THE MALAYSIAN SOCIAL CONTRACT

Posted by Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at www.chedet.com
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1. Before there was Malaya and Malaysia the peninsular was known as Tanah Melayu, or Malay Land.

2. Saying this alone would result in accusations of being racist.

3. But I need to go back in history if I am going to be able to explain about Malaysia's social contract.


4. Through treaties signed by the Rulers of the Malay States of the Peninsular the British acquired the right to rule the Malay States. These treaties obviously recognised and legitimised the States as Malay States. No one disputed this. Even the aborigines accepted this as shown by their submission to the rule of the Malay Sultans.

5. Initially the peoples living in the States were divided into indigenous Malays and aborigines who were subjects of the Malay rulers and foreign guests who were not subjects of the rulers. There were no citizenship or documents about citizenship status as in most countries.

6. The foreign guests prospered in the British ruled Malay States and in the British colonies of Penang, Malacca and Singapore. The Malay subjects of the Rulers and the Rulers themselves did not feel threatened by the numbers of these non-Malays and the disparities between the general wealth and progress of the foreign guests and the subjects of the Rulers. They did not think that the foreigners who had settled in the country would ever demand citizenship rights.

7. When Japan conquered the Malay States and the colonies of the Straits Settlements, the Chinese felt insecure as the Japanese were their historical enemies.

8. Many Chinese formed and joined guerilla forces and disappeared into the jungle. When Japan surrendered the Chinese guerillas came out and seized many police stations in the interior and declared that they were the rulers of the country. They seized many people, Chinese and Malays and executed a number of them.

9. Malay villagers retaliated by killing the Chinese in the rural areas. Tension rose and a Sino-Malay war was only averted because of the arrival of British forces. But the ill feeling and animosity between the two races remained high.

10. It was in this tensed situation that the British proposed the Malayan Union which would give the "guests" the right of citizenship as indistinguishable from that of the Malays.

11. The Malays rejected the Malayan Union and its citizenship proposal. They forced the British to return to the status quo ante in a new Federation of Malaya.

12. Only Chinese who were British subjects in the colonies of the Straits Settlements were eligible to become citizens in this new Federation. Naturally the Malay citizens far outnumbered the Chinese Malayan citizens.

13. Chinese leaders appealed to the British, who then persuaded the UMNO President, Dato Onn Jaafar to propose to open UMNO to all races. This proposal was rejected by the other UMNO leaders and Dato Onn had to resign.

14. The British kept up the pressure for the Malays to be more liberal with citizenship for non-Malays.

15. Tunku Abdul Rahman, the President of UMNO decided on a coalition with MCA (Malaysian Chinese Association) and the MIC (Malaysian Indian Congress). In the 1955 elections to the Federal Legislative Assembly, since there were very few constituencies with Chinese or Indian majorities, the MCA and MIC partners had to put up candidates in Malay majority constituencies after UMNO undertook not to contest in these constituencies but to support MCA Chinese and MIC Indian candidates instead.

16. Such was the support of the Malays for the MCA and MIC alliance candidates that they won even against Malay candidates from PAS. The MCA and MIC candidates all won. Only UMNO lost one constituency against PAS.

17. The Tunku as Chief Minister of a self-governing Federation of Malaya then decided to go for independence. The British continued to inisist on citizenship rights for the Chinese and Indians as a condition for giving independence.

18. To overcome British resistance to independence and to gain the support of the Chinese and Indians, the Tunku decided to give one million citizenship to the two communities based purely on residence. One notable new citizen was (Tun) Leong Yew Koh, a former general in the Chinese National Army who was later appointed Governor of Malacca.

19. It was at this stage that the leaders of the three communal parties who had formed the Government of self-governing British Federation of Malaya, discussed and reached agreement on the relationship between the three communities in an independent Federation of Malaya.

20. It was to be a quid pro quo arrangement. In exchange for the one million citizenships the non-Malays must recognise the special position of the Malays as the indigenous people. Certain laws such as the pre-eminence of Islam as the state religion, the preservation of Malay reserve land, the position of the Malay Rulers and Malay customs and the distribution of Government jobs were included in the understanding.

21. On the question of national language it was agreed that Malay would be the national language. English should be the second language. The Chinese and Indians could continue to use their own languages but not in official communication.

22. Chinese and Tamil primary schools can use their languages as teaching media. They can also be used in secondary schools but these have to be private schools.

23. For their part the Chinese and Indian leaders representing their parties and communities demanded that their citizenship should be a right which could not be annulled, that they should retain their language, religion and culture, that as citizens they should have political rights as accorded to all citizens.

24. Much of these agreements and understandings are reflected in the Federal Constitution of Independent Malaya. For everything that is accorded the Malays, there is always a provision for non-Malays. Few ever mention this fact. The only thing that attracts everyone's attention and made a subject of dispute is what is accorded the Malays and other indigenous people.

25. Thus although Malay is to be the National Language, Chinese and Tamil can be used freely and in the Chinese and Tamil schools. In no other country has there been a similar provision. Even the most liberal countries do not have this constitutional guarantee.

26. The national language is to be learnt by everyone so that Malayan citizens can communicate with each other everywhere.

27. It was understood also that the Chinese language referred in the understanding were the Chinese dialects spoken in Malaysia, not the national language of China. Similarly for Malayan Indians the language was Tamil, not Hindi or Urdu or whatever became the national language of India. However, the Chinese educationists later insisted that the Chinese language must be the national language of China i.e. Mandarin.

28. The official religion is Islam but other religions may be practised by their adherents without any restriction. As the official religion, Islam would receive Government support. Nothing was said about support for the other religions. The non-Malays did not press this point and the Federal Constitution does not mention Government support for the other religions. Nevertheless such support have been given.

29. A quota was fixed for the Malayan Civil Service wherein the Malays would get four posts for every one given to Chinese or Indians. However it was recognised that the professional post would be open to all races as it was never thought possible there would be enough Malays to take up these posts.

30. The result was that in the early years of independence there were more non-Malays in Division 1 than Malays.

31. The Agong or the Rulers of the States should determine quotas of scholarships and licences for Malays. But no one should be deprived of whatever permits or licences in order to give to Bumiputras.

32. The position of the Malay Rulers was entrenched and could not be challenged. There would be a Paramount Ruler chosen from among the nine Rulers who would serve for five years.

33. The rulers were to be constitutional rulers. Executive power was to be exercised by elected Menteris Besar, Ketua Menteri (Chief Minister) and Prime Minister, assisted by members of councils and cabinets. The British practice was to be the model.

34. The most important understanding was the adoption of Parliamentary Democracy with a Constitutional Monarch, again after the United Kingdom model. It should be remembered that the British imposed an authoritarian colonial Government on the Malay State, the power resting with the Colonial Office in London.

35. Before these the Malay States were feudal with the Malay Rulers enjoying near absolute power. Only the elites played a role in State politics. The Malay subjects had no political rights at all. Certainly the guests had no say in politics. Even the Chinese and Indian British citizens had no say though they may be appointed as Municipal or Legislative Councillors.

36. The decision to adopt a democratic system of Government was a radical step in the governance of the Federation of Malaya and of the Malay States. This was agreed to by the leaders of the three major communities as represented by their political parties i.e. UMNO, MCA and MIC. There can be no doubt that these parties represented the vast majority of the three communities in Malaya. The Communists and the other leftists did not signify their agreement to the understanding.

37. The Reid Commission was briefed on all these agreements and understanding so that they will be reflected in the Constitution to be drawn up. All the three parties approved this Constitution after several amendments were made. In effect the Constitution became a contract binding on all the three communities in the Federation of Malaya upon attaining independence in 1957.

38. When Sabah and Sarawak joined the Peninsular States to form Malaysia the social contract was extended to the two Borneo States. The natives of Sabah and Sarawak were given the same status as the Malays. At this time the word Bumiputra was introduced to distinguish the indigenous Malays and Sabah, Sarawak natives from those descendants of foreign immigrants. Because Malay was widely used in the Borneo States there was no difficulty in the acceptance of Malay as the national language. The fact that the natives of the two states are not all Muslims necessitated no change in the Constitution once the word Bumiputra was accepted. But the official definition of a Malay remained.

39. The embodiment of the social contract is therefore the Constitution of first, the Federation of Malaya and then Malaysia.

40. To say it does not exist is to deny the contents of the Constitution which was based upon the acceptance by the leaders of the three communities of the original social contract.

41. All subsequent actions by the Government were the results of this social contract. The fact that the initiators of this social contract and their successors were endorsed by the people in every election reflects the undertaking of the people to honour this social contract.

42. Saying that the social contract does not exist is like saying that Malaysia exists in a vacuum, without a Constitution and laws based on this Constitution.

43. Implementing the social contract requires understanding of its spirit as much as the letter. The social contract is aimed at creating a multi-racial nation that is stable and harmonious. Any factor which would cause instability and result in confrontation between the races must be regarded as incompatible with the spirit of the social contract.

44. For 50 years no one seriously questioned the social contract. Even today the majority of Chinese and Indians and the indigenous Malays and natives of Sabah and Sarawak accept the social contract. But because Dato Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi basically lost the 2008 election and now heads a weak Government the extremists and erstwhile detractors have questioned the social contract. The Bar Council has now become a political party believing that its expertise in law will exempt it from being questioned as to its credentials and its political objectives.

45. Abdullah's UMNO is incapable of countering any attack on the social contract. If anything untoward happens Abdullah and UMNO must bear responsibility.
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MENANG JADI ARANG KALAH JADI ABU

MENANG JADI ARANG KALAH JADI ABU

Literally what it means is if you lose you will become a charcoal and if you win you become ashes. It is a Malay proverb to indicate a clash between two parties where neither side will gain and benefits from the outcome. In modern equations it is a lose-lose situation.

This Malay proverb is relevant to describe what is happening to the Malays as a whole represented by UMNO that forms the government and its relationship with the opposition. Although the opposition now is made up of various races, but the dominant voice seems to come from the non-Malays. On the ground by and large the people interpret it that way. It is certainly not a very healthy development.

The country is now facing serious political and economic problems with root causes from external and internal factors. The high price of oil has cause havoc to the world and Malaysia is not an exception. It has upset not only the life of the people but more importantly the private sector which is the engine of growth that contributes to the economic growth to the country. The manufacturing sector is hard hit by this increase.

Internally the political instability has not shown an early solution. The government has adopted various strategies trying to diffuse the problem. The problem here is no amount of gesture can appease the minds of the people, even though it is a good move. It is just that the people at large had no confidence in the leadership. In this situation whatever good moves will not change the minds of the people.

The problems both political and economic which the country is facing are very complex and certainly we need a strong and firm leader to address the problem. This is what is lacking in the country now. The country needs a leader who can give the right direction to overcome the present economic crisis; we need also a strong hand to overcome the present political crisis which is slowly eroding the confidence not only among the local population but also among the foreigners.

The new developments which appear everyday is not healthy and positive. It is becoming a mockery and a joke. If the leaders continue to show their weakness to address it firmly and with authority, a time will come, that all the wealth the country has achieved will turn into ashes. What make things worse is that there a minority few who will take advantage of the weak leadership and probe all the loopholes undercover of whatever law they can interpret. If this remains uncheck and let to go freely under the guise of democracy and freedom of speech, soon the situation of lose-lose will prevail. The rich and wealthy can afford to pack their bags and families and go abroad, but the unfortunate ones will remain behind and face the hardship.

Let everybody think hard and think of the consequences. Politicians, be it from the ruling party or the opposition must be equally responsible and rational in their move, The leadership must realize that if he is not able to command the confidence and worse if too weak to shoulder the challenges just be brave enough to give way.

The wisest thing to do now is to unite the human resources available. We have to admit the fact that the idea of Tun Dr. Mahathir our beloved former Prime Minister is relevant. If we don’t agree totally with what he had contributed, just consider the positive ones which have brought good and proud to the country. Let new and younger leaders be given the opportunity to lead the country and give Tun Dr Mahathir the room to advise the leaders in this trying time. We do not have the luxury of time on our side. For the good of the nation and the people let us give a taught to this in order to avoid us to “menang jadi arang, kalah jadi abu”.

A Lesson to Malaysia

The Star Online; Saturday May 24, 2008

Decision resolves 28-year-old dispute

PETALING JAYA: The 28-year dispute over the ownership Pulau Batu Puteh is over with the International Court of Justice awarding it to Singapore.



However, the court in The Hague awarded Malaysia the ownership of Middle Rocks, a group of rocks located 0.6 nautical miles (1.1km) south of Pulau Batu Puteh, or Pedra Branca as it is known in Singapore.

The ICJ did not determine the ownership of South Ledge, a smaller group of rocks 2.1 nautical miles (3.8km) south of Pulau Batu Puteh, stating that its sovereignty would depend on whose territorial waters it was located in.

Case acting president and ICJ vice-president Judge Awn Shawkat AlKhasawneh delivered the decision, which is binding and not subject to appeal.

The 300-page judgment took about two hours to be read. The judgment was telecast live by RTM1.

Twelve of the courts 16 judges ruled in favour of Singapore on the question of the sovereignty of Pulau Batu Puteh.

As for Middle Rocks, only Singapore’s appointed ad-hoc judge Pemmaraju Sreenivasa Rao of India dissented from the other judges' decision in favour of Malaysia.

Awn Shawkat, however, said South Ledge was not a clear-cut case as the low-tide elevation falls within the overlapping territorial waters by Pulau Batu Puteh and Middle Rocks and there was no previous mandate for Malaysia or Singapore to draw their delimitation line.

The court held that the dispute over the island crystallised on Feb 14, 1980 when Singapore lodged an official protest over a 1979 Malaysian map which showed the island as under Malaysian territorial waters.

The dispute over Middle Rocks and South Ledge only started in 1993, the court ruled as it was Singapore’s first mention of it in its claim to Pulau Batu Puteh.

Pulau Batu Puteh, which is 7.7 nautical miles from Malaysia and 25.5 nautical miles from Singapore, has a maximum length of 137m.

It is also the site of the Singapore-operated Horsburgh Lighthouse, which was built in 1851 and marks the eastern entrance to the Straits of Singapore.

Mahathir quits UMNO - the hidden consequences

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Mahathir quit UMNO on 19-May-2008....(2968) GPLUS up 0.23 on 20-May-2008.

We have repeatedly exposed (2968) GPLUS had been manipulated by bankrupted Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew. (2968) GPLUS is a winding-up company but many Malaysian retail traders didn't realized this fact. Do you know why bankrupted Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew is so eagerly to push up the share price of a winding-up counter (2968) GPLUS today ?? This is because Mahathir had publicly announced he leaved UMNO yesterday.

From us, Alex Symbols, Lee Kuan Yew realized that he had made a deadly mistake by dumping US$ 344 billion in helping the bankrupted Jewish faction financial institutions especially Citigroup and UBS-Warburg. We posted the movement of Jewish faction starting mid-August 2007. We posted in the forum of tradeSignum. Lee Kuan Yew knew what we posted, but he is too proud to pay enough attention to our postings. Then in Mar-2008, Lee Kuan Yew realized the deadly mistake he made and the consequences faced by Singapore in a very near future.

As the topics we posted in tradeSignum forum covered global major factions, Malaysia politics, Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew's train of thoughts and Bursa Malaysia, gradually Mahathir, Badawi, Anwar also read our postings. From the facts we exposed, Mahathir could see a clear picture.

Mahathir and Anwar were having a political tussle over the Prime Minister post in 1998, with Anwar being fired by Mahathir on 1-Sep-1998. Using the Government machine, then Prime Minister Mahathir put Anwar into jail under the sodomy crime convicted by Anwar. Actually Lee Kuan Yew supported Anwar to overthrow Mahathir, but Lee Kuan Yew double cross Anwar in 1999 Malaysia 10th General Election.

After betraying Anwar, Lee Kuan Yew negotiated with Mahathir on the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia i.e. the successor of Mahathir. Lee Kuan Yew insisted Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Mahathir intended to breach the agreement reached with Lee Kuan Yew before Malaysia 10th General Election and it was this agreement that Lee Kuan Yew was willing to betray Anwar.

If you could still recall what happened after Barisan Nasional won the 10th Malaysian General Election, you must remember Mahathir nominated Badawi as his successor after the Two Lim's jumped out from Barisan Nasional. The two Lim's were Lim Boo Chan and Lim Chien Aun. These two Lim's were actually cronies of Lee Kuan Yew and Mahathir finally compromised with Lee Kuan Yew and accepted Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as his successor. So Badawi was a compromised candidate between Mahathir and Lee Kuan Yew.

From that day onwards, Lee Kuan Yew was active in undermining Malaysia's political stability.

Do you recall that Mahathir shed his tears twice in UMNO General Assembly before 2003he stepped down ?? Why ?? Was there anyone publicly asking Mahathir to step down then ?? No !!!! But from the two Lim's incident and his agreement reached with Lee Kuan Yew after 1999 Malaysia 10th General Election, Mahathir could not stand the pressure from Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew rather than Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. So finally the strongman of Malaysia was pulled down by another strongman of ASEAN : Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew.

In Aug-2007, the economic war between two global factions Chinese Communist Party and Jewish faction finally erupted. After 5 fierce economical confrontations, Chinese Communist Party wins the fight and force the world dominant Jewish faction into history. Lee Kuan Yew's religious-like believe towards Jewish faction has finally caused all the wealth he collected for Singapore over the past 40 more years.
We, the Alex Symbols' persistency in calling Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore bankruptcy, have finally waken Mahathir's inner self. We used to jerk Mahathir's come-back "The Empire Strikes Back" mimicking the name of a famous film produced by the Jewish George Lucas. Do you happen to know that Jewish are only sensitive but stupid ??

From what we see, Mahathir's move of announcing his leaving from UMNO a big event is equivalent to tell the whole Malaysian his "Empire Strikes Back" starts. But he does not have a political party to support him and he is too shameful to sit besides Anwar!! Mahathir never thought the strongman of ASEAN i.e. Lee Kuan Yew also has his
days numbered !! Mahathir cannot let go the precious opportunity toreturn to power again !!

So Lee Kuan Yew, Mahathir, Anwar and Badawi all have their own calculation to make. Badawi's calculation is holding the Prime Minister post in hand tightly; Mahathir's calculation is to plan the "Empire Strikes Back" from outskirt; Anwar is also planning to win enough Parliament seats to chair the Prime Minister post. But did anyone know what is the calculation of Lee Kuan Yew ??

Being the last strongman of ASEAN, Lee Kuan Yew has one and only one handicap : Singapore is too, far too small to survive without Lee Kuan Yew !! UMNO leaders knew this long ago and are waiting for the death of Lee Kuan Yew to take back Singapore into Malaysia again. Lee Kuan Yew would never allow this to happen. That is why time and time again Lee Kuan Yew was thinking, calculating ways of dismantling Malaysia. Lee Kuan Yew knew very well that he cannot rule the Malay ethnic group and cannot form a two-party democratic system between Singapore and Malaysia. Lee Kuan Yew knew too well how the Jewish faction is manipulating the so-call two-party democratic system in world domination. That is why you can only have one ruling party, the People's Action Party (PAP), in Singapore. But how can Singapore survive then ??

The answer is Sarawak. The major ethnic group of Sarawak is Iban/Dayak, not Malays. Apart from that, the Chinese community of Sarawak consists of Hokkian as a majority which is the same as the majority population of Singapore. What Lee Kuan Yew has achieved right now is Barisan Nasional lost 2/3 majority in Parliament seats and can only form a weak Federal Government. Lee Kuan Yew also foresees that if Barisan Rakyat (Bakatan Rakyat) won the next General Election, the new Federal Government could not win 2/3 majority also. This gives Singapore the long-waiting opportunity to separate Sarawak from Malaysia.

Malaysia is a country consists of 13 states, and Sarawak is the largest one. The size of Sarawak is almost the same as Peninsular Malaysia. Over the past 50 years, UMNO cannot enter Sarawak, so Sarawak remains the last state in Malaysia that has no UMNO presence. It is far too easy for ASEAN last strongman get his hand in Sarawak.

Mahathir's realization of Lee Kuan Yew's bankruptcy has moved Mahathir's public announcement to leave UMNO. Lee Kuan Yew knows Mahathir is planning to come back. So Lee Kuan Yew is going to speed up his destruction of Bursa Malaysia. What Anwar did 10 years ago to Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) was taught by Lee Kuan Yew and it is called relentless forced selling. Lee Kuan Yew's move will definitely hurt the benefits of Malaysian retail traders including us, the Alex Symbols.

Even though what Mahathir did yesterday almost repeat what Anwar did 10 years ago with the difference that Anwar's intension was to destroy KLSE while Mahathir's intension is to destroy UMNO.

We have to make public announcement that we don't support our Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi but as Badawi is now the Prime Minister of Malaysia, also the Finance Minister, Badawi can help to protect Bursa Malaysia. Bursa Malaysia is all what we have !! Anyone tries to hurt Bursa Malaysia will force to be our enemy. So we are forced to help Badawi as long as Badawi agree to protect Bursa Malaysia. All
we, the Alex Symbols, care about is Bursa Malaysia.

Mahathir's move can have his effect be vastly minimized if Badawi takes legal charges against Mahathir's former cronies especially Tun Daim. By taking one by one, Mahathir's former cronies into legal cases, Mahathir's influence will be largely minimized and left to be a lonely old man. It is a very sad scene to see how he ends like this. Through legal cases, those who are in power right now will be gathered around you, Badawi, for the sake of their own benefits.

As for Anwar, his biggest enemy is DAP, Democratic Action Party, the subordinate of Singapore's ruling party PAP. By creating conflicts between DAP and Anwar, the coalition between DAP and One-Man-Gang i.e. Party keADILan Rakyat will be over very soon. Remember, Badawi, you MUST NOT dissolve Parliament in short future, at least not within 3 years' time. All DAP members, especially those sit high in the party
are very self-content. They can have fierce fight among themselves just over very small matter !! Ignite flames among them using racial issues, religious issues, etc.

As the major issue, the last strongman of ASEAN, Lee Kuan Yew has two major weaknesses : the days of Lee Kuan Yew and Singapore's currency. As US$ is losing its reserve fund status, those currencies closely pact with US$ such as HK$, SG$, Taiwan's NT$, Israel's NIS (sheqel), Indonesia's Rupiah, etc are the major source of regional economic turmoil. So without having Sarawak, Singapore's SG$ will bring hyper-inflation to Singapore. Forget about the stupid lies lay down by Jewish faction, currency or note of legal tender must has its correspondence. Singapore cannot have SG$ a suitable correspondence other than US$. As the days of Lee Kuan Yew are numbered, Lee Kuan Yew is troubled by his deadly mistakes made by investing all Singapore's wealth into a fallen Jewish faction. Sooner or later Singapore's currency SG$ will be heavily devalued if the price of crude oil continues its rise against US$.

So as long as Badawi maintaining legal cases upon former cronies of Mahathir on TV and through mass media, sparking up conflict between DAP and PAS over religious and ethnic issues, delaying the period to dissolve Parliament to 4 years, then the major opponents of Badawi i.e. Mahathir, Anwar and ASEAN strongman Lee Kuan Yew will all be
defeated by you, Badawi.

We have announced why we help you, Badawi, in passing through the storms with just one return favour : Protect Bursa Malaysia.

One last fact : All the share prices in all the share exchanges are work of manipulation. This is because through the hard works of Jewish faction, all world major exchanges are virtual markets. So to venture into virtual markets without facing any problem, the exchange management group must bear two things in head :
1. tick placement,
2. short allocation = shares-in-hands x multiplier.

Bursa Malaysia can only survive this coming storms if our Prime Minister also our Finance Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi can take up our advices seriously.

Apart from the winding-up counter (2968) GPLUS, (5169) HOHUP is another troubled counter targeted by cronies of Lee Kuan Yew. These are steps placed by Lee Kuan Yew for future usage. Through Lee Kuan Yew's calculation, Badawi will be forced to dissolve Parliament in before Malaysia National Day to call for a snap election, and both (2968) GPLUS and (5169) HOHUP can heat up mass selling and market panic just as what (5398) GAMUDA did a week before Malaysia 12th General Election. We help you, Badawi, to defuse the bombs for the sake of protecting Bursa Malaysia.

If you, Badawi, dismiss our advices, Malaysia will pay the most heavy price i.e. Sarawak separation from Malaysia. By that time, all the blames and pressures will be rained down upon you, Badawi. You, Badawi, will be sacrificed for your own miscalculations.
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Malaysia's Air Force One

Foreign Minister Dato’ Seri Mohd Rais Yatim made a statement that there will be fewer international meetings that will be attended by the Prime Minister this year. Only important meetings such as United Nations General Assembly, Meeting of Group of 8 and Organization of Islamic Countries meeting that the Prime Minister might attend. This means that the Prime Minister will travel abroad less frequently as compared to last year. At the same time the Prime Minister's Department, in giving a written reply to Dato’ Seri Hadi's question, the government spend close to RM790,000 in two weeks time.

This figure is nothing if the government cares to reveal the fix costs involved in maintains the fleet of jets. The five star A310 jet is being manned by pilots and cabin crew seconded by MAS. Although they don't fly, because the jets are on the ground, their salaries are still paid. When they fly they will get additional allowances. Since the foreign minister says that the Prime Minister will travel less abroad, they government should consider disposing off the plane. By disposing off the plane, the government can save substantial amount of money, and free the government of paying the crew, when they don't even fly. The maintenance cost is very high.

What has been incurred spent and mistakes made in the past over the purchasing of the plane are like water flowing in the river. We cannot get it back. What we can do now is to save whatever we can on the money that will be used to maintain the jet. The crew should return to their parent management and earn their pay on the job done. The country is facing real cash flow in the coming months as one economist sounded out that our inflation will be influenced by economic performance of our neighbors. So dispose off the jets, please, and save the money and spend on economic activity that can generate more income.

Our System - Direct Negotiation Project

The Prime Minister made a statement in Parliament that the government had awarded total of RM63 billion or 38% of development projects to several parties through a process of direct negotiation. He proudly says that this is their system. He also said that the government had also awarded projects to international foreign company. He emphasized that allegations of corruption on awarding projects is mere perceptions.

Before the people throw out their support to UMNO led government, it is important for the Prime Minister, who is the President of UMNO to wake up from his sleep. The system which he adopts is already out of place and the root cause of its downfall, causing a lot of discontentment not only to UMNO supporters, the government officials but also to the people at large. The Prime Minster must realize that this system only benefits and enrich a few selected peoples; this NOT a good and sound system.

38% or RM63 billion is a lot of money. It would be interesting if the government can list down the projects awarded and who had been awarded with the projects. In one case a project which originally cost not more than RM5 million was directly awarded at a price three times the original cost. Is this a good system? We believed that RM63 billion, if properly awarded in a fair system, could have doubled the number of projects completed.

Awarding projects to international company is healthy on conditions that the local company should be given the majority control and elements of transfer of technology are adhered to as one of the mandatory conditions. Malaysia now has all the best people with high technical knowledge. There's no excuse not to employ Malaysians in key technical positions. But if awarding projects mainly to acquire commissions, then forever we are going to be dependent on foreign contractors to do jobs which will be paid by money of the rakyat.

The Prime Minister says that the current system is still good. System is system. It is not the Quran, which cannot be change. If the system caused many mishaps and by implementing it will cause more negative perceptions and did not bring good to the people and country, then the best action is to discard the system all together; it can cause more frustration and the little support that the government still enjoys will slowly diminished. Time is really running for us to be patient.

UMNO EGM - Why Not?

The call made by President UMNO to stop organizing EGM is seen as something very unhealthy. The President is vary uncomfortable with this development after three branches in the sates of Kelantan, Johor and Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur organized the EGM and called for the change of party leadership. More branches are expected to call for EGM, and if this trend is not arrested, will cause a lot of uneasiness among the party leaders.

The problem and issues that embroiled among the grassroots members of the party is like a volcano which is due to erupt. It cannot be controlled and will erupt anyway. If we try to control the eruption, the outcome will be wild. It is better to let it erupt freely and allow the larva from the eruption flows down and when the strength dies off it will settle down. The final result will be a new generation of activity which is healthier. The entire negative element will die off.

What is there to fear? The truth must be allowed to prevail. The days where issues can be manipulated are over. Information, either true of half-true spread very fast. Thanks to modern form of information technology, where information flows is hard to control. There must be good reasons for UMNO members through its division overzealously calling for EGM. There must be real and serious issues that they felt must be discussed and corrected. Calling for EGM is a serious matter. It is not an ordinary meeting. The grassroots members and its leaders must believe that the issues that they wanted to highlight are serious and real or else their reputation and standing will bring them down. If the party leaders feel that they are doing the right things and well supported by the majority, then there is no fear of the EGM. Since the party constitution allows the divisions to organize the EGM, then by all means let it go. The more the leaders call to prevent the divisions from organizing the EGM the more unhealthy development will arise.

What certain is that all members loved the party and there is little doubt that they want the party weakened. In the long term and surrounded by hostile political forces at work, they want the party to remain strong to face the challenges. UMNO needs a strong, courage, an imaginative and visionary leader to lead the party in this politically hostile environment. Unfortunately time is not on their side for them to exert their strength. They must utilize to the maximum the little precious time left till the end of the year, when the members at large will determine their position. As it is, the people at large and the Malays in particular has not felt and seen any impact on the new measures adopted by the government. Too much talk, publicity and gimmick with little movement on the ground, will not bring change in the minds of the people at large.