Selamat Menyambut Hari Kemerdekaan Malaysia Kali ke-53

Iyaa.. tanggal 31 Ogos 1957 merupakan hari bersejarah bagi Malaysia di mana pada masa itu Malaysia mendapat kemerdekaan sepenuhnya dari kerajaan British. Sangat-sangat bersyukur la dapat hidup di Malaysia di mana rakyatnya hidup aman dan makmur. Walaupun pada hakikatnya belum lagi mencapai status 1Malaysia yang dilaungkan oleh Perdana Menteri kita Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. Konsep 1Malaysia, bolehkah rakyat Malaysia menerimanya. Heh buli bah klu kau.. masing-masing ada pandangan sendiri ada yang setuju ada yang tak berapa setuju mahupun yang tak setuju lansung. Apapun sa tengok di Sabah konsep ini mimang bulih diguna pakai, tengok ja la penduduknya yang berbilang kaum dan berlainan agama tapi tetap hidup dalam keadaan harmoni.

Bsuk mo hari Merdeka tapi sekali dipandang, macam lansung tiada kemeriahan untuk menyambut Hari Kemerdekaan di Kota Kinabalu. Dulu banyak kereta dilekatkan dengan bendera-bendera Malaysia tapi sekarang buli lagi dikira pakai tangan. Apa dah jadi? Mungkin jugalah sambutan hari Kemerdekaan ini ditenggelami dengan sambutan bulan Ramadan. Iyaa itu la orang bilang tapi kita jangan lupa juga dengan perjuangan orang yang bersusah payah memerdekakan Malaysia.

Tapi.. ada tapi dia. Pembentukkan Malaysia bukanlah jatuh pada tanggal 31 Ogos 157. Tarikh berkenaan merupakan tarikh kemerdekaan Tanah Melayu pada masa itu dikenali sebagai Malaya dan dikenali sebagai Semenanjung Malaysia pada ketika ini. Tarikh sebenar pembentukkan Malaysia adalah pada 16 September di mana Sabah dan Sarawak baru mendapat Kemerdekaan, join sekali sama-sama Tanah Melayu. Jadi 16 September dijadikan sambutan Hari Malaysia, yey Public Holiday lagi.

Buat rakyat Malaysia sekalian, sempena Hari Kemerdekaan ini saya ingin ucapkan Selamat Menyambut Hari Kemerdekaan buat kali ke 53.. Merdeka..Merdeka..Merdeka. Uiks Patriotik btul sa hari ni heh..

No coal in Sabah, Malaysia

Kesan-kesan buruk akibat daripada pembakaran arang batu yang membawa maut BUKAN LAGI hanya “teori”, “andaian” atau “kepercayaan”. Kesan-kesan buruk ini TELAH DISAHKAN secara rasmi oleh Mahkamah Daerah Persekutuan Amerika Syarikat di Negeri North Carolina, dalam kes North Carolina ex rel. Cooper v. Tennessee Valley Authority (593 F.Supp.2d 812).

Pada 13 Januari 2009, Hakim Daerah Lacy H. Thornburg telah mengisytiharkan bahawa pelepasan udara daripada loji-loji arang batu TVA yang terletak di negeri-negeri Tennessee dan Alabama adalah satu “gangguan awam” (public nuisance) terhadap negeri jiran North Carolina. Ini merupakan satu “gangguan tidak munasabah” terhadap “harta, kesihatan, keselamatan, keamanan, atau kemudahan” orang awam. Mahkamah berkata bahawa loji-loji tersebut telah mengakibatkan “kecederaan, penyusahan [dan] kerosakan” secara serius di North Carolina.

Setelah mendengar bukti-bukti/keterangan pakar (expert evidence) yang dikemukakan oleh semua pihak (termasuk pihak pengurusan loji arang batu, TVA), Hakim tersebut mengisytiharkan bahawa pelepasan udara daripada loji-loji arang batu boleh mengakibatkan kesan-kesan kemusnahan kepada kesihatan manusia dan alam sekitar. Beliau juga mengarahkan TVA supaya memasang peralatan-peralatan kawalan pencemaran di 4 buah loji arang batunya.

Antara perkara-perkara lain, Hakim tersebut mengisytiharkan bahawa (secara ringkas):

a) Proses pembakaran dalam “boiler” loji arang batu menyebabkan arang batu mengalami perubahan kimia, yang membebaskan nitrogen, sulfur, dan merkuri;

b) Elemen-elemen kimia ini kemudian membentuk bahan-bahan kimia berbahaya seperti Nitrogen oksida (NOx), Sulfur dioksida (SO2), Ozon (O3) dan debu-debu halus dipanggil “PM2.5”, sebelum atau selepas dilepaskan ke dalam udara.

c) Walaupun kebanyakan daripada bahan kimia ini ditangkap atau dirawat dalam loji arang batu, bukan semua dicegah daripada dilepaskan daripada loji.

source: http://sandakan.wordpress.com/

Allegations abound: are nepotism and corruption behind the Sabah coal plant?
Commentary by Alex Oxley, special to mongabay.com
August 25, 2010

Allegations of government corruption and corporate kick-backs are swirling around a planned 300 MW Chinese coal plant in the Malaysian state of Sabah.

While the plan to build the coal plant in Lahad Datu Bay has come up against strong and unrelenting grassroots opposition, the federal government continues to largely turn a deaf ear to opposition, arguing that the energy plant is necessary to power Sabah and stop blackouts. However, critics say the coal plant—which is to be built on the edge of the Coral Triangle and 20 kilometers from Tabin Wildlife Reserve—will damage fish stocks with chlorine and thermal discharges, upend the lives of locals dependent on fishing, and devastate eco-tourism in the region. In addition, the coal plant goes directly against Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's agreement at Copenhagen to reduce the country's carbon emission intensity by 40 percent by 2020.

Despite these clear concerns—and increasing opposition—sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity say the plant has continued to move ahead due to government nepotism, corruption, and kick-backs. In fact, sources say the federal government has already paid out nearly a quarter of the cost of the coal plant to the contracted company, China National Electric Equipment Company (CNEEC), and that at least one official has seen a significant kickback from this.

source: http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0825-sabah_coal_corruption_alex_oxley.html

Indeed as we can see many people not just in Sabah, Malaysia but also people around the world claiming that development of coal in Sabah will lead to complete destruction area of prestige ecosystem in Sabah. Why do Goverment still consider to built the coal for electricity resources. In both articles stated the consequence causes by the coal. We can save the ecosystem and people will live freely without air contamination so that we can live without fear by getting health dilemma. Come on people of Sabah, save our ecosystems for better living and environment.

Deadly Hostage Crisis In Philippines Arouses Shock And Anger Among Hong Kong Community

HONG KONG, Aug 25 (Bernama) -- Shock and anger continued to ripple through Hong Kong on Wednesday after the deaths of eight tourists in a hostage standoff in the Philippines, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported.

On live TV from Manila late Monday, Hong Kong residents watched security forces storm a bus in which a former Philippine police officer had been holding 15 tourists from Hong Kong hostage for more than 11 hours.

Through television screens, viewers watched in horror as muzzle flashes accompanied the sound of gunshots by Roland Mendoza.

Mendoza, who had demanded to be reinstated into the police force after he was dishonorably dismissed, was killed in the exchange.

"It was a horrific sight. I couldn't go to sleep after watching it all. I felt utterly devastated," office worker Kelvin Chang, in his late 20s, told Yonhap News agency. He was not alone.

More than 53,000 people flocked to a dedicated page on Facebook, the world's largest social networking site, which was set up to help the bereaved families and to provide a platform for the public to post messages of condolence.

A total of 18 offline points were set up throughout Hong Kong for the public to send condolences and regards to the victims and their families.

"Our priority is to look after the injured and the families of the dead who are now in Manila and those who are in Hong Kong," said Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang at a media session Tuesday. "We are helping them."

Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao also expressed deep sorrow late Tuesday for the families of the eight slain Hong Kong tourists.

At the same time, Chinese authorities expressed disappointment over the way the situation was handled and demanded a full explanation from the Philippine government.

"Most regrettable, and to me, the outcome is very disappointing," said Tsang.

"This is a major tragedy. Disappointing that Hong Kong residents tried to make a pleasure trip to Manila and ended up with death and casualties. This is very tragic. And the way it was handled and particularly the outcome, I found it disappointing."

Some political and civic groups protested outside the Philippine consulate in central Hong Kong over the deaths, criticizing the Philippine government for not properly handling the situation.

"We strongly urge the Philippine government to give an account of the incident openly, explain the ways the incident was handled," said protester Leung Chun-ying.

Many Hong Kong citizens showed dissatisfaction with the Philippine government.

"It seemed to me that the Philippine government created the situation," 43-year old housewife Kate Cheung told Yonhap.

"I couldn't believe what I was seeing on TV. Did they really think of the hostages' safety before they barged into the bus like that?"

Meanwhile, Hong Kong Secretary for Security Ambrose Lee said late Tuesday the Chinese ambassador to the Philippines, Liu Jianchao, requested that Philippine authorities clearly identify whether the dead hostages were killed by the gunmen or accidentally by the special police during the confrontation.

The survivors and the bodies of the deceased are expected to return to Hong Kong by Wednesday evening.

The Hong Kong government announced flags will continue to be flown at half-staff at all the government offices Wednesday and Thursday as a token of mourning for the victims of the incident.

Social safety and stability of the Philippines, one of the world's most popular tourist destinations, are being questioned as a number of incidents involving foreigners have occurred in the Southeast Asian nation.

A Korean pastor was killed on Monday in a separate armed attack. The pastor, identified only by his surname, Cho, was heading home in his car from an airport after picking up seven others visiting him from South Korea.

Two others in the group were also kidnapped, but later released, and the assailants stole valuables from the group before fleeing, according to the South Korean foreign ministry.

-- BERNAMA

Dang.. how can this be happened. It should take less than 5 minute for police to deal with the crisis, said senior policeman of Manila. The SWAT team shows their weaknesses in dealing with the kidnapper, they were not inadequately trained. Now Hong Kong and China black listed Philippine as their destination for safety and boycotting aftermath the incident that killed 8 of their people.

Man jailed for child porn after ex's pics turn up online

WINNIPEG - A spurned teen, nude pictures and the Internet.

Mix those volatile ingredients together and you have a cautionary tale on the hazards of online social networking.

An 18-year-old Winnipeg man was sentenced Friday to six months in jail and two years probation after he posted nude pictures of his teenaged ex-girlfriend on Facebook.

The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the 16-year old victim, pleaded guilty earlier this year to distributing child pornography and criminal harassment.

“This is not a case where the court is dealing with someone whose motivations for distributing these images were based on sexual deviance, but rather revenge,” said defence lawyer Michelle Bright.

Court heard the man posted the pictures on a Facebook account he had established under a fictitious name and sent a link to friends of the girl’s new boyfriend.

The victim took the pictures when she was 15 and e-mailed them to the accused. Some of the pictures show the girl topless, covering her breasts with her hands. Others show her naked torso but don’t show her face.

The accused and his victim had been dating for about two years when the victim ended the relationship last March and soon after sought a protection order, said Crown attorney Terry McComb.

When the girl learned the photos had been posted on Facebook she notified police and the man was arrested.

The man was released on bail several days later and ordered to have no contact with the victim. He was taken back into custody after the girl reported he had e-mailed her to apologize.

“I’m sorry for ... everything I did,” he wrote. “I got charged with child pornography and that’s killer. It’s just my dumb fault, I’m sorry.”

When arrested, the man told police “I did it because I was hurt and upset,” McComb said.

“He said he did it all because he wanted to get back at her and particularly her new boyfriend,” the Crown attorney said.

In a pre-sentence report, the man told a probation officer he doesn’t like jail, “but he deserves it.”

Judge Kelly Moar called the man’s actions “totally reprehensible.”

“What you chose to do is something that unfortunately can never be undone,” Moar said. “There is no delete button on the Internet. These things float forever on the Internet.” Moar credited the man 2.5 months for time already served, reducing his remaining sentence to 3.5 months.

resource : http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2010/08/23/15113871.html

Oh come one boy, that's was a stupid thing to do if you've been dump by your girlfriend. Get a real life, face it . If she doesn't want you and then it's over. I know it will be painful, to think about her everyday, think about the moment when you are together. It's really hard to accept it but don't let her life become miserable with your childish action. If you really love her then let her go with her life. Posting your ex-GF pics in Facebook, and accused her to couple with you again. Peh, shame on you. I don't respect person who only think about theirself. So selfish.

Damn.. sa merapu ja ari ni in english, heh mo practice ni supaya my english can improve hohoho.. but butul sa tia respek ma orang camnie.. bikin malu diri sendiri ja..deh.

Transformer Malaysia?

Begitulah yang diuar2kan dalam Berita Harian. Filem bertajuk Mantera (Manusia Jentera atau Man Transformable Exo-Robotic Armor) dengan kos pembikinan mencecah RM5 juta. Filem gabungan tiga negara Malaysia,Arab Saudi dan Russia. Wah makin maju sudah industri perfileman Malaysia, syabas.

Sinopsis

MANTERA mengisahkan pergolakan antara dua kumpulan rahsia yang menguasai dunia dari sebalik takbir iaitu Alliance of Light dan Dark Legions. Kumpulan Dark Legions melalui syarikat Weston Tech membangunkan senjata rahsia yang dinamakan Mantera iaitu singkatan ‘Man Transformable Exo-Robotic Armor yang juga sistem motosikal dan sarung tangan nano dan boleh berubah menjadi baju perisai robotik. Bagaimanapun, ketua pereka Mantera iaitu Dr Natasha yang menyedari niat jahat ketuanya cuba untuk sabotaj dan memusnahkan sistem Mantera. Dia menghilangkan diri dengan pelan skematik dan kertas kerja Mantera. Sisa dan cebisan Mantera secara tidak sengaja dihantar kepada pelajar IT di Malaysia bernama Azman.

Azman dengan bantuan rakannya, Kevin membina semula Mantera sehingga menjadi motosikal berkuasa besar. Tanpa mereka sedari, motosikal itu boleh bertukar menjadi baju amor robotik yang boleh memberikan kekuatan dan kepantasan ‘superhuman’ kepada pemakainya. Sementara itu, Weston Tech menjejaki Dr Natasha dan Azman bersama sistem Mantera yang kini menyertai Alliance of Light sehingga ke ibu pejabat rahsia Alliance of Light di Timur Tengah. Pertempuran sengit antara Azman yang menjadi Mantera dengan robot pembinasa Weston Tech yang dipanggil Vega akhirnya tercetus.

Untuk berita selanjutnya layari: http://www.bharian.com.my/bharian/articles/TransformersMalaysiadalampembikinan/Article

Hukuman Mati kepada si Pembuang Bayi

Dengar ja memang menakutkan. Kerajaan Malaysia kini telah meluluskan undang-undang baru kepada pesalah pembuang bayi. Sebelum ini pesalah cuma dikenakan penjara maksimum 10 tahun dan bayaran denda tapi kini.. nah rasakan hukuman bunuh adeh jahat juga sa ni but klu rasanya hukuman bunuh tu setimpal lah pada mereka yang tidak pandai menghargai kehadiran cahaya mata, zuriat mereka sendiri.

Kerajaan kini menyediakan banyak bantuan kepada golongon mereka yang TERlanjur agar kes pembuangan bayi ini tidak lagi berlaku. Tapi apa yang menyedihkan setelah kerajaan meluluskan undang-undang baru tersebut masih banyak lagi kes pembuangan bayi berlaku. Tidak serik-serik la diorg nie.

Saya pun tia tau mo cakap lah ma diorg ni. Kes pembuangan bayi ni berlaku ketika pasangan ini dilamun cinta dan kemudian nafsu berahi yang tidak dapat dikawal seterusnya melakukan persetubuhan tanpa memikir panjang. Kekurangan didikan moral dari segi rohani dan pengaruh dengan media barat merupakan punca utama. Kemudahan internet memudahkan para remaja melayari website lucah antara faktor terbesar berlakunya keinginan seks dikalangan mereka.

Wajarkah hukuman bunuh dikenakan kepada pasangan si Pembuang Bayi? Ini semua ditetapkan melalui budi bicara Peguam Negara. Mungkin ada kes percubaan membuang bayi tapi tidak menyebabkan kematian. Tapi banyak kes juga bayi mati ketika dibuang. Jadi hukuman mati ini mungkin akan memberi pengajaran kepada mereka yang ingin berbuat demikian. Fikir-fikirlah, bayi juga merupakan manusia, kelahiran mereka mungkin tidak dirancang tapi mereka juga berhak meneruskan kehidupan seperti bayi-bayi yang lain.

Politik? Politikus? Rasuah?

Sejak kebelakangan ini isu-isu seperti tajuk di atas semakin panas dan semakin bertambah. Kes-kes YB-YB menerima dan memberi rasuah kian diperkatakan dan yang masih hangat diperkatakan Port Klang Free Zone menjadi lebih panas apabila bekas Presiden MCA Tun Dr. Ling Liong Sik dikatakan terlibat dengan rasuah. Di Sabah juga tidak kurang hebatnya di mana Datuk Seri Musa Aman, Ketua Menteri Sabah dikatakan menjalankan kegiatan rasuah tetapi siasatan tidak diteruskan atau dijalankan atau terus dimatikan disebabkan isu-isu yang dikeluarkan tidak relevan dengan dakwaan yang dikenakan. Politik? adeh saya bukan orang politik or orang yang mahu melibatkan diri dengan politik but boleh la jadi pengkritik2 bebas.

Tapi saya mohon agar kes-kes yang tidak menguntungkan rakyat tidak lagi berleluasa. Isu tentang PTI di Sabah dan isu kemiskinan di Sabah amat-amat membimbangkan. Pihak kerajaan mahupun pembangkang telah menyuarakan pendapat masing-masing untuk mengatasi isu ini sejak dari dulu-dulu lagi tapi.... ada tapi dia, tiada siasatan atau tindakan yang dilakukan secara serius adapun mungkin penangkapan Pendatang Tanpa Izin ini secara kecil-kecilan. Mengapa ini semua terjadi? Kenapa masih belum ditangani? Kenapa ada orang-orang besarkah yang melindungi PTI ini? Ada orang takut kena cekup pasal terlibat dengan skandal meloloskan permohonan PTI untuk mendapatkan status Kerakyatan Malaysia yang tetap. Peh... Kepada semua YB-YB ambilah peranan anda masing-masing. Jangan biar rakyat Sabah tertindas dan ditindas.

Kita sedia maklum bahawa kebanyakkan PTI yang datang di Sabah menyebabkan beberapa masalah serius berlaku seperti jenayah (pembunuhan,rogol,kecurian dll) tapi bukan semua lah, saya tidak kisah sekiranya mereka mempunyai dokumen yang SAH untuk tinggal di Sabah, saya faham diorg pun cari makan. Tapi mungkin ada segelintir dari mereka ini yang bikin spoil sehingga memburukkan status orang asing dikalangan mereka so pandai-pandai la kamu orang jaga kelakuan dan tabiat. Hmm saya rasa isu politik ini memang menarik but also dangerous.. baru-baru ini kes pembunuhan bekas Adun Permatang, Datuk Abdul Aziz Mohd Noh dengan pembantu peribadinya mati ditembak atau tertembak, kes ini masih dalam siasatan so no komen.

Deh hari ini cerita pasal politik saja mungkin terpengaruh dengan kawan-kawan dan juga para blogger yang lain. Isu-isu semasa kian rancak diperkatakan terutamanya yang ada kaitan dengan rakyat. Ngiam la tu, saya pun akan cuba teruskan memberi pendapat tentang isu-isu semasa sekiranya ada masa lapang. Baru-baru ini sangat busy sampai tiada masa untuk berblog heh.. okies stop sampai di sini saja nanti sambung...