Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Ahmad Maslan tidak tahu perancangan mendalam

Sememangnya bukan Affandi Jeman yang telah diberi 'mandat' dan projek-projek oleh kempimpinan tertinggi UMNO untuk menutup PBB dan mengganti dengan UMNO.  Pemimpin yang lebih 'senior' dari Affandi Jeman dan businessman berjaya adalah 'instrument' untuk penutupan PBB dan penggantian dengan UMNO di Sarawak.  Businessman berjaya telah mengambil berbillion-billion projek persekutuan di Sarawak semata-mata untuk tujuan ini.
Adiknya juga sekarang sudah menguasai pemuda bn sarawak dan minda belia sarawak.  PBB semakin tidak relevan dan rancangan abang adik inilah yang terbaik untuk Sarawak.

Hasrat bawa masuk UMNO ke Sarawak tidak direstui BN

Posted on January 28, 2012, Saturday
KUCHING: Usaha Jawatankuasa Penaja UMNO Negeri Sarawak (JPUNS) yang ingin membawa masuk UMNO ke negeri ini tidak direstui oleh pemimpin parti yang menjadi tulang belakang Barisan Nasional (BN) itu.
Ketua Penerangan UMNO, Datuk Ahmad Maslan berkata, JPUNS digerakkan oleh individu yang mempunyai kepentingan peribadi dan ia tidak wajar dikaitkan dengan pemimpin UMNO.
Katanya, Presiden UMNO Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak dan pemimpin UMNO yang lain beberapa kali menegaskan parti tersebut tidak akan mengembangkan sayap ke Sarawak.
“(Pemimpin) UMNO tidak mempunyai sebarang kaitan dengan jawatankuasa itu (JPUNS). Ia merupakan agenda peribadi pihak tertentu,” katanya ketika dihubungi semalam bagi mengulas kewujudan JPUNS di Sarawak sejak sekian lama.
Meskipun tidak mempunyai kaitan dengan jawatankuasa tersebut, bagaimanapun katanya, kepimpinan UMNO tidak berkuasa untuk mengarahkan JPUNS menghentikan aktiviti mereka termasuk ‘merekrut ahli.’
Menurutnya, kepimpinan UMNO juga tidak berhak untuk campur tangan dalam apa jua urusan berkaitan JPUNS yang kini diterajui pengerusinya, Affendi Jeman.
Beliau yang enggan mengulas lanjut mengenai isu tersebut, berkata:
“Apa yang penting ketika ini ialah semua jentera BN termasuk di Sarawak perlu berada pada ‘Gear 5’, tahap di mana kita telah bersedia sepenuhnya untuk menghadapi Pilihan Raya Umum (PRU) akan datang.”
Beliau berkata, persiapan yang rapi menjelang Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-13 (PRU13) lebih mustahak berbanding memikirkan JPUNS.
“Ini lebih penting berbanding memikirkan hal jawatankuasa itu yang amat jelas dan telah ditegaskan tiada kaitan dengan UMNO Pusat dan BN amnya,” katanya.
JPUNS yang bukan satu isu baharu mendakwa mempunyai keahlian seramai 70,000 orang di seluruh negeri.
Affendi sebelum ini sering mendakwa rakyat Sarawak memberi sokongan padu terhadap kemasukan UMNO ke negeri ini.
Pemimpin UMNO sebelum ini menegaskan tidak ada keperluan bagi parti tersebut melebarkan sayap ke Sarawak memandangkan Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) memiliki sokongan padu dalam kalangan penduduk di negeri ini.

Thursday, January 26, 2012

State Barisan Nasional accepts

Bipartisan approval

theborneopost.com. Posted on December 21, 2011, Wednesday

Datuk Fadillah Yusof
KUCHING: BN, opposition unanimous in approving use of indelible ink in next polls.
The state Barisan Nasional (BN) accepts with open arms the decision made by the Election Commission (EC) to use indelible ink for voters in the next general election.
State BN Youth chief Datuk Fadillah Yusof said though he had reservation about the new ruling, he concurred with the EC saying, “It was a decision made by a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) and was agreed upon by both sides of the political divide.”
He said that the new system did not mean that the present system was faulty; giving an advantage to the BN to win past elections.
“The results of past elections were based on the decision of the voters. If the EC has been the tool of the BN government as alleged by the opposition, then the BN would have won all past elections 100 per cent.
“And if the EC is a tool of the BN, then why is the opposition able to win in Penang, Selangor, Perak, Kedah and Kelantan in the last general election,” Fadillah said when contacted yesterday.
Fadillah, who is also Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, said his ministry had actually recommended the biometric voter verification system but it was turned down by the PSC.
PRS president Tan Sri Dr James Masing said the use of indelible ink would “beat the people who know how to cheat”.
“It will improve the present system in tandem with the need of the time,” he said.
State Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) chief Baru Bian said the use of indelible ink was timely to ensure fairness in the election process.
“With the new method, the opposition has a higher chance of winning in the coming general election,” said Baru, who is also Ba Kelalan assemblyman.
State EC director Datu Takun Suggah, meanwhile, said that they would be training 31 returning officers for the 31 parliamentary seats in the state some time in February next year to ensure they were well-versed in the new method.
Returning officers must also be aware that the respective candidates would no longer be allowed to withdraw or object after the nomination period.
On Monday, EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Yusof announced that all voters, except postal voters, would be required to have their fingers marked with indelible ink when voting in the next general election.
He also said the commission had agreed to several recommendations made by the PSC on electoral reforms, and the use of indelible ink was one of them.
Abdul Aziz said the ink, which contains silver nitrate, had been identified and sent to various departments for further testing to ensure it was safe.
These include the Chemistry Department, Department of Islamic Development (Jakim), National Fatwa Council and the Health Ministry.
“We want to make sure the ink is not removable, and will stay on a person’s finger for at least a few days,” Abdul Aziz told a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on Monday.
He added that the ink would not affect the religious practices of Muslim voters as it has been used for Muslims in some countries.
Abdul Aziz said that after the indelible ink requirement was implemented, there would not be any need for a biometric voter verification system.
He said the use of the ink should prevent multiple voting.
The EC had planned to use indelible ink in the 2008 general election and had spent RM2.4mil buying the ink but cancelled the move at the last minute, citing public order and security issues.
The use of indelible ink has also been a key demand of the Bersih coalition for electoral reforms.
In the next general election, all military personnel and members of the General Operations Force, as well as their spouses, and the police force will vote two to three days before polling day.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Fadilah tetap kukuh di Petra Jaya

Hasidah backs Fadillah to defend Petra Jaya

KUCHING: Samariang State Assemblywoman Hajah Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali expressed her support for Datuk Haji Fadillah Yusof to defend the Petra Jaya parliamentary seat in the coming parliamentary election.

“I fully support Datuk Haji Fadillah to be re-nominated as the Petra Jaya candidate in the coming polls,” said Hasidah to reporters on Monday.

“It is my hope and that of the executive members of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Samariang for Fadillah to be elected again as MP for Petra Jaya.

“I have been working very closely with Fadullah all this while and InsyaAllah (God’s willing), we can retain the Petra Jaya seat for Barisan Nasional (BN),” she added.

Hasidah said two other State Assemblymen Datuk Amar Abang Haji Johari Tun Openg (Satok) and Datuk Haji Daud Abdul Rahman (Tupong), whose constituencies are also in Petra Jaya parliament constituency, had worked together with Fadillah to deliver their best to make Petra Jaya a better place to live in.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Anthony Bujang is Petra Energy's new CEO



KUALA LUMPUR: Integrated oil and gas brown field services provider Petra Energy Bhd has appointed Datuk Anthony Fridauz Bujang its new chief executive officer.

In a statement today, Petra Energy said Anthony who is formerly Chief Executive Officer of the New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd (NSTP), was well experienced in banking, communications and the oil & gas industry.

The company also announced the appointment of Florentius Henry Toyad as Director of Operations, Mohamad Zaidee Abang Hipni as Chief Financial Officer, Saperi Rambli as Senior General Manager (Corporate Communications, Branding and Services), Mohamed Azahari Jantan as Head of Contract and Commercial, Mohamad
Subky Bustari as General Manager (Group Operations Planning), Abdullah Hashim as Senior Manager (Internal Audit) and Lee Hung Sang as Technical Operations Manager.- BERNAMA

Monday, January 2, 2012

Mohd Zaid Masuud Rosman memenangi Piala Datuk Fadillah Yusuf


Mohd Zaid scores double in Fadillah tennis tourney 

theborneopost.com. Posted on December 13, 2011, Tuesday

DOUBLE WINNER: Bujang Mohd Nor (left), gives away the prizes to Mohd Zaid who win the single and in the double. — Photo courtesy of Wan Alwi
KUCHING: Mohd Zaid Masuud Rosman scored another fine double by winning the Boys Under-16 singles and doubles titles in the Datuk Fadillah Yusuf Youth Tennis Tournament at PTBS complex, Jalan Demak here on Sunday.
In the Boys U-16 singles contest which saw six contestants, Mohd Zaid registered five wins to top the group, followed by Afizal Ahmad Mahmud in second place with three wins and a defeat.
Finishing in third and fourth placings were Arman Zain Mohd Anthony and Luqman Roshdi Sahrir.
Kirstin Leong beat three other girls in the Girls U-16 competition to emerge as champion.
In second to fourth were Caitlin Lean, Alia Azman and Nur Razan Zafirah Ramlee.
In the Boys U-16 doubles, Mohd Zaid teamed up with Afizal to oust Mark Leong-Goh Tik Xen and lifted the title.
Playing in the looser pool game, Aiman Hamdan paired up with Mohd Norhadzmi defeated Luqman Roshdi – Arman Zain, to win in the category.
Meanwhile, Mark Leong beat five others to clinch the Boys U-12 title and the runner-up was Aiman Hamdan while Goh Tik Xen and Jordan Lean finished third and fourth.
PTBS president Datuk Amar Tan Sri Hj Bujang Mohd. Nor gave away the prizes.