What do you want to ask the government?
May 21st, 2008 by Teresa
I am inviting the public to supply me with questions they want me to ask in the next sitting of Parliament.
Each question is limited to 40 words (their rules, not mine). 
The absolute deadline is June 1.
You can either put your questions in the comment section of this post only, or email to teresakok AT yahoo.com.my.
Hope to get some questions that will rock Parliament.
Not every question will be used.
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I would like to know why the federal government is not promoting family planning among the poor in Malaysia. Watch TV3’s Bersamamu.
I think it is very irresponsible for couples to have many children when they can barely feed and care for themselves.
a.Kenapakah Jabatan ICT tidak diwujudkan pada zaman ledakan ICT kini?
b.Apakah langkah yang diambil kerajaan dalam meningkatkan tahap kompetensi pegawai IT kerajaan dalam menangani cabaran ICT yang hebat.
First, let me thank Selangor for the initiative to really apply ICT unlike those dungu’s in the cabinet who just talk and wait for durian to drop (opportunity to start new projects).
How much or rather, how little did the Selangor government spend on the live transmission of the first sitting of the Selangor state assembly?
I am sure it is not millions of ringgit that was quoted by RTM or the minister for the live telecast of parliament. Hope that Selangor can teach the federal government a thing or two if they are willing to learn.
I would like to ask why did DBKL plan for a cemetery+crematorium+detention center right smack in the middle of a vast residential area (OUG/Bukit Jalil/Kinrara)? The people of this area deserve amenities such as LRT/library/Chinese schools/sports club, NOT Muslim cemeteries with a corpse incinerator as bonus! Think of the air pollution a multi-furnace crematorium will bring.
Thank you YB Teresa.
I want to arse the government !!!
dear teresa,
please ask this question to Hishamudin,the Education Minister.
Why did current education system from pre-school(government tadika),up to primary school and secondary school syllabus are not up to the international school standard which promoting people to send their children’s to international school just as DPM Najib.
Here’s my question :
Pollution faced by Shah Alam residents, particularly from Kota Kemuning to Banting. Every night, there’s haze even after it rains, and sometimes the air smells like pollutants from some factory somewhere. Can anything be done to help the residents there?
Reason i’m asking:
I don’t think its haze, more like factories operating at night to guise their pollutant emmisions. Cars parked at Kota Kemuning over night are covered by a thin layer of dust, and air quality is very unhealthy.
This was actually raised a while back (can’t remember when) and even highlighted in the newspaper (The Star) but to date, problem still prevails.
Someone should go check where these emissions are coming from, and stop them
1. Was the India Ink ever ordered and delivered to the Elections Commission in Malaysia?If so, please get a Certificate of Confirmation from the Auditor General.
2. How many postal otes were cast in Rembau and is there an army camp stationed there to justify it?
I want to ask the govt to immediately suspend the National Service program as it’s going to kill more lives inside. Then hold a national referendum to continue or not.Right to risks in the hands of parents not govt.
1. Saya ingin bertanya kepada Menteri Pelajaran kenapa ada sekolah yang kekurangan guru dan ada sekolah yang guru berlebihan.
2. Saya ingin bertanya kepada Menteri Pelajaran kenapa bilangan guru mengikut opsyen seperti opsyen bahasa inggeris tidak mencukupi di sekolah luar bandar, hatta di daerah sabak bernam selangor
3. Saya ingin bertanya kepada Menteri Pelajaran bagaimanakah rancangan jangka panjang kementerian mengatasi guru Opsyen Bahasa Cina dan Bahasa Tamil dan seterusnya menghapuskan guru POL di semua sekolah menengah dan diganti guru tetap.
OK,
Q1. Ask how much was spend for visit Malaysia Year in 2008?
Q2. Provide break down of the total expenditure like the spending in the sport club controversy.
Q3. How many contractors and suppliers (service and otherwise)were involved?
Q4. What are the services supplied and materials purchased for each contract?
Q5. How much impact has the spending on tourism in that year, quantitatively and qualitatively.
As u are aware the the former minister is that named in the Royal commission and I suspect a lot of hidden and tainted things.
sorry 1st para should be “2007″ my apologies
What will happen to the area that was formerly known as the Tunku Abdul Rahman’s Park which is located next to Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur.
It, together with a smaller plot of land opposite, was used as a recreation park for residents living nearby.
The area was unceremoniously dug up and fenced for the construction of a building.
The project was subsequently abandoned and the place was left as is for the past few decades.
It is a disgraceful act because every Merdeka Day, without fail, the BN government will resurrect the memory of Tunku as the father of Malaysia. And this is what they had done to a park built for his commemoration!!
What a bunch of hypocrites!
TK,
I have lots of questions i want answered…
1. In view of the rising cost of living, can the govt reduce income tax to a ceiling of One Month Salary per year instead of the four months going rate?
We really need our own money to survive.
2. Why are the UMNO and BN leaders not responding to the question of how many of their children and grand children ever were sent to the NS camp?
why dont their children mix with the common children in order to prove national and racial unity, postpone their trip overseas for education just for three months.
3. Why is Sabah so lacking in electricity and other amenities while all our money are wasted on NS and space tourist???
4. Does the UMNO leaders have the intention to propagate NEP or dasar ekonomi malayu for eternity without end…..?
There are lot of question need to be ask… but I give little only…
Among them :-
Q1. Berapa banyak pelajar telah menerima pinjaman
PTPTN pada tahun 2007 and pecahan mengikut
kaum?
Q2. Apakah rancangan pemberian kondom kepada rakyat
masih releven pada masakini untuk mengatasi
masalah pembuangan bayi?
Q3. Adakah penggangguran akan meningkat sekiranya
tempoh pensaraan dilanjutkn lagi? Apakah cara
untuk mengatasinya?
Q4. Bilakah pendidikan percuma sepenuhnya akan
dilaksanakan untuk golongan berpendapatan
rendah?
Q5. Apakah bantuan yang diberikan kepada
pelajar-pelajar cemerlang yang kurang
berkemampuan? Adakah mereka diberikan peluang
yang sewajarnya untuk melanjutkan pelajaran
keluar negara?
Q6. Berapa peratus pelajar-pelajar cemerlang yang
kurang berkemampuan diberi peluang untuk
melanjutkan pelajaran ke luar negara? Apakah
Bantuan yang kerajaan berikan kepada
pelajar-pelajar ini?
Q7. Adakah hukuman “Kasi” kepada perogol-perogol
wajar dijalankan bagi mengurangkan kes-kes
rogol di negara ini?
Q8. Apakah bantuan-bantuan yang di laksanakan oleh
kerajaan untuk membantu kaum-kaum minoriti yang
terpinggir terutamanya di kawasan bandar?
Q9. Berapa banyak penduduk setinggan yang berjaya
mendapatkan tempat di flat PPRT?
dear teresa,
the number of foreign students (especially from egypt, iran, iraq and palestine) enrolled in postgraduate medical programme in a local university in kubang kerian, kelantan have outnumbered local chinese and indian. why do this happen? hope you can investigate more regarding this, as i am still under AUKU regulation, i cant get more info for you.
dear teresa,
another question is why do STPM holder have to take IELTS or TOEFL (both are international English proficiency test) if they want to apply for universities in UK or Australia? I meant STPM student are aready mandatory to take MUET ( a local English proficiency test) by why are MUET are not recognized by english-speaking country? should our education ministry do something to so that MUET will be recognized by those countries
Dear Teresa,
In view of the increasing number of failed applications for scholarships for entrance into local and foreign universities by high achievers in the 2007 SPM examinations, why is the government obstructing the academic paths of these students?
Adakah cadangan Noh Omar di mana sumbangan wang pembangunan untuk lima negeri dibawah Pakatan Rakyat disalurkan menerusi MARA bercanggah dengan sebarang undang-undang atau peraturan yang sedia ada?
Apakah langkah-langkah Kementerian Kesihatan supaya hospital kerajaan dapat memberikan rawatan segera, pantas dan tepat untuk semua kes-kes yang dihadapinya serta apakah tindakan disiplin sedia ada untuk kecuaian/kelalaian sebarang anggota perkhidmatan kesihatan?
Teresa, ask the government why the agreements signed with the various privatised companies cannot see the light of day.
Are they so exploitative of the taxpayers that it will be shameful for them to do so?
But shameful or not, they must be exposed and the OSA cannot be used to protect such acts! It can only be used to protect national security.
Teresa,
Request whether Bakti had instructed (pressuring) Balkis, PBT & other desperate housewives to “zero” their acc & transfer the funds to Bakti, instead of donated to various charity org. Ask Bakti to make public from where their funds comes in & how their spendings
Q1 for information ministry or multimedia ministry
Can the govt legalised satelite dish?
I ask this on behalf of people live in west malaysia. It is an open secrete that east malaysia there is a lot of satelite dish other then Astro.
Q2 Can govt open the application of setting up private tv, radio, newspaper and other media?
Q3 Any action taken to take relevant govt servant involved in misused of govt fund based on the Audit report last year? Remember the fat cash spend on buying screw driver which at the end screw the tax payer pocket!
Thanks Teresa for giving us a chance to ask the govt.
Ann Hock
May 22, 08 1:35pm
“Can the govt legalised satelite dish?
I ask this on behalf of people live in west malaysia. It is an open secrete that east malaysia there is a lot of satelite dish other then Astro” - Ann Hock
That’s a good one.
In fact far too many businesses are being privatised (monopolised?) to the detriment of the taxpayers.
The result is that we get very shoddy services and a take it or leave it attitude!
I suggest that when the PR has the reigns of power in its hands, it should nationalise these businesses.
What are the Government’s plan is luring back the young adult forces / graduates that are staying back in foreign countries to contribute rather than at Malaysia?
Anyway, young adults force are the future of the country. If most of them stays in foreign countries instead of coming back, what are left in Malaysia? Not saying local graduates are all not good or as good, but one cannot deny the exposure and knowledge gained overseas. This is essential in building the nation, especially 2020 (though i don’t really know what’re involved in it!).
If Government keep saying they can’t match what is given by foreign countries, well, the world is very realistic, don’t expect all young adults to be patriotic or anything. We love to contribute for our own country, but Government is just taking us for granted. Sorry, we are not doing it for charity. We are not doing it so Government or high level people take the credit & enjoy all the benefits while we all suffer & expected to work like cows!
I think that there is a need to have a requirement whereby medical personnel, like specialists, whose specialty requires them to operate on patients to give a written undertaking to their patients containing all relevant details of the operation, both beneficial as well as detrimental, so that the latter are well informed of what they will be facing BEFORE the operation.
I know for a fact that there are specialists who do not reveal the detrimental side effects to their patients for whatever reasons best known to them.
The pros and cons must also be fully explained to the patient.
A copy signed by both the patient and the specialist, will be retained by both of them.
If there are any complaints of misinformation subsequently, the patient can rely on the information given in the written undertaking to initiate proceedings with the Health Ministry and to proceed with legal action.
Given the tendency by some doctors to exploit the ignorance of their patients, this requirement will provide a more level playing field.
Thanks for inviting questions from the public, Teresa. My question is, what is the government doing to reduce crimes. I’m talking about murder, robbery, break-ins, etc.
Teresa, ask the government why question time is getting more and more restricted?
I understand that it can be reduced to a minute or so for each MP.
Aren’t the questions from the MP, especially those in the opposition, important?
If there is insufficient time, shouldn’t the session be extended?
Nothing is carved in stone and it is imperative for the government to deal with all matters brought up by the MPs as they affect the well being of the people.
I would like to ask why are so many illegal immigrants from Indonesia are getting blue IC’s in just days when other locals who were born here have to wait for years or even never to get citizenship?
what is the methodology used for the economy cake that najib promised to reveal many years ago, because everyone has the right to know.
Dear Teresa,
Please ask on behalf of Sabahans too cos we dont have much opposition Sabah MPs to turn to.
In view of Ronald Kiandee’s rejection of Lim Kit Siang’s motion to set up a royal commission on illegals in Sabah, these questions come to mind.
1. Is Ronald Kiandee acting like a traitor to Sabahan?
2. Did he benefitted from the votes of illegals to make him reject the motion?
3. Who else is he trying to coverup who are involved in helping the illegals stay and get blue ICs in sabah, the chief minister himself, the Musa Pushtuni?
4. Above all, ask all the Sabah MPs if they are concerned for the wellbeing of their voters or should they be ashamed of themselves while LKS, a peninsula MP is more concerned of our future??
shame on sabah BN useless MPs…. snakes, toads, lizards..etc
Dear YB Kok,
I would be most pleased if you could ask the government why they cannot raise the retirement age in the private sector to fifty-eight years of age, regardless of gender.
I have posted an issue on ‘Retiring @ 58 For All? in my blog. ‘Working Woes’, @ michael.bloghi.com I hope that this issue warrants your kind attention.
Thanking you in advance.
I note with concern over the closure of Panasonic factory in Sungai Way Free Trade Zone. How many jobs were lost as a result? Can the state government advise how many foreign manufacturers have left our shore and whether new applications are enough to offset the lose?
What activities can the state government pursue to promote its own FDI in addition to federal initiative?
YB,what more is there to ask those ningkamfooks. If questions pose a risk to their welfare or pockets, then they would say it’s irrelevant. If you press them further, they’ll say it’s under OSA. If you press them further still, then they’ll say you’re a threat to national security and put you under ISA!!!
If really they want to be transparent, the rakyat has 1001 questions to ask!! Are they willing to answer sensitive questions? Look at uncle Lim, they say the Sabah issue, which was brought up by LKS, thirty years ago and again lately, still they say it’s irrelevant and yet they can’t solve it thirty years later!!! Look at Gobind, he represented the people of Puchong on the stalled housing projects and the stupid deputy minister has the cheek to say that it’s not Gobind’s jurisdiction. If Gobind as the MP of Puchong and you as the ADUN of Puchong can’t represent us residents of Puchong then who can, the sleeping PM???
Am sure there is so much dirt to be dug by PR in the five states that these former state government MPs/Ministers are having sleepless nights, wondering when is their turn to be questioned. Like the Malay proverb says “sesiapa yang makan cili, dia yang akan rasa pedas”
They have had their chance for more then forty years to prove their worth, look what has happen to beautiful Malaysia now? Inflation, high cost of living now, unemployment, look at the number of foreign labour around and with the economy at a virtual standstill now, these people are resorting to crimes/drugs and what not!!!
Hardly can a day pass without us hearing of crimes committed near or around us. Imagine the fear for our lives and those of our loved ones everyday when we step out to make a decent living!!!
You still want to ask them a question, then ask them in their conscience (if ever they have one), to put themselves in the rakyat’s shoes and see how they feel??? Tell them NOT TO FORGET that there’s GOD/ALLAH/ALMIGHTY/BUDDHA or whatever word the different religions refer to as, IS WATCHING THEIR MISDEEDS and somewhere, somehow along their way, THEY WILL BE MADE TO REGRET AND PAY BACK!!!
“Each question is limited to 40 words (their rules, not mine).” Teresa
Why should there be any restrictions with regard to the number of words used or the time given to ask questions?
Ask the government whether it is interested in getting the problems of the electorate solved or they want more devastating tsunamis at the next GE?
It is really good that they have lost their two-thirds majority otherwise there will be zero opposition in Parliament! They can just pass a law that no opposition parties will be allowed to enter Parliament; it’s that simple!
Why we should be tolerating any more such shit from the BN.
If there’re no restrictions by the number of words or time, the meetings would never end then. Not as if everyone’s going to ask very smart questions. In fact, most questions asked are really….primary school questions…imagine being bombarded with those silly questions…how waste of time & tax payer’s money it is….
So it’s in a good way, forcing everyone to think straight to the point and provide quality questions. Not just hantam saja….
A lot of the debate attitude is also very “emotional”…which is very waste of time. Perhaps all MP should attend some sort of course to teach them on how to question/answer during the meeting.
Most of them from what i see from the videos are BN MP’s lah…however, some from the oppositions are also the same…can’t blame them….:)
Ladies, gentlemen and marooned martians,
may I suggest we word our questions in BM and the it’s final form? This would make our super busy YB life a bit easier as she need not change your queries into question forms and translate it? She can just read, select, copy and paste.
I think YB Tony P with his long duration in a dominant English and Chinese language environment since his school days, need time to strengthen his BM acquaintance…..not his faul.
Actually I prefer our Parliament to allow for English and BM to be used. This is not showing disrespect to BM but English can be a great technical language and expresion of ideas.
Frankly, if it allows some of our MPs to perform better, so be it. As a Chinese, I would not mind Chinese is not used in Parliament given its practical problems in such application.
If the Education Minister wanted our kids to use English to learn Maths and Science, why not ask our at times childish MPs to use English as I am sure some need practice on this international language. Besides, the Constitution does allow freedom of expression and did not say one can only freely express in one language only
I am expecting a bombardment now, but please no death threat. I am not worth it.
Wee Tak, I think that we should leave the language issue alone.
There are those who may not be well versed in BM.
However, I think that Sassy MP can do a quick check of those postings that should be included in her questions in Parliament and either make a quick translation herself or have one of her staff do it for her.
“In fact, most questions asked are really….primary school questions…imagine being bombarded with those silly questions…how waste of time & tax payer’s money it is….” - badcliq
That’s where the Speaker should come in!
Those who talk nonsense should be immediately cut off!
However, the present situation is that the BN MPs can talk whatever rot they want but when opposition MPs asked questions that are urgent and of public interests, they are immediately cut off! Like the questions posed by LKS regarding illegal immigrants in Sabah, a problem that was festering for decades.
From the above, it can be seen that the problem is not insufficient time but that the time is squandered by the BN MPs in talking rot or asking stupid questions; just like the way they spent (squandered?) the taxpayers money!
It’s time to show the BN the business end of a pair of boots.
Teresa, I suggest that if you come across any problems in Parliament, such as being disallowed to ask questions, etc have them posted in you blog, so that we are aware of what is going on.
damocles,
I see the practical side of your point and I agree.
I am rightly accused of putting cat among the pigeon. My mooted point is that all this talk about meritcracy over racial basis, then if a language is better over another for practical purposes? Can we use it over the other?
This is taking meitcracy to a bit extreme, given BM is the national language of Malaysia and should be the language used in the parliament. But if, and a BIG IF, we could be practical enough to say, ok, for this motion on Information Techonogy, we use English as most ot the terms are in English anyway.
This is just a mere discussion, I am not in a position to rule or dictate.
My question as below:-
Bagaimana idealogi “ketuanan Melayu” mahupun “ketuanan cina, india, kadazan, atau dayak” menggalakkan perpaduan communiti majmuk Malaysia? Selama 50 tahun idealogi ini hanya mementingkan satu kaum dan menanam perpisahan diantara kaum. Amalan koperasi antara kaum adalah lebih effective untuk memajukan negara daripada konfrantasi sesama. GE12 baru-baru ini telah menunjukkan matlamat sehala boleh melupuskan perbezaan kaum. Bilakah UMNO akan menggantikan ideologi berdikriminasi kaum ini dengan idealogi “ketuanan Rakyat” demi keharmonian negara?
well…thats is more than 40 words.. do they really count ur words?
do i get a bullet? do they come in silver?
Dear Teresa
There are many things gone wrong in Malaysia. Our government do not hire the best people to serve the government and there is not a lack of good people in Malaysia just that lack of good people in the government. Why cant our ministry be run by technocrat rather that politician who dont have a vision what they want to achieve for Malaysia. Many of the minister dont know their stuff and get someone else to prepare their speech. If you dont know the direction that you want your ministry to go dont expect that you sub ordinate will be able to come out with good policies when you want to draft a good masterplan.
I truly support to have the election of the Major of Kuala Lumpur only then we can have someone who really have a vision for Kuala Lumpur to walk the talk rather than the current rotation system of the major which dont really deliver.
Broadband penetration is very important to Malaysia. A case in point is the development of MSC before even developing the broadband infrastructure. What can we achieve after 10 yrs?
In the western countries their officer in the ministry are professionals but I dont think we have much of that in Malaysia. If you check in the EPU we are currently suffering from a brain drain in terms of the staff so when you form policy what good policies you can think of with not enough good human capital.
Tun Ismail once said that sports is one of the arena in Malaysia that only the best can be there. Why? If you promote someone who can bring glory to the country you only make the country loose face. So the government have no choice not because they dont want to pull strings but the string is just not good enough for the international events where you are watched by millions of eyes. Regardless of race if you win you will get a gold medal. But the same doesnt happen in other fields in Malaysia.
No doubt we spend millions to send our students to overseas for education but we didnt pay them well when we ask them to come back to serve the country. In this globalised world, some corportation will just buyout your bond if you are really good. Hence since our government have already paid million of ringgit to send the students then why are they trying to save up on this little monthly salary. My view is that Malaysia is just trying to provide their students to other western countries for free. This group of people are the best but they will never work for the country in the end.
Why did we finish the ipoh rawang railway but dont have trains in the end? Cant we plan ahead? If this small project of electrification also take so many years, will we have any confidence for the country to finish implementing its RMK 9 using RM 200 billion?
Poor planning is a norm in Malaysia and its really memalukan. It doesnt take a genious to highlight to the minister what needs to be done. If they open their eyes wider they can see what needs to be done. Unfortunately their are more interested in their self interest than the people’s plight.
A case in Johor. If you really want IDR to be successful just get them to build a mrt line from kranji to ciq to the second link. I am confident it will bring in more people to stay and consume in JB. Singapore cost of living is going up really fast but our reaction to opportunity is so slow. There are so many over supply housing in JB have the government thought of instead of selling it they can rent it to Singaporeans if they are willing to do a gated community with good security. When you want to sell a product you need to think what your customers want. Or another project the government can do it the big old folks home village for Singaporeans. Why? Because thats how you can attract FDI, solve your over supply , create jobs and boost consumption. But what sort of policies are we making? Sometimes simple things can do wonders not mega corridor.
How long will the JB CIQ will be completed? Samy vellu mentioned many a times that the CIQ will be opened but until now the people do not believe anymore what the minister say because they do not really understand what they are saying they are more like a parrot which repeat what other people say without checking if it is true.
Another point i wish to highlight is if our currency is weak or devalued we can never ever compete with other countries to attract talent. This is because imagine Singapore will just tweak its currency up a bit when you try to attract talent and it doesnt hurt them much since they have bigger buffer to shift the forex than us. Weak currency is just a short sighted solution in the end it will just create more misery for the rakyat.
Malaysia is not getting better by the day in fact we are really falling behind.
Malaysia has a tendency to do hit and run. We have some many competition in our local industries until no economy of scaled is obtain. A case in point is KL is one of the place the world which has a LRT, monorail, commuter, and automated LRT in the same city. Why cant we standardised it? Do you know the maintanance cost will be very high. Singapore SMRT only use the most efficient way to solve problem but we like to try and error. Hence we are left with so many legacy issue. The rapid kl project will not be successful also in the future because they use too many different bus from different manufacturer. In the future maintanance will be an issue and the bus will break down and then we will get another company to clean up the mess of rapid kl. All this inefficency just burden the tax payer with many more white elephant projects. We never really think of how we want to develop Malaysia ie no focus. Imagine if we invest all those money to develop broadband like South Korea now which has 1000 Mbps network, Malaysia is just at 10 Mbps. We have petronas money but we dont spend it wisely.
I really pray to God and I hope God can save Malaysia. Malaysian and Singaporeans are from the same stock but the difference boils down to implementation policy. I think one day only when Thailand or Vietnam overtake Malaysia in terms of development will we actually wake up and realise what is the problem. Perhaps if we never discover much natural resources we will be more resilient and will not do so many trial and error projects.
Why did we finish the ipoh rawang railway but dont have trains in the end? Cant we plan ahead? If this small project of electrification also take so many years, will we have any confidence for the country to finish implementing its RMK 9 using RM 200 billion? - Peromyvi
The crux of the matter is that the BN is not interested in doing anything for the people or country.
It’s only interested in fighting for their own benefit - that’s why we often read about the struggles of the ruling party. They are struggling to have a bigger and bigger share of the gravy train.
We are still talking of being a world class country by 2020; Singapore became one long, long ago. They have nothing but their brains and a pair of bare hands! And a genuine willingness to work for the betterment of the country and the people.
If you really want a better future, you’ll know what you should do at the next GE.
peromyvi,
u deserve a mister’s position for what you have written. ur words carry more sense then Noh Omar, Syed Hamid, Muhammad x 2, S Vellu, Zainuddin; off hand I can think of’em
so it proves what u have written, important post given to people who should not be in there in the first place
YB,
Just took a look at the Malay paper Sinar. They have a couple of articles mentioning you in a normal tone; about you getting involved in gotong royong and stressing the importance of cleanliness.
Mundane stuff but I am greatly encouraged as DAP is no longer only portrayed as sinister and unspeakable death dealing merchants in Malay language paper. One small step for press maturity and that’s great.
YB, Please do the needful and ask those chaps in the Education Ministry to wake up and not sleep in their “tempurongs” aka “coconut shells”! We are living in a globalised world and I want my children to be able to converse and study their maths and science in english!! My daughter will be going to Form 1 next year and is worried that she will have to study the 2 subjects in Malay.This subject has been brought up by the public in the media on numerous occassions. Can DAP bring this up on behalf of all parents who wants to see their kids progress in this globalised world!!!
I believe a lot of people are more “qualified” compared with existings MPs, but they just don’t want to get their hands dirty into politics considering what politics can do to one person!
So, we need to find our best people and gather them together. So far, Government isn’t very successful in this arena. Maybe Pakatan Rakyat can capitalised on it.
Apakah keistimewaan yang boleh didapati oleh pelajar Non-Bumiputra yang belajar di MRSM? Adakah mereka akan dipertimbangkan dahulu apabila memohon biasiswa atau matrikulasi?
I am just wondering why does the road widening activities along Jln Cheras highway (area around phoenix plaza up to leisure mall plaza or ue3) is taking ages to complete? It has been more than 20 years (or should I say 30 years?) that the Jln Cheras highway is infamous for its bad traffic condition almost everyday and nite. The traffic will always start to crawl from loke yew area up to phoenix plaza. Just imagine the residents have to wake up as early as 5am just to travel to the city using the highway, to beat the jam.
I just read an article mentioning that the all highway built in the Selangor is the most expensive in the world. The money spent for 1 km can be used to build a under-sea tunnel from West Malaysia to Sumatra. Is the current road widening activities in Cheras area are properly planned vis-a-vis the properly justified proposed budget (besides taking into consideration the amount of vehicles per day, of course) ? It seems like the entire highway is always loaded with construction work. What are they actually doing and hows the progress of the road construction?
Some questions for our Education Minister, Hishammudin:
1) Why can’t we uphold / improve the global ranking of our local universities e.g. what has happenned to our beloved UM ya?
2) Why can’t the government have more universities built instead of spending money lavishly on other less critical areas e.g. angkasawan project
3) It seems that the English proficiency level of our rakyat is dropping. Evidence has shown that some top SPM scorers can’t even speak proper English during interview sessions. Why are we still need to consider to revert to BM on the current academic syllabus?
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Dear YB Teresa,
TWO IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
a) Reference to the people writting to Stars Newspaper, WHY CANT education preferences be color blind? People scoring so many As cant get into education.
b) Please ask the former Selangor State Government to publish what they have spent for on 27 Million before the election and now left almost Nothing for the current Pakatan Govt.
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Why is the Malaysian minimum voting age 21 when in most of the world it is 18 and many countries are working towards lowering it to 16?
Hi,
PRICES of essential foodstuff in Malaysia are increasing daily. Rice and oil prices have skyrocketed. Those from the lower income groups are finding it very hard to feed themselves. As this is strongly affecting the course of events for the ordinary people, please
do something about it in Parliament. We have faith in you.
Hi Teresa,
From global anaysts report, they forecast oil price to increase to US$200-300/barrel, what are the government plans to counter inflation, control fuel price especially when Malaysia become net importer of oil ?
Regards
Esther Lee
Teresa, you now have plenty of questions to ask by June1 and those that you do not have the opportunity to ask, you can reserve them for future Parliamentary sessions.
What is the govt’s plan to protect the malaysian households who employ foreign maid, in the light of the increasing run away cases (according to the police officer I met in Brickfields police station, there were reporting cases of maid run-away practically EVERYDAY!), the crimes committed and the unreliability of the medical report from FOMIMA and the maid supplying country? I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION AS MANY MALAYSIAN HOUSEHOLDS ARE FACING THESE PROBLEMS AND IF YOU CAN BRING THIS UP AND SOLVE IT, THE LADY VOTERS WILL REALLY LOOK UP AND BE THANKFUL TO YOU.
Dear YB Teresa,
As we know all know from various forum discussion and newspaper report, the way the land where Palace alike Mansion built by late Datuk Zakaria is questionable. Eventhough he already passed away, but as long as the land are obtain illegaly and power abuse involved, action should be taken to correct the thing.
Thus my following question:
“What action government will be taken to investigate on the legally of land obtain by late Datuk Zakaria to build the Palace like Mansion in Selangor? Why there seems to be no ACA investigation on it?” [36 words]
Teresa, the BN govt leaders like to boast that we have the world class education system, but I don’t think it is so. Education is too important a matter to be left in the hands of government leaders alone since they are not all experts in the field of education. We have to develop our human capital for our petroleum resources is running out, and we need to find other sources of income. The best bet lies in our human resource. Ask the government: In view of the paramount importance of education, why not the government engage foreign experts to help us in revamping and reviewing our education system so that the chances of the country emerging as a technological and economic power, like Taiwan and S Korea, is more assured? Frankly, we cannot solely rely on the ‘experts’ in the education ministry to chart the country’s future. The PM often laments that we Malaysians are the consumers of technology, not the pioneers of technology. This clearly shows that the PM himself is complaining about the poor education system in our country. Without a really sound education system, Malaysia can forget about joining the ranks of newly-advancred countries like Taiwan,
S Korea, Singapore, China, India, etc. Instead, what I see is our country is fast becoming one of the many Latin American countries where development is stifled by mal-administration and limited literacy in the English language. Countries like Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela, etc.
A while back, there had been report on the possibility of building of bullet train which linked up KL and Singapore. A lot of studies seem to be take place too, and quoted that it is feasible. However, according to the latest news, the project will be scrapped as government funding will be needed.
However, according to rumour and news report, apart from the reason of government funding might be involved, there seems to be other reason:
1. voices from other parties on objection of having such bullet train to linked to Singapore, as it was quoted that this might benefit singapore.
I beg to differ on such argument. As we all know, there a a huge population of Malaysian working in Singapore. Quantity wide, a huge group of them travel back to malaysia weekly. However, another huge group prefer not to going back to hometown due to the long travel hour. Thus, if such service can provide comfort of travel with reasonably cheaper price, they will be willingly travel back to their hometown respectively or probably have their weekend in KL, which will then spend in Malaysia and support for malaysia economy. Similarly, tourist who visited Singapore can also make good use of such facility to visit malaysia which increase the tourist who opt to visit malaysia during their tigh schedule as time spend in travel will be limited.
2. Availability of such facility might become a serious competition to MAS
This should not be a reason, as the benefit of rakyat comsumer should be put on higher priority.
Thus, My question:
“Can the government give clear signal on whether it will be giving the greenlight to company which able to put up proposal for such project where government funding are not needed?” [31 words]
If I’m not mistake, the Ong Ka Ting did mentioned that the case register at Tribunal Dropped and commented it was the success story of tribunal Tuntutan Perumahan.
As far as I’m concern, there are Pemaju was not respect the award by not paying the Purchaser according to the award. My questioned is
a) Either the drop on the case due to success story or the pruchaser feel they are cheated when the dveloper did not pay them.
b) How many percent the developer did not pay the purchaser according to the award?
c) What happened to the owner of the developer..if they are not pay to the purchaser.
On my case, award given in 2005, until today Bukit Cerakah development still not yet pay me the money. Report to Tribunal, they said to bring to civil court, Until today yet to hear any news.
Follow up-they just said..biasalha kes mahkamah. Better you bring this issue especially the owner of the project.. Tan Sri Rozali Ismail-may he will listened if you bring this issue not like me when I demanding my money.
Thank you.
world class goof ups & suck ups more likely
“This clearly shows that the PM himself is complaining about the poor education system in our country.” - Leguan
The PM complained about the poor education system?
He is the PM! Isn’t it within his capability to right the situation? He just complained, that’s all?!!
That’s why our country is in such deep shit!
The very person who can do something about it or for that matter anything that is not right, is COMPLAINING?
Isn’t it time to give his job to someone who can PERFORM, LIKE THE PR?
Many Malaysians are still naive enough to believe that the BN can bring about reforms after the May 8th tsunami, but are they not deluding themselves?
Thank Teresa for giving the rakyat a chance to raise questions to the government. However I do not have anything to ask the government as at the end of the day it will not get any satisfying answer.
Lost hope in this government.
I have been reading several news on outstanding students achieving more than 9As in their exam but yet unable to get a government scholarship. These students will one day be the “brains” of the country. But what does our BN government do???? Rather than ensure they have a future in this country, they indirectly discourage them to serve and contribute to our society by not looking after their future. The normal excuse is not able to offer all of them scholarships. The question is why not? The BN government is willing to sponsor an astronout to space but not willing to ensure we churn out brains to build our future. This is just one example of the wastefulness of our funds by the BN government. I have a son who has done pretty good in his exams but I do not forsee a future for him in this country if the BN continues to run this way.
It is this same mentality that has led to the decline of our sporting activities. Our national football team for eg a laughing stock and a disgrace!
In order to build our future, we must start with our children now. But it does not look like the BN goverment is doing this as a top priority, sad to say.
Malaysia has progressed economically. But as a society, a lot more improvements are needed. It is not a democracy. There is no freedom of speech. Corruption is getting worse.
Questions:
1) what plans does the Prime Minister have to create a better society where people are identified as Malaysians, not by ethnicity? Will it amend the NEP to include all Malaysians who need assistance?
2) what plans does the PM have to eradicate corruption? Will the PM ban all political parties and government ministers from having business interests? Will the government offer amnesty to people who have benefitted from corruption and start the country off on a clean plate?
Criticisng the government or politicans is an essential part of democracy. It does not mean the person is any less loyal then the Prime Minister himself.
The PM should encourage participative democracy and encourage the people to learn to engage in robust debates on policies. Violent resolution and threat of arrest should never be used if one’s way is rejected.
Will the PM consider replacing the Internal Security Act and not use it as a tool to silence people who are practising democracy, criticising government policies, offering a different opinion?
Will it free all current detainees if the government is not able to lay any charge against them?
Oops, typo error, I meant Mar 8.
i would like 2 ask…why has the government recently set new visa rules for indians and bangladeshi’s and not for the indonesians ?
for my question..why has the government recently set new visa rules for indians and bangladeshi’s and not for the indonesians ? …based on the article from http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c_online.php?leftnm= 10&bKeyFlag=IN&autono=38691 …there are 2.1 million foreign workers in Malaysia..half of them Indonesians. About 140,000 are Indians, 330,000 are from Bangladesh and 260,000 Nepalese according to the article..isn’t it obvious that there are more indonesian illegal immigrants then any other country…i mean,just look at chow kit!!…shouldn’t the new visa rules be applied on the indonesians as well??
1. New Voters Re-registration exercise.
Can’t the EC just learn from countries which have proven models of “automatic registration”? All Malaysians have an IC, whose data can be transferred into electoral roll, unless there is a hidden agenda.
2. Incentive to car pool.
Government to fund the MP and ADUN to set up a standard website to cater for the transport needs and car pool exchange. (Hope that this will ease the morning crawl at the Puchong end of the LDP)
3. Polis brutality and battered image.
In the 50’s and 60’s we respect the hardworking “datuks” and see them as saviours. Now we see them as corruption, lapdogs, uniformed thugs because all these are condoned by the higher ups. When will the ICPMC be set up?
1. New Voters Re-registration exercise.(hkh)
I think it’s not hard to fathom why the EC can’t learn from countries which have proven models of ‘automatic registration’. Perhaps the EC is under certain constraints. My personal view is that the 4 million plus Malaysians who are 21 and have not registered as voters are classified by certain politicians as not worth wooing them to register as voters since they can’t count on them as potential supporters, that’s why we haven’t read of MPs and State Assemblymen’s service centres used as new voters registration centres. I remember years back Gerakan and MCA members in Penang went out of their way to help register youngsters who hadn’t registered as voters. Little did they realise that they were in fact digging their own graves then.
Rising price of petrol
Pertaining to the subject above, I supposed you understand my concern about the consequences of the high petrol price in the country. I understand that this is one of the remedies that our government in mitigating the pressure from the escalating price of the oil in the market.
Here I suggest another alternative that may be an effective way to curb the problem - Improve the public transport system and expand the transit network as thoroughly as possible to every corner in the country. Malaysians are too relying on their own cars instead of public transport due to the rotten public transport system in the country. If every citizen in the country chose to use public transport, which is fuel economy and energy-efficient, this can help to reduce the petrol subsidy that have been taxing our government for a long time.
I speculate that the rotten public transport system is a legacy produced by our government for protecting the local car industry. It is time to get rid of the protection for the Proton Car Industry and she should go expand the market in oversea rather than depending on local market.
It is time for BN-led government to decide to continue unwisely protecting local car industry which only benefit a small group of people or to improve our local public transport system that will not only benefit most of the citizens but also ease the longstanding and escalating petrol subsidy problem.
Livar
YB Teresa Kok,
The world, including Malaysia, is heading towards severe economic recession caused by the unprecedented rising oil and food prices. The rise of China, India and other populous countries cause the global demand for oil to surge, and depleting farmland caused by climatic changes and rapid industrialisation are among obvious factors that contribute to the problems today. By right, we in Malaysia should not be facing these problems this bad had our leaders, past and present, adopted sound policies in developing the country. Some twenty years back, our leaders took the issue of food security for granted, even when the then deputy agriculture minister Dr Goh Cheng Teik reportedly cautioned to the government to the effect that the aim of the government had to be self-sufficiency in food so that all Malaysians would at least have ample food even we were to face the worst of economic disaster. His (Dr Goh) worst fears could happen soon.
Ask the government: Has the federal government devised any felda-like plans to cultivate food which involve Malaysians of all races? Has the federal government come up with plans to provide cheap and efficient means of transport for people in major urban centres like JB, Penang, Ipoh, Klang etc besides KL?
Regards
The Prime Minister currently enjoys a monthly entertainment allowance of RM18,865 while his deputy gets RM15,015. Other ministers and deputy ministers are given RM12,320 and RM6,000 respectively.
For the paid holidays, Cabinet members will not be allowed to claim for more than a week’s holiday.
why is so much needed per month? is this for national interest or personal entertainment allowance?
The recent report by the Asia Development Bank (ADB) on country performance on Social Protection, Malaysia was ranked below the Asia Average (0.35).
Any reasons for this performance are yet to be understood, how could the present government improvement the ranking?
As concluded in the report, generally wealth of a nation does help to sustain good social protection, but not necessarily.
referece:
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Social-Protection/Volume2/Part5.pdf