مهاتير محمد's Blog, page 51

Anti Hadis

1.      Saya tahu tulisan saya ini tidak akan dibaca oleh orang yang menghukum saya sebagai anti-hadis. Orang lain juga akan dilarang membaca tulisan ini. Mereka yang menghukum saya takut kalau-kalau hukuman mereka dipersoal. Mereka hendak segala-gala yang diperkatakan oleh mereka diterima bulat-bulat sebagai fatwa yang wajib diterima seperti firman Allah s.w.t. dalam Al-Quran.

2.      Orang yang benar, berani. Orang yang takut, takut kerana salah atau mungkin didapati salah.

3.      Memberi label dan mengecap orang apabila kita tidak bersetuju dengannya memanglah satu cara orang yang tidak sanggup berhujah. Terima sahajalah apa yang didakwa oleh mereka tanpa berfikir. Jangan guna akal fikiran yang dikurniakan oleh Allah s.w.t. kerana ini kononnya  dilarang oleh agama Islam.

4.      Saya sekarang dilabel, iaitu diberi gelaran atau dicap anti-hadis kerana kononnya saya sudah jadi penyokong Kassim Ahmad yang telah diberi gelaran yang sama.

5.      Saya juga diberitahu bahawa sebagai seorang yang tidak tahu bahasa Arab maka saya tidak berhak bercakap berkenaan agama Islam.

6.      Hari ini kita lihat ummat Islam berpecah, bermusuh sesama mereka, berperang dan membuat kerja orang Yahudi dan Nasrani. Siapakah yang membawa malapetaka ini kepada orang Islam dan Negara-negara mereka. Bukankah mereka fasih dalam bahasa Arab bahkan penasihat dan pemimpin mereka terpelajar dengan dalamnya ajaran Islam dalam Al-Quran dan hadis Nabi. Saya sendiri sering mendengar mereka dari kedua-dua belah, mengeluarkan ayat Quran dan hadis bagi menghalalkan perbuatan mereka.

7.      Ya, saya tak tahu bahasa Arab. Justeru itu saya terpaksa terima apa sahaja yang diajar kepada saya dalam bahasa Melayu sebagai ajaran Islam. Apakah kerana saya menerima Islam dalam bahasa Melayu maka ia bukan Islam. Apakah saya tidak Islam. Apakah lafaz dua kalimah syahadat oleh saya tidak boleh diterima.

8.      Selain dari khatam Quran semasa umur belasan tahun, saya baca terjemahan Quran dalam bahasa Melayu dan Inggeris. Ya, memang terjemahan Quran bukan Quran. Tetapi bolehkah kita kata terjemahan ajaran Islam yang diajar kepada kita dalam bahasa Melayu bukan Islam? Jika apa yang disampaikan dlam bahasa Melayu berkenaan agama Islam bukan Islam, majoriti orang Melayu bukanlah Islam.

9.      Saya dan rakan-rakan saya pernah dihukum kafir kerana sebagai ahli parti tertentu telah bekerjasama dengan orang kafir. Tidak ada siapa yang fasih berbahasa Arab dan mendalami ajaran Islam yang mempertahankan saya apabila dituduh kafir. Mungkin sebabnya ialah mereka bersetuju saya kafir.

10.    Kemudian orang yang mengkafirkan saya bekerjasama dan berpeluk-peluk dengan orang kafir. Tetapi tidak ada orang yang mendalami agama Islam yang fasih berbahasa Arab mendakwa mereka ini kafir. Saya tertanya-tanya apakah kelebihan mereka? Apakah mereka maksum?

11.    Orang yang fasih berbahasa Arab dan mengenal diri sendiri  sebagai ulama Islam dan mursyid telah berkata ia sanggup bekerjasama dengan syaitan jika syaitan menyokongnya. Orang yang fasih berbahasa Arab dan tahu larangan dalam Al-Quran terhadap bekerjasama dengan syaitan, tidak membuat tuduhan apa-apa, jauh sekali dari memberi apa-apa label kepadanya. Kenapa?

12.    Bukan sahaja orang Arab yang fasih bahasa Arab yang berpecah dan bermusuh sesama Islam, tetapi di Malaysia juga perpecahan berlaku apabila orang yang digelar ulama dan fasih dalam bahasa Arab memisahkan diri dan memecahkan perpaduan orang Islam kerana tidak dapat tempat di dunia, tidak dipilih jadi Yang Berhormat. Sehingga sekarang perpecahan ini berlaku. Maka lemahlah orang Islam dan terpaksalah mereka mengemis untuk mendapat sokongan orang bukan Islam. Maka berpeluk-peluklah mereka. Tidak ada ulama yang berkecuali yang mendesak supaya semua orang Islam bersatupadu dan bersaudara semula.

13.    Orang yang sama juga mendakwa bahawa Allah s.w.t. mencarut. Tiada siapa dari orang yang fasih berbahasa Arab dan tahu secara mendalam ajaran Islam yang menyangkal dakwaan ini. Mungkin ada hadis yang berkata demikian. Saya belum jumpa. Sila tunjuk kepada saya hadis yang berkata Tuhan mencarut.

14.    Dalam ajaran Islam, ada yang wajib dan ada yang sunnat. Kita diberitahu yang sunnat boleh kita terima dan tunaikan tetapi tidaklah kita bersalah jika kita tidak tunaikan. Tetapi ada gesaan bahawa yang sunnat itu wajib dan mesti diterima dan diamalkan walaupun bercanggah dengan firman Tuhan dalam Al-Quran.

15.    Hadis adalah sunnah Nabi. Saya ingin tahu samada hadis wajib dan mesti diterima. Betulkan saya.

16.    Apa pula dengan orang yang utamakan hadis dari firman Allah s.w.t. yang terdapat dalam Al-Quran yang kita terima sebagai wahyu dari Allah s.w.t. Berkenaan dengan zina, apakah hukum yang terdapat dalam Al-Quran. Dan apakah yang terdapat dalam hadis. Yang manakah lebih utama, wahyu dan firman Allah s.w.t. atau hadis yang diriwayatkan oleh beberapa keturunan manusia biasa, yang dikaji, disah atau ditolak oleh pakar hadis yang juga manusia biasa 200 tahun kemudian. Salahkah jika kita pilih Al-Quran yang jelas dan satu yang tidak berbeza-beza dan oleh itu tidak merejam dan menembak mati dengan mesingun perempuan yang dituduh berzina.

17.    Bukankah Allah s.w.t. telah berpesan berpuluh kali bahawa “apabila kamu hukum, hukumlah dengan adil”. Allah s.w.t. juga sebut sebagai tidak suka akan kezaliman.

18.    Apakah melabel iaitu menghukum seseorang selepas membaca akhbar atau mendengar lapuran T.V. mencerminkan keadilan yang dituntut dalam Islam. Apakah tanpa memberi peluang kepada yang tertuduh untuk mempertahankan diri, adil di sisi agama Islam. Apakah tanpa membincang dan membahas oleh badan yang dipertanggungjawabkan seperti mahkamah, yang terdiri dari orang yang tidak berkepentingan, adalah cara Islam mengadil.

19.    Kita lihat akan betapa buruknya keadaan umat Islam sekarang. Apakah ini kerana sudah ditakdirkan bahawa orang Islam akan ditindas dan agama Islam dihina.

20.    Tidakkah Allah s.w.t. berfirman dalam Al-Quran bahawa Allah tidak akan menukar nasib sesiapa jika ia tidak berusaha menukar nasibnya sendiri.

 

21.    Jika kita ingin menukar nasib dan kita berusaha sehingga terselamat diri kita, bolehkah kita kata ini bukan takdir, atau ini bertentangan dengan kehendak Allah s.w.t.

22.    Kita tahu adanya hadis yang sahih dan yang lemah Apabila hadis berbeza atau bertentangan dengan firman Allah s.w.t. dalam Al-Quran, yang mana satukah yang kita harus terima? Jika kita pegang kepada Al-Quran, apakah ini salah.

23.    Apakah kita wajib terima apa saja yang disampaikan oleh orang yang berbahasa Arab yang mempelajari agama walaupun jelas bertentangan dengan ajaran Islam dalam Al-Quran dan hadis. Apakah kita mesti iktiraf siapa sahaja yang mendakwa dirinya sebagai ulama. Apakah semua ahli persatuan ulama benar-benar ulama.

24.    Amatlah merbahaya dan mengelirukan apabila sesiapa sahaja, hanya kerana fasih dalam bahasa Arab dan mendapat ijazah sarjana dalam bidang agama Islam, diberi gelaran ulama.

25.    Perpecahan umat Islam kepada berbagai mazhab adalah disebabkan oleh orang seperti ini. Pengikut mereka turun temurun bermusuh dan membunuh. Tidak ada toleransi di kalangan mereka sedangkan Al-Quran tidak suruh kita bermusuh walaupun dengan penganut agama lain, melainkan mereka bermusuh dengan kita. Kepada mereka agama mereka. Lemahnya umat Islam dan terhinanya agama Islam ialah kerana ajaran mereka yang tidak boleh ditegur, yang tuntut kesetiaan yang tidak berbelah-bahagi hanya kepada mereka.

26.    Saya tahu bahawa jawapan kepada tulisan saya ini ialah saya anti-hadis, anti Al-Quran bahkan kafir.

27.    Saya tidak lama lagi akan pergi menemui Tuhan saya, Allah s.w.t. Saya akan diadili oleh Kadzi Rabbul Jalil. Saya tidak tahu apakah akan disahkan segala tuduhan terhadap saya atau tidak. Tetapi yang saya tahu dan yakin ialah pengadilan oleh Allah s.w.t. tetap adil. Dan saya terima apa sahaja hukum yang dijatuhkan ke atas saya.

BOYCOTT ISRAELI PRODUCTS

1. Europeans have supported Israel since its formation 60 years ago. After all Israel was created by the Europeans. As a result they close their eyes to all the undemocratic and inhuman deeds of the Israelis.

2. Now a group of Europeans have formed a Non-Government Organisation to fight injustice. And they consider the Israeli settlements built on Palestinian land as against international law.

3. Al Jazeera in its Inside Story series hosted a debate between two Jews and one Palestinian. But one of the Jews, a former head of the Israeli Parliament, the Knesset, was not blindly supportive of Israeli settlements.

4. The pro-Israeli Jew came up with some idiotic arguments against the boycott of Israeli products made on the settlements. He insisted that it was wrong if it was meant to force Israelis to abandon the settlements, as the objective is political i.e. to force Israel to give up the settlement and to have peace with the Palestinians.

5. He described the Palestinian prisoners who were released recently as murderers. I don’t remember trials in Israeli courts for the 10,000 Palestinians incarcerated in Israeli jails at any one time for years and years.

6. I suppose the murder charges were based on rocket and bomb attacks said to be launched by the Palestinians. But what about Israeli attacks against Palestinian towns and villages, killing thousands and razing to the ground whole villages. What about the bulldozers which reduced houses to rubble often while their occupants were still inside?

7. The Israelis built roads through Palestinian land but do not allow the Palestinians to use them.

8. Israelis build high walls through Palestinian land and villages, separating Palestinian families from each other

9. The Palestinians have no rights in their own land. They cannot even call their country “Palestine”. They can only refer to themselves as the “Palestinian Authority”. Those who live in Israel proper have no rights yet Israel claims to be the only democracy in the Middle East.

10. As to Israeli claim that the boycott of Israeli goods is wrong, what about Israeli blockade of Gaza which resulted in the Israeli navy stopping relief vessels in international waters and killing 9 Turkish humanitarian workers? This is blatantly against international law.

11. If Israelis can do that, why cannot those fighting injustice boycott Israeli goods?

12. I think the whole world in the interest of justice should boycott doing business with Israel. This is truly a pariah state which is immoral and beyond the pale of human laws.

RINGGIT WEAKENING BADLY

I would like to share an email sent to me by Andrew Tang andrewtang69@gmail.com expressing concern on the riggit. Do you agree with his view?

Dear Tun,

I am truly amaze by your past achievements in bringing high growth to Malaysia a PM.Of late I am worry to see our RM weakening by so much while othe SEA has remain stable versus US dollar…is the government spending too much with not much revenue due to slower growth and foreign investing? I plead with you Tun to lead BN again and reinstate back Malaysia to its glory days…A weak RM couple with rising petrol price and subsidy cut back is not the solution…we should create more growth, spend wisely (the govnment) and bring up the standard our education so that all the hard work and benefits to the nation from our fathers and grand fathers can be pass on to futher generation..please do something..Malaysia PASTI boleh bukan saja boleh..proud to be a Malaysian..Salam hormat and Selamat Malam..29/1/2014

Ringgit is weakening badly

I would like to share an email sent to me by Andrew Tang andrewtang69@gmail.com expressing concern on the riggit. Do you agree with his view?

Dear Tun,

I am truly amaze by your past achievements in bringing high growth to Malaysia a PM.Of late I am worry to see our RM weakening by so much while othe SEA has remain stable versus US dollar…is the government spending too much with not much revenue due to slower growth and foreign investing? I plead with you Tun to lead BN again snd reinstate back Malaysia to its glory days…A weak RM couple with rising petrol price and subsidy cut back is not the solution…we should create more growth, spend wisely (the govnment) and bring up the standard our education so that all the hard work and benefits to the nation from our fathers and grand fathers can be pass on to futher generation..please do something..Malaysia PASTI boleh bukan saja boleh..proud to be a Malaysian..Salam hormat and Selamat Malam..29/1/2014

SELAMAT TAHUN BARU CINA

Saya dan Isteri mengucapakn Selamat Tahun Baru Cina kepada semua rakyat Malaysia khususnya pembaca blog ini.

POLIS ISLAM

1. Cadangan untuk mengadakan polis Islam untuk menguatkuasakan undang-undang Islam perlu dikaji dengan mendalam.

2. Undang-undang Islam di negeri-negeri Malaysia tidak sama. Pelaksanaannya juga tidak sama. Pelawat ke negeri-negeri yang berbeza undang-undang Islam akan terjebak dengan amalan-amalan yang berbeza dengan amalan di negerinya.

3. Persepsi berkenaan dengan amalan-amalan oleh orang Islam juga tidak sama. Penguatkuasa akan lebih terpengaruh dengan persepsi ini, bahkan oleh persepsinya sendiri. Anggota polis tidak mungkin terdiri daripada yang arif dalam agama Islam. Diantara ulama pun terdapat perbezaan pendapat.

4. Di sebuah negeri wanita dengan lelaki perlu diasingkan di pasar umpamanya. Akan ada wanita yang membeli-belah bersama suami. Apakah mereka mesti diasingkan bila membeli-belah?

5. Di negeri lain tudung mungkin diwajibkan. Seluar mungkin terlalu ketat. Soalnya setakat mana longgar yang dibenar oleh polis?

6. Kita akan dapati anggota polis Islam mempunyai pandangan yang tersendiri. Yang ortodoks mungkin lebih keras daripada yang lain. Tindakan yang diambil bergantung kepada pandangan mereka. Bagi sesetengah, pelanggaran undang-undang Islam sudah berlaku dan tangkapan perlu dibuat. Bagi yang lain, mungkin tidak. Semakin lama semakin ketat tafsiran berkenaan undang-undang Islam. Sesiapa yang tidak bersetuju dengan kerasnya sesuatu tafsiran tidak akan berani menyuarakan pendapat kerana takut dituduh tidak Islam.

7. Negara kita menerima ramai pelancong dari luar negeri. Pakaian mereka berbeza-beza. Polis akan tahan pelancong untuk bertanya mereka Islam atau tidak. Jika Islam mereka akan ditangkap atau diheret ke Jabatan Polis Islam. Pelancong bukan Islam tidak akan senang dengan disoal oleh polis.

8. Ada yang akan berkata pedulikan. Ini Negara Islam. Tetapi kekurangan pelancong akan mempunyai kesan buruk kepada ramai, termasuk yang bekerja.

9. Pelancong pula akan ke negeri-negeri Melayu yang berbeza bukan sahaja undang-undang Islam mereka, tetapi akan pandangan, amalan dan tafsiran akan undang-undang ini.

10. Kita mempunyai penduduk pelbagai agama. Pakaian dan tingkah-laku mereka tidak sama. Tentulah aneh jika mereka boleh buat apa sahaja tanpa sebarang tindakan.

11. Tentu akan ada desakan yang bukan Islam juga perlu dipengaruhi dengan piawaian Islam. Maka akan berlakulah ketegangan antara orang Islam dan bukan Islam.

12. Kita sudah lihat di sebuah negara jiran yang mempunyai polis Islam dan masalah yang dihadapi oleh mereka.

13. Yang harus diperlakukan ialah didikan tentang sifat-sifat yang perlu ada pada orang Islam di Malaysia. Kita lihat jenayah seperti rogol, buang bayi, penagihan dadah dan bermacam lagi jenayah lebih melibatkan orang Islam. Yang perlu ditangani ialah masalah-masalah ini. Kenapakah orang Islam yang terlibat dan kurang benar orang bukan Islam yang terlibat? Undang-undang sama tetapi perlakuan jenayah tidak sama. Tentu ada sebab.

14. Saya berpendapat sementara orang Islam diajar untuk mengamalkan ibadah-ibadah tertentu, mereka tidak disemai dengan nilai hidup, kewajiban dan larangan Islam seperti tidak mengambil benda yang bukan kepunyaan kita, mengawal nafsu, menghormati ibubapa dan keluarga dan bermacam lagi.

15. Ibubapa sekarang tidak berupaya mendidik anak. Sekolah yang perlu ambilalih tugas ini.

16. Mengadakan polis Islam tidak akan menyelesaikan masalah-masalah orang Islam. Secara terus-terang saya menyatakan saya tidak bersetuju dengan cadangan ini. Saya sembahyang, puasa, keluar zakat dan buat kerja haji bukan kerana polis akan tangkap saya jika saya tidak. Saya mengucap dua kalimah syahadah juga bukan kerana takut ditangkap. Saya tunaikan apa yang diwajibkan keatas saya kerana saya beragama Islam, kerana kepercayaan dan iman.

17. Tidak ada paksaan dalam Islam. Janganlah kita jadikan agama Islam agama “Police State”.

MULTIRACIALISM IN MALAYSIA

1. Malaysia is a multiracial country. It is multiracial in the true sense of the word. This is because Malaysian nationals retain their identification with their countries of origin or where their forebears came from. In no other country with a large number of citizens of foreign origin do we see this retention of previous identities.

2. Initially, during the time of negotiation between the communities for independence, there was some expectation of assimilation into a single Malayan identity. But the resistance was too strong and the leaders gave in so as to get every race to support the quest for independence. Not only should the original identity be maintained but the language, culture and media of instruction in schools should also be maintained.

3. Faced with this reality the leaders of the different races at that time decided on a formula for sharing political power between the races instead. This was to be done by the formation of a coalition of race-based parties. But these parties should work together as a coalition. And so the Alliance consisting of UMNO, MCA and MIC was formed.

4. It worked for a time. But sharing political power was not enough. What about the economy. Initially the leadership believed that all the Malays wanted was to work as salaried workers in the Government.

5. The Chinese were expected to just do business. In those days business meant being shop-keepers. Big business was in the hands of the Europeans.

6. This picture of the Malays being in the Government and the Chinese continuing to be shop-keepers was quite simplistic but it was believed this would be the permanent feature of Malaysia. Not much thought was given to the increase in the Malay population or the wealth to be gained in the economic sector when the Europeans leave.

7. This sharing only of political power did not last. The Malays wanted the wealth from business and the non-Malays wanted the employment opportunities at the highest level in the Government. And so in the 1969 Elections support for the Alliance coalition was not forthcoming. The Alliance won but despite the lower house having an increase in number of seats from 104 to 144, the Alliance won only 74 seats, the same as when the total number of seats was 104 in 1964.

8. Serious riots took place with damage to property and loss of lives. Apparently the formula of sharing between the races in the political field alone was not enough. But the Malay leaders during the rule by the National Operations Council continued to believe in sharing political power. But they also accepted that there was a need to share economic wealth also.

9. The coalition was accordingly enlarged so as to bring in more non-Malays. The National Front which replaced the Alliance included the Chinese – based Gerakan, the Chinese supported Indian – led PPP of Perak, the Sarawak United Peoples Party (Chinese). PAS and the native-based parties of Sarawak also joined the National Front.

10. Having resolved the problem of political power sharing, attention was turned to the sharing of economic wealth. For this the New Economic Policy was enunciated with the objectives of (a) eradicating poverty irrespective of race and (b) eliminating the identification of race with economic functions.

11. Parliament was reconvened in 1972 and the new Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition adopted the New Economic Policy. The majority of the people endorsed the sharing of political power and economic wealth through giving the BN two-thirds majorities in all the Elections from 1974 to 2004.

12. The DAP refused to join the coalition and for a time made up the sole opposition. Obviously it did not agree to the sharing of political power and economic wealth between the races in Malaysia. But DAP’s refusal failed to destabilise the country. Consequently for 30 years Malaysia enjoyed rapid growth. Although the NEP target was not achieved, no one can deny that the economic disparities between the races had been reduced. As for the sharing of political power, the acceptance of many opposition parties into the Government and their involvement in policy making reflect the reality of the political change between the Alliance Coalition and the National Front Coalition.

13. After winning the biggest majority ever (199 out of 222), the BN Government decided to accede to “popular” demands and adopted a more liberal attitude towards both politics and the economic sector. In other words the idea of fair sharing of political power and economic wealth between the different races should be terminated.

14. It believed that this would make it more popular. The opposition would have no issues with which to attack the BN.

15. But in the 2008 Elections it was manifestly clear that the BN had lost popularity instead.

16. It scored less than two-thirds for the first time since 1969, gaining only 140 of the 222 seats. The pro-sharing Malays were dismayed but despite changing their leader, they found that the trend towards liberalisation remained.

17. The belief of the new leadership was that Chinese support would come back if the sharing policies of the NEP were not implemented.

18. Despite obviously rejecting the sharing principle, support for the BN did not return. Instead the DAP dangled before the Chinese the possibility of having both political and economic dominance. This was deemed possible because the Malays had split into three parties and each one of them needed Chinese support in order to win. The Chinese had the deciding vote and were in a position to give victory only to those who believe in throwing out the sharing concept.

19. The slogan coined “Ini kalilah” (this time we can) was used to indicate that political power could be wrested from the BN and the opposition would form the next Government. This opposition Government would discard the sharing principle.

20. Many non-Malay supporters of the BN component parties were convinced that by withdrawing their support the BN would lose and so would the idea of sharing political and economic power between the races.

21. In the event the BN managed to scrape through with a reduced majority, principally through the support of Malays and other indigenous people.

22. Taking advantage of liberalisation and the weakened BN Government, the conflict between the races heated up. The situation in Malaysia is tense as never before.

23. The people show no respect for the Government.

24. Malaysians by and large are not violent people. But for how long can Malaysia remain stable in the face of persistent violation of the good understanding and the sharing of power between the races.

25. Malaysian, be they Malays, Chinese, Indians or the native of Sabah and Sarawak must banish from their minds the idea of racial dominance. This country must be shared and shared fair by all the races.

PROTON

1. Perasaan rendah diri (inferiority complex) rakyat Malaysia sukar dikikis.

2. Pengenalan slogan “Malaysia Boleh” berjaya sedikit sebanyak meningkatkan kepercayaan rakyat Malaysia akan kebolehan mereka. Tetapi masih ramai yang anggap orang lain terutama yang berkulit putih serba boleh sehingga tidak percaya ada apa-apa kelemahan pada mereka.

3. Dalam bidang pembuatan kereta, British sudah tidak berupaya lagi. Jenama seperti Morris, Singer, Standard, Austin, sudah megaku kalah dan tidak dikeluarkan lagi. Kereta mewah British yang ada seperti Rolls Royce, Bentley dimiliki dan dibuat oleh orang Jerman. Jaguar dan Rover dimiliki oleh Tata, India.

4. Di Amerika Syarikat, Detroit, bandar otomobil yang dahulu mengeluarkan berjuta-juta kereta sekarang sudah bankrap dan tidak lagi mengeluarkan apa-apa kereta. Semua kilang ditutup dan pekerja berpindah ke tempat lain.

5. Kita akui Jepun dan Korea sudah jadi pengeluar kereta berkualiti.

6. Tetapi hanya 30 tahun dahulu kereta Jepun dikatakan dibuat dari tin Milo, dan kualitinya amat rendah. Kereta Korea juga tidak dapat dijual di Malaysia dan di pasaran dunia kerana kualiti rendah.

7. Sekarang China mengeluarkan kereta dan kita import kereta mereka. Tetapi tak ramai orang Malaysia membeli kereta China. Satu hari kita semua akan beli kereta China kerana ia tidak diperbuat oleh orang Malaysia.

8. Proton berusia 28 tahun. Tetapi kereta pertamanya laris di jual dan hingga kini masih dilihat di jalan-jalan. Memanglah kualiti kurang baik pada mula tetapi pengeluaran Saga pertama diteruskan hampir 15 tahun kerana permintaan daripada rakyat Malaysia.

9. Ada kala kecacatan terdapat seperti cermin tingkap tidak dapat dibuka atau ditutup. Proton dapat sistem cermin otomatik dari pembekal asing. Hari ini masalah ini tidak ada lagi. Lain-lain kecacatan juga sudah diperbaiki. Perkara seperti ini berlaku juga kepada jenama Jepun hingga terpaksa ditarik balik ratusan ribu. Sesiapa pun di Malaysia tidak berhenti membeli jenama Jepun ini. Sebabnya kerana buatan bukan Malaysia.

10. Jangan perkecil kebolehan jurutera dan pekerja Malaysia – terutama Melayu. Mereka berkebolehan. Jika dipimpin oleh pengurusan cekap, hasil keluaran mereka amat baik. Tetapi kadang-kadang pengurusan tidak begitu cekap dan banyaklah masalah yang memberi nama buruk kepada Proton.

11. Sila cuba kereta Proton terkini, Preve dan Suprima S. Alatan yang dipasang lebih baik dan berfungsi juga lebih baik dari Proton dahulu, bahkan jenama lain.

12. Tentulah harga dinaikkan sedikit tetapi masih lebih murah dari jenama lain.

13. Kikislah kepercayaan bahawa kita, terutamanya Melayu adalah bangsa yang jahil dan tidak berkebolehan. Kita boleh. Yang menyebabkan kita kadang-kadang kurang berjaya bukan kerana tidak boleh, tetapi kerana tidak mahu. Sikap pelanggan yang tidak yakin akan kebolehan kita juga melemahkan semangat pekerja kita.

14. Manusia mana pun yang mendapat kemahiran akan jadi cekap. Kalau tidak diberi peluang mendapat kemahiran, yang pintar pun tidak dapat membukti kepakaran mereka.

15. Belaku adillah kepada barangan dan pekerja kita.

CORRUPTION

1. We need laws to punish corrupt people and to deter others from accepting bribes. But actually it is very difficult to catch corrupt personnel in Government or in business. It is even more difficult to prove corruption in a court of law. Most corrupt people escape unpunished.

2. Perhaps it is better to try and prevent corruption from taking place rather than to try to catch them after the fact. Actually the best way to prevent corruption is to instil in everyone the belief that corruption is wrong, that it is a crime and a sin. Most of us do not steal not because we are afraid or being caught and punished but because we know it is wrong. Similarly we will reject bribes if it is instilled in us that it is wrong. Unfortunately today it is difficult to instil good values in our children because, for most of us, less quality time is spent with them. And so many would accept bribes or offer bribes because we do not see it as wrong, as being a sin in our religion. We think and we believe that everyone is doing it and we would lose if we don’t do it. Self-restrain and self-discipline cannot be relied upon to curb corruption.

3. But it is possible to make corruption very difficult by removing temptations and opportunities.

4. Opportunities for corruption arise because of the need for interaction between those with authority and the public. The authorities need to process and approve all kinds of requests or proposals from the public. It is a kind of power and as we know power corrupts. If the authorised person reject or delay, the applicants may want to offer bribes to expedite or to approve.

5. Although we believe that the conditions or reasons for approval or disapproval have been determined and fixed for every kind of request or proposal, actually they are not. Where they are, they are quite vague and not precise. This gives rise to discretion on the part of those with authority. They may reject or at least delay as they like. The applicants may then offer bribes. If the reasons for approval or rejections are clear and precise there will be no room for discretion. It will either be approved or rejected. Should the authority reject or disapprove when it is clear that the conditions or requirements have all been fulfilled, then it would be easily detected.

6. The applicants generally would not dispute the decision made by the authority or complain because of delay. If rejected or delayed he would be tempted to bribe. This holds less danger for him than challenging the authority. He may need to deal with the same authority again or with his colleagues. They can create all kinds of trouble for him. But when the conditions for approval are simple and made known to the public, the authority will be exposing himself to his seniors who will go through all the processed application to ensure that the officer has made the right decision. But maybe the supervisor is working with his officer for a share of the bribe. But should there be an investigation the failure of the supervisor to act would be discovered immediately and he would have to bear the consequence. This would be a strong deterrence.

7. It is important that the top man show tangible interest in the work of the officers. Every month reports must be made to him with clear indications of the number rejected and the reasons why. The report must be made public, including actions taken when there is corruption.

8. To reduce further the opportunities for corruption, forms of application must be made as simple as possible. Long explanations and descriptions on how to fill the forms should be avoided. Instead Yes/No answers in boxed areas should be filled by applicants. The officer will need only to tick or cross in the box provided for each answer by the applicant.

9. Each officer should be required to examine, approve or reject only a small number of required conditions. There should be a work-flow chart. It should take only a few minutes to tick-off or to put a cross in the required box before passing the application to the next officer. The whole process including the decision of all the officers should not take more than three days. The applicant must be required by law to present himself at the office after three days had elapsed to enquire whether his application has been approved or not. All these meetings between officers and the applicant must be taped and recorded in a diary.

10. The authority of the particular officer must be spelt out. This includes which part of the application is he in charge of. If other parts have not been ticked off properly by other officers, he must ignore them. He must just give his yes or no only with regard to the areas of his responsibility. The application will then go to the other officers for them to decide regardless as to whether earlier officers had already found that the approval cannot be given.

11. There must be enough officers to deal with the expected number of applications. When necessary more officers should be appointed.

12. All the applications which have been scrutinized by the designated officers must be handed to the senior officer who will scrutinise the forms and if there is no disapproval, the senior officer will approve the application. If there is, he must call up the officer concerned to explain. If he is satisfied with the explanation, the application will not be approved.

13. The senior officer will then see the applicant and explain. The applicant can then correct his application for resubmission. If he cannot correct them for whatever reason the application would be rejected.

14. Time is of the essence. It is important that the processing of the application take a fixed time. For all the officers to approve or disapprove should not take more than three days. If they take more time they should be called up to explain. If this happens three times the officer concerned should be blacklisted. He should not be promoted and he should be transferred to another job.

15. These are rough suggestions. The people in the government can improve on them and design the forms so as to make approval and disapproval easy. The forms must be updated from time to time when found to be confusing or not workable.

16. The public should be consulted, privately or publicly, to hear their suggestions or objections over the procedures and forms. In all cases the consultation and the new forms must be made public. Complaints should be studied and changes made when necessary. Openness and transparency must be maintained.

17. Doctors like to say prevention is better than cure. What is being suggested is a transformation from cure to prevention.

18. Why did I not do it when I had the authority? To a certain extent I did. If anyone cares to examine, he will discover that the rapid growth of Kuala Lumpur for example took place from the early eighties because it was made easier for people to get approvals.

ISRAEL

1. There was a time when Hitler postulated that the Germans, were a superior people, the Aryans who must be protected from contamination by non-Aryans. And above all they must be protected from any dealings with the Jews. He decided that in order to maintain the purity of blood the final solution was to kill all the Jews.

2. This policy by the German Nazis led to Jews being oppressed, seized and thrown into concentration camps. There they were tortured and killed in gas chambers.

3. According to World Jewry 6 million Jews died in what they termed the Holocaust.

4. Today Israel is having problem with African immigrants running away from persecution in their own countries. Israel does not throw them into concentration camps but force them to live in the poorest section (ghettoes) of Tel Aviv. They were not allowed to earn a living. They were actually spat upon by Jews. Israel try to expel them from Israel. They are offered $3,500 if they agree to be repatriated to their own countries.

5. By all accounts these Africans are treated no better than the Jews living in the ghettoes of Europe before World War II.

6. The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu fears the possibility of African blood being mixed with Jewish blood. The Jews must remain pure.

7. Seems that the Jews believe in racial purity. There is no difference then between the Nazis and the Israelis. Their oppression of the Palestinians is another indicator. Given power Jews behave in the same way as the Nazis.

8. Israel is truly an apartheid state. Only Jews can become Israelis. The Arabs of Israel are second class. As for the African immigrants nothing would qualify them to become Israelis, not their adoption of the Hebrew language, nor their culture, nor their loyalty to the state of Israel.

9. Jews condemned the German Nazis for the persecution of their people. Now they themselves are behaving like Nazis; persecuting the Africans. The world is required to sympathise with Jews because of the Holocaust. That is history. The world should judge the Israelis by their actions today.