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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

马华与民政党勿再自欺欺人,将华小所面对的诸多问题一味扫入地毯下!

2007年5月29日(星期二)在八打灵再也发表的声明:

教总主席王超群抨击一些政党,一味宣传华小问题获得改善,企图误导华社相信一些假象。他甚至批评这些政党领袖要华社感恩政府所给予华小的拨款及支援。

虽然王超群未直接点明,但其口中所指的一些政党,肯定非马华与民政党莫属。这也显示马华与民政党企图将华小所面对的诸多问题一味扫入地毯下,而未正视并解决有关问题。

马华与民政党宣称要与华教共进退,却对华小所碰到的实际问题视而不见、避而不谈。在这种情况下,马华与民政党领袖怎敢再面对华社,并且要华社在来届大选全力支持国阵呢?

民主行动党希望华社认真这个事实,不要只选择做“政治乞丐”,以为马华或民政党在来届全国大选宣布几项有利华教的消息,就将手中的一票投给国阵,却忽略了许多华小当前仍面对的严竣问题。

从教总第56届常年代表大会所通过的议决案,就可看出华小在增建华小、英文教数理、《2006至2010年教育发展大蓝图》、重开白小原校、华小师资、华小拨款、开设学前教育班等面对诸多问题。针对这些,马华与民政党怎能视而不见呢?

既然马华或民政党对华教有承诺,那么其领袖就有义务通过国阵的管道,要政府解决华小当前所面对的问题。尤其针对华小六年级评估考试的数学与理科,明年将以哪一种语文出题,为何教育部、马华与民政党至今还未能达致共识?

在增建华小方面,华社要求根据人口需求增建华小,但马华却退而求其次地采取迁校的策略。长远来说,这并不能解决华小校舍不足、课室拥挤并导致学生求学进度受影响的问题。

自从黄家定领导马华,以及许子根接掌民政党以来,尽管两人属于华文教育背景出身,而且许子根当年还是凭着“打进国阵,纠正国阵”加入民政党的“华教四君子”之一,但华教的春天似乎越来越遥远!

这显示马华与民政党在国阵内部的地位江河日下,而且跟巫统对等谈判的筹码也愈见输光。若马华与民政党再不采取更积极的行动,解决华教当前所面对的危机,两党最终难免会成为“华教的送终人”!

黄伟益


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Saturday, May 26, 2007

促请全国华团、朝野政党与非政府组织仿效吉兰丹广东会馆,通过提案促国阵禁止在来届全国大选,委派两位发表“月漏论”的国会议员上阵

2007年5月26日(星期六)在八打灵再也发表的声明:

民主行动党促请全国华团、朝野政党、非政府组织与其他民间组织,仿效吉兰丹广东会馆会员大会的做法,通过提案促国阵禁止在来届全国大选,委派两位发表“月漏论”的国会议员再度上阵。

这项由吉兰丹广东会馆妇女组建议的提案,在广东会馆昨日召开的会员大会获得通过。这也是国内第一个华团将有关课题列为大会提案来讨论。

有关提案内容“促请政府采取行动严厉谴责那些出言不逊羞辱女性,事后引起各方谴责仍坚持不道歉及不觉悟的国会议员,并关注遴选来届大选候选人的素质,以免人民对国家政策失去信心”。

我认为吉兰丹广东会馆的上述做法,乃体现民间高度发挥议政的精神。有关华团不仅关注本身组织内部的问题,亦关心影响全华社乃至全民利益的课题。

其实,华团向来秉持超越政党却不超越政治的组织文化。因此,对于任何发表言论歧视女性的人民代议士,任何党团都应该严加谴责,从而警戒其他政治领袖今后不敢出言不逊。

除了发表“月漏论”的国阵巫统野新区国会议员莫哈末赛益与京那巴当岸区国会议员邦莫达之外,国内各党团也应该严厉谴责最近在槟州立法议会发表“衣着论”的国阵巫统两位州议员。

在本月22日,柏玛当柏拉岸区州议员沙哈布丁与双溪赖区州议员查斯敏在参与辩论时,指“女性穿着性感会引诱男人,并挑战男人的忍耐力”。

黄伟益


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Wednesday, May 23, 2007

为何教育部迟至今天还未正式发函撤走所有被派到华小却不谙华文的辅导老师?

2007年5月24日(星期四)在八打灵再也发表的声明:

根据掌管教育事务的槟州行政议员杜乾焕博士透露,教育部将在不久后撤走被派到华小却不谙华文的辅导老师。

他透露曾在本月19日接获身在中国的教育部副部长韩春锦传来的短讯,告知教育部将在不久后撤走这些不谙华文的辅导老师。

截至目前为止,约有数百间华小深受教育部的这项新措施所影响。然而,教育部迟至今天却还未正式发函撤走这些不谙华文的辅导老师。

韩春锦所施的这种“拖”字诀,根本无法解决华小当前面对师资荒,尤其是辅导老师严重不足的问题。

即使韩春锦通过杜乾焕发布上述消息,但由于整个事态还未明朗,包括是否悉数撤走所有不谙华文的辅导教师,全华社上下正殷切期待教育部所发出的正式公函。

民主行动党密切关注数百名不谙华文的辅导老师被派到华小任教的问题,并担心此举可能会使1987年华小高职事件重演,最终必使整个社会付出惨重的代价。

鉴于此事必须尽速解决,民主行动党强烈要求韩春锦指示教育总监,在最快的时间内发函予所有受影响的华小,并把这些不谙华文的辅导老师调走,从而确保华小生今后享有更好的求学环境。


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Monday, May 7, 2007

Official Complaint to Elections Commission

Excerpt from Tony Pua's "Philosophy Politics Economics" blog
(http://tonypua.blogspot.com)
Thursday, April 19, 2007


Delegation led by DAP candidate for Machap By-Elections, Liou Chen Kuang and political secretary to Lim Guan Eng, Ng Wei Aik submitting our letter of complaint to the Election Commission

On Tuesday morning, the DAP team submitted a letter of complaint to the Election Commission with regards abuses as well as illegal conduct by the Barisan Nasional machinery. This was reported by the Sun here.

On the other hand, Election Commission (EC) chairman Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman claimed that development promises by ministers to voters during an election cannot be construed as vote-buying. Apparently, neither can allocations, given out in kind by ministers during elections, be deemed as bribing voters.

MCA President Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting similarly brushed aside our complaint by claiming that "it was not something new but a common tactic by the Opposition to accuse the Barisan Nasional of abuse vote-buying during every election". (Umm... that's probably because, it actually happens every elections? No?) At the same time, he claimed that "the development projects for Machap had been planned and decided much earlier before the by-election was called".

Similarly for Ijok, is the whopping RM36 million allocated by the Selangor Menteri Besar for immediate execution "planned and decided much earlier" as well? Are these leaders even credible? If so, then where are the millions being "planned" for other constituencies getting rolled out? When the next BN assemblyman or MP meets with unfortunate demise?


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Friday, May 4, 2007

The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Jamaludin Jarjis should apologize publicly to all fellow Indians for his racist insult abroad.

Media Statement by Ng Wei Aik, Political Secretary to DAP Secretary-General on 5th May 2007 in Petaling Jaya

I received a phone call of Dr Sheela Moorthy from New York, United States two days ago. She told me that she felt angry with racist remarks of the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Jamaludin Jarjis during his working visit to U.S. recently.

She told me that her younger sister, Sheena Moorthy who being the third year Biotech student in California Polytechnic State University (CALPOLY) had attended a gathering with the Minister on 30 April 2007 6.30 p.m., held in Belacan Grill Malaysian Restaurant, Redondo Beach, California.

The purpose of the gathering is to meet some of the Malaysian students studying in California especially those from the TPM Academy twinning programme. There were 100 people including two Indian students turned up for the gathering.

During the 3 ½ hour session, Jamaluddin Jarjis passed a few remarks on Sheena Moorthy. I take excerpts from what has been transpired during the gathering from Sheena’s own words:

“Incident 1 - Each student had to briefly introduce themselves. When it came to my turn, while speaking he interrupted me and asked if I knew Samy Velu, because he knows him. I don’t see any relevance in that and he mentioned it a few times for no apparent reason.

“Incident 2 - He gave a speech regarding how agriculture started in Malaysia. He mentioned how the British invested in Malaysia and made farmers work. Due to the lack of work force, “buruh India” was brought in. While mentioning this, he looked at me saying that’s how we get Indians in Malaysia.

“Incident 3 - After saying he is going to get MARA to help the Bumiputra students, he looked at me and asked “How many Indians are here?, I don’t have and don’t keep track of number of Indian students here so I mentioned that “In this room, there are two (pointing to my another Malaysian Indian friend, who is fair skinned) and J.Jarjis looked at him and asked “Oh. You are an Indian”, which means you are an upper class Indian and she is the lower class one (pointing at me). He went on to say that, “Oh, I am not going to help upper class Indians, I only help to lower class ones. They are the ones that need it’. I left the room feeling very insulted.

“Basically he judged me based on my skin colour.”

As a minister who representing all fellow Malaysians, Jamaludin Jarjis should not make any derogatory remark over certain ethnic group, no matter he is abroad or returning to home country. He has no right to insult others even if no Indian student attending the gathering.

Over the years, the government promotes national unity. But, this is not the case with our Minister. We should not compromise on his arrogant attitude in any way. He should be reprimanded by all Malaysians regardless of the colour or creed they may be.

As what I understand, Sheela Moorthy has made the complaint to the Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and other related agencies, including the Foreign Ministry, the Ambassador of Malaysia to U.S., Consulate General of Malaysia in U.S. and the Commission of Human Rights of U.S. Sheena is currently trying to gather the signatures of all students there.

DAP urges the Prime Minister and all Cabinet Ministers to look into the complaint seriously and demand Jamaludin Jarjis to apologize publicly to all fellow Indians over his racist insult abroad.

Ng Wei Aik


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针对日前在海外发表歧视印裔族群的言论,科学、工艺及创新部长贾马鲁丁有必要向全体印裔同胞公开道歉。

2007年5月4日(星期五)在槟城发表的声明:

我昨天接获目前在美国纽约行医的马来西亚同胞西拉穆迪越洋来电,告知我国科学、工艺及创新部长贾马鲁丁日前到美国官访时,发表歧视印裔族群的谈话而感到极度不满。

她告诉我其目前仍在美国加利福尼亚州立工艺大学就读生物工艺系三年级的妹妹西娜慕迪于2007年4月30日下午6时30分,出席在加利福尼亚州莱东多(Redondo)海滩Belacan Grill马来西亚餐厅举行与部长的交流会。

贾马鲁丁安排上述交流会的目的,主要是会见一些还在加州深造的马来西亚学生,尤其属于马来西亚科技研究院(TPM Academy)双联课程的学生。共有100人出席这项交流会,当中包括两位马来西亚的印裔留学生。

在长达3个小时半的交流会,贾马鲁丁数度特别针对西娜慕迪发表歧视印裔族群的谈话。兹将西娜慕迪所作的投诉列下:

Incident 1 - Each student had to briefly introduce themselves. When it came to my turn, while speaking he interrupted me and asked if I knew Samy Velu, because he knows him. I don’t see any relevance in that and he mentioned it a few times for no apparent reason.

(第一个案:每个学生必须自我介绍。当轮到我发言的时候,他打岔问我是否认识三美威鲁,原因就在于他认识三美威鲁。我不认为他有必要这样问,但他却在没有缘由的情况下,多次提出同样的问题。)

Incident 2 - He gave a speech regarding how agriculture started in Malaysia. He mentioned how the British invested in Malaysia and made farmers work. Due to the lack of work force, “buruh India” was brought in. While mentioning this, he looked at me saying that’s how we get Indians in Malaysia.

(第二个案:他在演词中提到马来西亚早期如何开发农业的情况。他提到英国殖民地政府在马来西亚如何投资,让农民有机会工作。鉴于劳力资源不足,他们便引入印度劳工。当发表这段话时,他看着我并说道:这就是我们如何将印裔引入马来西亚的情况。)

Incident 3 - After saying he is going to get MARA to help the Bumiputra students, he looked at me and asked “How many Indians are here?, I don’t have and don’t keep track of number of Indian students here so I mentioned that “In this room, there are two (pointing to my another Malaysian Indian friend, who is fair skinned) and J.Jarjis looked at him and asked “Oh. You are an Indian”, which means you are an upper class Indian and she is the lower class one (pointing at me). He went on to say that, “Oh, I am not going to help upper class Indians, I only help to lower class ones. They are the ones that need it’. I left the room feeling very insulted.

(第三个案:当提到他将通过玛拉协助土著学生时,他看着我并问道:“这儿有多少印裔?”我没有统计印裔学生在加州深造的数据,所以我就指向另一位来自马来西亚、皮肤白晰的印裔同胞并说:“在这个空间,只有我们两位。”贾马鲁丁看着他说:“哦,你是印度人。”这意谓那个男生是上等的印裔,而我则是低等的印裔(同时手指向我)。他继续说道:“哦,我不准备协助上等的印裔,我只是协助低等的印裔。他们就是有需要的一群。”我感觉身心受创伤而随即离开。)

Basically he judged me based on my skin colour.

(基本上,他是根据肤色对我个人作判断。)


作为代表全民的内阁部长,哪管是在国内或海外,贾马鲁丁不应该发表具有种族歧视意味的言论。即使当时在场者没有印裔同胞,这不代表贾马鲁丁有权利发表歧视印裔同胞的言论。

政府一直鼓吹国民团结一致,然而贾马鲁丁却阴奉阳违地公开发表伤害特定族群感受的谈话,这是全体有良知的国人所不能接受的,并且应该予以全力谴责。

据我了解,西拉穆迪针对此事致函向首相及其他相关部门,包括向外交部、马来西亚驻美国大使、驻美国总领事、美国人权委员会等投诉。与此同时,西娜慕迪亦在当地号召所有留学生针对此事签名抗议。

民主行动党促请首相及内阁所有成员严正关注这个问题,并要求贾马鲁丁针对其歧视印裔族群的言论,向全体印裔同胞公开道歉。

黄伟益


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Formal Complaint to PM over Jamaludin's Racist Remarks

Sheena Moorthy
3400 Poly Vista,
PO.BOX#1087,
CALPOLY, Pomona,
91768, CA
U.S.A

2nd May 2007

Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Prime Minister Of Malaysia
Prime Minister Department,
Malaysia

Ref.: Racial Insult - Formal Complaint

Datuk Sri,

I, Sheena Moorthy, a 3rd year Biotech Malaysian student in CALPOLY would like to submit a formal complaint against our Minister of Science & Technology, YAB Jamaluddin Narjis. I would like to bring to your attention the following incident which was totally uncalled for from the minister.

Date: 30th April 2007
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: Belacan Grill Malaysian Restaurant, Redondo Beach, Ca

Minister of Science, Dato Jamaluddin Jarjis was here on an official visit. He wanted to meet some of the Malaysian students studying in California especially the ones from TPM Academy twinning programme. During the 3 ½ hour session, he passed a few racial remarks on me, being one of the two Indians present there.

Incident 1 - Each student had to briefly introduce themselves. When it came to my turn, while speaking he interrupted me and asked if I knew Samy Velu, because he knows him. I don’t see any relevance in that and he mentioned it a few times for no apparent reason.

Incident 2 – He gave a speech regarding how agriculture started in Malaysia. He mentioned how the British invested in Malaysia and made farmers work. Due to the lack of work force, “buruh India” was brought in. While mentioning this, he looked at me saying that’s how we get Indians in Malaysia.

Incident 3 – After saying he is going to get MARA to help the Bumiputra students, he looked at me and asked “How many Indians are here?, I don’t have and don’t keep track of number of Indian students here so I mentioned that “In this room, there are two (pointing to my another Malaysian Indian friend, who is fair skinned) and J.Jarjis looked at him and asked “Oh. You are an Indian”, which means you are an upper class Indian and she is the lower class one (pointing at me). He went on to say that, “Oh, I am not going to help upper class Indians, I only help to lower class ones. They are the ones that need it’. I left the room feeling very insulted.

Basically he judged me based on my skin color.

Being a Minister and respectable figure, these statements that he mentioned was unethical and biased. This happened in front of a crowd about 100 people. Being a true Malaysian at heart, and being taught not to discriminate among races especially in Malaysia, I feel humiliated as well as insulted by these racial remarks.

I demand a public apology from him because he does not have a right to judge me nor pass any remarks to me.

Also, I would greatly appreciate if you could kindly review his performance and take appropriate action to mitigate another unwanted racial remark, insults and shame to our country from this minister.

Thanking you in advance.

Sincerely,


Sheena Moorthy


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廖中莱不敢要求巫统领袖为推行不利华社的教育政策认错,却要嫁祸予民主行动党,一再突显廖中莱只甘愿做“华教逃兵”的本质!

2007年5月4日(星期五)在八打灵再也发表的声明:

民主行动党支持前副首相兼人民公正党全国顾问安华依布拉欣,就本身担任教育部长期间委派不谙华文者到华小担任高职所引发的“华小高职风波”公开认错。

与此同时,民主行动党挑战马华要求巫统领袖,亦针对当年推行不利华社的教育政策认错。否则,马华终究还是巫统推行不利华教政策的幕后帮凶!

马华作为执政集团的一员,没有善用其身为国阵第二大成员党的地位和影响力,来否决巫统推行不利华教的种种政策。

如今,马青总团长廖中莱却反过来指责“民主行动党做错反诬赖马华”,并企图颠倒是非、黑白不分,这到底是哪一码子的逻辑呢?

而且,廖中莱只是选择性通过华文报章发表这种论调,却不愿通过其他语文报章或议会管道严词抨击巫统,又一再突显其甘于做“华教逃兵”、“政治双面人”的本质。

廖中莱指马华领袖除了公开驳斥各项伤害华社感受的言论之外,也在国阵最高理事会提出有关事件,反映华社的不满。

或许,我们只要看看廖中莱去年如何在巫青团长希山慕丁与副团长凯里面前两度退缩,并且让对方不必为伤害华社感受道歉,就可检验廖中莱这番道理能否成立。

在巫青团去年召开代表大会前夕,凯里以“华社总趁巫统转弱时提出各种诉求”不断挑衅种族的情绪,引起全华社严厉谴责凯里不尊重他族的感受。马青当时参与声讨凯里的行列。

然而,廖中莱在2006年10月3日召开的国阵青年团会议,竟一百八十度转变为凯里不必道歉的代言人,为凯里提供一个下台阶。

过后,希山慕丁在巫青代表大会高举马来短剑意图恐吓非马来人,再次引起华社强烈不满,并要求希山慕丁公开道歉。

结果,廖中莱又在2006年12月6日一场新闻发布会,替希山慕丁解说举剑的行动是要捍卫全民和国家,同时体现对方一贯以来敢怒敢言的精神。

从这两宗事件就足以看穿马华领袖不敢让人恭维的虚伪面目,并充分暴露马华领袖的政治懦弱与投机本色。

黄伟益


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政府与朝野政党应高度关注大量华裔移民到海外的问题,并设法纾解他们对政治现状的极度不满。

2007年5月3日(星期四)在八打灵再也发表的声明:

过去35年,保守估计有100万国人移民到海外“用脚投票”,甚至他们对放弃马来西亚公民权也在所不惜。在这当中,尤以华裔移民占绝大多数。

除此之外,国内还有为数不少的年轻一辈,正尝试寻求机会移民到海外去。他们一般的心态就是对政治现状、政策偏差、经济前景、族群关系、教育与就业机会不满,才萌生要移民到海外的念头。

这些问题的根源乃是巫统霸权所导致,特别是新经济政策自1970年实施以来,许多人更是对政府施政的不公与偏差深感失望,进而选择离开他们生于斯、长于斯的家国。

根据国内事务部统计,共有7千240国人移民海外而被取消资格。截至2004年7月30日,共有5千310人因持有双重国籍而丧失公民权,另外1千930人因持有他国护照遭褫夺公民地位。

然而,这个数据还不包括许多滞留海外而不愿意返国的马来西亚人。他们选择继续持有马来西亚国际护照,并在海外深造、工作、成家立室甚至终老,就是不愿意再返回祖国。

还有另外一些人即使没有放弃公民权,他们却持有其他国家的永久居留权。一旦国家面对困难时,这些人就会在第一时间飞离祖国,俨然其他国家才是他们真正的庇护所。

这是我国当前最严重的公民危机!若政府与执政党不高度关注这个问题,我国人才将不断往外流失,造成国家严重面对人才荒的问题,并削弱马来西亚整体的优势和竞争力。

要遏止大量国人移民外国的现象,尤其是年轻一代极为普遍的后移民心态,政府与朝野政党应该寻求共识,并设法从法律保障、体制改革与机会制度化等角度来纾缓他们对政治现状的不满,进而为国家留住更多的人才。

黄伟益


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