Thursday 26 March 2009

我们只讲不做?

最近,有些人告诉我们,民政党的“头头”与“脚脚”总爱到处唱我们只讲不做,似乎我们只懂得领导“NATO”(No Action Talk Only)的政府。

面对这种冷言讽语,我们不想要去狡辩。但是,民政党领袖睁着眼睛说瞎话,没有认真去检视其中的真相,彻彻底底暴露了他们的犬儒心态。

譬如,槟州政府去年吸引到102亿令吉的外资,却被民政党领袖指这个由国际贸易与工业部公布的数据不真实,还说真正吸引到的外资不到其中30%。

我觉得很纳闷,为何民政党身为联邦执政党,其领袖竟怀疑本身政府公布的数据?如果贸工部长今天由民政党主席许子根担任的话,他会否持着怀疑的态度呢?

尽管我们是在没有准备的情况下执政槟州,但是我们确实耗最多时间尝试作出各种改革。无可否认,这些改革都是属于软性的,人民较不容易感觉得到。

由于资金有限,槟州政府无法自资推动更多的硬体建设。更多时候,我们通过与私人界合作方式,并结合私人资金去推动这些建设项目。

我们要在执政短短一年内,让槟州成为全国首个零赤贫的州属。要实现这个目标不容易,但通过跟私人界配合,这个目标就快要实现了。

槟州政府敢作国阵过去50年来诸多不敢做、不会做,而且不愿意做的事情。其中,最经典的例子就是在乔治市设立双语路牌。

我们还有许多的创举,包括政府所有工程公开招标、制度化各源流学校的拨款、委任非政府组织成员为市议员、全槟免费无线上网等,这难道是只讲不做的吗?

民政党领袖对诸多事情选择视而不见,尝试要以“只讲不做”一句话来误导人民,根本就是是非颠倒、黑白不分的心态使然。

最近,还做不惯反对党的民政党,为了显示他们还有一点粗胆,就急不及待在我们执政一周年之际推展“盯猫行动”。

结果,就有支持者建议我们推出“灭鼠行动”。这个对比就是告诉我们这个猫政府,民政党才是所谓的老鼠,所以要我们去歼灭老鼠。

我们当然没有必要通过“灭鼠行动”以敌制敌,但民政党尤其是一些领袖在人民心中所建立起来的“老鼠”形象,尤其他们跟巫统这只“大鼠”剪不断、理还乱的关系,迄今还是相当根深蒂固的。

这就是民政党心中永远的痛!这难道不是比他们指控这个政府“只讲不做”更加糟糕吗?

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Wednesday 25 March 2009

Keselamatan KOMTAR ketika Earth Hour dipertingkatkan lagi

Kenyataan Media oleh Ng Wei Aik, Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri bagi KOMTAR selaku Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Pemulihan KOMTAR pada 25 Mac 2009 (Rabu) di Georgetown, Pulau Pinang:

Tahap keselamatan KOMTAR akan dipertingkatkan apabila lampu-lampu bangunan KOMTAR akan dipadamkan sempena “Earth Hour 2009” yang jatuh pada 28 Mac 2009 (Sabtu) mulai jam 8.30 malam hingga 9.30 malam.

Saya telah bermesyuarat dengan pihak PDRM, Pejabat Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri, PDC Setia Urus Sdn. Bhd., wakil Prangin Mall, wakil Pacific KOMTAR pada pagi ini bagi membincangkan langkah-langkah keselamatan yang perlu diambil.

Pihak PDRM akan menggerakan sebuah MPV (kereta peronda) untuk mengadakan rondaan di sekitar KOMTAR, bagi tujuan meningkatkan lagi tahap keselamatan bagi kedai-kedai emas di KOMTAR dengan bantuan pengawal keselamatan KOMTAR.

Mesyuarat bersetuju bahawa lampu-lampu bagi terminal bas KOMTAR, tiga tempat letak kereta yang sedia ada di KOMTAR dan sebuah lagi tempat letak kereta di Prangin Mall tidak akan dipadamkan.

Bagi peniaga-peniaga di KOMTAR dan Prangin Mall, mereka diberi pilihan untuk memadamkan sebahagian lampu kedai atau tidak. Jikalau mereka ingin padamkan lampu, maka mereka boleh menutup sebahagian pintu kedai untuk kawalan keselamatan.

Badan Pengurusan Bersama bagi Prangin Mall dan PDC Setia Urus Sdn. Bhd. akan mengeluarkan notis kepada semua peniaga di KOMTAR dan Prangin Mall sebagai peringatan bagi perkara-perkara yang perlu diberi perhatian dalam tempoh itu, termasuk juga cara-cara untuk menghubungi pihak polis jikalau berlakunya sesuatu kejadian.

PDC Setia Urus Sdn. Bhd., Prangin Mall dan Pacific KOMTAR akan memanggil balik semua pengawal keselamatan mereka untuk bertugas pada malam itu. Pacific KOMTAR juga akan mengambil kakitangan tambahan bagi meningkatkan lagi keselamatan bagi ruang perniagaannya.

Semua jabatan atau agensi kerajaan negeri dan kerajaan persekutuan di KOMTAR akan mengambil bahagian dalam inisiatif ini, di mana lampu neon yang dipasang atas bumbung KOMTAR akan dipadamkan manakala lampu-lampu yang dipasang untuk tujuan keselamatan penerbangan tidak akan dipadamkan.

Selain daripada KOMTAR, saya bercadang pihak polis supaya memberi perhatian terhadap keselamatan di sekitar pusat membeli-belah, hotel, kawasan perindustrian, kawasan perbankan dan setiap destinasi pelancongan.

Pada masa yang sama, saya juga menyeru pasukan keselamatan sukarela supaya mengadakan rondaan di seluruh negeri Pulau Pinang demi membantu pihak polis dan Kerajaan Negeri dalam menjaga keselamatan kita semua.

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光大加强保安迎向“地球一小时”

光大振兴委员会主席兼光大区州立法议员黄伟益于2009年3月25日(星期三)在槟城乔治市发表的声明:

配合2009年3月28日“地球一小时”熄灯活动,光大将加强其整体建筑空间的安全措施,包括增派警员与保安人员展开巡逻。

光大振兴委员会主席兼光大区州立法议员黄伟益今早与警方、槟州政府秘书署代表、新光大广场代表、光大太平洋霸级市场代表、光大管理公司即PDC Setia Urus私人有限公司召开会议,共商如何加强光大当晚的保安程度。

届时,警方将派出一辆巡逻车,在光大周围一带展开巡逻。与此同时,警方与光大保安人员将特别关注设在光大内的金店保安,确保不会发生枪劫案或爆劫案。

为了安全起见,会议决定光大巴士总站、光大与新光大广场的停车场不会熄灯,以免有人趁火打劫或犯罪。

至于各别店商的参与形式,我们将交由他们各别决定是否熄灯;若有店商要熄灯,他们可以关上一部分的店门以策安全。

新光大广场共管机构与PDC Setia Urus私人有限公司将会发通告予所有店商,提醒他们应该关注的各个事项,包括事发后如何在第一时间跟警方取得联系。

光大管理公司、新光大广场与光大太平洋霸级市场将会动员全体保安人员返回工作岗位,以加强当晚的保安程度;其中,太平洋霸级市场还会增聘临时保安人员,协助当晚的保安与巡逻工作。

设在光大的各政府部门将会全力配合槟州政府推广这个活动,其中包括光大顶楼外围的霓虹灯将会熄掉。不过,为了航空安全而设的警示灯则不会熄掉。

除了加强警力与保安人员之外,我亦建议警方特别关注购物中心、酒店、工业区、银行区与各旅游景点的保安程度。

除此之外,设在槟州各地的志愿治安巡逻队成员,亦可通过志愿参与街头巡逻的形式,协助槟州政府与警方强化整个槟州的治安,确保当晚不会有任何不愉快事件发生。

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Thursday 19 March 2009

What is EARTH HOUR?

Every day, we read, listen, or pass by posters that promotes environmental awareness, and lately, the global warming issues is widely discussed. However, I have heard friends that says, "argh... there's nothing much we could do, its polutted as it is, and it has been warmed since long time... there nothing much we could do about it..." or "if I save a few plastics bags, and others dont, there's no point... so forget it..." Arghh too many negative coments right? Thats shat I heard from poeple around me...

Do you notice the extreme changes of our weather nowadays? It was a spanking bright sunny day in the afternoon, but all of a sudden... the storm and rain came in the evening... sounds familiar right? 10 years ago, monsoon are well predicted, and we could easily plan our holiday to the East Coast... but 2-3 years lately... the monsoon are unpredictable... this is also veryyy familiar right? And flood... it flood every where nowadays... This are all called 'extreme climate change' and it is the result of global warming.

But now, the time has arrive, for us, as a person helped the earth in this global warming issue. Earth hour is a symbol that the whole world could stand up together to save the earth.. many countries has done this last year, 31 March 2008, (you can google about it) and this year, in Malaysia it will happen on the 28th of March, at 8.30 pm - 9.30 pm


About Earth Hour Malaysia

Earth Hour in Malaysia is planned and run by WWF-Malaysia and its partners. We welcome all parties to participate in Earth Hour on the 28 th of March 2009 by turning off your lights for one hour from 8.30pm-9.30pm. If you would like to sponsor or be more involved in Earth Hour, contact us at: araj@wwf.org.my or call +603 7803 3772


What should we do?

1. On the 28th March 2009, at 8.30 pm, turn off as many lights as possible, and turn off all un neccessary electric items as many as possible, till 9.30 pm.

2. Please spread this out to every one you know... please help me do this... I love our environment... We are not doing this for us, but also for our children and ancesstors... we can make it happen, together.


How might this help?

1. With every body switching off at the same hour, millions of voltage could be saved... just google up the figures Bangkok, Sydney and San Francisco saved last year;

2. It gives an impact to every one in the whole world, an awareness that if every one take one tiny role, we could save the world... there'll be no more "if i'm alone in this... there's nothing much could be done"; and

3. It shows how much you care for the environment.

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Tuesday 17 March 2009

Earth Day 2009 Dialogue - "Plastic Bags: To Ban, or Not To Ban?"



Programme:

0830 Registration

0900 Arrival/ Welcome speech by YAM Lim Guan Eng, the Chief Minister of Penang

0920 Presentation of souvenirs to the speakers

0930 (i) Mr Lim Kok Boon, Chairman of MPF/ President of MPMA (1hr)
- Waste Management and Recycling of Plastics in Malaysia
(ii) Don Theseira, 3Rs community
- To totally ban the giving out of plastic carry bags at all supermarket
check out counters.

1050 Break

1100 (iii) Dr Lee Lik Meng, Project Coordinator of Healthy Campus, USM
- Choosing a greener lifestyle
(iv) Ms Hatijah Hashim, Researcher, CAP
- Health and Environmental Effects of Plastic Bags

1140 Public discussion (Encik Ahmad Khairuddin Sha'Aban and Mr Cheah Chee Chon
from MPMA will take part in this session)

1230 Closing remarks by YB Phee Boon Poh

1245 Resolution for the Dialogue

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Monday 16 March 2009

欢迎人民老板齐评估丹绒一国三州议员表现!



民主行动党丹绒国会选区联委会署理主席黄伟益于2009年3月16日(星期一)在槟城乔治市发表的新闻稿:

民主行动党丹绒国会选区联委会将在2009年3月17日(星期二)晚上8时,在槟城车水路客属公会礼堂举办丹绒一国三州议员表现评估活动。

这项评议会配合民联执政槟州一周年举行。我们欢迎丹绒一国三州选区的选民,包括社团领导人与非政府组织出席,共同参与这项评估议员常年表现的活动。

届时,丹绒区国会议员兼巴当哥打区州议员曹观友、光大区州议员黄伟益与彭加兰哥打区州议员刘敬亿,将向人民老板汇报他们过去一年来所完成的各项工作。

随后,我们将在分派问卷让在场者通过评分方式,共同评估丹绒一国三州议员的问政、议政与施政表现。

丹绒一国三州议员亦将藉此机会,跟人民老板针对各大小课题作交流。若人民有任何意见、不满或批评,我们都欢迎他们当场提出,确保这些问题能够获得解决。

若欲询问详情,敬请随时联络04-2270215、016-4459808、012-4126284与012-4317015。

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Sunday 15 March 2009

Takasima’s New Product Launching of TK551 F1 Treadmill

Speech by Ng Wei Aik, the Political Secretary to Penang Chief Minister and State Assemblyman for KOMTAR for Takasima’s New Product Launching of TK551 F1 Treadmill on 15th of March, 2009 (Sunday) 3.00 p.m. at Queensbay Mall, Penang:

Good afternoon to ladies and gentlemen, especially to Mr Jimmy Lim Cheng Huat, CEO of Takasima Health-Mart Sdn. Bhd.

This is a great occasion for me to here, together with our friends from Takasima as well as sports lovers and health conscious enthusiasts, to witness the launching of a very new product of Takasima – F1 Motorized Treadmill Series TK551.

It is indeed an honour for the State Government of Penang to have Takasima as our CAT partner to encourage all our people to adopt measures that will enhance their health, as well as to increase our competency.

Without Competency, our C.A.T. philosophy cannot work at all because Competency is the first and the most important element in our Competency, Accountability and Transparency (C.A.T.) governance.

Takasima was formed in 1994 as a supplier of fitness equipment in Asia, supplying to countries including Malaysia and others. The company’s first showroom was established on Penang Island in 2006 after the retail business had been set up in the country.

By then, the company began in providing professional consultation and after-sales services for its consumers. From humble beginnings since 2006, Takasima has grown rapidly and is now featured in major hypermarkets, including Queensbay Mall, the place where we are now at.

The state government, under the leadership of The Right Honourable Lim Guan Eng, is committed to improving the health of the nation and the state, but we can only win the battle if you, our people, also commit to moving away from health damaging to health enhancing behaviours and begin to take charge of your own lives.

The key message I want to share with you today is that we all need to modify our behaviours in order to be healthy and to live long. Healthy living is about adopting right behavioural practices such as healthy eating, physical activity and practicing safe sex. We need to also stop smoking and alcohol abuse.

I must hasten to emphasise that leading a healthy lifestyle is not just a social status reserved only for people who are well off. After all, chronic diseases caused by our lifestyle such as hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, cancer and many others do not discriminate between rich or poor, young or old.

I am mentioning all these issues because I am deeply concerned about the level of lifestyle diseases in our country. Research studies indicate that there is a marked increase in a number of people with hypertension and diabetes.

Whilst there are challenges to dealing with some of the reasons advanced by our young people for not engaging in physical activity, we all need to note that physical activity is something one can engage in, anytime and anywhere.

For an example, you can walk to school, walk to work, walk to the shop or church, go up the stairs in a mall or school instead of using a lift. If you are really hard to allocate sufficient time for this purpose, then Takasima in this regard, will help to bring you back to physical activities and healthy lifestyle through its wide range and variety of products, such as treadmill, exercising bike, fitness reflexology machine, advanced cardiovascular equipment, strength equipment and indoor biking equipment,.

In last year, even though in the wake of economic downturn, Takasima is operating 50 showrooms in Malaysia, together with more than 300 dedicated staff members who are devoted to the ideals of good health and superior quality that management has long espoused.

I hope that Takasima will continue its good effort to introduce new products on a regular basis to meet customer satisfaction and demands and also to expand its investment in Penang as well as to create more job opportunities for our Penangites.

On behalf of state government, I would like to put forward our humble request by suggesting Takasima to invest and set up its research and development (R&D) plant in Penang, instead of conducting R&D on its products in laboratories in Japan. I think that Penang is not lacking of pool of experts in the field of health and fitness that Takasima can tab on later.

With these words, once again, I would like to thank Takasima for inviting me; and I hereby announce that F1 Motorized Treadmill Series TK551 is launched.

Thank you very much.

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Friday 6 March 2009

Malam Penerangan: We are welcoming you!

Jangan Percaya pada Khabar Angin! Malam Penerangan “Setahun Pemerintahan Pakatan Rakyat” Akan Tetap Dianjurkan Pada Malam Esok

Kenyataan Media Tergempar oleh Ng Wei Aik, Setiausaha Politik kepada Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang pada 6hb Mac 2009 (Jumaat) di Georgetown, Pulau Pinang:

Bagi pihak Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang, saya ingin menegaskan bahawa Ceramah Perdana yang akan dianjurkan oleh Kerajaan Negeri pada malam esok di Padang Kota Lama, Esplanade sempena Majlis Sambutan Setahun Pemerintahan Pakatan Rakyat tidak akan tergendala walaupun terdapat khabar angin yang mendakwa acara tersebut telah dibatalkan.

Kerajaan Negeri mengesahkan bahawa khabar angin sebegini tidak berasas langsung dan saya percaya bahawa ini merupakan angkara pihak-pihak yang tidak bertanggungjawab, yang ingin melihat kurangnya sambutan rakyat yang meriah terhadap Malam Penerangan, sebagai tanda terjejasnya sokongan rakyat terhadap Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang.

Kerajaan Negeri meminta rakyat jelata supaya terperdaya dengan provokasi pihak-pihak tertentu yang sengaja menyebarkan khabar angin sebegini yang tidak berasas sekali. Malah, rakyat jelata digesa datanglah beramai-ramai untuk menghadiri Malam Penerangan sebagai tanda sokongan padu rakyat jelata terhadap Kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat.

Kami juga menyeru parti-parti komponen Pakatan Rakyat, Jawatankuasa Keselamatan dan Kemajuan Kampung (JKKK) Negeri Pulau Pinang supaya mengerahkan penyokong-penyokong Pakatan Rakyat tanpa mengambil kira bangsa dan agama untuk menghadiri Ceramah Perdana ini, sebagai cara yang terbaik untuk menangkis khabar angin tersebut.

Ketua Menteri Lim Guan Eng, Timbalan Ketua Menteri I Mohammad Fairus bin Khairuddin, Timbalan Ketua Menteri II Prof. Dr. P. Ramasamy, semua Ahli Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri, Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri dan Ahli Parlimen akan hadir dan menyampaikan ucapan mereka dalam Malam Penerangan ini.

Inilah satu-satunya acara yang dianjurkan oleh Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang sempena ulangtahun pertama bagi pemerintahan Pakatan Rakyat di negeri Pulau Pinang. Kami akan memberi penerangan terhadap dasar-dasar yang dilaksanakan oleh kerajaan negeri yang baru supaya rakyat jelata dapat memberi sokongan yang padu terhadap inisiatif-inisiatif kita.

Kerajaan negeri Pulau Pinang hanya menganjurkan Malam Penerangan sebagai cara yang paling menjimatkan wang rakyat bagi menyambut ulangtahun pertama pemerintahan Pakatan Rakyat atas sebab krisis ekonomi yang sedang melanda negara dan negeri kita. Kami juga berharap rakyat jelata dapat menggembleng tangan dengan pihak kerajaan untuk mengharungi segala cabaran krisis ekonomi.

Malam Penerangan tidak dianjurkan pada 8hb Mac 2009 atas sebab terdapat Majlis Tahlil bagi Maulidur Rasul yang akan dianjurkan di Masjid Negeri Pulau Pinang pada malam itu, walaupun tarikh tersebut merupakan hari pengundian bagi Pilihan Raya 2008 di mana Pakatan Rakyat buat pertama kalinya telah menerajui pucuk pemerintahan kerajaan negeri Pulau Pinang, Perak, Selangor dan Kedah.

Sekian, terima kasih.

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请不要误信谣言!槟州政府明晚配合民联执政一周年举办的大型座谈会照跑!

槟州首席部长政治秘书黄伟益于2009年3月6日(星期五)在槟城乔治市发表的紧急声明:

我谨此郑重声明,槟州政府配合民联执政一周年举办的大型座谈会,明晚8时将会如期在旧关仔角大草场举行。

目前,市面上出现一些谣言,指明晚即将举办的大型座谈会取消。不过,槟州政府证实这个谣言根本没有根据,并且相信这是不负责任者所发放的虚假消息。

槟州政府促请公众人士不要受这些不利的谣言所误导,反之更应该踊跃出席这项座谈会,以便作为槟州政府的后盾,不要让这些人的阴谋能够得逞。我们亦促请民联各成员党、各乡村发展与治安委员会,通过各级领袖与组织总动员,确保这个大型座谈会不会受到影响。

这场主题为“民联执政的未来展望”座谈会将从晚上8时开始,直至午夜12时之前结束。届时,槟州首席部长林冠英、第一副首席部长法鲁斯、第二副首席部长拉玛沙米博士,以及槟州所有行政议员、州议员与国会议员将出席并轮番上台演讲。

这是槟州政府配合民联执政一周年,唯一所举办的群众活动。我们希望通过举办这类座谈会,让人民了解槟州政府所推行的各种政策用意,进而确保人民能够配合槟州政府的步伐,让这些政策能够早日实现其目标。

我们选择不大事铺张庆祝执政槟州一周年,乃考虑到当前的经济局势不容许我们大肆挥霍人民的血汗钱。因此,为了替人民省钱,我们选择以回归最简单的方式举办上述座谈会,藉此阐释槟州政府的施政方向与未来目标。

槟州政府亦希望人民能够了解,即使我们正在面对全球经济风暴的冲击,槟州政府仍会通过各种策略与步骤来协助人民共同对抗经济风暴。我们不会选择坐以待毙,反而要全民共同走出经济风暴的阴霾。

座谈会除了以马来语主讲之外,主讲人亦会穿插其他的语文演讲。因此,各族人士绝对可以携同一家大小出席,藉此给予槟州政府最鼎力的支持,让我们能够再接再厉,制订更多对人民有利的政策与施政方针。

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