Balkis not Dissolved?

Before that, something on Balkis HERE

I just want to know... now can we take Toyo's wife to court and make her cough back the 10million that belongs to BALKIS and should be used for the welfare of people of Selangor? And probably Penang should take a cue from this and demand the same of Bunga Tanjung?

Taken from The Sun, Llew-Ann Phang

Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim says the Registrar of Societies (ROS) has not approved the dissolution of the Wives of Selangor MPs and Assemblymen Welfare and Charity Organisation (Balkis).

"The state government received a letter from the ROS about a week ago confirming the status of Balkis," he told reporters in a post weekly state exco meeting media briefing today.

"The letter states that Balkis has not been dissolved. We are still collating information on land ownership and management of its assets, like the building (they operated in), to be given to the ROS.

"These serve as an explanation to the ROS as it is important for it to inform those involved in the handling of these assets, should the dissolution be approved.

So there will not be losses or destruction of the assets that were entrusted (to Balkis) to carry out activities for the benefit of the people in Selangor," he said.

Khalid said: "Whatever happens, our activities will continue. I don’t know about a new society but all our welfare activities will continue."

He affirmed that the wives of assemblymen and MPs as well as women elected representatives in the state have held discussions to continue with providing welfare and social services to the people.

Balkis hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons soon after the March 8 general election when the Barisan Nasional (BN) Selangor government was toppled and the wives of former elected representatives quickly "dissolved" Balkis and transferred some RM10 million to Bakti (the national body of wives of Ministers).

On a separate matter, Khalid also announced that the state government has finalised the list of municipal councillors for Selangor.

However, he said a statement will issued today on the breakdown of representation, their professions, their affiliations, the districts and all the local councils.

When met by reporters later, Selangor Local Government, Research and Development Committee chairman Ronnie Liu said the selected individuals were "10-times better than the previous batch".

"They are not corrupt and are willing to try and are willing to serve. We will be providing them with training and guidance," Liu said.

To kick off part of Pakatan Rakyat (PR)'s concern for the poor, Selangor Health, Plantation Workers, Poverty and Caring Government Committee chairman Dr Xavier Jeyakumar said beginning tomorrow, families with monthly incomes of lower than RM1,500 will each receive 5kg of rice, and 1kg of sugar and milk.

"Each (PR) assemblymen will receive between 700 and 800 bags of rice of 5kg and sugar and milk weighing 1kg each in their offices to be distributed to the people in their area," he said.

Asked what his vision was for the next 100 days of his administration, Khalid said: "The test for us is to see how much we provided value to the people of Selangor.

From now on, we are evaluating ourselves to see if we can add value added services to the investment and growth opportunities for the state."

On Selangor Sultan's threat to call off the Sultan of Selangor Cup’s football match should PAS Youth proceed with their protest against the concert due to be held before the July 6 match, Khalid said he met with the state ruler who has agreed to meet the PAS Youth wing for a discussion on their reservations and concerns on the concert.

"I do not think we want to stop the diplomatic friendly games between Selangor and Singapore but I think now it is a good idea for PAS Youth to get an audience with the Sultan for a discussion," he said, adding that it would be organised before the month's end.

Desperate for Recognition

Penang must be a place where many would want to go and claim some brownie points these days, more so after the state government secured two sizeable FDIs from some impressive names. Japan's Ibiden Co and the famed Honeywell Aviation, USA.

While the state floundered under the previous Gerakan led state government who themselves were embroiled in a RM1billion fiasco purportedly the contract handed out to Motorola to convince them to stay on in Penang, these two other giants needed no such incentives to put money into the state now led by Lim Guan Eng's DAP and Pakatan Rakyat partners.

While all these has been happening, one smart alec by the name of Mark Ooi Swee Hing was trying to claim a minute of fame for his ex-boss Koh Tsu Koon. Mark was the former political secretary of Koh Tsu Koon. The details can be found here.

He said that negotiations to bring in FDI is not done in a blink of an eye. While that is true, any change in government would have rendered all the work done in the past to convince these people to come in to be pointless too, but kudos to LGE who managed to convince these corporates to stick to their plans. While Mark was busily arguing that they should get their share of commendations, I do not see how he can be so selective in wanting the recognition.

Mark, please acknowledge that you too would take responsibility for all the land scam, PBT's transfer of funds to BAKTI and various other projects that was handed out to cronies at inflated prices. Also, I am sure, Lim Guan Eng would love to meet your ex-boss to thank him for the initial work done on the FDI as well as raising the queries that he has been highlighting all these while which your boss has said he was TOO BUSY and IT IS NOT IMPORTANT.

So, Mark, is this FDI thinggy important? Which is more important? Receiving commendations for the FDI or answering the questions we Penangnites have been asking all these while through our new Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Guan Eng?

Of Balkis and Bunga Tanjung

While their husbands swindle the rakyat's money in the name of development and peace, their wives were busily swindling the rakyat's money in the name of welfare. There is a term for this... we are being screwed left right centre and back.

How much more blatant can the BN government be, I really do not know. First, Balkis transferred the funds out of their account to BAKTI 3 days after the election while it was stipulated that the President of Balkis must be the wife of the Menteri Besar, hence, whatever resolution passed after 8th of March should be considered null and void.. right? On top of that the accounts has yet to be audited!

And this joker called Toyo has the gall to tell people his wife has the right to dissolve Balkis and transfer their preciously scavenge funds from various institutions for safekeeping and future use in their luxurious escapades. Like Jeff Ooi says, its a case of Desperate Housewives!

While Bunga Tanjung their Penang counterpart may have learnt from the stupidity of Balkis has made a "legible donation" to BAKTI, while donating pittance to the needy. It really gets me wondering really.. or was it that they know they will lose the election after March 8, hence they had their meeting before the election... :).

On another matter, there is this certain Appeals Court Judge that sits in as an advisor to Bakti. The name is suspiciously familiar... I thought the name was mentioned in the now famous Lingamgate video? The name Datuk Helilah Yusof rings a bell?