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THE STAR, TUESDAY 28 JULY 2009

Fly and enjoy

Razak menu
MAS pays tribute to second PM

Simply heavenly: Rosmah and Tun Rahah tasting the bread and butter pudding at the
launch of the special menu in a tribute to the late Tun Abdul Razak Hussein by MAS.
Looking on are Dr Munir (left), chef Razahan Harun (third from left) and chef Zainuddin
Mohd Isa (right).
PUTRAJAYA: Beginning Saturday, passengers
on selected Malaysia Airlines flights can look
forward to enjoying dishes once favoured by
the countrys second prime minister, the late
Tun Abdul Razak Hussein.
The menu of Razaks favourite dishes are
made up of a combination of both eastern and
western culinary delights including fish asam
pedas, tomato rice with chicken kurma, chicken
kuzi and roast beef with black pepper sauce.
His favourite deserts, which included cream
caramel and butter pudding, would also be on
the menu.
Malaysia Airlines chairman Tan Sri Dr Munir
Majid said the introduction of the special
menu on selected flights for two months was a
tribute to the father of Prime Minister Datuk
Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak. It was also organised in conjunction with Malaysias 52nd
Merdeka celebrations.
In the spirit of Merdeka and 1Malaysia, we
are proud to be able to share Tun Razaks

favourite meals with our passengers. Beyond

that, we also want to promote Malaysian food
to the world and share a bit of our history with
our passengers, he said at the launching of the
special menu by Razaks wife Tun Rahah Mohd
Noah and Najibs wife Datin Seri Rosmah
Mansor.
Dr Munir said this was the second Merdeka
festive menu introduced in honour of the
countrys Prime Ministers, the first starting in
2007 when favourite dishes of the late Tunku
Abdul Rahman were served inflight.
The Razak dishes would be served on business class of domestic flights from Kuala
Lumpur to Penang, Langkawi, Johor Baru,
Sabah and Sarawak, as well as on regional
flights.
Munir said passengers across all classes
travelling from Kuala Lumpur to London would
also be served the menu, adding that the airlines chefs had worked closely with Rahah to
develop the dishes.

Artist honours Yasmin with mural

By NIKI CHEONG
newsdesk@thestar.com.my
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians from all walks
of life have chosen to grief in their own way
over the death of filmmaker Yasmin Ahmad.
A graphic designer and street artist who
only wanted to be known as Jeng decided to
share his feelings with the world in the form of
a mural as tribute to the award-winning film
director.
The mural is my personal tribute to Yasmin.
I do not know her personally but I have been
following her work since Sepet, he said, adding that he has watched the film seven times.
On Sunday evening, just a few hours after

Yasmin was laid to rest, Jeng made his way to

the Klang River beside the Pasar Seni LRT station here and left a mark that many Malaysians
appreciated, if the responses to the images
posted on Facebook and Twitter are anything
to go by.
The mural took Jeng slightly more than
three hours to complete.
I started painting at 4pm and Kioue (a fellow street artist) came over later to join me.
He painted a wailing boy to complement my
portrait of Yasmin, said Jeng.
A few tourists came by and talked to us.
A couple from Switzerland were keen to
listen about Malaysia and about Yasmins contribution to the local film industry, he added.

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WORLD

REDUCTION OF
CRIME RATE
>Reduce street crime,
including snatch thefts and
unarmed robbery, by 20%
by the end of 2010.
>Re-train Rela members to help improve
public perception on safety.
>Upgrade equipment for enforcement
agencies and increase the usage of CCTV.
>Set up special courts for street crime to
speed up the legal process.
COMBATING CORRUPTION
>Updating relevant policies, procedures and
enforcement to improve
global perception.

>Use open or restricted tender process for

all government projects with the exception
of those sensitive in nature.
WIDENING ACCESS TO
AFFORDABLE AND QUALITY
EDUCATION
>Make pre-school
education part of the
national education system.
>Ensure all normal pupils are able to read,
write and count when they enter Year Four
before 2012.
>Reward school principals and headmasters based on the achievements of each
school.
>Turn 100 daily smart, cluster, trust and
boarding schools into high performing

learning centres by 2012.

RAISING THE LIVING
STANDARD OF THE POOR
>Pay out all welfare cash
aid on the first of each
month from January.
>Create 4,000 women entrepreneurs
under the Sahabat Amanah Ikhtiar
programme by 2012.
IMPROVING
INFRASTRUCTURE IN
RURAL AREAS
>Build 1,500km of roads in
Sabah and Sarawak by
2012.
>Ensure that no one lives more than 5km
from a tarred road in the peninsula by 2012.

>Increase clean water supply to cover 90%

of Sabah and Sarawak by the end of 2012.
>Increase electricity coverage in Sabah
and Sarawak to 95% by end of 2012.
>Provide 24-hour electricity supply to
7,000 orang asli families in the peninsula
by the end of 2012.
IMPROVING PUBLIC
TRANSPORT IN THE
MEDIUM TERM
>Increase the number of
public transport users to
25% by end of 2012 from the present 16%.
>Add 35 sets of four-car-trains to operate
on the Kelana Jaya LRT track by the end of
2012.
>SEE PAGES 2, 6 AND 8

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Two street
artists paid
tribute to awardwinning director
Yasmin Ahmad
by painting a
mural of her and
a crying boy
along the banks
of the Klang
River by the
Pasar Seni LRT
station in Kuala
Lumpur on
Sunday. Graffiti
artists Jeng and
Kioue drew the
mural although
they did not
know Yasmin
personally. See
Page 10.
CHAN TAK
KONG / The Star