Tengahari tadi dari jam 12 hingga 7 petang saya mengadakan majlis open house aidilfitri bersama anak saya, Siti Zuhairatun yang merupakan seorang Public Mutual Consultant. majlis bermula jam 12 tengahari dengan jemputan kawan-kawan anak saya. Manakala jam 2 petang, jemputan untuk kawan-kawan saya pula. Jam 3, jemputan untuk saudara mara pula.
Ramai kawan yang saya jemput tidak dapat hadir kerana maklum sahajalah rumah saya terletak jauh di Bandar Tasik Kesuma, Semenyih kira-kira 60km dari Kuala Lumpur. namun demikian saya ucapkan terima kasih kepada semua kawan dan saudara mara yang sudi hadir.
Rakan lama di akhbar Watan, Rahim Tahir datang dengan anak isterinya walaupun beliau sudah kehilangan kakinya dipotong akibat kencing manis tiga bulan lepas. Rahim tinggal di Bandar Rinching lebihkurang lima km dari rumah saya. Pemilik majalah Agro Malaysia, Shamsul Hazli Mamat yang merupakan bekas grafik di Kumpulan Karangkraf teruja menemui Rahim yang sudah 25 tahun tidak ditemuinya. Rahim adalah adik arwah Prof Madya Dr Abdullah Tahir yang merupakan tutor saya di Universiti Malaya (UM). Ketika di akhbar Watan dahulu, Rahim adalah wartawan khusus membuat membuat liputan untuk Parti Semangat 46 yang ketika itu diketuai oleh Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah (Ku Li).
Ramai rakan tidak dapat hadiri majlis saya seperti pengerusi NGO, Hidayat Fansuri yang merupakan anak Padang Pak Amat, Pasir Puteh, kelantan yang sekampung dengan arwah ayah saya. Kawan saya, Syed Abdullah yang duduk di kajang turut datang dengan anak isterinya. Kebetulan ayah isteri Syed Dollah pun orang Merkang, padang pak amat. Maka rancaklah isteri Syed Dollah berbual dengan isteri Solehuddin dua pupu saya yang juga orang Merkang.
Ayah mertua Syed Dollah orang kelantan manakala emak mertuanya orang Sarawak. Ayahnya seorang polis yang merantau ke Sarawak dahulu. Walaupun isterinya dilahirkan di sarawak tetapi dia fasih cakap loghat kelantan seperti ayahnya.
Syed Dollah adalah bekas setiausaha Umno bahagian Cheras. Berasal dari Muar, beliau sekelas dengan Ghani Othman, bekas MB Johor. Solehuddin dua pupu saya lahir di Kg Pandan manakala ayahnya juga orang Padang pak amat, haji mokhtar yang kami panggil Pak Su Tar.\
Pak Su Tar orang pertama Padang Pak Amat berhirah ke Kuala Lumpur pada tahun 60an. Apabila saudara mara dari Padang Pak Amat datang ke Kuala Lumpur, maka rumahnya di Lorong J2, Kg Pandan Dalam yang menjadi tempat transit. Begitu juga saya yang belajar di MRSM Seremban dari tahun 1972-1976, maka sebulan sekali saya datang ke rumah Pak Su Tar.
Begitu juga anak padang pak amat yang terawal masuk universiti, Haji Ahmad Ismail (Datuk) yang belajar di UM seringkali datang menemui Pak Su Tar. haji Ahmad yang sebadge dengan Anwar Ibrahim di UM masuk PTD bermula sebagai pegawai di KDN dan sempat bekerja di bawah TPM dan Menteri Dalam negeri, Tun Dr ismail Abdul Rahman.
haji Ahmad yang kini menetap di Taman Greenwood sudah pencen dan tugas terakhir di KDN sebagai Timbalan KSU. Sebelum itu beliau pernah menjadi SUB di Kementerian pertahanan dan pegawai kewangan Negeri Sembilan.
Saya masih ingat ketika saya menemui Isa Samad ketika beliau menjadi MB Negeri Sembilan, Isa memuji dua pupu saya itu kerana tidak pernah minta tanah untuk dirinya sepanjang berkhidmat selama sembilan tahun di Seremban sedangkan pegawai lain minta tanah untuk peribadi. Sebagai orang yang aktif dalam ABIM, Haji Ahmad hanya minta tanah untuk buat pejabat ABIM Negeri Sembilan sahaja.
Boss saya, Datin haslina Abdullah yang sudah confirm mahu hadiri majlis open house saya tidak dapat datang kerana rumahnya tidak putus-putus dikunjungi saudara mara dan sahabat handai sejak suaminya, Datuk Bahari Mohd Zain dipindahkan dari SPRM ke JPM petang Jumaat lalu. Jika Datin Haslina yang sekampung dengan saya di Kemaman datang dengan suaminya, sudah tentu banyak cerita panas yang dapat saya dengar.
saya turut simpati dengan nasib yang dialami datuk bahari. Semoga beliau tabah menghadapi dugaan ini Tiga orang adik saya, Haji Mahir, Hajah Noridah dan Saifuddin tidak hadir. Haji Mahir kendalikan seminar untuk staf marketingnya yang membuat marketing pakej umrah. Namun demikian isteri dan anak-anaknya datang termasuk Toriq yang bekerja di Pasir Gudang,Johor. Hajah Noridah pula buat open house untuk jiran-jirannya manakala untuk kami adik beradik, dia sudah buat open house pada hari Ahad lepas manakala Saifuddin pula tidak dapat hadir kerana tidak sihat.
hanya dua adik saya yang hadir, Noor Hafilah yang datang dengan suaminya, Abu bakar yang datang dari Kuantan serta Dr Noor Laily Shakimah dari Putrajaya yang datang dengan suami, Shihabudin Mokhtar dan anak-anak. Yang paling saya terharu sudah tentu kedatangan Mak Long Hajah Hasanah Abu Bakar dan suaminya Haji Abdullah dari Batu Pahat, Johor ke majlis kami. Orang yang paling jauh datang.
Pada bulan Oktober tahun lepas ketika saya menulis buku AYER MOLEK di Melaka, saya singgah di rumah Mak Long Nah di Batu Pahat selepas mewawancara Prof. Dr. Zaidi Embong di Universiti Tun Hussein Onn.
Apabila kami sudah tua, maka kami yang perlu merapatkan hubungan dengan saudara mara tidak kira di mana mereka berada sama ada di Johor, Perak, Pahang, Kelantan, Kedah dan Terengganu. Jika tidak maka terputuslah hubungan dengan saudara mara apabila anak-anak kami tidak pedulikan saudara mara lagi. Inilah hik
mah adanya open house aidilfitri untuk mengeratkan hubungan silaturahim di antara saudara mara dan kawan-kawan. Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Maaf Zahir dan Batin.
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Selasa, Oktober 27, 2009
OPEN LETTER TO DATUK SERI ISMAIL SABRY YAAKOB

Datuk Seri, I would like to comment your statement at the parliament yesterday and at the same time, I would like to comment our PM's announcement in his budget speech last Friday that the Government will be introducing a new mechanism to manage fuel subsidies through the use of MyKad utilising the present infrastructure.
The usage of MyKad itself will be open to abuse of the whole system. My Kad will just be another commodity that can be borrowed or even sold by unscupulous invidividuals to another. It does not differ very much from the present system of using the indent card by those who qualify for fuel subsidies (which are being abused daily).
The present infrastucture consists of the credit card, loyalty card processing machine available at petrol pump kiosks and or check-out counters at point-of sales. The question is security. These machines are not government owned nor operated, but are owned and operated by private companies. All data are being processed by clearing houses which are privately owned.
The risk of the possibility of a security breach, whereby personal details of citizens can be compromised or even copied and clonned are very apparent.
Thus the question on the security aspect of using MyKad utilising the present infrastructure should be addressed by the government before the implementation of such a system.
Once the general public is aware of such risks in using the system, the usage of MyKad to manage fuel subsidies will just another failed venture.
The government should look at a more secure system. The government has put in lots of efforts and money to develop and adapt the MyKad technology to replace the older version of our NRIC. If the government chooses to implement the system announced, ituwill just erode public confidence in the security of their private and personal data stored in MyKad.
What the government need is dedicated processing system, whereby the system is used only for the management of subsidies, and not a processing system that is running along with other applications such as cerdit cards and loyalty cards such as bonus link, mesracards and so on.
The government should look at a more comprehensive system. Presently subsidies given out by the government is being used daily by the unscrupulous. Subsidised LPG cooking gas meant for households are being used by laundry shops and restaurants. There are even people who run factories where these subsidised LPG cylinders are being emptied and re-pumped into industrial LPG cylinders and sold at a very handsome profit albeit illegally.
How many times we read about subsidised food item being smuggled out to neighbouring countries? How about all the rumours about some our fishermen who go out to sea just to sell off the subsidised fuel, instead of fishing? What about the control of subsidised fertilisers? Some has been found across our northern borders. It is an endless list.
Therefore should the government wish to manage subsidised goods, then a more comprehensive system to include all subsidised items should be adopted and implemented and not just a system to manage fuel subsidies.
The usage of MyKad itself will be open to abuse of the whole system. My Kad will just be another commodity that can be borrowed or even sold by unscupulous invidividuals to another. It does not differ very much from the present system of using the indent card by those who qualify for fuel subsidies (which are being abused daily).
The present infrastucture consists of the credit card, loyalty card processing machine available at petrol pump kiosks and or check-out counters at point-of sales. The question is security. These machines are not government owned nor operated, but are owned and operated by private companies. All data are being processed by clearing houses which are privately owned.
The risk of the possibility of a security breach, whereby personal details of citizens can be compromised or even copied and clonned are very apparent.
Thus the question on the security aspect of using MyKad utilising the present infrastructure should be addressed by the government before the implementation of such a system.
Once the general public is aware of such risks in using the system, the usage of MyKad to manage fuel subsidies will just another failed venture.
The government should look at a more secure system. The government has put in lots of efforts and money to develop and adapt the MyKad technology to replace the older version of our NRIC. If the government chooses to implement the system announced, ituwill just erode public confidence in the security of their private and personal data stored in MyKad.
What the government need is dedicated processing system, whereby the system is used only for the management of subsidies, and not a processing system that is running along with other applications such as cerdit cards and loyalty cards such as bonus link, mesracards and so on.
The government should look at a more comprehensive system. Presently subsidies given out by the government is being used daily by the unscrupulous. Subsidised LPG cooking gas meant for households are being used by laundry shops and restaurants. There are even people who run factories where these subsidised LPG cylinders are being emptied and re-pumped into industrial LPG cylinders and sold at a very handsome profit albeit illegally.
How many times we read about subsidised food item being smuggled out to neighbouring countries? How about all the rumours about some our fishermen who go out to sea just to sell off the subsidised fuel, instead of fishing? What about the control of subsidised fertilisers? Some has been found across our northern borders. It is an endless list.
Therefore should the government wish to manage subsidised goods, then a more comprehensive system to include all subsidised items should be adopted and implemented and not just a system to manage fuel subsidies.
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