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回忆录是另类解密   廖明安

        无论是李光耀还是马哈迪的回忆录，肯定都不及糖王郭鹤年的回忆录来得真实、精彩，有高度及歷史价值。
       李光耀与马哈迪的回忆录，多是为本身的政治斗爭自我歌功颂德，合理化一切当权时代不合理的政策与决策。尤其马哈迪《医生当家》这本回忆录，被学者奚落「最大败笔是他对马来西亚的理解和詮释停留在过去的时代，只在重复他多年的看法，以及对新仇旧恨的辩解。」
而郭鹤年的回忆录，虽然在我国还没上架，一些转载的篇章，已经激起广泛討论。而有者更认为这本回忆录將影响第14届大选华社的投票意愿。书中揭露许多不为人知的政坛疮疤，政治人物的道德问题以及不平等的种族政策。
      从书中章节，我们可以看到郭老对国父东姑阿都拉曼为国为民的敬仰及钦佩，对敦拉萨种族政策贪得无厌的厌恶，对胡先翁把国家列车开错方向的无奈与无力感。当然，郭老的回忆录更是毫不保留的把政党不断要求金钱援助的孬事娓娓道来。郭老的回忆录，也可说是马来西亚版的「维基解密」。
      郭鹤年的回忆，虽然是几十年前的往事，但读起来毫无时代的隔阂感，因为无论是腐败，种族政策还是金钱政治，从未在我国发展路上停止过，我们亦很熟悉，也感同身受。

多次出手拯救马华

      郭老在书中揭露敦拉萨以「內阁压力」为由，二度要求郭氏创设的大马国际船务公司增加马来股权，虽然当时郭老勉为其难，但两次都答应敦拉萨，以致政府成了该公司主要持股者。从这段歷史看来，我国种族政策的始作俑者，敦拉萨莫属。
      郭老虽然给人印象性情温和，但书里难掩这数十年来的对国家政策不满的火气与不满。而他对马华的回忆，更让已经失去华社支持的马华雪上加霜。郭老毫无保留的道出当年马华领导求助缴付2000万保释金，救出在新加坡因失信案被扣押的马华总会长陈群川。马华出现財政危机，陈修信再度要求他帮忙马华渡过难关，以及林良实要求他救济万能企业等公司。
      郭老承认，他多次金钱援助国阵与马华。倘若我们用官商勾结来形容郭老与国阵的关係，对这样一位高风亮节的首富，似乎不恰当。我们可以瞭解，当时的政治局势，郭老不得不出手帮助国阵或者马华渡过难关。
      郭老后来「走出祖国」，除了其企业考量，最大因素或许就是马来西亚在东姑以后，走向更为极端的种族政策，以及贪得无厌的朋党主义。他在书中这样写道「朋党是塑造领袖威望的哈巴狗，作为回报，领袖交出了国家好处给他们。」由此可见，一而再再而三被国家领袖当    「金矿」压搾，郭老不愿意成为这些领袖的哈巴狗，最终选择了出走。
      郭鹤年的回忆录，没有想像力或者矫情做作，有的是对官僚的满腔愤慨，对国家的忧虑及对民族的期许，是一本比较真诚的回忆录，启示国人。12月1日在我国上架，確实是国人期待的一本好书。

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纳吉就是他阿爸敦拉萨的报应。纳吉的下场肯定不好。不好到怎样程度，只有Allah 知道。 Allah 。-  。会怎样处罚纳吉和他的子子孙孙，这就得看时间来证实Allah的力量无限大。就像空气和水。 到时自有分晓。 在“时间的河”流中才可以见证Allah所发挥的威力和力量。 未来的子孙会见证到这些邪恶人的所要面对邪恶的下场。这是Allah伟大的定律。就像水永远永远往下流。也像空气永远永远环绕在周围。我真的希望有一天我们有博物馆展示这些人如何集团集体掠夺人民。

Tweets 30/11/2017 收垃圾承包商不处理 大型家俱勿弃门口

Tweets 30/11/2017

又是接近年尾大小扫除的时候。“收垃圾承包商不处理 大型家俱勿弃门口”市议主席张泰卿呼。。诗巫民众不要这么做。 每年，市议主席张泰卿呼。。诗巫民众不要这么做。 每年诗巫民众都很无奈的这么做。 请问收垃圾承包商不处理大型家具垃圾，那该由谁来处理？ 为什么收垃圾承包商不处理大型家具垃圾？ 为什么市议主席张泰卿都没有好好思考一下？ 如果专业收垃圾承包商不处理大型家具垃圾，那么小市民，怎能处理大型家具垃圾？  这市议会到底做什么？

非民选的市议会原来就是这么样。 权力这么大！ 完全没有为人民着想。

It is again the time for big and small general cleaning to take place in every household in Sibu.  Again Chairman of Sibu Municipal Council insensibly and illogically pleads the public not to dispose the large sized old furniture outside their gates.  He says the rubbish collecting contractor refuses to deal with big sized old furniture.   Every year, this same old Chairman repeats the same insensible and irrational plea but Sibuans repeat the same habits by discarding the big sized, old furniture outside their gates. 

And every year, I get enraged to see the same insensible and irrational plea asking Sibuans not to do that.  If the professional rubbish collecting contractor is not able to collect the large sized old furniture, how can the non-professional public who have no big lorry nor manpoweeeeeer  to discard the large sized old furniture do that?   I hope that he will come to his right sense soon or he should be prepared to step down for good like Robert Mugabe.

人應是教育的目的   黄集初

教育簡單來說，就是人的培養。但現在的教育體系，卻往往忽略了人的存在，以致去人性化。
究其原因，有內部的因素，也有外部的因素。內部因素有很多，其中一個普遍的因素，我們稱之為「目標錯置」（Displacement of goals）。其意是指法規本是組織為了達成目標的工具，結果卻因過于重視法規，導致工作人員把嚴守法規當成是目標，而不是把辦好事情當成目標。這在官僚體系中是一種普遍的現象，甚至可說是結構中的一部份，無法避免。所以，法規越訂越多，問題就越趨嚴重。

自由空間受擠縮
國家教育行政體系本身就是官僚體系，這種目標錯置的現象自然也比比皆是。一般本來上有政策，下有對策。在過往，所謂天高皇帝遠，校長、教師及學生還有自由的空間，有心人還能在這樣自由的空間中推行符合人性化的教育。但自從ISO及KPI盛行，加上信息化，中央對學校的管制力越來越強，這種自由的空間就受到極大的擠縮。
理論上，目標錯置如果是不可避免的現象，那改革的方向就是削減繁文縟節，減少對教師和學生的干憂。但我國教改的措施反而是增加了更多的繁文縟節，以致教育過程中去人性化的現象越來越嚴重。

比如校本評估，本應配合校本管理，讓學校及教師有更大的自主權，這樣子才能充分發揮校本評估原本的用意，幫助教師更好地教學及學生更好地學習。但我國推行校本評估過程，仍然維持中央集權的方式，心態上仍然不信任教師，也不信任校長，因此，制訂更多的規則，層層監管，層層上報，導致教師疲憊不堪，學生也不知所以的配合地「抄」標準答案，大失校本評估的原意。

功利性的思維
至于外部因素，可以概括為功利性的思維。比如小學的作業負擔，不需要有什麼教育專業知識，憑常識就知道這是違背教育的不正常現象。可是多年下來，一籌莫展，反而變本加厲。好不容易教育部下令每科只限一本課外作業，本以為就算不能徹底決問題，也至少能減輕學生的負擔；結果，出版商把三本作業薄合併成一本，以符合通令文字上的要求，以致實際上數量減了，總重量卻不變。當教育成為一門生意時，與教育相關的各方人士中，有多少人還把學生放在心上呢？

內部的官僚化，外部的功利化，導致教育過程日趨去人性化，離本來的目的越來越遠。所謂積重難返，今天如要解決這兩大問題，不是易事，更不是完全在教育體系內可以解決的。官僚化是國家行政機構的通病，解決之道是權力下放，這需要聯邦政府大刀闊斧地對組織結構進行根本性的改革。功利化本質是社會問題，各方利益盤根錯結，政府不正視、不介入，難以期望會有根本性的解決。

不過，我國畢竟還是民主體制的國家，所謂什麼樣的人民就會選出什麼樣的政府。如果我們對政府的期望只是撥款又撥款，那就算有足夠的壓力迫使政府要有所作為，政府也只是撥款又撥款。所以，人民的覺醒，特別是家長，是解決問題，讓教育回到正軌上的關鍵中的關鍵。

Language and Music to me 24/11/2017

Language and Music to me  24/11/2017

        I must admit that my LIQ/language intelligent quotient /ˈkwəʊʃənt/ is not high if not too low as I often fail to express myself in such a way that I can …..when I compare my utterances with my siblings, cousins,  friends and so on.  I have discovered that there is something that I must do to improve.  I believe in improvement and progress through practice in the process. 

After all, language has a system and we repeat the same patterns all the time like a musical piece though language is in many ways more complicated, especially the spoken one which you have to think and retrieve information fast and accurate.  This demand is a bit tough for me as a pensive person, so I cannot speak without so much thought, consideration, hesitation and… especially impromptu ones.  My language on call can often be so crude and quite rude as well.  Nowadays, we can record speeches on Wechat to be listened again and again. 

        I picked up my mother tongue consciously, subconsciously and unconsciously.  I also learnt the written form of the standard Chinese in the same manner.  I think I learnt the standard English language in more or less the same way and some deliberate effort especially when I studied the English course and gave tuition after class.

I engage in the English language whenever I should and now I could because it is my belief through practice that I can improve all the time.  I need the set up or the speech records or language registers in my mind to ready myself to speak on call.  If it is my first time talking about certain things, I have problem to put my thoughts in words in speaking, be it Foochow, Chinese or English.  I discovered that I always improve through trials and errors.  Yes, I can refine my language through practice just like how I improve the piano playing the songs through practising the songs many and many and many…… times.

Language  unlike music is indispensable.  Music to me is dispensable and I only play the songs when I am free enough.  I learnt it for two years at two different centres at two different towns.  When my son refused to learn the piano anymore, I stopped going as well as …

However, I carried on at home for quite some time when I was not seriously engaged in any business.  I played on, hoping that I could become a professional pianist or at least …

When I started my work again, I stopped as I have said music to me is dispensable.  Lately, I have started playing my favourite or challenging songs again.  I realised that again I had the initial hiccups when I first started playing those three songs which I believed that I had played at least 100 + times to become quite automatic or spontaneous.   After practising for a few more times, the old memories of the song patterns and which keys and which fingers on the right and left hand to press to play the song have come back.

I can play the music  “Can Can Dance” from memory again now. I only passed it  after five weeks of practising.  This experience is invaluable.  The first book is Step by Step Piano Course; the second and third book is Piano Lesson Made Easy Level 2 and Level 3  by Lina Ng and the fourth book is Lesson Book-Level 4 by Willard A. Palmer … Level 4, we only had a few more  songs to go to complete the book.  We learnt the piano for fun, not for test.  We did not want to be bothered by tests, so it was easy for us and the teachers. 

But I still need some more time to pick up the songs, “Little Buttercup” and “Mor Li Hua”.  The knowledge of musical note/chords like English grammar helps a person to start, continue and … again.  It is the knowledge of musical notes /chords and the memory records of the songs that help me to pick up the songs gleefully again.  

If I don’t know how to play the song, I need to refer to the notes all the time.  Once I can play from memory or spontaneously, the musical notes are meaningless or unimportant in the play.  Of course at this stage, I can enjoy playing the songs so much and proudly when I can play from memory.