20% cut in street crimes 'unrealistic'

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vox populi small thumbnail ‘What's Najib going to do? Ban Malaysians from going out on the streets. That's the usual response of Malaysians to any difficult problems.’

On Mr PM, get cracking on those KPIs

Dennis Madden: Najib and Co are so transparently hypocritical with their KPIs. Introducing them as they are some new concept in the management of government, the problem is that the rest of the world has been using KPIs for 20 to 30 years.

Some of the targets are chronically overdue, such as the road building programme in Sabah and Sarawak. And of course, being Umno they simply can’t get away from the idea that progress means construction, which means cash in the pocket for cronies.

Others are totally unrealistic like the 20% reduction in street crimes by 2010. What's he going to do? Ban Malaysians from going out on the streets. That's the usual response of Malaysians to any difficult problems.

Ong: The ever increasing number of gated residential communities points clearly to two conclusions:

  • The public do not feel safe from crime
  • -The public has given up on the police for protection

Except for those housing projects approved under the Strata Titles Act, all the so-called gated communities are actually illegally-run despite obtaining some form of approval from the authorities.

Closing entry points to public roads with drums and bars is illegal. Stopping other people from passing through public roads is illegal. People are being forced into illegal acts because our police have abdicated their roles and neglected their duties as protectors of public safety.

Our police even advise residents on how best to set up illegally-run gated communities. The fact they, the police, are giving advice on the setting up of illegal gated communities gives legitimacy to such illegal acts.

On High Chaparral battle gets French connection

AC: I am a Bukit Gelugor resident and would like to say something on this issue. It looks like the remarks from Hindraf advisor N Ganesan and London-based Hindraf chairperson P Waythamoorthy are grossly unfair to the present Penang state government and they behave like opportunists in exploiting sensitive issues to their own advantage.

Do you agree that if Pakatan Rakyat has not won the March 8 general election, the BN government will allow the said development to be implemented because the dispute parties have argued their case up to the highest court in Malaysia in which the decision is binding on all parties?

What I do not understand is that why Waythamoorthy keeps blaming the Pakatan state government in alienating and transferring the land on March 27 - 19 days after it won the election. Please to be fair to CM Lim on what he can do during the first 19 days as even the task of forming new government has not been stabilised and also he needed the time to familiarise with the past BN state administration.

I personally feel that Waythamoorthy and Ganesan have certain ulterior motive in purposely misleading the public because they are fully aware that the administrative steps involved in the issuance of new land title is strictly in the hand of ADO/DO (assistant district officer/district officer) of respective district land office. When they received the full payment in accordance to the exco’s decision, the approval to the said land title had already been issued to the applicant under the previous BN government.

I am sure you are fully aware that the ADO/DO need not refer the matter to the exco again in the issuance of the land title. And in this particular case, officers in that district land office certainly try to help or assist the developer to complete the transaction as soon as possible before it is too late.

And please accept the fact that most of the district land officers are still mainly under the influence of the previous administration. I dare say that if Pakatan has not won the March 8 GE, the payment of premium will not be made in such a short time after the elections.

On Najib 'an iron fist in velvet glove'

CK: I am sure many BN leaders knows what Chua Jui Meng (CJM) is talking about on why he joined PKR. The problem is that, as a BN leader, he or she can not simply comment negatively towards the BN government. This is very clear now that CJM can comment so much because he is no longer tied to BN’s unwritten rules. I hope more people can follow CJM’s footsteps instead of being tied up unnecessary.

Martin Jalleh: Sad that it took 23 long years in MCA, whilst playing the politics of convenience, comfort and compromise, and in the twilight of his life, Chua Jui Meng has finally seen the light.

Sad that only after when his party had rejected him of its presidency that it dawned hard on him that he was standing on the wrong side of history!

Sad that after years of discounting truth and short-changing Bolehland by dishing out MCA's brand of politics, and slavishly supporting Umno's hegemony, Chua now says he wants to be counted in "the struggle to protect, preserve and promote the growth of this (two-party) system”.

Alas, it’s a sad joke!



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