15 thoughts on “Photographs for Order”

  1. I am disappointed in all Malaysian for voting for the unholy alliance cost the market also contest to this with a lost RM30 billion incap value,i am not in support of the goverment nor the opposition but changing for one monkey to another does change things.Take the true story depicted in the picture homeless to Harvard and persuade of Happiness and the Carrissa project.An impression we can relate from the pan to fire.The people can’t think for there own self with educate knowledge on their selves are more stupied.I tried 10 years ago and the recent 2 years ago to assist for the community crime project,call Lim Kit Siang on his mobile but he can’t be bother because i am not Chinese,neither Malay nor Indian and on the hand another moron PAS ,so even you voted for the unholy alliance it does change things.Take Kelantan the youth has no jobs,garbage ever were,water taste like dead rat so if they can’t fullfull the simplist of needs then can they change your situation for the better?.Further more he owns petroleum,gold and tobacco companies.The Chinese on the power play agenda they want to control and benefit their self that what they want dominate world .That why the West,US,New Zealand,Australia and Europe on the 19 century put the exclusion act on the Chinese immigrate?.Why not another Asian races? If you still don’t believe that Bruce Lee wife was caucasian and was not allowed to participate the funeral process because she admitted the family did allow her because she was not Chinese and go to any Chinese stores they will always tend to their own first even you were first because they give rat ass about you.My point is the opposition Chinese did start the racial riots in 1969,so went you play fire you get burn.I live comfortable without any assitances from no one and using common sence and not bucking to the China perspective trend.I follow my own sets rules and being an indivualist. Search in Google for the unholy alliance .I have assisted in a few.The link below:http://www.gnmagazine.org/issues/gn72/worldnewstrends72.htm.What i am saying is well documented facts and not fabricated slant reports.Sam.

  3. same here..maybe it’s an alien code?heh heh…does he/she live on this planet or on a deserted island…own set of rules meh..

  4. MR YB WEE PLS INFORM ME OF ANY MEETING OR GATHERING ON REGARDS THE PKR COS I HAVE MANY FRIENDS WANTS TO JOIN.THANKS. FRM: VIVI 017-3884198 SURESH 012-2120111

  5. Mar 11, 2008 A New Democratic Era In Malaysia- originally appearing at http://www.asiatimesonline.comBy Ioannis GatsiounisKUALA LUMPUR – The Malaysian government’s authoritarian instincts were finally checked by democracy at Saturday’s highly anticipated general elections, where the long-ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) government suffered one of its worst poll results in its 50-year history of uninterrupted rule.The BN won a mere 51% of the popular vote, down significantly from the 64% it notched at the 2004 polls, securing only a simple majority rather than the two-thirds of parliamentary seats it had sought. When the dust settled, opposition parties, which rode a wave of popular discontent about government corruption and neglect, won 82 of 222 parliamentary seats, 37% compared with the 9% previously held, and wrested control of four states – Kelantan Perak, Kedah, Penang and Selangor – while bolstering their hold on the northeastern state of Kelantan.The new parliamentary equation will effectively curb the BN’s ability to amend the constitution, including over issues related to citizens’ rights and the role of religion. The opposition’s strong performance came despite allegations of BN vote-rigging, stiff restrictions on political expression and assembly, and a pro-government bias in the state-influenced print and broadcast media. At around 2 am on Sunday, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and his deputy Najib Razak appeared dazed before a blitz of camera flashes, with Abdullah meekly announcing, “We’ve lost, we’ve lost.”The main opposition parties, including the multi-racial Keadilan, the People’s Justice Party (PKR), the Democratic Action Party (DAP), and the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) all exceeded expectations at the polls. Malaysian voters had until now tolerated corruption and authoritarianism among its leaders in exchange for relative social and economic stability.On Monday, Malaysian stocks fell the most in a decade, with the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index dropping 135.60, or 11%, to 1,160.59 at 4:15 pm local time after an hour-long trading suspension ended. The suspension followed the index falling by the 10% limit. Brokers said there was concern that the government’s public spending program might be stalled.Over the weekend, voters apparently sent the message that they now want a more sophisticated approach to nation-building and governance. “The people have expressed in no uncertain terms that they want accountability, transparency, and the rule of law,” said Anwar Ibrahim, de facto leader of the opposition People’s Justice Party (PKR).A swing away from the BN was widely expected among Indian and Chinese voters, who have felt increasingly marginalized by a long-standing affirmative action program known as the New Economic Policy (NEP), which benefits the majority Muslim Malays over minority Chinese and Indians, and the more assertive role Islam has been given during Abdullah’s term.The Chinese-majority state of Penang fell to the opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) after 36 years of BN rule and several BN Indian leaders, including long-time cabinet member Samy Vellu, lost their seats. Less anticipated, however, was the large deflection of Muslim Malay voters to the opposition camp. The United Malays National Organization (UMNO), which leads the BN coalition, has long fashioned itself as the protector of ethnic Malay interests.It had until now maintained political support by instilling fears, reiterated in the run-up to Saturday’s polls, that a vote for the opposition would divide and weaken the nation. However, many Malays proved undaunted, joining hands with Indians and Chinese to punish Abdullah’s administration for failing to tackle corruption, crime and inflation.BN was routed in the Malay-majority states of Kedah and Kelantan, while in many areas Malay support for UMNO was not much more than 55%, according to Ibrahim Suffian, program director of the Merdeka Center for Opinion Research. That significant numbers of Malays, Chinese and Indians voted for the opposition, despite the UMNO’s fearmongering claims, will lessen the likelihood that discord will play out along racial lines.It is not clear whether and how UMNO will respond to the democratic setback. The tendentious party has been known to react unkindly when its stranglehold on power has been threatened. In 1999, for instance, when PAS won the rural eastern state of Terengganu, then prime minister Mahathir Mohamad later deprived the state of development funds. He also restricted publication and distribution of the party’s newspaper Harakah. After enacting its revenge, the UMNO won the politically contested state back in 2004.Voter rejection of the BN this time is more encompassing, not only cutting across racial lines but also along rural and urban ones. The results also signal to Malaysians – long trained to think otherwise – that they possess the ability to check official abuses.Abdullah in the hot seatAfter the resounding setback, some believe the UMNO’s first order of business may be to pressure Abdullah to resign – perhaps opening the door for his deputy Najib to take over the party’s leadership. A spokesman for Abdullah said he has no plans to step down, and on Sunday senior UMNO leaders met at the premier’s official residence to show their support for him. He was swiftly sworn in as premier on Monday morning through UMNO’s and the BN’s simple majority.Yet even Abdullah’s resignation would not necessarily restore the UMNO’s and BN’s legitimacy, which the opposition has in the past pointed out is manufactured by opportunistic gerrymandering. The ruling coalition’s Indian and Chinese component parties are now widely seen as UMNO tokens, with their leaders cushioning their positions at the expense of their constituencies.The UMNO, meanwhile, has in many voters’ eyes become synonymous with mediocrity, feudalism, racism and patronage. The party’s young rising stars were expected to adopt a more progressive approach, but to many they have become indistinguishable from the old guard, which in turn has eroded public confidence in the UMNO’s ability to reform itself. Mahathir, for one, has accused Abdullah’s son-in-law and UMNO deputy youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin of being emblematic of this trend and said that he “played a big role” in the BN’s losses over the weekend.It’s perhaps telling of the mood in Malaysia that Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin – dubbed the “misinformation” minister by the opposition – lost his parliamentary seat in Kedah, while the popular critical blogger Jeff Ooi won the Jelutong parliamentary seat with DAP. The government had leveraged the traditional media it tightly controls to report that Malaysia is an economic miracle, respected by the world and breezing toward developed country status under visionary BN rule.Web portals and blogs like Ooi’s, however, have exposed Malaysians to the country’s less flattering realities and awakened many Malaysians to the fact that becoming a developed country will require replacing the political culture of mediocrity and impunity.Saturday’s results may pave the way for that shift. Both the opposition and the BN will feel the pressure to perform: the opposition has been given a precious opportunity and the BN can no longer take the public’s allegiance for granted.Incoming chief minister of Penang and DAP secretary general Lim Guan Eng’s sober victory address to reporters on Sunday morning suggested that he is not underestimating the hard work ahead.Opposition icon Anwar, meanwhile, said he plans to start assisting the opposition to form governments in the states it now controls. A politically motivated corruption charge prevents him from running until next month, though it is expected that another member of the party – perhaps his daughter, who won a seat and has expressed some reluctance to enter politics – will step aside so he can
    contest in a by-election.New winds of democracy are expected to blow through Parliament as well, where the BN’s dominance had in the past all but turned the legislative branch into a rubberstamp of the executive. Dissenting voices will now be harder to ignore in Parliament, which under a previously unassailable BN majority lacked a culture of debate and accountability.As opposition leaders hailed Saturday’s results, the streets of the capital Kuala Lumpur have been eerily quiet – as perhaps they should be out of respect for the country’s still fragile social balance and during what amounts to a traumatic moment for some in a society that is not accustomed to genuine democratic change. If the BN and citizenry handle the transition gracefully, Malaysia will have taken an all-important step in its political development.Ioannis Gatsiounis, a New York native, is a Kuala Lumpur-based writer, political researcher and journalist

  6. Yang Berkhimat Wee. Firstly, Congratulations for winning Wangsa Maju seat! As an outsider, I consider what you are going to do as YB more important than the election itself. Let us move forward and start planning. Doing is easy, you just delegate to the local authorities

  7. mercedez, i do believe that YB is very busy now (and later) keeping track of everything, wangsa maju doesn’t only consist of one or two houses. But i do believe he does read the comments but of course no guarantee of any replies.YB, thank you for having a blog.

  8. RIZAL IS BOLD & THICK ALL OVERNST,MARCH 12 – Call to give deputy CM’s post to a MalayGEORGE TOWN: The Penang Malay Chamber of Commerce has called on the new state government to ensure the deputy chief minister’s post is given to a Malay. Its chairman, Rizal Faris Mohideen, also requested that several Malay state assemblymen be appointed as state executive councillors as they could deal with problems concerning Malays.”The problems being faced by the Malays need attention and need to be addressed,” he said yesterday.Rizal said there were many problems facing the Malays here which had yet to be resolved.He said there was a need for specific policies, such as the New Economic Policy (NEP), to help the Malays.”Among the issues are the economy and education. Malays are, at present, at the lowest end of the value chain. They have been marginalised,” he said, adding that rapid development and modernisation had contributed to the problem.On the state government’s plans to do away with the NEP in the state administration, Rizal said: “The Malays should not be deprived of the opportunity to excel.”The Malay agenda should not be compromised.”

  9. I agree with mercedez. What now, YB? We need action after so many decades of cakap kosong and inaction with sleeping leaders. Yawn.

  10. Dear Mr. Wee,The former Minister of Health Dato’Chua should not be invited for any public speech because of his controversal figure. I feel that even he is innocent by the law, he is not a good example for us. I do not know why Sinchewdaily invite him for the ceramah last night. As we know, all of us share responsiblility in maintain good moral values. We do not want to see too many broken family in our society and whereby their children suffer due to family problem. We have to teach our young children the right way to manage their family tides in future. Leaders should set good example and to be good role model to our society.Wanita

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  14. To anonymous who wrote to Sam’s earlier comments. Anon asked Sam “to pack his bags and go back to where you came from.”My friend, there is no need to resort to such rude manners and arrogant attitude. This was exactly the similar sentiment expressed by Pauline Hanson (she was the champion of Anti-Asian migrants in late 1990s and early 2000’s in Australian political scenery headed by then PM John Howard – a neo-conservative). She said to us Asians to go home whence we come from because according to her “we do not assimilate into the Australian culture, our culture and customs are alien to the local Australians, we grab most of the job opportunities from the local Aussies plus we are a threat to the society because of this. Need I say more? Strong sentiments like these ended nowhere for govt policy nor human consumption. THese expressions are borned of evil desires to rid of a particular race or ethnic group. So if I were you, please look into the history of our nation,our Asian people residing in Western countries (they had it tough then and now. Such attitudes are still alive in the rural and regional areas where there is monoculture of one type only, the White culture. I am still learning from all this plus our recent win in the election but history of artrocious remarks should never be repeated. THis could led to all sorts of retaliation and see what happens to John Howard’s White Policy – he said “we shall determined who comes into our country and the circumstances they come in”..Learn from this and learn quickly, everyone because we cannot tolerate any bloodshed in Malaysia.

  15. selamat sejahtera mr wee..saya ada pergi mendengar ceramah mr wee di wangsa maju sebelum pilihanraya baru2 ni.kata-kata mr wee amat bernas.lgpun saya sangat memahami kecek klatey sebab saye berdarah kelantan-terengganu.saya buat pertama kalinya layak mengundi dan telah menyatakan sokongan saya terhadap mr wee dalam pengundian yg lepas.sebagai seorang pelajar kami mampu berfikir ape yang terbaik untuk masa hadapan.dan oleh itu kami suara pelajar telah sepakat untuk memberikan BA peluang untuk mentadbir kuala lumpur amnya dan wangsa maju khasnya.kerana BN juga belana janji dan belana juga tak tepati. =D dan akhir kata selamat berkhidmat untuk memajukan lagi bandar baru wangsa maju.

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