I had said at a media conference in Ipoh this morning that the Home Minister, Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar and Deputy Home Minister, Datuk Chor Chee Heung, should resign from their Cabinet positions for the three-month suspension of Harakah and Suara Keadilan as one of first decisions of Datuk Seri Najib Razak on being sworn in as the sixth Prime Minister yesterday was to immediately revoke their ban which had entered into its 11th day.
Now, I say that Hamid and Tan Sri Musa Hassan should be sacked as Home Minister and Inspector-General of Police respectively for failing within 24 hours of Najib’s premiership one of the three Najibian thematic slogans – “1Malaysia. People First. Performance Now.”
It is most disgraceful and testimony of gross incompetence and ineptitude that although Najib announced in his maiden address to the nation over television last night that his government had decided “with immediate effect” the release of 13 detainees from ISA detention, none of the 13 could be released today and the earliest they could regain their freedom is tomorrow.
B. Buvaneswary, the wife of detained Hindraf leader Ganapathi Rao, travelled all the way from her home in Shah Alam to Kamunting with their two children, Janani 1 and Gowri 4, to be at the Kamunting Detention Centre at 7 am this morning for his release, only to be disappointed because the papers for the release of the 13 had not arrived at the centre.
Musa Hassan released a statement in Kuala Lumpur at midday that the 13 would only be allowed to leave the Kamunting Detention Centre tomorrow as the documentation process for their release had to be completed first!
Is this what Najib meant by “Performance Now” in his maiden address to the nation last night?
Were the IGP and the Home Minister kept completely in the dark about Najib’s announcement of the “immediate release” of the 13 ISA detainees, learning only about it when the new Prime Minister’s maiden address was telecast live last night?
If so, it reflects a shambolic government with no notion whatsoever about “People First” or “Performance Now”!
When Najib announced the “immediate release” of the 13 ISA detainees in his direct telecast at 8 pm last night, I had expected the two Hindraf leaders, Ganabairau and R. Kenghadharan, and the other 11 ISA detainees to be released last night itself – especially when Najib ended his maiden speech with the flourish of urging Malaysians to “rise up to the challenge of building 1Malaysia. People First. Performance Now.”
Obviously, Najib forgot to ask the Cabinet and the public service to equally “rise up” to the triple challenge of “1Malaysia. People First. Performance Now.”
When Najib said “with immediate effect”, could it be so elastic as to be stretched not only overnight, but to be over 24, 36 or even 48 hours?
Najib should learn from the lessons of his predecessor Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, whose “cemerlang, gemilang, terbilang” slogan swiftly became a national joke. But Najib’s substitute of “1Malaysia. People First. Performance Now” is in danger of becoming a national joke within 24 hours – thanks to the Home Minister and the Inspector-General of Police!
Can Najib ensure that Ganabatirau, Kengaharan and the 11 others ISA detainees would be able to leave the Kamunting Detention Centre to breathe the air of freedom latest by 8 am tomorrow?
In fact, the government is guilty of unlawful detention of the 13 ISA detainees as they should be released “with immediate effect” by the time of Najib’s telecast at 8 p.m. last night.
Is the government going to pay the 13 ISA detainees compensation for illegal detention for 24, 36 or 48 hours to demonstrate the seriousness of Najib’s “Performance Now” slogan?
#1 by imranj78 on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 12:40 am
computation,
why do i think chinese schools will never be the main schools in Malaysia? Well for as long as the majority of the population do not see Chinese as their first language, this will not be possible.
I agree china and india will be increasingly important & that is why english will be increasingly important as these two countries are also strongly pursuing english as a tool for communication. i just came back from china and while i can get by using mandarin, most of the time we still used english. its the same in italy when i got by with my italian but still english is many times used as a `bridge’
nevertheless i do agree that understanding chinese and hindi/tamil is an advantage. However, BM is our national language that binds us together and identifies us as Malaysians. Irrespective of what we say here, BM will still continue to be the language of the federation for a long long time to come. And that is the fact, irrespective of whether BN, PR or whoever controls the government. That is one thing that we can be certain of.
#2 by sheriff singh on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 12:43 am
13 is Pak Lah’s unlucky number lah.
#3 by OrangRojak on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 12:45 am
Does anybody know what Anwar’s bug surprise is yet?
#4 by OrangRojak on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 12:46 am
oops! bug=big honest mistake!
#5 by dawsheng on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 12:47 am
Mebbe is photo of Najib dining wif HER?
#6 by wanderer on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 12:48 am
Why all of you are wasting your time with that UMNO pimp imranj78?
He is just a blooming lost cause! He eats and sleeps in that s#it hole.
#7 by computation on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 12:48 am
“Irrespective of what we say here, BM will still continue to be the language of the federation for a long long time to come. And that is the fact, irrespective of whether BN, PR or whoever controls the government. That is one thing that we can be certain of.”
yes of course that is so,
i do not dispute that. neither do
i have anything against that.
and perhaps more importantly
i am not hoping for any change in
the system.
#8 by computation on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 12:49 am
Does anybody know what Anwar’s bug surprise is yet?
OR
he caught a big bug??
:D
#9 by dawsheng on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 12:53 am
Damage control, that is what the crapshooter imraj78 is doing here. What common education system? We don’t want to be stupid like all the Mat Rempit lah! Our Prime Minister Najib Razak is a murder suspect!
#10 by a g on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 1:08 am
Malaysiakini reports that some 6,000 PPP members are going to join PKR. This could be the bug surprise, I guess.
#11 by computation on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 1:10 am
“Malaysiakini reports that some 6,000 PPP members are going to
join PKR. This could be the bug surprise, I guess.”
oh bugger!
:D
#12 by chengho on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 1:10 am
Too late guys , peoples already feel Najib’s kindness and friendly approach. All the peoples in Petaling street , Brickfileld and Lembah Pantai welcomed him like a long lost brother when he visited them today, they just love him. The Indian restaurant even served him a nice spread of Indian foods.
Even LGE welcomes Najib, and wishes to have a good relation with him. With OTK’s support, Najib can win the heart and soul of Malaysian Chinese. The best advisable way for LGE is to form a coalition state government with BN and forget about PAS and ADIL. The Hindraf finally realised, Najib is their man….not bro Anwar,and Karpal was right to ask for Anwar to bertaubat…
The young Malaysians are happy with Najib. They can relate themselves to a young leader like Najib…….
The Baba & Nyonya speak perfect malay since 600 years ago so what seem to be the problem?…….they listen to keroncong song….
#13 by a g on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 1:18 am
And chengho you know it’s too late for a bug to suddenly pop out from nowhere to disturb people ya. Go away!
#14 by dawsheng on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 1:32 am
“The young Malaysians are happy with Najib. They can relate themselves to a young leader like Najib…….” – chengho
How much are you being paid to write like this? Tough job! But of course, you can keep on dreaming.
#15 by ekans on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 1:59 am
Wasn’t it pre-arranged by UMNO’s BN to have people in Petaling Street, Brickfields & Lembah Pantai greet the Pekan MP, sort of a throwback to the days when the former Kubang Pasu MP had those Semarak (Setia Bersama Rakyat) sessions?
The present Penang CM & even the Kelantan MB, as heads of their respective state governments, just want to show some measure of respect to the new head of the federal government as a gesture of common courtesy, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they want cross over.
And why were only two ISA detainees from Hindraf released?
What about the other three?
Isn’t Hindraf still banned by UMNO’s BN federal government?
The present Permatang Pauh MP wasn’t the man who had banned Hindraf & put five of its people into ISA detention in the first place.
Obviously, the Pekan MP is certainly the man who knows how to use his position of authority to win the hearts & minds of the voters (especially the crucial fence-sitters) in three coming by-elections…
#16 by computation on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 2:51 am
“why do you say chinese style schools are the best? care to
elaborate? use chinese schools for everyone? lets be practical;
you know as well as i do that is not going to…”
“why do i think chinese schools will never be the main schools in
Malaysia? Well for…”
imranj78
this will be my last post on this issue.
i want to point out clearly and carefully
that i have never said chinese schools.
i have said chinese STLYE schools. This
has been deliberate as I have never had the
desire or intention of imposing anything on anyone.
i am neither suggesting nor implying that chinese should
be the medium of instruction.
What i am suggesting however is that the WAY
the teaching is done in the schools be adopted.
NOT the LANGUAGE or CULTURE.
#17 by sightseeing on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 3:22 am
//… peoples already feel Najib’s kindness and friendly approach. All the peoples in Petaling street , Brickfileld and Lembah Pantai welcomed him like a long lost brother when he visited them today…// Chengho
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Najib should immediate pay a visit to Mongolia and swear to the Mongolian people that he has nothing to do with the murder of Altantuya. His bodyguards just killed her by mistake. The C4 was stolen from the Ministry of Defence without his knowledge. Her entry record at the Malaysian Immigration was wiped out by computer virus.
#18 by Jeffrey on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 4:01 am
Surely you cannot take his words “with immediate effect” (in relation to the release of 13 detainees from ISA detention) literally.
I don’t think it is reflection of his failing “performance test” just because due to paperwork or bureaucratic procedures the 13 are released a day or two later than announcement. Far from showing “incompetence and ineptitude” Najib has (from the restricted stanpoint of UMNO’s interest and perspectives) shown a measure of initial competence and aptitude in downplaying his well known political baggage and swirling rumours, confusing his detractors by ambiguous and conflicting signals, for examples, after banning of Harakah and Suara Keadilan 3 months ago, now lift the ban as a showcase of liberalism; embracing Tun Mahathir and all the authoritarianism he stands for back to UMNO’s fold and yet at same time release 13 ISA detainees to signify liberalism. These conflicting and ambiguous signals between authoritarianism/repression and liberalism are intended to confuse critics so that they don’t where exactly to place this new administration. Not to be beaten by TDM’s Bersih, Cekap, Amanah” and Pak Lah’s “Work with me, not for me” he also has “ 1 Malaysia, People First, Performance Now”! As if to back words by deed, he immediately visited Petaling Street/KL’s Chinatown, the predominantly-Malay area of Vista Angkasa near Kampung Kerinchi, and then Brickfields with its Indian-majority community – to show a 1 Malaysia visit! Bursa Malaysia did not move against him. Investors and diplomats might well favour on business level talking to Najib more than Pak Lah, though the latter, on a personal level, may well be generally thought off as humbler as less Machiavellian disposition.
From the restricted standpoint of UMNO’s perspectives and interest, Najib has a “good start”.
Najib’s strength is being able to rely upon and listen to a wider and possibly more competent multi-tiered set of advisers and political strategists in contrast to the small coterie of advisers his predecessor drew on. (This is where the Opposition should be wary). Pakatan Rakyat knows that Najib’s reign portends harder times for the Opposition and civil society.
Indeed I venture to speculate that the “good start” so unnerved Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim that he tonight immediately thought fit to announce defection by Progressive Party (PPP) vice-president V Nagarajan along with 11 of the party’s divisions to PKR.
By one stroke, Anwar has again shot Pakatan Rakyat on the foot and neutralized Pakatan Rakyat’s moral basis to complain of BN’s illegal takeover of Perak Assembly.
Of course the argument is that no inducement is offered to procure the defections. So too are argued by BN in Perak. The fact remains, political defections (without by elections) are, even by DAP’s traditional standards, undemocratic betrayal of constituencies’ mandate, which is why Guan Eng supports the anti hopping laws. So what Anwar does is an act of impatience; a kind of admission that Najib’s ascendency to top post is perceived very inimical to Opposition’s position and could kickstart UMNO’s resurgence in time to come, and so far Najib’s start being a good start for UMNO, requires Opposition to do something drastic now to stem the ruling coalition resurgence.
#19 by Jeffrey on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 4:12 am
Whereas in previous administration Pak lah fought warlords – and TDM, and then Anwar’s PR.
Najib has now the advantage of join forces with TDM against Anwar’s PR whilst warlords are quiet at this moment.
Anwar knows the moment Najib could not be stopped from taking the top position, the power equation will change against Anwar & PR.
#20 by anna brella on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 4:50 am
Why is it so hard for these two Malaysian public SERVANTS to just do a COMPETENT job?
They are paid well for their jobs, aren’t they?
And how disrespectful (of the PM’s stated wishes) and incompetent and heartless can the Home Minister and the IGP be if they cannot even follow simple orders on important matters such as this? What if it was the two of them stuck in there at KDC and it was thier families that were made to wait outside for their release after having had their hopes raised falsely by the new PM?
There just seems to be, in my view, just far too much of this dreadful, dead-pan apathy from what looks like endemic incompetence in public services that makes it seem almost as if public staff operate under the motto:
Why do a great job when you can opt to do a mediocre one instead?
So, is the new PM going to assert his authority and control and demand for those two clearly incompetent public heads to be made accountable for this publicly embarrassing and totally unnecessary blunder, and so, roll?
“Imagine Power To The People” John Lennon.
#21 by disapointed86 on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 5:29 am
LMAO sh1t ham1d and MUsa …are they following the swearing in ceremony or fall asleep??…dont blame me to say ” wtf these morons are doing?” i think Uncle Kit should send them a dictionary..Malaysia – English….IN his Speech …Najib did mention IMMEDIATELY..and why only tommorow they got released?… tell both of them Immediately means SERTA-MERTA….come on..what a minister we have in MSia…not to say their proficiency in English which will makes everyone fed up…..
Uncle Kit…i’ve just viewed this video by TheSTar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMbHOMYlsRk&feature=player_embedded
Najib did mention “perjuangan orang Melayu dan negara”..dont you think this is not right…so sad…what happen to ” nobody going to be left out”??
#22 by lopez on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 5:45 am
if increasing the toll can be taken with top priority and silencing others to voice their plight is an offence
what more do you need to understand about fairness and reasonableness to the common majority that is so hurting and living a slow death as if everthing is okay.
it is not and has not been…see it for your self..
no 1 sick nation going towards oblivion, see for yourself or prepare for hell from the helm.
#23 by Evenmind on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 7:08 am
Well done, Malaysia semua boleh ( brand new slogan ) we’ve got now a half billion dollar commission man as a PM , not a mention a probable assassin. Mana ada system ( MAS), move over Arnold, your terminator is no match to our assassinator.
#24 by Bigjoe on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 8:27 am
Sdr. Lim makes a very excellent point that should be noted here. Najib is a 30 year technocrat and yet he is making what is amateurish errors all over the place. He announced Perak Govt and thought he had his i’s and t’s crossed when he did not. Now again, making a huge announcement on national TV and yet, again, he got the details wrong. After 30 years, you don’t know how to get the details right? Who does a job for 30 years and still screw up?
This is why he gets into trouble. The man loves the drama of surprises but he is really bad at it.
He is now going around trying to look like he is ‘change’ ala Obama but the fact is, if you take a step back, you realise its all not new. Releasing ISA detainee? Mahathir himself announced it on national TV that he did it before 20 years ago. Walkabout and in-touch with the people? Badawi did this 5 years ago and where did it get us? OneMalaysia i.e., mutual respect? If you think about it, all it really is that he promise to keep the ultras in check but in return we cannot criticise mainstream existing ideas which Dr. M actually did when he came into office early on. (Also does he think we forgot that mainstream ideas such as NEP, Islamisation etc is still wrong?) He is just a new advertisement of old ideas…The man still don’t get it we need a new product, not a new advertisement. But then again, its because he cannot come up with a new product.
#25 by sotong on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 8:34 am
They had their chance to do the right thing but they betrayed the ordinary people…….get rid of them,all of them by the next election!!!
The global crisis and recession, may be depression, will hurt the poor badly…hunger will become starvation.
#26 by a g on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 8:59 am
//..Anwar has again shot Pakatan Rakyat on the foot and neutralized (their) moral basis to complain of BN’s illegal takeover of Perak Assembly..// Jeffrey
Don’t you think that you have literally confused the two types of \defection\–one in the PPP case and the other one in the Perak Assembly case. The core and crucial point for us to be mindful of is: in the PPP case the \defectors\ are NOT elected representatives while, in the Perak Assembly case, the \defectors\ ARE elected representatives.
In the PPP case, aren’t they just exercising their rights to free association and disassociation, so the proposed \anti-hoping\ regulations are clearly irrelevant here? But we just can’t say the same for the Perak Assembly case.
Having said that, I do think that there are still people confused by, or purposely confusing, the two types of \defection\ to the advantage of the party that could then exploit them as an issue.
#27 by SocratesPlato on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 9:09 am
imranj78
“Ans: For Sabahans and Sarawakians, I believe the main language would be different depending on who specifically you are talking about but the languages all have some commonality with BM, similar with BM having commonalities with Bahasa Indonesia. (i.e. agreed that not everyone uses BM as their main language but again a majority is competent in BM, more so due to the close similarity between BM and the local languages in Sabah/Sarawak)”
Sarawak has around 40 ethnic groups and Sabah has around 32 ethnic groups. I am from Sarawak and stayed in Sabah for quite some time, I would say at most only 2 ethnic groups have probably 10% close similarity to BM and their mother tongues. The rest are totally different. Heck, if you go Sabah, you can read a Kadazan newspaper printed in their language! I believe you won’t understand a single word! Nothing similar to BM. We in Sarawak and Sabah communicate among our races with our own language/dialect. English is still preferred when talking between different ethnic groups.
I’m Foochow and we talk Foochow in school. Or Hokkien. Language? English is preferred. Our parents and forefathers were schooled through HSC and O/A-Levels. We are forced to use BM because it is being forced to us.
Comment for 1Malaysia concept:
Well, one thing is for sure, you can only find in Sabah and Sarawak where all races come together eat at the food court / kopitiam. I do mean a non-Halal kopitiam where you can eat your Halal food sitting at the same table with me eating pork. This is also common in Singapore. In West Malaysia, you only see multi races it in Halal outlets. We visit each other during festivals and they trust us Chinese when we serve them our cake, biscuits that we prepare it without touching anything un-Halal. Over here in West Malaysia? You give them home make stuffs, they think it is poison. They avoid everything totally and it is impossible to see them sitting at the same table with you. How do you even have 1Malaysia when religion is actually dividing the races and Islam reigns supreme? Let’s be practical.
To me, whatever that comes out from UMNO is about cleaning the identities of all other races and follow the Malay identity as well as religion and thus becomes 1Malaysia. I don’t trust that it is about give and take by everyone to form a balanced 1Malaysia. In the end, it is about Malay and Islam identity which others must take.
#28 by limkamput on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 9:20 am
Gullible Malaysians, please don’t lose track of the issue here and go for the wrong guys. If IGP and Home Minister failed to do their job, whose fault was it? Just go for the one who issued the order, got it? Didn’t we Malaysians realise by now that for the last 20 years the policies and decisions were always right and encompassing, but it was implementation that was found lacking.
It is simple; true leaders do not just make policies and decisions. They must keep watch of their implementation. I have watched public administration long enough to know the “wayang kulit”. Have it ever occurred to you that sometimes a policy was deliberately implemented slowly or haphazardly? It was not implementation weakness as most of you would think. One the contrary, that was the actual intent of the policy. Let me give you a simple example: it is the stated policy of the government to support all vernacular schools. But when come to implementation there will be one thousand and one problems, be it land availability, allocation, teachers and classroom. If one looks at all these inadequacies, one can only conclude that lukewarm or half hearted support to vernacular schools is the actual intent of the government policy.
#29 by monsterball on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 9:24 am
How long does it take to type a simple release paper and sign it?
That’s how sincere Najib is.
Maybe heard 6000 PPP members resigned and joined PR in Perak….make him change his mind?
#30 by monsterball on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 9:29 am
Great! Prof.Limkamput giving lectures again.
But if all lectures are to favour….UMNO and BN…..hantam him left right and centre!
He must not be allowed to poison University students.
#31 by SocratesPlato on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 9:33 am
limkamput
“Let me give you a simple example: it is the stated policy of the government to support all vernacular schools. But when come to implementation there will be one thousand and one problems, be it land availability, allocation, teachers and classroom. If one looks at all these inadequacies, one can only conclude that lukewarm or half hearted support to vernacular schools is the actual intent of the government policy.”
Same with religion. Freedom of religion is guaranteed in this country. However, the difficulty to get land for other religions to build their buildings other than Islam, the many sanctions (cannot show a clear sign that it is a CHURCH), built in hidden funny land zones like Industrial Zone, far away from housing estates which are loaded with mosques and suraus even in Chinese areas, the demolition of temples and so on are silent strategies by the ruling government to make your lives difficult if you choose the other religions.
Yes, freedom of religion guaranteed, with many restrictions of publications, incredible difficulty of approval of land, publications, etc. They just want to find trouble with you and you have to find ways to work around the system. Then, they promote MALAYSIA TRULY ASIA with Indonesia’s song declared to be theirs and portray all races of different religions happily living in the country with so much freedom to the outside world. Freedom my ASS!
#32 by ALLAN THAM on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 9:34 am
Who believe in BN’s sincerity to change and serve the people. Let talk about issue on the Star paper today on “KTMB to swap land with Perak Government to benefit squatters, say ONG ” Do any one believe this will come in normal time without the by election? Many long-long outstanding issues seem can only solve whenever there is by election, with out be election the solution seem to be never in sight. So do you believe in the BN will to serve the people? It only when there is by election where every time they will through in all the money over time and the lightning speed to solve those issues that the people fight for ages.
So never be con by the Bn old tactic. We have been con by them for decade. They only offer the solution when ever the time is right to serve their own agenda and the people.
For ages DAP and other opposition has ask for review of ISA and abolishing ISA, but Najib say nothing and play along. Only when he become PM he talk this and talk that. This is all political gimmick. Many have been suffered for ages only now he talk about review of ISA and just for the purpose to give him a must needed boost to his lowest racking as incoming PM. Please never be con by the old tactic. They will never change and never have the will to change and most of the leaders in BN carrying too much baggage to have the courage to changed.
Those who has the will to changed and serve the people n BN what has happen. Look at Zaid and now Sharir? Those good people will be sideline by their own members because when they want to make changes they will lost out in the gravy train. They will lost the money they need so to speak.
Today we also see the PM walk around the KL as seem nobody know he already PM. What purpose do you serve by walking around ? Does it mean he has too much free time to walk around? What a stupid start of him. What we need to see is constructive and systematic change in the ills that BN has become so far.
The mere fact that they only release two out of the five HINDRAFT shown that he use them as a pawn and not in sincerity.
So please do not be con by them folks.
#33 by TTDI_KL on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 9:36 am
Monsterball, you are paranoid lah. You simply call me a spinster. You think I got no balls like you meh. I think Limkamput is a good lecturer. What we have lousy students.
SocratesPlato, very well said, especially the last paragraph.
#34 by monsterball on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 10:01 am
You talk like a pondan with your ….lah..meh…hehehe and how.
So you is a male er?
Me good character reader.
A paranoid old man…ready to meet his maker?
Why you also wish I die fast ah? How cruel.
Never mind…if you like Limkamput….that says it all.
Both of you are Tong Sampah University students or graduates with degrees not recognized out of Malaysia….hahahahahahaha
#35 by Jeffrey on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 10:04 am
I acknowledge that a g has in his post 08:59.44 rightly pointed out the difference in that 6,000 defecting PPP members PPP Kedah case may not involve any elected representatives unlike the Perak Assembly case.
#36 by SocratesPlato on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 10:11 am
ALLAN THAM
“Many long-long outstanding issues seem can only solve whenever there is by election, with out be election the solution seem to be never in sight. So do you believe in the BN will to serve the people? It only when there is by election where every time they will through in all the money over time and the lightning speed to solve those issues that the people fight for ages.”
In Malaysia, these UMNOputras created a famous culture called First Impression Very Important. In other words, it means from the outside, they show how great and nice they are as the first impression. GAYA MESTI ADA, YANG LAIN TAK APA! Later on, if you explore deeper, you realize it is just for show only at the front. The rest at the back is so foul and screwed up that you thought you are being cheated miserably. It is just a beautiful facade.
It is the same for all civil servants, public amenities and all government implemented projects. You build the world class this and that, civil servants in nice uniforms, everything look CANGGIH from the outside but the software is 3rd rate, the maintenance is 3rd rate, things start to fall apart. Then you go and build another huge world class structure. Repeat the cycle all over the country and pocket money behind it.
Some good examples. In schools and universities where everyone in the world spent their time and energy to build world class students, research and facilities, in Malaysia they are busy in pumping in money to build beautiful landscapes and buildings (look good mah as first impression, behind it, I dunno whether the purpose is to suck dry the budget given to spend). Spent money in beautifying all things that can be seen by the eyes so visitors will be wowed! Then, behind all these facade are lousy teachers / lecturers, lousy students, lousy facilities or good facilities but no maintenance. The priorities are all set wrong. They are aiming at the most beautiful university / school in the world record, not the good education ranking. It is the same for all other government projects. It is not about quality but about looking good, feeling good. Everything looks good, nice and rosy.
Another good example is our national car.
This is the famous culture in Malaysia. Good first impression, the rest sucks. The rest here means implementation and maintenance. You build such a good quality building, no maintenance, it looks like shit sooner or later from weathering. It looks good but quality of building material doesn’t mean is good. You will see leakages, broken glasses, broken escalators, broken lifts one after another. Aircon not functioning, lights burnt out one by one. When you go in such buildings, you see signs everywhere (MAINTENANCE IN PROGRESS). These signs are left there for years too. It is so typical in Malaysia. The building houses incompetence workforce who sucks to perform.
Thus, this famous culture will be consistent as long as BN is in power because they are the inventors of this culture. You go around Malaysia and you see the people upholding this culture everywhere and they are PROUD of it. GAYA MESTI ADA, YANG LAIN TAK APA! For the rest of us who hates such culture, we must make sure we are not conned by their FIRST IMPRESSIONS. You suffer the consequences later because it is not as good as it seems. We have enough examples in this 52 years of nation history to remind us over and over again. Sweet talk in front, later zero or lousy implementations / maintenace. Cheated enough alreadylah.
#37 by yhsiew on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 10:14 am
MCA should stop day-dreaming of getting a Chinese Deputy Prime Minister appointed.
#38 by monsterball on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 10:16 am
Why make it so difficult?
6000 willingly cross over to Anwar.
Three parliamentarians bought over by UMNO…like frogs.
I do not know how to acknowledge and confuse..twist and turn.
Let readers conclude what is cross overs and bought over.
#39 by TTDI_KL on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 10:19 am
Aiyoh yoh monsterball, I am not sure about limkamput lah. I am not from a tong sampah university. I have a degree recognised in Malaysia and outside of Malaysia, but not “out of Malaysia” lah. May be you have not gone to a tong sampah university. I think you went to an attap school like limkamput. But limkamput has become a prof. What about you – collecting sampah is it?
#40 by TTDI_KL on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 10:26 am
yhsiew Says:
“MCA should stop day-dreaming of getting a Chinese Deputy Prime Minister appointed.”
You see, it is not day-dreaming. It is the way gullible Malaysians, including the MCA think. The MCA may get a deputy PM, but the job is to go airport to send or receive foreign dignitaries. Grow up lah you fellows. Why until now still can not separate the core from the periphery, the substance from the form. May be more than 20 years under Mamak, we have indeed become stupid people.
#41 by monsterball on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 10:26 am
Who cares who Najib may appoint as DPM…even if it is one from MCA.
You simply cannot be a sincere PM.. when you have parties you support that focus to divide and rule and control Malays….not to be free to choose any religion…in Space Age era.
So simple to understand.
UMNO will keep saying these are sensitive issues…to shut our mouths ..telling the truth.
#42 by monsterball on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 10:38 am
I have become a self made successful millionaire.
I have seen…ate….done…experience ..good for 2 lifetimes.
Yes….some who collect sampahs may become millionaires too.
Don’t look down on people willing to do the jobs that you idiots think too low class.
Don’t look down on streets road sweepers….garbage collectors…road builders…maids and servants.
And you can stuff all your degrees into your arse..until you can stand tall and say things…like I am saying and doing.
I walk the talks..on Malaysian matters..do you?
Goodluck to all your degrees TTDI-KL and lets stop talking cock and bull.
#43 by ALLAN THAM on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 10:40 am
MCA and Gerakan was just running fool of UMNo! Does any one think they will offer DPM? So what if they was given, you can have what post yopu might have, but if you do anything against so call party line you will be condemn and sack.
For all these these two parties have been condemned to just YES Sir party and keep kow tow to the big BOSS. UMNO will never give any damned post to MCA or Gerakan. let think about it Gerakan ex Boss has openly say it only after he retired from the party that his party is kow tow party.
MCA now is in favour if buying back the PLUS concessionaires. So let wait and see what they can achieve.
Think of it, we people are really just like meat lay on the chopping board and let BN chop into pieces and feed all those cronies. Remember, all these privatization was done during the old hat time and this old hat has been back in action. More pain will be inflicted these time.
We have been rob in broad day time to pay for all those corrupt and feed them for decades.
We have been paying all the taxes and also force to pay unnecessary so to create the gravy train for those CORRUPTS to enjoy for generation.
Look at the Selangor water deal.The poor was make to pay to create a CEO who was paid RM15 millions a year, not to mentioned all other contracts that benefits the handful.
so do you believe in BN to change. NO, unless the government change no way they will change. They will not serve the people interest thet only serve their own cronies and these are the legacy lay down but the old hat who is coming back NOW. So beware, time will not be good worst is coming.
Remember the old hat used ISA to the mas to his fancy and achieve his own political purpose.
Remember the old hat who lay his ugly hand to crippled the judiciary. and he is back in action. so beware.There is no time to celebrate and worst is coming Folks.
Remember the old hat has sack Tun Salleh and he say he has forgotten about it. And this old hat is back now. Beware and no time to celebrate. Worst is coming.
Remember the old hat was the one who stripe off the Sultan immunity and now they say PR is derhaka. Who is derhaka? Beware the old hat is coming bak. No time to celebrate. Worst to come.
Folks, do not and never con by the release of ISA detainees. They should not be ISA anyway. They have keep it to serve their purposes of oppression. They have keep it to serve as a political tools to silent all the dissident. Remember the old hat has use it to the max for achieving his political purpose and keep his seat for over 22 years. he is back now and beware. No time to celebrate wand worst is coming.
#44 by monsterball on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 10:44 am
I am a self made millionaire….TTDI-KL
I have seen…done..good for 2 lifetimes and is still healthy and well.
I walk the talks on Malaysian affairs….do you?
Do not look down on street sweepers..garbage collectors…road builders .maids and servants.
Enough…lets move on.
#45 by gyp on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 11:28 am
In simple sentence.
corrupted racist UMNO must DIE.
To free Malaysian.
#46 by zak_hammaad on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 12:03 pm
Pakatan must stop whining and crying and trying to paint every good act of the government as sinister. The fact is that they have been proven wrong almost instantly. Najib has hit the ground running as PM and is also making people feel at ease with his pro-people policies. Barely 2 days in office, he has shown what he is capable of doing and with an evolutionary approach, I think the rakyat will appreciate the things he has in store for them and the country.
Pakatan are bitter at the fact that unlike Abdullah, Najib will actually be more effective and give no more reasons for Pakatan to make gains.
p.s. The major announcement that PKR had hyped up on Friday turned out to be a big disappointment – it amounted to a crossover of PPP members to PKR. Clearly Anwar has not learnt from his mistakes in Perak :^)
#47 by gyp on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 12:07 pm
Free 13 ISA detainees at the time of election can consider a CORRUPTED ACTS of election votes.
Free people to get votes, not abolish the ISA policy.
#48 by OrangRojak on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 12:09 pm
Oh I see… according to The Malaysian Inside Her’s story “PKR claws back Bkt Selambau Indians”, the PPP joining PKR is not the big shock:
Shannon Teoh remarks Anwar ‘said anti-climactically’, which seems a bit redundant.
#49 by TTDI_KL on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 12:09 pm
Enough and move on, what makes you think that you must have the last say in everything. I will move on when I have decided to move on, not you.
Who is looking down on whom? Who talked about Tong Sampah University not recognised abroad when that person has not even gone to an attap school?
A self made millionaire (hopefully not in ringgit or worse still in rupiah) who walks the talk. No need to talk very much, just tell us here one thing you do.
#50 by lakshy on Sunday, 5 April 2009 - 1:36 pm
Najis announced the release of the ISA detainees with immediate effect. But it took 2 days for home minister and igp to get the paperwork in order. Which would seem to indicate that they were not prepared for this move.
The question I would like to have answered is:- How come it is the pm who announces the release, and not the home minister? Whose portfolio is this anyway? Who makes these arrangements? Shouldn’t it be the home minister who has to give the ok for their release? Najis is not the current home minister. So how did he manage to do this?
The way it has been done, shows that it is just a PR exercise.
Also means that in future for any ISA release, just petition the PM. He is the one who decides.
Also means that Najis will be taking over the Home Ministry…so bye bye Albar!