Sabtu, 30 April 2011

Lim Kit Siang

Lim Kit Siang


An Open Letter to Our Education Minister

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 10:24 AM PDT

The recent focus given to history as a compulsory subject in the Malaysian school curriculum has driven me as a parent of school going children to gain an insight of what my children are learning in history as a subject in school. Before I summarise my findings (via reading my children's history text books from [...]

If Allah is the name of God in Islam, can Christians also call their God Allah?

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 04:33 AM PDT

By N H Chan The nomenclature of God If you look up the word "Allah" in any English dictionary you will find this definition: Allah noun the name of God among Muslims; or Allah n. the principle Muslim name for God. In fact all English dictionaries are definite about the meaning of the word Allah; [...]

Let's move Penang Forward

Let's move Penang Forward


DAP Ceramah: Jom Ubah! Taking On Najib's Fixed Deposit

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 07:51 AM PDT

MY VOICE FOR NATION

MY VOICE FOR NATION


Posted: 30 Apr 2011 07:03 AM PDT

MP casts doubt on Zambry’s denial

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 07:00 PM PDT

the Chamber of Canning... 您的委托, 您的声音!

the Chamber of Canning... 您的委托, 您的声音!


下周一选民登记运动 黄家和吁市民游子踊跃出席

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 02:12 AM PDT

Jumaat, 29 April 2011

Lim Kit Siang

Lim Kit Siang


Chua SoiLek should not have too inflated an ego about himself or MCA

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 07:16 PM PDT

It should be the front-page headline news of the MCA newspaper The Star today, but it was tucked away in page 4, regarded as less newsworthy than Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding (entire front page with pic and headline'You look beautiful'), "PM – Innovate to compete: Relying on foreign labour a threat to economy, [...]

What offence has Anwar committed? Why is he being hounded?

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 04:53 PM PDT

by P. Ramakrishnan 29th April 2011 The scandalous porno tape, used in desperation to implicate Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim allegedly engaging in sex with a prostitute in order to turn the tide in favour of the Barisan Nasional during the Sarawak election, refuses to fade away even after the Sarawak election. It was a widely [...]

Sue gov’t, PAS urges dead gov’t officer’s family

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 04:41 AM PDT

By Hafiz Yatim | Malaysiakini PAS central committee member Mohamad Sabu has urged the family of late customs officer Ahmad Sarbani Mohamed’s (below) family not to give up in seeking justice for his death. Mohamad or better known as Mat Sabu, said he had visited the family of the Royal Customs Department’s senior assistant director [...]

“WE HAVE BETTER STUFF TO DO”

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 03:42 AM PDT

by Goh Keat Peng "… the top anchors at all the networks had scurried into the briefing room. Once there, they received a presidential scolding for their concern with 'silliness.' Obama began his five-minute statement with the complaint that he wouldn't be able to get the networks to break into their regularly scheduled programming for [...]

Kit Siang: Soi Lek killing the people’s hope for change

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 03:23 AM PDT

By Clara Chooi The Malaysian Insider Apr 29, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 — Lim Kit Siang accused Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek today of destroying the people's hopes by dictating that they had no choice but to accept the status quo in the present administration under Barisan Nasional (BN). This, said the DAP [...]

To explore further the idea of a DAP-SNAP merger in my three days in Kuching, Sibu and Miri starting tomorrow

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 01:44 AM PDT

In my three days of visit to Kuching, Sibu and Miri beginning tomorrow, I will also take the opportunity to explore further the idea of a DAP-SNAP merger as a follow-up to the 416 political awakening in the recent Sarawak state general elections with the twin objectives to accelerate greater political awakening among Sarawakians of [...]

Nothing for Abu Kassim to gloat about as public stocks of two-year-old MACC lower than ever plumbed by its predecessor ACA in 41 years

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 12:26 AM PDT

In the past two days, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Chief Commissioner had been bragging about the achievements of the MACC since its establishment on January 1, 2009. On Wednesday, at the "Corruption Destroyer of Civilisations" forum in Shah Alam, he claimed that MACC investigations are above board and that it did not take sides [...]

MY VOICE FOR NATION

MY VOICE FOR NATION


Posted: 28 Apr 2011 10:23 PM PDT

DAP is prepared to launch a protest campaign

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 09:07 PM PDT

SUARA PERAK

SUARA PERAK


MAJLIS BERSAMA PENDUDUK DI AYER TAWAR - KG TUN SAMBANTHAN

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 01:57 AM PDT

DAP DINNER - GERIK

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 11:31 PM PDT

Philosophy Politics Economics

Philosophy Politics Economics


Limp reforms fuelling brain drain

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 04:59 AM PDT

Pakatan: Limp reforms fuelling brain drain
By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal April 29, 2011

KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 — The government's failure to see through announced reforms were partly to blame for the country's chronic brain-drain problem, Pakatan Rakyat (PR) lawmakers claimed today

Opposition leaders today said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's inability to deliver on promises of equality and a "needs-based" economic model, coupled with his "conceding" to ultra-Malay voices within his own party will only result in Malaysia being mired in the middle-income trap.

"Najib is not addressing the critical issues affecting talent in leaving the country... His message of inclusiveness is lost in translation as existing policies are discriminatory against the non-Malays in the country. This has been verified by the proportion leaving the country," DAP national publicity secretary Tony Pua said today.

According to a World Bank report yesterday, more than one million Malaysians currently live abroad. The report stated that policies favouring the majority Malays were contributing to the country's brain-drain while holding back its economy and limiting foreign investment.

Today, Pua said Najib's "U-turn" over his heavily-publicised New Economic Model (NEM) has left little room in the country's competition for talent.

"The fact is these policies do not encourage competition and a poor economy will deter prospective talents from staying. He has failed in an attempt from moving from a race-based culture to a needs-based," Pua told The Malaysian Insider.

In a Bloomberg news service report, World Bank senior economist Philip Schellekens was also quoted as saying that foreign investment could be five times the current levels if the country had Singapore's talent base.

"Migration is very much an ethnic phenomenon in Malaysia, mostly Chinese but also Indian," Schellekens told Bloomberg in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.

Governance issues and lack of meritocracy are "fundamental constraints" to Malaysia's expansion because "competition is what drives innovation," he said.

For the full story, read it here.

Tony Pua to strike out Syabas suit

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 10:38 PM PDT

PETALING JAYA: Petaling Jaya Utara member of parliament Tony Pua has moved to strike out the defamation suit filed against him by Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas).

In a Bursa Malaysia filing yesterday, Puncak Niaga Holdings Bhd said solicitors of its unit Syabas were served with a striking-out application by Tony Pua on April 26.

It also added that at a hearing yesterday, the Kuala Lumpur High Court had directed both parties to resolve all affidavits in reply by the next case management scheduled on May 19. The court had also fixed the defendant's striking out application to be heard on May 30.

From The Star

Will Najib Stop 50sen Payment for 1Malaysia Email?

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 07:47 PM PDT

The "1Malaysia Email" Entry-Point Project (EPP) has only become more intriguing with contradictory clarifications, exposing the continued malaise in the current administration system

The "1Malaysia email project" circus is continuing as Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak continues to maintain an elegant silence over the project despite the obvious complicity of various agencies under the Prime Minister's Department and the Finance Ministry under his charge.

Despite Najib's attempt to wash his hands off the project by claiming that the RM50 million project will not be funded with Government money, Pemandu officials as well as the project owner, Tricube Bhd's CEO himself have admitted that Government agencies will be required to pay 50 sen per email sent to registered users. This will result in millions being spent by each government agency should they be sending just 1 email to the forecasted 15 million users.

What's more, despite Najib's denial that the project will be funded by the Government, Tricubes has disclosed that they have received seed capital of RM5.5 million for the project from Malaysia Venture Capital (MAVCAP), a fund wholly owned by the Ministry of Finance.

To add further to the ludicrous confusion, MAVCAP immediately made an indirect denial that the investment was meant for the 1Malaysia email project, but instead is for another subsidiary of Tricubes, Tam Tam Sdn Bhd which is involved in mobile salesforce automation products.

In a Twitter exchange with Khairy Jamaluddin, Umno Youth Chief who had earlier called the Pemandu officials "little Napoleons" for defying the Prime Minister's clarification that the Government isn't footing a single sen for the project, he insisted the officials are still to be blamed because they didn't brief the Prime Minister properly - "obv they are to blame b/c didn't brief PM properly". (Apr 27 1.32pm)

Regardless of whether Khairy's comment was made in jest or in all seriousness, now that we have established the fact that Government agencies will be unreasonably required to pay 50 sen for every email sent to a registered 1Malaysia email user, will Najib who is both the Prime Minister and Finance Minister issue or initiate the directive to stop all Government agencies from committing to such exhorbitant fees?

Instead, Najib must direct all government agencies interested in providing electronic communications for bills and statements, should require citizens to provide their own emails, whether Gmail, Yahoo!Mail, Hotmail or other email providers for such communication. By doing so, government agencies will be able to communicate with ordinary Malaysians by sending unlimited email at absolutely no cost! If banks and credit card companies can do it today, there's absolutely no reason why Government agencies are unable to do the same.

The above circus over a "simple" RM50 1Malaysia email project, instead of showcasing a reformed Government machinery under the various initiatives like the GTP, ETP, EPP etc, has instead exposed the fact that all is not well within the Najib's administration. The various government departments, whether due to sheer incompetence or vested interest, is the biggest hindrance to a successful implementation of Government "transformation" programmes. And if Najib continues to take a hands-off approach like he's doing for the "1Malaysia email project", then all the King's horses and all the King's men will not be able to will not be able to put Humpty Dumpty back together again.

the Chamber of Canning... 您的委托, 您的声音!

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Kit Siang: when will DPM fully support PM's 1 Msia policy?

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 04:58 AM PDT

《当今大马》:疾呼霹州不能沦为“排毒工厂” 行动党要赞比里交代稀土计划

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 01:52 AM PDT

Lim Lip Eng

Lim Lip Eng


Frustrated parent puzzled by OUTRIGHT rejection for Petronas scholarship

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 06:12 PM PDT

Dear YB,
I'm resident of Taman Bukit Maluri and wish to bring to your attention with regards to the above; recently my son and quite a number of his schoolmates (Taman Bukit Maluri secondary school – sits SPM last year) applies for the above.
He obtains 10A (8A+, 2A) and 1B+ for his mandarin (of which is pending appeal result as according to his teacher, his should be getting at least an A based on his school examinations thus far). Anyway to cut the story short, these few young man and ladies (just for your information these "group" of student's SPM results are not any worse than my son's) applies petronas scholarship as well as matriculation courses in local U – BUT sadly to say that they were rejected "OUT-RIGHT" – not even get a call for interview or whatsoever. However in his school there's one "special" (not to mention 'race') lady whose results are no where near these group of people yet she gets admitted to the matriculation!
My question is – IF Petronas and matriculation courses are not for the non special people than make it clear and don't waste the time and dashed the hope of these naïve young "Malaysian"! Do you know how disappointed these youngsters when they gets the result? – No words can describe!
LeeBH

Piow With You 文标与你

Piow With You 文标与你


霹雳州行动党45周年党庆晚宴餐劵以全部售罄,再次感谢各界的支持!

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 10:17 PM PDT

:黄文标(右4)与行动党45周年党庆千人宴团队进行合照。

由霹雳州举办的行动党45周年党庆宴会,筹委会主席黄文标代表党表示感谢各界支持和协助,和借助砂勞越州选举行动党大有斩获和士气,筹备工作才能顺利办妥和餐劵同时售罄。

也是霹雳行动党副秘书的他表示当晚的演讲者有他本人,霹雳州主席倪可汉,署理主席西华古马,秘书倪可敏,和有超人之称的行动党大选备战委员会文宣组组长丘光耀博士,以及武吉干当区国会议员尼查。

他表示当晚也会进行行动党霹雳州的"换"掉国阵政府的推介礼,以确保此民主运动能够全方面号召人民改朝换代能够在来届大选实现。

Khamis, 28 April 2011

Lim Kit Siang

Lim Kit Siang


When even Chinese PM could give full praise to Najib’s 1Malaysia concept, when will DPM Muhyiddin give unreserved support to PM’s signature policy, declare that he is “Malaysian first, Malay second” and repudiate Utusan Melayu’s “1Melayu” call?

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 07:51 PM PDT

One of the headlines in today's New Straits Times coverage of the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's visit to Malaysia reads: “Chinese prime minister all praise for Najib's 1Malaysia", reporting that Wen Jiabao was "full of praise for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak for coming up with the 1Malaysia concept" when meeting Malaysian Chinese [...]

Malaysia’s brain drain getting worse, says World Bank

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 04:24 PM PDT

By Lee Wei Lian The Malaysian Insider Apr 28, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — World Bank senior economist Philip Schellekens painted a gloomy picture of the Malaysian brain drain situation today saying that it not only grew rapidly but is likely to intensify, further eroding the country's already narrow skills base. Schellekens said that [...]

NEP, brain drain holding back Malaysia, says World Bank

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 04:15 PM PDT

The Malaysian Insider Apr 28, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — More than one million Malaysians live abroad, the World Bank said today, adding that policies favouring Malays are holding back the economy, causing a brain drain and limiting foreign investment. In a Bloomberg news service report today, World Bank senior economist Philip Schellekens was [...]

Longing For A Free Mind (Part 8 of 14)

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 05:00 AM PDT

By M. Bakri Musa The Mind of A Future Leader It is within us to topple our personal as well as collective coconut shell. Of course, with enlightened leadership the process would be greatly facilitated. With skills and ingenuity we could leverage the very elements of our culture that had imprisoned us to instead free [...]

Pakatan’s Chances of Winning the 13th General Election

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 07:23 AM PDT

By Kenny Gan The 13th general election will be the most watched and anxiously awaited event in the annals of Malaysian political history. Previous general elections have been tame affairs where the result was never in doubt; it was only a matter of how many seats the opposition could wrest away from BN. But the [...]

What impression have we given to Chinese Premier Wen Jiaboa – a government crazed with sex scandals than with enhancing Malaysia’s multi-racial national unity or international competitiveness?

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 11:39 PM PDT

What impression have we given to Chinese Premier Wen Jiaboa in his short visit to the country? That we have a government crazed with sex scandals than with enhancing multi-racial national unity or Malaysia's international competiveness? The largest English-language circulation newspaper in the country, the MCA-owned Star, put the Carcosa sex scandal on its front [...]

Charles Santiago

Charles Santiago


கிள்ளான் எம்.பி ஏற்பாட்டில் குறைந்தபட்ச சம்பளம் பற்றி கலந்துரையாடல்

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 03:15 AM PDT

மூலம் :-  செம்பருத்தி

Thursday, April 28, 2011 12:46 pm

தற்போது மலேசியர்கள் குறிப்பாக தொழிலாளர் வர்க்கத்தினர் எதிர்நோக்கும் பிரச்சனையே சம்பளம்தான்.

நாளுக்கு நாள் விலைவாசி ஏறிக் கொண்டே போகிறது. ஆனால் இந்த தொழிலாளர்களின் சம்பளமோ குண்டு சட்டியில் குதுரை ஓட்டுவதுப் போல் அதே அளவில்தான் உள்ளது என வருத்தம் தெரிவித்த கிள்ளான் நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர் சார்ல்ஸ் சந்தியாகோ தொழிலார்கள் தினத்தை முன்னிட்டு குறைந்த பட்ச சம்பளத்தை பற்றி ஒரு கலந்துரையாடலை ஏற்பாடு செய்துள்ளதாக கூறினார்.

இக்கலந்துரையாடல் நாளை வெள்ளிக்கிழமை (29 ஏப்ரல்) காலை மணி 9 தொடங்கி பிற்பகல் வரை, எம்.பி.பி.ஜே அலுவலகத்தில், பிளிக் பூங்கா மவாரில் நடத்தப்படவுள்ளது என ஜ.செ.க உறுப்பினருமான அவர் தெரிவித்தார்.

பட்டதாரிகள், தொழிற்சங்கம், அரசு சார்பற்ற இயக்கங்கள், முதலாளிகள், நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர்கள் மற்றும் சட்டமன்ற உறுப்பினர்கள் என கலந்துக் கொள்ள ஏற்பாடு செய்திருக்கும் இந்த கலந்துரையாடலில் சில முக்கிய விசயங்கள் பேசப்படவுள்ளன. அதில் குறைந்தபட்ச சம்பளத்திற்கும் ஏழ்மை நிலைக்கும் உள்ள தொடர்பு, அடிப்படை சம்பள நிர்ணயிப்பு குழுவின் பங்கு, மாற்றத்திற்கான நடவடிக்கை என்பவன அடங்கும்.

அண்மையில் இந்த தொழிலாளர்களின் சம்பள உயர்வைப் பற்றி பல முறை நாடாளுமன்றத்தில் கேள்வி எழுப்பியுள்ளேன். கேட்கும் போதெல்லாம் வரும் ஒரே விடை அரசு இதனை ஆராய்ந்து வருகிறது. குறைந்தபட்ச சம்பளத்தை நிர்ணயிக்கும் என சொல்லி சொல்லி காலம் தாழ்த்தி வருகிறது.

ஆனாலும் தற்போது தொழிலாளர்கள் பெரும் குறைந்தபட்ச சம்பளமே வறுமை கோட்டிற்கு கீழ் உள்ளான சம்பளம் தான் அதாவது ரிம 720- க்கும் குறைவான சம்பளம். இது தற்போதைய வாழ்க்கை செலவை ஈடுக்கட்ட முடியுமா? என சார்ல்ஸ் கேள்வி எழுப்பினார்.

இத்துணைக் காலம் இந்த தொழிலாளர் வர்கத்தினர் ஏழ்மையில் வாடினது போதும். அவர்களின் சம்பள உயர்வுக்கு போராட வேண்டியதை தவிர வேறு வலி ஏதும் இல்லை போல் தெரிகிறது. ஆகவே, இந்த குறைந்தபட்ச சம்பள உயர்வை எந்த அணுகுமுறையில் நாடலாம் என்பதனை கண்டறியவும் நடவடிக்கைகளை மேற்கொள்ளவும் ஏற்பாடு செய்யப்பட்டிருக்கும் இக்கலந்துரையாடலைப் பற்றி மேல் விவரங்கள் தெரிந்துக்கொள்ள அழைக்க வேண்டிய நபர் ராஜ் 0166045390.


சார்ல்ஸ் சந்தியாகோ ஏற்பாட்டில் குறைந்த பட்ச சம்பள கலந்துரையாடல்

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 03:09 AM PDT

மூலம் : – மலேசிய நண்பன்


Ahli Majlis Perbandaran Klang,Encik Raju Veerasamy sentiasa bekerjasama dengan Ahli Parlimen Klang,Charles Santiago.

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 12:09 AM PDT

Source: Chinapress


Ahli Majlis Perbanbaran Klang,Encik Nallan sentiasa yakin dan memberi sokongan kepada Ahli Parlimen Klang,Charles Santiago kerana beliau adalah seorang wakil rakyat yang sentiasa berkhidmat untuk rakyat Klang.

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 11:42 PM PDT

Source: Chinapress