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Once upon a time a decade ago with umno.........

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I attended the launching of Prof Khairil Anas's first book of a series of 4, on the Evolution of Leadership Theories & studies by the Deputy Prime Minister YAB Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin at the Shangri La Hotel, Putrajaya today on 18 August 2009.

At the function, I met some old and made many new friends, mostly from UMNO. I also met many 'Facebook Friends' for the first time although we regularly interacted on Facebook.

I discovered many politicians whom are my regular blog followers... thank you for the support.

Everybody at the function are UMNO loyalist and being a loyalist, some were quite offended with some of my blog posting... which I am grateful for the sincere remark... unlike some hypocritical politicians whom acted as a 'bro' in front.. then back-stabbed or threw stone then hide akin of anonymous blogger.

I am glad those that knew me (although for the first time), approached, spoke and clarified with me on some of my sensitive blog posts. My blog post was never meant to be offensive and if taken positively, it can be in capitalised in our favour.

A more diplomatic friends that came forward, asked which UMNO division am I attached to? but a more blunt question threw at me was... "if I am for or against UMNO?" "Reading through my blog, I do not sounded UMNO..." A few friends further added. Looking at both the defensive and offensive mode of some friends, I will avoid mentioning their name and will only refer to him as HE or Them.

There are so many questions and issues that needed clarification but to understand, we have to travel a decade back. I never thought of becoming active in UMNO until I met Dato Seri Dr Mohamed Khir Toyo whom was then the Selangor Chief Minister and his aide Datuk Dr Karim Hj Mansor at an official Proton function almost a decade ago. A day after that function, I received a call from Dr Karim, whom asked me to meet him at the Chief Minister's office the following day.

At the Chief Minister's office, I was asked to be actively involved in politic which I hesitated as I knew little about politic but after an hour, I was made to belief that UMNO needed younger leaders and barely 26 years old then, I fit his criteria... and so said Dr Karim but I declined diplomatically citing lack of exposure in politic as the main reason and asked for a grace period to deliberate.

I called and met a good friend, Dato Farid Ariffin (President MAKNA) and seek his advice. Farid strongly advised against going into Politic and asked to concentrate in business instead. I spoke to other close friends and other politicians as well as my dad and many encourages it though some strongly objected.....

After much deliberation, I called, met and spoke over and over again with Dr Karim. I said, I do not have any ambition in politic but I want to serve UMNO which Dr Karim explained the many ways to serve. Being in UMNO branch is a long process to be in power, explained Dr Karim. There are shorter way but I needed to be at the division level which again I hesitated. I did not want to create any unnecessary enemy, I did not have any ambition to be a politician. I just wanted to serve UMNO being a product of UMNO/Barisan Nasional government's policies.

Disappointed with my decision, Dr Karim suggested that I should at least open up my own UMNO branch, which although reluctant, I said yes. Dr Karim said, 'if I have no immediate ambition to be at division, then I should be in Puchong and support YB Dato Satim Diman whom was a very established Division chief, and controls one of the most stable division'. Dato Satim is a legend in UMNO and undefeated for many years in Serdang/Puchong and I should support him. Having a small business in Puchong, I agree to support Dato Satim.

And so the birth of my first direct exposure in political circle... via Dr Karim & Dr Khir Toyo whom first adopted me into UMNO circle almost a decade ago. I quickly gathered most of my family members, relatives, staff and business associates in Puchong to be registered as an UMNO member under my soon to be established UMNO branch with a simple resolution to eradicate 'Unemployment' in Puchong. Within less than a month, I submitted the application to set-up a new branch with the list of 111 young and eager professionals as a new members at the new proposed branch. Their membership was fully paid with the application. 90% of the names submitted was not yet an UMNO member.

Until today, I cant find any UMNO division that could stood proud to claim their division or constituency has zero unemployment. In fact, I do not think the division even had or monitors the unemployment statistic. I brainstormed and completed a 1-5 year plan to achieve the resolution. I cannot disappoint Dr Karim whom had invested alot of his time then to make me understand politic, I thought to myself... and thought further, it was the least that I could do for UMNO.

Being eager and enthusiastic, within less than a month later, with the help of Amir Shafi I met almost all of Dato Satim's Division & Youth exco members and communicated the plan to achieve the 'zero unemployment' resolution under my proposed UMNO branch... via business and employment opportunity capitalising from the government assistant for SMEs.

Unfounded rumours quickly spread and existing exco felt unease and threatened. I only wanted my own small umno branch having agreed with Dr Karim to serve umno. The rumours brought a few division, youth exco members and supporters seeking for my clarifation if I had any intention to go forward to division. Some unnecessarily pledged support which I immediately brushed out but some too came to threat, pre-warned and re-clarified my stand (again and again), including the Deputy Division chief then, Dato Hasnan Wahid. I re-clarified and re-iterate my only interest is in my small umno branch and none at division.

After various inquiries and follow up on the status of my new branch formation without success, Ir Rosly who was then in-charge of new branch application and membership (now Dato Satim's division Vice-Chief) ran out of reasoning to give.. At one junture, he said the division had endorsed my application and my Branch file was forwarded to UMNO State office and a week later he changed his statement and said my application was still under review....? Weeks and months passed by and finally, a year after submission, I was informed that both the application file and the membership fees submitted to formed the new branch went missing and dissappeared. I spoke again to both Dr karim and Dato Satim without success and gathered mine and the new members as well as the establishment of my new branch was not welcome. I did not re-submit my application but that marked the end of that episode. Since then, it has been all about business and had lost contact with all friends from UMNO Serdang/Puchong including Dr Karim... except for Ariffin Osman and Amir Shafi whom I occasionally contacted.

Now, almost a decade later, and for already a decade, I became an enthusiast observer and a strong 'external' supporter instead. I am still passionate with UMNO and Barisan National election manifest and resolutions. If there existed any weaknesses within UMNO, it should be debated within UMNO and should not be politicized by the opposition whom standalone, does not even have any pragmatic future direction.

So to answer those inquires from many friend's email, on Facebook and those that I met at Prof Anas's book launching.... yes, there is no doubt of my support for UMNO and will not join any other party although I had my share of very bad experiences with setting up an UMNO branch... but bygones remain bygones. It is a decade later but I am with UMNO and always will. There is no future in the opposition... they are good at picking on UMNO's weaknesses without any pragmatic or own vision... unlike the Vision 2020 that I am still very passionate about.

and again, my apology for almost a decade of silence to those whom supported me in opening up the UMNO branch way back in 2002... I never had the opportunity to clarify and apologized individually to all. When I check @ UMNO ONLINE REGISTRATION via the IC number submitted during the branch application submission, majority are still a non-umno member. I trust you have remained neutral and did not join the opposition.... or did you?

Although my branch file was lost with Dato Satim's official, copies of all documentations are still intact. Am I still interested to open an umno branch..? No, I am not interested but I will be a strong and aggressive supporter to UMNO though I wont blindly agree on everything. Some of the members in the proposed branch was unknown to me but was brought in by other pro-tem committee members. The list of 111 members that was previously submitted is as follows:






PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF UMNO CAWANGAN PUSAT BANDAR PUCHONG 2002


1 ARMIN BANIAZ PAHAMIN


2 NOOR ARMAN PUTRA MAHADI


3 NOOR ERVIN SHAHRIZ DATUK NORDIN


4 F. R. RAZDEAN


5 KHAIRUL ANNUAR HASHIM


6 AHMAD KHAIRIE ZULKIFLI


7 JOHAN NASIR


8 AL JAZZURA KHAN


9 MOHD SOBRI BIN JAAFAR


10 AHMAD NAZMI BIN ABDUL RAHMAN


11 AZHAR SULAIMAN


12 AZAIDI BIN MOHD LAZIM


13 ZARIR SALLEH


14 IZHAM BIN ISMAIL


15 OSNY SHU-HARRY SHUIB


16 YUSRI NASIR


17 MOHD IDHAM BIN ISMAIL


18 SHARFATEN ANIZA BINTI MD KASSIM (via Apeq)


19 AZIZAN BIN ABDUL AZIZ (via Apeq)


20 CHEMPAKA EMALIN


21 SHARIFAH RAFIAH BINTI SYED YAHYA


22 NAWAL RAFEZA BINTI ZULKIFLI


23 HAFIZ BIN KAMMEL RIZA


24 MOHD KHAIRUL ANUAR


25 ROSE EMINI


26 JUNAIDAH BINTI YUSOF


27 ZAINAB MOHAMAD


28 MUZAFIQ AFFYULZAIFUZAN BIN MUHAMMAD (via Apeq)


29 DATO' PAHAMIN A RAJAB


30 AZHAR SULAIMAN


31 NORKIYAH IBRAHIM


32 MAHMUD BIN ABDULLAH


33 ISKANDAR ZULFIKAR ALI BHUTTO


34 TERATAI EDITHY


35 JEFFRI OSMAN


36 TREESNA AZURA DATO' JOHAR


37 MALYANNA ABDUL MALIK


38 MASWADY RAKION
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39 JAILANI MAMAT


40 ZAHARAH BINTI ABU JOHAN


41 TG MUZZAMMIL TG MAKRAM


42 JAMAL BIN JOHARI


43 MOHD FAIZUL SIDI AHMAD


44 TENGKU FAIRA EDNA TENGKU ISKANDAR


45 BISRAFEL BIJURI


46 ROSMAZA RAMLI


47 NORAZLIA BINTI AHMAD


48 MOHAMED @ MAHMOOD BIN MOHD NOR


49 WAN ZAHARI BIN HANAF


50 MOHD NAZRUL IZAM BIN MANSOR


51 WAN ROSMADIY BIN WAN YUSOF


52 MOHAMAD AZAM BIN YUNUS


53 AZMI BIN MOHAMAD


54 ENA NOOR RASHIDA BIN ABDUL RASHID


55 FAKIRUDDIN ALI AHMAD BIN ABU BAKAR


56 NORHAIZAN BINTI ABD SHUKOR


57 ABDUL MUHAIMIN BIN NASIR


58 MOHAIZAR BIN MOHAMAD


59 NIK IZYAN BT NIK ISMAIL


60 MARWAN BIN MOHD NOOR


61 MOHD FAIDZHIR IDRIS


62 MOHD LUQMAN HAKIM BIN ABDULLAH


63 NAWAL AINI BINTI ZULKIFLI


64 NURAZURA BINTI KHALILI


65 HUSIN JALI


66 ADNAN JALANI


67 NIK MOHD IZAFIZAL BIN HAJI NIK ISMAIL


68 JOHAR MOHD YUSOFF


69 MOHD ANAZIM


70 SYED HASRIL ALYAHYA BIN SYED SAPIAA


71 MOHD RHIZA DATO' GHAZI


72 CHE NOR HAYATI BTE CHE BACHIK


73 NOOR SYAHIRA SURYA DATO' NOORDIN


74 HAR ZANI AZMI PROBITAS


75 AHMAD RAFIQ ZULKIFLI


76 AZLIN AZIZ


77 ED SIMOR KHAN


78 MOHD HAZLI ZAKARIA


79 ZAHARI BIN HANAFI


80 TG ASMARUL


81 DR AZHAR ISHAK


82 MOHD AZMI HJ SIDEK


83 MOHD AIDIL BIN DAUD


84 RAZI KHAN BIN RASHID


85 MOHD ZULKIFLI ABD JALIL (MENS REVIEW)


86 RIZAL CIMB


87 MOHD ZAIDI BIN ALI (via arman)


88 MOHD ZAKI ALIAS (via ARMAN)


89 RAFIQ KHAN BIN AKBAR KHAN (via DR AZHAR)


90 TABIRA BIN TAHIR (via DR AZHAR)


91 NIK SAZHANI RAJA ABDULLAH (cia DR AZHAR)


92 AZLI BIN NORDIN (via dr azhar)


93 MOHD AINUL HAKEEM BIN RAMLEE


94 ZAI MUNIRA ABDUL RASHID


95 NURIN MOHD NOOR (via osny)


96 ADE KADRIS ABDUL RAHMAN


97 KHUSAINI ZAKARIA


98 NIK AIDIL MARIA NIK SAPEIA


99 FARIHAN HATMI BIJURI


100 MUHAMMAD FARID SULAIMAN


101 NOOR HISYAM B. SABRALMULISI


102 MOHD ZAINI AHMAD


103 ANIS HAFIZA HASSAN


104 NOREEN RASLINDA RASHID


105 ROSMAN MUSA


106 MOHD KHAIRI HASSAN


107 ABDULLAH ABDUL WAHAB


108 KHAIRUL AMRIE


109 MOHD HAFIZOL OMAR


110 NURUL HISHAM B. ISMAIL


111 GHAZALAINI BIN GHAZALI


Although it has been almost a decade, it is never too late to apologize... I hope. I apologized to the above friends for that time wasted.

Last but not least, a special CONGRATULATION to Prof. Hj Khairil Anas on a well written book. The launching was smooth, well-planned and well-organised. It is great to meet old friends from the same circle. I had known Anas for almost 15 years since we were in United Kingdom and although successful, he remained as humble. I am always proud to see my friends and peers succeed in their field and specialty. I am still writting my books but was delayed by endless work and business schedule.... ya ya yaa... i know.. same reason.

The "educational background" of other politicial party Youth exco members are still a "Work In Progress" but is on my list of priority.

Stay Tune..........


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Bvlgary....? Burglary..... burglarrrriiii... BURRRGLAAARY!!!! ...... its not funny!

Bvlgary....? Burglary..... burglarrrriiii... BURRRGLAAARY!!!! ...... its not funny!

My first experience being burglared was during teen.... I rented a small 180 sq ft hostel room during undergraduate study at the University of Buckingham for STR230 a month paid with a STR291 MARA scholarship a month. I entered my room after a good clubbing night out to discover all the new assets that I still owe my credit card were all missing... HiFi stereo, notebook, alarm clock (the reason why I missed so many lectures since), watches, rings, even my brand new socks.....

16 years later... todate, I have been burglared and robbed (even with parangs) more than 20 times. All the burglaries except for that teenage student life, was within the last 2 years at Fasfik outlets at various locations in Petaling Jaya except today. Today, Fasfik Corporate Office and my office at Damansara Perdana was burglared.... a clean sweep sort of speak, the 49" plasma TVs that connects and displayed all realtime cctv videos of all my businesses, about a dozen Computers and other items including various foreign currencies that I safe-kept at office for travelling.

The day before my office was hit, the Mamak store below my office was robbed by a few Indians with Parangs. A few months ago, my dad's law firm Pahamin & Pahamin (Advocate & Solicitor) was burglared.. also at Damansara Perdana.

Barely 3 weeks ago, on the 27th July 2009, Home Ministry via its website started a poll to gauge the public's view on the Country's level of safety and the government's performance in safe guarding the people's safety and security. According to the poll, 97% of the total respondence felt unsafe due to the current high crime rate and 95% respondent felt the government had not done their best to ensure the best safety to the public (see: the Star).

I consider myself part of the 95% statistics that felt more could be done to combat crime and part of the 97% statistic that do not feel safe.

But bitching alone would not reduce the crime rate... thinking outloud and brainstorming on counter measures ... I like the recommendation from my Fasfik Head of Manpower Development, Kamarul Arifin Zainal's suggestion to enrol 100 of fasfik crew as part of People's Volunteer Corporation (RELA)... in fact, I might volunteer to be one too.


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A few people is a year older this weekend...

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TGI Friday... or was it Thank God Its Friday...? or more appropriately Oh My God its Friday... again!! ..........and its the last weekend before the fasting month.

I did not just forget that its already the weekend and the fasting month is next week but I forgot too that this weekend was my youngest niece's birthday...... Raisa Myrin Jasmine.... and my brother in law's birthday.. Rhiza Ghazi ..... and another brother in law's birthday......... Rafiq Zulkifli..... Ashraf's Birthday.... Brandon's Birthday and... I hope I did not forget any others... sometimes too I forget that I am many many years old too.




So many are a year older this weekend but there is only ONE that I knew that will turn ONE year old this weekend... my youngest niece, the adorable Raisa.











The theme for Raisa's birthday was 'Princess" and she became a ONE year old Princess...











The cake was the shape of a princess's crown and Melor's house was decorated into a party play ground...









The Birthday girl's eldest cousin Kasih Leia Ixora...









On the right: is Raisa's elder sister Raina & her cousin Aaraf..





And of course... Princess Raisa's TWO and ONLY uncles.. (one that 'maintain-macho' with a long hair), and TOk POK.....





and we sang the traditional 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU... HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PRINCESS RAISA.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.....

LA... LA..... LA......








.......... and all the cousins except for the birthday.. girl blew the cake......









After the party ended.. all of the Princess's guests... a wonderful party pack was given... ALL GUESTS except for the UNCLE!!!! grrrr..









Although it was a fantasy came true for Princess Raisa on her birthday...... and after we finished eating the cake.. the crown, part of the cake made of icing, was presented to the birthday girl's sister, Raiqa...

Raiqa too wanted to be a Princess!!!!



BUT WAIT the 'Cheeky' Aunt Chik too wanted to be a princess....








and goodness... Raisa's mummy too wanted to be Princess Mummy......!!!




oh well I thought... since everybody is in the mood, I mind as well be a Prince too....



OOoo NO NO No noooo...... Raisa's Daddy cant be a Prince............ it is his birthday too!!!!!




Raisa's daddy... aka Uncle Ja.. aka Rhiza is too old to be a Prince.. and 1 cake is not enough for candles equivalent to his age.. so, Rhiza needed too many cakes ...




















and a Birthday song is by default... even for an old man... :-p

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RHIZA
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RHIZA
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RHIZA
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RHIZA

and you can see Rhiza's face turned red........






and rhiza puff and he puff....
and oh no............... so many candles....



















Dont worry Tok.. there is enough cake for everybody.. Rhiza is 34 years old.. there should be more than 34 cakes available... uhuks...







.......and of course, there are Party pack for all Rhiza's Guests too....







Rhiza's birthday party was suppose to be a karoeke party... having received a Karoeke and Home theatre set for his birthday!! but being the shy-guy............. he never invited any of his guests to sing!!! ................ in fear of being asked to sing!! he did not have enough practice yet... and he practice all day till dawn.... maybe he will sing for next year's birthday.......... anyhow..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RHIZA....



Last but not least.......... my brother in law Rafiq's birthday......... my thousand apology !!!! ......that I could not attend... sorry. I wanted to go.... but was soooo exhausted and mentally drained but your birthday was not forgotten... and dont worry about adding another candle on your cake.. I am sure it wont add up any more white hair to your lovely groomed hair.......



HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAFIQ..........


There were 2 more Birthday parties this weekend which my deputy Aaraf Pahamin aka Armin JR attended representing the family..... hopefully soon Armin JR can start attending meetings on my behalf too...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASHRAF

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRANDON

Sorry didnt have any pictures at the time of posting....

and that is the end of my 'eating-full' weekend... next weekend, I am sure there wont be any more parties to attend, everybody will be busy trying to stay awake while fasting or busy eating in hiding... either way........ good luck & all the best! Selamat Menyambut RAMADHAN.



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Blog, Facebook & DAP Youth.. (part vii)

Update:

12/09/09 Edward Ling Sieak Meeng was earlier listed without any blog page. Correction: Edward has both an FB account as well as a Blogger. His Blog details has been ammended below. (Note: thank you for the update Edward).

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This is the 7th series of various political parties youth exco members 'presence-analysis' on cyber & Blogosphere. I've completed the list of Cabinet Minister on Facebook (FB) & personal Blog, UMNO Youth, MCA Youth, Gerakan Youth, PAS Youth and PKR Youth (AMK). I am not bothered to seek and search for the list of MIC Youth exco when both their MIC website and MIC Youth Website are not even bothered to list their youth exco members and googling them seems futile.

The list of DAP Youth executive committee or known as DAP Socialist Youth (DAPSY) committee members was obtained from DAP main website.

DAPSY seems to be the most active on cyber with 70% of their exco are connected on cyber via either FB or Blog or both compared to 53% UMNO Youth, 23% MCA, 22% Gerakan Youth, 52% PAS Youth, 49% AMK (PKR Youth).


12 of DAPSY, 8 PAS Youth and 5 AMK owns both FB and Blog compared to 7 UMNO Youth, 3 MCA Youth and 1 Gerakan Youth despite having a smaller number of exco members.

1) Chairman (& Political Bureau) : Loke Siew Fook (See: Fook FB, Fook Blog)
2) Dep (& Members Recruitment Bureau) : Jenice Lee Ying Ha (see: Jenice FB, Jenice Blog)
3) Vice: Wong Kah Woh (see: Woh FB, Wong Blog)
4) National Sec (Voters Reg Bureau) : Loh Chee Heng (see: Loh FB, Loh Blog)
5) Nat Publicity Sect: Ng Wei Aik (see: Ng FB, Ng Blog)
6) Asst Nat Pub Sect: Ong Boon Piow (see: Ong FB, Ong Blog)
7) Teo Kok Seong (see: Seong FB, Seong Blog)
8) Gobind Singh Deo (Legal Affair Bureau) (see: Gobind FB, Gobind Blog)
9) Khoo Poay Tiong (see: Tiong FB, Tiong Blog)
10) Choong Siew Onn (see: Onn FB, Onn Blog)
11) Political Education Affair Director: Ooi Leng Hang (see: Ooi FB, Ooi Blog)
12) Ling Sieak Meeng, Edward (see: Meeng FB, No Blog)

5 DAPSY, 10 AMK, 5 PAS Youth are registered ONLY on FB but without any Blog compared to 14 UMNO Youth, 4 MCA and 1 Gerakan Youth.

13) Asst Nat Tresurer: Lau Keng Ee (see: Ee FB, NO Blog)
14) Yeoh Soon Hin (see: Hin FB, NO Blog)
15) Cheong Chee Khing (see: Khing FB, No Blog)
16) V. Sivakumar (see: Siva FB, NO Blog)
17) Int Affair Bureau Director: Medaline Chang She Yun (see: Medaline FB, NO Blog)

3 DAPSY, 4 PAS Youth, 6 AMK only owns a Blog without any FB compared to 2 UMNO Youth, 4 MCA Youth and 3 Gerakan Youth.

18) Asst. Nat. Sec: Tey Kok Kiew (see: NO FB, Tey Blog)
19) National Org Sect: Eddie Chang Teck Chee (see: NO FB, Eddie Blog)
20) Asst Nat Org Sect: Carmen Leong ooi Kuan (see: NO FB, Carmen Blog)

ONLY 10 DAPSY, 19 PAS Youth, 25 AMK are WITHOUT any FB or Blog compared to 20 UMNO Youth, 22 MCA Youth and 18 Gerakan Youth.

21) Vice Chairman: Violet Yong Wui Wui
22) Varsity Affair Bereau Director: Tan Hong Pin (see: NO FB, NO Blog)
23) Nat Treasurer: Leong Ooi Yee (see: NO FB, NO Blog)
24) Ng Suee Lim (see: NO FB, NO Blog)
25) Teo Eng Ching (see: NO FB, NO Blog)
26) Tiew Way Keng (see: NO FB, NO Blog)
27) Chan Su Sann (see: NO FB, NO Blog)
28) Kuan Perk Siong (see: NO FB, NO Blog)

As a conclusion to the series of "Blog, Facebook & all youth component Party", the youth opposition are more active and strongly support their alliance (and maybe confusing the public on various remark and allegation) on cyber compared to our youth alliance.

If our youth exco continue to be inactive, the cyber-sphere will continue to be dominated by the opposition. With the advancement of technology, communication via cyber-sphere is the cheapest and most effective...

Next series will be to list the educational background of all youth exco member. Todate, although I have emailed to the respective youth chief for their exco member's education background but I have not received any reply. Perhaps, even the youth council too does not keep any record or verify their exco members educational background. Surprisingly, education does not seem to be a priority in the selection or election of youth exco members... or does it?

Stay Tune...


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Blog, Facebook & Gerakan Youth and MIC Youth.. (part vi)

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Searching for Gerakan Youth and MIC Youth latest exco members list was the hardest. Both the Gerakan main website and MIC main website or MIC Youth Website DO NOT DISPLAY THEIR YOUTH COMMITTEE members.. so much for recognising their youth Wing... so much for solidarity... or maybe they do not recognise their youth wing?

Their 2008-2011 exco members list is not even available on google search except announcement for both parties' Youth Chief Lim Si pin and MIC Youth Chief T. Mohan; unlike UMNO Youth, PAS Youth and PKR Youth (AMK). So much time wasted just to search for the list of Gerakan and MIC youth exco members..... After browsing the few hundred thousand google search result, I finally found Gerakan exco list from the star newspaper dated 11 October 2008 (see: the Star).

Gerakan Youth Chief Lim Si Pin has his own blog (see below) but wrote and displayed nothing of his elected executive committee members. In fact, Gerakan Youth does not even have any official website.... When Si Pin was elected as the Youth Chief, his main agenda was to convert the youth wing into an ISO 9000 quality.... but maybe a 'syiiok sendiri' election manifesto since his exco list is even non-existence...

I cant believe such an important 26 years old Gerakan Youth wing without their own website.

... and ONLY 4 of GERAKAN EXCO owns a blog BUT 3 Blogs are written in Chinese... so much for Gerakan Youth's stand being a party for ALL MALAYSIAN (irrespective of race) ?..... and ONLY 2 Exco registered on Facebook (FB). There are more cabinet minister on Facebook (see: Minister FB) than the the total Gerakan Youth exco.


Gerakan Youth Exco:

1) Chief: Lim Si Pin (NO FB, SiPin Blog)
2) Deputy : Oh Tong Keong (NO FB, Keong Blog)
3) Vice 1: YB Liang Teck Meng, ( NO FB, NO Blog)
4) Vice 2: David Ang Chin Tat (NO FB, NO Blog)
5) Vice 3: Vincent Hooi Wy-Hon

6) Yap Chen Heng
7) Tan kok Seong
8) Hng Chee Wey (Wey FB, Wey Blog)
9) Alex Ong Yeok Leng
10) Jack Cheow Woon San
11) Khor Hock Peng
12) A. Kuhan
13) Lau Hoi Keong
14) Chong Chee Yen (there's a few FB account by this name & I could not verify which belongs to Gerakan Youth exco)
15) Cheah Chee Kuan
16) Ou Kwee hua
17) Khoo Kha Shin
18) Ong Teng Boon (Boon FB - I could verify if this account belong to the Gerakan EXCO)
19) Dr Dominic Lau Hoe Chai (NO FB,Dom Blog)
20) Ong Boon Hong
21) Tan Keit Hock
22) Chia Gim Tiong
23) Chang Shui Kiong

Gerakan Youth wing was set up in 1983 and Lim Si Pin was the first Youth Chief elected by delegate since establishment. There have never been any contest for the Youth Chief... perhaps the reason why Gerakan is still in Flinstone age but with the new Chief.... ?

Thus far, the PKR Youth alliance, PKR Youth (AMK) & PAS seemed to be more active with blogs and Facebook interaction compared to Barisan National Youth alliance, UMNO Youth, MCA Youth and Gerakan.

Our youth alliance under BN really needed to improve our presence on cyber and blogosphere. I gave up searching for MIC Youth exco list.... probably MIC Youth exco is so insignificant that even the MIC Youth Website doesnt display their exco members...

As per earlier series (part i-v), I stand corrected if the detail is inaccurate. Please advice and keep me posted of any inaccuracy. The source of information is accurate as far as the information available on cyber search.

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A productive Sunday......

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My ordinary Sunday usually began with a long distance of at least a 21km run training at Taman Tun Dr Ismail lakeside located beside the Women Institute of Malaysia at 6am. I broke the routine yesterday to be punctual at our fortnighly gathering with Dr Juanda Jaya, the Mufti of Perlis. I was always late for the gathering having participated in various running events that was always held on Sunday morning.

I first befriended Dr Juanda when we together performed our Haj in 2006... We (the members of our unofficial group called 'Zamrud' & Dr Juanda) were all alien to each other in Mecca. Gathered by Dr Juanda, we became so close and took a pledge whilst in Mecca to better understand the beauty of Islam and committed ourselves to regularly gather and learn from Dr Juanda whom voluntarily too committed himself in guiding us through the Quran & Hadith. We learn the translation of Quran and understand the Hadith from Dr Juanda Jaya at the fortnightly 'Halaqah' for more than 2 years now.

I missed Mecca, missed performing the pilgrimage and became more enthusiast in seeking deeper knowledge of Islam everytime I met Dr Juanda... My Mentor.

Unfortunately, the Zamrud gathering is a closed invitation only to our 2006, Zamrud haj group.. however, those whom are interested to get opinions from Dr Juanda.. can do so via his BLOG.. Dr Juanda Blog 1, Dr Juanda Blog 2.

Having spent half a day with Dr Juanda & the Zamrud group (a name borrowed from Tabung Haji package that we subscribed when we all first met), the other half sunday was spent at home and a father & son day out.

The usual father & son outing at the golf course or shopping or at some fine dining restaurants are too common. The sunday too was a break from that monotony outing. Instead, we went to One Utama Mall for a menicure and pedicure.


Grooming is always a choice. Many wanted to be groomed but avoided in fear of being teased or seen at the centre. Such is the stigma of many men... but nothing felt better than to have the feet and hand dead skin scrubbed and cuticles trimmed and nail buffed and polished.




We arrived early for our 5pm appointment and did not have to queue whilst others were impatiently queuing. We were comfortably seated and The menicure and pedicure took more than an hour to complete.


Dad had a good snore and was in dreamland for the whole period but quickly awoke for photos...



The sunday too was the wedding Yg Bhg Dato' Hanafi Mat Zin's daughter, Nurul Husna Hanafi & Azri which I could not attend as I attended the Zamrud gathering with Dr Juanda. My apology and congratulation to Dato Hanafi & family... and the newly wed Husna & Hery.

At the same time, my old schoolmates at Bukit Bintang Boys Secondary School held a get-together at the Chef & Brew restaurant, Damansara height that I could not attend for the same reason. My thousand apology.

Now... back to work.

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Ministry of Human Resouce prefer only PUBLIC BANK

Train & Place Scheme (TPS) or Skim Latihan & Penempatan (Ministry of Human Resource).

Train & Place programme was launched under the 2nd Financial Stimulus to eradicate if not reduce the number of unemployment due to the global recession.

Anybody who was retrenched, unemployed or graduates whom were not able to seek employment can qualify for the programme (see para 2.2 of the guideline attached below). Approved applicants will be paid between RM500 - RM600 per month for a 6 months training & placement programme.

Trainees will be trained and placed (depending on the chosen field) at the approved academy for training and placed at the participated company akin of being employed.

It is a noble program launched by the Government in March 2009 to cushion the impact and sufferings of the retrenched and unemployed public due to the economic downturn. However, Human Resource Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam expressed on 20 May 2009 his dissappointed with the poor response (see: Ministry Website).

My company participated in the scheme in June as a small social contribution during this economic downturn and trained 100 unemployed workforce. The unemployed being unemployed do not have much disposable income and the administrative nature of registering the trainees had led to various delay in both submission and approval. As a result, on humanitarian ground, my company advanced the payment to the respective trainee allowance (that the Ministry suppose to pay for them) and is currently awaiting the Ministry approval for the advance payment claim appeal. The advance payment is over and above the lodging and transportation that we provide to outstation trainees at our own cost.

BUT this is not what I wanted to highlight but instead the Ministry of Human Resource requirement for ALL TRAINEES to have an active PUBLIC BANK SAVINGS ACCOUNT for the government training allowance payment to be made.

Why does the GOVERNMENT PREFER ONLY PUBLIC BANK when there are Maybank, CIMB, AMBANK and other banks. Trainee without active Public Bank Account will not receive the allowance from the Government (see the two attached guidelines below). Officials from the Ministry of Human Resource whom did not want to be name, said the regulation was made during Dato Seri Fong Chan Onn's tenure as the Minister of Human Resouce.

Our 100 trainees approached various Public Bank branches namely, Damansara Utama Uptown, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, , Jalan Pasir Puteh (Ipoh), Kelana Jaya and Sungai Chua, (Kajang) but many applications to open the Saving Bank Account was declined due to error in reading the MyKad chip. Public Bank had also refused to accept birth certificate or temporary letter from National Registration Department (for lost of MyKad) as an alernative. This had created alot of strain to the already very stressed unemployed.

Public Bank too refused to accept a minimum savings of RM10 although the Trainees’ Information Form KSM/TPS/1/09 was attached (see attached Guidelines on Claims below). Public Bank insisted a minimum of RM250 and took a minimum of 45minutes to even the whole day to open a simple saving account as oppose to 15 minutes at CIMB.

Yesterday, we wrote to the Central Bank of Malaysia (Bank Negara Malaysia) highlighting the trainee's predicament with Public Bank and was pleased when the issue was immediately resolved. The trainee were able to open the saving account without further problem. This problem could have been easily avoided if the trainee were given an option of available Banks to choose instead of only one, Public Bank.

I would like to also appeal for the MyKad quality to be improved given the various problem associated with Mykad chip and reader.

Enclosed below the extraction from the Ministry of Human Resource guidelines: (1) Guidelines on Implementation of the train & Place and (2) Guidelines on claim under the Train & Place Scheme( para 3 pertaining to the trainee) .


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GUIDELINES ON IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE TRAIN AND PLACE SCHEME

1. Objective
The objective of these guidelines is to explain the procedures for the implementation of the Train and Place Scheme (TPS) for retrenched workers and unemployed graduates seeking employment.

2. Target Group
2.1 Malaysian who have graduated with a diploma, degree or equivalent qualifications and have remained unemployed.
2.2 Malaysian workers who have been retrenched by the employers from all economic sectors including those who have been retrenched under voluntary separation scheme (VSS) and any person unemployed seeking jobs.

3. Training Providers Requirements Under The Train and Place Scheme
3.1 Training providers who are eligible to participate under the scheme must be approved by Ministry Of Human Resources (MOHR). They must register with PSMB and pay an administration fee of RM500.00 for each centre and appointed branches.
3.2 Training providers must attend briefings to be conducted by PSMB.

4. Procedure to Submit Trainees Information Form
4.1 Training providers are required to key-in information of the trainees from the Trainee Information Form (KSM/TPS/1/09) as per Appendix A, for trainees who have registered in JobsMalaysia and endorsed for placement by JTK. The information should be key-in through the PSMB’s online system at www.hrdf.com.my. Training providers must ensure that all particulars of the trainees are accurate especially name, IC number and bank accounts number. Trainees Summary Report is to be submitted to PSMB after information on trainees have been keyed into the system.

4.2 Trainees Information Form (KSM/TPS/1/09) and Trainees Summary Report must be submitted to PSMB by training providers at least one day before commencement of training and attached with the following supporting documents:
(i) A copy of new identity card;
(ii) A copy of an active Public Bank’s account book showing the name of the trainee, account number and latest transaction;
(iii) Training Session Plan;
(iv) For retrenched workers, a copy of marriage certificate for married trainees and copies of birth certificates for every child (if applicable).

4.3 If festives celeberations e.g. Hari Raya Aidil Fitri dan Adha, Hari Natal, Deepavali, Tahun Baru Cina or other public holidays falls during the training session, training providers can include additional holidays, if applicable, in the training session plan. Additional holidays declared by training providers must be replaced with an equivalent number of training days.

4.4 Training providers are required to submit application forms for a particular class only once according by class and not by individuals. Thus, 25 Trainees Information Forms must be submitted for a class of 25 trainees. If the number of trainees is less than 25, additional applications will not be considered.

4.5 Training providers are required to submit Trainees Registration Form (KSM/TPS/3/09) as per Appendix C to PSMB within one week from the day trainees report for training. This is to assist PSMB in the payment of trainees’ monthly allowances. Failure to submit this form will result delay in the payment of monthly allowances. Training providers are also required to submit information for trainees who have been approved but failed to report or withdraw from training by completing the Trainees Withdrawal/Quit Form (KSM/TPS/4/09) as per Appendix D.

4.6 Training providers are required to inform PSMB not later than 3 days from the date when trainee quits the programme by using the same form. If a trainee is absent from training for more than 3 days without valid reasons, he or she is also deem to have quit the programme.

4.7 Training providers are required to monitor closely trainees’ attendance and ensure that training is conducted as per training schedule.

4.8 Application for subsequent classes has to be submitted to PSMB after JTK has confirmed the job offers for previous class. The application, however, will only be processed subject to availability of funds and training providers have fulfilled all the terms and conditions for the previous class.

4.9 Training providers are required to keep all records relating to the Training and Place Scheme for the purpose of inspections and allow PSMB’s officers to inspect the records, if necessary.

4.10 From time to time, PSMB reserves the right to change or amend the terms and conditions of these guidelines to ensure the smooth implementation of the Train and Place Scheme.


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GUIDELINES ON CLAIMS
UNDER THE
TRAIN AND PLACE SCHEME


Paragraph 3.0 Trainees’ Monthly Allowance

3.1 Trainees’ monthly allowances will be paid directly to trainees’ accounts.

3.2 Payment for monthly allowances will be made through Public Bank saving accounts. Trainees are required to open a saving account at any nearest Pubic Bank branch before commencement of training. Trainees can open conventional saving accounts with only RM10.00 by presenting a complete of Trainees’ Information Form
KSM/TPS/1/09.

3.3 Monthly allowances of RM500.00 will be paid to each graduate trainee. Since the attendance is compulsory, RM19 will be deducted for each day trainee is absent from training (based on 26 days per month). Exception will be given to trainees with medical certificates issued by medical practitioners, except for maternity leave.

3.4 Monthly allowances for retrenched workers are between RM500.00 – RM800.00 subjected to number of trainees’ dependants. Rates of the allowances are shown in Table 1 below:

Table 1: Rate of Monthly Allowance
Category - Allowance (RM)
1. Single - 500.00
2. Married - 600.00 (Additional allowance of RM50.00 will be given for each dependant)
3. Divorcee / Widower - 500.00 (Additional allowance of RM50.00 will be given for each dependant)

3.5 Monthly allowances for retrenched workers will be subjected to a maximum of RM 800.

3.6 Failure of trainees to attend training will involve the deduction of monthly allowances based on Table 2 below. Exception will be
given to trainees with medical certificates issued by medical practitioners, except for maternity leave.
Table 2: Rate of Deduction on Monthly and Additional Allowances.
Monthly & Additional Allowances (RM)
Deduction Per Day (RM)
500.00 = 19.00
550.00 = 21.00
600.00 = 23.00
650.00 = 25.00
700.00 = 27.00
750.00 = 29.00
800.00 = 31.00

3.7 TPS providers are required to fax Trainees’ Attendance Form KSM/TPS/T1/09 as per Appendix E to PSMB on the last day of the month. (Fax No. 03-2087 6365)

3.8 Payment of trainees’ monthly allowances will be made within 7 days after complete Trainees’ Attendance Form has been received by PSMB.

3.9 TPS providers are obliged to keep all records related to training for inspection purposes and to allow the inspectoriate officers to verify all records, if necessary.

3.10 PSMB may from time to time change or amend the guidelines. TPS providers will be notified for any changes made to strengthen the implementation of the scheme.


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Blog, Facebook & MCA Youth Exco (Part v)

the list of MCA National Youth Exco Members for 2008-2011 is available at MCA YOUTH WEBSITE.

MCA (inc appointed & Invited) has a similar size of exco members to UMNO with 43 exco members compared to PAS 36 Youth exco member and AMK 46 Youth exco members.

MCA Youth exco are the worst IT savvy with only 3 MCA Youth Exco connected on cyber via both Facebook and personal Blog compared to 7 UMNO Youth, 8 PAS Youth, 5 AMK (PKR) Youth exco.

1) Youth Chief: Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong (see: Wee FB, Wee Blog)
2) Loh Chew June (see: CJ FB, CJ Blog)
3) Dr Kow Cheong Wei (see: Kow FB, Kow Blog)

and only 4 MCA Youth Exco that is registered ONLY on Facebook and without any personal blog compared to 14 UMNO Youth exco, 5 PAS Youth Exco and 10 AMK Youth Exco.

4) Dato' Chai Kim Sen (see: Chai FB)
5) Ong Soon Boon (see: Ong FB)
6) Toh Seng Cheng (see: Toh FB)
7) Chew Kok Woh (Sabah) (see: Chew FB)

... 4 MCA Youth is a blogger but are not registered on FB compared to 2 UMNO Youth, 4 PAS Youth and 6 AMK Youth Exco

8) Gan Hong Su (see: Gan Blog)
9) Chiew Lian Keng (appt)(see: Chiew Blog)
10) Dato Liow Tiong Lai (Pahang) (see: Liow Blog)
11) Wee Jeck Seng (Johor) (see: Wee Blog)


22 MCA Youth exco are non-existence on FB and does not own any personal blog compared to 20 UMNO Youth, 19 PAS Youth and 25 AMK Youth exco.

12) Yong Chen Leong
13) Yoo Wei How
14) Dr Chin Tung Leong
15) Yit Lee Kok
16) Lee Li Yew
17) Koh Chin Han
18) Chin Eu Boon
19) Yap Tian Hoi
20) Dep Chief: Dato Dr Mah Hang Soon

Appointed Youth Exco
21) Wong Yoke Loong
22) Haw Chin Teck
23) Ngwe Hee Sem
24) Wong Nai Chee
25) Tang Nai Soon
26) Chong Sin Woon
27) Datuk Chuah Poh Khiang

Invited Youth Exco
28) Gan Han Chuan
29) Wong Kim Long
30) Eng Hiap Boon
31) Teoh Hwa Cheng
32) Yeong Kian Seng
33) Ling Hee Keat

State Youth Liaison Chief
34) Hang Chin Peng (W.Persekutuan)
35) Wong Koon Mun (Selangor)
36) Wee keng Seng (Kelantan)
37) Boey Chin Gan (Kedah)
38) Foo Ming Chee (N.Sembilan)
39) Teh Chai Aan (Perlis)
40) Chin Wai Sun (Terengganu)
41) Dato Tan Chin Meng (Perak)
42) Chua Kheng Hwa (Melaka)
43) Ooi Chuan Aik (Penang)


ONLY 23% of MCA Youth exco connected on cyber either through FB or Blog or Both compared to 53% UMNO Youth, 49% PAS and 52% AMK (PKR) Youth. Clearly one of the reason why MCA is losing its popularity........ MCA is probably riding on UMNO Youth machinery for cyber support and cavassing.

Another significant obervation on cyber, opposition PAS and AMK openly displayed their exco HANDPHONE NUMBER on their official website but NONE with UMNO Youth & MCA Youth... hence, not only are the opposition are approachable on cyber but they are also easily contactable on their personal handphone.

Stay tune for MIC, Gerakan, PPP, DAP and other political party youth exco cyber analysis.....


How educated are our future leaders.. UMNO Youth Exco...

How educated are UMNO Youth Exco...


I came acrossed many friends whom never graduated but claimed they are graduates from various local universities and even from international universities. Verifying graduates are as difficult to authenticate similar to verifying honorific titles such as Tan Sri, Datuk or Dato'ship. In a society when majority are graduates and many are Datuk(s) and Dato'(s), everybody took for granted that everybody is as per what they claim to be because verifying it is pointless and a waste of time... almost impossible.

Being a graduate and a business owner, I had interviewed too many graduates that I could notice almost instantly when a person is a graduate or otherwise and locally or from overseas. Unlike the conferment of honorific titles, a person cannot act to be graduate especially in thinking and conversation substances.

Once, in the mid 90s, whilst being attached to Guthrie, Industrial Relation Department upon graduation, I had to write to various universities for verification (of Guthrie new employees) of their graduation and confirmation of their exam transcript but without success... except from a few foreign universities.

Now, with too many graduates, university registrars require (for verification) the actual year of graduation and their Degree subject major. Without this detail, the verification is almost impossible. Thus, the accuracy of information is of utmost important.

Akin of employment recruitment, we should know our leaders' credentials too before we vote and pledge our support for them. Obviously, our leaders should be smarter than us... to lead us. Otherwise, any uneducated man who are voted into PAS can claim anything as Haram or unislamic (as an example) under the Islamic banner, although really, he doesnt qualify to make any religious statement. Similarly, it will be embarassing to us when our leaders continuously having to rely on 'external' intelligence to make a stand.... without the externals, perhaps the reason for all the 'echo' statements....

My dad once told me during childhood... that Malays only have 2 career in mind as an ambition. First to be a politician and second to be an Artist (singing or acting) because both career doesnt require any education. Now that I have the resources to research... I hope the old 'dilemma' is Untrue....

Benchmarking University Bachelor Degree graduate as a minimum qualification, how many graduates are there in our UMNO Youth is the first part of many series to come. The source of information is via internet search such as Googling various local and foreign university alumni lists and past convocation record as well as browsing individual exco profiles on facebook, blogs and webpages. Those that is listed as "NO DEGREE" means their educational information is not listed or not available online or as it literally means 'NO DEGREE'* and those with graduate record, an email was sent to their respective university for verification.

I welcome any corrections or amendments to the posting and will update any inaccurate information if informed. As this blog posting is written, an email was sent via FB to: (1) YB Khairy for the list of his youth exco educational background, (2) Zamakhsari for PAS youth exco educational background and (4) Tan Wei Wun for the PKR youth exco (AMK) educational background. I do not believe their tertiary education background is a confidential information especially for politician whom suppose to be marketing/selling themselves, in fact I think they should be proud of their educational achievement(s) (if any).

I havent received any reply emails yet from any of them but thusfar, the result from internet research is as follows:

ONLY 9 out of the 43 UMNO youth exco is a University Bachelor degree graduates and only YB Khairy & Anuar Safian are a post-graduate Master degree holder.

1) Youth Chief : Khairy Jamaluddin, Bachelor in Philosophy, Politics & Economics; Oxford University, Master Legal & Political Theory; University College London (UCL) UK (1998). Khairy is the most qualified as far as education is concern.

2) Dep Chief (Management Committee) : Dato Razali Ibrahim, Bachelor in Law (LLB); Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) (1994)

3) International/Peace Malaysia: Datuk Ahmad Zaki Zahid, Bachelor in Law (LLB); University of Bristol, UK (1994)

4) Politic Education: Ali Mazat, Bachelor in Civil Engineering; University Malaya (UM), Malaysia (year graduation-unknown)

5) New Media: Tun Faisal Ismail Aziz, Bachelor in Pharmacy; University Science of Malaysia (USM), Malaysia (1990)

6) Kelantan: Anuar Safian, Bachelor Entrepreneurship; American European University (distance learning?) (1993) Masters in Leadership; Oxford Centre for leadership (Oxcel) (2007).

7) Information: Dato Reezal Merican Naina Merican, Bachelor in Arabic Language and Literature; International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Malaysia (1996)

8) Debate & Resolutions: Lokman Noor Adam (Mara University of technology (UiTM) but unknown if its diploma or degree) (1993)

9) BN Youth & 1Malaysia: Mohd Faizal Ramli (appointed exco) Bachelor in Management & Marketing, University Science of Malaysia (USM), Malaysia (1995)

*34 UMNO Youth exco are NON University graduate!!???

10) Putera UMNO: Megat Zulkarnain Omardin

11) Art & Culture: Jamawi Jaafar

12) Socio Ethic: Mohamad Iruan Zulkefli

13) Asst Secretary : Megat Firdouz Tan Sri Megat Junid

14) Asst Treasurer : Dato Rozabil Ab Rahman

15) Rural Development: Datuk Wan Amizan Wan Abdul Razak

16) Urban Development: Tengku Azman Tengku Zainal Abidin

17) NGO Liaison: Suffian Awang

18) Pulau Pinang: Norman Zahalan

19) Wilayah Persekutuan: Rizalman Dato Mokhtar

20) Melaka: Karim Yaacob

21) Johor: Mohd Fadil Muskon

22) Sports: Datuk Ahmad Darus

23) Agriculture and Primary Industry: Zubir Zabidi

24) Soohaimi Shahadan (Economic & entrepreneur Development)

25) Hishamuddin Yahaya (Membership & Selection)

26) Mohd Gasing Saling (Education)

27) Syahrin Jamaluddin (Higher Education)

28) Ustaz Mohd Afandi Yusof (Religious)

29) Datuk Mohamad Khairun Aseh (Community Complain)

30) Shafiqurrahman Shamsuddin (Young Profesionals)

31) Nazir Husin Akhtar Hussin (Young Worker)

32) Badrol Hisham Zaki (Government Liaison)

33) Mohd Anis Hisham Abd Aziz (Perang Saraf) (appointed exco)

34) Khairul Azwan Harun (Youth Academy) (appointed exco)

35) Abdul Razak Abdul Rahman (Special function) (appointed exco)

36) Mohsin Mohd Yusoff (Perlis)

37) Badrol Hisham hashim (Kedah)

38) Maslin Sham Razman (Perak)

39) Suhaimi Mohd Ghazali (Selangor)

40) Mohd Helmy Din (Negeri Sembilan)

41) Abu Jimi Samat (Pahang)

42) Saiful Bahri Baharuddin (Terengganu)

43) Azman Ruslan (Sabah)

If 80% of our future leaders did not even possess any University degree...??? Maybe thats why Pemuda is against PPSMI... maybe they dont understand.. :-D just kidding..

*I am waiting impatiently for YB Khairy's reply to update the 34 non-graduate details (if my record is inaccurate)..... in the mean time, Stay Tune for PAS Youth exco educational background details.....

In case, YB Khairy is too busy with the people, I welcome his office or exco to update the details too... Without any update from anybody.. probably my statistic is regrettably true.

Note: this blog, will be continuously updated for latest information... hence, for any update from any party and/or upon verification received from their respective university...

Stay Tune


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Blog, Facebook & PKR Youth Exco (Part iv)

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The list of PKR Youth or AMK (Angkatan Muda Keadilan) for the year 2008-2011 is available at AMK WEBSITE.

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"Practice makes perfect" (John Adam (1761) was one of my favourite phrase. So easy it was searching for PKR Youth Exco or Angkatan Muda Keadilan (AMK) members list having repeated the same for UMNO and PAS Youth exco members.

AMK has the biggest number of Youth exco members with a total of 46 youth compared to UMNO 43 youth and PAS 36 exco members.

From the 46 AMK members, only 5 AMKs are registered on Facebook (FB) and owns a blog compared to 7 UMNO Youthand 8 PAS youth exco.

1) Youth Chief: Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin (see: Shamsul FB, Shamsul Blog1, Blog 2)
2) Vice Chief: YB Amirudin Shari- Johor (see: Amir FB, Amir Blog)
3) Asst Sec: YB Chang Lih Kang (see: Kang FB, Kang Blog)
4) Director Parliament & ADUN: YB Nurul Izzah Anwar (see: Nurul FB, Nurul Blog)
5) Exco: YB Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad (see: YBNik FB, YBNik Blog)


....and 10 AMK with ONLY an FB account without any Blog compared to 14 UMNO Youth and 5 PAS Youth.

6) Tan Wei Wun (see: Wun FB, NO Blog)
7) Wan Khairul Ihsan Wan Muhammad (Kelantan Chief) (see: Ihsan FB, NO Blog)
8) Zara Zahari (see: Zara FB, NO Blog)
9) Amizuddin Ahmat (see: Amiz FB, NO Blog)
10) YB Chan Meng Kai (see: Kai FB, NO Blog)
11) Jafrien Muhammad (see: Jaf FB (dormant), NO Blog)
12) Latheefa Koya (see: Koya FB, NO Blog)
13) Mohd Najib Onn (see: Najib FB, NO Blog)
14) Muzaffar Shah Khairuddin (see: Muz FB, NO Blog)
15) Halim Aziz - N.Sembilan (see: Halim FB, NO Blog)


AMK has the biggest number of 6 exco with only a blog but without FB account compared to 2 UMNO Youth and 4 PAS Youth.

16) Director Strategy: YB Yusmadi Yusoff (P.Penang Chief) (see: NO FB, Yusmadi Blog)
17) Director Election: Fariz Musa (Terengganu Chief) (see: NO FB, Fariz Blog)
18) Ahmad Zaki Yamani (see: NO FB, Zaki Blog)
19) Pajudin Nordin (see: NO FB, Pajudin Blog)
20) Zamri Sapar - Perlis (see: NO FB, Zamri Blog)
21) Saiful Izham Ramli - Kedah (see: NO FB, Saiful Blog)


BUT there are 25 AMK Youth that is without both FB and Blog compared to 20 UMNO Youth and 19 PAS Youth.

22) Deputy Chief: Mohd Faris Musa
23) Vice Chief: Khairul Anuar Ahmad Zainuddin- Selangor Chief
24) Vice Chief: Tan Seng Toh- Melaka
25) Secretary: Zulkifar Ali Ariffin
26) Asst Sec: Mahharul Ismail
27) Treasurer: Mohamad Zamakhsari Ibrahim
28) Info Chief: YB S. Kesavan
29) Dep Info Chief: Shamsul Hidayat
30) Mohd Husaif Mohd Jalal
31) Abdul Rahmad Abdul Hackeem
32) Ahmad Nazif Johari
33) Eric Khor
34) Faizal Effendi Hasim
35) Ginie Lim Siew Lin
36) Hasmuzair Hassan
37) Muhammad Gaddafi Kamal
38) P. Saravanan
39) Hj Ramlan Roes
40) T. Kumar
41) Zulkifli Ibrahim
42) Rizal Jamin - Pahang
43) Anuar Zakaria - Perak
44) Md Zaman Mohd Tasi - W.Persekutuan
45) Abd Razak Jamil - Sabah
46) Rahamat Idil Latif - Sarawak

From the above, we can see that 52% of AMK are connected on cyber either through FB or Blog or both compared to 53% of UMNO Youth exco and 49% of PAS Youth exco.

But only 24% of AMK are Bloggers compared to 21% of UMNO Youth and 34% of PAS Youth. It is worth noting that my statistics only record youth exco members that owns a blog and register an FB under their personal name.

PAS Youth being an islamic party would probably sincerely register a blog personally under their own name (hence the highest percentage of bloggers) and maybe UMNO youth (with 21% bloggers) has not awoken from sleep BUT I believe most of AMK are bloggers and are blogging in-hiding under ANONYMOUS blogs and quietly dominating the blogosphere against the government... DSAI style even before the last election... so much so that UMNO didnt even know what hit them.

Suffice to say our presence on cyber too must be felt to be relevant.... Cut, paste, post and publish articles from the main stream media that is typical in most umno blogs & FB only displays lackadaisical effort and probably a signal that the secretary updated their blogs or FB page on their behalf.


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Chat with Datuk Mukhriz Tun Mahathir

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Chat with Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry, YB Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir @ Facebook on Monday 10 August 2009 at 8pm. Mukhriz is also a Member of Parliament for Jerlun.

Click: Mukhriz Facebook account and Mukhriz Blog for further information.

See other Ministers on facebook at Minister FB.

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Blog, Facebook and PAS Youth Exco (Part iii)

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Pas Youth Exco list (Senarai Pemuda PAS) for 2009-2011 is available at PAS YOUTH WEBSITE.

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Shortly after performing my Friday Prayer, I came home for lunch.. I was deprived of home cook lunch for many weeks due to endless paper work and appointments. Whilst lunching at home, I turned on Bernama News and saw Mukhriz Mahathir being interviewed on the Internal Security Act or ISA protest. Its true what Mukhriz said, that we.. Malaysian had discounted and taken for granted the peace we enjoy under the shelter of the present system... including the ISA.

Maybe it is naive of me to disagree with the abolishment of the ISA but I observed whilst doing business in Thailand, Indonesia and travelled to Phillipines, Vietnam, Europe and other parts of the world, the racial harmony and peace in our country is far superior... hence, the system with ISA.

I had problem understanding PAS, DAP, PKR philosophy and resolutions but being civil minded, I took the effort to understand. I want to understand if the public voted for PAS or PKR (or other opposition) because of what they stood for or because of their personality?

I had as much problem searching for PAS exco line up as I had with understanding their resolutions. After hours of googling, facebooking and browsing the net, I found PAS Youth EXCO members list.

As a civilised citizen and a Kelantanese, I tried to understand the philosophy and resolution of PAS with failure.... but I never had any reason to even try to learn and understand their generals, machineries.. moreover their exco members... until now. Why? that is story for another blog posting....

PAS Youth Exco comprised of 36 youth member (including the appointed exco & state Youth Chief) as opposed to our 43 UMNO Youth excos (including the appointed excos & state Youth Chief).

Youth EXCO with both a Facebook (FB) account and a blog.

8 PAS Youth exco have both a Facebook (FB) account and a blog VERSUS 7 UMNO youth excos

1) PAS Youth Chief (Pahang Chief): Ustaz Nasruddin Hassan At Tantawi (See: Nasruddin FB, Nasruddin Blog1, Blog2)

2) Information Chief: Suhaizan Kayat (see: Suhaizan FB, Suhaizan Blog)

3) Khairul Faizi Ahmad Kamil (Johor Chief) (see: Khairul FB, Khairul Blog)

4) Ustaz Nik Mohd Abduh Nik Abdul Aziz (see: Abduh FB, Abduh Blog)

5) Ustaz Riduan Mohd Nor (see: Riduan FB, Riduan Blog)

6) Ustaz Mohd Nazri Chik (see: Nazri FB (Dormant), Nazri Blog)

7) Zamakhshari Muhammad (see: Zamak FB, Zamak Blog)

8) Mior Isfandy Mior Azizan (see: Mior FB, Mior Blog, BLOG2)


Youth EXCO with only an FB account but without any Blog

5 PAS Youth Exco have only an FB account VERSUS 14 UMNO Youth exco members.

9) Vice Youth Chief: Ahmad Sabki Yusof (see: Sabki FB)

10) Treasurer: Adram Musa (see: Adram FB)

11) Zuraidin Abdullah (see: Zuraidin FB)

12) Ustaz Wan Sukairi Wan Abdullah (see: Sukairi FB)

13) Ustaz Sollehen Mukhyi SELANGOR (see: Mukhyi FB)


Youth EXCO with only a blog without FB account

4 PAS Youth Exco owns a blog without any FB account VERSUS 2 UMNO Youth exco

14) Election Director: Firdaus Jaafar (see: Firdaus Blog)
(note: too many Firdaus Jaafar on Facebook- didnt know which is the Pas exco)


15) YB Ustaz Nasir Zakaria (see: Nasir Blog1, Blog2)

16) Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor (see: Sanusi Blog)

17) Mohd Taufek Abd Ghani NEGERI SEMBILAN (see: Taufek Blog)



Youth exco WITHOUT both FB account or Blog

19 PAS Youth Exco does not have any FB account nor blogs VERSUS 20 UMNO Youth exco.

18) Dep Youth (Terengganu Chief) : Ustaz Azman Shapawi Abd Rani

19) Secretary: Kamaruzaman Mohamad (Wilayah Persekutuan Chief)

20) Ustaz Kamal Ashaari

21) Ir Hj Muhd Khairil Nizam Khairuddin

22) Abdullah Abdul Karim

23) Dr Raja Ahmad Al Hiss Yaakob

24) Anuar Ali (note: too many anuar ali on facebook and google. cant find the correct person)

25) Ustaz Yussaine Yahya

26) Mohd Sany Hamzan

27) Ustaz Mohd Fuad Osman

28) Ustaz Mohd Nazri Din

29) Zulqarnain Luqman

30) Ustaz Ya'akub Abu Seman - PERLIS

31) Musoddak Ahmad - KEDAH

32) Ustaz Mohd Hafiz Nordin PENANG

33) Ustaz Norazli Musa PERAK

34) Ustaz Kamarudin Sidek MELAKA

35) Mohamad Zaki Ibrahim KELANTAN


SUMMARY

17 or 49% of total PAS Youth exco is connected on cyber either through FB or Blog or both VERSUS 23 or 53% of total UMNO Youth exco.

8 or 23% of total PAS Youth exco is connected on cyber through BOTH FB & Blog VERSUS 7 or 16% of total UMNO Youth exco

5 or 14% of total PAS Youth exco is connected on cyber ONLY through FB VERSUS 14 or 33% of total UMNO Youth exco

4 or 11% of total PAS Youth exco is connected on cyber ONLY through BLOG VERSUS 2 or 0.05% of total UMNO Youth exco

The total PAS Youth exco with an FB account is 13 exco or 37%
The total UMNO Youth exco on FB account is 21 exco or 49%

The total PAS Youth exco with a blog is 12 exco or 34%
The total UMNO youth exco with a blog is 9 or 21%


CONCLUSION

There are various way to interpret the summary.

In total percentage, 49% of total PAS Youth Exco against 53% of total UMNO Youth exco are connected on cyber either through FB or Blog or both.

34% of total PAS Youth Exco against 21% of total UMNO youth exco is a BLOGGER.

PAS.. with all the masjid(s), surau(s), schools and kenduri(s) as their canvassing ground is also strongly represented on cyber with more percentage of their Youth exco in the blogosphere... and they still have time for protests and demonstrations. UMNO Youth although maintain a bigger quantum in the number of exco(s), they have less representation in the blogging community.

Of course these are only statistics... the activeness of the registered exco on their FB account and Blogging updates is still subjective.

Reading both UMNO and PAS exco's blogs and 'FB status updates' are fun. A lot can be learn (in term of personalities) from just these reading. One major difference between UMNO Youth @ Facebook and PAS Youth @ Facebook... PAS 'requested' to befriend (on FB) but majority of UMNO Youth only accept those people requested to be friends. Hence, PAS Youth are more aggresive seeking for 'friends' from the unbeknown.

Doing the cyber analysis on the main 'taiko(s)' in PAS and other opposition excos should be more interesting.

Stay tune....


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