ekonomi ni mnarik utk dperhalusi. knp tidak duit dicetak dgn bnyk bg kt rakyat? knp mesti USD1=rm3. bgaimana rate ini bleh berubah dlm skelip mata? apa kepentingan rizab hmpir 500bilion? bgaimana ekonomi dijana sdgkn duit tak boleh dicetak dgn sesuka hati? apa makna sbnr inflasi? byk y mampu mpengaruhinya. analogi mudah, smkin laku barang smkin tinggi nilainya, begitu juga RM. nilainya ditentukan oleh permintaan. permintaan pula dlm bentuk dagangan. smkin byk dagangan smkin byk permintaan dn keadaan ini myebabkn pemain kewangan iaitu bank menaikkn nilai RM. bgitu juga sbaliknya. bank negara pula btindak sbgai pembekal (pencetak) wang. terlampau bnyak cetak myebabkn pnurunan nilai matawang (situasi demand kurang, brang bnyak myebabkn sesuatu tpaksa dilelelong dan ini dipanggil Inflasi). oleh itu bank negara akan cuba mgawal mnerusi faedah. pembelian matawang hanya akan membeli jika faedah tinggi dn ini myelamatkan nilai matawang dri mnurun dn sebaliknya. sbb itu faedah tdk boleh terlalu tinggi tdk boleh terlalu rndah utk adjust 'money demands'. rizab matawang asing pula berfungsi sbgai bekalan di hari 'darurat' andaikata matawang tempatan sdh terlmpau rndah atau tggi berbanding dgn matawang antarabangsa utk aktiviti perdagangan. dn ini dpt mgelak spekulasi ditimbulkn atau dlm erti kata lain utk mengukuhkan mtawang lokal dri dikawal oleh spekulator. tapi nilai matawang bkn shja dikawal oleh dagangan (business) tetapi perkara lain y boleh mewujudkan demand of money sperti purchase power y brkaitrapat dgn pkerjaan, dagangan import export, pkembangan kdnk dn byk lagi. krjaan boleh mgecilkn nilai skop matawang dgn menetap kadar tukaran wang asing pda nilai y statik tetpi ini mrugikn negara dri segi import export dn juga myebabkn matawang kita lbh rendah dri nilai sbnr.
p/s: skdr perkongsian. tiada pendidikan rasmi dlm bidang ekonomi, jika salah boleh betulkn.
Friday, 25 October 2013
GST/VAT vs Sales Tax
With a sales taxes
With a 10% sales tax:
- The manufacturer spends $1.00 for the raw materials, certifying it is not a final consumer.
- The manufacturer charges the retailer $1.20, checking that the retailer is not a consumer, leaving the same gross margin of $0.20.
- The retailer charges the consumer $1.50 + ($1.50 x 10%) = $1.65 and pays the government $0.15, leaving the gross margin of $0.30.
So the consumer has paid 10% ($0.15) extra, compared to the no taxation scheme, and the government has collected this amount in taxation. The retailers have not paid any tax directly (it is the consumer who has paid the tax), but the retailer has to do the paperwork in order to correctly pass on to the government the sales tax it has collected. Suppliers and manufacturers only have the administrative burden of supplying correct certifications, and checking that their customers (retailers) aren't consumers.
A large exception to this state of affairs is online sales. Typically if the online retail firm has no "presence" in the state where the merchandise will be delivered, no obligation is imposed upon the retailer to collect sales taxes from "out-of-state" purchasers. Generally, state law requires that the purchaser report such purchases to the state taxing authority and pay the sales tax. It is fair to say that many citizens are unaware of this obligation and that states make little effort to raise that awareness or provide a reasonably easy way of complying with the obligation.
With a value added tax
With a 10% VAT:
- The manufacturer spends $1.10 ($1 + ($1 × 10%)) for the raw materials, and the seller of the raw materials pays the government $0.10.
- The manufacturer charges the retailer $1.32 ($1.20 + ($1.20 × 10%)) and pays the government $0.02 ($0.12 minus $0.10), leaving the same gross margin of $0.20 ($1.32 – $0.02 – $1.10 = $0.20).
- The retailer charges the consumer $1.65 ($1.50 + ($1.50 × 10%)) and pays the government $0.03 ($0.15 minus $0.12), leaving the same gross margin of $0.30 ($1.65 – $0.03 – $1.32 = $0.30).
- The manufacturer and retailer realize less gross margin from a percentage perspective.
- Note that the taxes paid by both the manufacturer and the retailer to the government are 10% of the values added by their respective business practices (e.g. the value added by the manufacturer is $1.20 minus $1.00, thus the tax payable by the manufacturer is ($1.20 – $1.00) × 10% = $0.02).
With VAT, the consumer has paid, and the government received, the same dollar amount as with a sales tax. The businesses have not incurred any tax themselves. Their obligation is limited to assuming the necessary paperwork in order to pass on to the government the difference between what they collect in VAT (output tax, an 11th of their sales) and what they spend in VAT (input VAT, an 11th of their expenditure on goods and services subject to VAT). However they are freed from any obligation to request certifications from purchasers who are not end users, and of providing such certifications to their suppliers.
On the other hand, they incur increased accounting costs for collecting the tax, which are not reimbursed by the taxing authority. For example, wholesale companies now have to hire staff and accountants to handle the VAT paperwork, which would not be required if they were collecting sales tax instead. If you calculate the added overhead required to collect VAT, businesses collecting VAT have less profits overall than businesses collecting sales tax.
The advantage of the VAT system over the sales tax system is that under sales tax, the seller has no incentive to disbelieve a purchaser who says it is not a final user. That is to say the payer of the tax has no incentive to collect the tax. Under VAT, all sellers collect tax and pay it to the government. A purchaser has an incentive to deduct input VAT, but must prove it has the right to do so, which is usually achieved by holding an invoice quoting the VAT paid on the purchase, and indicating the VAT registration number of the supplier.
p/s: implementari GST malaysia juga lbh kurang sama dgn GST kbnyakan negara. cuma kelainannya adalah tehdap jenis brg dn perhidmatan y dikecualikan. sy suka mencari dan baca dari sesuatu y ilmiah dn mempunyai sumber jelas dn harus stu bntuk kajian bkn pendapat semata2.
Thursday, 9 May 2013
APA ITU PILIHANRAYA: POPULAR VS ELECTORAL SYSTEM
Democracy dies now, or Democracy was long dead? - A citizen's overview on Malaysia's GE13 by Tai Zee Kin
(ADVISORY : this is very very very long. please do NOT read while driving. Please try to criticize me ONLY after you finish everything, and by the way, you are NOT allowed to quote one short line and attack me by that, whether you are BN , PR, or other party supporters, and for people with strong political affiliation, you are not encouraged to comment on this post , though legally you are allowed to).
Before this, I didn't want to comment much on this election. Election is the single most complicated and complex event that can happen in a country. No single, or in this context, multiple anecdotes would suffice to formulate a true and fair view or opinion in any election. An election would encompass more than anecdotes. It intertwines among Ideology, legal system, political system, economical factors, culture and religion aspects, morality, and of course, anecdotes of events. Sad to say, I think this election has blinded many people, whichever side they are on. you have Pakatan Rakyat's supporters, sympathizers, and members presenting anecdotes challenging the authenticity of electoral procedures. You then see Barisan Nasional's supporters and sympathizers countering anecdotes, and invoked some culture/religion factors to support their status quo. None of what they've done, (with the exception of few scholarly individuals like MR Rem Dambulhttps://www.facebook.com/
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First, what do you think of this statement (quoted from a friend whom i cannot remember who said it - identify yourself in the comment if it was you)
"The Election is fair, but the system is Not" - in relation to Gerrymandering and also popular votes ( alot of this are views influenced by Mr Rem Dambul)
let's start with Gerrymandering and Popular votes. It is by far the most powerful claim to illegitimize Party Barisan Nasional's right to govern. The constituency boundaries drawing was drawn in such a way that it is harder for certain political parties to win, despite having more individual/indiscriminant supports from individual voter (popular vote winning).
It is very tempting, and to a huge extend, "True" to concede to this argument. However if you read upon what Political Scientist Dr Brian Rathbun (2007) has to say, this is a real conflict between "equality" and "fairness". Popular system (as opposed to the Electoral system), according to Dr Rathbun is mathematically too simplistic and doesn't take into account socio-economical factor, and further claimed that a country that implements a popular voting system, failed in practicing "Democracy" from two aspect :- Legislative aspect (1) and Sociological aspect (2).
before you roll your eyes and start to click away, do consider bearing with me for a little while (i will condemn the government, don't worry).
Take a simplistic (for the sake of the point) example, say, 60% of the electorates are urbanites, while remaining 40% are rural folks. In a popular voting system, government will only need to announce measures/policies/manifestos that would secure the 60% urbanites to win a popular vote. Reducing petrol price (assume that the consumption of petrol is minimal and insignificant in rural areas), Providing low cost housing for urban poors, or, using "English" as main medium of education which would excites alot of urbanites etc, will put the rural folks at a very disadvantaged position. Their voices NEED NOT be heard because they can never affect the winning of a government.
Whereas based on Dr Rathbun's ideology, the Electoral System factors in socio-economical considerations. Greatest theorist and jurist on "Democracy", one like Finis or Rawls pressumably (rawls is more direct) in their writings accorded a more holistic interpretation to democracy - that "Majority wins" is not the most essential aspect of democracy, there are rules against tyrannism, and eveyrone's interest (fundamental human rights) must be taken into consideration. ( Forgive me for quoting these names. I did law in UNI and SAD TO SAY that Jurisprudence was my favourite subject and my thesis/Dissertation was on democracy - spent one whole year writing on democracy alone and got a 68 (2:1) :_( sob
Electoral system effectively takes into account the interest of people not only as "individual", but also factors in sociological (rural urban), cultural (in Malyasia, perhaps Religion is factored in too), economical (poor, middle class, rich) and various others in the form of "WEIGHTAGE".
take another simplistic (please don't attack me for doing this, it's for the sake of the argument) view, KAPAR has 150,000 voters who are middle class and working class. their needs/wants/desire from the government are likened to those of urbanites.
on the other hand, you have people who stays in PADANG RENGAS, with , say, 35,000 voters who are farmers, fisherman, and working class.
Lets assume Malaysia only has 2 constituency, of KAPAR and PADANG RENGAS. in a Popular system, people of KAPAR shall dictate how policies are make through their MP/Government (they will win). the policies will then be purely targeting middle/upper income. People in PADANG RENGAS who are farmers will never get a say. their numbers are too low to make a different.
Look at Electoral System. if Malaysia practices Electoral System, you then can see People from PADANG RENGAS (after factoring in their socio-economical background), be given a say on how policies are made. At the end, you SACRIFICE EQUALITY, but in return you get FAIRNESS. (Rahtbun 2007)
you now then ask, which system should Malaysia , and as a matter of fact, the "World" adopt? Fairness, or equality (in respect to sociological, cultural, and economical background)?
most democratic country uses electoral system, in a WAY or ANOTHER.
READ THIS :
can i shock you NOT with the result of USA Presidential Election in 2000
Republican George Bush won 50,456,002 of the total votes (47.9%)
Democrat Algore won 50,999,897 of the total votes (48.4%)
Cuba teka siapa yang menang sebagai Presiden Amerika Syarikat di tahun 2000.
GEORGIE WON.
why? because an electoral System entails , i reiterate, much more factors than just invidivual votes alone. and these "factors" is what we, as Malaysian, should really revisit.
In Australia, you have few states, each states has different numbers of popularion. however when it comes to SENATE, a powerful upper house which can veto supply bills, every state sends 12 reps from the governming parties (except Northern Territory). Which means in the Australian Senate, you have 12 Senators from the state of Victory, and also 12 Senators from the State of Western Australia, although Western Australia's popular voters (individuals) is significanly lesser than half of the population of Victoria.
Such are two good examples on how the world practices electoral voting system, at the expense of Popular vote :)
Having said that, this system allows the Politicians to ABUSE it's position in the parliament to freely "Interpret" these Socio-economical factors to justify or benefit their position and status quo.
As a result of adapting the Electoralthe constitution allows the Parliamentarians to re-draw the boundaries of constituencies every 10 years, allowing BAD Gerrymandring from happening. When Lord Reid and his fellow commissioners drafted the Constitution of Malaya and singapore in the House Of Lord, he did foresee that such abuse might happened.
The safeguard of this, in his lordship's view, was to impose a measure to prevent abuse.
The "two third majority" 2/3.
2/3 Majority is a DANGEROUS thing. it is of the founding father's view, that with a 2/3 majority, Parliamentarians can SAFELY reflect on the general/overview of the general people, factoring in socio-cultural-economica consideration at their best.
When people gave Barisan Nasional a 2/3, you also gave them a poison that would later on be developed into a vicious cycle of gerrymandering.
Since Barisan Nasional loses it's 2/3 in 2008, they can never then abuse the GerryMandering bit.
However, we must also know one thing.
"HOW COME GERRYMANDRING WORKS SOOOO EASILY in Malaysia?"
Even a lay person can answer you that question
"why Kapar 150,000, and Putrajaya only 6000 voters?"
A COUSIN used to answer me : "Because Kapar all Chinese Indian majority ma, Putrajaya all Malay".
Gerrymandring effort is sooo simple becaue races in Malaysia became the most paramount and determining "Socio-cultural-economical" factoring when constituency lines are drawn.
Please reflect on this aspect. After 55 years, apart from blaming the government from dividing and ruling the races, have we actually put in ANY efforts ourselve to integrate and became 1 ? (maalysian malaysia, 1malaysia)? - ANOTHER TOPIC ANOTHER DAY.
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Next, let's see allegation of "FRAUD and IRREGULARITIES".
I was vry upset by the fact that the indelible ink worn off SOOOO quickly after it was applied. instead of the 7 days, it naturally oxide and worn off in 2 days.
Like you, i was very tempted to shout "FRAUD FRAUD!!!!".
But unlike you i didn't. As a "Citizen Investigator yang bertauliah", I Investigate la!
BERSIH movement, when presenting on the need to use indelible ink, quoted India as example (for the purpose of my investigation, i've called two friends who are indian nationalstaying in delhi, and thai friend). I asked them, if the "indelible ink" they used, were "delible" or "indelible".
Guess what the answers were?
Nadeem told me (too bad he is not in facebook), Zee, if its really "indelible", you call it a TATOO not indelible ink!. It can be washed off very quickly. Nothing stays free from being washed off unless it's printed INTO your skin (tatoo).
Chanaron (who, unfortunately, is not in facebook either) told me it can be washed off easily as well, but he then poised me a cute question "WHY do you want to wash it off anyway? use tooth paste or chrolox if you have to but it's advisable to keep it".
the question is simple.
Indelible ink is never meant to be the only solution or preventive measure to prevent duplicated voting. it was SUPPOSE to make it more difficult for people to attempt double/triple voting.
The primary identification of voting history, is still your Identity card. (in US and UK, driving license, and it's so loose that so many British and american who are crazy supporters actually votes twice, thrice in the same day -bceause of the concept of registration of votership based on property ownership ) - DISCUSS the story another day but basically double/triple voting is a "norm" and "accpetable behaviour" in the UK election and US election. I KID YOU NOT!!!!!!!!!
as my boss Noorhaina Hirawani Mohd Noor correctly pointed out, indelible ink being washed off does NOT substantiate the claim of double/triple voting. The actual CRIME of the SPR is double voting. Not indelible ink being washed off. in Japanese election or Australia election, no Indelible inks are used, and does that automatically means that there are double/triple voting by one same person?
It is, the rakyat's very own perception of "DISTRUST towards the government" that made them think that the indelible ink being washed off is itself a component of electoral fraud.
HOWEVER
SPR MUST be taken to task for their negligence too. they declared that the ink will stay for 7 days, but i suppose no one has their fingers showing blue now even though today is only the 5th day. This is unacceptable, and I am suspecting that the SPR is using LOW QUALITY INK. if i can gather evidence to substantiate my suspicioun, I will call MACC to report CORRUPTION by SPR. but unforunately i do not have evidence. if you do, and would love to contribute to the bettermen of malaysia, send your evidence towww.facebook.com/
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Foreigners voting in Malaysia - of BANGLAS and BANGLADESH NATIONALS.
(My CAVEAT : I DO NOT DISCOUNT THE POSSIBILITY OF FOREINGERS VOTING IN MALAYSIA, AS AGAINST OUR LAW).
THere are three views into this issue : Broad view, Narrow view and Extremist view. It is also advised that you read my previous blog on Bumiputra, for non bumiputra here ---> (https://www.facebook.com/
I start with the narrow view of "naturalized foreigners".
If a foreigner is naturalized in Malaysia according to our Article 14,15,16,16A,18,19 of our Federal Constitution, can you still call him a foreinger despite his look, and the way he speaks?
The first general election of Malaysia was in July 1955, and guess what, the real naturalization of Ethnic Chinese and Ethnic Indian only happened less than 5 years before that, in MASS. guess if there is a "foreigner hunting" exercize happening in 1955, it will be the Malay Citizen hunting for Chinese non citizen and indian non citizen. I INVITE you to imagine that scenario.
If one is satisfied in law to be a citizen of malaysia, regardless of his country or domicile of origin (china, india, bangladesh, myanmar), you treat him/her as Malaysians. don't you?
BROAD VIEW
Netizens claimed that there was 600,000 Bangladesh Nationals voting in our GE. This claim was then re-iterated by certain political party's defacto leader in a wednesday mass gathering in Kelana Jaya.
it can only mean two things :-
1.) the Government gave Identity cards to the exisiting group of Bangladeshi (based on BBC report here http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
OR
2.) The government Flies 600,000 Bangladesh Nationals from the Nation of Bangladesh into Malaysia during the election period.
point 1.) seems more plausible to me (i hope to you too) a claim for electoral fraud.
say, there are only 500,000 bangladesh nationals in Malaysia, to make them vote, means every Bangladesh workers in Malaysia are now holding IC.
Is that logical? I would think that it's not, but before you shout "Stupid Zee Kin, what about the Indonesians etc)
OK say half half la. Bangladesh half, Indonesian half.
it also means that every 1 in 2 Bangladesh you see in the street, should have indelible ink last sunday.
you should be able to post video of your security guards, the neighbourhood construction worker, 7-11 worker with indelible ink .
So far, from the Citizen Investigation effort, we only managed to see 19 claims of Foreinger, (mostly claim of Bangladesh national) in the internet.
secondly, if you say that there are 600,000 foreinger voting, there should be at least 100 Bangladeshi being seen/found/caught in each of the 6000 polling station (in total).
did you spot 100 Bangladeshi in your polling station? or 50, or 20? in EVERY polling station?
or you just saw it in the internet, one of the 29 videos/photos compiled?
Logically it doesn't make sense. even if you say, they only concentrate the foreingers in certain polling station, say, 50 grey seats amounting to 1000 that BN needs to win, each would have, what? 1000 Foreign Nationals?
Come On Malaysians. that 29 videos / photos is not good enough. you have between 50-1000 foreigners voting in EACH AND EVERY one of the 6000 polling stations in Malaysia, and you can only catch 29? try harder can?
and to play a devil advocacy against your logic, can these 29 foreigners be "planted" by certain political parties instead, to make you believe of their existence? and by believing in their existence, the issue of numbers and Magnitude DOES NOT matter to you anymore?
I CAVEAT AGAIN : I DO NOT DISCOUNT THE POSSIBILITY OF FOREINGER VOTING IN MALAYSIA, AS AGAINST OUR LAW.
OK OK Ok la, for the sake of Tony Fernandez and MAS, i counter point 2.) also with a simple fact check.
To fly 600,000 foreign Nasionals INTO Malaysia during the election period, Air ASIA and MAS, AS WELL AS Malaysian Airports needs to STOP all their flights for 21 days, and use all their Boeing 737 and Airbus 330 (250 capacity) to travel between Bangladesh and Kuala Lumpur for an interval of 15 minutes per flight. then only you can fly in 600,000 Bangladesh Nationals to Malaysia in 21 days (stopping ALL other flights to ALL ROUTES). Of course, you will come and tell me, how about Penang Airport, KK airport, etc. ok lah. say if Penang airport or KK airport is to help to fly in these foreingers, you will see at least 50% of people in all three airports to be of Bangladesh Nationals for 21 days. and you can only produce, what? 10 photos of bangladesh nationals qui-ing up?
*the MRT project and housing projects already taken 1000 Bangladesh nationals as labour in the past year because.. akhem.. you don't want to do the juob ma. and you only have 10 photos. try harder fellow citizens!
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BLACK OUT in Bentong?
to this respect, i would, on behalf of all 4480 Citizen Investigators, ridicule those who believed that there was a black out in Bentong.
To save your time, i have graphical supports in this post, as well as evidences accumulated to refute it. --->https://www.facebook.com/
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VOTE BUYING
As i wrote this, i got a call from my Brother Tai Zee How who confirmed that the Person seen in the video giving money to another person who showed him a slip, was a "payment allowance" for voters who travelled to vote. Logic will tell you ,there is NO way you can know whether one votes for who, and no person in their right mind would pay money for people who came out to vote, and then tell them "hey, i voted for u, PAY ME". why "voted"? because in the video, the person actually showed the slip!
for more justiciation, check out what Citizen Investigators have found based on group investigating effort.
https://www.facebook.com/
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OK, i shall not dwell more on fraud allegations simply because my fingers are tired. if you are really intersted in knowing the findings of Citizen Investigators on fraud allegation, visit facebook.com/
The next thing i want to talk about, is "Racial trend".
Najib was quoted saying that this election is a result of "Chinese Tsunami against Barisan Nasional".
I am very saddened by PM Najib's respond because he thinks that I tsunamied against him which i don't think i did (or i didn't?), but then is there any element of truth in what he says? yes and no. NO more than Yes. Yes less than No. No yes or no, it's Yes and no.
simplistic example are like "MCA lose 8 seats, UMNO win 10 seats"
popular example are like "Nett gain in Pakatan popular votes, means Malay tsunamied against Barisan too".
Anecdotal example are like "DAP won all 11 seats in Negeri Sembilan, but in the same state, PAS lose all 10 seats."
If you base your judgment solely on "popular vote swing", then i CONCUR with you. it's not a chinese tsunami, it's a TSUNAMI per se.
But anal political analyst and scientist would tell you , do not use "popular vote swing". use "electoral vote swing". face palm
however, if you decided to give face to political analyst or scientist, you will find out the following facts prompted PM Najib's statement :-
Underlying presumption (i stand correct to be rebutted)
1.) 91% (based on an unreliable resources, feel free to rebut with a more reliable source) of high chinese populated seats (ranked from higest ratio of chinese population to lowest) are contested by DAP
2.) rest mixed seats are taken by PKR and PAS. (malay/Sabah/sarawak indegenious majority/ high sabah/sarawak/ malay indegenious population).
and the result is
a.) DAP won 38 Seats, nett GAIN of 10 Seats compared to GE 12 (28 seats)
b.) PAS won 21 Seats, nett LOSS of 2 Seats compared to GE 12 (23 seats)
c.) PKR won 30 Seats, nett LOSS of 1 Seat compared to GE 12 (31 seats)
DAP gained 10 seats for contesting in 91% (pls rebut if u have better source) highest ranked Chinese population ratio seats, and have a net GAIN of 10 seats, PKR and PAS combined running in the rest, and have net LOSE of 3 seats.
I think that's what NAJIB meant by "Chinese Tsunami". he uses electoral system.
then again, i didn't agree with him.
I THINK as far as RACE is concerned, we go by individual. having that said, it's a URBAN tsunami with Chinese wave and ripple. CHinese factor is just Wave adn Ripples. not TSUNAMI!
As a conclusion, i think i am motivated to share with you two quotes.
1.) The unfairness does not lie in the election, but the system, a system that was crafted by our forefathers and the Reid Commissioners.
2.) The mentality of the Urbanites who voted against the chinese : it's not what they want FROM the government. it's what they want FOR the government.
Sekian, I rest my case , and my finger.
p/s: I just copy and paste from someone with facebook account name, Tai Zee Kin
(ADVISORY : this is very very very long. please do NOT read while driving. Please try to criticize me ONLY after you finish everything, and by the way, you are NOT allowed to quote one short line and attack me by that, whether you are BN , PR, or other party supporters, and for people with strong political affiliation, you are not encouraged to comment on this post , though legally you are allowed to).
Before this, I didn't want to comment much on this election. Election is the single most complicated and complex event that can happen in a country. No single, or in this context, multiple anecdotes would suffice to formulate a true and fair view or opinion in any election. An election would encompass more than anecdotes. It intertwines among Ideology, legal system, political system, economical factors, culture and religion aspects, morality, and of course, anecdotes of events. Sad to say, I think this election has blinded many people, whichever side they are on. you have Pakatan Rakyat's supporters, sympathizers, and members presenting anecdotes challenging the authenticity of electoral procedures. You then see Barisan Nasional's supporters and sympathizers countering anecdotes, and invoked some culture/religion factors to support their status quo. None of what they've done, (with the exception of few scholarly individuals like MR Rem Dambulhttps://www.facebook.com/
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First, what do you think of this statement (quoted from a friend whom i cannot remember who said it - identify yourself in the comment if it was you)
"The Election is fair, but the system is Not" - in relation to Gerrymandering and also popular votes ( alot of this are views influenced by Mr Rem Dambul)
let's start with Gerrymandering and Popular votes. It is by far the most powerful claim to illegitimize Party Barisan Nasional's right to govern. The constituency boundaries drawing was drawn in such a way that it is harder for certain political parties to win, despite having more individual/indiscriminant supports from individual voter (popular vote winning).
It is very tempting, and to a huge extend, "True" to concede to this argument. However if you read upon what Political Scientist Dr Brian Rathbun (2007) has to say, this is a real conflict between "equality" and "fairness". Popular system (as opposed to the Electoral system), according to Dr Rathbun is mathematically too simplistic and doesn't take into account socio-economical factor, and further claimed that a country that implements a popular voting system, failed in practicing "Democracy" from two aspect :- Legislative aspect (1) and Sociological aspect (2).
before you roll your eyes and start to click away, do consider bearing with me for a little while (i will condemn the government, don't worry).
Take a simplistic (for the sake of the point) example, say, 60% of the electorates are urbanites, while remaining 40% are rural folks. In a popular voting system, government will only need to announce measures/policies/manifestos that would secure the 60% urbanites to win a popular vote. Reducing petrol price (assume that the consumption of petrol is minimal and insignificant in rural areas), Providing low cost housing for urban poors, or, using "English" as main medium of education which would excites alot of urbanites etc, will put the rural folks at a very disadvantaged position. Their voices NEED NOT be heard because they can never affect the winning of a government.
Whereas based on Dr Rathbun's ideology, the Electoral System factors in socio-economical considerations. Greatest theorist and jurist on "Democracy", one like Finis or Rawls pressumably (rawls is more direct) in their writings accorded a more holistic interpretation to democracy - that "Majority wins" is not the most essential aspect of democracy, there are rules against tyrannism, and eveyrone's interest (fundamental human rights) must be taken into consideration. ( Forgive me for quoting these names. I did law in UNI and SAD TO SAY that Jurisprudence was my favourite subject and my thesis/Dissertation was on democracy - spent one whole year writing on democracy alone and got a 68 (2:1) :_( sob
Electoral system effectively takes into account the interest of people not only as "individual", but also factors in sociological (rural urban), cultural (in Malyasia, perhaps Religion is factored in too), economical (poor, middle class, rich) and various others in the form of "WEIGHTAGE".
take another simplistic (please don't attack me for doing this, it's for the sake of the argument) view, KAPAR has 150,000 voters who are middle class and working class. their needs/wants/desire from the government are likened to those of urbanites.
on the other hand, you have people who stays in PADANG RENGAS, with , say, 35,000 voters who are farmers, fisherman, and working class.
Lets assume Malaysia only has 2 constituency, of KAPAR and PADANG RENGAS. in a Popular system, people of KAPAR shall dictate how policies are make through their MP/Government (they will win). the policies will then be purely targeting middle/upper income. People in PADANG RENGAS who are farmers will never get a say. their numbers are too low to make a different.
Look at Electoral System. if Malaysia practices Electoral System, you then can see People from PADANG RENGAS (after factoring in their socio-economical background), be given a say on how policies are made. At the end, you SACRIFICE EQUALITY, but in return you get FAIRNESS. (Rahtbun 2007)
you now then ask, which system should Malaysia , and as a matter of fact, the "World" adopt? Fairness, or equality (in respect to sociological, cultural, and economical background)?
most democratic country uses electoral system, in a WAY or ANOTHER.
READ THIS :
can i shock you NOT with the result of USA Presidential Election in 2000
Republican George Bush won 50,456,002 of the total votes (47.9%)
Democrat Algore won 50,999,897 of the total votes (48.4%)
Cuba teka siapa yang menang sebagai Presiden Amerika Syarikat di tahun 2000.
GEORGIE WON.
why? because an electoral System entails , i reiterate, much more factors than just invidivual votes alone. and these "factors" is what we, as Malaysian, should really revisit.
In Australia, you have few states, each states has different numbers of popularion. however when it comes to SENATE, a powerful upper house which can veto supply bills, every state sends 12 reps from the governming parties (except Northern Territory). Which means in the Australian Senate, you have 12 Senators from the state of Victory, and also 12 Senators from the State of Western Australia, although Western Australia's popular voters (individuals) is significanly lesser than half of the population of Victoria.
Such are two good examples on how the world practices electoral voting system, at the expense of Popular vote :)
Having said that, this system allows the Politicians to ABUSE it's position in the parliament to freely "Interpret" these Socio-economical factors to justify or benefit their position and status quo.
As a result of adapting the Electoralthe constitution allows the Parliamentarians to re-draw the boundaries of constituencies every 10 years, allowing BAD Gerrymandring from happening. When Lord Reid and his fellow commissioners drafted the Constitution of Malaya and singapore in the House Of Lord, he did foresee that such abuse might happened.
The safeguard of this, in his lordship's view, was to impose a measure to prevent abuse.
The "two third majority" 2/3.
2/3 Majority is a DANGEROUS thing. it is of the founding father's view, that with a 2/3 majority, Parliamentarians can SAFELY reflect on the general/overview of the general people, factoring in socio-cultural-economica consideration at their best.
When people gave Barisan Nasional a 2/3, you also gave them a poison that would later on be developed into a vicious cycle of gerrymandering.
Since Barisan Nasional loses it's 2/3 in 2008, they can never then abuse the GerryMandering bit.
However, we must also know one thing.
"HOW COME GERRYMANDRING WORKS SOOOO EASILY in Malaysia?"
Even a lay person can answer you that question
"why Kapar 150,000, and Putrajaya only 6000 voters?"
A COUSIN used to answer me : "Because Kapar all Chinese Indian majority ma, Putrajaya all Malay".
Gerrymandring effort is sooo simple becaue races in Malaysia became the most paramount and determining "Socio-cultural-economical" factoring when constituency lines are drawn.
Please reflect on this aspect. After 55 years, apart from blaming the government from dividing and ruling the races, have we actually put in ANY efforts ourselve to integrate and became 1 ? (maalysian malaysia, 1malaysia)? - ANOTHER TOPIC ANOTHER DAY.
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Next, let's see allegation of "FRAUD and IRREGULARITIES".
I was vry upset by the fact that the indelible ink worn off SOOOO quickly after it was applied. instead of the 7 days, it naturally oxide and worn off in 2 days.
Like you, i was very tempted to shout "FRAUD FRAUD!!!!".
But unlike you i didn't. As a "Citizen Investigator yang bertauliah", I Investigate la!
BERSIH movement, when presenting on the need to use indelible ink, quoted India as example (for the purpose of my investigation, i've called two friends who are indian nationalstaying in delhi, and thai friend). I asked them, if the "indelible ink" they used, were "delible" or "indelible".
Guess what the answers were?
Nadeem told me (too bad he is not in facebook), Zee, if its really "indelible", you call it a TATOO not indelible ink!. It can be washed off very quickly. Nothing stays free from being washed off unless it's printed INTO your skin (tatoo).
Chanaron (who, unfortunately, is not in facebook either) told me it can be washed off easily as well, but he then poised me a cute question "WHY do you want to wash it off anyway? use tooth paste or chrolox if you have to but it's advisable to keep it".
the question is simple.
Indelible ink is never meant to be the only solution or preventive measure to prevent duplicated voting. it was SUPPOSE to make it more difficult for people to attempt double/triple voting.
The primary identification of voting history, is still your Identity card. (in US and UK, driving license, and it's so loose that so many British and american who are crazy supporters actually votes twice, thrice in the same day -bceause of the concept of registration of votership based on property ownership ) - DISCUSS the story another day but basically double/triple voting is a "norm" and "accpetable behaviour" in the UK election and US election. I KID YOU NOT!!!!!!!!!
as my boss Noorhaina Hirawani Mohd Noor correctly pointed out, indelible ink being washed off does NOT substantiate the claim of double/triple voting. The actual CRIME of the SPR is double voting. Not indelible ink being washed off. in Japanese election or Australia election, no Indelible inks are used, and does that automatically means that there are double/triple voting by one same person?
It is, the rakyat's very own perception of "DISTRUST towards the government" that made them think that the indelible ink being washed off is itself a component of electoral fraud.
HOWEVER
SPR MUST be taken to task for their negligence too. they declared that the ink will stay for 7 days, but i suppose no one has their fingers showing blue now even though today is only the 5th day. This is unacceptable, and I am suspecting that the SPR is using LOW QUALITY INK. if i can gather evidence to substantiate my suspicioun, I will call MACC to report CORRUPTION by SPR. but unforunately i do not have evidence. if you do, and would love to contribute to the bettermen of malaysia, send your evidence towww.facebook.com/
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Foreigners voting in Malaysia - of BANGLAS and BANGLADESH NATIONALS.
(My CAVEAT : I DO NOT DISCOUNT THE POSSIBILITY OF FOREINGERS VOTING IN MALAYSIA, AS AGAINST OUR LAW).
THere are three views into this issue : Broad view, Narrow view and Extremist view. It is also advised that you read my previous blog on Bumiputra, for non bumiputra here ---> (https://www.facebook.com/
I start with the narrow view of "naturalized foreigners".
If a foreigner is naturalized in Malaysia according to our Article 14,15,16,16A,18,19 of our Federal Constitution, can you still call him a foreinger despite his look, and the way he speaks?
The first general election of Malaysia was in July 1955, and guess what, the real naturalization of Ethnic Chinese and Ethnic Indian only happened less than 5 years before that, in MASS. guess if there is a "foreigner hunting" exercize happening in 1955, it will be the Malay Citizen hunting for Chinese non citizen and indian non citizen. I INVITE you to imagine that scenario.
If one is satisfied in law to be a citizen of malaysia, regardless of his country or domicile of origin (china, india, bangladesh, myanmar), you treat him/her as Malaysians. don't you?
BROAD VIEW
Netizens claimed that there was 600,000 Bangladesh Nationals voting in our GE. This claim was then re-iterated by certain political party's defacto leader in a wednesday mass gathering in Kelana Jaya.
it can only mean two things :-
1.) the Government gave Identity cards to the exisiting group of Bangladeshi (based on BBC report here http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
OR
2.) The government Flies 600,000 Bangladesh Nationals from the Nation of Bangladesh into Malaysia during the election period.
point 1.) seems more plausible to me (i hope to you too) a claim for electoral fraud.
say, there are only 500,000 bangladesh nationals in Malaysia, to make them vote, means every Bangladesh workers in Malaysia are now holding IC.
Is that logical? I would think that it's not, but before you shout "Stupid Zee Kin, what about the Indonesians etc)
OK say half half la. Bangladesh half, Indonesian half.
it also means that every 1 in 2 Bangladesh you see in the street, should have indelible ink last sunday.
you should be able to post video of your security guards, the neighbourhood construction worker, 7-11 worker with indelible ink .
So far, from the Citizen Investigation effort, we only managed to see 19 claims of Foreinger, (mostly claim of Bangladesh national) in the internet.
secondly, if you say that there are 600,000 foreinger voting, there should be at least 100 Bangladeshi being seen/found/caught in each of the 6000 polling station (in total).
did you spot 100 Bangladeshi in your polling station? or 50, or 20? in EVERY polling station?
or you just saw it in the internet, one of the 29 videos/photos compiled?
Logically it doesn't make sense. even if you say, they only concentrate the foreingers in certain polling station, say, 50 grey seats amounting to 1000 that BN needs to win, each would have, what? 1000 Foreign Nationals?
Come On Malaysians. that 29 videos / photos is not good enough. you have between 50-1000 foreigners voting in EACH AND EVERY one of the 6000 polling stations in Malaysia, and you can only catch 29? try harder can?
and to play a devil advocacy against your logic, can these 29 foreigners be "planted" by certain political parties instead, to make you believe of their existence? and by believing in their existence, the issue of numbers and Magnitude DOES NOT matter to you anymore?
I CAVEAT AGAIN : I DO NOT DISCOUNT THE POSSIBILITY OF FOREINGER VOTING IN MALAYSIA, AS AGAINST OUR LAW.
OK OK Ok la, for the sake of Tony Fernandez and MAS, i counter point 2.) also with a simple fact check.
To fly 600,000 foreign Nasionals INTO Malaysia during the election period, Air ASIA and MAS, AS WELL AS Malaysian Airports needs to STOP all their flights for 21 days, and use all their Boeing 737 and Airbus 330 (250 capacity) to travel between Bangladesh and Kuala Lumpur for an interval of 15 minutes per flight. then only you can fly in 600,000 Bangladesh Nationals to Malaysia in 21 days (stopping ALL other flights to ALL ROUTES). Of course, you will come and tell me, how about Penang Airport, KK airport, etc. ok lah. say if Penang airport or KK airport is to help to fly in these foreingers, you will see at least 50% of people in all three airports to be of Bangladesh Nationals for 21 days. and you can only produce, what? 10 photos of bangladesh nationals qui-ing up?
*the MRT project and housing projects already taken 1000 Bangladesh nationals as labour in the past year because.. akhem.. you don't want to do the juob ma. and you only have 10 photos. try harder fellow citizens!
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BLACK OUT in Bentong?
to this respect, i would, on behalf of all 4480 Citizen Investigators, ridicule those who believed that there was a black out in Bentong.
To save your time, i have graphical supports in this post, as well as evidences accumulated to refute it. --->https://www.facebook.com/
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VOTE BUYING
As i wrote this, i got a call from my Brother Tai Zee How who confirmed that the Person seen in the video giving money to another person who showed him a slip, was a "payment allowance" for voters who travelled to vote. Logic will tell you ,there is NO way you can know whether one votes for who, and no person in their right mind would pay money for people who came out to vote, and then tell them "hey, i voted for u, PAY ME". why "voted"? because in the video, the person actually showed the slip!
for more justiciation, check out what Citizen Investigators have found based on group investigating effort.
https://www.facebook.com/
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OK, i shall not dwell more on fraud allegations simply because my fingers are tired. if you are really intersted in knowing the findings of Citizen Investigators on fraud allegation, visit facebook.com/
The next thing i want to talk about, is "Racial trend".
Najib was quoted saying that this election is a result of "Chinese Tsunami against Barisan Nasional".
I am very saddened by PM Najib's respond because he thinks that I tsunamied against him which i don't think i did (or i didn't?), but then is there any element of truth in what he says? yes and no. NO more than Yes. Yes less than No. No yes or no, it's Yes and no.
simplistic example are like "MCA lose 8 seats, UMNO win 10 seats"
popular example are like "Nett gain in Pakatan popular votes, means Malay tsunamied against Barisan too".
Anecdotal example are like "DAP won all 11 seats in Negeri Sembilan, but in the same state, PAS lose all 10 seats."
If you base your judgment solely on "popular vote swing", then i CONCUR with you. it's not a chinese tsunami, it's a TSUNAMI per se.
But anal political analyst and scientist would tell you , do not use "popular vote swing". use "electoral vote swing". face palm
however, if you decided to give face to political analyst or scientist, you will find out the following facts prompted PM Najib's statement :-
Underlying presumption (i stand correct to be rebutted)
1.) 91% (based on an unreliable resources, feel free to rebut with a more reliable source) of high chinese populated seats (ranked from higest ratio of chinese population to lowest) are contested by DAP
2.) rest mixed seats are taken by PKR and PAS. (malay/Sabah/sarawak indegenious majority/ high sabah/sarawak/ malay indegenious population).
and the result is
a.) DAP won 38 Seats, nett GAIN of 10 Seats compared to GE 12 (28 seats)
b.) PAS won 21 Seats, nett LOSS of 2 Seats compared to GE 12 (23 seats)
c.) PKR won 30 Seats, nett LOSS of 1 Seat compared to GE 12 (31 seats)
DAP gained 10 seats for contesting in 91% (pls rebut if u have better source) highest ranked Chinese population ratio seats, and have a net GAIN of 10 seats, PKR and PAS combined running in the rest, and have net LOSE of 3 seats.
I think that's what NAJIB meant by "Chinese Tsunami". he uses electoral system.
then again, i didn't agree with him.
I THINK as far as RACE is concerned, we go by individual. having that said, it's a URBAN tsunami with Chinese wave and ripple. CHinese factor is just Wave adn Ripples. not TSUNAMI!
As a conclusion, i think i am motivated to share with you two quotes.
1.) The unfairness does not lie in the election, but the system, a system that was crafted by our forefathers and the Reid Commissioners.
2.) The mentality of the Urbanites who voted against the chinese : it's not what they want FROM the government. it's what they want FOR the government.
Sekian, I rest my case , and my finger.
p/s: I just copy and paste from someone with facebook account name, Tai Zee Kin
Tuesday, 22 January 2013
Isu Agama Di Malaysia
agama merupakan suatu y sensitif. tdk perlu mnunjukan sikap2 melampau scra terbuka. gunakan sluran y ada. mahu tdk mahu dlm konteks masyarakat majmuk perlu ada persefahaman antara agama. kristian perlu faham apa itu islam, islam perlu tahu apa itu kristian. begitu juga agama lain. apakah ini pluralisme? dlm agama pluralisme pd sy apabila seorang mnusia mengamalkn dua agama sekaligus. jika tiada pemahaman tntang agama lain better we dont talk about it. agama bukanlah sesuatu y kita boleh baca dri blog2 atau bhn bcaan lain atau pnulisan persendrian. agama juga bukan medium utk berpolitik. lebih baik dirujuk kpd mreka y benar arif. dan jgn kita lupa masing2 agama ada kitabnya tersendiri. ini lah perkara y selalu berlaku d negara luar, tidak mahu memahami agama lain shinggakn pertelingkahan y membawa kpd peperangan berlaku. bkn shja diantara dua agama berbeza ttp jg diantara mazhab2 dlm 1 agama y sama. media massa hrus mgawal tulisan mreka. itulah tugas editor.
pd penilaian diri sndri sy melihat begitu byk persamaan antara kristian dn islam. umpamanya dua agama ini adik beradik. begitu juga dgn agama yahudi. mahu tdk mahu ini adalah hakikat walaupun ketiga2 agama melalui pergolakan berabad lamanya terutama di bumi arab.
nasrani, islam dan yahudi ketiga2nya adalah agama dari langit. turun di bumi arab. diamalkan oleh org arab pda awalnya sblum bkembang ke dunia luar. saya percaya dari sini lah titik tolak begitu byk persamaan 'jln cerita', 'tokoh' dan 'terminology' didalam agama ini.
senarai nabi/prophet dlm islam dn nasrani.
Adam = Adam, Idris = Enoch, Nuh = Noah, Hud = Eber, Saleh = Shelah, Ibrahim = Abraham, Lut = Lot, Ismail = Ishmael, Ishak = Isaac, Yaakub = Jacob, Yusuf = Joseph, Aiyub = Job, Syuaib = Jethro, Musa = Moses, Harun = Aaron, Daud = David, Sulaiman =Solomon, Ilyas= Elijah, Ilyasa = Elisha, Yunus = Jonah, Dzukifli=Ezekeil, Zakaria=Zechariah, Yahya= John the Baptist, Isa=Jesus, Muhammad
Sekadar meluahkn pendapat. penulis bukan dari kalangan kristian, islam mahupn yahudi. sekadar nurkilan utk rnungan bersama. isu ini adalah sesuatu y sensitif. tidak salah jika kita sekadar berselisih pendapat tp suatu silap besar jika kita 'membakar' hati penganut agama lain.
pd penilaian diri sndri sy melihat begitu byk persamaan antara kristian dn islam. umpamanya dua agama ini adik beradik. begitu juga dgn agama yahudi. mahu tdk mahu ini adalah hakikat walaupun ketiga2 agama melalui pergolakan berabad lamanya terutama di bumi arab.
nasrani, islam dan yahudi ketiga2nya adalah agama dari langit. turun di bumi arab. diamalkan oleh org arab pda awalnya sblum bkembang ke dunia luar. saya percaya dari sini lah titik tolak begitu byk persamaan 'jln cerita', 'tokoh' dan 'terminology' didalam agama ini.
senarai nabi/prophet dlm islam dn nasrani.
Adam = Adam, Idris = Enoch, Nuh = Noah, Hud = Eber, Saleh = Shelah, Ibrahim = Abraham, Lut = Lot, Ismail = Ishmael, Ishak = Isaac, Yaakub = Jacob, Yusuf = Joseph, Aiyub = Job, Syuaib = Jethro, Musa = Moses, Harun = Aaron, Daud = David, Sulaiman =Solomon, Ilyas= Elijah, Ilyasa = Elisha, Yunus = Jonah, Dzukifli=Ezekeil, Zakaria=Zechariah, Yahya= John the Baptist, Isa=Jesus, Muhammad
Sekadar meluahkn pendapat. penulis bukan dari kalangan kristian, islam mahupn yahudi. sekadar nurkilan utk rnungan bersama. isu ini adalah sesuatu y sensitif. tidak salah jika kita sekadar berselisih pendapat tp suatu silap besar jika kita 'membakar' hati penganut agama lain.
Thursday, 22 March 2012
IMPIAN SARAWAK MENJADI NEGERI TERKAYA
TIGA dekad lalu, jika anda pernah menginjakkan kaki ke Sarawak pada masa tersebut mungkin gambarannya tidak begitu mengujakan.
Mungkin disebabkan tiada ekspresi yang dapat diluahkan apabila hanya landskap berwajahkan kehijauan hutan yang mengelilingi bandar-bandar utama di negeri ini termasuk bandar raya Kuching ketika itu.
Bagaimanapun, sedikit demi sedikit Sarawak mula mengorak langkah berubah bukan hanya terhadap landskap persekitaran bahkan ekonomi dan rakyatnya.
Memang tidak dapat dinafikan bahawa Sarawak telah mengalami satu transformasi ekonomi yang menarik di bawah kepimpinan Ketua Menteri, Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud.
Malah, Abdul Taib merupakan 'arkitek' terhadap landskap pembangunan yang dilaksanakan secara berterusan di Sarawak dalam usaha bergerak ke arah mencapai status negeri maju menjelang tahun 2030.
Abdul Taib dilantik memegang jawatan sebagai Ketua Menteri pada 1981 dan dalam tempoh tiga dekad lalu itu, beliau telah mengubah Sarawak dari sebuah negeri pertanian kepada pemain ekonomi baru di Malaysia.
Kepulangannya ke Sarawak dari Australia selatan pada 1963 dengan berkelulusan peguam dari Universiti Adelaide, beliau telah menyertai Majlis Legislatif Negeri dan sejak itu menetapkan untuk mencapai aspirasinya membangunkan ekonomi serta meningkatkan kualiti hidup rakyat di negeri ini.
Pada era 1960-an, gambaran pada masa itu adalah sukar sekali untuk dibayangkan apabila Sarawak yang mempunyai kira-kira 30 kumpulan etnik dan berkeluasan 124,449 kilometer persegi mampu mengorak langkah sekali gus mengalami transformasi menjadi sebuah negeri yang berdaya saing ketika ini.
Ia bermula sebaik sahaja resume politik Abdul Taib lengkap apabila mula memegang jawatan eksekutif dan legislatif di peringkat negeri dan Persekutuan sejak 1963 dan pada masa itu beliau membabitkan dirinya dalam pembangunan Sarawak.
Dalam tempoh tersebut, pertumbuhan ekonomi telah membangun dengan nyata sekali apabila Keluaran Dalam Negara Kasar (KDNK) melonjak dari RM527 juta pada 1963 kepada RM26.016 bilion pada 2009.
Pada 1985 pula, sejumlah 31.9 peratus penduduk di negeri ini berada pada paras kemiskinan dan statistik tersebut berjaya dikurangkan kepada 5.3 peratus.Ketika ini pendapatan per kapita penduduk Sarawak hanya sekitar AS$7,000 atau RM21,346 dan kerajaan negeri berusaha meningkatkan pendapatan per kapita itu kepada AS$15,000 (RM45,743) setahun bagi memastikan negeri ini dapat mencapai status negeri maju pada tahun 2030.
Pada masa sama, kerajaan negeri di bawah kepimpinan beliau juga meningkatkan kadar 31.8 peratus penduduk Sarawak yang mempunyai bekalan air bersih pad 1980 kepada 69 peratus pada 1995 dan 95 peratus (2009).
Pada 2008, Ketua Menteri melancarkan Koridor Tenaga Boleh Diperbaharui Sarawak (Score), iaitu inisiatif membangunkan wilayah tengah sebagai koridor perindustrian tenaga intensif yang dilihat satu lagi landasan menjadikan Sarawak sebagai kuasa ekonomi di Malaysia.
Score bersedia memperhebatkan pembangunan infrastrukturnya, prasarana dan kemudahan sosial yang dijangka menyumbang ke arah pembangunan, pertumbuhan yang lebih besar serta kepelbagaian ekonomi.
Rancangan itu akan dijalankan sehingga tahun 2030 dengan tujuan mencipta sebanyak 1.5 juta peluang pekerjaan dan mencapai pertumbuhan KDNK per kapita 5.5% setiap tahun.
Pada masa sama, kewujudan Score akan membolehkan kerajaan negeri menerima pelaburan AS$200 bilion (RM609 bilion) pada masa akan datang.
Sebagai tambahan, kerajaan negeri juga melakukan pelaburan yang banyak dalam pembangunan modal insan dengan memberi tumpuan kepada sistem pendidikan yang menyediakan tenaga kerja yang lebih kompetitif.
Dalam erti kata lain, kerajaan negeri mahu memberi penekanan terhadap latihan vokasional dan teknikal selain pemikiran kritis serta pembangunan kemahiran ringan dengan membuka lebih banyak peluang kepada para pelajar meneruskan pengajian lanjut di empat universiti di Sarawak.
Empat universiti terbabit adalah Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas), Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Universiti Teknologi Swinburne serta Universiti Teknologi Curtin.
Secara keseluruhannya, kejayaan kerajaan negeri dalam pendidik terbukti apabila kadar celik huruf di negeri ini sebanyak 30 peratus pada era kemerdekaan meningkat kepada 95 peratus pada hari ini.
Sebagai ingatan terhadap pencapaian-pencapaian yang diperoleh Ketua Menteri dalam bidang ini, Abdul Taib telah menerima Anugerah Pencapaian Seumur Hidup daripada Kongres Asia HRD pada Julai 2010.
Tidak ketinggalan dalam aspirasinya, Abdul Taib turut melaksanakan beberapa integrasi sosial dan rancangan-rancangan pembangunan bagi menyeimbangkan jurang antara kawasan bandar dan kawasan luar bandar.
Apa yang dilakukannya adalah dengan menggalakkan perkembangan industri-industri tradisional di luar bandar serta meningkatkan akses untuk bekalan elektrik, air bersih, pendidikan, komunikasi dan perkhidmatan kesihatan.
Justeru, kestabilan politik dan perpaduan kukuh dalam kalangan masyarakat berbilang kaum di negeri ini merupakan pemacu utama pembangunan Sarawak.
Untuk tujuan itu seluruh masyarakat di negeri ini harus mengekalkan perpaduan dan kestabilan politik bagi mencapai status negeri berpendapatan tinggi menjelang 2030.
Abdul Taib pernah menyebut, ''politik naik dan turun, bagaimanapun kehidupan mesti diteruskan dengan tidak membiarkan usaha kerajaan untuk menyatupadukan rakyat majmuk di negara ini gagal.
''Usaha ini penting kerana kepentingan perpaduan dan kestabilan negara akan membawakan masa depan yang lebih baik untuk generasi yang masa hadapan."
Beliau juga pernah menyuarakan bahawa ''kami telah dapat memenuhi harapan dan aspirasi orang ramai yang miskin menjadi rakyat yang dapat memandang jauh ke hadapan di samping memupuk cita-cita yang tinggi mencapai kejayaan lebih besar dalam hidup.
''Jika kami mempunyai perpaduan dan keazaman, kami akan mempunyai negeri terkaya di seluruh Malaysia menjelang tahun 2030. Ini ialah impian semua rakyat, ini ialah impian semua ahli-ahli politik bertanggungjawab, ini ialah mimpi saya."
UTUSAN, MARCH 2012.
p/s: Mungkin agak berbaur mengampu utk sesetengah org tetapi jika kita selidiki akan tetap ada kebenarannya. bagaimanakah suatu negeri dengan lebih dari 30 etnik mampu terus bersatu sehingga kini jika tiada resipi yang menarik dari pemerintahnya. Dari kontek ekonomi negeri sarawak, seharusnya sarawak lebih baik dari sarawak sekarang ini. Tapi prinsip persekutuan yang negara kita amalkan telah membahagi kekayaan sarawak kepada setiap negeri2 di malaysia. Sesuatu yg mengecewakan tetapi harus kita hormati.
Tetapi kepimpinan tertinggi sejak akhir2 ini saya lihat lebih 'menyayangi' sarawak. Munkin hanya kerana survival politik atau munkin juga kerana ketelusan keprihatinan mereka. Itu tidak penting. Yang penting sarawak terus dilimpahi dengan apa yang seharusnya kita dapat.
Saya harus iyakan, sarawak harus iyakan! tidak kira bagaimana berbeza pndangan kita, kita harus iyakan! Ini impian kita. Ini cita-cita kita!
UTUSAN, MARCH 2012.
p/s: Mungkin agak berbaur mengampu utk sesetengah org tetapi jika kita selidiki akan tetap ada kebenarannya. bagaimanakah suatu negeri dengan lebih dari 30 etnik mampu terus bersatu sehingga kini jika tiada resipi yang menarik dari pemerintahnya. Dari kontek ekonomi negeri sarawak, seharusnya sarawak lebih baik dari sarawak sekarang ini. Tapi prinsip persekutuan yang negara kita amalkan telah membahagi kekayaan sarawak kepada setiap negeri2 di malaysia. Sesuatu yg mengecewakan tetapi harus kita hormati.
Tetapi kepimpinan tertinggi sejak akhir2 ini saya lihat lebih 'menyayangi' sarawak. Munkin hanya kerana survival politik atau munkin juga kerana ketelusan keprihatinan mereka. Itu tidak penting. Yang penting sarawak terus dilimpahi dengan apa yang seharusnya kita dapat.
Saya harus iyakan, sarawak harus iyakan! tidak kira bagaimana berbeza pndangan kita, kita harus iyakan! Ini impian kita. Ini cita-cita kita!
Sunday, 26 February 2012
Fakta dan Auta LYNAS
Pendapat saya lebih kepada utk mengulas dan menambah apa yang ditulis didalam artikel INI.
Radioaktif scra mudahnya bermaksud sesuatu bahan y aktif menghasilkn gelombang radio bertenaga (alpha, gamma, beta). walaupun berbeza dari gelombang radio electromagnetic tetapi kedua-duanya adalah sesuatu hampir sama. gelombang tenaga dari bahan radioaktif dijana oleh atomic partikel manakala gelombang tenaga dari elektromagnetic pula dijana oleh elektromagnetic field (eletrik) atau high energy photon (chemical spt bahan radioactive). kedua-duanya menghasilkn haba dan mampu memutuskan ikatan semulajdi biology (dalam wavelengh dn frequency tertentu).
baca artikel dibwah..jika tidak mahu terima fakta y lain terima lah fakta no. 6.
televisyen, laptop, telefon bimbit dan kanta cermin mata sekalipun menghasilkn gelombang radio. y paling tinggi gelombangnya adalah gadjet broadband. dsitu diletakkn amaran MINIMUM jarak gadjet broadband tersebut dgn pguna adalah 2cm. begitu juga jika anda melawat ke pusat menara pemancar telekomunikasi. gelombang radionya jauh lebih tggi dari y dihasilkn oleh rodon dn thoron.
Radioaktif scra mudahnya bermaksud sesuatu bahan y aktif menghasilkn gelombang radio bertenaga (alpha, gamma, beta). walaupun berbeza dari gelombang radio electromagnetic tetapi kedua-duanya adalah sesuatu hampir sama. gelombang tenaga dari bahan radioaktif dijana oleh atomic partikel manakala gelombang tenaga dari elektromagnetic pula dijana oleh elektromagnetic field (eletrik) atau high energy photon (chemical spt bahan radioactive). kedua-duanya menghasilkn haba dan mampu memutuskan ikatan semulajdi biology (dalam wavelengh dn frequency tertentu).
baca artikel dibwah..jika tidak mahu terima fakta y lain terima lah fakta no. 6.
televisyen, laptop, telefon bimbit dan kanta cermin mata sekalipun menghasilkn gelombang radio. y paling tinggi gelombangnya adalah gadjet broadband. dsitu diletakkn amaran MINIMUM jarak gadjet broadband tersebut dgn pguna adalah 2cm. begitu juga jika anda melawat ke pusat menara pemancar telekomunikasi. gelombang radionya jauh lebih tggi dari y dihasilkn oleh rodon dn thoron.
kilang ini fungsinya adalah utk mnapis tanah y ada thorium dn rare metal y lain. y kita rsaukn disini adalah waste product kilang ini y dikatakn mgleluarkn bahan radioactive (RA). tetapi disini bahan (RA) itu ditpis dri tnh bgaimana pula kita bleh beranggapan bhwa waste product itu membahayakn pdahal bhn RA itu sdh ditapis.apa y hrus kita rsaukn disini adalah skira berlaku kmlngan kepada kilang tsebut y mnkin myebabkn bhan RA itu tlepas bebas ke psekitaran.
dlm bnyk2 rare earth metal thorium adalah y pling kuat RA dn thorium adalah pyumbang utama RA smulajadi bumi. tetapi gamma ray y dihasilkn oleh thorium sgt kcil jumlahnya krana half life thorium sgt panjang. waste product kilang ini pda pndpt sy tdklh bgitu merbahaya. mmg ianya ada kesan jika mnusia terdedah kpda tetapi kesannya tdk lh shebat bhn karsinogen y lain krana half lifenya sgt pnjang iaitu 14billion thn utk thorium 232 (99% of thorium bumi). ini bermakna decaying bahan ini sgt perlahan y myebabkn radiasinya sgt sdikit.
perkiraannya sng, cntoh kita tertelan atau tersedut 1g thorium (mustahil utk kta sdut sbyk ini kcuali kita sgja pergi ke kilang tersebut.). divide that 1g/14billion...so probability utk radiasi terhasil adalah 1/14billion gram stahun. darab dgn jangka hayat mnusia (60thn).. puratanya hnya 60/14billion gram thorium y mampu btindak balas didalam badan mnusia. only about 6 part per billion...
dan jangan kita lupa jika tetelan thorium hampir almost 90% thorium will excrete in feaces and urine. jika jepun y ada gempa bumi berani membina loji nuklear knp malaysia y tiada bncana alam besar spt mreka takut kepada kilang penapisan bhn RA yang smulajadinya ada dimana2 shja tanah didunia ini? how about one day nanti kita kehabisan minyak dan gas atau arang batu untuk mnjana tenaga elektrik negara..apakah kita takut utk mgunakan tenaga nuklear? we have to optimise with this thing.
memang tidak dinafikan bahan beradioaktif mempunyai kesan terhadap kesihatan tetapi itu bukan bermakna kita terdedah terus mendapat cancer. sistem badan kita mempunyai pertahanan yang cukup ampuh utk membalikan kesan mutasi dari radiasi. kita sebenarnya mendapat radiasi setiap hari samada melalui terdedah kepada agen mutasi atau kesilapan sistem biologi tubuh badan kita sendri. setakat radiasi sdikit itu percayalah ianya tdk memberi kesan kepada kesihatan kita apatah lagi jika kita tidak berada didalam kilang tersebut. Bukanlah pakar dalam bidang ini tetapi bidang yang saya ceburi mempunyai banyak kaitan dengan perkara ini.
Monday, 20 February 2012
Kelebihan Proton P3-21A & sedikit info pasal cukai kereta d malaysia.
Proton P3-21A (coming soon)
Spec (antara y mnarik, tdk tdpt pd vios, civic,city,forte dn y lain2 bwah 120k):
1. Front & Rear 12V socket. Fungsi bnde ni kalau ada y xtau xtau lh aku. (antara idea y baik dlm pengunaan socket ini adalah beli pump elektric. boleh pkai bila2 masa kalau kreta pancit or kurang angin)
2. YES wifi modem. Boleh Online sambil memandu lps tu buat status kt fb 'aku akan mati sbntar shja lg'..haha. YES ni kt smnanjung Malaysia je ade. Orang S&S y beli kreta ni nti bleh jual modem YES tu kt rkn2 anda d smnanjung...haha..
3. 4 airbag system (blh on-off ikut selera penguna. nk mati cepat off lh..haha..off tu sbnrnya utk tmpt bayi y dlm kreta bayi.)
4. 5 stars Aus NACP . Cermin, rangka kereta d bhagian pnumpang xkn pecah bderai dn bengkok shingga kelajuan 140km/j. bkn maknanya proton galakkn ko bwak shingga 140km/j. Yang ni jelas nyata untuk melayakkn proton masuk ke psaran eropah scra comersial.
5. Aerodynamic faktor 0.30 (hmpir sma dgn Audi TT, 0.29. aku xpnh tgok rpe paras audi tu)
6. Engin 1.6 CVT 7 kelajuan. Full spec with Paddle Shif. Ni y pling menarik. sma taraf dgn VW. msti VW y tlg ni. bkmungkinan proton ni dgn mdhnya mncecah 200km/j. kalau talaan proton sma dgn VW lh. in case proton xnk tala smpai maksimum speed kita tala sndri kt bengkel. VW yg 1.4 pun bleh cecah 180km/j dgn mdh ape lg 1.6.
7. Key holeless. Xde lubang Kunci kt pintu dn kt start. (start pkai butang mcm moto. bukak pintu pakai alarm je. hilang remote atau bateri kong pecah cermin lh jwbnya...hahah). Baik utk keselamatan kereta supaya pencuri xdpt nk bukak pintu sbb xde lubang kunci. pencuri y xberpendidikan tinggi mesti akan hairan tgok kreta xde lubang kunci lalu bertaubat xnk mencuri lagi.
8. ISOFIX (fuhhh..mcm kamera DSLR. kalau xslap bnde ni utk kawal sinar matahari msuk cermin. xpsti.)
9. Sensor lampu,hujan,side mirror smua ada. so, xpyh lh nk bukak butang lampu, butang wiper msa memandu. fokus kt pemanduan je.
10. Lotus handling. (suspension and ride).
Spec (antara y mnarik, tdk tdpt pd vios, civic,city,forte dn y lain2 bwah 120k):
1. Front & Rear 12V socket. Fungsi bnde ni kalau ada y xtau xtau lh aku. (antara idea y baik dlm pengunaan socket ini adalah beli pump elektric. boleh pkai bila2 masa kalau kreta pancit or kurang angin)
2. YES wifi modem. Boleh Online sambil memandu lps tu buat status kt fb 'aku akan mati sbntar shja lg'..haha. YES ni kt smnanjung Malaysia je ade. Orang S&S y beli kreta ni nti bleh jual modem YES tu kt rkn2 anda d smnanjung...haha..
3. 4 airbag system (blh on-off ikut selera penguna. nk mati cepat off lh..haha..off tu sbnrnya utk tmpt bayi y dlm kreta bayi.)
4. 5 stars Aus NACP . Cermin, rangka kereta d bhagian pnumpang xkn pecah bderai dn bengkok shingga kelajuan 140km/j. bkn maknanya proton galakkn ko bwak shingga 140km/j. Yang ni jelas nyata untuk melayakkn proton masuk ke psaran eropah scra comersial.
5. Aerodynamic faktor 0.30 (hmpir sma dgn Audi TT, 0.29. aku xpnh tgok rpe paras audi tu)
6. Engin 1.6 CVT 7 kelajuan. Full spec with Paddle Shif. Ni y pling menarik. sma taraf dgn VW. msti VW y tlg ni. bkmungkinan proton ni dgn mdhnya mncecah 200km/j. kalau talaan proton sma dgn VW lh. in case proton xnk tala smpai maksimum speed kita tala sndri kt bengkel. VW yg 1.4 pun bleh cecah 180km/j dgn mdh ape lg 1.6.
6 1/2. 0-100km/h: 9.6 saat
7. Key holeless. Xde lubang Kunci kt pintu dn kt start. (start pkai butang mcm moto. bukak pintu pakai alarm je. hilang remote atau bateri kong pecah cermin lh jwbnya...hahah). Baik utk keselamatan kereta supaya pencuri xdpt nk bukak pintu sbb xde lubang kunci. pencuri y xberpendidikan tinggi mesti akan hairan tgok kreta xde lubang kunci lalu bertaubat xnk mencuri lagi.
8. ISOFIX (fuhhh..mcm kamera DSLR. kalau xslap bnde ni utk kawal sinar matahari msuk cermin. xpsti.)
9. Sensor lampu,hujan,side mirror smua ada. so, xpyh lh nk bukak butang lampu, butang wiper msa memandu. fokus kt pemanduan je.
10. Lotus handling. (suspension and ride).
hebat bukan?? lps ni sokong lh proton. xpyh nk kondem ckp proton mcm tin milo pdahal dlm msa y sma ko xda duit nk beli y lg elok. mcm tin milo ni bgus sbnarnya. boleh kurangkn berat. so mnyak pun xkuat dia hisap. xde lh ko bising ckp proton kuat mkn mnyak. apa mcam nk beli ke x proton baru ni??
korg beli city, vios tu bkn bez pun. city gn vios y jual kt malaysia, singa4, indon thailand ni bkn bgus sgt pun. bkn mcm y msuk psaran eropah dn dbuat kt kilang di thailand. sbb tu city, civic murah kt thailand, singa4, indon. cuba bndingkn dengan spec y kt eropah dn US. cuba try. haha. kt malaysia mahal sebab cukai malaysia bnyk sgt. tp kt indon, thai, singa4 pun kreta luar ada y lagi mahal dari malaysia. fahami sistem cukai malaysia dn negara lain pstu baru bleh bndingkn. rujuk kt sini utk pbndingan mudah.
Ni aku xplain ckit bg otak tu cergas ckit. cukai dinegara luar mnkin secara terus tetapi dimalaysia pengedar tpaksa membayar duti eksais (sejnis cukai khas tetap y dikenakn juga thadap arak dan rokok). duti eksais adalah tetap dn bukan mgikut saiz enjin kreta. bukan ikut harga, jenama atau negara pengeluar. tiada kadar peratusan sperti cukai jualan atau cukai import. lg besar enjin lg mahal. d malaysia duti eksais utk kereta 1.5 kebawah adalah lbh kurang RM30k (last y aku bca lh). duti ini + cukai jualan + cukai import + harga kereta + komisien pengedar = harga diatas jalan xtmsuk insuran.
duti eksais dmalaysia adalah utk mlindungi kreta nasional (dasar automotif negara) dn utk mnjaga alam sekitar sbb tu lg bsar enjin kreta lg besar jumlah duti eksais y dikenakn sbb kreta bsar ni mcemarkn alam. tetapi duti eksais ini disesuaikn dengan jenis kreta. kereta MPV spt avanza, innova dn hilux lbh kcil dutinya sbb itu adalah kreta kluarga. bgitu jgk dgn kderaan pnumpang dn pgankut spt bas dn lori.
Cukai dnegra lain pula adalah hnya cukai direct sperti cukai jualan dn cukai import. cukai jualan dan cukai import negara ini mahal berbanding dgn malaysia trutama singapura shingga mnyebabkn harga kreta disana lg mahal lg dari malaysia y ada duti eksais. malaslh nk explain psal cukai. boleh cari sndri! jangan malas!
so, proton terbaru ni dh dibuat dgn piawaian y sgt tggi xkn msih lg nk beli kreta city vios tu lg kot. sokonglah barang buatan malaysia. hehe..bawah ni sdikit gmbr Proton P3-21A (mnkin lh..xofficial).
disebabkn gmbr tu bershadow..nmpk mcm sonata kn?? kn?
angan-angan: aku nti krta ptama nk beli kreta nasional. lpstu bru beli kreta import. aku nk sahut seruan kerajaan! (pdhal sbb xde duit nk beli kreta import..haha)
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