Imposition of parking charges?

17 families defy eviction notices

The Malaysian Oil Dilemma Talk

Title: "The Malaysian Oil Dilemma"
Venue: KL & Selangor Assembly Hall
Date: 24 June 2008 (Tuesday)
Time : 8 pm
Speaker: YB Loke Siew Fook, YB Tony Pua, Darshan Singh (ERAConsumer) & other distinguish panelists

Organized by DAPSY and DAP HQ


Register in advance: PLace are limited
Contact Person : 017-609 9963/ 03-7957 8022 (leefuhaw@gmail.com)


See you there!

Moonlighting as Comedians

The news can be a very interesting source of entertainment these days as there are constant barrages of half thought out statements from men and women in the BN government. I personally find myself laughing harder reading these articles than looking through the comic section.

These anointed ones purported and claimed to be saviors of our nation in these difficult times of world economic turmoil despite the fact that BN and BN alone is the source of our suffering. Through their greed, mismanagement and years neglecting the fundamental rules of basic governance, our nation is now left so far behind other Asian economies despite having been blessed with abundance of natural resources, a strategic location and a shroud of protection from major disaster like earthquake, volcanoes or tornadoes.

The other day I almost fell off my chair while reading my morning paper with another such statement. This time, it came from Tan Sri Amirsham, Umno’s savior from the corporate world appointed through the back door. This former leader of the largest finance group in our nation with several others in the Economic Planning Unit claimed to have found the “holy grail” solution to the public servants hardship. They opined that their fabulous solution to the hardship cause by fuel price increase brought by BN’s mismanagement of our resources is for the public servants to moonlight.

Before I could sit back tight, I got a call from a concerned friend who lives in oversea. He asked how my government can run effectively if the public servants are not well fed. Speechless, I was.

In my mind I pictured the very people we are entrusting to enforce the law meekly working to scrounge for a living. What about conflict of interest between their after hours commercial pursuit. For the rotten apples, it could even be a legit mean to get remuneration from their “sugar daddies” without fearing ACA. For the rest of the rakyat, we probably have to face tired front counter government servants who were busy serving nasi lemak at warongs the night before just to make the ends meet. The possible sad endings are just too numerous that I fear to dwell deeper.

At the end, it became apparent when the article reveals the person who first thought of this great plan was Datuk S. Subramaniam, who walked among those who had managed Maika “exceedingly well”. The super CEO has been getting ideas to save the nation from rejected losers whom I suggest that he should really think it over again. The solution ought to lies in correcting the management of resources and not asking the nation to continue cope with BN’s mismanagement. I seriously doubt how much of those billions apparently “saved” by the fuel price hike actually trickles back to benefit the rakyat and not some cronies.

Lim Lip Eng
DAP MP for Segambut
13/6/2008

Redraft on draft KL plan

Road show on controversial draft KL plan
Taken from www.malaysiakini.com
Soon Li Tsin & Tarani Palani | Jun 3, 08 11:49am

The 10 Pakatan Rakyat parliamentarians in Kuala Lumpur will hold a road show from June 15 to get public feedback on the controversial draft local plan of the capital city.

The draft plan, released on May 15, lists such goals as turning KL into a world-class city, achieving sustainable land use and protecting the environment.

However, Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has already come in for flak from interest groups over a litany of ‘unfavourable’ proposals.

There are also issues which are filled with ‘technical jargons’ as well as complicated graphs and charts in the two-volume publication.

The Pakatan road show will attempt to reveal the impact of the proposals to the public. Several of the parliamentarians and the deputy federal territories minister have their say here.

Lim Lip Eng, Segambut MP - "The development of the Lake Gardens to include wider space for the construction of tall buildings is not acceptable. It is a recreational spot. The plan encroaches into KL’s (oldest) green lung.

I am planning to take action against this. I will talk to visitors to the park and submit a protest.

Esa Mohamed, who is the lead consultant of the draft plan, is also part of the committee to review the draft. There is a conflict of interest here. There was no pre-consolidation prior to drawing up the plan. The people and NGOs were not consulted.

Generally, I have one solution. Scrap it. Re-draft the plan with the inclusion of a wider range of public opinion."




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