KUALA LUMPUR, 2 Sept 2008: The federal government is not agreeable to the suggestion by Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim that 16 Sept be made a public holiday in the five states under Pakatan Rakyat. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said there should only be one National Day […]
Archives for September 2008
Audit Report: Smart, JLKN among those ask to explain poor performance
KUALA LUMPUR, 2 Sept 2008: Syarikat Mengurus Air Banjir dan Terowong (Smart Sdn Bhd) and the National Service Training Department (JLKN) are among entities which will be asked to explain the reasons for their poor performance as highlighted in the 2007 Auditor-General’s Report. Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid said the process […]
PGCC is dead: Guan Eng
PENANG, 2 Sept 2008: The Penang Global City Complex (PGCC) has not been approved as the developer had failed to submit its layout plans, said Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng. "The PGCC is dead," he told a press conference here today. The PGCC, with an estimated gross development value of RM25 billion, was earmarked […]
MISC vessels to skirt Gulf of Aden
KUALA LUMPUR, 2 Sept 2008: The Malaysia International Shipping Corporation (MISC) has stopped all its vessels from entering the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden until additional security measures have been provided to enhance the safety of its vessels and crew. MISC said in a statement today this was in addition to the precautionary and preventive measures […]
Seremban Umno division vice-head charged with corruption
SEREMBAN, 2 Sept 2008: Seremban Umno division vice-head Mohd Nor Awang, pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to two counts of corruption in connection with the party elections. Mohd Nor, 47, a businessman, is charged with giving a RM200 bribe to Taman Zaiton Indah Umno branch head Rezwat Shahril Zainal Ariffin. The […]
Kelantan agrees to observe 16 Sept as a public holiday
KOTA BARU, 2 Sept 2008: Menteri Besar Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat said the state governmment was in favour of the proposal to declare 16 Sept, the date of Malaysia’s formation, as a public holiday. He said the suggestion should be accepted and implemented by all the Pakatan Rakyat states – Kelantan, Perak, Kedah, […]
Four Mamak Gang members shot
SHAH ALAM, 2 Sept 2008: Four men, believed to be members of the notorious Mamak Gang, were fatally shot by the police in front on a petrol station along the Federal Highway here at about 10.10am today. Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said an action unit team from the state police headquarters rushed […]
A consumer-friendly budget
Illustrations by Shieko
AS promised, the government delivered a consumer-friendly budget for 2009 that was themed A Caring Government. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi delivered the proposed Budget 2009 in Parliament on 29 Aug 2008, a day after Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was sworn in as the Permatang Pauh Member of Parliament and made opposition leader. […]
A genderless Malaysia
By Boo Su-LynI AM not going to swear, bitch or rant here. There are plenty of self-righteous blogs clouding cyberspace with a miasma of cynicism and despair. This will not be another placard-toting essay about the world diseased with corruption and inequality. It is a familiar path I have taken several times through numerous letters to the […]
Beauties and the beasts
By Hafidz BaharomON 26 July 2008, religious authorities decided to raid a transsexual beauty pageant in Bachok, Kelantan. Sixteen individuals were arrested, while the authorities claimed that three people got away by diving into a river. This happened at a resort. The justification for such an action, of course, was that the mak nyah pageant was against […]
