Sabtu, 25 Jun 2011

Lim Kit Siang

Lim Kit Siang

Intelligent politicians, please

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 09:01 PM PDT

By Ali Kadir June 26, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JUNE 26 — Wanted: some individuals with some modicum of intelligence and competence to lead Malaysia. Muhyiddin Yassin and Shafie Apdal (among Umno's best and brightest judging by fact that one is the second in line to govern the country and the other is the [...]

Kota, kedai and kopitiam

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 08:58 PM PDT

By Zubin Mohamad June 26, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JUNE 26 — Over the years, I have been going back to Kelantan either to visit my parents and family or to do research on Kelantan performance. During one of the trips, I took a friend to visit some old cemeteries and traditional villages near [...]

Opposition leader: Land for Taib’s brother? Why?

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 08:48 PM PDT

By Ang Ngan Toh Jun 25, 11 | MalaysiaKini Bukit Assek state assemblyperson Wong Ho Leng has demanded to know why a huge parcel of land was alienated to a company owned by Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud’s brother, Ibrahim, and Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) chairman Tiong Thai King. Wong, also Sarawak state legislative assembly [...]

Pakatan aims for 11 states in GE13, says Kit Siang

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 08:42 PM PDT

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal June 26, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, June 26 — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) is targeting to control 11 states in the upcoming general elections, says Lim Kit Siang. The DAP parliamentary leader said the coalition has targeted on retaining Penang, Kedah, Selangor, Kelantan and winning back Perak. He also [...]

Pakatan Rakyat’s 3 state targets in next general elections

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 05:37 PM PDT

Pakatan Rakyat has three targets for the states in the next general elections, viz: To retain the four Pakatan Rakyat states of Penang, Kedah, Selangor and Kelantan; To win back Perak state government which was illegally, unconstitutionally and undemocratically robbed from the people and the Pakatan Rakyat; and To form the state government in the [...]

Police intensify clampdown on pre-rally roadshow

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 04:23 PM PDT

by Regina Lee Malaysiakini Jun 25, 11 The police have intensified its efforts to clamp down on polls watchdog Bersih’s pre-rally roadshow as it kicked off nationwide yesterday. Supposed to begin in Uptown market in Shah Alam last night with a series of speeches, the police had cordoned off the commercial centre as early as [...]

Something rotten at the Duta courts

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 04:16 PM PDT

by Hafiz Yatim Malaysiakini Jun 25, 11 Shakespeare wrote in the play ‘Hamlet’ that “something is rotten in the state of Denmark”. Court of Appeal judge NH Chan had also made similar remarks when he wrote the Ayer Molek Rubber Co Bhd vs Insas Bhd judgment in 1995, where he described the case he was [...]

Karpal: Public porn screening in court ‘a first’

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 03:32 AM PDT

Malaysiakini Jun 25, 11 Karpal Singh slammed the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate Court’s handling of the Datuk T proceedings yesterday for showing the sex video to the public and for allowing Anwar to be implicated in his absence. "This is the first time in legal history of the country that a pornographic video clip produced as [...]

Muhyiddin insists Bersih political, threat to security

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 02:37 AM PDT

By Melissa Chi June 25, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has deemed the July 9 Bersih rally as politically-motivated and a threat to national security as well as the country's reputation. Apart from calling in the organisers for questioning next week, police also insist they will [...]

No such thing as runner-up in GE, says Najib

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 02:31 AM PDT

Jun 25, 11 | MalaysiaKini Najib Razak said victory in the general election was most important for Umno and BN because in politics, only victory would bring them meaning. Hence, the prime minister and Umno president said, in a general election there was no such term as runner-up like in other contests which also offered [...]

Have cops work with Bersih, Lim tells Hisham

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 01:56 AM PDT

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal June 25, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein should direct the police to end its "hostile" stance towards the Bersih rally and work with its organisers instead, Lim Kit Siang said today. The DAP parliamentary leader said mutual co-operation between the [...]

True reasons behind gender pay gap

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 01:45 AM PDT

By Ananish Chaudhuri Jun 25, 2011 | NZHerald The existence of a gender wage gap in the workplace is well documented. Women earn less than men in similar jobs even after allowing for other factors such as education and experience. In the United States, annual earnings data released by the Census Bureau last September shows [...]

Don: Cop’s Bersih ban is against constitution

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 12:43 AM PDT

By Hazlan Zakaria 25 June 2011 | MalaysiaKini Renowned constitutional law expert Abdul Aziz Bari, hit out at the cops for their unilateral banning of the Bersih 2.0 rally planned for July 9, pointing out that the police crackdown on the gathering is not only illegal but unconstitutional. “They have acted illegally because they have [...]

Hannah’s baby vs. an ‘East Indies’ Chinese

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 12:23 AM PDT

By Dr Boo Cheng Hau 25 June 2011 | Centre for Policy Initiatives My widowed mother was a rubber tapper who took care of me when I was growing up. My younger sister and I used to sleep on the grounds of the rubber plantation in the dark because we helped our mother to tap [...]

Watch your words! Wong warns S’wak opposition

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 12:18 AM PDT

By Joseph Tawie June 25, 2011 | Free Malaysia Today KUCHING: Second Minister of Finance Wong Soon Koh issued a stern warning to the opposition to behave themselves in the state assembly or they will be referred to the Committee of Privileges of the Dewan Undangan Negeri. "I don't mind being be called a 'motion [...]

GST only removes tax burden on ‘wealthier’ minority, says Pua

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 12:15 AM PDT

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal June 25, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — Implementing the Goods and Services Tax (GST) while reducing the existing income tax will only benefit the "wealthier" minority, says Tony Pua. The DAP national publicity secretary said that currently only 15 per cent of the working population earned [...]
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