Just a short notes pertaining to the electoral reform initiatives taken by the Election Commission (EC) as appeared in NST @ 26 July 2011.
It is reported that the EC had submitted several proposals to the Attorney-General's Chambers with the aim of reforming the electoral process in the country. One of the initiatives would be the banning of political parties from putting up posters and banners in a haphazard manner. The new guidelines will set the standard size for posters and banners and localities where the campaign materials should be placed.
The EC Chairman, Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof was quoted as saying " There will be no more campaign materials on traffic lights, trees, signboards and lamp posts."
I fully support this as those poor trees/lamp posts had suffered a lot from the 1st election in 1955 up to the last 12th General Election!!! I am also happy to note that at last the EC admitted that those posters which were pasted almost every available space/surface were an eye sore ... In other words, to put it in a "politically correct" - or is it an incorrect one? - statement is this ... After all these years the EC had finally accepted electoral process must be "BERSIH"!!!!! (no pun is intended here depending on how you read it!!!)
The other initiative is that the EC would be introducing a biometric system nationwide to screen voters. The EC Chairman is reportedly as saying that indelible ink would never be used in this country as he said the ink was washable.
When I look up at the dictionary, the meaning of "indelible" is "incapable of being erased or obliterated" . Which is which now ... Is it the dictionary is wrong or is it the EC Chairman is wrong or the ink is of low quality as capable of being washed?
By the way, "wash" if interpreted "roughly" in this context means "dibasuh" or "dicuci" which normally happened when one wants to get rid of dirt ....
Voila!!! This is the 2nd proof that at last the EC believe in a really "BERSIH" electoral process .... I must say this is a good sign to all registered Malaysian voters as from now on the electoral process would b carried out clean!!!!
Till we meet again .....
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Terrorism .... Let's not pointing fingers at each other
NST @ Saturday 23 July 2011 picked up news from "Agencies" pertaining to the Oslo bombing in Norway and the shooting spree incident at Utoeya Island also in Norway. The powerful bomb rocked government and media buildings in Norway's capital where 2 were reportedly died.
What intrigue me most is how the western media was so quick in pointing the fingers at the so called Islamic extremism as the possible culprit in the bombing ... So it is mandatory to mention al Qaeda, Afghanistan and so on ....
When the dust had settled down, it was reported on Sunday @ 24 July 2011 by almost all newspapers that both the bombing and the shooting had nothing to do with Islamic extremism - though there's no such thing in Islam - but allegedly committed by a lone right wing Christian extremist named Anders Behring Brelvik. The shooting spree left 91 youths dead...
My point here is it's not about Muslims or Christians or any religions for that matter. All religions promote peace and good deeds... This is all about terrorism/extremism and it could be embraced by any lunatic human being with no "religion at heart"...
As usual, the western media & establishments (read as "governments") will waste no time in blaming the Muslims ... This was the trend since late 1970s especially after the Iran revolution and after the Cold war and the last bastion of Communism, the Soviet Union fell apart (except for China of course).
It was said that the West (read as the "United States")have to find "new enemies" after the fall of Communism and Islam became the next "taboo" for the States in the name of "Iranian Revolution"....
I am not going to go further on the West/Islam 'love & hate" relationship as I am not a person who has the credential in international relations/politics study.
However, what I can say in a firm belief is that terrorism/extremism has no religion and it also has no boundaries. Most importantly it has no face!!! Therefore, to link terrorism/extremism to any religion or belief is to me a deliberate insult to humans intelligence!!!
The Oslo bombing and the shooting incident at Utoeya Island in Norway in a way are reminiscent of the Oklahoma bombing years ago due to its similarities. Back then, the States were very quick in pointing fingers to Islamic Militants and wart not. However, it was revealed later that it was the work of a right wing persona ....
Remember this extremism/terrorism is faceless ......
What intrigue me most is how the western media was so quick in pointing the fingers at the so called Islamic extremism as the possible culprit in the bombing ... So it is mandatory to mention al Qaeda, Afghanistan and so on ....
When the dust had settled down, it was reported on Sunday @ 24 July 2011 by almost all newspapers that both the bombing and the shooting had nothing to do with Islamic extremism - though there's no such thing in Islam - but allegedly committed by a lone right wing Christian extremist named Anders Behring Brelvik. The shooting spree left 91 youths dead...
My point here is it's not about Muslims or Christians or any religions for that matter. All religions promote peace and good deeds... This is all about terrorism/extremism and it could be embraced by any lunatic human being with no "religion at heart"...
As usual, the western media & establishments (read as "governments") will waste no time in blaming the Muslims ... This was the trend since late 1970s especially after the Iran revolution and after the Cold war and the last bastion of Communism, the Soviet Union fell apart (except for China of course).
It was said that the West (read as the "United States")have to find "new enemies" after the fall of Communism and Islam became the next "taboo" for the States in the name of "Iranian Revolution"....
I am not going to go further on the West/Islam 'love & hate" relationship as I am not a person who has the credential in international relations/politics study.
However, what I can say in a firm belief is that terrorism/extremism has no religion and it also has no boundaries. Most importantly it has no face!!! Therefore, to link terrorism/extremism to any religion or belief is to me a deliberate insult to humans intelligence!!!
The Oslo bombing and the shooting incident at Utoeya Island in Norway in a way are reminiscent of the Oklahoma bombing years ago due to its similarities. Back then, the States were very quick in pointing fingers to Islamic Militants and wart not. However, it was revealed later that it was the work of a right wing persona ....
Remember this extremism/terrorism is faceless ......
Friday, July 22, 2011
It's the angle that matters ....
PDRM recently announced that they will be showing the video footage of how the police handled the Bersih Rally which was held last 9 July 2011. The intention is to show proof to the public at large that the police had been professional in their duties and there was no violence used in dispersing the crowd ...
The public was also urged to submit to the police their video footage in order to find the "truth". This was done in the wake of accusations of alleged police brutalities in dispersing the Bersih crowd as well as accusation of tear gas being shot at the Tung Shin Hospital, Pudu.
This I would say a good step to "clear" the air amidst the accusations made against the police...
So let's just wait for the screening of the "show" and let the people judge for themselves .... I would not want to comment further as PDRM had also issued a "veiled" warning to the Malaysian public not to post any article or to post any video footage on line which was false in nature ...
On the above, I only have to quote Dr. Chua Soi Lek's remark in NST recently when asked by the reporters regarding the alleged shooting of tear gas into the compound of Tung Shin Hospital... He was quoted as saying that he believed the police had been very professional and it depends on which angle the picture was taken ...
I fully agree Sir as angle is very important and matters most ....Perhaps those 11 doctors on duties at Tung Shin Hospital were looking at a different angle from the pictures taken by other parties...
So it's the angle that matters most .....
The public was also urged to submit to the police their video footage in order to find the "truth". This was done in the wake of accusations of alleged police brutalities in dispersing the Bersih crowd as well as accusation of tear gas being shot at the Tung Shin Hospital, Pudu.
This I would say a good step to "clear" the air amidst the accusations made against the police...
So let's just wait for the screening of the "show" and let the people judge for themselves .... I would not want to comment further as PDRM had also issued a "veiled" warning to the Malaysian public not to post any article or to post any video footage on line which was false in nature ...
On the above, I only have to quote Dr. Chua Soi Lek's remark in NST recently when asked by the reporters regarding the alleged shooting of tear gas into the compound of Tung Shin Hospital... He was quoted as saying that he believed the police had been very professional and it depends on which angle the picture was taken ...
I fully agree Sir as angle is very important and matters most ....Perhaps those 11 doctors on duties at Tung Shin Hospital were looking at a different angle from the pictures taken by other parties...
So it's the angle that matters most .....
Monday, July 18, 2011
The Yellow Dilemma
Almost all major mainstream newspapers today @ 18 July 2011 quoted the Deputy IGP as saying that it is alright to wear yellow shirt/T Shit so long as the shirt/T Shirt do not have Bersih 2.0 Logo.
Being an ordinary "rakyat" on the street, I do not have to read laws to know that I am free to choose whatever colour toned attires which I want to wear. As it is, those DBKL staff are wearing yellow T shirts, most of the safety signage are in "striking" yellow even I myself have a yellow T Shirt!!! Not to forget our "Harimau Malaya"/the National Football Team most of the time is wearing yellow jerseys.
Notwithstanding the above, I wish to thank the Deputy IGP for clearing up the air as certain section of our society had been struck by what I dubbed as the "Yellow Dilemma". The situation is like an old Malay proverb "Di telan mati emak, di luah mati ayah" .....before things get more complicated, it is better to come up with an official statement or else yellow would becomes an "endangered colour" in Malaysia!!!
There's a reason for it only being an "endangered colour" in Malaysia but not world wide as the Queen Elizabeth was spotted wearing yellow recently when HRH "mencemar Duli" agreeing to meet the PM recently .... Even a British Minister was spotted wearing a yellow neck tie in one of the meetings with the PM...
Eh? Am I missing something here? I wonder whether the Deputy IGP's announcement has something to do with the recent "awkward" position when the PM visited the UK recently.
It's really is a dilemma ......
Being an ordinary "rakyat" on the street, I do not have to read laws to know that I am free to choose whatever colour toned attires which I want to wear. As it is, those DBKL staff are wearing yellow T shirts, most of the safety signage are in "striking" yellow even I myself have a yellow T Shirt!!! Not to forget our "Harimau Malaya"/the National Football Team most of the time is wearing yellow jerseys.
Notwithstanding the above, I wish to thank the Deputy IGP for clearing up the air as certain section of our society had been struck by what I dubbed as the "Yellow Dilemma". The situation is like an old Malay proverb "Di telan mati emak, di luah mati ayah" .....before things get more complicated, it is better to come up with an official statement or else yellow would becomes an "endangered colour" in Malaysia!!!
There's a reason for it only being an "endangered colour" in Malaysia but not world wide as the Queen Elizabeth was spotted wearing yellow recently when HRH "mencemar Duli" agreeing to meet the PM recently .... Even a British Minister was spotted wearing a yellow neck tie in one of the meetings with the PM...
Eh? Am I missing something here? I wonder whether the Deputy IGP's announcement has something to do with the recent "awkward" position when the PM visited the UK recently.
It's really is a dilemma ......
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Manipulation of Statistics ...
Yesterday was 9 July 2011 ... It's the day of Bersih Rally.
I am not going to touch on the rally as I was just "landed" at KLIA at about 2.40 PM and was told that downtown Kuala Lumpur was in the thick of action ... I just wondered how many "rakyat" were involved in the rally and resigned to the conclusion that I have to rely on the news for the answer....
On the way home, I heard the 'Berita Ringkas" @ RTM at 3.00 PM stating that about 300 people were demonstrating at Jalan Pudu. This was again reported at 4.00 PM by RTM stating that about "200-300 penunjuk perasaan cuba membuat kacau berhampiran sebuah hospital swasta di Jalan Pudu" ...
The 5.00 PM news at RTM also echoed the same report and concluded that the demonstration was not participated by the masses... At about 5.30 PM it was reported that about 800 Bersih people had been arrested.
By 6.45 PM, it came out in the news that about 1,400 people were arrested and it was confirmed over 8.00 o'clock new @ TV 3 that 1,667 people had been arrested.Now now ... there must be something wrong with the statistics ...
Today, Sunday @ 10 July 2011 I bought almost all the mainstream newspaper and I found the following statistics:
Mingguan Malaysia @ 10 July 2011 reported amongst others:
1. about 1,401 were arrested;
2. about 500 people were demonstrating under the umbrella of "Patriot" ie mainly from the UMNO Youth members and a few from Persatuan Silat Linchah;
3. about 30 people from Perkasa - wondering aimlessly & loitering - at Taman Tasik Titiwangsa;
4. about 6,000 people participated in the Bersih Rally and the concentrations were at Jalan Petaling, Sogo, Dayabumi, Jalan Pudu & Masjid Jamek.
All in all, Mingguan Malaysia stick to about 6,000 people were involved in the Bersih Rally.
Let's look at the chronological events as reported by Mingguan Malaysia:
12.50 PM - about 3,000 Bersih people were marching from Jalan Petaling towards Stadium Merdeka;
1.43 PM - 3,000 Bersih people were at the vicinity of Dataran Maybank;
2.00 PM - 1,000 were trapped at KL Sentral. [Note; This 1,000 were trapped till about 5.00 PM as the train service was stopped. So, this number is unchanged and fixed!!!!}
Meanwhile, Sunday Times @ 10 July 2011 reported the following:
1. About 6,000 people were at Pudu Raya;
2. Estimated about 5,000 to 6,000 people were involved in the Bersih Rally;
3. 1,667 were arrested and 16 of them are children;
4. 1 died ie Allahyarham Baharuddin 59 years old.
Sunday Times put the chronology amongst others as follows:
12.33 PM - FRU fired 22 rounds of tear gas at about 2,000 Bersih people at Lebuh Pasar Besar;
1.18 PM - 4,000 Bersih people gathered at Menara Maybank;
1.19 PM - large crowd (no statistics given) were reported at Petaling Street;
1.37 PM - Bersih people from Jalan Pudu and Petaling Street joined together at Hentian Puduraya;
1.40 PM - Tear gas were fired at the crowd near Menara Maybank;
1.45 PM - Crowd gathered at Masjid India;
2,22 PM - another round of tear gas was fired at the Bersih people at Menara Maybank;
2.41 PM - 2,000 people marched from Masjid Jamek to Dataran Merdeka;
2.45 PM - two group of crowds marched towards Jalan Raja Chulan;
2.49 PM - FRU dispersed crowd at KL Sentral;
2.57 PM - 2,000 were dispersed from Merdeka Stadium by the police;
3.45 PM - 3,000 people marched towards KLCC;
Please also consider this, Sunday Times @ 10 July 2011 reported that:
at 4.00 PM about 3,000 people were at Masjid Jamek and joined by another 2,000 at about 4.15 PM and all of them marched towards KLCC. They eventually dispersed at about 4.45 PM.
Again please take this into account, it was also reported by Sunday Times that at 2.25 PM about 2,000 Bersih people converged in the areas of Olympic Hotel,Petaling Street & Masjid India which will then swelled to 4,000.
If we care to look thoroughly at the time & places, the statistics appeared to be "massaged" (read as manipulated!!!) for certain reason which I would not bother to explain.
In contrast, the "alternative media" such as Malaysiakini reported that at about 12.40 PM about 500 Bersih people gathered and the number swelled to 20,000 in just about half an hour. All in all it was estimated that about 50,000 people had attended the Bersih Rally....
So which is which? Going by the past experience, you have to do this;
Take the estimation as given by the mainstream media and multiply it by 5 then you would get the correct figure!!!
But I am not going to argue on this as statistics are meant to be manipulated. However, the following is certain and could not be rebutted:
1. ONLY 30 Perkasa members were roaming Tasik Titiwangsa aimlessly without their leader .. U know who!!!;
2. Patriot were outnumbered even by those Bersih people who were arrested by about 3 fold!!!!!
Till we meet again and to those who are good in numbers please analyse the above statistics ..... and al Fatihah to Allahyarham Baharuddin.
I am not going to touch on the rally as I was just "landed" at KLIA at about 2.40 PM and was told that downtown Kuala Lumpur was in the thick of action ... I just wondered how many "rakyat" were involved in the rally and resigned to the conclusion that I have to rely on the news for the answer....
On the way home, I heard the 'Berita Ringkas" @ RTM at 3.00 PM stating that about 300 people were demonstrating at Jalan Pudu. This was again reported at 4.00 PM by RTM stating that about "200-300 penunjuk perasaan cuba membuat kacau berhampiran sebuah hospital swasta di Jalan Pudu" ...
The 5.00 PM news at RTM also echoed the same report and concluded that the demonstration was not participated by the masses... At about 5.30 PM it was reported that about 800 Bersih people had been arrested.
By 6.45 PM, it came out in the news that about 1,400 people were arrested and it was confirmed over 8.00 o'clock new @ TV 3 that 1,667 people had been arrested.Now now ... there must be something wrong with the statistics ...
Today, Sunday @ 10 July 2011 I bought almost all the mainstream newspaper and I found the following statistics:
Mingguan Malaysia @ 10 July 2011 reported amongst others:
1. about 1,401 were arrested;
2. about 500 people were demonstrating under the umbrella of "Patriot" ie mainly from the UMNO Youth members and a few from Persatuan Silat Linchah;
3. about 30 people from Perkasa - wondering aimlessly & loitering - at Taman Tasik Titiwangsa;
4. about 6,000 people participated in the Bersih Rally and the concentrations were at Jalan Petaling, Sogo, Dayabumi, Jalan Pudu & Masjid Jamek.
All in all, Mingguan Malaysia stick to about 6,000 people were involved in the Bersih Rally.
Let's look at the chronological events as reported by Mingguan Malaysia:
12.50 PM - about 3,000 Bersih people were marching from Jalan Petaling towards Stadium Merdeka;
1.43 PM - 3,000 Bersih people were at the vicinity of Dataran Maybank;
2.00 PM - 1,000 were trapped at KL Sentral. [Note; This 1,000 were trapped till about 5.00 PM as the train service was stopped. So, this number is unchanged and fixed!!!!}
Meanwhile, Sunday Times @ 10 July 2011 reported the following:
1. About 6,000 people were at Pudu Raya;
2. Estimated about 5,000 to 6,000 people were involved in the Bersih Rally;
3. 1,667 were arrested and 16 of them are children;
4. 1 died ie Allahyarham Baharuddin 59 years old.
Sunday Times put the chronology amongst others as follows:
12.33 PM - FRU fired 22 rounds of tear gas at about 2,000 Bersih people at Lebuh Pasar Besar;
1.18 PM - 4,000 Bersih people gathered at Menara Maybank;
1.19 PM - large crowd (no statistics given) were reported at Petaling Street;
1.37 PM - Bersih people from Jalan Pudu and Petaling Street joined together at Hentian Puduraya;
1.40 PM - Tear gas were fired at the crowd near Menara Maybank;
1.45 PM - Crowd gathered at Masjid India;
2,22 PM - another round of tear gas was fired at the Bersih people at Menara Maybank;
2.41 PM - 2,000 people marched from Masjid Jamek to Dataran Merdeka;
2.45 PM - two group of crowds marched towards Jalan Raja Chulan;
2.49 PM - FRU dispersed crowd at KL Sentral;
2.57 PM - 2,000 were dispersed from Merdeka Stadium by the police;
3.45 PM - 3,000 people marched towards KLCC;
Please also consider this, Sunday Times @ 10 July 2011 reported that:
at 4.00 PM about 3,000 people were at Masjid Jamek and joined by another 2,000 at about 4.15 PM and all of them marched towards KLCC. They eventually dispersed at about 4.45 PM.
Again please take this into account, it was also reported by Sunday Times that at 2.25 PM about 2,000 Bersih people converged in the areas of Olympic Hotel,Petaling Street & Masjid India which will then swelled to 4,000.
If we care to look thoroughly at the time & places, the statistics appeared to be "massaged" (read as manipulated!!!) for certain reason which I would not bother to explain.
In contrast, the "alternative media" such as Malaysiakini reported that at about 12.40 PM about 500 Bersih people gathered and the number swelled to 20,000 in just about half an hour. All in all it was estimated that about 50,000 people had attended the Bersih Rally....
So which is which? Going by the past experience, you have to do this;
Take the estimation as given by the mainstream media and multiply it by 5 then you would get the correct figure!!!
But I am not going to argue on this as statistics are meant to be manipulated. However, the following is certain and could not be rebutted:
1. ONLY 30 Perkasa members were roaming Tasik Titiwangsa aimlessly without their leader .. U know who!!!;
2. Patriot were outnumbered even by those Bersih people who were arrested by about 3 fold!!!!!
Till we meet again and to those who are good in numbers please analyse the above statistics ..... and al Fatihah to Allahyarham Baharuddin.
Monday, July 4, 2011
Is it too easy to strip a citizenship ...
I just do not bother to peruse through the Federal Constitution to find out how a Malaysian could loose his/her citizenship. What I am sure of there should be a certain mechanism and/or circumstances which warrant the stripping of a subject's citizenship... And I am pretty sure it would not be that easy to do so!!!
It was reported that Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam acting in his capacity as the President of the "Persekutuan Seni Silat Kebangsaan" which boasts of having over 2 million members with 211 affiliates urged the Government to strip off the citizenship of Datuk S. Ambiga.
Years back even M. Nasir, yes the great artist M. Nasir was not spared from similar calls just because he made a snide remark about the then PM Tun Dr Mahathir. This happened during a poetry reading function at the MATIC, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur.
Others who were in the same boat which I could remember were the rap guy Name Wee - the guy who "rapped" our National anthem "Negara Ku". Even though personally and in principle, I abhor what he had done in the name of freedom of expression but to strip him of his citizenship? That's a bit too much I would say.
I would say given the remarks and/or action made by us Malaysians over the last 3 years or so, almost half of our citizens would be stripped off their citizenship ....
I dare not predict what would be Datuk s. Ambiga's reaction to Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam's remark ..... Well, I have mine but I choose to keep it privy to myself only...
Till we meet again ....
It was reported that Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam acting in his capacity as the President of the "Persekutuan Seni Silat Kebangsaan" which boasts of having over 2 million members with 211 affiliates urged the Government to strip off the citizenship of Datuk S. Ambiga.
Years back even M. Nasir, yes the great artist M. Nasir was not spared from similar calls just because he made a snide remark about the then PM Tun Dr Mahathir. This happened during a poetry reading function at the MATIC, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur.
Others who were in the same boat which I could remember were the rap guy Name Wee - the guy who "rapped" our National anthem "Negara Ku". Even though personally and in principle, I abhor what he had done in the name of freedom of expression but to strip him of his citizenship? That's a bit too much I would say.
I would say given the remarks and/or action made by us Malaysians over the last 3 years or so, almost half of our citizens would be stripped off their citizenship ....
I dare not predict what would be Datuk s. Ambiga's reaction to Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam's remark ..... Well, I have mine but I choose to keep it privy to myself only...
Till we meet again ....
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Let's talk about numbers tonight ...
My last posting was about our obsession to numbers .... so in continuance of the last posting I would continue with some facts on numbers which took place all over Malaysia over the weekend (Saturday 2 July 2011):
1. On Saturday, about 4.3 million students from 9,980 schools all over Malaysia took part in a run to mark the launching of a sport policy entitled - well no suspense here - it's called "1 Student 1 Sport" policy.
It is reported that the said policy as explained by the DPM in Taiping was that each student would be encourage to take part in at least one (1) sport. No issue here but the thing is as past experience showed us all having a policy is one thing but the implementation is another thing. Do we have the infrastructure ready such as qualified trainers/coaches. We are not only talking about implementation here but the follow through process is also important. For example, those who are excel in sports should be placed at special sports schools with scholarships. We do have sport schools but are they sufficient?
This reminds me of years back when the Sidek Brothers (Jailany & Razif) were crowned as the All England Doubles Champion, there was a call to have a policy of having "1000 Gelanggang Badminton". I wonder what happened to those "1000 Gelanggang Badminton" ...
2. A total number of 2,389 police reports had been lodged by certain quarters of the Malaysian individuals, NGOs and Societies against the Bersih rally organisers.As far as I could remember, this would be the most police reports which had been lodged against a single event. The question is are we going to put it in our very own Malaysia Book Of Record?
3. Way up north in my home state Perak, in Ipoh actually - that's my hometown!!! - about 3,000 youths took part in a rally organised by Perkasa Perak (this organisation had penetrated my home state? Sigh ....)They rode their motorcycles in convoy to protest against Bersih Rally.
I bet if the traffic police or JPJ were to hold roadblocks, lots of traffic summons could be issued on that single day.
4. It was reported that when the Honourable PM visited Pasir Puteh, Kelantan, a total of 2,800 PAS members in the "jajahan" Pasir Puteh had abandoned PAS and joined UMNO ... So guys do make regular visits, be it leaders from the establishment or the side and your aura would lead to so many numbers of defections...
Come to think of it, if we care to look back at the statistics over the years, I wonder whether how many members do PAS have as at to date considering the reports of their members allegedly jumped ship every time an UMNO leaders visited certain constituencies or every time an elections _ General Elections/By Elections - were held over the years.
5. To be fair to all, I have to post this though ... It was also reported a group of 30 people allegedly supporters of Hindraf staged a protest outside the PAS Headquarters in Jalan Raja Laut. The protest was held for a mere 15 minutes by the way!!!!
By the way, my home state also created history by having 2 MBs & 2 State Legislative Speakers at one point of time....
Ooops!!! I have to end my posting right at this moment as it already took me almost 14 minutes ... OK you win laaa yea!!!
1. On Saturday, about 4.3 million students from 9,980 schools all over Malaysia took part in a run to mark the launching of a sport policy entitled - well no suspense here - it's called "1 Student 1 Sport" policy.
It is reported that the said policy as explained by the DPM in Taiping was that each student would be encourage to take part in at least one (1) sport. No issue here but the thing is as past experience showed us all having a policy is one thing but the implementation is another thing. Do we have the infrastructure ready such as qualified trainers/coaches. We are not only talking about implementation here but the follow through process is also important. For example, those who are excel in sports should be placed at special sports schools with scholarships. We do have sport schools but are they sufficient?
This reminds me of years back when the Sidek Brothers (Jailany & Razif) were crowned as the All England Doubles Champion, there was a call to have a policy of having "1000 Gelanggang Badminton". I wonder what happened to those "1000 Gelanggang Badminton" ...
2. A total number of 2,389 police reports had been lodged by certain quarters of the Malaysian individuals, NGOs and Societies against the Bersih rally organisers.As far as I could remember, this would be the most police reports which had been lodged against a single event. The question is are we going to put it in our very own Malaysia Book Of Record?
3. Way up north in my home state Perak, in Ipoh actually - that's my hometown!!! - about 3,000 youths took part in a rally organised by Perkasa Perak (this organisation had penetrated my home state? Sigh ....)They rode their motorcycles in convoy to protest against Bersih Rally.
I bet if the traffic police or JPJ were to hold roadblocks, lots of traffic summons could be issued on that single day.
4. It was reported that when the Honourable PM visited Pasir Puteh, Kelantan, a total of 2,800 PAS members in the "jajahan" Pasir Puteh had abandoned PAS and joined UMNO ... So guys do make regular visits, be it leaders from the establishment or the side and your aura would lead to so many numbers of defections...
Come to think of it, if we care to look back at the statistics over the years, I wonder whether how many members do PAS have as at to date considering the reports of their members allegedly jumped ship every time an UMNO leaders visited certain constituencies or every time an elections _ General Elections/By Elections - were held over the years.
5. To be fair to all, I have to post this though ... It was also reported a group of 30 people allegedly supporters of Hindraf staged a protest outside the PAS Headquarters in Jalan Raja Laut. The protest was held for a mere 15 minutes by the way!!!!
By the way, my home state also created history by having 2 MBs & 2 State Legislative Speakers at one point of time....
Ooops!!! I have to end my posting right at this moment as it already took me almost 14 minutes ... OK you win laaa yea!!!
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