Showing posts with label Nation Building. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nation Building. Show all posts

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Edisi Khas : Model Ekonomi Baru (MEB)

Dinamakan ‘Edisi Khas’ ni bukannya kerana apa. Saya sebenarnya tidak berhajat untuk mencatatkan apa-apa tulisan blog selain dari mencatatkan ‘koleksi’ untuk kegunaan sendiri yang banyaknya menjurus kepada… kata orang ‘spiritual’? dan juga koleksi-koleksi jenaka yang saya terima.

Habis tu kenapa muatkan juga pasal MEB ni?

GATAL !!!!
(image credit : Damian Harvey & Lynne Chapman)

Penyakit gatal ni berjangkit dari Kenn yang mengaitkan Teori Darwin dengan tulisan Din Turtle bersabit dengan MEB ini.

Hmmm… kalau dulu-dululah, memang susah payah, jerih pedih untuk “survive” di bumi perantauan. Datang jauh dari Tanah Besar China, India dll., meninggalkan tanahair untuk menyambung hidup mencari rezeki di bumi asing. Tetapi Alhamdulillah mereka dengan segala kesusahan yang dipikul mendapat simpati dari penduduk tempatan. Dibantu sekadar yang mungkin, malah diterima sebagai ahli warga sendiri. Agak tepatlah perkataan “survive” digunakan dalam keadaan ini.

Hari ini generasi perantau kebanyakanya sudah senang. Dari 10 yang terkaya di negara ini, 9 daripada mereka adalah berketurunan Cina dan 1 berketurunan India. Nampaknya, orang Melayu pula terkial-kial untuk “survive”. Agaknya sebab itulah Kenn tanya, nak survive ke? Nak conquer ?

Macam Din Turtle bayangkan, dah kaya nak kaya lagi. Bukannya nak menolong orang dalam kesusahan, malah nak bersaing juga dengan yang lemah supaya semuanya jadi haknya. Merit la katakan, ya tak? Dah si Ayu tu (dalam cerita Din Turtle) serba serbi tak ada, modal tak ada, duit tak ada, kalau tak mula berniaga, mana nak ada pengalaman? Entah-entah tanah tempat letaknya tapak perniagaan si Lim dulunya tanah keturunan si Ayu yang diberikan oleh nenek moyang Ayu semasa membantu nenek moyang Lim yang merantau dari jauh, tolong nak “survive” di bumi ini.

Itulah perlunya ada suatu dasar ekonomi yang adil. Bukan adil dari segi merit sahaja, “survival of the fittest”. Kenalah ada “ethic” juga dalam persaingan tu.

Dulu orang Melayu pun berniaga runcit. Selepas mula bersaing dengan kaum Cina, nampaknya kedai orang Melayu nampaknya tidak dapat bertahan. Ini yang lebih kurang saya faham dari buku “Malay Dilemma”. Siasat punya siasat, gula sekati kat kedai orang Melayu dijual RM1 (buat contoh ni) dan kedai orang Cina dapat ‘offer’ 95 sen sekati. Kenapa ye ? Merit ke ? Pandai Berniaga ke ? Tup-tup lepas tu keluar undang-undang mewajibkan tanda harga supaya harga semuanya seragam. Peniaga diwajibkan untuk “calibrate” dacing agarnya beratnya satu kati memang satu kati, jangan jarum aja tunjuk satu kati. Itu baru saja gula, barang-barang keperluan lain?

Ada undang-undang pun orang cari juga “loop holes”. Dulu banyak stesen-stesen minyak bersaing, isi petrol penuh setangki dapatlah sabun ke, coke ke macam-macam lagi. Sekarang ini dah kena “stop” dah. Nak beli gula sekati kat kedai “I”? Beli sekati dapat cokelat sebiji, beli dua kati dapat cokelat 3 biji, harga tetap RM1 sekati. Kedai sebelah tak dapat cokelat free! Nak?

Cuba anda pakai kasut si Lim (dalam cerita Din Turtle). Ada si Ayu, si Muthu dan si Ah Seng. Ketiga-ketiganya nak berniaga barang cenderamata kat tepi pantai tu dan semuanya nak dapat bekalan dari anda. Adakah anda akan tengok Ayu binti Melayu, Muthu A/L India dan Seng Ah Cina? Atau anda melihat diri anda seorang bangsa Malaysia, lalu mereka-mereka semua itu pun satu bangsa dengan anda? Susah kerajaan nak gubal undang-undang memaksa anda bagi kredit sama rata, sama panjang tempohnya dan sama nilainya pada ketiga-ketiga sekali apabila hati anda lebih terpaut kepada Seng Ah Cina yang sebangsa dengan anda. Betui? “Level field” ka ni bila hanya Ah Seng dapat kredit dan Ayu serta Muthu kena beli “cash”? (sebagai contoh)

Minta tolong sikit. Saya ada 3 orang awek yang saya berikan kain untuk depa buat sepasang baju kurung. Satu badan besar, satu lagi badan sederhana dan yang ketiga tu badan kecil. Untuk sama rata, saya belikan 4 meter kain, semuanya kain yang sama, harga sama, corak sama, kualiti sama. Yang kecil molek ni tersengih-sengih lebar memperagakan baju kurung yang baru dijahit. Diunjukkan pula sepasang lagi. “Adek jahit dua pasang bang!” katanya. Si Angah pun tersengih apabila memperagakan baju kurungnya, tapi tak lama selepas dia tahu si Adek ada dua pasang. Mana si Along ni? Bedebuk !! segumpal kain singgah ke muka saya kemudian dengan suara marah-marah. “4 meter kain ni nak suruh I jahit baju seksi ke apa?” jerit si Along. Eh! Kan semuanya dapat 4 meter, tak adil dan sama rata lagi ke?

Kita break sat!


Itulah, kalau tak ada “rules of the game” atau “ethic”, sampai bila perisian Microsoft Office tu nak turun harga? Nak turun macamana, market tak ada, tak cukup permintaan? Nak cukup permintaan macamana, dah orang ramai tak beli? Orang ramai nak beli macamana dah harga RM1,000 untuk basic berbanding dengan yang cetak rompak harga RM15 untuk full professional version? Dulu saya nak beli dial-up modem US Robotics, harganya.. mak datuk! Lebih seribu ringgit. Sekarang ni tengok, Belkin wireless modem router pun baru RM100 lebih, life time warranty pulak tu! Bila cukup permintaan dalam pasaran, kos produk dapat cover. Kalau asyik kena tibai dengan lanun, manalah yang ORI tu nak turun kos, nak terus hidup pun payah. Cuba banding harga sebatang pen jikanya dibeli secara pukal? Bandingkan telefon Nokia yang basic, dahulu dan sekarang? Semua tu barang ORI. Kalau berterusan macam ni, sekejap lagi Malaysia jadi macam Amerika la, jarang sekali ada barang capek tidak berkualiti yang dihasillkan oleh lanun-lanun yang tak ada undang-undang dan ethic. Siapa penyanyi lagu tu? Datuk Siti Nurhaliza kan? Siapa taukeh cetak rompak album Siti tu? Hmmmm…. Kesian Datuk Siti ! Nak compete dengan Negara China? Kalau tak ada atau tak ambil pusing pasai “rules of the game”, jangan haraplah. Itu pasai Amerika bikin anti-dumping act kut? (Eh! susu bayi pun mereka tibai sebab nak untung punya pasai, sampai ada bayi yang mati. Yang buat tu dah kena gantung mati ke?) Jenguk kat blog Odscene tu, macam-macam lanun ada. Minyak pelincir pun nak ditipunya. Bila kita kata Tuhan No. 1 adalah Duit, kena tuduh menyebar ajaran sesat pulak! Macamana nak bersaing kalau tak ada undang-undang? ada pun boleh di "kau tim" kan? Tak ada ethic!

Okla.. buat macamana pun model ekonomi tu, masih juga lagi orang akan cari loop holes. Orang kata DEB tu okay, cuma implementasinya dah menyimpang serong. Pergi undi kat sini. Kenapa tak di teliti implementasi sesuatu dasar tu? Kenapa perlu dasar itu diubah kalau dah okay? Kita orang pun geram juga dengan orang-orang yang dilabelkan sebagai “UMNOputera” tu yang ambil kesempatan atas DEB untuk memperkayakan diri sendiri. Dalam geram pada mereka, Datok Sak kena juga consider orang Melayu yang ramai bilangannya macam si Ayu dalam cerita Din Turtle tu. Bagi teguran juga kepada juga Ketua Pemuda UMNO tu supaya giat membela nasib orang Melayu ni, jangan nak asyik berniaga sampai lupa bangsa.

Sebelum sesebuah Negara itu diteliti apa bentuk ekonominya, bukankah kita kena kenal dulu apa nama Negara itu? Apa bangsanya? Apa identitinya? Oh… Negara Malaysia..!! Bangsa Malaysia? Jarang terdengar tu, yang banyak terdengar bangsa Cina, Melayu, India dan macam-macam lagi, kalah rojak. Mereka bercakap bahasa Malaysia ke? Ye ke? Dalam rumah, luar rumah guna bahasa Malaysia 24/7?

Alamak! Panjang pula tulisan ni. Saya bukan gheti sangat pasal ekonomi ni. Tapi berbalik kepada Ayu, Muthu dan Ah Seng tadi bila nak mendapatkan bekalan dari si Lim. Betui ka masalah ekonomi ini berkisar kepada yang kaya dan yang miskin, yang ke depan dan yang terkebelakang, yang pandai berniaga dan yang tak pandai berniaga? Atau ini hanyalah salah satu symptom kepada penyakit yang lebih tenat dari penyakit ketidakseimbangan ekonomi antara kaum?

Penyakit gapo dio pulok? Penyakit ni kut? Dulu dah email kat PM dah masa PM dok promote Bahasa Mandarin kat blog 1-Malaysia dia.

Penyakit orang Cina hanya akan tolong orang cina dan nak bercakap bahasa cina, dan segala serbinya cina macam Dong Zong dan entah apa bala lagi nama persatuan-persatuan tu. Samalah juga dengan orang India, dan juga orang Melayu sekalipun. Bezanya hanyalah, orang Melayu tidak dikenali sebagai berasal dari keturunan pendatang. Jadi Negara ini, sepertimana yang termaktub dalam Perlembagaan adalah berteraskan kepada Melayu. Sebab ini namanya Malaysia, bukan Cinasia ataupun Indiasia. Bahasanya Bahasa Malaysia yang berteraskan Bahasa Melayu, bukan bahasa mandarin ka, tionghua ka, tamil ka, urdu ka dsb.

Saya agak inilah penyakitnya. Penyakit identiti. Identiti rojak. Aku cina, mu India , dia Melayu. Ini semua bukan orang Malaysia. Kenapa payah sangat nak wujudkan sekolah satu aliran? Kenapa kalau ada kempen SATU SEKOLAH UNTUK SEMUA, pak Menteri sendiri yang menentang? PM pun nampaknya macam tak gemar aje, pi dok pertahankan sekolah vernacular pulak? Tan Sri Muhyiddin janganlah warning saya pula macam PTA kena warning kerana menyentuh dasar pelajaran dengan secara tidak selari dengan dasar yang kerajaan nak. SATU SEKOLAH UNTUK SEMUA ini jahat sangatkah dalam usaha untuk membina negara? Dong Zong tu mulia sangat ke dengan bermati-matian mempertahankan sekolah vernacular dan segala serba serbinya cina?


Oh ya.. Dato Seri Zambry, bila pula nak adakan kelas Bahasa Tamil kat Perak tu? Lepas ni sambung pula dengan bahasa Urdu, Benggali, Kelate pula Datok! Eerrrr… Dato dah pasti ke semua adun-adun kat Perak tu dah memang fasih benar dengan Bahasa Kebangsaan? Mereka guna bahasa Kebangsaan dalam dan luar rumah? Mereka daulatkan bahasa kebangsaan? Jangan lupa, Dato Seri dan geng kena jadi pakar rakyat, bukan pakar bahasa. Kesian professor-professor bahasa kat U tu kena kongsi periuk nasi pulak.

Selagi aku Cina, mu India, dia Melayu, selagi tu DEB ka, MEB ka, entah apa lagi akan susah mencapai matlamatnya. Cina bukan lagi nak “survive” tapi nampak macam lebih kepada “conquest”. Atas dasar “merit” songsang, peduli apa Melayu atau India yang tinggal nyawa-nyawa ikan dalam bidang ekonomi. Siapa cepat, dia dapat. Nasib la kalau kau orang patah kaki tak leh berlari. Ada DEB pun, kerusi roda disebat oleh mereka-mereka yang sememangnya boleh berlari, pi mampus la kau yang patah kaki tu. Ini zaman liberalisasi dan merit. Sebat mana yang dapat dan cepat sebelum orang lain dapat. Tiada lagi pendatang yang nak ditolong diberikan tanah supaya dapat bina kehidupan baru di bumi asing. Si Ayu lepas ni akan mati lemah jantung tak dapat masuk IJN sebab Ayu tak ada duit, Lim pun tak nak bekalkan barangan sebab Ayu tak pandai berniaga. Betui ?

“SATU BANGSA, SATU NEGARA, SATU BAHASA”

Monday, February 01, 2010

Do You Understand English ?

Everyone who says that he/she is a Malaysian citizen, has no excuse whatsoever, not to be fluent in Bahasa Kebangsaan (the National Language), that is Bahasa Melayu. Malaysians will use Bahasa Melayu when interacting with fellow Malaysians. Not only that, every Malaysian citizen must uphold the National Language in accordance to the provisions of the Constitution. Public displays, signage, bill boards, every official and commercial businesses and correspondences, functions etc within this country must use Bahasa Melayu.

A ruling of a court-case states:-

"The supremacy of Bahasa Malaysia or the Malay language in our courts cannot be denied. Article 152 of the Federal Constitution, read together with section 8 of the National Language Act provide that all proceedings, other than the giving of evidence by a witness, in the Federal Court, Court of Appeal, High Court and subordinate court shall be in the national language." (Source : Lawyer Kampung)

Alright, some of the Malaysians will lament .."Oh! what will happen to our  mother tongue. You want to kill our beloved mother tongue..?!!"

Relax bro! We want you to become Malaysians, not kill your mother tongue. Let's hear what Prof. Khoo Kay Kim has to say about this:-


Let's move on.
 
English is the second language, here in Malaysia. I would like to say also that it is a "must" for every Malaysian citizen to sufficiently be fluent in English. This second language shall be used when interacting with non-Malaysians as we do not expect non-Malaysians to be well versed or understand Bahasa Melayu (even though many non-Malaysians do really have impeccable command of Bahasa Melayu)

Let us now have some ideas, how important the English Language to us, in our daily lives.


Some images (with credits) from:-
www.engrish.com
 
I am available at next ticket office?

(Upon arrival)
One Flesh Juice to go and err.. alcools, bar tender?
  

Let's try the "TUKEKARA-NOODLE" which is.......
"The noodles of a phantom with the resistance to the teeth of boast of our shop. The exquisite rainy season which repeated trial and error and was completed. Colorful red pepper of Asia. Domestic careful selection pork ........."

Alright! Cancel. NON-HALAL!
 

(Now, let's find this place)
Aarrgghh! Let's find another door please!
 

and be mindful not to let them call the police to lock you up when you are in an elevator..

(Need to attend to nature call first!)
Should I walk backward to go foward ?!
Goshh!! I need a rest!
 

Still could not locate the rest room?

And when you get there, dont forget to...
(whattt??!! yuckksss!!)

No comment (me not a lady)
Gosshh!! I end up in the wrong toilet?
 

You need assistance?
Oh! You can provide me with some assistance....
errr.. what kind of pleasure..?!!
  

Well THANK YOU!! err.. how do I take myself, please? 
 

You mean, one of these CARES?

he..he..he.. what exactly is in your mind right now?...
 

Maybe we should ask this guy for more info?

Did he just mention this? !!

Let's Rock then !!!
 

Hand me the dictionary, please!
 

Oh! Oh! Ok! Understood! Just need a puff break ! Errr.. did you see me "smmmorrkiing"? full of smoke?

O Sinner! Cleanse your soul for you have sinned! Or forever lose your soul!

And pray hard to redeem yourself !!! Do MultiplePrayers at least 3 times !!
 

Do you realise that you have wasted your hard-earned money ?
 Leave this sinful place at once !!
 (at window No. 2 - DUSHH!!) ouch! Whadda.. #%*!@ ?!
(at window No. 3) ooouuuchhhh!!! Again ???!!
(please get a punch at window.. aarrgghh!! %^#*!)
 

Remember your family...
 

The Last Supper
 Dear Lord! I am sitting up straight on this chair to have this last supper. Please command someone to clean the table because I dont think I can do the cleaning after the supper and,
please do not bill my corporation for the cleaning services..!
 

And Dear Lord, let there be no Cheese Fair in this Last Supper for I fear cheese..!!


Though I think many of you have come across this youtube video, I still find this so hilarious that I need to post it here.




Still not convinced on the importance of English?

(Read the feature article & see the priceless photo)

(now I can appreciate why these guys are campaigning for the Ministry of Education to revisit the existing education policy with a view to revamp or to improve it further). Please sign this?

Monday, November 16, 2009

Do We Understand Each Other - Part 2

Two things...!!
1. Cannot tahan the itch la.. !
2. Malaysia-Instinct.com
(image credit : Damian Harvey)
For those who do not understand what "cannot tahan" is, it means "cannot stand".

By the tone and setting of this blog, I originally intended to post only articles revolving around RumiM. Nasir and the likes with some occasional weird stuffs which nobody seems wanting to give any comment... hu..! hu..! hu...!

After publishing the previous article, I have got this "socio-politic itch", which normally cured easily when I get my dose from Kenn. (Now you know why I do not have many entries in my blogroll, except for ...L I S T E D !!!.)
Mopiko? Uh! Uh! did not help either..!!!

In my previous article, I wrote about how important to have a common language in order for us to understand each other. Common language is a key to nation building.

Sometime ago, PM Najib, in his 1-Malaysia blog mentioned that tolerance alone is not good enough. There must be acceptance, because tolerance seems to be "conditional" whereas acceptance is more on the basis of "willingness" that is, more on "unconditional". Stuffs like "unconditional love", "giving without expecting anything in return" etc. That is noble.

To reach that level of "acceptance", I think, people go through/experience some kind of process. Perhaps the process (simply to say) would be; people come to learn what is "tolerance" first before they could appreciate what is "acceptance".

But how do people come to learn, to understand and to know what "tolerance" is? Don't you think that people must understand each other first before they could tolerate?

And how could people understand each other when they don't even speak the same language?

hmmmm... not understanding each other means there are misundertandings... which may lead to....? suspicion? distrust? intolerance? non-acceptance?

So... common language is indeed a key to nation building.... common language is one of the tools to unite people.

Anybody has any idea what is the common language for Malaysians?

PM Najib, can you help me here? Well, for one thing I certainly cannot instruct the Minister in charge of press, printings, official communications and correspondences, bill boards, public displays and advertisements, signage, commercial banners etc to mind our own National Language in accordance to the provisions of the Federal Constitution and the Language Act. You have the power PM Najib, including warning the hypocrite-me to stop blogging in English !!! he..he..he...

Wow! my socio-politic itch is gone !!! hurray !!! yea !!!
I will stop right here, right now!
next please !




Kenn informed me that Malaysia-Instinct.com (MIc) has published the article here. Kenn believes MIc has reproduced my previous article titled "Do We Understand Each Other". I think Kenn has some grounds to believe so because:-

1. The same title
2. The last part the article ("Enemy In-sight") was my own experience when I sat for an exam, English paper, very long time ago.

That "Bush-Condi" joke was forwarded to me quite a long time ago (I mentioned "email vault" in my previous post). Save for the images in spicing up the joke, which I sourced from the net, I myself do not know who was the original author of the "Bush-Condi" joke. The author could be one of these (about 829,000) search results, if you google for it.

Oh well, it is not "giving the credit where it is due" that really matters for me in the case, but MIc had just missed to publish the real message that I wanted to get across in the first place! The first part of the article which carried the message "common language is a key to nation building" is what matter more than the "Bush-Condi" joke. If you asked me, MIc should not leave out that part, the real message!. Maybe in this case, MIc should get some advice from Kembara Politik, who did it right when he/she wrote:-

(Enjoy the laughs... but do take heed of the lesson as well)

More examples to do it right, perhaps, here, here and here, where all of them had mentioned the source (by giving proper credit), where the materials are being sourced from.

I just want to spread the words which are quite similar to what blogger.com caution us whenever we want to make use of something which do not belong to us. I too, want to keep on reminding myself on this.

Blogger.com says this:-
"Remember: Using others' images on the web without their permission may be bad manners, or worse, copyright infringement."

MIc also have this at the bottom of their page, haven't they?
"Copyright © 2009 Malaysia-instinct.com All Rights Reserved."

Help me to spread the words here MIc, maybe one day Jebat Must Die will find it appropriate to list MIc in his/her blogroll as requested by one commentator named pj Moorthy. Let us contribute a little something to help maintain the high level of ethic. Indirectly, I am promoting/marketing Malaysia-Instinct.com, am I not Mr. pj Moorthy? Anyway, Kenn has listed Malaysia-Instinct.com in his ...L I S T E D !!! (check out the section titled "NEWSROOM", pj Moorthy!)
UPDATE 17/11/2009 : Kenn has delisted MIc from ...LISTED !!!
Okay, the two things are done! No more itch!

Before I sign off, I would like to "market" something too.. he...he...he...

1. If you like any part of this blog, please thank me by signing this petition here. To learn more, click the logo at the side bar, above which it says "To build a nation, build a school - Tagore"

2. I want to thank Kenn too. Kenn needs your voice to support the call for "Single Stream Schools". Click here.


Now, should I or should I not stick on to just Rumi, M. Nasir, weird stuff and the likes all the times  from now on ?

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Do We Understand Each Other?


Gosh! I love music !!!. Music speaks to many, but with a language only unique to one! Many hear, one listens! Oh! Let us get our feet firmly down to the ground now...

Sometimes, when we speak to each other, even when using the same, common language of the tongue, there still bound to be misunderstandings. What more if we were to speak in different languages ? That is why it is very important to have a single, common National Language. Common language is the key to Nation building.

We want to understand each other, don't we?

Enjoy this, another one from my email vault.. he..he..he..
Hu Jintao was named chief of the Communist Party in China.
image credit : mirzaee





SCENE: The Oval Office. George Bush and Condolezza Rice.
George: Condi! Nice to see you? What''s happening?

Condi: Sir, I have the report about the new leader of China.

George: Great. Let's hear it.

Condi: Hu is the new leader of China.

George: That's what I want to know.

Condi: That's what I'm telling you.

George: That's what I''m asking you? Who is the new leader of China?

Condi: Yes.

George: I mean the fellow's name.

Condi: Hu.

George: The guy in China.

Condi: Hu.

George: The new leader of China.

Condi: Hu?

George: The Chinese?

Condi: Hu is leading China.

George: Now whaddya?asking me for?

Condi: I'm telling you Hu is leading China.

George: Well,I'm asking you. Who is leading China?

Condi: That's the man's name.

George: That's whose name?

Condi: Yes.

George: Will you or will you not tell me the name of the new leader of China?

Condi: Yes sir.

George: Yassir? You mean Arafat is in China? I thought he was in the Middle East.


Condi: That's correct.

George: Then who is in China?

Condi: Yes, sir.

George: Yassir is in China?

Condi: No, sir.

George: Then who is?

Condi: Yes, sir.

George: Yassir?

Condi: No, sir.

George: Look, Condi. I need to know the name of the new leader of China. Get me the Secretary General of the U.N. On the phone. I bet he knows.


Condi: Kofi?


George: No, thanks.

Condi: You want Kofi?

George: No.

Condi: You don't want Kofi.

George: No. But now that you mention it, I could use a glass of milk. And then get me the U.N.

Condi: Yes, sir.

George: Not Yassir! The guy at the U.N.

Condi: Kofi?

George: No, milk! Will you please make the call?

Condi: Call who?

George: Who is the guy at the U.N .?

Condi: Hu is the guy in China.

George: Will you stay out of China?!

Condi: Yes, sir.

George: and stay out of the Middle East! Just get me the guy at the U.N!

Condi: Kofi?

George: all right! Light with sugar. Now get on the phone.

(Condi picks up the phone.)

Condi: Rice here.

George: Rice? Good idea. And a couple of egg rolls, too.




And perhaps that was how Mr. George Bush reached some of the decisions during his tenure as the President of U.S.A.


And if I remember it correct, this one was a part of an exam's question, long time ago :-

An army base camp commander received specific order from the H.Q.'s Commanding Officer to report any activity of the enemy prior to taking any action. This was during the Japanese invasion of Malaya.

The scout unit spotted the movements of Japanese's soldiers and went back to the camp to report. Upon getting the information, the base Commander promptly radioed the H.Q., informing:-

"Enemy in-sight, Sir !"

After a short while, the H.Q. issued an order for the base Commander to retreat to Singapore, abandoning the camp by burning everything, not letting the enemy to make use any of the facilities or supplies left behind.

Even though puzzled by the order, the base Commander went ahead to carry out the order.

Only much later that  the base Commander learned the H.Q.'s Commanding Officer thought he had heard this:-

"Enemy inside, Sir !"  

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