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 Mahathir
home from holidays
UMNO
organised APCET riot
Millenium
jump team makes second attempt for the Pole
UMNO
to target youth
More
efforts to eradicate Bahasa Baku
ISA
does not erode human rights
Rafidah
explains share allotments to son-in-law
Foreigners
out to recolonise us invade our borders
High
tech boost for schoolkids
UMNO
Supreme Council urges Ku Li to keep promise
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| Millenium jump team makes second attempt
for the Pole
Malaysians were overjoyed this week to hear triumphant
news that Malaysia’s South Pole Millenium Jump 2000 team were successful
in their second attempt to parachute to the South Pole. However, the joy
was short-lived when it was revealed a few days later that the team had
not in fact jumped over the Pole but were accidentally dropped by the Russian
organisers over Grozny in Chechnya. Half of the team were unfortunately
killed in the crossfire between Chehchen rebels and KGB Security forces,
while the other half were killed by humiliated Malaysians who greeted them
when they returned at the KL International Airport.
 Locals
await
the arrival
of the
Jump
team |
The first attempt on New Year’s Day was a triumph for
Malaysia, when the team broke the World Record for the longest ever distance
a parachute jump actually missed its target. Malaysians are now collecting
funds for a third attempt, where the jump organisers and Minstry of Culture,
Youth and Sports officials will be made to jump over the Pole - this time,
without parachutes. |
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KGB Security forces
greet Millenium
Jump team members
as they are dropped accidentally
over Grozny |
| UMNO to target youth
UMNO will intensify its efforts to close the generation
gap with younger Malays and promote greater support for the party among
youth. "We have identified pre-schoolers as the only group where we’re
likely to have even the slimmest chance of success," said UMNO Youth
activist Ahmad Bacul. "Young people with even basic schooling will
probably be too embarrassed to be associated with us."
To this end, UMNO Youth cadres will now be supplied with
Ronald McDonald clown suits and tour kindergartens, nurseries and fast-food
outlets throughout the country, talking to toddlers and pre-schoolers about
the UMNO struggle. Young people will also be offered 'Toys R Us' discount
cards with every UMNO Youth membership application and UMNO Youth
conventions will now be held in Disneyland to attract more youth participation.
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Ronald McDonald and clown |
| More efforts to eradicate Bahasa Baku
In its efforts to completely eradicate all influences
and traces of Bahasa Baku from living memory, UMNO educationists are now
lobbying for the return of the old pre-Independence spelling system to
Bahasa Melayu, such as 'ch' instead of 'c', 'sh' instead
of 'sy', the 'e tanda', the use of hyphens with 'di-'
and the use of '2' to indicate plural nouns (as in "buku2").
UMNO linguist Haji Abdul Bakhil said the move would restore Bahasa Melayu
to its purity and "eliminate the homosexual, traitorous, disloyal
and ungrateful influences of the evil Bahasa Baku". He denied
that the move was politically motivated in any way or form and had nothing
to do with wiping out all traces of Anwar Ibrahim’s influence in Malaysian
society. "However, we are also considering banning the use of the
name of ‘Anwar’ in all written publications and radio and television broadcasts
in Bahasa Melayu, as we feel it will contribute to the purity of the language."
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