PM Najib's approval rating slips, says Merdeka Center

A survey carried among voters in Peninsular Malaysia at the end of December 2012 by MERDEKA CENTER found that Prime Minister Najib Razak's approval rating had slipped slightly from 65% in November 2012 to 63%.

The survey found that while satisfaction among Malay and Indian voters remained strong at 77% and 76% respectively, the sentiment among Chinese voters had dropped to 34%.

According to MERDEKA CENTER, findings from the survey uncovered significant differences in the views expressed by younger compared to older voters, men compared to women voters as well as lower income compared to middle or upper income voters.

The survey also found that voters' perception on the government remained lukewarm with only 45% of the respondents who said that they were "happy with the government" while 47% said that they were "happy with Barisan Nasional". 

The survey was carried out by MERDEKA CENTER for Opinion Research between 15th and 28th Dcember 2012 to gauge voters' perceptions of current developments in Malaysia. 

Some 1,018 registered voters comprising 59% Malay, 32% Chinese  and 9% Indian respondents were interviewed by telephone in the poll.

(MERDEKA CENTER for Opinion Research was formally established in 2001 as an independent organization focused on public opinion research and socio-economic analysis.)    

Insan disebalik nama Jalan Haji Hashim Imam

Jika anda melalui Jalan Sungai Pinang, George Town, Pulau Pinang, sudah pasti akan temui sebatang jalan yang mengambil sempena nama Haji Hashim Imam. Anda tentu tertanya-tanya siapakah Haji Hashim Imam sehingga namanya disebati pada sebatang jalan? 

Haji Hashim Imam atau nama penuhnya Haji Muhammad Hashim bin Muhammad Salleh bin Jaafar bin Muhammad Salleh adalah  seorang guru, pemimpin masyarakat dan imam Masjid Sungai Pinang. 

 

(Keterangan gambar yang dirakam pada tahun 1920 - Haji Hashim Imam dan dua orang anak saudaranya Sayed Ahmad dan Sharifah Noor, iaitu zuriat Alsayed Alshariff  Muhammad bin Alsayed Hashim (asal Shubaika, Makkah) dan Hajah Mahzum binti Muhammad Salleh (adik Haji Hashim Imam).

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Moyang Haji Hashim Imam, Haji Muhammad Salleh, yang dikenali sebagai Muhammad Salleh Brunei atau Pengiran Muhammad Salleh,  adalah seorang menteri Kesultanan Melayu Brunei yang berasal dari Kadayan. Allahyarham meninggalkan Brunei dan berhijrah ke Pulau Pinang berikutan perbalahan mengenai waris Kesultanan Brunei. 

Haji Muhammad Salleh Brunei dikatakan membuka penempatan di Permatang Damar Laut dan kemudian Kampung Masjid, Bayan Lepas. 

Haji Hashim Imam dilahirkan pada 10 Julai 1870 di Bayan Lepas dan meninggal dunia pada 8 April 1948 di Sungai Pinang dan disemadikan di tanah perkuburan Islam Bayan Lepas. Ibunya bernama Hajah Fatimah binti Haji Kasa, asal Teluk Intan, Perak.