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Thursday, 1 March 2012

Erykah Badu says disappointed, promoters blame The Star for concert ban

Read more of the news here from Malaysian Insider http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/erykah-badu-says-disappointed-promoters-blame-the-star-for-concert-ban

What caught my attention is what Erykah said.


“What good is religion if you push out love if it’s not in your comfort zone?” 
“My main focus in art is people; politics comes last when we connect as artists on stage.” 
“I’m here for the people and hope that the minister meets with me and hope we see love. Doesn’t know me and my music. Many people here care about the show."
“Art is often misunderstood in the realm of religion. Art can’t be censored by anyone.”


Well said.

Friday, 28 October 2011

Give Thais A Helping Hand

Bangkok's landmark Grand Palace is seen flooded October 27, 2011. The floods are expected to take a toll on Thailand's tourism industry, which employs more than 2 million people and makes up 6 percent of GDP. -REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad - 27 October, 2011

ST John Ambulance Malaysia’s (SJAM) Penang branch is initiating a project to assist disaster relief efforts for flood victims in Thailand.

SJAM state commander Datuk Dr Yee Thiam Sun said the project, named ‘Humanitarian Mission for Thailand’, was carried out in response to instructions given by the Prime Minister’s Department.

“We are ordered by the department to be the main coordinator in the northern region to gather resources from various NGOs and charity organisations here to help Thailand,” he said.

He said a centre would be set up at SJAM Penang headquarters on Grove Road to collect items that meet the immediate needs of flood victims.

Yee said items needed are first aid kits, survival kits, drinking water, life jackets, camping lamps, flashlights, mosquito repellent, mosquito nets, rowing boats, rafts, tents, rubber boots, effective microorganism (EM), water pumps, electricity generators, drinking water supply mobile units, drinking water tanks and mobile toilets.

“We need help from the public. They are welcome to bring the items to the collecting centre during office hours, which is from 9am to 5pm,” he told a press conference in George Town.

He added that SJAM would like to recruit volunteers for a trip to Bangkok for disaster relief and restoration works.

“We have yet to finalise the time to go there, it depends on the coordination with the Thai government,” he said.

Thai consul-general Voradet Viravakin, who was also at the press conference, said he appreciated SJAM’s offer to help Thailand battle the worst floods in 50 years.

For item contribution and volunteer recruitment, call SJAM Penang on 04-8285972 during office hours.

Donations can be deposited into SJAM’s savings account at Public Bank Berhad. The account number is 3170193000.

Monday, 3 January 2011

funny article to start the year

hahahah guys i find this article funny lo.

you should read it lah!

it's from Wong Chun Wai, The Star newspaper.

click on this link:

Hoping for the new in 2011 http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?file=/2011/1/2/columnists/onthebeat/7709134&sec=onthebeat

Monday, 19 April 2010

i see me in the newspaper

wow!

i duno what to say. this is really unbelievable.

when i reached Penang on Saturday, i saw the authority catching illegal immigrants. so spontaneously, as usual, i did what i always do, take photos.

and i was harressed and threatened by one of the reporters from a Chinese newspaper. Then, i guess he got scolding from his chief editor. =p

and now, tonight, when i just reached home, at 1am plus plus, i saw a msg in MSN by Teck Joo. he sent me a link and he said im in the newspaper.

i was like WHAT?!! WHY!! i didn't do anything wrong.

i know for sure i didn't let anyone took my picture during the operation to catch illegal immigrants.

Then i clicked  the link http://www.chinapress.com.my/content_new.asp?dt=2010-04-19&sec=photo&art=0419p01.txt

Oh God. hahaha.

i can't believe what i see. It's me in the online newspaper.

Guess what i was doing in the picture. i was taking picture of a shampoo bottle that someone threw into the beach. This morning i went to clean Gurney Beach ma.

woa. lucky me right. im back in Penang n im the news. =p this is the first time in the year that i appeared in the newspaper. hahaa.

FARNEEE and LAWAK! this is so 'AM KONG'.

oh ya i can't read Chinese. so i asked Nixon to translate the caption.

"Macam macam rubbish ada kat the beach, even shampoo bottles pun ada, maybe orang suka go to the beach and use shampoo and wash their hair using the sea water! So this young man digged out the bottle and decided to take a picture to keep as a collection."

2010 IS A GOOD YEAR!!

Tuesday, 12 January 2010

Allah can’t be substituted with Tuhan in Bible translation — Dr Ng Kam Weng

JAN 6 — Muslims in other parts of the world (Arabs, Persians, North Africans, Pakistanis and Indonesians) have no objection and are not worried about getting confused when Christians using the word “Allah”. In contrast, some Malaysian Muslims claim to be confused; a strange phenomenon indeed.

This observation lends credence to the suggestion that the Allah issue is an artificial Malay issue and not a genuine Muslim issue. The truth is that the current orchestrated protests against the recent High Court decision to allow the Catholic Herald (and Christians) to use the word Allah must be seen to be as cynical manipulations by Malay politicians to gain votes from their community.

I am more interested in going beyond these political manoeuvres. Politicians (and that includes government bureaucrats) are happy just to stay at the level of vague suggestions since they have no competence nor care to address real issues of translation. In contrast, Christians must ensure their arguments for the right to use the word Allah are based on concrete evidence supported by a coherent linguistic philosophy of translation of Scripture.

One major demand from the Malay protestors is that Christians stop using the word Allah on grounds that Christians can find a simple alternative, that is, simply substitute the word Allah with the word Tuhan. Unfortunately, this demand only betrays the ignorance of the protestors.

I would have thought that any Malay would know that the meaning of the words Allah (God) and Tuhan (Lord, Rabb) are not the same. How can they suggest that Christians simply use the word Tuhan to substitute the word Allah? To express the issue linguistically, Allah and Tuhan have different senses even though they have the same reference.

Both the terms Allah and Tuhan are used in the Malay Bible. Following the precedent set by Arab Christians, Allah is used to translate el/elohim and Tuhan (or TUHAN in caps) is used to translate Yahweh (YHWH). The two words are sometimes paired together as Yahweh-Elohim in 372 places in the Old Testament (14 times in Genesis 2-3; 4 times in Exodus; 8 times in Joshua; 7 times in 2 Samuel; 22 times in Chronicles; 12 times in Psalms; 32 times in Isaiah; 16 times in Jeremiah and 210 times in Ezekiel, etc.).

More importantly, the word Tuhan is also applied to Jesus Christ in the New Testament. Thus we read of the LORD Jesus as Tuhan Yesus (The word LORD was used to translate the word kurios 8,400 times in the Septuagint, the Greek version of the Old Testament. It refers to human beings in only 400 times and refers to God 8,000 times. Of these 8,000 times, 6,700 are substitute for the word YHWH). The transference of the title kurios LORD/YHWH to Jesus Christ is testimony to the belief in the deity of Christ right at the beginning of Christianity.

This simple statistical survey shows clearly that the demand by Muslim demonstrators that Christians simply substitute the word Allah with Tuhan is unreasonable since it renders many Biblical references to God and Jesus Christ incoherent. First, the substitution is incorrect since the meaning of Allah and Tuhan are different.

Second, it creates an absurd situation when Christians try to translate the paired words Tuhan Allah (LORD God). Are Christians now required to call the LORD God, Tuhan Tuhan? This sounds like committing linguistic redundancy. Worse still, the repeated words Tuhan Tuhan come across to Malay readers as suggesting that Christians believe in a plurality of Lords/Gods (since the plural form in Malay is expressed by repeating the noun and setting them in apposition).

Finally, Christians are unable to express the Lordship of Jesus Christ as one who is distinct from the Father and yet shares with the God of the Old Testament, the name that is above every other name — kurios/Tuhan (Philippians 2:9, cf. Isaiah 45:23). In other words, Christians are rendered unable to affirm the deity of Jesus Christ and teach the doctrine of Trinity without the foundational words that maintain the semantic relationship between the words Allah and Tuhan as they are applied distinctively in the Malay Bible.

Christians in Malaysia would do their utmost to maintain religious harmony in Malaysia. Indeed, the Christianity community has made many concessions to accommodate the concerns of the Malay community.

However, it cannot accept the demand that it abandons the use of the word Allah and adopts the word Tuhan as the substitute simply because some ill-informed Malays take offence at their practice — an offence which would not have arisen if only these people set aside emotions and prejudices and examine the historical and linguistic evidence in a calm and rational manner. At the very least, Malays (or rather Muslims) should understand that believers are not at liberty to change the meaning of their Scriptures, the word of God, to satisfy the unfounded scruples of man.

Postscript

I refer readers to the accompanying post, “Translating the Names of God” published in the learned journal (The Bible Translator) that gives more concrete examples of how the names of God are translated in the Malay Bible.

The article also discusses the controversy among some scholars on how words Allah and Tuhan should be used in the revision of Shellabear’s version of the Malay Bible. In any case, all the scholars in the controversy agree that Christians need to use both the words Allah and Tuhan in the Malay Bible. Please note that the article is reproduced (partially) with permission from the author Dr D Soesilo. — mysinchew.com

Monday, 11 January 2010

Situation Under COntrol, Says Hisham

HULU SELANGOR: Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein has confirmed that the number of churches attacked has reached seven but says the situation is not serious.

“So far the attacks have involved stone throwing and arson attempts. There is no serious damage,” said the Home Minister, referring to the latest report on the surveillance on places of worship.

Yesterday, the All Saints’ Church at Jalan Taming Sari and the SMK Convent along Jalan Convent in Taiping were targets of arson attempts. Hishammuddin said the incidents were isolated and not coordinated.

Hishammuddin, who is also an Umno vice-president, said the narrow-minded agenda pursued by certain quarters was aimed at creating chaos and inciting hatred towards Umno and the Govern-ment.

“Over the past two or three days, we are tested yet again when certain quarters have taken advantage to point fingers at Umno and the government by suggesting that we are behind the religious incitement. Such allegations are baseless. These people have nothing better to do but to point fingers at others.

“The situation is under control. We are monitoring the situation so that it will not become extreme and affect the peace and harmony we have built in the country all these while,” he said yesterday at Umno’s Juara Rakyat programme in Bukit Beruntong.

Both he and Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin called for maturity in dealing with the situation.

Khairy said Umno and Barisan Nasional leaders should lead by example so that people would understand that the Government under Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s leadership was doing its best to bring calm to the current situation.

“Don’t be trapped in emotions, don’t be trapped by finger-pointing politics to the extent that the situation becomes out of control,” he said after kicking off the futsal match at the same event.

“Of course, there are many discussions in blogs but what’s important is our actions.

“We must not fan the fire. We must put the fire out. We do what’s best for all.”

He was asked to comment on reports in blogs, including opposition blogs, blaming Umno and the Government over the religious incitement and church attacks.

“I would like to deny the statement blaming Umno and the Government because it is such an irresponsible statement when we have a track record of administrating the multi-racial country.”


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Under control?? Haha! veli farnee! What is under control when more and more churches are being torched? Nak tipu budak 3 tahun ke?? Kalau cakap politikus boleh percaya, lembu pun boleh naik pokok. Please say something relevent Hishammooodin.

Tuesday, 29 December 2009

971 Tahanan Ordinan Darurat

Soalan:

Tuan Manogaran a/l Marimuthu [Telok Intan] minta MENTERI DALAM NEGERI menyatakan:

(a) Berapakah tahanan di bawah Ordinan Darurat (emergency ordinance) setakat atau pada 30 Jun 2009; dan

(b) Adakah Kerajaan bercadang untuk melepaskan mereka atau membawa tuduhan terhadap mereka di Mahkamah.

Jawapan:

Tuan Yang Dipertua,

Saya mengucapkan terima kasih kepada Yang Berhormat Telok Intan yang mengemukakan soalan.

Untuk makluman ahli Yang Berhormat, bilangan tahanan di bawah Ordinan Darurat (Ketenteraman Awam dan Mencegah Jenayah) 1969 setakat atau pada 30 Jun 2009 adalah seramai 971 orang.

Ordinan Darurat (KAMJ) 1969 adalah merupakan undang-undang pencegahan yang berbentuk pemulihan (rehabilitative) dan bukannya berbentuk hukuman (punitive). Kerajaan akan membebaskan mana-mana orang tahanan yang telah menjalani proses pemulihan serta telah mencapai tahap yang ditetapkan.

Semasa menjalani tempoh tahanan, orang tahanan akan mengikuti program pemulihan yang dijalankan oleh agensi-agensi berkaitan dan mereka akan dinilai tahap pemulihan yang telah dicapai. Sehubungan dengan itu, pembebasan terhadap orang Tahanan akan diputuskan dengan mengambil kira syor daripada pelbagai pihak seperti Lembaga Penasihat, Jabatan Perdana Menteri (JPM), Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM), Jabatan Penjara Malaysia, Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat dan Unit Pemulihan, Kementerian Dalam Negeri, bagi menilai sama ada seseorang itu telah insaf, atau mencapai tahap pemulihan yang ditetapkan.

Untuk makluman ahli Yang Berhormat juga, Kerajaan tidak mendakwa orang-orang tahanan tersebut di mahkamah terbuka memandangkan Ordinan Darurat 1969 adalah merupakan undang-undang pencegahan di bawah kuasa eksekutif Menteri Dalam Negeri yang bertujuan untuk mencegah seseorang dari melakukan kegiatan jenayah yang boleh memudaratkan ketenteraman.

Sumber: http://suarampg.blogspot.com/

Sunday, 20 December 2009

Pertimbangan Yang Wajar Untuk Masa Depan

PETALING JAYA: Esok (Sabtu), tiga parti terbesar di luar Barisan Nasional (BN) iaitu PAS, PKR dan DAP akan berhimpun di Auditorium Majlis Bandaraya Shah Alam (MBSA) dari jam 8 pagi hingga 6 petang untuk mengesahkan kewujudan mereka sebagai sebuah pakatan yang formal sepertimana BN.

Syabas dan tahniah kepada Pakatan Rakyat. Sama ada nama ini akan kekal dalam format yang formal nanti atau digantikan dengan nama lain adalah tidak relevan buat masa ini.

Dengan cogankata “Memimpin Perubahan, Menjana Kemenangan”, konvensyen yang julung-julung kalinya akan diadakan itu setidak-tidaknya memperlihatkan iltizam ketiga-tiga parti ini untuk menjadi pesaing BN yang serius menjelang pilihan raya umum akan datang.

Dengan berbaik sangka bahawa pendaftaran Pakatan Rakyat sebagai sebuah gabungan tidak akan mengalami sebarang ‘hiccup’ atau tersedu dan diluluskan oleh pejabat Pendaftaran Malaysia, maka lanskap politik Malaysia tidak akan sama lagi selepas ini.

Menjelang pilihan raya akan datang, iaitu yang ke-13, politik Malaysia akan menjadi sepertimana politik Amerika - dalam konteks kerajaan alternatif.

Walaupun Amerika dikenali sebagai bapa demokrasi tetapi hakikatnya ialah hanya dua buah parti sahaja yang mendominasi lanskap politik nasionalnya. Parti-parti itu ialah Demokrat yang kini menguasai White House dan parti Republikan yang sebelum ini menduduki White House. Dan begitu juga di Senat.

Sebelum pilihan raya yang lalu, iaitu yang ke-12, PAS, PKR dan DAP tidak berhasrat untuk menduduki Putrajaya. Mereka hanya hendak menjadi pembangkang yang kuat sahaja.

Malah ketika merasmikan Konvensyen PKR Sarawak minggu lalu, Anwar Ibrahim sendiri mengakui yang parti itu tidak teliti ketika meletakkan calon mereka pada pilihanraya yang lalu. Mungkin kerana tidak menyangka akan menang di lima negeri. Dan pada setengah-setengah tempat, calon yang dilabelkan sebagai ‘tangkap muat’ sahaja ini menang.

BN dinafikan majoriti dua pertiga di parlimen dan lima negeri dikuasai sama ada oleh PAS, PKR atau DAP.

Oleh kerana set minda mereka hanya untuk menjadi pembangkang yang kuat, ketiga-tiga parti ini sama ada tidak terfikir ataupun belum bersedia berfungsi sebagai sebuah gabungan yang formal.

Sebab itulah, hari ini kita dapati, negeri-negeri yang diperintah oleh parti-parti ini seperti ada ‘pertembungan’ dan masalah di sana-sini. Mereka seringkali mengeluarkan arahan atau kenyataan yang bercanggah kerana tidak ada satu polisi atau dasar yang dikongsi bersama secara formal.

Hakikat ini disedari. Jika tidak maka konvensyen sepertimana yang akan diadakan Sabtu ini tidak akan terjadi.

Malah gabungan tiga parti ini juga telah muncul dengan logo baru mereka iaitu bunga raya yang dikelilingi oleh tiga imej manusia yang berpegangan tangan erat sebagai satu pakatan.

Dan berdasarkan iklan yang dipaparkan dalam laman blog Anwar sendiri, nampaknya pakatan baru yang formal ini sudahpun mempunyai mottonya iaitU 3B - BERPADU, BERUBAH, BERKAT

Lahiriahnya, pada kulit, semuanya sudah tersedia. Yang belum diketahui lagi ialah dasarnya dan halatujunya. Pengarang Harakah, Zulkifli Sulong berkata, konvensyen pertama PR ini akan diraikan secara besar-besaran. Ia melambangkan satu kemunculan kuasa baru dalam politik negara.

Hakikatnya ialah, ia bukan lagi satu perlambangan tetapi satu realiti baru.

Rakyat pada keseluruhannya, tidak kira sama ada yang berkecuali atau yang menjadi anggota mana-mana parti politik ingin mengetahui apakah dasar yang akan dibawa oleh gabungan baru ini.

Ini kerana di atas kertas, PAS, PKR dan DAP mempunyai halatuju yang berbeza.

Jika gabungan ini hendak berjaya, nampaknya mereka kenalah bersedia mengenepikan perbezaan ini demi masa depan dan survival gabungan.

Berdasarkan kenyataan-kenyataan para pemimpin mereka menjelang konvensyen ini, nampaknya mereka sanggup mengenepikan apa jua perbezaan yang selama ini menjadi batu penghalang.

Dan jika konvensyen ini berjaya menerima satu dasar bersama yang mampu menawarkan alternatif kepada rakyat Malaysia, maka BN mempunyai sebab untuk merasa tercabar sebagai satu-satunya gabungan parti politik yang memerintah Malaysia sejak merdeka.

Cuma tidak sepertimana BN yang menyaksikan Umno sebagai tunggak atau tulang belakangnya, gabungan baru ini masih belum jelas siapakah yang bakal menjadi parti yang dominan.

Jika pakatan ini ada kelemahannya maka inilah kelemahannya yang sebenar - iaitu tidak ada satu parti dominan yang menjadi tunggak gabungan.

Parti yang menjadi dominan dalam sesebuah gabungan ada baiknya. Ia menawarkan kestabilan dalam pemerintahan dan tidak mudah menjadi mangsa ‘peras ugut’ oleh parti kecil.

Inilah yang seringkali berlaku di India dan juga Pakistan. Kerajaan gabungan yang sama kuat atau tiada parti yang dominan tidak bertahan lama. Tumbang selepas enam atau 12 bulan memerintah.

Namun begitu dalam konteks PR, adalah terlalu awal untuk menentukan ini semua.

Jika esok, ketiga-tiga wakil parti yang berucap dan perwakilan yang berbahas hanya mengulangi perkara yang serupa, maka di penghujung konvensyen ia akan menjadi sekadar satu retorika semata-mata.

Yang kita semua hendak tahu dan nanti-nantikan ialah apakah dia dasar yang akan diterimapakai oleh gabungan baru yang formal ini.

Contohnya, rakyat Malaysia sudah jelak keesokan paginya, Karpal Singh berkata “langkah mayat saya dahulu jika hendak buat sebuah negara Islam” dan Haji Hadi dan Nik Aziz pula berkata mereka tetap dengan matlamat menjadikan Malaysia sebuah negara Islam ala Iran.

Jika kenyataan-kenyataan seperti ini terus dilaungkan, maka tidak ada gunakan konvensyen ini diadakan.

Juga adalah satu pertanyaan yang munasabah, apakah sikap dan pendirian gabungan ini terhadap isu-isu tertentu yang seringkali diperdebatkan seperti keistimewaan hak-hak orang Melayu memandangkan kaum Melayu adalah kaum dominan atau majoriti di Malaysia.

Begitu juga pendirian gabungan ini ke atas bahasa kebangsaan sebagai bahasa rasmi, agama rasmi negara dan lain-lain aspek penting yang selama ini menjadi tonggak kepada negara kita Malaysia.

Ini semua merupakan pertanyaan dan perasaan ingin tahu yang rasional kerana sebagai pengundi kita semua berhak mengetahui dengan jelas apakah yang hendak ditawarkan oleh gabungan baru ini bagi masa depan rakyat Malaysia.

Hanya dengan itu barulah kita semua boleh membuat satu pertimbangan yang wajar untuk masa depan negara ini dan juga kita sendiri.

Selamat Bersidang..


Komentar daripada ROZAID A. RAHMAN


Dipetik daripada mstar http://www.mstar.com.my/berita/cerita.asp?file=/2009/12/19/mstar_berita/20091218181909&sec=mstar_berita

Thursday, 3 December 2009

Transsexual Worries for Safety After Negative Reaction to 'Marriage'


Controversial ‘marriage’: Mohammed Fazdil or Fatine and Young posing for a photo after they were married in a civil partnership in the UK last May.

LONDON: Malaysian transsexual Mohammed Fazdil Min Bahari is afraid to return home due to the negative reactions over her marriage to a Briton.

She has received a lot of negative e-mails and comments from people, some even accusing her of insulting the Malaysian government.

Mohammed Fazdil or Fatine, said she felt frustrated that people did not understand she had come to the United Kingdom because she wanted to be with the man she loved.

She added that she could not do that in Malaysia and people in the country seemed to be taking a religious point of view over the matter.

“I am so frightened to go back. I am worried for my safety,” she said in response to what she claimed was the inaccurate portrayal of their love story by a Malay tabloid which caused the negative reactions.

Speaking up for the first time after The Sun newspaper in London broke the story, Fatine said she did not know what to do as her family had already disowned her.

“I’ve spent hours on the phone asking for forgiveness. I love them but I can’t change what has happened,” said the 36-year-old makeup artist.

Fatine said it was a shame that the article had twisted their story as it was never their intention to insult the Malay community.

“They also put my father’s name in it, which was unnecessary and my mother is now afraid to leave the house,” she added.

Fatine also said that she understood that the Malays were very traditional and that “people like me aren’t acceptable”, but she hoped things would cool down eventually.

Fatine, who married Ian Young in a civil partnership in May, faces deportation back to Malaysia after her Leave to Remain visa was rejected by the Home Office over an “incorrect” photograph.

A second application with a passport photograph with a white background as required, instead of blue, was submitted for reconsideration but it was also thrown out in October.

The pair has just submitted their third application for a Right to Family Life under the Human Rights Act in Britain.

On Monday, Immigration director-general Datuk Abdul Rahman Othman said the department might take action against Fatine when she returned home as it viewed problems like overstaying seriously.

Young, 30, however, maintained that Fatine’s application was still being processed by the UK Border Agency and she should not be classified as an overstayer.

“All we want is to be married, happy and living together.

“The only way we can do this is over here in the UK,” said Young, who runs a property maintenance company.

He said the article also made it sound like they were trying to make a mockery of Muslim laws, which was never their intention.

“As a result of the way we have been portrayed, I now feel that we would be in more danger than ever if we were to try and live in Malaysia,” he added.
~ news taken from Choi Tuck Wo, The Star, Malaysia
~ http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/12/3/nation/5227020&sec=nation