Friday, May 28, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
Election Commission - Reformation
The Hulu Selangor and Sibu By-elections were just over. The former constituency went to BN while the latter to Pakatan Rakyat. In the Sibu by-election, DAP won by just slightly less than 400 votes after taking into consideration the 2500 odd postal votes.
The two by-elections exposed the good, the bad and the ugly policies and practices of the BN and PR. Besides, the campaigning modes were different between West and East Malaysia.
Each time a by-election is held, it pains me to note that so much public money is being poured by BN into the election machinery. The profligate abuse of its power by using manpower, assets and services of the various ministries was most unwarranted and should be investigated.
The BN was desperate to win the Sibu seat. So great was this intent that PM Najib cracked to certain voters, "If you help me , I will help you". And, this incident was being videoed and circulated in the internet.
The results in Hulu Selangor and Sibu had certainly antagonised many members of UMNO who accused that the Chinese of not being thankful for the many opportunities and wealth that they had amassed over the years.
Unfortunately, these scum-bags did not realise that the Chinese in general are by nature industrious and hard-working and they use their brains and sweats to eke out their livelihood. Besides, the political leaders must realise that they can fool most Chinese some of the time, some of the Chinese most of the time but they cannot fool all of them all the time.
What PM Najid did on the eve of the election in Sibu was rather odd. He obviously did not realise that most Chinese souls are not for sale. They would want justice, equitable oportunities to be accorded to their children to pursue their desired courses in the local universities, a competitive business environment, employment in the civil service, police and armed forces, incorrupt administration and NOT to be treated as second-class citizens and pendatang.
BN has over the years milked much of the natural resources of Sabah and Sarawak - particularly timber and petroleum. Basing on the developments taking place or have taken place during the past four decades, the East Malaysians have certainly felt cheated. And this swing to PR is also a strong message to the BN that the people are not happy with the CM who has been milking the Sarawak State's resourses almost dry.
Change is certainly needed in the two Eastern States in all fronts from the sore religious issue of Allah to agricultural and industrial developments. Substantial amount of the revenue realised from the sales of the States' resources must be ploughed back for social economic development of the people and the two states. Unless this is done, the BN will face a bleak future in securing the support of the people there.
From the results of the above two by-elections, it is clear that majority non-Malay were disenchanted with the BN leadership who has encouraged rampant corrupt practices, inefficient judiciary and police population force, the highly discriminatory, racialistic and religionistic public policies. Most frustrating among the non-Malays is that most of their children could not obtain scholarships and or pursue courses of their choice at local universities. The Government has forgotten that they work hard and contribute taxes to the treasury. Yet, others benefit from the fruits of their hard labour.
In view of the above, many parents have to work doubly hard in order to support their children to pursue and obtain qualications in their desired programmes.
In the said two by-elections, I just wonder whether the officers of EC were sleeping, incompetent or biased by not taking actions to ensure that the elections were fairly carried out. Money politics was blantant and rampant and yet the EC officers just turned turned blind and deaf to what went on before them.
There were prevalent financial enticements offerred to schools, temples, organisatins and individuals with a view of 'buying their favour' to vote for BN. If this is not a form of election rigging, what is?
Another highly despicable practice is the allowance of postal votes from those in the military or police forces. This practice has caused a lot of suspicion among the populace and it must be stopped altogether in future elections if fairness and transparency are to be upheld. In my view, postal votes are part of the process of gerrymandering.
Why is it so difficult to encourage all those in the military and poice forces on transfer to change their addresses to where they are physically stationed and cast their votes in the constituency wherein their respective stations or camps are located. I just cannot see why this cannot be done.
The other despicable conduct of the Election Commission is to purposely delay and with-hold the announcement of the election results when BN candidates lost in the election.
A point in reference is the last General Election in which the results in Selangor and Wilayah and the Sibu by-election where the people had to wait until the wee hours of the morning before the results were broadcast. This is most uncalled for. It does not reflect the independence of the EC.
The two by-elections exposed the good, the bad and the ugly policies and practices of the BN and PR. Besides, the campaigning modes were different between West and East Malaysia.
Each time a by-election is held, it pains me to note that so much public money is being poured by BN into the election machinery. The profligate abuse of its power by using manpower, assets and services of the various ministries was most unwarranted and should be investigated.
The BN was desperate to win the Sibu seat. So great was this intent that PM Najib cracked to certain voters, "If you help me , I will help you". And, this incident was being videoed and circulated in the internet.
The results in Hulu Selangor and Sibu had certainly antagonised many members of UMNO who accused that the Chinese of not being thankful for the many opportunities and wealth that they had amassed over the years.
Unfortunately, these scum-bags did not realise that the Chinese in general are by nature industrious and hard-working and they use their brains and sweats to eke out their livelihood. Besides, the political leaders must realise that they can fool most Chinese some of the time, some of the Chinese most of the time but they cannot fool all of them all the time.
What PM Najid did on the eve of the election in Sibu was rather odd. He obviously did not realise that most Chinese souls are not for sale. They would want justice, equitable oportunities to be accorded to their children to pursue their desired courses in the local universities, a competitive business environment, employment in the civil service, police and armed forces, incorrupt administration and NOT to be treated as second-class citizens and pendatang.
BN has over the years milked much of the natural resources of Sabah and Sarawak - particularly timber and petroleum. Basing on the developments taking place or have taken place during the past four decades, the East Malaysians have certainly felt cheated. And this swing to PR is also a strong message to the BN that the people are not happy with the CM who has been milking the Sarawak State's resourses almost dry.
Change is certainly needed in the two Eastern States in all fronts from the sore religious issue of Allah to agricultural and industrial developments. Substantial amount of the revenue realised from the sales of the States' resources must be ploughed back for social economic development of the people and the two states. Unless this is done, the BN will face a bleak future in securing the support of the people there.
From the results of the above two by-elections, it is clear that majority non-Malay were disenchanted with the BN leadership who has encouraged rampant corrupt practices, inefficient judiciary and police population force, the highly discriminatory, racialistic and religionistic public policies. Most frustrating among the non-Malays is that most of their children could not obtain scholarships and or pursue courses of their choice at local universities. The Government has forgotten that they work hard and contribute taxes to the treasury. Yet, others benefit from the fruits of their hard labour.
In view of the above, many parents have to work doubly hard in order to support their children to pursue and obtain qualications in their desired programmes.
In the said two by-elections, I just wonder whether the officers of EC were sleeping, incompetent or biased by not taking actions to ensure that the elections were fairly carried out. Money politics was blantant and rampant and yet the EC officers just turned turned blind and deaf to what went on before them.
There were prevalent financial enticements offerred to schools, temples, organisatins and individuals with a view of 'buying their favour' to vote for BN. If this is not a form of election rigging, what is?
Another highly despicable practice is the allowance of postal votes from those in the military or police forces. This practice has caused a lot of suspicion among the populace and it must be stopped altogether in future elections if fairness and transparency are to be upheld. In my view, postal votes are part of the process of gerrymandering.
Why is it so difficult to encourage all those in the military and poice forces on transfer to change their addresses to where they are physically stationed and cast their votes in the constituency wherein their respective stations or camps are located. I just cannot see why this cannot be done.
The other despicable conduct of the Election Commission is to purposely delay and with-hold the announcement of the election results when BN candidates lost in the election.
A point in reference is the last General Election in which the results in Selangor and Wilayah and the Sibu by-election where the people had to wait until the wee hours of the morning before the results were broadcast. This is most uncalled for. It does not reflect the independence of the EC.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Unscrupulous JMC and MC of High Rise
This article is written on the strength of the writer's actual experience in facing head 0n and his undaunted and selfless efforts in uncovering the mal-practices of a certain Management Corporation of a Mixed Development Project, of which he is one of the parcel owners, in the heart of the city and is pleased to share his experiences with property owners of high rise buildings.
So, property owners – beware of the unlawful sale & lease of common areas by unscrupulous JMC or MCs.
Many owners of high rise flats, condominiums and mixed development projects do realize that they are not getting a fair deal and treatment from their respective Joint Management Councils (JMCs) or Management Corporations (MCs) which, in many cases, not only fail to provide proper maintenance service to their respective properties but also fail to provide regular reports and accounts thereof despite complaints were lodged with them and to the authorities.
No wonder we often read that lifts in high rise buildings were not functioning, fire-extinguishers were not periodically serviced or not serviceable, rubbish was not disposed regularly, poor security services, poor lightings along the corridors and verandahs, water pressure low and break-ins, roof leakages, sewage pipe got clogged up thereby causing floods etc
In view of poor services, many owners just refuse to pay their monthly maintenance charges to the JMCs or the MCs as the case may be. But, ultimately they still have to pay up when they applied for strata titles for their respective properties.
This unsavory and unsatisfactory state of affairs is attributed to the general disinterest and nonchalance of unit owners who tend to leave others to look after their interests. It is time that they take an interest in the performance of JMCs or MCs by pressing and hounding them to produce management reports, accounts, attend AGMs and volunteer their services to serve in the JMCs or MCs. In this way, they will come to know and appreciate what is going on and take necessary actions to rectify the wrongs, untoward practices and improve the maintenance service.
Look not therefore what the JMC or MC can do for you but rather what you can do for the JMC or MC.
I am one of the parcel owners in Wisma Indah which is a mixed development project that is situated at the junction of Cockrane Road and Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur. The said project was open for booking sometime in 1991 and was completed in due time for occupation in 1993. Thereafter, pending the issuance of strata titles, the said property was managed by one company named, say, X
X at the material time was the appointed sales agent for a certain developer, Y. After vacant possession, X was appointed by Y to manage Wisma Indah for several years before one of the owners Z took over the management in mid 2001. From X to Z, no AGM was ever convened. The Councils comprised solely family members and relatives way into February 2009, when Z's cronies were voted out.
During its terms of office, X purportedly made itself out to be the owner of all the common areas of Wisma Indah and ‘sold’ many of the basement parking lots to some parcel owners by way of creatively drafted SPAs at varying and ridiculous prices from RM15.00 to RM15,000.00 per parking lot.
In the course of investigation, it was revealed that the Z had abused its authority by converting a certain area - which was reserved, planned and pre-approved by the authority for a food court – into a show-room for sale of motor cycles and office without the prior knowledge and consent of all the other parcel owners and worst of all without the approval of the authority . And all this time, Z has not paid nor is presently paying any rental for usage of the food-court area for the past decade to the MC
The matter has been reported to the authority. From what the writer learned , DBKL served notice in mid-January 2010 to Z to clear, remove and vacate within two weeks all its goods and paraphernalia from the said show-room and surrender the said property back to the MC; otherwise, DBKL could fine Z up to RM20,000.00 and for each day the directive is not complied with, an additional fine of RM500.00 will be imposed.
Surprisingly, Z merely ignored the DBKL directive. Thus far no action has been taken by the authority although a few months have elapsed and the dateline past. This thereby has not only deprived the unit owners of the food court facilities but also rental income for the present Management Corporation.
Under the circumstance, the parcel owners of Wisma Indah would want to know from the authority whether the present MC is entitled to claim from Z for all the previous years’ rental for converting and using the food-court area as his show-room.?
Secondly, they would want to know whether the X and Z have the power or right to dispose of the common areas of Wisma Indah without the prior knowledge and approval of the units owners?
Z and its associates had claimed that they had had ‘purchased’ more than 70 parking lots in the basement area, which, according to the approved building plans, forms part of the common area.
In all the SPAs signed between Z and X, there exists a common clause providing that in the event the SSB could not effect transfer of the several ‘sold’ lots to the buyer(s), the X is obliged to refund whatever money so received to the buyers.
We hope that the authority would respond to the above matters seriously for the benefit and protection of all the innocent parcel owners of Wisma Indah.
It is generally believed that the above happenings and practices do not just occur in Wisma Indah alone. Perhaps, what that came to light in Wisma Indah with all the dubious and devious transactions taking place all these years may well represent a tip of the iceberg; beneath which majority of property owners are ignorant and have been deceived for years on end by unscrupulous JMCs or MCs.
Authorities should and must act fast and stem out such illicit practices and activities.
Owners of properties are advised to take a special interest in the meantime to check on the performance and activities of JMCs, or MCs and ensure that they get what they pay for monthly.
Besides, there are also property managers in Kuala Lumpur which practically never or hardly provide proper maintenance service but continue to charge the owners since day one of taking vacant possession.
So, property owners – beware of the unlawful sale & lease of common areas by unscrupulous JMC or MCs.
Many owners of high rise flats, condominiums and mixed development projects do realize that they are not getting a fair deal and treatment from their respective Joint Management Councils (JMCs) or Management Corporations (MCs) which, in many cases, not only fail to provide proper maintenance service to their respective properties but also fail to provide regular reports and accounts thereof despite complaints were lodged with them and to the authorities.
No wonder we often read that lifts in high rise buildings were not functioning, fire-extinguishers were not periodically serviced or not serviceable, rubbish was not disposed regularly, poor security services, poor lightings along the corridors and verandahs, water pressure low and break-ins, roof leakages, sewage pipe got clogged up thereby causing floods etc
In view of poor services, many owners just refuse to pay their monthly maintenance charges to the JMCs or the MCs as the case may be. But, ultimately they still have to pay up when they applied for strata titles for their respective properties.
This unsavory and unsatisfactory state of affairs is attributed to the general disinterest and nonchalance of unit owners who tend to leave others to look after their interests. It is time that they take an interest in the performance of JMCs or MCs by pressing and hounding them to produce management reports, accounts, attend AGMs and volunteer their services to serve in the JMCs or MCs. In this way, they will come to know and appreciate what is going on and take necessary actions to rectify the wrongs, untoward practices and improve the maintenance service.
Look not therefore what the JMC or MC can do for you but rather what you can do for the JMC or MC.
I am one of the parcel owners in Wisma Indah which is a mixed development project that is situated at the junction of Cockrane Road and Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur. The said project was open for booking sometime in 1991 and was completed in due time for occupation in 1993. Thereafter, pending the issuance of strata titles, the said property was managed by one company named, say, X
X at the material time was the appointed sales agent for a certain developer, Y. After vacant possession, X was appointed by Y to manage Wisma Indah for several years before one of the owners Z took over the management in mid 2001. From X to Z, no AGM was ever convened. The Councils comprised solely family members and relatives way into February 2009, when Z's cronies were voted out.
During its terms of office, X purportedly made itself out to be the owner of all the common areas of Wisma Indah and ‘sold’ many of the basement parking lots to some parcel owners by way of creatively drafted SPAs at varying and ridiculous prices from RM15.00 to RM15,000.00 per parking lot.
In the course of investigation, it was revealed that the Z had abused its authority by converting a certain area - which was reserved, planned and pre-approved by the authority for a food court – into a show-room for sale of motor cycles and office without the prior knowledge and consent of all the other parcel owners and worst of all without the approval of the authority . And all this time, Z has not paid nor is presently paying any rental for usage of the food-court area for the past decade to the MC
The matter has been reported to the authority. From what the writer learned , DBKL served notice in mid-January 2010 to Z to clear, remove and vacate within two weeks all its goods and paraphernalia from the said show-room and surrender the said property back to the MC; otherwise, DBKL could fine Z up to RM20,000.00 and for each day the directive is not complied with, an additional fine of RM500.00 will be imposed.
Surprisingly, Z merely ignored the DBKL directive. Thus far no action has been taken by the authority although a few months have elapsed and the dateline past. This thereby has not only deprived the unit owners of the food court facilities but also rental income for the present Management Corporation.
Under the circumstance, the parcel owners of Wisma Indah would want to know from the authority whether the present MC is entitled to claim from Z for all the previous years’ rental for converting and using the food-court area as his show-room.?
Secondly, they would want to know whether the X and Z have the power or right to dispose of the common areas of Wisma Indah without the prior knowledge and approval of the units owners?
Z and its associates had claimed that they had had ‘purchased’ more than 70 parking lots in the basement area, which, according to the approved building plans, forms part of the common area.
In all the SPAs signed between Z and X, there exists a common clause providing that in the event the SSB could not effect transfer of the several ‘sold’ lots to the buyer(s), the X is obliged to refund whatever money so received to the buyers.
We hope that the authority would respond to the above matters seriously for the benefit and protection of all the innocent parcel owners of Wisma Indah.
It is generally believed that the above happenings and practices do not just occur in Wisma Indah alone. Perhaps, what that came to light in Wisma Indah with all the dubious and devious transactions taking place all these years may well represent a tip of the iceberg; beneath which majority of property owners are ignorant and have been deceived for years on end by unscrupulous JMCs or MCs.
Authorities should and must act fast and stem out such illicit practices and activities.
Owners of properties are advised to take a special interest in the meantime to check on the performance and activities of JMCs, or MCs and ensure that they get what they pay for monthly.
Besides, there are also property managers in Kuala Lumpur which practically never or hardly provide proper maintenance service but continue to charge the owners since day one of taking vacant possession.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Where is Justice
Today's Star (12 April 2010) reported that World renown pathologist Dr Pornthip of Thailand who performed a post-mortem on Tan Beng Hock's exhumed body had been harrassed and threatened by certain quarters to stay away from testifying at the coming trial against MACC which was implicated for causing the death of Teoh Beng Hock while under its detention.
Now we have Nazri saying that Dr Pornthip was a liar. What qualification did he have to defame such an authority? I think Dr Pornthip should institute action against this Nazri for defamation. His remark was not only tortuous but uncalled for, subjudicial and unbecoming of such a man of his position.
No judges in the world would make such a remark without real evidence or any substantiable fact. In my opinion he was just uttering rubbish.
Now the same person who called Dr Pornthip a liar earlier had asked her to furnish information of those who theatened her so that investigation and appropriate actions could be taken against those culprits. His action is now being echoed by the Home Affairs Minister and the Police. What sort of games these scumbages are trying to play if not trying to sow the seeds of injustice on the case.
The threat did not emanate from the Opposition nor members thereof. If ever the threats were made, they could only have come from UMNO and BN camps in their attempts to cover up the heinous crime committed by the MACC. Come on let us not play games here. Remember, these scums played the same game in Altantuya's killing. Before the case was investigated, the newspapers were carrying various speculative stories in an effort to confuse the public.
If the BN Government were to do anything at this stage or at any stage to block Dr Pornthip to come to Malaysia to testify the death of Teoh Beng Hock, I would just say that a grave injustice would have be committed. The stain will stick onto BN for many many years before it can be erased.
The implication for preventng Dr Pornthip is far reaching. What have BN got to hide? Yes it had successfully hidden the person who authorised the issuance of the C4 explosive that blew off the body of Altantuya, allowed the two jet engines to be taken out of the RMAF Base and sold to another country and covered up all the monies squandred through the GLCs and projects. Corruption has pervaded the entire structure of the Government's machinery.
No one in the right senses or no clean Government officer or official would want to hide criminals within their organisations. They will just tarnish the 'good' name of the organisations.
So let the law take its course and stop meddling with the case at this juncture.
Now we have Nazri saying that Dr Pornthip was a liar. What qualification did he have to defame such an authority? I think Dr Pornthip should institute action against this Nazri for defamation. His remark was not only tortuous but uncalled for, subjudicial and unbecoming of such a man of his position.
No judges in the world would make such a remark without real evidence or any substantiable fact. In my opinion he was just uttering rubbish.
Now the same person who called Dr Pornthip a liar earlier had asked her to furnish information of those who theatened her so that investigation and appropriate actions could be taken against those culprits. His action is now being echoed by the Home Affairs Minister and the Police. What sort of games these scumbages are trying to play if not trying to sow the seeds of injustice on the case.
The threat did not emanate from the Opposition nor members thereof. If ever the threats were made, they could only have come from UMNO and BN camps in their attempts to cover up the heinous crime committed by the MACC. Come on let us not play games here. Remember, these scums played the same game in Altantuya's killing. Before the case was investigated, the newspapers were carrying various speculative stories in an effort to confuse the public.
If the BN Government were to do anything at this stage or at any stage to block Dr Pornthip to come to Malaysia to testify the death of Teoh Beng Hock, I would just say that a grave injustice would have be committed. The stain will stick onto BN for many many years before it can be erased.
The implication for preventng Dr Pornthip is far reaching. What have BN got to hide? Yes it had successfully hidden the person who authorised the issuance of the C4 explosive that blew off the body of Altantuya, allowed the two jet engines to be taken out of the RMAF Base and sold to another country and covered up all the monies squandred through the GLCs and projects. Corruption has pervaded the entire structure of the Government's machinery.
No one in the right senses or no clean Government officer or official would want to hide criminals within their organisations. They will just tarnish the 'good' name of the organisations.
So let the law take its course and stop meddling with the case at this juncture.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Interreligious Committee
The BN Government have finally agreed to set up an Interreligious (IR) Committee under the Minister in charge of National Unity, Tan Sri Koh Tsu Khoon. The Committee which comprises representatives from various religious organisations like IKIM, MCCBCHST etc provides a useful forum for exchange of religious knowledge, discussion and ironing out problems and differences arising from interrelgious marriages, conversion, divorce and custody of children etc.
The said Committee in my view is long overdue. Nonetheless, it is better to be late than never.
As I see it, there already exists a IR wheel which is rotating or running on very smoothly for more than a decade; that is, the MCCBCHST. In order to get on with the tasks ahead, all that is needed is to nominate a respresentative from Islam to be a member of the Majlis. Reinventing another wheel takes time and may not be functioning as well as the Majlis.
As I see it, the IR Committee should not be too large in membership otherwise it will end up just another number game and it will fail in the end .
The primary objective of the Committee must be well-defined and focused. It should not operate as another political society or grouping. The IR Committee for effect must be action-oriented; that is to help deal with and solve many of the multireligious problems facing the people in Malaysia.
It is a good start and the Government should be lauded for the initiative. But, whoever participates in the IR Committee, he must come in with an open mind and not with an ulterior motive to grind.
No sooner was the Committee formed than a bucket of cold cold water being splashed at it by the DPM Muyiddin who said that the grouping had no power to effect any changes or on Islam as a religion. If that being the case, then the efforts of the Committee would be futile and a waste of good time. If the voice of the grouping was not going to be significant, why had it formed in the first place? There is what BN is damn good at it. Say one thing and negate it the next moment.
Come on steady lah. If the blokes up there at the helm cannot see by now the serious problems and confusions that you and your stupid ideas about religion have caused, then, you are not fit to govern. You are just not sincere. And, the masses are watching you. If you cannot make a small decision on such matter like interrelgious dialogue, then what is the use of coming out with big ideas like 1 Malaysia and NEM when you do not mean what you say?
I really look forward that the Committee meets soonest and make a representation to the PM and clarify the situation. The matter has to be settled otherwise ten years down the road, one will find nothing is changed for the betterment of society. Don't let the Committee be another NATO or another group of unprepared appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecssary.
The said Committee in my view is long overdue. Nonetheless, it is better to be late than never.
As I see it, there already exists a IR wheel which is rotating or running on very smoothly for more than a decade; that is, the MCCBCHST. In order to get on with the tasks ahead, all that is needed is to nominate a respresentative from Islam to be a member of the Majlis. Reinventing another wheel takes time and may not be functioning as well as the Majlis.
As I see it, the IR Committee should not be too large in membership otherwise it will end up just another number game and it will fail in the end .
The primary objective of the Committee must be well-defined and focused. It should not operate as another political society or grouping. The IR Committee for effect must be action-oriented; that is to help deal with and solve many of the multireligious problems facing the people in Malaysia.
It is a good start and the Government should be lauded for the initiative. But, whoever participates in the IR Committee, he must come in with an open mind and not with an ulterior motive to grind.
No sooner was the Committee formed than a bucket of cold cold water being splashed at it by the DPM Muyiddin who said that the grouping had no power to effect any changes or on Islam as a religion. If that being the case, then the efforts of the Committee would be futile and a waste of good time. If the voice of the grouping was not going to be significant, why had it formed in the first place? There is what BN is damn good at it. Say one thing and negate it the next moment.
Come on steady lah. If the blokes up there at the helm cannot see by now the serious problems and confusions that you and your stupid ideas about religion have caused, then, you are not fit to govern. You are just not sincere. And, the masses are watching you. If you cannot make a small decision on such matter like interrelgious dialogue, then what is the use of coming out with big ideas like 1 Malaysia and NEM when you do not mean what you say?
I really look forward that the Committee meets soonest and make a representation to the PM and clarify the situation. The matter has to be settled otherwise ten years down the road, one will find nothing is changed for the betterment of society. Don't let the Committee be another NATO or another group of unprepared appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecssary.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Cats & Dogs in Pakatan Rakyat
Any reasonable man in the streets will be asking the question, "What the hell is going on among the members of Pakatan Rakyat?" They are not only destroying one another but also the Coalition at the ultimate end.
There were those who left because of reasons best known to them. There were those who were overcome by the temptation of money while many were enticed to cross over by the UMNO-led BN by promised carrots and greener pastures in the near future.
Deep in my heart, what happened in PR sickens and continues to sicken me to the core of my marrow. I am most disappointed that the two party concept has not be assimilated by the running dogs who could not tolerate the slightest inconvenience and criticisms caused by their colleagues.
The leadership must impress upon all the members of the coalition the need for cooperation and understanding that they are fighting for a cause far greater than the individual aspirations put together. It is about the survival of the people and the country at large; and, the two party system is the only effective democratic means of toppling the BN at the next or future elections.
The battle had started two years ago and let us not stop there. Let us continue in greater intensity to work towards the goal of attaining the two party system at the next election.
BN have come out with the 1 Malaysia Policy which is shrouded with lots of skepticism and suspicions and diffidence among the rakyat. The members of BN are still trying to understand the underlying assumptions of the policy. Actions are and seem to be in most instances inconsistent with the the epressed policy. While the policy exhorts the people to unite as one Malaysia, the politicians themselves are still identifying themselves as race first and the nationality second.
No sooner has the 1 Malaysia Policy been mooted than the announcement of the National Economic Model came on air. The Model is still nebulous and probably an extention or a disguise of the National Economic Policy. The impact will not be known soon soon. It will probably take a year or two to really gauge the true intention, spirit and sinscerity of the Model's originator. Only tell will be the true judge of the Model.
It is not uncommon to note that each PM comes with highly idealistic slogans but at the end they are just fit for the ears and not the people of Malaysia.
Malaysia is rich enough for every one; yet the UMNOputras want to amass a fortune through various devious means during their terms of office. In the course, billions of ringgits have been siphoned off into the private pockets of these unscrupulous and dishonest politicians. Meanwhile the people are not enjoying and benefitting from the resources of the country. This is outright unfair and great robbery of the country's rich resources.
So the people in PR must realise. Time is running out and we have to look for an alternative solution to this senselss plundering of the country's wealth. It is most disgusting and disappointing despite the endowed riches in the country, the per capita income cannot match that of Singapore, Taiwan and Korea! What have the UMNOputras be doing? They are really cheating the people.
It is time that members of PR act above their personal interests. They must re-dedicate themselves to the progress and development of the people of Malaysia. Great sacrifices are needed for the attainment of greater things to come.
There were those who left because of reasons best known to them. There were those who were overcome by the temptation of money while many were enticed to cross over by the UMNO-led BN by promised carrots and greener pastures in the near future.
Deep in my heart, what happened in PR sickens and continues to sicken me to the core of my marrow. I am most disappointed that the two party concept has not be assimilated by the running dogs who could not tolerate the slightest inconvenience and criticisms caused by their colleagues.
The leadership must impress upon all the members of the coalition the need for cooperation and understanding that they are fighting for a cause far greater than the individual aspirations put together. It is about the survival of the people and the country at large; and, the two party system is the only effective democratic means of toppling the BN at the next or future elections.
The battle had started two years ago and let us not stop there. Let us continue in greater intensity to work towards the goal of attaining the two party system at the next election.
BN have come out with the 1 Malaysia Policy which is shrouded with lots of skepticism and suspicions and diffidence among the rakyat. The members of BN are still trying to understand the underlying assumptions of the policy. Actions are and seem to be in most instances inconsistent with the the epressed policy. While the policy exhorts the people to unite as one Malaysia, the politicians themselves are still identifying themselves as race first and the nationality second.
No sooner has the 1 Malaysia Policy been mooted than the announcement of the National Economic Model came on air. The Model is still nebulous and probably an extention or a disguise of the National Economic Policy. The impact will not be known soon soon. It will probably take a year or two to really gauge the true intention, spirit and sinscerity of the Model's originator. Only tell will be the true judge of the Model.
It is not uncommon to note that each PM comes with highly idealistic slogans but at the end they are just fit for the ears and not the people of Malaysia.
Malaysia is rich enough for every one; yet the UMNOputras want to amass a fortune through various devious means during their terms of office. In the course, billions of ringgits have been siphoned off into the private pockets of these unscrupulous and dishonest politicians. Meanwhile the people are not enjoying and benefitting from the resources of the country. This is outright unfair and great robbery of the country's rich resources.
So the people in PR must realise. Time is running out and we have to look for an alternative solution to this senselss plundering of the country's wealth. It is most disgusting and disappointing despite the endowed riches in the country, the per capita income cannot match that of Singapore, Taiwan and Korea! What have the UMNOputras be doing? They are really cheating the people.
It is time that members of PR act above their personal interests. They must re-dedicate themselves to the progress and development of the people of Malaysia. Great sacrifices are needed for the attainment of greater things to come.
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