For the urban poor in Klang Valley, home is the longhouse and squatter settlements. See also No Place Like Home and Housing Woes IT is seemingly hard to tell who is poor these days. Walk into a temporary longhouse settlement in the Klang Valley and you are likely to see children of all races playing […]
Archives for September 2008
To jump or not to jump?
By Tricia YeohDon’t voters have a say if MPs jump from one party to another? AS 16 Sept 2008 looms ever nearer, this seems to be the main question on all minds: will the current government be toppled? Investors, business managers, civil society, politicians, and Malaysians at large are understandably concerned over the increasingly tense political situation […]
Civic affection
By Aloysious Mowe(Ahmad Ismail image courtesy of Merdeka Review) WATCHING the baying crowd of Republicans at their party convention in St Paul, Minnesota, as they rapturously applauded the sneering, hate-filled speeches of leading figures such as Rudy Giuliani and vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, I found it hard to doubt the truism that the United States is more […]
Heroes and villains
By KW MakCRIME is at an all-time high, but no one seems to be doing anything about it. My friend who lives in Taman Paramount, Petaling Jaya laments that snatch thefts occur daily in the streets leading to the LRT station there. What she finds incredulous is that there are no police personnel in the area despite […]
Cultivating fear
By Jacqueline Ann SurinLAST week, in the middle of yoga class, our petite instructor interrupted our asanas to tell us she’d heard there was trouble on the streets. “Go home straightaway after class. Don’t stay out tonight,” she warned, adding something or other about those who lived in Chinese neighbourhoods. Earlier that Friday of 5 Sept 2008, an […]
Built-and-sell concept to be fine tuned further
KUALA LUMPUR, 11 Sept 2008: The build-and-sell concept for housing projects in the country will be fine-tuned further to encourage greater participation from developers. Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan said the concept, which has been implemented since last year, had received a lukewarm response from developers and the government was […]
Salary upgrade for 2,787 teacher training and ELTC lecturers
KUALA KANGSAR, 11 Sept 2008: The Public Service Department (PSD) has approved a salary upgrade for 2,787 officers and lecturers serving in 27 teachers training institutes and English language training centres (ELTCs), Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein announced today. He said the first phase of the promotion exercise was approved by the PSD […]
Rela member told to pay ex-GRO RM100,000 in damages
KUALA LUMPUR, 11 Sept 2008: The High Court today ordered a member of the Rela voluntary corps to pay a former guest relations officer RM100,000 in damages for taking a picture of her relieving herself in a truck five years ago. Justice Datuk Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat also told Mohamad Tahir Osman, 45, to pay […]
Only national language for KL signs
KUALA LUMPUR, 11 Sept 2008: Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) will only allow the use of the national language for road signs in the city. DBKL director-general Datuk Salleh Yusup said any road signs having a different language would be taken down. "People just cannot put up signs. Only the local authority can do that," […]
Nik Aziz says Pakatan Rakyat will benefit if Dr Mahathir rejoins Umno
KOTA BARU, 11 Sept 2008: PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat said Pakatan Rakyat will benefit should Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad rejoins Umno as there will be "chaos within Umno." "It will be exciting to see him creating chaos," he told reporters at his office here. He was asked to comment on […]
