China is hoping for the good luck of 08.08.08 when the Beijing Olympic Games will be officially opened to the public at 8.08pm China local time today. It will be the most memorable moment when the clock strikes eight seconds past eight minutes past eight on this day — six eights comes together (08.08.08, 08:08:08). China lucky to get the opportunity to host the game this time with their lucky number "8".
Although astrologers, numerologists and Feng Shui experts differ on the 'auspiciousness' of the date, yet they agree it is a special one. Chinese extremely believe it to be a very lucky number. However Indian believe that the number 8 is an unlucky number. In Russia, marriage offices have been flooded with applications of people who wish to marry today. In Bulgaria, 100 couples have already registered to tie the knot. There are much more events around the world in this special date.
NO WORRIES MALAYSIAN, THEY WILL REPAIR FOR YOU (IMMEDIATELY)!
This is the third time in eight years! As long as no one dies from the cracks, there will be no proper reconstruction on MRR2. The MRR2 in the Kepong has reared its ugly head again. Cracks have appeared one of the pillars. This stretch of the flyover starts from the nearby TamanDaya all the way to TamanBukitMaluri. It cuts down waiting time at a number of traffic lights which are below the flyover. Cracks have appeared and the government has spent approximately RM70 million for such repairs. This new crack worries Malaysian as we are facing a 27-year high inflation economic crisis. The repair may reach tenths of million, so who to blame?
THE CONGESTION AT KEPONG FLYOVER SLIP ROADS WHEN THE FLYOVER IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC
Closures of the Kepong Flyover:
First closure
Recently, residents of the neighborhood of Kepong expressed their fear about the safety on Kepong Flyover which was reported to be faulty as 31 of 33 pillars supporting the flyover were reported to have obvious cracks. At some pillars and tiers, there were more than 7000 cracks detected. Public concern about the safety issues at Kepong Flyover was due to the risks faced by at least 4,300 motorists using the flyover at a time. Investigations were carried out by the government to investigate the matter. What's worse, the contractor who built the Package 11 of the highway (at Kepong neighborhood), BumiHiwaySdn. Bhd. was reported to have poor construction records in Malaysia. As a result, Kepong Flyover was closed to traffic and then reopened with only 4 out of 6 lanes. On August 10, 2004, the Works Minister, Dato' Seri S SamyVellu, reminded the public that the cracks were not due to design flaw and "nobody can simply open their mouth and suggest it is design flaw" (Bernama 10 August 2004). However, findings from Halcrow Consultants Ltd suggested design deficiencies and the improper anchoring of the column rebar to the crossbeams were responsible for cracks and were finally accepted by the ministry (Source: New Straits Times, 1 October 2004).
Second closure
On 4 February 2006, the Kepong Flyover was closed to traffic from 10:30 am in the morning after serious damages on the flyover was confirmed. Many complaints arrived about the damages on MRR2. Traffic jam also has rose due to the uncompletion of the MRR2. On 8 December 2006, the Kepong Flyover was reopened to all traffic.
On 3 August 2008, Kepong flyover was closed to all traffic after cracks appeared on a pillar 28, MRR2 cracks photos. This is the third time the 1.7-km MRR2 Kepong flyover has been closed because of cracks.
The election commission announced Permatang Pauh by-election held on Aug 26 (Tuesday) while the nomination day would be on Aug 16 (Saturday). This undoubtedly will become a great contest election in the Malaysia’s politics history. The moment will soon change the politics agenda of our country once again, more like a new revolution in the political agendas in our country. Permatang Pauh constituency has 58,450 registered voters. Racial breakdown with 69.4% Malay, 24.5% Chinese, 6.0% Indians and 0.1% others will vote together to choose their best candidate. The seat has been resigned by Datul Seri Wan Azizah Ismail to give her husband opportunity to enter the parliament after 10 years. Anwar confirmed that he will be contesting in the seat and about his rival, BN not yet decide the candidate to face the PKR leader.
Penang Chief Minister defined that the election will be a “mini tsunami” after the “huge tsunami” that happened in March 8 2008 which resulted the won of 5 states and denial of 2/3 BN’s majotity in parliament by Pakatan Rakyat. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Najib Tun Razak stated that Permatang pauh is extremely hard for BN, but still they are confident that will be giving a tough fight to Anwar Ibrahim. Hope clean tactics used by the party politics that contesting in the election in order to respect people's rights to vote and protect the democracy system in Malaysia.
Tunku Abdul Rahman- Bapa Kemerdekaan (Father of Independent)
The second Prime Minister
Tun Abdul Razak- Launched the Malaysian New Economic Policy (MNEP)
The third prime Minister
Tun Hussein Onn- Bapa perpaduan (Father Of Unity)
The fourth Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad- Engineered Malaysia's rapid modernization
And The fifth Prime Minister of Malaysia Dato' Seri Abdullah Bin Haji Ahmad Badawi (Pak Lah)- ? (I don't know, you know it? Lets share with me.)
The Next Prime Minster
On July 10 2008, Abdullah announced he would step down as UMNO President and Prime Minister in June 2010. He announced that he would transfer power to Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak, a move aimed at reducing the level of political uncertainty in the country. Before that, PKR leader Anwar said that high number of BN MPs will defect to the Pakatan Rakyat to form a new federal government on 16 Sept. So in the other meaning, he is very confident that going to be the next PM. What you think dear Malaysian?
"One World, One Dream" - The slogan for the 2008 Olympics. I really hope Malaysian athlete perform all out in the 2008 Beijing Olympic games to fulfill 25 million Malaysians dream. With only few days to kick off, Malaysian athletes prepared very well, especially our shuttlers and cyclists confident that they can make the dream come true. In order to motivate our athletes, RM1 million incentives offered by government to the gold medalist in the game. So everything is going great and we Malaysian can do our part by pray for their victory.
The Star reported that 236 medical graduates studying overseas under Public Service Department scholarships refused to return home to work. They are breaking the law by breached the terms in the contract they voluntarily signed. 40% vacancies for doctors at hospitals available nationwide. The students should grateful to the scholarship that have been given to them and I hope medical graduates will return to serve the people. Government spent around 1 million of taxpayer’s money for each student to further their studies to overseas, they are practically stealing the people’s money if they refuse to come back.
16 Sept Fuel Prices New Dawn Of Malaysia N0 Confident Motion Quit or Lead? Sodomy Charge Permatang Pauh UMNO Party Polls Merge With PAS? BN or PR? How about Datuk Seri Najib? The next PM?
Much more words to describe and a lot of questions appearing in my mind on the picture.
Permatang Pauh, which is in the home state of our PM in the spotlights of the Malaysian this time. Anwar Ibrahim will be contesting the Permatang Pauh parliamentary seat, now he is waiting for the election commission to announce date of the by-election. Datuk Seri Azizah Ismail, improved her winning margin to over 13,000 votes in March this year compared with only 590 votes in 2004. She has submitted her resignation to the Parliament Speaker, Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia.
The election must be held within 60 days. Will Anwar make his way back after almost 10 years out of the parliament?
The question: What car you think our state EXCO members must officially use? I have given 4 choices of cars and others. The answers are our own national car Proton Perdana V6, expensive Mercedes, Toyota Camry which almost same price with our Perdana and luxurious BMW. Others mean the car that cheaper than the above and we may assume that it also mean that they use their own car. A total of 24 participated in the poll.
Based on the results, we can see that 13 out of 24 (54%) voted for Proton Perdana V6. 3 voters choosed on the Mercedes, 1 for Toyota Camry, no vote for BMW and 7 out of 24 (29%) of votes for other cars.
The results of the poll shows that most of the voters agreed that EXCOs must use our national car, its clearly shows that there are still hope and high expectation on it. About the high maintenance cost, I suggest EON should look on the matter and take proper implementation to deliver quality cars for Malaysian.
November 10, 2007 marks the history of Malaysia as the first large gathering of people organised by BERSIH on voicing their dissatisfaction towards the Election Commissioner requesting for a free and clean election to be held. They demands of BERSIH rally relate to reform of the current electoral system.
November 25, 2007 marks another historical event when HINDRAF organized a rally requesting current government to give a better recognition for ethnic Indians in this country. More than 30 000 people took part in the street protest.
March 8, 2008 , the unexpected but long waiting “political tsunami “ happened which blows up the Malaysian Political scenario. The history created when 5 states won by opposition parties. The denial of 2/3 majority was another tremendous blow to the federal government.
And now, it’s the September 16, 2008 , the mostly awaited event day if it should be as what DSAI claims. The PKR leader said that high number of BN MPs will defect to the Pakatan Rakyat to form a new federal government. If it do happens, this would mark too as another unforgettable historical moment ever in Malaysia. Whether it happens or not, the hope of the peoples are to have a wonderful nation with peaceful situations and economical stabilities.
Let the countdown starts. My friend Tamil Maran has created a countdown in his blog, view here.
