172 thoughts on “BAKUN”

1. Salam Tun.
   I quote the comment made by Start The Game below:
   ‘By Start The Game Author Profile Page on May 26, 2010 9:00 PM
   Dear Tun Dr. M,
   1) Your articles “BAKUN” is very simple thinking, make sense and simple logical maths calculation,
   2) Why Sime Darby TOP Management can not think this simple, this sense and this logic?
   3) Yes, They are thinking very hard, they work very hard, their sense more complicated and sofisticated, they practise and understand very big number and complicated calculation.
   4) Ha! Ha! Ha! They are clever than you, Tun.’
   I wonder what he is talking about. What is the point of ‘thinking very hard’ and ‘work very hard’ and at the end of the day you lose RM1 billion.
   Sime Darby at one time, was having the largest amount of liquid assets, and it is a shame that all the hard work is not helping anybody right now.
   Semoga Tun sehat selalu dan terus memberikan yang terbaik untuk Malaysia. Insyallah.

2. Assalamualaikum TDM
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3. Askum Tun, sorry for the belated comments, just to share my experience as hydropower engineer, for any hydropower project the ball part costing is US 1.5M/MW, out which 70% is civil works. Looking at the numbers it seems SD mgmt has made an attempt to commit suicide, as such the whole mgmt team has to go.

4. Sebagai salah seorang staff sime darby semasa Sime Darby ambil alih, apa yang saya dengar,team teknikal tidak setuju untuk ambik, mungkin kerana tidak berbaloi dari segi kos atau apa saya tak pasti. Tapi selepas itu, tiba-tiba kluar kputusan Sime Darby amik.. macam ade yang tak kena dgn that decision.

5. Dear Tun,
   1. Sime Darby is one of those who have contributed to the inflation of housing bubble. The properties they are selling are expensive. Expensive enough do deter the proletariat from buying properties in large cities like Kuala Lumpur.
   2. Many middle and lower income earners, mainly the Malays, buy their homes via loans. These people are determined to pay monthly installments which include interests to the bank for a period of 20 years or so. They are committed to contribute to the growth of financial industry for quite a long period. Meanwhile the rich, mostly the capitalists, purchase their properties via very small loans; if not by cash. But the former receives only little recognition for their contribution to the economy. The capitalists are much more recognized and their voices are heard very clearly.
   3. Malaysia should no longer rely on its property market for future economic growth. Relying heavily on the property market is putting the economy in dire peril of collapse. A double storey terrace in the city was priced at about RM180,000.00 ten years ago. Today, a similar double storey terrace in the same city would cost about RM360,000.00. Sad to say, the home prices are rising much faster than the rents. This is an indication of the growing housing bubble.
   4. The United States experienced its housing bubble burst in 2007. Since then, its banks as well as other economies have been severely affected. Malaysia must learn from the incident. Once the housing bubble bursts, the banks will have difficulties in giving loans to the SMEs. When the physical economy is distressed, Malaysia can barely make progress.
   5. Retracting subsidies will strengthen the financial position of the government. It will help the government reallocating money to where it thinks best to spur economic growth. However, this action will have an immediate adverse effect to the growth of economy. Retracting subsidies is an impotent solution to the current economic riddle.
   6. Your idea of utilizing Bakun’s power excess is a viable solution that will also contribute to the Gross National Income (GNI). If I may expand, the excess power in Sarawak could be channeled to Labuan to make it ‘an island of lights’. It can be another Disneyland. It can also be another Las Vegas without prostitution. But the idea of setting up a Las Vegas in Labuan might invite some oppositions. We need ideas to reinvent our economy.

6. Ayahanda Tun,
   //Published: Thursday May 27, 2010 MYT 5:04:00 PM
   Updated: Thursday May 27, 2010 MYT 5:30:03 PM
   Idris Jala: M

7. Salam Tun & fellow CheDet’s bloggers,
   To understand all issues that have been raised in this blog or earlier, can be addressed by looking into the commitment by the 3 components of the players; individual involved, the immediate superior/manager or the society and the authorities.
   1) Individual – what is his/her understanding of the tasks and the responsibilities? How knowledgeable he/she in the job he/she has been assigned to undertake? What kind of motivation he/she has in order to perform the task in excellent manner? Does he/she aware that Allah knows the truth what in his/her heart? If not, that is the beginning of the problem where syaitan will be the advisor.
   2) Manager, superior or the society – what kind role/responsibility the manager,superior or the society plays or undetake in ensuring that the tasks will excellently be carried out with full responsibility. He/she should not know the rights & wrongs, technically and morally.
   3) The authorities – Is there any monitoring system in place to ensure assignment will be carried out within the approved standard procedures, the law or morality standard as to protect the interest of the people.
   It is too easy to blame an individual for the blunder whereas the decision not necessarily entirely his/hers. The people with the”power” will find the scape goat for their mistake and they consider themselves are free from blame. The authorities seem to be indifferent to the whole issues. Actions will be taken or seemed to be taken depending on who & who are involved and if so, it will be taken just to let them passed as people, in time, will easily forget.
   “kamu adalah pengembala dan di hari pertimbangan/akhirat nanti anda akan ditanya tentang bagaimana keadaan pengembalaan kamu” – hadith Bokhari.
   As the manager/leaders, they are assigned with trust and will have great responsibilities towards the accomplishment of the tasks so assigned and will be responsible also to the welfare and well being of the people under his charge. And if this is not understood or made to be understood, everybody will takes things easy as if the effect of the problems caused will end when you die.
   For every Muslim, “the study of Quran & Hadith are WAJIB for all Muslim” – Firman Allah in surah Al-Baqarah if I am not mistaken. I therefore suggest that these people should be sent to Quran & Hadith class in addition to class/seminars for acquiring other knowledge. What we can see is that many people have relevant ( qualification )knowledge but lack of Ilmu. There is a big difference between the two. “knowledge” is the gathering and having of information whereas “ilmu” is the application of these collected information with wisdom that will produce benefits to all or those it was intended to. Without “ilmu”, applications will be easily diverted for personal interest, greed for power & wealth. That will be the conclusion to any or all blunders made by human, wallahu’alam.
   May Allah protect us all from evils doings.

8. Assalamualaikum Tun,
   Mohon laluan…
   To Rarunasalam a.k.a Ravi, hahahaha….you are so persistent with Tun and like your previous comments in other issues, you are trying to teach Tun what to do, how to do…. Heyyy dei tambi…, try look at your face in the mirror first lah.
   People like you, ekompute are not worth listening but I enjoy laughing. Previously I was a bit pissed off with your resistance idea and thought but now no more. No wonder you lack common sense because you are like Pak Pandir… You know Pak Pandir in Malay folks story??? Hahahaha… you really funny and Tun really need this kind of people here to add a little drama. Bravo Ravi and ekompute!!! hahahah…

9. TANAH KTM DI SINGAPORE
   Mungkin salah satu syarat terima pelaburan amerika kut…Pandai najib…

10. Assalammualaikum Tun,
    Semoga berada dalam keadaan yang sihat selalu.
    This is off topic.
    Tun, please do something on the gov’s decision to switch teaching math and science back to BM come 2013. It is the wrong move. Politically motivated. Risking and playing with our children’s future. What you have said before is absolutely correct. Eventually when they reach higher level of learning, esp. university level, most references will be in english. Scientific journals are mostly in english. Terminologies are not the same. I’ve seen university students (esp the malays) translating most of their references to BM in order to understand the meaning better. What a waste of time. So, like the top people in SIMEDARBY, although they have the highest rank/post, they didn’t make a reasonable and sensible decision on BAKUN. What more to say the MINISTRY of EDUCATION. Their justification to the desicion made are weak, everybody knows it was political. Such a sad thing to see … what is happening to our beloved nation. What will the future hold for us … i dare not dream.

11. Salam Tun DM
    nama melayu (Persekutuan Negeri-Negeri Tanah Melayu) hilang bila nama negara disebut Malaysia. Nama Melayu hilang bila Kereta Tanah Melayu disebut KTM Bhd, kini, kereta tanah Melayu dan Tanah melayu itu sendiri akan lesap diSingapura. Tidak ada apa-apa kesan lagi bahawa Singapura itu tanah Melayu. Dulu Presiden Singapura orang Melayu, sekarang takde harapan lagi. Bahasa Melayu yang merupakan bahasa Kebangsaan diSingapura pun tidak membawa apa makna. Sekarang Keretapi orang Melayu pun sudah tak boleh melalui Tanah Melayu diSingapura – Hak orang Melayu melalui KTM diSingapura selama 999 tahun lenyap dalam masa tak sampaipun 99 tahun. Melayu akan terus melayu kot?

12. Salam,
    Izinkan saya beri sedikit pandangan dua isu terkini:
    1. ********Keretapi Tanah Melayu’s Tanjong Pagar******
    Ikut cerita Straits Times(Singapore) May 24, 2010
    Agreement on railway land
    “The land parcels – in Tanjong Pagar, Kranji, Woodlands and three in Bukit Timah – could be swopped for land of equivalent value in Marina South and the Ophir-Rochor area.”
    Tanah KTM ini adalah satu2nya peninggalan Tanah Melayu di Singapura.Orang Singapura sampai kiamat akan sedar(atau tak sedar diri) bahawa Singapura itu hak Melayu. Orang Melayu melawat Singapura atau kerja kuli di Singapura akan insaf dan bersemangat setiap kali lihat KTM di tengah2 Singapura. Kerajaan dan kaum bukan Melayu di Singapura rimas tengok ada nama Keretapi Tanah MELAYU dalam Singapura. Biarlah susah tapi jangan gadaikan tanah Melayu, simpanlah untuk generasi akan datang. Orang tua2 zaman dulu kata Tanah pusaka kalau dijual atau pindahmilik kepada bukan empunya-hak buruk padahnya!
    Kerajaan BN kena cari duit cara lain lah. Kerajaan kena jimat perbelanjaan pengurusan . Di Kuala Lumpur,pelancung tak ramai tapi lampu terang benderang untuk tua muda berkeliaran dan berkejar2an waktu malam mengecapi keindahan malam di ibukota. Rupa2nya pelancung luar negara terutamanya dari negara maju suka pi kat hutan2 tengok beruk,monyet dan gorilla dan lain2. Tempat2 ini bukan perlu lampu terang benderang! Depa nak tengok buaya kat sungai dalam hutan bukan di zoo atau shopping complex.
    Setiausaha FOMCA kata subsidi kerajaan tak diuruskan dengan baik. Misalnya untuk subsidi gula setahun sepatutnya RM216 juta dah cukup manis untuk seluruh rakyat Malaysia tapi berpenyakit kepada negara kerana melonjak kepada RM 1billion. Banyak tu. Itu baru cerita gula! Manis2 gula, manis lagi senyuman tauke gula!! Depa undi BN ke?
    2.*****PAS dan PKR mula nak main agenda Melayu*****
    PAS bukan percaya kat DAP, sebab itu la depa ada Dewan Himpunan Penyokong PAS (Dewan Al-Kafirun). Makna kata PAS boleh terus jaga kepentingan bukan islam tanpa ada DAP. PKR hang pa habuk pun tarak?
    Pemimpin PAS dan PKR baru sedar selama ini depa duk lap peluh DAP. Penanda di Hulu Selangor dan Port Dickson jelas dan terang menunujukan orang Melayu tak berminat cerita PKR dan PAS. Buat habis duit depa berkempen. Kemenangan Sibu sepatutnya lebih menakutkan pemimpin PAS dan PKR kalau depa berfikiran waras. Cuba duk diam2 sekejap fkir tanpa melibatkan emosi kenapa PAS dan PKR perlu bimbang? Sebelum ini busuk macam mana pun depa redha duk bawah ketiak YB2 DAP. La ni depa dah tahan bau busuk, maka depa kena lari dan minta belas kasihan orang melayu untuk survival politik depa. Mungkin langkah pertama ialah main isu hukum hakam judi bola dan isu tanah KTM di Singapura . Lepas ini lebih banyak serangan ,maklumlah PRU semakin dekat.
    Saya nak bagi sikit nasihat kat PAS sebab saya tak nak PAS hancur. Walaupun ahli politik PAS(bukan semua) seronok menyakit hati orang UMNO tapi oleh kerana Islam saya sayang juga kat PAS walaupun saya UMNO tegar. Hang pa suruh DAP perang seorang2 di Sabah dan Sarawak. hang pa tak ada peluang kat sana. Jangan duk lap peluh DAP , lagi benci orang Melayu kat hang pa nanti. Lebih baik hang pa tumpu kat Semenanjung,kukuhkan negeri jajahan hang pa. Buktikan hang pa lebih baik daripada UMNO. kalau hang pa tak pandai strategi,PRU akan datang hang pa terlepas semua negeri.Dah ada petanda2 hang pa nak lingkup.
    Saya sangat gembira PAS dan PKR sedar bahawa depa perlu bersaing dengan UMNO untuk jadi jaguh perjuangan Melayu. Pemimpin UMNO kena buktikan bahawa UMNO lebih baik dari PAS dan PKR untuk orang Melayu. Ingat dah ada 3 kedai nak berjuang untuk melayu. Sebaik2nya kamu semua bergabung dalam BN. Inilah masanya. Lupakan sengeketa lama.Buat habis duit, tenaga dan kesihatan. Lihat masa hadapan yang lebih cemerlang untuk generasi akan datang. Jangan lupa sejarah telah membuktikan banyak umat dahulu dibinasakan kerana perbalahan sesama sendiri. Banyak bencana berlaku kerana manusia engkar perintah Allah. Islam menyuruh kita bersatu. Orang Islam itu bersaudara, InsyaAllah, perpaduan membawa berkat. Kalau semua pemimpin Melayu,bumiputera lain dan semua Muslim bersatu, InsyaAllah generasi Malaysia akan datang akan bertambah cemerlang.

13. YABhg.Tun dan semua pembaca blog ini,
    jom kita ramai-ramai hadir ke perhimpunan GAS di PWTC tu….hehehe.

14. Tun,
    Appreciate your comments on why our ktm land at tanjung pagar given away and soon we will be driven to Woodlands and out of singapore eventually…
    why in the first place we fight for rocks in pedra branca and now we given away land?
    no explaination given and samething say its a win win situation..
    how can we win when our land given away..it just doesnt make sense..
    as this issue is related to the earlier issue where our oil field near sarawak is given away –it gives the impression every decision made by the government now shrinked our territory..
    why we have to be so kind?
    other country never give us their land as it is so precious..and a matter of national pride..
    please comment on this..thanks

15. Tun,
    I want to ask your comment on the ‘giving’ of KTM land to singapore…
    this is the same country who have just fought at the international court for some ‘rocks’- pedra branca or something..now giving acres or lands and also the earlier case giving the whole oil field to brunei..
    why our country have to be so generous?

16. Dear Tun Dr. M,
    1) Your articles “BAKUN” is very simple thinking, make sense and simple logical maths calculation,
    2) Why Sime Darby TOP Management can not think this simple, this sense and this logic?
    3) Yes, They are thinking very hard, they work very hard, their sense more complicated and sofisticated, they practise and understand very big number and complicated calculation.
    4) Ha! Ha! Ha! They are clever than you, Tun.

17. Assalamualaikum Tun Mahathir,
    Mungkin terlalu banyak telah diperkatakan mengenai posting Tun kali ini. Oleh itu saya tidak berhajat menulis panjang. Saya setuju dengan Tun bahawa keseluruhan pihak pengurusan Sime Darby perlu bertanggungjawab dengan kerugian ini. Tindakan terhadap mereka tu terpulanglah kepada pemegang saham dan kerajaan. Kalau boleh biarlah mereka letak jawatan dengan secara sukarela.
    Namun saya juga ingin menarik perhatian Tun mengenai pencapaian dan pengurusan GLC yang lain di Malaysia ini. Setakat yang saya nampak dan ketahui, pengurusan GLC sekarang ini tidak begitu bagus. Banyak masa dan tenaga yang di gunakan untuk politik dalaman dan keuntungan peribadi sehingga melebihi tumpuan untuk memajukan syarikat. Gaji nak naik, bonus nak lebih, prosidur berjela panjang sampai kerja tak berjalan, rungutan pelanggan makin bertambah (tapi dikurangkan dengan ‘creative reporting’) dan banyak lagi. Malah saya di maklumkan, terdapat juga kakitangan yang sanggup membuat struktur pengurusan sendiri untuk dimajukan kepada pengurusan sumber manusia dan jelas dalam struktur itu, empunya dirilah yang ‘perlu’ dinaikkan pangkat dan mempunyai ‘harem’ sendiri. Sampai tahap inikah GLC kita? Apa nak jadi dengan target kerajaan? Apa nak jadi dengan negara?
    Saya amat bimbang sedikit masa lagi, GLC ini akan menjadi beban kepada negara dan kita akan lihat ulangan kisah Sime Darby ini (walaupun mungkin plotnya sedikit berbeza agar tidak nampak seteruk Sime Darby). Kalau ini berlaku, maka tujuan kerajaan menubuhkan dan menyokong GLC ini jelas akan gagal. Yang akan menanggungnya ialah kerajaan dan rakyat.
    Terima kasih Tun Mahathir

18. Saya amat kecewa mendengar keputusan kerajaan malaysia mengalah dan memeberi kerajaan Singapura tanah Tanjung Pagar di Singapura.
    Ini menujukan kelemahan kepimpinan Najib.Seharusnya perkara ini sudah selesai semenjak 20tahun lalu dengan keputusan Malaysia mengatakan Tidak.Ia berlarutan sampai 20 tahun disebabkan Kerajaan Malaysia tidak tegas mengatakan Tidak.Mengata tidak dari awal dan jangan dilayan pemintaan rayuan Singapura akan memberi massage yg padu.Dayus Malaysia walau disebabkan alasan yg bernas pun tidak dapat mempelihara hak Malaysia.Sudah Pulau Batu Putih tewas,begini selanjutnya,serahkan saja keluarga,anak bini kita pada orang lain.
    Mereka akan berbaik,dan mengampu kita selagi keinginan mereka tak dapat.
    Lambat laun bila mereka berjaya kita akan disingkir dan tak dihargai.

19. Dear Ayahanda Tun,
    Wednesday May 26, 2010
    Bakun Dam must not be branded as a ‘white elephant’
    Comment By Yap Leng Kuen
    The Bakun Dam, where all 2,400 megawatts (MW) of hydro power produced will be used within Sarawak itself, must not be left idle and be branded a

20. Assalamualaikum kehadapan Y.Bhg Ayahanda Tun semoga sihat damai, kami doakan juga untuk semua para hadirin yang dimuliakan sekelian. Saya agak teruja dan maju memohon pekenan Ybhg Tun untuk diberikan sedikit ruang mengulas sejenak berkenaan dengan beberapa isu yang sedang melanda kini.
    Ahli parlimen yang menjadi penggubal undang-undang, mestilah membawa contoh yang baik kepada rakyat yang diwakili mereka. Jika ada mana diantara Ahli Parlimen ini memilih untuk melanggar mana-mana jua undang-undang dengan penuh kesedaran ataupun mungkin juga tanpa disedari, maka jelas bahawa Ahli Parlimen berkenaan tidak lagi memenuhi syarat untuk terus menduduki kerusi beliau di parlimen. Akan ada yang boleh berkata: maka bertindak sebagai munafik juga diri beliau untuk terus menduduki kerusinya, kerana secara jelas melalui tindakan dirinya sendiri, beliau telah tidak menghormati undang-undang yang telah digubal oleh kelompoknya sendiri, walhal mereka juga telah menetapkan bahawa rakyat biasa mesti mematuhinya!
    Kenapa perlu mereka diberikan pengecualian kepada rangkap

21. Salam Tun….
    After Bakun..straight to Singapore Tun…latest hot news…macam pisang goreng…wonder why Tun mum in latest hot news…Mana Tun punya perkasa sembunyi..batang hidung pun tak nampak ..

22. i hope that Najib did not sellout the dignity and sovereignity of Malaysia by agreeing to that KTM land swap deal with Singapore..im not Malaysian but i was sad to read that finally the KTM land on prime land in Singapore would go to Singapore- are Malaysians to gain from this or is it Najib alone ? One man stood up to all this –the revered Tun Mahathir and im sure with great wisdom . I wonder what is his reaction to this ? – its always in Singapores favor although its a 60/40 share!..im sure the Singapore delegation racing there to seal the deal would cleverly craft the terms. There seems to be a jubilant mood in Singapore as to how they secured another land snatch from Malaysia … thru banquet diplomacy !

23. i hope that Najib did not sellout the dignity and sovereignity of Malaysia by agreeing to that KTM land swap deal with Singapore..im not Malaysian but i was sad to read that finally the KTM land on prime land in Singapore would go to Singapore- are Malaysians to gain from this or is it Najib alone ? One man stood up to all this –the revered Tun Mahathir and im sure with great wisdom . I wonder what is his reaction to this ? – its always in Singapores favor although its a 60/40 share!..im sure the Singapore delegation racing there to seal the deal would cleverly craft the terms. There seems to be a jubilant mood in Singapore as to how they secured another land snatch from Malaysia … thru banquet diplomacy !

24. Looks like you are playing sandiwara. I am beginning to think the many loses in Government projects are due to cleaning Petronas black money as the National Oil Company had never revealed its account.

25. Dear Tun,
    If you want to save your baby UMNO you must return and reclaim it’s leadership role.Both Pak Lah and Najib do not have what it takes to face the challenging and sophisticated political situation of multiracial Malaysia.Under Paklah,the opposition managed to deny BN it’s 2/3 majority and now under Najib with his simple minded ‘I help you you help me ‘approach-UMNO’s fate is practically sealed.Najib’s approach to winning for BN will require lots and lot’s and lots and lots of money–where are they going to find that money?Are they going to apply for a bank loan somewhere for this purpose?After witnessing in broad daylight how he has tried to corrupt the voters of Sibu,can we give him the benefit of the doubt,that this guy will play it fair?
    Has this got anything to do with why we believe that govt will not do much to supervise and bring accountability to the GLCs?And why the silence so far of PNB to comment on SIME fiasco. I help you,you help me? (To ekompute,tks for the expose)

26. Damai ria says: “Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB),as a major shareholder of Sime Darby Bhd,so far we didn’t hear any response,feedback,statement or any action taken from PNB itself regarding on this issue.We could only hear response and statement from Minority Shareholder Watchdog Group (MSWG).”
    We don’t have to admire Singapore for everything but when it comes to good governance, we still have a thing or two to learn from them. Can anyone tell me whether you have heard of any multi-million dollar scandals in Singapore, let alone one after another? We are bleeding like hell and we still haven’t learn! When will we ever learn?
    Singapore is a secular state whereas Malaysia professes Islam to be its official religion. Let us do Islam proud and not give Islam a bad name.

27. Salam Tun,
    Saya juga ing8n tahun sekiranya dapat pua Tun berikan penjelasan tentang “cost overrun” yang terpaksa dibayar melalui duit rakyat semasa Tun dan isteri melakukan kerja-kerja ubahsuai rumah kediaman rasmi Perdana Menteri semasa hanya beberapa bulan Tun memegang tampuk pemerimtahan.
    Mungkin tidaklah banyak sangat kot kalau dibandingkan apa yang terjadoi di Sime Derby…..tapi pokoknya adalah sama sahaja.
    Memang mudah melihat kesalahan orang lain daripada kesalahan yang dilakukan oleh diri sendiri.
    Meminjam kata penulis blog ini HAJAR “…kalau betul itu sesuatu kesalahan yang dilakukan sememangnya rakyat tidak akan halalkan perkara sebegitu akan dituntut di akhirat kelak”
    Wallahua’alam

28. Salam Sejahtera kepada Tun dan Keluarga.
    Tun kami sungguh berasa sedih dengan sikap Najib.Kenapa Najib sanggup mengenepikan Tun dengan menyerah kan Tanah KTMB kepada Singapura.Saya sungguh yakin rakyat Malaysia TIDAK SETUJU.Dah lah jembatan tidak di buat kita beri lagi.
    Setelah selama dua puloh tahun Tun mempertahankan nya.Baru saja Najib menjadi PM perkara sebegini berlaku. Oleh sebab ini saya merasakan Najib is worst off than Pak Lah.
    Tun tolong lah kami.Bimbingngan Mu sangat di perlukan.Satu lagi khazanah negara telah tergadai.
    Tun May Allah BlessYou.

29. Salam Tun;
    INI SATU TANGGAPAN

30. Assalamualaikum Tun.
    Betul tekaan saya dulu pasal Labu Airport.Directors sime darby hanya nampak projek segera yang boleh buat untung.Tak berani nak ambik projek sakit.
    Kalau macam tu la niaga,tak lama lagi bankrap sime darby sebab takde nak pikir pasal projek jangka panjang.Harapkan ladang kelapa sawit apa la sangat.Tu pun PAS dengan PKR tengah sibuk nak tawan negeri Pahang.Entah-entah projek arwah Tun Abdul Razak tu pun boleh lingkup jugak nanti.
    Kan bagus kalau bendera Malaysia pun kita order dari China.Murah sikit.Buat kat negara sendiri mahal la.Baru meriah sambut merdeka tahun ni.Bendera boleh bagi sorang satu percuma.
    Perghh…tengok awek pakai baju jarang made in China,nampak bra hitam.Naik motor pulak tu.Canggih-canggih…Malaysian pun dah made in China sekarang ni.
    Projek nuklear nanti pun boleh bagi kat sime darby dan cari partner yang sanggup buat murah.Molekul nuklear tu kan kecik,jadi murah je kosnya.
    Saya tak pasti samada kiamat nanti sebab nuklear ke..?
    Terima kasih Tun.

31. Dear Ayahanda Tun,
    At last….the deadlock of 20-year impasse ends on KTMB land in the island republic with both leaders of the countries declaring they could now smile and move their bilateral relationship forward……..
    ‘Live Work and play’ in Iskandar, the slogan for healthy lifestyle of the new century. Khazanah Nasional Bhd and Temasek Holdings Ltd will form a 50-50 joint-venture company to develop an iconic wellness township in Iskandar Malaysia involving private sector from both countries.
    Singapore, the republic also announced that upon the expiry of the 1961 agreement on the supply of water to Singapore from Johor on July 1, 2011, the island republic would hand over the Skudai waterworks asset free of charge and in good working order.
    Najib also said Malaysia still planned to have the third (3rd) link Singapore, adding that it was a long-term project. The third link is the Sceneric Bridge?
    It is indeed a ‘big smile’ for Ayahanda Tun with all these positives bilateral relationship with Malaysia and Singapore happening in ‘May’ 2010 due to forseen Globilisation Challege of Mel Ayu (Soft Mail) by Dr Mahatir Mohamad 10 years
    ago……………..

32. Dear Tun,
    GLCs are loosing billions. The Government is loosing billions in mega projects and other wasteful spending. The civil service is costing the rakyat billions in salaries, benefits and bribes yet it is of little use to the rakyat at the end of the day. Our leaders live a life of luxury and opulence. They put their counterparts in the USA, Japan,and Europe to shame. Just calculate all the cost when PM Najib and the delegation go on their overseas trips. Look at our ministers and their life styles. Whose money?
    To add salt to our wound, this Government is organizing at the end of this month in KLCC a so called feed back conference on how to cut the rakyat subsidy for petrol, sugar and toll.What nonsense!!

33. Dear Tun,
    Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB),as a major shareholder of Sime Darby Bhd,so far we didn’t hear any response,feedback,statement or any action taken from PNB itself regarding on this issue.
    We could only hear response and statement from Minority Shareholder Watchdog Group (MSWG)
    Is there something wrong with PNB?
    Could you please write something about PNB?

34. IS SIME DARBY BOARD APPLYING “ELEGANT SILENCE” MODE UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO DROP THE STINKING BOMB? !!!
    I am shocked to note that Sime Darby is again making a mess in its business operation. This is the second time Sime Darby got hit by the blunder made by its top senior executives.
    What a shame when you have high powered and experienced board members seat on the board of Sime Darby and yet they made the same huge financial loss again. It looks like there is defect in the monitoring system which led to this massive financial loss.
    I think it is high time to overhaul the whole Sime Darby organization structure.
    To me there seems to be lack of management skills among the top executives of Sime Darby. I wonder who recommended this “tyreman” to be the CEO.
    Going through the current corporate profile of Sime Darby it looks like the second or third generation of Sime Darby top management executives do not have the charisma and quality to run a multi-national company like Sime Darby. They lack the experience and the exposure to handle high profile international business dealings especially in general trading and contracting.
    DON’T YOU THINK THAT THE CHAIRMAN AND THE BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD GO TOO TO ACCEPT JOINT FULL RESPONSIBILTY FOR THE MASSIVE LOSS?

35. Mengapa perkara ini boleh berlaku? Sy kecewa kerana ini melibatkan wang pelaburan dr KWSP, ASB dan ASN juga yg mana sy dan ramai rakyat yg lain mempunyai pegangan dlmnya. Sy amat impikan sebuah pentadbiran wang rakyat yg lebih cekap bukan seperti ini.
    Amat Berharap,
    Vampire Contact Lenses

37. Dear all,
    Some insight stories about Sime Darby affairs since 1970s from a former director of Sime Darby (1974-1992). (extracted from Malaysia Insider).
    …………………………………………………………..
    The true story of Sime Darby

38. Good afternoon Ayahanda,
    //Sunday May 23, 2010
    Greater shift in the Malay vote
    INSIGHT
    By JOCELINE TAN
    Contrary to public perception, it is not the Chinese vote but the Malay vote which has seen the biggest shift to the opposition over the last five general elections.
    ANYONE catching a flight out of Sibu the day after the by-election would have noticed the number of Malays wearing shirts and caps bearing the rocket logo of the DAP.
    They were from Peninsular Malaysia and had been in Sibu to campaign for the DAP.

39. Tun,
    The answer to your question is MONEY! MONEY! and more MONEY!!! Check those senior management of SD and you will surely find a lot of hidden money or living beyond their salary. SD with so much special privilege or first choice priorities still don

40. Salam Tun,
    It’s sound stupid, kerana projek empangan Bakun,telah jadi begini, terfikir saya sejenak kes yg hampir baur yang serupa berkaitan jambatan antara Singapura dan Malaysia yang di hentikan, golongan yang berkaitan,cerdik pandai,ahli pemikir terutama pemimpin yang cetak ilmu serta pemikiran “bagaimana menguasai ekonomi dan Memecahkan monopoli” dan tanpa merisaukan soal masa depan gengaman putaran ekonomi.Bagi pendapat saya, mohon akan Tun lebih memerhati dan menegur tinggalan-tinggalan idea yang mereka yang tak langsung terfikir akan kepentingan masa depan nya.Kesalnya soal projek Bakun telah sama di salah fikirkan, kerana Bakun secara sendirinya menjana segalanya, pendapatan,peluang kerja,kepakaran,masa depan.
    p/s- rugi akal dan pemikiran pemimpin dahulu, rancang,siap dan tinggalkan khazanah untuk generasi akan datang.
    Terima Kasih Tun, keranamu, saya disini.

41. TUN MAHATHIR,
    SALAM DENGAN PENUH HORMAT.
    TODAY, 25 MAY, I READ IN THE DAILIES THAT CIMB INVESTMENT DIV. SUGGESTED TO THE PUBLIC TO SELL OFF SIME DARBY AND OPT FOR GENTING PLANTATION SHARES.
    IN MY EARLIER POSTING, I SPECULATED THAT THERE WOULD BE BIG BUYERS WAITING IN LINE TO GRAB SIME DARBY SIMMILAR TO WHAT WE DID TO GUTHRIE LONG TIME AGO. THE ONLY DIRRENCE WAS THAT WE DID NOT BUY IT CHEAP.
    SO I STOOD BY WHAT I HAVE SPECULATED. IT WAS A DILIBERATE MISMANAGEMENT TO BRING DOWN SIME DARBY SO THAT BIG PROXY’S MONEY WILL COME IN FROM NEIGHBOURING COUNTRY TO GRAB EVERY UNIT THAT IS OFFERED AT THE COUNTER. I JUST HOPED THAT SIME DARBY BOARD WILL NOT SELL IT OFF FOR 1 EURO.
    LET US SEE THE MOVEMENT IN THE NEXT 2 MONTHS AND HOW IT WILL END.I DONT EXPECT ANY OPPOSITION OR THE GOVERNMENT PUTTING THEIR HANDS ON THIS AS IT MAY ALREADY BE IN THE PIPELINE AND AS FOR EON BANK, HONG LEONG WILL BAGGED THIS ONE AS THEY ARE THE ONLY ONE INTERESTED AND IT SEEMS THEIR INTEREST IS FAR AND WIDE. I KEPT ASKING MYSELF, WHO ARE OUR PEOPLE THAT ARE FRONTING FOR THE INVISIBLE HANDS ?
    DOES THE POLITICAL DEVIDE IN OUR SOCIETY DURING THE LAST 10 YEARS A COINCIDENCE ?

42. Assallammualaikumwarahmatullahiwabarokatuh..
    Semoga mendapat izin dan perkenan Tun..
    Abg samuraimelayu
    Lama tak dengar khabar.Moga sihat.
    Saya sedang menghayati jilid terakhir dari Ihya Ulumiddin.Di antaranya ada satu hadith Rasullulah s.a.w tentang tegurannya kepada kaum perempuan yang berada di sisinya ketika baginda s.a.w hampir wafat.Kata-kata ini di ucapkan apabila seseorang menyarankan supaya Saidina Umar r.a yang mengimamkan solah kerana suaranya yang lantang.Baginda mahukan Saidinia Abu Bakar r.a yang mengimami solah dan mengulangnya sebanyak 3 kali.
    Rasullulah s.a.w menegur Aisyah yang bersetuju supaya Saidina Umar r.a yang mengimami solah dan bukan bapanya sendiri Saidina Abu Bakar r.a
    “Kamu menyerupai saudara Yusuf a.s!”
    Selama ini saya hanya menghayati terjemahan dan tafsiran dari sudut yang lain.Dari Ihya Ulumiddin Imam Al Ghazali saya dapati kefahaman yang lebih menyeluruh di mana maksud perkataan baginda s.a.w ialah
    Kamu memperkatakan di mulut mu, apa yang tidak di hati..
    Begitu juga semua persoalan.Orang-orang kafir mendakwa kita mesti lihat perspektif hidup dari dua sudut..Two side of the coin.
    Juga dari sudut..wether the glass is half empty or half full dan
    juga better half a loaf than none..termasuk expression..one in the hand is better than two in the bush..juga one man meat is another man poison..
    Kesemua ini adalah “conventional wisdom”.Islam mengajar umatnya kelainan dari sudut pandangan..Cuba lihat tuduhan orang musyrik ke atas Rasullulah s.a.w
    Agama apa yang kamu bawa ini Muhammad? Keluarga berpecah belah kerana agama kamu,isteri bercerai dengan suami,anak memusuhi bapa dan macam-macam lagi!..
    Kalau kita tanya orang-orang kefahaman konvensional kita akan dapat jawapan yang bermacam-macam.Tetapi jawapan tepat dan hak ialah..
    Ini ialah agama yang membezakan di antara hak dan batil.
    Seperti mana yang di katakan oleh Abu Ubaidah Al Jarrah bila beliau di kecam dan di cemuh dengan dahsyatnya kerana membunuh bapanya yang kafir di dalam perang Badar..
    Aku tidak membunuh dia..Aku membunuh kemusyrikan di dalam dadanya..
    Di dalam Islam,sesuatu isu di lihat dalam tujuh pandangan yang berbeza..Semuanya benar dan boleh di terima tetapi hanya satu sahaja yang hak dan tepat.
    Contoh: Apakah yang kita perbuat sekarang?
    1)Sedang duduk.
    2)Sedang membaca komen blogger di blog Tun.
    3)Sedang menatap skrin komputer.
    4)Sedang berada di dalam bangunan tertentu.
    5)Sedang berada di dalam negeri yang tertentu.
    6)Sedang berada di dalam negara Malaysia.
    7)Sedang menikmati Blog Tun dan memberi sedikit sumbangan kepada masyarakat.
    Oleh itu apa jua yang S..Tan dan Mr Ravi perkatakan adalah benar tentang semua isu yang mereka perkatakan..Bakun,Dow Jones,Racist,Hulu Selangor dan lain- lain..Persoalannya..adakah
    ianya tentang perkara yang hak dan tepat??
    Begitulah juga isu kesyukuran dan keinsafan.Hanya yang dapat melihat dengan
    Nur Allah dapat melihat ketujuh-tujuh sudut pandangan tersebut!!
    Hanya milik Allah setiap sesuatu..Apa yang di kurniakan kepada kita hanyalah setitis sahaja daripada lautan ilmuNya..
    Terima kasih Tun.
    

43. Salam Yg Bhg Tun,
    Bila SIME DARBY rugi banyak…. anak2 kami tak dapat pinjaman. Untuk makluman Tun, anak saya bersama 8 orang kawan sekelasnya sedang belajar di Akademi Traktor Malaysia di Puchong dalam peringkat 3 (level 3) jurusan heavy machine engineering yang memakan masa selama 8 bulan. Mereka dijanjikan pinjaman dari Perbadanan Tabung Pembangunan Kemahiran (Kem Sumber Manusia). Semua dokumen mengenai pinjaman & penjamin2 telah diberikan kepada pihak pengurusan pada awal pengajian. Kini pengajian telah berjalan selama 5 bulan dan dijangka akan tamat lagi 3 bulan. MALANGNYA, minggu ini anak saya & kesemua pelajar menerima surat makluman bahawa TABUNG PEMBANGUNAN KEMAHIRAN telah TIDAK MEMPUNYAI DANA . Mereka diarah untuk membayar/menanggung sendiri kos yuran belajar sebanyak kira2 RM500/pelajar/bulan yang jumlah keseluruhannya dianggarkan RM4,000 (8 bulan). Keadaan ini menimbulkan masalah kepada kami sebagai ibu-bapa yang sememangnya susah dam amat bergantung harap kepada bantuan seumpama ini untuk menentukan kemajuan dan menjamin masa depan anak2 kami.
    Tolonglah YB Menteri & pihak2 yang berkaitan melihat dan membantu menyelesaikan masalah ini, kerana kesulitan yang sedang kami hadapi amat mengganggu kehidupan seharian sehingga menggigau dalam tidur. Apakah anak2 kami perlu berhenti separuh jalan dengan menamatkan pengajian kerana tidak dibenarkan menduduki peperiksaan apabila tidak mampu membayar yuran pengajian ? Fahamilah…. kami terpaksa bergolok bergadai setiap bulan untuk menanggung perbelanjaan anak kami untuk membayar sewa bilik (berkongsi 8 orang dalam rumah murah 2bilik), makan-minum, minyak motor dan lain2 yang mencecah lebih RM400. Bagaimana pula dgn persekolahan anak2 kami yang lain,dan kos sara hidup kami yang tentunya memerlukan sumber kewangan yang besar setiap bulan.
    Tunjukkanlah KEBENARAN bahawa Kerajaan Mendahulukan Rakyat & Pencapaian diutamakan dan bukannya sekadar SLOGAN !!!!
    Terima kasih,
    Bapa yang benar2 mengharap.

44. SALAM, TUN
    KOMEN SAYA PADA KALI INI, SIKIT SAJA.
    TUN ADA BUAT KOMEN SUPAYA MASALAH SIME DARBY PERLU DITANGGUNG OLEH SEMUA.
    KALAU IKUT KIRA-KIRA SAYA YANG BODOH NI, SEMUA KENA LETAK JAWATAN DARI LEMBAGA PENGARAH HINGGALAH MENTERI YANG BERTANGGUNG JAWAB TENTANG GLC. DAN KALAU ORANG SEMUA TAK MAHU BERTANGGUNG JAWAB, PM KENA BERI PENJELASAN DAN PERLU JUGA LETAK JAWATAN. HABIS DUIT RAKYAT SAJA……TAK BOLEH HARAP…LAPOR KEPADA POLIS DAN SPRM.
    TAK ADA ORANG CADANG PUN SUPAYA ORANG TERTENTU DIHERET KE MUKA PENGADILAN SEBALIKNYA DIADILI DI MEDIA….MANA ADA PROFESIONAL KAT SITU……
    DAH BANYAK KALI GLC RUGI DAN SEBAGAINYA, CERTA LAMA, PI MAI DUK TANG TU JUGA…..TUKAR PM PUN MACAM TU JUGA……..SERUPA SAHAJA.
    SEKIAN.

45. Salam TUN dan semua
    saya ada buat komen dalam blog saya sebelum ini tentang kerugian ini… sudah jelas lagi tersuluh Musa Hitam cuma seorang pengerusi syarikat yang tidak berkelayakan cuma menumpang teduh ketika Abdullah ‘badawi berkuasa… about time for Musa to take responsibility and resign..baru namanya ada integriti. Mana pi KPI yang dilaungkan.
    Ini lah masallahnya kita ada banyak pemimpin yang tahu cakap tapi otak kosong…mahu pegang jawatan untuk seronok bukan untuk rakyat.
    wassalam

46. Dearest YAB & diKasihi Tun,
    1. Tun Musa Hitam must take full responsibility on Sime Darby

47. Tun M.
    in addition to S..Tan’s comments, it’ll be great for the Malaysian public to know what the findings of the study that was done to understand the delays of the construction.
    You gave your views on how you felt your sucessor government did not ensure success of this project. It will also serve the public to hear from those companies what they felt were poor decisions from the government that led to the 3rd revival of the project. This info will benefit those who want to understand facts, not just hear your one sided version.
    Also, those who actually pick up on Tun’s sentiments…note how he impresses this will be the LARGEST submarine cable installation in the world…this is Tun M. in his element. Everything has to be biggest, tallest and mammoth…not necessarily needed or efficient.
    Tun M…why dont you ask Tun A. for a live TV debate on why he should not have overturned a number of your plans…or is that something you feel is beneath you?
    (Ravi)

48. Dear Tun
    May I response to the comment made
    By ekomputeAuthor Profile Page on May 23, 2010 6:24 AM
    I fully agree with you Islam is a beautiful religion. The followers has spoilt it. They were potrayed as very untolerable lot. And lately branded as ‘religion of terrorism’.
    Actually we should study the root of the cause of all these nonsense accusation. It all started from Zionis and American propagandas and brutality. For no reason they invade Palestine and Iraq and kill our Muslim friends, confiscate their land. When other Muslim support their Muslim friend in protecting their country we accuse them as arrogant. We must always study the reason behind all the acts.
    Unlike some of our friends in Malaysia they always unhappy and complain even though they have become the richest community in this originally Tanah Melayu.
    Mr.ekomputeAuthor…..Can you advise all your cousin and relatives to be more friendly and thankful than the Muslim.

49. SALAM KASIH DAN SAYANG
    AYAHANDA RAKYAT TUN
    IZINKAN,
    By ekompute on May 23, 2010 6:28 AM
    ….
    I absolutely agree with Pakbelalang. Seems like we have not done much to the railway network and what exist today is mostly British heritage. I wonder when Malaysia will be able to afford those high-speed bullet trains.
    SDR. EKOMPUTE,
    COUNT US IN ON THIS. WE STILL REMEMBER THE BULLET TRAIN RIDES FROM TOKYO TO MOUNT FUJI AND FROM PARIS TO LONDON ON THE EUROSTAR.. EXCITING!
    IMAGINE THE EXCITEMENT OF OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS..ABLE TO SEE OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY SIDES, MOUNTAINS AND BEACHES IF SUCH FACILITY IS MADE AVAILABLE?… HOPEFULLY BY 2020..
    WAWASAN 2020 BUKAN TITIK PENYUDAH BAGI JENERASI MENDATANG IA BERMULA..AND LET US ALL BEGIN ADDRESSING OURSELVES WITH ‘K.A.M.I.’
    KITA ANAK MALAYSIA INSAF!
    ALFATIHAH, AMIN
    Ps. The more we read our Adik Wajaperak contributions, we get to understand the meaning of INSAF!..Thank you Adikku. May Allah swt bless u with more ILMU.

50. Selamat sejahtera,
    Tentang isu pecah amanah dan kerugian berjuta ini di negara kita biasalah.selalu dah kita maklum dan syarikat itu orang kitalah kepalanya.Buat sidang akhbar dengan selamba macam ada sikit kesilapan teknikal saja.
    Rasanya tak lama kisah Sime Darby ini.sebulan dua lagi senyaplah.Kita tunggulah pula kisah baru,syarikat mana pula,melayu mana pula dan apa pula bentuk kutipan yang kerajaan akan kenakan pada kita semua.Ramailah orang akan sakit jantung,darah tinggi kerana masalah duit,duit,duit…

51. Pakbelalang says: “As far as I am concerned how I wish the govt. could construct a new extensive railway network. This is the best transportation system that could have spin off economic activities spread out in smaller towns which are connected to train network. I have several times suggested that we should construct a new railway network from Port Dickson to Melaka, Muar, Batu Pahat, Pontian, JB and move on to the east to Kota Tinggi, Mersing,Kuantan,Kemaman, Kerteh, KT and Kota Bahru.”
    I absolutely agree with Pakbelalang. Seems like we have not done much to the railway network and what exist today is mostly British heritage. I wonder when Malaysia will be able to afford those high-speed bullet trains.

52. Off topic but I was so impressed with this Malaysian Insider article, Abide by evidences and facts, by Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin regarding what Islam actually is. I always believe that Islam is a good religion but the way it is practised in Malaysia, it makes many non-Muslims abhor Islam. The image of Islam in Malaysia is that of non-tolerance and if you say something wrong, you worry whether you will continue to live tomorrow. As a brilliant intellectual, Tun should forsake divisive politics as much as possible and write more about Islam so that we can have a more harmonious nation. How can Tun continue to associate with a party that says You help me, I help you that is not only an insult to democracy and the people but also not consistent with the spirit of Islam.

53. My Beloved Tun,
    Sime Darby needs a ‘HASSAN MARICAN’ or the man himself.

54. Harap Dapat perhatian Tun!
    Bercakap mengenai tenaga elektrik, 2 tahun lepas masa saya tgh buat master architecture saya di Melbourne, saya dengan kumpulan ada buat satu kajian pasal sistem janaan tenaga elektrik di Woking, England.
    The system used is called co-generation. It utilise every bit of energy produce even the the by-product heat to generate electricity are used for heating and cooling in building. If only any one could promote this type of electricity, we could cut down a significant number of fossil fuel used to generate electricity. This system combine the use of gas to produce electricity and the heat from the process used to power a type of air-conditioning called Absorption chiller.
    The whole system is a simple combination of present technology. If you could put sometime to study this system and promote it.
    There’s 3 link to introduce you to the system.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woking#Energy_policy
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogeneration
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absorption_refrigerator
    I’d appreciate if you could spend a little bit of time to understand this very simple system to promote greener energy.
    Thanks.
    Hazman

55. Assalamualaikum Ayahnda Tun & Bonda,
    please allow me,
    #7 explains clearly why the project was procrastinated….bahhh
    i choose SOLAR energy simply because it’s safer, practical & we have sunlight all year round. just ensure that investments will not be jeopardised by dumbheaded people…enough said.
    May Allah the AlMighty bless you both Ayahnda & Bonda. may all of us be blessed, too.
    Wassalam.
    just my brain wave…

56. kalau ita kerja dan kita buat kerja seumpama kita menjaga rumah kita…dgn ikhlas tuhan sentiasa beri petunjuk yg baik…di sime sana depa buat macam mak bapa depa punya….hancur semua…kerajaan buat untuk kerajaan dan kakitangan kerajaan saja…muka depan paper the sun hari jumaat lepas adalah petunjuk yg baru kerajaan. Cara mereka jawab seolah olah kita rakyat diluar kerajaan ni bodoh sangat. tuan tuan dan puan puan kera kera kerajaan msia….tunjuklah ikhlas sikit…buat pa rumah banyak banyak lagi pun kubur kita pun entah dimana.

57. dear Tun,
    This is what you get when you appoint a politician to sit in as chairman of a business organization,he will treat everything to be a light political matter.The fact that SIME has made a billion dollar loss at the end of its third quarter, yet this thick skin Musa said he will only consider resigning pending the outcome of the investigation .That this already audited billion dollar loss could probably be due to a computer glitch somewhere in its overseas division ,and, for all you know-due to these sort of errors SIME could be making a billion dollar profit instead.Hence,the why he need to hold his gun. That he actually didn’t know that SIME was heading for this disaster.Which led me to wonder-do this politician know the ultimate objective of businesses ? So, don’t they discuss profitability at all in their board meetings ?Now if they do won’t they would have already detected the small unexpected /potential loss at its early stage -have the matter investigated ,come up with the remedial actions so that they would achieve profit the subsequent month/quarter -and, tragedy of this magnitude could have been everted?Surely there are some sort of an early warning system in a huge organization such as SIME .That is,if they know how to do business or have done their job.So since Musa doesn’t know the causes yet-so I can safely conclude,business performance/ profitability were not discussed at all in their board meetings- so ,what do they actually discuss in their meetings at the posh expensive faraway venues-all the great drives and putts they had at hole 19?

58. Ayahanda Tun,
    Brief fiscal information for Ayahanda Tun to read from thestar online which I have copied and pasted this afternoon, just in case Ayahanada Tun wants to blog and read early in the morning, I also know how to do bodek-ing ma. The sentiment of anti-BN is still strong base on the news and the sensational writing of S..Tan’s Overrun Cost vs Rakyat Overrun Cost….
    Published: Saturday May 22, 2010 MYT 1:44:00 PM
    Unlikely to become full-blown recession, says PM
    By NELSON BENJAMIN and ZAZALI MUSA
    JOHOR BARU: The debt crisis affecting some European countries is unlikely to translate into a full-blown recession, said the Prime Minister.
    However, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak wants the country to remain vigilant, adding that no one should be complacent in a competitive global arena.
    Najib said this at a press conference after launching the Aero Mall and Senai Airport City projects in Senai.

59. Your comments do not give enough information for me to make a determination regarding the cost of the project. I have spent half a life time evaluating hydropower plants. My first comment is to hire consultants who have a proven record of

60. Dear Tun,
    The govt. must fix the problem and rectify it once and for all and move on with other projects that benefit our future generation. Mistakes have been made and lesson learned, even though it is too expensive to bare.
    As far as I am concerned how I wish the govt. could construct a new extensive railway network. This is the best transportation system that could have spin off economic activities spread out in smaller towns which are connected to train network.
    I have several times suggested that we should construct a new railway network from Port Dickson to Melaka, Muar, Batu Pahat, Pontian, JB and move on to the east to Kota Tinggi, Mersing,Kuantan,Kemaman, Kerteh, KT and Kota Bahru.
    Don’t you think it is a viable project, Tun. It is no doubt it will involve a massive infrastructure costs. We can construct the network in stages, spread out for 20 years if we do not have much fund to spare. Nothing is costly if we were to consider the benefit that it will bring to our next generation to come.
    Apa sebab semasa zaman penjajahan ” orang putih” membina landasan kereta api dari utara ke selatan dan ke pantai timur? Kalau kita masih lagi dijajah saya rasa ” orang putih” akan terus membina dan memanjangkan lagi rangkaian landasan kereta api dimerata tempat.

61. Ayahanda Tun,
    PM Najib, the First (1st) Lady, several cabinet ministers are meeting Singapore’s Hsien Loon as planned on Saturday, 22.5.2010 after the minor defect in Sibu’s by election…and PM Najib knows international, regional, and domestic economics.
    Najib To Visit Singapore Saturday
    KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak will be on a three-day working visit to Singapore starting from Saturday, to attend a retreat with Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
    Both leaders are expected to discuss bilateral and regional issues, said a Foreign Ministery here Friday.
    It said the visit will also provide an opportunity for the two leaders to cement their personal ties, besides reaffirming and enhancing the good and close relations that both countries have been enjoying.
    Najib will be accompanied by his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman and several Cabinet Ministers, the statement added.
    — BERNAMA
    Good day Ayahanda Tun, one of the country Wain compares Malaysia was Japan.

62. Salam Tun berdua dan pembaca budiman semua,
    1. Pernahkah ada sesuatu keuntungan yang datang tanpa pengorbanan?
    2. Malaysia kita nak majukan, tapi kita tak mahu lakukan sebarang penborbanan. Mungkinkah ini berlaku?
    3. Kita tak mahu empangan kuasa hidro, kerana muka bumi terpaksa dikorbankan. Habitat hidupan liar ditenggelamkan, orang-orang dipindahkan keluar dari tanah nenek moyang dan sebagainya, maka kita tinggalkan idea empangan ini.
    4. Kuasa nuklear juga tak kurang risikonya. Teknologi amat perlu yang canggih-canggih, pengendalinya pun perlu yang berilmu dan berdedikasi tinggi. Bab nuklear ini bukannya boleh buat main-main. Chernobyl adalah kisah ngeri yang kita tidak mahu langsung berulang, apatah lagi terjadi di bumi Malaysia.
    5. Tenaga solar? Bagus ni… Kita pun di Khatulistiwa, sumber solar tak putus-putus. Dah….. mahal lah pulak kos nak jalankannya.
    6. Jadi, bagaimana kita buat keputusan???
    7. Pada pandangan saya sebagai pembayar cukai di negara ini, saya mahu kerajaan memilih punca tenaga yang berkeupayaan
    a- menghasilkan tenaga dengan risiko bencana yang paling rendah
    b- tidak perlu kepada pengorbanan muka bumi dan hidupan semulajadi yang terlampau luas
    c- menjana tenaga daripada sumber semulajadi paling hebat di alam ini….
    8. Saya Pilih….. SOLAR ENERGY!!!!
    Semoga ALLAH SWT beri kita semua dan kepada para pemimpin kita, taufik dan hidayah untuk buat keputusan-keputusan yang betul dan yang sebaik mungkin. Wallahua’lam…
    Jaga diri, Jaga solat Tun berdua dan kita semua.
    sikenit

63. Salam,
    Orang Putih yang dulu kerja dengan Sime Darby, Guthrie dan Harrison&Crossfiled kalau masih hidup lagi, tentu geli hati tengok orang Melayu kita mengendalikan apa yang sekarang dikenali dengan nama Sime Darby.
    Sime Darby selalu bermasalah . Apa nak jadi? Sepatutnya bertambah kuat hasil gabungan Sime Darby-Golden Hope-Guthrie. Ada kemungkinan tak, penggabungan ini nak tutup masalah Sime Darby? Kalau berjaya dulu dapat IJN, habislah rakyat Malaysia, tak kena cara banyak jantung2 berada kat kedai pajak gadai.
    Jabatan Audit Negara(JAN) dan Suruhanjaya Rasuah Malaysia(SRM) kena lebih kerap turun padang memantau gerakan ahli “lembaga” pengarah GLC. Pekerja di GLC tak kira apa pangkat pun segera lapurkan kepada JAN dan SRM jika terdapat mana2 ahli lembaga pengarah atau Pengurusan tertinggi yang disyaki bersifat seperti “Orang Minyak”. Mungkin JAN dan SPRM kena ada satu sistem mesra pelanggan supaya rakyat dapat melapurkan dengan mudah dan selamat demi kebaikan negara. Berikan imbuhan kewangan supaya ramai rakyat melapurkan salah guna kuasa yang menyebabkan kerugian besar kepada negara.
    ******Kerajaan Dato Najib***************
    Kerajaan Dato Najib sekarang semakin kukuh. Ramai orang Melayu dah kembali semula kepada UMNO. Jangan ulangi masalah lama. Yang sisa berkarat kena kikis supaya berkilat semula. Dulu Pak Lah(Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi)tersilap tak dengar cakap TDM, sampai macam2 masalah timbul.
    *****ini kes judi bolasepak Dunia*****
    UMNO kena pakat dengan PAS, supaya BN dan Pakatan Rakyat tutup semua kedai2 judi dan arak di seluruh Malaysia serentak. Tetapkan tarikh. Buat sama2 serentak, adil. Dua2 kalah undi bukan Islam serentak tak apa lah. Atau mungkin Khalifah Guan Eng atau Ustaz Ronnie Liu mulakan di Pulau Pinang atau Selangor dulu , tunjukkan semangat ingin berubah seperti ikatan kukuh “pinang dibelah tiga” DAP-PAS-PKR seperti di Sibu dulu?
    *******Pengaruh Internet********************************
    BN harus beri tekanan kepada parti2 komponen supaya berjaya mendapat semula sokongan dari kaum masing2. Tetapi kadangkala Parti seperti MCA. MIC, PBS, SUPP dan lain2 juga menghadapi masalah mendapat sokongan bukan Melayu kerana agenda isu nasional. Zaman dulu tak ada banyak masalah. sekarang ini dengan ada teknoloji internet, banyak masalah baru muncul.
    Yang Melayu bukan saja baca akhbar arus perdana tapi juga terdedah kepada blog2 pembangkang yang pakar “Putar Alam” seprti Harakah daily, tranungkite, Penarik beca,Perisk Rakyat dan lain2 lagi. Depa ini suka putar cerita. Cakap apa saja oleh UMNO akan dipusingkan. Hidup depa memang macam tu. Kerja cari makan kot? Tapi yang membimbangkan ialah pembaca atas pagar yang mungkin tepengaruh. Tak adakah cara yang dibenarkan “undang2” untuk halang pengaruh depa ini? PAS la ni pun dah pandai main saman orang. Maklumlah kawan PAS sekarang ialah pakar udang2 DAP dan PKR.
    Yang bukan Melayu pula, depa baca Malaysian Insider, Malaysia Kini, Malaysian Instinct, Malaysia Today,Nutgraph, Malaysian Instinct, Blog Lim Kit Siang dan lain2. Blog Lim Kit Siang dan Malaysia Today lebih khusus untuk pembaca parti pembangkang saja seprti blog2 PAS dan PKR yang lain kerana lebih bersifat politik. Yang paling merisaukan kerana menggangu fikiran orang di atas pagar ialah Malaysian Insider kerana nampak macam neutral dan profesional tetapi sebenarnya bukan. Ada berita semasa bukan politik dan politik. Tetapi kalau teliti betul2 “cara” depa sampaikan berita atau ulasan dari blog2 lain,nampak sangat depa ini tak mesra kerajaan atau tak suka UMNO/Melayu. Depa ini pengamal media yang berpengalaman,memang cekap la! Cuba periksa tengok, kalau2 ada “Orang Minyak” disebalik tadbir the Malaysian Insider ini. Yang lain2 seprti Nutgraph, Malaysiankini nampak lebih neutral. Kena baca setiap hari selama beberapa tahun baru nampak perbezaaan dengan jelas kesannya.
    Buat penat bising kat pemimpin MCA, MIC dan lain2 selagi cacing2 kerawit tak dikenakan ubat. Selagi kerajaan tak berjaya mengekang pengaruh media elektronik, maka semakin sukarlah nak dapat sokongan bukan Melayu .
    ********Pengaruh Institusi Pengajian Tinggi***********
    Cuba semak Universiti, berapa ramai student dan pensyarah sokong kerajaan? Dasar kerajaan membantu depa, tapi depa gigit jari kerajaan. Tengoklah PAS , berapa ramai yang dapat bantuan kerajaan dengan Dasar Ekonomi Baru lepas tu depa sendiri lanyak kerajaan. Beberapa pemimpin politik PAS adalah bekas Pensyarah Universiti tempatan. Ini jenis yang terang2 menentang UMNO.Berapa ramai suku sakat depa yang ada di IPTA? Pembangkang selalu main isu Naib Canselor dan Timbalan Naib Canselor adalah orang2 UMNO. Mungkin betul, mungkin salah. Tetapi kerajaan kena semak keseluruhan tenaga pendidik IPTA ,berapa ramai yang sokong kerajaan? Ini sangat penting, depa yang menanam pemikiran anak2 muda di peringkat Universiti. Salah acuan gagal lah DEB atau apa2 dasar yang hendak dibawa oleh kerajaan. Depa ini seperti menanam benih yang mengeluarkan pokok, yang berbuah. Buah apa yang BN hendakkan terhasil?
    ******Pengaruh atau sikap Pegawai kerjaan atau Pihak Lain*****
    Di sekolah anak saya, PIBG duk main hemtam minta duit.Ramai ibubapa (jiran2) duk cerita depa kutip duit untuk mengendahkan sekolah kerana tak ada peruntukan. Mungkin betul ,mungkin salah. Saya masihlah berkemampuan bagi sajalah , dulu pernah ctanya sikit kat depa berpanjang lebar dan bermasam muka jawapan depa dengan kata2 saya tak menghargai usaha sukarela depa dan sekolah. Tapi anak saya cerita ramai bapa kawan dia miskin walaupun ada gaji tinggi, ada kereta dan nampak senang padahal kehidupan mereka susah kerana banyak tanggungangan dan hutang sehingga tak mampu nak bayar. Ada juga bapa depa kaya tapi tak nak bayar atas sebab tak diketahui, kedekut kot?
    Isu ceritanya ialah, kerajaan kena pastikan jangan perbuatan orang lain kerajaan kena tanggung dapat nama buruk! Walaupun PIBG yang buat perangai tapi kerajaan kena tanggung. Kalau betul2 perlu kewangan, kerajaan kena salurkan bantuan kepada PIBG. Perkara2 kecil sebegini boleh menyebabkan orang tak nak undi BN! Untuk pemimpin2 politik semua, duit itu perkara sangat sensitif bagi kebanyakan rakyat! Jangan naik harga barang dan minyak noooooh!
    ****pegawai2 kerajaan yang malas(termasuk penyokong UMNO, PAS dan berkecuali) dan buat perangai tak senonoh juga memberi kesan kepada pengundi. Depa akan kata ini semua kerana kerajaan BN tak cekap. Orang lain buat perangai, BN dapat nama buruk.
    Jangan buat kerja main2, sembang2, bersolek2, mengumpat2, duk kedai/kantin berjam2, merayau2. Buat kerja betul2. Kalau malas kerja, berhenti sajalah, boleh kerja Nujum Pak Belalang.
    Kesimpulan::
    terlalu banyak perkara yang mungkin nampak remeh tetapi kesannya besar kepada BN untuk pilihanraya akan datang. BN kena jaga imej.

64. By the way Ayahanda Tun,
    All the 214 SPM students who scored 10 A+ were provided JPA scholarships to further their studies Pre-U (A-Level) locally and Undergraduate Degrees in Overseas. My sister’s daughter was offered UK, and his brother has decided to futher his study in the best local universities.
    Due to global adjusements, many big multi-national corporations will invest in public universities (a bond ma) to make 1 Malaysia the developed nation in 2020. DPM cum Minister of MOE, TS Myuhiddin was quoted by local Chinese Media few weeks back as ” No matter what happens, 1 Malaysia will never be “kedekut” in national education.
    Now, MCA’s Mr Gan under Chua asked Government to allow Politics (not Olitics la) in Higher Education… macam ini pun boleh, aiya MCA. Mr Gan and Dr Chua do not know what is Kementerian Belia and Sukan stands for? In Olitics, never push our people to go into politics (unless they have chosen Political SCIENCE) before age 40 la…if there are talking about Democracy. Dr Chua should not try to push his son in the Cabinet at this moment. It would be back fired because his son will be perceived as the papa’s boy, susah lo in Democracy whereby Kekandaku and Sahabatku must be seperated la in national interests…….
    That’s all for today. From Malaysia Insider, Wain compares Malaysia with Singapore, Korea and Taiwan (if saya tak salah) means he is a Bristish who knows nothing on HOW CULTURES and TRADITIONS Shape the Countries and Leaders since there is no academic theory in explaining these fields. He does not know how cultures and traditions of Singapore’s Mr Lee and HK’s Mr Li lo due to opportunity and ignorant? Let it be…. and to him (or Malaysian Insider), PM Najib is the son of our late Tun Abdul Razak Hussein under Federal Territiory, KL. Read the book so that we can put ourselves in the shoe of Barry Wain as an outsider to see Malaysian Insider. Take care Ayahanda Tun.

65. Ayahanda Tun,
    Saturday May 22, 2010
    Asian stocks react to crisis in Europe
    By JAGDEV SINGH SIDHU
    [email protected]
    KUALA LUMPUR: Worries over the effect of the current debt crisis in Europe ricocheting and weakening the global economy sent stocks in Asia down yet again as the ringgit took a pounding as investors moved into safe-haven currencies.
    Losses in Asian markets were most pronounced in Japan, Taiwan and Jakarta with most markets shedding more than 1% in daily trade with the exception of the main markets in China which bucked the trend to post gains for the day.
    The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KL Composite Index lost 18.43 points, or 1.41%, as investors sided with caution that led to a number of blue chips, led by banking stocks, posting declines.

66. Ayahanda Tun,
    This is what the HK vegetable story is all about as to rise our economy politically, economically and socially so that we can add value to ourselves, the country and the world, kita diam2 ubi berisi dah cukup (low profile), so that we can work wisely to add value to our beloved 1 Malaysia as conceptualised by PM Najib and his Cabinet to break the Racism Wall that torn Malaysia for more than 52 years now under Federal Constitution and Raja Perlembagaan. Gutter politics are bad for the multi-racial nation, however, challenges in facing the world is the right attidute..and that’s
    what BN wants 1Malaysians to be in the world map….
    Today’s thestar online spotlight…….very lengthy but MUST READ if we want to excel ourselves as developed nation by 2020…. and enjoy reading Ayahanda Tun. Dato Michelle Yeoh loves reading too…..
    Saturday May 22, 2010
    Can Sime Darby create value?
    By RISEN JAYASEELAN
    [email protected]
    CLOSE to three years after the much-hyped mega-merger that created the world’s largest listed plantation company, the unthinkable has happened. Instead of creating value, value has been destroyed. Massive write-downs from engineering projects gone awry, from a cost standpoint, has hurt the giant. If not for the huge earnings from its core business of plantations, Sime Darby could easily have been crushed by the size of these write-offs, totalling some RM1.9bil since 2004. That’s more than half of Sime Darby’s group profits for FY2009.
    All is not lost though, according to its newly appointed acting group chief executive Datuk Azhar Abdul Hamid.

67. Other than the CEO of SD … the menteris and those who are involved with the Bakun project must also step down … this should also apply to all other government projects that failed or partially failed because tax payers money is wasted.

68. Assalamualaikum..
    Bagi saya projek ni dari awal-awal lagi tak payah diluluskan.
    Lebih banyak kemudaratan daripada manfaatnya. Banyak kesan buruk. Adakah pros dan cons projek ini tidak difikirkan dengan sebaiknya ketika itu? Kasihan kepada orang asli yang kehilangan tempat tinggal. Begitu juga impak kemusnahan alam yang teruk hasil daripada pembinaan empangan Bakun tersebut. Yang hanya mereka nampak adakah cheap eletricity price semata-mata?
    Nak juga lihat dokumentari yang sekerat jalan di rtm itu. Kenapa diberhentikan siarannya? Ada kena mengena dengan kerugian inikah? Rasanya tidak. Tetapi kenapa tidak diteruskan? Ermm..

69. Salam Tun;
    Maaf minta laluan, lari tajuk sikit.
    Thank to S. Tan, Wajaperak and other commentator/detractor. Even in such circumstances we can even write anything rationaly in Tun’s blog (with his permission) in order to provide constructive comments which is can open the minds of the community.
    Most important is the attitude of maturity that is in every Malaysian to be so clever and smart all the time in accepting and adopting all the information spread in the era of liberalization and globalization. tq.

70. Dear YAB Tun, salam mesra harap sihat. Kiriman saya untuk tajuk ini dgn izin…
    ……….COST OVERRUN vs RAKYAT OVERRUN
    Bakun was launched Tun

71. salam sejahtera buat kpd Tun,saya dari Alor setar dan jiran Tun, kilang ais,skg ni rumah Tun dah jadi muzium. This is my 1st time here,im not here for a comment but im here to say tq to Tun for what u hv done frm 1981 till 2003 for this nation.Tun kenapa teraju negara skg tidak ada wawasan semacam Tun.When we goin to see another tallest building,longest bridge,circuit and ext…..
    i realy miss Tun’s speech….

72. THEY CAN ALWAYS SELL THE SURPLUS ELECTRICITY TO BRUNEI OR MAJOR TOWNS IN KALIMANTAN.
    AS FOR WORK ETHICS, I BELIEVE THAT THE MALAY DILEMMA IS ALIVE AND WELL. GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE MOST RESPONSIBLE AND DECISION-CRITICAL JOBS ARE GIVEN TO THE MOST INCOMPETENT PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO EXPERTISE EXCEPT “WHO THEY KNOW”.

73. Bongkar Tun jangan tak bongkar….

74. YBhg Tun,
    Kepada siapa lagi orang Melayu hendak bergantung. Semangat pemimpin UMNO semakin lemah, pemikiran pemimpin PAS semakin bercelaru, pemimpin PKR hampir pupus. Pegawai Melayu pula terpaksa akur kepada UMNO. Conglomerat Melayu walau pun hebat tetapi tak dapat buat keputusan sendiri secara professional kerana masih dirantai oleh kuasa UMNO -lihat MAS, BBMB satu masa dulu, BIMB, EON, POS Malaysia dan banyak lagi dan kini Sime Darby.
    Wahai saudara-saudaraku gunakanlah kebijaksanaanmu, kembalikanlah keberanian dan kesungguhan untuk tidak menghampakan bangsamu.
    MAZAI

75. TUN MAHATHIR,
    SALAM DENGAN PENUH HORMAT.
    BAKUN WAS PROPOSED AND MEANT FOR THE FUTURE AS I UNDERSTOOD IT. I THOUGHT THAT WAS LOGICAL AS WE WERE AT ONE TIME WERE NOT QUITE KEEN TO MOVE INTO NECLEAR RESOURCES AND 2020 IS LOOMING.
    BUT, LOOKING AT THE SITUATION NOW, ITS SHORKING TO SEE HOW WE HAVE BEEN SWALLOWED BY COMMERCIALISM AND THE PETRIOTIC WALL IS CRUMBLING BY THE MINUTE. WE HAVE BECOME DEADMEAT TO MARKET FORCES AND SOON THE DONGKEYS OF THE UNKNOWN FORCES.
    THERE SEEMS TO BE INVISIBLE HANDS THAT ARE CREATING SITUATIONS THAT IS QUITE UNDEMOCRATIC AND FORCES THE GOVENRMENT AND THE JUDICIARY TO DEAL MORE ON TECHNICALITIES IN ADMINISTERING JUSTICE IN THIS COUNTRY HENCE MORE OFTEN OUR DECISIONS WERE MEAGER COMPLIMENTARY THEN WHAT IT SHOULD BE.
    LOOK AT SIME DARBY AS AN EXAMPLE. HOW COULD A BIG GIANT OF THE INDUSTRY TO FLOUNDER WHEN THE SMALLER ONES CAN STILL RIDE THE STORMS AND COME OUT UNCRATCHED AND STROGER.SINCE THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT WE DO NOT KNOW, WE THEREFORE SPECULATE AND,THIS IS WHAT I THOUGHT OF IT;
    1. IT WAS A DELIBRATE MISMANAGEMENT, WHY?
    2. BIGGER INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS WANTS TO COME IN AND WAITING FOR
    FOR ” BELLY UP ” SITUATION AND IF THE GOVERNMENT DO NOT BALE-
    OUT( WHICH COULD HAPPEN ) PRONTO! A SITUATION IS MADE FOR THE
    BRITS TO COME BACK FOR THEIR OLD CHEST WAGON.
    NOW, MY FURTHER THOUGHT ABOUT BAKUN…..YES,IF WE COULD PULL THE UNDERGROUND CABLE TO THE PENINSULAR, WE COULD ALSO PULL THE CABLE TO OTHER NEARBY COUNTRIES WHO NEEDED IT MOST AND ” MONEY JUSTICE ” WILL COME INTO PLAY AND THE .03 SEN WATER FIASCO WILL BE REPEATED AS WE ARE SO DULL TO THE INVISIBLE HANDS MANEUVERING AND PLOYS.
    ARE WE BEING LED BY THE NOSE TO BE ANOTHER THAILAND ??? MAY ALLAH BLESSED US ALL.

76. I was involved in a way in the upgrading of the Sabah State Railways currently stalled and without any explanation. My job was to observe in detail the work performance of the contractors. The contract started in 2006 and was supposed to complete in 2008. The physical progress recorded at that time was in the region of 80% while payments had been issued for more than 90%.
    Sometime in April 2008 a meeting was called to examine the progress of the project and the KSU who flew in from KL a day earlier was to chair this meeting. A number of State Government Departments and agencies were invited to the meeting which was supposed to take place at 9am at the Tanjung Aru Site Office.
    A sudden twist of affair took place! As early as 7.30 am we were informed that the venue was redirected to Halogilat Station, a remote station alongside the Padas River and only the State Railways, KTM representative, the contractors and the Project Management Consultant PMC were able to go on board the old rickety train from Beaufort at 9am. The invited State Government Deparments and Agencies were left behind at Tanjung Aru without warning.
    At Halogilat, the KSU warned the PMC to abide by his decision months earlier to pay the contractors by method of extrapolation rather than by the usual method of certification by consultants.
    I was perplexed as to why the top Gov Servant wanted to ensure payments made irrespective of the progress made and evaluated by consultants. Clearly he is abusing his authority and attempted to pressure the PMC (who were to act for the Government), to clean up the funds available in the Government’s Coffer irrespective of work done.
    I was surprised that this honoured (a Datuk) civil servant had the gut to go all way to avoid other State Agencies invited earlier to see his act of conflict interest without really wanting the project to complete according to contract.
    Clearly this is an act qualified for investigation by the MACC.
    Readers, what I revealed here is only the tip of the ice berg. I believe this is common act of many agencies that failed to achieve their objectives like the Sime Darby one, that the Government agencies assisted projects to fail by deliberately allowing payments without proper evaluation.
    With this kind of assistance, no wonder huge sum of money can go down the drain without being noticed in time!

77. Assalamualaikum Ayahanda Tun. Selamat beristirehat diucapkan dan semoga sihat damai kami semua mendoakan pada semua hadirin juga.
    Saya agak terkejut membaca tadi petikan pendirian Lembaga Pengarah Sime Darby, terutamanya Ybhg Tun Musa Hitam. Tetapi itu hak berkata oleh mereka, maka kita hormati sejujur mampu dengan mendengar saja pendirian nya.
    Sebagai seorang pemegang saham minoriti Sime Darby, dan juga seorang rakyat Malaysia yang mempunyai pelbagai akaun dengan EPF saya merasakan agak terkilan dengan sikap yang menjelma hari ini oleh daripada mereka tertinggi yang terbabit dalam kemelut Sime Darby ini. Seolah mahu lagi mencari siapa salah, siapa silap. Awak kah salah, kamu kah silap? Ini hanya teriakan keanak-anakan sahaja. Namun juga sebelum kita menjangkau hakikat fakta yang sah dan berbicara pula tentang retorik

78. Dear Tun,
    1. The best person to become NEW Sime Darby Chairman should be Tan Sri Nik Mohamed. He was the former Sime Darby CEO for 15 years before Dato Sri Zubir. It is because he knew the Sime affairs very well so if any ‘hanky-panky’ done by Sime management can be detected very much earlier. Even though under his leadership Sime Bank lost a lot of money. He had learnt a lesson so he will do well after taking over as Sime new chairman.
    2. The best person to become Sime NEW board of directors are “no-yes sir” directors. The directors should make their “homeworks” before signing any resolutions. They should not rely solely on one source information which from the Sime management.
    3. Sime should start to dispose loss-making non-core businesses so to concentrate on core-business which palm oil plantation. Sime should expand into downstream palm oil enrichment even which the earlier attempted to take over PALMCO, downstream palm oil enrichment not a success.
    4. Sime has made billions after selling a lot of companies should start buying into PALMCO type of companies so its can expand bossiness in downstream industries. Downstream business is a multi-billion business to supply raw materials for cosmetic, food and hygiene industries.
    5. Finally the politician should not be allowed to become the Sime chairman under what so ever condition because he/she tend to make things worse than better whenever the crisis pop-up. I wonder why Sime was left undisturbed by any politicians for 22 years under your premiership.
    Regards

79. The solution is simple. Without proper check and balance, accountability, the right and honest managers to run GLCs (we do not see this happening here in Malaysia), GLCs should not be allowed to participate in any future EPC contracts, either in Malaysia and overseas. This will prevent a repeat of the debacle at Sime Darby. To get a contract is very easy, submit a bid that is too low to refuse. Get the job but whether the GLC makes any money or otherwise, it is none of their business. Dont forget, the money is not theirs but the shareholders, in this case the Government. How does the Managers and executives from the GLCs makes some money out of the EPC contracts secured by the GLCs. Also simple. From the Subcontractors. The bottom line, Shareholders ie Government minus, Managers of GLCs, plus. We all know this. Let the GLCs do “real” business like properties, plantations, hotels, etc. Not from EPC contracts. GLCs are not simply geared up and do not have the mental make up for it. Many a listed company in matured economies like the US, UK, etc, had gone bust because of EPC contracts. In the case of GLCs, no worries. The Malaysian Government will bail them out.

80. Salam Tun,
    Nmpaknya ramai yang cukup teruja dengan isu Sime Darby ini. Jadi pada pendapat saya yang daif ini, masih ramai yang sayangkan Negara kita Malaysia yg tercinta dan rata-rata menyatakan kepincangan yang telah lama bersarang di dalam GLC kita yang di pengaruhi oleh kepentingan politik.
    Bagi saya tidak salah kepentingan politik mengambil tempat dalam menentukan arah tuju sesebuah GLC. Tetapi isu yg lebih penting ialah ahli politik tersebut mestilah jujur dan tidak berdendam barulah diikuti criteria pra syarat lain ( Ahli politik tersebut yang di pilih sebagai wakil masyarakat oleh masyarakat, jadi

81. Good morning Ayahanda Tun,
    News report on Sime Darby…..
    Friday May 21, 2010
    Tun Musa Hitam: I’ll step down if found accountable
    By SHARIDAN M. ALI and RACHAEL KAM
    [email protected]
    KUALA LUMPUR: Tun Musa Hitam has no qualms stepping down as the chairman of Sime Darby Bhd if the board is proven to be accountable for the huge losses of RM964mil from delays and cost overruns in several projects involving the company’s utilities and energy division.
    The RM964mil provisioning is made up of losses of RM200mil from the Qatar Petroleum project, RM159mil from the Maersk Oil Qatar project, RM155mil from a project to construct vessels for use in the Maersk project and RM450mil from cost overruns in the Bakun project.

82. Assalamualaikum YAB Tun,
    Considering the depleting natural gas sources and high cost of imported coal, our choices for electrical generation are limited to hydro and nuclear. Between the 2, nuclear has higher risks of wastes and cost overruns (as a result of ever changing Codes and standards). Hence, Bakun is really a necessity if we were to avoid the blackouts of the 90’s.
    Unfortunately, Sime’s venture into EPCC or Turnkey Construction Contracts in Bakun and Qatar was really mind boggling considering Sime’s lack of:
    -Large scale construction experience
    -With the above Sime would not have the in-house competencies
    -Even if Sime procure expert advice, Sime would require the Management for this. Being in Plantations and Manufacturing as the core businesses does not qualify Sime for construction.
    -Failure in some smaller Petronas Projects e.g Peninsular Gas Utilisation Project Phase 1 and expansion of Compressor Stations should have been good indicators
    The point that I like to share here is ‘proven competencies’. One cannot leapfrog into competency overnight. Neither can an organization procure competencies without internal development.
    The ‘Corridors’ developments seems to be quiet on all fronts except Southern Iskandar development. A quick check on the organization,one would find that the majority of personnel were exKLCC or Putrajaya. Khazanah made a smart move by doing this.
    My biggest concern Tun is the future of Kuala Lumpur. When I was MD of KLCC, Tun was managing KL development through the Planning committee.
    Currently, we know major developments are on the drawing board viz Dataran Perdana, Sg Besi Base, Kg Baru, Stadium Merdeka and Jalan Duta. If each one of them is the size of KLCC, the problems just multiply by 5.
    KLCC infrastructure development was a big headache, however, the problems were eased by Putra LRT, elevated Highway, Tun Razak expansion and a host of other infrastructure developments by TNB, Maxis, DID etc. Unfortunately, there was little upgrading since then and this results in the traffic jams we have today.
    I remembered Tun gave the responsibility to coordinate the infrastructure development then to Tun’s Deputy who chaired the Cabinet Committee. Unfortunately, since it was lagging KLCC development, Tun had to intervene personally.
    With the above-mentioned developments, a competent person or body has to take charge. DBKL and Government departments are too busy on operational matters to be able to do the overall planning.
    I am urging the PM to reactivate the Planning Committee urgently and form a Special Project Team to plan and implement KL Infrastructure Development in view of these 5 major Projects. All developers must contribute to the upgrading and not leave it to the GLC’s to bear the burden. It had happened in KLCC where KLCC was burdened with the upgrading costs while the other developers benefited.
    The Committee and Project Team should comprise of competent people and appoint Tun as Chairman/Advisor.
    Regards,
    rahimnaim

83. Tun,
    Do you think the board and management of Sime Darby care? It is not their money!!Worst case scenario lose their job but pocket already full!!
    Renewal Engery is good so dont stop this project, get YTL and min. 3 international company to be JV partner and there will be accountability then. Cannot give to a single company as they know no one is tracking them.

84. Assalamualaikum Ayahanda Tun. Semoga sihat damai di hari Jumaat yang penuh dengan barakah ini kami semua turut mendoakan juga untuk semua hadirin.
    Jatuhnya kerajaan kepimpinan mantan Perdana Menteri England Gordon Brown akan pastinya membuka banyak pekung pentadbiran Parti Labour kepimpinan beliau. Itu politik mereka, saki baki penjajah bersama isteri dan anak-anak yang dahulunya mampu duduk santai selesa di Cameron Highland meneguk Teh lereng bukit Malaya sambil berbual sesama sakat penjajah serta juga menikmati scone blueberry sambil sesekali mengalih kayu api ketika bersanggang daripada kesejukkan malam. Namun kini cucu cicit mereka sudah miskin, habis semua perabut, buku-buku sejarah telah dicampakkan kedalam api sanggang mereka untuk kekal panas selesa dan jika dibiarkan anak-anak mereka pun akan mereka campak kedalam api juga untuk meredah kesejukkan. Saya terpanggil menulis ini setelah melihat mantan TPM kita suatu ketika lama dahulu iaitu Tun Musa sedang melayan kerenah Putera di-Raja Britain Andrew yang bersilaturahmi dalam satu Persidangan di KL kini. Pada masa Tony Blair memerintah Britain dahulu, kerajaan Labour beliau telah menjual setapak tanah eksklusif di Westminster tengah kota London berhampiran dengan Royal Hospital dan juga hanya 5 minit berjalan kaki ke Sungai Thames, kepada sebuah konsortium yang dianggotai oleh pelbagai parti kroni mereka dan juga sebuah keluarga di-Raja Timur Tengah. Chelsea Barrack asalnya adalah tanah milikan Kementerian Pertahanan Britain yang telah menjadi tapak latihan bagi askar Britain selama berkurun lamanya. Namun kini tanah itu telah dijual kepada konsortium berkenaan pada harga £960 juta dan terbaru entah apa mimpi mereka agaknya, para pelabur di-Raja dari Timur Tengah telah menarik keluar dana pelaburan mereka. Projek ini akan tergendala dan akan mula ada saman menyaman diantara mereka dan semua akan dikupas kerajaan baru Liberal Demokratik Britain. Itu lumrah politik sejagat nampaknya. Kepada yang masih berkuasa, hargailah kuasa anda sebaik mungkin demi agama bangsa dan negara kita Malaysia dan serantau rumpun kita. Insaf semasa masih lagi kaya baru ada bergunanya, jangan hanya mampu sedar insaf selepas tewas kepapaan, itu sudah tidak berguna lagi namanya. Sesal dulu pendapatan, sesal kemudian sudah tidak ada kedapatan lagi.
    Ikhlas dari saya kutubkhanah Zaman. Semoga ketemu dilain kalinya. Wassalam dulu Tun.

85. thats the cost of awarding to the lowest bidder. Conceptually… quality is in question when we trust the lowest.

86. SALAM TUN DAN MALAYSIA,
    KEPADA MANTAN2 PEMIMPIN NEGARA,
    KALAU YB2 SEMUA PEMIMPIN YG SEJATI SPT YG DI WAR2KAN SEMASA BERKHIDMAT DULU,
    BERSAMA2LAH DGN TUN UTK TERUS BERKHIDMAT KPD NEGARA YG TERCINTA INI, KENAPA BIARKAN TUN BERSENDIRIAN SETELAH BERPULUH2 TAHUN BERSAMA TUN…
    KPD PEMIMPIN2 ISLAM, PERJUANGAN TIDAK ADA NOKTAHNYA….
    NABI MUHAMMAD S.A.W TIDAK ADA PERSARAAN…….

87. SALAM TUN DAN MALAYSIA,
    SELAMA 22 TAHUN SEBAGAI PM, CUBA KITA IMBASKAN KEMBALI PARA PEMIMPIN2 YG BERSAMA2 TUN DARI 1981 HINGGA 2003…..YG BELUM MENINGGAL….
    MUSA HITAM, MOHD RAHMAT, RAFIDAH AZIZ, ISA SAMAD, MOHD TAIB, SAMI VELLU, LING LIONG SIK, ABDULLAH BADAWI…….DAN NAJIB SENDIRI….
    KENAPAKAH HANYA TUN SAJA YG TERUS BERUSAHA MEMBETULKAN SEMUA INI…TAK KISAHLAH SIAPA YG SALAH ATAU BETUL….
    KENAPA MEREKA2 ITU SEMUA SEOLAH2 TAK KISAH LG DENGAN NEGARA INI…..
    MUNGKIN TERLALU SIBUK UTK MENIKMATI HARTA2 SEBELUM MENINGGALKAN DUNIA DAN NEGARA INI….

88. INSTEAD OF BAKUN WHY NOT NUCLEAR..??
    LOKASI MUNGKIN BOLEH DI MANA-MANA PULAU BERHAMPIRAN YANG TIDAK BERPENGHUNI DAN TERLINDUNG OLEH KEMUNGKINAN DICEROHOH
    MEMANDANGKAN KOS BAKUN ADALAH TINGGI, LEBIH BAIK MALAYSIA GUNAKAN KUASANUKLEAR UNTUK HASILKAN TENAGA ELEKTRIK.
    MALAYSIA HARUS MEMPELAJARI TEKNOLOGI INI KERANA TEKNOLOGI MASA DEPAN YANG BERGUNA DAN BERFAEDAH UNTUK TUJUAN KEAMANAN.
    NEGARA KITA JUGA HARUS MEMPELAJARI TEKNOLOGI PENGKAYAAN URANIUM SEPERTIMANA DILAKUKAN NEGARA LAIN SEPERTI KOREA UTARA, ISRAEL, IRAN & INDIA.
    TEKNOLOGI INI BERGUNA UNTUK MENGHASILKAN SENDIRI SUMBER URANIUM YANG DIPERLUKAN BAGI MENJANA REAKTOR NUKLEAR TERSEBUT.
    JUGA JIKA SEKIRANYA BEKALAN DARI LUAR YANG TIDAK KONSISTEN AKIBAT SEKATAN TIDAK ADIL NEGARA BESAR YANG BERSIFAT MONOPOLI..

89. Assalamu’alaikum Tun,
    It is quite surprising of such losses to be blamed on the CEO only.
    Poor management decisions which led to the disaster shall be shared as what you’ve mentioned.
    Just to recap that Rakyat’s is the major shareholder as Sime Darby major shareholders are ASB (36.84%), EPF (15.84%) and PNB (12.72%). We. Rakyat has the right to criticize and know the details of such cost overrun. I do believe that they “under quote” during the bidding in order to get the job. The strategy is to get the job and scrutinize the budget on sub-contractors. Such strategy are proven to led to disaster based on my 1 cent of experience and observation.
    As for engineers who involve on technical evaluation, I believe they have done the best to provide their technical expertise and indicate such lowest bid cannot sustain to execute the project. Most of the time if poor decision been made by the Management, the Engineers are used to be the culprit or scapegoat. Is it fair? Such “non-gentlemen” way is really annoying and show the real “quality” of management team that we have who just thick of their own “pocket” to earn money of living despite thick of their subordinates.
    Such Management approach might be called as “Upside- Down” approach besides what been teach industry which are Top-Bottom and Bottom-Top approach.
    As for Sime Darby, their Qatar project through Sime Darby Engineering (SDE)is another headache that contribute to another losses. The cascaded effect is that SDE might impose Change/ Variable Order on the next project to compensate back the losses in Bakun and Qatar. Not to be surprised that the CO or VO is charged on other GLC who is their main client locally.
    At the end of the day, this kindhearted GLC actually once again to be used to save Sime Darby’s financial losses above. Is it fair enough? Not so I guess. The management team shall be responsible for the above losses not only the CEO but the whole management team who been part of the Approval Committee w.r.t the bidding approval.
    May Allah show us the light and bring those who responsible to justice. The might escape the punishment now on earth. But remember that Allah’s punishment in life hereafter is certain and promise not to escape.
    “IF YOU FAIL TO PLAN, YOU ARE PLANNING FOR FAILURE”
    Wallahu’alam………..

90. I agree with this text mostly.
    One thing, facilities can be built in advance for future generation. Surplus sometimes isn’t bad. Just like MSC, Cyberjaya, Sepang circuit and KLCC introduced. We might not find those things useful when we build. However, it’s different when local government can form a good policy to attract more investors to that area, and since facilities are available.

91. Assalamualaikum Tun yg dikasihi,
    Tanpa Tun mungkin http://www.myfriends2u.com tak ada kerana Tun adalah benchmark saya sebagai pemimpin yang hebat. Susah juga nak dapatkan support dari orang Malaysia supaya join social portal ni (Orang Malaysian memang susah nak support apa-apa pun kecuali buatan luar negara).
    Harapan saya kiranya Tun dapat melawat dan masuk ke http://www.myfriends2u.com walaupun tak se advance social network ‘F’ yg sangat popular sekarang.
    Beberapa Fan telah membuat Tun sebagai idola :
    http://www.myfriends2u.com/group/16/
    Sekian Terima Kasih Tun walaupunsaya salah meletak komen di tempat yang salah.
    Mohd Rizuani

92. I also can run a bussiness with goverment money……

93. Salam Tun,
    I really appreciate the comment made by Kutubkhanah Zama (2nd comment)and I hope everybody should read it.It is true that our GLC directors mostly care for personal interest and perks.They are appointed on political smells. The question of dedication towards discharging their duties is put aside.
    This what had happened to UMNO at high level. I am not surprising UMNO will loose its seats one by one.
    Tun please save Sime Darby and do not let it became Sime Bank Bhd

94. Those overseeing the project are the ones that should be hold responsible for the losses. Sime Darby and a Chinese partner seems fishy like there is some conspiracy to bring losses to the project. I am sure some quarters are getting loads of commission when they approved the Chinese partner in.
    Article 160

95. Hi Tun, I understand that more than 300,000 Malaysians emigrated in the last 18 months of so. How about coming out with an article on this and whether you still believe that Malaysia will become an industrialized nation by 2020? What is troubling is that the Malays are also emigrating! Read: http://www.xtremeplace.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=72963.0

96. Assalamualaikum Tun.
    Sime Darby involved in five core sectors: plantations, property,
    industrial, motors and energy & utilities, with a growing presence
    in healthcare… Which means its big, huge, well known to everybody
    and world wide… Big and world wide means its rich, wealth and
    gives a few billions ringgit (RM) of profit to our motherland,
    Malaysia… Hey, The company is involved in the property
    development business in eight countries, namely Malaysia,
    Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, People’s Republic of
    China, Australia and United Kingdom… But the top gun of Sime
    are greed, ugly-faces and full of bad intentions… They want to
    make money for themselves and their wives, perhaps for their
    daughters and sons too… Who is suffering..? Its us, the normal
    civillians… Owh, Sime Darby plantations implemented Zero Burning
    Planting Techniques (ZBPT), a practical and environmentally sound
    technique of replanting, but now they burn Malaysia to HELL…
    – Mohammad Shafiq, Ex-University of Malaya –
    ~~~ but not well-engineered…
    p/s: Salam and Hye to togey, Naguib, Yushri, Rimba Emas, Shukri,
    Pangait, toheq, SkiLL, longjaafar, Uking, al-Din, lowsir,
    capello08, SyahrizalSalleh, parameswara 2, zaman and others…
    .

97. Salam Tun.
    Tun mentioned that the moment Pak Dol ‘no quality’ became PM the Dubai investors were told there was ‘something wrong’ with their investment, and returned their 10% deposit. Pak Dol was too dumb to know/understand much about the technicalities of the project. The whole scenario must be mooted by budak kurang _jar (KJ) & his 4th floor gangsters, as were the case to all the cancellations/revisions to Tun’s other projects & the ‘flip-flops’ which was synonymous with Pak Dol. Pak Dol will never explain details of the ‘something wrong’ because he doesn’t know! He only has to listen to the budak KJ then made the announcement.
    Pak Dol & the budak KJ only have 4 things on their mind then:
    1. To rape the country of everything with big value
    2. Small portion of the loot from (1) above to be disbursed as sweets/candy bars to plentiful UMNO individuals & other personalities in order to remain as they were then
    3. To promote/appoint/reward any individual who are against and/or willing to discredit Dr. Mahathir, to the posts of ministers, head of GLCs, etc……(Zaid, Shahril tong kosong, Ian Chin, Tawfik Ismail, Bar Council, Musa ex-DPM, even Zam Maidin!,….all on the cheap list)
    4. Budak KJ to buy his way as the youngest PM (wekkk…, feel like vomiting)
    The Sime Darby fiasco adds one more to the long list of scandals by Pak Dol & budak KJ, and what next?
    We are getting impatient as to why PM Najib is continuing pretending to be deaf/blind/mute. With the Chinese ever confident of winning the race to Putrajaya, Najib must initiate investigations to all the scandals at once so that Malay protest votes during PRU13 don’t exist. People are already starting to assume PM Najib has one hand tied to his back!

98. salam Tun
    perkara ini perlu siasatan telus .
    Kerugian mempunyai banyak punca.MAS dulu pernah rugi,begitu juga Proton.Kini mula berkembang baik.
    Semoga semua syarikat Malaysia berkembang maju
    dan berjaya.
    Maju jaya buat Tun
    Jasamu dikenang…
    Vision 2020 for all Malaysians….
    Kerja kuat,kita maju!
    salam Tun !
    http://www.saatcham.com

99. Assallamualaikum w.b.t Ayahanda Tun dan isteri,
    Saya berpendapat Sime Darby perlu disiasat sedalam-dalamnya. Kehilangan wang RM 960 juta yang menyebabkan CEO dibuang kerja bukanlah perkara kecil. Dalam kos untuk projek Bakun, sudah tentulah belanjawan dibentangkan dalam mesyuarat syarikat yang mana terdiri dari Pegawai-pegawai Atasan Kanan, selain Pengerusi dan Pengarah Urusan. Ahli mesyuarat juga sepatutnya diberhentikan kerja dan disiasat kerana gagal menilai kos sebenar projek Bakun. Saya ulangi semua sekali ahli mesyuarat perlu meletak jawatan sama ada secara sukarela atau secara paksa, dan bukan hanya CEO dipersalahkan. Saya tidak percaya kepada harga kontrak yang minimum menjadi satu penilaian untuk ‘winning bid’ bagi sesuatu syarikat. Syarikat yang menang dengan kos yang paling minimum belum tentu dapat menyiapkan sesuatu projek. Kadangkala, sebuah syarikat baru terpilih sebagai pemenang tetapi projek yang dihasilkan sama ada tidak berkualiti atau terbengkalai sekerat jalan. Sekiranya terbengkalai, masalah tersebut akan di atasi oleh kerajaan dan menyebabkan pembaziran wang kerajaan. Saya cadangkan kerajaan memilih syarikat yang mampu menyiapkan projek dengan kualiti yang tinggi dan dalam lingkungan tarikh siap projek. Tidak kiralah sama ada syarikat gergasi atau syarikat semut, yang penting projek seperti sekolah dan hospital untuk rakyat dapat disiapkan dengan berkualiti dan tepat pada masanya. Contoh hospital terbengkalai dan lambat siap adalah sebuah hospital di kedah baru-baru ini. Wassallam.

100. Limbang, Bakun. Whats next?

101. Chedet
     Kos sesuatu projek itu boleh meningkat diatas beberapa faktor. Umpamanya:-
     1. Pengurus projek tidak cukup ilmu maka tidak ada pengalaman untuk mengurus satu projek mega dengan cekap.
     2.Apabila terdapat kesalahan kepada spesifikasi teknikal dan masalah ini hanya timbul apabila kerja sudah bermula separuh jalan.
     3.Apabila berlakunya masalah teknikal akan menyebabkan kepada kelewatan.
     4. Berlakunya masalah yang diluar jangka.Faktor-faktor luar jangka ini memang adat dalam sesuatu projek dan ianya bukan salah pihak penender.
     5. Pihak yang memanggil tender tiada membuat satu anggaran kos yang realisitik sebelum tender dipanggil.Kos anggaran pula tidak mengambilkira kos-kos luar jangka.
     6. Tiada anggaran kos marjin (i.i harga siling dan harga minima) dibuat yang mengambilkira kesemua aspek i.i. manusia , alam semula jadi dan teknikal. Berpandukan kepada kos marjin ini pihak yang memanggil tender tidak terjerat untuk memilih harga yang termurah mahu juga yang termahal.
     7. Jika faktor-faktor 1-6 diatas dapat dan dielakkan maka tidak sepatutnya kos projek lari (cost overruns).
     8. Walau bagaimana pun faktor-faktor 1-6 boleh terjadi sekiranya tuan punya projek tidak telus dalam proses memanggil tender ; i.i. tender diberi secara rundingan dan bukan secara tender terbuka, tiada pengalaman teknikal yang kukuh, mementingkan poket sendiri , mementingkan persahabatan daripada kompetensi, mementingkan kuasa politik daripada ugama dan rakyat.
     Diatas hanyalah diantara faktor-faktor yang boleh membuat harga kos lari. Kerajaan harus prihatin dan berhati-hati didalam mengendali syarikat-syarikatnya supaya tidak mengalami kerugian yang sepatunya boleh dielakkan.
     Terima kasih.

102. salam wbt tun
     saya lahir dan membesar di sarawak dan dah cukup lama disuapkan dengan kisah empangan bakun.
     i’ll not really talk in the economic view. tapi kejamnya kita pada alam sekitar bukan..ok la…mungkin bukan kita, tapi pada sesiapa yang bertanggungjawab. membina satu empangan seperti yang kita ketahui, bukanlah satu projek yg hanya mengorbankan tanah seluas sekangkang kera.kalau nak bercerita mengenai kesan, insyaAllah saya yakin, semua orang tahu.
     hopefully one day, we can do more development, but in conserving our nature.
     one thing i want to suggest to tun actually. i’m really interested to read your opinion about ‘burqa’ issue in France.
     as I read in the most popular newspaper in Msia (BH,utusan), we don’t really talk (or never) touch about this issue instead Saiful dan Anuar and so on. we are well known as the best islamic country, but if kita tak rasa terkesan dengan isu ni walau sedikit pun, rasa macam pelik juga.
     bukan ingin membesarkan isu, cuma ingin semua orang lebih sedar wujudnya isu sebegini yg kian bingit dibahaskan di France n jirannya. siapa tahu, kalau malaysia memulakan langkah untuk bercakap, insyaAllah OIC takkan kekal jadi “oooo… i see.”
     in my opinion and dream, i also hope that we can improve our newspaper to be more open and broaden the thinking. saya yg di luar negara craving for the better information about malaysia instead of reading a ‘non-stop-small-matter article’.
     apa² pun..it’s only my opinion. kalau saya salah, mohon perbetulkan.
     wallahualam.

103. Salam hormat Tun. How on earth Board of Directors of Sime Darby should be held responsible whereas Deputy Chairman of Sime Darby holds the Chairmanship of Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB)?. We are aware that PNB is the major shareholder of Sime Darby.

104. Salam YAB Tun,
     Sarawak pasti akan menjadi salah sebuah negeri pengeluar dan pembekal tenaga letrik yang terbesar mengikut perancangan yang sedia ada. Projek-projek empangan penghasil tenaga yang ada dan dalam perancangan yang diketahui (tidak termasuk dua buah coal-fired power plant Matadeng dan Senari dengan kapasiti 500 MW setiap satu) termasuk:-
     1. Bakun Dam 2,400 MW
     2. Baleh Dam 1,400 MW
     3. Baram Dam 1,200 MW
     4. Lawas Dam 1,000 MW
     5. Murum Dam 944 MW
     6. Pelagas Dam 410 MW
     7. Limbang Dam 245 MW
     8. ???
     Jika dikaji secara kasar sahaja, penghasilan tenaga daripada Bakun sahaja sudah lebih daripada mencukupi bagi kegunaan Sarawak. Apakah lebihan tenaga itu untuk dijual kepada negara-negara jiran?
     Brunei hanya memerlukan sekitar 100 – 150 MW sahaja manakala Indonesia (kawasan di Pulau Borneo) tidak memerlukan banyak tenaga letrik dari Malaysia kerana mereka mempunyai kaedah-kaedah lain untuk menghasilkan tenaga mereka sendiri begitu juga Filipina.
     Yang jelas pembinaan empangan memerlukan kawasan tadahan yang amat luas dan semua pokok-pokok balak dikawasan yang akan ditenggelamkan itu perlu ditebang dan segala kehidupan flora dan fauna termasuk suku-suku kaum yang ada disitu terpaksa berpindah meninggalkan kawasan asal nenek-moyang mereka.
     Apakah atas nama pembangunan dan keuntungan kita sanggup membuat kerosakan di muka bumi ini? Apakah tidak cukup dengan satu projek besar seperti Bakun Dam yang dapat menghasilkan tenaga berlebihan sehingga dapat disalurkan ke semenanjung melalui kabel dasar laut terpanjang di dunia ini masih tidak cukup?
     Apakah tiada kaedah lain selain membina empangan dan menebang balak yang jelas banyak mendatangkan mudarat daripada faedah kepada kehidupan dan itu saja yang termampu difikir oleh pemimpin kita?
     Cubalah kita mengambil iktibar daripada negara China yang telah mengaku secara terbuka akan kelemahan dan masalah-masalah mereka hadapi dengan The Three Gorges Dam yang dibina merentasi sungai Yangtse dengan kapasiti pengeluaran 22,500 MW itu agar sedar bahawa manusia ini hanya mampu merancang.
     Dams are damned dangerous. Engineers are not perfect, administrators and legislators aren’t either. Humans are far from perfect.
     Wassalam.

105. Antara semua PM Malaysia yang telah berkhidmat, saya secara peribadi amat mengkagumi TUN. Banyak kontroversi semasa pentadbiran TUN, tapi saya melihat TUN ibarat seorang ahli silat mata yang mampu memukau dan menghiburkan penonton. Bukan sahaja penonton warganegara Malaysia, malah juga peringkat dunia.
     Posting dalam blog TUN bertajuk Bakun, memerihalkan kerugian yang dialami Sime Darby berjumlah 1.63 billion ringgit. Nampaknya TUN hanya berminat melihat aspek untung rugi syarikat dan kerajaan sahaja. Bagaimana pula untung rugi nasib kami penduduk Ulu Sg.Balui yang menjadi mangsa pembinaan empangan hidro elektrik Bakun.Bukankah kerugian kami jauh lebih besar jika dibandingkan dengan kerugian yang dialami sime Darby?.
     Tun juga tidak melengkapkan cerita pembinaan Bakun.Setelah Kabinet meluluskan pembinaan Bakun. TUN langsung tak sudi menjenguk kebajikan kami penduduk Bakun.Walhal semasa lobi melobi pembinaan Bakun. Pihak kerajaan menjanjikan BUlan dan Bintang kepada kami.Nyatanya sekarang kami telah dibohongi. Saya memohon kepada TUN supaya dapat menulis secara terperinci apakah perancangan sebenar pihak kerajaan terhadap kaum kami Orang Ulu sejajar dengan perancangan pembinaan Bakun.
     Telah banyak kali dimohon penjelasan daripada kerajaan negeri Sarawak. Namun sehingga kini tiada jawapan. Oleh yang demikian saya merumuskan bahawa pembinaan empangan hidro elektrik Bakun adalah perancangan tersusun pihak kerajaan untuk merampas tanah pusaka kami dengan modal pembangunan. Mohon ulasan jujr daripada TUN, salam hormat.

106. Assalamualaikum Tun Dr. Mahathir,
     It doesn’t seem to stop the bad news. This loss by Sime Darby is really affecting me and my family and also millions of other people. The so-called blue chip company is the darling of the investors local and foreign. As a small income earner my money in EPF was invested in Sime Darby, now with such losses, what happens to my dividend. My monthly savings that I have was invested in Amanah Saham Bumiputra, and ASB invested in Sime Darby. So from both sides my principal investors lost money, will I have enough saving when I retire with all these losses. These losses cannot be due to error in investment, I believe its someone who had plan and make it happen.

107. Salam dan Tq Tun DM kerqan prihatin dan mendedahkan penyalahan guna kuasa.
     disini, kita lihat pentingnya diutamakan intigriti dari mereka yang membuat keputusan membabitkan wang negara bukannya wang sendiri. Apakah SPRM akan bertindak terhadap mereka-mereka yang terbabit termasuk kesemua ahli-ahli lembaga sime darby dulu dan sekarang? Acapkalinya, kerugian kini adalah ekoran keputusan ahli lembaga dahulu.
     Akhirnya, segala munkar akan didedahkan Allah kerana ma’ruf (yang baik) adalah hak sedangkan munkar (jahat) suatu kebatilan dan Allah selaku al-Hak tidak sekali-kali akan membenarkan batil mengatasi yang hak.
     Pembinaan empangan hidro elektrik Bakun hendaklah mengambil kira juga pembangunan adat,sosio, budaya dan ekonomi penduduk asalnya. janganlah oleh kerana kita dibandar berkehendakkan tenaga elektrik, mereka “dikorbankan” dan “dibuang daerah”. Apakah rintihan mereka tidak mendapat pembelaan dari Allah?
     Pada pendapat saya, penduduk asal Bakun seratus peratus menyokong projek Bakun cuma cara ianya di laksanakan tidak prihatin pada pandangan mereka dalam aspek adat, sosio, budaya dan ekonomi mereka. Penindasan tidak boleh berselindung dibawah nama “pembangunan”. Disini, timbul persoalan intigriti oleh pihak yang diamanahkan dengan pembangunan i.e. pembinaan empangan Bakun – tentunya untuk membawa faedah kepada rakyat dan negara bukannya musibah dan menyusahkan semua orang.

108. Salam Ayahanda Tun,
     Saya mengikuti blog Tun dari awal dan sering ingin tahu persepsi Tun terhadap sesuatu.
     Saya ada beberapa isu untuk tahu perspektif Tun tentangnya.
     1)Shadow government of US.Whether exist or not.
     2)Illuminati and your perspective on it.
     3)Both above issues in Malaysian context.
     Thanks a lot Tun.Semoga panjang umur untuk teruskan perjuangan kita.

109. ASSALAMUALAIKUM…
     YANG BERBAHAGIA TUN…
     TOLONG KOMEN SIKIT..APA PENDIRIAN TUN BILAMANA UMNO TELAH LULUSKAN LESEN JUDI??TUN SOKONG KA…?
     KALAU TUN TAK KOMEN, MAKNANYA TUN TAKUT..
     WALLAHUA’LAM.

110. The chairman and the whole board of directors should be sacked because of this fiasco. I read in the papers a few days back when Tun Musa Hitam said “This is not Musa-style”…what style is there when a GLC lost 1 billion ringgit? The only style suitable for this is doggie-style…

111. dear tun,
     what is in the world Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun Musa Hitam as a chairman of Sime Darby Bhd doing there?. being a chairman, he collects allowances, mingles with directors, ceo, managers. he has the say on decisions made in the top meetings. he should be able to advice the ceo if something goes wrong. otherwise he is as dumb as the person who appointed him as the chairman. DS Najib pls do something. do not appoint a failed politician to the seat.

112. Asalamualikum Tun,sekali lagi kelemahan pentadbiran GLC di kemukakan kepada umum…kerugian berbilion wang kerajaan ini adalah sesuatu yg tidak boleh dimaafkan dan di lepaskan begitu sahaja…jesteru itu saya memohon agar satu suruhanjaya siasatan DIRAJA di tubuhkan bagi menyiasat menggenai kerugian besar sime darby ini….malah adalah tepat gesaan agar seluruh pentadbiran tertinggi sime darby ini disingkirkan…kini semua mata sedang tertumpu untuk melihat tindakan seterusnya dari kerajaan dalam mengatasi masalah ini….kini kritikan keras terhadap Tun diatas “pemantauan ketat” terhadap Pak Lah sudah bertukar menjadi pujian dan semakin difahami….khas kepada perdana menteri dan kerajaan malaysia yang disayangi…berhati hatilah, kerana kini anda memberikan banyak peluang dan bahan untuk pihak pembangkang gunakan untuk berkempen….kecundang di sibu sebagai satu contoh kebijaksanaan pembangkang mengunakan isu isu kelemahan yg ditunjukkan kerajaan….

113. Assalamualaikum…
     GLC mmg lama dah bermasalah …
     satu demi satu akan tumbang berdasarkan prestasi semasa …
     selepas Sime Darby..rasanya Syarikat Perumahan Negara Bhd bagai retak menanti belah dengan hutang kepada kerajaan melebihi RM1B…
     renungkanlah berapa ramai orang islam melayu kaya dengan duit haram…

114. dearest Tun,
     Thanks for doing the job that the opposition supposed to do. Not head must role but rather heads must role. It is sickening to know the government pipe(revenue) from Sime Darby has a leak, a bad one. It makes us rakyat wonder how bad other leakages from the many GLCs that the government owned?
     In short, government of the day must put a stop to these ‘paip2 bocor’ with these ‘savings’ increase the budget to let say Education or Rural developement as most rural folks do not even have basic infrastructure. when ask for assistance, not enough budget….but we read in the papers, billions being squandered every other day. It is sickening…I am sure there is more to come…..
     PS-comment by Non-jiboak has some good points,
     We dont need the opposition….we need Tun

115. Apapun, kerajaan sepatutnya konsisten dalam meneliti setiap kertas cadangan yang dikemukakan oleh siapa sahaja sebelum menyerahkan hak utk meneruskan mana-mana projek. Lebih2 lagi yg seraksasa ini.
     Masih adakah konsisten itu?
     Malaysia! 10 hari sahaja lagi utk RETWEET dan menang 2 tiket terbang ke Medan, Indonesia dgn Firefly. Klik di sini http://blog.teratotech.com/?p=516

116. Dearest Tun
     Thanks for your continue contribution to Malaysia and Malaysian. The issues raised in your blog is truely for the benefit of Malaysian.
     Personally, the amount involved of estimated RM1.8b is beyond a genuine mistake or costs overrun. It looks more like someone had some personal interest/gain in this matter. It is sad to note that the Govt/Board of Sime/Securities Commission/MACC has all kept silent or given the general public the perception that they are taking a stand that after resignation by the Zubir, Shukri and whoever and all will be forgiven and OK.
     This, I believe is what have eroded the public confidence in the BN Govt over the years. If people in the industry can visibly sees the big spending life style of certain individuals involved in the Sime Darby Energy & Utilities Division, I don’t understand how all those mentioned above cannot see the ultimate outcome of this RM1.8b “costs overrun” years ago. Worse of all, the people involved can continue to live in luxury may be for generations.
     For layman like us we have to pay tax and try to make our ends meet without having to go to Alongs. Teach our children to study hard for good results so that they can get scholarships to further their studies for better future only to be questioned by our children when they finally get 10As with no scholarship at sites while their friends who are children of VIPs (like those involved in the Sime “cost overrun” scandal) get scholarship to go overseas.
     So, it looks like it is OK to fuck up RM1.8b and resigned. After all the people involved in this only need to bear with market talk etc while they drive around with Mercedes or Posche and live in big bungalows, dine in expensive Italian joints, wear expensive watch etc etc etc etc.
     For the hardworking policeman, he earns RM600 a month and have to make sure that he does not get killed and have to look out for MACC who is doing a good job to make sure that they dont collect RM50 bribe. If he decide to use his gun, he must make very sure that his can draw his gun very fast (before the other guy has his dangerous intention made known ie kill the policeman first) and he also has to make sure that he is a sharp shooter so that nobody will be killed (he can be killed, it is ok as nobody will question why the other guy killed him).
     I think someone need to change the definition of the word “justice” in the dictionary. My children is asking me this any way and I have no answer to offer.

117. QUOTE: “I think the people are entitled to know when a public company loses over a billion ringgit. Proton lost only RM500 million so that is acceptable. Is losing RM1 billion also acceptable?”
     I think it is not a question of quantum. What is so magical about the word, “billion”, more so when a billion US dollar is not the same as a billion rupiah and a billion ringgit yesterday is not the same as a billion ringgit today.
     A loss is a loss. Even if the loss is RM1 million, the public needs to know. Why do you think a company is called a public company if there is no need for accountability to the public?

118. Many of the bloggers have written correctly. It is not rocket science tht these failures are immenent and the whole of Sime Darby top management should all resign. But alas, private enterprise and public are the same. Have you seen politicians resign after being in disgrace. Likewise, there is no need to resign.
     We have embraced such disgraceful attitude. Pollies and management staff shld retire or leave the job when failed.

119. Assalamualaikum Tun,
     Saya tak mahu cerita pasal Sime Darby, sebab semua orang sudah cerita. Apa yang saya nak saya ceritakan ialah pasal pentadbiran Tun masa lalu. Daripada amatan saya 80% penduduk Malaysia berasa puas hati dan amat berterima kasih dengan cara Tun mentadbir negara, sebab rakyat merasa selesa dan terasa amat bengga dengan pembangunan dan kemajuan Malaysia kearah tahun 2020. Tun melahirkan banyak rakyat kelas menengah pada waktu itu.Tun amat sensitif terhadap rakyat.Tun tidak akan benarkan harga seperti tol dan minyak naik sewenang-wenangnya. Tun tahu itu tidak baik terhadap sokongan politik.
     Dari segi pembangunan Tun mempunyai pasukan yang mantap yang ketuai oleh Tun Daim Zainudin. Tun Daim melahirkan banyak CEO melayu yang di latih di Peremba. Salah seorang CEO yang digilap ialah Tan Sri Halim Saad yang telah dapat menyiapkan projek-projek mega semasa dibawah pentadbiran Tun.Dengan kata lain “he always deliver” Tan Sri Halim ini dimana sekarang saya pun tak tahu. Tetapi saya rasa negara atau pun Dato’ Seri Najib amat rugi jika tidak menggunakan kepakaran yang ada pada Tan Sri Halim. Jika pada waktu ini jika di gabungkan Tan Sri Halim, Tan Sri Wan Azmi,Tan Sri Tajudin dan lain-lain (The Old Boys) saya rasa masalah BAKUN dapat di selesaikan. Ini pandangan saya sahaja sebab saya amat bangga dengan kemajuan negara yang mereka bangunkan.
     Sekian, Wasallam,

120. I am not actually commenting on this article but rather would like to bring to your attention the appalling state of taxi system in Kuala Lumpur. I was hoping that you could perhaps initiate your view on this and perhaps get the authority to clean it up. It is really bad for Malaysia’s tourism industry and image.
     1. I believe this is an ongoing problem bit has got worse over time.
     2. Taxi drivers refuse to use the meters and always charge exorbitant fares even for short distances. A very intimidating experience for most tourists.
     3. Why is that the city taxis cannot pick up passengers from the airport and airport taxis cannot pick up passengers from the city?
     4. How much time and resource are wasted as a result of 3 above? Not to mentioned the polution created with empty taxis to and from the airport?
     Hope you can write something on this issue to generate feedback from your reader and more importantly to trigger some corrective actions from the authority.

121. Dear Tun,
     Good morning.
     In para 16 you asked whether losing RM1 billion also acceptable. Well, this is chicken feed when compared to PKFTZ. You did not say anything about that! Why, I wonder.
     Dear al-Din,
     When the merger took place, I told my friends that we are going to witness a deterioration of standards in the plantation sector of the entity. From my observation the process has already started and it is a matter of time the books would show up. I believe experienced managers are leaving or have left otherwise Sime would not have advertised for so many personnel to helm its plantations.
     I agree with you that Felda, Felcra and Risda should not be merged for the reasons you mentioned.

122. Assalamualaikum Kehadapan Ayananda Tun, semoga sihat damai di doakan semua.
     Bagi saya, setiap kali saya melihat Sime Darby sebenarnya saya akan terasa kebangaan sebagai rakyat Malaysia yang berdaulat. Sime Darby pada awalnya telah ditubuhkan oleh dua orang rakyat British semasa zaman penjajahan British keatas Tanah Melayu ini. William Sime merupakan seorang ahli perniagaan yang telah banyak kali menemui kegagalan sebelum berhijrah ke Malaya. Beliau hampir muflis di Rhodesia, namun di Malaya beliau mula tersedar dengan kekayaan yang sedia ada di bumi bertuah ini dan kemudiannya beliau telah berganding tenaga, kewangan dan kepakaran dengan Henry Darby seorang pemilik tanah terbesar British di Malaya sekitar itu. Tanah Henry Darby mempunyai keluasan jutaan hektar dan mempunyai kekayaan berjuta tan bijih dan getah asli. Menyedari ini, maka kedua-dua ahli perniagaan British ini memulakan operasi menceduk kekayaan Malaya untuk mereka dan juga kerajaan British. Sime dan Darby kedua-duanya menjadi kebangaan Britain diatas kelicikan mereka mengaut kekayaan sebegitu rupa, mereka diberikan pelbagai pingat oleh kerajaan Britain.
     1957 kita merdeka, 1963 tertubuhnya Malaysia dan pada masuknya subuh (waktu England) tanggalnya 7 September 1981 PM ke-4 Malaysia Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir telah melakukan suatu gerakan pengambilan semula kekayaan negara Malaysia dari tangan terakhir cerca penjajahan British keatas Tanah Melayu. Kerajaan dan media British tak mungkin boleh lupa

123. Dear Tun Dr Mahathir,
     Sime DArby is a multinational company. Its losses may have tarnish Malaysia image overbroad. The leaders in Sime Darby has robbed wealth trusting in them by the people. What we can do is set up a task force to check into dishonesty and misappropriate of funds. All Board of Directors, The Chairman and the Tun Abdullah must give their fullest cooperation. At the moment, all of them must be suspended and Ministry of Finance must take over the daily running of business of Sime Darby.
     If we proven that there was a group of culprit, I must say we have to labelled them ‘greedy bastards’. They must end up in jail forever since RM1b is huge amount.
     My prayer goes to you Tun. Stay health and take good care

124. Asalamu

125. Good morning Ayahanda Tun,
     This comment of chedet blog is about the macro-economics issue that will affect the entire nation’s direction for Wawasan 2020, 8 National Interests and Government Transformation Plan.
     The Sun print media dated yesteday, 19.5.2010, page 12 with sub-title of SPEAK UP, Citizen Nades wrote the massive overrun cost revealed by Sime Darby Bhd was RM964 million from 3 projects in Qatar and the Bakun hydorelectric dam project.
     Will this massive overrun cost be dealt fairly in a transparent manner? Will this responsibility be shared fairly and equally so that Sime Darby may re-gain its confidence of the Investors, Press Media, Economists, Financial Consultants, Rating Agencies etc….not to shift their interests else where?
     If Sime Darby plans to swept this massive loss under the carpet like Paya Indah Wetlands project near Dengkil by asking the CEO to go on 6 months leave before his contract expiry date, Sime Darby’s share index will be affected for sure because we are now in the Information Technology era and today, people are more and more information hungry as times move on so that we would learn the past expereinces not to repeat the same losses. In order to prevent repeat of same mistakes, information technology system is so user friendly which allows information to be assessed easily with clicks within second, and this was what happened to the 1,000 points of plunge of Dow Jones Industrial Average, and the US government just could not cope up with such pace.
     Citizen Nades, just like all of us, will continue to write and make sure “our money must be accounted for”. He asked, “Does anyone care how our money is spent? Is it assumed that government funds are NOT our money?
     If the ruling government continues its governance responsibility like what they have done during Pak Lah’s premiership once Tun Dr Mahathir stepped down, BN will be denied a 2/3 majority of votes by people, not by the political parties. The minor lost of 398 votes in Sibu’s by-elections was the last wake up call, and don’t say that there is no warning in tsunami. Since the lost of BN has started in BN’s strong hold in Sarawak, this contagious impact will continue to roll and become a massive snowball which cannot be managed, and BN will be lost and the nightmare of being the opposition party will become reality.
     Yes, the Government has compensated the loss of the project with RM700 millions.
     PM Najib had denied that Sime Darby’s intention to sell off 10% of its shares when he was appointed to replace Tun Pak Lah.
     Will MITI seriously look into the impact of power hungry Sarawawk due to this massive overrun cost by bringing investments that need such power now? One of the possible investment that it should look into is the aluminium smelter industry brought up by Tun Dr Mahantir.
     Tun Dr Mahathir should not get involve in such matter because he would be accused of cronism by those people who dislike him. The best way is to be the coordinator by introducing the Malaysian contractor, since he knows them well, directly to PM Najib who is also the Finance Minister of Malaysia.
     PM Najib would welcome the 4th PM’s move since PM Najib needs all of us from all walks of life to provide him with opinions on how to solve this not so healthy energy mix which would affect his KPI and his objectives planned for our beloved 1 Malaysia regardless of race, religions, nationality and, of course, the position that the person is holding.
     We are now talking about the losing of RM1 billion in the country as the multi-racial nation here, the people are not so forgiving and will never ever accept such losses and the effect of their dislike will be casted in the ballot boxes in PRU 13.
     Good day Ayahanda Tun.

126. Dear Tun,
     1. As a shsreholder, I am angry and to know what has happened to Sime Darby.
     2. The whole Board is responsible and the appointment need to be relook. Only those who are knowledgeble in their own field be appointed NOT the politicians or retired government servent. Politician can not run a bussiness. Running a business is different from running a political party/Government dept.
     3.I realy hope this will not be happening to PETRONAS.
     Regards.

127. Dear Dr. M,
     Supply clearly exceeds demand here. I suppose it is high time the Sarawakians deserve free electricity supply, don’t you think? Maybe can supply the excess to Sabah for free also. After all, the riches of the land have been marauded as if it’s a buffet table over the decades. Time to repay them and say thank you, will BN???
     Also, how big a smelter are we going to build in Sarawak? By my reckoning, with 300, 000 tonne benchmark, it is almost 13 times smaller than the world’s biggest aluminium smelter UC RUSAL which produced 3.9 million tonnes last year. Their biggest complex with an annual of capacity 1.05 Mt only needs a 2000MW powerplant to go along with it. Also, UC RUSAL is going to construct Lybia a 600, 000 tonne/year smelter with a dedicated 1500MW natural gas power station this year. So, again, my calculation tells me that a 300, 000 tonne/year smelter needs only about 750MW of power draw. To say aluminium smelting consumes thousands of MW of electricity therefore sounds like an overstatement, as I think it greatly depends on the output capacity of the smelter. Correct me if I’m wrong, cause I never smelted aluminium before!
     Come on, free electricity for Sarawakians…
     Thank you.

128. MY BELOVED TUN
     THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ENLIGHTENING US ON THE SIME DARBY FIASCO AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THE HABIT AMONG CONTRACTORS IN THIS COUNTRY TO UNDERBID TO WIN THE CONTRACT AND CONFIDENTLY KNOWING THEY WILL BE COMPENSATED FOR THE COSTS OVERRUN UNDER VARIATION ORDERS.ON THIS CONTEXT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION ANOTHER PROJECT WHICH IS SERIOUSLY UNDERBIDDED AS YOU MAY BE ABLE TO INVESTIGATE IN YOUR POSITION AS ADVISOR TO PETRONAS.THE PROJECT IS THE
     ‘SABAH SARAWAK GAS PIPELINE PROJECT'(SSGP),
     COST OF WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE BAKUN.WHAT BOGGLES ME IS THAT THE ECONOMIC PLANNING UNIT AND THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE WHO PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE ON THE FINAL SAY WHOM TO AWARD THESE CONTRACTS STILL FAIL TO CURB THESE HABITS KNOWING VERY WELL THE MASSIVE DISPARITY BETWEEN THE NEXT LOWEST BIDDER AND THE PROJECT OWNERS PROJECTED PRICE. I WOULD NOT GO FURTHER INTO THE TECHNICALITIES OF CONTRACTOR’S CAPABILITY EVALUATION AND THEIR PAST PERFORMANCE RECORDS OF WHICH PROJECT OWNERS WOULD HAVE PERFORMED BUT SINCERELY HOPE THAT THESE CULTURE BE STOPPED.

129. salam Tun, what a shocker! I thought all this while those people incharge of Bakun project are really capable people in term of experiences and qualifications….???

130. Dear Tun,
     After reading your article on Bakun, I am shocked. No wonder you have been criticising Pak Lah relentlessly. It is really justified. Your exposure makes people realise the stupidity of Pak Lah in collusion of your former deputy Tun Musa Hitam. They conspired to discredit you by cancelling or reversing whatever projects you undertook. If possible they would try to undo KLIA, NORTH SOUTH HIGHWAY,Putrajaya and Patronas Twin Tower. You are doing very well exposing Pak Lah’s folly. I would like to hear some comments from Wenger Khairy who adores Pak Lah’s sound and solid administration.
     Truth must prevail eventually. Truth would eventually endear the people to you. You are really courageous. Coward dies many times, brave man dies but once.
     amin tan

131. Salam Tun,
     Wow… It was not more than a year ago in this blog that someone was singing praises abt Sime Darby. I quickly reminded that person about the failures of Sime Darby in managing Sime Bank, probably the biggest bank failure in Malaysian banking history…
     When a conglomerate becomes too big, it can get easily blindsided. A large conglomerate needs to have strong check and balance mechanism, something the audit committee failed to do when they were not loud enough in highlighting the issues they uncovered. How can PWC be so chicken? My experience with PWC has been that they are too close to management at times, so maybe the Sime case is not that surprising.
     And to make matters worse, how can the Board trust the senior management more than the audit committee? Senior management must never be above Board, that is basic governance.
     Maybe not all of the board members need to resign. The largest shareholder must be fair and sack the right ones. Scrutinise the Board minutes and find out who spoke the loudest and who were the silent yes men. Sack the latter.
     My 2 sen.

132. Salam TDM,
     Zubir Murshid was the easy scapegoat. Somebody got to be held responsible and asked to go.
     Like you said, responsibility on costs overrun must be shared too. It was impossible for Zubir to authorised that kind of costs overrun all by himself. I’m very sure there were plenty Board Papers being authorised by the Board in “taking care” of the costs overrun.
     If Zubir is wrong, the whole Board is even worse. Show them the doors too.
     MZS

133. salam Tun yg di hormati,
     Apa yg menimpa Sime Darby amat mengejutkan dan kami berharap ia tidak berulang kepada GLC GLC yg lain.Sebagai penasihat Proton kami berharap Tun dapat memberi perhatian sepenuhnya perjalanan peniagaan proton sekarang ini.Tun pernah mengatakan yg Proton telah berkembang kepada keadaan yg lebih baik dibawaH pengawasan datuk Nadzmi Salleh selaku chairman.Adakah perkara ini benar?
     saya yg bekerja dgn salah satu pembekal komponen kepada syarikat proton dan syarikat syarikat yg lain merasakan tiada banyak perubahan telah belaku kepada proton sebagaimana yg diwar warkan oleh Tun maupun pengurusan proton sendiri.
     1) proton mengatakan yg quality kenderaan keluaran nya telah lebih baik dari kenderaan kenderaan yg terdahulu.Adakah ini fakta atau sekadar perasaan semata mata kerana apabila kita perhatikan proton tetap tidak dapat menandingi jumlah jualan perodua.mengikut sumber model proton yg terbaru Exora hanya mampu dijual separuh dari jumlah MPV perodua Alza.sekianya quality proton lebih baik sudah tentu jumlah jualan akan lebih meningkat.
     2)Difahamkan banyak vendor vendor bumiputra yg membekalkan komponen kepada proton telah berada dlm keadaan tenat dan menunggu masa utk ditutup.syarikat syarikat bumiputra seperti Ace Polimer,tracoma,Ingress,autokeen dll telah di biarkan melalui keadaan susah sedangkan proton sendiri masih mengharapkan bantuan dari kerajaan dlm banyak bidang.proton telah lupa apakah tujuan di ujudkan industry otomotive ini.seingat kami wjudnya proton adalah untuk menerajui industry automotive negara dan hasrat ini tetap tidak akan berubah walaupun perdana menteri telah berubah dari zaman Tun sendiri sehinggalah sekarang.
     3) kami masih ingat semasa tun menlancarkan policy pandang ketimur,berduyun duyun jurutera maupun pengurusan dihantar ke jepun utk menghayati semangat kerja pandang ke timur ini.setelah 25 tahun berlalu hanya Datuk Nadzmi saja yg berjaya dilahirkan oleh kerajaan untuk menerajui syarikat proton ini.mereka mereka yg lain kebanyakan nya telah meninggalkan syarikat atau tidak layak menjadi pengurusan tertinggi proton.kebanyakan mereka mereka ini lebih berjaya apabila bersama dgn vendor vendor maupun persaing proton seperti DRB-Hicom,perodua,honda dan juga Naza.proton sekarang di terajui oleh mereka mereka yg kebanyakan nya tidak menghayati wujudnya proton.ini termasuklah dua tiga kerat pengurusan yg datang dari Mat Salleh dimana kita tau yang mereka mereka ini akan mencuba sedaya upaya menkayakan kaum sejenis dgn nya.
     rasanya cukup lah Tun segala komen yg mungkin tun rasa negative.kami berharap tun selaku penasihat dan juag pengasas proton dapat membawa proton kembali kezaman kegemilangan nya seperti dahulu.kami rasa pihak pengurusan yg ada tidak layak berbuat demikian dan sebagai pembekal kepada proton kami mengharap proton dapat di majukan sepaya kami juga dapat munafaat nya.Jangan lah sampai proton menjadi seperti sime darby baru lah tindakan nak di ambil.Datuk Nadzmi & dato Syed sendiri kalau rasa tidak mampu membawa proton ketahap yang lebih tinggi ada baiknya datuk-dato berundur saja.sekian wasalam.

134. It shows to prove that GLCs should not be involved in Government projects as in most cases they are not managed and runned by “real” businessman. They are not doing business with their own money, but in GLCs case, mainly government’s money. Any idiot can do it.
     Been aware of the development of Bakun over the years. Know some of the cahracters involved. Tun, you were right as I had heard the same mentioned when the contract for the main dam was awarded to Sime Darby for RM 1.8 billion. At that price, they will lose their pants as nobody else can do it. True enough and proven over the years. But what the heck, Sime Darby is doing business with other peoples money. If they lose money, it is not theirs and in most cases in Malaysia, they will get away with it. To tell you the truth, most of the so called businessman heading the GLCs can’t even make a living by selling kacang putih. They will not survive in the “real” business world where you do business with your own money.

135. Assalammualaikum Tun
     solution is capitalism has its limit & does not care what human really needs. time to change for resource based economy.
     for example : http://bit.ly/av4UPs

136. Assalamualaikum Tun Yang Amat Dihormati,
     Inilah salah satu peninggalan daripada pentadbiran PM-5.Tun Musa Hitam juga sepatutnya,melepaskan jawatannya.
     Semoga Tun Dirahmati dan dilindungi Yang Maha Esa.

137. Sime Darby
     1-Khazanah,being the boss of all GLCs,in theory is reponsible for Sime Darby. A week back Khazanah announced that it expect to secure fifty percent increase in revenue. Khazanah is responsible to advise the government on progress and problems face by GLCs, unless they are now fully independent of the government or someone in the Finance Ministry is conspiring with Khazanah.
     2-Now Sime Darby announce a hugh loss. Some bloggers listed down names of all members of Sime Darby’s board. The list seems to be like a some sort of high powered government commetee, not high powered business organisation. Sime Darby, probably last year, sacked two executives for losses in futures trading and replaced by someone, believe to be crony of the chairman. Then there are proposals to take over IJN dan build airport for Air Asia.
     Conclusion: 1+2= smelly
     Air Industry
     1-Air Asia though may be good for low cost travellers, compete openly now with MAS. Air Asia do not make profit continuosly and yet can borrow billons from overseas banks to buy new planes. Which means Air Asia is indirectly owned by foreigners. If Air Asia offer one million free tickets, it means that MAS has a potential loss on one million seats loading. Yet no local air industry master plan is required. This definitely do not make sense.
     2-MAS chairman stay put even though CEOs and CFOs come and go. Profitable or not he remains. The question is what criteria do Khazanah use to appoint chairman of compenies in GLCs. Do these appointments require government approval?
     Conclusion: Unless things are clear, than the best thing to do is to remove Khazanah top peoples as well as complete members of Sime board. Authorities always come with responsibilities.

138. Salam Tun, you are an advisor to proton and also the man the bakun project. If something like that happen of course you should help or asked the government to convene in parliament to explain details of their failure. Meanwhile the government has to explain to the public about the project failure. Remedy it quickly so the bleeding can be stopped. Many high profile cases have been highlighted in the newspaper eg Bakun, Port Klang saga, Sales of Italian Motor & Loss in Proton revenue.
     i hope the new cabinet can establish better government or else the World will view Malaysia differently….

139. Assalamualaikum Kehadapan Ayahanda Tun. Semoga sihat damai didoakan.
     Projek mega Hidro Elektrik Bakun (HEB) sudah mula dibuahkan daripada awal tahun 1970’an lagi untuk bekalan tenaga elektrik murah bagi seluruh negara. Ini akan memberikan kemampuan kompetitif untuk negara mencapai pertumbuhan ekonomi yang cepat serta juga mengawal-bendung kos sara hidup rakyat. Setahu saya sehingga kini sudah hampir enam kali projek HEB ini cuba di

140. Dear Tun Dr. Mahathir,
     -Sarawak, The New Gold Rush of Malaysia thru SCORE.
     Currently there are estimated 30 potential hydro dams in Sarawak. But for the time being, 8 dams (if I’m not mistaken) will be build to cater Sarawak energy needs. With combine might of these hydroelectric dams, Sarawak will be able to generate more than 15,000 MW worth of electricity energy (Bakun alone is only 2,400 MW) and Sarawak will be the main player for energy industry in the south east asia region. Seems like Sarawak has a lot of clean energy potential!
     -Providing energy to Peninsular?
     Right in the beginning that was the idea, it turns out, Sarawak energy demands takes into priority as Sarawak will need to develop its very own industry and to cater its future energy demands. Sarawak State Government projected (or rather planned) that by 2020, there would be 1.6 Million Jobs created (thanks to SCORE – Hydroelectric Project) and the current population of Sarawakians will be doubled to 4.6 Million. Unfortunately due to this decision, Peninsular folks typically TNB will have to go for alternative; Nuclear Powered Energy Plant to fulfill its own energy demands. Sarawak and Sabah has been left behind for quite sometime (due to unbalanced development compared to Peninsular) and hopefully with SCORE, Sarawak and Sabah could even up the SCORE! (aluminium smelter plant is just one small example of the coming industry and investment to Sarawak, labour cost is still cheap over there, more factories, industries will be opened at Sarawak provided the facilities and energy is adequate).
     -Chinese (China) Contractors
     The China man company is the only contractor in this world that has their very own ‘solid’ capital to start off huge hydroelectric projects, hence we engineers nicknamed the Hydroelectric projects at Sarawak (and entire Borneo) as “China Dams”. Why? This is because our very own local Contractors can’t afford to start off the ambitious hydro projects without being provided with capital support first. Say for example, who wants to loan you RM 1.8 Billion on a high risk project? Heck, who wants to borrow you RM 1.8 Billion without some other personal interest in mind? The solution is to get a ‘rich and stable’ professional contractor to do the job (hopefully with less bribery and mismanagement). Furthermore, our very own local contractors (from class A to F) are well known for NOT being able to complete their projects on time, for NOT being able to finish within budget, and worst, UNABLE to complete projects.
     -Blame the Consultant?
     Perhaps this is true, as the bulk of the professional responsibility falls onto their shoulders. But bear in mind, Consultants are only at the ‘tip of the iceberg’. Construction/Engineering industry are so complex that few ‘other people’ that needs to be ‘questioned’ as well if a construction project fails; The infamous Contractors, the Client themselves, the local authorities, and of course the ‘good’ politicians and invisible ‘middlemen’. Did I miss out anyone else?
     -The New Energy Player, Zeus Lightning God!
     For many years, Oil and Gas industry has always been the main players in determining the fate of the world economy. This will be change very soon, as the rest of the world, countries and governments are pushing for green technology and green energy solutions. The new players in the energy industry will be those who yield the power of Zeus! Electricity! Malaysian currently uses less than 10% from renewable resources (hydro) and about 90% of our energy demands comes from Coal and Gas powered plants. As the price of these fuel goes up (as proven recently again and again), it will take its toll on the country’s economy. Moreover, in the near future cars/vehicles will be powered by EV and Hybrids or batteries. Plug-in to the electrical network grid for charging. Mankind will be consuming lesser fuel. As fuel production capability will drop from year 2015 onward, this means ‘harga minyak naik’ (fuel price hike) in the next few years to come, higher than we have seen before. Thus, ambitious green project (such as SCORE) were carried out to counter for these energy shortage.
     -Sarawak’s coming soon state election.
     Being the richest state in Malaysia, those who yield the wealth of Sarawak’s Oil, Gas, and recently rumored Gold mines, and Hydroelectric energy will yield the power to rule Malaysia. I’m seeing BN and PR as 2 big contractors tendering their submission to win Sarawak’s wealth. I do hope that Sarawakians will choose the right ‘leader’ in the coming State Election. Personally, I still have faith with BN but if only they are willing to … (you know I can’t say it here). Alas, let the best man win!

141. Salam Yang Berbagia Tun,
     Terima kasih atas tulisan Tun.
     Sekarang fahamlah saya kenapa Tun tak sehaluan dengan Tun Musa dan
     Tun Abdullah Badawi.Amat sedih mengenangkan kegagalan GLC mengurus projek yang diamanahkan dengan profesional disebabkan campur tangan politik dalam membuat keputusan.Kita harus belajar dari urus tadbir koperat Petronas semasa TS Hassan Marican menjadi CEO.Walaubagaimana pun Petronas sejak TS Hassan bersara mungkin akan jadi macam PERTAMINA di Indonesia jika campur tangan politik berlaku dalam pengurusan petronas.
     Komen TUN MUSA yang beliau sedia berundur dan meletak jawatan dalam portal Malaysian Insider dari jawatan pengerusi Sime Darby adalah tindakan yang terhurmat jika ditunaikan.
     Datuk Seri Najib dan PNB sebagai pemegang saham terbesar Sime patut merombak
     semula kepimpinan Lembaga Pengarah Sime.T.Kasih.

142. The megawatt of Bakun has led to megawhat? The loss of billions that is. The rakyat will suffer. PNB will suffer losses and thus our Amanah Saham dividends.
     The dawn raid of Guthrie (part of Sime Darby) in the London’s market in Tun’s time has turned into a grand oblivion. Only Zubir sacked? The elegant pretender, musang hitam berbulu ayam, the killer of Memali should go Japanese style – commit harakiri.
     Malaysia is fortunate that Anwar and Musa, two anachronistically ambitious individuals did not become PM by the grace of Allah and thanks to Tun. The score for Tun is effectively +2-1= +1.
     In the process of empowering Sarawak with megawatts, I lost some RM10k. The coal power plant set in Mukah (again by the China dolls) took my 3.5ac beautiful land by the South China Sea. The state’s compensation was celah gigi. DAP won.

143. Salam..
     Tok Det,
     If you may allow me to digress from the main subject discussed here.
     I think now is the most perfect time for you to release your long awaited memoir. The book, Malaysian Maverick written by Barry Wain had tainted a very negative image on you as well as your effort towards reshaping the economic scenario in Malaysia. Even though the book has indeed recognized all of the effort you had done for this country, it has anyhow prescribed a different version from the real story, especially on the Anwar Ibrahim saga and other controversial issues as well.
     It is beyond doubt that you had your fair share of making wrong decisions etc, but all and all I strongly believed that with the release of your memoir, it may help to provide the exact and just answer on the whole story from your own personal story.
     Thank you.
     HESMEL FAZNEE FAISAL.

144. hmm…no wonder last time Sime was so serious to push the Government to pay the planting cost of new palm oil trees…

145. Salam Tun
     Thanks for your exposure on Bakun. Actually we (chedet readers and also the Malaysian public)) don’t get to know the inside stories of how the Malaysian Government works unless the ex-PM decides to transparently tell us what has happened. It has always been that way. When a new PM takes over, it is always “everything good here, everything good there” and only “good” news are reported in the papers that it is quite hard for a discerning and civic conscious public like me to actually believe we have such a “perfect” government. So in the end, the Malaysian Govt continues to praise itself and heaps its staff with Datukships but in reality we are getting a “different” story from third parties. This is why I always like to keep an open ear and eye on CNN or New York Times or London Times or Washington Post and western media to see how a third party is actually reporting what our Government is doing so that I can get a more balanced view. Not to say I believe the news reports from the West outright but it helps me assess whether the Govt is over-praising itself in some areas.
     10 or 20 years back, the Malaysian public might be fooled by such stories from the Govt since the communication technologies is not so advanced but now with the Internet and satellite TV such as Astro, the Govt must report to the public what it has done without bias – if it is bad or wrong, say so. If it is good and beneficial, say so.
     This brings me nicely to the article on Bakun above. Actually I want to talk more about the general group of about 100-200 individual corporate Malaysian leaders who are head honcho CEO’s of our public listed companies and whether they truly have the fundamental capabilities to lead our listed PLC’s. I think too much emphasis is placed on things like chartered accountancy qualifications or MBA from Harvard, MIT, Wharton, etc as compared to whether the individual has the background and experience to prove that he or she can be a good all-round leader. For example, I just read a story about a past retired CEO who used to work with Digital and now being called back to head Axiata after a brief 7 months retirement. As soon as he joined the company, he implemented a corporate wide strategy that caused a lot of dissatisfied staff to leave their jobs with the company across the board. To me, just because this one person cannot decide to stay out of harm’s way and retire safely and play golf somewhere he cannot damage the lives of other human beings, many people have to start to find new ‘periuk nasi’ to feed their children and wife. I believe too many of the 100-200 individuals I mentioned above are too profit-oriented and narrow-minded without thinking about other social aspects of the functioning of a company such as to allow people to feed their children. Of course, really useless employees, such as those that are involved in crime and drug, should be fired but for the most part, I believe people should not be treated like products. I think this is especially true for the medical and armed forces professions where valuable human lives are on the line during the normal course of occupation.
     The report you made about Bakun above just serves to confirm that even though previous management may have made thorough and careful study on a viable business aspect to benefit our beloved country and set things in motion, it is ever so brittle like a spider’s web because with a change in politician, everything can just be stopped just like that. I have got to the point to just smile when I watch these phony politicians play their games but my heart cries when I think if we are ever going to make true progress as a nation without the interference of ringgit-eyed politicians. I think the 2 main parties in M’sia now -BN and BA – have fired so many salvos at each other – that it is like a football match – first the ball goes to this half and then it goes to the other half.
     Its time the Govt start to get serious at building the nation.

146. dear Tun,
     When you have someone as prominent as Tun Musa Hitam ,a one time sifu and probably still a very good friend of the then PM Pak Lah-sitting as Chairman of SIME-do you really think the CEO Zubair or anyone else is free to do their job?Datuk Mahalil was practically sacked because he was not willing to ko-tow to Proton’s former chairman ,someone not prominent, I can’t even remember his name!
     Most of the people sitting on the Board of Directors of Govt owned companies are mostly not real businessmen but rather politicians and top civil servants who are only interested to wrap up the meetings quickly so that they can do the tee-off before it rains.You will find the members as mostly yes men who are more afraid of men than God.And do you think these people can accept a CEO that’s truly dedicated ,passionate,outspoken,etc,..in short,a great chap -to really perform and make them feel inadequate? No sir, they are looking for someone who will not rock the boat and who will make life easy for them!And of course, when something go wrong- someone they can point fingers to.
     Sack the whole Board -as for the Chairman and CEO get them to explain before Parliament-The rakyat has the right to know the details on how we got into this billion dollar loss situation.We don’t want recurrences.Revamp the whole Board culture if it is possible-perhaps Parliament must be referred to before any board appointments are made?Of course Tun,you know better.

147. Salam Ayahanda Tun,
     Saya sebenarnya baru dalam arena komen mengomen ini, sebelum ini saya hanya mengikuti perkembangan blog ini dengan hanya membaca dan mencerna isu-isu yang di bawa dalam blok Ayahanda.
     Sebenarnya kerosakkan negara memang telah bermula sebaik sahaja bekas perdana menteri sebelum Dato Seri Najib memegang tampok pemerentahan negara. Ianya bukan hanya setakat isu Bakun dan lain_lain isu yang diperkenalkan pada zaman Ayahanda. Tetapi apa yg di bawanya sendiri iaitu menumpukan kepada pertanian juga merupakan petanda kerosakkan negara. Saya tidak bermaksud ia merosakkan negara dengan pertanian yang dibawanya. Industri pertanian memang sesutu yg cukup baik untuk perkembangan ekonomi negara dan saya sendiri ( anak pasca kemerdekaan yg mendapat didikkan sehingga ke peringkat ijazah di dalam universiti di Malaysia)amat bersetuju dengan pergerakan kearah negara industri pertanian. Tetapi, apa yg menyebabkan kerosakkan ialah dengan membatal, mengubah, me”reform” perjalanan projek yg sedia ada dan telah diluluskan di zaman Ayahanda Tun.
     Kalau hendak di bawakan contoh, saya rasa berkajang tetapi apa yg di perkatakan dalam blok ayahanda Tun ini lah yang menjadi contoh kepada semua yang saya kata kan punca-punca kerosakkan negara.
     Pendapat saya, untuk menjadi pemimpin sesebuah keluarga, masyarakat kampong, organisasi kerajaan @ bukan kerajaan, dun, parlimen, negeri dan negara. Perkara yang paling utama ialah keikhlasan dan tidak mempunyai sifat berdendam kemudian barulah faktor2 lain yg menjadi pra kelayakkan mendudukki tempat tersebut. Tetapi malangnya syarat2 ini tidak dapat di tunjuk dengan sekeping kertas “resume”. maka ini lah yang terjadi di dalam kepemimpinan kita sekarag pada semua peringkat. Di sebabkan oleh faktor ini lah juga berlaku kecelaruan pada semua organisi dari instutusi keluaga hingga lah ke peringakat tertinggi. Dan saya percaya jika masalah ini tidak dapat diselesaikan atau nampak telah diselesaikan dalam peringkat kepemimpinan negara maka plihanraya 2013 akan berkuburlah UMNO dan barisan Nasional.
     Akhir sekali, kalau semua kupasan dalam blog ini tidak ditangani dengan baik dan betul dengan penuh keikhlasan oleh kepimpinan sekarang, maka kehancuran negara adalah tidak mustahil.
     Wassalam

148. dear Tun,
     When you have someone as prominent as Tun Musa Hitam ,a one time sifu and probably still a very good friend of the then PM Pak Lah-sitting as Chairman of SIME-do you really think the CEO Zubair or anyone else is free to do their job?Datuk Mahalil was practically sacked because he was not willing to ko-tow to Proton’s former chairman ,someone not prominent, I can’t even remember his name!
     Most of the people sitting on the Board of Directors of Govt owned companies are mostly not real businessmen but rather politicians and top civil servants who are only interested to wrap up the meetings quickly so that they can do the tee-off before it rains.You will find the members as mostly yes men who are more afraid of men than God.And do you think these people can accept a CEO that’s truly dedicated ,passionate,outspoken,etc,..in short,a great chap -to really perform and make them feel inadequate? No sir, they are looking for someone who will not rock the boat and who will make life easy for them!And of course, when something go wrong- someone they can point fingers to.
     Sack the whole Board -as for the Chairman and CEO get them to explain before Parliament-The rakyat has the right to know the details on how we got into this billion dollar loss situation.We don’t want recurrences.Revamp the whole Board culture if it is possible-perhaps Parliament must be referred to before any board appointments are made?Of course Tun,you know better.

149. Salam Sejahtera Tun.
     Dulu waktu Tun melepaskan jawatan dahulu semua nya dalam kedaan teratur dan sempurna.
     Waktu Pak lah mengambil alih pada mula nya nampak ok,tapi lama kelamaan negara mula bercelaru dan merundum.
     Rakyat jelata dapat melihat dengan jelas sekali siapa yang mengakibatkat keadaan menjadi begini.
     Salah satu sebab yang paling utama adalah pucuk kepimpinan selepas Tun menjadi angkuh dan bongkak hingga nasihat nasihat Tun tidak di hirau langsung.Malah projek yang di ilhamkan oleh Tun di ubah suai malah ada yang di batalkan.Lihat sahaja apa terjadi kepada bakun.
     ROYAL COMMISSION
     Keangkuhan demi keangkuhan menyebabkan kerjaan tersembam ke bumi.Lebih menyedihkan lagi UMNO pun menjunam sama.Waktu Tun memimpin rakyat berbilang kaum hidup harmoni bersama.Saya ingat lagi waktu iti Karpal dan Kit Siang pun menghormati Tun.
     We always love you Tun with all our heart.May Allah Bless You.

150. Tun,
     You have been very passionate about technology when you were at the helm. One of the technology I am very sure of that really have a spot in your heart was Integrated Circuit design.
     You set up MIMOS, then AMICA followed by SyMMiD. Just before you retired from politics, you gave you final try on the IC industry with RFID chip.
     Although you gave your 100% on the projects, the return are a lot less than that. While the industry changed Taiwan into a modern country with this industry, we still lag about 1000 light years away.
     Is there anything that we can do about it? Perhaps if the passion is still in you, we could achieve something bigger than ever been achieved in the past.

151. Salam buat Yg Berbhg Ayahanda Tun,
     Sejak bila bahagian fabrikasi/pembinaan O&G dan EPCC Sime ni untung besar..? Rasanya antara projek pembinaan awal dia yang besar kat MLNG Bintulu, tu pun setakat kerja awam biasa-biasa. Tanyalah orang Petronas..
     Sepatutnya Sime ni dibenarkan saja ambil-alih IJN – sebabnya dia sendiri pun amat patut dihantar ke sana untuk dibedah secara percuma (sebab tu dia nak sangat IJN..!), dah kronik sangat…!

152. Salam Tun Mahathir, this is my first time commenting though its not my first time reading your entries.
     I think the Bakun project is one of the many excellent initiatives started in your tenure. Now that it’s completed, it will definitely facilitate a bedrock of power hungry investments in East Malaysia.
     An example would be the production of silane and electronic grade polysilicon, the raw material used in the production of semiconductors and crystalline-based solar PV panels, which is enjoying rapid growth of which Malaysia is already very much a part of. I believe with clever publicity and earnest marketing, it will attract investors are averse to investing in China.
     I wish you well and thank you for your insights.
     “The best of mankind are those who benefit others” – You are certainly one of them.
     Hanif.

153. Construction is a dirty business.
     Incurring a loss of RM1 billion is even dirtier.
     There is also some stupidity in accepting bids from Chinese companies. They tend to beat all the other bidders from the rest of the world, little that the client know that the quality is not the same and cost over run is inevitable.
     Sime Darby should just focus on plantations business and plantations related supply chain businesses.
     The entire Board should take responsibility, not just the CEO as major decisions and strategies normally require Board approval. This is a proper corporate conglomerate setup, not a RM2 company.

154. Pak Lah was responsible and still is. Pak Lah, I really really dislike you.

155. Habis jahanam semua aset. Next will be Petronas.
     Azlan
     KL

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157. It is just another drama of Malaysian nincompoopery. Sorry, the PEOPLE have had enough!

158. other than private sector & GLC, rakyat today are more mature and knowledgable, they would liek to know how their money being used. what about the loses from Perwaja ? Selangor Wetland project, let us know more. as tun said, most people will be ok for the loses from i.e Proton project as it has directly created so many other benefit i.e job opportunuty and so on. where is accountability ?

159. In toto my comment in Che Det’s blog of Oct 29, 2009:
     The Malay dilemma. Governance.
     Corporate foul-ups of the highest order. Banyak musang berbulu ayam hitam. Many thorns in the flesh to be unpricked.
     Who was the megalomaniac responsible putting together Guthrie, Golden Hope and Sime Darby. It flip-plopped from Synergy to Sime Darby. The three agriculture (mainly) based entities were on strong foundation and already giant enough to be efficient and chart their own ways. Put them together makes too bulky for good governance and fast decisions.
     Whose idea is it that FELDA, FELCRA, and RISDA be put together. FELDA was (before Synergy-Sime Darby) the largest oil palm conglomerate. The three entities have somewhat different functions and responsibilities. Putting them together will cause confusion in foci and hence less efficient. What they can do is to fine tune for further improvements.
     Size does matters but being over-sized? We hear none from the big-shots in the agriculture sector on this mega-mergers. They are just go-along gang, jaga periok nasi, or their voices muddled. Maybe I am wrong.
     In-depth and comprehensive studies should be for such changes. There is no need to hurry to avoid costly mistakes. What is the hidden agenda?
     Or we can just follow the leader, mumble and jumble our way. And you know who was the greatest mumbler of all!

160. Salam,
     apa yang saya nak cakap ni lari dari isu yang Tun bincangkan. Tadi saya baru lepas temuduga nak jadi penyelia banci.Tapi mengikut kata “org yang menemuduga”, jawatan sebagai penyelia tiada lagi sebabnya jawatan itu diberi kepada pekerja kerajaan yang sedang berkhidmat. Pelik juga…bagi saya secara peribadilah, sepatutnya beri peluang kepada orang lain terutamanya graduan yang belum bekerja macam saya. Yang dah kerja tu kira sudah “selamat” tak kira pangkat rendah sekali pun. Saya nak ambil jawatan penyelia banci tu bukan apa, supaya ada pengalaman dalam bidang pengurusan.Maklumlah,setiap kali mohon kerja mesti ditanya pasal pengalaman bekerja.
     Sedangkan kerajaan sendiri cakap ramai graduan menganggur…inilah masa tolong mereka. Ini tak, jawatan sementara itu pun nak beri kepada orang yang dah bekerja.
     Apa salahnya kerajaan beri peluang kepada yang belum bekerja supaya mereka mengasah bakat dan memperolehi ilmu pengetahuan.
     Kebanyakan pihak swasta takkan mengambil pekerja yang tiada pengalaman kerana ingin mengurangkan kos memberi latihan. Jadi kerajaan lah sepatutnya pikul tanggungjawab tersebut. Ada kerja sementara macam inilah dapat penganggur memperolehi pengalaman selain untuk sesuap nasi.
     Harap Tun dan pembaca faham maksud saya.Lain kali saya coret lagi…

161. Salam kepada Tun,
     Setahu saya, projek Bakun tu dah lama sangat. Entah bila baru dapat menikmati elektrik yang dijana oleh Bakun. Kawan-kawan ada juga yang bergurau”dah habis duit pampasan tanah bagi penduduk yang terlibat tapi projek tu tetap tak siap”.
     Tapi sebagai penduduk Sarawak, saya harap biarlah keseluruhan penduduk Sarawak menikmati elektrik baru hantarkan ke Semenanjung. Kesian bagi penduduk yang tinggal di kawasan pedalaman. Bekalan elektrik dan air bersih pun tiada. Sedangkan hanya tinggal 10 tahun lagi menjelang Wawasan 2020. Jangan waktu itu nanti rakyat di pedalaman Sarawak dan Sabah masih minum air gunung berpelita lampu minyak tanah atau lilin.
     Mengenai kerugian yang dialami oleh Sime Darby,harap pihak yang bertanggungjawab (kalau boleh diharap) buat sesuatu. RM1 billion tuu…Tak boleh pandang remeh!!!

162. If the members of the Sime Darby board have any dignity in themselves, they should at least offer their resignations. The only reason that I can think of, that they are not doing it, is because of their perks, overseas travel, and plain thick skins.

163. Dear Tun,
     Years after the government announced the Bakun project at great capital expense for low energy cost, we are here again in 2010. No dam completed with not a single watt of energy produced.
     Instead we have created a big financial black hole in the government coffers and Sime Darby’s balance sheet.
     What are we to think?
     Billions of RM spent/wasted with no tangible development seen.
     This is one reason why personally I admire your approach to governing. You deliver solid results despite many opposing the means.
     Now we see leaders who deliver nothing except honeyed promises.

164. Salam Tun.
     Bersetuju dengan pandangan Tun. Sesungguhnya walaupun tidak banyak, pasti ada sedikit maklumat projek berkenaan yg Tun sedia maklum sebab kepentingan projek tersebut kepada negara.
     Agak pelik dengan kenyataan media bila Sime Darby (SD) diumumkan rugi lebih RM1b. Kenapa CEO seorang shja yg dipertanggungjawabkan..??
     Padahal penangguhan projek adalah atas arahan pihak kerajaan, bila diumumkn ruginya yg dasyat tuh, kerajaan umpama lepas tangan dengan kenyataan2 yang tidak tahu menahu pasal pengurusan SD…macam pelik pula padahal setiap GLC sudah semestinya ada wakil kerajaan dlm BoD.
     Teruskan penyebaran dan perkongsian maklumat Tun.
     Moga senantiasa berada dalam keadaan sihat sejahtera dan di bawah perlindunganNYA Insya Allah….

165. Bakun, Port Klang, Pewaja and in a little way, the upgrading works of the Sabah State Railways.. all meant to fail. Why? they had been in some ways legacies of your administration. How?
     1)The awards of contracts now and then had followed your policies ie thru negotiations. The devils will lurk on the negotiation tables because none of the nego is transparent. Have there been any public exposure on the negotiations? NONE, all will be classified OSA.
     2)The government officials never gave the government and the public early warnings if failures in cost overuns are imminent. They will keep them in their books and ensure payments will proceed (no hindrance)until the projects become sick. By that time to carry investigations will be difficult, time consuming and costly. By the time the courts are dragged in it will be some twenty years too late. Evidence become too complicated and easily “rejected” as the judges are in their prime an age and their brains are no longer that sharp. They just have to let the culprits go. The government servants would have died by then and their wealth transferred,
     Tun, don’t try to insinuate that your predecessors are doing against what you had started. The had actually become more clever and only make some adjustments some they can put more money in their pockets.
     The only solution is NOT surprisingly “REFORMASI”

166. Salam Yg Berbahagia Tun,
     Terima kasih kerana ‘mencelikkan’ rakyat terhadap sesuatu yang tersembunyi dalam balang KRISTAL. Sebagai rakyat biasa, adalah sesuatu yang tidak mungkin rakyat ketahui tanpa KEBERANIAN, KEBERTANGGUNGJAWABAN DAN PATRIOTISMA yang Tun miliki. Semoga kekeliruan dan ‘kepelikkan’ ini di perjelaskan di luar dari balang KRISTAL. Bersama memakmurkan bumi Malaysia. Terima kasih Tun.

167. SALAM BUAT TUN BERDUA MOGA DIRAHMATI ALLAH S.W.T
     1) PADA MULANYA KERAJAAN MEMEGANG PADA PEGAGAN 70% DAN PIHAK DUBAI SMELTING CUMA 30% DENGAN MODAL BERBAYAR PERMULAAN (90 MILLION).
     2) MODAL PERMULAAN 90 MILLION KEMUGKINAN KOS UNTUK SEBAHAGIAN KERJA SAHAJA (BOLEH DIANGGARKAN OLEH ENGINEER BAHAGIAN KOS ) PASTINYA PELABOR BAGI PIHAK KERAJAAN DAN DUBAI SMELTING PERLU LAGI MENAMBAH MODAL UNTUK KERJA-KERJA SETERUSNYA.
     3) SILAPNYA KENAPA KERAJAAN MENGAMBIL PENDIRIAN MELEPASKAN PEGAGAN KEPADA SIME DARBY DENGAN HARGA 1.8 BILLION SEDANGKAN KOS KESELURUHAN KITA SENDIRI TAHU PROJEK JANGKA PANJANG SELALUNYA BERGANTUNG KEPADA KEADAAN EKONOMI SEMASA DAN PERLU MENGAMBIL KIRA KENAIKAN HARGA BAHAN MENTAH.
     4) SYARIKAT SEPERTI DUBAI SMELTING ADALAH SYARIKAT SEPERTI PETRONAS ATAU PUN KURANG SEDIKIT YANG MAMPU MEMPEROLEHI KEMBALI HARGA JUALAN DALAM JANGKA MASA PENDEK TIDAK SEPERTI SYARIKAT IDENTITI PERTANIAN YANG RISIKO ATAS JANGKA MASA YANG LEBIH PANJANG.
     6) TIDAK MAHU MEMBURUKKAN KEADAAN SAMAADA ADANYA UNDUR-UNSUR KRONI DALAM PENTADBIRAN ATAU RAKAN-RAKAN SEALIRAN MENDAPAT BISNESS KITA SEBAGAI RAKYAT MALAYSIA PERLU MEMBETULKAN KEADAAN DENGAN MEMIHAKKAN KEPADA KEBAIKAN KEPADA RAKYAT.
     7) PADA AWALNYA PROJEK INI UNTUK MENDAPATKAN TENAGA DENGAN HARGA YANG MURAH AKAN MENJADI SEBALIKNYA JIKA SYARIKAT SIME DARBY TERUS DIBERI PEGAGAN INI KERANA KOS KERUGIAN PULA AKAN TERUS DIMAINKAN OLEH SEMUA YANG TERLIBAT DALAM MERENCANA PROJEK INI.
     8) SEBAB ITU MASIH ADA REAKSI SENYUM DIMUKA PENASIHAT TAKALA MENJATUHKAN HUKUMAN KEPADA CEO YANG AKAN MEMPUNYAI PELUANG BEKERJA DALAM DYARIKAT YANG LAIN DENGAN KELAYAKAN YANG ADA.
     9) KADANG-KADANG REAKSI BEGINI SUDAH MUAK BAGI KEBANYAKAN RAKYAT JELATA KERANA SEGALA URUSAN UNTUNG RUGI TIADA MAKNA BAGI CEO DAN PENASIHAT INI KERANA ADA SAHAJA JALAN UNTUK MEREKA BEKERJA DENGAN SYARIKAT LAIN PULA.
     10) YANG RAKYAT RISAU SEMUA KOS KERUGIAN AKAN TERPAKSA DITANGGUNG OLEH RAKYAT KEMUDIAN HARI SEBAGAI PENGGUNA YANG TERPAKSA MENGELUARKAN WANG YANG TIDAK SAMA NILAI JUMLAH GAJI DENGAN ELAUN YANG DIPEROLEHI PENASIHAT DAN CEO INI PEROLEHI.
     11) ALLAH S.W.T TELAH TUNJUKKAN KEUPAYAAN SIME DARBY DENGAN STRATEGI ORANG BERADA MENDAPAT PROTES RAKYAT UNTUK MENGAUT KEUNTUNGAN YANG LAIN PULA SEPERTI INSTITUT JANTUNG NEGARA.
     12) PERASAAN ORANG SUSAH SEBELUM KAYA TIDAK SAMA DENGAN ORANG YANG TIDAK PERNAH KAYA SEUMAR HIDUP.
     WALLAHU’ALAM

168. Salam Tun,
     Sebagai seorang anak watan Sarawak, sedari awal saya memang tidak bersetuju dengan pembinaan empangan Bakun. Bagi saya, selain dari merosakkan system ekologi bumi project ini juga merupakan satu pembaziran. Lebihan tenaga yang dihasilkan akan sia sia sahaja kerana tiada permintaan. Kalau pun ada, pasti kos untuk memenuhi permintaan tersebut tinggi dan ini pasti akan mengakibatkan kepada kenaikan harga. Secara tidak langsung, kenaikan ini akan melibatkan pengguna tempatan iaitu penduduk Sarawak.

169. Assalamualaikum:
     The whole Sime Board should be fired. Becuase of the losses, PNB beeing the biggest sahreholders lost money. At the end alll the malsysian lost money beacuse of their investment in various unit trust handles by PNB.
     Tun Musa do the honorable thing – please RESIGN.

170. Dear Tun,
     The Sime Darby losses are quite similar to selling of MV Agusta share for 1 Euro.
     As suggested by many financial analysts and bloggers, all Sime Darby board of directors including the chairman should resign.

171. Here you go Ayahanda Tun.
     These all the bunch of people that should resign as well. As we all know, leading the list is Pak Lah’s champion, now i understand why.
     http://www.simedarby.com/Board_of_Directors.aspx

172. Assalammualaikum Tun Dr Mahathir, salam perpaduan dan salam 1 Malaysia.
     Inilah kesan yg ditanggung apabila mereka yg ‘kurang bijak’ diberi peluang oleh rakyat Malaysia untuk mentadbir urus negara.
     Atau adakah mereka ini ‘terlebih bijak’ melihat peluang yang ada demi kepentingan poket sendiri?
     Saya cuma rakyat biasa memberikan pendapat yg tak seberapa ini. Mungkin pegawai2 kerajaan yg bijak pandai itu serta pak2/mak2 menteri di putrajaya lebih mengetahuinya.
     Akhir sekali, Allah juga Maha Mengetahui.
     Wallahualam.

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