(Source: parlimen.gov.my) PENGERANG Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. Name: Azalina Othman SaidConstituency: Pengerang Party: UmnoYears as MP: Since 2004 Government position: None Party position: Pengerang division chief Membership in parliamentary committees or caucuses: Women’s caucus Blog/website: http://parlimen-pengerang.com Would you support the […]
Different from other Chinese
By Nick Choo(All pics and footage courtesy of Tan Sooi Beng) TAN Sooi Beng, Professor of Ethnomusicology at the School of Arts, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Penang, is an educator, composer, musician, author, music activist and ambassador. She joined USM as a lecturer in the Department of Performing Arts in the School of Humanities in 1980. In […]
Muhyiddin’s gaffes
By Deborah LohCAN someone please send Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin for image consulting? Or for some prepping on the art of answering reporters’ questions? Maybe the deputy prime minister ought to have a daily practice session with aides who should throw him trick questions on race and religion. He should learn to either deflect difficult questions skilfully, […]
Tales from a Councillor: Anonymous complaints
By KW MakTHERE are times when people request and demand that I stand up for their rights. But they are reluctant to make the request official, preferring instead to remain anonymous. As always, there are no morals to these stories, save those that readers conclude for themselves. Neighbour’s renovations A lady called up and demanded that I […]
Lo’ Lo’ Mohamad Ghazali (Titiwangsa)
By Ding Jo-Ann(Source: parlimen.gov.my) TITIWANGSA Member of Parliament (MP) Dr Lo’ Lo’ Mohamad Ghazali’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. Name: Lo Lo’ Mohamad GhazaliConstituency: Titiwangsa Party: PAS (Opposition) Years as MP: Since 2008 Government position: None Party position: Titiwangsa Wanita chief Central committee member Central welfare and society bureau head Central political […]
Anwar, Israel and the King
By Shanon ShahOPPOSITION Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim must have a lot on his mind: his ongoing sodomy trial, the upcoming Hulu Selangor by-election, and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)’s loss of four parliamentarians earlier in 2010. But one other thing is surely preoccupying his thoughts: Israel. In fact, he is clearly bothered by two things Israeli: How […]
Interfaith body: Then and now
By Shanon Shah“The committee is not a legal structure; it’s not a rigid structure. It’s a framework to provide exchange of ideas on religion. “We don’t want to call it an inter-faith panel, but a special committee to promote understanding and harmony among the various faiths. “The idea of the committee is for the members to hold […]
Wee Ka Siong (Ayer Hitam)
By Deborah LohAYER Hitam Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. Name: Wee Ka Siong Constituency: Ayer Hitam Party: MCA Years as MP: Since 2004 Government position: Deputy education minister Party position: Youth chief Membership in parliamentary committees or […]
Principles vs personalities
By Chan Kheng HoeMATTHIAS Chang seems to have a way with people. Bear in mind that Chang’s greatest claim to fame, in the public’s eye, is to have been political secretary to Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for a brief period. Now ask yourself, how many political secretaries have been so publicly scorned by others? Additionally, Chang has gone […]
Why MP Watch?
By Astro Awani
IN this TV report by Astro Awani, journalist Marlina Manaf interviews The Nut Graph‘s editors Jacqueline Ann Surin and Deborah Loh about the purpose of the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project. The report, which was broadcast on Astro Awani at 7:45pm on 18 Feb 2010, also examined some of the responses that The Nut […]
