KOTA BARU, 30 April 2009: Kelantan will be WiFi-enabled when its government fully implements an internet broadband service within the state in two years. State Information, ICT Development, Science and Technology Committee chairperson Dr Mohamed Fadzli Hassan said so far, two state government agencies, namely Permodalan Kelantan Berhad (PKB) and Perbadanan Menteri Besar Kelantan (PMBK), […]
Short and sweet
By Cindy ThamFor sale: baby shoes, never worn. Ernest Hemingway ONE short story. Six words. (Pic by asifthebes / sxc.hu)Writer Ernest Hemingway once bet US$10 that he could write a complete story in just six words. He won the bet, with the terse but morose tale of a pair of baby shoes. […]
Haram-ing of spaces
By Zedeck SiewTHE celebrated theatre practitioner Anne James is a perennial learner. “I can be a student forever,” she says. In 1983, after a long tussle with the Ministry of Education to secure leave (James was a schoolteacher), she went to Northwestern University to work on a Masters in Performing Arts for three years. James remembers that […]
Fairus contradictions
By Zedeck Siew“Of course we are busy, but we have to spend time to meet the electorate because they will understand if we are busy, but they cannot accept it if we don’t get down on the ground.” PARTI Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, reprimanding then Penang Deputy Chief Minister (DCM)1 and Penanti assemblyperson […]
Pakatan Rakyat courts Chua Soi Lek
By Deborah LohPETALING JAYA, 30 April 2009: MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek has publicly admitted for the first time that he is being courted by Pakatan Rakyat parties. He has been turning the idea of defecting over and over in his mind ever since it was proposed following the sex video scandal that […]
Cabinet’s conversion decision opposed (Updated 12.35am)
By Shanon Shah(Updated 30 April 2009, 12.35am) KUALA LUMPUR, 29 April 2009: The coalition of Muslim non-governmental organisations known as Pembela has described the cabinet decision against unilateral conversion of minors as “knee-jerk” and “lacking in sense”. “The decision only temporarily alleviates the anxieties of one party, but creates more anxieties and questions for other parties,” Pembela […]
New Umno executive secretary appointed
KUALA LUMPUR, 29 April 2009: Former Umno Youth secretary Datuk Abdul Rauf Yusoh has been appointed the new Umno executive secretary effective yesterday. Umno secretary-general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said in a statement today that the decision was made at the Umno Supreme Council meeting last Friday. Abdul Rauf was the former head […]
Husam open to contesting No 2 post
KOTA BARU, 29 April 2009: PAS vice president Datuk Husam Musa said he was open to contesting the number two post at the party’s upcoming polls in June. “I have to consider several factors first before I make a final decision on this,” he told reporters today. Should he decide to contest, he will be […]
Sarawak CM’s wife dies (Updated 7.45pm)
(Updated 29 April 2009, 7.45pm) KUCHING, 29 April 2009: Puan Sri Laila Taib, wife of Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud, died of cancer at 3.45pm at their residence in Demak Jaya here today. Laila, 68, is survived by her husband and four children, including Deputy Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Sulaiman Abdul Rahman, […]
Zambry: State assembly needs to sit on 7 May
IPOH, 29 April 2009: The Perak state assembly will still need to sit on 7 May despite there being a dispute in the courts as to who is the rightful menteri besar of Perak, said Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir. Zambry said this was because his position as menteri besar is valid […]
