The Nut Graph

我正在发布消息，向广大的好友征集TheNutGraph的中文名字，所以任何人有什么好的建议，请告诉我，谢谢。

直译或是含有意义相通的译名也可以。

开工了

从今年7月初，我开始在一个新的网站上班了—The Nut Graph dot Com.

不过，网站要在8月中才正式和大家见面，请稍微耐心的等待。

谢谢。

太高兴了

正如AnilNetto 所说的，许多关注持续性发展的槟城人都会大力支持展延单轨轻快铁和外环公路的计划。在吉隆坡的轻快铁老实说实在是一点也不方便也不便宜，所以，槟城需要这样昂贵的计划吗？最重要的是真的是没有其他的替代计划了吗?

Mouz Y.A. 指出，良好的巴士川行道和高通行频率就可以一小时运载5千个搭客，和吉隆坡的单轨轻快铁的人数一样多；如果再进一步鉴定新的巴士川行道，那么极可能在一小时内运载1万5千个搭客。

看了今天各报的报道后，看来槟城民联政府还在“梦想”实行这个计划，当然，在发布消息的时候也不忘加插许多“困难”和“障碍”，令人啼笑皆非。

是的，我们需要的是一个廉宜、方便和全面的公共交通计划，相信民联政府如果愿意的话，下定决心是可以办得到的。

不过，有时候不妨听听民众和公民社会的声音。

Dotty Rosmah

据一名认识罗斯玛的朋友说，当年罗斯玛在校园内是一名校花，慕名者众多。小时候因为她的脸上有一颗痣，所以，朋友们也称她为“Dotty”。

当然，在她的故事中，最让人津津乐道的是她如何攀上权力的巅峰。不过，我想迟点网络上应该会流传更多关于她的消息吧！

如今，博客Dr.Mohd Raffick Khan也在他的博客上http://rights2write.wordpress.com/揭露谁是Aziz Buyong.

没有名字的现场三个人

哈哈哈！出现在华文报的所谓在现场的三个人的名字都“不见”了，取而代之的是只有名人、显要的妻子等，所以，那些不愿猜谜语的读者，只有上网看新闻。

因为是名人，所以要备受呵护吗？

网络媒体至今除了博客和《当今大马》以外，其他的媒体像目前最红的MalaysiaInsider也选择不报道也是令人纳闷的。

但是纸是包不住火的。媒体是不可能盖着名人的脸和名字来写新闻的。

罗丝玛人在C4爆炸案现场？

Pete又再有爆炸性的新闻出炉了—他的宣誓书指副首相夫人罗丝玛人在阿丹杜亚爆炸案的现场。

她在现场做什么呢？宣誓书并没有交代。

在林吉祥和安华两人的文告中奇怪的也没要求警方介入调查，是他们对警方的信心跌到谷底了吧！

林吉祥说，巴达维、纳吉、罗丝玛不能再沉默不言。

不过，最沉默的是我国的主流媒体，怎么一个字都没有报道呢？

啊！勇敢的Pete。

Petrol Hike

Forum on “Petrol Hike, What Next for Malaysia?”

Date: 26 June 2008 (Thursday)

Time: 8.00 p.m.

Venue: the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall (KLSCAH) (1 ,Jalan Maharajalela , 50150 Kuala Lumpur.)(Next to the Monorail Maharajalela station)

Speakers:

1. Mr Gurmit Singh (President of Centre for Environment, Technology and Development Malaysia – CETDEM)

2. Dr Hatta Ramli (Representative of PROTES)

3. Mr Khalid Jaafar (Executive Director of Institute for Policy Research )

4. Mr Tony Pua (Member of Parliament and Economic Advisor to DAP)

Language: English and Malay

Perhaps 2008 is the turning point of Malaysian history. The changes of political situation, the international food crisis and the fuel hike crisis have tremendously brought significant changes to the people’s lives. Apart from that, in the future, these crises will also serve as a challenge to test the political and economical systems of our country on its capacity to solve them.

Thus, the Economic and Social Unit of KLSCAH, Youth Section of KLSCAH, the Social and Economic Committee of Selangor Hokkien Association, the Social and Economic Committee of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Teochew Association and SUARAM joint organise a forum on “Petrol Hike, What Next for Malaysia?” so as to analyze these crises thoroughly and look for their solutions.

Content :

1. Economic impact: How will the jump in the petrol rates bring impact on the whole economic situation? What is the trend of inflation? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the control and subsidy systems?

2. Low economic efficiency, political corruptions and evaluation of the TNB policy: How do the political corruptions and low economic efficiency affect the economy and the people in our country? The energy consumption of the people in our country is five times more than the Japanese.

3. Mass Transit Policy: The rise of the petrol price saved RM 4.4 billion in 2006. However, until now, the result has not brought into the open. How far is the Mass Transit Policy been carried out?

4. Social impact and the situation of the lower class people: How does the government deal with the effects of inflation towards the poor or lower class people.

Should you have further enquiries, please do not hesitate to contact Mr Teh or Mr Chan , the assistant secretary of the KLSCAH at 03-22746645 .

The making of “Ong Dynasty” reason for crossovers

Anwar Ibrahim was correct when he said that the first BN racial-based party which would most probably withdraw from the alliance is MCA (read China Press’s report today). Why I say he was correct is because MCA has not only lost the support of the Chinese community, whose rights they are suppose to defend, but more than that is they cannot live without any cabinet post.

Ong Ka Ting is tied by the nine year tenure confined by MCA constitution, and it is only a matter of time before he became a lame duck president. In order to offset the weaknesses of the so-called “democratic” elements in MCA, the party is fueled with movements whose rivals are being purged one after another to pave way for the setting up of Ong Dynasty.

The first is Ong’s strongest rival, Chua Soi Lek. Chua quit his party posts after a VCD sex video of him was circulated in his hometown. Although there is no evidence to proof that the incident had any connection with Ong’s faction, nonetheless public’s perception believed that VCD expose was used against Chua to purge him from the party as he is the most prominent candidate to launch a challenge against the current leadership.

Despite the fact that MCA’s public image had gone down the drain even before the March 8 election Tsunami, Ong wasted no time and sent his second man packing home. Chan Kong Choy did not contest in the last general election. Teresa Kok used to hint in her public talks that though Chan was sick, he was still seen campaigning everywhere for many candidates, so why was he not able to contest?

All these indicate that there is a movement to set up the first and only Ong Dynasty in MCA. This is no longer any secret in Chinese community that this is indeed happening. But in order for this to happen, the path has to be cleared so that Ong’s brother Ka Chuan is able to fast-track into MCA’s new president.

If Pakatan Rakyat managed to secure a simple majority after Sept 16 (Anwar says there will be a snap election), MCA fear that they will be left with no more goodie in their pockets. The truth is MCA without a minister post is beyond their imagination. Within MCA, politics is no longer based on principles, but more on gains. If those in Ong’s circles feel they are following a loser, or wrong side, will they not jump?

With MCA under Ong’s leadership splitting between BN and Chinese community, why would any disgruntled faction want to be loyal to Ong? If MCA suddenly become an opposition party in parliament, those who are now at loggerheads with Ong’s faction have more reason to join Pakatan.

Snoopy, where are you?

As widely expected, the three-member investigative panel declared MCA president Ong Ka Ting and other leaders innocent of any involvement in the much hyped about secret squad.

From the very beginning, the result of the panel brought no thrill or frills, especially to many political observers, as the committee members themselves were seen to be close to MCA president. Thus, witnesses who are not in the same league as Ong’s faction either told the press or blogged about the content of their accounts at the panel hearing. The reason for this is more than obvious, there is a lack of confidence over the independence of the investigative panel.

The report concluded that there was no evidence to prove the three-member secret committee existed, and pointed the finger to former Gerakan Belia Bersatu Malaysia (GBBM) founder, Tee An Chuan, as having unknown motives for collecting political information from the MCA grassroots. Tee was alleged to have been paid a hefty sum of RM10,000 to operate the squad by Ong.

However, now that the report has cleared both Ong Ka Ting and MCA Youth Chief Liow Tiong Lai, it still does not clear doubts hanging over the public’s mind that these leaders were somehow involved in this episode.

Ever since Chua Soi Lek’s sex VCD saga, MCA political competition has become shrouded with more dirty tactics and brutal “killing” of their rivals.

“Money” and “women” used to be taboos in MCA political squabbles, but Soi Lek’s VCD has broken the taboos, and private affairs become a weapon to attack their challengers. But surprisingly, based on gossips on the street, many including women, do not despise Chua, they view him instead as an unfortunate political victim of MCA internal fights.

Although Ong and Liow can claim their innocence, the dispute did not end with the conclusion of the panel report. Instead, an anti-Ong Ka Ting camp rebuked the report as “flawed”, saying it has raised more questions instead of answers.

As the public is currently burdened with inflation and heavy fuel price, the squabble within MCA over the alleged secret group shows how pathetic this party has become. MCA leadership is still struggling with its credibility crisis due to its inaptness in responding to UMNO’s racist remarks since the past few years. The continual squabble over MCA leadership shows that it has distanced itself from the inspiration of the public, especially Chinese community.

A question that is hardly being asked by MCA leadership and supporters following the March 8 political Tsunami is: Can MCA reinvent itself and regain the support of Chinese voters?

MCA has encountered one of its worst performances in the last general election. The party’s seats were halved from 31 to 15. Though MCA has managed to secure four full ministership in cabinet, but there are quarters, like the Sabah MPs, who question whether the former should hold such a substantial number of cabinet posts given the dismay results of this party.

With the rising costs of living and insurmountable challenges created by high fuel price, what is your say, MCA?

Nothing.

Given the current development, it seems that MCA is far from reinventing itself, but will certainly be sidelined both in BN and by its target community — the Malaysian Chinese in the near future.

公共交通的恐怖经验

以前搭公共巴士上学，一趟才区区25分钱，而且巴士大概每15至30分钟川行一趟，所以，虽然有时候需要等一等，但是大体上搭巴士上学还是一个可行的选择。后来来到雪隆工作后，发觉搭巴士可不是一个太方便的选择了。以前迷你巴士川行的时候，一些地区如PJ搭巴士还挺方便，可惜如果来到梳邦再也，搭巴士可以是一件非常令人生气的事！

我曾经试过搭一辆巴士，巴士司机驾到半路，停下来睡觉。那时我在猜测，司机是真的太累了，还是毒瘾发作，因为他的表情似乎很痛苦。公共交通的司机吸毒的问题不时也略有听说，特别是长途巴士的司机，日以继夜的熬夜驾车，他们染上毒瘾的事件并不是秘密，可是看官有谁理会他们的痛苦和问题呢？。

大马公共交通的失败是众所周知的，而政府长期不愿面对和解决的。看看富都车站邋遢、拥挤、混乱的情况，再比较人流稀疏、空间宽大的吉隆坡国际机场，就可想而知不是一个政府做不到的问题，而是愿不愿意下定决心为人民做事。所有的部长都不需到富都车站搭车，平日又有专车司机侍候，他们唯一需要和公众一起乘搭的是到机场搭飞机。所以，every one can fly已经不是问题了。可是讽刺的是很多人根本不可能搭公车上班或上学。

上一个月坐了一趟公车从北海上车到吉隆坡。北海车站的情况也一样的糟透了，为何这么多年都不能解决呢？车子迟了将近一个小时开车，然后又转进大山脚又转进江沙，天，车内空气不流通，车子慢得出奇，结果到了吉隆坡已是凌晨2时了，天！真的是出钱买罪受！现在搭公车似乎要看运气，首先要看你买得到服务品质佳的巴士车票吗？然后再看你上的那辆车的司机服务态度和巴士的状况。这一切都没有保单可买。