PUTRAJAYA, 18 Nov 2008: Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar today urged the opposition parties not to belittle the security forces because they are the enforcement agencies responsible for safeguuarding peace and security in the country. He said they should criticise if there were any shortcomings and action would be taken if the criticisms […]
Archives for November 2008
RTM to increase ethnic Malaysian programmes
KUALA LUMPUR, 18 Nov 2008: Radio Television Malaysia (RTM) is ready to add on ethnic Malaysian programmes based on current needs, said Information Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek. He said his ministry also encouraged films and dramas that portrayed the beauty and uniqueness of Sabah and Sarawak for general knowledge and tourist attraction. “I have […]
Abdullah to look into Wanita Umno problem
TASHKENT (Uzbekistan), 18 Nov 2008: Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who is also Umno president, will meet Wanita Umno leaders upon returning home from his official visit to central Asia to help solve the movement’s problem. He said that initially he had hoped that the Umno women’s wing could solve its own […]
Double standards, rumours and immunity
Compiled by Khairil AnharDouble standards “Speaker, don’t play around. You are not serious.” DAP’s Bukit Gelugor Member of Parliament (MP) Karpal Singh, demanding that Dewan Rakyat speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia discipline Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz (Barisan Nasional) for calling opposition MP Wee Choo Keong (Parti Keadilan Rakyat-Wangsa Maju) “buta” (blind) […]
Singapore bloggers setting up community moderation panel
By Elizabeth Looi(© Simon Cataudo / sxc.hu) PETALING JAYA, 14 Nov 2008: While Malaysia has been debating for the past 30 years about whether or not to form a media or press council, Singaporean bloggers are planning to start their very own community moderation panel. According to Assistant Professor Cherian George, one of the 13 bloggers who […]
You don’t mess with the Dewan!
By Zedeck Siew(© Leaf / Dreamstime) ONE early morning two weeks ago, a group of 15 citizens from a Petaling Jaya constituency filed into a chartered bus. They carried blazers and jackets in varying states of crinkled-ness. Almost all were more alert than any amount of coffee could explain. James, an electrician by profession, had a digital […]
A strike for press freedom
By Zedeck SiewTHE politics of Utusan Malaysia, with its championing of Malay rights, has raised concerns of late. The influential Malay-language daily is unapologetic about pushing forward the Malay (some would say Umno) agenda, often running roughshod over the sentiments of the other races. But the Utusan Malaysia of today is very different from the Utusan Melayu […]
Speed up clearance, biscuit makers tell health ministry
By Ng Boon HooiPETALING JAYA, 17 Nov 2008: The Ministry of Health should speed up the issuing of clearance letters for melamine-free biscuits manufactured locally as the industry is in danger of collapsing. In issuing this warning, MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Chua Soi Lek said some public-listed biscuit manufacturers have approached him with claims that the industry […]
Cuepacs plans nationwide roadshow on PTK boycott
KUALA LUMPUR, 17 Nov 2008: Cuepacs will launch a nationwide roadshow next month to explain to the civil servants the rationale behind the plan to boycott the Competency Level Assessment (PTK) examination. Its president, Omar Osman, announced the boycott yesterday as the congress was unhappy with the cool response from the Public Service Department (PSD) […]
Incentives for landowners in NCR land project
KANOWIT, 17 Nov 2008: Landowners participating in new Native Customary Rights (NCR) land projects in the state now stand to benefit from two new incentives. Assistant Rural Development Minister Datuk Gramong Juna said they would be paid a sum of RM150 for every hectare of land developed under the state NCR land development concept. The […]
