1) Adalah amat pahit untuk aku akui tetapi keadaan terlalu mendesak untuk mengakui BN harus dikalahkan pada PRU14 nanti. Kenapa? Disebabkan kebanyakan pemimpin UMNO/BN sudah terlalu bongkak dan lupa diri. Mereka sudah berada ditampuk kuasa terlalu lama hingga lupa dan bongkak lalu lupa tanggungjawab kepada rakyat diwakili. Bermula dari PM Najib, Zahid Hamidi, Nazri Aziz, Salleh Keruak dan ramai lagi, membuat rakyat muak dan menyampah melihat perangai dan kelakuan pemimpin - pemimpin ini.
2) Maka tidak hairanlah ramai pemimpin bahagian - bahagian UMNO turut sama berlakuan serupa dengan ketua mereka. Jawatan yang dikejar digunakan untuk kepentingan diri sendiri, bukan lagi untuk rakyat yang diwakili. Boleh dikatakan semua pemimpin - pemimpin bahagian UMNO mempunyai sikap yang serupa. Baik dari bahagian Gombak hinggalah Sungai Petani, semuanya boleh dikatakan sombong belaka.
3) Jika tidak sombong sekali pun, mereka akan tergolong dikalangan yang tiada prinsip murni dan yang tak jujur. Jawatan politik hanyalah untuk kepentingan diri sendiri. Mereka ini merupakan golongan yang Tun Mahathir pernah katakan dahulu Melayu Mudah Lupa, yang rakus terhadap kuasa yang sanggup berlaku kejam terhadap kawan dan musuh politik demi sebuah kuasa dan wang. Maka tidak hairanlah ramai yang jadi pemakan dedak dan pembodek.
4) Jika hendak dipulihkan kembali UMNO, terlalu ramai pemimpin yang aku kira perlu digugurkan, boleh dikatakan sembilan puluh peratus jumlahnya. Mereka perlu digugurkan agar kembali sedar. Kalau tidak, rakyat akan selama - lamanya akan teraniaya oleh perbuatan mereka ini. Jika tidak digugurkan, barah yang terdapat dalam akan merebak menjadi lebih teruk, lalu bakal melumpuhkan UMNO, dan akhirnya akan menyebabkan rakyat menderita akibat perbuatan tidak bertanggungjawab ini.
5) Jika diamati dari luar, penampilan PM kita akan berasa senang dengan beliau, beliau dilihat inclusive dan mesra dengan rakyat, begitulah juga dengan penampilan Anwar Ibrahim. Tetapi jika diamati lebih mendalam - tingkah laku beliau dibelakang kita, masyaallah buruknya. Maka tidak hairanlah isu - isu seperti kontroversi 1MDB, SRC dan derma 2.6 billion boleh terpalit terhadap beliau. Lagi banyak beliau hendak selindung, lagi banyak Tuhan dedah kepada rakyat, hinggakan beliau sendiri sudah jadi liabiliti kepada parti dan negara. Beliau tiada pilihan selain dari perlu letak jawatan demi bangsa, agama dan negara.
6) Semua orang tahu, Najib bergantung penuh pada kuasa sebagai PM Malaysia untuk menyekat sebarang usaha untuk membawa beliau ke muka pengadilan. Benarlah kata Tun Dr M suatu ketika dahulu, Najib amat takut jika beliau jatuh. Rupa - rupanya inilah sebab beliau takut. Malangnya beliau bertindak kurang bijak (yang bakal memberi kesan yang lebih buruk kepada diri beliau sendiri akhirnya). Tidakkah beliau sedar, suatu masa nanti beliau tetap akan jatuh. Pada ketika itu musuh beliau akan mendedah segala salah laku beliau, dan ketika itu beliau tiada lagi tempat untuk bergantung harap, dan tiada lagi kuasa bagi menyelamatkan diri. Nasib yang menimpa beliau bakal menjadi lebih teruk dari nasib yang menimpa Ferdinand Marcos dan Imelda.
7) Jika beliau seorang yang gentleman dan pahlawan (seperti yang digembar - gemburkan sebelum ini) - maka sudah lama beliau letak jawatan, demi bangsa, agama dan negara. Tetapi malangnya nasi sudah jadi bubur, dan mungkin tidak boleh patah balik kembali, memandangkan siasatan telah pun dijalankan oleh badan - badan bertanggungjawab termasuklah SPRM dan BNM. Tindakan beliau juga telah turut sama mengheret rakyat menanggung akibatnya. Adakah ini sikap gentleman yang beliau gembar gemburkan?
8) Aku percaya untuk kembali membersihkan UMNO dari pemimpin - pemimpin korup dan tak jujur, suatu tindakan drastik harus diambil. Tiada jalan lain lagi yang aku nampak selain dari BN perlu kalah pada PRU nanti. Pembersihan dari dalam adalah mustahil dapat dilakukan memandangkan pemimpin - pemimpin yang jujur dan amanah telah digugurkan, yang tinggal hanyalah pemakan - pemakan dedak yang kehausan wang dan kuasa. Maka jalan yang tinggal hanyalah pembersihan dari luar yang memerlukan penolakan menyeluruh dari segenap lapisan masyarakat dan kaum, yang sudah pasti akan menyakitkan. Harap - harap pemimpin begini akan kembali sedar siapakah bos sebenar mereka, rakyat atau PM.
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Sunday, February 7, 2016
Business Longevity Japanese-Style
I found this piece of article from China Daily newspaper that I read somewhere in June 29, 2015. I think its good to read and share among ourselves. The author is China Daily's bureau chief in Tokyo Ms Cao Hong. Enjoy reading;
COMPANIES LOVE BY HAVING STRONG SENSE OF PURPOSE AND PLACING VALUES LIKE DILIGENCE BEFORE PROFITS
Japanese people have the longest life expectancy in the world - 84 years, according to the World Health Organization, or to be precise, about 80 years for men and 87 for women.
The island nation is also home to around 40 percent of the world's longest-surviving businesess - the highest globally. A 2011 survey by the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry showed Japan had 21,666 business that were more than 100 years old, and 3,146 of them had been around for more than 200 years.
In fact, quite a few flourishing Japanese family businesses can trace their origins to the 17th or 18th century. They include Mitsui, Sumitomo and department store chain Daimaru. Mitsubishi and Suzuki, founded in the 19th century, are much younger in comparison.
The latest story of succession is about Japan's electronics manufacturer Casio. Its 86-year-old president Kazuo Kashio will hand the reigns of power to his eldest son Kazuhiro Kashio in June after staying at the helm for 27 years.
According to the US-based Family Business Institute, 30 percent of family businesses survive into the second generation, 12 percent continue into the third generation and only 3 percent make it into the fourth generation and beyond.
So what has enabled so many of Japan's old-world companies to continue doing business this long?
My recent trip to Kyoto helped me find part of the answer.
In his office and at his home, Kizaemon Tsukamoto, president of Kyoto-based Tsukaki Group, was proud to present scrolls with credo the encourages family members to accumulate "merit" to benefit their descendants.
The statement is from I Ching, or Book of Changes, an ancient Chinese masterpiece the says the cosmos is ever-changing yet harmonious. Today, the book has become a guide for success in many fields.
The scrolls has been passed down to Tsukamoto, the sixth-generation keeper of the family-run business founded in 1867, from earlier generations. The company that started as kimono maker has grown into major enterprise dealing in garments, fir, jewellery and real estate.
A museum on the outskirts of Kyoto exhibits the credos of may local business families. They share many values in common: Frugality, diligence, honest, restraint and sharing. These values are the basis of a strong corporate culture that unites the old companies, which earnestly live by the tenets instead of just highlighting them on their websites.
Such old companies are cohesive in their practice and have strong sense of purpose and identity.
By viewing their relationships with business partners and customers as something that goes beyond just an exchange of goods and services for financial gains, these companies have built supportive networks that have ensured their success, not just survival, in the long run.
These companies usually believe in leanness and efficiency, which could be termed frugality. They are conservative in terms of financing and do not risk their capital gratuitously. They understand the meaning of money in an old-fashioned way and know the value of having spare cash in the kitty.
Having cash in had gives them flexibility and independence of action. They can pursue options that their competitors cannot. They can grasp opportunities without first having to convince third-party financiers of their attractiveness.
Conservative financial practices also mean these companies tend to be very profitable. Studies done years ago showed the average net profit of old Japanese companies was 5.5 percent while that of all Japanese companies was 2.7 percent.
In Tsukamoto's words, businesses that treat their employees, customers, suppliers and the local community well can live and thrive long.
"Profitability is necessary condition for their existence and a means to more important ends, but it is not the end in itself" says Yohei Nakanori, the fourth-generation president of Tsukiji Tama Sushi, a restaurant founded in Tokyo in 1924.
Japan's century-old companies know the value of making their credos, passion and entrepreneurial skills and prowess a part of their DNA, and they cherish and protect it, as well as built upon it.
Of course, some have not succeeded, and others are struggling.
Founded in 578 AD, Japanese temple builder Kongo Gumi was being run by the founder's descendant s until it succumbed to excessive debts and an unfavourable business climate in 2006.
Different management styles have fueled a family feud at Japanese furniture retailer Otsuka Kagu. Its 71-years-old chairman, Katsuhisa Otsuka, who founded the business in 1969, focused on high end customers.
His eldest daughter, Kumiko Otsuka, took over the company as its president in 2009 with sights on the mass market. During her 5 years tenure, the business returned to profitability in 2011 for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis.
But the senior Otsuka fired his daughter in July last year. The company board reappointed her in January while the shareholders voted for her on March 27.
The latest sentiment reading of small Japanese businesses has slumped to two-year low as the weaker yen continues to weight on smaller, domestic-oriented companies, while benefiting the nation's biggest exporters.
The number of Japanese companies citing the weaker yen among the reasons for going bankrupt almost tripled in 2014 to 301 as fast-rising costs of imports squeezed small businesses, according to Teikoku Databank. It expects more such bankruptcies, especially outside large cities.
In this sense, the old companies could serve as valuable example for the younger ones.
COMPANIES LOVE BY HAVING STRONG SENSE OF PURPOSE AND PLACING VALUES LIKE DILIGENCE BEFORE PROFITS
Japanese people have the longest life expectancy in the world - 84 years, according to the World Health Organization, or to be precise, about 80 years for men and 87 for women.
The island nation is also home to around 40 percent of the world's longest-surviving businesess - the highest globally. A 2011 survey by the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry showed Japan had 21,666 business that were more than 100 years old, and 3,146 of them had been around for more than 200 years.
In fact, quite a few flourishing Japanese family businesses can trace their origins to the 17th or 18th century. They include Mitsui, Sumitomo and department store chain Daimaru. Mitsubishi and Suzuki, founded in the 19th century, are much younger in comparison.
The latest story of succession is about Japan's electronics manufacturer Casio. Its 86-year-old president Kazuo Kashio will hand the reigns of power to his eldest son Kazuhiro Kashio in June after staying at the helm for 27 years.
According to the US-based Family Business Institute, 30 percent of family businesses survive into the second generation, 12 percent continue into the third generation and only 3 percent make it into the fourth generation and beyond.
So what has enabled so many of Japan's old-world companies to continue doing business this long?
My recent trip to Kyoto helped me find part of the answer.
In his office and at his home, Kizaemon Tsukamoto, president of Kyoto-based Tsukaki Group, was proud to present scrolls with credo the encourages family members to accumulate "merit" to benefit their descendants.
The statement is from I Ching, or Book of Changes, an ancient Chinese masterpiece the says the cosmos is ever-changing yet harmonious. Today, the book has become a guide for success in many fields.
The scrolls has been passed down to Tsukamoto, the sixth-generation keeper of the family-run business founded in 1867, from earlier generations. The company that started as kimono maker has grown into major enterprise dealing in garments, fir, jewellery and real estate.
A museum on the outskirts of Kyoto exhibits the credos of may local business families. They share many values in common: Frugality, diligence, honest, restraint and sharing. These values are the basis of a strong corporate culture that unites the old companies, which earnestly live by the tenets instead of just highlighting them on their websites.
Such old companies are cohesive in their practice and have strong sense of purpose and identity.
By viewing their relationships with business partners and customers as something that goes beyond just an exchange of goods and services for financial gains, these companies have built supportive networks that have ensured their success, not just survival, in the long run.
These companies usually believe in leanness and efficiency, which could be termed frugality. They are conservative in terms of financing and do not risk their capital gratuitously. They understand the meaning of money in an old-fashioned way and know the value of having spare cash in the kitty.
Having cash in had gives them flexibility and independence of action. They can pursue options that their competitors cannot. They can grasp opportunities without first having to convince third-party financiers of their attractiveness.
Conservative financial practices also mean these companies tend to be very profitable. Studies done years ago showed the average net profit of old Japanese companies was 5.5 percent while that of all Japanese companies was 2.7 percent.
In Tsukamoto's words, businesses that treat their employees, customers, suppliers and the local community well can live and thrive long.
"Profitability is necessary condition for their existence and a means to more important ends, but it is not the end in itself" says Yohei Nakanori, the fourth-generation president of Tsukiji Tama Sushi, a restaurant founded in Tokyo in 1924.
Japan's century-old companies know the value of making their credos, passion and entrepreneurial skills and prowess a part of their DNA, and they cherish and protect it, as well as built upon it.
Of course, some have not succeeded, and others are struggling.
Founded in 578 AD, Japanese temple builder Kongo Gumi was being run by the founder's descendant s until it succumbed to excessive debts and an unfavourable business climate in 2006.
Different management styles have fueled a family feud at Japanese furniture retailer Otsuka Kagu. Its 71-years-old chairman, Katsuhisa Otsuka, who founded the business in 1969, focused on high end customers.
His eldest daughter, Kumiko Otsuka, took over the company as its president in 2009 with sights on the mass market. During her 5 years tenure, the business returned to profitability in 2011 for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis.
But the senior Otsuka fired his daughter in July last year. The company board reappointed her in January while the shareholders voted for her on March 27.
The latest sentiment reading of small Japanese businesses has slumped to two-year low as the weaker yen continues to weight on smaller, domestic-oriented companies, while benefiting the nation's biggest exporters.
The number of Japanese companies citing the weaker yen among the reasons for going bankrupt almost tripled in 2014 to 301 as fast-rising costs of imports squeezed small businesses, according to Teikoku Databank. It expects more such bankruptcies, especially outside large cities.
In this sense, the old companies could serve as valuable example for the younger ones.
Monday, February 1, 2016
Something To Think About
1) Believe me nothing will last forever, either life or power or wealth there's no exception. And looking at this, we can conclude about how is Najib's thinking - does he not worry that one day he will fall, one by one god has shown to us all the evidences of his blunders on 2.6B donation and 1MDB fiasco. Actually there's nothing to hide anymore - like Anwar Ibrahim, Najib himself having thick skin too.
2) If you watching movie American Gangster, played by Denzel Washington and Russel Crowe. The method employs is same with Najib approaches in politics. All the enforcement officers in NYPD were bribed by drug mafia. The drug lord have set aside funds to bribe all these police officers in order to facilitate their unlawful activities. In the context of our current political issue, 1MDB fund was used to help to facilitate Najib political agenda. Therefore, it wasn't surprise all the politicians either in UMNO or BN parliament representatives or even opposing side, seems reluctant or lacking political will to oppose all the wrong doing's of PM.
3) Eventually we the people who's voted in recent GE, will be the victims of the fraud made by our chosen leaders. Today's politic is not about fighting for the people right or being the voice of the people they representing. Today's politic is about personal agenda - lust for power and enriching oneself.
4) I'm sure all of us missed all first 4 PM leaderships dearly. The era that we stood by our own, stand by our own feet, speak our mind freely without influence from anyone else - a pride of our own-self. Now we have lost all of these spirit and pride - the disunity among all races also became larger, Malays being the centre of unity among all races also dividing - corrupted by the lust for money and power of it leaders. We Malaysians have no one to look at.
5) The small fragments of sincere leaders were casted away, they have no more power or influence, let alone follower to support. Consequently UMNO/BN become irrelevant and eventually people will turn against them in the next GE.
6) However the situation will not improve even if oppositions rule this country. Why? Because each party in the opposition pact have no common agenda and direction. Most of the time they were in contradicting opinion and cannot work together. The people will caught in between - and have no other option to choose from. The future look very bleak for us and generation to come.
7) Nevertheless PLEASE DON'T LOOSE HOPE AND REMAIN DILIGENT AND PERSEVERANCE IN OUR STRUGGLE AGAINST THE WRONG DOING OF OUR LEADERS EITHER BY CURRENT OR OPPOSING SIDE.
2) If you watching movie American Gangster, played by Denzel Washington and Russel Crowe. The method employs is same with Najib approaches in politics. All the enforcement officers in NYPD were bribed by drug mafia. The drug lord have set aside funds to bribe all these police officers in order to facilitate their unlawful activities. In the context of our current political issue, 1MDB fund was used to help to facilitate Najib political agenda. Therefore, it wasn't surprise all the politicians either in UMNO or BN parliament representatives or even opposing side, seems reluctant or lacking political will to oppose all the wrong doing's of PM.
3) Eventually we the people who's voted in recent GE, will be the victims of the fraud made by our chosen leaders. Today's politic is not about fighting for the people right or being the voice of the people they representing. Today's politic is about personal agenda - lust for power and enriching oneself.
4) I'm sure all of us missed all first 4 PM leaderships dearly. The era that we stood by our own, stand by our own feet, speak our mind freely without influence from anyone else - a pride of our own-self. Now we have lost all of these spirit and pride - the disunity among all races also became larger, Malays being the centre of unity among all races also dividing - corrupted by the lust for money and power of it leaders. We Malaysians have no one to look at.
5) The small fragments of sincere leaders were casted away, they have no more power or influence, let alone follower to support. Consequently UMNO/BN become irrelevant and eventually people will turn against them in the next GE.
6) However the situation will not improve even if oppositions rule this country. Why? Because each party in the opposition pact have no common agenda and direction. Most of the time they were in contradicting opinion and cannot work together. The people will caught in between - and have no other option to choose from. The future look very bleak for us and generation to come.
7) Nevertheless PLEASE DON'T LOOSE HOPE AND REMAIN DILIGENT AND PERSEVERANCE IN OUR STRUGGLE AGAINST THE WRONG DOING OF OUR LEADERS EITHER BY CURRENT OR OPPOSING SIDE.
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