Friday, January 4, 2013

UC-Unified Communications Apps Website & Newsletter


This effort is designed to inform, advise, evaluate and warn about Unified Communications Apps for iPhone/iPads, Windows, Android, developers, issues and editorial.

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Aastra Mobile Client

https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs179/1102578441475/img/1716.jpgThe Aastra Mobile Client supports a wide range of mobile phones and smartphones popular with business users: Symbian OS S60 including Nokia, LG, and Samsung and BlackBerry RIM OS smartphones. The Aastra Mobile Client can easily be installed on mobile devices as an application via SMS or file download, using a straightforward activation imperceptible to the end user.  The Aastra Mobile Client further strengthens Aastra's comprehensive product portfolio which delivers mobility solutions (including DECT, SIP DECT, voice over WLAN and integrated Mobile Extension) to meet the needs of businesses of all sizes.   

Alcatel-Lucent IP Desktop Softphonet
 
https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs179/1102578441475/img/1719.jpgThe OmniTouch 8600 My Instant Communicator mobile edition delivers enterprise communication services to a wide range of single-mode (cellular) and dual-mode (cellular/WiFi) devices: RIM BlackBerry, Apple iPhone, Nokia Eseries, Microsoft Windows Mobile (Q3 2009) and Google Android.

Alcatel-Lucent OpenTouch 

https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs179/1102578441475/img/1718.jpgThe first iteration of OTC will support the Apple iPad, the most popular tablet device being used in enterprises today. The OTC will soon support multiple platforms including Windows and MacOS, Android, iOS, Blackberry, and Microsoft smartphones.

The intuitive "Face of Conversation" user interface provides effortless communication and collaboration with your community of favorites. Built-in presence and status information indicates reachability for you and your colleagues. Multi-media, whiteboard and document sharing resources can be easily folded into your conversation to enrich the communication experience. OpenTouch Conversation always puts you in control.


Cisco AnyConnect
 
https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs179/1102578441475/img/1713.jpgMake the VPN experience easier and more secure with the enhanced remote access technology of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client. This software builds on prior Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client offerings to improve the always-on VPN experience across more laptop and smartphone-based mobile devices, including laptops using Microsoft Windows 7. This client now universally supports IPv6.

 Cisco Global Internet Speed Test
 
https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs179/1102578441475/img/1714.jpg
Users can submit their test location enabling the global user community to learn the places with the fastest speeds and compare cellular and Wi-Fi speeds with iPhone, and Android users around the world.

User Speed Classifications
Web Grade (150Kbps - 449Kbps):
Your connection can support Web browsing, email, text messaging and other basic tasks.
Music Grade (450Kbps - 749Kbps):
Your connection is good enough for audio streaming or downloads and basic web browsing.
SD Video Grade (750Kbps - 1149 Kbps):
Your connection can support standard definition rich media content.
HD Video Grade (1150Kbps and Greater):
Your connection is strong enough to support high definition rich media content.


Google Voice

https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs179/1102578441475/img/1741.jpgGoogle Voice gives you one number for all your phones -- a phone number that is tied to you, not to a device or a location. Use Google Voice to simplify the way you use phones, make using voicemail as easy as email, customize your callers' experience, and more.
Google Voice isn't a phone service, but it lets you manage all of your phones. Google Voice works with mobile phones, desk phones, work phones, and VoIP lines. There's nothing to download, upload, or install, and you don't have to make or take calls using a computer.


HD Phone

https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs179/1102578441475/img/1724.jpgWith Full Activation the app supports all the calling features you have on your desk phone, including: Short-code/extension dialing, Call transfer and attended/announce transfer, Call forwarding, Three-way conferencing, Call history, Speakerphone and mute options.  In addition to your desk phone features the app offers: Call recording, with playback option integrated in to call history, Multitasking background support for iOS4, Customisable ringtones from our selection or from your iTunes library, iPhone contacts integration and contacts search function. 

iCall

https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs179/1102578441475/img/1739.jpgNo gimmicks. No hidden fees. Just incredible audio and video quality - for free. The download and the service are completely free. All that stands between you, HD-quality video calls, and a host of free features and apps is the big green button.  iOS 4.1 or newer or Android 3 or higher is required to run iCall. An external headset with a microphone is required for second-generation iPod Touch devices.


Intelli IM

https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs179/1102578441475/img/1723.jpgIntelli IM is a well-designed feature rich application that brings Mobility and Enterprise together. Intelli IM allows the end users to communicate with other enterprise users using Lync Server from their iPad. Intelli IM differs from other applications with some intelligent features like easy to use intuitive interface, Push Messaging, Time Zone, Location, Always ON, Smart Alerts, Programmable Status, Group Messaging and synchronization across iPad and iPhone.  

MobileMax

https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs179/1102578441475/img/1729.jpgMobile PBX / Business Features Business / Private calling, PBX features: Remote Office, Do not disturb, Call Forward, etc. VCC / Handover: Call Retrieve / Grab / Move, Mid Call PBX Menus - Conference calling, Call transfer etc. Mobile extension dialing, Corporate / Group Directory, Mobile UC: IM, Presence (XMPP & SIP),Telephony presence, Seamless Call Routing / Roaming solutions and Mobile VOIP softphone (WIFI, 3G/VoLTE), Click 2 call (seamless callback)


Polycomhttps://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs179/1102578441475/img/1743.jpg
 The RealPresence Mobile application is an easy-to-use video system that provides premium quality audio and visual experiences. Unlike proprietary applications, the RealPresence Mobile application is standards based and extends your organization's video network, giving you an engaging experience.


Qik
https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs179/1102578441475/img/1738.jpgCapture life moments wherever they happen using your mobile phone.  Videos are instantly uploaded to the web for sharing or safe-keeping. Share videos privately with family and friends, automatically post to social networks, or broadcast to blogs and video sites. Stay connected even when you are on the go with 2-way live video chats.  




Vocalocity

https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs179/1102578441475/img/1742.jpgIf you're looking for an ultra-basic phone system with standard VoIP features, you'll be happy to know that each of Vocalocity's small business phone system lines come loaded with dozens of standard features. We also offer plenty of other advanced features at no extra charge, but if you're just looking for a phone system with a reliable dial tone and some business-class applications, we've got you covered.


Xavy

https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs179/1102578441475/img/1721.jpgLync users across the globe can now participate in IM, Audio, Video, and Collaboration sessions including Meetings on mobile devices of their choice. Xavy is a cross-platform mobile extension to Microsoft OCS R2 and Lync With Xavy, processes implemented via Lync and OCS can now be extended to smartphones and tablets. Xavy is primarily meant for on-premise usage by enterprise users. Xavy can connect from within or outside a corporate firewall.    


Uniquity

https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs179/1102578441475/img/1725.jpgAndrexen Uniquity is a SIP mobility application available for IPhone, Ipad and Google Android.
Uniquity provides a business class service including 3way conferencing, all type of call transfers and a superior voice quality. Uniquity supports WiFi & 3G access when available.   



Tango

https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs179/1102578441475/img/1740.jpgIn fact, it's no longer accurate to call Tango a "video chat service" as we once did - it's now a social platform. The company has been slowly inching in this direction with the launch of video messaging and, more recently, text messaging. Today, it goes even further with the debut of photo-sharing features and its first in-app game, which Tango users can play together in real-time. 


Talkatone

https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs179/1102578441475/img/1727.jpgTalkatone turns your iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad or Android into a true Internet phone. It uses any data connection, WiFi or 3G/4G. You'll be able to have high-quality phone calls even when cell phone reception is spotty and won't use up any of your minutes. Download Talkatone if you haven't yet and we'll show you the full power of your iOS or Android device.   


Skype

https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs179/1102578441475/img/1737.jpgTalk to anyone else on Skype, anywhere in the world, for free with a Skype-to-Skype call. Catch up with your backpacking brother in Asia, check in with your boss away in the US - call any Skype contact for free   



MobileVOIP 
https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs179/1102578441475/img/1744.jpgWith MobileVOIP you can make cheap voip calls from your mobile phone. Make calls to any country you desire at the cheapest rates. MobileVOIP is currently supported on iPhones, Android phones BlackBerry, Windows Phones and Symbian phones. Simply download the free MobileVOIP app from your APP market and register with one of the supported Voip brands. 


Lync 
https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs179/1102578441475/img/1722.jpg

The Lync client for mobile phones and devices all require Office365/Lync Online account or on-premise Lync Server setup. Besides backend infrastructure updates and configuration settings*, users with Lync accounts must be enabled with the appropriate voice and mobility policy (where applicable). 
 

Line2

https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs179/1102578441475/img/1728.jpgStop carrying around two phones.  Keep your personal and professional lives separate on one phone, or turn an iPad or iPod into a phone. Get a dedicated line for your business
Pick a new number or transfer an existing number to add business-grade features to your mobile device.




IBM Sametime

https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs179/1102578441475/img/1735.jpgIBM Sametime® software is a social communications offering that is the evolution of unified communications (UC), providing integrated voice, data and video. It can be integrated with applications your workforce uses every day for easy access to enterprise instant messaging, online meetings, telephony, video conferencing and more-wherever they are working  


Good Connect
 
https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs179/1102578441475/img/1720.jpgGood Connect is an enterprise instant message (IM) and presence app that boosts communication and collaboration, protects corporate data, and respects employee privacy. Good Connect extends corporate IM platforms -like Microsoft Lync and OCS-to market-leading mobile devices without requiring a VPN, firewall holes, or servers in the DMZ. It delivers instant messaging, presence, and corporate directory lookup from an easy-to-use interface. 


goCall
 
https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs179/1102578441475/img/1726.jpggoCall is a service that gives you low cost data calls over 3G or Wi-Fi via the goCall smart phone app. 


Avaya one-X

https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs179/1102578441475/img/1736.jpgUsers can access enterprise communications from a wide selection of mobile devices, including high-end smart phones and tablets. A choice of one-X Mobile clients is available for popular platforms including Apple iPhone, Google Android, RIM BlackBerry, and Nokia/Symbian.
Through integration with Avaya one-X® Client Enablement Services, one-X Mobile users have access to a broad range of Unified Communications capabilities such as visual voicemail, corporate directory, aggregated presence, VIP lists, and synchronized call logs and contacts. Avaya one-X Mobile gives users single number/single identity for both inbound and outbound calls, even when using personal devices.



Avaya Flare

https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs179/1102578441475/img/1715.jpgAvaya Flare® Experience 1.0.0 for iPad app turns your iPad into a collaboration powerhouse. This fun and easy to use application extends the capabilities of your Avaya Aura Communications environment directly to your iPad. Stay connected to your enterprise while on the go with features that support audio, web based collaboration and more. 


AT&T Connect

https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs179/1102578441475/img/1745.jpgAT&T Connect solves complicated problems with smart collaboration services. The opportunities are limitless. AT&T Connect provides the forum for communication that you have been waiting for with a range of meeting types, sizes, and business situations such as use a smartphone to join a weekly call while away from the office, collaborate with a team of subject matter experts while viewing and updating a document, real-time, engage industry analysts around the world with a highly interactive Q&A session as your meeting concludes, train sales reps on how to deliver a new customer presentation and capture and report information on attendees to provide sales leads.

Thursday, January 3, 2013

HUBUNGAN YANG WUJUD DI ANTARA SUB-KONTRAKTOR(DOMESTIK) DENGAN KONTRAKTOR UTAMA


1.0 Pengenalan

Berdasarkan pengambilan sub-kontraktor maka suatu perjanjian akan dibentuk dalam menunjukkan wujudnya hubungan di antara kontraktor utama dengan sub-kontraktor. Hubungan di antara kontraktor utama dengan sub-kontraktor(domestik) wujud melalui pengambilan atau perlantikan yang dibuat oleh kontraktor utama dalam mendapatkan khidmat sub-kontraktor, dan membawa kepada perjanjian yang mengikat kedua-dua pihak. 

 Perjanjian yang dibuat berkisar mengenai kaedah yang digunakan seperti beberapa helaian kertas, resit harga dan sebagainya. Entri ini membincangkan hak dan tanggungjawab kedua-dua pihak, dan pembayaran kerja yang dilakukan oleh kontraktor utama kepada sub-kontraktor(domestik) berdasarkan faktor masa. Faktor masa yang dimaksudkan adalah pembayaran dalam masa dua minggu, sebulan dan sebagainya.

1.1 Hak Dan Tanggungjawab Sub-kontraktor(Domestik) Dan Kontraktor Utama

Secara amnya, hak dan tanggungjawab sub-kontraktor dan kontraktor utama berkisar tentang kontrak yang telah dipersetujui di antara mereka. Syarat-syarat kontrak yang terlibat ialah kontrak kerja subkontrak yang dibuat disamping kontrak utama. Selain peruntukan tersebut, kedua-dua pihak juga perlu mematuhi common law dan peruntukan oleh kerajaan (persekutuan, negeri dan kerajaan tempatan). Hak dan tanggungjawab yang akan dinyatakan seterusnya merupakan hak dan tanggungjawab yang sepatutnya dilakukan tetapi ia tertakluk kepada syarat-syarat yang ditandatangani atau dipersetujui di antara sub-kontraktor domestik dengan kontraktor utama. (Joseph R. Proctor Jr Member).

Hak dan tanggungjawab sub-kontraktor domestik dan kontraktor utama akan dinyatakan secara terperinci melalui dua keadaan iaitu:-

* Hak dan tanggungjawab sub-kontraktor terhadap kontraktor utama
* Hak dan tanggungjawab kontraktor utama terhadap sub-kontraktor

1.2 Hak Dan Tanggungjawab Sub-kontraktor(Domestik) Terhadap Kontraktor Utama

Hak dan tanggungjawab sub-kontraktor akan dibincangkan dalam dua keadaan iaitu hak sub-kontraktor yang terbahagi kepada beberapa bahagian dan disusuli oleh tanggungjawab sub-kontraktor. (Agreement And Conditions of Building Contract, 1995)

1.2.1 Hak Sub-kontraktor

Sub-kontraktor mempunyai hak tertentu apabila ia menandatangani kontrak dengan kontraktor utama di bawah peruntukan yang dinyatakan sebelum ini. Antara hak yang biasa diwujudkan di dalam sesuatu kontrak yang ada pada sub-kontraktor adalah seperti berikut:-
      
* Mendapat kemudahan melaksanakan kerja subkontrak
* Memperolehi bayaran
* Menangguh perlaksanaan kerja subkontrak
* Hak lanjutan masa

a) Mendapat kemudahan melaksanakan kerja subkontrak

Sub-kontraktor mempunyai hak untuk mendapatkan kemudahan melaksanakan kerja subkontrak daripada kontraktor utama. Kemudahan ini termasuklah kemudahan peralatan dan kemudahan pengurusan. Kemudahan peralatan ialah kemudahan menggunakan kelengkapan kontraktor utama untuk melaksanakan kerja subkontrak. Contohnya, kemudahan penyimpanan, jalan masuk, perancah, segala kelengkapan dan sebagainya. Manakala kemudahan pengurusan pula ia berbentuk kemudahan mendapatkan lukisan-lukisan kerja subkontrak, khidmat penyelia tapak, pejabat (jika perlu) dan lain-lain. Walaupun demikian bidang kemudahan yang diberikan bergantung kepada jenis subkontrak yang dibuat.

Jika subkontrak kerja keseluruhan digunakan maka hak untuk mendapatkan kemudahan hanya terhad kepada peralatan yang tertentu sahaja. Hal tersebut merangkumi hak menggunakan jalan masuk ke tapak, menggunakan perancah, bakalan air dan elektrik. Walaupun demikian, sub-kontraktor ini perlu membayar segala perbelanjaan / sewa tersebut jika diperuntukkan di dalam syarat kontrak. Manakala, sub-kontraktor buruh mempunyai hak yang lebih meluas berbanding sub-kontraktor kerja keseluruhan. Hak mendapat bahan dan peralatan yang sesuai serta kemudahan pengurusan perlu diberikan oleh kontraktor utama terhadap sub-kontraktor buruh berbanding sub-kontraktor keseluruhan.

Walau bagaimanapun, sub-kontraktor keseluruhan mempunyai hak yang sama di kalangan sub-kontraktor buruh. Jika berlaku ketidakadilan sehingga mengganggu perjalanan kerja subkontrak, mereka boleh mengadu hal kepada kontraktor utama untuk kemudahan yang lebih baik. Walaupun demikian sub-kontraktor tidak dapat mengambil tindakan dari segi kontrak kerana tiada peruntukan yang khusus. Ia hanya berlandaskan kaedah perikemanusiaan dan amalan biasa.

b) Memperolehi bayaran

Sub-kontraktor mempunyai hak untuk mendapat semua bayaran kerja subkontrak yang telah dilaksanakan dalam projek binaan tersebut. Bayaran yang dimaksudkan adalah seperti berikut:-
      
* Bayaran interim
* Bayaran tambahan di dalam perubahan kerja subkontrak 
* Bayaran kerugian disebabkan tindakan kontraktor utama.

Pelulusan pembayaran ini akan tertakluk kepada kerja subkontrak dilaksanakan. Jika tidak memenuhi syarat kontrak maka sub-kontraktor tidak layak menerima bayaran. Hak yang terlibat berkaitan dengan bayaran adalah seperti berikut:-

* Jumlah yang sewajarnya
* Tempoh sesuatu pembayaran
* Kaedah bayaran oleh kontraktor utama

Faktor di atas perlu dipertimbangkan oleh kontraktor utama secara adil dan saksama. Amalan biasa pembayaran hanya akan dibuat apabila sub-kontraktor menghantar tuntutan secara bertulis untuk mendapatkan bayaran kerja yang dilakukan oleh mereka.

c) Menangguh perlaksanaan kerja subkontrak

Sub-kontraktor juga mempunyai hak untuk menangguh kerja subkontrak jika tindakan kontraktor utama tidak mengikut kontrak asal. Antara sebabnya ialah kegagalan kontraktor membayar kerja subkontrak kepada sub-kontraktor tersebut.

d) Hak lanjutan masa

 Lanjutan masa juga boleh diperolehi oleh sub-kontraktor jika ia berpunca dari sebab-sebab yang munasabah. Kebiasaannya hak ini boleh diperolehi jika berlaku perkara yang tidak dapat dielakkan seperti yang tertulis di dalam kontrak utama.

1.2.2 Tanggungjawab sub-kontraktor

 Sub-kontraktor bertanggungjawab untuk melaksanakan kerja subkontrak yang telah diberikan seperti mana yang telah dijanjikan. Di bawah ini dinyatakan beberapa tanggungjawab yang biasa wujud di dalam subkontrak iaitu seperti berikut:-

* Pematuhan nilai kualiti
* Menjaga kepentingan awam
* Menjaga kebersihan tapak bina

a) Pematuhan nilai kualiti

Kualiti kerja subkontrak dan bahan yang digunakan perlu mengikut penentuan kontrak. Oleh yang demikian menjadi satu kewajipan kepada sub-kontraktor mendapatkan bahan dan melaksanakan kerja subkontrak dengan baik.

Namun demikian, sub-kontraktor kurang mengemari untuk mengikut arahan kontraktor utama kerana menjaga keuntungan dalam projek yang dijalankan.

b) Menjaga kepentingan awam

 Secara munasabah, sub-kontraktor sentiasa perlu memastikan kepentingan awam tidak terjejas akibat daripada kerja subkontrak yang dilaksanakannya. Secara langsung ia menjaga kepentingan kontraktor utama di dalam projek berkaitan. Kepentingan ini merangkumi kerosakan harta benda, keselamatan, keselesaan dan seumpamanya. Peruntukan dan syarat undang-undang yang berkaitan kepentingan awam perlu diikuti, contohnya peruntukkan oleh kerajaan tempatan.  
      
c) Menjaga Kebersihan Tapak Bina

Apa-apa lebihan atau buangan daripada sesuatu subkontrak yang dijalankan perlu dibersihkan semula oleh sub-kontraktor. Sub-kontraktor perlu memastikan hal ini dilakukan di akhir kerja subkontrak tanpa menjejaskan harta pihak lain di tapak bina. Jika tidak dilaksanakan kontraktor utama layak mengambil orang lain untuk melakukan obligasi itu dan potongan pembayaran akan dibuat mengikut perbelanjaan yang ditanggung. Walaupun demikian, sub-kontraktor tidak boleh dibebankan oleh pembersihan tapak akibat dari kerja pihak lain, contohnya sub-kontraktor lain.

3.3 Hak Dan Tanggungjawab Kontraktor Utama Terhadap Sub-kontraktor(Domestik)

Hak dan tanggungjawab kontraktor utama akan dibincangkan dalam dua keadaan iaitu hak kontraktor utama yang terbahagi kepada beberapa bahagian dan disusuli oleh tanggungjawab kontraktor utama. Perkara ini dijelaskan melalui Agreement And Conditions of Building Contract yang dikeluarkan oleh Persatuan Arkitek Malaysia.
   
1.3.1 Hak kontraktor utama

Kontraktor utama mempunyai hak tertentu apabila ia menandatangani kontrak dengan sub-kontraktor di bawah peruntukan yang dinyatakan sebelum ini. Antara hak yang biasa wujud di dalam sesuatu kontrak yang ada pada kontraktor utama adalah seperti berikut:-
      
* Memeriksa kerja subkontrak
* Menolak kerja subkontrak
* Memotong bayaran
* Mengambil sub-kontraktor lain
* Menamatkan kontrak

a) Memeriksa kerja subkontrak

Kontraktor utama mempunyai hak untuk memeriksa kerja subkontrak yang telah dilaksanakan oleh sub-kontraktor. Pemeriksaan boleh dibuat pada bila-bila masa diperlukan samada diminta oleh pegawai penguasa atau tidak. Walaupun demikian, hak ini hanya tertakluk kepada kerja subkontrak yang dilaksanakan sahaja. Pemeriksaan tidak boleh dibuat ke atas kelengkapan yang digunakan. Walaupun demikian, kontraktor utama boleh menasihati bagi penggunaan peralatan yang sesuai demi kepentingan kerja subkontrak berkenaan.

b) Menolak kerja subkontrak

Kerja subkontrak yang tidak mencukupi mutu yang ditetapkan dari segi bahan atau sumber yang digunakan, perlaksanaan dan hasil kerja, boleh ditolak oleh kontraktor utama. Penolakan ini boleh dibuat dalam bentuk keseluruhan atau sebahagian daripada kerja subkontrak berkenaan.

c) Memotong Bayaran

Hak memotong bayaran sebahagian daripada bayaran kemajuan merupakan wang tahanan boleh dilakukan oleh kontraktor utama. Walaupun demikian potongan wang tahanan janganlah melebihi daripada nilai peratusan yang diperuntukkan di dalam kontrak utama. Kontraktor utama juga berhak memotong sesuatu bayaran jika sub-kontraktor gagal memenuhi obligasinya. Oleh itu, sub-kontraktor harus melaksanakan kerja yang diamanahkan dengan sempurna dan berkesan.

d) Mengambil sub-kontraktor lain

Hak mengambil sub-kontraktor lain untuk menyelesaikan kerja yang tertangguh disebabkan sub-kontraktor pertama boleh digunakan oleh kontraktor utama. Segala bayaran yang berkaitan boleh dipotong daripada bayaran yang sepatutnya dibayar kepada sub-kontraktor pertama. Walaupun demikian, ia perlulah menyatakan atau membuktikan bahawa sub-kontraktor telah cuai sehingga menjejaskan kepentingan kontraktor utama dari pandangan pegawai penguasa atau pihak berkuasa.

e) Menamatkan kontrak

Penamatan kontrak boleh dibuat oleh kontraktor utama jika sub-kontraktor gagal menjalankan obligasi yang sepatutnya. Penamatan ini tertakluk kepada obligasi yang besar mengikut syarat subkontrak sahaja tetapi tidak meliputi yang kecil. Contohnya, sub-kontraktor gagal mengikuti arahan dari segi kualiti bahan dan sumber serta gagal memenuhi masa projek binaan yang ditetapkan. 

Oleh itu, kontraktor utama berhak mengugurkan subkontrak yang dibuat di antara mereka. Namun begitu, kontraktor utama kurang mengamalkan atau mempraktikkan cara sebegini kerana sikap terbukaan yang ditunjukkan, oleh yang demikian sub-kontraktor akan diberikan masa untuk menyelesaikan masalah yang dihadapi. (Perkara ini dijelaskan berrdasarkan Panduan Pentadbiran Kontrak Kerja Raya – 1985)

1.3.2 Tanggungjawab kontraktor utama

 Kontraktor utama bertanggungjawab terhadap sub-kontraktor berdasarkan subkontrak yang dibuat. Di bawah ini dinyatakan beberapa tanggungjawab yang diwujudkan dalam subkontrak yang dibuat di antara sub-kontraktor adalah seperti berikut:-

* Mengkoordinasikan sub-kontraktor
* Menyediakan kelengkapan kerja
* Menghubungkan sub-kontraktor dengan perunding
* Menyelesaikan masalah sub-kontraktor
* Mengawasi kerja sub-kontraktor

a) Mengkoordinasi Sub-kontraktor

Kontraktor utama mempunyai tanggungjawab untuk mengkoordinasikan semua sub-kontraktor di bawahnya. Langkah ini perlu dilakukan untuk memastikan perjalanan kerja subkontrak memenuhi kehendak kontrak utama dan subkontrak.

b) Menyediakan kelengkapan kerja

Kelengkapan kerja perlu disediakan oleh kontraktor utama kepada sub-kontraktor, terutamanya sub-kontraktor buruh. Kelengkapan yang disediakan mestilah mencukupi, sesuai dengan kerja dan produktif.

c) Menghubungkan sub-kontraktor dengan perunding

Kontraktor utama perlu menghubungkan sub-kontraktor di bawahnya dengan pihak perunding atau pegawai penguasa. Hal ini perlu dilakukan untuk memudahkan pemeriksaan dan pengiktirafan kerja subkontrak yang dilaksanakan.

d) Menyelesaikan masalah sub-kontraktor

Apa-apa masalah yang dihadapi oleh sub-kontraktor, berhubung dengan sub-kontraktor kerja perlulah diberikan perhatian oleh kontraktor utama. Kontraktor utama perlu menasihati dan menyelesaikan masalah yang dihadapi jika ianya berpunca daripada tindakannya. Ia akan menjamin kelancaran kerja dan kualiti serta hasil kerja yang dilaksanakan.

e) Mengawasi kerja subkontrak

Kontraktor utama juga perlu dari semasa ke semasa mengawasi kerja subkontrak yang dilaksanakan oleh sub-kontraktor. Sehubungan dengan itu, kontraktor utama perlu menyediakan wakil di tapak bina untuk memudahkan sub-kontraktor mendapatkan maklumat yang sepatutnya bagi keadaan di kawasan tersebut.

1.4 Bentuk Hubungan Kontrak

1.4.1 Lisan

Hubungan kontrak secara lisan ini sangat meluas digunakan oleh sub-kontraktor di Malaysia. Kontrak ini hanya digunakan untuk subkontrak yang berharga rendah iaitu di bawah RM 5000.00. Kontraktor utama tidak mengemari kaedah ini kerana penipuan sering berlaku. Walaupun demikian ia masih digunakan kerana memudahkan pengurusan di peringkat awal. Dimana, sub-kontraktor tidak perlu mengambil masa untuk menandatangani projek atau penyediaan dokumen yang hanya membuang masa dan kos.

Selain itu, kaedah ini mempunyai kelemahan yang ketara sekali semasa pembayaran kerja dibuat oleh kontraktor utama. Ini kerana, pertikaian boleh berlaku seandainya tiada bukti yang kukuh atau surat yang sah untuk kerja subkontrak dibuat tidak disertakan dalam pembayaran yang diminta kepada kontraktor utama. Di samping itu juga, kontraktor utama terpaksa berdepan dengan tanggungjawab apabila berlaku masalah terhadap projek binaan yang dibuat oleh sub-kontraktor tersebut. Ini kerana, tiada perjanjian yang dibuat menyatakan kerja-kerja membaikpulih akan ditanggung oleh sub-kontraktor. Oleh demikian, dapat dilihat dengan jelas bahawa bentuk hubungan yang diwujudkan amat berisiko.

1.4.2 Beberapa helaian kertas

Selain daripada lisan, bentuk perjanjian paling mudah digunakan ialah perjanjian di atas beberapa helaian kertas. Kontraktor utama dan sub-kontraktor akan membuat perbincangan terlebih dahulu sebelum perjanjian ditandatangani. Di dalam perjanjian ini, perkara berkaitan dengan harga dan skop kerja sahaja diterangkan. Hak dan tanggungjawab secara khusus tiada dinyatakan dengan jelas atau tiada langsung dinyatakan. 

1.4.3 Surat Tawaran

Surat tawaran daripada kontraktor utama yang ditandatangani oleh sub-kontraktor juga menjadi satu bentuk perjanjian subkontrak. Semua syarat yang dinyatakan di dalam surat tersebut biasanya telah dipersetujui oleh kontraktor utama dan sub-kontraktor di peringkat perbincangan lagi setelah sebutharga dinyatakan.

Perjanjian sebegini amat digemari oleh sub-kontraktor dan kontraktor utama. Sebaliknya, bentuk subkontrak ini mempunyai beberapa kelemahan iaitu berkaitan dengan hak dan tanggungjawab, dimana kontraktor utama dan sub-kontraktor gagal menunjukkan hak dan tanggungjawab yang jelas serta lengkap di antara mereka. 

1.4.4 Borang piawai syarikat

Penggunaan borang piawai syarikat selalu digunakan oleh syarikat kontraktor yang besar atau mempunyai kakitangan berkaitan dengan kontrak. Ia dibuat oleh kakitangan kontraktor utama, yang didasarkan kepada fasal di dalam borang yang ada di Malaysia. Borang piawai syarikat sebenarnya dicipta oleh syarikat atau kontraktor utama dalam membuat perjanjian subkontrak dengan sub-kontraktor lain. 

Secara dasarnya, perjanjian di dalam bentuk ini lebih baik dari bentuk yang telah dihuraikan di atas. Ia lebih jelas bidang hak dan tanggungjawab di antara kontraktor utama dengan sub-kontraktor, walaupun kesan berat sebelah mungkin berlaku kerana kontraktor utama yang mencipta fasal di dalamnya. Borang piawai syarikat yang dimaksudkan mungkin terkandung pelbagai perkara seperti lanjutan masa, pembayaran, arahan kerja dan sebagainya.

1.5 Kaedah Pembayaran Kemajuan Subkontrak

Kaedah pembayaran kemajuan subkontrak boleh dikelaskan dalam pelbagai cara iaitu seperti berikut:-

* Selepas dibayar oleh pegawai penguasa
* Selepas siap semua kerja subkontrak
* Dua minggu sekali
* Setiap bulan

Penerangan terperinci mengenai kaedah pembayaran kemajuan subkontrak akan dibincangkan di bahagian seterusnya. (Perkara ini dijelaskan berdasarkan Panduan Pentadbiran Kontrak Kerja Raya – 1985 yang dibuat oleh Jabatan Kerja Raya dan masih digunakan sehingga sekarang)

1.5.1 Selepas dibayar oleh pegawai penguasa

Di dalam bahasa Inggeris kaedah pembayaran ini dikenali sebagai pay after paid atau pay when paid. Pembayaran hanya akan dibuat oleh kontraktor utama apabila pegawai penguasa membayar kepadanya walaupun sub-kontraktor telah layak menerima pembayaran bagi kemajuan kerja subkontrak. Keadaan ini tidak mengambarkan keadilan kepada sub-kontraktor, sub-kontraktor seakan-akan lebih tertindas lagi apabila di dalam syarat yang dibuat dijelaskan bahawa pembayaran hanya akan dibuat apabila pegawai penguasa membayar kepada kontraktor utama ke atas kerja subkontrak yang telah dilaksanakan oleh sub-kontraktor.

Kontraktor utama berbuat demikian untuk mengelakkan masalah kekurangan aliran tunai terutamanya beberapa projek dilaksanakan serentak pada sesuatu masa. Sebaliknya, sub-kontraktor tidak mengemari kaedah ini kerana ia perlu menyediakan banyak modal di peringkat awal. Tidak keterlaluan dinyatakan di sini, masalah kekurangan modal akan berlaku kesan dari tindakan tersebut melainkan syarikat mempunyai aset cair yang besar.

1.5.2 Selepas siap semua kerja subkontrak

Pembayaran kemajuan akan dibayar selepas siap semua kerja subkontrak yang dilakukan oleh sub-kontraktor tersebut. Kebiasaannya kerja subkontrak yang terlibat adalah dalam jumlah yang kecil, disebabkan itu pembayaran dilakukan selepas siap projek binaan. Kaedah ini sangat sesuai bagi kerja subkontrak dalam jangkamasa pendek iaitu tidak melebihi dua minggu. Jika melebihi dua minggu, kaedah ini tidak sesuai kerana ia akan menimbulkan masalah kekurangan modal oleh sub-kontraktor seperti yang telah dijelaskan sebelum ini.

1.5.3 Dua minggu sekali

Sub-kontraktor buruh sahaja perlu dibayar oleh kontraktor utama setiap dua minggu sekali untuk kerja subkontrak yang sedang dibina. Ini kerana pembayaran yang dibuat oleh kontraktor utama kepada sub-kontraktor buruh merupakan gaji pekerja yang disubkontrakkan. Cara ini adalah yang terbaik bagi menjaga kebajikan pekerja untuk penghidupan mereka sehari-hari. Kebiasaannya pekerja yang dibayar gaji dengan cara ini melakukan kerja-kerja seperti kerja konkrit, batu-bata, kerja kayu, kerja tetulang besi dan sebagainya. Sebaliknya bagi sub-kontraktor buruh yang terlibat dalam pertukangan khas akan dibayar setiap bulan. 

1.5.4 Setiap bulan

Pembayaran kemajuan berdasarkan setiap bulan digunakan bagi kerja subkontrak yang panjang tempohnya. Sub-kontraktor kerja keseluruhan dan sub-kontraktor buruh pertukangan khas akan dibayar setiap bulan berpandukan penilaian kerja yang dihantar. Kontraktor utama akan melihat hasil kerja yang dilakukan setiap bulan maka pembayaran akan dibuat oleh kontraktor utama berdasarkan kerja yang dilaksanakan. Perkara yang sama juga berlaku kepada kontraktor utama dimana pihak berkuasa akan datang melihat hasil kerja sebelum pembayaran dibayar kepada kontraktor utama.

Keseluruhan kaedah pembayaran di atas akan tertakluk kepada tuntutan pembayaran kemajuan kerja subkontrak yang dipohon oleh sub-kontraktor. Sub-kontraktor berhak memjelaskan keupayaan kontraktor utama dalam cara pembayaran yang akan dilakukan. Ia juga tertakluk kepada pelulusan penilaian kerja atau hasil kerja yang disembahkan, berkemungkinan sub-kontraktor akan meminta lebih pembayaran daripada yang sepatutnya. (Perkara ini dijelaskan oleh En Azhar Kahar berdasarkan temuramah yang dilaksanakan)

1.6 Rumusan

Kesimpulannya,  Hubungan di antara kontraktor utama dengan sub-kontraktor wujud melalui pengambilan atau perlantikan yang dibuat oleh kontraktor utama dalam mendapatkan khidmat sub-kontraktor, dan membawa kepada perjanjian yang mengikat kedua-dua pihak. 

Secara lumrahnya, tanggungjawab dan hak yang membawa kepada wujudnya hubungan di antara satu pihak dengan pihak yang lain. Oleh itu, dalam hubungan sub-kontraktor(domestik) dengan kontraktor utama perkara yang utama adalah tanggungjawab dan hak di antara satu sama lain yang telah dibincangkan serta dijelaskan dalam ini. Perbincangan dalam bab ini berkisarkan mengenai tanggungjawab dan hak kontraktor utama berserta sub-kontraktor(domestik) dalam hubungan yang dibuat di antara mereka. 

 Antaranya perjanjian lisan, helaian kertas, borang kontrak syarikat dan sebagainya. Perjanjian ini akan membuktikan di antara satu sama lain bahawa mereka sudah menjalinkan hubungan dalam kontrak, maka mereka perlu menjalankan kewajipan atau kerja yang diamanahkan bersesuaian dengan kehendak kontrak. Akhir sekali, bab ini juga membincangkan tentang pembayaran kerja yang dilakukan oleh kontraktor utama kepada sub-kontraktor(domestik) berdasarkan faktor masa. Faktor masa yang dimaksudkan adalah pembayaran dalam masa dua minggu, sebulan dan sebagainya.

Objektif Pengurusan Projek


Pengurusan merupakan suatu bidang yang luas skopnya meliputi pengurusan sumber, pengurusan maklumat, pengurusan projek dan sebagainya.  Setiap bidang pengurusan ini mempunyai objektif-objektif tersendiri yang ingin dicapai.

 Pengurusan projek seperti mana juga pengurusan-pengurusan lain mempunyai objektifnya yang tersendiri. Jadi, untuk sesebuah pengurusan projek itu dikatakan berjaya, objektif-objektif ini mestilah dipenuhi terlebih dahulu.

Objektif-objektif di dalam pengurusan projek adalah:

i) Masa

Faktor masa memainkan peranan yang penting di dalam sesuatu projek, kerana setiap projek telah ditetapkan tempoh siapnya.  Maka objektif pengurusan projek yang berjaya yang utama adalah untuk memastikan  sesuatu projek itu disiapkan dalam tempoh minimum atau lingkungan jangka masa yang telah ditetapkan.

ii) Kualiti/Mutu kerja

Walaupun projek pembinaan tersebut siap di dalam tempoh yang ditetapkan, kualiti di dalam kerja-kerja pembinaan perlu juga di titikberatkan.  Jadi, objektif pengurusan projek yang kedua ialah memastikan projek yang diurus mengikut spesifikasi dan kualiti yang diharapkan  supaya memenuhi kehendak pelanggan.

iii) Kos

 Selain masa, kos juga antara faktor yang terhad di dalam sesuatu projek pembinaan.  Oleh yang demikian, kos sesuatu projek mestilah di uruskan dengan baik bagi memastikan jumlah kos di akhir projek tidak melebihi perancangan asal yang telah diperuntukkan.

Monday, December 17, 2012

Friday, December 14, 2012

Project Management


Thursday, November 22, 2012

CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGER RESPONSIBILITIES


Every capital project manager must be able to perform the following tasks

1. Keep the projects moving.
Delays cost money and don’t add value to the project.

2. Maintain status of change orders. (i.e. funding, estimates, time)
Keep pressure on contractor and designer to act promptly.
Obtain funds in a timely manner

3. Negotiate change orders and write recommendation letters.
Document reasonableness of changes (both price and time extensions).

4. Document contract actions such as directions to contractors or clarifications for designers.
Verbal directions must always be confirmed in writing.

5. Authorize field changes not to exceed $xxx (dollar limit set by your boss)
Document your action.

6. Review the following submittals:
Plans and specifications – review for accuracy and possible changes.
Monthly invoices – review for acceptance after designer certifies.
Progress schedules – review for owner actions and update progress.
Schedule of values – review for accuracy and no front end loading.
Shop drawings, samples – review for compliance with owner’s requirements.
Safety and Quality Control plans – review for critical items.

7. Coordinate activities of customer; contractors; designers via:
Preconstruction conference
Daily contacts with field supervisors
Project status meetings (changes pending, submittals, RFI, action pending, schedule status)
Project completion and turnover (punch list completion, ensure compliance with contract requirements for training, warrantee, record drawings, etc.).

8. Routinely inspect jobs for safety and quality.
Look for potential accidents affecting off site personnel.
Look for compliance with change order work.

9. Notify the boss of situations involving:
Accidents
Utility outages
Construction quality deficiencies
Potential change orders involving time or money
Situations involving reprimand or censure
Any controversial matters (crime, arguments)

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Malware uses Google Docs as proxy to command and control server


Security researchers from antivirus vendor Symantec have uncovered a piece of malware that uses Google Docs, which is now part of Google Drive, as a bridge when communicating with attackers in order to hide the malicious traffic.
The malware—a new version from the Backdoor.Makadocs family—uses the Google Drive “Viewer” feature as a proxy for receiving instructions from the real command and control server. The Google Drive Viewer was designed to allow displaying a variety of file types from remote URLs directly in Google Docs.
“In violation of Google’s policies, Backdoor.Makadocs uses this function to access its C&C [command in control] server,” said Symantec researcher Takashi Katsuki, Friday in a blog post.
It’s possible that the malware author used this approach in order to make it harder for network-level security products to detect the malicious traffic, since it will appear as encrypted connections—Google Drive uses HTTPS by default—with a generally trusted service, Katsuki said.
“Using any Google product to conduct this kind of activity is a violation of our product policies,” a Google representative said Monday via email. “We investigate and take action when we become aware of abuse.”
Backdoor.Makadocs is distributed with the help of Rich Text Format (RTF) or Microsoft Word (DOC) documents, but does not exploit any vulnerability to install its malicious components, Katsuki said. “It attempts to pique the user’s interest with the title and content of the document and trick them into clicking on it and executing it.”
Like most backdoor programs, Backdoor.Makadocs can execute commands received from the attacker’s C&C server and can steal information from the infected computers.
However, one particularly interesting aspect of the version analyzed by Symantec researchers is that it contains code to detect if the operating system installed on the target machine is Windows Server 2012 or Windows 8, which were released by Microsoft in September and October respectively.
The malware doesn’t use any function that’s unique to Windows 8, but the presence of this code suggests that the analyzed variant is relatively new, Katsuki said.
Other strings from the malware’s code and the names of the bait documents suggest that it’s being used to target Brazilian users. Symantec currently rates the distribution level of the malware as low.

ISLAM THE PETRO-DOLLAR AND BEYOND (Part 1)

Our conference must ensure that we explain issues relating to ‘money’ in a manner that can be readily understood, not just by those present in this gathering here in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, but also by the hapless multitudes around the world who know little or nothing of this subject, and who look to us for guidance; hence an imperative of ensuring both simplicity and clarity, while avoiding the use of technical jargon. I avoid it to such extent that you will not hear even the words ‘fiat money’ in my presentation.

We must however, provide an adequate explanation of the term ‘Petro-dollar’ since our view is that it is clearly present in a Hadith of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah Most High be upon him) on which this paper is based. We must reveal the staggering role that it has played and still plays, in sustaining today’s unjust monetary system, as well as the equally unjust international banking system. Both the international monetary system and the international banking system are absolutely unique phenomena in human economic and monetary history. In other words no one in history has ever experienced the unique injustice and oppression that mankind now experiences in the worlds of money and banking. This, perhaps, explains the strange ignorance of the reality of modern money and banking. 

Our view is that petro-money has an even more sinister role to play in the new monetary system that will emerge to replace the present one, consequent upon the demise of the US dollar; but more about that later. 

The monstrously unjust roles that the international monetary system and the international banking system have played, and still play, in the affairs of the world today, cannot be adequately explained if we restrict ourselves to purely economic and monetary analysis. Rather there are important non-economic and monetary questions which must also be answered if we are to fully understand this subject. For example, gold and silver have continuously functioned as money all through human history until modern western civilization emerged with an agenda of establishing its dominion over the rest of the world. Western wars of aggression then led to colonization of much of the non-European world. 

• Is it by accident or by design that decolonization resulted in the rest of the non-European world becoming part of a mysterious and ominous new European monetary system in which, for the first time in human history, mankind was prohibited by international law from using gold as money, and in which money with intrinsic value was replaced by money with no intrinsic value? 

• Is it by accident or by design that the new European monetary system supported a European banking system which together operated in such wise that they and their clients grew incredibly wealthy while the rest of world was imprisoned in increasing poverty and destitution? 

• Has that economic impoverishment lead to political servitude? 

• Is it true or is it false that modern political servitude invariably implies conformity with a Zionist agenda? 

• Is it by accident or by design that European Zionist Jews and Zionist Christians have a firm control over that monetary and international banking system and are using it to the advantage of the state of Israel?

• Is it by accident or by design that the modern secular west continued the Jihad (known as the crusades) waged by medieval Christian Europe to liberate the Holy Land from Muslim rule, until success was finally achieved in 1917? Why did non-European Christians refrain from participating in an ostensibly Christian Jihad? Why did western European Christians fight their eastern Christian brothers-in-faith while making their way (in a Christian Jihad) to the Holy Land?

• Is it by accident or by design that the West then presided over the birth of a State of Israel in the Holy Land some 2000 years after Holy Israel was destroyed by divine decree, and the Jews were then brought back (by hook and by crook) to reclaim the Holy Land as their own some 2000 years after they were expelled from it by divine decree? Are all of the above taking place by accident or by design in order that Israel might eventually be able to establish itself as the ruling State in the world? Why would Israel want to rule the world?

The Qur’an has declared that it explains all things:
…..ÙˆَÙ†َزَّÙ„ْÙ†َا عَÙ„َÙŠْÙƒَ الْÙƒِتَابَ تِبْÙŠَانًا Ù„ِّÙƒُÙ„ِّ Ø´َÙŠْØ¡ٍ ÙˆَÙ‡ُدًÙ‰ ÙˆَرَØ­ْÙ…َØ©ً ÙˆَبُØ´ْرَÙ‰ Ù„ِÙ„ْÙ…ُسْÙ„ِÙ…ِينَ 

“……for one Day We shall raise up within every community a witness against them from among themselves. And thee [too, O Prophet,] have We brought forth to bear witness regarding those [whom thy message may have reached], inasmuch as We have bestowed from on high upon thee, step by step, this divine writ, to make all things clear (i.e., to explain all things), and to provide guidance and grace and a glad tiding unto all who have surrendered themselves to Allah.
(Qur’an, al-Maidah, 16:89)

Our books and lectures on the subject of Islamic Eschatology – in particular our books entitled ‘Jerusalem in the Qur’an’ and ‘The Gold Dinar and Silver Dirham – Islam and the Future of Money’ - offer answers derived from the Qur’an and Hadith to all of the above questions.

What these answers indicate is there is an eschatological dimension to the subject of contemporary world affairs which is absolutely indispensible for a proper understanding of the subjects of money and banking. At the heart of that explanation is the return of the true Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary (peace and blessings of Allah Most High be upon them both) who would rule the world from Jerusalem, and the advent of a false Messiah who would attempt, prior to his return, to impersonate the true Messiah. In order to successfully impersonate the true Messiah he would have to:

• liberate the Holy Land for the Jews, 
• bring the Jews back to the Holy Land to reclaim it as their own,
• restore a State of Israel in the Holy Land and deceive the Jews into embracing it as Holy Israel, and 
• Cause that imposter Israel to become the ruling State of the world.
I recognize Dajjal the false Messiah as the actor responsible for all of the above. As a consequence of our Islamic Eschatology we were able to understand why it was that events unfolding in the world for quite some time now have all been preparatory for the establishment of Zionist-controlled world government, world economy, and universal currency, etc. 

Our eschatology also allowed us to recognize petro-money to be located at the very heart of Dajjal’s quest to rule the world. 

To Be Continued Insha'Allah...

[Edited by Deen Uz Zaman Choudhury, 
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ISLAM THE PETRO-DOLLAR AND BEYOND (Part 1)
By
Imran N. Hosein 

Our conference must ensure that we explain issues relating to ‘money’ in a manner that can be readily understood, not just by those present in this gathering here in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, but also by the hapless multitudes around the world who know little or nothing of this subject, and who look to us for guidance; hence an imperative of ensuring both simplicity and clarity, while avoiding the use of technical jargon. I avoid it to such extent that you will not hear even the words ‘fiat money’ in my presentation  
We must however, provide an adequate explanation of the term ‘Petro-dollar’ since our view is that it is clearly present in a Hadith of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah Most High be upon him) on which this paper is based. We must reveal the staggering role that it has played and still plays, in sustaining today’s unjust monetary system, as well as the equally unjust international banking system. Both the international monetary system and the international banking system are absolutely unique phenomena in human economic and monetary history. In other words no one in history has ever experienced the unique injustice and oppression that mankind now experiences in the worlds of money and banking. This, perhaps, explains the strange ignorance of the reality of modern money and banking. 

Our view is that petro-money has an even more sinister role to play in the new monetary system that will emerge to replace the present one, consequent upon the demise of the US dollar; but more about that later.  

The monstrously unjust roles that the international monetary system and the international banking system have played, and still play, in the affairs of the world today, cannot be adequately explained if we restrict ourselves to purely economic and monetary analysis. Rather there are important non-economic and monetary questions which must also be answered if we are to fully understand this subject. For example, gold and silver have continuously functioned as money all through human history until modern western civilization emerged with an agenda of establishing its dominion over the rest of the world. Western wars of aggression then led to colonization of much of the non-European world. 

• Is it by accident or by design that decolonization resulted in the rest of the non-European world becoming part of a mysterious and ominous new European monetary system in which, for the first time in human history, mankind was prohibited by international law from using gold as money, and in which money with intrinsic value was replaced by money with no intrinsic value? 
• Is it by accident or by design that the new European monetary system supported a European banking system which together operated in such wise that they and their clients grew incredibly wealthy while the rest of world was imprisoned in increasing poverty and destitution? 
• Has that economic impoverishment lead to political servitude? 
• Is it true or is it false that modern political servitude invariably implies conformity with a Zionist agenda? 
• Is it by accident or by design that European Zionist Jews and Zionist Christians have a firm control over that monetary and international banking system and are using it to the advantage of the state of Israel?
• Is it by accident or by design that the modern secular west continued the Jihad (known as the crusades) waged by medieval Christian Europe to liberate the Holy Land from Muslim rule, until success was finally achieved in 1917? Why did non-European Christians refrain from participating in an ostensibly Christian Jihad? Why did western European Christians fight their eastern Christian brothers-in-faith while making their way (in a Christian Jihad) to the Holy Land?
• Is it by accident or by design that the West then presided over the birth of a State of Israel in the Holy Land some 2000 years after Holy Israel was destroyed by divine decree, and the Jews were then brought back (by hook and by crook) to reclaim the Holy Land as their own some 2000 years after they were expelled from it by divine decree?  Are all of the above taking place by accident or by design in order that Israel might eventually be able to establish itself as the ruling State in the world? Why would Israel want to rule the world?

 The Qur’an has declared that it explains all things:
…..ÙˆَÙ†َزَّÙ„ْÙ†َا عَÙ„َÙŠْÙƒَ الْÙƒِتَابَ تِبْÙŠَانًا Ù„ِّÙƒُÙ„ِّ Ø´َÙŠْØ¡ٍ ÙˆَÙ‡ُدًÙ‰ ÙˆَرَØ­ْÙ…َØ©ً ÙˆَبُØ´ْرَÙ‰ Ù„ِÙ„ْÙ…ُسْÙ„ِÙ…ِينَ 

“……for one Day We shall raise up within every community a witness against them from among themselves. And thee [too, O Prophet,] have We brought forth to bear witness regarding those [whom thy message may have reached], inasmuch as We have bestowed from on high upon thee, step by step, this divine writ, to make all things clear (i.e., to explain all things), and to provide guidance and grace and a glad tiding unto all who have surrendered themselves to Allah.
(Qur’an, al-Maidah, 16:89)

Our books and lectures on the subject of Islamic Eschatology – in particular our books entitled ‘Jerusalem in the Qur’an’ and ‘The Gold Dinar and Silver Dirham – Islam and the Future of Money’ - offer answers derived from the Qur’an and Hadith to all of the above questions.

What these answers indicate is there is an eschatological dimension to the subject of contemporary world affairs which is absolutely indispensible for a proper understanding of the subjects of money and banking.  At the heart of that explanation is the return of the true Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary (peace and blessings of Allah Most High be upon them both) who would rule the world from Jerusalem, and the advent of a false Messiah who would attempt, prior to his return, to impersonate the true Messiah. In order to successfully impersonate the true Messiah he would have to:

• liberate the Holy Land for the Jews, 
• bring the Jews back to the Holy Land to reclaim it as their own,
• restore a State of Israel in the Holy Land and deceive the Jews into embracing it as Holy Israel, and 
• Cause that imposter Israel to become the ruling State of the world.
I recognize Dajjal the false Messiah as the actor responsible for all of the above.  As a consequence of our Islamic Eschatology we were able to understand why it was that events unfolding in the world for quite some time now have all been preparatory for the establishment of  Zionist-controlled world government, world economy, and universal currency, etc.  

Our eschatology also allowed us to recognize petro-money to be located at the very heart of Dajjal’s quest to rule the world. 

To Be Continued Insha'Allah...
 
[Edited by Deen Uz Zaman Choudhury, 
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