Banners are costlier that posters and naturally the political parties that have lots of money are the ones putting up the most banners, big and small. Huge banners on wood stilts are put up at strategic locations will be most sought after after March 8.

So I read in The Star newspaper today, BN alliance banners are reported missing in Penang and naturally the party is blaming the opposition. What a lame accusation! The opposition has better things to do then going around removing banners. We did not ask them to spend so much on banners. And why replace the REINVENT banners with KEEP REINVENTING? Since they are banner crazy in wanting to put one at every corner, they should blame themselves if any goes missing. I can only imagine that the banners may have been put to better use.

Hence, a big thank you for the multitude of banners that are waiting to see a better day after the election. Not to mention the many thanks from the banner makers as they laughed their way to the bank.

I hope you can tell-all on the current sandiwara playing in Penang this week. It is an attempt by GERAKAN to sway the fence sitters and to fish for sympathetic votes. They are trying very hard to make it a blockbuster and hoping to distract the rakyat’s attention away from the hard hitting true-stories being told at popular ceramahs, held by PKR-DAP, like the one at Hanjiang School last Saturday. I have been told there will be another BIG ceramah again at Hanjiang this Thursday, 6 March 2008. Mark your calendars. All of it!

Since election nomination day, we all know that the mainstream media has been pro-BN in all its coverage and advertisements. The rakyat has been wiser this time around and had not fallen on this trickery propaganda similar to 2004 when BN had favourable winds of change lapping at their faces and to make sure that the opposition did not have a chance, BN had taken up pages and pages of advertisement daily in newspaper for BN propaganda. Hence for the last two days the newspapers are starting to change BN’s stale tactic, like changing T-shirts again, by putting on front pages of the sandiwara played by GERAKAN about who will be the new Chief Minister of Penang. As if they had won Penang. Maybe they are getting some betting tips from Ooi Siew Kim, who is race-horse savvy, that they will win big. Coincidentally, if I want to have a broken family and can’t stand my spouse, I know who is the best divorce lawyer in Penang.

By all means, Koh Tsu Khoon already has the three stooges named in priority order on who will be the next CM. They are already aware of the scenes in the play and are mere actors hoping for a blockbuster ending. Instead of playing with open cards, GERAKAN is hoping to keep in suspense the rakyat, especially the respective constituents in the areas challenged by the CM candidates. They will keep you guessing and looking forward to the follow-up series just like a Astro drama. The play has three objectives: 1) Trying to steal the attraction away from opposition’s popular ceramahs. 2) Trying to drown out the oppositions call. 3) To fool as much sympathetic voters and fence sitters to vote favourably for Teng, Dr Teng and Lee as it will be good if they win having the CM taking care of their constituency.

Please just unveil their ruse for the sake of the rakyat. Forget about the newspapers headlines helping them along in their play. Forget their sandiwara, as I believe true-stories and winds of change are the real blockbusters this season.

The sentiment about the BN is not only felt in Penang - one can feel it in
Federal Capital. Most of the personal interview I have had, the people are of the opinion that it is time to change - give the BN dictators a lesson that
their ways and means is not acceptable to the People anymore.

No. 1 is corruption - What abdullah promised - he did not keep the word.
No. A number of temples have been demolished - thus hurting the Indian
peoples. So this is time the Indians Hindus are going to take revenge and
teach them a lesson.

No. 2 Employment: Employment of Indians in the government departments
is practically nil - except that I find mostly, drivers, office boys, runners, and rubber collections. this should change. The position was different when I was in public service from 1955 to 1977. I was Secretary to a Local Authority in Perak. I had a office staff of 60 - we had equal representation 20 Malays
20 Chinese and 10 Indians. The Labour force was three 250 out of which
200 were refuse collecters and the 50 Malays - None chinse.

But what is the position to today. Most of the refuse collection given to contractors who employs Indian Indians. When they come collect to refuse
why you are doing this - they say there is no other job available. They say that they are Uni grads -either B.A. or M.A. It is a shameful state of affairs.
I think the stupid Indian Government should look into this state of affairs
and stop the Educated indians being sent here to do menial jobs.

Anyway, we will wait and see - on the 8th March we shall know the result and lesson for the BN chaps.