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Malaysiakini | 4 September 2008

Dr Mohd Osman Abdul Hamid dari Hospital Pusrawi yang memeriksa Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, muncul hari ini untuk mempertahankan hasil pemeriksaannya yang tidak menemui sebarang bukti yang menunjukkan Mohd Saiful telah diliwat.

Dr Osman telah mengambil cuti lebih sebulan lalu selepas kebocoran laporan perubatannya ke atas Saiful itu, pada 28 Julai lalu.

Doktor tersebut, yang ditemani peguamnya - M Puravelan dan Yusri Kamaruddin - mengadakan sidang akhbar di Majlis Peguam pada jam 12 tengahari ini.

Beliau mengesahkan bahawa akuan berkanunnya, yang disiarkan oleh Malaysia Today memang ditandatanganinya.

“Saya tidak terbabit dalam politik, saya akan sentiasa bercakap benar,” kata Dr Osman yang kelihatan agak gementar.

Dalam akuan bersumpahnya, Dr Osman mempertahankan laporan perubatannya itu di mana beliau tidak menemui sebarang kesan liwat selepas memeriksa dubur Saiful.

Saiful telah mendakwa dia telah diliwat oleh Penasihat PKR, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim pada 26 Jun lalu.

Anwar kemudiannya didakwa di mahkamah atas tuduhan tersebut beberapa minggu kemudiannya.

Dr Osman berkata, beliau mengadakan sidang akhbar hari ini untuk membersihkan namanya.

Beliau yang membaca kenyataannya berkata, beliau mengambil cuti kerana beliau merasa tertekan ekoran siasatan polis terhadap pemeriksaan perubatannya ke atas Saiful.

Dr Osman juga berkata, beliau tidak tahu bagaimana laporan perubatannya ke atas Saiful diketahui umum.

Ditanya sama ada beliau masih lagi berkhidmat dengan Pusrawi, Dr Osman berkata, beliau akan kembali bertugas secepat mungkin.

Dr Osman juga menafikan dakwaan bahawa beliau bimbang terhadap keselamatan dirinya.

Di bawah adalah kenyataan akhbar Dr Osman yang dibacanya pagi tadi (terjemahan):

Saya adalah doktor yang mengesahkan akuan berkanun bertarikh 1 Ogos 2008.

Saya telah membaca akuan berkanun yang telah disiarkan di laman web Malaysia Today. Saya mengesahkan bahawa ia adalah salinan asli akuan berkanun saya. Saya kini mengesahkan bahawa kandungan akuan berkanun itu adalah benar.

Saya telah pergi bercuti. Saya merasa amat tertekan. Saya kini telah kembali ke Malaysia. Terdapat banyak kenyataan media di Malaysia yang dibuat oleh pelbagai individu.

Sesetengah daripada kenyataan tersebut telah memberi gambaran buruk terhadap profesyen dan diri saya. Saya ingin memberi jaminan bahawa saya hanyalah menjalankan tugas saya sebagai seorang doktor. Saya tidak terbabit dalam politik. Saya sentiasa akan bercakap benar.

Saya tidak pernah pada bila-bila masa pun melanggar etika profesional saya. Saya sentiasa mengamalkan kerahsian antara doktor dan pesakit.

Kelihatan Pn Hjh Zahrah isteri Pembantu ADUN serta Dr Halimah sedang menziarahi pesakit

Seorang penduduk sedang menunjukkan kerosakan pada bumbung rumahnya di Sg Bertik Utara
Kelihatan ADUN, Tn Hj Kamaruddin dan En Ikhmal sedang bertanyakan sesuatu kepada seorang penduduk di Jalan Yadi.

ADUN sedang bercakap kepada pemandu sebuah kereta yang lalu di kawasan banjir Jalan Yadi

The National Budget, which is prepared by the Minister of Finance, who is also the Prime Minister, on behalf of the Cabinet and presented to Parliament each year, is like a blueprint for the economic well-being of the country for the ensuing, generally speaking, next 364 days of the year. Its importance to the economic [...]

Date 日期  :   26.09.08 (Friday 星期五)

Time  时间 :　7.00pm

Venue 地点 : 
Kajang Sg.Chua 加影锡米山翡翠海鲜大饭店
Lot 1942, Jalan Wan Siew, 43000 Kajang, Selangor.

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" Heee...ee..e... haak !! "   Kungfu kid??? n_n




"Emm... did you see my shaolin kungfu just now?"


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By YB Khalid Samad, Member of Parliament for Shah Alam

I received an sms yesterday with questions which I think are worth answering/discussing. The sms had 7 or 8 concerns if you will and is repeated below:-

Please seriously consider the following in the future Pakatan:

1. The implication of Anwar’s over promised populist approach to the non-Malays, which may carry negative implications to PAS Malays thresholds.

2. DAP and PKR extremists, liberalists within the administration that might create social insecurity among the Malay PAS supporters.

3. The mass defection of UMNO MPs with their corrupt culture into PKR that takes lead in Pakatan direction.

4. The Islamic social welfare policies versus drastic fiscal policies that piggy back on budget deficits that subsidies populists at the expanse of future generation

5. Where is PAS in the whole process? Where are we heading? We may have destroyed the evil UMNO, but invited the Satan that bow to US and foreign super power.

6. Malay unity is very crucial to the Malaysian social, economic stability. Please mirror Indonesian’s reformasi. The people still struggle since 1998, while national economic resources are gang raped by super power.

7. Why not PAS take the leading role in forming the next government and unite Malays?

Don’t know what is best? The survival of PAS is at stake. It’s definitely sure US is behind Anwar to destroy NEP which is our social engineering insurance for stability. Now our country is heading towards anarchy situations!

I cannot help feeling sorry for the person who is genuinely fearful of the impending change. I believe his concerns are sincere and I wish to address them as follows:-

1. Anwar’s so called ‘over promised populist approach to the non-Malays’ as he puts it needs to be specified so that we understand what exactly he is worried about. There is this impression, for which UMNO is obviously responsible, that Anwar is selling out the Malays and Islam. I do not agree. To address the issues raised by the non-Malays, within the framework of the National Constitution is not tantamount to ‘selling out’ the Malays and Islam. This is as the position of both is firmly rooted in the same Constitution. So, in short, if he can try to specify where exactly Anwar ‘sells-out’, it is difficult to answer this question. He may find, to his surprise, that once he sits down to list all the items, he will end up with a blank page! This is the power of ‘perception’ which everyone talks about in the realm of politics.

2. The term ‘extremists’ which he uses here, I presume are the liberalists which once placed in the new administration will have a field day and turn his world upside-down. Again this is the perception and again I stress that everything which will be implemented needs to conform to the Constitution.

Secondly, we will rule by consensus (Perak being a salient example) and while PAS is a minority partner in the current set-up, we will ensure that justice will always be the prime consideration in all policies and decisions. We too have no intention of ‘selling-out’ anybody. I think the major question here that everybody has to answer is “can there be justice for everyone?” If the answer is yes, then there is no problem to proceed. However if it is sincerely believed that it is an unachievable ideal then why bother in the first place? For PAS we believe that justice was the purpose of the Prophets (May peace be upon them) and based on Islam, all are to be given their rightful share.

3. PKR may be taking the lead but they know as much as we do that they cannot lead where we do not wish to follow. We are not tied by our nostrils. That is partly the reason why PR will work. In the BN, UMNO was too dominant. Everything just got bulldozed through. When one started lining his pockets, true to the saying, “if you cannot beat them, join them”, the rest followed in droves.

As for the mass defection of the UMNO MPs with their corrupt culture, I wonder, would it be seen as a problem if they defected and joined PAS?

4. A lot of words but an equal amount of assumptions. “Budget deficits subsiding populists” etc. etc. The current BN budget is a deficit budget. It subsidises cronies and leaves the crumbs to the general population. It proceeds with Mega projects worth Billions while the returns are uncertain. As for the future generation, their future starts now! If the majority of parents are too busy making a living and financially very hard pressed, what future can they have?

We will be equally responsible to ensure that the PR budget is a responsible budget with the Islamic Welfare objectives clearly in sight. Again PKR does not rule alone.

5. PAS is strongly entrenched in the states which we have won. Our role in the defection of the BN MPs in Sabah and Sarawak is admittedly limited due to our limited presence there. However, it does not mean we have no role in the end, which is what matters.

The Satan referred to is Anwar, I presume. Well, again, thanks to the BN, this is a perception within certain quarters. Personally I have known Anwar for many years, since the 70s. His is a challenging life and all credit to him, he survived where many lesser men would have succumbed easily. I do not see any justice in the perception of him as Satan and unless people can, again, come up with specific charges which are proven without a shadow of a doubt; they should not go around making such statements. The Satans I see are those who line their pockets with the money that is meant for the poor, persecute people for no reason besides their dissent and the such. As for bowing down to the US, well again that is an unsubstantiated charge.

6. Yes it is true that Malay unity is important and we will work to build this but on the ruins left behind by UMNO. We have always stated that it is UMNO who stood in the way of the unity of the Malays and the Malaysians as a national entity. The time has arrived for us to prove this. Getting cold feet already ah? Biasalah tu!

7. Yes, this is what we all hope for, that PAS will be able to be at the fore-front of all things. However, this is something we will have to work for and not just demand. We have to believe that we can prove ourselves to the rakyat that we are the best. We cannot do this until we are free of the constraints placed, both physical and psychological, by UMNO/BN. Then we will be able to convince the Malays and the non-Malays that we are worthy of their trust and the most capable to lead this great country of ours. BUT this starts with a step forward, not backwards.

The NEP has been placed in the dustbin by BN long ago! The so-called DEB had been ‘upgraded’ to the DEC (Dasar Ekonomi Crony) years ago and while giving the Malays the crumbs, they kept the majority in poverty and thus dependent. UMNO had the gall to parade themselves as the saviors of the Malays! We need to wake up and realize that the opportunity for real change and real solutions has arrived. Seize the moment and Tawakkal alAllah!

The Star online reported here today that “Barisan Nasional MPs have been asked to submit their passports for an overseas study trip ahead of Sept 16, the date that is being bandied about for supposed defections to take place.” The antics of BN have never failed to amuse me. If this is not another of its [...]

New Straits Times, 02 September 2008 Fighting Kok claws on by Naveen Mathew Menon KUALA LUMPUR: Teresa Kok never runs away from a fight in the political arena and her indomitable spirit has won the hearts of many. Indeed, with a 36,492-vote win over her opponent, Kok garnered the largest majority in the general election in March to [...]

The Biro Tatanegara (BTN) should be disbanded as it is a Trojan Horse in the Prime Minister’s Department which undermines and subverts the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s National Day message of national unity and solidarity and Vision 2020 objective of Bangsa Malaysia. In his 51st National Day message last Saturday, Abdullah said united [...]

Mesyuarat di atas telah diadakan bagi menyelaras dan mengemaskini perjalanan operasi Bilik Gerakan yang terletak di Pejabat ADUN Sg Bertih.




Kelihatan Para Petugas DUN Selat Klang yang secara sukarela membantu kerja-kerja membanci serta mengkoordinasi kerja memberi bantuan.

Begitulah tajuk besar sebuah berita yang dimuatkan dalam BH bertarikh 4hb september 2008. Pengamal media disarankan agar mempertahankan kebenaran dan keadilan berdasarkan fakta.

Tan Sri A. Samad Ismail, wartawan, penulis dan pejuang kemerdekaan, meninggal dunia semalam.

Salam takziah kepada keluarga beliau.

Al-fatihah.

Mesyuarat di atas telah diadakan bagi menyelaras dan mengemaskini perjalanan operasi Bilik Gerakan yang terletak di Pejabat ADUN Sg Bertih.




kelihatan Para Petugas DUN Selat Klang yang secara sukarela membantu kerja-kerja membanci serta mengkoordinasi kerja memberi bantuan.

Satu taklimat dan perbincangan melibatkan pihak-pihak yang terlibat secara langsung dan tidak langsung dengan pengurusan Sekolah Menengah Agama (SAM) dan Sekolah Agama Men Tinggi (SAMT) telah berlangsung di Annex SUK Shah Alam pada 4hb September 2008.

Kelihatan dari kiri Pengarah Bhg Pendiidikan Islam JAIS, Pengarah JAIS, Dr Halimah ...

I’m trying out the new Google Chrome browser. 

Seem’s like good fun. Looks really sleek…

I miss messing around with the PC. I used to do my own webdesign using Photoshop and Dreamweaver. I even dabbled in Flash. Tried to go into the webdesign business as a college student, but I got nowhere. And we’re not even talking about the games.

Now, I have bigger things on my plate.

Barisan Nasional component parties were probably thanking their lucky stars for Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's apology on behalf of UMNO over Datuk Ahmad Ismail's statement that Chinese minorities in the country were penumpang. While, it didn't fully resolve the issue, it certainly dissipated a fair bit of the minority communities anger over the racist remarks.

But no, this UMNO Bukit Bendera division warlord had other plans for MCA and Gerakan. Despite being pressed to apologise for his views and remarks, even after Datuk Seri Najib's face-saving apology, Datuk Ahmad Ismail, after "disappearing" for a few days, has stressed that he'll "not apologise".

"As far as I am concerned, I did not say or do anything wrong. So why should I apologise?"

He went on to reject claims that he was a racist and even cited many Chinese and Indians as his childhood friends.

Ahmad, in refuting claims that he was a “racist”, said he had been friends with many Chinese and Indian Malaysians since his childhood.

“I have never been racist and will never be. It is rubbish to suggest that I am a racist,” blasted Ahmad...

I really wonder, in his to-be-scheduled press conference on Saturday in Penang, whether these Chinese and Indian friends of his would dare to step up and stand behind this Datuk and provide personal testimonies to the effect that he isn't a racist?

In fact, I'd like to know which leader from Barisan Nasional will appear and stand behind him at the conference.

As a scriptwriter, I can envision 3 possible endings:

1. Pak Lah gets woken up from his slumber by MCA, Gerakan, DAP etc., and decides to give this Datuk Ahmad Ismail a figurative tight slap and banish him from UMNO.
   
   
2. Pak Lah continues his self-induced slumber to avoid antagonising a crucial warlord support in the coming party elections, leaving MCA and Gerakan red-faced with tails between their legs.
   
   
3. Or would we instead get a apology but no apology type statement which we usually hear from Barisan Nasional leaders who shoot from their hip, "my statement was not intended to hurt anybody, but I'll apologise if you feel hurt by it." And of course, BN leaders, including MCA and Gerakan will claim moral victory and matters "resolved".
   

Where would you put your money? I know where to put mine. ;-)

To be or not to be... this 916 political event?

While the business community expresses despair at the protracted political uncertainty, and aspiring politicians take aim at claiming a pound of flesh off BN, the grassroots might be bewildered with the diverse potentialities a 916 could bring.

I feel we need to prepare the ground, and to explain to the masses of the options and potential scenarios -- good and bad -- in the days to come. Especially so, as Umno will not give up without putting up a ferocious fight while its component partners choose to jump the leopard-can't-change-its-spot racist ship.

For my part, I will speak among friends at two fora in Ipoh (Chinese medium) and Penang (English medium) on Friday and Saturday, respectively. Hope to see you there.

Once we take away the fear -- the unknown fear and the fear for the unknown -- we can then get the perspective right... and march forward.

Pak Samad returned to rahmatullah today, in the holy month of Ramadan. He was 84.

Pak Samad (1925-2008), or A Samad Ismail, was an icon of the letters, and a nationalist who was jailed several times by the colonialists and by his own countrymen.

In 1953, while working as a journalist, he became a founding member of the People's Action Party along with Lee Kuan Yew.

However, he had disagreements with both Lee and the Utusan Melayu and left for Kuala Lumpur in 1959. He went on to head the Berita Harian and later the New Straits Times.

In 1976, he was again arrested in his adopted home in Malaysia under the Internal Security Act and was incarcerated until 1981. Upon his release, he returned to the New Straits Times and took up the position as editorial advisor.

He retired from journalism in 1988.

Pak Samad was conferred the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts in 1994.

To my dear friends, Maria and Nuraina, my heartfelt condolences.

Al-Fatihah.

Veteran journalist Samad Ismail passes away Sep 4, 08 7:06pm

Veteran journalist A Samad Ismail passed away at 6pm this evening at the Pantai Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur. He was 84.

Samad, who is affectionately known as Pak Samad, had been suffering from lung infection and was hopsitalised on Aug 25.

His remains will be buried at the Muslim cemetery in Bukit Kiara after Friday prayers tomorrow.

Samad was born and educated in Singapore. He completed his Senior Cambridge in 1940, just before World War II began, and entered journalism almost immediately, starting as a cub reporter in the newly established Malay daily, Utusan Melayu.

During the Japanese Occupation, he did editorial work for the Japanese-sponsored, Berita Malai. The returning British jailed him in 1946 but only briefly.

After the war, he returned to Utusan Melayu as the assistant editor and his influence helped to promote Malay nationalism.

Former ISA detainee

His close ties to left-wing Malay nationalists and his anti-colonial stance led to a second arrest in 1951. Upon his release in 1953, he returned to his job at Utusan Melayu and became a founding member of the People's Action Party along with Lee Kuan Yew.

However, disagreements with both Lee and with the Utusan Melayu saw him leaving for Kuala Lumpur in 1959. There, he would head the Berita Harian and later the New Straits Times.

He remained a strong advocate of the Malay language and culture, and continued to explore the complex dimensions of race and politics in Malaysia.

He expressed some of these thoughts through his Malay novels which he began writing in the early 1960s.

In 1976, he was again arrested under the Malaysian Internal Security Act and was not released until 1981. Upon his release, he returned to the New Straits Times and took up the position as editorial advisor.

He retired from journalism in 1988.

In 1994, Samad received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts. He was recognised "for applying his intellect and journalistic skills to champion national independence, cultural revival, and democratic nation-building in Malaysia."

At about 6.00 p.m. this evening veteran journalist Tan Sri A. Samad Ismail passed away at the Pantai Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur. He was 84. MCPX Affectionately known as Pak Samad, Tan Sri had been suffering from lung infection. His remains will be buried at the Muslim cemetery in Bukit Kiara after Friday prayers tomorrow. May [...]

[kemaskini jam 8.00 malam]

Al Fatihah.

Pak Samad telah kembali ke rahmatullah pada jam 5.58 petang tadi di Hospital Pantai Kuala Lumpur. Jenazah Allahyarham akan dibawa pulang ke rumahnya  di No 2 Jalan 16/7C, Petaling Jaya dan akan dikebumikan pada hari esok, selepas solat Jumaat.

Semoga Allah SWT mencucuri rahmat ke atas roh Allahyarham.

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Perkhabaran diterima memaklumkan Tan Sri A. Samad Ismail kini sedang tenat.

Ahad lalu, saya, Azizah, Izzah dan Shahrir sempat menziarahi beliau yang kini sedang terlantar di Hospital Pantai. Sabelum daripada itu, sahabat beliau, Dr. Syed Husin Ali turut meluangkan masa melawatnya.

Jika disorot kembali sejarah era penjajahan, tidak boleh dinafikan sama sekali perjuangan beliau menentang penjajahan Jepun dan British melalui Kesatuan Melayu Muda, disusuli peranan beliau mendrafkan Perlembagaan Rakyat bersama-sama Pak Sako dan Ahmad Boestamam.

Saya mendoakan agar beliau terus dikurniakan kekuatan oleh Allah SWT untuk melawan penyakit. Buat keluarga Pak Samad, diharapkan terus cekal memanjatkan doa ke hadrat Ilahi. Semoga barakah Ramadhan ini membuahkan kerahmatan buat semua.

ANWAR IBRAHIM

The DAP Central Executive Committee (CEC) in its meeting held on 3rd September 2008 has decided on the following:

1. A minor CEC reshuffle involving the switch of position between Tan Kok Wai (National Organising Secretary) and Teresa Kok Suh Sim (National Vice Chairman). Tan Kok Wai is now DAP National Vice Chairman and Teresa Kok Suh Sim the National Organising Secretary.

2. The CEC appointed the Central Working Committee comprising Karpal Singh (National Chairman), Dr Tan Seng Giaw (Deputy National Chairman), Tunku Abdul Aziz (National Vice Chairman), M Kula Segaran (National Vice Chairman), Lim Guan Eng (Secretary-General), Prof. P Ramasamy (Deputy Secretary-General), Chong Eng (Deputy Secretary-General), Fong Kui Lun (National Treasurer), Teresa Kok Suh Sim (National Organising Secretary), Tony Pua Kiam Wee (National Publicity Secretary), Liew Chin Tong (International Secretary) and Loke Siew Fook (Political Education Director).

3. The Party Disciplinary Committee headed by Chow Kon Yeow (National Vice Chairman), and comprises four other members ie: Tan Kok Wai (National Vice Chairman), M Kula Segaran (National Vice Chairman), Lim Hock Seng (former DAP CEC member) and Lee Kong Heng (State Organising Secretary for Negeri Sembilan)

4. Thomas Su Keong Siong appointed the second Assistant National Organising Secretary

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民主行动党中央委员会在2008年9月3日举行的中央委员会会议上做出下列决定：

1．中委小改组中，陈国伟（全国组织秘书）及郭素沁（全国副主席）将对调职位，因此，目前陈国伟担任全国副主席，而郭素沁则担任全国组织秘书。

2．中委委任的中央工作委员会包括卡巴星（全国主席）、陈胜尧医生（全国署理主席）、敦姑阿都阿兹（全国副主席）、M古拉（全国副主席）、林冠英（秘书长）、拉马沙美教授（副秘书长）、章瑛（副秘书长）、方贵伦（全国财政）、郭素沁（组织秘书）、潘俭伟（全国宣传秘书）、刘镇东（国际秘书）及陆兆福（政治教育主任）。

3．行动党纪律委员会则由曹观友（全国副主席）领导，包括四名成员：陈国伟（全国副主席）、M古拉（全国副主席）、林峰成（前行动党中委）及李光兴（森美兰州组织秘书）。

4．苏建祥受委为第二副组织秘书。

5．成立:
A．法律局（主席：哥宾星，秘书：张念群）
B．选举局（主席：陈国伟，成员：郭素沁、伍薪荣、陆兆福、黄泉安、潘俭伟及刘镇东）

6．林吉祥受委为行动党国会领袖。

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~ By LOONG MENG YEE

PETALING JAYA: Pakatan Rakyat state assemblymen in Selangor have collectively agreed to decline nominations for any award this year in conjunction with the Sultan’s birthday in December.

DAP's 13 state assemblymen made the decision during one of the party's weekly meetings, said Speaker Teng Chang Khim.

“This is only our first year of service, we need to prove ourselves first,” Teng, who is Sungai Pinang state assemblyman, said in an interview.

Each state assemblyman received a form from the state secretariat about two months ago to nominate eight names for various awards.

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（雪兰莪‧八打灵再也）行动党秘书长林冠英指出，民联还未讨论916执政事项，而行动党目前会优先关注本身的党务问题。

林冠英周三（3日）出席党总部的改选慰劳宴兼全国中委首次会议时，在新闻发佈会上表示，今晚中委会会议主要是讨论行动党改选后的定位，及如何加强与执政伙伴的关系，确保打造公平的政治环境。　

“今晚的中委会会议着重于讨论行动党向来倡议的打造公平政治、平等机会及公正的社会经济事项。”

他说，行动党的是愿望是大马能达致塑造“能干、公信与透明政府”目标。

他表示，以上条件是最基本的治国理念，唯有这样才能正面和积极地改变大马的命运。

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Walaupun pada hari itu jadual YB tersangat-sangat padat, tetapi YB cuba meluangkan sedikit masa bagi memenuhi undangan perkahwinan masyarakat setempat di Kg. Bharu. YB hanya dapat singgah sebentar sahaja kerana masih ada beberapa lagi program yang harus YB penuhi...

dihantar oleh Faezah p/a YB

30 Ogos 2008

Who heads the Biro Tata Negara (BTN) in this country? He must be Malaysia's Bapak Racist.

Senior parliamentarian Lim Kit Siang received a letter from a parent whose daughter was subjected to "extremism and un-Malaysian prejudices and communal poison" that came in the form of indoctrination courses for JPA scholars bound for studies overseas. Quote:

As part of the course, which is mandatory before they are sent overseas, all non-Malays are segregated and given lectures on the history of the country and how the immigration of the Chinese and Indians had taken place. And finally how the Chinese and Indians were given citizenship. The Malays too had their own similar sessions.

The instructors blatantly told them that they should not question the rights and privileges of the Malays as the non-Malays should be thankful that they were given citizenship status and a place to stay on their soil. My daughter together with the other non-Malay students was shocked and went back to their dormitories depressed. And to the Malay students, the instructors told them to be aware of this fact and not to mix too freely with the non-Malays.

A Malay friend of my daughter came back crying to the dormitory saying that she could not take the racist position taken by the government authority.

Kit Siang is furious and, like the parent who complained, regards the BTN’s racist indoctrination course as "a great disservice to both Malay and non-Malay JPA scholars as well as to Malaysian nation-building, the Merdeka social contract, the Malaysia Agreement, Rukunegara, Vision 2020 and Bangsa Malaysia".

Quite a mouthful, especially after we have just celebrated doses of Ahmad Ismail and Merdeka 51.

Read Kit's blog here.

（雪蘭莪‧八打靈再也）靈市19/1路因各公共機構在進行挖掘工程後沒有善後，導致路面損壞不堪，駕駛人士特別是摩多騎士的性命更因而受到威脅。

甘榜東姑區州議員劉永山指出，過去1年來，常有不同的公共單位如水務局、國能、英達麗水及電訊局等，前往挖掘地下水管或電纜。

他今日（週三，3日）召開記者會說，這些公司在進行挖掘工程後，沒有進行善後工作。

“他們使用不同的材料進行善後工作，結果下雨天時泥土便傾蝕，路面情況最後變成凹凸不平。”

他也質疑，一些公共機構在進行工程前沒向市政廳匯報，但最後善後工作如做得不妥善，則需由市政廳負責，包括所須的費用。

市政廳被迫善後

他已針對此事，致函市長拿督羅斯蘭，要求市政廳加強管制這些公司的工程，同時，他也建議這些公司把工程時間表提呈給市政廳，市政廳也有權提高所征收的抵押金額。

“我個人建議，可效彷新加坡，即一旦這些公司進行工程後，需把整條路鋪好，並把那些不負責任的承包公司列入黑名單。我會把這些建議帶上州議會討論。”

據瞭解，19/1路一帶為19區工業區，前後銜接著奧曼交通圈及14/27路，每天的交通流量約4000至5000輛。

13區或重組發展

另外，劉永山披露，市政廳有計劃要進行13區重組發展計劃，以便把奧曼交通圈改為交通樞杻，這個交通樞杻將會與19區及西散大道連貫。

他說，這項計劃目前尚在咨詢階段，尚未落實。

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