KUALA LUMPUR, 20 Nov 2008: The Housing and Local Government Ministry has no plans to make a ruling that only professionals can be appointed as local authority councillors. The ministry also would not stop state governments from appointing only professionals to sit in local authority councils, Deputy Minister Datuk Hamzah Zainudin told the Dewan Rakyat […]
Current Issues
Stop complaining about PCB’s actions
KUCHING, 20 Nov 2008: The Public Complaints Bureau (PCB) will continue to aggressively solve problems faced by the people despite increasing criticisms from various quarters, including ministers and deputy ministers who are unhappy with its actions. While defending PCB’s actions which were indeed within its jurisdiction, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department T Murugiah said […]
Chinese talk show to know its fate by 1st Jan
By Ng Boon HooiKUALA LUMPUR, 20 Nov 2008: Chinese talk show What Say You, which was abruptly taken off the air last month, will know its fate by 1st Jan, said Information Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek. He said the ministry is still studying whether to continue with the programme, which last aired on 26 Oct. Its primetime […]
Review on court hearing Anwar’s case in Feb 2009
KUALA LUMPUR, 20 Nov 2008: The prosecution’s application for a revision to quash the Sessions Court’s decision to retain Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy trial in the Sessions Court will be heard on 5 and 6 Feb 2009. High Court judge Datuk Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah fixed the date today after allowing lead counsel Sulaiman […]
National employment plan to deal with unemployment
KUALA LUMPUR, 20 Nov 2008: The National Action Plan for Employment 2008-2010, launched today, will focus on the government’s response to unemployment and under-employment in the nation’s workforce, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said. The prime minister said the plan sought to respond to the possible increase in unemployment, the result of the global economic […]
BN’s power play
By Ng Boon HooiIN George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm, there’s a line about how all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. The same could be said about the component parties in the Barisan Nasional (BN). The BN is made up of 13 disparate parties — five based in the peninsula, and the rest […]
Special committee to resolve issues within Pakatan
By Elizabeth Looifrom left: Kit Siang, Anwar and PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail KUALA LUMPUR, 19 Nov 2008: The Pakatan Rakyat leaders and elected representatives are forming a special committee to resolve issues and counter propaganda from the Barisan Nasional (BN). The representatives from Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), DAP and PAS also plan […]
New govt land policy shortchanges Orang Asli
By Zedeck SiewKUALA LUMPUR, 19 Nov 2008: The new plan by the government to give land titles to heads of Orang Asli households will not benefit the community of indigenous peoples. “The land policy will actually deprive the Orang Asli of their land,” said Centre for Orang Asli Concerns (COAC) co-ordinator Dr Colin Nicholas. He was referring […]
Anwar will not take over PKR presidency in Nov
By Ng Boon HooiPETALING JAYA, 19 Nov 2008: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim does not plan to take over the presidency from his wife Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail in the party’s congress at the end of November. “No,” said Anwar, when asked by The Nut Graph if he would take […]
MCA against merging common law and syariah courts
By Deborah LohKUALA LUMPUR, 19 Nov 2008: The MCA does not agree with the idea of merging the syariah and common law courts as it could result in the syariah being used to govern non-Muslims. The party’s legal bureau chairperson Datuk Leong Tang Chong said in a statement today that the proposed merger would “compel and subject […]
