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Shattered plates — but not broken dreams Posted: 21 Dec 2011 10:47 PM PST (Left to right) Lyn Chai, E&O Group Communications and Investor Relations director; Dino Ferrari; Maria Brown, co-founder and managing director of AFC and Chef Bruce Lim. KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 22 — Ultimately the guy who kept his cool at the most crucial point of the competition won. Dino Ferrari was in tears all over again watching himself in the last, concluding episode of E&O Search for AFC's Next Celebrity Chef, where he was declared the winner. Diane Montecillo, a culinary teacher, and the other finalist was eliminated. We were at St Mary's Residences in Kuala Lumpur yesterday for the preview, as the challenges, the kitchen chaos and the high emotions played out in the final cookout on the screen. It decided who had the edge to be AFC's Next Celebrity Chef. Dino's Pan Seared Cured Salmon with a White Chocolate Wasabi Cream Sauce and Saffron Cauliflower Mash and seasonal vegetables was the winning dish, over Diane's Beef Wellington with a Port Wine Truffle Sauce. The deciding factor lay in a charity dinner both cooked for 300 guests at the E&O Hotel in Penang. Chef Bruce Lim was there at the press conference after the preview; larger than life but not brutish as he appeared on the show — breaking plates and striking fear in the hearts of the contestants. We missed another stern and exacting judge but who's really a sweetheart — Michael Saxon, CEO of The Delicious Group and E&O's director, group hospitality and lifestyle. Guest chefs Emannuel Stroobant and Anis Nabilah, as well as Maria Brown, managing director of the Asian Food Channel also presided over the event. Asked if he is scary, Chef Bruce said: "A lot of people don't know the real me. When I get into the kitchen environment, the bad me comes out. If I drop a plate, it's to say you mess up, don't do it again! I keep my standards extremely high. They have to be perfectionists. It's my way of doing it." Winner Dino Ferrari kept his cool at the final challenge and won! Dino admitted that he had hoped Bruce wouldn't throw his plate. "But if he had done it, I wouldn't have felt so bad. It would just push me to excellence. I know he means well; he pushes you to do better. "You have to understand that a lot of the contestants were working chefs. I was just a student (though he's a private chef on the side). Some of them didn't take it too well. If it had happened to me I would take it positively. Bruce found a way to push us." Bruce 'fessed up that three days ago in a dinner he cooked at his restaurant in the Philippines, a diner didn't like the chicken he cooked and threw the plate on the floor! "I stood back a bit and asked him why he didn't like it and he said it was his personal preference." The diner was also drunk! "I'm classically trained," said the chef who graduated from Le Cordon Bleu in London and worked his way into some of the best French kitchens in the world. He even had a stint under Gordon Ramsay. Just as well he didn't use his kickboxing skills on the contestants! He himself has been physically kicked in the butt during his training and while working in the kitchen. "It's like disciplining a child. Dropping a plate is so dramatic that you would never make the same mistake again. It was always about the food, nothing personal!" When asked about the three in the final four who lost, Bruce replied: "It's really tough. It's about how you perform and how you have the grace to learn from losing. I would love to work with Shinith, Stanley and Diane. I had a close relationship with these people but they didn't fall into what we were looking for." His advice to Dino: "When you are up there, try to look down. I promise I will always be following you, pushing you." Chef Emannuel had this to say: "We're looking for the next celebrity chef and we need the right attitude, respect, ability to cook and able to lead the team. Dino could hold the team and drive them to battle. He has a good knowledge of food, and character and personality." Nabila, the host of AFC's Icip Icip, said she was stuck between Mike and Bruce. "I was the Paula Abdul of the show, and I understood where Mike and Bruce were coming from. But Dino had a positive attitude. Whenever Bruce screamed, he would say 'Yes, chef!'" For Dino, it was the happiest moment of his life winning the title of AFC's celebrity chef. "That perky, fun guy you see on the show is 100 per cent me." About that "chemistry" with Diane, he kept his cool even when she "trash talked" him. "Sometimes I answer her back, but that's it. It was her strategy to distract me but I zoned it out." His winning dish was a result of brainstorming between him and his best friend in the culinary school where he is still studying. "I'm a private chef on the side and I had to come up with a menu. The white chocolate and wasabi came in a pannacotta. I put in a cream sauce, tweaked it and it became my signature dish. "It was close to hell in the last round, with the chefs moving around and screaming at you. It was the first time I was cooking for 300 people. My biggest ever dinner was for 60 people." Even at the age of 10, he knew he wanted to do something with food. Out on a dinner with the family, he ordered escargots and loved them. He tried caviar and liked it too. No one in the family was into food like he was, though his eldest sister went to hotel management school in Switzerland and taught him how to fold napkins, and make a crème brulee. He's the youngest, with another older sister. His father is Swiss, and is a consultant to various government projects in the Philippines; his mother is a teacher. He has lived in the US, where he studied business administration, on a tennis scholarship grant, at the insistence of his parents. He didn't finish his course, and as he had always wanted to go to culinary school, he went to hotel and management school in Lausanne, Switzerland. "It was the second happiest day in my life, after this one!" But he had to go back to the Philippines, and had his credits transferred to the Enderun Hotel Management School there. "I have three more semesters but now I have to put it on hold." He will take up the post of creative director and chef with the E&O and Delicious Group in January, coming up with seasonal and permanent menus, following food trends and doing promotional work for AFC. He will be based in Penang. "It's always an experience going to a place where the food is amazing. I can't wait!" What would he have been if he had not been a chef? "I would have been a professional tennis player." He had after all been competing nationally and internationally in the sport, and playing semi-professionally as well. Full content generated by Get Full RSS.

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London Boxing Day tube strike to go ahead Posted: 22 Dec 2011 06:10 AM PST LONDON, Dec 22 — Disruption loomed for sports fans and shoppers in London on Boxing Day after the High Court rejected a legal attempt to stop a planned 24-hour strike by tube drivers. London Underground had asked the court to outlaw the strike by members of the Aslef union, who are demanding more pay. But Mr Justice Eder ruled the stoppage could go ahead, the Press Association reported today. Of the tube network's 3,500 drivers, 2,200 are in Aslef. More stoppages are planned for January 16, February 3 and February 13. "We will run as many Tube services as we can and extra buses will operate on the busiest bus routes," said Howard Collins, LU's chief operating officer. Premier League football club Arsenal has postponed its Boxing Day home match against Wolverhampton Wanderers by 24 hours because of the strike. Chelsea's fixture against neighbours Fulham at Stamford Bridge, however, is going ahead. — Reuters Full content generated by Get Full RSS.

Managers protest at fans’ fury against Kean Posted: 22 Dec 2011 05:55 AM PST Excruciating, for Steve Kean at the match against Bolton Wanderers. — Reuters pic LONDON, Dec 22 — The League Managers Association (LMA) protested yesterday at the "unacceptable" abuse aimed at struggling Blackburn Rovers boss Steve Kean by the club's fans. Kean was the target of angry demonstrations calling for his dismissal before, during and after Blackburn's home defeat by Bolton Wanderers on Tuesday. They lost 2-1 and slumped to the foot of the Premier League. The LMA issued a statement in which it said the abuse levelled at Kean "is as unacceptable in football as it would be in any other profession". Blackburn have won only two matches this season and their fans have called for the departure of Scot Kean, 44, from the first month. Kean was a surprise appointment to succeed former manager Sam Allardyce when he was dismissed after Indian owners Venky's took over the club last year. "Steve Kean, their appointed manager, has had to endure a significant injury list," the LMA said in its statement. "When results continue to be bad on the field, fans who give up their hard-earned money to support their club have a right to voice their opinion. "However, the aggression and abuse levelled at Steve over recent weeks has stepped well beyond the mark and is as unacceptable in football as it would be in any other profession. "It is to Steve's significant credit that he has shouldered this continued onslaught with dignity and professionalism and has continued to work with his players to try and improve results on the pitch." Talking to reporters yesterday about the treatment Kean received, Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp said: "I have never seen anything like that. That is horrific — to stand and take that. I watched the game on TV and it was sad to see. "The camera was forever going on people shouting abuse at him. I just felt sorry for him." — Reuters Full content generated by Get Full RSS.

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Saban invests US$30m in Asian pay-TV business with Lionsgate Posted: 22 Dec 2011 07:35 AM PST LOS ANGELES, Dec 22 — Saban Capital Group and Lionsgate are partnering with Celestial Pictures Limited to launch a new pay-television channel for the burgeoning Asian market, the companies announced yesterday. The new entity will be called Celestial Tiger Entertainment (CTE), and will operate as an independent Asian media company, expanding into production and multi-platform distribution in the coming months. Saban would be the largest shareholder, having invested US$30 million (RM94.9 million) in the joint venture, Adam Chesnoff, president and chief operating officer of Saban Capital Group, told TheWrap. Lionsgate and Celestial will provide much of the content. "What we're creating is a very unique, high-growth integrated media company in Asia," Chesnoff told TheWrap in an interview from Hong Kong. "We have the content, the distribution and the management." The venture extends the expansion of Saban and Lionsgate into the region. In 2008, the two companies paired up to launch Tiger Gate Entertainment, a joint venture focused on creating pay-TV programming in Asia. Tiger Gate's two channels are being folded into this venture. In June this year, Saban acquired the Chinese children's online entertainment company Taomee. Two months ago, the private equity firm snapped up a 7.5 per cent stake in the Indonesian media company MNC International. "Celestial Tiger Entertainment blends the complementary strengths and skill sets of three companies well positioned to capitalise on opportunities in the Asian filmed entertainment and pay-TV marketplace and allows us to enrich our pipeline of content and extend our distribution footprint throughout the region," Lionsgate co-chairman and CEO Jon Feltheimer said in a statement. Celestial Tiger will have its headquarters in Hong Kong and the programming will be available in a number of rapidly expanding markets including Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines. Indeed, the fastest growing pay-TV sector in the world was in Asia, Chesnoff told TheWrap. The pay-television lineup will draw heavily on Celestial Pictures' flagship channels — Celestial Movies, Celestial Classic Movies, and Celestial Movies On Demand. It will also offer three pay-TV channels from Tiger Gate Entertainment — KIX, an action entertainment channel; Thrill, a horror and suspense movie channel; and KIX HD, which carries high-definition programming. The new company plans to expand its suite of programming. To that end, the company will also branch into distributing movies and television through local distributors. Celestial Tiger will include staff from both Celestial Movies Channels and Tiger Gate. — Reuters Full content generated by Get Full RSS.

Zhang, Bale blossom together on ‘Flowers of War’ Posted: 22 Dec 2011 06:39 AM PST LOS ANGELES, Dec 22 — In 100 years of Chinese film, "The Flowers of War" is the first major title to feature a Western movie star. It earned a Golden Globe nomination for best foreign language film, and is China's entry for the Oscars. Christian Bale and Zhang Yimou at the premiere of "The Flowers of War" in Beijing, December 11, 2011. — Reuters file pic Budgeted at US$100 million (RM316 million) and paid for by the Chinese government, "Flowers of War" stars Oscar winner Christian Bale as John Miller, an opportunist mortician on the run in 1937 as the Japanese are invading the province of Nanking, now known as Nanjing. The Japanese occupation led to the deaths of thousands of Chinese citizens and came to be known by some as the Rape of Nanking or the Nanjing Massacre. In the film, which has a limited US release this week before opening nationwide in 2012, Bale's character must save a group of schoolgirls from the clutches of the Japanese. At the same time, he falls in love with a Chinese courtesan. Bale and Chinese director Zhang Yimou, who communicated through an interpreter while making the film, talked with Reuters about overcoming cultural barriers and revisiting an infamous episode of China's past. (The interview took place before Bale's recent run-in with Chinese officials.) Q: This is your first time working with a Western film star. Did the collaboration meet or defy your expectations? Zhang: "First, I'm amazed at how low key and humble Christian is. The stereotype that Chinese have of Hollywood actors is they probably have an entourage and assistants. So that's definitely changed how I viewed Hollywood actors. And also Christian didn't want to stay in a five-star hotel either. He lived right above me, lived with everybody else, with the crew members. And another thing is Christian gave up his weekends to work with us because we work seven days a week." Bale: "But this seven-day-week schedule became something I quite enjoyed cause I liked the momentum. Yimou is top dog in his profession, and he genuinely seemed to have a great deal of humour and laughter on the set. I didn't always know what the laughter was about but I would laugh with them. I hope they're not all laughing at me! I felt surrounded by good friends and even if I didn't understand nuances of what was being discussed, I got the essence in the presence of people." Q: Do you find that your shared experience in filmmaking was enough to communicate despite the language barrier? Bale: "There would be moments where Yimou would come to me and we would work it out between the two of us. And sometimes with a scene it's very small adjustments that were being asked for and I could understand from body language. And I always was convinced Yimou spoke a little bit of English, more than he ever let on to. So we'd experiment and see how it works out and sometimes it did and sometimes it didn't." Q: How are Western actors different from Chinese? Zhang: "Each line Christian offered three or four different ways, which is very unusual because Chinese actors normally cannot pull that off. Screening the film for a Western audience I realised that the first one-third of the movie, audiences would laugh at Christian's lines. That actually surprised me because when I wrote the script in Chinese, I didn't think that was humorous, but clearly Christian added other layers to it." Q: I understand Zhang asked you to stand before the cast and give them acting tips but it proved awkward. Bale: "I always think it's bad to try to alter anybody else's experience. Apart from that, it's not my job. That's the director's job. And I love very much working with actors who either have no experience or very little experience. I like to try to avoid getting any technique into my acting because I feel like the more known an actor gets, you really have to be exceptional to maintain that feeling of freshness and vitality and enthusiasm instead of falling back on your usual tricks." Q: Steven Spielberg recommended you for the part after working with you years ago on "Empire of the Sun" when you were a child. Did working with kids on this movie take you back? Bale: "Some of the girls would say to me, 'I would never want to act ever again in my life, this is it'. And I would say to them, 'That's what I said. That's exactly what I said when I was your age'. The thing that I liked so much was the freshness that they brought in terms of this is something new but there's no consideration of this being anything that they would continue with." Q: The movie is set around an atrocity by the Japanese that rivals in brutality what the Nazis did in Europe. Why do you think the world hasn't held the Japanese accountable? Zhang: "Maybe the international community doesn't know much about Nanjing because China, at that time, was really far behind, and they didn't have enough voice or power to actually speak out for themselves. For me, rather than arouse sad feelings, the goal of the movie is to make people see the good side of humanity and bring peaceful feelings to an audience." — Reuters Full content generated by Get Full RSS.

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World’s richest lottery to shower Spaniards with prizes Posted: 22 Dec 2011 12:59 AM PST People queue to buy Christmas lottery tickets at the famous lottery seller 'Dona Manolita' near the Puerta del Sol square in Madrid. Spain's Christmas lottery named 'El Gordo' (Fat One) is a Christmas tradition in Spain and is the world's biggest lottery in terms of the total sum paid out. – AFP pic MADRID, Dec 22 – Millions of crisis-hit Spaniards are snatching up tickets for the world's richest lottery draw today, which will shower winners with a record €2.5 billion (RM10.45 billion) in prizes. Undeterred by a 21.5 per cent jobless rate and the prospect of recession, four out of every five Spaniards are expected to spend money on a ticket to a lottery known as "El Gordo", or the "Fat One". Long queues snaked through the streets as people took a chance to dream of an escape from the economic crisis, each person buying an average of more than €60 worth of tickets. In Madrid's main artery, the Gran Via, many waited for tickets at a small kiosk. "I am spending more than last year, €100, and I am sharing the tickets with my friends and family," said a 48-year-old office worker, Victoria. "Some of them are having a very tough time financially and I want us to win," she said. A tradition that dates back nearly two centuries, "El Gordo" is an engrained Christmas ritual. Family, friends and colleagues can play the same number and share the gains if they are lucky on December 22, when pupils from former Madrid orphanage San Ildefenso sing out the numbers on national television. At Madrid's Dona Manolita lottery ticket shop, which is famed for having sold the winning number several times, superstitious players are prepared to wait for hours for a ticket. "And they say Spain is in a crisis," a passer-by could be heard muttering as he struggled to get past the huge queue. Spaniards' attachment to "El Gordo" allows the national lottery to rake in a fortune each year, of which 70 per cent is shared out in prizes. It makes the draw one of the world's most generous, said Juan Antonio Gallardo, sales director of the national lottery. The jackpot has grown to €400,000 from €300,000 last year. With lottery ticket sales expected to amount to €3.6 billion, up from €2.7 billion last year, the total prize money to be shared out is expected to be €2.52 billion, the lottery says. "The Christmas lottery is written into Spaniards' DNA. No other lottery in the world sells so much," Gallardo said. Spaniards are paring back Christmas spending as they face a bleak economic outlook in 2012, with incoming conservative prime minister Mariano Rajoy promising €16.5 billion in budget cuts. "I am spending much less than last year. I am looking for practical gifts," said 52-year-old Maria Jose Perez, with a shopping bag stuffed with pyjamas and sports shoes for her 16-year-old daughter. According to Spain's federation of independent consumers and users, Spanish households will spend an average €560 on Christmas – €114 less than last year. "Consumption is fragile, frugal and tired," said a report by the Spanish business school ESADE, which predicted a 40 per cent decline in Christmas spending. "But we will always keep some room for the little pleasures," said the report's author, Gerard Costa. "And we won't forget traditions like the lottery." Spain's outgoing Socialist government had planned to sell a 30 per cent stake in the lucrative lottery to rake in up to €7.5 billion for the state's depleted coffers. But the government abandoned the sale in September, blaming plunging markets that would have slashed the sale price. The national lottery posted a net profit of €2.99 billion in 2009, up 3.5 per cent from the year before despite an economic crisis. Spain traces its fascination with the lottery back to the creation of the royal lottery in 1763, which used profits for social causes such as hospitals. The national lottery was approved in 1811 and held its first draw the following year. – AFP Full content generated by Get Full RSS.

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BookTalk: John Brown’s ‘Midnight Rising’ Posted: 22 Dec 2011 04:01 AM PST Author Tony Horwitz is seen is this undated handout December 22, 2011. More than 150 years after his violent attack on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, abolitionist militant John Brown still inspires fiery debate. In the new book 'Midnight Rising', Horwitz, a Pulitzer-Prize winning war correspondent and author, provides a vivid history of Brown's life, a departure from his usual breezy personalized histories. – Reuters/ Randi Baird/Handout NEW YORK, Dec 22 – More than 150 years after his violent attack on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, abolitionist militant John Brown still inspires fiery debate. In a new book, Tony Horwitz, a Pulitzer-Prize winning war correspondent and author, provides a vivid history of Brown's life, a departure from his usual breezy personalized histories like "Confederates in the Attic," which was about civil war nostalgia. "Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid the Sparked the Civil War" is Horwitz's first serious history. He spoke about why Brown's story remains so alive and why Brown remains a controversial figure. Q: He was hung just over 150 years ago – why is John Brown still relevant? A: "Brown is relevant because he raises eternal questions about ends and means. Is violence justified in the cause of justice? And should an individual defy laws that he or she regards as immoral? Also, we're living in troubled times, when change seems to bubble up from the extremes, as it did in 1859. Then, as now, people are attracted to blunt, viscerally satisfying solutions. Hopefully, though, we're not headed for armed conflict." Q: As a journalist who covered Middle East and East European wars, do you see parallels between fundamentalism there and Brown's raids? A: "Brown is a religious fundamentalist who leads 18 men in what is ultimately a suicide strike on a symbol of American power, a US armoury with 100,000 guns, just 96.5km from Washington. He seeks to terrorise white Southerners, shock the nation, and bring on the great conflict he believes is necessary to cleanse America of its great sin. "And in the end, he identifies with Samson, pulling down the pillars of slavery around him and dying in the ruins. He triumphs as a martyr. But I don't think he should be lumped with terrorists in our own time, who slaughter thousands of innocents. He didn't kill indiscriminately. He had a clear target, and his cause was racial justice. Q: You have done readings from your book in the north and the south. Do people react the same? A: "Broadly speaking, Northerners are more inclined than Southerners to see Brown as a freedom fighter rather than a homicidal fanatic. But the stronger divide is racial. Brown has always commanded tremendous respect among African Americans, from Frederick Douglass to W.E.B. Dubois to Malcolm X, and he's still widely admired by blacks today. Q: Who are the writers who influence you most and which historians? A: "The writer who influences me the most is my wife, Geraldine Brooks, a historical novelist ("Caleb's Crossing: A Novel" and Pulitzer winner "March"). She's my first and last editor. We write beside each other all day, and call out whenever we're stuck or searching for a word or phrase. "As for historians, I'm a great admirer of Jill Lepore, who writes essays for the New Yorker in addition to her many books. I also like Adam Hochschild, a non-academic who writes history with great clarity and storytelling skill for a general audience, basically what I aspire to. My favourite book of his is "Bury the Chains." Q: What would you have asked John Brown if you could have interviewed him? A: "I'd ask him whether he really believed his military plan at Harpers Ferry would succeed. His raid doesn't make sense to me except as a self-conscious act of martyrdom, intended to bring on the great conflict he believed necessary to end slavery. In that respect, he triumphed. But he made contradictory statements about his intent in attacking Harpers Ferry, and I'd love to be able to pin him down posthumously. Q: You did a book on Iraq after the first Gulf war ("Baghdad Without a Map.") Do you have any desire to go back and do Baghdad with a map? A: "I often have the desire, and then it passes. I was in my late 20s and early 30s when I reported from Iraq and other hot spots. I was footloose and reckless, and am very thankful for the experience. But now that I'm a dad with two school-age sons, and no longer young, the life of the war correspondent isn't nearly so realistic or appealing. I applaud others from afar." – Reuters Full content generated by Get Full RSS.

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2011 Rambutan Awards: Trains, planes and Proton automobiles Posted: 21 Dec 2011 03:36 PM PST DEC 22 — What do protesters, submarines, airport robberies, Kedai Rakyat 1 Malaysia, PAS misfits, Muhyiddin Yassin and illegal immigrants have in common? Nominations in the 2011 Malaysian Things and Stuff Awards, Rambutan (type of tropical fruit) for short, of course. The panel of one, came up with these "unusual" nominees and winners who have in their own way made their mark in 2011. A rally dominates this year, but the usual suspects like Ibrahim Ali, Umno, MRT have come up with strong nominations, showing they do matter, somewhat. So the Rambutans go to… Defining moment of the year Bersih. Two months preceding the July 9 rally and the months since have evolved from that day in the rain which was not big enough or important enough according to the police, state media and the home minister no less. Arrests of Parti Sosialis Malaysia members as a preventive measure, involving royalty and Istana Negara and banning a colour ensued, and that was even before the rally happened. The capital city went into shutdown. By the eve, some in government might be tempted to feel that it was just the calm before no storm. Yet in the backgrounds, the most underreported part of Bersih, a citizenry made of middle-class and some more, affluent and not, young and old, mad and madder with a country run awry, got on with the show. They were in small groups, and social media not national leaders guided them. In a real democratic movement there is no need for a leader to articulate the freedom already in the veins of the people. They planned arrivals in the city, they paid for hotel rooms, they crashed at friends', they hung out at McDonalds, they took the train, they took the bus, and when all those things failed, they just walked to a place, so that they could walk some more. As if disparate groups raised together, they swarmed. Baharuddin Ahmad died, A. Samad Said walked alone in yellow, an old lady stood defiant, and this columnist ran from a haze of tear gas and gushes of chemically laced water. A hospital gets hit with tear gas, a minister says no; its doctors say yes in writing, the minister says… well; eyewitnesses say yes oh yes, minister says well it seems we might need to study this; enough people join in and tell the minister there are lies and there are his words, he shuts up, never to be heard from again. Police claim — after gassing, showering, hunting, chasing, handcuffing peaceful citizens and detaining them for hours — they are really nice because they gave the detainees catered food. After a period of denial, the prime minister and gang commenced fighting harder and harder to appear like the progressives major news channels say they might be, after being influenced by paid-for foreign media consultants (FBC, anyone?). Sometimes an exasperated Najib gives up and just tells Malaysians there are cheap things in stores "facilitated" by his friend (Kedai Rakyat 1 Malaysia, anyone?). Shop till you drop, much better than drop by baton swing. A mad Dr M moment award Honestly, are there sane moments with the ex-prime minister? The title is a misnomer, all Mahathir Mohamad quotes, from his gems on "anti-Muslim" Singapore's ex-PM Lee Kuan Yew to Perkasa having a point unnerves those choosing to think. And this year he released a book to tell Malaysians he's never been wrong, but always misunderstood. Yes Tun, the human flaw has always been in not recognising genius. We will try Tun, but till then enjoy the Rambutan. Best election effort There were the by-elections; Tenang, Kerdau and Merlimau, all won by Barisan Nasional (BN), but the Sarawak state election eclipsed them and showed that the BN election mojo has gone AWOL. 15 seats won from 70, but this is fortress Sarawak for BN. With every urban, partly urban seat in play and a growing young electorate, a tipping point may have been met. DAP's 12 seats scoop the award, and the anti-DAP overdrive in Umno since results day only underscores it. You can't make this up award This did not require nominees, there was a winner by a mile — the KLIA money changer heist players. This classic rob-and-go caper was all too good as four men "pretended" to be members of Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency (MACC). They got away with RM1 million apparently. In a police line-up later, the victim identified some of the alleged perpetrators. Three of the four were, in fact, actual officers of the MACC. An acting assistant commissioner, senior assistant superintendent and assistant superintendent, no less. Police can't find the final dude, seemingly the civilian has skedaddled better than trained officers, but they found some of the loot, oh great. But they won't tell how much, oh no. Then they lose some of it, more like a police officer does. He was holding RM11,700 in his office, had the amount stolen from him. So the cops start to question cops, 26 of them to be precise. Who robbed who? Is Malaysia competing with necrophilia for what constitutes a victimless crime? We don't know, but we do know the award goes to both MACC and the police, we hope they don't lose it to theft thereafter. Never got started There is every temptation to give it to Unit Peneraju Agenda Bumiputera (Teraju), the agency to help Bumiputeras compete in the new economy. CEO Husni Salleh has been made a human piñata for not doing enough. But the Rambutan has to go to Prasarana Nasional's — government public transportation agency — initiation of the MRT project for the Klang Valley.  As they readied to carry out the RM50 billion project (started from RM20 billion, went to RM36 billion with no end in sight on what will be the final cost will be), Najib decided MRT Co is better suited for the job. That's right, a non-government company formed overnight with no structure, no history, no role in the selection of all the present main and subsidiary contractors, no previous involvement in the largest infrastructure project the country has ever seen and a whole other bunch of NOs will get the job done. Sarawak barring entry to Pakatan Rakyat and Bersih activist in April, is worth a mention too. And the cyclical claims of S. Subramaniam, human resource minister, that the Indonesian maids are finally coming. If only there was a 1,000 Rupiah wager for every time he said they've sorted it in 2011, then this column will have something to take to the KLIA moneychangers. Why MCA (Or YMCA) award Nothing really matters anymore in a party without a plan. But they do own a newspaper which sells even if the ads outstrip the news in the prime news section. No party or group of leaders spend so much time explaining and re-explaining why race based thinking and politics is on the way out, but denies membership to 75 per cent of Malaysians. So talking, not doing makes the future possible, eh Chua Soi Lek? From starting the year with a party member in an Pantai Hillpark azan furore to PKFZ trial defendants, to a double-speak health minister, AGMs with low turnouts to a year of no national consequence, the MCA achievement award must go to Dr Chua. Under him, they've done nothing but they have not gone under, not yet anyways.    It's not porn if you wear Gucci Three dudes unveil a sex video, and the courts let them off with a slap on the wrist. Apparently if you show something at an expensive but more importantly exclusive hotel, and you have a state title, then it cannot possibly be pornography. Pornography is what the illiterate, itinerant with single syllable-nicknames peddle in back-alleys. Just for that Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Tamby Chik, Datuk Shazryl Eskay and Datuk Shuib Lazim deserve an award, if not a movie written about them. Just don't let them write the screenplay.   Hear me scream award Politicians need the attention, but some just need it more. No more than leading candidate Perkasa chief Ibrahim Ali. Walking proof, even if not standing proof, that if you are angry when you speak, someone will listen. His cameo with Himpun (anti-proselytisation rally) in October earns him a double nomination. His rants against Christians and Martians alike (we are convinced he wouldn't be able to tell them apart) are stuff modern day Mein Kampfs are written. He is fun, if you like freaky. He leaves the poster burning to his henchmen though. Bandar Kulim Baru MP Zulkifli Nordin gets a nod for securing a VP post in Perkasa (It is not easy to show your hate credentials in a room filled with small, bald men who hate) in October. Dr Yusri Mohamed of Himpun does get a nod for his continued arms akimbo waving over the 135 out of 15 million Muslim Malaysians who officially left Islam. Dodgy legislation award Peaceful Assembly Bill, now everyone can protest apparently. We say how about the RM10,000 fine if the home minister feels you have protested wrong? In a nation where you intend to give the people a one-off RM500 next month because you think it is pretty pathetic most of us, husband and wife put together, only earn RM3,000 or less a month, you want us to pay a fine exceeding our annual income? Got your freedom tips from Singapore? Don't stop people, just bankrupt them? Special mentions So much in a year, these deserve mentions: Khairy Jamaluddin remains without a Federal position. Wonder what he says to Mukhriz Mahathir when they meet. Ridhuan Tee reconsiders. After seeing the ire of so many against him for just speaking his absolutely convoluted thoughts, the man has gone a bit quiet. Not so much fun when people have a go at you eh, use that in your "kenegaraan" (citizenship) classes. Solar bibles are like the Empire's Death Star. Well personally I save all my fears for the neighbourhood Mormon preachers, but OK. Will look out for these tools of doom, Hasan Ali. Utusan Malaysia says we are all going to hell. But with a simple subscription to the paper at your local newsstand or complete submission to their "Please fear the reaper" theories, then anyone can escape the fires of eternal hell and get instead Umno membership. Talent Corp, is preparing for a report to say more people have shown interest to return. They are glad they can recycle the same remarks and not be laughed at any harder by the reading public. The 6P amnesty project for immigrants goes on, and sometimes the imprisoned immigrants show their delight by setting their oppressive detention centres alight and run off. Luckily it is not that expensive to rebuild utterly shocking facilities. In other news, the Melbourne High Court rules very late that Afghan and Iraqi refugees might be unwelcome in Australia, but sending them to cruel Malaysian processing centres, is well cruel. We did not say it, the refugees who filed the case did, and the court agreed. The Malaysian Solution is no more. AirAsia and Malaysian Airlines become one, sort of. And we are told all the announcements of route reductions by both are unrelated. What do they say about fiction and life again? Mat Sabu is told over the Bukit Kepong British police station episode there is only one way to look at history, when in doubt he and other Malaysians should watch a 1980's movie by an Umno member. We were surprised that through the hullabaloo, most Malaysians were indifferent. We were glad former servicemen and their families were given something after decades, even if it was just politics. DNA, sperm and science will be decided at the next Umno political bureau meeting. Proton will be sold to DRB-Hicom. This column cannot determine when the latter will sell it to the next GLC. Ahmad Sarbaini and Teoh Beng Hock's families remain baffled by the Malaysian justice system. And the MACC gets a new interrogation facility in Putrajaya with a digital timer, talk about being unclear of the concept. Sosilawati murders trial goes on. Names have been thrown in with state media playing them down while a prosecution relies on forced confessions to win the death penalty for four men. Lynas wants to give Malaysia an economic boost; residents, greenies and lefties feel the boost might be radioactive. Huge decision for Najib very, very soon. Khir Toyo and Shahrizat Jalil wait for tender mercy from the political boss, but the public is not letting up. Zaid Ibrahim comes from the cold, and says KITA will take sick leave from the general election. Asal Bukan Umno (As long as it is not Umno) movement picks up late 2011. * The views expressed here are the personal opinion of the columnist. Full content generated by Get Full RSS.

Isu Melayu: Tidak perlu patah balik Posted: 21 Dec 2011 03:29 PM PST 22 DIS — Isu Melayu akan tertonjol semula setiap kali ada parti Melayu yang merasakan kedudukan politik mereka tertekan. Asas tertekan adalah kerana kehilangan sokongan politik dari kelompok Melayu dan kegoyahan sokongan bukan Melayu. Politik kelompok tergugat apabila pemikiran yang lebih alamiyah muncul menawarkan satu jalan keluar kepada rakyat Malaysia dari order politik lama yang berakar umbi dalam negara selama ini. Pemikir politik lama berasa seolah diri mereka tidak lagi releven untuk kekal dalam terjahan arus politik baru yang menelur hasil dari idea bahawa dunia ini tidak lagi semudah hitam atau putih. Norma keadilan sosial, hak samarata dan peranan parti-parti politik sendiri yang buat sekian lama tidak pernah dipersoalkan kini dicabar begitu rupa sehingga berupaya menggugat cara order lama menafsirkan politik Malaysia mengikut "world-view" mereka. Melayu dalam perspektif Perbahasan Melayu adalah satu kerangka wacana yang meluas, golongan politik kekelompokan Melayu menjurus hanya kepada persoalan ethnicity atau keetnikan yang menilai segala pokok persoalan dari titik-berdirinya lalu melihat orang lain dalam pemikiran "aku lawan kamu. Hubungan "aku lawan kamu" menjadikan perspektif Melayu bagi order politik lama begitu sempit dan membentuk suasana politik negara menjadi ethno-centric. Setiap pendekatan politik order lama atas apa sahaja namanya akan dikawal oleh doktrin yang berakar umbi secara tersendirinya untuk kepentingan Melayu. Kuatnya doktrin ini memaksa politik kekelompokan dari kaum lain khususnya kelompok Cina menerima doktrin ini sebagai syarat perkongsian pintar ala politik rasis. Landasan ethno-centric terus menjadi budaya politik orang Malaysia sehingga tidak ada yang berlaku di sini melainkan pasti akan ada perasa perkaumannya. Memelihara asas Lama tidak semestinya tidak baik dan baru tidak semestinya menjamin kebaikan, apa yang perlu diambil kira ialah persoalan penyesuaian diri sesuatu ide dan kemampuan ide itu mengemudi masa depan negara kepada satu tahap yang lebih hebat daripada apa yang ada hari ini. Apa yang lebih penting proses ini tidak akan menggugat asas-asas penting kenegaraan yang hakikatnya adalah jaminan paling utama untuk melakukan reformasi negara yang sangat diperlukan ketika ini. Implikasi politik lama Teori Konflik mengandaikan bahawa perubahan tidak akan berlaku tanpa kocakan kuat malah krisis yang meruncing berkemungkinan melahirkan peluang untuk melakukan satu perubahan. Apa yang dialami oleh politik Malaysia hari ini ialah proses ke arah itu kerana gara-gara politik lama yang meninggalkan impak sosio-ekonomi politik. Budaya politik lama telah melahirkan generasi yang kelompok masing-masing yang prejudis terhadap kaum lain. Begitu juga satu fahaman yang meletakkan perkara lain lebih rendah dari perkauman hatta kepada keperluan moral dan agama. Budaya lama menghasilkan politik kebimbangan kepada persoalan kaum lain kononnya akan menguasai itu dan ini sehingga jurang interaksi dan komunikasi terbentuk dengan melebarnya. Soal pendidikan yang terumbang-ambing antara kepentingan pendidikan nasional dan pendidikan bahasa ibunda menyebabkan segala bentuk pendekatan integrasi gagal dan masing-masing berada di zon kebimbangan walaupun sudah merdeka 50 tahun lebih. Lebih buruk dari implikasi tersebut ialah usaha politik bagi pewajaran keadaan di atas supaya regim lama terus kekal berkuasa. Melayu Islam, Islam Melayu Implikasi paling besar fahaman politik lama ialah melahirkan formula politik bahawa Melayu itu Islam dan begitulah sebaliknya. Formula ini nampaknya begitu berkesan samada bagi mendiamkan penentang politik perkauman ataupun untuk mendapat sokongan dan simpati bagi orang Melayu. Malangnya formula ini bukan sahaja silap sifirnya tetapi ada NGO Islam dan segelintir pemimpin NGO menerima sifir ini tanpa segan silu kepada keilmuan yang diberikan Allah kepada mereka. Silapnya formula politik ini ialah pada hakikatnya dan pada rumusannya. Hakikatnya Hakikatnya ialah Islam bukanlah sebuah agama yang berteraskan bangsa, ia adalah agama yang bersifat merentasi kaum bagi memenuhi kriteria alamiyahnya Islam (21:107), kedua hakikat kemuliaan seseorang ialah pada keimanan dan ketaqwaannya bukan kepada keturunan atau kepuakannya (49:13), ketiga menghormati sesama insan tanpa mengira kaum atau bangsa adalah tuntutan ilahi (17:70). Seharusnya sebagai seorang Islam, susunan pemikiran tersebut mesti didahulukan atas segala-galanya. Mewajarkan Melayu dengan Islam atas formula politik sesat di atas adalah bercanggah dengan hakikat Islam itu dibangkitkan oleh Allah. Godaan perkauman Sememangnya godaan untuk menggunakan perjuangan atas kepentingan kaum pernah terlintas di kepala Nabi Muhammad s.a.w untuk maslahat dakwah, tetapi ia dilarang oleh Allah kerana tidak mahu menjadikan contoh kepada umat Islam kemudian. Hakikat ini disebut oleh Allah dalam surah Isra' 73-75 di mana tanpa panduan Allah dan ketetapannya Nabi Muhammad akan ikut kehendak Quraisy untuk mengatakan selain daripada apa yang ditetapkan oleh Allah. Malah ayat ini menegaskan siksaan Allah kepada Nabinya jika tidak kerana Allah memperkukohkan sikap Nabi mengikut perintah Allah supaya jangan mengikuti kehendak Quraisy dalam membawa agama ini. Salah satu daripada kehendak Quraisy ialah supaya Muhammad menerima tawaran menjadi pemimpin mereka tapi hendaklah meningalkan seruan Islam. Nabi menolaknya dengan penuh hormat bagi mengasaskan sikap yang jelas kepada umat selepasnya supaya tidak tergoda dengan pendekatan-pendekatan kepuakan atau kekelompokan. Rumusan yang silap Menyamakan Melayu dengan Islam dan sebaliknya adalah kezaliman kepada bukan Islam kerana ia menggambarkan hak eksklusif bangsa tertentu. Khusus di Malaysia ia telah melahirkan satu tanggapan yang silap bahawa jika memeluk Islam kita mesti menjadi Melayu. Orang Cina tidak boleh menjadi Melayu kerana bangsa akan kekal dalam diri masing-masing tetapi Islam adalah agama yang dianuti, ia berpotensi tidak dianuti lagi. Buktinya betapa ramai orang Melayu yang mahu mengistyharkan dirinya keluar agama, apakah dia akan tetap menjadi Islam walaupun sudah tidak memeluk agama Islam? Jawapannya ialah ia tetap Melayu walaupun bukan Islam. Jadi di mana lojiknya Islam disamakan dengan Melayu? Begitulah sebaliknya, jikalau seseorang memeluk Islam dan dia berbangsa Cina apakah dengan itu dia menjadi Melayu? Jawapannya ialah ia menjadi Muslim yang berbangsa Cina, jadi dimana lojiknya Melayu itu Islam? Rumusan formula ini melahirkan kesilapan demi kesilapan dan kerananya kita mendapat natijah yang silap dalam memahami percaturan politik di Malaysia. Formula ini perlu dihentikan segera kerana ia akan menjejaskan peluang perjuangan Islam untuk menerangkan betapa luasnya Islam yang berteraskan Karamah Insan daripada Asabiyah Perkauman yang sempit dan opportunis. Belajar dari sejarah Sejarah Islam muat dengan pengajaran bahawa bangsa bukan agama dan agama bukan bangsa. Arab contohnya adalah bangsa yang dibangkitkan daripada mereka Nabi yang membawa Islam. Bangsa Arab menerima Islam tetapi sejarah membuktikan bahawa apabila bangsa itu meninggalkan Islam atau tidak mengamalkannya lagi, kewibawaan membawa Islam hilang daripa bangsa itu. Sebagai membuktikan kenyataan ini, digantikan bangsa lain untuk membawa Islam dan dimuliakan bangsa itu. Sejarah kaum Hui Begitu juga dengan sejarah keturunan Hui dari bangsa Cina yang dikaitkan keturunan itu dengan Islam sehingga di China, nama Islam itu disebut sebagai agama kaum Hui (Hui Djow) malah bagi orang Cina di Malaysia nama parti Islam diterjemahkan sebagai Hui Djow Tang atau terjemahan literalnya Parti Agama Hui. Ulamak Islam di China sejak tahun 90 an berasa tidak selesa dengan persamaan Islam dengan sesuatu kaum di China,cuba mengubah persepsi dengan memperkenalkan nama Islam dalam bentuknya yang asli dalam gaya sebutan Bahasa Mandrin iaitu Yee Si Lan Djow (agama Islam). Ia bukan sebab persoalan bahasa semata-mata tetapi perkembangan sosial dan pembangunan telah membawa kaum Hui tidak lagi berpegang kepada Islam dengan sebaiknya malah ramai yang meninggalkan agama Islam. Islam hanya kekal sebagai sebahagian dari sejarah untuk Kaum Hui dan kerana itu ulamak Islam di China berasa bimbang kaitan Islam dengan sesuatu kaum yang sudah hilang pegangan agamanya akan memburukkan nama agama itu sendiri. bukankah ini pengajaran bagi pengasas formula Islam itu Melayu, Melayu itu Islam? Formula Ilahi Yang benar ialah formula Ilahi yang menetapkan bahawa kayu pengukur hubungan bangsa dan agama diukur melalui keutamaan agama dan bukan bangsa. Agama lebih superior dari bangsa kerana apabila sesuatu kaum atau bangsa meninggalkan agama maka Allah akan menggantikan kaum lain pula untuk membawa Islam. Formula ilahi ini juga mengajar kita bahawa kekal atau tidak Islam itu bukan terletak kepada prioriti bangsa itu, tetapi kekal atau tidak Islam itu dalam sesebuah bangsa ialah melalui amalan dan keyakinannya kepada agama. Formula ilahi ini mencabar segala formula ethno-centric yang cuba mewajarkan kaum dan bangsanya sebagai yang utama dan kemudian cuba meletakkan Islam di bawah kewajaran itu. Jalan ke hadapan Tiada berpusing balik, jalannya jelas, politik perkauman harus berakhir manakala kaum itu perlu mengikuti arus fitrah yang mengajak kepada keadilan sosial, kebajikan dan kepimpinan yang berpaksikan moral. Tidak akan bangkit sesuatu perjuangan yang hanya mementingkan satu kaum kerana ia akan membawa kepada kezaliman terhadap kaum lain, yang ada ialah perjuangan kemanusiaan dan memuliakan nilai-nilai kepentingan sejagat. Lagipun, Melayu tak perlu bimbang secara berperlembagaan kerana haknya telahpun termaktub, apa isunya? Hanya pengamal politik perkauman sahaja yang mengetahui. Janganlah menggadai isu Melayu untuk kepentingan sempit, fikirlah masadepan negara. * The views expressed here are the personal opinion of the columnist. Full content generated by Get Full RSS.

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Hasan Ali tak kisah jika digugur Posted: 21 Dec 2011 02:43 PM PST KUALA LUMPUR, 22 Dis — Exco Kerajaan Negeri Selangor Datuk Dr Hasan Ali berkata, beliau tidak kisah jika digugurkan daripada jawatan tersebut serta tidak dipilih semula untuk bertanding pada pilihan raya umum akan datang kerana berpegang teguh kepada prinsip perjuangannya. Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Hal Ehwal Agama, Adat-Adat Melayu, Infrastuktur dan Kemudahan Awam Selangor berkata: "Yang jelas adalah perjuangan saya mempertahankan Islam, bangsa Melayu dan institusi raja-raja." "Bagi saya ketiga-tiga ini merupakan landasan yang sangat penting dari dulu sampai sekarang," katanya (gambar) dalam program Soal Jawab TV3 malam tadi. Ia merupakan temu bual pertama bersama stesen televisyen milik Umno itu sejak beliau mengecam PAS secara terbuka sejak kebelakangan ini. Semalam, Naib Presiden PAS Datuk Mahfuz Omar menyifatkan Hasan sudah mula mengisytiharkan perang ke atas partinya apabila mula mempersoalkan keputusan dan dasar parti. Menyentuh mengenai PAS, Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri Gombak Setia itu berkata jawatankuasa pusat parti itu kini lebih ramai dianggotai oleh profesional iaitu sebanyak 65 peratus berbanding golongan ulama yang kini hanya 35 peratus. Untuk itu beliau berharap anggota parti dapat meletakkan kembali kedudukan ulama sebagai barisan kepimpinan parti. Ini adalah kerana golongan ulama dilihatnya mampu membawa PAS kembali ke landasan perjuangan berdasarkan prinsip Islam, katanya dipetik Bernama Online. Ditanya sama ada beliau akan meninggalkan PAS berikutan perubahan ini, Hasan berkata: "Saya akan bersama apa jua gerakan berunsur politik atau tidak yang dapat mempertahankan Islam, orang Melayu dan institusi raja. Full content generated by Get Full RSS.

Konvensyen nasional Pakatan bulan depan, fokus spesifik hadapi PRU-13 Posted: 21 Dec 2011 02:25 PM PST KUALA LUMPUR, 22 Dis — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) akan mengadakan konvensyen kebangsaan bulan depan, dilihat sebagai yang terakhir sebelum pilihan raya umum ke-13 - pertemuan yang akan memfokus persiapan menghadapi pilihan raya umum. The Malaysian Insider difahamkan konvensyen itu akan diadakan di Kedah pada 14 Januari. Konvensyen-konvensyen sebelum ini masing-masing diadakan di Selangor dan Pulau Pinang - kedua-duanya ditadbir oleh kerajaan negeri Pakatan Rakyat. Konvensyen nasional itu yang akan bertindak sebagai usaha melancarkan hubungan kerja antara komponen PR - PKR, PAS dan DAP juga akan memfokus 'game plan' mereka menghadapi Barisan Nasional (BN). "Kami merancang untuk memfokus pendekatan terperinci dalam mencapai visi dan tawaran kami bagi rakyat Malaysia. "Pelannya ialah memperhalusi pelbagai rancangan kami bagi Malaysia, jika diberi peluang untuk menerajui peringkat pusat," kata Ahli Parlimen Lembah Pantai Nurul Izzah Anwar (gambar) kepada The Malaysian Insider. Naib Presiden PKR ini berkata, fokus konvensyen sangat spesifik - pemimpin-pemimpin PR akan menyediakan ahli-ahlinya membuat persiapan menghadapi pilihan raya, dengan menjelaskan mereka isu-isu yang perlu ditangani ketika bercakap dengan pengundi berpotensi. Katanya, pembangkang persekutuan ini akan memastikan manifesto atau rancangan masa depan disusun ke arah menarik pengundi-pengundi muda. "Kami ada pelbagai dokumen sehingga kini - dari Buku Jingga, pelan 100 hari, Agenda Ekonomi Rakyat Malaysia dan kejayaan-kejayaan kerajaan negeri dipimpin PR," katanya lagi. Katanya, PR akan menjelaskan kepada pengundi bahawa mereka akan satu penyelesaian dan pasukan pemimpin yang akan mengurangkan ketirisan dan mengatasi rasuah jika dapat menerajui Putrajaya. Bagaimanapun beliau tidak menjawab sama ada pihaknya akan mengumumkan barisan Kabinet bayangan ketika konvensyen kelak. "Kami komited kepada Kabinet yang kecil jika diberi mandat kelak. Fokus kekal ke atas rancangan dan dasar-dasar yang dapat menangani soal kemerosotan institusi kita. "Pilihan PR berkenaan PM jelas tetapi buat masa sekarang fokus kekal ke atas soal menang kerusi-kerusi persekutuan, membolehkan kami memperoleh majoriti selesa," katanya lagi. Pilihan raya umum 2008 menyakskan BN melalui prestasi paling buruk dengan kehilangan lima negeri dan 82 kerusi Parlimen, sekali gus keciciran majoriti dua pertiga. Full content generated by Get Full RSS.

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