No Pakatan Rakyat racism please

Below is writing by Mariam Mokhtar, "
Sunday, 16 January 2011 01:08
But Taib does not practise 1Malaysia
Written by  Mariam Mokhtar, Malaysia Chronicle

Taib Mahmud can’t possibly believe in Prime minister Najib Abdul Razak’s 1Malaysia. If he did, he would have chosen a Malaysian bride, better still a Sarawakian. Instead, he married a Syrian woman. Love is of course more important than racial origins.
Najib is due in Sarawak for a working visit this weekend and together with the First Lady, is expected to attend Taib’s wedding reception in Kuching.
The PM will join about 460 invited guests to mark Taib’s marriage to Ragad Waleed Alkurdi, from Syria. The spectacular ball will be a Who’s Who of South-East Asia perhaps. It is where Cinderella meets her prince’s chums.
Taib Mahmud remarried on December 18 last year and the akad nikah (solemnising of the marriage) was performed at his residence at Demak Jaya in Petra Jaya.
If Taib is accused of not practising Najib’s 1Malaysia, then he also stands accused of being too westernised.
The Press Secretary to the Chief Minister Jameson Ahip Nawie said, “This particular celebration will be a formal affair, where the male guests are expected to be attired in tuxedo suit.”
So what happened to the formal baju Melayu? Why are guests dressed to look like ‘penguins’? Is national costume not good enough for Taib?"

Amat sedih untuk membaca penulis Pakatan Rakyat Mariam Mokhtar untuk menulis dengan niat yang tidak baik seperti dalam artikel. "But Taib does not practise 1Malaysia".  Apakah salah atau dosa untuk Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud untuk bernikah dengan seorang Syria, seorang arab, seorang cina, seorang india atau seorang kadazan?

Adakah Mariam Mokhtar melayu tulen?  Atau melanau tulen, iban tulen atau kadazan tulen?  Saya pasti Mariam Mokhtar seperti ramai lagi rakyat Malaysia mempunyai sedikit darah campuran dalam dirinya.  Adakah Mariam Mokhtar akan bantah kalau anak atau anak buahnya mahu bernikah dengan seorang thai, arab, jerman atau amerika?

Adakah Mariam Mokhtar dan malaysia-chronicle.com "anti-western"?  Adakah sekarang Mariam Mokhtar akan putar balik (selama ini Mariam Mokhtar dan malaysia-chronicle.com mengecam segala budaya Melayu) dan menetang segala 'idea western'?Adakah Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud 'too westernized' jika setengah tamu memakai baju 'western?  Malangya ini juga satu lagi fitnah oleh Mariam Mokhtar dan malaysian-chronicle.com kerana beberapa tamu dalam Majlis Perkahwinan Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud ADA memakai baju kebangsaan atau 'formal baju melayu'.

Kenapa Mariam Mokhtar dan malaysia-chronicle.com mengaitkan pernikahan peribadi Pehin  Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud dengan idea 1Malaysia? Bukankah jodoh itu adalah pemilihan peribadi?  Amat tidak baik untuk memfitnah seseorang tidak menyokong 1Malaysia semata-mata kerana memilih pengantin bangsa lain.  Kalau mariam mokhtar dan malaysia-chronicle tidak menyokong konsep 1Malaysia dan memburuk-burukkan konsep itu suka hatilah tetapi jangan memfitnah orang lain.  Sila hormati kebahagiaan seseorang dalam waktu perkahwinannya dan jangan racuni dengan tohmahan atau fitnah.  Adakah Pehin Sri Abdul Taib pernah memfitnah atau mencaci perkahwinan Mariam Mokhtar atau anak-anaknya?  Janganlah begitu.  Bila sesiapa mengambil langkah murni untuk mencari kebahagiaan dengan bernikah sah, "please just wish them well and happiness".

As the saying goes, "If you have nothing good to say, don't say anything...".

Land titles for Tupong residents

The long awaited wish of some 600 people around Tupong to own the land which they are currently squattering on  is finally over as the government would hand them the land title on Jan 22.Among  those who would be receiving the deed are those from Kampung Tanjung, Kampung Sinjan, Kampung Tupong (Hulu, Tengah and Batu) and Kampung Gita (Laut, Baru, Lama and Tengah).
Speaking at a meet-the-people session at Kampung Gita Lama yesterday, Infrastructure Development Assistant Minister Datuk Daud Abdul Rahman said that most of the residents here and other villages in Tupong would be given the deeds to the land that they have been residing at a simple ceremony to be held this Jan 22.
“However, due to some technical mix up, some of the land titles could not be handed out yet as the land were categorised under the wrong section.”
Unable to disclose the number of affected lots, Daud, who is also Tupong assemblyman, added that the process to hand over the land titles would take quite some time as rectification was needed to go through certain process, but insisted that all the land should have been categorised under Section 18.
Further explaining to the people, he stated: “The process of measuring the land would take a while due to existing section and gazette. For example, lands under Section 13 are only for 60 years and its premium and leasing must be paid every year.
“Whereas, lands under Section 18 or ‘in perpetuity grant’ would not have any annual charges as it is considered Bumiputera Rights land. Therefore, I have asked that the land be categorised under Section 18 and the government has given its approval.”
He stressed that the handing over of land ownership shows that the government always put the people’s plight its priority and that it is never the government’s intention to give hardship to the ‘rakyat’.
“It is our responsibility to put the people’s need our priority in line with the 1Malaysia ‘People First, Performance  Now’  slogan.
“This is because the rakyat is our core business and   the people would ensure the government’s success,” he highlighted.
In addition, Daud also refuted claims by the opposition that constantly accused the government of only implementing projects when election is near.
He reminded that development is a continuous process and not only when election comes looming.
Also present were Science, Technology and Innovation Deputy Minister Datuk Fadillah Yusof, who is also Petra Jaya MP, and PBB Tupong branch deputy chief Zaidie Suhaili.

PM and Wife Attend Taib Wedding

KUCHING, Jan 15  — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor were the guest of honour at the ‘bersanding’ ceremony of Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud and Puan Sri Ragad
Waleed Al-Kurdi at Kompleks Dewan Undangan Negeri, Petra Jaya here tonight.
Also present were the Yang Di-Pertua Negeri, Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Abang Barieng and his wife Toh Puan Norkiah and other cabinet ministers.
Taib, 71, had wed Ragad Waleed, 31, from Syria on Dec 18.
Ragad Waleed, the daughter of Waleed and Khayam Al-Kurdi has two brothers and an elder sister.
The Chief Minister’s wife was born in Damsyik but migrated to Riyadh at a young age while her father died in 2003.

TBS terima RM366,160 zakat perniagaan Bernas

Tabung Baitulmal Sarawak (TBS) hari ini menerima zakat perniagaan sebanyak RM366,160 daripada Padiberas Nasional Berhad (Bernas) hasil keuntungan syarikat tersebut pada 2009.
Ketua Menteri Sarawak, Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud menyaksikan penyerahan zakat perniagaan tersebut daripada wakil Bernas iaitu Ahli Lembaga Pengarahnya, Datuk Azizan Ayob kepada Pengurus Besar TBS, Abang Mohd. Shibli Mohd. Nailie.
Pada majlis yang berlangsung di pejabat Ketua Menteri Sarawak di Wisma Bapa Malaysia di sini, Bernas turut menyampaikan sumbangan kepada Pertubuhan Kebajikan Anak-Anak Yatim (Peryatim) Sarawak sebanyak RM20,000 dan masing-masing RM5,000 kepada Badan Amal Tenaga Isteri-Isteri Menteri Sarawak serta Pertubuhan Kebajikan Islam Malaysia (Perkim) Sarawak.
"Sumbangan ini merupakan tanggungjawab sosial korporat syarikat kepada komuniti dan salah satu usaha Bernas untuk membantu golongan yang kurang bernasib baik," kata Azizan ketika ditemui pemberita selepas majlis tersebut.
Pada masa sama, Bernas turut menyumbangkan sejumlah RM50,000 kepada Unit Sukarelawan Pemuda Sarawak bagi membantu mangsa banjir di negeri ini.
Hadir sama pada majlis tersebut ialah Menteri Muda Hal Ehwal Islam Sarawak merangkap Pengerusi Peryatim, Datuk Daud Abdul Rahman; Pemangku Yang Dipertua Sabati, Puan Sri Empiang Jabu dan Pengerusi Perkim Cawangan Sarawak, Datin Hanifah Alsree Taib.
Sementara itu, Bernas diwakili Ketua Pegawai Kewangan, Ahmad Tramizi Mohamed Hariri; Pengurus Besar Kanan Sektor Perniagaan Malaysia Timur, Azhar Abdullah; Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Beras Corporation Sdn Bhd (BCSB), Mohd. Kamaluddin Mohd. Effendie dan Pengurus Besar Bahagian Hal Ehwal Korporat Bernas, Sabrina Yon.

I’m okay and ready to serve, says Daud

Tupong assemblyman Datuk Daud Abdul Rahman yesterday described speculation that he will not be re-nominated in the coming polls as “the work of an opportunist.”
“Speculation that I will not contest in the coming state election because of my health is the work of an opportunist,” he said. He told reporters thisafter he received a courtesy visit from students and officers from Laila Taib Orphanage Complex, at his office.Daud said he was already feeling well and ready to serve the people.He also felt that the electorates in the area still needed his services

“I am already feeling okay. Do I look not okay?” he asked, adding that we was leaving it to the chief minister and state Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud whether to decide on his political future.
Daud, who has served as an elected representative
for 20 years, said he was aware that many younger people were yearning to become elected representatives.
According to him, Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) will always look for quality leaders to lead and serve the people.
He noted that it was never easy to become an elected representative, particularly when the expectations and wisdom of the people had changed compared to 20 years back