'See the light until all of a sudden'

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

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...

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 ?

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

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

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

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'

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

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

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

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

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

Anyone can express ones views under the freedom of expression.
I would like to communicate 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.
khtan@yahoo.com
dated 28th Nov 2008