A picture of a thousand apologies

Former Malaysia Airlines Chairman Tan Sri Tajudin Ramli looking at Malaysian Insider's ad in NST and Beita Harian today

They say, a picture is worth a thousand words. In this case, its worth RM 200 million.

The Malaysian Insider's apology to Tajudin Ramli, NST 7 Oct 2011

Cakap tak serupa bikin

ADUN Padang Lalang Michal Tan Cheong Heng

Tiga setengah tahun lepas semasa mengambil alih Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang dari Barisan Nasional, Setiausaha Agung DAP Lim Guan Eng mengumumkan bahawa mana mana politikus Pembangkang akan dihalang untuk diluluskan mana mana permohonan tanah. Ini bertujuan menunjukan mereka tidak mahu wakil rakyat mereka dilihat sebagai menyalah gunakan kedudukan, semata mata untuk diberikan permohonan tanah dari Kerajaan Negeri.

Isu terkini melibatkan Tan Hong Cheng tidak sebagaimana yang sebenar. Beliau bersama saudara kandung  iaitu ADUN DAP bagi Padang Lalang YB Tan Chong Heong terlibat dalam permohonan sebidang tanah 1.1 hektar di Jalan Song Bang Kheng di Bukit Mertajam dan telah mendapat kelulusan Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang.

Hari ini Parti Cinta Malaysia membuktikan sebaliknya. Dalam sidang media yang telah diadakan oleh Naib Presiden Huang Cheng Guan telah menarik perhatian umum terutama sekali ahli ahli DAP Bukit Mertajam. Sesama mereka telah beralih pendapat dan menyatakan rasa hairan dan terkejut dgn pendedahan tersebut.

Huang yang juga bekas Naib Presiden Gerakan menyatakan dengan tegas, ”Last time they said tak akan ambil satu inci tanah pun but now what happened? Dia yang cakap kita dengar kata. Tapi ini bukan inci, ini ekar. Jadi mereka perlu jelaskan kepada rakyat Pulau Pinang. Jangan pandai cakap saja. Bagi saya slogan cat tak laku lagi. No more competency, accountability, transparency kalau betul CAT  jawab la ini isu kepada semua!”.

Mereka juga menyatakan bahawa YB Michael Tan Cheong Heng merasa dirinya pandai menutup pemilikan tanah pajakan tersebut tetapi akhirnya telah dibongkar oleh PCM dan amat memalukan sekali.

Disamping juga elemen telah digerakan untuk terus spin isu ini dan akhbar The Star di KL telah dihubungi dan dikatakan ber janji akan spin isu ini secara lebih aggresif lagi.

Manakala Huan juga telah dihubungi oleh wakil Penang Sports Club (PSC) yg melahirkan rasa tidak puas hati mereka terhadap diskaun 80% keatas tanah TOL tersebut sedangkan permohonan PSC utk melanjutkan status TOL kelab tersebut tidak diluluskan. Sehubungan dengan itu, Huan akan membuat laporan terhadap diskaun yang diberi keatas premium tanah tersebut di SPRM dalam masa terdekat.

Penjelasan Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang Lim Guan Eng didesak serta merta.

E&O G O: To be or not to be

Eastern & Oriental Bhd.

The Sime Darby acquisition of Penang-based property development company E&O has a new twist. Some parties are seriously pushing for a general offer (GO) by Sime Darby to the minority share-holders although this is not required by law.

And it is reported that some people with special interest in this deal is buying E&O shares and mopping them up from the open market

Wednesday October 5, 2011

ECM Libra raises stake in E&O to 6.51%

PETALING JAYA: When Eastern & Oriental Bhd (E&O) held its AGM last Friday, one of its bigger shareholders – ECM Libra Financial Group Bhd– also upped its stake to 6.51% from 6.3%.

In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, E&O stated that ECM Libra acquired an additional 2 million shares at RM1 each. A week before that, it had just adjusted its stake from 5.12% to 6.3%.

The impetus for this move is unclear and many are puzzled about it. An analyst suggested that ECM Libra “probably feels left out and this is the only way to preserve the value of its stake.”

He opined that ECM Libra could be looking to force a general offer fromSime Darby Bhd, after the group excluded ECM Libra from its shares buy-over from three other stakeholders.

Aside from that, ECM Libra could also be trying to have more sway through a bigger stake in the company.

ECM Libra first acquired 42.01 million shares, or 5.12% stake, in E&O at the end of April at RM1 per share.

Sime Darby bought a 12.2% stake from E&O managing director Datuk Tham Ka Hon, 11.9% from Singapore-listed GK Goh Holdings Ltd and 9.5% from Tan Sri Wan Azmi Wan Hamzah.

The three stakeholders sold their stakes for RM2.30 per share, or a 60% premium to market.

Tham, who was reappointed as managing director, still holds 5.1% stake and has committed to keep his position in the company for the next three years.

At the AGM last week, chairman Datuk Azizan Abdul Rahman and two other directors – Datuk Henry Chin Poy Wu and Vijeyaratnam V. Thamotharam Pillay – were reappointed.

In contrast, the shareholders rejected the two nominees put forward by ECM Libra, Mahadzir Azizan and Leong Kam Weng.

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If Sime Darby had been affected by the pressures and did make a  general offer at the premium price of acquisition, then notorious Dark Lord of Media Kalimullah “Riong Kali” Hassan and ECM Libra would have pocketed about RM 155 million. This is if had Sime Darby paid them a premium similar to what was paid to Tham, Wan Azmi (via Halfmoon Bay Capital Ltd) and Goh.

Ruslan Kassim made a report to the MACC on the meeting which took place in Singapore during Lim Guan Eng’s visit on August 11-12. Unfortunately he got it wrong.  It was never about politics. It was about money. Reliable sources confirmed that the dinner meeting did take place.

Riong Kali wanted Lim to sit down with Mrs Brig. Gen. (NS) Lee Hsien Loong for this deal. He wanted to ask the Singapore authorities to pressure the substantial shareholders to sell the E&O shares to a ‘DAP friendly’ party, which is ECM Libra. Of late ECM Libra has been very active in doing financial and strategic services for the DAP-led Penang government.

It makes sense to have the meeting. Reliable sources say Riong Kali would do his utmost to convince the crown jewel property development of Penang to go to a DAP friendly party instead of the federal government controlled GLC like Sime Darby. The parcels they have in hand plus the 1,000 acres from a reclamation concession is very much Riong Kali’s avenue.

We can recall that during PM ‘Flip-Flop’ Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s tenure, Riong Kali was already going after something like this in Penang.

The failure to acquire substantial control of E&O never stopped Riong Kali from muscling his way but the two nominees of ECM Libra failed to be appointed. Thank god.

Saturday October 1, 2011

E&O shareholders vote against ECM Libra nominees

By CHOONG EN HAN
han@thestar.com.my

PETALING JAYA: Contrary to expectations, major Eastern & Oriental Bhdshareholder Sime Darby Bhd did not seek board representation at E&O’s AGM while a majority of shareholders voted against the appointment ofECM Libra Financial Group Bhd nominees to the property developer’s board.

“About 75% of the shareholders who attended the meeting voted against (ECM Libra’s) two resolutions,” E&O deputy managing director Eric Chan Kok Leong said after the group’s AGM.

He said the number of shareholders at yesterday’s meeting represented about 65% to 70% of E&O’s total shareholding.

Almost 80% of the shareholders voted for the re-appointment ofchairman Datuk Azizan Abd Rahman, managing director Datuk Tham Ka Hon, Vijeyaratnam V. Thamotharam Pillay and Datuk Henry Chin Poy Wu.

The AGM, which was convened at 10am, dragged on till evening as some shareholders sought to get Sime Darby Bhd, which recently bought a 30% stake in E&O, to make a general offer for the rest of E&O shares.

Sime recently emerged as E&O’s single largest shareholder after acquiring the 30% stake from three substantial shareholders managing director Datuk Terry Tham (12.2%), Tan Sri Wan Azmi Wan Hamzah(9.1%) and GK Goh Holdings Ltd (9.5%).

The RM761mil price for the shares was a 60% premium at the market price then.

Tham has retained a 5.1% stake in E&O, while Wan Azmi owns 2.9% and GK Goh, 3.5%. After the sale to Sime, ECM Libra emerged as the second largest shareholder in E&O with a 6.3% stake..

At the time of the stake acquisition, E&O and Sime had signed a separate collaborative agreement, the details of which, Chan said, would be discussed with Sime at a meeting likely to be held this month.

Meanwhile, Chan is bullish on E&O’s long-term aspirations, saying the group would strive to become an internationally respected lifestyle brand.

“We will go ahead with three key strategic moves which involve improving our branding, having strategic alliances and collaboration with renowned partners, and also the development of new growth engines,” he said.

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Nevertheless, it is his usual sinister corporate agenda that at least four lawyers were at the AGM as nominees for ECM Libra. They were there to try and seize the moment so that it could be manipulated for Riong Kali’s interest.

The question now is, can Sime Darby resist the pressure of having to make a GO? The trio’s holdings remain at 12% and ECM Libra’s is 6.51%. Let us not forget the various nominees of Nor Mohamed Yackop and friends. All in all, that comes up to about 28-30%, which will burn another RM 770 million in Sime Darby’s coffer.

It is doubtful that they would want to make another cash outright acquisition. The johny-come-lately who would benefit most in this undoubtedly is Riong Kali. ECM Libra would have walked away with a cool RM155 million on an investment which was only 40% of that four months ago.

In the final analysis, Sime Darby share-holders can manage without having control of E&O and probably they have faith in the current BOD and management to give them value for their investments estimated to be realised at RM 3.2 billion. In short, E&O shall remain an associate company of Sime Darby Bhd.

Opportunists should not be allowed to walk away with a ‘corporate molestation’, at the expense of 10.5 million bona fide Bumiputra investors.

*Updated 830pm

Mincing Malaysia Airlines

The Malaysia Airlines-Air Asia share swap which was concluded almost two months ago is now moving into new chartered waters. The parties which benefited the most from the most unfair ‘share-swap’ deal in Malaysian corporate history is plotting to carve the carcass of the game they killed.

Even though many could not see the ‘beef for Malaysia Airlines’ for the share-swap and giving so much power to Air Asia CEO Tan Sri Tony Fernandes in Malaysia Airlines, Deputy Finance Minister Dato’ Dr Awang Adek Hussin told Dewan Rakyat this morning the Government had no choice but to go ahead with the merger.

Ministry: MAS, AirAsia share swap only option

2011/10/05
By Minderjeet Kaur
news@nst.com.my

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THE Finance Ministry said the government had no choice but to go ahead with the share swap between AirAsia and Malaysia Airlines (MAS) to allow the national carrier to move forward.

Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Dr Awang Adek Hussein said it was part of efforts to improve the financial standing of MAS which was moderately successful, but needed a boost to face new challenges.

Furthermore, he said, MAS lost RM770 million in the first half of this year.

“We had no choice. If it makes more losses, the government will have to inject funds and we will face more anger,” he said in reply to a question from Datuk Ismail Kasim (BN-Arau).

Awang Adek said the share swap was based on the guiding principle that both parties would benefit. He said AirAsia had proven to be a success in other developing countries such as Thailand and Indonesia.

“MAS can learn from their experience to move forward.”

He said the deal would also see both airlines expanding their businesses.

Awang Adek said state investment arm, Khazanah Nasional, was undertaking due diligence before deciding whether to take a stake in AirAsia X.

The deal on Aug 9 involved Khazanah Nasional swapping a 20.5 per cent stake in MAS for 10 per cent in the budget carrier.

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On the contrary. Malaysia Airlines did learn from their school of hard-knocks. They decided to go for the ‘hybrid-model’ instead of ‘legacy airline’ when they set up FireFly and managed to convince Ministry of Transport to allow them to go for flexible fare model, despite Fernandes-benefited-Level-Four ‘Airline Rationalisation’ plan which was shoved down Malaysia Airlines’ throat in 2005. That was when Malaysia Airlines surrendered many prized-routes for AirAsia, which include the Sabah-Sarawak Rural Air Service which helped to build their business to what it is today.

When FireFly introduced jet service this year, they started to be a serious threat to AirAsia. The new low cost carrier is proven to be likeable and started to become very popular, especially from those who used to travel to Sabah and Sarawak on AirAsia. So part of the purpose of Fernandes making the kill in the ‘share-swap’ is to kill FireFly.

As soon as he got in, the Sapphire Airlines was announced. Fernandes was zest to launch Sapphire Airlines on 11 November 2011. Despite its business model not yet made clear, it received a very strong opposition from the employees. It was rumoured that 80% of Malaysia Airlines employees would be transfered to the new airlines. The Malaysia Airlines Employees Union (MASEU) threatened to go on industrial strike.

However, after a face-off with Malaysia Airlines Chairman Tan Sri Mohd. Nor Yusoff, they decided to put on hold their intention to strike.

Star Biz reported that Sapphire Airlines might not happen after all. Within this week, sources within shared the info that Malaysia Airlines would continue to be a premium intercontinental carrier using all their wide body aircrafts (A380-800s, B747-400s, B777-200s, A330-2oo/300s) where else all narrow body aircrafts (B737-400/800s) would be operated by FireFly as a regional premium airlines.

The announcement which took many to the feeling of ‘The rug being yanked from under our feet’ is when Fernandes was quick to announce his personal involvement in acquiring mediocre English Premier League Queens Park Rangers and swift as lightning, Malaysia Airlines sponsorship of RM 18 million to QPR’s home games.

12 September 2011 Last updated at 14:44 GMT

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QPR sign sponsorship deal with two Asian airlines

The new sponsored shirt will be worn for the first time against Newcastle

Premier League team Queens Park Rangers (QPR) has announced a new shirt sponsorship deal with carriers Malaysia Airlines and Air Asia.

Malaysia Airlines will appear on the home kit, while Air Asia features on the west London side’s two away kits.

Both airlines are connected with club owner, Malaysian businessman Tony Fernandes, who took over in August.

QPR had been without a shirt sponsor after a three-year-deal with Gulf Air ended in the summer.

‘Positive’

The club returned to the top flight of English football this year for the first time since the 1995-96 season, and they currently sit 15th in the Premier League table.

The new sponsored home shirt will be worn for the first time against Newcastle United on Monday evening.

The club did not reveal the financial figures behind the new deal, except to say it was “a multi-million pound shirt sponsorship”.

“We are extremely positive about building a thriving relationship with both businesses in a bid to broaden our exposure,” said QPR chief executive Philip Beard.

Malaysia Airlines’ executive director, Mohammed Rashdan Yusof, said: “Malaysia Airlines is elated to be associated with QPR’s ascendancy to the Premier League.

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So many questioned why Malaysia Airlines bought into the sponsorship of QPR. The wittiest remark from this really bad deal is “If they really felt QPR sponsorship is commercially good decision, why for jersey of the home stadium games? Why not away games? Wouldn’t more British footies would see Malaysia Airlines in Old Trafford, Stamford Bridge, Anfield, Emirates Way, White Hart Lane and St James Park?”.

Another chap was quick to remark, “I thought Malaysia Airlines is having a serious problem with profitability to a point where they brought Fernandes in and gave away 20% shares for a song, so why are they spending this money?”.

The most important question about this sponsorship deal of QPR is now that Fernandes and his partner Dato’ Kamaruddin Meranun are on Malaysia Airlines BOD, were they present when the decision to give away the RM 18 million? Isn’t that a conflict of interest?

If it is, then Khazanah had sold away Malaysia Airlines to very unscrupulous businessmen. Needless to remind that these were the same men who used most of Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd’s 39 airports but refused to pay even though they collected the airport tax from the passengers, up front.

So believed the QPR sponsorship was a red herring. The week they announced the deal is when Malaysia Airlines agreed at Tolouse to form a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) operations where Airbus would be a joint venture partner. This is very much neccessary for AirAsia as the low cost carrier been farming out their MROs and now their earliest batch of the A32o should need heavy MRO work. Sending it abroad would eat into their profitability.

Coming back to MASEU. The employees grievances have been taken notice by International Transport Workers’ Federation, where MASEU is an affiliate. This global level attention is coupled by the fact AirAsia is a company without workers’ union. This would prove to be a thorn for both airlines’ expansion program into certain sectors. And now Fernandes is a director to both companies’, especially with executive powers at both.

Not only we fail to see the ‘Beef for Malaysia Airlines’ and even if there actually was some, in has not been minced away.

The Malaysian Insider did defame Tajudin Ramli

This came out in the front page of The Malaysian Insider today:

APOLOGY TO TAN SRI DATO’ TAJUDIN BIN RAMLI

October 04, 2011

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 — In the article entitled ‘MACC clears AG of Graft Allegations’ published on or about 31.5.2011, on the ‘Malaysian Insider’ website, it was stated that:

“Tajuddin was MAS executive chairman from 1994 to 2001. During his tenure, the national airline experienced losses totalling RM8 billion – its biggest ever – which led to complaints being lodged against him.”

The Malaysian Insider is satisfied that the above statement is defamatory, is wholly unfounded and is without any factual basis and therefore desires to express its regret to Tan Sri Dato’ Tajudin bin Ramli and apologize to him for all embarrassment and inconvenience which has been caused to him by the publication of the defamatory allegations.

Further we hereby immediately retract and withdraw circulation of the abovementioned article and the statement from the Malaysian Insider website and agree to refrain from further repetition of the same or any words imputing the same or a similar meaning.

SIGNED BY :-

THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER
JAHABAR SADIQ
SHAZWAN MUSTAFA KAMAL

That probably saved them the RM 200 million plus legal cost. YB Salahuddin Ayub, are you catching all these? You’re probably next.

So, there was no dinner with Mr. Lim and Mrs. Lee?

The man who used his column in NST to lie

Former Dark Lord of Media Kalimullah “Riong Kali” Hassan denied he met Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and Temasek Holdings CEO Madam Ho Ching in Singapore on 12 August 2011.

Azman, Kalimullah deny allegations

2011/10/02

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KUALA LUMPUR: A member of Malaysia Airlines board of directors, Datuk Mohamad Azman Yahya, has denied having knowledge of a dinner reportedly attended by DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng, businessman Datuk Seri Kalimullah Hassan and several senior leaders of Singapore’s People’s Action Party (PAP).

Responding to a report in the New Sunday Times, Azman said in an email sent to the NST: “I wish to categorically state that I was not aware of, let alone attended, the alleged dinner for senior politicians of Singapore PAP and (Penang chief minister) Lim Guan Eng.

“Furthermore, I have no knowledge of any meetings arranged between PAP and DAP.
“I hope Perkasa is satisfied with my explanation. I only wish that Perkasa had checked the facts with me before issuing the statement.”

The NST had quoted Perkasa information chief Ruslan Kasim as saying that a dinner was arranged for three Malaysian personalities, including a chief minister, and Singapore’s top politicians in August.

Ruslan urged the three to clear the air over the matter in the interests of the country.
Yesterday, Ruslan said he had been misquoted in the news report.

“What I’ve said in my statement issued on Saturday was that Azman should answer allegations that he has information on a secret meeting between Lim and PAP’s top leaders during a dinner on Aug 12 in Singapore that was also attended by Kalimullah.”

He asked what were the topics discussed as the people had the right to know whether it involved Malaysian national security.
“I also asked if Azman was aware of the allegation that Kalimullah had reportedly arranged meetings between top leaders of DAP and PAP.”

Meanwhile, Kalimullah said he “categorically denied the entire allegation by Perkasa” and demanded his statement of denial be published in the NSTP group of newspapers today.

“I am currently overseas and have just been made aware that the New Sunday Times in its edition today published the article. The allegations in the article are completely false.”

He also said claims that he had arranged the dinner for the meeting were not true.

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So Riong Kali denied that he arranged for the dinner for the meeting. What was reported by NST on 2 Oct 2011,

“Perkasa information chief Ruslan Kasim questioned the motive behind the dinner that was attended by Malaysia Airlines board member Datuk Mohamad Azman Yahya, businessman Datuk Seri Kalimullah Hassan and Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng with several senior leaders of Singapore’s People’s Action Party (PAP).”

Probably if was presented like that, then its likely to be inaccurate. Azman Yahya was never in the picture and there was no inter-party (DAP-PAP) arrangements that involved Riong Kali.

The “Thirteen Million Ringgit Plus Question” now is, did Riong Kali attend the private dinner with Lim and Mrs Lee on 12 August?

Then again, it was reported that the private dinner was scheduled in Chinese Chauvinist DAP Secretary General’s itinerary of the two day visit in Singapore, 11 and 12 August. If it was not supposed to happen, then it would not be included in the itinerary.

Lim, lied about what he said at the Singapore Foreign Correspondent luncheon. After proofs presented in mainstream media, including national TV and NST published a story how HRH Sultan Ibrahim of Johor was offended, Lim apologised. The apology is for the statement he said about Johor, which was deemed offensive. However, Lim never apologised for lying to Malaysians.

Whether or not Riong Kali actually did not attend the dinner, its something that probably would surface in the bloggosphere within these next few days. We all shall know whether he was telling the truth or doing a ‘Lim Guan Eng’. Being ‘accurate’ isn’t one of Riong Kali’s best of traits. Then again, Riong Kali did lie using his column in NST on 11 June 2006 when he was then the powerful Dark Lord of Media during PM ‘Flip-Flop’ Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s bleak five-and-a-half years administration.

Have we all forgotten about that?

*Updated 1000hrs

Mukhriz: Let’s come together for Masjidil Aqsa

First Al Quds Foundation Malaysian Full Board of Trustee Meeting

Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry Dato’ Mukhriz Mahathir is his capacity of an activist for the Palestinian cause, today attended the first regional Board of Trustee meeting of the Al Quds Foundation Malaysia. It an apolitical NGO where the objective is to help the cause of the Palestinians, who have been under Israel occupancy for the past 63 years.

He called for persons from all walks of life, profession and abilities to come forward and help the cause in any way they can:

Dear respected guests from head office/Beirut-Lebanon

Dear honorable brother Dr. Mohammad Farid the second vice-chairman of QFM Board of Trustees

Dear honorable brother Y.B. Ustaz Nassarudin Mat Isa the chairman of the QFM Board of Directors

Dear honorable brother Ustaz Hasanudin Younis vice chairman of the QFM Board of Directors

Distinguished brothers and sisters members of the board of trustees
Our respected guests
Assalamoalykom

It is my honor to meet you today in the first regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of Al-Quds Foundation Malaysia. I really feel privileged that you have answered my invitation to embark on a long and fruitful journey safeguarding and serving one of the most important cities in human heritage, a Muslim and Christian sanctuary and one of the holiest places ever, that is Al-Quds city, better known in English as Jerusalem.

For almost a century, Al-Quds has been under foreign occupation that never relented in changing its identity, tempering its landmarks, planting exotic buildings, preventing both Muslims and Christians to maintain or even reach their holy places in a clear attempt to Judaize the holy city. This move comes as a main step to dominate the whole region, creating a buffer zone that disrupt its unity and entice enmities among its inhabitants. The wicked Zionist scheme, has always aimed at disjointing Muslims and sawing the seeds of diversity among them to keep them week and ultimately rule over them.

We here in Malaysia, are privileged by Allah (SWT) with stability, security, safety and a prosperous economy, which enabled our fellow citizens to lead peaceful lives; nonetheless Malaysians have never been forgetful of the holy city’s owes and its inhabitants sufferings. Founding Al-Quds Foundation Malaysia is not an isolated move in this direction, it is rather a continuation of a long march started by our politicians, Ulama, Intellectuals, academics scholars common men and women, decades ago.

Today, we meet overlooking our political and ideological differences, to be united for a higher cause, not an earthly one but a moral and religious obligation. Our major interest is to safeguard and regain Al-Quds. No matter how small our contribution may be, the important thing is that it represents our commitment and passion toward our holy city. When these efforts are combined with other efforts form many parts of the world it is bond to build a great momentum and ultimately change the injustice that has shrouded the holy land for a long time.

As members of the board of trustees, you play vital role in taking the support to this holy cause, to a higher level, each in his or her field:
Politicians: in rallying political and public support, legally, financially on local and international levels.
Ulama: Educating Muslims on the importance of this holy cause, and relating them emotionally to it, through lectures and writings.
Businessmen and women: in donating money and providing other means to support the cause.
Academics: Organizing conventions, conferences, research work, writing articles, books and delivering lectures on this issue.
Professionals: Extending their arms to the people of the holy land in training, cooperation, building schools, hospital and financial support.

This is only to name a few, for I am sure there many other ways that you may think of.

Finally, let us show the whole world how Malaysians stand for their conviction and religion. May Allah (SWT) bless you all.

Thank you.

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The list of the QFM Board of Trustee:

AL QUDS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTION MALAYSIA

Board of Trustees:

#	Name	Designation	Post	Phone	Address
	YB Dato’ Mukhriz Mahathir	Chairman BoT	Deputy Minister MITI	mukhrizm@miti.gov.my mukhrizm@me.com	15thfloor, block 10Government offices complexJalan Duta50622 KL, Malaysia
	YB Dato’ Abdul Hadi Awang	Vice-Chairman I	President of PAS & MP
	Dr. Mohammad Farid	Vice-Chairman II	President of Ikram
	Abdulaziz Abdulqadir	BoT	Umno
	Dr. Zulaiha	BoT	PGPO
	Prof. Chandra Muzaffar	Vice-Chairman III	Academic
	Dato Rameli Musa	BoT	Businessman	rameli@ingresscorp.com.my
	Dato’ Rezal Merican	BoT	Umno	Reezal.gpms@gmail.com
	Haji Azmi Abdul Hamid	BoT	PAS/MAPIM	azmi58@yahoo.com
	Dr. Syed Azman	BoT	PAS	syedazmans@yahoo.co.uk
	Dr. Mohammad Nor Manoti	BoT	PKR	dr_manuty@hotmail.com
	YB Saifuddin Nasution	BoT	PKRGeneral Sec & MP	Saifuddinnasution@yahoo.com
	Ustaz Wan Sobki Wan Saleh	BoT	Vice-President Ikram	wsws_tts@yahoo.com
	Dr. Zairul	BoT	Ikram	zairulonline@gmail.com
	Dr. Zain Kandar	BoT	Ikram	drzin2000@yahoo.com
	Dr. Selamat Hashim	BoT	Ikram
	Dr. Musa Nordin	BoT	Viva Pal.	Musamn@gmail.com
	Dr. Abdullah Sudin	BoT	Chairman of Halaun
	Dr. Abdullah Zaik	BoT	Aman Pal.
	Wan Hisham	BoT	Aman Pal.
	Naji Alsarhi	Sec. of BoT	PCOM
	Mahmoud AlAdam	BoT	Media

	Ustaz Nasaruddin Mat Isa		Chairman BoD	MP &Member of Central Committee of PAS	nasharudin_matisa@yahoo.com
	Ustaz Hasanuddin		Vice-Chairman of BoD	Ex -Chairman of Aqsa Syarif	myhasanuddin@gmail.com
	Mohammad Makram		Exe. Director	Q.F.M	m_mkrm@hotmail.com
	Muslim Abu Omar		BoD Secretary	PCOM
		Ustaz Abdul Ghani Shamsudin	BoD	اتحاد علماء ماليزيا	ustghani@yahoo.com
	Dr. Syed Halim		BoD member	Pre.Halaun Pal.	marmarabiru@gmail.com
	Dr. Fauziah Mohd Hasan		BoD member	Ikram	fhmama11@gmail.com
	Prof. Hafizi		BoD	President of Aqsa Syarif	mypacemalaysia@gmail.com

The Board of Trustee of QFM is clearly apolitical.

"Lim Guan Eng should apologise to all Malaysians!"

In his chat with media covering the event after the QFM media conference later, Mukhriz  repeated his demand yesterday that Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng must apologise to all Malaysians. This is despite yesterday the latter issued an open apology to HRH Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar of Johor and Johoreans for his remark at the luncheon with Singapore Foreign Correspondent Association on 12 August.

“Lim Guan Eng apologised for his remark but he still has not apologise for lying”. Mukhriz was referring to Lim’s response when Bernama reported on the Q&A last Sunday and denial after TV3 aired the footage.