Jebat Must Die: Mengambil kira situasi di Perak

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(terjemahan daripada Bahasa Inggeris) 

Jumaat depan (6hb Mac 2009) genap sebulan Dr Zambry menyandang jawatan Menteri Besar Perak.

Mungkin orangramai tidak berapa sedar bila titik peralihan kuasa di Perak. Tindakan Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) dari Bota melompat ke parti PKR pada 25hb Januari 2009 telah mengorak langkah bagi Barisan Nasional. Ironisnya.

Natijah tindakan politik Anwar Ibrahim (berjaya memujuk Adun Bota melompat), Datuk Seri Tajol Rosli meletak jawatan sebagai pengerusi perhubungan Umno Perak beberapa hari kemudiannya. Segala hal-ehwal ekonomi diabaikan oleh kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat (PR) di Perak kerana mereka sibuk memancing ‘katak’. Barisan Nasional di Perak terpaku sebab terpaksa menangkis PR.

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Dr Mahathir is back as “flavour of the season”?

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http://desiderata2000.blogspot.com/2009/06/dr-mahathir-is-back-as-flavour-of.html The “political” season refers here, as dominated by the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), and hence determined mainly by its President, who is Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak since the last UMNO General Assembly in March 2009. For five long years under the Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi administration, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was … Read more

Jawatankuasa Etika Hakim satu langkah untuk mengembalikan keyakinan terhadap sistem kehakiman

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Apabila mendapat tahu bahawa Dewan Rakyat akan mula membentangkan Rang Undang-undang Jawatankuasa Etika Hakim 2008*, aku tersenyum dan berasa musykil – adakah ianya benar-benar berlaku atau harimau tidak bertaring atau permainan politik parti pemerintah atau hanya retorik? Sekiranya penubuhan ini benar-benar dengan niat yang suci bagi reformasi sistem kehakiman negara, saya ingin mengucapkan tahniah kepada … Read more

Malaysians Unplugged Uncensored on…Perak Crisis: The Long Delayed Written Judgement from the Court of Appeal Judges. So What’s New?

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http://malaysianunplug.blogspot.com/2009/06/perak-crisis-long-delayed-written.html

Friday, June 26, 2009

AT LAST, Malaysians have the Written Judgement from the Court of Appeal Judges ( from BERNAMA)

A. Written Judgement of Justice Md Raus Sharif:

Summary

The Court of Appeal’s ruling of the case was made on May 22. Justice Md Raus Sharif dated his 49-page judgement as of June 2, but he only released it today (June 25).

    * Sultan Azlan Shah was right in NOT dissolving the Perak State Legislative Assembly in February because it was barely one year old

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Scholarships and Perak, a microcosm of NEP success and failure

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  Commentary by Dr Lim Teck Ghee  Continuing The Great Scholarship Debate Before 1990, almost all scholarships for degree courses overseas were given to bumiputera, former Member of Parliament-cum ISA detainee Dr Kua Kia Soong disclosed. See his article in end note below. Repeated calls for transparency in JPA scholarship disbursement, and the inevitable national … Read more

Minah Indon: Gaji RM5,037 baru berbaloi jadi pembantu rumah

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Renungilah seketika iklan contoh ini. JAWATAN KOSONG Pembantu Rumah Syarat memohon: Wanita warga Indonesia Kelayakan: Sihat, rajin, tabah & sabar Gaji pokok: RM450-RM600 Elaun: – Tiada – OT (bayaran kerja lebih masa): – Tiada – Bonus/insentif/caruman tabung pekerja: – Tiada – Insuran kesihatan: – Tiada – Makan minum: Disediakan Penginapan: Disediakan Waktu kerja: 6 pagi-8 … Read more

Please, Don’t Turn Our Children Into Guinea Pigs

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http://art-harun.blogspot.com/2009/06/please-dont-turn-our-children-into.html

25 June, 2009

Some years ago, my friend interviewed a local graduate for pupilage. The interviewee spoke flawless Bahasa Malaysia. He carried himself well and answered all my friend’s questions confidently. Until, of course, my friend started speaking English. He asked the interviewee, “Why did you read law???? The interviewee looked into my friend’s eyes for a moment and appeared to be in deep thought. Finally he said, “Because I want pass my exam.???

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Ancient Mariner on KDSB to sue

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http://cyusof.blogspot.com/2009/06/kdsb-to-sue.html

June 24, 2009

The Malay Mail yesterday quoted Faizal Abdullah, the deputy CEO of Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd (KDSB), that the turnkey contractor of the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) has decided to set the record straight by taking the Port Klang Authority (PKA) and Transport Minister Ong Tee Keat to court three weeks from now.

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Bapa miskin, anak ikut miskin

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Apa sebenarnya yang ‘baru’ dalam Rancangan M’sia ke-10 (tahun 2011-2015)? Negara kita memerlukan satu model ekonomi baru, kata Nor Mohamed Yakcob, Menteri yang dipertanggungjawabkan dengan perancangan ekonomi. Beliau mengumumkan pada Mei 30 bahawa Rancangan Malaysia Ke-10 (RMK10) akan menggunakan model ekonomi baru berasaskan “inovasi, kreativiti dan tambah nilai???. Beliau berkata lagi bahawa Malaysia perlu menganjak … Read more