Himpunan Kesyukuran Pakatan Rakyat

Pakatan Rakyat akan teruskan bantahan terhadap PRU13 yang tidak bersih dan adil. Pada masa yang sama, kami juga ingin mengucapkan terima kasih kepada pengundi-pengundi kerana telah memberikan sokongan yang cukup hebat kepada Pakatan Rakyat di Wilayah Persekutuan dan Selangor.

Di Selangor dan Wilayah Persekutuan, Pakatan Rakyat bukan sahaja berjaya mempertahankan kuasa di negeri Selangor, kami telah meningkatkan jumlah kerusi dan juga majoriti yang diperolehi oleh calon-calon kami.

DAP Wilayah Persekutuan dan Selangor akan menganjurkan satu Himpunan Kesyukuran Pakatan Rakyat dengan butir-butir seperti berikut:

Tarikh: 23hb Mei 2013 (Khamis)
Masa: 7 malam
Tempat: Padang Timur, Petaling Jaya (hadapan Amcorp Mall)

Penceramah termasuklah Lim Kit Siang, Nurul Izzah Anwar, Khalid Samad, Zaid Ibrahim, Tamrin Ghafar, Teresa Kok, Teng Chang Khim, Tony Pua dan lain-lain.

Kami juga ingin mengucapkan terima kasih kepada Pihak Polis Diraja Malaysia kerana telah memberikan kerjasama untuk menjalankan Himpunan Kesyukuran Pakatan Rakyat pada 23hb Mei (Khamis) 7 malam di Padang Timur secara lancar.

Pihak polis akan membantu mengawal trafik dan telah mencadangkan supaya para hadirin menggunakan tempat letak kereta yang sedia ada yang ditunjukkan dalam peta di bawah.

Untuk mengurangkan kesesakan jalanraya lagi, kami menggalakkan para hadirin menggunakan sistem LRT Taman Jaya.

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DAP PJ Election Fund-Raising Dinner 2013

We would like to invite you to join us in our 2013 DAP Petaling Jaya Utara Election Fund Raising Dinner. You may check out the Facebook event page here.

Theme: "Ini Kali-lah... the Final Countdown to Putrajaya"Venue: Petaling Jaya Hockey Stadium, Jalan Selangor, Seksyen 3, Petaling Jaya
Date: 19 January 2013 (Saturday)
Time: 7.30pm

The speakers will include:

• Lim Guan Eng, Penang Chief Minister 
• Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Parliamentary Opposition Leader
• Mohd Sabu, PAS Deputy President
• Tony Pua, MP Petaling Jaya Utara
• Lau Weng San, ADUN Kg Tunku
• Kasthuri Patto, DUN Bukit Gasing Co-ordinator
• Yeo Bee Yin, DAP Social Media Strategist

The primary language for this dinner will be English and Bahasa Malaysia. Halal food is available upon request.

The cost of the dinner will be RM60 per pax or RM600 per table. Gold and Platinum sponsorship tables are available for RM1,500 and RM3,000 per table respectively.

For reservations, please email to dapdinner@gmail.com or to me directly with your name, contact number, which dinner(s) and number of seats or tables (Platinum, Gold or Silver) required.

If you have any more questions, you can call Chew 016 8782472.

For those who are not able to make the dinner, donations are also very much welcome ;-). Cheques should be written to "DAP Damansara Branch" or cash can be deposited at DAP Damansara Maybank account: 5141 9634 2008.

The funds raised from the dinner will be used for the upcoming election campaign for Petaling Jaya Utara parliamentary seat; and Bukit Gasing, Kg Tunku and Damansara Utama state seats. Any excess from the fund will be contributed to contested seats which require additional support.

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Ceramah: The Ubah Dream Machine

Don't miss it! Speakers include Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim, Tony Pua, Gobind Singh and Rafizi Ramli. Be there 8pm tonight @ Civic Centre, MBPJ Jalan Yong Shook Lin, Petaling Jaya! 

See you there! Bring friends ;-)

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Forum: Economic Vision for Malaysia

THE Chevening Alumni of Malaysia will be hosting a public forum on "Vision for Economic Development for Malaysia" on October 17.

They are:

• Khairy Jamaluddin, MP for Rembau
• Tony Pua, MP for Petaling Jaya Utara
• Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj, MP for Sungai Siput

Details of the forum are as follows:

Date:     Wednesday, October 17
Time:     7.45-10.00pm (Dinner will be served from 6.45pm)
Venue:   Auditorium (2nd Floor, Menara), Bangunan Getah Asli, 148 Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur (opposite KLCC)

Admission is free!  Please register with info@cheveningalumni.org.my with your name and contact details if you would like to attend the forum.

See you there! ;-)

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Cheaper Cars: Fantasy or Reality?

BN, Pakatan spar over car prices
Nigel Aw
11:55AM Oct 11, 2012

The issue of cheaper cars heated up yesterday as the topic dominated a budget forum between Barisan Nasional's Kota Belud MP Abdul Rahman Dahlan and Pakatan Rakyat's Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua.

Pua (left), who began by comparing Pakatan's shadow budget with the federal budget, pointed out that the former focussed on increasing disposable income rather than providing one-off assistance.

"Most households have a median income of between RM1,500 to RM2,500 only. We looked at what is their largest monthly expenses and it was paying for car loan. Just a Myvi may cost RM600 to RM700 a month.

"If we reduce excise tax by 20 percent - we start with 20 percent first or the second-hand car industry may collapse - households can save RM70 to RM100 a month, that's a saving of RM1,000 per year," he told the forum in Shah Alam last night.

Adding on, Pua said the second highest expense was for housing loan, and on top of building more affordable housing, Pakatan will go a step further than BN by also breaking up the monopoly in the cement and steel sectors to make building materials cheaper.

'Contradiction of the highest degree'

However, Abdul Rahman accused Pakatan of taking on the issue in "silo" by failing to consider the myriad of issues that would also be impacted from the reduction of car prices.

"If you close a hole here then another hole will open up there. For example, you have not explained how you are going to solve the petrol subsidy problem when cars flood Klang Valley (and consume more petrol).

“I am also not confident that reducing excise duty will help reduce car prices... If excise duty goes down, cars like Honda may still maintain their prices because there is demand in Malaysia," he said.

He added that even though car prices in Malaysia were more costly, other related expenses such as petrol, insurance and road tax were still among the relatively cheap.

Abdul Rahman (right) also blasted Pakatan for wanting to make Kuala Lumpur a liveable city but concurrently would allow large number of vehicles to flood the city with cheaper cars.

"This is a contradiction of the highest degree," he said.

Responding to this, Pua pointed out that the car to population ratio had already exceeded one to one.

"Even if we make cars cheaper, there would be no marked increase because a person can only drive one car at a time, no one can drive two at a time and the maximum number of cars are already on the road," he said.

Improve public transportation first

He added that Pakatan planned to increase the number of buses in Klang Valley by the thousands to compliment the MRT system that is being constructed.

Abdul Rahman rebutted the argument that car numbers would not significantly increase, stating that this was merely an assumption.

"There are many people using buses and LRT, this means many people in Klang Valley still do not have a vehicle," he said.

To this, Pua replied that the public would still opt for public transport even if they have their own vehicles to get to work and a car was mostly for family leisure.

"It is not that anyone who starts work wants to buy a car, some people buy a car because they have no choice, or else they cannot go to work," he said.

He added that only after people have a real choice between public and private transport, after the former is adequately improved, considerations could be made to slash petrol subsidies.

Another panellist at the forum was Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas) chief executive officer Wan Saiful Wan Jan and the session was moderated by Universiti Islam Antarabangsa (UIA) lecturer Maszlee Malik.

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Will Chua Tee Yong Accept Debate on Talam Debt?

Datuk Chua has become an embarrassment for the MCA as he stumbles from one mega-blunder to another.  I call upon Datuk Chua to end his misery once and for all, with a public and open debate in any language, at a time and place of his choosing, even if it is held at Wisma MCA over the “Talam Debt Recovery: A Billion Ringgit Bailout or a Billion Ringgit Mega-Blunder”.

Given Datuk Chua’s unwavering confidence over the issue, and the dedicated support of The Star in highlighting all of his press conferences on the front page of the paper, I am certain that the public will be looking forward to see how the rising star of MCA demolish, once and for all, the reputation of the Pakatan Rakyat state government in Selangor.

While the MCA Presidential Council has barred its President from further debates, I am confident that there is no blanket ban against all MCA leaders from participating in debates against DAP leaders.  I very much look forward to Datuk Chua’s favourable reply.

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FokusPRU13: Pilihanraya Bersih

Anthony Loke, DAPSY Youth Chief and MP for Rasah speaks about the inadequate electoral reforms and the need for a free and fair election in Malaysia. Exclusive on Fokus PRU13 hosted by Hata Wahari.

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Forum: Economic Transformation Programme - Genuine or Good PR?

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Prime Minister Najib Razak's administration has promised an ambitious program of fundamentally restructuring the country's economy so that we will be able to escape the 'middle income trap' and catapult ourselves to the rank of a high income nation. The New Economic Model (NEM) and the Economic Transformation Program (ETP) are supposed to be the key drivers of Najib's economic policy.

Three years into his premiership, how has Najib fared on the economic front? Has the ETP been as successful as PEMANDU claims? Have the recommendations of the New Economic Model (NEM) been implemented fully? Is our economy heading on the right track? To answer these questions and more, please join us in a public forum entitled:

"Najib's Economic Transformation Record: Are we on the right track?"

Venue: Crown Crystal Hotel, Petaling Jaya.
Date: Monday, 16th April 2012
Time: 8pm to 11pm

Speakers:

• YB Tony Pua, MP for PJ Utara, 
• YB Lau Weng San, ADUN for Kampung Tunku, 
• Dr. Ong Kian Ming, UCSI Lecturer, 
• Mr Teh Chi Chang, Executive Director at REFSA

Organized by Kampung Tunku ADUN's Service Centre and Refsa (Research for Social Advancement)

Admission is free. All are welcomed!

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Debate: PJ Utara vs Kota Belud

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DAP Sarawak Election Fund-Raising Dinner @ Petaling Jaya 2012

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Dear friends & supporters,

As the 13th General Election approaches, widely speculated to be held in May 2012, expectations are high among many people in urban constituencies for Pakatan Rakyat to take over the Federal Government.

However, for Pakatan Rakyat to succeed, we must succeed in making major inroads in East Malaysia, particularly in Sarawak. To have a realistic chance of victory, Pakatan Rakyat needs to win 18 parliamentary seats in Sabah & Sarawak, with possibly 12 coming from the Land of Hornbills.

The DAP will be contesting and campaigning hard in many of Sarawak's rural and remote constituencies which require heavy logistical expenses. These rural seats are often poor and the candidates are not able to generate sufficient funding from local sources to launch a serious campaign.

Hence DAP Sarawak is holding a fund-raising campaign dinner in the Klang Valley to give our candidates in these difficult seats a fighting chance to defeat Barisan Nasional.

Theme: "One Big Step for Sarawak, One Giant Step for Malaysia"
Venue: MBPJ Civic Centre (Banquet Hall)
Date: 10 April 2012 (Tuesday)
Time: 7.30pm

The speakers will include:

• Lim Kit Siang, DAP Parliamentary Leader 
• Richard Wong Ho Leng, MP Sibu
• Chong Chieng Jen, MP Bandar Kuching
• Dr John Anthony Brian, Dayak Consultative Council Chairman
• Leon Jimat Donald, DAP Sarawak Asst Publicity Secretary
• Mordi Bimol, Special Asst to MP Bandar Kuching

The primary language for this dinner will be English and Bahasa Malaysia. Halal or vegetarian food is available upon request.

The cost of the dinner will be RM60 per pax or RM600 per Silver table. Gold sponsorship tables are available for RM1,500 table.

For reservations, please email to dapsarawak@rocketmail.com or to me directly with your name, contact number and number of seats or tables (Gold or Silver) required.

For those who are not able to make the dinner, donations are also very much welcome ;-). Cheques should be written to "DAP Sarawak".

If you have any more questions, you can call Rebecca Choong at +6014 9251527

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you!

p.s., tables are limited to 100 only, so reserve your seats today! Help us spread the event by sharing our Facebook Event Page!

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DAP Petaling Jaya Fund-Raising Dinner 2012

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Forum: Malaysia's Economy - Where To?

Date: 7 November 2011 (Monday)
Time: 8pm
Venue: Hotel Sri Petaling,30 Jalan Radin Anum, Bandar Baru Sri Petaling (Google Map)

Speakers:

• Teh Chi-Chang, Executive Director of REFSA on "The 2012 Malaysian Budget and its Shadow"
• Tony Pua, MP for Petaling Jaya Utara on “Economic Transformation: For Better or Worse?”

Moderator:

• Teresa Kok, Senior Exco Member of the Selangor State Government and Member of Parliament for Seputeh

FREE ADMISSION
Organised by Teresa Kok’s office

For any enquiries, please contact 03-7983 6768, 012-2929839

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Forum: MRT - Are Malaysians Taken For A Ride?

Forum: MRT – Are Malaysians Taken for a Ride?

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Given the controversies arising from construction and implementation of Malaysia’s largest infrastructure project, the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit (KVMRT) system, DAP will be organizing an English forum entitled “MRT: Are Malaysians Taken for a Ride” to discuss the project.

The controversies arising from the project would include, but are not limited to the disputed land acquisition exercise in Chinatown and Bukit Bintang, the planning and implementation process as well as the transparency and governance relating to the award of projects.

The details are as follows:

Date: 26 September 2011
Time: 7.30 pm
Venue: KL Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall, Jalan Maharajalela, Kuala Lumpur

The panel of speakers will include:

• Nurul Izzah Anwar, MP Lembah Pantai
• Fong Kui Lun, MP Bukit Bintang
• Tony Pua, MP Petaling Jaya Utara
• Rajiv Rishyakaran, Association For The Improvement of Mass Transit (TRANSIT)
• Goh Bok Yen, Land Use & Transportation Planning Consultant

We have also sent an invite to the Chairman of Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD), Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar or its representative to be a panelist for the forum. We look forward to SPAD’s participation to explain the various positions taken by the Government on the project to date.

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An Evening with Lim Guan Eng and Mat Sabu

We would like to invite you to join us in our 2011 DAP Selangor Fund Raising Dinner.

Theme: “An Evening with Lim Guan Eng and Mat Sabu”
Venue: MBPJ Dewan Sivik
Date: 22 August 2011 (Monday)
Time: 7.00pm

Halal Malay food will be served, and the primary language for this dinner will be English and Bahasa Malaysia.

The cost of the dinner will be RM60 per pax or RM600 per table. VIP tables are also available for RM1,500 a table. The funds raised from the dinner will be used for in preparation for the upcoming election campaign.

For reservations, please email to sara_dyl (at) hotmail.com or to me directly with your name, contact number, which dinner(s) and number of seats or tables (VIP or normal) required.

For those who are not able to make the dinner, donations are also very much welcome ;-). Cheques should be written to "DAP Selangor" or cash can be deposited at DAP Damansara Maybank account: 5141 9634 2008.

We'd like to thank you in advance for your much needed support!

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Speech @ OpScorpene Dinner Petaling Jaya

Part I

Part II

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Ops Scorpene Fund-Raising Dinner

I have been invited to speak at the Suaram fund-raising dinner to finance the on-going investigations and trials in France with regards to the Scorpene submarines scandal when Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak was the defence minister which was shrouded with allegations of "commission" and corruption.

The other speakers for the event are Nurul Izzah Anwar, .Mohammed Sabu and Dr Kua Kia Soong.  Of course, the highlight of the evening will of course be William Bourdon who will be at he forefront leading the campaign in France.

The details are as follows:

Date: 22 July 2011
Time: 8pm
Venue: MBPJ Banquet Hall (Civic Centre)

Find out more about the campaign and how to purchase your dinner tickets here at the Suaram blog site.

See you there!

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"The Tiger That Lost Its Roar" - Petaling Jaya Book Launch!

You are cordially invited to the book launch of "The Tiger That Lost Its Roar" by Tony Pua, MP Petaling Jaya Utara and DAP National Publicity Secretary. The book is a tale of Malaysia's political economy.

Date: 25 Jun 2011 (Sat)
Time: 2-5pm
Venue: 1Utama New Wing, Ground Floor (next to Coffee Bean)

At the same time, a public forum with invited speakers will be held to discuss how the Malaysian "Tiger" can regain its "Roar".

RSVP on Facebook here.

The distinguished panel of speakers include Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam, Dr Muhammed Khalid and Dr Ong Kian Ming.

Join us, for a lively, no-holds-barred discussion on our children's political and economic future! Read the foreword of the book here or place your order for the advance copy here.

Of course, you should come purchase a copy of the book as well and get it autographed on the spot! ;-)

About the panellist:

* Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam

Tan Sri Ramon is the former Deputy Secretary-General of Ministry of Finance and Secretary-General of Ministry of Transport, and author many books on the Malaysian economy including "Healing the Wounded Tiger".

Ramon is also currently a member of the Malaysian Institute of Management (MIM) and the president of Transparency International Malaysia. He is a member of the National Economic Action Council (NEAC) Globalisation Committee and Director of the Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute (Asli).

* Dr Muhammed Abdul Khalid

Dr Muhammed is a Research Fellow with the Institute of Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. His
PhD thesis ''Wealth Inequality in Malaysia'' was awarded magna cum laude by SciencesPo Paris in December 2010. He holds a Master’s degree in Public Affairs (cum laude) from the same institution, as well as a Master of Economics from University of Malaya and Bachelor of Sciences (Finance) from University of Southern California. He is currently on a secondment to ISIS Malaysia as a senior analyst focusing on economic policy.

* Dr Ong Kian Ming (moderator)

Dr Ong is currently a Lecturer, Faculty of Economics and Policy Science, UCSI University. He received his PhD in Political Science from Duke University, M. Phil. Economics from University of Cambridge and B.Sc. Economics, London School of Economics.

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Chinese Forum: Politics Can Be Young!

MP for Serdang, Teo Nie Ching will be launching her maiden book "念念有群" which is a compilation of her Chinese column articles over the past 2 years, which is published by DAP.

In conjunction with the book launch, she's organising a forum entitled "Politics Can Be Young!". It certainly can, for she's the youngest MP in the House. The forum will be conducted in Mandarin. I've also been invited as one of the speakers at the forum.

Date: 09-06-2011 (Thursday)
Venue: Kuala Lumpur Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall (KLSCAH)
Time: 8.00pm

(Yes, I'll be doing an official launch of my English book "The Tiger That Lost Its Roar" later in the month as well. Watch this space. And if you want an advance copy mailed to you, click here)


“政治也可以很YOUNG！”

你对政治的了解和认知有多少？政治的主要特徵是什麽？政治和年轻一代有着怎样的关系？我们将告诉你，政治可以很 “YOUNG！”

民主行动党总部今天发表文告说，行动党订於6月9日（星期四）晚上8时，於隆雪华堂1 楼会议室主办主题为“政治也可以很 YOUNG！”的青年交流会，以及“张念群《念念有辞》新书发表会”。

文告指出，民主行动党全国宣传秘书兼八打灵再也国会议员潘俭伟丶副宣传秘书兼沙登区国会议员张念群和时事评论员凌国文将担任主讲人，与大家分享他们对国家政治时局的见解，并告诉你什麽是“政治可以很 YOUNG”。

文告说，当晚也是张念群《念念有辞》新书发布会。这本著作是张念群把过去所撰写的文章集结成集，里面不乏她对时事议题发表的精辟言论和见觧。

上述活动入场免费， 欢迎各界人士踊跃出席。欲知详情，可在工作时间联络民主行动党总部：03-9200 5000。

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Belah Buku: Malaysia Milik Kita Bersama

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Visiting Taiwan

I'll be visiting Taiwan from the 24-27 May and will be meeting up with the Malaysian students, business and expatriates community there. Together with me, Teo Nie Ching (MP for Serdang), Ng Wei Aik (ADUN Komtar) and Violet Yong (ADUN Pending) will be organising an public forum in Taipei.

All Malaysians and Malaysians-at-heart are cordially invited to attend and participate in the public forum and dialogue on "Malaysia: The Politics & Economics of Change".

The details of the event are as follows:

Malaysia: The Politics and Economics of Change
25th May 2011 (Wednesday) 7.30pm
Frog Cafe （No.5, Lane. 69, Songjiang Road., Taipei City)
Finger food and light refreshments will be served

Please RSVP at our Facebook event page.

There will be a cover charge of NT500 to help defray the cost of the event. As seats will be limited, we look forward to your confirmation by May 22, 2011. We eagerly await your participation.

馬來西亞民主行動黨誠意邀請所有在台的馬來西亞人，參與即將來臨的公共論壇──改變大馬政治與經濟。

民主行動黨四名國、州議員將現身台北，期望與旅居台灣的馬來西亞國民互動、交換意見。這四名議員包括民主行動黨全國宣傳秘書潘儉偉（八打靈再也北區國會議員）、全國副宣傳秘書張念群（沙登國會議員）、青年團副團長楊薇誨（砂拉越朋嶺區州議員）以及社青團宣傳秘書黃偉益（檳城光大區州議員）。

現場將會準備簡單的茶點，地點就在台北市松江路69巷5號的蛙咖啡，由於現場座位有限，希望有興趣參與的朋友們能在5月22日前報名，以方便訂餐與座位安排。這是一場收費講座，我們將向每一位入場者酌收新台幣500元費用。

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