31/7 According to The Star’s report, PKR president Wan Azizah Wan Ismail has quit as Permatang Pauh MP to make way for husband Anwar Ibrahim to contest in the by-election.
Blogger: This will mean Anwar Ibrahim will be elected as MP and take up the post as the Opposition Leader in the Parliament.
According to Syed Hamid Albar, the AG will decide whether to charge Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy case.
It was reported that when the first doctor inspected Saiful, he found no evidence of sodomy.
Malaysiakini came out with a lively discussion on Saiful’s case.(See the report below)
31/7 Permatang Pauh chosen because Kulim Bandar Baru election petition issue might take too long to settle, says Anwar Ibrahim.
31/7 Police have completed investigation on Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy case; paper sent to AG’s Chambers for further action: Syed Hamid Albar.
31/7 PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang says his party has rejected any efforts to have any co-operation with BN and Umno to form a coalition government.
30/7 PAS will propose implementation of Hudud law and Oisas (law of retaliation) if PAS-Umno merger becomes a reality, says Nik Aziz Nik Mat.
31/7 Thai court finds Pojaman Shinawatra, wife of ousted Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra, guilty of tax evasion, sentences her to 3 years in prison.
31/7 Kelana Jaya LRT line had disruptions from 9:11-9:42 am. RapidKL says disruption caused by signaling failure; trains halted to ensure safety.
30/7 Hospital Pusrawi says its medical officer, Dr Muhamad Osman Abdul Mahid did not conduct a sodomy-related examination on Saiful Bukhairi Azlan.
30/7 Police have nabbed an Iranian and an Algerian involved in drug syndicate using Malaysia as a transit point, 5.5 kg of Syabu worth RM 6mil seized.
30/7 ACA seizes all 16 state government Perdanas, says Terengganu MB Ahmad Said, so excos to continue using Mercedes’ until investigation is over.
The report on July 31, 2008 12:36pm below is taken from Malaysiakini which is a lively discussion on Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy probe.
Experts: Saiful's first medical report relevant.
While the physical examination of Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan appeared to be brief and not sodomy-related, it is nevertheless still relevant to the controversial case involving embattled opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.
On Hospital: It wasn't a sodomy probe
Meng: I don't know, I am not a trained medical doctor but I find the latest statement by the hospital most puzzling. They said it was not a sodomy inspection.
The doctor, after being told that the alleged victim was sodomised three hours ago, found no tear, found no pus (assuming infection) and found no blood. The patient looked fine.
This was not a sodomy inspection? Let's not be anal. Then why pray tell me, would the doctor look at his anus?
For fun? The fact is that the doctor's inspection found no evidence of sodomy.
Drop the case. Now.
A Sepet Guy: Having worked in the emergency departments of a few hospitals, I fully agree that the doctor at Hospital Pusrawi is not in a position to decisively state whether Saiful had been sodomised or not.
And all the more in a hospital like Pusrawi that has no forensic pathology support. And to be fair to Hospital Pusrawi, I disagree with those who say that from the medical report, it is clear that sodomy did not happen.
Nevertheless, I think the value of this leaked medical report lies in these two points:
1. Should this report prove to be authentic, we can for sure say one thing - there was no gross injury on Saiful's private parts at that time he was presented for medical examination.
If there were gross injuries like redness, swelling, bleeding, abrasions, bruises, etc etc, any doctor regardless of whether he is a specialist or not, would be able to recognise it.
But having said that, no gross injuries does not mean sodomy had not happened before.
2. More importantly, should this report prove to be true and because this was Saiful's first medical visit before he was referred to a government hospital, this would prevents anyone from coming out with a fabricated medical report saying that there was gross injuries on Saiful's body.
And that is where the greatest value of this report lies - not in disproving sodomy, but in preventing any further fabrication.
Perry: How ridiculous! Hospital Pusrawi states that Dr Mohd Osman Abd Hamid's examination (however basic) was not sodomy related. What?
We all read the good doctor's report. It states ‘the patient was alleged(ly) assaulted by plastic item into the anus - wanting to do report'.
He only examines Saiful's anus, obviously because of the complaint that he was sodomised (by plastic, though).
Furthermore, when quizzed on the authenticity of the report leaked to the media, the hospital replied: ‘Looks the same, contents are the same'. He confirmed the report!
How can they expect us to now believe the report was not in relation to the sodomy accusation?
Are there no ethics left with Malaysians? Are there no principles, no courage left?
This is a sad day for Malaysia, but the culprits will pay for it sooner or later. God willing.
Non-Medical Malaysian: What kind of non-sodomy examination is this Hospital Pusrawi talking about when the terms used are as follows:
‘Zero active bleeding', ‘Zero ulcer or pus' and ‘zero tear and scar'?
Malaysian-Thru-And-Thru: This is so ridiculous! Does it really matter if Dr Muhammad Osman Abdul Hamid is a 'specialist' or not?
He followed medical protocol when this Saiful approached the said hospital for a check-up following pains that he was 'suffering'.
Frankly, the hospital should remain silent unless they have got some other more intelligent facts to share with the media.
The comments they made only serves to make the hospital authorities in this country look very incompetent and unreliable.
Dr SodoMee: What's the reason of denying the report saying it wasn't a ‘sodomy examination' and it wasn't perform by a ‘specialist'?
What kind of specialist do we need to perform a backside examination? PhD in sodomy? Does our university have this course?
Why is it each time something crops up that shows Anwar is innocent, there'll be very swift action from the police and all the related parties to deny it?
Why is it when there is even the slightest hint or allegation from some party that Anwar has done something bad, the police will be up in arms with 15 cars to arrest a 61-year-old man with a bad back and who is unlikely to run away anywhere?
The faster the counterattacks comes from the police and Umno in a brutish manner, the more easier it is to see which party has a reason to hide certain issues.
And I'm 100% positive the official report from KLH (which is their last resort and being heavily defended by Syed Hamid) will be 100% opposite of the original report from Pusrawi.
When the report from KLH is out, I would like to meet the doctor in charge of doing this examination, which university he goes to and which course he attended.
I want my son to study the same course in the future because being a ‘sodomy specialist' has a very bright future in Malaysia's Umno-run government!
CH Siew: It is interesting that the hospital comes back telling everyone that it is not a sodomy examination. Then pray tell, what examination was it?
So what was the purpose of such a detailed examination? Whatever the doctor jotted down on the form, there is no indication of any injury at all - no tearing of skin, muscles or even the presence of any foreign object.
When this evidence was release, no one questioned its authenticity. It seems that everyone was caught red-handed. Instead, the police complained that someone was sabotaging their investigation and Syed Hamid Albar said the government would only depend on the HKL report.
My question is why be so quick to write off new evidence unless you are determined to make someone guilty?
Yes, Anwar must be found guilty or many people will be brought down starting from the doctors who altered their reports all the way to DPM and even the PM.
Correct, Correct, Correct: In denying that the medical examination conducted by staff member Dr Muhammad Osman Abdul Hamid on Saiful Bukhari Azlan was related to sodomy, Pusrawi's general manager Wan Mahmud Wan Yaakob's famous comments were ‘Looks the same, contents are the same'.
Do I smell a rat somewhere? Going by the famous criteria of VK Lingam in the infamous video clip recently, of course Dr Osman's examination wasn't a sodomy examination - but it looks like a sodomy examination anyway if we read between the lines of what Wan Mahmud Wan Yaakob said above.
Let the people judge for themselves whether Wan Mahmud Wan Yaakob is correct, correct, correct about the report.
Disgusted: It is indeed outrageous how far these people in high places are willing to propagate their lies, even after events with the surfacing of the leaked medical report from Pusrawi Hospital seem to suggest otherwise.
Now they have the gall to suggest that the medical report is not sodomy-related. In any ordinary circumstance, the logical and wise thing to do would be to bring the doctor involved to the fore and let him speak.
Instead, in this Bolehland, anyone deemed to make a stand unfavourable to the government has the habit of going missing.
By hook or by crook, somehow the so-called investigations must only point to one direction - that Anwar is guilty, no matter how weak the chain of evidence seems to suggest.
It seems to me the repeat of 1998 is eminent. As long as you fix the referee in a football match, he will award you a penalty kick no matter how ridiculous the circumstances look.
In this case I am afraid the match is already fixed, and the winner is already determined.
Our civil society must not remain silent on such blatant abuse of public institutions for the political survival of a few.
Perhaps it is high time that our Yang Di Pertuan Agong haul up those who serve under His Royal Highness like the police chief to answer for putting his good name in disrepute.
Dr Hlasim: As a medical practitioner myself, I am shocked by the publication of the medical report on Saiful, Anwar's accuser. It has violated a patient's confidentiality with is the fundamental right of a patient who is seeking treatment or assessment from a medical practitioner.
Even if the medical report is true, Anwar's legal team should use it in the court to squash the charge rather than using the media to win the war of public perception. I am not sure now if the report can be used in court if Anwar is charged because of this irresponsible publication.
I really hope the doctor will come forward and reveal the truth. If he didn't give his consent for the publication, then shame on the media that published the report. It is a disgrace to fight for the justice of one person but violate the rights of another person.
If Anwar's team is talking about justice then an injustice has been committed by the publication of the medical report. I am not a government supporter nor an Anwar supporter.
Yes, he was wrongly jailed for a crime he did not committ but he fought hard, and he gains my respect for that. This time, I am not sure if I am able to give him the same respect.
He should fight the accusation in the court and if he believes there is conspiracy against him, then he should reveal it in the court. Berani kerana benar, takut kerana salah.
The truth always prevails!
On Health DG: Ministry will stick by HKL's findings
Mooshie Mooshie: Dear Syed Hamid Albar, do not get cute with us. We, the public, demand to know if the government actually knew about this report from Pusrawi.
You have said the police are constantly following and looking out for new leads. So is this a new lead or not?
Arumugan: Never in history has a government agency, leader or ruling politician ever retracted a false statement for fear of losing public confidence.
These false statements will be upheld as long as possible, and the agencies will continue to portray themselves the ultimate decision-makers on the issue, irrespective of any implications.
Thereupon they will exercise the ‘hundred days' theory of making the issue smaller and smaller until people forget or forgive them. How nice is it to have power of this sort?
Fairplay: It is totally absurd for Ismail Merican to make such a statement.
The private practitioners are all registered with the health ministry, which means licences to practice are only valid after the doctor has fulfilled the ministry's requirements.
Hospital Pusrawi doctors, too, follow standard operating procedures, and hence, Dr Mohd Osman's report is a valid document that can be produced in the court.
By the way, what procedure does one need to follow to examine Saiful's anud? I hope Merican will list the protocol.
On Stop witch-hunt, end sodomy probe
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Peter Ooi: The authorities should listen to Karpal Singh who is a very senior and excellent criminal lawyer. With his vast experience in criminal law, I believe he is an authority in this field.
Knowing that with the revelation of the latest medical report on Saiful, he more or less knows that the case against Anwar is extremely weakened. Thus, let us not waste time and money chasing rainbows.
Instead, the police and the attorney-general's chambers should pool all their energy to solve issues that affect the public's welfare especially corruption , murder and abuse of power.
According to the deputy IGP, the police are relentlessly searching for evidence and I believe they must be working extremely hard. This is a good sign for it indicates that police are capable of channeling their resources to solve serious cases.
This brings to my mind the many serious high-profile cases which almost every one knows about and that the police were 'relentlessly' trying to solve but without conclusion.
If only they had pursue these cases as relentlessly as they are now purusing Awar's case, I believe they would come up a definite sucesses.
To the police, please do the right thing.
On Anwar: It confirms plot to frame me
Lim Leong: With the revelation that there was an initial medical report showing no medical evidence of sodomy and that the police have a copy of the first report, I find it absolutely incredible that the police did not probe the possibility that the accusation against Anwar might be fabricated.
Instead, all the police machinery was put in to high gear to have a one-sided probe that ended with Anwar being arrested with a convoy of commandos.
I urge all the government officials not to further insult the intelligence of the Malaysian people by insisting that the police are running a professional and fair investigation.
In a fair and just criminal justice system, you have to prove ‘beyond reasonable doubt' before you can convict someone.
In this case, I would argue that there is more than reasonable doubt that the evidence is fabricated and police are serving the interests of their political masters rather than the interests of the people.
Meng Yee: It appears that Anwar Ibrahim is going to be charged, as the home minister has given the green light publicly for the police to charge him.
Once again as we saw in 1998, the entire government machine is out to get Anwar Ibrahim and stop him from becoming Malaysia's sixth prime minister.
This is against the democratic process of our country and we humbly call on our King to step in and stop this nonsense, as it is clear that Anwar is being charged as guilty until proven innocent.
This government is now illegitimate and I call on all fellow Malaysians from both sides of the political divide to reject this kind of persecution of a fellow Malaysian.
Reject the leaders. Boo them at every public event, do not give them the common courtesy of human beings. Refuse to move your cars when outriders come speeding down the highway - if many of us do it, we can put a stop to this nonsense.
Boycott functions by the government and hold protests outside every international function. We can sent them a message - that we do not want them anymore. Do us all a favour and go.
On 'Regrettable' but leaked report valid: Lawyer
William D: Based on the medical report issued by Dr Mohamed Osman Abdul Hamid, I believe it is now in order to bring Saiful to book for making false police reports and perjury.
The party that should be concerned with all these goings-on is the Malaysian Medical Association.
Strangely, since this medical report was released, we have failed to hear a squeak from them, especially considering one of their colleagues may have to go into hiding for fear of his life.
On Police to keep investigating sodomy case
A Sad Malaysian: As a Malaysian who lives overseas and looking at the events around Anwar's sodomy accusation, I cannot help but feel sad and disappointed with the police force.
The only way for Malaysia to get out of their current mess is for the King to step in and do the decent thing by dissolving parliament and calling for fresh elections.
Let the people decide the future of Malaysia. Is there such a provision in our constitution?
KB: When the Pusrawi medical report came out, the police said this was an attempt to sabotage the investigations.
With this slip of the tongue which is actually a slip of the mind, the police have confirmed that there is a conspiracy against Anwar.
New evidence does not sabotage an investigation. It helps the investigation along. However, certain types of evidence may sabotage a conspiracy.
Let's not take this slip of the mind lightly. It can reveal a lot about one's inner thoughts and intentions.
So are the police conducting an investigation or a conspiracy?
2008年7月30日星期三
Anwar: It confirmed there is a plot to frame him
According to the report by Beh Lih Yi in the Malaysiakini on July 29, 12:39pm, PKR leader Anwar Ibrahim today said that it confirmed there is a plot to frame him.
Anwar IbrahimL said that the leaked medical report of Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan confirmed that the sodomy allegation made against him was baseless and politically motivated.
However, Ministry of Health said that it will stand by the findings of medical examination conducted on Saiful by doctors at KL Hospital.
The Star quoted DG Dr Mohd Ismail Merican making the above statement.
29/7 Government will announce fare hike for express and stage buses before Hari Raya, details being worked out says Entrepreneur Minister Noh Omar.
29/7 16:02:47 RapidKL said train services on the Kelana Jaya LRT line returned to normal as of 3.30pm.
29/7 11:59:23 RapidKL working rapidly to fix glitch in Kelana Jaya LRT line that caused delays from Gombak to Setiawangsa station.
29/7 New Johor Baru MCA Youth chief Kua Song Tuck, 39, charged with extortion at JB Magistrate Court; he pleaded not guilty.
Anwar IbrahimL said that the leaked medical report of Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan confirmed that the sodomy allegation made against him was baseless and politically motivated.
However, Ministry of Health said that it will stand by the findings of medical examination conducted on Saiful by doctors at KL Hospital.
The Star quoted DG Dr Mohd Ismail Merican making the above statement.
29/7 Government will announce fare hike for express and stage buses before Hari Raya, details being worked out says Entrepreneur Minister Noh Omar.
29/7 16:02:47 RapidKL said train services on the Kelana Jaya LRT line returned to normal as of 3.30pm.
29/7 11:59:23 RapidKL working rapidly to fix glitch in Kelana Jaya LRT line that caused delays from Gombak to Setiawangsa station.
29/7 New Johor Baru MCA Youth chief Kua Song Tuck, 39, charged with extortion at JB Magistrate Court; he pleaded not guilty.
Money -- More Waste and Losses By Dr. Mahathir
MONEY - MORE WASTE AND LOSSES
Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at July 22, 2008 12:19 PM | Permalink | Comments (705) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
The Government of Dato Seri Abdullah Badawi has lost billions of Ringgit by cancelling the bridge project to replace the causeway, postponing the double-tracking and electrification of the North-South railway and the sale of M.V. Agusta by Proton.
The Government had also wasted money - RM2 billion in Terengganu.
Thinking that he had the right to use Wang Ehsan, the royalty from Petronas to the State of Terengganu totalling more than five billion Ringgit over several years Dato Seri Abdullah together with Dato Seri Idris Jusoh, the former Menteri Besar of Terengganu went on a spending spree.
Without any proper study and planning, without bothering about the rules and regulations about how Government money should be allocated and used, Dato Seri Abdullah and Dato Seri Idris and their cronies spent huge sums of the "Wang Ehsan" on a theme park (Crystal Mosque), Monsoon Cup, development of Setiu etc etc. More than two billion Ringgit were poured into Terengganu.
Then in 2008, Barisan Nasional won and Abdullah happily decided to spend more of the Wang Ehsan on fancy projects.
Unfortunately the Sultan of Terengganu refused to have Idris Jusoh as Menteri Besar. It was a slap in the face fo Abdullah when he was forced to accept the Sultan's nominee as Menteri Besar.
This new Menteri Besar insisted that the royalty due to Terengganu should be paid to the State and the State should manage the fund.
This was as it should be. But the Menteri Besar insisted that what was spent before this in building the theme park, organising the Monsoon Cup etc worth about RM 2 billion was not from the royalty due to Terengganu. It was from Federal fund.
He demanded that the full amount of royalty over the years should be paid to Terengganu.
So RM2 billion of Federal funds have been expended on Terengganu, the richest State in Malaysia.
Failing this Terengganu has a court case initiated by the PAS Government which the BN State Government has not withdrawn.
The Federal Government will now have to find some RM5 billion to give to Terengganu. Where is this money going to come from? Obviously from the Federal Consolidated Fund.
Basically the Federal Government will lose RM5 billion because it had assumed that a tame Terengganu Menteri Besar would collaborate in some of the most wasteful projects for the State and the country.
I am told that a Disneyland designer was engaged to design the "Crystal Mosque" and theme park. Must cost a lot.
Some contractors made tons of money getting projects without proper processes.
Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at July 22, 2008 12:19 PM | Permalink | Comments (705) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
The Government of Dato Seri Abdullah Badawi has lost billions of Ringgit by cancelling the bridge project to replace the causeway, postponing the double-tracking and electrification of the North-South railway and the sale of M.V. Agusta by Proton.
The Government had also wasted money - RM2 billion in Terengganu.
Thinking that he had the right to use Wang Ehsan, the royalty from Petronas to the State of Terengganu totalling more than five billion Ringgit over several years Dato Seri Abdullah together with Dato Seri Idris Jusoh, the former Menteri Besar of Terengganu went on a spending spree.
Without any proper study and planning, without bothering about the rules and regulations about how Government money should be allocated and used, Dato Seri Abdullah and Dato Seri Idris and their cronies spent huge sums of the "Wang Ehsan" on a theme park (Crystal Mosque), Monsoon Cup, development of Setiu etc etc. More than two billion Ringgit were poured into Terengganu.
Then in 2008, Barisan Nasional won and Abdullah happily decided to spend more of the Wang Ehsan on fancy projects.
Unfortunately the Sultan of Terengganu refused to have Idris Jusoh as Menteri Besar. It was a slap in the face fo Abdullah when he was forced to accept the Sultan's nominee as Menteri Besar.
This new Menteri Besar insisted that the royalty due to Terengganu should be paid to the State and the State should manage the fund.
This was as it should be. But the Menteri Besar insisted that what was spent before this in building the theme park, organising the Monsoon Cup etc worth about RM 2 billion was not from the royalty due to Terengganu. It was from Federal fund.
He demanded that the full amount of royalty over the years should be paid to Terengganu.
So RM2 billion of Federal funds have been expended on Terengganu, the richest State in Malaysia.
Failing this Terengganu has a court case initiated by the PAS Government which the BN State Government has not withdrawn.
The Federal Government will now have to find some RM5 billion to give to Terengganu. Where is this money going to come from? Obviously from the Federal Consolidated Fund.
Basically the Federal Government will lose RM5 billion because it had assumed that a tame Terengganu Menteri Besar would collaborate in some of the most wasteful projects for the State and the country.
I am told that a Disneyland designer was engaged to design the "Crystal Mosque" and theme park. Must cost a lot.
Some contractors made tons of money getting projects without proper processes.
2008年7月29日星期二
Court orders Tycoon to make his defence
28/7 Kota Baru Magistrate Court orders tycoon Nik Sapeia to make his defence on charge of causing hurt to ex-PM Dr Mahathir in mace attack in 2006.
28/7 All 7 mil tickets for Olympics events in Beijing were sold out by Sunday, organizers said: only tickets left are for events in co-host cities.
28/7 Food, beverage industry faces crisis as budget hotels report RM 28m drop in sales July, restaurants saw 30% to 40% fall in sales, forum told.
27/7 Cambodian PM Hun Sen’s ruling party claims victory in polls after initial vote count, final official results are not expected until next month.
27/7 Human Resources Ministry has launched “massive crackdown” on contractors who ill-treat their workers and families, according to Bernama.
27/7 Proton says it has suspended a Terengganu dealer for not using genuine spare parts, overcharging and doing maintenance outside warranty terms.
27/7 Excos will continue using their Mercedes cars until ACA probe is over, says Terengganu MB Ahmad Said, despite Cabinet directive.
26/7 PAS will not abandon Pakatan Rakyat to join Barisan Nasional, says party president Abdul Hadi Awang.
26/7 Barisan Nasional management committee will meet after Aug 6. PM is expected to explain Umno-PAS meetings to component parties, said BN sec-gen.
26/7 Pop diva Britney Spears finalized custody settlement with ex Kevin Federline; it includes extra RM 16,000 a month in child support to Federline.
28/7 All 7 mil tickets for Olympics events in Beijing were sold out by Sunday, organizers said: only tickets left are for events in co-host cities.
28/7 Food, beverage industry faces crisis as budget hotels report RM 28m drop in sales July, restaurants saw 30% to 40% fall in sales, forum told.
27/7 Cambodian PM Hun Sen’s ruling party claims victory in polls after initial vote count, final official results are not expected until next month.
27/7 Human Resources Ministry has launched “massive crackdown” on contractors who ill-treat their workers and families, according to Bernama.
27/7 Proton says it has suspended a Terengganu dealer for not using genuine spare parts, overcharging and doing maintenance outside warranty terms.
27/7 Excos will continue using their Mercedes cars until ACA probe is over, says Terengganu MB Ahmad Said, despite Cabinet directive.
26/7 PAS will not abandon Pakatan Rakyat to join Barisan Nasional, says party president Abdul Hadi Awang.
26/7 Barisan Nasional management committee will meet after Aug 6. PM is expected to explain Umno-PAS meetings to component parties, said BN sec-gen.
26/7 Pop diva Britney Spears finalized custody settlement with ex Kevin Federline; it includes extra RM 16,000 a month in child support to Federline.
2008年7月27日星期日
YB Tony Pua 潘俭伟国会议员在其部落格的自我介绍
潘俭伟国会议员(YB TONY Pua)在其部落格的自我介绍
作为民主行动党 秘书长经济顾问，我有责任协助民主行动党从全球角度分析马来西亚的经济，并制定财务与经济政策。除此之外，我亦受委民主行动党英文版《火箭报》执行编辑一职。
在此之前，我是马来西亚一家在新加坡交易所上市的电子商务咨询公司总执行长。这家公司是我恰好在1997年3月创立，亦即泰铢币值狂跌前3个月。那是一段非常艰苦的时期，不过我们安然度过了亚洲金融危机，并在2001年8月让公司挂牌上市。当时，我以29岁之龄成为新加坡挂牌公司最年轻的总裁。
1991年，我获得马来西亚烟草公司奖学金负笈英国牛津大学。我毕业于牛津大学哲学、政治与经济系。在中学时期，我分别获得亚细安奖学金及邵氏基金奖学金前往新加坡莱佛士书院及莱佛士初级学院完成“A”水平考试。
我生长在柔佛州巴株巴辖郊区一个鸡农的家庭。我对今天所享有的成就深感荣幸。然而，若不是各造所给予的协助和机会，我绝不会有这番的成就。我所要感谢的人包括家人、亲戚、朋友、老师、同学、雇主、投资者、前同事甚至不知名的陌生人。
在专心赚钱的当儿，我告诉自己是时候“足够了！”。因此，我将目标转向我所生长的社会及国家。我选择政治作为奉献自己的唯一管道，乃希望通过拟定更好的政策来利惠全民。
我当然希望以有限的本能作最好的表现，共同塑造“大马人优先”的更美好国家。
作为民主行动党 秘书长经济顾问，我有责任协助民主行动党从全球角度分析马来西亚的经济，并制定财务与经济政策。除此之外，我亦受委民主行动党英文版《火箭报》执行编辑一职。
在此之前，我是马来西亚一家在新加坡交易所上市的电子商务咨询公司总执行长。这家公司是我恰好在1997年3月创立，亦即泰铢币值狂跌前3个月。那是一段非常艰苦的时期，不过我们安然度过了亚洲金融危机，并在2001年8月让公司挂牌上市。当时，我以29岁之龄成为新加坡挂牌公司最年轻的总裁。
1991年，我获得马来西亚烟草公司奖学金负笈英国牛津大学。我毕业于牛津大学哲学、政治与经济系。在中学时期，我分别获得亚细安奖学金及邵氏基金奖学金前往新加坡莱佛士书院及莱佛士初级学院完成“A”水平考试。
我生长在柔佛州巴株巴辖郊区一个鸡农的家庭。我对今天所享有的成就深感荣幸。然而，若不是各造所给予的协助和机会，我绝不会有这番的成就。我所要感谢的人包括家人、亲戚、朋友、老师、同学、雇主、投资者、前同事甚至不知名的陌生人。
在专心赚钱的当儿，我告诉自己是时候“足够了！”。因此，我将目标转向我所生长的社会及国家。我选择政治作为奉献自己的唯一管道，乃希望通过拟定更好的政策来利惠全民。
我当然希望以有限的本能作最好的表现，共同塑造“大马人优先”的更美好国家。
2008年7月25日星期五
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PM:Mercedes for foreign dignitaries in Terengganu
5/7 PM says he and DPM spoke to Terengganu MB about the purchase of Mercedes Cars, deciding the car would be used for foreign dignitaries.
25/7 Software giant Microsoft confirms talks to acquire Yahoo have ended after months of pursuing the Internet company.
25/7 Terengganu government has received the blessings of PM to use Mercedes as official cars.
24/7 International Olympic Committee has confirmed a ban on Iraq from competing in Beijing Games.
24/7 There will be more meetings between Umno and PAS, says Umno information chief Muhammad Muhammad Taib
24/7 World motorsport boss Max Mosley wins privacy case in London against a British newspaper over claims he took part in orgy with Nazi overtones.
24/7 Several senior officers interviewed by Terengganu ACA over high service charges of Proton Perdanas; interview ended at 1.15pm.
24/7 Allocation of RM 700m for SME assistance and RM 500m for SME modernization facilities, says PM; both to be implemented on Aug 1, 2008.
25/7 Software giant Microsoft confirms talks to acquire Yahoo have ended after months of pursuing the Internet company.
25/7 Terengganu government has received the blessings of PM to use Mercedes as official cars.
24/7 International Olympic Committee has confirmed a ban on Iraq from competing in Beijing Games.
24/7 There will be more meetings between Umno and PAS, says Umno information chief Muhammad Muhammad Taib
24/7 World motorsport boss Max Mosley wins privacy case in London against a British newspaper over claims he took part in orgy with Nazi overtones.
24/7 Several senior officers interviewed by Terengganu ACA over high service charges of Proton Perdanas; interview ended at 1.15pm.
24/7 Allocation of RM 700m for SME assistance and RM 500m for SME modernization facilities, says PM; both to be implemented on Aug 1, 2008.
2008年7月23日星期三
Former deputy minister joined PKR
23/7 Former deputy minister Fauzi Abdul Rahman has joined PKR.
23/7 Shah Alam high court rejects Karpal Singh’s application to recall PI P. Balasubramaniam and to call DPM as witnesses in Altantuya murder trial.
23/7 Home Ministry gave 96 diplomats a briefing on sodomy allegations on Anwar Ibrahim, says Syed Hamid Albar.
Actress Estelle Getty, best known for her role as octogenarian Sophia in the Golden Girls, has died, just 3 days short of her 85th birthday.
22/7 There will be contests for the top posts in 79 out of the 191 MCA divisions; nominations closed at 8pm.
22/7 The Dark Knight star Christian Bale arrested in London over allegations he attacked his mother and sister: British police and media reports.
22/7 Lt –Kol Abdul Aziz Buyong and Lt-Kol Norhayati Hassan file defamation suit against Raja Petra for implicating them in Altantuya murder case.
22/7 Education Minister: Primary teachers can now continue tertiary education during school holidays on full scholarship, up to 4 years on full salary.
23/7 Shah Alam high court rejects Karpal Singh’s application to recall PI P. Balasubramaniam and to call DPM as witnesses in Altantuya murder trial.
23/7 Home Ministry gave 96 diplomats a briefing on sodomy allegations on Anwar Ibrahim, says Syed Hamid Albar.
Actress Estelle Getty, best known for her role as octogenarian Sophia in the Golden Girls, has died, just 3 days short of her 85th birthday.
22/7 There will be contests for the top posts in 79 out of the 191 MCA divisions; nominations closed at 8pm.
22/7 The Dark Knight star Christian Bale arrested in London over allegations he attacked his mother and sister: British police and media reports.
22/7 Lt –Kol Abdul Aziz Buyong and Lt-Kol Norhayati Hassan file defamation suit against Raja Petra for implicating them in Altantuya murder case.
22/7 Education Minister: Primary teachers can now continue tertiary education during school holidays on full scholarship, up to 4 years on full salary.
2008年7月21日星期一
PM met PAS leaders news came out Front Page of many newspapers
PAS president Hadi Awang confirms PAS meetings with PM, says first meeting was held just after 12th General Election in March.
21/7 Anwar Ibrahim said he knew about the talks between Umno and PAS and has no problem with them.
21/7 Election Court in Sibu, Sarawak, has rejected election petition filed by DAP for the Sarikei parliamentary seat won by BN’s Ding Kuong Hiing.
21/7 IGP Musa Hassan has filed defamation suit against Awar Ibrahim over police report alleging he fabricated evidence in the “black-eye incident”.
21/7 Anwar Ibrahim arrived at ACA headquarters in Putrajaya at 9:50am accompanied by lawyers R. Sivarasa and Param Cumaraswamy.
21/7 New Batman movie The Dark Knight, starring the late Heath Ledger, set a box-office record for best opening weekend in US with RM497m.
20/7 Election Commission: Supplementary electoral rolls for second quarter of 2008 to be displayed for a week from Monday onwards, at 854 locations.
21/7 Anwar Ibrahim said he knew about the talks between Umno and PAS and has no problem with them.
21/7 Election Court in Sibu, Sarawak, has rejected election petition filed by DAP for the Sarikei parliamentary seat won by BN’s Ding Kuong Hiing.
21/7 IGP Musa Hassan has filed defamation suit against Awar Ibrahim over police report alleging he fabricated evidence in the “black-eye incident”.
21/7 Anwar Ibrahim arrived at ACA headquarters in Putrajaya at 9:50am accompanied by lawyers R. Sivarasa and Param Cumaraswamy.
21/7 New Batman movie The Dark Knight, starring the late Heath Ledger, set a box-office record for best opening weekend in US with RM497m.
20/7 Election Commission: Supplementary electoral rolls for second quarter of 2008 to be displayed for a week from Monday onwards, at 854 locations.
2008年7月20日星期日
PM has discuss Islam and Malay unity issues with PAS leaders 3 times
20/7 PM Abdullah said he has personally met PAS leaders 3 times to discuss Islam and Malay unity issues, but declined to name these decision-makers.
Blogger: why did the PM reveal this? This is to send some message to the other opposition parties?
19/7 PM assures that IGP Musa Hassan and A-G Abdul Gani Patail will not be involved in the investigation into Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy case.
19/7 Malaysia, Indonesia signed 6 MoUs in science, technology. Mimos signed MoUs with 3 universities to research microelectronics for data security.
19/7 Penang ferries might soon be operating round the clock on weekends and public holidays, says Second Finance Minister Nor Mohamed Yakcop.
19/7 Hospital KL says Anwar Ibrahim was not made to strip naked; “at no time was his decency violated” says director Dr Zaininah Mohd Zain.
Blogger: This is to say Anwar is not telling the truth?
18/7 Kelana Jaya MP Loh Gwo Burne has lodged a police report that he was assaulted by an aide of Seri Setia assemblyman Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.
Blogger: why did the PM reveal this? This is to send some message to the other opposition parties?
19/7 PM assures that IGP Musa Hassan and A-G Abdul Gani Patail will not be involved in the investigation into Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy case.
19/7 Malaysia, Indonesia signed 6 MoUs in science, technology. Mimos signed MoUs with 3 universities to research microelectronics for data security.
19/7 Penang ferries might soon be operating round the clock on weekends and public holidays, says Second Finance Minister Nor Mohamed Yakcop.
19/7 Hospital KL says Anwar Ibrahim was not made to strip naked; “at no time was his decency violated” says director Dr Zaininah Mohd Zain.
Blogger: This is to say Anwar is not telling the truth?
18/7 Kelana Jaya MP Loh Gwo Burne has lodged a police report that he was assaulted by an aide of Seri Setia assemblyman Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.
2008年7月19日星期六
言论具“政治阴谋” 安华要赛哈密闭嘴
言论具“政治阴谋” 安华要赛哈密闭嘴 2008/07/18 18:37:44
●南洋商报
（吉隆坡18日讯）人民公正党顾问拿督斯里安华依布欣今日通过律师表明，他绝不会为警方提供本身的脱氧核糖核酸（DNA），以调查他被指鸡奸助理赛夫案件。
他通过律师指出，大马的法律已清楚经规定不能强迫有关人士提供脱氧核糖核酸。
安华的代表律师西华拉沙今日在安华武吉泗岩沫住所召开记者会引述《新海峡时报》今日封面头条说，赛哈密完全不了解安华的真正立场。
无需提供ＤＮＡ证明清白
西华拉沙说，安华认为根本没有需要提供脱氧核糖核酸来证明自己的清白。
在有关报道中，赛哈密认为安华不应害怕提供脱氧核糖核酸以证明自己的清白。
西华拉沙要内政部长拿督斯里赛哈密“闭嘴”及停止干预警方调查。他指内长的言论更使整个事件蒙上一层“政治阴谋”的神秘面纱。
“安华周三在接受警方录取口供的时候，已经提供了各种警方所需要的资料，包括各种不在场证明。
“我们认为，只要警方公正对我们那天所提供的证据进行调查，就可以证明安华是清白的，无需牵涉到是否提供脱氧核糖核酸的问题。”
他指出，10年前，警方办案的情形以及赛哈密近来的言论，更令他们相信此案涉及政治阴谋。
至今未获赛夫报案书
另外，询及若法庭迫使安华必须提供脱氧核糖核酸时，安华会否遵守有关指示，西华说：“我国的法律已经规定不能强迫有关人士提供脱氧核糖核酸。当然这也不是我们所要关注的重点。”
询及安华在赛夫举报被安华鸡奸当天，是否有与赛夫在一起时，西华拒绝正面回应有或没有，只是一直强调他们已经提供有关资讯给警方。
他重申安华至今还未接获赛夫的报案书，因此他们也没有办法知道赛夫的各种检查是否是在专业及中立的立场上进行。
●南洋商报
（吉隆坡18日讯）人民公正党顾问拿督斯里安华依布欣今日通过律师表明，他绝不会为警方提供本身的脱氧核糖核酸（DNA），以调查他被指鸡奸助理赛夫案件。
他通过律师指出，大马的法律已清楚经规定不能强迫有关人士提供脱氧核糖核酸。
安华的代表律师西华拉沙今日在安华武吉泗岩沫住所召开记者会引述《新海峡时报》今日封面头条说，赛哈密完全不了解安华的真正立场。
无需提供ＤＮＡ证明清白
西华拉沙说，安华认为根本没有需要提供脱氧核糖核酸来证明自己的清白。
在有关报道中，赛哈密认为安华不应害怕提供脱氧核糖核酸以证明自己的清白。
西华拉沙要内政部长拿督斯里赛哈密“闭嘴”及停止干预警方调查。他指内长的言论更使整个事件蒙上一层“政治阴谋”的神秘面纱。
“安华周三在接受警方录取口供的时候，已经提供了各种警方所需要的资料，包括各种不在场证明。
“我们认为，只要警方公正对我们那天所提供的证据进行调查，就可以证明安华是清白的，无需牵涉到是否提供脱氧核糖核酸的问题。”
他指出，10年前，警方办案的情形以及赛哈密近来的言论，更令他们相信此案涉及政治阴谋。
至今未获赛夫报案书
另外，询及若法庭迫使安华必须提供脱氧核糖核酸时，安华会否遵守有关指示，西华说：“我国的法律已经规定不能强迫有关人士提供脱氧核糖核酸。当然这也不是我们所要关注的重点。”
询及安华在赛夫举报被安华鸡奸当天，是否有与赛夫在一起时，西华拒绝正面回应有或没有，只是一直强调他们已经提供有关资讯给警方。
他重申安华至今还未接获赛夫的报案书，因此他们也没有办法知道赛夫的各种检查是否是在专业及中立的立场上进行。
2008年7月18日星期五
PM said no political conspiracy against Anwar and investigation will be fair
There is no political conspiracy to victimize Anwar Ibrahim, investigation will be fair. Government has already assured him of his safety, says PM.
Immigration Dept deputy D-G Yusof Abu Bakar and his brother-in-law have been released on ACA bail of RM 30,000 and RM 20,000 respectively.
Penang state government will give RM 100 as one-off compassionate aid to families with collective monthly income below RM 1,500, says CM Lim Guan Eng.
40,231 taxi owners eligible for subsidized petrol at RM 1.92 a litre, up to maximum of 720 litres per month from Monday, says Shahrir Samad.
Immigration Dept deputy D-G Yusof Abu Bakar and his brother-in-law have been released on ACA bail of RM 30,000 and RM 20,000 respectively.
Penang state government will give RM 100 as one-off compassionate aid to families with collective monthly income below RM 1,500, says CM Lim Guan Eng.
40,231 taxi owners eligible for subsidized petrol at RM 1.92 a litre, up to maximum of 720 litres per month from Monday, says Shahrir Samad.
Anwar released; his bail expires Aug 18
17/7 09:33:27 Anwar Ibrahim released on police bail this morning after having his statement recorded yesterday, Deputy IGP Tan Sri Ismail Omar said.
17/7 09:55:26 Anwar Ibrahim, who was released on police bail, is on his way back to his home in Segambut, KL.
17/7 Police must treat Anwar Ibrahim with degree of decorum and respect so that people are assured that police are acting appropriately, says DPM.
17/7 Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra charged in KL Magistrate’s Court for defaming DPM Najib’s wife Rosmah Mansor; he refused to enter a plea.
17/7 Raja Petra, charged with criminal defamation, out on RM 2,000 bail; papers were signed by wife Marina Lee at 3.05pm.
17/7 Deputy IGP Ismail says the police is looking at the possibility of getting a court order to compel Anwar Ibrahim to give DNA sample.
Anwar said the police had taken his DNA sample 10 years ago. So why it still wanted his DNA sample.
17/7 Anwar Ibrahim’s bail expires Aug 18 when he has to report to the police; he will only give DNA sample if ordered by a court: Lawyer Sankara Nair.
17/7 Anwar Ibrahim called on senior police officers to be transparent in their investigation; asks PM to ensure probe conducted professionally.
16/7 Anwar Ibrahim brought out of Hospital KL at 10:25 pm after undergoing the medical checks, has been taken back to city police headquarters.
17/7 Police will continue to set up roadblocks to prevent illegal assemblies which can affect public order, says Selangor CPO Khalid Abu Bakar.
17/7 09:55:26 Anwar Ibrahim, who was released on police bail, is on his way back to his home in Segambut, KL.
17/7 Police must treat Anwar Ibrahim with degree of decorum and respect so that people are assured that police are acting appropriately, says DPM.
17/7 Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra charged in KL Magistrate’s Court for defaming DPM Najib’s wife Rosmah Mansor; he refused to enter a plea.
17/7 Raja Petra, charged with criminal defamation, out on RM 2,000 bail; papers were signed by wife Marina Lee at 3.05pm.
17/7 Deputy IGP Ismail says the police is looking at the possibility of getting a court order to compel Anwar Ibrahim to give DNA sample.
Anwar said the police had taken his DNA sample 10 years ago. So why it still wanted his DNA sample.
17/7 Anwar Ibrahim’s bail expires Aug 18 when he has to report to the police; he will only give DNA sample if ordered by a court: Lawyer Sankara Nair.
17/7 Anwar Ibrahim called on senior police officers to be transparent in their investigation; asks PM to ensure probe conducted professionally.
16/7 Anwar Ibrahim brought out of Hospital KL at 10:25 pm after undergoing the medical checks, has been taken back to city police headquarters.
17/7 Police will continue to set up roadblocks to prevent illegal assemblies which can affect public order, says Selangor CPO Khalid Abu Bakar.
2008年7月17日星期四
Dr Mahathir:selling MV Agusta at one Euro Proton made a profit?
PROTON AND THE SALE OF M.V. AGUSTA
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It is shocking to still hear that Proton made a profit by selling M.V. Agusta which it bought for 70 million Euro and sold for one Euro.
The buyer, Gevi Spa did take over the debt of M.V. Agusta but Proton's share of the debt is 57 per cent i.e. 57 per cent of the total debt of 107 million Euro or 61 million Euro.
But M.V. Agusta also had assets in the form of;
1) factories/land/building (80 million Euro - not revalued)
2) stocks/finished products (40 million Euro)
Total is 120 million Euro.
Proton's share of these assets would be 57 per cent of 120 million Euro or 68.4 million Euro.
When Gevi Spa sold M.V. Agusta's Husqvarna division for 92 million Euro it is not known how much of the debt was taken over.
But Harley Davidson bought Cagiva, an Agusta brand motorcycle and M.V. Agusta for 70 million Euro together with debt of 45 million Euro i.e. the puchase cost by Harley Davidson is really 115 million Euro.
So how much did Proton lose?
It lost 70 million Euro in purchase price and 68.4 million Euro in assets.
By buying M.V. Agusta together with debt and assets for one Euro and selling the company, assets and debts for Euro 92 million + 70 million + 45 million (debt), Gevi Spa made a profit of 207 million Euro.
Basically Proton lost this money by selling at one Euro.
At 5.13 Ringgit to one Euro, Proton lost one billion and sixty-one million Ringgit (1,061,000,000 Ringgit).
At the time when I queried why the Securities Commission did not investigate this loss, I was told the sum was small by comparison to Proton's value and the management had every right to lose this money. The minority shareholders did not lose anything.
For reasons which I cannot understand the minority shareholders actually did not complain. I am not a shareholder but I complained because the deal questioned my integrity and that of Tengku Mahaleel, the CEO.
The Government talks about going for the big fish in our campaign against corruption.
Are people who deliberately lose RM 1 billion small fish or big fish?
If indeed we have an independent Anti-Corruption Agency, shouldn't it institute a full investigation of this case?
I am told Credit Suisse First Boston advised the management to sell at one Euro. And the chairman did not examine the advise carefully and implemented it.
Both the CSFB and the chairman should be investigated for a very shady deal especially as the buyer was not a welll-known automotive company but an unknown and unlisted company.
Could somebody mysterious be behind Gevi Spa?
The stench is very bad.
Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at July 16, 2008 6:22 PM | Permalink | Comments (94) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
It is shocking to still hear that Proton made a profit by selling M.V. Agusta which it bought for 70 million Euro and sold for one Euro.
The buyer, Gevi Spa did take over the debt of M.V. Agusta but Proton's share of the debt is 57 per cent i.e. 57 per cent of the total debt of 107 million Euro or 61 million Euro.
But M.V. Agusta also had assets in the form of;
1) factories/land/building (80 million Euro - not revalued)
2) stocks/finished products (40 million Euro)
Total is 120 million Euro.
Proton's share of these assets would be 57 per cent of 120 million Euro or 68.4 million Euro.
When Gevi Spa sold M.V. Agusta's Husqvarna division for 92 million Euro it is not known how much of the debt was taken over.
But Harley Davidson bought Cagiva, an Agusta brand motorcycle and M.V. Agusta for 70 million Euro together with debt of 45 million Euro i.e. the puchase cost by Harley Davidson is really 115 million Euro.
So how much did Proton lose?
It lost 70 million Euro in purchase price and 68.4 million Euro in assets.
By buying M.V. Agusta together with debt and assets for one Euro and selling the company, assets and debts for Euro 92 million + 70 million + 45 million (debt), Gevi Spa made a profit of 207 million Euro.
Basically Proton lost this money by selling at one Euro.
At 5.13 Ringgit to one Euro, Proton lost one billion and sixty-one million Ringgit (1,061,000,000 Ringgit).
At the time when I queried why the Securities Commission did not investigate this loss, I was told the sum was small by comparison to Proton's value and the management had every right to lose this money. The minority shareholders did not lose anything.
For reasons which I cannot understand the minority shareholders actually did not complain. I am not a shareholder but I complained because the deal questioned my integrity and that of Tengku Mahaleel, the CEO.
The Government talks about going for the big fish in our campaign against corruption.
Are people who deliberately lose RM 1 billion small fish or big fish?
If indeed we have an independent Anti-Corruption Agency, shouldn't it institute a full investigation of this case?
I am told Credit Suisse First Boston advised the management to sell at one Euro. And the chairman did not examine the advise carefully and implemented it.
Both the CSFB and the chairman should be investigated for a very shady deal especially as the buyer was not a welll-known automotive company but an unknown and unlisted company.
Could somebody mysterious be behind Gevi Spa?
The stench is very bad.
2008年7月16日星期三
Anwar has been arrested by special police squad
These are the development of events surrounding the arrest of Anwar Ibrahim today
16/7 11:18:41 Anwar Ibrahim is at ACA Headquarters in Putrajaya to give statement over report he lodged against IGP Musa and A-G Abdul Gani.
16/7 12:29:47 Anwar Ibrahim finishes ACA interview at 12.10pm, is satisfied with line of questioning but had to cut short to keep 2 pm appointment with the Police.
16/7 13:22:37 Anwar Ibrahim picked up by the police near his home after ACA interview in Putrajaya, taken to city police HQ at 1.15pm.
16/7 20:42:47 Anwar Ibrahim is being taken to hospital Kuala Lumpur now for DNA testing after having his statement taken by police.
16/7 17:53:46 Jalan Hang Tuah near city police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur has been closed to traffic because of crowds gathered there.
16/7 Immigration Dept has nabbed a Russian and an Ukrainian on suspicion of involvement in spying and possession of fake passports and UNHCR cards.
16/7 11:18:41 Anwar Ibrahim is at ACA Headquarters in Putrajaya to give statement over report he lodged against IGP Musa and A-G Abdul Gani.
16/7 12:29:47 Anwar Ibrahim finishes ACA interview at 12.10pm, is satisfied with line of questioning but had to cut short to keep 2 pm appointment with the Police.
16/7 13:22:37 Anwar Ibrahim picked up by the police near his home after ACA interview in Putrajaya, taken to city police HQ at 1.15pm.
16/7 20:42:47 Anwar Ibrahim is being taken to hospital Kuala Lumpur now for DNA testing after having his statement taken by police.
16/7 17:53:46 Jalan Hang Tuah near city police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur has been closed to traffic because of crowds gathered there.
16/7 Immigration Dept has nabbed a Russian and an Ukrainian on suspicion of involvement in spying and possession of fake passports and UNHCR cards.
9 sen bus fare still making a profit--Dr Mahathir
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From The Times
July 12, 2008
Harley-Davidson drives to snap up MV Augusta
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/engineering/article4319192.ece
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It's 99 sen now!
I have been told the promotion for the 9 sen bus fare between Kuala Lumpur and the KLIA Low Cost Carrier Terminal had ended on July 8 with 26,000 seats sold. However, the same bus company is now offering 99 sen per passenger up to July 22nd and bookings can be made through a certain low cost carrier website.
The management of the company claims that at 9 sen per person they were still making a profit. Air Asia and Malaysia Airlines actually offers free seats to passengers and obviously they are not losing money doing so.
From The Times
July 12, 2008
Harley-Davidson drives to snap up MV Augusta
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/engineering/article4319192.ece
http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&pver=6&ar=CLinks
Customize Links
It's 99 sen now!
I have been told the promotion for the 9 sen bus fare between Kuala Lumpur and the KLIA Low Cost Carrier Terminal had ended on July 8 with 26,000 seats sold. However, the same bus company is now offering 99 sen per passenger up to July 22nd and bookings can be made through a certain low cost carrier website.
The management of the company claims that at 9 sen per person they were still making a profit. Air Asia and Malaysia Airlines actually offers free seats to passengers and obviously they are not losing money doing so.
Anwar will give statement on sodomy on Wednesday
15/7 Anwar Ibrahim will give his statement on sodomy allegation to the police on Wednesday at 2pm, says his lawyer Sankara Nair.
14/7 Police is looking at various options to get statement from Anwar Ibrahim, as he failed to keep appointment with investigators, says CID Chief.
14/7 North Korea wants to sign Treaty of Amity and Cooperation with Asean nations after the Asean Regional Forum in Singapore next week.
14/7 22 year old Miss Venezuela, Dayana Mendoza, crowned Miss Universe 2008 in Vietnam’s resort city of Nha Trang.
14/7 Lim Kit Siang says Pakatan MPs will boycott the rest of Parliament proceedings today because of police action and rejection of no-confidence motion.
10/7 Decision on transition deadline not affected by any pressure on him to step down, says PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
10/7 PM says that both Umno president’s post and deputy president’s post can be contested and the December party polls.
14/7 Police is looking at various options to get statement from Anwar Ibrahim, as he failed to keep appointment with investigators, says CID Chief.
14/7 North Korea wants to sign Treaty of Amity and Cooperation with Asean nations after the Asean Regional Forum in Singapore next week.
14/7 22 year old Miss Venezuela, Dayana Mendoza, crowned Miss Universe 2008 in Vietnam’s resort city of Nha Trang.
14/7 Lim Kit Siang says Pakatan MPs will boycott the rest of Parliament proceedings today because of police action and rejection of no-confidence motion.
10/7 Decision on transition deadline not affected by any pressure on him to step down, says PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
10/7 PM says that both Umno president’s post and deputy president’s post can be contested and the December party polls.
2008年7月14日星期一
Snippets - Birthday, Road Transport, Blocks & M.V. Agusta--By Dr M
Snippets - Birthday, Road Transport, Blocks & M.V. Agusta
Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at July 14, 2008 6:15 PM | Permalink | Comments (33) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
Birthday
1. I would like to thank everyone for the Birthday Greetings on my 83rd Birthday. It is very heartwarming that so many know about my real birthday and remember to send greetings.
2. My official birthday is 20th December 1925. My father registered that date for all his sons so that there would be no hassles when registering for entry into schools. He was a teacher and knew all about the difficulties.
3. So please do forget my official birthday i.e. December 20. My real birthday make me five months older.
Road Transport
1. The Road Transport Department wants to suspend the permits of express bus operators who increase fares without approval.
2. With petrol prices so high, car-owners are resorting to public transport. We can expect more people than before to travel by bus.
3. If bus operators are suspended then increased demand will be met with decreased supply. I wonder if anyone thought about this. Or will there be a flop after the flip.
Blocks
1. Today the police have set up road blocks to prevent a public rally.
2. I do not blame the police for doing this. It is their job.
3. But thousands of cars would be burning costly fuel as they inch their way forward to pass the block.
4. We need to check not just the passenger cars but also the buses and the trains. They are unusually crowded now. They provide loopholes for determined demonstrators.
5. Talking about transport, I think people should know of a bus company in Kuala Lumpur which charges 9 cents (nine cents) per passenger between Kuala Lumpur and the Low Cost Terminal in KLIA. And it is making profit from this operation. Maybe other bus companies can learn something.
M.V. Agusta
1. Proton bought this Italian motorcycle maker for 70 million Euro (about RM350 million).
2. Its savvy management sold it for 1 Euro (RM5) to an unknown company in Italy.
3. Some months ago Husqvarna, a division of M.V. Agusta which manufactures scrambler sporty off-road motorcycles was sold to a German company, BMW for 90 million Euro (RM450 million). Now the rest of M.V. Agusta has been bought by Harley-Davidson Motor Cycles of the United States for RM350 million.
4. So Proton lost approximately RM800 million selling M.V. Agusta for RM5. The buyer invested one Euro and made 160 million Euro.
5. Do we need a Royal Commission to look into this or should the ACA investigate this matter particularly the role of Credit Suisse who was paid a huge consultancy fee to advise Proton's management who executed it.
6. Or maybe we do not mind losing RM800 million because we have so much money.
Blogger: Dr. Mahathir, we need this kind of insight and analysis. Please continue this kind of article. Happy birthday. so July 14, is your birthday.
Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at July 14, 2008 6:15 PM | Permalink | Comments (33) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
Birthday
1. I would like to thank everyone for the Birthday Greetings on my 83rd Birthday. It is very heartwarming that so many know about my real birthday and remember to send greetings.
2. My official birthday is 20th December 1925. My father registered that date for all his sons so that there would be no hassles when registering for entry into schools. He was a teacher and knew all about the difficulties.
3. So please do forget my official birthday i.e. December 20. My real birthday make me five months older.
Road Transport
1. The Road Transport Department wants to suspend the permits of express bus operators who increase fares without approval.
2. With petrol prices so high, car-owners are resorting to public transport. We can expect more people than before to travel by bus.
3. If bus operators are suspended then increased demand will be met with decreased supply. I wonder if anyone thought about this. Or will there be a flop after the flip.
Blocks
1. Today the police have set up road blocks to prevent a public rally.
2. I do not blame the police for doing this. It is their job.
3. But thousands of cars would be burning costly fuel as they inch their way forward to pass the block.
4. We need to check not just the passenger cars but also the buses and the trains. They are unusually crowded now. They provide loopholes for determined demonstrators.
5. Talking about transport, I think people should know of a bus company in Kuala Lumpur which charges 9 cents (nine cents) per passenger between Kuala Lumpur and the Low Cost Terminal in KLIA. And it is making profit from this operation. Maybe other bus companies can learn something.
M.V. Agusta
1. Proton bought this Italian motorcycle maker for 70 million Euro (about RM350 million).
2. Its savvy management sold it for 1 Euro (RM5) to an unknown company in Italy.
3. Some months ago Husqvarna, a division of M.V. Agusta which manufactures scrambler sporty off-road motorcycles was sold to a German company, BMW for 90 million Euro (RM450 million). Now the rest of M.V. Agusta has been bought by Harley-Davidson Motor Cycles of the United States for RM350 million.
4. So Proton lost approximately RM800 million selling M.V. Agusta for RM5. The buyer invested one Euro and made 160 million Euro.
5. Do we need a Royal Commission to look into this or should the ACA investigate this matter particularly the role of Credit Suisse who was paid a huge consultancy fee to advise Proton's management who executed it.
6. Or maybe we do not mind losing RM800 million because we have so much money.
Blogger: Dr. Mahathir, we need this kind of insight and analysis. Please continue this kind of article. Happy birthday. so July 14, is your birthday.
Opposition MPs walk out of Parliament after Speaker's decision on no-confidence motion was rejected
Opposition MPs walk out of Dewan Rakyat after their appeal to review Speaker’s decision on no-confidence motion was rejected.
Dewan Rakyat Speaker Pandikar Amin rejects Opposition leader Dr Wan Azizah’s emergency motion of no-confidence against PM Abdullah.
PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim will not go to KL police HQ today for questioning over sodomy allegation, his lawyer said.
Home Minister Syed Hamid apologises to the public for jams caused by the police roadblocks in KL, but reiterates that it is in the interest of the public security.
Massive jams in KL as police roadblocks leading to Parliament cause gridlock, police ops expected to continue till tonight.
14/7 Immigration director-general Wahid Md Don, remanded last Friday over anti-graft probe into foreign workers’ visas, released on bail on Monday.
Dewan Rakyat Speaker Pandikar Amin rejects Opposition leader Dr Wan Azizah’s emergency motion of no-confidence against PM Abdullah.
PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim will not go to KL police HQ today for questioning over sodomy allegation, his lawyer said.
Home Minister Syed Hamid apologises to the public for jams caused by the police roadblocks in KL, but reiterates that it is in the interest of the public security.
Massive jams in KL as police roadblocks leading to Parliament cause gridlock, police ops expected to continue till tonight.
14/7 Immigration director-general Wahid Md Don, remanded last Friday over anti-graft probe into foreign workers’ visas, released on bail on Monday.
Police will question Anwar over allegation of sodomy
13/7 Police will question PKR defacto leader Anwar Ibrahim over allegations of sodomy tomorrow, Anwar scheduled to go to Travers station, KL at 2 pm.
ACA is on track in tackling corruption at all levels, arrest of senior government officers shows that it is acting without fear or favour, says the PM.
13/7 DCP Robiah Abdul Ghani , 56, has been appointed Chief Police Officer of Pahang, the first woman to hold such a post in the history of the force.
13/7 Terengganu Umno has nominated PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi for Umno presidency and Najib Tun Razak as deputy, says liaison chairman Ahmad Said.
PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi says the government will announce more measures next Friday to help ease the peoples’ burdens in the wake of the fuel hike.
12/7 World famous cardiovascular surgeon Dr Michael DeBakey, who pioneered the bypass surgery, died Friday night in Houston, US, at the age of 99.
12/7 Another top immigration officer has been arrested by ACA. He is among 10, including lower rank immigration officer and runners; nabbed by ACA.
12/7 BN must do away with communal politics to regain support and trust of the people, says MIC president S. Samy Vellu at the MIC general assembly.
12/7 Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor says it will cut water supply this month to errant consumers in Kepong, Ampang who have not settled water bills.
12/7 From Monday, MPs are no longer allowed to bring guests to Parliament; Minister in the PM's Department Nazri Abd Aziz said that this is due to security concerns.
11/7 Malacca to hold a month-long celebration in August to commemorate inscription as a historical city under Unesco’s World Heritage Sites.
11/7 A director-general of a government and 6 others, including 2 Datuks, have been arrested by the ACA for alleged graft.
11/7 Squash queen Nicol David, 25, to be conferred DSPN by Penang Yang di-Pertua Negeri; the award carries the title of Datuk.
11/7 Former athletics coach C. Ramanathan will serve 4 years in jail after the Court of Appeal accepts the prosecution’s appeal against his acquittal.
11/7 George Town will host a 3 day celebration beginning July 25 to mark its listing by Unesco as a historical city.
11/7 CIMB’s Nazir Razak wants the government to review the windfall tax for independent power producers due to wider impact also on financial market.
11/7 IGP, AG gave their statements to ACA today regarding Anwar Ibrahim’s allegations that they fabricated evidence over his black-eye incident.
ACA is on track in tackling corruption at all levels, arrest of senior government officers shows that it is acting without fear or favour, says the PM.
13/7 DCP Robiah Abdul Ghani , 56, has been appointed Chief Police Officer of Pahang, the first woman to hold such a post in the history of the force.
13/7 Terengganu Umno has nominated PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi for Umno presidency and Najib Tun Razak as deputy, says liaison chairman Ahmad Said.
PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi says the government will announce more measures next Friday to help ease the peoples’ burdens in the wake of the fuel hike.
12/7 World famous cardiovascular surgeon Dr Michael DeBakey, who pioneered the bypass surgery, died Friday night in Houston, US, at the age of 99.
12/7 Another top immigration officer has been arrested by ACA. He is among 10, including lower rank immigration officer and runners; nabbed by ACA.
12/7 BN must do away with communal politics to regain support and trust of the people, says MIC president S. Samy Vellu at the MIC general assembly.
12/7 Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor says it will cut water supply this month to errant consumers in Kepong, Ampang who have not settled water bills.
12/7 From Monday, MPs are no longer allowed to bring guests to Parliament; Minister in the PM's Department Nazri Abd Aziz said that this is due to security concerns.
11/7 Malacca to hold a month-long celebration in August to commemorate inscription as a historical city under Unesco’s World Heritage Sites.
11/7 A director-general of a government and 6 others, including 2 Datuks, have been arrested by the ACA for alleged graft.
11/7 Squash queen Nicol David, 25, to be conferred DSPN by Penang Yang di-Pertua Negeri; the award carries the title of Datuk.
11/7 Former athletics coach C. Ramanathan will serve 4 years in jail after the Court of Appeal accepts the prosecution’s appeal against his acquittal.
11/7 George Town will host a 3 day celebration beginning July 25 to mark its listing by Unesco as a historical city.
11/7 CIMB’s Nazir Razak wants the government to review the windfall tax for independent power producers due to wider impact also on financial market.
11/7 IGP, AG gave their statements to ACA today regarding Anwar Ibrahim’s allegations that they fabricated evidence over his black-eye incident.
2008年7月10日星期四
Abdullah will hand over the reign in mid-2010
PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has announced that he will hand over reign to DPM Najib Tun Razak in mid-2010.
Blogger: That is about 720 days from today. Can Najib wait or does he have a choice?
PM Abdullah says he will defend Umno presidency in December party elections and wants DPM Najib to be his deputy.
Blogger: That is about 720 days from today. Can Najib wait or does he have a choice?
PM Abdullah says he will defend Umno presidency in December party elections and wants DPM Najib to be his deputy.
Wastage of Public Funds - The cancellation of the Railway double tracking and electrification project--By Dr. Mahathir Mohamad
Wastage of Public Funds - The cancellation of the Railway double tracking and electrification project
Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at June 24, 2008 12:36 PM
Malaysia has one of the most extensive system of express highways in Southeast Asia.
But still the roads are very congested.
Too many heavy vehicles such as container carriers and motorcar carriers clog the roads. Their numbers are increasing and container traffic from south Thailand add to the congestion.
Where double-tracking and electric trains have been introduced they have been very popular.
Car owners actually park their cars at train stations and use the commuter trains to get to and from their places of work. This also relieves the congestion on the roads.
We don't have enough train users for high speed trains but double tracking and electrification can obviously improve the service and increase the speed sufficiently for our needs. In the near future trains would become more popular as road congestion will increase and slow down travel by road. We are putting nearly half a million motor vehicles on the road every year.
We did not foresee the massive increase in oil price but even if the increases are more gradual, we would still need to take off some of the passenger and container traffic from the highways and put them on the rail system. This could be done if we upgrade by double-tracking and electrification of the railways to cover the country from the south to the north.
When we proposed to extend the double-tracking and electrification from Johor Baru to Seremban and Rawang to Padang Besar, with a spur line to Kuala Lumpur to avoid congestion at the Central Station, it was not because we wanted to cater to the whims and fancies of the former Prime Minister but because we saw the need then and in the future.
Malaysia had a population of only 5 million when we became independent in 1957. By the 1990s our population was 20 million and growing fast. People were apparently more prosperous to go by the number of private cars sold every year. And they were travelling more.
The demands for improvement in transportation by road and rail is obvious even to the laymen. Government could not help noticing it. And Government must respond to the needs of the people. Hence the increase in the number and mileage of highways. And obviously the improvement of the rail system.
When the double-tracking and electrification of the railways from Johor Baru to Padang Besar was proposed the lowest proposal cost RM14 billion and would take six years to build. Roughly the Government would need RM2 billion a year for the project. It could be started in 2004.
But upon taking over the Dato Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Government decided to postpone it for some reason or other, although Dato Seri Abdullah had promised the former Prime Minister to go ahead with the project.
Now the Government has found that there is a need to go ahead. Unfortunately the cost has gone up. To build the double-track and electrification of the portion from Ipoh to Padang Besar alone would cost RM12 billion, an increase of roughly 50 per cent or roughly RM 7 billion if the line from Johor Baru to Padang Besar is to be constructed (as it must).
Lately the prices of steel and fuel have increased and even the portion between Ipoh and Padang Besar would cost more than 12 billion Ringgit. The total increase from Johor Baru to Padang Besar excluding the portions already built would be far more than the original cost of RM14 billion. It would need an additional RM7 billion plus.
The Government can opt not to build. In that case the congestion on the highways and the consumption of fuel would be horrendous. If it decides to build the Government would incur a loss of public funds to the tune of RM7 billion plus.
This is the result of postponing the Railway project which had been agreed to by the previous Government.
As you can see the Prime Minister is dishing out billions of Ringgit to gain goodwill in Sabah and Sarawak at a time when there is a deficit in the budget. One must wonder over the way public money is spent by this Government.
Blogger: I have not been following Dr. M's blog for quite sometime because he kept attacking Abdullah. But now his writing makes sense. I post these articles because I knew they are worth your time to read them.
Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at June 24, 2008 12:36 PM
Malaysia has one of the most extensive system of express highways in Southeast Asia.
But still the roads are very congested.
Too many heavy vehicles such as container carriers and motorcar carriers clog the roads. Their numbers are increasing and container traffic from south Thailand add to the congestion.
Where double-tracking and electric trains have been introduced they have been very popular.
Car owners actually park their cars at train stations and use the commuter trains to get to and from their places of work. This also relieves the congestion on the roads.
We don't have enough train users for high speed trains but double tracking and electrification can obviously improve the service and increase the speed sufficiently for our needs. In the near future trains would become more popular as road congestion will increase and slow down travel by road. We are putting nearly half a million motor vehicles on the road every year.
We did not foresee the massive increase in oil price but even if the increases are more gradual, we would still need to take off some of the passenger and container traffic from the highways and put them on the rail system. This could be done if we upgrade by double-tracking and electrification of the railways to cover the country from the south to the north.
When we proposed to extend the double-tracking and electrification from Johor Baru to Seremban and Rawang to Padang Besar, with a spur line to Kuala Lumpur to avoid congestion at the Central Station, it was not because we wanted to cater to the whims and fancies of the former Prime Minister but because we saw the need then and in the future.
Malaysia had a population of only 5 million when we became independent in 1957. By the 1990s our population was 20 million and growing fast. People were apparently more prosperous to go by the number of private cars sold every year. And they were travelling more.
The demands for improvement in transportation by road and rail is obvious even to the laymen. Government could not help noticing it. And Government must respond to the needs of the people. Hence the increase in the number and mileage of highways. And obviously the improvement of the rail system.
When the double-tracking and electrification of the railways from Johor Baru to Padang Besar was proposed the lowest proposal cost RM14 billion and would take six years to build. Roughly the Government would need RM2 billion a year for the project. It could be started in 2004.
But upon taking over the Dato Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Government decided to postpone it for some reason or other, although Dato Seri Abdullah had promised the former Prime Minister to go ahead with the project.
Now the Government has found that there is a need to go ahead. Unfortunately the cost has gone up. To build the double-track and electrification of the portion from Ipoh to Padang Besar alone would cost RM12 billion, an increase of roughly 50 per cent or roughly RM 7 billion if the line from Johor Baru to Padang Besar is to be constructed (as it must).
Lately the prices of steel and fuel have increased and even the portion between Ipoh and Padang Besar would cost more than 12 billion Ringgit. The total increase from Johor Baru to Padang Besar excluding the portions already built would be far more than the original cost of RM14 billion. It would need an additional RM7 billion plus.
The Government can opt not to build. In that case the congestion on the highways and the consumption of fuel would be horrendous. If it decides to build the Government would incur a loss of public funds to the tune of RM7 billion plus.
This is the result of postponing the Railway project which had been agreed to by the previous Government.
As you can see the Prime Minister is dishing out billions of Ringgit to gain goodwill in Sabah and Sarawak at a time when there is a deficit in the budget. One must wonder over the way public money is spent by this Government.
Blogger: I have not been following Dr. M's blog for quite sometime because he kept attacking Abdullah. But now his writing makes sense. I post these articles because I knew they are worth your time to read them.
MALAYSIA AND A WORLD IN TURMOIL--By Dr. Mahathir Mohamad
MALAYSIA AND A WORLD IN TURMOIL
Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at July 3, 2008 11:38 AM
1. The Malaysian Government appears not to be perturbed by what is happening in the world.
2. It appears to be convinced that it can isolate and insulate itself from whatever is happening to the world.
3. It seems to be confident that it will be left untouched.
4. It merely reacts to situations as they arise one by one.
5. The mainstream media hardly ever mention the turmoil that the world is facing. Certainly no in-depth analysis has been made. Only Malaysian Business has asked whether we are prepared for the worldwide catastrophe that must bring chaos and problems to our economy, finance, politics and social life. The rest seemed blithely unconcerned. Certainly the people are not being prepared for the inevitable.
6. We are admittedly more fortunate than many other countries. When costs are rising and manufactured exports are shrinking, our commodities have come to our aid. Our export earnings from petroleum and gas, palm oil, rubber and tin have increased many times over.
7. The rise in the price of petrol and products has begun to affect our lives, our living standards and our complacency.
8. We produce about 650,000 barrels a day, consume 400,000 and export roughly 250,000 barrels. We used to earn 30 US Dollar per barrel; today we earn 140 US Dollar, almost all profit. Work out the revenue from 250,000 barrels per day for one year.
9. Besides, we produce 900,000 barrels equivalent of gas, mostly exported. There is no need to take notice of the petrol we produce in Sudan and elsewhere, all selling at 100 US Dollar plus.
10. But we also earn more, much more from palm oil. It used to cost us RM600 per ton to produce. It must be slightly more now. But one ton of palm oil used to sell for RM800 before. Now it sells for more than RM3,000. The palm oil plantation companies are laughing all the way to the bank.
11. But the prices of rubber and even tin have also increased tremendously.
12. For the Government it must mean a great increase in revenue. The profits from petroleum accrue 100% to the Government. I believe in 2006 when oil price was about 70 US Dollar Petronas made a profit before tax of 60 billion Ringgit.
13. Whereas the tax on corporate incomes of the manufacturing companies is minimal, corporate tax revenue from companies producing and exporting palm oil, rubber and tin is very high. If we care to look at the profits of companies today many make well over a billion a year, some more than three billion.
14. So the Government should be flushed with money. But companies not involved in the production of raw material cannot be doing so well. Their imported raw materials including oil and components have all increased in price. They have to increase their export and domestic prices but profits may be less.
15. The construction companies have few contracts to share among themselves. The big Government projects have not materialised. The sub-contractors and building material suppliers are not doing well either.
16. The big construction companies have gone abroad. Some are doing quite well but they cannot help Malaysian subcontractors as the local subcontractors are entitled to get the contracts.
17. Malaysian investors are also not investing in the country. They have a good choice for making money investing in such countries as China and Vietnam. They will pay taxes in these countries.
18. In the meantime the world is undergoing a traumatic economic and financial turmoil. It began with the devaluation of the US Dollar. I do not know how much US Dollar bonds are held by Malaysia. I remember telling the Governor of Bank Negara to reduce our dollar holdings before I stepped down. I hope she has done so. Otherwise we would lose 80 Malaysian sen for every US Dollar we hold. When we hold 30 or 40 billion US Dollar the loss can be considerable.
19. We may make some money from the other currencies which have appreciated against our Ringgit.
20. The US Dollar is going to go down further due to unwise playing around with money. Sub-prime lending was considered profitable before but now the market has collapsed. The loan papers had been readily bought by institutions but now the papers are worthless because no one wants to buy them. And the borrowers are not paying simply because they have no money.
21. The US which condemned us so righteously for bailing out companies now approves massive bailouts by Institutions and the Federal Reserve Bank. These are not small amounts. They are talking about US200 - US400 billion dollars.
22. Bear Stearns sale is a classic case but other banks are faring no better. They will have to sell at fire-sale prices like the banks of Southeast Asia had to do after currency traders bankrupted these banks. A taste of their own medicine should have a salutary effect on the arrogance of the big money people, and their countries.
23. The financial problems of the United States have spilled over to the European countries. They too had been involved in sub-prime lending, either directly or indirectly.
24. The US dollar is going to shrink further as countries unload their dollar holdings, refuse to buy US Dollar bonds, and use other currencies for trading. Oil producers may demand to be paid in their own currencies. The international financial regime will then collapse.
25. The US Dollar is not backed by anything. It sustains its value because it is used as a trading currency. When countries start using other currencies for trading and quickly dispose off the US Dollar in favour of Euro or Yen; when the US Dollar is no longer used for the reserves of the rich countries, then the US Dollar will not be worth the paper on which it is printed.
26. The United States already suffers from twin deficits. When the dollar becomes useless the United States will go into deep recession. Printing more money by the Federal Reserve Bank (which incidentally is not owned by the Government but by other banks) will only result in its devaluation and inflation in the United States.
27. The United States must surely go into severe recession (I am sure the United States will do something illegal in order to prevent this from happening). But whatever, United States recession will affect the whole world.
28. Unprecedentedly the world is experiencing food shortages, something which it had not seen for decades.
29. I will not say anything about the world as everyone knows and I know I am not an economist or a financial expert. But I will try and guess what would happen to Malaysia.
30. Twenty percent of our export goes to the United States. Obviously this market would not be able to absorb what we have to sell to them. We will not lose all but quite a substantial sum will be lost.
31. The economies of the developed countries will also suffer, maybe less than the United States. But our export to them would shrink also.
32. With the money form our petroleum export and revenue from other raw materials we had been able to subsidise for some time. But the prices of fuel and other goods will all increase far beyond the percentage of the increase in oil prices after the subsidy was withdrawn. This is aggravated by the actual increase in prices of foodstuff and food grains, building materials, and assorted imported goods. Even the items produced within the country will increase in price because of imported contents.
33. But the Government is still talking about 5%-7% inflation. This is quite meaningless to lower and middle-income people who must pay 40% more for petrol and 100% more for rice. Other necessities too have increased in price by well over 5%-7%. Stopping price control in the belief that the market will determine prices is imprudent.
34. One of the reasons why Malaysia's inflation rates had remained low compared to other developing countries and even some developed countries is the control over prices of essential goods. Without control there will always be profiteering. And profiteering will result in a high rate of inflation.
35. Today wage earners in particular are suffering. Wages have not increased to compensate for increased cost of living. While chasing prices with increases in wages can cause a wage/price spiral, but judicious increases to cushion off the rising costs would reduce the impact of inflation on the lower income people.
36. Malaysia must give up the idea of competing on the basis of low cost labour. Against China, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia we just cannot win. We must provide other elements attractive to investors.
37. Confidence in the consistency of Government policies and political stability would be among the factors attractive to business. There can be a lot of other things that can be provided to offset the rise in wages. After all we must remember that many developed countries have very high wages. Even if we double the salaries and wages paid in Malaysia we would still be far lower than wages in developed countries.
38. We had planned to go hi-tech in order to increase income. But there is not much moving in the implementation of this policy. Instead we want to be an agricultural country again. Planting food crops on the side tables of roads may increase food production but it will not help fight inflation on the scale needed for overcoming the turmoil in the world.
Blogger:Dr. M, we need more of these kind of analysis.
Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at July 3, 2008 11:38 AM
1. The Malaysian Government appears not to be perturbed by what is happening in the world.
2. It appears to be convinced that it can isolate and insulate itself from whatever is happening to the world.
3. It seems to be confident that it will be left untouched.
4. It merely reacts to situations as they arise one by one.
5. The mainstream media hardly ever mention the turmoil that the world is facing. Certainly no in-depth analysis has been made. Only Malaysian Business has asked whether we are prepared for the worldwide catastrophe that must bring chaos and problems to our economy, finance, politics and social life. The rest seemed blithely unconcerned. Certainly the people are not being prepared for the inevitable.
6. We are admittedly more fortunate than many other countries. When costs are rising and manufactured exports are shrinking, our commodities have come to our aid. Our export earnings from petroleum and gas, palm oil, rubber and tin have increased many times over.
7. The rise in the price of petrol and products has begun to affect our lives, our living standards and our complacency.
8. We produce about 650,000 barrels a day, consume 400,000 and export roughly 250,000 barrels. We used to earn 30 US Dollar per barrel; today we earn 140 US Dollar, almost all profit. Work out the revenue from 250,000 barrels per day for one year.
9. Besides, we produce 900,000 barrels equivalent of gas, mostly exported. There is no need to take notice of the petrol we produce in Sudan and elsewhere, all selling at 100 US Dollar plus.
10. But we also earn more, much more from palm oil. It used to cost us RM600 per ton to produce. It must be slightly more now. But one ton of palm oil used to sell for RM800 before. Now it sells for more than RM3,000. The palm oil plantation companies are laughing all the way to the bank.
11. But the prices of rubber and even tin have also increased tremendously.
12. For the Government it must mean a great increase in revenue. The profits from petroleum accrue 100% to the Government. I believe in 2006 when oil price was about 70 US Dollar Petronas made a profit before tax of 60 billion Ringgit.
13. Whereas the tax on corporate incomes of the manufacturing companies is minimal, corporate tax revenue from companies producing and exporting palm oil, rubber and tin is very high. If we care to look at the profits of companies today many make well over a billion a year, some more than three billion.
14. So the Government should be flushed with money. But companies not involved in the production of raw material cannot be doing so well. Their imported raw materials including oil and components have all increased in price. They have to increase their export and domestic prices but profits may be less.
15. The construction companies have few contracts to share among themselves. The big Government projects have not materialised. The sub-contractors and building material suppliers are not doing well either.
16. The big construction companies have gone abroad. Some are doing quite well but they cannot help Malaysian subcontractors as the local subcontractors are entitled to get the contracts.
17. Malaysian investors are also not investing in the country. They have a good choice for making money investing in such countries as China and Vietnam. They will pay taxes in these countries.
18. In the meantime the world is undergoing a traumatic economic and financial turmoil. It began with the devaluation of the US Dollar. I do not know how much US Dollar bonds are held by Malaysia. I remember telling the Governor of Bank Negara to reduce our dollar holdings before I stepped down. I hope she has done so. Otherwise we would lose 80 Malaysian sen for every US Dollar we hold. When we hold 30 or 40 billion US Dollar the loss can be considerable.
19. We may make some money from the other currencies which have appreciated against our Ringgit.
20. The US Dollar is going to go down further due to unwise playing around with money. Sub-prime lending was considered profitable before but now the market has collapsed. The loan papers had been readily bought by institutions but now the papers are worthless because no one wants to buy them. And the borrowers are not paying simply because they have no money.
21. The US which condemned us so righteously for bailing out companies now approves massive bailouts by Institutions and the Federal Reserve Bank. These are not small amounts. They are talking about US200 - US400 billion dollars.
22. Bear Stearns sale is a classic case but other banks are faring no better. They will have to sell at fire-sale prices like the banks of Southeast Asia had to do after currency traders bankrupted these banks. A taste of their own medicine should have a salutary effect on the arrogance of the big money people, and their countries.
23. The financial problems of the United States have spilled over to the European countries. They too had been involved in sub-prime lending, either directly or indirectly.
24. The US dollar is going to shrink further as countries unload their dollar holdings, refuse to buy US Dollar bonds, and use other currencies for trading. Oil producers may demand to be paid in their own currencies. The international financial regime will then collapse.
25. The US Dollar is not backed by anything. It sustains its value because it is used as a trading currency. When countries start using other currencies for trading and quickly dispose off the US Dollar in favour of Euro or Yen; when the US Dollar is no longer used for the reserves of the rich countries, then the US Dollar will not be worth the paper on which it is printed.
26. The United States already suffers from twin deficits. When the dollar becomes useless the United States will go into deep recession. Printing more money by the Federal Reserve Bank (which incidentally is not owned by the Government but by other banks) will only result in its devaluation and inflation in the United States.
27. The United States must surely go into severe recession (I am sure the United States will do something illegal in order to prevent this from happening). But whatever, United States recession will affect the whole world.
28. Unprecedentedly the world is experiencing food shortages, something which it had not seen for decades.
29. I will not say anything about the world as everyone knows and I know I am not an economist or a financial expert. But I will try and guess what would happen to Malaysia.
30. Twenty percent of our export goes to the United States. Obviously this market would not be able to absorb what we have to sell to them. We will not lose all but quite a substantial sum will be lost.
31. The economies of the developed countries will also suffer, maybe less than the United States. But our export to them would shrink also.
32. With the money form our petroleum export and revenue from other raw materials we had been able to subsidise for some time. But the prices of fuel and other goods will all increase far beyond the percentage of the increase in oil prices after the subsidy was withdrawn. This is aggravated by the actual increase in prices of foodstuff and food grains, building materials, and assorted imported goods. Even the items produced within the country will increase in price because of imported contents.
33. But the Government is still talking about 5%-7% inflation. This is quite meaningless to lower and middle-income people who must pay 40% more for petrol and 100% more for rice. Other necessities too have increased in price by well over 5%-7%. Stopping price control in the belief that the market will determine prices is imprudent.
34. One of the reasons why Malaysia's inflation rates had remained low compared to other developing countries and even some developed countries is the control over prices of essential goods. Without control there will always be profiteering. And profiteering will result in a high rate of inflation.
35. Today wage earners in particular are suffering. Wages have not increased to compensate for increased cost of living. While chasing prices with increases in wages can cause a wage/price spiral, but judicious increases to cushion off the rising costs would reduce the impact of inflation on the lower income people.
36. Malaysia must give up the idea of competing on the basis of low cost labour. Against China, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia we just cannot win. We must provide other elements attractive to investors.
37. Confidence in the consistency of Government policies and political stability would be among the factors attractive to business. There can be a lot of other things that can be provided to offset the rise in wages. After all we must remember that many developed countries have very high wages. Even if we double the salaries and wages paid in Malaysia we would still be far lower than wages in developed countries.
38. We had planned to go hi-tech in order to increase income. But there is not much moving in the implementation of this policy. Instead we want to be an agricultural country again. Planting food crops on the side tables of roads may increase food production but it will not help fight inflation on the scale needed for overcoming the turmoil in the world.
Blogger:Dr. M, we need more of these kind of analysis.
THE APOLOGISTS ----By Dr Mahathir Mohamad
THE APOLOGISTS
Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at July 8, 2008 1:11 PM
1. At a press conference called to explain about the police report on judge Ian Chin, a Western reporter blamed me for the authoritarian rule of Prime Minister Dato Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
2. It seemed that he had inherited this behaviour from me. And she suggested that I was worse than Dato Seri Abdullah.
3. The Western press and my detractors among the opposition and certain members of the local press had of course labelled me a dictator when I was Prime Minister.
4. Labelling is one way to destroy the image of a leader and to reduce his popularity.
5. Lee Kuan Yew labelled me "the Malay Ultra" and the Chinese in Malaysia were shocked when I was named the Deputy Prime Minister by Tun Hussein. They thought I would be dispossessing them of their wealth and rights in favour of the Malays.
6. But soon after I took office they changed their minds and became very supportive. Before I stepped down the Chinese electorate ensured that I got the 2/3 majority in 1999, the last election over which I presided.
7. But the Western journalists prefer to retain their own fiction about my being a dictator, my anti-Chinese feelings and my being corrupt and favouring my cronies. Now their journalists would read these old reports and presume that they were God-given truths. They never ever do any real research. And so every time I criticise the Abdullah Badawi regime, they and the local Abdullah apologists would rebut by saying that I was worse when I was Prime Minister.
8. In particular my alleged authoritarian management of the party and the Government. What they ignore is the fact that during my Presidency of UMNO, other leaders were not afraid to challenge me.
9. Dato (now Tun) Musa Hitam, my first Deputy resigned from his position in the Government and the party. I was naturally angered by his action. But the Supreme Council of UMNO decided to send a delegation to appeal to him to come back. I did not oppose this move, and accepted his decision to return as Deputy President of UMNO but not as Deputy Prime Minister.
10. I had to appoint (Tun) Ghaffar Baba as Deputy Prime Minister.
11. Then Musa persuaded his arch enemy, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah to contest for President against me while he contested for Deputy President.
12. The two were supported by (Dato Seri) Abdullah Badawi, (Dato Seri) Syed Hamid Albar, (Tan Sri) Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir, (Dato Seri) Rais Yatim and many others. They went around the country to persuade UMNO divisions and members to dump me and elect them at the UMNO General Assembly.
13. I did not stop them from campaigning although they made scurrilous allegations against me. UMNO members were not prevented from attending campaign meetings held by them. It is believed that money was used to persuade UMNO delegates to the General Assembly to vote for them.
14. In the event I just managed to win with a 43 vote majority while my running mate, Ghaffar had a 41 vote majority.
15. Tengku Razaleigh's supporters took this issue to court seeking to force a new election. The court decided that UMNO was an illegal party. I had to re-register UMNO as New UMNO, UMNO Baru. Tengku Razaleigh formed a new party which he called Semangat 46 or Spirit of '46 (the year UMNO was formed).
16. Both parties tried to attract the members of the former UMNO. UMNO Baru (New UMNO) gained the most number of the former members and new members.
17. Dato Seri Abdullah opted to join UMNO Baru. Even though he supported Tengku Razaleigh I did not stop him. However I did not appoint him as a Minister.
18. Semangat 46 did badly in the General Elections in 1990 and again in 1995. Tengku Razaleigh dissolved the party and rejoined UMNO. I did not bear a grudge against him. His colleague Dato Seri Rais Yatim was reappointed a Minister.
19. Dato Seri Abdullah Badawi contested for membership of the UMNO Supreme Council and won. At the next election he contested for Vice President and came in second.
20. After that I concluded that UMNO members wanted him and I reappointed him as a Cabinet Minister. I could not ignore the wishes of UMNO members. The party belongs to them, not to me alone.
21. He then went on to be made Deputy Prime Minister and was accordingly elected by UMNO Assembly as Deputy President.
22. All these things were possible when I was President of UMNO and Prime Minister. But the moment I stepped down I was not allowed to meet UMNO Ministers and other UMNO leaders and they were not allowed to meet me or attend any function where I spoke. This remains the directive to this day.
23. UMNO members who invited me to speak were called up by UMNO Menteri Besar and the Police and told to withdraw their invitation. After that UMNO branches stopped inviting me. They had to persuade NGO's to invite me so that the few brave souls among them could attend anonymously. UMNO Members of Parliament and State Assemblymen would not attend even the NGO organised meetings.
24. Invitations by universities are not allowed and a few who did had to withdraw their invitations.
25. When I requested to see Dato Seri Najib Tun Razak, the UMNO Deputy President and Deputy Prime Minister after the Election he said he had to get the permission of the Prime Minister.
26. After a long time when the Press asked if I had met the Deputy Prime Minister, I had to explain that I had not because the Deputy Prime Minister had not obtained the permission of the Prime Minister yet. When I was Deputy Prime Minister I never had to get the permission of the Prime Minister to see anyone. Neither had my four Deputies to ask permission from me. They were free to see anyone they liked.
27. After the Press reported my reply, the Prime Minister denied he did not give permission. Subsequently Dato Seri Najib invited me to see him in his house. I went and I found that he was not willing to go against anything the Prime Minister said or did. It was obvious that he was afraid of the Prime Minister. Why he is afraid I do not know. But all the Cabinet Ministers, Members of the UMNO Supreme Council, Divisional Heads are afraid of Prime Minister Abdullah. They were never afraid of me when I was Prime Minister.
28. After the 2008 Elections even UMNO members blamed Dato Seri Abdullah. Many had secretly voted for the opposition because they did not like him or his administration. He was asked to step down by many UMNO Division heads who were not in the Government. Those in the Government gave unlimited support fearing to lose their jobs.
29. None of the UMNO top leaders dared to challenge him. None dared to say anything openly against him. UMNO Supreme Council members and Cabinet members all chorused their support of him. Support for me when I was Prime Minister was never total.
30. Despite the frequent challenges and criticisms against me when I was UMNO President and Prime Minister, despite the fact that UMNO members and leaders actually stood against me and nearly toppled me, despite UMNO leaders contesting against me, Abdullah apologists and the Western press still insist that I was a dictator who is worse than Abdullah. That I had stepped down voluntarily, something which dictators have never done, has not lessened this dictator label on me.
31. This argument that I was worse than Dato Abdullah will be trotted out every time I criticise or point out the authoritarianism of the Abdullah regime. If people are so blind as not to see who is the dictator and who is not, it is their right. But when you deliberately ignore the truth you will lose credibility. That is why today very few read the Government controlled mainstream newspapers or watch the news reports on Government controlled television. Blogs have replaced the conventional media as sources of information.
32. That is why I have taken to blogging. The number of visitors I get (three million in two months) and the comments they make tell the true story about how the people really feel. To a huge majority of these people I am not a dictator. For me that counts.
33. The apologists will go on repeating the old cliché but it will get them nowhere. Clearly people just don't believe.
Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at July 8, 2008 1:11 PM
1. At a press conference called to explain about the police report on judge Ian Chin, a Western reporter blamed me for the authoritarian rule of Prime Minister Dato Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
2. It seemed that he had inherited this behaviour from me. And she suggested that I was worse than Dato Seri Abdullah.
3. The Western press and my detractors among the opposition and certain members of the local press had of course labelled me a dictator when I was Prime Minister.
4. Labelling is one way to destroy the image of a leader and to reduce his popularity.
5. Lee Kuan Yew labelled me "the Malay Ultra" and the Chinese in Malaysia were shocked when I was named the Deputy Prime Minister by Tun Hussein. They thought I would be dispossessing them of their wealth and rights in favour of the Malays.
6. But soon after I took office they changed their minds and became very supportive. Before I stepped down the Chinese electorate ensured that I got the 2/3 majority in 1999, the last election over which I presided.
7. But the Western journalists prefer to retain their own fiction about my being a dictator, my anti-Chinese feelings and my being corrupt and favouring my cronies. Now their journalists would read these old reports and presume that they were God-given truths. They never ever do any real research. And so every time I criticise the Abdullah Badawi regime, they and the local Abdullah apologists would rebut by saying that I was worse when I was Prime Minister.
8. In particular my alleged authoritarian management of the party and the Government. What they ignore is the fact that during my Presidency of UMNO, other leaders were not afraid to challenge me.
9. Dato (now Tun) Musa Hitam, my first Deputy resigned from his position in the Government and the party. I was naturally angered by his action. But the Supreme Council of UMNO decided to send a delegation to appeal to him to come back. I did not oppose this move, and accepted his decision to return as Deputy President of UMNO but not as Deputy Prime Minister.
10. I had to appoint (Tun) Ghaffar Baba as Deputy Prime Minister.
11. Then Musa persuaded his arch enemy, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah to contest for President against me while he contested for Deputy President.
12. The two were supported by (Dato Seri) Abdullah Badawi, (Dato Seri) Syed Hamid Albar, (Tan Sri) Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir, (Dato Seri) Rais Yatim and many others. They went around the country to persuade UMNO divisions and members to dump me and elect them at the UMNO General Assembly.
13. I did not stop them from campaigning although they made scurrilous allegations against me. UMNO members were not prevented from attending campaign meetings held by them. It is believed that money was used to persuade UMNO delegates to the General Assembly to vote for them.
14. In the event I just managed to win with a 43 vote majority while my running mate, Ghaffar had a 41 vote majority.
15. Tengku Razaleigh's supporters took this issue to court seeking to force a new election. The court decided that UMNO was an illegal party. I had to re-register UMNO as New UMNO, UMNO Baru. Tengku Razaleigh formed a new party which he called Semangat 46 or Spirit of '46 (the year UMNO was formed).
16. Both parties tried to attract the members of the former UMNO. UMNO Baru (New UMNO) gained the most number of the former members and new members.
17. Dato Seri Abdullah opted to join UMNO Baru. Even though he supported Tengku Razaleigh I did not stop him. However I did not appoint him as a Minister.
18. Semangat 46 did badly in the General Elections in 1990 and again in 1995. Tengku Razaleigh dissolved the party and rejoined UMNO. I did not bear a grudge against him. His colleague Dato Seri Rais Yatim was reappointed a Minister.
19. Dato Seri Abdullah Badawi contested for membership of the UMNO Supreme Council and won. At the next election he contested for Vice President and came in second.
20. After that I concluded that UMNO members wanted him and I reappointed him as a Cabinet Minister. I could not ignore the wishes of UMNO members. The party belongs to them, not to me alone.
21. He then went on to be made Deputy Prime Minister and was accordingly elected by UMNO Assembly as Deputy President.
22. All these things were possible when I was President of UMNO and Prime Minister. But the moment I stepped down I was not allowed to meet UMNO Ministers and other UMNO leaders and they were not allowed to meet me or attend any function where I spoke. This remains the directive to this day.
23. UMNO members who invited me to speak were called up by UMNO Menteri Besar and the Police and told to withdraw their invitation. After that UMNO branches stopped inviting me. They had to persuade NGO's to invite me so that the few brave souls among them could attend anonymously. UMNO Members of Parliament and State Assemblymen would not attend even the NGO organised meetings.
24. Invitations by universities are not allowed and a few who did had to withdraw their invitations.
25. When I requested to see Dato Seri Najib Tun Razak, the UMNO Deputy President and Deputy Prime Minister after the Election he said he had to get the permission of the Prime Minister.
26. After a long time when the Press asked if I had met the Deputy Prime Minister, I had to explain that I had not because the Deputy Prime Minister had not obtained the permission of the Prime Minister yet. When I was Deputy Prime Minister I never had to get the permission of the Prime Minister to see anyone. Neither had my four Deputies to ask permission from me. They were free to see anyone they liked.
27. After the Press reported my reply, the Prime Minister denied he did not give permission. Subsequently Dato Seri Najib invited me to see him in his house. I went and I found that he was not willing to go against anything the Prime Minister said or did. It was obvious that he was afraid of the Prime Minister. Why he is afraid I do not know. But all the Cabinet Ministers, Members of the UMNO Supreme Council, Divisional Heads are afraid of Prime Minister Abdullah. They were never afraid of me when I was Prime Minister.
28. After the 2008 Elections even UMNO members blamed Dato Seri Abdullah. Many had secretly voted for the opposition because they did not like him or his administration. He was asked to step down by many UMNO Division heads who were not in the Government. Those in the Government gave unlimited support fearing to lose their jobs.
29. None of the UMNO top leaders dared to challenge him. None dared to say anything openly against him. UMNO Supreme Council members and Cabinet members all chorused their support of him. Support for me when I was Prime Minister was never total.
30. Despite the frequent challenges and criticisms against me when I was UMNO President and Prime Minister, despite the fact that UMNO members and leaders actually stood against me and nearly toppled me, despite UMNO leaders contesting against me, Abdullah apologists and the Western press still insist that I was a dictator who is worse than Abdullah. That I had stepped down voluntarily, something which dictators have never done, has not lessened this dictator label on me.
31. This argument that I was worse than Dato Abdullah will be trotted out every time I criticise or point out the authoritarianism of the Abdullah regime. If people are so blind as not to see who is the dictator and who is not, it is their right. But when you deliberately ignore the truth you will lose credibility. That is why today very few read the Government controlled mainstream newspapers or watch the news reports on Government controlled television. Blogs have replaced the conventional media as sources of information.
32. That is why I have taken to blogging. The number of visitors I get (three million in two months) and the comments they make tell the true story about how the people really feel. To a huge majority of these people I am not a dictator. For me that counts.
33. The apologists will go on repeating the old cliché but it will get them nowhere. Clearly people just don't believe.
Parliament Speaker will look into emergency motion of no confidence against the PM on Monday
Parliament Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia says he will look into emergency motion of no confidence against PM and decide on the matter on Monday.
Opposition Leader Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail filed an emergency motion of no confidence against PM at Dewan Rakyat Speaker’s office at 3:45pm.
After filing the motion, she said there would be no voting involved in the process, as Pakatan Rakyat was not seeking a no-confidence vote.
"We are not hoping for a change in the government but to have our voices heard,'' she said at Parliament lobby.
Asked why she was only doing it now, Dr Wan Azizah said because it was because the situation inthe country has worsened.
"This motion is simply to seek a change within the existing situation,'' she said.
Blogger: It looks like Wan Azizah just want to send a signal to the PM asking him to step down. She is not asking for a vote. Therefore, it is a political move. She is not seeking execution of the motion by vote. Whether you support or not, it is in the record.
Penang CM Lim Guan Eng announces PKR president Wan Azizah Wan Ismail will be conferred DPPN title which carries the title of Datuk Seri.
Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar said private investigator P. Balasubramaniam had fled the country after receiving death threats against him and his family.
In a landmark decision, Federal Court rules it will hear an appeal by BN’s Wan Embong who lost Manir state seat to PAS’ Harun Taib.
Opposition Leader Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail filed an emergency motion of no confidence against PM at Dewan Rakyat Speaker’s office at 3:45pm.
After filing the motion, she said there would be no voting involved in the process, as Pakatan Rakyat was not seeking a no-confidence vote.
"We are not hoping for a change in the government but to have our voices heard,'' she said at Parliament lobby.
Asked why she was only doing it now, Dr Wan Azizah said because it was because the situation inthe country has worsened.
"This motion is simply to seek a change within the existing situation,'' she said.
Blogger: It looks like Wan Azizah just want to send a signal to the PM asking him to step down. She is not asking for a vote. Therefore, it is a political move. She is not seeking execution of the motion by vote. Whether you support or not, it is in the record.
Penang CM Lim Guan Eng announces PKR president Wan Azizah Wan Ismail will be conferred DPPN title which carries the title of Datuk Seri.
Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar said private investigator P. Balasubramaniam had fled the country after receiving death threats against him and his family.
In a landmark decision, Federal Court rules it will hear an appeal by BN’s Wan Embong who lost Manir state seat to PAS’ Harun Taib.
2008年7月9日星期三
Singapore cut pump prices for petrol by four cents per litre
Fuel companies in Singapore have cut pump prices for petrol by four cents a litre to reflect current market conditions, diesel prices unchanged.
All 6 Umno divisions in Malacca will nominate Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as president, Najib Tun Razak as deputy, says liaison chief Mohd Ali Rustam.
The government is talking to banks on restructuring housing loan payments to reduce the burden of borrowers, says the second Finance Minister Nor Mohamed Yakcop.
All 6 Umno divisions in Malacca will nominate Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as president, Najib Tun Razak as deputy, says liaison chief Mohd Ali Rustam.
The government is talking to banks on restructuring housing loan payments to reduce the burden of borrowers, says the second Finance Minister Nor Mohamed Yakcop.
2008年7月8日星期二
Selangor Umno will nominate Abdullah as president and Najib as no.2
8/7 Selangor Umno division chiefs will nominate PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as president and Najib Tun Razak as no. 2, says liaison chief Muhd Muhammad Taib.
Thailand Supreme Court has begun corruption proceedings against outsted PM Thaksin Shinwatra.
PM calls for boost in world food production and finding permanent solution to skyrocketing oil prices at Developing Eight (D8) Nations Summit.
Thailand Supreme Court has begun corruption proceedings against outsted PM Thaksin Shinwatra.
PM calls for boost in world food production and finding permanent solution to skyrocketing oil prices at Developing Eight (D8) Nations Summit.
2008年7月7日星期一
No-confidence motion against PM is off
SAPP’s no-confidence motion threat against the PM is off, VP Dr Chua Soon Bui said SAPP didn’t want to be a “scapegoat” in the current political climate.
The PM is saddened by incidents of false allegations and betrayals to confuse the people, says such actions contravene the principles of Rukun Negara.
Penang High Court dismisses move for injunction to stop Perak, Penang Islamic Religious Depts from burying convert B. Elangesvaran as a Muslim.
Perak Government will provide 20 cu m of free water to 15,000 households with monthly incomes between RM 420 and RM 700 says MB Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin.
Former Yang Dipertua Negeri of Malacca, Tun Syed Ahmad Shahabudin, 83, passed away at 7:45am in his home at Taman Tun Dr Ismail in KL.
Opposition BN reps in Kelantan state assembly staged a walk out after accusing the state government of refusing to answer verbal and written questions.
Blogger: When BN is in the government, staging a walk out is unheard of but now when they are in the opposition, they also do the same. DAP or rather the opposition usually would stage a walk out if they are really unhappy with incidents that occurred in the state assembly or parliament. And BN would only laugh at them. Now should the PAS laugh at the BN’s walk out?
6/7 CID Director: Police have recorded statements from 18 people, including doctors, who examined Anwar Ibrahim’s accuser Mohd Saiful.
The PM is saddened by incidents of false allegations and betrayals to confuse the people, says such actions contravene the principles of Rukun Negara.
Penang High Court dismisses move for injunction to stop Perak, Penang Islamic Religious Depts from burying convert B. Elangesvaran as a Muslim.
Perak Government will provide 20 cu m of free water to 15,000 households with monthly incomes between RM 420 and RM 700 says MB Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin.
Former Yang Dipertua Negeri of Malacca, Tun Syed Ahmad Shahabudin, 83, passed away at 7:45am in his home at Taman Tun Dr Ismail in KL.
Opposition BN reps in Kelantan state assembly staged a walk out after accusing the state government of refusing to answer verbal and written questions.
Blogger: When BN is in the government, staging a walk out is unheard of but now when they are in the opposition, they also do the same. DAP or rather the opposition usually would stage a walk out if they are really unhappy with incidents that occurred in the state assembly or parliament. And BN would only laugh at them. Now should the PAS laugh at the BN’s walk out?
6/7 CID Director: Police have recorded statements from 18 people, including doctors, who examined Anwar Ibrahim’s accuser Mohd Saiful.
2008年7月6日星期日
Penang's Federal allocation has been cut by almost 80%
As reported by The Star, July 6, 2008, Penang’s Federal Government allocation for development has been cut by almost 80% after the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP) mid-term review in June and the state government is demanding an explanation.
“In 2006, the state’s development allocation under the 9MP was set at RM6.152bil out of the total allocation of RM200bil, which roughly equals to 3.1%.
“After the mid-term review, the allocation has been cut by some RM4.7bil despite the 9MP’s increased total allocation to RM230bil
Blogger: Well, Penangites, can you accept the Federal Government's new arrangement? You have to suffer for at least 5 years if you have done nothing.
“In 2006, the state’s development allocation under the 9MP was set at RM6.152bil out of the total allocation of RM200bil, which roughly equals to 3.1%.
“After the mid-term review, the allocation has been cut by some RM4.7bil despite the 9MP’s increased total allocation to RM230bil
Blogger: Well, Penangites, can you accept the Federal Government's new arrangement? You have to suffer for at least 5 years if you have done nothing.
Malaysia is waiting for US' response to protesting note on meddling in country's affairs.
6/7 Malaysia is waiting for US’ response to note protesting its meddling in country’s affairs by commenting on Anwar’s sodomy allegations, says Rais.
6/7 (15:07:37)
Thousands of protestors have thronged at PJ’s Kelana Jaya stadium in rally against fuel hike, no arrests nor untoward incidences so far.
Interpol’s help sought find Private Investigator P. Balasubramaniam who’s missing since Friday, CID chief says he could be hiding or had been “forced “ to hide.
CID Director:Police have recorded statements from 18 people, including doctors who examined Anwar Ibrahim’s accuser Mohd Saiful.
6/7 (15:07:37)
Thousands of protestors have thronged at PJ’s Kelana Jaya stadium in rally against fuel hike, no arrests nor untoward incidences so far.
Interpol’s help sought find Private Investigator P. Balasubramaniam who’s missing since Friday, CID chief says he could be hiding or had been “forced “ to hide.
CID Director:Police have recorded statements from 18 people, including doctors who examined Anwar Ibrahim’s accuser Mohd Saiful.
2008年7月5日星期六
P.Balasubramaniam, wife and 3 children gone missing
5/7 R.Kumaresan, nephew of Private Investigator P. Balasubramaniam, has lodged a police report in KL over the disappearance of his uncle, aunt and their 3 children.
DPM denies any involvement in P. Balasubramaniam’s retraction of his statutory declaration. He said: “I have no knowledge of anything”.
Thousands of activists from around the world have started protesting in Sapporo, Japan, ahead of next week’s G8 summit which begins Monday.
IGB Musa Hassan, A-G Abdul Gani Patail will be called to answer allegations about Anwar Ibrahim’s blackeye incident, says ACA director-general.
DPM denies any involvement in P. Balasubramaniam’s retraction of his statutory declaration. He said: “I have no knowledge of anything”.
Thousands of activists from around the world have started protesting in Sapporo, Japan, ahead of next week’s G8 summit which begins Monday.
IGB Musa Hassan, A-G Abdul Gani Patail will be called to answer allegations about Anwar Ibrahim’s blackeye incident, says ACA director-general.
P. Balasubramaniam retracted statement about DPM involvement with Altantuya
4/7 Private Investigator P. Balasubramaniam retracted that DPM introduced Razak Baginda to Altantuya Shaariibuu and that DPM has a sexual relationship with her.
4/7 Police will investigate both statutory declarations made by Private Investigator P. Balasubramaniam even though yesterday it has been retracted, says Deputy IGP.
4/7 Military Intelligence DG Salleh Ismail has denied Raja Petra Kamarudin’s claims that his unit passed Altantuya Shaaribuu’s report to PM.
4/7 PKR Youth chief Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin lodged report calling police to probe allegations in Raja Petra, P. Balasubramaniam’s declarations.
4/7 Election petition against Kuala Kangsar MP Rafidah Aziz dismissed without costs at the Ipoh High Court.
4/7 Police will investigate both statutory declarations made by Private Investigator P. Balasubramaniam even though yesterday it has been retracted, says Deputy IGP.
4/7 Military Intelligence DG Salleh Ismail has denied Raja Petra Kamarudin’s claims that his unit passed Altantuya Shaaribuu’s report to PM.
4/7 PKR Youth chief Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin lodged report calling police to probe allegations in Raja Petra, P. Balasubramaniam’s declarations.
4/7 Election petition against Kuala Kangsar MP Rafidah Aziz dismissed without costs at the Ipoh High Court.
2008年7月3日星期四
PM:Najib told him about allegation involving Altantuya but they did not discuss it because the case is in the court.
PM said Najib told him about allegation involving Altantuya but they did not discuss it, he declined to comment further as case is in court.
3/7 DPM said a “traumatized” Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan met him at his residence to seek help over sodomy allegations against Anwar Ibrahim.
3/7 12:39:35
Razak Baginda’s private investigator P. Balasubramaniam says the police has omitted infor about relationship between a senior politician and Altantuya in his statement.
Blogger: This is getting interesting. Who is in the spot light again?
What is Najib response to Balasubramaniam’s statutory declaration?
Najib said that the statutory declaration by Private Investigator P. Balasubramaniam is just to divert public attention from sodomy allegations against Anwar Ibrahim.
DPM Najib Tun Razak has reiterated that he did not know and also had not met Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu before.
3/7 New FIFA world rankings: Euro champ Spain now No.1, followed by Italy, Germany; previous No. 1 and 2, Argentina and Brazil, drop to No. 6 and 4.
Guiness World Records confirms Mozilla Firefox 3.0 set a new record for most software downloads in 24 hours; more than 8m downloads on June 18.
3/7 DPM said a “traumatized” Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan met him at his residence to seek help over sodomy allegations against Anwar Ibrahim.
3/7 12:39:35
Razak Baginda’s private investigator P. Balasubramaniam says the police has omitted infor about relationship between a senior politician and Altantuya in his statement.
Blogger: This is getting interesting. Who is in the spot light again?
What is Najib response to Balasubramaniam’s statutory declaration?
Najib said that the statutory declaration by Private Investigator P. Balasubramaniam is just to divert public attention from sodomy allegations against Anwar Ibrahim.
DPM Najib Tun Razak has reiterated that he did not know and also had not met Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu before.
3/7 New FIFA world rankings: Euro champ Spain now No.1, followed by Italy, Germany; previous No. 1 and 2, Argentina and Brazil, drop to No. 6 and 4.
Guiness World Records confirms Mozilla Firefox 3.0 set a new record for most software downloads in 24 hours; more than 8m downloads on June 18.
Syed Hamid:Anwar should not be reporting to Washington when he faces a crisis.
2/7 PKR adviser Anwar Ibrahim should not be reporting to Washington each time he faces a crisis, says Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar.
2/7 Two UMNO MPs – Ismail Sabri Yaakob(Bera) and Saifuddin Abdullah (Temerloh) – have denied that they are part of four BN MPs set to join PKR.
2/7 The government has allocated RM 50 mil for housing loans to the poor distributed via BSN and Bank Islam, say Housing, Local Government Minister Ong Ka Chuan.
2/7 Chief Secretary to Government Mohd Sidek Hassan says the plan to pay civil servant’s salary in 2 instalments a month will not be implemented.
2/7 Two UMNO MPs – Ismail Sabri Yaakob(Bera) and Saifuddin Abdullah (Temerloh) – have denied that they are part of four BN MPs set to join PKR.
2/7 The government has allocated RM 50 mil for housing loans to the poor distributed via BSN and Bank Islam, say Housing, Local Government Minister Ong Ka Chuan.
2/7 Chief Secretary to Government Mohd Sidek Hassan says the plan to pay civil servant’s salary in 2 instalments a month will not be implemented.
2008年7月2日星期三
Malaysia will protest to US statement on Anwar
PM will direct Foreign Minister to write to US Embassy to protest US statement; he says it is tantamount to meddling in internal affairs.
Earlier, US warns Malaysia against politically-motivated investigation of PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim, saying there should be no sodomy charges.
Blogger: The PM responded quickly to US statement is commendable because we do not want other countries to interfere to our internal affair.
PM and Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail currently meeting in Parliament; believed to be discussing latest developments regarding Anwar Ibrahim.
PM assures security for Anwar Ibrahim and his accuser Mohd saiful Bukhari Azlan in the sodomy case; says their lives would not be threatened.
Anwar Ibrahim says sodomy allegation will not stick because he has proof he was with a group of people on the night of allegation.
Anwar Ibrahim and lawyers arrived at Selangor police contigent at about 3.03pm; they proceeded to CPO Deputy Comm Khalid Abu Bakar’s office.
Penang CM Lim Guan Eng will request for PORR and Monorail projects to be reinstated when he meets PM Thursday at the Northern Corridor meeting.
At 15:03:11, I just received the SMS news from the Star saying that the Puchong MP Gobind Singh has apologized to Dewan Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia in his chamber and promised not to defy the Speaker again.
However, in the latest turn of events, Puchong MP Gobind Singh denies Dewan Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia’s claim that he had apologized to him.
Earlier, Gobind Singh said he will not enter the chamber today and will wait for the suspension to end tomorrow. He maintained that he did nothing wrong.
85 inmates from various prisons nationwide will be considered for the first batch of parolees under the new parole system: Syed Hamid Albar.
Perak Umno and BN have apologized over racial remarks made by Sg Rapat assemblyman Hamidah Osman at the Perak state assembly last week.
Ezam Mohd Nor lodged a report with Selangor ACA, handed over document faxed from MB’s office soliciting funds for the state’s 100-day celebration.
BVI-registered Bestempire bought 5.73m shares or 5.85% on June 24, ups stake to 17.84%. Shares hit 4-month high of 20.5c on that day.
Earlier, US warns Malaysia against politically-motivated investigation of PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim, saying there should be no sodomy charges.
Blogger: The PM responded quickly to US statement is commendable because we do not want other countries to interfere to our internal affair.
PM and Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail currently meeting in Parliament; believed to be discussing latest developments regarding Anwar Ibrahim.
PM assures security for Anwar Ibrahim and his accuser Mohd saiful Bukhari Azlan in the sodomy case; says their lives would not be threatened.
Anwar Ibrahim says sodomy allegation will not stick because he has proof he was with a group of people on the night of allegation.
Anwar Ibrahim and lawyers arrived at Selangor police contigent at about 3.03pm; they proceeded to CPO Deputy Comm Khalid Abu Bakar’s office.
Penang CM Lim Guan Eng will request for PORR and Monorail projects to be reinstated when he meets PM Thursday at the Northern Corridor meeting.
At 15:03:11, I just received the SMS news from the Star saying that the Puchong MP Gobind Singh has apologized to Dewan Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia in his chamber and promised not to defy the Speaker again.
However, in the latest turn of events, Puchong MP Gobind Singh denies Dewan Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia’s claim that he had apologized to him.
Earlier, Gobind Singh said he will not enter the chamber today and will wait for the suspension to end tomorrow. He maintained that he did nothing wrong.
85 inmates from various prisons nationwide will be considered for the first batch of parolees under the new parole system: Syed Hamid Albar.
Perak Umno and BN have apologized over racial remarks made by Sg Rapat assemblyman Hamidah Osman at the Perak state assembly last week.
Ezam Mohd Nor lodged a report with Selangor ACA, handed over document faxed from MB’s office soliciting funds for the state’s 100-day celebration.
BVI-registered Bestempire bought 5.73m shares or 5.85% on June 24, ups stake to 17.84%. Shares hit 4-month high of 20.5c on that day.
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