Isnin, 13 Jun 2011

Lim Kit Siang

Lim Kit Siang

Cancel invites to Mugabe, Bashir, DAP tells Putrajaya

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 09:35 PM PDT

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal June 14, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, June 14 — The federal government should cancel invitations to Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for an international economic forum here, the DAP has said. The two presidents are scheduled to attend a forum to be held in [...]

Umno turning into the old PAS

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 07:52 PM PDT

By Hafiz Noor Shams June 14, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JUNE 14 — If one had opined that PAS was more of a centrist than Umno 10 years ago, nobody would have believed it. It would have been an outrageous opinion. Yet today, it is no longer so foreign a prospect. The recently concluded [...]

Denied entry, Bersih chief sues Sarawak government

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:41 PM PDT

By Debra Chong The Malaysian Insider Jun 14, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, June 14 — Election watchdog chief Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan has filed a suit against the Sarawak government for barring her entry into the East Malaysian state two months ago, saying the move is against the Federal Constitution. "Yes filed and leave application will be [...]

Subsidies masking IPP ‘inefficiencies’, says think tank

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 03:48 PM PDT

By Lee Wei Lian The Malaysian Insider Jun 13, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 — Independent Power Producers (IPPs) would have to charge much more than their Singapore counterparts if natural gas were sold to them at market rates, due to their bloated and inefficient cost structures, claimed Research for Social Advancement (Refsa) today. The [...]

Poem for World Environment Day 2011

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 02:47 PM PDT

by Dr Zorina Khalid 12 June 2011 CONSIDERATION FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT, WHY BOTHER, NOT MY CONCERN…. The ills of society I've noticed it's aplenty People are selfish and not considerate They just live life on a rampage With not a bother or a thought Did you not notice that? Look at what's happening to our [...]

Minister: Soi Lek approved diesel subsidy cuts

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 09:13 AM PDT

S Pathmawathy | Jun 13, 11 Malaysiakini MCA president Dr Chua Soi Lek did not object to diesel subsidy cuts during the National Economic Council meeting when the matter was decided, revealed Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumer Affairs Minister Ismail Sabri. Speaking to reporters at the Parliament lobby today, Ismail said that Chua should have [...]

Putrajaya’s double standards

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 08:26 AM PDT

The Malaysian Insider Jun 13, 2011 JUNE 13 — Here's a riddle. Why is the Home Ministry warning Bersih 2.0 from organising its July 9 rally but not taking action against Datuk Ibrahim Ali for threatening a "jihad" against Christians if they usurp Islam with a Christian state? Right, because nothing violent happened after the [...]

Why from a community of MCA “enablers” to MCA “bashers”?

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 08:18 AM PDT

by donng55 Comment from “Soi Lek's impossible dream”Sunday, 12 June 2011 We are not barren of appreciation of what MCA did for the Chinese community and the country as a whole before, during, and immediately after Merdeka. But that was the nascent MCA more than two score years ago. The MCA of today, since Ling [...]

Facts about PAS and the Islamic state issue

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 10:54 PM PDT

By Pak Sako June 13, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JUNE 13 — The "professionals" have been elected to PAS's central working committee. PAS has trotted out a "welfare state" slogan. The party's deputy president-elect, Mohamad Sabu, has been hailed in Malaysiakini as a "cosmopolitan democrat". A moderate image of PAS is being actively advertised. [...]

Hisham: No action against Ibrahim Ali for ‘jihad’ call

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 03:35 AM PDT

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal June 13, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 — The government will not take any action against Datuk Ibrahim Ali for threatening Christians nationwide with a holy war against any move to usurp Islam with a Christian state. "Action will only be taken if investigations find that the [...]

Koh trying to sabotage Greater Penang Plan?

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 02:59 AM PDT

By Susan Loone Jun 13, 11 | MalaysiaKini A local think-tank has questioned former chief minister Koh Tsu Koon if he was planning to sabotage the Greater Penang Transformation Programme by calling for the release of the state’s blueprint. Socio-Economic and Environmental Research Institute (Seri) executive director Liew Chin Tong asked today whether Koh, who [...]

Ambiga unfazed by Perkasa belligerence

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 02:50 AM PDT

By Hafiz Yatim Jun 13, 11 | MalaysiaKini Despite chances of a head-on collision on July 9 with Malay rights group Perkasa planning a counter-protest to stop the Bersih 2.0 rally, its chairperson Ambiga Sreenevasan is unfazed over this possibility and reiterated that the Bersih rally to back free and fair elections will go on. [...]

Ambiga asks politicians to join Bersih rally

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 01:41 AM PDT

By Boo Su-Lyn June 12, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 — Bersih 2.0 chairman Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan today urged leaders from both sides of the political divide to attend next month's rally seeking for free and fair elections "We need them to hear our grievances," said Ambiga at a ceramah in [...]

Words into practice

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 01:18 AM PDT

By R. Nadeswaran Mon, 13 Jun 2011 | Sun2Surf EVERY right-thinking Malaysian will certainly have to agree with the prime minister's remarks made last week at the World Islamic Economic Forum in Kazakhstan that characteristics like openness, honesty and transparency are vital if the people are to have faith that their government is working for [...]

Malaysia trails in religious freedom and other rights, says new survey

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 12:50 AM PDT

By Yow Hong Chieh The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 — Malaysia lags behind the rest of the world in protecting freedom of religion, expression and other basic rights, managing only to place 59th out of 66 countries surveyed by the World Justice Project (WJP) for its Rule of Law Index 2011. Low scores [...]

Five promising ideas from PAS’ new line-up

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 12:37 AM PDT

By Bridget Welsh June 13, 2011 MalaysiaKini ANALYSIS The victory of the progressives in Malaysia’s Islamic party has indeed served to inject greater dynamism into Pakatan Rakyat and strengthen PAS’ engagement in national politics. The party nevertheless faces deep-seated suspicion by many non-Muslims and more secular Malays who see the election of the non-ulama team [...]

Birds of a feather flock together in Langkawi

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 12:26 AM PDT

MalaysiaKini ‘There was a time when the rhetoric against the evils of colonial rule was justified and relevant. Now it is usually to divert the corruption of present leaders.’ Mugabe, Bashir to visit David Dass: Two of the worst leaders in the world being welcomed to Malaysia. Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe has bankrupted his nation and [...]

Malaysia in the Era of Globalization #69: Culture, Institutions, and Leadership

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 12:18 AM PDT

By Bakri Musa Chapter 8: Culture, Institutions, and Leadership Leadership Leadership to a society is what wings are to planes. Without wings planes will not fly, and without leaders there will be no society. Wings also define the limits on the performances of the plane. Early planes had double stacked wings, the biplanes, which effectively [...]

IPPs, where’s your social responsibility?

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 12:06 AM PDT

MalaysiaKini June 13, 2011 ‘Why are IPPs hiding behind the non-disclosure clauses? Their position however is comprehensible – they are only protecting their own self-interests.’ IPPs do not benefit from gas subsidy DannyLoH: What the Association of Independent Power Producers (Penjanabebas) need to explain is why, despite the gas subsidies, our electricity tariff is higher [...]

RM100 mil spent in one day: Cut Rais Yatim’s pay

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 11:57 PM PDT

MalaysiaKini June 13, 2011 ‘Why is there no action when a minister made a wrong decision and wasted taxpayers’ money? Cut Rais Yatim’s pay by RM10 for his decision.’ Artiste Day: ‘Rais blew half year’s budget in 1 day’ Just Me: Waste is the name of the game. Of the RM100 million, maybe only 20 [...]
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