Ponder on Road Accidents

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                                      Ponder on Road Accidents

          Road accidents have become a common scene and almost a daily occurrence in Malaysia.  They have become almost a characteristic feature in our country.  The number of road accident casualties are extremely high. What are the causes for the frequent road accidents and high number of fatalities?  We have repeated the causes many times multiply many times already.  Now the problem is why the road users did not learn from the mistakes of others and avoided car accidents.  Another question is why the authorities concerned cannot effectively reduce car accidents to its possible minimum level despite wasting so much money, time and energy. 

          Here I would like to repeat the causes another time.  One of the causes is the condition of the vehicle.  It is within the power of the vehicle owner to keep the vehicle in good condition at all times.  Now the question is how many vehicle owners comply to this rule. 

          Another cause is the attitude of road users.  It is within the control of road users.  They should know when to overtake and when not.  They should be clear the speed they are allowed at different parts of the road.  But some drivers are reckless and selfish.  Hence, I believe in the power of the traffic police to interfere and catch these traffic offenders.  Frequent patrolling of the traffic police can be very effective to prevent these reckless and selfish drivers from endangering the lives of themselves and other road users.

          However, I still insist that the main cause of all  is the road conditions.  It is the within the power of the authorities concerned to improve and maintain.  Now the question is how duty-bound and responsible our authorities concerned are to improve and maintain the road system.  According to Samy Vellu “What went wrong?”, our government have spent RM224million  over the last five years on federal roads to reduce accidents.  The government have done so much and much to improve and maintain the major federal roads, including federal route one and two!!  Now the question is how much our government have done to improve and maintain the other roads: either municipal or state.  He said, ‘’Of the RM224 million spent under the Eighth Malaysia Plan, RM 126.7 million was used to used to build special motorcycle lanes.  Along major federal roads, including federal route one and two. bilibala...............” 

          In view of high number of motorcyclist fatalities, he failed to show us clear pictures and statistics of the related accidents at the places where there are special motorcyclist lanes and where there are not.  Now the question is he did not show us in statistics in comparison in terms of  the number of fatalities of the motorcyclists before and after the building of the special motorcycle lanes.  He did not tell us clearly if the special motorcyclist lanes are useful or not.  He could not point out to us the clear picture and statistics of the length of the special motorcycle lanes in ratio to the total length of the main road system as a whole.  Alamat!  What a curse!  What a shame!   He just ‘bilibala’ on the fragment pieces of facts to cover up his disabilities to solve the real causes of these ‘fatal’ problems. 

He has not evaluated the effectiveness of the headlight switching on of the motorcyclists in broad daylight since it started 10 over years ago to prevent or reduce the number of fatalities involving motorcyclists.  Everything he uttered is too blurred and too general to understand the causes and hence remedies to solve.  Therefore, the ‘fatal’ problems remain as ‘lethal’ year after year. 

          Now the question is how much and how well the roads are improved and maintained.  Now the question is how many sharp corners to the total sharp corners have been straightened to prevent accidents.  Now the question is  how many road barriers have been built so far in terms of the total number of road barriers that are required to be built in our road system. 

          In view of the high number of fatalities involving motorcyclists, I can assure to say that the road system are ‘far off’ motorcycle-users-friendly.

I can say it for sure, there are not enough special motorcyclist lanes and safety measures to protect them. 

          Now it is the right, immediate and consistent actions that count.  I would suggest a committee to be set up to study the causes of each accident and find out the remedial measures to prevent. Show us the statistics of the places, the road and vehicle conditions, the driver attitudes and other related causes of road accidents and effective preventive measures taken.

          I agree with the suggestion of someone to install the camera at those strategic locations to catch the reckless and selfish driver red-handed.

          Stationing our traffic police in booths at the strategic locations and frequent patrolling of our traffic police help too.

          Please review the fatalities involving different vehicle users often enough and meditate in depth and width so that the truth will manifest itself.  According to the recent report of road fatalities during the dual festivals of Deepavalli and Hari Raya Puasa (15 November, 2005, the See Hua Daily News), 141 cases out of the total 233 road fatalities are the motorcyclists !!!!!!!!!!!  Look! 60.3% of the road fatalities involving the motorcyclists.  Now I think what Samy Vellu should ponder and meditate is how to reduce road fatalities involving the motorcycle users.  He should learn to be more goal and target oriented to achieve the desirable results.  If the government can reduce the road fatalities involving motorcyclists, they can solve the real ‘lethal’ problems once and for all.  I still assert that our road system and policies must be motorcycle-users friendly to solve these ‘fatal’ problems.                                                  

Sunlight Versus Artificial light

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                                      Sunlight Versus Artificial light

          The Sibu Central Market is beautiful, magnificent and commanding in every way.  However, the lack of energy conservation consciousness and the greed of the lights installation contractor as well as the negligence of the authority concerned to oversee the work are just plain enough to every civic-minded citizen. 

         Do you have better reasons to tell us why there are so many fluorescents lights installed along the driveway?  Tell us why the lights are switched on when the sunlight is many times brighter than the artificial light.  You may say at night these fluorescent lights are required.  Think over it:  Do we really need so many fluorescent lights along the way?  After all, do the drivers also switch on the car lamps while driving at night?

          Do you have better reasons to tell us why there are so many fluorescent lights installed on each floor?  Tell us why the fluorescent lights are switched on where there is sufficient sunlight all along the sides of the parking lots.    

          Do you have better reasons to tell us why there are so many fluorescent lights and why they are installed so far above on the ground floor?   Tell us why the fluorescent lights are not installed just 10 feet above the floor so that we do not need so many fluorescent lights.  We also don’t need to cause unnecessary energy wastage!

          Do you still have the records of the cost of each fluorescent lamp and installation?  Did you think that our Sibu Central Market in fact only needs about half the number of the fluorescent lamps?

          Find out how frustrated we, taxpayers feel to think of the fact that the hard earned money is so wasted through this irrational energy wastage and payment for unnecessary installation.

          Try to understand how exasperatingly, we, taxpayers endure when the authorities concerned does not take actions to remedy the situations and let the problem of energy wastage continue.

          Be empathetic enough to sense how desperately, we , taxpayers tolerate when the authorities concerned shirk their responsibilities to improve the conditions through cautious management and avoid unnecessary wastage.

          Be sensitive enough to know how agitated, we, taxpayers, are when we are asked to pay more and more taxes and we have to face price hiking in every item.

          Be wise enough to think how agitatedly, we, taxpayers, undergo daily

when the authorities concerned are lackadaisical in their approach. 

          Remember not to take people for granted.  Please be attentive to our complaints or suggestions with due care.              

WAste Not! Want Not!

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                                               Waste not! Want not!

     The Sibu Central Market is beautiful, magnificent and commanding in every way.  However, there are just too many fluorescent lights to feel it right.  The awareness of energy conservation of the lights installation contractor is near to nil.  What a shame! 

     The Sibu Central Market is but a market for business transactions.  The items for sale are big enough to see and even for detailed examination in the broad daylight.  People don’t come here for reading.  Therefore, we don’t need so many dazzling and glaring strong lights. 

     The fluorescent lights along the driveway are useless because the sunlight there is many times brighter than the artificial lights.  I only see the greed and ignorance of the light installation contractor here especially and the negligence of the authority concerned to oversee the work.

     The Sibu Central Market is but a market for business transactions not a centre for reading the printed words.  Hence, strong lighting is definitely not required at all.  Besides, fluorescent lights are also not necessary at all at the places where there is enough sunlight.

     Good gracious!  The stallholders or tax payers are just helpless to many types of taxes to pay.  They are just ignorant as helpless that the taxes they paid are often so wasted through the unnecessary fluorescent lights and electricity currents as well as poor management.  Moreover, they are unaware that they have the ‘artificial light bask’.  I wonder whether they believe that too much ‘artificial light bask’ can cause ‘cataract’ and affect an individual ‘biological clock’ in the long run.

     The artificial light is very useful at night and for dark places.  Alamat, how we abuse the artificial light during the daytime.  Wake up to the law of nature.  We have sunlight during the day, so say ‘No!’ to the artificial light.  Make use of the sunlight wherever and whenever we can. 

     Think over it:  How many artificial lights does the Sibu Central Market need  and how bright should the Sibu Central Market be during the daytime?  How many artificial lights does the Sibu Central Market need  and how bright should the Sibu Central Market be at night?

     Remember the proverb:  Waste not! Want not!; Want not! Waste not!

To Be or Not To Be

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                                     To Be or Not To Be

          The Ruling Party and the Opposition Parties are different.  They are very different in terms of designation, position, and authority in the duties and responsibilities.  The Ruling Party is entrusted with the duties and responsibilities to govern the country at their disposal.  Therefore, they should rule the nation to the very best they can.  The Opposition Parties are but just the watchdogs to consider and to take heed of.  Hence, the Ruling Party ought to understand their roles and responsibilities well.  They must know how to distinguish right from wrong. 

Neglecting their roles and responsibilities and failing to demarcate the boundary of right from wrong are the main causes of rampant state of corruption and collusion in the country.  It is like a rotten apple and more akin to a malignant cancer spreading.  We plead for overhauling and reforming of the system or I am afraid the Ruling Party is subjected to the total collapse and downfall in the course of time sooner or later.  The one-party rule era of Kuomintang in Taiwan is a good example for us to refer to.  Indonesia and the Philippines are another two models for us to study.  Be alert!

          Hence don’t condemn the Opposition Parties for “Words more than Actions.”  and “Barking a lot of rubbish.”  Remember what the people want is the Ruling Party to carry out the duties efficiently and effectively well and not to bark back as much.  You are not the watchdog to do so.

          Don’t fly into a rage when the Opposition Parties pinpoint out the cases of corruption and collusion in the country.  Don’t act blind to the rampant and acute state of corruption and collusion in the country.  What the people want is that Ruling Party (RP) must implement the stringent measures to keep strict record of all the transactions of tax revenues and be transparent in the account of the allocation funds for development to prevent any foul play.  If possible, disclose the wealth of any ministers or officials of high ranking for scrutiny or cross examination.

          Don’t feel agitated when the Opposition Parties (OPs) sneer at the RP being incapable in dealing with the problems of floods.  Act promptly to show your ability to salvage the people from the torture of floods.  Not to say, this is the duties and responsibilities of the government.  People want the tangible and concrete show of your abilities in solving the problems of floods.  We don’t want to hear you blowing your own trumpet again and again as well as giving vain promises.  Don’t let us assess you as a mentally retarded to be so incapable.  Don’t impress us to see you know only how to cut ribbons, beam nicely to receive gifts and indulge in parties.

          Don’t panic when OPs criticise that the Government General Hospital is not well managed and well-kept.  Act now to improve.  Don’t lose the status of the Government General Hospital to the Private hospitals.  The RP should view the people’s preference and favour for the Private hospitals as a defiance and humiliation to the image, capacity and authority of RP.  Don’t let the people have the chance to poke fun at the RP saying, “Sibu is a small town but the private hospitals and clinics are many times more than enough.”  One of the ministers even took pride in the redundant number of the private hospitals and clinics to day-dreamily say, “ We can turn Sibu into a medical centre some day.”  Goodness me!  Please help to improve the conditions and raise the standard of the Government General Hospital (GGH) first. 

We should discourage, if possible, reduce the number of private hospital and clinics to avoid competition  so as to protect the people in general.  Here is a story to share.  I have a friend in Kuching.  Her boyfriend suffered from a heart attack.  Without a second thought, she sent him to a private hospital in Kuching for treatment.          However, his condition was just so serious that he needed a special equipment and care to sustain his life.  My friend was not in  the position to pay for the heavy expenses to let him  stay on in the private hospital, either.  Then, she needed to transfer him to the GGH. 

Fortunately or unfortunately, I don’t know, the man died the following day.  I show this example is to let the RP know that why we don’t want to see more private hospitals and clinics blooming in Sibu and other places.)  We want our government to offer the best possible medical  service to make us appreciate and sense your effort and capacity.  We want the concrete and tangible things to appreciate and to take pride in.  Avoid blowing your own trumpet anymore.  Don’t make people feel detested and disgusted again and again.

          Don’t feel impatient when the OPs mention the Issue of Education repeatedly.  Do introspect, examine, and find out all the weaknesses, defects and shortcomings of our education system and policies in order to improve and progress.  Don’t oppress and suppress different opinions anymore.  The Twin Towers and Putra Jaya are magnificently commanding, noble and splendid.  But the fall of Mr Chen to death in a Chinese Primary School as a result of the rotten floor caused by termites has shown us such a sarcastically contrast of luxurious buildings and the poor Chinese primary school buildings in general. 

Alamat! What a curse!  What a shame!  The falling death of Mr Chen shows the living example of the plush buildings that are erected at the expense of many Chinese primary school buildings.  Tell me why the Chinese primary schools have been facing the problems of lacking of space, classrooms and qualified teachers since our independence day.  So, don’t blame them to bring up the issue again and again because it has not been properly dealt with.  Have you tried your best?  Have you used the tax revenues fairly and justly?  We want tangible and concrete evidences and examples of fairness and justice.  We can’t tolerate ‘bilibala’ noise of fairness and justice in abstract anymore.

          It is wonderful to hear some ministers moot the idea of turning Malaysia into an education centre.  Now the question is what we should do to improve and raise the standards of our existing primary, secondary and tertiary education to the qualified levels to compete.  Now the question is how we can reform and overhaul our current education system and policies for a more comprehensive, holistic and reliable one.

          Don’t feel upset when the OPs accused the ministers in the RP to indulge in ‘money politics’.  They used money to buy votes to become ministers.  You let Anti-Corruption Agency investigate and find out the truth.  You don’t have to bare your teeth to deny.

          When Mr Lim Kit Siang demanded Rafidah to resign to justify her abuse of power.  She did not have to curse Mr Lim Kit Siang like that.  If she were really honest and innocent, she should keep cool and explained ‘APs’ calmly to dumb Mr Lim and pacify the people in general.

          Don’t hate the OPs when they tell you the truth of wastage.  Learn to be frugal.  According to a daily newspaper report, there were 17 government departments overspending the allocation.  Alamat!  Too much!  ‘Waste not, Want not.’  No wonder tax is imposed on almost everything.  Overspending through wastage, carelessness and corruption  is really abhorrent.  How much longer could the people tolerate the abuse and negligence of the RP?  Our neighbour, the Philippines should serve a good example of how tolerate the people could be and rebellious could turn out to be once they broke loose the line of toleration.                                                                                     5

          Don’t react so ignorantly when the OPs depict the rampant state of corruption and collusion of the government like a malignant cancer.  Act fast to formulate policies to eliminate conducive opportunities to corruption and collusion.

          When the OPs talk about the unfairness and injustice the government treating the Chinese primary schools,  don’t argue anymore but give concrete and tangible examples and evidences to prove.  Don’t ‘bilibala’ blindly to say how just and fair the government has been.  Malaysia is 48 years old.  The words and actions must be in accord to a 48-year-old person.  It is important to know the difference between the tangible and intangible or pure imagination.

     Don’t feel frustrated when the OPs remind so often the relationship of ‘master and servant’  in the democratic rule.  Lean to play the role of servants to serve the people.  Otherwise, I am afraid you have to face disgrace and embarrassment in time to come.

     Don’t act aggressive to the OPs when they sneer at the RP to know how to act to win the hearts of the people:  make a big show of development when the election day approaches.  They build bridges, pave the roads, extend the water and electricity supplies and build other infrastructure facilities.  After all, the majority of the people do not know that providing the basic needs are the responsibilities of RP.  They are blurred to the purpose of taxation.  Well, don’t rebut but show to the people what you have been doing all the time.  Try your best, work hard and improve yourselves, that is.  Don’t give the OPs parties any chance to catch you red-handed.    

     Ignore the OPs when they laugh at the ministers of the RP to enjoy talking on ‘gratitude’ and ‘sacrifice’.  But I think you should consider ‘win-win’ to be more practical and think of ‘terms of contract’ to be more applicable and fascinating.

     In conclusion, I see it feasible that the RP needs the OPs to pinpoint out the weaknesses, defects, and shortcomings to change, to adjust and improve.  Failing to do so, you only assist the OPs to become stronger and stronger and to overthrow you some day.  This is the best interaction between the RP and OPs.  Absolute authority is destined and subjected to absolute degradation and breakdown.  In the democratic system, fairness and justice should be the dominating factors to determine and progress for the best ‘servant’ to emerge to lead.

Patriotic Awareness

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                            Patriotic Awareness

     Making a big show to express yourselves being patriotic is indeed an eye-catching gesture.  But is it the benchmark to judge a person being patriotic or not?

     Hoisting or flying the National Flag to show being patriotic is a good sign of your effort.  But is it the yardstick to gauge the level of patriotism when you don’t even know how to take care of the flags after the event?

     Singing the National Anthem inside out your lungs is definitely touching.  But is it easy to maintain after the event when a person is so lack of self-discipline and loose to abide by the ethical principles of life?  Being patriotic means no bribe taking at all cost.  In view of the rampant and prevalent state of corruption.  I wonder how much patriotism you show so vigorously can apply.

     Shouting ‘Merdeka’ until you hoarse your voice and deafen your ears or others to show being patriotic is extremely exciting.  But how far and wide can it echo when assessing our success in terms of education, medical services, democracy, conservation of our natural environment and resources management?

     Attending a mass ceremony to celebrate the National Day to show being patriotic is fun, fascinating and stimulating to the senses of sight and hearing.  But  it is even more patriotic to have high level of attendance at work or service at your disposal.

     Hoisting the national flag or waving it vigorously to express your love for your country is indeed complementary an act to your positive attitude to perform your duty or work well as a citizen.

     Producing the rhythmic sound effect to express yourselves being patriotic is, no doubt, inspiring.  But these rhythmic sounds must be in accord with the tone and tune of the voice in daily communication in the service to others.

    Shouting ‘Merdeka’ piercingly loud to express your pride and joy that our country has an independent status and her own entity is definitely fulfilling.  However, this pride and joy needs the fulfilment of good education, medical service, democracy, conservation of our natural environment, infrastructures, fairness and justice to appreciate to work out.

     How I wish ‘Merdeka Day’ would become a very important day to everybody, especially our leaders to introspect and assess how patriotic they have been in the past one year and to make resolution to improve and to tune themselves to the more concrete, practical and meaningful ways of patriotism.  We really need good leaders with exemplar acts of patriotism to learn and to follow.

Thoughts Association With AP Issue

Thoughts Association with AP Issue

     I don’t understand much about the practice of APs but I know how agitated Dr Makhatir was and how heartbroken Rafidah felt.  She shed so much tear when asked just to explain the problems relating to APs.

     I don’t understand much about the practice of APs but I know Dr Makhatir really abandoned his care of how he would expose the weakness and malfunction of his former administration that he was in full and total command.  I know how Rafidah faced the risk of being ostracised to confront him even though she said he was like a father figure to her.

     I don’t understand much about the practice of APs but I know how Rafidah wished for a total cover-up.  She really hated any mention of APs  and lest to say to share the secret of the issue of APs.  But I also know she adbored to the demand of explanation about the practice of APs so much so that she evaded the Parliamentary Meetings again and again. Eventually, our Prime Minister had to send her an ultimatum to show up in the next Parliamentary Meeting.

     I don’t understand much about the practice of APs  but I know the proper dealing with the case concerning so much to the progress or degradation of the nation.  Our country just can’t afford to endure anymore man-created malady and calamity like this or how we can live up to the expectation and realisation of Vision 2020. You see, it is only 15 years to fulfil.  Therefore, everybody, especially, our leaders ought to take accountability of their actions and conducts seriously and urgently.  There is no better way to show patriotism than be more responsible for your own actions and duties.  As far as I know our leaders enjoy quite a lot of privileges and rights in my country.

     I really don’t understand much about the practice of APs but I know it is an abuse of power, a kind of corruption and injustice. 

     Alamat! What a curse to think of the leaders or ministers taking advantages of the policy to amass astronomical wealth for themselves and enjoy the wealth at the expense of others.

     I don’t understand much about the practice of APs but I know AP issue is just like a rotten egg exploding.  The process of rotting should have started long time ago.

     Alamat!  What a curse!  The former Prime Minister was just over-confident and too outgoing to believe that his administration was like a rotten apple.  Besides, he was just too strong and too busy to think in depth and width.  Moreover, he was also too indulgent in his own charm as a leader.

     At one stage, he was just too acutely intense to believe he could prove his deputy Prime Minister guilty of homosexual and other charges of corruption.  He overlooked even more serious cases and widespread state of corruption in general in his administration.  It was just too much one-man play to foster the proper practice of democracy.  Actually, he tried all means to undo ‘democracy’.

    Furthermore, the former Prime Minister was far too humble to insist and to empower Anti-Corruption Agency to force the disclosure of wealth each minister and official possessed, of course, including himself for the scrutiny and cross-examination.

     Good gracious!  What a shame that our present Prime Minister Pak Lah , I am cocksure,  that he has to devote a lot of his ministry to dig out, hack off, cleanse and sterilise the cancerous part of corruption.  Besides, he also has to poke and push Anti – Corruption Agency hard enough to reactivate them to action again.

     Pak Lah definitely needs great wisdom and immense effort to undo and overhaul  
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the deep-rooted practice of corruption and collusion.  He must forcefully exercise   

the twin pillars of conduct, namely ‘Reward and Punishment’ effectively to encourage good conducts and deter wayward habits.

     I don’t know much about the practice of APs but I know that Rafidah didn’t need to touch the Holy Book, Quran to swear to emphasise her innocence in such an inappropriate place and time.  But I know she has to explain clearly once and for all how the malpractice of APs took place with her as the minister of Trade and Commerce.

     Now the question is How she could allow the few ministers or persons to hold so many APs at the expense of others.  It is an injustice to the extreme.

     Now the question is Why she allowed.  She should have learnt the Principle of Justice from the Holy Book, Quran that any form of injustice has its equivalent degree of punishment or retribution.

     I don’t understand much about the practice of APs but I know that it is a very grave offence she committed with very much abandonment of self conscience.  She needs to resign to justify and align with the Pak Lah’s ambition and determination to hack off the cancerous part and cleanse the sickly administrative system handed to him not long ago.

(I wrote this article years ago.)

30% Bumi Equity Ownership

30% Bumi Equity Ownership                                                        10 May, 2012

          “30% Bumi equity ownership achievable by 2020—Minister”  (9 May, 2012  Wednesday  The Borneo Post).  Be honest to say that I really have no idea at all how our Bumi friends outside the circles of the BN leaders and the cronies can reach this 30% Bumi equity ownership.  It is something so blurred and intangible to 90% of our Bumi friends.  It is no doubt a very good camouflage to steal and steal and to take full advantage of this provision to the few who have the power and the access.  So we witness how our prime ministers, chief ministers, ministers, high ranking officers and related consortiums (XXXX4) prosper at the expense of the mass.  It is indeed smart of these leaders in the name of Bumis to gain full advantage for their own good and interest only.

          I am rest-assured to say that it is impossible X n times “30% Bumi equity ownership” to be achieved by 2020.  Actually it has been achieved many times over for the XXXX4 at the expenses of the mass.  Hence we witness the two extremes 10% very wealthy people against 40% very poor people.  Count and check the number of people who came for RM500 special aid to the poor. 

          It is very stupid of Najib to give money that way to cause so much rush and push for the poor.  Be more organised.  If he really has the heart for the poor, he should improve the lots of the poor systematically.  Besides special aids to the poor, he should improve the road system and other basic infrastructures everywhere properly, Sarawak and Sabah especially.  We have been colonised by the Federal government too long.  We people in the two states really see this partnership a curse and worse than that of British colonialism.

          We people have witnessed enough how the allocation funds have been hijacked by the BN leaders and the cronies since time immemorial.  Money laundering in hundred billions is recorded annually.   Who are the culprits?   We people  at least 70% know much.

          9 million is said to have gone missing in Sarawak headed by Taib Mahmud, the chief minister who is also the state finance minister.  The ministers from PR tried to bring the matter up in the state assembly but were gagged to do so. 

          Now One billion has been allocated for the Bumiputra Entrepreneurs Trust Fund.  We hope this money will really reach the eligible ones.  It will not be hijacked by Taib Mahmud and his cronies.  

          I cannot figure out how much RM 1 billion.  I wonder if the money is in RM100 notes to be put in A4 paper box, how many A4 paper boxes there are.  If we stack them up  5 boxes in height and 10 boxes across, how many kilometres it will run up to.   These XXXX4s always seem to engage in  transaction involving millions or billions. 

          Please do not use the name of Malays or Bumiputras to engage in the business of embezzlement and swindling.   Be prepared to abandon the provision of 30% Bumi equity ownership as it is just too elusive and unrealistic to attain for the 90% of the Bumis.  Translate this 30% equity ownership into the tangible products like improving the road system, better medical services, electricity and water supply, education facilities and the like for all.   It is better not to divide the people in this way.  Practise the true spirit of democracy for the good of all.  We have done enough experiments on economic development based on races.  Majority of people like me do not believe this trick to upkeep the status.

          Believe me, it is through education and skill development of every individual to win in life.  Abandon the myth that Bumis can be helped in that way when majority of the people including the Bumis do not believe this trick anymore.   In the 13^th general election, we people will tell you what we want.