As each day passes, I am of the opinion that the tri-party collaboration between Pakatan Rakyat is beginning to show discomfort and discontentment.
Pas via its youth movement has publicly declared that it wishes to be the moral backbone of the alliance to propogate their Muslim state agenda and as usual Karpal Sing of DAP said, "over my dead body" (maybe due to old age, he will die soon) as this was never the issue as provided in the constitution.
Again, this nagging episode has since time in memorial, plagued the parties involved and till this day, the same topic is being hotly debated and we may want to question the motives of such an alliance, i.e. sleeping with the enemy.
It goes to show that all human beings (in this case the opposition) is willing to sacrifice their ideologies for the greater good (to form the next Malaysian government at all cost and to sell your soul to the devil to serve your objective) and with Anuar Ibrahim at the helm (and GOD only knows what he is scheming).
Irrespective of what Hadi Awang said that Pas will amend its ways for the greater good, are Malaysians so gullible to believe what was being said about moderation???
History of all nations and empires has shown that leaders of their time has always renegaded on their promises (the moon and the stars) and in this instance, Malaysia is living proof, be it from Barisan Nasional or the recently formed Pakatan Rakyat.
The calm before the storm is more evident in Pakatan Rakyat as the rag tag team is trying their level best to build on their recent success and the biggest question now is, "Are we in danger???".
To recap history, DAP has always been the opposition in Malaysia since time in memorial with Lim Kit Siang being the leader in Parliment and the best showing of DAP was having 22 seats in Parliment and now the rest is history.
With PKR being the new kid on the blok controlling more seats than DAP or PAS, are we to believe that DAP will be able to fend off PAS and PKR to assure the Chinese Malaysian public that all's well and we should not worry?????
As far as I am concerned is that DAP only want Penang and do not care about the rest of Malaysia and we might need to question their motives now more so than before.
As most Malaysian would know, DAP existence is partly due to the public requirement of having an oppossition in parliment but now the equation has changed and DAP no longer seems relevant.
Most of us just couldn't care less about DAP, MP's or Adun's not doing their elected job as their sole purpose was just to be the oppossition and that's that.
With the changing political senario, the question posed is about relevance and is DAP still relevant and can they deliver as promised and in this instance I beg to differ and maybe we should start to be more critical.
Since winning Perak with a slim majority, I find that some ADUN's are not that well educated and with their win, I still do not feel their presence or their walk about to thank the voting public.
I only see Penang and Selangor trying to be relevant and again poor PERAK is still lagging in most aspects and I am not surprised.
Where are the service centres for the public??????Most of their current ones are uneventful akin to a ghost town.
I only see LIM KIT SIANG on television daily tagging along with his son during all the publicity stints etc and I am curious since the former opposition leader was voted into office in IPOH. What the F.... is he doing in Penang all the time.
Where is his service centre which was not relevant then, but very relevant now since the formation of PAKATAN RAKYAT??????
He needs to justify and reassure the people which voted him in and please spare us the rethoric of the yester years about PAS and PKR.
With the publicity stint of ADUN Tronoh and ADUN Buntong yesterday about attempts to buy them over, please do not make a fool of yourselves since we have a former TNB wireman and so called budding entrepreneur as elected representatives.
Who on earth is stupid enough to offer the YB's RM65 million and a state councillor seat bewilders me and coming from a Malaysian Indian, I am not surprised akin to Samy Vellu rallying for the release of the Hindraf leaders and this is what we get when we want "CHANGE", to the political landscape and like my companion use to day, "desperate times requires desperate measures", and we voted in a bunch of jokers to serve us in the state for the sake of change.
Possibly this is an attempt to cover the previous wrongs of the ADUN Buntong for threathening to jump ship in the name of MAKKAL SAKTI, what a load of CRAP but still I find such incompetent display of leadership which speaks loud and clear of the quality of the present state government and exco's.
Thirty days has passed and we have sixty days more to go before we can evaluate the present government as per request of the new MB and I do hope for his sake, he would not give me another load of CRAP as per his charges.
INILAH NASIB NEGERI KU PERAK DAN NEGARAKU MALAYSIA
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Sunday, April 6, 2008
THE POWER OF PERCEPTION - A PERAK PERSPECTIVE
Before I went to bed on Wednesday night, Bernama News Flash said: Pakatan Rakyat state government announced lot titles for all gazetted new villages and kampung lots in the state and everyone is entitled to it. Next morning there was euphoria on the streets and market and kampung's all around about the prospect that there is indeed justice amongst thieves. What the BN lead government could not do in 50 years, was accomplished by a band of loosely knitted Exco's in 3 days after the swearing in ceremony which was on Monday - Believe it or Not????????
Well as the ancient Chinese adage goes, those former suckers just got their eye brows shaved and its truly an embarrassment to say the least in terms of publicity or gimmick as if you read between the lines, the new MB did not promised the sun and moon but he will try to accommodate at best provided in the state law. But for the layman, thats an irrevocable promise which might backfire if things are not resolved in the next 4 years for Pakatan Rakyat but hey, this is politics and the perception is crucial to say the least in reference to the former state leaders.
It was also made known to me that the former government has indeed approved 50,000 plus titles during their tenor and I shot back, "What you know and a few people know is not good publicity as the masses does not know, u stupid F...", and the local Pejabat Penerangan and its staff are just negligent but what can most of us do when we use to have a former MB who fails and stumbles.
The recent DAP crisis in Buntong has made me realised, how unstable the present state government is and that their foundation is built on thin ice and any adverse movement would result in total collapse and I am sure all Perakians do not realise the danger the state economy is by voting them in intentionally or otherwise.
Objectively these are the facts on having 2 seat majority:-
1. State funds can only last 3 months without federal support and funding
2. Tourism budget has been frozen
3. JKKK in crisis
4. 9th Malaysian Plan on hold
5. We do not have enough generating industries to depend on or to replenish the state coffers
6. All Federal funding will be delayed or just not forth coming
7. Past M.O.U signed by FDI especially for Manjung, Taiping and Belum will falter as the state does not provide confidence.
and much much more to say the least.
The present state government is too worried about their simple majority in the state legislature that they will not be focused enough to develop the state as they will have to look over their shoulders every second to avoid the Buntong crisis from repeating and they cannot pass a bill in the state legislature on anti hopping as this would require 2/3 majority.
To have a Malaysian of Indian orgin to be in the exco or speaker or senior exco or whatever position is suppose to resolve the problems besetting the Indian community for the past 50 years is it?????
How stupid and naive are all you jokers, what BN or MIC can't do for you, you expect Pakatan Rakyat to deliver is it??? Please wake up or hopefully I am proven wrong then I can rest my case!! Please have some common sense, money and development do not grow on trees and does not happen over night you know, please wake up!!!! and stop claiming that MAKKAL SAKTI won the election for PERAK.
Tell the wakil rakyat to donate their monthly salary for the betterment of the community (if they do not get federal funding) and serve them well, them maybe I will join Pakatan Rakyat and serve the rakyat for life and please wake up to reality and this will not happen in the next decade and as if a better Indian representation will solve the problem.
We have two exco members who are cousins and at the same time members of parliment and with parliment sitting soon, can they contribute to the state affairs is Questionable???
SO PERAKIANS, PLEASE WAKE UP AND WISE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It has not dawned on to the man on the street the severe and dire political circumstances of the present political landscape which will be felt in the next 90 days as the new MB wanted to gauge his days in office. We will be really F.... by then and reality sets in and grouses will be loud and clear again.
The man on the street is already suffering and all the contractors, suppliers and consultants are not being paid to date and Federal payment will be delayed plus all the class F contractors are dying and do you honestly think that Pakatan Rakyat will be voted in again in 4 years time,?????I DOUBT IT !!!!!
If today they command a bit more majority, I am sure everyone will give them one term to prove their worth and mettle but that is not to be as some of their so called wakil rakyat are not that well educated or able to provide input to spur the economy as most of us want it to be. As it never dawned onto them of winning in the first place and a good many lawyers in their teams can only mess up the system and most of us knows that lawyers are only good at arguing for the sake of arguing (for financial gain) and not technocrat or economist.
INILAH NASIB NEGERI KU PERAK DAN NEGARAKU MALAYSIA
Well as the ancient Chinese adage goes, those former suckers just got their eye brows shaved and its truly an embarrassment to say the least in terms of publicity or gimmick as if you read between the lines, the new MB did not promised the sun and moon but he will try to accommodate at best provided in the state law. But for the layman, thats an irrevocable promise which might backfire if things are not resolved in the next 4 years for Pakatan Rakyat but hey, this is politics and the perception is crucial to say the least in reference to the former state leaders.
It was also made known to me that the former government has indeed approved 50,000 plus titles during their tenor and I shot back, "What you know and a few people know is not good publicity as the masses does not know, u stupid F...", and the local Pejabat Penerangan and its staff are just negligent but what can most of us do when we use to have a former MB who fails and stumbles.
The recent DAP crisis in Buntong has made me realised, how unstable the present state government is and that their foundation is built on thin ice and any adverse movement would result in total collapse and I am sure all Perakians do not realise the danger the state economy is by voting them in intentionally or otherwise.
Objectively these are the facts on having 2 seat majority:-
1. State funds can only last 3 months without federal support and funding
2. Tourism budget has been frozen
3. JKKK in crisis
4. 9th Malaysian Plan on hold
5. We do not have enough generating industries to depend on or to replenish the state coffers
6. All Federal funding will be delayed or just not forth coming
7. Past M.O.U signed by FDI especially for Manjung, Taiping and Belum will falter as the state does not provide confidence.
and much much more to say the least.
The present state government is too worried about their simple majority in the state legislature that they will not be focused enough to develop the state as they will have to look over their shoulders every second to avoid the Buntong crisis from repeating and they cannot pass a bill in the state legislature on anti hopping as this would require 2/3 majority.
To have a Malaysian of Indian orgin to be in the exco or speaker or senior exco or whatever position is suppose to resolve the problems besetting the Indian community for the past 50 years is it?????
How stupid and naive are all you jokers, what BN or MIC can't do for you, you expect Pakatan Rakyat to deliver is it??? Please wake up or hopefully I am proven wrong then I can rest my case!! Please have some common sense, money and development do not grow on trees and does not happen over night you know, please wake up!!!! and stop claiming that MAKKAL SAKTI won the election for PERAK.
Tell the wakil rakyat to donate their monthly salary for the betterment of the community (if they do not get federal funding) and serve them well, them maybe I will join Pakatan Rakyat and serve the rakyat for life and please wake up to reality and this will not happen in the next decade and as if a better Indian representation will solve the problem.
We have two exco members who are cousins and at the same time members of parliment and with parliment sitting soon, can they contribute to the state affairs is Questionable???
SO PERAKIANS, PLEASE WAKE UP AND WISE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It has not dawned on to the man on the street the severe and dire political circumstances of the present political landscape which will be felt in the next 90 days as the new MB wanted to gauge his days in office. We will be really F.... by then and reality sets in and grouses will be loud and clear again.
The man on the street is already suffering and all the contractors, suppliers and consultants are not being paid to date and Federal payment will be delayed plus all the class F contractors are dying and do you honestly think that Pakatan Rakyat will be voted in again in 4 years time,?????I DOUBT IT !!!!!
If today they command a bit more majority, I am sure everyone will give them one term to prove their worth and mettle but that is not to be as some of their so called wakil rakyat are not that well educated or able to provide input to spur the economy as most of us want it to be. As it never dawned onto them of winning in the first place and a good many lawyers in their teams can only mess up the system and most of us knows that lawyers are only good at arguing for the sake of arguing (for financial gain) and not technocrat or economist.
INILAH NASIB NEGERI KU PERAK DAN NEGARAKU MALAYSIA
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Instability - Politics & Economics
As it rained hailstones 2 nights ago in Ipoh, which most of us would deem as a force of nature and the ever changing environment and to many of us , "the silent majority", is deemed as a bad omen if you believe in the occult and the mystics or is this merely superstition.
The ever changing political horizon to date has not abated with UMNO in disarray, MCA silent, Gerakan senior member resigning, MIC trying for cheap publicity and PPP totally nuked. Much can be said or expected from the new Pakatan Rakyat with Lim Guan Eng preparing himself for jail, DAP in Perak in shambles from the tantrums of Buntong, Selangor government drawing flak from their policies and Ronnie Liu suggesting withdrawing the earlier promise of cancellation of summons by MB and the Kedah government does not want to conrtribute to tourism as promised by the former government and the list goes on and on and the political circus is for the world to watch and pass judgement on our Malaysian incompetence in handling ourselves.
As the storm is brewing in the East coast of Sabah and Sarawak with Jeffery Kitingan claiming that Sabah based political parties are about to jump ship and join the new pakatan, thus publicly claiming mutiny on the federation of Malaysia and Paklah rumoured to have bought 90 suit cases of who knows what (plse use yr imagination) to appease the Gods of Intimidation for fear of annilihation, could some one please enlighten the general hard working public about the future of the country and the political reform of direction she is taking.
With Tun Mahathir and Mukhriz openly challenging the present leadership and UMNO seems to be under siege for the next 6 months pending the General Assembly and power brokers are having a field day while agents and sub agents plot for a bigger chunk of the economic pie, literally speaking, the country has gone or destined for armageddon (worst case senario) or to a definate symptoms of cracking up (worse than MRR2). The year 2008 is gone and kaput since March 8th and the dawn of 2009 is around the corner but does anyone realise the kind of shit we are in with all this power grabbing rampage??? And for Khir Toyo to publicly declare that he has done nothing wrong for the past few years tantamounts to sacrilege or please get him a good defense lawyer. Smart people would normally shut up and only the stupid with do the opposite.
In a democracy, doesnt any politician know that "iron fist", reigns supreme but disguised in goodies and handouts - tow the line and reap the ill gotten profit or die standing if you fight me?
Does this country have such a leader or is he still in hibernation or in disguise or is PAKLAH the man for the job or better Tun Mahathir making a come back to redeem us all and maybe Dato Seri Anuar is the messiah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To date, the ever faithful young son in law being rightly or wrongly accused must be given some slack as no doubt very well educated and smart but still lacks the PR aspect to his character and history has shown that ruthlessness (smiling tiger syndrome) is the order of the day admist civil societies and if you cannot take the heat get out of the kitchen or is you cannot be a "real bastard", please do not get involved with politics.
Young man with ego and aspirations and ambition must also come with a sound and articulate mind to rule the ruse of the day and the more friends (plus enemies in disguise) u make or buy will entrench your position.
Maybe all our potential politicans could go to MPH and buy the book by Lee Kuan Yew and learn a thing or two since most of us hate his guts but hey, was LKY wrong???
To rule with an iron fist and crush all rebellion should be the order of the day and get back to the business of running the country successfully instead of every other alternate day some stupid person with throw a monkey's wrench into the system.
This reminds me of the 2008 US Presidential Election i.e. the 3 am phone call.
Has anyone in Putrajaya everthought of making peace with the old man and his balding son, what does it cost to make peace and would it be worth it? Make peace at all cost as the devil or the savior is waiting outside the door in the form of Pakatan Rakyat. This would at least cool down the hot spots and at the same time talk about the succession plan and make an announcement to appease the grass roots and for Gods sake do something. Preserve and perservere your lineage KJ as Paklah has no son to take over his legacy, if there is one after December or sooner should Tengku gets his wish for the EGM.
We are just ordinary folks trying to make an honest daily living and it bleeds my heart to see such childish display of affection, supposedly good for the country and in the name of reform. Think of the country, her citizen, her economy, international scrutiny etc.
And for Gods sake, please announce an action plan for the whole country except Penang and Kelantan (as the destruction is total) and get the former wakil rakyat, umno youth, mb's to start mobilizing reforming measure and initiatives and please do not sit on your fat ass akine to menunggu durian luruh or worst waiting for the cows to come home.
Of course at the end of the day, who is gonna fund all this re-engineering moves and all politicians will lament - "Tak ada duit le", when they can affored Rm3k suits, rolex, posh cars, drivers, 2nd n 3rd wives, and dine elegantly but when it comes to real patriotism - "MANA ADA SAUDARA, BAIK JAGA DIRI SENDIRI ATTITUDE".
Again I am resigned to my fate and the rest of Malaysians for tomorrow is definately not a better day for what's left is only HOPE.
"The Silent Majority", does not care who governs Malaysia (the devil for all we care) but must be done in the right and proper manner and what is happening is totally disgusting.
Inilah nasib negaraku Malaysia yang disayangi.
The ever changing political horizon to date has not abated with UMNO in disarray, MCA silent, Gerakan senior member resigning, MIC trying for cheap publicity and PPP totally nuked. Much can be said or expected from the new Pakatan Rakyat with Lim Guan Eng preparing himself for jail, DAP in Perak in shambles from the tantrums of Buntong, Selangor government drawing flak from their policies and Ronnie Liu suggesting withdrawing the earlier promise of cancellation of summons by MB and the Kedah government does not want to conrtribute to tourism as promised by the former government and the list goes on and on and the political circus is for the world to watch and pass judgement on our Malaysian incompetence in handling ourselves.
As the storm is brewing in the East coast of Sabah and Sarawak with Jeffery Kitingan claiming that Sabah based political parties are about to jump ship and join the new pakatan, thus publicly claiming mutiny on the federation of Malaysia and Paklah rumoured to have bought 90 suit cases of who knows what (plse use yr imagination) to appease the Gods of Intimidation for fear of annilihation, could some one please enlighten the general hard working public about the future of the country and the political reform of direction she is taking.
With Tun Mahathir and Mukhriz openly challenging the present leadership and UMNO seems to be under siege for the next 6 months pending the General Assembly and power brokers are having a field day while agents and sub agents plot for a bigger chunk of the economic pie, literally speaking, the country has gone or destined for armageddon (worst case senario) or to a definate symptoms of cracking up (worse than MRR2). The year 2008 is gone and kaput since March 8th and the dawn of 2009 is around the corner but does anyone realise the kind of shit we are in with all this power grabbing rampage??? And for Khir Toyo to publicly declare that he has done nothing wrong for the past few years tantamounts to sacrilege or please get him a good defense lawyer. Smart people would normally shut up and only the stupid with do the opposite.
In a democracy, doesnt any politician know that "iron fist", reigns supreme but disguised in goodies and handouts - tow the line and reap the ill gotten profit or die standing if you fight me?
Does this country have such a leader or is he still in hibernation or in disguise or is PAKLAH the man for the job or better Tun Mahathir making a come back to redeem us all and maybe Dato Seri Anuar is the messiah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To date, the ever faithful young son in law being rightly or wrongly accused must be given some slack as no doubt very well educated and smart but still lacks the PR aspect to his character and history has shown that ruthlessness (smiling tiger syndrome) is the order of the day admist civil societies and if you cannot take the heat get out of the kitchen or is you cannot be a "real bastard", please do not get involved with politics.
Young man with ego and aspirations and ambition must also come with a sound and articulate mind to rule the ruse of the day and the more friends (plus enemies in disguise) u make or buy will entrench your position.
Maybe all our potential politicans could go to MPH and buy the book by Lee Kuan Yew and learn a thing or two since most of us hate his guts but hey, was LKY wrong???
To rule with an iron fist and crush all rebellion should be the order of the day and get back to the business of running the country successfully instead of every other alternate day some stupid person with throw a monkey's wrench into the system.
This reminds me of the 2008 US Presidential Election i.e. the 3 am phone call.
Has anyone in Putrajaya everthought of making peace with the old man and his balding son, what does it cost to make peace and would it be worth it? Make peace at all cost as the devil or the savior is waiting outside the door in the form of Pakatan Rakyat. This would at least cool down the hot spots and at the same time talk about the succession plan and make an announcement to appease the grass roots and for Gods sake do something. Preserve and perservere your lineage KJ as Paklah has no son to take over his legacy, if there is one after December or sooner should Tengku gets his wish for the EGM.
We are just ordinary folks trying to make an honest daily living and it bleeds my heart to see such childish display of affection, supposedly good for the country and in the name of reform. Think of the country, her citizen, her economy, international scrutiny etc.
And for Gods sake, please announce an action plan for the whole country except Penang and Kelantan (as the destruction is total) and get the former wakil rakyat, umno youth, mb's to start mobilizing reforming measure and initiatives and please do not sit on your fat ass akine to menunggu durian luruh or worst waiting for the cows to come home.
Of course at the end of the day, who is gonna fund all this re-engineering moves and all politicians will lament - "Tak ada duit le", when they can affored Rm3k suits, rolex, posh cars, drivers, 2nd n 3rd wives, and dine elegantly but when it comes to real patriotism - "MANA ADA SAUDARA, BAIK JAGA DIRI SENDIRI ATTITUDE".
Again I am resigned to my fate and the rest of Malaysians for tomorrow is definately not a better day for what's left is only HOPE.
"The Silent Majority", does not care who governs Malaysia (the devil for all we care) but must be done in the right and proper manner and what is happening is totally disgusting.
Inilah nasib negaraku Malaysia yang disayangi.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Silver State PERAK - Political Unstability
Three weeks after the 12th General Election, the Perak exco (without portfolio) was just sworn in last Saturday and today Bernama has reported the resignation of the assemblyman (DAP) from Buntong admist intense positioning and disatisfaction amongst the valid reasons.
Why cant the stupid and shaky coalition of PKR-PAS-DAP got it right from the beginning and avoided such embarassment for being branded incompetent yet again?
Why does such things happen? Do they lack the political maturity? Are they also just as greedy as the former administrators? And for what ever the reasons, citizens of Malaysia and in particular Perakian, please wake up and realise that who so ever you chose to put in the position of the government, the same monkey business will always prevail and like my usual frank and no holds barred phrase, " Lim Kit Siang could be the next PM and the circus goes on mama".
The moral of the story is this, nothing is gonna change, people might come and go but the bad habits and conventions will prevail just in a different guise.
To date, we citizens of Perak have yet to hear some comforting news or development for the former leaders and political groups as all of them are still in denial as they claim that there are not much money to re-organised and the putrajaya leadership has not been forthcoming admist trouble in their own party.
Imagine the irony, you can spend huge sums of money for the sake of development (we all know where it all went) and when it matters most, "everyman for himself", and lack or no initiative to win back the hearts and soul of the rakyat they have betrayed in the first place.
Check the report and surveys on how close BN came to losing the country and do you think there is fear in this charade and political circus? Does not seem like it.
One senior politician commented to me this morning, quote - "the rakyat is regretting now since putting the opposition in power - padanlah muka", please get yourself a mirror YB and reflect on your past sins YB and please get down from that high chair and look around you and what you morons have done to the state.
Meanwhile the present PAS MB has been going round meeting the rakyat and ketua kampung's and explaining that the former master has been sending their agents out to buy over the present elected representatives to enable them to control the state again to a total war chest of RM50 million.
Besides those developments, the PAS religious brigade has been infiltrating into the state surau's and mosque's to spread their ideology to the surprise of many common muslims.
What are we looking at now? is BN aware ? is the Istana aware ? is DAP aware? maybe yes and maybe not but one thing is for sure, Perak state is going to the dogs.
The common folk of Buntong thought that by voting the opposition and putting their hopes and aspirations, is now left deserted by their elected DAP representative. Do you think they will forget their struggle and will this breed more discontent resulting in anarchy? Your guess is as good as mine.
One thing is for sure, concerted efforts by the opposition front and the Barisan National front is lacking and personal interest seems to be paramount.
So I dare conclude that politics will only get dirtier and the victims will always be the common people who's only option of hard fought hope, slowly disappears from their grasp and sight and may god have mercy on our souls.
Why cant the stupid and shaky coalition of PKR-PAS-DAP got it right from the beginning and avoided such embarassment for being branded incompetent yet again?
Why does such things happen? Do they lack the political maturity? Are they also just as greedy as the former administrators? And for what ever the reasons, citizens of Malaysia and in particular Perakian, please wake up and realise that who so ever you chose to put in the position of the government, the same monkey business will always prevail and like my usual frank and no holds barred phrase, " Lim Kit Siang could be the next PM and the circus goes on mama".
The moral of the story is this, nothing is gonna change, people might come and go but the bad habits and conventions will prevail just in a different guise.
To date, we citizens of Perak have yet to hear some comforting news or development for the former leaders and political groups as all of them are still in denial as they claim that there are not much money to re-organised and the putrajaya leadership has not been forthcoming admist trouble in their own party.
Imagine the irony, you can spend huge sums of money for the sake of development (we all know where it all went) and when it matters most, "everyman for himself", and lack or no initiative to win back the hearts and soul of the rakyat they have betrayed in the first place.
Check the report and surveys on how close BN came to losing the country and do you think there is fear in this charade and political circus? Does not seem like it.
One senior politician commented to me this morning, quote - "the rakyat is regretting now since putting the opposition in power - padanlah muka", please get yourself a mirror YB and reflect on your past sins YB and please get down from that high chair and look around you and what you morons have done to the state.
Meanwhile the present PAS MB has been going round meeting the rakyat and ketua kampung's and explaining that the former master has been sending their agents out to buy over the present elected representatives to enable them to control the state again to a total war chest of RM50 million.
Besides those developments, the PAS religious brigade has been infiltrating into the state surau's and mosque's to spread their ideology to the surprise of many common muslims.
What are we looking at now? is BN aware ? is the Istana aware ? is DAP aware? maybe yes and maybe not but one thing is for sure, Perak state is going to the dogs.
The common folk of Buntong thought that by voting the opposition and putting their hopes and aspirations, is now left deserted by their elected DAP representative. Do you think they will forget their struggle and will this breed more discontent resulting in anarchy? Your guess is as good as mine.
One thing is for sure, concerted efforts by the opposition front and the Barisan National front is lacking and personal interest seems to be paramount.
So I dare conclude that politics will only get dirtier and the victims will always be the common people who's only option of hard fought hope, slowly disappears from their grasp and sight and may god have mercy on our souls.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
MCA - Is it still relevant?
After the tsunami of the 12th General Election of Malaysia, all political parties were sent reeling into, "shock and awe" by the voting citizens of Malaysia and one might ask what went wrong? and why?
Well since I am of chinese orgin, let talk about the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), which was suppose to be the back bone and the crusader for the chinese community in Malaysia.
I am a chinese adult with no political affiliation therefore rendering me apolitical, but I still have personal views that I feel is still relevant in the Malaysian context.
The MCA is a prehistoric dinosaur which is so wrapped up in their leaders personal agenda for the past 50 years that they have forgotten the reason why the party was first formed in the early years prior to independence.
They keep harping on issues which predates the social problems of the chinese community prior to independence i.e. chinese schools, argriculture land titles, new villages, scholarships etc and it never dawn onto them that in the 21st century, evolution in terms of technology, education and western influence is very predominant in our daily lives and the chinese community in particular has evolved into sophisticated intelligent human being who posses the ability to reason and not just accept any "crap' being thrown at them.
Gone are the days where the chinese community or guilds would run to their elected representatives for advise, help and all that jazz to get thru their daily lives and business routine.
I can safely vouch for the fact that a big portion or at least 50% of the chinese community does not care for the existence of MCA or need their help to chart a better life style or to better their standard of living as all they ever wanted was, only a fair chance to compete and what has MCA done thus far???????? Not much to be exact albeit the ranting and hype and publicity the MCA is defending our chinese rights before we are all driven out of Malaysia as if we never belonged to the country.
I for one and my immediate family or my parents can definately confirm that we had never sought help, assistance or grants from MCA since our existence and why should we start now since, my success and failures are due only to my sheer hard work or sheer misjudgement in life of which I can only blame myself.
The only thing that the Malaysian government did was to provide an acceptable infrastructures and public faclilities and legal protection (police etc) to her citizen which I am entitled to or every Malaysian citizen is entitled to, in this respect. The Goverment do not even provide level playing for education, businees opportunities etc for the matter, and all of us sincerely feels like 2nd class citizens so much so that we perserve and strife on with life admist all the discrimination in life.
To be fair, MCA has done some good in certain areas in life for Malaysian chinese i.e. Life long learning centre, Unitar, Tar College, Michael Chong etc but the rest of it is just lip service or the so called "silent back door service", besides enriching themselves at the expense of the rakyat.
If they are vocal enough and in the spirit of Barisan Nasional and national building to a better and equal footing of the Bangsa Malaysia, we would not have:
1. The Keris Incident
2. The squatters problem
3. Religion conversion issues
4. Higher Education Opportunities based of meritocracy
5. Pig Issues
6. Land matters
7. Government tenders issues
8. Contentious education policies and issues
9. Place of worship issues
10.Politics of Fear - May 13th
11. JPJ - black box
12. PK - FTZA
13. Temple issues
and much much more which would take years for me just to list out, of which I am ashame at times to be called a local malaysian born chinese and to be associated with MCA.
The MCA has not done "squarte" in the sense that most chinese feels like 2nd class immigrants in a country which most of us second generation chinese were born and everytime UMNO shouts, the MCA goes running with their tails behind them i.e. a metaphor akine to an obedient dog. That the true spirit of cooperation I might add.
Besides rumors of squandering in mega ways, big ways, medium ways and small ways inclusive of the public exhibition of their wealth, the so called YB's, their generals and foot soldiers have created a bad impression to the general chinese community, " all for one and sundry".
Do you honestly think that by holding, "yam seng sessions", "yam char session", 'karaoke session", 'open house session", "dragon dance session", " opening ceremonies", " launchings" etc, these prevalent problems would all go away quietly and besides the internal conflicts of the party akined to, "modern kongsi gelap" society in the making.
Do they seriously think that all of us are blind and deaf and oblivious to our surrounding and all their pledges will be easily forgotten by the general public.
The truth of the matter is, "greed corrupts and absolute greed will lead to destruction of a race and nation", and may god bless them and keep them safe, so the saying goes.
Reinvention, re-engineering, revamp, rebuild etc are just words uttered in times of desperation and am I expected to believe in them, that all those maneuvering would bring prosperity again to those who have yet to benefit after 50 years of independence.
Its a hard task, not impossible but definately uphill and will there be enough so called responsible leaders and selfless politicians to shoulder the burden.
I am sceptical but hopeful and always believed that everyone deserves a chance for all the right reasons or the wrong ones as hope is the only tangible thing left for a better tomorrow.
Well since I am of chinese orgin, let talk about the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), which was suppose to be the back bone and the crusader for the chinese community in Malaysia.
I am a chinese adult with no political affiliation therefore rendering me apolitical, but I still have personal views that I feel is still relevant in the Malaysian context.
The MCA is a prehistoric dinosaur which is so wrapped up in their leaders personal agenda for the past 50 years that they have forgotten the reason why the party was first formed in the early years prior to independence.
They keep harping on issues which predates the social problems of the chinese community prior to independence i.e. chinese schools, argriculture land titles, new villages, scholarships etc and it never dawn onto them that in the 21st century, evolution in terms of technology, education and western influence is very predominant in our daily lives and the chinese community in particular has evolved into sophisticated intelligent human being who posses the ability to reason and not just accept any "crap' being thrown at them.
Gone are the days where the chinese community or guilds would run to their elected representatives for advise, help and all that jazz to get thru their daily lives and business routine.
I can safely vouch for the fact that a big portion or at least 50% of the chinese community does not care for the existence of MCA or need their help to chart a better life style or to better their standard of living as all they ever wanted was, only a fair chance to compete and what has MCA done thus far???????? Not much to be exact albeit the ranting and hype and publicity the MCA is defending our chinese rights before we are all driven out of Malaysia as if we never belonged to the country.
I for one and my immediate family or my parents can definately confirm that we had never sought help, assistance or grants from MCA since our existence and why should we start now since, my success and failures are due only to my sheer hard work or sheer misjudgement in life of which I can only blame myself.
The only thing that the Malaysian government did was to provide an acceptable infrastructures and public faclilities and legal protection (police etc) to her citizen which I am entitled to or every Malaysian citizen is entitled to, in this respect. The Goverment do not even provide level playing for education, businees opportunities etc for the matter, and all of us sincerely feels like 2nd class citizens so much so that we perserve and strife on with life admist all the discrimination in life.
To be fair, MCA has done some good in certain areas in life for Malaysian chinese i.e. Life long learning centre, Unitar, Tar College, Michael Chong etc but the rest of it is just lip service or the so called "silent back door service", besides enriching themselves at the expense of the rakyat.
If they are vocal enough and in the spirit of Barisan Nasional and national building to a better and equal footing of the Bangsa Malaysia, we would not have:
1. The Keris Incident
2. The squatters problem
3. Religion conversion issues
4. Higher Education Opportunities based of meritocracy
5. Pig Issues
6. Land matters
7. Government tenders issues
8. Contentious education policies and issues
9. Place of worship issues
10.Politics of Fear - May 13th
11. JPJ - black box
12. PK - FTZA
13. Temple issues
and much much more which would take years for me just to list out, of which I am ashame at times to be called a local malaysian born chinese and to be associated with MCA.
The MCA has not done "squarte" in the sense that most chinese feels like 2nd class immigrants in a country which most of us second generation chinese were born and everytime UMNO shouts, the MCA goes running with their tails behind them i.e. a metaphor akine to an obedient dog. That the true spirit of cooperation I might add.
Besides rumors of squandering in mega ways, big ways, medium ways and small ways inclusive of the public exhibition of their wealth, the so called YB's, their generals and foot soldiers have created a bad impression to the general chinese community, " all for one and sundry".
Do you honestly think that by holding, "yam seng sessions", "yam char session", 'karaoke session", 'open house session", "dragon dance session", " opening ceremonies", " launchings" etc, these prevalent problems would all go away quietly and besides the internal conflicts of the party akined to, "modern kongsi gelap" society in the making.
Do they seriously think that all of us are blind and deaf and oblivious to our surrounding and all their pledges will be easily forgotten by the general public.
The truth of the matter is, "greed corrupts and absolute greed will lead to destruction of a race and nation", and may god bless them and keep them safe, so the saying goes.
Reinvention, re-engineering, revamp, rebuild etc are just words uttered in times of desperation and am I expected to believe in them, that all those maneuvering would bring prosperity again to those who have yet to benefit after 50 years of independence.
Its a hard task, not impossible but definately uphill and will there be enough so called responsible leaders and selfless politicians to shoulder the burden.
I am sceptical but hopeful and always believed that everyone deserves a chance for all the right reasons or the wrong ones as hope is the only tangible thing left for a better tomorrow.
Friday, March 28, 2008
A State of NEGLECT
Growing up in Ipoh used to bring back fond memories at least between the years of the 70's and the 80's before progress actually caught on.With the dawn of the digital age and information revolution, the silver state of PERAK at a glance has been left behind by my own personal account, a million miles.
What can the state boast of for the past 30 years, the natural caves? the natural forrest? the fantastic landscape? the abundant natural resources? skyscrapers? monuments? museums? cultural heritage? international airport? highways? hotels? public transport?shopping malls? restaurants? theme parks? and the list goes on and on and on.
From the political stand point, politician from UMNO, MCA, MIC and GERAKAN will try to justify their existence and relevance in the management of the state and we are bursting at the seams of development and may I say this, you F...ing liars and frauds and a poor excuse for a human being, much less a reliable and trustworthy politican.
Perak can boast of the following in the Malaysian success story context:
1. the only non operable airport in the country
2. the slow and definate demise of the first inland port in the country
3. public transportation reminiscence of the 70's
4. garbage collection incompetency
5. grass cutters being employed by MBI i.e. 2 sub con and one inhouse just to cut the grass in one area
6. non renewal of mining license (environmental so called issues)
7. non renewal of quarry license (environmental so calles issues)
8. most strategically located bus station
9. most accessible Immigration Department
10. most strategically located Pejabat Tanah Kinta
11. the state which houses the most Tesco outlet in Malaysia
12. depleted and run dowm town hall
13. the most active tourism offfice in Malaysia (being closed all the time)
14. most vibrant tourism industry in Malaysia (cant even find a decent travel catalogue)
15. most promising Perak IT hub in Meru (never fully utilised)
16. the most efficient state development corporation in Malaysia (PKNP)
17. the cleanest river in Malaysia (sungai kinta)
18. turf club of shame in terms of development
19. real estate which can never seem to gain much in the past 30 yrs
20.FTZ deserted
21. Pharmaceutical zone deserted
and the list goes on and on and on and might take another year just to finish listing the state of affairs of this fantastic state called Perak (the so called former silver state) and I would definately be wasting my time rambling on what could have been and might have been for all of us are just "has been"!
The paid salary of common people in Perak is pale compared with the leaps and bounds of the other states in Malaysia. Industies are closing shop, new ones are not forthcoming after fantastic reviews and experience with the so called investment promotion agencies of the state, the less than friendly TNB when it comes to cable laying and the list just goes on and on.
To top it of, some smart investor is investing millions in a 6 star hotel in Royal Belum Forrest to promote eco tourism, and might I add, why on earth would anyone want to go to Belum which is such a distance and the infra sucks (some might want to defer) and amenities are scare if compared with Indonesia, Thailand or even Vietnam and again the so called technocrats in the former state government will beg to differ. We can only hope the new circus of jokers awaiting swearing in ceremony can do a better job, remains to be seen.
Recently some smart alec from MCA proclaimed that he will bring the glory of the yester years back to Perak amist the intensive election campaign and guess what, what the hell has he been doing for the past 4 terms as an appointed state executive councellor of Perak and he is now a Minister in the Cabinet. Were his hand tied then ? and what makes him think now, his hands are not tied or he is going to toe the line in Putrajaya again for the interest of the rakyat. Somehow non of this hold water.Describe or equate this as, "Shock and Awe", term used by the Americans when they invaded Iraq.
The bare truth is that the so called politicians will only take care of themselves and will always be in disguise as "little red riding hood".
Shame on all you so called,"Defender of the Weak and Deprived". What all you past and present leaders has collectively contributed destruction and devastation to all our future generations who still wants to call Perak our home state.
Sad but true and reality hurts and the emotional scar unbearable and with the advant and pending take over of the state government today I hope or whenever the Sultan feels like it (for the good of the rakyat) in accepting the political appointments, I am resigned to my fate as a Perakian and the saying goes, " Inilah nasib negeri ku Perak and negara ku Malaysia".
With what is happening at the Federal Level and similarities could be drawn from Thailand, Indonesia and Filipines, a coup is brewing and only the Rakyat will suffer what ever the outcome is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What can the state boast of for the past 30 years, the natural caves? the natural forrest? the fantastic landscape? the abundant natural resources? skyscrapers? monuments? museums? cultural heritage? international airport? highways? hotels? public transport?shopping malls? restaurants? theme parks? and the list goes on and on and on.
From the political stand point, politician from UMNO, MCA, MIC and GERAKAN will try to justify their existence and relevance in the management of the state and we are bursting at the seams of development and may I say this, you F...ing liars and frauds and a poor excuse for a human being, much less a reliable and trustworthy politican.
Perak can boast of the following in the Malaysian success story context:
1. the only non operable airport in the country
2. the slow and definate demise of the first inland port in the country
3. public transportation reminiscence of the 70's
4. garbage collection incompetency
5. grass cutters being employed by MBI i.e. 2 sub con and one inhouse just to cut the grass in one area
6. non renewal of mining license (environmental so called issues)
7. non renewal of quarry license (environmental so calles issues)
8. most strategically located bus station
9. most accessible Immigration Department
10. most strategically located Pejabat Tanah Kinta
11. the state which houses the most Tesco outlet in Malaysia
12. depleted and run dowm town hall
13. the most active tourism offfice in Malaysia (being closed all the time)
14. most vibrant tourism industry in Malaysia (cant even find a decent travel catalogue)
15. most promising Perak IT hub in Meru (never fully utilised)
16. the most efficient state development corporation in Malaysia (PKNP)
17. the cleanest river in Malaysia (sungai kinta)
18. turf club of shame in terms of development
19. real estate which can never seem to gain much in the past 30 yrs
20.FTZ deserted
21. Pharmaceutical zone deserted
and the list goes on and on and on and might take another year just to finish listing the state of affairs of this fantastic state called Perak (the so called former silver state) and I would definately be wasting my time rambling on what could have been and might have been for all of us are just "has been"!
The paid salary of common people in Perak is pale compared with the leaps and bounds of the other states in Malaysia. Industies are closing shop, new ones are not forthcoming after fantastic reviews and experience with the so called investment promotion agencies of the state, the less than friendly TNB when it comes to cable laying and the list just goes on and on.
To top it of, some smart investor is investing millions in a 6 star hotel in Royal Belum Forrest to promote eco tourism, and might I add, why on earth would anyone want to go to Belum which is such a distance and the infra sucks (some might want to defer) and amenities are scare if compared with Indonesia, Thailand or even Vietnam and again the so called technocrats in the former state government will beg to differ. We can only hope the new circus of jokers awaiting swearing in ceremony can do a better job, remains to be seen.
Recently some smart alec from MCA proclaimed that he will bring the glory of the yester years back to Perak amist the intensive election campaign and guess what, what the hell has he been doing for the past 4 terms as an appointed state executive councellor of Perak and he is now a Minister in the Cabinet. Were his hand tied then ? and what makes him think now, his hands are not tied or he is going to toe the line in Putrajaya again for the interest of the rakyat. Somehow non of this hold water.Describe or equate this as, "Shock and Awe", term used by the Americans when they invaded Iraq.
The bare truth is that the so called politicians will only take care of themselves and will always be in disguise as "little red riding hood".
Shame on all you so called,"Defender of the Weak and Deprived". What all you past and present leaders has collectively contributed destruction and devastation to all our future generations who still wants to call Perak our home state.
Sad but true and reality hurts and the emotional scar unbearable and with the advant and pending take over of the state government today I hope or whenever the Sultan feels like it (for the good of the rakyat) in accepting the political appointments, I am resigned to my fate as a Perakian and the saying goes, " Inilah nasib negeri ku Perak and negara ku Malaysia".
With what is happening at the Federal Level and similarities could be drawn from Thailand, Indonesia and Filipines, a coup is brewing and only the Rakyat will suffer what ever the outcome is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Bleak Outlook for the Rakyat
After hours of March 8th 2008, a certain gloom ascended on the shores of my country Malaysia as the Federal Government lost the Federal Territory of KL, the states of Kedah, Penang, Perak and Selangor not including Kelantan which will forever be in the grasp of PAS.
Congratulation to the Alternative Front and in particular to its de facto leader Dato Seri Anuar Ibrahim and his coalition shadow government.
After witnessing the mud slinging, slander, lies, cover-up and anything that is imaginable in Malaysian politics, the conclusion is mind blogging as half of Malaysia is in opposition's control.
I enjoyed the Youtube, Wtv8, PasTv and any imaginable form of alternative media to fight the cause and won handsdowm by the oppossition and the negligence of Barisan National in its wake but the sad truth remains that the RAKYAT will suffer in the short term and the future is uncertain in many aspects.
To date, we have yet to see anything concrete from the oppossition front besides the normal grab for position and power and the failure of the Barisan led government to address lest solve the faith of state government formation in its own back yard i.e. Trengganu and the fiaso in Perlis and in short - politics in Malaysia has gone to the dogs with the royalty getting involved again i.e. deja vu all over again, pre-Tun Mahathir's reign.
In Penang we see some positive development and also in Selangor, which augurs well for citizens and we can only hope that changes will bring prosperity unlike the fate of Perakians.
With this backdrop and the "still in denial" attitude of the BN to move the economy forward and the big question mark of all, "why the BN coalition lost is still being debated", albeit that I still have 40 years left in my life span and I sincerely hope by then, will real BN please stand up.
Economic woes are obviously global admist the USA sub-prime rates affecting Europe and Asia as a whole and this has slowly snow balled into the local domestic economy, amist rising prices of essential goods and fuel will definately lead to the destruction of our economy, aside the comforting words from our second Finance Minister and for your information, another land mind in AFTA by 2010.
Reasons of this pending disaster are simple, whilst the horse trading gets into motion on who control the state legislature and exco portfolio, the state economy and the rakyat will suffer :
1. Non payment of outstanding Local Order due to
@ Shaddy Deals
@ Overpriced Quotation
@ Inferior workmanship
@ To many sub-sub contractors involved
@ Nepotism
@ Workdone out of the scope of LO
@ Non existent work but LO issued
like a bank which deals only with documents and no physical monitoring of goods or workdone since no detailed records exists or shaddy to say the least, the so called new state government will with hold all payments pending audit, declaration and all that sundries from registered contractors and suppliers.
Again the new state government will have to prove the critics wrong and have to do due diligence plus carry out their election manifesto.
Do not forget also the towkay balak and land scavengers who had paid off many ali baba personalities for a slice of timber concession and land banks pending final approval and signature or stamp of approval by former powers to be, are also affected.
All in all, whether in good faith or in bad faith, the good guys and the bad ones, consumers, pensioners and every man on the street will suffer in silence as no money means the cash cycle which oils the local economy cannot be realised thus prompting a self induced slow down especially for the state of Perak (compared with other opposition held states) whom for the past 30 years has yet to see light at the end of the tunnel, since having such incompetent Menteri Besar's who does not hold the vision of progress or self sufficient.
With no revenue from FDI or LDI, Perak's fate is sealed since the abolishment (no support or encouragement from the previous state government) of many industries in the state i.e. tin mining, mineral mining, quarry, kaolin, marine sand mining, sand mining, river sand mining etc. An ironic phase was coined and promoted and launched, "From Mines to Mind Industry", by the former state government to promote highly trained and qualified personnel for various high end industries which seems to fall flat on their faces, remains to be seen and severely critical by most of us the silent technocrats.
It hurts and it pains me to see my home state of Perak, being devoided of development in terms of credible infrastructures, public transportation ie. buses,trains,buses and taxis which still mirror the 70's and most of all a fully intergrated development plan spanning 15 years and some former leaders dare to claim the developed state status by 2015 and with the latest political development from being in a no hope situation, the state is now in the twilight zone and uncertainty is admist and the doomsday count down has begun, will the new opposition front save us from this pending amageddon.
Where does all these so called selected leaders go to school or their tertiary qulification should warrants some special attention as it all seems fake and the institutions are so blind that they award such degrees to misfits.
As the BN government is still unstable as infighting is rampant in UMNO and other coalition partners, and if they still cannot get their act together and hold the bulls by the horn, all of us will be in for a roller coaster ride of our lives never seen in history.
FDI's and potential investors and fund managers has already sounded the alarm and warning and we all still live in a fantasy world of "self denial" which goes to show how thick the government of the day is - in terms of brain matter.
The nagging question persist, " Would such a senario happen in times of Tun Mahathir", one would wonder and contemplate what might have been and the old english adage remains true, "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely".
As I see it, the year 2008 has already ended, and all of us are looking to the heaven's for a sign of salvation which is not forthcoming and if God would answer our prayers he would have this advise, "you will reap what you sow my son".
Congratulation to the Alternative Front and in particular to its de facto leader Dato Seri Anuar Ibrahim and his coalition shadow government.
After witnessing the mud slinging, slander, lies, cover-up and anything that is imaginable in Malaysian politics, the conclusion is mind blogging as half of Malaysia is in opposition's control.
I enjoyed the Youtube, Wtv8, PasTv and any imaginable form of alternative media to fight the cause and won handsdowm by the oppossition and the negligence of Barisan National in its wake but the sad truth remains that the RAKYAT will suffer in the short term and the future is uncertain in many aspects.
To date, we have yet to see anything concrete from the oppossition front besides the normal grab for position and power and the failure of the Barisan led government to address lest solve the faith of state government formation in its own back yard i.e. Trengganu and the fiaso in Perlis and in short - politics in Malaysia has gone to the dogs with the royalty getting involved again i.e. deja vu all over again, pre-Tun Mahathir's reign.
In Penang we see some positive development and also in Selangor, which augurs well for citizens and we can only hope that changes will bring prosperity unlike the fate of Perakians.
With this backdrop and the "still in denial" attitude of the BN to move the economy forward and the big question mark of all, "why the BN coalition lost is still being debated", albeit that I still have 40 years left in my life span and I sincerely hope by then, will real BN please stand up.
Economic woes are obviously global admist the USA sub-prime rates affecting Europe and Asia as a whole and this has slowly snow balled into the local domestic economy, amist rising prices of essential goods and fuel will definately lead to the destruction of our economy, aside the comforting words from our second Finance Minister and for your information, another land mind in AFTA by 2010.
Reasons of this pending disaster are simple, whilst the horse trading gets into motion on who control the state legislature and exco portfolio, the state economy and the rakyat will suffer :
1. Non payment of outstanding Local Order due to
@ Shaddy Deals
@ Overpriced Quotation
@ Inferior workmanship
@ To many sub-sub contractors involved
@ Nepotism
@ Workdone out of the scope of LO
@ Non existent work but LO issued
like a bank which deals only with documents and no physical monitoring of goods or workdone since no detailed records exists or shaddy to say the least, the so called new state government will with hold all payments pending audit, declaration and all that sundries from registered contractors and suppliers.
Again the new state government will have to prove the critics wrong and have to do due diligence plus carry out their election manifesto.
Do not forget also the towkay balak and land scavengers who had paid off many ali baba personalities for a slice of timber concession and land banks pending final approval and signature or stamp of approval by former powers to be, are also affected.
All in all, whether in good faith or in bad faith, the good guys and the bad ones, consumers, pensioners and every man on the street will suffer in silence as no money means the cash cycle which oils the local economy cannot be realised thus prompting a self induced slow down especially for the state of Perak (compared with other opposition held states) whom for the past 30 years has yet to see light at the end of the tunnel, since having such incompetent Menteri Besar's who does not hold the vision of progress or self sufficient.
With no revenue from FDI or LDI, Perak's fate is sealed since the abolishment (no support or encouragement from the previous state government) of many industries in the state i.e. tin mining, mineral mining, quarry, kaolin, marine sand mining, sand mining, river sand mining etc. An ironic phase was coined and promoted and launched, "From Mines to Mind Industry", by the former state government to promote highly trained and qualified personnel for various high end industries which seems to fall flat on their faces, remains to be seen and severely critical by most of us the silent technocrats.
It hurts and it pains me to see my home state of Perak, being devoided of development in terms of credible infrastructures, public transportation ie. buses,trains,buses and taxis which still mirror the 70's and most of all a fully intergrated development plan spanning 15 years and some former leaders dare to claim the developed state status by 2015 and with the latest political development from being in a no hope situation, the state is now in the twilight zone and uncertainty is admist and the doomsday count down has begun, will the new opposition front save us from this pending amageddon.
Where does all these so called selected leaders go to school or their tertiary qulification should warrants some special attention as it all seems fake and the institutions are so blind that they award such degrees to misfits.
As the BN government is still unstable as infighting is rampant in UMNO and other coalition partners, and if they still cannot get their act together and hold the bulls by the horn, all of us will be in for a roller coaster ride of our lives never seen in history.
FDI's and potential investors and fund managers has already sounded the alarm and warning and we all still live in a fantasy world of "self denial" which goes to show how thick the government of the day is - in terms of brain matter.
The nagging question persist, " Would such a senario happen in times of Tun Mahathir", one would wonder and contemplate what might have been and the old english adage remains true, "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely".
As I see it, the year 2008 has already ended, and all of us are looking to the heaven's for a sign of salvation which is not forthcoming and if God would answer our prayers he would have this advise, "you will reap what you sow my son".
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