Scene around Four-faced Buddha

谢谢雨 ，你 让他们原形毕露

我很喜欢雨因为它有着不平则鸣的性质永远向下流；倾于填平低处。连续几天的热天气，突然来了一场多雨，那该是众人欢天喜地期待的及时雨。雨水可冲散严热让人们凉快，也可冲掉许多伪君子的假面目，让他们原形毕露，让我们看了真“心凉”。

政客是利害而不是有智慧的人物。所谓利害就是利己害人也。君不见槟州有许许多多的屋业计划多是破坏环境须挖掘山地砍树倒木的利己害人的吗？

大雨一到，土崩水淹赤裸裸把政客们批准那些只利发展商害人民的屋业计划暴露无遗。

Are the safety cones really safe for the bridge users?

The scheduled maintenance works on the slow and emergency lanes of Penang Bridge has begun and is expected to last at least a year for its completion. As expected, traffic is slow during peak hours. Barricades and safety cones have been placed along the affected lanes especially at the middle span of the bridge to facilitate the work of maintenance carried out.

I am the regular commuters of the Penang Bridge and for the past weeks while crossing the bridge, I have noticed that many safety cones are being placed at the affected work site. A question on the safety to the bridge users has been raised by many bridge users with the placement of safety cones since the scheduled maintenance work started. Are the safety cones easily blown and flown away during bad weathers of strong winds and heavy rains and endanger the safety of bridge commuters?

Since the commencement of maintenance work begins, there is a noticeable show of patience by bridge users as well as commendable control of traffic flow by the Bridge authority. However, to many bridge users, they want to know if the safety cones are really safe during bad weathers.

Togetherness we can strive for goal

In appreciation and recognition of much efforts for success and achievement of 29th SEA Game put up by various quarters specially our athletes for our historical 145 gold in the overall medal tally, our Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, declared an additional national holiday on 4th September 2017 for all Malaysians. However, our Prime Minister implied that announcing an additional national day was not easy as there were too many public holidays in Malaysia.

To put it explicitly what meant by “not easy” by our Prime Minister, an additional day of national holiday meant an additional cost to private sectors and any impromptu announcement of an additional holiday might derail planned and schedule operations and business and executive activities.

Our open economy depends much on the foreign investments. With the implementation of Minimum Wages Order in July 2016, competition for foreign investments become tense and keen among the Sean countries. For the 2nd quarter 2017, Vietnam achieved and exceeded 6% in her economic growth while Thailand had shown solid economic performance at her faster speed in over the last 4 years with exports growing at a double-digit rate. For our country, IMF had projected our economic growth for year 2017 at 4.8% and clearly we lagged behind our neighbouring countries. Notwithstanding the present scenario, our economic growth can still be accelerated if cooperation and positive approach can be propelled by all quarters especially from political parties. Influx of foreign investments depend on many determinants, labour and wages are one of inclusive and deciding factors. Other determinants are political stability, non-ambiguous economic and financial policies and public confidence.

Upon conclusion of 29th SEA Games, Selangor Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Azmin Ali, reiterated that Selangor had helped Malaysia hauling 145 gold medals. The statement from Datuk Seri Azmin Ali may be interpreted as with cooperation and coordination of all parties mindlessness of political differences, our country can achieve desired goal. However, since the emergence of a strong opposition alliance in our political scene, our political stability becomes challenging and fragile. Since 2008 after the opposition successfully established reckoning force in Malaysia political arena , we have come across many irresponsible statements and acts to undermine the political stability in our country which is one of the major factors for influx of foreign investments.

Malaysia is now mature enough by her age of 60. Similarly, our rakyat share the same view hoping that our politicians are mature too not to undermine our political stability en route for greater and faster economic advancement for the betterment of ours.

Help underperforming students!

Our Education Ministry has identified a total of 402 schools nationwide as hotspots for disciplinary and drugs problems. We wonder after the identification and classification, what are the follow-up actions to be taken by the authorities to help improving or delisting these schools? Are there any ready measures and guidelines for the schools to be followed in order to be removed their names from the list ?

It may sound illogical and unreasonable for the schools to be enlisted or red flagged but no guidelines or measures for the grieved schools to adhere for improvement.

The root-causes of the disciplinary and drugs problems among the students must be identified and rectified within the shortest possible time to enhance the public confidence and perception on these schools. It appears ironical and unfair to the schools on the list if there are no remedial solutions and counter measures by the Education Minster to render necessary assistance tackling the disciplinary and drugs problems. Without any clear directions, the enlisted schools will find it difficult to be delisted.

Why are students lackadaisical in their studies? Why are they not disciplined and drug-addicted?

Education is said to be free and fair to all but what we have seen today the process of educating and transmitting knowledge is not fairly practised especially onto those students who are slow-learners and incompetent. The present scenario is discrimination through classification based on examination results. The students are being judged and categorized through their examination results. Students with excellent results are classed in Category A and those students with poor performance are being seated discriminatingly in the lower rank of the classes. This act of classification undoubtedly and directly creates misconception and stress on these poor students whose self-pride are hurt.

Placement of students accordingly to their performances is good if there are plans to assist improving those needy. These students with poor academic results really need motivation and inspiration. Are there any constructive and rhythmical plans for these students. Contradictorily, knowing them exam phobia, they are again given the same test papers as those students categorized A. They are again graded in overall results of the same form of the students. What do we expect their results will be? It appears that they are repeatedly beaten and placed lowly in the examination throughout their school lives. Continual failure and poor performance in the examination not only erode the confidence but also help to develop disciplinary problems among the students.

Proactive measures should be embarked to help those underperforming students. Motivational and inspirational talks should be conducted often. Self-pride and confidence of these students should not be eroded for the creation of disciplinary problems which will become the social liabilities with high cost to tackle.

Road signs in Geroge Town

最近，在槟城的市区与朋友走走时，突然发现许多的路牌上的华语路名不见了。

Recently, while loitering along with friends in the city of George Town, we discovered that many road signs were now without Chinese characters.

最近，在槟城的市区与朋友走走时，突然发现许多的路牌上的华语路名不见了。 Recently, while loitering along with friends in the city of George Town, we discovered that many road signs were now without Chinese characters.

最近，在槟城的市区与朋友走走时，突然发现许多的路牌上的华语路名不见了。 Recently, while loitering along with friends in the city of George Town, we discovered that many road signs were now without Chinese characters.

还归真相?????

当一个人莫名其妙地被人诬赖和误会了，自然的反应就是尽量尽快的澄清本身的无辜。如果有人提供场所和机会给与这位所谓的无辜受害者来澄清自辩，肯定是求之不得天赐良机也！他绝对在第一时间，紧抓这机会来向众人告白！

俗语中的“清者自清，廉者自廉；浊者自浊”或来自屈原的“举世皆浊而我独清”只是生活指南，不是常人尤其是政治人物在日常生活中可行可实践的品格规范。政治人物一有风吹草动，对他不利的事情和传闻；通常多会立刻出来澄清，绝不会有任何拖泥带水，犹豫不决的举动来延缓还我清白的机会！所谓“官”字，两个口，上口用来吃饭，下口用来装钱，有鉴于此，“钱”对当官者实在是太敏感了。若是有传闻或事情牵扯上“钱”而不利于某位当官者，该当事人的反应是想尽各种各样的方法，用尽管道来澄清，让民众知道真相，明白他是清白的！

在我国的政坛上，这几年却出现了反现象。当官者被控时或被扣押待调查，被控者与被押着都在尽量拖延时间或尝试规避“还归真相”的程序。这反逆叛行的举动，的确让人一头雾水因为当事人每时每刻都在谈反污，打污去污还大地清凉的官员！所以，政客的话不可信以为真，需要我们选民“听其言，观其行”认真分析后才能知道他们的真实或虚伪！