How should we judge a government?

In Malaysia, if you don't watch television or read newspapers, you are uninformed; but if you do, you are misinformed!

"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." - Malcolm X

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience - Mark Twain

Why we should be against censorship in a court of law: Publicity is the very soul of justice … it keeps the judge himself, while trying, under trial. - Jeremy Bentham

"Our government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no
responsibility at the other. " - Ronald Reagan

Government fed by the people

Government fed by the people

Career options

Career options
I suggest government... because nobody has ever been caught.

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?
Corruption is so prevalent it affects English language?

When there's too much dirt...

When there's too much dirt...
We need better tools... to cover up mega corruptions.

Prevent bullying now!

Prevent bullying now!
If you're not going to speak up, how is the world supposed to know you exist? “Orang boleh pandai setinggi langit, tapi selama ia tidak menulis, ia akan hilang di dalam masyarakat dan dari sejarah.” - Ananta Prameodya Toer (Your intellect may soar to the sky but if you do not write, you will be lost from society and to history.)

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Malaysian hardwood did not pass sustainable wood test in Holland?

Tuesday 21 June 2011

Junior environment minister Joop Atsma planned to ignore his own commission on sustainable wood and buy tropical hardwood for the government, the Volkskrant reports on Tuesday.

Atsma had arranged to buy the wood from Malaysia but on Monday the court in The Hague ruled the purchase illegal. The case was brought by environmental and development organisations.

Wood can be classified as sustainable only if felling the trees does not damage the forest as a whole. The commission charged by the environment ministry with checking if wood is sustainable said at the end of 2010 the Malaysian wood did not qualify.

The minister ignored this advice and accepted his Malaysian counterpart's promise to improve management of the forest. He was also lobbied by the wood industry which gets a significant part of its hardwood from Malaysia.

By 2015, 50% of tropical hardwood must be sustainably produced.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Certification for hardwood lumber has already become a "must" in international market. Now more and more forest owners try to get the their forest certified .