Tag Archive | "General"
Youths set out to register 2 million new voters
Two million new voters? How on earth are they going to do that?
Continue reading...Images from outside the Perak State Assembly
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Scenes from before the opening ceremony of the new sitting of the Perak State Assembly yesterday and the Pakatan assembly members’ press conference immediately after. Photos by Jong
Continue reading...Penang govt says ‘yes’ to local council elections
Monday, March 8, 2010
Congratulations to the Penang government for asking the Election Commission to hold local council elections in Penang! It’s a long-awaited move, coming two days before the second anniversary of the Pakatan’s coming to power in Penang. It not only attempts to fulfil the Pakatan’s general election pledge but shows that the administration has listened to sentiment
Continue reading...1Regular 1Water supply for 1UMS-KAL, please
Friday, March 5, 2010
It looks as if the water shortages in Labuan, previously highlighted in this blog, have not yet been resolved, judging from this letter by an upset parent. Since July-August 2009, many letters have been written to everybody and anybody in authority to resolve the major water crisis that has hit the Universiti Malaysia Sabah-Kampus Antarabangsa Labuan.
Continue reading...1,000 students protest at Labuan water shortage
Friday, March 5, 2010
Some 1,000 students have protested at the persistent water shortages at the Universiti Malaysia Sabah campus in Labuan. Photo: UMS Labuan website It was the first picket in the history of Labuan, reports Bernama, which said the water problems were due to a “dry spell”.
Continue reading...Cops to quiz Penang Pakatan reps
Friday, March 5, 2010
More pressure on Pakatan reps. Police are expected to question several Penang Pakatan reps at noon today over a political gathering apparently held without a police permit.
Continue reading...Two suraus in Muar now…
Friday, January 22, 2010
Berita Harian reports that two suraus in Muar, two kilometres apart, are the latest religious sites affected. Surau Silaturahim di Jalan Ismail mengalami kebakaran pada langsir dan cermin manakala Surau Parit Beting pula mengalami kebakaran di ruang solat wanita, permaidani dan pintu.
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...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
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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, April 1, 2010
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