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Double joy for Asia at Club World Cup Posted: 11 Dec 2011 08:05 AM PST TOYOTA, Japan, Dec 11 — Asia's finest flexed their muscles at the Club World Cup today, with continental champions Al Sadd of Qatar and Japanese title holders Kashiwa Reysol battling into the semi-finals. Al Sadd ground out a tempestuous 2-1 win over Tunisia's Esperance in Toyota to advance to a dream semi-final against European kings Barcelona. Reysol goalkeeper Takanori Sugeno rejoices after Monterrey's Jonathan Orozco missed scoring in the penalty shoot-out. — Reuters pic Reysol then upset Mexico's Monterrey 4-3 in a nerve-jangling penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw to earn a crack at Libertadores Cup holders Santos. Al Sadd took the lead against the run of play when Khalfan Al Khalfan headed home after a powerful run down the right from Kader Keita in the 33rd minute. Three minutes into the second half, the Doha-based side doubled their lead when captain Abdulla Koni swept home a Lee Jung-soo knockdown from point-blank range. Esperance grabbed a lifeline on the hour mark when skipper Oussama Darragi's flicked header crept in at the far post but he gave his coach an earful after being substituted 10 minutes later. The Tunisians twice had goals ruled out for offside in a frantic final few minutes but ultimately paid for their wastefulness in front of goal. "Barcelona are the best team in the world but anything is possible in football," said Al Sadd coach Jorge Fossati. "If we stay humble and keep this spirit anything can happen." Barcelona left for Japan immediately after beating Real Madrid 3-1 in the "Clasico" yesterday to leapfrog their bitter rivals at the top of La Liga. The Catalan giants, bidding to win the seven-team tournament for the second time in three years, face Al Sadd in Yokohama on Thursday. HARD WORK Reysol became the third Japanese side after Urawa Reds in 2007 and Gamba Osaka in 2008 to reach the semi-finals, but they did it the hard way as the match went to penalties. Locked at 1-1 after extra time, Ryohei Hayashi smashed home the deciding spot kick to send Reysol through to face South American champions Santos on Wednesday. "It's unbelievable," said Reysol right back Hiroki Sakai, who wore a wide grin when asked about coming face-to-face with Brazil striker Neymar in the semi-finals. "I'll probably have to mark him. I'll just be happy if I can stop him somehow. It was our goal to play a big team here and we want to beat Santos, but we want to enjoy the occasion." Brazilian striker Leandro Domingues gave Reysol the lead after 53 minutes, the J-League player of the year drilling a superb right-foot volley into the top corner. It took Monterrey only five minutes to equalise, however, Chile striker Humberto Suazo ghosting into space at the far post to ram home a cross from Cesar Delgado. Suazo had earlier rattled the post and was a constant menace but Reysol hung on, triggering wild scenes of jubilation after Hayashi had unerringly buried his penalty. "I think we deserved to win," said Reysol's Brazilian manager Nelsinho. "Santos will be favourites but we have still to play our best football, which we hope to produce against them." The final takes place in Yokohama on December 18. — Reuters Full content generated by Get Full RSS.

Donald achieves remarkable order of merit double Posted: 11 Dec 2011 03:37 AM PST Luke Donald on his way to a unique achievement at the 10th tee of the Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai. — Reuters pic DUBAI, Dec 11 — World No. 1 Luke Donald has become the first player to win the money-list crowns in Europe and the United States. Rory McIlroy needed to win the Dubai World Championship to deny the Englishman the chance of topping the order of merit in Europe, and the young Northern Irishman finished down the field after closing with a 71 today. Donald had already clinched the US Tour's money-list crown in October. McIlroy has been tired and drained after suffering with a viral infection for a couple of weeks and he said this had simply been a tournament too far at the end of a hectic schedule of playing events. "I couldn't get anything going when I needed to," McIlroy told reporters after closing on 279, nine under. "I played a nine-hole stretch, the last two on Friday and the first seven on Saturday, in five over. That's where the tournament got away from me." The world No. 2 also said he would be skipping next week's Thailand Golf Championship, the last event of the season on the Asian Tour. "I can't wait to have a few weeks off," McIlroy said. "People telling you what to do and where to go. "Another flight, more sleeping patterns messed up. Next week would have been a big struggle too. "The doctor told me last night that no matter how bad I'm feeling now I'd be even worse if I played next week." McIlroy will next be in action at the Abu Dhabi Championship from January 26-29. — Reuters Full content generated by Get Full RSS.

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China unveils rare star power of Oscar entry Posted: 11 Dec 2011 07:21 AM PST BEIJING, Dec 11 — Zhang Yimou, one of China's best-known directors, is banking on heartthrob Christian Bale to help boost the country's chances of winning an Oscar, with his latest film on a tragic chapter in the nation's history. "The Flowers of War", China's Academy Award entry for best foreign language film, centres on a mortician (Bale) who gets caught up in the 1937 Nanjing Massacre and has to save a group of schoolgirls from the clutches of the Japanese. Star power: Christian Bale, best supporting actor nominee for his role in "The Fighter" at this year's Oscars. — Reuters pic On the way he becomes involved with a high-class Chinese courtesan, finding both love and personal redemption. The film, which hits Chinese screens on Friday followed a week later by a limited release in the United States, holds little back in its graphic depiction of the events of more than eight decades ago, a story everyone in China knows well. To a Chinese audience, the almost caricature-like Japanese soldiers — who at one point erupt in glee at finding virgins to rape — are part and parcel of what they are taught in school about an event that continues to poison Sino-Japan relations. But the movie is also heavy on nationalism and saturated with the patriotic pride typical of how the Chinese movie industry views such emotive parts of the nation's history. Bale, though, said he thought it unfair to view it as a propaganda film. "It's a historical piece," he told reporters. "I certainly never viewed it as that myself. I think that would be a bit of a knee-jerk reaction. If anybody had that response I don't think they're looking closely enough at the movie. "It's far more a movie about human beings and the nature of human beings' responses to crisis, and how that can reduce people to the most animalistic behaviour but also raise them up to the most honourable behaviour you could ever witness." China says invading Japanese troops slaughtered 300,000 men, women and children in Nanjing, then known as Nanking. An Allied tribunal after World War Two put the death toll at about 142,000. But some Japanese historians say the massacre has been exaggerated and some conservatives deny there was even a massacre. Sino-Japanese ties have been overshadowed for years by what Beijing says has been Tokyo's refusal to admit to atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers in the country between 1931 and 1945. "Obviously there are fewer people in the West who are familiar with the Rape of Nanking," said Bale. "Myself, I knew about it. I owned the book and had never read it. So I came to know far more about it." Billed as the first Chinese movie to star a major Western actor, the country has high hopes it will snag an Oscar. Zhang downplayed that. "We can work as hard as possible but really it's up to the gods. I really don't understand what the rules are for getting an Oscar," he said. While Chinese movie moguls may be hoping for an ascendance on the world's silver screens to match the country's rise on the global political and economic stage by matching a Hollywood face to the Chinese story, Bale said for him it was more about working with someone like Zhang. "It seemed like a very natural thing to do. I was excited by the notion of making a Chinese movie, of making a movie with someone as masterful as Yimou. I'm quite myopic in my approach to the movies that I want to make." — Reuters Full content generated by Get Full RSS.

Lifetime remaking ‘The Blue Lagoon’ Posted: 11 Dec 2011 01:50 AM PST Brooke Shields as she is today, arriving at the 15th annual Webby Awards in New York, June 13, 2011. — Reuters pic LOS ANGELES, Dec 11 —  "The Blue Lagoon" sealed Brooke Shields' status as a teen star (and trivia made her the first-ever recipient of the Worst Actress Razzie), and now Lifetime is going to remake the 1980 drama. Lifetime confirmed to TheWrap that the made-for-TV do-over will be produced by Neil Meron and Craig Zadan's Storyline Entertainment and Judith Verno's Peace Out Productions, in association with Sony Pictures Television. The 1980 movie starred Shields and Christopher Atkins as Emmeline and Richard, two children who grow up together while marooned on a deserted island, fall in love, experiment with the birds and the bees and don't initially realise why Emmeline's tummy begins to grow. The Lifetime remake will actually be the third version of the movie; the story is based on a 1908 novel by Henry De Vere Stacpoole, as the first of a "Blue Lagoon" trilogy. A 1949 movie adaptation of the first novel starred Oscar nominee Jean Simmons and Donald Houston. In 1991, Milla Jovovich and Brian Krause both earned Razzie nominees as the stars of "Return to the Blue Lagoon", a sequel to the 1980 film. The movie becomes the second big-screen-to-boob-tube makeover in Lifetime's upcoming slate. The network is also producing a remake of "Steel Magnolias", the 1989 drama that earned Julia Roberts her first Oscar nomination. The Lifetime remake will feature an all-black cast. — Reuters Full content generated by Get Full RSS.

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Japan scientists study oyster ‘language’ Posted: 10 Dec 2011 06:55 PM PST TOKYO, Dec 9 ― Scientists in Japan have begun studying the "language" of oysters in an effort to find out what they are saying about their environment. Researchers are monitoring the opening and closing of the molluscs in response to changes in seawater, such as reduced oxygen or red tide, a suffocating algal bloom, that can lead to mass die-offs. Using a device they have nicknamed the "kai-lingual", a play on the Japanese word "kai" or shellfish, scientists from Kagawa University want to see if they can decode oyster movements that might warn of possible problems. The "kai-lingual" uses a series of sensors and magnets to send information on the opening and closing of shells in response to environmental changes. The technique has never before been used on oysters farmed for food, but has been employed by pearl oyster farmers. "With kai-lingual, we can hear the 'screams', like 'we are in pain because of insufficient oxygen'," said Tsuneo Honjo, director of the Seto Inland Sea Regional Research Centre at the university. Pearl oysters have been placed among their food-farmed cousins where they have acted as "interpreters", alerting growers to ocean changes, he said. "We have firmly established conversations with pearl oysters through years of research. They should translate into the reactions of the farmed oysters for us in this project," he said. The research started in October and will last until the harvest in March, Honjo said. "So far, oysters are talking in a healthy fashion," he said. ― Reuters Full content generated by Get Full RSS.

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Caj perkhidmatan di restoran vs kualiti layanan yang diberikan Posted: 10 Dec 2011 09:03 PM PST 11 DIS — Setiap daripada kita pasti mempunyai keinginan untuk menjamu selera di restoran atau kedai makan yang memperlihatkan "class" dan kelainannya tersendiri. Apa tidaknya, kelainan yang wujud di restoran-restoran atau kedai makanan bertaraf sedemikian bukan sahaja mencetuskan keselesaan kepada pengunjung bahkan meletakkan mereka seolah-olah berada di rumah sendiri. Secara tidak langsung, keadaan berkenaan membolehkan mereka boleh menjamu selera dengan baik. Inilah sebenarnya yang dimahukan oleh pelanggan-pelanggan. Daripada aspek layanan oleh si pelayan kepada cara penyampaian makanan hinggalah kepada kualiti makanan yang dihidangkan. Nama-nama restoran seperti Tony Romas, Manhattan Fish Market, Madam Kwans dan Kenny Rogers Roasters sudah tentu berada dalam senarai teratas restoran-restoran yang dimaksudkan. Semuanya gara-gara kerana reputasi berterusan dan publisiti meluas yang diterima dalam media. Sudah menjadi kebiasaan dalam dunia perniagaan, restoran-restoran berkenaan akan dijulang dan diangkat sebagai restoran yang memberikan makanan yang terbaik kepada pelanggan. Pelbagai janji diberikan dengan harapan pelanggan-pelanggan yang hadir, akan tertarik dengannya. Sebagai seorang pelanggan, penulis tidak begitu kisah dengan aspek itu kerana selagi perkhidmatan yang diberikan adalah baik, ia sudah memadai. Dalam industri perhotelan, permakanan dan perkhidmatan sebagai contohnya, segalanya berkisar kepada khidmat yang diberikan. Dalam erti kata lain, khidmat (service) adalah segala-galanya. Namun begitu, berapa banyakkah restoran yang benar-benar memenuhi ciri-ciri yang dinyatakan itu? Apakah kakitangan pekerja yang diupah benar-benar bersedia untuk memberikan layanan baik seperti yang dituntut? Wajarkah kita sebagai pelanggan dikenakan caj perkhidmatan untuk beberapa peratus sekiranya layanan yang diberikan kurang memuaskan? Bagaimanakah kita mendidik dan melatih pelayan-pelayan untuk memberikan khidmat terbaik kepada pelanggan mereka? Bercakap mengenai soal yang dibangkitkan itu, nampak gayanya penekanan kepada kualiti perkhidmatan di restoran-restoran sedemikian masih tidak sebaik yang digambarkan sebelum ini. Biarpun trend ini tidaklah menyeluruh, tetapi kecenderungan untuk mengabaikan aspek berkenaan akan memberikan impak yang hebat bukan sahaja kepada imej negara sebagai sebuah destinasi makanan terkemuka dunia bahkan memberikan tanggapan bahawa Malaysia bukan sebuah negara yang peramah. Ini terbukti apabila penulis sendiri mengadakan kunjungan ke beberapa restoran makanan  di sekitar ibu negara dan Petaling Jaya yang menawarkan hidangan yang lazat-lazat belaka dengan harapan dapat menikmati hidangan makanan itu. Akan tetapi, segala-galanya musnah berkecai akibat sikap sambil lewa, tidak profesional dan biadap yang ditunjukkan pelayan-pelayan. Pernah beberapa ketikanya, penulis diberikan layanan yang cukup dingin oleh si pelayan dengan mimik mukanya yang selamba, menengking malah membalas pertanyaan penulis dengan jawapan yang kurang sopan. Tiada sebab untuk menjelaskan mengapa si pelayan berkelakuan sedemikian tetapi dilihat secara luarannya, dapat disimpulkan bahawa kumpulan pelayan secara terang-terangan memang tidak berminat untuk melayan dan mengalu-alukan kehadiran penulis. Dari saat itulah, persepsi penulis terhadap kehebatan dan "class" restoran-restoran besar ini berubah dalam sekelip mata. Agak menghairankan mengapa pekerja-pekerja sebegini boleh diambil untuk bekerja sedangkan perkara pertama yang perlu ada oleh pekerja apabila menceburi bidang ini ialah keupayaan mereka untuk memberikan perkhidmatan yang terbaik. Maka kerana itu, tertanya-tanya juga dalam diri penulis, apakah relevannya untuk kita sebagai pelanggan dikenakan caj perkhidmatan (service charge) yang tinggi dalam bil makanan tetapi kualiti perkhidmatan yang dikenakan tidak setimpal dengan harga yang dikenakan? Ini belum lagi mengambil kira cukai 5% yang dikenakan oleh kerajaan. Jumlah cukai perkhidmatan yang dikenakan itu pula bukannya sedikit dan ada kalanya mencecah RM2 hingga RM3. Penulis tidak kisah sangat untuk membayar lebih tetapi sekurang-kurangnya pihak pengurusan sesebuah restoran berkenaan harus memastikan tahap perkhidmatan dan layanan yang diberikan kepada pelanggan haruslah konsisten. Usahlah menunjukkan mimik muka yang masam dan tidak bermaya ketika mengambil pesanan. Dan jika tidak berminat untuk melayan pelanggan, mereka adalah dinasihatkan untuk berhenti terus daripada kerja itu. Langkah ini penting kerana tindakan tidak bertanggungjawab mereka boleh menjejaskan imej Malaysia sebagai sebuah destinasi makanan tersohor di rantau ini. Jangan disebabkan oleh perbuatan segelintir pekerja restoran tidak bertanggungjawab, rosaklah seluruh rancangan Kementerian Pelancongan dalam mempromosikan Malaysia sebagai hub makanan terkemuka. Sebagai pelanggan, kita mengunjungi sesebuah restoran itu kerana percaya bahawa makanan-makanan yang disajikan adalah lazat. Tetapi jika inilah layanan dingin yang diberikan, maka apa perlunya untuk mengunjungi restoran-restoran yang dimaksudkan? Lebih baik, untuk mengunjungi kedai-kedai makanan yang lebih kecil dan menawarkan harga yang lebih berpatutan. Pekerja-pekerja ini haruslah diberikan latihan serta bimbingan yang secukupnya bagaimana untuk melayan pelanggan-pelanggan dengan cara yang sebaik-baiknya. Mereka perlu ingat bahawa pelanggan-pelanggan adalah sentiasa betul.   Pengalaman pahit yang dialami penulis ini sesungguhnya wajar membuka mata pihak pengusaha restoran dalam negara untuk terus memperbaiki kualiti perkhidmatan mereka ke tahap yang sepatutnya. Maklum balas dan kritikan yang diberikan pelanggan haruslah diterima dengan hati yang lapang. Kepada pengusaha-pengusaha restoran, mereka tidak boleh mudah berpuas hati dengan keadaan sedia ada kerana kegagalan untuk mengenal pasti masalah yang dihadapi restoran (jika ada) hanya akan membawa kepada kemerosotan kepercayaan terhadap restoran-restoran tersebut. * Segala pandangan di atas adalah pandangan peribadi penulis. Full content generated by Get Full RSS.

The nowhere kids: Shortage of school places, expats reject HK Posted: 10 Dec 2011 04:26 PM PST DEC 11 — I met a lovely eight-year-old boy last weekend at a friend's home. Bright, friendly and able to speak three languages, the Dutch native arrived in Hong Kong with his family in October. He is now in the midst of packing up to return home — while his parents stay on. He can't find a school to take him in. Expat families who have managed to secure jobs in the Hong Kong glittering financial hub are facing a huge problem — a severe shortage of school places for their children. There are simply not enough places available at international schools across the island. Primary schools, in particular the lower years, are notoriously difficult to get into. The waiting list can be 18 months long. There is a severe shortage of school places for expat children across Hong Kong. The American Chamber of Commerce has warned the Chief Executive that the problem has reached a crisis point based on findings from a poll by a US relocation company. Brookfield Global Relocation Services found that although Hong Kong is still a highly desirable destination for companies wanting to relocate their employees, the city also suffers from the highest rates of relocation failure, meaning employees decline the move. Reasons include schooling, the high cost of living, housing and problems with driving. There are numerous international schools here but costs can be prohibitive. A popular international school, Hong Kong International School (HKIS) offers debentures of HK$500,000 (RM190,000). Another hot favourite, the bilingual Chinese International School (CIS), has not issued debentures in six years but in October 2010 a CIS corporate debenture was sold (there is a secondary market that trades debentures legally) for HK$4.95 million (http://guides.wsj.com/hong-kong/guide-to-hong-kong/education/). The HKIS debenture is not mandatory but debenture holders receive priority placement. Yet another popular school is Singapore International School which recently raised its debenture from HK$100,000 to HK$180,000. These debentures are non-interest bearing and some are refundable when the child leaves the school. Funds are used for maintenance and daily running of the school. It may be a family-paid debenture or corporate debenture. The latter is used by companies to entice staff to relocate to Hong Kong. Some companies are even restricting their foreign staff to singles or childless applicants. Debentures only help get your foot through the door. There is still the monthly school fees to contend with which are about HK$10,000. A trawl through expat discussion forums asiaXPAT (http://hongkong.asiaxpat.com/) and GeoExpat highlight the panic many new arrivals to Hong Kong experience. There is advice to find a school first before searching for a house. Enrol in a local school if the child is aged four or five. Choose a less popular international school but risk spending two hours travelling each day. My son is three years old and I get asked on an almost daily basis if I've decided which primary school I wish to send him to. Ishan is in K1, the first of three years of kindergarten. We will have to apply for a spot in a primary school next year. With no corporate debenture in our pocket, international schools are not an option. Why, just the application fee (non-refundable) for some of these schools can be as much as HK$2,000! I promptly answer that I hope we won't be here long enough to deal with that headache. As such, the government-subsidised English Schools Foundation (ESF) primary schools are perennially popular for the more affordable international school education. ESF chief executive Heather Du Quesnay said in an interview that they received nearly 2,000 applications for 1,000 places in Year 1. The thing is, expat children are not the only ones fighting for spots in international schools. Local parents who have the means are also eyeing these schools as they believe the curriculum will a) better prepare their children for an overseas education; b) provide a better standard of English, which some believe has deteriorated since the handover in 1997; and c) remove the burden of the local education system. You may ask, what's the harm in learning some Cantonese in a local school? Not to sound like a pansy but local schools are notorious for dishing out six hours of homework daily. I do not want that for my son at age six. We have "lost" two friends and their families to Singapore in the past three months. Their top reasons for moving? Schooling and rent. So is it glamorous being an expat? Not if you're a poor one. * The views expressed here are the personal opinion of the columnist. Full content generated by Get Full RSS.

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PAS nafi Hasan Ali, Nasharudin digugur jadi calon PRU-13 Posted: 11 Dec 2011 01:58 AM PST SHAH ALAM, 11 Dis — PAS menafikan laporan  Mingguan Malaysia hari ini bahawa Datuk Dr Hasan Ali dan Nasharudin Mat Isa telah digugurkan daripada bertanding semula dalam pilihan raya umum ke-13. Presiden PAS Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang (gambar) berkata, partinya belum memuktamadkan senarai calon yang bakal bertanding kali ini. "Isu calon belum dibawa lagi. Kami tidak tahu bila pilihan raya umum akan diadakan. Tunggu hingga hari penamaan calon. "Tidak benar, tidak benar. Kami belum melihat lagi senarai calon," kata Hadi selepas melancarkan Dokumen Negara Berkebajikan: Tawaran PAS di sini hari ini. Laporan akhbar pro-Umno itu berkata Hasan yang juga Exco Hal Ehwal Agama Islam, Adat-Adat Melayu, Infrastruktur dan Kemudahan Awam Selangor, akan digugurkan daripada menjadi calon pilihan raya umum. Sumber-sumber mengesahkan bahawa nama Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri Gombak Setia itu telah 'disingkirkan' oleh PAS Selangor dan direstui kepimpinan pusat. Menurut laporan akhbar itu, PAS pusat turut menggugurkan beberapa pemimpin yang selama ini tidak disenangi oleh kumpulan pro-Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim atau lebih dikenali sebagai Erdogan dan antaranya Nasharuddin yang merupakan bekas timbalan presiden parti. Pada 2008, Nasharudin bertanding di kerusi Parlimen di Kelantan. Kata akhbar itu, pengguguran Hasan sebagai calon PAS pada pilihan raya umum sememangnya telah dijangka dan ia hangat diperbincangkan di blog-blog tempatan. Ia berikutan kenyataan Ketua Penerangan PAS Selangor, Shaari Sungib yang dipaparkan dalam beberapa blog bahawa kemungkinan besar Hasan akan digugurkan daripada menjadi calon parti itu. Shaari memberi alasan bahawa Hasan tidak mendapat jumlah pencalonan yang mencukupi dari setiap cawangan. Ketika diminta mengulas isu yang sama, Timbalan Presiden PAS Mohamad Sabu menolak penjelasan Shaari. "Kami tidak tahu sama ada kami akan dicalonkan ataupun sebaliknya (di peringkat bahagian)," kata beliau. Mohamad juga enggan mengulas isu berkenaan pembahagian kerusi di kalangan komponen Pakatan Rakyat. "Masih di peringkat akhir perbincangan," katanya lagi. Full content generated by Get Full RSS.

Karpal gesa minta maaf, Ramasamy rela keluar DAP jika perlu Posted: 11 Dec 2011 01:11 AM PST BUTTERWORTH, 11 Dis — Timbalan Pengerusi DAP Negeri P. Ramasamy perlu memohon maaf secara terbuka berhubung kenyataan "godfather" dan menjaga akhlaknya serta menghormati pemimpin veteran, kata Pengerusi parti Karpal Singh. Bagaimanapun dalam reaksinya Ramasamy pula menegaskan, beliau lebih bersedia untuk meninggalkan parti daripada meminta maaf. "Jika saya perlu meninggalkan parti, saya akan meninggalkan parti. Saya bukan mengejar jawatan dan saya tidak berminat dengan perkara-perkara sedemikian," kata beliau dalam ucapannya pada Persidangan DAP Pulau Pinang di sini hari ini. Terdahulu, Karpal (gambar) berkata tanpa pemimpin veteran yang berjuang dan berkorban masa serta tenaga membina parti, sudah tentu DAP tidak akan berada dalam kedudukan sekarang. "Siapa yang bina DAP? Pemimpin veteran yang membina parti dan jangan sekali-kali lupa pengorbanan pemimpin-pemimpin ini. Pemimpin-pemimpin hari ini tidak akan menjadi pemimpin tanpa pengorbanan mereka," katanya ketika berucap pada persidangan yang sama. Laporan Bernama Online menyebut, ucapan Karpal yang membidas Ramasamy itu menimbulkan kekecohan di kalangan penyokong Timbalan Ketua Menteri II itu. Bagaimanapun keadaan dapat dikawal dan kembali tenang. Karpal turut membidas Ramasamy kerana melabelkan dirinya sebagai "godfather". "Godfather menggambarkan imej kumpulan mafia, DAP tidak pernah bertoleransi dengan mafia," katanya. Selain itu, Karpal juga mengkritik Ramasamy kerana cuba melakukan sesuatu mengikut caranya sendiri. "Tiada siapa pun yang boleh menjadi panglima perang dalam DAP, termasuk Ramasamy dengan cuba menamakan nama calon-calon pilihannya," katanya. Sebelum ini, Ramasamy yang juga Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri kawasan Prai dilaporkan telah mengumumkan dalam satu majlis baru-baru ini bahawa beliau dan tiga calon wanita India bakal bertanding dalam pilihan raya umum ke-13. Berikutan itu, Karpal yang juga Ahli Parlimen Bukit Gelugor memberi amaran kepada Ramasamy supaya tidak mengumumkan konco-konconya sebagai calon. Dalam perkembangan lain, kira-kira 150 anggota pertubuhan bukan kerajaan mengadakan demonstrasi sebagai bantahan ke atas RSN Rayer dan A Thanasekaran masing-masing wakil rakyat kerusi Seri Delima dan Bagan Dalam berhubung isu yang sama serta menyatakan sokongan mereka terhadap kepimpinan Ramasamy. Kesemua peserta demonstrasi membawa lapan kain rentang dalam bahasa Malaysia dan bahasa Tamil yang mengutuk Rayer dan Thanasekaran di samping menyatakan sokongan kepada Ramasamy. Full content generated by Get Full RSS.

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