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Minimum Wage Flip Flop Starts

Posted: 01 May 2012 03:22 AM PDT



  • KUANTAN: A focus committee will be set up to make adjustments to the minimum wage system for certain industries, said Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam.
  • issues that were specific to these sectors might arise from the absorption of part of the fixed allowances into the salary.
  • " lorry drivers' main income is trip-based .. or the textile industry where their workers' income is piece-rated. .. hotel employees receive low salaries but high service charges.
  • "The committee will sit down with all these industries and figure out the differences," said Dr Subramaniam 
  • ".. minimum wage is RM800, most employees in Sabah and Sarawak will actually get a doubled pay increment," he said, adding that any higher than that would have negative implications on small industries.
  • I want to challenge those irresponsible people who said the minimum wage should be RM1,500 to implement it in their own states. I am sure their factories will close down," he said.
  • it was stated in the Act that the amount would be revised every two years 


Only now the Gomen wants to set up a 'focus committee'?  I thought the Gomen had wide ranging talks with all industy sectors before implementing the Minimum Wages? Now they are already talking about making adjustments for some industry groups. I see plenty of loopholes coming up here. Plenty of bickering by the workers too. 

"most employees in Sabah and Sarawak will actually get a doubled pay increment" -  ok but will the oil palm trees in Sabah and Sarawak (the backbone of their economy) also double up their yield of fruits, just because the plantation employees will get a double pay increment?

If the workers pay increment doubles but the yield of fruits does not double in an industry where the market prices are determined at the international commodities markets then you are penalising the plantations. 

Will the Gomen be able to stop the inflow of cheap Indon labour or cheap Filipino labour into Sabah and Sarawak?  If you cannot stop the inflow, how are you going to promise job security for "high income" Minimum Wage Malaysian plantation workers?    

Kekawan Bloggers, lagi satu round 'head ache' bagi cyber troopers. Tak habis-habis.

Another Six Scandal

Posted: 01 May 2012 01:40 AM PDT

They say there is video. But for the time being there are only eight pictures.

There will be denials for certain. 

"Its not me."  
"I am not buncit." 
"My d*ck is not that small"

and etc. 

Go to Stop The lies here and check out for yourself.

There is some really high tech picture taking involved. 

Some of the shots are crystal clear. You cannot mistake the face.







There are two sets of four pictures each, obviously taken at different times and days.


You can see the actors wearing different clothes.  This means this apartment or house has been well rigged with cameras and someone has been taping this couple for quite some time.


There are cameras in the toilet, cameras facing the door, cameras in the living room.


Surely there must be cameras in the kitchen too - to see what they had after dinner.

Lets wait for the video. 

Chinese Boy Gets Thrown Out Of Anwar's PC

Posted: 30 Apr 2012 08:37 PM PDT

Anwar Ibrahim - R.I.P. 28/04/2012

Posted: 30 Apr 2012 06:33 AM PDT


This is taken from Rocky's Bru and Apanama's Blog.  The tombstone is courtesy of Jeffri D.  Pictures are from  The Unspinners Blog plus other Blogs.


The Police line facing the unruly mob.



The Police running away from the mob!!
See for yourself.




The mob chasing after the Police !! 



The FRU water cannon covers the retreating Police



Picture below :  Mob holds Policeman by the neck. Policeman is bleeding.


Police bike trashed. Why?


This article here was written by one Lim Chee Wei.


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Chaos and the Beginning of the END

By Lim Chee Wei
29 April 2012

An obituary is something that is not easy to right. One never knows what to say as consoling those that have lost a loved one is nearly always an exercise in futility. The violence and chaos rained down by thousands of bused in Opposition members led by Keadilan's Deputy President Azmin Ali yesterday was the final nail in the coffin of the political life of his mentor, Anwar Ibrahim. 
I am not a fortuneteller but the writing is clearly on the wall. This is the beginning of the end of the political career of Anwar Ibrahim which has spanned more than 40 years. What should have been the natural support base of Pakatan Rakyat marching in KL on Saturday now, more than ever, has begun to count the toll of damage Anwar has done to the argument that all rallies are peaceful. 
The advent of a full democracy in Malaysia is not dependent on Ambiga's unreasonable demands for the resignation of the entire Election Commission or the implementation of all reforms demanded before the next GE. Full democracy in Malaysia is dependent on the setting up of a sustainable and viable two-party system.

People seeing Anwar lose control and sending his storm troopers in to destroy everything in their way has led many peacefully marching to believe that for democracy to face the BN, Anwar has got to go.  
The sheer desperation and willingness to cause the BN political damage at any costs, even causing damage and injury, shows that Anwar knows this GE is his LAST chance. It is the final salvo of one of the most divisive figures in Malaysia's political history. Anwar will be 65 this year and waiting for the 14th election will see him just a shade under 70. This is his time, after GE13, it will be the time of the true leaders of Pakatan.

Younger leaders who don't want their families to dominate their parties, who are not singularly driven by a desire for power to take revenge on Tun Mahathir etc. and leaders who don't have the baggage that a former Deputy President of UMNO will always surely have. 
It is sad to see an otherwise intelligent man blind to the fact that he will never be Prime Minister. The destructiveness he unleashed on Kuala Lumpur this weekend is the final act of desperation of a man hoping in vain that he has still got one final act to play. What he does not realize is that his audience has left and moved on to something, or someone, that far more closely resembles an ideal of leadership with which they want to spend time and watch. 
Datuk Ambiga herself conceded that the Police acted after the political segments of the rally intimidated and attacked the Police. In her own attempt to salvage what has become an irreparable situation of chaos and violence, she naively asks the Government to think about why some people would act so extremely. 

The motives of men smashing cars lies not in a desire for electoral reform. Rather, they were doing so because Anwar told them to do so. 

He told them to do so because he knew that if they rained chaos on the streets, the Police would be forced to act. Only then would his friends in the foreign media be able to dedicate many minutes of coverage to chaos in yet another Muslim majority country. 
Datuk Ambiga has to take some of the responsibility despite her attempts to ask the crowd to disperse before the trouble started. She herself repeatedly requested PAS and Keadilan to bulk up her numbers in the event that ordinary non-partisan Malaysians did not show up. It is as clear as day that Bersih has been entirely taken over by the Opposition. This could have been avoided if Datuk Ambiga never started on that slippery slope of sharing the Bersih stage with Anwar in particular. 

I am Chinese and the first trait of my people is pragmatism which is why we felt that there needed to be a much stronger Opposition in 2008 given the wanton corruption and abuses of the BN then. Pakatan would do well not to take my pragmatism for granted for this way of thinking does not know political loyalties. Chaos and desperation are not pragmatic. For the first time since 2008, Anwar does not seem like a pragmatic choice for Prime Minister. 
Democratic progress is NOT upturned cars on the streets and vigilante rowdies running riot in our cities. Democratic progress is the setting up of a true two party system. Pakatan needs a real leader who believes in the ideals of democracy and has NEVER practiced otherwise. With this, I hereby write the beginning of the end of Anwar Ibrahim's political career on 28 April 2012.

p.s. The foreign media were among the most frustrated by the outcome of Bersih 3, I think. They wanted to see violence against the people. They wanted Tahrih Square and Tianeman. They were hoping for police brutality (read here, Aljazeera's reporter reading from a prepared script) They did not expect images and footages like these:

YAB PM - Hold Off The Minimum Wage

Posted: 30 Apr 2012 05:05 AM PDT

Tomorrow is Labour Day. The PM said he will announce the Minimum Wage tomorrow. 

I hope it is not too late to remind the PM - please hold off the announcement and the implementation of any minimum wage policies.  There is no harm postponing it six months or 12 months. More study and discussion is needed. 

Many relevant groups have not been properly consulted especially the employers and the chambers of commerce. The Chinese Chamber (undoubtedly the largest providers of employment in the country), the international chambers of commerce, the American chamber of commerce, the Japanese investors all have their views about Minimum Wage.

The Government has not listened well to everyone on this Minimum Wage issue. Just like the PPSMI as well - where the Government never spoke to the parents and the teachers involved.

No one is rioting in the streets demanding for minimum wages.  Minimum wages are going to anegatively affect many small bumiputra businesses. Yes the bumiputra enterprise is still largely warong type, mini markets and small enterprises. If you impose Minimum Wages, you are going to kill too many of these businesses.

If Minimum Wages are to be based on geographical location - across the Klang River higher or lower wages and such, it is going to cause more chaos. Jobs and businesses will migrate to the lower minimum wage area.

The cost of living is going up. The figure by Bank Negara that the CPI is aroun 3% is grossly inaccurate. With Minimum Wages imposed, the CPI will jump even more.

Eventually whatever is gained by implementing Minimum Wages will be lost again through inflation and higher prices. The consumer will be back to square one. 

If the Gomen is going to impose Minimum Wages immediately, please have the General Elections asap, because if you impose minimum wages, there will be some chaos and turbulence in the economy within months.  Dont say I did not warn you. 
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