Sultan Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah hari ini mencadangkan agar Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri (Hal Ehwal Agama) Idris Ahmad supaya hadir ke program sambutan Bon Odori pada 16 Julai 2022 di Kompleks Sukan Negara Shah Alam (Panasonic).
Titah baginda, ini supaya pemimpin PAS itu dapat memahami perbezaan di antara agama dan budaya. “Baginda juga tidak mahu menteri itu menggunakan platform Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (Jakim) untuk membuat kenyataan yang mengelirukan dan tidak tepat serta boleh menjejaskan imej dan reputasi Jakim,” titah baginda menerusi hantaran di Facebook, Selangor Royal Office.
Sultan Sharafuddin berpandangan apa saja bentuk budaya yang diamalkan oleh setiap masyarakat di dunia ini, sememangnya ada hubungkait dengan agama. “Namun seiring peredaran zaman, amalan-amalan budaya ini tidak lagi menonjolkan ciri-ciri keagamaan. “Baginda tidak mahu pihak-pihak tertentu khususnya ahli-ahli politik menggunakan isu-isu yang menyentuh sensitiviti agama sebegini untuk kepentingan peribadi dan meraih populariti semata-mata.
Menurut Sultan Sharafuddin sambutan Bon Odori di Malaysia lebih kepada festival kebudayaan yang mempamerkan budaya tradisional rakyat Jepun khususnya tarian, persembahan gendang, perhiasan tanglung, pakaian dan makanan tradisi Jepun serta produk makanan tempatan. “Ia juga dipromosikan sebagai hari untuk menyatukan kembali keluarga dan rakan-rakan yang sudah lama tidak bertemu,” titah baginda.
Baginda turut memaklumkan bahawa dirinya sendiri pernah menghadiri sambutan perayaan ini pada 2016 dan menerusi pemerhatian baginda, sambutan Bon Odori tidak melibatkan upacara berbentuk keagamaan atau ritual (syirik) yang boleh memesongkan akidah mereka yang hadir menyaksikan. - mk
Isn't about narrow nationalism and jingoism
or trying to be a hero to one's voters in the heartland...
I have nothing against Ismail Sabri Yaakob globetrotting to promote the use of bahasa Melayu - the Malay language - although I'm fearful that this is another jingoistic, vote-chasing "hangat-hangat tahi ayam" thing. And as if to thumb the nose at the Prime Minister's folly, the Sarawak Government is allowing English to be used in the state's administration. As a user of bahasa Melayu, the national language of the Federation of Malaysia, and English, the second language of the country, I always believe that both languages have a role to play in our domestic and international relations.
I believe God enables human beings to develop languages for the ease of communication. The Tanzanians, Kenyans and many others in East Africa communicate in Swahili. If you're there, it's best that you communicate in Swahili if you know the language. If you don't and I'm certain not many Tanzanians speak Malay, you find a language that both the Tanzanians and you understand. That would most likely be English.
It's utterly unreasonable, costly and even perilous to insist that the Tanzanians communicate with you in Malay. How many Tanzanians understand Malay? We have been speaking English to the world for ages. Our command of the English used to be so good that our Ministers were regularly elected to chair International conferences and our diplomats to lead the all important drafting committee.
In addition to Prime Ministers like the late Tunku Abdul Rahman and Dr Mahathir Mohamad, other Malaysian leaders such as the late Muhammad Ghazali Shafie (aka King Ghaz), Rafidah Aziz, Musa Hitam and Anwar Ibrahim were highly sought after by the international press corp for insights and exclusives. That was my experience of covering these leaders and many more from the late 1970's right to the early part of the 21st century.
Sadly, in the intervening decades, we have lost much of that advantage as fewer and fewer of our ministers and diplomats are knowledgeable in global issues and are no longer proficient in English. This is made worse by the appointment of low level politicians as ambassadors. Let's face it. Unless you're the Presidents of Russia, China or the United States, the delegates are not likely to be in too much of a hurry to put on their earpieces to listen to the translation of your speech. Of course speaking in the mother tongue is unavoidable if your English is inadequate or plain bad.
This isn't about narrow nationalism and jingoism or trying to be a hero to one's voters in the heartland. Being understood and respected globally for intelligence and substance is what diplomacy is all about. It's not about taking to the podium at the United Nations General Assembly to exhibit one's national language or dress. - A.Kadir Jasin
PM Brader Ma'el kata semua komunikasi rasmi Kerajaan hanya boleh gunakan bahasa Melayu. Maksudnya bahasa Inggeris (yang menjadi kelaziman kita juga) tidak akan digunakan lagi. Ketua Menteri Sarawak pula kata 'In Sarawak we've got our own stand and the state's civil servants can use English'. Maksudnya Sarawak tidak peduli kepada hujah Perdana Menteri dan Kerajaan Pusat. Ini pun sangat memalukan Perdana Menteri dan juga KSN. Kalau-lah di Jepun, memang kedua mereka sudah "VSS" pun.The government is headed down the tubes. Itu kita boleh nampak dengan clear dan jelas.- Syed Akbar Ali
Here's something you can do,
return RM30k wages...
Former chief secretary to the government Mohd Sidek Hassan has told the Kuala Lumpur High Court that 1MDB paid him RM30,000 a month without him having to lift a finger in return.
However, a DAP lawmaker said there is something which Sidek can do now - return the sum accumulated over a period of five years.
"Is he proud of having had such a position where he did not have to attend meetings or do work?
"It is important to raise the question of returning that money in view of him admitting that he did not do any work while on the 1MDB board.
"Would he be willing to do so?" asked Lim Lip Eng (below) in a statement this evening.
The Kepong MP said Sidek owed the public an explanation for his conduct.
"Anyone would be suspicious if he is paid for doing nothing. Didn't Sidek feel guilty? He never asked questions about the investigations on 1MDB for (five) years.
"During that period, didn't he realise that something was amiss?" he asked.
Sidek's revelation, said Lim, underscored the need for Putrajaya to disclose the number of "paid to do nothing" positions in government agencies and government-linked companies.
"This matter cannot be taken lightly, especially since Sidek is (at the time) a powerful civil servant who had an influence on other civil servants," he added.
Never briefed about 1MDB
Yesterday, Sidek said he was paid around RM30,000 a month to sit on 1MDB's board of advisers from July 1, 2010, until June 23, 2012, when he was still chief secretary.
He was retained on the board following his retirement for RM10,000 a month until June 2015 when he was appointed chairperson of Petronas.
Probably...
Sidek said he was never briefed about 1MDB nor participated in discussions regarding the firm.
He added that he never asked Najib Abdul Razak - the prime minister at the time - about 1MDB because he understood that the firm was meant to fund BN.
Sidek was testifying before judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah who is presiding over the trial against Najib for four counts of abuse of power and 21 counts of money laundering involving RM2.28 billion of 1MDB's funds. - mk
Bekas Ketua Setiausaha Negara, Mohd Sidek Hassan kata, bekas Perdana Menteri Mohd Najib Abdul Razak kata gaji dia sebagai KSN terlalu kecil,hanya RM29,215 sebulan. Jadi Najib lantik dia jadi Ahli Lembaga Penasihat 1MDB pada bulan Ogos 2010.Tapi Mohd Sidik kata, sepanjang jadi Ahli Lembaga selama enam tahun dia tidak pernah diundang ke sebarang mesyuarat untuk membincangkan isu berkaitan syarikat 1MDB itu.Maksudnya dia jadi Ahli Lembaga Penasihat atas nama saja dan dapat gaji buta.- A.Kadir Jasin
I am wondering what foreigners reading this news will be thinking. Is this a country of dumb fools, corrupt and utter idiots?It is high time Malaysians thought about where this country is heading. The top civil servant received an additional RM30,000 a month for shaking his legs at home and keeping his mouth shut for all the shenanigans happening with public funds by the former prime minister.
Meanwhile, the poor Mak Cik and Pak Cik are toiling on the roadside to sell kueh and nasi lemak to feed their families, and the ordinary Chinese and Indians work their guts out to give their children a decent education. When are the Malays going to realise they are being screwed every day by the Malay elites and their non-Malay cohorts both in the government and private sector? God help this cursed nation. - All Things Considered
When the chief secretary of the government allows the then prime minister to make use of his name and position to secure tens of billions in loans guaranteed by the government, he is an immoral man. How can Malaysia have so many shameless, greedy and selfish top leaders? And yet voters choose them. If you are still poor, you deserve it. - PinkCougar9549
It’s people like Sidek and many others who chose to remain blind, dumb and deaf in return for emoluments that Najib could proceed smoothly with his diabolical 1MDB plan. Sidek was the top civil servant who should have come to the country's rescue and protected its interests. Politicians come and go, but not civil servants who are supposed to be loyal to the country they serve. - GanMu
Its obvious that Sidek is only part of the corrupt system for the benefit of certain individual or people.
cheers.
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