Permatang Pasir Rep Dies, Another By-election in the air ?

Mohd. Hamdan Abdul Rahman

Penang state assemblyman for Permatang Pasir Mohd Hamdan Abdul Rahman died at the National Heart Centre (IJN) in Kuala Lumpur at 6.10am on Friday.

Mohd Hamdan, a two-term state assemblyman and former Penang PAS commissioner, was 60. He leaves behind a wife and six children.

In KOTA BARU, PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat said the party would contest in the by-election for the Permatang Pasir state seat, which he said was a PAS stronghold.

In the general election in 2008, Mohd Hamdan beat Umno candidate Ahmad Sahar Shuib with a majority 5,433 majority to win the seat.

The Election Commission (EC) chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said he expected to receive the notice on the vacancy for the seat from the Penang State Assembly Speaker, Datuk Abdul Halim Hussain, by next Monday.

After that, the EC will hold a meeting to discuss the polling and nomination dates, he told Bernama.The Election Commission is expected to announce the nomination and polling dates for the Permatang Pasir state by-election by Aug 10.

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Battling street crimes a priority for govt

PUTRAJAYA: The government is making the fight against street crimes a priority and aims to reduce the incidence of such cases by 20 per cent by the end of next year.


“We stress reducing street crimes as they cause trauma and prolonged fear among the communities,” Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak told members of the administration and civil servants at a gathering of civil service officers at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre recently.

Reducing the crime rate is the first of the six National Key Result Areas (NKRAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs) Najib announced on his 100th day in office earlier this month.

Street crimes such as snatch theft and robbery made up 17 per cent of the overall crime index last year.

The hot spots are Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Penang and Johor which accounted for 72 per cent of such crimes in the country last year.

The prime minister said members of Rela would be given training so that they could be roped in to assist police in battling street crime.

Selected police stations and facilities will be upgraded in addition to enhancing crime prevention measures such as increasing the number of closed-circuit TV cameras.

The Home Ministry will work with the Attorney-General’s Chambers
and the Prime Minister’s Office in finding ways to speed up the legal processes on backlogged cases, including the setting up of tribunals or courts specifically to handle street crime cases.

Dear listerners from far and near, if you have any suggestion as to how we should combat this street crime, please leave your comments.

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KRA to join KPI to bring improvements !!!

Each ministry to identify key result areas

Najib, on the occassion of his 100 days in office, announced that his administration would focus on the six areas namely crime prevention, combating corruption, providing greater access to quality and affordable education, improving the quality of life for the poor, improving rural infrastructure and upgrading public transportation in the medium term.

The six national key result areas (KRAs) were determined from public feedback, opinion polls and media reports, said Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon.It was also based on views raised by the rakyat during Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Najib Tun Razak’s walkabouts and interaction with the public.

Dr Koh said the Prime Minister would announce at least one key performance indicator (KPI) for each KRA to be known as national KPIs (N-KPIs).

“For instance, in the area of crime, the KPI will among others, spell out areas the government intends to reduce, the percentage of reduction and its timeline."

“This way, the government’s plans are made very clear to the public and prove its commitment in delivering its promises,” he added.

He said Najib also wanted all ministries to identify its respective KRAs - be it issues that needed to be tackled or enhanced and services that needed improvement.

Najib said the six key areas would help his administration and civil servants achieve the objectives of having key performance indices.

“The entire agenda (since I took office) comprises – firstly, a harmonious people and a prosperous economy, secondly, human rights and media freedom and thirdly, improving the capability of civil servants and the efficiency of the government’s delivery system,” he said.

KRA to join KPI to bring improvements

These two methods would help up achieve our ultimate goals, whether it is for Malaysia to be a developed, first-world or high-income nation.

“However, its success will also depend on the strength of the administration-public service relationship and I cannot emphasise enough how important this partnership is in determining the success of government policies and programmes,” he told civil servants at the Prime Minister’s Department monthly gathering Monday.

Trust and support if we are to see results my fella friends because political bickering will lead us to nowhere.

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