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PM’s aides stymie Sabah green activists

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
Joe Fernandez
Jul 19, 10
4:19pm
Green activists in Sabah are getting increasingly jittery as the authorities play hide-and-seek with public opinion on a proposed 300MW coal-fired power plant in Lahad Datu.

They turned up at three places – two in Kota Kinabalu and one in Lahad Datu – yesterday to express their concerns over the controversial project.

NONEPrime Minister Mohd Najib Abdul Razak (right), who was in Kota Kinabalu yesterday, was again prevented by his aides from receiving a memorandum on energy options for Sabah put together by Green Surf, an alliance of anti-coal NGOs in the state.

Green Surf activist Cynthia Ong expressed fears that Najib may not be getting the correct information on the plant.

“There are local, national and global movements against this plant. All we wanted was a few moments of his time to explain our stand,” she said.

This is the second such disappointment for the movement which wants to put the permier’s ‘People First, Performance Now’ administration to the test.

Activists had visited Kuala Lumpur last month where they tried to corner Najib in Parliament House, with a memorandum for him. However, he gave them the slip as his aides tied up the activists in delaying tactics.

lahad datu coal mine 301107 artist impressionYesterday, too, more than 400 villagers from Kampung Sinakut and Lahad Datu protested with banners at Sinakut, the proposed site of the plant in their area (left, artist’s impresion) or anywhere else in the state.

They were led by Kampung Sinakut chief Jimi Uddin, 55, who denied that they were in favour of the coal plant.

“The authorities claim that we are squatters and will be relocated to Sungai Merah which is away from the sea,” said Jimi who has been living in the village since 1970.

“We are fishermen and we depend on the sea. We also have seaweed farms which help us out with extra income.”

The villagers wanted their demonstration to coincide with Najib’s visit. They hoped that their message – ‘we are not squatters, no to the coal plant, no to relocation’ – would get through to the prime minister.

“Over 200 people drove up from Lahad Datu to express their solidarity with the villagers of Sinakut who will be uprooted to make way for the project,” said Vincent Ng of the Sabah Environment Protection Association, a component of Green Surf.

He said the people of Lahad Datu also want to impress upon the Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) that they are strongly opposed to the plant . He noted that the east coast town will be the first to experience the negative environmental impact of the ‘dirty energy’ option.

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Nurul Izzah wants speed camera contract reviewed

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010

Free Malaysia Today

By Teoh El Sen  SAT, 03 JUL 2010 00:58

PETALING JAYA: Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar today urged the Transport Ministry to review an “unfair” decision it made to award two companies a multi-million-ringgit contract for a nationwide implementation of a speed camera system to catch traffic offenders.

FMT yesterday reported that local company Tess Capital Sdn Bhd claimed that it has been sidelined in the award of the RM700 million contract for the Automated Enforcement System (AES). The deal went to the two companies whose AES is based on foreign technology.

The AES is made up of cameras installed at accident-prone areas and traffic light junctions. The devices can detect speeding vehicles and those who beat the red light.

Tess Capital claimed that its AES, the product of its homegrown technology, is equal, if not better, than its competitors.

Its executive director Soh Joon Hang said he has lodged a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to investigate what he claimed was the abuse of power and “manipulation” by Road Transport Department over the tender process in 2007.

Tess Capital was established in 2004 and later given an MSC (Multimedia Super Corridor) status a year later. Soh said his company was officially recognised as AES supplier by the New South Wales government after it had passed a stringent 18-month trial in 2008.

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Nurul: Archaic voter-registration system must go

Monday, June 21st, 2010

MON, 21 JUN 2010 15:27

By Ken Vin Lek

KUALA LUMPUR: Nurul Izzah Anwar, the PKR’s MP for Lembah Pantai, has called for the reform of the Election Commission to improve and streamline its voter registration system.

“It is time we put an end to its archaic system when it comes to voter registration,” said Nurul at a forum organised organised by online news portal The Nut Graph last night.

“In 1999, as many as 600,000 were denied their right to vote simply because they could not be registered in time for the general election.

“As it is, it takes 11 months from the date of registration for an individual to be qualified as a voter. This needs to be improved with a better system put in place,” she added.

“Many MPs in Pakatan Rakyat have launched voter registration drives in the past months in an effort to ensure that those eligible can exercise their right to vote in the next general election.

“The challenge now is for all political parties to win over the youth and get them a chance to register as voters ahead of the next general election.

“I would like to ask Khairy (Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin) to join forces to help in the effort to reform the voter registration system,” said Nurul.

Khairy, the MP for Rembau, was also present at the event. He said voters should be allowed to vote without having to register, as it is a fundamental right of all citizens.

“Voting is a right of all citizens of Malaysia and we should not even ask them to register. They should’ve already been registered automatically in the first place.

“I will take it a step further by asking that the federal constitution be amended so that people can vote without the hassle of having to register,” said Khairy.

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Nurul Izzah Desak Ketelusan Dalam Pengambilalihan Pharmaniaga

Saturday, June 19th, 2010

Suara-Keadilan

Frederick Luccas

SHAH ALAM 15 Jun – Ahli Parlimen Lembah Pantai, Nurul Izzah Anwar mendesak kerajaan Umno-Barisan Nasional bersikap terbuka dan telus berhubung proses pengambilalihan pembekal ubat-ubatan, Pharmaniaga Bhd oleh Boustead Holdings Bhd dengan harga RM534 juta kerana kedua-dua syarikat itu didakwa mempunyai rekod pengurusan serta perkhidmatan yang mencurigakan.

Pharmaniaga Bhd yang merupakan syarikat pembekal ubat-ubatan kepada semua hospital, klinik dan pusat perubatan kerajaan mendapat konsesi penswastaan Gudang Ubat Kerajaan (GMS) yang diberikan kepada syarikat yang berkaitan Umno, United Engineers (M) Bhd pada tahun 1994.

Pada Mac lalu, lesen Pharmaniaga ditarik balik oleh kerajaan kerana kegagalan audit disalah sebuah kilangnya yang terletak di Bangi.

Syarikat itu juga turut dikesan mengedarkan ubat-ubatan tidak mengikut piawaian yang ditetapkan oleh Kementerian Kesihatan.

Boustead pula, tambah Nurul Izzah mempunyai reputasi yang tercalar akibat beberapa isu berhubung skandal pembeliaan kapal selam Scorpene oleh anak syarikatnya, Perimekar Sdn Bhd, dan juga kontroversi renovasi Zon Bebas Pelabuhan Klang (PKFZ).

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Program “Merakyatkan Demokrasi melalui ICT”

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Pada hari Khamis ( 5 March 2009), Institut Kajian Dasar, Seven Figure Sdn. Bhd., dan Route 66 Cyber Cafe, telah berjaya melaksanakan program ‘merakyatkan demokrasi melalui ICT’. Program ini adalah sebuah program yang mengajar peserta untuk mengoptimakan penggunakan ICT seperti:

  •  Bagaimana hendak memperluaskan pengaruh perniagaan atau persendirian melalui ’social networking websites’, ‘b2b marketing websites’ dan sebagainya
  • Bagaimana hendak menjadikan blog-blog peribadi sebagai tempat untuk meraih kewangan melalui ‘click-though’ links
  • Bagaimana hendak menjadikan ICT sebagai alat untuk menghungkan kita dengan dunia dalam sekelip mata.

Peserta terdiri daripada orang awam, ahli AMK KeADILan Bahagian Lembah Pantai, dan beberapa ahli belia.

 

Program sebegini mampu menjadikan masyarakat Lembah Pantai sebagai lebih ‘celik’ IT.

Google Reader

Monday, January 26th, 2009

I know many of you are too busy to check all your favorite websites and see new things posted. I have recently tried Google Reader and have taken a liking to it.Google reader does 3 things:

1.        Makes you stay updated: Subscribe to your favorite blogs and keep up to date with each new posting.

2.        Share with your friends: compare and contrast your favorite blogs against your friends’

3.        Use it anywhere: it is compatable with all major browsers

So, go to http://www.google.com/reader and subcribe to my blog today!

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Saya tahu ada ramai pembaca yang tidak cukup masa untuk membelek kesemua blog-blog yang diminati. Oleh itu ada posting-posting yang tidak dapat diikuti setiap masa. Baru-baru ini saya telah mencuba Google reader (GR) dan mendapati ia agak mudah dan menarik untuk digunakan.

GR patut digunakan kerana 3 perkara:

1.        Membolehkan anda ikuti setiap posting: Setiap rencana yang ditulis oleh pemilik blog akan dihantar ke GR. Anda boleh membelek tulisan-tulisan dengan mudah.

2.        Kongsi bersama rakan-rakan: Anda mampu berlanggan blog yang diminati dan berkongsi langganan blog-blog ini bersama teman-teman anda yang juga menggunakan GR.

3.        Boleh digunakan di mana-mana: GR boleh dibuka/dibaca dengan kebanyakkan internet browser seperti Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox atau Google Chrome.

Jadi, sila ke http://www.google.com/reader dan berlanggan dengan blog saya hari ini!!!

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