ALOR STAR, 10 Oct 2008: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today all state governments should introduce a housing policy or system that is realistic and balanced. He said that the policy that was to be introduced should take into account the problems of the developers too instead of merely introducing a policy […]
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JPJ form task force to improve delivery system
PUTRAJAYA, 10 Oct 2008: The Road Transport Department (JPJ) would form a special task force to screen and monitor bribery and criminal breach of trust involving its staff, so as to help improve the integrity and accountability of the department’s delivery system. JPJ Director-General Datuk Solah Mat Hassan said among the cases to be given […]
Lim Si Pin elected Youth chief
By Deborah Loh and Ooi Ying NeeKUALA LUMPUR, 10 Oct 2008: Lim Si Pin is the new Gerakan Youth chief. The 39-year-old, whose father is ex-party president Tun Dr Lim Keng Yaik, received 242 votes in a three-cornered battle at the Gerakan Youth national assembly today. Lim beat challengers Chai Tek Loong, who got 105 votes, and Tan Keng Liang (115 […]
Replace ISA with Anti-Terrorists Act: Wanita Gerakan
By Deborah Loh and Ooi Ying NeeKUALA LUMPUR, 10 Oct 2008: Wanita Gerakan has called for the Internal Security Act to be replaced with an Anti-Terrorists Act to prevent abuse of the law. “The women’s wing is concerned about the way the ISA is being abused. It is used to silence the voice of the people for the political interests of […]
Gerakan to meet members to discuss calls to leave BN
By Deborah Loh and Ooi Ying NeeKUALA LUMPUR, 10 Oct 2008: The Gerakan leadership will meet members in all states to discuss calls for the party to leave the Barisan Nasional (BN). Gerakan will also assess the progress of reforms as promised by outgoing Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi before making any decision on leaving the coalition. There will […]
BN should merge into single multiracial party: Koh
By Deborah Loh and Ooi Ying NeeUpdated 10 Oct 2008, 6.33pm KUALA LUMPUR, 10 Oct 2008: The time is ripe for Barisan Nasional to seriously consider merging its component parties into a single multiracial party, Gerakan president Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon said today. For a start, the 13 component parties could open their membership to all races, Koh said […]
Muhyiddin will contest Umno deputy presidency
Updated 10 Oct 2008, 12:18pm PUTRAJAYA, 10 Oct 2008: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today announced in Putrajaya that he will be contesting Umno’s deputy president post in the March 2009 party election. The International Trade and Industry Minister is currently party vice-president. Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who is currently Umno deputy president, has announced he […]
Halting the decline
By Deborah LohHow severely are the streets of Malaysia paved with dirty money? (© Stephen Finn / Dreamstime) PERCEPTION, it is said, is everything. And when it comes to corruption in the government, Malaysia just cannot seem to shake it off. Despite strides taken to cut bureaucracy and increase transparency in government services, the country’s overall score […]
Malaysia bans Nobel laureate from speaking
By Shanon ShahShirin Ebadi (© Shahram Sharif; source: Wikipedia.org) KUALA LUMPUR, 10 Oct 2008: The Foreign Ministry has instructed local organisers of a dialogue on peace to withdraw their invitation to Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi. The ministry said it was “unwise” to invite Ebadi to speak because she is seen by the Iranian government as promoting a […]
Judge cancels gag order on media
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 (Bernama) – Sessions Court Judge SM Komathy today reversed her earlier decision to prohibit the media from reporting the contents of three exhibits produced in preliminary proceedings of the Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim sodomy trial. She issued the gag order yesterday following the application by Senior Deputy Public Prosecutor Datuk Mohamed […]
