Imposing restrictions on the media seems to be the flavour of the week.
Spot the difference – if any:
New media denied passes by Umno
Banning NST won’t solve anything
Harakah, Suara Keadilan banned 3 months
You see, once politicians start restricting the media because they think certain media have been “unfriendly” or “biased” or whatever, there’s no end to it…
Restricting press conferences or party events to only “friendly media” is short-sighted and reflects on the insecurities of the politicians concerned. Can the Pakatan leaders now complain with a straight face about the restrictions on the new media in covering the Umno assembly after what has happened in Penang?
In more liberal democratic societies, the media regularly and often savagely lampoon and mock their leaders, but do we see the leaders who have been targeted then barring the media from their press conferences or suspending their permits in retaliation? Relations may be a little strained between the politicians and the media after that – but hey, that’s life in politics. Get over it.
Of course, the media in some of those countries belong to corporate media empires friendly or critical to the political parties in power for whatever reason.
But to be a political leader means accepting dose close scrutiny and a regular dose of criticism – some of which might be considered unfair – as a fact of life. That comes with the (political) territory. Get used to it.
A statesman-like politician could always hold a press conference or issue a press release to clarify matters. If that is not enough, in exceptional circumstances, he or she could turn to the courts for a remedy.
Gutter journalism should rightly be condemned but barring “unfriendly” media from covering events or suspending their permits leaves a bad taste in the mouth.
Right of reply and the right to defend his/her reputation in court would be the right approach.
Ligitation would only be affective only if court seen to be fair
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Dear Bro Anil,
How right you are! many of my level-headed colleagues are of the same conclusion that politicians or potential statesman-politicians need to adress “accusations” hurled onto them by holding media conferenecs and/or meet-the-media sessions in a bid to clarify those “allegations” they have been “dumped onto their heads” or rather a heavy granite millstones tied around their necks! By banning the voice of the people expressed by the people will mean that these politicians have gone bankrupt in rying to avert those allegations. fact them with dignity and integrity and provide explanations to the people instead of clamping the law which they totally depend on to build a hard “pillbox” around their minds! It cuts much deeper if such a law was imposed just to try avert their=misgivings as seen by the people. It is a means to an end but never will there be an end…even though if an Opposition party takes over any goernment. take a look at the UK..Tony Blair, Margaret Thatcher and the others to name few. It shows that our politicians are still in its infancy stage and just growing their first two fornt buck teeth! Be brave, fellow politicians as people cannot agree with all your statements or actions …maybe such actions are carried out only for very personal interests and fear of losing the people’s confidence! After all, “What goes up mst surely come down”, as we learn in science…Newton’s Law? The boy with an apple on his head and the archer trying to shoot the apple but alas, the apple fell to the gorund first! That’s life and it never will change…no one can stay up ther eternally except if one is a sacrd Angel or malaikat! Thanks Bro Anil for tickling my brain juices!!! Avante! Froad but not put us in reverse gear or put us in H G Wells “TIME MACHINE”!
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I received an interesting SMS today – “Where’s the list, NST?” I guess certain things are being said about LGE but where is the list NST? You promised the CM of Penang the list – so show him the list or make it public. Don’t spin stories and now getting Anil to do the job for you. If you are ethical , do what is right
SHOW US THE LIST, NST!
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Info Tok dapat tentang pegangan Mukhriz Mahathir di dalam syarikat Opcom Holdings Berhad dan Kosmo Tech.Tok tak sempat translate sekadar nak berkongsi dengan kengkawan bloggers dan pembaca semua.Kat sini tok bagitau tentang Opcom Holdings dulu pasal panjang sangat
1. Opcom Holdings Berhad
http://www.opcom.com.my
Mukhriz sebagai chairman atau managing director syarikat Opcom.Lt.Jen (B)dato’ Seri Zaini b. Hj Mohd Said pula sebagai independent non-executive director
Produk syarikat ini ialah kabel fiber optik(Aerial Cable,All Dielectric Self Supporting (ADSS) Cable, Duct Cable,Direct Burial Cable,Anti-Rodent Cable.
The Group’s major customers are as follows:
Telekom Malaysia Berhad
Tenaga Nasional Berhad
Celcom (M) Berhad
Maxis Broadband Sdn Bhd
Fiberail Sdn Bhd
TM International (Bangladesh) Limited (AKTEL)
Multinet Pakistan (Private) Limited (MULTINET)
Eastern Telecommunications Philippine Incorporation (ETPI
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
In the financial year ended 31 March 2008, Opcom attained a strong growth in earnings. A higher net profit of RM4.56 million was
recorded, on the back of revenue amounting to RM55.07 million. This profit figure was a significant increase of 113.1% in spite of
a 17.2% decline in revenue.
Opcom’s improved performance was a direct result of the implementation of strategic procurement plans leading to improvement in
the sourcing of raw materials and services, stringent cost controls, increased efficiency as well as proactive management of foreign
exchange exposure. Consequently, Opcom’s gross profit reached RM19.16 million, a significant rise of 35.3% when compared to
the preceding financial year’s figure of RM14.16 million.
The Group recorded earnings per share of 3.53 sen for the financial year ended 31 March 2008.
DIVIDENDS
In respect of the financial year ended 31 March 2008, the amount of dividends paid by the Group were as follows:-
(i) an interim ordinary dividend of 0.75 sen per ordinary share tax exempt totaling RM967,500 in respect of the year ended 31
March 2007 on 8 May 2007; and
(ii) an interim ordinary dividend of 1.35 sen per ordinary share less tax at 26% totaling RM1,288,710 in respect of the year ended
31 March 2008 on 31 January 2008.
OUTLOOK
The market for fiber optic cables is expected to remain vibrant over the next 12 months
with demands being driven by Malaysia’s national broadband programme. Phase 1 of
this project, known as High Speed Broadband (HSBB) and to be undertaken by Telekom
Malaysia Berhad (Telekom), would involve investments of RM11.3 billion to be made over
the next 10 years, with the Government co-investing RM2.4 billion over a period of 3
years. Trials using fiber optics are currently being undertaken in the Klang Valley.
According to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC),
broadband subscriptions have increased from 0.7 million users in 2006 to 1.0 million
users in 2007. In view of this continuing trend, the HSBB initiative is expected to further
increase broadband penetration from 15.5% per 100 households at the end of 2007
to 50% by year 2010. Consequently, a higher demand for fiber optic cables capable of
higher bandwidth for HSBB would be observed.
Of interest is the Memorandum of Understanding recently signed between Telekom
and Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA) to provide broadband
telecommunications infrastructure that will cater to approximately 718,000 commercial
and residential premises within Iskandar Malaysia; including Nusajaya, Central Business District, Western Gate Development, East
Gate Development and the Senai-Skudai corridor(s). Telekom is investing RM1.9 billion to provide broadband telecommunications
infrastructure in Iskandar Malaysia. This investment would cover a 10-year period with the implementation of HSBB scheduled for
the end of 2008.
Opcom believes that the fiber optic cable sector will maintain its upbeat trend given the proposed network infrastructure investments
in areas such as Metro Ethernet, Next Generation Networks and High Speed Broadband Networks that are being carried out by
Telekom and other licensed telecommunications companies. The Group estimates that there would be a minimum increase of
30% in the demand of fiber optic cables for the year 2008 as compared to 2007 as a result of the cable portion of these New
Generation Internet Protocol-based networks being deployed for the nation’s transport and access networks. In view of this,
Opcom is targeting to supply up to 50% of the cable requirements for the Malaysian market.
PROSPECTS
The Board is positive that the Group’s performance for the financial year ending 31 March 2009 will continue to further improve
as Opcom is expected to benefit from the capital investments made by telecommunication companies to cater to the growing
number of applications requiring large bandwidth. Notably, both the HSBB and IRDA initiatives would translate into a higher
demand for fiber optic cables.
July and October 2007 saw Opcom receiving a variation order valued at RM54.6 million from Telekom. Together with new contracts
secured over this financial year, including a RM2.1 million award from Celcom in January 2008 and a RM1.5 million contract from
Fiberail Sdn Bhd in April 2008, these are positive indications of a healthy demand for fiber optic cables in the local market.
Since mid-2007, Opcom has also been working very closely with our technical partner, Ericsson Network Technologies AB of
Sweden (Ericsson), in the latter’s bids for contracts in Asian countries. Due to our proximity to other Asian countries, Ericsson is
leveraging on our manufacturing facilities to supply fiber optic cables and related accessories to these regional markets.
Ericsson is one of the shortlisted consortiums for Singapore’s Next Generation National Broadband Network project that is
estimated to involve investments of between RM3.0 billion and RM5.0 billion. The result of the bid is expected to be known in the
period between July and September 2008.
At the same time, Opcom is also looking at diversifying its current markets for fiber optic cables, including pursuing markets in the
region such as Bangladesh, the Philippines, Pakistan, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. We are actively building relationships in these target
markets by collaborating with local companies as well as working with local Ericsson companies within these respective markets.
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Bukti elit atau golongan bangsawan kuasai UMNO
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When PR barred NST, they are barring a newspaper, citing unacceptable bias. This has been observed and well documented.
This is not new, as the mainstream media in Malaysia have long been viewed as lackeys of the establishment. The frenzy that these media outlets fall into during the last GE is a nasty reminder of what they have become. They are now viewed as propaganda tools rather than news outifts; opposition are painted in a negative light, and the right of reply, a standard characteristic of a free press is non-existent. Lampooning and satire aside, calumny and slander are their actual tools of the trade.
What does the rakyat make of it? It will be dictated by their beliefs and observation – I think many are definitely swayed by the new media to the discomfort of the government.
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Betul lah.. latest game in town sekarang ialah semua bersama-sama tidur lah.. sebab game pertama ialah LOMPAT macam KATAK, game kedua ialah TERBANG macam BURUNG and latest game ialah TIDUR macam B… lah.. apa news pun no need to baca, jadi banned for 3 tahun pun tak apa lah.. MARI KITA BERSAMA-SAMA TIDUR LAH…
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Gutter journalism. Constructive criticism. You’d hardly think some politicians actually know what these things mean, given how they are bandied around to stave off criticism.
Tell me, ever heard a politician admitting to a single criticism as being constructive?
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lim guan eng started it.
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At this stage it is just too complicated to say what is fair as the playing field has many up and downs and bumps all around.
But in general, if there is fair recourse and zero control by gormen or by virtue of ownership of media by political parties, then your argument holds true
Null hypothesis
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What can you expect? They know that the media is right that’s why they want to gag it. Reasons given are plain stupid and they still think the public are naive. Maybe we should do the same with Utusan since Najis has given us a hint that we could. To UMNO: Stop hitting urself!
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Good post. Denied and be denied
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Old game-lah. Penang State Gov started the trend first. I think it’s something they picked up from Sun-Tzu’s Art of War, a modern interpretation.
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Sueing a particular publication that has already lost its credibility and who will not be hurt financially by virtue of its shareholders having deep pockets, is an exercise in futility.
If such a publication doesn’t even have the decency to back up its claims, cold-storaging them will be a better idea.
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I agree with Anil.
Banning or excluding “unfriendly media” does not solve anything.
It’s all about winning the hearts and minds of the people
(the people in the middle/the undecided/the fence-sitters). The political partisans have already made up their minds and will only selectively listen to “their side”.
There’s plenty to learn from the Obama campaign in terms of handling public relations, winning political support and mobilising people.
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NST – where is your list?
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Agree….
Don’t ban.
The funny thing is that in terms of content, M’kini is actually less skewed than NST.
Yeah, NST should prove itself. Someone from there wants to be a Citizen Nades by talking loudly and not coming out with anything.
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Your typo ‘dose scrutiny’ reminds me of Private Eye’s legal problems when they reported an MP drunk in parliament (dose scrutiny, geddit?). He sued, if I remember correctly. Forever after, Private Eye referred to public figures as ‘tired and emotional’ when they meant drunk.
PR should accept the slings and arrows of gimp-on-a-leash reporting, they could always use it to their own advantage. The government mouthpiece press is fascinatingly glib. Why doesn’t PR have a regular blog at theloosestcoalition.org.my/nstsays/? It would be easier to laugh at the irony in NST if we didn’t pay for it first.
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No,No, incoming PM says ” Don’t regard new media as our enemy”.
Wow, what a hypocrite…. for a new PM.
Maybe someone has something good to say about this new PM,I just cannot think of any.If there is any ( good thing )Let’s hear it.Just for a change lah!!!!
Worse to come when the new PM officially takes over…Be ready rakyat of Malaysia.
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