KUALA LUMPUR, 7 Oct 2009: There will be no winners in the showdown between MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat and former deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek this Saturday, political analyst Dr James Chin said today. Whatever the results of the 10 Oct extraordinary general meeting (EGM), the Barisan Nasional (BN)’s […]
Archives for October 2009
Saving Gasing Hill the “1Malaysia” way
By Delren Terrence DouglasLAST Saturday, 3 Oct, Malaysians from all walks of life irrespective of age and race took part in a gotong-royong at Bukit Gasing, jointly organised by Friends of Gasing Hill and the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ). The event was directed by Petaling Jaya executive councillor Derek Fernandez, and was aimed at planting 350 trees […]
MCA’s irrelevant civil war
By Wong Chin HuatIF you believe that media reports reflect reality, you would think that the infighting in the MCA is the most important issue the Chinese Malaysian community is grappling with. Nothing could be further from the truth. Among young Chinese Malaysians, the apolitical ones would not know what the 10 Oct 2009 extraordinary general meeting (EGM) […]
Zulkefly Omar’s dilemma
By Shanon ShahJOURNALISTS have been warning each other that Zulkefly Mohamad Omar, PAS’s Bagan Pinang by-election candidate, is not the world’s best orator. Unfortunately, this is true. At a PAS-organised ceramah in Taman Eastern on 5 Oct 2009, The Nut Graph observes that Zulkefly is ponderous in his speech. The chants of “Allahu akbar” that greet him […]
Campaigning in Bagan Pinang
By Shanon Shah
FROM day one, the Barisan Nasional (BN) has been pulling out all the stops in its Bagan Pinang by-election campaign. Sure, the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) managed to muster more than 4,000 supporters — more than double the BN’s — on nomination day. But since nominations closed, it is clear that the PR is struggling to […]
Umno Youth, Wanita Umno lodge police report against JAG
JOHOR BARU, 6 Oct 2009: Johor Baru Umno Youth and Wanita Umno today lodged a report against the Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) to have the organisation investigated under the Sedition Act for interfering in the caning sentence on part-time model Kartika Sari Dewi Sukarno. Johor Baru Umno Youth chief Khalid Mohamed and […]
No new H1N1 deaths; preventive measures for PMR candidates
KUALA LUMPUR, 6 Oct 2009: No new death from Influenza A(H1N1) was reported today, but 189 new cases of influenza-like illnesses (ILI) were admitted to hospital, said Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican. He said of the 801 patients with ILI still being treated in hospitals throughout the country, including nine private hospitals, […]
Why secularism? Learning from Ireland
By Shane LeavyPICTURE a former British colony where the majority of people practise a religion that has become closely tied up both with national identity and with bitter anti-British sentiment. After a violent war for independence, the new state’s earliest leaders align themselves with the religion by censoring anything that upsets its hierarchy. A group of religious […]
“Jalan-jalan cari undi”
By Shanon ShahIsa Samad poses at a Hari Raya Aidilfitri event in Bagan Pinang “THIS is part of my programme for the Bagan Pinang by-election: jalan-jalan cari undi,” says Tan Sri Isa Samad, 60, riffing off the popular TV3 food travelogue, Jalan-Jalan Cari Makan. The 3,000-strong crowd here in Taman PD Utama initially looks more interested in […]
Bringing talent home
By Ding Jo-Ann“We must bring the talents home and provide incentives to keep them home.” PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak in his speech at the Mahathir Science Award 2008 and 2009. He said more scientists and innovators were needed, and that Malaysia must identify the reasons for the country’s inability to nurture a bigger pool of […]
