Selasa, 14 Jun 2011

Lim Kit Siang

Lim Kit Siang

DAP masterminding UMNO for more than four decades?

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 09:53 PM PDT

UMNO's Utusan Malaysia has today concocted a new wild allegation – accusing DAP of masterminding PAS' welfare state agenda as a cover for the DAP's Malaysian Malaysia concept. Based on Utusan's latest wild accusation, I am wondering whether to confess that DAP had been masterminding UMNO for more than four decades. Let me put it [...]

The human face of enterprise

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 08:59 PM PDT

By KJ John Jun 14, 11 | The Malaysian Insider I disagree with Pas president Abdul Hadi Awang about his welfare state idea or ideal. Socialism had the same ideal and idea; but, it is now almost dead. Cuba is its last frontier and is closing down soon. Some others have called the same type [...]

Cyber channels for GE13

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 08:44 PM PDT

By Oon Yeoh Jun 14, 11 | MalaysiaKini I clicked with interest on an article on this website titled Umno needs better ‘cyber warfare unit’. I was hoping to gain some insight into cyber strategies the party has in mind for the next general election, which seems to be looming. But alas, it was just [...]

The failure of our institutions

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 08:32 PM PDT

By Art Harun June 15, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JUNE 15 — When Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) opened a Twitter account some months ago, I was actually pleasantly surprised that it chose to follow my Twitter account. I promptly decided to return the compliment by following MACC on Twitter. From then on, I could [...]

Sarbaini kin reject inquest, demand RCI

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 08:28 PM PDT

By Syed Mu'az Syed Putra June 15, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 — The family of Selangor Customs assistant director Ahmad Sarbaini Mohamed has rejected Putrajaya's decision to hold an inquest into his death and are insisting instead on a royal commission of inquiry (RCI). The inquest, to be presided over [...]

Where is the accountability factor?

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 08:25 PM PDT

By Edwin Yapp Jun 15, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JUNE 15 — I had been away on a break but being the news junkie I am, I had been following various interesting news even while on vacation. One that certainly caught my eye was the item reported in The Malaysian Insider, as well as [...]

Why are dinosaurs championing the arts?

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 08:15 PM PDT

By Erna Mahyuni Jun 15, 2011 JUNE 15 — As anyone in the arts will tell you, the government has consistently failed both the arts and its practitioners. Take the recent debacle involving Artistes Day 2011, where Bernama reported Information, Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim bemoaning the lacklustre response of arts [...]

While Najib claims welfare state, Utusan says DAP masterminds

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 08:12 PM PDT

By Shannon Teoh June 15, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 — Umno's Utusan Malaysia today accused DAP of masterminding PAS's new welfare state agenda as a cover for its Malaysian Malaysia concept. This comes despite Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's recent arguments that the Umno-led Barisan Nasional (BN) has already [...]

When the Joneses get too far ahead

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 08:01 PM PDT

By Zairil Khir Johari Jun 15, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JUNE 15 — "What do you think?" asked the elderly taxi driver as he slapped his steering wheel in frustration. "Look at this jam. Even though the government makes it so expensive, people have so many cars. Not small cars. Look around. All big [...]

The silliness of claiming ownership over wrongs

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 07:51 PM PDT

By Sakmongkol AK47 June 15, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JUNE 15 — The problem with Umno goons is that they want to claim ownership on some indefensible issue. This is silly, because people will start viewing Umno as an organisation that stands on the side of abuse, of corruption, of mis-governance and as a [...]

Let’s see who’s bigger, Perkasa dares Bersih

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 07:47 PM PDT

By Shannon Teoh June 15, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 — Claiming the support of 36 NGOs, Perkasa threw down the gauntlet last night to organisers of the Bersih gathering to see who could rally more support when the two groups face off in the federal capital on July 9. The [...]

Malaysia bracing for Anonymous onslaught, says IGP

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 07:40 PM PDT

June 15, 2011 | Reuters KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 — Malaysia has beefed up security ahead of a threatened hacking attack of its official government website by internet vigilante group Anonymous for government acts of censorship and will track down the activists, the police chief said today. In an attack codenamed "Operation Malaysia", Anonymous said [...]

RM1.8mil … for a Facebook page?

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 03:22 AM PDT

By Joseph Sipalan June 14, 2011 MalaysiaKini The Tourism Ministry came under fire again today, as MPs questioned why it had spent RM1.8 million to start and maintain its Facebook page – yet another on the list of controversial projects. Anthony Loke (DAP-Rasah) slammed the decision to use so much money when the social networking [...]

Bashir not welcome

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 03:17 AM PDT

By Tarani Palani June 14, 2011 Free Malaysia Today Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Nazri Abdul Aziz said the decision to invite the Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir was not discussed in the Cabinet. KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia may withdraw the invitation issued to Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to attend an international conference in Langkawi. Minister [...]

Roubini Says ‘Perfect Storm’ May Threaten Global Economy

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 02:46 AM PDT

By Shamim Adam | June 13, 2011, 12:12 AM EDT Bloomberg June 13 (Bloomberg) — A "perfect storm" of fiscal woe in the U.S., a slowdown in China, European debt restructuring and stagnation in Japan may converge on the global economy, New York University professor Nouriel Roubini said. There's a one-in-three chance the factors will [...]

Why Does Australia Want to Send Refugees to Malaysia?

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 02:44 AM PDT

By Marina Kamenev/SYDNEY Tuesday, June 14, 2011 Time Between 2003 and 2004, Marion Le, a Canberra-based lawyer, made regular trips to the remote island of Nauru in the South Pacific. But she wasn’t going for a beach holiday. At the time, Nauru was part of the so-called Pacific Solution, Australia’s policy of processing and detaining [...]

‘Tambatuon dam is unnecessary’

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 02:31 AM PDT

By Stephanie Sta Maria | June 14, 2011 Free Malaysia Today PETALING JAYA: An academic from the Faculty of Agriculture in Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (UPM) cast doubt on the necessity for the proposed Tambatuon dam in Kota Belud. According to Christopher Teh, the dam is not the sole means to increasing Malaysia's rice productivity as [...]

“Yield Considerations” – Iskandar replies to Kota Belud MP Rahman on Tambatuon Dam controversy

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 02:28 AM PDT

By Iskandar Basha Abdul Kadir Yb Rahman, I had opined that our existing acerage in Malaysia can be used to fully meet our rice security consideration (i.e to overcome the 35% shortage) provided our Yield (Mt/hectare) can be increased to 5.0. The 5.0 yield factor is backed by research materials that you had referenced in [...]

Tourism Ministry: RM1.8 million spent on Facebook pages

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 02:01 AM PDT

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal June 14, 2011 The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, June 14 — A whopping RM1,758,432 was spent on developing six Facebook pages to promote Malaysian tourism, the Tourism Ministry said today. Deputy Tourism Minister James Dawos Mamit said this today in reply to a question from Anthony Loke (Rasah-DAP). Each Facebook page [...]

Court says Hee attacked Yew with pepper spray

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 12:32 AM PDT

The Malaysian Insider June 14, 2011 IPOH, June 14 – Aulong assemblyman Yew Tian Hoe won today a court ruling against his state lawmaker colleague Datuk Hee Yit Foong for attacking him with a pepper spray in the infamous May 7, 2009 Perak legislative assembly. He also won a restraining order preventing her from future [...]
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