1. A restructure of institutions including the Elections Commission (EC), the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), the Attorney-General’s Chambers and the Royal Malaysian Police. During a debate on the policy framework, DAP’s Anthony Loke said PR bring the MACC under the purview of Parliament.
2. A repeal of the Internal Security Act (ISA)
3. Instruct Khazanah Berhad, Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) and other government bodies to take over highway assets from the concessionaires in order to abolish the toll system.
4. A restructure of the country’s subsidies, to lessen subsidies given to the private sector (such as the RM19 billion in gas subsidies given to independent power producers) and transferring these to subsidies for the
man on the street.
5. Acknowledging the role and sacrifices of civil servants by studying the current pay schemes and increasing the incentives for teachers by RM500 a month
6. Transferring private water concessions to the government
7. Offering free wireless Internet access to those in urban and semi-urban
areas
8. Cancelling Felda Plantations and opening up its farms to second- and third generation Felda settlers.
9. Increasing oil royalty payments to Sabah, Sarawak, Terengganu and Kelantan to 20 per cent from 5 per cent currently.
10. Formation of a Royal Commission to solve the problem of illegal immigrants and citizenship issues in Sabah and Sarawak.
Monday, March 14, 2011
No let-up in the anti-Christian treatment
There is an incident at a secondary school in which its acting headmistress was transferred within 24 hours' notice earlier this month.
It appears that the transfer was somehow related to the 'Bible Knowledge' lessons that the headmistress - who had been attached to the SK Damansara Jaya school for almost 25 years - had given.
As reported in The Star, Ruth Cheah Kah Yok's transfer was apparently due to her role in teaching Bible knowledge to Form Five students who had registered for the SPM Bible knowledge paper this year.
The move was certainly unjustifiable and uncalled for, as Ruth Cheah had been teaching the topic after school on a voluntary basis.
It appears that the transfer was somehow related to the 'Bible Knowledge' lessons that the headmistress - who had been attached to the SK Damansara Jaya school for almost 25 years - had given.
As reported in The Star, Ruth Cheah Kah Yok's transfer was apparently due to her role in teaching Bible knowledge to Form Five students who had registered for the SPM Bible knowledge paper this year.
The move was certainly unjustifiable and uncalled for, as Ruth Cheah had been teaching the topic after school on a voluntary basis.
Monday Humour
PANTS & PANTIES
Mike was going to be married to Karen so his Father sat him down for a little chat.
He said, ‘Mike, let me tell you something. On my wedding night in our honeymoon
suite, I took off my pants, handed them to your Mother, and said, “Here, try this on.’’
She did and said, ‘These are too big. I can’t wear them.’
I replied, ‘Exactly.. I wear the pants in this family and I always will.’
Ever since that night, we have never had any problems.
‘Hmmm,’ said Mike. He thought that might be a good thing to try.
On his honeymoon, Mike took off his pants and said to Karen, ‘Here, try this on...’
She tried them on and said, ‘These are too large. They don’t fit me.’
Mike said, ‘Exactly. I wear the pants in this family and I always will. I don’t want you to ever forget that.’
Then Karen took off her panties and handed them to Mike. She said, ‘Here, you try on mine.’
Mike did and said, ‘I can’t get into your panties.’
Karen said, ‘Exactly. And if you don’t change your smart-ass attitude, you never will.’
Mike was going to be married to Karen so his Father sat him down for a little chat.
He said, ‘Mike, let me tell you something. On my wedding night in our honeymoon
suite, I took off my pants, handed them to your Mother, and said, “Here, try this on.’’
She did and said, ‘These are too big. I can’t wear them.’
I replied, ‘Exactly.. I wear the pants in this family and I always will.’
Ever since that night, we have never had any problems.
‘Hmmm,’ said Mike. He thought that might be a good thing to try.
On his honeymoon, Mike took off his pants and said to Karen, ‘Here, try this on...’
She tried them on and said, ‘These are too large. They don’t fit me.’
Mike said, ‘Exactly. I wear the pants in this family and I always will. I don’t want you to ever forget that.’
Then Karen took off her panties and handed them to Mike. She said, ‘Here, you try on mine.’
Mike did and said, ‘I can’t get into your panties.’
Karen said, ‘Exactly. And if you don’t change your smart-ass attitude, you never will.’
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The Power of the Badge
It doesn't pay to be arrogant!
DEA officer stops at a ranch in South Texas, and talks with an old rancher mending a fence.
He tells the rancher, "I need to inspect your ranch for illegally grown drugs."
The old Rancher says, "Okay, but don't go in that field over there", as he points out the location.
The DEA officer verbally explodes saying, "Mister, I have the authority of the Federal Government behind me."
He reaches into his back pants pocket, removes his badge and proudly flashes it at the old Rancher.
"Do you see this badge? It means I am allowed to go wherever I wish.... on any one's land. No questions asked or answers given. Have I made myself clear? Do you understand?"
The old rancher nods politely, apologizes, and goes about his chores..
A short time later, the old rancher hears loud screams and sees the DEA officer running for his life ... chased close behind by the rancher's 1,500 pound prize bull.
With every step the bull is gaining ground on the officer, and it seems likely that he'll get "Horned" before he reaches safety.
The officer is clearly terrified. The Rancher drops his fence tools, runs to the fence and yells at the top of his lungs.....
"Your badge, your badge. Show him your damn BADGE!"
It doesn't pay to be arrogant!
DEA officer stops at a ranch in South Texas, and talks with an old rancher mending a fence.
He tells the rancher, "I need to inspect your ranch for illegally grown drugs."
The old Rancher says, "Okay, but don't go in that field over there", as he points out the location.
The DEA officer verbally explodes saying, "Mister, I have the authority of the Federal Government behind me."
He reaches into his back pants pocket, removes his badge and proudly flashes it at the old Rancher.
"Do you see this badge? It means I am allowed to go wherever I wish.... on any one's land. No questions asked or answers given. Have I made myself clear? Do you understand?"
The old rancher nods politely, apologizes, and goes about his chores..
A short time later, the old rancher hears loud screams and sees the DEA officer running for his life ... chased close behind by the rancher's 1,500 pound prize bull.
With every step the bull is gaining ground on the officer, and it seems likely that he'll get "Horned" before he reaches safety.
The officer is clearly terrified. The Rancher drops his fence tools, runs to the fence and yells at the top of his lungs.....
"Your badge, your badge. Show him your damn BADGE!"
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Smart Afghan Women
WOMEN WHO KNOW THEIR PLACE (AND THEIR HUSBAND'S)
Barbara Walters, of Television's 20/20, did a story on gender roles in Kabul, Afghanistan
several years before the Afghan conflict.
She noted that women customarily walked five paces behind their husbands.
She recently returned to Kabul and observed that women still walk behind their husbands.
From Ms. Walters' vantage point, despite the overthrow of the oppressive Taliban regime,
the women walk even further back behind their husbands, and seem appear happy to maintain the old custom.
Ms. Walters approached one of the Afghani women and asked, 'Why do you continue with
an old custom that you once tried so desperately to change?'
The woman looked Ms. Walters straight in the eyes, and without hesitation said, 'Land Mines.'
The moral of the story is (no matter what language you speak and where you go):
BEHIND EVERY MAN, THERE'S A SMART WOMAN.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Berita Harian and its sick joke
This is the cartoon everyone is talking about. While the Japanese are being traumatised by the earthquake and tsunami, Berita Harian deemed it fit to print a cartoon depicting Ultraman running away from a tsunami wave. Being part of the UMNO set up, why am I not surprised. The apology made was via the FaceBook and Twitter. I would have thought they would have printed a full page in all the msm apologising to the Japanese people for the sick joke.
History repeating? Fears Fukushima may turn into Chernobyl
Najib, now do you still want a nuclear plant in Malaysia???
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Four things Christians can do in the face of represssion
Four things Christians can do in the face of repression
By Thomas Lee [Uppercaise]
The latest seizure of 30,000 Malay Bibles from the Kuching Port in Sarawak [and] several such incidents in the past few years are nothing less than an assault on the God-given right to worship, and to practice and propagate their faith in their own national language, without oppression.
There should no place for such evil bigotry and discrimination towards any religious belief in our country which is founded on the fundamental human right of freedom of worship.
What then should the Christians in Malaysia do in the face of such an oppressive political tyranny?
- Unite in unceasing prayer. A nationwide non-stop prayer vigil should be organized by the various churches. Individual Christians should set aside a day each week to fast and pray.
- Christians must be united to defend their rights and to curb and prevent any breach or dilution. Give steadfast support to church leaders in their negotiations with the authorities. CFM and its leadership should be resolute and unwavering in their stand.
- Christians must emerge from their spiritual slumber to be more vocal and visible as citizens. Mobilize themselves to campaign and vote for those [politicians] who are righteous, just, honest, fair, humble, competent, and incorruptible.
- Christians who are qualified and willing to serve the nation should offer themselves as candidates for election to Parliament and the various state assemblies.
Is UMNO acting in bad faith?
The renewed act of Bible confiscation is happening all over again. Christians in this country can only feel a sense of hopelessness, anger and disillusion and are wondering what is next on the UMNO agenda. After confiscating the Bibles, will they make it a law to say it is illegal for churches to have crosses or crucifixes. The Christmas party hosted by the Archbishop last year was a sign of things to come, when the church was "requested" not to display crosses, crucifixes nor the singing of hymns when the prime minister arrives. With the latest episode on the Bible confiscation, I can only surmise that UMNO is a no-brainer especially when the Sarawak state election is around the corner and where majority of people in the State are Christians. So by confiscating the Bibles, is UMNO acting in good faith? Allow me to apply two analogies here.
Everyone knows that there is a law prohibiting motor bike speeding on a busy street a'la mat rempit. Sensing that this is insufficient, the authorities decide to confiscate all the motor bikes in town, including those sold in shops, to ensure such an act does not take place. Thus two questions arise. Firstly, if the youths are caught breaking the law by engaging in motor bike racing, why not just book them? Secondly, by confiscating the bikes, would not the authorities be acting in bad faith when nothing has happened yet. The "reason" given was - for the sake of public safety.
Another interesting analogy is - it is an offence to drive without a proper licence. Every citizen understood this. But what the authorities will do is - they will impound your car before you even thought of driving the car around without a licence. So, the same principle applies. Since there is already a law, why not charge the culprit for committing such an unlawful act. Secondly by impounding the vehicle, does that not constitute an act of bad faith, when it is merely an assumption that the person would drive a car without a valid driving licence? The reason, public safety.
So coming back to the confiscation of the Bibles. By law, it is illegal for non-Muslim to propagate their faith to a Muslim. So anyone caught doing it, legal actions can be taken against him. But what UMNO has done is they decided to act in bad faith by confiscating the Bibles when no unlawful act has been committed yet. Reason? National Security. So is the rakyat safe when UMNO acts on whims and fancies without adhering to the law itself?
Finally, I believe strongly that no devout Muslim will ever want to read a Bible, unless UMNO is insulting the intelligence of my Malay Muslim friends and acting in bad faith believing that Muslims in this country are weak in their faith.
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