Chicken & cock tok

Chicken talk:-

There are proper and effective ways to resolve problems without needing to make them public, said MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting.

He said it was the responsibility of MCA leaders to expose any case of corruption, the abuse of power and malpractice but there were proper channels to do so.

“This is about the coordination and cooperation between government officers in solving problems and implementing national policies,” he said yesterday after attending the Chang Ming Thien Foundation's study loan presentation ceremony.

He said this when responding to questions on the spat between Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Ong Tee Keat and Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein.

Cock talk:-

The decision to reprimand Deputy Higher Education Datuk Ong Tee Keat for his statement directed at the Education Ministry was made based on government principle.

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the decision was made at the Cabinet level in the presence of all Barisan Nasional component party heads.

“When it comes to the Government, the principle is very clear that you can't transcend another ministry's responsibility,” he told reporters after launching and presenting the DRB-Hicom-Deftech special scholarship fund at the Defence Ministry here yesterday.

He was asked to comment on some Barisan leaders questioning the Cabinet's move to reprimand Ong for alleging misuse of funds meant for Chinese schools' refurbishment, when Umno Youth leaders were allowed to hurl criticism at Penang Chief Minister Tan Sri Koh Tsu Koon alleging him to have neglected issues concerning the Malays in the state.

“That's all, that's enough. It is a matter of principle. One is politics; the other is the Government,” he said when pressed further by reporters.

Bull talk:-

Controversial issues that might cause racial disunity will be left out of the new Ethnic Relations module. ...

“I’m confident it will be a contribution towards the building of racial unity in Malaysia,” he said. ...

On his deputy Datuk Ong Tee Keat’s response to his apology to Education Ministry officials, Mustapa said he would discuss the matter with MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting next week.

Toad talk:-

Sungai Siput: Shouts of happiness turned into screams for help when a brick wall collapsed over a dozen Year 6 pupils of SRK Methodist here while they were in the midst of their Children’s Day celebration yesterday. ...

Teachers and gardeners rushed to help the pupils, who were pinned beneath the wall which was 9m long, 1.2m high and 22cm thick. Two of the pupils were warded with bone fractures while the other 10 received outpatient treatment at Sungai Siput Hospital. ...

Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, who visited the children as well as the site yesterday, was angry when he saw the condition of the wall and the school.

“How can you hold a Children’s Day celebration here when the school is in such a bad condition?” he asked school headmaster Mohd Nor Azam. Samy Vellu said the wall’s foundation was not strong enough to hold the pupils’ weight. He also expressed anger that the area had not been cleared immediately.

Samy Vellu added that he would call Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein to get an allocation to build a new retaining wall for the school.