Archive for January, 2008
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 1,024 views
Angeles commented in my previous post :
“mmm… just tell me how u gonna spend your cny hols… i not interested to knw abt other things 
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Guess that my previous post a bit too boring and un-interesting to read Reading too many bad news can be hazardous to health and cause mental damage. With what is happening in this country, the odd of getting brain damage is definitely very high. Oh, if you want to read feel good news, just grab a copy of either The Star, NST, Berita Harian, Harian Metro, Utusan Malaysia, Sinar…
CNY is coming!!! I am going back to Sarawak this Friday! Depart from KLIA at 8.50pm to Kuching, flying MAS this time. (Baru ada class beb! Haha!) It was because when I did my ticket booking, Air Asia ticket was more expensive then MAS. Damn it, a week after I booked mine, Air Asia came out with cheaper tickets. $@^%^%!!!
It is been a long long time since I back to my hometown. The last time I went back Sarawak was to attend a friend’s wedding, back in March? And oh-mai-goat! This time I go back, I am already an uncle! Yes, that friend gave birth last December. That’s fast! 
So how I am going to spend my CNY holiday? First thing first.
1. Eat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kolo Mee - I miss kolo mee so farking much!!!!! Argh!! What else?
(image source : vkeong.com)
Sarawak Laksa – How’s that!!!
Tian Pien Hu / Ding Bian Hu - I just love this man! ArghhhhhH!!
(image source : The Glutton Queen )
Tomato Kueh Teow – my all time favourite!
I am tired of uploading photos I actually want to put up more photos of what I want to eat and drink, but then it will suck all the bandwidth Lazy lah… You get my point. I want to eat… eat… and eat… first thing I will do when I land in Sarawak! Muahahahhahah! I shall continue on the rest of the things I plan to do during CNY holidays in my next post. (mudah mudahan…)
p/s : Man, posting and adding photos is so tedious, how the fark Cibol and Zewt manages to do that for most of their posts :D
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 425 views
This is an updated post for the previous ‘Tell Us, Pak Lah’ post in regard to Malaysia’s Competitiveness Ranking published in the World Competitiveness Yearbook 2007 report.
Malaysia’s competitiveness: Anwar accuses Abdullah of “misleading”
PETALING JAYA, Jan 30 (ES) – Former deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has accused the current premier of making a “deliberately misleading” claim that Malaysia is currently ranked eight in the world in term of competitiveness.
Anwar who is also former finance minister said “closer examination” of the data released by World Competitiveness Report 2007, revealed that the claim was only true within the category of countries with a population of 20 million or more.
In a press conference held here Jan 29, Anwar who is also the opposition People Justice Party (KeADILan) de facto leader said Malaysia “in fact” was ranked only 23rd in the world.
“Fifteen of the twenty two countries ranked above Malaysia in 2007 have populations of less than 20 million people, while seven of the twenty two have populations exceeding 20 million,” he noted.
Competitiveness is plummeting, Anwar countered
He noted that Malaysia’s competitiveness had worsened compared to 2006 from the same report. Malaysia was ranked 22nd in 2006 and its best ever ranking was at 17th place in 1997.
Anwar said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi’s decision to resort to such “misdirection” was a “weak attempt” to hide the fact that Malaysia’s economic fundamentals have weakened progressively under his government.
He contended that the country competitiveness “is plummeting” and cautioned Abdullah to make a comparison to Singapore and Hong Kong which currently were ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively.
“Malaysia is clearly in need of a higher caliber leadership if we were to realize our full potential as an economy of global stature,” he said.
The government controlled media had widely reported Abdullah’s assertion that Malaysia is currently ranked eight in the world in term of competitiveness. – Saadon Aksah/ES
(source : here, here and here)
Pak Lah, how could you? Misleading the people, that’s not the right thing to do, no? Is this in line with your bombastic Islam Hadhari concept? To hide the facts and twist information for your own convenience? Pathetic…. sob.. sob.. (I didn’t mean that ‘SOB’, that was me crying…. )
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 617 views
Cibol posted about this yesterday in his post ‘Kerajaan Malaysia Keenam Paling Cekap Di Dunia’. Today The Star page 4 screamed ‘
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia improved its rankings in government efficiency and world competitiveness last year compared with eight years ago, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said.
The Prime Minister, quoting statistics obtained by the World Competitiveness Yearbook released by the Swiss-based IMD (one of the world’s leading business schools), said Malaysia’s economic performance last year was sixth in the world.
The ratings, of countries with a population of more than 20 million, also put Malaysia as the world’s 19th leading trading nation.
In terms of government efficiency, Abdullah said Malaysia was ranked sixth last year, up from eighth in 2000.
“We ranked better than Britain, Germany, Thailand, Spain, Japan, Russia and France. Not bad, huh?” he noted, adding, however, that China, Canada, the United States, India and Taiwan fared better than Malaysia.
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Rapt attention: Civil servants listening to the Prime Minister’s speech at the 8th Civil Servants’ Premier Gathering at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre Monday.
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Malaysia’s business efficiency was “especially good”, he said, with the ranking climbing to fourth from 13th last year. The country’s infrastructure ranked 10th in the world compared to 13th in 2000, he told 8,000 civil servants at the 8th Civil Servants’ Premier Gathering at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre yesterday.
Abdullah said Malaysia’s world competitiveness ranking improved to the eighth position last year from 10th in 2000.
He said the seven countries which did better were the United States, Canada, Australia, China, Germany, Taiwan and Britain.
Saying “Malaysia Boleh,” Abdullah said Malaysians should improve in their work and perform even better than last year.
Read the rest here.
I was curious how the hell Malaysia end up ranked in the 6th place for government effiency, so based on the little information in the newspaper I did some googling at the very website of the school that came up with the ranking, which is IMD. A quick search gave me this.
On a closer look :
(Source : http://www.imd.ch/research/publications/wcy/upload/scoreboard.pdf)
Well, I have no data about government efficiency ranking and I am going to lay that off, but I want to quote this :
“Abdullah said Malaysia’s world competitiveness ranking improved to the 8th position last year from 10th in 2000.”
The World Competitiveness Scoreboard Report I posted said we have slipped from 22 to 23 last year from the previous year. Now which page is this he reading from? Or did he get the facts right? Or is he manufacturing information for the gullible Malaysian public?Penipu besar. And he went to compare last year ranking with 2000?? Why?
Now Pak Lah, please tell me we are comparing the with 8 years ago not last year? Is there anything you are trying to hide? Anyone with a brain in statistics will tell you, you have to compare year-on-year, the previous year being the most significant. In this regard, Malaysia’s world competitiveness has slipped from 22 to 23 in 2007, so we are worse off. We are worse off than Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and little known Estonia.
The PM does not seem to understand that Malaysians in general are not bothered about research reports that tell us we have improved in government efficiency from 8th to 6th place and has beaten countries like Germany and UK in this survey. People are curiously disbelieving the research methodology. Anyone who has been to UK or France will tell you how fast and responsive their public service is.
People are interested in these issues instead:
1. Why we pay more for oil when we earn a lot from oil -where is the money going?
2. Why is chicken, flour, roti-canai and essential items for living so expensive?
3. Why is salary not rising in step with inflation?
4. Why is our regional competitiveness worse than our neighbours?
5. Why is the government so corrupt?
6. Why is the judiciary so biased, weak and a lame duck for the government?
7. Why is crime getting so bad in Malaysia?
8. Why are politicians getting so fat like Zakaria and not in jail?
(Thank you Casey for allowing me to use your above comment for my blog. Belanja you teh tarik next time!)
Updated 1:
I think I figured it out. Check this out.
From Wikipedia
Early political career
Abdullah was born to a prominent religious family. His father, Ahmad Badawi, was a prominent religious figure and UMNO member. Badawi’s maternal grandfather, Ha Su-chiang (also known as Hassan), was a Chinese Muslim who came from Sanya in Hainan.[2]
Abdullah is a former student of Bukit Mertajam High School. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Islamic Studies from the University of Malaya in 1964. He originally wished to pursue a degree in Economics but did not meet the required standard after failing his statistics paper.
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No wonder our economy is in such a mess. Go to university to study economics also cannot pass. And the paper he failed? Must be ES115, the compulsory maths/statistics paper in Year 1. (Thanks to Casey again 
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Updated 2 :
Okay I got the official annoucement of 2007 results for the World Competitiveness. Check it out here at the official page :
On a closer look :
http://www.imd.ch/research/publications/wcy/announcing.cfm?bhcp=1
We know who is lying now…..
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Monday, January 28th, 2008 727 views
We have The Matrix Trilogy and Lord of The Ring Trilogy. In true Malaysia Boleh spirit, we now have Lingam-gate Trilogy! Aye! Aye! You probably already watched Part 1 and Part II of Lingam-gate. Now you are going to watch Part III of Lingam-gate. I have no idea if they will come out with Part IV, I guess that depends on the viewers’ responses. Lingam proves himself as a farking good actor (and liar) in the last 2 episodes and in the latest episode as well, I bet many Malaysians anxiously waiting to see more of his great performance.
Here is the video together with the transcprit for your perusal. For more information please visit jelas.info and Suara Keadilan.
Transcript
Lingam: The constitution judges said the constitution said, in the opinion of the prime minister he recommend. Who the prime minister recommend? So you are Dzaiddin, you are chief justice, you recommend 10 names, I consent, I said I want these 15 names, can’t do anything. He recommend to rulers, rulers only consulted, not approve, only consult. You Know?
[Voice off-camera]: Because if it goes up to the Court of Appeal…
Lingam: Now Dzaiddin wants to come through the PM because he wants his Tun-ship. So…he doing everything to please the PM lah, but he recommended five judges, three…three approved, which is Tun Eusoff Chin’s men, two not Eusoff Chin’s men which we objected. I prepared the report and rejected… but he wants to appeal again lah.
[Voice off-camera]: Can he appeal?
Lingam: He can appeal lah, but will be rejected lah.
[Voice off-camera]: I never know appointment can be rejected you know?
Lingam: No, recommendation can be rejected. The PM shall recommend so and so, after consulting so and so. So, PM suppose to consult Loh Mui Fah before he recommends. So Loh Mui Fah recommend 10 names, he in fact can say I disagree with your 10 names, I recommend Gurm…Lingam and so and so. Nothing you can do. You are only…you are supposed to be consulted, not to be approved. You see the point or not? The constitution said consult. I suppose to consult my father before I marry, I consulted him, he disagreed but still I married!
[Voice off-camera]: Because that is not final, ah.
Lingam: Right, consult is to discuss. That’s all. But if I must get my father’s approval before married, then different. Approval different from consult.
[Voice off-camera]: So, who is the lord president now?
Lingam: Now chief justice Dzaiddin.
[Voice off-camera]: Dzaiddin…
Lingam: But between you and me. We have taken Dzaiddin for dinner three times.
[Voice off-camera]: Three times already.
Lingam: And we have given him the most expensive gift. Don’t ask about it lah. I have given him and Vincent Tan has given him. So, he also cannot attack us. Tomorrow we go say we give you this this this. He cannot go and say you are a agent. Correct or not? So, he is neither here nor there lah. That’s all.
[Voice off-camera]: But… Chief Justice..
Lingam: But in the court when I argue with him. He said, Datuk Lingam you said you will take one hour. I said, my Lord, it is only 50 minutes, I got another 10 minutes. But…I appreciate. Thank you, thank you… He is very nice with me, very polite with me. I have been sending cakes every hari raya. Vincent has been sending. He can’t go and say he is very clean, correct or not?
[Voice off-camera]: But then he is…
Lingam: But he is playing his game lah. He got the job, that’s it. Now, September he is finished that’s all. Make sure he is not extended.
[Voice off-camera]: But, he may ask for extension.
Lingam: He is hoping… he told somebody that he likes the job very much. Then he likes…Let him dream lah.
[Voice off-camera]: Above him is the Lord President?
Lingam: He is the number one man, Dzaiddin.
[Voice off-camera]: Whose the Lord President?
Lingam: He is called… those days called lord president, now called chief justice, federal court.
[Voice off-camera]: Oh… it is the same title.
Lingam: Number two President Court of Appeal, that Wan Adnan, my personal friend. He was sick. Nobody knows he is close to me. Right, in fact, he never knew his name is going up until I told him. Then number three, Ahmad Fairuz, Chief Judge Malaya. Ahmad Fairuz is going to be acting, now acting…number two. Right?
So, next minute, even Raja Aziz said he is going to be the next top job. He is…definitely number one lah. So, he told me I leave it all to you and you must help me and all…I said I’ll arrange for you to meet Tengku Adnan, Vincent and meet with PM lah…
But this bugger is sometimes a bit scared. Ah…I must play shadow from the behind. Nobody should know I know you. Then you can help more. But people, see you know more, like Eusoff Chin, because I met him in New Zealand, became a problem. But if I didn’t meet him in New Zealand, it’s a… no problem.
Correct or not? Unfortunate.
[Voice off-camera]: Then, in your…then they said you have taken photograph with him holidaying in…huh…huh…
Lingam: But unfortunately, I didn’t know. The worst thing I didn’t know Eusoff Chin put his hand like that! Alamak…so…I also didn’t know about it. What to do?
[Voice off-camera]: Then… then…
Lingam: Do you know, today one o’clock, Eusoff Chin having lunch in his house today. Hari Raya today. He called me and my wife to come. I told him we don’t go today, we make it another day. I don’t come but my wife and children will come. You know or not? I told my wife to call…[unclear]…[phone rings]…
Lingam: Hello…Joe Ah…!
Note: Because some parts of the recording are inaudible the transcript may not be 100% accurate.
(source : Suara Keadilan)
And the plot thickens…
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