TAHNIAH...TAHNIAH...TAHNIAH... dan TAKZIAH...

TAHNIAH...TAHNIAH... DAN TAHNIAH....

1) Pertama sekali saya nak mengucapkan tahniah buat Johan Akademi Al-Quran musim ke-3.. Anak kedah iaitu Mohd Fakhrul Razi dari Kolej Universiti Insaniah.. Saya telah hadir pada malam tersebut dan memang wajar beliau mendapat gelaran tersebut.. Pujian juga saya berikan kepada 3 finalis yang lain, Syarifah, Syamsul dan Tarmizi yang membaca dengan amat baik sekali.




2) Saya juga ingin memberikan setinggi-tinggi ucapan tahniah dan syabas kepada
TV 9 telah menjayakan program Akademi Al-Quran ini... saya rasa sudah cukuplah kita asyikyang dihidangkan dengan hiburan yang tidak berfaedah seperti Akademi Fantasia, Gang Ster dan banyak lagi..




3) Tahniah juga Kepada Pasukan Bola Sepak Kedah Darul Aman yang telah menewaskan Selangor 3-2 dalam perlawanan final Piala FA semalam.. Sang Kenari akan mendapat hatrik lagi season nie.. InsyaAllah..




TAKZIAH


Diucapkan kepada warga Malaysia khususnya Muslimin dan Muslimah terutama golongan muda yang nampaknya semakin tidak berminat dengan program Ilmiah seperti Akademi Al-Quran.. Saya sempat mendengar "statement" daripada pengacara majlis yang mengatakan bahawa rating pada AQ musim ini adalah 800,000. Daripada 27 juta rakyat Malaysia yang majoritinya Muslim, Tidak sepatutnya ratingnya hanya mencatatkan 800,000. Sepatutnya ia boleh mencecah 10 juta atau lebih..

Ayuh wahai bangsa Melayu dan Islam.. Berubahlah daripada menyanjung tinggi artis-artis yang sememangnya tidak memberi faedah kepada kita semua.

Congrats Tun...!!

Early morning yesterday, Tun Dr Mahathir's blog had hit 2 million.. I wish Tun a very good luck and well done for his phenomenal blog www.chedet.com.

May Allah bless him with his thoughts and wisdom on helping to ensure the success of our nation..

Hidayat Rashid

Our Boys Are In Town...Guys...

Sorry, I think I have been late on posting the news on our Army (The Malay Regiment) in Buckingham Palace, London. But, Its alright I guess, The hype isn't over yet..

We as Malaysians especially Malays feel really honored to guard the Palace. Below are the quotes and pictures courtesy of United Kingdom Ministry of Defense website.

20 soldiers of the Royal Malay Regiment have become the first all-Islamic Company to provide a British monarch's ceremonial guard. Report by Shell Daruwala.

The Royal Malay Regiment soldiers with Members of the Welsh Guards during the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace on Friday 2 May 2008
[Picture: Sergeant Mick Howard RLC]

At Buckingham Palace today, Friday 2 May 2008, red jackets and black bearskins were replaced by pristine white tunics, brocade 'sampins' and gold-banded 'songkoks', when the Malay Regiment changed guards with 1st Battalion Welsh Guards.

The Regiment is visiting the UK to strengthen ties between Malaysia and the UK. Malaysia is only the fourth Commonwealth nation, after Canada, Australia and Jamaica, to be honoured in performing Public Duties in England.

Major Mohd Fuad bin Md Ghazali led his Company as the Malaysian Army's first Captain of the Guard at Buckingham Palace. He said:

"It is a great honour to be here guarding Her Majesty, who is the Head of the Commonwealth, and it is an expression of the close ties between our two countries."

The Royal Malay Regiment or Rejimen Askar Melayu DiRaja (RAMD), is the most senior in the Malaysian Army. The 1st Battalion is the ceremonial battalion to their King and only draws recruits from the ethnic Malay population. Because the State religion of Malaysia is Islam, the elite soldiers of the 1st Battalion must all be practicing Muslims.

Dress uniform showing the emblem of the 1st Battalion The Royal Malay Regiment
[Picture: Shell Daruwala, MOD]

The Regiment's own band accompanied the Guards onto the parade ground today. Wearing Malay dress uniform consisting of white tunics and trousers, gold and green brocade 'sampins' (a type of kilt or sarong), topped off with gold-banded, green velvet 'songkoks' (Islamic caps), the bandsmen played a selection of traditional Malaysian tunes to the delight of the gathered crowds.

Major Norhisham bin Kamar, of 1 RAMD, said that this was a proud moment for the Regiment:

"This is a very historical moment for us doing this job, and we will show the best to the audience here, as well as to the Queen.”

He said that this was also a way to help break through religious tensions between the people of Islamic and non-Islamic nations:

"Nowadays there is some difficulties between religion," he said. "Here we will show that Muslim countries can work together with non-Muslim countries. We came from a Colonial country - there's no problem with us – and can show how Muslim countries have no problem to work together with other people."

Garrison Sergeant Major WO1 Mott watches with pride as soldiers of the Royal Malay Regiment carry out the Changing of the Guards at Buckingham Palace
[Picture: Shell Daruwala, MOD]

Welsh Guards Drill Sergeant, Warrant Officer Second Class Dorian Thomas, was one of the three British trainers who spent three weeks training the RAMD in Malaysia, preparing them for their ceremonial duties in the UK. He said:

"I've now trained many incremental Companies that have come across here, and their standard of drill to begin with was immaculate. All we really had to teach was the procedures, or the different procedures we use on our Guard Bands."

Following today's ceremony, WO2 Thomas said that the Malaysians had been outstanding; the best visiting company he had ever seen.

Another of the trainers was Warrant Officer Class 1 W D G Mott OBE, who is the Garrison Sergeant Major at London District and oversees all the Royal ceremonial parades taking place in London and the Home Counties:

"I think it's lovely to have the Malay Regiment on guard now," he said. "They're on Queen's Guard. They've mounted. They're very professional. They've got a lovely attitude towards it.

“From the inception of this with the Chief of General Staff with the Chief of Army over in Malay, General Ismael, everything has been 'cooking on gas'. They've been positive all the way through – very professional as I say – and it's lovely to have them on board."

A soldier of the Royal Malay Regiment and a soldier of the Welsh Guards are given orders for their duties on guard at Buckingham Palace
[Picture: Sergeant Mick Howard RLC]

"The Malay Regiment are very professional men and they've come on board with an absolutely outstanding attitude. And that three weeks – you'd think they've been training for about six months."

He said that Malaysians everywhere should take pride in the professionalism of their soldiers:

"If we have Malay persons that live in this country, they should be proud and they should come into London to see them. Over in Malaysia they should be very, very proud of their countrymen that are over here on Royal Guards looking after Her Majesty, the Sovereign."

The Royal Malay Regiment began their Public Duties in the UK by providing the Windsor Castle Guard on Tuesday, 29 April 2008. The Company's London duties are expected to end on 13 June 2008.

London District Brigade Major Lieutenant Colonel Jeremy Bagshaw said:

"We are delighted to welcome the Royal Malay Regiment to participate in ceremonial duties. We are most impressed by the excellence of their turnout and their quality of drill and musicianship."

Members of the Royal Malay Regiment band
[Picture: Sergeant Mick Howard RLC]

Founded by British Commanding Officer, G McBruce in 1933, the Royal Malay Regiment began life as an Experimental Company of just 25 men, becoming the Malay Regiment, with a complement of 150 men on 1 January 1935.

The Regiment now consists of 25 Battalions and has a distinguished record of service in the Second World War, The Malaysian Emergency in the 1950s and the Indonesian Confrontation in the 1960s. More recently, the Regiment's 19 (Mechanised) Battalion were involved in the rescue of downed American servicemen during The Battle of Mogadishu in 1993 – a story immortalised in the Hollywood film 'Black Hawk Down'.

During their stay in London, the Regimental Band will also be involved in the Royal Windsor Castle Tattoo on 8-10 May, Beating Retreat on Horse Guards on 4-5 June and the Royal Hospital Pageant on 7-8 June 2008.

1 RAMD is allied to the Royal Anglian Regiment.

During their tour the Company is based at RAF Uxbridge.

Adakah UMNO masih relevan sebagai wadah perjuangan umat Melayu?

Assalamualaikum kepada para pembaca dan rakan bloggers. Kali ini saya akan membincangkan tentang UMNO. Adakah ia masih relevan sebagai wadah perjuangan umat Melayu. Jika dilihat senario politik semasa dalam negara, sememangnya kita dapat membuat rumusan yang UMNO tidak lagi menjadi "payung" buat umat Melayu. Ini adalah kerana, pengundi beranggapan UMNO tidak membantu mereka dari segi pertumbuhan ekonomi harian di mana harga minyak memainkan peranan penting. Seperti posting saya sebelum ini yang mengutarakan isu kenaikkan harga minyak, Minyak merupakan perkara yang paling sensitif yang melibatkan segala aspek baik dari segi ekonomi dan juga keperluan harian. UMNO di zaman pentadiran selepas Dr M gagal untuk melindungi kestabilan ekonomi orang melayu.

Benar, di dalam laporan Keluaran Dalam Negara Kasar (KDNK), Gross Domestic Profit (GDP) dan Gross National Profit (GNP) mencatatkan keuntungan dan pertumbuhan dari tahun ke tahun. Akan tetapi, adakah laporan ini mengambil kira setiap individu di negara ini?

Rata-rata jika kita bersembang di mana-mana, samada di kedai kopi, rumah sanak-saudara dan banyak lagi, kita akan elihat semuanya mengeluh tentang kesempitan kehidupan seharian. Harga minyak naik, harga makanan naik, kos pengeluaran naik dan sebagainya yang memberi bebanan kepada rakyat. Atas faktor inilah yang menyebabkan pengundi Melayu dan Ahli UMNO sendiri bertindak untuk mengundi bagi pihak pembangkang.

Saya sebagai seorang ahli UMNO yang sayangkan parti yang ditubuhkan untuk memperjuangkan nasib umat Melayu amat sedih dengan senario yang sedang melanda UMNO. Dari pandangan saya, UMNO masih relevan memperjuangkan nasib Melayu. Cumanya, orang didalam UMNO perlu muhasabah diri dan lihat apakah tujuan sebenar UMNO ditubuhkan dan apakah fungsi mereka sebagai pemimpin didalam UMNO... Perlu ada peralihan pemimpin bagi merealisasikan transformasi yang diimpikan oleh UMNO. Jika benar kita seorang pemimpin yang ikhlas berjuang untuk parti, berjuang sebagai ahli juga adalah wajar jika kedudukan kita sebagai pemimpin tidak lagi diperlukan.

UMNO sememangnya relevan, cuma ahli-ahli didalamnya cuma perlu muhasabah diri, kaji dimana kedudukan orang melayu kini dan ubahlah sikap kita dan hapuskan ketamakkan kita yang kelak akan merosakkan bangsa Melayu itu sendiri...

The Judges Saga... : Why Should Blame Tun Dr M Now??

Today ,when I woke up, I thought that it would be another good day. But when I bought the New Straits Times, The Headline were "Dr M Threatened Judges..." that is alleged by the high court judge, Datuk Ian Chin. Ironically, why does all these judges make allegations now.. Why not then, in the year 2004 or before that? For me, all of this allegations just opens the "rotten-meat" in the judicial system.. Enough is enough.. what makes our judicial system looks bad is because of these allegations.. If everybody keep quiet, it will give no harm.. but the main question that is in my mind is why NOW?

As an ordinary citizen, I assume that all of these allegations are made up to save their necks and also to show to all that they are the one who is the "Good Guys" and to make Dr M the "bad-guy". Why is this so??? Why do they have to tell all this stories to show the mistake (if their remarks are genuine) of the previous government????

When this question rise, we can assume that all of these allegation can be seen as political move to give popularity to the present administration.

Do we realize that all this moment for 22 years, we have been living in prosperous and moving forward rapidly through the administration of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. (Don't you guys feel grateful to have a leader such as him?) Why should people stand up and tell all these "lies" about him..?

The main question is Why NOW? Why NOW? Why NOW?

KENAIKAN HARGA MINYAK, BUKTI KERAJAAN TIDAK PRIHATIN DENGAN MASALAH RAKYAT DAN SUARA AKAR UMBI

Pengumuman oleh YAB Dato Seri Abdullah Bin Haji Ahmad Badawi berkenaan dengan harga minyak sebanyak 78 sen bagi petrol dan RM 1 bagi diesel amat membimbangkan saya.. walaupun kerajaan membayar balik kenaikkan itu dengan pemberian wang tunai sebanyak RM 625 SETAHUN dan mengikut kadar-kadar yang lain, ini tidak dapat diterima oleh rakyat. Kenaikkan harga minyak Global tidak boleh dijadikan asas untuk kerajaan menaikkan harga minyak. Ini kerana Malaysia merupakan pengeksport minyak. Jadi sedikit sebanyak, kenaikkan harga minyak global akan memberikan impak yang positif terhadap perolehan PETRONAS.. tambahan pula, tujuan penubuhan PETRONAS adalah sebagai amanah rakyat untuk menjaga keperluan "minyak" negara.

Petronas ditubuhkan oleh Perdana Menteri Kedua, Tun Abdul Razak Hussien pada tahun 1974 bagi memastikan harga minyak di negara ini sentiasa berada pada tahap rendah sekalipun harga minyak dunia meningkat. Dalam kes ini Petronas ditubuh untuk pastikan keuntungan daripada harga minyak yang Malaysia keluarkan itu untuk melindungi pengguna tempatan dengan harga yang murah. Ini bermakna, harga minyak dunia boleh naik tetapi harga minyak negara perlu lebih rendah daripada harga minyak dunia, ini konsep yang menyebabkan Petronas ditubuhkan. Fungsi utama Petronas bukan semata untuk keuntungan, Petronas boleh bergerak mencari keuntungan tetapi keuntungan itu adalah mesti digunakan untuk rendahkan harga minyak Malaysia, bukan hanya untuk rekodkan keuntungan dan berbangga dengan keuntungan besar itu tetapi tak mahu gunakan wang itu untuk rakyat. Petronas hanyalah pengawal kepada sumber minyak yang sebenarnya ialah milik rakyat, dan Petronas tidak boleh kata sumber minyak dan keuntungan itu milik mereka. Ini kerana keuntungan itu sebenarnya perlu digunakan gunakan untuk melindungi harga kerana pemilik asalnya adalah negara iaitu rakyat Malaysia.

Kita perlu berterima-kasih kepada Tun Dr Mahathir yang telah menstrukturkan PETRONAS ini untuk menjadi lebih kukuh dengan melakukan eksplorasi di luar negara. Jadi keuntungan yang diperolehi daripada operasi PETRONAS di luar negara. Berbanding dengan negara lain, mereka hanya menggunakan sumber minyak mereka untuk dijual kepada luar dan juga untuk kegunaan dalam negara. Pendekatan yang diambil oleh PETRONAS menyebabkan keuntungan yang maksima dan mampu untuk menampung subsidi minyak di negara ini.

Dengan kenaikkan harga minyak yang mendadak ini, kadar inflasi negara melonjak kepada 5% dan ini adalah tidak sihat bagi sebuah negara yang sedang membangun. Orang ramai tidak akan berbelanja dan pusingan ekonomi akan menjadi lembab. Kerajaan sebenarnya amatlah dalam bahaya kerana menyeru rakyat supaya berjimat cermat, ubah gaya hidup dan sebagainya. Ini akan mengakibatkan pertumbuhan ekonomi yang lambat dan bagaimana industri dan sektor swasta akan bertahan didalam negara jika kos meningkat. Hakikat yang harus diterima adalah banyak pelabur asing telah beralih untuk melabur di negara China yang mana kosnya lebih murah berbanding Malaysia. Peluang pekerjaan akan berkurang, kadar pengangguran akan meningkat, jenayah akan meningkat, masalah sosial akan meningkat dan banyak lagi.

Pada pandangan saya, daripada kerajaan mahu menanggung subsidi terhadap bahan makanan dan lain-lain selain minyak, ianya tidak akan memberikan impak yang besar dan signifikan. Jika kerajaan mahu membendung ketirisan yang berlaku terhadap minyak bersubsidi, gunakan sistem dua harga kepada rakyat Malaysia dan juga kenderaan asing. Melalui kaedah ini, ianya akan menjimatkan jumlah tanggungan subsidi bersamaan dengan kaedah yang dilaksanakan sekarang tanpa menaikkan harga minyak dan membebankan rakyat yang telah MENGUNDI UNTUK MEREKA INI!!!!!!

Saya mencadangkan agar pihak kerajaan mengkaji semula kenaikkan bahan bakar ini yang menjadi nadi penggerak kepada pertumbuhan ekonomi negara dan keseluruhan rakyat...