(Media Conference Statement (3) at DAP Ipoh Timur Ops Centre on Thursday 29th February 2008 at 1 pm)
I take great offence at the highly defamatory allegation by MCA President, Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting hurled at DAP leaders that they are greedy and selfish in contesting in two seats, parliamentary and state assembly, as wanting to collect two allowances of Member of Parliament and State Assemblyman.
DAP leaders are very different from MCA leaders including Ka Ting. DAP leaders are in politics not for self gain, wealth, position or government position but for our ideals and principles, and love for our country.
DAP MPs and State Assembly members do not get the constituency development allocations which have now mushroomed to RM5 million per parliamentary constituency for Barisan Nasional MPs –the most blatant example of discriminatory and unaccountable disbursement of public funds, money politics and the root cause of the rampant corruption in the country as it is open knowledge that there are BN MPs and State Assembly members who demand a “cut” for themselves before allocations are made to the public from the constituency development funds.
DAP leaders who are fielded in both parliamentary and state assembly constituencies will have to bear a heavy political responsibility – not to get more allowances but to play a greater role in the larger national objective to strive for a more just and democratic Malaysia.
DAP Secretary-General, Lim Guan Eng, for instance, who is contesting both parliamentary and state assembly seats in Penang, is not in these two contests for the allowances or he would not have stood up on his convictions ten years ago to defend the dignity of an under-aged Malay girl resulting in his conviction under unfair and draconian laws of Sedition Act and Printing Presses and Publications Act, leading to his disqualification as elected MP for Kota Melaka, being jailed for 18 months in Kajang Prison, forfeit of his parliamentary pensions and being disqualified from standing for elective office for five years after his release from prison.- missing two general elections.
Guan Eng had also been detained under the Internal Security Act in the 1987 Operation Lalang dragnet – with both of us among the first to be detained but the last two of the Operation Lalang detainees to be released in April 1989.
It is highly presumptuous and intolerable for a politician, who could climb so high up the political ladder as to become a Cabinet Minister without having to make any personal sacrifices whatever in his political life, to cast aspersions against political leaders who have paid a very high price in terms of personal liberty for their political convictions.
DAP Perak Chairman, Ngeh Koo Ham, who is contesting both Bruas parliamentary and Sitiawan state assembly seat, is not in politics for the money!
I can vouch that Ngeh has given to the cause for a Malaysian Malaysia far more than he had received as Perak State Assemblyman for the past four years.
Can Ka Ting say that he had personally given more in terms of money in politics than he had received from his parliamentary and Ministerial allowances as in the case of Ngeh?
I deplore Ka Ting for such mischievous, malicious and irresponsible politicking. He should have the decency and humility to openly apologise for his misconduct.
While making baseless accusations against DAP leaders, Ka Ting should heed the rumble of discontent in MCA at his building up of a Ong Brothers political empire in the MCA over the bodies of MCA leaders, including Ministers and parliamentarians.
Two MCA Ministers had recently fallen by the wayside – Chan Kong Choy and Chua Soi Lek. Who is really responsible for their downfall?
Chan must be held responsible for the RM4.6 billion Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal, the biggest financial scandal in the Abdullah premiership which is even bigger than Mahathir’s first mega financial scandal, the RM2.5 billion Bumiputra Malaysia Finance scandal 25 years ago!
Chan cannot escape accountability for the RM4.6 billion PKFZ scandal, but it is unfair if he is alone left to “eat dead cat” as the entire Cabinet, including Ka Ting, cannot shirk responsibility as well.
Is it true that Ka Ting is the reason why Chan dropped as a MCA candidate in the 2008 general election?
Who was responsible for the political “killing” of MCA National Vice Chairman and Health Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Chua Soi Lek over the sex videotape scandal?
This is not an outside job but a MCA high-level operation. Was Ka Ting responsible for Chua’s removal from the MCA front-line of contenders for the top political post in MCA?
Be that as it may, Ka Ting should not try to distract attention from his MCA troubles by hurling defamatory allegations against DAP leaders.
#1 by dylsee on Friday, 29 February 2008 - 5:52 pm
Chan Kong Choy must have been very tired of political dreams, and resorted to go back to his ??? (for those who can read Mandarin), because at least the world out there is not as cruel as in real life. But what about those problems left behind the Department?
Economic growth of 7 over percent may also be misleading, because deducting from a high percentage of inflation, it amounts to nothing at all! When we talk about less than 3 percent growth in the western countries, we should not forget that they keep the inflation very low indeed!
Hope that DAP will perform well in this coming Election, and don’t forget that it is the people who is the most important in the eyes of a good politician. Abraham Lincoln is one of them. Hope that more will be out from DAP!
#2 by anak sungeisiput on Friday, 29 February 2008 - 5:54 pm
The anger and the discontentment expressed here is galringly loud. Unless the Malaysin Chinese have the willingness and capabilty to do what the Hindraff Indians did, and unite with them the we cannot expect our constitutional rights be given in a silver plate.
Winning a handful of seats alone will not allow the racial minorities to be given their rights. In the minds of UMNO elitists MCA equates to access to money and bussiness opportunities for some of the Malays politicians and the MCAChinese have perfected the art of ALI BABA system. The Chinese are satisfied with economic opportunities. They are not interested in the human rights or birth rights. The mind set of the Chinese has to change.
#3 by Loh on Friday, 29 February 2008 - 6:02 pm
“MCA and Umno are political parties of the same standing and seniority. The only people we play bodyguard to are the Malaysian Chinese.†Ong Ka Ting
So, Ong ka Ting knows very well that the position of Chinese in the country is weak and vulnerable. But MCA plays ‘bodyguard’ in the form of blinkers so that Chinese do not see the truth, and MCA can lead them to obey submissively to UMNO. When the group suffer together, they have company.
Ong Ka Ting does not realise that Chinese want to be equal citizens and do not want to depend on bodyguard, like Malays depend on crutches. It is because MCA could not stand up as a political party to reason with UMNO on justice and civility, and submit to UMNO that the right of the Chinese community is a reflection of the ratio of Chinese in the population. Chinese ended up with partial rights as Malaysians. It is because MCA could not fight for what had been agreed to by the founders of the Alliance members that the rights of Chinese as citizens are slowly being deprived.
We are realistic that UMNO might not agree to MCA demand. But MCA has the right to leave BN when UMNO did not honour the agreement. NEP was forced down the throats of the BN component parties because Tun Razak blackmailed them with the threat of not reconvening the parliament after the state of emergency had been declared. But MCA should have demanded that NEP be terminated in 1990; a review be made to evaluate the infamous 30% target with proper statistical methodology. The 30% target had already been reached in 1990 if the government did not lie with statistics. Had there been any gap from the target, Petronas funds could have been used to purchase equity capital in limited companies, and be held in trust for Malays. Other NEP programme should cease from 1990.
MCA obviously did not demand a thorough review because the ministers were greedy for allowances, and salaries and perks as Ministers. It allowed UMNO to continue with NEP. That was Ling Liong Sik’s days as President of MCA. If MCA could not demand , then it is no bodyguard.
PM AAB declared the extension of NEP into 2020 without a review when Ong Ka Ting has become President. We expect MCA to demand a review, and to do what was suggest above. Failing that MCA should have left BN. By remaining in BN when AAB declared the extension of NEP in 2006, 35 years after its inception, and 15 years after NEP should have ended, it shows that MCA needed BN and not the other way around. Chinese do not need MCA if they have to suffer NEP. So MCA did not serve as a bodyguard for Chinese community in the conventional sense. MCA guarded Chinese community to the gallows. MCA leaders needed BN to satisfy their greed.
Yet Ong Ka Ting accused DAP leaders for being greedy in serving both in state and parliament. They do their job well, and should be accordingly compensated. It is MCA leaders that sell the Chinese community for their personal gain. They are not only greedy, they sin.
#4 by Democrats on Friday, 29 February 2008 - 6:23 pm
Allow me to share a Personal Experience….
As part of the management team of Malaysian Chinese Manufacturing Company, we recently experienced the true “MCA for its people” policy.
In June 2007, Ministry of Finance release a circular to all government department and agencies that they should purchase the products we manufacture from the only Bumiputra manufacturer of this product by way of direct negotiation. (Reasoning state in the letter in actual words… dasar kerajaan menyokong pengilang bumiputra berdaya maju – don’t ask me the logic behind this! I’m clueless as to how non competition can make people competitive, not to mention the waste of tax payers money government buying at higher price without tendering)
We, together with a handful of manufacturers, wrote of this injustice against Non Bumiputra company to MCA,the Star, the NST and DAP. MCA, verbally insisted that that was the government policy and can do nothing about it. The Star and NST never published our letters. Only DAP lead by Lim Guan Eng took initiative of our call, calling a press conference with the Chinese dailies (published the next day). After alot of complaints and noise made, a letter of retraction of the circular was made again by the Ministry of Finance. Thanks to DAP and LGE and the Chinese press, such injustice did not prevailed long.
This goes to show how much the MCA are really looking after the Chinese rights. When I read recently on how OKT speaks on MCA being the true voice of the Chinese, I laugh my head off, followed by a shrug of worry how many Malaysian Chinese buys his crap.
MCA and MIC is a cameo of the BN. At least UMNO really take care of the Malays….
While Malay voters have been split between UMNO against PAS and PKR, it has always been the conservative Chinese and Indian that voted BN to achieve the 2/3 majority, especially the older generations – (Scared got roits and disharmony).
Let this not happen again….
#5 by waterfrontcoolie on Friday, 29 February 2008 - 7:02 pm
If you observe the quality of MCA leaders down the years, they are getting more and more BALL-LESS, eunuch-like, no substance to contribute to any one. All they care is their pockets. In the days of Lee San Chun, at least he dared to threaten to resign when the party was cornered. Now, both the MCA and Gerakan would cry for forgiveness even before AAB say any thing! Worse than this his SIL would decide on his behalf. Who is this guy? Not even in the Gomen. Since they are a butch of ENUNCHs, what difference would it make, whether they are in the GOMEN or not? It wouldn’t affect anyone who had been affected or not affected after all these years!
#6 by AhPek on Friday, 29 February 2008 - 7:22 pm
Is Chan Kong Choy sick ah or does he not look like one who is done in by OKT to pave the way for OKC to take over party and Health Ministry?Why OKC put in Tanjong Malim and not in Cili Padi’s constitutuency,OKT?
So tell us isn’t MCA a family thing now for your Ong family?
#7 by showsomemercy on Friday, 29 February 2008 - 7:42 pm
I wonder how old are you peeps? just general knowledge. No need to be exact. I am in mid twenties. :)
Sorry if out of topic ya. Anyway ill be going out soon go and listen Lim Guan Eng’s ceramah in Pay Fong Melaka
Let’s shout for DAP and vote for DAP! :)
#8 by chiakchua on Friday, 29 February 2008 - 7:43 pm
One MCA election Chinese banner in town says: We deliver what we said.
What a laugh! I fully agreed they could deliver what they said, however, they dare says only the ‘sup-sup-tsui’ thing! They will never say something on ‘national policy or system’ as it may offend their bosses in the UMNO. Do they dare to propose the Royal Commission Inquiry into the ‘correct, correct, correct’ case? Had it not been the pressure from opposition, Bar council and NGO, the RCI wouldn’t have taken shape.
They are trying to cheat the innocent Chinese! Shame on them, think trice before they put up the claim!
#9 by grace on Friday, 29 February 2008 - 8:05 pm
To all MCA candidates,
“Chiak Pa Boi?”, (Chinese greeting)
I want to tell you all, with due respect, that you are a shame to the community.
Why? When the keris was waved in front of OKT or ChongKong Choy’s face, both of you could still smile gleefully!
Similarly that Koh Tsu Khoon and LKY same-same!!!
My vote definitely not for any one of you.
#10 by TrueMalaysian8888 on Friday, 29 February 2008 - 8:33 pm
If DAP, PKR and Pas won the election, how are they going to share power???? this is how they should share :-
Malay – 55% (Pas & PKR)
Chinese – 30% (DAP & PKR)
Indian – 15% (DAP & PKR)
This share percentage inclusive of everything from MNC shares Ownership, Civil Servants ratio, Projects allocation, wealth sharing,
Petrol Station Ownership, Petronas staff and management staff ratio, Land ownership, Quota for University entrant, Ministers Ratio and Doctors in Govt Hospital ratios and etc.
Thats what we called SHARING POWER and LIVING IN HARMONY among different races.
IF Pas wants to set up Islamic State, they can do it if the residents in the state wants it, so that Majority Malay State can choose whether they want to live in a islamic state or not. And we chinese
will respect it as like wise we would liked the malays to respect our religion too.
With this type of sharing power arrangement, we all can live in harmony !!!! and Prosperous Together !!!.
I put more percentage to Indian as they suffer the most for the past 50 year and as a chinese myself, I believed that with the 30% Ownership, we will be able to support ourself.
#11 by TrueMalaysian8888 on Friday, 29 February 2008 - 8:36 pm
Continue…
And to the Majority Malays, the 55% will be benefiting most of them instead of present situation where Ministers and their cronies take up the 99% and enriching themselves while the ordinary Malays did not get their share!!..
#12 by ktteokt on Friday, 29 February 2008 - 8:59 pm
Bigjoe, didn’t you realize there are no more “natural human beings” in MCA anymore? Everyone has to have a title before or after their names! What we normally address others, by using “Mr.”, “Mrs.” or “Miss” is no longer the norm in MCA and these “pedigrees” can only be addressed by Dato’, Tan Sri, Tun, etc……
#13 by oknyua on Friday, 29 February 2008 - 9:00 pm
I am fighting a losing battle. Many Chinese voters are just complacent. “Sama saja, undi DAP or BN, sama saja. You have to undi the person, not the party.”
The businessman are worse: Undi BN for business.
I really don’t know how to present it anymore. If we continue to have corruption, dead-body snatching, crimes increasing, don’t blame BN. Blame ourselves for being so complacent.
#14 by Loh on Friday, 29 February 2008 - 9:12 pm
///They (MCA), too, have to kowtow and plead for some bread crumbs just like MIC. They are equally powerless.///–Samy Vellu
Samy Vellu shows by making that statement that he is in fact better than MCA leaders, who pretend that they were serving the Chinese community. Having 28 years in the government, and he must have been convinced that the situation would only get worse when MIC and MCA served as wall flower to UMNO for them to do what they please, Samy Vellu should now be brave to leave MIC, and contest his seat in Sungai Siput as Independent. He will at least save his name, even at this late hour.
There is no way UMNO would be willing to share the country equally with all Malaysians. 50 years have seen two and a half generations getting ready to compete with any imaginary adversaries, when there were none. When 20 years, a generation was ample to change the capacity of any family, the other thirty years offer them opportunity to exist as parasites, and worse, the time to produce more parasites to burden the society, if being parasites was the sole objective in taking advantage of the special position. After all, competition has to be carried out in the real environment. If it was the intention to live up to real competition, then, the actual competition should have started in 1972, 15 years after Article 153 and Independence.
Of course the ordinary UMNO members would like to take the route of no work more pay if they can. The UMNO leaders have found that in making their members dependent on the organization, they would be there forever, and positions in party can be handed down from father to son, like royal household with connection to government tills. Yes, the honour of the Malays general public is utilised to keep them in power; when they say Malays still require help, it is clear to all that UMNO leaders are smart, and in addition to taking care of themselves, they have to be responsible to the weak, and the Malays public are always weak, as far as they are concerned. To the UMNO leaders , those Malays with PhDs are also weak, and that is why you find over 90% university lecturers are Malays when the ratio should have been 60 per cent, following the racial proportion in the country when it is believed that all races are equally intelligent. The high percentage of Malays university lecturers says only that Malays are preferred over non-Malays, and that is needed because they are weak, and require special assistance. Obviously when a larger proportion of the lecturers are from a single race, it can be concluded that the weakest among the PhD are accepted into the teaching staff. Should we wonder why the Universities in Malaysia are losing out to others in the world, by the year. Yes, we can pretend we are the best, and carry on dreaming.
MCA is powerless to make the country attain its potential. MCA officials have not the intention to do so. The people in power in MCA are only interested to make use of their position in the party or government to enrich their family. Just count the number of the new candidates who are the children of the past MCA politicians. The fathers could not serve the community, and they have trained their children to continue with exploiting the political rights of the Chinese in the country. Why can’t the Chinese vote to see what can happen if MCA is wiped out rather than waiting for the rights to be taken away, bit by bit, in keeping MCA in play.
The Chinese know full well that UMNO has been tightening the rope around Chinese necks, year after year. Over time, we would face the situation worse than the slaves in America. The American slaves were getting a change of live for the better while we attained independence in 1957, and we had racial equality save for the few provisions under Article 153. We are now slowly forced into slavery status, travelling in reverse direction to the blacks in USA.
There is still so-called parliamentary democracy when we can still vote, though the weights are unequal. We know UMNO to be the devil, and yet we fear the unknown by voting the devil we know. We are brainwashed to believe that PAS is a bigger devil. Let us set the bigger devil to fight off the known devil, and if we have to experience the worst, let it come down early. PAS are manned by god-fearing religious people. Let PAS teach UMNO what true Islam means. It cannot be dead body snatching to gain religious merit!
To continue voting for BN is to vote for fatality, dying slowly. So when we face PAS against BN, it is PAS that we vote, never mind if MCA, or Gerakan is standing on UMNO behalf.
#15 by catharsis on Friday, 29 February 2008 - 9:47 pm
“DAP leaders are very different from MCA leaders including Ka Ting. DAP leaders are in politics not for self gain, wealth, position or government position but for our ideals and principles, and love for our country”
Uncle Lim, Uncle Kapar and Lim Jr you all should be walking high with the kind of sacrifices you have given in the name of justice, values and principle
THE BEST WAY TO WIN AN ARGUMENT IS TO BEGIN BY BEING RIGHT
Your actions speak the loudest………..
#16 by dawsheng on Friday, 29 February 2008 - 9:54 pm
Because of MCA, UMNO has the chance to pain all Malaysian Chinese as villains who robbed the Bumiputras of their rights.
#17 by Chong Zhemin on Friday, 29 February 2008 - 10:42 pm
Hey guys,
I came across this very inspriring story in chinese.cari.com
http://chinese3.cari.com.my/myforum/viewthread.php?tid=1126537&extra=page%3D1
Here’s the english version. good food for thought. Please pass on to all your friends…..
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Long time ago, God put two flocks of sheep on grassland: one group at north and one group at south. God also gave them two types of native predator: Lion and wolf.
God told the sheep: “If you choose wolf, I shall give you one, and it’s allowed to bite you at its will. If you choose lion, I shall give you two, and you are allowed to choose anyone from the two of them to stay on the grassland, and you can replace it at any time.â€
So, the question is: If you are one of the sheep, what will you choose? A wolf or two lions?
It’s easy to make your choice, right? Remember your choice, and continue with our story.
The sheep at the south thought that lions are more fiercely than wolf, so they picked a wolf.
The sheep at the north thought that although lions are more fiercely than wolf, but they have the option to choose, so they took two lions.
The wolf started eating the sheep once it entered the herd at the south. The wolf was smaller and it had smaller appetite. One sheep is enough to appease its hunger for days. So the sheep only were hunted once a few days.
The sheep at the north chose a lion and leave another one with God. The lion started eating sheep once it entered the herd at the north. The lion was more fiercely than the wolf and it had much larger appetite. It needed to eat a sheep each day to keep its stomach full. So the sheep is hunted everyday, and they were very afraid.
They asked God to replace the lion. But the lion that stayed with the God has not been eaten anything and it was very hungry. It pounced on the sheep and bite like crazy. The sheep had to run for their life everyday until they didn’t have time to eat.
The sheep at the south were grateful that they made the right choice, and they laughed at the sheep at the north for being stupid and chose the wrong predator.
The sheep at the north repented for their choice. They complained to God, and asked God to change their native predator to a wolf. But God said: “No. Once the native predator was chosen, it cannot be changed anymore. You must live with it forever. Your only option is to choose between the two lions.†The sheep at the north have to keep rotating the two lions.
But both lions were the same. Both of them showed no mercy. No matter how they rotate the lions, their situation was always much more miserable than the sheep at the south. At last, they stop rotating. They kept a lion full all the time while letting another one suffered in hunger. They only replaced the lions when the suffering lion was dying.
After a long time of hunger, the suffering lion realized that: Even they are much stronger than the sheep, but its fate is controlled by the sheep. The sheep can send him back to
God anytime, and let him suffer and die in hunger.
So it treated the sheep very nice, it only ate the dead and the old sheep and it wouldn’t eat the healthy sheep. The sheep felt very surprise and happy. Some of the younger sheep even suggested letting the suffering lion to stay forever. But one of the elder reminded them: “The lion treats us good because it is afraid that we’ll send it back to the God. If we let another lion die, we’ll left with no choice and the suffering lion will return to its nature and starts hunting us again.†The sheep agreed with the elder. To prevent another lion starve to death, they replaced it after a few weeks.
And the lion also realized that its fate is controlled by the sheep. In order to stay longer on the grassland, the lion tried its best to please the sheep. Another lion felt so sad that it had to suffer hunger again.
After experiencing such a hard time, the sheep at the north finally can enjoy themselves.
At the mean time, the situation of the sheep at the south became worse and worse because the wolf had no competitor and the sheep couldn’t replace it. It started to act wildly. It had to kill ten sheep everyday. It didn’t eat sheep anymore. It only drank their blood. The sheep were not allowed to make a sound because they would be killed by the wolf if they do so.
In the end, the sheep at the south could only bemoan: “We should choose the lions in the first place……â€
End of story.
So, what do you get from this story?
We can only surrender if we don’t have the right to choose and decide (like the sheep at the south). But the democracy system gives us an opportunity to exercise our power to choose and decide our destiny (like the sheep at the north).
But in our country, many people don’t realize that they have the power to do so. They keep feeding the same lion with their flesh and blood while letting another one starve to death. As a result, the lion grows stronger and its appetite becomes larger. It starts to think itself as King doesn’t care for the sheep as long as it’s happy. And it hopes that this situation will last forever.
So, I hope that after reading this story, you’ll realize that you have the power to choose. You have to show the lions who’s the boss!! And the best time to do it is in the coming General Election!! Replace the fat and greedy lion!!!
#18 by Cannottahan on Friday, 29 February 2008 - 11:33 pm
Our Constitution provides only one class of citizenship and all citizens are equal before the law. The presence of Article 153 does not alter the fact as it is meant only to protect the Malays from being ’squeezed’ by other races at the time of independence by allowing the reservation of reasonable quotas on certain sections of national life.This is a special position and “NOT” special privileges or any “SPECIAL RIGHTS” of the Malays as claimed.This special clause was put in precisely because of the backward educational and financial positions of Malays at the time of Independence and this position was also to be reviewed in 15 years time (1972) as a gentlemen’s agreement amongst our founding fathers. However , this Constitution was hijacked and decorated through decades of hegemony by UMNO political power for decades of misrule of which you, your MCA,MIC,Gerakan,SUPP has played a part in it of no small measure.Are this not enough to brand you OKT and your cahoots in MCA as a traitor to the chinese race for collaborating with UMNO to hoodwinks and lie the mother of all lies to all chinese? Yet, you turn around to say the oppositions are liars! OKT you are a disgrace to the chinese community but a good turn around for the Barisan Rakyat. We won’t thank you but [deleted]!
#19 by limkamput on Friday, 29 February 2008 - 11:33 pm
I think history has given the non Malays enough opportunities to walk tall in this country, but the MCA and subsequently the Gerakan, the so-called leaders of the Chinese community has continued to squander them one after another, from the Malay Union, Merdeka, Singapore in Malaysia to 1969 election and its aftermath. Now it is 2008, what else are we still waiting for; for the whole cycle to repeat all over again? It is time for us to realise that the present political, constitutional and power arrangements in the country can no longer work. We must change everything, no matter how painful it takes. It is enough; there is no need to hear the baloney from the spineless souls of MCA and Gerakan again and again. It is beyond any doubt their preoccupation in Government is to collect perks for themselves.
#20 by Come2Papa on Saturday, 1 March 2008 - 12:39 am
We are waiting for you to come to the nearest DAP branch to register yourself as a volunteer to do the many tasks that need to be done!
We are waiting for you to come to papa!
#21 by Come2Papa on Saturday, 1 March 2008 - 12:43 am
“The presence of Article 153 does not alter the fact as it is meant only to protect the Malays ..” Cannotahan
Yes, and protecting the Malays does not mean sending ‘limkamput’ to the U.S. to study at taxpayers expense.
#22 by PaMaScholarship on Saturday, 1 March 2008 - 1:19 am
Tonight, I have just sent my daughter off to study overseas. Next year, my son will be going as well. In the next few years, they will use up RM700-800K of our hard earned money.
Would you believe that we have nothing better to do than to splash our hard earned money? You know how long and how much sacrifice we have to make to save this kind of money so that our kids can have a better future start?
Do you know why it has to be on PaMaScholarship? That is because we are Chinese.
#23 by tunglang on Saturday, 1 March 2008 - 1:49 am
Who gave OKT ( or MCA ) the dog license ( to bodek UMNO ) to represent the Chinese?
Why didn’t the Chinese give MCA the Chinese Lion fangs instead? At the very least, OKT can ‘bite’ when it is warranted of him to do so ( remember the Krismuddin issue? ) unless he has no balls.
We Chinese are partly to blame for the 50 years of our misery. We have our rights, our Constitutions, but our MCA representatives didn’t make full use of them (fangs).
And especially for the older generations who have suffered the most yet still want to support the MCA dogs for fears of their threatened future.
Enough is enough. Just Change It.
#24 by marD on Saturday, 1 March 2008 - 1:59 am
So many unfair practices, so many blatant lies . Wake up ppl and fight for justice and equality.
Let us express our discontent at the ballot box.. btw OKT who?
#25 by cfcluvdap on Saturday, 1 March 2008 - 2:14 am
OKT,
Who is on your list when you find that OKC cannot perform. Who will you dislodge so that Ong family looks brilliant while others must be dislodged to continue the Ong empire…..Ong Keat Tee ka just to show that you have guts getting rid of Ong too and bec OTK is not your team member……
Dear DAP member…do you think my guess is 99.9%
#26 by limkamput on Saturday, 1 March 2008 - 2:15 am
Papi chai, kamu ini kalut betul lah. Kau cemburu lah saya dapat pendidikan daripada USA and kamu hanya dapat belajar hingga sekolah tinggi sahaja. Itu nasib engkau lah. Orang your bodoh macam kau bagaimana Kerajaan dapat memberi biasiswa? Hanya yang cerdik and pandai di kalangan bukan bumiputra seperti saya dapat biasiswa untuk belajar di Amerika.
Kau cakap sahaja. Apa yang kau buat untuk DAP selain daripada berbising di sini. Berbising itu percuma la, tidak perlu bayar.
#27 by SIMPLYJUSTICE on Saturday, 1 March 2008 - 2:23 am
Ka Ting’s sounds like a loser . He failed to understand that leaders should exhibit integrity. I’m not sure of his qualification?
#28 by pwcheng on Saturday, 1 March 2008 - 2:36 am
If you can read between the line and read his mind, he made this comment out of fear and nothing else. DAP had definitely given them a double blow for putting some credible candidates to stand in both parliament and state seats. I think Terasa Kok is one. Out of agony and fear to ridicule DAP. Why didn’t he ridicule somebody from UMNO who is seen always sleeping and yet holding on to three posts.
#29 by showsomemercy on Saturday, 1 March 2008 - 3:55 am
oknyua business ppl have to show their support to MCA or UMNO. When they vote, you wont be surprised the vote for opposition!
#30 by year of snake on Saturday, 1 March 2008 - 7:12 am
IF DURING THIS ELECTION THE OPPOSITION ARE UNABLE TO DENY BN 2/3 MAJORITY THE BLAME IS ON US ESPECIALLY THE NON-MALAYS AND NOBODY ELSE. SO COME OUT TO VOTE AND WALK THE WALK.
#31 by malaysia born on Saturday, 1 March 2008 - 8:36 am
observe carefully -
up till now there has been NO denial of corruption from the BN.
#32 by waterfrontcoolie on Saturday, 1 March 2008 - 8:45 am
If I can put my hand in projects such as PKFZ and the Naval ships, I don’t need any pay, EVER!! Yes, I will work for Raayat Malaysia. Some how talking about raayat malaysia, it gives me the chill especially amongst the ‘middle-class’ who read and who listen to international news but keep on Voting for a bunch of Cheats and Shysters years in and year-out anf keep moaning about their lives!! Wake up. MAN, here is the chance where you get stop moaning about life in Malaysia! Surely they can compare the various costs involved in those projects ‘created’ by BN, way BEYOND market RATES. Come Mar. 8th, ALL THINKING MALAYSIANS shoul;d play their roles positively. GO and VOTE for any PARTY except those CHEATS!!
#33 by lopez on Saturday, 1 March 2008 - 9:29 am
I heard from some people, the opposition dont bring development and prosperity, security and whatever in your area. and your area has been in opposition hands for umpteen years.
I say my friend, you must have been listening or reading the nation’s media for too long, 50 years across.
Overtime lies can be made to become truth and worst no contest is allowed nor criticism.
REad robinsoe island story in your primary skool rationalise if left alone with nobody to speak to, you will soon lose your mother tongue and also become mentally sick
With nobody to celebrate the traditions and customs you had before then you begin to improvise and create your own version of those traditions and customs.
Also ask the babas, a real life descendants of the Great Ming era outside of China.
Also the indo servant can communicate better to your child than the parents? alienation from young is sorry case.
Umpteen years, the people complained about unfairness and disrespect from the ruling gomen, but on deaf years or prevented from doing so either directly or indirectly.
So how to do get the message across, you dont you can never because your development plans and opinions will be eliminated by takut kalah and green eye people at the first round.
If suceessfool , the book will be thrown at you, every word and statement in the byelaws must be complied and suddenly you find how come they are so eager to do so, where is the motivation?
So What do you have to say about what opposition has done for you and your area for umpteen years.
For umpteen years you have become patient, matured, knowledgeable, wise, intelligent, organised, united, innovative, creative, stronger, determined to have days like GE2008. In your area is the same you cannot break the bye laws and whatever laws. If it is better it is because you people made it happen , you have help yourself and you need no God either to do that.
The newspaper tell lies otherwise license no more, editor sacked, correspondent lock up and harassed, threaten.
Why is this so, because you have benefitted from their plans in the short term, over long termed –see after 20 years, who really lost but luckily there is the internet , we know many great malaysians who made world recognitions in the developed world. Thsoe are the results of opposition plans, produce great malaysians and bring money back to the nation.
I vote for change and forward change
I vote for assimilation into the global community
I vote for DAP
#34 by hendrikscecilia on Saturday, 1 March 2008 - 9:35 am
A good election year for the opposition, things look good and voters this time around is going to change the wind. More opposition members will be voted into state and Parliament and a well check and balance team against the ruling coalition party.
Until to date, forecast from the sentiment of voters around the country stands as;
Kelantan- PAS will win Majority,
Terengganu- PAS will have a narrow Majority,
Perlis- PAS is 50/50 chance,
Kedah- PAS increase seats,
Penang- DAP increase seats and giving Barisan a tough fight.
Perak- DAP will sweep Ipoh Timur, Batu Gajah,Gopeng,Kampar,Bruas,Taiping. Ipoh barat is keenly fought and the party needs to work harder this time. They will also be more representation at state level,
Selangor- More opposition seats but still unknown yet,
Wilayah Persekutuan- DAP will retain thier seats but watch out for Lembah Pantai,Segambut and Bandar Tun Razak, opposition 50/50 of winning.
Other State will see surprise seats taken over by opposition but relatively still unknown of the nos.
The Barisan Nasional is party full of lies and unwanted arrogant top people who just think for themselves and taking opportunity of the Rakyat to increase their personal gains on every Project undertaken.
They do not have mercy on the Rakyat but cheat them by giving false impression. We are sure of our strong opposition leaders to check on them or even form the goverment.
I have been following our general election since 1974 then PEKEMAS and DAP.
The most impressive of the DAP is during 1982 election,
where DAP candidates won almost in every state capital and also the first opposition party to win in Sarawak(Kuching and Sibu), and 1990 election short of forming Penang state goverment and the defeat of Dr. Lim Chong eu.
I have also attended a number of ceramahs in Ipoh,Kl and other state and a large crowds attend.
This time the year of the opposition and long live the ROCKET!
#35 by limkamput on Saturday, 1 March 2008 - 9:53 am
Waterfrontcoolie,
Yes, it is the middle class that concerns me too. They are the ones who think the world is at their feet. Typically snobbish but hardly take notice of what is going on in the country. They are the ones that could be easily persuaded and influenced by the campaign tactics in the mass media. To win them over, it is best that the oppositions from now on speak on specifics, something that the rakyat can easily relate to.
The oppositions must highlight specific issues and press for explanation or clarification from the BN parties, particularly UMNO, of all the specific misdeeds, abuses, manipulations, mismanagement, and corruption that happened during the last 20 years.
Yes talk less of corruption in general, talk more of specific case – like the submarine purchase payoff.
Talk less of religious bigotry in general, talk more of specific cases where citizens suffered as a result of such bigotry.
Talk less of mismanagement, talk more of specific case of how cost over-run in PKFTZ can reach such a proportion.
Talk less of ineffective policies, talk more of how government national automobile policy has caused the taxpayers and denied consumers of better and cheaper cars.
Talk less of the incompetence of government, talk more of how the government squandered billions and left our public transportation in shamble and as a result caused misery to the public.
Specifics are always easier to understand and relate to than concepts and generalities.
#36 by limkamput on Saturday, 1 March 2008 - 9:58 am
Papi chai, kalau tidak erti bahasa malaysia, jangan bising sangat. Diam diam duduk,
tutup mulut,
jangan kalut.
#37 by Cannottahan on Saturday, 1 March 2008 - 10:08 am
IGNORE this and the rakyat will suffer for generations to come!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTACmC4qVLQ
#38 by k1980 on Saturday, 1 March 2008 - 10:31 am
How BN may yet win with 2/3 majority
http://www.lucialai.org/UserFiles/Image/KOMASphantom.gif
#39 by peterlsc on Saturday, 1 March 2008 - 10:46 am
politician are the same…………. the world would be a much better place without them
50year of BN is enuff, especially with our Sleepy PM, he’s a disgrace to the rakyat (not the cronies).
i will vote the opposition
btw i heard KJ would be the next Sports Minister…………..
#40 by hotsync on Saturday, 1 March 2008 - 11:08 am
Just got back from breakfast at Jalan Alor, Bukit Bintang. My regular hawkers complained that their names were not recorded for voting this year even though they sweared they have been voting the past elections. The hawkers are elderly (definitely not 100 years old) and chinese.
I asked them to chk with SPR and they did but was told they need to re-register again for the next election.
Kit and Mr Fong of Bukit Bintang please look into this immediately.
#41 by Arm-Lee on Saturday, 1 March 2008 - 1:08 pm
May I Know where the Campaign Held near Kajang for DAP or PASS to hear for our residents? I hope Malaysian will peaceful nowdays. I just hope for next generation will get peace and more. And Malays people please don’t different race or skin colour to chinese and indian. Because Malaysia not only Malays bumiputra. Is also for chinese and indian. If without Chinese and indian that is not Malaysia conutry coz Malaysia is different type of race. Please let me know where the DAP or PASS campiagn held near Kajang.
#42 by Wisdom above on Saturday, 1 March 2008 - 1:35 pm
CNN news … You tube news …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJH_qwNSj5s
http://www.youtube.com/profile_favorites?p=r&user=DAPmsia&page=1
http://www.youtube.com/profile_favorites?user=PKRBR
A New MALAYSIA , a ‘ Dynamic Malaysia ‘ … equality for all… a better future…
Syabas. Barisan Rakyat.
#43 by Wisdom above on Saturday, 1 March 2008 - 1:37 pm
A New MALAYSIA, a ” Dynamic Malaysia ” …equality for all… a better future…
>…Anwar’s strong presence on the field and drawing large crowds…
> Keadilan, which projects itself as a multi-ethnic party, is regarded as the best bet to bring together DAP and PAS…
He has vowed to end race-based discrimination policies in Malaysia, making it one of the major planks of PKR’s manifesto.
Many professionals have joined the DAP,PAS,PKR,PSM,MDP,PASOK throughout Malaysia, and Sabah & Sarawak.
It is a multi-ethnic party.
” Barisan Rakyat ” … stand together … hand in hand,
> Malays, Chinese and Indians ,Babas, Pribumi,
> all Sarawakians ,Iban,Bidayu,Murut,Melanau,Kelabit, Kayan, Penan,
> all Sabahans , Kandazan dusun …….!
Vote for a New MALAYSIA … Women Power …
The ” Barisan Rakyat ” voice.
Syabas. Barisan Rakyat. …
#44 by Luther on Saturday, 1 March 2008 - 4:23 pm
God blessed OKT,he come to Kulai with our hard earned monies and claiming that it was fight & nego by MCA from the cabinet for the chinese schools in JB and or Malaysia.Give him 4 letter word and tell them we deserve it but was robbed and denied=marginalised,those allocation for some school can only manage for toilet paper,shit.Please Kulai Chinese member must realise this and vote him out from the parliment.Our India brother must help to do so.
19 chinese schools? where the teachers for those schools, The MCA help to sent them to SK since Krismuddin went to China and notice that it is important to learn some Mandarin and he tell OKT to instruct Hon( MCA DEM) to divert those most qualified Chinese teacher to SK.and no temperory teachers for Non SK otherwise you pay yourself and yet must get the approval,so why should we chinese must support the MCA who giving all this shit.
Dear Indian brother,if Krismuddin visiting school in India then you will lost most of the qualified teacher also.So before he manage to do that vote the BN out first!or you may need to give them another 4 letters word.(3825)
#45 by Luther on Saturday, 1 March 2008 - 4:29 pm
ZACK, we are talking about denying 2/3 majority but not forming the gov, please…don’t spoil the mood.
#46 by znita07 on Saturday, 1 March 2008 - 5:51 pm
Let’s go for Malaysian Malaysia. No more Malaysia and her 3 major ethnic groups.
#47 by undergrad2 on Saturday, 1 March 2008 - 8:24 pm
Mike Huckabee, the Republican’s presidential nominee who trails McCain by double digits spoke today of “dead people walking to vote”
There was a time when people would lift names from tomb stones in the cemeteries and went to vote, “Yes, dead people walking to vote”.
Today in countries like Malaysia he said, “They snatch bodies yet to be buried and give them Muslim names and later use these to allow their supporters to vote~”
#48 by naked taliban on Saturday, 1 March 2008 - 9:40 pm
Today in countries like Malaysia he said, “They snatch bodies yet to be buried and give them Muslim names and later use these to allow their supporters to vote
~†Undergrad2 says,
Back home in Afganistan we have yet to learn these tactics.Malaysia memang BOLEH!!
#49 by waterfrontcoolie on Saturday, 1 March 2008 - 10:04 pm
Like what Limkamput said, bring out the actual issues of corruption to the average ppl during the ceramahs. Tell the ‘average Malaysians’ those news which BN tries to block out!! Ask MCA and Gerakan, What is their commitment against Corruption? [ though I doubt they dare to talk about it. they are all involved one way or another!!!] Compare the costs of those ‘PIRATIZATION’ PROJECTS, HOW THE AVERAGE MALAYSIANS HAVE TO BEAR THE COSTS OF ALL THESE CHEATINGS AND SWINDLING!! for the next few generations!
Translate those BILLIONS into concrete projects which they can understand, the number of schools that could have been built just by the combined cost of PKFZ and the unsailable naval ships!!
Many Malaysians could fathom those Billions. For that matter, I think those BN leaders could not figure the number zeroes too, but they just pocket what they could squeeze out of the system! So long as they control the media.
So we can say the majority of the so-called ‘educated’ Malaysians are as smart as the graduates of the American Community colleges [ the same BN is sprouting all over the districts in the country!] All these Community colleges will fail; no doubt about it!; but who cares, the BN contractors have already collected their money! If these ‘mid’ class Malaysians still think they have got time to experiment’ with these suckers, don’t moan, just suck your thumbs for the next 5 years if you wouldn’t want to CHANGE NOW!! As the KING made it popular over 30 years ago’ IT’S NOW OR NEVER!!
It is so obvious that BN ceramahs have no more subject matter!!
#50 by waterfrontcoolie on Saturday, 1 March 2008 - 10:06 pm
miss out ‘not’ in …many Malaysians could NOT fathom…..