25 YEARS ANNIVERSARY CLASS 1986, SEKOLAH RENDAH KEBANGSAAN KAMPUNG TUNKU

On 26 February 2011, I blogged at HERE on Class of 1986, Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Kampung Tunku Facebook group page initiated by Brian Melling to gather all old school mate in conjunction with 25 years post-primary school! They should all be very old by now......

Since then, the organizing committee below has been very busy with the invitation and preparation for a Grand Re-Union on 28 May 2011. Regrettably, I was not able to attend!!! Usually, I would never missed these sort of re-union. Those were the day when nobody gave two hoots to who you are and who you are connected to yada yadaa...

 Left: Ellay Hasnul Nadzrin Shah, Muhd Ikmal Mohamed, Shake Faisal, Dom Abdullah, Brian Melling, Zairul Hisham Zubir, Ramanesh Keith Nair, Reena Raghavan, Ilyas Yahya

After 25 years, I have to admit it was not easy to remember, recognise and identify these friends. Some have grown alot taller.. and some quite wide. So let me see if I can remember some faces from pictures cetak-rompak from SRK Kampung Tunku close & secret group.. Oops... is it a secret?

To commemorate the event, souvenirs were prepared.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY www.ARMINBANIAZ.com aka STAY TUNE !!!

7 June 2008 was www.ArminBaniaz.com or Stay Tune's birthday!! My blog celebrated its 3rd year anniversary on Tuesday, 2 days ago and I had completely forgotten about it.

I've been blogging for already 3 years!!! Can you beat that? I cant believe it either!!! Three years since my first blog posted at HERE.. !! I am overwhelmed at the response received from friends and followers. I am touch and appreciate all the support extended to me in keeping this blog. From a ZERO traffic counter, now Stay Tune had clocked 212,000 traffic todate. You readers motivated me so much that at times, someone was even jealous at the attention given to the blog rather than her.. him.. them?

Thiking what to eat.....?

Todate, the blog turns 3 years old with 562 articles written & published. There were no plagiarism and everything that was written was from personal passion in life which ranges from family & friends, health & fitness to business & politics.

How to celebrate the blog's 3rd birthday? Hmm.. What do you think I should do?

I think a minor indulgence with a few Durians, KFCs, movie @ cinema-thons, a chocolate cake, haagen daz ice cream, Mega Mac burger, rib-eye steak at Las Vacas should do the trick.. That sounds more like ME? eh... it is me!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Stay Tune & www.arminbaniaz.com

and while we celebrate Stay Tune's birthday two days belated... James Fong grew a year older today and celebrated his birthday at the CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP at Subang Jaya USJ1 with the instructors and closest of friends. Of course, he had to cut the cake the COCB STYLE..... on squat hold!

WHY DO YOU JOIN THE CHIEF ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP?

People joined the CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP for various reasons. Once, there was a couple known as James Fong & Chan Meng Yam whom first joined the COBC to prepare themselves to conquer the Pinnacles at Mulu Caves.  Then there were some idiots (err me Armin Baniaz Pahamin & Nawal Aini Zulkifli) who climbed up the Mt Kinabalu in August 2010 for the second time (and still at COBC to preparation for a third climb?) alongside 20 other bootcampers namely Ili liyana Baharon, Ilyanna Aylin Ayob, Syed Mahadzir Syed Manshor, Abu Lais Walli Mohamed, Anita Ahmad, Nawal Aini Zulkifli, Dr Malek Aziz, Farhanah Bamadhaj, Suriana Saiful, Danial Ismail, Faizal Ariff Abdullah, Nyna Mohsen, Rose Emini Pahamin, Farhan Ashroq, Adibah Syazni, Ahmad Afif Zamri, Mohd Arif Taqiyuddin, Wan Nurshazlina Wan Mohd Samsudin and Hyrene Erwina who trained hard at COBC and successfully conquered Mt Kinabalu peak for the first time last year.

Recently, we at the CHIEF's were proud at Haidar Akma and Noora Ann whom struggled through the bad weather, ignored their body fatique and climbed up to bring the NEW COBC Tee shirt at the highest peak in South East Asia!

SASUKE MALAYSIA- THE CHALLENGE DAY 2!!!

SASUKE MALAYSIA completed approx 70 contestants on Day 1 and another 50 contestants to compete today to qualify for the Finals in conjunction with PERHIMPUNAN 1 JUTA BELIA DI HARI BELIA !!! To qualify for finals the contestant MUST complete the full course of 5 obstacles. The contestants came from various background from Karate champion, Taekwondo champion, national athletes, Aikido, Parkoar, Ninjutsu, marathoners, gymnast, boxer and rumours has it, there were a few superheroes that flew from Krypton and other galaxy to compete!!! Yesterday Ultraman flew all the way from his hometown to compete!!

Today is also the day Dato Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek organised a gathering of 1 million belia at Putrajaya!! There were various stalls and display of various exhibitions at PUTRAJAYA... Upon arrival, I stumbled upon fleets of military, police and fire brigade showcasing their force and me... being an owner of a military-inspired group outdoor CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP at BANDAR UTAMA, DAMANSARA HEIGHTS & SUBANG JAYA.. I could not resist camwhoring with the real Military personnel. To my surprise, the soldier knew of SASUKE and asked how can he compete too!!! He asked for my card and I handed to him with my personal contact number. ZAI JOHARI!!!!! Lets invite the military for next season YaaHoooo.. I think we should also invite representatives from the police, fire brigade and also the ministry of defense... That would make it really hardcore!

SASUKE MALAYSIA- THE CHALLENGE!!!! DAY 1

For the first time in Malaysian history, an obstacle challenge was build, designed, constructed & park smack right infront of the Palace of Justice in Putrajaya. There was a slight inevitable delay due to a heavy downpour this morning and the first contestant began at 10am. The CHIEF ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP team came clad sexy in the training t'shirt. Spotted near the obstacle structure, the legendary Makoto Nagano from Japan. Makoto Nagano had attempted the Sasuke Japan Challenge more than 20 times.

As always, Click on picture to enlarge.

 My team from the CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP!! From Left: Joe Liew, Rose Emini Pahamin, Norliza Mohd Khalid, Mohd Azhari, Ody Nurfuadi Ruzalli, Nawal Aini Zulkifli, 

Daing Daniel Fitri (in Red). Chun Chia Kai (in Red), Armin Baniaz Pahamin (Me), 

Raja Affandi Raja Jamaluddin, Wan Hazriq.  

HEALTH AWARENESS PROGRAM AT MURPHY OIL CORPORATION

26 May 2011. If there is any company that is worth being complimented, it must be the MURPHY OIL CORPORATION. Murphy Oil entered the Fortune 100 as world fastest growing company at no #78 in 2006 and being big, i mean huge...  does not take their focus away from 'Safety & Health Awareness' having organised a full day affair for Safety at work & health awareness!! Yes, big pocket always equals to big sinful food and that is where we the CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP came in.

Ali Kadir, Murphy Safety Engineer was the man responsible for promoting the safety and health awareness. We, via Ahmad azri were invited to make aware the importance of health to the orang minyak.. err I mean... you know what i mean.

The employees at Murphy Oil were divided into two sessions to fit into Hall 3, Level 3 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC). More than 300 employees were expected to attend the 'Safety & Health Awareness program and they were divided into two sessions with one seession starts at 8am to 12:00pm and the second session from 1pm to 5pm. We conducted the workout section for Murphy Oil the CHIEF's style for both morning and evening session.

Below are snapshots of the 'healthy' event....  (Click on Picture to enlarge)

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN- SASUKE MALAYSIA

ITS THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!!!!!!! In a few hours, 100 participants will try their luck to be Malaysia's first SASUKE WARRIOR!! As the last countdown, I am pleased to collate and display here some of the participant's training video clips!!

But before that, let us first view the legendary 'SASUKE All-Star' MAKOTO NAGANO's video. MAKOTO NAGANO 39 years old is also known as the World Strongest Fisherman is here in Malaysia to witness Malaysia's first SASUKE MALAYSIA 2011!!! For those who do not know who is MAKOTO NAGANO.. see the video for yourself or click HERE for more details!!



ADRIAN TAN.. a ballet dancer who train on TRX, Kettleball and WOMEN? like this i also want to train lar...

THE COWBOYS AND COWGIRLS PARTY!!!! PART 1

Once upon a time, deep in the red river valley of Klang.. err I mean Klang Valley, Doc Holiday, an accomplished to Wyatt Earp arrived at a restaurant at Damansara Hill (direct translation of Bukit Damansara)

Doc Holiday or full name John Malek Doc Holiday Aziz was an American gambler, gunfighter and dentist of the American Old West, who is usually remembered for his friendship with Wyatt Earp and his involvement in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral as well as their partnership at the CHIEF ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP. For Doc Holiday's full story, click HERE.

Rumours has it, there will be a gatherings of hardcore untamed cowboys and girls converted into military inspired recruits!!! Legend has it Wyatt Earp, Doc Holiday and Billy the kid are all still alive and are actually working together in a fine display of solidarity at a Military Inspired Camp known as the CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP in Malaysia!!! They are now united with other 'lawmen' to convert the cowboys and girls into a military shaped hot physiques!

That is so true!!!

SPOTTED Doc Holiday (right) with lawman Corp Chun Pat Garret Chia Kai (left).

Pat Garret, also known as Patrick "Pat" Floyd Garret, was a lawman of the American Old West and bartender and a customs agent. He was also the sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico.

UP CLOSE & PERSONAL WITH JAMES FONG & CHAN MENG YAM, CHIEF ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP PIONEER MEMBER & OTAI!!

Part 3 of many series as a countdown to 1 year CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP ANNIVERSARY!! Part 1: Lilian Lee, Part 2: John Chuah.

People joined the CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP for various reasons. Some does it for health purpose, some does it to be fit, some does it to lose weight and some does it because they were forced to (err... not by me except for some few friends). Some joined the COBC to force themselves to workout because that is also what I did. Simply surrender myself to the program for one full hour, three times a week.

Delta, 3 times voted the Spirit of Bootcamp & 8 Weeks Challenge finalist James Fong and hot ass Chan Meng Yam joined the COBC 11 months ago to prepare themselves to conquer the Pinnacles at Mulu Caves. Recalling their first experience in June 2010 last year, James Fong and Chan Meng Yam were both an owl being quite wide awake and was out everywhere drinking, dining & partying at night but their lifestyle change when they forced themselves to sleep early in fear of what workout Sarge (COBC) Dann was going to prescribe the next day.

UP CLOSE & PERSONAL WITH JOHN CHUAH, CHIEF ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP PIONEER MEMBER & OTAI!!

Writing about Chief's Otaiis will not be complete without writing about John Chuah.. yaaa.. he has that bragging right at the CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP (COBC) solely because he is a living evidence that determination pays!! I first met John Chuah on FACEBOOK when he was deliberating to join the bootcamp or otherwise. When John Chuah first heard about the bootcamp, he took the courage to register and participate but had a storm of butterflies as it gets nearer to the actual start. He drove and park his car at one junction and 'spy' on what we do while training which is actually not a good idea. Having 'saw' what we do..... and calculating his age to the intensity algebra, he almost 'chicken out'.. almost backed-out but was convince when someone told him that the oldest participant was 57 years old.

Below was his video taken last year.. notice how lean he is compare to before.

5 DAYS COUNTDOWN TO SASUKE MALAYSIA

It is only another 5 days Countdown to SASUKE MALAYSA, an unprecedented obstacle challenge that is based on a Japanese TV Sports reality show that was first franchise to the United States of America as the Ninja Warrior and brought to Malaysia soil by Asian Biggest Loser producer Zai Johari that will take place in conjunction with Malaysia 1 million Belia gathering in Putrajaya on 27 May 2011.

Producer Zai Johari has been in search for the first Malaysian warrior since early January to be crown and witness by Malaysia Prime Minister YAB Dato Seri Najib Tun Razak and the honorable Minister of Sports and Youth YB Dato Seri Ahmad Shabery Chik. The response was overwhelming with almost 200 participants that had applied but unfortunately, a maximum of only 80 will be selected. With the overwhelming response, Zai Johari was willing to extend the deadline for application in April to ensure the first Malaysian Warrior is the best warrior to compete in Japan.

The CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP has been in support to all event produced by Zai Johari. We were also with Zai Johari training the Biggest Loser Asia finalist. Now the CHIEF ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP are training the SASUKE PARTICIPANTS to prepare them for the mad-ness obstacle that only the legendary Japanese ninja or samurai are able to pass. The training for all SASUKE PARTICIPANTS is scheduled on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday at 5:45am. Interested Sasuke Participants should register online at www.BootCampMalaysia.com by clicking "ENROL NOW" and click the big green "H" button.

In search of Malaysia's first Warrior blog is available HERE. The first series "17 Days Countdown" that featured 5 OF Sasuke's participants training and preparation video is available HERE.
The second series "9 Days Countdown" that featured 11 of Sasuke's participant's training video is available HERE. Please find below, another 10 training videos of Sasuke participants. Base on all training videos, maybe we should open up a 'betting-centre' for who will be Malaysia's first WARRIOR!!!

Zai Johari, i know you are very stressed but trust me.... the participants are exponentially more stress than you.......

Fian Showreel (?) This participant was practically 'flying' from start to end..... Oh my god.... watch it!! I hope it is not a camera trick.... :-p

UP CLOSE & PERSONAL WITH LILIAN LEE LIN LIN, CHIEF ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP PIONEER MEMBER & OTAI!!

One month into the CHIEF ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP one year anniversary, we can't help but to ponder why and how did we get sucked into fitness and the CHIEF'S Healthy Lifestyle. Many people joined the CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP for various reason. As a countdown to 1 year anniversary, let us go back into memory lane and see what the pioneer members say about the CHIEF ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP or formerly known as the ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP MALAYSIA. Take note on how they look before.... and if you know them, see how they look now. The first part of many series to come, is on pioneer OTAI Lilian Lee Lin Lin. See the Youtube video below.

Lilian Lee Lin Lin, a lawyer in Kuala Lumpur, the eldest of a sibling of two and a pioneer member at the CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP once changed her FACEBOOK status from 'single to "In a Relationship with" the CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP (COBC). Lilian Lee first joined the COBC to run for full marathon when she had never run nor did she ever exercise. A month later, Lilian Lee ran the BHP Orange 10km run in June at the Curve, Mutiara Damansara and traveled to Perth, Australia in August and attended a session at the ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP in Perth. Being a hardcore bootcamper, she could not help but to compare the COBC at Bandar Utama to the OBC in Perth, Australia. Lilian Lee was our first recruit that went and tried COBC session in Australia. All recruits at the COBC can attend any session at COBC overseas being in the same global network.

9 DAYS COUNTDOWN TO BREAKING HISTORY WITH THE SASUKE MALAYSIA CHALLENGE 2011

SASUKE MALAYSIA is based on a 20 years old Japanese TV series that was also franchised in United State of America under the TV series The Ninja Warrior. For more details, click HERE.


This is the 2nd of a total 5 series of blog countdown to D-day displaying selected participant's video clip of their training. The first series is available at HERE. By the end of the countdown, the first MALAYSIAN WARRIOR will be crowned and witness by YAB Dato Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak, Malaysia Prime Minister and Dato Seri Ahmad Shari Cheek, Malaysia Sports & Youth Minister.

Please find below 10 Malaysian Warriors wannabes training video clips.

NAZRI NAZARUDIN from Kuala Lumpur joined the SASUKE MALAYSIA for the challenge and satisfaction and also as an accomplishment in life. For awhile, I thought he was doing YOGA in the video.

UP CLOSE & PERSONAL WITH CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP BU-DELTA NABIL JEFFRI

The CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP Malaysia will be 1 year old next month and after 11 months of Benchmark record being held by BU-Delta James Fong whom was also voted 3 times Spirit of Bootcamp (SOB) personality, his record was broken by Nabil Jeffri and Sunny Hussain from USJ1. It was ironic because the month that Nabil Jeffri broke the record, James Fong took an unprecedented 1 month off bootcamp to rest the injury from his maiden 21km running race.

If there is any consolation James Fong, Nabil Jeffri or his full name Muhammad Nabil Jan Al Jeffri is way younger than him and is currently Malaysia high achiever to be our F1 racer. Infact, that was the reason Nabil Jeffri is at the CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP! ......to be fit for racing!!!

Nabil Jeffri an O+ blood type, a straight As students and is the youngest F1 test driver in the world at the age of 16 years in 2010. Nabil's racing achievement dated way back in 2003 when he won the Most Promising Motor Sports Award for the year 2003- Karting. In the same year, Nabil receive a Certificate of Appreciation for conducting Workshop for Jabatan Belia dan Sukan Selangor. Nabil Jeffri was a Talent for RTM 1 Malaysian Extreme Sports & Malaysian Motor Sports, a special guest for RTM1 LIVE coverage Italian F1 and Ambassador for Hot Wheels Racing.

He stepped up to Formula BMW Pacific in 2010, racing for Eurasia Motorsport. On 1 September 2010, Jeffri carried out an aerodynamic test for the Lotus Racing Formula One team, driving the Lotus T127 on the airfield at the Imperial War Museum Duxford,^[2] becoming the youngest ever test driver in Formula One history.^[3] He drove for the team as a member of the AirAsia ASEAN Driver Development Program run by Lotus principal Tony Fernandes. This year, Nabil Jeffri will be competing in the re-structured 2011 Formula Pacific (Formally known as Formula BMW Pacific) under the Petronas MOFAZ Racing Team

H.O.O.Y.A.H. CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP SUBANG JAYA USJ1

Hello Orang-Orang Yang Awesomely Hyper... or H.O.O.Y.A.H. as described by Desiree Jamie from BU-Bravo platoon!! H.O.O.Y.A.H. CHIEF's ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP (COBC) at SUBANG JAYA USJ1 is synonym with the increasing hyper-ness of COBC-USJ1 recruits with one recruit breaking COBC's best benchmark record that was earlier held by thrice-SOB at BU, Delta James Fong and another COBC-USJ1 recruit losing more than 13kg in weight!!!!

Sunny Hussain broke James Fong's record when he recorded 7:43 minutes for his circuit assessment (while James held the best record in 7:53mins). Lamsa Hussain first join CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP Subang Jaya USJ1 in February 2011 and now Lamsa weigh 13kg lighter. Lamsa is one of our most committed and disciplined recruit at COBC Subang Jaya USJ1.

Amongst the characters that made USJ1 a hyper place to workout are Sophie Israa Mokhtar, Jasmine Lily Ho, Dofu Shin, Mohd Badrul Ezan, Andrew Pang, Yasmin, Jake Wong, Mathew, Mohd Amri and Eda Yaacob amongst many others. If the picture below is blur and not so clear, it must be the CANON EOSD50 camera.. I was told the 'paparazzi' was already the best of the best!!!! (bluwek). The morning darkness made it quite impossible to capture a good photos but the best that was available was as follows.

PROTON GETS A TOUCH OF CLASS

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Armin Baniaz at the back taking pics with HP for this blog

The final touch has finally enshrined PROTON cars with a touch of CLASS (CENTER FOR LOGISTIC, ALLOCATION, STORAGE AND SERVICE) that was launched on 10 May 2011 by YABhg Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

1.    5 years ago, when Dato Seri Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Tahir first took office as the Managing Director of PROTON, Malaysian were screaming at PROTON's inferior quality. Cars were delivered to customer with sub-standard quality, there were millions of backlog in warranty claims for defected parts and dealers working time were pre-occupied with customers complain.

Mohamad Syukor Ibrahim, PROTON Edar Chief Executive

SNAPSHOTS AT DH-ZULU PLATOON CHIEF ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP

Everytime before a session began, the REDS.. which are the trainers will arrived at site at least 45 minutes before roll-call to set-up the circuit.

Sarge (COBC) Dann, Corp (COBC) Nawal & Lance Corp (COBC) Wan  arrived at the Damansara Height C0mmunity Centre at 6pm for the schedulise 6:45pm Zulu session. They set-up the circuit and had a trainers briefing.

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SNAPSHOTS OF BRAVO PLATOON AT THE CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP

Our recruits brought along their friends, siblings and even family to share their passion to be fit & healthy at the CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP (COBC) BRING-A-FRIEND (BAF) Day yesterday. Bring A Friend day is held at the end of every third week of the COBC session. It is a snek-preview... a try-out sort of speak of what we do at the Bootcamp workout.

To welcome those friends and have some fun, we prepared some toys and record them 'playing' with it while burning some serious calories & fat. Special star in the videos were Raja Affandi Raja Jamaludin, Norliza Mohd Khaled, Shaz Sabri (Shazu), Pooi Ching Khiew, Viki Lim, Rose Emini Pahamin, Nyna Mohsen, Lim Shu Shin, Letchumi Sinadurai, Elaine and those section in Bravo Platoon. My apology to Alpha platoon, the paparazzi-stallion was being tortured and could not take any videos of those 40 recruits at alpha platoon. Similar apology to DH Zulu Platoon & USJ1 Alpha platoon but i did camwhore some serious photo at one of the session... Stay Tuned.

Half way through, a lawyer Belinda.. 'friend' brought by Elaine stepped out from the circuit soaked in sweat and exhausted. When approached, Belinda was still in shocked and just could not believe there is hell at 7am??!!!

CELCOM VERSUS MAXIS CUSTOMER SERVICE

If for some reason you forgot to update your CELCOM handphone payment and your hp is barred, and you made the payment online via CIMBCLICKS, DO NOT expect your handphone to be instantly re-connected!!!

I logged on www.celcom.com.my to check the outstanding amount to make the necessary payment to the mobile number that has been barred and the following screen appeared:










Having received the amount to pay, I clicked on the "Pay Now" symbol to make the necessary payment.

The next screen then displayed the option to either pay full or to pay "Other amount". I click on "pay full", select "Saving/Current Account (FPX)" and then I click "Continue" on next screen to confirm the payment amount and to proceed to the next step.

At the next screen, I select CIMBCLICKS as the Internet Banking Account preference and proceeded by clicking "Agree and Continue". A CIMBCLICKS pop up window appeared and I requested for TAC, select 'banking account' to make payment and all transaction is done and completed. A payment receipt was then displayed which detailed out the payment date & time at 12/05/2011 22:00:37, the Account Holder's name, Account Number, Mobile Number, Amount Due, Total Amount paid, Approval Code, Transaction Type, Reference Number and Mode of Payment.

MINISTRY OF FINANCE 2012 BUDGET CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL MEETING

Before an annual budget is passed in Parliament, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) went through various cycles to meet and debate with the grass root, private sectors, government agencies and  Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) to construct the budget. There is no exception for next year budget too and part of the process flow was the Budget Consultative Council meeting that was chaired by the Prime Minister YAB Dato Seri Haji Mohd  Najib Tun Haji Abdul Razak himself. Click HERE for the full MOF budget formulation process.

The theme for next year's budget is "Transformasi Bersama Rakyat" or "Together Driving Transformation". Prior to the council meeting, 124 companies from the Private sectors & NGOs, and 75 government agencies were asked to submit our memorandum on our perspectives, views and 'wish-list'. The companies from the private sector were as follows: