KUALA LUMPUR, 14 Jan 2009: A group of former estate workers which are now occupying 98 quarters in Bukit Kiara will be offered low-cost houses either in Taman Muhibbah or Bukit Jalil. Kuala Lumpur Mayor Datuk Ahmad Fuad Ismail said the area they were occupying now had been identified for a large-scale public park development […]
Archives for January 2009
Cuba supports M’sia’s stand on Israel
KUALA LUMPUR, 14 Jan 2009: Cuba supports Malaysia’s motion condemning Israel’s atrocities on Palestinians in Gaza which was tabled at a special parliament session on 12 Jan. Cuban Ambassador to Malaysia Carlos Amores said Malaysia had shown it strongly abhorred Israel’s invasion of Gaza. “The action by Israel is a crime. The resolutions adopted by […]
Azilah, Sirul to produce defence tomorrow
KUALA LUMPUR, 14 Jan 2009: Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri and Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar who have been accused of murdering Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu, will produce their defence at the Shah Alam High Court tomorrow. Lawyer Datuk Hazman Ahmad who acted for Azilah will begin the defence case and he confirmed to Bernama that he has […]
Assessing Chinese Malaysian support
KUALA TERENGGANU, 14 Jan 2009: The street in Kampung Cina here appears relatively calm despite daytime activities and the intensified campaign for the 17 Jan Kuala Terengganu parliamentary by-election. “Actually, it is boiling here,” a coffeeshop owner, who wanted to be known only as Chua, said, referring to the close battle for the 8,229 Chinese […]
Penang engages 10 lawyers for road signs suit
PENANG, 14 Jan 2009: The Penang government and Penang Island Municipal Council (MPPP) have engaged 10 lawyers to defend the suit brought by Pahang accountant Nik Rizman Sapian over multilingual road signs. Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said the counsel would be spearheaded by Karpal Singh. The rest are Yeoh Yang Poh, Azahar Harun, Malek […]
Bombs destroy immigration posts in southern Thailand
GOLOK (Southern Thailand), 14 Jan 2009: Two bombs exploded at the Malaysia-Thailand checkpoint this morning, destroying three new posts belonging to the Thai immigration at the Golok bridge. The first bomb went off at 6.30am local time (7.30am Malaysian time), destroying three of the six posts. Fifteen minutes later another bomb exploded nearby, forcing the […]
Ponggal celebration for Hindus
PENANG, 14 Jan 2009: Today is Ponggal Festival, an occasion that has R Subramaniam’s family waking up much earlier than usual to make the necessary preparations like decorating their house with sugar cane, mango leaves and drawing the kolam. Dressed in their colourful new clothes, Subramaniam, his wife and their three children began the Ponggal […]
Keeping the BN afloat
By Wong Chin HuatCorrected on 14 Jan 2009, 3.30pm I ARGUED previously that the Kuala Terengganu by-election is a battle in which Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has little to gain and much to lose. A real turning point would happen only if Umno can seriously bring down PAS’s support to below 45% among Malay Malaysians […]
The art of campaigning
By Cindy Tham and Lainie Yeoh
THERE appears to be an art to displaying election campaign flags and flyers. The sights that greeted us as we drove around Kuala Terengganu from 10 to 12 Jan 2009 seemed to indicate that. The size of the flags, the effect of putting them against contrasting colours or a significant landmark, using tall flagpoles versus […]
Harping on about hudud
By The Nut Graph team“When asked whether hudud law would [have been] implemented if Pakatan Rakyat had taken over the governement on 16 Sept, Husam gave an assurance that it would have been. When asked if he would push for hudud law if he became the Umno Youth chief, Khairy smilingly replied that he would…” REPORTED in The Star, […]
