"FLOM"= First Lady of Malaysia
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Putrajaya:
A new unit in the Prime Minister’s Department has set tongues wagging.
The unit known as FLOM, an acronym for First Lady of Malaysia, is a full-fledged department that looks into the operational needs of the Prime Minister’s wife, Rosmah Mansor.
Ensconed within the premises of the PM’s Office, FLOM has a six-member staff headed by special officer Siti Azizah Sheikh Abod.
The rest of the unit comprises two personal assistants Saleha Mohd Rabani and Siti Zaiton Abdul Ghani and three assistant officers with special functions – G Vimala, Rizal Mansor and Nurul Rosemiemmy Kahsimi.
What these personnel actually do is anyone’s guess and FLOM’s mission and vision remain a mystery. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) official website too is not helpful.
Suffice to say that FLOM was probably involved in the highly publicised and controversial Islamic Fashion Week, the recent RM4.5 million three-day First Ladies Summit and, not to mention, the additional “official activities” and visits to New York, Europe and the Middle East.
Curious bloggers hot on the Rosmah trail have been spewing venom at her audacity to establish her own unit within the Prime Minister’s Department.
(FLOM shares the SAME stature in the PMO as that of five other units, namely private secretary, political secretary, Office of the Prime Minister’s adviser, Office of the Prime Minister’s economic adviser and Management Office of Sri Perdana.)
“Already she’s taking away hundreds of millions of ringgit from the taxpayers’ money to channel into her Permata (early childhood education) and other project. When the PM was sick, she ignored Muhyiddin (Yassin) and stood in for PM… Now she has moved into the Prime Minister’s Office… what will she do next, ” ranted one blogger.
Another blog posting demanded to know the operational cost of running a six-member department and who was paying for it.
“What is she trying to do… run the country? The role of the wife of a PM is to complement him in relation to the social aspects. Rosmah should play the role of mother to the people of Malaysia, instead of wasting taxpayers’ money to establish a division,” noted the posting.
Yet another posting noted: “Rosmah fancies herself as Michelle Obama (US President Barrack Obama’s wife)… with access to the Oval office.”
Fascinated by the online brouhaha over Rosmah’s latest stunt, FMT made a short call to the PMO only to be told that the “entire” FLOM team was not back from Oman but declined to give furher details.
Meanwhile, a report in The Star last week noted that Rosmah’s “OFFICIAL visit to Oman will further strengthen relations between Malaysia and the sultanate”.
Opposition parties here have not been without their views. PKR has reportedly demanded that Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak explain FLOM’s legality.
Said PKR women’s chief Zuraida Kamaruddin: “Najib should explain this division, and the establishment of this unit without going through the legal convention such as Parliament. Rosmah should not have an office in PMO.”
7 comments:
From the look of things she may run for President of UMNO because that is the only way to outdo TDM's term in office.
she is the only lady that shared najib's pillow,so she is the only lady[first one] that is fully entitled to all the pillow talks.malaysians of 1malaysia,you don't even have the cradle to rock,please remain quite tightened your belt[cost of living rocketing high]and rest your case.
APA RA KO ORG SUME...BERI LA PELUANG BIBI ROSMAH MENJALANKAN TUGASNYA DI jpm OPIS TU....DIE TAK DE LA GANGU KO ORG PUNYE TIDO...HARGE GETAH PUN OK...TOL MANSUH...NI SUME HASIL USAHA BIBI ROSMAH DI FLOM...MANE LA TAU PAS NI PTPN JADI BIASISWA...SAPE TAU ANAK DARE SUME DPT SUBSUDI RAMBUT CAM BIBI ROSMAH...TAMBAH CANTIK ANAK DARE MELAYU... MAK SAYU GITU...
WHATS GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY?????? Just recied this email from a friend. If this is true then god help the non muslims/malays food industries.
"What is becoming of Malaysia ? The nightmare is evolving and those caught in it are mainly the Chinese and Indians, and perhaps multinational corp with operations in M'sia. I feel sad to receive this email.
Its so sad and what a terrible economic and commercial tragedy that hard working, honest, dedicated entrepreneur like your goodself has to face such kind of rulings in the food business.
It must also been horrific and financially disastrous that Dato
Jackson 's Sliverbird factory is forced to close down under such heart breaking circumstances.
I know about the IKEA's restaurant's shut down because of the so-called question on the alleged foodstuff halal certification.
May the mercy and compassion of God Almighty be upon 1Malayasia !!
God help this country !!
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Sani Ong wrote:
Dr.Martin, The Halal Hype that is going on in our country will force many SMIs involved in food production and distribution to close shop. JAKIM has muscled its way to make itself the Monopoly of the Halal certificate. In April 2011 the Halal Act will be passed by Parliament where only Jakim has the monopoly to issue the certificate.
Each certificate cost about RM1000 and with 2000 line items in my company I will have to foot out RM2,000,000 and that is if I am lucky to get all those approved. I might as well close down my business and retrench all the 60 staff with some 100 odd dependents.
The Government will be deprived of some RM800,000 worth of taxes and duties. The Food standard will definitely decline as chefs will have less ingredients to work with. The Halal procedures will increase the food cost by 10%. JAKIM does
not care for the economy of the country. All it cares for is its rice bowl to ensure that it is relevant and seen to be working hard.
Look at the way it closed down IKEA for two weeks. Look at the way it closed down Silverbird in Nilai. It does not care for the business environment in this country.
Even mineral water has halal logo. Eventually all vegetable, fish, grains, rice, etc will need halal logo. Eventually all Muslims will not touch all non Muslims if the Halal fever is allowed to spread. Even Saudi Arabia is not as strict as Jakim. I have suppliers who could sell their products into Saudi Arabia but not in Malaysia .
80% of the food industry is run by Non Malays. One of the criteria to obtain the Halal Certificate for restaurants is to employ Malaysian Muslim. If you do not have any Malaysian Muslim in your restaurant you will not be issued with a Halal certificate.
Where are we heading????"
Halal certification is not mandatory. If you want to sell to a muslim society you need a halal certification just like the Kosher certification. So what a big deal. If group like nestle can comply(and happy can penetrate the muslim markat)give a thought.
visit www.freemalaysiakini.com , update daily and it's free
FLOM .. Fat Lumpy Old Maid sounds better ... Just a laugh for the day !!!
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