A NEW DAWN

News without borders, theSun Monday March 17 2008 reports:

Guan Eng sets his MIND on change

Less than a week as chief minister, Lim Guan Eng-received his baptism of fire:
1.) misquoted by media organisations which serve their own political masters.
2.) blacklash from representatives and supporters of the previous regime.

It's not going to be easy, but the 47-year-old ex-prisoner said that:
1.) He will walk the talk .
2.) Goes the distance in fulfilling his election promises.

The biggest headache for Guan Eng is to:
1.) ensure that the government machinery continues to run smoothly.
2.) civil servants remain apolitical.

Before he can address this issue, he has first to get it right with:
1.) the media.
2.) spin doctors
who want to portray him as "anti-this" or "anti-that".
Bernama has apologised to him for including a reference to May 13 in a report attributed to the chief minister.

He reiterated that what he said was: More importantly, we will run the government administration
1.) free from thfe New Economic Policy (NEP) that breeds
a.) cronyism,
b.) corruption and
c.) systemic inefficiency.

We will implement an open tender system for all government procurement and contracts. We will also practise transparency by uploading information of such tender bids in the internet portal...

Lim said it was irresponsible for the politicians, aided by a jaundiced media to play up ethnic sensitivities and reminded all and sundry that he is a chief minister for all races.

"Don't forget I went to jail for a Malay girl!"he said, referring to his incarceration in Kajang Prison for 36 months in 1988 for sedition for accusing former Malacca chief minister Tan Sri Rahim Thamby Chik of statutory rape.

"We will have new systems in place where everything is transparent and accounted for" he said.
As a parliamentarian (he is also MP for Bagan), Lim said he is determined to push for the Right to Information Act and declassify documents frequently labelled as rahsia or sulit.
In capacity as chief minister, he is already setting things in motion by calling for documents and files that were out of his reach when he was a "pesky opposition politician", but now having to be made available to him at his beck and call.
"...all deals as long as they involve people's money and welfare, we should open up the books,"said the new chief minister, heralding what many believe to be a new dawn of a transparent and people-centred state gorvernment.

A new dawn has come!
Let's uphold our beloved brother in prayers.
God has put him in position to do the Lord's will!
All Malaysians have waited for half a century a new beginning!
This new government was brought about by the people who wanted change.
To me, this is the begining of a new begining!
Let's watch and pray!
Things are going to move very swiftly in the political realm.
Who ever thought that the political landscape would be what it is today?! Even say 10 days ago.