The NFC issue hit the public in recent times and created in no uncertain terms great disquiet among
the the concerned citizens of the country.
The above sorry state of affairs is not new to UMNO which over the years has been so sensitived by its its leaders' blatant and widespread corrupt conduct that it is now taking these disgraceful occurences lightly as if they are lawful.
Many of these commissions were so blatant and obvious and the perpetrators managed to get away
scot-free through taking advantage of the judiciary system that operates under the thumb of the BN Government.
In fact, all the cronies of UMNO who were exposed to have abused their power and misappropriated public funds must stand down and resign from thir positions.
From my observation, most if not all government ministries, semi- and quasi-government authorities and GLOs have the bad habits of investing funds allotted to them by building their own buildings, A point in reference is the NFC which invested 10 millions riggits from the allocated 250 millions riggits in condominium insteading of channeling it to promoting and realising the objects for which the fund was alloted in the first place.
The other glaring case was the investment of 500 million sterling pounds which belong to the Malaysian workers in the purchase of properties in UK.
Besides, we can name many other corporations like MAS, EPF, PKNS, SOCSO etc did not realise why they were set up. They squandered the funds in properties and by so doing they tied down their funds and thereby affecting the oganisational liquidity.
Instead of spending the alloted money and profits for the social welfare of the people, they chose to spend on concrete and when they need money, they have to run to the Government for further injection of funds or to bail them out.
So coming back to the NCF, Sharizat must resign and face the public ire. She must liquidate the condo and channel back the money to the Treasury so that it can be utilised for more beneficial projects for the rakyat.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Still Talking About the NEP
It is most disconcerting that after more than 40 years since the introduction of the National Economic Policy, NEP, which initially and principally aimed at poverty eradication and redress of economic imbalance among the country poor; especially the Bumiputras and the Malays, we continue to hear leaders of today harp on its failure and urge the Government to continue with the Policy.
During this year, the non-Malays have been tolerant with the BN Giovernment controlled by UMNO which because of its racial and religious bigotry, avarice and corrupt proclivity haved caused great chasm among the various races and tribes in Malaysia.
Each time certain quarters complaind about the injustices caused by or rose from the NEP, they were accused of being racialistic and threatened with indefinite detention under the Internal Security Act. Any public protests or demonstrations were quelled by use of brute Police Force who spared no efforts in deploying water cannons and tear gas and arresting innocent particicipants.
Over the years, so much injustices had been perpetrated by the UMNO/BN Government that the process would taken years before it could be dismantled. Look at the bloated civil service where non-Malays form about 2%. 98% are Malays and Bumiputras.
Look at the primary and secondary sectors, they are already in the hands of the Malays. They inter-alia inlude the agricultural, timber, public transport, banking, petroleum etc. Besides, the GLCs are practicually 100% Malays dominated. They are supported by the Government perenially. Profits, they take but when they sustain losses, the Government will bail them out by pumping in more public funds.
Now the BN/UMNO Government embark on desparate projects like registrating illegal and legal foreign workers who are in the country. It has been reported that thus far since it was mooted, more than 2 million of them have been registered. It has further been reported that the BN/UMNO Government had the untoward intention of turning these registered foreigners into 'phantom voters' in the coming General Election. What about registering all those who have been staying in Malaysia before the 2nd World War? Until now, there thousands of them remain as non-citizens although they have contributed to the economic development and progress of the country through their hard work and investment of their savings in the various businesses throughout the cousntry.
The NEP has failed to achieve its desired results because it catered for the rich and oriented in the course to make UMNO cronies richer. The children of these elites have been awarded scholarships to study overseas while children of the Malay massses have to stay back to study in local public universities whose standards have aggravated to those of degree mills. As such, about 100 thousands of these local Malay graduates remain unemployed years after their graduation.
Until and unless the BN/UNMO ultras realise that what they do is fundamentally wrong and start to make amends, this country will continue to remain like any of the middle east countries that are now eembroiled in anti-Government protests in an effort to overthrow their respective corrupt and dictatorial leaders who care not for the welfare of the people. There is much Malayisa can learn from what has caused the prevalence of the Arab Spring?
Let us do what is right for the country fairly and justly without regards to religion, race, creed and political affiliation.
During this year, the non-Malays have been tolerant with the BN Giovernment controlled by UMNO which because of its racial and religious bigotry, avarice and corrupt proclivity haved caused great chasm among the various races and tribes in Malaysia.
Each time certain quarters complaind about the injustices caused by or rose from the NEP, they were accused of being racialistic and threatened with indefinite detention under the Internal Security Act. Any public protests or demonstrations were quelled by use of brute Police Force who spared no efforts in deploying water cannons and tear gas and arresting innocent particicipants.
Over the years, so much injustices had been perpetrated by the UMNO/BN Government that the process would taken years before it could be dismantled. Look at the bloated civil service where non-Malays form about 2%. 98% are Malays and Bumiputras.
Look at the primary and secondary sectors, they are already in the hands of the Malays. They inter-alia inlude the agricultural, timber, public transport, banking, petroleum etc. Besides, the GLCs are practicually 100% Malays dominated. They are supported by the Government perenially. Profits, they take but when they sustain losses, the Government will bail them out by pumping in more public funds.
Now the BN/UMNO Government embark on desparate projects like registrating illegal and legal foreign workers who are in the country. It has been reported that thus far since it was mooted, more than 2 million of them have been registered. It has further been reported that the BN/UMNO Government had the untoward intention of turning these registered foreigners into 'phantom voters' in the coming General Election. What about registering all those who have been staying in Malaysia before the 2nd World War? Until now, there thousands of them remain as non-citizens although they have contributed to the economic development and progress of the country through their hard work and investment of their savings in the various businesses throughout the cousntry.
The NEP has failed to achieve its desired results because it catered for the rich and oriented in the course to make UMNO cronies richer. The children of these elites have been awarded scholarships to study overseas while children of the Malay massses have to stay back to study in local public universities whose standards have aggravated to those of degree mills. As such, about 100 thousands of these local Malay graduates remain unemployed years after their graduation.
Until and unless the BN/UNMO ultras realise that what they do is fundamentally wrong and start to make amends, this country will continue to remain like any of the middle east countries that are now eembroiled in anti-Government protests in an effort to overthrow their respective corrupt and dictatorial leaders who care not for the welfare of the people. There is much Malayisa can learn from what has caused the prevalence of the Arab Spring?
Let us do what is right for the country fairly and justly without regards to religion, race, creed and political affiliation.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Articles adverse to DSAI have been proliferating in increasing intensity ever since the 2008 Tsunami General Election which saw in no uncertain term how the BN ugly heads were stumped into their filty collars.
The BN pride had been obviously and seriously dented and hurt; as such, we see all the UMNO ultraputras’ machineries are now bent and aimed at destroying the image of DSAI and PR before the next GE.
The rakyat are not blind to what had and have been taking place the past fifty years in the country. They know the evil scheming of the UMNO ultras to perpetuate their power at the expense of the other ethnic races in Malaysia by playing up the race and religion issues. Look at how the whole society had been subtly engineered. The non-Malays have been relegated to the status of pendatang or second class citizens. See the unfair race-based system of scholarship awards, awards or tenders, employment within the civil service, the inequitable distribution of national wealth to name a few.
One question recently posed to Dr MM as to what he had done to help improve the status of the so-called Malays? He had developed in them the obvious road and propensity to damnation. Through skillful manipulating of the NEP and the Education Policy, he had succeeded in giving birth to a new bleed of Malays whose leaders and their followers are corrupt, fraudulent, avaricious, self-fish, dishonest and belligerent. This can demonstrated by the way they squander the country resources by spending on non- essentials and items from which they could enrich their purses.
How long can these financial buccaneers going to be in power? Popular beliefs and views are rife they will go all out to stay in power regarding of whether the country is going to be bankrupt or not.
While speculation of the next GE is around the corner, officers are being sent out to corrupt the Malay voters in the rural areas particularly those government and semi-government servants who have been hounded at their work places and homes by these unscrupulous officers in an evil and devilish attempt to poison their minds and corrupt them into voting for UMNO at the next GE.
Cash and non-cash pledges have been offered with an intimidation that they are under CCTV and if they are found to be voting for parties other than UMNO, they would return to get back their dirty money. This also means that the election system is not fully confidential since the EC can identify who are those who voted for the opposition.
My fellow Malaysians, be careful that your voting slips are not being defaced and contaminated by any pencil marks at the back or anywhere on the voting slips.
UMNO can only thrive on its despicable deceitful and fear instilling methods of influencing the minds of the masses. They have been buying votes and corrupting the democratic system of government and this must stop. Only people’;s power can do that to remove them for the benefit of our children and future generations.
Be it known, none of the campaigns against DSAI and PR will affect the people’s determination to change the corrupt, deceitful and discriminatory government.
The BN pride had been obviously and seriously dented and hurt; as such, we see all the UMNO ultraputras’ machineries are now bent and aimed at destroying the image of DSAI and PR before the next GE.
The rakyat are not blind to what had and have been taking place the past fifty years in the country. They know the evil scheming of the UMNO ultras to perpetuate their power at the expense of the other ethnic races in Malaysia by playing up the race and religion issues. Look at how the whole society had been subtly engineered. The non-Malays have been relegated to the status of pendatang or second class citizens. See the unfair race-based system of scholarship awards, awards or tenders, employment within the civil service, the inequitable distribution of national wealth to name a few.
One question recently posed to Dr MM as to what he had done to help improve the status of the so-called Malays? He had developed in them the obvious road and propensity to damnation. Through skillful manipulating of the NEP and the Education Policy, he had succeeded in giving birth to a new bleed of Malays whose leaders and their followers are corrupt, fraudulent, avaricious, self-fish, dishonest and belligerent. This can demonstrated by the way they squander the country resources by spending on non- essentials and items from which they could enrich their purses.
How long can these financial buccaneers going to be in power? Popular beliefs and views are rife they will go all out to stay in power regarding of whether the country is going to be bankrupt or not.
While speculation of the next GE is around the corner, officers are being sent out to corrupt the Malay voters in the rural areas particularly those government and semi-government servants who have been hounded at their work places and homes by these unscrupulous officers in an evil and devilish attempt to poison their minds and corrupt them into voting for UMNO at the next GE.
Cash and non-cash pledges have been offered with an intimidation that they are under CCTV and if they are found to be voting for parties other than UMNO, they would return to get back their dirty money. This also means that the election system is not fully confidential since the EC can identify who are those who voted for the opposition.
My fellow Malaysians, be careful that your voting slips are not being defaced and contaminated by any pencil marks at the back or anywhere on the voting slips.
UMNO can only thrive on its despicable deceitful and fear instilling methods of influencing the minds of the masses. They have been buying votes and corrupting the democratic system of government and this must stop. Only people’;s power can do that to remove them for the benefit of our children and future generations.
Be it known, none of the campaigns against DSAI and PR will affect the people’s determination to change the corrupt, deceitful and discriminatory government.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
The Highly Unjustified TNB Tarrif Hike
The lame excuse of the BN Government to sanction the raise in the TNB tariff was most unjustified. What sort of subsidy did they reduce - the reduced preferential price of gas they accorded to the 20 odd Independent Power Producers!
Look at the profit of the IPPs and TNB; all of them made a lot of money from the rakyat - not less than 10% on the received revenue. Is that the subsidy the BN Government reward to the loyal hardworking citizens of Malaysia who had to bear for the corrupt, incompetent and spendthrig Government who only knew how to spend but fail to reward the people. No wonder your popularity has been waning over the years.
TNB is a GLC and therefore it has the social responsibility to ensure that the welfare of the people in the country are looked after in the face of rapidly increasing inflationary costs. But instead it saw fit to increase the profit margin of TNB despite the fact that they made close to RM4.5 billion when its financial year 2010 came to a close.
Look my friends and all - let us look at the bare facts of reality of the day. All the resources of the country look like are now in the hands of the UMNO cronies who control them through the briliant idea of Tun MM of privatisation - look at the fosillised oil in the hands of Petronas who saw fit to offer scholarships to foreign students than to the citizens of the country; water in the hands of SYABAS, telecommunications in the hands of Talikoms Malaysia; banks in the hands of the Maybank, CIMB, RHB, Bank Utama etc.; road-toll under the UEM Group of companies; MAS and Airasia under GLC and UMNO nominees; rail service under KTM Berhad; Postal Service under Post Malaysia Berhad; Palm oil under FELDA. Apart from these mentioned essential service sectors, many blue chips, like Sime Darby, UDA, MRCB, Pernas etc just to mention a few, fall under the control of Khazanah - the investment arm of UMNO. Besides, EPF, the supposed to be the custodian of the workers' hard earned savings has been looting and plundering them without conpunction. The Government is now using its money to invest in properties in UK. Recently, it spent up to 500 million pounds to purchase a property in UK which was reported to be capable of churnin around 6% returns per annum - a big deal. Perhaps in the course of time, some influential PEP would come alone and bought it for a song from EPF without the workers' representatives knowing.
All the money generating sectors are in the hands of the little Napoleons - the custom, police, defence, immigration, works and even labour have been milking money from the treasurer.
What sort of developmental benefits do we citizens derive? Very very minimal I must say. For the non-Malays, only of late we see our children being offered scholarships and the opportunities to study in the tertiary institutions - not many public universities but private institutions as could be seen from the recent 86 straight As students. Even then, a lot of negotiation efforts had been put in by the three sycophatic BN component parties. If every year you are going to go through this hassle, my question is why are you still hanging around. Do you idiots see that you are a spent force. you have lost your influence. If I were you, leave UMNO and fight for the rights of the people. You are going to let into the quagmire at the coming GE. So where there is still time, leave while you still have modicum of dignity left.
Look at the profit of the IPPs and TNB; all of them made a lot of money from the rakyat - not less than 10% on the received revenue. Is that the subsidy the BN Government reward to the loyal hardworking citizens of Malaysia who had to bear for the corrupt, incompetent and spendthrig Government who only knew how to spend but fail to reward the people. No wonder your popularity has been waning over the years.
TNB is a GLC and therefore it has the social responsibility to ensure that the welfare of the people in the country are looked after in the face of rapidly increasing inflationary costs. But instead it saw fit to increase the profit margin of TNB despite the fact that they made close to RM4.5 billion when its financial year 2010 came to a close.
Look my friends and all - let us look at the bare facts of reality of the day. All the resources of the country look like are now in the hands of the UMNO cronies who control them through the briliant idea of Tun MM of privatisation - look at the fosillised oil in the hands of Petronas who saw fit to offer scholarships to foreign students than to the citizens of the country; water in the hands of SYABAS, telecommunications in the hands of Talikoms Malaysia; banks in the hands of the Maybank, CIMB, RHB, Bank Utama etc.; road-toll under the UEM Group of companies; MAS and Airasia under GLC and UMNO nominees; rail service under KTM Berhad; Postal Service under Post Malaysia Berhad; Palm oil under FELDA. Apart from these mentioned essential service sectors, many blue chips, like Sime Darby, UDA, MRCB, Pernas etc just to mention a few, fall under the control of Khazanah - the investment arm of UMNO. Besides, EPF, the supposed to be the custodian of the workers' hard earned savings has been looting and plundering them without conpunction. The Government is now using its money to invest in properties in UK. Recently, it spent up to 500 million pounds to purchase a property in UK which was reported to be capable of churnin around 6% returns per annum - a big deal. Perhaps in the course of time, some influential PEP would come alone and bought it for a song from EPF without the workers' representatives knowing.
All the money generating sectors are in the hands of the little Napoleons - the custom, police, defence, immigration, works and even labour have been milking money from the treasurer.
What sort of developmental benefits do we citizens derive? Very very minimal I must say. For the non-Malays, only of late we see our children being offered scholarships and the opportunities to study in the tertiary institutions - not many public universities but private institutions as could be seen from the recent 86 straight As students. Even then, a lot of negotiation efforts had been put in by the three sycophatic BN component parties. If every year you are going to go through this hassle, my question is why are you still hanging around. Do you idiots see that you are a spent force. you have lost your influence. If I were you, leave UMNO and fight for the rights of the people. You are going to let into the quagmire at the coming GE. So where there is still time, leave while you still have modicum of dignity left.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Blanding of Women
The term police brutality is blatantly being practiced by the Malaysian Royal Police Force - not only today but in yester-years as well. Making a woman strip while under its detention, compelling a woman to pee in a squating down and detainees died at the hands of the brutes while under detention. If this not police brutality, what is?
The Police may detain anyone if he has proof or evidence that he or she has committed a crime. In the country, we have in place the relevant laws to deal with a criminal - but certainly not the cow-blanding women as was reported in the media. By so doing, it did not respect the right, dignity and pride of a human being.
All personnel who are entrusted with the power of enforcement have this to remember; that is, they must abide by the Rule of Law as espoused in the Rukunegara.
It is up to the Police to show where in the law that empowers them to cow-bland a woman or women or for that matter any human being?
By so doing, the Policemen concerned really show the world what sort of people they are - they are no better than animals for inflicting on and doing such inhuman punishment on another human being.
In my view, the Policemen copncerned by so embroiling themselves in ignominious conduct brought disgrace to the country and this might have an impact on the Malaysian-People's Republic of China foreign relationship. I am sure the Chinese Government will react violently at the inhuman actions of the Malaysian Royal Police force.
What happens if this is happening to the relatives of these inflicting policemen concerned? Would they have kept quiet or react towards what another jurisdiction would have done to them?
How can the public ever respect the Police Force if its personnel are not civil and proud about the uniform that they put on? How can we have peace and harmony if the Force comprises personnel who are sadists and masochists or sado-masochists?
This matter must be taken up and debated at the Parliament. If need be, the Home Ministry must be held responsible for the irresponsible actions of these undesirable elements in the Police Force.
The Police may detain anyone if he has proof or evidence that he or she has committed a crime. In the country, we have in place the relevant laws to deal with a criminal - but certainly not the cow-blanding women as was reported in the media. By so doing, it did not respect the right, dignity and pride of a human being.
All personnel who are entrusted with the power of enforcement have this to remember; that is, they must abide by the Rule of Law as espoused in the Rukunegara.
It is up to the Police to show where in the law that empowers them to cow-bland a woman or women or for that matter any human being?
By so doing, the Policemen concerned really show the world what sort of people they are - they are no better than animals for inflicting on and doing such inhuman punishment on another human being.
In my view, the Policemen copncerned by so embroiling themselves in ignominious conduct brought disgrace to the country and this might have an impact on the Malaysian-People's Republic of China foreign relationship. I am sure the Chinese Government will react violently at the inhuman actions of the Malaysian Royal Police force.
What happens if this is happening to the relatives of these inflicting policemen concerned? Would they have kept quiet or react towards what another jurisdiction would have done to them?
How can the public ever respect the Police Force if its personnel are not civil and proud about the uniform that they put on? How can we have peace and harmony if the Force comprises personnel who are sadists and masochists or sado-masochists?
This matter must be taken up and debated at the Parliament. If need be, the Home Ministry must be held responsible for the irresponsible actions of these undesirable elements in the Police Force.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
What Subsidy Reduction
Each time when the Government threatens to reduce “subsidies” in the face of impending decision and social disquiet to increase prices of petroleum products and other essential goods such as sugar, oil, cooking, rice etc. we find all sorts of irrational justification being advanced from some imbecilic senior politicians, economists and academicians. They try to paint such a gloomy picture about the huge subsidy that the Government is annually subsidising in bringing down or controlling an increase in the prices of these essential goods. They often try to compare our prices with neighboring developing countries without reference to the fact that the referred socio-economic conditions are so different from those in Malaysia.
Recent price hike of Gasoline 97 and sugar by 20 cents per litre and per kilogram was not good enough. Resulting from the increases, the price of Kopi-O has gone up overnight by as much as 20 cents per cup despite stern warning being given by the Domestic Trade, Co-operatives & Consumerism Ministry that action would be taken against recalcitrant traders. How long can the enforcing effort last? Soon the price increase would have been forgotten by the masses. After a while, they are reduced to toothless tiger.
Must the people be compelled to accept such subsidy reduction as proposed by the Government? And who are these economists and analysts who advocated for the removal of the subsidy? They do not really give you the reasons why such subsidies should be reduced, do they? One ridiculous BN politician even dared the Opposition to reduce the subsidy!
Why does not the Ministry concerned invite the rakyat to a public forum and debate? I am sure the Minister will learn more sense from the masses than from these academic economists and uninformed politicians.
The statement by one Prof Datuk Mohad Salleh of UTAR’s Bank Rakyat School of Business and Entrepreneurship that it would be unrealistic for the government to continue giving the subsidies. I just find that his statement is just as unrealistic and baseless as the unwarranted removal of the subsidy. He must realize any unnecessary and further inflation is likely to cause hardship to millions of low-income people in the country.
In my humblest of considered opinion, if only our government is prudent in its spending, there is no need to talk about subsidy removal or reduction. If the Finance Ministry is stringent and serious enough in guarding the national financial goal-post, our country would have saved more than RM100 billion a year which just vaporized before our eyes through fraud, corruption, tax-evasion, money-laundering and highly-inflated and bloated project and tender prices.
The Minister further reiterated that the huge amount spent on subsidies should go to financing projects that would benefit the people more, like poverty-eradication programmes and building homes for the people. How would the recent 500 Million Pound property purchase or investment in London ever benefit the people? If such allocation had reached the masses, the Malays would not have voted against them!
The advocates fail to realize that Malaysia is an oil producing country and is endowed with various natural resources. When the price of crude and commodities goes up, it means more revenue to the country! This would certainly be sufficient revenue to provide for and offset whatever subsidy that the government has budgeted each year.
There is no need in my view for the government to think of squeezing blood out of the marrow of the rakyat for the benefit of its cronies. It is time that she learns how to tighten her belt and bring in more revenue from its exports, overseas investments and services. It is time that the GLCs have to move their asses and go forward and compete in the global market to bring in more revenue to the country rather than taxing the people to feed and featherbed the UMNO cronies and bailing out the ill-performed GLCs.
Malaysia is rich enough for every body if only the government exercises due prudence in its budgeting, project planning and expenditure.
First on the list is the government must take a serious and genuine effort to eradicate fraud and corruption. Secondly, she must stop the practice of awarding infrastructural projects at incredulously bloated prices. Thirdly. the NEP must be abolished in favour of the highly proposed meritorious socio-economic policies for the people regardless of race, religion, creed and political affiliation. Fourthly, recruitment for the civil service must be put on hold for the time being in an effort to address the preponderant racial imbalance. Fifthly, enforcement and implementation of government policies and programmes must be adequately supervised by the respective Ministers. Sixthly, efforts must be made to restore the dignity of the judiciary, police and military. Seventhly, all public universities must address and arrest their declining standards and ensure that proffered courses meet the industrial needs and the industrial expansion programmes of the government.
Unless the above actions are taken, UMNO will be doomed in the next election. You can come out with beautiful slogans but you do not walk the talk. Insincerity, furtiveness and deception are your style of government. The masses are just fed up of you. So know when to exit gracefully.
You can deceive some people some of the time, some of the people all the time but not all the people all the time., Period.
Recent price hike of Gasoline 97 and sugar by 20 cents per litre and per kilogram was not good enough. Resulting from the increases, the price of Kopi-O has gone up overnight by as much as 20 cents per cup despite stern warning being given by the Domestic Trade, Co-operatives & Consumerism Ministry that action would be taken against recalcitrant traders. How long can the enforcing effort last? Soon the price increase would have been forgotten by the masses. After a while, they are reduced to toothless tiger.
Must the people be compelled to accept such subsidy reduction as proposed by the Government? And who are these economists and analysts who advocated for the removal of the subsidy? They do not really give you the reasons why such subsidies should be reduced, do they? One ridiculous BN politician even dared the Opposition to reduce the subsidy!
Why does not the Ministry concerned invite the rakyat to a public forum and debate? I am sure the Minister will learn more sense from the masses than from these academic economists and uninformed politicians.
The statement by one Prof Datuk Mohad Salleh of UTAR’s Bank Rakyat School of Business and Entrepreneurship that it would be unrealistic for the government to continue giving the subsidies. I just find that his statement is just as unrealistic and baseless as the unwarranted removal of the subsidy. He must realize any unnecessary and further inflation is likely to cause hardship to millions of low-income people in the country.
In my humblest of considered opinion, if only our government is prudent in its spending, there is no need to talk about subsidy removal or reduction. If the Finance Ministry is stringent and serious enough in guarding the national financial goal-post, our country would have saved more than RM100 billion a year which just vaporized before our eyes through fraud, corruption, tax-evasion, money-laundering and highly-inflated and bloated project and tender prices.
The Minister further reiterated that the huge amount spent on subsidies should go to financing projects that would benefit the people more, like poverty-eradication programmes and building homes for the people. How would the recent 500 Million Pound property purchase or investment in London ever benefit the people? If such allocation had reached the masses, the Malays would not have voted against them!
The advocates fail to realize that Malaysia is an oil producing country and is endowed with various natural resources. When the price of crude and commodities goes up, it means more revenue to the country! This would certainly be sufficient revenue to provide for and offset whatever subsidy that the government has budgeted each year.
There is no need in my view for the government to think of squeezing blood out of the marrow of the rakyat for the benefit of its cronies. It is time that she learns how to tighten her belt and bring in more revenue from its exports, overseas investments and services. It is time that the GLCs have to move their asses and go forward and compete in the global market to bring in more revenue to the country rather than taxing the people to feed and featherbed the UMNO cronies and bailing out the ill-performed GLCs.
Malaysia is rich enough for every body if only the government exercises due prudence in its budgeting, project planning and expenditure.
First on the list is the government must take a serious and genuine effort to eradicate fraud and corruption. Secondly, she must stop the practice of awarding infrastructural projects at incredulously bloated prices. Thirdly. the NEP must be abolished in favour of the highly proposed meritorious socio-economic policies for the people regardless of race, religion, creed and political affiliation. Fourthly, recruitment for the civil service must be put on hold for the time being in an effort to address the preponderant racial imbalance. Fifthly, enforcement and implementation of government policies and programmes must be adequately supervised by the respective Ministers. Sixthly, efforts must be made to restore the dignity of the judiciary, police and military. Seventhly, all public universities must address and arrest their declining standards and ensure that proffered courses meet the industrial needs and the industrial expansion programmes of the government.
Unless the above actions are taken, UMNO will be doomed in the next election. You can come out with beautiful slogans but you do not walk the talk. Insincerity, furtiveness and deception are your style of government. The masses are just fed up of you. So know when to exit gracefully.
You can deceive some people some of the time, some of the people all the time but not all the people all the time., Period.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Stop Stoking the Racial-Religious Card
The blog posted by BG (Retired) Mohd Arshad Raji calling the Minister of Home Affairs to take not only mean, serious but also strong action against Utusan Melayu (UM) for putting up recently the inflammatory, irresponsible and unconscionable article that the Opposition was colluding with the DAP to form a Government headed by a Christian PM and implicate that the constitution would be change to convert Malaysia into a Christian State.
The Editorial Board of UM should be given a stern show cause letter as to why disciplinary action should not be taken against them for deeming it fit to print the article knowing fairly well that it was not true and that it was based on hearsay and lies. If they were found guilty, the legal process must take its place to dismiss them and that the publication license shall be suspended for at least a year to show that the Government is serious in wanting to build or encourage to build a united, harmonious and peaceful nation among the all citizens of Malaysia regardless of their racial origin, religious background and beliefs.
As a national daily, Utusan Melayu has a great responsibility to ensure that what it reports is true based on facts and not based on irresponsible pro-UMNO bloggers like the Bigdog.com and Marahku.com
If I may add to what BG (R) Mohd Arshad that the Editorial Members of UM perhaps were too young to know what happened on May 13, 1969 and its aftermath that immeasurably had contributed to the socio-economic situation with which the country is facing today. Hundred of innocent lives were killed during the riot. Bodies were seen floating down the Klang River while many properties were torched, looted and gutted. With the curfew in place, many households had to tighten their belts since food were scarce and many could not go to the markets to buy their daily provisions. For months and years on end thereafter, the one-time peaceful and harmonious multi-racial setting in country had been disrupted and undermined. With the UMNO politicians continuing to stoke the racial-religious issues, they have caused greater divide among the people of Malaysia.
Don’t the UMNO ultra-putras have any iota shame about creating and causing a bad reputation for the country through their incessant imbecile and inane acts of racial and religious divisionism. By just going back the last twelve months, we witnessed and saw in place the Sodomy I & II episodes, the incriminating sex-video in TV3 probably engineered by the trievillate, the Alkitab issue and now the article attempting to cause a divide between the Muslims and Christians in Malaysia. This merely shows the blatant mental bankruptcy of UMNO leadership which seriously reflects badly on the competence and capability of the PM. And honestly, I am appalled at the silly and lame excuse of the Minister of Home Affairs – he is just not fit to be there since he is always afraid to make decision and when so confronted is seen to pander to these UMNO extremists.
Instead of putting the national resources to greater use and benefit, the UMNOputras continue to delve on projects that do not provide better socio-economic welfare and benefit to the people at large. They continue to dig their itchy fingers into the till of EPF and invest in properties in UK in anticipation of a meager returns for the workers of Malaysia. Besides, workers representatives were not consulted. How many people will remember that EPF owns such a such property in UK? Building universities, transport infrastructure, excavating treasures in the Malacca Straits, offering scholarships to foreigners in preference to amply qualified locals, granting citizenship to migrants from neighbouring countries, offering employments to foreigners, etc.
Look at the proposed MRT plan. I would have thought that the authority would have seen it fit by now to link the highly populous areas between KL and Subang – from Kampung Harun, all the villages along Old Klang Road, Taman Sentosa, Overseas Union Garden, Taman Desa, Taman Se-puteh to Chan Sow Lin Station via the Sungei Besi Airport which is going to be developed for the peoples enjoyment in the near future! The planners are more concerned with lining their pockets rather than to see the people of Old Klang Road enjoying the taxes that they pay over the past 60 years or so. We have been patient enough.
The Christians will never do a thing like what the Utusan Melayu portrayed. We are sensible and sensitive. Are you?
I am also appalled at the inertia of the Muslim clerics for not chastising their followers for doing such an evil and ignominious act which could have caused a greater division between the Muslims and Christians and if not checked may result in the whole country flaring up into a religio-racial conflagration.
The People of the Book – why are you doing these dastard and sinful things that divide rather than integrate? It is either that you do not know or pretend to know what is contained in their respective books or never attempt to look at them from day one. No wonder, there is so much trouble, disputes and killings and miseries in the world because people just do not know their religious teaching enough to appreciate what is harmony, unity and peace.
At the rate things are going on, the socio-economic situation of Malaysia will turn for the worse before it ever gets better. A model of racial tolerance so our leaders brag to our overseas dignitaries – my answer to that is bull shit for you just do not walk your talk. It is sheer hypocracies.
To create a united, peaceful and harmonious country, it takes all in the country to play a part. Malays cannot blame anyone for their backwardness. You are the one to blame for not seeing the signs of time of the bigoted government which lacks expertise, brain and competence; besides they lack self-esteem and is embarking on ostentatious projects that tend to enrich their pockets and not the rakyat. There is nothing to fear. There is enough for everyone in the country. So for heaven sake, take care of your people first and your pocket last and not the other way. You are killing the country’s golden goose.
The Editorial Board of UM should be given a stern show cause letter as to why disciplinary action should not be taken against them for deeming it fit to print the article knowing fairly well that it was not true and that it was based on hearsay and lies. If they were found guilty, the legal process must take its place to dismiss them and that the publication license shall be suspended for at least a year to show that the Government is serious in wanting to build or encourage to build a united, harmonious and peaceful nation among the all citizens of Malaysia regardless of their racial origin, religious background and beliefs.
As a national daily, Utusan Melayu has a great responsibility to ensure that what it reports is true based on facts and not based on irresponsible pro-UMNO bloggers like the Bigdog.com and Marahku.com
If I may add to what BG (R) Mohd Arshad that the Editorial Members of UM perhaps were too young to know what happened on May 13, 1969 and its aftermath that immeasurably had contributed to the socio-economic situation with which the country is facing today. Hundred of innocent lives were killed during the riot. Bodies were seen floating down the Klang River while many properties were torched, looted and gutted. With the curfew in place, many households had to tighten their belts since food were scarce and many could not go to the markets to buy their daily provisions. For months and years on end thereafter, the one-time peaceful and harmonious multi-racial setting in country had been disrupted and undermined. With the UMNO politicians continuing to stoke the racial-religious issues, they have caused greater divide among the people of Malaysia.
Don’t the UMNO ultra-putras have any iota shame about creating and causing a bad reputation for the country through their incessant imbecile and inane acts of racial and religious divisionism. By just going back the last twelve months, we witnessed and saw in place the Sodomy I & II episodes, the incriminating sex-video in TV3 probably engineered by the trievillate, the Alkitab issue and now the article attempting to cause a divide between the Muslims and Christians in Malaysia. This merely shows the blatant mental bankruptcy of UMNO leadership which seriously reflects badly on the competence and capability of the PM. And honestly, I am appalled at the silly and lame excuse of the Minister of Home Affairs – he is just not fit to be there since he is always afraid to make decision and when so confronted is seen to pander to these UMNO extremists.
Instead of putting the national resources to greater use and benefit, the UMNOputras continue to delve on projects that do not provide better socio-economic welfare and benefit to the people at large. They continue to dig their itchy fingers into the till of EPF and invest in properties in UK in anticipation of a meager returns for the workers of Malaysia. Besides, workers representatives were not consulted. How many people will remember that EPF owns such a such property in UK? Building universities, transport infrastructure, excavating treasures in the Malacca Straits, offering scholarships to foreigners in preference to amply qualified locals, granting citizenship to migrants from neighbouring countries, offering employments to foreigners, etc.
Look at the proposed MRT plan. I would have thought that the authority would have seen it fit by now to link the highly populous areas between KL and Subang – from Kampung Harun, all the villages along Old Klang Road, Taman Sentosa, Overseas Union Garden, Taman Desa, Taman Se-puteh to Chan Sow Lin Station via the Sungei Besi Airport which is going to be developed for the peoples enjoyment in the near future! The planners are more concerned with lining their pockets rather than to see the people of Old Klang Road enjoying the taxes that they pay over the past 60 years or so. We have been patient enough.
The Christians will never do a thing like what the Utusan Melayu portrayed. We are sensible and sensitive. Are you?
I am also appalled at the inertia of the Muslim clerics for not chastising their followers for doing such an evil and ignominious act which could have caused a greater division between the Muslims and Christians and if not checked may result in the whole country flaring up into a religio-racial conflagration.
The People of the Book – why are you doing these dastard and sinful things that divide rather than integrate? It is either that you do not know or pretend to know what is contained in their respective books or never attempt to look at them from day one. No wonder, there is so much trouble, disputes and killings and miseries in the world because people just do not know their religious teaching enough to appreciate what is harmony, unity and peace.
At the rate things are going on, the socio-economic situation of Malaysia will turn for the worse before it ever gets better. A model of racial tolerance so our leaders brag to our overseas dignitaries – my answer to that is bull shit for you just do not walk your talk. It is sheer hypocracies.
To create a united, peaceful and harmonious country, it takes all in the country to play a part. Malays cannot blame anyone for their backwardness. You are the one to blame for not seeing the signs of time of the bigoted government which lacks expertise, brain and competence; besides they lack self-esteem and is embarking on ostentatious projects that tend to enrich their pockets and not the rakyat. There is nothing to fear. There is enough for everyone in the country. So for heaven sake, take care of your people first and your pocket last and not the other way. You are killing the country’s golden goose.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Prices Are Going Up
The people in the streets are getting edgy, anxious and disappointed with the government for its failure to control prices of basic items like food, transport and housing.
We just received news that sugar is going to increase by 20 cents per kilo and gasoline 97 by another 20 cents.
What is the withdrawal of RM400 million subsidy compared to the million of ringgits that
We just received news that sugar is going to increase by 20 cents per kilo and gasoline 97 by another 20 cents.
What is the withdrawal of RM400 million subsidy compared to the million of ringgits that
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Irresponsible Reporting by Utusan Melaya
The Home Ministry should haul up the Editor of Utusan Melayu for its irresponsible reporting that the Christians intended to turn Malaysia into a Christian state based on rumours from two blogs.
It is not that Utusan Melayu did not understand or know about the extreme sensitivity of the issue which smacked right into the core of racialism and religion. These two matters have been deemed seditious under the Sedition Act.
It is fortunate that the people of Malaysia are now matured enough to disregard the irresponsible report that appeared in the Utusan Melayu a couple of days ago.
The PM statement which appeared on the front page of The Star of 9th May 2011 came on timely. What he should lhave done as a concerned PM was to direct the KDN to investigate into the malfeasance of Utusan Melayu and take appropriate action against for violating the Sedition Act.
By letting Utusan Melayu off is tantamount to a dereliction of duty. Before long, it can be construed as part of UMNO long term plan to persecute adherents of other religions in the country. This is definitely against the the concept of 1 Malaysia.
The remarks by our former PM MM bordered on racialism. He as an elder should stop inciting one race against another. How could the Chinese have beneifitted much from the NEP? Remember they are merely getting the crumbs while the cheries have been reaped by the Malays. Check this up if my view is wrong.
It is not that Utusan Melayu did not understand or know about the extreme sensitivity of the issue which smacked right into the core of racialism and religion. These two matters have been deemed seditious under the Sedition Act.
It is fortunate that the people of Malaysia are now matured enough to disregard the irresponsible report that appeared in the Utusan Melayu a couple of days ago.
The PM statement which appeared on the front page of The Star of 9th May 2011 came on timely. What he should lhave done as a concerned PM was to direct the KDN to investigate into the malfeasance of Utusan Melayu and take appropriate action against for violating the Sedition Act.
By letting Utusan Melayu off is tantamount to a dereliction of duty. Before long, it can be construed as part of UMNO long term plan to persecute adherents of other religions in the country. This is definitely against the the concept of 1 Malaysia.
The remarks by our former PM MM bordered on racialism. He as an elder should stop inciting one race against another. How could the Chinese have beneifitted much from the NEP? Remember they are merely getting the crumbs while the cheries have been reaped by the Malays. Check this up if my view is wrong.
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Enough is Enough BN
To Whom It May Concern
This article is directed at those leaders concerned, political or otherwise, who have contributed to the sorry state of affairs with which Malaysia is presently facing or has been experiencing during the past 50 years under the rule of UMNO/BN.
The non-Bumiputras in the recent Sarawak State Election have spoken volumes of their deception, disappointment and frustration they they feel for the Taib Mahmud's regime and they wanted a desparate change of leadership.
It was not just the Chinese who have stopped voting for and supporting the BN Government. Besides the Chinese, I believe other tribes like the Iban, Dayak,Penans could also have contributed to the waning rakyat support of for BN candidates elected into the State's legislative Assembly.
The Opposition Coalition, Pakatan Rakyat, have certainly made great inroads into the State Legislative Asembly though they managed to secure 45% of the popular votes in Sarawak from which saw them succeeding in 16 State seats.
The results also imply and speak out against corruption, cronyism and nepotism and the NEP which had not been implemented justly and equitably among the various peoples of Malaysia. Wealth distribution is highly inequitably disproportionate.
Just because the BN in Sarawak lost 8% of the popularity votes, they are now putting the blame on the chinese for being ungrateful and for not giving them the support. What sort of rubbish is this? The Chinese and other races had been giving BN the support for the past 5 decades to reallise that they have been short-changed through the insiduous deceptive policies of the BN Government. And these policies are based on race and religion and not on meritorcracy. How can the country progress into an industrialised economy by 2020?
Let us be open about the whole situation. The past 40 years since the race riot on 13 May 1969 saw the Malays securing socio-economic dominance in the Banking, Oil Palm Estate, public transport, Petroleum, colleges and tertiary education, civil service, armed forces, police and biased administration of the country' several ministries and departments through fear and indoctrination and deprivation programmes.
Corruption has become a way of life among the political UMNO/BN leaders and civil servants. The Police, Judiciary and AG Department are virtually under the control of the Executive. Any issues or cases concerning race and religion are always taking a long time to resolve through the blatant abuse of the judiary appeal system up to the Federal Court. A case in point is the Allah issue and some of the conversion cases. Looks like the case has been relegated to res adjudica.
The main media in the country are in the hands of the Malays. They do not have to compete with the rest of the other citizens on securement of scholarship, education loans and entry into the universities, import licences,etc. The BN government in recent years have been squandering and plundering the natural resources and savings of the country. The forest has been raped and felled indiscriminately while the EPF savings have been used to purchase overseas properties which are likely to bring in meagre returns and of which most if not all congtributors will have hardly any chance whatesoever to use nor smell them. And these, investments are done without the workers' consultation.
A great dissatisfaction among the rakyat is the attitude of most if not all the UMNO/BN leaders who are noted to ignore and fulfill their pre-electoral pledges and promises. There were more concerned with amassing their own wealth to the general neglect of the welfare of the electorate. This is perhaps one of the major causes of the downfall of UMNO/BN. If they continue to conduct themselves in ways as mentioned, they would lose their fixed deposits in the next General Election. They will be decimated.
Now UMNO has set up or has encouraged to set up a shit-stirring organisation called Perkasa. The people in the country must recognise that they are just the voice of the UMNO scum-dogs. They are there to create chaos and disquiet through public protests aganist anything done by the Opposition from race to religion, from builidng of temples to churches and places of worships. In my opinion, they are just a bunch of political mat-rempits who are a disgrace to the society as well as anti-social organisation out to create and incite racial animosity among the people of Malaysia. So watch out for this group.
UMNO must stop the Utusan Melayu from churning out half truths and racially inflammatory articles without caring whether their news were true or not. Articles like "Chrisitans taking over the Country". If read by the masses will have the effect of fomenting interreligious animosity and hatred.
The people are tired of this form of politics and have seen through the avaricious, self-fish and highly discriminatory propensities of the UMNOputras of driving the other races to leave the country or relegating them into second class citizens.
It is also a known fact that the non-Malays have been paying their income taxes for benefits that they or their families and children do not fairly or rarely enjoy. This money is used to buy up successful companies of non-Malays and reduce their economic dominance. These GLCs gsenerated thus are then providing employment to the Malays and their losses are borne out by the tax-payers each year. Hos long can this happen or allow to happen? Until the country is bankrupt?
UMNO must change and transform itself to be relevant to the societal aspiratsions and expectations. If they continue to think otherwise of the people, they will one day find that the rakyat will erupt into a conflagation like Egypt, Syria, Yemen, Tunisia, Jordan, Bahrain and Lybya clammouring for instant change of Government and leadership.
The people want Competence, Accountabilty and Transparency in your admininistration and governance.
This article is directed at those leaders concerned, political or otherwise, who have contributed to the sorry state of affairs with which Malaysia is presently facing or has been experiencing during the past 50 years under the rule of UMNO/BN.
The non-Bumiputras in the recent Sarawak State Election have spoken volumes of their deception, disappointment and frustration they they feel for the Taib Mahmud's regime and they wanted a desparate change of leadership.
It was not just the Chinese who have stopped voting for and supporting the BN Government. Besides the Chinese, I believe other tribes like the Iban, Dayak,Penans could also have contributed to the waning rakyat support of for BN candidates elected into the State's legislative Assembly.
The Opposition Coalition, Pakatan Rakyat, have certainly made great inroads into the State Legislative Asembly though they managed to secure 45% of the popular votes in Sarawak from which saw them succeeding in 16 State seats.
The results also imply and speak out against corruption, cronyism and nepotism and the NEP which had not been implemented justly and equitably among the various peoples of Malaysia. Wealth distribution is highly inequitably disproportionate.
Just because the BN in Sarawak lost 8% of the popularity votes, they are now putting the blame on the chinese for being ungrateful and for not giving them the support. What sort of rubbish is this? The Chinese and other races had been giving BN the support for the past 5 decades to reallise that they have been short-changed through the insiduous deceptive policies of the BN Government. And these policies are based on race and religion and not on meritorcracy. How can the country progress into an industrialised economy by 2020?
Let us be open about the whole situation. The past 40 years since the race riot on 13 May 1969 saw the Malays securing socio-economic dominance in the Banking, Oil Palm Estate, public transport, Petroleum, colleges and tertiary education, civil service, armed forces, police and biased administration of the country' several ministries and departments through fear and indoctrination and deprivation programmes.
Corruption has become a way of life among the political UMNO/BN leaders and civil servants. The Police, Judiciary and AG Department are virtually under the control of the Executive. Any issues or cases concerning race and religion are always taking a long time to resolve through the blatant abuse of the judiary appeal system up to the Federal Court. A case in point is the Allah issue and some of the conversion cases. Looks like the case has been relegated to res adjudica.
The main media in the country are in the hands of the Malays. They do not have to compete with the rest of the other citizens on securement of scholarship, education loans and entry into the universities, import licences,etc. The BN government in recent years have been squandering and plundering the natural resources and savings of the country. The forest has been raped and felled indiscriminately while the EPF savings have been used to purchase overseas properties which are likely to bring in meagre returns and of which most if not all congtributors will have hardly any chance whatesoever to use nor smell them. And these, investments are done without the workers' consultation.
A great dissatisfaction among the rakyat is the attitude of most if not all the UMNO/BN leaders who are noted to ignore and fulfill their pre-electoral pledges and promises. There were more concerned with amassing their own wealth to the general neglect of the welfare of the electorate. This is perhaps one of the major causes of the downfall of UMNO/BN. If they continue to conduct themselves in ways as mentioned, they would lose their fixed deposits in the next General Election. They will be decimated.
Now UMNO has set up or has encouraged to set up a shit-stirring organisation called Perkasa. The people in the country must recognise that they are just the voice of the UMNO scum-dogs. They are there to create chaos and disquiet through public protests aganist anything done by the Opposition from race to religion, from builidng of temples to churches and places of worships. In my opinion, they are just a bunch of political mat-rempits who are a disgrace to the society as well as anti-social organisation out to create and incite racial animosity among the people of Malaysia. So watch out for this group.
UMNO must stop the Utusan Melayu from churning out half truths and racially inflammatory articles without caring whether their news were true or not. Articles like "Chrisitans taking over the Country". If read by the masses will have the effect of fomenting interreligious animosity and hatred.
The people are tired of this form of politics and have seen through the avaricious, self-fish and highly discriminatory propensities of the UMNOputras of driving the other races to leave the country or relegating them into second class citizens.
It is also a known fact that the non-Malays have been paying their income taxes for benefits that they or their families and children do not fairly or rarely enjoy. This money is used to buy up successful companies of non-Malays and reduce their economic dominance. These GLCs gsenerated thus are then providing employment to the Malays and their losses are borne out by the tax-payers each year. Hos long can this happen or allow to happen? Until the country is bankrupt?
UMNO must change and transform itself to be relevant to the societal aspiratsions and expectations. If they continue to think otherwise of the people, they will one day find that the rakyat will erupt into a conflagation like Egypt, Syria, Yemen, Tunisia, Jordan, Bahrain and Lybya clammouring for instant change of Government and leadership.
The people want Competence, Accountabilty and Transparency in your admininistration and governance.
Monday, May 2, 2011
High Time to Prop Up Our Education Standards
The past five decades saw the rapid proliferation and establishment of private and public institutions of higher learning.
In the 60s, there was only one public university in the country; that is, the University of Malaysia situated in Pantai Valley. Courses offered by the University were not countable. They inter-alia included Science, Arts, Education, Agriculture, Engineering. The Arts Faculty provided courses on History, Economics, Islamic Studies etc. The Medical Faculty started sometime in 1962 or thereabout.
The entry requirements were not less than the HSC. Preferable and fvorable consideration for admission was given to those students with four principal passes in the HSC. The standards and reputation of the University were well recognised and respected by overseas universities and Governments.
But within a matter of fifty years, the number of universities have mushroomed to about 40 or thereabout. This number comprises both public and private universities.
While the government is trying its best to provide its citizens ample opportunities to pursue tertiary education by setting up States' universities, she nevertheless neglected the important aspect of maintaining high standards in all the courses that they offer. Entrance to public universities in my view determines the ultimated quality of the graduates that they produce. Employers will be tbe best judges on this standard among the graduates.
Hundred of local graduates could not find proper employment in the private sectors as they lack communication and certain employable skills. Surveys have shown that the universities are not producing manpower that meet employers' job requirements.
This escalating unemployment figure is causing quite an alarm in the country. The Government cannot continue expanding the civil service to create jobs for the sake of job creation. The civil service is already overstaffed and an further influx will cause a state of redundancy.
It has been recently reported that the Government intends to set up another university in Pagoh and turn it into another education hub! Have we not enough of these hubs in the country?
The BN Government must stop setting up more universities in the country. We just cannot have sufficient local qualified personnel to fill the various vacancies in the universities.
We should embark on consolidation rather than expansion of existing institutions of higher learning. Firstly, the Government should do away with the Matriculation to provide Bumiputras virtually a backdoor avenue to get into the universities. We should retain the STPM to be the only determinant for qualification to enter the universities. In this way, we maintain at least quality of students in the public universities. Secondly, entry must be based on merits.
Thirdly, positions and promotions in the universities should be proffered to those who have not only the paper qualifications and seniority but also the relevant working experience regardless of race, colour or creed.
Forthly, passing mark must be set high so that those who pass the exams are assured of certain standards of achievement they have attained. Authorities should not interfere with the local universities authorities in determining their programmes, quality and stanards.
If the above steps are taken, perhaps we can see some improvement and progress in the near future.
In the 60s, there was only one public university in the country; that is, the University of Malaysia situated in Pantai Valley. Courses offered by the University were not countable. They inter-alia included Science, Arts, Education, Agriculture, Engineering. The Arts Faculty provided courses on History, Economics, Islamic Studies etc. The Medical Faculty started sometime in 1962 or thereabout.
The entry requirements were not less than the HSC. Preferable and fvorable consideration for admission was given to those students with four principal passes in the HSC. The standards and reputation of the University were well recognised and respected by overseas universities and Governments.
But within a matter of fifty years, the number of universities have mushroomed to about 40 or thereabout. This number comprises both public and private universities.
While the government is trying its best to provide its citizens ample opportunities to pursue tertiary education by setting up States' universities, she nevertheless neglected the important aspect of maintaining high standards in all the courses that they offer. Entrance to public universities in my view determines the ultimated quality of the graduates that they produce. Employers will be tbe best judges on this standard among the graduates.
Hundred of local graduates could not find proper employment in the private sectors as they lack communication and certain employable skills. Surveys have shown that the universities are not producing manpower that meet employers' job requirements.
This escalating unemployment figure is causing quite an alarm in the country. The Government cannot continue expanding the civil service to create jobs for the sake of job creation. The civil service is already overstaffed and an further influx will cause a state of redundancy.
It has been recently reported that the Government intends to set up another university in Pagoh and turn it into another education hub! Have we not enough of these hubs in the country?
The BN Government must stop setting up more universities in the country. We just cannot have sufficient local qualified personnel to fill the various vacancies in the universities.
We should embark on consolidation rather than expansion of existing institutions of higher learning. Firstly, the Government should do away with the Matriculation to provide Bumiputras virtually a backdoor avenue to get into the universities. We should retain the STPM to be the only determinant for qualification to enter the universities. In this way, we maintain at least quality of students in the public universities. Secondly, entry must be based on merits.
Thirdly, positions and promotions in the universities should be proffered to those who have not only the paper qualifications and seniority but also the relevant working experience regardless of race, colour or creed.
Forthly, passing mark must be set high so that those who pass the exams are assured of certain standards of achievement they have attained. Authorities should not interfere with the local universities authorities in determining their programmes, quality and stanards.
If the above steps are taken, perhaps we can see some improvement and progress in the near future.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
What The Hell Is Going On in Malaysian Politics
I was coming back to Kuala Lumpur on a flight from Europe. There was this Caucasian whosat beside me. Seeing that I was so engrossed in the newspaper page on Malaysian Politics, he started to ask if I was from Malaysia.
I answered him in affirmative and before I could get started, he exclaimed, "What the Hell is happening to your country! I read about the Sodomy II trial, the DNA issue and now the video clip featuring purportedly the former DPM Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Is the BN government so afraid of this Anwar that she is trying to get him back behind bars before the next General Election."
What can I say except to tell my companion that it was all a conspiracy. Somehow, the ruling party is quite afraid of the campaigning capability of Anwar. Just see the dent that he and the leaders of Pakatan Rakyat did to Sarawak during the State's Election on Saturday 16 April 2011? The results show their disgust they harboured against the BN Governement by voting for the Opposition. So what better way could they have shown?
My flight mate was stunned at my response which he regarded as too forthright and outright. I just could not hide my frustration and disappointment at the turpitude to which my country's leaders had degenerated by having to resort to such underhand and evil actions. And here you are, a foreigner whom I hardly know was posing that question to me!
What the hell was going on or had gone on or would be going on in the near future? What has my country turned to? Firstly, we had the Mongolian lady C-4ed, politician and detainees died while under the detention of the MACC or police, now we have this video-production done with a view to incriminate another human being. Have our UMNOputras drifted back to the dark ages of barbarity and savagery?
Malaysia by certain standards may be considered a reasonably developed country - a land of milk and honey. But the politics have gone very ugly and the craze for power must have driven the political bigots to a great degree of insanity. How can we ever become an indusstrialised economy by 2020?
A civilisation is judged not by the modern buildings and infra-structures prevailing in a country. It is judged by the civility of its citizens. A country where the people are civic-minded, honest, diligent, industrious and conscientious and objective and scientific in resolving problems
Unless we start to change our attitude and conduct, we will continue to live like over-sheltered frogs.
I answered him in affirmative and before I could get started, he exclaimed, "What the Hell is happening to your country! I read about the Sodomy II trial, the DNA issue and now the video clip featuring purportedly the former DPM Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Is the BN government so afraid of this Anwar that she is trying to get him back behind bars before the next General Election."
What can I say except to tell my companion that it was all a conspiracy. Somehow, the ruling party is quite afraid of the campaigning capability of Anwar. Just see the dent that he and the leaders of Pakatan Rakyat did to Sarawak during the State's Election on Saturday 16 April 2011? The results show their disgust they harboured against the BN Governement by voting for the Opposition. So what better way could they have shown?
My flight mate was stunned at my response which he regarded as too forthright and outright. I just could not hide my frustration and disappointment at the turpitude to which my country's leaders had degenerated by having to resort to such underhand and evil actions. And here you are, a foreigner whom I hardly know was posing that question to me!
What the hell was going on or had gone on or would be going on in the near future? What has my country turned to? Firstly, we had the Mongolian lady C-4ed, politician and detainees died while under the detention of the MACC or police, now we have this video-production done with a view to incriminate another human being. Have our UMNOputras drifted back to the dark ages of barbarity and savagery?
Malaysia by certain standards may be considered a reasonably developed country - a land of milk and honey. But the politics have gone very ugly and the craze for power must have driven the political bigots to a great degree of insanity. How can we ever become an indusstrialised economy by 2020?
A civilisation is judged not by the modern buildings and infra-structures prevailing in a country. It is judged by the civility of its citizens. A country where the people are civic-minded, honest, diligent, industrious and conscientious and objective and scientific in resolving problems
Unless we start to change our attitude and conduct, we will continue to live like over-sheltered frogs.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Unfair State's Electioon
The dust has settled after the Sarawak State Election on Sat 16 April 2011. The Opposition party - Pakatan Rakyat - a coalition of PAS, PKR and DAP - certainly created a stir by securing 45% of the popular votes.
Accordingly, PR succeeded in winning 15 constituencies while one won by an Independent. The BN won 55 State seats which represented a mere securement of 55% of the voters support - which statistics show the following:
1) Many of the seats won by the BN have less than five thousand voters - as compared to those won by the PR.
2) The voters per State constituency does not fall into any particular pattern or fomula. The boundaries were delineated to the advantage of the BN.
3) Postal votes have been reported to have been used to ensure victory for certain BN candidates.
In my opinion, I must say that the BN won by default, by deception and by foul means of the 50s - 80s. I think the PR should take the EC to task. What they did was certainly despicable. Money was being seen to be distributed out to voters in certain constituencies and this was done blatantly. In the name of justice, was not EC empowered to disqualify the condidacy of the incumbent?
Racial and religious politics do not work anymore. The BN government antagonised the Christians by suspending their bibles importation, imposed absurb regulations by defacing and descerating the bibles. Of course, what the BN did was most short-sighted and they seemed to have a very short memory - each ministry does not seem to know what the other is doing. How could you try to split Malaysia by having 2 Language policies for one country. What an administrative f/u!
I think the results in BN have spoken volumes what is to come in the coming GE. The results merely show that if they continue with the divisive and highly discriminatory politics, they are going to lose more votes. The people have matured and they want a change - a change as fast as that demand we saw in the middle east countries.
If UMNO/BN is to survive the next round of GE, it has to change within and get rid of those empty vessels who have mere cow dung in their heads. They merely care for their pockets to the negligence of the poor and needy outside.
At the rate the UMNO/BN scum-dogs are performing, the country will go bankrupt in no time. I still wonder by the time this generation comes to retirement age, the EPF will not have sufficient money to pay them off. They are using public funds indiscriminately - buying properties overseas whose annual returns are unattractive, investing in losing concerns, and squandering the Petrol Ringgits in unnecessary infrastructure projects etc. This wanton and haphazard spending has caused general deprivation - deserving non-bumis not getting scholarships/loans, bailing out illing GLCs in the name of NEP, inflated projects etc.
Over the past 30 years or so, most if not all the industrial and public sectors including the civil service have been "UMNO-nised" so much so that only its cronies, their children, families and associates benefit from the NEP. They only know how to take and plunder the national resources but they fight shy of sharing the crumbs with the marginalised and the needy of the country. They must be in-humans!
So my friends, come next round, vote wisely.
Accordingly, PR succeeded in winning 15 constituencies while one won by an Independent. The BN won 55 State seats which represented a mere securement of 55% of the voters support - which statistics show the following:
1) Many of the seats won by the BN have less than five thousand voters - as compared to those won by the PR.
2) The voters per State constituency does not fall into any particular pattern or fomula. The boundaries were delineated to the advantage of the BN.
3) Postal votes have been reported to have been used to ensure victory for certain BN candidates.
In my opinion, I must say that the BN won by default, by deception and by foul means of the 50s - 80s. I think the PR should take the EC to task. What they did was certainly despicable. Money was being seen to be distributed out to voters in certain constituencies and this was done blatantly. In the name of justice, was not EC empowered to disqualify the condidacy of the incumbent?
Racial and religious politics do not work anymore. The BN government antagonised the Christians by suspending their bibles importation, imposed absurb regulations by defacing and descerating the bibles. Of course, what the BN did was most short-sighted and they seemed to have a very short memory - each ministry does not seem to know what the other is doing. How could you try to split Malaysia by having 2 Language policies for one country. What an administrative f/u!
I think the results in BN have spoken volumes what is to come in the coming GE. The results merely show that if they continue with the divisive and highly discriminatory politics, they are going to lose more votes. The people have matured and they want a change - a change as fast as that demand we saw in the middle east countries.
If UMNO/BN is to survive the next round of GE, it has to change within and get rid of those empty vessels who have mere cow dung in their heads. They merely care for their pockets to the negligence of the poor and needy outside.
At the rate the UMNO/BN scum-dogs are performing, the country will go bankrupt in no time. I still wonder by the time this generation comes to retirement age, the EPF will not have sufficient money to pay them off. They are using public funds indiscriminately - buying properties overseas whose annual returns are unattractive, investing in losing concerns, and squandering the Petrol Ringgits in unnecessary infrastructure projects etc. This wanton and haphazard spending has caused general deprivation - deserving non-bumis not getting scholarships/loans, bailing out illing GLCs in the name of NEP, inflated projects etc.
Over the past 30 years or so, most if not all the industrial and public sectors including the civil service have been "UMNO-nised" so much so that only its cronies, their children, families and associates benefit from the NEP. They only know how to take and plunder the national resources but they fight shy of sharing the crumbs with the marginalised and the needy of the country. They must be in-humans!
So my friends, come next round, vote wisely.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
The Flawed 10-Point Solution
I refer to the article under the caption “Solutions to address Bible Issue” appearing on Page N8 of your Sunday Star of 3 April 2011.
The ten-point solution announced by The Honorable Minister in the Prime Minister Department, Datuk Seri Idris Jala, would be well-received and welcomed by adherents of all religions in the country if not for Point No. 5.
As a staunched Christian, Point 5 should be taken out from the solution. It tends to contradict and vitiate, in my humble view, the true spirit of 1 Malaysia Policy. Besides, it was an expedient attempt to provide a short term solution to the current impasse; but, unfortunately in the course of seeking a solution , it inadvertently created an insidiously divisive double standard policy of religious practice among Christian Malaysians in East Malaysia and Peninsular Malaysia.
It is timely and opportune that we standardise the BM Bible publication and circulation policy for all states in the country and avoid creating further the geographical divide in a sincere effort by all concerned to create a better, united and harmonious Malaysia.
The Minister had admirably cited Matthew 18:21-22 in connection with the season of Lent exhorting Christians and people at large on the need for sacrifice, reconciliation and forgiveness. While appreciating the Minister’s effort, any future workable or sustainable religio-policy, should be free from any impediment, prohibition and restriction . In this regard, I would go so far as to suggest that we and all when proposing or intending to propose any religio- policy should be guided by Matthew 22:21 which states “Render back to Caesar what that belongs to Caesar and to God what that belongs to God”.
The BM Bible issue in my view is a non-issue if only those in authority really under stand fully the purport and import of Article 11(1) of the Federal Constitution and Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Government leaders and civil servants in various ministries and Islamic organizations should be encouraged to freely participate and engage in interreligious dialogue with leaders of other religions in the country so that they might better understand their respective teachings and practices; and, so that they could conceive and formulate sounder policies on religions that are fair, just and congruent to the tenets of Rukunegara and prevailing laws of the land.
The Christian community and others were dismayed and disappointed at the unwarranted hasty impoundment of the 35,000 copies of the BM Alkitab two years ago and the subsequent unilateral imposition of the release conditions and desecration of the said bibles.
This had antagonized the Christian community, who felt that they had been denied or seemingly denied of their freedom and right to religious freedom. The resultant tension, frustration and disharmony so caused was rather if not most unfortunate.
The Government should not be worried about people reading any holy books because all of them have the common message of teaching or encouraging to teach the readers to become better individuals– more understanding, loving, charitable, helpful, merciful, kind, patient, reasonable and thoughtful. For sure, they do not teach nor encourage anyone to be belligerent, kill, cheat, be sinful or immoral or harbouring any evil intent to hurt or injure another human being.
From my personal experience, I have read and will continue to read available holy books of any religion whether the Holy Bible, the Koran, Bagavad Gita, books and literature on or relating to Taoism, Sikhism, the Bahai faith etc. My faith is or has never been shaken. In fact, by exposing myself to the knowledge of other religions, my faith and spirituality have over the years been greatly edified and strengthened. By knowing more about my neighbours’ religions , I have become more aware of how little I know of my own religion. This in a great way provides me the impetus to read, learn more about and fortify my own faith.
I do not see nor understand the rationale or the necessity of having the cross and the cautionary phrase “Christian Publication” etched on the covers of the BM Alkitab printed or imported for West Malaysians.
Anyone who opens a holy book will automatically realise that it belongs to or is meant for either Christians, or Muslims, or Hindus, or Sikhs, or Bahais , or Taoists etc.
My point is: why have them etched on the cover of BM Bibles for particular circulation in West Malaysia and exempt this ruling from application to the BM Alkitab for Sarawak and Sabah. All religious adherents should read or be encouraged to read their respective or other holy books written in or translated into the language in which they are proficient or that they can best understand. Would this ruling not be contrary to the Bahasa Malaysia policy of the country?
In a similar vein, if one were to proffer me a Koran written in the Arabic language, I would not be able to read it. But, I will read the English translated version (By Abdullah Yusuf Ali) to find out about the Islamic teachings and exhortations by Prophet Mohamad (PBUH) governing among other things the relationship between the Christians and Muslims pursuant to Surah 29:46 which reads and I quote:
“And dispute ye not with the People of the Book, except with means better than mere disputations, unless it be with those of them who inflict wrong and injury: but say, “We believe in the Revelation which has come down to us and in that which came down to you; our God and your God is one; and it is to Him we bow”.
By understanding teachings of other religions and/or faiths, I have learned to be more respectful, understanding and better fellowship with adherents of all faiths.
As exhorted, in this season of Lent, let us remove Point 5, bury the hatchet, forgive what had happened in the recent past regarding the impoundment and desecration issue.
Let us work together with magnanimity and in greater harmony for a better Malaysia tomorrow. To which, my congregation and I shall pray.
Dr William Lau
The ten-point solution announced by The Honorable Minister in the Prime Minister Department, Datuk Seri Idris Jala, would be well-received and welcomed by adherents of all religions in the country if not for Point No. 5.
As a staunched Christian, Point 5 should be taken out from the solution. It tends to contradict and vitiate, in my humble view, the true spirit of 1 Malaysia Policy. Besides, it was an expedient attempt to provide a short term solution to the current impasse; but, unfortunately in the course of seeking a solution , it inadvertently created an insidiously divisive double standard policy of religious practice among Christian Malaysians in East Malaysia and Peninsular Malaysia.
It is timely and opportune that we standardise the BM Bible publication and circulation policy for all states in the country and avoid creating further the geographical divide in a sincere effort by all concerned to create a better, united and harmonious Malaysia.
The Minister had admirably cited Matthew 18:21-22 in connection with the season of Lent exhorting Christians and people at large on the need for sacrifice, reconciliation and forgiveness. While appreciating the Minister’s effort, any future workable or sustainable religio-policy, should be free from any impediment, prohibition and restriction . In this regard, I would go so far as to suggest that we and all when proposing or intending to propose any religio- policy should be guided by Matthew 22:21 which states “Render back to Caesar what that belongs to Caesar and to God what that belongs to God”.
The BM Bible issue in my view is a non-issue if only those in authority really under stand fully the purport and import of Article 11(1) of the Federal Constitution and Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Government leaders and civil servants in various ministries and Islamic organizations should be encouraged to freely participate and engage in interreligious dialogue with leaders of other religions in the country so that they might better understand their respective teachings and practices; and, so that they could conceive and formulate sounder policies on religions that are fair, just and congruent to the tenets of Rukunegara and prevailing laws of the land.
The Christian community and others were dismayed and disappointed at the unwarranted hasty impoundment of the 35,000 copies of the BM Alkitab two years ago and the subsequent unilateral imposition of the release conditions and desecration of the said bibles.
This had antagonized the Christian community, who felt that they had been denied or seemingly denied of their freedom and right to religious freedom. The resultant tension, frustration and disharmony so caused was rather if not most unfortunate.
The Government should not be worried about people reading any holy books because all of them have the common message of teaching or encouraging to teach the readers to become better individuals– more understanding, loving, charitable, helpful, merciful, kind, patient, reasonable and thoughtful. For sure, they do not teach nor encourage anyone to be belligerent, kill, cheat, be sinful or immoral or harbouring any evil intent to hurt or injure another human being.
From my personal experience, I have read and will continue to read available holy books of any religion whether the Holy Bible, the Koran, Bagavad Gita, books and literature on or relating to Taoism, Sikhism, the Bahai faith etc. My faith is or has never been shaken. In fact, by exposing myself to the knowledge of other religions, my faith and spirituality have over the years been greatly edified and strengthened. By knowing more about my neighbours’ religions , I have become more aware of how little I know of my own religion. This in a great way provides me the impetus to read, learn more about and fortify my own faith.
I do not see nor understand the rationale or the necessity of having the cross and the cautionary phrase “Christian Publication” etched on the covers of the BM Alkitab printed or imported for West Malaysians.
Anyone who opens a holy book will automatically realise that it belongs to or is meant for either Christians, or Muslims, or Hindus, or Sikhs, or Bahais , or Taoists etc.
My point is: why have them etched on the cover of BM Bibles for particular circulation in West Malaysia and exempt this ruling from application to the BM Alkitab for Sarawak and Sabah. All religious adherents should read or be encouraged to read their respective or other holy books written in or translated into the language in which they are proficient or that they can best understand. Would this ruling not be contrary to the Bahasa Malaysia policy of the country?
In a similar vein, if one were to proffer me a Koran written in the Arabic language, I would not be able to read it. But, I will read the English translated version (By Abdullah Yusuf Ali) to find out about the Islamic teachings and exhortations by Prophet Mohamad (PBUH) governing among other things the relationship between the Christians and Muslims pursuant to Surah 29:46 which reads and I quote:
“And dispute ye not with the People of the Book, except with means better than mere disputations, unless it be with those of them who inflict wrong and injury: but say, “We believe in the Revelation which has come down to us and in that which came down to you; our God and your God is one; and it is to Him we bow”.
By understanding teachings of other religions and/or faiths, I have learned to be more respectful, understanding and better fellowship with adherents of all faiths.
As exhorted, in this season of Lent, let us remove Point 5, bury the hatchet, forgive what had happened in the recent past regarding the impoundment and desecration issue.
Let us work together with magnanimity and in greater harmony for a better Malaysia tomorrow. To which, my congregation and I shall pray.
Dr William Lau
Saturday, April 2, 2011
JAKIM's Wings Ought to Be Clipped
All religions of the world teach and encourage their adherents to seek the truths which have the tendency to set them free.
Free in the sense that they have found and established a personal relationship with the Almighty God, Allah or the Nirvana. The Christianity opines that the Almight God is a personal God and He resides in the heart of men whose bodies are the temples of the Holy Spirit. Islam interpretes Allah as the Almighty God who is so transcendent that He is inapproahable by His creatures on earth. Buddhism views that Nirvana is a state of peace, tranquillity and bliss that represents the ultimate goal that humans on earth strive to attain through meditation, fasting and self-abnegation of the worldly life.
Freedom in the ordinary parlance means that a human being is given or endowed with the gift of freedom; that is, he has inherent rights to free speech, expression and choice of his religion and creed and that he is free to ownership of land and property.
For any earthly organisation styling itself to be the supervisior of human behaviour and conduct is blasphemous. On what basis does it derive its power and authority to enchroach on the freedom of any human being particularly his attire, food and beverage and his social activities.
Such constraints would definitely be contrary to the fundamental human rights guaranteed to men by the UN Human Rights Charter.
Look at what JAKIM have done in recent years detaining foreign couple on holiday for questioning whether they were married or not; promulgating edicts that restrict the right of women in their dresses, whether dances, food and beverages were halal or haram or whether human conduct was moral or immoral according to individual perceptions of States' muftis.
The turmoil and protests in middle east and northern Africa if one cares to do research into the causes would come to a common conclusion that they were caused by tyrannical leaders who oppressed, suppressed and impoverised the masses for afar too long. Besides, the leaders were known to be corrupt, want of integrity and lacking concern for the welfare of the people at large.
Majority of those against their regimes were dissatisfied in one way or another. The common denominator could be attraibuted to suppression of their human rights and oppression of the people.
In Malaysia, many of the features could be found. If not checked, Malaysia would explode one day into national conflagation due to curtailment of human freedom and their rights for a decent living and survival.
The trium-evil-ate who did the video shooting of a high ranking politician involving in having liaision with a foreigh prostitute ought to be charged for intentionally attempting to desstroy the right of a fellow human being to participate in politics and right to choose a carreer and occupation. This trio shjould never be let free. They are just evil elements who do not deserve to be let loose in the society.
Now one of the demons had recently threatened to shut people up with legal suits for linking him to the alleged statutory rape when he could involve in insiduous activity like framing the shooting the video production with the demonic intent to kill his fellowman.
I feel sorry of the rakyat. We must now speak up and express our opinions to the highest degree and let the whole world know about the dastard engagement to injure an innocent person.
I would like to see what the authority is going to do with the evil trio. The ultimate will show whether the UMNO/BN is just or seen to be just in the administration of justice.
Free in the sense that they have found and established a personal relationship with the Almighty God, Allah or the Nirvana. The Christianity opines that the Almight God is a personal God and He resides in the heart of men whose bodies are the temples of the Holy Spirit. Islam interpretes Allah as the Almighty God who is so transcendent that He is inapproahable by His creatures on earth. Buddhism views that Nirvana is a state of peace, tranquillity and bliss that represents the ultimate goal that humans on earth strive to attain through meditation, fasting and self-abnegation of the worldly life.
Freedom in the ordinary parlance means that a human being is given or endowed with the gift of freedom; that is, he has inherent rights to free speech, expression and choice of his religion and creed and that he is free to ownership of land and property.
For any earthly organisation styling itself to be the supervisior of human behaviour and conduct is blasphemous. On what basis does it derive its power and authority to enchroach on the freedom of any human being particularly his attire, food and beverage and his social activities.
Such constraints would definitely be contrary to the fundamental human rights guaranteed to men by the UN Human Rights Charter.
Look at what JAKIM have done in recent years detaining foreign couple on holiday for questioning whether they were married or not; promulgating edicts that restrict the right of women in their dresses, whether dances, food and beverages were halal or haram or whether human conduct was moral or immoral according to individual perceptions of States' muftis.
The turmoil and protests in middle east and northern Africa if one cares to do research into the causes would come to a common conclusion that they were caused by tyrannical leaders who oppressed, suppressed and impoverised the masses for afar too long. Besides, the leaders were known to be corrupt, want of integrity and lacking concern for the welfare of the people at large.
Majority of those against their regimes were dissatisfied in one way or another. The common denominator could be attraibuted to suppression of their human rights and oppression of the people.
In Malaysia, many of the features could be found. If not checked, Malaysia would explode one day into national conflagation due to curtailment of human freedom and their rights for a decent living and survival.
The trium-evil-ate who did the video shooting of a high ranking politician involving in having liaision with a foreigh prostitute ought to be charged for intentionally attempting to desstroy the right of a fellow human being to participate in politics and right to choose a carreer and occupation. This trio shjould never be let free. They are just evil elements who do not deserve to be let loose in the society.
Now one of the demons had recently threatened to shut people up with legal suits for linking him to the alleged statutory rape when he could involve in insiduous activity like framing the shooting the video production with the demonic intent to kill his fellowman.
I feel sorry of the rakyat. We must now speak up and express our opinions to the highest degree and let the whole world know about the dastard engagement to injure an innocent person.
I would like to see what the authority is going to do with the evil trio. The ultimate will show whether the UMNO/BN is just or seen to be just in the administration of justice.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Bankruptiing the Nation
I was having a cup of coffee one evening at the Megamall Starbuck. That place is always packed with yuppies who would discuss anything and everything under the sun.
Seated next table to me was a group of four deeply engaged in serious discussion on when Malaysia was going to be bankrupted at the rate the UMNO/BN putras were squandering the national resources.
What alerted my attention was when one of them posited whether one day Malaysia would end up like what was happening in MIddle-East and North Africa (MENA).
According to his views, there was a possibility if the UMNO/BN imbeciles did not change their attitudes, policies and ways of governing the country. The coalition comprised after ll a host of venomous vipers, crocodiles and asses. Nothing good was going to come out from them. Day in and day out, they delved on unproductive work like picking on quarrels, fomenting inter-racial and inter-religious disharmony and conceiving how to make money for themselves.
Look what happened recently - EPF invested the Malaysian workers' hard earned savings of more than 400 million pounds to purchase a building in London. The public hardly knew about this. What use and to what extent can this concrete mass benefit the rakyat of Malaysia? Who will ever see or use the building? Would ths acquisition help enrich the contributors? I think the MACC should look into this dubious transaction.
Now, the scums expressed intent to spend another RM700 million on purchase of the lastest arms. Do we need these arms? Why not spend it on education and awarding scholarships to all Malaysians to pursue their higher education?
"I felt extremely uncomfortable over the richest GLC -, that is, Petronas where only the PM has had access to its vault and expenditure. The crude that is being extracted belongs to the country and the people and therefore, no one commoner can claim exclusive proprietary right over the natural resources of the country."
In silence, I could not agree more. The veil must be removed and there must be absolute transparency and accountability of the PM in using the Petronas money. The PDA must be revoked so that the rakyat can benefit from the operating profits of Petronas. The only way is to vote the UMNO/BN out in the coming GE.
Seated next table to me was a group of four deeply engaged in serious discussion on when Malaysia was going to be bankrupted at the rate the UMNO/BN putras were squandering the national resources.
What alerted my attention was when one of them posited whether one day Malaysia would end up like what was happening in MIddle-East and North Africa (MENA).
According to his views, there was a possibility if the UMNO/BN imbeciles did not change their attitudes, policies and ways of governing the country. The coalition comprised after ll a host of venomous vipers, crocodiles and asses. Nothing good was going to come out from them. Day in and day out, they delved on unproductive work like picking on quarrels, fomenting inter-racial and inter-religious disharmony and conceiving how to make money for themselves.
Look what happened recently - EPF invested the Malaysian workers' hard earned savings of more than 400 million pounds to purchase a building in London. The public hardly knew about this. What use and to what extent can this concrete mass benefit the rakyat of Malaysia? Who will ever see or use the building? Would ths acquisition help enrich the contributors? I think the MACC should look into this dubious transaction.
Now, the scums expressed intent to spend another RM700 million on purchase of the lastest arms. Do we need these arms? Why not spend it on education and awarding scholarships to all Malaysians to pursue their higher education?
"I felt extremely uncomfortable over the richest GLC -, that is, Petronas where only the PM has had access to its vault and expenditure. The crude that is being extracted belongs to the country and the people and therefore, no one commoner can claim exclusive proprietary right over the natural resources of the country."
In silence, I could not agree more. The veil must be removed and there must be absolute transparency and accountability of the PM in using the Petronas money. The PDA must be revoked so that the rakyat can benefit from the operating profits of Petronas. The only way is to vote the UMNO/BN out in the coming GE.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
The Kuching SMF Rally for Religious Freedom
It is just befitting that CFM finally decided to refuse acceptance of the 35000 copies of the desecrated Al Kitab that were detained by the Home Ministry two years ago. What CFM did is both honorable and the rightful thing to do - to send a signal to the power-that-be and to knock some sense into the Home Minister in particular that what he did was unconstitutional, sacrilegious and disrespectful. He has failed to realise that Malaysia is a multi-racial, multi-religious and multi-cultural country.
Despite the High court had decided that it was unlawful to detain the imported BM Bibles, the Home Minister persisted in being ridiculously defiant in not complying with the Court's verdict to release the detained BM bibles unconditionally. Through pressures from the Sarawakian publicians and the rakyat at large particularly the Christians there, Hissam decided to release the holy books but with conditions that the detained holy books had to be stamped with the phrase, "For Christianity" with the official stamp of the Home Ministry and the endorsement "Dengan Perintah, Menteri Dalam Menteri, 16 March 2011..
The lame excuse for the deliberate delay in releasing the BM Bibles was attributed to the pending appeal against the "Allah" High Court judgement. The appeal case should not have been initiated by the Home Ministry which should have moved on and allowed the various religions to continue to use the word Allah. If this is not religious persecution, what is?
The SFM rally held two nights ago in Kuching showed to the power-that-be the great frustsration, grievance and dissatifaction of the Christians in the amateurish handing of the BM Bibles case by the Home Ministry and therefore the UMNO/BN Government.
The ludicrous decision of the Home MInistry was also an indirect attempt of telling the people of Sarawak when coming to practising their religions and reading their Bible, they should not use the Bahasa Malaysia. What a conflict of language policy we have for the country! Double standard?
The UMNOputras do not want the Sarawakians and Sabahans to read and know more about their religious teaching contained in their holy bibles. By reading them in BM, that is tantamount to being prejudicial to the security of the country! What bloody bull-shit are the UMNOputras uttering!
As Christians, we are always encouraged to read the Bibles in the language in which we are proficient. The people in Sarawak, Sabah and even to a great measure in Peninsular Malaysia are adept in the BM and they should be encouraged to read their Bibles in BM. If this cannot be done, then we have another latent ridiculous policy; that is, linguistic persecution of the people from reading or using the national language.
Muslims regardless of their national origins should similarly be encouraged to read the Al Koran written in the language in which they can read and understand and not to read one that they cannot understand.
I am told and learn that the Al Koran exists in the Arabic Language. Translations are not allowed and muslims are forbidden to read them. From my observations there are millions of Chinese in PRC who have embraced the Islamic religion and Al Koran have been translated into Chinese. The muslims in PRC read and understand quite well as to the contents in the Al Koran because they are proficient in the Chinese Language. Besides, they also learn Arabics so that they can recite the various Koranic verses.
We must be sensible in the pursuit of our faith and religion. Dogmatism, irrationality and hippocracy tend to kill the spirituality of one's faith. The Almighty God has given us His wisdom, intelligence and talents to know and serve Him. Hence, His Revelations have been translated and disseminated worldwide so that His subjects can understand who He is, His teachings and requirements for salvation and entry to His Kingdom.
From my two decades involvement in iterreligious dialogue activities, I notice that many of my muslims brethren and sisters recite their Al Koran very well but they confide in me that they really do not know what they recite because they do not profiicent in Arablics. That being the case, I gather many muslims in the country and other countries do not really know the Al Koranic teaching and the God's commands. Could this be one of the reasons why there there is so much of turbulence in Islamic countries like Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Yumen, Bahrain, Syria, Pakistan and Afghanistan where there is so much of unlove, hatred and animosity; where suppression and oppression of human rights are so prominently prevalent; and, where tyrants and despots rule their respective countries with iron fists. Besides, the leaders are corrupt and avaricious and have amassed so much of wealth during their reigns.
I just hope that Malaysia does not degenerate into any of the above-named countries where the people are so impoverished, marginalised and destined to the ghettos of modernity. The masses are unemployed, socially displaced and ecnomically discriminated. Besides, the education they receive or have received do not seem to meet the employment requirements or training needs of the private sector. Most of them accordingly are unemployable - this is a serious social time bomb.
UMNO would wish to perpetuate its rule by suppressing the masses, and making them dependent on them so much that without them, they will suffer or lose their status. privilege and opportunity to wealth acquisition and survival. This consciousness has been fostered and set a very dangerous culture of enriching oneself without having to work hard for it through embarking on the despicable path of corruption, perdition and avarice.
UMNO/BN must go and give way to the professionals to run the country for a change if not a transformation towards meritocracy, transparency and accountability.
The 13th GE is around the corner. It is going to be lucky for some and unlucky for others. But the tilting to our desired futurity depends on how you vote. If you so decide for transformation, then vote wisely for justice, professionalism and progress in the coming GE.
Let the Sarawkian brethren and sisters show to the UMNO/BN cronies and imbeciles that you can make a difference of not being labelled as a "fixed deposit" for BN. May you deposit them into the limbo on this coming State Election on 16 April 2011.
Despite the High court had decided that it was unlawful to detain the imported BM Bibles, the Home Minister persisted in being ridiculously defiant in not complying with the Court's verdict to release the detained BM bibles unconditionally. Through pressures from the Sarawakian publicians and the rakyat at large particularly the Christians there, Hissam decided to release the holy books but with conditions that the detained holy books had to be stamped with the phrase, "For Christianity" with the official stamp of the Home Ministry and the endorsement "Dengan Perintah, Menteri Dalam Menteri, 16 March 2011..
The lame excuse for the deliberate delay in releasing the BM Bibles was attributed to the pending appeal against the "Allah" High Court judgement. The appeal case should not have been initiated by the Home Ministry which should have moved on and allowed the various religions to continue to use the word Allah. If this is not religious persecution, what is?
The SFM rally held two nights ago in Kuching showed to the power-that-be the great frustsration, grievance and dissatifaction of the Christians in the amateurish handing of the BM Bibles case by the Home Ministry and therefore the UMNO/BN Government.
The ludicrous decision of the Home MInistry was also an indirect attempt of telling the people of Sarawak when coming to practising their religions and reading their Bible, they should not use the Bahasa Malaysia. What a conflict of language policy we have for the country! Double standard?
The UMNOputras do not want the Sarawakians and Sabahans to read and know more about their religious teaching contained in their holy bibles. By reading them in BM, that is tantamount to being prejudicial to the security of the country! What bloody bull-shit are the UMNOputras uttering!
As Christians, we are always encouraged to read the Bibles in the language in which we are proficient. The people in Sarawak, Sabah and even to a great measure in Peninsular Malaysia are adept in the BM and they should be encouraged to read their Bibles in BM. If this cannot be done, then we have another latent ridiculous policy; that is, linguistic persecution of the people from reading or using the national language.
Muslims regardless of their national origins should similarly be encouraged to read the Al Koran written in the language in which they can read and understand and not to read one that they cannot understand.
I am told and learn that the Al Koran exists in the Arabic Language. Translations are not allowed and muslims are forbidden to read them. From my observations there are millions of Chinese in PRC who have embraced the Islamic religion and Al Koran have been translated into Chinese. The muslims in PRC read and understand quite well as to the contents in the Al Koran because they are proficient in the Chinese Language. Besides, they also learn Arabics so that they can recite the various Koranic verses.
We must be sensible in the pursuit of our faith and religion. Dogmatism, irrationality and hippocracy tend to kill the spirituality of one's faith. The Almighty God has given us His wisdom, intelligence and talents to know and serve Him. Hence, His Revelations have been translated and disseminated worldwide so that His subjects can understand who He is, His teachings and requirements for salvation and entry to His Kingdom.
From my two decades involvement in iterreligious dialogue activities, I notice that many of my muslims brethren and sisters recite their Al Koran very well but they confide in me that they really do not know what they recite because they do not profiicent in Arablics. That being the case, I gather many muslims in the country and other countries do not really know the Al Koranic teaching and the God's commands. Could this be one of the reasons why there there is so much of turbulence in Islamic countries like Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Yumen, Bahrain, Syria, Pakistan and Afghanistan where there is so much of unlove, hatred and animosity; where suppression and oppression of human rights are so prominently prevalent; and, where tyrants and despots rule their respective countries with iron fists. Besides, the leaders are corrupt and avaricious and have amassed so much of wealth during their reigns.
I just hope that Malaysia does not degenerate into any of the above-named countries where the people are so impoverished, marginalised and destined to the ghettos of modernity. The masses are unemployed, socially displaced and ecnomically discriminated. Besides, the education they receive or have received do not seem to meet the employment requirements or training needs of the private sector. Most of them accordingly are unemployable - this is a serious social time bomb.
UMNO would wish to perpetuate its rule by suppressing the masses, and making them dependent on them so much that without them, they will suffer or lose their status. privilege and opportunity to wealth acquisition and survival. This consciousness has been fostered and set a very dangerous culture of enriching oneself without having to work hard for it through embarking on the despicable path of corruption, perdition and avarice.
UMNO/BN must go and give way to the professionals to run the country for a change if not a transformation towards meritocracy, transparency and accountability.
The 13th GE is around the corner. It is going to be lucky for some and unlucky for others. But the tilting to our desired futurity depends on how you vote. If you so decide for transformation, then vote wisely for justice, professionalism and progress in the coming GE.
Let the Sarawkian brethren and sisters show to the UMNO/BN cronies and imbeciles that you can make a difference of not being labelled as a "fixed deposit" for BN. May you deposit them into the limbo on this coming State Election on 16 April 2011.
Abide by the Golden Rule
The whole conspiracy stinks. This merely reveals and shows the hollowness and bankruptcy of the UMNO/BN leadership for all these years. For power sake, I am of the belief just now that they would go all out at whatever cost to bring down DSAI politically.
The first time before 2008, Mahathir succeeded in putting DSAI away for quite a few years in prison. He suffered the black eye. The IGP ignominiously resigned from the top post from the RMP and eventually his conscience must have pricked him so much that he had to seek forgiveness from his wife. Meanwhile, the trumped up first sodomy charge was dropped for want of substantive evidence.
DSAI patiently served his term out and was released earlier for good behaviour while in prison. He came out, reorganised and fortified PKR's strength and caused the 2008 electoral tsunami which left the BN devastated by losing the 2/3 majority.
DSAI is indeed a force to be reckoned with and he poses a great threat to the future survival of the unholy and lop-sided alliance of the BN Government. Hence, the latter, particularly, UMNO wants to rid him from local politics at all costs by charging him the second time on the sodomy charge. And now the despicable video clippings trying to implicate DSAI in having illicit sex with a foreign prostitute at the prestigious Carcosa Hotel, patronised by the three Datuk T. What a shame! The nation is sick and tired of all these evil doings that are perpetrated to harm or injure another person from doing an honest and just service to the nation.
The Najib-Muyiddin partnership is no longer secure, if I may surmise. The foundation of the UMNO/ BN Government is feeling the tremour underneath. They are feeling shaky and uneasy at the prediction of the tsunamic outcome of the Sarawak State's election. The PM and his deputy would want to see CM Taib step down in advance of the electoral annihilation.
The detention of the 35,000 copies of the imported Alkitab was unconstitutional. The defacing and desecrating endorsements of the said Holy Bibles for the locals did not make any sense to the declared "Rule of Law" philosophy pursuant to the Rukun Negara.
The Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Idris Jala, a confessed Christian, thought that what he did represented a great favour to the people of Sarawak. By stamping the phrase "For Christianity", which he compromised with the Home Minister, Idris revealed that his Christian teaching and Biblical knowledge left much to be desired.
Jesus Christ, our Saviour, before he was crucified, commanded his disciples and followers to disseminate His teaching and God's Word, to the four corners of the earth.
What and where did he derive his authority to defy the command of his Lord. Does he want to play god?
Under no circumstances shall God's Word and His teaching contained in Al Kitab or the Holy Bible be tempered with. Nothing shall be added to it or removed therefrom to create doubts and controversies to the readers and users of His Word.
Christians worldwide are not happy with the action of the UMNO/BN Government. A true and worthy disciple of any faith cannot serve two masters. Please do not mix politics with religion. Render to Caesar what that belongs to Caesar and to God what that belongs to God.
In the same token, muslims will never be happy if the similar phrase "For Muslims Only" is stamped on every Al Koran brought into the country.
Let our actions be guided by the time-tested golden rule, "Do not do unto others as you would not want others to do unto you".
The first time before 2008, Mahathir succeeded in putting DSAI away for quite a few years in prison. He suffered the black eye. The IGP ignominiously resigned from the top post from the RMP and eventually his conscience must have pricked him so much that he had to seek forgiveness from his wife. Meanwhile, the trumped up first sodomy charge was dropped for want of substantive evidence.
DSAI patiently served his term out and was released earlier for good behaviour while in prison. He came out, reorganised and fortified PKR's strength and caused the 2008 electoral tsunami which left the BN devastated by losing the 2/3 majority.
DSAI is indeed a force to be reckoned with and he poses a great threat to the future survival of the unholy and lop-sided alliance of the BN Government. Hence, the latter, particularly, UMNO wants to rid him from local politics at all costs by charging him the second time on the sodomy charge. And now the despicable video clippings trying to implicate DSAI in having illicit sex with a foreign prostitute at the prestigious Carcosa Hotel, patronised by the three Datuk T. What a shame! The nation is sick and tired of all these evil doings that are perpetrated to harm or injure another person from doing an honest and just service to the nation.
The Najib-Muyiddin partnership is no longer secure, if I may surmise. The foundation of the UMNO/ BN Government is feeling the tremour underneath. They are feeling shaky and uneasy at the prediction of the tsunamic outcome of the Sarawak State's election. The PM and his deputy would want to see CM Taib step down in advance of the electoral annihilation.
The detention of the 35,000 copies of the imported Alkitab was unconstitutional. The defacing and desecrating endorsements of the said Holy Bibles for the locals did not make any sense to the declared "Rule of Law" philosophy pursuant to the Rukun Negara.
The Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Idris Jala, a confessed Christian, thought that what he did represented a great favour to the people of Sarawak. By stamping the phrase "For Christianity", which he compromised with the Home Minister, Idris revealed that his Christian teaching and Biblical knowledge left much to be desired.
Jesus Christ, our Saviour, before he was crucified, commanded his disciples and followers to disseminate His teaching and God's Word, to the four corners of the earth.
What and where did he derive his authority to defy the command of his Lord. Does he want to play god?
Under no circumstances shall God's Word and His teaching contained in Al Kitab or the Holy Bible be tempered with. Nothing shall be added to it or removed therefrom to create doubts and controversies to the readers and users of His Word.
Christians worldwide are not happy with the action of the UMNO/BN Government. A true and worthy disciple of any faith cannot serve two masters. Please do not mix politics with religion. Render to Caesar what that belongs to Caesar and to God what that belongs to God.
In the same token, muslims will never be happy if the similar phrase "For Muslims Only" is stamped on every Al Koran brought into the country.
Let our actions be guided by the time-tested golden rule, "Do not do unto others as you would not want others to do unto you".
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Doctoring Incriminating Evidence is Criminal
Are the 3 Datuks so free as to embroil themselves so much in such vicious activity like video production not for leisure but to destroy someone's career or vocation? How could they threaten and intimidate someone to step down from politics when their bodies are filled with so much filth and dirt?
First the UMNO/BN failed to charge and incriminate DSAI on sodomy. The vivid mattress episode in my view brought great shame to Malaysia and its judiciary. The politicians really succeeded in turning the court into a circus.
The 2nd sodomy is going to fail again. No sane judge would ever imagine the possibiity of finding the sperm of Saiful in his anal tract. How did that happen? He must have lubricated his exhaust pipe with his sperm rather than to spend on KY.
Now failing that, the culprits tried to get the court to admit the DNA evidence obtained from toiletries taken from the prison years ago without DSAI's knowledge. This contrivance is most unthinkable and despicable. The court initially and rightly rejected the trumped up evidence as fast it withdrew the decision on appeal. Where is the credibility man...?
Now the video episode. I think the AG should institute charges against the 3 datuks for getting involved in the illicit production of pronography. They tried to incriminate DSAI by falsing a dead rat into his throat without finding out in the first instance where DSAI was at the material time when the video was shot.
Let us move forward man... and become an industrialised economy rather than wasting the public's time and money to delve into shameful act of conspiring to bring a man's life down.
The three datuks should be more worried about what is going to take place and unfold in the coming Sarawak state election rather than dabbling with the devilish srategy of destroying the life and career of an innocent man who has renewed, turned over a new leaf and dedicated himself to fighting for justice for the nation, hitherto wrought by imbecilic socio-economic policies, corruption and avarice. A man deserves to be forgiven for his past misdeed if he has repented.
Stop all this nonsense, please. The Malaysians are tired of this sort of sensationalism. Let anyone without any sin cast the first stone, you hippocrites, vultures and skunks.
If you UMNO/BN imbeciles still want to be like "katak dibawah tempurung", I am sorry for them for they will be eliminated and swept off the political field by the coming tsunami. The force as I foresee it shall be so intense that no amount of gerrymandering will alter the election's results.
First the UMNO/BN failed to charge and incriminate DSAI on sodomy. The vivid mattress episode in my view brought great shame to Malaysia and its judiciary. The politicians really succeeded in turning the court into a circus.
The 2nd sodomy is going to fail again. No sane judge would ever imagine the possibiity of finding the sperm of Saiful in his anal tract. How did that happen? He must have lubricated his exhaust pipe with his sperm rather than to spend on KY.
Now failing that, the culprits tried to get the court to admit the DNA evidence obtained from toiletries taken from the prison years ago without DSAI's knowledge. This contrivance is most unthinkable and despicable. The court initially and rightly rejected the trumped up evidence as fast it withdrew the decision on appeal. Where is the credibility man...?
Now the video episode. I think the AG should institute charges against the 3 datuks for getting involved in the illicit production of pronography. They tried to incriminate DSAI by falsing a dead rat into his throat without finding out in the first instance where DSAI was at the material time when the video was shot.
Let us move forward man... and become an industrialised economy rather than wasting the public's time and money to delve into shameful act of conspiring to bring a man's life down.
The three datuks should be more worried about what is going to take place and unfold in the coming Sarawak state election rather than dabbling with the devilish srategy of destroying the life and career of an innocent man who has renewed, turned over a new leaf and dedicated himself to fighting for justice for the nation, hitherto wrought by imbecilic socio-economic policies, corruption and avarice. A man deserves to be forgiven for his past misdeed if he has repented.
Stop all this nonsense, please. The Malaysians are tired of this sort of sensationalism. Let anyone without any sin cast the first stone, you hippocrites, vultures and skunks.
If you UMNO/BN imbeciles still want to be like "katak dibawah tempurung", I am sorry for them for they will be eliminated and swept off the political field by the coming tsunami. The force as I foresee it shall be so intense that no amount of gerrymandering will alter the election's results.
Corruption Does not Pay
It is time that the CM Taib went. I am sure by now he has already smelled the rat of his downfall when both the PM and DPM had to rush unprecedentedly to Kuching to resolve and iron out the impasse.
The BN and therefore UMNO depend for their perpetual power on the success of the coming State's election in Sarawak. If a tsunami hits Sarawak like that in 2008 GE, that would be the surest and fastest way that leads to the immediate doom of the ruling government, which depends very much on the continued support of Sarawak and Sabah election outcome.
The whole world already know how corrupt and avaricious the CM Taib is. A lot of the resources of the state of Sarawak has been looted while innumerable locals are languishing in poverty in the interior jungles; particularly, the Bumiputras, who have been oppressed and suppressed ever since Sarawak joined Malaysia.
Through the articles and information disseminated by BMF and the Radio Sarawak, the CM Taib must realise that his days are numbered. He must step down and run for his life as Delilah is on her way to 'destroy' him.
To the Christians in Sarawak, Taib is a disgrace despite that majority of those domiciled are Christians. The confiscation and detention of the 35,000 copies of the Holy Bible, is most shameful and disheartening, courting contempt from Chritians from near and far. That shows how concerned the CM Taib is when coming to the spiritual development of the people in Sarawak,
The Home Ministry must be more open and magnanimous in its policy-decision. One just cannot prevent people from reading the Holy Bible. One can easily download the Alkitab from the internet. What is the point of stamping the phrase "For Christianity" on the Bible? This is tantamount to and can be constured as a mild form of persecution of the Christians.
By so doing, the Home Minister is just defacing the Holy Book - remember what God has revealed no one shall render it asunder. He must realise that we are all humans and if we try to play god, we will face him on judgement day.
Some people read the detention of the Alkitab is one strategy of dethroning the CM at the coming State election. The Feds are sending the signals to him that they are still in power in calling the shot. So heed therefore Taib to the signs of times. You and cronies shall be eliminated by the opposition party.
Well, people of Sarawak, it is time to secure and restore freedom and your inherent rights by showing the Feds that you determine who should rule the State. You have the power to throw the corrupt State Government out.
Vote wisely to protect the future of your children and your children's children, and the future of Sarwak which rests on your hands.
The BN and therefore UMNO depend for their perpetual power on the success of the coming State's election in Sarawak. If a tsunami hits Sarawak like that in 2008 GE, that would be the surest and fastest way that leads to the immediate doom of the ruling government, which depends very much on the continued support of Sarawak and Sabah election outcome.
The whole world already know how corrupt and avaricious the CM Taib is. A lot of the resources of the state of Sarawak has been looted while innumerable locals are languishing in poverty in the interior jungles; particularly, the Bumiputras, who have been oppressed and suppressed ever since Sarawak joined Malaysia.
Through the articles and information disseminated by BMF and the Radio Sarawak, the CM Taib must realise that his days are numbered. He must step down and run for his life as Delilah is on her way to 'destroy' him.
To the Christians in Sarawak, Taib is a disgrace despite that majority of those domiciled are Christians. The confiscation and detention of the 35,000 copies of the Holy Bible, is most shameful and disheartening, courting contempt from Chritians from near and far. That shows how concerned the CM Taib is when coming to the spiritual development of the people in Sarawak,
The Home Ministry must be more open and magnanimous in its policy-decision. One just cannot prevent people from reading the Holy Bible. One can easily download the Alkitab from the internet. What is the point of stamping the phrase "For Christianity" on the Bible? This is tantamount to and can be constured as a mild form of persecution of the Christians.
By so doing, the Home Minister is just defacing the Holy Book - remember what God has revealed no one shall render it asunder. He must realise that we are all humans and if we try to play god, we will face him on judgement day.
Some people read the detention of the Alkitab is one strategy of dethroning the CM at the coming State election. The Feds are sending the signals to him that they are still in power in calling the shot. So heed therefore Taib to the signs of times. You and cronies shall be eliminated by the opposition party.
Well, people of Sarawak, it is time to secure and restore freedom and your inherent rights by showing the Feds that you determine who should rule the State. You have the power to throw the corrupt State Government out.
Vote wisely to protect the future of your children and your children's children, and the future of Sarwak which rests on your hands.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely
How true the time tested adage is. Look at the situations taking place in some of the third world countries led by corrupt dictators, whose only common concern is to milk and siphon for themselves as much resources from their respective countries' resources at the expense of the masses. The longer they stay in power, greater will be their created wealth. It is really frightening to see what is happening in Middle East and Northern part of Africa. The protest started in Tunisia spread rapidly to Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, Libya, Yemen and now Syria.
The uprisings were fomented not by old people but by young and able adults who could not find employment for years on end. With the standofish and tyrannical leaders, which tend to be suppressive and oppressive in their style of management, these same masses have in due course become impoverished, lost their dignity, patience and self-esteem. In consequence, mass social discontent develops and proliferates to an intolerable proportion. The spontaneous spread of people's power became so strong a changing wind that it has brought down and contiunue to bring down several national leaders within weeks.
Because of the mass protests which took place at vantage places of various cities, they disrupted traffic and shops had to be forced to close. There were lootings going on and fights erupted between the security forces and the civilians which resulted in many being injured and killed. Tourists cancelled their tours and economies of affected countries suffer.
In my view looking beyond the border of mere protests, there is a great lesson to be learned. In governing a nation, it is important that that leaders be people oriented having consideration for their social economic welfare, be incorrupt and dedicated to the development and progress of the country.
Leaders should not be egocentric and despotic - merely caring for and enriching their own selfish interest. Besides, they must be altruistic in outlook and do things for the benefits of their citizens without regards to race, creed, religion and political affiliation. Human rights must be protected, advanced and developed to the highest possible potential. Bigotted racists and religionists shall have no place in decision and policy making within any governmental institution. Leaders at all levels must ensure that people's freedom of movement, expression and religion shall not be tampered with.
War is regrettable and lamentable. When war erupts, innocent lives are unavoidably killed; thereby reducing one's country manpower resources. Bereaved families will suffer when their bread winners are killed. Worst of all innocent civilians are being used as human shield against advance and modern warfare.
As I see it, human beings have never learned their bitter lessons from wars. No wonder history keeps on repeating itself; each time, in greater intensity and destruction. Should learned or educated people behave as such? If education produces people who cannot think for themselves and the good of others, then its policy must have failed the nation. Those in authority should revisit the prevailing policy and amend it where need be.
Dishonesty amd corruptibility are the two evilest pillars that invariably lead to the downfall of any nation in the long run. From what has been reported, each year billions of dollars have been illegally siphoned out of the country and parked in some tax haven countries. This has the effect of having less money for the national and human development. As a result, the people will suffer.
Our Malaysian leaders under the UNMO/BN regime are no different compared to those overseas countries currently plagued with mass protests. Billions of Ringgit are being squandered by these politicians through through jacked-up price purchases, investments and infrastructural. They continue to raid the EPF - the hard earned savings of workers - to bail out ailing or ailed GLCs and invest in purchase of expensive real estates overseas that the local people will never benefit from them. Corruption is languishing the country at all levels. If this continues unchecked, one fine day, Malaysia will wake up to find that they are on the brink of bankruptcy.
Let us look at the vast illicit amount of wealth that the CM of Sarawak has created for his dynasty as is reported by the media, Radio Sarawak and blog of BMF. The information is most revealing and calls for immediate investigative actions from the MACC and Bank Negara. The extent of money laundering is unimaginable for a man to have amassed such great fortune during one's lifetime. His assets worldwide must be confiscated and be returned to the people. That person and any such person shall be punished by the appropriate authority as a deterrent to others.
Let us get rid of corruption and corrupt leaders from our midst in a concerted effort to save one's country from plunging into despair, despondency and economic destruction.
The uprisings were fomented not by old people but by young and able adults who could not find employment for years on end. With the standofish and tyrannical leaders, which tend to be suppressive and oppressive in their style of management, these same masses have in due course become impoverished, lost their dignity, patience and self-esteem. In consequence, mass social discontent develops and proliferates to an intolerable proportion. The spontaneous spread of people's power became so strong a changing wind that it has brought down and contiunue to bring down several national leaders within weeks.
Because of the mass protests which took place at vantage places of various cities, they disrupted traffic and shops had to be forced to close. There were lootings going on and fights erupted between the security forces and the civilians which resulted in many being injured and killed. Tourists cancelled their tours and economies of affected countries suffer.
In my view looking beyond the border of mere protests, there is a great lesson to be learned. In governing a nation, it is important that that leaders be people oriented having consideration for their social economic welfare, be incorrupt and dedicated to the development and progress of the country.
Leaders should not be egocentric and despotic - merely caring for and enriching their own selfish interest. Besides, they must be altruistic in outlook and do things for the benefits of their citizens without regards to race, creed, religion and political affiliation. Human rights must be protected, advanced and developed to the highest possible potential. Bigotted racists and religionists shall have no place in decision and policy making within any governmental institution. Leaders at all levels must ensure that people's freedom of movement, expression and religion shall not be tampered with.
War is regrettable and lamentable. When war erupts, innocent lives are unavoidably killed; thereby reducing one's country manpower resources. Bereaved families will suffer when their bread winners are killed. Worst of all innocent civilians are being used as human shield against advance and modern warfare.
As I see it, human beings have never learned their bitter lessons from wars. No wonder history keeps on repeating itself; each time, in greater intensity and destruction. Should learned or educated people behave as such? If education produces people who cannot think for themselves and the good of others, then its policy must have failed the nation. Those in authority should revisit the prevailing policy and amend it where need be.
Dishonesty amd corruptibility are the two evilest pillars that invariably lead to the downfall of any nation in the long run. From what has been reported, each year billions of dollars have been illegally siphoned out of the country and parked in some tax haven countries. This has the effect of having less money for the national and human development. As a result, the people will suffer.
Our Malaysian leaders under the UNMO/BN regime are no different compared to those overseas countries currently plagued with mass protests. Billions of Ringgit are being squandered by these politicians through through jacked-up price purchases, investments and infrastructural. They continue to raid the EPF - the hard earned savings of workers - to bail out ailing or ailed GLCs and invest in purchase of expensive real estates overseas that the local people will never benefit from them. Corruption is languishing the country at all levels. If this continues unchecked, one fine day, Malaysia will wake up to find that they are on the brink of bankruptcy.
Let us look at the vast illicit amount of wealth that the CM of Sarawak has created for his dynasty as is reported by the media, Radio Sarawak and blog of BMF. The information is most revealing and calls for immediate investigative actions from the MACC and Bank Negara. The extent of money laundering is unimaginable for a man to have amassed such great fortune during one's lifetime. His assets worldwide must be confiscated and be returned to the people. That person and any such person shall be punished by the appropriate authority as a deterrent to others.
Let us get rid of corruption and corrupt leaders from our midst in a concerted effort to save one's country from plunging into despair, despondency and economic destruction.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Islamic Banking - A Myth or Delusion
Arabic Banking which has now graduated to become known as Islamic Banking.
In my view, if riba is not interest , as promulgated by the Grand Sheikh of Al Azhar University, Sayyed Muhammad Thantawi, then the whole concept of Arabic Banking; that is, being practised now just falls flat on the proponents’faces.
Worse of all, Arabic Banking and Islamic Banking have become synonymous and interchangeable in Malaysia. Somehow, the Malaysian Religionist Bankers prefer to use the term, Islamic Banking to refer to this rising, fast expanding and newly-found banking system.
And, the lecturers and scholars on Islamic Banking continue unabashedly to promote this new found banking system far and wide. When cornered, they just bluff their ways through using bombastic financial terms they can only understand.
In place of the purportedly illicit interest which conventional banks are paying out to their clients for fixed deposits, the Islamic Bank just replaces the said term by the familiar business term, ‘dividend’.
The rate of interest and dividend payable by both the conventional and Islamic Banks are comparable if not the same and they are calculated using the familiar formula, I or D = PRT/100 where I stands for Interest, D = Dividend, P for Principal, R for Rate of Interest and T the term.
At a certain seminar, I spoke out that Islamic Banking should and must be made to differ from conventional banking if it wishes to court consideration, attention or acceptance by those who are knowledgeable in banking, accounts or finance.
The computation and payment of dividend must be different and more than the illicit interest quantum paid by conventional banks. My argument is that dividend is based on profit generated through real, sound and honest management practices, which makes the dividend halal.
In order for Islamic Banking to stand alone and tall on the long term, there must be two or more dividend payments per year depending on the generated profits. In so doing, this practice will become more Islamic; that is, in consonance with the exhortations of Surah 3:130 and Surah 11:85 of the Holy Koran.
The Islamic Bank must guarantee firstly the minimum payment equivalent to the prevailing dividend rate which shall not be less than the illicit interest rate to the depositors as fixed by the central bank. Then, Islamic Banking must work out the profit and pay the second or third dividends to her depositors. In this way, Islamic Banking ensures that the money of the deposits shall multiply and not be nullified through inflation.
In my view, if riba is not interest , as promulgated by the Grand Sheikh of Al Azhar University, Sayyed Muhammad Thantawi, then the whole concept of Arabic Banking; that is, being practised now just falls flat on the proponents’faces.
Worse of all, Arabic Banking and Islamic Banking have become synonymous and interchangeable in Malaysia. Somehow, the Malaysian Religionist Bankers prefer to use the term, Islamic Banking to refer to this rising, fast expanding and newly-found banking system.
And, the lecturers and scholars on Islamic Banking continue unabashedly to promote this new found banking system far and wide. When cornered, they just bluff their ways through using bombastic financial terms they can only understand.
In place of the purportedly illicit interest which conventional banks are paying out to their clients for fixed deposits, the Islamic Bank just replaces the said term by the familiar business term, ‘dividend’.
The rate of interest and dividend payable by both the conventional and Islamic Banks are comparable if not the same and they are calculated using the familiar formula, I or D = PRT/100 where I stands for Interest, D = Dividend, P for Principal, R for Rate of Interest and T the term.
At a certain seminar, I spoke out that Islamic Banking should and must be made to differ from conventional banking if it wishes to court consideration, attention or acceptance by those who are knowledgeable in banking, accounts or finance.
The computation and payment of dividend must be different and more than the illicit interest quantum paid by conventional banks. My argument is that dividend is based on profit generated through real, sound and honest management practices, which makes the dividend halal.
In order for Islamic Banking to stand alone and tall on the long term, there must be two or more dividend payments per year depending on the generated profits. In so doing, this practice will become more Islamic; that is, in consonance with the exhortations of Surah 3:130 and Surah 11:85 of the Holy Koran.
The Islamic Bank must guarantee firstly the minimum payment equivalent to the prevailing dividend rate which shall not be less than the illicit interest rate to the depositors as fixed by the central bank. Then, Islamic Banking must work out the profit and pay the second or third dividends to her depositors. In this way, Islamic Banking ensures that the money of the deposits shall multiply and not be nullified through inflation.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
What Makes a Civilisation
This subject baffles and boggles the minds of all people in this world. This question comes out for debate and discussion perenially. Social scientists and economists from all walks of life annually delve into history, search through all the ancient books and literature and museums and archives of the world in quest for a reasonable answer to help the present turbulent world to restore its past and lost glory of yester-years.
We can go back to examine the past civilisations of the Sumerians, the Egyptians, the Indians. Chinese, Greeks, Romans, Arabs and the West.
One could find and realise that there are few common factors that made the past civilisations great and glorious.
In my view, it was not religions that made successful civilisations. It was not slavery, totalitarianism, subjugation of human rights, freedom, socio-economic suppression and deprivation.
As I delved into the past, I realised that where the governments were fair and just in their policy formulation and implementation, appreciated and recognised human dignity , values and efforts, their skills and experiences, invested in education and inculcated in their people socially acceptable values and applied science and techology, these were some of the common factors that contributed significally to the making of civilisations.
Let us analyse the rise and fall of the Arabic and Chinese Civilisations. The Arabs were great during the period 800 - 1200 A.D. They excelled in Science, Mathematics, Science etc. They had produced great Mathematicians, Scientists in the fields of Medicine, Chemistry and Physics. People from neighbouring countries converged to the middle East to seek out knowledge. The Arabs were able to expand through trades and Islam their expansionary visions and influence across India, Malaya, Indonesia and Southern Philippines and China and even Europe.
The ancient Chinese civilisation rose and fell easily from grace when the Europeans conquered China by doping the masses into inebriation and inertia through opium importation, consumption and adiction between the 17th and 19 century. In 1911, Chinese turned republic and communist. At the material time, democracy would not work nor capitalism. The people were weaken immeasurably in terms of nationalism, morality and discipline. They needed to undergo the processes of unlearning, training and retraining to inculcate the value of self-sacrfice, discipline, loyalty, determination and commitment to revive China.
During the past 25 years, the late Chairman Deng Xiao Peng brought about a socio-economic revolution by transforming the country from a totalitarian to a liberated socialist country. It embarked on a progressive but moderate social economic policy dedicated to world peace, bringing joy and happiness among the down-trodden and marginalised by helping the poor 3rd world countries like Africa, of fortifying its wealth through its industrialisation and modern infrastructural development programmes and equitable and of embarking on fair trade expansion with and to all countries.
China success story needs to be told and retold so that poor and weak governments of the world can learn and emulate how China revitalises its economy and overcomes the numerous social problems at home. Its agricultural and industrial programmes are successful. It now exports rice, fruits, vegetables and manufactured goods of types and is becoming the top four richest economies of the world. And this is attained within a matter of 25years that is, only one generation.
Can the Islamic countries including Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Jordan, Bahrain, Libya including Malaysia, Southern Philippines, Myanmar, Southern Thailand and Indonesia look at the Chinese Model and see where they have gone wrong in their policies. Can they change for the better by providing more focus on human development, a more liberal social policy, encourage investments from advanced industrialised economies, jobs creation, better their education programmes and plough back the peoples' money for the welfare of the masses.
Sound religious teaching should be encouraged. It should be capable of moulding the masses to be responsible, positive, industrious, loyal and committed for national development and progress and not to make enemies of and/or 'kill' their neighbours
Religious bigots should be stopped from coming out with aphyxiating rules and regulations that stifle or tend to stifle mental, intellectual and emotional growth. By freeing the masses from these "strangulations", the people will gravitate towards better self-development into more responsible, caring and productive creatures rather than to hit the streets on protests against the hierarchies.
The 3rd World countries must put in place sound social economic policies and ensuring that they are equitably implemented regardless of race, creed and political affiliation. By so doing, that embark on the first step towards making their countries to be civilised and progressive.
Malaysia wake up and move to be an industrialised economy. She must step out of the racial cocoon and help the nation to be more competitive. Race-based policies are scourges of societies and not removed will doom their countries to misery, poverty and misery.
We can go back to examine the past civilisations of the Sumerians, the Egyptians, the Indians. Chinese, Greeks, Romans, Arabs and the West.
One could find and realise that there are few common factors that made the past civilisations great and glorious.
In my view, it was not religions that made successful civilisations. It was not slavery, totalitarianism, subjugation of human rights, freedom, socio-economic suppression and deprivation.
As I delved into the past, I realised that where the governments were fair and just in their policy formulation and implementation, appreciated and recognised human dignity , values and efforts, their skills and experiences, invested in education and inculcated in their people socially acceptable values and applied science and techology, these were some of the common factors that contributed significally to the making of civilisations.
Let us analyse the rise and fall of the Arabic and Chinese Civilisations. The Arabs were great during the period 800 - 1200 A.D. They excelled in Science, Mathematics, Science etc. They had produced great Mathematicians, Scientists in the fields of Medicine, Chemistry and Physics. People from neighbouring countries converged to the middle East to seek out knowledge. The Arabs were able to expand through trades and Islam their expansionary visions and influence across India, Malaya, Indonesia and Southern Philippines and China and even Europe.
The ancient Chinese civilisation rose and fell easily from grace when the Europeans conquered China by doping the masses into inebriation and inertia through opium importation, consumption and adiction between the 17th and 19 century. In 1911, Chinese turned republic and communist. At the material time, democracy would not work nor capitalism. The people were weaken immeasurably in terms of nationalism, morality and discipline. They needed to undergo the processes of unlearning, training and retraining to inculcate the value of self-sacrfice, discipline, loyalty, determination and commitment to revive China.
During the past 25 years, the late Chairman Deng Xiao Peng brought about a socio-economic revolution by transforming the country from a totalitarian to a liberated socialist country. It embarked on a progressive but moderate social economic policy dedicated to world peace, bringing joy and happiness among the down-trodden and marginalised by helping the poor 3rd world countries like Africa, of fortifying its wealth through its industrialisation and modern infrastructural development programmes and equitable and of embarking on fair trade expansion with and to all countries.
China success story needs to be told and retold so that poor and weak governments of the world can learn and emulate how China revitalises its economy and overcomes the numerous social problems at home. Its agricultural and industrial programmes are successful. It now exports rice, fruits, vegetables and manufactured goods of types and is becoming the top four richest economies of the world. And this is attained within a matter of 25years that is, only one generation.
Can the Islamic countries including Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Jordan, Bahrain, Libya including Malaysia, Southern Philippines, Myanmar, Southern Thailand and Indonesia look at the Chinese Model and see where they have gone wrong in their policies. Can they change for the better by providing more focus on human development, a more liberal social policy, encourage investments from advanced industrialised economies, jobs creation, better their education programmes and plough back the peoples' money for the welfare of the masses.
Sound religious teaching should be encouraged. It should be capable of moulding the masses to be responsible, positive, industrious, loyal and committed for national development and progress and not to make enemies of and/or 'kill' their neighbours
Religious bigots should be stopped from coming out with aphyxiating rules and regulations that stifle or tend to stifle mental, intellectual and emotional growth. By freeing the masses from these "strangulations", the people will gravitate towards better self-development into more responsible, caring and productive creatures rather than to hit the streets on protests against the hierarchies.
The 3rd World countries must put in place sound social economic policies and ensuring that they are equitably implemented regardless of race, creed and political affiliation. By so doing, that embark on the first step towards making their countries to be civilised and progressive.
Malaysia wake up and move to be an industrialised economy. She must step out of the racial cocoon and help the nation to be more competitive. Race-based policies are scourges of societies and not removed will doom their countries to misery, poverty and misery.
Friday, March 4, 2011
What is our Ex-PM Doing
Our Ex-PM Tun Dr Mahathir Mohd is doing our country a great disservice. He is becoming more racialistic than when he was the premier of Malaysia.
Look at what he had done for the Malays through the unjust and unfair implementation of the NEP. Is he proud to see his countrymen who have been 'lamed' by the serious dependency mentality that he had successfully created by his selfish attitude of subjugating the Malays at the expense of the non-Malays during his regime that lasted more than two decades.
When I looked back, I felt that our Tun was not really helping the Malay masses. First he must bear in mind that he can never erase his roots as an Indian. He said that he is now a Malay and not a Mamak in accordance with the Constitution which he craftily amended to achieve his own ulterior motive. The other hidden and hideous motive for the amendment is to legalise all the pendatangs as Malays so as to deliberately increase the percentage of the Malay population so as to perpetuate his power craze and avarice.
Why are we still dividing the people who have fought for independence together, the communists, the Japanese invaders and worked hard for the progress and economic development of the country?
We should be proud to call ourselves as Malaysians rather than Malays, Chinese, Kadazans, Muruts or Dayaks. We should not discard the habit or practice of identifying ourselves as Malaysian Malay, Malaysian Chinese or Malaysian Indian.
The BN/UMNO Government introduced the NEP to eradicate poverty of all the races regardless of race and to eliminate identification of race with their vocations. But obviously, they have miserably failed. Instead, they have created a Frankenstein race out of their greed for power and their impatience for getting rich through grafts and without having to work hard for it.
Tun had served his term and he was one PM who had served the country for more than two decades. He retired in the nick of time when the majority of the citizens in the country was against his excesses, dictatorial leadership and high degree of intolerance for any threat to his premiership. Although he had contributed to the nation infrastructurally, he had also made many socio-economic blunders. He created the GLCs in an attempt to create entrepreneurs out of the Malays by continuing to bail them out with interminable fund injection when they failed and sustained losses. He plundered the EPF, the workers' sweat, to boost up the tin price and lost miserably as a result and put a death knell on the tin-mining indusstry. Besides, he abused his power to make use of Petronas's funds to build the twin towers and Putrajaya and rescuing the illing and mal-managed MAS.
In trying to bring about literacy amongst the Malays, he created a chasm and schism between the Malays and the non-Malays by depriving the latter of scholarships even though they were more than qualified and from pursuing their desired courses for which they applied. As such many non-Malay parents have to work extremely hard to enrol them in private colleges and universities.
In terms of employment within the public sector, the non-Malays have been discriminated against in terms of promotions. As such many were so disenchanted that they left the civil, police and military services. Tun was most successful in creating a highly bloated civil service which comprises almost 95% Malays who are mostly incompetent, lackadaisical and inefficient besides being corrupt.
The country has reached a danger level - being high on the corruption index, low in the tertiary education standards, high on the unemployed and unemployable graduates, low in their productivity index etc. Besides, the UMNO/BN coalition is tolerating the thousands and millions of foreign workers from 3rd world countries from whom we cannnot emulate or learn to improve our way of life or work habits or work skills. We are now being influenced by these people who will soon with the corrupt and nonchalent DBKL officers displace the locals into the woods. Look at Jalan Majid India, Chow Kit Road area, Petaling Streets and all the food courts. Please look at the racial displacement of the locals from the agricultural, industrial and construction sectors. What is the percentage of locals being employed in these sectors? Tun must bear responsibility for this social engineering blunder in an attempt to create a master Malay race with a serious clutch and dependency mentality for hand-out
Religion is like opium for the soul. An over-emphasis will stiffle interlectual growth and national growth. Look at what the religious bodies are doing - coming out with stifling fatwas that contribute to negative and unproductive human performance. The Malays are at the cross-road of a dilemma according to the pontifications of Syed Ali in his book, "Things in Common".
Tun if I may advise, you should act and behave like a elder statesman rather than behaving like one fanning the racial hatred of one race against the other. Give a chance to the present PM to develop his own style of leadership which is being stymied by your constant and controversial political rhetorics.
Can you be more positive for the country sake?
Look at what he had done for the Malays through the unjust and unfair implementation of the NEP. Is he proud to see his countrymen who have been 'lamed' by the serious dependency mentality that he had successfully created by his selfish attitude of subjugating the Malays at the expense of the non-Malays during his regime that lasted more than two decades.
When I looked back, I felt that our Tun was not really helping the Malay masses. First he must bear in mind that he can never erase his roots as an Indian. He said that he is now a Malay and not a Mamak in accordance with the Constitution which he craftily amended to achieve his own ulterior motive. The other hidden and hideous motive for the amendment is to legalise all the pendatangs as Malays so as to deliberately increase the percentage of the Malay population so as to perpetuate his power craze and avarice.
Why are we still dividing the people who have fought for independence together, the communists, the Japanese invaders and worked hard for the progress and economic development of the country?
We should be proud to call ourselves as Malaysians rather than Malays, Chinese, Kadazans, Muruts or Dayaks. We should not discard the habit or practice of identifying ourselves as Malaysian Malay, Malaysian Chinese or Malaysian Indian.
The BN/UMNO Government introduced the NEP to eradicate poverty of all the races regardless of race and to eliminate identification of race with their vocations. But obviously, they have miserably failed. Instead, they have created a Frankenstein race out of their greed for power and their impatience for getting rich through grafts and without having to work hard for it.
Tun had served his term and he was one PM who had served the country for more than two decades. He retired in the nick of time when the majority of the citizens in the country was against his excesses, dictatorial leadership and high degree of intolerance for any threat to his premiership. Although he had contributed to the nation infrastructurally, he had also made many socio-economic blunders. He created the GLCs in an attempt to create entrepreneurs out of the Malays by continuing to bail them out with interminable fund injection when they failed and sustained losses. He plundered the EPF, the workers' sweat, to boost up the tin price and lost miserably as a result and put a death knell on the tin-mining indusstry. Besides, he abused his power to make use of Petronas's funds to build the twin towers and Putrajaya and rescuing the illing and mal-managed MAS.
In trying to bring about literacy amongst the Malays, he created a chasm and schism between the Malays and the non-Malays by depriving the latter of scholarships even though they were more than qualified and from pursuing their desired courses for which they applied. As such many non-Malay parents have to work extremely hard to enrol them in private colleges and universities.
In terms of employment within the public sector, the non-Malays have been discriminated against in terms of promotions. As such many were so disenchanted that they left the civil, police and military services. Tun was most successful in creating a highly bloated civil service which comprises almost 95% Malays who are mostly incompetent, lackadaisical and inefficient besides being corrupt.
The country has reached a danger level - being high on the corruption index, low in the tertiary education standards, high on the unemployed and unemployable graduates, low in their productivity index etc. Besides, the UMNO/BN coalition is tolerating the thousands and millions of foreign workers from 3rd world countries from whom we cannnot emulate or learn to improve our way of life or work habits or work skills. We are now being influenced by these people who will soon with the corrupt and nonchalent DBKL officers displace the locals into the woods. Look at Jalan Majid India, Chow Kit Road area, Petaling Streets and all the food courts. Please look at the racial displacement of the locals from the agricultural, industrial and construction sectors. What is the percentage of locals being employed in these sectors? Tun must bear responsibility for this social engineering blunder in an attempt to create a master Malay race with a serious clutch and dependency mentality for hand-out
Religion is like opium for the soul. An over-emphasis will stiffle interlectual growth and national growth. Look at what the religious bodies are doing - coming out with stifling fatwas that contribute to negative and unproductive human performance. The Malays are at the cross-road of a dilemma according to the pontifications of Syed Ali in his book, "Things in Common".
Tun if I may advise, you should act and behave like a elder statesman rather than behaving like one fanning the racial hatred of one race against the other. Give a chance to the present PM to develop his own style of leadership which is being stymied by your constant and controversial political rhetorics.
Can you be more positive for the country sake?
Friday, February 25, 2011
The Two Evilest Twins
The two evilest twins twins that plague Malaysia are corruption and money-laudering. Over the past two decades or so, many politicians in high positions and those who closely associated with them have overnight amassed so much wealth that they became instant millionaires and billionaires. And, yet, the twins continue to impoverish the country through unconcionable plundering and laundering of the country resources in kind and cash.
Of late it has been reported in the blogs that during the past ten years no less than RM800 billions had been siphoned out illegally out of the country. These mammoth sum of money was obtained through corruption and blatant abuse of the country's revenue through over-priced purchases of arms, infrastructural projects, NEP and bail-out of GLCs.
Although we have in place the MACC in recent years, only 'ikan billis' had been booked and charged in the courts. The sharks have been spared. This state of affairs has certainly fueled public grouses and dissatisfaction. Added to the discriminatory socio-economic policies that tend to favour the 'Sons of the Soil' or bumiputras, the cry for justice, transparency and equality has never been more strident.
Recently the BMF reported that the CM of Sarawak has been abused his position by criminally enriching himself and inveseting in properties in various part of the four continents - Asia, United States/Canada, Europe and Australia. BMF have appealed to the various Governments of the World concerned to institute investigate the allegations and advise the banks in their respective countries to conduct enhanced dliligence on the deposited wealth of the CM of Sarawak, noted for his lavish spending and expensive life-style. How did he amass such richness basing on his annual salary income. Where and how did that unexplained wealth come about?
The unexplained wealth must be confiscated and returned to the country wherefrom the money emanated. It should be used for improving social welfare of the masses and developing local literacy and skills to compete with the global markets.
Ever since the first NEP was mooted, the non-Malays had and have been deprived of many of the social services. They could not do the courses they desired in the local universities, deprived of scholarships, discriminated in areas of employment in the civil service, the armed, police and para-military services. Many Malays who obtained educational loans for tertiary courses but failed to service the loans upon their completion of their programmes. Meanwhile, the Government attempted to create a class of entrepreneurs among the Malays through setting up GLCs headed by croniesand unqualified and inexperienced Malays.
Year after year, these companies failed to perform, they sustained huge losses but regrettably they were bailed out by the BN Government or had fresh funds injected thereinto to keep them afloat.
Trying business is not as easy as one thinks. In fact it is more trying than one can imagine. To succeed in business, the 'runners' must have the necessary motivation. The only way to derive motivation is to do business with one's capital, without which, very few businesses can really succeed. Besides, one needs not only money but also industry, necesary business experience, perserverence and a degree of frustration tolerance.
As the situation goes, many companies have been formed or incorporated but they had been utilised as money conduits; through which, million of ringgits had been channeled out 'illicitly' to tax haven countries.
Crimes such as the evil twins do not pay. Countries that are corrupt tend to attract criminals into the country which in turn create a bad name and reputation to that country. When this happens, foreign investors tend to lose confidence to invest therein.
It is timely that the Government of the day be serious about enforcing anti-money laundering policies with those of the FATF and 9 guidelines in combating money and terrorist financing.
The people at large have to be helped to get jobs and a reasonal survival. If these social conditions persist, there is a likelihood that the masses may revolt one daytunisia, to overturn the Government through peoples' power like what is happening in Egypt,
Of late it has been reported in the blogs that during the past ten years no less than RM800 billions had been siphoned out illegally out of the country. These mammoth sum of money was obtained through corruption and blatant abuse of the country's revenue through over-priced purchases of arms, infrastructural projects, NEP and bail-out of GLCs.
Although we have in place the MACC in recent years, only 'ikan billis' had been booked and charged in the courts. The sharks have been spared. This state of affairs has certainly fueled public grouses and dissatisfaction. Added to the discriminatory socio-economic policies that tend to favour the 'Sons of the Soil' or bumiputras, the cry for justice, transparency and equality has never been more strident.
Recently the BMF reported that the CM of Sarawak has been abused his position by criminally enriching himself and inveseting in properties in various part of the four continents - Asia, United States/Canada, Europe and Australia. BMF have appealed to the various Governments of the World concerned to institute investigate the allegations and advise the banks in their respective countries to conduct enhanced dliligence on the deposited wealth of the CM of Sarawak, noted for his lavish spending and expensive life-style. How did he amass such richness basing on his annual salary income. Where and how did that unexplained wealth come about?
The unexplained wealth must be confiscated and returned to the country wherefrom the money emanated. It should be used for improving social welfare of the masses and developing local literacy and skills to compete with the global markets.
Ever since the first NEP was mooted, the non-Malays had and have been deprived of many of the social services. They could not do the courses they desired in the local universities, deprived of scholarships, discriminated in areas of employment in the civil service, the armed, police and para-military services. Many Malays who obtained educational loans for tertiary courses but failed to service the loans upon their completion of their programmes. Meanwhile, the Government attempted to create a class of entrepreneurs among the Malays through setting up GLCs headed by croniesand unqualified and inexperienced Malays.
Year after year, these companies failed to perform, they sustained huge losses but regrettably they were bailed out by the BN Government or had fresh funds injected thereinto to keep them afloat.
Trying business is not as easy as one thinks. In fact it is more trying than one can imagine. To succeed in business, the 'runners' must have the necessary motivation. The only way to derive motivation is to do business with one's capital, without which, very few businesses can really succeed. Besides, one needs not only money but also industry, necesary business experience, perserverence and a degree of frustration tolerance.
As the situation goes, many companies have been formed or incorporated but they had been utilised as money conduits; through which, million of ringgits had been channeled out 'illicitly' to tax haven countries.
Crimes such as the evil twins do not pay. Countries that are corrupt tend to attract criminals into the country which in turn create a bad name and reputation to that country. When this happens, foreign investors tend to lose confidence to invest therein.
It is timely that the Government of the day be serious about enforcing anti-money laundering policies with those of the FATF and 9 guidelines in combating money and terrorist financing.
The people at large have to be helped to get jobs and a reasonal survival. If these social conditions persist, there is a likelihood that the masses may revolt one daytunisia, to overturn the Government through peoples' power like what is happening in Egypt,
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Squandering the Natural Resources
Speculations are rife that by the time PR takes over the government of the country, the oil wells will have dried up and all the reserved cash of all the GLCs will be siphoned out until the treasury is on the brink of bankruptcy.
The masses will then undergo another phase of economy called the straitened economy in which foreign investors wll have lost completely their confidence in Malaysia, prices of essential food would have sky-rocketed, mass unemployment, the Ringgit would have depreciated significantly, infrastructural development and progress ground to a halt and there might be widespread dissatisfaction and protest.
It has been reported that during the past ten years, Petronas have cotributed no less than RM290 Billion to the Prime MInister. As Petronas is not responsible to the Parliament nor any Minister, no one knows how much money is still left behind within the country or it has simply just disappeared from the counry.
During the corresponding period, close to RM800 Billion had been siphoned out by way of corruption
How one wishes that these money were ploughed back for development for the betterment of the country.
The masses will then undergo another phase of economy called the straitened economy in which foreign investors wll have lost completely their confidence in Malaysia, prices of essential food would have sky-rocketed, mass unemployment, the Ringgit would have depreciated significantly, infrastructural development and progress ground to a halt and there might be widespread dissatisfaction and protest.
It has been reported that during the past ten years, Petronas have cotributed no less than RM290 Billion to the Prime MInister. As Petronas is not responsible to the Parliament nor any Minister, no one knows how much money is still left behind within the country or it has simply just disappeared from the counry.
During the corresponding period, close to RM800 Billion had been siphoned out by way of corruption
How one wishes that these money were ploughed back for development for the betterment of the country.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Gone Are The Days of the Pendatang
According to history, the Indians and the Chinese visited and/or landed in Malaya long before Parameswara set foot on the soil of Malacca in the 1400. Parameswara was never a Malay. Hang Tuah, Hang Jebat, Hang Lekiu were thought as one stage to be Malays; but, unfortunately they were found to be of Chinese origin.
And, I am told that this part of history of Malaya had been absolutely expunged from the history text of recent production. I am sure if Sir Winstedt were still alive today, he would have been quite surprised and disappointed at how history could have been so blatantly and unabashedly distorted by the politically-oriented and nationalistic educationists in the country.
The British Administration which governed Malaya then had to import or allow the Indians and Chinese from southern India and China to work and or settle in Malaya. The Indians were purposefully brought into the country through the Kangani system as indentured labourers. They were never ignominiously designated as pariahs, if my memory can still recall. They were brought in to open up roads, work in the estates, the railways and the coal mines. The Chinese somehow were attracted to the towns where they started small businesses such as sundry shops, laundry centres, bicycle and repair shops, schools and tuition centres. While a great number entered the construction trade, others pioneered into the tin-mining activities while many pioneered into agricultural development.
The Malays were involved in padi-planting and farming. Many of them excelled in fishing and animal husbandry. One can find thousands of them residing near coastal towns and working as fishermen. Others went into batik production, handicrafts, arts etc.
In retrospect, we can say that all the three principal races, the Malays, Chinese and Indians, play a part in shaping Malaya. No one single party can claim absolute credit for suceessfully contributing towards the development of Malaya.
Our fore-fathers had also brought and contributed greatness to Malaya. Greatness was not thrust upon Malaya by the British who were then more keen on exploiting and sending back the natural resouces from Malaya to keep the factories and economy afloat in the United Kingdom.
The first and second generations of pendatang should be aged between 60 and 90. And, it is disheartening to learn that citizenship has not been granted them desipte the years they have been domiciled in Malaya and now Malaysia. Their applications have been processed at tortoise speed. Efficiency of the civil service!
The last 30 years saw the great influx of illegals into Sabah and Sarawak from Kalimantan to fill up the thousand of vacancies in the estates and plantations. Most of them had been granted citizenship by the BN Government as an attempt to rapidly increase the population of the 'Malays' to overshadow and overwhelm the natives of East Malaysia. At this, the BN social engineering policy and process succeeded far too well. But, a great price for the Kadazans, Dusuns, Dayaks etc have to pay.
So who are more pendatang than the other? Most if not majority of the BN/UMNO leaders could trace their respective countdries of origin to neighbouring countries such as Philippines, China, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos,Vietnam, Indonesia, India and Middle East countries. Most of them left their respective countries to seek their livelihood in Malaya - a land of milk and honey. Yes, we were lucky to converge into this minute tip of the S..E Asian peninsula called Malaya. All the pendatangs found in one way or other their fortune here, thank the good Lord.
Majority are happy at our newly-found land and fortune. But some are now trying to be like the leaders popularised by the book, Animal Farm. They are trying to be more equal than others although all are presumed equal at the beginning. Now they are seiged by greed so much that they want the whole farm to themselves by 'driving' the pendatangs originated from certain countries through deliberate formulation and implementation of highly discrimatory social economic policies.
As irresponsible leaders, they have one other thing to teach their comrades - that is religion. They can do whatever deemed illicit but have the bloody cheek to prohibit others from doing what they do. They are likened to the proverbial scribes, pharisees and hypocrites of the ancient time.
Don't these BN/UMNOputras realise that all human beings belong to the Almighty God. In fact we are all His children. Through His Son, Jesus Christ, He exhorted all of us to love one another as neighbours in as much as He loves all of us.
We are all judged by the devine law of love. Whether one is sincere, loathsome, unkind, vicious, wicked, evil and compassionate can all be measured against the four letter word, "LOVE". No matter what one does, the karmic law dictates one's futurity in the world-after which depends on what one does while in life on earth.
The Almighty God cares about internalities and not externalities or ostensities of human beings. Goodness begets goodness and evil begets eternal punishment.
And, I am told that this part of history of Malaya had been absolutely expunged from the history text of recent production. I am sure if Sir Winstedt were still alive today, he would have been quite surprised and disappointed at how history could have been so blatantly and unabashedly distorted by the politically-oriented and nationalistic educationists in the country.
The British Administration which governed Malaya then had to import or allow the Indians and Chinese from southern India and China to work and or settle in Malaya. The Indians were purposefully brought into the country through the Kangani system as indentured labourers. They were never ignominiously designated as pariahs, if my memory can still recall. They were brought in to open up roads, work in the estates, the railways and the coal mines. The Chinese somehow were attracted to the towns where they started small businesses such as sundry shops, laundry centres, bicycle and repair shops, schools and tuition centres. While a great number entered the construction trade, others pioneered into the tin-mining activities while many pioneered into agricultural development.
The Malays were involved in padi-planting and farming. Many of them excelled in fishing and animal husbandry. One can find thousands of them residing near coastal towns and working as fishermen. Others went into batik production, handicrafts, arts etc.
In retrospect, we can say that all the three principal races, the Malays, Chinese and Indians, play a part in shaping Malaya. No one single party can claim absolute credit for suceessfully contributing towards the development of Malaya.
Our fore-fathers had also brought and contributed greatness to Malaya. Greatness was not thrust upon Malaya by the British who were then more keen on exploiting and sending back the natural resouces from Malaya to keep the factories and economy afloat in the United Kingdom.
The first and second generations of pendatang should be aged between 60 and 90. And, it is disheartening to learn that citizenship has not been granted them desipte the years they have been domiciled in Malaya and now Malaysia. Their applications have been processed at tortoise speed. Efficiency of the civil service!
The last 30 years saw the great influx of illegals into Sabah and Sarawak from Kalimantan to fill up the thousand of vacancies in the estates and plantations. Most of them had been granted citizenship by the BN Government as an attempt to rapidly increase the population of the 'Malays' to overshadow and overwhelm the natives of East Malaysia. At this, the BN social engineering policy and process succeeded far too well. But, a great price for the Kadazans, Dusuns, Dayaks etc have to pay.
So who are more pendatang than the other? Most if not majority of the BN/UMNO leaders could trace their respective countdries of origin to neighbouring countries such as Philippines, China, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos,Vietnam, Indonesia, India and Middle East countries. Most of them left their respective countries to seek their livelihood in Malaya - a land of milk and honey. Yes, we were lucky to converge into this minute tip of the S..E Asian peninsula called Malaya. All the pendatangs found in one way or other their fortune here, thank the good Lord.
Majority are happy at our newly-found land and fortune. But some are now trying to be like the leaders popularised by the book, Animal Farm. They are trying to be more equal than others although all are presumed equal at the beginning. Now they are seiged by greed so much that they want the whole farm to themselves by 'driving' the pendatangs originated from certain countries through deliberate formulation and implementation of highly discrimatory social economic policies.
As irresponsible leaders, they have one other thing to teach their comrades - that is religion. They can do whatever deemed illicit but have the bloody cheek to prohibit others from doing what they do. They are likened to the proverbial scribes, pharisees and hypocrites of the ancient time.
Don't these BN/UMNOputras realise that all human beings belong to the Almighty God. In fact we are all His children. Through His Son, Jesus Christ, He exhorted all of us to love one another as neighbours in as much as He loves all of us.
We are all judged by the devine law of love. Whether one is sincere, loathsome, unkind, vicious, wicked, evil and compassionate can all be measured against the four letter word, "LOVE". No matter what one does, the karmic law dictates one's futurity in the world-after which depends on what one does while in life on earth.
The Almighty God cares about internalities and not externalities or ostensities of human beings. Goodness begets goodness and evil begets eternal punishment.
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