FOR the week of 6 to 12 Dec 2008, the Chinese press highlighted the issue of responsibility over the Bukit Antarabangsa landslide and reactions towards Tan Sri Dr Khoo Kay Kim’s statement that minority races should give up their mother tongue. The Chinese press also looked at a brewing fishing-community strike. In a 12 Dec […]
Archives for December 2008
Disasters, political defections, Tamil schools
Translation by Sharmila Valli NarayananFOR the week of 6 to 12 Dec 2008, Tamil newspapers focussed on disasters, Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir’s controversial statement on vernacular schools, party defection and the storm over the land allocation for a Tamil school. Deadly hillslopes The tragic landslide at Bukit Antarabangsa dominated the newspapers with several papers carrying editorials on the matter. Makkal […]
Of rights, royalty and language
Translation by Jacqueline Ann SurinSIMILAR to the other press, the 6 Dec 2008 Bukit Antarabangsa landslide dominated the news in the Malay press between 5 and 12 Dec. But several other issues were also highlighted in the Malay press. These were primarily about Malay rights, the royalty, and the Malay language. On 10 Dec, Berita Harian published a column […]
MCA’s quiet man
By Ng Boon HooiNEWLY-minted MCA president Datuk Ong Tee Keat raised eyebrows with his pick for the post of secretary-general. The person he chose was Datuk Wong Foon Meng, 54, who takes over the influential party post from Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan. Though he has been Senate deputy president since 2004, Wong, a one-term state assemblyperson for […]
Acknowledging failures in religion
By Aloysious Mowe(© Johnny DiBiasi / sxc.hu) THE headlines in the newspapers as I sit down to write this are as gloomy as the dank December day in Washington, DC, outside. Sunni militants bomb a Shia mosque in Iraq, killing Shia worshippers. Responsibility for the terrorism in Mumbai is claimed by a group calling itself the Deccan […]
No development on slopes more than 35 degrees in FT
PUTRAJAYA, 12 Dec 2008: The Federal Territories Ministry today decided to disallow any development on hill slopes with a gradient of more than 35 degrees in the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan. Its minister, Datuk Seri Zulhasnan Rafique said projects on hill slopes with a gradient of 26 to 35 degrees would […]
Landslide site closed after Public Works Dept warning
KUALA LUMPUR, 12 Dec 2008: The landslide site at Taman Bukit Mewah, Bukit Antarabangsa, was closed immediately after the Public Works Department (PWD) issued a warning that the area was not safe and very dangerous. Selangor chief police officer, Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar, said the warning was issued at noon today. “Results of a PWD […]
Water tariff may go up 37% for S’gor, KL, Putrajaya
PUTRAJAYA, 12 Dec 2008: Some 1.5 million consumers in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya may have to pay higher water tariff of about 37% more if the Selangor government does not hand over its water service assets to Pengurusan Aset Air Berhad (PAAB) by March next year. The reason is that the 30-year concession agreement, […]
Thirty more days for ‘golden handshake’ for civil servants
PUTRAJAYA, 12 Dec 2008: Civil servants will be able to accumulate their ‘golden handshake’ up to 150 days, an increase of 30 days, beginning next year. Cuepacs president Omar Osman said the circular on the longer golden handshake would be issued soon. He said he was informed about the longer ‘golden handshake’ by the Public […]
Teresa Kok files RM30 mil defamation suit
KUALA LUMPUR, 12 Dec 2008: Seputeh Member of Parliament Teresa Kok Suh Sim today filed a RM30 million defamation suit against Malaysian Press Institute chief executive officer Datuk Chamil Wariya and Utusan Malaysia Sdn Bhd over an article published in the Malay daily on 12 Oct 2008. The writ of summons was filed at the […]
