In Ong Tee Keat, a new Pak Lah is found

Just a pre-emptive reminder, Dato Seri Minister, that there is someone observing you

When Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat responded to Deputy Prime Minister Dato Seri Najib's refusal to the Labu LCCT proposal by saying Government as yet to make a decision and is still reviewing the proposal, he gave the impression that he dare to be vocal.

In the last MCA Annual General Meeting, he gave the same impression with his strong words on UMNO and tried to potray a more assertive MCA.

But his comments yesterday proves he could be another Pak Lah, who was proned to express his opinion with jumbled up fact and analysis.

In Pak Lah's case, it is well known he does not read thoroughly reports presented to him, over relied on his conniving advisors, and decide on the last advise able to incite on his emotion of the moment.

More will be unraveled of Ong as we zero our eyes on him. By the look of things, he is a potential clown that speaks without proper grasp of fact and figures.

In the wake of greedy bastard Tony Fernandez hardball game to hold back the estimated RM150 million outstanding airport charges from Malaysia Airport (MAHB) and pressing for free landing and parking charges on an already 'cheapest in town rates', this potential weakness of the Minister of Transport may cost Government billions in unnecessary subsidies and discounts in favour of private interest.

Yesterday, Ong was trying to express a fresh air of confidence when Government announced a 50% discount of landing charges. He touched about the planned RM2 billion new LCCT to be built by MAHB, which when ready in 2011 will increase passenger capacity to 30 million.

He was reported by The Star, his party's controlled newspaper, saying the expected passenger load by then would be more than 20 million. That means the optimum level of operation in 2011, if it ever reached those figure, will be an excess capacity of 10 million or 67% capacity utilisation.

This economic depression will at best turn around in three years time, 2011 but if the western developed nation is not willing to swallow the bitter pill to undertake necessary financial reform, it might take five years. Does Ong understand what he is saying?

The bigger laugh is when he tried to describe the situation the present LCCT would not be able to handle the growing passenger load. He said, "This is crucial because by 2011, we anticipate the delivery of bigger aircraft, including the Airbus A380 by Malaysia Airlines.”

One may give the excuse of him being confused between Airbus Model A 380 and Model A320 ordered by the lorry load, figuratively speaking, by Air Asia. But when he associate the Airbus A380 with Malaysia Airlines, he is right. It shows he didn't understand what he was talking about.

My dear Minister, MAS's Airbus A380 is a gargantum of an aircraft thats able to carry some 525 passengers at one go. The world must be thinking we are nut to use the LCCT for the A380.

MAS is a legacy Airline operator that provide services with all the frills. The sheer size of the A 380 would mean the extensive use of mechanical baggage handling, at least 8 passenger counters, aerobridges, resurfaced apron, redesign taxiways, and many gadgets for the LCCT that will lead Tony to yell "High cost! High cost! High cost!" in his sleep.

In one landing, A 380 can jammed up the LCCT each time a full load of 500 take off and lands. It requires a dedicated new extension terminal at KLIA with the facilities that can absorb that load.
Ong announced the allocation for RM250 million for an extension of Penang International Airport. What RM250 million! Why are we trying to up Lim Guan Eng's conniving trick for RM150 million new LCCT for Penang?

Thank God, we have a potential clown to pick on in Najib's new cabinet, without Pak Lah around.

The said report below:

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The Star, Wednesday March 11, 2009

Ong: New LCCT to handle excess passenger load by 2011

THE passenger load at the KL International Airport will exceed 20 million by 2011 and the new Low-Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) will cater to this increasing capacity, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat.

He said the design capacity for the new LCCT would be around 30 million but the entire project would consist of various phases, which would allow room for further development.

“This is crucial because by 2011, we anticipate the delivery of bigger aircraft, including the Airbus A380 by Malaysia Airlines,” he said, adding that the present LCCT would not be able to handle the growing passenger load.

Ong said the new LCCT would be ready by 2011 and the total cost was estimated at RM2bil.

He said Malaysia Airports Hold­ings Bhd would announce the financial details, which were still being ironed out.

On the rebate of 50% on landing charges which would be given from April 1 to all airlines that operate from Malaysia, Ong said he was optimistic that the move would boost the aviation industry and attract more airlines to use KLIA as a regional hub.

On whether such a move would affect Malaysia Airports financially, he said: “When you want to enjoy such incentives, you will certainly have to strike a balance.

“You need to woo more airlines to come and there will be some degree of reduction in your revenue.”

Currently, he said, there are 57 airlines operating from both LCCT and KLIA.

Ong, who is also MCA president, said he was impressed with the government-linked companies’ (GLCs) commitment to enhance corporate social activities in human capital development by establishing 10 non-profit private schools.

He said GLCs, which also operated private universities such as Uniten and MMU, were not only helping youngsters study at higher education institutions but were also making corporate social responsibility a culture in the country.

In another development, all parties have welcomed the estimated RM250mil allocated for the Penang International Airport expansion.

State MCA deputy chairman Eng Hiap Boon said the allocation would boost Penang’s economy by attracting more tourists.

“With the upgrading of airport facilities, I hope we can attract (more) tourists to Penang.

“This also shows the Federal Government has not given up on Penang.”

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Take notice of Tony Greedy Bastard unsatiable appetite despite Government announcement of 50% discount on Airport landing charges and AirAsia passengers are already benefitting from an already 50% subsidised Airport charges.

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Wednesday March 11, 2009

AirAsia boss happy with promise of new LCCT

AIRASIA chief executive officer Datuk Seri Tony Fernandes is a happy man with the confirmation that a new low-cost carrier terminal (LCCT) will be built by 2011.

He feels it is a step forward.


We hope MAHB will still do more

on its part

- DATUK SERI TONY "GREEDY

BASTARD" FERNANDES



Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced in the mini-budget that Malaysia Airport Holdings Bhd (MAHB) would build and operate a new LCCT at the KL International Airport at an estimated cost of RM2bil.

“It’s a good step, but we hope MAHB will still do more on its part.

“We can’t rest on the airlines and the Government to do all the work,” Fernandes said yesterday.

He added that he hoped MAHB would impose fair charges commensurate with the RM2bil investment.

Asked if AirAsia had been affected by the economic crisis, he said, “No”.

“On the contrary, we’ve been having good growth. We’re taking a positive stand on this and reducing our cost structure.

“Value is key for our customers and what we’re doing is giving them better value and lower fares,” he said.

Asked if he thought the measures announced in the mini-budget would help AirAsia, he replied: “What the Government has done, it’s good.

“Now we have to ask MAHB to play its part in lowering the cost structure for the consumers as well. They should also give incentives for all airlines to promote growth.”

Fernandes added that he had no plans to lay off workers. Instead, he was hiring more people.

Worth noting is that despite the discount that promotes LCC, Air Asia witheld some RM150million of customers paid airport charges.

MAHB is owned by Khazanah, in turn is owned by Government and indirectly the people. If he continue to default on his payment, sqeezing PNMB to pay for his expenses, and continue with his cheap stunt, yet come up with all sort of accusation and claims, as rakyat, our request is to bar Air Asia from using the KLIA airport services till he pays up.

The Greedy Bastard is actually a running a company with a Business Plan. That's the reason he is trying to squeeze money here and there like a Mamak shop operator!

Kalau tak dipolitikkan, kenapa umum GMP dibawa ke Bukit Gantang dan Selambau?

Bertambah pembohongan dan pemutarbelitan kumpulan GMP ini. Menurut laporan Malaysiakini.com, Anwar mengumumkan rancangan membawa isu 'perarak haram' GMP ke Bukit Gantang dan Bukit Selambau.

Bukankah ini untuk mempolitikkan PPSMI, satu isu pendidikkan, pembinaan negara bangsa, dan pengetahuan? Tidakkah Dato Dr Hasan Ahmad dan Dato A Samad Said berkata mereka tidak digunakan oleh pembangkang?

PKR dan PAS bukan percaya sangat pada Agenda Melayu. Bukankah Nik Aziz berkata Bumiputera tidak releven? Bukankah Anwar berkata samarata macam DAP tapi konon perjuangkan Artikel 153?

Bila DAP memanggil dasar kerajaan apartheid kerana mengimplimentasikan Artikel 153, berdiam saja PAS dan PKR yang konon berkata mempertahankan hak keistimewaan Melayu?

PKR dan PAS yang konon menentang PPSMI bersetuju dengan DAP menghina bahasa Melayu dengan letak bahasa Cina dan Tamil setaraf dengan bahasa Melayu pada papantanda rasmi? Kenapa pejuang bahasa, PAS dan PKR bersetuju?

Nampak sangat pembangkang sudah kehausan isu kerana perlu mengaburi pengundi akan isu derhaka terhadap Sultan Perak dan keperibadian buruk bekas ADUN PKR BUkit Selambau. Tujuan mereka untuk menipu rakyat seolah-olah UMNO sudah tidak memperjuangkan Melayu.

Awas dengan pembohong-pembohong ini.

Laporan seperti berikut:

Kempen anti-PPSMI ke Bkt Gantang, Bkt Selambau

Abdul Rahim Sabri Mar 10, 09 1:14pm

Kemaskini 3.23pm Setelah berjaya mengadakan demonstrasi besar, Gerakan Mansuhkan PPSMI (GMP) akan melebarkan kempennya bagi menjelaskan pendiriannya membantah dasar kontroversi itu di dua pilihanraya kecil bermula hujung bulan ini.

Setiausaha gabungan itu Hasni Abas berkata ia akan turut serta dalam kempen di kawasan parlimen Bukit Gantang, Perak dan DUN Bukit Selambau, Kedah bagi terus menentang dasar Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran Sains dan Matematik dalam Bahasa Inggeris (PPSMI).

Dua pilihanraya itu - yang diadakan serentak dengan DUN Batang Ai di Sarawak - berlangsung antara 29 Mac hingga 7 April.

Gabungan itu pernah berkempen ketika berlangsung pilihanraya kecil parlimen Kuala Terengganu, Januari lalu.


Mereka menabur kira-kira 50,000 risalah yang menyifatkan PPSMI sebagai satu "pengkhianatan" terhadap bangsa dan negara (foto).

Mengulas mengenai perkara tersebut, timbalan setiausaha GMP Suhaizan Kaiat menambah selain untuk berkempen, ia ke sana untuk “membalas jasa” penyokong-penyokong yang hadir dalam demonstrasi Sabtu lalu.

"Kita akan ke Bukit Gantang dan Bukit Selambau untuk berkempen berhubung isu PPSMI dan membalas jasa mereka yang hadir (dalam demonstrasi)," katanya.

Kira-kira 8,000 aktivis bahasa, sasterawan dan penyokong pembangkang berarak ke Istana Negara dari Masjid Negara petang Sabtu lalu dalam usaha menyerahkan memorandum kepada Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

Tindakan mereka melanggar arahan polis - yang membenarkan mereka berhimpun di masjid berkenaan sahaja dan melarang sebarang perarakan - kemudian didakwa akibat didalangi parti-parti pembangkang.

Mengulas perkara tersebut, Hasni (dua dari kiri) berkata "isu dalang tidak timbul" kerana GMP memang turut disertai oleh barisan aktivis bahasa, NGO dan parti-parti politik.

Bercakap dalam satu sidang media di Rumah PENA, Kuala Lumpur hari ini, beliau mengulas penafian pengerusi GMP Datuk Dr Hassan Ahmad semalam.


Suhaizan (dua dari kanan) menambah, isu dalang dan kekacauan dalam perarakan adalah satu cara untuk mengalih perhatian umum daripada membicarakan isu sebenar.

"Kalau menuduh GMP didalangi oleh parti pembangkang PAS, PKR dan DAP, mereka berada dalam jawatankuasa ini bersama-sama kami.

"Tidak ada dalang di sini," katanya, yang juga ketua penerangan Pemuda PAS.

"Kita konsisten dengan untuk mendaulatkan bahasa kebangsaan, untuk menyelamatkan bahasa ibunda dan meningkatkan penguasaan bahasa Inggeris di sekolah."

Hasni berkata, gabungan tersebut terdiri daripada 135 NGO dan ia merentasi budaya, politik, agama dan ras.

"Kami juga mengundang Umno (untuk menyertai gabungan ini), tetapi mereka enggan," katanya.

UMNO memang dijemput tetapi enggan terlibat kerana perhimpunan dan perarakkan yang melibatkan pembangkang selalu melanggar tata tertib dan merosakkan keamanan awam. Buat apa UMNO terlibat dengan parti-parti perusuh dan anarkis yang tidak menghormati undang-undang, perlembagaan dan menderhaka Raja?

Pendedahan mengenai GMP, Dr Hasan berbohong

Saya percaya penuh kepada demokrasi dan kebebasan rakyat untuk bersuara, mengadakan tunjuk perasaan, dan kebebasan akhbar. Lakukan dengan aman, sopan dan bertanggungjawab.

Namun demikian, saya tidak boleh menerima apa yang berlaku pada hari Sabtu. 'Perhimpunan halal' menentang PPSMI dijadikan perhimpunan politik dan seterusnya dijadikan 'perarakkan haram' untuk memberi kacamata buruk rakyat terhadap pemerintah dan pihak pengaman awam.

Kalau sudah berjanji dengan polis hanya perhimpunan dan beberapa saja yang akan hantar memorandum, kenapa dilanggar perjanjian itu? Dari gaya ianya diatur, strategi dan personalitinya yang terbabit, ianya sama dengan Perarakkan Bersih pada tahun 2007. Perhimpunan dan 'perarakkan haram' itu mempunyai agenda disebaliknya.

Memang tujuan asal untuk menimbulkan kekecohan jalanraya dengan dipinta disembur water cannon dan gas pemedih mata. Di sini saya bersetuju dengan tindakan polis dan sepatutnya lebih berkeras supaya 'public order' dihormati dalam amalan kebebasan bersuara.

Dato Dr Hasan Ahamd dalam sidang akhbar semalam (dalam video) cuba menafikan perhimpunan dan perarakkan haram itu didalang oleh pembangkang. Katanya, apa yang terjadi di luar kuasa pihak penganjur. Padanya, konon satu penghinaan untuk mengelar dirinya dan mereka yang datang sebagai boneka kepada tok dalang.

Saya kata dia berbohong. Pantang besar saya apabila orang berbohong. Walaupun saya tidak bersetuju sangat dengan PPSMI, saya tiada toleran kepada pembohong. Maka saya akan dedahkan seluruhnya mengenai Gerakan Memansuhkan PPSMI (GMP).

Saya tidak peduli apa akibat pendedahan ini sebab Dr Hasan sanggup bersekongkol dengan mereka-mereka yang perjuangan politik khusus untuk mencabul dan menghancurkan hak dan kepentingan Melayu dan Pribumi, yang tertera dalam Perlembagaan.

Pada hari itu, Dr Hasan sendiri yang mengapi-apikan lebih untuk ikut dan menyamar sebagai pelancung. Sepanjang dia berdalih-dalih untuk meminta lebih ramai dapat ikut ke Istana Negara sebelum 'perarakkan haram' itu, ianya menunjukkan sudah ada niat untuk melanggar 'perjanjian' dengan polis.

Pada hari itu, beberapa pemimpin politik timbul dari corok-corok mana untuk berarak. Bukankah itu suatu yang terancang?

Fitrahnya mana-mana pihak penganjur perlu bertanggungjawab di atas apa yang berlaku dan Dr Hasan tidak boleh berlakun seolah-olah dia tidak terkawal keadaan hingga menjadi 'perarakkan haram' hingga polis terpaksa mengawal keadaan dengan menyembur air dan gas pemedih mata.

GMP adalah satu gerakan terancang dari perbincangan pada Disember 30hb, 2008 di Yayasan Penataran Ilmu antara beberapa pertubuhan, parti politik dan pejuang bahasa. Pertubuhan yang terlibat adalah Kesatuan Sekerja DBP. PAS, PLM, PKPIM, ABIM, GAMIS, TERAS, dan PPBUM. Mereka bersetuju untuk mengadakan Himpunan 100 Ribu bagi menyerahkan memorandum kepada Agong.

Satu pertemuan telah diadakan dengan Dato Dr Hasan Ahmad pada Januari 8hb, 2009 di Yayasan Karyawan. Di situ dia bersetuju untuk menjadi Pengerusi Badan Induk GMP. Dalam satu Mesyuarat di bilik mesyuarat Dewan Undangan Negeri Selangordi Shah Alam pada Januari 20hb, 2009, diumumkan anggota ahli-ahli Jawatankausa terlibat.

Selain Dr Hasan sebagai Pengerusi, Jawatankausa Badan Induk terdiri dari Prof Dr Shahril Mat Zin (Timbalan Pengerusi), Prof Emritus Abdullah Hassan (Naib Pengerusi) Hasni Abas (Setiausaha) dan Suhaizan Kaiat (Penolong Setiausaha). Selain Suhaizat yang merupakan penggiat PAS, pemegang utama Jawatankuasa ini kelihatan seolah-olah terdiri Pejuang Bahasa. Dalam ahli Jawatankausa, ada anggota YB Dato Nasaruddin Mat Isa (Timbalan Presiden PAS) dan Mustafa Kamil Ayub (Naib Presiden PKR).

Peranan parti politik lebih ketara dalam Jawatankuasa Pelaksana yang mengatur strategi perhimpunan dan 'perarakkan haram'. Mereka terdiri dari Hasni Abas (Pengarah), Suhaizan Kaiat (PAS, Tim. Pengarah), Saifullah (S/uaha), Faisal (Pen. S/Usaha), Akmal Hisham (Pen S/U Media), Kamaruzzaman (Bendahari), Sany, Abd Razak, Wasif, Firdaus, Kamal, Wan Faisal, dan YB Yusmadi (PKR Balik Pulau).

Walaupun pejabat Pena menjadi urusetia tetapi peranan penggiat politik sangat ketara. Pada perbincangan itu, jumlah 100,000 tidak dijangka boleh tercapai kerana ia memerlukan masa dan kewangan yang banyak. Pada malam itu, Timbalan Presiden PAS hanya sedia memberi komitmen seramai 10-15,000 ahli PAS. Manakala PKR hanya berupaya membawa dalam 5,000 orang.

Dengan demikian, mereka perlu berusaha dan satu roadshow telah dirancang seluruh negara Selangor, Pahang, Perak, Kedah Johor, Kelantan dan Wilayah Persekutuan tuntuk setiap hari minggu dari Januari 31hb hingga Februari 21hb. Perhimpunan kecil di Sogo dan Majlis penyerahan Memorandum kepada Anwar Ibrahim dan sidang akhar di Parlimen memang sudah terancang.

Mengikut dokumen rancangan yang disediakan oleh penggiat Suhaizan Kaiat, penggiat PAS, satu acara akan diadakan pada Mac 14hb anjurkan oleh Pemuda PAS Pusat, seminggu sebelum Perarakkan Gerakan Mansuh ISA pada Mac 21hb. Dari butiran ini, jelas sekali peranan pembangkang sangat besar dari awal hingga Mac 14hb ini.

Sebelum ada suara-suara nak menuduh saya berbohong dengan butir-butir ini, biar saya beritahu sekali bujet kewangan GMP. Betul ke tidak bujetnya RM85,800 dan mereka mengharapkan sebanyak RM40,000 dari kerajaan-kerajaan negeri bawah Pakatan Rakyat? Kalau tidak tahu, baik diam saja.

Kalau hanya 29 NGO yang terlibat (termasuk Kumpulan Pendidikan Cina dan Tamil), tidak mungkin jumlah hadhiran boleh mencapai 20,000 yang dianggarkan. Hanya parti pembangkang yang mempunyai organisasi, infrastruktur dan jumlah tenaga untuk membolehkan perhimpunan haram sedemikian.

Sebagai deal untuk membantu pejuang bahasa, mereka kena bersetuju untuk memberikan PAS dan PKR untuk gunakan sebagai platform politik mereka dan ini termasuk merempuh polis dan buat perarakkan haram hingga disembur air dan gas pemedih mata. Ini diambil peluang sebagai propaganda untuk menghina pemerintah dan polis. Jangan hairan mereka akan melabel UMNO sebagai tidak memperjuangkan orang Melayu kerana PPSMI.

Kalau tidak kerana agenda pendalang, bukankah bodoh kelihatan orang Melayu merusuh atas isu yang sedang ditangani dan masih belum dibuat keputusan muktamad? Tidaklah juga niat pihak berkuasa untuk merendahkan Bahasa Melayu?

Tidak kah terfikir kita, dimanakah mereka yang konon menjuangkan bahasa Melayu ketika apabila DAP menuntut bahasa Cina dan Tamil diberi kedudukkan yang sama untuk papantanda rasmi? Nik Aziz bersetuju dan Anwar Ibrahim pun bersetuju.

Apa ceritanya bila Anwar mengkokokkan Ketuanan Rakyat yang mengetepikan Ketuanan Melayu yang merupakan sebahagian Perlembagaan dan kedaulatan negara ini? Kenapa mereka berdiam apabila DAP membuat fitnah jahat menuduh amalan Apartheid? Dalam Apartheid, minoriti yang menguasai ekonomi.

Pejuang Bahasa adalah yang sebenarnya Nasionalis yang bersetuju dengan kedudukkan agama Islam, hak-hak Melayu, kedudukkan Raja, askar Melayu dan tanah rizab Melayu. Ini semua adalah sebahagian dari Ketuanan Melayu. Kenapa mereka bersekongkol mereka yang menentang Ketuanan Melayu dan berslogan atas nama Ketuanan Rakyat? Nik Aziz juga yang berkata Bumiputera itu tidak penting lagi dan ini bertentangan dengan hak dalam Perlembagaan.

Tak payahlah Dr Hasan nak berbohong lagi.

Greedy bastard Air Asia refuse to pay landing and parking charges

Tony Fernandez's wet dream state-of-the-art Airport - no frill and low cost. Just an open field and two shack for departure and arrival. Progress?

In Labu LCCT: Another Magic Pumpkin, I reproduced an article e-mailed to me by aviation practitioner to dispell the preposterous claims by Tony to justify building the Labu LCCT. Subsequently, I revealed in Tony Fried-Nandos and Slime Darby, Look here ... the sub-standard practices, compromise on safety, and cocophony in Tony Fernandez management of his Airline.

Air Asia operates a multimillion turnover business and yet do not have a properly outlined business plan . They have been wasting Government fund to build their requested LCCT extension or dedicated Airport at several places in the country. Contrary to his claim that Air Asia does not receive subsidy unlike MAS, every passenger is actually subsidized. Yet, Tony witheld the passengers paid airport charges to MAHB by citing excuses of poor service and high charges. The cheap bastard was trying to sqeeze out discounts for the unpaid amount. Thats a real Shylock!

This article in Malaysia-Instinct.com below exposed the similar issues. Despite the poor service being his own faulty operational design and poor management, what greedy bastard Tony Fernandez meant as poor service and high charges is for free landing and parking charges!

Who should pay for landing and parking fees?

Malaysia-Instinct.com,
Friday, 06 March 2009 12:19

EVEN before the new permanent low-cost carrier terminal (LCCT) can be constructed, AirAsia and AirAsiaX are already asking not to pay landing and parking charges. That may show the two are fast in their forward planning but should the request be even considered?

There is a cost to building the LCCT even though the government may be forking out the investment. There is also a cost to maintaining the facilities and providing services to airlines. Who should pay for them?

Naturally, airlines and passengers. These are the two groups of the many groups that use an airport. Landing fee is a charge paid by an airline for using the runway. Parking fee is for using the tarmac and taxiway.

In boom times airlines expand and that means more income for an airport operator. But the weak global economy has been hammering airlines and forcing them to make cutbacks.

Route cutting hurts airports financially because they lose the landing fees, parking payments and other revenue associated with the lost flight.

AirAsia’s view is that airport operator Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) should be able to make enough money from shoplot rental income and passenger service charge to pay for facilities maintenance and the carrier should be allowed to fly for free in and out of the new LCCT@KLIA. [Such claims is false. Commercial income is meant to compensate lost on income for MAHB to entartian Government request for charging below cost for passenger.]

That demand may be far-fetched as no airport in the world practises free landing and parking for commercial flights as airports incur maintenance fees. More so, aeronautical charges have been on a decline.

If that model of free landing and parking works, then Singapore’s Changi Airport should be the first to waive its fees for it has more shoplots than KLIA. Malaysia’s parking and landing charges have not changed in the past 27 years. It is one of the lowest if not lowest in the region.

Even Changi cannot beat that pricing. Also, MAHB has time and again offered incentives for airlines to spur growth at the airports it manages in the country.

AirAsia has been a beneficiary of the incentives and got a five-year waiver when it moved from Subang to LCCT@KLIA. The discounts were staggering.

MAHB is now working on a new incentive programme which would really make airlines sigh in relief in the current trying times.

Hopefully the new incentives will meet AirAsia’s needs midway. Just imagine this - if AirAsia manages to get a waiver, rival Malaysia Airlines is not going to take it lying down.

MAS will be screaming for the same perks and so will the 46-odd airlines that fly into KLIA. If that happens, MAHB might as well turn into a charitable organisation instead of a listed company that is answerable to its shareholders.

As a business entity that offers services, MAHB has to be fair to all its clients and it will not make economic sense to give one party free rights and make others pay for the same rights.

But AirAsia’s rationale for the request can also be understood. Had it got the rights to build its own airport at Labu, it would not have to pay for landing and parking. [What right? As Bumiputera, maybe I could own my own Airport too? No Airline operatesits own Airport! Focus la ...]

But a decision has been made for a new permanent LCCT to be built near the main terminal building at KLIA and MAHB will operate it.

That new airport needs to be maintained and those using the services have to pay. It is a simple model of pay per use.

Perhaps AirAsia should consider asking for a discount rather than an outright waiver. Its chances for the former may be better.

I thought this article is too diplomatic and most underdeserving for a cheap pariah like Tony Fernandez. He only understood a rude "No and Get Lost"!

Syabas, pejuang bahasa jadi lembu politik wayang Anwar!

Sementara menunggu Jinggo upload gambar perarakkan tadi, diguna gambar ini dahulu. Faham-faham saja lembunya siapa.

Dr Hasan Ahmad, orang tua dan orang establishment, bekas Pengarah DBP.

Semasa malam mempengerusikan mesyuarat Gerakan Memansukhkan PPSMI di bilik Dewan Undangan Negeri Selangor, nampak dia macam tidak senang dengan suara-suara yang keluar dari beberapa anak muda dari parti pembangkang.

Beberapa cadangan perancangan dari anak-anak muda ini luar dari yang dia biasa. Mereka tak mahu pakai permit polis.

Kononnya dia berkata, "Ini yang tak boleh. Apa-apa pun kalau kita nak buat mesti kena ikut undang-undang. Dapatkan permit polis. Benda yang kita nak buat ini benda betul. Jangan tercemar kerana masaalah dengan polis."

Semalam Dato Dr. Hasan mula berdalih-dalih, macam Anwar Ibrahim.

Utusan Malaysia melaporkan dia berkata "Ingat, ini bukan demonstrasi atau tunjuk perasaan, ini adalah tunjuk kasih kepada bangsa."

Pihak GMP diberitahu mendapat permit untuk berkumpul di Masjid Negara tetapi mengingatkan mereka tidak membuat kacau. Malaysiakini.com melaporkan dia sudah main kongkalikong. Sudah dapat permit, dia mahu cuba berunding dengan polis untuk membenarkan lebih ramai penyokong bersama-sama ke Istana.

Dato Hasan sedang berdalih-dalih melanggar permit polis

Dari laporan-laporan yang diterima di Masjid Negara, Dr Hasan menjadi batu api yang melanggar perjanjian dengan polis. Bila ditanya boleh ikut, dia yang membenarkan. Katanya Kuala Lumpur ada banyak pelancong dan mengajak ramai-ramai naik kereta melancong ke Istana Negara.

Ini menjadi pencetus untuk penunjuk perasaan mahu cuba untuk berarak hingga terpaksa polis berkeras kerana enggan mahu melihat ketenteraman awam dan pagar Istana Negara yang dikunjungi ramai pelancong menjadi huru hara.

Kononnya Sasterawan Negara, A Samad Said menafikan pejuang bahasa diperalat pembangkang.

Penipu rupanya Pak Samad.

Hari ini diberi ruang untuk PAS dan PKR memainkan slogan dan propaganda berpolitik.

Semasa melalui tempat itu tadi, penulis blog melihat yang datang kebanyakkannya penyokong pembangkang. Dari gambar-gambar Harakah nampak penuh kupiah.

PPSMI Dasar Kapir? Kalau ini objektiviti Mahasiswa ini, baik jangan di 'graduate'. Bawa huru hara melanggar firman tuhan dalam Quran, apa hukumnya?

Laungan-laungan mereka adalah laungan politik parti. Anihnya terdengar laungan ala PAS berbunyi "Hidup hidup hidup bangsa." Kini PAS sudah memperjuangkan bangsa pula? Alhamdulillah lah.

Dalam celah-celah laungan di perkarangan Masjid Negara itu terdengar kononnya laungan perjuangan bahasa yang berbunyi "Mati mati mati UMNO!" Datang dari kononnya pejuang Islam dilafazkan diperkarangan Masjid, adakah ini budi pekerti Islam

Dalam penulis membuka blog Hishamuddin Rais, pejuang pengecut cabut lari takut nak balik, terjumpa dia menulis selepas disuraikan Dato Hasan, penyokong-penyokong menjerit cabaran politik "KITA SAMBUNG Di BUKIT GANTANG !!! KITA TERUSKAN DI BUKIT SELAMBAU!!!"

Pihak pembangkang mula berkompang dengan psywar mereka.

Kononya Pak Samad ditahan polis. Polis diberi gambaran berlaku zalim menembak gas pemedih mata dan semburan air. Ini semua untuk menuduh polis macam Israel Zionis.

Seramai 124 konon kena tangkap polis. Dimainkan cerita satu persatu nama-nama yang kena tangkap. Nampak sangat penunjuk perasaan ini anggap mengganggu ketenteraman itu sesuatu untuk berseronok-seronok dan memang mahu ditangkap dan dilokap.

Para penunjuk perasaan sedang merempoh barikad FRU

Mereka memang dari awal mahu melanggar peraturan permit itu dengan sudah bersedia dengan kumpulan dari Sogo, Kampung Attap dan Pasar Seni untuk keluar berarak ke Istana Negara. Satu kejayaan 'perjuangan rakyat' hanya melanggar barikad FRU? Ini bukan perjuangan tetapi perjuangan anarkis dan pembawa huru hara.

Mereka berkompang seolah-olah ini satu kejayaan dan berjaya dihimpunkan 100,000. Betul ke? Macam paling-paling pun 20,000 saja. Bujet RM50,000 yang dicari itu tak dapatkah?

Bagi pejuang-pejuang bahasa ini, apa yang mereka capai hari ini?

Apa isu-isu mereka yang tidak diketahui oleh rakyat dan kerajaan? Mereka tahukah seluruh isu ini dan pandangan kedua-dua pihak? Argumen mereka yang tidak mahu mengikuti wawasan pejuang bahasa pun ada. Mereka ini yang pejuang bahasa ketepikan sebagai bodoh dan bahalol dalam Majlis Ilmu.

Penulis sayangkan bahasa Melayu dan mempunyai kemusykilan mengenai PPSMI, tetapi kalau inilah cara mereka mempejuangkan bahasa kita, apa harapan untuk bahasa Melayu? Pasti mereka bukan mendapat penyokong tetapi rakyat yang menyampah dengan sikap pejuang bahasa.

Sampai bila buku-buku yang penulis tanyakan terjemahan akan mereka terjemahkan? Nak menunggu itu, bukankah lebih mudah dibeli buku-buku itu dalam bahasa asalnya Inggeris. Salah siapa?

Dari dulu sampai sekarang, pejuang bahasa hanya nak main politik.

Bukannya nak kerja. Hari ini jelas, seperti yang lepas-lepas, pejuang bahasa ini - baik Gapena atau Pena atau apa sekali pun - bukan benar mahu pertingkatkan bahasa tetapi tidak habis-habis mahu jadi ahli politik.

Kali ini, mereka mengikut politik wayang yang dipelopori Anwar Ibrahim. Sanggup mereka bersekongkol dengan bekas banduan luar tabii yang gila kuasa, sedia jual kepentingan bangsa dan terang-terang bersekongkol dengan Zionis musuh Allah.

Dah disebut berkali-kali oleh Hishamuddin bahawa kerajaan sedang mendengar dari semua pihak, selain mereka sahaja, dan berbincang berkali-kali.

Apa salah tunggu keputusan kerajaan dahulu?

Apa salah tunggu lepas Perhimpunan Agung UMNO? Lepas keputusan itu, kalau tidak setuju, tunjuklah perasaan sepuas-puasnya.

Nampak sangat sengaja dilakukan menjelang Persidangan Agung UMNO dan Pilihanraya-Pilihanraya Kecil sebagai tekanan terhadap kerjaya politik Hishamuddin dan menggambarkan persepsi buruk terhadap pihak kerajaan.

Sebelum berarak pun Dato Dr Hasan sudah dilaporkan berkata, kalau Hishamuddin bubarkan PPSMI, mereka tetap adakan perhimpunan ini. Kenapa? Budak-budak PAS dan PKR memang giankan perarakkan macam BERSIH tahun lepas.

Mana jadinya konon tahun lepas pro-Instutusi Raja? Keputusan Sultan Perak dipersoalkan dan tidak dihormati. Kereta keluarga di Raja di halang.

Syabas Perjuang Bahasa, anda telah dilembukan Anwar Ibrahim!

* Kemaskini dengan gambar 12:00 pm 8/8

Mendedah pendedahan akhbar Liberation

Arnaud Dubus dan Edourd Rothchild

Si Gay Juga Dicari Anwar

Oleh Teh Tarik Satu!
Malaysia-Instinct.com Mac 6hb, 2009

Membaca tulisan Arnaud Dubus wartawan akhbar Liberation yang berpusat di Peranchis mengenai cara Altantuya dibunuh dan kaitannya dengan Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak membuatkan kawan terfikir untuk mengetahui dengan lebih lanjut siapa si penulis tersebut.

Bukan apa, sebagai orang yang telah lama bergelumang dalam dunia kewartawanan dan pernah menjalani latihan kewartawanan di beberapa negara Eropah termasuk Peranchis membuatkan kawan berpendapat tentu wartawan ini agak istimewa sehingga dicari oleh pihak yang berkepentingan di Malaysia.

Lebih menarik, wartawan tersebut dalam rencananya turut menyebut beliau telah ke Kuala Lumpur dan Ulan Bator untuk menyiapkan rencananya dan ia tentu melibatkan kos yang besar.

Timbul juga persoalan, siapa yang dijumpainya di Kuala Lumpur? Anwar Ibrahim? Khairy Jamaluddin? Karpal Singh atau Saiful Bahri Azlan. Kawan tidak ada jawapan untuk ini tetapi dalam kotak fikiran kawan tentu ada individu berpengaruh yang turut dijumpainya.

Ini feel biasa wartawan senior yang selalu terbang ke luar negara.

Siapa pula yang menajanya? Adakah ia ditanggung oleh akhbar Liberation atau orang lain? Kawan tak rasa akhbar Liberation menanggung semua perbelanjaan semata-mata untuk membuat rencana yang boleh dibuat dengan mencantumkan beberapa artikel karut yang dibuat oleh Raja Petra Kamaruddin sebelum ini. (Baca sini, sini dan sini)

Bersangkutan daripada pencarian kawan juga menyebabkan kawan mengingati kembali kisah sebelum tersiarnya tulisan yang dipaparkan menerusi akhbar dalam bahasa Peranchis tersebut.

Beberapa hari lalu, kawan diberitahu oleh seseorang bahawa berita ini akan keluar. Sumber kawan adalah orang yang biasa melakukan tugas penyiasatan dan penjejakan tetapi kawan yakin dia bukan perisik. Kawan baru sekali berjumpa dengannya.

Disebabkan itu, kawan tidak menganggap ia sebagai maklumat yang sahih atau bertaraf A1 dan hanya mendengarnya sebagai maklumat yang perlu disaring walaupun dia ada menyebut nama Liberation dan Dubus.

Sekarang kawan ada sebab untuk mempercayai cerita sahabat baru ini. Dan kawan ingin berkongsi dengan yang lain tentang apa lagi yang diperkatakannya.

Menurut sahabat itu lagi, berita tersebut memang dirancang dengan teliti. Penggerak di belakang tabir ialah John Soh Chee Wen dan beberapa rencana lain juga telah dirancang bertujuan untuk menggemparkan rakyat negara ini menjelang Najib mengangkat sumpah sebagai Perdana Menteri.

Tulisan-tulisan tersebut akan dimuatkan dalam beberapa akhbar lain dan kemudiannya akan memenuhi portal berita dan blog yang lazimnya pro pembangkang. Nama Malaysiakini turut disebut. Ia akan digerakkan dengan aktif dalam tempoh sehari dua ini dan nampaknya ia telah bermula.

Katanya lagi, gerakan yang sama akan turut dibuat di Filipina, Thailand dan Indonesia bertujuan untuk menghancurkan imej Najib.

Adakah pendekatan ini akan berjaya? Kita tunggu dan lihat kerana kawan masih menerima beberapa maklumat baru yang dalam proses pengesahan termasuk penglibatan individu lain dalam menyebarkan maklumat kepada pihak asing walaupun maklumat tersebut hampir semuanya telah basi.

Pencarian kawan juga menemui sesuatu yang menarik tentang siapa Dubus yang sebenarnya. Facebook miliknya mudah dicapai dan banyak maklumat boleh ditemui di situ.

Dan kisah gelapnya pula menyebut bahawa lelaki 'cute' ini adalah seorang biseksual dan gemar meniduri gadis-gadis manja. Dubus juga adalah seorang yang gemar melepak di kelab-kelab gay di kota Bangkok dan mudah tertarik dengan jejaka tampan.

Kawan tak tahulah kalau di kota Bangkok beliau ada berjumpa dengan Anwar atau tidak. Sebab Anwar pernah ke Bangkok dan dengar ceritanya ketika ke sana tahun lalu pemimpin tersebut turut membawa Saiful Bukhari Azlan.

Kawan yakin Dubus dan Anwar ada kaitan sebab anwaribrahimblog.com adalah yang paling awal memaparkan tulisan Dubus ini bukannya Rockybru, Zorro atau The Malaysia Insider.

Satu lagi penemuan kawan yang menarik ialah tentang siapa pemilik akhbar Liberation ini. Didapati Edouard Rothschild adalah pemegang saham terbesar dalam akhbar yang berhaluan kiri ini.

Beliau juga adalah peneraju Rothschild & Cie Bank yang ditubuhkan pada tahun 1987. Adalah dipercayai beliau pernah berhubung dan bekerjasama rapat dengan Anwar menerusi Bank Dunia dan IMF di samping Foundation For The Future di mana Anwar adalah pengerusinya.

Memang hebat gerakan yang dirancang. Cuma kawan lebih berminat untuk mengetahui siapa pula yang akan diperkudakan untuk menjayakan agenda menumbangkan Najib.

Political Hypocrisy in the Opposition against PPSMI

My late father attended the Kongress Bahasa in Johor Baru in 1952 and he is in this historical picture at the steps of Istana Besar.

It was in this Congress that the call for Malay to be adopted as Bahasa Kebangsaan was given currency. Subsequently, the Constitution adopted Bahasa Melayu as official language - and not Bahasa Malaysia as we often expressed.

The real challenge begins.

The purist form of Nationalism comes together with Nationalistic pride for one's language culture and culture. The Malay struggle in its natural homeland is not be limited to political freedom and dominance but extended also to perpetuating the Malay language and culture.

Despite father's strong Nationalistic stance, he like many others such Syed Nasir and Sheikh Al Hady - were pragmatic enough to realise the benefit of English and sent their children to English schools.

This is where the irony lies. It is as though, their struggle as Pejuang Bahasa is for the peasant class to go to vernacular Malay schools, be deprived of mainstream economic opportunity, and expect the peasant children to carry-on the torch for the Bahasa Melayu struggle.

Initially, my English medium background, Maths and Science streaming, American tertiary education, post-graduate diploma from a European University, and many years living abroad made me indifferent to the language issue. I felt awkward of the Mathematical and Scientific terminology used in Malay.

However father’s effort had not been lost.

As I deepened my Nationalistic resolve, I grew to appreciate Bahasa Melayu and Malay literary work more and more. I begin to feel strongly for the role of Malay as National Language and as the regional lingua franca. And, I decry the liberal use of English in the courts despite the specific Constitutional provision to limit its use after 10 years of Independence.

There are many people with similar background like me but with similar aspirations. It is a testament that, irrespective of ones medium of instruction, it should not douse ones passion for the National language. Naturally, I would not agree to the absolute the teaching of Maths and Science in English (Malay acronym PPSMI).

However, the arguments and actions of these Pejuang Bahasa in their vehement opposition to PPSMI awakened me to their political hypocrisy. It soured my willingness to lend support in the fight against PPSMI. The Pejuang Bahasa have narrowed their struggle and astrayed from the bigger picture. Bahasa jiwa bangsa tetapi bahasa bukan segala-galanya hingga sampai menggadaikan kepentingan.

Political hypocrisy

The much publicised demonstration this Saturday by Gerakan Menentang PPSMI or GMP is perhaps a bolder political action by the Pejuang Bahasa than their usual khayalan protest through writings, poem readings, and oration in forums. However, the problem with GMP is that it compromises the bigger Nationalism agenda for the narrow interest to oppose PPSMI.

Usual suspect of faces in any demonstration. Are they serious about the Malay agenda stuggle to empower socially, politically, spiritually, intelletually and economically? Or merely playing on voters sentiment for their anarchistically inclined party?

By putting the Pejuang Bahasa faces as front, it does not hide the fact they are conveniently being used by PAS and Keadilan for political mileage. It is not mere conincidence that the planned demonstration is staged in early March prior to UMNO's General Assembly. Is it to get even with certain personalities?

Even if the Minister of Education from UMNO is viewed as forsaking the language and cultural agenda of Malay Nationalism, the question is why are they willing to work with political groups that do not believe in the Malay language agenda and the Malay cause at all?

If GMP is so concerned about pride and Malay status, why are they prepared to work with Anwar and Haji Hadi who had publicly denounced the need to protect Malay interest, the former promoting Ketuanan Rakyat (Revolution) and the latter Ketuanan Islam. Aren’t their concepts an anathema to the Malay existence as a whole and not only the Malay language?

May I remind that Anwar is a compulsive liar and as good as a traitor to the Malay language cause. He recently announced the Selangor Government will use legislation to take land for SJKC expansion. Would he dare takeover Chinese land to expand the National School? Strangely, at one time, it was Anwar that was against passing the 1996 Education Act amendment to safeguard the existence of Chinese schools.

Where the now claimed Pejuang Bahasa of PAS and PKR when DAP insulted the National Language?

PKR and PAS are political partners of DAP in Pakatan Rakyat. DAP insulted the National language status of the Malay language by insisting Chinese and Indian scripts on road signs and insulted the use of Jawi road signs. Doesn’t that make the status of the National language equal if not lesser to the other foreign languages? At least, English is an international language

Where were they?

The biggest contradiction of these Pejuang Bahasa is their willingness to work with Dong Zong, the chauvinist Chinese Educationist group supporting GMP.

Media Strategist for Dong Zong, Sham Thin Kee present at the GMP meeting

Dong Zong, MCA, DAP and Gerakan opposed violently to Mukhriz’s recent idea for a single educational stream, which would cut differences between races from the early schooling age. Instead of giving support to Mukhriz’s idea that will elevate the use of Bahasa Melayu amongst non Malays, the Pejuang Bahasa took a cynical view by being childishly personal out of their opposition to his father introduction of PPSMI.

Language Romantic

We have heard at length the argument of the opponents of PPSMI from the perspective of national pride and can-do optimism. The problem is they are hopeless romantic and unrealistic. It’s time to get out from this language romanticism to look at it realistically and sincerely within the broader perspective of progress.

Will romanticism and sentimentalism with poetry and prose empower the Malay language?

As I have demonstrated, having education in English medium does not negate the fact that we could remain passionate for the struggle for Bahasa Melayu. This proves that regardless of what language one chooses to adopt as his medium, one can remain to his national language.

GAPENA and former Dewan Bahasa Pustaka (DBP) stalwarts involved in GMP have been pointing finger at others without realising that they should accept much blame for the need to resort to study the two subjects in English.

There are just insufficient translated works. If they had not been busy playing politics and instead focus on translating those Math and Science books into Malay, the necessity to revert to English for the two subjects would have been diluted.

Sadly, they are living in a dream world.

Dato Dr Hasan Ahmad gave the impression there are abundantly sufficient academic materials available in Bahasa Melayu for Maths and Science. He must be kidding himself with the repeated claim that UKM products are living proof Bahasa Melayu is a language of Maths and Science. The textbook and refences are abundantly in English!

Have they done enough to empower the Malays with the knowledge from Malay classic work? Need we ask for the translated work in Malays for contemporary and classic literature in Maths, Science, Economics and even Social Sciences?

I am still refraining myself from an all-out criticism for their failure to popularise classic Malay work to the population at large.

Why are Malays today ignorant of classic works like Abdullah Munsyi's Hikayat Abdullah Munsyi and Hikayat Pelayaran Abdullah Munsyi, Tun Sri Lanang's Sejarah Melayu, Hikayat Hang Tuah, Raja Haji's Tuhfat an Nifas and even contemporary Ranjau Sepanjang Jalan?

May we ask where have the billions funnelled to over decades for language development gone to?

Broadening Perspective

It's been recorded that since National schools were fully converted into Malay medium, Malay students sent abroad to study Math and Science disciplines failed to be outstanding at least in their first year, which was spent to understand the terms and jargons in English.

If Malays are to progress in a global environment, they have to be master in Math and Science related disciplines and not Arts and Social Sciences, the disciplines of those in the GMP.

They complained rural children's academic performance suffer from PPSMI. But how long are the Malays going to try to make everything easy for their children? Surely a bit of struggle makes them tougher and more competitive.

When PPSMI was introduced, the National Schools were at its lowest ebb with non-Malays preferring vernacular schools. By introducing PPSMI, the National School was selling a new currency to be more appealing to the less chauvinistic non-Malays.

At the same time, the move for PPSMI was able to negate the efforts by the Chinese educationists like Dong Zong and Jiao Zong to insist on the supremacy of Mandarins. Thus, that is the ulterior motive for Dong Zong's support of GMP.

Can the Pejuang Bahasa tell me how to get access to the knowledge in these books in Malay, without political cliche as excuses?

One much used argument of Pejuang Bahasa is that countries like Japan, Korea, and France had done well in fields of Math and Science in their own language.

But that is not a fair and realitic comparison. They are in an advanced status in the two fields and had allowed them to progress while sticking to their national language. Even then, this seems to have saturated as these nations are scrambling to push their people to adopt English in the two fields.

Comparatively Malaysians are more in demand than Indonesians or Thaïs in the international market, merely because they speak English. That had confined them in the service industry and menial tasks. With command in the Science and Math, they will be highly in demand for the more advanced technological field.

(Take Note: Much of the points are quoted almost verbatim from Jebat Must Die here.)

Progress Strengthen the Language

The problem is the Pejuang Bahasa will not hear of arguments like these.

Historically and in practise, knowledge is attained in the language the knowledge is derived and developed.

Let's ask ourselves. Have any Malay Mathematicians and Scientist developed any groundbreaking finding and the literature written in Malay, thus making it necessary for foreigners learn up Bahasa Melayu for access to his findings?

What has the two faces of Malay scientist - a Mathematics and a Physics Professors - contributed to their fields and indirectly empowered the language?

We need to achieve socio-cultural progress in our nation-building pursuit. But what good will it if we have a flourishing Bahasa Melayu but yet its populations are technically backward and not accessible to advancement in Science and technology?

Do ponder this side of the equation. Unless we progress, we can’t strengthen and build Malay language and civilisation. That is Mukhriz’s pragmatic argument for PPSMI.

We have can't get emotional and overtly political on the PPSMI issue. There are other dimensions to the issue and not just national pride.

If we are to subscribed to the Ketuanan Rakyat thinking and it is the Rakyat to decide, will the Pejuang Bahasa accept the Rakyat's decision to have English streaming again?

Will Dato's Hassan Ahmad send his grandchildren to English school too, like my father, Syed Nasir and Sheikh Al Hady? I think he will.

Updated: 12:40 pm