tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22873867.post115495941672748957..comments2024-02-02T18:26:56.123+08:00Comments on The Scribe A Kadir Jasin: A KADIR JASINhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05865106109792000636noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22873867.post-1155833548403677662006-08-18T00:52:00.000+08:002006-08-18T00:52:00.000+08:00Assalamualaikum Dato'Bagi saya, antara Pak Lah dan...Assalamualaikum Dato'<BR/>Bagi saya, antara Pak Lah dan Tun cukup mudah. Buat saja jambatan tersebut kerana ia telahpun diluluskan oleh Kabinet sebelumnya yang mana Pak Lah sbg TPM masa tu. Lagi pun, secara logik akal yang waras tanpa sebarang prasangka, membina jambatan itu lebih banyak baiknya dari buruknya. Yang kedua, Khairy perlu berundur seketika. Kalu ambo oghe Kelate kato, gi basuh berok(buang air besar) ccuci bersih dulu baru masuk smula! Saya cukup yakin, isu utama pilihanraya akan datang adalah isu keyakinan kepada kepimpinan, dan keyakinan itu semakin hari semakin susut, bahkan menyedihkan. Gelagat Khairy ini menyebabkan Kelate kaloh lagi!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22873867.post-1155353102084704082006-08-12T11:25:00.000+08:002006-08-12T11:25:00.000+08:00Saya sedih sebab hari ni TDM di layan lebih teruk ...Saya sedih sebab hari ni TDM di layan lebih teruk dari pembangkang. Sebarang komen atau quote dr TDM sangat payah nak keluar dlm akhbar. Yang ada cuma serangan2 menghentam TDM. <BR/><BR/>Namun saya akan terus menyokong TDM walau apa pun yang berlaku. Kerajaan Pak Lah mungkin boleh berbangga (riak) dengan kemenangan besar BN dalam pilihanraya lepas. namun saya percaya jika TDM terus dilayan dengan sebegini punya layanan... Insya-Allah, mereka akan tahu kekuatan pengaruh TDM sebenarnya bila pilihanraya akan datang. Yang pasti MB Ghani Othman (yg rumahnya hanya sekilometer dr rumah saya di Sg Mati, Muar)akan kehilangan sekurang2nya 2 undi dr saya dan wife. I'm surprised sbb wife saya yg tak minat hal politik pun, di saat ini sangat marahkan kerajaan kerana cara busuk kerajaan Pak Lah 'melayan' tokoh terhebat kita itu. Wife saya menggelar kerajaan yg dibarisi menteri2 bekas org bawahan TDM ini sebagai KERAJAAN YANG TIDAK MENGENANG BUDI! Fakta ini mungkin tidak akan menggerunkan kerajaan Pak Lah... at least, not right now. Tp saya percaya, mereka akan 'merasa' di kemudian hari. <BR/><BR/>Hidup Tun Dr Mahathir! We love u forever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22873867.post-1155203132109269192006-08-10T17:45:00.000+08:002006-08-10T17:45:00.000+08:00Assalamualaikum w.t.bDato'Saya bertambah musykil. ...Assalamualaikum w.t.b<BR/>Dato'<BR/>Saya bertambah musykil. Kenapa KJ jawab tentang penjualan Agusta? Dia bukan Menteri, bukan Wakil Rakyat ataupon advisor kepada Proton. Siapa yg memberi mandat kepadanya utk bercakap bagi pihak Proton atau dgn kata lain mencampuri urusan proton & kerajaan? <BR/><BR/>Adakah ini adalah etika yg betul? Kalau ini etika yg betul sesiapa saja boleh bercakap. Anak/isteri/saudara mara menteri/wakil rakyat. Sama ada mendapat mandat daripada rakyat dalam pilihanraya atau pon tidak. <BR/><BR/>Jadi kenapa memberi amaran utk kita yg "berkata-kata" di alam siber? Dengan kata lain... Double Standard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22873867.post-1155200736202422282006-08-10T17:05:00.000+08:002006-08-10T17:05:00.000+08:00DatoBukan masalah untuk mengangkat TDM semula, say...Dato<BR/>Bukan masalah untuk mengangkat TDM semula, saya berpendapat TDM pun tak mahu kembali memerintah negara. Kalau bapak menteri berani menegur atau orang lain berani menegur dan pihak media perdana membuka laluan untuk perbezaan pendapat dan menyuarakan keresahan rakyat, ini mungkin tidak berlaku.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22873867.post-1155185194639858132006-08-10T12:46:00.000+08:002006-08-10T12:46:00.000+08:00tidak menyukai Pak Lah tak beerti kita harus menga...tidak menyukai Pak Lah tak beerti kita harus mengangkat Mahathir semula!Amin Ahmadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15269671952861313443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22873867.post-1155174613018954562006-08-10T09:50:00.000+08:002006-08-10T09:50:00.000+08:00This TDM/AAB spat has been dragging on for far too...This TDM/AAB spat has been dragging on for far too long and the 'kedai kopi' talk show did not serve to clarify matters.<BR/><BR/>Apparently, Ku Li suggested that UMNO hold a special general meeting to allow TDM to speak his mind to the members. If AAB considers his administration and family as righteous , why wasn't this option taken up. <BR/><BR/>Now, details and facts on Scomi plus KJ are being churned out on blogs daily. Everything is being checked for veracity, who is connected to whom, how an AP is utilised to monopolise an industry, which GLCs are involved directly or indirectly with AAB's son and whether KJ's loan is in breach of business ethics if insider knowledge is factored in.<BR/><BR/>It seems, TDM is very close to revealing his trump card. His remarks on AAB to step down is 'upping the ante' in this showdown. <BR/><BR/>The outcome, unfortunately, may bring about another round of discontentment. Unlike netizens, some of the rural folks may not understand or accept TDM's victory. Are there contingency plans for damage control? TDM can't do it by himself. Leaving it to UMNO alone will be extremely foolish, won't it. Mainstream media must play it's part but the fourth estate needs a severe case of 'house cleaning'. Good intentions and plans have to work in tandem to achieve the best possible result for the rakyat.shar101https://www.blogger.com/profile/13162891509015955835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22873867.post-1155147565585288802006-08-10T02:19:00.000+08:002006-08-10T02:19:00.000+08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17529486333291597055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22873867.post-1155140022386159992006-08-10T00:13:00.000+08:002006-08-10T00:13:00.000+08:00Malaysiakini had done a comprehensive Q&A with Ku ...Malaysiakini had done a comprehensive Q&A with Ku Li. I thought it was revealing. Ku Li knows both Tun Dr Mahathir and Datuk Seri Abdullah well. <BR/><BR/>I find this particular answer thought proviking and highly informative. I am picking it from Jeff Ooi's blog.<BR/><BR/>Q: Do you think he has an agenda beyond all this?<BR/><BR/>A: I don’t think he (Dr Mahathir)wants to be prime minister or Umno president again. My reading is that (Mahathir thinks) Abdullah is not the right choice. Secondly, Mahathir feels Abdullah is not using the office of the prime minister - with all the powers (it has) - and instead allow other people to manipulate it. That’s the impression that I get.<BR/><BR/> That’s why the bridge project is ‘start, go, no’. At first, Abdullah said ‘okay’, we proceed with this, we would continue with what Mahathir has started. That’s what he said after he took over and he even went to lay the foundation stone of the bridge and in that function he announced no matter what happened, we would build the bridge. Why the about-turn? We MPs were told to support this bridge project in Parliament and suddenly we were told, ‘no, we are going to cancel it’ - the reason being the people are against this.<BR/><BR/> When did the people say this, we don’t know. Probably they have got a proper sounding, we don’t know, they are the government. Secondly, it’s about legal implications, (again) we don’t know. Mahathir is a little bit taken aback. But I suspect it is not just that, it’s maybe more."<BR/><BR/>Thank you Malaysiakini and Jeff.A KADIR JASINhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05865106109792000636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22873867.post-1155137954957129672006-08-09T23:39:00.000+08:002006-08-09T23:39:00.000+08:00Dato,Abdullah said Kamaluddin had to find projects...Dato,<BR/><BR/>Abdullah said Kamaluddin had to find projects overseas because he did not want to linked with his father.<BR/><BR/>"If people ask why go overseas, he (Kamaluddin) will say father (Abdullah) is the prime minister, it's difficult to earn a living locally. His contracts, his business, 80 per cent are from overseas. That is his livelihood," he said. Bernama http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/printable.php?id=212722<BR/><BR/>Can someone tell us if the below GLC-linked projects are considered as overseas project?<BR/><BR/>an excerpt from http://www.aisehman.org/archives/2006/08/kacau.html<BR/><BR/>(1) KTM Bhd<BR/>Scomi Group Bhd is believed to have won a contract worth as much as RM50 million from KTM Bhd, the national railway company, to overhaul and maintain its wagons, sources said yesterday. <BR/>Mail Money was told that the contract is for five years, and will involve the maintenance and overhaul of as many as 1,000 wagons.<BR/><BR/>Scomi did not respond to questions sent by Mail Money over the last two weeks, but a senior executive confirmed the award of the contract.<BR/><BR/>The contract was awarded last year by KTM, after it had invited several companies to participate in a closed door tender exercise. [Malay Mail]<BR/><BR/>Isn't KTM a GLC?<BR/><BR/>(2) Prasarana Negara Bhd<BR/>Scomi Group Bhd will submit a bid by the end of March for a contract worth some RM120 million to make body parts for about 400 buses for state-owned Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd, sources said. <BR/>Scomi is also pitching for another job from a big GLC (government-linked company) to manage its fleet of 6,000 vehicles. [Business Times]<BR/><BR/>Isn't Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd a GLC?<BR/><BR/>(3) TNB Bhd<BR/>Scomi Marine Bhd has received a letter of intent from TNB Fuel Services Sdn Bhd for a coal shipment contract for three years from Oct 1, with an option to extend for another two years, the company said. <BR/>Scomi Marine told Bursa Malaysia on April 14 that under the contract, it would be required to transport 500,000 tonnes (with 20% variation) of coal from Australia, Indonesia and South Africa yearly.<BR/><BR/>It said TNB Fuel Services would determine the actual quantity of coal to be transported and from which country upon finalisation of the contract. [The Edge Daily]<BR/><BR/>Isn't TNB a GLC?<BR/><BR/>(4) Petronas Carigali (Turkmenistan) Sdn Bhd<BR/>Scomi Group Bhd, an oil services company, has won a contract from Petronas Carigali (Turkmenistan) Sdn Bhd to provide drilling fluids and other services for exploration works in Block 1, offshore Turkmenistan. <BR/>... it is estimated that the contract would contribute about RM57 million a year to the revenue of Scomi, it said in a statement yesterday. [Business Times]<BR/><BR/>Isn't Petronas a GLC?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22873867.post-1155136045767351512006-08-09T23:07:00.000+08:002006-08-09T23:07:00.000+08:00Salaam Dato',Saya dah jadi ketagih kena baca blog ...Salaam Dato',<BR/><BR/>Saya dah jadi ketagih kena baca blog ni sebelum dan lepas balik kerja sebab saya dah lama berhenti baca surat khabar. Minggu ni saya jumpa blog baru Aisehman.org yang juga memberi saya sedikit semangat macam blog Dato' ni.<BR/><BR/>Tapi seperti yang Dato' katakan, kebanyakan yang di luar sana tak dapat mendengar cerita-cerita selain apa yang disajikan oleh TV3 dan Utusan Malaysia. Kalau di tempat orang tua saya tu hanya Harakah yang bawa berita alternatif. Anak-anak nak telefon sembang dengan orang tua di kampung pun susah sebab talian telefon memanjang tak berfungsi. Kabel asyik kena curi! Telefon mudah alih memanglah terhad liputannya, nak cari signal puas pusing satu kampung.<BR/><BR/>Orang kita khasnya orang Melayu memang telah diasuh menjunjung Duli. Kita tak pandai memberontak dan menderhaka secara membabi buta. Saya dah buat soal-selidik rambang, memang ramai terpaku dengar wawancara dua hari lepas. Agak sukar bagi orang-orang kampung, yang sentiasa menghormati tok guru dan para ulama untuk mempertikaikan keikhlasan seorang Pemimpin. Agak payah untuk mereka memahami selok-belok mendapatkan ringgit berjuta dalam masa tiga hari melalui saham syarikat Kerajaan. Mereka masih perlu fikirkan soal harga barang yang naik dan anak di UiTM yang minta duit tambahan...<BR/><BR/>Tapi komen-komen hari ini memberi saya nafas lega. Jadi saya nak cadangkan semua yang baca blog Dato' tolong diri kita sendiri. Kita ada dua cara yang saya rasa pasti efektif. Pertama kita secara persendirin kena minta tolong Pak Cik dan Mak Cik kita dalam PAS sampaikan apa yang kita tahu yang orang-orang kampung tak tahu sebab depa tak dapat baca blog. Cara PAS ni semua dah tahu amat berkesan. Kita juga kena tolong buat salinan berita-berita di blog dan berikan pada Pak Njang dan Pak Ngah supaya mereka dapat menilai sendiri.<BR/><BR/>Selebihnya saya berdoa agar Allah tunjukkan jalan terbaik untuk Malaysia dan rakyatnya.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22873867.post-1155131196189622452006-08-09T21:46:00.000+08:002006-08-09T21:46:00.000+08:00Saudara Bumihighway,Pardon me for not posting your...Saudara Bumihighway,<BR/><BR/>Pardon me for not posting your comment. I take note of your opinion. But it's not proper for me to allow excessive name calling here.<BR/><BR/>I don't think we should label anybody a thug or question the intellect (IQ) of our leaders.<BR/><BR/>Some may not follow the straight and narrow path to greatness but I would not call them thugs. And not all our leaders can match Tun Mahathir’s intellect, but I would not doubt their IQ either.<BR/><BR/>To me, it’s not being born Einstein that’s important. What’s important is using the brain that God has given us.<BR/><BR/>Saudara Penarik Beca,<BR/><BR/>Saya setuju bahawa tak banyak orang kampung baca akhbar Internet atau blog. Nak baca macam mana, ada yang tak mampu, ada yang belum ada talian telefon dan bekalan elektrik?<BR/><BR/>Kalau di Pendang, elektrik asyik mati saja. Orang kampung maki TNB dan Perdana Menteri kena sekali.<BR/><BR/>Betul mereka baca akhbar, tengok TV dan dengar radio. Tapi tak betul yang mereka hanya tengok Mawi dan baca cerita hantu saja.<BR/><BR/>Saya rasa mereka baca, tonton dan dengar berita lebih banyak daripada orang bandar. Tapi sekarang mereka tak telan bulat-bulat lagi. Mereka tak suka surat khabar kurang ajar dengan orang tua-tua. Mereka kutuk media arus perdana dan Perdana Menteri turut kena.<BR/><BR/>Mengenai saya bertanding pilihan raya, itu cakap di luar saja. Saya tidak pernah berminat jadi YB sebab saya YBC -- yang banyak cakap dan yang banyak critic. Bagi orang lain lah.<BR/><BR/>Saya rasa surat khabar Internet dan blog boleh pengaruhi keputusan pilihan raya. Kita tengok keputusan pilihan raya 1999. Waktu tu banyak akhbar Internet sokong Reformasi dan pembangkang. Umno dan BN bergantung pada media arus perdana.<BR/><BR/>Tapi sekarang, akhbar Internet disertai pula oleh blog. Orang ramai mungkin tak ada akses kepada Internet, tapi mereka dengar cerita mulut daripada orang yang baca Internet atau mereka baca salinan foto dan printer printout Internet dan blog.<BR/><BR/>Saudara Tarabulsi,<BR/><BR/>Bukan depa tak tengok, tapi depa tak nampak pasai bila kita langut tengok benda-banda yang menyala, yang gilang-gemilang, mata kita buta sat. Klip pok klip pok lima nam kali baru nampak balik. Pasai tu tok nenek kita larang kita tengok matahari. Depa kata tengok tempat hangpa dok jijak tu.<BR/><BR/>Terima kasih, syukran, thank you, danke schoen kepada semua.A KADIR JASINhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05865106109792000636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22873867.post-1155114186843057522006-08-09T17:03:00.000+08:002006-08-09T17:03:00.000+08:00DatukSalam. Sejak 1978 (sebelum tu saya dalam Pemu...Datuk<BR/><BR/>Salam. Sejak 1978 (sebelum tu saya dalam Pemuda Umno), saya sentiasa menyokong pembangkang. Walaupun saya suka dan ingin melihat lebih banyak pembangkang yang berkesan berada di dalam Parlimen dan DUN, tetapi saya tidak melihat banyak peluang yang boleh diraih oleh pembangkang dari kemelut hari ini. <BR/><BR/>Tun Det boleh debik Pak Lah siang malam tak putus kalimah sampai lebih lembik dari lembik (listless), tapi amat sukar bagi pembangkang menikmati manfaat dari segi pertambahan kerusi dan kemenangan dalam pilihanraya. Pembangkang memerlukan lebih banyak imaginasi dari sekadar menjadi seperti Datuk Rahim Razali atau Haji Hasbullah Awang.<BR/><BR/>Majoriti pengundi bukanlah dari golongan yang melayari cerita-cerita politik dalam Internet atau sanggup meluangkan masa mendengar ceramah, tak kiralah ceramah Tun Det ka, sapa ka..<BR/><BR/>Majoriti pengundi ialah mereka yang pergi kerja, balik kerja, dengar radio (biasanya dalam kereta), tengok tv. Apa yang ada dalam tv atau surat khabar mainstream spt akhbar yang Datuk pimpin dahulu, itulah rujukan dan pegangan. Itupun lebih banyak yang baca bab hiburan. <BR/><BR/>Tentu Datuk ingat Mastika ketika diisi bahan-bahan serius dulu, laku berapa kepin sangat. Bila majalah tu bertahyul, Datuk lagi tau berapa ratus ribu naskah yang laku setiap bulan. Itulah antara ciri ketara org Melayu, walaupun bukan semua ciri Melayu itu buruk dan busuk.<BR/><BR/>Walaupun ramai mak teh, kak caq dan pak ndak serta ramai org awam yg kenal dan tahu Pak Lah Bdawi adalah PM, tapi ramai lagi yg lebih kenal Mawi dan tarik muka masam peringkat cuka bila Siti nak kahwin dgn Abang Besaq dia. <BR/><BR/>Berapa kerat sangat yang tau dan kenal siapa Khairy? Alangkah lazatnya dia merembat!<BR/><BR/>Itulah keadaan yg sebenarnya berlaku dan itulah advantage BN sehingga dia tentu akan menang dulu, kini dan selamanya.<BR/><BR/>Saya ulang tayang semua itu dgn tujuan reality check, meminjam istilah yg Datuk pakai sblm ni.<BR/><BR/>Saya memang kaki restoran Mamak di belah2 Gombak ni, tapi boleh kira dgn jari brapa org atau brapa meja sngt yang bincang nasib malang yg melanda ngara yang berketuakan Pak Lah ini. (Dia sangat memerlukan anatomy check [sori la, istilah yg unEnglish ni]. Walaupun masa tu sy buas lagi, sy masih ingat masa Tun Det mula2 jadi PM dulu, walaupun ofis dia terbakar dan terpaksa pindah ofis di bangunan Parlimen, tapi tak dan 100 hari semua org pakat2 panas dah. PAS yg saya sokong mengelejat2, mengeliat2 badan hari2 kena taboh dan kena cucoh. Pak Lah dah dekat 3 tahun dah 31/10 ni, tak panas2 lagi?! Sah, dia sakit! Sakit tahap Nabi Ayub! Nabi Ayub 'a.s. dulu, semakin bertambah mendera penyakitnya, semakin bertambahlah keimanan dan keakrabannya dgn Allah. Pak Lah pula, semakin teruk dia sakit, kita pulak yg makin terjerit2!) <BR/><BR/>Kesimpulannya, pembangkang tidak boleh tukar Perdana Menteri. Dengan izin Allah, hanya orang2 Umno seperti Datuk sahaja yang boleh menukar PM (sy bersyukur sungguh apabila hajat sesetengah org nak tengok Datuk jadi MP Pendang 2004 dahulu tak kesampaian. Kalu Datuk jadi MP, mungkin dah jadi timbalan menteri atau menteri. Kuranglah seorang penyokong Tun Det, walaupun orang tua tu boleh berjuang sorang2).<BR/><BR/>Soalnya, dengan begitu malangnya nasib Malaysia di bawah pemerintahan Pak Lah ini, mahukah org2 Umno tukar PM? Depa mau ka?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17529486333291597055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22873867.post-1155095484772155082006-08-09T11:51:00.000+08:002006-08-09T11:51:00.000+08:00Pak Lah kata bagi masa lah kat dia untuk mentadbir...Pak Lah kata bagi masa lah kat dia untuk mentadbir Malaysia...'baru 10 minit di padang (bola) baru nak panaskan badan...penonton dah tunggu gaya permainan yang hebat-hebat'...itulah ibaratnya maksud kata Pak Lah...<BR/><BR/>Soalan saya berapa lama lagi Pak Lah mahu diberikan masa? Mengapa perlu masa lagi? Tidakkah Pak Lah tahu menghargai masa? Bukankah memanafaatkan masa dengan sebaik-baiknya juga satu amal ibadat? Membazirkan masa itu bukankah juga satu dosa?<BR/><BR/>Soalan saya yang lain untuk Pak Lah...mengapa Pak Lah nak jadi Perdana Menteri? Untuk diri? Untuk keluarga? Untuk anak menantu? Untuk rakyat? Jika untuk rakyat Pak Lah perlu mengubah persepsi tentang kepentingan masa. Maka guna dan manafaatkanlah masa seefektifnya...jangan lagi meminta masa jangan lagi menjadikan masa sebagai alasan...kerana masa yang diberi sedang dan telah berjalan...ia akan meninggalkan Pak Lah tidak lama lagi...jika dahulu Pak Lah and the gang berbangga dengan majoriti yang begitu besar yang tidak pernah tercatat dalam sejarah Pilihanraya jangan terkejut jika masa yang akan datang tidak lama lagi akan bercerita sebaliknya.<BR/><BR/>Berdasarkan situasi sekarang saya tidak nampak untuk Pak Lah diberikan masa lagi.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22873867.post-1155091124223867912006-08-09T10:38:00.000+08:002006-08-09T10:38:00.000+08:00Dato'I must thank Miss Jue for the excellent artic...Dato'<BR/><BR/>I must thank Miss Jue for the excellent article. I have heard from friends who have had the opportunity to interact with both TDM and AAB that they are so far apart when it comes to intellect, commitment and almost everything.<BR/><BR/>Going by what I have seen over the last 2 years, the thought of another financial crisis makes me want to crawl into a "lubang cacing".<BR/><BR/>Under TDM, we grew as a nation because of his leadership. Autocratic at times he maybe but in the end it is all about the nation and its people.<BR/><BR/>I do not see the leadership from the PM now. Ministers are doing as they please with many taking advantage of the void to further their personal and their parties' agenda.<BR/><BR/>I am sure TDM does not require us to show our respect to him but as a grateful Malaysian, I am sadden by the disrespect our public figures have shown him.<BR/><BR/>Nazri stopped short of calling him "nyanyok", Tengku Razaleigh (or was it Musa Hitam) said TDM is suffering from "Post Retirement Syndrom", Lim Kit Siang diagnosed him as suffering from "Selective Amnesia", Shahidan asked that people should let TDM rest like their 80 something grandfathers are resting and the worst is probably AAB's SIL calling TDM a "Berok" who is shaking the UMNO tree.<BR/><BR/>I am sure people from the mainstream media are reading our comments and I hope they realise that the reason blogs are thriving is the interactivity, informality and sponteniety of the medium.<BR/><BR/>After reading a dry and "insults my intelligence" piece in the NST, I often wish I could post a comment immediately. Sadly even the online version does not give me that opportunity.Budakboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17120648200714608524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22873867.post-1155090110082024032006-08-09T10:21:00.000+08:002006-08-09T10:21:00.000+08:00Datuk,Sekali sekala, kalau ada masa, sila lawati b...Datuk,<BR/><BR/>Sekali sekala, kalau ada masa, sila lawati blog saya: http://cuitsikit.blogspot.com/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14077356609150752782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22873867.post-1155076967070359252006-08-09T06:42:00.000+08:002006-08-09T06:42:00.000+08:00Dato,what happen to this 7 ex-army who spray TDM r...Dato,<BR/><BR/>what happen to this 7 ex-army who spray TDM recently. Are they still kept in remand. I am feeling some sort of sinister behind all these as it has taken a long time to get to the root of problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22873867.post-1155064594511207662006-08-09T03:16:00.000+08:002006-08-09T03:16:00.000+08:00TDM has already given the roadmap on how to lead ...TDM has already given the roadmap on how to lead the country. He must have discussed thoroughly with PL what he expected once retired and PL must have setuju, otherwise he wouldn't want simply handover the country.<BR/><BR/>All type of policies have been laid out. All the project expected to be implemented within 5 years have been discussed. Tiba-tiba you have, PL, overnight 'belot' whatever he has agreed. If I was the old man, of course,I would be really angry. Everthing that has been planned, hancur berkecai. This 'cakap tak seberapa bikin' PL cannot be trusted at all. Looks innocent, but beneath it you have a face of sly and cunning personallity.<BR/><BR/>On top of that,he pandai-pandai trying to do his own way and create his own family dynasty. KJ in charge of politics and his son in charge of business. <BR/>Nobody can tahan. Nepotism written all over PL's face. Still wanted to show innocent in front of tv. Orang kampong you can convince, not town and bandar people.<BR/><BR/>I tell you,next general election, BN, especially UMNO will loose big. You'll see the same result when PAS won the Terengganu seats the last time. Those Terengganu's who work professionally in KL and other big cities, went back to influence the votes in their hometown. I bet we can have the same affect in the next general election, but instead it will happen almost to every state.<BR/><BR/>UMNO still right now syiok sendiri and feeling that they at least have solid vote coming from the kampong people. Never undermine disgruntle group, especially the young professionals who will do whaever within their capacity to influence mak, ayah, tok, nenek, mak su, mak ngah, tok jang, tok su and probably the rest of kampong folks not to vote to this lembek and 'cakap tak seberap bikin' UMNO.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22873867.post-1155054425758165502006-08-09T00:27:00.000+08:002006-08-09T00:27:00.000+08:00Ke manalah perginya penasihat-penasihat dan orang-...Ke manalah perginya penasihat-penasihat dan orang-orang kuat Kementerian Penerangan? Bukankah tugas mereka untuk menentukan PM mempunyai fakta yang lengkap bila berdepan rakyat supaya beliau tidak nampak lemah? Selepas melihat wawancara semalam kukuh anggapan saya yang Perdana Menteri dan kerajaan tidak dapat meyakinkan rakyat tentang kejujuran mereka. <BR/><BR/>Demi masa depan anak-cucu kita dan kedaulatan Malaysia, saya berdoa agar Allah membuka hati pemimpin dan rakyat Malaysia agar kita tidak terus menjahanamkan Negara. Saya merayu pada yang mempunyai kuasa dan pengaruh, perbaikilah keaadan sebelum Melayu dan Malaysia jadi lebih parah...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22873867.post-1155043857509864962006-08-08T21:30:00.001+08:002006-08-08T21:30:00.001+08:00Harga Minyak naik...apa saya boleh buat......Datuk...Harga Minyak naik...apa saya boleh buat......<BR/>Datuk,hampir 45 mini aab berhujah.....adakah perkara-perkara dibawah ini ada menyentuh hatinya? Ini semua adalah akibah kenaikan minyak pada rakyat yang makan gaji.<BR/><BR/>1.Perbelanjaan setiap hari untuk ke pasar telah bertambah naik, <BR/>2.Belanja untuk makan tengahari di tempat kerja telah naik, makan di luar bersama keluarga sudah berkurang,<BR/>3.Belanja Pengangkutan telah naik,belanja Petrol, Tol, jika pergi bekerja menggunakan kenderaan telah naik, <BR/>5.Belanja tambang bas sekolah anak-anak atau atau pengangkutan isteri ke pasar telah naik<BR/>6.Wang saku setiap hari telah menjadi kecil nilainya. <BR/>7.Wang untuk Rekreasi, Akhbar, atau perkara-perkara untuk hiburan keluarga sudah tiada, sudah ubah style.<BR/>8.Kelengkapan harian seperti sabun, syampu,dan minyak wangi berus dan ubat gigi, bedak dan sebagainya telah kurang dibeli.<BR/>9.Alat Tulis, Keperluan surat-menyurat serta belanja pos sudah tidak ada dalam belanjawan keluarga, mujur ada email dan internet yang di mulakan masa TDM<BR/>10.Perkakas-perkakas dan Kelengkapan seperti ubat-ubatan, plaster dan mentol lampu, tak boleh terus dibeli, nanti bajet lari.<BR/>12. Belanja untukn Kediaman termasuk sewa rumah, atau bayaran ansuran membeli rumah.cukai pintu dan sebagainya sering tertunggak.<BR/>13.Kenaikan bayaran untuk Kemudahan dan utiliti seperti Belanja gas, bil letrik dan air serta telefon. Pengangkutan Bayaran ansuran untuk kereta.<BR/>14.Bayaran untuk tanggungan keluarga seperti Memberi wang kepada ibu bapa atau tanggungan lain dah banyak berkurang.<BR/>15.Bayaran untuk langganan majalah, keahlian kelab, derma dan sebagainya dah tak ada dalam bajet keluarga.<BR/>16.Cukai jalan dan insurans kereta pun sering ditampong oleh pajak gadai.<BR/>17.Percutian dan belanja untuk melancung di dalam dan luar negeri dah jadi mimpi saja.<BR/>18.Senggaraan Membaiki, menjaga kereta, alat rumah dan lainnya Perubatan Bayaran perubatan, bersalin, penjagaan gigi nampak nya dah naik harga.<BR/>19.Belanja untuk perkara Kegemaran Segala yang bersangkut-paut dengan hobi Pakaian Belanja membeli pakaian dan kasut untuk diri, isteri dan anak-anak nampaknya hanya setahun sekali.<BR/>20.Insurans Insurans nyawa, perlindungan harta dan Iain-lain nampaknya dah lama tidak dapat dilunasi..<BR/>21.Yuran Yuran persekolahan, kolej atau pengajian tinggi anak-anak di catu dari duit gaji.<BR/>22.Zakat Zakat pendapatan, harta, simpanan dah lama tak dapat bayar.<BR/>23.Perbelanjaan untuk hari raya Harijadi Serta Iain-lain perayaan keluarga dah lama dah tak buat dah.<BR/><BR/>-untungnya menantu VVIP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22873867.post-1155031524482831192006-08-08T18:05:00.000+08:002006-08-08T18:05:00.000+08:00apa kata di AF5 anjuran astro nanti, ahli politik ...apa kata di AF5 anjuran astro nanti, ahli politik diambil sebagai guru persembahan sebab amat jelas ahli2 politik mang pandai berlakon :-)<BR/><BR/>dgn cara begini, pasti adlin aman ramlee akan lebih berpuas hati terhadap persembahan pelajar2 AF <BR/><BR/>:-)Azer Mantessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17341208816535300371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22873867.post-1155026114621465722006-08-08T16:35:00.000+08:002006-08-08T16:35:00.000+08:00Sheih, TPM sudah pulang. Setiausaha Akhbar beliau,...Sheih,<BR/> TPM sudah pulang. Setiausaha Akhbar beliau, Tengku Sariffuddin, memberitahu dia ada di pejabat.<BR/><BR/>TPM ke London untuk lawatan sambil kerja. Pulang sekejap dan lepas tu pergi bercuti.A KADIR JASINhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05865106109792000636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22873867.post-1155024444131502232006-08-08T16:07:00.000+08:002006-08-08T16:07:00.000+08:00"Kalau tiada berok masakan pohon bergoyang," Ini a..."Kalau tiada berok masakan pohon bergoyang," Ini adalah peribahasa yang dicipta bagi menunjukan terdapat golongan- golongan yang hendak memporak-perandakan dalaman UMNO itu sendiri.<BR/><BR/>Teringat saya kepada satu lagi peribahasa kerana nila setitik rosak susu sebelanga. Kerana segelintir insan-insan yang mementingkan diri sendiri maka akan binasa sesuatu umat itu.<BR/><BR/>Mari kita renung-renungkan kejatuhan sesebuah umat itu.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22873867.post-1155021754755828132006-08-08T15:22:00.000+08:002006-08-08T15:22:00.000+08:00Loqlaq sungguh Perdana Menteri kita. 1. Dia kata M...Loqlaq sungguh Perdana Menteri kita. <BR/><BR/>1. Dia kata Menteri jawablah apa uang kena mengena dengan kementerian depa. [Tapi Menteri Kewangan tak jawab langsung pasai isu proton dan Avenue capital.] Dia ni tak tau bidang kuasa kot.<BR/><BR/>2. Saya telefon Khir Toyo suruh pasai peladang sayur haram. saya bagi tanah. <BR/><BR/>[isskk dia tak tau ka tanah tu bawah negeri, macam mana dia boleh bagi? Lagi loqlaq pi bagi tau dia suruh bagi tanah sebab takut berlaku kekecohan kaum sebab petani tu bangsa Cina. Kalau macam ni esok pemuda UMNO pakat pugaq tanah buat pertanian haram... dia akan halalkan semuaka? ini boleh jadi anarki!]<BR/><BR/>3. Dia kata anak dia tak dapat tender atau projek yang ada kena mengena dengan kerajaan atau kementerian kewangan. [Abih tu yang petronas dengan TNB tu bukan GLC ka?]<BR/><BR/>4. Open Burning kecik dia talipon Menteri, yang masalah besar dia buat bodoh saja. memang Half past six govAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14077356609150752782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22873867.post-1155021036682030402006-08-08T15:10:00.000+08:002006-08-08T15:10:00.000+08:00Q and A – from Jue's perspective (source from : in...Q and A – from Jue's perspective <BR/><BR/>(source from : interview between AAB & Mohd Annuar)<BR/><BR/>_ On the 9MP : “I have managed to reduce the deficit” – meaning that he had reduced the deficit and can be seen as one of his succeed story for the past 2 ½ years?? <BR/><BR/>_ Image : “don’t talk behind my back – write it down” – well many people actually want to be themselves and try to express on what they feel is right and not right, on what went wrong, etc many of us have posted a lot of things (idea, opinion,etc) in the web and blog but lately we have heard that the government may imposed the so called act PPP and this will definitely restricted the freedom of the bloggers <BR/><BR/>_On style of governing : “first, truth & justice” – kindly walk the talk, we are tired of hearing to many slogans in AAB’s administration – I would like to ask the government – how trust and justice they are?? Is there any tool to measure and/or any mechanism to check ?? the national integrity plan (huh….the answer I supposed)…..<BR/><BR/>_On Proton : “if there is something wrong, we have to make it right immediately” – for the past 7 years most Malaysians supported the national car maker. But the AP issue remained unanswered and they themselves are not care enough about the future of Proton. <BR/><BR/>_On TDM : “the ministers should be allowed to explain to the people on matters concerning their ministers and the ministers prefer that I do not speak” – TDM asked AAB to answer not the ministers and the questions were posted to him not to the ministers.. who is leader of this country AAB or the ministers ??. He himself should face the reality !!<BR/><BR/>I am personally feel that UMNO is good but the people who run the party is sick!!......that is why they need a doctor!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22873867.post-1155016048072162262006-08-08T13:47:00.000+08:002006-08-08T13:47:00.000+08:00assalamualaikum..pada sesiapa tak pernah baca arti...assalamualaikum..<BR/><BR/>pada sesiapa tak pernah baca artikel ni...mungkin ada baiknya kena baca...sebab kita tahu bagaimana TDM cuba memahami sesuatu perkara di dalam mentadbir negara sebelum dia melaksanakan sebarang polisi...and will appreciate apa yang dia buat untuk Malaysia...<BR/><BR/>Good reading pleasure.....enjoy<BR/><BR/>THE FINANCIAL CRISIS OF 1997 - 1998<BR/>By<BR/>Nor Mohamed Yakcop<BR/><BR/>A moment comes, which rarely comes in a lifetime, when a particular event redefines a person's life and changes the course permanently. For me, the meeting with Dr. Mahathir Mohamad in Buenos Aires (Argentina) on the evening of October 3, 1997 was such an event. It enabled me to devote the next 6 years of my life working for Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, meeting him almost daily. In the process, it enabled me to see, at very close range, the abilities of this great man. <BR/><BR/>The combination of many noble qualities in one person is rare, and it is this unique combination that has enabled Dr. Mahathir Mohamad to transform Malaysia from an otherwise typical third world country into a thriving and vibrant nation, well on the way to become a developed nation. It is also this combination of qualities that enabled Dr. Mahathir Mohamad to save Malaysia from becoming another IMF nation during the financial crisis of 1997 - 1998. <BR/><BR/>I am often asked about my involvement in the recovery plan implemented on September 1, 1998. It began on September 29, 1997, when I received a telephone call from the office of Dr Mahathir Mohamad informing me that the Prime Minister wanted to see me. The PM was in Cuba at that time, and I asked (in jest) if I was to meet the Prime Minister in Cuba !<BR/>I was told (not in jest) that he will be arriving in Buenos Aires on October 3, 1997 and I was to make sure I was in Buenos Aires at least a day before he arrived. I packed my bags and left for Buenos Aires, and arrived in Buenos Aires on October 2. <BR/><BR/>The PM arrived the following day at 5 pm and we met immediately at his suite. He informed me that he had asked many people to explain to him what was causing the financial crisis but no one was able to give him a satisfactory reply. He asked me whether I could explain to him what exactly was happening. <BR/><BR/>I asked him how much time he had, and he said two hours. I explained to him how the forex market works, about short positions and long positions, about hedging and how currencies are borrowed and sold, the difference between "bid" and "offer" and how funds can be transferred from one country to another at the click of a button. I also explained how the equity market works and the relationship between the forex market and the equity market. Dr. Mahathir hardly said anything, asked one or two questions, and listened intently.<BR/><BR/>After two hours, he had to end the meeting to get ready to go for an official dinner. He asked me about my plans for the night and I said I had been invited for the same dinner. Dr. Mahathir said to me: You go back to your room and write down all that you have been telling me for the last two hours, and see me at 7 am tomorrow. I went back to my room, skipped dinner, and wrote it all down, finishing at about 6 am.<BR/><BR/>I saw him the next morning at 7 am and gave him the report. He asked me to take a rest and come back again at 2 pm. When I returned, he told me that he had read the report and that he now understands what was happening in the financial markets. We started discussing various methods of overcoming the crisis, and our discussions continued when we returned to Malaysia. I met him almost daily for discussion, sometimes at his house and sometimes at his office. We tried a few mechanisms to overcome the crisis, some of which worked initially, but the hedge funds were so strong that it was difficult to proceed successfully with these mechanisms. <BR/><BR/>In early 1998, Dr. Mahathir Mohamad asked me to explore the idea of imposing an exchange control regime to overcome the crisis. I remember preparing voluminous notes on this subject. Dr. Mahathir went through the notes carefully, and kept asking for more and more details. We went through many rounds of discussion, until he was finally convinced both with the concept as well as the proposed mechanism. The rest, I guess, is history.<BR/><BR/>Dr. Mahathir also asked me to prepare a paper on how to put an end to Malaysian shares traded in CLOB (Central Limit Order Book) in Singapore. Dr. Mahathir was of the view that an important reason for the falling stock market was the short-selling of Malaysian stocks in CLOB. I prepared the report and Dr. Mahathir understood, for the first time, how exactly CLOB operates. The report, which was also implemented on September 1, 1998, put to an end the trading of Malaysian shares in CLOB. <BR/><BR/>I should add that the exchange control measures were crafted in such a way as to minimize the control aspects and maximize the outcome. The Prime Minister went through the proposed mechanism many times to make sure that the control elements were as few as possible, but adequate enough to ensure a positive outcome. There were no bureaucratic elements in these measures, such as requiring importers to obtain Bank Negara's permission to import. The Ringgit was also pegged at a level where it was not overvalued. In almost every other country, which imposes exchange control measures and pegs its currency, there would, almost by definition, be numerous bureaucratic controls, and the currency would also be pegged at an overvalued rate.<BR/><BR/>It is often assumed that the system of exchange control (including fixed exchange rate) that we implemented on September 1, 1998 saved the country. The measures of September 1, 1998 were undoubtedly a necessary condition, but it was not a sufficient condition to overcome the crisis. Malaysia was saved, not by exchange control measures per se, but by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad.<BR/><BR/>Let me explain. Any other developing country, facing a similar crisis, if it had introduced the measures that we introduced in September 1998, the measures would probably have failed. The fact that in Malaysia these measures succeeded is due to the ability and character of Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. The economy and the financial system, under Dr. Mahathir's leadership, was in a very healthy state--healthy enough for the exchange control measures to be implemented without negative consequences. Moreover, the Prime Minister's hands-on management style enabled quick and timely decisions to be made, which was vital under the new exchange control regime.<BR/><BR/>Dr. Mahathir, as Prime Minister, had ensured that the Malaysian economy was fundamentally strong. Ringgit was strong and stable. On the back of the currency stability (at RM2.50 against the US dollar) Malaysia was doing very well. At the end of 1996, real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at almost 8.5 per cent and the growth was expected to continue for many more years. The government was enjoying a fiscal surplus. The external debt was low, at 40 per cent of the Gross National Product (GNP). The current account of the balance of payments had narrowed from a deficit of 10 per cent to 5 per cent of GNP, and was expected to improve further. Inflation was at its lowest at 2.1 percent. We had steady growth of over 8 per cent for a major part of that period. And this fundamental strength of Malaysia was a critical factor that enabled the exchange control measures to succeed.<BR/><BR/>For a period of more than a year after the measures of September 1, 1998 were implemented, the Prime Minister met with a small group of us everyday - 6 days a week - for at least 2 hours to go through various economic data, including data on loan growth, exports, imports, property overhang etc. This enabled the Prime Minister to take quick actions, whenever required. I remember one morning when we were going through the property figures, he looked at me and directed that I should organize a property fair to clear the overhang of properties. I did, and property worth more than RM 3 billion was sold. Even after the crisis was over, Dr. Mahathir continued to meet with the group regularly, though no longer on a daily basis. And Dr. Mahathir continued to go through all the economic data with a sharp pencil. <BR/><BR/>No other Prime Minister in the world, either in developed or developing countries, employs such a hands-on approach in managing the economy. We can see, therefore, that it was not the exchange control measures per se that saved the country but the man --- Dr. Mahathir Mohamad --- himself.<BR/><BR/>The period 1997 - 1998 was, to paraphrase Charles Dickens, the worst of times, but it was also the best of times. The worst conditions brought out the best in Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. There is a saying that a good leader is like good tea - you only know the true quality when he is in hot water !<BR/><BR/>Throughout the crisis, the Prime Minister was focussed on resolving the crisis. Day and night, he thought of nothing else but the crisis. He read all he could on finance; he kept asking me to prepare notes on various technical issues. Sometimes he was sick with bad flu and cough, but he did not take time off to rest. He was convinced that he had to understand the issues before he could work out the solutions. His native intelligence and ability to focus on core issues were there throughout the crisis. He did not show any sign of fear even at the worst of time, only concern at the fast deteriorating state of the economy. He was, at all times, confident that he would prevail in the end.<BR/><BR/>I would like to add two additional points related to the financial crisis. The first is that, in implementing the measures of September 1, 1998, Dr. Mahathir not only saved Malaysia but the neighbouring countries as well. Let me explain. When Malaysia imposed its exchange control measures on September 1, 1998, the currency speculators realised that the other affected countries (Thailand, Indonesia and South Korea) could also impose similar controls, and they, therefore, stopped their activities in its track. The speculators backed off. They bought back the currencies that they had sold. This is resulted in the regional currencies appreciating. Moreover, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was not happy with what Malaysia had done, particularly since, after implementing the measures, we did exactly the opposite of what the IMF wanted us to do, i.e. we lowered our interest rates and injected liquidity into the system. The IMF, therefore, started relaxing conditions in other countries and allowed them to lower their interest rates and allowed them to inject liquidity to stimulate their economies so that Malaysia would not outperform the IMF countries. Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that Dr. Mahathir Mohamad not only saved Malaysia, but the other affected countries in the region as well - Thailand, Indonesia and South Korea. <BR/><BR/>My second point is regarding what would have happened if the exchange control measures were not implemented. If the measures were not implemented, many of corporations in Malaysia would have gone under, due to the high interest rates. When the corporations fall like dominos, banks would have faced severe liquidity and solvency problems due to the ballooning NPLs. The problems of the banks would have resulted in a credit squeeze, which would have led to another round of corporate failures. The Government's revenue would have fallen drastically as fewer firms would be paying corporate taxes, thereby reducing the Government's ability to stimulate the economy through fiscal policy measures. As a result of the problems faced by corporations and banks, unemployment would have increased substantially, leading to a second round of problems. This is the classic vicious cycle, which could have, in the end, destroyed the social and political stability of the country. This was a scenario that was waiting to happen. It did not happen because of the decisiveness and guts of Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, who decided to take the path less travelled. <BR/><BR/>We owe Dr. Mahathir much gratitude for what he has done for Malaysia over the last 22 years. Solving the financial crisis of 1997 - 1998 was just one, albeit perhaps the most important, of Dr. Mahathir Mohamad's many contributions to the nation.<BR/><BR/>On a personal note, over the last 6 years, I have come to admire this great man for his abilities, his high moral values and, most of all, for his sincerity. Certainly, a man like Dr. Mahathir Mohamad is not born everyday.<BR/><BR/>(23rd. October, 2003)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com