Posted by akito > 2013-10-27 19:01 | Report Abuse

A very well written article indeed. Over to you Najib.

Posted by akito > 2013-10-27 19:04 | Report Abuse

Oh, UMNO/BN where are your senses?

Kids, 8 & 10, force girl to perform oral sex: Is Umno-BN making use of issue to CENSOR INTERNET?

http://www.bm.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=98692:new-excuse-for-umno-bn-to-censor-internet-rising-cases-of-minors-raping-minors&Itemid=2#axzz2iuyglAod

Posted by alenac > 2013-10-27 20:34 | Report Abuse

"One can hope that he can come out of the shadow of trying to please and point to a path for inclusive development for all Malaysians." quoted from Bridget Welsh

With the way Utusex has been stirring up racial sentiments I do not think Najib is aiming for inclusiveness but rather to protect and enhance his position towards the next election. Malay Posturing would be the norm as he tried to consolidate his power for another term. When next election year comes then he will again attempt to sweeten his pre election role with an "all inclusiveness publicity" while fielding the corrupt and the extremist in the election. Just watch!!!!

Posted by izoklse > 2013-10-27 21:30 | Report Abuse

PART 1

The fallacy of the importance of Yap Ah Loy

140 years ago saw the first Malay-Chinese business partnership in Kuala Lumpur that resulted in Kuala Lumpur developing into a thriving metropolitan and eventually emerge as the nation’s capital. 140 years ago also saw the political struggles and jostling for power between groups of Chinese. Invariably, the Selangor Royal Family got dragged into these conflicts and in many instances the involvement of the Malay army would determine the outcome of these conflicts.

NO HOLDS BARRED

Raja Petra Kamarudin


I have noticed many Chinese readers posting comments that, if not because of the Chinese, Kuala Lumpur and Selangor would not have developed and, today, would still be a jungle.

I think that is a most emotional and grossly inaccurate statement, which is not at all based on historical fact. You need to study the history of Selangor of about 150 years ago to get a clear picture of what really happened with regards to the issue of the Chinese in Kuala Lumpur/Selangor.

I wrote the piece below in October 2002 -- part seven of a series of eight articles -- regarding the history of Selangor from the date of the First Sultan, Raja Lumu, in the 1700s till today. Hence that is 300 years of Selangor history -- of which the Chinese played a role in only half that period.

Selangor, in the mid-1800s, was already developing and was poised to become the economic centre of the Malay Archipelago (which was why Kuala Lumpur ended up as the Federal Capital of the country -- because it was the economic centre as well).

And that was why the Chinese came to Selangor -- because Selangor was a thriving economy and the Chinese wanted to make money in what was emerging as an economic centre. If not do you think the Chinese would have bothered to come to Selangor if there was no money to be made?

This part (part 7) is regarding Yap Ah Loy.

By the way, His Highness the Sultan of Selangor sent my essay on the history of Selangor to Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Khoo Kay Kim for vetting and the Professor returned it to His Highness without a single correction.

In other words, I got 100% marks and His Highness had 2,000 copies printed as the official story of the Selangor Royal Family and distributed it to all the members of the Selangor Royal Family in a function in the Palace.

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Yap Ah Loy

The first attack on Kuala Lumpur (September-October 1870): The Battle of Ampang

The history books tell us that Yap Ah Loy, a.k.a. Kapitan China, was the founder of Kuala Lumpur. I am not saying this is not entirely true. However, this is oversimplifying the issue slightly as it is not quite like he just went there and opened up Kuala Lumpur all on his own.

He had the help, not to mention the permission (and protection), of the Selangor Royal Family.

Kuala Lumpur, which was then uninhabited jungle, was rich in tin and Raja Abdullah, a member of the Selangor Royal Family (who owned the tin concession), entered into a business partnership with Yap Ah Loy, whose function was to supply the Chinese labourers to work the mines -- labourers whom he ‘imported’ from China.

Raja Abdullah and Yap Ah Loy sailed up the Kelang River from the mouth of the river and landed on the Kelang-Gombak River confluence and camped there for the night. Today, on this famous spot, stands the Jamek Mosque.

From there, Raja Abdullah and Yap Ah Loy trekked through the thick jungle to Ampang, which at that time took a couple of days, and this was where the first tin mines were opened up. With these tin mines came diseases and wars, which nearly wiped out the entire mining community. In some instances entire communities were killed off and they had to be replaced with reinforcements from China.

Soon after that, Chong Chong, Yap Ah Loy’s rival, entered into an alliance with Syed Mashhor and they set up an army to attack Kuala Lumpur. News of this alliance reached Yap Ah Loy’s ears in June 1870 and he immediately contacted the Viceroy of Selangor in Kelang, Tunku Kudin, who was also the Sultan of Selangor’s son-in-law.

Posted by izoklse > 2013-10-27 21:31 | Report Abuse

PART 2

The fallacy of the importance of Yap Ah Loy

Tunku Kudin

Yap Ah Loy’s brother, Yap Tet Fong, was sent to Singapore to employ Chinese mercenaries and procure arms, ammunition and provisions. Chung Piang and Hiu Fatt, two of Yap Ah Loy’s most able ‘generals’, were appointed local recruiting agents. By the end of September they had recruited well over 1,000 fighting men.

On 12th September 1870, Chong Chong and his army arrived at the 4th mile Ampang Road and set up camp there while Syed Mashhor’s men remained in Ulu Kelang. Soon, more locals joined the invading army and the numbers increased to over 2,500 men. Yap Ah Loy, however, had less than 2,000 men, which included the Malays led by Raja Asal and Sutan Puasa, who joined him later.

As soon as Yap Ah Loy learned that Chong Chong had set up camp near Ampang, he sent a force of 600 men under Hiu Fatt and Tung Khoon to Ulu Kelang with the intention of cutting off Chong Chong's line of retreat. The next day, Hiu Fatt’s men started attacking Syed Mashhor’s army. Fighting began at about 10.00am and lasted until late afternoon.

Syed Mashhor’s men were routed and suffered heavy losses.

Syed Mashhor escaped to Chong Chong’s camp after which they embarked on an immediate counter-attack before Yap Ah Loy’s men could consolidate their position. That night, a combined force of about 2,000 men headed for Ulu Kelang.

In the meantime, Hiu Fatt and Tung Khoon had returned to their camp in Ulu Kelang. During the night, they were awoken by sounds of gunfire and shouting and discovered, much to their surprise, that Syed Mashhor’s force was attacking them. Meanwhile, Chong Chong’s army emerged from the rear and trapped Hiu Fatt’s force.

Fortunately, Yap Ah Loy had decided that evening to reinforce his troops at Ulu Kelang and had sent Chung Piang with a force of 400 men to Hiu Fatt's camp. They arrived in the heat of the battle and, after a fierce battle, Chong Chong was forced to retreat. Yap Ah Loy lost 40 men with another 100 wounded while Chong Chong's force suffered very heavy losses.

Yap Ah Loy realised that his army was not big enough to withstand Chong Chong’s and Syed Mashhor’s onslaught so he asked Raja Asal, who was at Damansara, for help. Raja Asal joined the three Chinese leaders at Ulu Kelang and it was agreed that they should move their combined forces down the valley to take up positions opposite Chong Chong’s stockade. Chong Chong proposed to Syed Mashhor that they should harass Yap Ah Loy’s army before they could settle down into their new positions.

Daily skirmishes went on for about a month without much success for either side.

Yap Ah Loy then sent another 600 men to reinforce Chung Piang’s troops that consisted of 400 Malay fighters under Sutan Puasa and 200 Chinese fighters under Ten Sam. Another fierce battle started at 10.00am and, by late afternoon, Chong Chong’s force was routed with the loss of more than 500 men. By nightfall, Chong Chong and Syed Mashhor realised they were beaten. They escaped to Batu Caves through Setapak.

From Batu Caves, Syed Mashhor escaped to Ulu Selangor while Chong Chong fled to Kuala Langat. By then, however, nearly half the army had been wiped out in one of the fiercest battles Kuala Lumpur had ever seen. But this was just the beginning of what would be many more battles to come before Kuala Lumpur would see peace. In one such battle, Yap Ah Loy was defeated and barely escaped with his life and had to seek the protection of the Sultan’s army.

140 years ago saw the first Malay-Chinese business partnership in Kuala Lumpur that resulted in Kuala Lumpur developing into a thriving metropolitan and eventually emerge as the nation’s capital. 140 years ago also saw the political struggles and jostling for power between groups of Chinese. Invariably, the Selangor Royal Family got dragged into these conflicts and in many instances the involvement of the Malay army would determine the outcome of these conflicts.

Sultan Abdul Samad

It must be noted that all this happened during the reign of Sultan Abdul Samad, the Fourth Sultan of Selangor, who ruled Selangor from 1857 to 1898. Sultan Abdul Samad was regarded as a weak Sultan who not only had no control over the State but was also not interested in administering the state and would leave it to his son-in-law, Tunku Kudin, to maintain the peace.

Sultan Abdul Samad was known for his passion in gambling and opium and Tunku Kudin, the brother of the Sultan of Kedah, who was exiled for trying to topple his brother the Sultan, wielded much power in Selangor. In fact, Sultan Abdul Samad married off his daughter, Raja Arfah, to Tunku Kudin to make him a Selangor ‘citizen’ because there was much jealousy from the rest of the Selangor Royal Family to this ‘outsider’ having so much power in Selangor. For all intents and purposes, the marriage was a political marriage to legitimise Tunku Kudin’s position in Selangor.

Posted by akito > 2013-10-28 00:35 | Report Abuse

Amalan rasuah begitu berleluasa di peringkat tertinggi dan melibatkan jumlah wang yang banyak. Akhirnya, rakyat yamg terpaksa menanggung beban. - Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah

Posted by akito > 2013-10-28 00:39 | Report Abuse

Kalau ada hati nak sayang rakyat, Ni la cara utk rakyat Malaysia kurangkan gula... bukan naikkan harga. naikkan harga gula tu sayangkan kroni.

Posted by akito > 2013-10-28 00:47 | Report Abuse

Former T'gganu syarie chief judge charged with INSULTING Sultan

Sunday, 27 October 2013 22:34


KUALA TERENGGANU - Former Terengganu syarie chief judge Datuk Ismail Yahya pleaded not guilty in the Syariah Court here today to two counts of insulting and questioning the Terengganu Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council's (Maidam) authority and the Sultan of Terengganu's instruction on Maidam's restructuring.

In the first charge, Ismail, 57, was accused of insulting Maidam in a letter to the State Secretary.

In the second charge, in a letter to the State Secretary, he allegedly questioned the consent given by the Sultan as the head of Islam on Maidam's restructuring as stated in the minutes of

Maidam's fifth meeting on Oct 21, 2012.

Both letters allegedly dated Oct 29 last year with a mailing address at the Terengganu Syariah Department.

Ismail was charged under Section 10 of the Terengganu Syariah Criminal Offences (Takzir) Act 2001 which carries a jail term of up to two years or a fine up to RM3,000 or both, upon conviction.

Judge Kamalruazmi Ismail granted RM800 bail with one surety to Ismail for each charge and set Feb 26 next year for trial.

Syarie chief prosecutor Syarie Mustafar Hamzah prosecuted. -- BERNAMA

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Posted by akito > 2013-10-28 00:49 | Report Abuse

Berapa peratus penurunan harga kereta dalam Bajet 2014 BN?
Aku janji BN sebelum PRU13 dulu Najib dah lupa?

Posted by akito > 2013-10-28 00:51 | Report Abuse

Kurangkan gula dalam minuman... Kurangkan elaun untuk menteri..

Posted by akito > 2013-10-28 00:55 | Report Abuse

Pemansuhan subsidi gula... Siapa yang untung..? Saja nak tanya..

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Posted by akito > 2013-10-28 00:59 | Report Abuse

Masihkah anda ingat lagu ini?

Madu ditangan kananmu (Pakatan), RACUN ditangan kirimu (BN)...

Posted by akito > 2013-10-28 01:05 | Report Abuse

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak mempertahankan langkah kerajaan memansuhkan subsidi gula berkuatkuasa hari ini, dengan mengingatkan bahawa pengambilan gula yang berlebihan boleh menjejaskan kehidupan seks seseorang.lol

Posted by akito > 2013-10-28 01:11 | Report Abuse

Belanjawan orang kaya, yang miskin papa kedana

Pelaksanaan Cukai Barangan dan Perkhidmatan (GST) seperti yang diumumkan Dato' Sri Najib Tun Razak dalam ucapan belanjawannya di Parlimen hari ini adalah satu tamparan hebat kepada golongan miskin dan berpendapatan rendah.

Malah, bermula pada kadar 6%, adalah sangat melampau. Perbandingan pelaksanaan GST yang dilaksanakan di Singapura pada kadar 7% sekarang ini juga adalah cubaan mengelirukan rakyat kerana ia mula diperkenalkan pada tahun 1994 dengan kadar hanya 3%, sejak 13 tahun yang lalu.
Dalam apa keadaan pun, membuat perbandingan dengan negara seperti Singapura dan negara-negara Eropah adalah sia - sia disebabkan tahap urus tadbir yang baik jauh lebih tinggi di negara - negara tersebut.
Bagi rakyat Malaysia, kos sara hidup sudah cukup membebankan tanpa GST. Dengan adanya cukai ini, beban yang lebih berat akan menimpa golongan miskin memandangkan mereka hampir tidak ada pilihan lain selain membelanjakan juga sebahagian besar daripada pendapatan boleh guna (disposable income) yang ada.

Hujah Najib bahawa GST akan menyebabkan kos barangan dan perkhidmatan semakin berkurang adalah bohong dan sekali lagi cuba mengelirukan rakyat.

Majoriti rakyat tidak akan dapat memanfaatkan GST dengan penjimatan ataupun pelaburan seperti golongan kaya dan berpendapatan tinggi. Ini akan mewujudkan jurang yang lebih nyata dan menyebabkan ketidakadilan sosial yang lebih berpanjangan.

Jika belanjawan tahun lalu adalah belanjawan rakyat disebabkan pilihanraya bulan Mei lalu, maka yang ini merupakan belanjawan orang kaya kerana kerajaan UMNO dan Barisan Nasional merasakan ia sudah tidak lagi terhutang budi kepada rakyat.

Mereka lewatkan GST kerana mereka tahu rakyat akan membantah dan kini selepas pilihan raya mereka melaksanakannya. Maka Belanjawan 2014 ini hanya akan melebarkan kesenjangan ekonomi rakyat. Jurang kaya - miskin, gini - coefficient rakyat akan terus meluas.

Selain itu, saya meramalkan tekanan inflasi yang bakal menimbun serta kos sara hidup yang kian meningkat.

Dorongan untuk memacu sektor pelancongan, dengan membina lebih banyak hotel bertaraf lima bintang dan bersaing dengan dunia untuk memiliki bandar terhebat tidak memberi kelebihan dan kemakmuran kepada rakyat.

Di mana usaha Kerajaan untuk merendahkan kos pengangkutan atau memperbaiki pengangkutan awam ? Tidak ada disebut tentang perumahan mampu milik. Malah program kesihatan rakyat terus diabaikan.

Meskipun peruntukan yang diumumkan amat substansial, namun yang masih menjadi permasalahan adalah pengagihan dan penggunaan dana tersebut. Perbelanjaan negara tahun lalu tentang latihan Bahasa Inggeris sahaja sudah cukup menjadi contoh bagaimana pembaziran berlaku.

Dana keusahawanan melalui pinjaman mudah bagi mengurangkan pengangguran di kalangan graduan hanya akan menjurus kepada nilai hutang yang semakin memuncak. Apa yang diperlukan oleh graduan - graduan ini adalah kemahiran'soft skill' dan lebih banyak latihan kemahiran dan teknikal untuk meningkatkan kebolehan mereka diambil bekerja, bukan hutang yang lebih banyak. Cadangan untuk memberi dana kepada pelajar lepasan SPM untuk latihan kemahiran adalah baik dari segi prinsip, akan tetapi yang lebih signifikan adalah soal pelaksanaan serta pengkhususan di lapangan.

Kita semua setuju bahawa defisit belanjawan mesti dikurangkan, tetapi memeras lebih banyak wang daripada rakyat bukanlah caranya. Masalah asas adalah soal ketirisan, pembaziran dan rasuah. Dengan menangani masalah ini secara tidak komprehensif, kita tidak akan mampu untuk menyelesaikan masalah yang tidak akan berkesudahan. Masalah ini tidak mampu diselesaikan dengan hanya mengutip cukai sebanyaknya.

MOHAMED AZMIN ALI

Posted by akito > 2013-10-28 01:15 | Report Abuse

Ada sesiapa yang beli gula hari ini..? Saja nak tanya...

Insya Allah Malaysia akan menjadi negara bebas diabetis menjelang tahun 2020.

Posted by akito > 2013-10-28 01:17 | Report Abuse

Nak elak kencing manis kena kurangkan gula... Kalau nak elak dari kena kencing dengan BN macam mana..? Saja nak tanya...

Posted by akito > 2013-10-28 01:48 | Report Abuse

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