Tag Archive | "christianity"
This Christmas, give them hope…
If you are wondering how you can make the year-end extra meaningful, why not think of the Monfort Youth Centre in Malacca.
Continue reading...The RM1.20 tomato
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Friend of mine bought a tomato for RM1.20 at the Tanjung Bunga market. Now you would think a RM1.20 tomato would have to be pretty special.
Continue reading...Second Penang bridge concession is 45 years?
Friday, December 18, 2009
I have just learned from a reliable source that the concession period for the controversial 17-km second Penang bridge is a staggering 45 years. File picture of second Penang Bridge construction site at Batu Kawan – Photo by Anil And that source is the Malaysian Highway Authority’s Annual Report for 2008 – although it doesn’t indicate when
Continue reading...Let them know what you think of local elections
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
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
Wednesday, December 16, 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...Fright for BN as Budget passed by 66-63 votes
Tuesday, December 15, 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...Oil wealth: Blessing or curse?
Monday, December 14, 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...Unemployed graduates in Malaysia
Sunday, December 13, 2009
While the uproar over the BTN continues, let’s look at what happens to some of our university students after they graduate. The following was the answer received by Selayang MP William Leong in Parliament recently: In 2004, there were 4,594 unemployed graduates of whom 163 were Chinese, 207 were Indians and 4,060 were Malays; In 2005, there
Continue reading...Spotlight on Sarawak electricity
Friday, December 11, 2009
The federal government reimburses the Sarawak power supply corporation about RM1.4 million a month so that about 70,000 households in Sarawak can enjoy free power supply, reports the Borneo Post. Sounds good? Let’s take a closer look at Sarawak Energy Bhd, which is 65 per cent owned by the State Financial Secretary, Sarawak and 4 per cent
Continue reading...Zunar comes up with Perak Darul Kartun
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
You can’t keep a good cartoonist down for long – especially one with a socio-political conscience.
Continue reading...
- 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
Asides 
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
Read more from the original source:
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
More here:
Abolish ISA protest in Trafalgar Square
Thursday, December 24, 2009
0 Comments