I do not want to write this, but I might as well write it for my own personal reading down the road. at least my own opinions.
With the current political issue in Selangor and without taking sides (as I really do not know much details about politicking, I would like to just record my comments as follows, from my personal observations. The news in the internet are all sometimes confusing and misleading...or highlighting points or issues only based on their own agenda, that is again my opinion. I do not feel too much of neutrality in the overall news reporting.
1) Why has nobody really touch on the topic, in the first place, why TSKI was sacked? Out of the 6 reasons, were there any validity, I mean with proofs. I have read the latest from Bank Islam coming out to clarify about the out of bank settlement issue,...but what I am asking is that, why no one gave TSKI enough time to really clarify these 6 accusation hurdled upon him? And proofs, witnesses and justifications...
2) Why was there an immediate sacking of him from the party without giving him time to explain all these in details... I think this sacking is also done in a rush to achieve may be some other form of agenda. This again is my postulation or my feeling.
3) And from these, I think TSKI is just a victim of circumstances reacting, as he is the officially appointed MB by HRH, the Selangor Sultan, so I think from this perspective he did nothing wrong. He has the right to do what he deems right and protecting himself. It is already stated clearly that nobody can fire the MB unless he resigns himself from the position (if my understand is right)... but my key point here, I think he has every right to reach on this matter.
4) PAS, though a component of Pakatan, but they have the right to choose what is right in their opinion. There is nothing wrong here, why must all the blame being pushed to this party...DAP and PKR came to the same agreement does not mean PAS has too. They just want TSKI to be treated fairly and in proper protocol.
5) Politics or to be precise, politicians are "dirty"...today, then can praise you, tomorrow, it can be 180 degree turn. Once they said TSKI is very hardworking and honest MB, and the next day, they can say otherwise, and why it took all of them 6 years to come out with all these?
6) Many readers who commented on the web-links and news, sometimes, I feel quite sad to read them all. I think most of them comments for the sake of commenting, or they do not read the news at all, or it is very much bias comments, with so much personal attacks....I think it is very pathetic.
OK you can say my comments is biased....does not matter. But from my perspective, and as a Malaysian, I need to be convinced what were the mistakes done by TSKI, to be fired from his own party, and to be asked to resign from his position as a MB?
What are the justifications, reasons.... and was he given the right forum, the right platform, the right space to explain himself.....if all these are done, and confirmed he has done something improper, then follow the proper protocol, I believe he will be much convinced to cooperate. But for now, even if I were him, I will not vacate the seat because I think the issue has not been settled in a proper manner to begin with, and he has not been treated with "respect" due to a MB and a senior.
Convince me, and if I am convinced, then I will close my mouth totally on this topic. But for now, I can't.
I hope it will be settled soon, as we have more urgent issues to handle, our economy, racial harmony, and safety related issues (prevention against burglary, robbery....etc) in the country.
Thank you.
Choong
14 August 2014
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Thursday, August 14, 2014
Monday, August 4, 2014
Foreign Cooks, local chefs, or??? (Only my personal opinion and not for distribution)
Again, as I have given my own personal comments in FB regarding this issue. I think the key point here, we are not talking about big restaurants, big hotels, or foreign food restaurants (like Thais, Burmese, Filipinos, French, Italian). Here we are talking very much of our street foods, our hawkers good, our local delicacies....like Nyonya cookings, like white curry mee, hokkien mee, fried okay teow....chi cheong fun.. o kuey, o jian, and many more......
Questions:
1) This should be more of family type of recipe, and pass on from generation to generation
2) It suppose to help more income for the family
3) should be very much local taste, specialty to that area, for example Penang cendol, Penang laksa.... Why must you employ foreigners to cook these food, or to make these food, do they know the taste? Are they able to know exactly what is so special about Penang taste for example? You can get them to assist in the kitchen but NOT taking fully over.
Personally I have experienced a few times, specially in KL area, at pasar malam, those selling popiah, those selling asam laksa using foreign cooks (so called) but they are, for me maids employed to help with domestic chores but taken advantage of by the local vendors...and in return they just sit next to the counter or not appearing at all, and leave everything to the "imported cooks"... I think this should not be the way.
I have no qualms about this, if they are not really so called local food, and it makes it more difficult for me to accept so called foreign cooks taking over our pasar mlm hawkers? Is this not a kind of abuse? If I were to go for a trade in a pasar mlm, it is a means of making more income, and if I get or employ 3-4 maids to take over my role of a cook, I think this is a kind of being lazy and to take over the advantage of cheaper labour and making more profits out of that, and in the process sacrificing the local food, local taste.
And take another example, Nyonya food, it is basically found only in a few places, and even now, if you really ask me to cook Nyonya food (and for sure I like to cook), it will be a big problem. Yes, you can train some people to take over, and your family members of locals, perhaps it makes more sense, Say you take a Indon or Filipino (no offence intended), for a start, the tastebud is different, and the food taste they have since they were young were different (being brought up and exposed to different environment) and hence if they were to cook, the authenticity will not be there anymore. Yes, possibly after many years, they can be well trained, but what is the percentage of success rate?
And having said that, and being a Malaysian, and having taken Malay food from a very young age, and if you were to ask me to cook a pure 100% Malay food, I still cannot make exactly the taste.. for example sambal tumis, if it is made by a person of Chinese origin, it could be a bit sweeter, hence the real taste is not there any more. You can say well, you add more varieties to the local cuisine, yes, true, but what I want is the authentic one, not the variation.
And have anyone asked, are we importing professional chefts/cooks or we get foreign workers, layman workers, maids, to take over the cooking role? which one is which one? In my opinion it is more of the latter, as an easy way out, to cheaper labour cost and the shop owner can save cost, and can also take advantage of the maid having to work 6-7 days a week. with local workers, they cannot have this "privilege"...!!
So, think carefully. I am sure with new rules and law, people will complain, but we need to think of the long term, for the benefits of culture and tradition. Do not take easy way out.
Choong
BM
Questions:
1) This should be more of family type of recipe, and pass on from generation to generation
2) It suppose to help more income for the family
3) should be very much local taste, specialty to that area, for example Penang cendol, Penang laksa.... Why must you employ foreigners to cook these food, or to make these food, do they know the taste? Are they able to know exactly what is so special about Penang taste for example? You can get them to assist in the kitchen but NOT taking fully over.
Personally I have experienced a few times, specially in KL area, at pasar malam, those selling popiah, those selling asam laksa using foreign cooks (so called) but they are, for me maids employed to help with domestic chores but taken advantage of by the local vendors...and in return they just sit next to the counter or not appearing at all, and leave everything to the "imported cooks"... I think this should not be the way.
I have no qualms about this, if they are not really so called local food, and it makes it more difficult for me to accept so called foreign cooks taking over our pasar mlm hawkers? Is this not a kind of abuse? If I were to go for a trade in a pasar mlm, it is a means of making more income, and if I get or employ 3-4 maids to take over my role of a cook, I think this is a kind of being lazy and to take over the advantage of cheaper labour and making more profits out of that, and in the process sacrificing the local food, local taste.
And take another example, Nyonya food, it is basically found only in a few places, and even now, if you really ask me to cook Nyonya food (and for sure I like to cook), it will be a big problem. Yes, you can train some people to take over, and your family members of locals, perhaps it makes more sense, Say you take a Indon or Filipino (no offence intended), for a start, the tastebud is different, and the food taste they have since they were young were different (being brought up and exposed to different environment) and hence if they were to cook, the authenticity will not be there anymore. Yes, possibly after many years, they can be well trained, but what is the percentage of success rate?
And having said that, and being a Malaysian, and having taken Malay food from a very young age, and if you were to ask me to cook a pure 100% Malay food, I still cannot make exactly the taste.. for example sambal tumis, if it is made by a person of Chinese origin, it could be a bit sweeter, hence the real taste is not there any more. You can say well, you add more varieties to the local cuisine, yes, true, but what I want is the authentic one, not the variation.
And have anyone asked, are we importing professional chefts/cooks or we get foreign workers, layman workers, maids, to take over the cooking role? which one is which one? In my opinion it is more of the latter, as an easy way out, to cheaper labour cost and the shop owner can save cost, and can also take advantage of the maid having to work 6-7 days a week. with local workers, they cannot have this "privilege"...!!
So, think carefully. I am sure with new rules and law, people will complain, but we need to think of the long term, for the benefits of culture and tradition. Do not take easy way out.
Choong
BM
Sunday, August 3, 2014
My Personal View Only
Of late, I commented more often in face books on some issues I feel I should comment, as a Malaysian.
MB-Selangor... Although I am not a Selangorian, but being a frequent visitor to Selangor and having spending the last 8-9 months in Malaysia alone, I have been observing and would like to write down my points of view here.
1) Right until now, there are many MPs from PKR and a big number of PKR members, including some from DAP and PAS are asking for his resignation. And the reason the have given... if there are any, often sound to me a bit weird or invalid.
Until now, I still do not know why is he being asked to leave? If they have the valid reasons, for example, if he cannot perform his tasks well, he is negligent, he is a womaniser, proof of corruptions...but until now, I hear nothing, so I am not sure why he was being ask to vacate his seat.
2) The way he has been asked is very impolite, I mean he is a member of PKR, he is a MB, he is a senior citizen, he is a leader, and why people do not show him the proper respect due. And if people can say I have not absorb enough Malay culture (adat sopan santun Melayu, which I think I have enough), then what about those who, those real Malay party members and leaders --don't they need to show their adat kesopanan a bit. Please do not treat yang berhormat like a criminal.
3) As I said I am not a politician, and I am not a Selangorian, but an person who supports fairness (the fullest, as they say the world will never be fair, esp political world)...to those who want him to be replaced please let us know why (I am curious and I am not a politician for sure) and I trust there are a group of people who wants to know the reason too.
4) And on the proposal to have Puan Wan Azizah to lead and take over, then please let us know how capable of her to lead a state, putting aside whether a lady can be actually the MB of Selangor, that to me is secondary. But until now, I have not really seen her leadership in full manner, let alone, her mgt skills to manage a state like Selangor. Convince us why the replacement is needed, first of all, then convince us that Puan Wan Azizah is the right candidate for this MB post, assuming her gender is not a problem for Selangor state.
5) I read an article, could be that my understanding is improper, and it says something like this, that the PKR of Selayang mentioned the MB has to leave because the MB has failed to lead Selangor to become a role model state...Pardon me sir, what is that suppose to mean. First of all, what is a model state, which state by PR is a model state at this stage of time? Penang? It has improved a lot in the island, but over in Butterworth, there are still much room to improve further. Just take a look at the drain/longkang in BM high school area...Ok, I am not going to touch the details here at this moment. Now coming back to the statement by Selayang PKR leader.. I am not sure if this person is the MP for Selayang, but I have a question to ask, as I understood Selayang parliamentary seat is under PKR. Sir, let me ask you this question, is Selayang or has Selayang been the role mode parliamentary seat in Selangor, kindly enlighten us? If that has not been done, why and does it mean also you need to vacate your seat. The reason I asked as being a frequent visitor here, almost at least 2 weeks staying at my sister's place in Selayang, I think Selayang is very dirty. Just go to around pasar borong are, or the whole stretch of buildings where a lot of foreign workers stay, kindly visit and take a look. Or the shop lots (many restaurants in this location) condition near Selayang Jaya, esp at nite time, they have many stalls selling food. Kindly check and let us know if that is hygiene enough, clean enough. I used to joke with my sister, that the small town around Kluang area (you will pass by this part when you drive to Mersing/Pulau Tioman) and it is much cleaner than Bandar Selayang.
And of all, I cannot fanthom why this is being used as a reason for the need of TSK to vacate his seat, I think it is not solid enough.
6) At this stage of time, I think a lot of media might also provide their own stories, but from my understanding, TSK has done a lot, like the water deal. I am not sure exactly on the Kidex issue at this moment...I am waiting to know the details more. But a MB who saves a lot of money for the state, I think it is getting very rare. But of course I hope he will invest more in the infrastructure by working closely with the federal government to improve further Selangor state... esp Selayang area...haha. I think Selayang has a lot of potentials and a lot of space that need further improvements.
Anyway, I hope Selangor can come out with the right answer as soon as possible. The way this issue is being handled, I have a big question mark on their capability of manage the country, as they keep on saying that Putrajaya is their target. I think first of all, manage well and lead well the states that are under your care.
I have written before, and I still have the same opinion. A good state leader is someone who cares for the rakyat, who cares for for the state, who will sacrifice himself for the benefit of the rakyat and the state is all aspects.
This is my general opinion only and I am writing this down in my personal blog for my own reference only, in the future. a few years from now, I would like to recap what has taken place and what is the solution that has taken place and whether my understanding and belief at this stage of time is correct and in right perspective.
Sincerely,
Choong SH
MB-Selangor... Although I am not a Selangorian, but being a frequent visitor to Selangor and having spending the last 8-9 months in Malaysia alone, I have been observing and would like to write down my points of view here.
1) Right until now, there are many MPs from PKR and a big number of PKR members, including some from DAP and PAS are asking for his resignation. And the reason the have given... if there are any, often sound to me a bit weird or invalid.
Until now, I still do not know why is he being asked to leave? If they have the valid reasons, for example, if he cannot perform his tasks well, he is negligent, he is a womaniser, proof of corruptions...but until now, I hear nothing, so I am not sure why he was being ask to vacate his seat.
2) The way he has been asked is very impolite, I mean he is a member of PKR, he is a MB, he is a senior citizen, he is a leader, and why people do not show him the proper respect due. And if people can say I have not absorb enough Malay culture (adat sopan santun Melayu, which I think I have enough), then what about those who, those real Malay party members and leaders --don't they need to show their adat kesopanan a bit. Please do not treat yang berhormat like a criminal.
3) As I said I am not a politician, and I am not a Selangorian, but an person who supports fairness (the fullest, as they say the world will never be fair, esp political world)...to those who want him to be replaced please let us know why (I am curious and I am not a politician for sure) and I trust there are a group of people who wants to know the reason too.
4) And on the proposal to have Puan Wan Azizah to lead and take over, then please let us know how capable of her to lead a state, putting aside whether a lady can be actually the MB of Selangor, that to me is secondary. But until now, I have not really seen her leadership in full manner, let alone, her mgt skills to manage a state like Selangor. Convince us why the replacement is needed, first of all, then convince us that Puan Wan Azizah is the right candidate for this MB post, assuming her gender is not a problem for Selangor state.
5) I read an article, could be that my understanding is improper, and it says something like this, that the PKR of Selayang mentioned the MB has to leave because the MB has failed to lead Selangor to become a role model state...Pardon me sir, what is that suppose to mean. First of all, what is a model state, which state by PR is a model state at this stage of time? Penang? It has improved a lot in the island, but over in Butterworth, there are still much room to improve further. Just take a look at the drain/longkang in BM high school area...Ok, I am not going to touch the details here at this moment. Now coming back to the statement by Selayang PKR leader.. I am not sure if this person is the MP for Selayang, but I have a question to ask, as I understood Selayang parliamentary seat is under PKR. Sir, let me ask you this question, is Selayang or has Selayang been the role mode parliamentary seat in Selangor, kindly enlighten us? If that has not been done, why and does it mean also you need to vacate your seat. The reason I asked as being a frequent visitor here, almost at least 2 weeks staying at my sister's place in Selayang, I think Selayang is very dirty. Just go to around pasar borong are, or the whole stretch of buildings where a lot of foreign workers stay, kindly visit and take a look. Or the shop lots (many restaurants in this location) condition near Selayang Jaya, esp at nite time, they have many stalls selling food. Kindly check and let us know if that is hygiene enough, clean enough. I used to joke with my sister, that the small town around Kluang area (you will pass by this part when you drive to Mersing/Pulau Tioman) and it is much cleaner than Bandar Selayang.
And of all, I cannot fanthom why this is being used as a reason for the need of TSK to vacate his seat, I think it is not solid enough.
6) At this stage of time, I think a lot of media might also provide their own stories, but from my understanding, TSK has done a lot, like the water deal. I am not sure exactly on the Kidex issue at this moment...I am waiting to know the details more. But a MB who saves a lot of money for the state, I think it is getting very rare. But of course I hope he will invest more in the infrastructure by working closely with the federal government to improve further Selangor state... esp Selayang area...haha. I think Selayang has a lot of potentials and a lot of space that need further improvements.
Anyway, I hope Selangor can come out with the right answer as soon as possible. The way this issue is being handled, I have a big question mark on their capability of manage the country, as they keep on saying that Putrajaya is their target. I think first of all, manage well and lead well the states that are under your care.
I have written before, and I still have the same opinion. A good state leader is someone who cares for the rakyat, who cares for for the state, who will sacrifice himself for the benefit of the rakyat and the state is all aspects.
This is my general opinion only and I am writing this down in my personal blog for my own reference only, in the future. a few years from now, I would like to recap what has taken place and what is the solution that has taken place and whether my understanding and belief at this stage of time is correct and in right perspective.
Sincerely,
Choong SH
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