In today's paper, Najib said he will assure that more money for Sarawak in the next 10th Malaysia Plan. Immediately, it came across my mind the following questions:
1. How much more?
2. Who benefits from that fund?
3. How would the rakyat know that, the fund are really for the people, not for "Certain People"?
Like before and always, there's no transparency in implementing any kind of project. Only a certain people did really enjoy the "isi" and the rakyat will, like always, get the "kuah". This has been the federal practice towards us, especially Sabah and Sarawak.
Another question which I love to ask is, why is it only now that the federal really take care of Sabah and Sarawak? Why? Is it because of the change of leadership? Or is it because of the result of the previous GE which might have woken them from sleep? Well, if it so, good for Sarawak. At least they are awake before the thieves take away their beloved empire from them. This means too, the result of the previous GE really scare them to death.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
The future of Sarawak, where are we heading?
Socially:
Talking about social development, one tend to compare Sarawak with the rest of the states and bigger cities such as KL. Though social problems in Sarawak is showing a worrying upward trend, it is still at a level much lower than those in bigger cities. Social problems in bigger cities is different. However, later on when a town spring into big city, these kinds of social problems tend to be out of control. Crime rates will also be on the rise. Surprisingly, gansterism in Sarawak used to be amongst the worst. Sibu used to be known as gangster town way back in the 70's and 80's. Then there emerge a new breed of triad which haunts Bintulu town just recently. Thanks to the efforts of YB Datuk Tiong in dealing and cleaning them, if not looks like Bintulu would be the least safest place to reside in Sarawak.
Other criminal activities such as theft, house breaking, snatching and drug pushing in Sarawak as a whole seems to be on the rise. This is probably due to economic pressure on unemployed citizens. As can be observed from the recent cases, most of these crimes were committed by foreigners, that is the Indonesians. This phenomena reflects the low level of security in our state.
There's also the problems of drug taking and gum sniffing amongst our youngsters. Most youngsters involved in these activities are either being influenced or just fancy to try out new stuff. Smoking amongst young school students seems to be normal. This trend has been in existence since the olden days. Who are to be blamed? Certainly, parents are responsilbe for this social ills amongst school students for not doing sufficient close monitoring. Most parents are too obsessed in their daily routine until they are overlooking their so-called parental responsibilities.
These young school students are the future citizens who will take over from the older generations as the backbone of our nation. If they were not properly educated and nurtured as useful citizens, the future of Sarawak will be socially handicapped, hence will affect the states politically and economically too.
Economically:
At least once in a lifetime, a nation is boud to be hit by economic recessions. This happens as a result of global economic changes. Once bigger and dominant countries are being affected, the others follows, unless careful measures are taken. During Dr. Mahathir's premiership, our country has also been hit by several economic downturn, but the ability of Dr. Mahathir in dealing with these situations has saved our country from being devastated and badly affected. I really adore him for that aspect. Our present and future leaders should follow his example and learn from his experiences, as they are not as smart as him.
Thus far, the present economic downturn has not affected Sarawakian individually, but more to corporate and big companies. Comparably, only a small portion of our Sarawak citizens are affected. Farmers, fishermen and small business are still doing very well.
To me, the economic recessions and turmoil are the jobs of humankind themselves. Someone with substantial amount of power wants economy turning bad, and these someone are businessman and policians who benefits from these economic turmoils. Only human kind themselves can cure and bring the global economy to it's original state.
Since the 1970's, workforce from Semenanjung flocked into Sarawak to look for jobs. They were either being sent by the government, company or individually. The presence of the abundance natural resources has attracted tens of thousands foreign workforce into Sarawak. Presently, workforce from Semenanjung are engaged in white colar jobs such as teachers, the police force, the army, oil and gas industries and plantations where a large portions of the high ranking jobs are being dominated by them.
Compared to Semenanjung, jobs in Sarawak are plenty and the ceiling wages are very low. Take for example in Semenanjung nowadays shops assistance can easily fetch a gross salary of RM700 per month whilst in Sarawak, the maximum wages is around RM500 per month for the same level of jobs. Another example is the factory worker's salary. In Sarawak the average daily wages is about RM14.00 whilst in Semenanjung is about RM25.00.
Given these wide gaps in terms of workers wages between Sarawak and Semenanjung, looks like it would take another 10 - 20 years for Sarawak to be on par with Semenanjung. Who is/are responsible for these slow economic growth? Let us find the answer in ourselves.
Politically:
Politically, Sarawak is the most stable amongst the 13 states thus far, in the view of the ruling coalition. The reason for this political stability is due to the reserved and liberal nature of the thinking of Sarawakians. These reserved and liberal nature of Sarawakians in turn were due to limited communication facilities and limited amount of foreign cultures and informations to the hardcore government supporters and voters. Years of brainwashing and shaping by the present ruling coalition has formed an ideologically unbreakable loyalty amongst the older generations towards them. It would take years of hardwork for the oppositions to wrest the trust of these voters, that even if they were to succeed. If not, it would remain as it is for the rest of Sarawak history.
Geographical factors too, play an important role in contributing towards the dominance of the present government. The good performance of the present state government has thus far prevented the federal government from bringing in UMNO into Sarawak. I am ready to bet, if UMNO were to be allowed into Sarawak land, that would mark the end of BN dominance in Sarawak. This is especially so, judging from the level of patriotism amongst Sarawakians. As has been said before, and said over and over again, even a child representing the "Dacing" can easily win any constituency in Sarawak.
This is a democratic country. Opposition come and go, but BN is always there. To the older generations, BN is the ultimate government. If BN lose, there's no government for them. This has been the mentality nurtured by BN amongst the old folks all those years. BN and opposition alike, take note of this facts.
However, as times passed, there has been a gradual changes in the perceptions of a much younger Sarawakians towards political situations in Sarawak. As most of the citizens are now more educated and better exposed to fresh ideas and informations as compared to the older generations who are hardcore government supporters, the trends seems to be a little bit worrying for the ruling coalition. The younger generations no longer listen blindly to baseless claims and empty promises without first accessing the actual truth, unlike the olden days.
The future of Sarawak politics is gradually changing for the better or for the worst. Judging from the present development, it is very clear that Sarawakians are no longer become "Pak Turut". They are now more vocal, sensitive and daring in voicing out their views. These can be proven with the emergence of countless number of social/political blogs written by Sarawakians. Most politicians do not believe blogs and bloggers help shape the entity of certain government. My advise, they better do believe. They better believe in the "Power of Blogging".
To sum up, Sarawak is heading towards a new direction, which only time will tell.
Talking about social development, one tend to compare Sarawak with the rest of the states and bigger cities such as KL. Though social problems in Sarawak is showing a worrying upward trend, it is still at a level much lower than those in bigger cities. Social problems in bigger cities is different. However, later on when a town spring into big city, these kinds of social problems tend to be out of control. Crime rates will also be on the rise. Surprisingly, gansterism in Sarawak used to be amongst the worst. Sibu used to be known as gangster town way back in the 70's and 80's. Then there emerge a new breed of triad which haunts Bintulu town just recently. Thanks to the efforts of YB Datuk Tiong in dealing and cleaning them, if not looks like Bintulu would be the least safest place to reside in Sarawak.
Other criminal activities such as theft, house breaking, snatching and drug pushing in Sarawak as a whole seems to be on the rise. This is probably due to economic pressure on unemployed citizens. As can be observed from the recent cases, most of these crimes were committed by foreigners, that is the Indonesians. This phenomena reflects the low level of security in our state.
There's also the problems of drug taking and gum sniffing amongst our youngsters. Most youngsters involved in these activities are either being influenced or just fancy to try out new stuff. Smoking amongst young school students seems to be normal. This trend has been in existence since the olden days. Who are to be blamed? Certainly, parents are responsilbe for this social ills amongst school students for not doing sufficient close monitoring. Most parents are too obsessed in their daily routine until they are overlooking their so-called parental responsibilities.
These young school students are the future citizens who will take over from the older generations as the backbone of our nation. If they were not properly educated and nurtured as useful citizens, the future of Sarawak will be socially handicapped, hence will affect the states politically and economically too.
Economically:
At least once in a lifetime, a nation is boud to be hit by economic recessions. This happens as a result of global economic changes. Once bigger and dominant countries are being affected, the others follows, unless careful measures are taken. During Dr. Mahathir's premiership, our country has also been hit by several economic downturn, but the ability of Dr. Mahathir in dealing with these situations has saved our country from being devastated and badly affected. I really adore him for that aspect. Our present and future leaders should follow his example and learn from his experiences, as they are not as smart as him.
Thus far, the present economic downturn has not affected Sarawakian individually, but more to corporate and big companies. Comparably, only a small portion of our Sarawak citizens are affected. Farmers, fishermen and small business are still doing very well.
To me, the economic recessions and turmoil are the jobs of humankind themselves. Someone with substantial amount of power wants economy turning bad, and these someone are businessman and policians who benefits from these economic turmoils. Only human kind themselves can cure and bring the global economy to it's original state.
Since the 1970's, workforce from Semenanjung flocked into Sarawak to look for jobs. They were either being sent by the government, company or individually. The presence of the abundance natural resources has attracted tens of thousands foreign workforce into Sarawak. Presently, workforce from Semenanjung are engaged in white colar jobs such as teachers, the police force, the army, oil and gas industries and plantations where a large portions of the high ranking jobs are being dominated by them.
Compared to Semenanjung, jobs in Sarawak are plenty and the ceiling wages are very low. Take for example in Semenanjung nowadays shops assistance can easily fetch a gross salary of RM700 per month whilst in Sarawak, the maximum wages is around RM500 per month for the same level of jobs. Another example is the factory worker's salary. In Sarawak the average daily wages is about RM14.00 whilst in Semenanjung is about RM25.00.
Given these wide gaps in terms of workers wages between Sarawak and Semenanjung, looks like it would take another 10 - 20 years for Sarawak to be on par with Semenanjung. Who is/are responsible for these slow economic growth? Let us find the answer in ourselves.
Politically:
Politically, Sarawak is the most stable amongst the 13 states thus far, in the view of the ruling coalition. The reason for this political stability is due to the reserved and liberal nature of the thinking of Sarawakians. These reserved and liberal nature of Sarawakians in turn were due to limited communication facilities and limited amount of foreign cultures and informations to the hardcore government supporters and voters. Years of brainwashing and shaping by the present ruling coalition has formed an ideologically unbreakable loyalty amongst the older generations towards them. It would take years of hardwork for the oppositions to wrest the trust of these voters, that even if they were to succeed. If not, it would remain as it is for the rest of Sarawak history.
Geographical factors too, play an important role in contributing towards the dominance of the present government. The good performance of the present state government has thus far prevented the federal government from bringing in UMNO into Sarawak. I am ready to bet, if UMNO were to be allowed into Sarawak land, that would mark the end of BN dominance in Sarawak. This is especially so, judging from the level of patriotism amongst Sarawakians. As has been said before, and said over and over again, even a child representing the "Dacing" can easily win any constituency in Sarawak.
This is a democratic country. Opposition come and go, but BN is always there. To the older generations, BN is the ultimate government. If BN lose, there's no government for them. This has been the mentality nurtured by BN amongst the old folks all those years. BN and opposition alike, take note of this facts.
However, as times passed, there has been a gradual changes in the perceptions of a much younger Sarawakians towards political situations in Sarawak. As most of the citizens are now more educated and better exposed to fresh ideas and informations as compared to the older generations who are hardcore government supporters, the trends seems to be a little bit worrying for the ruling coalition. The younger generations no longer listen blindly to baseless claims and empty promises without first accessing the actual truth, unlike the olden days.
The future of Sarawak politics is gradually changing for the better or for the worst. Judging from the present development, it is very clear that Sarawakians are no longer become "Pak Turut". They are now more vocal, sensitive and daring in voicing out their views. These can be proven with the emergence of countless number of social/political blogs written by Sarawakians. Most politicians do not believe blogs and bloggers help shape the entity of certain government. My advise, they better do believe. They better believe in the "Power of Blogging".
To sum up, Sarawak is heading towards a new direction, which only time will tell.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
UMNO leaders are racists
This article is taken from Utusan Online "Bangkitlah Melayu"
Bangkitlah Melayu
KUALA LUMPUR 14 April – Orang Melayu perlu bangkit dan bersatu dalam berhadapan dengan tuntutan kaum lain yang kini dilihat semakin keterlaluan.
Mereka juga perlu sedar dan insaf dengan situasi politik semasa yang menyaksikan pelbagai tuntutan hingga boleh menjejaskan kekuatan politik orang Melayu.
Sehubungan itu, orang Melayu diminta tidak tunduk kepada tuntutan keterlaluan tersebut sebalik bangkit bersatu bagi mempertahankan hak dan kepentingan mereka.
Ahli Parlimen Pasir Mas, Datuk Ibrahim Ali berkata, pemimpin bukan Melayu dalam hal ini perlu sedar yang sesebuah kerajaan itu boleh sahaja untuk tidak ‘melayan’ tuntutan mereka.
Katanya, jumlah kerusi terbanyak di Parlimen adalah milik Melayu dan ia cukup untuk membentuk sebuah kerajaan berasaskan wakil rakyat Melayu semata-mata di negara ini.
Katanya, justeru, dari segi politiknya kerajaan itu sepatutnya memenuhi apa sahaja yang menjadi kehendak Melayu kerana mereka adalah majoriti dan bukan asyik bertolak ansur dengan bukan Melayu.
‘‘Parti Melayu akan kuat bila Melayu dijaga. Jadi UMNO kena fokus orang Melayu. Jadi UMNO tak perlu takut kerana saya lihat bila UMNO itu kuat orang bukan Melayu automatik akan sokong juga Barisan Nasional (BN) macam dulu,’’ katanya kepada Utusan Malaysia di sini hari ini.
Beliau mengulas pandangan mengenai situasi politik semasa yang menyaksikan kedudukan politik Melayu seakan terancam dengan tuntutan bukan Melayu pada masa kini.
Ahli Parlimen Sri Gading, Datuk Mohamad Aziz berkata, parti pemerintah ketika ini tidak boleh merasa bimbang untuk membuat apa sahaja keputusan yang dilihat perlu untuk membantu orang Melayu.
“UMNO kalau kita tengok Fasal 3 perlembagaannya ialah memperjuangkan hak Melayu.
“Pada masa sama orang Melayu pun kenalah sedar, asyik bercakaran sesama sendiri, tak untung Melayu sedangkan kita main politik untuk apa kalau tidak untuk membela Melayu.
“Jadi UMNO dan Pas kena duduk, tak kan dalam berbeza tak ada persamaan. Atas persamaan ini kita duduklah semeja dulu,” jelasnya.
Pemimpin UMNO, Datuk Seri Dr. Rais Yatim menegaskan, dalam soal wakil Kabinet misalnya, semua pihak harus menerima pilihan Perdana Menteri kerana ia bidang kuasa beliau.
“Saya fikir kalau dilayan, Najib tak akan ada kerja lain.
“Apa pun ini akan mengajar UMNO supaya terus kuat. Bila kuat, orang segan, kalau lemah orang kucar kacirkan,” ujarnya yang juga Ketua UMNO Bahagian Jelebu.
Ketua Pembangkang Dewan Undangan Negeri Selangor, Datuk Seri Dr. Mohamad Khir Toyo berkata, hak orang Melayu tidak harus dilepaskan dalam usaha kerajaan memenuhi kehendak masyarakat pelbagai kaum.
“Biar wujud situasi menang-menang. Kita tidak boleh biar sebelah pihak sahaja menang. Kalau kita nak penuhi apa yang mereka nak, jangan pula kita lepaskan apa yang jadi hak kita,’’ katanya.
Timbalan Presiden Gabungan Pelajar Melayu Semenanjung (GPMS), Syed Anuar Syed Mohamad berkata, walaupun kerajaan mahu menekankan konsep Satu Malaysia yang menyatukan rakyat pelbagai kaum, langkah juga perlu dilakukan bagi mengembalikan keharmonian di kalangan orang Melayu sendiri.
“Dalam keadaan sekarang ini, orang Melayu berhadapan banyak cabaran semasa dan kita perlu mencari cara untuk memastikan kaum itu tidak berpecah-belah,” katanya.
Katanya, UMNO dan Pas tidak boleh melengah-lengahkan masa lagi untuk bekerjasama dalam memajukan orang Melayu.
Ketua Umum Badan Bertindak Perpaduan Melayu (BBPM), Osman Abu Bakar yang sependapat dengan GPMS berkata, cadangan yang baik seperti itu perlu dilaksanakan secepat mungkin.
Katanya, kerjasama antara dua parti politik itu bukan sahaja akan memberi faedah kepada orang Melayu sahaja tetapi juga kaum lain.
Tambahnya, penyatuan UMNO dan Pas perlu menjadi batu loncatan untuk mengeratkan semua rakyat berbilang kaum di negara ini.
“Sememangnya usaha ke arah itu akan mengambil masa tetapi sekurang-kurangnya kita tidak hanya bercakap atau mencadangkan sahaja,’’ tambahnya.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Batang Ai by-election – my personal analysis
At first, the Batang Ai by-election was seen as a barometer to test the strength of the ruling BN coalition versus it's rival PR, after the last GE where PR shook the world by taking over 5 states from the ruling coalition. However, things took a turn with a sudden announcement by a would-be independent candidate, Johnny Anak Chuat to contest in this by-election. It was said earlier that, both parties have a 50/50 chances of winning.
Batang Ai has been the traditional stronghold of BN, since the PDBS era, where the older folks are still the keen supporters of BN. The acceptance of locals towards PR is somewhat doubtful, for one reason that it is a West Malaysian based political party, furthermore their performance in Perak and Selangor was not up to expectations. The younger generations which are more exposed to globalization processes are their most likely voters. Then there are voters who are neither on the BN or PR side, those who are sitting on the fence, for reason known to themselves. These are the groups that the independent candidate should take advantage.
Talking about BN candidate, Malcolm Mussen, they seem to play safe by fielding new face which has very limited political backgrounds and fresh records. What is his chance of winning against political veteran like Jawah Gerang? There is not so much on the candidate's aura, but their gamble is on their "dacing's" logo plus some "kopi o" from the "generous" government to the opportunists, a little bit of dirty trick and some magic performed by "reliable government crews".
On PKR side, the PR is banking on the popularity and seniority of Jawah Gerang. I would dare say that, PR decision's on their choice of candidates seems doubtful and inaccurate. Even though he was the MP for Lubok Antu for the previous five terms, that doesn't guarantees the people's support. What has he done during his previous terms as MP? The people are not blind.
Talking about independent candidate, Johnny Anak Chuat, most sees it as an alternative to the present sickening political scenarios, where changes are what people want. Based on the report in some popular medias, as a local boy from Lamanak, he has all the supports from younger generations who are mostly his relatives. Another x-factor which maybe of advantage for Johnny is that, he has been doing countless number of charity works and community projects for his kampungs folks during the last few years, which could convince the people of his ability to serve.
In conclusion, I would say that, with the presence of Johnny in this race, the chances of BN winning this game is much better, whereas the PR prospective looks somewhat gloom. However, we must not underestimate Johnny's ability and strength, given all the favourable factors in favour of him. Whatever it is, it all depends on the last minute campaigning and efforts that each and every candidates are making.
Batang Ai has been the traditional stronghold of BN, since the PDBS era, where the older folks are still the keen supporters of BN. The acceptance of locals towards PR is somewhat doubtful, for one reason that it is a West Malaysian based political party, furthermore their performance in Perak and Selangor was not up to expectations. The younger generations which are more exposed to globalization processes are their most likely voters. Then there are voters who are neither on the BN or PR side, those who are sitting on the fence, for reason known to themselves. These are the groups that the independent candidate should take advantage.
Talking about BN candidate, Malcolm Mussen, they seem to play safe by fielding new face which has very limited political backgrounds and fresh records. What is his chance of winning against political veteran like Jawah Gerang? There is not so much on the candidate's aura, but their gamble is on their "dacing's" logo plus some "kopi o" from the "generous" government to the opportunists, a little bit of dirty trick and some magic performed by "reliable government crews".
On PKR side, the PR is banking on the popularity and seniority of Jawah Gerang. I would dare say that, PR decision's on their choice of candidates seems doubtful and inaccurate. Even though he was the MP for Lubok Antu for the previous five terms, that doesn't guarantees the people's support. What has he done during his previous terms as MP? The people are not blind.
Talking about independent candidate, Johnny Anak Chuat, most sees it as an alternative to the present sickening political scenarios, where changes are what people want. Based on the report in some popular medias, as a local boy from Lamanak, he has all the supports from younger generations who are mostly his relatives. Another x-factor which maybe of advantage for Johnny is that, he has been doing countless number of charity works and community projects for his kampungs folks during the last few years, which could convince the people of his ability to serve.
In conclusion, I would say that, with the presence of Johnny in this race, the chances of BN winning this game is much better, whereas the PR prospective looks somewhat gloom. However, we must not underestimate Johnny's ability and strength, given all the favourable factors in favour of him. Whatever it is, it all depends on the last minute campaigning and efforts that each and every candidates are making.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Not a beautiful Sunday
Wake up late today, since today is Sunday. After taking bath, prepare breakfast, milk and noodles. Like normally, turn on my laptop to go online and check emails, moderate one or two sites.
But, I feel so disappointed. I can't even post anything on any forums, least doing the moderation, what the heck. At first I thought it is due to line problems, but when I checked my connection speed, it's about 7.2 Mbps, which seems to be normal. Then I tried to log-in into my hosted site, hell, it said I was brute forcing into the site, need to wait for another 10 minutes to re-try. This is my 1st try when I was not logging-in after quite some time. Obviously, someone, probably hackers did try to brute force into my account. Bloody shit, there's nothing in there, nothing precious. Well, if they want, I can just relinquish my account and my site to them, sort of donating to them.
Well, this is cyber world, what more can I say!!!
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Bad Road
This is the photograph of the road at Sg Plan resettlement area. This hole grows bigger and bigger each day. It seems that none of the authority concerned care about it. It is very inconvenient and dangerous to motorists.
Why is the BDA not doing anything about it? We pay road tax, thus deserve better roads to travel. To BDA, please do something.
Mainstream Media - National TV/Radio/Newspapers
To me, these media are nothing more than the tools for the BN to brainwash the rakyat. They are being used to spread gimmicks and propagandas so as to stay in power, while oppressing the rakyat.
In fact there are better usages such as to inform the rakyat on educational opportunities and the availability of government jobs to the unemployed. They should reduce craps that they put into the media and be more responsible towards the rakyat.
I would like to suggest one day in a year to boycott these mainstream media, that is:
1. DO NOT WATCH TV FOR ONE DAY,
2. DO NOT LISTEN TO RADIO FOR ONE DAY,
3. DO NOT BUY NEWSPAPER FOR ONE DAY.
Or better for one week or one month? I’m sure we would not be bored, because we have the internet.
Any feedbacks?
In fact there are better usages such as to inform the rakyat on educational opportunities and the availability of government jobs to the unemployed. They should reduce craps that they put into the media and be more responsible towards the rakyat.
I would like to suggest one day in a year to boycott these mainstream media, that is:
1. DO NOT WATCH TV FOR ONE DAY,
2. DO NOT LISTEN TO RADIO FOR ONE DAY,
3. DO NOT BUY NEWSPAPER FOR ONE DAY.
Or better for one week or one month? I’m sure we would not be bored, because we have the internet.
Any feedbacks?
Sarawak football team – suggestions for improvements
Our Sarawak football team has never been doing so well all this while. Or to be concise, our Sarawak football is amongst the weakest, at least at present. Although I do not really follow its development, I know our Sarawak football team is in real bad shape, for quite some times already.
To really excel, it must come a long way and a great effort must be put into it. The followings are just my ideas and suggestions on improving our state football standard.
Football skills and spirits must be nurtured from early childhood, right from primary schools to secondary schools to universities. Every primary and secondary school must have a mandatory football development department where talented kids could be properly and systematically trained and groomed to become an excellent future footballers. These future talents must be identified and continuously and consistently trained until they are skillful and old enough to be absorbed into our state squad. And all those grooming must not ends here, it must continue into national and international levels.
Sarawak is a huge country with diverse resources and complex ethnicity. When it comes to selection of our state players, there has always been bias practice. Pardon me for revealing this reality. As we may be aware, the selection of our state players has been confined to players from Kuching division and a majority Malays. What about other divisions? There should be a well balance intake amongst all races within Sarawak, I mean I’m sure there’s ample talents amongst Iban, Bidayuh, Chinese, Melanaus and so forth. To be fair and to make sure Sarawak a strong football team, I would suggest that, selection of state players to include players from all divisions regardless of race. A proper selection system must be implemented, if we were to make Sarawak a football powerhouse. Do I need to elaborate further?
Players’ commitment is another factor which contributes to the strength of any football team. Without commitment, anything we undertake in life will fail, same thing with football team, as I have experienced from managing my own little football team previously. When I talk about commitment, it involves the welfare and financial status of the players. So, the welfare and finance of the players must be taken care of properly and without fail. Sarawak has been known to face this problem previously, and the effects are unforgettable to other players. So, a well managed team with a well managed financial standing stand a chance to be amongst the best teams in terms of players’ commitments.
An association that is free from outside and political influences is deemed to perform well in terms of managements. When there’s an outside interference in the affairs of any association, the management of that particular association will find it difficult to make decisions and thus affect the performance of the management, which in turn affect the performance of the team in general. So, I suggest, our Sarawak football team management must be 100% free from outside influence, especially political influences.
To really excel, it must come a long way and a great effort must be put into it. The followings are just my ideas and suggestions on improving our state football standard.
Football skills and spirits must be nurtured from early childhood, right from primary schools to secondary schools to universities. Every primary and secondary school must have a mandatory football development department where talented kids could be properly and systematically trained and groomed to become an excellent future footballers. These future talents must be identified and continuously and consistently trained until they are skillful and old enough to be absorbed into our state squad. And all those grooming must not ends here, it must continue into national and international levels.
Sarawak is a huge country with diverse resources and complex ethnicity. When it comes to selection of our state players, there has always been bias practice. Pardon me for revealing this reality. As we may be aware, the selection of our state players has been confined to players from Kuching division and a majority Malays. What about other divisions? There should be a well balance intake amongst all races within Sarawak, I mean I’m sure there’s ample talents amongst Iban, Bidayuh, Chinese, Melanaus and so forth. To be fair and to make sure Sarawak a strong football team, I would suggest that, selection of state players to include players from all divisions regardless of race. A proper selection system must be implemented, if we were to make Sarawak a football powerhouse. Do I need to elaborate further?
Players’ commitment is another factor which contributes to the strength of any football team. Without commitment, anything we undertake in life will fail, same thing with football team, as I have experienced from managing my own little football team previously. When I talk about commitment, it involves the welfare and financial status of the players. So, the welfare and finance of the players must be taken care of properly and without fail. Sarawak has been known to face this problem previously, and the effects are unforgettable to other players. So, a well managed team with a well managed financial standing stand a chance to be amongst the best teams in terms of players’ commitments.
An association that is free from outside and political influences is deemed to perform well in terms of managements. When there’s an outside interference in the affairs of any association, the management of that particular association will find it difficult to make decisions and thus affect the performance of the management, which in turn affect the performance of the team in general. So, I suggest, our Sarawak football team management must be 100% free from outside influence, especially political influences.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Give priority to Sarawakians
- Each year more and more school leavers @ graduates leaves educational institutions, venturing into the world of employment. The number are so huge and diverse that, it requires a careful statistical survey to know the exact number.
- Hence, there are not enough jobs for them, most become unemployed.
- These numbers consist of mainly form 5 and form 6 school leavers who are not able to further their studies.
- In order to cope with this problems, the government need to take these measures, amongst others: a) increase intake into technical institutions with scholarship/financial aids provided, with an option to repay back. b) creating more jobs that suits their qualifications.
- Employment is the key to acquisition of wealth. More jobs means greater wealth for the people.
- The reason why Sarawak people (Sarawakians) are poor because most well paid jobs were taken up by West Malaysian workforce, hence more money taken out from Sarawak.
- The only way to help the people and make Sarawak a wealthy state is by giving priority to the Sarawakians in terms of jobs distributions and stop the West Malaysian workforce from coming into the state.
- The policy of UMNO with regards to Sarawak is nothing better than to oppress and marginalise Sarawakians.
- Workforce from all over Semenanjung were being "released" into all corners of Sarawak just like hungry stray dogs.
- What has the state government done to protect the employment rights of Sarawakians? Nothing. Yet, Sarawakians keep on voting for BN.
- Sarawak BN government has become the tool of UMNO central government to oppress Sarawakians and sucked the wealth from its natural resources for their benefits.
- In return, the Sarawak BN government are given the freedom to rule this country and suck the blood of Sarawakians as they pleased.
- To Sarawak BN government, if you want to stay in power, please change your policy or it's your turn to face the political tsunamy during the next GE.
- Give priority to Sarawakians, your legitimate voters.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Electricity tariff reduced by up to 5% (updated)
The following news is extracted from "The Star Online" dated 11 February, 2009.
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysians will get to enjoy slightly cheaper electricity beginning next month.
Some 5.2 million domestic users and households will get a 2.54% reduction in electricity tariffs while commercial and industrial users will have their rates cut by 2.7% to 5%.
On average, the price of electricity will come down to 31.31 sen per kWH (kilowatt hour) as compared with 32.5 sen per kWh (kilowatt hour) previously.
Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Shaziman Mansor said the electricity rates would be reviewed again on July 1 and subsequently every six months to ensure that they reflect the global price of gas and coal.
“We hope that this reduction will benefit all users, particularly those in the industrial sector, and help lower their cost of operation during this economic crisis.
“For the domestic users, the Government would have liked to reduce their electricity rates by a bigger margin. However, when we last reviewed the electricity tariffs last July, we only allowed a slight increase in the rates despite the soaring prices of oil and gas at that time,” he said.
Last year, the tariffs were raised by 12% for consumers and 26% for industrial and commercial consumers. The last increase before this was in 2006, when rates were upped by about 14%.
“The reduction today will better reflect market prices. Our energy generation is also by coal, which has not shown any significant reduction in price,” Shaziman said, adding that in fact the price of coal was now at RM307.70 (US$85) per tonne, up from RM271.50 (US$75) per tonne last July.
“Although coal only comprises 28% of electricity generation in the country, the cost of purchase makes up 20% of the entire fuel costs,” he said.
Last week, he had announced that Malaysians might get their electricity rates reduced by between 5% to 10%.
Shaziman said another reason for the lower than expected reduction was that the Government had decided to divert 100 mmscfd (million standard cubic feet per day) supply of gas meant for the electricity sector to the industries starting this year.
“This is meant to spur the economy as well as enhance investors’ confidence in Malaysia.
“It is now up to the Economic Planning Unit and the International Trade and Industry Ministry to decide which industries will benefit from this extra supply of gas,” he said.
Shaziman said the ministry had also received the green light from the Government for the Energy Commission to look into the terms for the renegotiation of existing agreements between Tenaga Nasional Bhd and the independent power producers.
“We want to look into the terms carefully so that we don’t have to backtrack in our renegotiations when something new arises,” he said.
Shaziman said Malaysia was also in discussion with a power company in Indonesia to sell electricity to Sumatra due to the high demand there as well as to reduce the high reserve margin of electricity here.
“We are thinking of building an electricity grid to export power to Sumatra . We already had a couple of meetings with the company PLN,” he said.
Don’t be overjoyed by the above news!!! Eventhough the news did mentioned that the electricity tariff will be reduced for Malaysians. DON’T BE MISLED!!! The reductions are applicable to “SEMENANJUNG ONLY” NOT FOR SARAWAK!!!
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysians will get to enjoy slightly cheaper electricity beginning next month.
Some 5.2 million domestic users and households will get a 2.54% reduction in electricity tariffs while commercial and industrial users will have their rates cut by 2.7% to 5%.
On average, the price of electricity will come down to 31.31 sen per kWH (kilowatt hour) as compared with 32.5 sen per kWh (kilowatt hour) previously.
Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Shaziman Mansor said the electricity rates would be reviewed again on July 1 and subsequently every six months to ensure that they reflect the global price of gas and coal.
“We hope that this reduction will benefit all users, particularly those in the industrial sector, and help lower their cost of operation during this economic crisis.
“For the domestic users, the Government would have liked to reduce their electricity rates by a bigger margin. However, when we last reviewed the electricity tariffs last July, we only allowed a slight increase in the rates despite the soaring prices of oil and gas at that time,” he said.
Last year, the tariffs were raised by 12% for consumers and 26% for industrial and commercial consumers. The last increase before this was in 2006, when rates were upped by about 14%.
“The reduction today will better reflect market prices. Our energy generation is also by coal, which has not shown any significant reduction in price,” Shaziman said, adding that in fact the price of coal was now at RM307.70 (US$85) per tonne, up from RM271.50 (US$75) per tonne last July.
“Although coal only comprises 28% of electricity generation in the country, the cost of purchase makes up 20% of the entire fuel costs,” he said.
Last week, he had announced that Malaysians might get their electricity rates reduced by between 5% to 10%.
Shaziman said another reason for the lower than expected reduction was that the Government had decided to divert 100 mmscfd (million standard cubic feet per day) supply of gas meant for the electricity sector to the industries starting this year.
“This is meant to spur the economy as well as enhance investors’ confidence in Malaysia.
“It is now up to the Economic Planning Unit and the International Trade and Industry Ministry to decide which industries will benefit from this extra supply of gas,” he said.
Shaziman said the ministry had also received the green light from the Government for the Energy Commission to look into the terms for the renegotiation of existing agreements between Tenaga Nasional Bhd and the independent power producers.
“We want to look into the terms carefully so that we don’t have to backtrack in our renegotiations when something new arises,” he said.
Shaziman said Malaysia was also in discussion with a power company in Indonesia to sell electricity to Sumatra due to the high demand there as well as to reduce the high reserve margin of electricity here.
“We are thinking of building an electricity grid to export power to Sumatra . We already had a couple of meetings with the company PLN,” he said.
Dear Fellow Sarawakians,
Don’t be overjoyed by the above news!!! Eventhough the news did mentioned that the electricity tariff will be reduced for Malaysians. DON’T BE MISLED!!! The reductions are applicable to “SEMENANJUNG ONLY” NOT FOR SARAWAK!!!
Sunday, February 1, 2009
SCORE
SCORE (Sarawak Corridor Of Renewable Energy) telah dilancarkan di Bintulu pada tahun 2008 sebelum pilihanraya umum ke 12 oleh Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Difahamkan SCORE mempunyai visi dan misi untuk mewujudkan 1.6 juta peluang pekerjaan kepada rakyat negeri Sarawak menjelang tahun 2030 dan seterusnya dapat menaikkan taraf kehidupan rakyat di kawasan yang terbabit.
Namun, sehingga hari ini, sudah hampir setahun berlalu semenjak pelancaran SCORE, belum nampak tanda tanda program tersebut akan dilaksanakan. Apakah kita perlu menunggu selama 5 tahun lagi untuk menikmati hasil daripada program tersebut, iaitu apabila menjelang pilihanraya yang seterusnya, PRU ke 13 nanti?
Nampaknya, kerajaan ingin menjadinya sebagai platform bagi mengabui mata rakyat serta menarik undi rakyat. Mungkin kerajaan BN sudah tidak ada isu lagi. Kita sebagai rakyat biasa yang langsung tidak ada pengetahuan tentang hal ini tentu akan percaya 100% kepada manifesto tersebut. Kenapa mengambil masa yang begitu lama untuk memulakan perlaksanaan program tersebut, sedangkan kerajaan BN hanya ada masa selama 22 tahun untuk mencapai matlamat 2030?
Apabila sampai waktu untuk memilih kerajaan yang baru nanti, sudah tentu kita akan menconteng lambang dacing lagi kerana takut program tersebut tidak dapat diteruskan dan tidak diberi peruntukan untuk menjalankan pembangunan. Seperti lazimnya, selepas habis pilihanraya, kita akan kembali sebok mencari nafkah dan sudah pasti akan lupa akan manisfesto tersebut, sehinggalah tiba masa pilihanraya yang seterusnya. Begitulah dari dulu sehingga sekarang tidak ada perubahan pada amalan kerajaan BN.
Namun, sehingga hari ini, sudah hampir setahun berlalu semenjak pelancaran SCORE, belum nampak tanda tanda program tersebut akan dilaksanakan. Apakah kita perlu menunggu selama 5 tahun lagi untuk menikmati hasil daripada program tersebut, iaitu apabila menjelang pilihanraya yang seterusnya, PRU ke 13 nanti?
Nampaknya, kerajaan ingin menjadinya sebagai platform bagi mengabui mata rakyat serta menarik undi rakyat. Mungkin kerajaan BN sudah tidak ada isu lagi. Kita sebagai rakyat biasa yang langsung tidak ada pengetahuan tentang hal ini tentu akan percaya 100% kepada manifesto tersebut. Kenapa mengambil masa yang begitu lama untuk memulakan perlaksanaan program tersebut, sedangkan kerajaan BN hanya ada masa selama 22 tahun untuk mencapai matlamat 2030?
Apabila sampai waktu untuk memilih kerajaan yang baru nanti, sudah tentu kita akan menconteng lambang dacing lagi kerana takut program tersebut tidak dapat diteruskan dan tidak diberi peruntukan untuk menjalankan pembangunan. Seperti lazimnya, selepas habis pilihanraya, kita akan kembali sebok mencari nafkah dan sudah pasti akan lupa akan manisfesto tersebut, sehinggalah tiba masa pilihanraya yang seterusnya. Begitulah dari dulu sehingga sekarang tidak ada perubahan pada amalan kerajaan BN.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
To the Police, conduct a thorough investigations..
The following news was extracted from The Borneo Post Online on January 29, 2009 issue.
Son tells how dad was shot dead
By Gaing Kunding
DALAT: A son of a bomoh (shaman) who was shot dead here last Sunday evening described how his father fell down to a single bullet in front of the family.
“My father looked momentarily stunned when the intruder fired at him, then fell lifelessly down in a heap right in front of my mother and their grandchildren,” Limai Sakim, 60, said when met at his house at Kampung Sungai Ud, Dalat here yesterday.
Limai is the son of Sakim Edin, 79, the village’s medicine man who was shot at point black by an intruder around 12 midnight, Sunday.
Recalling the incident, Limai described how his father was awoken by a window that was apparently forced open.
He got up to check, he added.
“My father must have seen the intruder pointing a gun at him. He did look like he wanted to run for his life but as soon as his made a turn to escape, the shot rang out.
“For a split second, my father stood rooted to ground, expressionless, and then fell in a heap, lifeless.
Limai said the bullet got his father on the back of his neck and it instantly killed him.
The gunshot woke everybody up, he said, adding that they rushed to the old man who did not get to say a single parting word.
Limai said he and other members of the family could not recall any incident that could have led to the fatal shooting, adding his late father had not acted in any way strange as even a day before his death, he was performing traditional medication on one person who had come to him for help.
He said a pair of slippers and a spanner were recovered just outside the same window.
“We have handed over the slippers and spanner to the police to facilitate their investigation,” he said.
Limai, who is the village headman, also said a cupboard at their living room was also at the end of a bullet.
He described his father’s death as the most brutal murder in the history of Dalat, in fact in the whole of Mukah Division.
“Killing is not the best way of settling any problem or difference. It will in fact lead to many more problems in future.
“My family is open to discussion with others who may have different opinions. I think the killer is insane,” said Limai.
Meanwhile Sakim’s body has been sent to Sibu Hospital for a post- mortem.
When contacted, a spokesperson for the Dalat police, in confirming the case, said as at press time yesterday no arrest was made.
“We are still investigating the case thoroughly and have yet to identify the suspect as well as the motive of the killing,” said the spokesperson.
Throughout the interview, Limai was accompanied by his younger siblings Merting and Jelita.
I would like to call upon the police to conduct a thorough investigation into the above case, the culprit(s) must not be let free. The criminal(s) must be inhuman for slaughtering an old man of that age. We condemn such act as devilish.
Kita perlukan perubahan - Dalat/Oya/Mukah/Balingian
Adakah anda berpuas hati dengan keadaan dan pembangunan di kawasan anda? Apakah yang ada di bandar anda? Adakah cukup peluang pekerjaan seperti di bandar bandar lain? Dengan kata lain, apakah yang telah dilakukan oleh wakil rakyat di kawasan anda untuk menaikkan taraf kehidupan rakyat di kawasan anda? Saya rasa tidak banyak yang telah disumbangkan atau dilakukan oleh wakil rakyat anda. Sudah 2 kali pilihanraya, wakil rakyat anda menang tanpa bertanding. Mungkin disebabkan hal tersebut, wakil rakyat tersebut tidak ambil peduli untuk menjalankan tugas beliau dengan baik. Nampaknya, beliau sedang tidur nyenyak dibuai mimpi.
Kawasan Dalat/Oya/Mukah/Balingian adalah kawasan "comfort zone" bagi BN. Jika seekor anjing diletakkan di kawasan tersebut atas tiket BN untuk bertanding dalam mana mana pilihanraya pun boleh menang dengan majority besar.
Nampaknya, pemikiran rakyat di kawasan ini masih cetek dan konservatif. Mereka takut menempuhi perubahan, perubahan dari segi pemimpin. Mereka terlalu selesa dengan kehidupan yang dipinggirkan. Sikap rakyat yang tidak ambil peduli menambahkan kemalasan wakit rakyat.
Minda rakyat kelas bawahan yang telah ditekan oleh kerajaan BN selama bertahun tahun yang lepas akan mengambil masa yang lama untuk berubah atau dipulihkan. Bagi mereka, lambang dacing adalah segalanya, tetapi mereka tidak sedar bahawa mereka telah dipinggirkan dari segi pembangunan dan peluang kehidupan yang lebih bermutu tinggi.
Saya berasa kasihan dan kecewa melihat anak anak muda generasi baru pun turut terikut ikut dengan minda kelas bawahan ini walaupun mereka lebih terpelajar. Saya berharap anak anak muda ini dapat bangkit mewakili generasi baru untuk menghentikan penindasan tersebut dan keluar dari perangkap penipuan korporat kerajaan BN.
Kita memerlukan beberapa intelek intelek muda untuk merintis jalan ke arah pembebasan tersebut. Tetapi di manakah mereka? Berapa ramai kah intelek intelek muda tersebut yang sanggup mengorbankan kerjaya mereka demi membela nasib anak bangsa sendiri?
Terdapat juga beberapa percubaan anak anak muda setempat dalam pilihanraya yang lepas untuk memecah monopoli kerajaan BN, tetapi semuanya gagal. Sudah pastilah kegagalan ini berpunca dari kekuatan BN yang senantiasa memanipulasikan minda rakyat kelas bawahan dengan janji janji kosong mereka. Tetapi sekarang tengoklah, siapa yang rugi. Sudah tentu rakyat sendiri. Rakyat tidak mendapat balasan yang setimpal dengan kesetiaan yang ditunjukkan oleh mereka selama ini.
Jadi sebagai rakyat yang menderita dan tertindas, kita perlukan perubahan. Kita benar benar memerlukan perubahan dari segi kepimpinan supaya kita dapat menikmati pembangunan yang sewajarnya kita nikmati. Bagaimana caranya kita boleh mencapai impian tersebut? Cara nya mudah sahaja, kita cuma perlu membuat pilihan yang tepat pada pilihanraya akan datang dan membuat perubahan drastik.
Kawasan Dalat/Oya/Mukah/Balingian adalah kawasan "comfort zone" bagi BN. Jika seekor anjing diletakkan di kawasan tersebut atas tiket BN untuk bertanding dalam mana mana pilihanraya pun boleh menang dengan majority besar.
Nampaknya, pemikiran rakyat di kawasan ini masih cetek dan konservatif. Mereka takut menempuhi perubahan, perubahan dari segi pemimpin. Mereka terlalu selesa dengan kehidupan yang dipinggirkan. Sikap rakyat yang tidak ambil peduli menambahkan kemalasan wakit rakyat.
Minda rakyat kelas bawahan yang telah ditekan oleh kerajaan BN selama bertahun tahun yang lepas akan mengambil masa yang lama untuk berubah atau dipulihkan. Bagi mereka, lambang dacing adalah segalanya, tetapi mereka tidak sedar bahawa mereka telah dipinggirkan dari segi pembangunan dan peluang kehidupan yang lebih bermutu tinggi.
Saya berasa kasihan dan kecewa melihat anak anak muda generasi baru pun turut terikut ikut dengan minda kelas bawahan ini walaupun mereka lebih terpelajar. Saya berharap anak anak muda ini dapat bangkit mewakili generasi baru untuk menghentikan penindasan tersebut dan keluar dari perangkap penipuan korporat kerajaan BN.
Kita memerlukan beberapa intelek intelek muda untuk merintis jalan ke arah pembebasan tersebut. Tetapi di manakah mereka? Berapa ramai kah intelek intelek muda tersebut yang sanggup mengorbankan kerjaya mereka demi membela nasib anak bangsa sendiri?
Terdapat juga beberapa percubaan anak anak muda setempat dalam pilihanraya yang lepas untuk memecah monopoli kerajaan BN, tetapi semuanya gagal. Sudah pastilah kegagalan ini berpunca dari kekuatan BN yang senantiasa memanipulasikan minda rakyat kelas bawahan dengan janji janji kosong mereka. Tetapi sekarang tengoklah, siapa yang rugi. Sudah tentu rakyat sendiri. Rakyat tidak mendapat balasan yang setimpal dengan kesetiaan yang ditunjukkan oleh mereka selama ini.
Jadi sebagai rakyat yang menderita dan tertindas, kita perlukan perubahan. Kita benar benar memerlukan perubahan dari segi kepimpinan supaya kita dapat menikmati pembangunan yang sewajarnya kita nikmati. Bagaimana caranya kita boleh mencapai impian tersebut? Cara nya mudah sahaja, kita cuma perlu membuat pilihan yang tepat pada pilihanraya akan datang dan membuat perubahan drastik.
School children paying unnecessary fees
I would like to highlight the plight of one of my neighbours. This is regarding his inability to pay the expenses of his 5 school going children. He is just a mechanic earning a monthly income of just slightly over one thousand. It is indeed a big headache for him. Needless for me to say more, if you have children going to school, you should know how does it feel. He did mentioned to me how hard it is for him, having to spend at least RM300-RM400 for 1 school going child. Just imagine multiply this amount by 5!!!
Nowadays, a student is obliged to pay an average fee of RM100++. This amount is inclusive of all the fees and cost of stuff such as T-shirt, track suit, excercise books and others. It would be amateur for me to list all the items one by one.
Talking about the fees, I found that most of them are not relevant and unnecessary. What has happened to the fund allocated by the ministry to each schools? Where does this fund goes to? Why should they impose extra fees, when there are allocations especially for each schools?
Stuff such as excercise books, track suit, t-shirt just to name a few, are mandatory to be bought from the school and the prices are much higher than those sold in the shops. In the olden days, during our school days, these stuff were for us to opt to buy direct from the shops at a lower prices. Why is it that mandatory to get it from the school? I suspect that, the departments concerned must have some interest on the dealings with the supplier for the supply of these stuff, if not why should they make it mandatory for the student to get from the school.
Even school magazines are sold at an exorbitantly high prices. If you turn the pages of school magazines, you would surely found out that there are lots of advertisements. And these advertisements are not FREE!!! Full page advertisements could cost the advertisers thousands of dollars. Don't tell me that the income from these advertisements are not enough to cover the cost of printing of these school magazines.
Looks like the schools nowadays are more concerned about making profits than educating our future generations. There are no more values in our present education system, it is not surprising nowadays even form five student doesn't know how to spell their own names. And no wonder there are less Sarawakian kids going to universities compared to semenanjung. In olden days, even primary six pupils are qualified to be teachers, and back then, there were less corruptions.
Nowadays, a student is obliged to pay an average fee of RM100++. This amount is inclusive of all the fees and cost of stuff such as T-shirt, track suit, excercise books and others. It would be amateur for me to list all the items one by one.
Talking about the fees, I found that most of them are not relevant and unnecessary. What has happened to the fund allocated by the ministry to each schools? Where does this fund goes to? Why should they impose extra fees, when there are allocations especially for each schools?
Stuff such as excercise books, track suit, t-shirt just to name a few, are mandatory to be bought from the school and the prices are much higher than those sold in the shops. In the olden days, during our school days, these stuff were for us to opt to buy direct from the shops at a lower prices. Why is it that mandatory to get it from the school? I suspect that, the departments concerned must have some interest on the dealings with the supplier for the supply of these stuff, if not why should they make it mandatory for the student to get from the school.
Even school magazines are sold at an exorbitantly high prices. If you turn the pages of school magazines, you would surely found out that there are lots of advertisements. And these advertisements are not FREE!!! Full page advertisements could cost the advertisers thousands of dollars. Don't tell me that the income from these advertisements are not enough to cover the cost of printing of these school magazines.
Looks like the schools nowadays are more concerned about making profits than educating our future generations. There are no more values in our present education system, it is not surprising nowadays even form five student doesn't know how to spell their own names. And no wonder there are less Sarawakian kids going to universities compared to semenanjung. In olden days, even primary six pupils are qualified to be teachers, and back then, there were less corruptions.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Changes In Malaysia
Nowadays, in Malaysia, especially among bloggers, everybody is talking about changes. They talk about political changes, leadership changes and eventually, governmental changes. Thus far there has been more talks and criticisms than actual actions, with the exceptions of Anwar Ibrahim. No doubt, other than DSAI, they are not in the position to or having the accessibility to effect that changes. DSAI have tried, but pitifully have failed.
Except for DSAI, in order to achieve these changes, what have they done? What are the contigency plans that they have worked out in order to bring about these changes? Changes cannot be effected by mere talks and criticizing. Changes needs all the proper planning, organisation and immediate implementation, in short summarized as"ACTIONS".
Yes, we look forward to see these changes and eagerly waiting to celebrate their success. Question is. will that dream becomes reality for us and a nightmare for those currently in power? How soon will that happen? Who will spearhead these changes? Do we still trust DSAI to lead us towards these changes? If so, how committed is he? Does DSAI have any other hidden agendas? What actually are his motives? Revenge? Personal glory? Self political gains?
However, interesting to note that, leadership changes does not necessarily means changes in the ruling coalition. Leadership changes does not mean PR taking over Malaysian parliament from BN. Leadership changes may means that the old and season leaders giving way to the much younger talents and caliber to lead.
Except for DSAI, in order to achieve these changes, what have they done? What are the contigency plans that they have worked out in order to bring about these changes? Changes cannot be effected by mere talks and criticizing. Changes needs all the proper planning, organisation and immediate implementation, in short summarized as"ACTIONS".
Yes, we look forward to see these changes and eagerly waiting to celebrate their success. Question is. will that dream becomes reality for us and a nightmare for those currently in power? How soon will that happen? Who will spearhead these changes? Do we still trust DSAI to lead us towards these changes? If so, how committed is he? Does DSAI have any other hidden agendas? What actually are his motives? Revenge? Personal glory? Self political gains?
However, interesting to note that, leadership changes does not necessarily means changes in the ruling coalition. Leadership changes does not mean PR taking over Malaysian parliament from BN. Leadership changes may means that the old and season leaders giving way to the much younger talents and caliber to lead.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Malaysian leaders like to show off
Malaysia has been very generous in terms of aids to much poorer countries all this while. Every now and then we would hear news of tragedy and misfortune struck countries around us. And each time, Malaysia has never failed in giving aids whenever these tragedies occurred. Is this our obligations? Is this deeds of donations at the expenses of the Rakyat really praiseworthy? Do you think so?
For me, I personally do not think so!!! It’s just a mere act of seeking attention and praises (in Malay it’s called “minta puji”). Our leaders are doing it just for the sake of “minta puji” from the communities of the world!
The culture of giving does not necessarily mean we will be repaid later. Malaysia has wasted biilions of dollars in aids to other countries which are of the same level as Malaysia in terms of developments. When you look at the development in our country, especially so in Sarawak, we are actually in desperate need of this money. And yet Malaysia has given a considerable sum of money away. I am of the opinion that, this fund would be better off, had it been used to build better infrastructures, schools, creation of new jobs for the people and so forth. Our leaders must have forgotten about the proverbs that their ancestors has created, “Anak kera di hutan disusukan, anak sendiri mati kelaparan”.
I think, we, especially Sarawakian, deserves to know why Malaysia has become a welfare country since most of the revenues were extracted from the soil of Sarawak. Our leaders owed us an explaination. And that explaination must be done in a sincere manner so as to eliminate doubts within us.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Counter-post on "Government servant in Sarawak not well paid?"
On second thought, I'd like to retract my initial views on this issue.
Probably, I was wrong when I said that they are not well paid. I came up to that conclusion much too early. Being someone who has no interest in government jobs, I tend to compare the government staff salary with that of those who works in a private company. I may have overlooked the extra benefits that government staff received in their entire terms of service.
Yes. They are actually OVERPAID. Overpaid in the sense that, they work less for that amount of salary. If you have to really calculate their actuall working days, their working days are way too short. As per my comparision below:
Private Company :
Normal Working hours : 8 hrs x 22 days = 176 hrs
Saturday : 4 hrs x 4 days = 16 hrs
Total working hrs in a mth = 192 hrs @ 24 days
Government staff :
Normal Working hours : 7.5 hrs x 22 days = 165 hrs
Less daily tea break : 2 hrs x 22 days - 44 hrs
Total working hrs in a mth = 121 hrs @ 15.1 days
From the above simple analysis, we can draw up a conclusion that government servants only work 6 months in a year...isn't that not overpaid?
Probably, I was wrong when I said that they are not well paid. I came up to that conclusion much too early. Being someone who has no interest in government jobs, I tend to compare the government staff salary with that of those who works in a private company. I may have overlooked the extra benefits that government staff received in their entire terms of service.
Yes. They are actually OVERPAID. Overpaid in the sense that, they work less for that amount of salary. If you have to really calculate their actuall working days, their working days are way too short. As per my comparision below:
Private Company :
Normal Working hours : 8 hrs x 22 days = 176 hrs
Saturday : 4 hrs x 4 days = 16 hrs
Total working hrs in a mth = 192 hrs @ 24 days
Government staff :
Normal Working hours : 7.5 hrs x 22 days = 165 hrs
Less daily tea break : 2 hrs x 22 days - 44 hrs
Total working hrs in a mth = 121 hrs @ 15.1 days
From the above simple analysis, we can draw up a conclusion that government servants only work 6 months in a year...isn't that not overpaid?
Social injustice in the workplace
This is an old issue. Nevertheless, I still want to highlight it here for us to give a thought.
If you have been working with a private company owned by non-bumis or in a government office headed by non-bumi bosses, I think you would probably have known very well what is meant by social injustice in the workplace. Racial discrimination prevails, but the authority seems to close one eye. Examples of publicly demonstrated discrimination, but not limited to:
Treatment
When the boss is a non-bumi, surely the non-bumi staff are well treated. The boss would treat his staff like his own brothers and the bumiputera staff are sidelined. Furthermore, they are also very good at polishing their boss’s balls.
Benefits / Promotions
This is an area where our bumiputera staff are being critically neglected and sidelined. If you are to compare the contributions of bumiputera staff against non-bumi staff in any organization, there are no differences at all. They all contributed to the similar percentage of the cakes. Then, the questions is why non-bumi staff got better benefits and enjoy better promotion chances as compared to bumiputeras? Yet, the bumiputeras are the indigenous people who have all the rights to these social justice?
Displinary
Again, this is another area of concern amongst bumiputera staff. When the non-bumi staff committed grave disciplinary offences, they seems to get pardoned easily compared to bumiputera staff who must adhere strictly to the company’s rules and regulations. In another terms, non-bumi staff working in an organization headed by a non-bumi is being protected and treated well.
When will this nepotisme / aristocratic practices vanish from our beloved Sarawak land? When will somebody be daring enough to stand up against all these racial discrimination and social injustices in our workplace?
All races whose roots existed from the soil of Sarawak are considered natives. But,why can’t we become a united Sarawakian and not follow whatever practices they have in semenanjung? Why can’t we be Sarawakian Malaysian, whereby we don’t diffentiate ourselves by race and creed. Why can’t we be one and not divide ourselves by our colours
If you have been working with a private company owned by non-bumis or in a government office headed by non-bumi bosses, I think you would probably have known very well what is meant by social injustice in the workplace. Racial discrimination prevails, but the authority seems to close one eye. Examples of publicly demonstrated discrimination, but not limited to:
Treatment
When the boss is a non-bumi, surely the non-bumi staff are well treated. The boss would treat his staff like his own brothers and the bumiputera staff are sidelined. Furthermore, they are also very good at polishing their boss’s balls.
Benefits / Promotions
This is an area where our bumiputera staff are being critically neglected and sidelined. If you are to compare the contributions of bumiputera staff against non-bumi staff in any organization, there are no differences at all. They all contributed to the similar percentage of the cakes. Then, the questions is why non-bumi staff got better benefits and enjoy better promotion chances as compared to bumiputeras? Yet, the bumiputeras are the indigenous people who have all the rights to these social justice?
Displinary
Again, this is another area of concern amongst bumiputera staff. When the non-bumi staff committed grave disciplinary offences, they seems to get pardoned easily compared to bumiputera staff who must adhere strictly to the company’s rules and regulations. In another terms, non-bumi staff working in an organization headed by a non-bumi is being protected and treated well.
When will this nepotisme / aristocratic practices vanish from our beloved Sarawak land? When will somebody be daring enough to stand up against all these racial discrimination and social injustices in our workplace?
All races whose roots existed from the soil of Sarawak are considered natives. But,why can’t we become a united Sarawakian and not follow whatever practices they have in semenanjung? Why can’t we be Sarawakian Malaysian, whereby we don’t diffentiate ourselves by race and creed. Why can’t we be one and not divide ourselves by our colours
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Government servant in Sarawak not well paid?
Government servant in Sarawak not well paid? Is this true? Maybe yes!!
I did came across some government servants who are doing part time business during office hours. This reflects the integrity of the department concerned, as the Malay saying goes “Kerana nila setitik, rosak susu sebelanga”. Yes, due to the bad practices of one or two staff, the good image of the department concerned was besmirched.
Nevermind those who are doing their business after office hours, not so much of a concerned, as the government did encourage it’s staff looking for extra income. This fact once again, supports the claim that, government servant in Sarawak are not well paid.
Again, nevermind those who are doing legal business to earn side income. What becomes the concern of all is that, some might turn to bribery in order to get extra income. This is most rampant in such departments as the police, immigration, jpj, customs, puspakom, bda just to name a few. In fact, bribery practices happens everyday right in front of the public, committed by the most respected profession in the government.
This is thing is just going bad to worst when our Malaysian economy is being affected by the current economic recessions, even though not as bad as during the 1990s.
I did came across some government servants who are doing part time business during office hours. This reflects the integrity of the department concerned, as the Malay saying goes “Kerana nila setitik, rosak susu sebelanga”. Yes, due to the bad practices of one or two staff, the good image of the department concerned was besmirched.
Nevermind those who are doing their business after office hours, not so much of a concerned, as the government did encourage it’s staff looking for extra income. This fact once again, supports the claim that, government servant in Sarawak are not well paid.
Again, nevermind those who are doing legal business to earn side income. What becomes the concern of all is that, some might turn to bribery in order to get extra income. This is most rampant in such departments as the police, immigration, jpj, customs, puspakom, bda just to name a few. In fact, bribery practices happens everyday right in front of the public, committed by the most respected profession in the government.
This is thing is just going bad to worst when our Malaysian economy is being affected by the current economic recessions, even though not as bad as during the 1990s.
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