KUALA LUMPUR, 24 Sept 2008: All schools in the country will open their doors for the 2009 session starting 5 Jan except for Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu where schools start on 4 Jan. A statement from the Ministry of Education said for schools in Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu, the first term break starts from 13-21 […]
Archives for September 2008
Gombak Action Front lodges police report against Anwar Ibrahim
KUALA LUMPUR, 24 Sept 2008: The Gombak Action Front, which represents several non-governmantal organisations (NGOs) from the district, today lodged a police report against Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for allegedly jeopardising national security. The report was lodged by its secretary-general Mohd Mustafa Latiff at the Batu 6 Police Station, Gombak […]
Anwar says Pakatan Rakyat will send letter to Agong
KUALA LUMPUR, 24 Sept 2008: Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today Pakatan Rakyat will send a letter to Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin on the transfer of power from Barisan Nasional to the opposition pact. The letter will also contain details of the request to the prime minister to convene a […]
Election petition against Bandar Kuching MP dismissed with costs
KUCHING, 24 Sept 2008: The Election Court today dismissed with costs a petitition challenging the election of DAP vice-chairman Chong Chieng Jen as the Bandar Kuching Member of Parliament (MP) in the March 8 2008 general election. In dismissing the petition, Justice Datuk Clement Allan Skinner declared that Chong, 37, was duly elected as the […]
Don’t drag Palace into Umno elections, says Tengku Abdullah
RAUB, 24 Sept 2008: Tengku Mahkota of Pahang Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah has reminded Umno leaders and members wishing to contest for divisional posts in the state not to drag the palace into politics in their attempts to gain support. He said that doing so would only complicate the situation and create confusion among […]
Oct 7 for decision on transfer of Anwar Ibrahim’s case
KUALA LUMPUR, 24 Sept 2008: The Sessions Court here will decide on 7 Oct whether to allow or reject the prosecution’s application to transfer Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy case to the High Court for trial. Judge S M Komathy Suppiah needs two weeks to consider the submissions and authorities cited by both parties. Anwar, […]
No more playing the race card
By Deborah Loh(© Julia Freeman-Woolpert / sxc.hu) ARE things really so bad that Malaysians need a Race Relations Act? Some might say it’s the politicians who need to be legislated, not the average Ali, Ah Chong and Muthu who, even if not the best of friends, would refrain from making racial slurs in public. But such a […]
An inconvenient truth
By Wong Chin Huat“We need to make ourselves relevant,” says Umno’s Muhyiddin on 23 Sept (Source: Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Ministry) MINISTER of International Trade and Industry Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin says Umno needs to reform or it, and by extension the Barisan Nasional (BN), may perish by 2013. He is spot on, but what kind of reforms […]
Race relations: Acting and reacting
By Tricia YeohDATUK Ahmad Ismail is now a familiar name: his remarks about the Chinese in Malaysia resulted in his three-year suspension from Umno politics. The arrest and subsequent release within 24 hours of Sin Chew Daily journalist Tan Hoon Cheng under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for accurately reporting Ahmad’s statement also sparked a nationwide outcry. […]
Remembering the Chithambaram
By Rahel JosephIN J Anu’s recent exhibition, Unconditional Love, one of his paintings, Remembering the Chithambaram, depicts his young daughter running across a beach. In the foreground a ship, the SS Chithambaram, rides the crest of a wave, a distant memory of the vessel that first brought her forebears to Malaysia. I love this painting. The image […]
