Please see this. http://aarvidi.wordpress.com/2008/01/05/it-hurts/
A fellow from somewhere, so excited, yet I a born Malaysian, left out. I laugh.
A fellow from somewhere, so excited, yet I a born Malaysian, left out. I laugh.
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Archive for January 26, 2008
Datuk Syed Ali Al-Habshee Again
Double-Express Bus Tragedy
From 2000? Who is responsible, Badawi, IGP or the computer. Please decide. Somebody must own up. 3 lives lost. Murder?
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Preacher’s Experiment
While his son was at school the preacher went into the boy’s room
and placed on his study table three objects: A Bible, a silver dollar,
and a bottle of whiskey.“Now then,” the old preacher said to himself, “I’ll just hide behind the
door here, and when my son comes home from school this afternoon,
I’ll see which of these three objects he picks up.
and placed on his study table three objects: A Bible, a silver dollar,
and a bottle of whiskey.“Now then,” the old preacher said to himself, “I’ll just hide behind the
door here, and when my son comes home from school this afternoon,
I’ll see which of these three objects he picks up.
If he picks up the Bible, he’s going to be a preacher like me, and what
a blessing that would be.
If he picks up the dollar, he’s going to be a businessman, and that
would be o.k. too.
But, if he picks up the bottle, he’s going to be a drunkard - a no-good
drunkard and Lord, what a shame that would be.”
The old man was anxious as he waited, and soon he heard his son’s
footsteps as he came into the house whistling and headed back to his
room. He deposited his books on the bed, as a matter of routine, and as
he turned around to leave the room he spotted the objects on the table.
With a curious set in his eye, he walked over to inspect them. He picked
up the Bible and placed it under his arm. He picked up the silver
dollar and dropped it into his pocket. He uncorked the bottle and took
a big drink…
“Lord have mercy,” the old man whispered, “He’s gonna be a politician!”
Datin Paduka P. Komala Devi & SJK (T) Tepi Sungai, Klang
What she expected she never got! Datin Paduka P.Komala Devi expected garlands, and ovation from this report. Unfortunately, even as she spoke, people were grumbling, and so this long awaited announcement, expected from the year 2003, does not carry much weight. Poor Datin. Better luck next time if there is one. Another election goody compliments of BN, Selangor State government, MIC and MIC Selangor. There are other posts on this goody thing earlier. Please check it out.
KLANG: Old stables and storerooms are hardly a conducive learning environment but that is what 160 pupils of a school here have been putting up with over the last five years.
However, they can now look forward to proper classrooms following an allocation from the Education Ministry for the construction of a three-storey building.
Education Ministry parliamentary secretary Datin Paduka P. Komala Devi said the ministry had allocated RM800,000 for the construction of a proper school building for SJK (T) Tepi Sungai.
It made headlines when it became the first school in the country to fully operate from the Klang Municipal Council storerooms.
A section of the school had collapsed in 2003 because of termite infestations and the other buildings were subsequently declared unsafe.Four classrooms, the office and the staff room were moved to the council’s storerooms.
A two-classroom block housing Years Five and Six classes and the canteen were the only structures that remained functional.
However, a fire last month destroyed one of the classrooms and this prompted the authorities to declare the block out of bounds.
With this, all six classes, the office and the staff room operated out of the storerooms, which had once served as stables.
Komala Devi said RM200,000 had earlier been given to the school Parents-Teachers Association and it would also be used for the construction of the new building.
The total cost of the building is estimated at RM1.3 million.
The school’s new building committee has raised another RM100,000.
Komala Devi said the ministry would top up the balance later.
She said the new block was expected to be ready by the next school year.
Komala Devi said delay in building the new block was unavoidable due to the need to get approvals and funding.
She said it was also not possible to have temporary classrooms due to the limited space, adding that the school would have to operate from the storerooms for this year.
The long-awaited announcement, however, received mixed reactions from some parents.
This is because the new block will have only six classrooms and another one for kindergarten.
“The old school block also had six classrooms, so is there any upgrade? What is the difference?
“They may just as well have refurbished the old school block,” said a parent who declined to be named.
He said although the new block had many other rooms for subjects like science and living skills and the staff room, there were not enough classrooms.
Another parent said the school enrolment was expected to increase with the completion of the new building.
“Of course the student population is low now. Who would want to send their children to study in horse stables and storerooms?”
IPF, IPF Bersatu,MUIP
What are these splinter groups trying to prove. Each has got its own family and friends in their group and they claim they lead a crowd. They are without scruples and go around claiming they represent the Indians. Pandithan, Nallakaruppan, K.Panjamurthi, Senggutuan, who are they. What credentials do they have. Opportunists trying to make hay while the sun shines. They are not shy in bringing out names like Kayveas, Maniam as if they are warriors and lieutenants of these people and bringing shame to the latter. Grow up and act sensibly. Samy Vellu the great Indian Leader himself is not sure where he stands, and all these imbeciles are trying to captitalise on the election. Go home.
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Much Ado Over Nothing!
I was expecting this but not so fast and so close to the point. Thank you M2day.
Royal Commission of Pondans
Posted by Raja Petra
Saturday, 26 January 2008
By Little Bird
I actually wanted to title this the Royal Commission of something else but with all the fart jokes stinking up the Lingam Video inquiry it is perhaps apt to link the conduct of the Royal Commissioners with unmanly behaviour. They are sissies, maybe even bordering on cowardice.
A Blogger who writes on this site explained to me in detail that during his rule, time was Dr Mahathir’s greatest friend. Through all the crises, economic downturns, general elections and recalcitrant foreign leaders time was always on his side. There is no shortage of time available if you want to postpone something. There is only a shortage of time when you want to do things in a hurry. Dr Mahathir was able to use time to do both ie to get things done in a super hurry and to postpone pesky problems to another day.
But when he postponed a party election, a General Election or sparred with the Keatings, Gores and Soros of this world he treated any extra time he got like the precious commodity that it was. Dr Mahathir was known to burn up candles working hard at his job. No PM before or since worked as hard as Dr Mahathir. And he also knew what to do if he had any extra time.
And today after his retirement even some of the Opposition has rallied around Dr Mahathir. Time has always favoured him. Even personally - a ripe old age, relatively robust health and good fitness have served him well. He also outlived them all.
But the same is not the case for Abdullah Badawi. Badawi does not have a clue about what to do to run the country. He gets nervous when he has to make a decision or read a brief. That is why he keeps leaving the country to go overseas. He does not have to work or worry about anything important or serious when he is overseas. Whether it is loafing around Perth in Australia, sleeping on someone’s boat, sleeping on board the plane or sleeping at the Davos Economic Forum it all means the same thing : he does not have to work.
He just postpones matters without using the extra time to find solutions. So problems do not go away. When they come around again, Abdullah Badawi goes away overseas.
When he tries to do something it always backfires. Without thinking Badawi dispatched the MCA Minister to China to apologise to the Chinese Government for the ‘poor treatment’ of a Chinese girl by the Police. Firstly asking women to do naked squats is procedure and physical examination to find hidden objects. The offense took place when some idiot video taped the girl and showed it to everyone. But the PM looked the idiot again when it was found out the girl was a local Malay lass and not even Chinese. The Malaysian Government was made to look totally stupid.
Obviously the PM was set up by his own Police, of which he is the Minister. They knew the Malay identity of the girl all along but they kept it from the PM. It was possibly a “teh tarik” bet among some Senior Police Officers to see just how big a fool they could make of the PM. More than anyone else, the Police know just how sleepy the PM can be. He does not know what to do.
Now in similar fashion the sleepy PM has appointed a Royal Commission of Inquiry to look into the Lingam Video recording. Again he has done this without thinking. Promising transparency and ‘lets get to the bottom of this’ the PM and whoever are his advisors thought they could gain voters confidence by dredging up dirt from the Mahathir era and exposing it in open court hearing. They even put Dr Mahathir on the witness list and called Dr Mahathir to the witness stand. But as the CNN broadcast of the event showed, Dr Mahathir gave a good accounting of himself. When he walked in, everyone stood up, including the judges. As one Mahathir critic said Dr Mahathir came across quite clearly that he exercised his authority as the Prime Minister and he was not answerable to anyone for his actions. In the appointment of judges, he said he listened to his officers, the Police, dinner guests or anyone else. But the final decision was his alone. The Royal Commission then thanked him and he went home for tea. And that was the end of that.
But here is an almost unbelievable news headline from today’s Star:
January 26 2008
Hearings in camera so that only relevant testimony is allowed
KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Datuk V.K. Lingam video clip will not be “that open anymore” to prevent baseless and wild allegations from making way into the news. “It’s not going to be that open anymore, like previously. It’s not nice for the news to come out first and then only it is (evidence) decided whether it is relevant to the terms of reference of the inquiry,” commission secretary Datuk Abdullah Sani Ab Hamid said. “The commission must determine first the questions to be asked so that unrelated matters are not brought up.” The commission wanted to make sure that allegations that had nothing to do with the video clip would not be included as evidence, he said after the panel heard submissions behind closed-door proceedings yesterday. Earlier, the Royal Commission heard in camera arguments on whether Lingam’s brother and Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim should be called to testify on the alleged closeness between the lawyer and judges. The commission stopped the press and public from attending the morning and afternoon sessions yesterday as lawyers for the two proposed witnesses had indicated they would be touching on certain personalities in the course of their submissions.
So they are afraid of Anwar Ibrahim! They do not want to give Anwar Ibrahim a platform from which he can preach to the gallery. But Anwar Ibrahim is the person who exposed this Lingam Video clip which resulted in the formation of this Royal Inquiry. Anwar Ibrahim is also number four on the list of 16 witnesses to be called by this Royal Commission. Surely the public wants to hear what he has to say. But it has been two weeks now and about a dozen witnesses have been called but Anwar Ibrahim has been passed over. Apa pasal takut sangat kat Anwar Ibrahim?
Earlier Commission chairman Tan Sri Haidar Mohd Noor had said “Show your face today and speak under oath.” Now Tan Sri Haidar will say ‘Show your face and lets whisper behind closed doors. Don’t worry we will close the doors to the press and the public’.
The reason is simple. Just like the case of the naked woman in the Police lock up, this Royal Commission is becoming more an embarrassment for Abdullah Badawi than for Dr Mahathir or Anwar Ibrahim. As a result the political masters are now interfering and calling the shots. The Royal Commission has lost its transparency and its independence. The man who is calling the shots now is Badawi’s agent planted to supervise this Royal Commission. Who is he? Lets read the Star again :
“It’s not going to be that open anymore, like previously. It’s not nice for the news to come out first and then only it is (evidence) decided whether it is relevant to the terms of reference of the inquiry,” commission secretary Datuk Abdullah Sani Ab Hamid said. The commission must determine first the questions to be asked so that unrelated matters are not brought up.”
So now Datuk Abdullah Sani is telling the judges of the Royal Commission they just cannot be transparent anymore. Not just Anwar Ibrahim but others also want to connect the former Yang Di Pertuan Agong, the former Chief Judge Fairuz and God knows how many other issues to this Royal Inquiry. What a can of worms. So this Royal Commission of Bravehearts and Defenders of Truth has become a Royal Commission of Pondans.
Apart from Haidar, the other commission members are retired Court of
Appeal judge Datuk Mahadev Shankar, former chief judge of Sabah and Sarawak Tan Sri Steve Shim Lip Kiong, former solicitor-general Puan Sri Zaitun Zawiyah Puteh and Malaysian Human Rights Commission commissioner and Professor Emeritus Datuk Dr Khoo Kay Kim. If they want to uphold real principles they should just resign. But this is Malaysia. Cari makan comes first.
So the longer this ‘Royal Commission’ charade goes on, it will make Badawi look even worse. But lets focus folks. Lets cut the crap and get to the point. We all want to know ‘Did Lingam use undue influence to get Dr Mahathir to appoint judges?’. This is where ultimately the Royal Commission cannot arrive at any earth shaking conclusion.
Yes it was Lingam speaking on the phone. But who was he talking to? Fairuz says it was not him. Lingam said he was not talking to Fairuz. The ACA says they could not trace Lingam’s phone or even his phone number. So where is the evidence that Lingam was talking to Fairuz?
But even if Lingam and Fairuz confess that they were talking to each other so what? The Royal Commission must prove that Dr Mahathir listened to these two clowns in the appointment of judges. Dr Mahathir has said that in the appointment of judges, Sultans, choosing the King, picking the MPs, appointing Cabinet Ministers etc he listens to Lingam, Mutu, Christopher, Siti Nurhaliza, Wong, Hussein, Melissa, Sue, Hamidah, Khatijah, Mak Jah, Lebai Omar and that tall mamak fellow. But ultimately he makes his own decision in anything.
So what exactly is this Royal Commission trying to achieve? Kalau nak malukan Tun Dr Mahathir, well he has already come and gone. Tak kena apa pun. Now it is the Royal Commision that is running and hiding behind closed doors. And they are not going to achieve anything either. Why don’t they just pack up and go home. Buang karan, buang air dan buang masa saja.
The comparison between Mahathir and Badawi is clear for all to see. Mahathir had his own agenda to run the country and he did it the way he wanted it. His Ministers were subjugated to him and PM was respected as the No.1 man. I was told an ex Minister commented that although sick, if you were to meet him say in the Cabinet meeting, don’t feign sickness, be prepared to the maximum as nothing escapes the eagle eyes of Mahathir. Well read, well prepared, he was truly a leader notwithstanding all the shortcomings that are coming to light now. The opposite is Badawi, blundering his way through, promising this and that without a clue as to how the heck he is going to do so.
The RCI from day one had problems. When the rot came oozing out, the members, particularly Haider who as President was also the defence lawyer had cold feet. Sometimes you can’t wear two hats.
RCI - much was expected but it fizzled out. Sigh.
Inflation
Malaysiakini report of Jan 25 Media told to control coverage on inflationNg Ling Fong | Jan 25, 08 3:59pm
Inflation - that’s one issue the government is worried about as the general election draws near.
Expecting the opposition to harp on it in their election campaign, two Umno bigwigs are roping in their traditional supporters - the mainstream media - to paint a clearer picture of the issue to the public.
Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Shafie Apdal held back-to-back meetings with senior editors from the print and electronic media this week to discuss the matter..
Najib met up with the editors-in-chief of newspapers and TV stations at his official residence on Wednesday while Shafie held his meeting with the media in a Kuala Lumpur hotel yesterday.
According to sources, Najib revealed that the government will set a ‘media policy group’ to keep an eye on the media coverage of inflation issues and to ‘prevent’ news which are considered to be at odds with the government’s views.
The deputy premier said the group, to be formed by senior editors from the print and electronic media, is also to provide public feedback to the government on inflation-related matters.
It is learnt that the ministers have expressed their concern with many news reports deemed to have portrayed a negative image of the government in its handling of the price hikes and shortage of essential commodities.
Policy decisions on the issue will be conveyed to members of the group in order to avoid negative coverage of the issue in future.
However, it is not known whether the media policy group is a permanent feature or whether it will be ‘attached’ to any ministry.
‘Don’t over-react’
Meanwhile, Shafie told editors to cooperate with the government when covering inflation-related news and not to ‘over-react’.
He assured the media that the ministry has already resolved all the problems regarding prices of goods as well as the shortages of cooking oil and flour which occurred earlier this month.
He stressed that the government has been working very hard not to cause undue suffering to the people and is not ‘cold-blooded’ as alleged by the opposition.
However, he did not deny that the prices of essential commodities will rise again in the future but assured that the government will try its best to stable the prices and ensure sufficient supply.In the bid to overcome the issue, Najib announced on Wednesday that the government would set up a national food stockpile to stabilise prices.
As well as the stockpile of essential goods, which will include rice and cooking oil, the government is to set up a National Price Council to prevent irregularities like hoarding and panic-buying.
Rising prices and shortages of staples have become a big issue in Malaysia, and a concern for the government as it prepares to call elections expected to be held in March.
Earlier this month, shortages of flour and oil caused supermarket shelves to be stripped, and restaurants to warn that some popular dishes would soon be off the menu.
However much the Government may want to control inflation, factors like supply and demand, smuggling, hoarding by unscrupulous traders with an eye for quick profit, manipulation by manufacturers, Government failure of enforcement and the like will affect what prices the consumer pays. Rather than hiding the information, it is best the Government tightens up on its enforcement. A case is point is the wet market. Where are the price tags? Even when price tags are shown it is haphazard, on slips of paper barely noticed. Do you know enforcement officers on their visit to wet markets collect free foodstuff besides whatever more that is only known to the trader and the officer.
Therefore news on inflation must not be checked, rather it is the news coupled with readers feed back that enable the Government to know the situation and take remedial measures.
The Government can have any number of bodies but all will come to naught. Only when information is disseminated the whole country knows the correct situation and adjustments can be made either by the Government or the consumers. There is no short cut.
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