IPOH, 26 Oct 2009: Pakatan Rakyat (PR) assemblypersons may not attend the Perak state assembly sitting scheduled for Wednesday, if the police fail to give an assurance of their safety. PR Backbenchers Club chairperson Khalil Idham Lim said the decision, however, would be finalised by the PR state leadership. “We aim to attend the sitting…we […]
Archives for October 2009
PAS meeting to thrash out issues
KUALA LUMPUR, 26 Oct 2009: The PAS central committee is to hold a special meeting with the party’s state commissioners on Wednesday, 28 Oct 2009, to discuss issues raised by PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat. PAS secretary-general Datuk Mustafa Ali told a news conference the meeting, scheduled for 8.30pm at the […]
M’sia to receive 78,000 H1N1 vaccines
KUALA LUMPUR, 26 Oct 2009: Malaysia will receive at the end of this month 78,000 of the 400,000 doses of anti-H1N1 vaccine ordered from Britain for healthcare front-liners and high-risk groups. Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said today that the remaining doses would arrive by January next year. He said although the disease’s […]
Sexually-transmitted HIV in Kelantan worrisome
KOTA BARU, 26 Oct 2009: The Kelantan state assembly was today told that the sexual transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the state was worrisome among teenagers and adults. Women, Family and Health state committee chairperson, Wan Ubaidah Omar, said Kelantan now has 749 HIV cases, an increase from previously. She said for […]
DPM: PR cannot discharge responsibilities
KUALA LUMPUR, 26 Oct 2009: The differences occurring within the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) should create awareness among the people that the coalition does not have the capability to discharge their responsibility, said Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. The Deputy Prime Minister said that the various problems that had cropped up in the states under the opposition […]
PKA complaints to professional bodies about PKFZ consultants
KUALA LUMPUR, 26 Oct 2009: The Port Klang Authority (PKA) today lodged complaints with the relevant professional bodies against three of its consultants involved in the scandal-hit Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project. The PKA said in a statement issued by chairperson Lee Hwa Beng that it had lodged a complaint with the Advocates & […]
Nik Aziz hopes leadership issues will be solved
KOTA BARU, 26 Oct 2009: PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat hopes that the special meeting to be held by the party this Wednesday will resolve the party’s leadership issues. He said it did not matter if it was only a special meeting called by the party, instead of an extraordinary general […]
Using 350 to beat climate change
Compiled by Gan Pei Ling
TO draw public attention to “350 parts per million (ppm)”, the number scientists claim is the safe upper limit for the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, international grassroots campaign 350.org has been working hard for the past two years to raise awareness. The current amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere stands at […]
Why PR will not take disciplinary action
By Deborah Loh(Bucket of apples by Teresa Kenney; bad apple by Artography / Dreamstime) THEY drive up temperatures within the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and invite criticisms of the fledging alliance to no end, but the likes of Datuk Dr Hasan Ali and Zulkifli Noordin are here to stay. Both men are self-styled defenders of Islam: PAS’s Hasan […]
Tee Keat’s art of war
By Deborah Loh“The outcome would be clear, the writing would be on the wall. If that happens, then my democratic principle is the whole lot [of us] will have to go, the entire presidential council.” “Once a simple majority is obtained, I will be left with no choice but to step down. Anyone who argues that I […]
