Some years ago a councilwoman of Davis, California protested the repaving of several historic alleyways in her neighborhood, claiming that new asphalt would destroy the ‘mellow’ ambience of the roads. What resulted was a media frenzy that eventually declared the Davis public servant as a kook for suggesting that even potholes had protected rights. However, one person is certainly on the same side of the councilwoman. Pete Dungey, an artist and graphic design student at the University of Brighton, came up with a colorful solution to the international pothole problem: teeny-tiny guerrilla gardens!

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The FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (FBM KLCI) is likely to challenge the 1,300-point level next week with investors looking for new catalysts to propel the market indices, dealers said. The benchmark index had posted the first high of this year at 1,308.36 on Jan 21. TA Securities' senior technical analyst Stephen Soo said the market currently lacked foreign participation. Soo said the soon-to-be-unveiled new economic model may provide a strong catalyst for the local stock market. "External factors such as development in the US economy will continue to have an impact on regional markets as well as the local market. Share prices will likely be rangebound next week," he said. During the week, the market started of on high note, bolstered by announcement of the country's better-than-expected fourth-quarter economic growth of 4.5 per cent last year. The local market also took its cue from gains on Wall Street and regional bourses as the improved economic outlook in the US economy boosted sentiment. However, the market drifted lower on Wednesday and Thursday ahead of Bank Negara Malaysia''s monetary policy committee meeting on Thursday evening. The market ended sharply higher on Friday with the FBM KLCI surging 15.69 points to 1,299.78, its highest level since Jan 25, 2010. Gains in banking stocks, led by Maybank, propelled the market indices. On a weekly basis, the FBM KLCI advanced 29 points to 1,299.78 from 1,270.78 last Friday while the finance index added 405.71 points to 11,537.66 from 11,131.95. The Plantation Index increased 78.42 points to 6,396.06 from 6,317.64 last Friday and the Industrial Index went up 26.76 points to 2,604.03 from 2,577.27. The FBM Emas Index was 177.08 points higher at 8,737.28 from 8,560.2 last Friday and the FBM Top 100 rose 178.66 points to 8,506.23 from 8,327.57 but the FBM Ace Index declined 46.05 points to 4,299.04 from 4,345.09 previously. The week's turnover increased to 4.42 billion shares valued at RM7.636 billion from 2.78 billion shares valued at RM4.98 billion last week. Volume on the Main Market rose to 3.907 billion shares worth RM7.537 billion from 2.44 billion shares worth RM4.92 billion previously. Call warrants went up to 149.077 million units valued at RM28.192 million from 130.59 million units valued at RM18.83 million last week. The ACE Market volume was higher at 263.504 million shares worth RM50.447 million compared to 175.7 million shares worth RM39.16 million previously. -- Bernama

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The ringgit is seen to be on the bright side next week following Bank Negara Malaysia's move to increase the overnight policy rate (OPR) to 2.25 per cent. The local currency, which was on the uptrend in the week just ended, will repeat its performance to test the 3.35 level against the US dollar next week, RHB Bank's forex dealer Badeeudin Mohd Abu Bakar told Bernama. More bullish economic prospects have been forecast for Malaysia this year and this will push the ringgit further up, Badeeudin said. "The strengthening of Asian currencies will also lend some support to our currency," he said. Agreeing with the assessment, RAM Holdings Bhd's chief economist Dr Yeah Kim Leng said the ringgit is likely to strengthen further this year to hit the 3.2 to 3.3 level against the US dollar in line with other Asian currencies. "The uptrend will continue because of the recent euro and pound weaknesses. Asian currencies will appreciate faster than other currencies," he said. As for other factors, Badeeudin said the volatile US market may also have an effect on the performance of the US dollar against other major currencies next week. The greenback was described as subdued on late Friday as traders awaited the release of key US employment data. During the week just ended, the ringgit closed higher on continuing buying momentum to finish at 3.3620/3660 against the US dollar from 3.4045/4075 last Thursday. Against other major currencies, the local currency appreciated against the Singapore dollar to 2.3980/4031 from 2.4132/4174 last week and also against the Japanese yen to 3.7653/7719 from 3.8048/8102 previously. The ringgit strengthened against the pound sterling to 5.0538/0618 from 5.2126/2182 last week and also against the euro to 4.5706/5704 from 4.5916/5981 previously. -- Bernama

The Kuala Lumpur Tin Market (KLTM) are likely to be lower next week after having enjoyed a fine run this week, dealers said. "Looking at this week's performance, we are not expecting another rally. The price has increased more than US$350 this week and we may see some profit-taking activities next week," said one of the dealers. According to the dealer, the KLTM will also continue to watch closely the performance of tin on the influential London Metal Exchange (LME) for direction. Tin price is expected to hover from US$16,900 to US$17,300 per tonne next week. The KLTM started the week on a bullish note on continued steady foreign demand led by Japan but came down on Tuesday on mild profit-taking. The local market rebounded on Wednesday due to technical correction and closed the week in positive territory despite weaker LME prices. Local tin ended the week US$370 higher from last Thursday at US$17,270 per tonne while on the LME, the tin price rose by US$285 to US$17,260 per tonne. Accumulated turnover for the week amounted to 377 tonnes, up from last week's 205 tonnes, with strong interest coming from Japanese, European and local traders. The price differential between the KLTM and LME widened to a premium of US$365 per tonne as against US$260 per tonne last Thursday. -- Bernama