First, second Penang bridge been delayed. Now, the PORR and monorail projects also have yet to be approved by the Federal Government and have not reached the “approval stage”.

May I ask why all of you were “jumping up and down” so loud before for those MEGA projects? Are you trying to tell us all of that just BLUFFING? Base on what happened in Penang now, we maybe can put it in this way, all MEGA projects are BLUFFING, many of those MEGA projects are not yet be approved by the Federal Government. What for? Perhaps, with hope that to be elected in house again. MEGA projects carry on or not, it is not important anymore. Malaysians, do you deserve that? (more…)

在朝五十年来办不到的事而他人在五星期里开了先例，你倒在那儿突然显示你的“热心及关心” 是否会不会假了一些？

霹馬華促交代具體措施‧限半年落實永久地契
要聞 2008-04-12 13:19

（霹靂‧怡保）對於新村及重組村轉換永久地契的建議可否實現，馬華霹靂州組織秘書馬漢順要求霹靂州政府直接地向人民交代清楚，不要空口說白話以取悅人民，他呼吁州政府在6個月內落實這項建議，以及向地主收取低廉的地價。
他指出，倪可漢高級行政議員提出新村及重組村地契必須由30年轉換為60年或99年，才申請更換成永久地契的過程是多餘的，因為這將加重地主的負擔，地主必須繳付兩次地價，從而拉長了處理時間。馬漢順週五（11日）召開記者會，以馬華在霹靂州議會唯一的議員身份，監督州政府以正確方式，將60年及99年地契轉換為永久地契，確保人民取得利益。

Until today, we still reading or hearing certain parties or certain people keep on pointing her/his/their finger to someone else for their lost in 12th General Election (8th March 2008, a historical day in Malaysia history). In short, blaming, blaming, blaming…MCA blames UMNO; UMNO blames MIC, MCA, Gerakan; MIC blames BN, BN blames people………..

What about this suggestion ~ (more…)

“You see, we care about the people, we think benefits for the people, blah, blah, blah….”. You heard “people this, people that” every now and then. However, when they lost their seats, they act like punishing people.

Azalina: Tourism MoUs with Opposition-ruled states to be terminated

KUALA LUMPUR: Tourism memorandums of understanding with Opposition-ruled state governments will be terminated given the change in leadership, said Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.

She said this was in line with the termination of Tourism Action Councils in the states which were previously chaired by Barisan Nasional’s state executive councillors in charge of tourism in each state.

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Abdullah has said the police and Anti-Corruption Agency have vetted and cleared the current crop for appointment to ministerial portfolios.

To me, IF the Anti-Corruption Agency is not independent one day, I don’t have strong faith to them. The ACA should answer to the Parliament directly only not the PM office.

Dr M said this yesterday in his article, I’m a bit surprise they published his article, you don’t see any in mainstream media before that.

But the public is leery of investigations by Government agencies and departments. Even Royal Commissions are not highly regarded. The people believe, not true of course, that the Government has been interfering with the work of the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA), the Police and the Attorney General (A-G)’s Chambers. The say this is borne out by the results of investigations by these agencies.

When a Deputy Minister was accused of accepting money for the release of a detainee, the A-G said there was no case because the detainee said he did not give any money to the Deputy Minister. It is so easy. If you have a case involving someone, all the enforcement agencies need to do is to ask him whether he was involved. If he says “no”, then there is no case.

For some reason, judges are finding that people accused of murder are not guilty because of insufficient evidence by the police. Yet people who are totally not involved in a case, who were not accused of any misdeeds and who did not appear in court at all and been given a hearing are found guilty and publicly condemned.

The public cannot be blamed for not having faith in Government agencies doing investigations. The public cannot be blamed for suspecting cover-ups by the Government or worse still the Government may be using these enforcement agencies to threaten people.

What me feel and and still is this article published in Malaysiakini! Malaysians are you really damn rich? (more…)

His latest article, Malaysia’s PM pays high price to stay in power.

Most interestingly, Abdullah appointed Muhammad Muhammad Taib as his Minister for Rural and Regional Development. What does such a minister do? He travels to Malaysia’s more far-flung parts and hands out money for development. What he really does is to hand out contracts to politicians, their families and friends to keep them onside. This will be more important than ever now, as the ruling coalition does not have a majority of seats in Parliament drawn from peninsular Malaysia and can only rule with the support of the smaller, regionally based parties in Sarawak and Sabah states on the island of Borneo.

Muhammad Taib’s job will be to fly to those states with suitcases of money to keep them onside. It’s a role for which he’s shown some talent.

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“Using” local municipal council (DBKL in this case) to “punish” people who don’t vote for you-know-what-party-is candidates? IF this is true as reported, it just tell Malaysians they are a bunch of no gentleman losers. Besides, it also tell the people who you should not vote on next General Election. They are really underestimate Malaysians. Malaysians are stupid? They thought they can still control media and stop news to spread out? Please, now is 21 century not (more…)

Still remember him? He had written several article about Malaysia before (here, here, here and here). His latest article in his column, he says Malaysia Boleh to all Malaysians. I particularly like these paragraphs

Zainuddin Maidin, the information minister, lost his seat. A measure of how complacent the Government had become was its appointment of the inept Zainuddin to the role in the first place. His appalling performance on Al Jazeera television late last year was a very public international humiliation for all Malaysians. Voters did what Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi did not have the guts to do: they removed him from office.

Malaysia’s media has become so discredited that local bloggers are now hugely popular. Zainuddin had patronisingly warned Malaysians about false information spread by bloggers. They responded by voting one of the most popular bloggers — Jeff Ooi — into parliament.

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I’m getting a bit confused after finished this article Restore the third vote in Penang.

How long the new state government has been formed? Years? Months? I believe less than 14 days. On the other hand, sound like we are asking report card from the newly-formed state government in less than 14 days. No doubt it is a constructive suggestion (more…)

Tengku Adnan is the new Umno sec-gen

Former Tourism Minister Tengku Adnan Mansor will replace Radzi Sheikh Ahmad as the Umno secretary general, said a local daily today.

Tengku Adnan, dropped by Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi from the cabinet yesterday, told New Straits Times that he was informed by Abdullah yesterday about his new role in the party.

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What caught my attention in that article was this sentence, he said (more…)