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Published on: Daily Express, Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Don't threaten Sabahans over Sabah rights: Jeffrey

Kota Kinabalu: Star Sabah described the statement by the Home Minister as arrogance of the highest order and a clear-cut abuse of power to control Sabahans in ensuring "Umno and Malaya's continued dominance and colonisation over Sabah."

Its Chief Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan, in responding to the Minister's statement who wanted to weed out protagonists over their claims for Sabah rights, said there was nothing wrong for Sabahans and Sarawakians to seek restoration of the rights, privileges and autonomy of the Borneo states that were taken away or eroded since 1963.

"The Minister seems to have forgotten the facts of history that Sabah and Sarawak (with Singapore then) formed Malaysia in 1963 and were given various promises and assurances by the then Malayan leaders including the execution of the Malaysia Agreement to induce and entice the Borneo states to form Malaysia.

"Malaysia never existed before 1963 and Malaysia would not have existed even today without Sabah and Sarawak," he said in a statement here Monday.

He said that claims for the restoration of Sabah rights and autonomy do not mean cessation, being anti-Malaya/peninsula or promoting hatred for other Malaysians.

"Claiming for Sabah rights is nothing more than the equivalent claim for Malay rights in the Peninsula. Claiming for these rights also does not mean 'Sabah for Sabahans' or 'Sarawak for Sarawakians'.

"It is not even a shadow of a threat to the security and well-being of the nation although it may seem to be a political threat to the political powers that be.

"A political threat just like the political threat posed by Pakatan Rakyat to the ruling regime does not mean a threat to the nation or security of the nation.

"Such a political situation is but part and parcel of a democracy.

However, the ruling regime does not see it that away and use every possible government machinery to bully, harass and intimidate the opposition," he said.

Jeffrey said the Minister should take a lesson from the Prime Minister and realised the realities of the political power wielded by the Borneo states and its people including the local BN leaders.

"The people in the Borneo states have awakened from their slumber and now realise that their roles as kingmakers in determining the federal government in Putrajaya and along with it the God-given opportunity to voice and claim the restoration of the rights and autonomy of the Borneo states.

"Sack the Ministers and Deputy Ministers from Sabah and Sarawak today and immediately the ruling BN regime will find itself in the opposition with the Minister himself as the "shadow" minister in the opposition cabinet," he said.

He said the people of Sabah including Sabah Umno/BN leaders and supporters are already joining the bandwagon to seek the restoration of the Sabah rights.

"Even the claims for the return of the oil rights and oil revenue, taken 95 per cent by Petronas and the Federal Government with RM58 billion taken in 2012, can no longer be ignored.

"Promises of development, one or two 'Tangki Biru 1-Malaysia', a few pieces of zinc and timber, a few million here and there, a few hundred million of projects here and there, will no longer satisfy the people in Sabah and Sarawak.

It will be more evident come the 14th general election," he claimed.

"The official slogan may be 'Sabah Maju Jaya Dalam Malaysia' (Sabah is progressive in Malaysia) but the stark reality on the ground and in the kampung is 'Sabah Termiskin Dalam Malaysia' (Sabah is the poorest in Malaysia).

"If the Minister wishes to take action against the threats to the security and well-being of the nation, he should look into the statements and threats issued in the name of Malay rights, Ketuanan Melayu, but which are totally unrelated, as well as the religious bigots that incite racial and religious hatred and are divisive to Malaysians," he said.

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Borneo activists put Putrajaya on edge

Joe Fernandez, Free Malaysia Today, September 25, 2013

The calls by several Sabah and Sarawak activists for Putrajaya to honour the Malaysia Agreement is making some leaders' nervous.

It is interesting to note that Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein did not mention Sarawak when he said that his ministry would help the Home Ministry identify anti-Kuala Lumpur instigator groups who want Sabah to leave Malaysia and are politicising the issue on Facebook.

Obviously, it would be bad news for the powers-that-be to mention Sabah and Sarawak in the same breath when challenging any change advocated, however, remote, in their current status in the Federation of Malaysia.

Hishammuddin was speaking to the media after a parade in conjunction with the 80th Malaysian Armed Forces Day at Dataran Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.

The Defence Minister said the talk on taking Sabah out of Malaysia had been going on for the past several years and its promoters evidently getting bolder because of official inaction.

He reiterated the heroic efforts made by security personnel from Peninsular Malaysia in beating back a bunch of claimants from the Sulu islands who seized a remote village in Lahad Datu in Sabah not too long ago.

Hishammuddin stopped short of issuing the usual threats as in the past, but was careful at the same time not to appear to be too toothless in Umno’s fixed deposit states.

After all, he is facing a six-cornered fight to retain one of the three Umno vice-presidencies.

Hishammuddin also warned the separatists against flogging the “Sabah for Sabahans” theme, last played up in the late 80s and early 90s by the then ruling Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS).

No one remembers the old PBS battle cry being replayed in recent years. Indeed, the nearest to the theme are constant reminders in Facebook in particular illegal immigrants with and without MyKads are a crushing burden and whose presence is no longer tolerable in Sabah.

Former Petagas state assemblyman James Ligunjang was furious with Hishammuddin for putting the Sabah for Sabahans theme under government scrutiny.

“If Sabah is not for Sabahans, then for who?” he asked rhetorically in a text message as soon as news of the Defence Minister’s controversial remarks broke in Kota Kinabalu.

Ligunjang, was once executive secretary of PBS which he ditched in 1994 for the breakaway Parti Demokratik Sabah (PDS), now the United PasokMomogun KadazanDusunMurut Organisation (Upko).

He like many Sabahans and Sarawakians feel that “it is high time that we stood on our own two feet”.

Ligunjang said this approach was the only way for the two states to realise their full potential.

It is common knowledge that anti-Malaysia comments from Sabah and Sarawak in Facebook originate from these two states.

Indeed, these comments may be viewed by Putrajaya as bordering on treason or sedition and calculated to pit people against each other on both sides of the South China Sea and cause public alarm.

These comments are more a reflection of the perennial question in Malaysian Borneo since Sept 16 1963: “How did we get into this situation (being in a Federation with Peninsular Malaysia on the other side of the South China Sea)?”

Such sentiments translate into Facebook Pages like “Sabah Sarawak Keluar Malaysia”, moderated by Doris Jones, a UK-based lawyer from Sabah.

There have been calls in Facebook from Peninsular Malaysia for her to be arrested.

While Hishammuddin’s pre-occupation is with retaining his Umno vice-presidency, he is also capitalising on the Achilles Heel of the ruling Malay elite that they would not want Sabah and Sarawak issue to challenge their so-called dignity and Malay political supremacy and dominance.

However, there’s nothing that Putrajaya can do about the numerous anti-Malaysia comments in Facebook or emails circulating in cyberspace.

On the one hand, Putrajaya would not want to make heroes out of zeroes.

The more Putrajaya shrieks in public about the issue of Sabah and Sarawak in Malaysia, the worse it will be for them as it will be tantamount to opening the Pandora’s Box.

Putrajaya first pretended to be deaf, dumb and blind when activists in Sabah and Sarawak started “wagging their tails”.

They pretended to be much bigger than anything that can be thrown at them.

Meanwhile, multiple themes on Malaysia are being promoted by individuals locally or groups based abroad and which certainly do not run foul of the law.

Besides the “we want to stand on our own two feet” lobby, State Reform Party (Star) Sabah chairman and Bingkor state assemblyman Jeffrey Kitingan, for one, has been questioning Putrajaya on the Federal Government’s non-compliance of the 1963 Malaysia Agreement.

Jeffrey has long been chanting the same mantra since the late 80s and was even incarcerated for this under the Internal Security Act (ISA) in 1990 for two two-year terms, the second cut short in time for the 1994 state elections during which he won Bingkor for the first time.

Then Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad openly accused Jeffrey of plotting to take Sabah out of Malaysia to be its president. Jeffrey, upon his release, claimed that Mahathir advised him not to tell the people what they did not know and not to make the people smart.

Mahathir, in retaliation, alleged that RM4 billion – apparently the difference between spot prices and long-term contract prices – went missing during Jeffrey’s tenure as Sabah Foundation director.

Jeffrey has denied the allegation and welcomed an investigation. A PriceWaterHouse audit found no criminal wrongdoing on the RM4 billion.

An unrepentant Jeffrey wants the 20/18 points in the Malaysia Agreement to be honoured – a Federation of Malaya and a Federation of Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak as one country with two systems like in China.

Jeffrey’s Borneo Heritage Foundation has agreed to sponsor an international forum Malaysia 50 Years On – Expectation vs Reality in Kota Kinabalu on Oct 5.

At least nine papers will be presented by local and international speakers. The conference is being organised by former Borneo Mail managing director and former Star Sabah deputy chairman Paul Voon.

Former Sabah state secretary Simon Sipaun has been preaching, even after being questioned by police not so long ago, that “life was better in Sabah before Malaysia”.

Sipaun’s beef is that “the people in Sabah are living in fear”, their country swamped by illegal immigrants as racial and religious polarisation a la Malaya takes root.

Sipaun will moderate the conference. He will also present a paper on his favourite theme in a late September conference on “Malaysia 50 Years” at the National University of Singapore.

Some activists want to restore the sovereignty of Sabah and Sarawak won on Aug 31, 1963 and July 22, 1963 through the Declaration of Independence from British colonial rule.

Surprisingly, for the first time in 50 years, the Sarawak Government observed July 22 this year as Liberation Day.

Kuching blogger Lina Soo organised a conference at the same time on Sabah and Sarawak’s 50 years in Malaysia. Jeffrey was among the speakers. She moderates a 916 Occupation Day Page in Facebook.

The UK-based Borneo’s Plight in Malaysia Foundation (BOPIM), headed by former Star Sabah deputy chairman Daniel John Jambun, has been making the rounds of several western capitals – Brussels, Amsterdam, Geneva and London – raising awareness on “Malaya’s colonisation of Sabah and Sarawak”.

The BOPIM campaign has been inspired by the contents of declassified colonial documents on Malaysia released in London but not by Putrajaya.

These documents appear to indicate that the British were convinced that Malaya would colonise Sabah and Sarawak after they left.

Daniel John hopes to hit the international circuit again soon but has been handicapped somewhat since Hindraf Makkal Sakthi chairman P. Waythamoorthy joined the government.

Waythamoorthy used to be BOPIM’s honourary international adviser in the United Nations, the US State Department and the House of Commons in the UK.

There’s a case in the High Court of Borneo claiming that the Petroleum Development Act is unconstitutional and illegal.

Activists are alleging that Putrajaya has been stealing Sabah and Sarawak oil and gas since 1976. They want the fields returned before they run dry in 15 years and compensation at eight per cent interest per annum compounded yearly for the stolen commodities.

Other running themes in FaceBook and emails are that Malaysia is a failure – lack of security, poverty and unflattering comparisons with Singapore and Brunei are being cited.

Among others are Sept 16 is Occupation Day since there was “no referendum” on Malaysia; Malaysia is a Bad British Idea; the Sabah Royal Commission of Inquiry is set to be a Great Whitewash and the UN should revisit Malaysia in Borneo following allegations of colonisation.

The betting in Sabah and Sarawak is that Putrajaya’s own “guilty conscience on Malaysia”, will eventually kill them in Borneo.

The activists are realistic enough to be convinced that it would not be enough to say “boo” when the day comes for “Putrajaya to flee from Borneo in sheer terror with its tails between its legs”.

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Sabah must seize control of education

Queville To, Free Malaysia Today, September 25, 2013

The current remote-control implementation of education policies in Sabah has resulted in high dropout rates in schools, indiscipline, truancy and low quality education

KOTA KINABALU: When Sabah joined Malaysia in 1963, its educational system was revamped to suit the new nation. But 50 years on, there is a growing realisation that education here borders on mediocrity if not worse.

The stories now are of school dropouts, indiscipline, truancy, low-quality education and even a lack of command of the most basic language and communication skills.

It is the opposite of the education system available during “the good old days of British rule”, says Bingkor assemblyman Jeffrey Kitingan and he wants the state government to take note of this fact.

He claims federal control over education has led to poor administration, lack of quality control, bad planning and poor implementation of school projects had resulted in the coward spiral of the system in the state.

Now he wants the Sabah government to review and re-assess the education policy and administration in Sabah with the aim of taking back control.

He wants to see the “re-establishment of Sabah’s own Ministry of Education and a vision towards building towering Sabahans that will drive the growth of Sabah into a developed nation status.”

Commenting on the decision by the Sarawak government to build more technical schools and a pledge by philanthropist, Teo Han Tong, to help fund a new RM1.4 million school building for the 84-year old SJK Kuok Ming in Tawau, Kitingan said this was an eye-opener of the state of education in the two states.

He singled out the decision of Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud and his government in building more technical schools in Mukah, Kapit, Baram and Betong in an effort to get more rural Sarawakian children to pursue technical education as commendable.

“The Sabah government should emulate their Sarawak counterparts and build more technical and vocational institutes and colleges and upgrade existing ones to enhance the technical skills of Sabahans and at the same time hasten the pace of creating technically skilled and techno-savvy Sabahan youths.

“In the fast-paced modern world, job-seekers with better technical and technology skills not only stand a better chance of employment opportunities and career advancement but they will also contribute to and expedite the economic growth of Sabah.

“Nowadays, even a store-keeper in a medium-sized outfit will require computer knowledge and skills in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software,” he said.

Sabah education has regressed

He added that by re-establishing education under Sabah control, the Sabah government can better manage and plan for the development of local human capital.

“After 50 years of Malaysia, education and human capital development in Sabah appears to have regressed and not progressed as it should have.

Kitingan said he endorsed the recent call to empower the Sabah Education director which emphasizes the need for education to be under state control once again.

At the moment, he said, it is floundering under the weight and distance of remote control by Malayan policy-makers and federal bureaucracy compounded by the lack of knowledge of local extenuating circumstances.

As part of the education review, he suggested the Sabah government also re-assess the financial requirements and needs of Chinese schools and not just leave the matter to the Chinese and business communities.

“The government should fund the construction of school buildings, libraries and computer classes and not just make token contributions at the end of the year especially during election campaign periods to fish for votes of the Chinese community.

“This funding is more critical and justifiable in Sabah where in many Chinese schools the enrolment of non-Chinese students is more than one-third and in some instances where some students have to be turned away for lack of vacancies.

“The Chinese and business communities can still play their part and with the additional funding from the Sabah government, the Chinese schools can focus more on educational teaching and development,” he said.

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Education blueprint centred on Malay-policy

Calvin Kabaron, Free Malaysa Today, October 1, 2013

Bingkor asseblyman Jeffrey Kitingan argued that what is good and excellent for Malays and Malaysians in the Peninsula may not necessarily be fine for the communities in Borneo.

KOTA KINABALU : Pro-autonomy Sabah leader, Jeffrey Kitingan, reiterated his call for Federal to return the education department
under Sabah’s own ministry of education so as to enable the Sabah government to better manage and plan for Sabah’s education and manpower needs to suit the local circumstances.

The State Reform Party (Star) head for Sabah chapter, claimed that the handling of Sabah’s education under the federal ministry leaves much to be desired.

“Under the remote control of the ministry from Putrajaya, the education system in Sabah has totally failed Sabahans and created problems for the schools, teachers and students and parents alike.

“With due respect to the Deputy Prime Minister cum Education Minister, making a few trips to Kota Kinabalu a year for meetings without visiting the rural heartlands, will not make the minister understand the problems in Sabah,” he said in a statement today on the visiting Muhyiddin Yassin who arrived here yesterday for a two-day visit to Sabah.

Kitingan said the scenario is made worse with political events included in those visits leaving little time for proper government business.

“The lack of voice or outspokenness on education in Sabah does not mean everything is well here” he said adding that it is just that public outcry and confrontation has never been the hallmark of Sabahans who are warm, friendly and accommodating.

“Like cancer, the tell-tale signs and symtoms of the failed system is evident everywhere.

“The national education blueprint has failed to address the needs of the Sabahans and Sarawakians as it appears to be centred on the Malay national policy and Peninsula-centric.

“There is not even a footnote for Sabahans and Sarawakians who are ethnically not Malay but of diverse ethnic groupings, more than 31 alone in Sabah, and with different mother-tongues,” he said.

Rise in complaints

Yesterday, Kitingan also issued a statement calling on Muhyiddin to bring in the RM2 billion the state needed to repair roads in the state as pointed out by the state JKR director, John Anthony, recently.

Kitingan further argued that what is good and excellent for Malays and Malaysians in the Peninsula may not necessary be fine for Bajau, Bisaya, Kadazandusun, Murut, Bruneian, Kadayan, Suluk, Iranun, Iban, Dayak, Bidayuh, Orang Ulu, Lumbawang, Ubian, Bugis and the like in the Borneo states.

“The rise in complaints on Sabah education including where even simple routine transfers of teachers and students from one school to another or to another district needs to be approved from headquarters in Putrajaya reveals simmering discontent and dissatisfaction with the system of federal control.

“The Education Director does not even have the authority to accept the resignation of teachers!” he pointed out.

“The suggestions by the Sabah Education director to handle school affairs including repairs and maintenance of schools and the recent retirement of the previous director and joining the opposition speak volumes of the hidden problems and cover up by the authorities.

“The growing trend of non-Chinese enrolling in Chinese schools portray a lack of confidence in the education system and school syllabus corresponding with the drop in the quality of education in the national schools,” he said.

Kitingan further pointed out that the recent calls by Sabah Umno leaders led by the Assembly Speaker, Salleh Said Keruak and educators to empower the Sabah Education director shows that it is time for the federal leaders to pay serious attention to the education system and its administration in Sabah.

“Like the saying goes, “there is no smoke without fire”. Like treatment of cancer, remedial surgery and removal of the cancerous part needs to be done.

“The present education policy need to be revamped to suit Sabah and Sarawak conditions respectively and the administration and management needs to be handed back to the respective governments.

“The public institutions in Sabah like Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Industrial Training Institute (Institut Latihan Perindustrian), Sandakan Polytechnic, MRSM and the like also need to be handed over to the Sabah government,” he said adding that the education of Sabahans is of utmost importance.

“We cannot continue to export our people to do factory jobs in the Peninsula and Singapore” rued Kitingan as further proof of the failure of education in Sabah.

He stressed that the federal Umno/BN government need to start treating Sabah and Sarawak as equal partners and not as the 12th and 13th subservient State of Malaya.

“If they need a lesson on the history of the formation of Malaysia in 1963, and not gaining independence in 1957, they should call up Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, who had advised the federal government to start treating Sabah and Sarawak as equals to Malaya before the discontentment boils over,” he added referring to Razaleigh recent remark over the matter at a forum in Kuala Lumpur.

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Queville To, Free Malaysia Today, October 2, 2013

Sabah natives ‘lost’ in translation

Bingkor assemblyman Jeffrey Kitingan wants Article 41 of Sabah Constitution upheld in total.

KOTA KINABALU: STAR Sabah chairman Jeffrey Kitingan wants both the Federal and State governments to do away with the classification of ‘bumiputera’ in Sabah and adopt in its place the term ‘native’.

This should be then followed up, he said, by the abolishment of the Sabah bumiputera empowerment programme and policies and the implementation of Sabah native empowerment as provided under Article 41 of the Constitution of Sabah.

Article 41 titled ‘Safeguarding position of Natives’ states: “It shall be the responsibility of the Yang di-Pertua Negeri to safeguard the special position of the Natives and the legitimate interests of other communities in accordance with the provisions of this Article.”

The articles goes on to declare that the head of state shall “safeguard the special position of the natives, and to ensure such degree of participation by natives as he may deem reasonable in the public service of the state, and in the receipt of scholarships, exhibitions and other similar educational or training privileges or special facilities given or accorded by or with the approval of the State Government and, when any permit or licence for the operation of any trade or business is required by State Law, then, subject to the provisions of that law and this Article, in such trade or business”.

What is instead happening now, Kitingan lamented was that the federal and Sabah governments were ignoring the Sabah Constitution and not honouring native rights and privileges by “wrongly enforcing bumiputera policies in Sabah”.

Responding to announcements by the Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Chief Minister Musa Aman on Sabah bumiputera empowerment, he contended that not all bumiputra are natives although all natives are necessarily bumiputera.

“Similarly, not all Malays are natives. However, non-Muslim bumiputera in Sabah lose everything when the governments divide the Sabah and Sarawak bumiputera into “bumiputera Islam” and “bumiputera bukan Islam” and the former get better treatment and privileges compared to the latter.

“Why then this classification and continuing to segregate the people in Sabah and ignoring the natives?” he asked.

Sabah natives lagging behind

The Bingkor assemblyman said that it could not be denied that the Sabah natives lag behind in practically everything and everyone else and form the majority of the poorest of the poor.

“And we are not talking of KDMs alone but all the 31 or so ethnic tribes in Sabah be they be Bajau, Suluk, Iranun, Kedayan, Rungus, Bisaya, Brunei, Ubian, Lundayeh, Kagayan, Simonol, Sibutu, Tatana, Sungei, Lotud, Gana, Kimaragang, Sunsugon, Tambanuo, and the like,” he said.

Claiming that the Malayan federal leaders may have a hidden agenda to marginalise and disenfranchise Sabahans and Sabah natives, Kitingan reminded that the Sabah government should not be taken in by the bumiputera or Malay agenda and promote its empowerment programme as their duty and obligation is first to safeguard the special position of the Sabah natives.

He reminded that the federal and Sabah governments have a statutory duty and are under moral obligation under Article 41 of the Sabah Constitution to safeguard and promote the interests of the Sabah natives while looking after the legitimate interests of the other communities.

“I strongly urge the Sabah government to return to the correct path and set up a non-partisan “Sabah Native Empowerment Council” and start formulating a “Sabah Native Empowerment Agenda” and implement native empowerment programs and policies immediately,” he said.

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Queville To , Free Malaysia Today, October 13, 2013

‘It’s state wealth so take it back’

Bingkor assemblyman Jeffrey Kitingan, former Sabah CMs Harris Salleh and Yong Teck Lee want a review of oil agreement with Petronas.

KOTA KINABALU: State Reform Party (Star) Sabah chairman Jeffrey Kitingan has urged all elected representatives in the state to end their rivalry and focus on recovering Sabah’s oil wealth now controlled by the federal government through Petronas.
“It is now clear as daylight that it’s the legal duty and moral obligation of the Sabah government and every Sabah MP to take immediate steps and by all available means to regain Sabah’s oil ownership,” he said.
He urged this in response to the explanation of former Sabah chief minister Harris Mohd Salleh during a public debate with Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) president Yong Teck Lee on Friday, that he had no choice but to sign the 1976 Oil Agreement with Petronas.
Harris claimed that this was because the federal government had stated that Sabah’s oil found off-shore belonged to the federal government and signing and getting 5% of the oil revenue was better than getting nothing at all.
“Harris also stated that it was the federal government who prepared the Oil Agreement and he was under pressure to sign the Oil Agreement, partly to rescue the Sabah government which was left with RM2 million in its coffers.
“His story confirms and re-affirms the recent revelations by (Tan Sri) Majid Khan of the “lies” by the federal leaders in the 1970s that oil found off-shore Sabah belonged to the federal government and that it was up to the present-day Sabahans to take the matter to court to determine the truthfulness and legitimacy of the federal statement,” said Kitinggan.
“Harris’ statement was made in the presence of the 300-strong crowd and the team of Special Branch officers who recorded everything diligently for their Malayan political leaders,” he added.
He dismissed the federal leaders’ assertion that Sabah’s oil found off-shore belonged to the federal government as false citing that since 1954 the international boundary of Sabah (North Borneo) was extended to include the area of the continental shelf which remained unchanged until Malaysia Day on Sept 16, 1963.
Kitingan pointed out that Sabah’s international boundary is acknowledged in Article 1(3) of the Federal Constitution which provides that “…the territories of each of the States mentioned … are the territories comprised therein immediately before Malaysia Day”.
“This Sabah international boundary is even recognised today in the government official website: http://www.townplanning.sabah.gov.my/iczm/Reports/Coastal,” Kittingan noted.
“Pursuant to Section 24 of the Sabah Land Ordinance (Cap. 68), it is also clear as daylight that from December 1930, the oil and gas found on-shore or off-shore of Sabah belonged to Sabah.
“Anyone that does not accept this fact and truth ought to take lessons in the law. Whatever mistakes of the past should be learnt and steps should be taken to rectify the past mistakes” said the Bingkor assemblyman.
Harris-Yong agree on oil demands
Harris had made the same suggestion when speaking on how Sabah lawmakers could amend the situation and said added that he was certain that if the matter was raised and reasonable, the federal government would agree to Sabah’s demands.
Yong, his opponent in the debate supported this view and stressed that this was the right time for the Sabah state government to reclaim what belonged to the state especially as the federal government could not survive without their support.
Kitingan, agreeing with Yong’s contention, said it was an opportunity that the state government and its leaders could ill-afford to ignore.
“The Sabah government needs to raise with the federal government the issue of Petronas returning Sabah’s oil and gas ownership and the Sabah MPs need to raise the matter in Parliament. If they wish to take it further, they should get the Petronas Twin Towers renamed as the Petronas Sabah Sarawak Twin Towers.
“There is no two ways about it, regain Sabah’s oil or condemn Sabah’s future generations to unwarranted poverty due to the oil revenues being siphoned off to Petronas and the federal government,” he said.
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Queville To, Free Malaysia Today, October 28, 2013

Jeffrey: Postpone GST for Sabah, Sarawak

The Bingkor assemblyman said if the federal government can "implement 1-country 2-laws on the “Allah” issue then it can also exempt Sabah and Sarawak from the GST.

KOTA KINABALU: Maverick Sabah politician Jeffrey Kitingan has slammed the 2014 Budget as a blow to the expectations of east Malaysians.

The state assembly representative said the people of Sabah and Sarawak had high hopes that the two states would be rewarded for keeping the Barisan Nasional government of Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak in power.
But Kitingan said some amendments could still be made to the disappointing budget announced by Najib to give some relief to the long-suffering people of the two Borneo states.
One such measure, he said would be to postpone implementing the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in Sabah and Sarawak scheduled to come into effect nationwide in 2015.
“If the federal government can implement 1-country 2-laws on the “Allah” issue which indirectly is a recognition of the 1-Country 2-System, the federal government can exempt Sabah and Sarawak from the GST scheduled in 2015, at least for 3-5 years,” he said yesterday.
The Bingkor assemblyman also questioned the rationale of allocating funds to help reduce the prices of necessities in Sabah when the same could be accomplished by abolishing the cabotage policy.
The Budget 2014 allocation of RM331 million to continue the price uniformity programme and subsidies including transport cost and RM30 million for an additional 60 Kedai Rakyat 1Malaysia (KR1M), he said, did not make economic sense.
He called it stop-gap measures which would not resolve the systemic problems of higher costs of living and high unemployment in Sabah.
“Both the federal and Sabah governments should undertake a study on the impact of the KRIM in Sabah as there are complaints that the KRIM has affected the small sundry and provision shops in Sabah and many will eventually close down,” he said.
Kitingan also agreed with other 2014 budget critics in the state that the allocation of RM2 to RM3 billion development expenditure for Sabah and Sarawak was a slap on the status of the equal partnership of Sabah and Sarawak in Malaysia.
Pittance for Borneo
He described the allocation of RM500 million for upgrading of the Pan Borneo Highway as a disgrace and totally unacceptable.
“For the record, RM400 million was announced for the 33km. Sibu-Kapit road. How far can RM500 million do for the Pan Borneo Highway?” he asked.
He reminded that just recently the state Public Works Department had revealed that RM2 billion was needed for urgent road repairs in Sabah and another RM700 million was needed to urgently repair and upgrade 65 bridges in Sabah.
“Yet there is not even a mention of any allocation in Budget 2014 (for this) … (this is) not the right way to treat Sabah which contributed 22 out of 25 MPs that help keep the Umno/BN federal government in power,” he said.
The budget planning for next year, he said, had come as “a huge disappointment to the people of Sabah” as well as senior state leaders like his elder brother Joseph Pairin, the president of BN coalition member Parti Bersatu Sabah.
“The PM himself had whipped up expectations of Sabahans especially the PBS delegates at their general assembly by asking Sabahans to wait for Friday’s Budget announcement,” he said.
On national level, Kitingan said that Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, who is also the Finance Minister, missed the opportunity to put the national economy on a stronger footing by reducing operating expenditure of RM217.7 billion.
In contrast, he said, only RM46.5 billion was set aside for development.
Reducing expenditure, he said, would have improved the country’s international credit rating and at the same time increase the well-being of the people especially the lower income groups.
Water tanks
Kitingan also lashed out at the cash handouts being made by the BN government, calling them approach as ill-conceived and leading to bigger expectations and greater dependency among the rural poor.
“There is no need to fish for votes for election season is over. The government should have invested more money in boosting the income earning capacity of the poor.
“Giving of RM75 million in water tanks is no way to treat the rural voters who voted to retain the Umno/BN federal government. If not for the 25 BN MPs in Sarawak, the budget would have been presented by a different Finance Minister,” he noted.
“It would have been better to spend RM500 million on 20 water treatment plants of RM25 million each to provide clean piped water in rural Sarawak given the many big dams there,” he said.
Kitingan also warned that the withdrawal of sugar subsidies would bring about an instantaneous price increases.
Taking a swipe at Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on the reasoning behind the end to the subsidy, he said it was “laughable” and bordered on “absurdity” that the subsidy cut was paired with reducing the incidence of diabetes in Malaysians.
“It is an undisputed medical fact that diabetes is not caused by sugar alone and a lower sugar intake alone does not reduce the diabetic rate,” he said.
The budget for next year, he said, proved that the BN government was continuing to disregard the importance of Sabah and Sarawak.
“It is high time for the Sabah and Sarawak governments to re-assess their support of the Umno/BN federal government.
“Perhaps a withdrawal of support and change of the federal government may bring about a better 2015 Budget for Sabah and Sarawak and a shot in the arm for both local economies and a better outlook and way of life for Sabahans and Sarawakians,” he said.

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Jeffrey: Does Sabah belong to KL?

Queville To, Free Malaysia Today, November 1, 2013

Is the recent transfer of Sabah judges to the peninsular part of the federal government’s Malayanisation programme?

KOTA KINABALU: The failure of Sabah Barisan Nasional government to assert its authority and stamp out attempts by the federal government to impose Malayan hegemony over the state and her citizens has raised a red flag in the state. State assembly representative Jeffrey Kitingan said the sudden and unusual transfer of local judges and magistrates to the peninsula – and replaced by those from Peninsular Malaysia, and the silence of the state government on the matter is a cause for concern.
Describing it as highly unusual, Kitingan said the consequential replacements with Malayans raised questions over the motives of the federal leaders in their treatment of Sabahans and Sarawakians.
“Is this part of the federal government’s Malayanisation programme? Isn’t their replacements contradictory with the Borneonisation set out under the 20-Points and the Malaysia Agreement?,” he asked.
The Bingkor assemblyman said the issue of transfers, Borneonisation and rights of Bornean people of Sabahans and Sarawakians are important aspects of the special rights and privileges of the two states that were agreed to during the formation of Malaysia.
“Is there no government in Sabah to look after Sabahans? Has the Sabah government been consulted?
“Is the Sabah government aware of this? Has the Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak been consulted?.
“It seems to me that the federal government no longer respects the special rights and privileges of Sabah and Sarawak,” he said, adding that the Sabah government must make an official stand on the matter.
Kitingan who never misses an opportunity to point out infringements of state autonomy guaranteed by the Malaysia Agreement, said the transfers raise questions about whether the authorities were ignoring the laws.
He reminded that at the outset of the formation of Malaysia it was agreed that there would be a High Court of Borneo (now known as the High Court in Sabah and Sarawak) and the appointment of judicial officers and commissioners would be under its jurisdiction.
No place for extremism
He pointed out that while the lower courts officers come under the judicial and legal service commission, the federal government had ignored the fact that Sabah had its own set of local and customary laws and not just federal laws alone.
“The land laws take cognizance of local native customary rights and the local native customary laws are alien to Malayans, as if it is from another world compared to Sabah.
“In the dispensation of justice, Sabahans are entitled to and expect to be judged by qualified persons and knowledge of local laws and customs should a pre-requisite in Sabah,” he said.
The transfer of the local judges and magistrates has raised questions over Malay hegemony in Borneo since both the Director of the Courts and the Chief Registrar of Courts are from Malaya. Both these positions, he said, should be held by Borneo natives,
“Is the transfer an attempt to prevent a local native from being promoted? Is the move a pre-cursor to bringing in another Malay from the peninsula?” Kitingan asked.
“Whatever the motive or objective of the transfer and subsequent replacement exercise, the Sabah government and the Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak need to look into the matter and assert their authority as Sabahans expect them to do.” he added.
Kitingan also drew an unflattering parallel between how Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud asserted Sarawak’s unique position as a partner in the formation of Malaysia and the silence of the Sabah Barisan Nasional government when hegemonic policies are thrust on the state.
“The Sabah government must do likewise and stop any attempt to impose Malayan Muslim hegemony in Sabah. There is no place in Sabah for such race and religion extremism,” he said.

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The Malaysian Insider, 17 November 2013.

Umno young guns straining ties between Putrajaya and Sarawak, says James Masing

Sarawak's outspoken Land Development Minister, Tan Sri Dr James Masing, has accused young federal leaders, particularly those from Umno, of causing friction between Putrajaya and the state government.

He said their lack of understanding of the Malaysia Agreement and how the federation was formed, makes them think that they are the masters and leaders from Sarawak and Sabah should be subservient to them.
Without wanting to name names, Masing, a senior minister in Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud's Cabinet, said in state capital Kuching that these young Umno leaders should be humble enough “to pick up the history book and relearn the history of Malaysia”.
“They should be reminded of the understanding for the formation of Malaysia, the agreements that were signed, the position of Sarawak and Sabah in the federation and the special rights and autonomy we have.
“When they talk to us, they make themselves feel as if they are superior while we in Sarawak, are their coolies.
“Personally, I get irritated with those leaders who do not treat us from Sarawak as equal partners in the administration of this federation,” he said yesterday.
Masing also said he gets upset with Umno leaders asking him questions like: “Oh! When did you leave Malaysia?” when in Kuala Lumpur or Putrajaya to attend meetings.
“I told them I never left Malaysia. I only just flew in from Kuching. It maybe small talk but it showed their thinking.
“We in Sarawak and Sabah seemed to be like an appendix to West Malaysia."
“There are only four signatories to the formation of Malaysia – Malaya, representing the 11 Straits Settlements and Malay states, Singapore, Sarawak and Sabah (then known as British North Borneo).
“Not 11, 12 or 15 signatories. Only four. Sarawak and Sabah are regional entities of their own and we should be regarded and treated like one," he pointed out.
Masing said unless and until these young leaders understand all these historical facts and start respecting the agreement, there will always be friction between Putrajaya and the state particularly when federal policies do not take into account Sarawak and Sabah's special position.
Issues that are currently straining state-federal ties, Masing said, is the Home Ministry's decision to ban the use of the word "Allah" in Christian publications, a decision which the Court of Appeal upheld in a controversial ruling last month.
The decision had fanned the anger of the 1.6 million Christians in East Malaysia against Putrajaya as it was seen by people in the two states as breaching the very first point of the terms Sabah and Sarawak drew up when Malaysia was formed.
“How could they then say the ruling is applicable only in West Malaysia and not in East Malaysia? How could we have two sets of rule for one country?
“Then you get an Umno minister saying that if East Malaysians were to come to the peninsula, they have to respect the laws of the peninsula as West Malaysians are not used to Christians using Allah,” he said in reference to Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz who recently warned East Malaysian Christians that they cannot use the word in Peninsular Malaysia.
“That's arrogance."
Sarawak's autonomy over immigration, which places curbs and restrictions on people from the peninsula from coming into the state freely and to work, is another matter that has also been continually questioned by members of parliament.
Masing said BN leaders, whether they are from the peninsula, Sabah or Sarawak, “must discuss issues intelligently, with great sensitivity and as equal partners and not as boss and subordinate”.
“Arrogance must not come into the picture. There must be a spirit of understanding.
“If our federal leaders are not mindful of the Malaysian Agreement, then the fears voiced by one of our Malaysia founding fathers, Tun Jugah Barieng, might ring true,” Masing said.
Jugah, the paramount chief of the Ibans, voiced loudly his scepticism and doubts of sincerity on Sarawak's long-term position in Malaysia when he famously said: “Anang Malaysia sebaka tebu, manis di pohon, tawal dihujung” (Malaysia should not be like the sugar cane, sweet at the head and getting less sweet towards the end).
“That would be most unfortunate,” he added.
Masing said his criticism was not to demand a review of the Malaysia Agreement but a demand that federal leaders be reminded of the terms and agreements in the formation of Malaysia and start respecting them.
The friction, he noted, could jeopadise the chances of the Barisan Nasional (BN) in the coming state election. The mandate of the Sarawak government ends in 2016.
“I hope the federal leaders take this as a constructive criticism as I want the BN to administer this nation for years to come.”
Parliament last Wednesday rejected an emergency motion tabled by Darell Leiking (PKR - Penampang) for a special committee to review the 18 and 20-point agreements.
Deputy speaker Ismail Mohamed said although the motion is definite and of public interest, he still rejected it on the grounds it was not urgent. - November 17, 2013.

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Percy Goliu, Free Malaysia Today, November 27, 2013

Situation is ‘iri om iri’, says Jeffrey

Bingkor assemblyman Jefrey Kitingan’s view of Sabah’s ruling elite is that they retain a subservient attitude to federal politicians and continue to tiptoe around important issues.

KOTA KINABALU: Ever since Jeffrey Kitingan returned to the Sabah Legislative Assembly after a lengthy absence, he has not failed to raise the political stakes as well as leave red faces in the august House by speaking his mind.
Some may call it brash and foolhardy, but Kitingan has never shied away from controversy and forcing people to think about uncomfortable truths.
The newly elected Bingkor assemblyman’s view of Sabah’s ruling elite is that they retain a subservient attitude to federal politicians in the peninsula and continue to tiptoe around important issues affecting the state rather than correct the imbalances.
That outspokenness has obviously not gone down well. Kitingan has raised the same issues over and over again but sadly the state government continues to ignore it again and again
His favourite phrase to describe the situation comes from the Dusun expression “iri om iri” – which loosely translates as “it remains the same” – and a putdown of the Barisan Nasional coalition party leaders who boast of their accomplishments.
Kitingan has used the term to hammer home the message that there has been no change in the social condition of the majority of people in Sabah and the state government remains indifferent.
He first used the phrase in June during the first state assembly sitting after Sabah’s Barisan Nasional won the 13th general election, where he famously equated the conduct of the House to that of a cowshed.
None of the demands that have been raised such as a review of the oil royalty, transparency in Petronas, Borneonisation, the controversial Project IC and poverty, among others have been entertained in the state assembly sittings, he’s pointed out.
The government is unwilling to allow these issues to be debated, he said, because the ruling coalition politicians are worried about upsetting the federal government.
He explained how the state BN government was also refusing to debate the all important 1963 Malaysia Agreement even though it was well known that it had been subverted 40 years ago.
“What is the government’s effort to ensure that the Borneonisation programme is fully implemented? What is the government’s stand on the latest issue of transfer the Kadazandusun and Murut judges and magistrates to the peninsula? Isn’t this against the Borneonisation policy?”
“Instead, what we have here is ‘Sabah Palsu’ (Fake Sabah). Everything which has come into the state is fake. Fake IC, fake name like Harian Bte Duakali Lima, Donald Duck, Batman Bin Superman, fake nationality, fake teeth… everything is fake.
“What is not fake is hiring security guard and supplying him with (a) weapon, allowing the fake people to vote, rob and kill,” said Kitingan, who is also Sabah State Reform Party (STAR) chairman.
“No improvement at all, iri om iri,” he repeated when debating the budget at the state legislative assembly sitting last week.

Sabah dependent

While shying away from slamming Chief Minister Musa Aman’s administration, Kitingan nevertheless said he was “not impressed” with the state government’s performance in safeguarding the rights and dignity of Sabahans.
The state BN government fares no better on the issue of poverty eradication in the state which the coalition has had almost two decades in power to address, he said.
Kitingan noted how the state government did not seem to be aware that Sabah has become overwhelmingly dependent on the federal government for everything.
“Without us realising it, we have surrendered away our autonomy power for the sake of position and privileges. It is no wonder we are still tagged as the poorest state in the country despite the huge budget in Sabah’s history,” he said.
According to official statistics, there are 42,400 poor households in Sabah, almost a four-fold increase compared to Sarawak’s 12,600, he noted adding that this was a shameful record for any government.
Poverty eradication, he added was not something for the government to boast about as was trumpeted from time to time by the state government but rather the duty of any responsible government.
Kitingan also downplayed Musa’s brag that the 2014 Budget was unprecedented in its size, saying the actual financial situation of the state government was nothing to be proud about given that the deficit of RM1.039 billion was the highest in Sabah’s history.
“The state’s financial situation is also not firm because it depends very much on two commodities namely palm oil sale (20%) and petroleum royalty (30.5%),” he said adding that the commodities are subject to the global market.
He also noted that the state’s revenue was decreasing and not increasing. In 2013, income was projected at RM3.828 billion while for next year it is forecast at RM3.583 billion.
Sabah’s debt will also increase from RM500 million to RM1 billion and this does not include its debt to the federal government, he added.
“To finance the debt using bonds and borrowing is bad financial management given the decrease in income and increase in expenditure.
“The state government actually has a lot of resources to improve its financial situation,” he said.
The solution to this financial quagmire is simple, he said and this is to demand back Sabah’s financial rights from the federal government.
In the villages here where it is commonly heard, the phrase “iri om iri” is usually accompanied by the rolling of eyes emphasising frustration at not being able to achieve something better.
If the previous Sabah Legislative Assembly sittings are any indication, there will be more eye rolling to come.

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It is time to have more than one definition for the term mother-tongue. It is time to have more than one meaning for the term mother tongue. How many mother-tongues does a bi-racial person have? How many mother-tongues does a tri-racial person have? Is English the mother tongue of Jamaicans? I am sure Swahili and Zulu are not as popular as English in Jamaica. I am sure English is widely used in Jamaica. I am sure Jamaicans are comfortable with English. Jamaicans and New Yorkers may speak English with a different accent. In a multi lingual nation like Malaysia, some Malaysians do speak English at home. Thus, English is the mother tongue of some Malaysians. Many Malaysians do code switching when communicating. Many Malaysians are bi-lingual. Those Malaysians who are comfortable with English should be allowed to claim English as their mother tongue. Those Malaysians who value English should be allowed to claim English as their mother tongue. People should be allowed to claim two mother tongues if that’s what they want to claim. In short, we need several definitions to the term “mother tongue”.

Coming to the schools in Malaysia, Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar is in favor of teaching mathematics and science in the mother tongue, not English. But English is a mother tongue to those Malaysians who claim it to be a mother tongue. There are different kinds of Malaysians and some may consider English to be their mother tongue. Some may have two mother tongues. Every family is different. This is the diversity; and diversity is the strength of Malaysia. Some of us are good in English, others good in Malay, and still others good in Tamil or Mandarin. Some mother tongues are good in the private sector, while others are good in the government sector. Some mother tongues are good in basketball while other mother tongues are good in long distance jogging. I hope Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar will accept the fact that some Malaysians who value English as a family first language will be allowed to accept English as their mother tongue. I think that accepting mathematics and science to be taught in the various mother tongues is a good idea provided English is recognized as a mother tongue too for those who consider it as a mother tongue. Those who want to have two mother tongues should be allowed to do so. We need to find several definitions for the term mother tongue. It is indeed a good idea to support the teaching of mathematics and science in the mother tongue because this idea will probably get votes from all the different mother tongues including English. We will end up with multi-stream education (including English stream). Diversity is indeed the strength of Malaysia. I hope Malaysians will vote for politicians who accept English as a mother tongue in Malaysia. Multi-stream education will give parents and students more choices.

Diversity is indeed the strength of Malaysia. A Chinese who eats nasi lemak is probably from Malaysia. An Indian who uses chopsticks when eating is probably from Malaysia too. A Malay who eats stir fry noodles is probably from Malaysia too. And this is why Malaysia is truly Asia. Malaysians are a lot luckier than they realize. The co-existence of Malay, Chinese, and Indian cultures have helped to enrich Malaysia. Teaching mathematics and science in the mother tongue is indeed a good idea because it is in line with Malaysia’s diversity. And Malaysia’s diversity is Malaysia’s strength. English is a mother tongue among some Malaysians. Therefore, mathematics and science should be taught in Chinese to those who claim Chinese as a mother tongue. Mathematics and science should be taught in Tamil to those who claim Tamil as a mother tongue. Mathematics and science should be taught in Malay to those who claim Malay to be their mother tongue. Mathematics and science should be taught in English to those who claim English as their mother tongue. Any politician who accepts this idea will probably get votes to build a diversity vote bank. You build a vote bank by getting support from the different communities. If you can play the diversity card well, you can build the diversity vote bank; and the diversity vote bank will make the difference in the 14^th General Elections (GE14) in Malaysia. I’m almost about to predict that GE14 will be won by the diversity vote bank. So build your vote bank, Mr.Politician.

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The Malaysian Insider, 23 January, 2014

Sabah Christians band together to stop conversions to Islam

A Christian group, representing various denominations in Sabah, is embarking on a major religious revival campaign following dubious attempts to convert some of their flock to Islam.

Perpaduan Anak Negeri Sabah (PAN) will go on a six-month campaign to gather indigenous Christians to unite and urge Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to speak up on the “Allah” issue for Christian Bumiputeras.
“We want the PM to say something. He is not a PM for the Malays only but a PM for everyone,” PAN chairperson Esther Golingi told The Malaysian Insider.
PAN is reviving the spirit of an old Kadazan Dusun Murut war cry “mamangkis” which was a used by their ancestors to rally warrior troops for battle.
However, Golingi said the calls now are being “contextualised as a Christian clarion call for revival.”
PAN will hold a mamangkis event in Ranau tomorrow as part of its statewide programme. It expects several hundred Christians to turn up.
PAN’s mobilisation effort comes amid reports of a group of about 64 people, including children, from three villages in the remote Pitas district – Kampung Layung Maliau, Dowokon and Sosop – being tricked into converting to Islam.
They claimed a neighbour told them “some people from Kuala Lumpur” were offering them “financial assistance” of RM800 but only if they went to Pitas to collect it.
On New Year's Day, they did. Instead of receiving the financial assistance at the Pitas town hall, they claimed they were made to go to a nearby mosque instead.
There the villagers were given RM100 and asked to put their thumbprint on a document. They were then told to stand in a line and recite some "foreign words".
The villagers claimed they only realised they were converted when some of them brought home the document and showed it to their church leaders.
Upset over broken promises by Putrajaya to Sabah when Malaysia was first formed, PAN said that it is worried that the religious freedom guaranteed in the Federal Constitution was no longer being upheld.
“We hold nothing against Islam if it was embraced with free choice. But we condemn such conversions as they were done through deceit, intimidation or bribery,” she said.

“We want to worship God. We want to be united as Christians. With more than 30,000 Sabahans working in the peninsula, what happened to our religious freedom?” said Golingi, adding that Sabahan Christians can no longer carry their Malay language Bibles, Alkitab, with them when in the peninsula.
Groups in Sabah and Sarawak are growing restless over the “Allah” issue as most indigenous tribes, who are Christians, are feeling the religious tension as the issue boils over from the peninsula to the two states.
“Today, we have lost our God-given freedom in every sense of the word. We are not even allowed to refer to God as ‘Allah’ in our liturgical language. Worse, we are not even allowed to teach our children and their children about God, whom they know as ‘Allah’, the almighty creator of the universe and all that is in it.”
Golingi said that religion was now used as a political tool and that Malaysia should go back to basics.
“We need to uphold the Constitution of our land and it says we have our freedom of religion. Freedom of religion means freedom of religion.”
Religious tension between Muslims and Christians in the country heightened after the Selangor Religious Affairs Department (Jais) seized some 300 copies of the Bible in Malay and Iban.
The raiding party also detained BSM chairman Lee Min Choon and manager Sinclair Wong.
Following that, Muslim groups had protested near a church in Klang against the right of Malay-speaking Christians to worship in Bahasa Malaysia using the word “Allah”.
Prior to the 2011 Sarawak elections, Putrajaya had endorsed a 10-point solution to allow Christians in Sabah and Sarawak to use “Allah” in the Malay version of the Bible, which was negotiated by Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Idris Jala.
The editor of Catholic weekly Herald Rev Father Lawrence Andrew is being investigated for sedition after he had been reported by The Malaysian Insider as saying that churches in Selangor would continue using the word “Allah” during their Bahasa Malaysia services.
His statement was in response to Jais's announcement that it would write to all churches in Selangor and tell them not to use the word "Allah" in their worship and publication.
Last week, church leaders of various denominations had come out to say that they were united with the Catholic church on the stand that Bahasa Malaysia-speaking Christians should be allowed to use the word "Allah" in their worship.
Throughout this, Putrajaya has kept silent on the issue even as Christians looked to Idris Jala for an explanation.
Christians form about 9% of Malaysia's 29 million population. Almost two-thirds of Christians in Malaysia are Bumiputera and are largely based in Sabah and Sarawak, where they routinely use Bahasa Malaysia and indigenous languages in their religious practices, including describing God as “Allah” in their prayers and holy book.
Besides the Bumiputera Christians from Sabah and Sarawak, some of whom have moved to the peninsula to live and work, Orang Asli Christians in the peninsula also typically use Bahasa Malaysia in their worship. – January 23, 2014.

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Dear Mr.President Barak Obama,

I understand that you would be visiting Malaysia in April 2014. Thank you, Sir. Malaysia is divided into the ruling political parties and the opposition political parties. I understand that you. Sir, would be meeting only ruling political party officials, not the opposition party officials of Malaysia. I do not think this is fair. I think you should take a neutral stand, which would be in the best interest of USA. USA has to trade with the whole world; and similarly China has to trade with the whole world. Malaysia too has to trade with the whole world. Let’s have a new world order. This would be better. Ganging up against China is not a good idea. May be one day China will have a multi-party system, and a one person one vote system too. We will wait and see.

You are hearing all this from me, a person who has rarely ever been anti-USA. I spend almost half my life in USA. I do know Punahou School(Honolulu), the school you attended. I have eaten ice-cream at the same Baskin Robins in Honolulu that you used to work at. I do know the hospital that you were born at. By now you would know that I have spent many years in Honolulu. How can I ever be anti-USA? I will always love Hawaii.

It is a changing world and we have to change with it. I fear to say that if USA abandons the opposition parties in Malaysia, then the opposition parties will slowly align closer to China. May I remind you that China ain’t too bad to deal with for Third World nations. China is growing economically and it would be naïve for other nations not to align with China; and this is an important factor that you should consider. In fact, this is the most important factor you should consider. People are trying to deal with China, not stay away from China. People are trying to deal with China because she is a growing economic power.

If USA abandons the opposition political parties in Malaysia, then the opposition political parties will align with China, and there is nothing I can do to stop it from happening. And you are hearing this from a person who has lived in Honolulu for many years. I appeal to you, Sir, not to abandon the opposition parties in Malaysia. The President of USA must at least keep some ties with the opposition parties. Therefore, I appeal to the President of USA to meet both ruling and opposition party officials in Malaysia. I appeal to President of USA to take the middle path: not pro-ruling party or not pro-opposition party. The middle path would be better in the best interests of USA. If USA abandons the opposition parties, then China will seize the opportunity to be closer to the opposition political parties in Malaysia. And this position would become difficult to reverse later on. And there is nothing I can do to change things once it happens that way. I think the middle path would be better for USA. And you are hearing all this from a person who loves Hawaii, USA.

Those of you read the above composition of mine, please feel free to copy and remail it to as many people as possible. I want this to be known to the President of USA as soon as possible.

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Coming back to multi stream education in Malaysia, again. The problems started when they decided to do away with English medium schools in Malaysia. Then the decline in the standard of education started. By year 2010 the market has changed. Nowadays, if you are young and ambitious you had better plan to be bilingual or even tri-lingual. It would be difficult to climb the corporate ladder if you know only Malay. This is what I do not understand about the Malay supremacist groups in Malaysia. They want to make Malay the dominant language, when in fact, English has been the dominant language in this nation for about 200 years; and will probably remain so for the next 2000 years. India will have the single largest English speaking population in the world in some decades into the future. English has and is the dominant language in Malaysia because at the university level most of the books are in English; and this is what the Malay supremacists have to fathom; and if they put on their thinking caps, they can fathom. You cannot compare Japan with Malays or Indians. You cannot compare Germans and the French with Malays or Indians. Both Malays and Indians cannot translate everything from English to Malay. It is impossible. The Japanese can, the Germans can, and the French can. But Malays and Indians cannot. Malays and Indians cannot because they cannot.

I don’t see why Malays should have ill-feelings towards English language. On the contrary, Malays are the ones who mimic the Americans all the time. For example, try going to some of the shopping malls and you would see Malay musical bands singing American songs and a large crowd of Malays listening to them. I must salute the Malay singers because they mimic well. Some of the spectators donate money to the mimicking singers; and the same spectators later go to work or dine at Pizza Hut, Seven Eleven, MacDonalds, KFC, etc all of which are American franchises. Thousands of Malays have gotten scholarship to have a higher education in USA and the West. Malays mimic the West all the time in fashion and dressing, dying the hair, lipstick, smokey eyes, nail polish, mascara, etc,etc. Very few Malay males walk around malls in sarong without a western style under ware which is how they were. Very few Malay females nowadays go around without a Western style brassier or feminine pad. Malays are just like me; I mimic whatever I like, the West or the East. I benefited from the English language and cannot live without it. I always use a Western style underwear which my grand father probably never used to. I think it’s time to check the undergarments of the Malay supremacist groups!

Coming back to the shutting down of English schools in the 1970’s. This was a big mistake. It is time go back to Tunku’s Malaysia. Tunku is the first Prime Minister of Malaysia. May his soul rest in peace. It is time to go back to Tunku’s Malaysia when we had Tamil medium, Chinese medium, Malay medium, and English medium schools coexisting. Everybody was happy and Tunku claimed to be the happiest Prime Minister in the world. What we need to do is to re-open the English medium schools and in the process go back to Tunku’s Malaysia. Is this Karma? There are several definitions for Karma and one of them is what goes around comes around. I think it is time to do a Karma by reopening English schools.

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How to end “insults” to Islam? That’s an easy questions. Just make sure that come General Election Fourteen(GE14), all voters must vote against National Front(NF). That’s all. We will take care of other things later. We have to do first things first. Just vote against NF come GE14. That’s all.

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Is the honorable Anwar Ibrahim responsible for dividing the Malays? I don’t think so. I shall now try to prove that Anwar Ibrahim is not responsible for dividing the Malays. Malays of the 1950’s and Malays of year 2015 are different. Malays of the year 2015 are better educated as compared to year 1950. The self-esteem and self-image of Malays have grown. Let’s look at divorce rates. Divorce rates have increased because the self-esteem and self-image of Malaysians have increased. As they become more and more educated, their self confidence has increased and there is a desire to stand on their own two feet; this has led to increase in divorce rates. As they become more and more educated, their self confidence has increased and there is a desire to stand on their own two feet; and this has led more individuals to disobey their own parents. As they become more and more educated, their self confidence has increased and there is a desire to stand on their own two feet; and this has led more and more Malays to leave UMNO and form a political party of their own. This phenomenon is for all races and religions. In the West, it is common for the youth to leave home and live elsewhere once they reach age 18. As you can see, it happens in all nations and therefore it is not the responsibility of Anwar Ibrahim that Malays are politically divided. In any case, if human beings are too close to each other, they will become quarrelsome. If human beings are too far away from each other, then they will become lonely. The right distance among human beings is unknown and varies from culture to culture and individual to individual. Once again, it is wrong to hold the honorable Anwar Ibrahim responsible for dividing the Malays.

Self confidence means to stand on your own two feet. Self confidence means to have the courage to disobey your parents. Self confidence means to think out of the box. Self confidence means to have the courage to do things your own way. More and more Malays are displaying self confidence and this has resulted in disunity among Malays. Perfect unity is hard to achieve and probably not desirable. Totalitarian nations like one party communist nations use enforcement to achieve unity. Unity among people may not be desirable because, as I have already explained, if human beings are too close to each other they risk becoming quarrelsome; and at the same time, if they are too far away from each other, then they become lonely. The right distance among human beings is hard to determine. Therefore, it is wrong to hold the honorable Anwar Ibrahim responsible for dividing the Malays. The Malays are more divided today because they have more self-confidence and are capable to stand on their own two feet. Being divided is a worldwide phenomenon. As the desire for individuals to stand on their own two feet increases, the disunity among the community increases too. This is understandable. Once again, it is wrong to hold the honorable Anwar Ibrahim responsible for dividing the Malays.

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I would like to respond to the honorable Abdul Hadi Awang of the Islamic Party, PAS in Malaysia. He is rather puzzled why non-Muslims do not accept hudud and Islamic economics as an ideology. He further claims that communism collapsed in Russia and China because of the absence of the Almighty in the system. He does not think too highly of “soulless” capitalism either. I’m a non-Muslim and wish to respond. On the contrary “soulless” capitalism may be the only way. Both Russia and China were probably “soulless”, but not capitalistic enough; and if you are not capitalistic enough, then it is difficult to raise living standards. Profit is a good word, not a bad word. If you do not espouse capitalism, meritocracy, and a free market economy, people will not have the freedom to choose. When we have the freedom to choose, people will emphasize on their differences. Everybody is different, and we are good at different things. In a free environment, you will eventually find your own niche, and I will find my niche. We are talking about avoiding slow growth and high unemployment.

As regards to religious scriptures, they are all old books. The Buddhist scriptures, Hindu scriptures, Muslim scriptures, Christian scriptures, and Jewish scriptures, are all old books. How loyal should we be to old books? I feel that we should distance ourselves from old books. Old books become redundant after some time. The only constant in this world is CHANGE. We have to take decisions based on current realities. History has never been accurate and we do not know who wrote the old books; and we do not know what the words in the old books mean either. Yes, the only constant in this world is change; and sometimes you have to reinvent yourself so that you remain relevant. We keep making mistakes and learning from our mistakes.

As regards to Islamic news and information, I have been monitoring Islamic news and information for decades. Muslims have been spreading misinformation for decades. I think it is safe to say that the predominantly Muslims nations are at the lower rungs of the global socio-economic ladder. But Muslim propaganda claims that Muslim nations are the best. The honorable Abdul Hadi Awang and people who think like him should realize the damage they are doing to Muslims by propagating misinformation. Honorable Abdul Hadi Awang, I do not think it is a good idea to raise your children or grandchildren, or great grand children on fiction. Fiction is just fiction. The so called “soulless” free market economies are more competitive and are able to raise living standards. This is the age of small government, not big government.

I hope the honorable Abdul Hadi Awang will espouse small government and become more moderate. We have to accept contemporary wisdom, not the old books. Muslims should stop raising their children on fiction. The fiction is that Muslim nations are the best. It is the Arabs wrote the Koran; and it has never been proven that Arabs are the smartest in the world. I hope the honorable Abdul Hadi Awang will reinvent himself. I hope all Malaysians will periodically reinvent themselves.

It is time for Muslims to face up to the truth; and the truth is that they are a nobody in this world. There must be freedom of expression so that people can debate and exchange views. You would be surprised by how much you would learn from debates and differing views. Sometimes the truth hurts; sometimes the “insults” hurt. You must face the so called “insults” to Islam or other religions. You must achieve so that people will back off and leave you alone. Just ignore those who throw “insults”; and make sure that you work harder than those who throw the insults. It has never been proven that praying five times a day is the solution to slow growth and high unemployment. It has never been proven that being loyal to the old books/old scriptures is a cure for slow growth and high unemployment. We make mistakes, but we also learn from our mistakes; and this is to reinvent yourself periodically. I have lost count over the number of mistakes I have made. I think that being loyal to old books is a mistake. There are many new things to learn.

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As citizen of Malaysia it is my duty to explain the situation in beloved Malaysia. As citizen of Malaysia it is my duty to demystify the situation in beloved Malaysia. As citizen of Malaysia it is my duty to clarify the situation in beloved Malaysia. We will talk about SHORTAGES , SURPLUSES,RISING CONFIDENCE, and WANNABE PM’S: the shortage of graduates , to the surplus of graduates, rising confidence, leading to wannabe Prime Ministers. I will try to link all four: shortages, surpluses, rising confidence, and wannabes. Just keep thinking of the shortage of graduates and the surplus of graduates, rising confidence, and wannabe Prime Ministers and you would be able to explain and demystify the situation in Malaysia. The explanation is as follows.

Tunku Abdul Rahman(TAR), the first Prime Minister of Malaya/Malaysia, had it easy because there were not very many Malays who questioned his authority: that is, he faced only compliant Malays. The honorable TAR had some education but the rest of Malays could barely read and write; and this phenomenon put him in his comfort zone. This means there was a shortage of graduates among Malays during TAR’s time. The shortage of Malay graduates in Malaya made the first Prime Minister’s job easy.

You can say that the late Tunku Abdul Minister’s job easy; and he claimed to be the happiest Prime Minister in the world; and he probably was because he was dealing with compliant Malays. Actually, his authority was never questioned by obedient/compliant Malays because Malays in the 1950’s and 1960’s could barely read and write. The Malays of 1950’s and 1960”s were compliant Malays. You can say that a shortage of Malay graduates is synonymous to obedient Malays. If you say that SHORTAGE of Malay graduates is synonymous with OBEDIENT Malays, then it follows that the SURPLUS of Malay graduates is synonymous with DISOBEDIENT Malays. DISOBEDIENT means the right to be different. Disobedient means non-compliant. DISOBEDIENT also means the desire to stand on your own two feet. Disobedient Malay is not necessarily a bad Malay. A disobedient Malay is one who thinks out of the box; someone who is bold enough to break ranks; a non-conformist: these are the break ranks Malays who want to stand on their own two feet. That’s it. It’s been demystified. Just remember this all the time. A DISOBEDIENT Malay is one who is non-compliant, confident and bold and has Prime Ministership in his blood: irrespective of whether he is willing to admit it or not, he’s a wannabe Prime Minister .

Coming back to TAR, even though he claimed that he was the happiest Prime Minister in the world, he ruled over obedient/compliant Malays. This is almost like one man rule or unopposed rule, which made him happy. The more compliant the Malays were, the more happy he was, I guess.

More than 50 years have passed since year 1960. This is year 2015. This is a different Malaysia. There are so many Malay graduates now. Over the years, the SHORTAGE of Malay graduates has turned into a SURPLUS of Malay graduates. Which means that, over the last 50 years, the number of OBEDIENT Malays have decreased and the number of DISOBEDIENT Malays have increased. Year 2015 is indeed not TAR’s Malaysia. Year 2015 and TAR’s Malaysia are different. There is a shortage of obedient Malays now; even divorce rates have increased! Any Prime Minister of Malaysia nowadays can hardly claim to be a happy Prime Minister. We need only one Prime Minister at a time, but there are so many Malay graduates who want to be the Prime Minister these days: and these are the wannabes. There are so many Malay graduates who are ambitious these days. There are so many Malay graduates who want to be the Prime Minister these days; and even if he eventually becomes the Prime Minister, he will be surrounded by disobedient Malays; and TAR never faced this phenomenon. TAR, indeed, had it easy. Nowadays even if a Malay eventually becomes the Prime Minister, he will be surrounded by other Malays who would want to unseat him; and TAR never faced this phenomenon. TAR, indeed, had it easy.

Nowadays, if you want to be a happy Prime Minister, you should have been born in year 1903. It’s too late for that. You can never get back TAR’s Malaysia; and perhaps we don’t need TAR’s Malaysia. A surplus of Malay graduates means that Malaysia will never be the same as TAR’s Malaysia. It’s irreversible. The past is the past. Unfortunately, we need only one Prime Minister in the Federation at a time, and with so many ambitious Malays aspiring, it is competitive. Unfortunately, we need only one Chief Minister/Menteri Besar in each state at a time, and with so many ambitious Malays aspiring, it is competitive. Year 2015 gives a different Malaysia. Nowadays, if you want to be a Prime Minister or Chief Minister/Menteri Besar, you should be content with being not-so- happy because there will be more Malay graduates conspiring to unseat you. The change from shortage of Malay graduates to surplus of Malay graduates has resulted in more and more ambitious Malay leaders mushrooming. The change from obedient Malays to disobedient Malays has resulted in ambitious Malay leaders mushrooming all over the nation. It means that over the past 50 years, the self-confidence of Malays has increased. But don’t be disheartened: this phenomenon of moving from SHORTAGES to SURPLUSES happens world-wide, not just in Malaysia.

So, what does it take to be a Prime Minister? I really don’t know? Though I have emphasized on graduates, actually being a graduate may be the least of our concerns. But it might help. Sometimes I feel that Prime Ministers are born. It’s genetics. May be. That is, you must have Prime Ministership in your blood: you must feel like a Prime Minister. If you have sufficient Prime Ministership in your blood, you are virtually unstoppable. Whether you are a taxi driver, janitor, goat farmer, or medical doctor if you feel like a Prime Minister, you have it; and if you have it,you would gradually become politically emboldened. You would become daring. It’s a feeling, a sensation. It’s a vigilance and perseverance which will consume half your energy. Either you have it or you don’t. If you have it, you will find ways to move forward politically. It may have something to do with genetics or sometimes life experiences or both. Over the past 50 years, more and more Malays have it. Once again, this is a worldwide phenomenon, not just among Malays. There is nothing unusual. Nothing to be ashamed of. It’s a worldwide phenomenon. Some of those who have it will become leftists, still others as rightists, and still others as centrists, postmodernists, or whatever else. Leaders are those who take on the competition (no matter how tough it is) and keep moving ahead (no matter how tough it is); and such people have it.

The Malays of the 1950’s were different, the Malays of the 1960’s were different, the Malays of the 1970’s were different and so on and on. As time passes they are becoming more and more self confident with a desire to stand on their own two feet. This is a worldwide phenomenon, not just among Malays.

So, how does Malaysia’s future look like? I think it looks good. Before, we had to depend on one person, namely TAR to lead. Now more and more confident and non-compliant Malays are mushrooming. Many leaders are better than one. There you go. MANY LEADERS ARE BETTER THAN ONE. I think the future looks good. But I must forewarn you that you cannot expect to be a happy Prime Minister.

I forgot to tell you, it does not matter whether you have a university education or not; but you must have your own vote bank if you want to be a politician. As a politician you are a nobody without your own vote bank. The onus is on you to forge your own vote bank.

This is my national service. As a loyal citizen of Malaysia, it is my duty to explain and demystify what’s going on in beloved Malaysia. It is my duty to explain; and this is my national service.

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I would like to commend the Sultan of Johore for his views regarding the English medium schools in Malaysia. The Sultan feels that Malaysia must use Singapore as a role model. Like Singapore, Malaysia must also use English to unite Malaysians. He further feels that many Malaysian politicians were hypocrites because while they promote Malay schools, they themselves send their children to English medium schools in Malaysia or the West. I hope the Sultan is also not a hypocrite. He has already highlighted the merits of English medium schools in Malaysia. Therefore, he must follow through with that. He must make sure that English medium schools happen at least in his home state, Johore. We will wait and see what he does or can do? Now what he needs is a vote bank. The onus is on him to fashion a vote bank. He is a nobody without a vote bank.

Further, the Sultan of Johor has mentioned Bangsa Johor. What does Bangsa Johor mean? If Bangsa Johor means using English to unite Johoreans, then I’ll support Bangsa Johor. If Bangsa Johor means using English as the medium of instruction in public schools, then I’ll support Bangsa Johor. If Bangsa Johor means having 4 mediums of instruction in public schools, namely Malay medium, Chinese medium, Tamil medium, and English medium, then I’ll support Bangsa Johor. So, what does Bangsa Johor mean?

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I would like to commend the Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Ismail. I just read an interview with him on the Internet. You do not share Putrajaya’s plans for your state. You do not share Putrajaya’s vision: you have your own vision for Johor. You’d rather be more autonomous and have your own plan for Johor. (Firstly, Bangsa Johor should be changed to Orang Johor; but we will discuss that another day). You have your own plan for Orang Johor. You plan to attract Singaporeans to live in Johor and work in Singapore. They will commute: Johor-Singapore-Johor. If you allow the re-opening of English medium schools in Johor, the resident Singaporeans can be persuaded to send their children to English medium schools in Johor; and it will enrich Johor with an addition of Singapore dollars into Johor. You, the Sultan, plan to use English to unite Orang Johor; and this is a big plus. You plan to invite China investors. Now, coming to how you are going to achieve your plan. You need an adequate vote bank: the electorate will decide. The Johor vote bank should be loyal to Johor. Come the next general elections (GE14), you must make sure that all the Johor candidates share your vision. If the Orang Johor election winners are going to take orders from Putrajaya, then you can forget about your vision for Johor. Sometimes autonomy from Putrajaya may be the best. For example, Singapore succeeded after it separated from Malaysia. For example, Hong Kong is successful probably because it is autonomous from China. So you should make sure that Johor candidates (irrespective of race or religion) must share your vision for Johor. What the Sultan of Johor needs is Orang Johor and Parti Johor. It is time to for Orange Johor to register a new political party, Parti Johor. Parti Johor will be Johor- centric. You must be bold enough to face GE14 with your own party. May be you will end up being a precursor; and other states too will have their own vision for their own state. And if Johor succeeds, then more Malaysians will re-locate to Johor; and Johor will end up being the most populous state. And once it becomes the most populous state, everything in Malaysia will become Johor-centric. I think you can do it with Parti Johor. Good luck

Johor needs a contingency plan. The older party is having some popularity problems, to say the least; and we do not know if it will sink or sail. In case the older party sinks, then what next for Johor? It is time for Johoreans to think about it. It is time for Johoreans to have a contingency plan. Enter Parti Johor. If Parti Johor does well in GE14, can it form the government in Putrajaya? May be. If Parti Johor forms a coalition with other like-minded parties, it might just capture Putrajaya. Or it may become a third force. It may become a kingmaker. I am sure if Johoreans become serious about Parti Johor, there will many other political parties which will make a beeline to form a coalition with Parti Johor. May be, this will usher in the era of regional parties as against race based national parties. We will wait and see. It is much easier to get the loyalty of Johoreans if you present a “Johor for Johoreans” slogan. Johoreans who agree with me, kindly forward this posting to other Johoreans. Try and register a new political party, Parti Johor, before GE14. Don’t wait. Good luck.

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I am disappointed that Mr.Muhyiddin Yassin(MY)is no longer in the Malaysian Cabinet as from the last week of July 2015. He was the former Deputy Prime Minister. I think he did stand up for righteousness. Nevertheless, he has been removed from the Cabinet. I think we had more confidence (in the national Cabinet) when Mr.MY was in the Cabinet. It means that we have less confidence in the same Cabinet when Mr.MY is missing from the Cabinet. Never mind Mr.MY. There is nothing to be ashamed of or regret about when you serve the citizens of Malaysia. There is nothing to be ashamed of or regret about when you do the right thing for Malaysia. Please continue your struggle, Mr.MY.

Allow me to introduce Mr.MY. He was born in Muar, Johor in May, 1947. He is a son of Johor. At the time of writing he is still the Deputy President of United Malay National Organization. From the University of Malaya he received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Malay Studies.

Is it over for Mr.MY? Are you kidding? Career politics is not for everybody. Those who choose career politics have a conviction. Those who choose career politics are those who are willing to run the gauntlet. Please continue on Mr.MY. Do not give up. We depend on you to restore morality in Malaysian politics. Do a post-mortem.(As far as I am concerned, for the last two months-June and July 2015-, you have done nothing wrong, but they still terminated you.)It doesn’t matter. Re-invent yourself to become relevant. Focus on your beloved Johor. Only Johor. You are the son of Johor. I am sure that at least some Johoreans love you. Johor is a good vote bank. You need to exploit the opportunites in the Johor vote bank.

May be some people do not want you in the Cabinet, Mr.MY. It’s OK. Johor wants you. I am sure Johor will stand up for you. I also hope the Royal family of Johor will also stand up for a fellow Johorean. I call upon all Johoreans to support Mr.MY. If you are a Johorean, please do spread the word around to other Johoreans. Johor is a strong vote bank. Use your Johor vote bank to teach the people in Putrajaya a lesson. Soon we will have the 14^th General Elections (GE14). We will wait and see what happens. In the mean time Johoreans must give their support to Mr.MY. It means that Johoreans need to do their homework: Johoreans must spread the word around about Mr.MY, about the strength of the Johor vote bank, and about GE14.

Who’s Billy Ocean? He sang the song, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going”. Good luck.

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I would like to commend Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar of Johor for donating money to Tamil schools and Hindu temples mid-August 2015.

LANGUAGE

The Johor Sultan has plans to follow Singapore and use English to unite cosmopolitan Johoreans. If there were English medium schools in Johor, then may be Singaporeans could be attracted to buy real estate in Johor and live in Johor. Singaporeans can live in Johor and work in Singapore. They will commute daily, Johor-Singapore-Johor. The same Singaporeans will also send their children to English medium schools in Johor. It will enrich Johor with lots of Singapore Dollars. This will be a big plus for Johor. The Sultan gave the example of China-Hong Kong-China daily commuting. He said, “Over 200,000 people cross to Shenzen each day in just 45 minutes. That is how the cross-border culture has changed dramatically”. I guess Shenzen is a modern metropolis that links Hong Kong to China.

This is similar to what some Sabahans call the quest for FULL AUTONOMY. Even Sarawak wants AUTONOMY and English medium schools. So the Sultan of Johor is not alone.

In India, there are local political leaders who, to build a vote bank, champion the sending of children to native Indian language medium schools. They are hypocrites. When you monitor the same political leaders closely, you will note that they are actually sending their own children to English-medium schools. They send their own children to English-medium schools, but recommend to the voters to send their children to native Indian language schools. The problem is that, unlike the Western nations, most of the Indian voters live in villages where native languages are more popular. (Politics in the West is urban-centric, while in Third World nations, it is rural-centric) In the urban areas in India, where the bigger retail outlets are located, people send their children to English-medium schools because they want a better future for their children. But the point is that politics in India is controlled by rural voters, not the minority urban voters. It would be politically suicidal for politicians to go against rural voters in India.

Politicians are often two-faced people. May be even multi-faced people. They show one face to the voters and another face to their own families. This is life. What can we do? It may be a multi-faced world.

Politicians are like the wind: they are not permanent but temporary. Like the wind they (politicians) come and go. Since different politicians are changing the public education system differently, it is better that the families rely on private tuition to supplement their children’s education. Send your children to public schools (if you want to), but please do supplement it with private tuition.

RELIGION

There are different kinds of religions. They all have their respective old books or old scriptures. It is not a good idea to be loyal to old books. We have to use moderation. We are talking about being supportive of moderate Islam, moderate Judaism, moderate Christianity, moderate Hinduism, moderate Buddhism, etc.

There are economically successful people who recommend that we not be loyal to degrees, diplomas, and certificates. There are economically successful people who recommend that we avoid going for higher education. Once you get a degree or diploma, you will become attached and loyal to it which in turn will result in your downfall. If you are loyal to a piece of paper called a degree or diploma, you will refuse to think out of the box. If you are loyal to a piece of paper called a degree or diploma, you will refuse to stand on your own two feet. University professors are supposed to live in ivory towers; and they issue degrees, diplomas, and certificates. Are you sure you want to be loyal to degrees, diplomas, and certificates? Think carefully. Ultimately, it is CONFIDENCE that counts. With confidence you can stand on your own two feet.

Coming back to what I said earlier: being loyal to old books/scriptures is risky. Old books/scriptures claim that they are the WORD OF GOD. But may be they are just WORD OF MAN. So we need to use moderation: moderate Islam, moderate Judaism, moderate Christianity, moderate Hinduism, moderate Buddhism, etc.

Being loyal to old religious scriptures has its risks. It is a baggage from the past. We need to shed the baggage from the past. We need to become more contemporary. We need to stand on our own two feet instead of being loyal to old scriptures. We learn from our mistakes. We all make mistakes and learn from our mistakes. Periodically we need a new beginning. Periodically we have to re-invent ourselves because we learn from our mistakes. We have to take decisions based on our own realities. Periodically, the ground realities change; and we have to re-invent ourselves in order to remain relevant. We have to change with the times. Being loyal to old religious scriptures is probably the worst thing to do. Old religious scriptures are not relevant today because the world has changed so much. The only constant in this world is CHANGE. If ever you go for religion, please use moderation: moderate Islam, moderate Judaism, moderate Christianity, moderate Hinduism, moderate Buddhism, etc. We learn from our mistakes; and we have to have a new beginning. We learn from our mistakes and we have to re-invent ourselves.

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The Bersih Rally is to be held 2pm, Saturday, 29 August 2015 to Sunday, midnight August 30^th 2015. We need a location in Johor Bahru for the Johoreans to assemble and express themselves. They have a location in Kuala Lumpur, and East Malaysia, but how come they do not have a location in Johore Baru? I hope the Crown Prince of Johor will take the initiative to hold a Johor Bersih rally in Johor Bahru so that Johoreans can express themselves. (The Crown Prince served in the Indian Army. That’s interesting).

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She is a politician. She is the UMNO Women’s Division leader from Langkawi. Her name is Anina Saduddin. She’s brave to break ranks with the PM. I’m embarrassed to say that this is all I know about her. I wished I knew more about her. It’s something like she is taking out a lawsuit against the PM regarding the money he has in his name in a bank. It’s something like she wants the money to be returned to Malaysia from Singapore.

It’s people like her that make me feel proud to be a Malaysian. It’s like restoring faith among Malaysians. It’s like there are still some good people in Malaysia. I have respect for Anina Saduddin. If I bump into her, it would be an honor to shake her hands. I call upon all UMNO Women’s wing members to support her. I call upon all Malaysians to follow her case closely.

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I’m a non-Muslim. I was at the Bersih Rally, 29/30 August, 2015, at Kuala Lumpur. Yes, unfortunately there were inadequate Malay participants at the rally. But the non-Malays, please be at rest. Give the Malays sometime to think. Give the Malays a few months to think and they will change from pro-Najib to anti-Najib. Human beings need time to think before they can change their mind. Please avoid knee-jerk reactions. We need to use English language to unite Malaysians. We need to restore Malay medium schools, Mandarin medium schools, Tamil medium schools, and English medium schools just like what it used to be in the 1960’s. In the 1960’s English schools were increasingly popular. Just give Malays some time to think and they will slowly become anti-Najib. Just give the Malays some time to think and they will find a solution. In the mean time the non-Malays please give the Malays time to think. This is the truly Asia nation.

Religion:

We need to espouse moderation: moderate Islam, moderate Christianity, moderate Judaism, moderate Hinduism, moderate Buddhism, etc. Strictly speaking Christianity advocates a property-less society, Islam allows slavery and polygamy, Hindu scriptures allows for the caste system, and I could go on and on. (As regards to slavery within Islam, it has nothing to do with Malays, Chinese, or Indians. Islamic slavery may be about light skinned Arabs enslaving Black skinned Africans, which is permitted in Islam. Nevertheless, it can never be justified. The reason why Muslims are silent about it is because they are embarrassed about Islamic history).

The role of money cannot be underestimated. Just about everything has a price. If we give everything away free, then how do we get things free? Who will give things free? Those who give things free will find it hard to get things free. Yes, we need compassion. We all sometimes give things free, but we cannot live by it. It is better to live by ‘buy and sell’. We are all buyers and sellers. Generally speaking do not give anything free, and do not take anything free. Religions do not think highly of money and profit, but we cannot manage the world that way. We have to find ways to obtain money and profit. Once we get money, we can pay our bills and feed our families. Profit is a good word. No matter how many times you pray a day, you still have to work to obtain money. If you do not pay your employees, then it is slavery; and slavery is illegal. Therefore, moderate Islam, moderate Christianity, moderate Judaism, moderate Hinduism, moderate Buddhism, etc.

We have to chart the future of this beloved nation. We have to make sure that no group attempts to secede. Therefore, we have to use English language to unite Malaysia and thwart secession. If you continue to use Malay to unite this nation, then it would fuel secession by those who oppose Malay as the first language. They say that prevention is better than cure. Try reopening the English medium schools. I’m not asking much. I’m just saying that we should go back to the 1960’s model and reopen English medium schools. Reopening English schools is a small price to pay to thwart secession.

Let’s take the case of Sri Lanka. The Singhalese government made Singhalese as the first language; and it established the era of Singhalese supremacy. Slowly the politics of separatism set in. One thing leads to another. Secession attempts were soon followed by the Tamil minority because Singhalese was made the first language. Thousands died in the Sri Lankan civil war. What a terrible price to pay. Looking in retrospect, they should have made English as the first language to thwart secession. They should have made English as the neutral language between Sinhalese and Tamil. This is what I think. But I may be wrong.

Another point is you must take religion out of politics. Again, it is to thwart secession. Again, prevention is better than cure. If secession attempts start, what are the Malays going to do? Are the Malays, going to ask the non-Muslims for all the help they can get to put down the secession? How many non-Muslims will help Malays when the Constitution itself gives special rights only for Muslims.

I’m a Malaysian citizen and a proud Malaysian. I will be glad to defend and lay my life for Malaysia if directly requested by the Parliament of Malaysia. When I say Malaysia, I mean Malaysia without Islam. When I say Malaysia I mean Malaysia with English medium, Malay medium, Chinese medium, and Tamil medium schools. It is important to remember that Muslim Malaysians have no moral authority to ask non-Muslim Malaysians to give up their life in defence of Malaysia. I, as a non-Muslim Malaysian, do not have give up my life for Islam; and Muslim Malaysians have no moral authority to make such a request. This is the truly Asia nation; and this is the kind of Malaysia I am proud of.

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There’s an idiot. There is an immature person. His name is Alvin Tan, residing somewhere in USA. He put a tattoo on his thigh with the inscription “ALLAH”. How do Malaysians respond? We don’t have to respond to idiots because we are more interested in Albert Einstein and other people of that caliber. Why do Malaysians care about Alvin Tan? Why should Malaysians care about Alvin Tan? Alvin Tan is a nobody. Just ignore that idiot. He is immature. He is an overgrown baby. I’m sure his father made a mistake and his mother wasted her labor. Not all Chinese Malaysians are as stupid as him. Just ignore that idiot. If you ignore him, you will take the wind out of his sail. If you respond to him, you will increase the wind in his sail. He needs attention. Don’t give him attention. Think carefully. Just ignore him. There are only 24 hours in a day, and within the 24 hours, you have your daily personal matters to take care off. If you have some free time, taking a nap is better than responding to immature idiots. Anything is better than Alvin Tan because Alvin Tan is a nobody. Take the wind out of his sail by just not responding to him. Extraditing him to Malaysia is also not a good idea because if he makes children in Malaysia, he would pass his unwelcome genes to the next generation inside Malaysia. Let him have his children outside Malaysia. In fact, he must never have any children anywhere. He must certainly undergo a vasectomy as soon as possible. We don’t want stupid people in Malaysia; and if he comes to Malaysia, there is a danger that he will impregnate a Malaysian female using his stupid genes which will result in stupid babies being born; and all these stupid babies will claim Malaysian citizenship. We don’t want stupid people in Malaysia. Ignore that idiot. Take the wind out of his sail. He is not of the caliber of Albert Einstein. He is unwelcome.

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Yes, unfortunately there were inadequate Malay participants at the Bersih 4.0 Rally. I think the non-Malays have done their part. The Malays have to do their part too. Please give the Malays some time to think. Please give the Malays some time for soul searching. In the mean time the non-Malays must wait. I am sure the Malays will eventually do something. Giving Malays time to think also means that, slowly but surely, the voter sentiments will percolate from urban voters to rural voters. The voter sentiments take time to percolate from one individual to another or from urban to rural. Just give the Malays some time. Slowly but surely the anti-Najib sentiments will percolate. The longer you wait, the more the sentiments will percolate.

Let’s take the case of Sri Lanka. She got independence from the British in 1948. In 1956 the Singhalese government made Singhalese as the first language; and it established the era of Singhalese supremacy. I’m sure the Singhalese were celebrating and the Tamils were disappointed. Why? Because both communities were uneducated and uncivilized in the 1950’s; and they made all the wrong choices because they were uneducated and uncivilized. It turned out to be a slippery slope for Sri Lanka. Slowly the politics of separatism set in. One thing leads to another. Secession attempts were soon followed by the Tamil minority because Singhalese was made the first language. Slowly but surely, Sri Lanka slided into a civil war. Thousands died in the Sri Lankan civil war. What a terrible price to pay. Looking in retrospect, they should have made English as the first language to thwart secession. But the Singhalese and Tamil voters were both uneducated and uncivilized in the 1950’s; and so they made all the wrong choices. They should have made English as the neutral language between Sinhalese and Tamil. It is time to undo everything that the stupid Singhalese and stupid Tamils of the 1950’s have done. They have to use English as the first language. They have to undo the mistakes of the past. This is common in many Third World nations: the voters of the 1950’s were uneducated and uncivilized; and the voters of the year 2015 are better educated. Therefore it is time to undo the laws of the past and start anew. Both Singhalese language and Tamil language are nothing in this world. The VIP’s of Sri Lanka use Western-style underwears which they learned from the British. I’m sure their grandfathers never used any underwears. The women use modern feminine pads today, but their grandparents never used modern feminine pads. It is the same with my grandparents too. English language brought changes. It is a changing world and we have to espouse modernism, or we will be left behind by the competitive world. I have heard of a Tamil Sri Lanka leader (1954-2009) who, to my knowledge, can hardly speak English, though he made sure his children can. If anybody in Sri Lanka is opposed to modernism and English, then please check his or her underwear! If they are opposed to English, why are they using modern underwears? As regards to modernism, there is nothing that Singhalese or Tamil language can offer. Modern sewing machines were not invented in Sri Lanka, but they use it always. Modern manufacturing techniques were not invented in Sri Lanka too. I could add concrete technology, railways, medicine, and so on. If I continue it will just prove that both Singhalese and Tamils are just Third World people who need to hold on to English language for dear life. The mistake was made by the older generation of Sri Lankans of the 1950’s who were uneducated and uncivilized; and they did not know anything about the digital age or social media of today. For instance, somebody burned the Jaffna Municipal Public Library during the civil war years; and communal tensions rose. Who cares about public libraries today? Nobody. I haven’t been to a public library in more than a decade because I can use the Internet. (If you are working for a library, you might want to look for another job because the demand for libraries is decreasing). This is the Internet age. I bet a Singhalese family living in Argentina, Japan, or Nigeria could keep in touch with Singhalese ways by using the Internet. In the old days, some governments try to ban some books. Who cares? I can use the Internet and access information. The younger generation today, who are better educated, must undo the pro-Singhalese language laws, and add English as the first language; and the choice of second language is your own. Let this be a lesson for many Third World nations, not just Sri Lanka. The choice of first language makes a big difference. Choose wisely. The Taliban and ISIS-like people are what they are, because they are uneducated and uncivilized. Please continue to resist governmental/political interference in your life by using the Internet to reach out to people all over the world. Receive and transmit information using the Internet. This is the age of the social media. The social media people can even decide who will win the next elections. In the old days, the government decided what you will learn and be exposed to, but today you can decide for yourself using the Internet. Nobody cares about government anymore. Nobody cares about libraries anymore. This is the age of small government, not big government. Big government is a thing of the past. Therefore, English becomes first language and choice of second and third language is your own. It is also good to be multi lingual. You might have increased job opportunities by being multilingual. Before I forget, I think Sri Lanka is pretty much like India. Sometimes it takes 3 days of ceremony for an Indian to get married; while in USA a person can get married in one day, half a day, or 1 hour. Divorce is equally fast in USA. As you can see, everything is more efficient in USA. There’s an old USA saying, “There’s probably more culture in yogurt than in USA”. The socio-political culture in India is extensive and has bogged down and made economic India inefficient. The solution is that Indians please get married in 1 hour and go back to work. That’s all.

In the Indian subcontinent, during the Mughal era, Farsi or Urdu was used as the first language. Neither Farsi nor Urdu was incorporated with technology or modernism; in fact no Indian language is a match to English. Farsi or Urdu are just nothing compared to English. Using Farsi as first language alienated the majority Hindu and Sikh communities who could neither read nor write those strange unintelligible languages (Farsi/Urdu) which had no technology or modernism incorporated. Later, the British came by and defeated the Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs and gave central rule, law and order, and started using the neutral language, English which replaced Farsi/Urdu. English language replacing Farsi/Urdu is a gift for India. The British brought major changes to India. English endures at the university level even today in India. The British went on to build the Indian Railways, missionary schools and hospitals. Even the late Mahatma Gandhi was fluent in English. Today, India is known for computer software and pharmacology; and she achieved it using English language. The Indians love cricket too, a game I don’t understand. Cricket was introduced by the British and is popular in other English speaking nations such as Australia, South Africa, West Indies, etc. Within a few decades, into the future, India may have the single largest English speaking population in the whole world. As far as I know, Indians have never been opposed to the English language. In India today, those who can afford to send their children to English language schools will most certainly send their children to English language schools. Those who cannot afford to send their children to English language schools, send their children to cheaper schools such as native Indian language schools. British rule and English schools have left an indelible impression in India.

Something will happen only if we pass the word around to others. Using social media to contact voters makes a lot of difference. Today’s world is the social media world. News and information that is obtained should be shared with others. Using camera phone, social media, and internet, you can share globally. Please do feel free to copy and paste the above document to others. Discuss it in the social media. Share it with others. The more Malaysians know, the better it is.

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Red Shirt, white shirt, yellow shirt, blue-black shirt, no shirt, shirtless. What’s going on? I’m a non-Muslim Malaysian. I urge the non-Muslim Malaysians to remain calm. Some Muslim Malaysians may have had a demonstration in Kuala Lumpur on 16 September 2015 using the Red Shirt. Please give Muslim Malaysians time to think. Human beings need time to think before responding. As the Muslims think, they will slowly change from pro-Najib to anti-Najib.

They say that patience is golden. If you are a non-Muslim, please give the Muslim Malaysians some time. Please give the Malays some time to think. Please give the Malays some time for soul searching. In the mean time the non-Malays must wait. I am sure the Malays will eventually do something. Giving Malays time to think also means that, slowly but surely, the voter sentiments will percolate from urban voters to rural voters. The voter sentiments take time to percolate from one individual to another or from urban to rural voters. Just give the Malays some time. This is the social media age, and social media can even decide who wins in the general elections. In the old days, the government decided what you will learn and be exposed to, but today you can decide for yourself using the Internet. Nobody cares about government anymore. I have not been to a library in more than a decade because I use the Internet. Nobody cares about libraries anymore. This is the age of small government, not big government. If you are working for a library may I suggest that you seek alternative employment because the demand for libraries is reducing. We are moving from hard copy to softcopy world. Big government is a thing of the past. In the old days the government used to ban some books, but today you can circumvent that using the Internet. Please give our beloved Muslim Malaysian sisters and brothers some time to think and understand things. Human beings need some time to think before they can change their mind from pro-Najib to anti-Najib. The non-Muslim Malaysians have been serving this beloved nation, Malaysia, for about 100 to 150 years. Slowly but surely the anti-Najib sentiments will percolate. The longer you wait, the more the sentiments will percolate and build up the anti-Najib feelings. You too must do your part by passing the word around using the Internet.

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Umno Sungai Besar division chief Jamal Md Yunos wants traders to stop selling fake goods in Petaling Street. Well, Malaysia is a capitalist nation. Commerce made Malaysia into what it is. All kinds of things happen in capitalism, good and bad, but it is still better than communism. Under capitalism, both Muslims and non-Muslims sell all kinds of things for profit. I hope Jamal Md Yunos is not a communist. If he is against capitalism, he might be a communist. In capitalism the buyer must be aware. And that’s why we say that buyer beware. I don’t think that Jamal Md Yunos will be popular among the business community. Those who support him will have a hard time getting a job with other traders because these are dangerous whistleblowers. No employer will hire a whistleblower. If you want to follow and support Jamal Md Yunos, please go ahead. Remember, no employer will hire a whistleblower. If Jamal Md Yunos leads a group of his supporters to Petaling Street, then he will be doing a disservice to his followers because no employer will hire a whistleblower. He will be doing a great disservice to Malaysia’s economy. Investors will be nervous. Just remember, in capitalism BUYER BEWARE. I will never say that capitalism is perfect. If he loves Malaysia, he will espouse capitalism and BUYER BEWARE. Anyone who loves Malaysia should immediately contact him and ask him to support Capitalism. Never act against Capitalism. Malaysia survives on Capitalism. Malaysia survives on investors. It is hard for whistleblowers to seek employment. Please contact Jamal Md Yunos immediately and persuade him to espouse capitalism. Capitalism is not perfect, but is still better than the other systems. In capitalism, we push the responsibility to the buyer and therefore we have BUYER BEWARE. Please contact Jamal Md Yunos immediately.

Both Muslims and non-Muslims are involved in selling all kinds of things for profit. Both Muslim and non-Muslim employers would be reluctant to hire whistleblowers. Each time the political power interferes in economic activity, the business community becomes nervous. Malaysia is built by capitalism. Malaysia needs the business community. Malaysia needs investors. Every nation needs investors. For example, Russia was capitalist, became communist, and then again became capitalist. China was capitalist, became communist, and then again became capitalist. Vietnam was capitalist, became communist, and then again became capitalist. It means that only capitalism eventually works. The less politics interferes in the economy, the better it is; and this is what, my friend, Jamal Md Yunos should always remember.

Jamal Md Yunos should not be hated. May be, like many Malays, he has never studied economics in his life before. He should make it his mission to educate Malays to save Malaysia by saving capitalism. As I have said, and I repeat, capitalism is not perfect but it is still better than all the other systems. Ask Russia, China, and Vietnam why did they revert back to capitalism? If

Jamal Md Yunos can transform into a saver of capitalism, he would be doing a service to Muslims and Malaysia. Besides, I cannot be educating Malays for the rest of my life, free of charge. It is time for people like Jamal Md Yunos to take the responsibility to educate Muslims to save capitalism to save Malaysia. We make mistakes but we also learn from our mistakes. Jamal Md Yunos must learn from his mistakes and transform into a saver of capitalism.

Just as Russia, China, and Vietnam reverted back to capitalism, Malaysia too has to revert back in its education policy. Malaysia has to reopen the English medium schools. Eventually Malaysia has to have English medium, Malay medium, Mandarin medium, and Tamil medium schools. Each family can decide for itself the school they want to send their children to.

I read something about the National Service in Malaysia. They plan to add on English language instructions to the National Service in Malaysia. That seems like a good idea too. Please try. I cannot say that it will be a success but please try. We will wait and see.

So for economic activity we will have capitalism and for education we will have English medium, Malay medium, Mandarin medium, and Tamil medium schools.

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I’ve been to Petaling Street/China town and also to Pasar Seni/Kasturi Walk. Both locations are about 200meters from each other. They are just outlets for sellers. Hopefully, the buyers will buy. The sellers like all people everywhere are making a living. It may be competitive. I guess, you must sell something unique to make good profits. I guess, there are some Muslim Malaysians who think that the sellers of Petaling Street are making big bucks. Looks can be deceiving sometimes. There is a feeling among some Muslim Malaysians that the Chinese Malaysian sellers of Petaling Street must share their wealth with Muslim Malaysians. This is a dangerous phenomenon. This is what the communists do. When you forcefully take wealth from others, you are a communist. The communists believe in achieving economic equality by forcefully taking wealth from the rich and giving it to the have nots. You don’t ever take wealth from the rich. On the contrary, you create your own wealth. Only the communists forcefully take wealth from others. I guess you have to sell something unique to create your own wealth. If you start taking wealth from what is perceived to be the rich, then it would make investors nervous; and that would be the end of the nation. Please stop this jealousy driven actions. Please stop this communist habits. You have to create your own wealth: don’t take wealth from others. If employers do not pay employees, then it is slavery. If employers do not pay employees, legal action should be taken against them. Make sure that the employers pay the employees.

You have to create your own wealth: don’t take wealth from others. You may not be suitable for working in Petaling Street, but you may be good in something else. Try something else. You must find your own niche.

Even Dr.M is finding it hard to obtain profits from his bakery business. I guess you have to just keep trying. Petaling Street may be competitive, or may not be competitive. I don’t know. May be you have to find another niche in another location. You cannot just look at Petaling Street and assume that they are all making big bucks. Please stop these jealousy driven actions. Making profits may be much easier said than done. We don’t want this jealousy driven politics in Malaysia. There will always be some people who are richer than others. A free market does not give equality but might give equal opportunity. It is still better than communism. I have lived in USA for years, and I have a friend who sleeps in a jalopy VW van parked in a school parking lot. Another friend of mine puts his hands into garbage cans everyday to search for bottles and beer cans which he sells for profit. Somehow, we all survive.

There is no substitute to work; and the Chinese Malaysians are a good model. They don’t waste time with religion. They don’t waste time with praying 5 times a day. Somehow some Muslims think that Islam is the cure-all. I think that money is a better cure-all. But to get money you must keep working long hours.

Furthermore, if Muslims victimize USA, other Muslims are so happy. Muslims are happy when USA is targeted. Muslims must work more hours. I have seen many pictures of Muslims sitting in groups and smoking shisha; and when they are intoxicated with shisha, that’s when the political discussions ensue. I don’t know anything about shisha discussions, but I bet the shisha discussions revolve around discrimination, being short-changed, anti-USA rhetoric, pro-Palestinian rhetoric, etc. The Chinese, on the other hand, are so engrossed in their work, that besides their own business, they almost know nothing else. They have no time for anti-USA rhetoric. After 30 years, the Chinese are ahead of Muslims economically. At this juncture the Muslims transform into Communists and find ways to forcefully take wealth from the wealthy.

Educationally, we have to go back to what we used to have in the 1960’s: English medium schools, Malay medium schools, Mandarin medium schools, and Tamil medium schools. In short, we have to reopen the English medium schools.

So, economically, we must continue to support free market economy; and educationally, we must reopen the English medium schools.

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We need to use Muslim whistleblowers to penetrate the mosques and the discussion groups. We need to know what they are discussing. Muslims almost always are obsessed with discrimination, being politically, and socio-economically short-changed, support anti-USA/anti-Israel activities, support pro-Palestinian activities, etc. In sharp contrast, the Chinese Malaysians only care about work. Besides work, the Chinese Malaysians don’t know or care about anything else. So we need to use Muslim whistleblowers to penetrate Mosques and Muslim discussion groups to find certain things about Muslim views. Are the Muslim preachers inside the mosques rabblerousers? We need to find out, using Muslim whistleblowers, if the Mosque people are giving anti-USA, anti-Israel, speeches. What topic do the Muslims talk about when they are sitting in groups and chit-chatting. Somehow, many of the Muslims become anti-USA, anti-Israel, in their views. Why? We need to find out. It baffles me. We need to use Muslim whistleblowers to find out about Muslims. What the Muslims do affects us too, so we need to find out why they are anti-USA and anti-Israel. I know that numerous Muslim Malaysians who have used Malaysian government scholarships to get a good education in USA, but they still become anti-USA.

What abhors me most as a Malaysian, is to see Muslim Malaysians(MM) socializing with Muslims from other countries. I fear that the MM will learn the bad habits of the foreign Muslims. The MM will learn very little from foreign Muslims. I strongly recommend the MM not to learn the habits from foreign Muslims. Sitting in groups and chit-chatting for long is not the best habit.

The Chinese and Indian communities have lived in Malaysia for 100 to 150 years. Over the past 150 years, the nation has changed so much. Over the past 150 years, both the Muslim and non-Muslim Malaysians have benefited and by the 1960’s Malaysia had the 2^nd highest standard of living in Asia, below Japan.

As regards to Umno Sungai Besar division chief Jamal Md Yunos, we need to find out more about him. Is he just another Malay who never bothered to be fluent in English? If he doesn’t know English, I hope that he will make sure that his children are fluent in English. Jamal Md Yunos, wants the government to take action against Chinese Malaysian traders in Petaling Street. I have been ripped off by Malays, Chinese, and Indian sellers. For example, many times I give my money to a Malay bus conductor but never get a bus ticket in return. I’m sure many other Malaysians have experienced this. Targeting the Chinese Malaysians alone is wrong because it’s like selective persecution. There are many sellers who use tricks of the trade, including Malay bus conductors, to make profits.

So, economically, we must continue to support free market economy; and educationally, we must have English medium schools, Malay medium schools, Mandarin medium schools, and Tamil medium schools.

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The Johor Sultan has plans to follow Singapore and use English to unite cosmopolitan Johoreans. If there were English medium schools in Johor, then may be Singaporeans could be attracted to buy real estate in Johor and live in Johor. Singaporeans can live in Johor and work in Singapore. They will commute daily, Johor-Singapore-Johor. The same Singaporeans will also send their children to English medium schools in Johor. It will enrich Johor with lots of Singapore Dollars. This will be a big plus for Johor. The Sultan, in an interview, gave the example of China-Hong Kong-China daily commuting. He said, “Over 200,000 people cross to Shenzen each day in just 45 minutes. That is how the cross-border culture has changed dramatically”. I guess Shenzen is a modern metropolis that links Hong Kong to China.

After having explained the plan of the Sultan of Johor, I must add that Sarawak has overtaken Johor. The Sarawak state government has made English an official language on par with Malay language inside Sarawak. How will this affect the Sultan of Johor’s plan? I don’t know. We have to wait and see. I guess each state should have its own plan for its own progress.

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I don’t know what that organization is called. Is it Daesh, IS, ISIL, Islamic terrorists or what else. I don’t care about them. I think they desire an Islamic state. May be they are extremists. Is the word shariah connected with them? I don’t know. These extremists may be responsible for a grenade attack on a night club in Puchong, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on June 2016. . These Daesh people must be stopped. All Malaysian citizens must join the fight to crush the Daesh. I also read the report some Bangladesh citizens have infiltrated the Malaysia Daesh organization. All the Daesh people must be crushed.

After the Second World War, Malaysia was one of the first nations in the world to experience the Communist insurgency; and she was one of first nations in the world to crush the Communist insurgency. I am proud that this was Malaysia’s finest hour. Many years have passed. Now we are on the verge of Insurgency 2.0. Insurgency 1.0 is the Communist insurgency. Insurgency 2.0 has to do with Daesh. We will deal with the Daesh just as we dealt with the Communists. I have to give thanks to British, Australia, NZ, some African troops, even Fiji troops, the Gurkhas, etc, etc. to help Malaysia in her hour of need. Now we have an hour of need again. Now as we face the Daesh, we will not surrender. Just as some communists ended up in graveyards, the Daesh may too. We will encounter the Daesh and they will end up where they should. To Malaysians I say that this may be your finest hour. We will move forward, and there will be no retreat. Please flock to the military recruiting station. I’m Hindu Malaysian. I suggest that we have an army recruiting station in Batu Caves. I’m Hindu Malaysian, but too old to join the army. But my heart is with Defence of Malaysia. I’m unwilling to become a refugee. Therefore, if you are Malaysian citizen, and young enough to join the army, please do so. You join the army because you do not want to become a refugee. If you do not want join the army, then leave the nation and become a refugee. If you do not want to become a refugee, then join the Malaysian army. Daesh deserve to be put in graves like the communists. The Hindu Malaysians have served this nation for about 150 years; and together with other communities (by the1960’s) gave this beloved nation the second highest standard of living in Asia, below Japan. The anti-communist vigilance of the 1960’s consumed half my energy. Now it is the anti-Daesh vigilance. Most parts of Europe have come to rest with the ballot box. Most parts of the Americas have come to rest with the ballot box. Most parts of Asia have come to rest with the ballot box. However, the Islamic world still has many failed states. Just about every 30 years, the older generation die and the younger generation take over. It brings change. And change is a constant. Being glued to old books like the Old Testament, New Testament, Koran, Bhagavad Gita, Buddhist scriptures and so on runs contrary to the every 30 years the older generation die and the younger generation take over concept. We should accept change as a constant. There is no such thing as word of God. There is only word of Man; and change is a constant. Every 30 years the older generation die and are replaced by the younger generation; every 30 years change is palpable.

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I never have believed in History. I am sure it has been fabricated. It is something between fact and fiction. It seems Muslims ruled and invaded parts of India and they destroyed Nalanda university. May be. It would be difficult to prove or disprove. Some people consider it as the biggest crime of Islam. May be. It seems in AD 1194 Muslim invaders burned the university and reduced it to ash. Centuries of manuscripts were reduced to ash; and with that act, India irreversibly lost her greatest wonder. But I think her greatest wonder is yet to come.

Modern India became independent in 1947. We need to look to the future. There are more universities today than ever before in India. There are more graduates today than ever before. India's economy is improving. Politically democracy has firmly established itself. There are advantages about making mistakes. We learn something from mistakes. Something will come out of mistakes. Black Africans were enslaved by Muslim Arabs; and then Black Africans were sold to Christian Whites who transported them across the ocean to the Americas, particularly Brazil. Black Africans have the unique distinction of having been enslaved by both Muslim Arabs and Christian Whites. Many nations have sob stories. Whatever the past, we have to keep working. There is no substitute to work. India is improving day by day. Keep working. Forget the past.

Hopefully, basic training in the army will instil discipline and turn you into a tough person. A tough citizen is an asset for the nation. A tough citizen is an asset for the economy. We don't want any sob stories. Keep working. When you are tired, you sleep. When you wake up, you work. A tough citizen is an asset for the nation.

A tough citizen is an asset for the nation. A tough citizen is an asset for the economy. We don't want any sob stories. Keep working. When you are tired, you sleep. When you wake up, you work. A tough citizen is an asset for the nation. India lost Nalanda University because she was weak. India's record is nothing to be proud of. Many smaller nations get more gold medals in the Olympics than India. Promote basic training in the military. Keep pumping iron to be tough. When you are tired, you need sleep. When you wake up keep busy with work.

Reduce your daily activities to sleep and work. Distill your activities to sleep and work. If you reduce and distill your activities to sleep and work, you will stink like a raccoon or is it a camel's breath. To stink is a good think. To work long hours means you never wasted your time. The 3 day marriage, common in India, has to be discontinued. Don't waste time. Sleep or work. Life is about work and sleep. Slowly your body will strengthen and you can work even longer hours. This is how you attract investors.

Nalanda University may have disappeared forever. But there are more universities today in India than ever before. There are more graduates today than ever before. India has come a long way since Nalanda. Every nation has sob stories. Forget the past. It is a changing world. Please keep physically fit. The best training is a few years in the boot camp in the military. No time for sob stories. Boot camp, yes. Recommend the military.

The late Michael Jackson hardly saw this world because he was always busy training or performing. For the same reason, the late Albert Einstein hardly saw this world too. There are many successful people who hardly see this world because they are busy working. They have reduced their life to work or sleep.

In sharp contrast, the 3 day marriage in India; it has to be discontinued. It would be hard to prove that the 3 day marriage is brief. It would be hard to prove that it is efficient. I think Indians must lead simplified lives. Everything is complex in India. Just think of two words “work” and “sleep”. That’s all. Or maybe three words, or may be four words. That’s all. You know what I mean. They have everything in India; the only problem is that everything is complex. They need to simplify life to two words or three words or may be four words. That’s all.

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There are only 365 days in a year; and if you spend 3 days per marriage; 6 days for 2 marriages; and 9 days for 3 marriages; then add on birthdays, and other days, it would hardly attract investors in a competitive world. So what do they do for 3 day marriage? Obviously they sit in groups and talk. Talking is something they enjoy doing. Compare this with Michael Jackson and Albert Einstein. May be Indians prefer to talk than to work. But I said work and sleep. Let me tell you about sitting in groups and talking. Lots of fights break out from sitting in groups and talking. One of the most important things is to learn from your mistakes. Even if you just accept learn from our mistakes, you are on the right track. Yes, you can ignore everything I post, but all of us should learn from our mistakes. I make mistakes, but try to learn from mistakes.

I am sure you cannot deal with the whole world. You cannot deal with the whole of India. You cannot even deal with half or quarter of India. In fact you cannot deal with 0.01% of India. You can try to deal with your own work. That’s all. They say that reading is the key to knowledge; but I’m not convinced. What do you want to be? A bookworm? Creating a nation of bookworms is not an asset. Through trial and error slowly come to rest with two words, or three words, or four words. That’s all. I think we should divide the world into nations where the people have many words in their mind; and nations where the people have minimum words in their mind. Maximum words or minimum words in the mind. Currently we divide the world into developing nations and developed nations. However, we should divide the world into maximum words or minimum words in the mind.

Sabah, the land below the wind.

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Sabah:Malaysia Agreement, One Malaysia-Two systems, Sabah education, education blueprint Malay-centric, Putrajaya on edge.