It is sad and most unfortunate that despite the PM’s express policy to create a united Malaysia, we have in our midst scumbag like Johari Ghani, Head of UMNO Titiwangsa Division uttering irresponsible statements that Chinese and Indian are not needed for BN to win an election.
Such statements do not really befit the CEO of C.I Holdings Bhd (Pemanis) which distributes bottled beverages like Pepsi, Twister, Revive, Kickapoo, Chill, 7-up, boss coffee and others.
By trying to play to the gallery, Johari merely shows his inner bankrupt make-up which consists of bigotry, chauvinism and racialism.
Malaysia do not need guys like Johari. All the more the electorate should reject candidate like him who will not do any good to the country except racial tension, unrest and disunity among the people.
For the harmonious and peaceful development of a nation, one has to practice not only tolerance but also acceptance of one’s fellowmen. Tolerance is no solution in the long run as we have experience since 1969. One has to accept and respect one another regardless of race, creed and political affiliation. Unless this basis principle is accepted, then no amount of rhetoric, slogan and advocacy will help.
To attain corporate success, it requires a lot of hard work. Success does not come by through utilizing the public funds to buy up successful companies. It requires the injection of one’s capital. Otherwise, there will be a lack of motivation and commitment to succeed. The situation is exacerbated if such companies are going to be bailed out by the BN Government each time they run aground. Cases in point are Sime Darby, Felda, MAS, BBMB(CIMB now) etc.
The citizens must be united if the nation is going to succeed. Unless justice is practiced, the hope of realizing 1 Malaysia is likely to be doomed to failure.
Guys like Johari should be taken into custody under the ISA. They should not be allowed to hang round in public causing disruption, dissension and disintegration among the people of Malaysia.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Need for Interdependence for Growth
It is indeed sad that despite the PM's express policy to build a united Malaysia we still have in our midst scums like Johari, Head of UMNO Titiwangsa Division.
The days of bigotry, racism and isolationism are over. We must as responsible citizens be concerned with not only in enriching ourselves but also for the welfare and development of others. Together, we can build a better and stronger nation where the peoples are loyal, dedicated and committed to the unity, harmony and peace among one another.
Malaya was born out of the tacit co-operation of the three major races - the Malays, Chinese and Indians. The British would not grant or was probably reluctant to grant independence to Malaya had the three ethnic groups not agreed with one another in governing the country together.
At that time, there was no question at all crossing the minds of all the leaders that one race attempting to exclude or discriminate against another from enjoying the benefits and resources of the country.
No one was to be deprived of his freedom, equality before the law and right to being treated equally with dignity as a citizen of the country.
But look at today, the original objective of Merdeka has been obliterated and sidelined. Certain avaricious "pendatang" from neighbouring and middle-east countries have assumed the false prominence and notion under the guise of nationalism of fighting for their security and places under the Malaysian sun by exploiting the weakness of the orang asli and indigenous people of the country for their selfish motives.
This very group branded and styled themselves as Malays after May 13, 1969, and ingeniously engineered the constitutional definition of Malay and the NEP so as to enrich themselves to the exclusion of others, created a lassez-faire class among themselves in the course who have to depend on the perpetual subsidies of the Government of the day, need not work hard and compete with the others and the world and robbing and squandering in the mean time the national resources for their own beneifts.
The country has awakened. The people are crying foul that they had been deprived of what that are due to them. They have remained tolerant for the past three or four decades so as to allow the UMNOputras to implement the objectives of the NEP. But instead, the nobility of the NEP had been distorted by certain bigoted political leaders along the way and today we see clearly the social economic needs of the masses have not been met. The development is very lop-sided.
Greed, corruption and ruthlessness have reared their ugly heads. The Malays are now saying that they have the inherent rights to special treatment and privileges. But they do not realise or feign to realise that these rights and privileges are only possible in an expanding economy.
The Malays have succeeded during the past five decades in attaining their supramacy in politics, government, economy and the business sectors and yet they are still trying to squeeze the remaining drops of blood from the marrows of the other races.
The warped social economic strategies of UMNO/BN are all wrong. Whatever strategies they put up now or attempting to put up now do not have the confidence and consensus of the people. The unholy coalition of BN has carved out a habit of not walking the talk. Look at the 1 Malaysia gimmick - there is so much of incongruencies within BN that very few people cares seriously about it.
The country is made strong through the blood and sweat of the early fathers of Malaya but within a matter of three generations, we are experiencing moral decadence which will if left unchecked destroy the nation of which we pride to be our own motherland.
Look at the rot within the UMNO/BN - corruption, avarice and abuse of power - have become the norms of the day and a way of life among the leaders, the civil servants, the police and the military. Look at the GLCs operating as conduits for siphoning funds into the pockets of the ruling parties or few. These pseudo-business organisations together form an insiduous consortium that helps the ruling the government to legimitise the flow of funds from the treasury to the pockets of the leaders under the guise of business. When they lose money, the public are made to pay and bail them out.
EPF is becoming the cash cow for the UMNO/BN putras. A lot of monies have been "borrowed" but we have yet to see how the Government or its agencies to make good the hard earned savings of the workers of Malaysia. So far EPF has been coerced to invest in overseas projects but not many are really generating profits and or dividends for the contributors. The funds have been managed by imbecile appointees and we trust the Auditor General would throw lights on its performance.
Interdependence must be fostered and encouraged to be fostered for future survival of the country. There must be sharing of power and equitable distribution of wealth. Scholarship and education should be opened or prised open for all. Remember all the public institutions of higher learning were builst and funded by public funds and therefore it is just not right to prevent qualified non-Malays to have access in pursuit and attaining their desired disciplines and specialisations.
By clinging to the NEP, UMNO/BN are just destroying the country in the long run. Let us not be kidded by what they say, think and do. Unless they harmonise what they think, say and do, nothing will come out successfully from this unholy alliance.
So unless they change, they must be voted out. Let us not mince our word and deed.
The days of bigotry, racism and isolationism are over. We must as responsible citizens be concerned with not only in enriching ourselves but also for the welfare and development of others. Together, we can build a better and stronger nation where the peoples are loyal, dedicated and committed to the unity, harmony and peace among one another.
Malaya was born out of the tacit co-operation of the three major races - the Malays, Chinese and Indians. The British would not grant or was probably reluctant to grant independence to Malaya had the three ethnic groups not agreed with one another in governing the country together.
At that time, there was no question at all crossing the minds of all the leaders that one race attempting to exclude or discriminate against another from enjoying the benefits and resources of the country.
No one was to be deprived of his freedom, equality before the law and right to being treated equally with dignity as a citizen of the country.
But look at today, the original objective of Merdeka has been obliterated and sidelined. Certain avaricious "pendatang" from neighbouring and middle-east countries have assumed the false prominence and notion under the guise of nationalism of fighting for their security and places under the Malaysian sun by exploiting the weakness of the orang asli and indigenous people of the country for their selfish motives.
This very group branded and styled themselves as Malays after May 13, 1969, and ingeniously engineered the constitutional definition of Malay and the NEP so as to enrich themselves to the exclusion of others, created a lassez-faire class among themselves in the course who have to depend on the perpetual subsidies of the Government of the day, need not work hard and compete with the others and the world and robbing and squandering in the mean time the national resources for their own beneifts.
The country has awakened. The people are crying foul that they had been deprived of what that are due to them. They have remained tolerant for the past three or four decades so as to allow the UMNOputras to implement the objectives of the NEP. But instead, the nobility of the NEP had been distorted by certain bigoted political leaders along the way and today we see clearly the social economic needs of the masses have not been met. The development is very lop-sided.
Greed, corruption and ruthlessness have reared their ugly heads. The Malays are now saying that they have the inherent rights to special treatment and privileges. But they do not realise or feign to realise that these rights and privileges are only possible in an expanding economy.
The Malays have succeeded during the past five decades in attaining their supramacy in politics, government, economy and the business sectors and yet they are still trying to squeeze the remaining drops of blood from the marrows of the other races.
The warped social economic strategies of UMNO/BN are all wrong. Whatever strategies they put up now or attempting to put up now do not have the confidence and consensus of the people. The unholy coalition of BN has carved out a habit of not walking the talk. Look at the 1 Malaysia gimmick - there is so much of incongruencies within BN that very few people cares seriously about it.
The country is made strong through the blood and sweat of the early fathers of Malaya but within a matter of three generations, we are experiencing moral decadence which will if left unchecked destroy the nation of which we pride to be our own motherland.
Look at the rot within the UMNO/BN - corruption, avarice and abuse of power - have become the norms of the day and a way of life among the leaders, the civil servants, the police and the military. Look at the GLCs operating as conduits for siphoning funds into the pockets of the ruling parties or few. These pseudo-business organisations together form an insiduous consortium that helps the ruling the government to legimitise the flow of funds from the treasury to the pockets of the leaders under the guise of business. When they lose money, the public are made to pay and bail them out.
EPF is becoming the cash cow for the UMNO/BN putras. A lot of monies have been "borrowed" but we have yet to see how the Government or its agencies to make good the hard earned savings of the workers of Malaysia. So far EPF has been coerced to invest in overseas projects but not many are really generating profits and or dividends for the contributors. The funds have been managed by imbecile appointees and we trust the Auditor General would throw lights on its performance.
Interdependence must be fostered and encouraged to be fostered for future survival of the country. There must be sharing of power and equitable distribution of wealth. Scholarship and education should be opened or prised open for all. Remember all the public institutions of higher learning were builst and funded by public funds and therefore it is just not right to prevent qualified non-Malays to have access in pursuit and attaining their desired disciplines and specialisations.
By clinging to the NEP, UMNO/BN are just destroying the country in the long run. Let us not be kidded by what they say, think and do. Unless they harmonise what they think, say and do, nothing will come out successfully from this unholy alliance.
So unless they change, they must be voted out. Let us not mince our word and deed.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Need for Interreligious Dialogue
Why is the Government so afraid of involving the local muslims in interreligious dialogue with the adherents of other religions?
For the past few decades, the muslims have been invited by the MCCBCHST to share their faith and its teachings with representative members of the Consultative Council but until today, this invitation still remains standing.
By engaging in interreligious dialogue. one does not derogate the position of one's religion. In the eyes of the Almighty God, all men including women are His creatures and children who belong to one human race. They are equal before His eyes. Throughout history, God through His prophets has handed and continues to hand down His revelations to His people in different countries at different times with a view to guiding them against worshipping idols and declaring to them that He is their God and they are His people. Yet the people unfortunately refuse to heed His words and continue to be led astray along the path to perdition. God wants us to live as one people under His command.
Interreligious dialogue helps promote racial and national integration among the people of different religions/faiths. Besides, along the way, it fosters peace, understanding and harmony - which factors are so crucial to national development, harmony and cohesiveness.
While religions may have their own differences, there are similarities as well where it comes to moral values. It is often pointed out or suggested that we avoid talking about differences but merely focusing on similarities. I personally do not see the rationale of this proposition.
In interreligious dialogue, we do not only talk about similarities but also differences. It is by understanding differences that people get closer to one another, trust one another better and enhance better friendship.
Once the camaraderie is established, the people can enter the next phase of operation and that is getting engaged in inter-religious programmes and activities for humanity - such as, charities like joint fund raising, helping the handicapped, the poor or needy, the aged, victims of acts of God etc. Is this not the noble long term objectives of 1 Malaysia?
If our PM is really serious about realising his vision of transforming the nation into 1 Malaysia, then he has to take firmer and bolder steps to overcome all the petty unfounded remarks and innuendos about the effects of having interreligious dialogue among all the followers of the major religions in the country. The BN Government has been postponing this decision for many years. First it rejected the proposed Interreligious Commission, then the Interreligious Committee and the name is now modified to Committee for Understanding and Harmony Among Religious Adherents. The purpose has been so diluted that I am not confident what the latter Committee could achieve except to reduce it to one of informal exchange of views.
Let us not impose any pre-conditions for talks and exchanges of views on religions. By having such unnecessary restraints and constraints, talks and exchanges may not be open, serious and effective. The Committee will just operate like a group of uncommitted personalities appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary. Let the dialogue be spontaneous and free of political influence.
Let the BN leadership be positive in its thinking for positive thinking begets positive expectations which give rise to positive results. Remove from our mind any suspicions and untowards consequences that may arise. Let us not count the chickens before they are hatched. If those involved are God-fearing people, then we can only expect the best and goodness to come out of the dialogue.
For the past few decades, the muslims have been invited by the MCCBCHST to share their faith and its teachings with representative members of the Consultative Council but until today, this invitation still remains standing.
By engaging in interreligious dialogue. one does not derogate the position of one's religion. In the eyes of the Almighty God, all men including women are His creatures and children who belong to one human race. They are equal before His eyes. Throughout history, God through His prophets has handed and continues to hand down His revelations to His people in different countries at different times with a view to guiding them against worshipping idols and declaring to them that He is their God and they are His people. Yet the people unfortunately refuse to heed His words and continue to be led astray along the path to perdition. God wants us to live as one people under His command.
Interreligious dialogue helps promote racial and national integration among the people of different religions/faiths. Besides, along the way, it fosters peace, understanding and harmony - which factors are so crucial to national development, harmony and cohesiveness.
While religions may have their own differences, there are similarities as well where it comes to moral values. It is often pointed out or suggested that we avoid talking about differences but merely focusing on similarities. I personally do not see the rationale of this proposition.
In interreligious dialogue, we do not only talk about similarities but also differences. It is by understanding differences that people get closer to one another, trust one another better and enhance better friendship.
Once the camaraderie is established, the people can enter the next phase of operation and that is getting engaged in inter-religious programmes and activities for humanity - such as, charities like joint fund raising, helping the handicapped, the poor or needy, the aged, victims of acts of God etc. Is this not the noble long term objectives of 1 Malaysia?
If our PM is really serious about realising his vision of transforming the nation into 1 Malaysia, then he has to take firmer and bolder steps to overcome all the petty unfounded remarks and innuendos about the effects of having interreligious dialogue among all the followers of the major religions in the country. The BN Government has been postponing this decision for many years. First it rejected the proposed Interreligious Commission, then the Interreligious Committee and the name is now modified to Committee for Understanding and Harmony Among Religious Adherents. The purpose has been so diluted that I am not confident what the latter Committee could achieve except to reduce it to one of informal exchange of views.
Let us not impose any pre-conditions for talks and exchanges of views on religions. By having such unnecessary restraints and constraints, talks and exchanges may not be open, serious and effective. The Committee will just operate like a group of uncommitted personalities appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary. Let the dialogue be spontaneous and free of political influence.
Let the BN leadership be positive in its thinking for positive thinking begets positive expectations which give rise to positive results. Remove from our mind any suspicions and untowards consequences that may arise. Let us not count the chickens before they are hatched. If those involved are God-fearing people, then we can only expect the best and goodness to come out of the dialogue.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Save Resources for the Nation
For the past five decades, the UMNO/BN Government have not been prudent in the utilisation of the country's resources. Much of these resources have been squandered on mega projects that do not benefit the masses. Instead they went into pockets of the few UMNO cronies through privatised companies or government linked companies.
There is no reason why our country should trail behind Singapore, Taiwan or South Korea in terms of social economic development if and if only the financial resources were spent on useful and productivity improvement projects.
One serious problem that plagues the country is the discriminatory wealth-sharing policy of Malaysia called NEP - New Economic Policy. This policy was introduced after the racial riot in 1969. This policy was nobly aimed at eradicating poverty of the people regardless of race and creed but somehow it was implemented with much prejudice against the non-Malays. Scholarships were mostly granted to the Malays even though they did not secure good results in the SPM or at matriculation level. Besides, jobs were mostly offered to the Malays in the civil service, military and para-military and the police forces.
Many of the non-Malay childrens have to go overseas to pursue their tertiary education on their fathers' scholarships as they could not get into the local universites to pursue courses of their choices. This has caused a serious brain and financial drain from the country during the past three decades. Many of the Malay scholars are also reluctant to return to Malaysia upon completion of their studies abroad of various reasons.
The Government relies heavily on three financial sources namely, Employees Provident Fund, Petronas and Revenue Department.
Many if not most of the GLCs are not performing and they rely on the Government perenially for fresh fund injection almost every year. If at all they make money, it is siphoned out. Known cases in point are Sime Darby, FELDA, Golden Hope, MAS etc.
At the time of writing, it is learned that the privatized water concessionaire is running into serious cash flow problem and may require a financial bail-out from the Federal Government.
Recently it was reported that The Higher Education Scholarship Fund, PTPTN, may face or is likely face with a mind-boggling deficit amounting ot RM46bn by the end of the 11th Malaysia Plan ending 2016. Besides RM23 million were loaned out to "ghostly" students. The Government of the day will have to account for this loss and the deficit. It has been lumbered perienially with non-performing students' debts.
I can only sum up PTPTN's case with just a four-word phrase - "Highly Incompetent and Inefficient" For a trial and change, let the whole management be partially replaced by qualified non-malays. I am sure, this sorry state of affairs will be reduced significantly in the years ahead.
One can easily surmise that the Ketuanan Melayu policy has failed miserably in the area of social-economic development and if allowed to persist, it will drag down the progress of the other ethnic groups.
Of late, our PM announced in his budget speech that he intended to introduce the ETP - Economic Transformation Plan In connection therewith in an efort to elevate the income of the masses, five mega projects were propsed - a 100-storeyed high rise buidling and four super-duper highways! As I pointed out, these projects will benefit the foreign workers more. It has been estimated that no less than 25,000 aliens will be brought into the country from Indonesia, Bangladesh and neighbouring countires to work on these projects. At the end of the day, only a handful of the UMNO cronies will benefit from these five mega projects.
I am most surprised that our former PM, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, endorsed the project! A self-glorifying project that benefits not the masses but only a handful of the umnoputras!
The masses have voiced out vociferously against the multi-storeyed mega project. No less than 200,000 sound-minded citizens have thus far protested and more will be protesting against the white elephant project.
If the proposed four super-duper highways are going to be implemented, then it must be toll-free and not to tax the people any further. They can use the Petronas money to fund the project.
How could not the PM know about this project? He announced it in the Parliament and moreover he is the Chairman of PNB!
Let us save the money for the rainy day and channel it for human development of the unemployed, upgrading of the standards of local universities and offering more scholarships to all the sons and daughters of Malaysians regardless of race and religion who qualify for entry into them. With output of better qualified human resources in the future, they will be able to contribute and spur the country into an industrialised economy by 2020.
The proposed ETP fails to give expression to how it is going to attain a high income economy. Nor does it mention nor propose any plan to attract and set up high-tech industries into the country. We cannot build up nor enhance the income of the masses if we are going to remain content with the labour intensive or screw-driver industries that are prevailing in the country now.
For a successful 1 Malaysia to be realised, all Malaysians must be treated alike without prejudice by virtue of their ethnic and religious backgrounds. The education system has to be revamped and liberated for children of all races to mix, intergrate and study together. In this way, racial harmony among these leaders of tomorrow is enhanced for the betterment of the country.
Let us criminalise all forms of religious, political and social extremism or bigotry for the sake of the country's survival and prosperity.
United, we will succeed; divided, fall. Let us seriously save for the rainy day and channel our funds to really projects that benefit the masses.
There is no reason why our country should trail behind Singapore, Taiwan or South Korea in terms of social economic development if and if only the financial resources were spent on useful and productivity improvement projects.
One serious problem that plagues the country is the discriminatory wealth-sharing policy of Malaysia called NEP - New Economic Policy. This policy was introduced after the racial riot in 1969. This policy was nobly aimed at eradicating poverty of the people regardless of race and creed but somehow it was implemented with much prejudice against the non-Malays. Scholarships were mostly granted to the Malays even though they did not secure good results in the SPM or at matriculation level. Besides, jobs were mostly offered to the Malays in the civil service, military and para-military and the police forces.
Many of the non-Malay childrens have to go overseas to pursue their tertiary education on their fathers' scholarships as they could not get into the local universites to pursue courses of their choices. This has caused a serious brain and financial drain from the country during the past three decades. Many of the Malay scholars are also reluctant to return to Malaysia upon completion of their studies abroad of various reasons.
The Government relies heavily on three financial sources namely, Employees Provident Fund, Petronas and Revenue Department.
Many if not most of the GLCs are not performing and they rely on the Government perenially for fresh fund injection almost every year. If at all they make money, it is siphoned out. Known cases in point are Sime Darby, FELDA, Golden Hope, MAS etc.
At the time of writing, it is learned that the privatized water concessionaire is running into serious cash flow problem and may require a financial bail-out from the Federal Government.
Recently it was reported that The Higher Education Scholarship Fund, PTPTN, may face or is likely face with a mind-boggling deficit amounting ot RM46bn by the end of the 11th Malaysia Plan ending 2016. Besides RM23 million were loaned out to "ghostly" students. The Government of the day will have to account for this loss and the deficit. It has been lumbered perienially with non-performing students' debts.
I can only sum up PTPTN's case with just a four-word phrase - "Highly Incompetent and Inefficient" For a trial and change, let the whole management be partially replaced by qualified non-malays. I am sure, this sorry state of affairs will be reduced significantly in the years ahead.
One can easily surmise that the Ketuanan Melayu policy has failed miserably in the area of social-economic development and if allowed to persist, it will drag down the progress of the other ethnic groups.
Of late, our PM announced in his budget speech that he intended to introduce the ETP - Economic Transformation Plan In connection therewith in an efort to elevate the income of the masses, five mega projects were propsed - a 100-storeyed high rise buidling and four super-duper highways! As I pointed out, these projects will benefit the foreign workers more. It has been estimated that no less than 25,000 aliens will be brought into the country from Indonesia, Bangladesh and neighbouring countires to work on these projects. At the end of the day, only a handful of the UMNO cronies will benefit from these five mega projects.
I am most surprised that our former PM, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, endorsed the project! A self-glorifying project that benefits not the masses but only a handful of the umnoputras!
The masses have voiced out vociferously against the multi-storeyed mega project. No less than 200,000 sound-minded citizens have thus far protested and more will be protesting against the white elephant project.
If the proposed four super-duper highways are going to be implemented, then it must be toll-free and not to tax the people any further. They can use the Petronas money to fund the project.
How could not the PM know about this project? He announced it in the Parliament and moreover he is the Chairman of PNB!
Let us save the money for the rainy day and channel it for human development of the unemployed, upgrading of the standards of local universities and offering more scholarships to all the sons and daughters of Malaysians regardless of race and religion who qualify for entry into them. With output of better qualified human resources in the future, they will be able to contribute and spur the country into an industrialised economy by 2020.
The proposed ETP fails to give expression to how it is going to attain a high income economy. Nor does it mention nor propose any plan to attract and set up high-tech industries into the country. We cannot build up nor enhance the income of the masses if we are going to remain content with the labour intensive or screw-driver industries that are prevailing in the country now.
For a successful 1 Malaysia to be realised, all Malaysians must be treated alike without prejudice by virtue of their ethnic and religious backgrounds. The education system has to be revamped and liberated for children of all races to mix, intergrate and study together. In this way, racial harmony among these leaders of tomorrow is enhanced for the betterment of the country.
Let us criminalise all forms of religious, political and social extremism or bigotry for the sake of the country's survival and prosperity.
United, we will succeed; divided, fall. Let us seriously save for the rainy day and channel our funds to really projects that benefit the masses.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Is There LIfe After Death?
Most people dread death. Yet to a minority, death is regarded as the start of a journey to heaven where they expect to meet the Almighty God, the saints, the angels, their kins and kiths who passed on before them.
Different religions offer the adherents their respective salvific paths to heaven - sometimes, also known as paradise, vineyard of the Lord, Kingdom of God, the new Jerusalem etc. where the privileged will shed tears no more, enjoy peace and harmony, devote their time to worshipping God and share with Jesus in the reign of His KIngdom.
In His infinite mercy, God sent his only begotten Son to the world that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but shall have everlasting life. (John 3:16).
Christians are promised this hope for eternity by believing in Jesus as the Son of God, His commandments and His teaching, Besides, they are obliged to love their neighbours as well as their enemies and love God with all their heart, mind and soul if they wish to be eligible for entry into God's kingdom when their lives come to an end on earth.
When righteous men die, their bodies come to a standstill. The souls depart therefrom and they either proceed to heaven or hell depending on how well they lived out their lives while alive on earth.
However, the Catholics believe that when humans die, most of their souls will undergo purification in Purgatory where all their sins will be cleansed before entering and joining our Lord Jesus. The gate to heaven is narrow and the path to damnation is wide and most souls in the first instance will destine to hell, where the souls will be excluded from the proximity of God for ever and ever.
The souls in heaven and hell will be raised during parousia, that is the second coming and returning of our Lord Jesus in glory to judge the living and the dead. All souls will be judged according to merits and demerits of what they did and lived out their lives while alive on earth.
The sheeps will be separated from the goats. The sheeps will inherit the Kingdom while the goats Hell where they shall face punishment in perpetuity.
According to the Book of Revelation, the righeous souls will be resurrected in glorified bodies to reign alongside the the triune God eternally.
Those souls in Hell will also be raised and be given a chance whether they would repent or not otherwise they would be cast into the lake of fire ad infinitum. According the Holy BIble, the souls of the 'goats' will be ushered into Hell perpetually.
May the Almight God continue to bless His people on earth. Let His salvific revelation be made known and spread to convict people throughout the four corners the world.
Different religions offer the adherents their respective salvific paths to heaven - sometimes, also known as paradise, vineyard of the Lord, Kingdom of God, the new Jerusalem etc. where the privileged will shed tears no more, enjoy peace and harmony, devote their time to worshipping God and share with Jesus in the reign of His KIngdom.
In His infinite mercy, God sent his only begotten Son to the world that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but shall have everlasting life. (John 3:16).
Christians are promised this hope for eternity by believing in Jesus as the Son of God, His commandments and His teaching, Besides, they are obliged to love their neighbours as well as their enemies and love God with all their heart, mind and soul if they wish to be eligible for entry into God's kingdom when their lives come to an end on earth.
When righteous men die, their bodies come to a standstill. The souls depart therefrom and they either proceed to heaven or hell depending on how well they lived out their lives while alive on earth.
However, the Catholics believe that when humans die, most of their souls will undergo purification in Purgatory where all their sins will be cleansed before entering and joining our Lord Jesus. The gate to heaven is narrow and the path to damnation is wide and most souls in the first instance will destine to hell, where the souls will be excluded from the proximity of God for ever and ever.
The souls in heaven and hell will be raised during parousia, that is the second coming and returning of our Lord Jesus in glory to judge the living and the dead. All souls will be judged according to merits and demerits of what they did and lived out their lives while alive on earth.
The sheeps will be separated from the goats. The sheeps will inherit the Kingdom while the goats Hell where they shall face punishment in perpetuity.
According to the Book of Revelation, the righeous souls will be resurrected in glorified bodies to reign alongside the the triune God eternally.
Those souls in Hell will also be raised and be given a chance whether they would repent or not otherwise they would be cast into the lake of fire ad infinitum. According the Holy BIble, the souls of the 'goats' will be ushered into Hell perpetually.
May the Almight God continue to bless His people on earth. Let His salvific revelation be made known and spread to convict people throughout the four corners the world.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
History of Malaysia
History is an interesting subject. It helps fortify one's background knowledge of the rise and fall of a country; for instance, the United Kingdom. It used to be so mighty and strong that it almost colonised a quarter of the land masses by the close of the 19th century. By the middle part of 20th century, she lost most of the colonies as fast as they acquired.
History used to be my pet subject because the teacher who taught our class was very inspiring and impactful in her delivery as well as her enthusiasm and eagerness in making the class understand what she was teaching.
History repeats itself. But I am not too sure with the adulterated version of history, one can really rely on the substance of historical records and facts.
Japan attempted to change her history but there was so much of resistance that she became cautious nd hesitant in trying to blot out some of the unpleasant events that took place during the world wars.
I used to learn about Malayan history - how Parameswara founded Malacca, the sultanate, the visit of Admiral Cheng Ho, the flourishing trade with China, Princess Ling Po, the legends of Hang Tuah, Hang Jebat etc,
But today, I am not too sure whether school chilren are learning the same stuff that I went through. I understand that certain parts of the Malayan history had been taken out.
History should never be changed. It must remain for the future generations so so that they can learn the lessons of the past from history.
I just hope that the Malaysian education ministry should be sensible not to embark on history bashing and have them replaced with rubbish that never took place.
History used to be my pet subject because the teacher who taught our class was very inspiring and impactful in her delivery as well as her enthusiasm and eagerness in making the class understand what she was teaching.
History repeats itself. But I am not too sure with the adulterated version of history, one can really rely on the substance of historical records and facts.
Japan attempted to change her history but there was so much of resistance that she became cautious nd hesitant in trying to blot out some of the unpleasant events that took place during the world wars.
I used to learn about Malayan history - how Parameswara founded Malacca, the sultanate, the visit of Admiral Cheng Ho, the flourishing trade with China, Princess Ling Po, the legends of Hang Tuah, Hang Jebat etc,
But today, I am not too sure whether school chilren are learning the same stuff that I went through. I understand that certain parts of the Malayan history had been taken out.
History should never be changed. It must remain for the future generations so so that they can learn the lessons of the past from history.
I just hope that the Malaysian education ministry should be sensible not to embark on history bashing and have them replaced with rubbish that never took place.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
High Income Economy
What a rhetorical hype from our PM who recently announced the Economic Transformation Plan during the UMNO Assembly
I just could not find any relevance how his proposed ETP could attain the gargantuan vision of creating a high income economy when the plans were not specific and non-directive to meet the goal. All that I could find was builidng the 100-storeyed building and the four highways across the country to improve the communication infrastructure. And our former PM 2M had the temerity to endorse his prodigee's dismal programme of great economic disaster.
I expected the PM to come out strong with concrete plans on human development by improving the general standards of our public institutions of higher learning. History around us does show the significant corelation between sound education and the technological success of an economy. Let us look at Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and the wakening dragons of the Peoples' Republic of China and the leaping tiger of India.
The ETP projects are not likely to benefit the country's growing populace of young people. Many of the local products of local universities are already being banished into the pool of unemployed and this number is growing by the year. They just do not possess the employable skills like oral communication in the English Language and the necessary required skills as demanded by the private sector. Our local universities are not just churning our the types of manpower with the necessary industrial skills to meet the demands of the private sector.
I just cannot see the pertinence of engaging 300+ English teachers from England to teach our young to be proficient in the language. Many of our local leachers who are retired are just as good if not better than many of these young English teachers. The latter may be good at speaking but I am not too sure if they write as well as they speak. Why waste unnecessary money when we can benefit the retired local English Language specialist teachers. The Education Ministry perhaps does not want to be seen or criticised for engaging the local non-Malay English Language teachers.
Is the Government of the day so blind as not to see this rot? Is she going to continue practicing her discrimatory economic policy to enrich the select cronies in UMNO and ignore the plight of the masses? Does she realise that amongst the people of Malaysia, there are not only poor Malays and Bumiputras but also poor Chinese and Indians who require care and help. Is she not aware of the economic monster that she has created over the past 53 years? We cannot have the majority ethnic group continue to live on clutches and depend on governmental unending finanical and economic aids funded by the tax-payers. This policy is going to destroy the Malays. in the wrong run.
The mega projects in my view are not going to benefit the locals. I would foresee that jobs created from the said projects are more likely to benefit the alien than the local workers. I would anticipate that when fully operational, the 'Big Five' are likely to deploy around 25,000 foreign workers. This means, the huge monthly financial outflow to the countries of origin of the said workers. Basing on RM1000/- per month per head, we are talking about an outflow amounting to RM25 million per month or RM330 million per year nd RM1.65 bn in five years.
With the number of aliens added to the fast growing population, social services are likely to be compromised. Housing and medical services shall be stretched. Besides, crime rate may escalate.
What will happen to these workers when the mega projects are completed? Many of them will be sent home while many may stay back due to marriages to local people.
The last 35 years saw the mushrooming of screw-driver smoke-stacked industries across the country. The transfer of technology is so minimal. I just dread how many of those who are still working in these industries have acquired adequate knowledge, experience and skills to be able to assemble a TV set, a motor-car, a picture tube, a pump or an electric motor or an air-conditioner on his or her own single effort?
To produce a high income economy, we need high tech. jobs and not labour intensive jobs. Until the authority recognises this factor, we are not going to achieve our visional objective. Let us not kid and continue to pull wool over the eyes of the populace. You can deceive some people some of the time, some people most of the time ; but certainly not all the people all the time.
Cut down the unnecessary expenditure on defence and infrastructure development. Divert the funds to improve on human development and raise general standards of technical education in the country's instututes of higher learning. Stop cheating and reduce the rate of corruption. Unless we do this, I see little hope of earning extra ringgits in my pocket.
Please eradicate corruption at all levels of the Government machinery and try to save for the rainy day. Tighten all the loop-holes through which public money may be or is drained perenially. Just cannot figure out how RM23 million was loaned out to students who never apply for it and who may not even exist in this world.
I just could not find any relevance how his proposed ETP could attain the gargantuan vision of creating a high income economy when the plans were not specific and non-directive to meet the goal. All that I could find was builidng the 100-storeyed building and the four highways across the country to improve the communication infrastructure. And our former PM 2M had the temerity to endorse his prodigee's dismal programme of great economic disaster.
I expected the PM to come out strong with concrete plans on human development by improving the general standards of our public institutions of higher learning. History around us does show the significant corelation between sound education and the technological success of an economy. Let us look at Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and the wakening dragons of the Peoples' Republic of China and the leaping tiger of India.
The ETP projects are not likely to benefit the country's growing populace of young people. Many of the local products of local universities are already being banished into the pool of unemployed and this number is growing by the year. They just do not possess the employable skills like oral communication in the English Language and the necessary required skills as demanded by the private sector. Our local universities are not just churning our the types of manpower with the necessary industrial skills to meet the demands of the private sector.
I just cannot see the pertinence of engaging 300+ English teachers from England to teach our young to be proficient in the language. Many of our local leachers who are retired are just as good if not better than many of these young English teachers. The latter may be good at speaking but I am not too sure if they write as well as they speak. Why waste unnecessary money when we can benefit the retired local English Language specialist teachers. The Education Ministry perhaps does not want to be seen or criticised for engaging the local non-Malay English Language teachers.
Is the Government of the day so blind as not to see this rot? Is she going to continue practicing her discrimatory economic policy to enrich the select cronies in UMNO and ignore the plight of the masses? Does she realise that amongst the people of Malaysia, there are not only poor Malays and Bumiputras but also poor Chinese and Indians who require care and help. Is she not aware of the economic monster that she has created over the past 53 years? We cannot have the majority ethnic group continue to live on clutches and depend on governmental unending finanical and economic aids funded by the tax-payers. This policy is going to destroy the Malays. in the wrong run.
The mega projects in my view are not going to benefit the locals. I would foresee that jobs created from the said projects are more likely to benefit the alien than the local workers. I would anticipate that when fully operational, the 'Big Five' are likely to deploy around 25,000 foreign workers. This means, the huge monthly financial outflow to the countries of origin of the said workers. Basing on RM1000/- per month per head, we are talking about an outflow amounting to RM25 million per month or RM330 million per year nd RM1.65 bn in five years.
With the number of aliens added to the fast growing population, social services are likely to be compromised. Housing and medical services shall be stretched. Besides, crime rate may escalate.
What will happen to these workers when the mega projects are completed? Many of them will be sent home while many may stay back due to marriages to local people.
The last 35 years saw the mushrooming of screw-driver smoke-stacked industries across the country. The transfer of technology is so minimal. I just dread how many of those who are still working in these industries have acquired adequate knowledge, experience and skills to be able to assemble a TV set, a motor-car, a picture tube, a pump or an electric motor or an air-conditioner on his or her own single effort?
To produce a high income economy, we need high tech. jobs and not labour intensive jobs. Until the authority recognises this factor, we are not going to achieve our visional objective. Let us not kid and continue to pull wool over the eyes of the populace. You can deceive some people some of the time, some people most of the time ; but certainly not all the people all the time.
Cut down the unnecessary expenditure on defence and infrastructure development. Divert the funds to improve on human development and raise general standards of technical education in the country's instututes of higher learning. Stop cheating and reduce the rate of corruption. Unless we do this, I see little hope of earning extra ringgits in my pocket.
Please eradicate corruption at all levels of the Government machinery and try to save for the rainy day. Tighten all the loop-holes through which public money may be or is drained perenially. Just cannot figure out how RM23 million was loaned out to students who never apply for it and who may not even exist in this world.
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