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My journey - Wong Hon Wai 黃漢偉

Posted: 17 Sep 2011 07:17 AM PDT

My journey - Wong Hon Wai 黃漢偉


Ucapan di Malaysia Contemporary Art Tourism 2011

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 08:53 PM PDT

Ucapan YB Wong Hon Wai, Pengerusi Lembaga Muzium dan Balai Seni Lukis Pulau Pinang merangkap EXCO Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang (Perancang Bandar & Desa, Perumahan dan Kesenian) di Exhibition MCAT di No57, Jalan Macalister pada 17 September 2011

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1. YB Dato Dr James Dawos Mamit, Timbalan Menteri Pelancongan Malaysia yang juga Ahli Parlimen Mambong, Sarawak.

2. Profesor Madya Hasnul Jamal Saidon, Pengarah Muzium & Galeri Tuanku Fauziah, Universiti Sains Malaysia.

3. Puan Haryany binti Mohamad, Kurator Muzium dan Balai Seni Lukis Pulau Pinang


4. Ahli-Ahli Lembaga Muzium dan Balai Seni Lukis Pulau Pinang,


5. Yang Dihormati Wakil-Wakil Agensi-Agensi Kerajaan,

6. Dif-Dif Kehormat, Tuan-Tuan & Puan-Puan yang saya hormati sekalian.


Salam Sejahtera kepada semua dan Salam Hari Malaysia,

1. Malaysia Contermporary Art Tourism 2011 (MCAT 2011) merupakan kerjasama antara Kementerian Pelancongan Malaysia, Tourism Penang bersama Muzium & Galeri Tuanku Fauziah (MGTF) dan Lembaga Muzium Negeri Pulau Pinang.

2. Aktiviti ini disokong oleh 20 buah galeri seni yang terdapat disekitar Pulau Pinang antaranya Balai Seni Lukis Negeri Pulau Pinang (BSLNPP), Rozana's Fine Art, Island Gallery , 3Quarters-Studio dan A2 Gallery.

3. Selaku Pengerusi Lembaga Muzium dan Balai Seni Lukis Negeri, Saya berbesar hati bahawa Bangunan No.57, Jalan Macalister dipilih sebagai lokasi acara sambutan dan akan berlangsung selama 3 hari mulai 16hb. hingga 18hb. September 2011.

4. Antara aktiviti menarik yang diadakan ialah Art Race. Pengembaraan secara solo ke galeri-galeri seni yang mengambil bahagian dan mencari jawapan bagi setiap soalan yang dikemukakan serta mendapatkan cop galeri tersebut akan menguji pengetahuan para peserta berhubung dengan aktiviti kesenian di Pulau Pinang.

5. Salah satu hasil produk MCAT 2011 ialah satu peta tentang galeri-galeri seni lukis di Pulau Pinang. Galeri-galeri tersebut tertumpu di Bahagian Timur Laut, sekitar George Town Pulau Pinang. Kita juga lihat ada 2 buah galeri seni di Balik Pulau. Dan kita berharap peta ini dijadikan kompas di kalangan pelancong asing, pelancong tempatan malahan kepada orang awam sebagai satu panduan tentang peta kesenian di Pulau Pinang. Kita perlu mencari ikhtiar untuk mempromosikan artwork artist tempatan dan menggalakkan pelancong untuk membeli artwork tersebut. Ini salah satu cara untuk mempromosikan art tourism di Malaysia dan di Pulau Pinang.

6. Balai Seni Lukis Pulau Pinang merupakan Balai Seni Lukis Negeri yang paling aktif di Malaysia dengan 20 exhibition pada tahun ini sahaja dan di Pulau Pinang kita mempunyai kumpulan artist yang aktif.

7. Hasrat Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang ialah menjadikan negeri Pulau Pinang sebuah International City. Sebagai sebuah International city, Pulau Pinang perlu maju ke depan bukan sahaja daripada pencapaian ekonomi ataupun pelaburan asing. Ini hendaklah juga merangkumi pencapaian dari segi kebudayaan dan kesenian

8. .Jawaharlal Nehru, bekas Perdana Menteri India yang terkenal pernah berkata "Art galleries and museums in a great city are like windows which look out on the broader, richer and deeper things of life". Melalui balai-balai seni lukis dan muzium-muzium yang terdapat di sesebuah bandaraya, orang ramai dapat menghayati nilai-nilai murni dalam kehidupan secara menyeluruh dan mendalam. Malahan, pelawat asing juga dapat memahami kehidupan sesebuah bandaraya melalui karya-karya dan koleksi dalam balai seni lukis dan muzium di bandaraya tersebut

9. Setelah George Town dinobatkan sebagai Tapak Warisan Dunia UNESCO, usaha Kerajaan Negeri dari segi penonjolan kekuatan dari segi warisan, kebudayaan dan kesenian telah dirancakkan. Kerajaan Negeri telah menubuhkan George Town World Heritage Incorporated dan pelbagai inisiatif serta usaha telah dijalankan. Geore Town Festival juga telah dirayakan dengan meriahnya pada bulan Julai 2010 dan 2011. Lembaga Muzium dan balai Seni Lukis Pulau Pinang akan terus berusaha dengan semua pihak samada daripada pihak awam atau swasta untuk memainkan peranan aktif untuk menonjolkan kekuatan George Town sebagai Tapak Warisan Dunia UNESCO.

10. Saya juga mengalu-alukan kedatangan Timbalan Menteri Pelancongan Malaysia, Y.B. Dato' Dr. James Dawos Mamit ke Bagunan No.57, Jalan Macalister dan harap-harap kita dapat merancakkan aktiviti kesenian lagi di Pulau Pinang. Sekian Terima kasih.

Lim Kit Siang

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 11:49 PM PDT

Lim Kit Siang


It was People Power that finished off the ISA

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 08:12 PM PDT

Aliran Executive Committee Malaysia Day, 16 September 2011 Prime Minister Najib Razak’s announcement that the ISA and the Emergency Ordinance would be repealed has taken the nation by surprise. He also announced that Section 27 of the Police Act (on public assemblies) and the requirement for publishing permits to be renewed annually would be dropped. [...]

Peanuts, not sweeping reforms

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 10:51 AM PDT

by Kee Thuan Chye Free Malaysia Today September 16, 2011 Let's not be fooled, people. The changes Najib announced are merely cosmetic, and will have to be passed in Parliament first before they become effective. COMMENT PEANUTS. That's what Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's so-called "sweeping reforms" are. They hardly amount to a political transformation. [...]

Answering Jeffrey

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 10:29 AM PDT

By N H Chan In the recent article by Martin Jalleh dated 14 Sept 2011 entitled Chief Jester's Circus and Charade Comes to a Close (Part 2) which appeared in your blog, I find this comment from Jeffrey: The Ex judges that talked independent, don't forget that they do so only after they left office, [...]

Charles Santiago

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 11:21 PM PDT

Charles Santiago


Najib’s does a Houdini on democracy

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 10:35 PM PDT

Sourcec: Free Malaysia Today]

September 16, 2011

Without the specifics, Najib’s reform promises are nothing but mere hot talk, says Charles Santiago.

COMMENT

By Charles Santiago

I would not celebrate. Not just yet. Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's announcement to repeal the Internal Security Act (ISA) is welcomed. But I would have been happier if it came with no catch.

Whichever way I look at the announcement, it is clearly a victory for the people – the thousands who took to the streets demanding that ISA be repealed, the detainees who fought for the archaic law to be abolished as it strips people off dignity and the human rights activists who worked tirelessly, denouncing the Act.

But Najib is replacing ISA with two new laws. We are unsure of the ambit of these laws and it's unclear if it would still make provisions for arbitrary arrests.

Whatever little we know now is enough to make me look at Najib's "greater democracy" speech with suspicion. And especially as the government is tinkering with the idea of bringing in an  Anti-Terrorism Act which would mirror the US Patriot Act.

In the US, this Act dramatically reduced restrictions on law enforcement agencies to search financial, business, medical and telephone records, expanded the powers of these agencies, gave the immigration wide discretion to detain and deport immigrants suspected of terrorism-related activities and conduct surveillance on individuals suspected of terrorist-related activities even though they are not linked to terrorist groups.

In short anyone and everyone suspected to be linked to terrorist organizations could be nabbed, humiliated, subjected to long-hours of interrogation and charged at the prerogative of the government. And all because terrorism is a sexy word and one that is used to bulldoze through a person's life.

Under the ISA, the Home Minister had the power to do just that. So where is the change, I am wondering.

Making it more difficult for media

And what media freedom exactly? As I look at it, the media organizations would still be under the watchful eye of Umno and the Barisan Nasional government.

Replacing a licence which needs yearly renewal to a one-off permit that could be revoked if the media organizations did not dance to the tune of the government does not amount to further freedom for the media workers.

In fact, Najib made it even more difficult for the media organizations as there is no way to challenge the Home Minister's decision to revoke a publishing licence.

In essence, it means that papers and TV channels would have to shut down if they wrote or reported on issues which the government is not happy about.

The premier, to make my suspicion worse, did not raise crucial provisions under the Sedition Act or Official Secrets Act. Both these laws limit the freedom of media workers.

Najib has promised amendments to Police Act to grant greater freedom of assembly but warned against street demonstrations. And we still need to write in for permits for peaceful rallies.

However hard I try, it's incredibly difficult to give credit to Najib's so-called slew of reforms for a better Malaysia. These policy changes are his boldest announcement since he came to power. In his speech Najib also said that heading towards a bolder democracy was risky but crucial for his government to survive.

Therefore, it's obvious that Najib is making hasty decisions to bolster support for himself and Umno ahead of the general election, which is widely expected to be held within the next six months.

Najib's popularity took a dip following the way he mishandled the Bersih 2.0 rally. From a high 72% popularity rating in June 2010, the Merdeka Center survey showed a 59% support level recently.

Now Najib has a bigger headache to handle and it would be exciting to see how he pacifies the right-wing faction within his own political party, who were never happy with efforts to shake the status quo. Either that or the premier would, again, make a U-turn on these policy changes.

He was too weak to keep his promise of allowing Bersih 2.0 to use any stadium to hold a peaceful protest and unwilling to take on Perkasa for the rubbish dished out.

When I re-look at Najib's speech text, it becomes clearer that he has done a Houdini. Without the specifics, this is nothing but mere hot talk.

The devil is in the details. And Umno cannot be trusted.

Charles Santiago is DAP's Klang member of parliament.


MY VOICE FOR NATION

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 01:46 PM PDT

MY VOICE FOR NATION


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