Shadow Policy Committee

I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and to share with all Malaysians that Jesus Christ's message of peace, love and freedom is still dear to my heart. For me, the spirit of truth, justice, equal opportunity and salvation from sin is not merely an ideal but something we must strive for. Having said that, it is sad to note that despite my last year's Christmas message – calling on the federal government to stop intimidating the Catholic weekly newspaper 'Herald' by demanding the publication to drop the use of the word "Allah" in its Malay language section – is still not heeded. Despite the Federal Constitution guaranteeing freedom of expression and freedom of worship for all including non-Muslims, the Barisan Nasional government still refused to stop its suppression of press freedom and people's fundamental human rights.Despite the Federal Constitution guaranteeing freedom of expression and freedom of worship for all including non-Muslims, the Ba...

Penang is pushing to boost its economy further by turning its state capital into an iconic global city, banking on its new status as a Unesco World Heritage Site. Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng told The Malaysian Insider the state will start by reviving the long-forgotten tradition to mark George Town’s City Day on Jan 1. It is relying on a 1957 conferment of city status from Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, as the federal government has not officially proclaimed it a city. This celebration is likely to give the state government another headache, similar to the recent row over its multilingual road signs. But the real pain is how to make Georgetown into a city worth living in again. And by extension, a brand worth investing in. In his speeches around the world, Lim has made clear he wants Georgetown to be “an international city that is a location of choice for investors, a destination of choice for tourists and a habitat of choice for those who desire sustainable living.” Recently, he convin...

即时新闻 巫统前八打灵再也南区区部主席阿布查哈（Datuk Abu Zahar Hashim）今早递交入党表格，正式宣布跳槽回教党。他今早在吉隆坡一家酒店举行的加盟仪式中，把入党表格呈交给回教党署理主席纳沙鲁丁，出席者包括回教党雪州主席哈山阿里和大约100名支持者。阿布查哈致词时表示，他将率领28个支部主席与13名区部执委，一起跳槽回教党。阿布查哈因揭发欧洲直升机军购案涉嫌舞弊，以及批评巫统最高领袖，包括指控正副首相阿都拉与纳吉滥权，而在本月初被冻结党职。他曾致函巫统总秘书东姑安南，投诉巫统首二号人物在今年7月10日召见全国区部领袖，并由阿都拉当众宣布将在2010年6月交棒给纳吉的权力转移计划的举动，已经违反党员操守，属于“最高级的政治贪污”。 曾致函纳吉质疑军购案舞弊 阿布查哈也是Mentari服务公司的主席，他曾向前任国防部长兼副首相纳吉，发出两封志期10月7日与9日的公函，质疑国防部向欧洲直升机公司订购 12架新直升机的交易存有弊端。Mentari服务公司是其中一家投标新直升机生产合约的公司——直升机供应商Kelowna Flightcraft有限公司在本地的代理人，是欧洲直升机公司的竞争者。虽然国会公共账目委员会经过调查后，认为这宗军购交易遵守现定程序，并没有发现任何的舞弊；但是在媒体大肆报道与反对党议员强力反对下，最后阿都拉以经济不景气为由，决定搁置这宗17亿令吉的交易。

When drive along USM area and Bayan Lepas area be careful of grey dustbinsat the side of the roadJust in case you think you are driving around without anyone knowing, this might happen to you!!! Be careful when driving high speed in USM area or Bayan Lepas, you neverknow that how high-tech of policeman get speed photo now a days. Please refer to the attach picture. For your info, I suspect the similar equipment may be deployed somewhere else.

The police were told to stop politicking and work on their crime prevention efforts effectively. Right now, we noticed that the police force is focusing its entire workforce in helping Umno to curb opposition political activities which are deemed to anger Umno. Even when an NGO called JERIT organised its cycling tour around the nation, the police had send out almost half of its workforce to curb this event. Why do they want to curb JERIT's activities, what crime have they committed so far? Did they carry weapons and harm any passer bys or the public? When manning the road blocks in order to detain the JERIT cyclist, these policemen were holding semi-automatic machineguns and other weapons as well. Looks like the police are terrorising the people and not protecting the people from the increasing crime spree nowadays. They are just too busy entertaining to a lots of Umno's request to curb the influence of the opposition parties.

We applaud the call by Penang Chief Minister and DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng that the federal government should come out with geotechnical engineering unit similar to that of the Hong Kong Geotechnical Engineering Office to ensure the safety of hillside developments. The Hong Kong government had established a very effective yet powerful Geotechnical Engineering Office after the landslides in the 1970s killed hundreds of people, to monitor the developments of hillside housing there. According to Guan Eng, the existing hillside developments require constant maintenance, monitoring and management in every aspect. Therefore, a very special department or office is required to have such matters deal with in a professional manner. Guan Eng also explained that the Hong Kong Geotechnical Engineering Office had proved successful in preventing further deaths and incidents via four simple and effective moves i.e. checking on new slopes, planning land usage, maintaining and upgrading slopes ...

DAP Penang State Committee will be organising a special lunch to celebrate our party Secretary General and Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng's birthday. The birthday celebration will be held on 8 December in Jade Palace Hotel at 12.00pm. Members who are interested to join in this party are invited to call our state party headquarters on 6 December at Tel 04-2271397 before 2.00pm.