'MCA go home' vs 'Where was DAP 13 years ago?' at Jonker Walk
What?! Gan qualified his being there as a survey, not to protest? Let alone to lead the protest? Did Mr. Gan Tian Loo realize that the MCA protest carries more weight than DAP protest many times
over. The state government, being UMNO-led government, considers the DAP as the opposition working hand-in-hand with PAS and PKR to oust UMNO from power, rescinding the directive on the request
from DAP leaders will make the party even more popular. I thought, at first, here come the MCA, finally to do what it's supposed to do. Then the expected happened. He got cold feet. The
reporter who covered the protest reported Gan was suddenly cautious . He was like ..."I'm here to lend my support to..the .. no, wait! I am not here to support the traders - but just to do a quick
survey! But I am glad to be standing here with the protesters but reporters, please put it down in black and white I am not, I repeat, am not here as part of the protest. This is the reason the MCA
was shunned, I mean has been shunned by the Chinese. They do not represent the Chinese anymore. They cannot get things done anymore unlike in the old days. Gan admitted his meeting with the chief
minister was fruitless, but would keep trying. Keep trying for what? He should stop embarrassing the MCA and reducing its credibility further by continuing to beg despite being rebuffed earlier.
Again, this proved that the Malaysian Chinese Association has really completely lost its usefulness. If a small matter like Jonker Walk closure was beyond its power then, that 's it.
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Yeoh Bee Yin - Trending Now
This is typical of Chinese who have made it - whether as a writer or politician - to step forward
to do the unthinkable or the unpalatable (you decide) to make a name for themselves, even though
they may end up appearing like sore thumbs among the unsuspecting crowds with open mouth gasps.
Often time have I come across these type of people - I call them opportunists.
At the height of the onslaught the former prime minister launched against the present prime
minister he had said had stopped endorsing, many people tried to score brownie points. They
don't have to rush to the defense of the (current) PM; they just need to whack Tun or write a
convincing story (article) to demonize him, and that's all it's asked.
One such person or
opportunist, as I can recall, was a Malaysiakini contributer - Julia Yiaw.
Ms Yiaw is a Chinese, of course, judging by her name. The last person to comment on the tussle
between these two titans of Malay politics, but she saw fit to be involved anyway. Thank God,
however, for her sake, she wisely aimed her criticisms at a certain, correct party!
Back then, I was almost convinced she was a commissioned writer - paid (commissioned writers are
paid higher rate) to do a donkey or dirty job. What she wrote to wash dirty linen in public of Dr
Mahathir was largely a hearsay. Yet she tackled her task (faking crimes of Dr Mahathir, during his
22 years as prime minister of Malaysia) with a broadside that belied her sincerity.
Like Katie Couric of the US when she worked for the MSNBC talk-show hosts in support of Obama's historic
presidential campaign, when she was roped in by the Obama camps to do damage control for Senator
Obama, after John McCain roped in Sarah Palins in order to shrink the one-term senator from
Illinois's commanding lead started to bear fruits - or shall we say, to do damage to McCain's
running mate? - by getting the naive journalist to ask silly questions like .."Governor, how many
newspapers or magazines have you read?!" When Sarah Palins asked back: 'What? she went on to ask
the interviewee: 'Govenor, have you read a newspaper in your life?!' - this not-so-naive Julia
Yiaw thought she was doing the national service by doing the minced meat of Dr Mahathir..who she
opined "had committed many excesses worse than the present prime minister's!"
There are many writers or politicians - especially writers - who will know when to strike when
the iron is hot. The fact that they are Chinese - the race that has accepted that they have been
demonized non-stop and discriminated by the Malay NGOs and authorities in Malaysia - making their stepping forward in favor of the authorities more meaningful, or a bigger sore thumbs in the process.
In the case of this Yeoh Bee Yin, she even generated more frown, excitement, or ridicule, as her
endorsement of Permata, and by extension Rozmah, was not sincere. She spoke without showing any
evidence or facts. She knew Permata has been under scrutiny over financial matters, and was
recently chosen as recipient of 'Lead By Example' award but was later disqualified, and yet she
waded in to praise the organization. Maybe Ms Yeoh Bee Yin believed this is the right time to do
national service, in her own way.
Congratulations,Ms Yeoh Bee Yin. You compared to other Chinese opportunists, you deserve double
brownie points - you are even a DAP leader! The party that resembles a nemesis for UMNO for all
Umno leaders and members, including Malay NGOs and rights activists.
Yet you still, in the name of the DAP, choose to do your praiseworthy bid to to show your support and, sic, be in their good books. Well done!
Do you wish to know more?
to do the unthinkable or the unpalatable (you decide) to make a name for themselves, even though
they may end up appearing like sore thumbs among the unsuspecting crowds with open mouth gasps.
Often time have I come across these type of people - I call them opportunists.
At the height of the onslaught the former prime minister launched against the present prime
minister he had said had stopped endorsing, many people tried to score brownie points. They
don't have to rush to the defense of the (current) PM; they just need to whack Tun or write a
convincing story (article) to demonize him, and that's all it's asked.
One such person or
opportunist, as I can recall, was a Malaysiakini contributer - Julia Yiaw.
Ms Yiaw is a Chinese, of course, judging by her name. The last person to comment on the tussle
between these two titans of Malay politics, but she saw fit to be involved anyway. Thank God,
however, for her sake, she wisely aimed her criticisms at a certain, correct party!
Back then, I was almost convinced she was a commissioned writer - paid (commissioned writers are
paid higher rate) to do a donkey or dirty job. What she wrote to wash dirty linen in public of Dr
Mahathir was largely a hearsay. Yet she tackled her task (faking crimes of Dr Mahathir, during his
22 years as prime minister of Malaysia) with a broadside that belied her sincerity.
Like Katie Couric of the US when she worked for the MSNBC talk-show hosts in support of Obama's historic
presidential campaign, when she was roped in by the Obama camps to do damage control for Senator
Obama, after John McCain roped in Sarah Palins in order to shrink the one-term senator from
Illinois's commanding lead started to bear fruits - or shall we say, to do damage to McCain's
running mate? - by getting the naive journalist to ask silly questions like .."Governor, how many
newspapers or magazines have you read?!" When Sarah Palins asked back: 'What? she went on to ask
the interviewee: 'Govenor, have you read a newspaper in your life?!' - this not-so-naive Julia
Yiaw thought she was doing the national service by doing the minced meat of Dr Mahathir..who she
opined "had committed many excesses worse than the present prime minister's!"
There are many writers or politicians - especially writers - who will know when to strike when
the iron is hot. The fact that they are Chinese - the race that has accepted that they have been
demonized non-stop and discriminated by the Malay NGOs and authorities in Malaysia - making their stepping forward in favor of the authorities more meaningful, or a bigger sore thumbs in the process.
In the case of this Yeoh Bee Yin, she even generated more frown, excitement, or ridicule, as her
endorsement of Permata, and by extension Rozmah, was not sincere. She spoke without showing any
evidence or facts. She knew Permata has been under scrutiny over financial matters, and was
recently chosen as recipient of 'Lead By Example' award but was later disqualified, and yet she
waded in to praise the organization. Maybe Ms Yeoh Bee Yin believed this is the right time to do
national service, in her own way.
Congratulations,Ms Yeoh Bee Yin. You compared to other Chinese opportunists, you deserve double
brownie points - you are even a DAP leader! The party that resembles a nemesis for UMNO for all
Umno leaders and members, including Malay NGOs and rights activists.
Yet you still, in the name of the DAP, choose to do your praiseworthy bid to to show your support and, sic, be in their good books. Well done!
Do you wish to know more?
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