SLIM RIVER, 5 Feb 2009: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Pakatan Rakyat (PR) should accept the decision of the Perak Sultan for Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin and the state executive councillors to resign from their posts. Abdullah believed the decision was made in accordance with the law. “I believe […]
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Zambry Abdul Kadir is new Perak MB
PETALING JAYA, 5 Feb 2009: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today announced that Pangkor assemblyperson Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir will be the new Perak Menteri Besar. He said the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah, has consented to the selection of Zambry as the new menteri besar. The swearing-in ceremony will take […]
Pakatan Rakyat reps may join BN
KUALA LUMPUR, 1 Feb 2009: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said today there is a possibility several Pakatan Rakyat elected representatives in Perak would join the Barisan Nasional (BN). “God willing, it will happen,” he told reporters when asked to comment on talks that there would be Pakatan Rakyat assemblypersons in Perak crossing […]
Umno will not dissolve wings: Abdullah
KAMPAR, 29 Jan 2009: Umno will not dissolve any of the party’s wings even though the move may help check money politics, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said today. He said the three Umno wings — Wanita, Youth and Puteri — were important to the party and should be retained. “Problems related to […]
M’sians should not be choosy about jobs
KAMPAR, 29 Jan 2009: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has called on unemployed Malaysians not to be too choosy when picking jobs especially during the current uncertain economic conditions. He said they should instead take employment opportunities that came their way, including jobs currently carried out by foreign workers. “We want the locals […]
King and PM congratulate Obama
WASHINGTON, DC, 22 Jan 2009: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Nur Zahirah congratulated Barack Obama’s inauguration as the 44th US president. “We are confident that the warm and mutually beneficial relations that happily exist between our two countries will develop further and flourish under your new administration,” said […]
PM anticipates new US attitude towards Muslims
DOHA, 21 Jan 2009: Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said today he hoped that the United States administration under new president Barack Obama would pave the way towards a new US attitude when addressing problems faced by the Muslim world. “I welcome his inaugural speech and I am sure there will be […]
Bahrain to open embassy in Malaysia
MANAMA (Bahrain), 20 Jan 2009: In a move that can only spell enhanced relations between Malaysia and Bahrain, this Gulf nation is set to open its embassy in Kuala Lumpur, said Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. He said Bahrain was also receptive to Malaysia’s request for the visa validity period for Malaysian […]
Abdullah in talks with Bahrain leader
MANAMA (Bahrain), 19 Jan 2009: Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi held talks with his Bahraini counterpart, Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, on the second and final day of his visit to this Gulf nation today. Both leaders led their respective delegations at the bilateral meeting held at the Gudaibiya Palace here. […]
PM departs for three Gulf states
PETALING JAYA, 17 Jan 2009: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today departed for an official visit to three Gulf countries. The executive jet carrying Abdullah and wife Datin Seri Jeanne Abdullah took off from the air force base in Subang at 12.55pm. Abdullah will kick off the official visit in Bahrain tomorrow, followed […]
