Mahatir should not undermine PM's good efforts - from Mohd Fauzi Patel

What Patel said is really appropriate and fair to say that Tun M has been behaving very strangely and inconsistently lately.


His latest unbecoming behaviour really have made us to rethink and re-evaluate his historical contribution to the nation building.

How I wish PM was warded in Queen Elizabeth Hospital?

How I wish PM was warded in Queen Elizabeth Hospital so that he'd have personal experience in understanding our dilapidated condition better?

By providing up to standard medical cares to the society at a competitive cost is one of the top priorities of the government. But, how long can the government sustain the huge costs involved every year with the present rate of fees at a meager RM1 & RM5 per visit respectively?

We pay less and we should expect to get less, it's the rule, therefore, it's important that we must have a clean and efficient government in the first place that fund allocated are fully used in the services.

People must also start to pay more at public hospitals or clinics in order to relieve the government burden but at the same time government must also help people to earn more to reduce the government's subsidies on various welfares rendered to the public.

The real answer still lies with money or fund, that is how good the government in handling the economy.

Speedy approval from federal government will help the Sabah people most

The Tamparuli-Ranau road is an important road stretch linking Kota Kinabalu and Sandakan & Tawau in the east coast of Sabah.

Its economical value to the people of Sabah is simply difficult to quantify but based on layman observation, it's simply a critical part of the road link between the west and the east coast of Sabah.

The invisible loss due to the cave-in can not be assessed but believed to be fairly substantial; however, the by-pass road is no match to the main road quality which has been causing some delays and discomforts to the road users.

Sabah has the highest poverty rate, a good road will reduce their costs of doing business and daily life; the prompt action of the authority, in this case, the federal government, will have significant effect on the people of Sabah.

RM600,000 was reported to be needed for the repairing, and I hope that the PM Najib, who is also the Finance Minister, will without hesitation, sign the approval for its immediate repair.

People of Sabah will no doubt appreciate the efficiency and good attitude from the good administration of the country in return.

Prime Minister Datuk Najib should pay a visit to our Queen Elizabeth Hospital when he's due here soon

PM is schedule to visit KK again within these few days, and this time, he should pay a short and unexpected visit to the old block of QEH to see for himself how the FD of BN ended up.

He's been talking about 1Malaysia, and this one will prove him louder and creditable if he comes and cares for the people of Sabah. I also wonder if Datin Rosmah has paid a visit to the hospital.

Why our local politicians dare not tell or show our fellow leaders in federal the truth of Sabah?

The truth is that a lot of Sabahan are waiting for their turns to get operated. It's unbearable to hear them 'crying' for the services they badly needed.

As Finance Minister and PM, PM Najib is the perfect person for us to seek for help, and I hope that we don't wait for YB Hiew to resign only then we will get the positive development that we want to see.

The reconstruction works of QEH has yet to take off due to certain technical hiccup again, I guess.

PM Najib said it all. Are we all listening?

PM Najib said it all, but, are we all listening?

BN is worried about the MCA crisis and its subsequent negative effects; but not to the Chinese community and the opposition (PR).

In fact, the opposition (PR) just likes to see it that way.

The Chinese community has already made their choice in some parts of the country, but it's not really their preferred choice. It was only a tactical move to vote the opposition (PR) in order to pressurise the BN. Their tactical choice has yet to be delivered based on the last election promises by their elected YBs, be it from the BN or PR.

The opposition (PR), like DAP and PKR, have been listening well to the people's needs but may now have difficulty to deliver what people wanted physically. The opposition (PR) in some BN's territories can only achieve the lip service, however, their shortfall is well understood and accepted by the people; the question is: how long can they tolerate the non-performance of the opposition?

On the contrary, the governing party (BN), like UMNO or MCA, must fulfill its last election promises, or else, it will be branded as liar.

The current heated argument between Ong and Liow faction is obviously irrelevant to what people needed. They don't really care much about the 'morality' issues raised by the respective leaders, or for that matter, their internal problems. People will not take the so-called 'morality' issues as their priority concern; what they are more interested in is who can deliver and making their life easier, and better, at the end of the day.

The current turmoil is simply a matter of internal struggle of power where the priority of the people has been disregarded, and somewhat being used to garner for legitimacy on the staging of the 2nd EGM.

The Greater Unity Plan (GUP) is a plan to unite all the factions, including those who claim that they are marginalised by the plan. The grassroots are now leaving it to the various leaders to show their wisdom in making the GUP working. Their sincerity and willingness to settle their differences are all key factors in making the unity plan a reality, meaningful, and success.

The involvement of PM in this plan will definitely speed up the process and eliminates distrusts created in the last few weeks.

To all MCA leaders, please take heed of the PM's words, and stop all these nonsense before we lost the preference status that we used to enjoy with the Chinese community.

By the way, the party election is two more years away.

Will a Privatized IJN taking care of the poor?

PM: Take over of IJN only allowed if poor taken care

Published in TheStar Online: Thursday December 18, 2008 MYT 7:38:00 PM

The Government will only allow the private sector to take over the National Heart Institute (IJN) if they fulfilled their responsibilities to the poor, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said. Refer to http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/12/18/nation/20081218193355&sec=nation for details of news report.

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Would you believe this wishful thinking that, with due respect, Sime Darby will be “genuinely” caring for the poor on a short and long term basis?

They might do it if they are heavily subsided by the government to take care of this charity business. However, at the end of the day, they must be making some profits. Sime Darby may be keen to be a good model of corporation, however, there’s a bottom line on this.

How much would government allow for profit margin of the new private operators without hurting the poor and the rich?

The motive difference between the government and the private sector is big, given that the shareholders of the private corporation are expecting good profits year after year.

How would government ensure that the private owners will fulfill their responsibilities to the poor especially? What guarantee that the corporation will not fail to deliver their promises? It could be too late to rectify if it happens.

Government should restructure the management of the IJN for high efficiency and productivity now instead of privatizing it. If government can rule the country well, I don’t see why they can’t run a hospital with reasonable profit, and grow. The government has all the resources at their disposal; it’s disheartening to hear these hasty and unacceptable excuses for privatizing the institution.

Only a public hospital with the backing of the nation resources can justifiably provide a heart centre for the poor and the rich; on the contrary, a privatized hospital is definitely profit-oriented and our nation is not ready for this type of arrangement yet because of the large poverty gap between the groups of low, middle, and high income.

Public hospital, if run well, can deliver expectations of the public. Privatization is not the magic remedy for cutting costs and service quality; it’s the management skills that make the difference!

Government should encourage private investment in the health business by providing excellent incentives and business environments rather than by eliminating the public-run health institution. I would not object to government for partially privatizing some of the established institutions for a profit in the future years once they have aplenty to be disposed of, and the general public interests are appropriately taken care of.