Point to Point (19)
*Justified 9June2006
“Ha………………………………………………” I was nearly
tickled to death (‘laugh me to death’ in the Chinese language) when I read the article about Dr M
(mega-maniac) criticising our present prime minister Abdullah and his
government both in Chinese and English
daily newspapers on 8 June, 2006. Today,
I read about how the leaders bombarded and blasted him and supported Abdullah
and his government. Finally, I sensed
the democracy in practice gradually. The
22 + years of Dr. Mega-maniac rule had “upset” the principles of democracy so
much so that our prime minister has to “undo despotic and corrupted
administration” and we have to relearn the principles of democracy in real
essence. “gher……………………………………….” (scorn at)(air from the nose)
There is a proverb in Chinese: “A clever man is tricked/ fooled by his own
fanciful acts.” He self-exposed the
blunders and plunders he committed during his despotic ‘reign’ of the
nation. (He has been lucky because the
people have not been enlightened enough to force him to face the tribunal of
being irresponsible, erratic, uncountable, corrupt, abusive, ………………… )
Not many people were aware how he squandered taxpayers’ money to
indulge in the mega projects which served little purpose but a show of the
grandeur and wealth at the expense of 99% of the people’s happiness and
well-being. (Ignorant person in politics
like me became wide awakened and enlightened.)
I started to probe for truths and facts; phenomena of cause and effect;
the curses of his rule.
Not until he pinpointed out the abuse of power in the Approved Permits
(APs) for the imported cars, I was exposed very little to the news of
corruption. I did not know that it was
so rampant and rotten and spread like cancerous cells. I knew that his government always “bought”
votes for the election. I witnessed how
the ministers paid the voters to be elected.
It had been a common practice. Ha
.…………………………………… I knew people had to
bribe the government staff to get things done properly and fast enough. I knew people could bribe the police easily. I knew bribery and corruption here and there
in the government. I knew that most
leaders were corrupted. But I was not
aware that corruption was so rampant in our country. I did not know that it was so rotten and
cancerous.
I knew that how abusive Marcos had been and how corrupt his
administration was. I knew how abusive
Suharto had been and how corrupt his administration was. I only knew how abusive Dr. Mega-maniac and
how corrupt his administration was until he stepped down when our prime minister
Abdullah first job in his ministry was “Anti-corruption” act to launch to
cleanse and “undo” the bad practice of the former administration. He even conceptualised the “Institute of Integrity”
to foster the practice and re-establish the long-lost virtue. (Ha…………………………………………)
I did not know how abusive Dr.
Mega-maniac was until he declared publicly when he condemned Abdullah
and his government to “axe” the construction of scenic bridge further to the
side of Singapore. It cost the government 1 billion! for the
loss. Alamak. What a curse! What a shame! (It is enough to
pay for all the expenses in Chinese primary schools for a full school year.) We need really stronger leaders, people and political system to make him be
responsible and accountable for the loss.
(Ha…………………………………………………) See
whether he dares to show up every now and then to upset and disturb Abdullah
and his government. (gher……………………)
I did not know how much money he squandered in constructing Putrajaya
buildings and he expected Abdullah to complete the project at Putrajaya.
When Mr Chen, a teacher, fell to his death in school because of termite
infected floor, I attributed the incident to the abuse of Dr. Mega-maniac who
squandered taxpayers’ money for mega-projects and overlooked the needs for more
funds to Chinese primary school. (a prejudice and eagerness to suppress the
development of the Chinese primary school).
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