Bener, Bung.. katanya restriksi thd pers di Malesia juga tinggi.. tapi kabarnya, penduduk malesia lebih bisa kenyang ketimbang Indonesia..
Biarlah mulut dibungkam, asal perut kenyang.. he he he saya kira begitu : ) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Satrio Arismunandar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 10:04 PM Subject: Re: [ppiindia] Mengagumi Malaysia > Boleh mengagumi, asal tidak berlebihan. Karena pers > Malaysia masih selevel Pers rezim Soeharto, dengan > segala represinya, yang sudah jauh kita tinggalkan... > > Buktinya? Tolong sebutkan satu saja suratkabar > Malaysia yang bisa hidup tenang sambil mengritik > Mahathir Mohamad. Pers bebas adalah salah satu tiang > demokrasi. > > Satrio > > > > > --- Mario Gagho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > dear all, > > > > setiap saya membaca artikel/berita di media india, > > yg > > wartawannya diundang ke malaysia, pasti isinya > > selalu > > kekaguman dan kekaguman. dari glamornya, indah > > alamnya, bersih birokrasinya, metropolisnya, dll. > > saya > > tidak tau bagaimana kesan wartawan2 yg diundang > > berkunjung ke indonesia, apakah begitu juga? Well, > > kita pasti tahu jawabnya. > > > > salam, > > > > > > > > Fairways, other ways > > - By S. Shankar Menon > > > > > > > > Here in Kuala Lumpur for golf as part of an Indian > > media team, it is not the fairways but the other > > ways > > that will interest you. More so since Mahathir's > > Wawasan 2020, gathering momentum when I was last > > here > > three years ago, is in full flow with his successor > > Abdullah Badawi. The vision of this country getting > > a > > Newly Industrialised Country status by then, > > includes > > creating a common unified Malaysian identity, to > > replace the various communal identities of Chinese, > > Malay, Indian and so on, an educated society based > > on > > spiritual values. > > > > In the run-in from the state of the art airport, my > > colleagues in the team, as expectedly, go to town > > over > > the broad roads, how we are - guess, guess - held > > back > > only by corruption. They do not know of my misspent > > past, perpetually fighting these notions. Traffic > > jams > > of horrendous dimensions lie in wait the next day, > > the > > system here of adding percentages for the elected > > and > > selected in huge infrastructure contracts works very > > well with the delivered, spanking product. > > > > Badawi actually bothers about the bureaucracy. He > > constantly harangues the civil service to deliver at > > the cutting edge. Has any of our Prime Ministers > > done > > that over the last half century? Examinations and > > in-service screening of a deeply analytical nature > > are > > evolved lately for promotions, the unions are > > predictably miffed. Awards are given by the chief > > secretary Tan Sri Samsuddin Osman for performances > > by > > regional civil servants, honoured at the national > > level. When will this ever happen at home? The new > > PM, > > after the benevolent dictatorship of the old one, > > that > > found consistent electoral support by a country who > > knew they were on to a good thing, now pleads for > > religious moderation. Overwhelmed at the thought and > > breaking down in tears at a world conference on > > faith. > > The Petronas and Kuala Lumpur Towers, are only the > > symbols of this huge new thrust to modernity; Bukit > > Nanas, the equatorial forest with its swaying cable > > cars above in the middle of town when I first came > > here in 1978, is now preserved as a jungle trek > > without the accents of tourists from the Mid-West > > shrieking down from below. > > > > There is no time on this trip to breathe in the > > orchid > > or hibiscus gardens. Stumble across a clump in the > > Cameron Highlands from where the black lapwing Rajah > > Brooke butterflies rise like shreds of an umbrella. > > While doing the Kinabalu climb on an earlier visit, > > there was the largest flower in the world next to > > the > > path as you panted upwards. In the forests of Sabah, > > the > > > > rafflesia is a metre in diameter in full bloom, > > taking > > many months to develop; the open bloom lasts a few > > days, is a parasite, has seven species altogether. I > > am more obsessed with not missing putts smaller than > > that on the unbelievably zippety greens of Impian. > > Our > > scratch teaching pro in the team is partying till > > four > > every morning, while I hit balls at a driving range > > as > > thunder and lightning and rain sweep outside. Ajay > > Gujral and I have the same net score on the first > > day, > > he is asked to look for babes later, crackles in the > > second round at Saujana, while I sag miserably in > > the > > heat. > > > > It is all good fun. My playing partner, a lady > > photographer from Delhi, has completely different > > playing rhythms and I grit available teeth, > > generally > > silently. Our Golfline magazine business head, Anil > > Dev produces a great effort on the second of three > > days, but unless I deliver in the final round over > > three courses, chances of making it to the finals in > > October in Terengannu are bleak. An inter-team > > amateur > > world championship is being played a lot more > > seriously while the rest of us hack. Malaysian > > Tourism > > has splurged on hospitality. To be accompanied by a > > police escort for the media bus as we make our way > > to > > the venue of the day, reminds me of getting the > > President of Seychelles from Santa Cruz airport to > > Taj > > Hotel in Mumbai in 25 minutes flat. > > > > This country has a population less than twice that > > of > > Mumbai. The capital is at 1.6 million people, only > > twice that of a town where I was chief cook and > > bottle > > washer 20 years ago. Time being a function of > > interest, I still try to find the bookshop where > > under > > an atrium, there are waterfalls and ferns in the > > garden section, children sit around on park benches > > reading about the botanical and natural wonders of > > this amazing country. In the process, I find again > > the > > elaborate Kournikaya, where a small lift only for > > one > > wheel-chair, takes you straight to the poetry > > section > > in the fourth floor of a shopping mall. > > Unfortunately, > > Toni Morrison and her contemporaries are cellophaned > > from the itching hands of the seeking public. > > > > The MPH book-store in the Mid-Valley shopping mall, > > has no flowing water any more, but the garden chairs > > and the children are still there. There is also a > > competition to describe their outlets in three > > words. > > Comprehensive, delightful, romantic, I say and wait > > for the first prize of a car to be shipped to > > Prabhadevi. > > > > Malaysia gets 6 1/2 million tourists in six months, > > we > > get 2 1/2 a year. Their infrastructure is > > spectacular, > > from mountain biking to endurance events in Sabah > > around tea estates, the executive sportsmen in our > > stressed cities, have an ideal venue for combing > > back > > their disappearing hair. The charm of the people in > > the service industries is a magnificent plus. Though > > their wages are good, prices are reasonable, the > > bio-diversity, carefully preserved, takes the > > visitor > > through the enthralling countryside of Sabah and > > Sarawak in a fragile environment. > > > > Last time here, on the trail of Jim Thompson the > > maverick bringer of silk to this country and > > possibly > > a CIA agent straight out of Somerset Maugham, I saw > > a > > few of the Orang Aslis come down from the tea > > gardens. > > The original inhabitants will be dazed at modern > > Malaysia. The government looks after them as well > > without condescension. The press here may not welter > > in our great freedoms, which include rotten golf > > scores for our media team, but Mahathir has created > > a > > genuine nation. It is not about too many countries, > > including China or us, that we can say that. > > > > Hope to play better golf in Bangkok this morning, > > hopes [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > === message truncated === > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > > *************************************************************************** > Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. Menuju Indonesia yg Lebih Baik, in Commonality & Shared Destiny. www.ppi.4t.com > *************************************************************************** > __________________________________________________________________________ > Mohon Perhatian: > > 1. Harap tdk. memposting/reply yg menyinggung SARA (kecuali sbg otokritik) > 2. Pesan yg akan direply harap dihapus, kecuali yg akan dikomentari. > 3. Lihat arsip sebelumnya, www.ppi-india.da.ru; > 4. Posting: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 5. 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