The most telling moment for the “unity government” came on Sunday night, when a crowd of a few thousand at a dinner banquet applauded DAP MP Lim Lip Eng’s announcement that Pakatan Harapan had lost the Sungai Bakap by-election.
Imagine that. If that is not writing on the wall for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, I don’t know what is.
Two years have flown and if Anwar does not buck up, he will lose the next general election. Look what just happened to Rishi Sunak and Emmanuel Macron in the UK and France.
Alarm bells at Sungai Bakap
Clearly, many among the ethnic minorities are no longer willing to give PH their undivided support. But because many of them feel they do not have a political alternative they are comfortable with, they stayed out of the Sungai Bakap by-election.
Some of the ethnic majority, the Malays, have no such qualms about voting for the opposition, so they switched their support from Umno or PH to Perikatan Nasional. Full article on Aliran website
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PMX should not try to be too conservative to lure Malay votes from PN, and lose its non-Malays votes in the process. This by election has served a warning to PMX not to ignore it’s loyal supporters and take them for granted.
Bumiputera student enrolment in Chinese schools have risen by more than 50% over the last 10 years, says the Education Minister, Fadhlina Sidek. The enrolment figures had risen from 11.67% in 2014 to 18.52% in 2024.
The rising number of Bumiputera students enrolled in international schools is a sign that more Bumiputera parents are losing trust in the quality of national schools, says
educational sociologist Anuar Ahmad.
https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/07/13/more-bumiputera-parents-losing-trust-in-national-schools-says-don/
Basically the quality of national school is low. Chinese schools offer better education and discipline, better job opportunities later in life!
Never mind if the schools are funded by Tiger, as the students will not grow up to be drunkard!
Alcohol brand Tiger Beer has clarified that it did not give any money to Chinese schools in Malaysia, and that its support is limited to providing local artists for charity concerts to help raise funds from the public.
More selective hypocrisy and double-think in the world champion country for that.
Anthony Loke today said that Chinese school fundraisers, including those involving breweries, are mostly held outside school premises and attended by parents and supporters. He said that such events are usually held in restaurants or other external premises, following guidelines from the Education Ministry.
Listen to this Malay guy who studied in Chinese school in Malaysia:
Layla Sania 蕾拉 《海阔天空 Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies》
Please do not bring Religion into our Educational Institution and contaminate the young and innocent mind of our Malaysian Children.
Our supreme and secular Federal Constitution as envisaged by our forefathers does not meant our beloved Nation to be a Theological State like Afghanistan or Iran.
Once done with primary school, the students can attend the 82 Chinese government secondary schools (also known as SMJK), 63 independent Chinese high schools or national secondary schools. After that, they can head to the three Chinese community-based tertiary education institutions, private universities or government universities if they meet the local requirements.
Last time we grew up watching Carlsberg bikini lady and Shandy advertisements in cinema, but no one complained.
It is better to learn Mandarin now in school. It is an important language now and even more in the coming years.
I must agree too. Setuju!
Anak saya masuk sekolah Cina.
Malaysia’s Malay singer Firdhaus Farmizi, (菲道尔) who sings Mandarin song performed on China TV show:
Writing Chinese is the big challenge. Maybe in future, ICT will help to read it.
If you start from young, no problem.
Children can learn easily at young age.
Not being rich, the bulk of parents have little choice beyond Chinese schools. The children face these despite one of the largest ministerial budgets: teacher absenteeism, discrimination/abuse, molest/assault, poor teaching, incorrect/political texts/exam questions, excess books, subjective evaluation (1 exam after 11 years), poor infrastructure (collapsing roofs, snakes, etc.), gangsterism, colonial ties, food poisoning, unpopular/impractical changes, admin. imposed on teachers..
Video of a Malaysian Malaysia lady that speaks fluent mandarin, having studied in Chinese school:
Is she afraid to give absolute figures rather than relative growth? She may have added to the rot with a course she introduced.
Malays can be shocked by absolute number, percentage may look harmless to them.
Ironic, contradictory for UiTM to not admit non-Bumiputera students, when 5,571 international students have been accepted to study at UiTM from 2019 to 2023.
UMNO youth believes that companies who sell alcohol and tobacco in the country should not contribute to schools, then ban these companies from doing business in Malaysia for good!
They have formed their companies here, they pay taxes to the government of the day, the employ a lot of Malays in their work force and if UMNO youth were to check with the youth from schools, universities and right up to the workplace on who consumes the most of tobacco related products, the results will be obvious!
How to make sure that the tax collected from gambling (Genting, Magnum and Toto) did not end up funding the poor Malay religious schools?
Umno vice-president Mohamed Khaled Nordin said the previous BN government used to funnel funds collected from alcohol and gambling industries to fund vernacular schools and Chinese temples.
Using hypocrisy and double-think, they can issue such statements almost every day for political gain.
Indoctrination is so intense that followers truly believe heaven awaits them for supporting PAS
https://focusmalaysia.my/indoctrination-is-so-intense-that-followers-truly-believe-heaven-awaits-them-for-supporting-pas/
The system set in place seem to be applied to all living beings. It don’t seem to matter what their religious or non religious background are.
If the system applied are the same for all in this life, how is it going to be differently applied for all in the hereafter ?
I challenge the govt to ban tobacco and brewery industries in this country to stop the complains. Why ban their donations if they are legal contributors in the economy and the taxes they paid are used on each and every segment of the society? What’s the difference between a direct contribution to schools as compared to funding from the govt with the tax money collected from them?
Hypocrisy and confusion cannot be questioned. They are “sensitive” issues. End of discussion.
National shuttlers Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan defeated South Korea’s world no 10 Kim So-yeong and Kong Hee-yong to reach the Paris Olympics semi-finals.
My heartfelt best wishes go out to Tan and Thinaah. Winning a medal is undoubtedly a significant achievement, but your resilience in overcoming the challenges of the ‘group of death’ is truly commendable. You have set a high standard for others to aspire to.
Malaysia Olympic contingent:
40 officials vs 26 athletes! Was this a Sports Ministry cum Olympic Committee retreat for Officials?
https://m.malaysiakini.com/news/714518#google_vignette
OCM is still funded by Malaysian taxpayers. Guest accreditation cards for IOC is funded by the government too?
Norza brought his wife and son to Paris to watch the Olympics on accreditation passes. Priority should be given to coaches instead. Personal interest above national interest!
Decades of sakauism and cronyism means …- we expect nothing more than thieves.
1MDB to MAS to TH to Felda
Sakauism is a norm.
So when sports leaders do thier sakauism- they simply follow thier tuan.
Norza says he paid from his own funds – hard to believe. Left to right pocket … [?]
Who is the priority here – medal winning athletes and thier specialist coaches or official family members?
DAP National Chairman Lim Guan Eng challenged Kedah Chief Minister Sanusi to either provide proof that Chinese primary school students drink beer or stop spreading baseless claims.
“I challenge Kedah Chief Minister Sanusi to provide evidence of Chinese primary school students drinking beer or getting drunk at school. Otherwise, he should stop spreading baseless claims. Sanusi’s irresponsible remarks are highly unfair to the Chinese community,” he said.
You don’t see any politicians questioning or asking about the sin tax collected annually, how it is accounted and how much and to how many ministries, agencies, or to the states etc, it is allocated, for expenditure.
This sin tax is 100% from the nons, is it not? Do they highlight this sin tax in the annual budget as revenue collected? What is the government’s SOP on this sin tax collected?
Does PAS governed states collect sin tax? Would like to hear from PAS on this.
Malaysia is building malls like crazy – but shoppers aren’t coming
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/economy/2024/7/15/malaysia-is-building-malls-like-crazy-but-shoppers-arent-coming
Dozens of new malls are under construction in the country even as existing complexes (40% are located in the greater Kuala Lumpur area) struggle to attract customers.
Malakat Mall (at Cyberjaya) initially launched to empower Muslim entrepreneurs and later dubbed the ‘ghost mall,’ is set to shut its doors on July 31 after four years of operation. It was an halal mall yet cannot survive.
In business, sometimes they make it, sometime they fail. That is how business is. Nothing much to do with who the people are.
In one area 3 big malls, 2 of which was with hotels attached, all 3 malls with one hotel failed. One more hotel barely surviving. 2 of the building are now terribly run down and looks ghostly at night.
Homeless people sometime occupy their frontage.
if hotel and malls fail, what do penang kias going to do? Do you have better suggestions? Or cluess and kbkb?
Why you talk as if all the Malls or all the Hotels fail ? Ten may go up, 1 or 2 might come down. That’s business. Its all their, the business people’s problem to deal with.
Why you kaypoh, kaypoh so much ask for better suggestions? You business man, owner of hotels or Malls?
rakyat 8, you are the one who started it. you mentioned and kaypoh first
In JB, [two hotels], both bumiputera owned and managed, closed down during COVID pandemic and still cannot be revived.
Same fate as MARA Digital.
It has proven one thing – do not operate business on racial line.
I prefer malls that allow non halal restaurants.
Why do you say do not operate on racial line? Business is business. The Malays are the majority, more than 50%.
So, why does it still fail ? These business people have to ask themselves, where did they go wrong?
rakyat, you are clueless, it is not the business but politics just like unis, colleges are not for everyone. Shops in the malls are not for everyone but everyone has to pay tax.
Pricing not competitive in these failed malls. The operators focus on short-term profits cannot retain customers.
Prefer non-halal restaurants to those franchised restaurants in shopping malls.
Penang Time Square also closed down.
Only 2 Transformers next to McDonald’s Datuk Keramat, but no Transformation of fortune for Times Square!
Ramasamy is a good writer but a spineless politician. When DAP gave him an opportunity to be a parachute candidate, he grabbed it and was even appointed Deputy Chief Minister. Now he showed his true colours when he was not chosen as a candidate, left DAP and turned sour pus, taking every opportunity to condemn the party that gave him the opportunity. Where were him when DAP cooperated with PAS, then Mahathir, Muhyiddin and Mukhriz? Now he is ever so noisy. Empty vessels make the most noise. Let’s see how far your URIMAI last. PN will not accept you and… Read more »
A criminal charge, rather than a mere disciplinary action, should be instituted against a police escort personnel who allegedly assaulted deaf e-hailing driver Ong Ing Keong last May, said Lawyers for Liberty.
Teoh Beng Hock’s sister Teoh Lee Lan has urged DAP to use its parliamentary strength to push for her brother’s death to be investigated as a murder.
In her speech at the 15th anniversary memorial service of Beng Hock’s death in custody today, Lee Lan pointed out that the courts had ruled his death as a homicide.
After so many years, doubt if DAP will even bother now. In the current scheme of things, DAP has become domiciled. They will not want to rock the current boat.
Their supporters on the other hand can continue with their staunch believe in their piped piper DAP. Its their prerogative. Blame no one else or start changing your perspective.
rakyat, you mean let the guilty gets away? you support crime do not pay?
You need to wait for the fresh probe (if it takes place ) to be completed.
” PM promises fresh probe into Teoh Beng Hock’s death ”
by Elill Easwaran dd 01 Aug 2024, 06:05 PM
https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/08/01/pm-promises-fresh-probe-into-teoh-beng-hocks-death/
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Looks like its on but we will believe it when the fresh probe is actually carried out.
Echoes of victory.
Lee Zii Jia berkongsi detik penuh bermakna bersama Ahmed Shahrazad
https://youtube.com/shorts/XdZwViffv9k
How Malaysia is becoming the next global chip giant
JPMorgan explains why it upgraded Malaysia’s rating from underweight to neutral
The last thing we need is the opinion of the international monetary (capitalist) pirates and terrorists.
Too bad you are living in a capitalist country. The words of Yellen and Powell dictates your Ringgit. You cannot opt for Socialism with Xi’s characteristics.
You should avoid CNBC and Bloomberg, and watch CGTN or CCTV instead.
Al Jazeera also can!
Western media tend to be very biased.
“Very biased” is an understatement. They follow the exact spin their transnational masters dictate.
“Rapid Response Mechanism” coordinates the “free world” governments. “Trusted News Initiative” coordinates the major propaganda enterprises. “Fact Checking Network” coordinates the “independent” “fact-checkers”.
The ringgit is at its strongest level in 14 years due to the coalition government’s policies and collective efforts to develop the country, said Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
He said that although the opposition often claimed the currency was declining, it has, in fact, shown positive recovery trends under the Madani administration.
Really, since 14 years ago? That should have been what since 2010 ? What was our currency in 2011 or 2012 or 2013 or 2014 …., etc?
Jumlah warga Malaysia yang mencari pekerjaan di Singapura meningkat 60 peratus selepas pandemik Covid-19, menurut agensi perekrutan.
Selain mengejar durian runtuh disebabkan kadar pertukaran mata wang Singapura yang tinggi, apakah yang membuat mereka mahu mencari rezeki di Kota Singa ini?
Bagi salah seorang daripada mereka, beliau kini mampu miliki tiga hartanah hasil 14 tahun berulang-alik antara Singapura dengan Johor Bahru.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=a_TO3Ns9ijifrowX&v=9QOX5L27mBg&feature=youtu.be
Banyak orang Kelantan terpaksa cari makan Di Kota Singa. PAS tak mampu jana pekerjaan Di Kelantan.
I have seen Kelantan girls working as cleaners in Singapore.
We have heard that some of our graduates are also working as cleaners over there due to difference in currency.
As consumers, we have to deal with unprofessionalism from businesses almost every day, yet here you are only mentioning one company that has caused you inconvenience.
Did you know that customer services in the private sector is often much much worse than the improved public sector.
Additionally, private sector employees often lack knowledge about their products and have poor language and communication skills, often displaying a pretentious air of superiority, lacking humility, when interacting with customers.
rakyat – graduate cannot get a manager job. they have to start low and at least is a senang and a/c job. On the other side there are many Bangladeshis working in the retail like super and hyper market.So what you expect? customer is right and can kbkb?
Yes, a customer has the right to receive what they pay for. Nowadays customer services are very very poor. Most of them are not properly trained to serve customers.
Sometimes we customers have to highlight to them where they are wrong in delivering their services to customers. Such is the customer service environment now.
Many hawker taukeh have several branches utilising wailau labour to operate the business. These taukeh do not report earnings to tax authority for all the business. Now with E-Invoice system they cannot understand declare their earnings.
Maybe rich air travellers are upset and have to be soothed with some statements. For ordinary people, there is only the daily struggle of higher costs, new taxes (duties), e-invoicing, municipal regulations, queues, permits, etc.
Sources claim MCA, MIC consider exit from BN amid internal discontent
https://focusmalaysia.my/sources-claim-mca-mic-consider-exit-from-bn-amid-internal-discontent/#google_vignette
Abah is still having the SD from MCA to join PN. Very easy direct access for MCA, express lane!
” Loke welcomes UMNO’s willingness to work with PH for GE16 ”
by Bernama dd 06 Jul 2024, 08:56 PM
https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/07/06/loke-welcomes-umnos-willingness-to-work-with-ph-for-ge16/
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>>> Looks like the political drama for GE16 has started. Its just been only 2 years now after they took over the government. What have been their achievement so far for our Nation and for the well being of our Rakyat?
Nasi lemak through vending machine ? Maybe or maybe not countless MOU’s investment from various countries ? Any policy reforms for Laws, Education, Health, Agriculture, Economy, etc, etc, etc.?
dont kbkb, senior rakyat go and stand or sit for election. We support you. We will vote for you.
Aiyoh, you want to vote for a senior who can hardly walk even with the aid of a walking stick, like that how can meh, senior shriek?
Go and look for young energetic educated persons with brains, who displays an attitude of service to Nation and Rakyat above self. Vote for them.
All senior Rakyat can do now is have insightful kbkb only with whatever little time he has left.
Ar Doi. We are not doing Olympics. Not stronger, faster, higher etc. We want someone like you to be vocal. we miss lion of jelutong. we want a tiger of Chulia Street. BTW, malayan tigers are going extinct. Do something
Haiya, vocal already, mah. More than this cannot, lah. May end up counting bars, maybe rotan also. Senior old man body already wobbly.
Already got next generation lions mah, as ministers, MPs, State assemblymen and as Excos. One among them recently celebrated being appointed as DCM.
Only that, they want to be politically correct, so they simply meow meow here and meow meow there. Good enough, mah.
Also, your uncle Lim now got 2 titles already. Some more, the second is highest title, wan. Wah, you so so happy, yah. Wonder, if there is going to be a third one coming soon? Whisky up, shriek. Cheers!
UMNO still cannot get Malay support, still need the support of PH. This is the reality but Umno Youth need to show its toughness of paper tiger.
Nasi lemak from vending machine is easily one of the most unsound ideas ever – I am being polite here. When it was announced, a blogger asked who got the machine contract, for how much, and whether there had been an open tender.
Indeed you are, glissantia, being polite. The vending idea reminds me of small minds thinking small and big minds thinking big. Have we made any progress economically?
The other thing about open tender or not, that seems to be business as usual around here.
“Datasonic wins RM21m govt vending machine deal in open tender”
dd Jul 30, 2024 1:54 PM
https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/713593
” Amend constitution to protect non-Muslims, says lawyer ”
by Carolyn K dd 17 Aug 2024, 08:30 AM
https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/08/17/amend-constitution-to-protect-non-muslims-govt-told/
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” The dean of USIM says, ” there was nothing wrong with people visiting each other’s places of worship as such interactions promote unity and peaceful co-existence. However, she said that preaching religion at non-Muslim places of worship will put Malaysia’s multi-religious society at risk of disharmony. ”
The dean seem to have got it right. It is alright to visit to understand and learn what the other is doing.
It is important to recognize that there are two distinct approaches to worship within religious practices. One group venerates images and engages in rituals that have been observed for thousands of years, and they possess logical justifications for these traditions. In contrast, another group practices non-image worship, adhering to a philosophy that does not involve physical representations of the divine. When individuals begin to share and advocate their religious beliefs with others, misunderstandings and conflicts can arise. Given that humans are often emotional and, at times, not particularly thoughtful in their responses, such exchanges can escalate quickly. Regrettably, only a… Read more »
” Look up the history books, Malaysia is a secular state ” by The Malaysian Insider dd 16 June 2014 https://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/look-history-books-malaysia-secular-state-065403693.html ======== ” Tunku Abdul Rahman’s statements that Malaysia was a secular state, and not an Islamic one. He was first recorded telling Parliament on May 1, 1958: “I would like to make it clear that this country is not an Islamic state as it is generally understood; we merely provided that Islam shall be the official religion of the state. ” >>>>> What was Tunku Abdul Rahman’s role when drafting the, our Federal Constitution ? So, if he says our Nation… Read more »
” Anwar should form new world order to fight Israel – Mat Sabu ” by Hariz Mohd dd Aug 5, 2024 8:00 AM https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/714339 ======== Is Mat Sabu of Amanah being sarcastic ? I mean we are talking about World Order here. China just walks in and claims the entire South China Sea as their, almost to our shores ( our sovereignty ), have even put up a military installation right in the middle of it and we have not said anything much on the matter. Maybe our local politicians are having a coffee shop banter . Anyway, this just don’t sound like… Read more »
” Penang chief minister extends his deputy’s leave by 4 days ”
dd 05 Aug 2024 1:13PM
https://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/103015/penang-chief-minister-extends-his-deputys-leave-by-4-days
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Don’t state government officials have medical and annuals leaves ? Medical leave is recommended and given by doctors and annual leaves are usually approved by their bosses when applied.
So, why is this asking for and agreeing to extend leaves ? Why the need to be so public about the CM agreeing and extending staff’s leaves?
Anwar urges Malaysians to uphold Tunku Abdul Rahman’s legacy
by Amirul Aiman dd 05 Aug 2024, 05:20 PM
https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/08/05/anwar-urges-malaysians-to-uphold-tunku-abdul-rahmans-legacy/
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” Anwar said the government had approved the construction of institutions to honor the nation’s leading political figures and promote historical literacy ”
>>> We Rakyat wonder how history will be told.
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” Malaysian Founder ‘Disgusted’ at Successor ”
By Henry Kamm, ( Special To the New York Times ) dd July 8, 1988
https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/08/world/malaysian-founder-disgusted-at-successor.html
” PAS lawmaker sees red after teaser of “rocket-shaped” monopole transmission tower along Penang Bridge ” By FocusM dd 5 hours ago.
https://focusmalaysia.my/pas-lawmaker-sees-red-after-teaser-of-rocket-shaped-monopole-transmission-tower-along-penang-bridge/
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He, he he. Come to think about it, it does somewhat resemble a rocket shape, doesn’t it, complete with small stabilizer ‘wings’ on the sides. We have to give it to PAS; they clearly have an eye for rocket designs.
” Licence for all social media platforms from 1 Aug, says MCMC ”
dd 27 Jul 2024 4:01PM
https://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/102909/licence-for-all-social-media-platforms-from-1-august-says-mcmc
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“…. that this requirement was in line with the cabinet’s decision requiring social media and online messaging platforms to comply with Malaysian laws and combat cyber crime … This includes scams and online fraud, cyber bullying, and sexual crimes against children.”
>>> Absolutely, we Rakyat comprehend the rationale behind these actions. Given the alarming rise in cybercrime, which has significantly affected our Rakyat, it is crucial that we implement effective measures to combat this issue.
Strengthening cybersecurity infrastructure, promoting public awareness about online safety, and enforcing stricter regulations against cybercriminal activities are essential steps. By taking these actions, we can protect our community and ensure a safer digital environment for everyone.
“This new regulatory framework only applies to services that meet the licensing eligibility criteria and does not involve its users …. licensing all social media platform service providers operating in the country”.
>>> Why lump all social media platforms? Does it also involve bloggers?
“Govt to ban social media platforms opposed to licensing requirement, says DPM” dd 28 Jul 2024 3:51PM
https://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/102916/govt-to-ban-social-media-platforms-opposed-to-licensing-requirement-says-dpm
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The strong impression we are receiving is that the government is increasingly anxious about the criticism directed at it over its alleged misdeeds, whatever those may be.
Unlike any previous administration, this government appears to be taking unprecedented steps in response to public dissent and scrutiny.
Since the introduction of the Internet by our TMM ( 4th Ex PM), who championed the principles of non-censorship and free expression, there has been a remarkable shift in the government’s approach.
In an era marked by rapid information dissemination and heightened public engagement, it seems the current authorities are struggling to navigate the challenges posed by a digital landscape that empowers citizens to voice their concerns more freely than ever before.
“That’s cowardice, he said.”
>>> Who are the actual cowards now?
“Penang iconic ferries will be restored when we recapture Putrajaya, says Guan Eng” by Admin dd December 31, 2020 https://www.buletinmutiara.com/penang-iconic-ferries-will-be-restored-when-we-recapture-putrajaya-says-guan-eng/ ======== What we need is a change of government in Putrajaya. With a change of government in Putrajaya, we can revive the Penang ferry service. There is no justification to say that it is costly and unsafe ” says LGE. In 2020, the DAP made specific promises regarding the management and revitalization of the ferry services in Penang. Fast forward to November 2022, the PH coalition government, which includes the DAP, took over the state administration. About 2 years have passed. Now… Read more »