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Information Minister Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin said Malaysians should ignore the press freedom ratings made by the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) as the body is not a judge on local values.

He said the rating were based on Western values of press freedom, which were mainly driven by the market and money. Malaysia was rated 124th out of 169 countries.

I am surprise that he referred to Western values being based on market and money as if Eastern values isn't.




I remembered he had said that UMNO thrives on "Kautim culture" and needed the handouts and rent seeking system.

All economic system is driven by money and most of all, the market dictates the momentum.

Petronas is doing great business with the Junta. Pak Lah's family is doing great business with the "oil for Food" programmes with Saddam's government. Altantunya and Razak were having strategic alliances with the Sukhoi deal. Zakaria don't have to manning the railway gates. Cops are having net worth of multi-millions. Kamaladdin did not have to sell condoms anymore. Khairy is a jobless billionaire and is still not considering a needed vocation.

What's your problem? Ignore the RSF press rating. Zam will soon introduce another set of ratings. This is the new privatisation contract to be awarded and is worth billions. So, join the gravy train, okay...

Oh, BTW, Superman Muszaphar misses the teh tarik and roti canai. Can any of you emial or courier it to him at ISS?

He also said that he spent less than 10 minutes to change his clothes in space.

Superman said those who criticise the national space project should look at the larger picture and take note of the proven benefits such missions have brought to other countries. Muszaphar said cynics who said the programme was not worthwhile were wrong.

“They should look at the various benefits space programmes have produced for the medical and scientific fields as well as spin-offs which benefited the world.”

Muszapharsaid that Malaysia’s space venture would also place it in the same ranking as other developed countries in terms of science.

I don't know what science is he referring to... main gasing? Makan rendang, briyani and kuih bangkit, dried mango and banana cake in space? Prove to us empirically what scientific experiments you had conducted that would benefit the world and placed us in the same ranking as USA or Europe. We just can't thrive in this world by mere boosting and spinning. We are falling behind economically and decaying, if we are bold enough to admit. Progressive society requires us to be realistic and pragmatic. Rhetorics, rituals and forms are useless... substance and structures are the fundamentals.

Going to space and building rockets will not eradicate poverty and social ills. Oxymoronic parliamentarians will make monkeys out of us. Sleephead can only hibernate the nation.

There is no law to stop Khir Toyo

"There's no law to say that a person who failed to submit a building plan cannot be appointed as a councillor."

"If the leadership wants to take action, it is up to them."

- Dr Khir Toyo, MB Selangor.

The land at Kampung Idaman, Pandamaran, Klang, originally comprised 8 small lots granted to 8 settlors under a Temporary Occupation Licence (TOL). However, Klang Municipal Council (MPK) later consolidated it into one lot (total 43,000sq. ft.) and sold it to Datin Zizah Ngah, Datuk Zakaria's wife, at a price of just RM180,000, a far cry from its estimated worth of RM1.3 million which is based on the lower end of the going rate for land in the area. Land in this area is usually priced at between RM30-40 per sq ft.

A proposal to built the bungalow was first submitted by his architect on DEc 23, 2002 and development plan submitted on Dec 14, 2004.

MPK could not process the plan approval because no planning fees(RM2,400) was paid.

However, the construction works proceeded till completion without the need for approval. The maximum fine for this wrongful act is 10 times the fees, that is, RM24,000. I'm sure Zakaria can afford to pay.

There is nothing in the law to say that a person must get the approval before building the house. All it said is that if you build a house without approval, you will be fined 10 times the fees.

There's no law to say that a person who failed to submit a building plan cannot be appointed as a councillor (Dr Khir contended).

There is no law to say that a person cannot rape another. What the law said is that rape is a crime and the sanction is jail term and is punitive.

There is nothing in the law to say that a man cannot be corrupt. All the law say is that if a person is indicted and found to be corrupt by the court, he was face jail sentence and may include fines.

That's Khir's philosophy. He is right, in literal sense. Afterall, there is no moral law.