Tag: Dr Mahathir Mohamad

  • Dr Mahathir: Johor Bahru Tidak Akan Jadi Seperti Singapura?

    Credit: Reuters
    Credit: Reuters

    1. Johor Bahru akan bertukar wajah secara radikal. Pembangunan yang dicadangkan, dengan berpuluh bangunan pencakar langit yang tinggi dan indah, dengan mercu tanda yang berbentuk ‘sky scraper’ tertinggi akan menjadikan Johor Bahru lebih menarik dan mengagumkan dari New York.

    2. Tidaklah salah jika JBB (Johor Bahru Baru) ini akan mengheret Malaysia ke era baru. Ia tetap mencerminkan kemodenan dan kemajuan Malaysia. Seperti dengan Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru akan sampai Wawasan 2020 lebih awal dari wilayah lain di Malaysia.

    3. Walau bagaimanapun soalan yang timbul ialah siapa yang akan tinggal dan bekerja dalam puluhan pencakar langit ini. Dari manakah mereka akan datang. Dari Johor Bahru? Dari Malaysia?

    4. Bangunan-bangunan ini bukanlah rumah murah. Tentulah bahan yang diguna ialah daripada marmar dan granit. Lif dan escalator memudahkan pelawat naik-turun. Di tingkat atas yang mungkin 30 atau 40 tingkat tingginya, tentulah disedia flat mewah dengan sewa puluh ribuan ringgit sebulan.

    5. Mungkinkah yang akan isi pejabat mewah ini syarikat dari Majidee atau Gelang Patah? Dan Penduduk terdiri dari orang Melayu Johor Bahru dan kampung-kampung di sekitar. Di khuatir bukan.

    6. Pada 1819 Singapura dijual kepada British oleh Temenggong dengan harga Dolar Sepanyol 60,000. Terdapat beberapa nelayan yang tinggal di pulau itu, pada ketika itu.

    7. Pendatang asing membanjiri Singapura sehingga penduduk asalnya tenggelam dalam bandar besar yang didirikan. Demikianlah besarnya jumlah pendatang asing ini sehingga Singapura menjadi negara asing yang tidak dikembalikan kepada Johor apabila British bebaskan pulau itu daripada penjajahannya.

    8. Apakah mungkin bandar indah dan mewah yang sedang didirikan tidak akan jadi satu lagi Singapura. Dalam sistem Malaysia sesiapa yang tinggal di negara ini selama 10 tahun dari 12 tahun yang lepas berhak mendapat kerakyatan. Dan kita tak pandai tolak permintaan orang. Lihat sahaja apa yang sedang berlaku sekarang.

    9. Kawasan yang akan dibangunkan ini tentu akan menjadi sebahagian dari Malaysia. Ia akan memiliki beberapa kawasan pilihanraya. Kalau pun dicantum dengan kawasan lain majoriti penduduk akan terdiri daripada warga baru ini.

    10. Sekarang kita tidak boleh sebut Melayu. Ia rasis. Tak apalah jika tidak ada seorang pun warga keturunan Melayu, asalkan yang akan mengundi dan memilih wakil rakyat terdiri dari warganegara Malaysia.

    11. Saya mengalu-alukan transformasi di Johor Bahru seperti saya alu-alukan transformasi di lain-lain tempat. Yang penting ialah Malaysia menjadi negara maju walaupun ayam dikepok mati kelaparan dan itik di air mati kehausan.

    Authored by chedet @Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad

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  • Dr Mahatahir: If You Understand Your Religion, You Will Never Be Gay

     

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    Credit: Reuters

    KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad suggested today that homosexuality would not exist if people were strong in their religious beliefs.

    The former prime minister said homosexuality is now prevalent because the gay and lesbian communities have been following their emotions and lust.

    “If you understand your religion, you will never be gay,” the 88-year-old said after a lecture in the International Islamic University Malaysia  here.

    “If you strengthen your faith, your iman, then you’ll never be gay,” he added.

    Dr Mahathir was answering a question by a student — a nephew of former New Straits Times group chief editor Datuk A. Kadir Jasin — who asked for a way to curb the spread of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) movement in Malaysia.

    Dr Mahathir said that one of the dangers posed by the LGBT community is that they cannot have children, despite religion prescribing sex as a way to procreate.

    “It is good that they are having gay marriages, very soon they will disappear,” Dr Mahathir added, referring to the Western world.

    Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak objected to the inclusion of LGBT rights when signing Asean’s first human rights charter in 2012, saying Malaysia could not accept principles that went against the order of human nature.

    In the same year, the Education Ministry was forced to deny endorsing any guideline on spotting homosexuality symptoms among schoolchildren, following its then deputy minister’s apparent support for a controversial list that has triggered widespread disapproval.

    Mohd Puad Zarkashi, who was the then-deputy education minister, also said in March last year that his ministry may look into extending a parenting seminar on how to curb LGBT activities, to all districts in order to reach out to a wider group.

    International news wire Reuters reported the federal government as acknowledging last year that it has been working to curb the homosexuality “problem” prevalent among Muslims who form 60 per cent of Malaysia’s 28 million population.

    Homosexuality in itself is not a crime in Malaysia but is taboo in the religiously-conservative society, including among followers of Islam.

    Source: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/those-with-strong-faith-wont-ever-be-gay-dr-m-says

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  • Dr Mahathir Wants Removal of Johor Causeway

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    SERI ISKANDAR: Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad today suggested the removal of the Johor causeway in order to build the Friendship Bridge proposed by the government.

    He said the Johor causeway causes various problems, mainly involving environmental issues and traffic congestion, in Johor Baharu.

    “If it is a bridge, then what need is there for a causeway? The causeway prevents water from flowing across and also it is very dirty.

    “It causes the sea to be very dirty, and there is a very big traffic jam in Johor Baharu because the bridge not being built,” he told reporters after giving a public lecture on ‘Leaders in Today’s Society: Issues, Challenges and the Way Forward’ at Universiti Teknologi Petronas here.

    Mahathir said he hoped that the government would not build a bridge elsewhere and then leave the present bridge in place because that would not solve the problem of traffic congestion in Johor.

     

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    Source: Bernama