KUALA LUMPUR: Pada kadar baru petrol RM2.10 seliter, bermula hari ini pengguna hanya mendapat 4.762 liter bagi setiap pengisian RM10.

Berbanding sebelum kenaikan iaitu pada kadar RM1.90 seliter, pengguna menikmati 5.263 liter petrol bagi pembelian kadar serupa.

Ini bermakna, dengan pengisian RM10 bermula hari ini, pengguna kehilangan 0.501 liter berbanding semalam.

Harga bagi 0.501 liter, jika pada kadar semalam adalah RM1.05.

Ini bermakna bermula hari ini, pengguna kehilangan nilai ringgit yang dibelanja sebanyak RM1.05 bagi setiap RM10 pengisian petrol mereka.

RM1.05, apabila didarab dengan 30 hari (sebulan), bersamaan RM31.05.

RM31.05 didarab pula dengan 12 bulan (setahun), pengguna akan kerugian RM378 setahun.

Itu jika mengandaikan pengguna mengisi petrol RM10 sehari. Jika pengguna mengisi lebih dari RM10, lebih banyak kerugian yang dialami.

WHY ARE THE AFRICANS NOT BEING  APPREHENDED ?

Most of today’s newspapers front paged news about the nation’s biggest ever operation to flush out unwanted foreigners. Looking at the photographs, it would seem that the operation, code named Ops 6P Bersepadu where 135,000 personnel from the Immigration Department, Police, Armed Forces, RELA, Civil Defence, National Registration Department and local councils is only focussed on apprehending Indonesian and Bangladeshi illegal immigrants.

My question and maybe the rest of Malaysians would want to know, why Africans are not being apprehended. Don’t tell me the authorities do not know of the African colonies in Puchong, Nilai, Cyberjaya, Kepong, Subang and many other places. Folks, we can also do our part. Please assist the authorities by emailing or telephoning the authorities of the African hangouts, hideouts and colonies to enable the authorities to flush the illegal and unwanted Africans out. Consider this a national service.

By the way, here are some statistics about the Africans in Malaysia.

In 2012, 79,351 Africans entered the country and 25, 467 student visas were given. ( what happened to the rest ? Have they left the country or are they immigration offenders now ? What about the students ? Any checks done to find out if they are still enrolled as students or  they have gone AWOL?.

From Borneo post December 11, 2011

The then Deputy Home Minister Datuk Lee Chee Leong told the Dewan Negara that there are more than 25,000 Africans in Malaysia and 23,536 student visas were issued to Africans.

Bernama October 20, 2011

The then Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Khaled Nordin contradicts the Deputy Home Minister and said that there are 22,000 African students studying in Malaysia.

From Malay Mail, December 21, 2009

In 2008, 111, 805 Africans entered Malaysia both as tourist and students.

From Bernama December 06, 2009

Dewan Negara was informed that immigration statistics showed that 99,769 Africans entered Malaysia between January and October 2002.

From Malay Mail December 21, 2009

In 2001, 51, 383 Africans entered Malaysia

From Bernama February 03, 2002

An average of 300 Africans enter Malaysia monthly via Bukit Kayu Hitam according to Malaysian Immigration.

In January 2002, 372 Africans from countries such as Cameroon, Liberia, Mali, Angola entered the country via Bukit Kayu Hitam.

So, from the available statistics, there may be millions of Africans already in this country and the majority of them may have no business to be here in the first place. Remember the story in Utusan Malaysia December 18, 2012 which reported about an African who arrived in Malaysia with only his clothes on his back and then went on to build a RM400 million five star hotel back in Africa all from money earned by cheating people in Malaysia.

Folks! waves after waves of Africans maybe coming. Could the Home Office and the Immigration Department care to inform the Malaysian public as to why Africans from god forsaken countries can enter the country with ease. If the Immigration officers, do not let the Africans in, then the police need not go hunting for the Africans.

Anyway, let us all keep our politics aside, push human rights aside and help our enforcement personnel weed out the illegal immigrants. Just an advice to the enforcement personnel – PLEASE APPREHEND THE ILLEGAL AFRICANS

DEPUTY EDUCATION MINISTER P.KAMALANATHAN’S

NATIONAL INTERGRATION BULLSHIT

No one can better carry BN’s and the government’s cojones than Deputy Education Minister P.Kamalanathan. If Indians think that he being from MIC can be relied on by the Indian community particularly in times of need, well … just forget it.

Much has been written about the SK Seri Pristina incident where Non-Muslim students were made to eat in the school’s changing room/bathroom during the fasting month.

The  incident has since then morphed into many things with the latest being the Sungai Buluh police chief Junaidi Bujang denying that their police officers had questioned the school children of SK Seri Pristina and then a day after denying, admitting that the police merely interviewed the school children.

Instead of taking the bulls by the horns once and finding a resolvement and not  allow the “eating in the changing room” issue to fester on, out comes P.Kamalanathan who now claim that the Seri Pristina incident is a “small problem” compared to other schools which have done well in integrating its students. Then he reels out the statistics that out of 10,094 schools 90 to 95 per cent have done very well on national integration.

Really ? I am not sure what weed he is smoking when he talks about national schools and integration  because the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025 makes startling revelation that the proportion of Chinese students enrolled in SJKC increased from 92% to 96% in 2011 and the shift for Indian students were even more dramatic, showing an increase from 47% to 56%. So, pray may I ask how has the national integration come about in the national schools.

Then again, articulating intelligently is a premium with P.Kamalanathan when one remembers that in an interview last year by the Sun and when questioned how was the MIC helping Indian youth, he replied “in my constituency we have identified 240 Indian youths and sent them to a college offering courses such as grass cutting, wiring…”

Until then,  the good people of Malaysia and the Indians in particular had never even known that there was a college offering grass cutting courses. Then again preparing Indian youths as grass cutters might rank as a great achievement from a (Deputy) Education Minister to whom Indians have entrusted their children’s future.

AFRICANS KICKED OUT OF RIDZUAN CONDOMINIUM

This must be a first and may even be a start. Nevertheless, this may be start of things to come.

The majority of  Ridzuan Condominium residents voted in their Annual General Meeting held on July 6 against renting their units to foreigners from the African continent whom they allege to have caused a lot of nuisance. Ridzuan Condominium is a 14 year old Condominium at Bandar Sunway near Petaling Jaya which started as a high-end condominium which property analysts now see a downward trend for its value in recent years.

According to the memo signed by the Chairman of the Joint Management Body of Ridzuan Condominium states that the presence of Africans have among others :

1          created a lot of nuisance and problems to the community;

2          caused the property prices to go down;

3          made it difficult to rent out or sell their units to other prospective customers.

As such, it was resolved during the AGM that any resident who has an African tenant is to cancel the rental and to vacate them from their units within three months from the date of the AGM.

Although s.44(5) of the Strata Title Act 1985 states that no by-law can prohibit or restrict the lease of a building, giving the proprietor rights to individual unit owners, nevertheless s.44(2) of the Act states that the management corporation may by special resolution make additional by-laws for regulating the control, management, administration, use and enjoyment of the subdivided building.

The effect of this is that although the by-law can be challenged since the Strata Titles Act prevails over it, the ban against renting to Africans will remain until it is challenged in court.

I must congratulate the courageous act and decision of the residents of Ridzuan Condominium who have had it with the African menace. Hopefully, owners and residents of other condominiums and apartments will also take similar action as the residents of Ridzuan condominium. Just remember Ridzuan Condominium started as an upscale condominium and the presence of Africans there have brought down the value of the units.

Africans in Malaysia have grown from being a nuisance to becoming a menace and now to become a national security threat. Waves after waves of Africans are entering the country and it is strange that the Immigration authorities can be so easily hoodwinked by them. Isn’t it strange that Africans coming to Malaysia wanting to learn English language when their country’s curriculum is in English. Shouldn’t the Immigration authorities be circumspect with Africans wanting to come to study in “questionable” colleges and “questionable courses”.

I have written many times on the African menace and my articles was uploaded in esteemed blogs Outsyedthebox and even had a front page expose’ in the Malay Mail with the then Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, KohillanPillay commenting on my article. I also complimented how the almost 20,000 Korean community mostly nestled in an area in Ampang which has grown to be known as Little Korea are law abiding residents who hardly ever give any problems unlike the Africans and the Iranians,

The Malay Mail reported that Immigration Department records showed that a total of 79,352 Africans entered the country in 2012. The Immigration Department also issued 25,467 student visas to Africans in 2012 to study in public and private universities. I wonder how many African over-stayers and immigration offenders are still in Malaysia.

It is reported in today’s Star, that the starting this Sunday an estimated half a million illegal immigrants will be hunted down for the deportation. A multi-agency exercise involving 135,000 personnel involving the immigration department, police, armed forces, Rela, Civil Defence, National Registration Department and local councils. I wish all our brave men all the best and happy hunting. Let there be no let up against the Africans. Malaysians too can also play the part by informing the authorities of the Africans residing or hiding in their neighbourhood  or in their condominiums and apartments. Let us all help the country weed out the unwanted Africans.

MENUNGGU JOKOWI JOHOR BAHRU

Soalan cepumas : “Siapakah Datuk Bandar Johor Bahru (anda boleh mengganti bandar Johor Bahru dengan bandar anda). Saya yakin hampir semua warga Johor Bahru takkan tahu nama Datuk Bandar Johor Bahru malahan mungkin tidak pernah lihat muncung hidungnya.

Benak hati saya sering bertanya apa sebenarnya tugas seorang Datuk Bandar? Adakah rutin harian ialah mengetik kad kedatangan pejabat tepat jam 8.30 pagi dan melabuhkan punggungnya dikerusi empuk dan sepanjang hari menari pena membelek dan menandatangani surat-surat dan menyemak dokumen. Ataupun tugasnya ialah menyediakan lapuran bulanan dan memakai jubah resmi mempengerusikan mesyuarat Majlis. Mungkinkah juga tugas Datuk Bandar, mengapit pemimpin-pemimpin tinggi kerajaan ketika mereka bertandang ke Johor Bahru.

Sebenarnya apakah itu tugas utama seorang yang diamanahkan tangggungjawab sebagai Datuk Bandar. Itulah yang hendak diketahui warga Johor Bahru.

Betapa bezanya gerak-kerja yang dipikul Datuk Bandar dengan Gabenor Jakarta.

Gabenor Jakarta yang baru, Jojo Widodo alias Jokowi merupakan mantan walikota Kota Solo yang baru setahun dipilih menjadi Gabenor Kota Jakarta.  Seperti Datuk Bandar Johor Bahru yang bertanggungjawab untuk bandaraya Johor Bahru, Jokowi bertanggungjawab untuk Kota Jakarta. Berbeza dengan ramai Datuk Bandar di negara kita yang kerja seharian ialah lebih mengurung diri dalam bilik air-con yang berhias cenderahati dan gambar-gambar keluarga dan gambar-gambar mesyuarat yang dihadirinya, Jokowi lebih mahu bekerja diluar kantor dan tidak kekok kulit dimamah mentari.

Setahun menjadi Gabenor Kota Jakarta, rakyat melihat Jokowi betapa begitu senang hati berjalan-jalan memantau kota Jakarta. Jokowi sendiri ke hulu dan ke hilir memantau kerja yang dijalankan warga kerjanya. Memastikan sampah-sarap dipunggah, longkang-longkang diselia dengan baik. Malahan sudah juga menjadi kebiasan untuk Jokowi masa waktu kerja untuk tiba-tiba masuk ke kantin jabatan dan juga warung menergah warga kerjanya yang sedang ponteng dan melepak disana. Jokowi begitu gigih menyelesaikan masalah warga Kota Jakarta. Jokowi tidak hantar wakil tetapi sendiri turun dan mengadakan pertemuan (blusukan) dengan peniaga-peniaga di Tanah Abang yang pada mulanya enggan berpindah tetapi akur akhirnya untuk berpindah ke satu tempat lain. Ini baru satu contoh. Jokowi sentiasa turun padang menemui, mendekati dan berdialog dengan rakyat. Warga Kota Jakarta merasai akhirnya ada seorang Gabenor Jakarta yang benar-benar berjiwa rakyat dan begitu komited terhadap Kota Jakarta.

Jokowi sendiri turun padang merasai kemacaten yang mencengkam kota Jakarta, mereda jalan-jalan di kota Jakarta yang dilanda banjir. Beliau berkongsi merasai keperitan dan masalah rakyat. Jokowi sendiri masuk ke kawasan-kawasan yang didiami rakyat yang miskin dan sudah pun merangka pelan perumahan untuk mereka. Beliau begitu proaktif mencari dan terus merancang jalan penyelesaian. Untuk kemacetan rancangan untuk monorel sudah diumumkan. Untuk masalah banjir, sudah pun dimaklumkan rancangan. Seperti yang dilakukan ketika menjadi walikota Kota Solo, Jokowi juga mendukung seni dan ingin menjadikan Kota Jakarta sebuah pusat seni seperti Kota Solo. Malahan, beliau mahukan seni dikongsi semua dan justeru itu banyak program seni dijalankan bukan di dewan dan panggung tetapi ditanah-tanah lapang untuk membolehkan rakyat biasa juga menikmati seni.

Disamping itu, Jokowi yang amat prihatin dan mendekati rakyat dan khususnya dengan golongan yang miskin dan terpinggir melaksanakan program-program mesra rakyat seperti program kesihatan gratis, program pendidikan gratis dan pelbagai lagi program.

Setahun menjadi Gabenor Jakarta, rakyat dan kota Jakarta sudah mulai merasa perbezaan. Jakarta sudah mula berubah.Tidak hairanlah Jokowi dinobatkan sebagai Datuk Bandar yang ketiga terbaik didunia. Pernah mana-mana Datuk Bandar dari Malaysia? Malahan, kini ramai yang sedang memujuk Jokowi untuk bertanding jawatan Presiden Indonesia.

Bagaimana dengan Datuk Bandar Johor Bahru. Adakah dia juga seperti Jokowi turun padang. Kalau benar beliau turun ke padang, maka tertanyalah soalan mengapa jalan-jalan di Johor Bahru penuh dengan lubang-lubang jalan. Pada hal jika kita merentas Tambak Johor dan sepanjang 29 kilometer atau setengah jam perjalanan dari Johor Bahru ke Queen Street, Singapura tidak akan kelihatan satu lubang jalan pun mahupun mendapan di jalanraya. Apakah kontraktor Cina Singapura pandai menurap jalan ataupun kontraktor Melayu yang mahir dan berkebolehan dipinggirkan. Ada orang mengatakan singkatan JB itu ialah Jalan Berlubang. Malukan wahai Datuk Bandar ?

Pernah, Datuk Bandar keluar pejabat menjengok sendiri longkang-longkang dan kawasan-kawasan belakang kedai. Bersih ke, wahai Datuk Bandar ? Cubalah lihat, takungan air dalam pasu bunga dekat bus-stop depan pejabat MBJB yang penuh dengan jentik-jentik. Hairankah mengapa banyak kes denggi di Johor Bahru. Mengapa pemerintah kota Singapura boleh membuat kota Singapura begitu bersih tetapi Datuk Bandar Johor Bahru sukar untuk melakukan untuk Johor Bahru. Kadang-kadang saya senyum sendiri melihat billboard yang mengumumkan Johor Bahru bandaraya antarabangsa 2020. Nak turap jalan pun tak boleh buat dengan betul, mengimpikan nak jadi Bandar antarabangsa pula.

Ada orang mengatakan singkatan JB ialah untuk Jenayah Banyak dan sememangnya banyak kes-kes jenayah di Bandar Johor Bahru ? Nak Tanya sikit, agaknya berapa CCTV yang telah dipasang oleh MBJB di tengah bandar untuk memantau kawasan sekeliling. Juga adakah CCTV yang telah dipasang Majlis dalam keadaan baik dan video tangkapannya membantu pihak polis. Sampai hari ini belum saya mendengar penangkapan penjenayah oleh pihak polis berdasarkan maklumat CCTV.

Juga, wahai Datuk Bandar, pergilah mendekati warga miskin yang mendiami PPRT dan flet-flet. Saya pernah ke Flet Larkin. Apakah salah mereka sehingga mereka perlu menghadapi kehidupan sebegini. Sebuah flet yang saya kunjungi berkulat sehingga ke syiling. Lif pula berbau hanyir dek air kencing.

Datuk Bandar, ini juga saya nak tanya. Dalam keghairahan memastikan Johor Bahru penuh dengan kondominium mewah yang mencakar langit dan harga yang tidak mampu beli-milik oleh warga Johor, saya nak tanya jika Datuk Bandar ada juga memastikan adanya padang-padang permainan untuk riadah dan bermain bola.  Pantai Lido anugerah tuhan untuk rakyat, kini tinggal kenangan sahaja kerana sudah tukar wajah menjadi kawasan kondo ekslusif milik orang kaya. Jadi kalau warga setempat nak main bola waktu petang, nak ke mana Datuk Bandar ? Pernah tanya mengapa anak-anak muda lelaki dan perempuan berpeleseran di shopping center ?

Kerana itulah saya seperti ramai warga bandaraya Johor Bahru mengimpikan dan menanti seorang Jokowi untuk Johor Bahru yang akan faham, berkhidmat dan berkomited kepada bandaraya Johor Bahru dan warga Johor Bahru. 

Akhir kata, sesiapa tahu mengapa terburu-buru Datuk Bandar Johor Bahru yang hanya dilantik Ogos 2011 ditukar dengan Datuk Bandar baru pada Julai 2013. Ada apa-apa ke ?

Oh by the way, jawapan pada soalan cepumas ialah Datuk Bandar Johor Bahru sekarang ialah Tuan Hj Ismail Bin Karim.

Selamat bertugas Datuk.