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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 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
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?
May 19, 2009
via thenutgraph.com Finally, some states in Malaysia (which coincidentally are opposition-led) making some global sense. Did I say global? Yes, “global” not “glocal”… See also Malaysiakini’s article here. Posted via web from Potted Plot
May 14, 2009
Rocky is not Malay Mail’s new CEO, see 84jalantangsi.blogspot.com Shocking! And the news has not been corrected or clarified, and I know many who believe that AA @ Rocky is the new Malay Mail CEO! Posted via web from Potted Plot
March 24, 2009
The Rakyat speak up against the banning of Harakah and Suara Keadilan!
March 24, 2009
At least six Internet publications were denied access to the UMNO AGM. In keeping with tradition, no official reasons were given for the banning of these organizations. What has UMNO got to hide?
February 2, 2009
An interview for The CSR Digest with Professor Dr Mustaffa Mohamed Zain, one of Malaysia’s academic pioneers in corporate social responsibility (CSR).
January 12, 2009
Further to this previous entry, the plot thickens. According to the Malaysian Insider, the Catholic Church of Malaysia wants the government to retract its statement denying it banned the Herald from publishing in the national language. Otherwise, the Herald, the Catholic church may take legal action against the Home Ministry. The Star apparently reported that a Home Ministry official denied that there was a prohibition on the Herald's Bahasa Malaysia version.
January 8, 2009
Finally, the highway concession agreements between the government and toll operators were made public on Jan 5, following their declassification from the Official Secrets Act 1972. Why were they official secrets, I wonder? What kind of secret time bombs and special service highly confidential national security issues were involved?
June 5, 2009
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