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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[IN mid-January 2010, The Nut Graph began reaching all 222 Members of Parliament (MP) in batches for the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project. The purpose of the project is to record the MPs' positions on key issues of democracy.
Each MP is posed six questions, three of which were selected by readers and three others pre-determined by The Nut...]]></description>
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<title>No replies for 11 March 2010</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:58:00 +0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>By Deborah Loh</dc:creator>
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THE following Members of Parliament (MPs)  have not replied to the six  questions under MP Watch: Eye on Parliament as of Thursday, 11March 2010, the end of a two-week  deadline. Their responses will be updated if and when they reply.
(source: parlimen.gov.my)Name: Ago Anak Dagang&nbsp; Constituency: Kanowit&nbsp; 
Party: Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS)&nbsp;Years as MP: Since 2004&nbsp; 
Government position: NoneParty position:...]]></description>
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<title>Why is the BN against local elections?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>By Wong Chin Huat</dc:creator>
<description><![CDATA[
AT least on the surface, the Barisan  Nasional (BN) agrees with the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) on two things: ethno-religious  inclusion and governmental reforms. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib  Razak's 1Malaysia and Government  Transformation Programme are basically the BN's answer to the PR's ketuanan rakyat and "competency, accountability  and transparency".
But the two coalitions now differ on  one thing: local government...]]></description>
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<title>Towards a liberal Malaysia</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>By Keith Leong</dc:creator>
<description><![CDATA[LIBERALISM, or rather, what some would  have us believe is liberalism, has been accused as the source of all sorts  of wickedness and chicanery from sexual immorality to high treason. But  what is liberalism really, especially in the Malaysian context? Can  Malaysia be considered liberal at the moment? Is there such a thing  as Malaysian liberalism?
Locke (left) and Rousseau...]]></description>
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<title>PJ’s illegal development (Updated 1:05pm)</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>By KW Mak</dc:creator>
<description><![CDATA[Updated at 1:05pm, 12 March 2010
IN the first two articles about town  planning, I dealt with planning that was done after Petaling Jaya (PJ)  was founded. However, it is important to note that PJ was developed  in 1952.
This is significant because PJ's founding  clearly predates the legal provisions that the state government or local  council are now using...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>By Deborah Loh and Patrick Kratzenstein</dc:creator>
<description><![CDATA[
SIMPANG Renggam Member of Parliament  (MP) Liang Teck Meng's response to the MP  Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six  questions.
(source: parlimen.gov.my)Name: Liang Teck MengConstituency: Simpang Renggam
Party: GerakanYears as MP: Since 2008
Government position: None
Party position:  &nbsp;  Central committee member &nbsp;  Youth vice-president
Membership in parliamentary committee  or caucus:  Public Accounts Committee member...]]></description>
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<title>No replies for 10 March 2010</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:17:00 +0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>By Deborah Loh and Patrick Kratzenstein</dc:creator>
<description><![CDATA[
THE following Members of Parliament (MPs)  have not replied to the six  questions under MP Watch: Eye on Parliament as of Wednesday, 10 March 2010, the end of a  two-week deadline. Their responses will be updated if and when they  reply.
(source: parlimen.gov.my)
Name: Kong Cho HaConstituency: Lumut
Party: MCAYears as MP: Since 2004&nbsp;
Government post:  Housing and Local  Government...]]></description>
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<title>“Every right to be here”</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>By Nick Choo</dc:creator>
<description><![CDATA[Shanthini Venugopal, with son Hari and cat (All pics courtesy of Shanthini Venugopal)SINGER, actor, director and teacher Shanthini Venugopal has been in the Malaysian theatre industry for  nearly three decades, having worked with various theatre companies since  1981. She is a pioneer member of The  Instant Cafe Theatre Company.  She has starred in films, including Hollywood blockbuster Anna and the...]]></description>
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<title>Whither national education?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>By Deborah Loh</dc:creator>
<description><![CDATA[IN this  final of a four-part series on education,  The Nut Graph attempts to examine the problems that have become entrenched  in the national school system. While public schools were reliable and  multi-racial centres of education for Malaysian children not too long  ago, today, parents who can afford it are sending their children to  private schools. Those who can't, opt...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>By Deborah Loh</dc:creator>
<description><![CDATA[
KUBANG Kerian Member of Parliament (MP)  Salahuddin Ayub's response to the MP  Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six  questions.
(source: parlimen.gov.my)
Name: Salahuddin Ayub&nbsp;Constituency: Kubang Kerian&nbsp;Party: PAS (Opposition)&nbsp; &nbsp;Years as MP: Since 2004&nbsp;Government post: None
Party position: Vice-president
Membership in parliamentary committee  or caucus:&nbsp; &nbsp;  Asean Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus member&nbsp; Oil  royalty caucus member
Blog/website:...]]></description>
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