Tuesday 20 September 2011


14th Sep 2011    Category: Uncategorized
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Make the best

You won’t always get the best, yet you can always make the best from whatever you get. You won’t always get your way, yet you can always make your way forward no matter what.

Even when the situation is not perfect, you can make the best of it. Even when the initial outcome is not ideal, you can make the best of it.

Instead of wishing for what could have been, choose to effectively and successfully deal with what is. Instead of assigning blame, assign yourself the task of finding and implementing a positive way forward.

You can choose where you’re headed, no matter where you’re coming from. Stop wasting energy fighting against what has already happened, and apply that energy toward a positive purpose.

Focus your awareness and your efforts on the most positive, desirable outcome. Make the best of the situation where you find yourself by visualizing and following a path to whatever you truly desire.

You deserve the best, and you deserve the positive, enriching experience of bringing it about. So whatever comes your way, make the best of it, and give yourself the positive outcome you deserve to enjoy.
 
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how amazing is the world


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How Amazing Is This World

How fantastic it is to imagine a creator, a force behind this wondrous mystery of life. Could it really be possible? Could life and death still be life? Am I just another aspect of the cycle of life, of soul? Who is this power that creates such beauty? This mystery is beyond my powers of contemplation. It humbles me, it puts me into perspective, it makes everything else seem so much smaller. Life. Where do I begin to wonder about it? Is accepting the mystery enough or do I need to solve it in order to enjoy it? Perhaps I am only meant to accept and live with the mystery in order to participate, to stand in awe before that which I can probably never fully understand. Today, at least, that will have to do.

Today my jaw will drop.

What had that flower to do with being white,
The wayside blue and innocent heal-all?
What brought the kindred spider to that height,
Then steered the white moth thither in the night?
What but design of darkness to appall? -
If design govern in a thing so small
Robert Frost
 

Wednesday 14 September 2011


Fulfillment is yours



You’ve waited long enough. This is the day to take action.

The excuses are quite reasonable and understandable, and yet they have brought no value to your life. Let go of those comfortable excuses, and step forward into the bright, direct light of achievement.

The hours in this day will quickly pass no matter what you choose to do with them. So you might as well make full use of them to create meaningful value.

If you’re not sure what to do, take a moment and reach deep inside. Remind yourself of the things that mean the most, and do what truly strengthens and supports those things.

If the disruptions and distractions erode your focus, reach inside again. Commit yourself with your actions, over and over, to live true to your highest vision.

This is your life and today is your opportunity to make a difference. Get busy, because fulfillment is now yours to create.
 

Monday 12 September 2011

corruption and over spending1 of 11 FW: Dr Mahathir Mohamad wealth_Check this out X Inbox X Reply eby josef ruwin to me show details 7:52 AM (4 hours ago) From: doral18@hotmail.com Subject: FW: Dr Mahathir Mohamad wealth_Check this out Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:30:53 +0000 > From: gnarcis@bigpond.com > To: doral18@hotmail.com > Subject: FW: Dr Mahathir Mohamad wealth_Check this out > Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:56:22 +0800 > > > > > > > > These are where your hard earn money went > > > > > THIS SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS A CHAPTER IN OUR SCHOOL'S HISTORY BOOK > > > > > > > THE MOST CORRUPTED MALAYSIAN > > > Malaysia has squandered an estimated RM100 billion on financial scandals under the 22-year rule of Dr Mahathir Mohamad, according to a new book about the former prime minister. > > According to Barry Wain, author of the soon-to-be launched †Malaysian Maverick: Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times†, direct financial losses amounted to about RM50 billion. > > This doubled once the invisible costs, such as unrecorded write-offs, were taken into account. The RM100 billion total loss was equivalent to US$40 billion at then prevailing exchange rates. > > Barry, who is a former editor of the Asian Wall Street Journal, says most of the scams, which included a government attempt to manipulate the international tin price and gambling by Bank Negara on global currency markets, occurred in the 1980s. > > > †Malaysian Maverick†is the first independent, full-length study of Mahathir, who retired in 2003 after more than two decades as premier. The book will be published globally next week by Palgrave Macmillan. > > Wain writes that the Mahathir administration, which took office in 1981 with the slogan, †clean, efficient, trustworthy†, was almost immediately embroiled in financial scandals that †exploded with startling regularity. > > By the early 1990s, he says, cynics remarked that it had been a good decade for bad behaviour, or a bad decade for good behaviour. > > Secret military deal with US > > The book also reveals that: > > Mahathir, despite his nationalistic rants, signed a secret security agreement with the United States in 1984 that gave the Americans access to a jungle warfare training school in Johor and allowed them to set up a small-ship repair facility at Lumut and a plant in Kuala Lumpur to repair C-130 Hercules transport aircraft. > Mahathir used a secret fund of his ruling Umno to turn the party into a vast conglomerate with investments that spanned almost the entire economy. > Mahathir†s Umno financed its new Putra World Trade Centre headquarters in Kuala Lumpur partly with taxpayers money, by forcing state-owned banks to write off at least RM140 million in interest on Umno loans. > Wain, who is now a writer-in-residence at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore, however credits Mahathir with engineering the country's economic transformation, deepening industrialisation and expanding Malaysia†s middle class. > > But Mahathir had undermined state institutions, permitted the spread of corruption and failed to provide for Malaysia†s future leadership, he says. > > Related Article: > > Do you know that: > > Last year, Petronas gained a total pre-tax profit of RM86.8 billion and so far, it has earned about RM600 billion. As the surge of international oil prices, it†s profits will as well substantially grow. But the government has reduced fuel subsidies by a wide margin, turning Malaysia into one of the world†s most expensive oil price oil-producing countries. It makes the people wonder where the huge profit of Petronas has gone? > > Former Work Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said in the Parliament last year that the government has compensated a total of RM38.5 billion to 20 highway companies. Also, as the government has stopped building the Scenic Bridge in Johor, it has to compensate RM300 million construction cost to the bridge contractor. Isn†t the spending of such huge amount a waste? > > Former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim revealed that the Central Bank has lost RM30 billion in foreign exchange trading in the 1990s. Who was the manipulator behind it? (Second Finance Minister was in charge of Bank Negara†s Forex trading at that time) > > Malaysia Airlines was said to have suffered losses every year. But why to spend RM1.55 million to buy three paintings to decorate its chairman†s office? And why to spend RM7,525 per day to recruit a foreign senior general manager? > > Proton Holdings bought a 57.75% stake in MV Agusta for ⠬70 million but sold it at ⠬1 (RM4.50) a year later, causing Proton to lose ⠬75.99 million (RM 348 million)? > > Other excesses and wastages: > > 1. The Bank Bumiputra twin scandals in the early 1980s saw US$1 billion (RM3.2 billion in 2008 ringgit) > > 2. The Maminco attempt to corner the world tin market in the 1980s is believed to have cost some US$500 million. (RM1.6 billion) > > 3. Betting in foreign exchange futures cost Bank Negara Malaysia RM30 billion in the 1990s. > > 4. Perwaja Steel resulted in losses of US$800 million (RM2.56 billion). Eric Chia, was charged with corruption for allegedly steering US$20 million (RM64 million) to a Hong Kong-based company > > 5. Use of RM10 billion public funds in the Valuecap Sdn. Bhd. operation to shore up the stock market > > 6. Banking scandal of RM700 million losses in Bank Islam > > 7. The sale of M.V. Agusta by Proton for one Euro making a loss of ⠬75.99 million (RM 348 million) > > 8. Wang Ehsan from oil royalty on Terengganu RM7.4 billion from 2004 – 2007 > > 9. For the past 10 years since Philharmonic Orchestra was established, this orchestra has swallowed a total of RM500 million > > 10. In Advisors Fees, Mahathir was paid RM180,000, Shahrizat Abdul Jalil (women and social development affairs) RM404,726 and Abdul Hamid Othman (religious) RM549,675 per annum > > 11. The government has spent a total of RM3.2 billion in teaching Maths and Science in English over the past five years. Out of the amount, the government paid a whopping RM2.21 billion for the purchase of information and computer technology (ICT) equipments which it is unable to give a breakdown. > > 12. The commission paid for purchase of jets and submarines to two private companies Perimeker Sdn Bhd and IMT Defence Sdn Bhd amounted to RM910 million. > > 13. RM300 million to compensate Gerbang Perdana for the RM1.1 billion †Crooked Scenic Half-Bridge†> > 14. RM1.3 billion have been wasted building the white elephant Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) facilities on cancellation of the Malaysia-Singapore scenic bridge > > 15. RM 100 million on renovation of Parliament building and leaks > > 16. National Astronaut Programme – RM 40 million > > 17. National Service Training Programme – yearly an estimate of RM 500 million > > 18. Eye on Malaysia – RM 30 million and another RM5.7 million of free ticket > > 19. RM 4.63 billion, †soft-loan†to PKFZ > > 20. RM 2.4 million on indelible ink > > 21. Samy announced in September 2006 that the government paid compensation amounting to RM 38.5 billion to the highway companies. RM 380 million windfalls for 9 toll concessionaires earned solely from the toll hike in 2008 alone. > > 22. RM32 million timber export kickbacks involving companies connected to Sarawak Chief Minister and his family. > > Bailouts - > 23. Two bailouts of Malaysia Airline System RM7.9 billion > > 24. Putra transport system, which cost RM4.486 billion > > 25. STAR-LRT bailout costing RM3.256 billion > > 26. National Sewerage System costing RM192.54 million > > 27. Seremban-Port Dickson Highway costing RM142 million > > 28. Kuching Prison costing RM135 million > > 29. Kajian Makanan dan Gunaan Orang Islam costing RM8.3 million. > > 30. Le Tour de Langkawi costing RM 3.5 Million > > 31. Wholesale distribution of tens of millions of shares in Bursa Malaysia under guise of NEP to cronies, children and relatives of BN leaders and Ministers worth billions of ringgits. > > 32. APs scandal had been going on year-after-year going back for more than three decades, involving a total mind-boggling sum of tens of billions of ringgits > > 33. Alienation of tens of thousands of hectares of commercial lands and forestry concessions to children and relatives of BN leaders and Ministers worth tens of billions of ringgits > > 34. Travel around Malaysia and see for yourself how many white elephants like majestic arches, roads paved with fanciful bricks, designer lamp posts, clock towers, Municipal Council buildings that looks more like Istanas, extravagant places of worship, refurbishment of residences of VIPs, abandoned or under-utilised government sports complexes and buildings, etc! Combined they could easily amount to the hundreds of billions of ringgits! > > 35. Wastages and forward trading of Petronas oil in the 1990s based on the low price of oil then. Since the accounts of Petronas are for the eyes of Prime Minister only, we have absolutely no idea of the amount. Whatever amount, you bet it is COLLOSSAL! > > In Time Asia magazine issue on March 15 2004, South East Asian economist at Morgan Stanley in Singapore Daniel Lian, figures that the country may have lost as much as U$$100 billion (RM320 billion) since the early 1980s to corruption. Mind you, this is only corruption and it does not include wastages! > > All the rakyat's hard earned money down the drain and they have the audacity to raise fuel prices and asking the people to change their lifestyles.


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From: doral18@hotmail.com
Subject: FW: Dr Mahathir Mohamad wealth_Check this out
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:30:53 +0000



> From: gnarcis@bigpond.com
> To: doral18@hotmail.com
> Subject: FW: Dr Mahathir Mohamad wealth_Check this out
> Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:56:22 +0800
>
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> These are where your hard earn money went
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> THIS SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS A CHAPTER IN OUR SCHOOL'S HISTORY BOOK
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> THE MOST CORRUPTED MALAYSIAN
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> Malaysia has squandered an estimated RM100 billion on financial scandals under the 22-year rule of Dr Mahathir Mohamad, according to a new book about the former prime minister.
>
> According to Barry Wain, author of the soon-to-be launched †Malaysian Maverick: Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times†, direct financial losses amounted to about RM50 billion.
>
> This doubled once the invisible costs, such as unrecorded write-offs, were taken into account. The RM100 billion total loss was equivalent to US$40 billion at then prevailing exchange rates.
>
> Barry, who is a former editor of the Asian Wall Street Journal, says most of the scams, which included a government attempt to manipulate the international tin price and gambling by Bank Negara on global currency markets, occurred in the 1980s.
>
>
> †Malaysian Maverick†is the first independent, full-length study of Mahathir, who retired in 2003 after more than two decades as premier. The book will be published globally next week by Palgrave Macmillan.
>
> Wain writes that the Mahathir administration, which took office in 1981 with the slogan, †clean, efficient, trustworthy†, was almost immediately embroiled in financial scandals that †exploded with startling regularity.
>
> By the early 1990s, he says, cynics remarked that it had been a good decade for bad behaviour, or a bad decade for good behaviour.
>
> Secret military deal with US
>
> The book also reveals that:
>
> Mahathir, despite his nationalistic rants, signed a secret security agreement with the United States in 1984 that gave the Americans access to a jungle warfare training school in Johor and allowed them to set up a small-ship repair facility at Lumut and a plant in Kuala Lumpur to repair C-130 Hercules transport aircraft.
> Mahathir used a secret fund of his ruling Umno to turn the party into a vast conglomerate with investments that spanned almost the entire economy.
> Mahathir†s Umno financed its new Putra World Trade Centre headquarters in Kuala Lumpur partly with taxpayers money, by forcing state-owned banks to write off at least RM140 million in interest on Umno loans.
> Wain, who is now a writer-in-residence at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore, however credits Mahathir with engineering the country's economic transformation, deepening industrialisation and expanding Malaysia†s middle class.
>
> But Mahathir had undermined state institutions, permitted the spread of corruption and failed to provide for Malaysia†s future leadership, he says.
>
> Related Article:
>
> Do you know that:
>
> Last year, Petronas gained a total pre-tax profit of RM86.8 billion and so far, it has earned about RM600 billion. As the surge of international oil prices, it†s profits will as well substantially grow. But the government has reduced fuel subsidies by a wide margin, turning Malaysia into one of the world†s most expensive oil price oil-producing countries. It makes the people wonder where the huge profit of Petronas has gone?
>
> Former Work Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said in the Parliament last year that the government has compensated a total of RM38.5 billion to 20 highway companies. Also, as the government has stopped building the Scenic Bridge in Johor, it has to compensate RM300 million construction cost to the bridge contractor. Isn†t the spending of such huge amount a waste?
>
> Former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim revealed that the Central Bank has lost RM30 billion in foreign exchange trading in the 1990s. Who was the manipulator behind it? (Second Finance Minister was in charge of Bank Negara†s Forex trading at that time)
>
> Malaysia Airlines was said to have suffered losses every year. But why to spend RM1.55 million to buy three paintings to decorate its chairman†s office? And why to spend RM7,525 per day to recruit a foreign senior general manager?
>
> Proton Holdings bought a 57.75% stake in MV Agusta for â ¬70 million but sold it at â ¬1 (RM4.50) a year later, causing Proton to lose â ¬75.99 million (RM 348 million)?
>
> Other excesses and wastages:
>
> 1. The Bank Bumiputra twin scandals in the early 1980s saw US$1 billion (RM3.2 billion in 2008 ringgit)
>
> 2. The Maminco attempt to corner the world tin market in the 1980s is believed to have cost some US$500 million. (RM1.6 billion)
>
> 3. Betting in foreign exchange futures cost Bank Negara Malaysia RM30 billion in the 1990s.
>
> 4. Perwaja Steel resulted in losses of US$800 million (RM2.56 billion). Eric Chia, was charged with corruption for allegedly steering US$20 million (RM64 million) to a Hong Kong-based company
>
> 5. Use of RM10 billion public funds in the Valuecap Sdn. Bhd. operation to shore up the stock market
>
> 6. Banking scandal of RM700 million losses in Bank Islam
>
> 7. The sale of M.V. Agusta by Proton for one Euro making a loss of â ¬75.99 million (RM 348 million)
>
> 8. Wang Ehsan from oil royalty on Terengganu RM7.4 billion from 2004 – 2007
>
> 9. For the past 10 years since Philharmonic Orchestra was established, this orchestra has swallowed a total of RM500 million
>
> 10. In Advisors Fees, Mahathir was paid RM180,000, Shahrizat Abdul Jalil (women and social development affairs) RM404,726 and Abdul Hamid Othman (religious) RM549,675 per annum
>
> 11. The government has spent a total of RM3.2 billion in teaching Maths and Science in English over the past five years. Out of the amount, the government paid a whopping RM2.21 billion for the purchase of information and computer technology (ICT) equipments which it is unable to give a breakdown.
>
> 12. The commission paid for purchase of jets and submarines to two private companies Perimeker Sdn Bhd and IMT Defence Sdn Bhd amounted to RM910 million.
>
> 13. RM300 million to compensate Gerbang Perdana for the RM1.1 billion †Crooked Scenic Half-Bridgeâ€
>
> 14. RM1.3 billion have been wasted building the white elephant Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) facilities on cancellation of the Malaysia-Singapore scenic bridge
>
> 15. RM 100 million on renovation of Parliament building and leaks
>
> 16. National Astronaut Programme – RM 40 million
>
> 17. National Service Training Programme – yearly an estimate of RM 500 million
>
> 18. Eye on Malaysia – RM 30 million and another RM5.7 million of free ticket
>
> 19. RM 4.63 billion, †soft-loan†to PKFZ
>
> 20. RM 2.4 million on indelible ink
>
> 21. Samy announced in September 2006 that the government paid compensation amounting to RM 38.5 billion to the highway companies. RM 380 million windfalls for 9 toll concessionaires earned solely from the toll hike in 2008 alone.
>
> 22. RM32 million timber export kickbacks involving companies connected to Sarawak Chief Minister and his family.
>
> Bailouts -
> 23. Two bailouts of Malaysia Airline System RM7.9 billion
>
> 24. Putra transport system, which cost RM4.486 billion
>
> 25. STAR-LRT bailout costing RM3.256 billion
>
> 26. National Sewerage System costing RM192.54 million
>
> 27. Seremban-Port Dickson Highway costing RM142 million
>
> 28. Kuching Prison costing RM135 million
>
> 29. Kajian Makanan dan Gunaan Orang Islam costing RM8.3 million.
>
> 30. Le Tour de Langkawi costing RM 3.5 Million
>
> 31. Wholesale distribution of tens of millions of shares in Bursa Malaysia under guise of NEP to cronies, children and relatives of BN leaders and Ministers worth billions of ringgits.
>
> 32. APs scandal had been going on year-after-year going back for more than three decades, involving a total mind-boggling sum of tens of billions of ringgits
>
> 33. Alienation of tens of thousands of hectares of commercial lands and forestry concessions to children and relatives of BN leaders and Ministers worth tens of billions of ringgits
>
> 34. Travel around Malaysia and see for yourself how many white elephants like majestic arches, roads paved with fanciful bricks, designer lamp posts, clock towers, Municipal Council buildings that looks more like Istanas, extravagant places of worship, refurbishment of residences of VIPs, abandoned or under-utilised government sports complexes and buildings, etc! Combined they could easily amount to the hundreds of billions of ringgits!
>
> 35. Wastages and forward trading of Petronas oil in the 1990s based on the low price of oil then. Since the accounts of Petronas are for the eyes of Prime Minister only, we have absolutely no idea of the amount. Whatever amount, you bet it is COLLOSSAL!
>
> In Time Asia magazine issue on March 15 2004, South East Asian economist at Morgan Stanley in Singapore Daniel Lian, figures that the country may have lost as much as U$$100 billion (RM320 billion) since the early 1980s to corruption. Mind you, this is only corruption and it does not include wastages!
>
> All the rakyat's hard earned money down the drain and they have the audacity to raise fuel prices and asking the people to change their lifestyles. 

Tuesday 6 September 2011


Live like you love it


Even though it is unpleasant, you can do it if you must. Even if it is difficult and complicated, you can work your way through it when you choose.

Select your path not because it is easy but because it is right, for you, for your world, for your purpose, for your life. Spend your precious time not just to pass the time, but to build meaningful value.

See that in each challenge is a new way to grow stronger. Know that in each problem is an opportunity to move forward.

When the results are not what you expected, that’s no reason to lower your expectations. Instead, learn from the disappointment, raise your expectations even higher, and fashion a more effective approach.

This is your life and this very day is your chance to fill it with real and meaningful substance. This is when you can experience the special beauty and fullness of what it means to be you.

Whatever the constraints, whatever the situation, live like you love it. And you will.
 

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    Fulfillment is yours



    You’ve waited long enough. This is the day to take action.

    The excuses are quite reasonable and understandable, and yet they have brought no value to your life. Let go of those comfortable excuses, and step forward into the bright, direct light of achievement.

    The hours in this day will quickly pass no matter what you choose to do with them. So you might as well make full use of them to create meaningful value.

    If you’re not sure what to do, take a moment and reach deep inside. Remind yourself of the things that mean the most, and do what truly strengthens and supports those things.

    If the disruptions and distractions erode your focus, reach inside again. Commit yourself with your actions, over and over, to live true to your highest vision.

    This is your life and today is your opportunity to make a difference. Get busy, because fulfillment is now yours to create.
     

      Make it be


      Don’t allow the troubles to get the best of you. Instead, allow those troubles to make the best of you.

      Don’t tire yourself out fighting against the challenges. Instead, find new energy by embracing those challenges and working through them to create real value.

      Always remind yourself that discouragement is nothing more than a response you’ve chosen. When you find that you’ve chosen to let it be, you can just as surely choose to let it go.

      In the place of discouragement, you can put determination. It is your life’s energy, and you can point it in whatever direction you choose.

      Your most powerful response is not based only on what has already happened. Your most powerful response also takes into account what you wish to make happen next.

      Look forward, and envision in great detail the future you desire. Then gather all your energy, and step forward to make it be.
       

      Thursday 1 September 2011


      tSarawak future within Malaysian Political "Trinity" a divisible triangle?
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      Brunei,Singapore, Sarawak and Sabah were originally enticed and lured
      by Malaya then to "jointly form" Malaysia.Brunei refused while
      Singapore opted out or being kicked out of Malaysia immediately after
      its formation while Sabah and Sarawak remained. They did not JOIN
      Malaysia because it was not born then.They FORMED Malaysia.

      Before forming Malaysia the two states  were granted independence by
      the British Government on 31st August,1963 while Malaysia was
      thereafter formed on 16th September,1963.These two dates formed part
      of a very significance political historical evidence on the birth of
      our Malaysian nation.This fact must not be confused and should be made
      known by "leaders" to all Malaysians born and brought up after these
      important dates least they forget their rights and
      contributions.Historical truth must be acknowledged and accepted with
      honor,dignity,fairness and justice if respect is expected to be
      accorded with fully committed sense of nationalism.

      Through out the 48 years of Malaysian Nation the Status of Sabah and
      Sarawak equal partners have not been legally and official altered.But
      the administrative mechanism operating within the national policy
      inadvertently undermined the status equalization so much so that the
      two states have  one of the new states within THE 13 STATES of the
      new setup of Malaysian identity.This treatment has very much departed
      from the original intention, terms and conditions of the"Political
      Trinity" of Malaysia as a nation.

      This misconception must be realized and rectified now before it is too
      late and forgotten for ever.Instead of the two States within three
      Malaysia States, they are now relegated into two of the thirteen
      states.Hence these two states are currently treated without any
      difference in term of administrative arrangements.This deliberate
      mistreatment amounted to complete marginalization of the political and
      economic status of the two states and if the situation is allowed to
      continue unaltered the future survival of Malaysia is at stake,
      unsecured and uncertain.This is not conjecture but a reality which
      time only can tell.

      To rectify the present regional resentments against the
      marginalization, current leaders should look seriously into reforming
      the Malaysian civil service structural composition and the ministerial
      appointments in the Federal cabinet besides economic restructuring to
      mutually benefit the two states as partners in Malaysia not as
      components of the 13th States in the Federation.

      These three Administrative,political and economic restructures of the
      National setup of our Malaysian Nation, based on equitable,fair and
      effective contributions of the two east Malaysian states, must be
      addressed urgently to give meaning to the continued existence as
      partners in Malaysia.Unless this uneven treatment is solved, the
      spirit and the flesh of Malaysia, will be internally weakened and
      eventually undermined by the emergence of new educated and politically
      conscious generations of the two East Malaysian partners.The cry for
      reforms are heard loud and clear through inherent ethnic dissents from
      these two states.

      To satisfy their aspirations,the followings should be immediately put in placed.

      First,Malaysia should have tree Deputy Prime Minsters, one should be
      for Sabah and Sarawak one for Umno and one for the non Bumi.Two other
      important portfolios such as finance,education or home affairs should
      be allocated to Sabah and Sarawak.If you look at the current
      appointments for instance Penang, Kelantan and  Negeri Sembilan has
      three full ministers while Sabah and Sarawak which contributed 66
      seats have only six full ministers. Even then, the portfolios are of
      not much political significance. Admittedly the appointment of the
      ministers is the prerogative of the Prime minster, but that
      prerogative must be exercised judicially based on fair political
      representation .Without these two states MPs Bn Government would have
      collapsed.Besides these too many loosing candidates were appointed as
      full ministers without having to give due considerations to those
      senior elected Members of Parliaments.Resentments against this obvious
      treatment is very real and damaging.The public are now voicing their
      disapproval openly which I believe our Prime Minister is well
      aware.Even among the UMNO MPs are also grumbling. This is not a
      healthy sign.

      Secondly, the Ketua Setia Negara(KSN) should be rotated every three
      years for Sabah,Sarawak and Federal officers and two deputies Setia
      Usaaha Negara (KSN) should be created to give opportunities for
      officers from these two states to serve in federal service. The
      recruitment into the Federal services must be opened to all Malaysians
      and certain quota be allocated for both States continuously.Heads of
      various Government departments must reflect a truly nationalistic
      representative service where officers from Sabah and Sarawak are no
      being left out or marginalized.To achieve this aim the current leaders
      must see to it that this proposal should be implemented with sincerity
      and fairness especially in the security such as in the army and the
      police.

      Thirdly, the economic sector must also represent regional interests of
      the two states especially on the redistribution of petroleum
      incomes.The management of Petronas should be jointly done by officers
      from Sabah and Sarawak especially on higher management levels and the
      the chairman must also be rotated on three yearly basis to give
      opportunity for Sabahan and Sarawkian to head the organisation. After
      all most of the Petronas income is derived from Sarawak and Sabah
      shores.

      Many other federal Government Linked Corporations must also give
      opportunities for officers  from Sabah and Sarawak to lead some of the
      corporations.For instance Sarwak must thank the Prime minister for
      appointing YB Dato Idris jala to head the National Economic
      Transformation programs.If this example is strictly followed there is
      no reason why it cannot be applied in other sectors of the systems as
      mentioned above.Once the above proposals are fully implemented the
      immigration restrictions accorded to Sabah and Sarawak should be
      abolished for good to indicate a true spirit of one Malaysia.

      We hope that the the present leaders are sensitive enough to the
      expressed wishes of the rakyaat from the two states while at the same
      time the country are facing problems of massive corruptions in the
      system.With the proposed Reconstruction of the Systems perhaps the
      problem of corruption could be reduced or solved through internal
      check and balance by way of injecting regional political,social and
      economic interests into the new system through employing officers from
      the two states which will be truly representative in spirit and form.

      BY CONCERNED CITIZEN.

      LET US SEE HOW FAR CAN WE GO AFTER THIS 13 PR ELECTION ?