Malaysiakini’s Rumour- Teng Chang Yeow as Chief Minister – Denied by Koh Tsu Koon who warned of bets on Batu Kawan; Penang DAP & Gerakan Slogan War
ABOVE: The largest DAP rocket (9m high, fabricated by supports from steel drums took 3 days to built)unveiled by DAP Sec General inMak Maiddin, Butterworth and BELOW: Guan Eng at the ceremony
Malaysiakini’s Rumour- Teng Chang Yeow as Chief Minister – Denied by Koh Tsu Koon who warned of bets on Batu Kawan; Penang DAP & Gerakan Slogan War; Keng Yaik wrooried DAP-PKR Pact in Penang
ABOVE & BELOW: Malaysiakini unreliable news
Malaysiakini relying on unreliable sources came out with the bold news (even with an update at
Meanwhile, Dr Koh is really worried as they seems to be heavy bets he would lose th Batu Kawan seat to Prof Ramasamy. If the bets swell he would not stand a chance. He reminded the voters not to be influnced and the Police is coming in to monitor the situation.
And the campaign is intensifying in Penang with changing Chinese slogan appearing by DAP & Gerakan. (Watch the Video Clip)
Opposition wants outgoing Chief Minister to explain investment scandal
Channel News Asia with additional reporting by Jessinta Tan
OPPOSITION parties in Penang are united in questioning the economic status of the island and want the outgoing Chief Minister to explain an investment announced by a multi-national company (MNC) - just after the Feb 24 Nomina-tion Day. They claim that the contract was aimed at bolstering the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition's chances at the March 8 polls and not at helping the state's economy, which they said, is headed south. Blogger and Democratic Action Party (DAP) candidate Jeff Ooi described the deal as "scandalous".
The opposition parties claim that they had seen a letter, which Chief Minister Koh Tsu Koon had allegedly written to the Malaysian Premier last December, urging him to give his go-ahead for the contract, boosting the BN's fortunes at the hustings. They went on to suggest that Dr Koh feared that
Candidates from both the opposition and BN have been going all out to woo voters. While the opposition rallies are all about fiery speeches and anecdotes, the BN's, by contrast are far more elaborate.
One BN rally in Prai saw some 1,000 voters feted with an eight-course dinner and entertained by a getai or stage singer. "I don't think we have the money to do such a thing. And we never have singers like that!" said DAP's Liew Chin Tong. One popular way has been to turn crooners for the night to entertain the audience. The only difference, at DAP rallies, such as the one staged by incumbent Bukit Mertajam representative Chong Eng, plastic containers were passed around as he sang to raise funds to support the party.
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ELECTION 2008: Fight for Chinese vote at fever pitch
THE sharpest battle lines of the 2008 general election are being drawn in the Chinese-majority seats of the country’s urban regions, particularly those contested by Gerakan and MCA. Many seats once regarded as safe bets for the Barisan Nasional are now being termed as ‘hot’ as the opposition has worked up a froth of anti-government discontent.
In
Concerns over rising prices and the state of the economy, which are fast shaping up into the election's pivotal issue for the urban masses, have fused with a perceived erosion of minority rights into a desire to "punish BN in the March 8 polls". Those words of Penang Chief Minister Tan Sri Koh Tsu Koon, whose succession has added fuel to the opposition's fire, were compounded by the observation that the Chinese in the island state had become harder to read.
"All I know is that the unhappy voters want to punish the BN," he said. Although, a BN whitewash is highly unlikely, with Umno contesting 15 of the state's 40 seats, an unusually strong opposition showing could upset the state's carefully weighted racial balance in government. Should the opposition severely undercut the combined number of MCA and Gerakan elected representatives, the state would no longer remain in Chinese hands.
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CM assessing situation before naming his successor
By K. SUTHAKAR, STAR
ABOVE: Dr Koh told newsmen he had at the same time informed two other potential candidate rto be psychologically prepared, see video clip for details
When asked if Teng Chang Yeow (ABOVE, said he was reading the reports from the papers) or Dr Teng Hock
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Koh Dismisses Rumour Chang Yeow New
BUKIT MERTAJAM, March 2 (Bernama) --
ABOVE: Datuk Teng said he was unaware of newspaper report about Teng Chang Yeow and he read them in the papers. He however confirmed, he was informed last week to be prepare. See Video clip for details
The two others are said to be Gerakan vice-president Datuk Dr Teng Hock
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Don't Gamble On Election Results - Police
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Koh still tight-lipped
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DAP Lim Guan Eng & Police Report against him
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MORE pics coming
= = == = Gerakan Adviser (Keng Yaik) - real worried DAP PKR Pact
Keng Yaik: DAP playing with fire by teaming up with PKR
TELUK INTAN: The DAP is playing with fire by teaming up with Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), said Gerakan adviser Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik(ABOVE). “As far as the non-Malay community is concerned, teaming up with the PKR and (PKR adviser) Anwar is worse than teaming up with PAS,” Dr Lim said.
ABOVE: The declaration between DAP-PKR has been sealed in KL and there is no reason why it is not on in Penang to defeat a common enemy, see video Clip with this Video Declaration inserted in Slow MOtion (20% speed)
He said the DAP now wanted to work with Anwar as if he was “god-send” to save
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2008/03/02
ELECTION 2008: What moves
A veteran Gerakan politician, who preferred to remain anonymous, said there was an all-out war for the Chinese votes between MCA and Gerakan, on the BN side, and the DAP-led opposition, who are harping on the state's economic and security-related issues. "It is very clear that whoever, be it MCA or Gerakan, manages to convince the Chinese to vote for it, will gain," he said.Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon, who is contesting the Batu Kawan parliamentary seat, has admitted that there are pockets of unhappiness in a few areas in the state. He said the loss of these seats might erode non-Malay representation in the state assembly. "We do not want to see a situation where the two seats allocated to MIC are lost to the opposition. This will mean an absence of Indian representation in the state executive council and state assembly," he said. Umno is contesting 15 state seats, Gerakan 13, MCA 10 and MIC 2 in the election.
"It is important for us to have balanced representation in government. If voters help us to preserve the balance, we can function very well as all groups will be almost proportionately represented," he said. Three-term Pengkalan Kota state assemblyman Lee Hack Teik knows it is going to be a tough fight in his constituency of 19,679 voters, of which 94.9 per cent are middle-class Chinese. "The Chinese will agree to support a candidate just to give him face. "But when the candidate turns away, they will do the opposite. That's Penang Chinese for you. "I know because I have been given such treatment before," said the traditional Chinese sinseh. Another three-term MCA candidate, Datuk Lim Gim Soon, said the party's success in defending the state seats was due to strong grassroots support. "We are with them all the time and know just what they want.
But it is different now. The opposition has been saying a lot of things to cloud the minds of the Chinese, so much so that they are in two minds about giving their votes to BN. "That is why we are working extra hard to regain the confidence of Chinese voters," said Lim, who will be defending his Komtar state constituency. State MCA secretary Datuk Lye Siew Weng said the party did not believe in sloganeering like the opposition but preferred to be service-oriented. "Our public complaints bureaus are very effective and the voters normally come to us when they need help," he said
= == == =Watch Video Clip, Extracts Interview with Dr Koh, Datuk Teng & Teng Chang Yeow On CM appointment
plus DAP Lim Guan Eng falso police report
& Slogan War
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BACKGROUND Report:;
Tough battle ahead for Dr Koh
GERAKAN acting president Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon has predicted a “tough and tight” fight against his opponent Dr P. Ramasamy of DAP for the Batu Kawan parliamentary seat. “The constituency is the most challenging one for Gerakan out of the three parliamentary seats which the party won in Penang in the last general election. “I appeal to Barisan Nasional candidates and supporters not to take for granted that we will surely win our seats,” he told newsmen after filing his nomination papers for the constituency at SM Teknik Pulau Pinang in Bukit Mertajam yesterday. Dr Koh, 59, who is
ABOVE : Barisan Nasional garlanded candidates for Batu Kawan parliamentary district (from left) Huan Cheng Guan (Bukit Tambun), L. Krishnan (Perai), Dr Koh (Batu Kawan) and Ng Siew Lai (Bukit Tengah)
“As we are former academicians, I expect the contest to be conducted in a gentlemanly manner,” he said. Dr Koh served as a lecturer and deputy dean of the
Dr Ramasamy said he too hoped for a gentleman’s fight but was worried over Barisan misusing government machinery to secure support.
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THE TIGERS THAT LOST THEIR ROAR
The decline of crony capitalism ( Feb./29th)
This is a precise of the book “Asian Godfathers “ by Joe Studwell and I will keep very closely to the text by liberal quotes from the book. I thought of not commenting on this work because the arguments are so close to my own 3 part posts that I had published last week under the title of the “Year Of Change” only my article was written all about Malaysia and this one is all about South East Asia(Asean). You can read the www.economist.com article dated 29th/Feb., from which I had quoted most of it.
Malaysians must fully appreciate that in a globalised world our RACIST UMNO POLICY RUNS DIRECTLY OPPOSITE TO WHAT IS REQUIRED TO MEET THE CHALLANGES OF THE 21ST CENRUTY. I intruduce our readers to the book under the title of Asian Godfathers.
The book examines the factors that underpinned the sharp decline of most of the S-E Asian economies, excepting Singapore.“In a recent book, “Asian Godfathers”, Joe Studwell, a journalist, examines this failure in stark terms. The region's business scene, he says, remains dominated by old-fashioned, mediocre, sprawling conglomerates, run at the whims of ageing patriarchal owners. These firms' core competence, such as it is, is exploiting their cosy connections with governing elites. Their profits come from rent-seeking: being handed generous state contracts and concessions, or using their sway with officialdom to keep potential competitors out. If they need technology, they buy it from abroad. As a result, Mr Studwell says, the region has “no indigenous, large-scale companies producing world-class products and services.”
“Corruption is another great burden on business. That is true elsewhere in Asia too, but several South-East Asian countries—notably Indonesia—are afflicted by corrupt and unreliable judicial systems, making it difficult to enforce contracts.” I had written many, many posts (83 posts on my own blog. http://yap.chongyee.blogspot.com) setting out in detail how Judge Zainon binti Mohd. Ali had corruptly and incompetantly struck out my wife’s petition. The judge forced the complicity of my wife’s counsel Mr David Hoh of M/s Lim & Hoh of Jln. Bukit Bintang, KL to render my wife’s petition, COMMATOSE. We do not know how the alleged “appeal” has gone and we do not know whether any appeal has been lodged or not because Mr David Hoh has held himself and his partner father Mr Frank Hoh INCOMMUNICADO. We just got no response from our many letters that I had published on my blogg.
Judge Zainon binti Mohd. Ali had committed the criminal offence of Malfeasance by approving to respondent Stephen Lim Cheng Ban both (1)an order for security for costs (2) later after the security for costs had been paid Judge Zainon binti Mohd. Ali approved to Stephen Lim the second Order for striking out petition. Just the fact that these two orders were made afte my wife had paid the RM.60,000 is proff that Judge Zainon binti Mohd. Ali has committed the said crime. To cap it all Judge Zainon binti Mohd. Ali FROM SHEER IGNORANCE OF THE LAW PROBABLY DID NOT THAT SHE HAD COMMITTED A CRIMINAL OFFENCE; but tough for Judge Zainon binti Mohd. Ali has no excuse because knowledge of the criminal offence is not required to be proved, bloody IGNORANCE WILL DO.
I had also argued that Malaysia had wasted billions of ringgit to educate the children of Bumiputra, but lacking in vision Malaysian leaders hogged all the scholarships for their own children, while leaving those who do not have UMNO connection out of the loop. Therefore the Malaysians find that their choice of candidates are circmscribed by a clutchful of about 5,000 to 6,000 families. This limited choice also disadvantaged the selection of candidates to the easier academic courses in the arts and consequantly Malaysia does not have a sufficiently large pool of talents in the much needed fields of engineering and science. Here is what the author has to say “ Malaysia has also spent heavily on universities and the promotion of technology but its efforts have been stymied by the country's messy racial politics (including preferential university places for the Malay majority) and by the handing of state contracts and concessions to undeserving government cronies. Both the lack of fair competition between businesses and the failure to widen access to education may have a common underlying cause: that South-East Asian countries remain in the grip of narrow elites.”
The result is that there are very few Malay talents of any kind that will provide leadership that will grow their industries or provide a talent base for the growth of science and scientific innovation that is sweeping the font runner economies of India & China. In Malaysia UMNO leaders live in a bubble dream world of make belief. The incident that really cracked me up is the claim that Malaysia had produced an ASTRONAUGHT; this Malay dentist hitched a ride on the back of a Russian SPACE SHOT at the costs of at least riggit 100 million, because that was how much another SPACE TOURIST, an Iranian computer entrepreneur paid for her ride on another Russian SPACE SHOT. It is ridiculously silly to claim that this dentist is any kind of an ASTRONAUGHT because an astronaught is a SPACE TECHNITIAN and he “drives” the space vehicle and to say that this dentist is a space astronaught is really STRETCHING REALITY TO BREAKING POINT. This phenomena is stated in these terms : “This dilettantism was once summed up damningly by Michael Porter, of Harvard Business School: “These companies don't have strategies, they do deals.” Gerry Ambrose in the Kuala Lumpur office of Aberdeen Asset Management laments that it is indeed hard to find Malaysian companies with “a business plan that will last ten years”. Because even the best-run firms often have boards and shareholder lists dominated by the founding family and their friends, it is hard to believe that their thinking will change.
Hitherto, Malaysian companies have had a remarkable record of picking duds when they buy foreign firms. Laura Ashley, a fashion designer; Costain, a builder; Lec, a fridgemaker; and Agusta, a motorbike-maker: all were bought by Malaysian firms with less than glorious outcomes. This was also described by me in my article as fact.
However, he says that there are hopeful signs there are “…..hopeful sign for South-East Asia's corporate future is that it seems to be getting easier for those outside the closed circle of the politically well-connected to set up new businesses and challenge the incumbents. Mr Fernandes's AirAsia is the prime example. Started only six years ago, the airline now criss-crosses the region with a huge network of low-cost flights. Mr Fernandes, a former music-industry man, is still frantically adding routes: he expects to be allowed to start domestic flights in the Philippines and Vietnam soon. He has started a separate, low-cost, long-haul airline, AirAsiaX, which is flying from Kuala Lumpur to Gold Coast airport in Australia and Hangzhou near Shanghai. Flights to Melbourne, Amritsar and eventually London are on the way. “In other once-coddled industries, too, governments are starting to dismantle monopolies. YTL's Mr Yeoh says there will soon be “no hiding place” for firms trying to live from old-fashioned rent-seeking.
The rise of China and India, with their huge home markets, may mean that it is too late for South-East Asia to become big in manufacturing. “The region already dominates some types of agricultural produce: Thailand and Vietnam are the world's two largest rice exporters, for example. Since the region has so much coastline and so many rivers, there is much scope for expanding fish-farming and seafood production. Thai Union, a giant tuna-packer, is already in BCG's top 100. Vietnam, the region's rising star, has several big seafood firms which, if they can resist the regionwide scourge of diversification, may one day reach similar heights.
But they do seem to be linked to the perseverance of narrow elites and to the countries' sluggishness in overcoming old rivalries and building an integrated regional market. It is already too late for Malaysia to catch up to the regions major players, but at least Malaysia may want to remain a little bit ahead of the wost of them all at the bottom rank of S-E Asia. Malaysia has lagged behind because Malaysia’s economic model is built on the FOUNDATIONS OF EXCLUSION. A System that excludes 27 million to enrich an elite of some 10,000 families has no other way to go but DOWN.
LIM KHENG YAIK, (THE UMNO DOG) AND GERAKAN
TRAITORS TO THE CHINESE
Politicians are all the same, and they are all consistently unreliable , because if he is reliable then he will not survive as a politician, therefore is Kheng Yaik any better than Dato Seri Anwar; I can say for certain that one is no better than the other. What I am saying is that we do not need to know anything about any particular candidate. We really do not need to know whether he is a good man or otherwise; and this perspective runs counter to what everybody is saying about what this has done or have not done. It is absolutely pretentious to claim that we are able to correctly assess the character of Dato Seri or Kheng Yaik and determine who is the better man. I SUPPORT DATO SERI ANWAR and I live in Australia therefore what do I know about Dato Sari. I do not, and that is the thing about politics, IT IS ALL ABOUT PERCEPTION. In fact from my perspective, I will vote for Dato Seri Anwar even if I believe that Kheng Yaik and that Dato Seri is a chameleon and Kheng Yaik is correct.
Dear my Chinese & Indian brothers, do not listen to Kheng Yaik because he is an UMNO dog and he will sell his mother or his wife to gain FAVOUR from the PM and UMNO. These are the UMNO dogs who hang out their tongues for CSRAPS THROWN FROM UMNO TABLE to the dining room floor. I spit on these MCA, MIC and Gerakhan dogs.
Kheng Yaik says that it was Dato Seri Anwar who put in place all those provisions that retarded the progress of Chinese education and that it was he & Najib who repealed it; let us examine Kheng Yaik’s statement to assess the credibility of his claim. I will first call Kheng Yaik A LIAR and then I will go on to examine what I mean by that epithet. I call Kheng Yaik a liar because the minister merely implements GOVERNMENT POLICY. In fact all decisions made by the Cabinet are made binding all ministers as one as ministerial cabinet collective decision. What Kheng Yaik is talking about is government policy and such policy are by the very nature taken by the PARTY IN GOVERNMENT and the minister’s function is to implement the details that will make the policy work on the ground; only UMNO as a party can change such policy and it is disingenuous to say that Najib revoked it. Having said that it can only be true that neither Najib nor Dato Seri could by himself revoke what Kheng Yaik claims credit for himself and Najib.
In this respect the powers of the minister controls only the details of implementation; but of course he has powers to grant exception in individual cases but not to change policy except with the agreement of cabinet. The Malaysian model of government mirrors that of the British. I anticipate that readers will want to ask me if ministers are so without powers then how is it that they can make money so corruptly; the answer to that question is in the power of the minister to approve contracts or such like. These functions belong to the Minister’s portfolio and they relate to “implementation. Therefore it is not true what Kheng Yaik says that it was najib who removed the offending laws that disadvantaged the Chinese.
The democratic process is all about checks and balances; therefore how can there be checks and balances if our Chinese & Indian brothers keep voting UMNO. If UMNO knows that we are all their SLAVES then where is there a need for UMNO to do what is just in line with our minority interests ? We have like a bunch of fools fear reprisals and we keep voting UMNO so do we not deserve to be spat on by UMNO as they are doing even as of now? Our duty to our selves is to vote UMNO out because it has always been UMNO that has formed government. Do we not owe it to our children and their children to pressure UMNO to act in our interests or we will put them out of business. WE NEED TO START AT THIS ELECTION TO START THE PROCESS GOING. If Keadilan, PAS DAP do not act in our interest when they are in power then in the next election we can vote them out. We need to start and now is as good a time as any. VOTE KEADILAN, DAP, PAS FOR CHANGE !
LIM KHENG YAIK, (THE UMNO DOG) AND GERAKAN
TRAITORS TO THE CHINESE
Politicians are all the same, and they are all consistently unreliable , because if he is reliable then he will not survive as a politician, therefore is Kheng Yaik any better than Dato Seri Anwar; I can say for certain that one is no better than the other. What I am saying is that we do not need to know anything about any particular candidate. We really do not need to know whether he is a good man or otherwise; and this perspective runs counter to what everybody is saying about what this has done or have not done. It is absolutely pretentious to claim that we are able to correctly assess the character of Dato Seri or Kheng Yaik and determine who is the better man. I SUPPORT DATO SERI ANWAR and I live in Australia therefore what do I know about Dato Sari. I do not a thing about him, and that is the thing about politics, IT IS ALL ABOUT PERCEPTION. In fact from my perspective, I will vote for Dato Seri Anwar even if I believe that Kheng Yaik and that Dato Seri is a chameleon and Kheng Yaik is correct. As I had earlier said I do not need to know anything about Dato Seri because I deal with the democratic process, I vote him because he says that under his government, RACE POLITICS WILL BE ABOLISHED and I want that so I vote for him and I do not need to know how good or bad he is. PROVE TO US WHEN YOU ARE IN GOVERNMENT OR WE VOTE YOU OUT. We therefore need to start to vote for the opposition to start the democratic process. We need to throw or better destroy UMNO now.
Dear my Chinese & Indian brothers, do not listen to Kheng Yaik because he is an UMNO dog and he will sell his mother or his wife to gain FAVOUR from the PM and UMNO. These are the UMNO dogs who hang out their tongues for CSRAPS THROWN FROM UMNO TABLE to the dining room floor. I spit on these MCA, MIC and Gerakhan dogs.
Kheng Yaik says that it was Dato Seri Anwar who put in place all those provisions that retarded the progress of Chinese education and that it was he & Najib who repealed it; let us examine Kheng Yaik’s statement to assess the credibility of his claim. I will first call Kheng Yaik A LIAR and then I will go on to examine what I mean by that epithet. I call Kheng Yaik a liar because the minister merely implements GOVERNMENT POLICY. In fact all decisions made by the Cabinet are made binding all ministers as one as ministerial cabinet collective decision. What Kheng Yaik is talking about is government policy and such policy are by the very nature taken by the PARTY IN GOVERNMENT and the minister’s function is to implement the details that will make the policy work on the ground; only UMNO as a party can change such policy and it is disingenuous to say that Najib revoked it. Having said that it can only be true that neither Najib nor Dato Seri could by himself revoke what Kheng Yaik claims credit for himself and Najib.
In this respect the powers of the minister controls only the details of implementation; but of course he has powers to grant exception in individual cases but not to change policy except with the agreement of cabinet. The Malaysian model of government mirrors that of the British. I anticipate that readers will want to ask me if ministers are so without powers then how is it that they can make money so corruptly; the answer to that question is in the power of the minister to approve contracts or such like. These functions belong to the Minister’s portfolio and they relate to “implementation. Therefore it is not true what Kheng Yaik says that it was najib who removed the offending laws that disadvantaged the Chinese.
The democratic process is all about checks and balances; therefore how can there be checks and balances if our Chinese & Indian brothers keep voting UMNO. If UMNO knows that we are all their SLAVES then where is there a need for UMNO to do what is just in line with our minority interests ? We have like a bunch of fools fear reprisals and we keep voting UMNO so do we not deserve to be spat on by UMNO as they are doing even as of now? Our duty to our selves is to vote UMNO out because it has always been UMNO that has formed government. Do we not owe it to our children and their children to pressure UMNO to act in our interests or we will put them out of business. WE NEED TO START AT THIS ELECTION TO START THE PROCESS GOING. If Keadilan, PAS DAP do not act in our interest when they are in power then in the next election we can vote them out. We need to start and now is as good a time as any. VOTE KEADILAN, DAP, PAS FOR CHANGE !
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