Hari Potensi Tabika KEMAS di SK Sg Limau

Program Hari Potensi Tabika Kemas di Sg Limau. Amat meriah. Ramai ibu bapa yang hadir memberikan semangat dan sokongan kepada anak-anak mereka. Anak-anak juga kelihatan ceria dan seronok buat persembahan. Alhamdulillah. Saya ucapkan tahniah kepada KEMAS atas prgoram yang amat berjaya. Sokongan dan peranan KEMAS di dalam membangunkan masyarakat dan anak-anak kita amat bermakna. Terimakasih kepada Cikgu Othman sebagai pengetua dan tuan rumah.

Program Mesra Rakyat Bersama Kemas di Kg Baru Kilang Bata, Gurun

Program Kesihatan di Taman Seri Jerai

Selangor Sand Mining Saga Part II

Pursuant to my first posting on this matter, this particular issue has got much bigger and serious. MP Kapar, YB S Manikavasagam has now alleged rampant corrupt practices in Kumpulan Semesta Sdn Bhd, the company that was awarded the sole licence for sand mining in Selangor. It has now been established that the company is a State Government Company, or more specifically called a “Mentri Besar Incorporated” company, of which TS Khalid Ibrahim himself is the Chairman.

Now that YB Mike (as he is popularly known in Kapar and PKR circles) has exposed this case by alleging that the top company officials and several senior PR ADUNS are involved in corrupt practices on this sand mining issue, I wonder what the authorities – MACC and state agencies in charge will do. In fact, YB Mike’s colleague, YB Wee Choo Keong alleged in his blog that “he was told two high ranking elected representatives in the State Government and several KSSB officials were involved in the scandal involving many millions of ringgit”.

YB Mike also claimed that his allegations are backed by documents and statutory declarations that were signed by those inside the company. In fact, one of the readers of my first posting also alleged that he knew of the corrupt practices by the ADUNS and KSSB officials. I am also shocked to learn that YB Mike had received several death threats on his mobile phone pursuant to his meeting and expose to the TS Khalid.

I tend to agree with YB Mike that the State’s Selcat (Select Committee on Competency, Accountability and Transparency) should not be the investigating body. Selcat is made up of ADUNs mainly from PR with just 2 ADUNs I believe from BN. The chances of cover-up is high should this be the case. Probably, MACC should step in or an independent body set up made up of people with authority but with enough experience and knowledge. Of course, we cannot have a Royal commission on this matter as what Lim Kit siang had asked on certain other issues.

The death threats are also very unbecoming of a state commercial issue. Since when is a state issue being handled in such a rogue and gangster like manner? I hope this kind of threats and practices do not continue to become a culture anywhere in Malaysia. It also does not bode well for the PR Selangor State Government’s image.

I hope YB Mike will not get cold feet by all these. Kudos to YB Mike and YB Wee Choo Keong for exposing this case, whatever their reasons might be.

On another note, I remember YB Lim Kit Siang and YB Karpal Singh had asked the IGP to resign recently over the fatal shooting incident by a policeman in Shah Alam recently. Though two different cases and in different manners, ultimately they were asking the head to take responsibility and resign. I wonder if we can also ask TS Khalid to take responsibility and blame for this act of corruption in KSSB (being a Mentri Besar Inc company) and by the PR Selangor ADUNs. Should we call for TS Khalid’s resignation too?

Surat kepada Utusan dan Berita Harian

Hari Guru

Guru di kenali juga sebagai Cikgu,Ustaz / Ustazah, Sifu, Vathiyar, Teacher.

Guru – pendidik, pembimbing, pengisi ilmu.

Guru – ibu dan bapa yang melindungi dan menjaga kita di sekolah.

Guru yang akan mencorakkan dan mewarnai kain kanvas yang putih dengan ilmu, budi dan bahasa.

Tidak akan kita sampai ke tahap kita kini, yang berjaya atau sedang dalam perjalanan untuk berjaya tanpa guru memberi ilmu, menyediakan landasan kukuh di bangku sekolah dan universiti.

Saya amat terhutang budi kepada guru-guru saya – baik di sekolah, tuisyen, ,mengaji mahupun semua yang telah memberi ilmu kepada saya. Budi yang tidak dapat ku balas, selain mendoakan bahawa supaya mereka senantiasa diberkati dan dilindungi. Ilmu yang akan kugunakan sepanjang hayatku.

Itulah betapa mulianya guru yang ikhlas dan telah meberiku ilmu kepadaku.

Maka saya membantah sekeras-kerasnya arahan Kementerian yang telah mengarahkan guru-guru untuk bergotong – royong mencuci tandas dan sebagainya di sekolah. Walaupun saya bukan seorang guru, namun saya berpendapat arahan ini amat salah malah tidak langsung mempunyai elemen yang menunjukkan penghargaan kepada guru-guru. Bagaimana guru-guru akan rasa dihargai atau ingin menyambut hari khas untuk mereka apabila mereka dikerah untuk membuat kerja gotong –royong di sekolah dan bukannya hari yang meraikan penat lelah mereka.

Pada masa sama, arahan mengerahkan murid-murid untuk bergotong royong pada Hari Guru juga adalah salah. Apa signifikannya secara langsung membershikan tandas, mengutip sampah dan sebagainya dengan sambutan Hari Guru?

Hari Guru sepatutnya disambut dengan meraikan guru-guru yang telah banyak berjasa di peringkat sekolah dan masyarakat. Hari Guru sepatutnya diraikan dengan ucapan setinggi terimakasih kepada guru-guru. Saya mengalu-alukan malah gembira bahawa kepimpinan tertinggi negara, PM, TPM dan seluruh cabinet telah mengambil masa menandatangani kad ucapan Hari Guru selepas mesyuarat Kabinet Rabu lepas. Ini menunjukkan bahawa pemimpin-pemimpin negara mengakui dan juga menghargai pengorbanan dan usaha guru – guru yang ikhlas yang merupakan barisan hadapan utama serta paling penting dalam membina modal insan.

Sepatutnya sambutan diadakan disetiap sekolah untuk menyambut hari guru dengan pelbagai cara – pertunjukan pentas oleh pelajar, majlis makan, kenduri, baca tahlil untuk yang telah meninggal dan sebagainya. PIBG juga seharusnya memainkan peranan penting untuk menggerakkan sambutan hari guru.

Saya berasa amat kecewa dengan pegawai yang telah memberi idea dan mengeluarkan arahan untuk guru-guru bergotong-royong membersihkan sekolah. Kita inginkan guru-guru bersama kerajaan. Adakah ini caranya?

Hari Guru telah hilang sinarnya dengan arahan surat pekeliling tersebut.

AHMAD IKMAL ISMAIL

NAIB KETUA UMNO JERAI

Pakatan Selangor State Government

On Friday, the Pakatan Selangor State Government had awarded a sand mining permit for the whole state of Selangor to only one company, namely Kumpulan Semesta Sdn Bhd. This is supposedly done to check and eliminate all illegal mining activities carried out by any other companies.

However, I have to say it is wrong. As written in the papers, the sand mining activities in Selangor is worth RM587m a year. That is a huge amount of money. Even if we assume a normal 20% margin, that is easily RM117.4m profit per annum for the company. This is a huge amount for a single company to make annually.

Some of the questions that need to be answered:-

i. Why create a monopoly?

ii. Who decided to give to this one single company?

iii. Who owns the company?

iv. What were the factors for the Selangor State Government decide on only one company?

v. Is this company capable in terms of its track record in the industry, financials, expertise and management capabilities.

vi. What is the issued and paid-up capital of the company? RM2?

vii. Were there any tenders called before deciding on the company?

viii. Where is the transparency advocated so much by the Pakatan party and being highlighted in its election manifesto over and over again?

ix. Where is the accountability?

x. Is this not totally against everything Pakatan has been supposedly fighting for?

This decision by the Pakatan Selangor State Government gives rise to concerns of the possibility of corruption and cronyism.

We must not allow corruption, mismanagement or any wrong doings irregardless BN or Pakatan. I hope the authorities will investigate on this matter.

Ahmad Ikmal Ismail

Beberapa Gambar sekitar beberapa Program di Jerai

Antara gerakerja sepanjang hujung minggu

Hujung minggu lepas , saya telah balik ke bahagian. Di antara gerakerja yang telah dijalankan termasuklah melawat dan bermesra dengan peserta-peserta di tapak ekspo, melawat projek ternakan kambing di kg cahaya baru, menziarahi beberapa orang uzur, menziarahi seorang guru yang meninggal dunia. Saya juga telah sempat pergi untuk kenduri kahwin yang telah di adakan.

Di atas adalah beberapa gambar yang telah diambil di tapak ekspo dan kg cahaya baru.