Selamat Bersidang

Saya mengucapkan selamat bersidang kepada sahabat-sahabat saya di cawangan-cawangan Ipoh Barat. Gunung Masoorat akan bersidang dalam seminggu lagi. Aktiviti hujung minggu ni pulak makan nasi kenduri kahwin....huuhuhuuuuhuu.

Where will you be watching the final?

It was not only staff at Fiumicino and Ciampino airports in Rome who were readying themselves for a busy day on Wednesday as 1,200 TV production and technical staff were putting the finishing touches to operations which will beam pictures from the UEFA Champions League final between FC Barcelona and Manchester United FC around the world.

Fergie Fields

Forty-four flights from Manchester alone were bound for the Italian capital as over 20,000 expectant supporters hoped to see Sir Alex Ferguson's side retain their European crown. The 2,000 of them set to camp on Viale Tor di Quinto, or Fergie Fields, will be relieved that temperatures have cooled this morning – albeit only slightly and with a chance of rain. Available hotel rooms in central Rome are as rare as spare tickets for a match which has long been a 67,000 sell-out.

Mixing freely.

The prospect of Barça becoming the first from Spain to win the treble, having already secured the Liga and Copa del Rey crowns this season, is enough to fill 75 planes from the city, with an additional 2,500 people travelling by sea. Supporters of both clubs have been mixing freely in the historic streets and squares of Rome, as well as the Champions Festival at two sites in the shadow of the Colosseum.

Massive coverage.

While those with tickets will hope for an 'I was there' moment, those following from home around the globe will receive coverage befitting a match of this stature. At the Stadio Olimpico tonight there will be full high definition production with 36 match cameras including a spidercam and helicopter camera; 30 camera positions behind the goals; 120 television and radio commentary positions; 270 written press seats with desks, and 350 without; 180 photographers; and 16 pre-match pitchside presentation positions.

80 ribu tunaiiiiiiiii

RK> Habis segala-gala rakaman bunyi telah berjaya dibuat oleh kak Min dan sila layari blog sahabat saya http://www.pisau.net/ untuk mendengar rakaman perbualan kak min dan sahabat-sabahat dari PKR. Cayalah kak min dan kepada sahabat-sahabat saya pengundi PENANTI, korang pk la sendiri nak pilih sapa. Kalau saya calon PENANTI, saya akan undi.........syhhhhhhhhhhhhh....lu pk la sendiri !

BUKIT MERTAJAM 27 Mei — Bekas Ketua Wanita Parti Keadilan Rakyat Pulau Pinang, Aminah Abdullah berkata, beliau tidak gentar dengan ancaman disaman mahupun ugutan dan maki hamun yang diterima ekoran pendedahannya mengenai tawaran berbentuk sogokan kepada beliau oleh dua anggota parti itu. Sebaliknya, kata Aminah, beliau sedia untuk membuat satu lagi pendedahan yang berkaitan secara langsung dengan Pengerusi PKR Pulau Pinang, Datuk Zahrain Mohamed Hashim dalam masa terdekat.

“Saya nak ingatkan Zahrain supaya jangan mencabar saya. Saya nak tanya sama ada dia masih ingatkah lagi dengan peristiwa di sebuah hotel di Jawi pada 2007?

“Kak Min minta dia jawab dalam tempoh 24 jam dan jika tidak, Kak Min akan dedahkan kepada umum. Maruah dibayar dengan maruah,” katanya kepada pemberita di sini selepas berkempen mengedar poster beliau selaku calon Bebas bagi pilihan raya kecil Penanti yang akan berlangsung Ahad ini.

CheDet-Mahathirism

One way of demonising an opponent, particularly a political opponent, is to give him a derogatory label.

2. At one time Lee Kuan Yew labeled me as a Malay ultra. After that caught on, I could do nothing that would not be labeled as extreme. Even if I make the most innocent statement, it would be considered as extreme, as racist.

3. It took me decades to live it down. When I was appointed Deputy Prime Minister there was consternation among the Chinese. What was going to happen to Malaysia when this Malay ultra took over the Prime Ministership?

4. However, by the time I stepped down I had managed to belie that description. In the 1999 Election it was Chinese votes which helped give me the 2/3 majority in Parliament.

5. Now the doomsday label is Mahathirism. Such was the fear of this thing called Mahathirism that Tan Sri Muhyiddin had to assure the public that Najib's ascendancy to the Premiership would not bring back Mahathirism. The foreign press seem to imply authoritarian Government with Mahathirism.

6. No one has yet described the rule of Dato Seri Abdullah Badawi as Badawism. It must be because he is said to be liberal and free from authoritarianism. But is he?

7. It appears to be simply because the mainstream media, print or electronic, is totally controlled by him through his hatchet man, Kalimullah. And Kali ensures that the media plays up Abdullah's supposed liberalism, his transparency, his tolerance of the press etc. That the media blacks out any news that is not flattering of him is not noticed by readers, especially the foreign press.

8. Until the bloggers came into the picture and their blogs became extremely popular as they reported the truth, the black-out was effective. Now Kali's media reports some of the news and views appearing on the blogs.

9. But still the general public is not aware of the kind of authoritarianism of Abdullah. Ministers and civil servants critical of him have been removed. Many are in cold storage. Tan Sri Sanusi Junid who was President of the International Islamic University was one of those removed. No one has been appointed to his vacant place yet.

10. A whole bunch of journalists working with the UMNO owned paper had to resign, to be replaced by Kali's nominees from Singapore.

11. But Kali has friends amongst the foreign journalists. So we do not hear of Badawism. But privately people have given all kinds of uncomplimentary labels to the 5 years of misrule by the fifth Prime Minister of Malaysia.

12. By now people can draw their own conclusions as to whether Mahathirism in whatever form has returned.

RK. Kawan-kawan selalu bertanya kenapa saya suka post artikel pasal Tun. My answer..he's my mentor. My lecturer di Cardiff dulu selalu memuji Malaysia dan Tun Dr.M tapi sayang rakyat kita ramai yang tak memahami Tun. Bagi mereka pemerintahan Tun bersifat kuku besi tapi bagi saya memang patut dilakukan macam tu supaya segelintir rakyat tak besar kepala. Tengok la cam ne terjadi bila kebebasan yang telah diberikan oleh Tun Pak Lah. Tengok la cam ne Malaysia for the past 5 years ago. Apa-apa pun, saya suka artikel diatas dan korang pk la sendiri sama ada zaman Tun Dr.M bersifat kuku besi!!!

Mogok Lapar Haram !!

Petikan dari Utusan. IPOH 23 Mei - Ibarat bayi menangis inginkan perhatian! Pakatan pembangkang yang telah kehilangan majoriti DUN kini merancang mengadakan kempen mogok lapar selama tiga hari bagi mendesak DUN dibubarkan.Tindakan mereka itu seolah-olah tidak menghormati keputusan Mahkamah Rayuan Putrajaya mengisytiharkan Datuk Seri Dr. Zambry Abd. Kadir sebagai Menteri Besar Perak yang sah semalam.Pelbagai program diatur sempena kempen tiga hari itu yang bermula pukul 10 pagi, Selasa ini di Wisma DAP.Setiausaha DAP negeri, Nga Kor Ming pada sidang akhbar di sini berkata, kempen tersebut akan dirasmikan oleh Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin dan bekas Speaker, V. Sivakumar dan ia berterusan selama 72 jam.

Sementara itu Mufti Perak, Datuk Seri Harussani Zakaria (gambar) hari ini membidas rancangan pakatan pembangkang untuk mengadakan kempen mogok lapar selepas tidak berpuas hati dengan keputusan Mahkamah Rayuan yang mengisytiharkan Datuk Seri Dr. Zambry Abd. Kadir sebagai Menteri Besar Perak yang sah.Beliau berkata, mereka sepatutnya menerima keputusan itu dengan hati terbuka dan tidak menimbulkan masalah apabila keputusan itu tidak memihak kepada bekas Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Ir. Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin.''Kenapa hendak datangkan masalah, kalau menang belah dia tidak apa tetapi apabila kalah hendak bangkang," katanya ketika dihubungi semasa berada di Mekah, di sini hari ini. Beliau mengulas tindakan pakatan pembangkang untuk mengadakan kempen mogok lapar selama tiga hari mulai Selasa hingga Khamis depan bagi mendesak Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Perak dibubarkan.

Ketika ditanya hukum perbuatan mogok lapar dalam Islam, Harussani berkata: ''Dia punya pasal lah, tidak ada kena mengena dengan hukum Islam tetapi kalau keputusan mahkamah begitu, haramlah hukumnya,".

RK. Saya dah agak dah mesti Pakatan akan buat sesuatu yang pelik. Malas nak mengulas isu pakatan mabuk ni, tapi semalam saya terima call dari rakan suruh ulas isu ni dalam blog. Hari tu Nizar menang sekejap, deme mula puasa dan minggu depan pulak deme mula mogok lapar. Saya kadang-kadang merasa pelik dengan pakatan pembangkang ni. Yang paling sedih saya tengok adalah PAS yang terpaksa menari mengikut rentak PKR dan DAP dan tanpa mereka sedari pengikut mereka semakin mula menjauhkan diri dari mereka. Mungkin PAS tak sedar lagi kerana Nizar boneka sedang perbodohkan mereka. Apa-apa pun korang pk la sendiri dan kalau korang nak ikut mogok lapar...dipersilakan.....

ASAL USUL SOLAT

SUBUH:

Orang yang pertama mengerjakan sembahyang Subuh ialah Nabi Adam a.s., iaitu tatkala baginda keluar dari syurga lalu dihantar ke bumi.. Perkara pertama yang dilihatnya ialah kegelapan dan baginda berasa takut yang amat sangat. Apabila fajar Subuh telah keluar Nabi Adam a.s. pun bersembahyang dua rakaat. Rakaat pertama :- Bersyukur baginda kerana terlepas dari kegelapan malam. Rakaat kedua:- Bersyukur baginda kerana siang telah menjelma.

ZOHOR:

Orang yang pertama mengerjakan sembahyang Zohor ialah Nabi Ibrahim a.s.,iaitu tatkala Allah s.w.t. telah memerintahkan padanya agar menyembelih anaknya Nabi Ismail a.s. Sedang seruan itu datangnya pada waktu tergelincir matahari, lalu sujudlah Nabi Ibrahim empat rakaat. Rakaat pertama :- Bersyukur bagi penebusan . Rakaat kedua :- Bersyukur kerana dibukakan dukacitanya dan juga anaknya . Rakaat ketiga :- Bersyukur dan bermohon akan keredhaan Allah. Rakaat keempat :- Bersyukur kerana korbannya digantikan dengan tebusan kibas.

ASAR:

Orang yang pertama mengerjakan sembahyang Asar ialah Nabi Yunus a.s.,tatkala baginda dikeluarkan oleh Allah dari perut ikan nun. Ikan nun telah memuntahkan Nabi Yunus di tepi pantai sedang ketika itu telah masuk waktu Asar. Maka bersyukurlah Nabi Yunus lalu bersembahyang empat rakaat kerana baginda telah diselamatkan oleh Allah daripada 4 kegelapan iaitu: Rakaat pertama :- Kelam dengan kesalahan. Rakaat kedua :- Kelam dengan air laut . Rakaat ketiga :- Kelam dengan malam. Rakaat keempat :- Kelam dengan perut ikan Nun .

MAGHRIB:

Orang yang pertama mengerjakan sembahyang Maghrib ialah Nabi Isa a.s.,tatkala baginda dikeluarkan oleh Allah dari kejahilan dan kebodohan kaumnya, sedang waktu itu telah terbenamnya matahari. Bersyukurlah Nabi Isa lalu bersembahyang tiga rakaat kerana diselamatkan dari kejahilan tersebut, iaitu: Rakaat pertama :- Untuk menafikan ketuhanan selain daripada Allah yang Maha Esa. Rakaat kedua :- Untuk menafikan tuduhan dan juga tohmahan ke atas ibunya Siti Mariam yang telah dituduh melakukan perbuatan sumbang. Rakaat ketiga :- Untuk meyakinkan kaumnya bahawa Tuhan itu hanya satu iaitu Allah jua, tiada dua atau tiga.

ISYAK:

Orang yang pertama mengerjakan sembahyang Isyak ialah Nabi Musa a.s. Pada ketika itu Nabi Musa telah tersesat mencari jalan keluar dari negeri Madyan, sedang dalam dadanya penuh dengan perasaan dukacita. Allah lalu menghilangkan semua perasaan dukacitanya itu pada waktu Isyak yang akhir.Lalu sembahyanglah Nabi Musa empat rakaat sebagai tanda bersyukur. Rakaat pertama :- Dukacita terhadap isterinya. Rakaat kedua :- Dukacita terhadap saudaranya Nabi Harun. Rakaat ketiga :- Dukacita terhadap Firaun.. Rakaat keempat :- Dukacita terhadap anak Firaun .

"Wahai Tuhan, aku tak layak ke syurgaMu ...namun tak pula aku sanggup ke NerakaMu.... kami lah hamba yang mengharap belas darimu ."ya Allah jadikan lah kami hamba2 Mu yang bertaqwa..ampunkan dosa2 kami .kedua ibubapa kami .dosa semua umat2 Islam yang masih hidup mahupun yang telah meninggal dunia"

Waja UK Spec

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Tun Dr.M - Lessons for Asia

“The Global Financial Crisis of the 21st Century -Lessons for Asia”

1. Firstly I would like to thank the National School of Development of Beijing University for this invitation to speak on the subject of the Global Financial Crisis of the 21st Century – Lessons for Asia.

2. I must admit that I am not trained in finance and not even in economics. I am a doctor of medicine. My little knowledge about finance and economy came through my serving as the Prime Minister of Malaysia during which time I had to handle many financial crisis, the worst of which was the 1997-98 currency crisis. To handle that crisis I had to ask a lot of economists and financial people a lot of questions and of course I had to read a lot on the subjects. However not being from any economic school or financial institution, I was not constrained by the theories that are taught in such places. I could therefore strike out on my own and also do unorthodox things. Unfortunately I am not too familiar with the technical words which those learned in the subject use and I hope you will recognise the words I use instead.

3. I am afraid my views on the present crisis are also unorthodox as they are the results of my untutored mind analysing what is happening.

4. We talk of the Global Financial Crisis of the 21st Century. But of course just as the 21st Century is a continuation of the 20th Century and before, the financial crisis is a continuation of the crisis we saw in the 20th Century and those before that. In fact the crisis originated from the systems formulated in the 17th and 18th centuries, almost exclusively by the Europeans.

5. The present crisis had its beginnings in the faulty systems devised for banking and finance in the 1700s. When it became impractical to use coins for payments due to their bulk and weight, paper money was introduced. Paper money has no intrinsic value. At first it was backed by precious metal like gold. Then Governments decided to go off gold. The paper money then became fiat money whose value was supposed to be guaranteed by Governments. But after the market was allowed to determine the value of money, the Government could no longer guarantee the value.

6. Unlike gold there is nothing to limit the issue of paper money. It was assumed that Governments through the Central Banks would exercise control over the printing of paper money.

7. But in America and in Britain until recently the central banks were privately owned. To compound the risk of too much currency being issued banks were actually allowed to create money, supposedly up to 10 times what they have on deposit and capital.

8. What this means is that banks can lend more money than they have. Imagine a business in which the companies can sell more goods than they have. There would be chaos. It would not be business at all. The companies cannot deliver what they have sold. The customers would feel cheated. But banks can lend more than what they have because they can create the money out of nothing. Apart from paper and ink there would be no raw materials needed.

9. Besides cheques were invented to represent money. Any amount of value can be written on the cheques and the banks can lend or accept the amount as written on the cheques. If someone borrows 10 million dollars it would really be impossible for the borrower to carry away 10 million dollars in paper money. They use cheques for this amount. Of course when dealing with a hundred million, a billion, or a trillion dollars, only cheques can represent this amount. No cash would be involved. When billions of dollars are given in bailouts no cash are involved. No money needs to be printed.

10. Although banks may lend 10 times more than the money they have, what is to prevent them from lending much more than this. And so the big American banks began to lend far more than 10 times. Very often they disregarded the ability of the borrowers to pay so that they could continue lending. For the banks their loans were regarded as assets in their books. The more money they lend, the bigger is their assets.

11. This is what led to the sub-prime problems. As the credit worthiness of their borrowers is not prime, the non-performing loans in the bank books started to balloon.

12. But to take care of this the banks decided to sell loans for housing to the insurance companies and the secondary mortgage companies like Fannie Mae (Federal National Mortgage Association) and Freddie Mac (the Federal Home Mortgage Corporation).

13. Originally set up and owned by the United States Government, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are now privately owned but still enjoys Government support and privileges. They have access to cheap funds with which to finance their purchase of the mortgages undertaken by banks.

14. Their operations were not overseen by Government agencies and very quickly their purchases of the mortgages ran into billions of dollars.

15. When the housing loans by banks went bad, not only the banks and the insurance companies but Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac also could not recover the loans they had given to the banks.

16. Thus the collapse of the sub-prime loans pulled down not just the banks but the insurance companies like AIG and the mortgage companies like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

17. But the banks were not lending just for housing, they were also financing hedge funds and currency traders. These funds were allowed to borrow as much as 30 times the money invested with them. The banks loaned them this money out of the money they created not out of the cash they held.

18. The assumption was that if for a million dollars invested in the funds, they can actually invest 30 million dollars, the return on 30 million would be so big that the million dollar investor would get much more than he would expect if he were to go into the market to buy the one million shares himself.

19. The fund managers would of course take their cut after paying the interest on the bank loans. Again their cut on 30 times the invested money would be very considerable.

20. It was believed that investments in hedge funds and currency trading could never fail. The investors would get as much as 30 per cent return on their investments instead of the small interest on fix deposits or even the smaller returns from dividends paid to shareholders.

21. Millions of investors put their money in hedge funds and currency trading. It is estimated that 8000 hedge funds handle as much as 620 trillion dollars while the trade in currency was 20 times bigger than was world trade.

22. The sums are really enormous and the profits likewise. The investors numbering millions in the United States and Europe and some in Asia became millionaires, owning yachts and private jets. They contribute greatly to the high per capita incomes and Gross Domestic Products of their country. It is estimated that their contribution to these wealth indices amount to about 40 per cent.

23. But the investment by the hedge funds are not always profitable. Just as their profits would be 30 times more than the investments they manage, their losses too can be 30 times more than when investing in the original sum invested with them.

24. And when the loss occurs there is no way they can pay back the banks. The classic case was when the hedge from LTCM (Long Term Credit Management) collapsed totally; losing billions of dollars of the money they had borrowed and invested. They could not pay the banks.

25. It would seem that no matter which financial institutions or funds got hit, in the end the banks would be affected. And when the banks are affected all businesses would be affected. They would not be able to borrow enough money for capital or operations or payments. The banks would make margin calls when they get into trouble and when the borrowers fail they too would be unable to operate and to make money. They can be bankrupted and forced to close down.

26. The failures of the businesses would bring down the stock market which in turn would affect the businesses. In the end the whole economy would suffer and there would be a recession.

27. When such countries go into recession, the countries which depend on them as markets will also be dragged down. That is why the whole world has gone into recession or at least experience lower growth.

28. Why did all these things happen? Mainly it is because of greed and too much power being given to the banks to create money. Then there is this idea of free trade which is interpreted to mean freedom from Government supervision. Without Government supervision the players would abuse the systems. They would be motivated purely by greed.

29. This has been going on for decades. The great recession of 1929-1930 was due to the same kind of abuses. After that there were abuses which led to minor crisis and recessions usually of the poorer countries.

30. When the abuse involves only a bank or a few banks or a single hedge fund, Government would step in to cover up. As a result the failure of the systems and the abuses were not noticed. It seems as if the systems were working well.

31. But the failure of the sub-prime loans for housing was so huge that neither the banks nor the Government could have a cover-up operation. The banks just cannot balance their accounts. Once the banks’ losses were made known, those institutions and funds which were linked to or dependent on banking business were also exposed. Their losses proved to be equally enormous.

32. Initially there was an attempt to hide the true amount. Thus it was considered that a few billion dollars in bailouts would be sufficient to achieve recovery. But once the full extent of the abuses were revealed the figures shot up to trillions of dollars. Simple bailouts are no longer adequate.

33. In 1997-98 when Malaysia experienced its crisis we resorted to bailouts. But the collapse of the banks and the businesses were not due to their abuse of banking practice. It was due to external factors – namely the devaluations of the currency by currency traders.

34. The economic environment was still largely intact. It was still possible to do business if the banks had enough money to lend. So when the Government recapitalised the banks, the banks could recover through normal business and pay back the money to the Government.

35. This time the losses are huge and are due to the banks themselves abusing banking privileges. It is not possible to recover the money lost through doing normal business. It would not be enough to pay back the bail-out money.

36. The loss can only be recovered if the banks are allowed to resort to the abuses they were indulging in before. Since they cannot be allowed to do this they will not be able to recover the huge sums they have lost. They would forever be indebted to the government. In fact the Government would own them. This is of course socialistic and not capitalistic.

37. Bailouts would therefore not be able to achieve recovery of the economy. Certainly there is no way for returning to the status or conditions prevailing before the crisis. The rich countries must accept that they would become poorer, or at least not be as rich as they were before.

38. Again I would like to cite the experience of Malaysia. By 1999-2000 the crisis was over i.e. we were no longer troubled by the deliberate devaluations of the Malaysian currency. But the Malaysian currency did not recover fully.

39. At the time when the crisis hit us in 1997 the exchange rate was 2.5 Ringgit to one US Dollar. It went down to 5 Ringgit to one US Dollar at its peak. Now the currency is stabilised at 3.8 Ringgit to one US Dollar.

40. This means that our per capita and GDP in US Dollar terms is lower than what it should be if our Ringgit went back to 2.5 per US Dollar. The per capita today is 6000 USD. It should really be 9000 USD if the rate is 2.5 per USD.

41. It will be the same for the US, Britain, the European and Asian countries affected by the crisis. Indeed the GDP and per capita of the whole world will remain down. We would all be poorer because of the crisis. Real recovery i.e. to be back to the status quo ante will take a very long time. In fact we would have to grow at one and a half times the pre-crisis rate to recover fully. This is unachievable.

42. What can to be done now is not to bail out the failed banks and companies. They should be allowed to go bankrupt. The bailout money should go towards compensating the people who had trusted these institutions, though not for them to recover their losses completely. With purchasing power partly restored they would be able to keep the new banks and businesses profitable.

43. Other people should be allowed to start new banks, maybe with Government support. The new banks must be allowed less liberty to create money. Their business must be subjected to Government scrutiny. They must not be allowed to set up subsidiaries in tax havens. Their accounts must be submitted to the Central Banks which must all be Government owned. They should be confined to financing real businesses and trade.

44. Mergers and acquisitions in order to become big and so dominate the business must be subject to laws like the anti-trust laws. Big companies are prone to practicing monopolistic business. And as we have seen they are very prone to abuses by their managements and employees. Their power tends to deter Government examination of their activities.

45. Currency trading should be limited to financing trade. There should be no speculation and short selling. Their business must be transparent. They should be allowed to borrow only a limited amount of money.

46. What are the lessons for Asia? In the first place Asia must not accept Western ideas and systems without critical examination. If after critically studying what is proposed by Western countries Asians find faults or weaknesses, it is better to reject them or modify them. Asians should actively promote their own systems.

47. Thus in 1997-98 the system allowed massive currency trading involving short-selling. The market it was said will determine the value or exchange rate. Government should leave the market free to determine exchange rates.

48. The idea was sound. Demand for a currency would depend on the trade of a country. If the country is prosperous and the country’s currency would be needed in order to pay for the goods or the services exported from the country, then the value of the currency against a common trading currency such as the US Dollar would rise. The payment itself may be made in US Dollar but in the country the US Dollar should be converted to local currency. If the country imports more than the demand for the US Dollar would increase and the exchange rate would favour the US Dollar.

49. Unfortunately the market would create a degree of uncertainty. Predicting returns on prices and trade would be difficult as the currency might revalue or devalue when payments are to be made.

50. It is in order to minimise the effect of changes in the value of the currencies that hedging was designed. Hedging carries a cost that would affect the profits.

51. But currency traders deliberately selling huge amounts of the currency could devalue it at will. Apart from impoverishing the country, through devaluation a great deal of uncertainty would trouble businesses. Exporters and importers quoting at current exchange rates can easily lose if the currency is grossly devalued or revalued depending on whether they are selling or buying.

52. Malaysia faced with this dilemma in 1997 – 8 decided to fix the exchange rate by preventing currency traders from access to the Malaysian currency for trading purposes. In the eyes of the Western banks and financiers this was wrong. But fixing the exchange rate helped businesses to prepare their budgets and price their goods without fear of going wrong and losing money. In any case the original Bretton Woods agreement was about fixes exchange rates and not about the free market and floating currencies.

53. Malaysia was also advised by the IMF to have a surplus budget, to increase interest rates, to halve the time for declaring a loan non-performing, to let businesses in trouble go bankrupt etc. We rejected all these advise. We also refused to take International Monetary Fund loans as the condition was for us to surrender economic management of our country to the IMF.

54. As you may know by controlling the exchange rate and rejecting all the IMF advise Malaysia was able to recover much more quickly than the other East Asian countries. Today the whole world agrees that Malaysia did the right thing.

55. The lessons that we learnt from our 1997-98 experience was not to uncritically accept the advice of the so-called international agencies. They may know something but they do not know everything. Their one size fits all solution cannot always work.

56. In the present crisis we have to understand the causes. I have tried to identify these causes above. But there must be many more.

57. Once we know and understand the causes then we can plan to avoid them. Sub-prime lending, creation of too much money by the banks, lack of Government supervision, leaving central banks in the hands of the private bankers etc etc must be avoided by Asians.

58. Having seen the disastrous results of the Western banking, and their monetary and financial systems, we must not assume that if we recover than the systems must be maintained. Recovery does not prove that the system is right. Whatever the results we must critically examine the present system.

59. The present crisis is due to systemic failure. We must therefore change the systems. Minor changes would not suffice. All the systems must be subjected to close critical analysis.

60. If the West insist in retaining the present system with only minor cosmetic changes, Asians must be ready to reject them, if necessary. Asians must learn and convince themselves that they have the ability to formulate and develop new systems which will not be so easy to abuse.

61. Asian economies are very strong and will grow stronger with time. Their influence on world economy is enormous. Systems developed by Asians should therefore be taken seriously, and if good, should be accepted by the world. Asians must not forever be following the rules and systems developed only by the Europeans.

62. Asians must therefore be prepared to develop new banking systems which would not be given the power to create unlimited money. The banks must have new sets of regulations and new supervision by trained Government agencies. There must be distinct limitations to what the banks are allowed to do. Bank financing should be limited to real business and trade. The loans must also be limited based on the assets owned by the banks. Loans in excess of this must be subjected to Government scrutiny and in big cases to Government approval.

63. The world needs to trade and trade financing must not be monopolised by any particular currency. A special trading currency needs to be created and be owned by all the countries of the world. The currency must be backed by gold or by reserves held by every country.

64. There must be no trading in currency except in financing trade. The value of national currencies must be fixed against the world trading currency not against any other currency. Revaluation and devaluation must be by comparison to the world trading currency.

65. The hedge funds must be open to public scrutiny if at all they are to be allowed. Their borrowings from banks must be based on a small multiple of the funds they hold. No subsidiaries or operations must be done from tax havens. All transactions must be open to Government scrutiny and by the managers of the special trading currency.

66. A new international anti-trust law must be introduced to curb mergers and acquisitions. There must be no monopoly in any business. The international community must break all monopolies so that ownership is distributed worldwide.

67. The monetary system needs to be changed. Today banks can create alternative currencies through cheques, credit cards, traveller’s cheques, entries into bank books, etc. This has led to more money being created than needed for trade. The excess money created is being used for all kinds of money make money schemes for the rich investors.

68. The exchange rates of the different currencies against each other must be fixed through a proper criteria. The market must not be allowed to play with exchange rates.

69. These are some of the suggestions that Asians can consider proposing to the world community. They need to be scrutinised and debated in a forum like the Bretton Woods. No country, Asian or European or African should be allowed to manipulate the forum through bribery, as is now being done by the rich countries.

70. This financial and economic crisis has taught us many lessons. It is not necessary to consider the European system as the best or the only one that can be used. Asians have the same capacity to think and innovate and they should be prepared to put up and defend their proposals for the world financial and economic reforms. But having said this Asians must as be prepared to hear and consider proposals coming from others.

71. In the end even after systemic changes the result will not be perfect. And so the monetary and financial forum must be maintained to examine and correct any shortcomings or failures, to curb any abuse.

72. I am not saying I have the solution or that my ideas are right and perfect. What I am trying to suggest is a change in mindset so that we can criticise and change even the most long-standing ideas. Only if we are prepared to do this can we put an end to repeating our mistakes over and over again.

13 Mei 1969

Tanggal 13 Mei 1969 tercetus satu detik hitam dalam lipatan sejarah negara. Pertelingkahan kaum yang berlaku telah mengakibatkan negara kehilangan banyak nyawa dan kerugian harta benda. Ia mempunyai kaitan rapat dengan Pilihanraya Umum 1969 dan merupakan puncak manifestasi masalah perpaduan kaum di Malaysia. Dalam pilihanraya tahun tersebut banyak isu-isu sensitif telah dibangkitkan dan ditimbulkan seperti bahasa kebangsaan, kedudukan istimewa orang Melayu dan hak kerakyatan orang bukan Melayu. Dalam pilihanraya tahun 1969 Parti Perikatan gagal memperolehi majorirti dua per tiga dalam Dewan Rakyat manakala Parti Gerakan Dan DAP yang berjaya memeprolehi sebanyak 25 kerusi telah mengadakan perarakan di Kuala Lumpur sambil menghina bangsa Melayu. Hal ini memberikan tamparan hebat kepada orang Melayu dan akhirnya UMNO telah mengadakan perarakan balas sebagai bantahan terhadap penghinaan parti DAP dan Gerakan. Dalam suasana tegang dan penuh emosi maka tercetuslah peristiwa 13 Mei 1969.

Peristiwa tersebut telah mengorbankan ramai orang dan telah mengakibatkan kerugian harta benda yang banyak. Ia juga telah menyebabkan negara kita telah menjadi tumpuan dunia. Sebenarnya Masalah 13 Mei ini merupakan masalah perpaduan yang telah lama berakar umbi dalam masyarakat majmuk Malaysia sebelum tahun 1969 lagi. Masalah ini telah disebabkan oleh British yang telah memainkan peranan yang cukup besar untuk mewujudkan keadaan sedemikian rupa.

Masalah 13 Mei 1969 jika dilihat dari satu aspek sememangnya banyak memberikan kesan negatif terhadap negara kita tetapi jika dilihat pula dari satu sudut yang lain ia sebenarnya banyak memberi kebaikan kepada kita semua rakyat Malaysia. Melalui peristiwa berdarah itulah kita kini dapat hidup dan membentk sebuah negara Malaysia yang aman damai, harmoni hinggakan menjadi sebutan dunia kerana sebuah negara yang rakyatnya berbilang kaum dapat hidup bersama dalam keadaan dan suasana yang aman damai.

Jika dilihat faktor berlakunya peristiwa 13 Mei 1969 kebanyakan disebabkan oleh peranan penjajah yang telah membentuk satu masyarakat yang mempunyai kelas dan tahap tertentu demi untuk memelihara kepentingan mereka di Tanah Melayu. Justeru setelah berlaku peristiwa 13 Mei kerajaan telah mengambil langkah untuk membentuk semula masyarakat Malaysia menerusi dasar-dasar dan tindakan segera yang telah diambil untuk memastikan bahawa kemakmuran negara akan terus terpelihara dan terjamin.

Peristiwa 13 Mei merupakan satu titik tolak ke arah kebaikan kepada negara kita kerana selepas sahaja peristiwa tersebut berlaku semua pihak mulai sedar dan saling bekerjasama membentuk perpaduan yang lebih jitu seperti yang dapat kita saksikan kini. Apa yag perlu dilakukan kini oleh rakyat Malaysia ialah terus mendukung aspirasi nasional tanpa mengira apa pun fahaman politik dan salig membantu antara satu sama lain ke arah Malaysia yang lebih adil. Dasar-dasar yang dirangka oleh kerajaan pula haruslah didokong dan diberi sokongan yang sewajarnya agar ia berjaya mencapai matlamatnya.

Selepas 13 Mei 1969 juga jelas menampakkan satu peningkatan yang amat membanggakan bagi negara kita dari segi pemupukan perpaduan kaum dan ia adalah hasl daripada usaha-usaha yang telah dijalankan oleh kerajaan melalui dasar-dasar seperti Dasar Ekonomi Baru (DEB), Dasar Pendidikan Kebangsaan, Dasar Kebudayaan Kebangsaan dan Dasar Pembangunan Nasional serta wawasan

Nizar Bukan MB Yang Sah

RK : Satu artikel yang menarik untuk dikongsi bersama kawan-kawan bloggers. Petikan dari www.writtenbyhim.wordpress.com

Mahkhamah seharusnya tahu bahawa seseorang itu tidak mungkin akan meletakkan jawatannya sebagai menteri besar secara sukarela lebih-lebih lagi apabila beliau tidak merasakan bahawa beliau sudah hilang kepercayaan ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri. Dalam keputusan mahkhamah semalam, Hakim Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim telah memutuskan bahawa perlantikan Dr.Zambry sebagai tidak sah atas dua sebab; pertama oleh kerana tiada undi tidak percaya dilakukan ke atas YB Nizar, dan kedua; oleh kerana YB Nizar tidak mengosongkan jawatan beliau sebagai Menteri Besar dan oleh kerana itu tidak boleh ada dua menteri besar sekaligus.

Bagi sebab yang pertama, tiada undang-undang menyebut bagaimana undi tidak percaya itu harus diadakan. Walaubagaimanapun mengikut pendapat Art.Harun oleh kerana kita mengikuti sistem Westminster maka undi tidak percaya harus dilakukan di dalam Dewan. Kita semua tahu akan kehadiran Civil Law Act 1953 yang telah memberikan kita kebebasan untuk tidak mengikut undang-undang barat. Dengan kata lain, kita tidak semestinya mengikuti sistem Westminster tersebut.

Oleh kerana tiada cara khusus ditetapkan oleh undang-undang untuk bagaimana vote of no confidence itu diadakan, ia terserah kepada interpretasi mahkhmah itu sendiri. Dalam kes Stephen Kalong Ningkan v Tun Abg Hj. Openg & Tawi Sli, mahkhamah mendapati bahawa undi tidak percaya hanya boleh dilakukan di dalam dewan. Saya memahami posisi mahkhmah tinggi yang lebih rendah dari mahkhmah persekutuan dan oleh itu hakim Abdul Aziz terpaksa mengikuti keputusan yang telah diputuskan dalam kes Stephen. Walaubagaimanapun saya berharap agar mahkhmah persekutuan akan mempertimbangkan semula keputusan dalam Stephen.

Kita harus berbalik kepada niat atau tujuan asal Suruhanjaya Reid dalam merangka perlembagaan kita. Dengan kata lain, cuba kita letak posisi kita dalam posisi mereka sewaktu mereka merangka perlembagaan ini. Saya yakin, artikel 40 (2) dan 43 dibuat dengan begitu umum dan mereka berhasrat untuk menyatakan bahawa jika seseorang itu sudah tidak lagi mendapat sokongan majoriti dewan, maka seseorang itu harus meletakkan jawatan sebagai Perdana Menteri. Jika mereka benar-benar mahu menjadikan cara vote of no confidence itu penting, mereka sudah lama meletakkan cara bagaimana vote of no confidence ini harus dilakukan, sudah pasti mereka sudah meletakkan satu lagi clausa mengatakan vote of no confidence ini hanya boleh dilakukan di dalam dewan sahaja. Tetapi ia tidak pernah dinyatakan di dalam mana-mana undang-undang. Kita tidak jelas bagaimana vote of no confidence itu harus dijalankan.

Bagi sebab yang kedua, hakim abdul aziz manyatakan bahawa oleh kerana YB Nizar belum meletakkan jawatan lagi, maka tidak boleh ada dua Menteri Besar dalam satu-satu masa. Memanglah, mana ada orang yang sanggup letak jawatan begitu sahaja. Dalam mana-mana undang-undang sekalipun tidak pernah ada berbunyi Sultan berhak memecat Menteri Besar atau YDPA berhak memecat Perdana Menteri. Benar, tetapi langsung tidak boleh pecat kah?
Saya amat bersetuju dengan hujah Peguam Negara Tan Sri Abdul Ghani Patail bahawa Baginda Sultan Perak Sultan Azlan Shah tidak pernah memecat YB Nizar, Cuma YB Nizar hilang kelayakan sebagai Menteri Besar dibawah perkara 16(6) undang-undang tubuh negeri Perak dan artikel 43 (2) (a) perlembagaan persekutuan. Apabila seseorang itu hilang majoriti sokongan dalam dewan, maka perkara pertama yang harus dilakukan olehnya ialah untuk mengadap Sultan bagi meminta “consent” atau perkenan Sultan untuk membubarkan dewan. Di sini baginda sultan mempunyai kuasa mutlak untuk menafikan dan berkata “Beta mahu cuba kerajaan yang baru ini.”

Apabila terjadi perkara seperti di atas, maka dengan automatiknya Menteri Besar ini telah hilang kelayakannya sebagai Menteri Besar dan oleh itu kita tidak perlu beliau untuk meletakkan jawatan lagi oleh kerana beliau sudah pun hilang jawatan. Jika di saat genting seperti ini kita masih memerlukan perletakan jawatan secara sukarela olehnya, susah lah nak buat kerja pentadbiran.

Undang-undang boleh jadi “rigid” atau “flexible” bergantung kepada fakta kes tertentu. Selepas ini YB Nizar akan mengadap Baginda Sultan sekali lagi untuk membubarkan dewan negeri, apa akan jadi jika Sultan menolaknya sekali lagi? Lihat, ia seperti drama yang sama berulang kembali. Oleh itu hujah Peguam Negara tepat apabila beliau mengatakan bahawa seseorang itu hilang kelayakan sebagai Menteri Besar apabila beliau hilang kepercayaan majoriti dan permintaannya untuk membubarkan DUN Perak tidak dipersetujui oleh baginda Sultan Azlan Shah.

Terdapat suatu lagi keraguan. Jika YB Nizar mengatakan bahawa beliau masih Menteri Besar yang sah dan yakin masih mempunyai majoriti dalam DUN negeri, mengapa beliau mengadap Sultan Perak untuk membubarkan DUN seolah-olah beliau sudah hilang kepercayaan majoriti? Ini boleh dikatakan bahawa YB Nizar percaya beliau sudah tidak lagi Menteri Besar yang disokong majoriti ahli DUN dan oleh kerana itu amat penting buatnya untuk mengadakan pilihan raya baru untuk memberi Rakyat Perak membuat keputusan.

Saya berharap Baginda Sultan dapat menempuhi saat ini dengan lebih tabah. Baginda juga harus memikirkan perasaan dan kehendak Rakyat yang bernaung dibawah baginda. Jika baginda masih yakin bahawa kerajaan Dr.Zambry masih sah, maka baginda boleh menolak permintaan YB Nizar sekali lagi untuk membubarkan sidang Dewan DUN. Tetapi jika Baginda mahu menamatkan konflik ini dengan segera, maka Baginda boleh lah membubarkan sidang DUN. Ia adalah kuasa mutlak Baginda sultan yang termaktub dibawah artikel 40 (2) (b) Perlembagaan Persekutuan dan kami rakyat jelata menerima apa jua keputusan yang akan Baginda lakukan. Daulat Tuanku! – SIDDIQ AZANI,FAKULTI UNDANG-UNDANG UiTM MALAYSIA

Nizar MB Perak, Anwar tersentak !

Hepi gilerr Nizar dengan kete MBnya

Penghakiman yang disampaikan oleh Hakim, Datuk Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim secara jelas menyebut bahawa jawatan Menteri Besar Perak tidak boleh dianggap kosong mengikut peruntukan Artikel 16(6) Undang Tubuh Kerajaan Negeri Perak. Malah beliau berkata, Nizar bukan sahaja tidak meletakkan jawatannya tetapi tiada undi tidak percaya dibuat terhadapnya pada persidangan Dewan Undangan Negeri. Malah menurut beliau, jika Barisan Nasional (BN) telah memperolehi sokongan majoriti ADUN, BN seharusnya memohon perkenan Sultan Perak untuk diadakan sidang khas bagi membolehkan usul undi tidak percaya terhadap Nizar dibuat. “Memang pemohon (Nizar – berdasarkan perkembangan yang berlaku di Perak) telah hilang majoriti tetapi tiada undi tidak percaya dibuat terhadap Nizar di DUN. Mana-mana Menteri Besar yang telah dilantik, beliau hanya bertanggungjawab kepada DUN dan hanya boleh diturunkan sekiranya undi tidak percaya terhadapnya dalam sidang DUN,” demikian kata Hakim itu lagi.

Berdasarkan hujah tersebut, BN kini sebenarnya mempunyai kelebihan untuk melaksanakan keputusan mahkamah tersebut. Ini kerana, dengan keputusan mahkamah itu, BN yang kini menguasai majoriti dalam DUN Perak boleh memohon kepada Sultan Perak untuk memanggil sidang khas dewan negeri itu bagi membolehkan usul undi tidak percaya dikemukakan.

Sidang khas ini boleh diadakan kerana berdasarkan kepada kenyataan Nizar sendiri selepas keputusan mahkamah itu, beliau berkata, semua keputusan yang dibuat oleh Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir dan Exconya akan dikaji semula kecuali keputusan mengadakan sidang DUN 7 Mei lalu yang boleh diterima. Maknanya, keputusan sidang DUN Perak 7 Mei lalu diterima oleh Nizar dan adakah ini juga bermakna beliau turut mengiktiraf perlantikan Datuk R. Ganesan sebagai Speaker yang mengendalikan sidang DUN yang secara rasminya sesuai dengan keputusan sidang DUN menjemput Pemangku Sultan Perak, Raja Dr Nazrin Shah merasmikan sidang berkenaan.

Malah hasrat Nizar untuk membubarkan DUN Perak menimbulkan persoalan, adakah beliau mempunyai sokongan DUN untuk berbuat demikian kerana 31 daripada 59 ADUN Perak menyokong BN. Ada yang berpendapat, jika Nizar masih mahu terus mencadangkan pembubaran DUN, beliau perlu mendapat keputusan DUN terlebih dahulu kerana buat masa ini beliau menjadi Menteri Besar yang hanya mendapat sokongan 28 ADUN berbanding 31 ADUN yang menyokong BN dan tidak bersetuju dengan pembubaran DUN. Petikan dari agendadaily.

RK>> Saya sebenarnya tak nak ulas isu kemenangan Nizar ni, tapi kawan2 nak tahu stand saya. Terdahulu saya nak ucapkan tahniah kepada Nizar kerana berjaya memenangi kes beliau tu dan ni membuktikan kuasa sultan boleh dicabar dan orang melayu sendiri mula tak hormati raja dan sultan mereka. Tengok excited betul penyokong PAS tanpa mereka sedari yang BN mempunyai majoriti 31 vs 28. Cam ne DUN nak dibubarkan? Adakah Sultan berkenan nak jumpa Nizar. Setahu saya Nizar akan hadari satu majlis tak rasmi je dan terus nak jumpa Sultan. Adakah Sultan akan layan Nizar setelah apa yang Nizar lakukan kepada Sultan Perak terutama kes lukisan banner Sultan dan Mufti.

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Kalau saya Sultan, saya akan arahkan Nizar cari kerusi majoriti dulu baru DUN akan dibubarkan. Sebenarnya keputusan hari ini menandakan demokrasi masih subur dinegara kita dan saya tak sabar-sabar nak tunggu kes dan dengar kes Anwar Ibrahim hujung tahun nie. Kalau Anwar disabit kesalahan, mesti la deme nie akan salahkan kerajaan kononya tak telus. ( Baca posting Anwar tersedak! kat bawah nie ) Inilah pakatan pembangkang!! Oppss...berbalik kepada kes Nizar, saya berdoa BN akan menang dalam rayuannya dan seterusnya dalam persidangan DUN, kita buat undi tak percaya kepada Nizar. Ini la sedikit pandangan saya, harap rakan2 pembangkang jangan kecewa kerana kemenangan bukan sepenuhnya di pihak anda...31 vs 28. Nizar adalah MB untuk kerajaan minoriti Perak.

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Anwar tersentak.

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AnWAR tersentak dengan keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi mengesahkan DS Nizar sebagai MB Perak yang sah. Keputusan ini pasti memeningkan AnWAR untuk terus menyalahkan mahkamah yang tidak telus dan tidak adil dalam membuat keputusannya.

2. AnWAR sedar dengan majoriti 28 orang pembangkang dalam DUN Perak, bila-bila masa Perak bakal dirampas kembali BN apabila persidangan DUN diadakan kelak. Tambahan pula pembangkang perlu juga menerima keputusan mahkamah yang membenarkan DS Zambry, 5 exconya dan 3 ADUN bebas menghadiri sidang DUN. Dgn speaker di tgn BN, pembangkang bakal menemui jln sukar mengekalkan Nizar sbg MB.

3. Helah untuk mengekalkan sidang bawah pokok nanti bakal mendedahkan PAS, PKR dan DAP mengamalkan 'double standard' dalam menerima keputusan mahkamah. Maka taktik AnWAR adalah mengheret rakyat ke kancah p/raya semula sebelum sidang DUN Perak nanti.

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4. AnWAR menerusi DAP dan Nizar sengaja mengajak rakyat ke kancah p/raya semula bagi menutup kelemahan pembangkang yg punya kurang majoriti di DUN Perak. mereka sengaja mengumumkan mahu p/raya semula sedangkan kuasa membubarkan DUN adalah hak mutlak Baginda Sultan Perak.

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5. Tambahan pula dikhabarkan DS Zambry dan barisan exconya sedang meninggalkan pejabat masing-masing dengan aman dan penuh kerjasama. AnWAR mengharapkan MB dan exco BN ini melawan serta tidak mahu meninggalkan pejabat dgn aman, maka AnWAR akan 'spin' isu dgn katakan BN memang samseng serta tidak menghormati keputusan mahkamah.

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6. AnWAR kini sedang berkahak dan meludah ke arah langit, dan kahak serta ludahnya bakal terkena di mukanya sendiri.......

Selamat Hari Ibu

Ibu,

Di hari yang bermakna ini,Anakmu kelu seribu bahasa,Ku penakan isi lubuk hati ini,Untukmu permata jiwa hati ku.Ibu,Keheningan subuh kesyahduan pagi,Tergenang air di mata ingat padamu,Terketar tubuh pingin pelukanmu.Rindu padamu hilang tiada,Berat dadaku menahan keluh,Sesak nafasku resah gelisah.Gembiramu gembiraku,Tawamu tawaku,Tangismu tangisku,Sedihmu sedihku,Surammu suramku.Lelahmu membela diriku,Keringatmu menitih perangaiku,Jasamu membesarkanku,Tak terbayar olehku ini,Hanya kasih cinta padamu,Ku hulurkan sepenuh ragaku. Ibu,Di hari yang bermakna ini,Serta terdahulu dan mendatang,Anakmu menyusun jemari,Melafaz doa dan al-fatihah,Pohon ampun dan kasih,Agar cinta pada anakmu ini,Tiada noktah kekal abadi.

SELAMAT HARI IBU

RK>Saya ingin mengambil kesempatan ini mengucapkan Selamat Hari Ibu kepada semua ibu-ibu di Malaysia. Hehehe..awal pagi dah wih dan beli sarapan untuk ibu saya. Belanja makan ditangguhkan ke suatu hari lain disebabkan masalah teknikal. Korang semua dan wish ibu masing-masing ke. Kalau belum...hmmmm lu pk la sendiri !!!!

Tahniah YB Ganeson.

RK> Petikan dari blog selamatkanperak>HARI ini kemuliaan institusi Raja dan dewan undangan negeri Perak tercemar dengan sikap kebiadapan dan kebinatangan adun-adun pakatan pembangkang. Kebiadapan bekas speaker Sivakumar yang beraja di mata dan bersultan di hati, membelakangkan DYTM Raja Muda Perak sehingga baginda terpaksa menunggu empat jam sebelum dibenarkan masuk untuk merasmikan sidang dewan.DAP pula membawa budaya ahli parlimen Cina Taiwan sehingga berdiri di atas meja di dalam dewan undangan, menjadikan institusi itu seperti sarkas binatang buas.

PAS termasuk bekas menteri besar Nizar Jamaluddin hanya menjadi penonton dan sesekali mencelah untuk menjadi nasi tambah atas arahan Ngeh.Ini jelas membuktikan kebonekaan Nizar serta menunjukkan beliau hanyalah running dog serta errand boy DAP. PKR seperti biasa dengan sifat kurang ajar mereka menyokong tindakan Sivakumar yang enggan mematuhi keputusan mahkamah tidak mengiktirafkan penggantungan Dr Zambry Abd Kadir dan enam exconya.Jika inilah sifat pakatan pembangkang, hancurlah negara, hilanglah budaya dan bangsa Melayu.

Sila baca teks kenyataan akhbar MB Perak DS Dr. Zambry di www.vanggeyvanggey.blogspot.com

Menghitung Hari

"ADAT BERBANGSA HIDUP SERUMPUN! ADAT BERAJA KESETIAAN DIRIMBUN! ..... Maka, jomlah kita ke Kg Jawa atau ke Taman DR atau mana-mana kawasan yang berdekatan SUK untuk menunjukkan Sokongan Yang Tidak Berbelah Bagi kita kepada Sultan Perak. Kita akan berhimpun MELAWAN PENDERHAKA SULTAN...... BANGKIT AYUH BANGKIT! ANAK PERAK BANGKIT! LAWAN KITA LAWAN! LAWAN PENDERHAKA SULTAN! " Sila teks ianya menjadin SMS dan sebarkan... SERTA sebarkan di seluruh halaman blog penyokong Sultan Perak. Petikan dari blog http://www.perakbangkit.blogspot.com/.

RK. Tengok rakan-rakan saya mula bersemangat bila bincangkan isu DUN yang akan bersidang esok, jadi saya pun letakkan artikel diatas yang dipetik dari blog rakan saya perakbangkit. Kena la tunjukkan kesetiaan saya pada parti BN yang saya cintai dan sanjungi! Saya harap Siva akan dikeluarkan dari Speaker Perak esok dengan cara terhormat kerana selama ni saya ibaratkan Speaker Perak ni seorang pelawak cerita tamil seperti Vadiveloo dan Senthil ( Tanya la rakan2 peminat cite tamil, sure kenal punye dengan pelawak-pelawak ni ). Saya ucapkan selamat bersidang kepada 'anne' saya YAB DS Dr. Zambry Kadir, rakan2 saya YB Zahir dan YB Nolee dan tak lupa jugak pada ' Cifuu Belia' saya YB Nadzri Ismail. Insya allah saya akan turun malam ni dan esok di ???????....Lu PK la sendiri dimasa lokasi saya. Biar la rahsiaaaaaaa

Tun Dr.M : Smart Pen

I'll be honest, the Smartpen concept is one that I had a hard time grasping. I didn't understand why a person wouldn't just take a laptop into a classroom and type their notes. Then, headlines on campuses banning laptops in classrooms started circulating the internet. Now it makes more sense.The new Lightscribe Pulse Smartpen, which looks like a pen so it won't get banned, is capable of recording hours of lectures while simultaneously digitizing your handwriting. That way, you can visually go over your notes while listening to the lecture at the same time.The Lightscribe Pulse comes in two Smartpen configurations. the 1GB version will get you 100 hours of audio and 16000 digitized pages, while the 2GB version will get you double that.

Luohu Shenzhen.

Berposing di Bandar Luohu

Shenzhen Shangri-la Hotel. Milik orang Malaysia !!!

Bandar Luohu.

The size of Luohu district is about 78.9 km² and contains 10 subdistricts.
Luohu is located in the southern part of Shenzhen, with Futian district on its west, Yantian district on its east, and Longgang district on its north. The Shenzhen River forms the district's southern limits. It is also one of the six administrative districts of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone (SEZ) of Shenzhen City of the People's Republic of China. Luohu has an uneven geography and contains a number of natural fresh water sources, including Donghu (东湖), Honghu (洪湖), and Xianhu (仙湖), among others. Shuiku (水库), or "Water Reservoir", is also located in Luohu and is an important source of water for both Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Shenzhen's highest peak, Wutong Mountain (944m) (梧桐山) is in Luohu District. The district's west boundary with Futian is Hongling Road, and its east boundary with Yantian is Wutong Mountain. The northern boundary is the end of the Special Economic Zone.

Luohu Immigration Control Point

Luohu serves as an important immigration control between Hong Kong and Mainland China. Two immigration control points, Luohu and Man Kam To, are located in the Luohu district. The Luohu immigration point is the busiest land boundary patrol in Mainland China and Hong Kong.
Luohu district was established in October 1979. It is the first district in Shenzhen City. Several hills were flattened to facilitate its infrastructure during initial construction phases. In November 1997, Yantian area became an independent administrative district.

Sightseeing in Dongmen

Luohu is known in Hong Kong and Guangdong for shopping. Most one-day visitors from Hong Kong limit their shopping to Luohu Commercial City (罗湖商业城), located right outside the Luohu Immigration Control Point, but the areas of Dongmen (东门), Guomao (国贸), and Diwang (地王) are also important shopping districts. Shenzhen and Luohu are infamous for the sale of cheap counterfeit goods. These goods, ranging from DVDs to designer items (e.g. Louis Vuitton, Calvin Klein, Gucci, etc.) are mostly to be found in Luohu Commercial City or Dongmen, though prices here can be much higher than similar counterfeit items purchased in less popular parts of the city.

RK. My short visit to Shenzhen atas urusan kerja benar-benar berbaloi. Banyak yang dapat dipelajari dalam masa yang singkat. Shenzhen dan China benar-benar maju dan teknologi yang amat mengagumkan. Tak sempat lawat ke Hong Kong tapi nasib baik la, kalau tak sure kena kuarantin .....hehehehe.