Layman's understanding of the 2012 budget.

Subject: A LAYMAN'S INTERPRETATION OF NAJIB'S 2012 BUDGET

Being only a retired military officer, I may be blind to the economic facts, but certainly not stupid to swallow a pack of untruths (I do not like to use the word lies). Firstly, a bunch of 'one off" handouts that mainly makes the civil servants, soldiers,policemen,pensioners happy. Then some populist moves across the board to give everyone hope.

Now, I wonder and ask some searching questions: 1. Is there a long term investment beyond 2012 in the budget? Nyet,Nadai,Nien,Bo liau,Tadak,Yillai!!!! So, is it wrong for me to assume that the whole idea is to con the people into an election victory and then do the fire fighting/damage control etc. later? How often have you heard recently from govt depts, "Allocation ada, duit belum terima". Here, they were playing a mahjong game, with the skills of a Tai Chi exponent. It gets us by, believe me, but it doesn't solve the problem. 2. How can Jibby confidently predict a 5 to 6 % GDP growth in 2012 to "afford" the expenditure, when the world is on the brink of an impendingdouble dip recession? I would guess that 4 to 4.5% would be more realistic at most. Now here lies the biggest failure.

THERE IS NO CONTINGENCY WHATSOEVER IF THE RECESSION KICKS IN!!!! Remember, failure to plan is planning a failure. 3. How is the deficit gap going to close? There is no clear cut plans onprudent spending against added revenue collection. The Capital Gains Tax increase is a drop in the ocean. More money can be collected from stamp duties due to the volume of transactions anyway. Yes, there is transformation; from one area of unproductiveness to another area of unproductiveness. Budget deficits translate into debts. Debt servicing was RM12.8 billion in 2008. For 2012, it is estimated to be RM20.5 billion - an increase of nearly 60%." Let's do the math-take interest rate at 5%, RM12.8 billion debt service charges in 2008 would make federal government debt at RM256 billion.

 Now with debt service charges at RM20.5 billion, the federal government's debt is projected at RM410 billion. This is an increase of RM154 billion from 2008 to 2012, an average increase of RM38.5 billion per year. That would now be the nation's annual actual deficit!!!!! Yes, I have tears in my eyes too, because my children will have to pay for it. 4. Where is Jibby going to get the money? Yes, from us, my friends, the long suffering 1.7 million tax payers. The long awaited GST will be shoved in after the election. Mark my words.The EPF (Employees Provident Fund) and other government-linked funds will be asked to do national service by investing in debt papers issued by the government. Again, a case of using the peoples'money to bail out a financially weak government. So, in essence I say, look at the forest my dear friends and now tell me how they are ruining my beloved Malaysia. Call me a pessimist, non believer, not a risk taker etc. but I ask- CAN YOU RUN A COUNTRY ON BORROWED TIME? The answer is YES! If you are a leader living on borrowed time.May God Bless Us All.

鄧麗君 ~~ 月亮代表我的心 - The Moon Represents My Heart,

From a Chinese Malaysian....

Diterima melalui e-mail ini oleh W.Mokhtar ‘Lee pada 24 Oktober 2011. W.M’Lee (Dave Li)  mengambil kesempatan menterjemahkan ke dalam Bahasa Malaysia. Selamat membaca.

Subject: MCA, I want to vote for PAS!" – Aku nak pilih PAS !!

Chinese Malaysians must read! MCA, I want to vote for PAS!" Semua orang-orang Cina Malaysia mesti membaca ini, saya nak pilih PAS! As a Chinese Malaysian, there is no Rocket or Keadlian contesting in my constituency, only a direct clash between UMNO and PAS. Now, I'm officially announcing it here - in the next GE, I will vote for PAS! Sebagai seorang orang Cina Malaysia, saya dapati tidak ada Roket atau PKR bertanding dalam kawasan saya, hanya satu lawan satu antara UMNO dan PAS. Saya mau dgn resmi mengistiharkan bahawa pada PRU 13 ini saya akan pilih PAS! Looking at the MCA leaders attacking Islamic hudud laws during their annual general assembly on the pretext that they are protecting Malaysian multi-culturalism, I wish to say, MCA, go to hell! Hukum Hudud diserang habis-habisan oleh MCA dalam Perhimpunan Agung mereka...kononnya mereka melindungi atau menyelamat masyarakat majmuk Malaysia. Saya ingin berkata MCA pergi jahanamlah lu. As a Chinese in Malaysia, now I wish to tell MCA, in the next general election, I will vote for PAS! I don't wan to entertain you anymore! Don't tell me that by forming an Islamic country, hands and feet will be chopped off. Malaysia under your rule and Umno - even Teoh Beng Hock can fall from a building! Cops can shoot as they please! Not to mention the ones that died in custody! Before our hands and feet are chopped off by PAS, we might die abused by you - the authorities! JANGAN CUBA MENAKUT-NAKUTKAN AKU DGN NEGARA ISLAM, KAKI DAN TANGAN MANUSIA AKAN DIPOTONG. Malaysia dibawah pemerintahan kamu dan UMNO orang boleh jatuh dari bangunan lihatlah TEOH BENG HOCK. Mata-mata menembak sesuka hati! Apatah lagi ada yg mati semasa dalam tahanan di lokap polis. Sebelum kaki serta tangan kami dipotong oleh PAS, kami boleh mati kerana diseksa oleh kamu – pihak berkuasa! MCA, a pathetic party, tarnishing PAS in the papers everyday. Do you know, PAS allocates land to 'support' Chinese secondary schools in Kelantan. In Perak, the same thing happened when a PAS leader was the Menteri Besar. @#@ MCA, you've been the government for many years, but failed to institutionalize allocations for Chinese schools, and now you're telling us not to vote for PAS, crazy! MCA sebuah parti politik yg pathetik, memburuk-burukkan PAS di akhbar setiap hari. Tahukah kamu yg PAS memberi tanah utuk membina sekolah menengah Cina di Kelantan. Di Perak perkara yg sama terjadi bila seorang pemimpin PAS jadi Menteri Besar. @!x?** MCA. Kamu telah lama memerintah tapi gagal memberikan peruntukan yg bererti kpd sekolah-sekolah Cina – sekarang kamu arah kami agar jangan pilih PAS, gila!! @#@, MCA you are a huge party but in your general assembly, the time was used to attack Islamic idealism, but at the same time you quietly bow to Umno's narrow racist mind, what kind of a pathetic party is this? A pathetic party that cannot be saved! When Umno attacked, saying Chinese are "immigrants", telling us to go back to Tongsan, it was PAS who came forward to defend us! @!xxx@!, MCA sebuah parti yg besar tapi pada Perhimpunan Agung kamu, banyak masa kamu habiskan menyerang idealisma Islam dalam masa yg sama kamu menyembah idelogi rasis yg sempit UMNO. Parti kamu amat keji amat pathetik. Tiada obat lagi buat kamu, MCA tidak dapat diselamatkan lagi!! Bila UMNO serang orang-orang Cina mengatakan orang Cina “Pendatang”  dan menghambat kita keluar dan pulang ke Negeri China PAS yg datang mempertahankan hak-hak orang-orang Cina Malaysia! When Umno prohibits non-Muslims from using the word Allah, it was PAS who came forward to defend non-Muslims' rights! When Umno prohibits non-Muslims from entering mosques and suraus, it was PAS who came forward to oppose Umno! When the pro-Umno Perkasa attacked Pakatan Rakyat for betraying the Malays, it was PAS who came forward to stop them! Bila UMNO menghalang bukan Islam mengunna perkataan Allah, PAS yg datang untuk mempertahankan hak-hak orang bukan Islam. Bila UMNO menghalang bukan Islam memasukki surau dan mesjid PAS yang tampil menentang UMNO!  Bila Perkasa, pro-UMNO serang Pakatan Rakyat kerana kononnya membelot PAS juga yang tampil menentang. @#@, what are you doing, MCA? Only capable of saying Umno should not be like this, like that. If you are really great, why is is that the Chinese are still second class citizens? If you really do have a backbone, the get out of Barisan Nasional, stupid! My anger is raging.For so long you've taken money, one PKFZ project you took RM12.5 billion, one Facebook you took RM1.8 million, and the other ones? You took the people's money! PAS? Have you heard of PAS taking bribes? PAS is known for its honesty, 20 years of ruling Kelantan, not one corruption case, the Menteri Besar is still living in a 'kampung' house, eats nasi lemak! You guys simply say if you win you'll eat lobster, and you still want us to vote for you?" ?/@@!%*, apa yang kamu buat MCA? Hanya pandai mengeluarkan pendapat, UMNO tidak patut buat begitu, begini. Kalaulah kamu benar-benar parti yg hebat, mengapakah orang-orang Cina Malaysia hingga kini sebagai Warga Negara Kelas 2? Kalau kamu MCA ada tulang belakang yg kuat aku cabar kamu keluarlah dari Barisan Nasional...kamu bodoh, bahlol!! Perasaan marahku berkobar-kobar. Sekian lama kamu menipu, satu projek PKFZ kamu ambil 12.5 billion. Satu projek Facebook kamu ambil RM 1.8 juta. Lagi? Dan lagi? Kamu ambil wang rakyat !! PAS? Kamu pernah dengar yg PAS menerima wang sogokan – rasuah? PAS terkenal dengan keikhlasan dan ketelusan. 20 tahun mentadbir Kelantan tidak satupun kes rasuah. Menteri Besar Kelantan sampai kini tinggal dalam rumah kampong, makan nasilemak bungkus di warung! Kamu MCA kalau menang mau makan udang galah, ada muka mau minta aku memilih kamu? MCA, get lost! When the Prime Minister announced he will abolish ISA because of pressure from the people, like a dog, you immediately agreed! @#@, for so long you've been supporting that draconian act, and now you've changed in a blink of an eye? You think the people are stupid? MCA pergi mampuslah!  Bila PM istihar ISA akan dimansuhkan kerana tekanan orang ramai, seperti seekor anjing, kamu MCA bersetuju!! @??&#@ sekian lama kamu menyokong undang-undang drakonian ini sekarang dgn sekelipmata kamu setuju? Hoi MCA kamu ingat orang bodoh kah? Kamu ingat aku bodoh kah? For so long, PAS led the people to fight, either in the anti-ISA rally, Bersih 1.0 or Bersih 2.0, PAS is always in the front-line to fight against tyranny - facing tear gas, and water canons! On 9 July, Umno attacked us for rallying on the streets. At a critical moment, Unit Amal PAS made way, and said "Let the Chinese out first, we protect them!" @#@, where were you MCA? Where did you hide at the time? Now you're telling us not to vote for PAS, to hell with you! @#@, for so long you've been ruling us, that porn video president is still on the stage urging the government to do this and that. Have you ever thought of yourselves as the government? If you yourselves can't do it, then switch! Stupid! Sekian lama PAS turunpadang memimpin rakyat utk menentang samada dalam himpunan anti ISA, Bersih 1.0 atau Bersih 2.0. PAS sentiasa pada barisan depan menentang kezaliman; rela diracuni ges pemidihmata dan meriam air berkimia. Pada 09 Julai 2011 UMNO  menyerang kami kerana berhimpun dan demonstrasi di jalanan. Pada detik-detik kritikal Unit Amal PAS muncul segera menolong dgn kata-kata “keluarkan saudara-saudara Cina lebihdulu, kita melindungi mereka!” F.... dimana kamu MCA?! Dimana kamu bersembunyi pada waktu itu? Sekarang ada muka, ada hati untuk memberitahu kami agar jangan pilih PAS, pergi mampuslah!! Fx x x x x  kamu memerintah sekian lama, itu presiden Chua yg berlakon dlm pronografi sering atas pentas memberi pandangan dan pendapat kpd kerajaan...... The best thing is, Liow Tiong Lai, challenged DAP to get out of Pakatan Rakyat. When Islamic law was passed in Kelantan and Terengganu, Umno state assemblymen supported by raising both of their hands. Not one vote was given by DAP. Why don't you lead MCA to get out of Barisan Nasional? PAS wants to implement hudud Laws, this is the party's ultimate goal. It is like the Progressive Democratic Party in Taiwan who fought for independence, which surely won't happen, because it is not allowed in the political reality. Furthermore, PAS is cooperating with the other two party components in Pakatan Rakyat, who will surely govern based on the Orange Book - not just the ultimate goal of PAS or DAP. Maybe some will ask, what about Kelantan? I would like to ask them, even if it is implemented in Kelantan, what's the fuss? If you're not a Muslim, what has it got anything to do with you? Furthermore, you should wait until PAS wins two-thirds majority to amend the constitution. For now, the government has yet to be even changed. Now with the amount of phantom voters, it would difficult for Pakatan Rakyat to win one third of the seats! Memang perjuangan PAS utk melaksanakan hukum Islam. Macam juga Parti Demokratik Progresif Taiwan yg memperjuangkan kemerdekaan (yg tak mungkin direlisasikan). PAS bekerjasama dgn baik dengan DAP dan PKR dalam Pakatan Rakyat, yg kelak akan memerintah berasaskan Buku Jingga. Mungkin ada yg bertanya, Kelantan macam mana?        Saya nak tanya mereka, kalaupun Hudud dilaksanakan di Kelantan apa salahnya? Kalau kamu bukan Muslim, apa yg nak ditakutkan? Still a lot of Chinese are saying, we'll die if the Pakatan Rakyat gets two-thirds majority. I say @#@, my foot, if Pakatan Rakyat wins two-third, DAP will surely have 50 seats. If DAP would not vote for it, there would be no amendments. And then, more Chinese are asking, what if DAP become cowards and support the implementation of hudud laws? If you don't like it, then switch back to Barisan Nasional! Is it that there can't be no more elections after the change of government in the next GE? Aren't elections about giving us the opportunity to change the government if we don't agree with its policies? Adalagi orang-orang Cina Malaysia berpendapat kalau Pakatan memerintah teruklah kita. Saya kata f.... off, kalau Pakatan menang DAP tentu ada 50 kerusi.....dan kalau DAP tidak mengundi kpd sesuatu resolusi atau amendmen maka TIDAK ADA amendmen. Some Chinese are just stupid, I'm saying it openly here. If in the next election, we support a government that have been corrupt for so long, just because we are afraid of hudud laws that are not even there, then the Chinese are a real disgrace. The fate of the Chinese community will be destroyed by their own hands! Wake up, and don't be fooled by MCA! Only when we vote for Rocket, Keadilan and Moon and unite to change this pathetic government can we fix the conditions of the Chinese community in the country. If you love your race, if you love your people, if you love your country, share this writing with all your friends. In the next election, we sing together the song "Moon is the shape of my heart" (a famous Chinese song)! 月亮代表我的心 Merdeka Review/Malaysia Chronicle Sesetengah Cina-Malaysia bodoh dan saya berkata kpd mereka secara terbuka di sini. Kalaulah pada Pilihanraya Umum akan datang kita menyokong lagi kerajaan yg sekian lama korrup hanya kerana kita takut pd Hudud yg tidak pun terlaksana, maka nyatalah kaum Cina hina sekali. Kalau kita sayang kpd ras kita, kpd ethnik kita dan kpd Negara kita sebarlah cetusan hati-nurani saya ini kepada semua kakawan-kawan saudara. Pada pilihanraya akan datang kita sama-sama nyanyikan lagu月亮代表我的心  “Perasaanku laksana bulan penuh”.

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DIPPED IN THE AMBIGUITY......

DUMC - Jais: Bishop Troubled by Sultan's Statement Terence Nett Oct 1 Catholic Bishop Paul Tan Chee Ing described the statement from the Sultan of Selangor on the Selangor Islamic Affairs Department (Jais) report on alleged proselytisation of Muslims by Christians at the Damansara Utama Methodist Centre last August as “dipped in the ambiguity that would make wanton accusations against Christians no more difficult in the future than it is now.” “Begging the Tuanku’s pardon, how is it possible to assert that there were attempts to deviate the faith of Muslim attendees at the dinner function at the DUMC but there is, then, not sufficient evidence to prefer charges,” queried the titular head of Catholics in the Malacca-Johor diocese, in an immediate response to a statement on the matter issued today by the Sultan. “If there is not enough evidence, there ought to be no imputation of wrongdoing – it’s as simple as that!” exclaimed Tan (above), who is concurrently president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia. “As it stands now, the Sultan’s statement paints the Christian organisers of the dinner function as having been given a discharge not amounting to acquittal from accusations that they proselytised to Muslims,” he asserted. “I would have much preferred no statement at all to one that is neither here nor there,” offered the Jesuit-trained prelate. "Christians have waited patiently for exoneration from false accusations by people whose intent is to grandstand on behalf of their losing causes,” said the bishop. “It’s a good thing the general election is imminent, because there seems to be no let-up in this ugly campaign of innuendo and insinuation against Christians, so that the ballot box becomes our only recourse from persecution by vile slander,” he concluded. -

PERANAKAN (BABA-NYONYAS)

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Peranakan (Straits Chinese)
峇峇娘惹
土生華人



Total population



7,000,000 (estimates)[1]




Regions with significant populations



Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia



Languages




Chinese languages, Malay, Indonesian



Religion




Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Taoism



Related ethnic groups




Chinese people in Southeast Asia




Peranakan



Chinese name



Traditional Chinese

峇峇娘惹



Simplified Chinese

峇峇娘惹






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Malay name



Malay

Peranakan/Cina Benteng/Kiau-Seng


Peranakan Chinese and Baba-Nyonya are terms used for the descendants of late 15th and 16th-century Chinese immigrants to the Indonesian archipelago of Nusantara during the Colonial era.

Members of this community in Melaka address themselves as "Nyonya Baba" instead of "Baba-Nyonya". Nyonya is the term for the ladies and Baba for the gentlemen. It applies especially to the ethnic Chinese populations of the British Straits Settlements of Malaya and the Dutch-controlled island of Java and other locations, who have adopted partially or in full Nusantara customs to be somewhat assimilated into the local communities. They were the elites of Singapore, more loyal to the British than to China. Most have lived for generations along the straits of Malacca and not all intermarried with the local Native Indonesians and Malays. They were usually traders, the middleman of the British and the Chinese, or the Chinese and Malays, or vice versa because they were mostly English educated. Because of this, they almost always had the ability to speak two or more languages. In later generations, some lost the ability to speak Chinese as they became assimilated to the Malay Peninsula's culture and started to speak Malay fluently as a first or second language.

While the term Peranakan is most commonly used among the ethnic Chinese for those of Chinese descent also known as Straits Chinese (土生華人; named after the Straits Settlements), there are also other, comparatively small Peranakan communities, such as Indian Hindu Peranakans (Chitty), Indian Muslim Peranakans (Jawi Pekan) (Jawi being the Javanised Arabic script,[2] Pekan a colloquial contraction of Peranakan[2]) and Eurasian Peranakans (Kristang[2]) (Kristang = Christians).[2][3] The group has parallels to the Cambodian Hokkien, who are descendants of Hoklo Chinese. They maintained their culture partially despite their native language gradually disappearing a few generations after settlement.[4

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