Sassy MP

After making much noise on my blog over unfair remarks of me written by Nadeswaran and Terence Fernandez inThe Sun, The Sun finally published my letter/press statement of clarification.

The editor of The Sun, however, left a line in the printed version of the paper that said “The writers stand by their reports and their opinions despite Kok’s assertions”.

Hi hi, typical attitude of adamant writers, i.e. they are forever right, they are forever the heroes that champion for the cause of rakyat, and they can run down whoever base on “sources”, and they are “The Truth, The Way and The Life” :-)) Continue Reading »

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On Air: Razali Ismail in centre, with the host and I.

Yesterday when I was walking in the lobby of Parliament house, I saw the RTM producer, Azli, and I jokingly said to him that RTM has not invited me to attend their programme  Selamat Pagi Malaysia.

I then asked him to invite me to Selamat Malam Malaysia instead.

He then asked whether I was free today so that he could invite me to go on air. He asked me to attend the programme on comments after live telecast of Dewan Rakyat sitting today. I told him that if my oral question doesn’t come up as the first ten questions, I will be happy to oblige.

Today I arrived at Parliament at 9.40am. I entered the small studio in the media room in Parliament house. My counterpart was Umno MP for Muar YB Razali Ismail. Continue Reading »

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PEMBERITAHUAN PERTANYAAN BAGI JAWAB LISAN DEWAN RAKYAT

Puan Teresa Kok Suh Sim (Seputeh) minta PERDANA MENTERI menyatakan perangkaan pertumbuhan pembangunan perindustrian HALAL di setiap negeri. Apakah langkah yang akan diambil oleh kementerian untuk mengatasi masalah banyak halal hub yang telah dibeli oleh syarikat-syarikat tertentu tetapi tidak dibangunkan.

JAWAPAN :

Tuan Yang Di-Pertua.

Industri Halal di Malaysia merangkumi industri berasaskan makanan dan bukan makanan seperti kosmetik dan hiasan diri, farmaseutikal, ramuan halal, ternakan dan logistik. Ianya terbahagi kepada ;

i) Penarikan pelabur asing
ii) Pembangunan IKS Halal

Dari segi penarikan pelabur asing, setakat ini, HDC masih berbincang dengan 5 pelabur asing untuk melabur di Taman Halal seperti Zon Halal Perdana di PKFZ dan di Selangor Halal Hub di Pulau Indah. Sementara itu, 10 syarikat dari Taiwan telah menunjuk minat untuk melabur di Taman Halal Tanjung Manis di Sarawak dalam industry akuakultur. HDC juga sedang membantu syarikat Prima Agri Food Complex yang akan membina Prima Agri Halal Food Park di Gambang, Pahang di mana sebanyak 68 IKS dalam bidang makanan akan mengambil peluang menceburi bidang pemprosesan makanan untuk eksport di pasaran antarabangsa. Taman Halal di Padang Besar, Perlis diberi tumpuan kerana berhampiran dengan sempadan Thailand untuk mendapat bahan mentah seperti ayam dan daging halal untuk diproses di Taman Halal Padang Besar. Continue Reading »

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PEMBERITAHUAN PERTANYAAN BAGI JAWAB LISAN DEWAN RAKYAT

YB. Puan Teresa Kok Suh Sim (Seputeh) minta PERDANA MENTERI menyatakan sebab musabab Petronas Gas gagal membekalkan gas perindustrian yang cukup kepada syarikat perkilangan pelabur asing di Semenanjung Malaysia. Apakah langkah yang akan diambil oleh Kerajaan untuk mengatasi masalah yang semakin kritikal ini dan bilakah masalah ini dijangka akan diatasi.

JAWAPAN :

Tuan Yang Di-Pertua.

Untuk makluman Ahli Yang Berhormat, mengikut rancangan jangka panjang, kapasiti loji-loji pemprosesan gas di Semenanjung Malaysia yang pada masa ini berupaya untuk memproses dan menyalur kira-kira 2,000 juta kaki padu gas sehari (mmscfd), sewajarnya mampu untuk menampung peningkatan permintaan dalam jangka panjang sepertimana dalam kontrak yang ditandatangani antara PETRONAS dan pengguna. Namun demikian, permintaan terhadap bekalan gas asli terutamanya daripada sektor industri telah meningkat secara mendadak sejak Oktober 2002 berikutan keputusan Kerajaan menetapkan harga gas yang rendah kepada sektor tersebut. Berikutan peningkatan dalam permintaan, keseluruhan kapasiti pembekalan gas asli di Semenanjung Malaysia pada masa ini telahpun dikontrakkan sepenuhnya (fully contracted out) kepada para pengguna di sektor elektrik dan sektor bukan elektrik termasuk industry.

Kerajaan memberi perhatian yang serius berhubung kedudukan bekalan gas di Semenanjung Malaysia. Antara langkah awal yang diambil oleh Kerajaan untuk menangani kekurangan bekalan ini adalah dengan menyemak semula struktur harga gas. Dalam hubungan ini, Kerajaan pada 4 Jun 2008 dan 4 Julai 2008 telah memutuskan untuk menstruktur semula harga gas kepada sektor elektrik dan sektor industri secara berperingkat bagi meminimumkan impak dan membolehkan pengguna membuat penyesuaian.

Tuan Yang DiPertua.

Walaupun langkah tersebut mungkin tidak dapat mengatasi sepenuhnya kekurangan bekalan gas, ia dijangka mendorong para pengguna untuk menguna sumber tenaga khususnya gas secara lebih cekap dan penjimatan gas dari langkah tersebu akan dapat digunakan untuk memenuhi sebahagian permintaan khususnya daripada sektor industri. Beberapa langkah jangka sederhana juga sedang diteliti untuk menangani masalah kekurangan bekalan termasuklah usaha menggalak pihak industri melaksanakan audit tenaga (energy audit) dalam sistem pengeluaran bagi meningkatkan kecekapan penggunaan sumber bahan tersebut serta penggunaan peralatan yang lebih cekap tenaga (demand-side management). Continue Reading »

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Dear friends, today when I read The Sun, I found that my press statement was not published at all, but Terence Fernandez’s article was published.

He clarified that there was no such plan to rescind hillslope development.

I received on Sunday afternoon a text message from Nadeswaran that he will publish my statement or letter to clarify the matter . However, when I wrote my piece yesterday, The Sun dare not publish cos it hit at both him and Terence.

Today when I checked my email, I found the article under the title of “Betrayed by Teresa and Ronnie” forwarded to me by a friend. My emotion and anger rose again after reading it. All these confusion among the public is caused by these two guys.

How do they feel if someone cooked up a story against them on the front page of the newspaper?  I used to have high regards for the both of them, but my respect for them has sunk a few levels after they did such a hurting thing to me.

Frankly, I roughly know who fed them the info. However, as responsible journalists, they should be fair in their reporting, and should not put their biasness in their articles based on hearsay.

They are suppose to be impartial and are suppose to uphold the principle of telling the truth to the public.  These are the basic principles that we learnt at Communication school students in university.

Have they forgotten these basic teaching of journalism? Continue Reading »

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After reading the news report on the press conference by NGOs led by YB Edward Lee, the Bukit Gasing ADUN today, I decided to come out with this press statement to clarify the real position on the issue of hill slope development in Selangor.  

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I received this commentary by email last night. I was told that Rehda Selangor has had a meeting after The Sun published that news report yesterday.  

When I read The Sun today, I found that the paper did not carry the response of Rehda Selangor but it published another article by Nadeswaran on hillslope development that whacked me and the Selangor government.

I am very surprised with the way The Sun handles this issue, looks like the editor concerned just want Nadeswaran’s views to be published and they disregard other opinions.

Is this the spirit of fairness and impartiality in their reporting? Continue Reading »

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I was quite cheesed off yesterday when I read the front page report with the heading of “Hillslope Policy To Be Reversed?” piece published in The Sun dated 14th August 2008.

The news report said that the developers association (Rehda) has lobbied Ronnie Liu and I to reverse the no-hillslope-development policy in Selangor, and the writers said both of us have coaxed the Menteri Besar of Selangor to meet with Rehda  people, as the MB was not in favour of meeting with the group. 

My God, I did not expect the two journalists whom I have respected very much, namely Nadeswaran and Terence Fernandez can write such a presumptious article based on hearsay, and they can be so adamant in believing their hearsay from others and refused to give me justice. Continue Reading »

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