Abang Jo: We are going the wrong way!

KUCHING: Building flyovers and widening roads would not solve traffic congestion problems. These approaches would, in fact, exacerbate the problem by inducing more traffic.
Housing and Urban Development Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg said these outdated approaches need to be re-examined.
“The issue here is to manage the demand for travel by making use of existing infrastructure. We term this as a new realism in transport policy,” said Abang Johari at the opening of ‘Focus Result Delivery (FRD) Lab for Kuching Urban Public Transport’ here yesterday,
Abang Johari explained that having greater accessibility to the city would encourage more people to drive their own transport rather than using public transport as an alternative.
“There is an uncontrollable increase in car usage due to the lack of alternative transport in urban Kuching, leading to saturated and congested urban roads,” he said.
Citing examples from the United States, Abang Johari said a few cities there had resorted to dismantling flyovers and replaced them with more public buses and trains.
“What we are looking at are solutions that can be considered. For example, a terminal with parking lots at each housing estate where there would be public transport to bring the people to the city centre.”
He revealed that his ministry was continuously seeking ways to make traffic flow smoother while having greater accessibility to the city via affordable urban public transport.
“We have to find ways to ensure reliability and quick journey time, enhancing comfort and convenience while at the same time ensuring safety to the public.”
On the 5-day lab session, Abang Johari said he hoped the participants would look into issues such as integrating public transport, planning the system, regulatory instruments, body to implement, monitor and regulate and also how to make the system sustainable.
Met by reporters after the opening, Abang Johari revealed that he had requested RM200 million from the federal government to handle the issue.
“In Klang valley, around RM7 billion was allocated to solve the problems and as we are still at the initial stage I had requested for RM200 million which will include discussion sessions on potential and feasible solutions.”
Fifty five participants from both the private and public sectors are attending the lab session. These include officers from Rapid Kuching, Sarawak Transport, Public Works Department and the local councils.
Also present yesterday were Assistant Minister of Housing and Urban Development Abdul Wahab Aziz and the ministry’s Permanent Secretary Affandi Keli.

Respect the wishes of the people, PBB Youth info chief tells MoCS chief

KUCHING: The people in the state have shown clearly during the   state election last month that they wanted Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud and other top leaders of the BN component parties to continue leading the state.
In view of this, PBB Youth information chief Abdul Aziz Adenan said, the Movement of Change, Sarawak (MoCS) leader Francis Siah should not insult the voters by calling on them to hold demonstrations if Taib did not step down by August 13.
“In our democracy, the rakyat have shown at the polling stations last month to give the mandate to the Chief Minister and other top leaders of the BN component parties to continue leading the state,” he said.
Aziz also thanked  parliament Deputy Speaker Datuk Wan Junaidi Wan Jaafar for giving a good lesson on democracy to Francis Siah through his statement in a local newspaper last Wednesday.
Touching on  Siah’s statement in urging the party Youth  Kuching zone to “adopt a new political culture in not following party leaders or masters, blindly,” Aziz said members of PBB Youth wing believe in working with top leaders in the party and are always loyal to them.
He said this loyalty should not be regarded as blindly following the top leadership and in this case, the party Youth members   respect the wishes of the ppeople’s choice in giving their mandate to the Barisan Nasional (BN) government to govern the state.
“I ask Francis Siah not to turn a blind eye to the wishes of the majority of the rakyat who wished Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud and BN component leaders to continue administrating the state.
“The Youth wing is not only loyal to the top leaders in the party but also loyal to the wishes of the rakyat,” he said when contacted yesterday.
The Youth information chief added that PKR had made the right decision to distance itself from the NGO as stated by the party state liaison chief Baru Bian.

PEMUDA PBB ZON KUCHING BUAT LAPORAN POLIS TERHADAP UGUTAN FRANCIS SIAH UNTUK MENGADAKAN DEMONSTARSI RAKYAT

                     

Pemuda PBB Zon Kuching pada jam 4 petang tadi telah membuat laporan polis terhadap Francis Paul Siah mengenai isi kandungan ugutan beliau untuk mengadakan demonstrasi rakyat secara besdar besarn sekiranya YAB KM Sarawak tidak meletak jawatan sehingga 13 Ogus 2011 nanti.

ROMBONGAN PEMUDA PBB ZON KUCHING petang tadi diketuai oleh Wan Hamzah Wan Paie selaku Ketua Pemuda Zon Kuching yang diiringi bersama 10 orang ketua pemuda PBB dari seluruh Kuching dan lebih kurang 50 orang ahli pemuda PBB serta pihak media tenpatan dan nasional.

Pemuda meminta agar pihak polis membuat siasatan atas perkara berikut ;

1. Francis Siah mempunyai niat untuk mengadakan demonstarsi jalanan besar besaran ala timur tengah yang boleh mengancam ketenteraman awam di Sarawak.Walaupun beliau menyatakan dalam artikel tersebut bahawa rancangan tersebut akan diadakan secara aman, namun di dalam perenggan terakhir artikel tersebut beliau menyatakan sekiranya terdesak beliau akan melalukan apa sahaja untuk memaksa KM berundur. Ini memberi gambaran bahawa beliau beliau mempunyai potensi untuk menjadikan perhimpunan itu sebagai momentum huru hara negeri Sarawak. Ini boleh dianggap sebagai subversive dan menghasut rakyat untuk memberontak dan ini adalah satu kesalahan besar di sisi undang undang Negara.

2. Pemuda PBB juga mahu pihak polis menyiasat adakah Francis Siah menerima bantuan dana dari Negara barat yang ingin melihat Malaysia menjadi padang jarak padang terkukur seperti yang dilakukan oleh mereka di Timur Tengah. Ini kerana perancangan besar Francis Siah ini melibatkan jumlah dana yang besar, dan sekiranya dana ini wujud dan benar dari pihak Negara barat maka siasatan haruslah dibuat adakah Francis Siah ini menjadi perkakas Negara barat di Sarawak.

3. Tindakan Francis ini menghina system demokrasi dan menghina suara rakyat Sarawak yang dengan jelas mahu YAB Pehin Sri dan BN memimpin semula Sarawak.Tindakan ini jelas menolak dan menghina asas perlembagaan Negara kita.

4. Francis Siah juga menghasut orang awam untuk membenci SPR dengan menyatakan pilihanraya yang lepas telah berjalan dengan tidak benar dan tidak tulus . Ini bermakna beliau menghasut rakyat Sarawak untuk membenci agensi yang dipayungi secara langsung oleh kuasa Yang Dipertuan Agong lebih lebih lagi keputusan pilihanraya telah pun diperkenankan melalui pengwartaan baru baru ini.

Atas laporan polis ini maka Pemuda PBB Zon Kuching menyatakan 3 pendirian kami yang berikut ;

1. Pemuda PBB akan menjadi banteng kukuh mempertahankan kepimpinan YAB Pehin SRI Abdul Taib Mahmud dan Francis Siah perlulah berhadapan dengan Pemuda PBB dahulu sebelum mencabar YAB KM.

2. Pemuda PBB menyeeru semua rakyat Sarawak agar memboikot dan menggagalkan perancangan jahat Francis Siah. Ini adalah perlu bagi memastikan kesejahteraan dan kestabilan negeri Saeawak akan terus terpelihara.

3. Pemuda PBB memberi masa selama 7 hari untuk Francis Siah menarik balik artikel beliau itu, sekiranya tidak maka kami akan membawa laporan polis ini kepada YB Menteri Keselamatan Dalam Negeri dan menentut agar tindakan yang keras diambil terhadap Francis Siah demi kebaikan seluruh rakyat negeri Sarawak.

Aziz sokong Masing persoal kewajaran PPP ke Sarawak

KUCHING: Ketua Pene-rangan Pemuda PBB Aziz Adenan menyokong kenya-taan Presiden PRS Dato Sri Dr James Masing yang mempersoalkan kewajaran Parti Progresif Penduduk (PPP) melebarkan sayapnya ke Sarawak.
Katanya sebagai sebuah parti komponen BN, PPP seharusnya tidak membuka cawangan di Sarawak dan tidak menimbulkan perasaan tidak senang di kalangan parti-parti komponen BN Sarawak.
“Dalam konteks memeli-hara semangat perpaduan dalam Barisan Nasional, saya tidak nampak alasan yang munasabah untuk PPP meneruskan kehadirannya di Sarawak,” katanya.
Malah menurut beliau, sedangkan Umno sebagai tulang belakang BN, tidak mengembangkan sayapnya di Sarawak.
Pada Selasa lepas, Masing memberitahu Utusan Borneo menerusi SMS: “Memang tidak wujud persoalan tentang PPP membuka keahlian di Sarawak. Tetapi sebagai anggota BN, adakah tindakan itu adil?”
Menteri Kemajuan Tanah itu diminta mengulas mengenai satu laporan mengatakan PPP akan merekrut keahlian lebih agresif sebagai persiapan untuk Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-13.

Jangan cuba wujud kumpulan penyokong Fadillah, Taib: Daud

Tindakan sedemikian dikhuatiri akan mendorong perpecahan parti



KUCHING: Dakwaan perpecahan dalam Pemuda PBB tidak wajar dijadikan sebagai alat untuk melabelkan wujud kumpulan penyokong Ketua Pemuda Datuk Fadillah Yusof dan kumpulan penyokong Presiden Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud dalam parti tersebut.
Naib Presiden PBB Datuk Daud Abdul Rahman berkata, tindakan sedemikian juga dikhuatiri akan mendorong ke arah perpecahan di kalangan ahli dan sekali gus menyebabkan parti menuju kehancuran.
“Janganlah kita memecahbelahkan (dengan melabelkan) ada yang sokong Fadillah ada yang sokong Ketua Menteri.
Ketua Menteri terlalu tinggi. Fadillah terlalu kecil untuk dibandingkan dengan YAB Ketua Menteri,” katanya ketika diminta mengulas dakwaan wujud perpecahan di kalangan ahli-ahli Pemuda PBB, di ibu pejabat parti itu di sini, semalam.
Isu itu timbul apabila Fadillah gagal mengeluarkan kenyataan mempertahankan Taib ketika dikritik oleh Ketua Pemuda UMNO Khairy Jamaluddin dan beberapa pemimpin komponen BN di Semenanjung Malaysia dan Sabah.
Kenyataan yang dikeluarkan selepas BN mengekalkan kemenangan pada pilihan raya negeri pada 16 September lepas, bertujuan ‘menggesa’ Taib berundur daripada jawatan Ketua Menteri.
Daud yang juga Menteri Muda di Pejabat Ketua Menteri berkata lagi, ahli dan para pemimpin PBB wajar mempertahankan Taib apabila dikecam pihak luar yang tidak mempunyai kaitan secara langsung dengan politik dan kepimpinan Sarawak.
Beliau bagaimanapun berkata, Fadillah dipercayai tidak mempunyai niat untuk memecahbelahkan parti.
“Saya kenal dengan Fadillah kerana beliau merupakan anak didik saya,” katanya.
Dalam pada itu, bekas pemangku Ketua Pemuda PBB Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah menegaskan, tidak wujud perpecahan dalam Pemuda.
Abdul Karim yang juga Ketua Setiausaha Politik kepada Ketua Menteri turut menyifatkan situasi itu sebagai pertelingkahan biasa dan salah faham dan tidak ada unsur-unsur perpecahan.
“Memang di mana-mana tempat mesti ada orang yang tidak berpuas hati, tetapi nak mengatakan sokongan terhadap Ketua Pemuda tidak menyeluruh, itu tidak tepat.
“Saya berani mengatakan bahawa sokongan kepada Ketua Pemuda parti PBB masih kuat dan saya juga tidak ada masalah untuk menyokong beliau,” katanya yang juga ADUN Asajaya.

DNA LELAKI Y SUDAH DISAHKAN!!!

AKHIRNYA!!! Berkat doa dan Solat Hajat beramai - ramai yang diadakan oleh puak - puak Pakatan Pembangkang sebelum ini sudah dimakbulkan Allah S.W.T.

Diorang yang inginkan sangat KEBENARAN kini sudah terselah. Tidak dapat dinafikan lagi setelah tiga tahun berlalu, akhirnya kebenaran itu ditegakkan.

Peguam Cara Negara II, Datuk Mohd Yusof Zainal Abidin dalam hujahnya telah mengaitkan semua hasil ujian DNA yang dilakukan dua ahli kimia sebelum ini.

Beliau juga turut mengesahkan bahawa DNA 'Lelaki Y' yang merupakan penyumbang DNA utama dalam rektum Mohd Saiful Bukhari adaladah milik Anwar Ibrahim.

Datuk Mohd Yusof berkata demikian sewaktu hujah diakhir pendakwaan kes liwat yang dilakukan oleh Anwar Ibrahim terhadap Mohd Saiful.

Kita tunggu apa respon dari puak - puak 'Jaga Bontot' Si Al - Juburi ni kemudian. Diorang pasti panas punggung bila keputusan tesebut dibuat.

Nak sangkal apa lagi? Bukti dah ada depan mata. Itu pun diorang tak percaya lagi ke? Kenapa diorang tak percaya?

Sebab diorang memang jenis manusia bebal yang tak boleh terima hakikat KEBENARAN yang sebenarnya.

Persoalan paling penting bagi Semut ialah, apa pendirian PAS mengenai kes ini? Adakah mereka masih akan tetap setia dengan Pemimpin seperti Si Al - Juburi ni?


Atau adakah mereka akan meninggalkan Pakatan Pembangkang kerana tidak mahu terikat dengan kepimpinan seorang Peliwat?

Kalau diorang masih tak percaya jugak, apa kata diorang sendiri desak Si Al - Juburi tu agar menyerahkan DNA dia secara sukarela untuk mendapatkan kepastian. Itu je caranya. Tapi kalau dah dasar bebal tu, bebal la jugak!!!

Govt does not fear bloggers

KUALA LUMPUR: The government does not fear bloggers but wants to be part of them and know their views even if it is unfavourable criticism, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
“I believe this relationship will be an important relationship based on mutual respect. We might not agree all the time but we cannot be disagreeable.
“What is important for us is to put forward your (bloggers) views, even your unfavourable criticisms and together we can build a better Malaysia and future for us,” he said in his keynote address at the First Malaysia-Asean Regional Bloggers’ Conference here, yesterday.
Also present were the patron of Blog House Malaysia Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his wife Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali, president of Blog House Malaysia Syed Akbar Ali and Najib’s wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.
Najib said the era of government knowing everything was over and the government needed to know from bloggers who represented the Malaysian community, their views and criticisms.
“But we should draw the line; if we use the cyberspace to tell lies and half truths, that is wrong. I agree with Tun Dr Mahathir that there must be a line that we cannot trespass.”
He said if bloggers worked within those parameters, he believed they could indeed play a vital part in shaping a better future for Malaysia and Asean.
Najib said the governments of today were being challenged not just by the use of guerillas and mercenaries armed to the teeth with deadly weapons, but also by the deployment of cybertroopers who waged viral warfare with the might of their keyboards, keypads and smartphones, as the Iran ‘Twitter’ and Egypt ‘Facebook’ Revolution manifested.
“We are also one of the most ardent Facebook fans – there are 10.1 million FB users. I have no doubt whatsoever that Malaysia has one of the liveliest blogospheres in the world and definitely one of the freest if not the most free.
“Malaysians have to thank Tun Dr Mahathir again for this. When he was prime minister and Malaysia was developing its Multimedia Super Corridor, Tun made the promise to the world that Malaysia would never censor the Internet.
“My government is fully committed to that wisdom; we intend to keep his word,” he said.
Najib believes that the Internet is an engine for economic growth, the portal that opens up to a knowledge society.
“This is applicable to all societies, even a government that is not too keen about the democracy part of ‘digital democracy’ should embrace the digital part, as the economic implications are simply too great to ignore.
“The social media, blogging and microblogging are capable of bringing nations closer as for the first time in the history of mankind, people are able to communicate with each other in real time and without having to wait for days or even weeks for the mail,” he said.
The two-day conference, starting Saturday with the theme of ‘Blogging Mindfully and Responsibly’ is organised by Blog House Malaysia, an association that provides a platform to derive defensive mechanisms to protect the plethora of bloggers in blogosphere, especially on Malaysia and Malaysia-centric postings.
The objective of this conference is to bring together regional bloggers from the Asean region and to highlight the obstacles faced by these bloggers as well as the adversity that bloggers might experience in their day-to-day tackling of various issues.
Meanwhile, during the question-and-answer session, Najib said the government was still open to suggestions on the teaching and learning of Mathematics and Science in English (PPSMI).
He said although the policy was scrapped, the government was committed to enhancing students’ proficiency in the English language.
“We believe strongly that proficiency in English is a prerequisite to becoming competitive, and it is important for Malaysians to speak English competently together with the national language.”
Najib said there were different views on PPSMI, with some feeling that learning Mathematics and Science in their own mother tongue is easier for the students to master the subjects, while others feel that teaching the subjects in English will make it easier for the students to comprehend.
“The debate is still on. But it is undeniable that we are committed to making people more proficient in English.”
He said several initiatives had been taken for that purpose, including increasing the hours for English lessons and bringing in English teachers from overseas to teach here.
As such, Najib said, bloggers could also contribute their views on this matter.
“We are keeping an open mind and can look into greater details. Let’s share your views so that we can find a solution that is acceptable and can be implemented,” he added. — Bernama