Gobind Singh Deo HAVING a famous father helps, but first-time Member of Parliament (MP) Gobind Singh Deo, 38, has carved his own reputation as a lawyer and a politician. The “little lion of Puchong” as he is fondly known, has become as well known as his father for being thrown out of Parliament sittings. On […]
PAS never intended to join Umno/BN: Nasharudin
KUALA LUMPUR, 3 June 2009: The top leadership of PAS never had any intention or made any plans to join Umno or Barisan Nasional (BN), said PAS deputy president Nasharudin Mat Isa. Nasharudin, who will be defending his post at the party’s election during PAS’s muktamar (general assembly) over the next few days, said he […]
Don’t waste time on fruitless debate on PKFZ: Ong
KUALA LUMPUR, 3 June 2009: Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat today rejected a call by DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang’s challenge to have an open debate on the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ). “I see no reason to waste valuable time to engage in fruitless public debates of any form that do not […]
Penang PKR chief welcomes Gerakan’s Huan
PENANG, 3 June 2009: Penang Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) would be happy to welcome Gerakan vice-president Huan Cheng Guan to join PKR if the latter decides to do so, said state PKR chief Datuk Zahrain Mohamed Hashim. Zahrain said Huan had earlier voiced his intention to cross over to PKR but nothing had been finalised […]
Govt should stand by decision on Chin Peng: Dr M
PUTRAJAYA, 3 June 2009: Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the government should stand by its decision not to allow Chin Peng to return to the country. He said the government must understand the feelings of the people who would not be happy if the Malayan Communist Party leader was allowed to […]
PWD to investigate other bldgs in Terengganu
KUALA TERENGGANU, 3 June 2009: Terengganu Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said has asked the Public Works Department (PWD) to check on new buildings in the state to avoid a similar incident like the one at the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium, near here, where part of the roof collapsed yesterday morning. He said the PWD […]
It looks hazy but there’s no haze: DOE
KUALA LUMPUR, 3 June 2009: It just looks hazy, but there’s no haze in Malaysia at the moment. So said the director-general of the Department of Environment (DOE), Datuk Rosnani Ibarahim. “Since it is the dry season now, the air becomes dry and hazy but it doesn’t mean that haze is coming back,” she told […]
Call for PAS supporters’ club to be legal entity in party
KOTA BARU, 3 June 2009: The PAS Supporters’ Club, whose members comprised non-Muslims, has called on the party’s spiritual leader, Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, to accept the club as a legal entity in PAS. Its deputy chairman, Yeap Kok Seng, said this was to avoid the forming of factions based on the ethnic […]
By-elections
By The Nut Graph team‘TIS the season for by-elections, or so it must feel to Malaysians, who have been subject to six — Permatang Pauh, Kuala Terengganu, Batang Ai, Bukit Gantang, Bukit Selambau, and now Penanti — since the general election in March 2008. And now, we stand on the brink of yet another one — in Manik Urai, Kelantan. […]
Material wealth
By N Shashi Kala(Courtesy of Tuanku Nur Zahirah Foundation) THE first time I touched silk, I fell immediately in love with the fabric. Raised on a steady diet of polyester and cotton, the cool feel of silk against my skin felt like a revelation. Silk was first developed in China and used exclusively by the emperors before its […]
