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best of luck jeff.
im sure you being an elected rep wil bring a new wave of young leaders,with new ideas.

Malaysians for all

and my fren's BIL has already been approached by "someone" to pinjam IC for RM10k. How true this is i cant verify as of now. But I wont be surprised. Rm1k no longer can do the trick.

Jeff,

Many of us have already donated to DAP. Wont the money be distributed to each candidate?

JEFF OOI says: Donated to party HQ will be used for national machinery. Each parliamentary candidates will have to organise his/her own deposits with the Election Commission (RM10K) and the local council (RM5k), and election collaterals, and expenses for the Operation Centre.

Honestly, I wish to see all the candidates donations account, perhaps Jeff will be the first to show it?

Talk about corruptions and misuses of public funds.

I bet NOT all Malaysian will notice Barisan Nasional are USING THE PUBLIC facilities for their campaign.

And guess what, those usage ARE NOT in their election campaign account and election commission didn't say a word of it. Even better, there is NO trace record of all the public resources spends by BN.

Hi Jeff, I have been calling for donation campaign for election fund many months back, but did not see the urgency from DAP until the parliament dissolved. Is there any legal barrier to stop politicians from raising funds for their candidacy before parliament dissolved? Donation Campaign must start at least 12 months before actual election date.

Many people did not know that DAP candidates have to raise their own campaign funds, if this is the case then more coordination must be in place so that the donation campaign will be successful.

Maybe we can learn from the recent US presindential campaign to raise funds where the name of donors and amount donated is published in the website.

This is one big step foward in local politics Jeff.

JEFF OOI says: Thanks for your donation, even if just words. Appreciate it ;-)

Jeff:
There are some critcs saying you are not from Penang and you do not know the real issues of Penang. The PM is from Kepala Batas and ask how much time did he spend there in the last donkey years he is in politics. Similarly for many of the other MP's in BN.

Don't let this get you.
Good luck...

Jeff,

If you don't mind me asking, is there a minimum amount to the donation? Although DAP will not contest in my constituency, i am always attracted to DAP objective.

JEFF OOI says: Any amount is good. No minimum. Sikit-sikit lama-lama jadi bukit. I just need to consolidate the fund before the Nomination Day on Feb 24.

Jeff,

Intel moving people from Penang to Kulim is a non-issue. I work in Intel, and this sort of move happens all the time. Kulim is a distance to commute, but it's not like people are losing their jobs. The REAL problem is that the FTZ has not attracted any new companies (google, microsoft, etc.) since the old Lim Chong Eu days...

I wish to contribute to your compaign fund. Can I have the account name & no. so that I can do online fund transfer.Wish you all the best in GE2008``

JEFF OOI says: You've got mail.

Will help spread the word for your fund-raising activities.

Btw, when do the ceramahs start?

Good luck!

JEFF OOI says: Thanks WK. Ceramah can only start after Nomination Day. But forums may take place from time to time. Will publish in my JEFF 4 MALAYSIA site. Cheers!

Jeff,
I welcome you to contest in Penang. Good Luck!!!

Being part of Intel Penang, move to Kulim is due to many reasons. I do not think you should bring it up as an issue in your debate. You might want to do some datamining before making this as an issue. :)

JEFF OOI says: I am asking Intel to not treat Penang as a digital sweat shop. Intel, after 35 years in Penang, should start MANUFACTURING 65nm chips rather than doing ASSEMBLY & TESTING of 200/300mm wafer based logic products. Net net, Koh Tsu Koon and Penang should move up the value chain.

Jeff,

Mind giving me your bank acct no so that I can contribute something to your efforts. And best of luck in your coming GE endeavour

JEFF OOI says: Thanks. You've got mail.

Jeff, sent me a mail.

Jeff,
Asides assembly and testing, Intel Penang also engage in latest Design & Development work on microprocessor and chipset, on

It is true that Intel does not have a fab in Penang, but remember Intel does not have many fabs worldwide though.

JEFF OOI says: Not really. Intel's official release DID confirm that it DOES has such facilities in Ireland and Isreal. Dalian (China) will come next in 2010.

just want to make sure you tak kena tembak by Koh Tsu Koon. He visits Intel Penang quite often. :)

JEFF OOI says: I am waiting for him to come close. I also wanted to ask him what has happened to photonics in Penang. He can lie with IT35, but he can't lie for having said in 1999 that Penang will be a peer of Sinmgapore in ten years, that's 2009. I have the newscuttings to prove that. And you know where Singapore is, vis-a-vis Penang, in today's term.

Hey, Jeff. Have you received any of my emails? Just want to let you know that I've made you a viral widget which you can check out here:
http://www.my.musicazoo.com/profile/musicazoo

And the donate button is tie in to your PayPal account. I've sent you an invite earlier at Facebook as well. If you check out my profile on Facebook, you can also see the widget in action.

JEFF OOI says: Many thanks, I received your emails. I haven't got time to check out the details but I really appreciate what you have done for me, and your donations.

Hi Jeff, just to clarify, 65nm is a transistor dimension, and 200/300mm is the wafer size. they are not neccessarily not related to each other.

While I laud your goal to get Intel to build a fab (preferably 45nm or below) in Malaysia, what i am more interested in is how you intend to achieve that. You will need to guarantee 0 disruption in CLEAN water and electricity supply, and a MASSIVE monetary incentive to convince an investment of billions. (I'll give you a hint, try to check out what Israel did to get a fab there...you should come up with some ideas...)

JEFF OOI says: You missed my points in bold. I wanted Intel to shift MANUFACTURING activities -- like those in USA, Ireland, Israel and potentially Dalin (China) -- to Malaysia and not just focussing on ASSEMBLY & TESTING. Intel Malaysia, for the last 35 years, has been a ICT sweat shop.

Maybe those two big projects are facing problems and the only way out for him not to be punctured at the state polls is for him to escape to a safe fed post and chickin' out.

But then again what can he do at fed when he had done nothing at state?

And this talk about reinventing Penang when he had eighteen years to do so and didn't just shows how lackadaisical our politicians can be. And if it was because he had faced policy, funding and power-sharing problems that had prevented him from lifting Penang out of her quagmire, then how would he going to a fed post make any difference for whoever takes over from him?

Will the fate of Penang's future again be hamstrung by the backdoor crisscrossing interests between gerakan and umno, with again the same dessicated results we have seen for the last two decades? Maybe a change of govt should be attempted.

And this thing about Intel. If Intel Penang downsizes in Penang and moves to Kedah, it can only mean they have found costs in one too high for what they are trying to maintain in that state - namely low-cost production - which begs the next question, pointed at the silk-screened minister:

what value-add investments were you talking about?

which leads to the next question:

what reinventing will mean for the next fifty years of Penang, nay, Malaysia?

..talking of which, read this by Zahid, an "Information" minister, and then admit whether or not we are in trouble:

http://tinyurl.com/2f9kcy

His children could have written a more sober and sombre piece.

Face up to facts and work hard and smart from them, not crook another bunch of looney tunes in order to bodek the clueless, useless and naked.

We are at this moment facing some hard facts. Supposedly living in a resource-rich country, our citizens are having a hard time making ends meet. If it happens to a resource-poor country, one can understand. But those resource-poor countries are dollar-for-ringgiit doing much better than us; furthermore they have inner reserves of human, financial and reputational capitals (http://tinyurl.com/2xlqnj).

You shouldn't measure a country's competitiveness and wealth by the amount of natural resources it can muster. Those are just nature-given. Making use of one's own brains and foresight to create things and services that the world wants, and being better able to navigate through trouble to reach winning positions are what make for competitiveness and future earning power. This Intel happening presages the message we just don't have that.

And it's all a legacy problem. We want to do great things and claw out of our own preset conditions but in the present leadership we have only a cackle of geeze gorged on the trappings of power and citizen's funds. Just think about it - isn't it true we have been constantly having people transition problems? Those who hold a position will vacate it only to those who will take care of them in pasture less than being able to do the job better to serve the rakyat more. Their credentials are impeccable to a fault - the same mould, the same chip off the old cheezy block. How do you then have leadership which will spur national and state transformations, 'reinventions' so to speak?

The very factors of past 'successes' have become the very same factors of future failures.

And they plough money into it. RM200 million for this barisan preelection campaigning? Mighty trusting sponsors, one wonders. Or is too much of the money from the rakyat's funds? Just think - who contributes to the pool from which the caretaker govt is now so liberally dishing into? People like you who faithfully pay your taxes, even when you are already firmly for the Opposition, leading to the indigestible conclusion that this present govt is making use of funds from Opposition taxpayers to fund its battle against them in order to maintain its power and lordship over all so that after the elections it can continue as before without those promises, and chuckle:

"one born every day"

And why is this true? If it's from 'sponsors', who are they, and why are they so generous if not for the promise of future contracts and licenses? And who wouldn't think the cost of their sponsorship won't be incorporated in their price of those future contracts and services plus thirty percent to pay off the political masters? Who suffers in the end? Not them.

It has been said that the malays in Penang are having a hard time but one must also recognize what semivalue now has the gall to say: that the indians are 'only' five years behind them. So should the malays in Penang be celebrating when, let's add, there's this pristine magnificent expensive place of worship built right into the sea off Tg Bungah?

Make means to earn a living so that food can be on the table for the young ones....if only so that one can THEN be able to give Thanks.

Get your priorities right. He will understand.

This country is not just about communal goodwill or permit-not-approved stability or a 'trillion' in trade (gross, not net) or something built over a racecourse, or a beemer or reality tv, or hawker food, or the wild visions of naive politicians fed on controlled substances.

It's about how relevant you are to the globalized world.

I would like donate. Please give me your a/c no. Also please don't forget to submit your accounts after the elections win or lose. Don't let them disqualify you for the next round.

JEFF OOI says: Thanks. U've got mail.

Please do not talk about "reinventing". For the last 51 years what have we being doing? Are we not 'reinventing' ourselves into a Malaysia Boleh country!

This election, let's forget about the racial aspect, let's go on these simple questions: What has the country become? Rising prices and cost of living despite having the resources comparing with countries having no resources at all? Then, do you feel safe to walk the street without snatch thieves following? And then when you have half baked officials taking upon themselves to change road signs without understanding the National Language Act and the official script as stated in it? And then, tell me which department is 'clean'? Faithful servants want to lord over you!

Jeff, I didn't misunderstand... a Fabrication plant (Fab) is what Intel has in Oregon, Ireland, Israel. and the fab is where the actual process of turning silicon into something we plug into the computer (minus the packaging) happens.

You literally have to "bribe" a company to build a fab somewhere, it's a multi billion dollar investment and any disruptions will cost the company millions.

I agree with the end goal, i am just interested how you intend to achieve that goal... (and coming from this industry, I can tell you that it is not going to be easy)

JEFF OOI says: Give stronger incentives to AMD, breed better competition. Then take it from there. Intel is but one example of how MNC prefers milking the cash cow and refuse to transfer technology. Not just Intel. More. Penang uses too many carrots and forgot about the stick. Because we are slow, and because we are hard up.

Hi Jeff,

Count me in to raise some funds for you. Let me have your Maybank account so I can contribute a small amount. Better you than anyone else... Good Luck!

For A Better Malaysia

JEFF OOI says: Thanks. You've got mail.

Jeff, I am interested to see your proposal on bringing Intel Fabrication technology to Penang. Coming from this industry, I have heard alot about the difficulties in doing this. Perhaps, first question to answer is where the fab will be located? Remember, one of the reasons Intel Penang moves production facilities to Kulim is due to SPACE concern.

JEFF OOI says: Space constraints? This sounds like Koh Tsu Koon and looks like Koh Tsu Koon! All these highly publicized news of setting up digital sweatshop ala Intel Penang is for getting fiscal incentives. There is really not enough climbing up the value chain after 35 years of presence in Intel Penang. Has there been technology transfer of Ireland and Israel scale to help us produce highly skilled and creative human resources in Malaysia that can develop and MANUFACTURE meaningful and profitable high-tech products clusters in the last 18 years KTK was here? All the hypes about high-tech is half truth and Penang relying on E&E industry as the key for economic development is an error and will place lots of stress on the state's economy and its employees. Penang needs to diversify - no doubt about it. YOu can me more about the failures of photonics that KTK talked hugely about in recent years.

泉安先生，您好！

我是英特尔的工程师，也是民主行动党的支持者。您对英特尔的评论最近在我们公司流传（自光华日报），其中一段的资料并不正确，我不知道是否光华日报应用错误，或是您的资料来源不正确。

JEFF OOI says: I have advisors who showed me experts' reports. And I talked to reputable figures in the various industries in Penang. After reading the reports and gaining insights from the real players -- NOT the foreign investors -- I must say I maintain my independent mind against the Penang State Government's official spin.

我很担心如果您继续使用那资料将造成对行动党的伤害，因为那段资料对我们这些工程师来说是一个明显的不当例子，我们当中很多人把您看成一个外行人，认为您胡乱下评论，

JEFF OOI says: You are entitled to your opinion, but I would like to agree to disagree. This is democratic process. You are talking technology, I am talking about managing foreign investments in the diversified industries with a view to helping Penang move up the global value chain -- something Koh Tsu Koon has failed in his 18 years as the CM of Penang. It's missed opportunities and it's a shame. Big shame.

这造成您对英特尔的其他评论被很多人忽视，甚至可能让您流失英特尔员工的选票，我不希望这情况发生。

光华日报刊道：
“据悉，英特尔打算在中国大连开新厂制造65纳米的晶片，这个技术被认为是目前量产过程中采用的最先进技术之一。相对的，槟城厂目前生产的却是300毫米晶片，技术足足落差了10年。由此看来，外资不是在槟城将产业转型，而是！”

JEFF OOI says: "撤离东方花园" I was quoting the indisputable example of Inventech, who pulled out from Penang last year along with its entire supply chain which occupied the master piece of land allocated to Inventech. Hence, the core issue is the inefficiency of the state government which attracted only opportunist investors that capatalised on the incentive scheme in Penang. Once the incentive is over, Game over. Pull out from Penang thuis happened.

“65纳米的晶片”这句话是错误的，“65纳米(65nm)”是半导体的制造技术(Semiconductor Process Technology)，而不是“晶片”(Silicon Wafer)。著名的奔腾4(Pentium 4)是在槟城英特尔制造的，使用90纳米(90nm)的技术，晶片尺寸是300毫米(300mm)。

90纳米后的技术是65纳米，再后是45纳米。如今世界上只有英特尔能用45纳米技术来大量生产半导体，其他公司还是用65纳米来量产。尽管如此，大部分公司已经使用300毫米晶片来生产产品。

JEFF OOI says: I was referring to Intel's facility currently being built in Dalian. You need to differentiate clearly and fundamentally the technologies involved in ( 1 ) MANUFACTURING (Read: Out of USA are Ireland, Israel and soon in Dalian) vs ASSEMBLY & TESTING (Penang, Kulim, soon to be in Vietnam etc). We are not belittling the calibre of Penang engineers, but we rather question the way Penang has been bypassed in obtaining the same MANUFACTURING know-how that rivals Ireland, Israel and soon in Dalian).

槟城英特尔设了“槟城设计中心”(Intel Penang Design Center, Intel PDC)，约有1000名工程师，主要职责是设计新一代的中央处理机(CPU)及晶片组(Chipset)，至今英特尔最新的产品例如Core2 Duo的设计团队中，槟城工程师扮演了非常重要的角色。如今Intel PDC的设计已经采用了45纳米技术，所以是遥遥领先槟城其他的半导体公司的。

在技术方面，槟城英特尔已经接近转型完成，英特尔总部非常重视Intel PDC这个部门，因为它是英特尔在世界上唯一一个同时拥有CPU及Chipset设计团队的中心，所以您的“外资撤离槟城”的言论对英特尔来说并不能说是正确。

JEFF OOI says: Penang's industrial base is not to be exemplified by just Intel as there are other industries which came and went. Let;s be centred on the entire competitiveness of Penang as an indigenous R&D _AND_ MANUFACTURING capital of the world. Not just digital sweat shop that came and went, like Inventech.

在制造及测试方面，英特尔的确是正在转移到居林，但是，这不是完全转移。基本上，英特尔是计划将CPU及Chipset的制造分开，因为CPU通常使用最新的技术(Process Technology)而Chipset通常使用后一代技术(N-1 generation process technology)，所以分开制造是比较合理的做法。

我“kind of”同意您的“Sweat House”说法，但是，请别用那个“300毫米晶片是落后65纳米10年的技术”的资料，那是不正确的。

我希望贵党能为国家带来改变，因此，我真的不希望工程师们因为您的部分错误资料，而藐视或忽视您的言论，槟城英特尔的领导层已经有一部分经理认为您在胡言乱语，不知所谓，认为您将失去英特尔工程师的潜在选票。

JEFF OOI says: I respect the Knowledge Workers who labour their talent in Penang despite the fact there had been an exodus of good talents to Singapore, even among Intel engineers. The crux of the matter is to help Penang move up the value chain -- like Dalian -- which is 35 years behind Intel Malaysia, and despite the the restrictions of Wassenaar Agreement that retarded China's progress in hi-tech engineering for fear of abuse of patents and know-how in military purpose. We set to provide a check-and-balance to KTK's way of governance in Penang, hence we want to look at policy initiatives that shape our industrial future plan. The so-called "IT35" eulogises the past, but for the sake of the NEXT % YEAR AND BEYOND, we SHOULD demand to see how Penang can beat Singapore in the near future. A frontpage story quoted KTK as claiming -- in 1999 -- that Penang should rival Singapore in ten years. We will be 2009 next year, so shall we rival Singapore in less than 365 days? Think strategic. One important indicative is to nllok at your production floors. Why had our Malaysians shunned production operators' job and the factories had to employ immigrants by large numbers? For who the KTK bell tolls?

我衷心的希望您能更正那段资料，并继续您的战斗。请告知我您的户口号码，以尽绵力，谢谢！

JEFF OOI says: Thank you for your kind thoughts. If you can tell me how KTK's promotion of photonics had failed, that will enlighten Penang folks. Can do?

泉安先生，您好！

在寄出之前的信后，我有一些对行动党的看法，我想您多数是不同意的。尽管如此，写给你，好过写给吉祥先生。

我，及我身边的很多朋友、亲戚，都支持行动党。可是，行动党常常让我们失望。其中一个令我们失望的是：行动党常常在大选中挑战马华、民政。您们是否知道，这不但对华社无助，而且让您们陷入失败的斗争？

在这一届大选中，华裔、印裔很明显吹反风，可是，行动党却继续将它的大将摆出来挑战马华、民政，特别是槟城。您知道有多少华人因此被迫投国阵吗？尽管他们是多么想投行动党，可是在两个华裔候选人中，他们只能选那个能拨款的人。这种策略根本是两败俱伤！只会对华人造成伤害。

行动党应该将巫统明确地列为主要目标，将您们的大将摆出来挑战巫统的候选人。槟城的巫统州议席已经近半，为了不失去唯一华人执掌的州属，槟城华人在民政和行动党之间，只能选择民政。

我衷心的希望您们能改变策略，华人议席，不管是国阵还是反对党，都对华社有利。华人自相残杀，只会陷入巫统的分化阴谋，让亲者痛仇者快。

我真的希望您们的大将能去到柔佛，我是柔佛的选民，可是我很悲哀的发现，似乎我只能选回教党，我真的希望我的一票能投给行动党，而不是极端回教化的回教党。

21%的华人，却没有21%的议席，何时行动党才能打破这种被人利用的局面呢？攻下槟城以外的州属吧！让华人不再局限于槟城，好吗？

大选糖果是很明显的短期利益，可是，有糖果，好过没有。为了华社，不管黑猫白猫，两只猫好过一只猫（甚至没有猫）对吗？

JEFF OOI says: After 50 years of independence, I don't think we should perpetuate race-based politics like Umno, MCA and MIC. When you go racial, the majority race dominates. With that comes quota, special privileges etc. The reality is: Umno dominates Malaysian fabrics of politics, culture, economy. The list goes on. If you know Penang well enough, and love Penang well enough, please tell me, why did Penang-born Chinese-based banks like Ban Heng Lee, Southern Bank were "eaten up" by CIMB and are now history? You still talk race? Go read how I answered a reader of mind on the issue. There must be a major cause for the larger good in thing you do.