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APABILA meneliti Perlembagaan Persekutuan, kita dapati dalam perlembagaan wujud lima perkara asas yang tidak boleh dipersoal atau dipertikaikan. Apakah lima perkara asas itu? Ia membabitkan kedudukan Raja-Raja Melayu, hak istimewa orang Melayu termasuk pribumi Sabah dan Sarawak, hak kewarganegaraan, kedudukan agama Islam dan bahasa kebangsaan.

Mohd Foad Sakdan dalam bukunya Pengetahuan Asas Politik Malaysia (DBP, 1997) menyebut kelima-lima perkara asas itu sebagai politik perlembagaan yang dimasukkan ke dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan oleh Suruhanjaya Reid. Ia dimasukkan dalam Perlembagaan selepas berlakunya proses perundingan, permuafakatan atau kata sepakat secara kolektif di kalangan pemimpin pelbagai kaum di negara ini ketika itu.

Hakikatnya, kelima-lima perkara itu adalah satu bentuk kontrak sosial yang menjadi asas penting bagi mewujudkan perpaduan kaum di negara ini. Menurut Dr Hassan Ahmad, dari segi kemanusiaannya, kontrak sosial yang dilaksanakan di negara ini tidak sedikit pun mendiskriminasikan kaum lain. Malah, ia memberikan asas penyelesaian masalah perkauman yang wujud hasil daripada penjajahan British.

PETALING JAYA: DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang has criticised Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein for allegedly passing judgment that Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar was guilty of sedition as per the police reports lodged against her.

He said in a statement that Hishammuddin should not act as “both prosecutor and judge” in Nurul Izzah’s case before it is investigated by the police and the Attorney-General’s Chambers.

Police reports lodged against Nurul Izzah for allegedly committing sedition by questioning Article 153 (of the Constitution), he said, did not mean that she had done so.

PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak has invited Malaysians to share their ideas for Budget 2011 which is scheduled to be tabled in Parliament next month.

This news was music to the ears for Yam Tong Woo. Yam used to work as an automotive engineer before he lost his sight in January 2008 following a bacterial infection.

“Fortunately, it wasn’t the end of the road for me, thanks to Internet technology,” said Yam, 52.

MARAN:  Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said yesterday it was wrong to label efforts to help the poor as "racist" on grounds that most recipients were Bumiputeras.

"There are non-Bumiputeras in rural and urban areas who have received help from the government.

"Our main agenda is to eradicate poverty and ensure that the country's wealth is distributed equally," he said at the launch of a state-level programme to eradicate hardcore and urban poverty here yesterday.

Present were his wife Puan Sri Norainee Abdul Rahman and Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob.

PUTRAJAYA: The Public Service Department (PSD) will issue a show cause letter to the school principal in Johor if she had indeed uttered derogatory remarks at her students recently.

Its director-general Datuk Seri Abu Bakar Abdullah said the PSD will study the report submitted by the Education Ministry.

Abu Bakar said he received the six-inch thick report on Thursday and was still going through the papers.

KUALA LUMPUR, Friday 3 September 2010 (Bernama) -- The High Court will hear on Nov 23 the application by former Perak assembly speaker V. Sivakumar and six others for a judicial review of the Election Commission's (EC) decision not to hold by-elections for three state seats in Perak.

The application will be heard before Judge Datuk Aziah Ali.

High Court Senior Assistant Registrar Mohamad Izwan Mohamed Noh set the date in chambers today upon meeting lawyer Razlan Hadri Zulkifli for Sivakumar and the six applicants, and senior federal counsel Munahyza Mustafa for the EC and three other respondents.

Article contributed by Chiam Ter Ping, Officer, Bar Council

On 24 Aug 2010, Bar Council (BC) together with the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA), held a dialogue with the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA).  The meeting was chaired by Yang Berbahagia Datuk Jalilah Baba, the Director General of MIDA.  Sundra Rajoo, Director of KLRCA and his management team represented KLRCA.  Representing BC were Ragunath Kesavan (President), Lim Chee Wee (Vice-President), George Varughese (Secretary), Rajen Devaraj (Chief Executive Officer) and Chiam Ter Ping (Officer).  

The purpose of the dialogue was to discuss how the three parties could work together to promote Malaysia as the preferred investment destination for foreign investors.  Various opinions and practical ideas were exchanged during the dialogue.

Bar Council is pleased to inform that we have successfully negotiated with our insurers for a 7.7% reduction in Professional Indemnity (PI) premium to RM1,200 per lawyer (2010 premium was RM1,300).

Although usage of our risk management tools and practice area checklists are still not at a desirable rate, our Risk Management Programme has gained the confidence of our insurers.   Our risk management efforts and initiatives to increase awareness of instilling a sound work culture have resulted in our insurers agreeing to this reduced premium!