June 2008 Archives

THE SOCIAL CONTRACT


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at June 30, 2008 3:59 PM | | Comments (357) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
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1. There has been a lot of talk about a Social Contract in Malaysia.

2. Perhaps it would be useful if we understand this concept a little bit more before we argue about it.

3. If we care to look into the origins of the social contract we will find that it is a European concept enunciated by European philosophers. The most famous is Socrates, the Greek philosopher who was jailed and sentenced to death.

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PRESS STATEMENT BY YABhg TUN DR MAHATHIR BIN MOHAMAD


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at June 27, 2008 3:34 PM | | Comments (443) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
(This statement was issued yesterday, June 26, 2008 in response to Judge Ian Chin's allegations towards Dr Mahathir) 


1. On June 10, The Borneo Post reported Judge Ian Chin's "explosive judicial disclosure", about how judges were threatened and sent to Boot Camps by the former Prime Minister.

2. He made these revelations prior to hearing a case, apparently to avoid being accused of bias.

3. What he did not reveal is that there is a police report against him for breaches of Judge's Code of Ethics in hearing a case in which he has a personal interest. He presided on a case involving Dato Syed Kechik without revealing that he believed Syed Kechik was responsible for detaining his father and brother 20 years before.
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SNIPPETS/CORAT-CORET


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at June 26, 2008 3:26 PM | | Comments (324) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
VOTE OF (NO) CONFIDENCE

As expected Barisan Nasional Members of Parliament supported the motion on the removal of subsidy for petroleum. Obviously the whip had been used. Only one Sabah MP expressed his unhappiness at the short notice given for tabling this motion. Yet every MP knows that the price of petrol is a big burden for the people.

On Monday June 23rd, the public expected to hear about a motion of no confidence against Dato Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi by the Sabah Progressive Party. I had predicted that it would not happen as the Speaker would disallow it.

But it was the SAPP that decided not to table it. Its MPs were recalled to Sabah amidst talks of threats being made against them.

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PERPADUAN


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at June 25, 2008 6:52 PM | | Comments (396) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
1. Ramai orang Melayu yang kesal kerana di waktu yang genting ini, di waktu mana berbagai-bagai masalah melanda orang Melayu di negara tercinta ini, mereka berpecah dan bersengketa sesama sendiri.
 
2. Umum tahu perpecahan melemahkan, sebaliknya perpaduan memberi kekuatan. Berhadapan dengan aneka jenis masalah dan tekanan, orang Melayu amat perlu kepada perpaduan sekarang.
 
3. Pada tahun 1946, di waktu orang Melayu diancam kehilangan tanahair mereka, orang Melayu bersatu padu dan menentang British. Walaupun mereka lemah, miskin, tidak bersenjata, tetapi demikianlah kekuatan hasil perpaduan mereka sehingga British terpaksa tunduk kepada tuntutan mereka dan Malayan Union digugurkan.
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Wastage of Public Funds - The cancellation of the Railway double tracking and electrification project


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at June 24, 2008 12:36 PM | | Comments (360) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog

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Malaysia has one of the most extensive system of express highways in Southeast Asia.

But still the roads are very congested.

Too many heavy vehicles such as container carriers and motorcar carriers clog the roads. Their numbers are increasing and container traffic from south Thailand add to the congestion.
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Petronas


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at June 24, 2008 7:32 AM | | Comments (282) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
Certain members of Parliament are focusing on Petronas, apparently trying to divert attention from Government over the thoughtless increase in oil prices. If I am not mistaken this is a prelude to appointing a 4th floor candidate as head of Petronas as they did when removing Tengku Mahaleel of Proton.

There is also an attempt to blame me for "advising" the Government on removing the subsidy. I would like to clarify again that although I am called Adviser to Petronas, I do not advise at all, least of all to the Government.

Once in a while I get a briefing from Tan Sri Hassan Marican, the President of Petronas. I also get the annual report which is available to the public. My main job is that of a post box. I pass on to Tan Sri Hassan numerous requests and proposals which people send to me. I have absolutely no say in the decisions made by Petronas.
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The Chorus Line


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at June 22, 2008 11:15 PM | | Comments (231) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
As expected Barisan Nasional party leaders, Cabinet Ministers and assorted beneficiaries of the Dato Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi flip-flop regime lined up metaphorically behind him to shout their support for the leader over the intransigence of Dato Yong Teck Lee and the Sabah Progressive Party.
 
The SAPP's motion of no confidence will not bring down Dato Abdullah's Government even if the opposition were to throw in their votes behind SAPP. The likelihood is that the opposition will not. They know it would be an exercise in futility. In any case the Speaker will not allow the motion or debate on it. So it looks like the SAPP is going to get nowhere.
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Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at June 22, 2008 11:09 PM | | Comments (82) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
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RAPID KL: Answers to questions & SAPP


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at June 19, 2008 11:53 AM | | Comments (17) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
1. My son-in-law was not and has never been Chief Executive Officer of MTrans. He was working with the company. I do not know why Prasarana should require 1,500 buses in 1995. It may have taken over the LRT lines but it had already got buses for the feeder system.


I have been informed that Rapid KL belong to the Ministry of Finance and not Khazanah. This increases the mystery of the 1,500 buses for Prasarana.

2. I confess I persuaded MTrans to go into the manufacture of the monorail train, build the tracks and operate it. There was no other Malaysian company willing to do so at that time. As the development cost was high I had to assure MTrans it would be given first preference if a monorail is to be built in Kuala Lumpur.

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Ian Chin's Great Revelation


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at June 18, 2008 12:04 PM | | Comments (36) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
1. I have not commented earlier on Justice Dato Ian Chin's (Chin J) exposé about my misdeeds because I needed time to recall events which happened more than a decade ago and to find documents which may give credibility to my explanations.


2. I am grateful that some judges and ex-judges have refuted what Chin J said about my threatening judges. The Singapore Straits Times (not my favourite paper) seems more willing than Malaysian papers to report how Chin J's colleagues were stunned by his statements.

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Abdullah dan Najib


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at June 17, 2008 12:24 PM | | Comments (57) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
1. Kita di beritahu oleh Dato Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi bahawa dia dan Dato Seri Najib Tun Razak telah bersetuju dengan peralihan kuasa. Tetapi tidak pula disebut bila tarikh itu.

2. Najib pula berkata dia mahu kuasa (Presiden UMNO dan Perdana Menteri) diserah kepadanya diwaktu parti dan Kerajaan berada dalam keadaan sihat walafiat sepertimana yang kononnya pengganti Presiden dan Perdana Menteri dahulu semuanya menerima peralihan kuasa apabila parti dan Kerajaan sudah dipulihkan dan berada dalam keadaan sihat.
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Samy's Folly


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at June 16, 2008 9:37 PM | | Comments (40) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
Looks like those who want to answer my charges are short of ideas.


All they can say is that I am a racist and I was worse than the present Prime Minister.

Now Dato Seri S. Samy Vellu has joined Karpal Singh and Param Cumaraswamy in calling me racist.

These three characters want the Government to free the Hindraf leaders from detention under the Internal Security Act.

They must know that Hindraf represents Tamil racists who still look to their old masters, the British, to protect them. They don't believe in Malaysian institutions.

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Openness


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at June 16, 2008 11:31 AM | | Comments (7) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
After I stepped down there was a lot of talk about the Malaysian Government being more open. The foreign press gleefully reported that after I left UMNO, there would be even greater freedom in everything.


I would not be able to make a comparison between my "dictatorial regime" which a certain former judge described in his book as comparable to that of Idi Amin of Uganda with the present freely elected Government. But I would like to point out certain things that people and journalists seem to ignore, which seems to belie the impression of "openness".

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Snippets


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at June 13, 2008 11:20 AM | | Comments (15) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
Bank Account

1. Several blogs have given space to a scurrilous statement that I, my wife and my children, have USD 199.45 million and S $ 42,000,000 in fixed deposit in the Israeli National Bank in Singapore.

2. The scum who alleges this does not have the guts to give his name.

3. UMNO can make a statement about the money I gave to Dato Abdullah when I stepped down. Better still Dato Abdullah can explain how much of the 1.4 billion Ringgit in cash, shares and property that my staff and one of his Ministers handed over to him is still with him.
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MASA DEPAN UMNO


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at June 12, 2008 1:55 PM | | Comments (11) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
1. Pada Pilihanraya Umum 2008 sesuatu yang tidak pernah berlaku dalam Pilihanraya Umum sebelumnya telah berlaku. Sebilangan yang tidak kecil daripada ahli dan penyokong biasa UMNO telah undi parti lawan atau merosakkan undi atau tidak mengundi.

2. Hasilnya Barisan Nasional telah kalah di lima buah negeri dan satu wilayah. Di lain-lain negeri di Semenanjung kemenangan Barisan Nasional adalah tipis. Walaupun Barisan Nasional menang di peringkat pusat tetapi gagal mendapat dua pertiga daripada kerusi Dewan Rakyat seperti yang biasa dimenangi sejak merdeka oleh Perikatan dan Barisan Nasional.
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Snippets


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at June 11, 2008 3:24 PM | | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
Petronas Adviser

I have been asked by the media and commentators in my blog as to whether I would quit as adviser to Petronas following my quitting as an UMNO member.

I would like to believe it is not exclusive to UMNO members.

Prior to my being adviser, the post was held by Tun Hussein Onn who was appointed by me following his resignation as Prime Minister. When UMNO was made illegal and UMNO Baru was formed Tun Hussein remained outside the party but this did not affect his position in Petronas. He remained Petronas adviser until he passed away.
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SANUSI JUNID


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at June 10, 2008 5:24 PM | | Comments (4) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
1. Saya berasa amat sedih dengan tindakan untuk menamatkan khidmat Tan Sri Dato Seri Sanusi bin Junid dari menjadi Presiden Universiti Islam Antarabangsa.

2. Mungkin dia telah melakukan kesalahan yang besar yang tindakan ini perlu diambil. Tetapi secara kebetulan tindakan terhadap Presiden UIA ini diambil sejurus selepas dia keluar daripada UMNO. Apakah perbuatan beliau ini yang menyebabkan dianya disingkir?

3. Secara kebetulan juga sehari selepas dia berkempen untuk anak saya di Jerlun pejabat syarikat UIA Holdings Sdn Bhd milik UIA telah digeledah oleh Badan Pencegah Rasuah. Tidak ada apa-apa kesalahan dikesan yang dilakukan oleh Syarikat atau Tan Sri Sanusi.
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RAPID KL


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at June 10, 2008 10:34 AM | | Comments (5) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
Yang Berhormat Dato' Bung Mokhtar Radin (Ahli Parlimen Kinabatangan) telah bertanya dalam Dewan Rakyat berkenaan 1000 lebih bas milik Rapid KL yang tersadai dan tidak diguna.

Bas-bas ini dikatakan asalnya milik Intrakota dan City Liner yang telah diambilalih oleh Rapid KL yang dipercayai adalah milik Khazanah. Bas-bas ini masih boleh diguna atau boleh diperbaiki dan dijual oleh Rapid KL. 

Tetapi Rapid KL tidak berusaha bersungguh-sungguh untuk mendapat balik sedikit pun daripada kos pembelian syarikat-syarikat ini. 

Kenapa?
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Cancellation of bridge to Singapore


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at June 9, 2008 2:16 PM | | Comments (7) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog

(VERSI BAHASA MALAYSIA DI AKHIR ARTIKEL INI)

I have been asked to please expose all that I know about the misuse of the Rakyat's money.

In response to the above request I would like to identify initially four of the instances where the Government of Dato Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has misused public money.

What I write here would not be based on speculation or suppositions or possibilities. They are the things which are public knowledge and can be verified.

I need to explain in detail. So I will deal with one subject at a time.

However, I list below the four specific instances;

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THE TUN SALLEH SAGA


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at June 6, 2008 12:15 PM | | Comments (8) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
(VERSI BAHASA MALAYSIA DI AKHIR ARTIKEL INI)

1. When the Government gave ex-gratia payments to the judges involved in the Tun Salleh Abas removal as the Lord President of Malaysian courts, the question that needs to be answered is whether it is because of Government regrets over something that happened not during the period this Government was in power or is it because of a desperate attempt to win support after the disastrous results of the election of 2008.

2. Had the present Government felt regret, it should have paid ex-gratia payment (for want of a better term) upon achieving power. But obviously it only felt regret lately, after its brand new de facto Minister of Law, who incidentally was suspended for money politics, suggested the move in order to win the approval of the Bar Council.
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Oil Price


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at June 5, 2008 12:56 PM | | Comments (9) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
(VERSI BAHASA MALAYSIA DI AKHIR ARTIKEL INI)

The price of crude oil has increased by 400 percent in the last three years. It follows that the price of products must increase, sooner or later. In other countries petrol prices had already increased. In the United Kingdom one litre of petrol sells for more than one pound sterling or RM7. In the United States it is about RM5.

That the price in neighbouring countries has gone up is shown by the rush to fill up by Thai and to a lesser extent Singapore vehicles.

The Government has now announced an increase in petrol price by 78 sen to RM2.70 per litre, an increase of more than 40 per cent.
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Snippets


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at June 4, 2008 5:19 PM | | Comments (3) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog

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Tujuan baik tidak halalkan jenayah

YB Dato Zaid Ibrahim, Menteri Undang-Undang kecewa kerana dia akan dihadapkan ke Jawatankuasa Disiplin UMNO sedangkan dia hanya mempertahankan Perdana Menteri.

Peguam ini tidak faham bahawa tujuan baik tidak menghalalkan jenayah.

Takut kerana salah?

Ahli-ahli dan pemimpin cawangan dan bahagian UMNO tidak dibenar mendengar ucapan saya.

Apakah pemimpin tertinggi UMNO takut kerana mereka punyai banyak kesalahan yang mungkin dibongkar oleh saya?

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Multi-racial Malaysia


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at June 3, 2008 10:48 PM | | Comments (14) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
[EDISI BAHASA MELAYU DI BAWAH ARTIKEL INI]

I have been asked "What is the meaning of a multi-racial Malaysia to me?"

Being multi-racial does not mean the same thing to every multi-racial country e.g. Singapore claims to be multi-racial but basically it is a predominantly Chinese State.

Because of the refusal of the descendants of migrants from China and India to be assimilated by the indigenous people we have to accept the retention of the identity of Malaysian citizens of Chinese and Indian origin. The people of Indonesian origin chose to be assimilated by the indigenous people, so they don't constitute a separate entity.
[EDISI BAHASA MELAYU DI BAWAH ARTIKEL INI]
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Royal Commissions


Posted by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at June 3, 2008 12:22 PM | | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0) | Previous Blog
1. The Royal Commission is not a court of law and is not supposed to judge and sentence people. But the fact that such commissions are often manned by judges or ex-judges seems to indicate that principles of justice and determination of right and wrong should be based on legal principles.

2. But clearly the Royal Commission on the Lingam tapes has allowed itself the liberty of stretching legal principles in order possibly to achieve a certain objective.

3. One sentence in the report is very telling and I quote, "In the process, Dr Mahathir Mohamad was also entangled. That possibility was ominous when examined against the factual circumstances surrounding the rejection of Malek Ahmad as Chief Judge of Malaya. Their ultimate aim or purpose could not be ascertained with exactitude given the limitation under the (Commission) terms of reference. It could be related to the fixing of cases as submitted by counsel for the Bar and others. Certainly it is reasonable to suggest that it could not be anything but self-serving."
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