Jabatan Bekalan Air di Temerloh kurang cekab berbanding dengan TNB

Aduan paip bocor dibuat kepada Jabatan Bekalan Air Pahang - tetapi masalahnya adalah bahawa setelah beberapa hari...beberapa minggu kadang-kadang tidak ada apa-apa yang dilakukan...

Berbanding dengan Tenaga Nasional Berhad - bila aduan dibuat, respon biasa pada hari tersebut beberapa jam kemudian (dan paling lewat 1 - 2 hari) dan masalah bekalan letrik atau masalah lampu jalan rosak akan diselesaikan dengan cepat...

JBA - apabila aduan dibuat - mereka akan mendapatkan kontraktor untuk datang membetulkan paip rosak tetapi biasanya jalan rosak akibat kerja pembaikkan tidak dilakukan serentak dan terpaksa menunggu pula kontraktor lain.

Di kampung Lubuk Layang, sebagai contoh, mula-mula kontraktor membaiki paip datang dan membetulkan paip tetapi paip terdedah kerana jalan rosak tidak dibaiki.... Kemudian datang kontraktor membaiki jalan yang akan menutup paip yang telah dibaiki. Tetapi apabila kontraktor kedua itu datang, kenderaannya berjalan atas paip terdedah - dan paip pecah lagi.... dan kotraktor itu pulang sahaja meminta penduduk membuat lapuran baru mengenai paip pecah kepada JBA.... Aduan kedua dibuat...datang kontraktor membaiki paip lagi dan paip dibiarkan terdedah.... kontraktor membaiki jalan dan tutup paip akan datang...tapi tak tahu bila .... semua ini memakan masa yang terlalu lama... Adalah harapan JBA menambahkan efisiensinya dan sendiri datang cepat pada hari aduan dibuat dan membuat pembaikan perlu (termasuk membaiki jalan dan menutup paip yang sudah diperbaiki tersebut)  segera....tak payah beri tender atau kontrak untuk kerja-kerja memperbaiki paip rosak...ini boleh dilakukan oleh pekerja JBA sendiri....dengan cekap dan cepat..

Bila paip bocor - air terbuang begitu sahaja dan ini membuang wang kerajaan....kepantasan membaiki setelah menerima aduan akan menjimatkan wang kerajaan....wang rakyat...

Kalau mahu mengeluarkan tender....biar untuk projek-projek besar bukan kerja membaiki paip rosak kecil setempat...

Kalau TNB (dan juga TELEKOM) boleh bertindak cepat berikutan aduan rakyat tidak ada sebab mengapa JBA juga tidak boleh bertindak cepat - dalam masa tidak lebih daripada 24 jam....

Kuantan's Lynas Rare Earth plant will be far worse than Bukit Merah

The problem has always been the 'secret' manner in which the Malaysian government decides and spends money.It would have been so much better that the government openly consulted the people before  even allowing the building of this rare earth plant - but alas, our BN government does not do such things often. Now, I am sure that we have wasted a lot of the 'rakyat's' money - and may even lose more because of this....

Open and transparent - that is what the people wants....at all levels. It is demand that is made of all governments - both the BN Federal Governments, and the BN or Pakatan Rakyat State governments, including also the Local Governments (Local Council, Majlis Perbandaran,....) 

Expert: Lynas will be far worse than Bukit Merah

Joseph Sipalan
Apr 18, 11
5:17pm

 

The on-going Lynas Advanced Material Plant project will produce 20,000 tonnes of radioactive waste a year once it becomes operational.

This will be 10 times more than the controversial Asian Rare Earth factory that was closed down in Bukit Merah 20 years ago, public health expert Dr T Jayabalan said.

The plant's projected rate of radioactive waste production, Jayabalan (right) said, would spell environmental and health disasters as dumping huge amounts of such waste, regardless of radioactive levels, would concentrate the deadly effects.

He explained that direct exposure to such a large amount of thorium, even if proven by both Lynas and the Atomic Energy Licensing Board (AELB) to be low in radiation, would be lethal as radiation levels build up according to the volume of waste piled together.

Both Lynas and the AELB have said that the plant would produce thorium - a naturally occurring radioactive chemical element - as a waste by-product from the plant's operations in the Gebeng industrial area, some 25km from Kuantan, Pahang.

However, the Australian company and the national atomic power agency maintain that thorium has a low radiation level and is not harmful to people or the surrounding environment.

Jayabalan warned against buying into claims that thorium is safe, stressing that any prolonged exposure to increased radiation levels "no matter how minute" would be a health hazard.

"Perhaps AELB and Lynas are right, that rare earth is not radioactive because they remove the radioactive waste. What they will give you in Gebeng is this radioactive waste called thorium," he told some 500 people at a talk in Kuantan on Sunday night.

"And perhaps the authorities are right, that thorium is a low-level (radioactive) waste and they tell you it is safe.

"These are terms used by the industry to confuse you... remember, there is no safe level of any radioactivity," he said.

No safe haven

Jayabalan agreed that people are constantly exposed to "background radiation" - low levels of radiation from sunlight and other environmental factors - but stressed that bringing an additional source of radiation is akin to the death sentence.

He said the best defence from direct exposure to increased radioactivity was to "stay as far away as possible".

However, this would not work with a second, more surreptitious killer that would be released when the ore containing the rare earth is crushed to remove the thorium.

Jayabalan explained that when the ore is crushed, it releases another radioactive element which exists as a gas - radon.

"Radon can travel thousands of miles... which means you are not protected anywhere in Malaysia because the wind will blow (it across the nation)."

Jayabalan, who was among those who fought to shut down the Asian Rare Earth factory run by Mistubishi Chemical from the early 1980s to 1992, implored the people to learn from the experience of the Bukit Merah residents, who he said continued to pay for the ill-advised venture with their lives.

Showing slides of many children and young adults who were casualties of radiation exposure from the Asian Rare Earth factory, he said these people were innocent and unknowing victims of a tragedy that could have been avoided.

'Think of the future'

Bukit Merah is now the site of what is believed to be one of Asia's largest toxic waste clean-ups, courtesy of the factory that produced an average of 2,000 tonnes of radioactive waste annually in the course of its operations.

Jayabalan said the company and the authorities, having found no viable solution to manage the waste pile accumulated, decided to dispose of it at a heavily-guarded dumpsite located within a limestone formation in the area.

"At that time, the authorities gave their assurance that it would be safe and that they would first hold trial runs. But once it starts, it will not stop... what you will get is a large amount of dangerous waste that will outlast you.

"Even Lynas says it can't send it (the waste) back to Australia, meaning they know this is not an acceptable practice... we don't want this in our backyard. Take it back to Australia," Jayabalan said.

Lynas Malaysia has maintained that radiation experts from various government agencies, including AELB, the Department of Environment and Nuclear Malaysia have "presented findings" to show that the Lynas Advanced Material Plant in Gebeng would produce "safe, non-hazardous material".

On two postings on the company's Facebook page today, Lynas insisted that the plant causes "zero radiation exposure to the public" and that the company remains committed to its core values of creating a "safe environment for all", particularly for those living in and around Gebeng.

It said there have been a lot of comparisons between its Gebeng plant and the Bukit Merah plant.

"These two plants are not the same. The Lynas raw material is not the same as the raw material processed at Bukit Merah. Due to the unique geology of Mount Weld and associated mineral deposits, the Lynas raw material contains naturally low levels of thorium, which is 50 times lower than the tin tailings used by Asian Rare Earth in Bukit Merah," Lynas said.

"Lynas Malaysia Experts in radiation, including the DOE, AELB and Nuclear Malaysia, all presented findings showing the Lynas Advanced Materials Plant is producing safe, non-hazardous material. It causes zero radiation exposure to the public.

"We remain committed to our core values of creating a safe environment for all. Lynas Advanced Materials Plant causes zero exposure to radiation for the community living in and around Gebeng, Kuantan."

 

Lynas has invested some RM700 million into the plant, which it intends to complete by September this year. The company projects the plant to generate some RM8 billion in annual revenue by 2013. - Malaysiakini, 18/4/2011, Expert: Lynas will be far worse than Bukit Merah

VIDEOS

Expert: Lynas will be far worse than Bukit Merah l 8.06 min

Kuantan says 'No' to radioactive waste l 17.33 min

Bantuan yang diberikan Wakil Rakyat datang dari Kerajaan - Wang Rakyat.

Ahli Parlimen ada menerima wang/peruntukkan untuk membantu orang ramai. Satu daripada ini dikenali sebagai Skim Bantuan Segera Persekutuan Bagi Kawasan Parlimen (BSKP).

Kadang-kadang ahli Parlimen berkelakuan seolah-olah wang bantuan tersebut datang daripada poket sendiri - tidak benar. Wang tersebut adalah wang rakyat yang telah disalurkan oleh Kerajaan Persekutuan kepada Ahli Parlimen. Berapa yang diberi? Ada yang mengatakan bahawa jumlah yang diberikan adalah RM1 juta setahun [Jika siapa-siapa tahu, dari mana sebenarnya wang ini datang dan apakah jumlah yang disalurkan kepada Ahli Parlimen setempat, sila berkongsi pengetahuan dengan menulis satu komen di bawah supaya semua boleh tahu.]

Ada yang menyatakan bahawa kini wang ini hanya disalurkan kepada Ahli Parlimen daripada Barisan Nasional (dan Ahli Parlimen Bebas yang sokong BN) - di mana ini adalah salah kerana nyata di semua tempat (termasuk laman Jabatan Kebajikkan sendiri) bahawa wang disalurkan kepada Ahli Parlimen - iaitu semua ahli Parlimen.

Tambahan, Perlembagaan Persekutuan Malaysia menjamin kesamaan, iaitu di Artikel 8, di mana diskriminasi berasaskan parti politik tidak diizinkan Perlembagaan Persekutuan. Maka, wang kerajaan yang merupakan wang rakyat, jika diberikan kepada (atau disalurkan melalui) Ahli Parlimen setempat - semua ahli Parlimen berhak menerimanya.

Jika Ahli Parlimen bukan Barisan Nasional tidak menerimanya, mereka boleh pergi ke Mahkamah menuntut hak mereka - hak untuk diberikan layanan sama, hak untuk tidak didiskriminasi, ... [Perhatian harus diberikan bahawa Perlembagaan kita sudah jelas bahawa Ahli Parlimen tidak dapat didiskriminasikan berasaskan Parti Politik, dan sebagainya - Hanya boleh, jika ini dibenarkan secara khusus dalam Perlembagaan Malaysia].

Maka, tunggu apa lagi - pergilah ke Mahkamah meminta hak kamu.... 

8.  Equality.

(1) All persons are equal before the law and entitled to the equal protection of the law.

(2) Except as expressly authorised by this Constitution, there shall be no discrimination against citizens on the ground only of religion, race, descent, place of birth or gender in any law or in the appointment to any office or employment under a public authority or in the administration of any law relating to the acquisition, holding or disposition of property or the establishing or carrying on of any trade, business, profession, vocation or employment....

Skim Bantuan Segera Persekutuan Bagi Kawasan Parlimen (BSKP) Nota: Skim ini disalurkan terus melalui Ahli Parlimen di kawasan berkenaan.

Kadar bantuan (maksimum): Mangsa bencana = RM200 Kematian = RM200 Terdampar = RM200 Pesakit Kronik = RM500 Membaiki rumah akibat bencana alam = RM500

Membantu golongan miskin yang memerlukan bantuan dengan segera.

Golongan yang berkeperluan dan tidak berkemampuan Pendapatan keluarga tidak melebihi RM1,000.00 sebulan

RM100 for Indians, RM150 for Chinese - Why this discrimination by BN in Temerloh?

RM100 for Indians, RM150 for Chinese - Why this discrimination by BN in Temerloh?

Well, with regard to that gathering of old-folks in Temerloh Parliamentary constituency, area for the purpose of receiving government allocation/contribution for Chinese New Year and Deepavali, only the Malaysian of Chinese and Indian origins were invited. 

And, there was discrimination between what the Indians received, and what the Chinese elders (Warga Mas - Golden Citizens) received.

RM100 for the Malaysian Indians

RM150 for the Malaysian Chinese..

Why? Why is the UMNO-led BN government practicing discrimination based on the ethnicity/origins of one's forefathers?

S0, when they call the Malaysian Malay old folks to receive their Hari Raya contributions, how many will they be given? RM200...RM250...RM500...RM1,000? 

Will the Orang Asli get anything? 

The letters were issued by the Temerloh District Office, and as mentioned earlier, the monies could have just came with the letters without requiring our aging fathers and mother going to the Dewan on a very hot afternoon, and having to wait for about 3 hours plus just to receive RM100 (If Indian) and RM150(If Chinese) [See earlier post:-BN tidak hormati Warga Mas - Warga Mas diminta pergi Dewan, tunggu 3 jam, tanpa air minum, untuk 'sumbangan' RM100 selepas dengar ucapan YB.

The lack of transparency has led to a lot of questions and speculations, and some of the things that I have heard are:-

* Actually, the government gave RM500 to be given to every old folk (i.e. those 65 and above) but the MCA and the MIC took some for themselves, and MCA gave the Chinese RM150, but MIC took more and gave the Indians only RM100.

* Actually the government allocated RM1,000 to be given to every old folk (i.e. those 65 and above) but the BN politicians took a lot and only gave a token sum to the people. I heard that in Klang, they got RM500 - do not know why in Temerloh only RM150/RM100...

* The money is given only for the old folks (i.e. those 65 and above), who voted for the BN [or are BN party members], and that is the reason why many old people did not receive the money...

* Surely, there were a lot of old folks that day who were not even from Temerloh area that took the money since the envelopes did not contain the names of the recepient - surely the BN people also took a lot of the money. I am certain that if you looked at the accounts, they would say they gave out maybe 10 or 20 times more than was given out.

* They wanted to pocket the money that was allocated for all the old people of Temerloh (i.e. 65 and above), and that is why they just did not send to all those old people in Temerloh(using maybe the Electoral Roll) to their own address with a check/wang pos in the name of the old people. That way there will be proper records, and difficult to 'put some money in your own pocket'. Now, you call them to come to the hall in Mentakab - only a small number will be able to come --- so you pocket the money of all who did not come. Some would never have been invited - and these also you can pocket the money [How? Cash was given - so no records of who actually received - if wang pos/check, then it will be in the name of the old folks - more difficult to take the money for your own.

* I am sure the government would not have allocated just RM100 (for Indians) and RM150 (for Chinese) because Najib is now talking about 1Malaysia - and surely all will have received the same allocation.


* I am sure the BN government would not have been so mean, and given so little - Taking a Taxi to get to the hall, and to go back itself cost about RM30-RM40, and lunch and drinks would have cost about RM10- and surely, it is non-sense to just give people RM100...RM150. It is so cruel. A reasonable sum would have been RM1,200 (i.e. about RM100 per month) or maybe even RM600 as times are bad.

* What was that money for? I do not know. How much did the UMNO-led BN government allocate for each warga mas? I do not know. How much of the allocated money were wrongly pocketed by the BN ppolitical parties and politicians? I do not know. 

This is the problem with a lack of transparency - openness and information. There will always be a lot of speculation. And people always think that someone has taken money allocated for the people ...i.e. that there has been some corruption. 

The UMNO-led BN government must immediately disclose how much money was allocated for each Warga Mas in Temerloh? Was there a different amount allocated for Chinese and Indians, and if so, why? 

Are we living in an 'apartheid' kind of system in Malaysia? Are there different 'classes of people' based on ethnicity/descendants/forefathers country of origin/religion/...

OR are we really 1Malaysia - where there is only 1 Malaysian, and all are treated equally irrespective of where one's forefather came from (or when they came to Malaysia).

This is after all just a small thing that happened in Temerloh, where our MP is a Minister(or Deputy Minister), and there is one MCA ADUN and one UMNO ADUN. [There is one PAS ADUN - but, I believe he was not involved in this matter at all - as he was not from the BN]

Najib, explain the discrimination, ....and if there was no such discrimination, please clarify matters as this happens in Temerloh, a district in your home state, Pahang...

BN tidak hormati Warga Mas - Warga Mas diminta pergi Dewan, tunggu 3 jam, tanpa air minum, untuk 'sumbangan' RM100 selepas dengar ucapan YB...

Warga Mas daripada kawasan Parlimen Temerloh telah menerima surat daripada pihak Pejabat Daerah Temerloh untuk menghadiri diri di Dewan Mentakab pada jam 1.00 petang (25/2/2010) untuk menerima sumbangan Tahun Baru Cina dan Deepavali. Tidak ada agenda diberikan. Gambaran yang diberikan adalah datang Dewan, ambil sumbangan & pulang cepat.

Pada hari panas, kesesakan jalan berlaku dikawasan sekitar Dewan Sri Mentakab sejak lebih kurang 12.30 apabila Warga Mas Temerloh pergi untuk mendapat sumbangan kerajaan ini. Ada yang boleh pergi sendiri. Kebanyakkan terpaksa dibawa pada hari kerja ini oleh saudara dan kawan. Ada juga yang datang memakai kerusi roda.

Apabila sampai, mereka diminta mendaftar diri - di mana mereka tidak dibenarkan meletakkan tanda tangan, tetapi diminta meletakkan cap jari. Mengapa? Tidakkah tanda tangan memadai? Mengapa mereka didiskriminasi? Adakah kerana mereka tua?

Hanya lebih kurang pukul 3.00 petang (lebih kurang 2 jam selepas masa mereka disuruh hadhir) muncul YB-YB (dan YAB-YAB). Siapa yang hadhir saya tidak pasti. Saya percaya yang hadhir mungkin ADUN BN kawasan Mentakab, ADUN Kawasan Lancang dan mungkin MP Temerloh. 

Ucapan diberikan, dan selepas itu para hadirin diminta pergi mengambil sumbangan mereka yang merupakan duit dalam sampul surat tidak bernama/beralamat. 

Berapakah sumbangan yang diberikan? Hanya RM100-00 setiap seorang. 

Setelah menunggu dalam keadaan tidak selesa dan panas sejak pukul 12.30 tengahhari sehingga lebih kurang pukul 4 petang, ( 3 jam setengah), sumbangan yang diberikan adalah hanya RM100 setiap seorang.

Tidak ada air pun dihidangkan. Tidak ada makanan ringan. 

Surat daripada Pejabat Daerah dengan pandai tidak menyatakan jumlah sumbangan yang bakal diberikan - di mana jika diketahui bahawa semua susah payah pergi dan tunggu tersebut hanya untuk RM100, saya percaya ramai tidak akan membuang masa untuk kegiatan Barisan Nasional-pimpinan UMNO.

Mereka ini adalah Warga Mas, 65 tahun ke atas. Surat jelas menyatakan bahawa mereka perlu hadhir sendiri, dan tidak boleh menghantar wakil. Mengapa? Yang terlalu uzur tidak mungkin pergi ... yang tidak ada orang menghantar pada petang hari kerja tidak mungkin pergi - dan mereka tidak akan menerima sumbangan kerajaan ini. 

Sememangnya ADUN dan MP Barisan Nasional (dan kerajaan BN) serta pihak Pejabat Daerah Temerloh tidak ada perasaan hormat untuk warga mas ini. Tidak ada perikemanusian.

Mengapa perlu hadhir sendiri? Tidakkah lebih mudah menyertakan cek/wang pos bernilai RM100  sahaja bersama surat yang telah dialamatkan kepada warga mas berkenaan.Ini semestinya akan menjimatkan wang dan masa.

YB-YB BN juga menunjukkan sikap tidak hormat apabila hadhir, di maklumkan, hanya pada jam 3 petang. Meminta para hadhirin menghadirkan diri lebih kurang 30 minit sebelum acara resmi adalah wajar, tetapi pada hari ini warga mas Temerloh diminta menghadhirkan diri 2 jam sebelum acara resmi dimulakan...sungguh tidak hormat pada mereka yang tua (dan sakit).

Mengapa perlu hadhir? Satu sebab, yang saya boleh fikirkan, adalah untuk memberikan peluang kepada YB-YB BN berucap dalam dewan penuh sesak dengan warga mas. Jikapun, acara resmi bermula pada 3 petang, sekurangnyanya YB-YB boleh hadhir bermesra dengan warga mas mulai jam 1 petang.

Adakah ini makna 'bersama rakyat'?

Ada Warga Mas yang merasa sungguh marah dengan tindakan Barisan Nasional ini...yang bukan sahaja membuang masa, menyusahkan tetapi juga adalah satu 'penderaan' pada satu hari yang sangat panas di Temerloh, di mana air minum pun tidak dibekalkan? 

Ada juga warga mas di Temerloh (pengundi berdaftar) yang ingin mengetahui mengapa mereka tidak menerima surat undangan atau sumbangan kerajaan ini? 

Lain kali, khususnya untuk warga mas, hantarlah  sahaja hadiah(atau sumbangan) melalui pos. Hantarkan cek (atau lebih baik wang pos) atas nama warga mas berkenaan untuk memastikan mereka mkendapatkannya. Hormatilah  warga mas kami.  Hormati rakyat...Pentingkan rakyat...

ADUN dan MP Barisan Nasional  harus meminta maaf kepada warga mas ini. Kesusahan yang dialami untuk menerima wang rakyat RM100 tidak boleh dijustifikasikan.

Saya pun sangat marah dengan tindakan kerajaan BN ini...yang langsung tidak menghormati rakyat warga Mas Temerloh ini.

Pemotongan perkhidmatan telekom di beberapa tempat di Temerloh terlalu lama - sudah lebih 7 hari...

Tidak ada talipon lebih kurang 1 minggu di beberapa kawasan di Temerloh, dan masih lagi belum kembali...

Tetapi, apabila sampai kepada pembayaran bil - pelanggan terpaksa membayar penuh...manakah keadilan.

Ramai hari ini begantung kepada talipon untuk tujuan komunikasi...internet, dsb - dan pemotongan berterusan begini adalah sangat merugikan...dan tidak harus berlaku.

Aduan kepada pihak talipon juga tidak berguna kerana tindakan menyambung semula perkhidmatan tidak berlaku. Apa yang berlaku? Bilakah perkhidmatan akan kembali? Maklumat ini pun sukar diperolehi daripada pihak telekom.

Ingin juga pihak telekom menipu - menyatakan bahawa perkhidmatan akan kembali pada tarikh dan masa khusus - tetapi ini juga tidak berlaku...

Berbanding dengan bekalan letrik dan perkhidmatan yang diberikan oleh pihak TNB - jelas pihak Telekom jauh kebelakang...teruk sekali.

Jika pemotongan perkhidamatan adalah akibat kerja pembaikan yang dijadualkan - notis sewajarnya harus diberikan melalui notis yang dihantar terus ke rumah pelanggan...

Ya - in hanya Temerloh....in hanya kawasan kampung... Saya percaya bahawa jika berlaku di Kuala Lumpur atau Putrajaya, perkhidmatan akan kembali dalam masa beberapa jam paling lewat...

Adakah wakil rakyat tempatan akan membuat sesuatu untuk membantah tindakan Telekom...kegagalan Telekom?

Dari manakah datang wang untuk 'Rumah Terbuka'?

Baru-baru ini satu majlis Rumah Terbuka Aidilfitri Perdana Menteri dan Menteri-Menteri Kabinet beragama Islam telah diadakan di PWTC.

Wang siapa yang digunakan untuk Rumah Terbuka tersebut? Adakah Wang Rakyat digunakan?

Jika seseorang mahu menganjurkan 'rumah terbuka' untuk Hari Raya, Deepavali, Tahun Baru Cina, Krismas, Wesak, dsb... wang sendiri harus digunakan - bukan wang rakyat...bukan wang kerajaan.

Harapan adalah wakil rakyat Temerloh atau mana-mana Ahli Parlimen akan menimbulkan soalan ini kepada kerajaan pada sidang Parlimen akan datang.

Pada masa yang sama, saya ingin tahu daripada UMNO mendapat wangnya sehingga dapat memiliki bangunan-bangunan UMNO di hampir setiap bandar - termasuk di Bandar Temerloh? Yuran parti, saya percaya tidak memadai. Adakah UMNO mendapat derma daripada orang? Bagaimanakah parti politik mendapat wang sehingga boleh memiliki bangunan besar?

Adakah duit rakyat, yang merupakan duit kerajaan, secara salah disalurkan kedalam tabung parti UMNO?