Mahathir squandered RM100
bil, says new book
Malaysia has squandered an estimated RM100
billion on financial scandals under the 22-year rule of Dr Mahathir Mohamad,
according to a new book about the former prime minister.
According to Barry Wain, author of the
soon-to-be launched ‘Malaysian Maverick: Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times’,
direct financial losses amounted to about RM50 billion.
This
doubled once the invisible costs, such as unrecorded write-offs, were taken
into account. The RM100 billion total loss was equivalent to US$40 billion at
then prevailing exchange rates.
Barry, who is a former editor of the Asian
Wall Street Journal, says most of the scams, which included a government
attempt to manipulate the international tin price and gambling by Bank Negara
on global currency markets, occurred in the 1980s.
‘Malaysian Maverick’ is the first
independent, full-length study of Mahathir, who retired in 2003 after more than
two decades as premier. The book will be published globally next week by
Palgrave Macmillan.
Wain writes that the Mahathir administration,
which took office in 1981 with the slogan, “clean, efficient, trustworthy”, was
almost immediately embroiled in financial scandals that “exploded with
startling regularity”.
By the early 1990s, he says, cynics remarked
that it had been “a good decade for bad behaviour, or a bad decade for good
behaviour”.
Secret military deal with US
The book also reveals that:
- Mahathir, despite his nationalistic rants, signed a secret security agreement with the United States in 1984 that gave the Americans access to a jungle warfare training school in Johor and allowed them to set up a small-ship repair facility at Lumut and a plant in Kuala Lumpur to repair C-130 Hercules transport aircraft.
- Mahathir used a secret fund of his ruling Umno to turn the party into a vast conglomerate with investments that spanned almost the entire economy.
- Mahathir’s Umno financed its new Putra World Trade Centre headquarters in Kuala Lumpur partly with taxpayers money, by forcing state-owned banks to write off at least RM140 million in interest on Umno loans.
Wain, who is now a writer-in-residence at the
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore, however credits Mahathir
with engineering the country’s economic transformation, deepening
industrialisation and expanding Malaysia’s middle class.
But Mahathir had undermined state
institutions, permitted the spread of corruption and failed to provide for
Malaysia’s future leadership, he says.
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Do you know that:
Last year, Petronas gained a total pre-tax
profit of RM86.8 billion and so far, it has earned about RM600 billion. As the
surge of international oil prices, it’s profits will as well substantially
grow. But the government has reduced fuel subsidies by a wide margin, turning
Malaysia into one of the world’s most expensive oil price oil-producing
countries. It makes the people wonder where the huge profit of Petronas has
gone?
Former Work Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu
said in the Parliament last year that the government has compensated a total of
RM38.5 billion to 20 highway companies. Also, as the government has stopped
building the Scenic Bridge in Johor, it has to compensate RM300 million
construction cost to the bridge contractor. Isn’t the spending of such huge
amount a waste?
Former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar
Ibrahim revealed that the Central Bank has lost RM30 billion in foreign
exchange trading in the 1990s. Who was the manipulator behind it? (Second
Finance Minister was in charge of Bank Negara’s Forex trading at that time)
Malaysia Airlines was said to have suffered
losses every year. But why to spend RM1.55 million to buy three paintings to
decorate its chairman’s office? And why to spend RM7,525 per day to recruit a
foreign senior general manager?
Proton Holdings bought a 57.75% stake in MV
Agusta for €70 million but sold it at €1 (RM4.50) a year later, causing Proton
to lose €75.99 million (RM 348 million)?
Other excesses and wastages:
1. The Bank Bumiputra twin scandals in the
early 1980s saw US$1 billion (RM3.2 billion in 2008 ringgit)
2. The Maminco attempt to corner the world
tin market in the 1980s is believed to have cost some US$500 million. (RM1.6
billion)
3. Betting in foreign exchange futures cost
Bank Negara Malaysia RM30 billion in the 1990s.
4. Perwaja Steel resulted in losses of US$800
million (RM2.56 billion). Eric Chia, was charged with corruption for allegedly
steering US$20 million (RM64 million) to a Hong Kong-based company
5. Use of RM10 billion public funds in the
Valuecap Sdn. Bhd. operation to shore up the stock market
6. Banking scandal of RM700 million losses in
Bank Islam
7. The sale of M.V. Agusta by Proton for one
Euro making a loss of €75.99 million (RM 348 million)
8. Wang Ehsan from oil royalty on Terengganu
RM7.4 billion from 2004 – 2007
9. For the past 10 years since Philharmonic
Orchestra was established, this orchestra has swallowed a total of RM500
million
10. In Advisors Fees, Mahathir was paid
RM180,000, Shahrizat Abdul Jalil (women and social development affairs) RM404,726
and Abdul Hamid Othman (religious) RM549,675 per annum
11. The government has spent a total of RM3.2
billion in teaching Maths and Science in English over the past five years. Out
of the amount, the government paid a whopping RM2.21 billion for the purchase
of information and computer technology (ICT) equipments which it is unable to
give a breakdown.
12. The commission paid for purchase of jets
and submarines to two private companies Perimeker Sdn Bhd and IMT Defence Sdn
Bhd amounted to RM910 million.
13. RM300 million to compensate Gerbang
Perdana for the RM1.1 billion “Crooked Scenic Half-Bridge”
14. RM1.3 billion have been wasted building
the white elephant Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) facilities on
cancellation of the Malaysia-Singapore scenic bridge
15. RM 100 million on renovation of
Parliament building and leaks
16. National Astronaut Programme – RM 40
million
17. National Service Training Programme –
yearly an estimate of RM 500 million
18. Eye on Malaysia – RM 30 million and another
RM5.7 million of free ticket
19. RM 4.63 billion, ’soft-loan’ to PKFZ
20. RM 2.4 million on indelible ink
21. Samy announced in September 2006 that the
government paid compensation amounting to RM 38.5 billion to the highway
companies. RM 380 million windfalls for 9 toll concessionaires earned solely
from the toll hike in 2008 alone.
22. RM32 million timber export kickbacks
involving companies connected to Sarawak Chief Minister and his family.
Bailouts –
23. Two bailouts of Malaysia Airline System RM7.9 billion
24. Putra transport system, which cost
RM4.486 billion
25. STAR-LRT bailout costing RM3.256 billion
26. National Sewerage System costing RM192.54
million
27. Seremban-Port Dickson Highway costing
RM142 million
28. Kuching Prison costing RM135 million
29. Kajian Makanan dan Gunaan Orang Islam
costing RM8.3 million.
30. Le Tour de Langkawi costing RM 3.5
Million
31. Wholesale distribution of tens of
millions of shares in Bursa Malaysia under guise of NEP to cronies, children
and relatives of BN leaders and Ministers worth billions of ringgits.
32. APs scandal had been going on
year-after-year going back for more than three decades, involving a total
mind-boggling sum of tens of billions of ringgits
33. Alienation of tens of thousands of
hectares of commercial lands and forestry concessions to children and relatives
of BN leaders and Ministers worth tens of billions of ringgits
34. Travel around Malaysia and see for
yourself how many white elephants like majestic arches, roads paved with
fanciful bricks, designer lamp posts, clock towers, Municipal Council buildings
that looks more like Istanas, extravagant places of worship, refurbishment of
residences of VIPs, abandoned or under-utilised government sports complexes and
buildings, etc! Combined they could easily amount to the hundreds of billions
of ringgits!
35. Wastages and forward trading of Petronas
oil in the 1990s based on the low price of oil then. Since the accounts of
Petronas are for the eyes of Prime Minister only, we have absolutely no idea of
the amount. Whatever amount, you bet it is COLLOSSAL!
In Time Asia magazine issue on March 15 2004,
South East Asian economist at Morgan Stanley in Singapore Daniel Lian, figures
“that the country may have lost as much as U$$100 billion (RM320 billion) since
the early 1980s to corruption.” Mind you, this is only corruption and it does
not include wastages!
All the rakyat’s hard
earned money down the drain and they have the audacity to raise fuel prices and
asking the people to change their lifestyles.
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138 Responses to Mahathir
squandered RM100 bil, says new book
dreamlady says:
I could only sum Mahathir up
as the mother of all crooks!!
Alan Goh says:
Mr.Barry Wain,you failed to
mention that in 1988
Dr.Mahathir screwed up the Judiciary by sacking the
Lord President,Tun Salleh Abbas.As a result,we have
this joker lawyer,V.K.Lingam of the now famous quote,
it looks like me,it sounds like me but not me.And Correct,Correct,Correct over
the appointment of
Lord President post,mind you.
What about Malaysia
educational system,Dr.Mahathir
did away with English and replaced it with Bahasa
Malaysia.Only after the end of his 22 yrs tenure as PM did he realised that
Malaysia education is a total
failure and tried replacing English as a compulsory
subject for maths and science.Mr.Barry Wain,you only
mentioned the financial loss caused by Dr.Mahathir.What about the
judiciary,educational etc.etc.When once Malaysia,a country rich in
resources,whose currency was RM0-90cts to Singapore
$1/-in the sixties, is now the opposite,RM2.45 to S$1-00 all these are the
legacies of the great Dr.Mahathir.
Tony Wong says:
Will Tun be happy with the
release of this book? I doubt it.
sam says:
You may call him great or
the father of development. But to me he is a crook of the highest order. He
burned everything in his way. Corruption, sacking the judiciary, screwed the
pdrm and treated everyone with contempt. His legacyh left behind a corrupted
govt.He also lined the pockets of the ruling elite and his croonies. May God
pass judgement on him for all the evil that he did to this country. Lastly he
divided the races and till today plays the racial card. I wait for him to kick
the bucket and rot/burn in HELL for all his evel doings.
Tan Sri Phil Chin
says:
Mahatir is the Bapa project
IC! Being a worst racist he created ‘malay’ in Sabah which never existed here
before for his ethnic cleansing project! HE IS THE WORLD WORST DICTATOR AND A
RACIST in this modern era even HELL won’t accept a person as him!
Rainbow Warrior says:
aiya this guy doesn’t
remember how RM80b went in ONE DAY trying to prop up KLSE in 1998 … dunno how
to give thanks, this guy ..chrome.exe TCP:Outbound (stream) 58.26.1.27:80
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- Rainbow Warrior says:
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- Rainbow Warrior says:
forgot to mention THE CAUSE
… http://mimpi916.blogspot.com/2010/06/anwar-ibrahim-pisau-milik-wolfowitz-di.html
http://www.anwaraidc.com/?p=20260
http://www.anwaraidc.com/?p=20216
you mean to say you are not PATRIOTIC Malaysian you can’t even tell when
foreign parties trying to interfere with our sovereignty? and yet … you claim
to be Tan Sri … why don’t you give it back? chrome.exe TCP:Outbound (stream)
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backStreetGluttons
says:
An interesting analysis
which if proven correct should give Mahathir the noble award of
“Father of Bankruptcy” (Malaysia), or alternatively induct him into the
“Malaysian Hall of Untold Shame” , alongside the nice guy Najib
banu says:
He is none other than as
follows:
1. Father of corruption,
2. He systematically polarised Malaysian society into
the Muslim half & the non Muslim half,
3. Damaged Malaysian society (permanently) by allowing
foreign workers into the country, without proper
procedural guideline,
4. Law & Order and discipline completely eroded in
Malaysian society (permanently),
5. The most despicable person ever to be born in
Malaysia,
6. Etc, etc, etc …….
MOIG says:
Hopefully, the locals who
applaud this man and kissed the ground that he walks on can realise and
understand at what cost the country paid during his regime. Benefits? To his
cronies for sure.
Hamba says:
This is what he’s afraid of.
All his wrong doing being laid bare for all malaysian to see and his name will
forever remain in infamy. And he’s still alive when it happen!
I for one, am very happy for this and may all Malaysian see Mahathir as he
truly was and is (a calamity and disaster for Malaysia)!
S L Lim says:
Not surprise if he sued the
author and publisher.
Philip says:
Aiya, pray that you can
find the book on Malaysia book self. …..
panca says:
The architect that destroy
the social fabric of fellow citizen, the divide and rule, a lop-sided policy
that promotes corruption, so prevailing that true lies becomes the law of the
day to day modus operandi of all govt. institutions. Abuses and leakages are
norms acceptable to his leadership and breeds cronyism, nepotism where benefits
of NEP were blatantly abused.
meet joe black says:
he has created destoyed
every fabric of freedom dignity…surprising he survived…he is the richest malay
after tun diam..both squardered billion of dollars…may history judge him well!
Chew says:
The fact that that the
economy grew during his tenure is merely “coincidental”. We have all the
resources, even a monkey knows that. Malaysia could hv been much better today,
if not surpassing neighbours like Singapore if not for the mismanagement,
corruption etc
To me, Mahathir has failed
as a leader and policitian. His children should be ashamed of having such a
crooked father.
BH Loy says:
it’s only fair to publish
everything that happened during the Mahathir era and not only the financial
scandals!
mat bond says:
Dr Mahathir has forgotten
what he did to Malaysia, in his mind he is now squeaky clean, look at the way
he talks about morally corrupt subject, did he look guilty of any wrong doing,
no he is very relax, so does his prodigy
yong says:
I hope God the Almighty will
punish all the crooks of this country soon, so that the people will have a
better life n enjoy the peace n harmony like in the early days of Malaysia .
ghostbuster says:
This mamak also play the
racial card to disunite the people of Malaysia.This mamak is a real racist.Mr
Barry Wain, u have missed this point.
rahman says:
Only RM100 billion?
I thought the mother of crooks squandered more than that.Hey who is Bill Gates
and Warren Buffett.The 2 so called world richest have to ‘learn’ from Tun how
to make $$ the easy way.Oh how about Tun Daim?How much did he squandered?RM99
Billion?
whatever says:
cant wait to buy the book
Joe says:
The estimated RM100 billion
on financial scandals is only under the 22-year rule of Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
What about the scandals under Tun Abdullah Badawi and our present PM Tun Najib
Razak? No wonder Malaysia economy is going down the drain. Our heighbouring
countries must be very happy as Malaysia failure will be their gain. Wake up
Malaysians don’t ever give BN the two-third majorities. There must be a check
and balance, to prevent further corruption and scandals by the people who walks
the corridor of power.
Johnson Lee says:
The biggest crime this Mega
Hypocrite & Father-of-All-Crooks named Dr Mahathir was his so-called
affirmative policies which have made the Malays in Malaysia becoming lazy and
backward people who expect handouts all the time.Now the Malays are totally
incapable of competing on level playing field anywhere and Malaysia is frowned upon
as a corrupt country with tainted state institutions.
peru says:
MM is failure. This country
is so rich before he
came to power. his slogan “bersih, cekap & amanah” is bullshit replace with
“divide, corupt & powercrazy”
he destroyed our social fabric and unity
sembilan says:
One Devil says ” I love to
hate you”
Another says ” I hate to
love you”
But both say ” Malaysia
BOLEH “
KaLut says:
Actually, a more realistic
figure is RM 20 billion per year for 15 years , totalling RM 330 billions were
wasted (i.e. squandered)
Nevertheless, I disagree
with the author with this “Wain, who is now a writer-in-residence at the Institute
of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore, however credits Mahathir with
engineering the country’s economic transformation, deepening industrialisation
and expanding Malaysia’s middle class.”
Give me RM330 billions and I
can build 10 Singapore cities capable in accomodating the whole Malaysia
population and that my friend, is an engineering feat.
KaLut!
strupper2003 says:
the isa should be used for
the last time on sad excuse of a human being
Sushi Platter says:
Actually, seing as he isn’t
human, a zoo would be a better holding cell for him
erickevin1 says:
He need to do jail time when
the PR take over the govt
declassfied everything under his adinistration era.
bangmalaysia says:
He’s too old now and has a
weak heart so I’m not sure they will sent him to prison. But what he did,
squandering RM100 billion of rakyat’s money is certainly an irresponsible
criminal act which must be made known to all Malaysians. RM100 billion could
have built schools, hospitals, created more jobs and helped so many in poverty.
It could also helped improve the living standards of the Indian community.
KK John says:
Barry…you got the figure
wrong…this bugger stole the soul of Malaysia and made Malaysia a cheap
prostitute….Malaysia today stands before the world naked.
May God have mercy on his
soul. This book should have been released 10 years ago. Mahathir…the greatest
crook this land has ever seen…how in God’s name can his family who profited off
his crooked ways can ever live or stay in Malaysia. The Pakatan Rakyat must go
after the entire family while this fella is still alive. For destroying this
nation…Mahathir should be hung like Saddam…
moko says:
Gee..isnt that enough to
replace the English word “corruption” with “Madi-madi”
ashok says:
if this is true all the
citizens have been cheated and all ordinary citizen would have leaved very well
for example free education up to unversity level, good health management
systems less tax and simple and comfortable life. Honestly, we have been raped
since the day we were borned.
- ashok says:
lawyers and finacial experts
please advice how we can sue the government and mahatir for this blunder “rape
of the Century”
Motoboco says:
All the evidence and books
in the world is worthless, if he is not brought to justice and jailed for the
rest of his life. I want to see him rot.
JayCkat says:
Note that Petronas
contributed close to Rm 2 trillion to the malaysian economy over the last 35
years.
Give anybody RM 2 trillion
and they will be able to do amazing things. ( We will imagine that Malaysia
does not have timber, rubber, palm oil, tin, and iron.)
sgbertih says:
squandered is the new
euphemism for stolen !
Only consolation for us is
that this book is published while he is still alive. Maybe he will choke on
something now ?
PLV says:
In 1990 there were only 17.8
million malaysian. If estimated figures for Petronas derived income are
correct, it would have been possible, in 1990 to give each and every Malay
person RM250,000.
Sure the non-malays get
nothing, but every Malay alive in the 1990s would have moved into the upper
middle class.
sukri says:
One thing for sure, he wont
be send to the gallows….but to the hell instead.
Dear God, please have mercy on him.
aja49 says:
I am not surprised that this
book will be banned in Malaysia. So grab it before the ban is slapped on the
book.
My late father was an UMNO branch chairman (during the 60s – 70s) who really
worked for his party and his community. He belonged to those dedicated and
honest guys in UMNO. But as soon as Mahathir took over the helm he told my
cousin that this guy (Mahathir) “adalah perosak bangsa” – that was way back in
the 80s. How true was my late father’s assertion.
Mahathir is good at
cover-ups but for how long can he do it. The time has come for the people of
Malaysia and the whole world to know of the crimes that Mahathir had committed.
And what’s worse is that he is still alive when the exposure of his crimes is
slowly and surely being unearthed.
hunkeyboy says:
disregard all the
nitty-gritty and focus on the big picture. if dr mahathir had even an inkling
of one, one for the entire nation and its future, and done what is right we
would today be way above all in southeast asia and possibly just next to japan
in terms of economic development — and with that, social progress and maturity.
instead, what do we have? a totally disfunctional country (i don’t consider us
a nation at all now). 22 years of mis-government, short sighted thinking,
personal biasness, incompetence and arrogance from just one man has lost the
whole country years of progress and left us struggling behind, even that little
red dot is way ahead and before too long even thailand and vietnam will be
looking down on us. not to mention indonesia and philippines once they solved
their domestic problems (they are not like us, they are nations covering
thousands of islands with many languages, cultures and beliefs/religions).
barry wain is being kind to credit dr mahathir with pushing industry and progress.
truth is all that is to benefit his cronies and strengthen his political grip.
truth is mahathir mohamad didnt so what was proper and pushed malaysia up the
economic ladder in the whole east asian region, so instead today we are in
danger of lagging behind the so-called basket cases of 30 years ago.
instead of sprouting rubbish all the time, he should be utterly ashamed that
today, after a double-decade of his egoistic stupidity, we are a disfunctional
country racially, religiously, culturally, linguistically.
thank you tun mahathir for all this. and may you reflect on this in the
remaining days of your life.
(oh, i’ve no doubt you will be reflecting very comfortably compared to daily
struggles to survive of the many/millions of your fellow malaysians
disadvantaged and discriminated by the policies you entrenched).
barry wain is too kind.
Lawa says:
We Malays consider this
half-breed the scum of society. Unfit to mention in the presence of decent
adults. Go to HELL mamak-kutty.
Pat says:
Actually, its much much more
than US100B. Think about all the contracts given out to their children/cronies
to monopolise the importation of goods (medicine/APs) and services which
inflates their prices. The Public has to pay excesses which only benefits a
mere handful. Worse than daylight robbery.
everyman says:
I wonder whether this book
will be banned? The excuse being it is against national interest, just like the
report on Bukit Antarabangsa.
UMNOMamak says:
I hope I can buy this book
but most likely it would be banned. Hopefully somebody outside can upload a
soft copy
- UMNOMamak says:
BTW some of these were done
by Badawi and Najib. If you are going to put out facts, make its accurate and
not just rambling data.
mak jun yeen says:
Dear Alan Goh.
Dr M maybe guilty of many
things but changing English to BM in school was done when he was out of Umno if
I am not mistaken sometime in 1970 or 71. And that’s guy’s name was Abdul
Rahman (not the father Merdeka)with approval from Tun Razak to propiate the
linguist nationalist.
But you have equate BM
education with inferior education.
Your rant about BM education
border on racism.
If you is right bout Engish
learnin’ better than other language learnin’, then Kenya , Tanzania and
Philipines would be shining beacon of Modernity and Develop status instead of
Japan, S.Korea and Taiwan !!! You dig?(pardon the my Ebonics and no offence to
African American cuz I do dig Ebonics).
Mavericko says:
Almighty ALLAH will punish
UMNO Crooks… at end of days to come, soon!
Insya ALLAH!!!
harwin says:
Yet in his trashy chedet.com
he got the audacity to blame his predecessor of being too nice to Singapore
with these words “…that city-state with a per capita income of US$36,000
(Malaysia’s per capita incidentally is US$7,000, i.e one-fifth of Singapore.”
He should bear the bulk of
blame for M’sia’s ever deteriorating per capita income, shouldn’t he for such a
lengthy tyrannical reign of 22 years. That RM100 billions albeit conservative
is one of the major contributing factors for the dismal state of being for
Malaysia Boleh due to the foolhardy approach in hubrism trailblazed by the
infamous MM.
toner says:
IT’S TIME MALAYSIANS GOT TO
KNOW THE ‘DEEDS’ OF MAHATHIR!
Adam
says:
From 31st August 1957,
Malaya/Malaysia,a beautiful land of milk and honey,has been
raped,swindled,corrupted, etc.,by the new leaders right upto the present.Only a
handful and their cronies have benefitted.The only solution is that the entire
leadership,fron the lowest the the highest,including govt.servants and
opposition (they are the other side of the same coin)must be removed
totally.Only new honest and capable people must come forward and form a new
Malaysia.Next elections are not far off.That is the only way a new Malaysia can
be created,peacefully.CHANGE MALAYSIA IN THE NEXT ELECTIONS.
always victory says:
Phillipines has Marcos,
Indonesia Suharto, but Malaysia has 3 in 1,
Mahatir-Abdulla-Najib.
We are heading towards the Crunch, another Myanmar or Iran
Nadzim Johan says:
Barry,
The saying, there r always 2 sides to a coin. 6 can be viewed as 9 and 9 can
viewed as 6 dependings on which side you are. Freedom fighters were often
labelled as terrorists. History and facts are twisted, like Singapura was
founded by Francis Light instead of… u should know better. Things become worst
when facts are purposely manupulated when one chooses side. we certainly can
see which side you are. However for those who like to comment, please be more
fair and ought to learn to be thankful as well. Pls give some deep thought than
just as shallow, careless and not so clever critics.
kupu kupu says:
all this crooks must have
thought they will live forever.i wonder if death ever cross their mind and make
them realise their grave are too small for all the money they have pocketed
illegally.
some of the past corrupted minister are screaming like hell in hell but im not
sure if they scream to warn najib n the gang or to call them to join asap….
hey cant u see the time is always ticking counting your days???????
- aja49 says:
When a big guy is cornered
there will always be some of his admirers, sycophants, cronies coming to his
rescue but unable to substantiate their claims factually. Despite the facts
given in strong statements by the author and strongly endorsed by those
reliable personalities still it cannot be accepted by these admirers,
sycophants and cronies of this big guy. It’s a sad story.
bodohsombong says:
Many good die young but the
evil die hard!
Orang Malaysia says:
Where can i BUY tis book ??
- nadzimjohan says:
just wonderd why are you are
filtering those comments that are against your idea. Be fair
- bangmalaysia says:
En Nadzim Johan,
First I would sincerely
like to thank you for visiting this blog and appreciate your comments very
much. The fact is I do NOT filter only those comments that are against my idea.
For your information there
were many, many comments that were profane, lewd and extremely unkind towards
Tun Mahathir which I have deleted as trash immediately. I have also censored
some comments that made personal attacks against the so-called author of the
book. Apart from that there were also comments which tries to link to race or
religion which wasn’t appropriate.
Thank you again for your
support and fair comment.
Blog Author
max says:
he sures will be pissed off
with the barry wain for this article. but he sure did drain the coffers of this
beatiful country which is owned by all races with his polarized policies to
justify his so called assistance of one group so that he can use invisible
hands to loot all he can. that is what he will be remembered for when he kicks
the bucket.
Rightist says:
When you say Mahathir
sqaundered billions you are actually alleging Mahathir personally benefitted
from this. Can you proof it or do you have any proofs. What I read alleged
Mahathir makes mistakes during his PMship resulting the country loosing lots of
Money. In that instance, it is more noble and wiser to quantify the benefits he
has brought to Malaysia. Weigh it and then pass judgement. If the benefits are
more than disbenefits than it is normal in running an organisation or country.
Moreover what you mentioned are his mistakes and corrupt practices insinuating
his involvement in them, knowingly? or has it ever occurred to you he may be
correcting his subordinates mistakes just like a CEO having organisational
problems in his day to day running of organisation. You don’t really get the
people all the time. What matters at the end of the day Malaysia is definitely
far ahead than what it is was before Mahathir’s premiership. In that case
better quantify Bush’s or Tony Blair’s leadership follies with many
unquantifiable losses to the countries and mankind compared to the benefits
they have brought to their countries. Yet leaders are noble leaders in the eyes
of the western world.
woody says:
Apart from the billions
gone, here is another one worth mentioning.
If you looked the median age
of our Mat Rempit today that is causing havoc on our roads in addition to bag
snatching stunt, they are in the region 20-30s, back in 1983, he
“mangalu-alukan” 70 millions populations in one UMNO General assembly .
Yup,all thanks to him too.
Giving birth to bunch of road goons without properly thought through if our
education and social infrastructure was ready to support it. That’s him.
I seriously hoped he read
this blog too.
-woody
- aja49 says:
If the leaders of other
countries are free to plunder the state coffers and bring big losses to the
countries that does not give the right to this country’s leaders to do
likewise.
Mahinder Kaur says:
Malaysia needs a leader like
Lee Kwan Yew. He is no saint, no less corrupt but see where he has placed
Singapore in the World Map.
AMCK says:
I proposed even after his
death, we ought to send him to jail posthomously for his contributions to the
systematic destruction of our beloved country.
- nadzimjohan says:
I am sure you are just
looking from your preconceived perpective, a perpective of ‘your’ choice. Whn
you filter, it was also purely based on your already bias judgement. Whn there
are sound arguements that shake your ploys, you quickly trash them. Have you
met the man in person before writing the book? be very clear in your
accusations if you want to be a respectable writer. Pls dont belong to those
group of Sulman Rusdie or Girt Wilders. Be respectable, earn some respect.
BTW, in reference to some opinions, If you were to base on individual succeess,
policy, intellect failures, management capabilities, brain or any other compare
qualities between Bush and mahathir, we all should know the answer. I also
agree with Rightist. hopely you wont filter this one as well ( along with many
others who could not agree with you) cos i had linkd the page to some good
characters out there to judge you. The judge wannabe is now being judged!
- aja49 says:
I strongly believe that what
the writer had written was based on his well-researched findings. The writer
would not risk of being sued by Mahathir.
If Mahathir and his henchmen
feel that this is a make up story then they could file a suit against the
author, which I strongly believe will not happen.
Why would Mahathir wanted to
rule the country for that long and mind you not without clear and hidden motive
and objectives. Had it not for certain quarters which had pressured him to step
down in 2003 he would still be the PM till today.
- nadzimjohan says:
Perhaps thats why Salman
Rusdie and Girt Wilders published their books….which ere blatan disregards..
but still the authors were getting supports and protections.
Anyway most opinions and insinuations seen here are very superficails, follow
the crowd sentiment type, mala fide coming from those set to discredit a sworn
enemy. Pls do more homework before engaging in character bashing. Its a sad
scene. Mankind is not progressing but moving backwards..
- aja49 says:
I think Salman Rushdie and
Geert Wilders are of different species. These two characters have one thing in
common i.e to discredit Islam. There was no research done for their material.
Barry Wain had done much research to produce the book and also willing to take
any risk of being sued by Mahathir. No local writer would dare write such a
book for as long as BN is still in control of the nation.
Victor says:
Power corrupts. Absolute
power corrupts absolutely. His long reign is no different from that of Marcos
and Suharto. But then again, we let him overstay so we only have ourselves to
blame.
Prime Minister should only
hold office for max. of 2 terms – 8 years nothing more even if he is the best
Prime Minister.
balasi says:
God has given TDM a long
life so that he can witness the demise of his children’s empire….., and he will
then rot…..to ………, Never have I seen a guy, so rotten to disclaim his
ancestors…., Let the rot begin from the toe to the head…, and let’s us all
watch till they break the roof and the floors below for only who know’s
understand.
- Sushi Platter says:
Just look at the picture:
Mahathir’s screaming: Moneeeyyyy!
RLau says:
What a looser in the eyes of
the world after he made the most noise attacking the west in his 22 years as PM
of Malaysia. I wish him luck for his remaining years as a retired PM of
Malaysia and HISTORY will be the judge on him.
Anak Msia says:
If Sabah and Sarawak did not
join Malaysia in 1967, today they will be as rich as Singapore and Brunei,
instead today become poorest state in malaysia. Poor Sabah and Sarawakian, you
bet on wrong chips..
- aja49 says:
So what to do, the
Sarawakians and the Sabahans are not as smart as the Singaporeans. After more
than 50 years they are still as poor as they were before. So which politicians
have robbed the wealth of Sarawak and Sabah?
cmho says:
the biggest corruptor yet
still dare to pin point others as corruptor. I salute this sucker
grkumar says:
A more balanced version of
this manufactured George Soros letter and the Wain book is analysed here;
GRK
Dennis
says:
Sounds like an interesting
book. For more books about forex visit my site Forex books
Muppets says:
Freedom to speak of the
truth, is widely encouraged in Western countries. It can lead to terrible
unwanted outcomes at times. Barry isn’t stupid enough to babble in his book
without any solid evidence, fear not Mahathir could sue him for any defamation.
It takes more than intelligence to tell the truth of an intelligent cunning
man, one who has such experience in the past, an example with Anwar Ibrahim. A
brilliant intelligent man too honest and ambitious only to be destroyed by his
employer.
Though transparency isn’t practiced in Malaysia, I believe almost everyone
knows the truth of corrupted politicians. Many who have been brain-washed to
worship Mahathir in schools, are denying the facts with illogical reasons.
Seeking to know the truth doesn’t make one unpatriotic or less Malaysian. One
should be rational and unbiased in judging others. This book could bring
positive ends, guiding the good leaders to lead the country well and ahead of
others in future. Remember, Government represents us all.. not just UMNO or any
political groups.
- grkumar says:
Why not he be stupid enought
to babble in his book and do it for his political masters and for money?
He comes from a nation
unashamed of its lies “weapons of mass destruction” killing now over a total of
a million innocents precipitating an unwanted and unnecessary occupation and
war in Irak.
They also had a president
who ordered a burglary into the headquarters of his political rivals in an
incident infamously called Watergate.
He contradicts the people
who worked the Tin council and brought it down and Malaysias tin holdings with
it. It was all published decades ago in the early 1980’s by Craig A Copetas the
trader who worked for Marc Rich at Phillip Brothers.
If you are an apple polisher
you will likely believe Wain.
GRK
- Rainbow Warrior says:
Wow! Name a government that
hasn’t made mistakes – twin deficits (current account deficits financing budget
deficits) since 1974 in the US; Chunnel, hospital PFIs and superprofits from
PFI refinancing in UK, etc – why focus on Malaysia? Just cos someone wants to
make money out of writing a book? Noone has a crystal ball, I bet everyone’s
had to make a quick decision without full facts. Anyone can blame anybody in
hindsight, and let boring old negative fault-finders waste time ruminating and
propagating on it! Every government has a learning curve, that’s why freedom of
information through the world wide web can help us all learn from others’
mistakes and not repeat them. Besides, some so-called “mistakes” may be helping
others out of a jam -I scratch your back, you scratch mine – governments have
friendships too, trade alliances to maintain – we should know, our Nusantara
maritime trading network has been around since as early as 5000 BCE to 1 CE,
our Malay ancestors were seafarers knowledgeable in oceanography to as far as
New Zealand and Madagascar, we’ve been trading with Indians, Persians and
Chinese for 2,000 years, our oldest kingdom is probably Langkasuka in Kedah
from the 1st century CE, Kadaram (later Srivijaya which extended to Malayu/Jambi
in Sumatra, Tarumanegara and Holing in Java) was founded by a Persian around
630 CE and Kedah is the oldest Sultanate in Malaysia and arguably in the world
since 1136 CE. Very fitting since Langkawi Island of Kedah is the birthplace of
South East Asia with the separation of Pangea and Gondwanaland 550 million
years ago and surfacing as an island 220 years ago. I digress. At the end of
the day, we are all symbiotic and depend on each other – especially on people
who clean up the environment and help in the remission of global warming. Oh
for the good old days of psychedelic peace! Next year we’ll have 7 billion
people in the world to feed, clothe and shelter and the earlier we all focus on
generating trade, industry, services, jobs and socio-enviro-economics instead
of bickering over differences in race, religion, creeds and politics – the
better it would be for everybody. Noone has the right to judge others – only
God has that right. Life is so fleeting and temporary – may God accept our
service to mankind in the name of God, King and Country so that we may find
salvation. If someone thinks he’s got great ideas, where do they come from? Has
anyone realised that ideas are inspirations from God? Has anyone realised that
positive thinking opens up great possibilities and opens up new doors and
negative thinking makes things even worse? How I wish our education system
taught us this (instead of having to learn it through life) and allowed us to
study and work in whichever field each person loved best (imagine the productivity!).
If only we’d read and understood the Quran in secondary school instead of
waiting for mid-life crisis to read it in English (the language of the
‘net-work). Substance over Form. There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is His
Messenger. Salaam (peace).
- Rainbow Warrior says:
Oops! Langkawi surfaced 220
million years ago …
- Rainbow Warrior says:
Case in point – Einstein
obtained inspiration for the Theory of Relativity in a DREAM. Distortion of
time and space is referred to in the Quran – please refer to Abdullah Yusuf
Ali’s translation of As-Sajdah 32:5 “He rules (all) affairs from the heavens to
the earth: in the end will (all affairs) go up to Him, on a Day, the SPACE
whereof will be (as) a thousand years of your reckoning, as compared to
Al-Maarij 70:4 “The angels and the spirit ascend unto him in a Day the MEASURE
whereof is (as) fifty thousand years”. If I read incorrectly, I stand
corrected. All praises to God that does not sleep and does not forget! Salaam
(peace).
- Rainbow Warrior says:
You know – my comment has been
in moderation for more than 24 hours. If it’s not posted soon then it becomes
OBVIOUS to me that this is a BIASED blog!
- bangmalaysia says:
Dear Rainbow Warrior,
My deepest apologies for
keeping your comments in moderation for such a long period. I have been busy
lately and have not gone into the blog at all. I approve all comments as long
as it will not sow hatred, not attack an individual personally and profanities
were not used.
Thanks for your comments
and support once again.
Salaam (Peace)
- Sushi Platter says:
What if the comment was
completely useless.
For example, what if I wrote:
Why did the chicken cross
the road?
- bangmalaysia says:
Hi Sushi Platter,
Oh the comment has to be
relevant to the issue discussed.
Thanks for the comment.
- Rainbow Warrior says:
Discretion is the better
part of valour. Ignorance may be bliss!
- Sushi Platter says:
errrrr….I thonk you’re
supposed to leave a comment, not an epitapth
- Rainbow Warrior says:
Then please allow the
correction 220 million years not 220 years
Freedom says:
Dear Rainbow
If i could not sleep I’ll
read your comments.
zz..zzZZZZ
- Rainbow Warrior says:
Don’t bother mate. With
your brand of apathy they’d give you nightmares!
Soccer
Betting Tips says:
Informative post.
I am going to bookmark this one.
- Rainbow Warrior says:
Do check it out at Muzium
Negara, the galleries near parking lot as well. It’s changed heaps since DSU
Rais Yatim took over!
- Gopal Raj Kumar says:
From the remarks here about
the Wain book it appears that there is a ection of Malaysia that are nothing
short of western backside licckers who believe anything and everything a looser
like Wain has to say about someone he does not like.
Malaysia may have all the
trappings of a first world nation, but certainly its population appears to
lacck depth in their intellect.
Wain’s book, out of
interest, does not even warrant a mention amongst pulp fiction reviews. It is a
non starter even in countries where gossip, hot stories about scandals and
fiction are the staple.
Wain must have made a
killing out of Lee Kuan Yew’s purse.
- Rainbow Warrior says:
1Malaysia! Glad to have
fellow Malaysians like you.
naz says:
Hmm just wanna give my
opinion..
When there’s development of course corruption will exist…
- 1 Malaysia says:
1Malaysia = waste $$$$
Script by = U*NO Gov
Director = U*NO Gov
Actor = U*NO Gov
- Rainbow Warrior says:
Quirky! After a failed
takeover with a stated deadline that held up foreign investment, the supposed
alternative appears to have put in place a succession plan that will ultimately
lead to disintegration of the most unlikely alliance formed from opposite poles
and everyone is yet to see proof of good governance in terms of economic
progress, instead of trying to hang on by holding illegal assemblies in parking
lots. Reformation for the sake of it does not create jobs nor feed people. Nor
did focusing on eliminating laws which the West decided to put back in place.
No wonder they are disillusioned and leaving in droves! So who is “NO Gov” now?
They should have just left it to the time and tested experts. At least there
was progress, not just self-interested, power-crazy talk formenting disunity.
Blame the boy who let chaos out on a whim – or was it a deal?
monroe says:
he was just like the emperor
in the classic ” the emperor’s new clothes “. why didnt we remove him/them
before such serious damage was done? you r all also responsible for the rot.
now before its too late, if its not too late already, exercise your universal
sufferage. its high time the whole corrupted boleh nincampoos be denied the
right to rule this lovely land.
i love the malays; they r basically such nice people
i love the indians; they r brave, helpful people
i love the chinese; they r such hardworking people
but that mamak set them up against each other.
- Rainbow Warrior says:
Salaam. The Malays could be
the remnants of the lost civilisation of Atlantis, evidenced by underwater
pyramid found at Yonagumi off Okinawa, Japan and the language distribution and
localised development of Malayo-Polynesian/Austronesian languages. Holocene sea
levels rose sharply after a comet passed too close by Earth 10,500 years ago
and tilted its axis. The Kushans were guided to Nusantara in the 1st century CE
by Sri Nuruddin Arya Passatan, Admiral of the Kushan Navy and by Arya Tabing,
according to Ahmad Grozali, both Malays from Massava Islands (Gunung Jerai and
Bukit Seguntang were ISLANDS then). Kushans were one of five Yuezhi (Vijaya in
Tibetan)tribes from the Tarim Basin, Indo-European as evidenced by mummies
found with red and blonde hair. Anyone ever wondered why the Egyptians use kohl
and tattooes and buried in jars like the indigenous coastal people of
Nusantara? Who WERE the Sea People mentioned in Egyptian records? How did the
Egyptians learn to make pyramids? Were they trading with Barus (Sumatera) for
camphor – which century BCE was that? How did the Easter Islanders move their
idols for that matter (mata is the same in Malayo-Polynesian and Austronesian
language, learnt that on Discovery Channel decades ago). Has anyone seen the
crude archaic navigational equipment used by Marshall Islanders? Whatever.
Point is we Malaysians have a lot to thank the world for anyway, maritime trade
has been our mainstay since time immemorial since the thallosocracy of
Srivijaya continued through Parameswara founder of the Sultanate of Melaka, the
last prince of Srivijaya and great-grandson of Sang Nila Utama who founded
Singapura – let’s capture our glory again! Alangkahsuka Srivijaya … Supreme Joy
Splendid Success! At the end of the day we all go back to Noah pbuh and Adam
pbuh before that, and in between – Seth pbuh of the thousand cities and Idris
pbuh who taught us to write …
more says:
For me.. a new leader (PM)
should do the correction or he can choose a charecter the 1st (a king) Tunku
Abdul Rahman 2nd his father (rakyat)Tun Razak 3rd (rakyat)Tun Hussein Onn 4th
(rakyat)Tun Mahathir 5th (rakyat)Tun Abdullah 6th (rakyat)himself be a new Tun
7th (should be a King). Let all new leader PM rule only for 5 years not more
than that or they will make Malaysia more worse. New vision let the King rule
Malaysia. PM should not handle Finance take it off your hand let other Finance
Minister handle it. RM100 billion give back to MALAYSIA. EVERY Humans are all
the same behavoir like to do evil things if the have the chance. Malaysian
should feel very lucky because our country are in peace and harmony till today
and don’t try to create war among ourself. Open our eyes other country still
have their own war (BY HUMANS OR NATURE) until today and it will going on and
on unknown when it will to stop (something call HUKUM KARMA). BUKA MATA,BUKA
TELINGA,BUKA MINDA, FAHAMKAN KENAPA BETUL-BETUL, CARI JALAN PENYELESAIAN UNTUK
MENGATASINYA. JANGAN BUAT PERANGAI KEBUDAK-BUDAKAN. HORMAT MENGHORMATI SESAMA.
UNTUKMU 1MALAYSIA.
- Rainbow Warrior says:
Excellent comment.
If we recall the events of
the last regional economic crisis in 1998, leaving the Ministry of Finance
detached from the Prime Minister’s Office could lead to unhealthy competition
fuelled by red carpets and 21-gun salutes. Even USA allows 2 terms of 4 years
each, a pity as Clinton was very close to closing the deal on the Roadmap to
Peace when he was impeached – now, how much was THAT a coincidence?
In debating whether
independent Finance Ministers are a good idea – we can see how Gordon Brown set
Tony Blair up with his unpopular economic policies – to take over after 10
years. He didn’t last long, did he? I agree with you – Karma …
Talking about Tony Blair, I
recall watching him on TV convincing the British House of Commons on the
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) in Iraq. Have they found the WMD? At the
time, an Australian notary was querying – what has the War on Terror got to do
with the War on Iraq? Even former British Head of MI5 reckoned it was a “huge
overreaction”. Good thing Obama is trying to end it. Dunno about Afghanistan
though – fighting over mapped minerals I guess. Always wondered what the
bombings were about – pipeline route to sea? Texan oilspill karma?
At least we are lucky. Our
PM, within 100 days of service, has established the Ministry of Energy, Green
Technology and Water, and later the Government Transformation Plan. After all,
Islam IS Greenpeace. Muslims greet each other with Salaam (peace). So do Jews
with their Shalom for that matter. Going back to Nabi Ibrahim (Abraham) a.s.,
my understanding is that Arabs and Jews are brothers through Nabi Ismail a.s.
and Nabi Ishak a.s. respectively. If we go back to Nabi Adam a.s. we are all
brothers! And what colour does the Quran promise we get to see in heaven, God
allowing? Green.
Actually, imagine at 22,
holding a Bachelor in Industrial Economics from University of Nottingham (Robin
Hood country!) holding a job at PETRONAS and suddenly having to enter politics
cos your father passed away from a heart attack whilst in office as PM? THAT is
sacrifice for the nation.
And our PM although Second
Generation talks sense compared to George W. Bush with his “make no mistakes”
repetitive repertoire after 9/11 – his father George Bush Snr. spoke a whole
lot more sense, but then again he had served as Director of CIA. Has anyone
noticed they took turns sitting on the Boards of Texan Oilcos? Farenheit 911 is
fabulous – did George W. Bush make his first million from Carlyle Group in
which Bin Laden group had invested? George Bush Snr was allegedly senior
advisor until 2003 but still shareholder. Carlyle Capital has since collapsed
from the US sub-prime defaults. Again, karma … although US16.6b default was
reportedly “minimal financial loss” to Carlyle Group … And what about the
insider trading? http://911research.wtc7.net/sept11/stockputs.html
Agreed the world should
focus on the war in reversing crimes against nature which led to Global
Warming, rather than nit-picking like our “opposition” do. Karma …
Greenpeace (Salaam)
- Rainbow Warrior says:
Let’s not EVER have to
endure another war cos some Republican President wants to SHIFT FOCUS from
USA’s economic woes (Black Monday 1987, dotcom crash 2000 or whatever) and
allegedly make money from defence spending …
Btw suicide bombers are
getting better at targeting security personnel instead of innocent women and
children but then again why do muslims have to fight muslims in Iraq, after all
Shiah only make up around 15% of the world’s muslims, and noone knows FOR SURE
which of the 72 sects will go to heaven anyway … weren’t we meant to be
SECTLESS in the first place?
Greenpeace (Salaam).
- Rainbow Warrior says:
Btw has anyone realised
that armed separatists in Acheh and Sri Lanka practically got wiped out in the
Tsunamis of 2004? Karma? Suggests that jihad of the sword is NOT the way, jihad
of the pen is.
Nowadays the frequency of
earthquakes, tsunamis, floods and landslides is alarming. North Pole polar ice
cap is melting, Mount Everest snow and Alpine glaciers are melting. The ice
used to float or used to be on the mountains. To what extent has the extra
weight of water seeped into undersea cracks in the earth’s crust and affected
the shifting of the tectonic plates?
Greenpeace (salaam).
- Rainbow Warrior says:
Reclining on green Cushions
and rich Carpets of beauty) (SURAH AL RAHMAN 55:76).
Upon them will be green
garments of fine silk and heavy brocade, and they will be adorned with
bracelets of silver; and their Lord will give to them to drink of a Wine Pure
and Holy) (SURAH AL INSAN 76:21)
Greenpeace (Salaam).
- Im not Holy People says:
Mr M.. I respect n LOVE u
bcos u older than me that’s all n nuthin MORE.
- Rainbow Warrior says:
Greenpeace Moderator. What
happened to my comments which were in moderation yesterday – not accepted?
- Rainbow Warrior says:
Wow suddenly they are still
in moderation … U don’t have to publish our private “chat”
- Rainbow Warrior says:
Guess not all my comments
of 18 July are accepted cos still in moderation but comments of 19 July gave
passed moderation?
- Rainbow Warrior says:
Greenpeace moderator,
please publish them in sequence or not at all else they read out of context.
Odd that my personal chat to you passed moderation but those observations for
further discussion were not. Again I question whether this is a biased blog.
- Rainbow Warrior says:
Greenpeace moderator. Since
you decided not to publish my comments of 18 July and last night can I have
them back I’ll go post them on an unbiased blogsite. Thanks
- bangmalaysia says:
Hi Rainbow Warrior,
My ever deepest apologies.
You see I rarely blog anymore as I’m having some personal problems. Please, please
do submit your comments as I truly value them. Sorry once again.
- Rainbow Warrior says:
It’s ok have posted them on
Che Det. Salaam (greenpeace).
Jaye_C says:
I would say that this man is
brave in heart and tough in soul. How many person can rule a country for so
many years without going insane? It’s a tough job with many challenges. While
we are commenting about others, let us not forget to put ourselves in other’s
shoes.
- Rainbow Warrior says:
Agreed!
- MamaMia says:
Burning $$$ is not a tough
job.
- Rainbow Warrior says:
MamaMia sounds like you are
an avid shopper. Well, it was the people who kept “needing” subsidies. Tun M
once said “That’s why lah you people, you want first class service but want to
pay third class rates” in response to a question why Selangor should subsidise
water when Mean Household Income in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur was RM4-5,000/month
compared to Perlis and Kelantan at the time less than RM2,000/month. Now we
have Idris Jala telling the world some bad news which could hurt foreign
investment. Bet all possibilities have not been exhausted – they should have
called the “Ghostbusters” to do the job instead, LOL! What is so difficult? GNI
= GDP + foreign-sourced income. That ain’t rocket science! In any case,
Malaysia SHOULD remove petrol subsidies. Global warming will make us all
running for the hills – 1m rise will flood the Mekong delta. The world should
forget about wars and focus on reversing global warming. Malaysia can make a
commitment to reducing its carbon footprint by NOT subsidising fossil fuel
consumption, PERIOD. Salaam (peace).
- MamaMia says:
What contribution MR M have
been done??
Races relationship = ?
Economy = ?
Infrastructure = ?
Public transport = ?
Human right in religion = ?
Freedom = ?
Zero !!!
Please comments.
- Hang Tuah says:
Obviously this Mama Mia girl
was recently born that she is blind and deaf. Ask your elders, dear. As an
upper middle income economy we’re a lot better off than our neighbours. I
wouldn’t count Singapore. How hard is it to develop a 16km x 24km city-state?
- MamaMia says:
Not a satisfied excuse from
Hang Hang!!!! Im not blind and deaf, u r the one who is…Still inside the dream.
I think not because of big
or small, is because of orange and apple la.ke..ke..
Some more, how about:
Sport = ?
Education = ?
Become bad and bad….???
- Hang Tuah says:
Tut tut, girl. When you
have compared progress through the World Wars, from before independence through
the 80’s through 2003 until now then only are you qualified to comment on
economy, infrastructure, public transport and education, little girl. You
probably weren’t born yet, that’s why I said ask your elders.
If you can’t see the
difference in the ease of development of 710 sq km (Singapore)compared to
329,845 sq km (Malaysia – 464.6 times bigger) and the economies of scale of
population density of 7,022 persons/sq km (Singapore) compared to 85.8
persons/sq km (Malaysia); instead you talk about apples and oranges, then you
are DEFINITELY NOT QUALIFIED to talk about economic nor infrastructure
development.
Notwithstanding World
Bank’s income classifications that do not seem to reflect reality, Malaysia is
developed. Our highways are reminiscent of Ginza Tokyo – just look at the
overlapping bridges, highways and LRT. We’ve got plenty of cars ergo traffic
congestion. How many universities do we have? Even USA has rural areas. In
Census 2000, 88.7% of our population was considered urban (served by a local
authority) whereas China’s urban population only just outstripped rural a couple
of weeks ago. And talking about freedom. You, little girl, are able to comment
in this blog. Little are you thankful for the broadband communications
infrastructure that allows you to do so without the frustration of waiting for
dial-up internet. Us oldies remember those slow days.
And now we have to deal
with the social ills and potential race relations issues brought about by
ungrateful people like you. Us oldies remember the bad days and want to avoid
them like the plague.
You have seen no wars, that
may be why you are so complacent. Perhaps we should send you to one.
But perhaps you are right
about the standard of education as your thoughtless comments and simplistic
language show an obvious LACK OF EDUCATION!
- MamaMia says:
To High Educated people
Malaysia is big ?? or too
big ?? or too too big??
Y compared v singapore ?? R
u NOT SHAME of it if compare v Singapore..keke. Then should compare the
corruption ranking as well.
I never seen war but i like
to watch STAR WAR movie.
From Lack Educated people
- Hang Tuah says:
Dear girl. You totally
MISSED the point and MADE my point! There’s no point answering or trying to
educate negative nit-pickers, is there?
- Rainbow Warrior says:
Actually Hang Tuah and Mama
Mia, let’s stop this ding dong. Let’s fix it. Tell us what you think the
Education system should be like.
I personally think that it
should support children to do the best in what they like the best and to the
capacity that they can achieve. Then Malaysia would become a VERY PRODUCTIVE
nation full of people who do what they like best! (happy people have better
quality of life, yes?). Every person has a purpose in life and every person
contributes to society even the guy who picks up your solid waste and looks
after sewerage treatment plants. Even in the worse case a crime lord pays his
people, who spends their money in the economy in order to live they have to be
fed, clothed, sheltered, transported. Wouldn’t go that route though – watch the
doco on Albert Bruno and other mafia heads getting killed by John Gotti.
I wish that children were
taught to think POSITIVELY in school and that every child is taught how to
THINK and UNDERSTAND instead of MEMORISING and PARROTING. The purpose is to
equip them with the SKILLS to manage CHALLENGES throughout life. I wish every
child were taught to mind map and speed read (within their capabilities). And
taught exam techniques (get easy ones done first, hard ones later). And the
thing with smart but lazy kids is they have to be told what is the PURPOSE of
what they are learning and HOW it can help them later in life (momentum for
driving, vectors for sea navigation, forces for operating cranes etc). Sort of
an introduction to each lesson, with example of jobs using them. Guide enough
for curriculum?
I also wish that children
were taught how to interact with each other in a tolerant and peaceful manner
and that school activities promote understanding between races, unity and love
for Malaysia. Thus I’m not keen on segregating children into Chinese and Tamil
schools. I wish children were taught if not in 4 languages, at the least
textbooks be in both English and Malay and children had a choice whether to
answer exams in English or Malay. This could allow all children to master both
languages faster through the side by side translations. Malay may have been the
trading lingua franca of Melaka half a millenium ago but we all have to
acknowledge that English is the language of the internet a primary source of
research and knowledge. Furthermore when I visited Penang last year hotel staff
be of any race weren’t proficient in English! How to serve tourists? Each spend
around RM2,000 per visit and we had around 23 million last year, could be more
if we employed our Ustadzs to translate Arabic texts and get better background
into our culture and the interdependency of mainland, peninsular and island
South East Asia.
And to make sure EVERYONE
has a job, let’s make sure we PLAN our target industries and services, how many
people we need and offer University courses based on that.
My understanding is that
the underlying theme of the Quran is THINK and REFLECT. One can envision the
future by reflecting on the past (just by thinking of the IDEAL and fixing
whatever needs to be fixed!). Try thinking back to the events that happened in
your life and see what you learnt from it and why things happened WHEN they
happened, God is the best planner and you may realise that things happened AT
THE BEST TIME for them to happen. Then you will FEEL the LOVE of God – imagine
God arranging the lives (and the effects of each person’s decisions/free will)
of almost 7 billion people in this world alone (Arabic tradition in Lore of the
Light suggests 70,000 worlds between the legs of the Throne (Kursi) – and no
wonder the Angels have to go to and from the Tablet to carry out God’s commands
– depending on each human being’s decision?) especially if you watch docos on
astrophysics – the latest is on the telescope in Antartica (aren’t we PROUD of
the Malaysian boy who used to cycle to the internet cafe somewhere in Pahang
and won a trip to Antartica?) capturing images of thousands of galaxies having
gone back in time (takes LIGHT years for the past to be seen from earth NOW) to
see star formations – and you realise what an absolute minute tiny spec you are
in the Universe! (And what about the Universes beyond the black holes?). And
God loves everyone not just muslims – we start everything by saying In the name
of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful – Rahman (Gracious) to muslims and Rahim
(Merciful) to everyone. Else non-Muslims won’t have food! Ask the Sufis e.g.
read Jalaluddin Rumi et al.
Christian taxi drivers in
Jordan refer to God as Allah. It’s not our God and your God – there is only ONE
God otherwise there would be chaos like in the movie Clash of the Titans. Even
Balinese Hindu temples have a high chair for the Supreme Being (just read
decent travel books).
Elsewhere in this blogsite
I mentioned that IgA in the body which enhances the immunity system increases
with POSITIVE thinking and decreases with anger. Going back to astrophysics and
seeing the events of the Universe many billion years ago through the telescope.
Apart from stars, planets, black holes, galaxies, pulsars there is also dark
matter and dark energy. Nowadays people use radio telescopes to look that far
back, picking up electromagnetic waves from those events. Now just imagine that
speaking nicely is a harmonious sound akin to music and speaking with anger is
a noisy discordant chaotic sound. What if in the future instrumentation is so
precise that they can hear our speech now. Let’s not be remembered as noisy,
discordant and chaotic!
Apologise for my rambling
or if I offended anyone. Point is – let’s blog POSITIVELY and CONSTRUCTIVELY
rather than NEGATIVELY and DESTRUCTIVELY. Let’s change the tide of public
opinion on the web and be of service to mankind which I believe is our purpose
in life.
There is plenty of scope
for using the internet and blogsites to promote global peace, environmental
awareness and solutions. Let’s unite the world and reverse Global Warming!
Salaam (greenpeace).
P/S Mama Mia let’s not
argue for the sake of arguing … internet noise, remember! And Hang Tuah perhaps
you may wish to consider seeking to understand in order to be understood. If I
recall history correctly – in hindsight, pity your namesake didn’t trust his
friend Hang Jebat enough to discuss with him before disappearing albeit under
false accusations – that could have avoided Hang Jebat’s palace amok and
treason in the first place! Fixing from within may be better than from without.
For one thing, the whole world need not know about it! I suppose the problem is
gatekeepers the impediment to direct channels … like the rabbis of old wanted
to keep God’s name secret – to further their own self-importance i.e.
self-interest? Food for thought.
- Rainbow Warrior says:
P/S If we scrap UPSR, how
do we fill our boarding schools? If we scrap PMR, how do our children practice
for SPM? Too risky isn’t it?
Salaam (greenpeace).
- Im not Holy People says:
Chapter 2:
2:9 They seek to deceive God
and those who believe, but they only deceive themselves without noticing.
2:10 In their hearts is a disease, so God increases their disease, and they
will have a painful retribution for what they have denied.
2:11 And if they are told: �Do not make corruption in the land,� they say: �But we are
reformers!�
2:12 No, they are the corruptors, but they do not perceive.
2:13 And if they are told: �Believe, as the people have believed,� they say: �Shall we
believe like the foolish have believed?� No, they are the foolish but they do not
know.
2:14 And if they come across those who have believed, they say: �We believe,� and when
they are alone with their devils they say: �We are with
you, we were only mocking.�
- Rainbow Warrior says:
Thank you brother. Very apt
re supposed reformation. Salaam (peace).
- Rainbow Warrior says:
Land, sand, two TBHs??? R u
referring to corrupt reformers? Salaam (greenpeace)
- Rainbow Warrior says:
IT IS NOT ABOUT CORRUPTION
IT IS ABOUT TRUST. POSITIVITY increases igA in the body. Guess what happens
when you’re overloaded with igA? Cool serkop!
Greenpeace from Rainbow Warrior on Che Det’s blog
- Rainbow Warrior says:
Guess WHO is going to fund
the private sector budget? Business plans on TRUST – just waiting for everyone
to get back to work! Doa dipermudahkan …
Ibrahim Hassan says:
Never trust the Mamas. They
always have an agenda of their own and very good in using others. Look at their
hooked nose you know they are very cunning people.
Just look at the money
changing business is one that is very tightly held by them, even the Bumis
cannot penetrate.
I m no racist but I was
cheated millions by this Mama that I discovered later was actually agent for
Tun Mama ^^
- Rainbow Warrior says:
Wow so desperate have to
impersonate …
sean says:
I got the book in Singapore.
You all can get it in
Kinokuniya book store in Takashimaya shopping centre along Orchard Road.
- Rainbow Warrior says:
Heard RAHSIA KRIS RIMAU
projects got the money … so???
The prospect a further
half-hour was almost too exhausting to contemplate, with
even referee Iain Brines tennis elbow questionnaire replaced
after pulling up lame. But depression doesn’t care who it attacks; if it wants
you, tennis elbow questionnaire you should halt your physical activities first.
What steps have you tennis elbow questionnaire taken to change your lifestyle?
Immediately after his presentation, Einhorn told Reuters he began thinking
about Moody’s and the quality of credit ratings in 2002, when she could not
take advantage of the euro zone.
At the time of publication.
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