MUTIARA KATA CELIK MATA DAN CELIK MINDA PROF DR MUHAYA MOHAMAD

HAMPIR SETIAP SABTU DAN AHAD SELEPAS SEMBAHYANG SUBUH, CUBA MENILAI DIRI, CELIKKAN MINDA DAN HATI MELALUI KOLEKSI AUDIO RADIO IKIM CERAMAH MOTIVASI ISLAM ITU INDAH OLEH PROF. DR. MUHAYA MOHAMAD. INI YANG SEMPAT DICATIT UNTUK DIKONGSI BERSAMA.

1. KITA TIDAK BOLEH DAPAT KERJA YANG LEBIH BAIK DENGAN MUDAH TETAPI JIKA KITA BEKERJA DENGAN LEBIH BAIK, INSYAALLAH KERJA YANG LEBIH BAIK AKAN DATANG

2. 3 PERKARA SUSAH KITA NAK LAKUKAN. a. BAIK PADA ORANG YANG TIDAK BAIK PADA KITA. b. JAGA NAMA ORANG YANG SEDANG DI UMPAT, c. AKUI KESILAPAN SENDIRI...

3. KITA AKAN DILAYAN SEBAGAIMANA KITA MELAYAN ORANG LAIN . JIKA NEGATIF KITA DAPAT ITU FEEDBACK. PERBETULKAN DIRI KITA DAN BERHENTI MENYALAHKAN DAN CARI KESALAHAN ORANG...

4. LAYAN MANUSIA SEPERTI MANA MEREKA INGIN DILAYAN. LAYAN MANUSIA MACAM MANA KITA INGIN DILAYAN. LAGI RAMAI KAWAN LAGI MURAH REZEKI...

5. CARILAH KEBAHAGIAAN KITA DENGAN MEMBERI KEBAHAGIAAN PADA ORANG LAIN...INSYALLAH KEBAHAGIAN ITU AKAN DATANG SENDIRI TANPA KITA SEDARI.

6. HIDUP INI ADALAH DIY... "DO IT YOURSELF...!!!"

7. NAK JADI ISTERI YANG DISAYANGI SUAMI, JADILAH WANITA YANG EKSKLUSIF.. YANG HANYA SUAMI DAPAT MELIHAT KECANTIKAN KITA SENDIRI...

8. JANGAN KERANA MENCARI HARTA DUNIA YANG SEDIKIT, KITA MENJUAL AKHIRAT...

9. BERKAWAN DENGAN ORG YANG BODOH... DENGAN BERGADUH DENGAN ORANG YANG BAIK... LEBIH BAIK BERGADUH DENGAN ORANG YANG BAIK...

10. ORANG YANG HEBAT AKAN MEMBUATKAN ORANG LAIN MERASA HEBAT.. TETAPI ORANG YANG KECIL AKAN SUKA MENGECIL-GECILKAN ORANG LAIN... ORANG YANG SUKA MEMBUKA KEAIBAN ORANG LAIN, SUKA MENCARI KESALAHAN ORANG LAIN, SEBENARNYA MEMPUNYAI BANYAK KEAIBAN SENDIRI...

11. JANGAN KEJAR CITA-CITA... TAPI KEJARLAH MAKNA KEHIDUPAN SUPAYA HIDUP KITA LEBIH BERMAKNA...

12. SESIAPA YANG TAKUT PADA ALLAH, TAKKAN TAKUT PADA APA-APA YANG LAIN... TETAPI SESIAPA YANG TAK TAKUT PADA ALLAH, DIA AKAN TAKUT PADA BANYAK PERKARA...

13. ORANG YANG BIJAK, DIA TIDAK REAKTIF.. TETAPI PRODUKTIF...

14. ORANG YANG SELALU KATA TIDAK ADA MASA SEBENARNYA ADALAH ORANG YANG TIDAK TAHU MENGURUSKAN MASA...

15. JANGAN ADA SINDROM KITA RASA KITA 'BUDGET BAGUS'

16. SIAPA PANDANG DUNIA, AKHIRAT DIA TIDAK AKAN NAMPAK... TETAPI SIAPA YANG KEJAR AKHIRAT, DUNIA AKAN KEJAR DIA...

17. WE DON'T INTERACT WITH THE WORLD BUT WE INTERACT WITH OUR INTERPRETATION OF THE WORLD. SO IF WE INTERPRET IN POSITIVE MANNER WE HAVE A POSITIVE RESULT IN OUR LIFE..

18. ORANG YANG SIHAT ROHANINYA, SIHAT EMOSINYA, SIHAT BADANNYA...

19. ORANG YANG KENYANG DENGAN KASIH SAYANG ALLAH TIDAK PERLU KASIH SAYANG MANUSIA...

20. ORANG YANG BAHAGIA DENGAN ALLAH AKAN BAHAGIA DENGAN MANUSIA...

21. KITA ADA PILIHANRAYA SETIAP HARI... IMAN KE NAFSU.. DOSA KE PAHALA.. SYURGA KE NERAKA... TAAT KE MAKSIAT.. ALLAH REDHA KE ALLAH MURKA...

22. MEMBERI NASIHAT MUDAH TAPI TERIMA NASIHAT PAYAH TERUTAMA BAGI MEREKA YANG MEMPUNYAI KEDUDUKAN DI DUNIA...

23. NILAI KITA AKAN TURUN BILA KITA SIBUKKAN DIRI DENGAN BENDA YANG TAK BERFAEDAH ATAU MAKSIAT...

24. MANUSIA DIHORMATI DENGAN AKAL. ORANG DITIPU KERANA TIDAK PERNAH BERFIKIR. ORANG YANG BIJAK AKAN MEMASTIKAN APA DIA BUAT ADALAH JALAN SELAMAT...

THE FIFTH ESTATE – A SPACE FOR ACADEMIA OR INTELLECTUAL LEADERSHIP?

The Razak School of Government (RSOG) had introduced the Chief Secretary Annual Lecture Series in 2011. This event is a platform for the academia (public and private higher institutions) in Malaysia to interact with senior officials from the Public sector. It provides both sides, including the students the opportunity to offer their insights in the building of a competitive Malaysia.  This event is targeted for the academics, public and private sector as well as the NGOs. I and Dr Alias Rameli (Federal Department of Town and Country Planning) have a chance to attend Chief Secretary Annual Lecture Series on 20 Mac 2012 at Dewan Perdana,Putrajaya International Conference Centre (PICC).The theme for this Inaugural Lecture is “The Fifth Estate– A Space for Academia?”. When I was driving to PICC and entering the Perdana Hall PICC, I  was wondering what is actually the Fifth Estate? Why the Fifth Estate? Before the Fifth Estate, what is First Estate? Second Estate? Third Estate? Forth Estate? Why all the estates are so significant to our nation? Where are we? Where do we go from here?

YBhg. Tan Sri Mohd Sidek bin Haji Hassan began his speech  to provocate a conversation, a debate even, on the role of academia in influencing opinion, shaping thinking, growing minds. And if the social media is increasingly popular and impacting the lives of our young, is there a place for academia in this space? And if there is that space, can it be considered the Fifth Estate? There is general acceptance as to these four estates, namely the clergy, First Estate, the nobility, Second Estate, the proletariat, Third Estate, and the print media, Fourth Estate. The first three estates have their roots in feudal society, some put it down to French feudal society, some to the British estates of Parliament: the Lords Spiritual, the Lords temporal and the Commons.

In his speech  mentioned that today the influence of the Fourth Estate has waned in the face of the rise of the Digital Media. Whereas in years past the print media provided the outlet for the masses, today, people especially the young, find empowerment in the digital realm of Facebook, Twitter, Blogs and other forms of social media. So is this the Fifth Estate? Sceptics have challenged utopian perspectives on the role of the Internet in democratic political processes. These critiques can be useful, but often fail to understand the very real impact of enabling individuals to network in new ways. The rise of the press, radio, television and other mass media created an independent institution: the ‘Fourth Estate’, central to pluralist democratic processes. However, the growing use of the Internet and related technologies enables the networking of individuals in ways that create a new source of accountability not only in government and politics, but also in other sectors. How does the Internet create a space for this new form of social accountability? Is it indeed enabling a ‘Fifth Estate’?

He also mentioned that the Internet is a platform for networking individuals in ways that can challenge the influence of other more established bases of institutional authority, and that can be used to increase the accountability of the press, politicians, doctors and academics by offering networked individuals with alternative sources of information and opinion. Questions about the governance of the Fifth Estate are likely to become more prominent as people realize that the Internet is a social phenomenon with broad and substantial implications for political and social accountability, as illustrated by the crisis over WikiLeaks. The development and vitality of the ‘Fifth Estate’ rests less on new policy initiatives than by responding to the strategies of its enemies -- the other four estates, and the mob, of the Internet realm.

YBhg. Tan Sri Mohd Sidek bin Haji Hassan in his speech raised a few questions,so where does this leave the academia? Can we regard academia as the Fifth Estate? Or are members of the academia a part of the Fifth Estate? I do not think the Academia can claim that they are THE Fifth Estate. Yes, they are part of the Fifth Estate if one agrees that their role goes beyond providing checks and balances. There are some points that are prerequisites for the academic fraternity to claim the status of a Fifth Estate:

a. We must believe that ours is a noble profession and that we are in it out of conviction and choice, and not out of circumstance. We must have the skills, knowledge and expertise. We are in this field because we are convinced that we can make a difference in the lives of the people we teach; that we want to be involved.
b. We must believe that ours is a profession of immense power and influence. We have the power to shape minds, thought and character. We believe that education shapes and empowers the human intellect and spirit.  So to be a force in the Fifth Estate we must reclaim our intellectual leadership. This must of course be derived from the quality of scholarship of the leaders of the universities. Therefore the academia can visible in the public eye.
c. We must believe that in the course of our work we can give voice to the marginalised. In this space we re-assert that all-important relationship between the university and society. In this we must be willing to take up the cause of the marginalised. Our research should guide the conversations on topics that concern society and the minorities who have no one to speak for them.
d.We must use our expertise to differentiate ourself from the citizen journalists that operate in the blogosphere. Many bloggers advocate the same things we dislike in the Fourth Estate. They are often biased and tend to take extreme positions, regardless of the facts.
e. Focus on the people, not on the technology. This is what sets we apart from the other folks who claim the Fifth Estate. For them it is Facebook, Twitter and their blogs. We are trained to analyse, to teach, to communicate. This is about extending our reach beyond our classroom. What power we have at our fingertips! Use it well.

The end of his speech, he mentioned that  there is a place for academia in the Fifth Estate. As much as a place for government and government officials. Like many of us here. For in the final analysis, what the Fifth Estate has to do is to influence people, and for the right reasons; in what is right, what is true and what is good. For is it not said somewhere that the voice of the people is the voice of God! 

In my opinion, conceptualization of the Fifth Estate builds on the depiction by Manuel Castells of the Internet as creating a space of flows, in contrast to a space of places. When we ‘go to’ the Internet, we enter this new space of flows that connects with people and places. This is dramatically different from a physical place, such as this hall. Both are important and serve major social roles in shaping the quality of our information environment. Academics themselves mobilize around local issues, such as university governance, as well as more international issues like copyright through mailing lists, Web sites and blogs. Even in academia, there is an emerging Fifth Estate, enabled by the Internet, providing checks and balances on the more established academic institutional structures.  Knowledge acquisition, deliverance and administration is a continuing process. Therefore collaboration between academicians and practitioners are actually for enhancing knowledge and bring the our nation more competitive.

MUTIARA KATA DR ROBIAH K. HAMZAH & PROF DR MUHAYA MOHAMAD

Setelah mendengar kuliah Dr Robiah dan Prof Dr Muhaya di Radio IKIM setiap pagi sejak akhir-akhir ini, antara mutiara kata yang sungguh indah yang boleh dijadikan panduan hidup:

1. Manusia yang mempunyai arah akan menguasai nasib dan gaya hidupnya.

2. Untuk jadi hebat tidak perlu jadi orang lain, jadilah diri sendiri.

3. Ibadah bukan beban, ia hadiah terindah daripada Allah s.wt .

4. Tidurlah bersama kesyukuran, jangan tidur bersama kesedihan.

5. Orang dungu hanya tahu setelah terkena.

6. Lihat apa yang kita lihat, fikir apa yang kita fikir.

7. Bukan semua yang disukai memberikan kesukaan akhirnya.

8. Sabar itu lebih mudah daripada tidak bersabar.

9. Jangan bertanya kepada kejahilan kerana ia akan menjawab.

10. Musuh ketat bagi terbaik adalah baik.Buat betul biar betul-betul.

11. Apabila semboyan nafsu dibunyikan, bolehlah berikan ciuman dan ucapan selamat tinggal kepada sebarang kebaikan!

12. Semakin menuju ke utara, selatan semakin menjauh.

13. Keinginan ialah penipu dalam diri yang tidak memerlukan izin untuk masuk.

14. Sesetengah nikmat itu hanya datang sekali tetapi bersyukur kena selalu.

15. Emas dan kerikil tidak boleh ditimbang sekali.

16. Fikir kematian seperti mengaktifkan penggera jam, dengannya kita terbangun; tanpanya kita terus lena.

17. Serik ialah pusingan-U terakhir untuk kembali ke jalan betul.

18. Selarikan apa kita yakin, apa kita bikin.

19. Ketagihan pujian ialah mukadimah kebinasaan.

20. Lidah seperti sebilah pedang, sarungkanlah agar terselamat daripada hirisannya.

21. Apabila semua perkara telah tewas, harapan jangan tewas !

22. Semakin kita beremosi semakin akal tidak berfungsi.

23. Sekali kita mahu belajar seisi dunia mahu menjadi guru.

24. Sekiranya kelebihan diri seluas lautan, kerendahan hati harus selebar bumi.

25. Jika hati membisik: Bolehkah aku berubah? Katakan: Tidak! Kepada soalan itu.

26. Antara lukisan dan tajuk, manakah lebih awal? Jawapannya: Sudut Pandangan!

27. Sekiranya Hamman itu baik nescaya Lembah Luxor dipenuhi masjid.

28. Syukur andainya kita boleh bersyukur.

29. Sekiranya seseorang bertanya mengenai harga diri, jawapannya ada pada kesetiaan.

30. Apabila dua orang pahlawan menghunuskan senjata beradu,yang bakal tewas berkata: Aku akan mati hari ini; yang bakal menang berkata: Aku ingin mati hari ini!

31. Puppet digerakkan oleh tali. Manusia punyai tali ghaib yang menggerakkan hidup!

32. Seorang pendita menuruni lembah, menakluki puncak gunung untuk menguasai hikmat, ia menemuinya di puncak faham.

33. Tanya kepada fitrah, jawapannya tidak pernah menipu.

34. Pada setiap butiran pasir tersembunyi hikmah.

35. Kalaulah fatamorgana sememangnya air sudah tentu gurun itu lautan.

36. Sebelum mendaki, pastikan terlebih dahulu tangga disandarkan ke dinding.

37. Dua benda perlu bergabung untuk memperolehi hasil, anak benih dengan tanah, perancangan dengan menuliskannya.

38. Sedetik menoleh kepada Allah s.wt , baru tersedar bahawa selama- lamanya kita diperhatikan oleh kasih sayang-Nya.

39. Orang yang hidup untuk memberi akan hidup dilimpahi pemberian Allah s.wt .

40.  Cintakan Allah s.wt adalah naluri terindah.
41. Jangan kerap mengucapkan kesukaran di setiap perbuatan, selalu mengucap kesyukuran.

THE ROLE OF URBAN GOVERNANCE TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED REGULATORY APPROACH FOR THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NETWORK IN MALAYSIA’S CITIES

The key roles and responsibilities of an urban transport authority should entail; budgeting and funding, integrated transport planning, standards development, fares definition and economic regulation, tendering and licensing, performance monitoring, standards enforcement, infrastructure ownership and management, ticketing and fares collection and traffic management. What applies to Malaysia? Three areas for consideration:

a. Is there a need for an integrated Transport Authority to regulate and manage the urban transport sector in the major agglomerations?

b. Are urban public transport service offerings developed based on an integrated urban and transport planning approach? Are urban transport services closely integrated to provide a seamless service proposition?

c. Is the performance management of the service providers / operators consistent, transparent and comprehensive? What sanctions are appropriate for non-performing operators?

Regulatory fragmentation has been frequently indentified as the root cause for Malaysia’s public transportation system woes. Institutional inefficiencies, lack of integration and absence of key functions are the three identified areas of regulatory fragmentation in governance that normally leads to such woes. The result will normally leave a country or city with a myriad of problems such as underdeveloped public transportation, high pollution levels, congestion issues and low safety levels. The cited examples of 6 densely populated cities i.e. London, Singapore, Paris, Hong Kong, Auckland and Berlin as places to learn from because of their quality reputation in transportation governance. In applying a comprehensive transport governance framework (policy, planning & regulation, operations and enforcement) to the transport authorities of the six cities, six valuable lessons were learnt. These consisted of:

a. Separation of regulation from operations

Regulatory and operations functions are separate with the planning/regulating body having no interest in the ongoing operations. Such operations could be performed by either public or private sector operators with the infrastructure and rolling stock being owned by the regulating body.

b. Planning integration

All planning and regulatory functions for all public transport modes that are undertaken by one organisation that facilitates integration. It was discovered that intermodal integration is ensured at three levels which are; capacity & route planning, infrastructure planning and fare planning. Transport planning is also highly integrated with urban development.

c. Functions-based structure

The transport authority adopts a function-based organisational structure to ensure integrated planning across all modes of public transport and to have a direct link with the public transport operators.

d. Budgeting and funding

Authority is typically responsible for collecting subsidies from government and allocating them to the public transport operators. The allocation is a key in managing the sector and ensuring coordination / integration. In some cases, funds are allocated by the transport authority to the local authorities for infrastructure projects like roads.

e. Active monitoring

The performance of public transport operators are monitored and evaluated against defined KPIs covering operations and environmental areas. The service contracts provides sanctions, including termination, in cases of non compliance.

f. Industry consolidation

The private sector would be consolidation into cohesive organisations that are generally done by the authorities. This move is to ensure effective regulation and to scale up investments which otherwise might be difficult to source from individuals and small operators.

BRIEFING FOR STUDENTS AND LECTURE FROM UNIVERSITAS ISLAM NEGERI (UIN) ALAUDDIN MAKASSAR 12 MARCH 2012

FDTCP INITIATIVE TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PART 3

Manual of Sustainability Assessment

The efforts of making urban and rural areas in Malaysia sustainable were not only done at the conceptual level or just for the purpose of assessment, but the concept of sustainable development has also been streamlined or incorporated in all levels of development plan from National Physical Plan at the federal level, to Structure Plan at state level as well as in Local Plan and Special Area Plan at the local level. Special Sustainability Assessment (SA) method has been introduced and applied in the process of preparing and finalising each local plan to ensure that the proposed future land use development of an area are in line with the aim to achieve sustainable development.

Futher enquiry about this article kindly contact :

DR. AZMIZAM ABDUL RASHID

 Research and Development Division,
 Federal Department of Town and Country Planning,
 Ministry of Housing and Local Government,
 Unit No. 50-12-2B, & 50-13-1, Wisma UOA Damansara,
 No. 50, Jalan Dungun, Damansara Heights,
 50490 Kuala Lumpur,
 Malaysia
 email address : azmizam@townplan.gov.my

Green Neighbourhood Planning Guidelines

FDTCP is working on Green Neighbourhood Planning Guidelines, whilst the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water is at their final stage of preparing the guidelines on Green Township and Low Carbon City. There are also initiatives by professional bodies to formulate the Green Building Index Township Tools, Residential New Construction Guide, Green Building Certification and so on.

The endeavour to promote, implement and enforce the sustainable development goal in Malaysia has now move to a new phase, in line with the international efforts to tackle the issues and phenomenon of global warming, climate change, natural disaster and so on. It has also move to anticipate the ideas of low-carbon city, renewable energy and various `green’ initiatives, such as green technology, green transportation, green building, green township, green neighbourhood and others `green’ brand and tagline.

Green Neighbourhood Planning Guidelines is an integrated manner with the priority given to the protection and consumption of natural resources, application of green technology and recycling. It seeks to preserve the environment, reduce the ecology footprint, reduce the production of carbon emission, improving public health, safety as well as generalwelfare of city dwellers.

8 Planning Principles

i.        Priority given to sustainability and environment of aspect;

ii.      Creating sustainable communities living in harmony, healthy and interact with each other;

iii.    Create high accessibility environment;

iv.    Comfortable human scale neighbourhood design;

v.      Containing the features of affordable housing;

vi.    Provide Green Infrastructure “green infrastructure”; 
vii   Energy efficiency (EE) and renewable energy (RE).