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Sarawak NCR land development: A raw deal
Sarawak State Land Development Minister James Masing says Native Customary Rights land development has raised the rural farmers’ socio-economic status – but the figures show a different picture. Check out the figures from the Malaysian Mirror: He said that as at March 31 this year, joint-venture agreements for 30 NCR land development projects
Continue reading...Penang launches ‘green citizens’ initiative
Thursday, April 1, 2010
The Penang state government has made a commendable move to launch a green citizens initiative.
Continue reading...Jomo’s warning and a film in Papan
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Listen to what UN Assistant Secretary-General K S Jomo, an economist from Malaysia, has to say about the perils of financial liberalisation, as reported in theSun: A bigger crisis awaits Malaysia if we continue on the path of financial liberalisation and fail to learn the right lessons from the last economic downturn in the late 1990s,
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...Tamiflu: US$3b spent – but does it really work?
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
This is something that I have been wondering about for a while now.
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...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...LIVE: Nizar speaks to Penangites
Friday, December 4, 2009
Nizar Jamaluddin speaks to Penangites at the Caring Society Complex. LIVE: Nizar speaks to Penangites
Continue reading...Exploited workers want to know their rights
Thursday, December 3, 2009
When Aliran put up an article on workers’ rights on its website, little did it expect a string of queries on some of the common problems that workers across the country face. These queries reflect the lack of education they receive on their rights as employees.
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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
Thursday, May 27, 2010
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