Sunday, April 28, 2013

THE POLITICS OF RACE

By Dr Mahathir Mohamad


1. In Malaysia there is not a single political party which can claim to be truly multiracial. All of them are strongly dominated by one race or another.
2. The only party which is nearest to being multi-racial is the National Front. Although it is a coalition of parties but it functions as a single party with every race in Malaysia represented equally in its central council irrespective of the size of the component. In addition the component parties all use the same symbol during elections.
3. Its policies are accepted by all the component parties, unlike the Pakatan where each party has its own objectives and policies. The BN has a distinct leader acknowledged by every party and the Governments it forms have Ministers and Deputy Ministers from all the component parties.
4. There are other symbols of the unity of the Barisan Nasional such as the BN song and BN manifestoes.
5. Although the original coalition is between race-based parties as are some who joined later, a number are non-racial constitutionally.
6. The original coalition was enlarged when parties from Sabah and Sarawak joined it upon the formation of Malaysia. It is noteworthy that the PAP of Singapore did not join the coalition.
7. After the riots of 1969 opposition parties such as Gerakan, SUPP of Sarawak, PPP of Perak and even PAS joined the coalition. PAS later left the BN. At one time the BN had 14 parties representing every race and tribe in Malaysia.
8. Obviously it was difficult to get every party to accept all the policies or objectives of the coalition all the time. PAS and Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) left because of disagreement with the decisions made by the centre. Still a majority of the parties stayed with the coalition, and continued cooperating in the Governments and during elections.
9. The basis of this cooperation is the principle of sharing; of give and take and of a willingness to sacrifice and concede so as to stay together. This willingness to sacrifice and to share is what makes the BN unique.
10. In the BN no party is able to get all that it considers its entitlement. Consequently no party is absolutely happy with the BN. This is good because all have to make some sacrifice.
11. If any party in the coalition is absolutely happy then one can be sure that something is wrong, that that party has not made the required sacrifice.
12. By the same token as the parties in the coalition represent the different races or tribes, then under BN rule no race will be completely satisfied. It is here that the opposition finds a chink in the BN armour. They will point out and play up the dissatisfaction of the particular race, completely ignoring the sacrifices made by the other races.
13. The attack by the opposition parties is usually racist in character, trying to shame the component racial party for not demanding and getting everything for their race. That each race must make some sacrifice so as to keep the coalition viable is ignored.
14. They also ignore the balanced provisions in the Federal Constitution. When Malay is made the national language, the other languages can be spoken and used except in official documents. When Islam is made the State religion, the constitution provides for the other religions to be practised freely.
15. The so-called Malay privileges are balanced by privileges given to the other races to retain their cultures and languages and use their own languages as medium of instructions in state-supported schools. This has never been found in other countries, developed or developing. In all these countries only the national language is official and is the medium of instruction in schools and in universities. In fact in a neighbouring country with a largely Chinese population, Chinese language schools and universities were disallowed. So this support for non-national languages and schools constitute a privilege not accorded by any other country in the world.
16. In the affairs of the BN, the willingness to share and sacrifice has enabled it to keep the many parties representing the different races together for more than half a century. The racial riot in 1969 convinced many that the coalition would break up. Some even suggested that the Malays would seize power and install a totalitarian Government. But instead the Malays and other members of the Alliance invited all the opposition parties regardless of race or principles to join the new coalition named the Barisan Nasional or National Front. This new and bigger coalition went on to win every federal election with good majorities and was able to maintain peace and stability and develop the country beyond the dream of most Malaysians.
17. Although the BN stayed in power at the national level, it lost many Parliamentary state seats to the opposition. The 2008 Election saw five states falling into opposition hands. Had the BN cheated at elections this would not be the result. As we all know in totalitarian states, the Government party invariably won 99 per cent of the seats every time. This has never happened in Malaysian elections.
18. It is clear that in Malaysia, even though multi-racial parties cannot truly be formed, but multiracial cooperation through a coalition of race-based parties is possible, viable and sustainable. In fact the opposition finally decided to copy the BN formula. However, the cooperation among the opposition partners does not amount to a true coalition. It is only meant to avoid their parties from contesting against each other during elections. The parties retain their identities and their symbols. There is no common platform or objectives. The cooperation is friable and indeed in the present elections they are not able to avoid contesting against each other. Should the opposition Pakatan win, the Government they form would not be stable and would be incapable of deciding on the numerous unpopular policies and laws that a Government is expected to adopt or enact.
19. For as long as the different races in Malaysia insist on their identification with the different countries they came from, a non-racial party cannot be viable or accepted in Malaysia. The BN pre-election coalition model is the only sustainable model until such time when the different races identify themselves completely and exclusively with Malaysia.
20. Looking at the many countries in the world where democracy has brought only divisiveness and violence Malaysia is lucky to have found a formula for the different races to work together, to be stable and to achieve remarkable progress.




Betulkan Kelantan dahulu sebelum bertapak ke Putrajaya


Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad mengejek PAS dan calon Putrajaya Datuk Husam Musa malam tadi semasa menyampaikan ucapannya sebagai usaha Barisan Nasional (BN) untuk mempertahankan pusat pentadbiran negara itu.
Dalam perhimpunan yang digelar ‘Pertahankan Putrajaya’, bekas perdana menteri itu mendakwa, parti Islam yang diketuai oleh Mursyidul Am PAS Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat telah gagal mentadbir negeri Kelantan dan tidak seharusnya dipercayai untuk memerintah Malaysia selepas pilihan raya 5 Mei.
“Apakah sumbangan Husam, Nik Aziz, PAS terhadap Putrajaya? ... Cubalah perintah Kelantan elok-elok dulu, baru boleh fikir nak tadbir negara ni,” kata Dr Mahathir kepada ratusan hadirin yang terdiri daripada ahli parti dan jentera di Presint 9 di sini.
Perdana menteri paling lama berkhidmat di Malaysia itu disambut sebelum itu dengan sorakan kuat dan lagu “Inilah Barisan Kita”. Bersama-sama dengan isterinya Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali, kedua-duanya dilihat memakai baju seragam biru BN.
Dr Mahathir, dengan gaya biasanya malam tadi, menyelitkan unsur-unsur lucu dalam kata-katanya di bandar yang beliau terlibat untuk bangunkan dan berjaya membuat hadirin tertawa sepanjang masa.
Mengulas tentang cabaran Husam untuk berdebat dengannya, Dr Mahathir menyelar ahli politik lebih muda itu yang beliau dakwa lebih banyak membuat bising daripada mendebatkan hujah.
“Lagipun siapa dia Husam? Kalau banding dengan umur saya dia masih budak-budak. Pergilah debat dengan budak-budak sama umur, tak usahlah cabar orang,” katanya.
Bekas ahli Parlimen Kubang Pasu itu mendakwa Husam dihantar untuk bertanding di Putrajaya kerana PAS dan Pakatan Rakyat (PR) takut selepas mendengar khabar angin beliau akan bertanding di situ.
Husam, turut bertanding di kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Salor sebelum ini mengatakan sebaliknya: khabar angin mengatakan Dr Mahathir dikhabarkan akan bertanding mewakili BN kerana populariti beliau yang tidak dijangka.
Kebanyakkan masa perhimpunan itu dihabiskan untuk menyerang kredibiliti Husam. Sebelum itu, sebuah video dimainkan menyenaraikan kegagalan Husam sebagai Exco Kerajaan Negeri Kelantan.
Buku juga telah disebarkan kepada pengundi Putrajaya beberapa hari lepas oleh sesetengah pihak, menuduh naib presiden PAS itu dan kroninya terlibat dengan rasuah dan rundingan diragui.
Semasa memperkenalkan Dr Mahathir malam tadi, penyandang kerusi Parlimen Putrajaya Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor menyelar penyokong PAS kerana membawa budaya samseng ke bandar tersebut.
“Dia pun buat himpunan, tapi himpunan dia import orang,” kata Tengku Adnan merujuk kepada perhimpunan kempen pilihan raya di belakang Istana Keadilan di Presint 3 malam tadi yang menyaksikan ribuan penyokong PAS menyambut Nik Aziz.
Pengundi yang kebanyakkan pekerja kerajaan, keluarga mereka dan dari kawasan berhampiran memenuhi kawasan tempat letak kereta pada Jumaat, jumlah hadirin yang kebiasaanya di dilihat di karnivel dan acara oleh kerajaan.
Dr Mahathir akan meneruskan sokongannya untuk BN di Pasir Mas pagi ini, dimana beliau akan menyokong Presiden Perkasa Datuk Ibrahim Ali yang akan melawan satu lawan satu dengan calon PAS Nik Abduh Nik Abdul Aziz.



Siapa Husam untuk rampas Putrajaya, soal Mahathir

“Tarikh 5 Mei pastikan calon Pas Parlimen Putrajaya, Datuk Husam Musa dikalahkan habis-habisan.'

"Lagipun, apakah sumbangan Husam dan (Datuk) Nik Aziz (Nik Mat) kepada Putrajaya? Kita bina dengan sempurna tiba-tiba datang nak tawan,” demikianlah ingatan bekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed kepada pengundi di sini.

Menurut Dr Mahathir, rakyat dan pengundi di Putrajaya tidak boleh mempercayai individu dan pakatan seperti ini sepatutnya beliau (Husam)  pulang ke Kelantan dan perbetulkan negerinya terlebih dahulu sebelum dia berangan-angan ingin merampas kota pentadbiran negara, Putrajaya.

“Saya datang ke sini kerana pernah bekerja di sini (Putrajaya) sebagai Perdana Menteri. Saya datang malam ini sebab saya ingin berusaha bersungguh-sungguh supaya Putrajaya ini tidak terlepas ke tangan orang yang tidak layak.

“Nak jaga dan tadbir Kelantan pun tidak tahu. Kelantan itu tempat kamu betulkan dulu tempat kamu, tirulah presint-presint di Putrajaya dahulu , bina pejabat dan rumah-rumah yang sempurna untuk rakyat dan penjawat awam di sana dahulu, bila dah berjaya buktikan bolehlah minta diberi peluang untuk bekerja di sini tetapi bukanlah sebagai Perdana Menteri, “ katanya ketika menyampaikan Ceramah Umum dan Ramah Mesra bertajuk ‘Pertahankan Putrajaya’, malam tadi.

Sementara itu, Dr Mahathir tegas menyatakan relevan Pas dan Pakatan Rakyat (PR) menempatkan Naib Presiden Pas itu di Putrajaya kerana menjangkakan beliau akan bertading di kerusi Parlimen itu pada Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13 (PRU13) ini.

“Husam ini datang ke Putrajaya kerana mereka percaya saya akan bertanding di sini. Tetapi seluruh dunia dah tahu saya telah bersara dan tidak pernah berniat untuk bertanding semula walau dengan sesiapa pun.

“Husam juga pernah tawarkan diri untuk berdebat dengan saya, orang seperti ini bukannya tahu untuk berdebat yang dia tahu hanya membuat bising. Dan kalau dia salah pun tidak akan mengaku," katanya.

Dalam perkembangan sama, Mahathir turut mempertikaikan siapa Husam sekitanya dibandingkan dirinya yang jauh lebih berusia dan berpengalaman.

“Kalau banding umur saya dan umurnya, dia masih budak-budak. Pergilah berdebat dengan kawan-kawan yang sebaya dengan kau, tak usahlah nak cabar-cabar orang,” katanya.

Dr Mahathir turut menempelak dakwaan yang dikeluarkan pakatan pembangkang sebelum ini yang menyifatkan pembinaan Putrajaya sebagai pembaziran duit kerajaan dan meniru bangsa asing kerana wujud perkataan ‘presint’.

“Sebenarnya Putrajaya bukanlah satu pembaziran pembinaanya bertujuan menyediakan kemudahan untuk sebuah negara yang kian maju. Mereka juga pernah menyatakan untuk melelong Putrajaya.

“Saya dah belikan loceng untuk Nik Aziz supaya dia boleh duduk di hadapan masjid dan lelong, pada saya masjid di sini cukup sesuai untuk dijadikan pusat beli-belah. Tetapi sekarang mereka kata tidak mahu lelong Putrajaya sebab nak datang ke sini untuk dirikan kerajaan persekutan,” katanya.

Beliau berkata, sememangnya Putrajaya dibangunkan untuk mendirikan kerajaan tetapi bukan untuk Nik Aziz, Presiden Pas Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang dan sudah tentunya bukan untuk Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim kerana mereka tidak layak untuk berada di sini menjadi perdana menteri.

Bagaimanapun, Dr Mahathir beberapa kali mengingatkan pengundi dan rakyat di Putrajaya yang kebanyakannya terdiri daripada penjawat awam memastikan Putrajaya kekal sebagai tempat di mana negara ini ditadbir oleh sebuah kerajaan yang cekap, bersih dan amanah.


http://www.sinarharian.com.my

Rakyat Kelantan Akan Dapat Lebih Daripada Royalti Jika BN Menang - Tun M


Barisan Nasional (BN) akan memberikan rakyat Kelantan bukan sahaja royalti minyak tetapi lebih daripada itu sekiranya dapat menang di negeri itu pada Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-13 (PRU-13), kata bekas Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Beliau berkata, walaupun minyak itu terdapat di Kelantan tetapi ia adalah milik rakyat Malaysia secara keseluruhannya.
"Dan kita bertanggungjawab supaya duit (minyak) ini digunakan dengan cara yang baik. Insya-Allah kalau Barisan Nasional akan menang di Kelantan dan hubungan rapat antara Kerajaan Kelantan dan Kerajaan Pusat, maka bukan sahaja setakat royalti minyak tetapi lebih daripada itu untuk Kelantan.
"Ini supaya pembangunan di Kelantan sama seperti di negeri-negeri lain, mungkin lebih lagi daripada tempat-tempat lain di Malaysia," katanya di sini, Ahad.
Dr Mahathir berkata, PAS perlu menentukan kegunaan mereka terhadap royalti minyak yang merupakan milik rakyat.
"Kita tahu dia (PAS) nak gunakan untuk parti, bukan untuk kerajaan (negeri). Sebab itu kita berhati-hati kerana ini adalah duit rakyat, dan seperti mana (Mursyidul Am PAS) Datuk Nik Aziz (Nik Mat) kata dia bertanggungjawab untuk rakyat, kita (BN) pun bertanggungjawab untuk rakyat.
"Kerajaan Barisan Nasional tidak akan teragak-agak akan memberi duit minyak ini kalau hendak digunakan untuk pembangunan negeri Kelantan," katanya.

'Saya Sedia Jadi Peguam Jika Che Johan Dibicara Oleh Lembaga Disiplin Umno' - Tun Mahathir


Bekas Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad berkata, beliau sedia menjadi 'peguam' kepada Timbalan Ketua Umno Bahagian Pasir Mas, Che Johan Che Pa sekiranya dibicarakan oleh Lembaga Disiplin Umno berhubung tindakan tidak menyerahkan kertas pencalonan di Parlimen Pasir Mas pada hari penamaan calon 20 April lalu.
Dr Mahathir berkata, kalau ada pertandingan tiga penjuru di Parlimen itu, Che Johan yang mewakili Barisan Nasional (BN) dan calon Bebas, Datuk Ibrahim akan kalah sementara PAS yang memperoleh kemenangan.
Katanya, beliau kagum dengan sikap Che Johan itu kerana dalam apa jua perkara, pengorbanan adalah penting dan sekiranya tidak sanggup berkorban maka akan berhadapan dengan kegagalan.
"Dalam politik perlu ada pengorbanan untuk berjaya. Tetapi dia (Che Johan) nak dikenakan tindakan Lembaga Disiplin (Umno) pula. Tak adil, saya akan jadi peguamnya.
"Kalau lembaga disiplin akan membicarakannya, saya akan jadi 'peguam'nya untuk pertahankan Che Johan," katanya.
Dr Mahathir berkata, demikian ketika berucap pada majlis ramah mesra di perkarangan rumah Che Johan di sini, Ahad.
Turut hadir ialah isterinya, Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali; Che Johan, calon Bebas-Parlimen Pasir Mas, Datuk Ibrahim Ali, calon BN-DUN Tendong, Datuk Hanapi Mamat dan Pengarah Pilihan Raya BN Kelantan, Datuk Hassan Harun.
Dr Mahathir berkata, orang-orang seperti Che Johan seharusnya ada untuk berkorban demi kemenangan parti.
"Yang utama ialah parti yang bertanding. Parti kita ialah Barisan Nasional. Untuk jayakan parti ini maka pengorbanan perlu dibuat oleh orang-orang tertentu," katanya.
Menurut Dr Mahathir, beliau yakin ramai yang kecewa kerana tidak terpilih sebagai calon yang kemudiannya lupa jasa parti dan membuat tindakan yang tidak bertanggungjawab.
"Inikan pula mereka yang dipilih tetapi berkorban untuk jadi calon. Dia (Che Johan) boleh teruskan jadi calon tapi dia buat perhitungan.
"(Dia) kaji kesan daripada tindakannya adalah menguntungkan atau merugikan. Apa guna berjuang untuk Umno, Barisan Nasional tetapi untuk mencari kekalahan," katanya yang menyifatkan keputusan Che Johan adalah bijak demi kemenangan BN pada Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-13 (PRU-13).

Ceramah Perdana PERTAHANKAN PUTRAJAYA - Tun Dr. Mahathir















Thursday, April 25, 2013

BN tidak ubah perlembagaan untuk tindas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvSISDWtkzs

Pakatan gagal meniru cara BN mentadbir

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlCZ6XH1NgA

Negara akan huru hara jika pakatan menang

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlipbmAvO2U

Bekas MB Kedah mohon maaf secara terbuka kepada Dr M

Ketua Umno Bahagian Padang Terap Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid hari ini memohon maaf secara terbuka kepada bekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad berhubung krisis antara mereka pada 2006.

Permohonan maaf itu dibuat pada Majlis Negarawan Ulung Bersama Dr Mahathir di Dataran Umno Padang Terap di depan lebih 5,000 anggota dan penyokong parti berkenaan. 

"Saya nak mohon maaf kepada Dr Mahathir. Orang muda kadang-kadang ada panas baran sikit dan agak keterlaluan," kata Mahdzir ketika berucap pada majlis itu. Ketika pemilihan perwakilan Umno Bahagian Kubang Pasu pada September 2006, Mahdzir, yang ketika itu Menteri Besar Kedah dan Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan Umno Negeri, meminta Dr Mahathir menarik diri daripada bertanding jawatan perwakilan bahagian untuk ke persidangan agung Umno. Ini kerana beliau bimbang tindakan bekas perdana menteri itu akan menyebabkan perpecahan pada sturuktur parti di pelbagai peringkat. 

Sementara itu, Dr Mahathir pada sidang akhbar selepas majlis berkenaan berkata beliau menghargai tindakan Mahdzir yang meminta maaf daripadanya dan menganggap krisis yang berlaku adalah perkara biasa. 

Beliau berkata dalam politik, kelantangan menyuarakan pandangan serta lantang bersuara adalah perkara biasa, malah ada antara pemimpin parti pembangkang melabelkannya sebagai 'Firaun'. 

"Saya tak heran... Orang maki dan tentang saya macam-macam. Ada yang panggil saya Firaun, dan apa yang saya tau, saya bukan Firaun," katanya. 

Dr Mahathir berkata walaupun orang yang menjadi calon Barisan Nasional (BN) adalah musuhnya, beliau akan tetap memberi sokongan kepada calon yang mewakili parti itu pada pilihan raya umum ke-13.— Bernama

Insiden Letupan: “Ini Bukan Budaya Malaysia” – Dr Mahathir


 Mantan Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed berkata kejadian letupan bom di Bilik Gerakan Barisan Nasional (BN) di Nibong Tebal Pulau Pinang adalah bukan budaya Malaysia dan tidak patut berlaku.
Sambil memandang serius perkara itu, beliau berkata Malaysia negara yang aman dan mempunyai pemerintah yang menjiwai rakyat dan kejadian seperti ini tidak sepatutnya berlaku sebagaimana yang berlaku di negara yang mengamalkan sistem kuku besi.
Katanya lagi setiap lima tahun pilihan raya umum akan diadakan dan rakyat diberi kuasa untuk memilih kerajaan yang akan menyambung pemerintahan.
Beliau menyeru supaya rakyat menggunakan peluang ini sebaik mungkin tetapi bukan dengan menggunakan kekerasan.
Beliau berharap pihak berwajib akan segera bertindak bagi mengeak kejadian sama berulang dan berharap rakyat membantah tindakan yang menggunakan taktik ini semasa tempoh berkempen untuk mengugat keselamatan negara.
Beliau berkata demikian pada majlis perjumpaan bersama negarawan ulung Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed di Kuala Nerang, Kedah.
Kelmarin ceramah anjuran BN Nibong Tebal dicemari insiden letupan yang berlaku di belakang pentas bilik gerakan parti itu semasa Pengerusi Gerakan Pulau Pinang Datuk Dr Teng Hock Nan menyampaikan ceramah.
Kejadian itu menyebabkan seorang pertugas keselamatan cedera di kaki kanan.
Siang tadi Kementerian Pertahanan Negara memberi amaran keras kepada pihak yang terlibat supaya jangan bertindak melampau batas sehingga boleh menggugat ketenteraman negara.
Menteri Pertahanan, Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi berkata, Malaysia sebuah negara demokrasi dan aman justeru tindakan menakutkan rakyat dengan cara sedemikian tidak sepatutnya berlaku.
Sementara itu, Menteri Dalam Negeri Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein tidak menolak kemungkinan kejadian letupan di Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang dilakukan pihak tertentu yang cuba mencemarkan proses pilihan raya umum ke-13 dengan membawa masuk keganasan atas nama politik.
Katanya perbuatan itu adalah serius dan boleh mencetuskan ketegangan tatkala rakyat sedang bersedia membuang undi pada 5 Mei ini.
“Ada had dan batasan dalam kita nak berpolitik. Ada had dan batasan untuk menuding jari terhadap orang lain. Ada had dan batasan nak dapat simpati daripada rakyat,” katanya kepada pemberita selepas menghadiri Majlis Kenduri Sekampung di Felda Kahang Timur di sini Khamis.
Hishammuddin mengulas kejadian letupan bom di kawasan ceramah berhampiran bilik gerakan Barisan Nasional (BN) Nibong Tebal, di sini malam kelmarin yang turut mencederakan seorang pekerja keselamatan. -Awani

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Hutang negara masih pada tahap baik - Tun Dr. Mahathir


Nisbah kadar hutang kepada Keluaran Dalam Negara Kasar (KDNK) yang berada pada tahap 53 peratus masih dianggap "baik" untuk negara disokong oleh pendapatan dan dagangan yang terus meningkat, kata Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad.

"Kita masih boleh membayar (hutang). Kita masih boleh membayar kerana kita nampak pelaburan (memberikan) keuntungan (yang) tinggi," kata bekas Perdana Menteri dalam satu temu ramah dengan Bernama.

Dr. Mahathir berkata, ketika zaman pentadbirannya, keuntungan Maybank sebanyak RM300 juta sudah dianggap besar.

"Sekarang Maybank untung RM6 billion," kata beliau.


Dr. Mahathir berkata, terdapat negara di Eropah seperti Greece yang tidak mungkin dapat membayar hutangnya kerana nisbah hutang negara itu kepada KDNKnya melebihi 100 peratus.
"Ia (Greece) tidak mungkin (mampu) bayar," kata beliau.


Dr. Mahathir berkata, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) kini mempunyai simpanan kira-kira US$140 bilion (US$1=RM3.08) berbanding di semasa pentadbirannya hanya berada sekitar US$30 bilion.
Setakat 31 Jan, 2013, rizab antarabangsa BNM berjumlah US$140.2 bilion.


Paras rizab ini memadai untuk membiayai 9.5 bulan import tertangguh dan 4.2 kali hutang luar negeri jangka pendek.


Keseluruhan aset BNM, termasuk rizab antarabangsa, berjumlah US$158 bilion.


Bekas Menteri Kewangan itu berkata Malaysia juga mempunyai simpanan yang besar di institusi seperti Tabung Haji, Permodalan Nasional Bhd dan juga melalui Skim Felda.
"Kita ada simpanan yang cukup besar... cukup tinggi," kata beliau.


Semasa ditanya adakah dagangan Malaysia masih bergantung kepada Barat walaupun ekonominya yang lemah, Dr. Mahathir berkata: “Kita tidak lagi bergantung kepada Barat. Barat sudah merosot. Eksport kita ke Barat pun tidak boleh meningkat dan Barat juga tidak mampu untuk melabur sekarang ini."
Dr. Mahathir berkata, kini pelaburan dilihat datang dari Timur dan dagangan negara juga semakin meningkat.


"“Dagangan kita dengan negara China umpamanya sudah baik (dan ia) cukup tinggi. Dagangan kita dengan Asean juga meningkat. Jadi kita tidak perlu nilai kemajuan ekonomi negara kita berasas kepada Barat," kata beliau.


Sebaliknya, kata beliau, penilaian harus mengambil kira kemajuan ekonomi di seluruh dunia.
"Dari segi keseluruhan dunia kita dapati bahawa eksport kita masih meningkat, surplus (lebihan dagangan) kita masih meningkat," kata Dr. Mahathir.


Perdagangan Malaysia mencatatkan pertumbuhan tiga peratus pada 2012 meskipun krisis kewangan dan kelembapan ekonomi global serta permintaan dunia yang lembap.


Walaupun pertumbuhan di bawah unjuran, negara mencatatkan jumlah dagangan tertinggi pada RM1.31 trilion tahun lepas berbanding dengan RM1.27 trilion yang dicatatkan pada 2011.


Bagi tahun 2012, eksport berkembang sebanyak 0.6 peratus kepada RM702.19 bilion manakala import meningkat 5.9 peratus kepada RM607.36 bilion.


Lebihan dagangan sebanyak RM94.82 bilion pada 2012, tahun ke-15 berturut-turut lebihan dagangan bagi Malaysia.


Antara lima rakan dagang utama, pengembangan dagangan dicatatkan dengan Asean ( 8.2 peratus) dan China ( 8.0 peratus) manakala dagangan dengan Amerika Syarikat (-2.8 peratus). - BERNAMA


Dr M: Malaysia rich because of BN


Barisan Nasional’s (BN) power-sharing concept among the country’s various races has proven to be a winning formula in bringing economic growth, maintaining peace and stability in the country, said former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
“Nobody can deny that this country has developed and become rich because the BN has been able to administer the country well,” he said at a dinner featuring him as the guest of honour here last night.
Dr Mahathir noted that some people believed Malaysia was already a developed country, thanks to all its major races plus those in Sabah and Sarawak, willing to work together for the sake of the country.
Taking a swipe at the opposition parties, which he accused of trying to copy BN’s way of forging an alliance, he said theirs was not a genuine coalition.
Unlike the BN, he said, they contested elections with their own symbols and lacked common ideologies and policies.
“I hope when you vote in this coming general election, please remember that other people may make promises in their manifesto but they say the manifesto is not a promise,” he said.
Dr Mahathir said with 56 years of experience in ruling the country, BN had a good record of bringing about development which could be seen all over the place, including in the field of transportation.
He said Malaysians, too, had honed their business skills to a point where there were billionaires among them.
In Kuala Lumpur, Umno veteran Tan Sri Sanusi Junid lauded caretaker prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s transformation programme for the country and its people adding that Najib was well versed with economic matters.
He was speaking to reporters after meeting about 100 residents of Kampung Kerinchi and their next of kin, yesterday. — Bernama

Sunday, April 21, 2013

GELANG PATAH

By Dr Mahathir Mohamad


1. Kit Siang is going to contest in Gelang Patah.
2. Why Gelang Patah?
3. Obviously it is because Gelang Patah has a Chinese majority.
4. Obviously Kit Siang is going to play on Chinese sentiments.
5. Johore has been an Alliance/Barisan Nasional stronghold ever since independence. The three races there have been supporting each other in elections. They do not have strong racist feelings.
6. But Kit Siang is going to bring about conflict and antagonism between the races, to wage the Chinese to dislike and hate the Malays.
7. The slogan of the DAP is Malaysian Malaysia, a slogan used by the PAP in the 1964 General Elections. The slogan implies that Malaysia did not belong to all Malaysians equally. It belongs to the Malays.
8. The PAP intended to get the Chinese not to co-operate with the Malays, to end the Sino-Malay “ kongsi” of the Tunku in the Alliance Party.
9. Kongsi means not taking all our entitlements for ourselves but sacrificing some so others may get their share.
10. The PAP rejected this “kongsi” principle demanding that everything be based on merit. When Singapore left Malaysia the DAP, the PAP Trojan horse, took up the Malaysian Malaysia slogan. The intention was to draw away Chinese support from the MCA and abandon the kongsi concept with UMNO and the Malays. The meritocracy promoted by the DAP will mean diminishing opportunities for the Malays in education and in business. This will result in the Malays becoming less and less qualified and poorer. Meritocracy is not about sharing but about the winners taking all.
11. When Kit Siang decided to contest in Chinese majority Gelang Patah it is because he wanted the Chinese there and in Johor to reject working together and sharing with the Malays.
12. An unhealthy racial confrontation would replace Sino-Malay cooperation which has made Malaysia stable and prosperous. That cooperation will end when Kit Siang wins Gelang Patah. Even if there will not be violent clashes as seen in many countries where people are divided by race or religion, but confrontation between the three major races in Malaysia will be disruptive and will not be conducive to the development of Malaysia.
13. For this reason the decision of Kit Siang to contest in Gelang Patah will be the focus of the 13th General Election in this country.
14. Will the DAP end Malay-Chinese friendship and cooperation in Johor or will “kongsi” remain the bases of race relations in Johor and in Malaysia?


LAHAD DATU

By Dr Mahathir Mohamad


1. I visited Lahad Datu on March 17, to see the members of our security forces and get a short briefing as to what was happening.
2. I was surprised to learn that the Felda palm oil plantation there is as big as the state of Melaka. There is a good-sized port at Lahad Datu equipped with modern cranes. I had expected to see forests there but the whole area has been opened up and Felda settlers live in large houses built by them. They are obviously well-off.
3. The security boys are in good spirit and seem prepared to do their duty despite the real danger of their being killed or wounded by the Kiram terrorists.
4. The situation there is very complex. The Felda settlers are Malaysian citizens of many tribal origins including Suluk. But there are also non-citizen Suluk living in the villages in the area.
5. The non-citizens seem to have been allowed to cultivate oil palms. However, at least one of them was very aggressive and insisted that he owned the part of the Felda estate next to his. Apparently, he collected the fruits and sold them for high profits as the palm oil prices were very high. Nobody dared to take any action against him.

6. There were quite a lot of non-citizen Suluks living in the area and many of them seem to have relations in the Philippines. They seem to move in and out of Sabah freely. Some apparently cooperated with the terrorists, probably sheltering them and keeping weapons for them. It is most likely that the weapons for the terrorists had been smuggled in earlier and stored in the “water-village” which dot the Sabah coast.
7. It is noted that for some time now there were no police, immigration or customs personnel stationed in these water villages. It is easy for boats to come in and leave without any official knowing their movements. In any case the water-villages have rickety gangways of narrow planks, laid over loosely on trestles. The dwellings are very close together, making it very difficult to observe the whereabouts of the villagers. It is really dangerous for the police to enter the water villages as they could be shot from the houses abutting the narrow walkways or from underneath them.
8. In any plan for securing the area, the water villages have to be demolished and the people settled on land. Apart from posing security risks, they are a source of rubbish and they use the water underneath as their toilet. Often when the tide is low, the mud underneath is exposed, with all the filth and rubbish that had been thrown into the sea.
9. Children bathe in the water around the water-villages and they must be exposed to all kinds of water-borne diseases.
10. These water villages may be picturesque but they are an anachronism. It is time they are removed and the people settled in proper villages on land. As for the people living there, if they qualify they should be allowed to apply for Malaysian citizenship. Non-citizens should be sent back to their countries.
11. In the meantime the security situation have to be tightened. It will cost money but it will be money well spent. Armed incursions into Sabah must be stopped completely. There must be a thorough search for weapons of all kinds including the parang. The security of the people must be the responsibility of the police. This is not America where people have to carry guns to protect themselves.
12. I must pay tribute to the security forces for their dedication and steadfastness in carrying out their duty. Whatever the shortcomings, the Malaysian Police are still the guardians of the safety of Malaysians.
13. My condolences to the families of those who died in the line of duty. I thank also those who are wounded and those who put their lives at risk so we may live in peace and security.

SUBANG

By Dr Mahathir Mohamad


1. I was sad when Subang International airport was replaced by the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang. I landed at Subang in a Government jet and saw the place deserted and quiet. No aircrafts were parked, taxiing, taking off or landing. Subang was a busy place from 1964 to 1998. But after the opening of KLIA at Sepang, Subang seemed to have been abandoned.
2. That was 1998. I despaired that it would ever be busy again; that it would regain its place as a major airport.
3. Well, it hasn’t. But Subang did not close down completely. Today Subang is once again busy. Today Subang is actually expanding.
4. New hangars are being built. The old Terminal 2 has been rebuilt to cater to the needs of Firefly’s turboprops and other local airlines. Two Fixed Based Operators, the Skypark and D’Nest handle a large number of private jets.
5. Airod, the former Aircraft Ordinance Depot of the RMAF, now operated as a private Company, accommodates a large number of passenger jets, which are serviced there. The old MAS engineering facilities are as busy as ever. MAS still do their engineering and servicing in the huge hangars there.
6. Foreign manufacturers of helicopters such as Eurocopter as well as Cessna general aviation have servicing and engineering facilities in Subang. Asian airlines often send their passenger jets for servicing by Malaysian aerospace companies.
7. New hangars and facilities are being built, necessitating expansion into the surrounding land. “Spirit” a well-known American composite manufacturer has a huge facility which will manufacture parts for the latest Boeing passenger jets.
8. Clearly a lot of investments are going into the reactivating of Subang. It reflects the growth of the aerospace industries in Malaysia, which contributes toward Malaysia’s economic growth.
9. On the north side of the runway the Royal Malaysian Air Force Base has been joined by the newly established Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency. The new service operates fixed-wing aircrafts and helicopters including two Bombardier fire-fighting amphibian aircrafts.
10. Malaysia’s economic growth is real. Only the blind and the deaf will maintain that it is not real.



Dr M: Tempoh percubaan bagi Pakatan Kedah sudah cukup

Bekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad mengingatkan para pengundi terutama di Kedah supaya membandingkan usaha yang dilakukan Barisan Nasional (BN) dengan pakatan pembangkang sepanjang tempoh lima tahun ini.
  
Sehubungan itu, beliau meminta para pengundi supaya tidak mengulangi kesilapan yang sama seperti pada pilihan raya umum (PRU) 2008 kerana tempoh lima tahun yang diberikan sudah mencukupi.
   
"Saya ingin meminta semua orang Kedah, termasuk pemuda-pemuda supaya menilai dengan baik segala bakti dan jasa kepada negeri Kedah, kepada Alor Setar dan seluruh negara Malaysia. Timbang dan nilai benda-benda ini dan nikmat yang kita terima," katanya kepada pemberita selepas majlis perjumpaan bersama calon-calon BN Parlimen Alor Setar di sini malam tadi.
   
Katanya selama lima tahun pemerintahan Kedah diperintah pakatan pembangkang, pembangunan yang dilihat oleh rakyat Kedah ketika ini adalah saki baki daripada pemerintahan kerajaan BN dahulu.
   
"Apabila dipilih sebuah parti yang tidak cekap di dalam pentadbiran, mereka tidak dapat memajukan negeri Kedah ini. Inilah yang berlaku, tapi kita (BN) tidak segan-segan memberi peluang kepada rakyat memilih dan kini saya percaya rakyat sudah dapat membanding (antara BN dan Pakatan) di sini," katanya.   

Dr Mahathir berkata tempoh "percubaan" selama lima tahun yang diberikan rakyat Kedah kepada pakatan pembangkang sudah mencukupi untuk menilai tahap kepimpinan pembangkang dalam mentadbir sesebuah negeri.
  
"Kita yakin, apabila kita rampas balik Kedah (dari pembangkang), kita akan dapat majukan lagi ini. Sebab itu kita adakan pilihan raya, apabila rakyat mendapati sesebuah kerajaan itu tidak baik, mereka boleh menggugurkan kerajaan itu hanya dengan mengundi dan tanpa pertumpahan darah," katanya.

Sebab itu, Dr Mahathir berkata jika diperhatikan, sejak Malaysia merdeka 56 tahun dahulu ia telah dapat dibangunkan dengan begitu pesat sekali sehingga hampir mencapai status negara maju.
   
"Jika kita tidak mentadbir negara kita dengan baik, negara kita tidak dapat dibangunkan, dan peluang perniagaan dan perusahaan tidak akan diwujudkan maka banyaklah rakyat yang akan menganggur manakala yang berniaga pula pendapatan mereka amatlah kecil," katanya.
   
Beliau berkata pertumbuhan bandar bermakna rakyat mendapat peluang pekerjaan dan perniagaan.

Katanya kalau pemerintah atau kerajaan tidak mempunyai kecekapan, seperti di sesetengah negara yang mencapai kemerdekaan tetapi tiada pertumbuhan sama sekali, rakyat mereka akan kekal miskin dan saling bermusuhan sesama mereka.
   
"Kita sedang mengadakan PRU yang ke-13 kerana kita tidak pernah mungkir janji. Kita janji setiap lima tahun sekali ataupun kurang, kita akan adakan PRU," katanya.
   
Beliau terdapat parti-parti yang bertanding dalam PRU bukan kerana mahu mentadbir negara atau negeri, tetapi kerana seronok mahu berkuasa.
   
"BN dengan ikhlasnya menyerahkan nasibnya kepada rakyat, kerana kita percaya kepada kebijaksanaan rakyat. Rakyat tentu akan memilih yang terbaik bagi mereka," katanya.  - Bernama

Monday, April 15, 2013

DR.MAHATHIR BIN MOHAMAD PEMIMPIN YANG SENTIASA DIINGATI

SEJARAH PRU DR,MAHATHIR BIN MOHAMAD PEMIMPIN YANG SENTIASA DIINGATI..

SEMOGA ALLAH PANJANGKAN UMUR 
DR.MAHATHIR BIN MOHAMAD

IC:251220-02-5151  AHLI UMNO :00000001

1,KOTA STAR SELATAN 1964
J,UNDI 25.898 (82.8%)
DR,MAHATHIR MOHAMAD (ALL) 12.406  MJ.4.210
MOHD SHAARI ABD SHUKOR (PMIP) 8.196

2.KOTA STAR SELATAN  1969
J.UNDI  31.995 (78.6% )
DR,MAHATHIR MOHAMAD (ALL) 12.032
HJ.YUSOF RAWA (PMIP)  13.021  MJ.989
all: alliance, perikatan

3.KUBANG PASU  1974
DR,MAHATHIR MOHAMAD (BN)  MTB
mtb: menang tanpa bertanding

4.KUBANG PASU  1978
J,UNDI  37.022  (78.36% )
DR,MAHATHIR MOHAMAD (BN) 18.198  MJ.8.245
HALIM ARSHAT (PAS) 9.953

5.KUBANG PASU  1982
J,UNDI  43.583  (78.79% )
DR,MAHATHIR MOHAMAD (BN) 24.524  MJ.15.761
HJ,YUSOF RAWA HJ.ABDULLAH (PAS) 8.763

6.KUBANG PASU  1986
J,UNDI. 49.059  (74.21% )
DR,MAHATHIR MOHAMAD (BN) 25.452  MJ.15.298
AZIZAN ISMAIL (PAS) 10.154

7.KUBANG PASU  1990
J,UNDI. 52.341  (77.68% )
DR,MAHATHIR MOHAMAD (BN) 30.681  MJ.22.062
SUDIN WAHAB (SEMANGAT 46) 8.619

8.KUBANG PASU  1995
J,UNDI. 44.843  (74.03% )
DR,MAHATHIR MOHAMAD (BN) 24.495  MJ.17.226
AHMAD MAALIM@MOHD ALIM (PAS) 7.269

9.KUBANG PASU  1999
J,45.925  (78.62% )
DR,MAHATHIR MOHAMAD (BN) 22.399  MJ.10.138
SUBKY ABD LATIF (PAS) 12.261

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