I have the voice, but you have the power to silent

黄顺舸：寻问题方案 华团应关心政治

Saturday, 29 May 2010 09:53

（本报诗巫28日讯）本州第二财长兼环境与公共卫生部长拿督斯里黄顺舸指出，人们要坦诚布公，不能仅听一边的言论。

他强调公开发表的重要性，大家将彼此的猜疑、想法及感受反映出来，并从中寻找对华社好的策略及解决方案。

他表示，华团是个大家庭，理事们于不同场合中应关心政治。“身为华社最高组织，组内成员皆要关心华社之权益”。......

“这次补选中，我们知道对方打出的一个口号是为的要打倒我们的首长，并不支持他。因此，我已向首长反映，也邀请他与华社对话，首相也可于社会来个大辩论，谈华教、贪污等”。- from the United Daily

Basically, the second finance minister of Sarawak was proposing a dialogue between the Chinese community and the Chief Minister to discuss on issues of Chinese education, corruption etc. Would anyone dare to voice out his grievences against the CM and PM? Bearing in mind the ISA is still in force and is at the discretion of the Home Minister?

The Sibu Chinese schools flattered with RM15 m by the PM during the Sibu by-election

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Najib questions Anwar’s commitment to Chinese education
By Adib Zalkapli
May 12, 2010

SIBU, May 12 — ..........

At the gathering attended by some 1,000 local Chinese school teachers Najib also presented financial allocations of RM15 million for 65 Chinese schools in the district and RM3 million for two mission schools.

The RM15 million includes an allocation of RM5 million to five independent Chinese secondary schools in Sibu.

The remaining RM10 million was allocated for the 60 government-aided Sibu Chinese primary schools. ...... Unquote -MalaysiaInsider

RM18 million for the Chinese and mission schools in Sibu. Those Chinese and mission schools in other towns or city have to wait for the next general elections or by-election to get their allocation then? Would there be any such allocation if there were no 308 political tsunami that resulted in stronger opposition?

Is this RM18 m allocated in the budget? Or, is it kind of "spend now, talk later"?

Do it as I say, don't do as I do?

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SIBU, May 8 — The Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate in the Sibu by-election, Robert Lau Hui Yew, appeared to be uncomfortable with religious issues brought into the campaign.

Lau believes the DAP’s approach in using issues affecting the Christian community such as the use of the word “Allah” as something unusual in Sibu.

“Religion is personal relationship between yourself and God, let us not politicise that. I am a Christian, I believe in Jesus Christ as our saviour, I believe in the Trinity,” said Lau when asked if he is doing anything specific to win over the Christian votes.

“Politics deals with human, social issue not so much about divinity but at the end whatever we do whatever we try we must be thankful to God,” he added.

“We don’t politicise religion, this has not happened in Sibu. Religion is divinity, politics is humanity,” he said when met after a dinner with the SUPP election machinery. Unquote - Malaysia Insider.com

Is it not very unusual for a partner coalition to suggest not to politize the religion issues whilst its major leading partner boss has been doing it for years?