PENTAS Project will be restaging The Lost and the Ecliptic, its award-winning production that premiered in 2007 at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPac). The Lost and the Ecliptic explores urban life in KL through space installation, lighting, music, text, dance, theatre and multimedia. Performances run from Thursday, 22 April 2010 to Saturday, 24 […]
Campaign delusions and contradictions
By Ding Jo-Ann and Deborah LohIndependent candidate #1 “I decided to withdraw for Barisan, not for MIC. I do not care about the party. I care about Barisan and will support it 110%. “I felt bitter towards him. I was angry at MIC. I had a chance to win but I am withdrawing for the sake of Barisan.” INDEPENDENT candidate […]
Is Zaid’s drinking relevant?
By Shanon ShahIT probably had to happen sooner or later. The Hulu Selangor by-election has finally descended into an orgy of attacks against Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) candidate Datuk Zaid Ibrahim‘s personal piety and morality. First, the Umno-controlled media started highlighting Zaid’s opposition towards the Kelantan PAS government’s hudud legislation back when he was still in Umno. […]
What will Kamalanathan do?
By Ding Jo-AnnBN leaders have been saying plenty about the PR, with hardly any mention of their own candidate, P Kamalanathan KUALA KUBU BARU, 20 Apr 2010: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is a “liar and ingrate”, Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat “bends over backwards” to compliment Lim Guan Eng, and Datuk Zaid Ibrahim is a “reject and […]
Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor (Putrajaya)
By Ding Jo Ann(Source: parlimen.gov.my) PUTRAJAYA Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. Name: Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor Constituency: Putrajaya Party: Umno Years as MP: Since 2004 Government post: None Party post: Secretary-general Membership in parliamentary committee or caucus: None Blog/website: Facebook – Tengku Adnan Tengku […]
Why ratepayers complain
By KW MakIN this instalment of Ampersand, I shall detail the extra duties of handling complaints as a councillor. I will explain why the public continues to approach councillors such as myself despite the fact that the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) has a complaints department. The MBPJ also has a 24-hour hotline for complaints. Apart from […]
Zaid’s promise for Hulu Selangor
By Deborah LohZaid meeting estate workers at Ladang Sungai Air Jernih in Kerling in Hulu Selangor WHICH would you prefer: a candidate who lies to cover up his past, or one who admits it? That could be the question Hulu Selangor voters, particularly Malay-Muslim Malaysians, are grappling with. The by-election has started on a personal and predictable […]
No reply for 16 April 2010
By Koh Lay Chin(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 Friday, 16 April 2010, the end of a two-week deadline. His responses will be updated if and when he replies. Name: Muhammad Leo Michael Toyad AbdullahConstituency: Mukah Party: PBBYears as MP: Since […]
Hulu Selangor’s four-corner fight
By Deborah Loh
(Updated at 6:50pm, 17 April 2010) THE Hulu Selangor parliamentary by-election will be a four-corner fight between the Barisan Nasional (BN)’s “compromise candidate” P Kamalanathan, Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)’s Datuk Zaid Ibrahim, and two independents. The pro-reform Zaid, 59, and the MIC’s information chief Kamalanathan, 44, will be the key rivals to watch. But the […]
Malaysians first?
By The Nut Graph team
SOME years ago, while studying in the United Kingdom, one of The Nut Graph‘s team members had a discussion with a classmate from India about a fellow Indian Malaysian student. TNG journalist: Ya, she celebrates Diwali, too. She’s a Hindu Indian. Indian classmate: Huh? She’s not Indian, she’s Malaysian! Journalist: Yes, she’s Malaysian, but she’s […]
