(Source: parlimen.gov.my) THE following Member of Parliament (MP) has not replied to the six questions under MP Watch: Eye on Parliament as of Monday, 26 April 2010, the end of a two-week deadline. His responses will be updated if and when he replies. Name: Lee Chee LeongConstituency: Kampar Party: MCA Years as MP: Since 2008 Government post: Deputy foreign affairs minister Membership in parliamentary […]
Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff (Rantau Panjang)
By Koh Lay Chin(Source: parlimen.gov.my) RANTAU Panjang Member of Parliament Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. Name: Siti Zailah Mohd YusoffConstituency: Rantau Panjang Party: PASYears as MP: 2000-2006 (Dewan Negara Senator) 2008- Government position: None Party position: Ketua Dewan Muslimat PAS Negeri Kelantan Timbalan […]
Orang Asli converted against will
By Ding Jo-AnnOrang Asli hospital signboard (Pic courtesy of theSun) KUALA LUMPUR, 26 April 2010: Staff at the Orang Asli hospital in Gombak have systematically attempted to convert Orang Asli to Islam regardless of the “converts’” willingness to do so, several Orang Asli have revealed. Mohd Zaki Abdullah, an Orang Asli Muslim convert who still goes by […]
How 3R changed Malaysian TV
By Marina MahathirSOMETIMES the best ideas start with simple conversations. I was worried about the numbers of women becoming infected with HIV and was trying to think of a way to educate them about the virus. I was also conscious that education alone was not enough; women who became infected were invariably women who had no rights […]
Winning Hulu Selangor
By Deborah Loh and Ding Jo-AnnA victorious Kamalanathan with Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (left) and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak THE Barisan Nasional (BN) has wrested back Hulu Selangor from Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), but who is the real winner — MIC candidate P Kamalanathan, or Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak? Kamalanathan polled 24,997 votes […]
Moment of truth in Hulu Selangor
By Deborah Loh and Ding Jo-Ann
HULU Selangor voters will today choose a new Member of Parliament in the nation’s 10th by-election since the 2008 general election. They were at the polls beginning at 8am today. Voting ends at 5pm. The 799 postal ballots for police and armed forces personnel were cast over two days beginning 22 April 2010. The Election […]
Campaign promises and goodies
By Deborah Loh, Ding Jo-Ann and Jacqueline Ann SurinIn the BN corner “The development of vacant land and the UiTM campus is perceived to be able to stimulate industrial growth in the area and capable of creating business and job opportunities.” BARISAN Nasional (BN) Hulu Selangor candidate P Kamalanathan, on how to improve the economic prospects of Hulu Selangor residents. Kamalanathan is also […]
BN’s “nice guy” offer for Hulu Selangor
By Ding Jo-AnnBN candidate P Kamalanathan, with his wife Shobana “CALL him Abang Kamal,” says Umno member Abdul Razak Baba, referring to the Barisan Nasional (BN)’s Hulu Selangor candidate P Kamalanathan, when visiting Bukit Sentosa on 19 April 2010. Abdul Razak is not from Hulu Selangor, but he is accompanying Kamalanathan in the Malay Malaysian majority area. […]
Jumping off the PKR train
By Deborah Loh(Pic by Jascha400d / sxc.hu) IS the timing of the resignations from Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) before and during the one-week Hulu Selangor by-election campaign purely coincidental? Two days before nomination day on 17 April 2010, Bakar Arang assemblyperson Tan Wei Shu became an independent lawmaker in the Kedah state assembly. As if knowingly, Deputy […]
Tan Kok Wai (Cheras)
By Ding Jo-Ann(Source: parlimen.gov.my) CHERAS Member of Parliament (MP) Tan Kok Wai’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. Name: Tan Kok Wai Constituency: Cheras Party: DAP (Opposition) Years as MP: Since 1986 Government position: None Party position: Disciplinary committee chairperson Party election chairperson National vice-chairperson Membership in parliamentary committees or caucuses: None Blog/Website: http://tankokwai.blogspot.com Would you support the […]
