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?

"You help me, and I help you"

I help you to get elected to the parliament. You get your (gaji) salary. You get the power. You make laws to make us pay more tax so that government get more money in the coffer. You use the power to make use of the government money. You use the government money and you say you help me. Damned idiot of me to agree with you and give you the vote!

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?

都是為了錢。

烏雪補選成積給我的感想：
馬來人向權看。
印度人向淺看。
華人向前看。
不過、馬來西亞人都向錢看。

BN always creates co-incidences

By Neville Spykerman
KUALA KUBU BARU, April 24 — Gerakan’s Datuk Tan Lian Hoe was forced to flee a school here after PKR supporters, suspecting she was misusing the premises for political campaigning, stormed the building today.

The Deputy Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister, who lodged a police report at the Kuala Kubu Baru District Police Headquarters, said about 30 PKR supporters disrupted a “price awareness seminar” which was organised by her ministry.

The incident at the Kuala Kubu Baru Tamil School occurred at about 4.30pm, after PKR supporters noticed Tan entering the school premises.

Police presence at the school. - Picture by Choo Choy May

“I was making a speech when I heard loud shouts from outside before they stormed the hall.”


She said the group broke a door, damaged a speaker and threatened the participants and her.
“I tried to explain but they refused to listen to reason.” she said, before she relented and left the school.

Tan defended the use of the school to hold the seminar and denied there was campaigning for the Hulu Selangor by-election.

She said her ministry was holding similar seminars at small towns throughout the country and it was only a coincidence that one was being held in Kuala Kubu Baru today.

The seminar was attended by parents of students from the school.
“I never once criticised their candidate during my speech but I did tell the participants to choose wisely.” she concluded. - Malaysian Insider

Do you believe that it is only a co-incidence that one was being held not for by-election campaigning?  Hard to accept it, isn't it? BN creates a lot of o-incidences.  

To win at citizens' cost!

KUALA KUBU BARU, April 23 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak handed out RM50,000 in cash each to 100 Felda settlers and promised more money as Barisan Nasional (BN) continued to up the ante in its bid to win this Sunday’s Hulu Selangor by-election.

The Prime Minister, who has already called this Sunday’s vote a referendum on his administration, hit the hustings again today as both the BN and PR campaigns narrowed their focus to crucial Malay votes.
Earlier today Selangor’s PR mentri besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim urged Felda settlers to accept any money offered by BN, but warned them against signing away their rights and reminded them that the federal government had failed to address their grouses while it was in power in Selangor.
Sungai Buaya settlers were promised RM1.2 million each when they sold their land to a developer after being persuaded by the BN state government in 1994.

The transaction involved their collective land stretching 1,335.46 hectares.

They were also promised a North-South Expressway interchange to boost development in the area, but it has yet to materialise.

Today, Najib today handed RM50,000 in cash to 100 settlers of the former Felda scheme in Sungai Buaya, near here.

“Some people call these election goodies, but let me assure you that all promises made here will be fulfilled,” said Najib at a gathering with the villagers.
The prime minister added that each settler would receive RM160,000 per acre once their abandoned agricultural land is developed.

Najibs holds up the Plus Sungai Buaya interchange contract.

“In the 13th General Election, make sure Barisan Nasional wins in Selangor or we will not get the development order,” he told the settlers. - Malaysianinsider

What do you call this offer? Commission? Token of appreciation for the work well done by the settlers? Whose money is it from?