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PROTON 1.   Sesiapa yang mengutuk kenderaan Proton, saya cadangkan agar teruskan mengutuk kerana tahap kenderaan Proton tidak sama dengan tahap kenderaan dari luar negara. 2.   Saya cadangkan kepada mereka cuba uji pandu kenderaan Saga dan Persona terbaharu. 3.   Saya pernah pandu kereta buatan Korea pada tahun 80-an dan kereta terbaharu dan terdapat perbezaan ketara. 4.   Saya dapati terdapat banyak perbezaan antara kereta Proton lama dan kereta Proton baharu. 5.  Saya fikir pihak pengurusan, jurutera dan pekerja di Proton harus diberikan pujian untuk penambah baikan ini. 6.   Jika anda tidak bersetuju dengan saya, tidak mengapa tetapi saya memiliki dan memandu kereta Proton lama dan miliki kereta Proton baharu. Saya rasa Proton telah mempelajari perkara baharu mengenai pembuatan kereta. 7.   Secara jujur, Malaysia akan menjadi lebih baik jika kekal dalam koloni Eropah atau negara maju lain. Mereka lebih arif mengenai peng...

PROTON 1.  Saya merasa sedih kerana Proton akan dijual kepada syarikat asing. Mempunyai rakan strategik memang bagus tetapi apabila Proton telah dijual kepada orang asing, ia tidak lagi menjadi kereta nasional, ia akan menjadi menghasilkan kereta asing di Malaysia seperti yang kita pernah hasilkan sejak 1970-an lagi. 2.   Mungkin, sekarang Proton tidak untung lagi tetapi Proton pernah memberikan keuntungan besar sebelum ini. Diakui, Proton dilindungi tetapi setelah Proton dapat berdiri sendiri, Proton tetap memberikan keuntungan. Semua negara melindungi industri automotif mereka. Mungkin cara yang digunakan bukan menerusi duti import yang tinggi tetapi menggunakan cara berbeza bagi menghalang kereta import mencabar industri kereta tempatan. Ini termasuk terdapat cara yang lebih efektif dan dapat menangani kereta buatan asing. Sebab inilah, Proton tidak dapat dieksport ke negara yang mengamalkan polisi ini. Kita amat pemurah. Sesiapa pun boleh mengeksport kereta negara...

Fidel: The truth about his struggle Since the death of Fidel Castro on Nov 25, I have been trying to assess how far sections of the mainstream media (MSM) would go in their vicious campaign to denigrate and demean a leader who had defied the world's sole military superpower just 145km from his small island state. Since the MSM knwe that Fidel's remarkable resistance to US hegemony would be highlighted in tributes to the man, they decided to tarnish his image by presenting him as a womaniser with an insatiable appetite for sex. A number of newpapers played up the ludicrous story of how Fidel had slept with 35,000 women. The MSM is fully aware that it is this fort of scurrilous lie that will divert attention from his stupendous achievements as a principled, resolute champion of justice. This preposterous tale was often justaposed in the MSM with a more serious allegation of how Fidel had crushed dissent when he was in power. While all of us value dissent, its character ...

Marvellous mythical beings Semberani Creatures of creation and destruction are entrenched in our cultures, writes ninotaziz JUST a month or so ago, my family and I watched the hit Warner Bros movie and yet another exhilarating fantasy adventure from the Harry Potter world created by J K Rowling, Fantastic Beasts And Where to Find Them. Mythical being such as flying horses, dragons, griffins and the all-good unicorn have been with us for the longest time.  And it’s rather timely that they took centrestage in the movie, subtly echoing the cry for saving our world’s own animals in danger of extinction.  Lovers of legends and folklore from around the world would know that the idea of using the marvellous and horrifying in storytelling is as old as time itself. Just like in the movies, Greek storyteller Homer used such mythological creatures, some of which included the three-headed Chimera and winged Pégasus to great effect. In the Iliad, Homer described the Chimer...

Steam rose at Tanjong Pagar Station Terminus: The platform of the venerable train station in Singapore is steeped in histroy, heartbreak and loss There was certainly a mix of excitement and melancholy when I first saw the historic Tanjong Pagar Station. Located in Keppel Road, Singapore, the decommisioned railway station was gazetted as a national monument on April 2, 2011, by Singapore's Preservation of Monuments Board. Built in 1929 bya a French company, the station reminded me of the Helsinki train station in Finland. When four friends and I decided to tour the place recently, we found, much to our surprise, that the place was deserted. We had chosen to arrive early to avoid the crowds. These days, the 85-year-old monument is open to visitors only during public holidays. The venerable old station has been the venue of several major events, most recently the Green Corridor Run, a marathon held along the 10.5km rail corridor from Tanjong Pagar stat...