Integration, here is an idea!

The  picture below has  very clear message . Integration will be most effective when started from young. And sports has no 'bias'. The ball don't come to you automatically if you are of a certain race.

 Nak bola, kena kejar yop ! ( UMNO Take Heed!)

How come it took a foreigner to come up with this concept? 

Why isn't this  success replicated in other parts of the country by FAM or the education ministry who owns the schools where these fields are found?

It could be because no huge amount of money is needed. as so does not invoke interest.

Maybe KJ, should really take a page from this idea and expand it into a larger  thingy , giving it more exposure, it does augur well for the Youth and Sports portfolio , if he is really keen on the 1malaysia slogan,or is it merely a banal platitude , meaningless and irritating as the constant  droppings of pigeon  poop on our cars or persons.. 

Kicking down the race barrier

BY IDA LIM
JUNE 30, 2013

While the issue of race remains a contentious one in Malaysia — just look at the various headlines and comments in the media — civil society is ready with a raft of suggestions.

These range from community football to more inclusive government policies.

In Subang Jaya, a football league initiated and run by volunteers has been building a community that cuts across the ethnic divide, long before Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak came up with the concept of “1 Malaysia.”

Subang Jaya Community Youth Football League (SJCYFL) co-ordinator Zaini Mazlan told The Malay Mail Online that it was started 13 years ago by an American named Douglas Ladner and his friends to bring the community together through sports.

Zaini, a Shah Alam resident who has two sons playing in the league, said it is not bound by geographical location, with some parents coming from as far away as Kajang, Cheras, Mont Kiara, Klang and Damansara Heights.

“We have Americans, English, French, Malay, Chinese, Indian, Kadazan, Iban, Bidayuh… you name it; we have everything. It’s the best model of community.

“We have no politics, we have no racial barriers, we are one community, and we are purely run by volunteers and self-funded. We’ve been around for 13 years so the formula works.”

The team of the season is the team that stands united, not necessarily the champion, says SJCYFL coordinator Zaini Mazlan. The lawyer said the league saw participation by people from all walks of life and from various income brackets, saying that there were no class barriers among the parents who mingle together.

“A lot of friendships are made in the league and they go on to become friends even after the league ends,” he said, saying that such ties go beyond the league’s season that runs from January to May each year.

The league, which runs on weekends in SMK USJ 4’s football field, has 270 schoolchildren in four divisions, namely the Under-8, Under-10, Under-12 and Under-14 divisions, with each division having six teams.

The players are carefully divided after a skills assessment so that all teams are “equally represented in terms of skill, age and race”, Zaini said, later adding that those who play in the league see each other as friends without looking at race.

The government at all levels must be colour-blind… No one should feel like a second class citizen.” — Datuk  Dr Denison Jayasooria

“Children, they don’t care about the results. They don’t care who their teammates are or who they play against. They just care about making friends, having fun. That’s why I love this league so much. When I see the kids, they run around, they don’t see colours, to them everyone is a friend. By seeing that, I know we’ve achieved something,” the father of five said.

Two years ago, the league introduced the Douglas Ladner Community Shield which is awarded to the team that best exemplifies the league’s six core values of discipline, unity, teamwork, service, family and sportsmanship.

“The one who wins this is the team of the season...We give it to a team that’s not necessarily the champion but has got good values.”

When asked how Malaysians can repeat SJCFYL’s success in bringing a diverse community together, he suggested that the government take a look at the league.

“I’m sure it will work better if organisations like FAM (Football Association of Malaysia) and government pays attention to this and replicate it. We’ve done it on our own.”

Parents cheer on their kids from the sidelines. Zaini says a lot of friendships are made in the league and many participants remain friends even after the league ends.

Zaini also said the Subang Jaya Community Sports Club (SJCSC), the club that runs the league, is always ready to offer their assistance to those who want to follow their lead, adding that they had helped the Bangi Football Junior League (LBJB).

The community-based football league in Bangi, which now has over 100 players, was started in 2008 and is based on the Subang Jaya model.

SJCSC president Ahmad Farouk Md Hashim said the Bangi group was the only one who had successfully adopted the Subang Jaya model, with parents in other areas such as Puchong, Ampang and Wangsa Maju unable to start a league due to the absence of a football field.

“Others have expressed a lot of interest but the biggest challenge is finding a football field,” he said, saying that not many schools were as supportive as SMK USJ 4, which had allowed the SJCYFL to use its field for 13 years.

Meanwhile, academic Datuk Dr Denison Jayasooria pinpoints the tendency to look at race in discussions as a cause in the racial outlook of most Malaysians.

“One of our major problems is in the articulation of social issues, the political discourse is quick to indicate a racial analysis without first reviewing the hard facts. One recent case is the deaths in custody,” the principal research fellow of UKM’s Institute of Ethnic Studies (KITA) said, adding that the recent elections results actually showed an urban-rural divide and the gap in information access, instead of the traditional race-based factors.

The government and sports minister can replicate the successful community football model, says Zaini.

He said the root cause for this is race- and religion-based political parties, saying that Barisan Nasional (BN), especially Umno, should move away from this, while the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) parties have to “do more to champion multiracial concerns.”

To address this problem, Jayasooria said the government should come up with a programme to enable civil servants to “have a better understanding of ethnic and religious diversity with the values of mutual respect.”

“The government at all levels must be colour-blind and must implement an inclusive development agenda. Policies and programmes must be fairly accessible based on equal opportunities using needs-based assessment for all communities including sub-communities. No one should feel like a second class citizen.”

Jayasooria also proposed a total revamp of the media, saying  programmes which are ethnic-focused should give way to talk shows and drama series that better reflect the Malaysian experience.

Schools are the best place to unite everyone. Unity should begin at schools, at a very young age. — Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye

Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye, a former National Service Training Council’s (NSTC) chairman, said the National Service Training Programme (NSTP) was and is intended to bring the country’s different races together.

“Basically, you have to bear in mind that National Service Training Programme (NSTP) is actually to help promote integration amongst the various ethnic groups and also to encourage the trainees who come from different races and different backgrounds and different geographical locations to meet to integrate, to make friends, to build bridges of understanding among one another,” he said of the government’s three-month programme that puts thousands of youths together in camps each year.

He said that all camps had the same objective of promoting unity, but their success will largely depend on the capability and dedication of the camp commandant.

“At the end of the day, what is most important is the trainees themselves... What is important when they leave from the camp, they must be able to implement it on the ground,” he said.

He said that the ex-trainees “must make attempts to make new friends” across the racial divide as the purpose of the programme would be defeated if they went back to their “old ways.”

When asked about those who had not been through the NS camps, he suggested sports and education to bring about unity.

“Even those who are not in NS, there are other ways. Schools are actually the best place to unite everyone. Unity should begin at schools, at a very young age,” Lee said.

- Sourced :http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/kicking-down-the-race-barrier

Vernacular schools and ignorance of history.Not UMNO's fault. HUH?

RPK wrote in his MT blog: 

So, you go to Chinese schools because they are far better and more superior compared to national schools. But then you are ignorant of history. And it is Umno’s fault that you are ignorant of history. Are these Chinese schools set up and run by Umno with Malay teachers who do not speak a word of Mandarin? If not then why must Umno be blamed if you go to the ‘far better’ and ‘more superior’ Chinese schools and yet you are still ignorant of history?

Only an ignorant person will blame his/her ignorance on someone else. But then this is what you always do anyway -- you blame others for your shortcomings.------------------ 

http://www.malaysia-today.net-be-careful-your-bullshit-is-showing

My response::

RPK, either you r intentionally provoking a response by grabbing a handful of sand and throwing it in our faces or you r just feigning ignorance..knowing full well it is not as simple as that..

Just like a street junkie or dope peddler will blame it on the big time trafficker, Right? see the conumdrum?
The junkie will be hopelessly addicted and the dealer , the street pusher will survive n prosper , but the main trafficker gets indecently rich.. because of the demand...So ,who is the bigger culprit and which is the biggest problem to eradicate.?
. Why should not blame the goverment or UMNO. ? Aren't they the ones who made the mess? 

They are the traffickers , of demanding for favors other wise nothing gets done or granted, cronies are like the dealers and pushers and the average joes are the ones hooked to these peddled junk of a system, addicted to the system, only way to get things done is to make a "score.". The balls of this "culture" needs to be squeezed from the very top.That may hinder a little on the "attitude" of those lower on the food chain of corruption.

How to change attitudes when it will be perceived as a form of hindrance to advancement..People are by nature greedy and ambitious for advancement. Esp. the pragmatic Chinese mindsets, who are like chameleons, they adapt at whatever system there is n still learn to milk it to their benefit, look at Singapore..and attitudes there !
Not saying they are better but mull over their Goverment's stand towards corruption. Even LKY will not intervene when a minister was accused of accepting bribes on his watch as PM despite a personal plea to him, he won't even meet up with the guy till the issue is resolved. , but tragically  ended up with the suicide of the minister. That is a scary deterrent message to say the least.!

Not reading enough? i think it is precisely of too much reading about what it was like before- compared to now- that is causing all the resentment.(read current generation well read and educated with broader world views) It was through reading that many found out the noble intentioned design of the NEP to address the imbalance of poverty in the country and how it was hijacked along the way by THE ONE and ONLY..party.
Only ignoramus will put up with being told what is good for them without question.. Reading breeds awareness n enlightment..

Don't know about malaysian history? Whose freking fault is that? it is supposed to be taught in our schools. 11 years and more to do -  if they r interested enuff can learn more in higher ED.!.So why not blame the Goverment or ED ministry for failing to ensure that?

Worried about integration ? Make it bloody compulsory for vernacular school students to be proficient in BM n other relevant subjects relating to the nation..so that when they eventually converged in secondary ED they will communicate better ..whats is so difficult about that?
Again the "attitudes" of the teachers and also the seemingly Malay-nization and Islamization of the curriculum in national schools doesn't sit very well with the psyche of non malays and non muslims..an over emphasising of religion and very Malay- not Malaysian oriented environment - that only seems to be divisive and alienates non malay/muslims. Schools need to be secular..there are religious schools for indoctrination.
According to stats ,96% chinese in chinese schools..50+ % indians  in tamil schools, 98% malays in national schools ,. this year a record 80,000 malays in chinese schools.. There is a reason for this..and speaks volumes for the national schools.

Attitude is the problem , yes, but whose attitudes ? Those responsible for equitable distribution of social benefits and quality education for our kids along the lines of  racial integration,  not implementing it but keep on spouting racial polarisation rhetorics.. 

Can I help it if i Blame the goverment? They started it , encouraging me to feel so.

I do agree with attitudes being the problem but even if we cannot cut off the head , at least draw a bit of blood for red to be seen, which may scare enough for those in the middle ground and below to toe the line , afraid or very very cautious to even offer,or participate by accepting , in the messy situations of selfish gain . 
 Only then perhaps, we may see a salvation of and reform of attitudes from ground up! 

Also please read:

The myth about vernacular schools being obstacles to unity

Well makes us rethink about the Malaysian AES doesn't it?

Ever wondered why the Malaysian Goverment was so eager to adopt the AES for our highways, ostensibly to better improve traffic safety and minimize manpower for enforcement..but you cannot help but think there maybe other more enthusiastic motivations.


Speed cameras doing more harm but benefitting selective in the governing .A cash cow at the expense of the people .  

Who says issuing traffic citations is about upholding the law and not revenue generation?

Caught in a real-life “Gift of the Magi” conundrum, behold the tale of Elmwood Place, Ohio, which because of its pursuit of portable-speed-camera revenue can no longer perform the functions of local government. That's because four of the village's six council members resigned over the way these machines are used; without those four members, no quorum can be convened and no business can be conducted.

“The public is bewildered with what is going on,” Village Councilman Jerald Robertson told foxnews.com. “There is a sense that they have no idea what we are doing.” Which apparently is an astute observation.

“I have no idea what is going on with the council,” he added.

The problem is the revenue generated: Nearly $2 million for the city, but in the process the speed cameras have -- like a sheepdog protecting its flock -- deterred visitors from coming to the quaint village. “Businesses have lost customers who now refuse to drive through Elmwood,” Judge Robert P. Ruehlman explained in a March ruling. “Churches have lost members who are frightened to come to Elmwood and individuals who have received notices were harmed because they were unable to defend themselves against the charges brought against them.”

Ruehlman, a Hamilton County Common Pleas Court judge, cited a “total disregard for due process” in the way the village operated its program without offering ticketed motorists a legally fair method of contesting the citation. While the judge had hoped his ruling would have prompted the city to stop its ticketing program, the city refused to do so. The city, which engaged the services of a company called Optotraffic to install the portable speed cameras last September, has enjoyed a great revenue windfall. Optotraffic issued $105 tickets and split revenue 60/40, with the city taking the lion's share. According to the city attorney, the Optotraffic speed cameras have generated almost $325,000 per month.

The village petitioned the Ohio Supreme Court to disqualify Judge Ruehlman, citing his language in his ruling shows he's prejudiced against the automated process; the Ohio Supreme Court ruled in the judge's favor.

But speeders take note: If you are in violation of speeding in Ohio, you could do worse than to come before Judge Ruehlman. In his petition to the Ohio high court, Elmwood Place attorney Judd R. Uhl wrote: “In his actual written six-page opinion granting plantiff's motion, Judge Ruehlman used extremely pejorative and unnecessary language directed at Elmwood Place and Chief Peskin, e.g. 'sham,' 'game,' 'nothing more than a high-tech game of three-card monte,' 'scam,' 'entire case against the motorist is stacked' and 'Elmwood Place has another scheme up its sleeve.' ”

As for what the Village of Elmwood Place is going to do about it … that's up in limbo. Until they get enough members to vote on it.

Sourced from : http://www.autoweek.com/article/20130607/free/130609844#ixzz2XlRyq9Cv 


ON why the AES in Malaysian roads are not that good an idea! 
And have to agree , points raised  makes a whole lot of sense!






More importantly , how the AES actually enriches the crony coffers at the expense of Malaysian motorist.
Very persuasive explanation here ! Not talking about millions but Billions of ringgit. AES  is about making money not about making the roads safer !



pakai AES ini saja !latest high tech speed camera



BUSTED in the end.
.a fitting analogy for the AES and the real motivation behind the system!!

“PDRM denies Kuala Lumpur among 10 most dangerous cities

Has our perception of crime finally reach an all time high to the extent that we visualise the streets in Kuala Lumpur the same way we do the favelas in Brazil, wonders Nicholas Chan.

Brazilian soldiers on patrol in Vila Cruzeiro – Photograph: affordablehousing.org

Referring to the reporting “PDRM denies Kuala Lumpur among 10 most dangerous cities globally” by Bernama, it is both sad and amusing to see our capital ranked amongst the other truly dangerous cities in the world, like the ones in Honduras (which has the highest murder rate in the world), Mexico and South Africa.

Vetting through the list personally, I am pretty sure Malaysia is in no way as dangerous as these cities and the world isn’t yet “accommodating” enough to make Kuala Lumpur one of its top dangerous cities. In fact, KL would hardly make it into the top 50, even after discounting the Middle Eastern cities.

Although the methodology used by this not-so-respectable website is questionable, it is also alarming to us how such an unsubstantiated allegation raised so many eyebrows in Malaysia. Has our perception of crime finally reach an all time high to the extent that we visualise the streets in Kuala Lumpur the same way we do the favelas in Brazil or the ghettos in Cape Town?

Viewing it positively, it would mean that we had enjoyed a relatively safe Malaysia – and were blessed with the naivety to compare ourselves to places where drug cartels rule cities and assault rifles are used by criminals instead of parangs – until recently when a surge in crime finally broke our threshold of acceptance.

It would probably mean we are as fearful as the citizens of these truly dangerous cities. And this is something a good police force or even government must not allow. In a perception war, it is really about blaming the players, not the game.

Nicholas Chan is a socio-political research analyst at Penang Institute. A forensic scientist by education, he believes there is a truth in everything and it all depends on whether we want to see it or not.http://aliran.com/14460.html 

IS KL as safe as it is made out to be, what foreigners think!

http://dumdumtrivia.blogspot.com/2013/06/is-kl-safe-city-to-visitwhat-foreigners.html

Jonker walk in the hands of the joker of a bonker wanker CM..!

Saturday, 29 June 2013 09:40

'MCA go home' vs 'Where was DAP 13 years ago?' at Jonker Walk

As evening approached, Jonker Street in Malacca appeared visibly empty except for the occasional passing car and other vehicles parked over the faded stall lots on both side of the road.

The fate of the popular Jonker Walk night market there appeared uncertain as the state government had ordered the road to be opened to traffic, making it impossible for traders to conduct their business.

By 5pm, at the far end of the street, a small group of DAP state representatives, clad in black ‘Save Jonker Walk’ T-shirts had assembled and were preparing to cordon off the road in defiance of a state government directive.

However, a group of over 100 MCA supporters a stone’s throw away beat DAP to it as they moved to close off one end of road, chanting “Cordon off Jonker Street” and holding up banners such as ‘Traffic jam is a joke’ - mocking the state government’s justification of its directive.

(Now isn't this just quaint,  DAP la ,  MCA la .. bloody hell, it is like a free for all melee to score feel good points among the chinese community)

Malacca MCA chief Gan Tian Loo, who is also the Jonker Walk committe deputy chairperson, was among the crowd.

“The traders are asking for the road to be closed as before and we are here to hear their wishes and bring their voice to the state government,” he said as sound of honks in support filled the background.

However, Gan (right) took a guarded approach, denying that he was leading the protest, adding that he was merely there to “survey” the site after receiving several requests from the traders.

 (see la, still worried about what his political BN masters will think , so it is like hands on  covering his craphole as he walkabout surveying , even Nazri has more guts , speaking out against the closure)

As traders begin to push their carts pass the protest to set up their stalls on Jonker street, the protesters applauded them like heroes. ( score 1 point for MCA)

However, after just 15 minutes, the spotlight shifted to DAP as the party’s supremo Lim Kit Siang  made a surprise visit, flanked by the party’s top leaders including Seremban MP Anthony Loke and Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua, as well as representatives from north Johor and Negri Sembilan.

( surprise visit?  I doubt that,They probably heard MCA is planning this protest and ain't no way, they will let MCA outmanuever them in scoring some political mileage from Malaccans.so sneaky this PR guys, just appeared out of nowhere, timing was perfection , stealing the thunder from MCA .. Nice play PR , salute!)
 (another thought , how the heck did the DAP big guns get there so fast and in numbers ? think it may have been a call for reinforcements.." tiu sui " as cantonese say.." from the small group of DAP state reps already there,still LKS Tony Pua,Anthony Loke,  there in 15 mins, whoa..planned ?  Hmmmmm ! )
  ( WOW , LKS and 2 other big guns, that is worth 3 points man..so MCA 1--DAP 3 )

Visible animosity

Despite the common cause, some MCA and DAP members threw insults at each other with shouts of “MCA go home” and “Where was DAP 13 years ago?” ( play fair la,both sides, why kick each other in d balls, just once lah, put differences and political rivalry aside, n  come together and champion the common cause close to the people's sentiments,)

DAP had opposed the setting-up of Jonker Walk 13 years ago, citing poor initial planning but is now in favour of preserving the tourist destination.

( what do u expect ! hardly shocking at all, this is politics after all, anything for mileage and feel good factor that can be translated into votes later)

Pakatan’s high-powered delegation, including Malacca PKR chief Shamsul Iskandar Akin and Malacca PAS commissioner Adly Zahari, proceeded past the MCA protesters for a ceramah from behind a four-wheel-drive vehicle as the enthusiastic crowd quickly swelled to close to 500. ( PKR and even PAS in the fray, MCA trailing now , aiyah , where is UMNO n MIC when U need them ! MCA has to be the Lone Ranger on this one )

“Previously the state government wanted to level Bukit Cina but the people of Malacca were successful in defending it, likewise we will prevail with Jonker Walk,” declared Lim.

Bukit Cina is Malacca’s largest Chinese cemetery situated in the heart of state.

He further accused the BN government of embarking on “national retaliation” over the last general election results rather than “national reconciliation”.

Later, PKR’s Shamsul, who thwarted former Malacca chief minister Ali Rustam’s ambition for federal politics by defeating him in Bukit Katil, said his constituency had similarly faced retaliation from the state government.

“We have a Chempaka Ramadhan market where the tender had been issued and permits issued but they were suddenly frozen because it is in Bukit Katil and BN lost there.

“The Chempaka Ramadhan market is mostly run by Malays while Jonker Walk is mostly Chinese, and the state government is taking revenge regardless of race,” he said.
  ( seriously has a point on the retaliation bit, there seems to be a worrying pattern being exhibited))

‘Motion against CM’

Meanwhile, Malacca DAP chief Goh Leong San said his party will move an emergency motion in the state assembly on Monday to remove Malacca Chief Minister Idris Haron for the decision.

Kota Melaka MP Sim Tong Him questioned the ‘Malaccan-ness’ of Idris for wanting to remove an important attraction in the state.

He also praised MCA for also protesting against the state government decision, but created an awkward moment when he repeatedly invited Malacca MCA chief Gan on stage.

Gan, who had earlier criticised the DAP for turning Jonker Street into a political ceramah, was nowhere to be seen.

 ( what ? and MCA is an NGO??? Ass and Donkey.. same animal ! MCA = Ass, Dap can be donkey, coz  Ass can also mean the smelly part of the human anatomy where the rectum is..! )

( see what i mean above about covering his craphole , bleeding coward, scared to be miscontrued as sleeping with the enemy. Why be there if you ain't gonna show your balls.That is  MCA for you lo , always worried that BN or  in default big brother UMNO , will screw their Buntuts pecah))

Unable to locate Gan, the hour-long ceramah was ended as Pakatan’s leaders went around to greet traders who were able to go about their business, thanks to the cordon by MCA and DAP.( or of course hiding la, totally outnumbered and outgunned by PR , poor MCA , want to champion a chinese cause but got beat to it and hijacked by PR) 

Despite the animosity, Malacca MCA Wanita Chief Kian Sit Har, who was present and had previously broken ranks to openly support electoral reform group Bersih, viewed the double protest by her party and DAP positively.

“It is good, the more people there is, the more strength we have.

“I hope the chief minister will heed the people’s urging,” she said.

 ( macam ini la MCA, this MDM probably has bigger balls (no disrespect but admiration ) than the GAN dude, this is how MCA can endear themselves back into the community's psyche.!  CSL , U  " Hum Sup Lo"  U !   "that;s horny or lecherous  old man" in cantonese ,--- stop viewing porn and participate in the porn productions by UMNO 's octo X ( thats 8 times X  ) rated production house - and learn from this sweetheart of a Lady)

Personally , I think DAP scored more than MCA in this round..

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Well guess the good thing out of this fracas is that , people are no longer going to take things sitting down , especially when it is bread and butter issues and perceived bullying by Gomen .. 

And whether it was political retaliation or traffic congestion problem , you draw your own conclusions but read the last  news article below "Tony Pua's jumps into Jonker walk issue...1st ".

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'Act like a leader and not a petty, cowardly politician' - Tony tells new Malacca MB

Yesterday evening, I had joined Members of Parliament for Gelang Patah, Seremban, Rasah, Bakri and of course, Kota Melaka and Bukit Katil to visit and protest the UMNO’s political vengeance against Malaccans by opening Jonker Walk to motor traffic.

The visit and protest has attracted hundreds who unanimously demanded that the Melaka state government withdraw the order to the Melaka City Council to open Jonker Walk which has become a celebrated tourist landmark in Malaysia, famed for its weekend night market.

The protests expressed over the past week by various parties have resulted in the Melaka Chief Minister backtracking and twisting the rationale and decisions to open up Jonker Walk.

Fulfilling the people's wishes

While initially Datuk Idris Haron had told Kwong Wah Daily that the move was to “fulfil the people’s wishes” in reaction to MCA candidates being defeated by DAP, now he claims that the move has nothing to do with political retaliation, and everything to do with easing traffic congestion in Melaka City.

full report here : malaysia-chronicle

Thursday, 27 June 2013 19:30

Now Malacca says 'we never wanted to close Jonker Walk night market'

MALACCA - The state government never had any intention to close down the Jonker Walk night market, said state Housing, Local Government and Environment exco Datuk Ismail Othman.

"There was never any decision to shut down the night market. The whole issue was blown out of proportion due to misunderstanding over our decision to open Jalan Hang Jebat, also known as Jonker Street, to traffic over the weekends.

"Closing down the night market and opening up the road to traffic over the weekends are two completely different issues," he told reporters at Seri Negeri here today.

Ismail said the licensed traders could continue to run their businesses as usual over the weekends.

"However, as the road would now be open to traffic, the traders would need to shift their stalls to the sidewalk and the side alleys.

"We made the decision to open up the road due to numerous complaints of terrible traffic congestion over weekends and public holidays," he said.

Ismail said the public and tourists alike complained of having to wait up to four hours just to reach the Malacca city centre from the Ayer Keroh toll, a journey which normally take about 30 minutes.

"We hope the decision to open up the road will help ease traffic congestion, especially in the city centre.

"There was never any intention to restrict the traders from doing business, so we hope the issue has been cleared up," he said.

Also present at the press conference was state Tourism, Coastal, River and Island Committee deputy chairman Datuk Ghazale Mohammad.

Ghazale said the traders were expected to continue complying with the rules stipulated under their licence, such as clearing up after themselves once the night market closed for the day.

He added that traffic police would be stationed there to monitor the traffic flow.

Previously, the street is closed to traffic every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 6pm to make way for the night market which has been in operation since 2000.

There was a huge public outcry over the decision to reopen the road to traffic on weekends starting tomorrow.

NST

Tony Pua jumps into Jonker Walk issue, saying there’s a cover-up

BY ELIZABETH ZACHARIAH

JUNE 26, 2013

Tony Pua has accused Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz of "covering up" the Malacca state government's closure of Jonker Street.

The PJ Utara MP said that while Nazri had seemingly "appealed" to Malacca Chief Minister Datuk Idris Haron not to close down the popular tourist spot,  he had also reached a "compromise' with Idris.

"Nazri claimed that the CM had ordered Jonker Street to be closed for four weeks to study the traffic flow.

"This is a compromise and it is unacceptable," Pua said.

He said that this was because idris himself had admitted the move was an act of retaliation against the non-Malay community in Malacca.

"I have with me a copy of the memo issued by the mayor of Malacca city council which instructed the full closure of the market, wih no mention of the so-called traffic study."

Idris had earlier said that the decision to reopen the roads was made after the state government received complaints of traffic congestion every weekend.

Some users had complained that it took four hours to reach Malacca city from the Ayer Keroh toll plaza.

Idris was also quoted by Utusan Malaysia as saying the state executive council did not order Jonker Walk, the popular weekend night market, to be closed but to open the roads previously closed to make way for it.

"My previous statement has been misinterpreted. The state executive council has never ordered the businesses along the road at Jonker Walk to be closed down.

“I just ordered the roads previously closed every Saturday and Sunday to be reopened to traffic to avoid congestion into the city," he told Utusan Malaysia yesterday.

However, according to a letter sent to the Jonker Walk committee last Thursday, it clearly stated that hawkers are not allowed to set up stalls on the roads or have equipment in the area. - June 26, 2013.

Religious Bigotry..The " Sally Yen" insult of Islam.!

Police report over Facebook post on Islam and Prophet Muhammad

A bit of chaos erupted recently when a "Sally Yen" had comments insulting Islam and the Prophet recently on her FB...
But as it turned out the profile picture was fake and uploaded from a site in China , photo taken by a photographer from China named We Tang.
It is suspected that the "Sally Yen" may be a trouble maker , a phony FB account, bent on causing racial disharmony.

Now the question on everyone's minds is ..Who really is this "Sally Yen?".





Why so angry?

I think the interpreted insult  on the FB  posting may have been  on the final sentence  "jadi agama islam adalah agama  Dajal" . That really is insensitive and  inflammatory !

Always thought the word  "dajal"  meant "devil" but apparently not.! Took the liberty to google it and was a hefty read..just a condensed version here..

Dajjal is an Arabic word derived from dajl. Dictionaries define Dajjal as "liar, fraud, a seditious and damned person who confuse the minds, hearts, good and bad, the right and the wrong, who hides the
real face of something by gilding it, who wanders everywhere." Dajjal is also called al-Masih ad-Dajjal "The False Messiah. In a hadith he is mentioned as "Masih al-Dalalah" "The Messiah of Misguidance. The word also can  mean  "the deceiver" in Arabic.
   The important personalities that are mentioned in the end times are: Dajjal, Mahdi and Hazrat Jesus (Christ)... The first one is the  destroyer of  all  things relating to  religion, belief, ethics, virtue and
humanity, to inflict despotism, oppression and terror; the others are the people that will struggle against him .
 in the dark  period when Dajjal starts to inflict his evil  actions, Mahdi and Hazrat Jesus will be the  spiritual saviors and will become the greatest support and source of  strength, morale and hope for believers.

Ad-Dajjal or Degghial is, in Islam, an evil figure who will appear in the end times in Islamic eschatology.
He is a counterpart to the Antichrist prophesied by Christianity. Like the Antichrist, various hadith, or traditions, are preserved about ad-Dajjal.

He will deceive the faithful, teaching them that Heaven is Hell and vice versa. He will have the power to work miracles in order to mislead believers.  He will revive the dead, and claim to be a god. He will rally Jews to his support.

( The early followers of Jesus were Jews and  the core doctrine of Christianity rest on the death and the miraculous resurrection without which Christianity will lose it core essence.. this part will make it very difficult to reconcile the 2 faiths, since it seems to imply that the Christian God is actually  Dajjal and Jesus is a Prophet but not son of God, but Jesus does have a role to play in the end times.   

Islam as a  version of Christianity ??  

From RPK's blog -- On top of that, Prophet Muhammad is reported to have said that he is not introducing a new religion but is perfecting/improving the old religions of Abraham. Hence Islam is NOT a new religion. It is ‘Version 3’ of Christianity, which is in turn ‘Version 2’ of Judaism -- if I may be permitted to use that modern/IT terminology to explain what I mean. And in that same spirit, the ‘operating system’ for Versions 1, 2 and 3 is the religion introduced by Abraham.    (http://www.malaysia-today.net.)

But maybe Judaism, seems more similar in the approach to monotheism..
 The dispute between Christianity and Islam  lies in the doctrine of the Trinity,- Father , Son and Holy Spirit  as one Godhead and the resurrection- .that Islam counters   never happpened- but only acknowledges Jesus as a prophet . Muslim scholars will vehemently brush the doctrine of christian beliefs  and teachings aside , no such thing as the Son of God or Holy spirit )

 Any way...,back to Dajjal.

The appearance of the Dajjal will correspond with the appearance of the Mahdi, who will rally the faithful on earth to oppose him. Eventually, Isa, the Islamic name for Jesus Christ, will return from Heaven and vanquish the Dajjal.
Here, Jews will view Dajjal as their “Messiah” whose advent, according to them, has been foretold in their religious books and traditions. Of course as Muslims know,  the person whose coming was
foretold in their books was Hadhrat Isa ( Jesus ) but since the Jews never accepted him as such, the Dajjal will be their “Messiah.” Hence, his major followers will be the Jews.
The main aim of Dajjal will be to try and convince people that he is God Almighty. He will try and deviate people from the Right Path and join his ranks.

Signs of his coming

Hadith attributed to Prophet  Muhammad indicates that HE  taught about the  many signs of the appearance of the Dajjal, and exhorted his followers to recite the first and last ten verses of Sura Al-Kahf, as protection from the trials and  mischief of the Dajjal.

The following signs are ascribed to Ali in the coming of Dajjal:

People will stop offering the prayers..... ( Thankfully , still fervently observed by the faithful and evn not so faithful)
Dishonesty will be the way of life.......( Hmmmm???  )
Falsehood will become a virtue......  ( Another thought provocateur ? )

People will mortgage their faith for worldly gain.....( more truth in this than realised)
Usury and bribery will become legitimate................(.this sounds soo  familiar)

Imbeciles would rule over the wise.......................( Cannot agree more-- my favourite of the signs)

Blood of innocents would be shed...( Relieved we haven't come to that yet here, but common around the world , terrorist who profess the muslim faith and their lunatic kafir counterparts))

Pride will be taken on acts of oppression....... ( human nature , power corrupts )

The rulers will be corrupt...( don't wanna go there! may be  semut monitoring)
The scholars will be hypocrites..( you decide....! )
There will be acute famine at the time...(soon)
There will be no shame amongst people..?
Many people would worship Satan...( sign of the times, already happening )
There would be no respect for elderly people  ( God forbid)


This Kid puts the shame into religious bigotry..."I m not gonna judge you by the funny hat you wear".People are the same everywhere, We all come from the same ancestry if we trace it back far enough!!




Muslim compassion



To be fair in the PROPHETS defence,this video says it all ,very enlightening explanation of all the accusations by the "Sally Yen".

I seriously doubt that anybody can be as forgiving as this Muslim man..!
http://dumdumtrivia.blogspot.com/2013/06/listen-to-this-muslim-man.html