| Hannah Yeoh Posted: 31 May 2011 07:44 AM PDT
| Maternity Leave Posted: 31 May 2011 12:06 AM PDT Dear all,
I will be on maternity leave beginning tomorrow. My special assistant, Mr Rajiv Rishyakaran will be assisting me during this period and he can be contacted at 012-3111585 or email rajiv@dapsj.com for any urgent matters.
For any other administrative matters such as signing of documents, appointment for future events, allocation application, Selangor government programs, you may continue to liaise with my private secretary Ms Debbie Phang at my office which will continue to operate as usual:
Pejabat ADUN Subang Jaya
24A, 1st Floor, Jalan SS14/1A
47500 Subang Jaya
Tel : 03 5631 2768
Fax: 03 5631 2757
Opening hours:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday : 1pm to 7pm
Thursday nights : 8pm to 10pm
Thank you | |
| My journey - Wong Hon Wai 黃漢偉 Posted: 31 May 2011 07:14 AM PDT
| Press Interview on Housing issue Posted: 30 May 2011 03:13 PM PDT  As reported in Guang Min Daily. 檳政府4管齊下 要做到居者有其屋目標 （檳城30日訊）為顧及中低下層市民對房屋的需求，中央及州政府"各施其法"以滿足人們的需求。除中央政府表示將在檳州建設10萬到20萬令吉中廉價房屋外，檳州政府也將4管齊下，希望做到居者有其屋目標。 副首相丹斯里慕尤丁日前宣佈，中央政府將在7月推出"可負擔房屋計劃"（Skim Rumah Mampu Milik），興建價格介於10萬至15萬令吉的公寓，惠及中低下收入的人民，如果檳州擁有這需要，這項計劃也會開到檳州。 檳房屋供應及需求已平衡 針對中央政府有意在檳州物地點推行上述計劃一事，檳州房屋、城市及鄉村規劃委員會主席黃漢偉表示，據2010年財政部的產業報告，檳州的房屋供應及需求已處於平衡階段。 他透露，據知，目前檳州有160萬人口，全檳共有逾30萬間房屋，包括排屋、公寓及組屋單位，以比率計算，平均每間房子將住有4至5人，這已達至健康的比率，然而當局接獲投訴，一些地區仍面對房屋供應不足的問題。 他相信，副首相所指的適當的地點，即是一些就業機會高、交通方便，但又未有足夠房屋供民租購的地點。 "其實，針對這事情，檳州政府早在2年前已在威北、威中及檳島西南區鑒定了4個地點，並在第十大馬計劃中向中央政府申請撥款，興建人民或廉價組屋，然而有關申請至今尚未有答覆。" 他表示，無論如何，為了擴大民眾的利益，州政府不會放棄落實有關計劃。 "我們將在7月成立房屋局後，重新探討有關事宜，即使不獲中央政府的協助，我們也會想辦法解決房屋供不應求的回題。" 他說，由於到檳投資的商家不斷增加，州內的就業機會就隨即提高，為應付州民及外州人士的房屋需求，政府有必要付出更大的努力。 "據估計，州政府平均每年須興建1萬至2萬間的房屋，這也是為何，州政府會在興建房屋政策上，規定發展商在任何房屋發展計劃中，必須興建30%的中廉價屋。" | |
| 魏宗贤文打烟之声 Gwee Tong Hiang for Bentayan Posted: 31 May 2011 03:23 AM PDT |
| Lim Guan Eng Posted: 31 May 2011 01:48 AM PDT
| DAP Not Interested In The Tiff Between UMNO And MCA Or Internal MCA Rivalries(en/bm/cn) Posted: 31 May 2011 01:45 AM PDT DAP Not Interested In The Tiff Between UMNO And MCA Or Internal MCA Rivalries But Whether The BN Government Can Fully Disclose The Details Of All PSD Scholarship Holders And Ensure That All Top Students Get Overseas Scholarships? DAP is not interested in the tiff between UMNO and MCA or internal MCA rivalries but whether the BN government can fully disclose the details of all Public Service Department (PSD) scholarship holders given on merit and ensure that all top students can get overseas scholarship. PSD had reserved 300 overseas scholarships for top students based purely on merit and not on race. Wee had claimed that not all these 300 overseas scholarships given were to top students based on merit. MCA Youth chief and Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz had a public dispute over who was lying on whether there were abuses in the award of PSD scholarship. Wee had earlier exposed cases of top 8A+ students denied overseas scholarships granted to those with poorer results. Nazri had vehemently denied Wee's claims of abuses of power as baseless.
MCA President Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek then said that all top students should be awarded overseas scholarships. However when Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said that every 8A+ student will be awarded a scholarship but not all would be sent overseas, Wee agreed with the Prime Minister. Now Wee has issued a statement that these were two separate matters and that both the Prime Minister and Chua was right. Wee even accused DAP of trying to drive a wedge between him and his MCA President. This is confusing to the public. DAP is also not interested in internal MCA rivalries and faction politics. Everyone knows that Wee was part of the MCA faction that sacked Chua Soi Lek as a MCA member for Chua's involvement in the sex video tape scandal and Wee had vehemently opposed Chua's election as MCA President. What DAP is interested in is to ensure that all top students get overseas scholarships as well as a full disclosure of the results of top scholarship students to uphold the principles of transparency and accountability. In response to Nazri's accusations that Wee is lying, Wee should also reveal the students who obtained overseas scholarships based on merit but were not top students. Press Statement By DAP Secretary-General And MP For Bagan Lim Guan Eng In Kuala Lumpur On 31 May 2011. —– BM Translation —– Kenyataan Akhbar oleh Setiausaha Agung DAP dan Ahli Parlimen Bagan, Lim Guan Eng pada 31 Mei 2011 di Kuala Lumpur. DAP tidak tertarik dalam percanggahan antara UMNO, MCA mahupun persaing dalaman MCA tetapi tertarik untuk melihat adakah Kerajaan BN dapat mendedahkan butiran lanjut mengenai semua penerima biasiswa JPA dan memastikan semua pelajar cemerlang memperolehi biasiswa luar Negara? DAP tidak berminat dalam percanggahan antara UMNO, MCA mahupun persaing dalaman MCA tetapi tertarik untuk melihat adakah Kerajaan BN dapat mendedahkan butiran lanjut mengenai pemegang biasiswa JPA yang diberikan berdasarkan prestasi dan memastikan semua pelajar cemerlang ini boleh mendapatkan biasiswa luar Negara. JPA telah menyediakan 300 biasiswa untuk program ijazah luar Negara kepada pelajar cemerlang berdasarkan prestasi dan bukan mengikut bangsa. Wee juga turut mengakui bahawa bukan semua 300 biasiswa untuk program ijazah luar Negara ini diberikan kepada pelajar cemerlang berdasarkan prestasi. Ketua Pemuda MCA yang juga Timbalan Menteri Pendidikan, Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong dan Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz mempertikaikan siapa yang harus dipersalahkan dalam pengagihan biasiswa JPA ini. Wee awal- awal lagi telah mendedahkan hak pelajar yang memperolehi keputusan 8A+ telah dinafikan untuk menerima biasiswa program ijazah luar Negara berbanding pelajar yang memperolehi keputusan kurang cemerlang. Nazri pula dengan tegas menyelar kenyataan Wee yang dianggap tidak berasas. Presiden MCA, Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek kemudiannya mengatakan bahawa semua pelajar cemerlang harus diberikan biasiswa luar Negara. Walau bagaimanapun Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak berkata bahawa setiap pelajar yang memperolehi keputusan 8A+ akan diberikan biasiswa tetapi tidak semua akan dihantar ke luar Negara- Wee bersetuju dengan Perdana Menteri. Kini Wee telah mengeluarkan kenyataan bahawa terdapat dua perkara berbeza dan pendapat kedua- dua Perdana Menteri dan Chua adalah benar. Wee menuduh DAP cuba untuk menimbulkan pergaduhan antara beliau dan Presiden MCA. Perkara ini sangat mengelirukan rakyat. DAP tidak pernah tertarik untuk terlibat dalam pergaduhan dalaman MCA dan puak politiknya. Semua orang tahu bahawa Wee adalah sebahagian daripada puak MCA yang telah memecat Chua Soi Lek sebagai ahli MCA berikutan skandal video seks yang melibatkan Chua. Wee juga tegas menentang untuk melantik Chua sebagai Presiden MCA. Apa yang DAP tertarik sekarang hanyalah untuk memastikan semua pelajar cemerlang ini memperolehi biasiswa untuk program ijazah luar Negara dan memastikan butiran lanjut mengenai penerima biasiswa didedahkan bagi menegakkan prinsip telus dan tranparensi dapat diamalkan. Mengenai tuduhan Nazri yang mengatakan Wee berbohong, Wee seharusnya tampil untuk mendedahkan maklumat mengenai pelajar bukan pelajar cemerlang yang memperolehi biasiswa luar Negara yang sepatutnya diberi berdasarkan prestasi. —— Mandarin Translation—- 民主行动党秘书长兼峇眼区国会议员林冠英于2011年5月13日在吉隆坡发表声明： 民主行动党对巫统和马华的口角没有兴趣，我们也对马华的党内斗争没有兴趣，我们最关注的问题是，国阵政府能不能公开所有公共服务局奖学金得主的资料，确保所有特优生都能获得海外奖学金？ 民主行动党对巫统和马华的口角没有兴趣，我们也对马华的内部斗争没有兴趣，我们最关注的问题是国阵政府能不能公开所有公共服务局奖学金得主的资料，确保所有特优生都能获得海外奖学金？公共服务局已经保留了300份海外奖学金给特优生，这是不依种族、只依绩效表现的奖学金。魏家祥却说，这300份海外奖学金并非全都依绩效来发放。 针对公共服务局奖学金是否有舞弊滥权，马青总团长兼副教育部长拿督魏家祥及首相署部长纳兹里公开争论到底谁在说谎。魏家祥之前曾经揭露，数名考获全科8A+的学生拿不到海外奖学金，反而那些成绩较差者却获得。纳兹里也强烈地指责魏家祥的"滥权论"是毫无根据的。 马华总会长拿督蔡细历接着说，所有的特优生应该获得海外奖学金。但是首相拿督斯里纳吉却声明，所有全科8A+的学生都可以获得奖学金，但是并非所有人都会被送出国，魏家祥认同了首相的声明。 魏家祥已经发表文告，指这是两件不同的事，而首相与蔡细历的言论都是对的。魏家祥甚至指责行动党企图在他与蔡细历之间挑拨离间。 公众对此感到混淆。行动党对马华的党内斗争和派系政治没有兴趣。反正每个人都知道魏家祥是属于倒戈蔡细历、在性爱光碟事件中撤除蔡细历党员藉的那一派，他也曾经强烈地反对蔡细历竞选马华总会长。 我们最关注的问题是，国阵政府能不能基于透明与公信原则，公开所有公共服务奖学金得主的成绩，确保所有特优生都能获得海外奖学金？至于纳兹里指责魏家祥撒谎，那么魏家祥也应该拿出凭证，究竟哪些人获得绩效海外奖学金、却不是特优生？ 林冠英 | |
| Lim Kit Siang Posted: 30 May 2011 11:33 PM PDT
| Negara Ku no more Posted: 30 May 2011 06:56 PM PDT By CeeKay May 30, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider MAY 30 — I was born in 1958, a year after Merdeka. My dad came from China and my mom was born in Kota Bahru, Perak. I have known Malaysia to be my one and only home and I am proud to say that I am [...] | | Why I returned Posted: 30 May 2011 06:51 PM PDT By Walter May 30, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider MAY 30 — I left Malaysia in 1988 not long after the upheavals in the Malaysian political scene, which included Operation Lalang and the sacking of the Lord President. I spent a total of 16 years away — in Singapore, the Middle East, France and the [...] | | Khazanah MD ‘frustrated’ in regulated industries, reports FT Posted: 30 May 2011 06:41 PM PDT By Yow Hong ChiehMay 30, 2011 | The Malaysia Insider KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 — Khazanah Nasional Bhd managing director Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar has admitted to being disappointed by his inability to trim fat from the portfolio he inherited in 2004 due to political interference, the Financial Times reported yesterday. "We have had our [...] | | Makers of men, creators of leaders Posted: 30 May 2011 05:36 PM PDT Kalimullah Hassan The Malaysian Insider May 29, 2011 MAY 29 — In the movie "Scent of a Woman", actor Al Pacino plays the character of the blind retired US Army Lt Col Frank Slade who befriends young Charlie Simms. Charlie, despite his disadvantaged background, is a student at an elite school — Baird — which [...] | | Umno — self-induced rigor mortis Posted: 30 May 2011 05:17 PM PDT Sakmongkol AK47 The Malaysian Insider May 30, 2011 MAY 30 — I have written so many essays critical of Umno in the past. Friends asked me why am I still in Umno? How can I write many nasty things about Umno and seemed to get away with it — why haven't I been hauled up [...] | | A ‘snap poll’ in Malaysia? Political surprise, journalistic cliché Posted: 30 May 2011 05:01 PM PDT Clive Kessler The Malaysian Insider May 30, 2011 MAY 30 — Once again there is talk of an early or imminent election in Malaysia. No surprise, nothing unusual in that. And once again the commentators are considering the likelihood of a "snap poll." Again, no surprise, nothing unusual in that. Just silly. The expression "snap [...] | | Economists see higher inflation from energy hikes Posted: 30 May 2011 04:47 PM PDT By Lee Wei Lian The Malaysian Insider May 30, 2011 Power tariffs will be increased by 7.12 per cent on average come June 1. — Reuters picKUALA LUMPUR, May 30 — Economists expect today's price hikes in electricity and natural gas to be passed through to inflation-weary consumers, possibly pushing up the monthly consumer price [...] | | Because this is home Posted: 30 May 2011 03:31 AM PDT by Malaysian at home The Malaysian Insider May 30, 2011 MAY 30 — As a fresh graduate from a local university two years ago, I could have taken the easiest route and become an "instant expat" in a First World country. Singapore was just a Causeway away, after all, and the Malaysians who migrated there, [...] | | Power rates up 7%, gas price to be floated Posted: 30 May 2011 03:14 AM PDT Kuek Ser Kuang Keng | May 30, 11 Malaysiakini The federal government has raised electricity tariff by an average of 7.12 percent beginning June 1 as part of its subsidy reduction exercise. The average rise is 2.23cent/kW unit, from the current average rate of 31.31 to 33.54cent/kW unit. Natural gas prices are also set to [...] | |
| Charles Santiago Posted: 30 May 2011 11:17 PM PDT
| சிறு தொழில் செய்பவர்களுக்கு வட்டி இல்லாக் கடன் அளித்தால், மக்கள் முன்னேறுவதற்கான வாய்ப்பு பிரகாசமடையும், சார்ல்ஸ் சந்தியாகோ Posted: 30 May 2011 09:53 PM PDT மூலம் :- மலேசியா இன்று 31 May  கிள்ளான் மக்களின் வாழ்க்கைத் தரம் உயர வேண்டும். அவர்கள் சொந்தக் காலில் நிற்க வேண்டும். அதற்குச் சொந்தத் தொழில் செய்வது முக்கியம் என்பதால் அவர்களுக்கு உதவும் நோக்கத்தில் மே 29 -இல் சிலாங்கூர் நகர்புற ஏழை மக்களுக்காக மைக்ரோ கிரெடிட் (சிறிய கடனுதவி) ஏற்பாடு செய்யப்பட்டதாக கிள்ளான் நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர் சார்ல்ஸ் சந்தியாகோ கூறினார்.
சிறு வியாபாரம் செய்ய ஆர்வமுள்ளோர் அனைவரும் சிறு பண உதவியை எதிர்பார்த்து திரண்டு வந்திருந்தது மனதுக்கு மிக மகிழ்ச்சியாக இருந்தது எனக் கூறிய சார்ல்ஸ், தலா 130 பேர்கள் இப்பட்டறையில் கலந்து கொண்டு பிரமிக்க செய்து விட்டனர் எனக் கூறினார்.
இப்பட்டறையில் கலந்து கொண்டவர்கள் ஏதேனும் ஒரு சிறு வியாபாரத்தை தொடங்க வேண்டும் அல்லது ஏற்கனவே செய்துக் கொண்டிருக்கும் வியாபாரத்தை விரத்தியடையச் செய்ய வேண்டும் என்பதற்காக பண உதவியை நாடி வந்திருந்தனர்.
இவர்களுக்கு உதவும் வகையில் கடனுதவிகளை அரசாங்கம் வழங்கினால் கட்டாயம் இம்மக்களின் வாழ்க்கைத் தரம் உயரும் என நம்பிக்கை தெரிவித்த சார்ல்ஸ், இது ஏழ்மை நிலையில் உள்ள மக்களுக்கு ஓர் அறிய வாய்ப்பு எனவும் கூறினார்.
குறிப்பாக, மலேசியாவில் இந்தியர்களின் பொருளாதாரம் கடந்த பத்து வருட காலமாக தேக்க நிலையிலே உள்ளது. தற்போது 1.6 விழுக்காட்டில் இருக்கும் இந்தியர்களின் பொருளாதார நிலையை மேலும் உயர்த்த இது ஒரு பொன்னான வாய்ப்பு. அதுமட்டுமின்றி, வறுமையில் தவிக்கும் குடும்பங்களும், தனித்து வாழும் தாய்மார்களும், நடுத்தர வருமானம் பெரும் குடும்பத்தினர்களும் ஏழ்மையிலிருந்து மீட்சி பெறவும் இவ்வாய்ப்பு வழிவகுக்கும். இதனால் இந்தியர்களின் பொருளாதார நிலை மேலும் உயர ஏதுவாக இருக்கும் என்றார் சார்ல்ஸ்.
இப்பட்டறையை வழிநடத்திய நோராயின் மலேசியாவில் இவ்வாறு சிறு தொழில் செய்பவர்களுக்கு வட்டி இல்லாக் கடன் உதவி வழங்குவது இதுவே முதல் முறை எனக் கூறினார். சிலாங்கூர் மாநில அரசாங்கத்தின் இந்த முயற்சியையும் கொள்கையையும் தாம் பாராட்டுவதாக தெரிவித்தார்.
 எதிர்பார்த்த அளவிற்கு மேலாக மிக அதிகமாகவே வரவேற்பு கிடைத்ததால், மேலும் இதே பட்டறையை மறுமுறையும் செய்ய எண்ணம் கொண்டுள்ளதாக ஏற்பாட்டுக் குழுவினர்களும் ஜசெக உறுப்பினருமான சார்ல்ஸ் சந்தியாகோவும் கூறினர். இம்முறை இப்பட்டறையில் கலந்து கொள்ள இயலாதவர்கள் அடுத்தமுறை தாராளமாக கலந்து கொள்ளலாம் எனவும் அவர் கூறினார்.
மேலும், "மக்கள் நன்மைக்காகவும் அவர்களது மேம்பாட்டிற்காகவும் சிலாங்கூர் மாநில அரசாங்கம் அயராது உழைத்து வருகிறது. ஆகவே, மக்களது ஆதரவு என்றும் மக்கள் கூட்டணிக்கு தொடர்ந்து கிடைத்தால்தான் மேலும் பல விதத்தில் பல நன்மைகளை அடைய முடியும்", என வலியுறுத்தினார் சார்ல்ஸ்.
        | | சுகாதாரமான வாழ்க்கை முறைக்கு யோகா பயிற்சி – சார்ல்ஸ் Posted: 30 May 2011 09:46 PM PDT மூலம் :- செம்பருத்தி Tuesday, May 31, 2011 2:18 aM  யோகா பயிற்சி செய்து வந்தால் நமது உடல் நலத்தை நாம் நன்றாக பாதுகாக்க முடியும் என்பதோடு வளமான மற்றும் சுகாதாரமான வாழ்க்கை முறைக்கு யோகா பயிற்சி வழிவகுக்கும் என்று கிள்ளான் நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர் சார்ல்ஸ் சந்தியாகோ கூறினார்.
நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர் சார்ல்ஸ் சந்தியாகோவின் ஏற்பாட்டில் கடந்த 29ஆம் திகதி ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை, 'உடல் சக்திக்கு இயற்கை ரகசியம்' எனும் தொனிப்பொருளில் ஒரு நாள் இலவச யோகா பயிற்சி புக்கிட் திங்கி விளையாட்டு அரங்கத்தில் நடைபெற்றது. பரபரப்பாய் காலம் ஓடிக் கொண்டிருக்கும் இவ்வேளையில் நமது உடல் நிலையை கவனிக்காமல் இருந்து விடுவதால் பல நோய்களுக்கு நாம் ஆளாகிறோம். அதன் பின் மருத்துவத்திற்கே நாம் சம்பாதிக்கும் பணம் செலாவாகிறது.  ஆனால் இப்பிரச்சனையை தீர்க்க சிறந்த ஒரே வழி யோகா பயிற்சிதான் என கூறிய சார்ல்ஸ், யோகா பயிற்சிகளை நாம் அன்றாட வாழ்க்கையில் செய்ய வேண்டிய ஒன்று என சொன்னார்.
இந்த விழிப்புணர்வை தூண்டும் வகையில் ஏற்பாடு செய்திருந்த இந்த இலவச பயிற்சி இளையோர்களை அதிகம் கவர வைத்திருந்தது. அவர்களின் இந்த ஆர்வமும் பெற்றோர்களின் ஊக்கமும் பாராட்டுத்தக்கது என்று அவர் கூறினார். செந்தோசாவில் யோகா வகுப்புகளை நடத்தி வரும் யோகா சிரோமணி திருமதி மேகலா அவர்களோடு இணைந்து மக்களிடையே யோகா பயிற்சியின் முக்கியத்துவத்தை உணர்த்துவதற்காக இந்த ஒரு நாள் பயிற்சி நடத்தப்பட்டதாக கூறிய சார்ல்ஸ் செந்தோசாவில் இயங்கிவரும் யோகா பயிற்சி வகுப்புகளில் சேர்ந்து பயனடைய விரும்புவோர் தொடர்பு கொள்ளலாம் என்று கூறினார். யோகா சிரோமணி திருமதி மேகலா-016 3269261         | | இப்ராஹிம் வலை வீசுகிறார் – சார்ல்ஸ் சந்தியாகோ Posted: 30 May 2011 09:22 PM PDT | | PERTANDINGAN MEMBUAT BAH CHANG&PERTANDINGAN MEWARNA UNTUK KANAK-KANAK BERUMUR 4-7 TAHUN Posted: 30 May 2011 04:36 AM PDT | | 查爾斯：以民為本‧“調電費應檢討3問題” Posted: 30 May 2011 04:23 AM PDT Source: Sin Chew （雪蘭莪‧巴生29日訊）巴生國會議員查爾斯說，中央政府理應以民為本，在宣佈調整電費之前，先厘清以下3項重點。 他說，第一項，政府每年津貼190億令吉予獨立發電廠，是一項對國人不公平的津貼政策。 "第二項，政府每年發放予獨立發電廠20至22%的投資回酬，這項回酬過於豐厚，因此有必要檢討。" 他說，根據合約，無論獨立發電廠發電多寡，國能都需一律接受，導致目前儲備電多出逾40%；因此，第三項就是檢討這項合約，國能只需接受所需的發電量。 查爾斯說，只要政府肯針對這三項問題作出檢討，就能節省開支，屆時根本無需調高電費。 他說，這些都是"不平等"合約，只會富了有關公司，但卻窮了人民，因此作為一個以民為本的政府，有必要對此作出檢討。         | |
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| SERVANTHOOD Posted: 30 May 2011 07:51 PM PDT
| 霹雳州生态工业中心是另一个国阵霹雳州政府所宣布的“空中楼阁”。 Posted: 30 May 2011 08:15 AM PDT 媒体文告
霹雳州生态工业中心是另一个国阵霹雳州政府所宣布的"空中楼阁"。拿督斯里赞比里应证明他可以解决霹州最简单的问题如在他自己的地区曼绒的公共交通和在一个月内签发土地续期租约如民联政府所作的一样。
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由国阵霹雳州州务大臣拿督斯里赞比里所宣布在霹雳州的一个生态工业中心将设在另一个国阵霹雳州政府所宣布的"空中楼阁"。
国阵霹雳州政府是众所周知宣布制作从未兑现的大型 "空中楼阁" 项目。这些上万元，上亿元的项目包括铝工厂，海湾石油工程，国际清真肉类中心，怡保蘇丹阿兹兰沙机场的航空游览，在端洛建设拥有个人飞机的豪华住宅，从红树林棕榈树生产乙醇（尼帕）和海藻项目等等。
国阵霹雳州政府试图以给霹雳州带来发展的印象来欺骗人民，而实际上它并没有带来发展。一个有兴趣的投资者的查询将会被宣告成该项目好像正在霹雳州进行。
民联霹雳州政府只有在一个项目的细节已经制订出来后，准备进行时才宣布。
国阵霹雳州政府在拿督斯里赞比里管理下甚至不能解决在他自己的地区曼绒的简单公共交通问题。
国阵政府已宣布公共巴士服务将在今年初开始实行，但是现在已经到了六月，我们还看不到任何的进展。
民联霹雳州政府已减少不必要的程序，并能在一个月内发出所申请的土地续期租约。我接到很多投诉，在国阵管理下，这些土地续期租约经过两年还没发出。
我呼吁拿督斯里赞比里真正为人民服务，而不是发布乐观的公告以欺骗人民。我希望人民可以清楚地看到，国阵攫取霹雳州是为了权力，而不是为人民服务。
2011年5月30日星期一
拿督倪可汉
实兆逺区州议员
木威区国会议员
霹雳民主行动党主席 | | Perak Eco Industrial Hub is another “pie in the sky” announcement by BN perak Government. Posted: 29 May 2011 10:51 PM PDT Media Statement
Perak Eco Industrial Hub is another "pie in the sky" announcement by BN perak Government. Dato' Seri Zambry bin Abdul Kadir should prove himself by solving the simplest of the state problems like public transportation in his own house district of Manjung and issuing titles for renewal of expired leases within 1 month as was done by the PR Perak State Government.
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The announcement by Dato' Seri Dr. Zambry bin Abdul Kadir, BN Menteri Besar of Perak that an Eco Industrial Hub will be set up in Perak is another BN Perak Government's "pie in the sky" announcement.
BN Perak Government is well known for making "pie in the sky" announcements of mega projects that never materialize. Amongst them, multi-million and multi-billion ringgits projects such as the Aluminium Plant, Gulf Petroleum Project, International Halal Meat Hub, Aerospace Tourism from the Ipoh Sultan Azlan Shah Airport, building luxury homes in Tronoh where residents own personal planes, producing ethanol from mangrove palms (Nipah) and the seaweed project. The list can go on.
BN Perak Government tries to give the impression that it has brought much development to Perak to deceive the people when in fact it has failed to do so. An inquiry from an interested investor is announced as if the project is taking off in Perak.
The PR Perak Government announced a project only after the details have been worked out and the project is ready to be launched.
BN Perak Government under Dato' Seri Zambry cannot even solve the simple transport problem of his home district of Manjung.
The BN Government has announced last year that the public bus service will start operating at the beginning of this year but we see nothing out of the announcement though we are entering the month of June.
PR Perak Government has cut down unnecessary procedures and was able to issue new titles for renewal of expired land leases within 1 month after an application is made. I have received numerous complaints that such titles could not be issued even though 2 years have lapsed under BN rule.
I call on Dato' Seri Zambry to actually serve the people rather than making rosy announcements to deceive the people . I hope the people can see clearly that the BN grab of power in Perak is for power and not to serve the people.
Dated 30th May 2011
Ngeh Koo Ham
Assemblyman for Sitiawan
MP of Beruas
DAP Perak Chairman | |
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| "The Tiger That Lost Its Roar" - A Foreword Posted: 29 May 2011 08:18 PM PDT "The Tiger That Lost Its Roar", a tale on Malaysia's political economy has just been published. I've been asked to give a synopsis on the book, which tends to be a little difficult when it's 350 pages and covers a wide range of topics. But I thought the Foreword in the book provides a good background to what I've written, so I'll "blog" it here for those keen to find out more. It's still kinda long, so enjoy ;-). For those keen on having it shipped to you (a personal autographed copy), before the book hit the bookstores perhaps in a month's time, you can order direct, details here. Foreword In writing and producing this book "The Tiger That Lost Its Roar", a book on Malaysia's political economy, I wanted to present the state of Malaysia's economy, supported by all the necessary facts and figures, in a fashion which a typical man-on-the-street will be able to easily digest and understand without complicated jargons or abstract economic theories. The economy is a subject matter which affects all Malaysians, regardless of race or religion, age or gender, but it is often poorly understood or worse, neglected as a subject best left for the "authorities". At the same time, the developing Malaysian economy is deeply and inextricably intertwined with the country's politics. Any attempt to decipher the former, without understanding the impact of the latter will only give a distorted abstract on the relevant issues. What is perhaps the most important is to debunk the myth that "politics and economics do not mix", and what happens with the countries' politics, whether it is race-based policies or political rent-seeking and patronage does not significantly affect the economy at large.
In the past, it is often heard that patronage and corruption can be tolerated, as long as projects get completed and the economy continues to grow at a rapid pace. It's a "win-win" situation, so what is there to complain. However, the above cannot be further from the truth as Malaysia had sacrificed the future growth and prosperity of the country and our future generations to create this short-term feel-good mirage of economic euphoria, particularly in the 1990s. The Barisan Nasional government then continued to maintain a facade of economic growth in the 2000s with the support of windfall oil and gas income, papering over cracks which have started to widen significantly.
It was with the drastic drop in global oil prices in 2008 which finally "exposed" the naked emperor, triggering a whole series of supposed "reform" measures in the guise of the "New Economic Model", the "Government Transformation Plan" and the "Economic Transformation Plan" to slam the brakes on our economic decline and reverse the years of damage caused by not only our economic policies but also the country's politics. I wanted to relate in this book how the economic implications of its politically-driven policies had severely affected the performance of our economy, and how our economy cannot be reformed without transformative changes to the entrenched political culture in Malaysia.
Putting this book on Malaysia's political economy together has certainly been a lot more challenging than I had initially anticipated. There was a ready pool of source materials for the book, which was in the form of my articles and columns written for my blog and newspapers respectively, as well as hundreds of press statements which I have written over the past few years. However, I didn't want to turn the book into a compilation of articles and statements which are related, but aren't properly "connected" in the context of a book. In addition, such articles will often carry repeated background information on particular issues which will not contribute towards an easy-to-read, concise and coherent book.
Hence much time was spent not only on organising, integrating and editing the hundreds of existing articles into cohesive chapters for this book, I realised that I had to write many new sections, or even brand new chapters to ensure that readers will be in possession of a more complete and coherent picture of the "stories" which I'd like to tell. The chapter on the RM12.5 billion Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal for example, got expanded to 2 separate chapters due to the amount of "juice" flowing from the story, which if left unwritten, will do injustice to the scandal. After all, it is the ultimate example of a "perfect brew" of BN politicians from various parties getting their fingers dirty with crony businessmen, stinking of corruption and abuse of power, abetted by blissfully ignorant and incompetent government officials and unchecked by the country's top enforcement agencies. The scandal probably deserves a book on its own, but for the moment, a condensed version packed into 2 chapters will suffice.
The initial chapters gives the macroeconomic overview of the country's economy and the country's defining economic policies, the overaching "New Economic Policy" and its proposed replacement the "New Economic Model". This is followed by the chapters reviewing the Government's privatisation policies on highways, water and electricity and their lasting distortionary implications.
Readers will then be "treated" to a series of scandals which reflects the decay in governance and its impact on our tax-payers' funds. These scandals further exacerbate the misallocation in the Government's budgetary expenditures, particularly in the accelerating operating expenditure which puts to waste the immense windfall revenue contribution from the oil and gas sectors. The ineffective use of crude interventionist policies such as price controls, subsidies and fiscal instruments further destroys competitiveness and efficiency, without at the same time achieving the objectives of such policies in the first place.
Finally structural issues within the Government, particularly that of the civil service, as well as infrastructural bottlenecks such as the country's transportation system, or the lack of it, with their root causes in politics, continue to impose an artificial glass ceiling on the growth potentials of the country's economy.
On top of all of the above, in my personal view, the biggest failure of the BN Government is its inability to protect and develop our excellent pool of human capital due to political expediency. Our economy has been able to remain "above water" thus far has less to do with the socio-economic policies of the Government, but in spite of it. This is because the Malaysian human talents were able to make do with whatever limitations and hurdles placed in their path. The chapter "Education Simplified" tells the simple tale of how our education system has been desecrated and debased, which not only fails the future generations of Malaysians but also at the same time encouraged them to look for greener pastures overseas.
The book isn't meant to be a book of unbridled negative criticisms with no corresponding positive and constructive proposals. Throughout each of the respective chapters, alternative policies with varying degrees of detail are outlined to achieve the goals for economic competitiveness and efficiency while protecting social and distributive justice for the man-on-the-street. I've also called for a "New Deal" to overhaul the archaic and increasingly centralised planning, decision-making and implementation of the government machinery which not only makes a mockery of our federal system, but severely restrains the development of dynamic regional economies in the country.
Malaysia today is a "tiger" that is weak and impoverished from years of neglect, abuse and malnutrition. As a result, it has not only lost its bite, it has lost even its roar. However with the necessary tender loving care, the right dose of medication and therapy, the Malaysian Tiger has every opportunity to bounce back, stronger than ever before. This can only happen if the Government of the day has the political will and moral courage to face its demons, place the interest of the rakyat above that of the vested interest parties and slaughter the sacred cows.
With the country on the cusps of change, there is no better time to bring back the Malaysian roar.
Tony Pua
11.12.2010 | | Declassify IPP Contracts Now Posted: 29 May 2011 09:16 AM PDT The Government must declassify the Independent Power Producer (IPP)agreements to justify their refusal and failure to restructure these wildly unfair contracts which allows them to make astronomical returns at the expense of the people.
Earlier in the week MCA President Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek defended the IPP purchasing power agreements (PPA) claiming that these agreements are sacrosanct and hence the Government cannot restructure these unfair agreements.
According to The Malaysian Insider, Dr Chua said "because the government is tied up in a lot of agreements, this cannot just be abolished like DAP says or Anwar (Ibrahim) says… Then Malaysia will be seen by the world as a government that does not honour its agreements. That's wrong."
There is little point in 'arguing' with Dr Chua on he PPA that nobody outside the Cabinet has access to. I'd instead challenge Dr Chua to prove his point that the Government completely helpless after signing he PPAs by demanding that these agreements be declassified for public scrutiny.
After the highway toll concession agreements were declassified in 2009, close scrutiny of these agreements have proven that there are well-defined terms in them which allows the Government to expropriate or buy back the concessions. The expropriation clause ensures a reasonable buy back price while ensuring that the concessionaires receives a reasonable rate if return for their investments during their years in operation. These terms were agreed and signed by both the government and he concessionaires, and hence there is no question of its sanctity being breach. Pakatan Rakyat has since been able to show that the Government is able to expropriate these highways without burdening public finances.
The declassification of the highway toll concession agreements also proved the lies of the former Works Minister Datuk Seri Samy Vellu who had for years claimed that the government would have to pay hundreds of billions of Ringgit in compensation should these contracts be terminated. He hid his arguments behind the Official Secrets Act (OSA) which prevents the public from finding out the real truth.
It is only with the declassification of the PPAs from the OSA that Dr Chua can prove that he is not another Samy Vellu who tried to protect the interest of the crony concessionaires while hiding behind the OSA.
At the same time, we have no confidence with the political will of the Barisan Nasional government's 'negotiations' with these IPPs to restructure he terms of their contracts as announced by the Minister in Prime Minister's office, Datuk Seri Idris Jala. The BN government had talked about renegotiating hgese contracts for more than 6 years now with absolutely nothing to show.
The latest announcement on renegotiations is only a meek attempt to placate an angry rakyat, and to buy more time for the IPPs which has only a few years left in their contracts to continue to profit under the current terms of their agreement.
If Najib's administration has the political will and is really sincere about renegotiating these contracts, it would not have taken him more than two years. It is only after being placed under pressure by the rakyat over the Government's attempts to cut subsidies for the man-on-the-street and not those for the large corporate cronies like the IPPs recently, that the recycled 'renegotiation' announcement was made.
The BN government must prove its commitment to transparency and accountability as promised under the Government Transformation Programme (GTP) by declassifying the PPAs and act to ensure that the people's interest comes first, as demanded under Najib's increasingly hollow 1Malaysia statement. | |
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