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If this is true, then it is a disaster! I have always enjoyed this aiFM every morning before I proceed to share my Qigong exercise with a group of senior citizens whenever I come back from overseas. I have always enjoyed the topics the topics selected and i salute the DJs for a wonderful job well done. Leave aside all political attachments, I know what service this aiFM service has done to enlighten the listeners. Having been in the political arena for over two decades, I see the slide of this country from one of good model to one that is going down the third world syndrome! Leave aiFM alone, at least some information is better than none. It might as well ask the Government to operate in a "BLACK BOX" and see what kind of disaster this will bring to the country. One TDM is good enough issue and do not bring another one like pouring oil on a burning fire!

This country, in my mind, is already like a sinking ship going nowhere with a clueless captain. Instead of plugging the hole, we now have this guy Hon creating more holes so that the ship may go down a little faster. Has he lost his mind???? By doing what he did, that clearly shows he is not in tune with the community.

The "gag" is everywhere and is the same with the electronic media. There is complete silence on the dialogue in the TV news.

Even the offical news agency Bernama as expected is doing the obvious. Check out their version at
http://powerpresent.blogspot.com/2006/06/datuk-mohamed-nazri-open-war-on-dr.html

Johann Cruyff played total football and came nigh to taking his Dutch team into football immortality.

As a nation, we should, too, in other ways - open up and let fresh air clear the cobwebs of past missteps, embrace new ideas without fear or favour, expand and then bend the mind to explore new possibilities from new ways of looking at situations.

Malaysia can be great again if politicians can reexamine their assumptions more candidly, and ask of themselves what would be served for the long-term good of Malaysia the nation if they continue to do things so crappily and apply brainless policies that have only infested this country with the virus of ineptitude, indirection, corruption and unfairness.

Do the politicians really know what fair-minded rakyat want, do they have a strong, positive and healthy vision that can be worked out for the future generations, can they finally shake off their stupid zero-sum mentality, or do they always try to count in small moves revolving around their own survival defined around their own ever-shrinking and unreplenishable parochial views?

The rakyat no longer trust this government because it is not composed of an alliance; it's just a one-party charade that's dithering away the future of all Malaysians.

Every now and then you get some worm wriggling out of the woodwork to show that there are certain unspoken policies being applied that , if not direct blockages, are at least malignant neglects.

Enough. Whether we're talking about media freedom, or education, citizenship or national competitiveness, multi-billion ringgit projects or tuxedos for civil servants, third world enclaves or hollowing outs, it all comes back to closure, reenergisation, and mental flowering based on renewed confidence about how common-sense and personal values can prevail even amidst non-indigenous parameters.

It's all about doing the right things right the first time.

Folks

The deputy education minister Hon Choon Kim is sitting on his bum as a cabinet minister playing ball to UMNO's policy on chinese schools.

MCA is behaving no better than UMNO.

I used to wonder what benefits does an ordinary Chinese Malaysian get out of MCA as a political party when its leaders are more interested in the perks and the privileges and the media publicity of being a minister, wearing that bushjacket and mouthing like a parrot the damn bureaucrats feeding garbage for the consumption of the media?

MCA as a political party championing the interests ofa the ordinary Chinese have past the used-by-date.The MCA leaders are being seen more and more like UMNO stooges. They fear losing their ministerial posts than actually looking after the interest of the Chinese community.

Now MCA wants to gag the Chinese language radio... The party surely must be governed by self-interest fools.

Time to tell your fellow Chinese neighbours and friends to rethink their votes for MCA when election comes.

Come to think of it, the Chinese cannot be any worse now giving the nod to PAS than to MCA. I say, why not? Nothing more to lose, when a Chinese political party bent on closing down a Chinese language radio, just because the MCA cabinet minister is being put to task on Chinese schools.

Its time to take the wool off from the Chinese voters' eyes with regard to MCAS's useless performance in the last 10-15 years. Long overdue.

we get the govt we deserve...so unless we are brave enough to vote against racial politics, the chinese community or indian community will forever be beholden to UMNO. What can you say ..when chinese ministers in the govt is more concerned about remaining in govt, than serving the people who elected them.

This action by the MCA speaks clearly of their a**licking mentality.

Did PAS say they will support Chinese Schools? If true then the chinese should seriously relook at their manifesto again, they may be worth supporting. MCA in my opinion has failed their community once too many and seen as a lap dog to the dominant party.

since this call-in programme started in ai-fm, i've heard more than once when a caller said something to the effect that: the fact that a straight-talking show like this is allowed on a gov-owned radio speaks well for pak lah's administration.
hence, perhaps the gov, and specifically mca, should not underestimate the backlash they will face if this programme is pulled off air.
as it is, the writing is already on the wall. mca is going to do a supp in the next election. unless they improve their performance quickly.
and pak lah is only going to lose more credibility and goodwill.

Jan

The Chinese schools in Kelantan are doing fine and they are getting all the support they needed from the PAS State Govt.

You don't hear all the racial polemics from PAS in Kelantan about Chinese schools like you hear from UMNO Youth or UMNO when an issue on Chinese schools are brought out.

As for MCA,they are almost non-existent in Kelantan. When MCA put up their candidate to stand in last election in a Chinese majority constituency against a Chinese Muslim candidate, PAS won the seat.

So don't you hear all the negative propaganda about opposition parties in UMNO owned New Straits Times and MCA-owned Star on local politics. You get half-brained nonsense from editorial columns of the Wong Chun Wai's and the Wong Sulong's types.

Jan...

go to Kampong Cina in Kota Baru and talk to the people there...they have no problem with the PAS Govt.

JEFF OOI says: May last year, I talked to many of them in KB. They have no problem with PAS.

I don't know about you but I've long believed that MCA is made up of a bunch of self-serving leeches. They may have contributed during the early part of Malaysia's history but now they are way over their expiry date. Their members only join party for the perks. In fact, I've had friends who told me that they just join MCA purely for the benefits & perks rather than anything else.
Therefore, to all MCA supporters out there, stop your deluding yourself. If you still believe that MCA is championing your cause, you are either a member of MCA or you're just kidding yourelves, hence a deluded fool.

Also, to those who seems to put much faith in politicians, lets be reminded that politicians are one of the least trusted group of profession there is. In fact, here's a quote about politicians I read about sometimes ago which goes like this: "Politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed every so often or they'll accumulate you-know-what as time passes by."

I do admit I am a bit ignorant about PAS and the platform it stands for. I will seriously consider them and other opposition parties in the next GE.

Jan:" do admit I am a bit ignorant about PAS and the platform it stands for. I will seriously consider them and other opposition parties in the next GE. "

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a few things to get you started. Some of the things that PAS wants:
1. Malaysia as an Islamic state.
2. Death to apostates (people who leave Islam).
3. Only ugly women allowed to work.
4. Own currency (dinar)

And the latest - all orang asli converted to Islam. See
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/6/27/nation/14660015&sec=nation

"KELANTAN will offer RM10,000 to each Muslim preacher who marries an orang asli woman and naturally converts her as part of renewed efforts to propagate Islam among the 3,000-odd community in the state.

State Religious Affairs committee chairman Hassan Mahamood (PAS – Tawang) said the same incentive was applicable if the preacher was a Muslim woman who took an orang asli husband...."

Banjaran, thanks for your pointers but:
I thought Malaysia was already an Islamic state.
Death to apostates has nothing to do with me as a non Muslim.
Ugly women not allowed to work? This is only Aziz's opinion not that of PAS.
Does it make any difference whether we use Ringgit or Dinar?
Why are we so worried whether they want to convert orang aslis?

jan,
- no, malaysia is NOT an islamic state. if some people want to change the constitution, let the other states have the option to leave the federation.
- death to apostate is against the principle that everyone has the freedom to choose what or what not to believe. if you say you are a person of no principle and only care about things that affect you now. be assured, your turn will come soon enough.
- the view of most pas, and some umno, politicians on women is unfit even for the dark-ages. if you think it's ok to have morons like that run your country, fine. as long as it's not my country also.
- may be it doesn't. but people who want to use something instead of the legal tender of the country, for no good reason, is simply telling us that they are outside the laws of this country.
- we are worried because they are enticing conversion using money, which btw has been going on in sabah and sarawak for decades, and the converts are not made fully aware of the consequences... e.g. they cannot convert out of it later, or that their family will not be allow to bury them, etc. just go talk to kadazan-dusun in sabah who were converted but now want to revert and you'll know why.

I wonder why some are so gullible to PAS silence and nothing against Chinese Schools. Right now they need to win chinese/indian support. Anything will be ok now. Wait till they are in power we will then regret. Even now under UMNO there's so much discrimination.
Numbers count at the ballot box. As long as being minority will always lose. to the majority.

Question is can we find a good leader? We need a third coalition. ????

If I read correctly F&H, Art Chan and most of the Kelantan Chinese, there appears to be very little problems under PAS rule. They seem to be supporting minority rights like Chinese schools and culture.
But I see a lot of HATRED in the UMNO types who are hell bent on imposing their will on us minorities. I admit we currently feel more comfortable with the devil we know than the angel we don't. But looking back at the way UMNO hegemonise political power and discriminate against us minorities don't you think it's time for a change to get to know the angel we don't know?
I assure you I am no PAS fan or apologist but I want my rights protected as a citizen of this country. We don't want a situation like the Loh Seng Kok case where he was confronted just for speaking up for our rights. What kind of country is this where the youth wing of the ruling party behave like thugs and bullies?
Listen people, it's time to change the BN govt.

MCA forgets itself as a political party. Whenever there are calls for more Chinese schools, fairer allotment of places in local universities, scholarships, temples, trade and business apportunities, MCA ministers always have the audacity to reply their fellow Chinese they shall "fight" for them from the government. This is sickening. They are part of the cabinet and hence the government.Are they the public relationships officers only of UMNO for Chinese affairs ? In front of the Chinese, they have said umpteenth time and will continue to say MCA will swim and sink with Chinese education. That is hoodwinking. They will shit bricks if you ask them to repeat this to UMNO. It is of no surprise that the call-ins on last Friday were so unkind and critical of Hon Chooon Kim/MCA . The callers only gave facts and truth . To Hon they were hells. Therefore they run to the warm embrace of their Master whose Information Minister is more than willing to stop the call in programe.

MCA is in a process of self decadence and dumping down. How low can they go is everyone's guess.

Jan: "If I read correctly F&H, Art Chan and most of the Kelantan Chinese, there appears to be very little problems under PAS rule. They seem to be supporting minority rights like Chinese schools and culture."

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Don't be so easily fooled. PAS applauded the mob that disrupted Article 11 meeting. You think they are supportive of you rights? Think again. Yes, maybe on Chinese schools but that's about it.

banjaran

Why are Kelantanese Chinese supporting PAS if religion is such a divisive issue for them.

I would prefer to live with someome who is a religious fanatic than an outright racist. During May 13 riots, Kelantan was as peaceful as you can get. Kelantanese Chinese felt safe and the PAS Govt then assured its Kelantanese Chinese is full protection and even the Sultan came out to prevent what happened to those UMNO-controlled West coast states with the riots.

If you don't know about Islam, you should enlighten yourself first as much as your own religion (whatever it is), before making your kind of remarks.

At least I know the religious person has a religion which I can know where he is coming from, but for racists, they have no moral grounds.

If UMNO cannot even compromise on education, the very investment every parent wants, what else can you expect as a non Malay citizen of this country.

What is so damaging even if Malaysia is an Islamic state? What is wrong if PAS says you don't sell alcohol to Muslims in public or disallowed gambling?

Don't judge your own perception of what's happening in Kelantan. I wonder whether you had spent a good many years living in Kelantan as a non-Malay.

concern-lah

In life, no risk no gain.

Current status quo with UMNO is already a disadvantage for the Malaysian Chinese, what more with MCA, a castrated partner of UMNO in the government, supposedly to look after Chinese interest?

I would take the risk of 5 years of change of Govt, after going through the same ruling political parties since 1957, that had resulted in the rape of judiciary, worsening problems with racial connotations with regard to scholarships and places in universities, chinese schools issue fired by UMNO YOuth year in year out, the media being controlled by UMNO and MCA, with the ISA still enforced, and the increasing brain drain to our southern neighbour, to Australia, USA and Canada and UK.

A risk of change for 5 years, and if we don't like it, we can always kick PAS out of Govt in an election. Most other democratic countries, except for our santised souther neighbour, they have healthy change of govts. For Malaysia, Malaysians are good at coffee-shop bravery , but lack the balls at the ballot box to take the leap change.

....but lack the balls at the ballot box.

Agree.....Trouble is we are too comfortable with the devil we know. It's time to cut it out and get to know the angel we don't.

F&H: "What is so damaging even if Malaysia is an Islamic state? What is wrong if PAS says you don't sell alcohol to Muslims in public or disallowed gambling?"

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I won't go into the Islamic state thing here that since volumes have been written on it. However I will say this: Broaden your horizons beyond selling of alcohol and chinese schools. The world is bigger than that. Refer to some of the issues I posted which are on PAS agenda:
- Death to apostates (people who leave Islam).
- Only ugly women allowed to work.
- Public support for Penang mob that threatened Article 11 conference.
- Offer cash prize for Muslims to convert Orang Asli's to Islam.

See
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/6/27/nation/14660015&sec=nation

"KELANTAN will offer RM10,000 to each Muslim preacher who marries an orang asli woman and naturally converts her as part of renewed efforts to propagate Islam among the 3,000-odd community in the state.....

Err,

I think the topic is about media gag, about the unreasonableness of putting at least 45 pupil per class(hope honourable Hon send his children into one with 50+), about Hon, about MCA/MIC and its relevance, about the axe that is always above the media, about WA FM, its fate, and who is to follow suit.

So lets not get carried away