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Belanjawan Seluar Dalam dan Pak Guard


Seperti tahun-tahun yang lampau, setiap kali Belanjawan dibentang, rakyat akan menanti-nantikan gula-gula yang bakal diumumkan bagi manfaat dan meningkatkan taraf hidup.  Amat terkejut apabila dikaji dan diteliti Belanjawan tersebut tidak menampakkan ianya memfokuskan keperluan dan kehendak rakyat kebanyakan, malah, ianya kembali ke era Mahathir dan projek meganya.  Di sudut yang lain pula, golongan kemiskinan tegar berhempas-pulas mencari sesuap makanan.
Melalui temanya dan bibit-bibit ucapan politiknya, sudah tentu Belanjawan 2011 ini akan menjurus ke arah Negara berpendapatan tinggi.  Namun sebarang petanda bahawa Belanjawan disediakan selaras dengan tema yang menjadi modal air liur sejak kebelakangan ini.  Mereka mendakwa kononnya Belanjawan kali ini Belanjawan untuk rakyat, sedangkan rakyat sendiri menggelar Belanjawan kali ini sebagai "Belanjawan Seluar Dalam".
Gaji Posmen menjadi kayu ukur
Kononnya Belanjawan kali ini memberi pengiktirafan kepada posmen dan pegawai sekuriti (sebut pak guard).  Selepas ditanya posmen yang menghantar surat setiap hari ke rumah, rupa-rupanya gaji pokok seorang posmen selama ini adalah sebanyak RM610.00 dan hanya dinaikkan sehingga RM710 sebulan.  Sukar juga apabila cuba memahami logik di sebalik meletakkan gaji pokok minimum pegawai sekuriti yang ditetapkan antara RM500 hingga RM700 sebulan, mengikut pemerhatian dan pengetahuan kita, gaji minima pegawai sekuriti sememangnya di sekitar RM700 sebulan.

Pakatan solves seats issue in Sarawak

MIRI: The Sarawak Pakatan Rakyat coalition has resolved 90% of its seat allocations in Sarawak. State liasion chief Baru Bian said the balance 10% was not an issue.

"We have settled 90% of the seat allocations between Pakatan Rakyat component parties "There is still a lot of flexibility and space to resolve the remaining 10%. We will work closely with each other to ensure our victory,” he told newsmen in Miri today.
Also present at the press conference were state DAP chairman Wong Ho Leng, Mohamad Sabu from PAS, SNAP president Edwin Dundang Bugak, DAP Miri chairman Fong Pau Teck, and PAS Miri chief Jofri Jeraee.

Three-corner in Batu Sapi, Sabah... straight fight in Galas, Kelantan...

By Ezra Haganez
SANDAKAN: It is a three-cornered tussle for the Parliamentary seat of Batu Sapi here. No independent candidates came to lodge nomination though many individuals took the papers from SPR earlier.

Ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) is trying to retain the seat through Linda Tsen, the widow of Batu Sapi late MP, Chong Ket Wah, of Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS).

Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) President Yong Teck Lee, successfully lodged his paper, marking the end of his suspension from contesting an election by the High Court years back stemming from an election petition brought against him.

The third candidate is Ansari Abdullah representing  Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR).

Polling day has been set on November 4, 2010, the same polling date with the Galas state seat in Gua Musang, Kelantan.


Galas sees a straight fight between BN and PAS.

Slightly more than 1,000 supporters turned up at the Sandakan Community Hall from 9am till noon today. Among those in the crowd were DPM Muhyiddin Yassin, PKR President Dr Wan Azizah Ismail, CM Musa Aman, Joseph Pairin Kitingan, and Hishammuddin Hussein.

No untoward incidence happened today though at times the three camps of supporters outside the hall were very boisterous with their battle cries.

The Batu Sapi by-election...Nomination tomorrow

By Ezra Haganez
SANDAKAN: For the benefit of those who still don't know about the by-election being held for the Batu Sapi Parliamentary seat in Sabah, nomination is held tomorrow (October 26, 2010 ) in Sandakan.

Polling will be on November 4, 2010, the same polling date for another by-election in the Galas state seat in Gua Musang, Kelantan.

The ruling Barisan Nasional has announced yesterday that Linda Tsen, the widow of Batu Sapi late MP, Datuk Edmund Chong Ket Wah, is the BN candidate for Batu Sapi.

Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) is fielding its President, Datuk Yong Teck Lee, while Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) finally decided to field Ansari Abdullah.

We shall see tomorrow if Independent candidates will come out as quite many nomination forms had been bought from the Malaysian Election Commission (SPR).

A short trip to the Lost World, Maliau Basin, Sabah

Day 1


Maliau Basin location map
By G. Patrick
Recently, I had the privilege to visit the Lost World of  Sabah, Maliau Basin… This trip involves sixteen of Sabahan nature lovers. We departed from Kota Kinabalu town on 15 October and returned by 18 October 2010. The cumulative cost for the trip was RM 4,640 which was shared equally among us. And this wasn’t including our personal expenses for the trip.

We departed from Kota Kinabalu at 0930 hours. Three four-wheel drive vehicles were involved to accommodate the 16 of us. Our route crossed Tambunan, Keningau, Sook, Nabawan and Sapulut.

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