Berani pilih sedia berjuang
Posted by Kit in Articles, Pakatan Rakyat, PAS on Sunday, 5 June 2011, 10:54 am
By Wan Hamidi Hamid
June 05, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider
5 JUN — Ulama tidak kalah, profesional tidak menang dalam pemilihan PAS. Yang membentuk wajah PAS sekarang ialah gabungan kedua-dua kumpulan di samping mereka yang bukan ulama dan bukan profesional — guru, pegawai perkhidmatan awam, peniaga dan aktivis.
Pemisahan antara kumpulan-kumpulan itu yang wujud lebih sedekad lalu tidak lagi menjadi isu dalam PAS kerana latar belakang mereka disatukan atas kesetiaan perjuangan mereka berlandaskan perlembagaan parti.
Yang menang adalah para perwakilan yang dilihat kecewa dengan kelembapan kepimpinan PAS dalam Pakatan Rakyat yang selama ini terganggu dek pujuk rayu Umno yang kononnya mahu mewujudkan perpaduan Melayu. Read the rest of this entry »
Why needs-based affirmative action makes no sense
By Lee Hwok Aun
June 01, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider
JUNE 1 — We commonly hear these days that Malaysia should shift from a race-based affirmative action (AA) to needs-based affirmative action. Pakatan Rakyat started advocating this; Barisan Nasional followed.
The idea seems too nice, constructive, and harmonious to criticise. Both political alliances believe they have found a formula that can gain popular support and shift us away from the testy and rancorous debates over race-based AA and the New Economic Policy.
Unfortunately, needs-based affirmative action makes no sense, much as even I want to believe in it. The notion is, at best, imprecise and partial; at worst, incoherent and delusional. Read the rest of this entry »
Don’t turn talent outflow into brain drain
Posted by Kit in Articles, Brain drain on Sunday, 5 June 2011, 10:48 am
By Lim Mun Fah
June 04, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider
JUNE 4 — The world is fighting for talents. We can hardly find another country having a messy overseas scholarship system and yet blames the media for causing chaos, like Malaysia.
I have a book entitled “The Talent War” on my bookshelf. It wrote: “Talent outflow in European countries has made the United States the first country to successfully detonate atomic and hydrogen bombs, as well as send satellites into space and astronauts to land on the moon. Meanwhile, talent outflow in China and India has created Silicon Valley, a home to many of the world’s largest technology corporations, in the US. Talents are more important to a country compared to oil, financial streets and nuclear weapons.” Read the rest of this entry »
Mengalu-alukan kenyataan Presiden PAS tentang Negara Islam
Posted by Kit in Islam, Islamic state, PAS on Saturday, 4 June 2011, 7:10 pm
By Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin
June 04, 2011
4 JUN — Selamat bermuktamar kepada PAS dan tahniah kepada yang diberikan amanah. PAS adalah tonggak politik negara. PAS adalah nafas umat Islam dalam berpolitik di negara ini.
Saya mengalu-alukan kenyataan YB Presiden PAS DS Abdul Hadi Awang semalam yang menyebut: “Apa yang penting adalah pelaksanaan. Kalau letak jenama saja tak laksana tak ada faedah. Kita mulakan dengan pelaksanaan negara berkebajikan, itu ada dalam Al-Quran, Dia tak sebut negara Islam, Dia sebut negara berkebajikan”. Read the rest of this entry »
Meniarap (planking) membantah kenaikan kadar elektrik
By Roketkini
4 June 2011
MUAR, 4 JUN – Marah dengan kenaikan kadar elektrik? Geram kerana harga barang juga akan turut naik? Bengang tapi tak pasti apa nak buat?
Apa kata tindakan kerajaan Barisan Nasional itu dibantah dengan mengambil gambar aksi “planking” atau meniarap di kawasan umum (asalkan bukan di tengah jalan raya yang sesak atau di litar perlumbaan Sepang sewaktu motosikal atau kereta sedang laju bersaing) dan dihantar ke laman sosial maya Facebook?
Juga pastikan apabila mengambil gambar aksi planking itu, ia tidak menghalang lalu lintas atau mengganggu ketenteraman awam. Planking yang merupakan aksi meniarap dengan merapatkan kedua-dua tangan dan lengan di sisi badan di tempat awam adalah fenomena bantahan biasa di seluruh dunia sejak sedekad lalu. Read the rest of this entry »
Some lessons from PAS muktamar
Posted by Kit in Pakatan Rakyat, PAS on Saturday, 4 June 2011, 6:17 pm
By The Malaysian Insider
June 04, 2011
JUNE 4 — Beyond the headlines in the past few days, some interesting facts and storylines have been thrown up by the PAS elections. These include:
Lesson Number 1: For all the stereotyping of PAS as a party of backward religious types, these elections have shown that the Islamic political party is committed to democratic principles.
In the months before the polls, it was clear that this was going to be a tough and possibly acrimonious polls between the religious class and the progressives. Some argued that the PAS leadership should have postponed the bruising elections in view of coming general elections.
No way.
PAS went ahead with the party elections, believing that electing leaders is a crucial part of democracy. Unlike Umno who has postponed its party elections for fear of infighting. Unlike the MCA which has also postponed its party election. Read the rest of this entry »
Victory of the ‘Erdogans’ bodes well for Pakatan
Posted by Kit in Pakatan Rakyat, PAS on Saturday, 4 June 2011, 6:14 pm
By Bridget Welsh
Jun 4, 11 | MalaysiaKini
COMMENT There was a sense of excitement in the air in Gombak this morning as the results of the PAS party polls were announced. It is a truly historic day for PAS and the opposition Pakatan Rakyat coalition.
Stalwart Mohamed Sabu (right) defeated his two contenders for the deputy position (by 21 votes), three non-ulama leaders – Salahudin Ayub, Mahfuz Omar and Husam Musa – were elected vice-presidents, and non-ulama leaders secured two-thirds (12 out of 18) of the slots in the party’s central committee.
The progressive forces in PAS has secured a major victory, overturning the Terengganu dominance of the party. This is the first non-ulama leadership team – except for Abdul Hadi Awang of course – since the 1982 coup against nationalist PAS president Mohamad Asri Muda, where it was stated that there should never be non-ulama leaders occupying the top posts. Read the rest of this entry »
Hadi calls for unity as PAS gears up for snap polls
Posted by Kit in General, Pakatan Rakyat, PAS on Saturday, 4 June 2011, 6:10 pm
By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani
June 04, 201 | The Malaysian Insider
KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang told PAS to be united and gear up for the coming general election after his Islamist party experienced its most hotly-contested polls in recent history.
The party president also congratulated the delegates and candidates for showing maturity in accepting the election results gracefully.
“We lead as a collective and not individuals.
“It is the delegates who make changes in the party and not the leaders. The party’s policy won’t change but the strategy will,” he told delegates today. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Lucky’ Mat Sabu aims to take PAS to wider audience
Posted by Kit in Pakatan Rakyat, PAS on Saturday, 4 June 2011, 6:07 pm
By Kow Gah Chie & Salhan K Ahmad
Jun 4, 11 | MalaysiaKini
Newly-elected PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu said that he will take the mandate to place the Islamic party in the national mainstream by appealing to non-Malays and non-Muslims.
This, he said, is especially important in light of the upcoming general election.
“You can’t win elections just on the back of Malay support. I will endeavour to garner more support from non-Muslims using the Pakatan Rakyat platform,” said the popular grassroots leader.
Considering himself “lucky to have garnered grassroots support” in the three-way fight, the Penangite believes that he can strengthen the Islamic party’s relationship with Pakatan Rakyat. Read the rest of this entry »
Consideration for the Construction of Dam in Kota Belud
Posted by Kit in environment, Sabah on Saturday, 4 June 2011, 10:01 am
By Iskandar Basha Abdul Kadir
4 June 2011
Dear Yb Rahman,
Thank you for writing about the Jelapang Padi Initiative in your blog.
The key objective and the Complimentary/Spin-Off objectives that you have stated in your blog are as follows:
Key Objective
To become self sufficient in rice production for national security. This includes price control and distribution within Malaysia.
Complimentary/Spin-off Objectives
Flood control n mitigation, hydro power, clean water for consumption, tourism, multiplier effects, jobs, etc Read the rest of this entry »
There should be a Royal Commission of Inquiry into Sarbaini’s death at MACC
Posted by Kit in Corruption, Human Rights, Teoh Beng Hock on Friday, 3 June 2011, 6:36 pm
The authorities concerned should learn from the unsatisfactory outcome in the Teoh Beng Hock inquest and have a Royal Commission of Inquiry straightaway into senior Customs officer Ahmad Sarbaini Mohamad’s death – second fatal fall-from-height incident at MACC premises in the short history of MACC.
The conduct of the MACC, the police, the Attorney-General’s Chambers and the Cabinet have been most unsatisfactory to date – taking two long months for the police and the Attorney-General’s Chambers to recommend that an inquest be held.
Clearly, the inquest proposal is strongly opposed by the MACC, which had right from the beginning disclaimed any responsibility for Sarbaini’s death – just as it had disclaimed responsibility for Teoh Beng Hock’s mysterious death falling from 14th floor of MACC hqrs at Shah Alam on July 16, 2009 – even suggesting that Sarbaini had committed suicide, just like in Teoh Beng Hock’s case: that Beng Hock committed suicide, or “honour suicide” and even making the outrageous suggestion that DAP had murdered Beng Hock at the MACC hqrs! Read the rest of this entry »
Hadi spurns cooperation with Umno-BN
Posted by Kit in Pakatan Rakyat, PAS, UMNO on Friday, 3 June 2011, 1:10 pm
By Aidila Razak | Jun 3, 11
Malaysiakini
PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang today made it clear that any bid to forge cooperation between PAS and Umno in the name of Malay unity is an effort in futility.
Not mincing his words during his keynote speech at the Muktamar in Gombak, Kuala Lumpur today, Abdul Hadi (right) said that Umno had forsaken the Malays and bumiputera by plundering wealth through dubious means.
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PAS vows to defend Pakatan states
Posted by Kit in Pakatan Rakyat, PAS on Friday, 3 June 2011, 1:09 pm
By Aidila Razak | Jun 3, 11
Malaysiakini
PAS today vowed to use “every ounce of their energy” to defend the four Pakatan Rakyat states from returning to the BN in the next general election.
“Let us all vow to defend Kelantan, Kedah, Selangor and Penang which we have governed together, with every once of our energy; let our sweat soak the earth, with high spirits and through God’s will, we will defend our victory,” said its president Abdul Hadi Awang.
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The 100 apologies that immortalised Blu Inc
By Nathaniel Tan
June 03, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider
JUNE 3 — Malaysia makes the big news: “Social activist forced to tweet apology to corporation 100 times.”
I think that’s up there with the other international coverage we get — churches burned down, detaining parliamentarians without trial and banning yoga.
What actually happened
So this all began with a tweet by Fahmi Fadzil dated January 25: “My friend’s wife, who works at Female magazine, has tendered her resignation because they’re giving her so much shit because she’s pregnant.”
Female magazine is owned by Blu Inc Media and Magazines, who apparently got their knickers all in a twist upon learning of this tweet.
It sounds like some pressure was applied to all the parties involved, resulting in a follow-up tweet from Fahmi that very same day: “I would like to formally & unequivocally apologise to Blu Inc and Female mag for my tweets earlier today. All inconveniences are regretted.” Read the rest of this entry »
RM450m Tambatuon dam controversy – Why MP Kota Belud never visited kampong? (3)
Posted by Kit in environment, Sabah on Friday, 3 June 2011, 10:03 am
Twitter sequel Part 3
Part 1 & Part 2
limkitsiang Jun 02, 6:07pm
YB where is yr blog 2champion RM450m Tambatuon dam? >24 hrs oredi. Cld not even convince yrself after reading it in cold print? @mpkotabelud
mpkotabelud Jun 02, 8:27pm
My rebuttal of @limkitsiang >>> http://mpkotabelud.blogspot.com/2011/06/to-dam-or-to-be-damned-question-to-lim.html
mpkotabelud Jun 02, 8:31pm
Read http://bit.ly/k1akKq RT @limkitsiang: where is yr blog 2champion RM450m Tambatuon dam?
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I’m no expert in Islam but…
By Zan Azlee
June 03, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider
JUNE 3 — Religion seems to be quite a hot topic whenever it is discussed. This is especially so when it comes to Islam. And even more so when it challenges conventional thought.
I’ve learnt this over the course of writing my thoughts and opinions openly and frankly all this while and receiving the opinions and thoughts of the readers as well.
Sometimes the comments that I get are just okay and sometimes, they can be quite passionate. The latter is when I feel obligated to respond.
My column last week received quite a range of comments that I felt warranted a proper response from me this week.
There were many that concurred with my thoughts, but no point responding to them. That would just be preaching to the converted.
What I really want to do is to respond to those who disagreed with me. Everyone is definitely entitled to his or her opinion, but right now I have the pen in hand! Read the rest of this entry »
The clueless person’s guide to Sarawak
By Erna Mahyuni
March 30, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider
MARCH 30 — Hello, West Malaysians! Most of you have not visited the lovely state of Sarawak though you at least know that it’s not in the peninsula.
If you don’t know that, I am afraid there is no help for you so stop reading.
For the rest of you, you first need to know the following fact. Remember it. Commit it to memory.
Kota Kinabalu is not in Sarawak. No. It is the capital of Sabah so please get your geography straight. There is no faster way to alienate an East Malaysian than by mixing up Kuching and Kota Kinabalu. Kota Kinabalu is in Sabah; Kuching is in Sarawak.
If you still find that hard to remember, imagine a big smiling fat cat in the chief minister’s office when you think of Sarawak. Geography teachers, feel free to thank me.
On to other essential facts for you West Malaysians to know so the natives will dislike you less. Read the rest of this entry »
Polls to decide PAS’ future and Pakatan’s fate
Bridget Welsh | Jun 2, 11
Malaysiakini
COMMENT
Islamic party PAS is at a critical juncture in its history. The decisions at the party polls of the 57th Muktamar will – at least in the short term – resolve some of the conflicts that have been brewing within the party over its political direction and engagement.
The party delegates have a clear choice – to either transform PAS’ identity and embrace a bolder vision within multiethnic Malaysia or continue the current trajectory of limited dynamism and a conflicted direction.
It is likely that when the results are tallied in typical PAS fashion, some sort of compromise will be reached to accommodate the different groups.
Yet, what will be interesting to see is whether PAS’ rank-and-file gives the party greater clarity, that allows for the party to play a more prominent and dynamic national role, or whether they make a conservative turn that would be a serious blow to the future of Pakatan Rakyat, and arguably, PAS itself. Read the rest of this entry »
Will we vote for Ibrahim Ali?
Posted by Kit in 1Malaysia, Mahathir, Najib Razak, nation building, Perkasa, UMNO on Friday, 3 June 2011, 6:21 am
– Lucius Goon
The Malaysian Insider
Jun 02, 2011
JUNE 2 — This is a serious question. Will we vote for Ibrahim Ali?
I believe this is a relevant question for Malaysians to ponder because with each passing day this Perkasa mouthpiece seems to have pushed Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and other Cabinet ministers from the mainstage of decision-making and politics.
After watching the local political scene for a few months, we can conclude a few things: Ibrahim is Umno and Umno loves Ibrahim.
Najib is scared of upsetting Ibrahim and Perkasa, probably out of some fear that the right-wing group can influence the outcome of how Malays vote and/or concern that not bowing to Ibrahim’s wishes will upset Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, supporter and patron of Perkasa. Read the rest of this entry »
Perkasa, you have done enough
Posted by Kit in 1Malaysia, Najib Razak, nation building on Friday, 3 June 2011, 6:13 am
– Dr Kamal Amzan
The Malaysian Insider
Jun 02, 2011
JUNE 2 — As a man of science, I am a sceptic and don’t believe in many things.
But I believe in the spirit of being a true blue, white and red Malaysian, not differentiated by skin colour or religion.
I believe that Malaysians should only be recognised by their citizenship and contribution to the country and not where our forefathers hail from, who’s equal rights are protected and upheld in the constitution.
I believe that this country is blessed and rich enough to be shared by all Malaysians who are mature enough to live together, without being antagonized by politicians every day. Today, politicians appear as a group of selfish, hypocrite Malaysians who lives like a king amongst paupers, burning racial sentiments that brings no benefit to the masses or the nation.
A group that never seems to learn who are the masters and who are the servants in a democratic society. Read the rest of this entry »
