Hee the 'frog' rewarded with a Datukship.

It seems monetary reward for the ex-DAP assemblywoman of Perak is not enough. Now the perak sultan has bestowed the 'frog' with a datukship title.What has Hee achieved to deserve the honour of the title? From memory the only infamous act she did was to betray the mandate given to her by her own constituency and by latest account she has not even dare to step there for fear of being harm.

Once upon a time datukship was only given to deserving people who rendered invaluable service to the state or nation and certainly not for betraying the trust of the people.What kind of message is the perak royalty sending to potential receipient? That they will be rewarded for being a 'frog'?

Another turncoat defects to UMNO

PKR almost made a big blunder by selecting PKR Division treasurer Dr Halili Rahmat as the candidate to contest the Hulu selangor parliamentary seat.One can easily see the ramification of Dr. Halili being selected and consequently winning the by-election on a PKR ticket.If he can leave PKR and join UMNO just because he was not selected to be the candidate what more if he was elected and for some frivolous reasons he could similarly hopped over to UMNO under the most silly pretext.

Once again, we witness the true motives of some PKR members who joined the party to only fight for their own personal cause and not to fight for the party's cause.Not only were they not satisfied to merely leave the party but they were so vindictive to the extent of causing maximum harm to the PKR's chance of winning the bye-election by declaring their support for UMNO.

It certainly augurs well for PKR that it has now seen the true colour of Dr. Halili who was given not once but two opportunities to contest as a candidate for PKR in the 2004 and 2008 elections and who on both ocassions lost to the B.N candidates.It was in a way poetic justice that he did not win any of the seats he contested or he would have been also one of the 'frogs' who would have jumped to the B.N fold.

B.N attack Zaid for not being 'local boy'

Why is B.N emphasizing on Zaid being not a 'local boy' and therefore not a suitable candidate.? Are B.N so bereft of issues that they can resort to such parochialism? Is this such a necessary criteria for a person to reside in that area before he can serve his constituency properly?Not in the case of Parliamentarians.A good member of Parliament is able to articulate in Parliament vital national issues and certainly not issues only confine to his own constituent.

Lim Guan Eng is not from Penang but having being elected in a penang Constituency and subsequently being made Chief minister of Penang has now in two years transformed the financial status of this island which have been suffering perpetual losses under the B.N and Gerakan administration.

So voters should not pay any heed to criticisms that zaid is not a 'local boy' and therefore not a suitable candidate.What is of paramount importance is the calibre of the candidate that is being elected to parliament.

Zaid Ibrahim, the right choice.

At last, PKR are now more careful in selecting their candidate for the seat they are contesting at Hulu Selangor.PKR should by now learn a bitter lesson in their choice of rebellious candidates like, Zul Nordin,Zaharin, Tan Choo Beng and Wee Choo keong.Hopefully when the next election comes, we will see the last of these candidates who seemed to thrive on the arrogant belief that they were elected on the strength of their character and now on the strength of being a PKR member.

There is no dispute in the PKR camp that Zaid is the most suitable person to contest for PKR in Hulu selangor.Most malays and non -malays will defintely support this principle politician who choosed to resign as Minister rather than compromise on his beliefs and principles.

Malaysia needs person of his calibre and voters in Hulu Selangor must seize this opportunity to elect him to parliament so that our future can change for the better.

Whose Fault is it that the nation's wealth is in the hands of the non-malays?

According to the Deputy Prime minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin,' current records show that a large portion of the nation'swealth is in the hands of the non-malays'.

So whose fault is it?After 52 years of NEP and affirmative action, the non malays still managed to own a large portion of the nation's wealth. If $54 billion worth of shares were given to Bumiputras and that figure subsequently dwindle to $2 billion today. who should we put the blame on? Perhaps Perkasa Ibrahim Ali and Mahathir would love to blame the non-malays for their inabilty to cling to the $52 billion worth of shares.

Muhyiddin has suggested that the data on wealth distribution would be updated. But what affirmative action has the DPM has in mind if the data confirms that the wealth is mostly in non-malay hands.? By his revelation of the data that the wealth is indeed in non malay hands will that means that it is now justifiable for the govt to continue plying the bumis with affirmative action till they manage to retain 30% share of the economic pie?And what if they again fail to retain the 30% share and later fall back to their comfort zone of 18% share? Do we repeat the same policy over and over again till bysome miracle the 30% is finally achieved and retained by the bumis?

For the last 52 years UMNO was the leader in the B.N coalition. The Prime Minister and all the important porfolios were from UMNO. Petronas, and all state GLCs are controlled and managed by bumis. The Judiciary , the state and federal civil servants are mainly occupied by malays. Until the last 2008 general elections all the state Menteri Besar and Chief Ministers with the exception of Kelantan came from UMNO and B.N.

What this literary means is that UMNO controlled the state and federal govt and had overall control over the nation's resources and policy. So how could Ibrahim Ali and mahathir blamed the non-malays for their predicament in not being able to retain their share of the country's wealth?

If we were to apportion blame then it should rightly be fingered at the leaders from UMNO and certainly not the non-malays who had no control or influence in the distribution of the nation's wealth.

PUTRAJAYA: Local Election will cause Racial imbalances.

It is to be expected when urban local elections takes place in an area populated by mainly chinese, those elected will of course come from that same community.And the same token applies to malay populated areas, whereby those election that take place there will be occupied by the malays. By this simple logic inevitably there will be racial imbalances because by virtue of its racial demograhy, the majority of the councillors elected will be from the majority of the race residing in that area.

However , with the present practice of appointing political appointees, most of those selected are also of one race and the sad part is that most if not all of them lack even the basic qualification to preside as councillors. Therefore the tendency of those elected Presidents and councillors is to partake in extravagant projects with no use to the municipality. Some even organise oversea trips under the guise of study tours and tax payers money is wastefully spent on such dubious expenditure.

Without local election , the present system of appointing local councillors have also created racial imbalances so this should not be an excuse to deny local elections to the the people.

UMNO cannot wrest Selangor alone.

At least UMNO has now come to the realisation that it is dependent on other B.N parties like MCA and MIC to help it regain Selangor. But this realisation must come with the admission that for the last 50 years it had administered Selangor, UMNO had ride rough shod over its B.N partners.

All state GLC are helmed by one race, state contracts are farmed to UMNO cronies, State civil servants employ only one race,majority of municipal councillors are occupied mostly by UMNO members. And of course to shut MCA and MIC mouths, some crumbs are thrown to appease MCA and MIC lackeys.

Based on B.N's past record of administering the state of Selangor, most likely it will be another 30 years before B.N will be able to wrest over Selangor from Pakatan and that if the Pakatan coalition make a mess of their tenure.

The last M.B of selangor, Mohd Toyo has left a tainted legacy of his administration and his abuse of state funds for his oversea trips and the revelation of his $24 million luxury mansion has all cast serious aspersion as to B.N's ability to govern in the rakyats interest.

Royal hospital Project

Why was the contract of the Shah Alam Hospital given to a sister of the Sel;angor Sultan? The $482 million contract was given to her company, Sunshine Fleet under the guise of a negotiated tender.

In other words it was a contract with a bloated price. Had there been an open tender the price would have been half of what it was given.
If that is not rent seeking than can somebody please tell me what it is?

Most likely some UMNO boys will also benefit from the project by been given the sub-contract and who after taking a cut would have again sub-contracted it to a chinaman company who would than do the work. But in most cases by the time the project reaches the chinaman , most of the profit would have been skimmed off and if the project is no longer profitable most likely it will be abandoned.

And to rescue the project, the govt will have to call for another tender or another round of negotiated tender and the whole vicious cycle of bleeding the nation's coffers is repeated.

I am a Malay First..........

Our Deputy Prime Minister has stated quite plainly that he is a malay first and a Malaysian second.

That statement will certainly now open a pandora box because from now chinese will be chinese first and indians will be indians first.That basically sums up our pride and love of our nation. Maybe to avoid any confusion it would be easier for us to just classify ourselves as malays, indians and chinese rather than say we are malaysians second.

Why Najib dont want Local Govt Elections.

All local councils if not most of it are located in urban areas.And most urban areas are populated by chinese. If elections were to be held all local councils would be taken over by the urban chinese. The only exception would be in Trengganu and Kelantan and even these two states may see majority of them being presided by the chinese.Najib and his UMNO members know this and there fore are not supportive of local elections.

At the moment most B.N local councils are UMNO appointees and the councillors position have alot of invisible perks. Council money in most cases are lavishly spent on wasteful projects which are fronts to make some fast bucks.Some even spent council money on oversea trips under the guise of study tours.In all local councils most of its members especially the President Post are occupied by only one race.

The problem with appointing some one not accustom to living in an urban area is the lack of understanding as to priororise what urban environment demands. Cleanliness, efficient clearance of gabbage, clean drainage system, well lit street ,availabilty of parking in town centres and ensuring hygenic eateries are some of the mandatory duties of a local council.

Unfortunately, most present council members are political appointees and they are not well verse in what they are suppose to do. They are only there for the perks. Thus we see alot of inefficiency in local councils and removing these deadwoods is not an easy task since it has to be a political decision.

The benefits of local council election will ensure that people are appointed based on merit and their capabilities. Since they are elected if they dont perform then most likely they will be voted out in the next election. Based on past experience , the people elected are mostly professionals who lived in that area and who wish to contribute their expertise in the area where they live.Therefore its a good thing because they have a stake in improving their own neighbourhood.

So what is wrong if the local councils are being managed by the urban chinese? They lived in that area and whatever decision they make affects them. Therefore let them manage their own urban area. Why should they be managed by a malay appointees who are not familiar in an urban environment. Its akin to appointing a chinese urban man to be the village head of a malay kampong.

Najib's Days are numbered

The knieves are out.The UMNO grassroot news is that there is a move to topple Najib from his P.M post. Muhyiddin is waiting in the wing to assume the mantle of P.M sooner than expected.
Hardly one year taking over from Badawi, he had already blundered in several of his policies. His gamble in the Perak debacle backfired and he virtually lost whatever support he had from the chinese community.
Then his stupifying decision to allow for the Allah demonstration which precipitated in the burning of the church.That error of judgement not only crowned his poor leadership qualities but also turned the tide of popularity towards the opposition which seems to gain momentum with every bad decision he made.
Then of course his dogged determination to bring Anwar to trial for the sodomy charge has virtually turned the majority of the people against him. Whatever the outcome of Anwar's trial one thing remain certain. Najib's tenure would be a short and uneventful one. With UMNO's unseen hands reaching out to topple him now, it remains a question whether he can survive his first term in office.

Looming in the picture is the ever present saga of the Altantuya episode which is constantly surfacing to cast a pale shadow over his sordid involvement.

So good bye, Najib and Rosmah. I dont think the people will miss you .After all we didnt elect you to your office. You were elected to the office by 2000 class F contractors from UMNO, remember?

Injustice in Adorna case must be corrected.

It was with great relief that the Federal court in Tan Ying Hong's case set aside the controversial judgement of the then Chief Justice Tun Eusoff Chin in 2000.However it is regretful that the decision of the Federal court will not restore the rights of Boonsom whose land was fraudulently transferred to Adorna.It is Tan Ying Hong who will benefit from the landmark reversal of the Boonsom Vs Adorna case.

There was never in doubt that Boonsom's land was fraudulently transferred to Adorna and the transfer was an error in judgement that was ' obvious and blatant'.

If it was now proven that there indeed there was fraud involved in the transfer of the Boonsom property then is it not logical and justifiable that the rightful ownership of the property should be restored to the agrieved party which was Boonsom.

Justice cannot be so blind that after knowing that an injustice has occurred and the judiciary have corrected that injustice should now remain oblivious to the plight of Boonsom whose land was transferred to another party through fraudulent means.Boonsom has every right to expect the judiciary to correct the injustice which was no fault of Boonsom but the fault of the judiciary that decided the case under the former Chief Justice, Tun Eusof Chin. The common adage that justice must not only be done but must be seen to be done is certainly applicable in this instance.

Church Burning will drive away Investors and tourists.

Our country is in turmoil.The protest by the muslim populace against the use of the word 'Allah' in the christian bahasa malay bible have now translated into violence by the act of burning churches.
Any leader with some common sense would have averted the current crisis by calling for the people not to protest but to respect the processes of the law. Instead , the incompetent Prime Minister encouraged the fanatic miniority by saying that ' muslims have a right to protest against the use of the word 'Allah' ' That perhaps gave the signal to the fanatic muslims to adopt a more radical approach by burning churches.

What kind of double standards is our prime minister preaching? On the one hand candle vigils and Hindraf protests are not allowed but muslims protest for their rights to disallow use the word "Allah' is perfectly legal.

No wonder such flip flop policies are driving away foreign investors who have now regarded our country as a pariah nation.Not only will foreign investor be driven away, tourists mainly from European and asian countries will not be encouraged to visit a country where muslim extremists are burning christian churches.

Its really so sad that a multi-racial country of ours with so much prospect for the future for its people have now degenerated to a basket case. The fault lies not with the people and the nation but with our leaders.But we as the people must shoulder the blame for our incompetence in selecting the choice of our leaders. That wrong choice has precipitated in our current turmoil.

Good-bye Augustine Paul.

Good-bye Augustine Paul.Like me, most Malaysians will not miss your demise.You served Mahathir well when you helped him to convict Annuar Ibrahim for the Sodomy charge.For your loyalty and service rendered to Mahathir you were adequately rewarded with rapid promotions to the court of Appeal and then to be a federal Court judge.Despite overwhelming evidence adduced during the trial which could have exonerated Annuar with the sodomy charge you deemed it expedient for your own selfish reasons to convict him.

You left no tangible legacy for us to remember you because when you abandoned the rule of law and unjustly convicted Annuar on evidence which was dubious and contrived you left an indelible stain on your judicial career.

As a fellow christian , I hold you in utter contempt and hope that when you face the maker on your judgement day you will be judged for all the sins you have committed when you occupied the august position of a judge.

Your grave should appropriately be engraved with the words' Herein lies a judge who sold his soul to the devil'.

Malaysia's Road to Purgatory.

There is no need to use niceties to describe our past and present leaders.They are a bunch of idiots incapable of managing our country's finance. Mahathir as reported recently squandered $100 billion of our coffers. These were money known and reported. what about those that were concealed and not reported.?It would not be wrong to say that the final figure was more than the $100 billion reported.

It was even revealed that the govt spent $548 million for the 9 years it gave participants BTN courses which was ' divisive, racist and politically motivated.' Annually, the govt spent another $500 million on National service programme, a program mired in controversy and its benfits still uncertain. Money spent on such expenditure are not only wasteful but indirectly fueled corruption to those close to the corridors of power.

With all the abundant natural resources in our country how do you explain why our currency is 21/2 times lower than the Singapore currency?The answer is evidently due to the massive wastage and leakages our financial system is constantly exposed. Recently it was revealed that a menteri Besar had remitted $10 million to the U.K using a money changer. Bank Negara even revealed that oversea remmittance by politicians, Ministers, and Govt corporate leaders was a common phenomena and this had resulted in the suspension of at least 20 money changers.

With a daily barrage of corruption and leakages that is exposed unabated, the only solution that the country need is a change in the govt. We dont have much choice or option. The chinese saying that a mountain paved with gold can also crumble if the leakages continue at this rate. Therefore how much longer can Malaysia continue to sustain such leakages before it crumbles financially? We have to stop these leakages before we slide down the slippery road to purgatory.

Mahathir And BTN are Both Racists

When Hitler was the Fuhrer of Germany, he advocated a policy of exterminating the Jews not only in his homeland but the whole of Europe. He blamed Germany economic woes was caused by the Jews and through a policy of racial extermination he forcibly incarcerated millions of Jews in concentration camps and proceeded to torture and systemmatically killed them.

In Malaysia , with Mahathir we have our equivalent of Hitler. Both had one thing in common. They were both racist to the core.In his early book, the' Malay Dilemma' he had like Hitler placed the blame on Malay backwardness to the fault of the enterprising chinese race.
In 22 years of his tenure as P.M he saw it fit to set up exclusive race based institutions that catered only for the malays. MARA colleges , tertiary Instituition like UITM and propaganda instituition BTN all catered exclusively for one community.

Despite many participants claiming that the course conducted by BTN was 'divisive, racist and politically motivated' Mahathir came to the defence of the BTN modules by saying that 'there is no need to revamp National Civics Bureau(BTN) training modules as in the current form, they were fine for instilling the patriotic spirit among Malaysians'. How could the modules instill patriotic spirit among Malaysians when the course emphasize on the "Ketuanan Melayu " concept and the condemnation that the chinese and indians were pendatangs whose sole aim was to take over the whole of the malay achepelago.?

Only a racist like Mahathir could not see the inherent racist propaganda that was the cornerstone of BTN's module. Credit should be given to many malays participants who bear testimony to the BTN's modules which had incited racial hatred to the other races. And quite rightly, Pakatan controlled states have taken steps to disallow its state civil servants , state educational institutions and other state owned corporations from attending BTN courses.

Utusan Malaysia Fanning Racial Hatred.

Any other mainstream media writing what has been written by Utusan Malaysia would have lost their licence to publish a long time ago. For some time now they have been writing inflamatory articles to incite the malays to riot and perhaps cause another mayhem similar to the one that happened in may 13th 1969.But this UMNO controlled media seems to have carte blanche right to publish articles that are seditious and inflamatory and yet did not even receive a warning from the Home Ministry.

This ploy to incite the malays to hate the non malays on the one hand and to preach the one Malaysia concept to the non malays on the other hand is a desperate strategy by UMNO to unite the malays against the perceived threats of the non malays while subteltly reaching to the non malays with their rhetoric concept of one malaysia for their electoral support.

One cannot imagine that Utusan Malaysia could have taken the bold steps of writing those inflamatory articles without the tacit support and agreement from the Home ministry . But by merely condoning and allowing Utusan Malaysia free reign to publish racist and inflamatory articles the Home Ministry must bear full responsibilty should any untoward accident occur as a result of their publication.An impartial and responsible Home ministry would have nipped this wanton act of sedition being published rather than allowing it to continue inciting hatred in its publication.By allowing Utusan Malaysia to continue fanning racial hatred through its publication, the Home ministry is virtually encouraging a tragedy to happen.

Mahathir destroyed All Our Democratic Instituitions

Looking back at Mahathir's 22 years tenure at the helm of the nation, it is not difficult to comprehend why we lost so much money through looting by his family and his cronies.

His favourite money making trick was to launch mega projects and privatisation of govt companies. His many mega projects were fronts to dish out negotiated tenders to his children and cronies whereby sweet deals were quoted with price many times its actual value. The more projects he launched and the more expensive the projects, the higher and better the profits were accrued by the beneficiaries. And when his son's venture in the shipping business failed he unhesitatingly used a govt vehicle (MISC) to bail his son out.

Bank Bumiputra which was a govt owned bank gave millions of unsecured loans to Mahathir's cronies and in the end all of them ended up as non-performing loans(NPL). In the end Petronas oil money was used to bail out the bank. Similar bail out was later repeated with MAS, Bank Rakyat, Perwaja Steel, and countless other govt GLCs.

His lack of business acumen saw the country loss heavily when he tried to corner the tin market.It was conservatively estimated that his brief foray in the speculation of the tin market cost the nation loss of $20 billion.

There are still alot of Malaysians who are foolishly ignorant of Mahathir's woeful tenure. He was not only a corrupt dictator who would not brook any dissent but he was also a racist too. Many of the Instituitions which were created during his tenure had a racist overtone. MARA colleges (MRSM), UITM and BTN were all his creations. They all had one thing in common .They all catered for only one race and with the exception of MARA colleges which later opened its door to allow 10% non bumi entry, the rest all had a racist agenda.

In short, time and history will not judge Mahathir favourably. His 22 years tenure saw the crumbling of all the instituition which was once the pride of Asia. The judiciary, the Attorney-general Dept, the Police dept, MACC , the civil service and virtually every instituition which was the cornerstone of a democracy became subservient to the Executive. Not only did they lost their independence and became servants and slave to the Executive but they also lost whatever shred of integrity that they had.

It would not be wrong to credit Mahathir as the P.M who destroyed the very fabric of malaysian multi-cultural and democratic instituition which till today still bears the hallmarks of his imprints.

Squatters On KTM Reserve Land.

I wonder in amazement how KTM could allow illegal squatters to squat on the reserve land bordering the railway line. The railway line stretching from the Seremban station all along rasah are now fully occupied by illegal squatters and KTM seems to be closing an eye on these settlements. On these illegal reserve land timber houses have mushroomed and they are even fitted with pipe water and electricity.

These illegal settlements that occupy KTM reserve land is waiting for a tragedy to happen and when it happens it will be a costly affair for KTM. Once a derailment occurs along any of these stretch alot of lives and property will be lost and destroyed. That is when KTM will have to fork out alot of money for compensation. How could KTM management not see the potential danger of such settlements being sited along the railway line? Or are they merely waiting for a tragedy to happen before taking any action. Along the rasah stretch some squatters have even cleared the reserve land to turn them into junk yards. Dont KTM have a property department where surveilance is kept on its property being illegally occupied?

I believe this is not only prevalent in the Seremban stretch of railway line but is a common occurrence in all the reserve land in the whole of the country.The only reason I can guess is that KTM is either closing an eye to these illegal settlements or there are people in the railway dept acting in concert to allow these settlements to mushroom. Either way, KTM will have to pay a hefty price when tragedy of any kind do take place along the railway reserve land.

Maybank is Perpetuating a Scam

Maybank is willingly or unwillingly helping to perpetuate a scam to fleece unsuspecting loan borrowers.The bank appoints a legal firm from Kuantan to write a letter of reminder whenever a borrower merely has a two monthly instalment in arrears. And for each letter of reminder the legal firm charges $30. The problem is why cant the Bank sends a reminder themselves rather than engage a legal firm to send a letter of reminder and then allows them to charge borrower $30 for a letter of reminder.If there are 5000 borrowers who are two months in arrears every month, the legal firm stands to make a neat $150,000 for merely sending a letter of reminder- an administrative job that virtually only cost 0.30cts.postage stamp.

Is Bank Negara aware of this scam being perpetuated or are they closing one eye to this scam? And of course the losers are the borrowers who have to cough up $30 each time the legal firm writes a letter of reminder.Can someone from the Bank please explain why they are allowing someone from the legal frim to make a fast buck at the expense of the poor borrower? Or is someone from the bank also benefitting from such an arrangement.