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Alerted by Maverick SM about this piece of news.

Europestar? Pardon me, why Europestar?

When the Western world had said something not in favour of our current authorities, our authorities will said the Western world is bias to Malaysia, the Western world is not understand Malaysia, the Western world is blah, blah, blah…, we should look at Asia, think Asia, talk Asia blah, blah, blah….

HOWEVER, our Proton Gen.2 cars are shipped and re-badged as Europestar in China, why Europestar? Maverick SM has a good post entry regarding this, spend a little bit of your time there, perhaps.

More Proton models for China

TANJUNG MALIM: Proton Holdings Bhd, which is supplying Gen.2 cars to China-based Jinhua Youngman Automobile Group Ltd, is looking at exporting other models to the country in order to capture a larger market.

Head of China business Teo Aeng Kyet said Proton was negotiating with its Chinese partner to introduce different models in China.

“We have an agreement to supply 30,000 Gen.2 to Jinhua Youngman. We are also discussing with our partner to increase the order,” he told a media briefing prior to the second shipment of 348 Gen.2 to China yesterday.

“A total of 1,600 units of Gen.2 is scheduled to be shipped to China by end of next month in order to facilitate Jinhua Youngman’s sales launch programme in China,” he said.

He added that Proton did some minor modification to the Gen.2 to suit the local market.

To date, Proton has shipped 408 of the 30,000 units ordered by Jinhua Youngman. Proton will continue to ship 1,500 units of Gen.2 monthly over the next 20 months to fulfil the order.

Proton and Jinhua Youngman, a leading commercial vehicle manufacturer in China with a licence to produce passenger cars, signed an agreement on July 13 under which Proton cars would be re-badged as “Europestar” in China.

Teo said for a start, Proton was selling completely built-up units to Jinhua Youngman.

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Want to know the differences between IPCMC and SCC in more details? Malaysiakini has a good article about that.

DO you think are we really need IPCMC or not? Perhaps, you can spend a little bit of your time for some reading on this blog, then you decide. (more…)

PM to get temple report from MIC

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has asked the MIC to monitor all the temples in the country and periodically submit a report on their status to the Cabinet, MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said.

He said the Prime Minister had specifically wanted the MIC to forward to him and the Cabinet the list of any temples that may have to be demolished for various reasons.

Malaysia moves to preserve Hindu temples

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters)

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“I will scrutinize all matters concerning temples with a view to ensure no temples are demolished in the future,” Works Minister S. Samy Vellu, the only ethnic Indian minister in the cabinet said in a statement.

MIC tasked with temple relocations, demolitions

MIC has been given the task to look into the status of all Hindu temples in the country and will submit a report on these temples to the cabinet.

In line with that, MIC president S Samy Vellu will travel nationwide to prepare the report on the number of Hindu temples and their problems.

This “new approach” follows a directive by Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to MIC to continuously monitor all temples in the country and to submit a report on their status to the cabinet periodically.

So touch. Just curious, before the rally what they are doing there actually? How many temples were torn down before this? Just a thought, just a thought lah. (more…)

IF we prove to the World we have achieved a great improvement

in our local universities such as manuscripts publication, manuscripts citation,
our social care systems,
low crime rates in our society,
our public transportation systems,
corruption and transparency index,
press freedom index,
human rights records,
and you name it,

then, we really deserve to celebrate them big.

IF some achievement like showing the “biggest” flags in North pole*, I think we still have a long way to go. I do think we deserve better.

下至地球上至太空 大馬人創數傲人記錄

（吉隆坡訊）大馬青年在過去一年來，無論在地球或太空，都創下許多傲人的記錄。

10月：首位在太空進行齋戒

●大馬首名太空人錫慕查化在10月10日，乘坐“Soyuz TMA-11”號太空船，登上國際太空站。錫慕查化（35歲）在太空逗留11天，以完成科學研究；同時成為首位在太空進行齋戒及慶祝開齋節的回教徒。 他的成就鼓舞了大馬2600萬各族人民，以躍身進入國際平台，達到大馬2020年宏願。

4月：北極展示最大旗幟

在4月23日，由16名成員組成的“巫青團少青局北極跳傘隊”，其中12人年齡介於19至24歲，他們成功在北極完成兩輪的跳傘活動。 有關跳傘隊是由巫青團少青局主席拿督阿都阿茲帶領，當時北極天氣惡劣，其他的國家都退縮，只有大馬的隊伍還堅持下去。 除了從直升機完成兩輪分別是6000呎及5000呎高度的跳傘活動，他們也在北極展示出30公尺長及15公尺寬的大馬國旗及巫統黨旗，是至今在北極展示的最大旗幟。

4月：“冰夫人”完成北極探險

“冰夫人”拿汀巴杜卡莎麗花於4月18日完成北極的探險，她於2007年4月3日啟程到挪威，9日展開北極探險，17日抵達北極點，完成北極遠征。 她在探險中面對的挑戰，包括雪暴、或在寒風的侵蝕下，身體可能腐朽。 “冰夫人”曾於2004年1月開始南極探險之旅，並在22天內從南極圈滑雪至大力灣，路程共1100公里，創下世界最短時間，以及首名抵達南極點的亞洲人。

8月：橫渡甲峽刷新紀錄

巫青團少青局游泳健將完成橫渡馬六甲海峽壯舉，以24小時36分鐘時間刷新紀錄，獲頒大馬紀錄大全證書，之前有一名日本人在1972年創下25小時的記錄。 這名來自霹靂州的泳將莫哈末諾亞茲敏（23歲）於8月19日晚上10時，從印尼魯巴島出發，直到隔天晚上10時26分游抵波德申8英裡海濱，全程64公里。

年輕泳將從交怡島游至玻

在3天後，2名年輕的游泳健將扎拉馬索馬（15歲）及弟弟沙曼阿里差點打破國家馬拉松泳將拿督阿都馬力的記錄，他們使用特定的籠子，用了約14個小時，從浮羅交怡游泳至瓜拉玻璃市。 扎拉馬索馬是瑪拉工藝大學教授阿都哈林（47歲）及哈妮查（41歲）的長子，他以14小時9分鐘完成全程43公里的距離，而阿都馬力的記錄是14小時3分鐘，沙曼阿里創下14小時26分鐘的佳績。

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Wish you a merry Christmas and a have a great new year ahead! Hyvää joulua ja onnellista uutta vuotta. (more…)

11 websites blocked so far

ELEVEN websites have so far been blocked for having obscene materials and seditious messages, Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry parliamentary secretary Datuk Dr Mohd Ruddin Abdul Ghani said.

Besides blocking the websites and blogs, he said the ministry has also drawn up long-term programmes in collaboration with CyberSecurity Malaysia to boost awareness on cyber security among computer buffs.

To begin with, the www.esecurity.org.my website was launched recently, he told the Dewan Negara.

Dr Mohd Ruddin said it was not difficult to block websites and blogs compared with emails featuring advertisements and pornography.

He said there was no proper mechanism to check such material spreading through e-mails, but the authorities could control and halt blogs.

“However, the Cabinet will not obstruct the movement of information in the Internet because of the Bill of Guarantee, which promised free-flow of information when the Multimedia Super Corridor was first set up,” he said.

Control, control, control, control and still control……….. (more…)

After waiting for so looooooooooooooooooooooong for the IPCMC to be set, we heard SCC in the end. Let’s listen what the ex-members of the Royal Commission to Enhance the Operation and Management of the Royal Malaysian Police said about this SCC.

Aziz revealed that the 16 members of the police royal commission were unanimous in the need for an IPCMC.

“There was not one dissenting voice to set up an independent police complaints and misconduct commission,” he said of the panel which included eminent legal minds such as former lord president Salleh Abas, former chief justice Dzaiddin Abdullah and ex-Bar Council president Khutubul Zaman Bukhari.

“Yet the government today has seen fit to change all that. It is a mockery. It shows total disdain for fairness, justice and equity. It shows total disrespect for public opinion. This is not the sort of document we want to see as part of our laws in this country.

“In fact, it is an insult to Parliament itself. So to say I’m disappointed is a really an understatement. I think this sense of disappointment, the sense of quiet outrage is shared by all right-thinking people - hoping that at long last this would be a rare opportunity for Malaysia to change the way the police work in this country.

According to Aziz, there is no police force in the world that has been known to be able to police itself.

“That is why you need this independent oversight group or committee. Obviously, if this bill goes through, we can say goodbye to all these high hopes and aspirations that one day we would have the best police force that money cannot buy.”

Just curious, why have the Royal Commission but doesn’t work according to their suggestions? For display purpose? (more…)

After the crackdown, we have more and more surveys result published in mainstream newspaper or more and more NGOs (appeared suddenly on the surface of Malaysia) came to front and voiced.

Present to you the latest survey which conducted on 17th December and 21st December 2007. Look carefully on the dates printed in newspaper. Yes, the survey is conducting on today and will be conducted in future but presenting to you the result now.

Picture adopted from Cakap Tak Serupa Bikin

On the other hand, theStar online had different dates mentioned (Correction had been done? I don’t know)

‘No’ to street protests

PETALING JAYA: A large majority of Malaysians are against street protests and have backed the government’s decision to use the laws to stop anyone from threatening racial peace and harmony.

This was revealed in a survey conducted by the Merdeka Centre from Dec 7 to 12. Eight hundred and sixty one respondents from throughout the country, who were randomly selected along the lines of state of residence, ethnicity, gender and age (21 and above) were interviewed over the telephone for the survey.

I said already, IF the authorities can accept the result of a survey take part by 861 Malaysians (we have 27,000,000 population in Malaysia) and why can’t they accept the other surveys which the results are not in favour of them? Don’t be bias. (more…)

After ISA was used to detain several people back home, the World starts to voice their opinion. This article is from The Wall Street Journal.

Democracy in Malaysia
December 14, 2007

When Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi took office in 2004, he was welcomed as a modernizer who would expand democratic freedoms in Malaysia. Yesterday, his government resurrected the Internal Security Act, a colonial-era law that gives the executive almost unlimited power to detain opponents. The move raises serious questions about Mr. Abdullah’s commitment to democracy.

Continue your reading at here. (more…)