No more Ah Tan Story

Ah Tan yang kena bom dari negara jiran sebalah China tak boleh lagi disebut-sebut lagi, nanti kena tangkap polis tau. Dun play play!! Calon VP UMNO yang baru kalah tu yang bagi arahan, pasai apa? Itu kena tanya orang-yang-akan-jadi-pertama Jumaat ni lah. Mungkin takut kalah kot? Mungkin jugak calon VP UMNO yang baru kalah tu nak bodek orang-yang-akan-jadi-pertama supaya lantik dia kot dalam kabinet yang akan tubuh nanti. Depa ni dah hilang idea macam mana nak kempen kecuali sekat dimana-mana saja asalnya boleh menang!

Time To Change!

Water Tariff up 31% 1st April Onward?

Damn thing is happens again. The crony of BN seem will get the green light to increase the water tariff tomorrow onward by 31% even though they have faild to comply all the parameters. With the current tariff of RM1.37/cu.m for flat/apartment/condo users (seem like this group are richer than the bungalow & Semi-D users that only charge with RM0.57/cu.m), we are going to pay almost Rm1.80/cu.m.

Time to change the Federal Government!

PETALING JAYA: The Cabinet will decide tomorrow whether the water distributor concessionaire in Selangor and Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur can raise water tariff by as much as 31% on the same day as provided for in the concession agreements.

民联雪兰莪政府尽管竭力收购和重组雪州的水务公司，无奈这项努力最终落空。而水务公司提高水费近在眉睫，雪州政府因此宣布将通过法律诉讼途径来维护公众利益。

New Season of F1

Brawn GP (formerly known as Honda Team) won Australia F1 with 1-2 finished. So the most stupid dude of F1 will be Honda. They dumped in tonnes of money to develope the car but due to economic crisis, they decided to quit F1 and sold its cars to Brawn. Brawn then get Merz engines and put into the cars, and it worked! Competitors claimed they used the controversy "disffuser" at the car.

This season also see the coming back of slick tyres that was not used for many season due to safty issues. Smaller rear wing and longer front wing, KERS system......and a lot more new features....

This is the first time also i watched F1 races with SC lead the pack to finishing line. For Ferrari, a bad start of the new season.......

15 in Bukit Selambau

Malaysia record created for a small town in Kedah. Everybody try to be elected and hope to become the last EXCO of Kedah. 15 people nominated besides PKR & MIC, the rest either from ex-BN or ex-PR. The balllot paper has to be A4 size and you got to fold many times in order to insert it into the ballot box. What a waste of resources huh? Anyway, i think out of 15, surely more than 10 will lost thier deposit and SPR will laughing to bank again.

Betui-betui Gila Kuasa .......

Our "New Leader"

So bad for this newly elected VP of UMNO. Bad start for him and the 3 by-election. Time to send him back to school to learn History again.

叶新田抨击希山慕丁 对大马历史认识浅薄
二零零九年三月二十九日 晚上十一时三十九分


（吉隆坡29日讯）董总主席叶新田博士指新任巫统副主席拿督斯里希山慕丁的“大马独立是由巫统和皇室促成”谈话，反映出后者对历史的认识浅薄。

同时，他呼吁政府拒绝和纠正不符事实、不公正的历史观，并以全民、开放、民主等普世观念作为施政的根本出发点。

他是于周日针对希山表示教育部正在检讨历史课程内容，并强调促成我国独立的是巫统和马来皇室非其他政党的言论发表文告时称：“把如此不实的历史灌输予学生以及作为施政方针，这是开历史倒车，是现代愚民政策的滥觞。”

他补充，这将使渴望发扬民主、建立民族自信和包容的各族人民对我国执政者的希望和信心更加受挫。

他援引英国通知官员的记录指出，二战后至独立前，各族人民民族意识高涨，争取独立的斗争汹涌澎湃。“在人民力量中心于全马人民联合行动理事会（Putera－AMCJA）的联合斗争逐浪高的情势下，成立于1946年的巫统首先提出的口号是‘马来人万岁’而不是‘默迪卡’。”

另外，他提到历史学家、巫统元老丹斯里拿督阿都沙马依德列斯在其著作《独立25年》中承认，争取独立斗争行列中有许多不属于巫统的各民族斗士，入马来亚马来民族党（PKMM）、马来觉醒青年团（API）、马来觉醒妇女会（AWAS）、回教阵线、马来亚共产党、印度国人党和马华创党人敦陈祯禄。

在政治和经济危机日益严重的今天，他表示各国当权者无不殚精竭虑地寻找各种团结人民共同奋斗的有效方案，以稳定人心，摆脱政治信心危机和经济困境。

因此，他认为我国政治人物以玩弄权术、歪曲历史、煽动狭隘民族主义情绪，造成人民之间的不信任和分裂，是一项大不幸；这不是一个负责任从政者所应有的言行。

Earth Hour Malaysia

Tonight at 8.30pm, switch off your light for one hour till 9.30pm to support 60 Earth Hour. An event to create awareness to all people of this earth, to save the world for our future generation.

The world is getting hotter now and you got to take action to reduce the global warming. Kyoto Protocol is expired in 2012 and the world leaders are still negotiating to extend to next phase. Due to human activities, forests are being opened up for development, fossil fuel is combusted in almost every sector, gases that has the global warming potential (GWP) of 21x till few thousand times have released million of tonnes of CO2 equivalent to the atmosphere every year.

As per today, there is a total of 1530 CDM projects registered under UNFCCC. Out of this number, Malaysia has 44 projects which mostly in palm oil related sector (biogas recovery, biomass project for heat and power generation), mini hydro, EFB/biomass composting, energy efficiency projects, fuel swiching, etc.

To give an idea how much you are contributing to global warming just from your house's electricity consumption, refer the info below:

Region - 2007

Peninsular Malaysia - 0.695 tCO2/MWh

Sarawak - 0.861 tCO2/MWh

West of Sabah - 0.788 tCO2/MWh

East of Sabah - 0.800 tCO2/MWh

If you stay in P. Malaysia, for every MWh yo used, you are generating 695 kg of CO2. So next time when you leave your aircond ON when nobody is using that, think twice, as you are releasing the CO2 into the atmosphere........This is just power consumption, not taking into account on the petrol that you are burning everyday!

Think for FUTURE! ACT NOW!

UMNO Election Result

News from The Malaysian Insider:

Two ministers, four MBs crash in supreme council polls

By Shannon Teoh
KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 – The voting for Umno’s 25 Supreme Council seats saw a number of government leaders failing to gain the support of the delegates.

Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman, who is under investigation for graft, joined Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Shahrir Samad and Deputy Human Resources Minister Datuk Noraini Ahmad as members of outgoing president Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi’s Cabinet to fail.

Also ousted were all four Mentris Besar who contested; Johor’s Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman, Perlis’ Datuk Isa Sabu, Pahang’s Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob and Negri Sembilan’s Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan.

Their consolation is the fact that Mentris Besar and Chief Ministers in Umno are invited to join in Supreme Council meetings anyway.

The result means that incoming president Datuk Seri Najib Razak gets a top team which has his backing, led by deputy president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and vice presidents Datuk Seris Ahmad Zahidi, Hishammuddin Hussein and Shafie Apdal.

But delegates picked freely for the Supreme Council, retaining several members of Abdullah’s Cabinet such as Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Datuk Mustapa Mohamed who topped the polls with 2,259 votes and Information Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek.

But there were also new faces such as Batu Pahat MP Datuk Puad Zarkashi and a return for former Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Datuk Seri Jamaluddin Jarjis, who is widely tipped to be part of Najib’s Cabinet.

The winners were:

Datuk Mustapa Mohamed (2,259 votes),

Datuk Noh Omar (2,084),

Datuk Seri Musa Aman (2,084),

Datuk Azian Osman (2,060),

Datuk Zainal Abidin Osman (2,054),

Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed ( 1,854),

Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (1,838),

Datuk Lajim Ukin (1,804),

Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor (1,705),

Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi (1,700),

Datuk Tajuddin Abdul Rahman (1,685),

Datuk Idris Haron (1,658),

Datuk Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad (1,624),

Datuk Seri Jamaludin Mohd Jarjis (1,622),

Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah (1,619),

Datuk Dr Norraesah Mohamad (1,611),

Datuk Seri Mahadzir Khalid (1,580),

Datuk Ahmad Husni Mohd Hanadzlah (1,529),

Datuk Hamzah Zainuddin (1,518),

Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin (1,517),

Datuk Dr Awang Adek Hussin (1,481),

Datuk Zulhasnan Rafique (1,431),

Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek (1,377)

Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh (1,275),

Datuk Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim (1,265),

Bye-Bye Dude ......

Bye-bye...... See you in next 3 years, if you are still active in politic!

Bye-bye Syed Hamid, a victory for Rakyat that you lost!
Bye-bye Azalina, no more helicopter ride to Everest's base camp!
Bye-bye Shahrir, your petrol price still too high!

And also bye-bye 4 MBs of Pahang, Perlis, N. Sembilan, Johor!

Winners and Losers

From The Malaysian Insider:

Winners and Losers, Day 2

MARCH 27 – Yesterday was a good day for Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. His choice of candidates for the deputy presidency (Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin) and the three vice-presidents (Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Datuk Hishammuddin Hussein and Datuk Shafie Apdal) all came through.

But it was also a day of upsets, the end of political careers and a day in which being a Mentri Besar counted for little.

The Malaysian Insider looks at the winners and losers of Day 2 of the Umno general assembly.

Winners
• Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi – Today’s victory complete the astounding turnaround for the Perak politician. He was detained under the Internal Security Act, ostracised by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for being a follower of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, forced out of Umno Youth and into political wilderness and then brought back into the party by Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Now he is one of the most powerful figures in Umno and certain bet for a senior Cabinet position.

• Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin – This was the prize that Muhyiddin and his supporters have been eyeing since Election 2008, when it became apparent that it would only be a matter of time for Najib to replace Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as president and for the number two position to become vacant.

Muhyiddin led the charge to get Abdullah to step down earlier but he was not a shoo-in for the deputy president’s position. Only the endorsement of the Najib camp and the disqualification of

Malacca Chief Minister Datuk Ali Rustam pushed him over the line today against rank outsider, Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad Taib.

But a win is a win, and a month from now, most people would have forgotten the margin of victory or the back story.

• Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi – delivered probably one of the best speeches during his time as Umno president and prime minister. And 17 of the 25 successful Supreme Council candidates are either those whom he appointed to the Cabinet, government positions or identified in the party as his men. These men and woman are acceptable to Najib.

• Datuk Norraesah Mohamad – the former banker was told by Abdullah that she would be appointed to the Cabinet if she won the Balik Pulau parliamentary constituency on March 8 2008. She lost and has been flirting with political oblivion till today, becoming the only woman to win a seat on the powerful Supreme Council.

• Datuk Mustapha Mohamad – Quiet and unassuming, the Kelantan politician made the biggest noise in the Supreme Council polls when he garnered the most number of votes. Pretty impressive for someone who still has his clean image intact after years in Umno.

Losers
• Datuk Adnan Yaacob, Datuk Mohamad Hassan and Datuk Ghani Othman – It is a rare day when party members boot out so many mentri besars but this was the fate that befell Adnan(Pahang), Mohamad (Negeri Sembilan) and Ghani (Johor).

The talk along the corridors of the Putra World Trade Centre was that these three men had paid the price for not opening up their wallets and for their unfriendly persona.

• Datuk Azalina Othman Said – She asked party delegates to remember that she was innocent until proven guilty but it was always going to be a hike up Mount Kinabalu after the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission said that they were investigating her for money politics. It would be a minor miracle if she is named to the Najib cabinet.

• Datuk Ali Rustam – It was certainly a case of what it could have been for Ali. He was barred from contesting the number two position in Umno for breaching party ethics but even now, a great many delegates believe that he was a target of selective prosecution and a certainty for deputy president’s position.

• Datuk Syed Hamid Albar and Datuk Seri Rais Yatim – There will be a new Home Minister and there will be a new Foreign Minister.

Rais hoped that Dr Mahathir’s endorsement would propel him to victory. It did not.

Syed Hamid hoped that his tough man act as the Home Minister would catch the attention of the voters. It did not.

• Malaysians – What else can you do besides shrug your shoulders and wonder what is going in Umno when three of the most obnoxious MPs – Datuk Bung Mokthar Radin, Datuk Puad Zarkashi and Datuk Tajudin Rahman – get elected to the most powerful decision-making body in the party.

These chaps rub non-Malays the wrong way all the time and two of them (Bung Mokhtar and Tajudin) score high on the sexism chart.

My prediction

i think Mohd Taib will win as Dep President, Shafie, Rais will win VP. Hope Syed Hamid & Hisham lost..... Wait & see to night 10pm. Anyway, no one is capable!

Nizar vs BN in Bukit Gantang

Nizar will be field in Bukit Gantang by-election against BN's Ismail Safian. The BIG win of PR will means NAJIB's dirty work did not work with Rakyat especially Perakian! Time to teach them a lesson, not only in Bukit Gantang but also in Kedah & Sarawak, that Rakyat do not buy his "plan"!

Time To Change!

In the mean time, in Kedah, police fired tear gas and water cannon to 5000 people who listened to the ceramah by PKR. Dozens being arrested! The act of "kiasu".

‘Watch out for BPA in baby bottles’

GEORGE TOWN: Consumers need to look out for baby bottles and other food and beverage containers containing bisphenol A, commonly known as BPA, which has been linked to cancer and certain disorders.

BPA is usually used in the manufacture of some polycarbonate plastics, such as clear, hard water and baby bottles.

However, more than 130 studies conducted over the past decade have linked BPA to breast cancer, obesity and other disorders, the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) said in a statement Thursday.

Six of the largest US manufacturers of baby bottles have agreed to stop selling bottles made with BPA, but it was reported that one company will continue to market its products overseas.

“This is a cause for concern as the Asian market, including Malaysia, may become a dumping ground for such unwanted products from the West,” said CAP president S.M. Mohamed Idris.

He advised consumers to opt for glass, stainless steel, or BPA-free plastic bottles which are marked with recycling codes No 1, No 2, No 5 or No 7 without the PC (polycarbonate) marking.

CAP has also written to the Health Ministry to call for an immediate halt on the sale of such products containing BPA.

Mini Budget - My comments

The mini budget seem like target more to middle class and above.

If you were poor, can you own the car? And if you happened to own a car, will you wanna scrap the car and again "vomit" out extra money for monthly installment? This is more to help the Proton and Perodua. If you have money, you will rather spend on daily needs.

For house buyer who sign S & P after 10 March 2009 will get tax deduction on the interest paid to bank up to RM10k for 3 years. Again, this is meant for middle class rakyat and above. To eligible for tax, your salary must be around RM2,500 a mth and above. If you were the poor, you don't even dream of the house as you cant afford, anyway you do not need to pay the tax with monthly salary below RM2,5000! Again, this measure is to help the developers!

And for other infrastructure development, by the time it's starts (after going through tender process, procurement, etc) and finish, the hardest period (suffer by rakyat) has been gone.

There is no direct benefit to the people in this mini budget in my opinion. But i am not accountant or economist, i might be wrong.

RM60b mini budget

details can be read from The Star.

Government will implement a Stimulus Package totalling RM60 billion. The package will be implemented over two years, 2009 and 2010. Of this amount, RM15 billion is fiscal injection, RM25 billion Guarantee Funds, RM10 billion equity investments, RM7 billion private finance initiative (PFI) and off-budget projects, as well as RM3 billion in tax incentives. This RM60 billion accounts for almost 9% of the GDP. The implementation of such a large stimulus package is unprecedented in the nation’s economic history.

Where is IPCMC?

Refresh your memory as Malaysians tend to forget things, very fast!

Early this year, an Indian youth was found dead in custody in Selangor. First post-mortem found that he died of fluids in the lungs. Family of the youth not satisfied and requested for 2nd post-mortem. Results came out this week, it showed that he was badly beaten and starved, he died of acute kidney failure.

Then the we shift the story to the north where 6 Indians were shot to death by police during a shoot-out at a house in Kampung Kemunting, Karangan, in Kulim. According to MPs of PR, out of the six suspected criminals shot dead by police, one was a partially-blind man while another suffered from mental problems. The MPs also claimed to have evidence to show all six men had bullet holes at the top of their heads. If the claim is true, how come in a shoot-out, police were so accurate and sharp that all 6 of them had a bullet hole in their head?

And sadly, most of the incidents and news we heard were involving our indian friend. Not to be racist, but at least treat all the suspects with humanity. They are innocent until proven in court.

Tree of Democracy

History will records this Rain Tree (Yellow Frame), a symbol of democracy in Perak!

Bravo Speaker Siva! But will Sultan Perak agrees to dissolve the DUN?

Yes - BN will claim flip-flop, Najib-PM-to-be also piss off and "faceless"
No - Rakyat piss off and Perak in chaos

Anyway, does we have other options?