1. The economy of the world is in a state of turmoil. Not only has the oil price tumbled from USD 110/- to less than USD 60/-, but palm oil price, rubber price, share prices and the exchange rate of the Ringgit have all taken a beating, a severe beating.
2. All these things involve us, Malaysian, our commodities and our money. But we are assured and reassured that we would not be affected. We will continue to grow at the projected rate.
3. Are we!!
1. I was watching Al-Jazeera news as I often do.
2. The report was on President Putin speaking to the Russian Parliament.
3. He was saying that America and the West were trying to dismantle Russia as they did to Yugoslavia. He warned the Russian people to be prepared.
1. Spain has decided to recognise Palestine. And now France and Ireland have also done likewise. There is even a suggestion that the European Union would do the same.
2. It is all long overdue. If the Europeans care to think, it is they who started the terrorism in the Middle East. If they care to admit, all these violence, killings, wars etc started when the Europeans created the state of Israel by seizing Arab Palestine. Before that terrorism did not plague the Middle East and the rest of the world. Now there are irregular terrorists and state terrorists.
3. To the Europeans Israel can do no wrong. They can massacre the Arabs. That is acceptable. For three Israelis killed a thousand Arabs must pay with their lives. A hundred thousand will have their houses destroyed. And humanitarian aid cannot be given to the victims. The Europeans by saying or doing nothing virtually agreed that the punishment is right.
1. I am very annoyed by the apparent exclusion of Malaysia from the investigation of MH 17.
2. The aircraft belongs to Malaysia and the pilots, staff and quite a number of the passengers were Malaysians. Yet it seems that Malaysia is only grudgingly permitted to participate in the examination of the wreck recovered. And it is not even brought back to Malaysia.
3. Granted the highest number of the passengers who lost their lives were Dutch. But under what law is the aircraft the property of the Dutch?
1.The United States assumes that it is the greatest democracy in the world and is in a position to tell others what is right and what is wrong and what they should do and what they should not do. On this assumption Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States chastised Malaysia for retaining the Sedition Act and the trial of Anwar Ibrahim.
2.Who is Joe Biden to take the moral high ground?
1. The price of one barrel of crude fell from US$110-00 per barrel to US$70-00.
2. Is it true it will have no effect on us (Malaysia) or that it will be good for us?
3. When the Government budget for 2015 was launched, it was premised on the price of oil being US$110-00 per barrel.
4. Obviously the Government expected its oil revenue to contribute to the budget based on this high oil price. Is it possible that the effect of the low oil price on the Government’s budget will remain the same, or will improve now that oil has gone down to US$70-00?
1. Saya ucap tahniah kepada UMNO dan Presidennya kerana mendengar dan mengambil berat akan pandangan orang ramai berkenaan dengan pengekalan Akta Hasutan.
2. Tetapi saya kecewa kerana banyak lagi rintihan dan keluhan rakyat tidak berjaya mempengaruhi pendirian UMNO dan Kerajaan.
3. Tidak ada perubahan terhadap niat untuk menandatangani perjanjian bebas cukai Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement. Perjanjian 29 bab ini merbahaya walaupun pengecualian diberi kepada usaha memperbaiki kedudukan bumiputera. Perjanjian ini lebih tertumpu kepada sekatan terhadap Negara Cina dan campurtangan dalam hal ehwal ekonomi dalaman Negara.
1. Di zaman revolusi industri di Barat, pekerja ditindas oleh majikan. Upah amat rendah, keadaan dalam kilang tidak selesa, kemalangan kerap berlaku sehingga ada yang terbunuh, dan bermacam lagi.
2. Pemikir Barat berpendapat jika kilang dimiliki oleh Kerajaan, dan Kerajaan pula dikuasai oleh buruh, maka semua keuntungan akan diperolehi oleh Kerajaan dan diagih di antara pekerja. Sudah tentu pendapatan pekerja akan meningkat.
3. Inilah asas ideologi Sosialis dan Komunis. Seperti mana kita tahu sistem ini gagal. Sebabnya ia gagal ialah oleh kerana apabila upah dinaikkan kos pengeluaran turut naik dan harga jualan menjadi tinggi. Rampasan kuasa dan harta golongan kaya pula mengurangkan pasaran tempatan bagi barangan mewah. Tanpa pasaran mewah, walaupun pekerja dibayar gaji yang lebih, jualan tidak laris dan keuntungan berkurangan. Dayabeli pekerja tidak meningkat, iaitu mereka terus menerus miskin. Dalam pasaran dunia pula, barangan harga tinggi dari negara sosialis tidak dapat bersaing dengan barangan dari Asia Timur. Sekali lagi keuntungan menurun sehingga ada yang terpaksa gulung tikar.
1. We are reading a lot about illegal logging and illegal workers. It is right that illegal logging should be stopped and illegal workers arrested and deported.
2. But what about legal logging? They may be legal but they are also destroying even more of our shrinking forest. It is time that we limit legal logging. Concessions for legal logging should be controlled.
3. Just because permits are issued does not mean that the logging is not destructive of the forests. It may mean a lot of money for the recipients of the permit, but the need for timber from the forest can be replaced with other kinds of timber.
1. Perutusan ini ditulis kerana saya tidak dapat hadir di Mesyuarat Agong UMNO kerana berada di luar negara. Tetapi kerana saya kurang sihat untuk keluar negara, saya mungkin hadir Insya’allah! Walaubagaimanapun saya ingin membuat kenyataan ini juga.
2. Sebagai orang tua, dan orang tua UMNO pula, izinkanlah saya memberi sedikit pandangan.
3. Semua tahu UMNO sekarang tidak popular seperti UMNO dahulu. Ada yang berkata UMNO tidak lagi relevan.
4. Sedikit sebanyak pandangan ini berasas. Jika UMNO dikalahkan dan hilang dari muka bumi, kepimpinan dan ahli UMNO tidak boleh nafi sumbangan mereka kepada kejatuhan parti yang begitu berjasa kepada Melayu dan negara Malaysia.