'The PM has turned to his family to help woo the Chinese back. Desperate times calls for desperate measures but getting his family to do a ‘Sound of Music' number is pathetic.'
Rosmah and son serenade Chinese business do
Doc: Times are really bad for Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak. He needs the Chinese votes more then ever in view of the dissipating Indian and Malay voters if he and BN are to scrape through the next general elections. MCA's never-ending squabbles and Umno's ultra-Malay stance have alienated the Chinese from BN.
Getting no support from MCA and even his Umno party, he has turned to his family to help woo the Chinese back. Desperate times calls for desperate measures but getting his family to do a ‘Sound of Music' number is pathetic.
Teh: Someone should tell Norashman that this song has already been taken up by PAS. The ‘Moon Represents My Heart' is actually the PAS moon symbol and not Umno's ‘keris'. Najib and Rosmah Mansor should try singing some other song. Be more creative and innovative. Don't just copy other people's ideas.
By the way the Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (ACCIM) and MCA do not represent the Chinese community comprising the hawkers, the factory workers and other ordinary citizens whose votes will matter most to Umno. So pandering to them is barking at the wrong tree (or moon in this case).
Foo Wy Len: Ma'am and Junior, a nice try and I thank you for trying but what about Umno's ‘Ketuanan Melayu' and the ranting by Perkasa and its ilk?
You may sing the same song 1,000 times or 1,000 other Mandarin songs but one thing for certain - MCA and ACCIM may represent themselves but definitely not the ordinary/simple Chinese like me who just want to be treated as a Malaysian and have a better tomorrow for my children. There must be more Chinese like me than all the Chinese in MCA/ACCIM/Gerakan/Supp combined.
Gk: Najib is still living in a denial mode when he says ‘The Chinese community needs your (I presume MCA and Gerakan's) leadership'. The fact is that the Chinese community has already abandoned the whole of the BN and not just MCA and Gerakan. All right-thinking Malaysians irrespective of our colour and beliefs are favouring fair play, natural justice for all, meritocracy, institutions of integrity with the high morals and diversity that we find in Pakatan Rakyat.
As long as you choose to stick to your idea of Malay supremacy and supporting the racist Perkasa, your propaganda of a ‘1Malaysia' alone will not be able to win you back support from right-thinking Malaysians.
Sedarlah kamu dari keangkuhan. Yang kami idamkan dari Umno and BN ialah apa yang dapat kami cari pada Pakatan Rakyat. Kalau anda dapat membuat demikian, alangkah lebih bagus bagi rakyat? Rakyat ada lebih pilihan, bukan setakat Pakatan Rakyat saja. Insaflah kamu.
Penang cops visit Anwar at his office
Rayfire: What is wrong with the police? Have they all gone insane under the direction of the current inspector-general of police? With all the many other high-profile criminal cases cropping up on daily basis, they still find time to yet again harass opposition politicians.
What nonsense is this? The police made three of the four reports against Anwar Ibrahim which prompted this investigation! And who is this 'concerned citizen' ? Another fictitious character to justify the investigation? Please, this is getting ridiculous.
Don't sell your soul to the devils in power just to pander to them! God, my beloved nation is being dragged down into hell by corrupt, selfish leaders of no substance. Please save us, please give us rakyat the strength to change replace these goons of the highest degree.
Kopi O: Three police officers travelling all the way from Penang to Petaling Jaya. That means meal allowances, travelling and accomodation expenses for all of them. It looks like the rakyat is footing the bill for police intimidation again.
Sentinel: The more they harass you, Anwar, the more the people of Penang will throw their support behind Pakatan. Penangites love an underdog, but of course Najib and Rosmah won't understand that.
AP for state reps: 'Do they deserve it?'
Ong: I applaud all those people, including non-politicians, who wish to serve the people and get paid peanuts without the necessity of any perks. It is their choice. However, they should not demand that others must follow their example.
And Malaysian voters should not expect politicians to serve them with complete honesty and full enthusiasm while at the same time expecting these politicians to be happy and satisfied at being paid peanuts and without some perks.
With perhaps some rare exceptions, I expect most politicians to be normal humans wanting to earn a good income to provide for themselves and their families. What we don't want are politicians like those from BN who are adept at turning a RM100 million contracts into RM300 million contracts for their cronies.
Ukisok: What about the deserving, hard-working man on the street? The ordinary citizen? Don't they deserve ‘value for their money'. The legislators have cheated them with hugely marked-up car prices.
Proton is cheaper overseas than in Malaysia. Foreign cars are cheaper overseas as well. BN, Pakatan and independent reps don't deserve this perk if they cannot get the citizens to enjoy cheaper cars because of bad government policies. Members of parliament must earn their perks first.
Ahmad Iqhbal: Deserve an AP? Simply put ‘no'; they do not serve a free AP any more than the rest of us. Especially when the whole AP system was supposed to be dismantled this year (2010) but somehow got extended to god knows when.
Hindraf joins forces with indigenous group in London
Temenggong: I am happy to note that Hindraf has assisted in opening doors for other marginalised communities like the Ibans and Kadazans and internationalised their long-ignored issues. Finally, the 18 and 20 Point Agreements are coming into focus on the world stage!
No one can now say that Hindraf is working for the Indians only. It is clear to the world that they are for all marginalised minorities. Now, where were our opposition Pakatan leaders? Why were they not at the British House of Commons highlighting such issues involving our marginalised communities?
Mr Anandha: I just do not understand why do we have to blame others for the systematic failure of the community due to the blind faith we had in caste, religion and race (among Indian born).
Vasagar, an MIC leader during the pre-independence era was disposed of by the Indian community just because he was a North Indian (this because of the struggle over the Tamil language which was going on then in south India).
This although he was a leader who had vision. He was replaced by VT Sambanthan who did not have any qualification to be a community leader other than being a millionaire's son and a Tamil.
After that, the Indian community keep alienating themselves along the Tamil language and Tamil culture and 53 years have passed and we are still blaming others. Look at the Punjabi. For your information, one MIC president was a Punjabi.
How has the Punjabi community developed over the same period without any handouts from the government. The Telegu community have also done tremendously well. Have we pondered why?
