National and local community issues were the focus of reports in the Tamil press between 30 Aug and 5 Sept 2008. On 30 Aug, both Makkal Osai and Malaysia Nanban reported on Budget 2009 on the front page. Both used the same title Makkal Budget, meaning “Peoples’ Budget”. The Makkal Osai editorial said the Budget […]
Proses pembodohan
Oleh Shanon ShahPENING kepala saya. Tiba-tiba macam ada ribut pengharaman oleh pihak berkuasa di Malaysia. Pada 14 Ogos 2008, pihak media dimaklumkan bahawa Kementerian Dalam Negeri telah mengharamkan dua judul buku, Muslim Women and the Challenge of Islamic Extremism (terbitan badan bukan kerajaan Sisters in Islam) dan Pelik Tapi Benar Dalam Solat (oleh Rahman Mohamad). Seorang wakil […]
Reassessing recessions
By Michael Jeyakumar DevarajTHE Malaysian public has received two major economic shocks this year: the marked increase in the price of rice, and the hike (and subsequent reduction) in the price of petrol. However, our economic troubles are not over. The world economy is tottering on the brink of a major recession that will undoubtedly plunge us all […]
No place like home
By Ng Boon HooiDespite the availability of low-cost houses, many of Klang Valley’s urban poor have yet to be provided with proper homes SINGLE mum Salimah Habibullah thought her housing problems were over when she was offered a low-cost unit in 2005, after a 10-year wait. Having endured a cramped existence in a longhouse, first in Pandan Indah […]
Housing woes
By Ng Boon Hooi
SELANGOR has a glut of low-cost houses — on paper, at least. Yet thousands of urban poor in the state are still languishing in temporary longhouse settlements, and some have been there for decades. All they want is a chance to own a roof over their heads. But obstacles such as the inability to qualify […]
BN needs to go back to power-sharing concept: Ong
KUALA LUMPUR, 5 Sept 2008: MCA vice-president Datuk Ong Tee Keat has called on all Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties to come together as a team to solve the mounting pressures and problems that the coalition is facing after the March 8 general election. He said BN needed to relook and return to the basic […]
Former Perak assembly speaker dies
IPOH, 5 Sept 2008: Former Perak State Assembly Speaker Datuk Abdul Malek Ahmad, 78, died at about 1.45pm today due to lung cancer. He was being treated at his son’s clinic in Ampang. His son, Dr Khairuddin, said Abdul Malek had been suffering from lung cancer for three years and his condition worsened since two […]
24 Sept decision on Bandar Kuching election petition
KUCHING, 5 Sept 2008: DAP vice-chairman Chong Chieng Jen will know on 24 Sept 2008 whether he can keep the Bandar Kuching parliamentary seat which he won in the March 8 general election. Justice Clement Allan Skinner fixed the date today after hearing clarifications from both sides on their submissions in the election petition brought […]
RMAF to assist in operation at Gulf of Aden
KUALA LUMPUR, 5 Sept 2008: Several military and logistics aid belonging to the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) have been deployed to the Gulf of Aden in Yemen and Somalia to monitor the situation and assist in the operation to protect five MISC Bhd’s vessels passing the area. RMAF Operations Commander Lieutenant General Datuk Rodzali […]
Education Ministry hopes for better racial composition of teachers
NILAI, 5 Sept 2008: The Education Ministry hopes to have a better composition of Malay and non-Malay teachers now that salaries are higher in national schools. Deputy Education Minister Dr Wee Ka Siong said 30 years ago there were many non-Malay teachers in national schools but their numbers went down due to the pull of […]
