Snippets


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at August 29, 2008 12:44 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
Blocking Blogs

1. When a Government makes a promise to the country and then reneges on its promise, then not only will the Government lose credibility but also any respect that the public may have for it.

2. I do not often agree with Malaysia-Today.net and Raja Petra Kamaruddin. He had been sometimes quite irresponsible. But court action had already been taken against him. He is not above the law and if he is found guilty there are already adequate punishment that can be passed against.

3. But to break a promise and to openly show that you can meddle with the security of the internet is to expose a degree of oppressive arrogance worthy of a totalitarian state.

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MENGINGATI PEJUANG-PEJUANG KEMERDEKAAN


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at August 28, 2008 6:28 PM | | Comments (268) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
1. Jeff Hamaz menarik perhatian kepada pejuang-pejuang kemerdekaan Malaya sebelum UMNO. Saya bersetuju kita harus beri tempat kepada orang-orang seperti Ibrahim Yaacob, Ahmad Boestamam, Ishak Hj Mohammad, Dr Burhanuddin Helmi dalam perjuangan ini.

2. Tetapi saya tidak bersetuju bahawa UMNO adalah pro-British. Kelainan antara pejuang-pejuang KMM (Kesatuan Melayu Muda) dan MNP (Malay Nationalist Party) ialah tentang cara dan pendirian. KMM sanggup menyokong Jepun dan ramai yang menjadi Heiho, angkatan separuh tentera yang didirikan oleh Jepun sementara Malay Nationalist Party mirip kiri dan bersimpati dengan Komunis yang hampir semuanya terdiri daripada orang Cina yang telah bermusuh dengan orang-orang kampung selepas Jepun kalah.

3. Pemimpin UMNO pula tidak kiri dan tidak kanan. Mereka utamakan orang Melayu yang akan hilang tanahair mereka jika Malayan Union ditubuh. Tak dapat tidak UMNO terpaksa menentang British. Hanya yang tidak dilakukan oleh UMNO ialah perjuangan ganas melalui perang gerila.

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PERMATANG PAUH


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at August 27, 2008 1:20 PM | | Comments (1079) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
1. Apa yang telah dijangka sudah pun berlaku.

2. Anwar menang.

3. Barisan Nasional kalah.

4. Saya biasa menulis berkenaan dilema Melayu. Saya percaya dalam pilihanraya kecil Permatang Pauh ramai yang berada dalam keadaan serba salah. Bukan sahaja Melayu tetapi juga bukan Melayu.

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AFFIRMATIVE ACTION


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at August 26, 2008 5:28 PM | | Comments (367) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
1. Affirmative action by its very nature must involve discrimination.

2. Affirmative action is about correcting imbalances between groups. But in the process, the interest of individuals would have to be sacrificed. It is unfortunate for the individual concerned but if no one's interest is to be sacrificed then corrections cannot be made. The status quo would remain and this would mean there would be no affirmative action. Simply said, no corrective action would be possible unless there is some discrimination against someone.

3. Golf is a great game. But like other games the poorer players would be given handicaps. Otherwise golf would be very boring as the good golfers win every time.

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MERDEKA


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at August 21, 2008 6:14 PM | | Comments (826) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
1. Tak lama lagi kita akan sambut Hari Merdeka ke-51. Tahun lepas kita sambut Hari Merdeka yang ke-50 dengan gembira kerana ia menandakan setengah abad kita memerintah negara kita sendiri. Dan kita bangga kerana dalam jangkamasa itu kita telah maju jauh kehadapan sehingga mereka yang lama berada di luar negara tidak kenal tanahair mereka apabila kembali. Demikian perubahan yang telah berlaku.

2. Orang asing pula apabila datang pertama kali ke Malaysia tidak percaya ini adalah negara membangun, negara dunia ketiga.

3. Bukan sahaja Kuala Lumpur sudah bertukar wajah dan dipenuhi dengan bangunan pencakar langit, dengan jalan-jalan bertingkat yang bersih dan dihias dengan tanaman bunga-bungaan sepanjang jalan dan lain-lain, tetapi bandar-bandar lain juga memperlihatkan pertumbuhan dan pembesaran, lengkap dengan jalan bertingkat yang penuh sesak dengan kereta.

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2008 GENERAL ELECTION


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at August 21, 2008 8:14 AM | | Comments (355) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
1. I am amazed that there are still people in this country who think that the opposition parties "won" the general elections because they promised a more open society with transparency and whatnots, including of course doing away with the Internal Security Act.

2. Do they think that the swing; the mass desertion of the Malay villagers from UMNO, the Chinese from Chinese parties and the Indians from MIC in order to vote for the opposition parties, be they PAS or DAP or PKR (Parti Keadilan Rakyat), was due to their wish to see the abolition of the ISA or to seek for greater transparency, or desire for greater human rights, for free speech and open discussions at intellectual levels?

3. Are these the subjects that padi farmers, food stall holders and hawkers, the rubber tappers, the Class F contractors talk in the coffee shops at "intellectual" levels?

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OBITUARY - YM TUNKU ABDULLAH IBNI ALMARHUM TUANKU ABDUL RAHMAN


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at August 20, 2008 5:35 PM | | Comments (190) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
1. Today is a sad day for me. Today I lost a very good friend.

2. Tunku Abdullah was a member of Parliament in 1964 when I first met him. He was a gregarious person and it was easy to become his friend even after knowing him only a short while.

3. He was a very loyal friend too. When I was expelled from UMNO in 1969 he did not stay away from me as many people did. When I came to Kuala Lumpur three days after race riots broke out, he was at the Railway Station waiting for me with his car, despite rumors I was going to be arrested. The police were there in full force. But I was not arrested. I went off to Tunku's house.

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RASUAH DALAM UMNO


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at August 19, 2008 5:55 PM | | Comments (403) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
1. Dato Seri Adnan Yaakob, Menteri Besar Pahang telah membuat kenyataan yang beliau tidak akan bertanding untuk Majlis Tertinggi UMNO kerana rasuah yang berleluasa dalam kempen pemilihan ketua-ketua pemuda, ketua bahagian dan Majlis Tertinggi.

2. Sebelum ini saya telah lapor berkenaan tindakan dua tokoh UMNO; seorang Ketua Bahagian yang menulis kepada Ibu Pejabat UMNO berkenaan rasuah yang dilakukan oleh Presiden sendiri untuk mendapat sokongan bagi pencalonannya sebagai Presiden pada Disember ini dan yang satu lagi tindakan seorang veteran UMNO yang telah lapor kepada Badan Pencegah Rasuah berkenaan rasuah yang sama yang dilakukan oleh Presiden, walaupun ia sendiri kerap bercakap dan mendesak semua orang supaya jangan amalkan rasuah.

3. Baru-baru ini saya telah dapat maklumat daripada beberapa pemimpin UMNO bahawa rasuah, iaitu pemberian duit yang tidak kecil jumlahnya dan pemberian lain-lain, telah dilakukan untuk pemilihan ke Majlis Tertinggi dan Ketua Pemuda.

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AUKU - AKTA UNIVERSITI DAN KOLEJ UNIVERSITI


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at August 18, 2008 11:45 AM | | Comments (285) | Previous Blog
(Chedet.com meminta maaf kepada para pembaca kerana terdapat gangguan teknikal kepada program menyebabkan pembaca tidak boleh berikan komen. Gangguan tersebut telah diatasi dan pembaca boleh meningalkan komen seperti biasa. Terima kasih kerana melayari chedet.com)

1. Saya mengaku yang sayalah orangnya yang telah perkenalkan AUKU (Akta Universiti dan Kolej Universiti) semasa saya menjadi Menteri Pelajaran.

2. Walaupun kita sudah merdeka lebih 15 tahun ketika itu tetapi bilangan kelulusan daripada universiti tidak ramai, terutamanya di kalangan orang Melayu. Jumlah jurutera, doktor perubatan, arkitek dan lain-lain ahli profesional amat kecil dan menyedihkan. Sebaliknya maju mundurnya bangsa dan negara bergantung kepada ketinggian jumlah rakyat yang berilmu. Tidaklah sihat bagi Malaysia jika dari rakyat berbilang kaumnya jumlah Melayu dan bumiputera lain yang berkelulusan universiti sangat berkurangan. Setelah Dasar Ekonomi Baru diperkenalkan maka jumlah penuntut Melayu di tiga buah universiti tempatan sudah bertambah dengan banyaknya. Tetapi kemasukan sahaja tidak akan dapat menambah jumlah Melayu yang berpelajaran tinggi jika ramai yang diterima masuk tidak lulus dan tidak berjaya memperolehi ijazah.

3. Kita terpaksa menerima hakikat bahawa ramai penuntut Melayu dan bumiputra lain yang diterima masuk universiti memiliki kelulusan yang kurang baik daripada penuntut bukan Melayu. Samada mereka mendapat ijazah universiti atau tidak bergantung kepada kegigihan mereka menumpu sepenuh masa untuk menguasai ilmu melalui proses-proses pembelajaran ala universiti.

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THE MALAYSIAN BAR COUNCIL


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at August 15, 2008 3:44 PM | | Comments (548) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
1. Non-Malays and maybe quite a few Malays have strongly criticised my piece on the Bar Council. I am made out to be against free speech, human rights etc.

2. What I was talking was about sensitivity - about the need for people to be sensitive to the feelings of other people. It was not about Islam or its teachings or its history per se. It is about the Malays and the non-Malays in this multiracial, multi religious country and their sensitivities.

3. You may not notice it but I also mentioned the sensitivities of other races in Malaysia.

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