| Enterprise 50: MM Vitaoils vibrant in seeking excellence
THE success of MM Vitaoils Sdn Bhd, which specialises in downstream quality edible oil products, is testimony of the vision and strategies of its founder, Mazlan Muhammad. MM Vitaoils, established in 1999 as a trading company, has grown tremendously since it started manufacturing edible oil products at its factory in Shah Alam, Selangor, in 2003. From three employees, Mazlan has steered MM Vitaoils to its current heights: an export-driven company with in-depth understanding in international marketing and quality products sold to 57 countries. As a retailer who worked for a multi-national footwear company and an airport operator, Mazlan had no experience in the palm oil-based industry. When he decided to venture into downstream activities of the palm oil industry, he had to learn within months, formulate his vision, plan his strategies and directions, and set up a manufacturing plant.
Video catches brothers faking a robbery
A contract mail carrier in central Georgia told authorities he was robbed, but a neighbor's surveillance video told a different story. The worker, Thomas Ross Scarborough, 35, of Jeffersonville, was charged with theft by taking and false report of a crime after the video showed him and his brother faking the robbery, authorities said. The brother, Jason Scarborough, 31, faces the same charges. Twiggs County Sheriff Darren Mitchum said the brothers are contract drivers for the Postal Service. The elder brother told authorities he was robbed Monday while loading up his truck behind post office in Danville, a hamlet of fewer than 400 people about 100 miles south of Atlanta. It turned out the owner of a house next door had outdoor surveillance cameras to help catch trespassers, and one of the cameras had a direct view of the back of the post office.
Millions bewildered and scared as world's largest dam takes shape
China stands almost alone in wielding the wealth and will to conjure vast engineering efforts to alter the flow of rivers and the lives of millions. But many of its people are bewildered and frightened as the world's largest dam takes shape, writes Chris Buckley .
Trash or treasure? Proposed dumpster diving ban spurs discussion
Meet Jay Hill, recycler of other people's waste. From the insulation in his Gilmore Trail cabin to his living room's piano and couches, Hill said he's basically rebuilt and furnished his home with materials and furniture collected from public garbage collection transfer sites around town. He either gives away the other things he collects or, on occasion, sells them for a nominal cost. "I'm proud to be a dumpster diver," Hill said of his frequent trips to the sites. "I consider it gambling. I spend a little bit of my time and a little bit of my gas, and if I found something, I won." A few miles southeast of Hill's home, on 7.5 Mile Chena Hot Spring Road, live Ed and Carol Lewis. Their home sits next door to another waste recycler — one who, to the couple's regret, has collected a mass of second-hand goods big enough to transform a 2.5-acre property into a virtual sea of blue tarps, tires, vacuum cleaners, washing machines, fuel containers, trash bags and broken-down cars.
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