what is there to worry....

'We cannot afford mess up in Penang'
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I refer to the above interview and here are some excerpts from YB Jeff Ooi:

The Challenge

“The state ministers - the excos - some of them have not even had the experience of running a company, let alone running a state portfolio. So that is what we are worried about, the lack of experience, and this could be a target of attack by the opponents.”

The Sabotage

One of the key things that we saw was the dissolution of the Penang Tourism Action Council. I think Penang is one of the four (states) where the tourism action council MOU (memorandum of understanding) is being withdrawn and the fund is going to be channeled through federal agencies.

Number 2, there was a wildcat decision by RapidPenang - the Khazanah-owned bus company - to withdraw their regular schedule of making stopovers at Komtar - a hub for commuters - without pre-informing the state government.

Number 3 was basically the Labour Office releasing information about the retrenchment without pre-informing the government as well. So these are the type of the rough edges, which if not managed properly, could be interpreted as the new government having no capacity or capability to run (the state).

Dear YB Jeff Ooi,

The Rakyat had made their choice for a sweeping reform and entrusted all their hopes onto you and your fellow Pakatan Rakyat colleagues to bring about changes that are beneficial to the rakyat and country itself.

We have gone through decades of bad governance where our rich resources have been continuously raped and wasted through corruption. Needless for me to elaborate further as the rakyat has awakened to the fact that our country have been ruled by people who only know how to play politics and mislead the rakyat for their own selfish needs.

So your concern pertaining to lacking of experience at exco level need not arise. Furthermore, to rectify this setback, the state government has already move in a positive manner by organising in-house training to improve the quality of its staff.

All those actions taken by the federal government against the Penang state government are issues beyond your control. CM Lim Guan Eng had on numerous occassions extended his intention to work hand in hand with the federal government but his good intentions was met with further sabotage.

So, what is beyond our control we just let go of it and work within our means. Let the rakyat be the eyes to judge. As long as Pakatan Rakyat runs the state government in good faith that is, for the interest of the rakyat and country, BN is doomed for sure.

Pakatan Rakyat rule can never go any worse than what we had for the past 4 decades.

Drawing of salary is acceptable to the rakyat. And if the performance warrants a bonus, it is also acceptable to the rakyat.

Meanwhile, just concentrate on your responsibilties to your family and the country.

ANAK BANGSA MALAYSIA

sufiah story made many fools.. haha!!

KUALA LUMPUR, April 10 - Malaysian ministers, deputy ministers, and other bureaucrats are making a beeline to London to help maths-genius-turned-hooker, Sufiah, with her high sex drive.

The former and current Ministers of Health have released a joint statement saying, 'We believe that we can understand Sufiah's positions better and, maybe, let her know our positions as well by having a face-to-face meeting with her. We understand that sex is essential to good health and as the current and former health ministers; we believe that no one can provide Sufiah with better health education. Anyway, a high sex drive is not uncommon and we look forward to helping Sufiah with her problem, together, if necessary.

'The Education Minister and his cousin, the DPM, are also traveling to London to meet Sufiah.

'We actually tried to make an appointment with her for Saturday night but it seems that our boss has got in ahead of us. She'll only be free on Monday, so we'll be looking to spend some quality time in Soho until then - all expenses paid by our ministries, of course,' said the Education Minister with a smirk on his face.

'We intend to get to her bottom, I mean, the bottom of her situation, and convince her to work in Malaysia. We feel that she has many of the right attributes that can ease the pressure on hard things,' he added while moving his hands around in his pockets.

The Rural and Regional Development ministry is also sending its minister, Muhd. Muhd. Taib to meet with Sufiah.

'She's a smart person. We think that she can contribute some ideas to the rising decadence in the rural areas of Malaysia. I hope to see her back in some rural area in Malaysia. I also hope to see her front. I believe we can come to some natural position that is best for both of us,' said the Minister with a big grin on his face. 'Besides, she can help me with my maths as I'm always confused about the amount of zeroes behind the 1 I can carry overseas.'

The Tourism Minister is also one of those who are looking forward to getting some know how from Sufiah.

'Have you seen the state of Malaysian bushes? I've seen my fair share of bushes and I can say that they are a disgrace? How can we attract tourists with bushes like this? She keeps her bush nice and trim and we need to know how to do that to get more tourists for Malaysia. I'm going there to gain some first hand experience in bush trimming from her. I'm sure that once I get my fingers wet in her bush, she'll even volunteer to come to Malaysia to help in our bush trimming efforts.'

When asked if the Agriculture Minister was not a more suitable person, she said, 'Trust me. I know bushes better than him.'

It is believed that some of the Malaysian politicians who had lost in the last General Elections had already met up with Sufiah to get her expertise.

'She is really an act of God! I used to have plumbing problems but she just orally taught me how to solve my problems,' said one former minister who requested anonymity.

A MAS spokesman said that flights to London are all fully booked for the next 2 weeks.

university malaya racist cry...

The context of the memorandum (translated)

"Therefore, I as the Head of Graduates of University of Malaya would like to advice all our fellow graduates of University of Malaya to combine forces and prepare ourselves together with all the necessary knowledge and preparation before we continue our fight in the actual battle field. This advice implies mainly to our Malay Graduates. We must treasure the sacrifices made by our ancestors which tried so hard to ensure that Tanah Melayu (Malay Land) is free from the intrusion of alien races. We must not fall into the category of those who forgets their roots until they will be taken over by other races. Graduates must prove themselves that we are capable and the best choice to take over the throne of governing the country in the future. This implies with the theme of MPMUM Progressive, Dynamic, Professional. There is nothing more important that can compared to our always-sensitive and improving Graduates. I also would like to advice all Malay Graduates to prepare ourselves in facing all sorts of unpredicted challenges that may occur in near future, relating to the rise of our fellow citizens, in particular to the non-Malay races. Don't let ourselves slack and allow our "enemies under the blankets to attack us" (direct translation from the Malay idiom). Don't allow our Malaysia to fall into the hands of those who are irrelevant".

Apparently, the person (with indon name), who wrote this denied responsibilty for this letter. Like i always said, they only have f**king balls when they are in groups, but when they are alone, their balls disappear totally and they start to whim like a faggot. Whoever wrote this, do you have the balls to own up? Show yourself to the rakyat. Show yourself to me. We can settle this one to one. I guess so.. you f**king chicken shit!! Just like Kerismuddin!!

It is also very obvious that this asshole is abusing his position and try to use MPMUM platform to enter into political foray. The whole thing backfired as majority of its members have matured and refused to be drawn into his plot.

Guess who have the last laugh?

One thing for sure, this asshole will be kick out at the next MPMUM election.

bbc hardtalk with world's greatest liar...

Stephen Sackur Introduction: Last month marked a watershed in the politics of Malaysia. The ruling national front recorded its worst election results in five decades. It's still in power but seriously weakened. My guest today personifies the power of the ruling party for 22 years. He was Malaysia's PM and one of the most outspoken leaders in the Muslim world. His critics called him a racist and a dictator. Has retirement mellowed Mahathir Mohamed?

Stephen Sackur: Dr Mohamad welcome to Hardtalk. Let's start with that election result last month, has it marked the beginning of the end for Malaysia's ruling party?

Mahathir Mohamad: Not necessarily, unless no action is taken, of course it may result in that. But if proper action is taken, including of course the present Prime Minister leaving his seat of power, it may be possible to bring back the Barisan Nasional Front in order to become again a very strong ruling party.

Stephen Sackur: You're saying that PM Abdullah Badawi has to be kicked out for the ruling party to recover?

Mahathir Mohamad: Well not so strong as that. He can step down. I stepped down in my time. It's about time that he steps down because the result of the election shows clearly that many of the former followers, supporters of the Nasional Front had decided that they would work, vote for the Opposition even if they didn't like the Opposition. They voted for the Opposition to send a message to the present government.

Stephen Sackur: Prime Minister Abdullah says that you have been one of the curses that have brought him down, because you've been sniping from the sidelines for the last two or three years.

Mahathir Mohamad: That may be so. I don't see why I should not criticise wrongdoings by him.

Stephen Sackur: What wrongdoings?

Mahathir Mohamad: Well in the first place, the government promises to remove corruption and things like that, but the government is found to be corrupt.

Stephen Sackur: You are tearing your own party apart though, that is the problem. And that is what many people inside your party believe.

Mahathir Mohamad: Well sometimes it may be necessary. I told people that I'm a doctor. If I find one leg becoming gangrenous I remove it.

Stephen Sackur: Now he has said Prime Minister Abdullah, that he will go eventually, but is your message to him that he has no time, he must go now?

Mahathir Mohamad: He must go now, because he will take time to revive the party for the next election.

Stephen Sackur: Isn't the truth of what we see in Malaysia today that the real discontent isn't so much with Prime Minister Abdullah, it is with the system and the ideology that you bequeathed to your country?

Mahathir Mohamad: Well the system and the ideology have been there for the last 50 years. It's worked very well we had always won elections, people always supported us and the country has done very well during that 50 years with that system.

Stephen Sackur : But the indications are and the opposition succeeded by saying to the public, we no longer want this racially defined system inside Malaysia. And it was the racial defined system that was the platform upon which you succeeded in running Malaysia for 22 years.

Mahathir Mohamad: I think that's wishful thinking on the part of foreign critics. But the fact is that this election result was due to disaffection on the part of the ruling party's supporters, with the present leadership.

Stephen Sackur : Well let me just quote you the words of the new head of Penang State and let's not forget that these results saw five very big and wealthy states go to the Opposition. The new head of Penang State Mr Lim Guan Eng, he says 'we want a new state administration that is free from corruption and cronyism, we are here to build a Penang State for all.' You didn't build a Malaysia for all did you?

Mahathir Mohamad: I did. If you look at Malaysia today. Everybody is enjoying, has enjoyed, a very good life. They have become very prosperous. Malaysia was one of the fastest growing countries in the world. If you look at the different races, you can find that they all benefited from that government. So it is of course, necessary for Opposition parties to make remarks like that.

Stephen Sackur : But they are not making it up are they? Let's look at your new economic policy which you pursued for so long. It favours ethnic Malays, in so many different ways, from public sector appointments to university places, to advantageous acquisition of stocks, discounts on housing, I don't know where to stop. There are so many different ways in which you ran an unequal system.

Mahathir Mohamad: No this was a policy which was initiated by my predecessors, it was necessary to...

Stephen Sackur : But you ran it for 22 years, you had ample opportunity to change it.

Mahathir Mohamad: Yes I had ample opportunity to implement in a way that will correct imbalances that existed in Malaysia since the British days. And unless these imbalances are corrected there's bound to be another race riot, as happened in 1969.

Stephen Sackur : But the point is that 80 thousand Indians for example, were on the streets protesting long and loud last November, because they are no longer prepared to live with the racial division that you set in the stone.

Mahathir Mohamad: Why now? Why not during my time? They were quite free to demonstrate. Many of the people who disagreed with me demonstrated...

Stephen Sackur : But many of the people who disagreed with you, I'm afraid ended up in prison.

Mahathir Mohamad: Who?

Stephen Sackur : Hundreds of them, read every Amnesty international and human rights watch report for the years in which you were in power..

Mahathir Mohamad: The western press, the problem is that you make up these stories and then you take this as the truth, it's not the truth. Tell me who are the hundreds of people who ended up in prison.

Stephen Sackur: I'll discuss human rights a little bit later. I just want before we get distracted from this question of racism in Malaysia, I just want to put to you this final point: Anwar Ibrahim says that he is going to push and of course he your long time friend who became, your political enemy, he is going to push for a colour blind Malaysia where affirmative action is open to all who need help.

Mahathir Mohamad: Well this opportunism for him, now that he is out of the government, he was in the government for a long time, he never made any complaints, he never did anything to.

Stephen Sackur : He certainly made a complaint when you locked him up.

Mahathir Mohamad: Well that was not the reason why he was locked up, he was accused of sodomy, he was accused of abuse of power, he was tried in court, nine months and he was defended by nine lawyers and he was found guilty...

Stephen Sackur : Trumped up charges.. trumped up charges.. says not just Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International but I've been looking through the record, the Canadian government, the White House, the International Commission of Jurists, all of them expressed grave and deep concern with the way in which your judicial system treated Anwar Ibrahim.

Mahathir Mohamad: Yes you're free to say so but...

Stephen Sackur : I'm not saying it, I'm just quoting to you all the people who did say it.

Mahathir Mohamad: But what is the record of these countries? These people, these same countries arrested people without the law, and detained them in Guantanamo Bay and even in Britain here, you arrest people and detain them without any sanction by law.

Stephen Sackur : So does that make it okay that you did it for 22 years?

Mahathir Mohamad: We did it under the laws of the country, but it is not the way...

Stephen Sackur : You used the laws which went back to colonial times, the internal security act, emergency procedures, you feel satisfied to tell me that that was entirely legitimate?

Mahathir Mohamad: No we find that the situation in the country is very very fluid and it is very likely that there will be racial riots, unless we prevent precise people who are promoting racial hatred from talking about it.

Stephen Sackur : Put it this way, Dr Mahathir, you've had several years out of power now to consider your record and what you did, I wonder whether you are now ready to say that you regret what you did to Anwar Ibrahim?

Mahathir Mohamad: Why should I regret? He was arrested under the laws of the country, he was tried in the courts of the country and he was sentenced by the court. If he was not wrong, I don't think, no matter what you think about our judiciary, I don't think he would have been sentenced to prison.

Stephen Sackur : It damaged your reputation though didn't it?

Mahathir Mohamad: Well that's something I have to accept.

Stephen Sackur : You may also find it comes back to haunt you? Anwar Ibrahim is now leading the opposition coalition. We are led to believe that there are certain MPs in the ruling party who may defect to him, in which case he could very soon be running the government. And he's made it plain that he wants to have you answer for all of the things you do while you were in power.

Mahathir Mohamad: Well he's welcome to do that if he becomes the Prime Minister of Malaysia, but if he wins over members of the ruling party to his side, it is the prime minister, the present leader who should be blamed, because he couldn't even get the loyalty of his own members.

Stephen Sackur : It wasn't the current prime minister who was in power when Anwar Ibrahim was savagely beaten during his time in detention?

Mahathir Mohamad: Savagely beaten? I know he was slapped and he had a black eye which was very useful for election purpose...

Stephen Sackur : Why you think he hit himself maybe?

Mahathir Mohamad: Well I don't know what happened..but the police the IGP admitted that he assaulted Anwar, but that wasn't me that was the IGP.

Stephen Sackur : But how do you respond, if Anwar comes to power and he as he said on this programme and elsewhere, that he wants a full and thorough public inquiry into all of your, Dr Mahathir's misdeeds, how will you respond to that?

Mahathir Mohamad: He is welcome to do so, but I hope that he finds people who are neutral, who are impartial, probably foreigners, because I don't trust the people that they put after people they don't like.

Stephen Sackur : Interesting that you say you don't trust people who are currently or maybe in charge of any inquiry, do you trust the integrity of the Malaysian judiciary?

Mahathir Mohamad: I do, at times I do but...

Stephen Sackur : is that because you appointed the judges?

Mahathir Mohamad: I didn't appoint the judges, the judges were recommended by the Chief Justice and my duty is to check whether he has any records or not and after that he is presented to the king who will then appoint the judge...

Stephen Sackur : Dr Mahathir, you know as well as I do, that the hottest political topic in Malaysia today, is the state of the judiciary, the integrity of the judiciary and that a video has been playing in Malaysia for a long time now which shows a top lawyer talking to a top judge going back to 2001, in which the lawyer says to the judge 'believe me in the end all of the positions going all the way to the supreme court are fixed by the politicians', i.e. by you who were the prime minister at the time Dr Mahathir?

Mahathir Mohamad: Did he say that? Did he mention my name?

Stephen Sackur : He didn't mention your name he said this will be fixed, this goes through the political system. You ran the political system.

Mahathir Mohamad: I'm not so sure about that. But the fact is that this man had his video taken because they intended to blackmail him. He happens to be my lawyer, defending me at this moment for libel against Anwar and this tape came from Anwar. Anwar had these things recorded in order to blackmail the lawyer.

Stephen Sackur : But the point is the current government led by Prime Minister Abdullah who is nominally or despite what you have said on this programme, is of your party. Prime Minister Abdullah has now essentially apologised, he said both to the supreme court justice that you removed and to other judges that were suspended or removed during your time in power, he's said sorry to them. He's said that he wants to offer them monetary compensation.

Mahathir Mohamad: Fine but it's a political move. Something a man who is very unpopular at the moment, wanting to show that he's going to do something right.

Stephen Sackur: And that Dr Mahathir is my point. The Malaysian people no longer want to live with the system you created. That's why Prime Minister Abdullah is essentially dismantling the system that you created.

Mahathir Mohamad: No no no he's not dismantling the system, he is making use of the system in a worse way. Nobody can say anything against him, he has newspapers which only reports about him and how great he is. And he was mislead by his own supporters, into believing that if he holds the election now, this is one and half years before the end of the term, he would win, he would have a clean sweep. If you look at the records, he made statements that he would win the election, with zero for the Opposition.

Stephen Sackur: The more I listen to you talking about Prime Minister Abdullah, the more I wonder why did you choose him to be your successor?

Mahathir Mohamad: Well these people are very smart in hiding their true character. He was known as Mr Clean and I thought I would appoint a clean person to succeed me. Although he was not the one with the highest votes in my party. But I thought that he was older and I appointed him thinking that he's not going to do anything very wrong. But this man gives priority to his family rather than to the country.

Stephen Sackur: So it was a fundamental lack of judgement on your part?

Mahathir Mohamad: Yes I'll admit that. But we all make mistakes. The British people voted in people like Blair, who told lies, so did the Americans. Lots of people make mistakes.

Stephen Sackur: We all make mistakes you say, was it also a mistake for you to define yourself so clearly, as anti-western and anti-democratic, in the sense that the West understands democracy?

Mahathir Mohamad: No that's the problem, I am not anti-Western, I am against the bad things that were done by the Western countries.

Stephen Sackur: You're not anti-western and yet in June 2003 before you left office, you said anglo-Saxon Europeans are essentially proponents and I'm quoting here: 'proponents of war, sodomy and genocide.'

Mahathir Mohamad: Which is true, you must admit.

Stephen Sackur: But you're not anti-western?

Mahathir Mohamad: I'm stating the fact. This is their character and I will continue to say so.

Stephen Sackur: So when you come here, you sit in the Hardtalk studio, in the heart of London, you regard yourself do you, as in one of the Headquarters of war, sodomy and genocide?

Mahathir Mohamad: Well I come here of course expecting to be lambasted by you, because that is the way you work.

Stephen Sackur: Well I'm not lambasting you at all. I'm trying to tease out whether you believe it was a mistake for you to use this sort of language. Because you clearly cut yourself off, from any sort of meaningful dialogue with the West when you use these words.

Mahathir Mohamad: Well the Europeans used to call us the lazy Malays, incompetent Malays, untrustworthy Malays, we couldn't say a thing about you. So when I was in a position to say what we think about you, and I did and you don't like it. When you said it to us you expect us to like it. We didn't like it, but we had no way of making our voices heard.

Stephen Sackur: I am just wondering how you feel about democracy. Of course in the world since 9/11, the United States and the coalition of partners led by the United Kingdom, have talked a lot about spreading democracy, do you believe in democracy?

Mahathir Mohamad: If you look at the history of the west, they come up with all kinds of ideologies, they use it for sometime and then they found it defective and they dropped it and start on another. One day they are going to forget about democracy because in some countries democracy actually ended up with anarchy. And there were practically no governments. It's not a system that can feed everybody. You must have a certain understanding of the limitations of democracy, in order to make it work.

Stephen Sackur: Is that why you were not a democrat, why you in the end did behave like a dictator?

Mahathir Mohamad: Well that is something that the West would like to say about me, I am a dictator.

Stephen Sackur: Well I'm just quoting your own words from 2002. You said it's good governance people need, you said, feudal kings even dictators have provided and can provide good governments.

Mahathir Mohamad: Well that's very true, that is very true. The great civilisations of the past did not have democracies. And yet they became great. It's not necessary that the system will work for everybody. But if we have a bad leader, even the democratic system will fail. We must remember that it is a democratic country which dropped atomic bombs, killing 200 thousand people.

Stephen Sackur: How do you think the Malaysian public will respond to you saying, look you know what democracy isn't the best system and in fact dictatorship can often work better.

Mahathir Mohamad: I went through five elections and I won all the elections with a majority...

Stephen Sackur: Without a free press, locking up many of your opponents

Mahathir Mohamad: There you go again about locking up many of my opponents, who are they?

Stephen Sackur: I don't know how many times I have to tell you, that I've studied the human rights watch reports, the Amnesty International reports, studies from the state department, from the Canadian government.

Mahathir Mohamad: These are biased reports, the first thing I did on becoming the prime minister in 1981, was to release political prisoners who were detained by my predecessors, 22 or them, including many members of the Opposition.

Stephen Sackur: Under the 1984 Press law which required newspapers to get a new licence every single year. It made it very easy for you to quieten them down, didn't it?

Mahathir Mohamad: No it has always been there, the press law has been there...I didn't do that...but the fact is that we have a multi-racial country and if we are not careful, there will be racial flare-ups. And you look at most of the countries with multi-racial population, they are never peaceful, even Northern Ireland, it took you such a long to stop the war in Northern Ireland.

Stephen Sackur: Talking of peace, you did worry about the stability of your country, didn't you? That's why you were very strong, very tough with Islamist extremism inside Malaysia.

Mahathir Mohamad: Yes it is necessary.

Stephen Sackur: Well I just wonder in that case then why just before you left office, in October 2003, why did you tell the Islamic Summit Conference that and I'm quoting again a very famous speech, it's a little bit long but "1.3 billion Muslims cannot be defeated by a few million Jews," you said. "We're actually very strong. The Europeans killed six million Jews out of 12 million but today Jews rule this world by proxy. They get others to fight and die for them." You went on to say: "But the Jews have become arrogant. And arrogant people like angry people will make mistakes and there may be a window of opportunity for us."

Mahathir Mohamad: I'm stating facts, I am willing to say that again and again that this is what has happened.

Stephen Sackur: Anti-Semitic and racist that was called by many governments and people around the world.

Mahathir Mohamad: Anti-Semitism is created by the Jews themselves. We cannot say anything. In fact journalists have been arrested for saying something against the holocaust and jailed for three years. Where is the freedom of press?

Stephen Sackur: So those words I quoted in your view, are not anti-Semitic?

Mahathir Mohamad: No they are not anti-Semitic? I am just quoting facts. The fact is that the United States obeys what Israel wants it to do.

Stephen Sackur: You call them facts, let's leave that aside for the moment. I am trying to understand your logic. Here you are a man who says that your own country is potentially destabilised by Islamic extremism and then you go out in an Islamic Conference and you use words which could have been used by Osama bin Laden.

Mahathir Mohamad: There's no contradiction, no contradiction at all. I don't want Islamic terrorism any more than I want Jewish attacks against Israel, or American bombs on Baghdad. It is not incompatible.

Stephen Sackur: Do you feel confident that people still listen to your message?

Mahathir Mohamad: I wouldn't be able to say. Why should people worry about me?

Stephen Sackur: In Malaysia people say, and I'm talking about the Prime Minister, the leader of the Opposition: it's time for you to be quiet.

Mahathir Mohamad: Why should I be quiet? You mean to say when they are doing something wrong, to my country and I should not say anything? I would be irresponsible if I were to do that.

Stephen Sackur: Dr Mahathir Mohamad thank you very much for being on Hardtalk.

Mahathir Mohamad: You're welcome.

This mother f**king bastard is so full of himself. He can deny everything as if everybody in the world are fools. Disillusioned by his own sense of greatness . Still in self denial. He is right about one thing though. We are all enjoying his destruction. He definitely is one of God's greatest mistake.

political vendetta against penang dap's rule..

Since the fall of Party Gerakan in Penang, MCA have been taking advantage of Gerakan weakness by launching a political vendetta against DAP rule in Penang with the help of their controlled MSM. Apparently, every moves that CM Lim Guan Eng make is subjected to heavy criticism by our MSM. And thanks to the MSM, they have succeeded in creating certain rifts within DAP and Pakatan Rakyat itself.

First, we have the Indians uproar claiming that DAP is not representing the Indians community. Much as i recognised the important role of HINDRAF that started the call for reforms, but i cant bring myself to understand the uproar by certain Indian quarters. Clearly, someone somewhere is creating this rift for their personal interest. And to the educated Indians, please take a good look at the present situation and ask yourself whether was there any changes for the betterment of the Indians community barely 60 days after the 12th general election as compared to what you all had during the 40 years of BN rule? This is not Bollywood so don't get so dramatic by making non issues into issues like making accusations and demands.

Secondly, we have our own dinosaur politicians within DAP and PAS who were still stuck in their era refusing to let go of their ideology to adapt themselves to the present technology age. Why cant they just shut their mouth up so that they don't give MSM any chance to create and exaggerate non issues at every slightest opportunity. Aren't Pakatan Rakyat coalition suppose to work hand in hand and stay united for the same cause?

Then we have BN realising the collapsed of their coalition with their so-called chinese and indians representation being butchered to pieces at the 12th general election, Thus BN will go out at all length to make life miserable for all the Pakatan Rakyat ruled states. So far, Penang DAP ruled state have been subjected to never ending vendettas. Projects being delayed and some being cancelled due to rising costs. Whether it is a legitimate reason is every one guess.

The cancellation of the PORR project is welcome by most Penangites as the project is seen as non beneficial to Penangites. PORR was original seen as another project to line the pockets of certain cronies and its viability remain questionable. Penang should be left the way it is now. There have been enough development over the past decades. Any further development will further caused Penang to lose its charm as Pearl of the Orient. Tourists travel to Penang for its natural sandy beaches, food varieties and the warmth of Penangites. Putting up mega structures will only turn tourists away for tourists already have better and more mega structures in their own countries. Same argument can be make for the plan Duty Free Port Dickson.

Regardless of what the MSM have been portraying and what our federal government did to destabilise, Pakatan Rakyat ruling state government should held their head high up for they have created a high standard of governance which is difficult enough for BN ruling idiots to catch up. The more BN and their MSM try, the more the rakyat get fed up.

Time for a change in government. Enough is enough. They definitely don't have the country interest in mind.

CM Lim Guan Eng has done Penang proud.

Syabas CM Lim, Syabas Penangites.

some unfinished task for Abdullah..

In the wake of the March 8 political earthquake, a journalist from Radio Singapore International expressed to me his shock at the scale of the Opposition wins at the state and national levels. He was also particularly concerned about the future of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

“A moderate, well-mannered and amicable Malaysian leader like Abdullah will always be treasured by Singaporeans from all walks of life. He would be sorely missed if forced out of office,” he said.

He has a point. Granted, there are many remaining issues and disputes between the two countries, and solutions to them often become unnecessarily complicated because of the racist nature of BN politics as well as Lee Kuan Yew’s habit to use Malaysia as a bogeyman. Be so as it may, Abdullah has indeed been consistently reconciliatory and measured in his dealings with the island state.

For instance, although the BN government played tough in early 2006 and unilaterally revived the construction of the controversial crooked bridge over Selat Tebrau, the project was brought to an abrupt halt due to serious legal reasons a few months after the announcement. Despite the enormous pressure from within Umno, not to mention Dr Mahathir Mohamad who was (and still is) constantly baying for blood, Abdullah stood his ground. Thankfully, rational prevailed at the end.

Bitter bill to swallow

Regrettably, Abdullah’s goodwill was not quite reciprocated by Singapore perhaps because the PAP government believed it was Malaysia which had been foolhardy in the first place.

Which was true. But again, can one imagine what would have happened had the egoistic and recalcitrant Mahathir remained at the helm? The project would in all likelihood go ahead at all costs and the future generations of Malaysians would be forced to swallow the bitter bill. Pointless tussles would still flare up from time to time.

It is certainly not easy for Singapore to negotiate with Malaysia because of Umno’s treacherous seas of racist politics. Therefore, Lee’s failure to fully appreciate Abdullah’s effort in repairing the bilateral relations – severely damaged during Mahathir’s era – is still puzzling to me. In late 2006, Lee in his usual provocative manner remarked Chinese Malaysians were marginalized, which again touched on Umno’s raw nerve and put the MCA in a dilemma.

Lee was delighted at the irrational reactions from across the strait, but it was gracious of Abdullah to not respond in kind. I am not suggesting what Lee said was not valid. It certainly was. But Abdullah was pragmatic enough to avoid being dragged into a potentially messy and futile tit-for-tat with the octogenarian Minister Mentor.

Some Chinese Malaysians might have felt consoled by Lee’s “righteous” voice, but any drastic response on the part of Abdullah would not have done either country any good and it would be the ordinary businesspeople, visitors and Malaysians working in Singapore who would have to bear the brunt.

On the whole, Malaysia-Singapore relations have become healthier and normal, although still not always cordial. But Malaysian politics are now in a state of flux, causing naturally considerable concern to the island state that is a great deal more dependent on regional stability.

Singapore aside, vast improvement has also been made in Malaysia’s bilateral ties with the United States and Australia under Abdullah, although one still cannot excuse the prime minister of making use of the official ties to benefit himself and his family Down Under.

The same however cannot be said of Abdullah’s records as chairman of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC).

Early this year, Nato forces conducted large-scale aerial strikes and land fighting in Afghanistan to counter Taliban insurgency. Much of the military campaign was carried out without concrete intelligence data on land areas, and lacked a co-ordination with the authorities in Kabul. It was not a surprise that the reckless action only resulted in massive civilian casualties.

Ali Khan, once a resident legal scholar with the OIC, calls Nato’s reckless and wanton behavior as nothing but “genocide”

Do useful things at home

But it is the ineptness of the OIC over the blatant violations of human rights in Afghanistan that is the most appalling, which again plays into the hands of the Bush propagandists that the Ummah has failed Afghanistan (and also Iraq) much more than the invaders.

Why didn’t Abdullah say something? Well, the inertia of our prime minister is so great that he most probably would not have wanted to wear such a big hat at all if not because his megalomaniac predecessor had secured the job for him. He also lacks all the essential ingredients to be a world leader, while his words often do not carry weight. Abdullah must be glad that the OIC chairmanship was finally passed on to Senegal, the ceremony of which he did not even bother to attend because of the electoral disaster at home.

Now that the end of the Abdullah premiership is nigh, the prime minister should forget about any international vainglories, cut down his excessive overseas trips, and use the little time that he has to do a few things on the domestic front.

He must salvage his reputation by proving to the public that he will no longer be hamstrung by insidious Umno cronyism, and end the bitter in-fighting not just in the party but in the BN as a whole. Get the house in order before he vacates his seat.

Next, Abdullah should do his utmost to restore independence to our judiciary, and clean up money politics in his own ranks. He must be bold enough to overcome the pressure from the police and set up the long overdue Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission, and introduce tougher laws to root out corruption.

Also, with Dr. Mahathir challenging the government to set up a royal commission on his alleged misconduct, Abdullah should waver no more but do just that, failing which his image as a weakling will be reinforced to his own detriment.

That way, even if Abdullah might not be accorded a Bapa of anything, he would at least be remembered for mending the broken rails before the next train approached.

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Its starting already.. Judicial reforms and independent Anti Corruption Agency. Do expect many more to come.. Just be patient and do away with politics for now. Give Abdullah the support he needs now to lay the platform for reforms to take place.

MCA man tells all.....

Walau eh... walan leh... but why only now? Is it a BN ploy to sacrifice some small fish to show their seriousness in fighting corruption? What about the big fish? Why not question Hishamuddin on his IKBN project? How he lobbied for an increase at least 300M to a budget of 8oo taxpayers' millions to the IKBN project? What about that EPU bigshot Tan Sri Ali Abul Hassan for his involvement in negotiated tender namely MICET project and Skudai army depot and the MBSB loan scandal which were all covered up as soon as the scandal broke out? Check the status of those projects and how many more hundreds of millions were pumped in to complete the incomplete project. All the above scams were linked to only one bumi company. No open tender. The lists goes on and on.

Mr Prime Minister, if you are serious about fighting corruption for the love of the country, expose all these scams without fear and freeze all their ill gotten gains and put those goons where they belong.. We, the rakyat, will be behind you all the way. We are truly the country grassroots, not umno grassroots which swayed with the direction of the money.

As for the gungho MCA man, whatever your motive is, i am giving you the benefit of doubt. Not all MCA representatives are bad. Only those who always hogged the limelight makes MCA looked bad. With all due respect, it's a little too late now. MCA is irrelevant.

My take on your action: your faction is going to take on the Ong Brothers Enterprise for the leadership of doomed party. On that action, you have gained a big mileage over them. Try rope in Ong Tee Kiat, Liow Tiong Lai and Dr Wee Ka Siong. These are good people.

Meanwhile, I am for a Better Malaysia

i was there.. rejoicing at kg baru

The city was unusually quiet.. Must have been the news on radio advising the public to stay away from this historic moment as the gathering has been declared illegal at the very last minute. Yup, illegal in the eyes of those cowards. Afraid that all those poohs covering their bodies will be expose. Naive and still dwelling in their made belief world, not realising the stench of their poohs had already polluted every part of this planet.

Despite those threats, my colleague, Bruce Gan and yours truly here took a long stroll from the office heading towards the Dewan. From the moment i took the first step, there was this surge of andrenalin that rushed through every nerves of my body. The feeling was GREAT. There was this sense of pride... the same pride i felt on that fateful 8th March night. The air was still but i could feel the Wind of Change blowing against the naked part of my body. The sudden rejunevation made the long walk short.

As anticipated upon reaching our destination, police were everywhere on both sides of the street. FRU was nowhere to be seen. One of our comrades told me that they were stationed on the other side of the street. Honestly, the presence of the police force gave me the impression that they were there to protect us. They were just watching and many responded positively when i smile to them.

Nevertheless, the atmosphere was overwhelming. People from all walks of life came in droves to rejoice this moment. Everybody, except those Special Branch personnels, were there for one same reason... to continue fighting till the battle is won. A battle won when Malaysia, under the rule of Pakatan Rakyat, become a prosperous nation within the Asia Pacific region, perhaps the world. It is a long battle ahead which many of us may not live long enough to see it materialise. Proper foundation have to be laid from now. With proper planning and administration, this legacy shall lives on forever.

The support for Pakatan Rakyat can only grow. Rakyat dare to dream now. The rule under BN has become so rotten that every little step Pakatan Rakyat takes, it brings Big Hope to the rakyat. Start putting more effort in doing away with racial segregation and promote Bangsa Malaysia within the Pakatan. They are still many not adapting fast enough to do away with the racial and religious lines after decades of segregation and oppression under BN rule.

There have been different views on whether PR should accept hoppings and form the Federal Government. In the first place, the question of morality does not arise here. The question is whether Malaysia can withstand another 4 years of gang raped by the BN predators. My take is NO. We cant wait any longer. Our natural resources is running low. And the Umnoputras now are buying time so that they can go for one last kill. It is already starting... Duty-free PD and more to come... From DSAI speech last night, brace yourself for something BIG within this two months.

Sit back and enjoy.