THE following Members of Parliament (MPs) have not replied to the six questions under MP Watch: Eye on Parliament as of Friday, 12 March 2010, the end of a two-week deadline. Their responses will be updated if and when they reply. Name: Baharum Mohamed (Pics source: parlimen.gov.my) Constituency: Sekijang Party: UmnoYears as MP: Since 2004 Government […]
Illusory freedom of assembly
By Ding Jo-AnnTHE police broke up two “illegal” gatherings recently, threatening once again citizens’ constitutional right to peaceably assemble. On 6 Mar 2010, police clambered onstage at a DAP-organised dinner to announce that the “ceramah” was over, as no permit had been given for speeches. On 8 Mar 2010, they stopped a Pakatan Rakyat event midway at […]
How MBPJ got it wrong
By KW Mak(Pic by moth / Dreamstime) IN the previous instalment of Ampersand, I established that there is a discrepancy between the deposited plan for Petaling Jaya (PJ) and the on-the-ground development in the city. Specifically, I highlighted that areas marked as open space in the deposited plan are now built over with commercial development. In this […]
Why is the BN against local elections?
By Wong Chin HuatAT least on the surface, the Barisan Nasional (BN) agrees with the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) on two things: ethno-religious inclusion and governmental reforms. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s 1Malaysia and Government Transformation Programme are basically the BN’s answer to the PR’s ketuanan rakyat and “competency, accountability and transparency“. But the two coalitions now differ […]
March 2010
Outspoken doctor persistently sidelined Corrected at 12:20pm, 22 March 2010 Dr Saaiah Abdullah had purportedly tried to exclude Dr Selva from a meeting with the deputy rural and regional development minister, not the deputy health minister as we had originally published. We apologise for the error. The home schooling option Corrected at 12:10pm, 10 March […]
Hikayat pemansuhan pilihanraya sekolah
Oleh Shanon ShahENTAH bagaimana saya terjumpa segulung kertas lama di rumah saya. Di manakah saya mendapatnya? Tidak mungkin saya membelinya di kedai buku dan terlupa — kertasnya terlalu tua. Mungkinkah saya terbawa pulang setelah saya melawat Lembah Bujang di Kedah tahun 2009 lalu? Apa-apa pun, saya terlalulah tertarik dengan apa yang tertulis di atas kertas yang semakin […]
Fuziah Salleh (Kuantan)
By Deborah Loh*Updated 4 April 2011 KUANTAN Member of Parliament (MP) Fuziah Salleh’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. (Source: parlimen.gov.my) Name: Fuziah Salleh Constituency: Kuantan Party: PKR (Opposition) Years as MP: Since 2008 Government position: None Party position: Vice-president* (since 28 Nov 2011) Membership in parliamentary […]
Going private
By Koh Lay ChinBEGINNING today, The Nut Graph examines the problems that have become entrenched in the national school system. While public schools were reliable and multiracial centres of education for Malaysian children not too long ago, today, parents who can afford it are sending their children to private schools. Those who can’t, opt for Chinese vernacular schools. […]
Wily Soi Lek
By Deborah Loh“Maybe by sacking me, Ong believes he can sleep better and the party will be more stable … I tarnished the party image. That is a severe crime. I am lucky they did not sentence me to death.” DATUK Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek, reacting to his expulsion from the MCA by the presidential council […]
No replies for 4 March 2010
By Deborah Loh and Koh Lay ChinTHE following Members of Parliament (MP) have not replied to the six questions under MP Watch: Eye on Parliament as of Thursday, 4 March 2010, the end of a two-week deadline. Their responses will be updated if and when they reply. (Pics source: parlimen.gov.my) Name: Abdul Rahim BakriConstituency: Kudat Party: UmnoYears as MP: Since 2004 […]
