DCM1 YB Dr. Mansor Othman, accompanied by PR ADUNs and MPPP Councillors had the chance of visiting 6 Chinese Dailies’ offices on 9th February 2010 for a CNY courtesy call.
We went to Kwong Wah, China Press, Nanyang, Guang Ming, Sin Chew and Oriental, and ended with lunch at Pelita Nasi Kandar..
More pictures can be viewed here: Sim Tze Tzin’s Facebook page
Visits to SRJK (C) Yang Cheng and SJK (C) Poi Eng was organized as part of the series of Special State Funding for SJKC/T and Sekolah Agama Rakyat.
More pictures can be viewed here: Sim Tze Tzin’s Facebook page
Ceramah Perdana Isu-isu Panas!Tolak Fitnah, Selamatkan Pulau Pinang铲除诬赖，迎春讲座会Untuk Pengetahuan Tuan-tuan dan puan-puan di jemput hadir bersama:Tarikh: Februari 12, 2010 (Jumaat) 星期五Masa: 9 malam 晚上9时Tempat: Tapak Pesta Sg Nibong, Pulau Pinang Penceramah:YAB Lim Guan Eng, Ketua Menteri Pulau PinangYB Mansor Othman, Timbalan Ketua MenteriYB Malik Kassim, Exco Kerajaan NegeriYB Chow Kuan Yeow, Exco Kerajaan NegeriYB Ravin, ADUN Batu UbanYB Sim Tze Tzin, ADUN Pantai JerejakSebarkan! Please FWD! 传！cny ceramah banner
Lately, I have been visiting Chinese schools in kawasan Bayan Baru, Bayan Lepas, Sungai Ara area to process their application for state funding. Chinese Schools, Missionary schools, Tamil Schools and Sekolah Agama Rakyat are often sidelined by the Education Ministry. Many schools’ condition are far from satisfactory.
Teachers, parents and board of directors’ often tell us their stories of knocking door to door to get donations. Time is wasted to raise funds rather than educating the kids. When I was a kid, I remember I went house to house to get RM1 - RM5 donations. These are true but sad stories of our schools.
No child should be left behind. Schools are important institutions in our society. Ministry should be fair to allocate funding to schools. But, before we realized the so called “1Malaysia”, the Penang State Government are doing his best to help alleviate the hardship of these schools.
It is not easy for State Gov to come up with these funds, the federal gov has not been very generous to us, to say the least. So, we have to cut costs in our spending, we stop leakages and corruption. With CAT principles, we managed to save money for the state. These saving has been diverted to many popular social programs such Senior Citizen Program, hardcore poor programs, as well as the special allocation for schools.
This year, the state gov has allocated RM 5.8 mil for SRJKC, RM 1.75 mil for missionary schools, RM1.75 mil for SRJKT. We hope that with these state funding, the schools will get temporary relief from the difficulties to get federal funding.
One of my visit to school is reported today in the Star:
http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2010/2/2/north/5587012&sec=North
MISSIONARY, religious, Chinese and Tamil schools in Penang should come up with their own initiative to raise funds instead of depending on allocations from the state government.
“The state government began giving allocations to such schools last year. But, the school heads must bear in mind that the allocation was only a supplement.
“The schools are expecting a higher allocation this year. Penang is not a rich state and the state government can only do so much,” Penang Chinese Education Affairs Coordinating Committee member Sim Tze Tzin said.
Speaking to reporters after a discussion with SRJK (C) Chung Shan’s board of directors and representatives of Parents-Teacher Association at the school in Bayan Lepas on Saturday, Sim suggested that such schools apply for funding from the Federal Government.
On SRJK (C) Chung Shan’s request for an RM120,000 allocation to repair leaking roofs and upgrading of amenities, Sim, who is Pantai Jerejak assemblyman, said the committee would discuss the school’s application.
Sim said SRJK (C) Wen Khai and SRJK (C) Chong Cheng had also applied for RM700,000 and RM250,000 in aid respectively from the committee.
It was earlier reported that the state had allocated RM11.3mil to 124 missionary, religious, Chinese and Tamil schools this year compared to RM8.5mil last year.
The funds are meant for maintenance and upgrading of amenities, but some of the school representatives suggested that they be allowed to buy desktop computers and send some of their teachers for courses to upgrade their skills and knowledge.
A visit to SM(JK) Phor Tay was organized as the first of the series of Special State Funding for SJKC/T and Sekolah Agama Rakyat.
More pictures can be viewed here: Sim Tze Tzin’s Facebook page
A forum was held at Dewan Masyarakat Penyayang on a Friday evening at 8pm. The forum was part of the ‘Program Penjelajahan 10 kota’ touring Malaysia that aims to clarify the history of UMNO-DSAI conflict. Details of the book ‘Anwar on Trial : In the face of Injustice’ was used as a reference.
More pictures can be viewed here: Sim Tze Tzin’s Facebook page
A technical visit was organized to Bayan Baru Market for introduction of the new MPPP Councillors and to listen to grievances from stall operators
More pictures can be viewed here: Sim Tze Tzin’s Facebook page
Novels, encyclopedia, magazines and study books were donated to the Bayan Baru Market Library in the morning of 10th January 2010.
After the event, the launching of Suara KeAdilan (Chinese Edition) was also held downstairs at the Bayan Baru Market.
More of the pictures can be viewed here: Sim Tze Tzin’s Facebook page
一个平静的原始森林，住着与世无争的原住民，过着游牧的生活。他们与大自然环环相扣，捕猎为生，也耕植食物但决不破坏环境，是原始森林生态的一部分。但是，好景不长，野心家看中他们居住环境的资源，大势入侵这片原始森林。他们开着大型铲泥机，企图开矿，开伐树木。遇到原住民的抵抗，就运用暴力驱赶他们到别的地方。
他们也用发展为借口，造桥开路， 建造钢骨水泥的房子给原住民。当然，原住民不削一顾。他们自己建造的木房子可凉快许多。野心家不死心，还建学校给原住民，希望教导原住民现代化，以便更容易入侵他们居住的环境，开采这片原始森林。
这是热门电影，好莱活巨片，史上最贵的电影AVATAR《阿凡达》的情节，这也是砂劳越比南族人今时今日面对的问题。
《阿凡达》耗资3亿美元，将近11亿马币，是著名导演詹姆斯克隆执导的电影，剧本构思用了14年。
在《阿凡达》里，贪婪的地球人带大队飞越太空入侵到潘朵拉星球，企图掠夺潘朵拉星球的珍贵资源。潘朵拉是神秘但引人好奇的森林地带。森林里住着与世无争的那美族人，他们能聆听大自然的讯息，感受大自然的力量。
《阿凡达》的那美族人，受到野心家入侵，摧毁了他们的家园，终于，他们大家忍无可忍，群起来反抗。在得到森林里神秘力量的协助下，他们成功击退了野心家，重新建立被摧毁的家园。
现实中的砂劳越比南族人，可就没有那么幸运，他们还是无时无刻收到野心家的入侵。木桐商，开矿公司夹着政府发展的借口，大举入侵比南族人世世代代生活的原始森林。近来，比南族人的年轻女孩还被砍伐木桐的工人强奸。政府在这些大商家，大财团的利益挂钩下，仿佛视诺无睹。比南族人在这种强权逼害下，多次群起反抗，但是都在政府警方的压逼下，失败了。
看了〈阿凡达〉，许多人都感动了。但是，活生生发生在我国的〈阿凡达〉会有怎样的结局呢？
An event to hand out school necessities to 120 needy pupils in Sungai Nibong was organized on the 27th of December 2009 at the Dewan JKKK Sungai Nibong Pantai at 10.30am.
Below is the link to the pictures that were taken during the event:-
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=43463&id=1050280454&l=f0a53e91a0
