Isnin, 30 Mei 2011

Lim Kit Siang

Lim Kit Siang


Negara Ku no more

Posted: 30 May 2011 06:56 PM PDT

By CeeKay May 30, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider MAY 30 — I was born in 1958, a year after Merdeka. My dad came from China and my mom was born in Kota Bahru, Perak. I have known Malaysia to be my one and only home and I am proud to say that I am [...]

Why I returned

Posted: 30 May 2011 06:51 PM PDT

By Walter May 30, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider MAY 30 — I left Malaysia in 1988 not long after the upheavals in the Malaysian political scene, which included Operation Lalang and the sacking of the Lord President. I spent a total of 16 years away — in Singapore, the Middle East, France and the [...]

Khazanah MD ‘frustrated’ in regulated industries, reports FT

Posted: 30 May 2011 06:41 PM PDT

By Yow Hong ChiehMay 30, 2011 | The Malaysia Insider KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 — Khazanah Nasional Bhd managing director Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar has admitted to being disappointed by his inability to trim fat from the portfolio he inherited in 2004 due to political interference, the Financial Times reported yesterday. "We have had our [...]

Makers of men, creators of leaders

Posted: 30 May 2011 05:36 PM PDT

Kalimullah Hassan The Malaysian Insider May 29, 2011 MAY 29 — In the movie "Scent of a Woman", actor Al Pacino plays the character of the blind retired US Army Lt Col Frank Slade who befriends young Charlie Simms. Charlie, despite his disadvantaged background, is a student at an elite school — Baird — which [...]

Umno — self-induced rigor mortis

Posted: 30 May 2011 05:17 PM PDT

Sakmongkol AK47 The Malaysian Insider May 30, 2011 MAY 30 — I have written so many essays critical of Umno in the past. Friends asked me why am I still in Umno? How can I write many nasty things about Umno and seemed to get away with it — why haven't I been hauled up [...]

A ‘snap poll’ in Malaysia? Political surprise, journalistic cliché

Posted: 30 May 2011 05:01 PM PDT

Clive Kessler The Malaysian Insider May 30, 2011 MAY 30 — Once again there is talk of an early or imminent election in Malaysia. No surprise, nothing unusual in that. And once again the commentators are considering the likelihood of a "snap poll." Again, no surprise, nothing unusual in that. Just silly. The expression "snap [...]

Economists see higher inflation from energy hikes

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:47 PM PDT

By Lee Wei Lian The Malaysian Insider May 30, 2011 Power tariffs will be increased by 7.12 per cent on average come June 1. — Reuters picKUALA LUMPUR, May 30 — Economists expect today's price hikes in electricity and natural gas to be passed through to inflation-weary consumers, possibly pushing up the monthly consumer price [...]

Because this is home

Posted: 30 May 2011 03:31 AM PDT

by Malaysian at home The Malaysian Insider May 30, 2011 MAY 30 — As a fresh graduate from a local university two years ago, I could have taken the easiest route and become an "instant expat" in a First World country. Singapore was just a Causeway away, after all, and the Malaysians who migrated there, [...]

Power rates up 7%, gas price to be floated

Posted: 30 May 2011 03:14 AM PDT

Kuek Ser Kuang Keng | May 30, 11 Malaysiakini The federal government has raised electricity tariff by an average of 7.12 percent beginning June 1 as part of its subsidy reduction exercise. The average rise is 2.23cent/kW unit, from the current average rate of 31.31 to 33.54cent/kW unit. Natural gas prices are also set to [...]

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