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Murray giving nothing away, on or off court

Posted: 29 May 2014 03:49 PM PDT

May 30, 2014

Andy Murray of Britain reaches out to return a forehand to Marinko Matosevic of Australia during their men's singles match at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris yesterday. – Reuters pic, May 30, 2014.Andy Murray's post-match press conference at the French Open yesterday turned into a who's who of tennis greats as he was again quizzed about who will be his next coach in the wake of his split with Ivan Lendl.

The Wimbledon champion looked at ease on court as he disposed of Australia's Marinko Matosevic 6-3 6-1 6-3 to reach the third round with some dazzling tennis.

Having fended off the best that the entertaining Matosevic could launch his way, Murray proved equally nimble when asked whether he was close to deciding on a new coach.

Former Wimbledon champion Amelie Mauresmo is the latest name to be linked to the job, but the 27-year-old Scot would not be drawn.

"To be honest, ever since I stopped working with Ivan, there has been a lot of different names that people mentioned," Murray said. "Obviously Amelie this week. There was (Mats) Wilander. There has been (Jonas) Bjorkman, John McEnroe, (Martina) Navratilova, Leon Smith, who is the (British) Davis Cup captain, Bob Brett.

"There have been a lot of people that people have talked about. I just kind of put up with it. When the time is right I will make an announcement. But nothing to say just yet.

"Right now in the middle of a tournament is not really the time when I'm sitting down and speaking to people and making phone calls. That doesn't happen in the middle of a grand slam."

He quite liked the sound of some of them, though.

"It's not like any of them have been bad names," he said. "I like all of the people that have been mentioned.

"I have a good relationship with most of them. Some of them I don't even know. So, yeah, no bad names there."

There will be no shortage of former players eager to work with Murray, who showed yesterday that while clay may not be his favoured surface, he cannot be written off here.

Matosevic, playing in the second round of a grand slam tournament for only the second time after 12 first-round exits in a row, occasionally produced some fireworks but Murray was a class apart, losing serve just once when he served for the match after which he broke back to love.

Murray also found himself 40-0 down on serve in the middle of the first set but Matosevic could not convert any of his three chances and was never close to his opponent again.

Next up for Murray is Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber, a player he has lost to before on clay.

"Tough, very tough match for me," Murray, who missed the 2013 French Open with a back injury, said.

"I played him once before on clay and I think I got three games or something."

The mention of Mauresmo's name in connection with the Murray coaching job set tongues wagging in the French capital, and Murray did not discount the possibility that Lendl's successor could be female.

"For me, I don't care," he said. "I don't really care whether some of the other male players like it or not. That doesn't – that's not something that really bothers me.

"I was coached by my mum (Judy) for a long time. I have had her around at tournaments for a long time. There has been ex-players and stuff that have said, Oh, your mum shouldn't be around or she shouldn't come and support you or come to watch.

"It's silly. Everyone is entitled to have the team around them that they want. Everyone works very differently.

"Some men might not work well with a female. Some men might work well with a female coach.

"It's just whatever your preference is and whatever your needs are." – Reuters, May 30, 2014.

Nadal hands young gun Thiem brutal French Open lesson

Posted: 29 May 2014 06:34 AM PDT

May 29, 2014

Rafael Nadal reaches out to return a forehand to Dominic Thiem of Austria during their match at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris. – Reuters pic, May 29, 2014.Defending champion Rafael Nadal handed out a bruising lesson to highly-rated Austrian Dominic Thiem on Thursday as a 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 victory took the Spaniard into the French Open third round.

Eight-time winner Nadal, bidding to be the first man to clinch five Roland Garros titles in a row, had been expected to face a severe test from the 20-year-old world number 57.

But Thiem, who trains for big matches by running through forests carrying tree trunks to build stamina, ran out of steam, despite showing occasional glimpses of potential.

Nadal took his career record in Paris to 61 wins against a single loss and goes on to face either Leonardo Mayer of Argentina or Russia's Teymuraz Gabashvili.

"Dominic is a dangerous player and I knew that if I wasn't playing well, I'd be in trouble," said Nadal.

"He is a future star, 100%. His level is very high. He is strong on the forehand and backhand. He has everything to be a big champion."

Thiem had beaten Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka in Madrid and gave 27-year-old Nadal plenty to think about in an eight-minute opening game.

But Nadal proceeded to pounce on Thiem's raw inconsistencies which saw the young Austrian break the Spaniard twice only to be broken himself seven times and commit 41 unforced errors.

Nadal's compatriot David Ferrer, the fifth seed and last year's runner-up, cruised past Italy's Simone Bolelli 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 and next faces either Italy's Andreas Seppi or Juan Monaco of Argentina.

Ferrer has made the quarter-finals of all of his last nine majors and such was the ease of his fifth win in five against Bolelli that the most challenging part of his day was fielding questions over his grooming.

"I changed my haircut. There is nothing superstitious about it," said the Spaniard.

Donald Young, the former world junior number one who has consistently struggled to live up the hype surrounding him, made the third round for the first time by beating Spanish 26th seed Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 7-6 (7/1), 6-3.

"Hindsight is 20/20. The hype came because at the time I was doing things no one else had done," he said.

"Looking at it again, you might do some things different, but I can't do it now. If I had it over to do again, I probably would do a few things different."

Big-serving Ivo Karlovic followed up his defeat of 11th seed Grigor Dimitrov, which was his first in Paris in seven years, by defeating Austria's Andreas Haider-Maurer.

Karlovic fired 24 aces and didn't face a break point as he made the third round for the first time.

The 2.11m Karlovic next faces 2.03m Kevin Anderson of South Africa who brushed aside Axel Michon, the world number 206 from France, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2.

Looking to make the most of the shock defeats of top seeds Serena Williams and Li Na in the women's draw, Serb sixth seed Jelena Jankovic, three times a semi-finalist, eased past Japan's Kurumi Nara 7-5, 6-0.

"There is still lots of great players in the draw and every match gets tougher as we progress through the tournament," said Jankovic.

Sloane Stephens, the 15th seed and top American following the defeat of defending champion Williams, saw off Slovenia's Polona Hercog 6-1, 6-3.

Russian 27th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova, the champion in 2009, beat Italy's Camila Giorgi 7-6 (7/5), 6-3.

In a match held over from Wednesday, Argentina's Paula Ormaechea came back from 6-2, 5-3 down to beat Romania's Monica Niculescu 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 and will face Maria Sharapova for a place in the last 16.

Later Thursday, France's Kristina Mladenovic, who shocked Chinese second seed Li in the first round, faces Alison Riske of the United States for a place in the last 32.

Women's fourth seed Simona Halep of Romania, the highest-ranked player left in the bottom half of the draw, faces British qualifier Heather Watson.

Czech fifth seed Petra Kvitova, a semi-finalist in 2012, faces New Zealand's Marina Erakovic against whom she boasts a 3-0 record.

Britain's Andy Murray, the seventh seeded Wimbledon champion, plays Marko Matosevic, the Australian whose opening round win was the first of his career after 12 defeats. – AFP, May 29, 2014.

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The leaf and the grape, not so distant cousins?

Posted: 28 May 2014 09:40 PM PDT

May 29, 2014

One is alcoholic and the other teetotal, but wine and tea are not such remote relatives in their rituals and cultivation, according to a newly opened exhibition in Beijing.

They are both symbols of conviviality and lifestyle, have been consumed for thousands of years, and come from "trees of life" – the bush and the vine – that have been revered and mythologised in different cultures for millennia.

"Tea was a medicine at first and it was saved by Buddhism. And the wine of antiquity would have disappeared if it wasn't for Christianity," said Jean-Paul Desroches, curator of the "Tea and Wine: A Shared Passion" exhibition at the Yishu 8 gallery, on the site of Beijing's former Sino-French University.

He based the exhibition on a long-forgotten Tang dynasty Chinese text, the Chajiulun or "dialogue of tea and wine".

Written in ink brush more than 1,000 years ago by a certain Wang Fu, it was among the manuscripts discovered in the early 20th century in the caves of Dunhuang, long a stop on the Silk Road.

Four copies are preserved at France's national library, and two in the British Library.

Wang Fu imagined a conversation between tea and wine, each drink boasting of its merits and mocking the other, until a third beverage joins in.

Water tells them that all living things need it, and without it, they would be nothing, ending the argument.

Totally parallel history

It is an "ancient Chinese contest", explains Desroches, between "wine, which was supported by scholars and was a symbol of intoxication, including poetic intoxication, and tea, which was supported by the Buddhists and was a symbol of serenity".

"Tea and wine have a totally parallel history," he says.

"The main tools of tea are bowls, and they only exist through an art form that uses fire, ceramics. Wine needs tools of its own to be savoured and they only exist through an art form that uses fire, glass or crystal."

Teas come in multiple colours – red, green, yellow, black, white – as do wines, and the characteristics of a vineyard are as essential to the taste of a wine as those of a garden to tea.

Similarly connoisseurs deploy a language of fruits, tannins, and finishes when they compare different varieties. And just as white wine is generally drunk earlier than a red, green tea is consumed earlier than fermented tea.

Wine, though, came of age around the eastern Mediterranean, while southern China claims to be the birthplace of tea.

There, in Yunnan province, Li Minguo grows puer, one of the "grand crus" of tea.

A culture as rich as those surrounding wine in Europe has grown up in the mountains abutting the Mekong basin, she says.

"Good wine and good puer tea both need a special environment, rich in biodiversity," she says.

"And when quality is part of the mix, they can be preserved, aged and classed according to their vintages. In that they are very similar," she says.

"Puer tea can also be compared to wine in that it grows on large trees. Their roots are very deep and their branches very old."

As with great Bordeaux of exceptional vintages, the price of old puer tea rises with time and has soared at auctions in China.

Wine in France and tea in China "both have 2,000 years of history", said Sophie Kessler, who runs the Chateau Calissanne in the hills of Aix-en-Provence in France and came to Beijing to promote it.

Among the artefacts at the exhibition, which opened earlier this month, is a ceramic pillow dating back to the Northern Song dynasty of 960-1127.

It bears the inscription: "Nothing beats wine for dispelling fear, but a drink of tea will make your mind clear." – AFP, May 29, 2014.

Obesity weighs heavily on global health, study shows

Posted: 28 May 2014 05:50 PM PDT

May 29, 2014

A surgeon examines an obese patient in his office prior to surgery at the Saint Jean d'Angely Hospital, in Saint Jean d'Angley, France in this file photo taken January 24, 2013. – Reuters pic, May 29, 2014.Nearly a third of adults and a quarter of children today are overweight, according to a report today that said no country has turned the tide of obesity since 1980.

Traditionally associated with an affluent lifestyle, the problem is expanding worldwide, with more than 62% of overweight people now in developing nations, said the report.

There are some 2.1 billion overweight or obese people in the world today – up from 857 million 33 years earlier.

Among the most striking statistics: more than half the population of Tonga is now classified as obese – a dangerous level of overweight – as are more than 50% of women in Kuwait, Libya, Qatar and Samoa.

The United States also stands out with nearly 75% of men and 60% of women overweight or obese, according to the Global Burden of Disease Study published in The Lancet medical journal.

"Obesity is an issue affecting people of all ages and incomes, everywhere," said Christopher Murray, director of the University of Washington Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, who helped collate the data for the period 1980 to 2013.

"In the last three decades, not one country has achieved success in reducing obesity rates, and we expect obesity to rise steadily as incomes rise in low- and middle-income countries in particular, unless urgent steps are taken to address this public health crisis."

One is considered overweight with a weight-to-height (BMI) ratio of 25 or over, and obese from 30 upward.

A staggering 671 million people now fall within the obese category, said the study – 78 million of them in the United States, which accounts for five percent of the world's population, but more than a tenth of its grossly overweight people.

China and India, with much larger populations, trailed 2nd and 3rd in the top 10 obese countries with 46 million and 30 million people respectively, followed by Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Egypt, Germany, Pakistan and Indonesia.

Overweight people are more prone to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, osteoarthritis and kidney disease, and the soaring numbers are placing a heavy burden on health care systems, said the study.

Excess body weight is estimated to have caused 3.4 million deaths in 2010, and previous research has warned that an unabated rise in obesity could start eating away at life expectancy.

The study, based on data from 188 countries, said the prevalence of obese and overweight adults grew by 28% worldwide, and by nearly 50% for children.

For men, the increase was from 29 to 37%, and for women from 30 to 38% of the population.

The study authors expressed concern that nearly a quarter of kids in developed countries and 13% in developing ones were overweight or obese – up from 16% and 8% in 1980.

Thirteen percent of American children are obese, almost 30% if you include overweight – up from 19% in 1980.

"Particularly high rates of child and adolescent obesity were seen in Middle Eastern and North African countries, notably among girls," the study authors noted.

Other regional differences included a slower rate of increase in developed countries, but fast expanding waistlines in the Middle East, North Africa, Central America and Pacific and Caribbean Islands – regions where many countries' overweight rates exceed 44%.

Fast gains were measured in Britain and Australia.

Women are heavier in developing countries and men in developed ones, said the study.

The World Health Organisation aims to halt the rise in obesity by 2025, a target the study authors said appeared "very ambitious and unlikely to be attained without concerted action and further research".

One solution, said Klim McPherson from Oxford University, was to return to the BMI levels of 1980 – which would mean an 8% drop in consumption across the UK alone, at a cost to the food industry of some 8.7 billion pounds (RM46.91 billion) per year.

"The solution has to be mainly political," he wrote in a comment on the study.

"Where is the international will to act decisively in a way that might restrict economic growth in a competitive world, for the public's health? Nowhere yet." – AFP, May 29, 2014.

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Actor Brad Pitt hit in the face at ‘Maleficent’ premiere

Posted: 28 May 2014 09:47 PM PDT

May 29, 2014
Latest Update: May 29, 2014 02:32 pm

Cast member Angelina Jolie and actor Brad Pitt wave at fans as they arrive at the premiere of 'Maleficent' at El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California, yesterday. – Reuters pic, May 29, 2014.An infamous red carpet prankster struck actor Brad Pitt in the face as he signed autographs at the Hollywood premiere of a film starring his partner Angelina Jolie yesterday, police said.

Pitt, a Golden Globe-winning actor, was at the premiere of "Maleficent", at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California, when Vitalii Sediuk leaped over a fence and hit him, said Los Angeles Police Department spokesman Gus Villanueva.

Pitt was not seriously hurt and authorities quickly subdued Sediuk, who was arrested for misdemeanor battery and remained in police custody last night, Villanueva said. Sediuk is now being held pending payment of US$20,000 (RM64,430) bail.

"The officers who were handling him said it looked like it was intentional, but at this point, it remains to be determined," said Sergeant Leonard Calderon for LAPD Hollywood.

Sediuk, 25, is a Ukrainian television reporter who has often pranked celebrities at red carpet events.

In previous exploits, Sediuk has hugged actor Leonardo DiCaprio's crotch at a Santa Barbara Film Festival event, stormed the stage during singer Adele's Grammy acceptance speech, and been slapped by Will Smith after kissing the actor at a Moscow premiere.

Sediuk did not appear to be armed at the time of the attack on Pitt, and investigators have not yet determined a motive, said Villanueva, adding that he was likely to be arraigned today.

"Maleficent" is Disney's modern reimagining of the "Sleeping Beauty" fairytale, and Jolie stars as its villain. – Reuters, May 29, 2014.

Actor Brad Pitt hit in the face at ‘Maleficent’ premiere

Posted: 28 May 2014 09:47 PM PDT

May 29, 2014
Latest Update: May 29, 2014 02:32 pm

"The officers who were handling him said it looked like it was intentional, but at this point, it remains to be determined," said Sergeant Leonard Calderon for LAPD Hollywood.

Sediuk, 25, is a Ukrainian television reporter who has often pranked celebrities at red carpet events.

Sediuk did not appear to be armed at the time of the attack on Pitt, and investigators have not yet determined a motive, said Villanueva, adding that he was likely to be arraigned today.

"Maleficent" is Disney's modern reimagining of the "Sleeping Beauty" fairytale, and Jolie stars as its villain. – Reuters, May 29, 2014.

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Hebatnya Dyana Sofya hasil produk Umno

Posted: 28 May 2014 04:17 PM PDT

May 29, 2014

Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed is a three-term MP for Pulai, three-term Umno Pulai Divison Chief and the new PAC chairman. Apart from being in the new politics, he also writes for The Malaysian Insider while debating other matters at www.nurjazlan.net

Apa hebatnya Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud, 27, setiausaha politik Penasihat DAP, Lim Kit Siang dan calon DAP untuk Pilihan Raya Kecil (PRK) Teluk Intan (P76) sehingga mengundang pelbagai amarah, celaan serta fitnah daripada Umno jika dibandingkan dengan dua ahli Parlimen DAP berbangsa Melayu yang ada sekarang iaitu Zairil Khir Johari dan Datuk Mohamad Ariff Sabri Mohd Aziz.

Jika dibandingkan Dyana Sofya dengan Zairil dan Ariff Sabri atau nama bloggernya, Sakmongkol AK47, Ahli Parlimen Bukit Bendera dan Ahli Parlimen Raub ini, mempunyai pengaruh kuat Umno dalam diri masing-masing tetapi tetap memilih untuk bertanding atas tiket parti yang sering dilabelkan 'cauvinis' dalam Pilihan Raya Umum (PRU) ke-13 lalu.

Zairil anak kepada bekas Menteri Pelajaran, Tan Sri Khir Johari, yang memberikan sumbangan besar dalam dunia pendidikan negara selain pernah menjawat jawatan setiausaha agung Umno.

Manakala Ariff Sabri pula pernah menjadi Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) Umno di Pulau Manis dalam Parlimen Pekan serta dipilih Datuk Seri Najib Razak selaku ketua Umno Bahagian Pekan untuk menjawat jawatan ketua penerangan Umno Bahagian Pekan dari 2004-2008.

Bagaimanapun, harus diakui Zairil dan Ariff Sabri tidak mengalami apa yang dihadapi Dyana Sofya pada ketika ini, yang tiba-tiba menjadi selebriti politik khususnya dalam media sosial sehingga satu Malaysia mahu mengenali gadis Melayu ini. Jadi, apa hebatnya Dyana Sofya yang ibunya, Yammy Samat pernah dipilih sebagai setiausaha Umno Bahagian Ipoh sekitar lewat 1970-an jika dibandingkan dengan dua Ahli Parlimen DAP yang berbangsa Melayu itu.

Adakah disebabkan Dyana Sofya atau lebih senang dengan nama panggilan Dyana, seorang wanita muda Melayu berkelulusan Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) yang sepatutnya kukuh jati diri sebagai orang Melayu memilih perjuangan DAP dengan konsep 'Malaysian Malaysia' menyebabkan ramai orang Umno khususnya pucuk pimpinan parti rasa terancam.

Umno khususnya pucuk pimpinan parti tidak perlu melatah dan marah dengan strategi DAP mencalonkan Dyana sebagai calon mereka di Teluk Intan, jika mereka sedar ia adalah semata-mata untuk meraih sokongan masyarakat Melayu dalam PRK P76.

Jika dikaji dengan mendalam saya amat percaya strategi DAP itu sebenarnya, mahu menguji atau dengan kata lain 'test the water' sokongan pengundi separa bandar yang mempunyai majoriti pengundi daripada bangsa Cina.

Dengan seramai 60,349 pemilih berdaftar yang layak mengundi pada PRK kali ini, dan sebanyak 23,301 atau 35.58% merupakan pengundi Melayu, 25,310 pengundi Cina (41.93%) manakala pengundi India pula 11,468 orang atau 19.05%, DAP berhasrat untuk memecahkan 'sempadan' kaum, agama dan gender sekali gus berusaha keras membuktikan parti berkenaan mewakili semua kaum di Malaysia dan tidak hanya eksklusif kepada orang Cina semata-mata.

Pada masa sama, dalam sedar atau tidak, DAP cuba membuktikan kepada ahlinya atau rakyat Malaysia parti berkenaan sentiasa mengiktiraf bakat politik yang ada dan mereka tidak perlu menaiki tangga dalam parti untuk dipilih sebagai calon wakil rakyat dan diketengahkan.

Saya sebenarnya, ada terserempak dengan Dyana ketika berkempen dalam PRU13 lalu, apabila 'bossnya' Lim Kit Siang bertanding di Parlimen Gelang Patah yang terletak bersebelahan dengan kawasan saya iaitu Parlimen Pulai.

Ketika itu, saya mendengar Dyana sememangnya menggunakan aset beliau sebagai wanita muda Melayu profesional untuk menarik sokongan pengundi Melayu Gelang Patah terutama sekali mereka yang tinggal di kampung-kampung.

Dyana tidak segan silu menyatakan beliau adalah lulusan UiTM dan ibu bapanya, ahli Umno tetapi beliau memilih untuk berjuang bersama DAP dan ia menyebabkan ramai pakcik-pakcik dan makcik-makcik di kampung-kampung di Gelang Patah yang tercengang dan kehairanan kerana bagi mereka selama ini, DAP adalah milik kaum Cina semata-mata.

Sehingga pada satu tahap saya mendengar Dyana mengeluarkan kad pengenalan untuk ditunjukkan kepada pengundi Melayu Gelang Patah beliau adalah orang Melayu tetapi ahli DAP dan pemimpin pujaannya ketika ini, adalah Lim Kit Siang.

Jadi itukah kehebatan Dyana sehingga dipilih DAP untuk menjadi calon ahli Parlimen mereka menentang calon BN yang juga seorang Cina iaitu Pengerusi Gerakan, Datuk Mah Siew Keong. Disebabkan Dyana seorang Melayu, lulusan UiTM dan muda?

Jika itu kriteria yang digunakan DAP dengan mempertaruhkan Dyana, parti itu sebenarnya, secara tidak langsung mengiktiraf kejayaan Umno dalam melahirkan pemimpin politik Melayu berbakat.

Zairil, Ariff Sabri dan juga Dyana, sebenarnya adalah produk Umno dan walaupun mereka memilih acuan DAP untuk perjuangan politik mereka tetapi ketiga-tiga pemimpin Melayu DAP ini, lahirnya dalam perjuangan Umno. Itu hakikat yang tidak boleh dinafikan DAP.

DAP terpaksa menggunakan produk Umno untuk menarik sokongan orang Melayu serta memecahkan benteng Umno di kawasan luar bandar dengan menggunakan semula produk Umno.

Umno juga seharusnya bertepuk tangan gembira kerana DAP mengiktiraf peranan serta kewujudan UiTM yang ditubuhkan khusus untuk orang Melayu walaupun selama ini, mereka menentang dasar UiTM yang tidak selari dengan konsep 'Malaysian Malaysia'.

Parti roket itu sedar hanya produk Umno sahaja yang boleh memecahkan stigma orang Melayu terhadap parti itu bukannya Tunku Abdul Aziz, Zulkifli Mohd Noor dan Ahmad Ton yang sememangnya tidak pernah menghayati perjuangan Umno.

Namun timbul juga persoalan di kalangan pemerhati politik, mengapa Dyana tidak memilih untuk berjuang bersama PKR yang juga parti berbilang kaum dan diterajui oleh bekas 'orang' Umno, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim?

Jika diteliti, perjuangan PKR juga seakan rupa dengan DAP dan kedua-dua parti ini, berkongsi matlamat sama iaitu menumbangkan Umno selepas berjaya menumbangkan parti komponen BN lain seperti MCA, MIC dan Gerakan di Malaysia Barat.

Adakah Dyana tidak yakin dengan perjuangan PKR yang sebenarnya, ditubuhkan untuk memperjuangkan nasib seorang pemimpinnya iaitu Anwar Ibrahim? Agaknya apa akan terjadi kepada PKR dan PAS, jika sokongan orang Melayu kepada DAP meningkat mendadak sehingga membolehkan parti berkenaan berdiri sendiri mendapat sokongan orang Melayu tanpa bantuan PKR dan PAS dalam PRU akan datang.

DAP sudah membuktikan mereka sudah menunaikan janji untuk memberikan kerusi Parlimen daripada majoriti orang Cina kepada pakatan pembangkang dalam PRU13 lalu tetapi kegagagalan PAS dan PKR membawa kerusi orang Melayu menyebabkan impian menawan Putrajaya berkubur.

Mungkin disebabkan itu, DAP merasakan parti berkenaan tidak boleh berterusan menunggu PAS dan PKR yang sebenarnya, mempunyai asas perjuangan politik yang jauh berbeza dan hanya tidur atas bantal yang sama disebabkan keinginan menumbangkan Umno serta BN sekali gus membentuk kerajaan Pusat baharu.

Walau apa pun teori politik terhadap Dyana dan DAP, mereka sebenarnya, boleh berbangga kerana berjaya mengenengahkan pemimpin muda profesional tanpa perlu mendaki tangga politik dalam parti.

Mahu tidak mahu, Umno dan BN perlu mengakui ciri ini, semakin terhakis dalam parti dan sebab itu, berterusan menggunakan pemimpin sama atau dengan kata lain 'recycle' walaupun, rakyat sudah menolak kepimpinan pemimpin ini.

Suatu ketika dulu, Umno tidak ketandusan dalam mengenengahkan pemimpin muda untuk menjadi calon wakil rakyat. Lihat sahaja Datuk Seri Najib yang dipilih menjadi Ahli Parlimen pada usia 23 tahun, sekurang-kurangnya Dyana masih tidak boleh menandingi rekod yang dipegang presiden Umno ini.

Malah, arwah ayahanda saya, Tok Mat dipilih menjadi ahli Parlimen ketika berusia 30 tahun dan inilah yang dimahukan rakyat pada masa ini, daripada Umno dan BN dengan berterusan mengenengahkan pemimpin muda profesional untuk mewakli parti.

Tidak lengkap rasanya jika saya tidak menyentuh mengenai strategi kempen BN dalam PRK Teluk Intan kerana jelas terbukti sepanjang tempoh berkempen, BN dan Umno berterusan menggunakan kaedah lama untuk membuktikan kepada pengundi parti ini, yang terbaik berjuang demi kepentingan rakyat. Strategi kempen yang menyatakan ahli parti DAP akan menyertai BN dengan membuat majlis tidak lagi sesuai digunakan pada masa kini, kerana ia jelas mudah diputarbelitkan pihak lawan.

Jika tetap mahu mengadakan majlis seperti itu, pastikanlah mereka yang benar-benar mahu menyertai BN adalah dengan rasa ikhlas bukannya disogokkan dengan pemberian barangan sehingga menampakkan BN berterusan mengamalkan budaya 'gula-gula' pilihan raya.

Jika mahu memecahkan undi masyarakat Cina yang menyokong DAP bawalah bekas-bekas pemimpin parti itu yang boleh berkempen untuk BN bagi menerangkan mengapa pengundi dan rakyat perlu memilih BN, bukannya dengan strategi murahan hingga menampakkan kebodohan pemimpin BN menyusun strategi pilihan raya.

Jadi Sabtu ini, akan menjadi penentu sama ada Dyana akan mengangkat sumpah sebagai ahli Parlimen DAP untuk menjadikan tiga ahli Parlimen DAP berbangsa Melayu atau tidak.

Sama ada beliau menang atau kalah, ia sebenarnya bukan perkara penting buat DAP kerana bagi mereka, PRU14 adalah paling penting dalam usaha menawan Putrajaya dan jika Dyana menang, ia bermakna strategi mereka mengena dalam usaha membuang stigma orang Melayu terhadap parti berkenaan.

Yang terus tertinggal adalah Umno dan strategi baru perlu dirumus dan digunakan dengan segera bagi menyekat kemaraan DAP ke kubu Umno di luar bandar dan separa bandar.

Dan jika terus leka dibuai mimpi '88 kerusi PRU13' segalanya mungkin terkubur di PRU14 kelak. – 29 Mei, 2014.

* Ini adalah pendapat peribadi penulis dan tidak semestinya mewakili pandangan The Malaysian Insider.