GE13 Voting Procedure 2012

PLEASE bring along your own pencil ERASER. It is VITAL that we get this information across to as many people as possible. The Voter Agent Training recently conducted at the PJ Civic Centre brought to the fore some very critical issues which every Voter ought to know. These are : 1. As soon as you enter the polling station, you will be ushered to Kerani 1, who will check your personal identity against your NRIC. He/she will then read out your name, NRIC number and the Siri/Bilangan number in accordance to the List provided by the Election Commission (SPR). 2. Once all that is verified, Kerani 1 will pass your NRIC to the next officer, Kerani 2. 3. Here, Kerani 2 will hand you a ‘Kertas Undi,’ which is identified by its Serial Number. As a Voter, please know your rights. You have the constitutional right under our Election Laws to NOT accept the ‘Kertas Undi’ that the officer assigns to you. You CAN and should ask for a different ‘Kertas Undi’ from a different book. To do that, just say to the officer, “Encik (or Cik), saya minta Kertas Undi dari buku lain atau dari bawah.” Translated, that is, “Sir (or Madam), I like to request a different ballot paper from a different book or from below.” This must be done so that the Voter CANNOT be identified via the SPR’s Master List. It will take just ONE voter to upset the whole sequence, which will eventually affect the SPR’s Master List for that voting centre. The aim of doing this is to SAFEGUARD every Voter’s identity. No one has the right to know how you want to vote. 4. Once your ‘Kertas Undi’ is issued to you, just stand there and do NOT leave immediately.Instead please CHECK BOTH SIDES of the ballot paper in order to ensure that there are NO pencil markings or Any other form of suspicious markings on it. If there are, REJECT the ballot paper issued to you and instead request for these markings to be either erased to your satisfaction or for you to be issued with a new ‘Kertas Undi.’ Also do NOT accept any loose-lying ‘Kertas Undi,’ which may have been strewn about because it was rejected by someone else earlier. ALWAYS ask for a fresh ballot paper from the book. An alternative, as suggested by certain other people via email, is to Bring along your own eraser so that when you see any pencil marks, you can rub them off completely yourself. 5. Kerani 2 will then hand the ‘Kertas Undi’ to the next officer, Kerani 3. Kerani 3 carries a seal, which will be used to stamp your ‘Kertas Undi.’ PLEASE watch carefully that the officer stamps your ballot paper FULLY and CLEARLY. After that, see that it is folded into two before the ballot paper is handed over to you. Incomplete stamp mark can and will render your ballot paper as spoiled vote. 6. You can now proceed to the voting booth. 7. At the booth, please ensure that the ballot paper has only your ONE marking of a single X. If for whatever reason, suspicious or otherwise, you overlooked some pencil marks of numbers or markings on the front or back of the ballot paper (ie other than your own mark), please ERASE those markings completely. REMEMBER, these markings can and will render your ballot spoiled – so be Extra Cautious. The most careful approach is to check your ‘Kertas Undi’ thoroughly before you accept it from the officer. REMEMBER to check it in front of the relevant officer so that if you have to reject it, he is right in front of you. 8. Do not be afraid or cower in fear when you have to express your objections because there are representatives from the various participating political parties who will be there to observe the whole voting process and they are there to assist you as and when you need. As mentioned earlier, It is this kind of information that GUILTY PARTY does not want others to know. They thrive on public ignorance so that they can do whatever they feel like brazenly. One way to stop them is to send this information to as many of your friends as possible so that everyone, on voting day, knows exactly what to do, knows his/her constitutional voting rights and is aware of Print this out and keep it safely. When Voting Day finally arrives, it will be handy for you to access and read again.

UMNO TAK BOLEH PAKAI

UMNO TAK BOLEH PAKAI - Chee Koon's son

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Sunday, March 25, 2012

(TAN) CHEE KOON'S SON - UMNO TAK BOLEH PAKAI!

CHEE KOON'S SON
UMNO TAK BOLEH PAKAI
Our Country needs much prayer. Youdecide and make a difference. BN is entrenched and would not change.A new government must be given a chance to take over Putrajaya. BN is proven rotten beyond salvage. PR is not perfect but must be given a chance to prove themselves.A (small) chip off the old Opposition bloc

KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 — For 13 years, he stiffly toed the Barisan Nasional (BN) line, but Dr Tan Kee Kong is now bending his knees to bat the ruling coalition — more specifically, its senior party — out of Putrajaya.
“My dream is to kick Umno out of Putra Jaya,” the 63-year-old who quit Gerakan for PKR two years ago told The Malaysian Insider with much vigour in a recent interview.
“Umno tak boleh pakai,” Dr Tan(picture) crowed, counting down the days to the next general election,which he believes will end with the grand old party being voted  out by  an electorate that had grown more informed of an alternative choice in government since Election 2008. The medical doctor, who retired from practice a decade ago, noted an increasing intolerance at the grassroots level for leaders who failed to practise what they preached and at party leaders too timid to press for reforms.
“We tried, believe me sister, we tried. The time for talking is over. Now is the time for action – kick them out,” Dr Tan said, rather savagely. “BN on one hand is promoting 1Malaysia, it is a good concept but on the other hand, they are promoting Perkasa – their group was registered in six months. Where got such thing? How can?” he quizzed.
A tall, spare man, Dr Tan’s diatribe against the government continued, like a burst dam. He slammed Umno for its double-speak and setting a trend for Malay rights groups like Perkasa.
“I can guarantee you PETRONAS contributes 30 per cent to the government, but the Petronas account has never been tabled in Parliament.
“We run it like a kongsi gelap. What justification is there that the highest lawmakers in the country cannot examine the accounts of Petronas?” he raised, rhetorically.
“The only conclusion is your government have plenty to hide and I blame Dr Mahathir for starting this practice. We in PAC have asked for it but it was never shared,” he added, referring to Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee.
Pointing to the last by-election in Sibu, Dr Tan said the groundswell was growing against Umno’s high-handedness in dealing with divergent views.
“Allah has never been an issue…until stupid Syed Hamid made it into an issue,” Dr Tan ranted.
A devout Christian, Dr Tan was referring to the lawsuits brought by several churches and Christians against the Federal government and its former Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar, for barring non-Muslims from using the word to describe God.
“My Umno friend asked me: ‘Why Christians only now want to use the word?’ But he doesn’t know the facts. He didn’t know we have been using it for so long and it was only Syed Hamid who banned us from using it,” Dr Tan related.

But the PKR man, who is now co-chief on Selangor state’s land management task force admitted the “real fight” to capture Putrajaya lies not with the urban voters in their steel-glass-concrete towers but the masses who live outside the cities.
"We’re going to Felda," he said but refused to elaborate further. The former deputy minister of land and co-operative development recently provoked a national uproar when he accused Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak of single handedly destroying the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) by siphoning off millions from the nation’s cash cow for the latter’s personal use.
Najib has denied the claim but has not signaled he will take any legal action over the potentially defamatory statement.
Similarly, Dr Tan maintains his allegations are true, adding that he had been entrusted to answer all questions on Felda in the Dewan Rakyat by his then boss, minister Tan Sri Kasitah Gaddam.
A latecomer to politics at 50, Dr Tan said he had been “head-hunted” to join Gerakan in 1995 by its then vice-president, Tan Sri Alex Lee. The irony was not lost to those around them — the medical doctor was the son of Gerakan co-founder Tan Sri Dr David Tan Chee Khoon while Lee, a lawyer, was the grandson of MCA’s founding member, Tun H.S. Lee.
”If I were 30, I would think seriously[of leaving], but now in the twilight of my life, no,” said Dr Tan.
Dr Tan explained he hesitated joining politics at a younger age because of his father.  “I saw how he suffered. His health suffered. He literally gave up his life to serve,” the younger Tan said.
Surprisingly, despite Dr Tan’s disillusionment with the BN,  he still took pains to defend Gerakan, even though the party his father founded in 1968 was not the same party the son joined.
“Of all the component parties in Barisan,  Gerakan is the most conscientious,” he said.  The party had by then entered the BN fold.  Even so, the Dr Tan was optimistic he could follow in his father’s footsteps and make a difference.
“My father always told us: help the poor,” he said.
But he soon learnt that joining Gerakan did not mean he would be able to move reforms unless approved by the coalition’s “tai kor” – Umno.  He became disheartened and even had thoughts of quitting the country altogether. ”If I were 30, I would think seriously, but now in the twilight of my life, no,” said Dr Tan.
He claimed the ruling front does not practice consensual agreement, despite the current MCA’s growing boldness (ha ha ha) in speaking out against its sister-party.
“I want to tell Chua Soi Lek: ‘Eh, brother, do you know we’ve been in BN so long, we will never have an equal voice. They are the tai kor.’ “We all had to toe the line, or else…”  Dr Tan said, recounting the silent threat.
He was planning on retiring from politics altogether but an encounter with a taxi driver on a trip to Singapore changed all that.  “In 2000, I flew into Singapore and jumped into this taxi and this man, 63 years old, thisMalay man born in Batu Pahat, Johor who went to Singapore 40 years ago, he told me: ‘Doctor, we Singaporeans will challenge your country and win’.
“That shut me up. That really opened my eyes to how Umno has used the 
NEP as a crutch to appeal to the ordinary Malay.  Just go ask any ordinary Malay out there, they’re fuming,” Dr Tan said, adding that Singapore’s People’s Action Party (PAP) had drummed into its citizen’s heads that the only way forward for the nation was for everyone to: “Get off your backside and work”.

“We are a government-in-waiting.  Give us a chance.  If you don’t like us, you can vote us out in the next election,” Dr Tan pleaded.
“I have a burning zeal to try and build a better country, with the public’s help and with God’s help,” he said.
Have a God-blessed day.

HISTORIC RALLY: Crowd size exceeds Bersih 3.0, it may be too late for Umno-BN!

Saturday, 12 January 2013 11:24

HISTORIC RALLY: Crowd size exceeds Bersih 3.0, it may be too late for Umno-BN!

Written by  Wong Choon Mei, Nawawi Mohamad, Alaa Soleiman 

As we chronice today's watershed HKR#KL112 rally, Stadium Merdeka is cool and windy, its football pitch a flag of green serenity that would later disappear, replaced by a sea of colorfully-dressed Malaysians eager to gather, congregate, participate and make their voices heard over a host of national issues.
Yes, the Chronicle team managed to sneak in for an early preview. But no, we weren't able to get a headstart on the other news teams because that was not our purpose. We wanted to enjoy the 'show' so to speak and immerse ourselves in the spirit and mood of the crowd.
Moreover, not having access to Wifi didn't help and even now, the broadband reception is not so stable. So while we will try our best to cover this landmark event 'live', we may find ourselves shut off due to poor techology, or as some have warned - "they will jam the signals!" Please bear with us and forgive our glitches.
'Tukar kerajaan'
Stadium Merdeka is not historic' without reason. It is rather shabby but despite its obvious wear-and-tear it is clean. Somehow, no other place seems capable of being able to encapsulate the feeling of overbrimming good cheer all around the vicinity of this venue today. And despite the care taken by authorities to let slip the information the stadium has a capacity of only 30,000, it can actually accomodate between 80,000 to 100,000. It is understandable that Prime Minister Najib razak and his Umno party would want to play down the number, but those who came will know and distrust the BN government and their media even more.
Today, between 300,000 to 500,000 Malaysians from all walks of life - young and old, men and women, boys and girls - wanted to 'enjoy' themselves. They wanted to show they have a stake in this country - in this globe. They wanted to show they are aware of the issues at stake in Malaysia. They wanted their government - whether it is the incumbent BN government or the PR government-in-waiting - to hear them and do something about their demands and grouses.
And today, they hit bulls-eye with the sheer strength of their presence. If Najib and the Umno-BN coalition choose to make light of it, they have only themselves to blame if they are shown the door in the coming general election. As we have been saying this is a new Malaysia we are seeing. And this why we decided to cover the event on the ground.
As I write this, I am seated in the Stadium on a bench shared with dozens of others, with my laptop really on my lap and the power cord connected to a plug in a nearby wall. In front of me are a sea of determined-looking faces. They are fanning themselves and chatting but this is no frivolous day. I asked the guy sitting across me why he came and he told me "Tukar kerajaan" and showed me a clenched fist! But with a grinning face and smiling eyes. This crowd is really out to make a stand - albeit a peaceful and friendly one.

7.30am to 11.30am  'Monster' crowd builds up
From as early as 7.30am, which was the time Alaa Soleiman, Nawawi Mohamad and I began our trip to Chinatown nearby to the Stadium, and where Alaa delayed us all by insisting on guzzling down a third helping of a very good breakfast buffet, there were already groups of people making their way to the day's hot-spot.
Make no mistake, a monster crowd is building up and even if it does not hit the ambitious 1 million target set by the organizers, we should see at least several hundred thousands of Malaysians stretching their legs and exercising their vocal chords today. Just like the Bersih 1, 2 and 3, as well as the anti-Lynas rallies in Kuantan, the #KL112 gathering looks set to be another eye-opener for Prime Minister Najib Razak's government.
And like it or not, this gathering will be a bellwether on which way the people will vote come the 13th general election. BN may still scrape through and cling onto the federal government but the chances are now higher that the Pakatan Rakyat led by Anwar Ibrahim will win.

Happy faces, waving hands all over
At all 8 dedicated meeting places including Amcorp Mall, Masjid Jamek and KLCC, the crowds of people were dressed in Bersih yellow, the anti-Lynas green and many waved the Kelantan flag to show support for the oil-royalty movement. Smiling and chattering, they made a royal din with their vuvuzelas and horns, waving banners and cheering each other on. We asked them why they were so happy? They asked us back, "why? cannot, ah?
Some of them asked if we were from the press and told us to take photos of them. Police were out in full force but seemed very friendly. Inside the Stadium, a high ranking officer spoke with the rally organizers and prominent activist Hishammuddin Rais, who looked very smart in his trademark pony-tail and a dark coat. They briefed the cops on the day's programme which will begin at 2 and end at 5pm.
Yes, Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim will be there and so will DAP's Lim Kit Siang and PAS' Hadi Awang. All three men are bound to stop the show when they arrive for they represent the hope of a nation fidgeting for a change in leadership, a change in direction after 55 years of rule by a corruption-riddled and not competent BN.
So far, Nawawi has reported some unusual incidents at the Pasar Seni meeting place. He saw a group of Rela officers "throwing their weight around and asking for identification". He also came across a group of men taking off their shirts, revealing yellow Bersih tees underneath, and suspects these could be plainsclothes policemen going undercover to mingle with the crowd. However, as long as the motive is to protect the people, that's fine. Otherwise, we'll know soon enough when the police beatings ala Bersih 3.0 begin!
1.30am to 12.30pm  Gates to Stadium open: 'Masuk perlahan-lahan'
At 12.00 noon, the organizers boomed through the loudspeakers they were opening the gates of the Stadium to the tens of thousands already milling in the compound and snaking all the way through Jalan Sultan, Pasar Seni, Brickfields and the national mosque. "Sila masuk perlahan-lahan. Sila masuk perlahan-lahan". In less than 10 minutes, the stadium was already half-full. And tens of thousands more are yet to arrive.
Over at Masjid Negara, one of the meeting places enroute to the Stadium, PKR deputy president Azmin Ali is speaking to the crowd. He is telling them to be patient but the group of at least 15,000 are eager to get going. They will surely be disappointed to hear the Stadium is full when they arrive but that may not stop them. It seems that everyone just wants to go to the Stadium, to get a chance to get in when others leave.

12.30pm to 2.00pm  Negara-ku is sung, rally begins
The arrival of the various heads of NGOs and Paktan Rakyat chiefs especially Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim drew huge applause from the crowd. Within the stadium and its carpark are already more than 50,000 people. Tens of thousands are at other key meeting points, waiting for their turn to start moving to the final destination.
At 2.00pm the national anthem is sung with gusto by the crowd. PAS vice president Mahfuz Omar starts the ball rolling with a rousing speech, followed by DAP's Anthony Loke and Kasthuri Patto. It wouldn't have matter what they said in their speeches, the crowd was only to happy to lap it up and cheer. Horns and vuvuzelas continued to fill the background, more often than not drowning out the voices of the speakers.

2.00pm to 5.00pm  Anwar tells crowd time has come to change government
The crowd begins to chant Reformasi Reformasi Reformasi as they wait for Anwar to take his turn at the mike. They were not disappointed. A vibrant and smiling Anwar had the crowd immediately on his side when he told them the time for change had come. His words were greeted with anti-Umno shouts. In his speech emailed to the press, Anwar said:
"Today's peaceful gathering in Kuala Lumpur, and around other venues in the country and abroad, is to show so many of us stand together, with one voice, a voice of change.
Whether to reform elections, provide free elections, to halt Lynas or to defend Felda families.
We want a free and fair elections. You have a vote and I have a vote.  No one should steal our votes. We shall work to defend our votes and will not allow anyone to mock our votes. KL112 says, reform elections now.
Our children are the future, and guaranteeing free education to all Anak Malaysia is a responsibility, not a means to place debt on the young. KL112 says, free education is a right.
Business cannot outweigh environmental safety, which is why protecting the safety of the people of Kuantan cannot be an afterthought. KL112 says, No to Lynas.
Planters and their families are not commodities to be traded as seen in the forced-through public listing of Felda and the financial consequences these people are facing today. KL112 says, decide what’s right for the planters not what is profitable to a small group feeding on the weak.
Today, in Kuala Lumpur’s peaceful assembly and in peaceful assemblies everywhere else, the message is clear, that government cannot be about ignoring the voices of the people.
You, who have showed up are key to the struggle."

Crowd size exceeds Bersih 3.0's 250,000
By now it is clear, the total crowd size has exceeded the BERSIH 3.0's 250,000. In the stadium, its vicinity and throughout the 8 meeting points, seasoned media people and camera crew plus the activists themselves privately estimate a crowd size of nearly 500,000!
"This is a real eye-opener for Prime Minister Najib Razak. Today, the people have made it clear what they want and don't want.  If Najib and Umno strongmen like Mahathir Mohamad still refuse to admit their wrongdoings and change their ways, it is the end for them at GE-13. Frankly speaking - judging from the mood and size of the crowd - I think it may be too late for Umno-BN to pull themselves out from their mess," PKR vice president Tian Chua told Malaysia Chronicle.
http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=46428:huge-crowd-builds-up-for-

Wednesday September 26, 2012

Malaysia has great potential in medical tourism

KUALA LUMPUR: Medical tourism has been identified as having the potential of being a revenue generator for the country due to the response shown by foreigners who seek quality healthcare services.
Foreigners come to Malaysia for medical tourism due to the low costs of healthcare services, complemented by existence of excellent medical technology and infrastructure.
The outcome of a survey conducted by a foreign-based body reveals that heart procedures conducted in Malaysia are 10 times cheaper than those conducted in the United States.
Indonesian tourists comprise the highest number of those seeking Malaysian healthcare services followed by visitors from Arab nations.
Efforts by Malacca to boost the number of Indonesian tourists seeking healthcare services in the state appear to be bearing fruit as more Indonesians are switching their attention from Singapore to Malacca for such services.
Statistics show that in 2010, some 60% of 280,000 tourists to Malaysia went to Malacca for medical treatment while Kuala Lumpur is the destination of choice for Arab tourists. According to KPJ Healthcare (KPJ) managing director Datin Paduka Siti Sa'adiah Sheikh Bakir, Arab visitors made up 8% of tourists who sought healthcare services at the group's hospitals.
KPJ is Malaysia's largest group of private hospitals.
“Many foreigners choose Malaysia for elective medical procedures particularly cancer, orthopaedic and cosmetic treatment,” she said after launching the Arab Community Day at KPJ Tawakal Hospital here recently.
As the Arabs prefer Malaysia as their destination for shopping, Siti Sa'adiah said that it was time for Malaysia to promote the medical tourism sector aggressively. “KPJ has been actively promoting its services to the Arab community for more than 10 years now,” she said. - Bernama

http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/9/26/business/12081267&sec=business

I want this guy as PM. Hopefully, he will contest in the next GE13!!!

Hopefully, he will run for Parliament. He appears to have what many of our politicians lack. Cheers!