Empowering Malays

I'm still wondering how to wake up the Malays' student from dreaming that once they enter the university they are surely getting a comfortable job after graduation..

Things to ponder, A Bakri Musa (again) : 'Younger leaders - the products of today's segregated schools - are strangers to each other. These leaders aggravate racial polarization ..... and after a generation of preferential treatment, Malays feel no more competetive'

Maju Bahasa Maju bangsa or Maju Bangsa Maju Bahasa

Personally, I did really enjoy when reading the ideas and opinions written by A Bakri Musa, a surgeon based in Silicon Valley, California. Recently, in the Guest Column, The Sun Weekend (April 23-24, 2005) he discussed about the position of our national language and Malay community.

He said ...' developing the Malay language is not the same as developing the Malay community. Measures that help one may not be beneficial to, and indeed may hinder, the other'... and ' Malay language has grown immensly since the country's independence, yet there is no comparable progress of the Malay community. Malay language has proven itself capable of use at the highest level, yet Malays still need substantial quotas to enter our universities.'

Actually, his comments are the reflection for the resolution made by Second Malay Education Congress which was the needs for more government help in guarding and developing the Malay language. A. bakri added, 'while we can force the growth of the Malay language by passing laws, developing the Malay community is a much more monumental undertaking'...

What we need to think and ponder here is how the Japanese and Koreans can develop their nations and place their languages as a must-learn for the others who want to know their technologies.

Shahrir vs Nazri

Air your views even if they look stupid, Shahrir tells MPs

The Star, Monday, April 25, 2005

PETALING JAYA: Members of Parliament should be encouraged to air their views even if they look ridiculous or stupid to others, said Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club chief Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad. He said MPs came from all walks of life and it was illogical to expect them to share the same point of view or have the same level of intelligent quotient. “I think (Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri) Mohamed Nazri Aziz was a bit too harsh when he said MPs should keep quiet rather than raise stupid issues. “MPs air their views not because they are pretending to be clever. They are merely expressing opinions and whether we like their comments or not, they could be expressing the views of the people,” he said. For example, Shahrir said the MP who suggested that addicts be sent to an island and given free drugs could be expressing the frustration of the rakyat for the failure of the Government to stem the drug menace. “The supposedly clever people have been strategising for years and spending millions of ringgit to curb the drug abuse but the problem has worsened. “We need all kinds of ideas. The MP’s idea is not very clever but at least he is honest,” he said. Nazri had said MPs should refrain from raising stupid and irrelevant issues and “it is better to keep quiet and let others assume you are stupid rather than talk nonsense and confirm that you are really stupid”. Shahrir said he noticed that there was more bantering among MPs at the current sitting. “MPs often interject to seek explanation or give their views among themselves instead of directing questions to the Government,” he said, adding that it was not his role to remind the MPs on how to conduct themselves during debates. Deputy Speaker Datuk Lim Si Cheng said MPs should not stray from the subject being debated. “Sometimes MPs like to give their views on subjects which are irrelevant to the issues being debated. We try to guide them back to the issue at hand but it is easier said than done,” he said.

Shahrir Forever!!! Dare to differ.....

Peter Pan

Someone posted this lyric: baca dgn sabar

Mungkin nanti
Peter Pan

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PAS 1, UMNO ?

Sesuatu yang menarik untuk pagi isnin yang ceria, PAS Kelantan telah mencalonkan Dr Siti Mariah sebagai Naib Presiden. Anyway, this news was screened last night on Buletin Utama, TV3 and they have interviewed some important figures from Wanita and puteri UMNO such as the veteran Aishah Ghani and Puteri's Chief, Noraini Ahmad. They gave their views and some important points here that PAS was no longer relevance to the Malaysians and the nomination of Dr Mariah was due to the 'ketandusan' for the support from the rakyat. Now it's up to you to think and ponder.....
For further news visit:
http://www.harakahdaily.net/article.php?sid=12937&mode=thread&order=0

How to be rich without going to school - Rule no 1: Play Football?

According to ESPN, Rio Ferdinand, is resuming talk to continue his current contract. That's normal for the footballer but what i need to highlight here is the amount MU needs to pay him.

'The England defender is in contract talks with the Red Devils, with his agent Pini Zahavi indicating the centre-half is looking for an extended deal worth around £120,000 a week' ESPN

So, what are you expecting me to say? 120,000 pound sterling perweek. Repeat - perweek.......around RM 700,000!!

Open tender to all contractors

Things to ponder:
According to the INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE, 18 April, this was the response given by KJ about the empty-haunted house in Putrajaya:
'Khairy Jamaluddin, a member of the ruling party and the prime ministers son-in-law, says the house displeased the prime ministers wife, Endon Mahmood. We convinced her to move in, but it still needs renovation, he said'.

So what do you think my friends.... most powerful lady in the country....
renovation??? with taxpayers money like you all la....

Buat permulaan, lihat apa yang ada.....

Perkembangan politik semasa telah mencabar pemikiran rakyat apabila takrif rasuah telah diputar belit. Apa beza rasuah dengan politik wang? Apa beza Zaid Ibrahim dengan pemimpin UMNO lain? tanya diri anda,fikir dan .......................