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Team orders will stay an option, say Mercedes Posted: 13 Apr 2013 07:44 AM PDT April 13, 2013 Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain drives during the second practice session of the Malaysian F1 Grand Prix at Sepang International Circuit. - Reuters picSHANGHAI, April 13 — Controversial 'team orders' remain an option for Mercedes despite the storm caused by their use in Malaysia last month, principal Ross Brawn and executive director Toto Wolff said on Saturday. The clarification came after Niki Lauda, the Formula One team's non-executive chairman and stakeholder who has appeared at odds with Brawn since his appointment, told reporters they would no longer be used. Mercedes used them at Sepang to keep Nico Rosberg behind third-placed Lewis Hamilton, who qualified on pole for Sunday's race in China, and ensure neither driver ran out of fuel with so many points at stake. Red Bull also tried to apply them in Malaysia but world champion Sebastian Vettel ignored the call, triggering a furore by overtaking team mate Mark Webber to win. "I'll have to speak to him so he can explain," said Brawn, smiling, when asked about Lauda's comments. "In fairness, Niki like all of us wants to see his drivers race. "None of us as sportsmen like team orders. "It is something for us that in rare circumstances, I must say, we decide that is the best decision for the team. And in very rare circumstances I am sure we will reach those conclusions again." Austrian Wolff, speaking to reporters separately, agreed with Brawn and said there were two clear circumstances where such orders would be necessary. One was if the team became aware of a problem with the cars and wanted to make sure they finished and the other was towards the end of the season when one of the two drivers might be out of the title reckoning. "There is one order in the team: that is that we would like to see our guys race," said Wolff. "We are not racing for ourselves, but we are racing for the spectators and fans and we must never forget that. "But there could be a situation where we have to intervene from the pit wall, as harmful as it is for the sport."— Reuters

Woods given two-shot penalty for improper drop Posted: 13 Apr 2013 07:38 AM PDT April 13, 2013 Tiger Woods of the US watches his first shot on the first hole during the Pro-Am ahead of the Malaysia's Asia Pacific Classic golf tournament in Kuala Lumpur October 24, 2012. – Reuters picAUGUSTA, April 13 — Tiger Woods avoided possible disqualification from the Masters on Saturday when he was assessed a two-stroke penalty for taking an improper drop during Friday's second round. The world number one, a hot favourite at Augusta National where he is a four-times champion, earned his reprieve after being reviewed by officials for a penalty drop he took at the par-five 15th. Woods suffered a freakish bounce with his third shot at the hole when his approach struck the flagstick before ricocheting backwards off the green and then down the slope into Rae's Creek. Instead of going to the drop area on the far side of the water, he chose to play his fifth shot from the same place as his third, going two yards back before getting up and down from there to salvage a bogey six. Woods finished the second round at three under par but his score was changed to one-under, after the penalty, leaving five shots behind halfway leader Jason Day. — Reuters

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‘Gentleman’ Psy unveils hip-swinging dance, music video Posted: 13 Apr 2013 06:57 AM PDT April 13, 2013 "Gangnam Style" star Psy performs during his concert "Happening" in Seoul April 13, 2013. — AFP-Relaxnews picSEOUL, April 13 — South Korean pop star Psy unveiled today the hip-swinging dance and music video for his new song, aimed at replicating the global success of "Gangnam Style" and its famed horse-riding dance. The singer showed off the much-anticipated dance moves - a simple swaying, grinding hip movement - at a promotional concert in Seoul, held at a time of heightened military tensions with North Korea. The long-awaited video, released a day after the new single "Gentleman" hit online stores worldwide, was posted on YouTube shortly after the concert which was streamed live on the video-sharing site. At a press conference before the show, the 35-year-old singer described the division of the Korean peninsula as a "tragedy" and said he wanted North Korean people to share in the "fun and happiness" of his music. "Tonight me and 50,000 Korean people ... we are going to sing out loud. We are going to shout out loud and we are really close to them, so they can hear," he said. "Hopefully with my 'Gangnam style', 'Gentleman', and my music video, choreography ... hopefully they might enjoy it too," he added. The video showed Psy, wearing his signature sunglasses, dancing at various locations in and around the capital Seoul including a high-end clothing store, restaurant and swimming pool. The story line featured the obnoxious "Gentleman" singer teasing and playing practical jokes on women, such as pulling their chairs away as they were about to sit, before meeting his match. The song contains more English lyrics than "Gangnam Style" in a clear nod to the singer's newfound global audience. "Let me tell you about myself. I'm such a charmer with guts, vigour and humour," Psy sings in Korean before launching into the song's English catch-line: "I'm a mother-father gentleman." "Gonna make you sweat. Gonna make you wet. You know who I am? Wet Psy!" he sings in English, calling himself a "party mafia." It was the video of "Gangnam Style", and in particular Psy's signature horse-riding dance, that pushed him to global stardom last year after it was posted on YouTube and turned into a viral sensation. A satire on the luxury lifestyle of Seoul's upscale Gangnam district, it has become the most-watched YouTube video of all time, registering more than 1.5 billion views since it debuted last July. The quirky singer/rapper belted out some 20 hits of his own and other artists at the packed concert that featured guest performances by other popular K-pop acts such as 2Ne1 and G-Dragon. Long known at home for his flamboyant, wacky stage persona, he even delivered a dance performance of Beyonce's "Single Ladies" - clad in a skin-tight, red-coloured jumpsuit and matching knee-length socks. At the press conference, Psy acknowledged the "enormous pressure" of following a global phenomenon like "Gangnam Style, but argued he had been singing too long to be called a one-hit wonder. "Gangnam Style" was always going to be a hard act to follow, and "Gentleman" has had a mixed reception as Psy acknowledged, although he was happy with its initial chart showing. "Many expressed disappointment, saying I made too many calculations and I should have remade some of the songs I did in the past. But this is the best song, best work and the best choice I could possibly do," he said. "I made the song feeling enormous pressure," he added. "Gentleman" went straight into the top five of the iTunes charts in South Korea and other Asian markets like Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia, but could only manage 90th spot in the crucial US equivalent. In Britain, it rose quickly to number 25, but elements of the British music press were scathing in their assessment. "Like a seven-year-old on a Casio," was the judgement of the Times newspaper, while the underwhelmed Guardian critic called it "a fairly standard issue, pop-dance single". Already an established artist in South Korea with six albums under his belt, Psy has been building and polishing his own style of quirky, explosive music and his flamboyant stage persona since his debut in 2001. "I've been doing this for 12 years. Would it be fair to call me a one-hit wonder just because my next song falls flat?" Psy said today. "I gained international fame almost by accident but that does not mean that I will make desperate efforts to maintain that global popularity. "I will just continue to do what I have been doing for all these years. If it satisfies people's appetite it will. If not, it won't." — AFP-Relaxnews

Blur, Stone Roses kick off Coachella as Daft Punk tease fans Posted: 13 Apr 2013 05:41 AM PDT April 13, 2013 Damon Albarn of British band Blur performs during the Coachella Music Festival in Indio, California April 12, 2013. — Reuters picINDIO, California, April 13 — British bands kicked off Southern California's annual Coachella music festival today, with Blur and The Stone Roses taking to the stage, while a surprise video from French duo Daft Punk had fans abuzz. Blur, who led a new wave of rock-infused Britpop in the 1990s and recently reunited after a six-year hiatus, brought their trademark no-frills style to the Coachella main stage on Friday evening. Lead singer Damon Albarn, who last performed at Coachella with animated music group Gorillaz in 2010, quipped about the sunny desert climate weather, saying: "A lot of our songs have been informed by our bad weather ... it's very nice to enjoy your sunshine." The reunited band, formed by Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree, performed some of their best known hits including "Girls & Boys", "Beetlebum", "Coffee & TV" and the rabble-rousing "Parklife" and "Song 2". Albarn also slowed the tempo with tracks such as "Out of Time" and "Tender". Blur were followed by The Stone Roses - comprising Ian Brown, John Squire, Mani and Reni - who kept the show going until past midnight at the festival, with hits including "I Wanna Be Adored" and a long rendition of "Fools Gold". Known for springing surprises on the unsuspecting audience, Coachella has often produced moments in past festivals that captured media attention, such as a hologram of late rapper Tupac appearing on stage and performing last year. Eager to keep the tradition of surprises alive, a teaser music video by Daft Punk shown prior to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' set on Friday had audiences excited for an appearance from the French duo, who were not on the Coachella line-up this year. The two-minute video showed R&B artist Pharrell Williams singing a new song by Daft Punk called "Get Lucky", from their highly anticipated upcoming album "Random Access Memories". TEASER Daft Punk, formed by French musicians Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, last performed at Coachella in 2006 and in the United States in 2010, as a surprise guest for French band Phoenix's show at Madison Square Gardens in New York. Concert-goers dance during the Coachella Music Festival in Indio, California April 12, 2013. — Reuters picThe teaser video on Friday suggested Daft Punk may once again join Phoenix, who will headline Coachella today. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs were one of the most-talked about bands on Friday as lead singer Karen O fronted a lively, dynamic and electric set, featuring their hits "Sacrilege", "Maps" and "Gold Lion". Earlier in the day, British artists such as James McCartney, son of former Beatle Paul McCartney, indie-rock quartet Alt-J, indie-folk singer-songwriter Jake Bugg and BBC Radio 1 DJ Pete Tong fronted Coachella's many outdoor stages. Other highlights included Modest Mouse, Passion Pit, Icelandic folk group Of Monsters and Men, Trent Reznor's newest venture How to Destroy Angels and Canadian sister duo Tegan & Sara. The Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival is an annual three-day music event held in the desert of Southern California, and has become a launch pad for up-and-coming bands. Newcomers The Neighbourhood, an indie-rock band from Newbury Park in Southern California, were one of the first bands to perform on Friday, and lead singer Jesse Rutherford told Reuters how important Coachella was as they prepare to launch their debut album "I Love You" on April 23. "What I hope for it doing is really helping us launch our album and career ... I want it to be that people who didn't see us are left wanting to see us," Rutherford said. — Reuters

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If you’re anxious and drunk, you’re more likely to hit Facebook, says study Posted: 13 Apr 2013 07:18 AM PDT April 13, 2013 A study has found a connection between anxiety, alcohol and Facebook. – Reuters picNEW YORK, April 13 — A recent study finds that university freshmen who report high levels of anxiety and alcohol use are more connected to Facebook. For his master's thesis, Russell Clayton, now a doctoral student at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, analysed survey responses from more than 229 freshmen living in college dormitories. He asked subjects to rank their perceived levels of loneliness, anxiety, alchohol use and marijuana use, then he measured their "connectedness" to Facebook. The study, supervised by Randall Osborne, Brian Miller, and Crystal Oberle of Texas State University, will be published in the May issue of The Journal of Computers in Human Behavior. Researchers found that drinking alcohol was associated with increased emotional connectedness to Facebook, while marijuana users were less interested in logging on to their Facebook accounts. The reason for the difference? Clayton suggests that marijuana usage is "much less of a social process," unlike drinking alcohol. He also found that students with stronger emotional connectedness to the social media site were more motivated to drink alcohol after viewing photos of their friends drinking or status updates about drinking. Subjects who considered themselves anxious were also more likely to want to connect with others on Facebook as opposed to in face-to-face, social encounters. A separate study published last month finds that Facebook profiles are "self-affirming," and that after getting their ego bruised, in even a small way, users get a boost of confidence by checking out their online profile. That study, involving 88 undergraduate students in the US, appears in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. In another recent study, researchers found that Facebook has a positive effect on psychological well-being and can increase bonding. Published in Behaviour & Information Technology, the study investigated the role the social network plays in the lives of 800 students from seven universities in South Africa. — AFP-Relaxnews

Hit the gym or make dinner? Most adults don’t have time for both Posted: 13 Apr 2013 01:55 AM PDT April 13, 2013 A new study says that adults often are crunched for time between exercising and preparing meals. — AFP picNEW YORK, April 13 — After a long day of work, many of us are crunched for time and faced with a choice — make dinner at home or go to the gym? A new US study finds that most adults have to sacrifice one for the other. Even among those who were able to squeeze in both a workout and meal preparation in the same day, a 10-minute increase in time spent preparing food was linked to a workout that was 10 minutes shorter, the researchers said. In the study, a team of scientists from Ohio State University's College of Public Health analyzed nationally available data on more than 112,000 American single and married adults, with or without children, who had reported their activities for the previous 24 hours. Of those, 16 per cent of men and 12 per cent of women said that they had exercised on the previous day. And men spent, on average, almost 17 minutes preparing food, compared to an average of 44 minutes for women. The average time spent exercising for the entire sample of adults, including those who did not exercise, was 19 minutes for men and nine minutes for women. "As the amount of time men and women spend on food preparation increases, the likelihood that those same people will exercise more decreases," said Rachel Tumin, lead author of the study and a doctoral student in epidemiology. "The data suggests that one behavior substitutes for the other." "If we assume, for example, that adults have 45 minutes of free time to allocate to health-promoting behaviors, maybe we need to look at that holistically and determine the optimal way to use that time," she said. She presents her study April 12 at the Population Association of America meeting in New Orleans. — AFP-Relaxnews

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Paulo Coelho brings timeless ideas to new novel Posted: 13 Apr 2013 07:46 AM PDT Sassy schoolmarm By Alan Wong KUALA LUMPUR, April 10 — Miss Seetoh in the World, which was first published in November 2010, is "a very special book for two reasons", Singapore-based author Catherine Lim blogged."Firstly, it came at ... Read More

Colonial psalm book could fetch US$30m at NY auction Posted: 12 Apr 2013 04:20 PM PDT Sassy schoolmarm By Alan Wong KUALA LUMPUR, April 10 — Miss Seetoh in the World, which was first published in November 2010, is "a very special book for two reasons", Singapore-based author Catherine Lim blogged."Firstly, it came at ... Read More

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Ben Wheatley’s art of killing Posted: 12 Apr 2013 04:51 PM PDT April 13, 2013 APRIL 13 ― It's almost kind of a default setting for most Malaysians who like to see themselves as "different" tell people that they like British music, British comedy or British films. For some reason, most things American are dismissed as crass or commercial and most things British almost automatically gain an aura of class and seriousness. I'd probably be rich now if I'm given RM1 for every conversation that involves someone with "good taste" proclaiming that they like British indie music over American crap or worse, liking "wittier" British comedy like Monty Python or Black Adder over American sitcom trash. Is it some sort of remnant of our colonized past that makes us still look up to the British? I'm not in any way putting down the quality of British art. The Beatles, The Who, Black Sabbath, The Buzzcocks, The Clash, The Stone Roses, Blur, Radiohead and so many more undoubtedly great bands. Film-makers like Alfred Hitchcock, the Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger team, David Lean and Alexander Mackendrick are all established masters. But there's something wrong somewhere with this "big-upping anything British" mentality when things that are as crassly commercial as Coldplay, Guy Ritchie films, and lame British rom-coms also get a better rep compared to mainstream American things like My Chemical Romance, Michael Bay films or lame American rom-coms. Still, sometimes the Brits do get it gloriously right. And the last few years have seen a lot of interesting new film-makers popping out numerous notable works in various genres and styles. In the arthouse world there are not one, but two female directors blazing their way through big festivals; Lynne Ramsay ("Ratcatcher", "We Need To Talk About Kevin") and Andrea Arnold ("Fish Tank", "Wuthering Heights"). Representing the boys are Peter Strickland ("Katalin Varga", "Berberian Sound Studio"), Thomas Clay ("The Great Ecstasy Of Robert Carmichael", "Soi Cowboy") and Andrew Haigh ("Weekend"). But it's in the more commercial world of comedies and genre pictures that the Brits have truly staked their claim with Edgar Wright ("Shaun Of The Dead", "Hot Fuzz") now firmly established in Hollywood and even first-timer Joe Cornish ("Attack The Block") getting into Steven Spielberg's good books with his screenplay for "The Adventures Of Tintin." And let's not forget Hollywood's current go-to man for intelligent blockbusters ― Christopher Nolan ("Memento", the "Dark Knight" trilogy, "Inception"). While these are undoubtedly exciting names, I personally think the most exciting of them all is Ben Wheatley who has firmly established his reputation as an intelligent interrogator of genre films with the three he's made so far. He's made a gangster film, a hitman film, and a couple-on-the-lam film but all three have turned out to be much more. His no-budget debut "Down Terrace" may be a Tarantino-esque take on the family gangster film due to its reliance on long and colourful stretches of dialogue, made necessary because of the low budget, but his follow-up "Kill List" is where people's jaws will drop once they see it. It's a story about two hitmen given a strange assignment, and the movie then morphs into a deeply scary (and Wicker Man-ish) later part that will both disturb and delight you with its skilful execution. What really makes the movie tick though is its attention to the earlier domestic scenes depicting the hitmen's personal lives, its absolutely serious commitment to the real. And this is where this guy's a bit special compared to all the other genre practitioners out there. Like all the other genre film-makers out there, Wheatley's got deep and loving respect for the conventions of the genre he's tackling, but despite the outlandish nature and premise of most genre outings, he tries his best to ground it all in reality and to make it more relatable to us, thus making his films accessible to anyone who'd care to watch and not just appeal to genre aficionados. All three of his films have moments of shocking violence that some, especially those unfamiliar with genre films, will find hard to stomach, but in all three instances he's been clever enough to reel us in and make us care about the characters that the violence doesn't seem exploitative and actually seems necessary to bring the story forward. And nowhere is this better exemplified than in his wonderfully nasty third film "Sightseers", about a loving couple of social misfits going on a caravan holiday. I've rarely seen the England countryside photographed so beautifully, and that beauty (and the couple's love for each other) is beautifully contrasted against the acts of murder that they commit as their holiday progresses, and all of this is coated with a wonderfully dark sheen of black comedy that never fails to provoke an uncomfortable laugh. It's only April, but I'm pretty sure that this is already one of my favourite films of the year, alongside Miguel Gomes' "Tabu" and Kore-eda Hirokazu's "I Wish", and when a genre film can sit proudly alongside quality films like that, it's already proof that this Ben Wheatley guy is most probably the real deal. * This is the personal opinion of the columnist

Old Trafford and Nou Camp’s noise problems Posted: 12 Apr 2013 04:37 PM PDT April 13, 2013 Andy West is a sports writer originally from the UK and now living in Barcelona. He has worked in professional football since 1998 and specialises in the Spanish Primera Division and the English Premier League. Follow him on Twitter at @andywest01. APRIL 13 ― Earlier this week I went to watch Barcelona's most important game of the season ― their quarter final tie in Europe's elite club competition. And I can safely say it was one of the best atmospheres I've ever witnessed at a sporting event. From the very start of the game, the majority of fans were up on the feet, shouting and singing, cheering every positive move made by their team and creating an intensely hostile environment for the visiting team and the poor old match officials. In the tense and nervous closing stages, with both teams chasing victory, the decibel levels rose even higher, with a cacophony of whistles almost loud enough to split your eardrums every time the visitors moved anywhere near a scoring position. But the vociferous backing of the fans was ultimately to no avail, because Panathinaikos withstood the barrage and came away with a crucial victory. Panathinaikos? Yes, that's right. Did you think it was something else? I'm talking about Euroleague basketball, and Panathinaikos sealing a dramatic one-point win in the Palau Blaugrana on Thursday night, levelling up the five-game quarter final series at one game apiece. They will now reconvene in Athens next week, with Pana having the chance to move into next month's Final Four weekend if they can claim a couple of home wins. Of course, I could have also been talking about Barcelona's footballers, who progressed to the semi-finals of the Champions League thanks to a 1-1 draw with Paris St Germain on Wednesday night. Except that nothing I said about the fans and the atmosphere during the basketball game could also apply to the previous evening at the Nou Camp, where 96,000 people spent most of the game sitting on their hands, waiting for their team to entertain them and score the goals they were expecting. OK, I'm exaggerating. But only a little. The atmosphere at the Nou Camp on Wednesday night, even though it was such a crucial game with Barca's season on the line against a difficult opponent, was terrible (except the five minutes before and after Barca's equaliser, and the final few minutes of the game). Less than fifteen minutes before kick-off, the stadium was half empty. When the players emerged from a tunnel, they were afforded a gentle, friendly but notably unimpassioned welcome more in keeping with a pre-season friendly. And when the game got underway, there were occasional outbreaks of gentle applause and modest chanting, but certainly little you would describe as fervent passionate backing. Certainly nothing compared to the support of the basketball fans the following night. This is nothing new. Although visiting the Nou Camp is a wonderful experience for the sheer scale of the place and the splendour of the football, it's hardly a stadium renowned for its atmosphere. There are exceptions, of course: The noise levels rise considerably whenever Real Madrid roll into town, and there was electricity in the air for the thrilling Champions League victory over AC Milan in March. But most of the time, the atmosphere is more akin to what you'd expect from a classical concert hall than the raucousness of a rock gig, and it's a problem that Barcelona are aware of and attempting to address, with club president Sandro Rosell getting himself into trouble a few weeks ago when he was accused of entering into a murky secret alliance with a group of particularly boisterous fans. Barcelona are by no means the only major club whose fans struggle to generate a decent atmosphere on all but the very biggest of occasions. It's exactly the same at Manchester United, where the noise levels at Old Trafford for standard league games are exceptionally disappointing. For two clubs who are similar in so many ways, it's no surprise that Barca and United's problems with stadium atmosphere share two crucial factors. Firstly, a significant number of fans are "football tourists". Barcelona has become, according to one recent report, the most-visited city in Europe (overtaking Paris). And when you're staying in Barcelona, there are two things on the essential must-do list: 1. Look at Gaudi's buildings and 2. Go and watch Messi. Which is entirely fair, because both are touched by genius. And although the city of Manchester is hardly a tourist hot-spot, Old Trafford has become a kind of Mecca for football fans: If you're in England (even London is only a three-hour train ride away) and Manchester United are playing, you simply must go and watch, even if you're not a Manchester United fan. Walking around the Nou Camp or Old Trafford on a matchday, it's remarkable how many non-native faces and languages you can see and hear, with visitors from China, Japan and Korea the most common of all. There's nothing wrong with this, of course ― it's a natural consequence of the clubs' status as global icons and they certainly do their best to milk the commercial potential of their international popularity through pre-season tours and so on ― but it does unavoidably exert a negative impact on the atmosphere, with many of the single-game tourists understandably not knowing the chants and songs, or sharing the same level of passion as die-hard regulars. The other factor is success. Barca and United have won so many trophies in recent years, especially in their own domestic leagues, that fans have ― reasonably ― started to take victory for granted. Rather than dearly wishing for goals and trophies, they now expect them and the atmosphere, consequently, could be described as: "We expect you to entertain us" rather than "We will help you to win". Again, there's nothing sinister in this and it's difficult to find a solution ― other than starting to lose, which probably isn't top of the priority list for either club. It does mean, though, that if you're a Malaysian sports fan and you're planning a trip to Spain or England, you might want to revise your football-watching itinerary. If you want to watch the best football, sure, go to the Nou Camp or Old Trafford. But if you want to sample the best atmosphere and experience what being a match-going football fan is really all about, try Espanyol or Stoke City. Ideally, of course, do both! * This is the personal opinion of the columnist

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PKR kecam penyokong PAS Bera, gesa fokus kepada pilihan raya Posted: 13 Apr 2013 02:33 AM PDT Oleh Md Izwan April 13, 2013 KUALA LUMPUR, 13 April — PKR Temerloh hari ini dalam satu kenyataan mengecam tindakan penyokong PAS Bera yang menggunakan media arus perdana bagi mendesak supaya kerusi Parlimen terbabit tidak diberikan kepada rakan komponen mereka dalam Pakatan Rakyat (PR). Ketua cabang PKR Temerloh, Ahmad Nizam Hamid dalam satu kenyataan hari ini berkata PAS Bera sewajarnya menghormati setiakawan yang terjalin sesama parti dalam PR dan sepatutnya berbincang secara baik untuk menyelesaikan sebarang pertikaian. "Berbeza dengan PAS Bera, PKR Temerloh membuat bantahan dengan cara yang tertib, mengikut saluran, disiplin, berhemah dan tidak bersifat konfrontasi," kata Ahmad Nizam yang merujuk kepada bantahan ke atas Ketua Pemuda PAS Nasrudin Hassan yang diumum PAS sebagai calon kerusi parlimen Termerloh. Ahmad Nizam juga mendakwa PAS Bera memutar-belit fakta mengatakan PKR telah berjanji untuk mengembalikan kerusi Parlimen Temerloh kepada PAS selepas Pilihan Raya 2008 seperti yang dilaporkan oleh TV3 dan juga akhbar pro-Umno, Utusan Malaysia. "Tidak ada sebarang perjanjian di antara Keadilan Temerloh dan PAS pada tahun 2008 untuk mengembalikan Parlimen Temerloh kepada PAS. "Dakwaan PAS Bera tersebut bukan sahaja tidak tepat,  malah mungkin mereka terkhilaf menerima maklumat," kata beliau lagi. Malahan, Ahmad Nizam juga berkata keputusan melibatkan Parlimen Bera telah diputuskan rundingan dan perbincangan, bukannya secara memihak kepada satu pihak sahaja. "Kami difahamkan keputusan berkaitan Parlimen Bera dibuat secara bersesama dan bukannya tanpa sebarang perundingan dan persetujuan dengan PAS. "Ini berbeza dengan layanan terhadap kami di mana Presiden PAS sebagai sebahagian dari taktik bagi mendapatkan Parlimen Temerloh membuat pengumuman bersifat unilateral," terangnya lagi. Dalam Pilihan Raya 2008, calon Barisan Nasional (BN) Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah menewaskan Ahmad Nizam Bin Hamid dengan majoriti 2,441 undi. "Di saat getir ini kewajarannya ialah seluruh kekuatan Pakatan Rakyat perlu difokuskan bagi menjamin kemenangan Pakatan Rakyat  bukan sahaja di Parlimen Bera malah di seluruh negeri Pahang," tegasnya lagi. Pada Pilihan Raya 2008, PR berjaya memenangi empat kerusi daripada 42 kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) dan dua daripada 14 kerusi parlimen di Pahang.

Pakatan sepakat utamakan perpaduan dalam usaha tawan Putrajaya Posted: 13 Apr 2013 02:00 AM PDT Oleh Mohd Farhan Darwis dan Ida Lim April 13, 2013 JOHOR BAHRU, 13 April — Pemimpin pembangkang hari ini sepakat menamatkan perselisihan antara mereka, sekaligus menumpukan usaha Pakatan Rakyat (PR) untuk menawan Johor bagi menyumbang kerusi dan menawan Putrajaya dalam pilihan raya umum ke-13 (PRU 13). "Mari kita ketepikan sikap perselisihan dan bersama menuju ke Putrajaya," kata Pengerusi DAP Johor Dr Boo Cheng Hau (gambar) yang kemudiannya dilihat bersalaman dengan Pengerusi PKR Johor Datuk Dr Chua Jui Meng. Kedua-dua pemimpin itu sebelum ini dilaporkan berselisihan selepas Dr Chua dan Dr Boo secara terbuka mahukan kerusi Parlimen Gelang Patah yang kini akan ditandingi veteran DAP Lim Kit Siang Setiausaha Agung PKR Datuk Saifuddin Nasution Ismail turut berkata, "kepercayaan dan konsensus" antara ketiga-tiga parti -PAS-PKR-DAP- terikat bersama dalam PR. "Ini adalah asas atau prinsip yang mengikat Pakatan Rakyat," kata Saifuddin dalam ucapannya sewaktu melancarkan manifesto PR untuk negeri Johor. Prinsip "give and take" dan "yakin dan percaya" antara pemimpin-pemimpin PR jelas Saifuddin adalah perlu dalam kalangan pemimpin mereka bagi mencapai matlamat utama mereka itu. MENYUSUL LAGI

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