tongkat Ali have crowned the root as the "ginseng Malaysian".
In some cases, the local name for "Eurycome longifolia" differs from one state to another.
Among them are penawar pahit, tunjang bumi, bedara pahit, bedara merah, hempedu bumi, payung Ali, tongkat Banginda, tongkat Rasul and pasak bumi.
There are also claims by traditional medicine practitioners that Tongkat Ali belongs to Polythia bulatta.
However, the scientists, especially those in Botany say that Tongkat Ali should refer to the Eurycoma longifolia. For Polythia bullata species, they are to be known as "Tongkat Ali hitam" because of the black colour of the roots.
How to distinguish the Tongkat Ali from the other plants? Tongkat Ali is small with a straight trunk of dark green, usually without branches. It can grow to about 10 metres in height.
The leaves stalks are dark red, and grow like "bunga manggar" (or mango flower) around the trunk. It leaves are elongated, reaching a length of one meter from the stem, and are also tough, not being, easily torn or crumpled.
The trees do bear flowers at the tip. The flowers of 15 to 20 mm insize are red, oval-sharped and its seeds have a hard shell.
The roots, which taste very bitter, are tap roots, creamy in colour, long and straight with no secondary roots.
Used mainly by the Orang Asli and rural folks, the roots are chipped and boiled with water to make a drink.
The concoction is said to be potent enough to enhance a man’s sexual vitality, ease rhuematism and energize the body.
Ethnobotany and Ethnomedicine studies on the roots had been carried out by Western researchers when in 1930s, Burkill and Foxworthy did their researche on the Tongkat Ali in the Malay and Orang Asli communities.
In general the research found that the roots could be used to prevent or treat malaria, ulcer, boils, postnatal blue, bleeding gums and lower back pain besides being an antihistamine, a tonic and energy-enhancer.
Its uses are not confined only to the roots but also its trunk and leaves.
Studies among the Malays in the northern part of the country found that members of the community used the squashed leaves of the Tongkat Ali in their bath to counter worms or to remove the itch caused by caterpillar. Its barks are used to treat boils, wounds and cough.
Nowadays, Tongkat Ali are processed into various form like pills, tonic and "jamu", the latter being take-away herbal preparation for ailments or plain aphrodisiac.
What is certain is that many people are waiting for more confirmation by experts on the quatities of Tongkat Ali, to ascertain myth from reality.


This paper was based on the article published in Borneo Post in 1999. The writer at that time was a Research Officer at Forest Research Institue of Malaysia (FRIM). Study areas are forest economic and ethnomedice.

SEKADAR CATATAN

BANYAK BERJALAN BANYAK PENGETAHUANOrang tua-tua kata jauh berjalanan luas pandangan, tapi bagi teman yang belum tua lagi ia lebih tepat kalau dikatakan banyak berjalan banyak pengetahuan kerana sekadar berpandangan tak memberikan apa-apa melainkan kita melihat. Pandang dan lihat adalah dua yang berbeza. Pandang hanya seketika tetapi melihat membawa kita memandang, mengesan, menganalisa, memahami dan menyimpannya di kepala.
Teman – banyak berjalan banyaklah letihnya

LAIN PADANG LAIN BELALANGIni lagi berkenaan peribahasa, tapi bukan pasal padang atau belalang, tetapi bila kita berjalan di tempat yang lain kita kenalah ingat setiap tempat ada budayanya dan cara yang tersendiri.
Bila ke Pulau Phuket (Bukit dalam bahasa Melayu) walaupun namanya hotel 5 bintang jangan ingan sama macam yang ada di Kuala Lumpur. Di sana nak beg untuk pakaian kotor pun kena bayar. Selipar jangan pandai-pandai simpan dalam beg nanti tak boleh check out. Teman ingat kalau minum air je kena bayar, tapi rupanya air percuma tapi botol kacanya kalau nak bawa balik kena bayar. Tak bebaloi kata kawan teman bila dia kena bayar 150 baht untuk satu beg pakaian macam guni gandum.
Harga barangan juga mahal.
Cuma yang ada benda yang tak banyak kat KL bersepah kat sana. Sapa yang biasa pergi tentu tahu ..
Teman – masuk kandang kambing diam, masuk kandang rimau mengucap


DIALAH PERANCANG SEGALAManusia hanya merancang tapi takdir yang menentukan. Manusia boleh merancang, tapi Allah adalah sebaik-sebaik perancang. Teman balik ke asal dalam menghadapi suasana bila mana kapal terbang tak dapat mendarat di lapangan terbang Phuket akibat cuaca buruk. Hanya doa dan harapan agar tiada yang buruk berlaku. Walaupun bukan pertama kali menghadapinya, tetapi ini agak lama hingga terpaksa berpatah balik ke Pulau Pinang. Kita boleh membuat kapal terbang dan landasannya, tetapi kita tidak mampu untuk membuat alat untuk menolak hujan dan awam.
Teman – pasrah dalam gundah

AUDIT DALAM KE PHUKET

Sebagai menghargai sumbangan Juruaudit Dalaman dalam pelaksanaan Pengurusan Sistem Kualiti (QMS), Bernama menganjurkan satu program pengukuhan juruaudit dalaman selama tiga hari di Phuket. Program yang bermula pada 8 hingga 10 September 2006 turut diserta oleh Ketua Pengarang Bernama Datuk Azman Ujang dan dibimbing oleh konsultan Encik Abdul Rahman Zuber.

"Walaupun masa yang singkat diberikan tetapi saya percaya banyak ilmu-ilmu yang telah dipelajari di dalam program"kata Abdul Rahman.
Dalam program ini didedahkan kembali kepada asas-asas pengauditan dan contoh-contoh proses pengauditan yang dijalankan oleh beberapa agensi kerajaan yang lain.
Selain daripada itu peserta juga berkesempatan untuk melawat beberapa tempat yang diaturkan oleh agensi pelancongan yang menguruskan program ini.

Bagi pihak juruaudit dalam penulis ingin mengucapkan berbanyak terima kasih kepada pengurusan Bernama kerana menganjurkan program ini. Semoga penglibatan semua akan membawa kepada lebih kegemilangan kepada Bernama.

Management

Management is derived from Old French word menagement "the directing", while from Latin word manu agere means "to lead by the land".
Management is the characteries of the process of leading and directing all or part of an organisation, through the deployment and manipulation of resorces (human, financial, material, intellectual or intangible).
Management writer Mary Parker Follett defined management as "the art of getting things done through people.

Management is functionally as the action of measuring a quantity on regular basis and of adjusting some initial plan, and as the actions taken to reach one's intended goal.
There are five management functions:
1. planning
2. organizing
3. leading
4. co-ordinating
5. controlling

to be continued ...