Project 366 - Week 3 (Jan 15 - Jan 21) |
- Project 366 - Week 3 (Jan 15 - Jan 21)
- happy lunar new year
- GONG XI FA CAI 2012
- Saman Parking Paling Mahal Di Dunia
- CERTAIN THINGS DO NOT CHANGE WITH POLITICS...
- Sharing the CNY
- Penyokong BN Di Khianati: Maki Hamun Najib Apahal? Rampas Tanah Dan Hak Melayu ?
- No chance for BN
- Guan Eng Bermewah Ke Italy Tajaan Tan Sri?
- Change the limping horses
- Guan Eng: I will not apologise
- Guan Eng: Stop bullying the Chinese and stop frightening the Malays
- Project to widen highway bottleneck starts this month
- Hasan Ali:PAS Bukan Agama!
- MP slams DBKL over lack of transparency
- Najib for Moderation – Typical Good Cop Bad Cop tactics
- More Malays joining DAP?
- Do you notice more expectant mums around?
- ‘Video itu dorong saya tinggalkan PKR’
| Project 366 - Week 3 (Jan 15 - Jan 21) Posted: 22 Jan 2012 09:26 AM PST January 15 - Finger-lickin' good  January 16 - My latest wallpaper.  January 17 - My colourful dinner  January 18 - Fortune Cookies saying "You are in for an amazing year".  January 19 - Yearly ritual  January 20 - Spoilt for choice.  January 21 - Honey Mandarin Oranges. ♥  
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| Posted: 22 Jan 2012 08:12 AM PST  Looking forward to an ending and a new beginning. Out with the old and in with the new!!!  Live! Love! Laugh! HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR! 
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| Saman Parking Paling Mahal Di Dunia Posted: 22 Jan 2012 07:00 AM PST Pencapaian terbaik kerajaan Wali Selipar apabila berjaya meraih saman parking termahal di dunia!  Pisau kata " salah satu cara kerajaan negeri PAS meraih keuntungan"
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| CERTAIN THINGS DO NOT CHANGE WITH POLITICS... Posted: 22 Jan 2012 06:45 AM PST Owh! The general election is here again, yes? Judging by the usual things certain (complacent) political parties do over and over again, one will not be wrong to think that indeed the "undilah calon…" season is really around the corner. An obvious tell tale sign like giving out goodies with picture of a certain politician smack in the middle of a packet of rice is a dead giveaway. It is very obvious, isn't it? Check out the picture below. But then again, I am so sure I have seen this package before, about 40 years ago! When I was a small boy and growing up with in Anakbukit, Alor Setar with my late grandma in the late 1970s, I remembered her telling me one day that "…orghang dah nak undi dah ni". My parents' house was at the officers' married quarters (OMQ) area in Jenan, near Jitra. Staying in Anakbukit which is about 5 km from the state capital was said to be convenient to school at Sekolah Kebangsaan Iskandar, Alor Setar. Then innocently I asked her "Awat Tok cakap macam tu? She replied "..tu depa mai hantaq beraih, gula semalam…", pointing to the goodies on the kitchen table. There were a packet of rice, a packet of sugar, two cans of sardines, a kain batik, sarong and a packet of 555 State Express cigarette (although my late grandpa who was a labourer at the nearby Lembaga PadiBeras Negara [LPN] complex was not a smoker). If I am not mistaken, this goodies-sending tactic was aptly applied by Barisan Nasional then and parhaps to them the tactic worked like a charm. But they are still at it now? I mean, come on man! Don't tell me you guys are doing the same thing over and over again? No better idea to reach simple kampung folks huh? Hopefully this old-style campaigning is only peculiar to Kedah and not elsewhere in this internet age where simple kampung folks aren't that easy to fool anymore? But folks in Kedah are no longer simple and gullible and next to the kampung I used to grow up lies the Kedah version of Putrajaya -- Kompleks Pentadbiran Kerajaan Negeri Kedah, Anakbukit and Alor Setar now enjoys city status nevermind there are still "ayaq achaq" everywhere especially around Market Koboi in the middle of the city! Years later when I used to serve Umno as a Pemuda Umno Information Chief in a certain division in Kedah and I can tell you that we younger guys disapproved of this method, lest we have no other new ideas. It was forbidden (by the good Dr M) to be used during the double by-elections – for Anakbukit State Assembly seat and the Pendang Parliamentary seat in 2001. Both seats are in Kedah, Anakbukit being a semi-urban while Pendang rural. But, now as we prepare for the 13th General Election, certain things do not change, no? I think it should still be ok lah if they had a picture of "dacing" on the packet, but this guy, again? Owh, come on man! Sumbangan ikhlas, seriously?  
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| Posted: 22 Jan 2012 08:19 AM PST Its Chinese New Year again. I really miss CNY during my childhood days. Our Chinese friends in the kampung would go around, inviting us - the Malays, Indians and others - to their open house. The best part for kids was getting the 'ang-pow' while the elderly were overjoyed with a gift of 'kuih bakul'.  I wonder where my 'darling' Yau Lin Na and buddies like Mok Kiang Tong, Goh Kun Teik, Alan, Ah Kow The Robber, Ah Keng and the rest are. We were very much a 1Malaysia society back then... To Malaysians, especially the Chinese, HAPPY NEW YEAR. Hope that one day, Malaysians will not be identified by their races but by their nationality... (Thank you to Quah, Siew, Tan Tauke, Vincent, Danny and others for the invitation. I will try to make it). 
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| Penyokong BN Di Khianati: Maki Hamun Najib Apahal? Rampas Tanah Dan Hak Melayu ? Posted: 22 Jan 2012 07:21 AM PST Isu ini harus diambil perhatian serius oleh Ds Najib,pengambilan tanah oleh pihak MRCB secara haram harus disiasat. Menteri Wilayah jangan menjadi barua kepada buaya buaya yang melahap setiap inci tanah milik orang melayu.Apabila bantahan sebegini berlaku apakah kita perlu marahkan orang lain sedangkan penyangak dan penyamun sibuk menjarah hak rakyat didalam kerajaan sendiri. Jangan rosakkan aspirasi perjuangan BN dan Umno membantu rakyat dengan ketamakan segelintir penyangak. Kepada blogger BN,isu ini jangan dipandang ringan,kita jangan berlaku hipokrit apabila menyalahkan DAP menghalau orang melayu dalam masa yang sama penyangak didalam kerajaan merampas setiap inci tanah melayu . Tuntutan geran oleh mereka ini sejak puluhan tahun diatas tanah lombong ditolak,kemudian tiba tiba MRCB menggunakan kabel orang dalam memohon geran terus dapat merampas tanah mereka. Jangan khianati penyokong sendiri! Tindakan harus diambil dengan segera! Update: Selanjutnya baca artikel Sanggah Tok Janggut :
Pisau kata "gunakan kuasa sebaik mungkin,yang hak harus dipertahankan,Umno harus ambil perhatian serius dalam isu ni" 
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| Posted: 22 Jan 2012 03:10 AM PST Pakatan Rakyat leaders are unanimously confident that the Opposition coalition will retain Selangor and Kedah, take Negeri Sembilan and retake Perak. Reacting to a statement by Monash University don James Chin, Parti Keadilan Rakyat's Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad told the Malaysia Chronicle that while BN is working hard in Selangor, the opposition coalition is confident [...] 
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| Guan Eng Bermewah Ke Italy Tajaan Tan Sri? Posted: 22 Jan 2012 02:49 AM PST Pisau nak cerita perihal si lidah biawak ni,didepan rakyat berlakon kononnya beliau pemimpin marhain berjiwa rakyat pertama kali imej beliau ketika menjadi ketua menteri paling celaka apabila gambar tersebar menaiki pesawat di kelas ekonomi. Berkokok sakan juak haprak khawarij PAS hingga ada yang bergelimpangan diatas jalan raya akibat terlalu gembira melihat khalifah kesayangan mereka begitu tawadhuk.  Pada 18hb Jun 2008, The STAR :Didepan rakyat Malaysia dia berlakon,sebaik saja memijakkan kaki di Singapura terus berubah,Lim Guan Eng bersama gerembolan keluarganya dilihat baru baru ini di Lapangan terbang Changi Singapura menaiki kapal terbang ke Itali menaiki pesawat SIA dengan tempat duduk kelas business. Dikhabarkan Lim Guan Eng bersama keluarganya ditaja oleh seorang Tan Sri menaiki pesawat mencecah puluhan ribu ringgit untuk setiap orang.Apa kepentingan Tan Sri ini hingga menaja Guan Eng dan keluarganya menaiki pesawat SIA yang mencecah puluhan ribu ringgit? Bigdog turut melaporkan kelibat Guan Eng di Changi Airport:klik sini Pisau kata "economy class tak main dah,dia cuma naik yang mahal mahal,maklumlah dah jadi khalifah" 
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| Posted: 22 Jan 2012 12:20 AM PST The PM told the people not to change horses at midstream. So we asked- we don't change even if the horse is limping and is running on 3 legs? In endurance races, riders change horses in order to arrive at the destination. Malaysians should be pragmatic when it comes to deciding their future. Midstream for [...] 
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| Guan Eng: I will not apologise Posted: 21 Jan 2012 11:30 PM PST January 22, 2012 By CHRISTOPHER TAN Star GEORGE TOWN: Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said he will not apologise for describing the Tang Hak Ju land deal as a scandal or land scam. "If Penang Barisan Nasional working committee chairman Datuk Dr Teng Hock Nan is not happy, he can sue me or the state government but we will not apologise," he said. "Teng has said the state government did not lose RM40mil but RM500,000 following the Court of Appeal's decision which ruled in the state government's favour. "But please remember, the court's decision is not final because there is an appeal to the Federal Court," Lim said to reporters after opening the newly upgraded Pulau Tikus market yesterday. He claimed the previous Barisan state government caused the scandal which caused losses to Penang. Lim said the state had deposited about RM15mil with the High Court over the case. "Can we get back the RM15mil? If we cannot, is Teng going to pay? On Feb 19, 2009, the High Court ordered the state government to deposit RM14,678,135 with the court. In 2001, Tang had leased a piece of land in Seberang Prai from the state government which was later found to be privately owned. On Oct 4, 2005, a High Court decided in favour of Tang, who had sued the Penang Chief Minister, state secretary and state financial officer over a 4.3ha land deal. Tang was awarded RM29.3mil in damages. With interest, the sum is now over RM40mil. "It is still a scandal. The only question is whether the state has to pay RM40mil or RM500,000. We do not know the final outcome," Lim said. It was reported yesterday that Teng demanded that the Penang Government apologise to the people and withdraw terms such as "land scam" and "scandal" in reference to the Tang Hak Ju land deal as they have criminal connotations. Teng said the present state government led by Lim should do so following the overturning of the High Court's ruling by the Court of Appeal in Putrajaya. On Jan 11, the Court of Appeal set aside a High Court ruling which ordered the state government to pay Tang RM40mil, including interests and instead ordered the state to pay the plaintiff RM500,000 for incidental expenses. 
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| Guan Eng: Stop bullying the Chinese and stop frightening the Malays Posted: 21 Jan 2012 11:22 PM PST 22 January 2012 13:15 Written by Lim Guan Eng Malaysia Chronicle The time has come to implement economic policies that are clean, fair, competitive and improves the well-being of the people as well as attract back talented Malaysians that can help transform Malaysia into a high-income nation enjoyed by all. What better time than the year of the water dragon to initiate such changes so that the coming general elections marks the new beginning that would be enjoyed by all Malaysians rich and poor by 2020. Present policies which are corrupt, opaque with no open tenders and benefits only certain cronies would only bring Malaysia backwards. A good comparison is South Korea. In 1970, Malaysia's Gross National Income(GNI) per capita was USD 380 as compared to South Korea USD 260. But 40 years later in 2010, Malaysia's GNI per capita was at USD 7,760 while South Korea had exceeded us by almost 3 times at USD19,890 (World Bank) Malaysia's failure to compete is compounded by the horde of Malaysians leaving. Even the BN government concedes that 2 million Malaysians have left the country since Merdeka in 1957. Countless Malaysians have PR in foreign countries including present Ministers and former Ministers. No one blames the 2 million Malaysians for leaving when the present policies stresses more on politics of division and hate than results-oriented performance drive our best and brightest away. A recent example is the unfair, harsh and humiliating treatment of temporary Chinese primary school teachers by reducing their benefits arbitrarily without any consultation. How much will it cost the Federal government to continue maintaining existing benefits or even increasing them to temporary teachers? I doubt that such costs will exceed the RM250 million National Feedlot Corporation scandal where money meant for rearing cows is used instead to purchase luxury condos. Why allow the few cronies to earn extraordinary profits at the expense of 28 million Malaysians. For instance, it took RM 6 billion to build the North-South Highway. But the toll operators have collected RM 24.3 billion as at 31.12.2010 and yet can continue to collect toll till end 2038 and increase toll every year! As the toll operators have already made RM18.3 billion in profits, there is no reason why toll can not be abolished. Even more talented Malaysians will leave if BN continues to blame the Chinese and minorities for the federal government's failed policies or use the Chinese threat to frighten the Malays. How can the Chinese be a threat to Malays when critical economic sectors such as banking, insurance, ports, highway toll concessions and infrastructure, transport, automotive industry, IPPs, sugar, rice, flour, plantation products, oil and gas are dominated by Malays? We must grow up believing in our abilities, trusting each other and have faith that Malays and non-Malays can be world champions. Malays and non-Malay kids must grow up respecting each other as Malaysians and hating only corruption. 2000-9 is the lost decade of corruption where RM1,077 billion of "black money" was illicitly and secretly taken out of Malaysia. Enough is enough! Let us implement policies that will stop corruption, wipe out poverty, attract back Malaysian talents so that Malaysia can be a high-income nation enjoyed by everyone regardless of race, religion or gender. Let us welcome the Year of the Dragon by implementing policies that are clean, fair, competitive and improves our standard of living. Happy Chinese New Year! Lim Guan Eng is the DAP secretary-general and the Penang Chief Minister 
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| Project to widen highway bottleneck starts this month Posted: 21 Jan 2012 11:19 PM PST January 21, 2012 Star THE Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway in Penang is finally set to have three lanes on both sides of its entire stretch. A bottleneck near the Batu Uban marine police base which reduces the three lanes (on each side) to two is undergoing a road-widening project that began this month. Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said the RM3.7mil project was undertaken as a corporate social responsibility initiative by IJM Corporation Berhad. "This expansion and upgrade essentially resolves a 10-year-old problem of a 2km traffic jam caused by the road narrowing from three to two lanes. "By widening a 400m stretch on each bound, the state hopes to reduce this traffic congestion problem that has haunted motorists, especially the industrialists and workers at (the Free Industrial Zone in) Bayan Lepas," he said. Tight squeeze: A traffic jam caused by a bottleneck on the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway He was speaking during a symbolic ground breaking of the project yesterday. Lim added that the project was announced in August last year, but plans at that time included only the widening of one side of the road which was not satisfactory to the state. "We felt both sides should have three lanes each and went back to the drawing board." IJM Land general manager (northern region) Toh Chin Leong said the upgraded project would also include the rebuilding of an overhead pedestrian bridge along the 400m stretch and the building of a U-turn at Persimpangan Bertingkat Gelugor. "The existing pedestrian bridge will be demolished and a new one with a higher clearance of 5.4m will be built." On the new U-turn, he said a new acceleration/deceleration lane would be built to ensure road users could make the turn safely. "With this U-turn, motorists from George Town who are heading in the direction of Bayan Lepas will no longer need to drive all the way to the Bayan Mutiara Interchange or use the narrow Jalan Hajjah Rehmah in Jelutong. "This will save motorists about 3.5km each way if they are headed to places like Tesco, E-Gate and Green Lane," he said. Toh said preparation works had already begun on the project and construction would kick into high gear after the Chinese New Year, adding that the whole project was targeted for completion by Sept 1. Free Industrial Zone Penang Companies' Association (Frepenca) president Horst Rosenmueller, who was also present, lauded the project, saying that it would benefit thousands of people working in Bayan Lepas. "There are many workers travelling daily from the island to the mainland and back so it's very important to open up this bottleneck. "I am happy because it (the traffic congestion) was a pain for our employees in the FIZ who are stuck in jams every morning and evening," he said. 
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| Posted: 21 Jan 2012 10:00 PM PST  Hasan Ali sahkan didalam PAS terdapat lebih 70 peratus khawarij yang menguasai parti PAS. Beliau sifatkan khawarij ini adalah parasit yang merosakkan PAS dari dalam. Dalam ceramah beliau di program Bicara Memurnikan Akidah Ummah di Dewan Majlis Perbandaran Klang, Meru, semalam beliau memperlekehkan parti khawarij kerana menggangap PAS adalah agama. Ternyata kesesatan PAS sekarang sudah terlalu jauh menyimpang dari landasan dan merosakkan akidah. Sebab itulah kebelakangan ini kita dapat melihat bagaimana khawarij PAS mengangkat Nik Aziz setaraf dengan nabi dan didewakan sebagai keramat hidup. Apa yang pemimpin khawarij PAS cakap akan dianggap sebagai fatwa.Jika segala macam perbuatan DAP dihalalkan maka seluruh khawarij PAS akan menyokong tanpa banyak soal. Adalah tidak mengejutkan apabila ultra kiasu chauvanis rasis DAP menghina umat Islam,agama Islam dan Al-quran ,puak khawarij akan bertakbir menyokong, Sesetengah pihak yang taksub di dalam Pas sengaja menyamakan parti itu sebagai sebuah agama supaya ia dapat diletakkan dalam jajaran hati manusia.Pisau kata "PAS dah jadi sayap DAP" 
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| MP slams DBKL over lack of transparency Posted: 21 Jan 2012 08:42 PM PST Source: http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=26715%3Amp-slams-dbkl-over-lack-of-transparency&Itemid=2#.Txq1VWcNDDk.facebook (Written by Douglas Tan, Malaysia Chronicle, 21/1/2012) 
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| Najib for Moderation – Typical Good Cop Bad Cop tactics Posted: 21 Jan 2012 08:37 PM PST We read from Malaysiakini's Susan Loone that BeEnd Penang is launching a campaign to promote 'moderation' call of our PM Najib and took a swipe at PAS for their so-call Islamic extremism.  Please come lar... We got FREE food! Don't make us lose face in front of ah jib gor ya... PM Najib for Moderation?Apparently, it seems that our 'ah-jib' gor is advocating a call for 'Global Moderation' and thus, BeEnd of Penang is using the theme to woo visitors to their Chinese New Year Open House on this Tuesday of the coming week. Judging by the effort of these boot-licking politicians of all races, I presume BeEnd of Penang is fearing that a small crowd will attend their open house functions and this won't look good for the ah-jib gor who will be gracing the event as VVIP. As for the moderation call by 'ah-jib gor', PM Najib should back up his words and vision with practical actions. How practical? Easy… first thing in the morning tomorrow, headlines splashed across our mainstream media reporting the ARREST of froggie ibrahim ali of (perkosa) for sedition and inciting racial hatred among peace-loving Malaysians. BUT, will PM Najib willing to do so? I doubt it… Therefore, base on that alone, Malaysians can easily conclude that 'moderation' is not for 'ah-jib' gor. Najib Good Cop, Perkasa Bad Cop… Good Cop, Bad Cop, they are of the same mould! It won't take a genius to see through what dUmno has been doing since Independence. I'm pretty sure that the bast*rd Brits left some of their manual books to be found by dUmno such as 'Divide & Rule 101′ and 'Ruling for idiots'. The good cop and bad cop has been the practice of dUmno in their agenda of divide and rule to ensure their iron fist firmly grip on the corridors of power in Malaysia. In this case, Najib is playing the good cop – advocating moderation for all races while Moohiydin and perkosa ibrahim ali is the bad cop – championing the cause of a single race in the country. For the past 50 years, they pitted Malaysians against one another on the name of 'bangsa' (race) in order to ensure their own personal interested is safe from the knowledge of the public. This is one of the reason why these so-call ruling elites could hold on the reign of power from one generation to another. It is as if God's given rights to rule over the rakyat who should remain as stupid and ignorant as ever while they continue to plunder the wealth of the country. Systematic effort to plunder the country by our ruling elites.Even in this time of advanced technology, they still refused to accept the fact that it's time to let go and give back to the people of what they should really have. They continue to plunder the country and bulldozed their way through with draconian laws and regulations to ensure the rakyat is suppressed continuously. If there is any voice of decent, these ruling elite will silence it with 'lawful' means even though it is not really constitutional. The children of these ruling elites were so much pampered and they were almost close to being an illiterate. While most of BeEnd lawmakers are made of local warlords instead of intellectuals, laws after laws are being passed in the legislative to ensure their personal interest are secured even though they are contradicting each other. Constitutions are 'semi-quoted' to suit their political agenda without taking consideration of its complete context and with the mainstream media singing to their tunes, I begin to believe the saying "when lies are told repeatedly, they become the truth." Pathetic! It's TIME for a Change in Putrajaya! It is HIGH TIME for a Change in Malaysia! If Malaysians are still not ready or courageous enough to change the person in charge in Putrajaya, then it will be our next generations who will have to suffer in poverty and insufficiency. Transparency International has recently ran a report stating that from the period of 2001 till 2009, Malaysia has been systematically siphoned of nearly RM1000 BILLIONS away from our own shore. Who on earth will have the ability to move stashes of cold hard CA$H out of Malaysia without the prying eyes of the authorities? Do you believe that we got so many David Cooperfields living in our midst that almost anything can go missing in Malaysia. A reality of Malaysia Boleh! We REALLY need a CHANGE during this upcoming 13th General Election! We are getting too many missing things in Malaysia so much so that I'm really scared that one day, you and I are going to go missing as well… What else could not go missing when we got jet engines, Bala the PI and now, astronomical sum of money just went missing without a trace from our country! Please make sure you are a registered voters in Malaysia electoral roll and resolute in your heart that you wanna be a part of this GREAT change in Malaysia. It is difficult but it is NOT IMPOSSIBLE!        
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| Posted: 21 Jan 2012 08:15 PM PST Recent examples of high profile Malay personalities joining DAP: Datuk Mohd Ariff Sabri Abdul Aziz ( blogs politically as Sakmongkol47, former Pulau Manis assemblyman), another political blogger, Aspen Alias (a Negri Sembilan Umno veteran), and now Hata Wahari (former president of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and former editorial staff of Umno-owned newspaper Utusan Malaysia)... seems the start of a trend towards multi-racial politics... Malays Joining DAP: The Sign of Racial Politics' Demise What Say You - Mengapa Saya Masuk DAP ? - Hata Wahari I think it would be nice to have more Malays joining DAP and more non-Malays joining PKR to make the respective parties more multi-racial. Link
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| Do you notice more expectant mums around? Posted: 21 Jan 2012 07:16 PM PST The other day, I noticed two expectant mothers working in a coffee shop in BG Perdana. 'Productive' place I thought, but soon I realized that one of the reasons was due to the wish for Dragon babies among Chinese in particular. With the Chinese, the impact of 'kiasuism' in anything always creates magnified effects, resulting in greater demand for certain products or services. Businessmen are likely to provide the supply and make good profits. Very predictable indeed. The other point is that when it comes to mainland Chinese, the sheer number would overwhelm even the best of planned services. Excerpt from a news report: "Lee says she tried to book a maternity bed at her gynaecologist's hospital soon after she found out she was pregnant, but it was already too late. "I couldn't get my preferred private hospital to deliver even though I'm willing to pay and both me and my husband are Hong Kong residents," she says. "Some friends told me I should start registering my Dragon baby girl for kindergarten - it's like a fight for hospitals, a fight for schools. I have to remind myself to take it easy." Mainland mothers accounted for 38,043 out of 80,131 births in Hong Kong last year. In the last Year of the Dragon in 2000, the number of births jumped 5.6 per cent from the previous year, according to official data. In anticipation of a baby boom the government has tightened entry rules, stepped up border controls and capped hospital places for mainland mothers. Mainland women have reportedly taken to smuggling their precious cargoes into the territory under baggy clothes, or renting Hong Kong apartments in the early stages of pregnancy to avoid detection. Some desperate women have even resorted to waiting until the last minute to force their way into Hong Kong emergency wards. Hospital authorities say emergency births tripled last year. "The issue is far more complicated than we imagine," says Cheung Tak Hong, head of the obstetrics department at Hong Kong's Prince of Wales Hospital, a government hospital near the Chinese border. "The system just cannot cope. The increase in the manpower and facilities just cannot catch up with the demand from China. There are far too many pregnant women from China coming to give birth in Hong Kong." The doctor, who is a spokesman for the Hong Kong Obstetrics Concern Group, says mainland women are putting the lives of themselves and their babies at risk. "They have no bookings, we don't have their records, we don't know them beforehand and all of a sudden they come here in advanced labour. That puts a lot of pressure on our staff," he says." Source: 'Dragon babies' stretch resources 
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| ‘Video itu dorong saya tinggalkan PKR’ Posted: 21 Jan 2012 11:17 PM PST Mukadimah: MINGGUAN: Sejak bila anda meletakkan kepercayaan kepada karisma Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim dan apa yang mendorong penglibatan dalam PKR sebagai Ketua Cabang? OSMAN: Saya menaruh kepercayaan dan meminati karisma Anwar sejak di bangku sekolah lagi kerana saya orang kampung dan suka tengok orang memperjuangkan orang kampung. Ketika saya memasuki Universiti Malaya pada 1974, Anwar berada di dalam tahanan ISA. Bila beliau dibebaskan, saya sering mengikuti ceramah dan forum beliau di mana-mana sahaja sekitar Kuala Lumpur dan Petaling Jaya. Apabila beliau memasuki UMNO, kekaguman saya terhadapnya agak menurun, sehinggalah beliau dipecat dari UMNO dan gerakan reformasi tercetus. Saya sentiasa bawa bersama anak saya, Rahimi, melatihnya berjuang bersama di Masjid Negara, Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman, di hadapan Sogo, Sungai Buloh, hinggalah di Kemunting. Kemudian, apabila Parti Keadilan Nasional (ADIL) ditubuhkan, saya menjadi antara yang pertama menganggotainya dari hari pertama ia dilancarkan di sebuah hotel di Kuala Lumpur. Kira-kira setahun sebelum Pilihan Raya Umum (PRU) 2008, Anwar sudahpun dibebaskan dan saya diminta oleh seorang sahabat yang menjadi Ketua Perhubungan Negeri untuk bersamanya dalam AJK PKR Negeri Pahang bagi memantapkan parti. Saya sebenarnya bukan orang politik, tapi atas permintaan sahabat, saya menyertainya juga. Begitu jugalah menjadi Ketua Cabang Bentong, bukanlah kehendak hati saya tapi lebih kerana permintaan pihak lain. Tapi saya tetap bersama dengan gerakan reformasi dan parti, hanya kerana kononnya mahu menegakkan keadilan. Anda ialah ayah kepada Rahimi yang pernah bekerja dengan Anwar. Apa perasaan anda apabila Rahimi meninggalkan Anwar atas sesuatu sebab? OSMAN: Tentu sekali sangat terkejut dan cukup menyentap hati, apatah lagi alasannya adalah sama seperti apa yang berlaku kira-kira 10 tahun lalu yang saya anggap konspirasi dan perbuatan zalim, kini kena pula kepada kawan Rahimi. Perasaan terkejut, marah, kecewa, tidak percaya dan malu bercampur baur di dalam diri saya bila Rahimi menceritakan sebab tersebut kepada saya. Walaupun tidak percaya 100 peratus ketika itu, hati kecil saya sudah mula terdetik. Bagaimanapun, pada peringkat awal, saya masih berjaya mempengaruhi Rahimi untuk kembali bersama Anwar. Itulah sebabnya Rahimi pergi juga menemui kumpulan peguam Anwar di sebuah hotel di Shah Alam, pada malam hari yang sama Mohd. Saiful Bukhari Azlan membuat laporan polis. Malahan, dalam pilihan raya kecil Permatang Pauh, Rahimi masih membantu Anwar. Tapi itu tidak lama kerana sikap negatifnya terhadap Anwar tetap ada dan saya tidak dapat lagi mempengaruhinya. Apa yang menyebabkan anda yakin terhadap pendirian Rahimi sehingga membawa kepada keputusan mengikutinya meninggalkan PKR? OSMAN: Sebenarnya agak sukar dan mengambil masa panjang untuk saya menerima hakikat dan mengakui pendirian anak saya lebih benar daripada saya sendiri dalam soal ini. Walaupun cerita yang disampaikan oleh anak saya nampak 'benar', namun saya sukar menerimanya dan terus berselindung di sebalik alasan 'perlunya empat saksi' dan teori konspirasi. Hubungan saya dengan Rahimi menjadi tegang dan satu ketika saya seolah-olah menghalaunya dari rumah. Saya juga tidak lagi ambil peduli mengenai anak saya itu. Tapi semuanya berubah apabila timbulnya satu isu baru melibatkan orang yang sama. Video seks yang didedahkan oleh 'Datuk T' dan kemudiannya ditayangkan oleh sebuah blog. Tanpa segan silu saya meneliti secara serius apa yang ditayangkan itu dan saya mendapati, akal saya tidak dapat mencari satu ciri pun si pelaku itu bukan orang yang dikatakan. Semua yang saya saksikan, dari segi fizikal dan gerak gerinya semua sangat menyamai seorang individu, itulah kesimpulan saya. Jadi, saya berfikir memang ada kemungkinan individu tersebut boleh melakukan perkara lain yang lebih menjijikkan. Tambahan pula, bila melihat dolak dalih mereka sekeluarga dalam isu jam tangan yang tidak meyakinkan, kelihatan mereka sangat gelabah. Rasa kemungkinan besar betul, dan kalau betul, mungkin ada merit untuk kes-kes terdahulu. Sejak dari itu, saya mula mundur dan mengakui nampaknya pendirian anak saya adalah betul. Lalu terus menjauhi PKR kerana saya tersalah langkah selama ini. Mujur juga saya tidak lagi menjadi Ketua Cabang ketika itu, kalau tidak alangkah rasa serba salahnya saya. Video itu mendorong saya tinggalkan PKR dan hilang kepercayaan terhadap ketuanya. Ini video, yang saya boleh tengok sendiri berbanding sebelum ini hanya dengar cerita orang sahaja. Kebetulan Rahimi kemudian membawa saya mengikuti satu perjumpaan yang mendedahkan banyak cerita tentang individu sama. Orang yang bercerita di situ pula tidak nampak seperti orang berbohong. Dari detik itu, hati saya berubah 99 peratus meninggalkan PKR dan pembangkang dan tidak lagi menghubungi rakan-rakan dalam pembangkang. Keputusan mahkamah baru-baru ini pula semakin melegakan saya kerana kini lebih pasti kesimpulan yang saya buat adalah betul. Jika kita lihat, sejak dari hari pertama sehingga penghujung kes itu teori konspirasi yang dicanangkan bagi mengaburi mata rakyat, tetapi keputusan mahkamah menampakkan sebaliknya. Bagi orang yang berfikir, sudah tentu mereka memahami apa yang sebenarnya berlaku dan siapa yang sebenarnya berkonspirasi. Ini persepsi saya, tapi selepas keputusan mahkamah itu, saya menolak 100 peratus PKR dan pembangkang. Benarkah sebelum ini anda menolak sepenuhnya media perdana terutamanya Utusan Malaysia sepanjang berjuang bersama Anwar? OSMAN: Sebenarnya, Utusan Malaysia teman saya sepanjang bersekolah dan belajar dahulu. Namun, selepas kes liwat 1998, saya menolak Utusan Malaysia (kerana terpengaruh sentimen Anwar) selama hampir 12 tahun. Saya tidak membeli mahupun membaca Utusan Malaysia dan media perdana lain kerana semuanya digelar media fitnah. Selepas saya mengubah fikiran (perjuangan politik), saya kembali kepada Utusan Malaysia malahan menunjukkan dengan bangga saya membeli akhbar Utusan Malaysia. Tanpa perjuangan Utusan Malaysia, kita tentu sudah sesat kerana tiada yang memperjuangkan hak kita macam Utusan. Dulu saya taksub, anggap semuanya fitnah semata-mata. Ini pengajaran istimewa dan bermanfaat terutamanya melalui wawancara bersama Ismail Mina Ahmad bagi menjelaskan isu pluralisme dan bagaimana akidah boleh terpesong kerananya. Saya simpulkan apabila pluralisme dikaitkan dengan seseorang itu, perlu jauhkan diri saya daripada individu tersebut. Apa pandangan anda terhadap masa depan PKR dan Anwar sendiri? OSMAN: Saya melihat PKR hanyalah bayangan Anwar, dan Anwar itu adalah Anwar. Jadi, bagi saya, tidak perlu memikirkan sangat mengenai masa depan PKR kerana secara automatiknya PKR itu akan lenyap dengan ketiadaan Anwar. Yang perlu kita lihat ialah masa depan Anwar itu bagaimana. Masa depan Anwar bukan sahaja penting kepada dirinya dan PKR, malahan kepada Pas dan DAP . Bagi saya, Anwar adalah seorang yang cukup pandai tetapi satu sahaja kemahirannya, memainkan sentimen rakyat. Kesinambungan hayat politik Anwar sangat bergantung kepada kepakaran beliau dalam memainkan sesuatu isu. Itulah sebabnya beliau suka mencipta isu! Tanpa isu, manipulasi sentimen tidak boleh berlaku dan rakyat tidak akan tertarik untuk menyokongnya. Tengok sahaja bagaimana beliau boleh bertahan sejak tahun 1998 sehingga hari ini, malah hampir saja berjaya menakluki Putrajaya, semuanya dengan memanipulasikan isu. Tapi, bak kata pepatah, sepandai-pandai tupai melompat akhirnya jatuh ke tanah juga. Itulah yang terjadi kepada Anwar kali ini. Beliau cuba memainkan isu konspirasi politik sekali lagi untuk menyelamatkan moralnya dalam kes liwat kedua ini tapi keputusan mahkamah baru-baru ini sangat menyimpang dari apa yang beliau canangkan. Ertinya, ada unsur pembohongan di sini. Persepsi saya cukup negatif, persepsi orang lain saya tidak tahu. Kalau di negara maju, saya rasa peluang Anwar untuk menjadi Perdana Menteri sudah ranap. Tambahan pula sekarang, bila persoalan akidah berkaitan dengan sikapnya mengenai pluralisme agama dibangkitkan, mana mungkin ia dapat diterima oleh mereka yang benar-benar memahami Islam, tentu takkan dekat lagi dengan pemimpin begini.-utusan Pisau kata "ramai yang dah sedar kena tipu dengan Anwar" 
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