Kuan Yew sends reply to Abdullah

This is Singapore's attempt to destabilize politics in Malaysia and Indonesia. Their attempt to duplicate Israel's way of crushing their enemies is sub par. In addition, this is another attempt to temporarily divert attention from their plans to continue to kill off our effort to build Port Tanjung Pelepas and KLIA to steal more businesses from Singapore. What we need to ponder as Malaysians is this, what can Malaysia offer to the world in the future when we become net importer of oil? 87% of manufacturing work will be setup in China. Almost all IT outsourcing work will be in India. Will we be the provider of food to the world? We can't even be self-sufficient and have a RM1 billion-food bill. Will we be the batik center of the world? What kind of GDP will that generate? Will we be the next Biotech Nexus? How many scores of years and number of failures do Biotech ventures need to go through before hitting it in the bull's eye? Will we be the chosen logistical stop in South East Asia? This is more probable. All we need is another private air courier service, strengthen Senai, connect Senai to PTP, and ensure that the bridge linking Malaysia and Singapore is up to enable ships to by pass Singapore port.

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s founding father and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has written to Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi over his recent remarks about the Chinese being marginalised in Malaysia.

The Straits Times quoted Lee’s press secretary, Y. Y. Yeong as saying the letter was now with the Singapore High Commission in Kuala Lumpur.

“(It) is ready to be personally conveyed to Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi,” she said.

Abdullah wrote to Lee last week seeking clarification over the controversial remarks.

On Sept 15, Lee, 83, told a forum on good governance that the attitude of Malaysia and Indonesia towards the republic was shaped by the way they treated their Chinese communities.

“My neighbours both have problems with their Chinese. They are successful, they’re hardworking and therefore they are systematically marginalised, even in education.

“And they want Singapore, to put it simply, to be like their Chinese, compliant,” Lee had said.

The remarks drew protests from Malaysia and Indonesia, with the foreign ministries of both countries summoning Singaporean envoys to explain Lee’s remarks. – Bernama.

'Jihad' auto dealer ad upsets U.S. Muslims

CINCINNATI (Reuters) -- A car commercial proclaiming a jihad on the U.S. auto market and offering "Fatwa Fridays" with free swords for the kids is offensive and should not be aired, Muslim leaders said on Sunday.

The radio advertisement for the Dennis Mitsubishi car dealership in Columbus, Ohio, has "a whole jihad theme," said Adnan Mirza, director of the Columbus office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

"They are planning on launching a jihad on the automotive market and their representatives would be wearing burqas ... ," Mirza said. "They mentioned the pope in there and also about giving rubber swords out to the kiddies -- really just reprehensible-type comments."

Details of the radio ad, which has not yet been broadcast, have been reported in the local media, but officials at the dealership declined to comment about the content of the radio spot.

Two employees at the dealership said they had been deluged with calls about the commercial.

"The ad has has never been released, it is not out for public listening," said one employee who declined to give his name.

Mirza said several local radio stations had already rejected the ad and he hoped the controversy would convince the dealership to rethink its sales strategy.

"We've made it clear to this dealer that this campaign runs contrary to our company values and we strongly urged him not to run the campaign," Mitsubishi Motors North America said in a company statement released Monday afternoon. "The dealer has agreed not to run it."

Mirza said the Council on American-Islamic Relations would likely contact the dealer to "offer some kind of cultural or sensitivity awareness training."

New IGP on the roll

Tan Sri Musa spared no time to fight for the basic rights of our men in blue. RM650 as a constable! Yikes, so maids even get more than that and you expect these guys to patrol the streets 24 hours a day and stay clean all day. Funny thing is, even Datuk Johari Baharom missed the boat on this. He was too busy with the election in Kubang Pasu that he forgot to do his job. It's quite a rare occassion when your Minister supports a motion by the IGP, not the other way around. And please, Tan Sri KPPA, stop shooting the cops and give them some support. Yea, we understand that now you're saying hospital helpers get less than that, but they don't have to put their lives on the line for the public.

So we wait for our leadership to support this lonely man in blue.

PUTRAJAYA: The police want a salary revision to meet rising living costs and higher public expectations.

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said that low-ranking policemen, including constables, were now drawing a monthly salary of as little as RM650, putting them among the country's hardcore poor.

Musa: ‘A new salary scale is being studied and will be submitted to the ministry’

A salary review, he added, was necessary not only for these policemen to gain respect but also to prevent them from being enticed with money by criminals in exchange for not performing their duties.

“A new salary scale is being studied and will be submitted to the Internal Security Ministry,” Musa told newsmen here yesterday.

“I understand that we cannot ask too much from the Government as there are many people involved (in the force) but their salary is very low.”

The police had their last salary revision about 10 years ago.

GPMS Nafi Laporan Kaitkan Pihaknya Berkempen Di Kubang Pasu

Kuala Lumpur -- Gabungan Pelajar-Pelajar Melayu Semenanjung (GPMS) kecewa dan menafikan laporan di laman web alternatif yang mengaitkan GPMS dalam kempen pemilihan perwakilan untuk UMNO Bahagian Kubang Pasu yang akan berlangsung Sabtu ini.

Dalam satu kenyataan ringkas kepada laman webPemuda, Setiausaha Agungnya, Mohd Nardin Awang menafikan GPMS telah digunakan oleh pihak-pihak tertentu dalam UMNO untuk berkempen dari rumah ke rumah bagi memastikan bekas Presiden UMNO, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad tidak terpilih sebagai perwakilan untuk ke Perhimpunan Agung UMNO, November ini.

Sehubungan dengan itu jelas beliau tidak timbul isu GPMS menghantar ahli-ahlinya untuk turut serta dalam kempen 'anti-Mahathir' sebagaimana yang di laporkan dalam laman web tersebut.

"Agenda perjuangan GPMS berlandaskan kepada pendidikan. Justeru GPMS akan menumpukan kepada asas perjuangan GPMS dalam memperjuangkan dan menjaga hak-hak, mengemukakan segala permintaan dan memperbaiki keadaan pelajar-pelajar Melayu dari segenap lapisan", katanya.