Monday, January 31, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
ARTiculations: The Interlok Quagmire
ARTiculations: The Interlok Quagmire: "The political and social typhoons caused by the book "Interlok" had come and apparently gone. A "solution," in the form ..."
Thursday, January 27, 2011
BUMIPUTERA!????
Salam Sejahtera para sahabatku / ALL THE GOOD WISHES MY FRIEND!Wednesday, January 26, 2011 12:30 PMFrom: "david lee" View contact detailsTo: moreSAYA TIDAK TAHU MENGAPA TIBA-TIBA PERKARA INI SAYA HARUS PERKATAKAN PADA PAGI INI.
BUMIPUTERA - INI SATU PERKATAAN BAGI SAYA YG AMAT SAYA BENCI. SAYA BENCI DULU, SEKARANG DAN SAMPAI BILA-BILA. APA KEJADAHNYA INI!!!!...TIBA-TIBA ORANG INDIA PUN JADI BUMIPUTERA???...PERKATAAN INI ATAU ISTILLAH INI YG DIPAKAI DI MALAYSIA TERCINTA INI HANYA UNTUK POLITIK. BAGI SAYA BUMIPUTERA SEBENAR DAN TULIN LAGI MURNI ADALAH MASYARAKAT ASAL MALAYSIA (YAKNI SENOI PRAAK, MAHMERI, JAKUN, NEGRITO, DAYAK, IBAN, DUSUN, MURUT, KADAZAN BAJAU DLL). SAUDARA, SAYA DAN MEREKA KITA SEMUA PENDATANG!!!....
TIDAK ADA GUNANYA SLOGAN 1MALAYSIA KALAU KITA TIDAK IKHLAS...KALAU HANYA INGIN MEMANCING UNDI!!
One person's superiority over another is not base on his race, economic status or nationality but on his God-conciousness and purity of character.
Dave Li, the fella on THEtree
BUMIPUTERA - INI SATU PERKATAAN BAGI SAYA YG AMAT SAYA BENCI. SAYA BENCI DULU, SEKARANG DAN SAMPAI BILA-BILA. APA KEJADAHNYA INI!!!!...TIBA-TIBA ORANG INDIA PUN JADI BUMIPUTERA???...PERKATAAN INI ATAU ISTILLAH INI YG DIPAKAI DI MALAYSIA TERCINTA INI HANYA UNTUK POLITIK. BAGI SAYA BUMIPUTERA SEBENAR DAN TULIN LAGI MURNI ADALAH MASYARAKAT ASAL MALAYSIA (YAKNI SENOI PRAAK, MAHMERI, JAKUN, NEGRITO, DAYAK, IBAN, DUSUN, MURUT, KADAZAN BAJAU DLL). SAUDARA, SAYA DAN MEREKA KITA SEMUA PENDATANG!!!....
TIDAK ADA GUNANYA SLOGAN 1MALAYSIA KALAU KITA TIDAK IKHLAS...KALAU HANYA INGIN MEMANCING UNDI!!
One person's superiority over another is not base on his race, economic status or nationality but on his God-conciousness and purity of character.
Dave Li, the fella on THEtree
Friday, January 21, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Saturday, January 15, 2011
MORE INFO ON RFS, Palau...in the Pacific
Radio Free Sarawak goes on the air
November 15th, 2010 - 11:15 UTC by Andy Sennitt.
Radio Free Sarawak, aimed as an alternative voice for Sarawakians, went on air this morning. In an e-mail to Free Malaysia Today, the Bruno Manser Foundation, said that the new alternative radio station will have two daily broadcasts on shortwave, presumably in Iban and Bahasa Malaysia. “It aims at Sarawak’s rural communities who lack access to independent media,” stated the e-mail.
It is an open secret that the media in Sarawak are strictly controlled by the state government under Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud and logging companies who own and control all major media outlets in the state.
The transmission details of Radio Free Sarawak are as follows:
■1st transmission: 0630-0730 local time (2230-2330 UTC) on 7590 kHz
■2nd transmission: 1800-1900 local time (1000-1100 UTC) on 15680 kHz
The e-mail had also attached a message from the producers of Radio Free Sarawak. Below is the message;
“Please send the details to all your Sarawak friends so that they know the existence of the radio-which will become an alternative news source to the Sarawakians, especially to those who stay in the interior. The folks in the interior have been fed with a monotonous one-sided views from the ruling parties - if at all they can receive the TV and radio transmissions. So they need another avenue - and Radio Free Sarawak intends to fill in this gap.”
(Source: www.freemalaysiatoday.com)
Andy Sennitt comments: If anyone knows the transmitter site(s) being used, please advise us. There is nothing in the current HFCC database that appears to match the above schedule. On this page the power of 7590 kHz is listed as “100 or 200 kW”, and this page says “the broadcast is being transmitted out of London”, but this probably refers to the production facility rather than the transmitting site.
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#1 Alan Pennington
on Nov 16th, 2010 at 11:43
15680 kHz 1000-1100 UTC (16 Nov) was streaming on the WHRI website (whri dot com) via their Angel 4 transmitter Real Audio link so is from Palau. (not sure about 7590 though)
#2 Peter Ng
on Nov 29th, 2010 at 03:28
15.680 mhz at 1000 UTC is heard here in Peninsular Malaysia with poor signal due to QRM by Radio Farda on 15.690 mHz and becoming strong at around 1030 UTC. Transmit from facility of World Harvest Radio in Palau. Could be consider a clandestine radio as far as the Malaysian government is concerned.
November 15th, 2010 - 11:15 UTC by Andy Sennitt.
Radio Free Sarawak, aimed as an alternative voice for Sarawakians, went on air this morning. In an e-mail to Free Malaysia Today, the Bruno Manser Foundation, said that the new alternative radio station will have two daily broadcasts on shortwave, presumably in Iban and Bahasa Malaysia. “It aims at Sarawak’s rural communities who lack access to independent media,” stated the e-mail.
It is an open secret that the media in Sarawak are strictly controlled by the state government under Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud and logging companies who own and control all major media outlets in the state.
The transmission details of Radio Free Sarawak are as follows:
■1st transmission: 0630-0730 local time (2230-2330 UTC) on 7590 kHz
■2nd transmission: 1800-1900 local time (1000-1100 UTC) on 15680 kHz
The e-mail had also attached a message from the producers of Radio Free Sarawak. Below is the message;
“Please send the details to all your Sarawak friends so that they know the existence of the radio-which will become an alternative news source to the Sarawakians, especially to those who stay in the interior. The folks in the interior have been fed with a monotonous one-sided views from the ruling parties - if at all they can receive the TV and radio transmissions. So they need another avenue - and Radio Free Sarawak intends to fill in this gap.”
(Source: www.freemalaysiatoday.com)
Andy Sennitt comments: If anyone knows the transmitter site(s) being used, please advise us. There is nothing in the current HFCC database that appears to match the above schedule. On this page the power of 7590 kHz is listed as “100 or 200 kW”, and this page says “the broadcast is being transmitted out of London”, but this probably refers to the production facility rather than the transmitting site.
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#1 Alan Pennington
on Nov 16th, 2010 at 11:43
15680 kHz 1000-1100 UTC (16 Nov) was streaming on the WHRI website (whri dot com) via their Angel 4 transmitter Real Audio link so is from Palau. (not sure about 7590 though)
#2 Peter Ng
on Nov 29th, 2010 at 03:28
15.680 mhz at 1000 UTC is heard here in Peninsular Malaysia with poor signal due to QRM by Radio Farda on 15.690 mHz and becoming strong at around 1030 UTC. Transmit from facility of World Harvest Radio in Palau. Could be consider a clandestine radio as far as the Malaysian government is concerned.
OUR BRETHREN IN SABAH & SARAWAK ARE TRUE MALAYSIANS!!
ALL THESE 50 YEARS AND OVER WE HVE BEEN GOVERNED BY A SUPER-RACIST POLITICAL PARTY...THIS SAME PARTY IS DOMINANT AND OTHER RACE-BASED POLITICAL PARTIES BOW IN HUMILIATION TO ITS COMMAND AND DICTATES. THAT MY FRIEND IS THE SCENARIO IN SEMENANJUNG (OR SOME MAY PREFER WEST MALAYSIA)...TRUELY SABAH AND SARAWAK ARE WHERE WE FIND TRUE MALAYSIANS..THIS UPCOMING GENERAL ELECTION 13 LET US ONCE AND FOR ALL WIPEOUT THE RACE-BASED POLITICAL PARTIES..ONLY THEN I BELIEVE THAT A TRUE ONE MALAYSIA WILL EMERGE..ONLY THEN WE WILL BE ONE WITH OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN SABAH AND SARAWAK!! HIDUP BANGSA MALAYSIA!...HIDUP KETUANAN RAKYAT!!
GOD (ALLAH) WILLING - PAKATAN WINS!!!!
FRIENSHIP 4EVER
DAVE LI - THE MAN ON THEtree
--- On Sat, 1/15/11, .my> wrote:
From: .my>
Subject: Fwd: Why is your Allah not my Allah?
To:
Date: Saturday, January 15, 2011, 8:53 AM
Why is your Allah not my Allah?
LETTERS/SURAT
Thursday, 06 January 2011 admin-s
Isn't Allah the God of all mankind? Isn't your Malaysia our Malaysia too?
By Erna Mahyuni
As an East Malaysian, I am neither surprised nor angry about Malay/Muslims being up in arms over the 'Allah' High Court ruling. It was to be expected, really.
What does anger me is getting comments from West Malaysian Christians that it is 'silly' for Christians to lobby to use the word 'Allah'.
One rather un-enlightened Christian said that "Allah is also a word used to describe one particular god in a pagan religion ... so for Christians to use 'Allah' is strange and silly."
The whole 'Allah' debacle highlights a bigger, more endemic problem in the Malaysian, or should I say West Malaysian mentality: General ignorance of how the 'others' or 'lain-lain' live.
It seems very hard for most West Malaysians to understand that:
* Not all bumiputeras are Malay.
* Not all bumiputeras are Muslim.
It isn't just West Malaysian Muslims who have a very limited worldview but Christians as well.
They don't understand that in East Malaysia, with its high population of indigenous Christians, Bahasa Malaysia is used in services.
Most of these Sabahan and Sarawakian Christians have spent their whole lives thinking, praying and referring to their God as 'Allah Bapa' (Father God).
And now the government says they can't. That only Muslims can use the word 'Allah' when that isn't true in other countries.
Look at Indonesia, the country with the largest Muslim population in the world, which allows the printing and dissemination of bibles in Bahasa Indonesia that refer to God not as 'Tuhan' but as 'Allah'.
The Indonesian Muslims don't worry that their brethren will be 'confused' by these bibles. So why is our Home Ministry and all these religious groups up in arms?
The answer to that is politics. Religion is, unfortunately, something as mixed up with politics as is race. Political parties unabashedly use religion as a tool to win debates, with Umno often accused of trying to 'out-Islam' PAS.
Religion is not a private matter in this country and is, instead, aired like so much dirty laundry. What other Southeast Asian country has officially sanctioned civilian peeping Toms who consider it their civic duty to weed out fornication?
Malay is our language, too
Despite the many varied ethnicities in Sabah, they have managed to get along without bloodshed or May 13-like incidents.
How have we managed it when West Malaysia's three main races mostly give each other a wide berth? It's called tolerance, people.
All Sabahans speak a slightly modified version of Malay with the funny little suffix 'bah' tagged behind a lot of words or sentences.
In rural areas, this heavily-accented version of Malay is the only means for most people to communicate with each other. They speak, think, dream and yes, even pray in the language.
Sabahan Michelle Quek asks: "Is it more important to recognise that some Muslims lay claim to the word as being exclusive to their faith, or recognise that a practical need for the word exists for East Malaysian Christians?"
Her question embodies the difficult balancing act that Malaysia has in attempting to address the needs of its varied peoples as well as the gulf between East and West Malaysia.
Kavin Ch'ng, who is married to a Sabahan, says that locally, for many generations, Malay-speaking Christians have always referred to Allah and Tuhan in the same breath.
"Why only now does the government kick up such a fuss?" he asks. What is important, Ch'ng says, is mutual respect.
"I think there is a way to co-exist - if only our government can actually wrap its head around the concept of context."
Sarawakian El'Bornean finds it disturbing that West Malaysians now want to dictate how one's personal faith is practiced.
"The true Malaysians are here in Sabah and Sarawak," he says, citing examples of his Muslim friends who have no qualms sitting with friends in non-halal stores and visiting churches. Despite being surrounded by Christians, East Malaysian Muslims do not consider their faith easily shaken, he asserts.
Sabahan Dusun Zara Kahan has a humorous, if facetious, solution. "If (some) Muslims insist on ownership of the term 'Allah' then Christians must do the same with the term 'Tuhan'. Do you know how many Hari Raya songs will be in jeopardy? End of issue!"
No, we don't want to convert you
In West Malaysia, technically Christian worship services in Malay are illegal. But Sabahan and Sarawakian students ask for them anyway.
Many of these Malay-speaking East Malaysians feel uncomfortable attending worship services in English because the terms are unfamiliar. Muslims often cite the 99 names of Allah and for Christians in East Malaysia as well as Lebanon and Syria, Allah is their name for God.
All this talk about 'confusion' is really the product of West Malaysians not mixing with their East Malaysian brethren.
If you visit the Dusuns in Ranau, you could well meet locals as fair as highland Chinese with slanted eyes who would greet you with the traditional Muslim salam.
Wander into an East Malaysian Chinese coffee shop and you would see tanned, Malay-looking locals happily digging into 'char siew' or other pork dishes. In East Malaysia, you can't easily tell what faith someone professes or what race his forefathers were just by looking.
This is very disturbing to the West Malaysian psyche. I have met West Malaysians who get very agitated when I refuse to tell them either what religion I profess or what race I am.
They don't know what to do with me because they can't categorise me. I don't fit into their safe little boxes which decide how they will treat me.
What annoys me as well is this West Malaysian paranoia that Christians have a secret ongoing campaign to convert Muslims on the sly. Let us be honest. If converting Muslims to Christianity was as easy as pouring holy water into your drinking water or putting the word 'Allah' in all available religious literature, the Pope would have sanctioned it years ago.
Christians don't get 'brownie points' by forcibly converting unwilling Muslims.
I suppose all the Malay-looking Christian East Malaysians really confuse the locals to the point they rabidly proclaim that churches are succeeding in their nefarious campaign to take over Muslim souls.
In East Malaysia, Christians and Muslims come in various sizes, shapes and colours. Even huge extended families often have different religions, sometimes staying under one roof. It is not unusual for an East Malaysian to have not just Christian, but Buddhist, Muslim and animist relatives. A friend of mine says it is a convenient excuse to celebrate the many public holidays with more gusto.
When told that someone is marrying a person of another race, the common reaction is: "Oh, your kids will be cute!" No heated discussion about traditions or religious differences because the unspoken assumption is that the couple will work them out.
Because they do.
Be Malaysia, not 1Malaysia
A well-known comedian talked about the recent Al-Islam undercover foray into churches. Its so-called investigative journalists entered churches on false premises and desecrated the communion wafer.
Did the Christians protest? asked the comedian. Did they declare bloody war? Did they have angry sermons and plan noisy demonstrations outside churches on Sunday?
No. What did the Christians say? "Forgive them-lor. Pray for them-lor."
The comedian mused that the incident was actually excellent public relations for the church.
Despite our annoyance with West Malaysian intolerance, do you see East Malaysians picketing?
We gripe, we grumble, we send politely-worded statements. Yet we still believe in the Malaysia that our Tourism Ministry tries to sell, but which seems to be a myth in West Malaysia.
Do you want to know why? Deep in the heart of most East Malaysians, we truly believe in tolerance. We believe in the ideals of Malaysia.
We don't have to give 'muhibbah' a name because we live it. Since 1963, we have lived as Malaysians, believing in true tolerance and that race or religion matters little.
We truly do believe that West Malaysians can and should get over us using 'Allah' to worship God. Isn't Allah the God of all mankind? Isn't your Malaysia our Malaysia too?http://www.malaysia-today.net/mtcolumns/letterssurat/37227-why-is-your-allah-not-my-allah
***
Please help to spread the message if you wish to see changes for a better Malaysia. Forward to everyone in your email contacts list, asking them to send out via their email list too, so that more people will come out to vote wisely in the 13th General Election for the sake of your present and future generations.
GOD (ALLAH) WILLING - PAKATAN WINS!!!!
FRIENSHIP 4EVER
DAVE LI - THE MAN ON THEtree
--- On Sat, 1/15/11, .my> wrote:
From: .my>
Subject: Fwd: Why is your Allah not my Allah?
To:
Date: Saturday, January 15, 2011, 8:53 AM
Why is your Allah not my Allah?
LETTERS/SURAT
Thursday, 06 January 2011 admin-s
Isn't Allah the God of all mankind? Isn't your Malaysia our Malaysia too?
By Erna Mahyuni
As an East Malaysian, I am neither surprised nor angry about Malay/Muslims being up in arms over the 'Allah' High Court ruling. It was to be expected, really.
What does anger me is getting comments from West Malaysian Christians that it is 'silly' for Christians to lobby to use the word 'Allah'.
One rather un-enlightened Christian said that "Allah is also a word used to describe one particular god in a pagan religion ... so for Christians to use 'Allah' is strange and silly."
The whole 'Allah' debacle highlights a bigger, more endemic problem in the Malaysian, or should I say West Malaysian mentality: General ignorance of how the 'others' or 'lain-lain' live.
It seems very hard for most West Malaysians to understand that:
* Not all bumiputeras are Malay.
* Not all bumiputeras are Muslim.
It isn't just West Malaysian Muslims who have a very limited worldview but Christians as well.
They don't understand that in East Malaysia, with its high population of indigenous Christians, Bahasa Malaysia is used in services.
Most of these Sabahan and Sarawakian Christians have spent their whole lives thinking, praying and referring to their God as 'Allah Bapa' (Father God).
And now the government says they can't. That only Muslims can use the word 'Allah' when that isn't true in other countries.
Look at Indonesia, the country with the largest Muslim population in the world, which allows the printing and dissemination of bibles in Bahasa Indonesia that refer to God not as 'Tuhan' but as 'Allah'.
The Indonesian Muslims don't worry that their brethren will be 'confused' by these bibles. So why is our Home Ministry and all these religious groups up in arms?
The answer to that is politics. Religion is, unfortunately, something as mixed up with politics as is race. Political parties unabashedly use religion as a tool to win debates, with Umno often accused of trying to 'out-Islam' PAS.
Religion is not a private matter in this country and is, instead, aired like so much dirty laundry. What other Southeast Asian country has officially sanctioned civilian peeping Toms who consider it their civic duty to weed out fornication?
Malay is our language, too
Despite the many varied ethnicities in Sabah, they have managed to get along without bloodshed or May 13-like incidents.
How have we managed it when West Malaysia's three main races mostly give each other a wide berth? It's called tolerance, people.
All Sabahans speak a slightly modified version of Malay with the funny little suffix 'bah' tagged behind a lot of words or sentences.
In rural areas, this heavily-accented version of Malay is the only means for most people to communicate with each other. They speak, think, dream and yes, even pray in the language.
Sabahan Michelle Quek asks: "Is it more important to recognise that some Muslims lay claim to the word as being exclusive to their faith, or recognise that a practical need for the word exists for East Malaysian Christians?"
Her question embodies the difficult balancing act that Malaysia has in attempting to address the needs of its varied peoples as well as the gulf between East and West Malaysia.
Kavin Ch'ng, who is married to a Sabahan, says that locally, for many generations, Malay-speaking Christians have always referred to Allah and Tuhan in the same breath.
"Why only now does the government kick up such a fuss?" he asks. What is important, Ch'ng says, is mutual respect.
"I think there is a way to co-exist - if only our government can actually wrap its head around the concept of context."
Sarawakian El'Bornean finds it disturbing that West Malaysians now want to dictate how one's personal faith is practiced.
"The true Malaysians are here in Sabah and Sarawak," he says, citing examples of his Muslim friends who have no qualms sitting with friends in non-halal stores and visiting churches. Despite being surrounded by Christians, East Malaysian Muslims do not consider their faith easily shaken, he asserts.
Sabahan Dusun Zara Kahan has a humorous, if facetious, solution. "If (some) Muslims insist on ownership of the term 'Allah' then Christians must do the same with the term 'Tuhan'. Do you know how many Hari Raya songs will be in jeopardy? End of issue!"
No, we don't want to convert you
In West Malaysia, technically Christian worship services in Malay are illegal. But Sabahan and Sarawakian students ask for them anyway.
Many of these Malay-speaking East Malaysians feel uncomfortable attending worship services in English because the terms are unfamiliar. Muslims often cite the 99 names of Allah and for Christians in East Malaysia as well as Lebanon and Syria, Allah is their name for God.
All this talk about 'confusion' is really the product of West Malaysians not mixing with their East Malaysian brethren.
If you visit the Dusuns in Ranau, you could well meet locals as fair as highland Chinese with slanted eyes who would greet you with the traditional Muslim salam.
Wander into an East Malaysian Chinese coffee shop and you would see tanned, Malay-looking locals happily digging into 'char siew' or other pork dishes. In East Malaysia, you can't easily tell what faith someone professes or what race his forefathers were just by looking.
This is very disturbing to the West Malaysian psyche. I have met West Malaysians who get very agitated when I refuse to tell them either what religion I profess or what race I am.
They don't know what to do with me because they can't categorise me. I don't fit into their safe little boxes which decide how they will treat me.
What annoys me as well is this West Malaysian paranoia that Christians have a secret ongoing campaign to convert Muslims on the sly. Let us be honest. If converting Muslims to Christianity was as easy as pouring holy water into your drinking water or putting the word 'Allah' in all available religious literature, the Pope would have sanctioned it years ago.
Christians don't get 'brownie points' by forcibly converting unwilling Muslims.
I suppose all the Malay-looking Christian East Malaysians really confuse the locals to the point they rabidly proclaim that churches are succeeding in their nefarious campaign to take over Muslim souls.
In East Malaysia, Christians and Muslims come in various sizes, shapes and colours. Even huge extended families often have different religions, sometimes staying under one roof. It is not unusual for an East Malaysian to have not just Christian, but Buddhist, Muslim and animist relatives. A friend of mine says it is a convenient excuse to celebrate the many public holidays with more gusto.
When told that someone is marrying a person of another race, the common reaction is: "Oh, your kids will be cute!" No heated discussion about traditions or religious differences because the unspoken assumption is that the couple will work them out.
Because they do.
Be Malaysia, not 1Malaysia
A well-known comedian talked about the recent Al-Islam undercover foray into churches. Its so-called investigative journalists entered churches on false premises and desecrated the communion wafer.
Did the Christians protest? asked the comedian. Did they declare bloody war? Did they have angry sermons and plan noisy demonstrations outside churches on Sunday?
No. What did the Christians say? "Forgive them-lor. Pray for them-lor."
The comedian mused that the incident was actually excellent public relations for the church.
Despite our annoyance with West Malaysian intolerance, do you see East Malaysians picketing?
We gripe, we grumble, we send politely-worded statements. Yet we still believe in the Malaysia that our Tourism Ministry tries to sell, but which seems to be a myth in West Malaysia.
Do you want to know why? Deep in the heart of most East Malaysians, we truly believe in tolerance. We believe in the ideals of Malaysia.
We don't have to give 'muhibbah' a name because we live it. Since 1963, we have lived as Malaysians, believing in true tolerance and that race or religion matters little.
We truly do believe that West Malaysians can and should get over us using 'Allah' to worship God. Isn't Allah the God of all mankind? Isn't your Malaysia our Malaysia too?http://www.malaysia-today.net/mtcolumns/letterssurat/37227-why-is-your-allah-not-my-allah
***
Please help to spread the message if you wish to see changes for a better Malaysia. Forward to everyone in your email contacts list, asking them to send out via their email list too, so that more people will come out to vote wisely in the 13th General Election for the sake of your present and future generations.
Radio Free Sarawak
Transmission details
•1st Transmission:
1800-1900 local time on 15420kHz kHz
•2nd Transmission:
2000-2100 local time on 6205 kHz
.HomeAboutContactRSS Feedon iTuneson Twitter.Friday 14/1/11
Broadcasted on January 14, 2011
Why has Najib planned a suprise visit to Sungai Asap, Bakun? Could it be to do with the upcoming election? Will money and promises be handed out? Will the locals believe it? We speak to the people who are leading the locals to justice. Famous Sape player Miku Loyang discusses the issue and treats us to some live music from the jungle! RPK comments on the debate between Anwar Ibrahim and Khairy Jamaluddin.
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•1st Transmission:
1800-1900 local time on 15420kHz kHz
•2nd Transmission:
2000-2100 local time on 6205 kHz
.HomeAboutContactRSS Feedon iTuneson Twitter.Friday 14/1/11
Broadcasted on January 14, 2011
Why has Najib planned a suprise visit to Sungai Asap, Bakun? Could it be to do with the upcoming election? Will money and promises be handed out? Will the locals believe it? We speak to the people who are leading the locals to justice. Famous Sape player Miku Loyang discusses the issue and treats us to some live music from the jungle! RPK comments on the debate between Anwar Ibrahim and Khairy Jamaluddin.
Podcast: Download
4 Comments
RADIO FREE SARAWAK
Dear Friends, please give a listen to this underground radio station. Go to this link please: http://radiofreesarawak.org
It is NOT a political party's station nor a government....it tries to expose the truth. Unlike local mass media that is super-pro BN.
It is NOT a political party's station nor a government....it tries to expose the truth. Unlike local mass media that is super-pro BN.
Friday, January 14, 2011
OUR EPF MONEY...what the bloody...heck! errrrr
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 3:12 PM
Subject: EPF's RM75B for NYSE listed mystery company?
EPF's RM75b for NYSE-listed mystery company?
By FMT Staff
KUALA LUMPUR: The government's decision to channel RM75 billion of public funds from the Employees Provident Fund to an “unknown foreign portfolio” in New York has got Indera Mahkota MP Azan Ismail worried.
"All we know at this point is that RM75 billion of EPF funds will be invested into a foreign portfolio. Who and what the portfolio is no one knows. It does not make sense.
"I'm guessing the investment is linked to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) where the Malaysian government has a company which is listed. But todate the company remains a mystery.
"We are concerned that the EPF funds will be injected into this company to save it because this mystery company cannot sustain itself," he said.
Azan also expressed concern that there may exist a pre-arranged channel in NYSE and Prime Minister Najib Razak's announcement was a sign to prepare the channeling of public money into this mysterious company.
"I am guessing that the EPF funds will be used as capital to boost this crony company and ensure it remains listed," Azan revealed to Suara Keadilan.
Deficit budget
He has also questioned the basis of the government's decision to expand the role of the “foreign potfolio” when Najib had in his budget asserted that the Malaysian government was encouraging private sector investment in the domestic market.
He said the government's decision to channel funds abroad was against its aspiration to entice private sector investment into the country and thus drive the high-income agenda.
Azan said what is also worrying is the deficit budget and increasing national debt of 18% from RM378 billion in 2009 to RM441 billion this year.
"I'm concerned that the government had only set aside 5% of the RM212 billion budget towards loan repayments. That means we are only paying RM10 billion towards the loans.
"On the RM441 billion debt, this translates to less than 2% of the budget... it's poor financial management and is not right," he said.
Subject: EPF's RM75B for NYSE listed mystery company?
EPF's RM75b for NYSE-listed mystery company?
By FMT Staff
KUALA LUMPUR: The government's decision to channel RM75 billion of public funds from the Employees Provident Fund to an “unknown foreign portfolio” in New York has got Indera Mahkota MP Azan Ismail worried.
"All we know at this point is that RM75 billion of EPF funds will be invested into a foreign portfolio. Who and what the portfolio is no one knows. It does not make sense.
"I'm guessing the investment is linked to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) where the Malaysian government has a company which is listed. But todate the company remains a mystery.
"We are concerned that the EPF funds will be injected into this company to save it because this mystery company cannot sustain itself," he said.
Azan also expressed concern that there may exist a pre-arranged channel in NYSE and Prime Minister Najib Razak's announcement was a sign to prepare the channeling of public money into this mysterious company.
"I am guessing that the EPF funds will be used as capital to boost this crony company and ensure it remains listed," Azan revealed to Suara Keadilan.
Deficit budget
He has also questioned the basis of the government's decision to expand the role of the “foreign potfolio” when Najib had in his budget asserted that the Malaysian government was encouraging private sector investment in the domestic market.
He said the government's decision to channel funds abroad was against its aspiration to entice private sector investment into the country and thus drive the high-income agenda.
Azan said what is also worrying is the deficit budget and increasing national debt of 18% from RM378 billion in 2009 to RM441 billion this year.
"I'm concerned that the government had only set aside 5% of the RM212 billion budget towards loan repayments. That means we are only paying RM10 billion towards the loans.
"On the RM441 billion debt, this translates to less than 2% of the budget... it's poor financial management and is not right," he said.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
TEOH BENG HOCK, we will fight for you till the end!
FOR RM2400.00 ON FLAGS THEY DID EVERYTHING AND FORMER MB TOYO RM24 MILLION NOTHING HAPPENED ..... NOW CHARGED BUT I BET IT IS A SHOW ... FOR VOTES
"We cannot accept or respect this verdict"
Pauline Wong
newsdesk@thesundaily.com
SHAH ALAM (Jan 5, 2011): The open verdict is one that will not be accepted by the family of Teoh Beng Hock, and they demand answers to his death and justice to be done.
Speaking in tears in a press conference after the verdict was delivered by coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas at the magistrate's court here today, Teoh’s younger sister Lee Lan said: "Is this your answer? We cannot accept or respect this verdict. How can we find peace with this verdict? This is a homicide case – everyone can see that."
Teoh's mother Teng Shuw Hor was also seen crying.
From left: Teoh's mother Teng, sister Lee Lan and father Teoh Leong Hwee
seen outside the court.
Counsel for Teoh’s family Karpal Singh said that the family has been advised to apply for a revision to the verdict to the high court and that the family will push for a finding of homicide.
"The coroner should not have given an open verdict. This is a miscarriage of justice as the evidence shows that this is homicide," said Karpal.
Karpal will also be pushing for a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI), to run concurrently with the revision.
"I do not think the public will accept the decision. We will file for both as soon as possible – it will be given top priority."
Lead counsel Gobind Singh Deo questioned the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on the findings by Azmil on pre-fall injuries, and urged the police to relook their reports.
"The standard of investigation was far from satisfactory in many aspects," said Gobind.
DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang paralleled Karpal’s comment, adding that the open verdict has pushed the 18-month long case back to the start.
"Although the coroner has accepted that there were pre-fall injuries, there is still a need for a total, comprehensive investigation to all aspects leading to Teoh’s death," said Lim.
"What happened on July 16, 2009, has shaken public confidence on key institutions to the very root, and that has not been restored or remedied. The PM himself has given assurance to the family that if the family is not satisfied, an RCI will be given. It is time for him to honour his word," he added.
DAP Seri Kembangan assemblyman Ean Yong Hian Wah expressed disappointment over the verdict. "I am disappointed with the open verdict and we will use all our means to find the truth."
Ean Yong, for whom Teoh was a political aide, also urged the prime minister to set up the commission.
"We cannot accept or respect this verdict"
Pauline Wong
newsdesk@thesundaily.com
SHAH ALAM (Jan 5, 2011): The open verdict is one that will not be accepted by the family of Teoh Beng Hock, and they demand answers to his death and justice to be done.
Speaking in tears in a press conference after the verdict was delivered by coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas at the magistrate's court here today, Teoh’s younger sister Lee Lan said: "Is this your answer? We cannot accept or respect this verdict. How can we find peace with this verdict? This is a homicide case – everyone can see that."
Teoh's mother Teng Shuw Hor was also seen crying.
From left: Teoh's mother Teng, sister Lee Lan and father Teoh Leong Hwee
seen outside the court.
Counsel for Teoh’s family Karpal Singh said that the family has been advised to apply for a revision to the verdict to the high court and that the family will push for a finding of homicide.
"The coroner should not have given an open verdict. This is a miscarriage of justice as the evidence shows that this is homicide," said Karpal.
Karpal will also be pushing for a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI), to run concurrently with the revision.
"I do not think the public will accept the decision. We will file for both as soon as possible – it will be given top priority."
Lead counsel Gobind Singh Deo questioned the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on the findings by Azmil on pre-fall injuries, and urged the police to relook their reports.
"The standard of investigation was far from satisfactory in many aspects," said Gobind.
DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang paralleled Karpal’s comment, adding that the open verdict has pushed the 18-month long case back to the start.
"Although the coroner has accepted that there were pre-fall injuries, there is still a need for a total, comprehensive investigation to all aspects leading to Teoh’s death," said Lim.
"What happened on July 16, 2009, has shaken public confidence on key institutions to the very root, and that has not been restored or remedied. The PM himself has given assurance to the family that if the family is not satisfied, an RCI will be given. It is time for him to honour his word," he added.
DAP Seri Kembangan assemblyman Ean Yong Hian Wah expressed disappointment over the verdict. "I am disappointed with the open verdict and we will use all our means to find the truth."
Ean Yong, for whom Teoh was a political aide, also urged the prime minister to set up the commission.
My Letter to YOU for Jan.2011 - THERtree #37
AS USUAL TO ENLARGE IMAGE PLEASE POINT CURSOR AT IT AND CLICK.
Monday, January 3, 2011
WHAT IS PAKATAN DOING IN SELANGOR.
Get familiar with what is happening in Selangor. See their key
> achievements
> and much more in the attchment. we must continue to vote for Pakatan in
> the
> coming election
>
> KEY ACHIEVEMENTS IN PAKATAN SELANGOR
>
> The MES programme is a series of welfare-based packages that have been
> rolled out phase by phase since 2008. It started with Phase I with seven
> programmes. This was followed by Phase II which began in 2009. Phases III,
> IV and V are expected to be implemented from 2010 onwards in a systematic
> manner. The Selangor government expects to continue brainstorming new
> policies and programmes that will benefit its residents. For more
> information, go to www.mes.selangor.gov.my
> <http://www.mes.selangor.gov.my/>
>
>
> PHASE I
>
> 1. Free water supplies for the first 20 cubic meters
>
> * Objective: to alleviate financial burden of the people.
>
> * 1.5 million individual meter users in Selangor have benefitted from this
> initiative.
>
> * RM 166.7 million spent since its inception.
>
> 2. Program to increase rock and mineral revenue
>
> * Kumpulan Semesta Sdn Bhd established to focus on managing sand mining in
> Selangor
>
> * New approaches to rock and mineral extraction adopted.
>
> * Profits from sand royalty in 2009: RM 4.68 million.
>
> * Revenue obtained is redistributed to the people via welfare programmes.
>
> * Please visit www.semesta.com.my <http://www.semesta.com.my/> for more
> information.
>
> 3. Rewards for children enrolling in university (Yayasan Warisan Anak
> Selangor, YAWAS)
>
> * RM 1000 award given to Selangor-born students enrolling in university.
>
> * Reserved for those with family incomes below RM 1500.
>
> * 7339 students have benefitted from the initiative.
>
> 4. Tabung Warisan Anak Selangor (TAWAS)
>
> * Insurance coverage for Selangor-born babies up till the age of 18.
>
> * Policy starts with an initial fund of RM100 that is later invested.
>
> * All will receive RM1500 upon turning 18 years of age.
>
> * 19,210 babies have been registered for the scheme.
>
> * 15,802 applicants have been approved
>
> * A sum of RM1,342,400 has been paid to participating banks
>
> * Please visit www.tawas.org.my <http://www.tawas.org.my/> for more
> information
>
> 5. Friendly Scheme for Senior Citizens (Skim Mesra Usia Emas, SMUE)
>
> * RM 2500 awarded to named offspring of deceased senior citizen and person
> with disability, provided that they lived in Selangor for more than 10
> years
> and are at least 60 years old at the time of death.
>
> * 13,342 families have benefitted from the scheme.
>
> * As of January 2010, more than 122,000 have registered for the scheme.
>
> * The Selangor government has spent more than RM21.6 million since its
> inception.
>
> * Approximately 300,000 senior citizens live in Selangor, with about 9,000
> deaths expected on average every year.
>
> * The scheme has successfully registered more than 40% of the total number
> of senior citizens in Selangor, expected to reach 50% by March 2010.
>
> 6. One stop crisis centre (OSCC)
>
> * Objective: to aid women and children in rape cases, domestic violence,
> or
> abuse.
>
> * 6 OSCCs established in hospitals Ampang, Serdang, Selayang, Sungai
> Buloh,
> Klang, and Kajang.
>
> * OSCC seminar successfully conducted in 37 DUNs.
>
> * OSCC Phase 2:
>
> o Public education on household violence and child and sexual abuse.
>
> o Protection of women in terms of infrastructure, counseling, and legal
> aid.
>
>
> 7. Estate workers' children's education fund
>
> * Provision of scholarship to children of estate workers.
>
> * Finances the building and maintenance of hostels for these children.
>
> * 130 children have benefitted and furthered their studies at INPENS.
>
> layout BI:Layou
>
>
>
> ............................Why Not Pakatan................??
>
> Selangor Key achievements
>
>
>
> For those of you who are living or working in Selangor, this is a summary
> of
> the Selangor State Government's report to the rakyat.
> A lot of the information contained in this report will never be reported
> in
> the main stream media and the local papers , so the only way the good work
> of the state government can be made known to the rakyat is by personal
> emails. People power!
>
> Please do not hesitate to forward it to your friends and relatives.
>
>
>
>
> achievements
> and much more in the attchment. we must continue to vote for Pakatan in
> the
> coming election
>
> KEY ACHIEVEMENTS IN PAKATAN SELANGOR
>
> The MES programme is a series of welfare-based packages that have been
> rolled out phase by phase since 2008. It started with Phase I with seven
> programmes. This was followed by Phase II which began in 2009. Phases III,
> IV and V are expected to be implemented from 2010 onwards in a systematic
> manner. The Selangor government expects to continue brainstorming new
> policies and programmes that will benefit its residents. For more
> information, go to www.mes.selangor.gov.my
> <http://www.mes.selangor.gov.my/>
>
>
> PHASE I
>
> 1. Free water supplies for the first 20 cubic meters
>
> * Objective: to alleviate financial burden of the people.
>
> * 1.5 million individual meter users in Selangor have benefitted from this
> initiative.
>
> * RM 166.7 million spent since its inception.
>
> 2. Program to increase rock and mineral revenue
>
> * Kumpulan Semesta Sdn Bhd established to focus on managing sand mining in
> Selangor
>
> * New approaches to rock and mineral extraction adopted.
>
> * Profits from sand royalty in 2009: RM 4.68 million.
>
> * Revenue obtained is redistributed to the people via welfare programmes.
>
> * Please visit www.semesta.com.my <http://www.semesta.com.my/> for more
> information.
>
> 3. Rewards for children enrolling in university (Yayasan Warisan Anak
> Selangor, YAWAS)
>
> * RM 1000 award given to Selangor-born students enrolling in university.
>
> * Reserved for those with family incomes below RM 1500.
>
> * 7339 students have benefitted from the initiative.
>
> 4. Tabung Warisan Anak Selangor (TAWAS)
>
> * Insurance coverage for Selangor-born babies up till the age of 18.
>
> * Policy starts with an initial fund of RM100 that is later invested.
>
> * All will receive RM1500 upon turning 18 years of age.
>
> * 19,210 babies have been registered for the scheme.
>
> * 15,802 applicants have been approved
>
> * A sum of RM1,342,400 has been paid to participating banks
>
> * Please visit www.tawas.org.my <http://www.tawas.org.my/> for more
> information
>
> 5. Friendly Scheme for Senior Citizens (Skim Mesra Usia Emas, SMUE)
>
> * RM 2500 awarded to named offspring of deceased senior citizen and person
> with disability, provided that they lived in Selangor for more than 10
> years
> and are at least 60 years old at the time of death.
>
> * 13,342 families have benefitted from the scheme.
>
> * As of January 2010, more than 122,000 have registered for the scheme.
>
> * The Selangor government has spent more than RM21.6 million since its
> inception.
>
> * Approximately 300,000 senior citizens live in Selangor, with about 9,000
> deaths expected on average every year.
>
> * The scheme has successfully registered more than 40% of the total number
> of senior citizens in Selangor, expected to reach 50% by March 2010.
>
> 6. One stop crisis centre (OSCC)
>
> * Objective: to aid women and children in rape cases, domestic violence,
> or
> abuse.
>
> * 6 OSCCs established in hospitals Ampang, Serdang, Selayang, Sungai
> Buloh,
> Klang, and Kajang.
>
> * OSCC seminar successfully conducted in 37 DUNs.
>
> * OSCC Phase 2:
>
> o Public education on household violence and child and sexual abuse.
>
> o Protection of women in terms of infrastructure, counseling, and legal
> aid.
>
>
> 7. Estate workers' children's education fund
>
> * Provision of scholarship to children of estate workers.
>
> * Finances the building and maintenance of hostels for these children.
>
> * 130 children have benefitted and furthered their studies at INPENS.
>
> layout BI:Layou
>
>
>
> ............................Why Not Pakatan................??
>
> Selangor Key achievements
>
>
>
> For those of you who are living or working in Selangor, this is a summary
> of
> the Selangor State Government's report to the rakyat.
> A lot of the information contained in this report will never be reported
> in
> the main stream media and the local papers , so the only way the good work
> of the state government can be made known to the rakyat is by personal
> emails. People power!
>
> Please do not hesitate to forward it to your friends and relatives.
>
>
>
>
Saturday, January 1, 2011
THE GREEDY PM - LUST, GREED, CORRUPT PRACTICES......
Posted by admin.....By
Choo Sing Chye
Ipoh has changed so much
over the years since the Tin bust, nobody seems to know that Ipoh used to
be synonymous with tin.
The last time I
met a friend who was born after the Tin-bust, I asked him in jest, “Do you
know what Ipoh 's famous for?R21;
He gave me a
blank look. Anyway, not wasting any time, I told him, “Tin-lah.” “If there
is no tin, Ipoh wouldn’t be here. It would be just another Orang Asli
settlement. He squinted his eyes and responded, “Are you sure? I thought it
was Nga-Choy-Kai.”
Thanks to
Barisan Nasional for single-handedly transforming Ipoh from a rich and
bustling Tin-City to a Nga-Choy-Kai (Bean-Sprout Chicken) industry. Ipoh
never recovered from this fatal stroke of incompetence and greed to corner
the World Tin Market. As a result of this, the once vibrant Tin Industry
was totally wiped out.
It all started
with a shady Egyptian tin trader by the name of David Zaidner. He worked
for the commodities firm Marc Rich & Co in Switzerland .
Actually, he
first approached the Indonesian government thinking that they were stupid
enough to buy his idea of cornering the tin market. But the Indonesians
smelled a con job and had him kicked out of the country.
Next, he
couldn’t believe his lucky stars when his idea was accepted with enthusiasm
by our then brand-new Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir. A plan was quickly
hatched to corner the World Tin market.
In December
1980, the state-owned Malaysian Mining Corp. Bhd. named Marc Rich as its
trading agent in a move that would shock the world commodities industry.
Secret large tin
purchases were made on the London Metal Exchange and went unabated
throughout 1981, inducing a worldwide price increase. The strategy was
cheap and simple. Malaysia had to only pay a 10 percent deposit against
three-month' s forward purchase contracts.
When the price
of tin shot up in the world market, the Malaysian government thought it had
scored a huge victory. But unexpectedly, the price increase attracted many
world producers to increase tin production and even the United States began
selling from its strategic stockpiles to take advantage of the
Malaysian-induced price rises.
Subsequently,
Malaysia amassed about 50,000 tons of tin and had no other choice but to
keep buying just to keep prices up. Production continued to soar and even
unheard-of suppliers started to turn up to cash in on the high tin price.
The world tin market went berserk and it crashed.
Malaysia lost an
estimated US$250 million on its failure to
honour forward contracts, and another local bank lost another US$1 billion in separate losses on
loans it had made covertly out of its Hong Kong subsidiary.
For five years
Mahathir categorically denied that Malaysia had anything to do with the
plan but as outside pressure mounted, Mahathir finally revealed the details
in 1986.
Marc Rich was
finally indicted and arrested then extradited to the United States and
convicted of massive tax fraud.
Think of the
billions of ringgit taken out of our economy in Perak when the tin price
went bust. Had Mahathir not meddled with the tin price, we wouldn’t have
lost 30 years of Tin export income. Perak wouldn’t have been relegated from
one of the richest states to a poor one like today.
Another good
example akin to the Perak demise is Terengganu. If all the oil royalties go
to the people of Terengganu, Terengganu would be an advanced state at par
with Selangor. But unfortunately, these royalties go to the pockets of BN
politicians and cronies in the form of “Duit Esan”.
By Choo Sing Chye
Researched
from Steven Schlossstein’ s book, Asia ’s New Little Dragons.
Choo Sing Chye
Ipoh has changed so much
over the years since the Tin bust, nobody seems to know that Ipoh used to
be synonymous with tin.
The last time I
met a friend who was born after the Tin-bust, I asked him in jest, “Do you
know what Ipoh 's famous for?R21;
He gave me a
blank look. Anyway, not wasting any time, I told him, “Tin-lah.” “If there
is no tin, Ipoh wouldn’t be here. It would be just another Orang Asli
settlement. He squinted his eyes and responded, “Are you sure? I thought it
was Nga-Choy-Kai.”
Thanks to
Barisan Nasional for single-handedly transforming Ipoh from a rich and
bustling Tin-City to a Nga-Choy-Kai (Bean-Sprout Chicken) industry. Ipoh
never recovered from this fatal stroke of incompetence and greed to corner
the World Tin Market. As a result of this, the once vibrant Tin Industry
was totally wiped out.
It all started
with a shady Egyptian tin trader by the name of David Zaidner. He worked
for the commodities firm Marc Rich & Co in Switzerland .
Actually, he
first approached the Indonesian government thinking that they were stupid
enough to buy his idea of cornering the tin market. But the Indonesians
smelled a con job and had him kicked out of the country.
Next, he
couldn’t believe his lucky stars when his idea was accepted with enthusiasm
by our then brand-new Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir. A plan was quickly
hatched to corner the World Tin market.
In December
1980, the state-owned Malaysian Mining Corp. Bhd. named Marc Rich as its
trading agent in a move that would shock the world commodities industry.
Secret large tin
purchases were made on the London Metal Exchange and went unabated
throughout 1981, inducing a worldwide price increase. The strategy was
cheap and simple. Malaysia had to only pay a 10 percent deposit against
three-month' s forward purchase contracts.
When the price
of tin shot up in the world market, the Malaysian government thought it had
scored a huge victory. But unexpectedly, the price increase attracted many
world producers to increase tin production and even the United States began
selling from its strategic stockpiles to take advantage of the
Malaysian-induced price rises.
Subsequently,
Malaysia amassed about 50,000 tons of tin and had no other choice but to
keep buying just to keep prices up. Production continued to soar and even
unheard-of suppliers started to turn up to cash in on the high tin price.
The world tin market went berserk and it crashed.
Malaysia lost an
estimated US$250 million on its failure to
honour forward contracts, and another local bank lost another US$1 billion in separate losses on
loans it had made covertly out of its Hong Kong subsidiary.
For five years
Mahathir categorically denied that Malaysia had anything to do with the
plan but as outside pressure mounted, Mahathir finally revealed the details
in 1986.
Marc Rich was
finally indicted and arrested then extradited to the United States and
convicted of massive tax fraud.
Think of the
billions of ringgit taken out of our economy in Perak when the tin price
went bust. Had Mahathir not meddled with the tin price, we wouldn’t have
lost 30 years of Tin export income. Perak wouldn’t have been relegated from
one of the richest states to a poor one like today.
Another good
example akin to the Perak demise is Terengganu. If all the oil royalties go
to the people of Terengganu, Terengganu would be an advanced state at par
with Selangor. But unfortunately, these royalties go to the pockets of BN
politicians and cronies in the form of “Duit Esan”.
By Choo Sing Chye
Researched
from Steven Schlossstein’ s book, Asia ’s New Little Dragons.
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