Sabtu, 18 Jun 2011

Lim Kit Siang

Lim Kit Siang

Power is duty, not a prize

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 08:13 PM PDT

By Razaleigh Hamzah Jun 19, 11 | MalaysiaKini Malaysia’s post-colonial history began with optimism and a grand hope in 1957. When Tunku Abdul Rahman, the first prime minister of Malaysia, proclaimed our Independence at the Merdeka Stadium in the unforgettable words that “Malaysia is a parliamentary democracy with an independent judiciary,” he had a vision [...]

“Creativity cannot be quantified” – Malaysians must thank their lucky stars it only cost RM1.8m

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 07:11 PM PDT

R1.8 million six Facebook fiasco – Going by Chua Soi Lek's logic, Malaysians must thank their lucky stars they had not been charged RM18 million or RM180 million as "creativity cannot be quantified" Going by the logic of MCA President Datuk Seri Chua Soi Lek, Malaysians must thank their lucky stars that they had not [...]

Growing into my father’s son

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 06:59 PM PDT

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal June 19, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JUNE 19 — A grunt, a shadow of a frown or dead silence. These things tell me whether or not Abah is upset with me. All my life, I've known Abah to be a man of few words. A quiet, unassuming type, aunts and [...]

Bank Negara’s conditions tripping Abu Dhabi’s RHB sale

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 05:39 PM PDT

By Jahabar Sadiq Editor The Malaysian Insider Jun 19, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 — Several new Bank Negara conditions are threatening the RM5.9 billion sale of a 25 per cent stake in RHB Capital Bhd between two Abu Dhabi sister firms, including the requirement that the new shareholder must support a possible merger with [...]

Pemandu explains RM64 mil expenditure

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 04:53 PM PDT

Regina Lee | Jun 18, 11 Malaysiakini The Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu), raising eyebrows with its RM63.9 million price tag, has pointed out that the expenditure pales in comparison to similar programmes undertaken by multi-national companies. In a blog posting on the Economic Transformation Programme’s website yesterday, it said that out of the [...]

Soi Lek says Tourism Facebook pages incur more cost than personal ones

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 06:55 PM PDT

By Yow Hong Chieh The Malaysian Insider Jun 18, 2011 The Facebook pages operated by the Tourism Ministry are "complicated" and cost more to run than similar personal pages on the world's most popular social networking site, Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek said tonight The MCA president waded into the controversy surrounding the RM1.8 [...]

Muhyiddin says opposition using Bersih rally to topple BN

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 07:47 AM PDT

The Malaysian Insider June 18, 2011 BEAUFORT, June 18 – The opposition is hiding behind the planned Bersih 2.0 rally with a plot to topple the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) government, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today. The Umno deputy president (picture) said the opposition's agenda was to create a momentum among [...]

Isn’t a one-race civil service a form of apartheid?

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 07:45 AM PDT

By Dr Boo Cheng Hau June 18, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JUNE 18 — I remember once, as a young medical officer, I was boycotted by operating theatre staff when I wanted stern action taken against a staff nurse who went for a kenduri when she was supposed to scrub for a surgery. An [...]

Some Saudi women challenge drive ban

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 04:42 AM PDT

By Asma Alsharif Reuters Fri, Jun 17 2011 JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – Some Saudi women appeared to have answered a call over social media to challenge a ban on driving, posting accounts and pictures of themselves behind the wheel in the conservative Arab kingdom. Groups such as “Women2Drive” and “Women’s Right to Drive in [...]

Rais demonising citizens through Bersih, says Ambiga

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 02:36 AM PDT

By Debra Chong June 18, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 — Bersih 2.0 chairman Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan denied today all links between the recent spate of cyber attacks on government websites and her electoral reform group raised yesterday by Datuk Seri Rais Yatim, saying his conjecture is an attack on Malaysians. [...]

BN strategy to muzzle PR reps and to punish Dayaks for NCR struggle in new Sarawak State Assembly?

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 01:33 AM PDT

The Barisan Nasional will be making a fatal political mistake if the new Sarawak State Assembly starts off next week on a wrong footing with a high-handed Barisan Nasional strategy to muzzle Pakatan Rakat representatives and to punish Dayaks for their Native Customary Rights (NCR) struggle. Reports yesterday about the opening session of the 10th [...]

Iban language: Pick the right candidates

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 12:26 AM PDT

FMT Staff June 18, 2011 | Free Malaysia Today KUCHING: The Sarawak Dayak Iban Association (SADIA) has chastised the authorities for its nonchalant approach to the Iban language. SADIA chairman Edward Manggah said the Iban language was not like any other subject. "The teachers must have the basics. You cannot just pick people randomly and [...]

‘Umno Youth, Perkasa want to foil Bersih rally’

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 12:23 AM PDT

By Athi Shankar June 18, 2011 | Free Malaysia Today GEORGE TOWN: The planned Umno Youth and Perkasa rallies are meant to foil, frustrate and disrupt the Bersih 2.0 rally on July 9, said DAP national chairman Karpal Singh today. He called on the police to strictly ensure that all rallies were held in a [...]

Changing the world in our own little way

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 12:20 AM PDT

By Aidil Rusli June 18, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JUNE 18 — I've never been a voracious reader, though I think I do read quite a bit compared to the average Malaysian. What I do read though is mostly non-fiction stuff, especially articles or interviews where artists I admire talk about their creative process [...]

Bersih rally: People’s will or just politics?

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 12:16 AM PDT

By R. Shan June 18, 2011 The Malaysian Insider JUNE 18 — Much has been said of the Bersih rally by the Pakatan Rakyat coalition, to the horror of the ruling elites. But the gist of its original objective has also been lost to the people and public. Both sides are using this event to [...]

Anak Malaysia 2

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 12:13 AM PDT

By M. Chua June 18, 2011 | MalaysiaKini JUNE 18 — Someone sent me an article by Kalimullah Hassan, which appeared in The Malaysian Insider last week. The article was on his experiences in trying to be an "Anak Malaysia" and I found the subject to be interesting, especially for me, an Anak Malaysia currently [...]

Mosque polls: King’s name being used, says don

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 02:09 AM PDT

By Hazlan Zakaria Jun 18, 11 | MalaysiaKini While the Agong has purview over Islamic matters in ruler-less states like Penang, renowned constitutional law expert Abdul Aziz Bari fears that the Agong’s name is being used to criticise the Penang government’s policies. “Only after Pakatan Rakyat took over Penang that suddenly the Agong became a [...]

For anti-Lynas residents, the time for talking is over

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 12:02 AM PDT

By Shannon Teoh June 18, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider KUANTAN, June 18 — After being bullied from making their stand before an international panel of experts earlier this month, residents opposed to a RM700 million rare earth plant have closed the door to the government. Accusing the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration of making "a [...]
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