16 September 2011

ISA bukan Isa Samad

Nakal-nakal fikiran orang ramai dengan pemansuhan ISA :

1. Jangan bimbang, ISA tukar baju je. Mane kite tahu, yang nak datang dua undang-undang ganti ni lagi hebat dari ISA.

2. It is clear why the BN ministers want the ISA abolished. They could be behind bars, put away under the ISA, courtesy of the incoming PR government. ( Ini aku rasa macam pre-emptive macam patriot act juga. Kalaulah terkalah BN dalam pilihanraya umum ke 14, bila mereka jadi pembangkang rasa bebas sikitlah. Kenapa? Mark my words lah wahai pembaca kat bollock ini, kerajaan Pakatan tobat tak akan abolishe ISA. Depa punya game ada orang sudah kena lah)

3. Laaaa dalam dalam dok bela Wira Bukit Kepong, baru dua-tiga minggu ni. Tiba-tiba mansuh ISA. Tak respek Wira Bukit Kepong ka?

4. Kata nak jadi negara maju. USA pun ada Patriot Act, kita mansuh ISA. (Aku cadangkan kita baca balik no.1)

15 September 2011

Cardiff City hand 'Malaysia's David Beckham' his big chance



Football correspondent Steve Tucker reports on Cardiff City’s interest in Safee Sali - ‘Malaysia’s David Beckham’

WALK anywhere in Kuala Lumpur and there’s a good chance you might see the face of Safee Sali beaming down.

The name might not mean anything in British football but in Asia they don’t come much bigger.

In fact, Queens Park Rangers boss Neil Warnock described Sali as “the David Beckham of Malaysia”.

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Please read the comments related to the article above. There are very good comments about him. Next, read the opinions about players who had played with the Cardiff City but failed to impress the game.

14 September 2011

Colours of Dahlia



Ini adalah gambar-gambar semasa pulang bercuti Aidilfitri yang lalu.

Repost From Malaysia Today _ Barisan Nasional Saving MAS or Killing It?

Very convincing. Seram sejuk aje jadinya.

Now we are seeing the true “masterplan” of Tony on how to wipe out MAS totally.

By Mat UMNO


Reported By Forbes.com, “The collaboration won't work. We believe it only benefits AirAsia, which will get (the advantage of) a free hand in the low-cost segment," union secretary-general Abdul Malek Arif told The Associated Press. Abdul Malek said staff were told at a briefing last month that a new premium carrier called Sapphire Air would be set up to handle regional and domestic routes. The fate of Firefly, the current
low-cost unit of Malaysia Airlines, remains unclear, he said.
While details remain vague, he said 80 percent of Malaysia Airlines' staff are expected to be transferred to Sapphire Air - a move he claimed was aimed at busting the union, which will make it easier for the new management to retrench staff. "Why is there a need for a new airline? There is a lot of confusion now over Malaysia Airlines' direction and policy. Everyone here feels their job is at stake," he added.”

Reported By The Star, “MAS is the oldest airline in Malaysia. There is no reason for not making a lasting profit,” Ab Malek said, adding that the Government should revamp the entire management.”

Reported By YB Wee Choo Keong, “Updated 06-09-2011 @ 11:30 pm: It was a known fact that MAS set up Firefly to provide an alternative to AirAsia and AirAsia X Sdn Bhd previously known as Fly Asian Express Sdn Bhd aka as FAX. Remember in 2006/2007 FAX snatched Rural Air Services (RAS) from MAS during Tun Abdullah Badawi’s administration and received about RM65 million from the government as subsidy.

However, in a short span of 8 months or so it dumped seven un-airworthy aircrafts to MAS with a total bill of RM35 million.

On 12-11-2010, Firefly said in The Star that “it would fly commercial jets for domestic routes and begin with crossover routes, e.g. Kota Kinabalu and Kuching, on Jan 15. Asean will be its next stop”. So it was crystal clear from the decisions of the new management of MAS consisting of Tan Sri Tony Fernandes, Datuk Kamarudin Meranun (both of AirAsia and AirAsia X Sdn Bhd/FAX), Tan Sri Md Nor MD Yusof, Datuk Azman
Yahya and En Mohammed Rashdan Yusoff aka Danny to terminate Firefly services from JB to Kuching and JB to Kota Kinabalu via an email dated 25-8-2011 as published below. We have been indoctrinated by Tan Sri Tony Fernandes that competition is healthy and good for the travelers. Are we witnessing the real Tan Sri Tony Fernandes now?

Perhaps we can now see a bit clearer whether MAS needed AirAsia to survive as made out to be the case in a news portal and mainstream media or the other way around.

I have been informed that during the Hari Raya season several full load flights of Firefly have been cancelled at the eleventh hours. The cancellations have caused enormous inconveniences to members of the public, who were on their balik kampung back to see their families. Why cancel full load flights during a festive season? Where is the business sense of MAS current management? Even if you want to help your close friend like Tan Sri Tony Fernandes/AirAsia, please don’t do it at the expense of the public.

This is not the way to kill Firefly, indirectly MAS. Surely with all your top financial qualifications and famous credentials under BinaFikir you should know of better ways to skin a cow! Why are you in such a rush to kill Firefly in such a desperate manner? I am sure that Datuk Omar Ong will advise you against such ill thought out decisions.


Below is the e-mail dated 25th August 2011 from MAS HQ to all its agents.

Dear Valued Agent,

Greetings from Firefly!

We regret to inform you we will no longer operate JB – Kuching V V & JB – Kota Kinabalu V V route from September 15 onwards. We don’t advise a re-routing of flights because we don’t want to inconvenience you further. A re-route through a third destination such as KLIA will double the length of your travel time if not more.

To minimize disruption to your time, we strongly suggest the solution of a refund.

We apologize for the inconvenience caused and wish to offer you a refund in the form of credit shell. Please allow 8 weeks for the refund to be processed. Due to our network rationalizing exercise, and we’re very sorry that this has inconvenienced you.

We at Firefly are more than obliged to work hand in hand with you on other routes and will do our very best to see the production grow for both our parties.


The above is the email sent out by MAS HQ to its agents on 25th August, 2011. The work of the powerful unseen hands. This must be part of the game plans of the so-called “MAS – AirAsia share swap”, which was shrouded in secrecy.

After the signing ceremony of the said share swap between Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar and Tan Sri Tony Fernandes on 8-8-2011, it was immediately announced that Firefly will soon change its business model. Presumably, what the economic genius in Khazanah and Tan Sri Tony Fernandes meant was Firefly will stop competing with other low cost airlines, in particular AirAsia.

Instead of chasing after huge debts owed by Alwafeer Air, which involved non-payment of leasing rentals for three jumbo jets amounting to ten of millions of ringgit, En Mohamed Rashdan Yusof, the Khazanah’s representative in MAS management was more interested in how to disrupt and/or stifle Firefly for the benefit of the competitor of MAS. Guess who?

If the stopping of Firefly’s profitable routes to East Malaysia was part of the said secret share swap exercise by YB Nor Mohamad Yacop, the former Minister of Finance II under Tun Abdullah’s administration now Minister in charge of EPU, Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar and En Mohamed Rashdan Yusof, both of whom are former business partners in BinaFikir Sdn Bhd, then Firefly is as good as dead! The future of MAS is not hard to determine.

The time has come for the rakyat, bloggers and, most of all, the MAS Union to join hands to stop the rot.

Well done YB Wee! Few bloggers and parties had tried to warn the government and people about what will happen when the MAS/AA share swap deal is sealed. You can refer to my older posting on “MAS AA Share Swap” does anyone listen or even think about it?
NOOOOOOOOOO……

Now we are seeing the true “masterplan” of Tony on how to wipe out MAS totally. Don’t believe me? In my previous writing, I’ve already explained the financial benefit and how AA can use MAS as a scapegoat in burdening them with debts and abusing the advantage of MAS capabilities. What slips my mind was the fate of Firefly.

MAS set up Firefly with the intention to compete with AA despite MAS' hands being tied by the government as Ministry of Transport favors AA much more. It is said that the Ministry of Transport has a few bucks going in their pocket from AA. When I said “few bucks going in their pocket from AA”, I don’t mean AA is donating the money directly to the “Ministry of Transport” itself. It is more directly to those high ranking in the ministry
that benefited from it.

AA will skin and poison Firefly and MAS slowly. They already managed to be in MAS so now they have the opportunity to shut down Firefly. But why shut down Firefly and create a new airline such as Sapphire Airline?

Here are a couple of reasons; Firefly is seen as a direct competitor to AA's business locally and internationally. Firefly has already made good ground in giving AA a run for their money as it offers better service, competitive prices and departure convenience. This has been noted a few years back by AA and they needed to do something about it after all, there are more benefits to AA with the closure of Firefly.

Recently, it was announced that Tony had just bought over the Queen Park Ranger football team. I have no issues with his passion for football but when you start sponsoring your own football team with the money from MAS, it becomes totally wrong. First of all, MAS reported a loss recently and AA made profits. So how could a losing company pay for the sponsorship?

The reason MAS and AA decided to sponsor QPR was for better market exposure. Hmm, why sponsor a football club? How much is the sponsorship? Which target market do they target? What is the ROI from the sponsorship?

With the sponsorship of QPR happening without a glitch and without consultation from Khazanah, what will stop AA from sponsoring their F1 racing team? MAS will be again used to pay for Tony’s hobby and the saddest part of it is no one will stop him because he has “political’ strings.

I cannot emphasise how dangerous this man is to MAS. His cunning business ways are only suitable for him and not for others. He is a wolf in sheep's clothing!

The fates of 15,000 MAS staff too, hang in danger with the opening of Sapphire Air. The union cannot do anything without help from the government. Why is it the government willing to lose 15,000 votes in this coming election? These 15,000 vote can quadruple as they have family and friends that will listen to them!

When Sapphire Air emerges, no one can stop AA from permanently destroying MAS! The union will be helpless. I can give you the scenario how AA will systematically kill off MAS:

1. Sapphire Air is born. They will offer the current MAS staff to “migrate” with lower pay and lesser benefits.

2. If Sapphire Air does not have enough staff, this will be better for AA as they can now hire cheaper labour thus cut their operational costs.

3. Those who choose to stay can stay, but sooner or later, MAS downsizing will take effect, which means the company will offer VSS.

4. Khazanah will use the rakyat’s money to pay MAS staff “Voluntary Separation Scheme”. Why Khazanah? Well, Khazanah is still the majority shareholder and with money. AA is just the biggest individual shareholder but they don’t have money.

5. Those who decide to take the VSS can retire, start their own business or have enough money to last them for a few months while searching for a new job with lower pay. When this happens, whatever their current commitment, eg. house loan repayment etc will be jeorpadized!

6. Once they have fully transferred all the local routes to Sapphire Air, where can MAS or Firefly go?

So my question is … what can the current MAS union do to stop this? We are talking about people’s lives and it seems the government doesn’t care.

Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, please open your eyes and heart regarding this matter. It is a matter of the rakyats' welfare and pride of Malaysia. We can turn MAS around if given a fair chance. Given a free hand to do business as it is supposed to be, without hands being tied behind our backs by Khazanah!

I dare say that BN will lose terribly should you allow this annihilation of MAS by AA!

More to come! ... Mark my words!

13 September 2011

Planet of The Apes


Cadang nak tukar jadi Tugu Negara tp aku seram dan bimbang dituduh menghina monumen kebangsaan. Kalau aku tukar bimbang juga aku dapat menghasilkan filem sendiri. Heh!!!

Ini adalah posting ringkas setelah membaca komen Encik Mohd Zam bin Ali. Beliau berkata bahawa ramai sangat cerdik pandir. Dari kecil diajar Tanah Melayu dijajah tiba-tiba tidak dijajah pula. Begitulah maksudnya keseluruhan. Haa tambah beliau lagi, takut-takut beruk pula yang menjajah Malaysia. baru jadi Planet of The Apes.

Aku sangat-sangat percaya bahawa berok boleh menjajah Malaysia kerana ramai dah menjadi berok di kalangan manusia. Cuma perlu sedikit kerjasama politik antara manusia dengan haiwan. Aku rasa gerup Orang Utan di Sepilok akan menguasai Borneo. Gerup monyet Penang Hill akan menguasai Pulau Pinang. Gerup berok belah Baling akan membuat based untuk menguasai Kedah Perak, dan Perlis dengan sedikit bantuan dari berok Thailand. Baling adalah Kampong Berok dalam bahasa Thai.

Kelantan dan Terengganu ibu negeri akan berpusat di Bachok kerana banyak sekolah memanjat kelapa sebelum revolusi pemerintahan berok berlaku.. Kawasan Selangor dan KL, ibu negeri akan kembali ke daerah petaling kerana nama Petaling itu sendiri adalah Tempat Monyet.

Forecast untuk Negeri Sembilan, Melaka dan Johore mungkin perlukan bantuan berok-berok dari Temasik atas kemahiran mereka melihat kehebatan pemerintahan manusia di Temasik sebelom ini.

MALAYSIA dijajah oleh Berok. Planet of The Apes.

Batas itu setakat 31.8.1957

Aku diajar akan ketetapan bahawa kalau mahu membuat satu pembuktian baru, perlu diandaikan. Kemudian dikaji. Diujicoba. Baru dibuktikan sama ada pembuktian itu saheh atau maudhu'. Biasanya kalau mahu mencapai setahap ini, perlu melepasi dua tahap kehebatan belajar di universiti. Masuk peringkat ketiga baru boleh menguji-nguji dan membukti-bukti supaya dikenang oleh golongan cendekiawan dan masharakat umum.

Kalau tak dapat PH.d kurang lakulah cakap-cakap kita ini. Jadi perlulah mencapai pengajian setahap PH.d untuk menjadi saudagar bukti yang laku. Jadi begitulah bentuk dunia cerdik pandai yang diamalkan sejak zaman berzaman.

Baru-baru ini, aku rasa macam dah tak best kaedah tradisional ini. Kita pada masa kini bebas menyatakan sebarang fakta secara terus dan berdebat secara terbuka tanpa perlu apa-apa kertas kajian atau kertas siasatan :)

Jadi aku pun nak buat thesis segera pada malam ini dengan perasaan untuk mentafsir sejarah secara longgar, ketat, menyeluruh, sebahagian dan sukahati. Baca dengan tenang...tenang...tenang...

1. Masa pendudukan Jepun, British feed senjata kepada satu kumpulan yang bernama MPAJA. Lawan Jepun sepanjang 3 tahun 8 bulan pemerintahan. Tok aku sampai sekarang bulih nyanyi lagi Miyotokai No Sora Akete. Moyang aku tukang gesek biola bila askar jepun nama Kagawa (?) my melawat Simpang Empat. Lagu apa tak tahu la. Hungarian Rhapsody kot? Pada masa ini MPAJA memang lawan Jepun yang majoritinya orang Cina. Sakan mereka berlawan sebab sentimen Perang China-Jepun maseh berbekas pada masa itu.

2. Bila Enola-Gay bikin tugasnya di Nagasaki dan Hiroshima, Jepun terpaksa menyerah kalah dalam semangat Bushido yang cukup tebal. Jadi semasa transisi 14 hari untuk British reclaim tanah naungan (seperti Prof Zainal Kling kata), Tanah Melayu seolah-olah menjadi tanah tidak bertuan. Tiada polis dan tiada tentara di sebilangan besar kawasan di Tanah Melayu. Yang ada bersenjata adalah MPAJA. Apa lagi masa untuk balas dendam pun bermula. Semua tali barut Jepun diburu sampai ke lubang cacing. Sewaktu pemerintahan Jepun, orang Melayulah yang majoritinya menganggotai Pasukan Polis Jepun yang dikenali sebagai Jookidam, di Tanah Melayu. Dalam masa empat belas hari tersebut banyak orang Melayu yang dibunuh oleh Tentera MPAJA atau Bintang Tiga atas tuduhan bersubahat dengan Tentera Jepun. Pada masa yang sama, sesiapa yang menghalang gerakan gila babi MPAJA turut menjadi mangsa seperti yang aku tulis sebelom ini.

3. Apabila situasi kembali terkawal dengan pengecualian kawasan hitam -Darurat mulai 1948. Pada masa ini berlaku konflik kerana askar british pula anti-komunis. Maka kerjasama dengan MPAJA terbubar secara sendiri. MPAJA kemudian menjadi Bintang Tiga/PKM mula menentang secara gerila.

4. Pada masa yang sama, semangat kebangsaan orang Melayu mula meningkat. Orang melayu berasa letih dengan bersilih ganti bertukar penaung ( seperti kata Prof Zainal Kling) dan mula bercita-cita untuk mentadbir negara sendiri. Slogan Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka! mula menjadi pemula dan penutup bual bicara di pelosok ceruk rantau. Barang dingat selepas satu fasa, wujud pula slogan Hidup Melayu! melalui Pekembar. Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka! merupakan slogan pertubuhan Melayu yang ditafsirkan kiri seperti PKMM, API, AWAS dan INSAF. Pada masa ini, Indonesia yang baru merdeka menjadi contoh segera untuk memerdekakan Tanah Melayu. Idea-idea dari Seberang mencurah masuk hingga melahirkan sentimen Indonesia Raya. Ini dibimbangi oleh British selaku penaung ( seperti kata Prof Zainal Kling)Tanah Melayu pada masa itu. Maka, pertubuhan-pertubuhan Melayu yang ditafsir kiri oleh British selaku penaung ( seperti kata Prof Zainal Kling) serta merta diharamkan.

5. Maka seorang hamba Allah yang bernama Mat Indera menjadi hilang fokus perjuangan kerana pertubuhan yang menaunginya telah diharamkan. Atas dasar kecemusannya terhadap penaung Biritish ( seperti kata Prof Zainal Kling). Beliau telah menyertai PKM sebagai wadah perjuangan menuntut kemerdekaan dari penaung British ( seperti kata Prof Zainal Kling).

6. Serangan Bukit Kepong berlaku pada 23 Februari 1950 adalah sebelum Merdeka. Merdeka adalah pada 31 Ogos 1957. Maseh ada 7 tahun 6 bulan sebelum kemerdekaan dicapai. Mat Indera memilih jalan keras untuk menumbangkan British dan kerasnya pilihan hanya PKM yang sekeras pilihan beliau. Mat Indera dihukum gantung di Taiping pada 30 Januari 1953. Mat Indera tidak sempat melihat pagi kemerdekaan pada 31 ogos 1957.

7. Apa yang dilakukan oleh Bintang Tiga di Rumah Pasung Bukit Kepong adalah kejam dan gila babi. Pengelibatan Mat Indera maseh diperdebatkan dan aku pun tak boleh nak komen sebab semenjak 4-5 tahun kebelakangan ini, wujud gerakan untuk mengiktiraf perjuangan golongan melayu yang ditafsir kiri oleh penaung ( seperti kata Prof Zainal Kling) British. Tapi perlu dingat, tujuan PKM untuk menghalau British dan bukanya membebaskan negara….. sebaliknya menjadikan negara sebagai negara berideologi komunis dan tunduk di bawah penjajah komunis. Apa yang aku nak kongsi adalah :

7.1 Niat Mat Indera menyertai PKM setelah PKMM diharamkan
7.2 Kecemusan kepada penaung ( seperti kata Prof Zainal Kling) dimanifestasikan
melalui gerakan keras beliau dengan PKM.
7.3 Masa berlaku peristiwa serangan Rumah Pasong Bukit Kepong menunjukkan
tumpuan beliau untuk mengusir British dari bumi Muar/Johore/Tanah Melayu.
7.4 Beliau mati di tali gantung pada Januari 1953.
7.5 Merdeka adalah pada 31.8.1957.

8. Andaikata peristiwa serangan Rumah Pasong Bukit Kepong berlaku pada 23 Februari 1958. Maka boleh dilabelkan beliau sebagai pengganas Komunis. Tapi yang jadi perdebatan sekarang adalah beliau adalah pejuang atau pengganas. Rujuk perkara 7 tanpa mengabaikan bahawa Komunis memang kejam dan gila babi dalam serangan tersebut.

9. Beliau hanya memilih jalan keras untuk bebas dengan PKM yang sangat dibenci orang Melayu. Boleh begitu? Ini jawapan yang adil bagi aku kerana kadang-kadang sukar untuk melabel seseorang itu berbanding sebuah pertubuhan kerana peristiwa ini berlaku sebelum Merdeka.

10. Yang seronoknya, media hari ini sangat celaru memutar isu. Suka sangat memutar isu Melayu Komunis yang sangat tidak membantu orang melayu sendiri. Aku sumpah malu dengan pembogelan semula kisah ini. Nanti orang Cina kata, sama ja lu orang. Ada juga Melayu manyak terrer dalam PKM maaa. Mereka senyum saja pagi petang sejak sebulan yang lalu. Kita pula sebok menghujah fakta secara melulu. Yang rugi kita juga sebenarnya. Rugi segenap sudut.

11. Sebagai point angka terakhir bilangan pemain di dalam padang skuad bolasepak, tarikh 31.8.1957 adalah batasnya. Apa yang berlaku selepas itu adalah kontan untuk kita melabel golongan Bintang Tiga ini sebagai pengganas secara keseluruhannya.

12 September 2011

Telcos II

Ada terbaca melalui FB kawan. Petikannya begini :

Namun pada 15 Oktober 2010 kerajaan Malaysia telah mengumumkan bahawa:

1. Pendahuluan

YB. Menteri Kewangan melalui pembentangan Bajet 2011 di Dewan Rakyat pada 15 Oktober 2010 telah mengumumkan mengenai cadangan:

(i) menaikkan kadar cukai perkhidmatan daripada 5% kepada 6% ke atas
semua perkhidmatan bercukai kecuali kad kredit dan kad caj.

(ii) mengenakan cukai perkhidmatan ke atas perkhidmatan Penyiaran
Televisyen Berbayar.

Kedua-duanya akan berkuatkuasa mulai 1 Januari 2011.


Sambungan petikannya ke sini

11 September 2011

Telcos

Mari kita pendekkan cerita. Perbualan aku dgn bakal novelis terkenal, Tuan Syed Kamarul Syed Ariffin berjaya menghasilkan beberapa resolusi berkaitan perkara berbangkit isu 6 persen prepaid ini :

1. Prepaid suda didaftarkan. Melalui pendaftaran ini kita dapat kenalpasti mana satu warga atau bukan warga. Bagi yg mendaftar sebagai bukan warga negara iaitu melalui passport atau mana-mana dokumen yg berkaitan ini akan secara terus dibaca melalui sistem sebagai grup bukan warga. Dari sini, apabila berlaku aktiviti transaksi menambah nilai, sistem akan secara terus memotong 6 peratus dari nilai tambah.

2. Yang ini lebih menarik. Dua jenis kad tambah nilai. Satu warga dasn satu bukan warga. Bagi bukan warga kena tambah secara terus juga. Maksudnya semasa pembelian, RM10 akan jadi RM 10.60 semasa membayar.



Kedua-dua perkara ini terpakai dala keadaaan penuh akauntabiliti dan integriti. Bagi yang ada girlfriend/kakak angkat/boyfriend/abang angkat, merka angkat terpulanglah kalau nak tolong daftarkan. Bertangungjawablah kalau mereka-mereka ini membuat onar melalui talian berkenaan. Kami percaya dan melalui pengalaman aku, pekerja asing yang menyumbang besar akan pendapatan telco ni.

Pada 2010; Celcom untung RM 6.9bil. Maxis RM 2.3bil. Digi RM 1.5bil. Banyak tu kalau kerajaan dapat melalui cukai korporat.

Seterusnya kita dapat menambah baik elemen pemantauan dan pengawalan terhadap pergerakan warga asing.

Sekurang-kurangnya rakyat Malaysia dapat menikmati lebih dasripada org lain. Warga asing bukannya banyak bayar cukai pun. Hendask tak hendak ikutla sistem di sini. Soalan seterusnya, ada tak yang nak bawak cadasngan ni. Atau maseh nak untung sahaja tanpa merasa sebarang implikasi lain?