Ensuring our bright students gets their preferred course

Ensuring our bright students gets their preferred course is as important as awarding the scholarships.
It is an absolute national interest to train, develop, educate high quality intellegence for national development and growth especially to stop the brain drain.The World Bank has already alarmed us about the severe Brain Drain issue that Malaysia is currently undergoing, and now that students is getting unfair treatment and unnecessary heartaches despite working very hard to get good results. How is the government going to persuade these students to return to serve the nation in the future after they graduate?

Nasri may has just listened to one side of the story from Public Service Department(JPA).
Lack of transparency and professionalism in the selection panel,immediate action should be taken to correct the issue once and for all.Each student should know how one is assessed and how he/she fail to get the course requested.It should not be at the fancy and liking of the selection panels.Everyone must abide the guideline laid out by the government.

There must be a clear guideline on processing and full transparency on who gets the scholarship.
This is nothing new, the same thing happens every year when the time has come for the PSD scholarship to be distributed. Despite getting similar complaints every year, the PSD scholarship department shows no improvement, there has got to be major flaws in the selection process.

People view this as one of the most important element of Transformation Programme.

Inequitable distribution of scholarship, whch will effect the voting pattern for BN in the coming GE, thus it is just simply important for the survival of component parties like MCA,GERAKAN,MIC,SUPP and PPP.

公主城镇神庙被拆除 谢顺海:民联为虎作伥

公主城镇神庙被拆除 谢顺海:民联为虎作伥

二零一一年五月二十三日
凌晨十二时十六分

 

（双溪大年22日讯）民政党吉打州联委会主席谢顺海局绅指出，公主城城镇神庙被拆除夷平事件确实不该发生，这已显露行动党及公正党互相努力的为虎作伥，协助回教党歪曲事件真相!

他说，土地管理事件是州政府及市议会的绝对权力，神庙侵犯私人地段被地主展开拆庙行动，州政府是应负起责任，州政府及市议会可以引用权力强逼发展商拨出有关土地，但他们没有这么做，反而幕后允许拆庙行动。

根据地方政府法令，拆除或兴建任何建筑物，神庙及拜祭场所，不论是私人地或政府地，都必须得到地方政府的批准，举例2年前发生在瓜拉吉底夷平印度坟场的行动，吉打大臣阿兹然事发后指示各地方政府，若往后有发生拆庙等行动，应先知会他一声，行动党州主席李源益因此针对这事件向大臣寻求协助，虽然稍后只得到大臣助理的回应，但这已足证明整个事件，是在州政府管理之下作出的反应。

他反驳吉打州行政议员陈楚江，勿再三强调这是地主的私人行动，与该党无关!他说，这事件已闹得满城风雨，不管是私人地，政府地也好，他们都是有责任为人民解决问题，而不是一句话就将责任推卸得一干二净。

他说，话说拆庙是地主的私人行动，但市议会也有派出官员监督，这又如何作出解释呢?如果说事件与市议会无关连，官员为什么会出现在事发现场?这显示民联市议员及市议会已在误导人民，趁机避开责任，以求摆脱争议。

谢顺海是于周日下午在州委黄敏贵，州副主席兼总团财政陈国祥，州妇女组主席黄玉凤，秘书杨淯媜及党要韩国强等陪同下，前往事发地点进行了解工作，谢顺海也对当局强制性拆庙及破坏神像等举动，深感不满。

抨李源益前言不对后语

谢顺海亦针对李源益对公主城城镇一座观音庙，在佛诞日当天被拆除事件，表现得好像事不关己的态度深表遗憾。

他指出，李氏声明拆庙行动与州政府及市议会无关，他又为何促请陈楚江行政议员作出解释?这种前言不对后语的说法，除了是误导人民，还是误导。

"推卸责任这种行动，本是行动党的一贯作风，但李源益也应该向该党大年市议员郑成德了解整个事件，从旁协助，而不是一直提出问题而已，然而并没有表现解决问题的能力。"

谢顺海也是德卡区州议员；他表示，一个有责任的代议士，要说真话和为人民解决问题!李源益则为这项事在自欺欺人，自我矮化，如果李源益还是有良知，他早应该在50％房屋固打，宰猪场拆除事件没办法解决后，退出吉打民联州政府的言论而行动，而不是躲在黑地里向人放冷箭，民联政府很多政策，举例小贩停止做生意供回教徒进行15分钟祈祷，华玲广播筒事件，爪夷文广告牌，男女分开坐表现的有心无力，当家不当权，这种不负责的行为，确实让人不敢恭维。

他抨击行动党只会炒炸没有建议性的解决方案，到底吉打州是谁执政?而执政者又是谁?在执政府，不是需作出调适为民联解决问题吗?为何一再而再的制造问题。

除此，民政党州委黄敏贵透露，一些正义人士，日前已将观音庙被拆毁的相片，张贴在互网上流传出去，以让来自全国各地信徒，甚至是国外人民，进一步厘清吉打州民联政府在处理人民课题上的表现，让人民自己去作出判断。

许汉宏：民联领袖各执一词

另一方面，峇甲亚兰国阵协调员许汉宏责问吉打州行政议员陈楚江、行动党州议员李源益及市议员黄思敏，为何针对拆庙事件各有说词，他们3人必须向人民作出交代，而不是发表没有确实的言论。

陈楚江身为吉州华人事务委员会主席，在事发后竟表明没有权力介入处理，但身为市议员的黄思敏则指出，市议会官员是在受到地主要求到场监督，此2人的谈话先后出现矛盾，令人质疑。

"行动党州议员李源益指责陈楚江没有尽责；由此可见，民联领袖简直是同床异梦，在处理人民课题时，没有达致共识，各凭其说，而且他们在事发后，只懂得互相推卸责任。"

许氏认为法外有情，即使庭令已发出，也有商洽展延让庙宇理事会觅地搬迁的空间，除此拆庙工作也不应该选择在卫塞节当天进行，此举止对佛祖不敬，他提醒陈楚江及他的市议员吸取教训，确保往后不会有拆除华人神庙的事件重演下去。

 

Demolition of Kuan Ying Temple,Sungai Petani on Wesak Day

Dr Cheah Soon Hai: Gerakan condemns the act of abolishing temple during Wesak Day

 
 

Gerakan head of Central Bureau on environment, safety and quality of life cum Derga State Assemblyman, Dr Cheah Soon Hai today expresses his disappointment and disbelief towards the City Council of Sungai Petani for allowing an act of demolishing a Guanyin temple on Wesak Day.  Dr Cheah said, although the court has given a court order to demolish the temple on 16 March 2011, there were still some negotiations between the committee of the temple and the developer on the date to vacate the temple, the sudden act of demolishing the temple without prior warning shocked the committee of the temple.  Demolishing a temple during Wesak Day only shows how insensitive and disrespectful the city council is towards the devotees; such incident should not have been allowed to happen.

 
 

Dr Cheah pointed out that Pakatan Rakyat's leader Anwar once said that there will not be any demolition of temples in the states governed by Pakatan Rakyat's government, however, the incident which happened today clearly showed the incompetence and lack of credibility of Pakatan Rakyat's government.

 
 

Dr Cheah is in the opinion that any action related to religious matters should only be taken upon obtaining the consent from the devotees and committee of the religion center.  Even if the city council has obtained the court order to proceed with the demolition of the temple, by regulation, the city council still have to give 14 days notification to the temple's committee before taking any action. The act of demolishing a temple on Wesak Day without prior notification will only lead people to think that the city council is acting out of malicious intention.

民政党苛责卫赛节拆庙行为

民政党苛责卫赛节拆庙行为



民政党环境、安全及生活素质局主任

吉打州德卡区州议员谢顺海医生文告



民政党环境、安全及生活素质局主任谢顺海医生今日针对双溪大年市议会在普天同庆的

卫赛节之日推倒一所10多年的拿督庙观音亭表示失望与不解。谢顺海表示，据了解，法庭已于
3月16日下了拆除令，只是庙宇的理事会在这段时间里还在跟发展商协商，希望可以找
到适合搬迁庙与的地点后才搬。同时市议会有责任扮演协商的角色，帮忙管理层跟发展
商要求通融，而不是突然选择在卫赛节当天将庙铲平。在卫赛节铲平庙宇是非常藐视以
及不尊重信徒感受的举动，而双溪大年市议会怎么可以允许这种事情发生？

谢顺还指出，民联领袖安华曾说过，有民联政府执政的州属将不会发生任何庙与被拆除
的事件，而如今发生在双溪大年的拆庙一事足以证明了民联政府的无能为力和说话不算
话。

谢顺海认为，类似与宗教有关的决定比如拆庙这种事情应该得到信众与管理层的认同以
后才采取行动。
就算是已经有了法庭的拆除令，有关当局也需要发出14天的通知信才
可采取行动。这种没有通知的行动，会让人联想有关当局故意选择在卫赛节拆庙显然的
是一个怀有恶意的行为。

民政党促吉打州政府降低北大地税

民政党促吉打州政府降低北大地税

民政党吉打州主席谢顺海医生文告

 
 

2011年5月9日

 
 

 民政党吉打州主席谢顺海医生今日促吉打州政府降低北方大学的地税至一个合理的数目。他说，基于北大作为北马主要的学术中心，就连其民联盟党公正党都已经加入了要求回教党吉打州政府降低北大地税的阵容。

 

              谢顺海也说，吉打州政府不应该试图推卸责任将矛头指向国阵政府，声称地税的数额是国阵政府定下的。北大的副校长曾指出，1990年的时候，北大的地税是25万，然而，国阵政府后来给了其大学地税回扣，只征收了10万至15万令吉之间的地税。民联回教党政府接棒过后，竟然开始向北大征收170万的地税，那是比以往超出了10多倍的数额。

 
 

       谢顺海医生也是德卡州议员。他补充，州政府很清楚任何有关土地、水源、森林、地方政府以及宗教议题等等的事务都在州政府管辖的范围之内。然而，中央政府给国立大学拨的款项就不是州政府所可以干涉的事情，为此，北方大学如何管理它所得到的中央拨款与吉打州政府无关。

       谢顺海州议员建议吉打州政府好好地尽好州行政的责任，吉打州政府在提高人民生活素质方面的表现至今仍表现欠佳，所以回教党吉打州政府应该把心思放在如何提升吉打人民的生活素质，而不是去挑国立大学的麻烦。

Gerakan wants Kedah state govt to lower UUM's quit rent

Title: Gerakan wants Kedah state govt to lower UUM's quit rent

By: Dr Cheah Soon Hai

Designation: Kedah Gerakan Chairman and Derga State Assemblyman

 

 

Kedah Gerakan Chairman Dr Cheah Soon Hai today urged the Kedah State Government to lower UUM's quit rent to a more reasonable amount.  He said, even the coalition partner PKR has joined the fray of urging the PAS-led Pakatan Rakyat government to lower the quit rent because of its role as a centre of academic excellence in the state.

Dr Cheah Soon Hai also said that the state government should not try to evade responsibility by claiming that it was the Barisan Nasional government which set the quit rent amount.  The vice chancellor of UUM said, in 1990, the initial quit rent wans RM250,000, however, the Barisan Nastional state government gave a tax rebate of around 50% to UUM where the quit rent amount was lowered to between RM100,000 to RM150,000.  After PAS government took over the state in 2008 General election, the management of UUM was made to pay an exorbitant amount of RM1.7million quit rent, which is more than 10 times a leap from initial amount!

Dr Cheah Soon Hai who is also Derga State Assemblyman, added that the State government knows very well that matters related to land, water, forestry, local government and religion all come under the state jurisdiction.  However, fund allocation given to the public universities has nothing to do with state government. Therefore, how UUM manages the allocation from the Federal Government is none of Kedah State government's business.

Dr Cheah Soon Hai suggests that the Kedah state government to focus on it's role as the administrator of the state and put more effort on uplifting the living standard of Kedah residents where it has been failing miserably.

PKR wants Kedah state govt 2 lower UUM's quit rent too

Even its coalition partner PKR has joined the fray of urging the PAS-led Pakatan Rakyat govt to lower quit because of its role as a centre of academic excellence in the state.
State govt should not be arrogrant and said it was Barisan Nasional govt which set the quit rent amount to evade the responsibility.
State govt knows very well land matter,water,forestry,local govt and religion come under state juridiction.
How UUM manage the Federal allocation has none of the business of state government.
Kedah state govt should concentrate its role in the state administration and uplifting the livelihood of Kedah people where it fail miserably.

Authenticity of Blog posts need to be verified,many may not be true

In reference to Utusan Malaysia which quoted two blogs making claim that participants in a meeting  between Penang Chief Minister and Christian leaders discussed making Christianity the official religion.
I would like to call upon the police to thoroughly investigate the claims,to get to the bottom of the truth and nothing other than the true.If the claims is true,actions should be taken against those responsible for playing sensitive issues of religion.Otherwise if the two who posted the lies should be charged under seditious act.Utusan Malaysia which front-paged this sensitive issue without verification should face the music too.
Again we Malaysians tend to take whatever reported in blog posts are true and believe the contents of allegations in the blog posts.Most of us never verify the authenticity and the source of the blog posts.There are many baseless and fabricated allegations in  nowadays blog posts.
Many with hidden agenda had deliberately exploit the blog posts to mislead the public.Enough is enough,such irresponsible reporting is rampant and many have been taken a ride.
Many  politicians,espeacially those in Pakatan Rakyat have made use of blog posts to smear the image of its opponents and played up the sentiments of people.They have been distributed the unwarranted and unsupported claims to confuse and mislead the public at large.The champions of human rights,corruption,press freedom may be the actual culprits who abuse the blog posts.
It is high time the public must always cast doubt on what posted in a blog,reasoning and verification is upmost improtant.

Kedah Pakatan Government should distribute Scholarship

Kedah Pakatan Government should distribute Scholarship

like what the Federal Government does, urged Parti Gerakan Kedah

Press statement by Dr Cheah Soon Hai

Chairman of Gerakan Kedah

5 May 2011

Chairman of Gerakan Kedah, Dr Cheah Soon Hai today urge the Kedah Pakatan Rakyat government to learn from the Barisan Nasional Federal Government by giving out state government scholarships to students who excels academically, this is to reward and encourage excellent students of various races in Kedah to strive for better academic results who will be serving the nation in the future.

Dr Cheah was referring to the cabinet’s decision of lowering the application requirement for JPA’s local and overseas scholarship whereby, students who managed to obtain 8A+ in SPM will be entitled to apply for the JPA scholarship with effect from Year 2011 when he made the statement.

Dr Cheah said, under the new policy, the Federal Government has allocated 1500 local and overseas scholarships for application, this is a new decision by the Prime Minister subsequent to the announcement made last year that students with 9A+ in SPM is eligible to apply for JPA scholarship.  The Prime Minister intends to allow more students to benefit from the policy, therefore he loosens the requirement for application.

Dr Cheah also said, 30 students who excelled in the 2010 SPM were given 2011 National Scholarship presented by the Deputy Prime Minister cum Education Minister.  Out of the 30 students, 15 are Malays, 13 are Chinese whilst the other two are an Indian and a Sarawakian bumi.  It is apparent that the Barisan Nasional Federal Government places great importance on Chinese students based on the fact that 13 out of 30 (44%) scholarships were given to Chinese students.

Dr Cheah is also the state assemblyman for Derga.  He said, this proves that providing higher education and training future talents are one of top priorities of the Barisan Nasional government.  This is because the government knows that investment on education will produce outstanding future leaders for the nation.

 Dr Cheah said, on the other hand, the Kedah Pakatan Rakyat government is doing the contrary by requesting for very high quit rent from the University Utara Malaysia at Sintok, it is inevitable that such action would create a negative impression of the Kedah Pakatan Rakyat Government that the PR government is being very short-sighted and ignoring the importance of education.  Therefore, Dr Cheah would like to urge the DAP and Parti Keadilan Rakyat representative in Kedah to persuade and influence the Kedah Government and the Menteri Besar from PAS to revoke the decision of asking for high quit rent from UUM, and to learn from the Federal Government to openly distribute scholarships to the top academic performers of different races in Kedah.  The scholarships will allow the students to complete their students without the concern of financial constraint and thus performing better academically.  These students who benefited from the scholarship may return to Kedah upon the completion of the studies to serve Kedah. 

促民联州政府 学习中央政府分发奖学金

 吉打民政党促民联州政府

                                            学习中央政府分发奖学金

 

                                                           民政党吉打州主席谢顺海医生文告

                                                                            2011年5月5日

 

民政党吉打州联委会主席谢顺海医生今日促请吉打州民联州政府应该向国阵中央政府看齐和学习，对州内的各族考试成绩优异学生分发州政府奖学金，以奖励和鼓励吉打州各族优异学生继续深造及考取更加的学术成就，将来为国为民服务。

 

谢顺海医生是针对内阁议决进一步放宽公共服务局海内外奖学金的申请条件，即从今年起，凡考获大马教育文凭（SPM）8A+的优秀生皆可提出申请而发表文告做出上述呼吁。

 

谢顺海医生称，在上述新措施下，国阵中央政府共准备了1500份海内外奖学金供优秀生提出申请，这是首相续去年宣布所有考获大马教育文凭（SPM）9A+的优秀生都有资格申请公共服务局奖学金后，今年再决定让更多优秀生能从公共服务局奖学金中受惠，而放宽申请条件的新措施。

 

谢顺海医生也指出，日前由副首相兼教育部长亲颁发的2011年国家奖学金中，共有30名在2010年大马教育文凭（SPM）各族优秀生获得奖励，其中马来优秀生有15人，华裔13人，印裔及砂拉越土族各一人，华裔生在总数30份的该奖学金中占了13人，约为44%，可见国阵中央政府对华裔优秀生的重视。

 

谢顺海医生也是吉打州德卡区州议员。他说，这证明了国阵政府重视国民高等教育与人才培训，因为国阵政府知道政府在教育上的“投资”将能为国家栽培出优秀的下一代及未来的领导人。

 

谢顺海州议员说，反观吉打州民联州政府今日对新笃北方大学征收高地说，无不让人感觉到吉打州民联州政府对教育的忽视与短见。因此，谢顺海医生也呼吁吉打州民主行动党及人民公正党应该努力去说服和影响其民联州政府中的回教党州务大臣撤销对新笃北方大学征收高地说的决定，并仿效国阵中央政府公开与透明化地分发奖学金予吉打州内的各族优秀生，让这些优秀生能更顺利地完成他们的大学深造，考取优越的学术成绩，他日也能回来吉打州为民服务。

Subsidies rationalization is a shared responsibility

Subsidies rationalization is a shared responsibility, Gerakan

Press statement by Gerakan by Dr Cheah Soon Hai, Gerakan head of central bureau on environment, safety and quality of life, and Derga Assemblyman

July 16, 2010

Gerakan asserts that subsidies rationalization is a shared responsibility for all, not only the Rakyat, but all the government and corporate citizen.

Gerakan is proposing four steps to be adopted by the government based on the guiding principle of social justice and good governance as envisaged by Prime Minister Najib's 1Malaysia, in view of the cut in subsidies for sugar, petrol, diesel and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).

Gerakan’s head of central bureau on environment, safety and quality of life, Dr Cheah Soon Hai, said firstly there should be more enforcement to prevent unscrupulous businesses from taking advantage of the subsidies cut by imposing higher prices on their goods.

Dr Cheah said the public and media could act as watchdog to highlight "unethical business practices". A boycott campaign can be organized against those recalcitrant businesses.

Secondly, he said, the savings from subsidies should be seen channeled directly back to the people, particularly the poor, through various social reliefs for example reducing public transport fares, (encouraging the usage of public transport), and helping the poor to save money on fuel. Dr Cheah also suggested government to consider introducing coupon system for the poor to buy essential goods to cushion the impact of the rising living cost. 

He said the government should also put a stop to any instances of misuse, abuse and wastage of public funds. "The money saved should rightly be used for education, healthcare and public transportation system," he stressed.

“Fourthly, the government should consider cutting subsidies on big corporations like the independent power producers. The subsidies rationalization is a shared responsibility for all, the government, Rakyat as well as corporate citizens,” Dr Cheah, who is also Derga State assemblyman, said in a statement.

Pas-led Kedah State Government faces confidence crisis

Pas-led Kedah State Government faces confidence crisis, says Dr Cheah

Press statement by Kedah Gerakan Chairman and Derga Assemblyman Dr Cheah Soon Hai

April 16, 2010

Kedah Gerakan is not surprised with the resignation of Bakar Arang State Assemblyman Tan Wei Shu from PKR, the third PKR representative to leave the loose PAS-led Kedah state government since the General Elections in 2008.

Kedah Gerakan chairman Dr Cheah Soon Hai said the political circles in Kedah were aware that Tan disagreed with the way Pakatan Rakyat, especially PAS, administered the state. 

“Tan has also lost confidence in PKR to look after the people’s interests in Kedah,” said Cheah, who is also Derga State Assemblyman, when commenting on the resignation of Tan yesterday.

The other two PKR leaders who had quit from the party were V. Arumugam (Bukit Selambau state assemblyman) and Mohd Radzhi Salleh (Lunas state assemblyman).

Dr Cheah, who is also Gerakan’s head of central bureau on environment, safety and quality of life, said the trio was obviously disappointed with PKR leadership over several matters and PKR's "insignificant role in the Pas-led state government."

“It is no secret that the cooperation of PAS, PKR and DAP in the Kedah state government is based on marriage of convenience and not to focus on taking care of the people’s interests,” said Dr Cheah.

Besides implementing a number of controversial Islamic policies, the PR Kedah government has also introduced restrictive policies against development projects, such as the 50% Bumiputra Housing Policy. The only pig abattoir in Alor Star was also demolished.

Dr Cheah said it was not a surprise that PAS had refused to listen to views from other PR component parties and was administrating Kedah like a one-party government.

“The Kedah government did not focus on development, but give priority to introduce Islamic policies in the state,” said Dr Cheah, adding that the co-operation of PAS, PKR and DAP is not genuine and is only after powers and definitely not for the people's interest.

“There is no love among the three partners who are exploiting each other’s strength and the co-operation is not permanent as their ideological differences and goals are worlds apart,” Dr Cheah added.

Go Green towards a greener 1Malaysia,

Go Green towards a greener 1Malaysia, Gerakan

Press statement by Dr Cheah Soon Hai, Gerakan head of central bureau on environment, safety and quality of life, and Derga state assemblyman

June 04, 2010

In conjunction with the World Environment Day tomorrow (June 5), Gerakan pressed for the government to “go green” to create a “greener 1Malaysia”.

Gerakan head of central bureau of environment, safety and quality of life, Dr Cheah Soon Hai said the government and the public should be creative in interpreting the word “green” from different perspectives.

“Greening Malaysia is not just about planting more trees and reducing, reusing and recycling, it is much more than that,” enlightened Cheah, who added that more effective and specific measures need to be introduced to protect the environment.

Cheah said among the dynamically sound measures to safeguard the environment are working towards a ‘zero waste’ economy, encouraging local authorities to provide more incentives for the people to recycle and working on innovative ways to reduce littering.

“All parties, including the government, private sectors and NGOs must create a presumption in favour of sustainable development in the environment planning system,” stressed Cheah.

Cheah reminded that sustainability is the key to future developments in line with one of the three main goals of the New Economic Model (NEM), the other two being high-income economy and inclusiveness.

“Going green should not just be a mere slogan or rhetoric anymore, it must now be a paradigm shift to generate a green revolution to make this world a better place, for you and for me,” said Cheah.

Cheah further added that the concept of evolving from the mere growth of GDP (Gross Domestic Product) to GWB (General Well-Being) should now be emphasized on as a pre-requisite for a more holistic and ideal sustainable development.