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DATUK SERI PANGLIMA ROSMAH MANSUR

She's 'enormous' in size and in influence

Lately, Sabah being one of the biggest contributors of both state and parliamentary seats to the ruling coalition, has been labelled as their fixed deposit but ironically Sabah remains as among the poorest states in Malaysia despite being blessed with abundant of natural resources. Perhaps due to its dire economic state, local leaders have no other choice apart from following and bending towards the whims and pleasure of their bosses in Kuala Lumpur.

Instead of manipulating its status as the ruling coalition's fixed deposit to gain more authority and control of the day to day management of the state, our leaders are seen as weaklings. As compared to Sarawak, which is another of the ruling coalition's fixed deposit, their leaders are seen more capable of turning the table towards the state's advantages. So far, Sarawak is the best example of Borneonisation in line with the Malaysia Agreement.

Perhaps it is due to the fact that they have the longest thus most experienced Chief Minister of more than 20 years and still going strong. Compared to Sabah, they are good examples where everything related to their state are guarded ever so strongly. This may be a naive observation from a green horn and an outsider but we can see abundance of evidences supporting the claim that the Sarawakians are far better than Sabahans in standing firm for their rights.

One clear example is how stringent the Sarawak government in conferring state honours particularly to outsiders whoever they are or how powerful they may be. Recently, the Sarawak's Head of State conferred only the third highest honours to the Prime Minister's wife. Being the Prime Minister's wife is no guarantee of her being conferred with the highest award unlike Sabah which rushed to confer the highest award to her last year in a special ceremony. Conferring the state honours is the prerogative of the Head of State but there must be stringent and strict procedures to be done or carried out before conferring such honours to anyone . By the way, what did DSP Rosmah Mansur do to deserve the highest state accolade? This is important to maintain the prestige of such awards since such symbolised the state's image and dignity.

However, since the hands of politics are crawling everywhere we have political figures dominating most of the awards particularly those of higher prestige. In fact, in Sabah we have the joke that if we throw a stone it is bound to hit a Datuk! It is indeed degrading but probably it is true particularly years ago where political ties command almost everything and such title brings together lucrative benefits. That is why people are desperate and willing to pay just to have a title before their names, though they know that such title may not be genuine or its prestige is doubtful.

Instead of awarding the politicians, the state should instead confer such accolade to more deserving people like former teachers or even in service teachers for they actually contributed to the society.

However, looking at the current situation , teachers seem to be sidelined except for high ranking ones like the Director. Sabah seem to favour politicians rather than those unsung heroes amidst us since these figures are busy helping and contributing to the society without proclaiming or announcing their deeds unlike politicians. Figures like the late John Gaisah, Kelly Tham, Justin Ganai, Matin Guntali and the late Mohd Ali bin Kandalis, a local leader who was responsible in propagating Islam in Ranau are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to contribution to the society.They are more deserving than those one-term YBs or Ketua Bahagians out there!

Hopefully, the new Head of State though a politician himself will be more sensitive in safeguarding the prestige of the state awards. It is the right time to emulate our neighbouring state which has done far better in safeguarding its interest and at the same time 'importing' local figures to the peninsular like the Mufti of Perlis, Dr. Juanda Jaya and a former Director General of Education, Datuk Matnor Daim. We need to appreciate contributions of those deserving figures rather than spreading the awards like flushing the toilets!

IS A ROYAL COMMISSION WORTHY?

A futile exercise?

A new Royal Commission will be set up to investigate breach of human rights in the case of Teoh Beng Hock after the coroner's decision that he was either murdered or committed suicide. It is indeed a commendable move by the government in the interest of justice especially a high profile death like Teoh's. However, one cannot be pessimistic of constitution of yet another Royal Commission which is limited in both jurisdiction and power just like previous ones. Previously, the Royal Commission into misconduct of some high ranking former justices still failed to achieve the desired effect since up until today there are yet to be seen positive and concrete steps to rectify the already corroded image of the judiciary.

What is more appalling is the request by the request by the ruling coalition's 'fixed deposit' of a Royal Commission looking into the so-called Project IC. Compared to one person life, which by the way has been lost, to the fate of not only the present but future generations of a whole state, one can only see the dire need for the setting up of a Commission or any other ways possible to stop the erosion of Malaysians' rights and privileges from being further damage. SAPP is right for comparing both situations and I am for one sure they meant no disrespect to the late Teoh and his family. A life lost is indeed a tragedy but we are talking about millions of lives in the case of Sabah. For many years every Malaysian living in Sabah is put in constant danger of him or her being finally rooted out of the state.

The implication of illegals in the state is for everyone to see but those in authority do not seem to be bothered for reasons only themselves are aware of. Sabah has seen a sharp increase in the number of people in the state and it is no secret that such increase is attributed the the presence of high numbers of foreigners in the state. Today, they have even managed to slip into high positions based on their dubious identifications but yet again the relevant authority turn to look at the other side as if nothing happened.

Nonetheless, as stated earlier the establishment of a Royal Commission will not help much and in fact it will a futile step as well as a waste of the taxpayers money if its scope is limited and not holistic and sincere enough to look into the root of the problem. Even if we have such Commission another serious problem will immediately arise. What will happen to its findings? Will there be concrete and satisfactory results from its findings?

Sincerity or rather a political will to rid ourselves of the menace of those illegals is what Malaysians in Sabah really need just like what Tan Sri Chong Kah Kiat had done years ago. Sadly, his initiative was not followed but instead mere sporadic and ineffective raids here and there are employed instead and today the problem is still with us. The authority should step up their efforts to solve the problem if they are really sincere of giving preference and priority to the well-being of genuine Malaysians in line with their "people first performance now" slogan.

Do not let the slogan be a mere political and election sweet talk. Do not let the Malaysians in Sabah down if they are sincere about the state being their fixed deposit. With the authority in their hands, they have the sacred responsibility of looking after the welfare and needs of the People , to whom they owed their power. Time is short and they need to act fast!

Selangor and Perak: Victims of BN

THE END to BN!!!

Once again despite themselves, the ruling coalition decides to recycle the tactics they used when illegally taking over the state of Perak. Their choice of Khusrin as the new State Secretary who is well known for his misleading and wrong ' fatwa' on non Muslim entering the mosque. From then on, the public is well aware that he is not a non partisan civil servant as he should be but rather an amplifier of the ruling coalition. Setting everything aside, the Federal government should realised that it's decision to appoint Khusrin as the new Selangor State Secretary will not be well received for Khusrin is no friend of the present State government. Once again we are seeing the remaking of the Perak coup de etat!

The Federal government should stop sabotaging any State government which are under the control of PR whatever their reasons are since they are actually denying the choice of the people. Instead they themselves should honour their sacred slogan of "People first Performance Now" by co operating with all the state controlled by the Opposition so that the people's negative views of them can be rectified. While they accuse the Opposition of over politicking as in the case of Perak but they themselves are still doing the same . Doing anything, anytime and anywhere just to see the four states fail, then they will declare that the Opposition have failed the people unlike them, the undisputed champion...champion my foot that is!

Appointing someone who is clear at odds with the current government is clearly an act of defying and denying the people's choice of government. They are no different from the junta in Myanmar and the PLO/Fatah in Palestine. While the ruling coalition are very critical of the junta in Burma but looking and observing their conduct, any rational and right thinking citizen will immediately think that they are trying to create chaos within the state government.

Whatever reasoning and justifications they offer to explain their choice of the new State Secretary of Selangor, the public need to be aware that it is nothing than a political ploy to take over the state in any way possible. Najib is no different from Mahathir when it comes to politics, they will do anything albeit illegally and immoral to achieve their objective. By now, we should know and realise that the ruling coalition are there for half a century based on deceit and manipulation, a far cry from the democracy that they claim to profess. They are the ones who are responsible for every bit of problems that Malaysians are now suffering from.

IBULLSHIT

This more like it.....BULLSHIT!

The Chairman of the ruling coalition once again reiterated that his 1Malaysia slogan is no political tool, instead it is a unifying battle cry to all Malaysians.Reading at his 1Malaysia booklet, one cannot argue with him but what concern all is how 1Malaysia is being implemented particularly those people whom he claimed to champion.

The people of Sabah, Sarawak and those who feel themselves being unjustly treated by the majority or rather by the Umnoputras are the ones who better understand what 1Malaysia really is. All these while, Malaysians in Sabah particularly have been calling for the Federal government to appoint Sabahans as head of Federal departments in Sabah as per the Malaysian Agreement but more or less their pleas fall on deaf ears or those Malayans (Read Umnoputras) never bothered to listen.

Being a state of abundant resources too is not helping the state to achieve greater height, mainly because of certain unscrupulous local leaders who are bent to enrich themselves rather then dispersing their responsibility rigtheously. Their greed is sadly abetted by the Federal government by returning a minuscule of what the state gives or contributes to the nation's coffer.

Oftentimes, the ruling coalition keep on labelling and calling Sabah as their fixed deposit but instead of repaying the contribution, they keep on ignoring pleas from aggrieved Malaysians in the state. There are many areas particularly in the rural parts of the state where many are still poor with little or no amenities like electricity and good road and transportation while folks in Kuala Lumpur are enjoying all the perks and latest facilities money can buy. Once the government claimed to have saved billions from subsidy cuts but instead of spreading the wealth to all parts of the nation they chose only to concentrate on upgrading the transportation system in the nation's capital. Yet, Kuala Lumpur today is still suffering from acute traffic jams all over, all the time!

The Penans and other indigenous in Sarawak are being silently uprooted from their ancestral lands but yet again the ruling coalition turn blind to that and various other abuse of power and misconduct of the nation's longest serving Chief Minister. As far as Malaysians are concerned the Sarawakians are left to their own device to fight the regime of CMS in the land of hornbills. However, the Sarawakians are better off compared to their fellow Malaysians in Sabah who despite being the second largest state with equally abundant natural resources, continues to languish behind other state half of its size.

Is this what 1Malaysia? Perhaps not but that is the reality that everyone has to admit as 1Malaysia really means 1Umno/BN!

NO TO NUCLEAR!

NO to NUCLEAR PLANTS!

Invigorated and justified by the 'fact' that oil and gas are getting scarce and thus expensive Malaysia despite knowing its risk and having no expertise or more correctly lack of expertise has decided to go for nuclear energy. The Minister responsible for energy declared that Malaysia will be building two nuclear powered plants which location is yet to be known.

Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Peter Chin said the government would engage an international consultant to evaluate the location and requirement for such plants to be built. He who survived a pay cut motion in the Parliament and attracted criticism particularly from Sabah due to the lackadaisical attitude of SESB in solving power woes in the state again is inviting opposition and criticism since nuclear power is too risky though there are obvious benefits.

Time and again, Malaysians have come up with suggestions to develop more eco-friendly source of energy but the government seems not interested and usually make light of such suggestions. Perhaps they are drawn back by the initial cost but every initiative or venture usually requires higher cost in the beginning especially if it is eco-friendly but in the long run it is cheaper and most importantly it is safer not only to the environment but all living organisms as well.

If they are bent on their so called austerity drive then what about some costly yet lowly beneficial projects like the proposed renovation of Seri Perdana, the 100 storey Wawasan Tower and many more projects which are least beneficial to the majority of the mass. The hazard of having such plants though they may be located far away from residential areas, is greater as what had happened to Chernobyl more than two decades ago. Only after 24 years, the Ukranian government dares to reopens Chernobyl to human populations.

Being the Safe Deposit of the ruling coalition gives me the jitters since they might be thinking of building the plants here since the state is sparsely inhabited as compared to the Peninsular and of course by virtue of their label of the state as being their fixed deposit. Being the fixed deposit does not means that the state is their favourite but rather they are able to do whatever they please since in their twisted mind, the people in the state will adhere whatever they tell them.

I am not insinuating anything but being the poorest state in the nation after years of achieving independance must certainly adds to strengthen my point that they will do whatever they feel like to do. Fortunately, their plan to build coal powered plant in state has so far not materialised because of some oppositions from the people.

These groups of people are our only hope that both the coal and nuclear powered plants will not be built on our soil and in fact any so called developments which endanger every single life in Sabah.

Buta Sejarah

Negeri kaya, rakyat miskin

"Rupanya masih trdapat masy yg xmemahami bahawa keistimewaan org melayu merangkumi hak2 istimewa kaum bumiputera sabah/sarawak. Mungkin ini juga salah satu faktor mengapa kaum bumiputera di sabah khasnya, ada segelintir yg agak emosional a/bila org Melayu lantang mempertahankan hak yg telah dipersetujui sebelum kaum imigran diterima menjadi warga Persekutuan Tanah Melayu & akhirnya Msia.Perlu diberi penjelasan."

Pernyataan di atas diambil daripada komen dalam FB yang jelas lagi nyata menunjukkan kedangkalan empunya komen tentang situasi terkini dan kedudukan sebenarnya mereka yang dianggap sebagai kononnnya teermasuk dalam istilah Melayu. Dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan Perkara 153 menyebut secara jelas dan mengasingkan Melayu dengan Bumiputera Sabah dan Sarawak dan bukannya seperti yang terkandung dalam komen di atas.

Ketika mereka menuduh sebahagian besar terutamanya mereka yang kritikal terhadap parti memerintah, sebagai tidak memahami atau cuba mengubah Perlembagaan nyata mereka sendiri dangkal tentang Perlembagaan hingga berlaku kesilapan yang memalukan seperti yang tertera dalam komen di atas. Melayu dalam Perlembagaan [Perkara 160] adalah mereka yang beragama Islam, mengamalkan cara hidup dan budaya Melayu dan lahir di dalam Persekutuan pada atau sebelum Kemerdekaan. Hal atau tafsiran ini jelas membezakan Melayu dengan Bumiputera Sabah dan Sarawak yang tidak semestinya beragama Islam. Oleh yang demikian maka Perkara 153 dengan jelas membezakan Melayu dan Bumiputera Sabah dan Sarawak yang mungkin bukan beragama Islam.

Perkara 153 secara jelas turut menyatakan bahawa YDPA bertanggungjawab memelihara dan memastikan kepentingan - kepentingan sah kaum bumiputera Sabah dan Sarawak dan kaum - kaum lain. Kepentingan - kepentingan yang sah inilah yang menjadi isu tatkala pelampau nasionalis asyik dan tegar melauangkan konsep 'Ketuanan ' yang nyata menyimpang jauh dari initipati dan roh Perlembagaan, yang kononnya mereka dukung. Bahagian terkemudian dalam Perkara 153 ini sering diabaikan apabila mereka ghairah menegakkan 'ketuanan' mereka.

Pada masa yang sama, sekiranya kita andaikan Melayu itu termasuk bumiputera Sabah dan Sarawak seperti yang terkandung dalam komentar di atas sekali lagi empunya komentar gagal memahami atau sengaja menidakkan hakikat bahawa bumiputera Sabah dan Sarawak masih jauh ketinggalan berbanding rakan atau saudara Melayu mereka di Semenanjung termasuklah mereka yang beragama Islam sendiri seperti yang kita ketahui semasa PRK Batu Sapi sedang hangat berlangsung. Kaum bumiputera Islam di sana masih ramai yang miskin malah mungkin ramai yang masih tergolong sebagai miskin tegar.

Justeru, apakah atau tidakkah wajar mereka ini gelisah dan emosional tatkala mereka masih terpinggir dan jauh ketinggalan walhal mereka (mengikut empunyakomentar) termasuk dalam definisi Melayu? Di mana keadilan sekiranya dalam RMK 10 ,peruntukan untuk Sabah dan Sarawak jauh lebih kecil berbanding dengan peruntukan untuk negeri - negeri lain ketika Sabah dan Sarawak umum mengetahui merupakan antara penyumbang terbesar pendapatan negara? Adakah wajar sebuah negeri yang kaya dengan hasil dan menyumbang kepada pendapatan negara masih antara )menurut Bank Dunia masih yang termiskin) yang termiskin di Malaysia?

Isu ini tidak berbangkit sekiranya Sabah, Sarawak dan kaum - kaum lain memperolehi apa yang wajar mereka perolehi sebagaimana yang termaktub dalam Perkara 153 dan bukannya atas dasar ehsan seperti yang sering digunapakai oleh parti memerintah tatkala mengagihkan sesuatu walhal Sabah, Sarawak dan kaum - kaum lain turut menyumbang ke arah pendapatan yang kemudiannya diagih kepada mereka atas 'ehsan' parti memerintah. Inilah akibatnya mereka yang mengaku bijak tetapi hakikatnya mereka dangkal!

Pluralism According to THEM

Bravo Sahibus Samahah!

I salute the Perlis Mufti for his excellent insight when he openly condemned those who were accusing others of practising or promoting pluralism. According to him , such rushed and harsh accusations is just like the Talibans did in Afghanistan not too long ago. He added and I totally concur with him that such extremity is bad for this country where we have multi races and faiths.

Those people seemed to forget the practices of Prophet Muhammad SAW and many of his companions of practising respect and tolerance when it comes to religion. What is more appalling is that the seminar in which those people uttered such criticism or rather accusations seemed to forget or deliberately skipped some practices of leaders from the ruling coalition which was clearly against the teachings of Islam like what the Perak coup leader did few weeks ago and how the self proclaimed First Lady of Malaysia organised a fashion show purportedly to promoter Islamic fashion when it was clearly the opposite. How about some leaders who indulged themselves in things that are clearly against the teachings of Islam like bribery and drinking liquor? These are the things rightly pointed out by the Perlis Mufti, which I am sure will be facing the brunt later on since he is actually an outsider being a Sarawakian himself.

One of the speaker in the forum or seminar was once a supporter of DSAI but out of the blue he suddenly criticised and accused him of pluralism. In a way, that is commendable since he is trying to correct something that in his opinion is wrong but he is being unfair when obvious misdeeds by leaders from the ruling coalition went missing in his criticism and furthermore he did not do a thorough check on the history of the Prophet SAW and the companions on the same matter.

Selective and unfair criticism have been practised widely by the ruling coalition against the Opposition or others who have dissenting ideas. Such conduct in the end deprives the mass of the truth or at least the other side of the story causing them to blindly agree and follow what the leaders of the ruling coalition are saying making them to make mistake of retaining the people who have for all the years cheated them not only of their wealth but also their freedom and sanity as well!

Al Fatihah untuk Demokrasi

Rampasan kuasa telah berlaku di sini

Sebelum ini PM didakwa berkata sekiranya BN gagal untuk memerintah semula maka tiada siapa dibenarkan untuk menggantikan tempat BN. Pada hari ini lebih ramai Ahli Dewan Rakyat Pakatan Rakyat digantung sekaligus membolehkan BN memperolehi majoriti dua pertiga yang selama ini didambakan. Dengan kata lain, demokrasi berparlimen telah mati! Rampasan kuasa secara halus telahpun bermula...

Dengan kelebihan dua pertiga, BN boleh dan mampu melakukan apa sahaja yang mereka inginkan tanpa sebarang halangan dan inilah yang ditakuti oleh seluruh warga Malaysia yang rasional. Mereka bukan sahaja telah membunuh demokrasi tetapi yang lebih malang perwakilan ataupun suara rakyat yang telah memilih ADR - ADR berkenaan telah dinafikan dengan suatu keputusan autoktatik Speaker Dewan Rakyat.

Menggantung kehadiran ADR walaupun merupakan kuasa prerogatif Speaker perlu berlandaskan Peraturan Mesyuarat Dewan dan yang lebih penting kepentingan rakyat yang diwakili tidak terjejas. Penggantungan selama setengah tahun ini bermakna, ADR - ADR tersebut tidak boleh menghadiri sebarang sidang Dewan sehingga April atau Mei depan. Dengan ketiadaan mereka maka rakyat tidak akan memperolehi representasi yang sepatutnya terutama bagi mengutarakan persoalan ataupun masalah yang mereka hadapi.

Kemungkinan besar sidang kali ini merupakan sidang Dewan yang mereka hadiri memandangkan desas - desus kuat mengatakan Dewan Rakyat akan dibubarkan seawal Mac depan. BN kini kelihatan giat melakukan apa yang terdaya untuk mengekang dan seterusnya melupuskan suara - suara yang menentang tindak tanduk mereka yang kian hari kian menunjukkan kelibat diri mereka yang sebenar.

Penggantungan itu juga bermakna mereka tiada kurangnya dengan junta tentera Myanmar yang menidakkan kemenangan Aung San Suu Kyi dan partinya pada pilihanraya tahun 1990 dahulu walaupun kelihatan seperti mereka menentang keras perlakuan junta tentera berkenaan. Benarlah seperti yang ditulis Harakah bahawa kini rakyat bukan didahulukan tetapi lebih kepada rakyat dahulu kena. Al Fatihah untuk demokrasi Malaysia...

THE FATE OF A FIXED DEPOSIT STATE

Evidence of Sabah being a 'FIXED DEPOSIT'

PUTRAJAYA: Ten national schools have been selected for a pioneer project under the Trust School programme to help improve teaching and learning methods. The schools, located in Johor and Sarawak, comprise high, average and low-performing schools.

Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said Yayasan Amir, a foundation under Khazanah Nasional Berhad, would monitor the schools to find out what they were lacking in and how they could improve their teaching methods.

The schools are SK Bandar Baru Uda (2), SK Kampung Layau, Kota Tinggi, SJK (T) Kangkar Pulai, SMK (FELDA) Semenchu, Kota Tinggi and SMK Gelang Patah in Johor; and SM Sains Kuching, SK Kg Empila, Samarahan, SK Combine, SK Tabuan and SMK Bandar Kuching (2) in Sarawak.

"This project is still in its early stages, and monitoring of the schools is required. If implemented nationwide, there might be problems in monitoring them and determining the standard, quality of teaching and management.

"That is why only two states were chosen in the initial stage," he said after launching the Yayasan Amir Trust School Chain yesterday.

Also present were Khazanah managing director Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar and Yayasan Amir chairman Raja Tan Sri Arshad Raja Tun Uda.

Muhyiddin, who is also the education minister, said the programme was to improve the students' academic and non-academic performances.

He said of the 10 selected schools, five were low-performing schools, three medium and two high-performing schools.

He said besides Khazanah, there were a few other companies and banking institutions that were interested in participating in the programme by adopting other schools as their Trust Schools.

However, he said this could only be done after the implementation of the pioneer project, which would be used as a benchmark.

Muhyiddin also said the schools under the programme would continue to receive government aid.

"For example, for low-performing schools, we will provide assistance, but Yayasan Amir will look into what can be done, like providing computers.

"To improve the learning of English, Mathematics and Science, an expert could be hired to coach students.

"This way, the selected schools will have an edge and we hope there will be improvement in performance."

Earlier in his speech, in line with a decision reached at the National Economic Action Council meeting, chaired by the prime minister in June last year, he said the Education Ministry had been given the mandate to develop the Trust School initiative with Khazanah.

He said the Trust Schools were not elite schools, but selected government or government-aided schools jointly managed by the private sector and the school administration, under the Education Ministry.

"In terms of school management, the ministry will give freedom to the administration, teachers and the private sector to decide on certain matters, like curriculum, finance and acquisition, staff management and flow chart report, apart from preparing guidelines on accountability to avoid over-lapping of function and duties."

Meanwhile, Azman said Khazanah had allocated RM100 million for a five-year period to carry out the programme.

While it somehow a relief to see that the school selected were at the top and bottom extreme which might have meant that there are no such schools in Sabah but it still raises few eyebrows. Sabah, which they always claim as their Fixed Deposit is once again left out in the list and thus is deprived of the much needed help to elevate the level of education.

Being one if not the poorest state in the nation necessarily means that Sabah is in dire need of any assistance from both the government and the private to improve on the level of education which is part of many reasons why Sabah though being the second largest state, is still languishing behind the rest.

Oftentimes, we have heard, read and watch the dire condition of many schools all over the state making learning process a very appalling and onerous experience. This certainly contributes to Sabah being at the lower rung of many if not all public examinations. The students are finding it hard even to go to school and now they have to endure inconducive learning environment. Yet, Sabahans have been returning them time and again to power.

Sabahans should think about their unconditional and in some parts, unwavering support to the ruling coalition. They need to be adventurous and be like their Chinese counterparts when it comes to electing the next government. They have been on the losing end far too long!