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Friday, October 29, 2010

STAMPS: Heritage Of Negeri Pahang Darul Makmur( ISSUE 24/10/2010)

Monday, October 25, 2010

STAMP: Setem Warisan Diraja Pahang Dilancar Semalam

Sultan Ahmad Shah (kiri) menurunkan tandatangan baginda pada satu daripada koleksi setem khas ‘Warisan Diraja Pahang’ selepas melancarkannya sambil diperhatikan Rais Yatim di Kuantan, semalam. – BERNAMA

KUANTAN 19 Okt. – Pos Malaysia semalam melancarkan koleksi setem khas warisan diraja Pahang dan sampul surat hari pertama Sultan Pahang, Sultan Ahmad Shah sempena hari keputeraan baginda.
Setem yang bernilai 60 sen, 80 sen dan RM1 memaparkan alat kebesaran diraja, tenunan Pahang, cop mohor selain potret baginda dan Sultanah Pahang, Sultanah Kalsom itu akan dijual mulai 24 Oktober ini. Sampul surat hari pertama pula dijual pada harga 30 sen manakala folder berharga RM5.50 sekeping.
Pengerusi Pos Malaysia, Tan Sri Dr. Aseh Che Mat berkata, koleksi setem itu dikeluarkan sebagai memperingati warisan turun-temurun keluarga diraja Pahang dan menghargai kedaulatan pemerintahan baginda.
‘‘Melalui usaha ini juga, ia dapat mengembangkan pengetahuan berkenaan warisan keluarga diraja yang begitu unik.
‘‘Kami juga bangga kerana diberi peluang oleh kerajaan negeri untuk menghasilkan setem ini serta menzahirkan penghargaan kami kepada ke bawah duli tuanku bagi mengekalkan budaya dan warisan Pahang,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan di sini.
Berangkat pada majlis tersebut, Sultan Pahang, Sultan Ahmad Shah; Sultanah Pahang, Sultanah Kalsom; Tengku Mahkota Pahang, Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah; Menteri Besar Pahang, Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob dan Menteri Penerangan, Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan, Datuk Seri Dr. Rais Yatim.
Sementara itu, menurut Rais, Pos Malaysia akan mengeluarkan lebih banyak koleksi setem khas iaitu antara 14 hingga 18 pengeluaran setahun berdasarkan peristiwa penting negara.
“Kita akan berusaha mengeluarkan setem untuk mengenang kembali misalnya gagasan 1Malaysia, bahasa Melayu sebagai bahasa kebangsaan dan beberapa peristiwa bersejarah negara,” jelasnya.
Tambah Rais, usaha mengabadikan peristiwa bersejarah melalui setem itu dapat mewujudkan minat dan kecintaan masyarakat terutama generasi muda terhadap hobi mengumpul setem.

Source: utusanpahang@utusan.com.my

Thursday, October 21, 2010

STAMPS: Old Post Office ( ISSUE 09/10/2010)

The Post Office was officially esablisher in England in 1660. Similar Post Office were established across the British Empire and other countries including Malaysia. In the early 1800s, the postal services started in the Straits Settlements (Penang, Mallaca and Singapore) and gradually covered the whole of Malaysia by early 20th century.

A post office is the facility for the posting receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.All post is transferred from the post there the post was then sent on for delivery to the receiver of the post.The Post Master heads each post office.

However, what started as a medium for the transmissions of letters and business documents, the postal service has evolved into a one stop services provider.It began to venture into parcel delivery, registrations, insurance service, transaction of money (postal order and money order) and banking services.

From Jabatan Perkhidmatan Pos, Jabatan Pos, in early 1992, Pos Malaysia Berhad began the biggest changes in the history with the grant of business freedom.With freedom comes a greater challenge. Faced with growing competitions, Pos Malaysia Berhad begins its journey of streamlining its operations by segregation of the business into three main Strategic Business Units called PosMel, PosLaju, and PosNiaga.

Today, there are over 703 post offices in Malaysia.This issue highlights some of the existing post office buildings in Malaysia; that is two post offices from each state are represented by stamps valued at 60sen each. Most of the post offices buildings sre historical buildings; some were built before Pre-World War ii period. The post offices nationwide have different characteristics and architectural styles that are each interesting and unique.

STAMPS: Lifestyles Of The Aboriginal People( ISSUE 27/09/2010)

Lifestyles of the Aboriginal People In Malaysia.

Malaysia’s indigenous communities represent a small but important part of the nation’s multi-racial milieu. These communities are disproportionately spread out between the small and frequently isolated communities found in the peninsular and the Malaysia Borneo states of Sarawak and Sabah, where they make up 50 to 60 per cent of the respective states populations.

The ‘Orang Asli’ are made up of nearly a hundred different ethnic sub-groups. These include around twenty in peninsular Malaysia although administratively they are categorized as Negrito, Senoi and Aboriginal Malay. Sabah and Sarawak, on the other hand, has between thirty to forty distinct sub-groups each with an even more amazing number of languages and dialects.

The Department of Orang Asli Affairs or JHEOA is entrusted with the care and administration of the indigenous communities. Its mandate includes the eradication of poverty, improvement of health, promoting education and improving their general livelihoods and where possible and desired, their integration with mainstream Malaysia society.