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dari ChangkatNingkeBTP  The 2015 Federal Budget was tabled by the YAB Prime Minister Dato' Sri Najib Tun Razak on Oct. 10, 2014. Here's a summary of the budget that directly related to OKU/Disability facilitations:

dari ChangkatNingkeBTP Isu-isu politik terkini di Selangor sangat menarik terutama dengan beberapa peristiwa menarik yang berlaku di dalam kerajaan negeri. Antara isu yang terbesar adalah isu kalimah ALLAH yang kembali menjadi kontroversi disebalik tindakan rampasan bible berbahasa Melayu oleh JAIS baru-baru ini.  Sebelum itu, satu hakikat yang ingin saya tegaskan di sini adalah bahawa sememangnya ALLAH itu adalah untuk semua. Namun, penggunaan kalimah ALLAH oleh pelbagai agama perlu dilihat dari sudut hukum, amalan, adat setempat dan mengapa kalimah itu digunakan. Satu aspek lagi yang perlu dilihat di sini adalah penggunaan kalimah ALLAh di negara-negara Timur Tengah dan di Borneo (Sabah dan Sarawak) agak berbeza dengan amalan di Semenanjung Malaysia. Kalimah ALLAH juga bukanlah satu-satunya kalimah yang dilarang penggunaannya oleh orang bukan Islam kerana terdapat lebih kurang 40 kalimah yang dilarang penggunaannya. 

dari ChangkatNingkeBTP Insight By Joceline Tan, Aug 5, 2012 A dark horse in the form of Datuk Dr Hayati Othman has emerged as PAS’ contender for the Mentri Besar post in Kedah while Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir is the runaway choice if the Barisan Nasional makes it. DATUK Seri Azizan Abdul Razak had not met Tan Keng Liang although the latter has been a persistent irritant from the day he became Mentri Besar of Kedah. Tan is the spunky-looking state Gerakan Youth chief and a leading critic of the PAS-led government in Kedah. Rarely a week passes without something stinging from Tan via Twitter or to the media. At the State Legislative Assembly building last month, the Gerakan politician flashed his toothy smile as he approached the Mentri Besar to introduce himself and say hello. It was the first time they were meeting and those around the table braced themselves for a potential situation. But Azizan is a classy gentleman; he smiled and gestured for Tan to join him at the lunch table. “Ta...

dari ChangkatNingkeBTP * OUM Political Science Learners please go to the e-forum via h ttp://lms.oum.edu.my/loginft.php Public Policy A nalysis  is the monitoring of different government agendas that directly affect a specific community. The kinds of topics examined can vary from the impact of infrastructure on a city to smoking laws. The idea behind  public   policy   analysis  is to provide the government with facts and statistics about the extent to which such initiatives are working. Legislators who seek to pass specific laws and government officials who work toward their application may be particularly interested in  public   policy   analysis . This is often because, when social problems arise, it is up to such  policy  makers to find proper solutions. Vandalism, poor student performance in schools, high crime rates, environmental problems, and traffic collisions are some of the many examples of problems that are often addres...

dari ChangkatNingkeBTP Article written by Joceline Tan of The Star dated May 15, 2011. The contest for the post of PAS deputy president picks up pace as the party struggles to find the perfect deputy to complement their president Datuk Seri Hadi Awang. DATUK Seri Hadi Awang has been looking a little more modern ever since he ditched his old-fashioned metal-rims for trendy retro-style spectacles. He also looks a little slimmer now that he is watching his diet following a mild stroke last year. His habit of downing heavy meals after the late night ceramah is a thing of the past. He has stopped riding horses but still indulges in his favourite pastime, angling. Recently, he caught a whopper of a fish during a trip to Tasik Kenyir. It was a beautiful ikan temoleh that was almost as long as his torso and he held it up like a proud father. Hadi is looking quite good – physically, that is. Morally, too, he is up there. He is respected as a theologian with not a whiff of scandal to ...

dari ChangkatNingkeBTP Setelah hampir sebulan tidak dapat kemaskini blok Dunia Mendan dek kerana kekangan tugas dan PRN Sarawak, disertakan beberapa statistik ringkas yang dikemaskini dari Saudara Ibrahim Harun. Seperti dijangka, BN memenangi lebih dari 2/3 kerusi DUN Sarawak. Saya sendiri meramalkan Pakatan Rakyat serta parti-parti Oposisi yang lain akan menang sekitar 15 kerusi DUN. Ini sebenarnya mengambil kira pelbagai aspek luaran dan dalaman sewaktu PRN Sarawak 2011.  Keseluruhan Keputusan Secara Ringkas : BN                  55 Kerusi (372379) KEADILAN         3  Kerusi  (117100) DAP                12  Kerusi (134847) PAS                 0  Kerusi   (9719) SNAP ...

dari ChangkatNingkeBTP By Ice Cream Seller I am no science buff but remember reading about putting frogs in cold water and then slowly putting the water to boil.The frogs (unlike the Perak species) will die as they will be unaware of the change in temperature that will ultimately prove fatal. Dear Malaysian brethren of whatever ilk - we will suffer the same fate as the innocent frogs if we let the country spiral to another Iran or Pakistan. I am - in today's parlance - a 3rd generation pendatang. Lets call it GENPENTIGA - Generasi Pendatang Tiga. I suppose it can't be that bad when a GENPENDUA became PM for 22 years. But then he metamorphosed into a Malay and cut his Indian roots - only to go back to Kerala recently to see if there were any offshoots, I suppose, or perhaps some trait of mortality dictated that he visit his roots in his autumn days.

dari ChangkatNingkeBTP  Article by YB Dr Zul (MP Kuala Selangor) dated 31 Dec 2010 As the curtain draws to a close for the last year of the first decade in the third millennium, I wanted to just sit back and peruse the many edited writings and commentaries for my book “In Search of a Better Malaysia”. The indulgence was rather short-lived when it dawns on me that I have failed to provide any commentary on an equally troubling acrimonious debate that is raging dangerously in the nation. Yes, how could I miss that one?

dari ChangkatNingkeBTP By PRABA GANESAN Guest Writer (Sin Chew Daily) The PKR is in great danger of losing a bunch of leaders. The party is bleeding and no one has stepped forward to either take responsibility for the exodus or the lack of effective response. Two things about the average politicians, the ones who build their lives being politicians before statesmen: 1) They don’t bet their careers on uncertainties, and  (2) They don’t want to be the last one off a sinking ship. And the average politicians inundate the roster of potential and present leaders in the party. I’m not taking this opportunity to hurt my colleagues in the party. I’m just saying we have to accept our limitations, but that is the easy part. The harder part is to make all links in the chain strong, not just the ones who appear on banners as star attractions for ceramahs.But to the bleeding first. The party has been losing belief since the last quarter of 2008. Belief is the core component of opposition ...

The MCLM was an attempt to continue the struggle for reforms outside the political party platform and this was something we started six years ago (in 2004) and before there was even an opposition coalition called Pakatan Rakyat (which was formed four years later in 2008). THE CORRIDORS OF POWER Raja Petra Kamarudin The Star, Bernama, Utusan Malaysia and many Umno websites are going to town with the ‘news’ that I have turned my back on the opposition and am now whacking the opposition by saying that it is not fit to rule the country. 

dari ChangkatNingkeBTP By FMT Staff KUALA LUMPUR: The storm at the recently concluded parliamentary session, which saw the suspension of opposition Members of Parliament – including Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim – is likely to continue but this time at a different venue. Political parties, from both sides of the fence, are expected to use the Tenang by-election to rattle the sleepy hollow with arguments for and against the suspension. The Election Commission will meet today to fix the date for the country's 14th by-election since the 2008 general election. The by-election is held following the death of Barisan Nasional-Umno assemblyman Sulaiman Taha. The constituency is known to be a BN stronghold although the ruling coalition conquered the state constituency in Johor with a reduced majority in 2008 compared to the 2004 general election.

dari ChangkatNingkeBTP Harakahdaily    Sekiranya ada satu perkara terbesar yang mampu memberi kesan dramatik kepada Pakatan Rakyat menjelang Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13 yang dijangka ramai pada suku pertama tahun depan, isu itu ialah negeri Selangor. Kaitan beberapa peristiwa kebelakangan ini menunjukkan hal ini, seperti demonstrasi kumpulan Umno dan penyokongnya di Istana Kayangan, di Shah Alam, Selangor Jumaat lalu, dakwaan terhadap bekas Menteri Besar Selangor Datuk Seri Dr Khir Toyo dan pelbagai isu dimainkan untuk memburukkan kerajaan Pakatan di Selangor.

dari ChangkatNingkeBTP Mendan : to all Pakatan leaders, do take note ... Its time to walk the talk. Some of you are in the government. Stop thinking like a 'pembangkang'. To others not in the government, at least think like an "opposition" not like a 'pembangkang'. Back in 2008 I asked the five Pakatan Rakyat states, in particular Penang and Selangor, to introduce free Broadband services in the states they controlled. I personally spoke to the Pakatan Rakyat leaders and discussed the matter at great length with Lim Guan Eng and Ronnie Liu. NO HOLDS BARRED Raja Petra Kamarudin There are those who resent it when I write articles not favourable to the opposition. What do you want to me to do? You want me to tell the emperor that he is wearing clothes when he is stark naked? The question is: do you want me to tell you the truth or do you want me to lie and say only things you would like to hear? Have you not heard the saying that the truth hurts? The argu...

dari ChangkatNingkeBTP By LIM MUN FAH Translated by SOONG PHUI JEE The direct election of the PKR carries exemplary significance as it is the first time being held in Malaysia. However, the voter turnout so far remains as low as 8.48%. People are surprised and puzzled over it.

dari ChangkatNingkeBTP Brave New World By AZMI SHAROM The ongoing party elections and a recent book launch show the different, sometimes opposing, faces of Parti Keadilan Rakyat. THE last two weeks has seen Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) acting in a way that is akin to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. On the one hand its party elections have so far been conducted in a manner that does not reflect well on it. On the other hand, an event last week showed the vast potential of PKR. Let’s discuss the party elections first. As far as I know, this is the first time that a Malaysian political party is having direct elections for party posts. That is to say, one member one vote as opposed to party divisions having the vote.

dari ChangkatNingkeBTP MENDAN: A very frank analysis by Joceline Tan. It's time the PR to WALK THE TALK. Analysis By Joceline Tan Raja Petra Kamarudin went on the offensive against Pakatan Rakyat and PKR at a forum in London. Is he about to turn his back on Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim or is it because he is growing impatient about coming home?

dari ChangkatNingkeBTP By Syed Jaymal Zahiid PKR might be seen as the lynchpin for Pakatan Rakyat (PR) but last Sunday’s Hulu Selangor by-election has revealed its partners to be equally effective as the pact’s driving force. PKR put up Datuk Zaid Ibrahim as the candidate, promoting his national stature in all their campaigns, but lost to MIC’s P. Kamalanathan, who was voted in with a 1,725-vote majority on mainly Malay and Indian support. While PKR’s campaign was marred by news of party members defecting almost on a daily basis, both PAS and the DAP remained solid in terms of both supporter loyalty and organisational prowess. It is understood that contrary to denials by PKR leaders that the defections were of no impact to its campaign, the resignation of one of its leaders — Hulu Selangor PKR division treasurer, Dr Halili Rahmat — had almost brought the party’s machinery to a total halt. “For PAS, the campaign was organised in three waves. For the first wave, it was generally agreed ...

dari ChangkatNingkeBTP Pakatan Rakyat berjaya menawan kerusi Parlimen sebaliknya Barisan Nasional mengekalkan status quonya di ketiga2 kerusi DUN, N05 Hulu Bernam, N06 Kuala Kubu Bharu dan N07 Batang Kali. Majoriti yang diperolehi di ketiga-tiga DUN ini berjumlah 6176 undi. Sebaliknya di peringkat Parlimen PR masih berupaya memenanginya dengan majoriti yang sangat tipis 198 undi. Saya akan cuba berkongsi pendapat dan menganalisis keunikan ini dengan menumpukan kepada prestasi PR dan BN di 3 DUN ini pada pilihanraya ke12 yang lepas dan membandingkannya dengan prestasi mereka pada peringkat Parlimen. Akhirnya, beberapa rumusan dan persoalan secara kasar akan cuba digali keluar untuk mendapatkan sudut pandangan tentang bagaimana strategi harus digunakan. N.05 Hulu Bernam Bangsa Jumlah Pengundi % Melayu 11880 67.7 Cina 3018 17.2 India 2456 14 Lain-lain 195 ...

Tough days are in store for Khairy Jamaluddin – the mercurial but also talented Umno Youth Chief – and chances are high that he may lose the battle being waged against him by his own party mates. The buzz in Umno is that former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad wants him out, while Prime Minister Najib Razak – the current party president – is looking for a convenient scapegoat to mask his own lukewarm leadership. “There is the perception that Khairy is too liberal and he is not doing the job of the traditional Umno Youth Chief. So far, he hasn’t waved the keris again or initiated excessive sloganeering like Hidup Melayu that the hard liners in Umno like to see,” PAS Youth leader Abdullah Karim told Harakahdaily. “His moderate stance has given opportunities to his enemies especially for Mahathir to take revenge against him. And Najib is close to Mahathir, so he is definitely not going to stick his neck out for Khairy.“ No-confidence vote According to party watchers, the Umno Youth executi...

dari ChangkatNingkeBTP Satu artikel yang sangant menarik dan telus oleh TohKongMosjid, seorang pemuda bukan Islam yang meminati PAS. TohkongMosjid Mon | Oct 12, 09 | 8:08:48 pm MYT ANALYSIS 5435! 5435 from 2333, an increase of 133% in majority votes. Yes, I hope PAS was humbled by that number, and this loss is worst than UMNO's loss in Permatang Pasir (4551 votes). Honestly PAS, don't you feel sad? After spending over 50 years in Malaysia being attacked by UMNO/BN day-in-day-out as the extremist Islamic party; to being able to overcome that perception on March 2008; only to lose it all 19 months later in Bagan Pinang? You were supposed to be on your way to replace UMNO as the biggest party in Malaysia. Have you asked yourself, what has gone so wrong? 1. Stop the blaming game. Take it as it is, and find the answers from within Don't blame the voters. Don't try to blame it Tan Sri Isa's popularity either. The fact that you lost with a bigger majority to a tainted c...