Hitting mosquitoes with a hammer...

seems to be our style of management.

Have problems? Very easy to handle - just start with a clean slate.

I have just started Mycen news feed and this is the first that appeared - Screenshots:

New voters' list? Fix the illegal immigrants first!

The Election Commission wants a fresh voter roll by getting the 10.9 million Malaysians who are already registered as voters to re-register themselves.
The idea came came from the indelible ink flip-flop, EC chairman Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman. He is the same man who has informed his officers to be prepared for a snap election should the March 8 results be surpassed by political upheavals.
As the registration of voters is relying solely on each qualified citizen's identity card (IC), the ghost of "Project IC" in Sabah must first be exorcised and put to rest.
Currently, Umno manages to hold on to ruling the country because of the support of Sabahan MPs elected under the shrouded cast of "Project IC" hitherto unresoled.
Read Anifah Aman for context on the illegal immigrants in Sabah.


continuing my post:

Our much sought after EC Chairman has a brilliant idea and he suggested that all voters should re-register to make it clean. This is going to involve over 10 million people and he has no better alternative.

According to my simple mind, we should start from the National Registration Department to ensure that only babies born to Malaysians are registered as Malaysians who are entitled to Mykad upon reaching the age of 12 and upon reaching 21, they are automatically registered as voters.

We should be able to verify and confirm who are genuine Malaysians and therefore entitled to vote. Here again, the integrity of NRD is vital to ensure its success.

We have boasted to the whole world our leading edge in the technology of Mykad and many people are unable to understand why this ‘foolproof’ card cannot ensure only genuine Malaysians are entitled to vote. Is it impossible to eradicate duplication or even multiplicity of Mykads?

The law should provide for the last known address according to the Mykad to be the voter’s constituency unless notified in time for the next election.

Anyway, what’s wrong with learning from the British or any other country that has a system of automatic registration of voters?

Is it not easier to concentrate on the abuses highlighted by Bersih and other complaining parties than to re-register everyone? Sabah is a hotspot for illegal immigrants having Mykad and the right to vote, EC should do something there!

This reminds me of the need to have all company directors to attend a course run by some crony companies because some directors proved to be irresponsible.

Then, we need to have all vehicles inspected before any transfer of ownership can be effected because of some fraudulent cases. There is no provision for exceptions like transfer from a parent to son and so on. There were complaints of rough action by Puspakom inspectors eg. in opening the cover above the top of the front doors (to ensure car not welded using half-cuts) which required rectification later on which incurred additional expenses, unless through ‘middlemen’. By right, this inspection should be an option available to those who wanted the extra inspection and not made compulsory.

Then, we have the doctors’ clinics, which require changes, which could easily cost a few thousand to comply with some new rules.

In Perak, Batu Gajah coffee shop proprietors have complained about the insistent on having a kind of filter to prevent sludge from entering the drain. This device is only supplied and maintained by a company in Selangor! One man commented that he actually saw a worker de-sludging the device and threw the contents into the drain! So much for the prevention and it provided a perfect example of defeating its purpose!

Our privatised Post Office had bought expensive equipment and new rules were set to ensure the people use the right envelopes and write or print properly and postages were increased at the same time. Instead of making bumper profits, its financial performance actually dropped!

Out of the few examples, there is one thing in common and there is no prize for guessing it right – creating crony contracts at the expense of the people.