关注媒体工作者执勤安全问题

华摄协会促同行加强团结互助

关注媒体工作者执勤安全问题

11-04-2012 14:58

马青联邦直辖区团长兼马华敦拉萨镇区会主席周连琼上议员吁请所有媒体同行守望相助，发挥团结精神，以确保站在新闻前线媒体工作者的人身安全。

“如今，不仅政治人物被打，连摄影记者在工作期间也遭殃，所以站在新闻前线的同行应更团结，保护大家的安全。”

周连琼是在马来西亚华裔摄影记者协会成功举办第二届“华摄奖”颁奖晚宴上，代表未克出席的财政部副部长林祥才致词时，发表上述谈话。

他说，摄影记者为了捕抓镜头，不惜蹲丶爬丶坐，确保新闻照片呈现事实，让读者了解新闻事件的完整，有一图胜千言的作用。

他在晚宴上也代表林祥才宣布拨款5000令吉，而他本身也额外拨出3000令吉，共8000令吉给马来西亚华裔摄影协会，以肯定摄影记者多年的付出，同时希望可以抛砖引玉，引起商家支持该协会的运作。

此外，马来西亚华裔摄影协会主席曾荻刚说，摄记进行采访任务时，往往受到许多领袖身边保镳的刁难及推挤，造成摄记工作的困难，也引起不必要的口角冲突。

“协会希望大家尊重和信任摄记的专业，如果摄记获得大家的配合，不只顺利完成工作，也能拍到更多杰出的照片。”

他也披露，他听闻同业近期常遭到掠夺，而呼吁会员在外执行任务时，时时警惕周遭的交通工具，注意安全。

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民联不具长期规划思考，靠空头支票讨好选民

马青联邦直辖区州团长周连琼上议员斥民联废除高教贷学金计划论说荒谬，痛批民联不曾具有长期规划思考，只是一味开“空头支票”讨好选民。

周连琼指出，国会反对党领袖安华指大马石油收入足以承担国家教育开销言论属极不负责任。他说，单是废除高教贷学金计划，政府便要承担至少430亿令吉开销，而这数据尚未包括往后每年的教育费用。

“现时的高教贷学金包括计算了学生的学费与生活费，若单是负担学费，那清贫子弟的生活费该怎办”？

周连琼说，国内有超过百所私人学府，每间学府的收费皆不相同，那些无法进入政府大学的学子转而往私人学院深造，而特定学府的学生能够申请高教贷学金。

“如果废除了，这些孩子要如何是好？民联不曾细想，只懂得一味承诺”。

他批评民联奉行民粹主义，一味开出“空头支票”蒙骗人民意图捞取选票。周连琼力指当民联真是废除收费站背上巨额赔偿以及断了国库收入，加上一系列的民粹政策伤耗国库，国家根本没有能力可以再承担其他开销，甚至无力推动发展。届时，人民将是最大的受害者。

Tony Pua should clarify Pakatan Rakyat’s stand

Tony Pua should clarify Pakatan Rakyat’s stand that they will not reduce the number of civil servants should they take over the federal government

I urge DAP National Publicity Secretary Tony Pua to clarify the stand of Pakatan Rakyat leaders promising that they will not reduce the number of civil servants should they take over the federal government as previously he had said otherwise.

Sin Chew Daily (4 Apr 12) reported that in Kota Bharu, PKR Secretary General Saifuddin Nasution Ismail had promised that Pakatan Rakyat will protect the position of the 1.2 million civil servants in Malaysia and that they will maintain the number of civil servants as it was under the government of Barisan Nasional.

This decision is a big slap to Tony Pua. While he had followed closely the different government departments and had constantly made mistakes, this time however, the Pakatan Rakyat leadership had promised not to reduce the number of civil servants.

From the issue of teaching Maths and Science in English to the reduction of government servants, Tony Pua has constantly been held in-check by PAS until finally, DAP had no choice but to dismiss Tony Pua’s utterance as his own personal statement in order to cover up their embarrassment. This shows that DAP is placed in a tough situation, and that they will make a big fuss whenever they are caught making mistakes in an attempt to redirect the public’s attention. DAP knows that they have to constantly change their stand and decision to keep in line with their partners, PKR and PAS.

PKR vs DAP views on retaining or slashing public sector size

This is also not the first time Tony Pua has been sidelined. PKR Secretary General Saifuddin Nasution Ismail had claimed that 1.2 million out of 28 million Malaysian citizens are government servants and that Pakatan Rakyat will not downsize this number. This promise is in direct contrast to Tony Pua’s claims of reducing the number of civil servants if Pakatan Rakyat wins.

Therefore, I urge Tony Pua to clarify the stand on whether or not Pakatan Rakyat does plan to reduce the number of government servants. If DAP has no plans to reduce the number of civil servants, then Tony Pua should retract his statement and apologize. This is the way things should be, instead of allowing their leaders to simply shoot off from their mouths, attributing such remarks as their own personal stand and later pretend that nothing happened.

Senator Chew Lian Keng, JP
MCA Youth Federal Territory Chairman

周连琼敦促潘俭伟就民联不裁减公务员表明立场

(吉隆坡4日讯) 马青中委周连琼上议员针对民联领袖声称执政中央后，不会削减公务员，表示质疑，他挑战曾经言之凿凿表示民联执政后将逐步裁减公务员的行动党全国宣传秘书潘俭伟对有关声明作出表态。

也是直辖区州团长的他今日发表文告针对民联领袖承诺会保障国內120万名公务员的地位，不会在夺下中央政权后，对曾经为国阵政府效劳的公务员进行“瘦身”，大幅削减公务员一事发文告如此表示。

“民联领袖的决定犹如刮了潘俭伟一个耳光，潘俭伟经常紧抓着各政府部门的事情不放，但却频频出槌，而这次民联领袖一再许下承诺指民联若执政中央，将不会进行裁员。”

他补充，从英语教数理的课题到公务员瘦身论，潘俭伟的立场都遭到伊斯兰党的否决，最后行动党唯有祭出纯属个人言论的解释来掩饰尴尬，这种种举止显示行动党已经陷入窘境，只要抓到一点错误就夸大其辞，其意在于释放虚假的谎言来鱼目混珠。可那究竟是行动党的立场反覆无常，仰或是看伊斯兰党及公正党的脸色后，再见风转舵，这只有他们心知肚明了。

“潘俭伟的言论遭到否决已非头一遭，如今公正党总秘书赛夫丁更言之凿凿指，我国2千800万人口中，其中公务员就多达120万人，表示不裁退公务员为公务员注入一支强心针，但这也正正否定了潘俭伟声称民联政府一旦执政中央，将会通过一项公务员“特別瘦身计划”，以达到每一年逐步减少公务员人数的目标的说辞。”

他也促请潘俭伟明确表明“是否会裁减公务员”的立场，若行动党的立场是不会裁退，应该谕令潘俭伟收回有关言论并道歉，却严谨并明确表明该党的立场，而不是任由领袖发表言论，过后即指为存属个人的发表并不代表党的立场草草带过。