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The 3 types of Chinese people

borgeouisbella — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 22:21:52 +0800

[twt] https://twitter.com/bongkersz/status/142175...6189127683?s=21[/twt]

How to become a Tyrant

borgeouisbella — Sat, 17 Jul 2021 10:31:10 +0800

Anyone watched yet?

Does some of the elements seen sometimes hit a little close to home?

Bukan kerajaan gagal, rakyat gagal bantu kerajaan

borgeouisbella — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 09:27:07 +0800

[twt] https://twitter.com/sarjenrani/status/14152...9550946317?s=21[/twt]

“Cukup-cukuplah menuding jari kepada kerajaan seolah-olah kerajan gagal tetapi pada masa yang sama merekalah sebenarnya yang gagal untuk membantu kerajaan,” kata Ketua Penerangan Dewan Muslimat PAS Malaysia (DMPM), Dr Najihatussalehah Ahmad.

Beliau menempelak tohmahan sesetengah pihak mengatakan kerajaan gagal sedangkan katanya, segala sistem pentadbiran kerajaan walaupun dalam keadaan negara lockdown dan sebahagian lembah Klang dalam Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan Diperketatkan (PKPD) tetapi pentadbiran kerajaan masih berjalan seperti biasa.

“Semua kakitangan awam walaupun terpaksa bekerja dari rumah, mereka semuanya dapat melaksanakan tugasnya sebaik mungkin sebagaimana yang telah diberikan.

“Sistem pendidikan dan sistem ekonomi kita walaupun dalam keadaan yang terhad tetap masih boleh berjalan.

“Semua sistem penjagaan kesihatan walaupun ada pihak-pihak yang cuba menularkan seriusnya keadaan kes Covid-19 di kawasan Lembah Klang tetapi sistem pengurusan kesihatan, sistem perubatan kita masih boleh berjalan,” katanya.

Jelas beliau lagi, pada masa ini kerajaan sedang berusaha di bawah Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (KKM) dan beberapa kementerian untuk memastikan wabak Covid-19 ini dikekang.

“Fokus kerajaan dalam menghadapi pandemik adalah dengan melaksanakan Program Vaksinasi Covid-19 Kebangsaan untuk mengurangkan kadar mobiliti terhadap rakyat Malaysia yang mempunyai sejarah pelbagai penyakit kronik.

“Kita nak memastikan pemberian vaksin ini mencapai herd imuniti di dalam komuniti supaya lebih 80 peratus rakyat Malaysia mendapat perlindungan daripada Covid-19.

“Menerusi program pemberian vaksin ini kita hendak memastikan semua frontliner dapat dilindungi daripada wabak Covid-19,” katanya.

Kata beliau, walaupun negara masih mencatat kes harian yang ketiga tertinggi di antara negara-negara ASEAN, usaha kerajaan untuk memberikan vaksin kepada rakyat Malaysia adalah lebih tinggi berbanding negara Indonesia dan Filipina.

“Kalau kita tengok walaupun setiap hari sehingga ke hari ini jumlah kes Covid-19 masih lagi tinggi di Malaysia di mana semalam, pada 12 Julai kes Covid-19 masih berada dalam kes harian tinggi iaitu 8,574.

“Walaupun kita berada di tempat yang ketiga di dalam laporan catatan kes tertinggi, apa yang dapat kita bandingkan dari segi usaha kerajaan untuk memberikan vaksin kepada rakyat Malaysia dilaporkan pada 10 Julai ialah 10.7 peratus daripada populasi rakyat Malaysia sudah diberikan vaksinasi penuh berbanding dengan negara Indonesia yang hanya baru mencapai 5.5 peratus.

“Manakala dibandingkan dengan dua buah negara yang jumlah kes Covid-19 tinggi, Filipina hanya mencapai 3.1 peratus populasinya yang telah mencapai suntikan penuh.

“Bagi Malaysia sekurang-kurangnya jumlah rakyat Malaysia yang mendapat vaksin Covid-19, peratusannya adalah 23.9,” katanya ketika dihubungi HarakahDaily, hari ini.

Beliau turut mengucapkan syabas kepada semua kakitangan kerajaan yang telah melaksanakan tugas mereka sebaik mungkin bagi membantu kerajaan untuk menguruskan negara ini.

“Mereka membantu kerajaan dalam menyokong segala usaha untuk mengekang penularan wabak Covid-19.

“Jadi sewajarnya kita rakyat Malaysia jangan mencari kesalahan atau kelemahan yang terdapat di dalam kerajaan tetapi tanya balik kepada diri apa sumbangan kita dalam memastikan negara ini berjaya menghadapi ancaman pandemik Covid-19?

“Ancaman Covid-19 ini bukan hanya berlaku di negara kita tetapi ia adalah bersifat global. Semua negara sedang menghadapi ancaman pandemik Covid-19, sudah sewajarnya kita sebagai seorang rakyat Malaysia yang bertanggungjawab, sukakan kesejahteraan, sepatutnya bekerjasama dengan kerajaan untuk mengekang Covid-19.

“Sekurang-kurangnya kalau kita tidak mahu melakukan apa-apa sewajarnya kita tidak cuba menyebarkan berita-berita palsu, menularkan video yang memberikan suasana penik kepada rakyat Malaysia,” katanya.

Azmin, Muhkriz - future PM candidates

borgeouisbella — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 09:06:58 +0800

Tak pernah dengar org sebut nama Mukhriz sebagai bakal candidate PM, sehingga hari ini

[twt] https://twitter.com/lagacawan/status/141532...8008536067?s=21[/twt]

Migrate vaccine dependent from MySJ

borgeouisbella — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 13:05:45 +0800

Anyone knows how to move my vaccine dependent to their own MySJ app?

I registered my spouse on my own MySJ app, together with my own vaccination. However, recently I realised that my spouse cant take the vaccination with me, so I’m trying to move my spouse vaccination registration from my MySJ app to their own MySJ app.

Couldnt find any articles on this. Any help? Helpdesk also not responding.

Any ktards actually did this?

borgeouisbella — Sun, 04 Jul 2021 00:44:03 +0800

[twt] https://twitter.com/fanimalist/status/14112...5805922306?s=21[/twt]

What can this achieve?

List of NGOs and Businesses offering help

borgeouisbella — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 01:44:03 +0800

Compiling a list here that I can find online. Help spread the list, so that the list reaches people who really needs it.

#BenderaPutih: Senarai perniagaan, NGO tawar bantuan

Dilancarkan beberapa hari yang lalu, kempen #BenderaPutih mendorong mereka yang berdepan kesukaran mendapatkan makanan untuk menaikkan bendera putih di rumah sebagai tanda memerlukan bantuan segera.
Sama seperti inisiatif "Kita Jaga Kita" tahun lalu, kempen media sosial terbaru ini hadir ketika ramai yang berdepan kesukaran susulan sekatan pergerakan yang dikuatkuasakan bagi membendung Covid-19.
Beberapa perniagaan dan NGO sejak itu tampil membantu memberi makan kepada mereka yang memerlukan.
Di bawah ini, Malaysiakini menyusun senarai tempat untuk mereka yang memerlukan mendapat bantuan. Untuk rekod, ini bukan senarai lengkap.

1. 99 Speedmart
Antara 1 hingga 14 Julai, rangkaian pasar raya ini menyediakan 1,000 paket bantuan setiap hari untuk dihantar ke kawasan yang berdekatan dengan premis perniagaan mereka.
Mereka yang mengenali seseorang yang telah menaikkan bendera putih sebagai tanda meminta pertolongan boleh memberitahu pasar raya alamat rumah orang itu dan menghantar gambar bendera putih di rumah berkenaan.
Mesej boleh dikirimkan ke halaman Facebook pasar raya itu atau WhatsApp (010 500 0099).
Pasar raya itu menyasarkan untuk menghantar barang dalam 24 jam.

[fb]https://www.facebook.com/99speedmartMY/posts/4189074447848924[/fb]

2. VIT
Pada hari Jumaat (2 Julai) dan Sabtu (3 Julai), pengeluar mi segera itu menghantar petugas di 16 kawasan perumahan di Rawang, Selangor untuk menyampaikan makanan ke rumah yang menaikkan bendera putih.
Petugas itu yang dikenali sebagai Vit's Rangers akan beroperasi antara pukul 10 pagi hingga 4 petang pada kedua-dua hari.

[fb]https://www.facebook.com/vitsnoodles/posts/4067551393292122[/fb]

3. Restoran Mamavege
Restoran vegetarian di Bukit Mertajam, Pulau Pinang ini menyajikan makanan kepada mereka yang memerlukan.
Mereka yang mempunyai rakan atau saudara-mara yang menghadapi kesulitan kewangan atau kekurangan makanan boleh mengisi borang Google ini untuk memberikan makanan kepada mereka.
Orang ramai juga boleh memilih untuk menaja makanan dengan harga RM5 setiap kotak makan tengah hari.

[fb]https://www.facebook.com/mamavege/posts/3963706240394329[/fb]

4. SP Adivsory
Firma perkhidmatan kewangan dari Skudai, Johor ini menawarkan untuk membantu mereka yang tinggal di Johor Bahru, Masai, Kota Tinggi, Kulai, Skudai, Pontian dan Batu Pahat.
Ia tidak menyatakan jenis bantuan yang ditawarkannya.
Mereka yang mempunyai maklumat mengenai kediaman di kawasan ini yang mempunyai bendera putih boleh menghubungi mereka melalui telefon di talian 07 554 8666 atau 016 725 8666.

[fb]https://www.facebook.com/sp8666/posts/4687114381318076[/fb]

5. Kafe Tanah Aina
Kafe di Shah Alam, Selangor ini menawarkan makanan percuma setiap hari Isnin, Rabu dan Jumaat antara pukul 11 pagi hingga 1 petang dan antara 6 petang hingga 8 malam
Mereka boleh dihubungi di talian 03 5524 3258.

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CQvebS4Nf4A/?ut...ton_share_sheet
6. BMS Organics
Rangkaian restoran ini menawarkan kotak bento vegetarian percuma di Puchong Utama, cawangan Selangor setiap hari Selasa dan Sabtu mulai 12 pagi dan seterusnya.
Terhad untuk satu hidangan setiap orang.

[fb]https://www.facebook.com/bmsorganicsfanpage/posts/10159735802309228[/fb]

7. Bao Malaysia
Berpusat di Kuala Lumpur, perniagaan makanan ini menawarkan untuk menyampaikan makanan dan barang keperluan kepada mereka yang memerlukan.
Permintaan boleh dibuat melalui akaun Instagram atau WhatsApp mereka (013 801 3490).

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8. Dapur Chemek
Restoran di Petaling Jaya, Selangor ini menawarkan makanan percuma setiap hari Selasa dan Jumaat antara pukul 11 pagi hingga 1 petang dan antara 5 petang hingga 7 malam.
Permintaan boleh dibuat melalui WhatsApp (019 409 5040 atau 012 202 0012) atau melalui akaun Instagram mereka (pesanan langsung).

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9. Restoran Baan Thai
Restoran ini telah memulakan bank makanan di gerai mereka di Cheras. Mereka yang memerlukan boleh datang untuk mendapatkan barang keperluan.
Mereka juga menawarkan untuk menyampaikan barang keperluan kepada mereka yang berada dalam jarak 10km dari kedai mereka.
Orang ramai boleh memberitahu mereka mengenai sesiapa sahaja yang telah menaikkan bendera putih melalui laman Facebook mereka atau WeChat. Sertakan alamat orang itu dan gambar bendera putih yang dimaksudkan.

[fb]https://www.facebook.com/BaanThaiRestaurantCheras/posts/1468083106884688[/fb]

10. Persatuan Kebajikan Prihatin Penyayang Pulau Pinang
NGO ini menghulurkan bantuan kepada mereka yang memerlukan di Pulau Pinang.
Ia tidak menyatakan jenis bantuan yang ditawarkannya.
NGO itu menggalakkan orang ramai untuk menghubungi mereka melalui telefon di 011 629 8108 jika mereka mengetahui mereka yang mempunyai bendera putih di luar kediaman.

[fb]https://fb.watch/6upIb-bjiN/[/fb]

11. Restaurant KKM
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https://www.facebook.com/367519419999862/po...5215152912/?d=n

12. Kechara Soup Kitchen
The Kechara Soup Kitchen requires volunteers on weekdays to pack and distribute food to the needy in the morning and afternoon. On Saturdays, the team gather at the soup kitchen on Jalan Barat at 9.00 pm to pack and distribute before moving on to their Food Distribution rounds. First-timers who wish to participate in Saturday night rounds are required to attend a compulsory orientation briefing on Saturday at 8.30 pm.

17, Jalan Barat, Pudu, 55100 KL. Contact: Justin Cheah, +6010 333 3260

13. Dapur Jalanan Kuala Lumpur
If you’ve nothing to do on at 5.30 on a Sunday evening, why not volunteer at Dapur Jalanan? They gather every week at Jalan Panggung to serve food to the needy. They accept monetary donations as well as food if you’d like to contribute further. Love to cook? You can come a little earlier on Sunday at around 2pm and help the team to prepare meals!

52-C, Jalan Kemuja, Off Jalan Bangsar, 59000 KL. Contact: Pakwan, +6019 267 1285

14. Pertiwi Soup Kitchen
The Pertiwi Soup Kitchen is responsible for feeding 500 – 700 people with the help of their committed volunteers. They distribute pre-packed healthy food and drinks four times a week in KL. They make 5 stops on their distribution route start which starts at 9 pm on Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman and ends at Masjid Negara at approximately 11.40 pm.

63 Jalan SS 3/53, Taman Subang, 47300 PJ. Contact: Munirah Hamid, +6012 236 3639

15. Assumption Soup Kitchen
The Assumption Church in PJ has their very own soup kitchen on Mondays and Wednesdays. They urgently require committed volunteers to prepare, serve, cook and clean up on soup kitchen days. The kitchen opens at 7.30 am and is ready to serve at 11am. The Assumption Soup Kitchen (ASK) distributes the meals to those in need at the Assumption Family House which is just behind the church.

No. 70, Jalan Templer, 46050 PJ. Contact: Alice Massang, +6012 212 2397

16. Reach Out Malaysia
Reach Out Malaysia have been distributing food to the homeless for seven years without fail. Their rounds are usually centred around KL and is lead by the respective run leaders for the day. They accept monetary as well as food donations and welcome anyone who is willing to volunteer.

No 12, Jalan SS 21/1, Damansara Utama, 47400 PJ. MK Rahman, +6019 226 3569

17. The Nasi Lemak Project
The Nasi Lemak Project started out as project by students from the International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM) Gombak. More than a year later, the project is still staying strong. The people behind the project believe that everyone needs a Nasi Lemak bungkus every now and then, especially the homeless. The team gather every Friday, Saturday and Sunday to cook the food and distribute the meals in KL. They are always on the look out for financial donations to maintain and upgrade their kitchen and dining facility and volunteers are more than welcome.

University of Malaysia (IIUM) Gombak. Contact: Mastura, +6013 466 7833

18. Food Not Bombs – KL
Every Sunday, Food Not Bombs – KL prepares and shares hot, vegetarian meals with people in central Kuala Lumpur. The movement is an informal collective of people of all ages and backgrounds who are dedicated in helping those in need. They cook their meals at their outdoor kitchen near Segi College from 1pm to 5pm and eat together by Muzium Telekom from 5.30 pm to 7pm.

Jalan Hang Lekiu, 50100 KL.

sources:
1. https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/581192
2. https://poskod.my/cheat-sheets/soup-kitchens/

Chinese Scammer

borgeouisbella — Sat, 26 Jun 2021 00:10:51 +0800

NOTICE:
If you wana read about how some chick got scammed, this is not for you.

I'm putting this here, partly because we hear so many scams these days that drains people of their life savings, and also to understand the modus operandi of these scammers. So, I hope that the search engines will actually crawl this page and index all these juicy keywords I'm typing here, in hopes of helping other ladies who are encountering these people and don't know how to dig for more information. Also, I always wondered how the ladies got scammed, and I guess I finally got lucky.

PS: I included english translations for those who cant read Mandarin.

So, let's start.

On Wednesday, I received a WhatsApp message from an unknown number with China country code +86 1327252 0495, from a man who calls himself Li YuQi (李宇琪). The conversation happened so naturally, that you wouldn't sense anything fishy.

But my spidery senses tells me something is wrong, because:
1. What are the odds of getting the wrong number of a person who also happens to be a Chinese and also speaks/reads Mandarin? (I mean, Malaysian Chinese only accounts for up to 24% of the population in Malaysia, and even then, not all Malaysian Chinese speaks/reads Mandarin, so really, what are the odds?)
2. If it was really a wrong number, and you are who you say you are, you would've apologised and just let it be. (I'm sure you're a busy man, right?)

But I was bored, so I let it continue just to see what he really wanted from me. I also did some digging on my side, such as his Weibo profile and some articles of him on the internet.

FYI, Li YuQi is a real guy who actually exists, and is the owner of Longyao International Trade 龙耀国际贸易, a trading company that specialises in the importing of wine between Australia and China. He has a wife and kids. This guy I'm talking to, however, is impersonating him (and doing a shitty job at that).

This is one of the articles about him:

So I decided to test the scammer by asking him about himself.

I asked him about Australia's wine.

Hmmm, considering the person you are impersonating is one of China's biggest importer of Australia's wine... Maybe this guy didn't actually read much on his profile?

Anyway, I just continued on, because I was bored, and also because I'm curious on where the scam actually comes in.

Then today, while talking about investments, this happened:

I'm not sure what trading platform is this though, anyone knows?

The number he gave me for the account manager is +85253056430 (Hong Kong country code), I can't attach the screenshot of the company logo because I'm at maximum images per post.

Anyway, I'm not really sure how to continue, should I continue playing or just leave it be? I'll update if I can be bothered to continue this ruse, otherwise this will be it.

This scammer is so noob

Vivo Ad song by Firdhaus

borgeouisbella — Sat, 03 Apr 2021 22:21:12 +0800

Very nostalgic sounding song, maybe cause of the few canto words. Anyway, his voice is so good.

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M’sians cannot tell NK and SK apart

borgeouisbella — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 16:18:19 +0800

Inb4 ayam taktau embed.

Sos: https://www.facebook.com/groups/jenayahmala...33815264584166/

US-China transcript of opening remarks

borgeouisbella — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 00:57:00 +0800

Since I see alot of people commenting on the other post macam so expert, i don't think any of you bothered to read the full transcript.

Ayam summarise full transcript here for u to read. If you like read full version, can click on sos.

Sos: https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Internatio...marks-in-Alaska

Tldr, since many lazy readers
1. US invite China to talk, because Biden and Xi spoke earlier this year when Biden won elections, and Biden said he want no conflict or confrontation with China
2. US speech:
a) Korea and Japan feel ‘economic coercion’ from China
b) concern with actions by China in HK, Taiwan and XinJiang, and cyberattacks on the US
c) US say it is speaking on behalf of allies to maintain ‘rule based international order’
3. China speech:
a) Long speech about the developments in their country, and their visions for the country in 2025 and 2050.
b) US should stop interfering with what happens in XinJiang, Tibet, and Taiwan, as they are inalienable part of China territory.
c) Talk about what has been done on human rights in their country. Say US should work on their human rights, because even US admit there are problems with their human rights.
d) US-China trade, China say welcome competition, but would rather continue working with US, as many benefited from that
e) US is champion on cyberattacks, so no right to blame China
f) US and Western world does not represent international public and global opinion
g) China rights and interests have come under suppression by the US, especially on 17th March, US escalated sanctions on China regarding HK. Very disrespectful for US to do this right before their meeting, and whether this is a ploy by US to gain leverage on China during meeting.
4. US speech:
a) Whatever China say doesnt match what US hear in South Korea and Japan, and around the world that the delegation has travelled.
b) US is the best, the ‘secret sauce’ is the ability of US to see its own shortcomings, improve, and solve problems.
c) US landed another rover on Mars
5. China speech:
a) Speech from Yang:
‘Well, isn’t this the intention of the United States — judging from what, or the way that you have made your opening remarks — that it wants to speak to China in a condescending way from a position of strength? So was this carefully all planned and was it carefully orchestrated with all the preparations in place? Is that the way that you had hoped to conduct this dialogue? Well, I think we thought too well of the United States. We thought that the U.S. side will follow the necessary diplomatic protocols. So for China it was necessary that we made our position clear. So let me say here that, in front of the Chinese side, the United States does not have the qualification to say that it wants to speak to China from a position of strength.’
b) Chinese people have suffered alot in the last few decades from foreign countries
c) Ask whether US is saying that South Korea and Japan is complaining to US about China, or whether it is just US own view, because South Korea and Japan is China’s 2nd and 3rd largest trading partner.
d) Say US accuse China of coercion without even sharing relevant views
e) speech by Wang:
‘ If the United States would indiscriminately protest and speak up for those countries just because they are your allies or partners, we believe for the long term (inaudible), then it will be very difficult for international relations to develop properly. So we don’t think one should be so testy as to accuse some other country of coercion. Who is coercing whom? I think history and the international community will come to their own conclusions.’

Hadi is VP of terrorist group

borgeouisbella — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 11:35:51 +0800

PETALING JAYA: The conspicuous absence of the prime minister’s special envoy to the Middle East, Abdul Hadi Awang during his official visit to the UAE and Saudi Arabia recently has raised some questions.

Some are wondering how such a key official for the region with a ministerial status was left out of the entourage when he should have been at the forefront of Muhyiddin Yassin’s week-long visit.

Amanah communications director, Khalid Samad said social media has been abuzz on this matter with various theories being bandied about which was not healthy for Malaysia’s relationship with the countries in the region.

He said one of the speculations is that the UAE declined to give him a visa on the grounds that he is a member of an Islamic organisation which is still listed as a terrorist outfit by some countries in the region.

“It is not fair to make wild accusations but the government should not ignore the questions raised either. It is important for the Prime Minister’s Office to clarify this and put a stop to the unhealthy debate in social media.

“If indeed a visa has been denied on this ground, the government must come clean and tell Malaysians the truth,” he told FMT.

The Shah Alam MP said that if Hadi is not allowed to enter certain countries there, then it defeats the whole purpose of appointing him as the special envoy for the region.

It has been reported that Hadi was the vice-president of the Qatar-based International Union of Muslim Scholars, which had been declared a terror group by the Anti-Terror Quarter of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

The reports described the entity as an organisation working to promote terrorism through the exploitation of Islamic discourse and its use as a cover to facilitate various terrorist activities.

PAS and Hadi have denied that this outfit is a terror organisation, saying that Malaysia has not listed it as such.

Sos: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...ises-questions/

Which pastard so butthurt and repot this as religious or racial? Hadi is memang VP of a listed terrorist group, why wana hide that fact?

Woman want to destroy Christians for using Allah

borgeouisbella — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 13:28:32 +0800

Police investigating video of woman threatening to ‘destroy’ Christians over ‘Allah’

By Coconuts KL Mar 16, 2021 | 1:39pm KL time
Screenshots of the video uploaded on Thursday. Photos: Puteri Mujahidah/Facebook
Screenshots of the video uploaded on Thursday. Photos: Puteri Mujahidah/Facebook
The police are investigating a video of a woman who had threatened to “destroy” Christians in response to the high court’s ruling that allowed non-Muslims to use the word “Allah” in religious publications.

Huzir Mohamad from the Federal Criminal Investigation Department told reporters yesterday that they plan to summon the woman, known only as Puteri Mujahidah Wan Asshima Kamaruddin on Facebook, for questioning soon. The woman uploaded her 12-minute hate rant on Thursday to over 650,000 views and 8,000 shares, drawing mixed reactions from supporters and critics.

“The police had identified several statements [in the video] that challenged the High Court ruling that had elements to incite racial and religious hatred,” Huzir said. He did not mention when the woman will be called to assist in investigations for sedition and promoting offensive content under the Communications and Multimedia Act.

The video was uploaded a day after the high court revoked a ban on the use of the Arabic word “Allah” and three others in non-Islamic religious publications. In her angry rant, the woman was heard disapproving of the ruling that had overturned exclusive rights for Muslims to the use of the word to refer to God.

“We don’t want to share the word ‘Allah’ with people from other religions,” she said, referring to non-Muslims as “heathens.”

“This will make the word ‘Allah’ not exclusive anymore if it’s in both the Bible and the Quran,” she added, before saying that she felt her rights as a Muslim was being “threatened.”

She then said: “Please don’t make me come and destroy the Christian community.”

Those who supported her agreed that it would be confusing for Muslims to see the word “Allah” being used in non-Islamic publications. Then there were those who reminded the woman that there were other religions existing in Malaysia and that the word “Allah” was never meant to be exclusive to Muslims.

“Islam may be the religion of the majority but please remember we are not the only ones here,” said Mujang Minggat on Facebook, while another user Hamzah Nazari questioned: “Since when did the Arab word ‘Allah’ become exclusive to Muslims?”

Sos: https://coconuts.co/kl/news/police-investig...ans-over-allah/

Link got video, i duno how to embed video

Malaysia to groom 100 millionaires each year

borgeouisbella — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 14:25:13 +0800

Ministry plans to groom 100 millionaires each year

Tuesday, 16 Mar 2021
PUTRAJAYA: Help and guidance are on the way for small-scale entrepreneurs to become millionaires through financial initiatives, assistance in promotions and marketing so that their ventures will generate income in the millions of ringgit.

Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said the ministry had set an annual target to groom 100 millionaires from small businesses.

“Through assistance and guidance provided by our agencies, as well as smart partnerships, we are confident of being able to create an ecosystem to help local enterprises thrive, ” he said at an event to mark the ministry’s first anniversary under the Perikatan Nasional government.

He said the recent signing of a memorandum of understanding with Perbadanan Usahawan Nasional Bhd (PUNB) would pave the way for micro-businesses to gain access to bigger loan facilities to expand operations.

“With bigger operations come bigger productivity and this will enable entrepreneurs to see turn-over reaching millions annually.

“We will also help these businesses in terms of marketing and promotion as well as halal certification not just for the domestic market but also for their products to markets internationally, ” he said.

He cited the case of a keropok lekor maker who raked in about RM4,000 monthly.

The keropok lekor maker expanded his business through franchise and now has 15 outlets under his wing with a total revenue of RM3mil a year.

Wan Junaidi also said the ministry had allocated RM5.15bil for various programmes, including training, financing and assistance, which would contribute towards boosting the small and medium enterprise sector’s performance.

He said the programmes and assistance were mostly targeted at the grassroots level, the B40 category and those who were severely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Economic reforms must be rakyat-centric. It should be grassroots-driven. By improving the socio-economic status of the B40, it will help stimulate domestic spending and boost the economy, ” he said.

Wan Junaidi said the ministry had also made several structural reforms to further enhance the cooperative industry, including amending the Cooperatives Act and to launch the Cooperative Transformation Plan 2021-2025.

“The ministry aims to transform the cooperative industry into a significant economic growth engine, contributing RM100bil to the country’s gross domestic product by 2030, ” he said.

He said another effort worth mentioning was by Institut Keusahawanan Negara Bhd (Insken), which helps entrepreneurs to migrate their businesses online.

Based on feedback, this initiative had helped most entrepreneurs double their sales on e-commerce platforms.

Sos: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2021...aires-each-year

Indonesia artist copy China artist

borgeouisbella — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 14:27:44 +0800

[twt] https://twitter.com/itsmarkhyuckiee/status/...3531668481?s=21 [/twt]

China video:
[youtube]j4qVhOaRBSY[/youtube]

Indonesia video:
[youtube]m8EHqNeiqyE[/youtube]

Everybody is an Immigrant

borgeouisbella — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 13:04:16 +0800

QUOTE

It was refreshing to hear Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar say that Johor appreciates the role played by the Chinese community in developing the state since the beginning of the Johor Sultanate in the 16th century.

He said the Chinese were invited to Johor as “guests” by his forefathers to help develop the state and were not pendatang (immigrants). They were invited to Johor to open the land and cultivate plantations.

“They are the ‘Bangsa Johor’ – just like the Malays, Indians and others, who are all Malaysians,” he stressed.

Obviously, the Johor Sultan is as sick as most of us are over the charade that continues to play out in the communalist politics of this country over who is Pribumi and who is Pendatang. Already the Umno vice- president is calling on Malays to unite for the approaching 15th general election (GE15).

Certainly, the sultan’s forefathers invited the prominent Chinese commercial capitalists who in turn organised indentured labourers (they were called coolies) to work in the plantations and other enterprises.

Those towkays who stayed on in the country were immigrants. Why were they not? Any wealthy person who decides to emigrate to another country as an investor would also be an immigrant in that country if he or she decides to stay in that country.

As the Malayan economy expanded at the turn of the 20th century, the services sector also expanded, and more immigrants came.

My grandfather first came to Singapore at the turn of the 20th century because of the hard times in China at the time. He tried to make a living selling fruits among other things until he decided to come over to Batu Pahat.

He must have been quite enterprising for he went on from the rice trade to found the Batu Pahat Bank, which according to the late Prof Khoo Khay Kim in an article in The Star in the 1980s (The Bankers of Batu Pahat), was the first bank to open outside Kuala Lumpur.

He was also president of the Batu Pahat Chamber of Commerce during his prime. The present Johor Sultan’s grandfather, Sultan Sir Ibrahim Sultan Abu Bakar honoured him with an SMJ title. Still, he was an immigrant in Malaya at the time since he did not return to live in China.

There are many examples of Chinese entrepreneurs who came to Malaya from humble beginnings. The boss of Hwa Tai, the publicly listed biscuit company started as a labourer carrying sacks of rice for a shop in Batu Pahat.

The boss of the China Press newspaper, Zhou Ruibiao, was a rag-and-bone man who went round collecting bottles to recycle. There are countless other examples of immigrants who helped to develop the country.

Malaysians will also remember the Umno general assembly in 2010 when the top Umno leaders were poking fun at each other’s immigrant backgrounds. The Umno bigwigs who were on stage were goaded for their Bugis, Achinese and other foreign origins.

Of course, the grandfather of the biggest Umno bigwig at the time was an immigrant from Kerala, India.

The Bumiputera, immigrant conceptual trick

But by some “conceptual trick”, these political bigwigs are defined as Malays no matter their ancestral origins (whether they are from Indonesia, Kerala, Pakistan or the Middle East) and therefore qualify as Bumiputeras who are entitled to special privileges in this country.

It so happened that in the same week as the 2010 Umno general assembly, the Galas by election in Kelantan was in full swing and the papers highlighted the fact that in the historic Kampung Pulai in the constituency, a Hakka Chinese community had been living there for 500 years and yet amazingly they still did not have titles to their land. Why?

Because they are considered “immigrants”, that is they had not been granted titles to their land, apparently because they had not “assimilated” by converting to Islam and sloughing off their immigrant stigma.

There are more than 500 Chinese new villages in the country with a population of some two million and many face this problem. They have existed for more than 70 years ever since the Emergency.

During every election, a few households will be dished out land titles in the same way that citizenship is occasionally dished out to a handful of elderly residents. The boss of the Yongdaohu restaurant, where I frequent, only recently got his Malaysian citizenship after living in this country and paying taxes for more than 50 years.

Are these Chinese and Indian Malaysians asking for special privileges? No, they are only asking for the simple birth right that accompanies having been born in this country and for having lived and contributed to this country through so many years.

The citizenship issue was a ruse to divide the anti-colonial forces.

The citizenship issue was thrown into the independence struggle to put the anti-colonial forces on the defensive – viz who are the pribumi (indigenous people) and who are the pendatang (immigrants) and therefore not qualified for citizenship, except through stringent conditions.

Victor Purcell, who served as a colonial officer, wrote: “But up to independence, the fact remained that Malayan born or Muslim immigrants from Indonesia were ‘subjects of the rulers’ and automatically Malayan citizens, whereas the Chinese, Indians, etc, had to satisfy certain conditions of the law in order to become citizens.”

I have been monitoring this rather contrived controversy since the 1970s and never fail to be bemused by the antics of leaders of Malay-based parties. On Nov 8, 1983, then Umno culture minister Anwar Ibrahim referred to non-Malays in Parliament as the “new immigrants”.

After his 1998 sacking by Dr Mahathir Mohamd, he finally recanted his foolish past. Mahathir also referred to non-Malays as immigrants on Nov 21, 1985. And during the rather contrived controversy between Umno and MCA over this issue toward the end of 1986, an “eminent historian” even suggested:

“Malaysian Chinese are still considered ‘immigrants’ but can become ‘pribumis’ (indigenous people) if they are able to assimilate Malay customs and religion (Islam).”

Somehow, the eminent historian overlooked an elementary point of logic – namely, how could a non-pribumi become a pribumi simply by assimilating when the latter is strictly a historical category?

He unwittingly exposed the fact that the pribumi/pendatang distinction is rooted in political ruse and has nothing to do with historical justification.

The obsession with ‘race’

Since the anti-colonial struggle, politicians of Malay-based parties have been obsessed with race. It is not surprising when there is so much at stake for them in terms of economic largesse especially after the New Economic Policy was implemented in 1971.

Mahathir’s Malay Dilemma is rooted in that paradigm. This obsession with race has little currency in the anthropology or sociology disciplines, not to speak of human rights in the international community. Sir Roland Braddel, former president of the Council of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, and once legal adviser to Umno, has pointed out:

“There is, strictly speaking, no such thing as the Malay race; there are Malay people, the Malay culture and the Malay language, etc.” (The Study of Ancient Times in the Malay Peninsula and Straits of Malacca, MBRAS, 1980:3)

Serious scholars of history, anthropology and ethnography are not concerned with the chauvinistic question of “who was here first?” just to please racists and communalists.

They are more concerned with holding a humanistic and enquiring attitude. The racists may like to know that the concept of race used by geneticists and the like has no relevance to the political differences between people. There is no concept of dominance (ketuanan) or subordinance (kehambaan) as far as the rights of citizens are concerned in a democratic country.

As history is our witness and as the fat cats who cream the largesse of the NEP also know, Malays are also immigrants to this country, while the Orang Asli have the sole claim to the epithet “original people” or Orang Asal. But alas, do they enjoy “Bumiputera” special privileges?

The Sultan of Johore is sensitive to the fact that Non-Malays have been referred to as immigrants or pendatang because their citizenship status in this country has been continually questioned by communalist politicians for so long.

Thus, even though the Chinese had settled in Kampung Pulai, Kelantan, and Malacca for some 500 years; in Perak, Penang, Singapore since the 19th century or longer, only 500,000 Chinese and 230,000 Indians held citizenship in 1950. (Federation of Malaya Annual Report, 1950:24)

This represented merely a fifth of the total Chinese population even though by 1947, more than three-fifths of the Chinese and one-half of the Indian population in Malaya were locally born. (1947 Census, 1949:29)

A speech by Tan Cheng Lock, then senior Chinese representative on the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements on 19 October 1932 is rather revealing:

“I look in vain for any tangible sign or indication of any active interest, practical sympathy, and encouragement that has been shown by the government of late towards the Straits-born Chinese who have formed a continuous colony in this country for more than 500 years, and the locally-born Chinese subjects of the Protected Malay States who have made this country their home.

“On the contrary, these loyal subjects of Malaya are, practically speaking, not to be allowed in future to own and cultivate rice lands in this country of their birth though foreigners from Sumatra and Java are granted that privilege…” (R. Emerson, “Malaysia”, 1964:513)

At the time, according to “A Report on the 1931 Census” compiled by C.A. Vlieland:

“Only a negligible fraction of the Malay population consists of descendants of pre-19th century immigrants … more than half of it has less than 50 years’ prescriptive right to the title ‘owners of the soil’. The Malays are in fact merely immigrants of generally longer standing than the other migrant races represented in the peninsula and are in no sense an autochthonous population.”

From the foregoing, it is clear the Pribumi/Pendatang distinction is an elaborate charade designed and played out by communalists since colonial times.

So, let us take the recent refreshing call by the Sultan of Johore to stop referring to non-Malays as pendatang in a positive spirit and reaffirm that the status of nationality and citizenship has the crucial implication that every citizen is equal in the eyes of the law.

It does not matter in the least whether citizens have been recently naturalised, or that their forefathers came here centuries ago; whether they were invited by Sultans or came as refugees or indentured labourers to escape the hard times in their original lands.

“For all our languages, we can’t communicate
For all our native tongues, we’re all natives here
Sons of their fathers dream the same dream
The sound of forbidden words become a scream
Voices in anger, victims of history
Plundered and set aside
Grown fat on swallowed pride…”

(‘Natives’ by Paul Doran)

Kua Kia Soong is the adviser to Suaram.

sos: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...veloping-state/

America in the center of the world map

borgeouisbella — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 17:04:00 +0800

why ah? so weird looking compared to the regular world map.

regular world map for reference

form4 sejarah mengagungkan komunis

borgeouisbella — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 13:39:12 +0800

[twt] https://twitter.com/dean24924388/status/136...1259327494?s=21[/twt]

Ayam never study SMK, why is this salahan PH?

[twt] https://twitter.com/dean24924388/status/136...6795848708?s=21[/twt]

Content ^

Anybody got CH can join perbincangan Fahmi Reza here start at 2pm: https://www.joinclubhouse.com/room/M8NwW0bD

Nazir Razak and Tony Fernandes on CH

borgeouisbella — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 11:36:54 +0800

Come /ktards, Nazir and Tony talking about NEP, GLC and vernacular schools.

https://www.joinclubhouse.com/room/xBJddz7Y

Indonesia ban religious dress code

borgeouisbella — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:31:56 +0800

JAKARTA, Feb 6 (dpa): An international human rights group on Saturday called on Indonesia to enforce a ban on religious attire being made mandatory for female students in public schools across the country.

Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Makarim announced the ban this week following public outcry after a school in Padang, on Sumatra island, required all female students, including non-Muslim ones, to wear the hijab, or Islamic headscarves.

"The new decree is a long-overdue step to end discriminatory dress codes for girls and women in state schools across Indonesia," said Brad Adams, Asia director for Human Rights Watch.

"For two decades, many state schools have required schoolgirls and female teachers to wear the jilbab, leading to bullying, intimidation, and even expulsion or forced resignation," he said.

Makarim said a joint decree issued by him, the religious affairs minister and the home affairs minister prohibit state-run schools from forcing students to wear religious symbols or uniforms.

Violations could result in the government withholding operational funding and other aid for schools, he said.

The rules apply nationwide except in Aceh province, where sharia is in force as part of an autonomy scheme.

A video in which a non-Muslim student at a vocational high school in Padang complains about being required to wear a headscarf went viral on social media, prompting the public outcry and ministers' decree.

Some schools in parts of the country where Muslims are a minority are also known to have imposed a ban on Muslim headscarves.

Indonesia, home to 270 million people, has more Muslims than any other country, but it has a sizeable non-Muslim population as well.

Sos: https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanp...ghts-group-says