moykokming

Mr. Moy Kok Ming, borned in Ipoh, Malaysia was educated in Sam Tet Secondary School Ipoh and Language Centre, University of Malaya,Kuala Lumpur, majoring in Translation. He writes about politics and current affairs both in Chinese and English. Some of his writings had won awards

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Scrutinizing Parti Gerakan's failure and its present circumstances

回顾民政党败选与今日之处势

民政党成立于1960年代中期,创立者包括马来学者赛胡先阿拉达斯教授,林苍佑医生等,是一个多元民族的精英政党。1969年大选,民政党把槟城州王保尼领导的马华打败,获得了槟州的政权,那时,该党仍旧是反对党,在霹雳州与雪兰莪州也取得不少席位,当时,民主行动党,人民进步党本来与民政党在竞选前有诺言,若胜利,联手在霹雳与雪兰莪两州执政。1969年的大选三党幸运地获得了足够的席位成立州政府,但513爆发了,民政党临阵退出,结果行动党与人民进步党不够席位在霹雳与雪兰莪一齐联合执政。当时,曾有华人对民政党不高兴,最近的大选,行动党终于把民政党打得落花流水,执政槟州,报了当年一箭之仇。1972年,民政党以中央拨款问题最先加入国阵,过后进步党也在创党者D。R。西尼华沙甘去世后,由其弟弟S。P。西尼华沙甘带领加入国阵,此届大选,进步党已完全灭亡了,一个席位都没有胜出,而民政党则在槟州与霹雳州的老根被行动党拔除,虽未被灭门,但是今日民政党已经像将下沉的铁达尼号。

槟州人民投票有个习惯,就是州议席投国阵,国会议席投在野党,多次行动党在槟州的国会议席比国阵还要多,但只能在国会讲话,无法执政槟州。槟州选民如此投票,最大原因是保卫马来西亚硕果仅存的华人首席部长。但是,此次,选民恨国阵多过爱民政,终于把两票都投给在野党了。

由於上届大选,阿都拉刚继承敦马哈迪领导国阵,结果空前大胜,大选后阿都拉强势的廉政语言,却没有带来强烈的动作,使人民大失所望。民政党前任主席林敬益医生就曾发飙说巫统太骄傲,没有开放的态度,国阵成员党就像乞丐那么样,事事乞求(见最近星州日报对林敬益的专访报导)。只有巫统不再骄傲,民政党才有希望。

虽然民政党标榜本身是多元民族政党,但是还是不可以去马来人区竞选。此届大选全部候选人都是华人,因为它扮演的角色还是多数充满华人色彩。反之,民盟以多元种族的新作风,回教党只谈福利国,而把华人顾忌的回教国暂时耽搁,行动党似乎把“马来西亚人的马来西亚” (李光耀在马来西亚时的口号)暂时忘了,结果,行动党也因为和公正党结盟而可以到马来区作宣传,获得了不少的马来选票。

大选前,民政党做了一个致命的决定,就是许子根决定上京而攻国会议席不攻州议席。在挑选他的继承人中优柔寡断,有时说丁福南,有时说谢宽泰,更有时两个都不是,搞到槟州华人社团因为支持下一届首席部长而内乱。某个重要华人公会更因为此事而面对会员的退会。更有人认为民政党本身无权力与无主张,许子根要看老大哥巫统的脸色来推选继承人。

民政党的大选口号REINVENTIVE(再转变)不知道是那一位博士想出来的,老百姓都不明白它要表达的是什么。於是,行动党在标语下面加上<投火箭>,变成<在转变,投火箭>,当民政党发现不妙时,只好把全部上述标语取下来。

此届大选,也有许多非种族性课题,如治安败坏,收费大道起价,生活必须品如汽油等涨价,人民的生活品质已经大不如前。难怪马来人也要教训国阵。

不过,话说回来,身为国阵线脊椎骨的巫统,并非无可取之处。它奉行现代化回教,允许费非回教徒宗教自由,而回教党却要求接近塔利班式的回教,决定施行几千年前的断肢回教法律(HUKUM HUDUD) 于现代人的身上 。总有一天,民盟内的行动党会和回教党因断肢回教法而内讧。

另外,民盟内的各领导人会不会在四年内保持洁身自爱,不步上陈水扁的后尘。目前最小心与洁身自爱的可谓是槟州首席部长林冠英,他坐飞机公干只坐经济仓,住旅店也住比他应得的级数少一级。希望不止民盟领袖,其他在朝与在野的政治人物也应如此。公正党已经吸引更多的非马来人特别是华人的参与,可见将来该党会更加多元种族化与华人化。

民盟政府在雪兰莪州接任前州政府的计划而发展庞大的养猪业,有些马来人已经认为公正党亲华人,失去了以前的斗争方向。

公正党实权领袖安华与其秘书依占曾并肩作战多年,依占甚至因而坐牢,但是却在不久前加入巫统,受到首相阿都拉与副首相那吉的亲自欢迎,其退党原因除了人事问题,公正党越来越华人化也是原因之一。

一言以蔽之,民盟内现在或将来的一些负面发展对民政党(包括国阵内的华人政党)都是有利的。该党目前应该卧薪尝胆,等候将来的适当时机。

Does Malaysia need outer space development?

马来西亚需要发展宇航与航天业吗?

第二次世界大战时,德国为了远程攻击敌国,研究并且发明了飞弹技术,而飞弹技术就是火箭技术的始祖。第二次世界大战结束后,有一半德国的飞弹技术人才流入美国。这使到美国能在世界上执航天业之牛耳。前苏联更不落人后,成为第一个送太空人上太空的国家。其实发展航天业的技术花费是非常庞大与惊人的。前苏联为了超越美国的航天技术。以获得自豪感,可知道前苏联几乎破产吗?而毛泽东时代的<赶美超英>不知道饿死了多少人。

最近,我国的第一位太空人已乘坐了俄国的火箭登上太空作出研究。原因是我国向俄国购买战斗机,此买卖的配套包括送一位大马人上太空。其实,越南也向俄国购买同样的战斗机,每架只需我国所出的几乎一半的价钱。这样看来我国这个购买战斗机配套是否是很明智的呢?大家可以去想象。世界第二大的经济体德国与第三经济体日本,有需要做一些太空研究时,多数托俄国或美国的太空人。而我国若需要做上述研究,是不需劳民伤财,购买上述华而不实的配套的来送本国太空人上太空研究的。不过话说回来,若中国想买一个包括送太空人的配套或直接要求美俄政府送中国人上太空,这绝对不会成为事实。因为他们知道中国正在发展航天业,聪明的龙的传人会模仿他们的航天技术。想当年,钱学森为了要回中国发展航天业,被美国把他软禁于夏威夷十多年,以废其武功(航天科学知识) 。但是,最后,钱学森终於回到中国,今日中国才有先进的航天技术。俄国肯送大马人上太空,其实他们早就看扁了大马人在航天技术上只是一个婴儿。给你们一些自豪感罢了。

每天有同时看华文与马来文斗报章的人会觉得。两者的报导大同小异,但是,读者的回响就大不相同。马来族读者对大马的太空人非常自豪,毫无觉得这是一项浪费,华族读者就完全不同,大多数认为这是一项华而不实,更是不务实的计划。

目前,全国尚有超过1000间国小(注意非华小) 特别在沙巴州,无水无电。假如送我国太空人上太空的几亿元附加费,用在这些国小,那真是公德无量。邻近泰国的黑木山,扫描器坏了两年,结果走私枪械猖獗无比,更导致我国治安空前败坏,匪徒最近连警察也照杀。掠夺匪更是家常便饭。要发展航天业前,政府应该现搞好我国的治安。

其实在回教国家里,除了我国的太空人,沙地阿拉伯在十多年前早就有一位该国国民被美国送上太空。富有的沙地阿拉伯到今天并没有发展航空业。最近更有一位美裔伊朗人花了整千万进行了太空之旅。伊朗今天有为它的航空业而骄傲吗。

倒是怕输与会打算盘的星加坡人最有智慧,他们发展的是航天旅游业,即送亿万富翁上太空旅游,本身不必出一分钱,全靠外国投资者的资金,将来更是稳赚的计划。

我们的地航(马航) 有政府的后盾,尚年年亏损,我们是不是太早计划宇行与航天计划吗。国产车至今连引擎也造不出来,尚年年亏损,等着别人收购。

制造火箭送人上太空以便和中美俄争一长短,连德国与日本都没有去想,送了一位太空人上太空已足够了,不然,将来等着别人来收购我国的宇航与航天计划基地罢。

Why not say sorry

只欠一声“对不起”

1988年东姑拉沙里挑战前任首相敦马哈迪,只以微数票败选。结果后者入秉法庭宣布选举无效,因为巫统某些支部不合法。这事情使六位资深大法官因秉公审判而被革职。此事成为1988年马来西亚的司法危机。此六位有素质与公正的大法官之被革职,影响了20年后的公平司法操作。最近VK灵甘的录影片段被泄露,法官的升职可以被小人物操弄,这证明司法已经不正常地运行。最吊诡的是,司法短片丑闻调查的盘问中,有一位仁兄患上老人痴呆而说“忘记了”(猜是谁),有一位患了酗酒,说“醉酒了”(VK灵甘) ,更有一位被家人说他神经病了(灵甘的弟弟) 。拍录影片者罗国本已经在最近的大选中中选为国会议员。

华人有句谚语“杀鸡给猴看” 。其实,在1988年当政者以“杀猴给鸡看” 来呈现他们嚣张的姿态。猴子(大法官)已经被杀了,鸡(小法官) 还不怕吗?自1988年,马来西亚的三权并立的情况,已经因为政治家所伸入的无形之手而大大削弱了。

不过,奇怪的是1990年全国大选,国阵仍然大胜,似乎两年前的司法危机并无影响。是人民的无知吗?当政者当然不怕了,继续横行。十年内随意修改法律。

最近,马来西亚国内发生法官的判词由律师代写,究竟是法官无才还是无能呢?全世界从来没有这样的例子。很多案件反常地发展,就算证人反反复复说话,但仍有判决。(例安华事件)

马来西亚现任政府终于对于1988年的司法危机作出了动作,就是赔偿当年被革职的六位大法官或其家属(因为两位大法官已经逝世), 但是政府只赔偿,不道歉。这使人怀疑政府的诚意。政府既然知道当年的错误,为何不道歉呢?有人说这是现任首相阿都拉故意羞辱不断向他呛声下台的马哈迪,也就是两人恶斗的一个画面。其实,理由是很多的。若道歉的话,政府将面对过去法律诉讼的平反呛声,如茅草行动中的大逮捕,华教斗士林连玉被取消公民权等。也可能是首相在面临下台呛声中,发出此招来转移视线,不道歉是拖延他在位的时间。

有人认为前任首相敦马哈迪应该道歉,但是他坚决不道歉。若他道歉,他目前无官职,道歉毫无意义。举一个例子,一位孤儿被孤儿院栽培而长大后成为社会成功人士,当他写了一张巨款的支票欲回报孤儿院时,接受支票的是现任的孤儿院院长,而不是当年疼爱与培养他的已经退休之院长。同样的,若政府决定道歉的话,当年的司法危机应该由现任的首相阿都拉道歉而非由已经退休并无官职的敦马哈迪。可能,当阿都拉最后代表政府道歉时,敦马哈迪会暴跳如雷呢,因为后者一直认为自己没错。

由於这20年来,人民不断对当年的司法危机有所质疑,政府应该成立调查委员会,此委员会应该直接向国会或最高元首报告,以揭开人民20年之疑惑。

司法短片丑闻曝光后,欣闻首相阿都拉已经决定成立委员会来遴选法官以及法官的升职。至於对于不认错的敦马哈迪,将来历史学家会给他一个公平的评价。

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

My Norwegian friend in the 1970s

I met a Norwegian named Immanuel Vigeland in the Esplanade, Penang Island in around 1972. At that time he was staying in Mariners' Club, Light Street near Esplanade. He often went to the seaside of Esplanade nearby, so di I. As we met often, we later became friends. Later I knew that he was a marine biologist and had some work for University of Malaya. In fact he was a professor. He had a Malay assistant called Sulaiman. Sometimes he invited me to dine with him together with Sulaiman. Later he brought another Indian friend and introduced him to me. His name was Xavier Ganesh. So the four of us were quite often together. Once the four of us went to Jeniang, Kedah as Mr Vigeland had some work there. He had a raft in the sea near Jelutong where he studied the algae  of the sea. We all had been to his raft. His mode of transport was a Volkswagon. Sulaiman once went with him in his Volkswagon to Phuket Island Thailand. I was also invited, but I could not join him because of work. However I had a chance to go to Singapore with him and Sulaiman in his Volkswagon.  I stayed in YMCA Singapore.  Later Sulaiman also followed him back to Norway during a winter and came back several weeks later. Sulaiman told me the weather in Norway was so cold he became difficult to walk. In about 1974 he moved his raft to Singapore. Later I visited him in Johor Baru and stayed in Rasa Sayang Hotel in Johor Baru. At that time he had a new Malay assistant. As he was so far away from Penang and highway did not exist at that time, we seldom met but I knew he was still doing marine biological work in Malaysia. About 15 years ago, I got some news about him and knew that he was still living.  

Today, I typed his name in a search engine in the internet. and found an article about his activities in Pahang. The article was as follows:

Norwegian who hunted Bigfoot for over 20 years

Shahrum Sayuthi 

BANDAR MUADZAM SHAH, Jan 5:
Interest in the "Bigfoot" phenomenon is not new to Felda settler Abdul Hamid Wahab, 57.
He and a Norwegian scientist spent almost three decades searching for the elusive creature in several forested areas in Pahang and Johor from the early 1970s to the end of the 1990s.

"I first met Professor Immanuel Vigeland, who was then in his 60s, when he came to my village in Kampung Mempelas in 1972," Hamid said, when met at his home in Felda Chini 2 near here today.

"The professor was at that time on one of his expeditions into the jungle here and had stopped at my village for a friend’s wedding."

Hamid said Vigeland, who spoke fluent Malay, became his close friend and regularly visited his home. Almost all the time, he would ask Hamid to accompany him into the jungle. "He said he was impressed with my knowledge of the jungle."

The marine biologist, who was conducting shipping-related research in Tanjung Pagar, Singapore, was an avid environmentalist who spent his free time studying local flora and fauna.

MY DEAR FRIEND: Hamid showing the framed newspaper cuttings on Vigeland. The one on his left was an article in the NST in 1989 while the other was from a Norwegian newspaper.

His enviromental work had been highlighted several times by the New Straits Times and the Norwegian media during his stay here.

"But his actual passion was finding this creature which the newspapers in the past few weeks have been calling Bigfoot," said Hamid, who became a Felda settler in 1982. "Every time there was talk of a sighting, my friend would get me to accompany him into the jungle in that area."

Vigeland had started his search for Bigfoot much earlier, soon after he came to Singapore in 1958.

In 1976, he set up a biological research field station in Kota Tinggi with the help of Universiti Malaya and hired Hamid as his assistant.

This was the same area where Bigfoot was said to have been sighted recently.

"Rumours about the existence of the giant hairy creature were also heard in that area, with several Orang Asli claiming that they had seen it in the jungles at Gunung Panti, Gunung Muntaha and Gunung Sisek," said Hamid.

"The two of us spent many days in the jungle in the hope of running into it but luck was never on our side. We never even got to see the creature’s footprints."

The duo spent so much time in the jungle, especially around Gunung Panti, that the Orang Asli community there nicknamed Vigeland "Orang Putih Gunung Panti" (the white man of Gunung Panti).

BIGFOOT BOON: The reported sightings of "Bigfoot" in the jungles of Johor and the media publicity it generated have pushed up sales of masks resembling the black, hairy creature. Kenneth Lim, owner of a fancy costume outlet in a shopping complex in Johor Baru, said he sold 20 of the masks this week alone. — NST picture by Shahrul M. Zain

Hamid quit his job at the research station in 1982 to join a Felda land scheme but this did not end the duo’s quest.

Vigeland moved his shipping-related research to Kuantan port in 1989 and the two friends resumed their sojourns into the dense Pahang jungles whenever they heard stories of Bigfoot.

Hamid said Vigeland even resorted to employing a famous bomoh from Jerantut to track down the creature after a report that it had been sighted at the National Park in Kuala Tembeling.

"Honestly, I am more of a sceptic but Vigeland never wavered in his belief that the creature exists. He kept on saying that we must find it or prove it doesn’t exist."

Their last expedition in search of the creature was in 1998 in the same National Park area.

Shortly after that, Vigeland, who remained a bachelor, fell ill and returned to Oslo to recuperate. He never came back.

Hamid spent two months at his friend’s house in the Norwegian capital in 1990 and last spoke to him over the telephone in 2000.

"I wanted to call him later on but I couldn’t afford the cost of the phone call," said the father of 10.

"My friend would definitely be excited about all this talk of Bigfoot if he’s still around."

Friday, March 26, 2010

An simple introduction to Mr. Moy Kok Ming

梅国民简介
1948诞生于霹雳州怡保,就读三德中学,过后成为公务员,任职于内政部书报检查组,服务期间表现良好而获得公共服务局(JPA)奖学金前往马来亚大学语文中心主修翻译。毕业后继续为政府服务。1997年提前退休,但继续为雪隆多个非政府组织服务,包括马来西亚中华大会堂总会(华总),闲余为多家本地报章与星洲联合早报撰写时事评论。过去曾参加多个本地组织如大马华人文化协会,雪隆中华大会堂,青团运,星洲日报,巴生福建会馆等所举办之散文与论文比赛,皆获奖。

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

My article "The Babas" included in Singapore's Hi Chinese syllabus

In the 1980s, I took part in an essay competition jointly organized by Sin Chew Daily and the Hokkien Association, Klang. With my article "The Babas" I was one of the winners. The winners' articles were later compiled into a book and each winner received some copies of the books. The presentation ceremony was held in Hokkien Association, Klang. I came personally to Klang to receive the books and a cheque. "The Babas" was included in the syllabus of Singapore's HI CHINESE and also the independent schools of Malaysia

H1华文

1.修读学生:

本课程供中学修读“华文”课程的学生,以及于GCE“O”水准“高级华文”考试中成绩为E8与F9的学生修读;为必修科目。“O”水 准“高级华 文”成绩为D7或以上者,也可以选修。

2.课程目标:

本科主要是培养学生听、说、读、写四方面的语文能力。

3.课程内容:

主要为教育部《大学先修班课程标准》中指定的教材:10篇必读课文,8篇选读课文,150条成语(包括中、小学课程中121条),以及50条谚语。


序号
篇章题目
作者
备注
1
藤野先生
鲁迅(中国)
必读篇章
2
蜜蜂的赞美
秦牧(中国)
必读篇章
3
我的母亲
老舍(中国)
必读篇章
4
这里真安静(节选)
余秋雨(中国)
必读篇章
5
孩子,我为什么打你
毕淑敏(中国)
必读篇章
6
城南旧事(节选:爸爸的花儿落了)
林海音(台湾)
必读篇章
7
峇峇漫谈
梅国民(马来西亚)
必读篇章
8
沉默的橡胶树
王润华(新加坡)
必读篇章
9
别离的故事
陶然(香港)
必读篇章

10
最后的牛车水
梁文福(香港)
必读篇章

11
傅雷家书(篇章――1955年1月26日)
傅雷(中国)

12

钱钟书(中国)

13
书桌
冯骥才(中国)

14
丑石
贾平凹(中国)

15
掌上
林清玄(台湾)

16
美丽的茧
简嫃(台湾)

17
手表
西西(香港)

18
下棋
梁实秋(台湾)

    成语与谚语
1
成语150个
➨中小学已教学的成语:121个

➨中学高级华文已教学的成语: 

 150个
2
谚语50个

4.考试:
初级学院一年级学生可在年底参加考试;初级学院二年级学生可在年中和年底参加考试。学生在两年中共有三次参加考试的机会。

5.试卷:
本科试卷包括下列两个部分:
试卷(一)语文部 分 3 小 时 (80%)
试卷(二)口试部 分 约15分 钟 (15%)

听力部 分 约35分钟(5%)

学生在考作文时准予使用教育部所规定的词典。
6.试卷出题蓝图:
语文部分(80%)
写作:占30分。
语文的理解与运用:占50分。

序数 考查项目 方式 范围 题数 分数比重
一 作文 根据题目与条件写作
(字数不得少于500字)
记叙文、抒情文、说明文、论说文 4选1 30%

二 阅读理解一 多项选择
自由作 答
包括选词填空、词句解释、理解问答、理解测验、完成短句、片段缩写及找出近义词 等 6 15%


阅读理解二 多项选择 12 15%
四 阅读理解三 多项选择
自由作 答

片段缩写
8
1
15%
 

5%

共 28  
80%

.口试与听力部分(20%)
序数 考查项目 方式 范围 题数 分数比重
一 口试
朗读短 文
会话
朗读
对话
日常生活篇章、评论、新闻等
新闻、日常话题 等
1
1
5%
10%

二 听力测验 听录音,然后回答多项选择式题目 新闻、访谈、故事、段文、演讲 10 15%
共 12 20%

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BORN IN IPOH,I STUDIED IN SAM TET SECONDARY SCHOOL, IPOH AND LANGUAGE CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA, MAJORING IN TRANSLATION (ON JPA SCHOLARSHIP). I SERVED THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT SINCE 1970 AND HAD MY OPTIONAL RETIREMENT IN 1997. AFTER THAT, I WORKED AS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY IN VARIOUS NGOs IN KL & KLANG VIZ TRADE & CULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS