Posted by anbz > Oct 12, 2013 07:10 PM | Report Abuse

directors disposed again...haha confirmed u all kena tipo



anbz, another dirty member here try to create panic when he lost so much on contra. Now where got say director dispose, OSK is and never a directors of GP, only a major shareholder.
anbz ,Why why you so dirty to create panic????


OSK sells only less than 5% and still got over 113 million shares left. If OSK really scared & afraid, then OSK should sell 80% or all 100% & why it didn"t? Pakai otak anbz?

Dirty anbz, you lose plenty of money on contra as some good members said earlier, so why you so dirty & try to create fear & panic???? Be good, anbz.

If Najib is really serious…
Selena Tay
| October 12, 2013

The prime minister ought to strike the whip at those leaders who are hellbent on derailing his 1Malaysia concept.
COMMENT

Racism and stupidity should be booted out of the Malaysian political scenario besides corruption and cronyism. Post GE13, we have been hearing statements such as ‘If you don’t like it here, you can leave’ and also threats of shutting down a certain Chinese newspaper.

This has gone on for far too long.

Here we have Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak trying to build up the image of Malaysia as a fair, just and moderate nation but his very own ministers are trying to derail his plans.

PM Najib should immediately censure them for issuing statements that jeopardise racial harmony and destroy the very fabric of the nation. Enough is enough. He must act tough with his own people who are working hard to portray the nation as a Third World Nation when we the citizens are trying hard to shed that image.

Although the threat of shutting down a particular Chinese newspaper will not be carried out, this threat coming from a senior minister nonetheless shows the type of mentality that the minister has.

Stereotyping criminals as belonging to a certain race is also a big blunder. How would this minister like it if one were to say, “Such and such a group of people are always the gullible voters?”.

Clearly the time has come for Najib to give a tongue-lashing to those in his cabinet who are hellbent on derailing his 1Malaysia concept. Or is this concept just a ploy to woo the non-Malay voters?

The BN government will definitely not be regarded in high esteem if the BN ministers continue to issue racist statements or harebrained statements that are illogical or factually incorrect or just plain stupid.

These days, citizens are smarter and will certainly evaluate whether the government is talking sense or nonsense instead of simply accepting the government’s words at face-value or as absolute truth.

Take for instance the explanation that some police guns have fallen into the sea. This is rubbish. There is no way such a thing could have happened unless the policemen went swimming in full uniform.

At the end of the day, the government will lose credibility in the eyes of its citizens if blunders like these are part and parcel of the administration.

Reconciliation process

Racist statements, the threat of clamping down on factual reporting, wastage and leakage in administration and management, corruption and cronyism are bad enough but if there is any attempt to sideline the Chinese for voting the opposition during GE13, then this takes the cake as the most terrible mistake in government policy.

Hopefully this will not happen as it is a detrimental move towards the efforts of nation-building.

It must be said that the Chinese Premier, Xi Jinping has high regard for Malaysia and one of the reasons is that the Chinese diaspora here have contributed a lot to Malaysia’s progress.

(The Chinese government have voiced out that they do take a keen interest in the contributions of the Chinese worldwide and they do encourage the Chinese diaspora to be good citizens.)

Therefore it is time for PM Najib to launch or put into effect his National Reconciliation Plan.

Shah Alam’s PAS MP, Khalid Samad pointed out that “statements telling the Chinese to ‘leave’ or ‘get out’ are not only racist in nature but also plain ignorant as the Chinese have as much right to this country as anyone else as this forms part of the basis for the Independence negotiations. Moreover, the Chinese have accepted the Federal Constitution and all within it as a basis for nation-building.”

Thus the ‘balik China’ statements hurled at the Malaysian Chinese are clearly out of line and the same goes for the ‘balik India’ statements hurled at the Malaysian Indians.

We cannot run away from our ethnicity but all attempts to emphasise on one’s ‘Malaysianness’ seems to have failed due to the Chinese and Indians constantly being reminded that we are ‘immigrants’ or ‘pendatang’.

Our seemingly secondary status is also highlighted when we have been stereotyped as this type of criminal or that type of criminal.

In the end, 1Malaysia is nothing but a Utopian concept and like Utopia, it does not exist.

This means that if PM Najib is really serious in wanting to leave behind a legacy of a united Malaysia, he has to start by censuring those in his own camp who derail his 1Malaysia slogan and he must remember to implement policies that are fair, just and inclusive to all.

Selena Tay is a DAP member and a FMT columnist.

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2013/10/12/if-najib-is-really-serious/

Income tax reduction unlikely after GST implementation - Bernama

October 12, 2013

Any reduction in personal and corporate income tax is unlikely in the near term following implementation of the goods and services tax (GST), due to uncertainty in the global and local economies, as well as adaptation of local businesses to the new tax structure.

Tax and Malaysia chairman Dr Veerinderjeet Singh said Malaysia is currently in a period of uncertainty, and it was not the right time to reduce income tax, even with the GST in place.

"I hold the view that you should not be reducing the income tax now. If you look at the statistics, we are having a fiscal deficit without a booming economic climate, while expecting slower growth this year.

"It is better to wait and clear the other issues first, such as reviewing the incentives structures for the future," he added.

He told reporters this after presenting a paper, GST: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, at a seminar organised by the Malaysian Economic Association yesterday.

Veerinderjeet said lower income tax would attract more businesses to Malaysia, but due to the current global economic situation, the desired effect is unlikely to happen or might be less than expected.

He said while pursuing the 2020 vision, the country still lacks a tax system that is equivalent to the developed nations.

"We need to look at that and not do things on an ad hoc basis (such as) reducing it (income tax), because the people want it.

"You (government) have to reduce income tax, if you think in the long-term it will benefit the country," he added.

Asked about the GST, he said it would probably take effect in 2015 if implemented, with the necessary procedures in place on educating the people, which takes at least a year.

"Eventually, if the GST is introduced in 2015, you need to give it a couple of years to stabilise and subsequently, you can increase the rate and bring down the income tax," Veerinderjeet said.

It is anticipated that the GST may be announced in the Budget 2014 on October 25.

The GST was first tabled in Parliament on December 16, 2009, to replace the existing Sales Tax and Services Tax, but withdrawn last year for amendments.

The broad-based multi-staged consumption tax or value added tax is imposed on the supply of goods and services and is aimed at curbing tax evasion. - Bernama, October 12, 2013.

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/income-tax-reduction-unlikely-after-gst-implementation-bernama

At every level, government shows blatant disregard in spending of public funds, Anwar tells forum


http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/at-every-level-government-shows-blatant-disregard-in-spending-of-public-fun

In Malaysia, it pays to be stupid
October 12, 2013

FMT LETTER: From Ravinder Singh. via e-mail

Malaysia is truly a land of endless possibilities where civil servants can buy laptops for RM40,000 a piece, wall clocks at RM3,800 a piece, spend public money as if it is falling from the sky like snowflakes, and claim they were doing it out of stupidity or ignorance. And the MACC says it cannot act against stupid, careless or inefficient people. What a lovely present to the stupid people.

Could the MACC tell us whether these stupid people are also stupid enough to let the suppliers enjoy the fruits of their stupidity? For instance, if a stupid civil servant pays RM40,000 for a laptop, which he must know from experience or advertisements all over the place, costs about RM3,000, will his stupidity extend to letting the supplier enjoy the RM37,000 overpaid?

By the way, what tests did the MACC carry out to diagnose the over-spending epidemic as being the result of civil servants’ stupidity and carelessness? Is it not an insult to say that our civil servants are stupid people? They include heads of departments and Ministries.

The disease has its roots in the 70s. The then Auditor General Ahmad Nordin’s audit reports had started chronicling the stupidity. Why did it take the MACC 50 years to acknowledge the existence of the disease and only when it had turned into an epidemic?

Can stupid people arrange to get quotations of around RM40,000 per laptop from at least three suppliers and then pick the lowest priced which is about 13 times above the market price? And what makes the suppliers so confident that their sky-high quotations would be successful?

The MACC blames the rules about government procurement, i.e. get quotations from at least three suppliers and accept the lowest, regardless that the lowest is tens or hundreds of times above the market price of the goods. Can the MACC tell us if the rules make it compulsory that when a quotation has been called, the lowest quotation received must be accepted?

I thought the people in charge had the discretion to reject all the quotations if the prices quoted were above the market prices and re-call the quotation? Have the civil servants no duty of due diligence? What is the inference when they pay prices that are so much higher than the market prices for the same goods?

The ‘stupidity and carelessness’ story is a tall story. If they were stupid, they should have been thrown out of their jobs long ago. If they were careless they should have been penalised to teach them to be careful the next time. But no, the stupid and the careless were given a free reign.

Was it not stupid to give them a free reign? So if the whole chain of command is stupid, the MACC can only stand by with folded arms and say “the law does not allow us to act against stupid people, although we see them, and see them robbing the nation”!

The MACC’s job includes taking action for “abuse of power”. Is it not abuse of power to abuse the tender process to make purchases at prices that are tens or even hundreds of times higher than the actual cost of the goods, or purchase goods not fit for the purpose, etc?

Stupidity and carelessness are easy to feign, just like forgetfulness or amnesia, and especially so if it is to one’s advantage to do so. What was the MACC’s methodology of study that concluded that stupidity and carelessness were the cause of the misappropriations reported by the Auditor General?

It would appear that all those responsible are bending backwards to save the stupid and careless people from accountability.


http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2013/10/12/in-malaysia-it-pays-to-be-stupid/

So easy to get past the MACC, just say you're STUPID OR CARELESS!

In a forum on the Audit Report 2012 at the Karangkraf headquarters, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief Abu Kassim Mohamed reveals how people can get-by MACC despite causing a loss of public money.

“The problem is our laws, carelessness is not an offence, and we cannot charge someone for being stupid,” said Kassim in the forum titled ‘Audit Report: Wastage or Oversight’ yesterday.

On contrary, he said, in developed countries such offences are punishable.

In the forum also participated by Auditor General Ambrin Buang, Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairperson Nur Jazlan Mohamed and DAP publicity chief Tony Pua, Kassim said the financial leakages repeated annually in the AG’s reports because there was no rectification done to government procedures in procurements.

According to him, purchasing in bulk, despite in open tender, posed a risk where the lowest bidder’s pricing may be still way above the market price.

“Don’t allow unreasonable purchase. If the market price is RM100 but you allow purchase at RM3, 000, this is unreasonable,” he said, perhaps referring to the exorbitant wall clock, costing RM100 by purchased at RM3, 800 by Radio Televisyen Malaysia as reported under the AG’s Report 2012.

Agreeing with Kassim, Ambrin urged government departments to use experiences and intelligence to avoid buying items solve above market price.

He said they should opt for direct purchase and stressed that it was within the government procedures to do so.



Harakahdaily

Full article: http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=173822:so-easy-to-get-past-the-macc-just-say-youre-stupid-or-careless&Itemid=2#axzz2hSPGBQK0

Shinzo Abe and the greedy Malays

http://www.theantdaily.com/news/2013/10/10/shinzo-abe-and-greedy-malays

Ani Arope on how TNB got a raw deal from IPPs


In his book published by the Fulbright Alumni Association of Malaysia, former Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) executive chairperson Ani Arope reveals how, after the landmark blackout in Peninsular Malaysia in 1992, TNB was forced to surrender the land it had acquired in Paka (Terengganu) and Pasir Gudang (Johor) to a third party for power plants.


..read more here

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/243579

WATCH OUT GUYS, TALK OF GST IS REAL! Brace yourself for hard times ..

With the economy spewing and sputtering, there is a widespread fear and belief in the country that the Barisan Nasional (BN) government is set to impose a Goods & Services Tax (GST) that is set to witness the disposable incomes of the majority of Malaysians drop further.

Since it was discovered that only 16 per cent of Malaysian workers pay taxes, the BN government has come up with this cunning of GST to ensure that everyone contributes to the financial coffers of the country.

With about 82 per cent of the workforce in the low income group, earning less than RM2, 000 a month, all this is really a smack in the face for those of us who harbor the Malaysian dream of becoming a high income nation.

When a boisterous and buoyant Najib Tun Razak became prime minister, he promised to make Malaysia a high income nation. What we have since been witness to is that the nation is not becoming a high income country but beset by heavy taxes on the people.

Besides this, of greater concern, despite contradictory views by the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF), the wages and salaries of the workforce have not risen in harmony with the cost of living and inflationary trends.

Except perhaps for the government sector, where the BN government takes great pains to ensure civil servants are buffered and cushioned from the effects of an economy that has been witnessing a price spiral ever since Najib took over the reins of power.

This imbalance between the public and the private sector, where the private sector is responsible for producing the greater level of productivity is beginning to cause Malaysians as consumers to wonder how long they will be able to sustain their present standard of living.

It does not help that the Third Force or migrant workers are competing with the locals for a greater share of the economic pie. This unbridled, uncontrolled arrival of streams of migrant workers arriving on our shore has heated up the competition.

This means the Malaysian private sector workers is under great threat and stress from all sides and now with the expected imposition of GST they are most certainly going to become under a greater amount of hardship and suffering.

Brace yourself for hard times Malaysians


...continue here

http://malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=173612:malaysians-brace-yourselves-for-hard-times-talk-of-gst-is-real&Itemid=2#axzz2hPoaIdMN

Posted by xyxy8 > Oct 11, 2013 10:29 PM | Report Abuse

I found this passage in The Star, 10 Oct. 2013, page 6 under 'Digi"
"A key catalyst is the announcement of a business trust for
Digi's telecoms business. The company (Digi) is expected to announce its decision on a business trust by year-end.
Does this business trust involve GPacket??


...this is quite an indication.

‘Why I had to leave Malaysia’

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2013/10/11/why-i-had-to-leave-malaysia/

George Richard Hmmm..! All quiet on the evil and not so evil fronts!
11/10/2013 12:23

very correct indeed

ktsk88 , i c, so anbz is the one losing the most, anger & jealousy so call & ask everyone to sell?

Posted by king of stock > Oct 11, 2013 07:39 AM | Report Abuse

Akito ,this two invest in gp loss many money so tension


haahaahaa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrgpZ0fUixs


Asshole??

MasInvest left 0.2 cent wakakakakak anbz is melayu umno najib's kaki, melayu bodo bodo also never mind, he has government connection and bumiputra. Set trap GPACKET HANGUS IF DONT THROW TOMORROW WAKAKAKAK
11/10/2013 01:10


anbz?????? asshole?????