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Let them know what you think of local elections
So the PR is apparently divided over the issue of local council elections ahead of its convention, according to the Malaysian Insider. Ai-yah, like that also cannot agree! What’s the problem? Still want to follow the old BN way of rewarding supporters through appointments to local town councils?
Continue reading...Let them know what you think of GST
16. December 2009
A Goods and Services Tax Bill has been tabled in Parliament today. The GST is a tax on your consumption/expenditure – though it may be mitigated by tax credits and a range of exemptions on essential items.
Continue reading...CAT scans, mammograms: Be aware of the risks
16. December 2009
Just a little public service announcement regarding what they don’t usually tell you. Beware the cancer risk of CAT scans. Also read up on the raging debate sparked by a federally funded US task force of physicians which found that the benefits of regular mammography for women between 40 and 50 are outweighed by the
Continue reading...Fright for BN as Budget passed by 66-63 votes
15. December 2009
It was fright night for the BN as the national Budget was passed by a wafer-thin 66-63 majority in Parliament last night. That’s 48 per cent attendance for the BN MPs and a 77 per cent turnout for the Pakatan reps.
Continue reading...Tamiflu: US$3b spent – but does it really work?
15. December 2009
This is something that I have been wondering about for a while now.
Continue reading...Oil wealth: Blessing or curse?
14. December 2009
When Tengku Razaleigh started Petronas in 1974, little did he realise he would live to see the day he would wish the country had not uncovered its oil bounty. Our nation is blessed with a modest quantity of oil reserves. As a young nation coming to terms with this natural bounty in the early 1970’s, our
Continue reading...“Big-spending” Malaysian in New York?
9. November 2009
Interesting story here from the gossip pages of the New York Post. The Post links Low Taek Jho, a Penang boy who studied in Wharton, to UBG Bhd, a listed firm. Curious, I looked up the UBG Annual Report for 2008 and found that there is a 27-year-old group advisor/non-independent non-executive director by that name.
Continue reading...Labuan residents suffer as taps run dry
13. September 2009
A sign of things to come as our planet comes to grips with water shortages induced by consumerism and materialism? Why haven’t we heard more about the Labuan water shortages
Continue reading...Dnsmasq < 2.50 Heap Overflow & Null pointer Dereference Vulns
9. September 2009
Original post: Dnsmasq < 2.50 Heap Overflow & Null pointer Dereference Vulns
Continue reading...JSFTemplating, Mojarra Scales, GlassFish File Disclosure Vulnerabilities
1. September 2009
Originally posted here: JSFTemplating, Mojarra Scales, GlassFish File Disclosure Vulnerabilities
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- What happens when it rains in northern Penang
- Botanic Garden arches to come down!
- Abolish ISA protest in Trafalgar Square
- Canadian property market receives lift
- Leaning Arch of Penang: A poem
- Leaning Arch: Now you can’t measure the tilt!
- Berjaya-owned Sun spotlights sports betting
- Is this the shape of things to come?
- Pyschopaths on the loose
- Sarawak NCR land development: A raw deal
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This is the scene when it pours in Chee Seng Gardens, next to a controversial condo development project, which has exposed the hill-slopes. Elsewhere, the sea off Miami Bay and Moonlight Bay turns a muddy orange. Photos by Chee Seng Garden residents and Hymeir Kamarudin of Batu Feringghi Something must be done
The much criticised Penang Botanic Garden arches, one of which is tilting, are to come down, the Tourism Minister announced today. Apparently the decision was made after another survey in USM revealed that 71 per cent of 1,225 respondents surveyed at the Garden wanted the arches removed. I am told Ng Yen Yen also
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Botanic Garden arches to come down!The Abolish ISA Movement (UK) held another demonstration outside the Tourism Malaysia office on Saturday, 26 June 2010. Click on icon on bottom right of frame to toggle to full-screen mode – Photos by Danny Lim
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Abolish ISA protest in Trafalgar Square
16. December 2009
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