BN will do anything to retain power...Projek IC

This is a good point I got from Daniel John...

"But come to think of it, who is worse in being willing to do anything for power? Who are really those destroying the nation for their own selfish ends? Who are those tripling the costs of projects awarded through negotiated tenders behind closed doors, and so sucking the nation of its resources?

Sabah BN thanks DAP for Batu Sapi win

Sabah DAP came in for some unusual praise from the state government at the on-going State Legislative Assembly sitting here following the Barisan Nasional's victory in the recent Batu Sapi parliamentary by-election.

Sekong Assemblyman Samsudin Yayah commended DAP for indirectly helping the government defeat the Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) candidate, Yong Teck Lee, by drawing away opposition votes from him.

Game of deceit and betrayal

The Batu Sapi by-election hotly contested between three parties namely, BN, SAPP and PKR. The contested was actually focussed on BN against SAPP, but the unexpected results of SAPP behind the PKR on votes actually from deceit, character assasinations, massive bribery and votes buying.

SAPP was attacked both left and right by the BN and PKR+DAP. BN's campaign came in all sorts, from vote-buying, election promises of huge projects, controlling of the mainstream media, TV and newspapers, using Tham Dog strategy while the PKR and DAP hard hitting Yong and SAPP...even to extent of asking the voters during their final ceramah to either vote for BN or PKR.

Who will be the next Chinese DCM this time?

With the departure of Peter Pang from LDP, he will not be expected to hold on to the DCM post for long  ... has to follow Raymond Tan's footsteps ... pick your choices - Gerakan, MCA, PBS, Upko, PBRS? Leap from Party to Party! or roll the dice!

Now, the Sabah-based parties are saying it should be given to a local party.
The equation is.....Pang cannot follow Raymond Tan's footsteps by joining Gerakan ....Gerakan never won any election in Sabah and furthermore cannot be given 2 ministerial posts. On the other hand, MCA cannot fill the DCM post because it is from Semenanjung as opposed by the other component parties, the option is to join the local parties available...PBS, Upko, PBRS.

UMNO is a disease in Sabah revisited

Long-standing Sabah Barisan Nasional component party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), is beginning to resemble a sitting duck in the ruling coalition.

The party is reeling from an onslaught by the coalition's linchpin, Umno Sabah, which has made it a habit to harass its coalition partner.

The continued baiting has put LDP leaders in a combative mood after yet another Umno division leader made a public demand for a state seat held by the party.

Illegal immigrants problem not a priority to BN

Kota Kinabalu, Aug 5, 2010: SAPP Youth warns PBS not to think the public ignorant or gullible so as to believe the BN political mind games.

"Despite the bravado statement by PBS Secretary General, Henrynus Amin, the fact remains that BN is perceived by the public to still have huge vested interest in the continued illegal immigrant presence in the State," Youth Leader Edward Dagul said.

Fuel, Gas, Sugar prices hike!

RON97 petrol will no longer be subsidised and is subjected to a managed float with a monthly automatic pricing mechanism.

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak announced yesterday the government was reducing subsidies for petrol, diesel, liquefied petroleum gas and sugar from today as a first step to the saving money for the BN government.

Following the reduction, the price of RON95 petrol went up by five sen to RM1.85 a litre and diesel price also increased by five sen to RM1.75 a litre.

While the rich umnoputras will say this is just 'chicken feed' to them but NOT to us!

So they are telling us to tighten our belts and face the increase of other goods and services, sparked by price hikes of petrol, gas and sugar. Malaysia is a oil and gas producing country and rich with natural resources...fertile lands for sugar, oil palm and various crops.

Before GST, consider these!

I think everything he wrote is fact. Cannot agree more

This was quoted as follows:

Now I have to pay an extra RM50 for each credit card. For what?
Extra GST (goods and services tax). Again, how does that benefit me?

Oh Mahathir Old Mahathir!

The government should not have any doubts and go ahead with the issuing of the sports betting license to the Berjaya Group, former Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohammad said today.

"If I were the government, I would approve it," he told the media after hosting an education-related event at his Perdana Leadership Foundation office in Putrajaya.

He said the government should not get in the way of those who have no prohibitions against gambling.

"The Chinese always gamble. To them it is not haram (prohibited by religion). Why should we prohibit them? We can't stop them from eating pork because for them it is not haram," he said.

What say you?

Stop subsidising Umnoputras, cut wastage, remove inefficiencies and curb corruption

Kota Kinabalu, Thu, 3 June 2010: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) President Datuk Yong Teck Lee today said the government must seriously, urgently and sincerely eliminate subsidies to UMNO and BN leaders and remove wastages and inefficiencies in the government and curb corruption among its ranks before imposing cuts on subsidies on livelihood necessities that will affect the people.

"For Minister Datuk Seri Idris Jala, a successful corporate leader who had headed Shell Sarawak and then Malaysia Airlines, to warn of national bankruptcy in nine years' time means that the national malaise is worse than earlier known.

"But before the government forces its so-called subsidy rationalisation plan on ordinary people, it must first remove all subsidies for UMNO and its leaders at various levels.

"Subsidies such as the lucrative "do nothing" Approved Permits (APs) given to UMNO leaders to import vehicles cost the government much revenues. UMNO and BN government leaders travel all over the country on government expenses for their political activities.

"Blank shares in public listed companies issued to UMNO leaders and public work contracts worth billions of ringgit are much talked-about ways that UMNO divisional leaders are rewarded.

"As such, tax payers have been subsidizing the high flying, extravagant lives of some UMNO and BN leaders all over Malaysia...more

Sibu by-election revisited ... Deal or No Deal?

By Mariam Mokhtar...
Days earlier, at Rejang Park, the prime minister convinced me that BN does not have the interests of the people of Sibu at heart.

1. He said: “I don't have to come here…..to Rejang Park……This is not the place for a prime minister to come.”

2. He insulted the intelligence of the people by making deals in exchange for public service.

3. He lowered the tone of his speech by saying “Bull Shine”. Is vulgar slang accepted speech by a prime minister?

Malaysia Missed!

Missing fighter jet engine sold
BAGAN DATOH: The Royal Malaysia Air Force (RMAF) F-5E fighter jet engine missing since 2007 was sold to an international company based in South America, said Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
He said the company was believed to have hired an agent to bring the RM50 million engine out of the country.

Missing Sugar
"This current shortage is really tiresome," said Chin, who normally buys 48kg at a time for her John King's bakery. "Sugar is necessary for the people."

Port Klang Missing
The billion dollar Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) fiasco fallout has opened a frightening can of worms of power abuse and mismanagement.

Kota Kinabalu Hospital Missing
"We are puzzled by the missing figure for QEH in the Budget 2010 after the Minister and the Deputy Minister of Health and the State Cabinet led by Datuk Musa Aman had spoken so much about the crisis faced! It is obvious to the people that the BN Government had not done anything to put what they say into action! We are very disappointed", Melanie said.

The Budget 2010 allocated RM14.8 billion under the Ministry of Health for the construction or upgrading of hospitals in Bera (Pahang), Alor Gajah (Melaka), Shah Alam (Selangor), Kluang and Tampoi (both Johor).

Missing Kinabatangan MP
On Sunday, after days of repeatedly denying the marriage, Bung Moktar admitted that he and the 31-year-old actress were now husband and wife.
After admitting that he had married local actress Zizie Ezette, Kinabatangan Member of Parliament Datuk Bung Moktar Radin is now appealing to the media for privacy.

What's next?

Malaysian Education Crap System

The cabinet has decided to allow students sitting for the SPM examination to take 12, instead of 10 subjects to let some students to take vernacular language papers.

The decision comes following strong protests from various groups, including MIC and MCA, who argued that the 10-subject cap would not bode well for the future of vernacular languages.

Education Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said students can include Chinese or Tamil and Chinese or Tamil literature subjects among the 10, but they will not be counted as "officially recognised" subjects.

Ku Li: Malaysia’s oil wealth squandered!

Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah hit the nail on head, painting a bleak future for Malaysia under the Barisan Nasional government which has squandered the nation’s oil wealth of billions and billions of ringgit.

The former Finance Minister of Umno said that Petronas oil have been used “to bail out failing companies, buy arms, build grandiose cities amidst cleared palm oil estates”.....The oil that was meant to spur our transition to a more humane, educated society has instead become a narcotic that provides economic quick fixes and hollow symbols such as the Petronas towers!

That is also to say that Sabah's wealth was squandered by the BN-Umno federal government, Petronas and their cronies!

'Racist' BTN: Bouquets and brickbats

'We were shown a picture of Anwar Ibrahim with an American. The instructor told us that he is a traitor to the country as he had a good relationship with the Americans.'

How the gov't 'looted' up to US$100 billion

The multi-billion ringgit Port Klang Free Zone scandal may be big, but it is only the latest in a long line of scandals going back to the early 1980s.

Petition on QEH shrugged off

I think the PM may think that KK without a proper general hospital is not that important. His pol-sec just refused to accept SAPP's petition by saying "come next time" but when???

Obviously, we know that the political secretary only carried out instructions from his boss.

Don't treat us like fools!

Is this a political bribery?

Commenting on the recently concluded by-election in Manek Urai, Mustapha said since the majority of voters had rejected the deputy prime minister's offer for a new bridge in return for an Umno victory, they should not blame BN for not delivering its promise.

1Malaysia concept, the butt of jokes

"The 1 Malaysia concept has failed to catch the people's imagination and instead became the butt of jokes among the people. Past excesses of the BN administration is catching up with the current government such as the collapse of the Terengganu stadium and other building failures, the Port Klang Free Zone scandal, the Perak fiasco and falling education standards.

Umno-Pas Unity Government?

This issue came up again and again....If that is the case, why not get married now (PM said it is like a marriage)...What have the other BN component "puppet" parties to say?

The issue of PAS forming a unity government with Umno had cropped up again at the recently held PAS muktamar where it was openly promoted by party president Abdul Hadi Awang.