1. Terlalu ramai yang amat bersetuju jika Tun Dr Mahathir jadi guru ekonomi untuk Amerika dan negara-negara Eropah.

2. Tolonglah mereka.

May I

//Mubarakchan ..
I like the comments by iskandarshah 2 who speaks with reality of the political market place which reminds me whether our Ministry of Transport has not forgotten to retrieve the 25 miles or more of the steel rails between Woodlands and Tanjong Pagar which rightly, I believe, belong to KTM. This is a valuable asset of KTM !……
Iskandarshah 2 comments No 8, 9, & 10 are the real world. No abang-adek nonsense. Well-done fellow compatriot !//

//Amin Tan…
What Mr Iskander Shah 2 said is more realistic
“”1-First and foremost thanks for acknowledging me a Muslim.My own bro Amin Tan don’t seem to recognize me a Muslim anymore so your recognition is truly being appreciated.Its Ok even as a disillusioned one.Thanks again…
……Dear Brother Iskandar Shah 2,
Please forgive me on the issue of religion. I am not god. I may be wrong. Nothing is absolute. MiddleAges may be right. Wallahualam. //

Thank you bro Mubarak Chan and Amin Tan for the nice words for me, you are both so humble.

I pray to the Almighty to grant us with more of His blessings and grace to enable us to continue exchanging our sincere ideas in our beloved chedet’s blog for yet more time to come.

And for bro Amin Tan forgive me too for having offended you..

Thanks Tun

Thank you sir.
Terima kasih Tun.

I like the comments by iskandarshah 2 who speaks with reality of the political market place which reminds me whether our Ministry of Transport has not forgotten to retrieve the 25 miles or more of the steel rails between Woodlands and Tanjong Pagar which rightly, I believe, belong to KTM. This is a valuable asset of KTM !

It was alleged that in the separation of MSA Airlines in 1972, the software were given to Singapore ex-gratis. There was a hoo-hah at the very top.

Iskandarshah 2 comments No 8, 9, & 10 are the real world. No abang-adek nonsense. Well-done fellow compatriot !

On Ahmad Badri’s comments No. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5, let us put all this corruption malfeasance into a proper perspective as regards the colonial period, the post-war colonial period, the early Merdeka years, the NEP period and a much misunderstood subject, Singapore.

You are great Ahmad Badri but what you mentioned were already with us a very long time ago – let us be fair to the BN Government. But only thanks to the successive BN Governments and the successful policies, we see the sums involved shot sky high in the 21st century into billions of ringgits.

In other words, please excuse me, as long as there is Man and there is Woman, we have this corruption nonsense. Money is the apple.

1. The Colonial Period of the Japanese Occupation – 1942-1945.

Most of the tricks of the corruption trade were learnt and experienced by the young folks who became very rich eventually, either through politics or business. I do not blame them as life and survival were on a string.

2. The Post-World War 2 Colonial Period. 1946-1957.

What happened in the towns especially Kuala Lumpur previously carried on. There were sanitary inspectors making enough money to send their children to the United Kingdom to study and enjoy themselves in gambling clubs and horse-races. Some were court interpreters who took advantage of their position. I came across a case whereby the Government official took five thousand Straits Dollars wrapped up in the venerable Straits Times before he would sign on the dotted line of a Probate. By the early 1950s, some District Officers in major towns were involved with town planning and the inside information benefitted their friends.

On the political side, the charity lottery blossomed for a while before it was taken over by the Government and turned into the Social Welfare Lottery which some officials quickly emigrated after a change of political bosses later.

3. The Post-Merdeka Period 1957-1970.

The leaders of a non-Malay political party made hay while the sun shone. Whatever the means or inclination, all became multi-billionaires today.

4. The NEP Period 1971-1992.

The leaders of the non-Malay political party continued to make more money. In one single instance, after only 6 years in public office, one of them could remit Singapore Dollars 100 Million from Singapore to Hong Kong. He told the public his parents were hewers of wood and drawers of water. There were many more instances.

5. The Post NEP Period right past the 21st century goal post.

The leaders of this particular party still in play but became more daring and stumbled.

I have always said non-Malay political parties must not be synonymous with money and that their role is like Caesar’s wife beyond reproach and work twice as hard as UMNO and contribute meaningfully at all times, not only before General Elections.

It is tough to be a professional non-Malay politician !

How to deal with this endemic problem which could be legal or illegal ?

It can only be contained and the top man must set an example especially in a small country or place where most things are common knowledge.

It is alleged that President Harry S Truman, my favourite American President, said ‘ The buck stops at my desk ! ‘ But there is another story about him.

One day, his aide went up to President Truman and reported with bated breath that as soon as the Americans sent the Marshall Aid to China in the late 1940s, the next moment the money would appear in Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek’s family’s bank account in New York. The aide asked, ‘ Mr President, what shall we do ?’ The President replied without hesitation, ‘ He is a bastard. But he is our bastard !’

And Singapore ? Many years ago, the major contractors were not permitted to entertain their public service clients in public places of entertainment. They switched their frolics to their own homes from where I could hear the tinkling of wine glasses with many ‘ yam sengs ‘ and the smell of barbecued meats wafted into my nostrils 18 storeys above them till the wee hours of the morning.

And my friend the architect from Kuala Lumpur was engaged by one major Government Agency. He complained why in Singapore, a retaining wall was twice the width of those he designed in Kuala Lumpur. Soon afterwards, his wife was threatened in a wet market and they returned to Kuala Lumpur promptly. I believe up to 1972, there were 4,000 registered gangsters. But there is none now.

iskandar shah 2 and Ahmad Badri fangs for the memories. And many thanks to samuraimelayu@gmail.com for the sentiments.

Vote BN always, especially for all the Malaysians and the Malaysian Chinese.

I hope real life stories will convince the latter !

There are many bankers who would lend you money, even while you have existing debts, and they are not stupid.”"

Dear MiddleAges,
What type of bankers would lend you money when you have trouble? Not only would they not lend you any more additional money, they would try to sell your collateral security to recover whatever money you owe them. Bankers are your friends only on sunny days. They are ruthless and heartless, especially to small lenders. If you are big lenders borrowing hundreds of millions, and when you get into trouble, then it becomes the bank’s problem. They have to help you to save themselves.
What Mr Iskander Shah 2 said is more realistic
“”1-First and foremost thanks for acknowledging me a Muslim.My own bro Amin Tan don’t seem to recognize me a Muslim anymore so your recognition is truly being appreciated.Its Ok even as a disillusioned one.Thanks again.

2-So there are bankers around so loving who,who even though he knows you are heavily indebted and are no longer able to generate income to service your existing debts is willing to lend you more.Bro I think you are truly a disillusional one here.Bankers are people who takes away the umbrella when it begins to rain!

3-The moment he sees you are having problem that is when he will begin to take steps to cut down on losses.That’s is why bankers have regular periodical reviews on their customers accounts.They will only give more to the performing ones even though they have not a need for it.”"

Dear Brother Iskandar Shah 2,
Please forgive me on the issue of religion. I am not god. I may be wrong. Nothing is absolute. MiddleAges may be right. Wallahualam.

amin tan

May I…

55. http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/8/7/nation/11810716&sec=nation

56. Opportunists and challengers via politics are those people who are irresponsible not afraid to loose face or cause chaos to a particular community.

57. When comes to national pride; DAP Manoharan should not take this pride as entertainment entity.

58. I used to like Comedy Court, but not anymore.

59. If these Indian lawyers cum politicians can stood so low and still think that we parents are China men, be prepared to loose our votes of the Chinese Community.

60. Because we are not stupid and could be exploited forever.

Good day, YAB.
P.S. If MiddleAge mahu berkaya-raya tanpa kerja keras, buy established jackpot or lottery tickets to win the Prize of millionaires, janji dapat.

1. Some people proposed that reducing or abolishing our highway toll charges will ensure BNs win in the next election, suggesting that that is the only trouble with our country.

2. Pah !

3. If this is proven true, i will eat my shoes in public.

Thank You Tun

//August 4, 2012 at 11:36 pm | Permalink
Salam Tun,

Iskandar Shah2 wrote

…Iskandar is obviously not a banker and highly delusioned by Islam, a result of severe indoctrination.

There are many bankers who would lend you money, even while you have existing debts, and they are not stupid.//

1-First and foremost thanks for acknowledging me a Muslim.My own bro Amin Tan don’t seem to recognize me a Muslim anymore so your recognition is truly being appreciated.Its Ok even as a disillusioned one.Thanks again.

2-So there are bankers around so loving who,who even though he knows you are heavily indebted and are no longer able to generate income to service your existing debts is willing to lend you more.Bro I think you are truly a disillusional one here.Bankers are people who takes away the umbrella when it begins to rain!

3-The moment he sees you are having problem that is when he will begin to take steps to cut down on losses.That’s is why bankers have regular periodical reviews on their customers accounts.They will only give more to the performing ones even though they have not a need for it.

4-If the Eurozone nations can find bankers to help out there would be no need for the ECB to work out with IMF to come up with the rescue plans at all.IMF is now persuading all member nations to contribute so that she can help these nations.

5-There would be situation when really strong bankers would help out customers in trouble only when they are sure that the situation is secured and a turnaround is possible not in hopeless situations like what the Eurozone is in now.

6-Understandably they must answer to the Board of directors for their rescue decisions.Not in present Eurozone situation when the bankers themselves were only saved by bailouts.

//….I’m sorry, you’ve completely lost me there. How is it that Singapore’s handling the Euro crisis means we need to vote BN into office still ?

What kind of a muslim goes around the world looking for trouble ? A stupid one i would say.//

7-Actually I am not asking the Govt of Malaysia to attack Singapore or what but Malaysia have many bad experiences with Singapore before that proves that she is not a very dependable neighbor.

8-In the 1998 crisis when our currency was badly devalued her bankers tried to destroy the economy of Malaysia by offering exceptionally high interest rates to lure our money out.Their CLOB was also messing in the share market.It is only after Tun had introduced the currency controls that their CLOB had to backoff although they had completely snubbed the Govt of Malaysia before.

9-I am just thinking that a country that had already lost a hundred bilion in the crash of 2008 and is vulnerable to hundreds of billions more extended to the Western financial institutions would be very unlikely not to do anything for her future.

10-They are survival people and that is why we must be very careful.Desperate people would do desperate things.If Singapore can buy PKR she can buy Malaysia.Most Malaysian politicians are only in politics to make money.They have a price.I think Singapore can afford whatever price now.Of course maybe there is no such scheming but it is not good to be too trusting a neighbor with a past record.

11-We can see how the Jews can make America save Israel with billions when even she herself is already drowning.We know Singapore is very much a student of Israel.If Singapore own Malaysian direct or indirect should whatever happen to her she will have some one who can bail her out in her times of trouble.

12-Last but not least Bro what I am doing here is to support Tun garner votes for BN a party that I am supporting now only because the other party the marriage of strange bedfellows is so pretentious.Now and then Karpal will condemn the hudud to secure the non Muslim voters.While once a while PAS would demand to implement the hudud to retain their Malay voters.

Peace to all mankind!

Thanks Tun

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IT HAS BEEN MUNIPULATED BY UNITED STATES , BRITISH
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