Thinking Allowed Samy's the Man!
Anyway, we want our Tamil "hero" (his own words) to keep his promise to stay in Lunas until a Barisan Nasional candidate wins the seat. He cannot leave till 2004 at earliest, that is, after the next general election. Indeed, a group of Lunas people calling themselves the Samy Vellu Welcoming Committee sent in this letter to Malaysiakini (boxed right).
If he remains in Lunas, Samy could also venture into a whole range of potentially lucrative businesses: Samy's Coffee Bean (or should it be Has Been), Samy's Pub, Samy's Boutique and Tie Shop, Samy's Hair Dressing and Transplant Salon. What say you, Samy? And now they�re clamouring for Samy in Butterworth, reports The Star. His reputation as the fastest road-resurfacing artist this side of the globe has really taken off. Butterworth residents have been complaining to the MCA Public Services and Complaints Bureau that money meant for Butterworth was diverted to Lunas because of the by-election. They are fuming over middle sections of many roads dug up in the past three weeks remaining uncovered and made worse by heavy rain. Tsk, tsk, Samy, you can�t let your reputation go down a pothole. Get to it man, go prove to them you�re still their hero! Quotable Quirks
�The people who bought the houses are from the lower income group and they have been waiting for their houses to be ready for the last 12 years.�
�I have also directed the Kedah Public Works Department to immediately supply piped water to 50 households at Kilang Lama Village. They have been without this basic amenity for about 43 years.� So, has your Ministry or your BN colleagues been sitting on their butts all these years, Samy!? .................................
�If he is to live in that country, I am sure he will be treated like sampah.�
But Ezam is treated worse than sampah in his own country! .................................
�They think that they know more, are cleverer than our judges.�
Yes, Dollah, they are cleverer than our judges! .................................
�If he becomes president, I�m sorry. It would be payah sikit for us to have good relations.� Payah sikit for whom � Malaysia or Mahathir? .................................
�Where have all the Bumiputera male students gone to? Are they interested in education?� Who, in the past 19 years, and 30 years after The Malay Dilemma was written, was responsible for the Bumiputera policy? In any case, what�s wrong with having more qualified females in the country? Are you sexist or something, Mr. PM? �But Women are supposed to be to be touched by men� was the facetious remark made by BN member from Sri Gading, Mohamad Aziz in parliament when discussing women�s issues. He was joined by his colleague Bung Mokhtar Radin from Kinabatangan who opined: �Men, when it comes to younger women, they�ll definitely drool�. When are our parliamentary MCPs going to grow up!! Quote of the Month
Like MP Fong, we would rejoin: �What sort of answer is this?� More, what sort of minister is this? And, what sort of reporting is this? Come now, Star reporter, you don�t turn the tables on anyone with a lame, laughable and silly riposte like that from a tikus of a minister! Heaviest Element known to Science The latest heaviest element known to science is Managerium. This element has no protons or electrons, but has a nucleus composed of 1 Neutron, 7 Vice-Neutrons, 30 junior vice-neutrons, 60 assistant vice-neutrons, and 125 junior assistant vice-neutrons all going in circles round the Neutron. Managerium has a half-life of eighteen months, at which time it does not decay but institutes a series of reviews leading to reorganization, restructuring or re-engineering. Its molecules are held together by means of the exchange of tiny particles known as Morons. Found in abundance near Putrajaya. PM tries to Fool a Student A �Love Your Country� programme was held at the Sekolah Bestari Putrajaya recently. Form Four and Lower Six secondary students were selected to participate in the programme, where the PM was the honoured guest (NST, 9 October 2000) . A student (probably one of those who loves the country enough to give officials a �slip� from �selected� questions) commented: �...it seems that the Government spends more on education in urban areas than in rural areas.� The PM responded by saying that the Government �was not neglecting rural people.� Alas, if only he would ask his deputy, and Badawi, who was in Miri recently, would be able to tell him how � alarmed (he was) by the extent of the problems affecting rural education in Sabah and Sarawak� (The Star, 19 September 2000) Surely, he would have seen and heard Deputy Education Minister Hon Choon Kim, on closed circuit TV, revealing in Parliament that:
What about the orang asli? �On the fringes of Kuala Lumpur, lie pockets of orang asli children who do not have access to even the basic facilities - water supply and electricity, let alone to education.� (The Star, 5 March 2000) What about the 520 Tamil schools in the country, most of which, according to Samy Vellu, are in a deplorable condition and lack basic necessities such as tables and chairs. 200 of these schools face closure.(NST, 30 October 2000) The PM also said that �rural school children who show potential are assisted and encouraged to move to schools where they can enjoy better facilities, such as those found in Smart Schools.� How does one discover one�s potential when the most basic infrastructure is lacking, and for many, no school to go to? The PM also said �...of all sectors, the Government allocated the biggest amount to education, while 30 per cent of civil servants are teachers.� He failed to mention that the bulk of the teaching profession are in the urban rather than the rural areas, and, according to Badawi, some 3,500 teachers� quarters in Sabah and Sarawak have been identified as being in �bad shape�. Alas, when the Prime Minister does not tell the truth in the presence of a group of students, what future has this country? Martin Jalleh | ||||||||||||||||
The citizens of Lunas welcome Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu with open hands and are very happy to have an MIC leader to stay permanently in Lunas.
�Which airport in the world does not have rats? Even your own home would have rats. So, you should quit tomorrow because you can�t take care of your own house.� Ling Liong Sik, transport minister, replying when two DAP MPs who asked him to resign over the rat problem at the new KL international airport, supposedly �turned the tables�on them and remained �unrattled� according to The Star, Nov. 15.