PETALING JAYA, 15 June 2010: The world still has no permanent solution to safely dispose nuclear waste, a German energy expert said. “The nuclear waste is sealed and stored at a disposal site to wait for it to decompose or be recycled. However, the storage sites may be sabotaged, while the process of recycling spent […]
Archives for June 2010
No replies for 11 June 2010
By Deborah Loh and Koh Lay ChinTHE following Members of Parliament (MPs) have not replied to the six questions under MP Watch: Eye on Parliament as of Friday, 11 June 2010, the end of a two-week deadline. Their responses will be updated if and when they reply.
“Is Chinese penis really that good?”
By Shanon Shah
IN part two of stories about those who have encountered the religious police, freelance writer Nabila Nasir, 25, recounts the harassment and extortion she and a now ex-boyfriend experienced at the hands of moral guardians in mid-2007.
Nasihat tentang Piala Dunia
Secubit Garam oleh Shanon Shah
TEMPOH hari, saya tengah melayari internet mencari ilham untuk kolum saya. Saya ingin menulis tentang Piala Dunia Fifa di Afrika Selatan sebab saya memang tidak pernah cuba menulis tentang isu sukan. Bukankah perkembangan dalam dunia sukan juga merangkumi kepentingan umum? Macam biasa, saya merujuk kepada kolumnis nasihat pujaan saya, Kak Nora. Rupa-rupanya Kak Nora kali […]
Contradictions on sports betting licence?
By Deborah Loh“[We] don’t want to appear as though we encourage gambling and gaming but it will arise, in any case. They (illegal bookies) will do it. So, the question is whether it’s a good idea to leave them on their own, unregulated, or if the government should try to regulate and do it in such a […]
Ismail Kasim (Arau)
by Koh Lay Chin
ARAU Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Ismail Kasim’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. Name: Ismail Kassim Constituency: Arau Party: Umno Years as MP: Since 2008 Government position: None Party position: • Arau division deputy head Membership in parliamentary committees or caucus: None Blog/Website: Facebook […]
Updated – Hasan Malek (Kuala Pilah)
by Koh Lay Chin
KUALA Pilah Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Hasa Malek’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. Name: Hasan Malek Constituency: Kuala Pilah Party: Umno Years as MP: Since 2004 Government position: • Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development Party position: • Kuala Pilah division deputy […]
Getting emotional about Palestine
Ventings by Marina Mahathir
ON whichever side we may be on, it seems almost impossible not to be emotional about the Palestinian issue. The sources of these emotions may vary, from identification either with the Palestinian or Israeli side, or simply from the sheer frustration at the unjustness of the situation. What’s clear is that amidst the emotion, there is a lot of fuzziness about the real issues, and much inconsistency on principles.
Candy floss for government rules
Shape of a Pocket by Jacqueline Ann Surin
ON the night of 29 May 2010, I was at Alexis Ampang in Kuala Lumpur for dinner and a performance by my colleague Shanon Shah. Curiously, after 10pm, the other patrons in the air-conditioned restaurant started lighting up. My friends, one of whom was a cancer survivor, complained to the restaurant. Didn’t the law stipulate […]
Art that entertains and educates
Merely Playing by Nick Choo
SINCE 2003, I have been involved in the Children’s Theatre course at Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia. Each year, Associate Professor Dr Jenny de Reuck coordinates a unit that trains students in the various aspects of putting on a theatre production, which she also writes and directs. The objective is to teach not just […]
