PETALING JAYA, 8 Oct 2009: A new Merdeka Center for Opinion Research poll has found that the majority of Malaysians reject political leaders who have been tainted by money politics or sex scandals. In a press release today, Merdeka Center said a total of 87% of respondents in a poll conducted in Peninsular Malaysia from […]
Archives for October 2009
Bagan Pinang: Soldiers, police cast postal votes
PORT DICKSON, 8 Oct 2009: Postal voting began in the Bagan Pinang state by-election today for soldiers and police officers. The soldiers cast their votes at the Army Basic Training Centre (Pusasda), while the police officers at the Port Dickson Police District Headquarters (IPD). Polling, which began at 8am and will close at 5pm, was […]
Study of laws in 18 countries for ISA review
PUTRAJAYA, 8 Oct 2009; In its effort to review the Internal Security Act (ISA), the government is carrying out a comparative study of the preventive laws in 18 countries including the United States, Deputy Home Minister Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop said today. He said the other countries were Singapore, Australia, Tanzania, Brunei, India, the […]
Border security tightened following Bendera threat
KUCHING, 8 Oct 2009: The Royal Malaysia Police have stepped up security at all entry points from West Kalimantan to Sarawak as a precaution following threats from an Indonesian extremist group to attack Malaysia today. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mohmad Salleh said patrols by the General Operations Force had been doubled starting today, especially at […]
Najib: No decision on plans to sell toll concessionaires
PARIS, 8 Oct 2009: The government has not made any formal decision on plans to sell PLUS Expressways Bhd and other toll concessionaires in the country, Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said. Najib said he had yet to see the toll concessionaires takeover proposal. “I have not seen the proposal yet myself. We […]
PM: Bagan Pinang win more important than majority
PARIS, 8 Oct 2009: Winning in the Bagan Pinang state by-election is more important to the Barisan Nasional (BN) than the size of the majority obtained, Datuk Seri Najib Razak said. “There’s no need to talk about winning big or small, as long as [we] win. Winning is the important thing,” the prime minister told […]
Food fights and history lessons
By Deborah LohDoes this nasi lemak with sambal gesek ikan bilis still make the heritage food list, with the sambal babi on the side?(food pics © Lainie Yeoh) AT the end of the year, the Tourism Minister is supposed to have identified certain foods to declare as Malaysian. According to the minister, Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen, […]
Bread and butter in Bagan Pinang
By Shanon ShahBread and butter issues (© Bruno Neves / sxc.hu) “IN Malaysia, we must vote for Barisan Nasional (BN); we have been voting for them for a long time,” says T Muniandy. “We help them by voting for them, and then they help us.” It is 6 Oct 2009, the fourth day of the Bagan Pinang […]
“Forget about race”
By Deborah LohAZRAN Osman-Rani is Air Asia X’s chief executive officer. Because he doesn’t have an office to himself, for the interview with The Nut Graph on 11 Sept 2009, we sit down at a table in a corner of an open-floor office in full view of other staff at their work stations. Azran shares the same […]
Govt announces 11-member PKFZ task force
KUALA LUMPUR, 7 Oct 2009: The government today announced an 11-member special task force headed by Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan to restore the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project and identify measures for its development. The task force would, among others, determine the type of misconduct or criminal element […]
