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June 4, 2009
Haszrul (right), who could not come to terms with her eviction, said she attended the press conference to carry out coverage on MPSP, not the Pakatan state government. “If it was in Komtar, I would accept it. But this is MPSP office and its council’s function. “I don’t understand why Utusan should be banned,” she… [Read more…]
June 4, 2009
The Daily Mail says its readers have donated “tens of thousands of pounds” to a fighting fund to help prosecute MPs embroiled in the expenses scandal. The paper launched the fund two weeks ago in conjunction with the Taxpayers’ Alliance campaign group. Alliance chief executive Matthew Elliott said: “We are delighted to have received so… [Read more…]
June 4, 2009
“I deplore the racial slur made by the writer of the local Malay daily where he had indirectly referred to the Chinese and Indians of Malaysia as ‘kaum pendatang‘ (immigrants). “It is most disgusting, despicable and shocking. I suspect the writer is not part of the newspaper, but has been using it (the newspaper) to… [Read more…]
June 3, 2009
The article made reference to the rights of citizenship given to non-Malays before independence, comparing Malaysia to other countries which according to the weekly had rejected their immigrant communities. The article also quoted former MIC president Tun V.T Sambanthan as comparing Malaysia to Burma, where the Indian community had been forced out. Muhyiddin pointed out… [Read more…]
June 3, 2009
Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng kicked off his administration’s anti-graft campaign today by offering a RM10,000 cash reward to any civil servant who is willing and able to give proof of corrupt practices in the island state. “I want to encourage people to come out,” the state chief executive told The Malaysian Insider in… [Read more…]
June 1, 2009
Next week, the White House will launch a blog to discuss the Obama administration’s open government initiative. In a nod to openness and citizen participation in government, the administration also plans to soon open White House blogs to public comments. In a speech to an annual National Archives and Records Administration conference, Beth Noveck, deputy… [Read more…]
June 1, 2009
A backlog of Freedom of Information appeals is putting journalists off from using it as an investigative tool, according to a new report. The first comprehensive report of the workings of the Freedom of Information Act, four years after it was implemented, said the Act had generally been a success. Jeremy Hayes, the senior output… [Read more…]
May 29, 2009
At a press conference in Petaling Jaya late this afternoon, Wijaya Baru Holdings Sdn Bhd (WBHSB) Deputy CEO Faizal Abdullah said the audit report had ‘mischievously’ left out certain information and this omission was damaging to his company. WBHSB is the sole proprietor of Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd, the turnkey developer for PKFZ. PKFZ is… [Read more…]
May 27, 2009
The villagers do not understand why the government accuses the Penan, the Kenyah, the Iban, and other natives of opposing the government when the natives protest against logging companies. The natives only erected a simple blockade of sticks and branches across the logging road, they said, because the company refused to negotiate with them. The… [Read more…]
May 27, 2009
The Pakatan leaders later went to the Ipoh police station to check on the status of the two who were arrested. The duo were freed on police bail at 11.35pm and told to report back to the Ipoh magistrate’s court on June 26 where they are expected to be charged with illegal assembly. Earlier, the… [Read more…]
May 26, 2009
via thenutgraph.com Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said the report has reached her desk and was ready for circulation to the other ministries. “It will be tabled in the cabinet as soon as possible,” she said today at a press conference after launching a seminar at the Institute of… [Read more…]
May 22, 2009
via malaysiakini.com Abolish NEP? When? Personally, I am not against the NEP, except that it appears that those who really need it are not getting the help. Posted via web from Potted Plot
May 22, 2009
Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said the proposal by some quarters for bloggers in Malaysia to be registered required indepth study. “The idea is good, but we have see it from the legal aspects and from the aspect of freedom of Internet use. “We have to see whether registering bloggers… [Read more…]
May 21, 2009
My first column which does not really focus on employment (although it started out on labour news). Freedom of Information, anyone?
June 5, 2009
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