Strong start for Yong in Batu Sapi polls campaign

By Luke Rintod of FMT
SANDAKAN: The Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) appeared to be ahead of PKR in the popularity stakes as official campaigning for the Batu Sapi parliamentary by-election began.
Its received a boost yesterday when former Pasok president, Cleftus Mojingol, and a nephew of the late Mustapha Harun, the founder of Usno, joined the state opposition party at a function in Kampung Karamunting here onTuesday evening.
On hand to receive  Cleftus and Razak Abdul Salam was SAPP president, Yong Teck Lee, who is the candidate for the Batu Sapi by-election.
Cleftus, without a party for sometime after helming Pasok for for several years, told FMT he joined SAPP because of the party's resolute stand to regain autonomy for Sabah.
"Tonight I officially joined SAPP to be with the leaders and its members in realising a struggle very close to my heart for so long ever since I was in Pasok," he said.
Mustapha's nephew, Razak also thanked SAPP for accepting his application to join the party.
Both men were cheered by a mostly-Muslim crowd when their names were announced as new members of SAPP.

Ansari on the stump minus PKR heavyweights

By Luke Rintod of FMT
SANDAKAN: Sabah PKR's “numero uno” leader Jeffrey Kittingan has just taken two months leave from the party and his deputy Christina Liew is no where to be seen!
Sources said Jeffrey has decided to stay away from the embarrassing free-for-all PKR campaign in the Batu Sapi parliamentary by-election and Liew's whereabouts "is unknown".
Meanwhile, “embarrassing” is a mild word given the recent behaviour by Batu Sapi leaders.

PKR Batu Sapi newly-elected chief, Hassnar Ebrahim, is said to have made disparaging remarks against other PKR leaders, several times, including at state liaison meetings.

And the name calling against his own comrades has come back to haunt the Ansari Ibrahim's by-election campaign.

Many confirmed that Hassnar has been telling everybody that there are three PKR leaders whom he did not want campaigning in Sandakan.

The leaders he named are Awang Tangah Awang Amin, Awang Ahmad Sah Awang Sahari, and Jalumin Bayogo.

He had also reportedly said that Jeffrey was also not welcome.

Ahead of Manmohan's visit, M'sian police beat up Indian witness in Guna's inquest

Will Manmohan speak up for M'sian IndiansAs Prime Minister Najib Razak prepares his best welcome smile for visiting Indian premier Dr Manmohan Singh who will arrive on Tuesday, Malaysian Indians are seething with anger at Najib's administration for its perceived callousness and discrimination against their community.

Their latest anger is directed at the inquest findings into the suspicious death of R Gunasegaran, who had died while in police custody.

To matters worse, one of the witnesses in the inquest, Selvaraj, has been beaten up and arrested by the police in front of his wife, people familiar with the case told Malaysia Chronicle.

According to the sources, the police told his wife that he would be detained for 60 days - an abnormally long remand and scaring her into sending SOS messages to the lawyers acting for Guna's family.

Belanjawan Seluar Dalam dan Pak Guard

Seperti tahun-tahun yang lampau, setiap kali Belanjawan dibentang, rakyat akan menanti-nantikan gula-gula yang bakal diumumkan bagi manfaat dan meningkatkan taraf hidup.  Amat terkejut apabila dikaji dan diteliti Belanjawan tersebut tidak menampakkan ianya memfokuskan keperluan dan kehendak rakyat kebanyakan, malah, ianya kembali ke era Mahathir dan projek meganya.  Di sudut yang lain pula, golongan kemiskinan tegar berhempas-pulas mencari sesuap makanan.

Melalui temanya dan bibit-bibit ucapan politiknya, sudah tentu Belanjawan 2011 ini akan menjurus ke arah Negara berpendapatan tinggi.  Namun sebarang petanda bahawa Belanjawan disediakan selaras dengan tema yang menjadi modal air liur sejak kebelakangan ini.  Mereka mendakwa kononnya Belanjawan kali ini Belanjawan untuk rakyat, sedangkan rakyat sendiri menggelar Belanjawan kali ini sebagai "Belanjawan Seluar Dalam".

Gaji Posmen menjadi kayu ukur

Kononnya Belanjawan kali ini memberi pengiktirafan kepada posmen dan pegawai sekuriti (sebut pak guard).  Selepas ditanya posmen yang menghantar surat setiap hari ke rumah, rupa-rupanya gaji pokok seorang posmen selama ini adalah sebanyak RM610.00 dan hanya dinaikkan sehingga RM710 sebulan.  Sukar juga apabila cuba memahami logik di sebalik meletakkan gaji pokok minimum pegawai sekuriti yang ditetapkan antara RM500 hingga RM700 sebulan, mengikut pemerhatian dan pengetahuan kita, gaji minima pegawai sekuriti sememangnya di sekitar RM700 sebulan.

Pakatan solves seats issue in Sarawak

MIRI: The Sarawak Pakatan Rakyat coalition has resolved 90% of its seat allocations in Sarawak. State liasion chief Baru Bian said the balance 10% was not an issue.

"We have settled 90% of the seat allocations between Pakatan Rakyat component parties "There is still a lot of flexibility and space to resolve the remaining 10%. We will work closely with each other to ensure our victory,” he told newsmen in Miri today.
Also present at the press conference were state DAP chairman Wong Ho Leng, Mohamad Sabu from PAS, SNAP president Edwin Dundang Bugak, DAP Miri chairman Fong Pau Teck, and PAS Miri chief Jofri Jeraee.

Three-corner in Batu Sapi, Sabah... straight fight in Galas, Kelantan...

By Ezra Haganez
SANDAKAN: It is a three-cornered tussle for the Parliamentary seat of Batu Sapi here. No independent candidates came to lodge nomination though many individuals took the papers from SPR earlier.

Ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) is trying to retain the seat through Linda Tsen, the widow of Batu Sapi late MP, Chong Ket Wah, of Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS).

Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) President Yong Teck Lee, successfully lodged his paper, marking the end of his suspension from contesting an election by the High Court years back stemming from an election petition brought against him.

The third candidate is Ansari Abdullah representing  Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR).

Polling day has been set on November 4, 2010, the same polling date with the Galas state seat in Gua Musang, Kelantan.


Galas sees a straight fight between BN and PAS.

Slightly more than 1,000 supporters turned up at the Sandakan Community Hall from 9am till noon today. Among those in the crowd were DPM Muhyiddin Yassin, PKR President Dr Wan Azizah Ismail, CM Musa Aman, Joseph Pairin Kitingan, and Hishammuddin Hussein.

No untoward incidence happened today though at times the three camps of supporters outside the hall were very boisterous with their battle cries.

The Batu Sapi by-election...Nomination tomorrow

By Ezra Haganez
SANDAKAN: For the benefit of those who still don't know about the by-election being held for the Batu Sapi Parliamentary seat in Sabah, nomination is held tomorrow (October 26, 2010 ) in Sandakan.

Polling will be on November 4, 2010, the same polling date for another by-election in the Galas state seat in Gua Musang, Kelantan.

The ruling Barisan Nasional has announced yesterday that Linda Tsen, the widow of Batu Sapi late MP, Datuk Edmund Chong Ket Wah, is the BN candidate for Batu Sapi.

Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) is fielding its President, Datuk Yong Teck Lee, while Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) finally decided to field Ansari Abdullah.

We shall see tomorrow if Independent candidates will come out as quite many nomination forms had been bought from the Malaysian Election Commission (SPR).

A short trip to the Lost World, Maliau Basin, Sabah

Day 1

Maliau Basin location map

By G. Patrick
Recently, I had the privilege to visit the Lost World of  Sabah, Maliau Basin… This trip involves sixteen of Sabahan nature lovers. We departed from Kota Kinabalu town on 15 October and returned by 18 October 2010. The cumulative cost for the trip was RM 4,640 which was shared equally among us. And this wasn’t including our personal expenses for the trip.

We departed from Kota Kinabalu at 0930 hours. Three four-wheel drive vehicles were involved to accommodate the 16 of us. Our route crossed Tambunan, Keningau, Sook, Nabawan and Sapulut.

MALAYSIANS.... WWWWake upppp PLEASEEEEE

DO YOU REALLY CARE ENOUGH ????
RM456 billion lost !!Voters, wake up!! 

UMNO is the culprit...not the 'Malay' please BEAR in mind it's entirely different... don't confuse UMNO with Malay.

 
The report below states that the oil money that disappeared as follows:
Tun Hussein Onn period: RM33B.
Tun Mahathir period: RM165.00B.
Tun Pak Lah period: RM256.00B.
Soon-to-be Tun NR period: RM……B?

Why GST?
All Malaysian should take sometime to read this:
Where has All of Malaysia’s RM456 billion Oil Money Gone to... to UMNO Putra cronies?
Where Has All of Malaysia’s Oil Money Gone To?
Has anybody ever stopped to think and question this very important question?
I wrote a Bahasa Malaysia version on this issue.  And I received a comment in English that touches the heart and soul of this topic:

What bloody hypocrites!!

The Halal Hype that is going on in our country will force many SMIs involved in food production and distribution to close shop. JAKIM has muscled its way to make itself the Monopoly of the Halal certificate.
In April 2011 the Halal Act will be passed by Parliament where only Jakim has the monopoly to issue the certificate.  Each certificate cost about RM1000 and with 2000 line items in my company I will have to foot out RM2,000,000 and that is if I am lucky to get all those approved. I might as well close down my business and retrench all the 60 staff with some 100 odd dependents. 

The Government will be deprived of some RM800,000 worth of taxes and duties. The Food standard will
definitely decline as chefs will have less ingredients to work with. The Halal procedures will increase the food cost by 10%. JAKIM does not care for the economy of the country. All it cares for is its rice bowl to ensure that it is relevant and seen to be working hard. Look at the way it closed down IKEA for two weeks. Look at the way it closed down Silverbird in Nilai. It does not care for the business  environment in this country.