Of NS N31, imported maids and ...

It must be Ramadan ! When one is supposed to build up one's piety and shore up one's patience in the month of Ramadan, for some that is not the case. Few names have been circulated as potential BN candidate soon after Allahyarham Azman Mohd Noor's burial.

For the time being, Isa Abdul Samad, ex-NS MB and ex-cabinet minister, is the forerunner together with his son Mohd Najib. Sensing victory this time, even wanita UMNO vice head, Kamelia Ibrahim, is urging the party leadership to allow wanita UMNO to be UMNO/BN candidate. It is expected that UMNO Teluk Kemang division will submit its candidate list for NS MB's consideration after the divisional meeting to be held on 10th September 2009.

Meanwhile the EC will meet on 14th September 2009 to fix the dates for nomination and polling for Bagan Pinang by-election.

As I see it, the chances for Isa Samad ending up as UMNO/BN candidate for this by-election is remote or rather very remote). Although Isa is currently the Telung Kemang division head and Bagan Pinang is part of Teluk Kemang division, choosing Isa Samad as UMNO/BN candidate will be another unnecessary suicidal move by UMNO/BN. Unless someone out there relishes the idea of killing Isa Samad's political life in NS.

This is a seat that UMNO cannot afford to lose. Not because the seat is critical to the state government but it should be a seat to be won by BN. A seat where BN leaders can start trumpeting the victory for days to come. For such a long time, BN has been facing defeat after defeat that maybe some of BN leaders has forgotten how to trumpet victories.

For that reason, UMNO cannot afford another Rohaizat nor UMNO has the comfort of putting "tunggul kayu" as their candidate. As it is, Isa and his son, Mohd Najib, can temporarily shelve the idea of becoming UMNO's candidate for Bagan Pinang. If both of them still insist, then they are doing PR a big favour by giving PR the political ammunition to shoot them and UMNO down, as proven in Permatang Pasir.

With Isa and his clan out of the way, UMNO NS will be left with 4 chieftains to deal with ie Mohd Hassan, KJ, Rais and Ishak Ismail. Rais may want to promote himself in NS but his past association with semangat 46 and his past relationship with one Mokhtar Hashim will weaken him. So, again, it is best for Rais to sit this one out.

As for Ishak Ismail, consider him as one of the vanishing dinasours of UMNO's past. Although he is the UMNO Seremban division head, he has lost his aura when he was not chosen to contest in 2008 GE. It is better for him to head for the nearest retirement home.

KJ should play smart this time. His win in Rembau in 2008 is suspect so it is better for KJ to play second fiddle in Bagan Pinang. Let the big boys slug it out and KJ to reap their fruit of labour. With the major players out, Mohd Hassan will has the liberty to push forward his choice. And Mohd Hassan's choice will not come from Wanita UMNO wing nor will it be from the UMNO youth. Unless, MOhd Hassan purposely named a youth leader to stand in Bagan Pinang and pass all the bucks to KJ should UMNO/BN lose the seat.

Mohd Hassan is sitting on a sure-fire situation and he can't afford to lose Bagan Pinang. Not when KJ is looking hungrily at the MB seat.

Enough of that. Let's go to another issue which will be haunting most of the middle class household. That of foreign maid.

Of late, our friendly southern neighbour across the Straits of malacca is demanding tha maids from their country should be paid a minimum of RM 800 per month wage. This is outrages.

Maybe the government can tolerate it but it is doubtful that average Malaysians can afford to pay the minimum wage. And since malaysians could not afford to pay the minimum wage, why not open the doors for Myanmar, Cambodian, Vietnamese, Bangladeshis to come in as maids? Their pay is lower, and with training they can outperform the maids from across the straits. Vietnamese are fast learners and they can adapt to Malaysian household in no time.

The point is, if they are playing "hard to get", then why not shift our focus to other frienly nations? I am sure they will be more than willing to provide training for the maids before they are sent over to Malaysia.

This way, one day in the future, noone can claim that Malaysians are brought up by them. Some cases are sensitive and before the sensitivities hit us, why not we take the preventive measure and source our maids elsewhere.

And whistt we are at it, why didn't our neighbour from across the straits stop and think for a moment - is this what they want? Are they implying that Malaysia is dependent on them? Malaysia has choices to make and why ot Malaysians make a choice to stick by the present rate and that means RM 800 minimum wage will be returned to our neighbour.

Malaysia has so many untapped labour and maybe with a litle bit of diffiulty, we can still get local maids to do the chores.

NS N31 or imported maids, the issue is simple and the solution is out there in front of our eyes...

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Piawaian 1 Malaysia untuk seksyen 23...

Nak tulis salah, tak tulis pun salah. Walau apa pun, perkara itu telah berlaku. Tak mungkin kita dapat memutarkan pusingan jam untuk merubah apa yang telah berlaku...Berat mana mata memandang, berat lagi bahu memikul...

1. Nak tulis salah, tak tulis pun salah. Walau apa pun, perkara itu telah berlaku. Tak mungkin kita dapat memutarkan pusingan jam untuk merubah apa yang telah berlaku...Berat mana mata memandang, berat lagi bahu memikul...
   
2. Apa yang telah berlaku dalam perbincangan antara peduduk seksyen 23 Shah Alam dengan MB Selangor? Malaysia dikejutkan dengan tindakan biadab segerombolan manusia yang mengaku diri mereka Islam dan berketurunan Melayu.
3. Video selama 7 minit merakamkan detik memalukan itu yang diketuai oleh beberapa peserta berketurunan Melayu dan beragama Islam apabila :-
   • gerombolan tersebut memaki dan mempersoalkan tindakan MBSA kerana pada mulanya menghalang dua warga emas dari menyertai perbincangan tersebut;
   • gerombolan tersebut terus mengejek MB Selangor, MP Shah Alam dan ADUN ketika majlis dan memaki hamun mereka;
   • salah seorang dari gerombolan tersebut menarik kebelakang kerusi yang ingin diduduki oleh seorang penduduk berketurunan India menyebabkab beliau jatuh keatas lantai;
   • gerombolan tersebut terus menerus mengecohkan perjalanan majlis;
   • gerombolan tersebut tidak menghormati bulan ramadan dengan mengeluarkan kata-kata kesat terhadap kepimpinan negeri;
   • gerombolan tersebut tidak memberi peluang dan ruang untuk hadirin berhujah dengan cara ilmiah mengenai isu perpindahan kuil dari Seksyen 19;
     

4. Itu di Seksyen 23 Shah Alam. Pada hari yang sama, HINDRAF menganjurkan nyalaan lilin di Kuala Lumpur yang berakhir dengan 16 peserta ditahan PDRM.
5. Video selama 9 minit menunjukkan :-
   • rata-rata perarakan nyalaan lilin disertai oleh mereka yang berketurunan India;
   • lebih kurang 50 orang menyertai perarakan nyalaan lilin tersebut;
   • perarakan tersebut dijalankan sejurus lepas waktu maghrib (berbuka puasa) dibulan Ramadan;
   • sepanjang perarakan tersebut, peserta menyayikan lagu tamil (?);
   • PDRM telah memberi amaran secukupnya sebelum bertindak menahan sebahgian dari peserta perarakan nyalaan lilin;
     

6. Walaupun kedua-dua kejadian berlaku jauh antara satu sama lain, ianya berkaitan dengan isu yang sama iaitu isu cadangan perpindahan kuil dari seksyan 19 ke seksyen 23. Selain dari itu, kedua-duanya zahir dari apa yang telah berlaku pada 28hb Ogos 2009 dimana sekumpulan penduduk seksyen 23 telah berarak kebangunan kerajaan negeri Selangor untuk membantah cadangan perpendahan kuil tersebut dengan membawa kepala lembu serta memijak-mijak kepala lembu tersebut. Barang diingat bahwa lembu merupakan haiwan suci bagi penganut ajaran Hindu.
7. Yang jelas, didalam laungan "1 Malaysia", Malaysia masih terumbang ambing dalam mencari identiti.
8. Gerombolan seksyen 23 membuktikan keujudan perasaan "ini tempat kami!" dan "Kalau kamu nak, pergi cari tempat lain". Gerombolan ini mungkin terlepas pandang atau lebih mementingkan diri sendiri. Islam mengajar umatnya bertoleransi dan menghormati agama lain. Apakah pendirian gerombolan ini selari dengan kehendak Islam? Kalau tidak, dimanakah silapnya?
9. Sekilas pandang, seksyen 23 Shah Alam merupakan kawasan perumahan pertengahan dan didiami oleh mereka yang seharusnya berpendidikan tinggi. Malangnya terbukti bahwa pendidikan tinggi tidak semestinya selari dengan nilai hidup yang tinggi. Gerombolan ini telah menjatuhkan maruah mereka yang tinggal di seksyen 23. Gerombolan ini lebih mementingkan perjuangan politik mereka dari hidup dalam masyarakay majmuk dari pelbagai anutan agama.
10. Sekiranya gerombolan ini begitu berkeras untuk menidakkan hak agama lain, adalah lebih baik bagi gerombolan ini memilih menduduki kawasan simpanan rezab Melayu kerana yang pasti kawasan sedemikian akan didiami sepenuhnya oleh orang Melayu beragama Islam.
11. Atau apakah gerombolan ini tidak sudi menghuni dikawasan perumahan rezab Melayu kerana bimbang nilaian hartanah mereka tidak tinggi? Dan bimbang kalau-kalau perbuatan mereka mencemar kesucian agama Islam dan mungkin ditegur oleh penduduk setempat?
    
12. Dalam masa yang sama, tertanya juga adakah gerombolan ini terdiri dari ahli-masjid? Sekiranya ya, tidakkah mereka mengetahui bahwa pihak masjid telah mengadakan perbincangan-perbincangan dengan penganut Hindu dan secara amnya telah bersetuju dengan cadangan pemindahan kuil tersebut dengan kedudukannya dialih sejauh 50 m dari tapak yang dicadangkan? terbaru, kenyataan ini terbukti ada unsur kebenarannya apabila Khalid Ibrahim menyatakan, selepas satu lawatan tapak yang diadakan pada 7hb September 2009, bahwa cadangan tapak kuil adalah di seksyen 23 dan terletak kira-kira 400 meter dari tapak cadangan asal. Agaknya, apa pula alasan yang akan diutarakan oleh gerombolan dari seksyen 23 nanti?
    
13. Kalau gerombolan ini bukan dari jemaah masjid, dimana tempat mereka berkumpul? Tepuk dada tanya selera...
    
14. Tidakkah gerombolan seksyen 23 prihatin dengan keadaan yang dihadapi oleh penduduk Islam seksyen 19? Atau memang benarkah bahwa gerombolan seksyen 23 ini lebih mementingkan diri sendiri? Cuma gerombolan itu saja yang dapat menjawabnya.
15. Apakah ini piawaian 1 Malaysia yang ingin diketengahkan oleh gerombolan seksyen 23?
    
16. Berbalik pada perarakan nyalaan lilin yang dianjurkan HINDRAF. Setelah dikecam hebat oleh masyarakat terhadap PDRM yang gagal mengambil tindakan ketika perarakan kepala lembu dijalankan pada 28 hb Ogos 2009, PDRM telah mengambil langkah pro-aktif dengan mengambil tindakan terhadap peserta nyalaan lilin di Kuala Lumpur.
17. Walaupun jumlah peserta yang hampir sama, iaitu seramai 50 orang, PDRM memilih menahan peserta nyalaan lilin. Munkin bagi setengah pihak ini merupakan "double standard", ianya satu tundakan yang wajar.
18. Peserta nyalaan lilin sememangnya tidak menghormati bulan Ramadan dan memilih mengadakannya sejurus selepas berbuka puasa. Tidakah penganjur faham bahwa sebilangan besar anggota PDRM beragama Islam dan kerana program HINDRAF, mereka terpaksa berbuka dilapangan kerja?
19. Selain dari itu, ianya juga menunujukkan kebiadapan HINDRAF yang memilih lagu Tamil ketika berarak. Apakah penganjur tidak mampu memilih lagu Melayu (Bahasa Malaysia) yang sesuai? Apakah penganjur cuba menyalakan api keturunan dalam perarakan nyalaan lilin tersebut?
20. Harus diingat bahwa perarakan tersebut dianjurkan oleh Waymoorthy yang berada di London dan menggunakan P Uthayakumar dan tunang beliau. Apakah matlamat asal mereka?
21. Kedua-dua perhimpunan yang dibincangkan berkait rapat dengan cadangan permindahan kuil ke seksyen 23. Jelas sekali bahwa sebahgian masyarakat yang mengaku beragama Islam masih tidak memahami sikap toleransi yang dibawakan oleh Mohamad SAW.
22. Ia menunjukkan bahwa kita belum bersedia untuk berbincang dengan cara ilmiah atas cadangan yang dikemukakan oleh pihak berkuasa. Ada lagi diantara kita yang merasakan bahwa mentaliti "konfrontasi" dan mentaliti "ugut" boleh menyelesaikan masaalah. Sebenarnya tidak. Ia menunjukkan kebodohan gerombolan seksyen 23 dalam menghadapi sesuatu isu.
23. Secara ikhlas, didoakan agar penduduk seksyen 23 yang lain tidak berpendirian sebagaimana gerombolan seksyen 23 ini.
    

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Al- Fatihah : Azman Mohd Noor

Bagan Pinang state representative, Azman Mohd Noor 55 years of age passed away this afternoon.

Our condolence to the family. Al fatihah

For teaser, please note that the postal votes for Bagan Pinang is 4,925 which is up and over the 2,333 majority.

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Of Negaraku, Balinese pendet dance and Norman KRU...

I have said my piece, let me hear yours...and see how patriotic you are in defending our pride, Malaysian pride...

1. Remember "withering patriotism"? It was posted on 27th August 2009.
2. At about the same time, our neighbour Indonesia protested that the Balinese pendet dance featured in tourism promotion meant to showcase Malaysia is not Malaysian heritage but Indonesian heritage.
   
3. It was shown over Discovery channel under "enigmatic Malaysia". It was later discovered that a Singapore-based production house produced the showcase advertisement and commissioned by KRU group.
4. On this matter, KRU group should be responsible for the mis-information. Although it is produced by Singapore-based production house, it is KRU group's responsibility as they were the one commissioned to do the job. Is KRU group saying that they do not vet through the content of the promotion? Did the Ministry of Tourism officials vet through the promotion? Did discovery channel vet through?
5. It looks like nobody bothers to vet through and just pass it on for screening. Who gives the green light to go ahead? Government officials? or KRU group? Are all of them mere "postmen" who just pass the tape around? Is that the standard operating procedure of KRU group and Ministry of Tourism when it comes to promoting Malaysian? Is this the level of patriotism in KRU group? Or are they only interested in getting the payment?
6. What irks this writer more is when Norman who is the President and CEO of KRU group claimed that his parents are descendants from North Sumatra. What has that got to do with promoting Malaysia? Just because Norman is a descendant of Sumatra does not give him the license to use Balinese Pendet dance in the promotion and in the process drew protests from Indonesia.
7. And it gets worse...on 29th August 2009, an executive from a recording company claimed that Malaysia's national anthem "Negaraku" is similar to a keroncong song "Terang bulan" written by Bandung essemble in 1956.
8. What the executive is implying is that Malaysia took the song from Indonesia. However RPK refuted the claim and pointed out that "Negaraku" is actually taken from a Hawaian song "Mamula moon". It also means that the Bandung essemble also took "Mamula moon" and change it to "Terang bulan".
9. For the record, "Mamula moon" is recorded in the 40's which is 10 years before the Bandung essemble.
10. It is also said that the original tune of "Negaraku" originated from the Seychelles, way back in the 1800's and was first hummed in Malaysia in 1901 by Sultan Idris of Perak as Perak's state anthem.
11. That said, it is clear that the record executive from Indonesia should do more homework before accusing Malaysia of taking an Indonesian song as the national anthem. Why? Because it is not good for the relationship between Indonesia and Malaysia. Whilst we are on the same subject, maybe the record executive should tender an apology to Malaysians for his oversight...
    
12. As this is not enough, about 30 Indonesian students took matters into their hands on 1st September 2009 when they pelted Malaysian embassy in Jakarta. Not only that, they attempted to raise the Indonesian flag on the embassy's gate.
13. All this because of a song? and a genuine mistake from Singapore-based production house? And what did our Malaysian students doing? What is the action of UMNO youth? What is the action of PKR's youth? In short, what is our reaction?
14. Are Malaysians still bog down in trying to outwit each other? Hey, wake up..GE 12 is more than a year ago. For now, we should be rising as one team - team Malaysia to defend our national anthem. Yes, our national anthem is taken from some other song BUT it is not from "Terang bulan". It is either "mamula moon" of Hawaii or some song from the Seychelles. You pick your choice. Either way, both songs were produced way before "Terang Bulan" and in fact "Terang Bulan" adapted "mamula moon".
15. As for the tourism promotion, someone up there should better explain. One thing for sure is that Norman does not represent Malaysia and he should be accountable for the glaring mistake done through Discovery channel.
16. I have said my piece, let me hear yours...and see how patriotic you are in defending our pride, Malaysian pride...
    

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Yang dikejar tak dapat, yang dikendung berciciran...

The Merdeka sales are on, Merdeka spirit ?

Orang tua berpesan, jangan sampai "Yang dikejar tak dapat,yang dikendung berciciran". Namun sebagai makhluk politik peringatan yang tua diketepikan demi mengejar mimpi dan impian.

Bagi Najib, kejayaan beliau merampas kembali Perak dari PR memberi kepuasan yang tidak terhingga dan kini beliau telah berubah arah dengan mensasarkan Selangor sebagai negeri PR kedua yang akan tumbang. Itu harapan beliau sebagaimana yang telah diwar-warkan secara terbuka. Itu kata Najib.

Najib mungkin merasakan masanya sudah tiba untuk memberi tumpuan mengambil alih Selangor setelah kerajaan PR Selangor dituduh bertubi-tubi bahawa:-

1. ada dikalangan ADUN Selangor yang mempunyai masaalah sosial;
2. penyiasatan rasuah terhadap ADUN DAP melemahkan kerajaan PR;
3. masaalah dalaman diantara PAS dan DAP mengenai penjualan arak dikawasan majoriti Melayu;
4. masaalah perpindahan kuil yang tidak dapat ditangani dengan baik oleh PR;
5. masaalah dalaman diantara PKR dan PAS mengenai kedudukan kerusi MB Selangor;
   

Samada tuduhan tersebut benar atau tidak sudah tidak relevan lagi. Selagi Najib boleh menanamkan perasaan syak wasangka, itu sudah memberi ruang untuk BN bertindak di Selangor. Kehilangan ADUN Pelabuhan Klang mungkin menjadi permulaan gerakan Najib untuk mengambil alih Selangor.

Bagi Najib, sekarang merupakan masa yang paling sesuai untuk menawan kembali Selangor sebelum kerajaan PR bertapak lebih kukuh di Selangor. Cara yang paling sesuai untuk menjatuhkan kerajaan PR selangor ialah dengan melaga-lagakan parti-parti PR dengan menanam rasa syak wasangka serta dalam masa yang sama menggunakan jentera kerajaan untuk melemahkan semangat pekerja parti PR dengan mengada-adakan tuduhan-tuduhan yang mencemarkan integriti wakil rakyat PR.

Dalam masa yang sama, Najib sedang bermain mata dengan negeri-negeri Malaysia timur apabila beliau melantik Idris Jala sebagai menteri penuh di JPM yang akan ditugaskan untuk menjaga KPI. Aneh bin ajaib. CEO MAS dilantik sebagai menteri tetapi terpaksa pula melapurkan kepada seorang lagi menteri iaitu Koh Tsu Koon. Pernahkah ada seorang menteri melapurkan kepada menteri lain? Kenapa tidak dilantik saja Idris sebagai timbalan menteri?

Bercakap mengenai Sarawak, apakah Najib sedang mempersiapkan Idris untuk mengambil alih Taib Mahmud? Perlu diingat Taib Mahmud tidak lagi bersemangat untuk meneruskan tugasan politik beliau. Justeru itu, Najib perlu menyediakan pengganti Taib yang bebas dari masaalah politik bagi BN terus berkuasa di Sarawak.

Namun pencaturan Najib kali ini tidak mendapat sokongan padu dari barisan kepimpinan UMNO yang lain. Najib sekali lagi melupakan jasa UMNO Terengganu dalam mempertahankan maruah UMNO pada PRU 12 yang lalu. Terengganu sudah kehilangan 2 kerusi timbalan menteri apabila Dato' Razali meninggal dan Wan Farid tewas dalam PRK yang lalu. Tetapi Najib masih tidak melantik mana-mana pemimpin UMNO Terengganu untuk memenuhi kekosongan tersebut. Apakah Najib dengan sengaja membiarkan UMNO Terengganu dibawah kepimpinan Hishamuddein terkapai-kapai? Adakah ini caranya Najib menghukum cakap-cakap bahwa 9 ADUN Terengganu dari UMNO akan berhijrah ke PR? Apakah akah terjadi pertukaran kerajaan di Terengganu? Yang dikendung berciciran?

Barang diingat, Najib tidak boleh terlalu leka dan berpegang kepada perumpamaan "Kokok berderai-derai, ekor gelumang najis". Mungkin ADUN UMNO Terengganu hanya mengacah dan menjenguk peluang di PR tetapi segalanya mungkin. Pada zahirnya, kemungkinan 9 ADUN UMNO Terengganu untuk berhijrah adalah teramat nipis tetapi tidak mustahil. Cuma, sekiranya penghijrahan itu menyebabkan kerajaan BN Terengganu tersungkur, apakah pihak istana akan mengiktiraf "kerajaan baru" di bawan kepimpinan PR? Atau akan berulangkah kemelut politik sebagaimana di Perak?

Dalam keterujaan Najib bermimpikan Selangor, beliau seharusnya merasa lega kerana pihak SPR telah memutuskan ADUN Kota Seputeh Kedah masih kekal. Ini mengelakkan dari Kota Seputeh dari berhadapan dengan PRK kerana buat masa sekarang PRK tidak menyebelahi UMNO. Dikatakan juga bahwa perancangan Najib untuk mengambil alih Kedah melalui penghijrahan ADUN PR dengan dimulakan dengan ADUN Lunas kurang menjadi. ADUN Lunas tersebut hanya mengisytiharkan keluar PKR tetapi buat masa ini gagal mengheret bersama ADUN PR yang lain untuk menumbangkan Kerajaan PR Kedah.

Yang hairannya, Najib begitu beriya-iya merancang untuk mengambil balik negeri-negeri PR dibawah kepimpinan PKR atau PAS tetapi sunyi apabila berhadapan dengan negeri PR dibawah pengawasan DAP. Adakah Najib gentar dengan DAP? Atau adakah Najib sekadar "juara kampung" yang hanya berupaya membuli negeri-negeri dibawah kelolaan PAS atau PKR?

Kembali kepada tajuk, adakah usaha Najib "mengejar" Selangor satu realiti atau hanya sekadar mengejar bayang-bayang?

Lebih dari itu, Najib seharusnya mengambil seikit masa untuk mengkaji kedudukan UMNO/BN dalam percarturan politik semasa :-

1. sudahkah Najib membuat benteng pertahanan yang kental untuk menahan kemungkinan penghijrahan beramai-ramai (dianggarkan 9 orang) ADUN UMNO Terengganu kepangkuan PR?;
2. apakah UMNO bersedia untuk terus kalah dalam PRK yang akan datang?;
3. apakah Taib Mahmud bersetuju diganti dengan kepimpinan baru di Sarawak?;
4. apakah UMNO masih boleh berdiri gagah apabila MCA dan MIC sekarang sedang menghadapi kemelut politik mereka?;
   

Najib harus ingat bahwa adalah lebih baik bagi beliau berkerjasama dengan kerajaan-kerajaan negeri PR dari mengambil sikap pertembungan. Sekurang-kurangnya Najib kini memegang tampuk pemerintahan diperingkat Federal. Seandainya Najib tersilap langkah, tidak mustahi bagi PR menambahkan negeri-negeri dibawah penguasaan PR. Untuk itu, paling baik menjaga negeri-negeri dibawah pemerintahan UMNO/BN dari "tang dikejar tak dapat, yang dikendung berciciran"...wallahuAlam.

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Of team MIC, MCA EGM and ...

H1N1 scare + Ramadan = small scale celeb at Parliament house (31st Aug 2009)

1. Now that Merdeka celebration is over, the rakyat has been loaded with extra burden of increases in petrol price, bus fare, taxi fare - what else is new?
2. Two of the original UMNO's partners in Perikatan will be having their own "Merdeka bash" in September.
3. MIC will be going first with their party election on 12th September 2009. Samy Vellu is currently touring the country with "team MIC" promoting G Palanivel for MIC's no 2 spot together with "preferred list" for VPs' and CWCs'.
4. Along the way, Samy Vellu labelled those not in his "preferred list" as part-time leaders. Samy says :-
   • get rid the party of "part-time" leaders;
   • not to elect leaders who come to MIC HQ to spend time signing cheques and documents;
   • elect service-oriented, capable and dedicated leaders;
   • MIC is not an entertainment club;
   • he will work with G Panivel on political front;
   • VPs' to implement party policies with the help of the government;
     

5. As for Samy, he may be thinking of getting hold of his Tun-ship soon now that there is a vacancy at Tun level with the demise of Hamid Omar (al-fatihah). Then, maybe Samy Vellu will be overly-satisfied and willing to let go MIC to the younger generation. But don't expect a tame affair during MIC's election for 2009-2012 office bearers.
6. MCA, meanwhile is going for another explosive finale of the never ending saga of President vs Deputy. This time, it will be Ong TK vs Chua SL.
7. Although the Presidential council has unanimously agreed to sack Chua SL, there are genuine attempts to reinstate Chua and put Ong's head on a platter with 5 EGM resolutions :-
   • no confidence vote against Ong TK;
   • revoke Presidential's council (or any other council) decisions to sack Chua SL;
   • reinstate Chua SL as MCA's deputy president;
   • reject any appointment by CC for party posts, including deputy prior to EGM;
   • reject disciplinary actions against those who supported EGM;
     

8. Ong TK himself has also initiated move on his own calling for EGM. However, Ong TK has not set the agenda of his EGM. Whatever it is, the EGM will be held within 30 days from 31st August 2009. And that, my friends is the Merdeka spirit of MCA...
9. Whichever way you look at it, MCA is going to split in the middle and this will benefit PR to no end...
10. That's not all...UMNO, the "superglue" that holds Perikatan and later BN together for the past 50 years is also on trial here.
11. The 28th August "cow head" incident will not be let off easy. Although police reports have been lodged and the police promising swift action due to the sensitivity of the case, Hishamuddein still wants to come out tops by agreeing to an appointment with the "residents representatives".
12. His reasons?
    • the residents have seek an appointment with him;
    • police are still conducting an investigation;
    • police probe has to be completed before arrests can be made;
    • police will take actions against anybody who have affected sensitive issues BUT need to be fair to the residents concerned;
      

13. Can someone enlightened me here? Is Hishamuddein the MB of Selangor? Can he make decisions where the temple will be relocated? Can he make decisions whether the temple will be relocated? Can he pardoned those who raise sensitive issues?
14. If he can, why not Kg Buah Pala residents make an appointment to see Hishamuddein? They want to stay in their village and fear eviction by the developer.
    
15. Since Hishamuddein loves appointment, why not Kuantan syariah court meet him on the caning sentence? See whether Hishamuddein can carry out the caning sentence for syariah cases himself?
    
16. And whilst we are at it, why not the Kedah residents who are against the abattoir relocation makes an appointment to see him? Let's see what he wants to say then? Will he re-locate the abattoir to a new place? Will he re-erect the abattoir at the old place?
17. Hishamuddein is eating more than he can chew and soon he may suffocate on his own doings...
18. Hopefully, 2009 Merdeka will give Malaysians the true independence from the gang of three ie UMNO, MCA and MIC. If Japan can dream of life after LDP, why not Malaysians advancing without UMNO, MCA and MIC?
19. Que sera sera....
    

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Of Ron 95 "ayam pencen", "Bollywood" Kg Buah Pala and...

Dataran Merdeka 31st August 2009

1. This time, don't blame the government (sigh)..Malaysians have been forwarned sometime in May 2009 that the petrol price will be going north again.
2. As though to prepare the rakyat to handle the crunch, the Government promised to introduce RON 95 petrol which can be used in most cars (except the high performance cars) at the rate of RM 1.80 per liter, which is the same price as RON 97 (before 1st September price, that is).
3. Right on the dot, the government efficiently announced the price increase on 31st August 2009. That's the Merdeka present from the government to common folks like you and me...
4. Everything seems to be on cue, isn't it? No, it is not!!!
5. Way back in May 2009, if I can remember correctly, the government mentioned that RON 97 will increase from RM 1.80 to RM 2.00 per liter. But on August 31, the government officially announced that RON 97 will be selling at RM 2.05 per liter. That's a difference of 5 sen per liter.
6. Further, when I followed my friend to fill up the ptrol in Petronas on 31st August 2009, under Primax 3 is a small sticker stating that that particular station is selling RON 95 petrol. The price on 31st August 2009? RM 1.80 per liter!! I am not sure if Petronas has been selling RON 95 Primax 3 before but in previous filling in Caltex, RON 95 was selling at RM 1.75 per litre.
7. So tell me...is Petronas selling RON 95 fuel at RM 1.80 all along? Is this what our National Petroleum agency is selling us or are they shortchanging us, the rakyat???
8. It looks something like 1998 when times were bad. That's when the night markets introduce a new version of ayam known as "ayam pencen". Basically these were "expired eggs producing chickens" which were sold at RM 5 per bird compared to RM 6.30 per kilo for normal farm chicken.
9. You can still get a chicken at cheaper price but you may end up with some broken tooth whilst consuming them. Is this what the government is doing to us? Introducing RON 95 which is basically a new product name but Petronas may have been fleecing the consumers at RM 1.80 per litre price since who knows when?
10. And since we are still at Petronas...what happens to the oil royalty claims of Kelantan? When is the federal government going to decide? Najib's slogan of "Rakyat didahulukan, prestasi diutamakan" is at test here. When will Najib "dahulukan rakyat" Kelantan? or is Najib bent on "utamakan" BN's performance in Kelantan? For the sake of the nation, Najib needs to break down his own "ego-wall" and give Kelantan its dues...
    
11. Whilst we are talking about petroleum, after the weekend holidays celebrating Merdeka, the consumers will be feeling empty pockets now when rapidKL fare increase takes effect today too. No more return trip for RM 2. It now cost RM 2 one way. In short, 100 % increase.
12. What about the stage coach? I bet consumers will be feeling the crunch soon with Ramadan month and Raya coming. And we haven't touch the taxi fare yet...That's the Merdeka present, courtesy of Najib.
13. Up north (again), there'll be 2 Bollywood scripts in the making. One will be in Perak when PR's speaker is calling for assembly sitting on 2nd september 2009. I am not going to dwell on Perak's fiasco this tiome around...my only hope is that those who are responsible for the comedy of errors to make it right. Be it the yellows, the blues, the greens or the reds... and I am pretty sure they know who they are and who I am talking about...
14. Kg Buah Pala is the "Bollywood" script I am talking about.
    
15. On 13th August 2009, all vested parties in Kg Buah Pala has agreed that Kg Buah Pala will be torn down on 1st september 2009. The date was agreed after the stand off between the developer and Kg Buah Pala villagers on 13th August 2009.
16. Along the way, Kg Buah Pala residents failed in their bid on 21st August 2009 to get application for leave to appeal from the federal court.
17. Based on the agreement that the residents will vacate Kg Buah Pala on 31st August 2009, the developer should be moving in to tear down the village anytime after that. That' s the agreement.
18. Now it seems that the villagers are changing their stand again. They are not moving out and instead :-
    • wanted a secure compensation agreement from the developer;
    • claimed that the state government has yet to issue a demolition order to the developer;
    • villagers feel insecure with developer's offer of double storey houses;

19. This is pure "Bollywood"!!! When the issue first broke out, symphaties were with the villagers. However, when the villagers tend to ask more and start dilly dallying, that's the end of the straw.
20. First, the land does not belong to them. And the developer has been kind enough to bow to the State's government request to offer double storey house to the villagers but do the villagers accept it? No!!! they demanded more and claimed that the houses are too small and they want their extended families to be offered the houses as well...
21. Then, they go around selling their pitiful stories to the political parties and then paint sorrowful stories. To me, the villagers minds have been clouded and think that this is Bollywood.
22. Honestly, theGovernment has been patient enough to deal with them. If this happen in the east coast, the villagers will be long gone and the leaders charged with seditions.
23. Say what you want but I think Kh Buah Pala residents have been asking too much...out of nothing. To me, take what is offered because the land doesn't belong to them in the first place...
    

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