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Which RON the Best in Malaysia?

danielmckey — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 08:00:03 +0800

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Controversial Sabah dam to go ahead

danielmckey — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 14:27:32 +0800

During Sabah election, I read out article that Sabahan agressively opposed this project under warisan gomen. Now still continue under PN. LOL. How stupid this was to be... ??

https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/202...ernment/1934116

Controversial Sabah dam to go ahead under new state government

KOTA KINABALU, Dec 22 — The new Sabah government has announced it plans to reimplement the controversial Penampang Kaiduan Dam.

The dam was proposed during the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration as a solution to the water supply problems of the state capital Kota Kinabalu and the Papar district.

Sabah Assistant Public Works Minister Datuk Limus Jury said the government will implement “Kota Kinabalu Water Supply Phase III” to replace the proposed Kaiduan Dam, which was later renamed Papar Dam.

“We have studied the feasibility of implementing the Penampang Kaiduan Dam project to solve the water woes of Kota Kinabalu and Papar. We will proceed, following an assessment by Universiti Malaysia Sabah and IDS,” he said, in reference to the Institute of Development Studies of Sabah.

Limus said this during the question-and-answer session at the State Assembly sitting today, in response to a supplementary question by Kepayan assemblyman Jannie Lasimbang on the state government’s decision on the project.

When it was first mooted by the BN government, the project was hit by backlash over its likely socio-economic impact on the local community.

When the Warisan Plus government came into power in 2018, the project was renamed Papar Dam and relocated to an adjoining constituency but along the same river, irking village folk.

Non-governmental organisations, the Opposition and the community at large objected to the project, said to be a hydro dam generating electricity as well, and accused the Warisan Plus government of rescinding a promise to cancel the project if elected.

Limus said that the federal government had approved a grant of RM2.53 billion under the 11th Malaysia Plan to improve water supply in the interior of Sabah.

He said Budget 2021 also approved RM450 million to implement rural water supply projects, covering five areas, namely Kemabong,Tenom, Kiulu, Ranau and Sook.

“I also hope that the state government can provide additional funding for preliminary preparations like design, land procurement, soil investigation and land survey so that these water supply development projects can proceed immediately,” he said.

Limus added that the state government’s goal is to provide all rural areas in the state with tap water supply by 2025.

Why Sarawak got many FROG?

danielmckey — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 22:04:55 +0800

https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/202...hyiddin/1872884

Lubok Antu MP quits PKR, pledges support to Perikatan, Muhyiddin

Let us wait for uturn.

What, Muhyiddin?Still politicking during pandemic!

danielmckey — Sun, 22 Mar 2020 22:18:22 +0800

https://m.malaysiakini.com/columns/515986

What, Muhyiddin? Still politicking during this pandemic!

COMMENT | While most of us are concentrating on how to get through this difficult time of the Covid-19 outbreak, and ensuring that we and our loved ones stay safe, it seems that politicians are still engaging in their favourite past-time – politicking.

What is most demoralising and sickening is that the top man in the country, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin himself, seems to be setting the worst example. He is still playing politics at this time of national and global crisis.

In my previous article here, I’ve said that this is not the time to write stinging political articles as politics of any kind must surely be furthest from our minds.

The recent politicking of the prime minister has forced my hand to pen this.

This is the time for national cooperation and togetherness where each and every one of us should be on the look-out for the other one to ensure that we all get through this pandemic, hopefully unscathed.

Politically, this is also the time for national reconciliation and healing. Malaysians have no time for politics and want opposing politicians to work in unison and concentrate 100 percent of their time and energy on tackling the pandemic.

And what did our prime minister do? More than 1,000 Malaysians are Covid-19 positive with eight fatalities (as at 7pm on March 21) and Muhyiddin could still find the time to sack his Bersatu secretary-general.

What is this, Mr Prime Minister?

Don’t expect me to be nice and charitable with my words here; no, not with our so-called leaders who have their priorities all wrong.

Let me tell you this, dear Muhyiddin. At this time
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PN was the Great Pretender

danielmckey — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 23:24:16 +0800

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Malaysian Real Voted Government as PM

danielmckey — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 21:14:36 +0800

Malaysian voter did not ask Muhyiddin to become Savior for becoming PM. Why he going against people will and act like a hero?
Muhyiddin cabinet are not approved by Malaysian voter but forcefully taking advantageous of Malaysia. No matter what Muhyiddin did. He will forever being hated as backdoor government mastermind together with Azmin as Sheraton Move organizer.

UMNO bully PPBM?

danielmckey — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 21:41:18 +0800

As you can see UMNO show sign they are the master & every other party is their slave. Can PM8 control UMNO? Don't think so, I think UMNO will betray PPBM sooner or later buying people from PPBM which all come from UMNO previously. Johor & Malacca already grabbed by UMNO. We can see UMNO might will take Perak soon. Kedah is also in their radar, if Mukhriz give up as MB. If PM8 move wrongly Azmin will jump ship again to BN later. Let us see next drama....

No more Wawasan 2030...

danielmckey — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 14:10:58 +0800

Sorry guy this Dr M vision is gone for the 2nd time. Look like Malaysia can never be a develop Nation...

"Sheraton Move" written by Ex-PMO officer

danielmckey — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 19:59:11 +0800

Best written story after "Wolf of Wallstreet". Worth to become a movie.

https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/202...on-move/1842542

Ex-PMO officer breaks down the ‘Sheraton Move

KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 — A former officer in the Prime Minister’s Office has provided his version of events that led to Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s resignation and the collapse of the Pakatan Harapan government.

On Facebook, Adam Mukhriz Mohd Muhayeddin said the plot began unfolding in earnest on the fateful Sunday of February 23, after what appeared to be an uneventful PH presidential council meeting the Friday before.

“Azmin’s ‘Cartel’ met at Sheraton while Bersatu held a supreme council meeting. In that meeting, Tun refused to accept Umno (en bloc) as a component. Tun did not want Zahid, Azeez all entering.

“Are you crazy? We fought them tirelessly. Some are bound for jail and you want to accept them back and take over the government? On principle, Tun rejected this. Taking some MPs is fine, but not the whole party,” he wrote.

Some in the Bersatu supreme council backed Dr Mahathir’s position and he told the rest not to push him to abandon his principles, Adam said, when singling out the former PM’s political secretary Zahid Mat Arip as the one who pressed Dr Mahathir the hardest.

Dr Mahathir previously disclosed that it was his political secretary who led him to believe that Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim would demand to be the deputy prime minister, lighting the fuse to the entire debacle.

When Dr Mahathir remained unconvinced, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin went to the former PM’s home with Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, GPS chairman Datuk Patinggi Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Openg, and former PKR deputy president Datuk Seri Azmin Ali, among others, to make their case.

Adam asserted that Ahmad Zahid also made demands of Dr Mahathir, including for a senior Cabinet role and his whole party to be accepted instead of piecemeal. He also demanded Dr Mahathir decide there and then.

“That night, the Sheraton Move took place. [Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Mansor] came as though he were a minister and the crowds parted, all those gathered that night were fantasising of picking this ministry or that,” Adam wrote.

From there, matters devolved rapidly. On Monday, PH leaders rushed to meet Dr Mahathir at his office but he had not gone in as he was at home ruminating. When they finally found him, they were all certain Dr Mahathir was the villain of the episode, Adam said.

While they were later convinced otherwise, it was too late as Dr Mahathir already tendered his resignation as the prime minister and this was accepted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

Adam went on to assert that Dr Mahathir resigned as the PM because he did not want to lead the coalition that later became Perikatan Nasional, which he would have if the PH administration collapsed as it eventually did.

He also asserted that Dr Mahathir could not attend the PH presidential council meeting that night as he had no standing to do so with Bersatu already out of the coalition.

“For PH, they might have thought Tun was insincere for not going. So they nominated Anwar as PM,” he continued.

That set in motion events that ultimately prevented Dr Mahathir from showing his majority support to the Agong as he could no longer count PH’s 92 lawmakers in his camp.

He also tried to convene a special parliamentary sitting to resolve the impasse today but the Speaker refused, Adam added.

The rest of his account is known as these played out in public view, culminating in Muhyddin being sworn in as the eighth prime minister yesterday.

“The saddest part is Tun M losing the faith of the people including the MPs he thought were his friends. That is why he said he was betrayed. Yes. The worst betrayal,” he wrote.

The details of Adam’s version dovetails with what Dr Mahathir and PH leaders have said in public, but were interpreted differently at the time due to the lack of this added context.

Dr Mahathir revealed the crux of this during his final press conference as the interim prime minister last Thursday, after announcing the 2020 Economic Stimulus Package.

After a week of uncertainty and political intrigue, Muhyiddin emerged as the unexpected victor in what was initially thought to be a power struggle between Dr Mahathir and PKR president Anwar.

Muhyiddin was sworn in as the eighth prime minister of Malaysia yesterday but his position is not yet secure. PH is planning to test his level of support via a motion of no-confidence at the earliest opportunity in Parliament.

Allegiances also continue to shift as some of the lawmakers who declared for Muhyiddin and Dr Mahathir continue to alter their positions, making it difficult to conclusively determine who has the support they claim short of an open vote.

PM Issue is still not over yet?

danielmckey — Sun, 01 Mar 2020 19:54:13 +0800

"Live updates: Monday (March 2) is not a public holiday, says PM's Dept"

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020...ing-in-ceremony

Is PM8 the most hated in Malaysia now?

danielmckey — Sun, 01 Mar 2020 11:31:18 +0800

As per topic but please do not say overboard...

PM8 is similar to PM6

danielmckey — Sun, 01 Mar 2020 11:27:38 +0800

PM8 has become most hated PM in Malaysia now. Is Muyi will become another Najib?

PM8 New Government No Manifesto

danielmckey — Sat, 29 Feb 2020 19:34:13 +0800

New Government did not Promise Anything. No Manifesto No Blaming Game.

Thanos VS Traitor

danielmckey — Sat, 29 Feb 2020 11:11:35 +0800

Malaysian brain need to be fully service.
Tun M Vs Moo

Prediction from RAHMAN to MAHATHIR?

danielmckey — Sat, 29 Feb 2020 07:50:52 +0800

Previous cycles of prediction has been completed under RAHMAN. Second wave of prediction come in place under MAHATHIR.

It will start from Muyi then follow by Azmin or Anwar? Lol

Sabah & Sarawak No Longer Need MA63

danielmckey — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 23:09:41 +0800

When Tan Sri Muhyiddin become PM8 with UMNO + PAS, everyone know this 2 parties is the big supporter of the rejection of MA63. Sabah & Sarawak is easy to play around with sweet talk.

PM8 is Tan Sri Muhyiddin

danielmckey — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 22:44:22 +0800

Congratulations to our new Prime Minister 8. Good Luck to Malaysia.

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Married to Local to Open Business

danielmckey — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 10:07:18 +0800

https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/nasional/...buka-perniagaan

EKSKLUSIF: Kahwin wanita tempatan untuk buka perniagaan

KOTA KINABALU: Mengahwini wanita tempatan antara taktik digunakan lelaki warga Pakistan untuk menjalankan perniagaan dengan lokasi tumpuan di pinggir bandar dan penempatan setinggan yang jarang digempur pihak berkuasa.

Taktik lain mereka menggunakan nama warga tempatan atau mengambil alih perniagaan sedia ada milik penduduk dengan membayar sewa tertentu tanpa menukar penama pada lesen perniagaan.

Sumber berkata, pendatang asing berkenaan rata-rata membuka kedai runcit yang boleh ditemui di merata tempat sekitar Sabah.

“Lelaki Pakistan menyewa premis milik orang tempatan dan mereka pula seolah-olah hanya pekerja. Ada juga berkahwin dengan wanita tempatan dan menggunakan nama isteri untuk membuka kedai runcit.

“Kampung dan pinggir bandar menjadi sasaran berniaga kerana menyedari tidak ramai penduduk kampung membuka kedai. Mereka mungkin melihat kawasan itu jarang diperiksa pihak berkuasa,” kata sumber BH.

Tinjauan BH baru-baru ini mendapati kedai runcit warga Pakistan terdapat di pinggir bandar sekitar Sepanggar, Inanam, Manggatal, Likas, Sembulan, Putatan, Penampang, di Sandakan, Tawau, Lahad Datu, Keningau, Beaufort, Papar, Tuaran, Kudat dan Kota Marudu.

Mereka menyewa bangunan komersial, selain menyewa rumah atau premis dari penduduk setempat yang diubah suai menjadi kedai dengan menjual pelbagai barangan harian pengguna.

Dalam satu operasi bersepadu agensi kerajaan berkaitan di Penampang, pemeriksaan mendapati majoriti kedai runcit di daerah itu dikendalikan warga Pakistan, kebanyakannya menggunakan lesen orang tempatan.

Ada juga dikesan menggunakan lesen dikeluarkan pihak berkuasa tempatan (PBT) kawasan lain yang sudah tamat tempoh, malah warga Pakistan dipercayai bekerja tanpa permit kerja manakala ada di antara mereka memiliki pasport tamat tempoh.

Tinjauan di sekitar Sembulan, Putatan dan Penampang pula mendapati kedai runcit warga Pakistan menjadi tumpuan penduduk kerana kedudukan kedai dekat dengan penempatan.

Di Sembulan contohnya, kedai runcit warga Pakistan dibuka berhampiran jalan dan jejantas laluan masuk ke penempatan atas air di Kampung Sembulan Lama.

Di Kampung Likas, rumah di tepi jalan utama diubah suai menjadi kedai runcit dan disewa oleh peniaga Pakistan. Di Putatan, warga asing itu membuka pasar raya mini di kampung, selain menyewa kedai di kawasan komersial berhampiran pasar raya besar.

Mengulas perkembangan itu, aktivis sosial dan hak asasi manusia Sabah, Datuk Patrcik Sindu, berkata kehadiran ramai warga Pakistan yang membuka kedai runcit, berpunca daripada sikap penduduk tempatan sendiri.

“Sebelum buka kedai, mereka biasanya datang menjual kain dan barang elektrik kepada penduduk kampung sehingga menjadi mesra sebelum mencari tapak perniagaan runcit.

“Malah, ada juga berkahwin dengan wanita tempatan dan menggunakan isteri untuk mohon lesen niaga. Kita memang sedar perkara ini, tetapi tidak tahu bagaimana prosedur perkahwinan mereka,” katanya.

Pekerja bengkel di Putatan, Rosman Rosli, 45, berkata kedai runcit warga Pakistan mendapat sambutan penduduk kerana beroperasi sehingga lewat malam berbanding pasar raya dan kedai milik penduduk tempatan.

“Mereka juga jual barang keperluan seperti beras dan lampin pakai buang bayi dalam kuantiti kecil, jadi harganya lebih murah. Sebab itu, mereka membuka kedai berhampiran kampung atau kawasan setinggan yang penduduknya kurang berkemampuan,” katanya.

Warga Pakistan adalah antara 1.2 juta warga asing di Sabah ketika ini, selain warga Filipina, Indonesia, China, India dan negara lain seperti dilaporkan Jabatan Imigresen sebelum ini.

Berdasarkan kenyataan Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Liew Vui Keong sebelum ini, daripada jumlah 1.2 juta itu, hanya 30 peratus dikenal pasti masuk secara sah ke negeri.

Masuk Sabah naik feri, bot laju elak pemeriksaan imigresen

Selain itu, Mereka didakwa menggunakan nama orang lain untuk menjalankan perniagaan termasuk mengahwini wanita warga tempatan supaya dapat membuka kedai runcit di lokasi yang dikenal pasti ada potensi perniagaan.

Taktik itu digunakan peniaga warga Pakistan bagi membolehkan mereka membuka kedai runcit selain mengambil alih perniagaan penduduk tempatan dengan membayar sewa tertentu kepada pemilik asal tanpa menukar lesen berniaga.

Menurut sumber, lelaki warga negara berkenaan datang ke negeri ini menggunakan pas lawatan, namun menyalahgunakannya untuk bekerja sebagai peniaga kedai runcit dengan ada antara mereka pernah dikesan tinggal lebih masa.

Katanya, sasaran mereka adalah di kawasan kampung dan berhampiran setinggan, termasuk di daerah luar bandar berikutan kedudukannya yang jarang menjadi tumpuan operasi pihak berkuasa bagi mengelak diambil tindakan.

“Mereka biasanya menyewa premis milik orang tempatan, seolah-olah mereka adalah pekerja selain ada juga menggunakan nama wanita tempatan yang dikahwini mereka untuk membuka kedai runcit.

“Kampung dan pinggir bandar menjadi sasaran mereka untuk berniaga kerana menyedari tidak ramai penduduk kampung membuka kedai selain berpendapat berniaga di kampung jarang diperiksa pihak berkuasa,” katanya.

Sebelum ini, satu operasi bersepadu pernah dilaksanakan pihak berkuasa tempatan (PBT) bersama beberapa agensi kerajaan di Penampang bagi memeriksa kedai runcit yang beroperasi di daerah itu, khususnya dikendalikan warga Pakistan.

Pemeriksaan itu mendapati sebahagian besar daripadanya beroperasi menggunakan lesen orang tempatan, sama ada atas nama pemilik asal premis atau wanita tempatan yang didakwa menjadi isteri warga asing terbabit.

Kebanyakan kedai runcit yang diusahakan peniaga terbabit turut didapati beroperasi tanpa kebenaran kegunaan tambahan tanah daripada pihak berkuasa kerana membuka kedai di tanah berstatus anak negeri yang hanya dibenarkan untuk aktiviti pertanian.

Selain itu, ada juga dikesan menggunakan lesen dikeluarkan PBT lain yang sudah tamat tempoh beberapa tahun lalu, malah bekerja di negeri ini tanpa permit kerja yang sah dan memiliki pasport tamat tempoh.

Sementara itu, aktivis sosial dan hak asasi manusia Sabah, Datuk Patrcik Sindu, berkata kehadiran ramai warga Pakistan di kawasan kampung dan pinggir bandar di negeri ini untuk berniaga kedai runcit berpunca daripada sikap penduduk tempatan sendiri.

“Sebelum membuka kedai di mana-mana kampung, peniaga warga Pakistan biasanya datang berniaga secara bergerak dengan menjual kain dan barangan elektrik kepada penduduk kampung sehingga akhirnya penduduk kenal betul dengan mereka.

“Apabila mereka sudah biasa dengan penduduk, mereka meluahkan pula hasrat untuk membuka kedai runcit. Maka, mereka mencari mana-mana penduduk yang mahu menyewakan rumah atau kedai sedia ada kepada mereka.

“Malah, ada juga yang berkahwin dengan penduduk tempatan dan menggunakan isteri untuk memohon lesen berniaga. Kita memang sedar perkara ini tetapi kita tidak tahu bagaimana prosedur perkahwinan mereka,” katanya.

Beliau berkata, bermula dari situlah perniagaan warga Pakistan semakin berkembang di negeri ini terutama di kawasan kampung dan pinggir bandar.

Katanya, kehadiran komuniti Pakistan di negeri ini yang sudah tinggal dan menjadi warga negara sejak berpuluh tahun lalu turut menjadi dorongan pendatang baharu dari negara itu datang ke Sabah untuk bekerja sebagai peniaga kedai runcit.

“Kita sedar, ramai juga orang Pakistan yang sudah jadi orang Sabah kerana berkahwin dengan penduduk tempatan. Bagaimanapun, kita risau kemasukan pendatang baharu yang bekerja di sini secara tidak sah memberi kesan tidak baik kepada kita,” katanya.