Projek Kereta Api Laju, Ladang Babi and Radio Airtime

Just to remind myself of the bigots, smooth and sweet talkers = politicians who change like chameleons but finally show their true colours. From Utusan Malaysia Online 13th April, 2008, the headline was Projek Keretapi Laju KL-Singapura dibantah, so got interested and read. No mention of any keretapi laju but lots of references to the MB of Selangor giving kata putus dua to FM Selangor about giving the State Government air time so they can inform the people programmes being carried out.

Anyway, some excerpts. It starts like this....from Utusan Malaysia Online.

BN Gahmen don't want to give airtime, so Selangor State Gahmen tells them off...

NILAI 12 April - Kementerian Penerangan mengarahkan Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) yang mengendalikan Radio Selangor FM supaya mengosongkan pejabatnya di Bangunan Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (SSAAS), Shah Alam secepat mungkin, selepas diberi kata dua oleh kerajaan Selangor.

he (the Minister of Info) says it's not true

Menurutnya, dakwaan Abdul Khalid mengatakan Radio Selangor FM sengaja tidak mahu memberi ruang kepadanya adalah tidak benar kerana tiada syarat seumpamanya.

So after waiting, the MB gave ultimatum..

Semalam, Abdul Khalid dilaporkan memberi amaran kepada Selangor FM sama ada memenuhi permintaan kerajaan negeri untuk ke udara satu jam seminggu atau berpindah daripada pusat pentadbiran kerajaan negeri di bangunan itu.

Amaran itu diberikan selepas pengurusan Selangor FM gagal memberi jawapan terhadap permintaannya yang mahu slot satu jam setiap minggu untuk menerangkan program kerajaan negeri walaupun pertemuan sudah diadakan dua minggu lalu.

then very angry and 'beh-kam-buan' words..from Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek

"Macam hari ini apabila dia ada kuasa, dia menggunakan RM100 juta untuk babi, maka dia tunjukkan dengan menghalau keluar mana-mana agensi Kerajaan Persekutuan daripada bangunan itu, yang bukan dibina atas hasil usahanya," katanya.

The rant and rave continued to the end of the article...I thought the 'ladang babi' was approved under the previous gahmen. The way our politicians behave, it's as though we depend on their benevolence, like they are feudal lords.

Anyway, where did the 'kereta api laju' news go? It was so super fast that it disappeared before they could write about it? ....8(

Updates from Malaysiakini.....Anwar Ibrahim has this to say

"We didn't hear much about this (Malay rights) issue last month or before the elections. I believe their intentions are to divert the attention of everyone," said Anwar.

He said that instead of the ‘Ketuanan Melayu' concept, the more important cause is ‘Ketuanan Rakyat'.