UMNO view does not equal the views of Malay People

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Posted Sun, 30/08/2009 - 09:03 by naragan

Shah Alam temple demo: The Malays who don't understand the essence of Islam
28/08/2009 by drrafick

1. Upon reaching home today at 530 pm, I opened up my computer as usual and browsed my favorite online newspaper. I was shocked to see that all of them carried the story of a group of Malay-Muslim protesters claiming to be residents of Section 23 of Shah Alam carrying the severed head of a cow to the Selangor State Secretariat building.

2. The people who claims to be Muslims has shown how ignorant they are about Islam and how their action has brought shame to the religion of Islam and to other Muslims. They did not defend Islam but had portrayed Muslims as fools. I am so angry with Mahyuddin Manaf and the residents there for their action.

3. I questioned their motives and agenda. I questioned their action of carrying a severed head of a cow which is a sacred animal to the Hindus. If their action is not considered seditious and a threat to the nation, I don't know what else is needed to qualify. The government must ensure that all might of the law must be taken against this group of 50 people especially their leaders. PR and BN must agree on this matter.

4. I grew up all over Malaysia and in the 70's after the sudden demise of my father; the whole family went back to a small town, north of Ipoh, called Chemor. As far back as I could remember, directly behind the Chemor mosque there is a Chinese temple and within a walking distance from there lies an Indian temple. As far as I know, all communities lives harmoniously and tolerate each other "ding, bang, tong and screams" There had not been any problems.

5. I cannot comprehend the argument that was raised by the Residents Association Deputy Chairman that claims with a temple on their residential area where they have 90% Muslim; they cannot function properly as Muslims. They claims that with the temple will disrupt their daily activities like prayers in the Surau. This is the most ridiculous argument that I have ever heard.

6. I would like to suggest that the Section 23 residents take a study trip to Kota Bharu. Just drive outskirt of Kota Bharu and you will find plenty of Buddhist temples. Some of the biggest Buddha statues are located outskirt of Kota Bharu. We are talking about a state of 99% Muslims. Do you hear problems among the Kelantanese? These are people who have very strong opinion about Islam and yet they behave in a level minded manner.

7. I believe people who has been to Hong Kong knows what I meant. In an area called Tsim Sha Tsui, there is a big mosque located a walking distance from the MRT station. The mosque called for Azan five times a day. The Muslims are minority but yet they can continue to practice their religion in the middle of millions of non Muslims within a commercial district. There hasn't been problems.

8. About three months ago the new mosque of Bukit Antarabangsa was opened. The mosque is located 50 meters from my house. For the record, I live in a Taman where the majority of the residents are non Muslims. My Taman is unique in the sense that it is sandwiched between two long hills. In the first few weeks the mosque loud speakers volume and direction was not adjusted, hence the Azan which was supposed to sound nice and melodious sounds more like a very unpleasant noise. It is like sitting in a car and blasting the sentimental music at full blown.

9. I was very uncomfortable. I thought I was the only one but a casual chat with other Muslims neighbors in my area led to the same conclusion. One Muslim neighbor said that he was so distressed that he would closed all his doors and windows during the Azan. If we the Muslim felt so distressed, how would the non Muslims felt? We decided to do something about it.

10. Among us the Muslims, without any pressure from the Non Muslim, we analyzed the issue and look for a solution. Azan is meant to be a sign for the calling of prayers. There were two loud speakers directed at our Taman and the bouncing sound against the hills cause such a ding! On behalf of us, we asked our Resident Association Chairman to talk to the Mosque Chairman who is a respected and known to be a reasonable person.

11. We put forward our points on the basis of the purpose of the Azan and the location of various other Surau nearby and physics. The very nature of the surrounding hills around our Taman and Mosque is turning the Azan into a loud and unpleasant noise. I must say Alhamdulillah as he sees that we make sense.

12. Immediately, the mosque committee decided to reduce the volume until they repositioned the loudspeakers again. We are now enjoying the sound of Azan and prayers in its melodious tone until they get someone to repositioned the loud speakers.

13. While this was going on, there were one or two people who make immature remarks during the mosque meeting that if the sound of Azan is too loud, the people who cannot tolerate it should move out. I know who these persons are and I know where they lives. I think they does not understand what we meant and it cross our mind that we should sponsor a loud speaker and place it right in front of their house so that he can hear the Azan "loud and clear" five times a day. It occurred to me whether the same argument should be put forward the residents of section 23 Shah Alam.

14. The actions taken by 50 odd residents of Section 23 have brought shame to all Muslims in Malaysia. They have shown their ugly side of their conduct. They have been disrespectful. They have defamed Islam. They hide behind the veil of the religion for their ugly, uncivilized and barbaric act. To all my Hindu friends, I apologize for their ignorance. To the PM and the MB of Selangor, please take the full might of the law on this people who had defamed Islam. To the other Muslim residents of Section 23 Shah Alam, please talk some sense to this 50 people! To the Hindus, please forgive them for their ignorance!

Source: http://www.makkal.org/content/%5Btitle-raw%5D-18

鄭丁賢‧一代白老鼠

評論：鄭丁賢‧一代白老鼠 2009-07-08 18:25

這個急轉彎，是不是轉過頭了？

沒錯，很多人要恢復母語教數理；正確的說，小學用母語教數理。

慕尤丁的宣佈很驚人，不但恢復小學用母語教數理，連中學也用回國語教數理。

一鍋粥有些淡，拿進廚房加點鹽；怎知，廚師把整包鹽都倒了進去。

這下，這鍋粥怎麼吃啊！

廚師瞪你一眼，說道：“你不是說不夠鹹嗎！你不吃，別人要吃。”

但是，哪些人愛吃這麼重口味？他們是代表多數嗎？不能接受重口味的，又怎麼辦？

實施了6年，也吵了6年的英語教數理，最後竟然是這麼收場；一句話：白忙一場。

從馬哈迪的一意孤行，到阿都拉時代猶疑不決，來到慕尤丁手裡，來個180度的急轉彎。

其實，英語教數理的問題，有3種意見，代表了大馬社會的3個區塊。

第一種意見，保留英語教數理；持這種立場者，主要是各族群的英語源流家庭。他們習慣英語，也以英語為優先。

第二種意見，小學用母語教數理，中學用英語教數理；各族群中產階級，以及母語源流的家庭，傾向於這種選擇。

他們認為小學階段用母語學習數理，效果更好，也可以維護母語的完整性。到了中學，則改用英語，以便和高等教育接軌。

第三種意見，小學以母語，中學以馬來文學數理；主要的推動和支持者，是馬來文化界和民族主義人士，他們以馬來文的地位為優先考量。

慕尤丁的決定，切合第三種意見，也迎合了馬來文化界和民族主義人士的喜好。

這些人士，是傳統馬來社會的主導力量，也是巫統的擁護者。馬哈迪實施英語教數理政策，激起他們反彈，對巫統產生離心；而回教黨和公正黨也趁機爭取他們的支持。

英語教數理固然是教育課題，然而，它也已經演變成政治課題。巫統不能允許這些傳統的支持者投向對手的懷抱，在政策上必須投他們之所好。

不過，這項決定，卻讓第一、第二區塊的人民感到失望。

與此同時，也意味著多年投下的資源，化為烏有；一代的學生，成為白老鼠。

星洲日報／馬荷加尼‧作者：鄭丁賢‧2009.07.08

Are there a 1 per cent (%) tax rate reduction?

As all Malaysia tax payer notice that there was an announcement by the government on 1% tax rate deduction of chargeable income bracket group between RM35k-RM50k and above RM250k respectively. This deduction with taken effect from year of assessment 2008.

On my previous post mentioning additional benefits that been announced during budget 2009.

http://jlim16.blogspot.com/2009/03/pain-in-my-pocket-year-of-assessment.html

"the Government has also reduced the tax rate by 1% from 13% to 12% for the RM35,000 to RM50,000 chargeable income bracket group; and 1% from 28% to 27% for the RM250,000 highest chargeable income bracket group."


However, from many of my friends also notice that there is no 1% tax rate deduction for tax payer fall under the mentioned chargeable income bracket group, which mean it is still maintain as 13% instead of 12% as promised.



Image captured on April 14, 2009

In the e-borang (http://www.hasil.org.my/), tax payer are unable to make modification of the tax rate, it is calculated automatically by the system and we have no where to raise the complaint.

Although it is only 1% reduction (a.k.a RM150), that is still our money that we are promised to have discounted by the respective government department.

The question is, are they going to break their promise "again" ?

10 things you can do during Earth Hour

About Earth Hour
Earth Hour is a global WWF climate change initiative. Individuals, businesses, governments and communities are invited to turn out their lights for one hour on Saturday March 28, 2009 at 8:30 PM to show their support for action on climate change.

The event began in Sydney in 2007, when 2 million people switched off their lights. In 2008, more than 50 million people around the globe participated. In 2009, Earth Hour aims to reach out to 1 billion people in 1,000 cities.


10 things you can do during Earth Hour
Earth Hour is about taking simple steps everyday that collectively reduce carbon emissions - from businesses turning off their lights when their offices are empty to households turning off appliances rather than leaving them on standby.

Here are ten different ways to spend Earth Hour and reduce your greenhouse gas emissions:

1. Gather family and friends for a night picnic
2. Dine in one of the many Earth Hour participating restaurants by candlelight
3. Oraganise a family night playing board games
4. Throw an Earh Hour street party with your neighbours
5. Arrange a house party lit by torches
6. Take the dog for a night walk
7. Hand write a letter to loved one by lantern
8. Sit in the dark and share stories
9. Read a book using a book light
10. Share a romantic night in with your loved one

To find out more, visit the official website www.earthhour.org/malaysia and sign up.

Cheers...

Pain in my pocket - Year of Assessment 2008

In an attempt to reduce the Rakyat’s burden vastly due to petrol price hike and to encourage employers to provide more benefits to their employees in tackling higher cost of living, Budget 2009 saw the Government announce new exemptions on allowances, benefits-in-kind and perquisites received by employees from their employers.

Source: imdavidlee.com

A host of items are now tax exempted (under budget 2009) and they include the following:

• petrol card or petrol allowance or travel allowance between the home and work place up to RM2,400 a year;
• petrol card or petrol allowance or travel allowance and toll card for official duties up to RM6,000 a year;
• allowance or fees for parking;
• meal allowance;
• allowance or subsidies for childcare of up to RM2,400 a year;
• telephone and mobile phone, telephone bills, pager, personal data assistant (PDA) and internet subscription;
• employers’ own goods provided free of charge or at discounted value where the value of the discount does not exceed RM1,000 a year;
• employers’ own services provided free or at a discount given such benefits are not transferable;
• subsidies on interest on loans totaling up to RM300,000 for housing, passenger motor vehicles and education. The exemption will be given to existing and new loans; and
• medical benefits exempted from tax to be extended to include expenses on maternity and traditional medicines such as ayurvedic and acupuncture.

The above exemptions are not extended to directors of controlled companies, sole proprietors and partnerships.

Expenses on allowances paid, benefits-in-kind and perquisites provided by employers are to be given full deduction even though such benefits are not stipulated in the service contract of the employee.

All the above proposals are effective from year of assessment 2008 except for proposal number one which is effective for a limited time from year of assessment 2008 to year of assessment 2010 only.

Besides the above tax exemptions, the Government has also reduced the tax rate by 1% from 13% to 12% for the RM35,000 to RM50,000 chargeable income bracket group; and 1% from 28% to 27% for the RM250,000 highest chargeable income bracket group. In addition, for employees with chargeable income of less than RM35,000, the tax rebate has been increased from RM350 to RM400.

On the fact that a host of items are now tax exempted, employers should consider designing remuneration package and benefits that are tax efficient to employees as well as the company especially those from the low-to-middle income group who might face heavy monthly commitments ranging from travelling expenses to children welfare.

As the employers work to remunerate their employees differently under the new rules, the employers should also take note of their important responsibilities under the Income Tax Act to ensure full and correct compliance in the employees’ monthly tax deductions and the yearly reporting of Form E and issuance of Form EA to the employees. These aspects need to be managed well and proper to avoid mistakes in reporting and the unnecessary penalties during a tax audit.

Source: Grant Thornton, Malaysia

窮人打救富人?

馬來西亞的經濟學家們，請協助大家解答一些問題：
─為甚麼要“救”股市？
─股市非救不可嗎？有得救嗎？
─哪一些上市公司才有資格獲救？
─真正的獲救者，是大股東？投資基金？還是小股民？
─50億令吉足夠救股市嗎？
─如果救不到，50億令吉會不會石沉股海？
─到時，出資的公積金局怎麼辦？會員的存款怎麼辦？

經濟學家，包括財政部、中央銀行，以及政府經濟智囊團的經濟學家們，是否有十足的信心，來解答這些問題？

如果不能，或者意見分歧，那麼，接下來的問題是：公積金局為甚麼要“借”出50億令吉給ValueCap公司？

任何國家的政府政策，尤其是財經政策，絕對要符合3個條件：1. 方向正確，2. 時機精準，3. 對多數人有好處。

請問，50億令吉公積金局的“貸款”，符合了上述3個條件的哪一項？

注意，我把“貸款”加上開關引號，因為我也不確定這是哪一種貸款；政府公佈的資料，沒有說明償還期，也沒注明利息、抵押等，又多了一層疑問。

我不是保羅格魯曼，也不是巴菲特，不敢斷言政府的措施是錯的。但是，政府的救市措施，至少要有基本的說服力，讓人們能夠信任才行。

尤其，50億令吉來自公積金局，也就是動用上千萬打工仔的老本。打工仔是社會中低下層，擁有比率最低的社會財富。

用窮人的血汗錢去救富人的投資？想到這裡，國內1000多萬名公積金局的會員，隱隱約約，感覺手腳有點冰冷。

股市不是不能救，只是太難救，往往都是徒勞無功，還要賠了夫人又折兵。

從紐約、倫敦，到上海、新德里，股市一瀉千里，最富裕的國家，外匯最多的國家，碰到這個局面，都束手無策，救無可救。就好像是用第五艦隊航空母艦，載滿鈔票，拿去填太平洋，也填不出一個小沙丘。

大馬股市從高峰時的約1500點，掉到近來900多一點，總市值是從高峰時的1兆令吉，跌至目前約6000多億令吉。

這告訴大家，股市蒸發了3000多億令吉。

單單是幾個大馬富豪，在股市的身家，每人就不見了數十億，乃至超過100億令吉。

大馬股市說大並不大，但是，說真的，在金融海嘯的狂潮中，幾十億令吉丟進去，可能還看不到水花濺起。

50億令吉對股市不會有顯著作用，對經濟也沒有振興效果；既然不能救大市，充其量，就只能撐扶少數公司的股價。

問題來了，要讓誰享受這種好處？讓誰得以從海嘯中脫身？

如果只能惠及少數，那就不符合公眾利益。

這又再應證，用百萬窮人的血汗，來拯救幾個富人的身家。

股市下跌，有一定的規律，要救也救不了，最怕是賠上更多的無辜。

政府要關注的，是通過宏觀調控，緩和大環境的衝擊；放寬管制，落實開放，激勵經濟，振興企業。把50億令吉花在這些方面，才能發揮真正的價值。

要不然，就把50億令吉留在公積金會員的存款中，大家也安心一些。

星洲日報／情在人間‧作者：鄭丁賢‧言論不代表本站立場‧2008.10.22

Gold price as off 23 of October 2008

Gold price as of 23 of October 2008, its dropping tremendously.

Below is the 30 days history USD per ounce of gold

Below is the 60 days history USD per ounce of gold



Below is the 6 months history USD per ounce of gold



Below is the 5 years history USD per ounce of gold



Visit the below link to watch the video of the relation between Gold and Dollar.
http://jlim16.blogspot.com/2008/10/gold-vs-dollar.html

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Antara pendatang dan penumpang!

Syed Imran is an Arab-Malaysian born in Penang, Malaysia, ex-Bernama
journalist (1971-1998) and former press secretary to Minister in PM's
Department


Monday, September 08, 2008 Antara pendatang dan penumpang


Pada mulanya saya agak keberatan nak ulas kekecohan yang berpunca
ekoran daripada kenyataan ketua UMNO bahagian Bukit Bendera, Pulau
Pinang bernama Ahmad bin Ismail. Sama ada benar atau tidak apa yang
didakwa dikatakan olehnya mengenai rakyat Malaysia keturunan Cina
bukan persoalannya kerana isu tersebut sudahpun merebak dan
mengapi-apikan keadaan.


Jika tidak ditangani dengan cermat, teliti dan bijak, isu itu boleh
ditangguk dalam air yang keruh oleh anasir-anasir yang ingin melihat
negara ini hancur serta mengundang campur tangan kuasa asing. Dalam
zaman dunia tanpa sempadan dan liputan meluas dan segera oleh media
elektronik antarabangsa, apa yang berlaku di sesebuah negara itu
tidak dapat disembunyi atau dinafikan.


Isu pokok yang dibangkitkan oleh Ahmad Ismail membabitkan persoalan
“menumpang” iaitu rakyat Malaysia keturunan Cina adalah penumpang di
negara ini. Beliau menjelaskan bahawa ia merujuk kepada zaman
pra-Merdeka. Bagaimanapun, sensitiviti rakyat Malaysia keturunan Cina
telah terguris.


Saya tidak mengenali secara peribadi Ahmad Ismail, tetapi kenal agak
rapat dengan Allahyarham abangnya, Abdul Rahim Ismail, pemilik
Syarikat Pembinaan Rahim yang pada satu ketika dahulu agak terkenal
sebagai sebuah firma pembinaan Bumiputera yang unggul di Pulau
Pinang. Saya tidak tahu apa dah jadi dengan syarikat itu selepas
Abdul Rahim meninggal dunia.


Secara peribadi, saya tidak setuju dengan apa yang didakwa dikata
oleh Ahmad Ismail atas beberapa sebab.


Bagi saya, hampir 90 peratus rakyat Malaysia, khususnya di
Semenanjung, adalah pendatang dan kita semua sebenarnya menumpang
hidup di bumi Allah. Kita bukan pemilik kekal tetapi hanya menumpang.


Sebagai contoh, saya sendiri adalah keturunan pendatang yang
menumpang hidup di bumi bertuah ini. Datuk nenek di sebelah bapa saya
berhijrah dari Makkah dan dari Brunei ke sini manakala di sebelah ibu
pula dari Hadhramut, Yaman. Kami adalah pendatang dan penumpang sama
seperti hampir semua penduduk negara ini khususnya di Pulau Pinang.


Bagi Ahmad Ismail, dia juga datang dari keluarga pendatang dan
menumpang hidup di negara ini. Ahmad Ismail tidak boleh menafikan
hakikat bahawa datuk neneknya adalah pendatang dari India untuk
menerokai penghidupan yang lebih baik dan selesa di bumi bertuah ini.


Perdana Menteri Abdullah bin Ahmad juga tergolong dalam kategori yang
sama. Datuknya di sebelah ibu adalah pendatang dari wilayah Guandong,
China. Pendek kata, datuk Pak Lah iaitu bapa Allahyarhamah Kailan
bernama Hassan Salleh atau Hah Su Chiang adalah seorang pendatang.
Beliau berhijrah ke Tanah Melayu dari wilayah Guandong (Kwantung)
pada pertengahan abad ke-19 dan menetap di Bayan Lepas sebagai
pekebun getah, pesawah padi dan kemudian saudagar intan berlian.


Najib Tun Razak, Timbalan PM juga berasal daripada keluarga pendatang
iaitu dari Sulawesi, Indonesia atau lebih senang disebut orang Bugis
manakala sepupunya Hishamudin Hussein tidak terlepas daripada darah
keturunan Turki.


Datuk nenek mantan PM Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad juga pendatang dari
Kerala, India manakala ibu Almarhum Tunku Abul Rahman berasal dari
negeri Siam (Thailand).


Kesultanan Melayu Melaka pun dibuka oleh orang pendatang dari Sumatra
bernama Parameswara, seorang anak raja atau bangsawan beragama Hindu.


Dalam sejarah kesultanan Melayu, kita dapati ada yang ditubuh oleh
pendatang dari Bugis dan ada pula dari Hadhramut selain dari
Minangkabau.


Hampir semua orang Melayu di sini berasal dari luar Tanah Melayu
tetapi diiktiraf sebagai “bangsa Melayu” oleh Perlembagaan
Persekutuan. Kita adalah “Melayu mengikut takrifan Perlembagaan”
iaitu beragama Islam, mengamalkan adat resam Melayu dan bertutur
dalam bahasa Melayu. Malangnya, bahasa Melayu nampaknya dimatikan
oleh orang Melayu (UMNO) sendiri apabila dinamakan sebagai bahasa
Malaysia.


Oleh itu, orang Arab seperti Syed Hamid Albar dan saya, orang Aceh
seperti Sanusi Junid, orang India seperti Kader Sheikh Fadzir dan Nor
Mohamed Yakcop, orang Bugis seperti Najib, orang Minang seperti Rais
Yatim, orang Jawa seperti Mohamad Rahmat dan yang lain seperti dari
Madura, Pulau Boyan, Siam, Burma, Yunnan (China) dan selatan Filipina
dengan mudah boleh diiktirf sebagai “Melayu”.


Mereka diterima sebagai orang Melayu tidak kira sama ada mereka
bertutur bahasa Melayu atau tidak di rumah umpamanya si Arab
berbahasa Arab, si Jawa berbahasa Jawa dan si Minang berbahasa Minang
atupun si Mamak berbahasa Tamil.


Bahasa-bahasa yang disebut itu bukan bahasa Melayu dan jika dilihat
dari sudut Perlembagaan Persekutuan, tidak boleh diterima atau
diiktiraf sebagai bangsa Melayu. Walau bagaimanapun, atas kepentingan
dan faktor politik, semuanya diterima sebagai Melayu dan Bumiputera.


Oleh itu, adalah tidak adil untuk menuding jari kepada orang Cina
yang juga kaum pendatang sama seperti orang Arab, India, Aceh,
Minang, Batak, Mandailing, Jawa, Madura mahupun Bugis, sebagai
menumpang di negeri ini. Kita tidak boleh menafikan bahawa sebilangan
besar datuk nenek orang Cina telah berhijrah ke negeri ini semasa
Kesultanan Melayu Melaka, bahkan kesultanan-kesultanan terdahulu di
Kedah mahupun Terengganu dan Kelantan serta semasa Francis Light
berjaya menipu Sultan Kedah untuk menduduki Pulau Pinang pada 1786.


Kita adalah kaum pendatang yang menumpang hidup di negeri ini.
Golongan yang boleh diiktiraf sebagai orang asal atau anak bumi tulen
adalah mereka yang kita kenali sebagai Negrito, Jakun, Semang, Jahut,
Orang Laut, Orang Darat, Senoi dan suku kaum masyarakat Asli lain
yang masih menjadi penghuni belantara.


Kita tidak harus lupa akan sumbangan dan pengorbanan semua kaum dan
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Complementary packages from Hong Kong Tourism Board

I got a card from Poslaju under my house main door when I got home last night. Just wonder what that is...

Went to post office just now and guess what, letters are from Hong Kong Tourism Board.

In the envelope:

1) Letter from HKTB

2) Letter of complementary for 3 nights stay in HK Hotel listed by HKTB

3) Letter of complementary for 1 admission to Disneyland Hong Kong

4) Letter of complementary for 1 admission to Ocean Park including Lunch at restaurant.

5) Letter of complementary for 1 admission to Wetland Park Hong Kong

6) Letter of complementary for 1 pax of Hong Kong Island half day tour package

6) Letter of complementary meal voucher valued HK$500 for meal at Lan Kooi Fong restaurants

7) Letter of complementary for 1 pax round trip visit to Ugong Peng via cable car including HK$50 shopping voucher at the souvenir shop

All complementary vouchers are valid through 1 year until 30th of June 2009.
All complementary vouchers have no cash value and not transferable

The above set of complementary letters is for 1 person; my wife has another set of similar complementary letters. So to say we have doubled the package.

It is impressing that HKTB made such a complementary to recover incident of Tatami Hampton Hotel. The duty of HKTB is to take care of Hong Kong tourism industry, and yes, they are doing it very well.

My wife and I as victims in this incident, we were lost in the strange place when we were asked to leave the hotel at 10:30PM 17 June 2008. I explained to the reporter that I understand the situation where by the fault is not with HKTB nor HK government. All faults should be responsible by the Tatami Hampton Hotel itself.

Please look at my previous post for the incident descriptions.

Check related post: Tatami Hampton Hotel closed down on 18 June 2008


My wife and I are very happy to be treated well upon the incident; we would like to express our appreciation to the following parties:

Hong Kong Tourism Board 香港旅游发展局
http://www.hktb.com/sc/index.jsp

Hong Kong Consumer Council 香港消费者委员会
http://www.consumer.org.hk/website/ws_chi/

Hong Kong Police Force 皇家香港警察
http://sc.info.gov.hk/gb/www.police.gov.hk/hkp-home/chinese/index.htm


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Hong Kong government apologises to evicted tourists

Hong Kong's government has apologised to tourists who were kicked out of a hotel that was taken over by a city bank due to an unpaid loan.

Dozens of bewildered visitors from across Asia, Australia and Europe were ordered to leave the hotel after Bank of East Asia (BEA) took possession of the property on Wednesday.

"We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience and unhappiness caused to the tourists," Au King-chi, Hong Kong commissioner for tourism, told reporters.

"We should have set up a counter at the hotel two or three hours after the incident took place to provide information to tourists on the prices and availability of hotel rooms nearby and arrange for transfer."

The guests were evicted following a prolonged battle between BEA and Labour Buildings, the company that runs the hotel, over an unpaid 80 million Hong Kong dollar ($A10.79 million) loan.

Labour Buildings, a former investment arm of the Taiwan's Kuomintang political party, said it had been originally granted the loan to curry favour with the party 10 years ago, the South China Morning Post reported.

The company issued a statement condemning BEA, saying the bank's actions were harmful to the tourism industry of the south Chinese city.

"Under no circumstances can the Bank of East Asia and the bailiffs drive hotel guests away. The bank's right to possession does not mean it can cold-bloodedly drive away hotel guests," it said.

The hotel would offer refund to guests who had already paid for their bookings, the statement added.

A spokeswoman for Bank of East Asia told AFP it had no comment to make.

"How could something like this happen in Hong Kong?" said a woman from mainland China who identified herself as Li, according to the Post.

She only discovered the problem when she arrived in Hong Kong on Wednesday evening with her three teenage daughters and was told she could not stay in the Tatami Hampton Hotel, situated in the bustling Mongkok area of the city.

A notice posted in the hotel lobby said that it had been taken over by lawyers representing the bank and the bailiff pursuing a court order, the report said. TV images showed the doors to the hotel bolted closed.

Hong Kong, which styles itself as "Asia's World City", spends millions of dollars every year attracting tourists from the mainland and across the world.

However, it was hit by a string of tourism scandals last year, when visitors on cheap package deals, often from mainland China, were forced to visit certain stores and strongly encouraged to buy goods before being allowed to leave.

Source: Yahoo! News, AsiaOne

Check related post: Tatami Hampton Hotel closed down on 18 June 2008

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50 guests ejected as hotel closes

A three-star Mong Kok hotel suddenly shut its doors last night throwing 50 guests onto the street.

Bailiffs served a closure order on the 108-room Tatami-Hampton Hotel in Changsha Street after the owner lost a court battle with Bank of East Asia, which was granted HK$82 million in damages.

Police were called to keep order as angry guests were forced to leave.

Fifty visitors were affected but by last night only 37 could be contacted.

Most guests booked through the internet.

Many were from the mainland but there were others from Taiwan, Malaysia, Australia, Italy, Singapore and Argentina. One was from Hong Kong.

One mainland visitor, who checked in just hours before he was thrown out, said he was surprised when he could not get into his room when he returned in the evening.

He said he knew no one in Hong Kong and his first concern was to find a place to spend the night.

Two sisters from Shanghai paid HK$3,000 for three nights. One said it was irresponsible of management to accept guests when they were fighting a lawsuit.

The 18-story hotel is close to tourist attractions including Tung Choi Street, Garden Street and Temple Street.

Federation of Hong Kong Hotel Owners executive director Michael Li Hon-shing said the incident underlined deficiencies in hotel grading. A budget establishment with some decoration and very simple facilities inside can easily call itself a hotel it gives tourists a wrong impression that hotels in Hong Kong are like that, he said.

A legal definition of different hotel gradings is important in guaranteeing the type and quality of services and facilities.

He said the only check on hotels is the Hotel and Guesthouse Accommodation Ordinance, which only monitors fire prevention in hotels.

But he said the way the hotel closed down is unacceptable and will affect Hong Kongs image.

Source: Diana Lee and Carol Chung

Check related post: Tatami Hampton Hotel closed down on 18 June 2008

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Tatami Hampton Hotel closed down on 18 June 2008

With great surprise that after the a day of travelling within Hong Kong Island, I saw there are so many people carrying camera at the front doors of Tatami Hampton Hotel, Mongkok, Hong Kong.

At the beginning we were so excited that there might have some superstars in the mist of filming, but when we got closer, we discovered that were wrong, they are reporters.

Doors that going up to the hotel rooms were locked and only a small door to the reception area were left opened. I got to know from one senior uncle that this hotel has been handed over to the court and all guest have to leave the hotel immediately.

I was like "What?, the hotel that I stayed last night close shop?" I had a feeling at that time that we are going to find some place to stay on that night, and that was at about 10.00PM.

We know time is ticking, suddenly I saw a guest came out from the small doors, immediately more than 10 reporters were go near to him to ask questions.

I know that is a great timing, we walk straight into the hotel lobby.

I saw policemen all around; one guy came over to ask if I am guest of this hotel, and explain to me what was happened today.

The policemen were so helpful, and they speak in nice tone. I recorded my room number, contact information and I went up to pack my stuffs.

I made a call to one of my friend in Hong Kong, and he was so surprise. He is then helped me to look for any budget hotel room available nearby.

One of the policemen volunteers to lend me his personal mobile phone to make phone call when I requested to use phone at the front desk. He was then spoke to my friend and helped to take down the address of a hotel (Y.W.C.A.) nearby.

We took taxi to Y.W.C.A., check in and sigh!! We have a shelter now…

We were told to contact the following council for complaints.

Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong
Address: Rm. 1706, 250 King’s Road, North Point, Hong Kong.
Telephone: 2969 8188
Visitor Hotline: 2807 0707

Consumer Council
Address: G/F,3 Ashlet Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong.
Telephone: 2929 2222

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以目前消費能力, 更多人變窮

（吉隆坡15日訊）多名經濟學家認為，燃油持續調漲，將會影響政府在2010年達零度貧窮的目標。

他們認為，根據人民目前的消費能力，已有更多人民，其實已被歸類“貧窮”一群。

多名經濟學家是反駁首相署部長丹斯里阿米爾桑日前指出，雖然國際原油價格繼續漲價，政府仍會成功達致零度貧窮目標的言論。

大馬回教銀行高級經濟人員阿茲魯阿茲瓦對《馬新社》指出，人民目前的消費能力，已有明顯的降低。

“燃油漲價，導致其他物價如食用品、必需品與服務領域，也隨著提高。”

他說，對于貧窮一群，燃油漲價將嚴重打擊他們的生活，一年前，他們被迫承擔食品價格的壓力，他們如今再次承受燃油飆漲帶來的衝擊，實際上，他們的收入卻未增加。

協助低收入群

他補充，以前家庭收入少過1500令吉的貧窮家庭，需花費約40至50%收入充當生活費，目前他們更需勒緊褲帶過活。

他說，目前的貧窮線措施，需重新探討，因未真正反映實況。

他建議，政府應從撙節措施省下的20億令吉，協助低收入群，但並非金錢協助而已，政府需確認該低收入群者，並給予其他方面協助。

此外，安聯投資銀行銷售機構副主席助理沙魯卡瑪說，隨著燃油漲價，更多人民將被歸類低收入群，人民應通過政聯企業（GLC），共同享有富裕機會。

他認為，政聯企業如國油與國能應分發現金紅利給人民，如新加坡政府于去年曾分發紅利給其人民，每人獲得約1800令吉。

前馬大人文與科學院院長拿督再納認為，政府應專注三方面，即食物、交通與服務，以及衛生，關注低收入群。


世界各國燃油價格比較
國家 每公升 （令吉）
荷蘭 8.87
丹麥 7.77
德國 7.73
芬蘭 7.61
意大利 7.50
比利時 7.30
英國 7.27
香港 7.19
法國 6.98
冰島 6.55
匈牙利 6.43
新加坡 5.65
紐西蘭 5.23
巴西 5.21
斯里蘭卡 5.17
日本 4.85
澳洲 4.74
加拿大 4.62
印度 4.47
智利 4.16
泰國 3.96
菲律賓 3.93
哥倫比亞 3.51
美國 3.51
巴基斯坦 3.40
馬來西亞 2.70
中國 2.44
墨西哥 2.15
印尼 2.09
汶萊 1.28
阿拉伯聯合酋長國 1.21
埃及 1.05
巴林 0.87
科威特 0.80
卡塔爾 0.68
沙地阿拉伯 0.59
伊朗 0.36
尼日利亞 0.33
土庫曼 0.26
委內瑞拉 0.15

Source: chinapress.com.my

Increase Petrol Price mean More $aving per Year for NGV users!

The petrol price increase from Rm1.92/litre to RM2.70/litre today (6 June 2008) which increase about 40% .

By referring to Petrol price for the past 18 years since 1990

before 1990 - RM 0.89
Year 1990 - RM 1.10 (increase RM 0.21)
01/10/2000- RM 1.20 (increase RM 0.10)
20/10/2001- RM 1.30 (increase RM 0.10)
01/05/2002- RM 1.32 (increase RM 0.02)
31/10/2002- RM 1.33 (increase RM 0.01)
01/03/2003- RM 1.35 (increase RM 0.02)
01/05/2004- RM 1.37 (increase RM 0.02)
01/10/2004- RM 1.42 (increase RM 0.05)
05/05/2005- RM 1.52 (increase RM 0.10)
31/07/2005- RM 1.62 (increase RM 0.10)
28/02/2006- RM 1.92 (increase RM 0.30)
04/06/2008- RM 2.70 (increase RM 0.78)

This is the worst increase in history.

With the increase of petrol price by 40%, see the below comparisons tawards NGV:

Price per Kilometer comparision
Petrol RM0.22 / km (at RM1.92/litre)
Petrol RM0.31 / km (at RM2.70/litre)
NGV RM0.06 / km (at RM0.68/litre)

Saving of RM0.16 /km (at RM1.92/litre)
Saving of RM0.25 /km (at RM2.70/litre)

that is about 73% saving (at RM1.92/litre)
that is about 80% saving (at RM2.70/litre)


Take an average of drive of 60km daily for 30 days per month.

Total distance 60 x 30 = 1800km
Total fuel price consume per month:Petrol RM0.22 x 1800 = RM396 (at RM1.92/litre)
Total fuel price consume per month:Petrol RM0.31 x 1800 = RM558 (at RM2.70/litre)
Natural Gas(CNG) RM0.06 x 2100 = RM108 (at RM0.68/litre)

Saving per month is RM288 (at RM1.92/litre)
Saving per month is RM450 (at RM2.70/litre)

Yearly Saving RM288 x 12 = Rm3456
Yearly Saving RM450 x 12 = Rm5400


Investment Point of View
If you were to get RM457 per month from bank for Fixed Deposit at 3.7% per year, you have to deposit RM148,243 in bank.


Price around RM2900 to RM3200 for Carburetor Car
Price around Rm5500 to RM6500 for Fuel Injection Car


Installment available for credit card user.
Use the saving for installment. Probably you got extra $ after paying the installment .

Worries?

1)Stop worry about queue ?

You can always find the right time to pump NGV. Furthermore, more and more has been built lately which mean less queue. The best about converting to NGV, you still have the option to use petrol, just in case run out of gas.

2) Worry no power?

Visit our forum. http://www.ngvcommunity.com on ways to increase power.

Is time to convert to NGV today!

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油價漲．6月5日生效 汽油漲78仙 柴油漲RM1

June 5, 2008 02:44

油價漲．6月5日生效 汽油漲78仙 柴油漲RM1

（布城4日訊）首相拿督斯里阿都拉宣布，汽油于明日起價78仙，每公升無鉛汽油從1.92漲至2.70。有鉛汽油從1.88令吉漲至2.66令吉，兩者的漲幅皆是78仙。柴油從1.58漲至2.58，漲幅1令吉。

石油氣 天然氣 不受影響

液化石油氣和德士天然氣不受影響。

他說，政府將在每個月檢討油價，無論起落，但會比市價低30仙。

至于長期獲政府補貼，以1令吉打柴油的漁民和以1.20令吉一公升添柴油的船主，這類柴油價格將劃一成1.4令吉。

首相今午約5時35仙在首相署召開記者會，發佈新燃油機制時如此宣布。首相的宣佈，也意味明天起全國油站價格將自由浮動，上述新價格將維持至少1個月。

政府上次公布汽油和柴油每公升起30仙，是2006年2月28日。

有關油價漲至各種價格的謠言和手機短訊，早在首相正式宣布前在全國傳透透。通過口傳、手機短訊及電郵，自今午開始四處流傳。其實，早在上週六，有關油價漲手機短訊已四傳，貿消部長拿督沙里爾受詢時否認此事。

在政府同意讓油價自由浮動后，很多人預測油價可能漲至4令吉一公升。今天的國際原油價是124美元一桶。



更新: June 4, 2008 20:21

政府提供現金回扣

（吉隆坡4日訊）首相阿都拉宣佈，國內半島引擎容量少于2公升的私家車車主，及引擎容量少于2.5公升的卡車與小型貨車車主、將享有每年625令吉的添油現金回扣。
引擎容量少于250CC的摩哆車主，則享有每年150令吉的添油現金回扣。

那些引擎容量多于2公升的房車車主，與引擎容量高于250CC的摩哆車主，則可從今年6月1日開始，在更新路稅時，享有分別200令吉與50令吉的現金回扣。

雖然如此，那些回扣50令吉后的摩哆車主，仍需繳付最低2令吉的路稅。

他說，政府將通過郵政匯票（Postal Orders），回扣現金給合格車主。

他指出，所有在今年4月1日至明年3月31日期間更新路稅的車主，可在今年7月1日起，前往郵政局領取有關現金回扣的郵政匯票。

Source: chinapress.com.my

Don’t subsidise fuel, don’t tax cars

I AGREE with Dzof Azmi’s argument in Fueling trouble with petrol subsidies, (Contradictheory, StarMag, March 30) that the Government cannot afford to subsidies petrol and keep prices artificially low forever.

However, I want to point out that when you talk about the price of petrol, you have to also talk about the price of cars in Malaysia. These two items go hand in hand, something that Dzof failed to mention.

If one expects the rakyat to pay the real price of petrol (say, RM3 per litre) in the future when the petrol subsidy is zero, then the price of cars must also be real, ie. be tax free.

If one expects the people to pay the full, real-world price of petrol – and I must say it is a perfectly reasonable expectation – then the rakyat expects, also reasonably, to buy cars at real-world prices, without the exorbitant taxes currently imposed.

For example, a Toyota Corolla at the real price of US$19,000 (RM60,500) instead of artificially high at RM117,000.

Now, when the average consumer buys a car, he has already paid (in the form of import duties, excise duties, and sale tax) to the Government, in advance, a sum greater than the petrol subsidy he can expect to enjoy over the time he owns the car.

Let me give you an example. If a consumer buys a Toyota Corolla at RM117,000, the tax he pays, up front, to the Government is more than RM50,000.

Then, he enjoys the fuel subsidy each time he fills up with petrol. To benefit from the RM50,000 that he has paid, in advance, it will take approximately 16 years (assuming he uses 60 litres of petrol a week and the subsidy is RM1 per litre)!

So, it is not fair to say that the subsidy of petrol has to be reduced or removed when the commodity price goes up, without reducing or abolishing the hefty taxes on cars.

You can’t use the “cheapest petrol in South-East Asia” and “price of crude oil has skyrocketed” excuses to justify the reduction in petrol subsidy as long as the ridiculously high tax is imposed on cars.

The rakyat won’t buy your story because we know that we, as motorists, have already paid for the petrol “subsidy”, in advance!

Source: Jimmy Wah, Bayan Lepas, Penang.

DBKL membalas dendam terhadap penduduk Wangsa Maju

DBKL membalas dendam terhadap penduduk Wangsa Maju

Saya telah menduduk di Wangsa Maju lebih kurang 10 tahun. Saya selalu membeli makanan daripada kedai-kedai makanan di kawasan ini. Walauput beberapa kedai makanan di kawasan telah berada di situ selama puluh-puluh tahun, tetapi kebanyakannya telah ditutup oleh DBKL hari ini. Sejak pukul 8 pagi hari ini, sekumpulan orang berseragam DBKL tiba di kawasan perniagaan Desa Setapak dan merobohkan semua gerai makanan. DBKL bilang gerai-gerai ini adalah tidak berlesen dan tidak diizin untuk berniaga di kawasan situ.





Ini adalah gerai makanan yang saya selalu membeli makanan daripadanya. Ia telah dirobohkan oleh DBKL hari ini.


Pemilik kedai dan gerai tidak dapat berbuat apa-apa. Mereka pun minta tolong daripada MP Wangsa Maju Wee Chu Keong, tetapi menurut beliau, DBKL bukan di bawah kuasanya, lagipun peniaga-peniaga ini adalah haram. MP Wee cuma boleh meminta DBKL until memperlambatkan gerakan perobohan, supaya peniaga-peniaga yang dipengaruhi dapat mencari tempat baru. Tetapi DBKL engan beri peluang bagaimanapun.



Apabila DBKL sedang merobohkan gerai-gerai makanan, pemilik kedai dan pekerjanya sibuk melarikan alat-alat masakan supaya tidak dirosakkan.


DBKL guna mesin yang begitu berat, hingga jalan raya telah dirosakkan. Bolehkah penduduk Wangsa Maju sue DBKL sebab jalan raya kena rosak???

Pemilik gerai terpaksa memindah alat-alat berniaga ke tepi jalan supaya tidak diambil oleh DBKL.


Bahan-bahan besi telah dikumpulkan dan dimasukkan ke dalam lori DBKL. Saya mendapati lori DBKL terbagi kepada dua jenis, yang kumpul sampah dan yang kumpul bahan besi. Boleh tahulah, sebab harga besi semakin mahal hari ini.

Di tempat yang tidak jauh, terdapat satu gerai makanan yang pemiliknya Melayu.Mengapakah gerai ini tidak dirobohkan? Menurut kepada pegawai DBKL, kawasan ini bukan kawalan DBKL, dan dia hanya disuruh untuk merobohkan gerai makanan pemilik kaum Cina. Walaupun pemilik kedai kaum Cina telah menunjukkan lesen perniagaan kepada pegawai DBKL, tetap gerainya juga kena roboh.


Ada orang berkata, gerai-gerai Melayu ini adalah berlesen. Jadi, gerai ini boleh meneruskan perniagaannya. Tetapi, saya ada satu soalan, mengapa di tempat yang sama, gerai kaum Melayu boleh dapat lesen perniagaan, dan gerai makanan kaum Cina dapat lesen perniagaan yang tidak sama? Lagipun ada gerai-gerai kaum Melayu ini baru saja buka.

Adakah sebab MP Wangsa Maju dahulu Yew Teong Look telah kalah dalam pilihan raya? Pada zaman Zulhasnan Rafique sebagai MP Wangsa Maju hingga ke zaman Yew Teong Look, masalah ini tidak pernah berlaku. Adakah ini aktiviti balas dendam DBKL terhadap penduduk Wangsa Maju? Jangan lupa, Zulhasnan Rafique dan Yew Teong Look penguat kuasa di department willayah persekutuan, lebih tinggi kuasanya daripada DBKL.

Yang amat saya rasa bimbang bukan saja kehidupan peniaga itu, tetapi juga penduduk-penduduk kaum Cina yang tiada lagi tempat untuk membeli makanan Cina.

Chinese version: http://jlim16.blogspot.com/2008/05/blog-post.html

Source: http://760724.blogspot.com/2008/05/blog-post_2767.html

是遲來的行動還是政治陰謀？

是遲來的行動還是政治陰謀？

我居住在「旺沙瑪珠」說久不久，也有超過十年了。這里的每一間美食中心我都幫襯過無數次，甚至有些美食中心在這里營業已超過十年之久。但是今天，他們終于收檔了。DBKL 從早上八點就拉大隊到來拆除他們的搭棚攤位/店面，說他們是非法的，在沒有營業執照之下做生意。






我時常幫襯的美食中心「42」(因為它的門牌是 42 號)，今天也面臨這個避免不了的倒閉命運。我會永遠記得這里的炒馃條、沙勞越干撈面、沙勞越喇沙、雜飯、云吞面、白咖啡冰等等的味道。



店主只能望著被挖空了的平地嘆無奈。店主表示他們 (小販們) 已有向黃朱強要求協助，但還是避免不了這場災難，更批評黃朱強無能。后來我得到消息，黃朱強真的無能為力，他表示這些小販的確是非法的，他不能夠做些什么，最多只能拖延拆檔行動。



店前的鏟泥機在工作，店后的員工忙著搬走東西。



利用這么笨重的鏟泥機展開拆檔行動，道路也被弄壞了。

店主和檔主把自己的謀生工具搬到一旁，以免被市政局弄壞或搬走。

勤勞的收爛鐵，賣個好價錢，大家口袋滿滿。我看見市政局的羅里是分為兩種的，一種是專收爛鐵的，另一種是專收垃圾的，你自己想想到底是怎么回事吧。

對面路的馬來檔口，高朋滿座，看熱鬧的路人享用著拉茶，邊喝邊看，非常享受。最糟糕的就是，這個馬來檔口里頭的大多數顧客都是華人顧客。問題是為什么這些馬來檔口沒有被拆呢？市政局官員向店主們說：「那邊不是我們管的，我不知道，我只收到命令來拆你們的而已。」店主強調他們也是合法的，他也有出示營業執照和地契給市政局官員過目，但還是不能避免這次的拆檔行動。


有人說這些馬來檔口是有執照的，所以可以平安無事的繼續營業。我又發現了一個問題，為什么這些在同一個地方做生意的馬來檔口可以得到營業執照，而華人檔口則不能得到同等的營業執照呢？更何況這些馬來檔口都是蠻新的，才剛開不久呢。唉～真的是同人不同命。不要誤會，我沒有種族歧視，或挑撥任何種族課題，只是覺得馬來西亞政府在很多方面上的政策真的很有問題而已。

是不是因為上一屆的旺沙瑪珠國會議員姚長祿，輸掉了這個長久以來都是國陣的安全選區的問題呢？從之前 Zulhasnan Rafique 的掌管時期，到分割為兩個選區 (Setia Wangsa + Wangsa Maju) 的姚長祿掌管時期，一直以來都沒有這個問題出現。是因為市政局遲來的行動？還是一場小小的政治陰謀呢？你自己猜想吧。不要忘記哦，Zulhasnan Rafique 和姚長祿之前都是掌管聯邦直轄區部門的哦，DBKL 是 under 他們的部門的哦。

到最后，我覺得最可憐的，不是這些小販和店主，而是天天來這里吃早午晚餐的學生們。住在這里的拉曼生們，以后沒有飯吃咯！就把今天這個悲哀的日子定為 521 Wangsa Maju Hawkers & Residence's Disaster Day 吧。

Malay version: http://jlim16.blogspot.com/2008/05/dbkl-membalas-dendam-terhadap-penduduk.html

Source: http://760724.blogspot.com/2008/05/blog-post_2767.html

Story of the Ant & The Grasshopper.

A new way to look at things...
Really a good one to read. well put to whoever who wrote this article !!!


Older Version

The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house
and laying up supplies for the winter.

The Grasshopper thinks the Ant is a fool and laughs & dances & plays
the summer away.

Come winter, the Ant is warm and well fed.

The Grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold.



Modern Version

The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house
and laying up supplies for the winter.

The Grasshopper thinks the Ant's a fool and laughs & dances & plays
the summer away.

Come winter, the shivering Grasshopper calls a press conference and
demands to know why the Ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed
while others are cold and starving.

TV1, TV2 & TV3 show up to provide pictures of the shivering Grasshopper
next to a video of the Ant in his comfortable home with a table filled
with food.

The majority of the Malaysian Parliment are stunned by the sharp
contrast. How can this poor Grasshopper allowed suffering so?

Khairy stages a demonstration in front of the Ant's house.

Nazri goes on a fast along with other Grasshoppers demanding that
Grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter.

Most of the related people criticizes the Malaysia Government for not
upholding the fundamental rights of the Grasshopper.

The local news paper & the Internet is flooded with online petitions
seeking support to the Grasshopper (many promising Heaven and
Everlasting Peace for prompt support as against the wrath of God for
non-compliance) .

Deputy minister immediately passes a law preventing Ants from working
hard in the heat so as to bring about equality of poverty among Ants and
Grasshoppers.

Hishammudin makes 'More Special Reservation ' for Grasshoppers in
Educational Institutions & in Government Services.

The Ant; fined for failing to comply with 30% sharing and having nothing
left to pay his retroactive taxes; its home is confiscated by the
Government and handed over to the Grasshopper in a ceremony
covered by maju ---------.

Prime Minister announces to the whole Malaysia that this is part of the
NEP and all have to respect, no question ask and have to follow it.

Many years later...

The Ant has since migrated to the US and set up a multi-billion dollar
company.

100s of Grasshoppers still die of starvation despite reservation
somewhere in Malaysia

Because of loosing lot of hard working Ants and feeding the
Grasshoppers, Malaysia is still a developing country!!!

All because the ANTS are still doing their work