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The golden rule has a sudden change

2011-11-24T02:33:00.001-08:00

Most youngsters are fond of keeping pet birds while the old generation seems to oppose their act, simply because of the saying that keeping pet birds can cause ones savings exhausted.

That is why the elders always remind the youngsters to be realistic and advise them to rear cows or oxen or pigs in order to increase their productivity.

Because of the saying and the wisdom that are deeply rooted in the minds of the youngsters who nowadays prefer to give up keeping pet birds and set all the pet birds in hand free to follow the tracks of the elders. Thus the youngsters made a fast choice, redirecting themselves to rear cows or oxen or pigs.

There were instances that this change had surprisedly taken effect and those grown-up youngsters who followed the advice of the elders had become richer and richer.

The elders advice has been all along accepted as a golden rule.

A controversial issue has arosed in Malaysian parliament recently that a livestock project, with a loan of RM250 millions (>US$83 mil.), for the purpose of supplying beef for the nation, part of which (about RM13 mil.)has been redirected into buying condominium. An independent parliamentary audit body is said to be investigating the matter.

It is extremely rare case that the livestock project has now become a project that can not bring benefit to the people and the nation.

Many people kept on asking me why such the golden rule 'had lost its strength'?

It seems that the golden rule has a sudden change because of the above livestock project.

The fate of human being differs each others

2011-08-15T00:19:00.000-07:00

The fate of human being differs each others depending on where they are born and where they live,according to the views held by most of the Malaysian Chinese.

In China,a Chinese was able to buy 7 kgs of gold recently at time the market price rises to US$1,800.00 per ounce. He/she had to withdraw about equivalent to RM1.3 mil.(Malaysian money)to buy the gold to avoid money being depreciated.

It is not unusual for people, being able to buy such quantity of gold in the ordinary market despite of the low percentage if compared to the total population.

In Pudu,an area in Kuala Lumpur,the poors can only buy a kg. of rice on credit from grocery,while in other places in north eastern Africa where children are in urgent need of food,waiting others to subsidise the food for their survival,as they are in a worst state where foods are badly needed. For them 'hunger is the best sauce'.

A common social phenomenon can also be found at shopping malls in Kuala Lumpur where needy elders sitting on the bench looking around the younger passersby and seem to be pondering their past. Most of these elders are from the nearby areas,hoping to pass their time in a more comfortable environment than where they stay.

Some may say every man is the architect of his own fortune.

‘Gambling is not encouraged’

2011-08-11T04:54:00.000-07:00

The Malaysian legal gamblers are pleased to hear that after the take-over of the damacai ,a licensed operator to run the 3 and 4 digits forecast gaming business, the Chinese schools in the country can be subsidized in terms of fund.

The Malaysian Chinese community ,however, is cautious that the subsidy the Chinese schools that are expected to get, will not jeopardize the allocations the schools have received from the government as they consider they are being looked after by the government under the present policy.

Several Malaysian top entrepreneurs have carried out this effort to ensure its success.

Leaders of the Malaysian Chinese and politicians have expressed and stressed that the efforts that are being carried out, do not mean that they are encouraging the people to take part in gambling.

The will to have ones lover never ends

2011-08-07T00:26:00.000-07:00

The will to have ones lover never ends despite of ones 83 old age.

This can be seen at a Harbin,in northern China,where a gathering was held yesterday in conjunction with the 7th day of the 7th month of the Lunar, which according to the Legend Chinese, a cowherd and a weaver maid meet in heaven.

Similarly,the will to struggle for ones political cause will never end despite of ones old age.

In Malaysia,despite of the old age among the politicians,they possess the will to struggle for their political cause.

There was a lesson in the primary school textbook where there was 'a foolish old man removed the mountains', indicating that worries of others over the old man being unable to remove the mountains, was not necessary and baseless, because of his successors being his sons or his grandsons, will continue for his works.

This means,that the will he possess will succeed and realize eventually.

The president of Malaysian Chinese Association Mr.Chua's worries over the old age of certain leaders of the Opposition Front, seem to have been unnecessary.

The ATM,with no human touch

2011-08-06T00:58:00.000-07:00

A customer failed to buy his mobile prepaid coupon (012,013 or 016 whatever it is)in a convenience shop in Kuala Lumpur as he was told by a young lady, with a goodlook, that the manager of the shop was busy.

The lady came to know her manager was busy after she had a watch at the CCTV installed in the shop.

The custmer asked her whether the shop had the prepaid coupon for sale,she replied that she had.

The customer was happy that he could get the coupon at the shop.

But to his disappointment,the lady took no steps to sell the coupon.

The customer realized that they had the coupon to sell, but because of lack of manpower or the lady was lazy to take steps to dispose the coupon to the customer.

Having thought that he had no point to figure out furhter,he left the shop quietly.

He came to the conclusion: the ways, the young lady with the goodlook, acted no difference with the ATM, nowadays necessity, but with no human touch.

'the criterion' to elect the next government

2011-08-05T02:24:00.000-07:00

The 310,000 votes in the coming 13th general election is regarded as 'critical'.

This is because BN,the ruling coalition, had the majority in the last general election and it has come into power till now.

The oppositon must have,at least,this majority, before they can think to reach Putrajaya to rule the country.

The votes BN obtained in the 2008's 12th general election dropped 13.6%,compared to the 2004 general election. This means that BN can not afford to lose the votes if taking all the factors of the present situation into account. The most important factor is the livelihood of the poors who regard prices of their daily and essential items as 'the criterion' to elect the next government.

No indication is shown in the roll 'through net search'

2011-08-04T22:05:00.000-07:00

Despite of the registration having been done for the change of constituency ,no confirmation is shown in the electoral roll.

This was done through the agent of SPR, the Election Commission of Malaysia,several months ago.

What is wrong I do not know. I can only know that my present address stated indentity card was produced to the agent of SPR,hoping to get my change done.
No signature was required.

Later,I came to know that the change of constituency can also be done in post-office.

But in addition to the production of the IC to show the present address,the staff of post-office has to fill up specified form and having done it, the one who asks for the change of the constituency has to sign on the so called 'Borang A'.

It is unusual for the Commission to have diferent ways of changing the constutuency.
But it is not the point.

What is important is that having done it for several months no indication is shown in the roll 'through net search'.

'The invisible killer without boarder'

2011-03-27T08:08:00.000-07:00

Get the real/the disadvantages/even the fart ,from what you have acquired and observed out of trivial.

‘The invisible killer’ is in existence immediately after Japanese devastated earthquake and tsunami.

Northeastern Japan, such as Fukushima, after the recent horrible and devastated earthquake and tsunami, is in the state of shambles, and everything seems to be urgently done but because of the helplessness, remained undone.

The dangers of radiation leakage can be undoubtedly harmful and vital to human, not confined to Japanese but to the world despite of the fact that those plants were built by Japan and no other country.

In fact, nuclear radiation leak has become the 'invisible killer without border'.

The Japanese rescue mission, confronted with the highly dangerous works entrusted to it, has to perform its duties in view of the fact that the international community has kept their eyes upon their efforts and success due to the serious consequence.

The personnel are actually 'the heroes' aimed at rescuing the lives of the earth.

They have become the bane of the so-called invisible killer in the eyes of the world in spite of the losses in life amid performance of their duties, described as 'merit shine' works.

Lack of computerized betting papers,Magnum 4D unaware of it?

2010-07-19T22:14:00.000-07:00

It is worst for the Magnum 4D outlets to have no computerized betting papers.
I have found out that many of the poor Magnum 4D outlets in Kuala Lumpur are unable to provide or use the computerized betting papers.
Even worst,their staff do not know what is computerized betting papers.
Many times,even punters have computerized betting papers,the already marked papers, when handed to the counter-staff, were rejected because of the poor computers that can not perform their works.
Even worst, many outlets do not provide computerized betting papers for the punters.
These are the basic and simple things the Magnum 4D outlets should provide to, but they have failed to do so for a long time.
I doubt how long they have to take to solve the above problems the punters face or they just 'let it be' or 'turn their deaf ears'.

Special draws receive good-response but not a good sign

2009-11-23T22:48:00.000-08:00

The 4D special draws have cut down the general public’s buying power in the commercial market in spite of its well-response toward the draws.

The draw-day’s long queue on Tuesday, especially at the last hour, shows that the special draws receive good response from the general public.

Special draws are being allowed for the three gaming companies now to operate their additional business for whatever reasons it may be.

Without the special draws, these three companies operate a total of 9 draws a week.

No reasonable men will consider these 9 draws are not excessive.

It is wise to cut down the 9 draws a week to 3 draws a week, i.e. each operating company gets 1 draw a week so as to maintain a more healthy economy situation without having special draws and upgrade the general public’s buying powers in order to stimulate the growth of our market.

The Penanti by-election is not a waste of resources

2009-05-07T20:37:00.000-07:00

I view that the guts to take part in any by-election is important ‘even you predict it will be a subsequent failure’.

The by-election, in spite of its ‘small voters’, should not be taken into consideration as an excuse for not taking part.

It is the principle of accepting the democratic process all along the responsible citizens encourage.

A ruling party, with all its resources, should have the guts to see what the voters of Penanti are to decide and at less it will know what the actual verdict towards the ruling party.

It should not be viewed as a waste of resources.
Thus I say that the principle of ‘dare to fail’ has to be accepted and applied at all costs.

Be alert against crimes in Jalan kantonmen,4th miles Jalan Ipoh,KL

2009-04-20T23:23:00.000-07:00

Madam Shee Yeat May of Bukit Damansara was robbed of her handbag containing certain documents and cash while she was on her way to take her car parked at a roadside near Eastern Garden, about 200 meters from the entrance of the camp in Jalan Kantonmen, 4th miles, Jalan Ipoh, K.L. at about 3.55 p.m. Sunday on 19-04-2009.

Her head was injured believed to be hit with a helmet by one of the two youths who were on the motorcycle and she fell down on the road with the bloodshed that can be easily seen at the scene, with a stone’s throw from Ho Association. With the help of friends, she was admitted to a hospital immediately.

The places in the area are now considered unsafe as crimes had been frequently committed even before this incident.

Police are expected to be on the alert against crimes which are frequently committed.

A case where Elizabeth Wong punishes herself quickly

2009-02-24T21:20:00.000-08:00

The first time I have come across that a victim has to quit her office, subject to her final dicision after her 'deserved leave'.

If I refer to 'Lingam's tape case', I should say that Elizabeth Wong is 'the queen of her house' and can do what she wishes.

It is strange and very unusual that a victim should be punished by herself quickly simply because of her so-called xx pictures exposed to the public.

Things should not be so simple as from what we saw and heard.

Those took the pictures and exposed them publicly are deemed to be the unconvicted culprit pending trial and should be severely punished under our law.

The offer to quit her posts reflects that she did things prematurely and considered as 'jump the gun' before a real culprit is to be punished.

A horse is normally put before the cart,but in this case the horse is put behind the cart. it is absurd and never mind let us wait and see...

'See the light until all of a sudden'

2008-12-27T06:03:00.000-08:00

It is generally believed that N Gobalakrishnan, the parliamentarian, was denied of his entry into Sarawak without notice being given prior to his arrival,otherwise he would not have reached there.

I can still recall that other politicians were denied entry into Sabah during 70' yr, when the state was ruled by Berjaya Datuk Harris,the chief minister then.

They are DAP leaders Lim Kit Siang and Lee Lam Thye. Lee was in DAP then.

Lim was served with a wheelchair and carried into the plane to fly back peninsula as he insisted it was his right to enter the state and refused to go back.

All the above 3 were denied entry into east Malaysia that became part of Malaysia on 16th Sept.1963.

I would rather believe that they all did not know they were denied the right to enter until they reached their destinations,K.K.and Kuching, and only knew what happened all of a sudden,otherwise they would not have reached there.

In the other event, Loot Ting Yee, a 80 years old popular Chinese veteran educationist was recently alleged by a Chinese reporter in her blogosphere to have sexual harassment against him, has given up all his efforts and activities in respect of his just cause of the Chinese education.

I would rather believe that Loot, whom I have known since long ago, never thought that the allegation,disseminated in blog against him, though with sudden disapearance, has eventually resulted him from stopping his efforts towards the Chinese education for the past half century.

A faulty traffic light or no traffic light endangers human life

2008-12-23T23:21:00.000-08:00

Actions have to be taken before it comes to the worst,if we want to achieve the so-called 'Malaysia Boleh'.

Traffic light that constitutes danger to motorists should be replanned and changed immediately in order to avoid road accident.
One instance can be found at the junction near Jalan Emas,SD 5/1,Industrial area of Sri Damansara,52200 Petaling Jaya.
The traffic light allows simultaneously vehicles from differant directions,i.e. from Persiaran Industri and from Desa Puri Aman to proceed to Petaling Jaya or Sungei Buloh,posing danger of collision.

Not far away,another junction leading to Tago industrial area in KIP poses a great danger,as there is no traffic light to allow vehicles from Tago to turn right in order to proceed to Jalan Sg.Buloh-Kepong. The increase of vehicles and the present traffic situation there, warrant the authorities concerned to set up traffic light in order to avoid collision.

The oppositon gives only conditional backing...

2008-12-14T23:36:00.000-08:00

If Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Bill is to get what is envisaged by the opposition coalition.....
Both 'wine and bottle' have to be replaced.

In order to get 'new wine in new bottle', "you must have 2/3 majority in parliament,otherwise it is 'old wine in new bottle'".

The constitution is clear as to the issue of prosecution power.

Presently,the ruling BN government has no such power in order to create a situation of 'new wine in new bottle'.

In the absence of such power,the ruling government has to get support from opposition coalition.

The opposition has expressed its conditional backing,so far.

Landslide topic:Whether ‘wanting to have good views’ is a fault ?

2008-12-10T23:23:00.001-08:00

Referring to the landslides in Ulu Klang and according to Lim Kit Siang who stated in his blog that the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi blamed developers and buyers when he lamented:
“Malaysians never want to learn from past experiences. They want good views while developers only seek to profit; but no one takes safety and soil stability into consideration”.
I do not think it is people‘s fault to look for good views.
I also do not think it is the sole responsibility of ordinary people to take safety and soil stability into consideration.
We have experts or relevant authorities to determine the safety and stability before ordinary people can make their choice.

What you say is the constitutionally guaranteed rights

2008-12-10T06:44:00.000-08:00

The constitutionally guaranteed rights as stated in our Federal constitution have to be respected by all in order to maintain the harmony,stability and unity of the nation which is to achieve the Vision 2020.
To question the existence of schools which adopt their mother tongue is tantamount to question the wisdom of our Constitution.
Experts or any professor might have forgotten our constitutionally guaranteed rights before 'making their freedom of speech'.
Citizens should safeguard our Constitution at all time.

Attached herewith a brief comment appeared on a e-newspaper in repect of the street-signboard,being a chitchat topic in commonly seen coffee-shop.
"The only state(Penang)government in our history that is brave enough to exercise its constitutional rights.
The fact is that there was never a state government dared to exercise such right does not mean that the present state government has no such constitutional rights.
The actions taken by the present state government should be commended and I should have no hesitation to hail its gut to do such a right thing." (dated:13 Nov 2008 Kwong Wah e-newspaper)

Parliamentary by-election is the indicator of who wins in the next general election

2008-12-09T01:07:00.000-08:00

Why parliamentary by-election is important?
The results of the by-election on parliamentary seats held after '308 general election' will gradually indicate who will win and rule the nation in the next general election.
This is because opposition coalition in parliament has a substantial number of seats after the '308 general election'.
This follows the economic downtrend that affects the livelihood of the people. Prices of goods have gone up resulting the hardship of livelihood that constitute a factor on the choice of candidate during the by-election.
Barring unforeseen circumstances,the trend is believed to have been set and prediction is possible.

The horrible landslide in Ulu Klang

2008-12-08T09:50:00.000-08:00

On hearing the news of landslide recurrence tragedy in Ulu Klang after 15 years,I was shocked and sad.
The urgency is to save lives.
What the authority can do is to investigate,followed by taking steps to prevent recurrence. What I can see is, it is very difficult to find out who should be responsible for the tragedy,mainly because of the natural factors. Whatever allegations may be,it is extremely difficult to substantiate.
To prevent such recurrence, there is no choice other than learning a lesson from the two tragedies.

'It takes more than one day for the river to freeze'

2008-12-06T07:52:00.000-08:00

Another by-election is to be held on 17th January 2009, this time in eastern state, Trenggannu.
No matter the by-election is to be held in anywhere,the main topic is to be focussed on matter pertainning to livelihood. One example is the prices of goods,including prices of food.
Prices,the people s main concern,affect the livelihood of people and hence affect the votes to whom they should cast.
The simple theory is that 'it takes more than one day for the river to freeze'. This means that whatever accumulated grievance they have is not within one day,but a period they experience and the polling day is the only day they are able to air their grievance.
Economy issue is the primary factor that decides whose victory.

Road is now the smokers dustbin

2008-12-02T21:53:00.000-08:00

Road is 'a big dustbin' for drivers who disregard environmental consciousness.
I stopped my car at a junction and noticed that two(2)non-environmental-consciousness drivers threw their cigarette-end simultanously before they proceeded their ways after a pause at the red traffic light junction.
This prompted me to think that throwing their cigatette ends is easier for them than looking for a dustbin.
Public road nowadays creates 'a convenient dustbin' for smokers in spite of the fact that the authority is attempting to discourage or ban smoking.

There was prejudice even before the MCA presidency poll

2008-11-29T22:30:00.000-08:00

There was prejudice as to the moral aspect of candidate even before the recent MCA presidency poll.
It is natural that the prejudice in the mind of the president elect has resulted its No.2 MCA leader Dr. Chua or even his camp to be marginalized. This can be seen from the release of the Johore MCA line-up.
This situation has caused the work of integration within the party after the 308 General election to be more difficult and could have an adverse effect if snap election is to be held.

Flood is unavoidable because of ignorance

2008-11-29T06:07:00.000-08:00

Certain areas are flooded because of ignorance of men while doing the concrete works.
There is no way for the water to flow out that causes the areas to be flooded.
One example is at a place near a camp, at Jln kantonmen,off 4 1/2 th Miles, Jln Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur.
Workers who did such works should undergo certain trainning to get the knowledge that water should not be blocked and must let it have a way to drain out and if not flood is unavoidable.
If you go to the area you notice the flood while it rains.
The recent upgrade of the infrustructure at the area has caused a lot of troubles that need the member of parliament to have a look.

A slow remedy cannot meet an urgency

2008-11-29T05:47:00.000-08:00

The RM625 rebate the authority implemented earlier to certain vehicle owners is outdated and is now meaningless as there are owners who still have to wait for another 4 months in order to get this so-called ‘subsidy’ while the global oil price has dropped substantially.
It is ridiculous and highly unfair as these owners have not got ‘anything’ they are supposed to get.
It seems that the authorities concerned have no plan to amend or modify what is now viewed as ‘outdated and meaningless scheme’ it earlier planned.
It is not wise to have such scheme as it is being implemented and with no modification being made.

voishere

2008-11-27T19:33:00.000-08:00

Being an experienced journalist in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia I must not forget to say good day for all of you.
I would like to communicate whatever issues I may have with you. The articles I shall have,whatever they are,or any issues I raise may be of imortance to the community or may have positive effect to the world depending on what we think or act.
with best regard.
khtan@yahoo.com
dated 28th Nov 2008