Friday, November 9, 2007

馬青四輪驅動車隊 十一月初沙巴愛國行


馬青總團四輪驅動車隊在于十一月1日至4日,在沙巴展開“建國44‧薪火堅持4X4沙巴愛國行”。
馬青總團長拿督廖中萊說,馬青對華文教育發展,不是喊口號而已,而是實際行動支持,這次在沙巴舉辦愛國行,除了宣揚愛國訊息,也是落實“馬華9大政綱”第4政綱──“強化中文教育發展”。

他在記者會說,馬華在沙巴已有15年,已在當地生根,隨著沙巴拉曼學院成立,以及各項惠及當地人民活動的推展,例如教育巡迴講座,馬華和馬青受到當地人民熱烈歡迎。

籌委會主席兼馬青副總秘書拿督蔡金星說,這是馬青總團成功完成“獨立五十‧薪火堅持4X4愛國行”后,所延續的另一個階段。“籌委會將自費到沙巴參加愛國行。車隊如同在西馬的愛國行,將沿途訪問沙巴每所獨中,並捐助3萬令吉。受惠獨中包括沙巴崇正中學、沙巴建國中學、沙巴吧巴中學、沙巴保佛中學、丹南崇正中學、斗湖巴華中學、古達培正中學、沙巴拿篤中學和山打根育源中學。


馬青副總團長兼沙巴州分團團長周國和說,這是第一次4輪驅動車隊在沙巴州,舉辦協助獨中籌款教育運動。

據估計,至少會有20輛四輪驅動車參與其盛。出席記者會者包括馬青副總團長周連瓊。
本人也參加這次的“建國44‧薪火堅持4X4沙巴愛國行”。

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Sunday, November 4, 2007

Wishing you a Happy Deepavali


This is the favorite time of year because the Lakshmi comes alive during the Hindu holiday of Deepavali (or Diwali). Each year, around the new moon in October or November, Hindu people celebrate this Goddess of Fortune and invite Her into their homes, attempting to secure Her favors for the year to come. This year, Deepavali day falls on November 8, eve of the new moon.

Lakshmi is such a special Goddess. She’s magical, and practical. Her mate is a God and her best friend, a guy. She is a living Goddess, worshipped around the world. In these times of challenge as in all times of challenge, she can be a comfort and a healer; she brings a sense of greater fortune even in the darkest moments. She is a powerful cosmic connection; a divine female who looks like us, and offers a sense of courage, of hope, of power.

As the Hindu Goddess of Good Fortune and Beauty, she represents and is seen as the personification of abundance, prosperity, wealth, well-being and harmony. She is actively worshiped daily by millions of Hindus, and interfaith practitioners of Goddess spirituality, around the globe. Because of her popularity she is considered a universal Goddess. Yet Deepavali is her special holiday because it is a holiday of lights, and represents a sweet, soulful and prosperous time when people dress up and celebrate in the name of the Goddess of Fortune.

On the night before Deepavali Day children often light off firecrackers and sparklers, and in some parts of India, adults bang pots and pans to scare off Lakshmi’s dark sister, Alakshmi. Then women line their windows and door ways with tiny lights (deepa) that are offerings to Lakshmi, to help her find her way to their abode.

One Deepvali Day Lakshmi is honored with worship such as Homan, Abishekam and Puja. And later that day the Sarada Puja to bless account books for the year is offered, followed by a Lakhmi-Kubera Puja, to Goddess of Fortune and The God of Wealth. For two days, people participate in additional pujas and “Annakut Utsavam,” where people bring sweets to the temple or make offerings in their homes to Lakshmi and her beloved Vishnu. In the temples the food is stacked and overflowing around holy icons and the priests hand out blessed sweets to children and especially needy devotees. They are accepted gladly, in two hands, and a respectful bow of the head. People often kiss or pray over this blessed food, called prasad, before eating it and taking in the energies of the Goddess and her mate.

Lakshmi is a goddess who brings all good things to light and to life! She has one of the most colorful creation myths of all the deities in the Hindu pantheon. It is said Goddess Lakshmi was born, fully-grown, on a pink lotus that rose from the milky sea. She was immediately be-decked, be-jeweled and worshipped by the gods and sages. They prayed that she would come to their abodes, and to their worlds, for they believed that where Lakshmi is you will also find riches and fulfillment.

Three millennia later, she remains the symbol of all things fortunate, and she is a highly sought after and beloved female deity.

May The Goddess Lakshmi come to your house on Deepavali and bring ALL THE BEST to you the whole year, especially for my friends who stay in Mak Mandin, Butterworth.


p/s: This posting credited is to The Goddess Gift.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Selamat Menyambut Hari Raya Aidilfitri


Kepada semua Penduduk di KADUN Bagan Jermal, khas nya kepada yang beragama Islam, Selamat Menyambut Hari Raya Aidilfitri di ucapkan! Kepada yang bukan Islam, Selamat Berayalah Bersama. Maaf Zahir Batin.

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Widow touched by speech


Raya foodstuff:Ooi presenting goodies to Che Mah Awang, 70 while Mokhtar looks on.

WIDOW Munah Ahmad has been living on her own without a steady job since her husband died 30 years ago. The 56-year-old, who suffers from arthritis on her knees, occasionally rummages through the trash to find discarded boxes and bottles to be sold for recycling purposes.
“Sometimes, a nearby factory would hire me to sort out the papers, which I can earn about RM100 a month.

“But I am finding it quite hard to make ends meet especially with the recent increase in price of food items,” she said after receiving Hari Raya aid from the Bagan Lalang Komuniti Bestari organisation in Taman Puyu, Butterworth recently.

Munah, who does not have any children, could not hold back her tears when North Seberang Prai district officer Mokhtar Mohd Jait gave a speech about living in poverty. Mokhtar, who was overcome by emotion on seeing Munah cry, said he understood how she felt as he too came from a low-income family.

“My family was poor, but we slowly overcame that after obtaining a good education,” he said.
Mokhtar said there were still many poor people who did not know where to get help while many were shy to ask for help. “We often say that Malaysians are a caring lot, but we must sincerely apply it in a practical manner,” he said.

Bagan Jermal assemblyman Ooi Chuan Aik said the hardcore poor were the worst hit with the recent global price increase in food items. He said efforts must be stepped up to narrow the income disparity between the haves and the have-nots.

Bagan Lalang Komuniti Bestari chairman L. Balu said about RM1,000 worth of grocery items were given out to 30 needy people.

Thursday, October 4, 2007

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Tuesday, October 2, 2007

若欲知詳情,請問造謠者!


■黃泉益鎮守峇眼惹瑪

北海1日訊)談到峇眼1國3州的大選,坊間不能不談的就是黃泉益是否會放棄峇眼惹瑪州選區而轉移到檳島上陣之揣測、推選為州議員後沒有實踐諾言、鮮少在選區走動,以致選民懷疑他已心向檳島,無心守土等不利於他的謠言。針對以上的種種,本報特為黃泉益提供一個申訴的平臺。

首先,針對他往檳島披甲上陣與否的揣測,他強調此傳言不是出自於他口,於是請容許他套用陳廣才的一句話,欲知詳情,請問造謠者!眾所周知,去留的問題向來是由党領袖作決定的,如果做猜測為免太過多餘,況且大幅度調整選區攻略不是党的傳統作風,他這麼一說,足以懷疑背後是否有人對這州選區已虎視眈眈?

獲區會推薦 傳言不攻自破
他透露,峇眼惹瑪州競選委員會在沒有正式向外公佈的情況下已在7月份成立了,而且區會已有向黨中央的領導層正式公開提出表示會繼續讓他作為峇眼惹瑪州選區的候選人,這樣的說法,對於外邊的傳言不攻自破。談及他本身與當權派的關係,他坦誠說:“絕對沒問題”,因為他瞭解黨的組織不應有疏遠或排斥某人的舉動,這也是黨的一個明顯路線。“峇眼惹瑪屬不屬於一個安全區我不敢擔保,反正有輸贏的東西都像是賭局,不到最後一分鐘你都不會預知結果”因此流言蜚語對他而言是一個無法避免的正常現象。

宴會出席率 不等同于議員表現
身為一個全職的政治人物,服務範圍越廣,民生問題就越繁重,“我並不能每個宴會都到場,甚至我家門前的神廟活動我都沒去,理智的民眾怎麼可以以宴會出席率來評估一個議員的服務表現呢?”。“目前,我也知道有人說我大選後沒有實踐諾言常駐北海,也欺騙了北海的選民,但我可以對天發誓我從未許下這個諾言,如果有請拿證據出來;如果說我很少現身北海,那簡直是一個很荒謬的說話,我每天都在北海,我哪一天沒有過來?”

太多會議民生課題須處理
他說,根據州議員的手冊,州議員只需在固定的時間到服務中心辦事,並且聘請全職的特別助理,手冊內並沒說到每場宴會都務必出席,畢竟我需要處理的民生課題及需要開的會議實在太多了,不能一一列出。他強調,儘管他只有家族生意,但他卻實實在在以政治工作為自己的大事業,他找不到任何給自己偷懶的理由,更別說有健康的問題了。

無需到處宣揚 親力親為協助人民
向來以低調型服務的黃泉益州議員,在馬華公共服務局服務數十年了,所協助過的人不計其數,無形中這項任務已成了生活中的慣例,換句話說,這已是份內事的工作了,何必到處宣揚、何必為了一些芝麻綠豆事就叫記者呢?

在他的概念中,地方上的教育機構、睦鄰計畫等都是屬於第一線接觸當地市民的機構,因為教育程度的反映,人民對生活環境的滿腔怒火,這些怨言都是作為一個議員應該去探析的,因此他會非常關注選區內類似的組織。“有時候,某人發生意外,我是需要親自去協助他料理轉院的程式,若只是一味出席宴會而將重要的事情耽延了,我絕對辦不到,因為我知道只有親自協助對方才能發掘人民的所需。”

“我不喜歡拖延,一件事情沒有處理好,我會坐立不安,因為我不想犯上政府部門怠慢的態度。”
從談話中可見,黃泉益是一個強調時間價值的人,公共服務局的工作已占他大部份的時間,因為親力親為,所以他相信皇天是不負有心人的。

石清霖效應不足為道 國家政策才重要
石清霖效應存在與否,這些都是非常個人的感覺,他說石清霖效應肯定是有的,但其巴仙率佔有多少他不能確定。談及效應的問題,他與杜乾煥博士有同樣的看法,效應不效應不是首要因素,反而是國家政策的作祟。

“若國家政策對華人不利,還談什麼效應!目前的國家政策確實對華基政黨埋下不利的禍源,因為國家走向回教化的問題、司法的問題及巫統的態度、治安的問題,這些種種綜合起來就足以改變選民的思潮,再怎麼服務來博取認同,我相信影響成功率”。

做好份內事 不與彭文寶衝突
針對他已成了行動党辯才彭文寶的攻擊對象一事,他自辯說:“我並不能阻止彭文寶在報章上或州議會處處攻擊我,我只知道份內事做了就是向我的良心交待了,我沒有必要再多做爭辯。”
“我承認第一次去開州議會,因經驗不足,所以我發出的問題不算多,以致彭文寶認為我不夠關心北海,但我私自下卻和縣屬有聯繫,並自行解決了很多問題,所以我就沒有必要在州議會上重提。”。至於我與彭文寶私底下的關係,我是認為沒有想像中的惡劣,但他怎麼看我是他的事。

本文摘自:光華日報

明年加寬西南路至峇東埔路段

首長:或明年加寬西南路至峇東埔路段 逐步落實雙溪育交替道

北海1日訊)因反對雙溪育收費站收費一事而促使州政府擬出的三項交替計畫中,其中州政府已在年中完成了劍魚路通往才能園的交替道,檳州首席部長丹斯裏許子根再捎來消息透露,西南路至峇東埔路段的加寬工程盡可能在明年初動工。許博士表示,工程局已開始針對上述路段的加寬計畫進行測量工作,由於不能草率行事,當局將考慮到其連帶影響後才進行策劃。他是在週一中午前往北賴才能園鳳山寺晉香後,向記者發表談話。

許氏認為,交替計畫是需要逐步去進行的,任何決定都需要通過收費站及大道局之間的商討才能成行,因此從外環公路銜接至峇眼花園的橋樑確實還需要一段時間去考量,但他承諾會將此項目列入明年或後年的預算案當中。至於提升檳州飛禽公園銜接至才能園的交替道的橋樑,以讓重型車輛使用一事,他說暫時是不可能做到的,因為這是一個水力灌溉的系統,不易更動,除非動用巨額,將之重建。

許子根表示,在雙溪育收費站課題上,州政府已經盡力說服中央、工程部和大道局,而最終上述收費站過路費也已經降低。

另一方面,為了確保地方治安沒再對財物生命構成損失,警方已頻密在各罪案黑區設路障,顯而易見的,偷竊摩托車及攫奪的犯案率已經明顯下降,雖然構成不便,但許子根希望市民還是需要明白警方的出發點。

檳港口貨櫃囤積
前陣子,因檳港口公司更換電腦系統而引起貨櫃囤積的情況,雖已逐步改善中,而且據首長許子根瞭解,類似的情況應該不會存在的了,但仍有大批貨櫃滯留北海箱運碼頭,廠商被迫每日承擔55令吉的罰款。

廠商被迫每日承擔55令吉罰款
據可靠消息透露,貨櫃滯留箱運碼頭的現象已經延續數個月,導致廠商和運輸業者面對虧損。
針對此事,檳州首席部長丹斯裏許子根表示將會瞭解跟進。許子根表示,廠商若面對任何問題,如貨運或碼頭問題,都可以直接聯絡交通部或檳州港口委員會等,並致函交通部長以揭發這些問題。根據行內人透露,過去,每輛羅裏每天可以從碼頭拖出平均8至10個貨櫃,最少也有6個,但目前每天甚至只能拖出1至2個貨櫃。

據悉,每個貨櫃出入口都獲得5天的寬限期,廠商必須在5天內完成報關及拖出程式,而一般上報關也已經用上2天,這也意味著廠商只有3天的時間將貨櫃拖出。

許多公司已發出怨言
然而,許多貨櫃都面對滯留,每一個滯留箱運碼頭的貨櫃每一天將面對55令吉的罰款,對於小公司而言,貨櫃數目不多尚可以承擔,然而,許多大公司已經對此發出怨言。在北海箱運碼頭執行新系統之後,廠商也曾經面對貨櫃滯留問題,但在當局涉入下,已經獲得解決。豈料,貨櫃滯留問題再度發生,港口公司所給予的無法準時拖出貨櫃的理由包括機器壞,系統無法正常操作等。