2014年7月1日星期二
[Updated 2014.07.16] Unknown SMS
New update ,
2014.07.16 15:49:00 01126287517
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The SMS text read as followed:
SILA HUBUNGI SAYA DENGAN KADAR SEGERA. TQ. HAWA,0147273533 & 014-7273182.
For the sake of the Police Force, below are the chronology , and will be updated ASAP. DATE and TIME the SMS received Phone No. which sent the SMS
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2014.07.10 15:24:00 +601126308341
2014.07.03 11:23:30 +60146440160
2014.07.01 16:22:49 +601116399105
2014.06.28 12:29:05 +601116399105
2014.06.27 11:06:23 +601126308341
2014.06.24 12:28:20 +601126287517
2014.06.23 15:19:26 +601116399105
And more .
I just want to say to the sender ( or senders ),
I do not know who you are.
I do not know what's your intention for repeatly sending all these SMS .
Frankly speaking, I do not even care to know.
最新更新, 我昨天,七月十日,竟然在我四姐新狮子园家屋附近看到那个 叶倪先生!!! 呵呵呵呵!!!!!
我不要自己胡乱下定论。不过,我会不时的更新状态,把我看到觉得有趣的事告诉大家。
2014年6月19日星期四
2014年5月13日星期二
ISMA paranoid : Mana bayang Jewish di rantau ASEAN ?
Free PDF: Letter From Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr.
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2014年4月23日星期三
2014年4月18日星期五
In Remembrance , A Real Statesman
2014年4月15日星期二
Polis dan Konflik 2 Sistem Kehakiman
2014年3月7日星期五
Isu Kalimah : Kenapa umat masuk perangkap sendiri
2011年11月18日星期五
迅速走红的网站 http://www.viki.com/
Viki：字幕版的维基百科
2011-11-17 15:30:30 来源:南方周末
全球每年生产的影视剧，好莱坞只占15%，其余的则因语言的障碍而难为人知。Viki瞄准另外的85%，通过开放式地自由翻译，试图建立一个跨语言的全球影视生态系统。不过，如何从这个系统中赚到钱，目前还是个挑战。
在一个名为ViKi（ViKi.com）的视频字幕分享社区里，来自世界各地的202位用户正在为中国热播剧《步步惊心》制作外语字幕，而你随时都可以成为第203位。
在这个网站注册完成后，进入《步步惊心》的目录页，再点击某一集的按钮后，你就可以一边在网页左侧的视频播放器上收看这部剧集，一边在右侧竖排字幕空格里加注字幕。
ViKi公司CEO称其模式“独一无二”，但对目前的营收状况讳莫如深。（资料图片）
一个随播放时间滚动的小指针，会提示你应该把为哪句台词所作的翻译填在哪个对应的空格里。填上后，就立刻可以在画面左侧的视频播放器里看到，你所作的字幕出现在画面下方，这部电视剧的贡献者名单上，也会出现你的名字。
字幕网页上显示有每一集各种语言的字幕制作进展的百分比。现在，这部剧集的英文字幕已基本完成，法语、德语、泰语、土耳其语、越南语等其他十几种语言的字幕还在进行中。
在ViKi上，目前共有184部中国（不包括港台地区）的电视剧和电影，正在以这样的方式供用户们制作各种语言的字幕。
而整个ViKi网站上已有超过5000小时的视频内容，分别来自韩国、中国、泰国、土耳其等几十个国家，正在被翻译成157种语言，其中甚至还包括了克林贡语——一种人造语言，源自《星际迷航》里的克林贡星语言，公司称这些视频已经被点击观看了总共10亿次。
ViKi正吸引着越来越多世界各地的视频翻译爱好者们参与其中。ViKi的CEO拉兹米格·霍瓦吉米安（Razmig Hovaghimian，下称拉兹米格）对南方周末记者称，ViKi目前的月度独立用户访问量已达千万（大约是中国最大社交网站之一人人网的三分之一）， 是2010年年底的3倍，网站已有50万志愿翻译者，这个数量也已5倍于2010年。
网站的快速成长使ViKi受到了投资界的青睐。
2011年10月下旬，ViKi宣布完成了第二轮融资，获得了2000万美元的风险投资，投资方包括英国广播公司（BBC）和韩国SK电讯公司等业界翘楚，这些钱将用于提高网站技术和购买更多视频内容。
跨语言互动娱乐
ViKi平台上的字幕制作是开放式的，用户可以自由修改别人翻译的字幕，所以不用担心自己的翻译出错。
ViKi网站的简介里，一个关于ViKi使命的句子的字体特意做了加黑处理——“让娱乐超越语言障碍”，这也是ViKi创办的起由。
拉兹米格告诉南方周末记者，ViKi的创意来自另一位创始人，36岁的韩国人文智元（Moon Ji-won）。几年前，她还在哈佛大学读研究生的时候，通过为韩国电影翻译英文字幕来提高英语水平，在这个过程中产生了ViKi的构想。
2007年，她和在斯坦福大学读MBA的丈夫胡昌胜（Ho Chang-seong）以及胡的同学拉兹米格一起，创办ViKi项目，网站于2008年上线，最初名为ViiKii。
“最初，我们不仅投入了全部的积蓄，还借了一些外债。”拉兹米格说。2009年，他从NBC环球（全球领先的传媒娱乐公司）辞职，全心投入ViKi的工作。
ViKi的机制是，购入一些视频节目的版权，放置在网站上供用户翻译出各种语言的字幕。为此ViKi专门开发了一套系统，让用户可以在网站上傻瓜式地对号入座填写字幕——如本文开头所述。
而传统的网络字幕爱好者制作字幕的方式是，先从网上下载视频，通过软件制作好字幕后，把生成的字幕文件上传到网络上，再通过网络论坛等平台和同好者们分享，这也是中国一些字幕组普遍的操作方式。
有趣的是，ViKi不仅取了个和维基百科（Wikipedia）相似度很高的名字，引入了维基百科的模式——ViKi平台上的字幕制作是开放式的。
在拉兹米格看来，ViKi一定程度可以理解为“视频字幕版的维基百科”。
“一部剧集经常会有超过500个用户参与翻译，平均每个单词都被编辑五遍以上，这样的方式可以确保字幕的准确度，同时，每部剧集都有担任频道管理的人，当字幕质量达到一定标准后，管理者可以锁定字幕。”
此外，这种多语言字幕共存的平台，也大大便利了多种字幕语言之间的转换速度。比如，一部泰剧，在被用户翻译成英语字幕后，很快就会被翻译成韩语、中文等多个语种的字幕，而不需要等待一个同时精通泰语和韩语的用户出现。
“用户参与字幕翻译是出于自身的热情，而不是谋求获得收入或股份。”拉兹米格称，ViKi并不向翻译字幕的用户支付费用，通过字幕翻译，有的用户可以提高自己的外语能力，还有很多人是乐意为自己喜欢的某部剧集出份力。
在这个理由下，活跃在ViKi平台上的用户快速增长，与之伴随的是，字幕语言种类和翻译速度也大为增加。
ViKi上最成功的韩剧《恶作剧之吻》，被翻译成40种语言，其中一半是在视频上线后24个小时内完成，这是根据日本漫画改编的一部电视剧。
出人意料的新观众
ViKi的内部数据显示，网站上70%的韩剧观众来自美国，而非亚洲国家。
不同于维基百科，ViKi不是一个公益性网站，如何获取收益对其商业模式来说至关重要。
目前，ViKi已经建立了一定的收益来源渠道。不过，ViKi方面表示，不方便透露公司的营收数据。
比如网站访问量攀升带来的广告收入增长，这主要是通过网站广告和视频广告两种方式获得。
更主要的是，ViKi的字幕成果，还可以通过合作协议，从视频发行方或内容生产方那里分到一些收益。拉兹米格举例说，其中包括美国两大视频网站Hulu和Netflix。
几个月前，湖南卫视制作的一部30集电视剧《单身公主相亲记》成为了第一部出现在Hulu上的中国电视剧。
“这正是借助了ViKi用户的翻译成果。”按照拉兹米格说法，这部被称为“中国版《欲望都市》”的电视剧，在北美也非常叫座。
目前，ViKi已经帮助三个国家超过25部电视剧登陆Hulu，ViKi正在和Hulu、Netflix商谈扩大这样的合作。
拉兹米格称，湖南卫视已是ViKi在全球的内容合作伙伴之一，该公司最近制作播出的《步步惊心》、《倾世皇妃》等热播电视剧，也都出现在ViKi网站上供用户翻译字幕。
除此之外，ViKi还与香港TVB、韩国SBS以及日本富士电视台、英国BBC、美国NBC环球等建立了内容合作关系。其中，来自ViKi两位创始人家乡的韩剧，更是成为ViKi的主打。
“制作更多种类语言的字幕，可以帮助这些企业在全球范围内获得更广阔的观众市场。”拉兹米格在发给南方周末记者的邮件中谈到，每年全球生产的影视内 容产量中，好莱坞只占据15%，在这之外其实还有好多优秀产品，因为语言的局限，还没有发挥出潜力，而ViKi的目标就是帮助剩下85%的产品扩大市场范 围。
这个过程中，往往还会产生一些出人意料的效果，比如ViKi的内部数据显示，网站上70%的韩剧观众来自美国，而不是亚洲国家。
这是ViKi能够分享收益的关键，也是投资者对ViKi下注的重要原因。
“ViKi为内容方找到了新观众，为观众找到了一些过去所没接触过的剧集类型。”美国知名风投Greylock Partners的合伙人Reid Hoffman曾如此评价ViKi的价值。
2010年末时，ViKi已从Greylock、Andreessen Horowitz、Charles River Ventures等风投机构和一些娱乐业个人投资者手中，获得了430万美元的首轮融资，彼时ViKi只是一个11人的小公司。2011年10 月，ViKi又完成了第二轮融资。
拉兹米格认为，所融资金将有很大部分用于在在美国、东南亚、中国和欧洲等地区扩大与视频内容方的合作。“这是ViKi目前的首要任务。”为了方便这种全球影视内容来源的拓展，ViKi在美国加州和亚洲新加坡两地，设立了办公室。
拉兹米格期望，未来能够建立起一个由ViKi、内容生产方、发行方和广大粉丝组成的共赢生态系统。
http://www.infzm.com/content/64920
http://www.viki.com/
2011年10月20日星期四
HIMPUN : 进退维谷的纳吉
更何况HIMPUN的动机是号召回教徒反改教，其矛头是暗指向其他宗教，极其可能会引起宗教冲突的。
反之，BERSIH2.0只是要求干净公平的选举，却被列为非法。
这难免让人民猜测HIMPUN有巫统政府在背后撑腰。
虽然巫统否认策划本周六在莎阿南体育馆举行的“百万穆斯林大集会” （Himpunan Sejuta Ummah，简称HIMPUN ）大集会，可是没有几个人会相信的。
还有，HIMPUN 突出了不允许人改教的不民主作风，让国际社会看了，只会增加不良印象。
看来，HIMPUN 的发起人让纳吉陷入进退维谷的困境了。
2011年9月28日星期三
柯嘉逊揭官方独立史迷思 探真正多元族群合作起源
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就如《513解密文件》一书那样，这次柯嘉逊从英国档案局搜索到的文件，暴露了马來亚紧急状态时期 (尤其是在独立后)英殖民主义者在对付马来亚时所采用的战略思维。这些文件也揭露了，为组织联盟政党，英国最高专员作出种种努力，此鲜为人知的史实，将令许多人惊讶不已。
这 本新书出版适逢教育部最近宣布，將把历史一科列为马来西亚教育文凭(SPM) 的必修科。好多方面强烈反对这项決定，他们认为，“官方版”历史备受质疑。“513”事件，及“国家文化政策”颁布后，马来西亚历史就被篡改了。执政党巫 统从私利的观点出发，篡改我国历史，以迎合他们的民粹主义，即以马来人为中心的政治意识形态。
各民族大联盟（AMCJA-PUTERA）是个真正多元民族组织的模式。相比之下，联盟是由三个以种族为根基的成员党所组成的。它所提出的“种族方案”一开始就矛盾重重。联盟（如今的国阵）的成员党公开宣称，自己是种族主义的政党，并自始就由巫统主导。
1969 年的“513事件”和马来资产阶级的崛起，促成了巫统统治阶级获得了国家的绝对主导权和霸权统治。“513事件”后颁布的紧急狀态所造就的既成事实，加上 国阵成立较为广泛的联盟，导致了”马來主权”的錯误观念。这种錯误观点驱使巫统领袖与马来极端右翼分子在“马来主权”幌子下为非作歹，但却消遙法外。
2011年9月16日星期五
纳吉的“政改”：太少、太假
 | 冷眼 2011年9月16日 上午 10点28分 |
更重要的一点是，纳吉没列出落实各项“改革”措施的时程。人们记忆犹新的是，前首相马哈迪如何在1999年大选前“接受”《华团诉求》，胜选后却翻脸不认账的鬼伎俩！人民如何能确信，奉行“马哈迪主义”的纳吉不会效尤呢？
在 宣布废除内安法之前，政府一直不肯松口，纳吉的亲信内长希山慕丁甚至一口否定废除内安法的“揣测”，并表示内政部对内安法等6项法律的修改已进入尾声，即 将提呈给内阁云云。那么，为何突然有此戏剧性转变？是不是跟纳吉的民调支持率下跌有关呢？是不是大选前的又一场大型公关秀呢？
笔者注意到，纳吉还提到将以两项新法律“保护公共安全”，但却没深入说明。到时政府会不会以新瓶装旧酒呢？
首 相说要撤销印刷媒体每年更新出版准证的条文，只需申请准证一次，就可以使用到撤销为止。然而，由于批准和撤销出版准证的大权依然操控在内政部长手中，不受 司法审查，其松绑作用想必有限。再加上印刷媒体拥有权都集中在执政党或亲执政党集团手中，新闻尺度因自我审查而不可能会有太大的改进。
首 相也宣布将检讨警察法第27条文以及联邦宪法第10条款对集会自由的限制，但政府仍坚决反对街头示威。集会示威的其中一个目的是要向外传播诉求或主张，如 果集会只能在体育场里举行，那么这种“松绑”有何意义可言？如果纳吉真的关注自由与人权，就应该全面重修警察法，拿掉警察的过度权力，并成立“警察滥权投 诉独立调查委员会”(IPCMC)。
更重要的一点是，纳吉没列出落实各项“改革”措施的时程。人们记忆犹新的是，前首相马哈迪如何在1999年大选前“接受”《华团诉求》，胜选后却翻脸不认账的鬼伎俩！人民如何能确信，奉行“马哈迪主义”的纳吉不会效尤呢？
必 须说，首相所宣布的措施原则上是好的，缺的只是诚意、力度、广度和公信力。人民要的是有诚意的、全面的、不可逆转的改革步骤，而不是快熟面式的随兴措施。 首相如果真的有心还政于民，就应该提出一个严谨的路线图，从净选盟的8大诉求开始，逐步落实政治改革，在初见成效之前决不举行下届大选。
http://malaysiakini.com/letters/175980
2011年7月29日星期五
被压迫的人，没有选择的奢侈！
| 周小芳 2011年7月29日 下午 1点44分 |
当皇委会说赵明福是自杀的，当我看了那小说般的报告内容，我的心情顿时跌入谷底。
我们在沙登做签名运动，只需要说出赵明福三个字，除了那些完全不了解时事的欧巴桑，大家都会二话不说地签名。有人质疑我们之前做的签名运动难道都是没有用的，我也如此质疑，难道我们都做了傻子？我一想到赵丽兰，她的心结永远都不会被打开，我明白那种受害者情意结，还有那失去自由的六名社会主义党党员，明明是为人民斗争的勇士，却背负莫须有的罪名，想到这，我的眼泪就不能停了。
曾经宁愿孩子们不知情
想到这些受害者的家属，我终于明白当年学长在大学时对我说过的一句话：“被压迫的人，没有选择的奢侈！”
我曾经认为，让内安法令扣留者的小孩从小就接触政府的不好，让他们出席集会，对他们不好。我情愿告诉他们：“你的爸爸现在在远方工作，他很快会回来的”，就像肥猫的妈妈欺骗肥猫，他的爸爸去了行船那样。
我会情愿让他们快快乐乐地渡过童年，像常人一样生活，不会觉得自己和别人的小孩有何异样。如果我是他们，我也不愿意这么快知道真相，我情愿天真无邪多几年。
只能教导孩子如何面对
结果学长说：“幸福的人，当然可以‘安排’适合的时间，去让孩子循序渐进地去接触社会的阴晦和黑暗。但是，当阴晦和黑暗在你‘安排’的时间前出现时，对不起，你没有选择……你只能教你孩子如何面对，或示范给他们看如何逃避现实（不让他知道）”
如今，我终于深切体会，被暴政压迫的人，原来真的没有选择的余地。没有人会在压迫来临前，就准备好受压迫，但当压迫来敲你的门的时候，你只能勇敢去面对。
突来横祸只能坚强面对
正如赵丽兰本来可以当一个相夫教子的小妇人，但却因为哥哥遭遇不测，需要抛头露面，不断向政府施压，不断泪洒人前，甚至被马青仔诅咒她去死，只为了一个所谓的真相。6名扣留者的家属本来可以一家团圆，享受天伦之乐或与爱人甜蜜相聚，但却因亲人被无理扣留，需要不断奔波警局，每天晚上风雨不改的在警局前点蜡烛，只为了盼望家人早日归来。
脑海突闪过709万人潮
我当然知道不能放弃的道理，我当然知道斗争还是要继续下去，但是我真的很伤心很伤心很伤心……
当大家都依然沉浸在709的自豪，依然在为自己上街感到沾沾自喜的时候，我很纳闷，就因为社会主义党看起来是“印度人党”，就因为那6人是遭紧急法令扣留，不是恶名昭彰的内安法令，就因为他们被逮捕看似和大家毫无关系，所以就没有什么人关注他们？
最近我出席该党在怡保九洞的烛光会，只有区区70人出席，可是我的同事却告诉我，这样的人数已经算很多了，那一刻，我的脑海闪过7月9日当天数之不尽的人潮。
为何只有百人烛光会？
安碧嘉说，709成功举行了，但是我们不能庆祝，当他们被释放的时候，我们才可以庆祝。我实在很纳闷，为何在如此高压的情况下，有成千上万的人涌上街头，但是在6人被逮捕后，却只能有百多人支持那看起来较为安全的烛光会？
我实在太焦急，我只能一直在网上不断呼吁大家关注此事，只能出席他们的烛光会，即使特地出城只为了出席一场烛光会，这些小小的事情，是我可以做的，也是大家可以做的。
不要等悲剧发生才悲恸
最后，再也古玛甚至选择了绝食抗议！到底是什么原因，要让已经有病在身的再也古玛选择走上绝食这条路呢？必然，那已经是斗争的最后战役了！
赵明福在被扣留其间坠楼，一切发生得太突然，我们无法做什么来挽回他的生命，但这6名已经被扣留35天的人，是活生生的生命啊！是我们可以拯救的人，希望大家不要等到悲剧发生以后，才来为他们悲恸。
我一想到这些事情也可能随时发生在我认识的朋友身上时，就惊觉那双无形的手原来是如此的靠近。
这些受暴政逼迫的家属没有权选择自己的家人何时遇害或何时被扣，但我们大家却有权选择是否要伸出援手。
当你认为事不关己，己不劳心的时候，你真的能保证这样的事情永远不会发生在你的身上吗？
http://malaysiakini.com/news/171409
2011年7月16日星期六
2011年5月6日星期五
[转贴] 纳吉不可躲的抉择：极右或中间？
| 白云山 2011年5月5日 傍晚 7点33分 |
今天，极右派的跋扈气焰冲天，把一个马来西亚熏烤得天昏地暗。纳吉贵为首相，贵为 “一个马来西亚”中庸治国理念提倡者、推动者，竟对这群公然捣毁其 “理念”的“破坏王”袖手旁观，实属荒谬。
假如纳吉不是具有“理念喜欢被人破坏”的特殊嗜好，那么上述理念只不过是虚假理念，否则应当竭尽所能捍卫其理念。因此，作为混淆的选民，我们有必要要求纳吉公告其政治取向——偏向极右，抑或靠向中间？
纳吉不能继续躲在“一个马来西亚”的龟壳里自欺欺人，蒙混过去 。如果他偏向极右，就不要再到处推销象征中庸的“一个马来西亚”，就像卖的是葡萄酒，就别说那是葡萄汁，否则就是欺骗。
如果纳吉偏向中间，那么就必须站在极右份子，包括副手慕尤丁、恩师马哈迪、土权组织的对立面，至少说服他们放弃极右立场，尤其是规劝副手慕尤丁以马来西亚人优先，而非马来人优先，否则有违 “以民为本”（rakyat didahulukan）的“一个马来西亚”精神。
同时，纳吉如果真的拥护中间路线，那么应当对屡屡发表仇视华裔和非马来人言论的极右团体土权组织和极右报章《马来西亚前锋报》，予以谴责，并警告对方勿破坏其宣扬的“一个马来西亚”理念。
迄今为止，纳吉对极右势力的崛起和胡作妄为保持优雅的沉默（elegant silence）。如果他想要继续当“一个马来西亚”的首相，重获人民，尤其是非马来人的支持，就必须打破缄默，与极右集团决裂——极右或中间，两者选一。
至于马华，虽然表面上与极右势力针锋相对，彼此暗渡陈仓、默契十足，马华议员和领袖曾经与土权组织同台示威就是最佳佐证。明知华社厌恶极右团体，却与之相亲，马华勿怪华社唾弃自己。
马华亲近极右团体，后者不以礼相待，反而不时羞辱马华，但马华依旧逆来顺受。最近，土权组织变本加厉，直捣马华总部示威，力挺《前锋报》的“一个土著论”。
对于土权的挑衅和羞辱，马华继续忍辱偷生扮演文告政党的角色。所谓的高调问政就是文告问政，发发文告，聊以自慰。马华作为一个号称拥有百万党员的全球第三大华人政党，虽在朝54年，面对一个仅成立3年的小组织的无理取闹，竟无力还击，任其欺凌，实为耻辱。
正是马华的懦弱，迫使华裔陆续离弃。“知耻近乎勇”，马华若要绝地反击成功，此时就必须鼓起勇气向极右集团宣战，但不是文告战，而是以行动展示马华对极右路线的厌恶，对实现“一个马来西亚”平等理念的热诚——极右或中间，两者选一。
如果纳吉和马华无法以强硬姿态对付极右集团，无力捍卫自身倡导的“一个马来西亚”理念，那么就别奢望华社支持，别怪罪华社不支持。
为了实现平权的愿景，华社连“恐回症”（islamophobia）都能克服，投票支持回教党，所以“种族两线制”并不存在。当下逐渐成形的是“极右／中间两线制”，而大部份华裔选民和城市选民都是中间路线的拥护者。
鉴此，纳吉和马华必须在极右和中间路线之间做出抉择，不然将面对政权倾覆之虞，这是华裔选民给你们的最后通牒。
后记：
2007 年11月9日的巫统代表大会上，前首相阿都拉警告准备参与“浄选盟大集会”（Bersih Rally）的人民说：“Saya pantang dicabar”（我忌讳被挑战）。结果两天后，万人涌上街头展示rakyat pantang dicabar的力量，间接催生了来年的308政治海啸，进而结束阿都拉庸庸碌碌的政治生涯。
纳吉没有吸取历史 教训，以威胁口吻警告华社，这或许是他自断江山的伏笔。人民和从政者应以电影 《V for Vendetta》的一句对白奉为圭皋：人民不该畏惧政府，应是政府畏惧人民 （People should not be afraid of their governments. Government should afraid of their people）。
http://malaysiakini.com/letters/163370
2011年4月20日星期三
A case of too little too late!
A case of too little too late!
Ironically, both BN and PR leaders are happy with the Sarawak election results. The only exception is SUPP but even their own leaders knew about their fate long before election was called..
BN leaders have expected something even worse. In fact, just a few months ago some of them have privately expressed the fear that they may lose more than one third of seats. So to them, to be able to secure more than two third, despite losing more seats than 2006, is a good result. The fact that PM was there for the whole week was due to this fear of losing the two-third.
PR of course is happy since they double their representation, even though it has fallen short of their one third target.
The results reaffirms what we know all along: that the urban votes are now dead against BN, not just the urban Chinese, but urban Dayaks, and in West Malaysia, even some percentage of urban Malays and Indians too.
A reader whom I suspect is a BN member since he uses the BN sales pitch wrote the following comment in my blog in the last post:
Just think rationally, if the rest of Malaysia is still with BN, won’t you think chinese will be sideline even more than before. All the remaining 5 chinese mayors and all the state ministers post – how many will remain?
As a former member of a component party, I have heard this sales pitch many many times before.
Let us not just argue but look back at recent history.
In 1999, the Malay votes turned against BN because of the Anwar factor, and what saved the day was the Chinese and Indians votes, which helped BN to pull through. In 2004, Chinese votes were generally behind BN and Pak Lah, after he has uttered the famous (or infamous depends on which side you are on) phrase ” work with me, and not for me”. 2004 election was also the one election that BN won the highest percentage of popular votes ever.
So since 1999 till almost 2006, the Chinese sentiments were with the government of the day. They have a relatively high representation inside then.
What did the urban votes get in return? More racism even to the extent of keris raising, more extremist views ( and more double standard when it comes to uttering extremist views) , more marginalisation, more corruption, more so-called pirate-isation privatisation where billions were lost as leakages and wastage, more abuse of power by our various institution to the extent that ISA was used to ‘protect’ a journalist. These were real happenings that occurred during the period when the government of the Day enjoyed relatively high support of the urban people (eg. in KL Gerakan won 2 out of 3 urban seats in 1999 and 2004, seats where there were Chinese majority but with sizeable Malay and Indian voters, and nationally it won 10 of 12 Parliament seats contested).
AT that time, there were many elected Non-Malay Ministers inside the cabinet. The representations were there, but things worsened. The perception is that these people talked outside but dared not voice out inside.
The truth is there were actually 2 types of representations of these component parties inside. One was the quiet type, agreeing to whatever policies decided, and dared not object very strongly, since many of them put their self interest above all else. There was another type that spoke out quite strongly inside too, but being a small voice, the voice was totally ignored. The latter was also the one that would not be allowed to rise up to a high position, since anyone who dared to speak out were chopped and sidelined in every component party without fail.
Many a times members of these component parties were told not to ‘rock’ the boat. In one of the National Delegates’ conference, I actually argued that it was not the members who rocked the boat, it was the ‘ineffective’ leadership and the ‘dare-not-voice-out-too-strongly’ attitude of the top leaders of these component parties that not only rocked but also sank the boat. The voting patterns of 308 and 416 show that what i have uttered is generally true.
So the perception among the urban people is that even with these people inside , their grouses had not been heard.
As a consequence of getting huge support, the government of the day became so arrogant that the some ministers could not even take fair criticism in their stride and acted as if they could never be wrong, since they believed that most people, even the urban ones , were behind them.
It was only after 308, when many of the component parties suffered huge losses and humiliation that the government of the day began to appear to want to seek change. That is how the slogan of ’1Malaysia’ came about. They are forced to seek change not because they wanted it, but because they knew that if they don’t, they would get booted out. It becomes a case of either change or be changed.
It is this fear of losing their power and perks that makes them soften their stand and, and outsource the more extreme parts to their associates in certain NGO.
Ironically, only when the representation of the urban area was at its lowest, did the government of the day realise that there is a need to change. But given the warlord culture, it is a mammoth task.
So when the urban people all voted for the government, they were taken for granted. There were few scholarships, there were few opportunities to get government contracts etc etc. Members of some law enforcement agencies were more busy tending to their own ‘cari makan’ than to catch criminals. Crime rates soared.
These all happened when urban people voted for the government. So i would not blame them if they got fed up and seek to change.
I will quote a true example to show how timid these leaders were inside. When some of the BN chairmanship of parliamentary kawasan of some component parties were taken away by Big Brother last year, I raised the point that if the component parties cannot even fight to retain their own seat allocations, how are they going for fight for the interest of the people? The answer I got from the Top leader (and our representative to Supreme council) was that even CSL (the DVD actor) did not say anything, so he just kept quiet. He then put the blame on his predecessor, the adviser ( note: I canceled the 2 words because the advisor resigned some time back). When a representative who is supposed to represent a component party inside the ‘Supreme Meeting’ cannot even utter the word “No” , how can he effectively represent the people? CSL, as told by my own Top leader, was not vocal at all inside; but outside, he appears to be another man, vocal in quite a number of issues. A typical case of 2 face.
The comment of the our ‘wise’ reader above is actually standard BN sales pitch, and people in the urban areas would not buy this sale pitch anymore. If the government is serious to win back urban votes, they need to do more than sales pitch.
What the government needs to do is not to punish the people who voted against them by withholding development. What they need to do is to find out WHY people voted against them, and tackle the problems at its roots: Be more equal and fairer, be more transparent, be more people orientated, be less corrupt. Adopt policies that are inclusive and will not marginalise any group.
Go direct to the people, even if the urban people have no more representations inside. Listen to the people. They have eyes and ears everywhere, so feel the pulse. .
The fate of the Indians was a good example. While they have voted time and again for BN and MIC, they became the most marginalised group. Only when the NGO Hindraff appeared on the Horizon, did their plight get noticed . But sadly what was being done for them is still not enough, still very far from uplifting this community from poverty.
The Chinese community has asked that the UEC exam be recognised. They have been asking this for many many years. Only now, after the community has shifted their support against the government, did the government come out with some changes to let some of those who pass UEC be admitted into main stream universities. This could not even be achieved during the time when their representation was relatively high inside the government. I think this example speaks plenty for itself that ineffective representation is even worse than no representation.
Tan Sri George Chan has finally hit the nail at its head when he attributed the cause of the routing of SUPP and his own defeat to this : whatever change that was being done was ‘too little and too late”.
Unfortunately, He paid the price for realising this ‘too late’.
http://hsudarren.wordpress.com/2011/04/18/a-case-of-too-little-too-late-2/
请大家帮忙，把以下的新闻，转贴去外国各著名论坛与英语新闻网站。
请大家帮忙，把以下的新闻，转贴去外国各著名论坛与英语新闻网站。
让国际社会看清楚《马来前锋报》的恶行。
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/utusan-calls-for-1melayu-1bumi-movement/
Utusan calls for 1Melayu, 1Bumi movement
April 20, 2011
People attend Malay-rights group Perkasa’s inaugural annual meeting, March 27, 2010. — file picKUALA LUMPUR, April 20 — Utusan Malaysia called on its owners Umno today to spearhead a 1Melayu, 1Bumi movement involving all Malay parties — claiming DAP was intent on toppling the country’s Malay leadership.
“What Umno needs to do now, in this pressing time, is to launch a wave of racial unity - 1Melayu, 1Bumi. Launch 1Melayu, 1Bumi immediately with other Malay parties,” assistant chief editor Datuk Zaini Hassan wrote in the Malay daily today.
In his Cuit column, he said that DAP’s slogans in the recently concluded Sarawak state election called for Chinese voters to change the Malay-led government, adding that they already controlled everything and was now aiming for political power.
“Only absolute political power has not been controlled by the Chinese, everything else has been taken. Now DAP bringing great slogans among them, Undi Untuk Ubah (Vote for Change), Enough is Enough and Selamatkan Malaysia (Save Malaysia).
“In truth, those slogans are aimed at no one else but specifically the Chinese. It is displayed proudly on the chests of DAP candidates and supporters in the Sarawak election so that the Malay leadership of Malaysia is changed,” he added.
In his column, he said that the Chinese community was a united force whose “brotherhood” was unmatched by any other race in the country.
He said that despite their different political stands, Chinese voters would unite when the time came to decide the fate of their community.
Zaini also said that the Chinese community helped each other economically and stood together unwaveringly to protect their culture, language and vernacular education.
“The Chinese language is a high priority and it is said that even Chinese who cannot read Chinese will still buy Chinese newspapers.
“In short, the Chinese are actually very fortunate to be in Malaysia. They have controlled everything. The top ten Chinese are Malaysian billionaires,” he wrote.
However, he provided no facts to substantiate the claim that the Chinese community was such a united force.
Zaini said that while DAP has united the Chinese politically, Malays have so far done nothing in response.
“They are a race that is quite comfortable, complacent and apathetic. In fact, their thoughts are quite disorganised,” he wrote.
Zaini said that if PAS refused to participate in the 1Melayu, 1Bumi movement, Umno could join hands with the dozens of Malay NGOs who were established because they were “thirsting to fight for the interests of the race that is increasingly being left behind.”
He added that Chinese component parties in Barisan Nasional (BN) would not be upset with such a move to unite Malays as Chinese were already united.
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/utusan-calls-for-1melayu-1bumi-movement/
Malaysia towards Ultra-Malay Racism
Utusan calls for 1Melayu, 1Bumi movement
“What Umno needs to do now, in this pressing time, is to launch a wave of racial unity - 1Melayu, 1Bumi. Launch 1Melayu, 1Bumi immediately with other Malay parties,” assistant chief editor Datuk Zaini Hassan wrote in the Malay daily today.
In his Cuit column, he said that DAP’s slogans in the recently concluded Sarawak state election called for Chinese voters to change the Malay-led government, adding that they already controlled everything and was now aiming for political power.
“Only absolute political power has not been controlled by the Chinese, everything else has been taken. Now DAP bringing great slogans among them, Undi Untuk Ubah (Vote for Change), Enough is Enough and Selamatkan Malaysia (Save Malaysia).
“In truth, those slogans are aimed at no one else but specifically the Chinese. It is displayed proudly on the chests of DAP candidates and supporters in the Sarawak election so that the Malay leadership of Malaysia is changed,” he added.
In his column, he said that the Chinese community was a united force whose “brotherhood” was unmatched by any other race in the country.
He said that despite their different political stands, Chinese voters would unite when the time came to decide the fate of their community.
Zaini also said that the Chinese community helped each other economically and stood together unwaveringly to protect their culture, language and vernacular education.
“The Chinese language is a high priority and it is said that even Chinese who cannot read Chinese will still buy Chinese newspapers.
“In short, the Chinese are actually very fortunate to be in Malaysia. They have controlled everything. The top ten Chinese are Malaysian billionaires,” he wrote.
However, he provided no facts to substantiate the claim that the Chinese community was such a united force.
Zaini said that while DAP has united the Chinese politically, Malays have so far done nothing in response.
“They are a race that is quite comfortable, complacent and apathetic. In fact, their thoughts are quite disorganised,” he wrote.
Zaini said that if PAS refused to participate in the 1Melayu, 1Bumi movement, Umno could join hands with the dozens of Malay NGOs who were established because they were “thirsting to fight for the interests of the race that is increasingly being left behind.”
He added that Chinese component parties in Barisan Nasional (BN) would not be upset with such a move to unite Malays as Chinese were already united.
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/utusan-calls-for-1melayu-1bumi-movement/
2011年3月10日星期四
《连环扣》修订本只删丑化马来人章节
揭修订本只删丑化马来人章节
 | 李伟伦 2011年3月9日 傍晚 6点26分 |
安顺国会议员玛诺佳兰在国会走廊召开记者会表示，本身已经阅读《连环扣》原装本及其中学所使用的修订本，发现两者之间有明显差别。
他揭露，原装本对马来族、华族及印度族，都有丑化的成分；不过中学文学科使用的修订本，却删除了马来族的部分，只保留对华族及印度族的内容。
“如果你对比回原装本，你会发现到修订本已被严重修改。”
描绘华人为钱出售女儿
据他所称，《连环扣》都有描写三大种族的呆板印象，除了指称印度人是“贱民”（paliah）外，也描绘华人非常贪婪，可为钱出售女儿。
至于马来人，他说，该书描述马来人是一个懒惰及没用的民族。
他说，《连环扣》已经出版超过40年，但直至今年起才被教育部列为文学科读本，可能背后有政治动机。
“是否有政治动机？是否因为印度人开始批评政府？”
三措施施压撤回连环扣
巴生国会议员查尔斯表示，鉴于《连环扣》的争议已越闹越大，该党将以三大措施，施压教育部撤回把《连环扣》列为中学文学科读本的决定。
“第一，我们要求紧急会见副首相兼教育部长慕尤丁；第二，我们要提呈动议在国会辩论此事；第三，我们将巡回全国，向公众解释整个课题的来龙去脉。”
他指出，行动党将率先在吉打及雪兰莪，进行巡回说明会，以让公众了解《连环扣》如何伤害国家团结。
“试想想，马来裔老师如何向印裔学生教导这本小说？印裔老师又如何向马来裔学生说明这本书？”
今年起列为文学科读本
教育部是在今年开始，启用《连环扣》（Interlok）作为中五马来文学科读本。不过，随着首相署副部长慕鲁基亚的揭露，数个单位包括非政府组织针对《连环扣》的第211页与220页内容，向政府提出抗议，并指该书内容含有触及部分族群的敏感元素。
一些组织更集体报警，甚至焚烧该书以表达他们的极度不满。
但部分印裔社会不认同这种妥协做法，坚决要求政府完全撤回《连环扣》。兴权会更在2月27日假吉隆坡双峰塔发动大型示威。惟示威遭遇警方强力镇压，导致109人被捕。
上周，数名中五生欲将《连环扣》退还给他们的校长，不料竟然遭秋后算账，在昨天遭警察逮捕，带回警局盘问长达10小时。
http://malaysiakini.com/news/158181
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