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Wednesday 16 November 2016

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ASAS KEUSAHAWANAN 
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CHARACTERISTICS OF ENTREPRENEURS



1.0 INTRODUCTION
Business is essential as it acts as a key indicator to evaluate the economic growth of the country as well as the main generator of the country’s income. Business is defined as an organization or enterprising entity which is involved in industrial, commercial and professional activities. Business can be classified into two categories, profit and non-profit organization. Business does not refer to multinational companies such as Nestle, KFC and Petronas only but also includes small sized companies such as bakery. In the business world, entrepreneur plays a crucial role to establish successful business.
            Who is entrepreneurs? Entrepreneur is the people who is combining, managing and organizing the resources in a business (Sobel, 2003). The resources include labour, capital, material, asset and others. The entrepreneurs are willing to take risk and able to face the challenges (Sobel, 2003). The entrepreneurs always seen as an innovator of new ideas and a leader in a business (Entrepreneur, 2016). To become successful entrepreneur, the characteristics that they should have are persuasion, self-confidence, work commitment, efficiency oriented, tolerance for failure, high initiative level, information seeking and problem solving.
            Entrepreneurs have brought many revolution to the world and change our way of life. Their creative and innovative ideas have made our life easier and more advance. The driving force of the entrepreneurs to come up with such outstanding ideas are heavily influenced by the characteristics mentioned earlier.

2.0 ENTREPRENEUR TRAITS
There are eight entrepreneur traits will be discussed which are persuasion, self-confidence, work commitment, efficiency oriented, tolerance for failure, high initiative level, information seeking and problem solving.
2.1 Persuasion
Persuasion can be defined as a process from entrepreneur to persuade their customer with his or her product produce like and influence their customers to buy their product. With the right way without the customers.
            Before that, the customers was be exposed by the entrepreneur information about the food or advantage of the product. By the written on newspaper and magazines with decorate the page of newspaper and magazines with the beautiful decorate. It also interest the people with the product and idea. Beside, creativity is important element in entrepreneur interest with the customers with their product and idea.
            Besides, the entrepreneur can also promote the idea or product by open the booth at expo and mall this way can get fast response from the people about the product. The entrepreneur also can ask opinion from the customer about the idea and product.  Is the product is suitable nowadays and give effect disadvantage effect to the customer. All of this activity carry many good effect to the entrepreneur.
            Next, the other way is the entrepreneur can persuade their customers is by the media and televises. In fact many of people in Malaysia are watching watching televises and good advertisement make by the entrepreneur can influence the majority of people to buy their products. Especially group of people want the products cause of their trouble in life like problem with their health.

Picture 1: Dato’ Alif Shukri
            One of the example entrepreneur is Dato` Alif Shukri king of beauty product and founder of d`herbs healthy sdn.bhd. He is popular with his tagline in promoting his product “terlajak laris” and this is others way to convince customers to buy their product even though some people are not like with their trademark and tagline but majority of Malaysian people almost buys this brand. So with this tagline people know the product and producer.
            Before he is success in stage of entrepreneur, he was sells beauty products with various brand, he knocking the door in front of the office and the houses. Sometime he felt very embarrassed because his customers not want to hear his explanation about of his beauty product and it beginning point to himself to success in stage of entrepreneurs. For him, shy is second element in business world, easy principle not of modal we are success, but effort and intensity is more important.
2.2 Self-confidence
Self-confidence is a good feeling about yourself and your capabilities. So, if you're a self-confident person, it simply means that you feel good about who you are, and you also feel good about your ability to achieve things you want to achieve. Usually entrepreneurs have predicts about what happen on the future and what kind things that are human needed. So that’s opportunity to make something new in human life. For example, if before is impossible to make the touchscreen, but now is possible.
There are many reason why self-confidence is important to the entrepreneurs. One of the reason is confident people make good decision, with this traits the entrepreneurs make the good decision. The good business have make tough decision without confidence in the their self, the entrepreneurs will find decision making a difficult task. So, the more confident in entrepreneurs about their idea, enhancing entrepreneur to make good decision.


Picture 2: Steve Jobs
Steve jobs and Wozniak Jobs are credited with transforming the computer industry by democratizing the technology and making machines smaller, cheaper, intuitive and accessible to everyday consumers. In 1980, Apple Computer became a publicly traded company, with a market value of $1.2 billion by the end of its very first day of trading. Jobs looked to marketing expert John Sculley of Pepsi-Cola to take over the role of CEO for Apple.
However, the next several products from Apple suffered significant design flaws, resulting in recalls and consumer disappointment. IBM suddenly surpassed Apple in sales, and Apple had to compete with an IBM/PC-dominated business world. In 1984, Apple released the Macintosh, marketing the computer as a piece of a counterculture lifestyle romantic, youthful, creative. But despite positive sales and performance superior to IBM's PCs, the Macintosh was still not IBM-compatible. Sculley believed Jobs was hurting Apple, and the company's executives began to phase him out.
Not actually having had an official title with the company he co-founded, Jobs was pushed into a more marginalized position and thus left Apple in 1985 to begin a new hardware and software enterprise called NeXT, Inc. The following year Jobs purchased an animation company from George Lucas which later became Pixar Animation Studios. Believing in Pixar's potential, Jobs initially invested $50 million of his own money in the company. The studio went on to produce wildly popular movies such as toy story, finding nemo and the Incredibles. Pixar's films have collectively netted $4 billion. The studio merged with Walt Disney in 2006, making Steve Jobs Disney's largest shareholder.


2.3 Work commitment

Picture 3: Tan Sri Tony Fernandes

            Work commitments personality refers to entrepreneurs is crucial in the development and success of an entrepreneur. action and result-oriented behavior, and not someone who just wait for things to happen and then try to adapt or in other words, respond to them. For this feature, I can see clearly in self-entrepreneur, Tony Fernandes. He is an entrepreneur and founder of Tune Air Sdn. Bhd., And has introduced the airline Air Asia which can be enjoyed all Malaysians to expose slogan "Now everyone can fly". Fernandes makes Air Asia, commercial airlines and at the same time be able to offer low fares (King, 2013).
            Through the nature of work commitments, we can see a lot of them are his achievements and he is now a valued member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). Fernandes is a former executive at Warner Music Malaysia. When Time Warner Inc. announced a merger with America Online Inc., Fernandes left to pursue his dream to start the service with the service budget penerbangan.Pada September 2001, Fernandes bought AirAsia and become chief executive of a company. In his mind, Malaysians will enjoy the low fares that can save time and money, especially in an uncertain economy. Fernandes estimates about 50 percent of the passengers on the flight were from companies that use the air service for the first time. Before the arrival of AirAsia, he estimated that only six per cent of Malaysians who had boarded the plane or the airway. In 2007, Fernandes started the hotel chain Tune Hotels, concept-based services at no extra charge (Wikipedia.com). All these are examples of his involvement as an entrepreneur who is very committed to his work.
2.4 Efficiency oriented

Picture 4: Datuk Wan Mohammad Sani Salleh

Successful entrepreneurs will design and set the goals and vision of the business in line with the government's vision. Entrepreneurs will be desperately trying to achieve its business goals and vision to enable him to make his business luminary in the eyes of the people. Entrepreneurs who have a goal and vision showed that he also had dreams and ambitions to be achieved in the future. In setting goals and vision, entrepreneurs need a thorough research and study as well as efficiency in terms of thinking. They should be sensitive to the ability of the internal or external organization.
            Efficiency-oriented features can be seen in the successful entrepreneur Datuk Wan Mohammad Sani Salleh, better known as Datuk Sani. He is the owner of the network Sani Express bus operations ever known today under the operating company Sani United Sdn. Bhd. (SUSB). After deciding to leave the field of entertainment to be involved in entrepreneurship, his first step is to open a vehicle repair workshop in Kuala Lumpur and Terengganu and slowly she immersed herself in the bus transport industry which has always been his dream.
            Characteristics of a successful entrepreneur is absolutely no inside Datuk Wan Mohammad Sani Salleh. No wonder that he was able to achieve a dream with a business that has been poured. Among its successful entrepreneur who is in her is her goal-oriented person and insights. He adhered to the principle "Where there's a will, there's a way". This determination and principles which guide the examples of entrepreneurs who have successfully developed its business on a smaller scale until the empire has become a successful business for him.

2.5 Tolerance For Failure
Risk is uncertainty in decision-making and its impact must also be borne by the decision maker. According to (Rosli,2010) states that the higher the risk, the higher the returns will be get. In addition, an entrepreneurs need to consider and evaluate the risk. Entrepreneurs are exposed to various risks and the risk begins when an entrepreneur involved in the business.

Picture 5:Tan Sri Dr. Jeffry cheah

Tan Sri Dr. Jeffrey Cheah are examples of entrepreneurs who dare to face the risk. He was the CEO of Sunway Group. Tan Sri Dr. Jeffrey Cheah grew up in Mullaghmore, Perak. He received his education from Footscray Institute of Technology, Australia. After finish his studies, he worked as an accountant in a motor assembly factory.

Example of the tolerance for failure for diversifying his business.

            In 1985, Malaysia has been hit by the economic downturn and resulting Sunway Holdings Berhad registered a loss and virtually eliminate shareholders' funds in 1987. Tan Sri Dr. Jeffrey Cheah dare to take measures to reduce that risk by diversifying the types of businesses including property development sector manufacturing, real estate investment, entertainment and hospitality, he has managed to create Sunway Construction Berhad, Sunway City Berhad and Sunway Building Technology Berhad.      
      
           Tan Sri Dr. Jeffrey Cheah was to develop a city known as Bandar Sunway. However, many people are less confident of his ability but with the high of spirit, he can managed and develop Bandar Sunway from the site of mining area to become a good facilities and amenities, including hotels, shopping complexes and residential area.
2.6 High Initiative Level
               An entrepreneur will genuinely sensitive and always emphasize the quality and standards of work or services. Entrepreneurs do not work alone to complete the task, but through his work he will find satisfaction with the excellent level of performance and quality. Only with quality work, the entrepreneur can expand its market and further improve the performance of the company and himself.

 

Picture 6: Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar

The initiative in business is how to find the chance that can be pursued to increase benefits for Business. When a project was defined, the entrepreneurs will attempt to set up a project to achieve goals and satisfaction. Various methods can be taken by entrepreneurs to establish or expand an existing business. Successful entrepreneur are someone must have creative thinking, and Critical. Entrepreneurs must be keep thinking and give more effort even harder to make the lay of business. For example, Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al - Bukhary run a variety of businesses since he dabbled in entrepreneurship sells like meat, rice circulate, distribute product dairy, produce shoes and clothing, and the activities of transport. He not only focus on one type only business sector in fact, but he try miscellaneous business. This is because the consistency can led him to success in every sector business that he involved.
2.7 Information seeking
Information seeking is defined as the process or activity of attempting to obtain information in both human and technological contexts. According to Kelly (2002), information seeking involves the search, retrieval, recognition, and application of meaningful content. An entrepreneur running a personal research about how to satisfy the customer and resolve the problem. An entrepreneur knows that different people have different capabilities that can be of assistance to them. An entrepreneur also seeks relevant information from customers, suppliers, competitors and others. An entrepreneur always wanted to learn things that will help your business grow.

Picture 7: Tan Sri Mokhzani Mahathir
Mokhzani is the founder of an investment company called Kencana Capital Sdn Bhd. The company operates in the field of oil and gas service provider, IT, automotive and real estate. One of the properties owned by him is always looking for information and take out. Curiosity is the instinctive nature of human beings from birth. Curiosity is one of the defense mechanisms of human life. From this sense human beings have the tendency to see things that have not been previously known. The nature of this made him successful in their respective fields. (Mokhzani Mahathir Biography, 2016)
Tan Sri Mokhzani already started to show interest and find information about the petroleum sector since childhood. Enthusiasm and interest in this sector shown when he resumed his studies and successfully completed his degree in Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering at the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A. Clearly showed that he was skilled and had a deep interest in the field of petroleum. Curiosity of nature's petroleum stir this figure once to get an education in the field of interest was the breach he had the full support of all members of his family. (Mokhzani Mahathir Biography, 2016)
Over the years he ran the company until thriving. Curiosity led him to make a further investigation to develop a business that has pioneered. There are various ways taken by him in seeking information. For example, Tan Sri Mokhzani have discovered some well-known figure in Malaysia. One of them is his own father, former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to get some info and find out what the best steps to take in achieving what he had dreamed. After completion of the investigation, Tan Sri Mokhzani decided his company should create Kencana Petroleum merger with another company in order to finalize its business. The results of the search information, he decided to join the company Sapura Crest in 2012 and resulted in a company Sapura Kencana Oil and Gas Service Provider in Malaysia. (Mokhzani Mahathir Biography, 2016)
Curiosity and a desire to seek information is something that is important in bringing it to a successful entrepreneur. One of his principles is' if you are lazy to take out, then you will be left behind and will never advance. As an entrepreneur, he needed as many of the latest and useful information to enable him to plan and make decisions in business. Therefore, he is always looking for the latest information and use the services of the agency as soon as possible.
2.8 Problem solving
The process of working through details of a problem to reach a solution, (Business Dictionary, 2016). Problem solving is part of thought. Considered the most complex intellectual functions, problem solving has been defined as a high-level cognitive processes and that requires the modulation and control skills to more routine or fundamental (Goldstein & Levin, 1987). Problem solving occurs when an organism or an artificial intelligence system does not know how to get out of a situation that is presented to a desired goal state. It is part of the larger problem process that includes problem finding and problem shaping.

 



Picture 8: Datuk Wira (Dr.) Haji Ameer Ali bin Mydin.
Datuk Wira (Dr.) Haji Ameer Ali Mydin Managing Director of Mydin Mohamed Holdings Berhad. He is also the son of the founder Mydin namely Mr Mydin Mohamed Bin Mydin Ghulam who founded since 1957. Beginning in 1957, he opened a small shop in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. Starting with his own savings and then get loans from financial institutions, he is now able to have more than 200 stores including 12 hypermarkets, 18 wholesale emporium, 3 bazaars, 53 mini-supermarkets, 10 convenience stores and five franchises in several states in Peninsular Malaysia. But after Mr Mydin, his son Datuk Wira (Dr.) Haji Ameer Ali Mydin connect legacy as Representative Director of Mydin. (Ameer Ali Mydin Biography, 2016)
An entrepreneur who behave in business problem solving. He is always looking for feedback, especially from customers and not wait for customers to complain. In addition, if there are complaints and customer complaints about products or services offered, he is slow to anger but instead are open and receiving the complaint happy. This is because, through the feedback, he can fix weaknesses and thus achieving success in business. In addition, he is also being constantly solving problems and always act on opportunities in the global initiative, the action is to take this opportunity to form a new environment. This action often leads to entrepreneurial firms it became the leader in the market with competing methods of influence by building new request. (Ameer Ali Mydin Biography, 2016)
He is also being constantly solve problems and find opportunities in the market and meet the demands of the market at a reasonable price to compete with other local supermarket. He is also seeking feedback from customers to meet the new demands of customers. (Ameer Ali Mydin Biography, 2016).


3.0 BIOGRAPHY OF ONE SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR

3.1 History of Pak Su Din

Jamal Senapi, 66, or better known as Pak Su Din is an entrepreneur shrimp paste. He started this business since 26 years ago. Started this business because of continuing its mother. According to Pak Su Din, his mother first sell shrimp paste in this area to sustain life and the legacy he continued. Starting a business with a capital of only RM500 only, Pak Su Din has succeeded in opening people's eyes to start a business that does not require large capital so long as there is business to be successful and work hard. Once businesses grow more and more his shrimp paste then Pak Su Din add equipment, machinery and enlarge the area to process shrimp paste. Formerly Pak Su Din only use solely labor force and does not have any shrimp paste processing machines.
            With a capital of it, Pak Su Din also have problems. This is because he needs money to buy raw materials, due to the sale of goods and also for promotion. Pak Su Din does not make loans to any agency because he was concerned about the risks perceived in the future. Although there are government agencies that offer, Pak Su Din refused for good because he is confident that his efforts will not dare to own and owe. Principles that continue to be held by Pak Su Din until now.
            Pak Su shrimp paste Din also in high demand from all corners of the country. This can be evidenced Pak Su Din shrimp paste not only marketed around Kuala Perlis and Kangar even got a request to Johor. His shrimp paste marketed around the farmers market, wholesale markets and retail outlets around Perlis. However, shrimp paste Su Pak Din has an agent who sells shrimp paste to other states such as Pahang, Negeri Sembilan, Perak and Johor. Pak Su Din shrimp paste agent will come to the factory for two weeks, to get adequate supply of shrimp paste. One of Pak Su Din commendable is that he does not feel embarrassed because he sells shrimp paste shrimp paste flavour is one of Malay cuisine. "Since the first shrimp paste is inseparable from our cuisine although it's a bit smelly. Therefore, if we call shrimp paste it, we know it is related to Malay cuisine. Therefore on each pack contained shrimp paste my image, "he said.



3.2 Entrepreneur Characteristic
3.2.1 Efficiency Oriented
            Efficiency in entrepreneurs is the ability of entrepreneurs to identify opportunities and turn them into something lucrative to the business and the ability to appreciate something good. Someone entrepreneurs can understand or figure things out of the ordinary. Person perspective is intelligent, insightful, and see what others cannot. Efficiency which can be seen on the entrepreneur Pak Su Din is continuing his former mother company sells shrimp paste around the area to support life. It can be concluded that he sees the company as a catalyst and support for him in the business and continue the legacy business. The business also has the potential to grow.
3.2.2 Tolerance for Failure
            The error stems from ignorance, error, and lack of experience. But as time went on and learning from one's mistakes have been made, it will appear as a great personal and superior. By learning from mistakes, we can make it so that in the future will not be repeated again. Someone believers will not fall into a hole twice. Doing it wrong would be a shame not done once and will regret that mistake. But it becomes useless when performed twice, let alone many times extreme behaviour needs to be worked on are not repeated. Business carried along, too many customers various types of temperament and neglected. There is a book shrimp paste will give advance booking in advance and then if it was ready and they want to take, the customer will be paid the outstanding balance is paid. But there is also the type of customers who book without giving advance shrimp paste first, then if you want to take the orders they will ask to owe Uncle Din. Not once did the same two customers a way to Pak Su Din but every time reserve to Pak Su Din. Over time Pak Su Din began to realize that he had made a mistake because too much face to customers who want to take advantage of him.
            Thereafter, Pak  Su Din has learned from the mistakes. Every time a customer makes a reservation to himself, surely he would ask for money upfront before booking shrimp paste. With customers such customer attitudes are not up head with what has been done by Pak Su Din itself. In conclusion, Pak Su Din has learned from the mistakes he had made. To make us succeed will face failure in advance because of the failure to teach us from making mistakes.

3.3.3 Work Commitment
            Mr. Jamal Senapi or better known as Pak Su Din is a firm doing business this shrimp paste. He wanted to make sure the company set up since 26 years it was on the right track and posted a profit every year. If not decisive, he will be trampled by the employee for not longer honor. He said the decision to continue the legacy of his mother even more shrimp paste manufacturing industry in the Malaysian market. A variety of strategies and plans that he did to advance his business so well-known throughout the country. Although he was firm in his decisions, but the views of others and the employee receives as a guide before the decision was issued. This is to prevent him making inaccurate results. Any decision taken by it has major implications for business leads. He is very flexible and able to change their way according to customer requirements and business environment. With the changing world economy, there must be a firm stance in an individual entrepreneur.
3.3.4 High Initiative Level
            Every business has its own weaknesses or deficiencies. These deficiencies should not be seen as a weakness by the entrepreneur. Therefore, among the important features that should be possessed as a successful entrepreneur is having the initiative or its efforts to develop their business for the better. With the initiative of an entrepreneur to develop his business would be able to continue to compete with other competitors out there. Various methods used by entrepreneurs to make their business successful. Similarly, Jamal Senapi or fondly known as Pak Su Din, fresh shrimp paste earliest entrepreneurs in Kampung Simpang Empat Sungai Berembang, Perlis. He has taken initiatives to develop the business by introducing fresh shrimp paste shrimp paste through his Facebook page in addition to market belacannya around Perlis. In addition, he also markets its products around the country to receive orders and he also has regular customers in each state. In addition, Mr. Su Din also trying to commercialize and expand its business through his own capital without borrowing from any party. He is also prepared to accept orders from various countries and still try to complete as many orders from customers quickly and efficiently.
3.3.5 Self Confidence
            One of the main challenges of a business, especially a new business is to build quality business. When your business starts to grow, you need to deal to build relationships with new customers. In the survey, the biggest reason a customer decides to buy or not to buy is when they feel 'trust and confidence' in respect of goods or business. Pak Su  Din trust earned from customers  cause businesses to survive until now. It shrimp paste business has lasted for 26 years. The average customer who buys shrimp paste with Pak Su Din are very satisfied with these results. Trust that they cause Pak Su Din worked hard to ensure that the product is produced shrimp paste that will be able to achieve its customers' demands. Pak Su Din's attitude makes clients and ourselves Pak Su Din itself can forge its business further. It can be proved that there are customers who come from far away because of the transparency and trust in business relationships.

4.0 CONCLUSION
From the above report, it is clearly pictured that how important the traits above and how much of sacrifice and struggles our entrepreneur went through in their life to become a very well known successful entrepreneurs. As we all know, it is not easy to achieve all our aims and goals as what we wanted to be in future.
            The entrepreneurs need to spend much of times, energy and money in the process of entrepreneurship. They are working in the long hours and facing many challenges in their way to success. So they have to certain entrepreneur traits to make them adhere to success in their entrepreneurship way, Besides the entrepreneur traits, some skill and personalities are needed by entrepreneurs as an aid to them in entrepreneurship.
            There are some entrepreneur traits have been discussed before. There are included  persuasion, self-confidence, work commitment, efficiency oriented, tolerance for failure, high initiative level, information seeking, problem solving and others. The entrepreneurs are not necessary to have all of these entrepreneur traits. But they can built up the traits through their experiences and knowledges in their life.
            The entrepreneurs that have shown are the good examples and as the learning models for them to be the successful entrepreneurs like Datuk Wira (Dr.) Haji Ameer Ali bin Mydin, Dato` Alif Shukri, Datuk Wan Mohammad Sani Salleh, Tan Sri Mokhzani Mahathir and others. If you want to be a successful entrepreneur, you must be willing to strive and learn from the successful entrepreneur.



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Saturday 31 October 2015

"LAMBAKAN SISA PEPEJAL"


Sisa pepejal merupakan bahan buangan yang paling mudah didapati dan paling banyak dihasilkan. Masalah pembuangan sisa-sisa pepejal kian ketara sejak kebelakangan ini. Isu tentang sisa pepejal ini jarang sekali diviralkan tetapi menjadi salah satu perkara yang begitu serius kerana kewujudan sisa pepejal yang semakin bertambah dari tahun ke tahun. Sisa pepejal yang wujud adalah meliputi sisa makanan, plastik, kertas, besi, kaca dan lain-lain. Statistik terbaru menunjukkan purata penghasilan sisa pepejal setiap penduduk di Malaysia adalah sebanyak 250 kg setahun. Daripada jumlah tersebut hanya kira-kira 2% digunakan semula manakala selebihnya ditanam di tapak pelupusan atau dibuang secara haram. 
sebuah jentera sedang mengalihkan sampah untuk pelupusan

Hal ini terjadi kerana pertambahan sumber atau punca terhasilnya sisa pepejal tersebut. Antara punca yang menyebabkan bertambahnya sisa pepejal ialah pertambahan jumlah penduduk, gaya hidup penduduk Malaysia, pengurusan sisa pepejal yang tidak sistematik, dan kutipan sampah yang tidak tepat pada masanya. Hal ini mengundang kepada pertambahan bilangan dan angka peratusan lambakan sisa pepejal di Malaysia. Disampin itu, Sisa pepejal yang dihasilkan setiap hari membawa kesan yang negatif terhadap alam sekitar. Sisa pepejal juga boleh menyebabkan pelbagai jenis pencemaran yang lain seperti pencemaran udara, pencemaran tanah-tanih dan pencemaran air. Ia bukan sahaja memberi kesan kepada alam sekitar, bahkan terhadap sosial dan kesihatan manusia.

lori sampah sedang memungut sampah di setiap kediaman
Menurut Jabatan Sisa Pepejal Negara (JSPN) mendapati sisa makanan membentuk sebanyak 45 peratus daripada jumlah keseluruhan 29,000 tan sisa pepejal yang dihasilkan dalam masa sehari di negara ini. Jumlah itu merupakan hasil kajian sepanjang tempoh lima bulan pertama tahun ini. Pertubuhan Pertanian dan Makanan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (FAO) menganggarkan sebanyak 1.3 bilion tan sisa makanan di hasilkan setiap tahun, bersamaan jumlah pengeluaran makanan di Sub-Sahara Afrika. Malah, dalam masa sama seorang daripada tujuh manusia tidur dalam keadaan lapar. Lebih 20,000 kanak-kanak di bawah umur lima tahun di seluruh dunia mati akibat kelaparan setiap hari. Statistik yang menggerunkan ini sewajarnya menyedarkan kita tentang nilai makanan dari segi sosial dan ekonomi.

sebuah jentera sedang menuang sampah di tempat pelupusan
Walaupun Malaysia mempunyai jumlah tapak pelupusan sisa pepejal yang banyak namun jumlah ini tidak mencukupi untuk menampung jumlah sampah yang dihasilkan. Antara kaedah pelupusan sampah yang digunakan adalah pembuangan sampah terbuka (open dumping), pelupusan terkawal (controlled tipping), rawatan 'leachate' dan dikambus. Kaedah pelupusan sampah jenis ini berisiko tinggi terhadap alam sekitar dan manusia di sekitar kawasan tapak pelupusan itu. Sebagai contoh, tapak pelupusan terbuka boleh memberi kesan kepada sistem tanah dan air di kawasan tersebut. Selain bau busuk, penyakit mata dan kulit juga boleh mengganggu hidup manusia di persekitaran kawasan tapak. 

Pengurusan sisa pepejal di Malaysia telah berubah mengikut masa. Teknologi yang digunakan di dalam pengurusan ini juga semakin canggih. Penggunaan teknologi dan system pengurusan yang canggih adalah semata-mata untuk mencapai kualiti alam sekitar yang baik bagi negara Malaysia . Kerajaan bertanggungjawab untuk mencapai matlamat ini. Walaubagaimana pun, rakyat juga mempunyai tanggungjawab yang sama. Haruslah diingat bahawa manusia adalah khalifah di bumi ini. Oleh itu, tanggungjawab menjaga alam ini adalah tanggungjawab kita bersama. Bermula di rumah, sisa yang dihasilkan perlu diuruskan dengan baik agar pengurusan pada peringkat yang lebih tinggi menjadi mudah dan berkesan.




 KOS SARA HIDUP MASA KINI


Dewasa ini, pembangunan di Malaysia semakin rancak dilaksanakan oleh pelbagai pihak. Malah, kerajaan telah merangka dasar-dasar yang mampu menukar wajah Malaysia dalam mengejar Wawasan 2020.  Pelbagai inisiatif sedang giat dilakukan oleh Malaysia untuk menempah nama di peringkat antarabangsa antaranya ialah menerajui bakat global menerusi program tarikan bakat dan komitmen untuk menambah tenaga dan kesesuaian tempat tinggal kawasan bandar utamanya. Disamping itu, jangkaan persekitaran dasar mesra serta pertumbuhan kukuh akan berterusan melepasi 2020 dan  terus mendaki rantaian nilai termasuk membangunkan keupayaan berinovasi yang akan memacu pertumbuhan dalam produktiviti. Hal ini mungkin memberi seribu makna kepada negara malah terdapat masalah lain yang menjadi cabaran kepada seluruh rakyat Malaysia untuk meneruskan kehidupan yang serba moden bersisihan dengan pendapatan penduduk dan kemiskinan bagi menampung kos sara hidup yang kian meningkat.

Bagi pihak kerajaan, menangani kos sara hidup tinggi secara mutlak merupakan perkara yang sukar dicapai berikutan keadaan ekonomi yang bersifat berubah-ubah. Namun, sebagai pengguna, isu kos sara hidup tinggi boleh dikawal agar kesannya adalah minimum. Cumanya masyarakat Malaysia khususnya golongan belia perlu mampu dan bijak membezakan antara kehendak dan keperluan harian.
Kos sara hidup yang tinggi sering menghantui penduduk Malaysia terutamanya yang tinggal di kawasan bandar. Berikut merupakan 10 tempat/bandar paling mahal di Malaysia dari segi kos sara hidup.
1. Pulau Pinang (bahagian pulau)
2. Bintulu, Sarawak
3. Paka/ Kerteh, Terengganu
4. Miri, Sarawak
5. Kuala Lumpur
6. Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
7. Kuching, Sarawak
8. Klang
9. Labuan
10. Johor Bahru



Perkara yang dikaji pula adalah harga barangan keperluan harian seperti ayam, sayuran seperti sawi dan cili merah, ikan, kadar sewa rumah dan juga keperluan pendapatan minima untuk hidup sempurna. Dengan kadar sewa rumah serta harga rumah yang tinggi dan harga barangan keperluan harian yang agak mahal, seseorang memerlukan gaji sekurang-kurangnya RM4,000 sebulan untuk tinggal di sebelah pulau di Pulau Pinang. Ia dikira paling tinggi berbanding bandar-bandar lain di Malaysia. Turut mengiringi Pulau Pinang adalah bandar perindusrian Bintulu di Sarawak dan Paka di Terengganu.
Selain barangan dan makanan, satu lagi punca kos sara hidup yang tinggi ialah harga rumah dan kenderaan yang tinggi. Seorang pemaju perumahan pernah menyatakan keuntungan bagi setiap rumah banglo ialah dalam lingkungan RM30,000-RM40,000 dan ini menyebabkan pemaju perumahan lebih berminat untuk membangunkan rumah mewah berbanding rumah mampu milik kerana keuntungan yang amat tinggi.

Sekali lagi, kerajaan perlu mengawal harga rumah. Jangan sesekali membiarkan sistem pasaran bebas menguasai harga rumah di Malaysia. Itu baru bab rumah. Belum lagi kenderaan. Harga kenderaan di Malaysia juga masih tinggi berbanding luar negara sehingga ada pembeli terpaksa berhutang selama 9 tahun. Apabila habis membayarnya, kereta pun sudah tidak begitu elok. Terpaksalah membeli sebuah lagi. Jadi, terpaksalah menanggung hutang sehingga ke tua.



Tambahan lagi, Pelaksanaan Cukai Barangan dan Perkhidmatan (GST) adalah satu perkara besar yang membawa kesan mendalam kepada rakyat. Dalam keadaan inflasi yang masih tinggi secara berterusan, pelaksanaan GST akan menambah bebanan sara hidup rakyat, kadar cukai pendapatan diturunkan serta merta apabila GST diperkenalkan, lantas rakyat tidak mengalami bebanan cukai tambahan kerana sumbangan cukai dari rakyat hanya dialihkan dari cukai pendapatan kepada GST.

Apabila GST telah dilaksanakan di Malaysia, 10 juta rakyat Malaysia yang selama ini tidak layak membayar cukai terpaksa menanggung bebanan cukai baru. Ini menambah beban mereka yang terpaksa berdepan dengan persoalan gaji yang rendah, inflasi yang meningkat dan bebanan cukai yang baru.


Hakikatnya, tekanan ini bukan sahaja dirasai oleh golongan berpendapatan rendah tetapi juga bagi golongan berpendapatan sederhana. Kerajaan perlu memerangi kos
kehidupan rakyat yang tinggi dengan mengambil kira tekanan yang dirasai oleh dua golongan ini.