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RM428 million for mosques and RM8 million for others

July 3rd, 2008
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In a 60/40 population, 428 million versus 8 million doesn’t look balanced no matter how you cut it. And that is just for the period between 2005 and 2008.

 

Let’s do the maths:

 

428/ 42 months (from Jan 2005 until June 2008) = 10.19 million per month.

 

8/42 months = 190,000 per month.

 

That means mosques get 53.63 times more than other places of worship month-wise. Over the said period, its 53.5 times more than the allocation for temples and churches.

 

And bear in mind that this amount is to be shared between temples (Hindus, Buddhists, Taoist?) and churches.

 

The deputy minister for Internal Security also said that the government has been disbursing RM1 million per year for temples/churches and Hindu temples respectively for physical construction projects.

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Goodbye Kedah MIC Youth Brigade

July 3rd, 2008
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Isn’t this the infamous group that usually ensures people toe the line? Looks like its following its founder out of MIC. Wonder what’s the response of the other state Brigades.

NST:

The Kedah MIC Youth Brigade was dissolved yesterday following the resignation of MIC national Youth chief S.A. Vigneswaran.
Its chief, M. Magendiran, said it was also a sign of dissatisfaction with party president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu who, he alleged, had hurt the feelings of the youth wing. He said the 1,000-strong brigade, formed in 2003, had played an important role in attracting youths to the party.
Its members will now serve the community by joining the Malaysian Indian Youth Development Foundation headed by Vigneswaran.

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Criminal Councillors in Ampang?

July 3rd, 2008
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It seems that two nominees to a Selangor municipal council have been accused of having been involved in criminal activities just few days before they are to be sworn in as Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) councillors next Tuesday. Those two candidates are being investigated by the police following complaints by the public. NST reports that three of them have problems.

At least three candidates, already issued appointment letters as
councillors, are being scrutinised following claims by an Ampang
resident that two had police records for robbery and involvement with
the underworld. Another is alleged to have served time under preventive laws. Checks with the police confirmed that at least one had a criminal record

I have to blame the committee (including Ampang MP Zuraida Kamaruddin) who vetted the nominees. The naming of councillors were delayed for three over months due to different selection process as compared to previous government.

Khalid had said that the three-month delay was due to the time taken to vet the list, which was sent to the respective councils last
week

However, all candidates should have been vetted by ACA, police, Insolvency Department, Bank Negara, Syariah court (for muslims), MPAJ and the rest of the cavalry. This would have ensured a better selection of candidates. Candidates who won’t be disputed.

Now, Khalid Ibrahim says it will take another 6 months to vet the candidates, and those found guilty will be removed.

Over the next six months, we will check the backgrounds of all the 288 councillors selected by the state government

Zuraida also clarified that:

Zuraida said a committee had vetted the list based on certain criteria and quotas. “We had submitted names of people who have worked hard and shown consistent performance. “The two nominees in question were genuine in helping us. They did not take a single sen from me,” she said. Zuraida added that the nominees would be removed if there was evidence of criminal activities.

Meanwhile, MPAJ boss created an escape route by denying any knowledge:

MPAJ president Mohammad Yacob said he was shocked by the allegation. He said the council did not have any details of the nominees because the state government provided the list.

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Islamic NGOs protest against building houses of worship

July 3rd, 2008
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Well, the actual statement says:

Abdul Rahman said the memorandum also protested against the unrestricted construction of houses of worship of all races without consideration for racial sensitivities.

The memorandum was given by a coalition of 100 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Selangor today. Some 200 representatives of the NGOs, led by Datuk Abdul Rahman Palil, handed the memorandum to the sultan’s naval aide-de-camp (ADC) Commander Ahmad Ramli Kardi at Istana Bukit Kayangan.

The statement above sounds very vague and not to mention dangerous. What is meant by “unrestricted” and “consideration for racial sensitivities”. In Bolehland, that is usually associated with a one-sided argument for the privileged race.

I think these people should not butt in on issues that is not related to their religion. Its not as if the authorities are planning to demolish a mosque and build a gurdwara on it or using the temple to convert muslims. This is what makes the rest of Malaysians tick and become wary of their religion.

Let each neighborhood have its own set of places of worship so that people don’t have to travel far. We have seen in Penang and Malacca where various institutions basically on the same street without problem for centuries.

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Wanted

July 3rd, 2008
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I’ll not lie. I went to see Angelina Jolie, action woman par excellence at the moment 🙂 She looked perfect for the role, but Then said she was too thin, like a drug addict. I agree with that. Her tattoos would have looked better if she was a bit more fleshier. Anyway, the movie was taken sometime back, and Ms Jolie is expected to deliver twins any time this week.Ok, let’s get back on track here 🙂

The movie is quite straightforward. We are introduced to a guy who runs through a glass window of a skyscraper to jump across to another building. Plenty of shooting and bullets that travel through distances and create holes in various parts of the head. This scene leaves about 5 dead bodies. Gory stuff, definitely not for the kids (Its 18 SG anyway). Seems like a group of assassins are having some internal issues and fighting among themselves. » Read more: Wanted

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