Can you see it?

Colour Blind

2012-02-01T18:54:00.001+08:00

I guess, colour blindness is no longer something that occurs in the general population.

When someone makes a remark, it is almost always about Political affiliation.

Anas Zubedy had to endure this, and who would have faulted someone to thinks so, for Anas himself said that Najib's 1 Malaysia was mere political rhethoric.

But, now I guess, he can see why it is so, when his own 'friend' accuses him of being 'bought'.This is not something new. Postings in blogs to run down others is not something new.

Welcome again to Malaysia post 2008.

Wrong Ang Pow colour? Blame Najib.

Matters not that those who gave away 'PEK POW' (White packet) instead of 'Ang Pow' (Red packet) were nothing to do with the government, but simply because they are Perkasa, then its the 'UMNO' arm.

I think all Malaysians should just stand back and see with a wider view that this myopia of political affiliation is something that most have all taken post 2008 and a simple, neutral viewpoint is needed, with a little common sense and less sugar and spice before things really get ugly.

Common courtesy and common sense must prevail. If someone made a mistake, go up and point it out gently.

I am certain the other party will realise their mistake and rectify any damage it had already done. Don't you think?

Los Parasitos a-la PAS?

2012-01-17T00:32:00.002+08:00

A veces usted no tiene que escribir nada .... pintar una imagen que mil palabras!

Y Hasan Ali le presenta......LOS PARASITOS A-LA PAS!!

Mr.Maggot? John Malott?

2012-01-15T21:33:00.001+08:00

I wonder what and where was this Mr.Malott when his country was deciding on its President? Remember how Al Gore (the other idiot) won and lost? and when Bush lost and won?

I really wonder if he thought that his country was as dirty as what his thoughts are on Malaysia.

John Malott has been pissing every now and then and when he does, sings praises for Anwar. His latest attempt in implying that an appeal of the not guilty versdct for Anwar is nothing more than a feeble attempt to make himself heard again. I am not sure, but from the looks of his picture, he seems the type that would have been not so happy when Obama was made President.

"The second test will be whether the government implements key electoral reforms before elections are held. Mr. Najib's government cracked down in July on Bersih 2.0, a coalition of organizations calling for free and fair elections. This demonstrated the ruling party's fear that genuinely fair elections could cause them to lose power for the first time since 1957. However, after strong domestic and international criticism of its heavy-handed treatment of the marchers, the government backtracked and created a select parliamentary committee to propose election reforms."

John decides to use 'key electoral reforms' as something the Najib administration had to make do with cowing down to pressure (from who, John?) Matter of fact, the Obama administration had nothing but good things to say about Malaysia. Did your secretary of state accord an official meeting to your chum?
I don't think so.

And if he thinks the July crackdown on Bersih 2.0 was something the Najib Administration had cracked down on, why doesn't he look back at things in his own country before commenting? Malaysia has clear laws, and if a gathering is illegal, then it so is. For example, in our country drugs are illegal, and I guess so is it in the USA, but what John does not want to see is that his government is also abetting other regimes by ensuring that some narco deals are 'slipping' back his country.

Yet, law enforcement personnel would know that by law, they have to take action against these drug pushers and pedlars. And so is it in our country, and in ours illegal gathering is still illegal (last checked, the very people who wanted to gather illegally also wanted to stop the government from allowing mass protest!!)

I honestly don't know what Anwar means to John, and I suppose when he was here in Malaysia, he was busy kissing ass to the then Deputy Prime Minister, for I can read his angst when talking about Tun Dr.Mahathir. I guess back then when he was Ambassador here to Malaysia, he did not realise that certain policies by that very same person he champions was deft against ethnic minorities.

Funny John, no mention of Islamist radicals and Hudud? I wonder what John thinks about it.

Bye Bye Blackbird?

2012-01-13T18:01:00.001+08:00

Funny, but I thought that Pakatan Rakyat was proud in 'showing' Malaysians a new level of politicking but as expected, their thin veil which has been unravel seems to be in shreds.

Remember when one of PR's DAP ADUN was adamant in creating a ruckus when trying to register her child of Indian-Chinese parentage? I don't know the outcome, but I am sure it raised a lot of eyebrows.

But this time around, PR has shown what it truly stands for. It does not allow their politicians (firebrands who they maybe) to think let alone say what they feel outside of party perimeters. So it comes as no surprise (though I am not a fan of Hasan Ali) that PAS has sacked him, and a follow up by MB of Selangor to sack him as EXCO is as expected (and wallah, concluded too!)

Lets bring you back to pre 2008 shall we? Can you remember the promises of the PR politicians then who said that they will show a different level of politics? What has become of that then?

In actual fact, it is pretty much the same. And when you can't answer your detractors, learn from Anwar (like this video?)

I am no politician, but perhaps this is the right time to remind ourselves that this is the game they play. My side, your side, their side, backside.....
Whichever the case maybe, they are your friends today because they want your support. And when the time is right, they go and sing their own songs.

So, Hasan is now cast away, and like many they will wander around and then reappear in the form of Ibrahim Ali. (is it good or bad? It depends really which side you prefer right?)

But what if it impacts you as a citizen? For example, Alam Flora. Didn't they have their contracts terminated in Selangor and all PR states? (Am not sure about this entirely, but remember something like that flying around) So the poor folks in Ampang had to live with this after Alam Flora's contract was up, then what? No questions about how these contractors came about? So isn't this the same story then?

Oh, before I forget. With Hasan Ali gone, who will you place your dollar on for the job of Director of Hotel and Night club raids?

So what do you think of our judiciary now eh?

2012-01-09T10:26:00.000+08:00

So, the High Court have now acquitted Anwar. Which means he was found to be not guilty.
Interestingly enough this is what Judge Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah said- "After going through the evidence, the court could not be 100% certain that integrity of DNA samples was not compromised, and finds that it is not safe to rely on DNA evidence.
"As such, court is left only with Saiful's testimony. As this is a sexual crime, the court is reluctant to convict based entirely on Saiful's testimony, which is uncorroborated. The accused is thus acquitted and discharged."

Anwar says he is surprised and vindicated: "We have an agenda. Will focus on elections."

I have always maintained that our judiciary system is not flawed. Like any other, it can only rely on its judges and officers to run its course.

It has almost always been said that our legal system and its integrity is not independent.To the detractors, I say please speak with your head and not your heart. Just look at the recent cases i.e Khir Toyo and now Anwar and stop belittling our system because it does not suit your 'agenda'.

I remember a few days ago, it was said that someone was trying to inject Wan Azizah with something.

When will the drama stop then?

Boy am I glad I am not in Selangor!

2012-01-07T03:45:00.001+08:00

What? Did you say Standard Operating Procedures YB Datuk Dr Hasan?

I wonder how you can justify, offending Non Muslims when you also treat them the same when you conducted that 'Moral' raid in Mutiara Damansara recently.

In fact, as a hospitality industry professional, I am asking you to explain how this will affect Malaysia, and operators of hotels in general should Pakatan Rakyat and your radical PAS party gain enough support to form a government?

Having already said that PAS will shut down Genting Highlands, and since you deem your night raid a must, and ALL HOTELS must accept this, then I certainly will stand up against this and put on record that I do not accept this.

I, Tony Yew, hereby declare that as a hotellier, I AM AGAINST this 100 percent!

In fact, a few weeks ago I had a foreign guest from Iran, and a Muslim who declared that Malaysia was beautiful so long as extremist like you do not impose your religion on people like him. I wonder what do you have to say to this?

I am gravely concerned that Pakatan Rakyat's unholy alliance and your continuance to dupe the moderate society with your 'PAS for All' policy which in fact is one that will jeopardise this country and the very image of moderation that the Najib administration is trying to tell the rest of the world.

I strongly believe that if PAS were ever to sweep to power, the likes of me and our industry will just pack up. Hell, HUDUD law may probably be even imposed on us!

Say, will you empower mosque committees who will intrude on the rest of us and our lives for the sake of your religion? I am certain you will, and hence I am sure that HUDUD will affect us wholesale.

I am thankful that in Melaka, the state government is more than happy to promote tourism, and I have yet to hear of the state religious department raiding hotels like mine. In fact, if they did come around, I will be the first to stop them from entering my premises.

Why? Simply because, when guests choose to spend their money here in the hotel, I will safeguard their privacy and their rights as a customer.

I wonder really, if there are still blind unmasked people who truly believe that PAS is actually for all!

Anal Spring?

2011-12-31T12:16:00.000+08:00

Much has been said about the Arab Spring, but if only those who support it open their eyes, they did see that in those countries, the regimes in power have only themselves to blame.

Years of neglect, jobless youth on the rise and the prompting and prodding was just too much to bear.

But here in Malaysia, none of these elements are that drastic to instigate a revolt, yet there are those who seem to nonchalantly support and instigate. Go look at facebook, and opposition MOs and councillors openly demand that their supporters 'rise up' to demonstrate.

Yet, they turn a blind eye on the wanton flip flop of their party supremos and policies which seems so flexible that they can be against one day, and embracing another.

Suddenly, Kelantan's Hudud and their desperate pull to 'Islamise' Malaysia is no longer a problem to DAP. Their threat to 'shut down' Genting Highlands is no longer a 'faux pas'.

In fact, the Pakatan supremos are all blind to the fact that their 'Ketua Umum' is nothing but a sham whose only priority is to be PM. What this site has to say is factual, sit back, think about the damage this bugger did in the past. So don't lah be bodoh and ikut suka aje! Don't be a part of the Anal-Spring!

But I leave you with this 'secret' document.....and this is derived simply from ANAL-ysis of the way DAP has handled their issues......enjoy!

A short drive, a conversion and a whole lot of sense

2011-12-22T21:10:00.002+08:00

I was tasked with ensuring that my guests were brought to a top official'soffice for a meeting recently, and boy was it entertaining.

It was no more than 20 minutes, and given the traffic at 7.30am in Melaka,traffic was a breeze.

The guest, a visitor from a country in the Middle East had asked aboutcertain do's and don'ts and it was about then that the host started on aboutwhat it meant for muslims here (the host himself being muslim) and he proceededto explain about marriage et all.

At this point, the visitor merely said 'what?', and proceeded with a'you mean. here they make up the religion?'

Now, before I proceed, let me just say that I have absolutely nounderstanding whatsoever about Islam, besides the usual respect that we giveeach other in this country of mine which I have consciously known.

Please go browse another blog if you do not want to read any further, for itis not my intention to belittle anyone nor their belief.

At this point, the visitor then assured those in the car, muslims including,that all that is needed to be a muslim is to acknowledge that there is only onegod and Muhamad is the prophet. Here there was a simple exchange about howcouples from different beliefs had to go through if one was to convert toIslam.

It was then that one of the guest who was non muslim, had uttered the'shahadah' and acknowledged by the Mid Eastern guest and one other muslim, thusin that short drive, I got to witness what middle easterns consider as apractise and how here in Malaysia, they make things a little complicated.

What I am trying to say here is that when man interferes with anything, itgets complicated. As complicated as how my second daughter's first HolyCommunion had become, and just as complicated as to how the priest these daysseem to believe that political activism is as Christian as Jesus himself.

It was certainly entertaining and just as amusing listening to the guesttelling us about his experiences travelling in and out of America. He hadshared his numerous 'ramdomly selected' inspections and how he alsmost alwaysended up being randomly selected.

Now, why do you think this rambling is all about?

Just as how this guest in our country had to endure these kinds ofdiscrimination, our very own Hudud supporting Pakatan Rakyat MPs can sing abouthow just the law is, but it will certainly encroach into our much encroachedlives already. Funny how the issue has suddenly taken a back seat despite DAPand PKR's deafenning silence!

Is it just me or haven't you noticed how PAS youth and the likes seem tothrive on protesting different social events to keep the youth 'protected'.

This posting might be a few weeks late, but does anyone out there who REALLYknow someone who had turned GAY listenning to Elton John in Genting?

I know for sure that I ain't even gonna consider opposition at all for allthey want is to close down Genting!

I am just glad I caught Jonathan Butler when he was here!

See this!

2011-12-14T21:37:00.000+08:00

Perhaps there can only be one thing that is truly common between these threepeople in the image above.

Spectacles. Yes. The three pictured above wear specks but only one canreally see what is happening in DAP, and for that he has to go for a spinal operation(too much back stabbing??)

YB Jeff Ooi isn't a politician. I spoke to him for an hour an a half, atlength about his experience, about the 'forces' that he has to put up with, andyet he didn't put anyone down with what he had to say. if anything, he allowedme to sum up what is happening.

To those uninitiated, dn't forget that YB Jeff happens to be on of those'parachuted' in to deliver Penang to DAP.

3 years after tells a very different story. Malaysia no longer has asleeping Prime Minister, and more evidently, the opposition hadn't been able to'cover' their tracks. Which leads us back to the picture of the three.

You see, two of them attended the MCA funded Kolej Tunku Abdul Rahman(KTAR) and conveniently tried to hide that fact but 'not mentioning' abouttheir believe in the MCA funded program that had helped many on their way.

Despite using the 'universal' sign for 'Open your eyes', Teresa Kok hasdecided to blind people from seeing that she actually benefited from just oneof the many programs that the BN and MCA had implemented from the benefit ofthe rakyat.

The other MP, YB Chong Eng who is also the DAP Chief andf Deputy Sec Genalso benefited not only from MCA's contribution but also a BN government fundeduniversity.

The point is that despite receiving aid and help from the government, theyproceed to bad mouth the very government that helped them choosing instead tolook at the negatives and attacking the entire system. But the fact remainsthat they are amongst those who benefited from it.

When will people realise that the very people (DAP) who choose to attack thegovernment are the very same people who have been taking aid from it too?

I suppose MP Teo Nie CHing will have something else to say about the factthat her mother is asking MCA for help in the predicament that she is in now,eh?

Whatever it is, let not hate overcome our senses to believe every singlething spewing out of the opposition mouthpiece!

Err. DAP ........got education program meh?

A different strategy for Guan Eng and PR? Well, not PAS surely!

2011-12-09T21:28:00.001+08:00

Ask any Pakatan supporter and he will agree that in almost any ceramah, the subject of a murdered Mongolian and a submarine incapable of diving plus the many more accusations thrown at the direction of the Prime Minister who was also the former Defense Minister would be prevalent.

Heck, in by election fever, they would even go out of their way to build mock ups of submarines and caskets to drive a point, and as usual, an oft repeated lie will have people liking it to be the truth soon enough.

So when was the last time Guan Eng used these very same tactics in his regular appearance at the PR Ceramah circuit?

It seems Guan Eng has stepped up his attacks, using a different tactic. One of which is to get his buddy Zahid Hamidi to get him on board the KD Tun Razak, and upon emerging from his dive, immediately declared his admiration for the men of KD Tun Razak, admiring them and labelling them as 'Impressive and exceptional'.

With Pakatan Rakyat politicians often eager to criticise the Police, he has now chose to flatter the submariners in hope that they can get some 'postal voters'. What else can it be?

More so if one of his 'macai' bloggers can claim that Zahid Hamidi had set Guan Eng up along with his deputies to 'submerge' in the depth of the sea. And it only takes monkeys to believe this while they choose to ignore the imminent signs such as this one.

How about this? Did you miss it?

Do you honestly believe that PAS would actually 'respect' the rights of the non muslims? Seriously? No 4D shops in Kelantan ought to be a sign for those who are keen to try their luck once in a while.

I do enjoy the thrill sometimes and I certainly do not want PAS anywhere near Genting. I wonder if there are still non-muslims who actually think that PAS will safeguard their rights with HUDUD?

Enough of these Bullsh*t. PAS wants power, and they feel that they can do it. If Malaysia has enjoyed the fruits of its labour all along, let not these Islamist extremist jeopardise what our founding fathers had guaranteed. Remember how Tunku Abdul Rahman could sit down together with Tun HS Lee and share their vision over a good old glass of 'English brew'?

You can kiss that goodbye! And please don't blame it on BN, remember, its PAS that wants to shut Genting down!

Bastard=Haram Jadah

2011-11-30T15:13:00.001+08:00

There are perhaps many derogatory words that can invoke anger and hatred, and the one that is most often used is the one that aims to depict the subject as a Bastard (one that is born out of wedlock). Of course, one can argue that Quentin Tarantino had found a way how to glorify the use of it, but in local Malaysian culture, especially to the Muslims, calling one a bastard (or Haram Jadah) can be really degrading.

Why? In a culture where close proximity is an offence for Muslims, a child out of wedlock implying the fault of the mother of lose moral belief is certainly downright rude and uncouth.

Well, even for Chinese for that matter. So when there were stories floating around cyberspace of a grandson of a certain politician was involved in some sexual harassment case, Lim Kit Siang called for those responsible to not resort to 'gutter' politics. Politics in Malaysia had seen its fair share of dirt, but when the Perak DAP leadership resorted to calling Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Zambery Abdul Kadir, a Bastard (Haram Jadah) of Black Metallic colour, Nga Kor Ming had gone past the line (again).

So what has the DAP leadership else to do but to sack or suspend him? They suspended an elected rep who chose to belittle the national flag Jalur Gemilang, and accusing it of being too BN.

But hold on, aren't they ever so good to 'sandi wara' each time their own create an issue? And then turn around and blame it on the subject instead?

Time and again, I remind my detractors that the very objective of voting the opposition into office is to ensure that they provide a good counter balance to the government, in short, be a good opposition, yet each time, they prove to me that they are only capable of creating dramas, and this one has to go down as their latest.

I won't blame you if you felt that you had been slighted by all these politicians. After all, the elections might be round the corner, and it is certainly not too late to identify the idiots and their masters.

Click here to hear what Nga kor Ming believes about the Perak MB and how he got into office, that Bastard. (in Nga's own words)

Green+Black=Yellow

2011-11-30T01:18:00.001+08:00

Let's see if you remember your primary colours shall we?

Remember back in school? At least some of us might still rmember what you get if you mix certain colours, but for those supporting the opposition, they seem to have forgotten the results if you mixed colours.

For example, the Hudud issue that was raised by PAS itself seems to have been forgotten. Conveniently of course, and how more to mask it then to bring the attention of those concerned to 'Black'.

Yes, DAP's Nga was more interested in telling people about what 'black' means.....

So what else will they do to cover all this? Wear yellow instead....instead of raising these points in the place that they were voted in for, they chose to walk out when the opposition MPs walked out when the Bill on Peaceful Assembly was put to vote.

I am not sure about you, but when I voted them in 2008, I wanted a strong opposition, instead what I got was an opposition who chose to use certain issues to boost their popularity, and when things don't go their way, they start doing their usual drama skits.

BAR council choose to walk to Parliament? How about taking a closer look at the BAR council and who they currently represent shall we?

If the opposition choose to use these kinds of tactics, then I can only thank them for showing me what they are actually capable of.

Amongst others, spinning half truths, lying about nuclear threats, and now walking out on the very bill that they have been asking for.

For those who still cannot see it....try and see for yourself what your Opposition MP walked out on.

Oh yes, in case you have forgotten, ask your DAP MP why they have also been quiet about the Hudud agenda of PAS. In case you have not heard, they now want to implement it in Kedah.

Opposition MPs accusing Petro Saudi and Saudi Government as being corrupt??

2011-11-23T16:57:00.001+08:00

What is really puzzling is the extent of which, opposition politicians are willing to run the government down just to gain more political mileage. In one breath, they can paint their own country in the league of Myanmar, if not worse, and in another sing wonders of doctored economic figures for their very own.

Welcome to Malaysia, post 2008, where politicians especially those from the opposition feel that inorder for them to come into power that they have to run down anything and everything Malaysian.

The Public Accounts Committee is now taking swipes at 1MDB, and has now insinuated that the Petro Saudi tie up between 1MDB and the Saudi Arabian company is nothing more than magical accounting.

I don't know about you, but I can certainly spot a pattern. First it was the former Menteri Besar of Selangor's 'Research Officer' who went on and on about what 1MDB and KLIFD was up to. With Tan Seng Giaw and Tony Pua both involved in the PAC, and Azmin Ali making statements of his own, all these will be used against KLIFD/1MDB, and god knows it, PM Najib and the entire BN machinery.

Why? Did't you hear that the elections is round the corner, and the best way to gain publicity for then is simply to lump up your opponent in one bag and toss it to the garbage disposal.

Want to know why it makes sense? I will leave you to this.......Why People Repeat Lies!

Lu dulu, wah kemudian

2011-11-17T01:39:00.001+08:00

In politics, only in politics.

Since the hudud issue resurfaced after attempts by PAS to instill their original 'perjuangan' DAP and PKR have both stayed away from making public statements to neither support nor condemn their very move.

Of course, being politicians, some couldn't stay away from speaking through their behinds, but party stance is a different thing altogether.

What then can DAP do to restore their 'maruah' after the Hudud elegant silence?

Well, for a start attacking MCA would get them heard again. And that they did. Lim Guan Eng has come out with guns blazing after spending a good month and a half staying out of the limelight (could it be too soon after the episode of Kampung Buah Dada?)

I have said it before and will say it again. For so long as the politicians are more keen on attacking their opponents rather than their stand, then those who vote for them deserve the monkeys they vote for.

Which rings me to the case in point where some thin it is perfectly fine for people who turn their backs on their own country, then go on and claim that they did it for the love of their motherland instead! Bull!
Why would people who have nothing to do with their country be given the right to vote in the first place?

I had a few months ago, engaged a die hard PAS supporter ( I think) who thought that it was his right and that of his relatives t work abroad illegally. He chose to do so believing that as a Malaysian, one should be entitled to high paying jobs. And because earning 3-4k a month was difficult to support a family, he justified it by saying that it was ok to work abroad simply because opportunity was not available here.

Perhaps if he spent more time improving his skills, he might have gotten a job. But he chose to see it as something impossible and hence scooted away to England to work illegally in a restaurant (I think)...
And now, I can probably hear these buggers citing the same as LGE and criticising the few gentleman politician of the Barisan front who dare take these buggers to task.

But why did Lim Guan Eng support the move to allow overseas voters the right to vote absently? Perhaps if he offered the same to his DAP members, then we would not have a Papa-anak party right?

Instead, he chose to hantam CSL!

Syabas LGE, keep up the loud work! So ah, LGE, lu dulu gua kemudian ok?

Pakatan committed to scrap PPSMI

2011-11-03T07:25:00.004+08:00

Whilst the debate is on about BN's education policy especially on the teaching of Science and Maths in English, Tony Pua had said in his blog that DAP will maintain PPSMI in schools where parents want the policy to be maintained.

Does this mean that schools in Penang will maintain this policy? Isn't this commendable?

But wait. Is the DAP the third force? or has it decided that it will breakaway from Pakatan?

You see, Pakatan Rakyat' Supreme Leader Anwar Ibrahim had already openly said that Pakatan is FIRMLY behind the abolition of PPSMI, and this was even further made clear when he met with GMP (Gabungan Mansuhkan PPSMI in a meeting with them on 15th of January 2009.
What is even scarier that this man who is projecting himself as the next 'Prime Minister for all' believes that those who has this to say;

Acapkali saya tekankan betapa mereka yang bertindak meneruskan hatta menyokong PPSMI adalah kalangan yang khianat kepada perjuangan Melayu. Justeru bagaimana mereka yang tegar menyokong PPSMI diteruskan saban waktu mengaku pejuang melayu tulen? Mereka bisa menyinga dalam soal papan tanda di Pulau Pinang, tetapi terus menikus bila memperjuangkan bahasa melayu dalam sistem pendidikan. Aduhai!
Kesemua kesatuan guru seluruh Malaysia membantah, apa lagi indikator yang mahu digunapakai Umno-BN untuk mempertahankan PPSMI?

I have often stressed that even those who continued to support PPSMI are traitors to the Malay cause. Thus how can they claim themselves to be ardent defenders of the cause and Malay warriors when they perpetuate this PPSMI? They often chest thump in the context of showboating especially on Penang yet they cow away when fighting for the Malay language in the education system. Ah!

All over Malaysia Teacher Unions are against PPSMI, so what indicators are used then to defend the Umno-BN PPSMI?

The above is my traslation of Anwar's blog post, and I don't think I am far off. Remember, this is the man who was then Education Minister during my schooling years and he wanted us to speak Bahasa Baku. saYAH instead of saya....and damn! Because of his 'tudung' policy, I never did have a chance at knowing Azura in Chan's bus......

But what is shocking is that Pakatan supporters want us to believe that Pakatan will stand stout in defending PPSMI! Bullsh*t! Clearly they are trying to get votes believing that they can hoodwink the rakyat once again.
Is DAP going to maintain PPSMI in Penang? IF anything that is what I am reading in Tony Pua's statement. That Penang with DAP at the helm will do so......

But mark my words, this is another ploy yet again. Because even though CM Lim had said that he supports the reverting of PPSMI to Malay, his father who is the BOSS of DAP wants PPSMI maintained. you see the bad cop good cop game they are paying?

So what have the indicators that we have seen Pakatan at their best lately?
How about Malaysian turning Gay if Elton John is allowed to perform?
How about sending their own to criticise the Royals?
and changing the consitution to suit Hudud?

Clearly, Pakatan's not so clear policies are misguiding.....can you see it?

Half baked EXCO with half cook plan

2011-10-30T19:01:00.001+08:00

CM Lim Guan Eng's head must have grown overnight when certain 'facts' that were printed both in an Economics magazine as well as Bloomberg made him out to be some economic wonder. Penang has been hailed THE growth state of Penang!

Heck, there are BIG plans out there, and one of them is this. I am not sure about you, but I have certainly had my share of putting up in airport hotels. So when Public Works, Utilities and Transportation Committee chairman Lim Hock Seng for Penang announced that plans are afoot for a PEanng Airport hotel, it kind of tells you what kind of dungus you have up north.

Here is why.

Penang has an International Airport, no doubt, but being a destination in itself, tourist and travellers alike terminates there. In fact there are only a handful of flights transiting in Penang. Oh wait! There USED to be flights transiting in Penang but not anymore.

Malaysia Airlines brilliant move to cut destinations caused Penang to suffer a blip when it terminated flights from London, and Manchester. Even so, most of these flights terminate there. Which will make any airport hotel a 'white elephant'.

Wanna know why? If one was to stay short term in Penang, it would very likely be a downtown hotel. And that for obvious reasons. Transit hotels will do exceptionally well only if you have many flights TRANSITING the airport, hence the name Transit Hotel. Which are the high volume tourist arriving in Penang today?
China ranks high, but how many flights from China TRANSITS in Penang? NONE! Peanng is ultimately a destination in itself, and because of strategic airports within the region, it is unlikely that Penang can become an International hub big enough to handle volumes of travelers wanting to stay in the airport.

Having said that Air Asia is trying to do something there, but being a budget airline, it does not offer hotel accommodation to travelers stranded on transit. For this alone, airports in Sepang gets spillover business from Pan Pacific KLIA whenever flights terminating in KLIA are delayed beyond 'reasonable' time.

But take a look at these fuighres from the Penang State Tourism, perhaps these figures convinced the State to commission this project. Penang tourism quoted hotel guest of 'Malaysia tourist' (whatever that means) at 68.8 million for 2008 (titled 'Boost in Penang Tourist Arrivals') whereas official figures frm Tourism Malaysia cited this number. I could not locate statistics that point to a particular state claiming as top destination in Malaysia, nor did I get figures that segregated local from foreign tourist. Either way, my bet is that Airport hotels are only USEFUL for those with transit flights to catch, with limited time to spare exploring the city.

In any case, to me, with my years involved in the industry, Airport or Transit hotel in Penang is clearly not well thought out.

Anwar the Decepti-Con

2011-10-28T09:58:00.000+08:00

Compounding the concerns was the government’s expansionary budget for1998. Unveiled on October 17 1997 by Finance Minister and Deputy Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim, the budget further disappointed the markets as it failed tosignal fiscal austerity. As Gomez and Jomo aptly noted “the mid-October 1997budget announcement for 1998 was seen by foreign financial interests as furtherevidence of official denial of the gravity of the crisis and its causes…. Notesby Shalendra D.Sharma on Malaysian Capital Control during the 97 financialcrisis.

Does that ring the bell? Especially those who now know whatit did not know back then?

Who again? Anwar Ibrahim as the then Finance Ministerdrilled down bitter IMF medicine which Tun Dr Mahathir recognised as Cyanideinstead of Penicilin.

Yet the very same person who seemed to have transformedhimself has this to say about Malaysia’s financial health. In fact he has gone on and on, about the 2012budget but nothing about how he dished out his budget when he was at the helmof the ever powerful MOF.

You might ask why if ever is this relevant.

I will give you an example, a glaring one too.

Instead of pointing out to PAS the importance ofsafeguarding the constitution, he sent a message to PAS that if indeed PR wouldever cease power to rule over Malaysia, he would back PAS and theimplementation of Hudud no matter what.

And here you have Nik Aziz going on and on about how PAS didnever dropped their quest to defend Islam by implementing Hudud (although itbaffles me how that is relevant because we would end up burdening the federalhealth program by introducing more ‘OKU’s into the population).

I was forewarned by a friend to stop commenting about Hududbecause I am a non-believer. But if I am another concerned citizen of the countryI so love, why can’t I speak out against a political party hell bent onintroducing something that even Muslims themselves condemn? What more tointroduce into law acts that human rights activists deplore?

My point? How is it that politicians can quickly forgetabout how what they use to fight for? Don’t take my word for it, but do look upthe 1997 budget announcement and then tell me what Anwar is saying now, andthen look me straight in the eye and say, this is the man you want to see asthe head of state.

A Law Professor, an assembly and a whole lot of sense

2011-10-23T10:51:00.001+08:00

An academic is not just one that teaches or lectures in a classroom or lecture hall. In fact, whatever that person does in and out of his or her teaching environment reflects upon the institution he or she represents.

IIUM in Gombak is no different from any other Academia, and in an effort to stem the damage already done by Prof.Aziz Bari's comments had taken steps to suspend the lecturer and asking o show cause at the same time. He had been reported to have said that the Sultan of Selangor's involvement in the JAIS fiasco and the subsequent statement by his Majesty as 'something out of the ordinary'. He also added that the Sultan had to ensure that any involvement must adhere to Islamic teachings.

What is not ordinary is not so much as the Sultan's action but more of what this Professor had done. Never before had an Academic attempt to sway the palace and the Sultan this way, by media manipulation.

But let's look at what Professor Aziz stands for and why this is the right time for him to say something like this.

For one, Professor Aziz Bari is linked to 'Akademi Merdeka'. 'Akademi Merdeka' aims to discuss the constitution, principals, laws of the country amongst others. The 'Akademi Merdeka' series is funded by IDEAS. (click here to find out how the NGO web is used to perpetuate anti establishment messages and sentiments)

So, did IIUM act negatively towards Aziz Bari? In an employer-employee dispute, does the dispute go to Parliament or does it go for arbitration in PERKESO? Apparently, not. So here PAS jumps in and wants to take this to Parliament. If all this still does not tell the rakyat that there are serious political games going on, persisted by PR, then I wonder what will. There is a fine line to encourage thinking, but to manipulate is something else.

Perhaps one should also remember that such shadow play did occur not too long ago. Case in point? UNISEL. Did that even follow procedure? You decide.

And all this stemmed from DUMC, didn't it? Which state government did it involve again?

And how about the organisers who pulled HIMPUN together? Is it wrong for them to do so? After all, it is guaranteed by law isn't it? That no proselytism should take place on Muslims and their beliefs?

But is this the real situation anyway? There are certainly groups and individuals doing this on the pretext of 'freedom to choose your own religion' and speak to a young naive person, and that person will believe it too.

So? what if there were only 5 thousand people who attended the gathering. What it tells me is that 5000 Muslims do not want to see way such acts of proselytising. I certainly did not feel uneasy about the gathering, and congratulations should go out to those who wanted it done in a stadium. How to ramp up the numbers? Take to the streets, but thats not what the organisers wanted. Is that so hard to understand?

What makes a whole lot of sense these days is that given the opportunity, PR lawmakers (and a bunch of lawyers most of them are....didn't they tell you that Lawyers are a bunch of sharks?) are quick to jump on any issue if it can give them more support from those convinced that Malaysia is doomed and w hole lot of good will come if these lawyers and their masters are given the chance to rule.

How best to achieve that? Divide the Malays!

Would you want to jump from the safety of your boat into Shark infested waters just because someone yelled your boat is leaking? Wouldn't you at least check for leaks first??

A ray of hope....

2011-10-20T00:13:00.000+08:00

Perhaps the Minister has finally taken note that there are indeed some people who can actually deliver.

A new Chairman has just been named at MCMC, yes the same MCMC that is under the Minister of Communication, Information and Culture, and he is no other than Datuk Mohamed Sharil Tarmizi.

he is certainly no stranger to the commission, and having served 3 ministers, including the current, Malaysians keen on the development of the industry can sit up and pay attention, as this man is one that the industry is respectful of.

Not known to be one that cuts corners, Sharil once chaired ICANN, and agencies like Talent Corp should perhaps use him as a model on how Malaysians who have gone abroad can return and serve like him.

Personally, I am just glad that the Minister has relented and chosen a capable young man to helm an important arm in MCMC and perhaps, the old man can learn a thing or two......

Tahniah, Datuk. And please remind those monkeys there that those who used to jump up and down when they were told to, well, be prepared to get in the cage!

'Ong' lai...

2011-10-19T20:21:00.000+08:00

Perhaps this may mean something if you are a Chinese of Hokkien descend. After all, would anyone turn down luck? (The literal meaning of 'Ong Lai' is Luck is coming...)

But for MCA members, perhaps the recent news of Ong Tee Keat wanting to join the opposition is something welcoming. As in this case, its 'Ong Lai' for the opposition and 'Ong Keee' for MCA.

Question of whether Ong is welcomed in the opposition does not arise, but the very thought of Ong leaving mst be good nes to MCA. After all, post 2008, Ong did say that MCA could be better of if it left BN altogether.

As such, to drive that message across, he had engaged a think tank to figure out how best to remove MCA from within the structure that intertwine with the current NGOs and chambers of commerce, all vital life lines of the party.

And having been voted out from the party itself, now Ong is singing a very different tune. Today, Ong denied that he had met Anwar Ibrahim and with that, a hop to the opposition is out of the question. But is it?

Knowing that he has lost the support from his party which is largely due to his own doing, Ong is now sending signals to MCA management that he has every intention to 'fight' them. here is a man tasked with leading the party then, but all he did was griped and groan. Now he is saying that he was voted out by conspiracy.

Ong, ask yourself what you did to MCA by having that 'company' lead a failed cyber strategy....

But here is the kicker........As it stands, Pakatan supporters have to put up with one power hungry former MCA 'dildo'(can't even call him a dickhead!) with initials JMC, and here TKO wants to get in on the non action!

Good riddance to bad rubbish, I say!

Read what daSpanker thinks of him......

Guan Eng tunrs his back on Chinese education

2011-10-19T00:37:00.001+08:00

When news got round that there was a case of sexual harassment to the extent of outraging the modesty of a teenage girl, I had the impression that Guan Eng was reliving his moments in a case when he tried to pin Rahim Thamby Chik.

So when the stories began to surface that he was apparently trying to hide the issue that was apparently the fault of his son, he lashed out at the bloggers choosing to label it an UMNO/UMNO sponsored bloggers attack on him and his family.

"My son is very shaken up by these lies. He has also not gone back to school for two days. I feel sad that I am not able to protect my young son,.....If you want to finish me off, do your worst to me but leave my innocent children alone" Lim said in a statement Tuesday, blaming pro-Umno bloggers for the allegations. "

Its true what he said, about innocent children.

Wonder what Najib went through when opposition blogs began playing the story on his son being a 'player'?

Or how about his family's feelings when the accusations of a murderer surfaced? (Opposition leaders still drop innuendos on this accusation every time they go on ceramahs)

The opposition are known for their style of personal attacks and this has been going on for a while now. But those who dish it like Guan Eng cannot take it.

But the more shocking news is that the DAP DO NOT BELIEVE IN CHINESE EDUCATION. CM Lim has admitted here that he transferred his son out of Chinese school. And he blamed it on a hair cut???
What system does he believe in then? Isn't Guan Eng and the likes of him fond of attacking BN Ministers for sending their children to other schools other than government schools? Does taking his son out of Chinese school mean that he does not believe it is a good school? and then blaming it on haircut????
Or are the bloggers telling the truth?

All I know is that his son did probably get a whacking.....that could be why he stayed away from school right?

Berry, Berry good?

2011-10-15T02:13:00.001+08:00

A couple of days ago, Malaysian Chronicle reported that Malaysiakini was in talks with Malay Mail and that quickly got some to jump up and down in protest over what was being played as an UMNO media takeover.

As quickly as you said 'What' the guys who seems 'chronically' inclined to blame it all on UMNO had this other story 'Jalil to take charge at NSTP'.

Fast forward and the 'Laurel and Hardy' show started (Don't they resemble that famous bungling pair? Prem and Steven?). However, unknown to a lot of people (the very ones who think that Mkini is ALWAYS telling the truth) Prem and Steven have been playing good cop bad cop one too many times. Read here on what an ex- Mkini staffer has to say about them.

But a few months back, here at muststopthis, I highlighted how Malaysiakini made its entry. Read here for Part 1 of Follow the money, and here for Part 2 of Follow the money.
And why is that relevant? Lets leave this for a while later....

So Steven has spoken, but just as fast as Prem dismissed the idea of Malaysiakini talking to Malay Mail, Steven has admitted that Malaysiakini was in fact in talks with MM. So who is telling the truth?

But why Malay Mail? Isn't Malay Mail dead in the water already? Not quite....yet.

When Rocky went back to Malay Mail, everyone assumed that he was put there by PM and that his job was to well, make everything rosy. On the contrary, no one saw the downside that he was in.

Being put incharge of a paper that he was once very much apart of, and seeing the state that it was in when he took over are two very different things. I haven't spoken much to him about it, but my guess is that in the two years that he was there and facing the stiff problems from those who signed the cheques, he figured it was better facing the problems yet signing the cheques himself. Hence theMole.

So what about MM and Mkini? Take a look at the 'new' old timers there now. Can you see the point?

So is it a coincidence then that a certain Minister in charge of all these media hullabaloo has stuck this up the Berry causing it to see Red? After all, it has been played around a bit, with even Media Prima weighing in on that much sort after license.

Lets refresh our memory again shall we? Malay Mail in talks with Malaysiakini (its kind of like a slap in the Minister's face isn't it?), Bernama TV license slipping away (its all his fault right?), Bernama TV staff no paid their salaries? (OK, its serious now)

IMHO, someone up there is trying to send a STRONG message across that if they don't play ball, something BERRY, BERRY serious might just happen.

Then again, this is only my theory.......

Fatwa again?

2011-10-14T11:27:00.000+08:00

The last time I knew someone who had a 'fatwa' against him was when PAS was calling for his head for defending 'Murtad' (Murtad basically means those who abandon Islam) cases.

That was back then. Now he champions their call, though questioning why Nik Aziz still insists on Hudud, despite PR openly saying that they have agreed to 'put it on hold'.

Despite DAP saying that they are dead against Hudud, with Karpal even suggesting that legal action will be taken against the PAS led Kelantan State government, PAS is pressing ahead, in fact bulldozing ahead!

So when things do not go right for Pakatan, its supporters would naturally turn to BN and start 'fires' in their neighbours house. This posting is too graphic to put in my blog (Explicit material posted here to smear MCA and MCA Youth) but its not something new isn't it. However, this time they have gone too far.

Funny why the same website did not question their 'god sent' leader right?

When things do not go for them, they play the racial card, don't they? And now with things going against them on the Hudud issue, a 'Fatwa' is best for them to threaten?

It does not take a rocket scientist to figure out what happens if ever Pakatan comes into power. DAP will cow down when there is a mass of support calling for extremist Islamic policies. PKR as ever will sway like the lallang they are. And when non-muslims start to voice up, they will threaten with 'Fatwa'.

This is not the BN way. In fact, Malaysia does not resort to these kinds of policies. It is die hard supporters like these that seem to have their own version of how Malaysia should be. The other problem is there are pockets of Malaysian communities who seem to think that this is the way to go. The Catholic Chrurch seems to be heading this way too.

All said, when will Malaysians realise that there is simply no room for extremism?
For 54 years, Malaysia has held a steady course, let not these overzealous power hungry desparados steer the ship to the nearest reef!

Ants in the pants or fire down below?

2011-10-13T14:00:00.002+08:00

Jostling and shoving usually takes place in the months leading up to an election.
Trouble is, in Malaysia, these kinds of maneuvering seem to happen even before the announcement.

With the recent groundbreaking budget revelation by PM Najib, talk has been rife about him calling
for an early election ahead of a perceived economic slowdown. Elections in economically challenging times
are often suicidal. But the again, its only a perception.

However in recent days, many have expressed hope that the government will see out its full term, which will eventually see the next General Elections before March 8, 2013. One such proponent is none other than former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir. Interestingly enough, here is a business perspective on how and if, the elections is held in 2012.

But all these are only indicators. What is happening now in political parties are moves to see who will lead their respective parties to the polls. In three days, Gerakan will be holding their annual delegate's conference, and from within, the 'Teleporting' Minister without portfolio (often mocked by netizens as Accompanying Minister) is facing the stiffest of hurdles from his own party. Many has reflected that since 2008, gerakan has fallen way back from other BN component parties due to his frail leadership.

To back Koh, defensive statements from the likes of Gerakan Legal and Human Rights Bureau chair Baljit Singh that Koh is actually an elected leader by democratic means (read: unlike opposition parties which generally do not encourage challenges to the top post) and therefore should lead Gerakan's challenge against DAP has been made.

Yet the likes of Bayan Baru chairman Wong Mun Hoe, who has complemented MCA President Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek for his recent advocating of 'a New Deal for the Chinese community' which augurs well for leaders, Koh should provide clear indication of how and what Gerakan must stand for to remain relevant in Penang. A former stronghold of Gerakan, DAP has dug in with gusto through intense lobbying of previously stronghold areas of Gerakan.

Koh does not have uch time, for he has spent a good 2 years 'accompanying' the Prime Minister and has not done much for Gerakan. So much so that some has even questioned why Najib had named Koh as a Minister without portfolio despite the rejection of Gerakan by the rakyat.

Tun Dr Lim Keng Yaik had made his stand clear in the past meetings to the point that he even quit as party advisor, primarily due to the hurt he had to endure watching Tsu Koon's leadership of the party that he had very much helped to build.

Evidently, Tsu Koon is still trying hard to hang on to Gerakan, but will gerakan hang on to him? In the last EGM in which Teng Hock Nam was the subject of an ouster by party delegates, over 45% had wanted him removed. Hock Nam is widely known as a close ally of Tsu Koon. That was only over a year ago.
One year on, did another 6% decide on the fate of Hock Nam and Tsu Koon?

Clearly, MCA has been working hard to convince its own members of the task ahead, Gerakan it seems is having trouble to convince its President of the task ahead!

So, Fire down below? or is it Ants in the pants Tan Sri?

All Hail Emperor Anwar!

2011-10-12T17:08:00.000+08:00

At least this is what he thinks he will be if he becomes PM!

Anwar volunteered information to the (then) Ambassador of US to Malaysia, James Keith in a meeting on Sept 14, 2009.

And this is the man who wants to be Prime Minister? Anwar had met Najib in 'early August of 2009' and had apparently insisted that the meeting included PAS President, PKR President and DAP President (I did not know that DAP had a President in Karpal Singh!), at least this is what wikileaks tells us.

Sure this is old news, but here is where it gets interesting.
Apparently, in the meeting between Anwar and James Keith (at least this is what the cables between James Keith and Washington read), Anwar had said to Keith that he (Anwar) had came away satisfied from the two hour meeting as he (Anwar) was treated with respect due to an opposition party leader.

Anwar also indicated that in the meeting 'Najib had said he could not do anything for Anwar with regards to his sodomy pending case in courts.' This reads to me as if someone tried to ask the other for help. Quite unlikely that Najib asked for help from Anwar, but more likely from Anwar to Najib. Won't you think?

Next is the clincher! Anwar's apparent reply (according to Jame's wire) was to the tune

'Anwar told the Ambassador that he had replied to Najib that
he was like an emperor who could do what he wanted to
determine the outcome. Anwar indicated that he did not
expect Najib to take action on his behalf, and for that
reason had resisted Najib's offers to meet again since the
August meeting.'

Wow! I am not sure about you. It seems to me that Anwar wants to be Emperor as he seems to believe that is what a Prime Minister is! SHOCKING! To say the least!

But lets take it with a pinch of salt, its always easier to send your own message across when you are telling a third party of a supposed clandestine meeting, isn't it?

Read more on what the leaking wiki has to say here

JOHNny Day-ak?

2011-10-12T15:53:00.003+08:00

Whats with Johns and DAP?

I recall a Peter JOHN Jaban (or was it Jamban, not sure) a man who preferred to call himself Papa Orang Utan who was the voice behind radiofreesarawak.org, a site whom we all know by now is linked to Claire Brown.....blah blah blah.

Now if there are still morons out there willing to believe that Ms.Brown has anything to do with fighting for their freedom, think again. Radiofreesarawak went of the net after May. It is now back again starting October.
Why? Did activism stop simply because Malaysia did not have an election or did activism resume because Malaysia is heading for an election?

This is what RFS posted on their return after a 5 month lay off.

RFS is back!
We kick-started our relaunch with an interview with newly-minted ADUN Baru Bian, PKR Sarawak chief on the encouraging response from the Australian government that has ordered its attorney-general office to look into claims of ill-gotten assets by long-serving chief minister Taib Mahmud there. YB Baru was one of three persons who signed a letter urging the Australian to investigate Taib’s properties and investment down under.
The announcement by the Prime Minister Najib Razak on the eve of the Malaysia Day celebration mid last month to repeal the draconian Internal Security Act was too important an announcement to be missed out by our listerners. Hence, RFS spoke to two NGOs who had long been campaigning for the abolishment of the inhumane law. Like most Malaysians, both Suaram’s Nalini and Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA president Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh remained sceptical of the BN government’s seriousness to fulfil its promise which is widely seen as an election sweetener.
Our new DJ Michael Ngau interviewed film-maker Joachim Leong who tried to find the answer as to why voters affected by the Bengoh Dam didn’t register their protest through the ballot box. Another PKR ADUN YB See Chee How gave an update on the court action by two villagers impacted by the construction of the water supply dam.
Haris Ibrahim of the Malaysian Civil Liberties Movement was again barred from entering Sarawak last Friday when he was meant to speak at the roadshow of the MCLM event called the Rakyat Reform Agenda. He told RFS he will challenge the ban through legal means and vowed to continue to spread the need for reform among Sarawakians.

Now, what RFS did not tell you is that Sarawak has THE RIGHT TO REFUSE ENTRY to anyone based on the 18 point agreement when SARAWAK agreed to join the Federation of Malaya, giving rise to Malaysia.

Here is what one Sarawakian has to say about the rights of Sarawakians:
Luckily we have autonomy on immigration or else it would have opened the floodgates for others from other state to take what is ours, especially in the economic and business aspect.
I like it to remain our status quo and should stay under the state control because that was part of the agreement.
It should be exercised purely to safeguard the interest of the Sarawakian people at large.

How Sarawak does it depends on those administering it. Its just so. If lawyers want to challenge that, I guess it is up to the biased courts to decide, ain't it? Because if they follow the letter of the law, with an agreement intact, then the challenge would surely be thrown out. So if it gets thrown out, its biased!

The DAP has a grand plan to try to change the mindset of rural Dayaks, telling them time and again that they are being raped by the state government, and hence the Federal Government. Why? This gweilo Ms.Brown, has been spilling the beans on the CM and his family.

So the latest antics of the gang to derail Sarawak is to use what they are normally used to, NGO's in the form of Dayak Consultative Council. In comes another John, this time DR.JOHN Brian Anthony.

SDNU for example has operated since the 1950′s and its current growth is stunted by many limitation one of which is lack of economic activities to generate income to support the general activities of SDNU. The little fund or grant given by the Government from time to time is simply not enough. The egeneral support from the public Dayak is generally cool and slow. How do we move forward when the general environment is “cool”?

NGO in Sarawak / Malaysia is limited by the Government in their involvement with foreign country. We do hear of SDNU bringing Majlis Adat Dayak and dewan Adat Dayak cultural troupe to Kuching of Gawai Dayak celebration and that is just that. The relationship is limited to cultural ties and creating understanding between the two countries with the same race.

This is in Dayak Baru, and from the little time I spent there (after reading comments from no less than 265 people), I gather that the message that John is sharing with his 'people' is that Dayak Baru will work with ANY political party that will fight for their cause.

And what cause would that be? for the betterment of Dayaks, I would like to think. But how is it going to help Sarawakians, especially Dayaks, if they continue doen the road with the likes of DAP? or MCLM?

John claims that "The little fund or grant given by the Government from time to time is simply not enough..." and "NGO in Sarawak / Malaysia is limited by the Government in their involvement with foreign country" and by that does his action seem to show that if he worked with DAP that his funding will be better?

How is attending dinners any good for the community? I would not have faulted him if he showed up with 20 letters of rejection from the government and hence he would rather work with DAP cause they would sponsor dinners for him to air his grouse in hope that other Dayaks listen to him and when the time that matters come 'The ELECTIONS', they will vote DAP!

Hoping to achieve just that, DAP state top brass and John, of course had the door slammed against them when practically nobody showed up at a sponsored forum held recently. A call to a Sarawakian friend who is a true blood Dayak simply tells me this : "This Dr.JOHN is a real JOHN! DAP picked up an Iban reject in JOHN Brian. Why? He went from PBDS to MDC to SNAP, then PKR and now DAP....all in a short period."

What else can I say? What do you find in the JOHN*? Sh#t!

* JOHN - Slang in English for Toilet

Not so clear standing

2011-10-11T12:23:00.001+08:00

Kantoi! That seems to the favourite word when some Malay centric bloggers describe a 'snafu' by their subjects.

So DAP's Lim Guan Eng threat of 'leaving' when the Hudud issue was brought up by his comrade in arms was a 'Kantoi' no less!

Politicians who threaten to leave are actually 'wayang kulit' artistes! Think Gwee Tong Hian - Bentayan Assemblyman - Drama queen specialist (and now DAP is caught in a dilemma for having punished Gwee for misappropriation of funds). How about Karpal Singh's over my 'over my dead body claim'?

But the drama queen cake goes to Lim Guan Eng. He issued a threat that he would 'resign' if Hudud was implemented. Now that PAS is pressing ahead in Kelanatan, does it mean that he meant resign from DAP, from CM, or taking DAP out of PR altogether? Clearly pointed out here.

No clear standing! No clear standing on Hudud, no clear standing on DUMC issue, heck no clear stand on anything accept if it benefits himself and DAP!

Given that the elections MIGHT be round the corner, DAP is setting up itself to play the proverbial 'distressed boy' hoping to win yet again on 'I pity you' votes. Remember in 2008, even they themselves did not expect the results they got, in other words they got voted in based on voters who were angry against Pak Lah's leadership, NOT BN.

Yet again Guan Eng is caught. His silence on 'Christianity' sentiments played by his staff is deafening indeed.

Wonder what she has to say about Hudud eh? More persecution?

Pseudo Economic 'Experts' pokes at 2012 budgets

2011-10-08T02:29:00.001+08:00

3 years on , and Pakatan Rakyat has yet to do anything drastically beneficial for the rakyat of the states it leads.

3 years on in not talking about a policy in hope that the rakyat will not question has resulted in one state going its own way implementing the Hudud enactment despite its 'coalition partners' saying no.

Yet, a 'pseudo economic expert' tasked with being the 'Economic adviser' of DAP could only muster a 'Budget 2012 fails to live up to the Prime Minister's reform pledges in NEM, GTP and ETP'.

Despite failing in his own business, raking debts and suing his customers to get his business out of trouble, the Pseudo expert chose to give percentages in trying to seek out the weaknesses of the 2012 budget.

No mention of DDIs and FDIs because by doing so would only give credit to Najib's administration. No need to also mention that in every nation, budget expenditure goes in tandem with income. Wonder what the Pseudo thinks of the USA economy? No need to stimulate local economy by spending internally? Perhaps then Obama should seek your help and advise in managing his domestic employment problems?

DAP thrives on highlighting negatives, and not acknowledging positives. For example, mentioning Greece, Spain and Ireland in one breath would lead their believers to think that Malaysia is all doom and gloom.
Nevermind that KLIFD, the planned Islamic financial capital will help in boosting Islamic financing in a big way.
No need to acknowledge that Malaysia is the largest Sukuk issuer with 64% market share in the world.
What this translates to is the growth in Islamic financial controls along with asset growth and Economic Traded Funds that are Syariah compliant. Think the whole world that is Syariah compliant looks to Malaysia as the place to trade and bank in this aspect.

Wait. DAP is not Islamic based right? No wonder then why Pseudo Economic experts do not mention anything about this.

Its easy isn't it to cite a few percentages here and there and then hoodwink their fanboys and gals into swallowing everything that is dished out wholesale.

Here is another example, how Unker Kit is making use of his adviser. Notice that Unker himself has not weighed in on the 2012 budget...yet. Why ar? Don't understand kah?

Instead, Unker chooses to highlight 'Richard Loh's My Dream Malaysia'. Unker, why don't you get Richard Loh to go to Penang and find out how DAP has affected the prices of property there ar?

For Richard Loh, may I suggest you try to move away from the city if you feel that city life can only get you a 900 sq ft apartment? I have found out why places like Malacca has become a developed state. Public transport there is really good. No need to use Proton if you don't like.

For many Malaysians who always look at the negative, I will tell you a story of how some people CHOOSE to return to Malaysia despite securing professional positions abroad (this will come soon)

But more importantly, if someone really cares to look into the positives, then here is an example, how one can see the silver lining on every cloud. He leads a party that even his former seniors have now claimed to be 'irrelevant'. The very same party seniors who have opted out of MCA to be Vice President of non elected position.

There you have it, my conclusion is that the likes of these people only see Malaysia as a half full glass, and not a half empty one. Syabas PR, thanks for reminding us yet again why our vote for you in 2008 is a wasted one!

Shadow of doubt

2011-10-06T11:08:00.002+08:00

Its that time of the year again when as the Finance Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak will reveal the all important budget for the year ahead. As such, the local cyberspace forums are all ablaze with all kinds of potentials and taxes.

The budget isn't something that is plucked from the sky, and this is something that will affect every Malaysian given the challenging times ahead in world economy.

So days ahead of the budget revelation, the RM1 Economic Adviser of the Selangor Government (which by the way had an additional supplementary budget of RM194 approved in the last year) chose to unveil Pakatan Rakyat's shadow budget.

Now if that is not a publicity stunt what is then?

Pakatan Rakyat has been good at best in making claims and instigation. Let's l;ook at a prime example of how they are good with shadows.

Take for example the Shadow Cabinet of theirs....It contains a list of PR elected representatives that include now independent MP Tan Tee Beng (Nibong Tebal) and Wee Choo Keong (Wangsa Maju). As if that is not bad enough, it also contains MP Dr Lo Lo Ghazali (Titiwangsa) who passed aaway after a long battle with cancer.

Playing in the shadows is always easy, because when you do, most people will not be able to see what you do.

But a national Budget is much more important than that.

Isn't it so 'PR' to create another issue, when they cannot solve their own? What about Hudud? Even DAP cannot stop PAS from going ahead with a plan that is unconstitutional.

So if they ever step up to power, who do you think will lead the PR Government? Kit Siang, Anwar or Nik Aziz? Without a workable policy of power sharing, and evidence that DAP, PAS and PKR are on different pages, a gamble this big will only spell disaster.

I believed that they would have been a good opposition when I voted them in 2008, but they want to become the Government instead. Trouble is, they themselves cannot agree between themselves, and they expect to lead our country?

What is the power policy that PR believes in? Automobile Industry? Education? Any mention on research and development in the field of Nuclear energy? Aerospace Industry?

Sudahlah.....PR boleh main jauh-jauh!

Loyalty as we know it differs greatly for politicians

2011-10-03T02:50:00.001+08:00

Do you remember when you were back in school? How you would jump to her defense when some other student from a rival school would call you names simply because your school had a different one?

Remember?

I have come to a conclusion that some people just do not have any loyalty. Especially so for some who seem to turn their backs the moment things get tough for them.

I am talking bout the likes of Anwar Ibrahim, for one. The moment he was sacked from UMNO, he started attacking it choosing to label himself as having to go with the pack when he was very much part of it. In fact he revelled in his position as nr 2 back when he was in UMNO.

How bout Chua Jui Meng? Jui Meng was very much up there when in MCA, and of course, he battled Tun Ling Liong Sik and as a result of not having gained control of MCA and after a power broking deal, left MCA as a nowhere man. He has tried to reinvent himself and you will not be faulted to think of him as the chinese version of Anwar Ibrahim now that he has chosen to be Vice President of a non elected position.

And then there is Lee Hwa Beng. A losing candidate in the previous 2008 General Election, Hwa Beng has also tried to reinvent himself. Gone are the days when he was riding high, armed with his Palm Pilot asking his constituents whether they were voters or not.
His tenure as Chairman of Port Klang Authority dissapeared as fast as his loyalty to his party MCA when he was told that his term was not to be renewed.

These are only three examples of how people who have had a taste of power cope with themselves and their loyalty, always choosing to go 'if you don't need me, I will need-le you' route.

But perhaps the one that takes the cake is Ong Tee Keat. Having lead MCA in perhaps the most trying times post 2008, the man chose questionable methods to distance MCA from Barisan Nasional. One of which was to engage a think tank to 'severe limbs' from a perceived sickly body (post 2008, MCA was at times hinting of breaking away from BN) and to reengineer its ties with NGOs that were mainly supportive of MCA then.

Suddenly,MCA was a bad word, and he must have thought it so, to employ such drastic measures. Subsequently,members of MCA through two EGMs decided that Ong Tee Keat was not going to be the man that could be trusted with such an enormous task.

History says it all. Chua Soi Lek was elected President and despite all the attempts by Tee Keat to shut him out, returned to helm the fragmented society to where it is now. Fast forward to now, and it seems old wounds are healing accept for Tee Keat. Choosing to still brand the party which he once lead as irrelevant, Tee Keat has gone beyond the step of no return. Assured that he will get the same support from his constituents, Tee Keat has chosen the war path, similar to what the likes of Anwar, Jui Meng and Hwa Beng had done.

Question is why have they all fought so hard to keep their status quo had they believed that their (now former) parties would have been better off had they maintained their status? And when things do not go their way, condemn and attack it like a rabid dog?

As is, Tee Keat is adamant to take the 'independent' route in the next GE. Having already made MCA as his opponent, it remains to be seen how he will see himself should even the NGOs of Pandan Indah abandon him.

No need to look far, as most always quote western countries as a fine example.
Why not look at Kevin Rudd? Having been unseated by Julia Gillard through lost of support from his own party, did Rudd go on a warpath or stick it out with his party?

So here is my advice for Tee Keat, either go see Kevin Rudd and learn up on what loyalty means or go see Chua Jui Meng on how to get to be Vice President with a back side boss.

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DAP Bentayan ADUN buy over claims?

2011-10-01T19:17:00.002+08:00

Every now and again, someone pops up from the opposition to make themselves heard, and to do so, it is normally some outrageous claims.

The latest to do so is Bentayan Assmeblyman Gwee Tong Hian. Who is that? and who can fault you if you do?

Gwee made these claims in you guessed it, The Malaysian Insider. Don't get me wrong. I believe any party willing to go to these extremes must be brought to the book. So, if YB Gwee really thinks he is trying to do his party a favour, why doesn't he report it to MACC and the Police before making a press statement?

The act of 'crossing over' isn't something new in politics yet Anwar (who we all know about the Sept 16 claims) drew first blood when he started gloating over what was to be a series of crossovesr in Perak.
Here Jebat Must Die says its best.

That is an entirely different case than Gwee, isn't it? Here we have the Bentayan ADUN saying that he is being offered money to contest in 13th GE? Sheesh....could it even have been a campaign promise in the first place?

The only thing he must do now is to ensure that the law must be used against Wee Pao Chin (whom Gwee accused as the person who offered him money), and there can be no other way than to report it to the authorities.

The last time Anwar made a claim that he had proof that money was offered to ADUN Jelapang, Changkat Jering and Behrang, he had said that the proof will be revealed in good time. Of course other opposition portals such as this propagated this lie amongst their supporters. In Gwee's case, he has a recording of the offer all made in Mandarin. Nice. So let's nail this bugger Wee Pao Chin!

If seen from a neutral perspective, aren't all these claims timely to hide the own flaws of DAP? Think Hudud, think Johor unsafe statement!

There can be no condoning efforts of bribery, and this is yet another accusation by DAP against BN. Funny thing is this Wee Pao Chin fella. The way the story is played in Malaysian Insider, Wee is portrayed to be a friend of the PM.....wah! Dangerous man!

Say hypothetically , if PM Najib answers my tweets (and not that he did) does it make him my friend? And if so, if I talk to YB Jeff Ooi who has been seemingly abandoned by Guan Eng...does it make it an attempt to buy Jeff over?

MCA Johor is also played in the same breath whereas BN 'is fast losing support' in the same Malaysian Insider story, funny thing is when I spoke to an MCA friend in Muar, Bentayan isn't exactly DAP's golden child!

If YB Gwee does not make a police report today, I suggest as Johor Chief, Datuk Seri Chua Soi Lek to do the needful by reporting to MACC so to clear the air. In politics, people do resort to dirty tactics.

Australia, Singapore, Johor? What or where did you say?

2011-09-30T09:32:00.000+08:00

Factual error.

If I was to analyse Guan Eng's challenge on Bernama's earlier release, it has to be down to that.
To do so is surely an act of desperation.

You see. Guan Eng is chinese after all, and as much as DAP tells you that they are trying to change their stand (such as this ADUN who insisted that she register her daughter as 'Anak Malaysia' whereas the father of the child is Indian), ultimately it all comes down to being Chinese and 'saving face'.

In a report carried by the Mole, in which clarification was sought once the Bernama story broke, Zairil Khir Johari (Political Secretary to Guan Eng) had first replied that 'CM does not wish to comment' yet, in yesterday's NST story, Guan Eng had said that he was not contacted by The Mole.

Connect the dots
Denying can only get you so far Guan Eng. did not say this, cannot remember that, who said this, I didn't say that, BN Media, Not all but only BN Media.....cukuplah!

For those who have problems hearing, please listen again!
The Clip above says it all!

**Author's note: Did he say we cut crime by 37% or 27% last year? 'Twenty...was pronounced well subsequently....'

When Religious leaders think they are lawmakers

2011-09-29T03:24:00.003+08:00

I have said it before, that the Catholic Church has been compromised, and in recent times the pulpit has been made into a 'ceramah' podium.

I am sure that there are many Catholics out there too who share the same sentiments but have been silent about the issue. Not all agree with what Bishop Paul Tan has to say, and here is another Catholic who shares the same opinion.

Maybe Father OC Lim, Paulino Miranda and Bishop Paul Tan has been attending one conference too many, and have blind sighted themselves by ignoring the Federal Constitution.

If anything with recent comments about the Hudud issue (which was raised by none other than PAS Mursyidul Am -Spiritual Adviser Nik Aziz, and supported by Anwar Ibrahim while opposed by DAP leaders like Karpal Singh and Lim Guan Eng ), one would think that it would be between politicians to sort out the matter.

However Bishop Paul Tan had to weigh in with his comments, reported in Harakah.

In my previous posting on the involvement of catholic priests using the pulpit to voice their anti-government sentiments, Arch-Bishop Tan Sri Murphy Pakiam did not respond to my queries nor did his office reply my email. I guess, with Bishop Paul Tan's statement, it would be a good time for me to call him again.

It was pointed to me that the Church was always political as time in memorial. In fact my friend even said that the church should stand up if it feels there is injustice from the faithful perspective.

I suppose it was to certain extent, in countries where the faith was majority amongst the population.

But in a country with democratically elected government, how is the church involvement in politics any good for believers by propagating anti-government messages?

How is it beneficial for the Catholic faith to support the capital punishment of muslims caught in situations where the need to cut off their hands be any benefit for society at large?

Close your eyes when your neighbour gets his hands cut off, simply because it is 'their' wish? And the guarantee that those who do not believe get to keep theirs?

Bishop, what would it be then if a Catholic convert were to face that punishment, and when the time comes, claim that he is more Catholic than he is Muslim? Then what?

Let's not play this game without fully understanding the consequences, shall we? And if you feel a desire to speak in your position as a leader in the church, can you step out from that robe and enter the ring as a politician?

And, please put a cap to what your mah-chais will say come Sunday sermon!

There is the Federal Constitution, and there are laws to keep peace and security in the country. Try to understand that first, and if there are some who think that they are still persecuted religiously, try to see it from a Muslim perspective too. What next Bishop? Line up and throw stones at the adulterer when you are invited by 'them'?

If indeed the church has to stand up for injustice, how is cutting anyone's hands or stoning justified from the church perspective? If so, then what?

In today's day and age, there is no room for anything as barbaric (though citing religion as reason), and I would say the same too if this was a capital punishment under Canon Law. I would object the same.

But here is the clincher - is the Church part of the wayang kulit desgined to hoodwink Malaysians yet again? or is it just me to remember that a day after this is some 'God sent' politician's day of reckoning for that improper entry of the exit area?

Kaboom! Did you hear that?

2011-09-29T02:07:00.000+08:00

There seems to be some parties that would like to see chaos, hence every time a mishap appears, chances are the news are played up to sound or seem somewhat related to a 'terrorist' bombing.

Although there are records of some acts which involved saboteurs, acts of terrorism in present day Malaysia remain largely from the days when The Emergency was in full swing. (Emergency is largely attributed to the guerilla war between Communist insurgents and Commonwealth forces)

A news portal critical of most everything Malaysian and prides itself in having insiders (especially the government) remarked that the blast 'could be heard in Bangsar' (as highlighted by my reader) was indeed misleading.

I stay about 10 blocks from Empire, and heard nothing of the explosion despite working on my computer at that time. Anyways, perhaps some people are more sensitive to 'Kaboom' than others, eh?

Here, the Police issued a statement on the incident (amidst whispers of conspiracy yet again? Maybe)

So, what is the Inside story on the Shell refinery explosion? Mat Selamat's job kah?

From No to Maybe in 9 months

2011-09-27T11:52:00.001+08:00

9 months ago, the 'God sent' politician had avoided the Islamic issue by not discussing the Hudud/Islamic agenda of PAS in its annual convention.

But right now, there is no stopping him from 'agreeing' with Hudud. So here shows yet again, the principles of a
anything goes politician.

Read more from those bent on stopping the lies here!

Insider says Insider lied

2011-09-25T16:18:00.001+08:00

Here we go again.

So, I read somewhere in facebook that the Government has gone back on its word to have a 'freer' press and media by 'censoring' the Undilah video. Sure, there were lots of fence sitters who thought that such a Public Service Announcement (PSA) was harmless, and it should have been allowed.

Ban, Censor, Stonewalled. In fact a lot of other words were used.

Once again, Malaysian Insider has been caught lying through their pants!

Online newsportal the Malaysian Insider’seditor and chief executive officer Jahabar Sadiq had claimed in his article onSept 23^rd, quoting an industry source that - A video promoting the right to votehas been taken off the air by local broadcasters despite a push for greaterdemocracy because it contains opposition figures and Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah’sspeech talking about Malaysia having problems.(pictured here)

“MCMC emailed both Astro and Media Prima Bhd aboutthe issue, telling them the video clip should not be aired because Ku Li speaksabout the country having problems and also because it features oppositionleaders,” an industry source told The Malaysian Insider, referring toTengku Razaleigh by his popular nickname.

“The email about the PSA was sent this week,” thesource said, adding he was puzzled about the directive as it referred to TengkuRazaleigh, who happens to be the Gua Musang MP for the ruling Barisan Nasional(BN) government. - quotes from Jahabar's lies...as in the attached screenshots

And this is MCMC's statement released to the media;

Statement On 'Undilah' Video Clip
CYBERJAYA, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- TheMalaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) routinely carries outmonitoring and enforcement activities pursuant to the Communications andMultimedia Act (CMA) 1998.
In relation to this, it is normal practicefor MCMC to direct the withdrawal of content that has not been granted therequisite approval from the Film Censorship Board to be aired.
In the case of the public serviceannouncement (PSA) produced by musician Pete Teo, as a result of a routinecompliance monitoring exercise made by MCMC, it was found that approval had yetto be obtained from the Film Censorship Board for the said PSA. As such, thePSA should not have been aired on television till approval is obtained.
Accordingly, pursuant to the Communicationsand Multimedia Act 1998, all broadcasters must cease airing the video clipimmediately. The issue is one of compliance by the broadcasters rather than thecontent of the PSA. -

So where did it say 'Opposition Figures' and 'Tengku Razaleigh' again? Don't blink, cause this is the actual email that was sent......

Thankfully there are some who stand up for the truth. So here we have it!
Jahabar Sadiq is painting the 'inside' picture that its the opposition figures and Ku Li's statements that has
caused the 'ban' (maybe ban is too strong a word?).

Insider cakap satu macam, tapi email MCMC lain macam!
APA MACAM???

Err,excuse me Mr/Mdm Investigator of MCMC. Mahu satu lagi reportkah?

p.s Mr Editor/CEO TMI - statement is not the same as speechlah!

PM Najib disagrees with Koh Tsu Koon while Guan Engs preaches

2011-09-22T14:25:00.000+08:00

In a recent dialogue session with Tan Sri Koh Tsu Koon, Minister in PM'sDepartment, a question was asked if Gerakan has the means to wrestle back controlof Penang state from DAP and the notion that DAP has gotten stronger.

Tsu Koon's reply? "Let them stay on for another term and let’s see whenthe honeymoon is over"
There can be no denial from Lim Guan Eng (who prefers to be known as ChiefMinister Lim rathyer than Menteri Besar) that the Economist had provided much'support' with misinformation in a recent article on his performance. Infact blogger SatD gave Guan Eng's media team a runaround with his article recently.

So, what is certain is that Tsu Koon has thrown in the towel even before thefight has been called, and on the other Guan Eng has been preaching like this.

…(2003) was also significant in Malaysia, in that itmarked the year which former premier Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamed stepped down fromoffice. New leaders have come into office since then, with new ideas. I am partof the new generation of leaders. We share an appreciation of the need toreform and adapt. Gone are the days when hardware - new HDB flats, new roadsand clinics - can satisfactorily meet the needs of our people. We face thecommon task of bringing the more difficult software to our citizens, thetangible but intangible concerns with quality of life, while simultaneouslystrengthening institutions to bring about these changes.”

In his speech in Singapore, Guan Eng chose to portrayhimself as a leader from ‘the new generation’ and equate himself to thegeneration that ‘placed more importance in way of life and strengtheninginstitutions’ to bring about changes.

How is it then ‘the new leaders’ can resort to takingto the streets to force changes?

And when the opportunity arise from theestablishment of an election reform committee from parliamentarians from bothdivide, comes a call for boycott from his ‘I am from the Democratic Action Party, oneof three coalition partners’ Partners? (Today, it seems PR has relentedand are willing to discuss their involvement. Guan Eng must be preachingdifferently to his staff, because he has yet to take action against his stafffor remarks that were inciting in nature during the lead up to Bersih 2.0)- cakap tak serupa bikin!

He further says this;

“Malaysians can make our common aspirations offreedom, justice, democracy and truth come true if we remember keyvalues. That it is not who we are that is important, but what we are thatis important; not the colour of our skin that is important but the content ofour character; and not our past ancestry that is important but how we connectwith the present and with each other to face the future. We cannot be lockedin the past and allow the past to close off possibilities of a better future.”

If indeed Guan Eng meant what he had said, then surelyDAP leaders of the new generation would not be harping on stuff that are of ‘BN’in nature from their point of view right? Flag change? Indian child registeredas Chinese?

So how can all these that Guan Eng has done be seen assomething positive by Tsu Koon?

Here is where I think PM Najib has taken the baton andran with it. Najib has said that he is a Prime Minister for all and hisgovernment will not discriminate states that are in the control of PR.

Figures have shown that to be true, as FDI’s pouringin to the states rate Penang as the frontrunner, with Selangor trailing, andMalacca in tow.

Thanks to MITI, and all other agencies that have put in theirefforts to keep Malaysia in the running. (Let’s give the benefit of the doubtto PR, for their efforts to create street chaos, shall we?)

Come Sunday, he will take part in Kwong Wah Jit Poh’scharity event to raise funds for Chinese Schools. This is not something newthat Najib is doing. In recent events, he has proven that they government hasput in more money into the Chinese schools system to ensure that it remainssupportive of the Chinese community.

MCA has probably done more in Penang recently if one wasto measure what Gerakan and MCA. That is where being a BN component partydefers from the rest. Where one takes focus on recovery, the other helps inkeeping the BN spirit alive.

Despite assuring the rakyat of their open policies,the DAP lead state government had not helped the local industries by ensuringunfair distribution of contracts. It was recently announced that only 0.2 percent of 125 million worth of contracts was awarded to the contractors who werechinese (this despite attacking the NEP and BN for ‘protecting the bumiputeras)

Clearly, Najib believes that all is not lost inPenang, and because Penang has always been a chinese stronghold, it is betterto woo them than to think of it as a forgone conclusion.

One wonders then why Najib sees Tsu Koon as one thatis capable of leading Gerakan out of the woods.

If MCA continues to do what ithas been doing, why won’t Gerakan do the right thing by working hand in hand withit to help make BN stronger in the what was once the ‘Pearl of the Orient’?After all, their own leader has already given up hope.

*Guan Eng's speech quotes was from his 'Transforming Penang' speech made in Singapore on 12th August 2011

Sabah better off on its own?

2011-09-19T18:02:00.000+08:00

A couple of days ago, I read a comment in reply to a Parliamentarian to the effect that Sabah would be better off had it been independent. In other words, the commenter felt that all that Sabah had achieved was not good enough.

To put in mildly, Sabah could have been better off.

I couldn't get what the gripe was all about, but I can only assume that some people in Sabah is going about what previous factions of Sabahans had done and failed in the past. Of course, these people are also those who get their information from sources like these.

These instigators often choose to see themselves as 'not part of Malaysia' choosing to use terms like, mainland Peninsular, and 'us sarawakians or sabahans'.

I recalled an attempt some years ago about a group of powerbrokers who attempted to revive talk about 'breaking away from Malaysia'. Here Desiderata (a PKR member) attempts to give credence to another PKR blogger Ronnie Klassen (Find out more about who the real Ronnie Klassen is soon enough).

Thankfully though, there are those who are very much 'Sabahans' who view Sabah as very much a part of Malaysia.

Sabahans like these:

Petronas’projects will develop Sabah, says contractor association

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Oiland Gas Contractors Association (SOGCA) yesterday defended Petronas’presence in Sabah, saying it will contribute significantlyto the state’s development.
PresidentDatuk Iskandar Malik said Petronas was in fact showing its sincerity bybringing the development of oil and gas to Sabah.

“Yes,we are very happy with Petronas’ role in Sabahand this is the very reason why we formed SOGCA because we believe Petronas iswell managed. Tous, Petronas belongs to every Malaysian and we should share opportunities givenby the national oil corporation,” he said.

Iskandarwas commenting on Petronas’ plan to develop long-term key projects tomonetize and add value to Sabah’spetroleum resources which will result in greater revenue to the state.

With thediscovery of oil and gas resources in offshore Sabah, Petronas is pushing aheadwith upstream and downstream oil and gas projects involving a combined capitalinvestment of RM45 billion.

Integralto Petronas’ plans is the Sabah-Sarawak Integrated Oil and Gas Project,which comprises the upstream development of offshore oil and gas fields anddownstream development of the Sabah Oil and Gas Terminal and the Sabah-SarawakGas Pipeline.

Iskandarsaid SOGCA also welcomed Petronas’ plan to set up the RM4.6 billion megafertilizer plant and the Sabah Ammonia and Urea Project SAMUR) in Sipitang.

Expectedto be completed in 2015, SAMUR will become the largest single train granularurea facility in South East Asia with ancapacity of 1.2 metric tonnes.

Accordingto Petronas, the bulk of the plant’s output would be exported customersin Asia Pacific while the remaining volume would cater for local agriculturalneeds.

Locatedin the Sipitang Industrial Park, about 160 km from Kota Kinabalu, theconstruction of SAMUR is expected to commence in the second quarter of nextyear and is scheduled for commission in 2015.
“It(SAMUR) will definitely benefit Sabah. Sinceour state has huge potential in agriculture, the setting up of this project isindeed very timely.

“Thespill over from SAMUR will be fantastic. The economic effect will be verysignificant as it will save a lot of money in terms of importing fertilisers.We believe it will benefit every body across the board,” he said.
Iskandaradded that Petronas has invested a lot of money to develop the oil and gasindustry in Sabah.

“It’sokay if they are successful but what if they fail?
“Wealso understand why Petronas doesn’t give big projects to localcontractors, especially offshore projects, because this will involve manyfactors like expertise, banking, workers and so on.
“But,even now Petronas is already giving opportunities to local contractors and theyalso advised us to team up with established players,” he added.

On SOGCA,Iskandar said it was an umbrella body and membership was strictly for Sabahancontractors and companies who have acquired Petronas licences for variousPetronas contracts.

“SOGCA’smain aim is to signify the strong desire by local Sabahans firms to participatestrongly within the dynamic oil and gas industry in East Malaysia,” he said, adding that members were mostly playersin the oil and gas industry who had worked previously with either Petronas orShell.

So,which Sabahan would you think actually worked for it? Sabahans like this or Sabahans like Ronnie Klassen?

Remember, come back here to find out about the real Ronnie Klassen.

DAP ideology....what we know now

2011-09-17T09:33:00.002+08:00

The Jalur Gemilang has been the Malaysian flag since independence, and was designed by an architect who is identified only as Mohamad Bin Hamzah (according to wikipedia and other sources)

In a country like America, flying the flag after such tragedies as 9/11 reflected a show of love and patriotism to her. In London after the 7/7 bombings, Londoners and British citizens alike flew the Union Jack to show the same. In fact anyone who was there at that time and experienced the grieve and shock did the same even though they were not citizens. Generally by doing so shows solidarity and respect for that nation.

In Malaysia, we seem to have politicians from the opposition who have nothing but disdain for anything Malaysian.

Yesterday, Elected assemblyman for Kota Alam Shah Manoharan Malayalam. His facebook message which was subsequently removed stated that he will not fly the Jalur Gemilang, Malaysia's National Flag because 'it looked more BN than Malaysian'. He distributed the DAP flag instead. I can't quite remember the DAP flag, so I googled it. This is what Google pointed me to.

Your eyes are not playiong tricks on you. There is a DAP written on this flag, and was widely used by the Nazis, yes the same Nazis that hailed Hitler.

However, the DAP in Malaysia has this as their official flag.

Google search engine must be a BN conspiracy too, cause if you google for DAP, and images, both DAP's rocket and Nazi DAP flags show up at the same time. Could it be a coincidence that Hitler too expressed disdain for certain things in the motherland that required change through his dictatorial rule?

But let's get back to M.Manoharan. Manoharan's rise to fame was largely due to his Hindraf involvement.

Although a DAP member back in 1999 (he ran for the elections then and was unsuccessful), he was elected in 2008 and remains the Kota Alam Shah assemblyman. For those uninitiated Hindraf claimed that there was ethnic cleansing in Malaysia and had organised street protest in the lead up to the 2008 elections.

Funnily though, since 2008 after getting elected, M.Manoharan had nothing more to say about the 'ethnic cleansing'. In fact his FB message yesterday showed a little glimpse of what DAP meant to him than the jalur Gemilang.

His message amongst others read 'Pakatan (Rakyat) will come up with another flag. The current one is definitely out'

Such is the kind of leaders that DAP churn out. Could this be a wider conspiracy by Pakatan to redicule Johoreans? PAS's Vice President (no less) Mat Sabu had openly insulted survivors of the Bukit Kepong massacre by the communist by hailing the terrorist as heroes (imagine the wrath if one was to hail the 9/11 attackers as the true heroes) and now Manoharan has ignored the history by claiming the Jalur Gemilang as a BN tool (ultimately too, an insult to Mohamad Hamzah, the architect who designed the Jalur Gemilang.

So, we have this. (Then there is another DAP Assemblyman who prefers that her child of Indian-Chinese parentage be registered as Anak Malaysia before settling for 'Chinese', so could that be another plan to reduce the number of Indians in the community?)

And this is what we got when back in 2008, we voted without thinking. Simply emotions!

My analysis of this is due to the fact that along with a flawed education system that severely needs resuscitation (because if we did have one that also focusses on history, people like Manoharan and Mat Sabu will not have had the opportunity to twist the facts) there are pockets of society who have been hoodwinked by the likes of DAP, PAS, and PKR.

Manoharan is a typical example of how they have conned us into believing that a credible opposition is what we have voted for, but instead, we have a power hungry group of loonies bent on destroying Malaysia.

Syabas PR!

So, who is the real Nazi now Jed?

Race relevant for seniors but not juniors

2011-09-13T12:42:00.001+08:00

If CM Lim Guan Eng (why not Menteri Besar?) was sincere in introducing 'Non Race' cards for State programmes, then it would have also removed that from the Senior Citizen Appreciation Programme.

DAP's playing to the public is clearer than ever, in introducing the non-race based card. Why? The younger generation has bought it hook, line and sinker.

Remember the results of the recently announced state government tender exercise?
The bulk of contracts was awarded to non-bumiputeras (proving that the State government still adheres to the NEP) which is an acceptable policy of the government. However, in playing to sentiments like these, CM Lim is bent on ensuring that those who know nothing about the intricacies of managing a country like ours is led to believe that DAP is actually going on its own 'anak Malaysia' direction.

That is far from it. DAP which panders mostly to the Chinese community has been the wily-cat, much like the Road Runner series. If DAP was sincere in displacing the NEP then why would the results prove otherwise?

This is a perfect example, of not riling up the Older folks (hence keeping the Race part in forms for senior citizens) and to sooth the younger generation (who has no inkling of how to manage a multi ethnic community like Malaysia) who seems to think that the removal of a section on an application form can meet their demands.

What DAP is doing is simple. By implying that they are doing so is simply to fish for votes from those who seem to think that citizenship is the same as race. I wonder why 2nd and 3rd generation Chinese in America and Australia still call themselves 'American born Chinese' and 'Australian born Chinese'.

Malaysia did not experience these kind of issues before simply because back then, there were no parties who thought that they could get away with it. Today seems to be a different story. Most think that they have access to the 'truth' simply because they read it from the internet and hence believe those who fan it.

If indeed DAP was to practice what they are saying, then perhaps from today all of DAP's party speeches and materials be done in Malay first, after all the Malay language is the official language of the nation. It doesn't. It continues to use Mandarin as their main language of communication.

MCA is now painted as a 'racist' party who stands first for the Chinese, and that too for Malaysian chinese. Since the formation of Malaysia, MCA had contributed much. However, the younger generation is oblivious to that contribution, and thanks to those like Guan Eng.

Speaking to a senior citizen over the weekend in a heritage settlement recently, the man remarked that the younger generation of his area are disconnected with their roots. Not for the lack of trying on the part of the seniors, but for the lack of listening on the younger ones.

'They (the younger ones) seem to think that they know more than we do. Son, we eat more salt than they do rice', and perhaps that best sums up today.

Being taken in by the sweet words of those who did nothing more than rabble rouse, now it seems they understand the younger generation more.

So, for people like Mat Sabu, bringing back Chin Peng is nothing more than welcoming back the prodigal son. For Guan Eng, by pulling apart the very fabric that pulls together the community is best to keep DAP in power in Penang. And for Anwar, to continue to sing the conspiracy song and badmouth Malaysia is best to keep himself out of jail.

Whilst Chua Soi Lek continues to plough in more effort to lead MCA, Palanivel continues to make MIC heard again, and Najib battling to keep Malaysia out of international turmoils, Malaysia's wheel keeps on turning no matter what.

So wise up and see for yourself how DAP's non-race card is actually one to keep itself in the race!

Ong makes the right move

2011-09-06T15:16:00.002+08:00

No, not Ong Tee Keat, but Ong Ka Ting.

In sticking to his principles, Tan Sri Ong Ka Ting has shown yet again what leaders should have in keeping themselves and their party focussed, which is to ensure that the part it has played since the formation of Malaysia 54 years ago remains the goal, and not for the own interest as a serving politician.

Ka Ting who resigned as MCA President with the dismal showing of MCA with 15 of 40 seats it contested in the 2008 General Election is probably one of the few with experience that can still contribute to the party.

In choosing to relinquish his seat or rather candidacy for the upcoming election, he has sent a clear signal to MCA party members and to the chinese community that the current leadership must be given a clean slate free from any influence of past illustrious leaders. As such, in vacating a still popular seat, he is determined that the support will still go back to MCA immaterial of the candidate.

Many will argue that MCA has become irrelevant, but having been taught a lesson by the electoral, it has hit the ground running, and by keeping the cards close to his chest, Chua Soi Lek is keeping the party ahead of anybody's interest.

A closer look at the opposition machinery will show that the leaders who are still there are bent on keeping a stranglehold on party positions, as seen in the DAP and PKR elections. Although a change of stalwarts in PAS was done, it appears still that those in command of the party are still 'past due' members. In fact a look at the party hierarchy of PKR and DAP will show long serving leaders and nepotistic practices.

With a renewed attitude, MCA has been key in ensuring that the chinese community is still represented in government. In keeping with the spirit of the alliance, MCA is extending what Tun Tan Cheng Lock had envisaged from then, a 'united political and territorial' Malaya.

I was one of those who felt that the previous administration needed a loud reminder that the nation's interest is above that of those in power. Along with others who felt the same, we achieved that.

I am certain that those in power has been taught a lesson that the voting electoral has sent a clear message.

Why did I say so?

BN has shown that it can change and change it did. IMHO, Ong Ka Ting's move is clearly a sign that BN and particularly MCA has heeded the call of the rakyat.

Read here on Ong and Teng's decision to not run in the next General Election

Lessons from Somalia...by a Security professional

2011-09-06T14:36:00.002+08:00

In the aftermath of the death of Faizul in Mogadishu, some have found it right to comment on it no matter how the reason goes. Here, I am merely making my observations.

Yesterday, I said Raising Another Idiotic Statement is a clear example of people wanting to just 'weigh in' on the issue, linking to various articles and comments of course.

But yesterday, a journalist saw it fit to take it one step further, by saying that the mission was ill prepared. I couldn't quite make out his point, but it seemed to me that he was also trying to say at the same time that a similar assignment that he was on back in 2003 had led to the death of a couple of volunteers in the car that he was in, and 'unprepared' seems to be the message he is sending out. I could be wrong.

But today, after speaking to a former editor, I was told that any journalist worth his salt would know that he is ultimately responsible for the assignment given to him, and that would mean too that his media organisation that sent him would be his keeper. Not the organisers, and certainly not the government.

Today, as others jump on the bandwagon to make their views heard, we see politicians (mostly from the opposition) saying that all this was a cheap publicity for UMNO. Wow! How quickly and easy to point fingers.

I wonder if the Bosnians thought of Tun Dr Mahathir's assistance then when they were crucified by the Serbs as an UMNO or Malaysian humanitarian effort.

So back to making statements. Isn't it all the more credible if one was to quote an expert every now and then? And who checks on the source anyway?

Yesterday in the Malay Mail, it quoted a Director of International Association of Counter-terrorist and Security Professionals as giving tips to how to avoid turning humanitarian aid missions into tragedies.
However peculiar it may sound to us (I disagree that Malaysian Media personnel should refrain from identifying themselves with the Jalur Gemilang, however I have never been to the front) professional advise is always reassuring, isn't it?

Today, Kelab Putera 1Malaysia, a non governmental organisation has reiterated its stand on its intention to return to Somalia to aid those in need and establishing a '1Malaysia Aid camp' in honour of Noramfaizul (the slain Bernama cameraman).

I wonder if there will be any room for an independent blogger.....

Here is what Andrin had to say about getting Combat ready...(Sorry, but shouldn't it be Charity ready with a sense of Combat awareness?)

But IMHO, Shahanaaz is smack on the ball!

Raising Another Idiotic Statement

2011-09-05T17:02:00.000+08:00

Raising Another Idiotic Statement is best used in describing a certain Minister who claimed that the death of Noramfaizul Mohd Nor was not covered by Insurance.

This led to a number of people jumping on the bandwagon ad making all sorts of claims, from 'cheap publicity' to 'Standard Operating Procedures' for Aid Missions.

My heartfelt condolence goes out to the family of Faizul. And let it be known that he was dedicated to his job in bringing pictures to those who doubt almost everything they see on TV (unless it was a clip from certain internet news portals)

Speaking to some friends who had experienced 'conflict areas or war reporting', it seems there are many who equate it with what they see on TV shows.

There are all kinds of assumptions and statements that seem to paint a picture to those who have never been put in that position. Most just soak it all up.

Catching the prime time news on Awani, there was a clip which featured a journalist from a tabloid which was sent to Iraq back in 2003. Here is a story that was published in the USJ e-community news, which has popped up as widely read pages recently..

from USJ e-community..
Nades later said, "It had been a harrowing day for me at the office, but nothing is more satisfying to note that our boy is still there, making me proud of being a journalist, his colleague, friend and confidante."

Meanwhile, theSun's editor-in-chief Zainon Ahmad said the company has given his newsman the choice of either to remain in Baghdad or return home.

Terence has decided to stay on until he is directed by the authorities to leave.

USJ.com.my thanks theSun for the permission to re-produce Terence's front-paged story today. He had bargained with God to write on:

Bargain with God

Malasie! Sahafi! (Malaysian! Reporter!)

These were probably the two words which saved my life on Saturday when a group of Shi'ite militiamen fired at our convoy.

RTM cameraman Omar Salleh, New Straits Times photo department head Anuar Hashim and I had joined the Mercy Malaysia team which was providing medical service to hospitals in an around Baghdad.

We were travelling in two vans. The first one had Mercy president Dr Datuk Jemilah Mahmud and her team. Dr Baba Dani and Don Chang, Lebanese translator Mohamad Aiman and a driver.

The second one carried Omar, Anuar, Mercy's Dr Tafiq Hidayah and Anita Ahmad, driver Ghofran and I.

We were returning from our second stop at the Al-Assadar Hospital in Tawarah City to our hotel when we turned into Jemilah, a shantytown controlled by the Shi'ite, just 8km from the city centre.

Seated at the rear of the van, I spotted a man carrying an AK47 running ahead trying to pass our vehicle.

I yelled to the Syrian driver to turn back, but he did not understand what I said.

Tafiq, the only person who could communicate with him was perhaps unaware of the situation until it was too late.

Up ahead, we saw about 100 gun-toting men, some as young as 14.

Then, the shooting started.

<--- Terence trying on his bullet=proof vest before the Joint Media Team Malaysia left for Amman enroute to Baghdad.

As I had the whole rear seat to myself, I crouched down and turned to my side, properly lodged between the rear and middle seats.

Before I went down, I caught a glimpse of our driver slumped in his seat.

Shot in the chest, Ghofran died on the spot.

The hail of bullets seemed never ending. There were probably scores of shots being fired at us.

One bullet had embedded in the back seat. If it had gone through, it would have probably hit me.

Holding my rosary, I bargained with God. "Please don't let me die today and I will do anything!"

In front of me, Anuar was screaming "Allahu Akbar!", while Omar was shielding Anita.

Tafiq, who was seated next to the driver, was holding the lifeless body and screaming "Tabib! Tabib!" (Doctor! Doctor!)

Then the shooting stopped. Someone broke the back windscreen.

There was a packet of cigarettes, which the attacker, probably not more than 17, helped himself to.

The terror of the whole incident came to a boil for me, when the sliding door opened and someone pulled Anita out.

Omar, who was recording the incident was also dragged out. Someone grabbed his camera but when he resisted, one of them pointed a gun to his head.

Then the smell of petrol permeated the air and I saw the fuel dripping down from the roof of the van. "Sahafi! Malasie!" I pleaded with my hands together.

Somehow they were not convinced and started shouting at me in Arabic.

Then out of the crowd, a young man in a red shirt approached the van.

"It's OK, it's OK" he said, his kindly face and soft words put me at ease for a while.

He turned to the others and seemed to be scolding them.

Ali, as I learnt his name later, then reached into the van and kissed me on the cheek.

"It's OK. Come. Come," he said.

I was not all that convinced but I would rather get shot than be burnt alive, so I followed.

A few men crowded around me, assuring me: "It's OK" and led me into a house.

There, I regrouped with the rest of the team, although we had no idea what had happened to the other group.

Tafiq had managed to convinced them of who we are.

As it turn out it was a case of mistaken identity.

The Shi'ites have been fighting Saddam Hussein's Fedayeen militia.

Apparently some Fedayeens had come from Syria to help regain Baghdad. Our vans had Syrian number plates.

"We (are) sorry," said one young man, as he helped me to a glass of water.

I could not hold my glass as my hands were still trembling.

Then, I realised my right eye was stinging. Some of the petroleum had dripped on me.

Immediately, one of them took me to the bathroom and washed my eyes.

I learnt later that they did not intend to set us ablaze, but a barrel of petroleum on the roof of the van had leaked after taking several bullets.

"We Muslims, we brothers," said Anuar.

Realising I was the only non-Muslim there, Anita whispered: "Just be quiet and play along."

Food is scare, but they shared

As it was close to Zohor prayers, then they invited us to pray. I told them that I was too shaken to do so and they allowed me to stay in the kitchen.

One of the women offered some naan bread. "Shukran," (thank you), I said while breaking off a piece. Food was the furthest thing from my mind but I did not want to risk offending anyone.

Soon after, several men in jubah and turbans entered the house. They were religious and community leaders.

They started shouting at some of the young men. One of the youths was slapped.

"Sorry," Imam Ali told me.

While waiting for the others to finish their prayers, an old man was fanning me with a towel.

Then the cameras and bags which were earlier taken from us were returned to us.

After more apologies, they told us that they would send us back to our hotel - but only after we meet somebody.

Huddled in a car, we were taken to a mosque a few blocks away.

There, we were introduced to a Fedayeen they had captured.

They told the man to speak and ordered Omar to record his statement.

He was a Lebanese, who had been paid US$600 (RM2,280) for each Shi'ite he killed.

Then someone brought a knife and it struck us that we were going to witness an execution.

"No!" We protested in unison. When Anuar and Omar put down their cameras, they relented and put the knife away.

But we do not know if they had completed the task later.

Half an hour later, we were whisked back to Al-Assadar, where we met the rest of the team, which had managed to escape.

However, both Jemilah and Baba had been shot in the hip, and Aiman was grazed by a bullet on the cheek.

They were out of danger and are being treated at the Saddam Hospital.

Still too shaken to go back to the hotel, we stayed at the hospital.

The treatment given to us was better than that of a first class hotel.

Every few minutes someone would come into the ward where we were staying to see if we needed anything.

Despite having a little themselves, they feasted us with naan, eggs and dhal and tea.

Yesterday morning, we were taken back to our hotel.

The relief upon seeing our colleagues was indescribable.

They greeted us with hugs and kisses and a roomful of grown men were crying like babies.

"Thanks for scaring the hell out of me, you piece of crap," said Raj Kumar, theSun's photo chief, who would have to bear the burden of breaking the news to my family had anything happened to me.

I have been attacked twice in Iraq (the first by bandits on the way here) and have been luck both times.

I just pray that our luck will not run out as we make the 550km journey back to Amman - hopefully soon - JMTM.

I have certainly no experience in this area, but if my experience in getting an assignment meant that travel was involved, I know some journalist would jump at the opportunity as it will be a task like no other.

More so for an assignment of this nature.

Speaking to an experienced journalist who had also covered the Iraq invasion, and yet another who covered the Bosnian conflict, the one thing that cannot be denied is that these journalists want that 'badge of honour'. It is an assignment that would really mean that one gets recognised, and that the assignment will give that person the acknowledgment amongst their peers.

I may have missed Terence's points about being ill prepared for an assignment like this. But having been there and having been issued a bulletproof vest, wouldn't that meant that he still wasn't well prepared? And if so, why did he then return prematurely despite being told that it was his option to remain or return?

So, if UMNO Youth (by the way Kelab Putera 1Malaysia has no ties with UMNO Youth except that it's chief is a UMNO member)has been accused of getting cheap publicity from the death of Faizul, how would you then describe Terence Fernandez's choice of 'sharing his experience' with the Malay Mail?

The Joint Media Team of Malaysia (JMTM) not only ensured that Malaysians got a true account of the invasion, it also helped in the plight of a nine year old Iraqi girl who lost both her legs. All that despite betting brickbats after the shooting incident, yet they came back with their heads held high.

In today's piece carried in the Malay Mail (Terence Fernandez was with the Sun newspaper, and has since joined the Malay Mail) , the Editor had opted to engage Counter Terrorist expert and the Southeast Asia Regional director for the International Association for Counter-terrorism and Security Professionals, Andrin Raj who said in war zones areas like Somalia, rebel groups assume anyone seen with the government or its army are their allies.

Andrin also suggested that Malaysian Media personnel must refrain from using the Malaysia Flag as it can be mistaken for the US Flag. Nice.

I wonder if so, has there ever been cases of US Flags being mistaken for Malaysian flags then?

Which brings me back to my choice of title for today's post.

Raising Another Idiotic Statement seems to be the next best thing these days, with twitter and blogs.

So for all those bent on riding the wave, forget about it. And to those journalist who think that life at home is more important then the job you have been selected for, please decline the assignment as there are others who want that assignment too. Stay home with your newly wed.

Politicians who want in, think again. Don't think that you actually know everything that is going on, best yet, don't assume you know.

As for Faizul's two young children, be brave, as your dad died doing what he did best. He made our country proud. He made us all proud.

Ohh....as for Terence. Aji Saregar nearly died, yes and Faizul died, yes.

Merdeka. What it means to some.

2011-09-01T11:15:00.001+08:00

I'll be honest. Merdeka means much more to me these days than it did when I was younger.

Although I was part of the parade when I was in lower six, due to my being a Cadet Corps member, it really did not gave me a true sense of being 'independent'.

Yesterday, whilst lazing in bed and realising that the parade was not on as it was postponed till the 16th of September, it dawned on me that my kids too were looking forward to the parade.

In the past week, we have heard Mat Sabu, Vice President of PAS praising the communist insurgents as the 'real heroes' for fighting for Mereka. I wonder if Mat Sabu realised the significance of the very notable 'Bukit Kepong'? Could it be that he want us to think that because the attack was led by a Malay Communist?

I have always wondered why there are some people out there who have now placed their allegiance with such political parties like PAS.

Scratch that. Rather, I have always suspected the type who have now placed their believe in PAS.
(a bit more on this later)

Yesterday, I had a wonderful dinner with my Aunty and Uncle from Australia. They have migrated to Brisbane (some 25 years now) and hosted a dinner with the entire extended family as this would be their last visit here.

Seated at my table was the younger generation of Yews, and when the topic of discussion came to politics, I found out that a cousin of mine is now heavily involved in DAP.

Young people these days seems to believe everything the read on the internet, and when he pointed out that MCA is a subservient party to UMNO, it dawned on me that the message being drilled down by DAP is that and each of their members are singing that theme song!

I couldn't stomach that (and remember that I am not an MCA member) as I know and remember the contributions of MCA founding fathers and their role in Merdeka. However, these are convenientely forgotten and the message by such opposition members are just to focus on the negatives and expel fear and hatred towards the ruling government and its political allies.

The conversation got to MACC, and it was ultimately who gets more support that speaks the loudest. Sadly, it appears that yesterday my relatives who were at the table have all depended on information entirely from the internet. Reliable? I did say no.

But such is the situation. isn't it? whilst the government focuses on developing the country, the opposition who really are not interested in contributing are just going around expelling hate to try to unseat those democratically elected by the voters.

Do you know what it means for some who experienced terrorism communist style? Find out from this writer who explains it well enough.

Since observing objectively, it has become much clearer now how the younger generation have turned their backs on the government.

For those still using the excuse that the Government controls main stream newspapers, try reading Harakah, Rocket, Keadilan, Malaysia Today, MalaysiaKini and Malaysian Insider! They think they know the meaning of Merdeka, but if you read close enough they are all for dividing the country with the aim to rule it.

The kicker last night? My cousin asked if I read Raja Petra's article on my police report.
I can tell you that it was not written by him, and what's more, I used to listen to how RPK make up stories to suit his paymasters.

Just as there are some who seem to have placed their support and believe in the opposition, there are some whom I have met who believe in the government. This balance ought to be maintained.

I did my part in 2008, and I will certainly do my part to ensure that Merdeka willnever be hijacked by the likes of Mat Sabu and Karpal Singh.

Wool over your eyes?

2011-08-26T14:58:00.002+08:00

Time and again, we are told (mostly by politicians from Pakatan) that the government has been hiding facts from the rakyat.

Does this sound familiar?

Here, Tony Pua insists that the Minister of Defense has overpaid for some military purchase.
But what he did not tell you was that the figures he quoted was assuming that the purchase was only for Offshore Patrol vehicles. Here the defense correspondent for Jane's clarifies.

And now, Fuziah's antics on the proposed Lynas plant has been debunked by none other than PAS's Hulu Langat MP Dr Che Rosli Che Mat who has come out in defence of the Lynas Corp rare earth plant in Gebeng, Kuantan.

According to YB Hulu Langat, MP Kuantan has been frightening the public by saying that Lynas is a nuclear plant when its function is only to process natural materials like rare earth from Mount Weld in Western Australia, which has less radiation compared to an ore mine.

“As the issue was brought up by the PKR, I've kept quiet and even been given a warning by the PAS information department not to comment."

Fuziah had claimed many things about what Lynas is not, including these.

The above are only two of many cases of tit-for-tat post 2008. It is no wonder that more people I have spoken to has said that they have had enough of this wayang kulit that PR is so fond of playing.

Though the BN led government has had it's share of faux-pas, one cannot ignore the fact that these days, anything and everything is blamed on BN and it's component parties.

So when Prasarana and SPAD had announced that certain properties affected by the MRT line would be acquired by the government, Tony Pua (and who else?) again along with MP Bukit Bintang Fong Kui Lun had gathered the traders in protest of the said move by Prasarana instead of finding an amicable solution.

Choosing to use inflammatory terms like 'breaking the rice bowl' and 'tearing down your tradename' (Both in cantonese and are direct literal translation), the two MP's lead a protest against the move. MP Bukit Bintang had earlier on August 12th attended the townhall session between SPAD and the traders, and this was what SPAD had in reply to questions raised.

However, MCA and it's team led by President Datuk Seri Dr.Chua Soi Lek chose the 'roundtable' instead of the loud protests and successfully argued for the Jalan Sultan traders and property owners that would be affected by the MRT line.

A sharp contrast from the former, don't you think?

For a much touted irrelevant party to speak for a landmark of traders in KL would indeed be something, wouldn't it? Apparently not so for Tony Pua, who chose to call the land acquisition 'a land grab'. Not satisfied with that, it also highlighted Pemandu's Idris jala as saying that the land acquisition is one way of offsetting cost for the MRT build.

So for a city to improve it's traffic woes, and lawmakers choosing to inflame traders affected by it, how do you think the outcome of this would be?

Do we continue to find solutions or just oppose any form of development?

Now imagine if DAP did this

2011-08-23T23:37:00.003+08:00

I have always said this, and will say it again.

I was part of that change back in 2008, and I decided to live with it, not push for more.

Today MCA President Datuk Seri Chua Soi Lek and his team consulted SPAD as well as the representative of Traders from Petaling Street and with the conclusion of the dialogues and consultation, announced that an agreement has been reached with the authority to enable the affected traders from the 31 affected units to return after the construction of the proposed MRT line.

You see, apparently these days, as long as it is an effort of MCA, it must be criticised and condemned.

So, for all the time an effort put in by Dr Chua and his team, as well as the time by those affected, and agreement that is acceptable to those involved should at least be accepted.

The problem with 'civil' society today is that as long as it does not suit their believe, they will concoct anything to condemn and criticise it.

Take for example, the Parliamentary Select Committee for free and Fair elections. Accepting that more can be done to achieve it, PM Najib announced the setting of of the PSC that will consist of lawmakers from both the opposition and government.

And what does Chua Jui Meng choose to do? His tweeter message read 'Parl Sel Ctee on Clean Elections UMNO's perfect way of luring d issue into a dark lane & stranglin it to death'

Such is the picture these days. the lines are drawn, and if you argue for the government, you are immediately termed a 'running dog'.

I have tried my utmost best to accommodate my detractors, but today, I guess I have reached my limit, when one arseho** decided to drag my family into this.

To the 'little hantu', I guess you don't hve parents then, for if indeed you had you would know that it is not our culture to insult our parents.

My point is this, what if the DAP was responsible for the MRT line decision that has been reached today? Would they then not be a champion for these people?
Can we at least set aside our differences and acknoledge that here a typical case of 'tolak ansur' via the proven method is better than the new approach of dragging each other to courts?

And give credit when it is due.

What Security?

2011-08-23T14:30:00.002+08:00

I frequent a media establishment quite often for meetings and submission of my stories (though I have not done any for a good part of one year now) and though it is not a 'high level' security sort of place, it does have its importance.

Security here is mainly left to it's in-house team, but it really amazes me how some people take security lightly. Although Malaysia is a safe place to be, it is attitude like these that result in some wanting to take full advantage of the situation.

Yet, in a country where people do not throw rubbish on the streets (or at least, it was how they used to be) , security breaches are seen as something that is really annoying. (Remember how Mat Selamat escaped from their high security prison?)

For SMRT (Singapore Mass Rapid Transport), it first experienced a serious breach when a Swiss national broke into the Changi depot and vandalised a train by spray painting it.

pix from senangdiri

This month, it was reported that another breach in Bishan had happened, and again, the debate on whether the security is adequate goes on.

Given that Malaysians form a good number in the private security business (CISCO hires many Malaysians and is the largest auxiliary police force in Singapore), will it be viewed as an area too sensitive for foreigners to work in?

Back home in Malaysia, the Association of Professional Security Agencies has called for an end to hiring of foreign workers in this industry (most Malaysian property managers hire security firms with Nepalese citizens who have Gurkha experience).

The latest call by ASPA came just a few days ago, and yet, back in June of 2010, a similar call had in fact been made known by the government.

With this kind of figures, and outflow of currency, isn't it time that we look at local labour for these needs?

Inaccurate blogging...Intentionally?

2011-08-22T13:51:00.000+08:00

When I started blogging, I was careful to ensure that what I blogged about had facts to support the points that I was trying to make, for example CEDAW (Convention for Elimination of Discrimination Against Women) which was adopted in 1979 by the UN Assembly.

When quoting laws as well as arguing on points, a single page reference from wikipedia is sometimes not good enough.

Some bloggers seem to be happy to post fictitious front pages of local dailies, and yet there are those who are happy to delve on misquotes especially from politicians.

I suppose these bloggers may have allowed their new found 'fame' to get to their heads, so the more sensational, the more readers it will pull.

So recently, with Malaysian Insider misquoting the Prime Minister, whether intentional or not, an apology by the Editor Jahabar Sadiq was seen by some as sort of injustice.

Today's statement by a former aide of Anwar Ibrahim, Anuar Shaari, was perhaps forthcoming. He has urged the MCMC to take action against 'errant bloggers' such as Chegu Bard. Chegu Bard was one of the bloggers that broke the story of the purported RM24million ring. It wasn't a lie really but rather a misinformation for whatever reasons that is best known only to Chegu Bard.

As for Anuar Shaari, he must be surely aware of how things are normally done within the close confidantes of Anwar. He was after all an 'insider' once.

One would not be faulted to think that Anwar's game plan is normally to sue his detractors.

So why didn't Utusan Malaysia sue Chegu Bard?

Or have they even lodged a Police report on the intentions of some to put them in bad light?

Just as there are some who think that they have the right to go on inciting, there are some who seems to equate perpetuating lies as their right to freedom of speech.

If so, I guess Anuar Shaari's call is timely to a Minister who is a relic of past administrations.

Err, how many Tweeter accounts do you think the Minister of Information, Communication and Culture has?

Customer Service 101 for GLCs

2011-08-21T14:50:00.000+08:00

Many lament the state of customer services in Malaysia, and generally most will agree that our friends north of the border are friendlier and courteous whereas those south of us are propped up by service cultured Malaysians staying and working permanently there.

A recent experience prompted me to write this.

The general statement above may not entirely true.

Why? If one was to stop a foreigner on the street, they will most likely not hesitate to point out that Malaysians are actually a friendly and helpful lot (so long as they are not behind the steering wheel)

Having moved in to a property that had been previously rented out, I had to experience my electricity supply being cut for the first time.

In all honesty, TNB had the absolute right to disrupt the service especially if the bill had run up to thousands!

In a coordinated effort a few days ago 'ops mega potong' was activated with the help from the Police (to enter premises of those who had defaulted on their payment for months and with valid legal documents) leaving behind a pink slip informing the user that payment is urgently required for the restoration of service.

In my case, I received the bill informing me of the arrears, to which I promptly informed the landlord last week. I assumed that it was already settled. I was wrong.

So for that, I paid the price of having wasted one whole day to sort that out.

My landlord sent her electrician over after finding out about the interruption last night. He suggested a 'bypass', which basically meant connecting the live wires illegally so that I could tie the night over.

I declined that offer and insisted that nothing of that sort must be done (by joining the wires illegally, it could pose a fire hazard, let alone breaking the law).

On sorting out the mess of the now terminated account, I suggested that we settled the outstanding so that the supply could be restored.

At 9am the next morning, I promptly went to TNB Subang to settle the bill. Both the staff at the service counter and 'bahagian pemotongan' assisted to explain the predicament I was facing. They were precise and helpful.

I then explained that all I wanted was service restoration, and then the possibility to establish a new account.

I was told that as long as long there were no arrears, that would not be a problem.

My counter experience ended with her telling me that the service will be restored by an outsourced contractor. She took my telephone number down and said that 'a' contractor will get in touch with me. With that, I left back for home. That was about 9.40am.

I called the Subang office at around 11am and was told by the person who answered that 'a' contractor would call me. Even though I insisted that the contractor be made known to me so that I could communicate with him, the answer was still 'a' contractor would call me. I left it at that but not before being transferred to the person in charge by the name of Intan.

This is where 'Customer Service 101' should be taught.

You see, just like some (not all) staff at certain government departments (though less now), when approached you are immediately deemed a 'problem'. So when they entertain your query, they become how shall I say, authoritative.

Intan was like that. When I asked her about why the contractor had not call, she retorted that she had never said he would. Further she made it clear that TNB’s policy for reconnection was anywhere between payment and 2 working days. So being Friday, my worst case would have been Tuesday. Beautiful.

Because she insisted that she had never told me that a call was to be expected, I assumed that it was her colleague who had told me. Her reply? Not possible, as she was in charge, and no contractor had showed up yet. So here I was, thinking that as long as the bill was paid, a 'response' team of sort will come and replace the meter and fuse, and I can get back to work. WRONG.

She was not only firm in saying that I had to wait, she was also adamant that TNB can take up to 2 working days. BEAUTY.

Not being able to get my message across to her, and knowing that no contractor had been assigned to reconnect my power, I sat dejected at my driveway and thought of who else I could turn to for help.

Long story short, I sent an email to an official (Mr A) who had invited me for buka puasa with TNB Management a few days ago. My email detailed what transpired, and his reply in 8 minutes was 'Dear sir, I have forwarded your email to a few people and shall await their response'

In 18 minutes flat, a call came from Cik Zawiah (I may have gotten the spelling wrong) informing me that my case was being looked into by the Manager and that she will inform me of the progress.

Soon after Mr.A(whom I have not met, BTW) sent me an sms that someone from the branch will look into my case.

A while later, Cik Fazilah called to inform me that a Technician has been assigned and that he was already on the way to Subang TNB. Not long after Zawiah called again to inform me that the Technician (I found out later that the Technician was actually an outsourced Contractor) was on the way to my house.

The contractor completed the task in less than 10minutes.

Here is where the lessons lie;

1. Why did it take so long to cut off the electricity supply in the first place? In a single phased supply, it would take months if not years to chalk up thousands in unpaid bills. Someone or the administrating software is not good enough, and TNB is losing money from this alone.

2. If it takes an 'ops mega' to terminate, it should also take an 'ops sambung' for those who own up and pay. In other words, contractors ought to be on standby for this to expedite reconnection. This is also added unrealised revenue. If it was up to me, I will impose an 'urgent charge' for those requesting connection within the hour.

3. The contractor assigned to me told me that work was not frequent (not frequent, yet the wait?) Clearly, the potential of the contractor was not fully realised, again depriving revenue to both provider and contractor. The contractor said the day was exceptional due to the many terminations the day before due to the ‘ops potong’.

4. If you are the CEO, would you rather have more of Mr.A, Zawiah and Fazilah or Intan? Yes, procedures and policies are there to ensure no deviation of delivery, but shouldn't front liners place service and revenue first? Words like '2 days' in customer service surely is not good when informing customers of their service, right?

5. Being the month of Ramadhan, I can only feel for those losing their supply and then having to worry about their religious obligations as well as rotting food in the fridge.

6. I don't know what time they cut off my supply, but I had to throw away some stuff from the fridge. Ice cream too.

If not for dedicated staff like Mr.A, Zawiah and Fazilah, I would probably have to wait till Tuesday. So why is it so difficult to improve on our service delivery?

Does it mean that there must be another competitor to ensure that service delivery meets customer expectations?

When in customer service, ditch all prejudices, including classifying your customers as problematic ones.

You see, some of us do actually have valid reasons.

And if TNB was to place more priority on collection, and revenue realisation, this problem might actually be a good one to have. The one thing stopping them is the attitude and aptitude of their own employees.

So it’s no wonder that we constantly hear of horror stories of Customer Experience here in Malaysia, especially from that Satelite TV Service provider!

Syabas to TNB in having a few ‘Mr.A’ for us to believe in.

As for Cik Intan, lose that attitude, or if you truly believe that customers are your problem, do chose to work with machines.

A new political Newspaper and party?

2011-08-18T16:40:00.002+08:00

It is often said that in Malaysia, there is no press freedom.

To a certain extent, if one uses censorship as the reason, then truly a sweeping statement like that can probably be justified.

With the PM announcing that it is high time that a proper review of the laws in the country that are relevant to media be done, I can hear the whispers of many that seem to think that the government is all out to help stop the slide of their popularity.

There has been argument for and against, but if there wasn't any press freedom to begin with, how does one explain the likes of Malaysian Insider and Malaysiakini?
Both have press accreditation from the Ministry of Home Affairs.

And what about 'Herald, the Catholic weekly'? Is it a bulletin that was intended to be, or a political paper? Or perhaps, a bulletin wanting to be a political paper or rather a political paper masquerading as a bulletin?

My mum used to buy the Herald every week, but its been a while since she has been attending mass regularly due to her physical condition. So when, someone alerted me of a statement in the Herald, I picked up a copy to try to understand the content.

What I saw was something else then a religious buletin. In between 'reading relfection commentaries' is the Sunday Observer, by Anil Netto.
I have met Anil before, and I doubt he will object to me describing him as an activist, a political activist maybe, but definitely activist.

So what is the intention of the publishers of Herald to give Anil Netto a column?

In Mass last Sunday, Father Paulino has read out the statement by MCCBCHST (Malaysian Consultative Council for Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism, and Taoism which condemned the raid of DUMC by JAIS.

A statement of protest is definitely one that can be considered, but when looking at the salient points of the protest, I can't help but feel that the statement made by those who signed it had already made up their mind about the raid and the reasons for it.

I just wonder at this point, if they are already being a little too judgmental, even before the raid report has been handed to the Menteri Besar.

The statement can be read in full here.

The first para confirms that it was indeed a Malaysian Aids Council dinner that was intruded upon by JAIS. (funny how it took so many days to confirm that part right?)

The MCCBCHST further praised the response of the Selangor Menteri Besar as well as his statement for 'open engagement and dialogue regarding the harmonious and mutual respect of co-existence' (But did they mentioned why the Selangor State Government failed to recognise that it was their own agency that lead the raid, and why the EXCO member of Selangor State had supported the raid?)

It further highlighted that 2 mainstream papers had intentionally inflamed the raid.

Perhaps the most damning statement to me that unveils the intentions of MCCBCHST was the line that said 'the MCCBCHST must highlight the systematic and deliberate attempts this year by many of those "who walk the national corridors of power" to create conflict among the citizens of different races and religions in our beloved country by driving wedges between them'

I have always subscribed to the believe that as long as one uses religion as the basis of the argument, it will be pointless to carry on as it will ultimately mean that it will be used as 'mine versus yours' argument.

In making such a statement, and stopping short of saying 'BN' or UMNO, the MCCBCHST has proven that they have already made up their mind as to who is generally 'stirring shit'.
It goes on to name several critical issues during the past year that has seem to got everyone riled up and waiting for trouble.

I have many friends of different races, and I can tell you that none of us actually pay any notice to these extremist statements.

IMHO, the JAIS raid did seem highhanded, and unless the Muslims themselves tell their authority to stop these kinds of actions against their own, who are we to say so?
And if indeed the agency is under the Selangor Government, then why oh why are they passing the buck?

A wing and a prayer

2011-08-17T09:58:00.003+08:00

Pix from mychinaconnection.com

Today, Business Times reported of 'Wings being clipped'

It seems the choice of those on the Management board had deemed it fit to prefer gemstones (Sapphire) than winged bugs (Firefly).

And who would blame those who saw doom all over again when the MAS-Air Asia deal was announced last week?

After listening to some top officials involved and those who knew of this, I can only think of what the people affected by this 'collaborative framework' might think;

1. Why would those in custody of MAS think that the likes of those who started out opposing them in the first place would have the best interest of the National Carrier at heart?

2. It was pointed out that a tycoon will now have half his riches in MAS shares and with that should work to resuscitate the Golden Wing. But what is half of nothing? (Paper rich is not the same as cash rich, right?)

3. After showing MAS what it was capable of in the Rural Air Service saga, would you blame MAS and the staff to showing the middle finger to their shareholders (Khazanah) from that episode?

4. How many jobs were affected when RAS went to Air Asia, and the events that transpired (especially those who LOST their jobs) are expected to just be left in the background?

5. Funnily enough, today the Firefly story appeared, and would you not think that this was a direct repercussion of the swap?

In today's business environment and the volatility of fuel prices, Premium airlines are facing a huge task in keeping their aircraft in the air. Just yesterday, Qantas had announced that it had entered into an agreement with Japan Airlines and Mitsubishi Corporation to launch Jetstar Japan. Which ultimately mean that this is not an MH only issue. Your network determines your growth, and if you shrink your network, your growth will also suffer the same.

That perhaps is the silver lining of the MAS-AA swap. It seems, those in power think that tyis is the right time for a cooperative framework between MAS and Air Asia (why?because others are already doing it too)

But here is the cake. In doing so, and hoping that a deal of sorts can help recover MAS from it's deep slumber (and you wonder who the adviser is right?), is Khazanah culling the Golden goose?
Here is why. (and this from a twitterati*ZeusIsMe* who twitted that "they think they win the deal and yes they are (winners) But the people lose the war. Guess who will be punished? The one who sanctioned it")

I can only assume that with this, he meant that the responsibility will lie with those in government. And with this deal, though a business decision can be seen as one that will work against the government through the ballot box. Why? True blue MAS and BN supporters just can't see the logic of working 'closely' with the enemy.

Never mind that the ultimate will be better air travel choices for Malaysians.
Never mind that the economy will get a lift now that foreigners will choose MAS and Air Asia over SQ (hopefully)
Never mind that the burying of the 'hatchet' is meant to help salvage some pride of MH.

Ultimately, the winners will be Tony F and gang. Who from the underdog, has now asserted themselves as the Taikor of the airline industry here in Malaysia (Wonder if there was any deal to ensure that Air Asia's regional HQ will remain where it is and not 'move abroad')

For argument sake. Do you think there are still profit oriented businessmen out there who still have a 'soft spot' for Malaysia, instead of a 'softer spot' for money?

Sure, MH will gain network connectivity and possibly lower their cost 'by learning cost effective measure' that their distant cousin has been adopting from day one.

But to do that and to harness profits, MH must realise that it had been used in the past to benefit some. Case in question perhaps?
What will happen of the LSG Sky Chef/Brahim contract with MAS that still has 15 years to run?
The engineering subsidiary?
The other revenue streams that helped MH previously but had been cannabilised by previous saviours?

I guess, though having been told and shown that the betterment of MAS was indeed the ultimate goal of those who came to agreement, those that have been directly involved can only hope "on a wing and a prayer" that things do not go further south.

Although I have an axe to grind with MH, I have too much of it's blood in me.

I would mourn the day of the death of a great Airline if that day should come. And if that should be, would you blame me for faulting it all on another namesake?

That Damansara incident..and much more

2011-08-16T09:24:00.002+08:00

Ah.

I know my detractors just love it when I touch on religion. You see, in their eyes I'm Judas.

But here it is, having spoken to and having met many converts both into Catholicism, Christianity and Muslims alike, here is what I have to say.

It is almost always 'my religion is better than yours'. And this is not what ordinary people, mostly the die hards (pretty much like the PAS youth fellas, now wanting the government to move weekends to Fridays, instead of Saturday & Sundays)

The moment one uses god as a reason, there is almost no way of reasoning anymore. Right?

The flashpoint about the Damansara incident was that overzealous 'religious officials' were adamant that some sort of proselytising was going on. (least I forget, the law in Malaysia strictly prohibits the act of proselytising of Muslims to other religions), yet there were differing statements about the gathering, from thanksgiving dinner to appreciation dinner for efforts by NGo's in benefit of HIV patients and single mothers.
I can almost hear the whispers up north in Penang, that their religion and God is under persecution again!

It is no secret that Christians of different sects are more evangelical given their Catholic counterparts. With these Christians openly competing for followers, who do you think they will turn too other then the followers of Buddhism and Hinduism who are fast running low......Martians?

And here it lies, instead of raising rubbish in Parliament, if Pakatan MPs are against this law, why not raise it in Parliament?

You see, nobody wants to be seen as the 'bad guy'. As much as the MP's of Pakatan are against this kinds of action, none will raise this and repel this law. By doing so will be suicidal.

Yet, when incidents like this happen, they are quick to jump to the point and blame it on....you guessed it UMNO. (like this kind of statement)

Once again, THERE MUST BE MODERATION in Malaysia, a multi religion ethnic society that has gained much much more then what it set out to be. And its up to ALL of us to do our part and put extremist elements in their place and tell them that MAINSTREAM society do not support their actions.

I overheard the other day someone within earshot saying that PM Najib has been silent about the JAIS and DUMC issue.

Would it be right that the PM should step in for a debacle that the Selangor state government had been on top of all along? Isn't JAIS a state agency under the Pakatan government?

More importantly why hadn't their adviser said something instead?

Busy asking for postponements and interviews?

There is total silence from PR officials eversince the incident triggered, and now it seems, they are more interested in listening to the advice of HRH Sultan of Selangor, hence the JAIS-DUMC meeting is off, but PAS shall go ahead with it, and then what?

Its no coincidence that elements that are threatening the peace of the nation has been slowly and surely emerging after 2008. And its no secret that religion and ethnicity is used to wedge the rakyat.

Ask yourself this honestly, what is the differing factor of pre and post 2008.

To me the answer is simple, Pakatan Rakyat's marriage of convenience with differing views, one for an Islamic State, and one for secular Malaysia, far more secular than what we already have.

Its another timely reminder how for 54 years we have done well only for these breed of power hungry buggers to drag us all the way back to the 60's.

The Loss making Economic adviser a true money wizard?

2011-08-16T09:15:00.003+08:00

One of the most glaring points of the 12^th General Election of March 2008 was the entry onto the Political arena by unknowns, both in their party and in the public eye.

There were plenty of first timers, and the voting public had to content themselves (not that they were complaining then) with the information dished out to them by the parties that they paraded for.

Hence, with qualifications from the likes of Oxford and Harvard, as well as those who projected themselves as prefect heads, well, they got more attention than others. Some had to rely on their video cameras and their works to get noticed, but in the end, most got voted in.

Fast forward three years later, and now some of their shenanigans (or not) are coming to light.

Perhaps, most glaring would be DAP Economic Adviser, Tony Pua.

In the run up to the 12^th GE, Tony was showcased as the ‘Economic Whizkid’ which DAP so desperately needed. In fact, since his appointment as Economic adviser, Tony Pua had seen it fit to comment on any and every expenditure of the government. This include his ‘defense debacle’, which saw military experts and defense journalist coming out to criticise the PJ Utara MP for generalising the contracts that Mindef was involved in.

Naturally with such glaring childlike mistakes, his reputation of somewhat an economic expert took a beating and along with it, emerged some who were more keen than ever to dig into his past.

So, it wasn’t surprising then to find out today, that there are some who have already uncovered some contradictions to what Tony Pua has been selling himself as.

Today, the company which he helped founded (and cashed out on) is no more. Cyber Village Ltd is now known as Koyo International Limited. In its 2009 report, Koyo Intl reported that the ‘previous board and management of Cyber Village’ had worked hard in reversing the loss making years of the company and sought out an exit strategy. Noting that Cyber Village had depended more on revenue gained from their Malaysian subsidiaries as opposed to the Singapore operations.

So, Tony Pua started a company here in Malaysia, moved to Singapore, got it listed based on the reliability of its operations in Malaysia, then got customers in Singapore (that lead to him cashing out) listed in Singapore before the company went further into the red.

Nice. But hey.

That’s not all, in the lead up to that, his company went into an agreement with Berjaya (My2020.com Sdn Bhd) to ‘re-exercise and reengineer the procurement processes of companies(basically –ecommerce enable the web site and processlah). Cyber Village was appointed as ‘consultants to advise’ on the process (have you read outsyedthebox lately?)

This was taken from Cyber Village Singapore Prospectus

My2020.com Sdn Bhd (``My2020'') is a subsidiary of Berjaya Group Bhd, a company listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE).

My2020 was undertaking an exercise to re-engineer the procurement processes of companies in the Berjaya Group by exploiting Internet technology.

We were appointed by the Berjaya Group Bhd as consultants to advise and assist on the computerization of its procurement process.

Together with our clients, we assisted in the conceptualisation, formulation and development of PlazaB2B.cc, an e-procurement market place, to shorten purchasing cycle time and provide useful information on purchasing activities and costing on a time-ef®cient basis.

The marketplace provides services relating to online request for quotations, electronic catalogues, automated purchase requisition and approval work processes, customisation features, online order tracking as well as supplier management.

The PlazaB2B.cc pilot system was successfully launched in January 2001 for Berjaya Group Bhd. My2020 intends to extend the e-procurement solution to the other listed subsidiaries in the Berjaya group including Dunham Bush Bhd, Unza Bhd, Berjaya Singer Bhd and Berjaya Capital Bhd.

What would have been so wrong that Cyber Village, who was engage to ‘consult and advise’ on the project that they had to take the whole matter to court?

Some may argue that using the legal options available to it to settle business disputesis the norm, but being embroiled in so many? Where the courts are concerned, some may consider once as too many.

But it seems, Cyber Village has made it a sort of habit to take others to court too. (so it isn’t surprising then to find Tony Pua taking the Minister of Defense to court too)

…..and this too….

The Directors had announced on 17 January 2003 that one of the Group companies, Cyber Village Sdn Bhd (“CV Malaysia”) had served a writ of summons on Ericsson Business Consulting (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (“Ericsson”), in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. CV Malaysia’s claim was based on certain provisions of a Sale & Purchase Agreement (“the Agreement”) entered into with Ericsson on 28 August 2001 for the purchase of Ericsson’s IBM Lotus e-business software and consulting unit (the “Unit”). CV Malaysia sought specific performance of the Agreement under which Ericsson was obliged to procure payment of outstanding amounts owing by certain debtors of the Unit (the "Outstanding Amounts"). Alternatively, CV Malaysia was claiming for damages for the sum of RM1,034,744.00.

The Directors had then also announced on 21 April 2003 that a provision for doubtful debt for an amount of S$97,538 in relation to aforementioned claim had been made. In this connection, it was also stated in the Annual Report of the Company for FY2003 that the Directors, on the advice of their solicitors, believed that they had a reasonable case against Ericsson, but that nonetheless, the subsidiary had set aside a provision for doubtful debts amounting to 25% of the balance of the Outstanding Amounts.

The Directors had announced on 24 April 2004 that Ericsson has successfully applied to have CV Malaysia's claim struck out by the High Court of Malaysia. The decision by the High Court to strike out the claim was made on 23 April 2004.

The Directors announced that it is the intention of CV Malaysia to appeal against this decision.

The Directors are of the view that if CV Malaysia does not succeed in its claim, this will have a negative material impact on the Company’s earnings or net tangible assets for the current financial year.

There is also Cyber Village vs Illustra IT (M) Sdn Bhd, but here Illustra was the party at fault.

The point is here we have a ‘whizkid’ who churned out cash from a loss making entity and used the legal process to his advantage.

Tying up your rival in some sort of legal process is probably the best message you can send them sometimes.

I can point you to the judgement that Cyber Village was involved in, but do some homework will ya? And find out how many actually favoured it in the end.

Stopthelies.my seems to think they have the best candidate for Finance Minister, don’t you think?

Or should Tony Pua use the legal process to sue JAIS on that raid that got everyone worked up?

Read here for another catch on Tony Pua's SGD120,000.00 dig

And then there is also Deep Throat from DAP who in 2010 had spewed it in APANAMA.

The Magic numbers....

2011-08-13T16:29:00.001+08:00

Time and again, we always hear some politician churning out numbers, from RM50million in missing jet engines to RM 1 million (which we are later told that the actual amount was around RM500,000.00 based on the report of the two officers that are being charged in court).
It started out as RM50million and it gradually became lower.

What about other numbers? Most of the time it is about Ringgit and Sen. Here is another perfect example of how numbers are simply bandit around. But SPAD tried to justify the figures and used these numbers instead.

The point is, with the internet, so much can be said about so little.

The latest numbers bandied by the most efficient Chief Minister (and so they say). And how was he portrayed to have been key in the 'revival' of Penang?
'He has become the first governor in Malaysia to open up all state tenders to competition. This has entailed dismantling the special preferences for ethnic Malays that have underpinned the BN’s rule since the early 1970s.'

But did he really?

Given the latest tender results and how 19year olds are instrumental in getting RM1 million contracts, such is not the case.

In fact, the figures showed that only 0.2% of contracts that were awarded through Penang's open tender system was awarded to Chinese (RM700,000.00 from only two projects out of 968 worth a total of RM125 million was given out to Chinese). So who is telling the truth? The DAP state government, The Economist or what?

It would not really surprise anyone then given that CM Lim Guan Eng is one that shoots first then justifies later.

His latest magical figures are probably aimed at inciting more people to hate the Election Commissions, says EC deputy chairman Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar. Why?

In the latest salvo from Mr.Eng (at least, this is how The Economist would rather call CM Lim), he had claimed that there were 32,000 new voters registered in Penang from April to June of 2011. Sensing possibly that he was mistaken, LGE later revised the figure to 26,133 a day later.

It was later confirmed that ....The Election Commission clarified that it had displayed 25,558 names for the second quarter in Penang, of which 6,845 names were to be struck off, as they were no longer in the armed forces.

“Therefore, the actual figure of new voters and those who had requested for change of address in Penang is 18,713, and not 32,000 as claimed by the Chief Minister,” he said.

(read here for the actual report)

Its just so common isn't it, how politicians quote figures and then revise them or say that they have been misquoted. And if they get rapid fire reactions from their die hard supporters that fire away, they pat each other on their backs and say that they have the support of the rakyat.

Malaysians, should and must know by no how to access hard facts rather than accpet them wholesale from politicians. And the next time you see an official figure or fact, try not to discount it as propaganda.

For if you do, there will never be a stop to it.

Malaysian Insider: Next step is probably to go for MDLF assistance

2011-08-06T22:05:00.004+08:00

"The allegations by BN-controlled media that depict Christians as working hand-in-glove with communist insurgents and opposition politicians to topple the government of the day and supplant it with a Christian prime minister have stirred a storm of protests that saw thousands take to the streets in a public rally organised by electoral reform group Bersih 2.0 on July 9."

What is your take on this paragraph?

In its article "Christian charity conversion report a ‘conspiracy’, say PAS MP, priest" , the para above left me no doubt that Insider is trying to paint something that is not.

In the wake of the JAIS fiasco, where Selangor MB Khalid Ibrahim has issued a gag order, Malaysian Insider chose to speak to a Catholic Priest on a raid in a Methodist church.

Its as if one was to ask a Sunni Imam to speak on what is happening in a Shia Mosque.

In the weeks following my police report against 5xmom, I received both messages of support and condemnation. Needless to say, those condemning me outnumber those who support.
Am I bothered by it? Not the least!

All I am concerned is that elements like her do not penetrate into mainstream community which in turn might affect the security of the nation.

So, what has this got to do with the JAIS fiasco? Remember the likes of Khalid Samad, Theresa Kok, and other opposition lawmakers with the support of self proclaimed 'third force'?

Well, they have been doing their rounds in churches (for whose benefit is anyone's guess) and if you ask me, those who play with fire has to be prepared to get burned.

JAIS is absolutely wrong in 'raiding' the church, but so long as there are elements out there to exploit the church and churchgoers, then I suppose this kind of reaction is just a matter of time.

There should and cannot be extremism in any religion. By claiming persecution and calling on those of the faith to protect it is no different than a bugle call for attack.

Let's be reminded time and again that this nation is built on the differences that exist between us. We have long ago accepted each other, let not these elements which has reappeared recently come between us peace loving Malaysians, and if there are those who are bent on pitting us against each other, lets send them a strong message that they are not wanted anywhere in this land of ours.

And whilst all this is going on, PAS's Hassan Ali who openly supported the raid now has to gag himself before he and his Pakatan colleagues figure out what best and who best to say it.

If you still can't see it, let me then tell you that a senior member of DAP from the Silver State believes that' there is indeed a proper way to raid a church'. What a beauty, ain't it?

Follow the money - Pt 2

2011-08-04T10:08:00.009+08:00

"It's easy to invest in MDLF's work, providing independent news businesses with the financing they need to hold governments to account, expose corruption and fight for justice for all."

"Founded in 1995, MDLF is a New York-registered not-for-profit corporation with 501(c)(3) public charity status"

These two statements probably stands out the most in the MDLF website. Yet, it also claims to have returned millions in payment to investors.

In Malaysia, where MDLF claims there is no alternative 'dissenting voices' and that Independent news portals like Malaysiakini are " Then, as now, the government tightly restricted newspapers, TV and radio resulting in self-censorship and very little dissent. Malaysiakini took advantage of laws that protect free speech online and used it to provide a whole new world of objective news and opinion. As the sole independent news source in the country...."

"Whatever method you choose, you can be sure that you will be helping leading journalists in emerging democracies develop financially sustainable news businesses, free from government control and political interference."

So, with such 'noble' intentions, MDLF basically goes to a country listed on its scroll of "Media oppressed nations" and then dish out a million or two to these potential 'voice of freedom'.
And all this seemingly not expecting any returns (don't forget MDLF runs as Non-Profit organisation with Charity status).

In Singapore, TOC (The Online Citizen, I am sure would love to get some help from MDLF, but unfortunately due to legislation, any funding for an organisation deemed, I stand corrected, Political Association, is prohibited, and at best restricted to SGD5000, whilst it also must adhere to transparency laws by naming their staff and editorial personnel on their website) is an 'alternative' news site, and has recorded many hits.

I have met Leong Sze Hian of TOC, and must say that he has done his best to ensure that TOC does not open itself to government actions by following the rules set down for them (eventhough the goal posts keep changing). I am not 100% certain, but I could not find fabricated articles such as these on TOC.

So is is true then that there are angels (or demons, whichever side of the fence you are on) out there with millions to dish out just to give a dissenting voice to a Media Oppressed nation like Malaysia an alternative choice? Surely, it all points to that with MDLF, right?

Lets look back a little and chart the points where coincidental might just be intentional.

1999 - South East Asia Press Alliance provides a US100,000 Grant to Malaysiakini.com (someone was sacked in 1998, and more importantly a certain financial crisis hit the region and caused the Ringgit to lose significant value against the US Dollar, among others)

2001 - MDLF through CAMP (Technology arm of MDLF) paid Malaysiakini) PAID Malaysiakini RM188,000.00 for the development of an application. (Premesh Chandran in a statement in Mar 2001, revealed that CAMP - Centre for Advanced Media, Prague, paid Malaysiakini.com for the development of ADENGINE - Prem also refuted claims that the funds from CAMP or MDLF had in fact originated from George Soro's Open Society Institute)

2002 - MDLF invetsed a further RM1.3 Million in Malaysiakini.com

WHO IS MDLF?
Having established their intentions, perhaps we should take a look at MDLF
Their deep pockets are because the following are the current source for funds;
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
Bank Vontobel
Calvert Social Investment Foundation
DOEN Foundation
Dreilinden gGmbH
Foundation for Democracy and Media
Fritt Ord Foundation
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Omidyar Network
Open Society Institute
Oxfam Novib
responsAbility Ventures I
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Alexej Fulmek
David Haas

Didn't Premesh Chandran say that none of its funding was received from George Soros?
I have nothing against George Soros, but he was responsible for the 1998 currency crisis.
So, not only did he devalue our currency but he also gave money to Malaysiakini though another fund?

This is where you don't have to be a genius to see where the line crosses and what it tells you.

A simple look at the board of Directors also point to a very telling sign.
Two members of the board are the current President and Executive Director of, you guessed it, Open Society Institute.
A closer look at the past members reveal a former General Counsel to Open Society Institute. In his homepage he is listed as "After several years at HRW, he combined his expertise in tax law, including not-for-profit and financial transactions law, and became the first General Counsel to the Open Society Institute, George Soros' worldwide charitable foundation. In 1996 he joined the faculty of the Washington College of Law, American University, in Washington D.C., where he remains today"

My reading into this statement and the role of certain members of the board tells me something very different from what Premesh Chandran said.

I got in touch with the man who was accused of misinterpreting the revelation of Malaysiakini's funding. He is Desi YL Chong (Chong Yen Loong). Desi as he is fondly known to journalist was then News Editor of Malaysiakini, and questioned the essence of the breaking news.

The source of funding of Malaysiakini was first carried in Far Eastern Economic Review, in its article ' Levelling the field' in which it (also read here, here and here) pointed how George Soros was 'helping' independent media establish a foothold in Asian countries.

The storm that followed was concern enough that Open Society Institute issued a statement that clarified that it was not involved in direct funding of Malaysiakini. In the statement issued to then Managing Editor of FEER, Michael Vatikiotis, OSI had reiterated that it did not fund Malaysiakini directly or indirectly. It mentioned that it did however provided a stipend grant for an 'advisor' of the Committee to Protect Journalist that was with SEAPA. It ended with a statement that 'no funding whatsoever has been extended from OSI through SEAPA to Malaysiakini'.

None indirectly? I wonder how it classifies funding to MDLF, which in turned provided much needed funds to Malaysiakini.

Desi, when asked about the entire episode, had wanted to know what my story was about, and when I pointed out to him that I merely wanted to state the obvious, in which Malaysiakini had indeed receive funds from abroad, he was adamant that if I should quote him, that this would appear.

"when I insisted that Malaysiakini practised clear and transparent reporting as it had demanded, the source of funding must be clarified after Far Eastern Economic Review's story. However, one of my boss said that the funding was not classified as funding as it involved the 'purchase' of application that Malaysiakini was building. Back then when the currency crisis was in full blown, George Soros did not have many friends, and when it was later revealed that his Open Society had provided funds to MDLF, which in turn channeled money to Malaysiakini, that to me demands an explanation."

And when demanded in a closed door meeting, Desi was given the reply that "if we were to go public, that would be the death of Malaysiakini". In the aftermath, Desi was told that the only way for him to go forward was to leave Malaysiakini. He did agree to resign, but before submitting his letter of resignation, Prem Chandran had said that Desi had chose to ignore certain facts and his resignation was due to the fact that he (Desi) was unhappy over matters pertaining his pay package.

So, is it purely coincidental then that names such as SEAPA, OSI, MDLF should cross each other in the source of funding or is there more that meets the eye?

In 1998, the currency crisis was in full swing, along with that in the same year a certain high profile politician was removed from cabinet. In the years that followed, a certain 'Independent news organisation' was revealed to have received big sums of money from a charity organisation with Investors!!??

So is it purely coincidental that Malaysiakini's media school should feature such personnel?

Malaysiakini has pride itself as an independent news source, but judging from its history and source of funding, it is anything but that.

So, have you noticed that your new media lecturer holds dear to an organisation such as Malaysiakini, enough to write this? (given that Malaysiakini is a subscription based portal, funny that only such articles appear to be accessible,huh?)

They say the proof is in the pudding, I guess for those who truly believe Malaysiakini is independent, then please ignore the fact that the founder of MDLF said this.

Sorry, but who gave Malaysiakini RM1.58million again?

Malaysiakini and Susan Loone

2011-07-30T01:55:00.001+08:00

I received a voice message today from Susan of Malaysiakini this morning asking me to return her call.
It was followed by a text message from her a few minutes later.

As I was driving I said I would return the call later.

How could I have put it any gentler?

This is the same Susan Loone who insisted that she was not told of All Blogs when it first started though those present then including Zorro remembered her declining a nomination for pro-temp committee because she was based in Bangkok (around 2007).

And now she is back in Malaysia working for the 'credible' Malaysiakini.

Because they are so reliable, I guess its better that I answer them through my blog so that I do not get misquoted. (If you have read my previous post, you will understand why I chose not to answer her earlier)

Her questions that was emailed to me goes like this;

1. Why did you make the police report?
I am a peace loving Malaysian. I made the report after my request for her to retract her tweet on 'getting christians to march for persecution against the lord' was ignored.

2.What have you got against Lilian Chan?
I have nothing against her until her tweet. Incitement using the Catholic faith as an excuse is one thing I will not stand by as a Catholic.

3.How can you be the secretary of Blog House (an organisation set up to support bloggers) yet go after another blogger?
This has nothing to do with Blog House.

4.How can Blog House be a credible representative of the new media as proposed by the media council if it appears (perception is everything) to be intolerant of free speech?
Again nothing to do with Blog House. Funny she mentioned about tolerance and free speech. Does the Chief Minister tolerate staff members who incite in the name of religion? Free speech is sharing thoughts, not incitement.

5.Do you regret the problem you seem to have caused (especially that Lilian's iMac has been siezed)
Its not my concern whether the police want to confiscate her equipment. As it happened before to people I kbow, I wouldn't want to wish it on others. I am more interested to know that people who threaten the peace of the nation do not cause any more damage they have already done.

6.Isn't 'thinking' allowed in Malaysia? Chan Lilian said her tweets was merely her thoughts.
Do you honestly think that? Thinking not allowed in Malaysia? If its her thoughts, then I am sure the AG will not charge her, so no problem.

7.Whats your brief take on Allah issue, do you think this not a form of persecution on Christians in Malaysia?
More important for the bishop to answer that question. My appointment with him did not materialise. It does seem that there are quarters bent on making this an issue though it was never one to me. Tuhan, God, Jesus works fine for me. In Malaysia (and being bilingual in Malay and English, Arabic does nothing for me)

You may add any other comments if you wish to.
Malaysians must all take responsibility in safeguarding our nation. Todays environment is no reflection of my younger days. I was never thought to incite hatred.
I pray for Chan Lilian to find peace in her thoughts instead of one that asks Christians to take the streets.
Religion is a sensitive issue, lets make sure that Malaysia remains peaceful.

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Follow the money.....

2011-07-28T15:14:00.004+08:00

Every now and then, I get an invite to go back to school to learn and build applications from our friends in Malaysiakini.

Its not really too expensive, but its also not really affordable either.

However, the 'media school' that is being run by Malaysiakini seems to draw a particular crowd. According to a participant who got in touch with

me, their courses are quite informative and helpful, but ultimately appeals only to their followers.

Let's back track a little and see if you can understand how Malaysiakini has evolved from a 'news portal' to a media school.

2001 - Senior Editor YL Chong (Desi) resigned over a controversial RM188,000.00 deal between Mkini Dot Com and 'Media Development

Loan Fund' (MDLF)
Arising from that revelation (and denial by the manegement), it was later discovered that MDLF will emerge as 29% equity owners of Mkini Dot Com.

News Clipping of Desi's resignation

Now, this may seem like just an ordinary business deal, after all, everyone was jumping on the bandwagon of Dot Com companies back then.

But did Mkini Dot Com's Steven Gan and Premesh Chandran know about MDLF and what they stood for before that exercise? Surely, a suitor

of such a deal would have been evaluated and if there should be any doubts, made clear in order to be absolutely sure, right?

MDLF has a mission statement and one of those lines read ...a non profit investment fund that provides low-cost financing to independent news

outlets in "countries with a history of media oppression".
Another says "provide technical know-how to help journalists build their businesses around professional, responsible and quality journalism"

Nice. But here is the million dollar question. Who funds MDLF?

What do ya know? OSI - Open Society Institute is part of a group of financiers dishing out much required green backs to help these 'oppressed

media' (Question:If media was indeed oppressed here in Malaysia, howlah can Malaysiakini survive all these while? And if quality journalism is

what it inspires to achieve by helping journalists, then how could Malaysiakini publish completely false stories like this one?

OK. Lets forget about that for a moment and assume that I am making up all this. But how can anyone explain this?

In 1999, Mkini started with a grant of USD100,000.00K (RM385,000.00) from SEAPA (South East Asia Press Alliance) and a further deal to

'develop open source software application' for RM188,000.00 (with CAMP a technollgy division of MDLF). Mkini Dot Com received another

RM1,300,000.00 from MDLF in 2002. All these In exchange for (presumably) a 29% equity.

All this information is from public domain, but what they did not tell you is that the source of funding are suspiciously the same.

My point? With all this start up and new media school that aims to empower 'oppressed' people, are they hoping for a Myanmar, Egypt,

Thailand, Libya, Tunisia styled uprising? I wouldn't discount that.

Coming up next: Who's who in dishing out money to an 'Independent news portal'...

I can see clearly now. . . . that Bersih is gone.

2011-07-23T18:58:00.005+08:00

Not sure if you remember the words to that song (I can see clearly now the rain is gone...)

But whilst Bersih 2.0 is still busy getting pockets of their supporters to push for arrest showing up in public with their fancy Tees, most others have returned back to their day to day chores, and those who do can surely see their objectives.

Some are sure as hell as to the cause of the gathering -'For Free and Fair Elections'. Most everyone would have accepted this if it was clear from the beginning.

But from the moment Ambiga sold her platform to Pakatan politicians, she gave away her ability to speak apolitically.

I can surely see clearly now, after all I was there in Bersih 1, 2007. I walked because I believed that the electoral process was manipulated. The people I met seems to have thought the same too. Until the emergence of the opposition figures at the end of that march, and in one move hijacked the agenda of that first gathering.

But after that the 'Tsunami' of 2008 happened. 81 seats went to PR, we all know what happened next. In fact, back then when the election results was announced, those of us who gathered in the then Blog House, Haris Ibrahim included, could not believe our ears and eyes listening to reports and reading the incoming results. Seats were falling to PAS, DAP, and PKR (it wasn't till after the elections that they decided to call themselves Pakatan Rakyat). Not one single person in that room thought that the election was littered with fraud.

How could we? the opposition won an unprecedented amount of seats. Haris Ibrahim himself, now a steering committee member of Bersih did not question those results.

Fast forward three years later, and now as we all know it, Ambiga took to the streets despite being asked not to by HRH Tuanku Mizan. As a person who knows the law, she seemed to have backed down after the audience with HRH Tuanku, and when Khalid Ibrahim offered Melawati Stadium, it all appeared that KL would be free from the gathering that the business community was fearful of.

And now, as the Police reveal video evidence to refute claims of abuse and negligence, which clearly show them reacting positively to the illegal gathering, some are asking about Ambiga's motives.

My theory is that Ambiga had no other choice but to ensure that the gathering went ahead in KL. Why? Only she can answer that, but it seems there are already people who are on to her, those who know better of the motives of 'Open Society'.

And I think if you actually read this entirely, you might want to rethink the 'Fair elections' part too.

Because I was part of a group that engaged the Perak Branch of Election Commissions prior to the 2008 Elections, I did engage the EC again this time around and got answers to all questions posed by Bersih 2.0 in their meeting held with the EC last November. All information are now available on EC's website. Go read it.

So having got clear answers from the EC, I decided to check what Bersih 2.0 was hiding from you, those who believed that you actually walked for 'Free and Fair Elections'.

Spend a few more minutes, you will be surprised to find out which road Bersih 2.0 wants to bring Malaysia down to.....CLICK ON THE PIX FOR ALL YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT BERSIH

A report to die for

2011-07-22T14:40:00.002+08:00

So after the months of going in and out of the courtroom, the report on the Royal Commission of Inquiry has been submitted to His Royal Highness Tuanku Mizan.

Making it public is the only option and the credit must go the Royal Commission for completing the arduous task of unearthing the truth behind TBH's death.

And such, its not surprising at all judging from the response of Lim Kit Siang, Karpal Singh and those that reject outright the outcome of the inquiry, I can only conclude that DAP had from the beginning intended to prolong the issue of TBH's death.

Why? Karpal has now said that the Commission is inferior to the law.

To me Karpal has basically told HRH that his appointment of the board was BS.

And with that statement, DAP supporters have renewed their actions in politicising tbe TBH issue.

But didn't DAP called for the RCI to begin with?

No excuse should be given for the investigators who did not follow procedures in the first place.

So from today on, those that have been suspected of any wrongdoing can simply say no and protest their questioning, and tell the investigators that all questioning can only be done according to the mood of the suspect.

In my opinion,the whole affair stinks. From the existence of proof of payment and the acknowledgment of 'Ali Baba' contractors is evident that there was some form of manipulation.

The rest of the evidence merely points out the weaknesses of MACC and all things associated with the events that lead to TBH dying.

To me, now that the RCI has made public the report, we should all just go on with our lives.

Let me then tell you whats going to happen next;

1.DAP will still play this issue and try to get sympathy votes

2.TBH's sister Teoh Lee Lan will run as a DAP candidate in the upcoming elections

3.There will be more fundraising dinners for TBH's family which will help in Lee Lan's campaign

4.MACC officers named in the inquiry will meanwhile be facing legal proceedings

5.Ean Yong will carry on with his allocation for constituency work as to how its always been done

oh yeah. . . and the million dollar prize is all this is BN and MCA's fault!

Which Police would you prefer?

2011-07-19T09:36:00.003+08:00

The question again: Which do Police Force do you prefer?

One that gets illegal protesters of the streets?
or
One that is friendly (yet still take unruly protesters off the streets) but allows the intrusion of your personal space by allowing hackers to get data from your phones?

To accuse ALL our officers of wrong doing is like saying that people of a certain race are ALL drunks.

I confess that I do not think highly of our police officers, especially the sneaky ones that seems to hide behind pillars and trees to nab you for road offences. But all that changes when I met two separate officers from two different departments.

Both were diligent and polite, yet...human. Not the brutal 'nude squat' proponents that is being said of officers in PDRM. Nor the chota wielding head beating chest stomping officers that were present in KL during the Bersih 2.0 gathering.

In the recent disclosure and the aftermath of the phone hacking case in the UK, it will be naive to think that Police these days are incapable of wrongdoing.

The difference I guess is the severity of it.

Whilst the Police Commissioner of the London Metropolitan police is paying for his folly (and that of his men), ultimately, the wrongdoing of his staff in not acting against certain complaints came back to haunt him.

In Malaysia, meanwhile, amidst all that accusation of police brutality and wrongdoing, video footages appear to tell the story that every policeman on duty that day was dragging parliamentarians by the scruff of their neck and shooting at them with tear gas canisters (right to their faces, as claimed).

So, let's get to the bottom of it, and produce some hard evidence, and lets then get the IGP to take responsibility, shall we?

Two Wongs don't make one wight!

I mean two wrongs don't make one right.

Oh, just so I am clear, lets also ensure that those who perpetrated the illegal rally also get charged for disturbing the peace.

PAS for Everyone? or PAS FoOLS Everyone?

2011-07-19T08:54:00.002+08:00

Post 2008 - I was keen to find out what PAS MP for Shah Alam, Khalid Samad had to say when he visited my church in the days after the Tsunami of 2008.

He had a lot to say, and admittedly thanked those who voted for him, yet non committal to how the Church will grow post BN.

Fast forward 3 years later, and though now the church has a strong following of PR, nothing much has changed. We are still in that factory tucked away in the corner of Shah Alam, and when I confronted the YB on why he had agreed to help us fight for a better location, he said he committed to no such things.

Whilst he said he would help the church get 'rights' to conduct its ritual processions on the streets, that did not happen too. Our twitter exchange ended with him questioning my 'position' in the church, and finished by adding that he will not deal with me unless I am with the church council.

Let's take a look at what PAS stands for and how it has managed to convince (some) non-muslim voters that it has really made a change and now is the political platform for everyone.

That PAS has not made public its all time demand of a full Islamic state complete with its own version of Hudud is something we must all be aware of.

One of the most telling statement from Tun Dr Mahathir was when he reiterated recently that whilst he was PM he had openly rejected PAS's demand for Hudud simply because PAS had chosen to interpret it the way they saw fit.

A key example given was their insistence on the 'four witness' to a crime. How would one accuser such as a rape victim produce four witness to a crime that was perpetrated against her?

Though I know very little about Hudud, it does not take a rocket scientist to understand the implications of such demands. And as we now know, cases where victims pay the ultimate as it can bring death as a convicted adulterer.

So let's look closer at how PAS and its wanton wish of pressing ahead with clear community division issues.

If the claims that as a non-muslim must not comment on Islamic issues ring loud enough for us to shy away from it, now I too must demand that PAS and extremist Muslims must shy away from commenting on issues un-Islamic, such as alcohol consumption and gambling, and whilst at it, throw in the concert issue as well.

Let me be ABSOLUTELY CLEAR without a doubt THAT I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH ISLAM AS THE OFFICIAL RELIGION HERE IN MALAYSIA.

I RESPECT THAT so much so that even in RAMADHAN, I tend to be more discreet with my vices out of respect for my friends.

WHAT I DON'T respect is that PAS seems to deem it upon themselves that RAMADHAN is the time that they MUST IMPOSE THEIR OBSERVATION on ALL MALAYSIANS!!

First the ban on outlets that offer entertainment in Kedah. Though I hardly go to Kedah, I can understand the kinds of problem that would affect the operators, especially so because of the effects that comes with such ban.

Example, an outlet I frequent complained that its income fell over the 'Bersih 2.0' weekend from the usual RM50k to only RM18k. That is approximate 36% of what it collects usually!
So if such ban was to be imposed across the board, one can only imagine the repercussions and other effects downstream.

Malaysia prides itself on being a moderate Islamic country, with diverse cultural and racial composure. That it has emerged and maintained its peaceful atmosphere amidst serious damage of racial disturbance in the late 60s is telling of its resilience to such polarity that tears at the fabric of communal diversity.

Yet we are probably the only country in the world that aims to maintain that characteristic by providing vital ethnic based educational programs which has both its proponents and detractors.

Whatever said, ALL these make up the colourful cauldron of 1Malaysia.

What we definitely do not need are politicians who say one thing and do the next, and by calling for the cancellation of the MTV concerts due to take place soon at I-City Shah Alam, is just another act of 'showing' its ultra supporters that their lawmakers have not forgotten the 'jihad' of PAS.

It brings me to the day, in the old Blog House of All Blogs when I met Dr.Siti Maria, now ADUN of Kota Raja and offered to welcome her with a handshake. Her response, understandably due to her faith was expected, but when she told me the true reason for refusing my offer was that because she was a 'visible' PAS leader, and female too, she had to please her staunch supporters by not shaking hands with men for she will come under heavy attack from these supporters.

It didn't mean anything tom e then, but now seeing the true colours of PAS yet again, I dread to think what would happen and what choices I will have next time should they come into power.

Time and again, I am told by pro PR supporters that DAP and PAS play a game of check and balance, and that they will augur well for Malaysia.

I beg to differ. 53 years and counting of true check and balance and a great voice of its people with 6 Prime Ministers tell me that the spirit of the Alliance through BN will not fail.

PAS on the other hand tells us they are for everyone, but to me its more like fooling everyone.

On another note, Karpal Sinh did threaten to sue PAS unless it rescinded the ban call in Kedah, but what happened to the ban of lottery tickets sale which according to law is permissible?

What BS!

2011-07-14T15:07:00.003+08:00

What BS! Have you ever seen a man on neck brace move his head so much?

While Bersih tries their best....there are others too

2011-07-09T11:44:00.003+08:00

Whats in the electoral system that is dubious?

Phantom voters? (as explained by the EC, pre 2005 change of act, there were many cases where more than a few voters were registered to an address, and this was largely due to the fact that in most cases the registering agent of the day had conveniently lumped registrations onto the same address).

In fact, if one was reasonable, he or she can access these information from EC website. The EC had also printed out booklets addressing each of Bersih's demands.

But none was accepted by Bersih.

Instead, as you and I sit in our house all holed up (I am going out shortly though) and lapping through pages of pages of website and blogs, there are those yet bent on propagating the assembly and their call for Electoral Reforms.

Yet when asked, not one can admit that if there was indeed any fraud, the opposition would not have made the greatest gain in any of our 12 elections.

So the underlying question remains; Is this an Electoral Reform rally or Pro-Democracy rally?

In Al Jazeera, the scroll text claims 'Electoral reform rally' yet in their story, it's 'Pro Democracy'.
There is a big difference.

And what about the lead up story? Protest in Syria? Reform calls in Cairo?

For anyone not used to Malaysian politics, today's Bersih Rally will be lumped up with the People uprising in Egypt. It seems to them, 53 years of BN (an Alliance, not a SINGLE PARTY Government) seems just a tad too long.

No one talks about Singapore. And I am not asking you to, I am merely pointing out the obvious.

My point?

These 'electoral reformist' are the same that are shouting 'Jahanamkan BN' or bring down the government, yet after the 12th General Election where the opposition made their greatest accomplishments (81 seats out of 222 parliamentary seats) they are still saying that the Malaysian electoral system is full of fraud in favour of the ruling alliance.

Let's leave this for now, that I have made my point.

You will see the PSM logo, or the similarity in the picture above.

Now, a website had highlighted this. So does this mean if there is any truth in this?
Why had Ambiga of Bersih not tell of the NED funding earlier?

Did those who really think that they are in it for a real electoral reform call was actually free from any influence?

I am no International Policy expert, but having been in a committee of a pro tem association before, we had made the decision not to accept USD25k from a new media advocate. Why? We could not tell the source.

As in the case of Bersih, they chose to accept funding from an external source, and when push comes to shove, especially in today's rally, it can only be that there is external influence.

And if you care to check out the link highlighted above, you will KNOW for sure that those in Bangkok protesting are paid agents. Surely any MALAYSIAN would know if you want to ask Najib something, though via a placard, it did be Mr Najib, or Najib. Hell Jibby would do for those bent on poking him. But a 'MR ABDUL RAZAK'?? come on!

In today's day and age and access to the the internet, incitement and lies can go a long way.
All it takes is for one to step back and assess, and to rationalise.

It doesn't take long then to note that there are some very sick people out there who are bent on creating chaos. And for who's benefit? You can only guess......

A date with MCMC

2011-07-06T00:13:00.001+08:00

Update:Having been at the other end when a police complaint was made the last time my website was highlighting the matter of certain licensing matters, I now understand better how the system works.Today I had an appointment to meet an officer of the Multimedia & Communications Commission of Malaysia who was acting on a published article of my police report against 5xmom. That was supposed to take place at 2pm.It wasnt till 4pm that I finally met them. There, they explained why they needed to see me. I accepted their explanation and assisted the officer in matters pertaining to my earlier report.Its still early days yet. I guess I will have to do this a few more times. I wonder if the subject of my complaint will be required to do the same?The police report I made last week was one that I did with absolute belief that the authorities would investigate any attempt of incitement.

I have been receiving many calls both supporting as well as condemning my action.

Lets get this straight, its not about me, or me being a Catholic or Christian.

Its about what we as Malaysians must do to safeguard our country from extremists.

I gave 3hours of my life last week, and I will give another 3hours when I will be questioned and interviewed by the investigators at MCMC.

I will update my post after that.

Thank you for your messages both for and against.

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Don't push it

2011-07-01T17:44:00.002+08:00

A friend remarked the other day to an audience that he would have gladly supported Ambiga if she incited 100,000 to pick up pales and cloth to wash cars in order to raise money for a good cause.

I would too, and I am sure you would whether you prefer a yellow or red badge.

However, the moment you start to identify a political cause to it, then it obviously become.....political.

It does not take a genius to see the damage it has done to countries like Thailand, who until today are still picking up the pieces of the Red Shirt vs Yellow Shirt protest that virtually killed off Thailand Tourism (well, it took them 3 quarters to recover but yet the damage was there).
Yet in Libya, the battle still continues. (Police picked up some banners from a 'Bersih' gathering point that asked the public to revolt ala Libya)

Is this the way we want to take the country forward?

Much has been said about Najib and how he will destroy the country if he comes into power (there was a group who petitioned the King to interfere in his appointment). Najib has assumed power now for almost 2 years, ad we have seen positive changes vs the last administration, and Malaysia continue to grow despite all the doom and gloom in world economics.

Bersih 2.0 is nothing more than a desperate attempt to push the Government to wield the ISA. It does not help that the Home Minister has not been 'moved' to act against troublemakers, but worst of is the fact that the opposition lawmakers are openly defying the law in trying to coral public support.

Did you stop and ask yourself why now? Having produced great growth gains in trying times, Malaysia under Najib has won over many detractors. Anwar on the other hand has been tripping all over his folly. It really does not help the opposition if Najib calls for an election soon.

So out comes from the woodwork all those who crawled into it the last time around. Not only have they grown bg and fat from all the milking that has been going on, they have been fed the notion that the whole nation supports them!

This has gotten a mother of 5 , otherwise known as 5xMom both in her blog and twitter. She had twitted 'I think all Christians should march for all the persecution they had done to us and our lord' on the night of the 29th of June. I had seen that twit being retweeted, and am definitely disappointed that there are people out there who is happy to incite and blow up what Bersih has started.

What more if you work for a Chief Minister? Should we, the rest of us who want to move forward just stand by on the side and hope that the best prevail?

I can't. I stood by when I was demonised for 'switching sides', but I know myself better.

For one, I am a catholic, and WILL NOT ACCEPT that my religion is used by some to garner popularity in the name of religion. The line has to be drawn, and there are limits to what we can do. Inciting in the name of religion is not one of it.

I made a police report today, after my warning to 5Xmom to remove the tweet was ignored, and I guess now its time I did my part to debunk the notion that ALL CATHOLICS are off the view that we have been religiously persecuted.

I am appealing to all right minded (not like minded) people to think rationally and not react emotionally. Malaysia is OUR COUNTRY, and do not let the likes of Ibrahim Ali, or Ambiga and those bent on tearing Malaysia apart for their benefits to prevail.

This is OUR COUNTRY. There is no need to take to the streets to defend it as THERE IS NOTHING TO DEFEND IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!

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Bersih, a gathering for what?

2011-07-01T14:01:00.002+08:00

When it reappeared on our radar screens, Bersih had reinvented itself as Bersih 2.0. Similar demands but for electoral reforms.

Although the last 12th GE proved that Elections in Malaysia have proven to be still free and fair, there are groups such as Mafrel (granted observer status bythe Election Commission, but chosed not to follow procedures laid don, such as failure to provide independent non-partisan report and making statements durig the process) who claim that elections in Malaysia are tainted.

No proof. mere allegations.

What then is the real intention of the Bersih organisers?
a.Electoral reforms?
b.Political Statement?
c.Causing Chaos?
d.Incite racial and religious?

I did be careful to answer that if I had not seen what the opposition was capable of.
I had sensed it in Sibu, seen it in Kuching, and if there are any more doubts, let it be put to rest now.

In my previous postings (in which I came under intense criticisms) I had made it clear that a 2nd part was to follow. Despite getting some inside information on who is who in the Roman Catholic archdiocese and how certain Priests are out to make political statements, my appointment with the Archbishop could not be confirmed. So I shall spare the details of that follow up.

But for now, let it be clear that not every Catholic in Malaysia share the same bigoted statement by those hell bent on politicising the church. If there are Catholics out there inciting others, let it just be known that its their intention to take the 'battle of good over evil' as they see it. NOT EVERY CATHOLIC SHARES THIS VIEW.

Precisely why the rest of us who think rationally MUST PREVAIL and stop these bigots from using God, the church and the congregation in what can only be deemed as Opposition Politics.

What happened to Middle Malaysia, of moderation?

A few nights ago, one of CM Lim Guan Eng's staff had saw it fit to jump on the bandwagon (despite normally blogging about her mundane life) of Bersih 2.0 by calling on 'all Christians to march for the persecution 'they' had done to us and our lord'.

If you ask me if there are any persecutions, I would fault it on a former Education Minister who removed the Cathechism classes and replaced it with POL. Are there any other? There is talk of crosses being removed from church buildings, and I challenge those who accuse the government of having an official policy on this.

But to incite ALL CHRISTIANS to march and turn a gathering into a religious one? What is she thinking off? More importantly, what has CM Lim Guan Eng been talking to his staff about to bring about these kinds of attitude? All these simply points to the 'Christian Nation' issue recently as not being far from fiction!

We must all behave responsibly, and making such reckless remarks hardly qualifies one to work for a Chief Minister! Especially if one is in his 'Media team'.

I have asked for a retraction, to which she brushed off.

I now want the police to investigate this, and to charge her for seditious statements, and use her as an example to others that we cannot take National Unity for granted. As long as there are those out there who think they can get away with this, then we must all be vigilant in safeguarding this nation we all love.

To incite and divide is hardly an act of allegiance to Malaysia!

Bersih 2.0, a costly remake with same cast

2011-06-29T11:33:00.006+08:00

Time and again, we are drawn to the movies for a remake of an old movie, only to find it not as good as the original.

The upcoming Bersih 2.0 walk is probably going to be the same.

Yesterday, I received an alert via FB that Bersih 2.0, The hard truth, was going to be held at the Loyar Burok office, and Haris Ibrahim would have been presenting the hard facts.

Flashback: 2007, 10 November. We gathered at Central Market annexe and was to be part of the Bersih walk. Then, Haris was adamant that the walk was apolitical. Strictly for Electoral reforms. That no politicians would hijack the walk. We did what we did, and made our way to the palace. (the rest is history, as out of nowhere popped Anwar, Sivarasa and a few others) There was also mention when RPK sms'd saying that the King had sent a whole armoured division to 'protect' the rakyat.

The hard truth?

Bersih represented by a group including Ambiga had met with The Election Commission on 9th of November 2010. They presented a 15 point memo titled 'Malaysian Civil Society's Memorandum on Electoral Reforms in Malaysia (2010) presented to EC, initiated by Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections 2.0 (BERSIH).

What are the 15 points?
1.Automatic registration
2.Lowering of voting age
3.Absentee voting for all
4.Indelible ink
5.Constituency Redelineation - Minimising gerrymandering
6.Minimising malapportionment of constituencies
7.Contestation and Media - Meaningful campaign period
8.Free and fair media access
9.Election finance - control of party expenses
10.Public Finance of party expenses
11.right to contest election after resignation
12.Administrative neutrality
13.Restoration of local government elections
14.electoral administration - full judicial scrutiny on election petitions
15.Right to observe elections
The memo carried a list of 70 NGOs, never mind those not registered, but call themselves NGOs.

I thought that some of the demands were indeed reasonable, but it would be too subjective to start naming them, as your opinion will definitely defer from mine, and mine from his, etc etc.

So it was rather surprising then to find that the EC had in fact addressed the points raised by Bersih.
However, what was said by Ambiga was that the EC had turned down their requests and had purportedly send the proposed changes to Cabinet, and that it was the cabinet that had turned down the change, insinuating that the EC was a tool of the government. Truth? EC never even 'submitted' any change request!

Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof, in a briefing had made it absolutely clear that the EC is no tool of the office, and he had never once received any interference to his running of the EC. His team has spent much time preparing a note to expand on the actual demands of Bersih which can be put to this.

For example, some of the changes requested by Bersih would mean a need to change the federal constitution, e.g lowering of voting age. even the Indelible ink that was requested by Bersih would need a change in the constitution, as it clearly spells out those that are NOT ALLOWED to vote, and people with ink on their fingers is not one of it. Aziz also made it clear why the initial importation of ink was a faux-pas of the past admin.

Having met with the officers, i am confident that they are executing their duties to the best of their ability. I cannot explain how in some cases BN seats went to PR, and PR seats went to Bn in by elections. Ican only surmise that it's voter sentiments.

And what about phantom voters? Technically, I am a phantom voter. Yes.

You see, the law provides that you must be living in the same place you are registered as a voter (living more than 3 months), and your address must be changed to reflect that. Only ADUNS and MPs are given some relieve as to their address of residence, and that too there are other requirements.

So, living in Kelana Jaya now, and having lived in Subang Jaya before that, staying registered in Subang is actually a no-no.

As to Azmin Ali's assertion that the Ec has allowed 6 phantom voters in his mother's house? Prior to 2005, the registration of voters was carried out mostly by voter registration agents (currently to increase voter registration, the Ec has appointed many different bodies as agents, and this include political parties and NGOs, incidentally RM1 is paid out to each successful registration).

Unlike now, the agents prior to 2005 had mostly done block registration, enabling them to register voters simply by having their ICs checked, and address listed. The EC then had no inkling of the actual address used.

In other words, as long as you have an IC, the address listed in the registra may not reflect the address on the IC. This is the problem, and having to clean up the list would actually mean a physical check into these adresses. Removing the names is another issue, as then the Ec would be accused of removing opposition supporters, or even BN supporters from the gazetted electoral list.

You see the catch 22 the EC is in?

So, tirelessly, the administrative duties of the EC is an ongoing non stop process where it conducts investigations into allegations, such as this one from Azmin Ali. Do you know what else? Azmin's family itself practises phantom voting, as apart from his mother, his brother and sister too does not live there! Ironic isn't it?

which is why the Ec has been actively promoting the notion that as long as one has registered as a voter before, one should make it a point to check their address to ensure that they are listed in the place where they should vote. This way, by pro-actively being involved in the process of renewal, an updated list can be more reflective of those eligible to vote. (to check your registration go here)

Now, if we all can be rational and look at this objectively, we can all avoid the Thai situation. Isn't it?

So why did I say its a remake, Bersih 2.0? MCLM President, Bersih 2.0 steering commitee, Benar, SABM, People's Parliament, what else? Same-same lah......

Has Tony gone too far?

2011-06-28T17:41:00.002+08:00

Brunei's top social media practitioner seems to think that Air Asia may have gone too far with this.

Some time not too long ago, Tony the Tiger was all riled up too when Air Asia used some 'white man' mambo jambo in an ad referring to a ditect competitor.

I wouldn't want to piss off the man who gave the title Royal to his tiny but wealthy nation's airline, if I really want to have long term business benefits from that country.

Then again, I am no Tony Fernandes.

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Our country's sovereignty ..Only questions or simply no need for questions?

2011-06-24T08:19:00.004+08:00

It came as a big shock to me.

According to Defense Minister Zahid Hamidi, our sovereign skies (or so we thought it to be) have been violated by our neighbours not once or twice, but 2058 times!

Unlike your house and even if your neighbour sends his remote control plane overhead, you can just knock on his door to stop him from buzzing that electric engine overhead!

We are talking about the mean lean fighting machines!

In fact, one does not need to go back further then 5 years to remember about 'our incursion' in to 'their waters' which resulted in us losing some rocks to them.

Let me get this right then. We send our ship some nautical miles into what we thought was a permitted light house on some of our rocks, and that resulted in us losing it in ICJ. They come flying into our airspace for some 2058 times, and its ok?

MP Rembau Khairy Jamaluddin rightly asked the questions that brought this to light. But is asking questions merely enough?

Or is this 'Private Khairy's' assertion of his boyhood dreams of man in guns and uniform festering into genuine questions that is aimed at the Minister of Defense that is a precursor to his real ambitions?

And how is that we have allowed this to repeat 2058 times without even a question or even a note to the High Commission of the need to keep our space from being violated?

Do you view this as a test of our system or a systematic encroachment of our skies that has other sinister intentions? or merely an annoyance?

As for me, I think that whats ours must be kept that way.

Curiously though, none of our Members of Parliaments are even concerned about these repeated violations of our skies. DAP who are normally very vocal in so called national issues are suddenly as quiet as a mouse on defense issues. MP Tony Pua had shown in the past of his interest in military hardware has suddenly lost his voice. I hope that this does not signal some questions of loyalty, having made his money from Singapore, and now when our sovereign skies have been encroached on, diam diam ubi sahaja!

PM Najib has done well to ease tensions with his counterpart PM Lee Hsien Loong, and both Malaysia and Singapore had inched ahead in bilateral relations. But that really does not mean that they can send their F16s, F5s and whatever else over our skies as and when they feel like reliving the need to play Lieutenant Maverick!

I think Najib should reconsider Zahid's position too. What kind of Defense Minister do we have who did not react to these violations?? Khairy for Mindef???

PATI - Pendatang Asing Tanpa Izin

2011-06-10T02:43:00.002+08:00

Each time I come across a group of foreigners, especially those who speak with a different twang (where Chinese are concern) I ask myself if the Malaysians who are employing them deserve to be called Malaysians?

I have had my brush with the law when two Indonesians with permits were working with me on a small house renovation project, but because they were permitted to work with the company tasked on a development, they weren't allowed to work in any other area, or for that matter different companies.

Back then, a local company hiring foreigners must show that their paid up company was above Rm1 million (or so I was told). I often wonder how many of these building contractors meet that requirement.

That is a different issue. 2 years back, I blogged about maids running away, and how my own maid (when I could afford 1) and another that was employed to look after my dying aunt, began to exhibit strange behaviour and making strange excuses that resulted in us buying them return tickets to Indonesia and never heard from them again. Of course, it was much later that we learnt that some of my mums jewelry took a walk too.

That got me to start a blog called 'runawaymaids'. Perhaps I may have started it out of anger and frustration, more so when a commenter had insisted that our family had lost 'the human touch'.
I am certainly not here to justify that, but I am sure that many of you know of friends that have had experienced their maid running away.

From official figures, I am to understand that there are at least 350,000 maids in our country. So if you can imagine that 50 percent of those had run away before, that would mean there are 175,000 of them out there doing god knows what.

Recently, there was a near riot when a Bangladeshi labourer made a pass at a Vietnamese woman in a textile factory, and that caused an uproar. Just imaging these many illegals out there that are keeping their countryman 'happy'! The point is there are just too many of them around, and if this little exercise of mine can create some sort of awareness, then this is my form of national service.

Also, as a reward, the first arrest and deportation of an identified illegal immigrant through this blog will be rewarded with RM500! Hows that??

So go to this link and post your comment, or if you already have pictures of your runaway maid, tell your story. Immigration might just be calling you next to tell you that they already have her in their custody!

Here is 80 sen

2011-05-26T13:40:00.005+08:00

I have two follow up postings which I intend to complete, for the two has gotten your response both for and against, and by far the most by my standard. I will surely do that post in the days to come.

But in the meantime, here is 80 sen from big brother. why 80 sen? According to BFM radio (quoting a source) the cost of subsidy from the Government is 80 sen for Ron95 petrol.

Noel (the female presenter on BFM) was her usual cynical self, and questioned the 'about turn' by the government to not press ahead with the price review, whereas her co-presenter (I think its Khoo) played the good cop by saying that the price increase had to be stayed because it might contribute to inflation.

As well informed and being level headed Malaysians, shouldn't we consider the external elements that have caused the price of oil to balloon to the current levels?

It is one thing at being critical of the government, and another for objectively doing so.

Let us ask ourselves if we are ready to bite the bullet. Shall we?

How many of us actually tell ourselves that we should cut down on unnecessary travel?

And having complained of 'low quality' local made cars, are ever so quick to go get one so that life can be more convenient? Isn't that an attribute to living the life in Malaysia?

Here I readily admit that my car is a necessary tool for me, as my work involves a fair bit of traveling with no specific schedule. As such, I am prepared to pay for fuel so long as my income allows me to do so.

I recall not too long ago, when my wife had to take the train to work and back, because we were a single car family. My sister still takes the train when she travels to KL daily for work and back. But apart from that, how many of us rely on the trains?

I was at the bus stand yesterday along Puchong, and found that the passengers were mainly foreigners (or appear to be so) apart from the few chinese faces (which could also easily mean they are chinese illegals), so it is safe to say that the public transportation is in need of serious upgrade.

But wait. It has undergone tremendous improvement. Are you aware of that? No? Can't blame you.

I was oblivious to it too.

The point is this, petrol consumption in Europe has fallen in tandem with the increase, meaning Europeans accept the fact that price of oil can no longer be relied to be at the levels that they are comfortable with.

Yet, back home, we are ever so ready to 'hantam' the government, and when its time for us to accept the real price of petrol, we go on about how subsidies MUST be kept at the current levels.

I for one think that the subsidies must go, and by increases like 10 sen, for a 50 liter tank, that is RM5.00 per fill up, multiply by 8 fill ups at the station for average users, is RM40.00.

RM40.00 may be devastating to a single income family, but which single income family have a 50 liter tank to worry about?

If public transportation that has undergone changes and improving by the day, why are we still reluctant to use it?

Here is my challenge. Come join me on a trip via rail and road. Lets see for yourself what kind of transformation has taken place, shall we?

I have with me materials predating Rapid KL, and I am sure if you see for yourself, you too will agree that change has happened to the public transport system and the only thing left to change is our mindset.

But if you still want 80 sen from big brither each time you go to the petrol station, what more can I say?

which Malaysian are you?

2011-05-22T10:25:00.001+08:00

I got a call from my daughter's school the other day and the teacher on the other end of the line told me that my elder girl (11 years old) was selected to represent her school for a camp in Kelantan.

My initial reaction was how she would react to it, not whether it was gonna be ok or not for her to be away from us for days while her teacher's concern was if I would give her permission to go.

Today, at church I was pleasantly surprised that the visiting priest had said that whilst some have opinions of their own, religion freedom is pretty much how one chooses to see ones own. If their faith is strong enough, having one's church anywhere is good enough for its not the physical sense we should be concerned about.

Which brings me back to the title of this posting.

Which Malaysian are you?

Are you the type that would encourage your friend to stay on abroad after their studies so that they can have a new life?

Are you the type that would shun any attempt at nation building just like you do at the National Service camps?

Are you the type that would tell your children that they should not befriend their classmate because of their different belief?

Or are you the type that silently agree to the ways and means introduced to bridge the gap between Malaysians of different ethnicity?

Why is it that we are so readily to accept dining on different cuisine yet so indifferent to our fellow Malaysians of different culture?

There will always be extreme elements in society, but to simply generalise these elements as 'agencies' of the government, whilst encouraging public dissent to confront the law is simply irresponsible on the part of those inciting.

Are we ready to embrace the nation and set aside our prejudicial ways?

I do not see anything wrong with MINORITY groups like Perkasa voicing their concerns for Malays nor do I see anything wrong with Chinese lobby groups for Chinese education to stay. For if Hindraf did not blatantly lie about 'ethnic cleansing', they would have got my support too.

In my observations, the people whom I engaged in different issues almost completely believe in the information they received from unofficial sources.

For example, the Lynas issue would mean for them what was being said by pressure groups, and for as long as someone was arguing for Lynas, they would have been bought. Never mind official responses from government as they too are branded as lies. Someone up there is making money from this.

So, do you fit into this category?

Have we forgotten that this is indeed a democratic country and that we all did our part in the last elections? With that, this country has to move on.

I guess before I get carried away, all I am saying is, start looking a things positively and do your part. Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for her.

Just Friday, a day after I got the call, Cikgu Habsah called again to say that my second girl aged 10 will also be selected for the camp. She thanked me for saying yes, I guess this because others have said no. Naturally as parents, my wife voiced her concern for safety. I believe that both the education ministry and teachers know their responsibilities.

I know my children will learn something from this, and get a sense of pride when told that their effort is for building a better Malaysia for themselves not us.

Why not us? Some of us have already given up hope as Malaysians, choosing to badmouth a young country like ours, whilst some are more focussed on ensuring that Malaysia remains behind in the region.

But yet, there are still some of us who are committed to this Malaysia we all come to love and call our home.

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Bloggers for Blogger

2011-05-16T20:32:00.007+08:00

Blog House Malaysia launches B4B=KERP fund to help a fellow blogger.

I first met Kerp sometime around 2008. If my memory still serves me right, it was at the garden deck of the apartment complex in which he stays. His neighbour is Bernard Khoo a.k.a Zorro Unmasked, and it was Bernard who introduced me to Kerp at a gathering.

It was much later that I started reading his blog, and his column in the Malay Mail.

When I moved in to the same complex, I had helped him set up his wireless router.
The last time I saw him was when we met at the Celcom Blackberry launch in Sepang International Circuit, to be exact, the 2009 Petronas Malaysia GP. He had a great time there, and he told me about it.

It was the week of the 1st MARBC last month when Rocky told me that he had invited Kerp but he could not make the luncheon, and then the bad news followed.

I have been through bad times, but none of it comes even close to Kerp. We spoke last night, and he sounded tired, from the many trips, I presume going back and forth to the hospital, and being strong for his sayang too, I guess.

B4B is our CSR of Blog House Malaysia, if you can look at it like that. The committee met on the 4th of May, and this is part of a fund we talked about and approved. We call it 'Bloggers 4(for) Blogger'.

You may not know us, and that is not important. What is important is that you know what little help you give to Kerp will surely ease his burden that little much more.

You can do your part by;

Carrying a similar post reflective of this posting
Banking in your contribution to MAYBANK - acc No – 1642 5846 2732 AHMAD DANIEL SHAH B SHARANI.
Sending an email on your contribution and amount to mybloghouse@gmail.com so that we can update Kerp of your contribution (and keeping a countmeter as well!)
As we are aware that some people may take advantage of the situation, always point your posting links back to www.bloghousemalaysia.com website

Click here to for Blog House Malaysia official post
Kerp blogs here but understandbly, he has been unable to keep it updated

Church in Politics or Politics in Church?

2011-05-09T19:12:00.006+08:00

If asked if I am a godfearing Christian, I would readily admit to it.

I have been attending Cathechism (for Catholics) since I was old enough to read, and would be at best, an average Catholic. In my formative years, church was the Holy Rosary, a quaint church helmed mostly from time to time by Mandarin speaking priests who originated mainly from China.

I can recall having some angst against the government at some time in my life, mainly so when I was out of school. No activism, no rebelling, just some degree of angst. The only time I ever got involved was the lead up to the march 08 elections. Heck, I even contributed during the 2008 elections, and as I have oft repeat myself, but since then I live with the change I got.

I recall attending many masses and completing them (which would mean having attended mass from beginning till end) as long as the priest was preaching the word of god. And when I got married and moved to Nilai, I attended mass in Mantin, where Fr Martin Lam chastised the congregation whenever they were more concerned with anything other than church.

When I moved back to Subang Jaya, it was regular Sunday Masses at the Chapel Kurnia Kristus (CKK as it was known). At CKK, vsiting priest would conduct mass, and church volunteers would set up the multipurpose hall (which included Badminton courts) before mass starts. Often, if the hall was used for some private function on the Saturday before, you would see baloons and other stuff hanging on the walls.

But although I am a devout catholic (to some degree) I would often feel really uneasy when the priest in attendance would chide the Prime Minister or even the government, generalising at times. In fact all the time. How the word of god is equated to Government and Tun Mahathir is beyond me, but it seems it is a very Christian thing to do, preach against the government. When that happened, my family and I would simply walk out of church. Politics to me should be kept out of church.

But during the lead up to March 08, I took it upon myself to get some signatures from church going members for some petition that was lead by Harris's People's Parliament (for the life of me, I can't remember what the petition was about!!). Taking the cue from Augustine who got some 500 odd signatures from St Francis Xaviers, I offered to take it to my church. The response was pretty good.

At that time (and till present), I started going to a proper church nearer to home (Church Of Divine Mercy was officially opened in 2005). Perhaps due to the awakening of the congregation or the after effects of March 08, the incoming priest, Fr Paulino Miranda, had become more 'political' perhaps with his regular visits to Malaysia Today, and his regular meetings with Terence Fernandez, Teresa Kok and even Khalid Samad.

Church of Divine Mercy made breaking news when then newly elected MP Khalid Samad and his team visited and addressed the crowd of about 300. It did not matter to those present that Khalid Samad had insinuated that the government, in particular, then Deputy Prime Minister was somewhat responsible for the death of a Mongolian (go and do some homework and search for my-blogtv, the recording is still online), but the flavour of the day then was to 'embrace' PAS with open arms for the change we all desired.

I guess, Fr Paulino had something to prove, and he was subsequently arrested for public disorder at one of the many candle light vigils that pro-opposition NGOs are now known for. (I attended at least three of them prior).

Fast forward, and then in April last month, the Sarawak elections was held. In fact, no one can argue that the opposition had won mainly on the votes of the chinese community (whether they be Christians of buddhist or free thinkers). Better yet if you can look back to Sibu, prior to the Sarawak State Elections.

Did you ever wonder why the DAP campaign was so affective?

Through the likes of NGO's that are so called non-governmental, the DAP lead teams were able to penetrate into these groups by holding 'meet-the-congregation' sessions, that evolved into lecturing why they should reject BN and the component parties. There are also convenient 'register the voters' campaign alongside these sessions, seemingly to empower the recently-aware-politicos why they can now pursue that change, it seems.

Harris Ibrahim and Kee Thuan Chye, alongside Teresa Kok made their rounds to my church. I did no go for that session, as I was already privy to the kind of speech that they are capable of, thanks to my involvement prior to 08. Aptly titled '2 years on, what next?'. The message Harris choose to deliver goes something like this.

But Harris is no politician. Kee Thuan Chye may have developed a strong sense of hate against the government as he may have felt that he was made a victim of sorts from his days as a journalist, but he is no politician either.

Teresa Kok is the politician, and so is Khalid Samad, and as long as they take politics to the church community, then it is matter of time such posting like this appear. And who can blame them? In my church alone, Fr Paulino had at times supported the call for the PM being a non-Malay. I am not sure if members from the congregation would recall it, but I certainly do.

I was not privy to what happened in Penang. Of course, who am I anyway? The point is so long as politicians play on the naivety of the congregation, be it in churches or Mosques (as these are possibly the only two religions that have 'sermons') and using gods name to deliver justice, it seems, then it would be a question of time when sensitive questions come to the fore.

Therefore, IMHO, the Church should keep out of politics, and the Politicians too should keep out of churches (if they want to preach) fulfilling one's religious duties is a different matter.
The church is the house of god, and please keep god in mind, not DAP, or PR, BN or UMNO!

p.s, when I confronted YB Khalid Samad on his intentions to look into a proper church (and not one that is built in the corner of an Industrial park) he had said that he made no such promises. I beg to differ, I do have the recording. Just so to jog his memory, he did say that he will defend the right of churchgoers in CDM to have a proper procession around Shah Alam on feast day. Has it happened yet, 3 years on? NO!