From: eoahmad@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg (Othman Ahmad)
Subject: Re: Discussion on Malaysian sultanate amendments
Followup-To: soc.culture.singapore,soc.culture.asean
Organization: Nanyang Technological University - Singapore
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Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 02:40:19 GMT

IPACS PTE LTD (ipacs@solomon.technet.sg) wrote:

: Straits Times Saturday Jan 23 1993
: ----------------------------------
: ROYAL WARDS TO BE OPENED TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TOO

: Kuala Lumpur - The public will soon be able to use wards in general
: hospitals reserved for members of the royalty whenever they are vacant.  A
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: Health Ministry spokesman said on Thursday that the wards were previously
: reserved for the use of the Malay rulers, their consorts and children.

: No one else is allowed to occupy the wards even though they are vacant for
: several months a year.

: The spokesman said the move to open the wards to the public would generate
: revenue for the ministry.

: Patients who occupy the royal wards will be charged a rate being finalised
: by the ministry.  It is understood that it will be slightly higher than the
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: rate for first-class wards.
Do you know the standard of first-class ward at KL general hospital?
2 in a room, and it is not like the first class ward in SGH, and NUH, and
I had been there.
	No wonder the royalty do not want to stay at THOSE ROYAL WARDS. Even
a lot of Telekom executives prefer the private hostipatals, and our pay is
not high.

: The move to open the wards to the public followed a Cabinet decision on
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: Wednesday that all privileges, allocations and other entitlements to the
: rulers other than those provided for by legislation will be withdrawn.

: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad had said that if it was found
: that there was no written provision for royal wards in government hospitals,
: this privilege would be withdrawn.

: The spokesman said the ministry would now determine who among the royalty
: would be allowed to occupy the wards besides the rulers and their immediate
: families.

: Records at the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital's royal ward show that
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: occupancy has been low.

: A hospital spokesman said the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Azlan Shah,
: stayed there for about 10 days five months ago.

: The ward has been unoccupied since then.  The royal ward comprises two
: suites with two rooms in each.  Each suite has a sitting room and a
: bathroom. - NEW STRAITS TIMES


: I cannot believe that you had the temerity to claim that others were
: "inventing facts" when the only person doing any fabrication was yourself.
Who is inventing facts. How come one hospital become many hospitals. I believe
Malaysia only has one general hospital.
	HOw come one ward become many wards. Maybe the royalty never asked for 
it. It could even be for the ministers as well or maybe the ministers are too
rich  to stay at KLGH.

: From what I can see, this is an issue you feel strongly about, but please
: don't get carried away.  I hope your future discourse is tempered by
: rational thought and SOLID FACT.
So how solid is your fact. Fortunately you quote them or else noone can
verify it.

: If you are unhappy with this reply, feel free to direct flames to my email
: account.  Please do not waste any more bandwidth, which this group seems to
: be becoming famous for.
I do not want to waste my time writing emails which are subject to even more
abuses. You do not know what they say in private emails, it is even more
ridiculous than posted here.


--
Othman bin Ahmad, School of EEE,
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 2263.
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