Najib: We have done a lot but we say little about it

But under Najib, FDI plunged 81% - Trade minister Muhkriz tried to explainKUALA LUMPUR - Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the time has come for the Barisan Nasional (BN) to spell out its deeds in improving the lot of the people.

He said that unlike the opposition parties, which he said were fond of boasting about what they had done even though it did not amount to much, the BN had been relatively quiet about its contributions to the people.

"We have done a lot but we say little about it. They have done little but they brag a lot about it. We've done a mountain high of deeds but often they are not appreciated," he said when launching the Wanita Umno's Sayang Squad carnival at Taman Datuk Ahmad Razali in Ampang, here.

Present were the prime minister's wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor and Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil.

Najib said that for instance, although the government had exempted about one million households from paying their electricity bill of RM20 and below, it did not brag about it unlike a Pakatan state government which made a big deal out of its decision to give 20 cubic metres of free water.

Najib said that in a parliamentary democracy, the people's well-being should be cared for because it was they who would determine whether a party was successful when the time came for them to give their mandate.

"That is why, in the 2011 Budget, I've tried to cover the interests of all in the effort to improve the people's well-being," he said.

The prime minister said the budget provided various incentives, among them the "My First Home Scheme" through Cagamas Bhd to help newly-employed civil servants, earning less than RM3,000 a month, ! to own a house.

The scheme provides a guarantee on down payment of 10 per cent for houses costing below RM220,000.

Pundits remember the Budget for phallic symbols, cheap undiesHe said that for the first time in history, the government also set up the National Wage Consultation Council as a platform to set the wage for workers.

"The effort to improve the lot of the people will continue," he said.

Najib also called on Wanita Umno and BN to continue holding such programmes for the people especially in opposition-held areas like Ampang, which is now represented by Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR).

"It doesn't matter what the challenges will be; in the name of the struggle for the people, there shall be no backing down. If we want to redeem ourselves in Ampang, we should care for the Ampang people," he said.

Najib, who is Selangor Umno chief, also said that he would consider the various requests forwarded by the Ampang Umno division chief Datuk Ismail Kijo.

He also said that Wanita Umno had been the party's pillar, and praised them for their hard work.

The Sayang Squad was launched in October last year and is a Wanita Umno and BN's platform for volunteerism to get close to the people at the grassroots level. - BERNAMA
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Is this Budget A Najibonomics’?

by Dr. Dzul

by Dr. Dzul

I was tweeting along as the Finance Minister, DS Najib Tun Razak, unfolded his second budget speech yesterday amidst the usual parliamentary ‘hecklings’. My tweets and interviews sparingly found its way in the mainstream media and as well the alternative internet-based media-portals.

As I really have something to say rather than having to say something (that’s a minister’s job), it is perhaps best that I put it together in a piece. They say ‘you could only scratch your back best, yourselves’.

Be that as it may, if fiscal prudence was what many might have been deluded to believe that the FM was committed to do, on the back of 13 consecutive years of fiscal deficit, the budget was everything except ‘fiscally prudent’.

Clearly it was never his intention. Mention of reducing fiscal deficit to 5.4% was relegated to the last minute. His mentioning of reducing it to 5.4% of GDP compared with 5.6% in 2010 (still suspect) is almost like tongue in cheek.

Yes, I understand the many vulgarities of global economic constraints and uncertainties. Yes, I understand that you can’t be cutting back the stimulus packages abruptly or you will slow the economy. Yes, Najib has to juggle and harmonise at times, the many ‘mutually exclusive constraints and demands’. But that’s the defining criterion of a leader!

‘Strategic Approach’ more so in a developmental program, the budget being the most short-term one, is always top-down driven and not ‘bottom-up’. You listen to the heart-beats of the rakyat insofar as getting feedbacks about how they respond to your programmes perhaps of their expectation and hopes as you are supposed to manage these.

But at the end of the day and in the final analysis, it’s your call, as the buck stops at you! You can’t blame the rakyat if it fails just because you consulted them and took their propositions. That’s Strategic Planning 101. Leader leads and takes calculated risk!

Overall, it is a budget crafted to appease as many a constituency as possible. On that score Najib has done extremely well. He has not forgotten to give adequate ‘goodies’ to all as to inject the ‘feel-good factor’ required to turn around the diminished confidence especially of the lower-income groups at being shortchanged and marginalized. From that perspective, this conforms to an election budget.

There are promises for more money for JKKK, KAFA teachers, imams, Orang Asli, NGOs, youth and women as well as moratorium on PLUS tolls for 5 years, and various other ‘carrots’ dangled to the rakyat (read voters). But I hasten to add that moratorium on tolls for now doesn’t mean that tax-payers money is spared from paying hefty compensation to Plus though.

While it may bring in a lot of immediate ‘happiness’, the rakyat are quite oblivious of the longer term economic impact on their lives of an irresponsibly crafted budget that will boomerang back to them when subsidies are reduced or eliminated to fund for the ‘extravaganza’ and the endless ‘leakages’ in the delivery system.

The last thing a politician should do is to try to appease everyone. Very regrettably, Najib has a penchant for that and this budget speaks all. After his admission of the era of ‘Government Knows Best ’is over, his overly populist approach is at time, very worrying as this had aggravated his predilection for flip-floping.

First things first. So where is the GTP, the ETP, much less the NEM? If anything I could only see a few EPPs! But they are nonetheless very big ones.

Among large construction projects that will kick off under the 2011 Budget are the RM43 billion new KL MRT project; the RM5 billion 100-storey Warisan Merdeka tower; the RM26 billion KL International Financial district; the RM3 billion integrated eco-resort in Karambunai, Sabah; construction of multiple new highways; and the development of the 1,084-ha Malaysian Rubber Board land in Sungai Buloh.

The 2011 Budget was deemed a testimony for Najib’s commitment to reform. Quite sadly, the highlights appeared to be largely big-ticket construction projects rather than commitments to drastically restructure the economy by revamping efficiency, productivity and innovation.

I won’t deny the sprinkling of incentives in the other NKEAs like the Islamic Capital Market, Oil and Gas Industry and the advancing Green Technology. But budget allocation-wise they are relatively modest.

So it is after all, back essentially to ‘centrally-planned-pump-priming’ megalomaniac pursuit of ‘bricks and mortars construction and in supposedly Public-Private Partnership initiatives, ending ostensibly and invariably in government undertaking all the risks of non-delivery.

Analysts noted that the source of funding for mega-projects remained unclear and added that the market is weary of too many federally-guaranteed semi-government entities raising money from the market. So what is New?

Besides, the expectation of further liberalization as espoused by the NEM of other sub-services, to improve competition while stimulating private-sector participation didn’t get a boost at all.

The anticipation of the government selling down their stakes to raise revenue and create more liquidity and perhaps also avoiding the imminent ‘over-crowding’ effect (worse still crowding-out in the economy) in the equity market to encourage more foreign investors also didn’t see the light of the day.

On the contrary, the talk of Khazanah Nasional and the EPF launching a general offer for PLUS for over RM20 billion, is rife. While I may not be necessarily against it, if it is good for the rakyat, the conflicting and confusing signals Najibonomics is sending to the market is baffling at best and laughable at its worst.

Little wonder that analysts’ reaction to this Budget is mixed at best.

The prime minister most ironically insisted that the Budget was designed to meet the aspirations of the public and that the government would not take the easy way out or sacrifice the nation’s long-term interest for short-term popularity.

“We are not dreamers,” he said in his budget speech today. “We are realists. Our success is not mere coincidence but the result of clear and careful planning as well as firm implementation.”

For all the admission of the decade of economic stagnation and the ‘middle-income trap’ that we are stuck in, I honestly have serious problem digesting those last words. Is this budget a Najibonomics’?

I rest my case!

Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, MP for Kuala Selangor.

APCOs PR exercises: Surely, we can do better with Taxpayers Money

October 16, 2010

APCO PR Exercises: Surely, we can do better with Taxpayers Money

By Agus Santoro via e-mail

Malaysia is one of the most blog-happy countries in the word. Virtually every politician has his own blog now. Editors of mainstream newspapers dis-allowed from writing openly during their day jobs operate blogs secretly from their home PCs at night where they rail on government policy. There are blogs for cooking, blogs for tech nerds, blogs for virtually everything. Julian Hopkins did a study of how many bloggers there are in Malaysia here.

One thing we Malaysians know is that blogging is free. It doesnt cost a dime. Everyone can open up an account on wordpress or blogger and blog until their fingers are bloody. And we also know that content is free. Although Malaysiakini charges a fee for access, their articles are frequently reposted elsewhere for people without subscriptions to access.

Which is why Malaysians should be furious why their government is paying APCO so much money (RM 75 million) to run a blog that extols the virtues of Najib ,and repeats tirades against Anwar. Anyone of us bloggers can do the same service for much less money.

Malaysia Watcher popped up recently and has been running a number of unsigned articles with a limited perspective on Malaysian politics. Here is how the blog, with the moniker, Keeping a Close Eye on Malaysia describes itself:

Malaysia Watcher endeavors to bring you the best news and commentary about Malaysia. Our coverage is dedicated to the proposition that Malaysia is the most important country in Southeast Asia and perhaps even in the entire Islamic world that t! he West doesnt fully understand. At a crossroads between East and West, Malaysia stands firmly in the one and fully engages the other. A bastion of Malay, Chinese, Indian and even European culture over the centuries, Malaysia is a unique country with unique challenges and equally unique offerings to the world. Join us as we watch Malaysia, explore its happenings, and engage its news makers.

Of course Malaysia Watcher plans to do this noble task without naming any of the people involved in its operation. How credible is that? The website is a WordPress template that they may have paid $39 to purchase from a third party vendor.

The content on this site falls into two categories:

1. Articles praising Najib, Najibs policies, or the fantastic performance of the Malaysian economy.

2. Articles attacking Anwar Ibrahim.

3. Commentaries on Malaysia with obvious jabs against the political opposition.

For example a recent post on Adam Lamberts concert in Malaysia attacked PAS and Anwar Ibrahim (did Anwar Ibrahim event comment on Adam Lamberts concert??) for taking a radical position saying:

PAS and its fellow rainbow opposition group leader Anwar Ibrahim have, by voicing their objections, shown themselves to be both out of line with the progressive stance Malaysia has chosen to adopt, and emphatically in sync with the conservative Islamist elements that both Malaysia and the rest of the world is eager to avoid.

Of course in extolling Malaysias progressivism MalaysiaWatcher will ignore 1) Government sanctioned caning of accused adulterers, 2) Government sanctioned caning of accused consumers of alcohol, 3) Government sanctioned banning of the use of the word Allah by non-Muslims, 4) Government sanctioned banning of Yoga (we could go on and on in fact, because the contradictions are many and border on the absurd). MalaysiaWatcher will ignore the CowHead incident, the virulently an! ti-Ameri can protests headed by Khairy Jamaluddin, etc. And the most glaring affront to Malaysias progressivism is its two (or three) tiered policy of ethnic discrimination bundled up into the ironic slogan of 1Malaysia.

Another great example is the post on Najibs speech to woo expatriates back to Malaysia. In it MalaysiaWatcher quotes Najib extensively but forgets to mention the depressing statistics on how many Malaysians have left the country, not only in the last 10 years but even in the last 2 or 3 years since the March elections when presumably there would have been some hope for change in Malaysia, or the even more depressing prediction that Malaysia may soon be exporting maid services.

Deputy Foreign Minister Senator A. Kohilan Pillay said recently that 304,358 Malaysians had migrated from March 2008 till August 2009 compared with 139,696 Malaysians in 2007. (From Malaysian Insider)

Then the question arises, how much of its posting space should a credible blog dedicate to attacking a single individual, if the blog was specifically created to attack that individual and still remain credible? 25%? 30? 50%?

Well lets see what MalaysianWatcher thinks. Here is a screen shot from yesterday.

The bottom 4 posts are all dedicated to attacking Anwar Ibrahim. And

And four out of the five most recent posts are dedicated to attacking Anwar. That comes up to about an 80% kill rate. Please. One could be a little more subtle. Neither Malaysians nor the rest of the world is so obtuse to swallow this tripe.

Weve met people representing PR agencies in the US before. One of the services they love boasting about today is the ability to maintain multiple blogs about an issue to help shape public ! opinion and engineer search results for their client, or their clients enemies. My guess is this site is simply part of the strategy adopted by APCO on behalf of Najib to resuscitate his ailing international image which was so badly smeared in the weeks before he took over the government with over 2 dozen pieces in international journals linking Najib to the murdered Mongolian woman and other scandals. Part of means painting Anwar Ibrahim as a gay, Muslim terrorist who is an agent of Israel, the United States and China [see MediaRakyat's satire here].

As for the RM 75 million being poured into this sorry excuse for a blogif APCO is listening please contact me and perhaps I can offer some blogging services to you, at a considerable fee of course. But let me offer this advice gratis to Prime Minister Najib: Dont be afraid on Anwar Ibrahim; just take him on in a free and fair exchange of ideas and views for the good of the Malaysian polity. Malaysians need honest government which is accountable to them. Return power to the people of Malaysia, as Mr.Haris Ibrahim of Peoples Parliament never ceases to say, if you cannot exercise enlightened leadership.

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Dr Asri: PAS banyak berubah agar kekal relevan banding Umno

Oleh Syed Mu’az Syed Putra

October 17, 2010 ( The Malaysian Insider)

Bekas mufti Perlis Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin muncul pada forum anjuran Umno malam tadi sambil berkata, PAS seolah-olah memperlihatkan ia banyak berubah berbanding dengan parti dominan Barisan Nasional (BN) itu sepanjang dua dekad yang lalu.

Kata beliau perubahan mengikut peredaran masa itu dapat dilihat dengan ketara khususnya sejak selepas pilihan raya umum ke-12.

Sehubungan itu menurut beliau, Umno yang ada sekarang dilihat tidak lagi menjaga dan mengangkat hal-hal berkaitan agama Islam.

Malah kata beliau, Umno tidak boleh jadi parti yang membawa sentimen perkauman, sebaliknya perlu menjadi lebih matang dalam membuat keputusan.

“Umno tidak boleh jadi (parti membawa sentimen) perkauman, sebaliknya Umno perlu lebih matang dalam membuat keputusan. Jangan membuat perkara yang boleh membahayakan diri sendiri,” katanya.

“Kalau dulu Umno boleh dikatakan mendahului dalam banyak perkara termasuk dalam hal-hal agama.

“Tetapi sejak kebelakangan ini selepas pilihan raya umum ke-12, saya lihat isu yang dibawa Umno gagal mengangkat Umno di peringkat global.

“Isu yang dibawa Umno hanya setempat, saya tidak tahu macam mana Umno menyusun ulama-ulama mereka,” katanya.

Sebagai contoh kata beliau, dalam isu bukan Islam masuk masjid, doa untuk bukan Islam dalam khutbah dan juga isu wang ihsan, ia tidak menunjukkan identiti Umno yang sebenarnya.

“Saya dukacita dengan apa yang berlaku dalam isu-isu tersebut, apabila pemimpin-pemimpin Umno (kata) tidak boleh sedangkan banyak bukti mengatakan sebaliknya,” katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian pada forum Kursus Kepimpinan Kelab Umno Luar Negara di bawah tajuk “Menjana Modal Insan Ulul-Albab di Peringkat Global” di sini malam malam tadi.

Beberapa jam sebelum pandangan Asri itu, Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak mengusulkan kemungkinan diwujudkan Model Politik Baru bagi memastikan kelangsungan Umno sebagai parti yang menerajui pemerintahan negara.

“Bukan sahaja kita perlu Model Ekonomi Baru, kita mungkin perlu Model Politik Baru,” katanya ketika berucap pada majlis pelancaran Kelab Umno Pesara Kakitangan Kerajaan di Seri Perdana.

Najib, yang juga Presiden Umno berkata strategi seperti “politik pembangunan” tidak lagi berkesan jika digunakan sekarang.

“Saya kira mengapa orang menolak parti-parti yang banyak berjasa dahulu kerana parti itu tidak berubah. Parti itu dilihat sebagai kaku dan tidak dinamik. Mereka tidak berubah mengikut masa.

“Tetapi sebaliknya kalau kita berubah dan kita dilihat sebagai parti yang dinamik dan segar, Insya-Allah sokongan rakyat pada kita akan berterusan pada masa-masa akan datang,” katanya.

Asri juga menegaskan PAS yang dulu begitu menitikberatkan soal agama sudah berubah mengikut peredaran zaman, tetapi Umno dilihat kembali ke masa lalu.

“Kita lihat sekarang PAS sudah berubah dan banyak melakukan kelonggaran dalam beberapa isu tapi nampaknya Umno menjadi seperti PAS semasa tahun 80-an dulu.

“Umno tidak boleh jadi perkauman, sebaliknya Umno perlu lebih matang dalam membuat keputusan. Jangan membuat perkara yang boleh membahayakan diri sendiri,” kata beliau yang pernah disebut-sebut akan menyertai Umno tetapi telah menegaskan tidak akan menjadi ahli mana-mana parti buat masa sekarang.

Asri juga menegaskan PAS yang dulu begitu menitikberatkan soal agama sudah berubah mengikut peredaran zaman, tetapi Umno dilihat kembali ke masa lalu.

“Kita lihat sekarang PAS sudah berubah dan banyak melakukan kelonggaran dalam beberapa isu tapi nampaknya Umno menjadi seperti PAS semasa tahun 80-an dulu.

“Umno tidak boleh jadi perkauman, sebaliknya Umno perlu lebih matang dalam membuat keputusan. Jangan membuat perkara yang boleh membahayakan diri sendiri,” kata beliau yang pernah disebut-sebut akan menyertai Umno tetapi telah menegaskan tidak akan menjadi ahli mana-mana parti buat masa sekarang.

Asri juga mendakwa sikap pemimpin Umno yang ada sekarang merupakan punca rakyat terutamanya orang Melayu sudah bosan dan tidak lagi menyokong parti Melayu itu.

Beliau berkata pemimpin Umno dilihat lebih menjaga kepentingan peribadi masing-masing sehingga mengabaikan tanggungjawab terhadap rakyat.

“Apa yang berlaku sekarang kita lihat Umno sudah mula hilang sokongan kerana sikap peribadi pemimpin-pemimpin mereka iaitu sikap sombong dan cara pengurusan negara yang menyebabkan rakyat mula tolak Umno.

“Rakyat terutamanya orang Melayu tidak membenci Umno atau formula yang digunakan Umno selama memajukan negara ini tetapi adalah kerana sikap pemimpin mereka.

“Umno perlu betulkan semua ini, jika tidak mereka akan kehilangan sokongan orang bukan Melayu dan juga orang Melayu,” katanya

Dalam ucapannya itu, Asri juga menegaskan parti-parti politik di negara ini perlu melahirkan lebih ramai individu yang berpengetahuan luas ataupun Ulul-Albab.

“Ulul-Albab adalah golongan yang mempunyai pengetahuan yang matang di mana mereka bersedia mendengar dan kemudian pilihan yang terbaik cuma selama ini ia tidak diangkat oleh kepimpinan negara.

“Justeru, parti politik yang bertanggungjawab adalah parti yang menjadikan rakyat sebagai bangsa Ulul-Albab iaitu rakyat yang berpengetahuan.

“Bukan pemimpin yang hanya menyuruh rakyat mengikut telunjuk mereka walaupun apa yang diikut itu sememangnya salah,” katanya.

Kursus selama dua hari itu disertai kira-kira 200 perwakilan pelajar luar negara dan juga pemerhati.

Turut hadir anggota Majlis Tertinggi Umno Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim yang bertindak sebagai moderator, Mufti Perlis Dr Juanda Jaya dan Timbalan Pengarah Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) Ibrahim Ahmad.

DAP: Najib stoking 'racial fires' in the civil service

(Malaysiakini) The DAP has accused Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak of using “racial rhetoric and falsehoods” to incite anger among Malay civil servants so that they would continue to support Umno.

“The Prime Minister showed his true colours when he chastised the civil service for not demonstrating blind loyalty to Umno,” said the party's national publicity secretary Tony Pua in a press statement today.

He was referring to the PM's speech when launching an Umno club for retired senior government officers at his official residence, Seri Perdana, in Putrajaya yesterday.

Pua pointed to two of Najib's statements which he said clearly sought to bring up racial prejudices:

“I want to ask - who were the ones who questioned Article 153 in the Constitution? Malay privileges - who questioned them?”

“Who caused the incident of not offering prayers for the well-being of the king? Who wanted Universiti Teknologi Mara to be opened to the non-Malays. Not Umno, but the other side,” said Najib in his speech.

Pua who is also Petaling Jaya Utara MP, contended that Najib's remarks smelled of a “true Perkasa hulubalang (warrior)", in reference to the Malay rights group's tendency to mix “race discord with racial rhetoric”.

This, Pua said, is the reason why Najib has taken extra pains not to criticise Perkasa for their “non-stop racist and extremist posturing” despite them causing increased racial tensions.

Najib's true colours

The parliamentarian also said that the PM's remarks revealed his true colours as "Malay first, Malaysian second", just like his deputy Muhyiddin Yassin had proclaimed himself to be earlier this year.

“It fully explains his lack of willingness to mete out harsh punishments against those who has spewed racist comments over the past few years, including Penang (Umno)'s Ahmad Ismail, the teachers who insulted minority races, his own special assistant Nasir Safar (and), the BTN assistant director who referred to Indians as Si Botol,” he alleged further.

Pua claimed that Najib has screeched a 180-degree about-turn from his calls for "moderation" and "market-friendly and merit-based" affirmative action.

In his speech, Najib had said he was “baffled” with those civil servants and government pensioners who preferred to support the opposition.

"Civil servants should know better that it is only Umno that can ensure our survival", said Najib, who is also Umno president

Loyalty to Umno = Loyalty to government?

Pua said his main worry is that the premier seems unable to differentiate between loyalty to the government and loyalty to a particular political party.

“While the civil service needs to be loyal to the government of the day and carry out its policies diligently and professionally, the civil servants are allowed to have their own political ideals and preferences,” stressed Pua.

He urged Najib to look at countries like Japan, US, UK, France or Australia, who are able to switch governments without the loyalty and political affiliation of the civil servants being questioned.

'Just bunkum'

The DAP representative added that Najib's reference to Umno as opposed to BN hints at racial and discriminatory priorities.

“Najib's mention of "our survival" could only refer to Malay survival in the context of the civil service being dominated by Malays and Umno being a party exclusively for Malays,” claimed Pua.

He believe that this will “severely jeopardise” Malaysia's goal of achieving a high income status as projected in the government's and Economic Transformation Programme.

“Malaysian talents overseas will resist returning while foreign and local investors will seek greener pastures elsewhere if unequal opportunities and unbridled race-based policies continue to be practiced,”said Pua.

On the same issue, DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang (left) in a statement also lambasted the PM's “shocking attempt to compromise the civil service and government pensioners to enlist them to be Umno supporters”.

Lim said this proved that Najib's talk of transformation and 1Malaysia was “all just bunkum” and showed “utter contempt” for the other BN component parties.

Tak Nak

By Pakac Luteb

RELA should immediately be disbanded and declared illegal, not expanded as The Star reported today.

RELA has NO relevance in the Malaysia of today and NO relevance in the Malaysia of the future.

Today, The Star had news that people who wish to join RELA can now register online, in only a few minutes.

Wah! RELA so modern one mah! Boleh daftar secara "online"! Cepat dan mudah!

That news is both telling and worrying.

RELA members have "Carte Blanche", they can arrest people, carry and use firearms, detain and question people and they don't have any accountability under the law.

It appears the government is trying to rapidly increase the number of RELA members.

The government could use RELA as thugs who harass, arrest, detain, question or kill anyone who the government feels is a political threat.

The government could also use RELA members to commit violence as a pretext to declare an Emergency or as thugs who disrupt polling places during elections.

It appears the government is becoming increasingly desperate and insecure in the face of public revelations about it's lies and other misdeeds.

In a civil society, in a democracy, NOBODY is above the law.

RELA has NO legitimate reason to exist in Malaysia, if Malaysia is a democracy founded on the rule of law and respect of human rights.

NO person or organisation, RELA, the Prime Minister, Home Minister, RPK, Anwar Ibrahim, Pakac Luteb, Lim Kit Siang, etc. should EVER be above the law in a democracy.

RELA should immediately be disbanded and declared illegal, not expanded as The Star reported today.

RELA has NO relevance in the Malaysia of today and NO relevance in the Malaysia of the future.

Say "Tak Nak!" to RELA!

Thank you.

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PM confounded by pro-opposition civil servants

Malaysiakini

Oct 16, 10 11:41pm

Prime Minister Najib Razak is baffled that there are civil servants and government pensioners who preferred to support the opposition.

“We have to look into this … this is not right. Maybe because they were angry with a few, they decided to ditch the whole ship,” he said when launching an Umno Club for retired senior government officers at his official residence, Seri Perdana, today.

“Civil servants should know better that it is only Umno that can ensure our survival.”

He then launched a broadside against the opposition PKR.

“Look at what is happening at a party on the other side now. Chairs flying, members suffering broken arms, sprained limbs. And all because someone wants to occupy the prime minister’s residence in Putrajaya,” he said.

“I want to ask who were the ones who questioned Article 153 in the Constitution? Malay privileges; who questioned them?

“Who caused the incident of not offering prayers for the well-being of the king? Who wanted Universiti Teknologi Mara to be opened to the non-Malays. Not Umno, but the other side,” he said.

At the same time, he said Umno must continue to be seen as a party that was principled and had consideration for others.

“We must be fair… fair to the Malays as well as the non-Malays in the country. Only then we can have a nation that is united, strong and successful,” he said.

“There cannot be a situation where the majority group owns the least wealth. That is not a good recipe for long term stability.”

A New Political Model

According to Najib, the good track record of a ruling party can no longer guarantee that it would continue to remain in power.

He said a new political model might have to be introduced to ensure Umno continued to lead the nation.

“We not only need a New Economic Model, we might also need a New Political Model,” Najib, who is also Umno president, said the strategy of politics of development was no longer effective now.

“The reason why people are rejecting political parties that have contributed a lot over the years is because of parties that did not change. They are seen as rigid and not dynamic.”

Nevertheless, he said a new political model would not change the objectives of Umno’s struggle but instead in the methods employed to sustain its cause in the context of changes taking place all around.

“People are saying the environment has changed but the old methodology is still being used when it should be new environment, new methodology. Only then Umno will be seen as a party that is dynamic.”

- Bernama

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Najib baffled civil servants & pensioners supports opposition, so what....

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Prime Minister Najib Razak is baffled that there are civil servants and government pensioners who preferred to support the opposition.

Najib: "We have to look into this ... this is not right. Maybe because they were angry with a few, they decided to ditch the whole ship,” he said when launching an Umno Club for retired senior government officers at his official residence, Seri Perdana, today.

Tumpang Sekole(TS): Malaysia negara demokrasi. Jadi kakitangan kerajaan dan pesara nak sokong sapa itu adalah hak mereka. Apakah semua kakitangan gomen dan pesara kena kowtow kepada UMNO? Gaji bukan UMNO yang bayar tapi oleh rakyat!!!

Najib: “Civil servants should know better that it is only Umno that can ensure our survival.”

TS: Poooooorah...macamlah UMNO tu baguih sangat, rasuah sana sini,kroni-kroni dan anak bini senang lenang,bentang budget pun bini diutamakan, nilai dan harga kontrak dan projek dilipat ganda namun kualiti kerja begitu teruk sekali. Kalau tidak tak ada cerita bumbung stadium runtuh, bumbung sekolah diterbangkan angin dsbnya.

Ramai pesara-pesara ini dapat kurang daripada RM500 sebulan, sedangkan harga keperluan harian melambung naik gila-gila dan gomen tak buat apa-apa bagi membendungnya...ingat pesara-pesara ini nak sokong gomen lagi?

Dalam budget baru-baru ini yang diturunkan adalah pakaian wanita,baju dalam,seluar dalam yang berjenama, sedangkan harga gula,susu,bawang dsbnya dok naik gila-gila. Rakyat tak perlu baju dalam dan seluar dalam jenama yang murah, kerana di pasar malam dan pasar raya pun boleh beli seluar dalam 10 helai RM10.00.....

He then launched a broadside against the opposition PKR.

Najib: "Look at what is happening at a party on the other side now. Chairs flying, members suffering broken arms, sprained limbs. And all because someone wants to occupy the prime minister's residence in Putrajaya,"

TS: Macamlah UMNO,MCA dan MIC tak pernah terjadi kerusi terbang, dan ahli-ahlinya kena pukul? Ahli-ahli mesyuarat di peringkat cawangan dan bahagian dirasuah RM200 -RM300 atau di bawah makan angin ke Hadyai atau Bandung semata-mata nak kekalkan penyamun-penyamun yang ada.

Najib: "I want to ask who were the ones who questioned Article 153 in the Constitution? Malay privileges; who questioned them? “Who caused the incident of not offering prayers for the well-being of the king? Who wanted Universiti Teknologi Mara to be opened to the non-Malays. Not Umno, but the other side."

TS: Bukankah UMNO yang dulu membangkitkan isu Perkara 153 Perlembagaan, tanyalah Perkasa anak luar nikah UMNO! Soal memberi laluan kepada bukan bumiputra di UTM adalah isu lama yang pernah Mahathir war-warkan dulu dan bukan bukan isu baru. UMNO dah tak ada modal....

Hello Najib, who insulted the rulers openly a few years ago? Wasnt it Mahathir and his UMNO goons? Please dont be a hypocrite....

source:malaysiakini

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Budget 2011 – My take on issues: Property ownership

from rights2write by drrafick

1. The budget announcement touched on many issues. One of the announcements made by the government is on the “My First House Scheme (Skim Rumah Pertamaku)” where first time home buyer will get 100% home loan financing for residential property priced below RM220,000.00. The 10% down payment will be actually guaranteed by Cagamas Bhd. Bear in mind, the scheme is entitled only for those with family income below RM3,000.00 . This is a good gesture by the government but I feel is inadequate. The house buyers today face so much challenges and statistics at KPKT speaks volume.
   

2. Firstly, there is an impression that there is a shortage of homes available for the public that led the government to encouraged developers to build more houses. Some of these properties were built on state land and others on private land. Reality is property prices have spun to a magnanimous proportion because of speculation and pressure of investments. This spiral effects has raised house prices to a stage where ordinary man has difficulty in buying a house.
   

3. Houses are basic needs. In densely populated areas, the demand of houses is high as people would like to live near their pot of honey. The government needs to control this. There are also issues related to incomplete houses that left thousands of people at lurch and in financial quandary. Therefore, I had expected the government to do more. Among others, these include strategies to contain house prices within the reach of the public and protect consumer interest.
   

4. The government should make the BTS (built than sell) system mandatory. There is no two way about it. There are enough horror stories out there that justify such a need. I expect the government to give preferential incentives to first time house buyers and imposed significant financial measures to family unit that buys second and subsequent home. These measures could be in the form of high stamp duties or some kind of new property taxes . Family units that own more than 1 house must dispose their extra houses within 3 years. People who chose to keep more than one houses must be prepared to pay hefty quit rent, land taxes and other new property taxes.
   

5. Right now we see many people are taking advantage of the poor. They owns many low cost house and rent them out. Some people that I know makes a professional living out of this where they collect rental of RM500-RM650 from houses that is being sold between RM36,000 to RM42,000. People who owned such houses and do not occupy them does not deserve to own them.
   

6. I had expected the PM improve the nation income making money out of people who can afford to speculate. This was missing. I had also expected the PM to set aside a small sum of RM250 mill in the form of revolving fund to be used to revive abandon projects. This is not to be used as grants but as a revolving fund to solve “solvable abandon projects“. Isn’t this is better than allocating RM100 mill to the promotion of the Nexus Karambunai Integrated Eco Resort. This is a private resort, why should government spend money to promote it? This is a high end resort which not many Malaysian can afford.
   

7. The government says that this is a people’s budget and the opposition says that it is an election budget. I would say that they are neither. The announcement related to housing benefits and its impact on the people is extremely minimal. My conclusion on the recent budget related to house ownership is that it is a disappointment.
   

   
   

Khairy: refrain from disputing Bumiputra equity target

from Malaysians Must Know the TRUTH

(Bernama) - The 30 percent Bumiputra equity target should not be raised or contested by any Barisan Nasional (BN) component party in order to maintain unity and harmony, said Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin.

He said likewise BN component parties should not question the national type Chinese schools (SJKC) .

"Like affirmative actions under clause 153 of the constitution, matters not stipulated in the constitution, such as the 30 percent equity target should not be raised. We should respect each other aspiration.

"I will not question the SJKC but they (component parties) should put their feet in our shoes. If we adopt this approach and hold on to our aspirations, I think there will be no problem," he told reporters after launching the state level 1Malaysia Expedition (JOM) here today.

Khairy, who is also BN Youth chairman, was commenting on MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek's call to the government to review the 30 percent Bumiputera equity target in line with the Economic Transformation Plan.

On chaotic delegates' meetings in several Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) divisions recently, Khairy said it was due to scheming initiated by certain individual who wanted to be in control by manipulating others.

"This is not a guided democracy but a rule with an iron fist by an individual who want to determine who should be in or out," he said.

He also chided PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution Ismail who blamed "outsiders" involvement for the commotion at the party divisional meetings.

On JOM, he said 500 houses would be repaired between three and six months nationwide under the first phase of the program and the assistance transcended racial barriers.

When we were 1one!

from Malaysians Must Know the TRUTH

This posting was prompted by these 2 posts..hereand here. This has nothing to do with Najib's1crap but I have to say something...just so the voting readers and the good people out there commenting know what happened.

Way back in late 2006 and early 2007, when I was the manager of The National Press Club of Malaysia and long before the emergence of the hundreds if not thousands of so-called "socio-political"bloggers today,( then you could actually count the handful of such blogs or portals with the sticky stubs of your hands.) I know of the many instances when a carefully chosen bunch of bloggers who used to meet in strict confidence at the NPCS's meeting room upstairs in secrecy. That was when the plan to form an alliance of bloggers was hatched. AllBlogs was the end product but was never registered with the ROS. (I wonder what happened to the "accounts" of the now "defunct"AllBlogs went, we did collect a sizable amount of money from so many well-wishers and from "dutchauctions".....hmmmm....can anyone care to"account" or explain ?)

The "players" in these meetings came together as 1one and calculated and deliberated carefully on plans A or B or C to oust BN and and all of Pak Lah's BN... (he was a "saint" compared to that Mahafiruan and this baggage-laden current one.) The master-plan to "change" the Malaysian political scene and oust Pak Lah's BN was also put in "fast-forward" mode. It started with this and that lead to this and the rest is history...

Yes I was there and I know all the "players" at such meetings and as these meetings were kept secret upstairs while downstairs the regular crowd did not suspect anything amiss. News of what transpired at meetings were also not leaked out then and like all major coup or revolutions these meetings were held in humble and unassuming surroundings right beside "Peace-Hill"! We were like brothers.......all the bloggers resisted all attacks targeting bloggers by the MSM in true brother-hood fashion. (remember also that, that was the time Kali and Khairy ruled ! ) Here was a true band of brothers ! We were a force to be reckoned with. And BN knew they were heading to certain and sudden death and these bloggers were the"untouchables". About this time was also the slow birth of the hundreds or thousands of what you have now as "cyber-trooper" blogs who are operated on "auto-pilot" mode. BN's unexpected"tsunami" was the "awed" result of these meetings.

Then something happened. The appearance of the"devil's advocate". The monumental task by UMNO of systematically "splitting" this tight-knitted"family". And boy were they good ! Some went over to the "dark-side" (this depends which side each wanted to consider the "dark-side" while some became "friendly" to whomsoever they favoured.) Ask Pete, he'll tell you a classic story of one such "offer" that happened right there in NPC itself and without my knowledge too ! Damn !

And today some of these "freshie" post 8th. March 2008 so-called "socio-political" bloggers are questioning the integrity of other seasoned bloggers who have been blogging way before they can even utter their first "mama" word ? What a disgusting bunch. Even now if anyone of these bloggers from the "dark-side" (again refer definition as stated above) from both sides of the divide were to face prosecution by the powers that be, I, like many others, will surely walk with them in protest !

As zorro says...." Yes, we bloggers are a funny breed" !

When constructive criticism turns into "derhaka" or seditious

from Malaysians Must Know the TRUTH

We would like to ask the authorities, if a ruler commits a crime or wasting public money for his own publicity or his lusts for fame and glory, shouldn't he be criticized constructively? Are these constructive criticism viewed as "derhaka" or seditious even if the ruler is morally and technically wrong in doing its wonders? And why? On what provision and so on?

Does that mean the ruler is above the law, and he also has the powers to sentence his people or subject to death, thus bypassing the judiciary and the existing laws? In the federal and state constitutions, it clearly states that all the rulers are subject to the constitutional provisions, which clearly explained that they are constitutional rulers and they shall at all times subject to the constitution and its stature.

This means, the rulers' role and responsibilities are based establishment as written in the constitutions be it federal or state. These rulers are paid by the governments of the day, both federal and states to play their role as the subject of the constitutions of the federal and respective states.

Therefore, as "paid subjects" they are also viewed as employees, who must carry out their roles and responsibilities in a proper and responsible manner of which will benefit the people under his care.

In this case, by calling a facebook writer who criticized a ruler for being overspending public funds as seditious or "derhaka" are completely wrong. This writer is merely voicing his views and discontent over the way the public funds were spend and suggested that the money could be spend in a better way for the benefit of the people. Is this wrong?

Let's not wrongly defining such words and criticisms as seditious or "derhaka" so fast. The authorities should stay calm, not to act in a panic way, be focused and act professionally instead of being constantly influenced by Umno or Perkasa's way of extreme racial politics. These are all incorrect.

Actions deemed to be seditious or "derhaka" are those who intend to incite the people to go against the ruler or to overthrow the ruler in a forceful manner, or by use of weapons and ammunitions to stir unrest in the state in order to harm the ruler or his people.

We supposed that most of us, even the police, judiciary and the ruling elites in Putrajaya did no really understand the Federal Constitutions, its provisions and by-laws at all. That is why, a lots of misunderstandings happens, the constitutions are being frequently politically manipulated and misused by irresponsible politicians for their political and extreme racial gains.

And those who politically manipulating the constitutions, its provisions, by-laws and even often making use of the rulers for their own political and extreme racial gains are the ones who should be branded as seditious and "derhaka" but they are not, because they are holding the powers in the administrative capital.

So, as long as those real seditious and "derhaka" politicians are still in powers, the Federal Constitutions, its provisions and by-laws shall continue to be ignored, manipulated and treated with disrespect. And if the Federal Constitutions, its provisions and by-laws continue to be in such a situation, our people's rights, human dignity, justice, freedom, equality and democracy shall be denied continuously.

We need to discontinue all these negative elements. It's hurting our nation, the economy and the well-being of our people almost everyday.

Kit Siang says Najib trying to ‘out-Mahathir’ Dr M’s mega projects

from Malaysians Must Know the TRUTH

Lim: It must be asked whether Najib is secretly trying to out-Mahathir Mahathir not only to build a tower higher than Mahathir’s Petronas Twin Towers, but which could be acclaimed as the tallest in the world — however brief the claim.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 — Lim Kit Siang has accused Datuk Seri Najib Razak of trying to outdo Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad by building a 100-storey skyscraper rather than a high-income economy.

The influential DAP advisor said today that the Budget 2011 tabled last Friday did not reflect the objectives of New Economic Model (NEM) introduced by the prime minister to transform Malaysia from a middle income country to a high income economy.

“Despite all its bombast and pyrotechnics, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s 2011 budget is not a child of the New Economic Model but bears all the marks of old discredited policies which have landed Malaysia in the middle-income trap for more than a decade, setting the country towards a failed and bankrupt nation come 2019,” said Lim in a statement.

“Former Prime Minister Tun Mahathir’s obsession with mega projects like the proposed RM5 billion 100-storey Warisan Merdeka tower is back with a vengeance,” said the DAP parliamentary leader.

“It must be asked whether Najib is secretly trying to out-Mahathir Mahathir not only to build a tower higher than Mahathir’s Petronas Twin Towers, but which could be acclaimed as the tallest in the world — however brief the claim?” he added.

When tabling Budget 2011 on Friday, Najib said that the Warisan Merdeka would be a Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) project, sited adjacent to Stadium Merdeka and Stadium Negara and is expected to cost RM5 billion and will be the tallest tower in Malaysia upon its completion in 2015.

“Najib’s 2011 Budget is not convincing that it represents the first budget of a New Economic Model to transform Malaysia from a middle income country to an inclusive and sustainable high-income developed country by 2020, emphasising high-skilled human capital, efficient public services, a reinvigorated private sector and equal opportunity for all Malaysians,” said the Ipoh Timur MP.

He also doubted if the Najib administration plan increase talents in the domestic job market would succeed due to the prime minister’s lack of political will to implement the NEM vision of ensuring equal opportunity.

“What surety is that the National Talent Blueprint is not condemned to failure like previous “Brain Gain” programmes for the simple reason that there is no political leadership and will in the Najib administration to achieve the vision spelt out by the New Economic Model,” said Lim.

Dr Mahathir embarked on a massive development spree after he took power in 1981 by building highways, the Penang Bridge, opening new industrial estates and oversaw the construction of the Petronas Twin Towers, the KL International Airport, intra-city train lines, several ports and the new administrative capital Putrajaya and its neighbouring Cyberjaya which was central to the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) project.

In Budget 2011, Najib announced the construction of the new Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) service for Kuala Lumpur, the Warisan Merdeka Tower, the Kuala Lumpur Islamic Financial District (KLIFD), the redevelopment of the Sungei Besi Air Base and the Rubber Research Institute land in Sungai Buloh. - Malaysian Insider

Mustapa rejects claims of BN promising projects for votes

from Malaysians Must Know the TRUTH

Mustapa: PAS is making such an allegation because it has no issues to pick on.

KOTA BAHARU, Oct 17 — Kelantan Umno liaison chief Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed has refuted PAS’ claim that Umno was making promises of instant projects in Galas in order to fish for votes in the upcoming by-election.

He said the People’s Housing Project for Galas announced by Gua Musang member of parliament Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah recently had actually been approved by the federal government some time ago.

“PAS should not be making such a wild accusation that Umno has started fishing for votes by announcing instant projects without checking the facts.

“Wait for the deputy prime minister’s announcement on the housing project in Galas this Oct 24. Not all that we announce are immediate projects as some might have been planned or approved some time ago.

“PAS is making such an allegation because it has no issues to pick on. The people must be aware of this,” he said after a dialogue with over 30 factory operators in the Pengkalan Chepa Industrial Area, here, today.

On Friday while visiting Kampung Baru Gua Musang, Tengku Razaleigh who is also Galas by-election director for Barisan Nasional, said the government had considered the needs of the people in the area when it approved the RM300 million People’s Housing Project and that it was approved some time ago.

Mustapa, who is the BN by-election deputy director, said PAS leaders should not succumb to emotions when campaiging but instead, base what they say on accurate facts.

He also asked that PAS not claim that the federal government did not fulfil the promises it made during campaigning in the Manik Urai state seat by-election in July last year.

Nomination of candidates for the Galas state seat by-election has been fixed for Oct 26 and casting of votes for Nov 4. — Bernama

Mustapa rejects claims of BN promising projects for votes

Mustapa: PAS is making such an allegation because it has no issues to pick on.

KOTA BAHARU, Oct 17 Kelantan Umno liaison chief Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed has refuted PAS claim that Umno was making promises of instant projects in Galas in order to fish for votes in the upcoming by-election.

He said the Peoples Housing Project for Galas announced by Gua Musang member of parliament Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah recently had actually been approved by the federal government some time ago.

PAS should not be making such a wild accusation that Umno has started fishing for votes by announcing instant projects without checking the facts.

Wait for the deputy prime ministers announcement on the housing project in Galas this Oct 24. Not all that we announce are immediate projects as some might have been planned or approved some time ago.

PAS is making such an allegation because it has no issues to pick on. The people must be aware of this, he said after a dialogue with over 30 factory operators in the Pengkalan Chepa Industrial Area, here, today.

On Friday while visiting Kampung Baru Gua Musang, Tengku Razaleigh who is also Galas by-election director for Barisan Nasional, said the government had considered the needs of the people in the area when it approved the RM300 million Peoples Housing Project and that it was approved some time ago.

Mustapa, who is the BN by-election deputy director, said PAS leaders should not succumb to emotions when campaiging but instead, base what they say on accurate facts.

He also asked that PAS not claim that the federal government did not fulfil the promises it made during campaigning in the Manik Urai state seat by-election in July last year.

Nomination of candidates for the Galas state seat by-election has been fixed for Oct 26 and casting of votes for Nov 4. Bernama

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When constructive criticism turns into "derhaka" or seditious

We would like to ask the authorities, if a ruler commits a crime or wasting public money for his own publicity or his lusts for fame and glory, shouldn't he be criticized constructively? Are these constructive criticism viewed as "derhaka" or seditious even if the ruler is morally and technically wrong in doing its wonders? And why? On what provision and so on?
Does that mean the ruler is above the law, and he also has the powers to sentence his people or subject to death, thus bypassing the judiciary and the existing laws? In the federal and state constitutions, it clearly states that all the rulers are subject to the constitutional provisions, which clearly explained that they are constitutional rulers and they shall at all times subject to the constitution and its stature.
This means, the rulers' role and responsibilities are based establishment as written in the constitutions be it federal or state. These rulers are paid by the governments of the day, both federal and states to play their role as the subject of the constitutions of the federal and respective states.
Therefore, as "paid subjects" they are also viewed as employees, who must carry out their roles and responsibilities in a proper and responsible manner of which will benefit the people under his care.
In this case, by calling a facebook writer who criticized a ruler for being overspending public funds as seditious or "derhaka" are completely wrong. This writer is merely voicing his views and discontent over the way the public funds were spend and suggested that the money could be spend in a better way for the benefit of the people. Is this wrong?
Let's not wrongly defining such words and criticisms as seditious or "derhaka" so fast. The authorities should stay calm, not to act in a panic way, be focused and act professionally instead of being constantly influenced by Umno or Perkasa's way of e! xtreme r acial politics. These are all incorrect.
Actions deemed to be seditious or "derhaka" are those who intend to incite the people to go against the ruler or to overthrow the ruler in a forceful manner, or by use of weapons and ammunitions to stir unrest in the state in order to harm the ruler or his people.
We supposed that most of us, even the police, judiciary and the ruling elites in Putrajaya did no really understand the Federal Constitutions, its provisions and by-laws at all. That is why, a lots of misunderstandings happens, the constitutions are being frequently politically manipulated and misused by irresponsible politicians for their political and extreme racial gains.
And those who politically manipulating the constitutions, its provisions, by-laws and even often making use of the rulers for their own political and extreme racial gains are the ones who should be branded as seditious and "derhaka" but they are not, because they are holding the powers in the administrative capital.
So, as long as those real seditious and "derhaka" politicians are still in powers, the Federal Constitutions, its provisions and by-laws shall continue to be ignored, manipulated and treated with disrespect. And if the Federal Constitutions, its provisions and by-laws continue to be in such a situation, our people's rights, human dignity, justice, freedom, equality and democracy shall be denied continuously.
We need to discontinue all these negative elements. It's hurting our nation, the economy and the well-being of our people almost everyday.
courtesy of socio-economy, political & education
See What Barisan Nasional Gotta Say?

Najib reneges on 1Malaysia: All eyes now on MCA, MIC, Gerakan

Has not kept any of its post-2008 promises to changeMalaysia Chronicle

As Prime Minister Najib Razak shuts the door on his own 1Malaysia plan, attention swivels to his BN partners MCAs Chua Soi Lek, Gerakans Koh Tsu Koon and MICs Samy Vellu. Will they finally speak up for their communities and for Malaysia?

In one fell swoop, Najib has demonstrated that his 1Malaysia policy and all the talk about economic, social and government transformation to underpin a quantum leap for the nation to escape the middle-income trap and achieve an inclusive, sustainable high-income developed nation in 2020 are all just bunkum, DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang said in a statement.

What is worse, his utter contempt for MCA, Gerakan, MIC, SUPP, PBS and other Barisan Nasional component parties in his 1Malaysia scheme of things as they are all irrelevant and immaterial to UMNO, making a complete mockery of his 1Malaysia policy.

No doubt, few Malaysians have much confidence left in these parties. But their leaders still owe a responsibility to the communities they represent and to those who voted for them in the 2008 general election.

Their much criticized subservience to Umno the BN boss had led to their parties disastrous results at the 2008 election. Soon after that political tsunami, where the BN finally lost their two-third stranglehold of the seats in Parliament, MCA, MIC and Gerakan vowed to change. So did Najib, the Umno president.

Najib returns to his racist roots

But Najib has now not only U-turned on his fledging attempts to unite the different ethnic groups, he also publicly slapped Soi Lek, Tsu Koon and Samy in the face. At a function on Saturday, Najib again resorted to playing up racial sentiments in a bid to get the Malays in the civil service to reject the Pakatan Rakyat.

Najib - accused of being a shamIndeed, his Umno Youth days, Najib was regarded as one of the worst racists and had helped to create the May 13, 1969 riots, where scores of non-Malays were killed.

Malaysias 13th general election is now around the corner, with pundits predicting Parliament will be dissolved before July 2011.

Najib has again proven his reputation of being a hypocrite and the MCA, MIC and Gerakan as ostriches which do nothing but bury their heads to keep their cushy Cabinet positions, PKR vice president Lee Boon Chye toldMalaysia Chronicle.

Despite their post-2008 promises, the BN has not changed at all. It is incapable of doing so because there is just too much of vested interest involved. Mark my words, Soi Lek, Tsu Koon and Samy will just pretend they didnt hear what Najib said.

When launching the Umno Club for retired government servants at his official residence at Seri Perdana, the PM said he was baffled there were civil servants and government pensioners who supported the opposition.

Civil servants should know better that it is only Umno that can ensure our survival. I want to ask who were the ones who questioned Article 153 in the Constitution [on] Malay privileges; who questioned them?,Bernama reported Najib as saying.

Who caused the incident of not offering prayers for the well-being of the king? Who wanted Universiti Teknologi Mara to be opened to the non-Malays? Not Umno, but the other side.
See What Barisan Nasional Gotta Say?

Budget 2011 My take on issues: Property ownership

The budget announcement touched on many issues. One of the announcements made by the government is on the My First House Scheme (Skim Rumah Pertamaku) where first time home buyer will get 100% home loan financing for residential property priced below RM220,000.00. The 10% down payment will be actually guaranteed by Cagamas Bhd. Bear in mind, the scheme is entitled only for those with family income below RM3,000.00 . This is a good gesture by the government but I feel is inadequate. The house buyers today face so much challenges and statistics at KPKT speaks volume.

Firstly, there is an impression that there is a shortage of homes available for the public that led the government to encouraged developers to build more houses. Some of these properties were built on state land and others on private land. Reality is property prices have spun to a magnanimous proportion because of speculation and pressure of investments. This spiral effects has raised house prices to a stage where ordinary man has difficulty in buying a house.

Houses are basic needs. In densely populated areas, the demand of houses is high as people would like to live near their pot of honey. The government needs to control this. There are also issues related to incomplete houses that left thousands of people at lurch and in financial quandary. Therefore, I had expected the government to do more. Among others, these include strategies to contain house prices within the reach of the public and protect consumer interest.

The government should make the BTS (built than sell) system mandatory. There is no two way about it. There are enough horror stories out there that justify such a need. I expect the government to give preferential incentives to first time house buyers and imposed significant financial measures to family unit that buys second and subsequent home. These measures could be in the form of high stamp duties or some kind of new pr! operty t axes . Family units that own more than 1 house must dispose their extra houses within 3 years. People who chose to keep more than one houses must be prepared to pay hefty quit rent, land taxes and other new property taxes.

Right now we see many people are taking advantage of the poor. They owns many low cost house and rent them out. Some people that I know makes a professional living out of this where they collect rental of RM500-RM650 from houses that is being sold between RM36,000 to RM42,000. People who owned such houses and do not occupy them does not deserve to own them.

I had expected the PM improve the nation income making money out of people who can afford to speculate. This was missing. I had also expected the PM to set aside a small sum of RM250 mill in the form of revolving fund to be used to revive abandon projects. This is not to be used as grants but as a revolving fund to solve solvable abandon projects.

The government says that this is a peoples budget and the opposition says that it is an election budget. I would say that they are neither. The announcement related to housing benefits and its impact on the people is extremely minimal. My conclusion on the recent budget related to house ownership is that it is a disappointment.

See What Barisan Nasional Gotta Say?

Najib baffled civil servants & pensioners supports opposition, so what....

Prime Minister Najib Razak is baffled that there are civil servants and government pensioners who preferred to support the opposition.
Najib: "We have to look into this ... this is not right. Maybe because they were angry with a few, they decided to ditch the whole ship, he said when launching an Umno Club for retired senior government officers at his official residence, Seri Perdana, today.

Tumpang Sekole(TS): Malaysia negara demokrasi. Jadi kakitangan kerajaan dan persara nak sokong sapa itu adalah hak mereka. Apakah semua kakitangan gomen dan pesara kena kowtow kepada UMNO? Gaji bukan UMNO yang bayar tapi oleh rakyat!!!
Najib: Civil servants should know better that it is only Umno that can ensure our survival.

TS: Poooooorah...macamlah UMNO tu baguih sangat, rasuah sana sini,kroni-kroni dan anak bini senang lenang,bentang budget pun bini diutamakan, nilai dan harga kontrak dan projek dilipat ganda namun kualiti kerja begitu teruk sekali. Kalau tidak tak ada cerita bumbung stadium runtuh, bumbung sekolah diterbangkan angin dsbnya.

Ramai pesara-pesara ini dapat kurang daripada RM500 sebulan, sedangkan harga keperluan harian melambung naik gila-gila dan gomen tak buat apa-apa bagi membendungnya...ingat pesara-pesara ini nak sokong gomen lagi?

Dalam budget baru-baru ini yang diturunkan adalah pakaian wanita,baju dalam,seluar dalam yang berjenama, sedangkan harga gula,susu,bawang dsbnya dok naik gila-gila. Rakyat tak perlu baju dalam dan seluar dalam jenama yang murah, kerana di pasar malam dan pasar raya pun boleh beli seluar dalam 10 helai RM10.00.....

He then launched a broadside against the opposition PKR.
Najib: "Look at what is happening at a party on the other side now. Chairs flying, members suffering broken arms, sprained limbs. And all because someone wants to occupy the prime minister's residence in Putrajaya,"
TS: Ma camlah UMNO,MCA dan MIC tak pernah terjadi kerusi terbang, dan ahli-ahlinya kena pukul? Ahli-ahli mesyuarat di peringkat cawangan dan bahagian dirasuah RM200 -RM300 atau di bawah makan angin ke Hadyai atau Bandung semata-mata nak kekalkan penyamun-penyamun yang ada.

Najib: "I want to ask who were the ones who questioned Article 153 in the Constitution? Malay privileges; who questioned them? Who caused the incident of not offering prayers for the well-being of the king? Who wanted Universiti Teknologi Mara to be opened to the non-Malays. Not Umno, but the other side."

TS: Bukankah UMNO yang dulu membangkitkan isu Perkara 153 Perlembagaan, tanyalah Perkasa anak luar nikah UMNO! Soal memberi laluan kepada bukan bumiputra di UTM adalah isu lama yang pernah Mahathir war-warkan dulu dan bukan bukan isu baru. UMNO dah tak ada modal....

Hello Najib, who insulted the rulers openly a few years ago? Wasnt it Mahathir and his UMNO goons? Please dont be a hypocrite....
source:malaysiakini

Maruah Melayu bernilai RM 200 saja- Mahathir







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Letter & Opinion From Joe Public

Our future depends on our choice NOW

South Africans remember apartheid, but have decided to not fight over it or dwell over it; just work together for the good of the nation, the blacks working together with the whites who had oppressed them.

By Pakac Luteb

More than 2 years ago I wrote a letter titled "The Way Forward?". My earlier letter on the topic appears below, in quote marks. It is now a good time to remind readers of that letter, for the government's Sodomy 2 case against Anwar Ibrahim is falling apart.

Malaysia has to move quickly forward and overcome it's past or it will sink much lower than it already has sunk. Race relations have declined, the economy has declined, crime has increased, the justice system has become a tool for oppression, the
country is fast achieving pariah status amongst nations. UMNO and the BN must cede power to the opposition.

What comes next?

Malaysia can take a lesson from what Nelson Mandela did with South Africa. In South Africa, many were fearful that there would be bloodshed in retribution against the years of oppression of the blacks by the whites. Mandela wanted to avoid that, he wanted South Africa to quickly move forward. He decided that in order for peace in South Africa, there must be
equality of all races and there must be forgiveness of the past.

South Africans remember apartheid, but have decided to not fight over it or dwell over it; just work together for the good of the nation, the blacks working together with the whites who had oppressed them.

I suggest that as a model for Malaysia, I suggest forgiveness and reconciliation in Malaysia as Mandela accomplished in South Africa.

What I suggest is that people put aside their instinct for revenge and instead channel their energies towards building a strong, modern, energetic Malaysia that is prosperous, fair and just in how it treats eve! ryone, c itizens and foreigners alike.

I ask Malaysians what Mandela asked of South Africans; move forward, don't look back.

Malaysia has vast resources, especially it's people.

I appeal for ALL Malaysians, the Datuks, Tan Sri's, Tuns, towkay, kerani, etc., ALL Malaysians, rich, poor, middle class, educated or illiterate, to decide that moving forward REQUIRES forgiveness and reconciliation regarding past misdeeds of repression, squandering, etc.

It is a BIG request I ask of Malaysians, many of whom have personally felt the oppression by the UMNO BN government, but it is a request I must make, because Malaysia is at a simpang in it's history.

There are now 2 choices. EVERYONE (whether they support the opposition or BN UMNO) can work together to make Malaysia truly great, or they can all continue fighting. If they choose to fight it will be a disaster and lead to ruin; if they work together Malaysia has a good chance of being well on the way to being a prosperous and developed nation by 2020. Malaysia would also achieve kudos from the world as South Africa has.

I want to work for a better Malaysia, hand in hand with everyone else, whether they are UMNO, BN, PKR or otherwise, whether they are having the title of Tun, Agong, etc. or if they have no title, perhaps they just clean toilets.

I have a dream, that Malaysia will become a nation that the world takes note of, for all the right reasons.

Please join me in making that dream become reality for ALL, those alive now and for future generations.

Thank you.

Pakac Luteb


"the way forward in malaysia?:

malaysia may take a lesson from south africa. south africa peacefully
transformed itself from a repressive society into a democracy.

http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/824.html

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107983.html

if malaysia does what south africa did, there is chance for peaceful
transition of government and transformation of society.
followi ng the south african model would mean giving up the ability to
punish/exact retribution/revenge against those state officials who
oppressed society.

not following the south african model could plunge malaysia into an
era of conflict and perhaps bloodshed, as the government, fearing
retribution, tries to hang onto power by any means it can.

if the south african model can be implemented in malaysia, anwar may
become known as the "mandela of malaysia", leading malaysia to peace,
prosperity, equality and justice for all malaysians.

it is something to consider, what future do we want for our beloved
country and how do we ensure achieving that future?"

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