Dalam kesibukan duniawi, aku hampir alpa (kurang cakna) yang pilihanraya kecik Sarawak akan berlangsung kurang 72 jam daripada sekarang. Memang kita selalu diperkuda atau didedahkan sebegini. Saudara yang jauh selalu dilupakan. Sahabat di seberang jarang diambil perhatian.

Sementelah itu juga, aku sering ‘diganggu’ dan ‘terganggu’ dengan jelekan kenapa kaitkan agama dalam berpolitik dan lebih-lebih lagi slogan yang dangkal menyatakan ‘ Yang Politik Berlandaskan Agama harus ditolak’. Tambah aneh, pengucapan dan semboyan ini dilakukan oleh saudara seagama dan oleh mereka yang telah lama makan garam dari kita yang masih mentah ini.  Ia juga sering dimainkan oleh mereka yang berpendidikan tinggi yang pada aku lebih layak menilai yang mana yang hak dan yang mana yang bathil.

Akal yang mungkin lemah ini selalu mengingati yang frasa ‘ Islam ialah Ad-Deen’ atau Islam ialah cara hidup. Oleh sebab itulah antara slogan yang selalu diagungkan ialah ‘Islam is the way of life’. Kita sering nampak benda ini di mana-mana dan mungkin tempat yang paling tersohor ialah ‘windscreen’ belakang sesebuah kereta. Sungguh senang untuk menampal di belakang kereta tetapi perangai si pemandu yang pernah aku jumpa ialah selalu memotong ‘queue’ kenderaan lain (sungguh kontra dengan apa yang ingin diperkatakan kepada pemandu dibelakang melalui sticker yang ditampal).

Berbalik kepada isu tadi, politik ialah satu cara hidup dan oleh sebab yang demikian, maka ianya hendaklah berlandaskan Islam dan perjuangan yang sepatutnya ialah perjuangan ke arah memartabatkan hukum Allah. Kita sebenarnya sering didedahkan oleh Islam yang tidak boleh dicampur dengan politik. Ada yang lebih jahil lagi, setiap kali berbicara tentang islam dan politik, maka non-muslim ditakutkan dengan hukum hudud. Sedangkan hukum hudud ialah satu cabang kecil dalam kehidupan islam. Contoh yang paling popular sekarang ialah sistem muamalat islam. Satu dunia cuba mendalaminya setelah kemusnahan sistem kewangan konvensional (eg : madoff, sub-prime etc).

Kedudukan ranking  manusia terulung dalam buku  Most Influential Persons in History oleh Michael H. Hart telah menunjukkan bukti yang nyata. Pemilihan Rasulullah SAW ditempat yang pertama membuktikan politik dan Islam tidak dapat dipisahkan. Dalam ulasannya, Micheal H. Hart membahaskan yang Nabi kita dipilih sebagai manusia terulung kerana kehidupan dan kepimpinannya meliputi semua benda kehidupan dan tidak seperti tokoh-tokoh yang lain. Sistem politik Islam di Madinah telah berjalan seiring dengan konsep kepimpinan Islam dan Sistem Tatacara Kehidupan Islam yang lain.

Masalah di negara kita sekarang ialah politik tidak berlandaskan Islam. Ya … itu sahaja permasalahannya.

Jika perkara sedemikian tidak dititik-beratkan, maka jadilah isu politik dan kroni, isu politik wang, isu politik cah keting, isu politik perkauman, isu politik gender, isu politik untuk duit dan segala macam isu yang merencatkan kemajuan negara kita. Lebih runsing lain, isu politik sekarang dimainkan setiap jam dan setiap hari antara setiap sesi pilihanraya dijalankan. Lebih malang lagi yang kaya bertambah kaya dan yang miskin semakin papa akibat politik yang memenatkan ini.  Hasil terjahan politik kotor ini, maka ada segolongan yang amat bencikan politik, dan ini sebenarnya lagi merbahaya.  Mereka ini akibat kebusukan politik,  tidak mahu membuang undi dan hasilnya, keagungan Islam tidak dapat ditegakkan akibat kekurangan undi.

Jadi kepada pembaca semuanya, jadilah manusia yang peka kepada alam sekeliling dan jangan takut untuk berpolitik. Kita mesti tahu perkara yang berkisar disekeliling kita. Tujuan kita hanyalah kebahagiaan di dunia dan akhirat. Apatah lagi akibat kita yang tidak mahu mengundi, hukum Allah tidak dapat ditegakkan akibat kekurangan undi. Nauzubillah.

Berbalik kepada kisah politik dan kroni.

Kisah yang menarik untuk diperhalusi.

Sarawak Report telah tersaji untuk dikhatamkan.

Bacalah dengan hati yang terbuka dan mintalah pedoman dari Sang Pencipta. Mudah-mudahan hati kalian lebih tertarik untuk mengetahui tentang politik dan sama-sama memangkah untuk kedaulatan Islam.

InsyaAllah

 

 

 

 

Semua paper hari ni terlalu seronok dan melaungkan kegembiraan dengan kemenangan pasukan bolasepak Malaysia mara ke perlawanan akhir Sukan Sea di Laos. Nampaknya demam bolasepak melanda lagi kat Malaysia. Kalaulah semua games sebelum  ini disiarkan secara langsung oleh RTM… mahu demam bola nih dah tahap gaban. Tapi apakan daya , kerajaan “nak jimatkan duit rakyat” dengan tak mahu menyiarkan liputan sukan sea nih secara ekslusif.. Padahal bukan begini caranya kerana kalau nak dibandingkan dengan negara ASEAN lain yang lebih miskin, Menteri kita patut terasa malulah dengan keadaan ini..

Walau-apapun tahniah buat skuad Malaysia.. dan pastikan kita mendapat emas pada 17 hb nanti .. tiada lagi reason yang boleh menjadi pemaaf atas kegagalan anda.. semua pemain bebas dari penggantungan dan kecederaan .. mainlah dengan sepenuh hati.. InsyaAllah kemenangan di pihak kita.

 

This news published in here and here and here is worth to know… I just picked a write-up from Malay Mail Online for your reading pleasure….

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Taken from Malay Mail Online

OXFORD-trained Omar Ong, the controversial boss of Ethos & Company, has been appointed to the board of Petronas as a director, ending months of speculation.

The appointment letter was given to Omar, 38, just before Hari Raya, sources said.

The Malay Mail’s source in Petronas could not give an official confirmation on the appointment but said the national oil corporation would make the announcement very soon.

Omar, a former aide to Datuk Seri Najib Razak when he was the Deputy Prime Minister and whose views and ideas are valued by him, had been rumoured to rejoin Petronas at the Board of Directors’ level sometime middle of this year.

The appointment was said to have been held back, however, after blog postings accused him of breaching a scholarship agreement he had signed with Petronas.

Even former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who is also Petronas adviser, had blogged about his reservations on Omar joining the Petronas board in view of the scholarship controversy.

It turned out that the said controversy was the result of a “misunderstanding” between Petronas and its scholar as Omar had offered to pay in full the RM120,000 penalty for the supposed breach earlier on, an offer that the national oil corporation somehow overlooked or ignored.

Omar is the son of Mustapha Ong, a former private secretary to long-time Information Minister Mohamad Rahmat and for some time served in the diplomatic service in New York and Brazil.

The younger Ong has been described as “a very ambitious person” with an “outstanding background”. He started with Petronas as an executive on Feb 16, 1995 before joining the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDC) on Feb 1, 1997, where he stayed until March 31, 2000. Omar then joined McKinsey & Co, London but was based in Kuala Lumpur and in February 2002, co-founded Ethos & Co.

Around this time, Petronas issued him a letter of demand for breach of his scholarship agreement (which
requires him to serve the government for a period of 10 years).

In February 2004, he was appointed Special Officer 1 to the then Deputy Prime Minister and a deed of settlement was signed in May 2005 and he was to serve the Government of Malaysia for an assigned period of 4 years 10 months, failing which he would be deemed to have breached the scholarship agreement again.

He resigned from his position as the Special Officer 1 and rejoined Ethos & Co in February 2006.

The earlier rumours of Omar’s appointment had been accompanied by talk that the Prime Minister would make Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar, the former Home Minister, the chairman of Petronas. This could not be confirmed.

 

Yeah .. the entry title sound bad . isn’t it …. LOWER Profit… BUT READ BELOW LINE BY LINE……..

OVERVIEW OF PETRONAS FINANCIAL RESULT

Highlight of the hour;

  • Strong Revenue of RM264.2 Billion … ie extra 18.4 % from last year RM 223.1Billion. This surely will move up PETRONAS in Fortune 500
  • Revenue from International operation surpassed 100 Billions with RM 111.3 Billion. (sepatutnya ramai yang patut bersyukur sebab reserve dalam negara semakin sedikit).
  • Profit before tax downed of 6.7 % to RM 89.1 Billion due to low price and high cost environment BUT well within the decline by oil and gas majors which ranged within 6.4 % and 25.7 % during the same period.
  • Stronger Balance Sheet with total asset increasing by 14.4 % to RM 388 Billion by shareholder’s fund grew by 15.1 % to RM 232.1 billion
  • Return of Total Asset and Return of Average Capital Employed stood at 23.1% and 37.1 %, at Par with more established players in the Industry.
  • Export Revenue represent about 16% of Malaysia total export.
  • So, people of Malaysia can judge of how National Oil Company did for the past One Year …. aand I understand that some people still see the lower profit as their benchmark/talking point but for me one thing for sure …..

    KUDOS to PETRONAS who is still bringing not some but huge SUM OF MONEY to Malaysia.. and now it’s up to government to do what ‘s the best to RAKYAT with this money..

    Note:

    a)You can download the full audited accounts at the PETRONAS website http://www.petronas.com.my.

    Look for it under Company Background -> Investor Relations. Alleging that PETRONAS doesn’t release it’s audited accounts is a lie that has gone on for far too long.
    The Annual Reports available online are for FY2002 – FY 2008.

     

    Malaysian Insider has reported that Petronas advisor Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today he had heard that another person would be appointed chairman of the national oil corporation, to take over from Tan Sri Hassan Merican but he did not know how far this was true. The former prime minister said he was only an advisor without executive powers and, as Petronas came under the jurisdiction of the prime minister, appointments to any post in the corporation would depend on the decision of Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

    “Perhaps, this other person is more efficient than Hassan Merican. Perhaps, he can bring in more profits. How do we know?” he said when asked whether it would be the right move to replace Hassan as the chairman. Hassan is also the Petronas president and CEO.

    There has been talk over the last several months that Omar Mustapha Ong, the special officer to Najib when he was the deputy prime minister, would be appointed a director of Petronas while former home minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar would be appointed chairman.

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