Internet for future leaders
Posted by: femalevoters on: December 19, 2011
The Internet we have come to know came in to existence almost by accident. A computer technology that was born out of World War II and the space program spawned the Internet – a system originally designed to survive the envisaged World War III.
The United States Army created the first network of computer terminals. While the first few machines were being connected, some smart technician hit on the idea of using the telephone system to provide connections to other installations. So the web grew like the primitive neural network of a new life form. It was designed as a ‘shield’ so that the exchange of information and orders would be assured in the event of a nuclear war.
Little did those technicians know how vast their brainchild would soon become. They were the midwives of a techno-biological entity that would revolutionize the human capability to communicate – a cybermind.
It was originally assumed that such WWW III would be fought between the ‘Free World’ and the Soviet Union, but to the delight of all, the wall came down as the Communist Bloc failed to win the arms race. The ‘Iron Curtain’ was torn aside by McDonalds and Levi’s as much as the threat of ‘Star Wars’ weaponry. It was communications, not nuclear, conventional or even science fiction weapons that achieved this seemingly impossible feat.
This network, that originally channeled only the secret whisperings of a few hundred military and scientific personnel, has now become the place of regular intercourse for millions of people throughout the world. Like the dividing and multiplying cells of a new life form, the Internet cybermind is growing in complexity and ability at a phenomenal rate. Its web has encompassed the globe and its relevance and bearing on all humanity is already beyond human comprehension. Its mental capacity is phenomenal and its ability to interact with every aspect of human existence is far beyond our wildest imaginings. Like Athena’s shield, it truly is a gift from the Gods.
Elsewhere, we see that our media is controlled. It shows us what the minds of others want us to see. It does not allow us choice or an unbiased view of our world or our society. We can all look at our TV’s, listen to our radios, read our newspapers and magazines, but we do not have any say in what material is selected for our consumption. The world’s media is owned and controlled by very few people. They are powerful. They know the value of the media and its potential and they use it as a tool to show us what they want us to see.
Men are beginning to communicate in a way they never could before. The Internet has provided the vehicle for this communication. Their attempts to organize and support each other have been stumblings in cyberspace, but they have made tremendous progress.
They are learning to walk together and soon they will learn to march together in invisible armies. Men are not naturally supportive of each other. They are competitive. They have been bred that way for countless generations. Men are still seeing each other as rivals and competitors, but in the darkness of cyberspace, where they are invisible, they can co-operate and reach out to one another.
They can express their pain in safety, free from the emasculation that afflicts them in the ‘real’ world. Here, where their physical presence is not required or necessary and only their words are seen they can organize and bring about change.
Free speech may prove more difficult to control on the World Wide Web than in individual nations. The cybermind still has free thought coursing through its synapses. If you look, you will find opinion of every shade on every conceivable issue. You may find some of what you discover uncomfortable or offensive, but what is important is that individuals are allowed to state their cases and present their ideas. Totalitarian regimes may control totally what people say, but they can never control what a free mind may say.
Who is Wee Ka Siong?
Posted by: femalevoters on: September 9, 2011
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Rumours of Malaysia 13th General Elections are soon coming. Let us investigate feasibility of current MPs so that we can ask them questions on their integrity, incorruptibility and utility before we even consider to vote for them.
Let us start our inquiry with Wee Ka Siong from MCA.
Born in Malacca [in 1968], in a small town called Jasin, Wee Ka Siong was a graduate of UTM (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia). Lived in Kampung Air Baruk, which is a Malay village. Grandfather’s hometown was a city called Lu Feng in the Guang Dong province.
Below were interesting news circulated in the internet about Wee (WKS) reproduced in easy to digest form.
According to an article posted in Malaysia Today by I Love Malaysia:
1. WKS is also a direct beneficiary of the PKFZ largesse. WKS owns 47 per cent of Hijau Sekitar Sdn Bhd (240539-X), the subcon that was offered by KDSB a multi-million ringgit contract to study and implement traffic flow and control in PKFZ.
View Hijau Sekitar Sdn Bhd’s company details here: http://www.malaysia-today.net/archives/29184-finally-revealed-secret-pkfz-documents-that-will-net-the-big-fish
2. Wee is also known to take Tiong King Sing’s private jets on private trips, especially to Taiwan, his second home. The business deals WKS cut in Taiwan is astounding. His leisure activities there even more so. And who can forget the China girl sex scandal which almost cost his political career.
3. There was a case of a China girl sex scandal which almost cost his political career found at following link http://www.voiceofmalaysian.com/2008/08/01/wee-no-truth-in-china-girl-sex-link-sms/
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PKFZ corruption, the biggest financial scandal in Malaysian history
DAP turned the screws on Dr Wee Ka Siong, alleging he might be involved in “insider trading” over land development next to Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ).
In handing over a five-page report to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) yesterday, along with an appendix of almost 200 pages, Seremban MP John Fernandez said the deputy education minister should be investigated for any improprieties in his ministerial conduct and also the status of his shareholdings in consultancy firm Hijau Sekitar Sdn Bhd.
Still a substantial shareholder
Fernandez said a search in the Companies Commission of Malaysia on Jan 25 showed that Wee held 49,998 shares in Hijau Sekitar, while company directors Lim Kit Siong and Wong Woon Ping held 50,001 and one share respectively.
The DAP man had also couriered a copy of the report to the Attorney-General’s Chambers and the Inspector-General of Police.
Dr Wee’s consultancy, together with four other firms, had been picked by Wijaya Baru Sdn Bhd to do a study on the need for port development in Port Klang.
Wijaya Baru is the parent company of Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd, which was incharge of the controversial billion-ringgit PKFZ project. Kuala Dimensi is headed by Tiong King Sing, who is also the Bintulu MP.
Seeing conflict of interests
Wee had on Dec 24 last year said that while Hijau Sekitar provided consultancy work on Port Klang it did not do any work on the PKFZ project.
Said Fernandez: “Since the (deputy) minister has admitted that his company Hijau Sekitar has done work for Wijaya Baru, investigations must be carried out to see whether there has been any breach of ministerial rules, for example, doing business whilst being in Cabinet.
Wee, who is also MCA Youth chief, said Hijau Sekitar provided consultancy work on Port Klang but denied any link to the controversial Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project.
Doubts and suspicions
“The relevant authorities must also investigate as to whether the (deputy) minister has made use of inside knowledge of PKFZ development programmes for personal gains. This is because it is alleged that Hijau Sekitar has headed a team of consultants to draw up plans to build a new port next to PKFZ. Has he gained inside knowledge about adjoining land appreciation?” said Fernandez.
He urged the authorities to investigate suspicions that Wee, who is also the MCA Youth chief, may not have revealed all his assets as required to the prime minister when he was elected to Cabinet.
Read more news article here: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/litee/malaysia/article/PKA-KSDB-in-a-tussle-over-PKFZ-lawsuit-arbitration-/
Revelance vs Relevance
Posted by: femalevoters on: June 2, 2011
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A friend asked why our previous posting’s title “GE13: Revelance of MCA” was wrongly spelled.
Well, we always need to be updated with current fashion, otherwise, the voters will not understand our mumbles and will leave us backdated old foggies behind. (haha)
Believe it or not, the word ‘revelance’ is used out there.
Here’s an explanation from urban dictionary:
revelance: A much cooler way to say relevance, usually spoken through an internet chat medium
Change to be changed?
Posted by: femalevoters on: April 14, 2011
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Many promises are made during any election campaign, whether the voters are left with a performing people’s representative, it is up to fate, so say some voters. Well, is it fate or a case of being left out from education on the principles of caveat emptor (buyers beware)?
We encourage all voters to exercise their wisdom wisely and listen to evaluate positives and negatives of candidates from both sides. Candidates from political parties will be promoting themselves during campaign time but when something happens or befallen on the people’s representative/s or they were later found to be unable to fulfil their duties, voters only have themselves to blame for choosing the wrong product in the first place.
Caveat emptor, people of Sarawak…
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Change to be changed?
Many have expressed sympathies to political winners who have contributed but are now dropped from contesting in this round of the Sarawak state election.
Unfortunately those who have worked for change previously are now being changed themselves. Dominic Ng Kim Ho and Voon Lee Shan have been denied their opportunity to fulfill unfinished business for their constituents in Padungan and Batu Lintang respectively.
When one votes for a ‘good’ candidate, it is natural to assume for them to be fielded again for re-election, right? It is unjust of their parties to thrust these previously considered good candidates to negative public opinions and speculations that perhaps these people did something wrong during their term of office or stepped on some venerable toes within their party.
The decision of their party not to field Dominic and Voon again also implies that these previously winnable candidates are no longer winnable in their respective areas. If these people are not good enough for the state office re-election again after working hard during their term of office previously, it will be one big glaring irony if these discards are later brought out to be offered again for parliamentary candidacy.
One hopes their respective PKR and DAP party leaderships are not practicing favoritism, engaging in cross party horse trading or worse, discrimination driven by impatience to win now.
Remember the saying, “the old horse will know the way”? It is unwise to dish out new faces into the battlefield simply for the sake of change alone or for the sake of appearing to be new. This act of promoting the uninitiated into a job that requires high flexibility and delivery reminds one of the Peter Principle.
Most business people learnt of the Peter Principle only when they have mismatched and promoted people into jobs with duties they cannot fulfill. The Peter Principle resonates even more today, when a lust for accomplishment has led to an unprecedented level of incompetence extending even into the political arena.
Voices of reason are hoping the rakyat’s opinion are asked, not to be denied their preferred candidate or expected to gullibly embrace new untested faces whom political party chiefs are currently favouring.
So while we sit back and wait out until the next change come, it is well for political players to remember a wise Chinese saying, “Order moves slowly but surely disorder always in a hurry”. Otherwise, ‘when your horse in on the brink of a precipice, it is too late to pull the reins’.
By: Bintang Bulan
Make happy those who are near and those who are far will come
Posted by: femalevoters on: April 10, 2011
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We are pleased to publish a contribution from a member of our group who would like to be known the pen name “Bintang Bulan”.
Comments appreciated. If Talent Malaysia is listening, do respond.
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Make happy those who are near and those who are far will come
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Whenever bad news or allegations made it to the media, public curiosity rises and reason seem to fly out of the window.
Happy stories about good honest work by the common man in the street seldom make the daily front page of the media. Instead, gory details of accident, deaths and lurid lives of the famous/notorious caught up in immoral indulges or sexual escapades are hyped up and accorded prime space. All in a day’s work in the chase for money for media tycoons but doesn’t help much to bring positive improvement to advance the rakyat’s mindset.
Shouldn’t the forth estate (as a journalists tend to pride themselves) be living up to their profession by supplying their public with real issues of truth, honesty and righteousness rather than be made an unwitting accomplice in the promotion of personal truths, the unverified, voyeuristic stories of sex and publicizing disrespectful photos of the unfortunate dead?
There is still a window of opportunity to redeem the media practitioner’s reputation. Why not adopt one positive and solid message to start on the road to redemption for the dignity of the media? Find that one solid story that can galvanize the people and bring hope for the future.
One good example of the positive good for inspiration is 1Malaysia’s vision to achieve a high income nation by 2020. 1Malaysia is still in need good journalism attention. 1Malaysia is fighting to get commitment of local champions from all strata of society to make it a reality. 1Malaysia is searching for community leaders to bring updated good news to the grassroot. 1Malaysia will not work if the man and woman in the street are not given access by those whose job is to bring the good news to the common people.
Readers are always hungry for good news. Offer your readers hope, make them feel connected with a future and who knows, the media might be the secret tool that will attract our lost talents to come back home to Malaysia.
By: Bintang Bulan
CSL’s 4 letter word made it to Singapore Straits Times
Posted by: femalevoters on: March 18, 2011
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We hope Najib Razak seriously look into all his BN component team members‘ level of competency.
Time to seriously look into effectiveness of using untrained cyber troopers running loose and creating shameful remarks in blogs, Facebook and Twitter.
Aren’t there anybody that can help raise the bar for Malaysia political parties? Stop those irresponsible people from shaming Malaysians in the eyes of the world!
Chua Soi Lek and the 4 letter word
Posted by: femalevoters on: March 4, 2011
- In: Malaysia | MCA | politics | women
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What is MCA doing about this? We are terribly appalled with Chua Soi Lek’s tweet in responding to a not so polite tweeter:
johnnywongsgt Johnny Wong
@kyle8c @drchuasl under MCA all the women must be careful
20 hours ago Favorite Retweet Reply
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in reply to ↑
@drchuaSL Soi Lek Chua
@johnnywongsgt yes I like 2 give a 4 letter word 2 your mother n sister n u look after your back.
20 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® Favorite Retweet Reply
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What we say to this type of behaviour:
Under no circumstance should a politician give a mafia-like retort to a non-supporter. We shudder at the sinister tone of his message:
“yes I like 2 give a 4 letter word 2 your mother n sister n u look after your back.”
Now, what does Ng Yen Yen say to this, being the top woman leader in MCA?
And, what does Najib Abdul Razak have to say to this, being the head honcho of Barisan Nasional?
How to live harmoniously in the 21st century
Posted by: femalevoters on: January 18, 2011
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“In the 21st century, it does not make sense to apply zero-sum 19th century theories of how major powers interact.”
- Hillary Clinton
Read the full article here:
Clinton Raises Curtain for Upcoming Hu-Obama Summit
Mothers, teach your child not to be a lawbreaker
Posted by: femalevoters on: December 20, 2010
- In: family | Malaysia | politics | women
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Shocking admission and not even any admonishment for a juvenile lawbreaker…
Read the extract from the court news on the Aminul Rasyid shooting case – he the underaged juvenile who died after being shot multiple times after he triggered a car chase while driving a car without licence.
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Athimulan: “Do you know that it is against the law to drive without a licence?“
Zubir: “Yes.”
Athimulan: “Did you advise Aminulrasyid about this?”
Zubir, “No, because I sometimes drive without a licence, too. I drive my mother to the market and in the residential area.”
Those in court giggled at his frankness.
Judge Latifah Mohd Tahar smiled and told the boy: “Next time, don’t drive without a licence, okay?”
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Makes one wants to weep at all the players in the above case, doesn’t it?
Why are lawbreakers treated so lightly even in the aftermath of an unnecessary tragedy?
Are Malaysian families really that detached from the grasp of law and order?
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