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Khairy Jamaludin - Jangan pertahankan isu NFC. Ianya amat memalukan

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 04:39 PM PST

Isu yang terakhir yang kita dengar setakat ini ialah isu NFC (national feedlot centre) yang melibatkan keseluruhan keluarga Ketua Wanita UMNO dan seorang Menteri yang masuk ke dalam Jemaah Menteri negara melalui pintu belakang itu.

Dengan terbongkarnya tindakan mencuri ini maka ramailah pemimpin-pemimpin UMNO yang membuat kenyataan sambil berbohong di Parlimen dengan menyatakan yang projek lembu itu adalah projek yang berjaya.

Muhyiddin Yassin yang bertanggung jawab untuk menjadikan projek ini menjadi realiti telah meminta Noh Omar untuk menjawab dan mempertahankan Sharizat di dalam parlimen tetapi beliau menyepi dan tidak berkata apa-apa. Tindakan Muhyiddin untuk meminta Noh Omar untuk menjawab itu memang tindakan yang bijak kerana jawapan yang sebodoh itu hanya boleh diberikan oleh orang seperti Noh Omar itu.

Yang mengejutkan saya ialah penglibatan Khairy Jamaludin membantu Noh Omar mempertahankan tindakan keluarga seorang ahli jemaah kabinet negara dengan mengatakan yang projek itu adalah projek yang berjaya. Khairy menambah lagi kekalutan dengan memberi tahu rakyat yang pembelian kondominium berharga RM10 juta itu adalah tindakan yang betul kerana untuk mengelakan wang lebihan syarikat itu dari 'idle' di dalam akaun syarikat.

Khairy yang baru mula hidup ini sedaya upaya untuk memperbodohkan orang ramai. Khairy yang selama ini saya anggap pemimpin berpotensi dalam UMNO dan negara sekarang sudah menampakan dirinya sudah terpengaruh dengan budaya mempersendakan rakyat. Mungkin Khairy terpaksa bersama-sama Noh Omar menganggap rakyat ramai ini bodoh dan boleh diperlakukan apa sahaja terhadap mereka (rakyat).

Dengan tindakan Khairy memberikan alasan yang jembel untuk mempertahankan Sharizat dan keluarganya saya telah dapat membuktikan teori yang saya selalu sebut; sehebat mana pun dan sehandal mana pun pemikiran dan kepimpinan seseorang itu, apabila terlibat di peringkat kepimpinan UMNO seseorang itu akan menjadi lemah pemikiran dan akan selalu bertindak bodoh mempertahan perkara yang tidak boleh dipertahankan lagi.

Pendeknya UMNO hanya mampu untuk merosakan pemikiran orang ramai dengan menyakinkan perkara yang bathil itu di terima sebagai perkara yang hak. Apa sahaja yang buruk yang di lakukan oleh mana-mana pemimpin tertinggi UMNO itu mereka (pemimpin UMNO) akan berpusu-pusu mempertahankan kesalahan sesama mereka.

Dalam isu NFC ini amat jelas kerajaan sedang cuba untuk memperlembukan orang ramai dengan projek lembu ini. Mereka menggunakan lembu untuk melembukan kita semua. Mereka seolah-olah meminta kita semua bertepuk tangan kerana kegagalan projek ini dan menganggapkan yang projek ini adalah projek berjaya.

Noh Omar dan Khairy seolah-olah menganggap yang kita di bawah ini semuanya lembu yang tidak tahu mengira dan membaca.

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 01:34 PM PST

Jeffrey Sachs is the Professor of Sustainable Development at New York's Columbia University and was listed by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

As Head of the University's Earth Institute, Special Adviser to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and former Director of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, Sachs is famous for his initiatives on reducing world poverty.

Yet, despite the World Bank's decision to ban further lending to large scale palm oil plantations, because they have been shown to INCREASE poverty, Sime Darby believe, according to these documents, that they have converted Jeffrey Sachs into a valuable 'champion' for their company and for Malaysia's palm oil industry.

Our evidence shows that Sime Darby, Malaysia's largest oil palm company, hired the disgraced PR outfit FBC Media to 'cultivate' and 'influence' this key opinion former, so that they could use him as a 'Third Party Endorser' in the numerous newspaper advertisements and TV programmes they commissioned to promote their palm oil business.

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Lynas: A colossal catastrophe waiting to happen

Posted: 12 Nov 2011 12:55 PM PST

But my real concern is about the safety and health of generations of our children to come, as well as the expanding population that has to work, live and perhaps die in the vicinity of the proposed plant. This vicinity includes Kuantan Town, Beserah, Batu Hitam, Jabor, Balok, Sungei Karang, Cherating and other settlements along the coast, right up to Kemaman and may be further on into the neighbouring state of Terengganu.

Most of these villages are well populated and growing. The proponents of this project and those in the authority of the state/federal governments now have a solemn duty to ensure the health and safety of the people in these regions for generations to come. But I am really concerned that whatever assurance they may give verbally or in writing may not hold good for ever. Nobody, except God, can predict natural disasters like volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, tidal waves and floods, which may strike anytime.

I am sure those who built the plants in the Three Mile Island in USA (1979), Chernobyl (1986) and Fukushima (2011) had taken utmost precautions to prevent disasters and yet they happened. Thousands of people died in these disasters and thousands more are still suffering the after-effects of these disasters. Do we want to have a similar situation in this country?

The biggest question is "Why do we want this plant in Gebeng or for that matter anywhere in Malaysia?"

Are we so hard-up for foreign direct investment that we are prepared to accept a backyard industry, rejected in its own country? Western Australia has all the required facilities, viz. less populated region, accessibility to seawater and port, good transport system and infrastructure.

So why do they want to come to Gebeng to do this job?

According to Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob, "the state government did not approve the project and it had no power to stop it…"

"When Lynas first proposed the project, International Trade and Industry Ministry had given the project to Terengganu . However, due to delays (or rejection by Terengganu?) the Ministry asked us to consider having the plant in Gebeng" (Press report, 20 April 2011).

Does it mean the state government has no power to refuse permission for the plant to be built in Gebeng? Land usage is a state matter and the state should have the last say in such matters. So it is surprising to note the Ministry of International Trade and Industry has forced the Lynas Gebeng Project, down the state's throat.

"Atomic Board has limited jurisdiction" (press report).

Does it mean that in matters outside its jurisdiction, it can wash its hands and put the blame on other agencies like the Malaysian Nuclear Agency, the Department of Environment and even the State Development Corporation?

"A full operational licence will not be issued if Lynas does not meet the requirements that have been set" (press report, April 23, 2011).

So, if the requirements are not met with, will the RM700 million Lynas plant under construction now become a white elephant?

"Lynas, which hopes to begin operation in September 2011, expects to bring in RM8 billion a year from 2013 that too tax-free, based on current prices."

Who are the real beneficiaries of the RM8 billion a year income — the state government, Lynas Australia, the federal government, Lynas (M) Sdn Bhd?

I understand there is LYNAS (M) Sdn Bhd in existence.

Who are the directors, shareholders and stakeholders of this company?

It has been reported that a delegation of state exco reps visited the Lynas headquarters in Australia.

Who sponsored their visit? Did they see any plant in operation there? What technical or scientific expertise did the members of the delegation have to do an objective study of the pros and cons of operating such a plant? Who paid for their expenses? Lynas or the state government?

The raw-material is to be imported from Lynas Australia.

Why bring the raw materials from Australia, when it could safely be processed there? Is it because the 41 safety and health regulations by the Australian government are more stringent than whatever conditions we may impose in Malaysia?

According to some experts the public is already exposed to naturally occurring and ionising radiation. Do we need an extra dose of radiation?

The finished products will be taken back to Australia but the "tailings" will be "safely" left behind in Gebeng.

Why should we hold on to this toxic waste for many, many years, even if they are deposited underground?

Isn't it true that there is no 'safe' level of radiation, as far as its effects on the health of the people is concerned? (Letter to the Press by Mr David K C Quek dated May 27, 2011).

Do we want a repeat of Bukit Merah, Perak, where the Japanese Company which ran the rare-earth plant is spending RM300 million to do the clean-up and even after more than 25 years, they have not succeeded in cleaning up, leaving behind those with birth defects and eight leukaemia cases — seven have since died (New York Times, March 8, 2011)

"Chinese farmers in China pay the price for rare-earth addictive" (press report).

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Ahad, 13 November 2011

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