SHAH ALAM, 25 Feb 2009: Bukit Lanjan assemblyperson Elizabeth Wong remains as executive councillor (exco) pending the completion of police investigations into the taking and dissemination of intimate photos of her. The Selangor executive council and Menteri Besar (MB) Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim decided at their weekly meeting today that no decision on Wong’s […]
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Kedah maintains 50% bumiputera quota
ALOR STAR, 25 Feb 2009: The PAS-led Kedah government is maintaining its housing policy which requires 50% ownership by bumiputeras in all housing projects in the state. Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak said the policy, effective 1 Sept last year, would remain in force. Azizan said the state government would also focus […]
Perak exco vacation allowance withdrawn
TELUK INTAN, 25 Feb 2009: The annual vacation allowance of RM20,000 for each of the six Perak state executive council (exco) members will be withdrawn and utilised instead to overcome the people’s problems, said newly-appointed Barisan Nasional Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir. He said it would not be appropriate for the total allocation […]
Eli Wong: Sultan leaves it to MB (Updated 12.45pm)
SHAH ALAM, 25 Feb 2009: The Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, is leaving it to Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim to decide on the position of Bukit Lanjan assemblyperson Elizabeth Wong whose intimate photographs were circulated recently. The Sultan’s private secretary, Datuk Mohamad Munir Bani, said this was expressed by the […]
19 police reports against Perak Speaker
TRONOH, 23 Feb 2009: Police have received 19 reports against Perak state assembly Speaker V Sivakumar for suspending newly-appointed Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and six state executive councillors (exco). Perak police chief Datuk Zulkifli Abdullah said 13 reports were lodged in Perak while three were made in the other states. “All the […]
Zambry, exco will not be hasty
IPOH, 20 Feb 2009: Newly-appointed Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said he and his six state executive councillors do not want to be hasty like the Speaker from the Pakatan Rakyat who suspended them from attending the state assembly. “We don’t want to be like them. We will use the law to resolve […]
Kedah exco to contribute 5% of salary to charity
SUNGAI PETANI, 18 Feb 2009: The salaries of all Kedah executive council members will be cut by five percent, and the money will go to the Tunku Mahmud Fund, a charity managed by the state government. Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak said the salary cut would start this month as part of the […]
MB’s advisors will not make decisions
By Deborah LohChang Ko Youn and S Veerasingam IPOH, 12 Feb 2009: The two non-elected representatives who were appointed as special advisors with executive councillor status in the new Barisan Nasional (BN) Perak government will not sit in exco meetings nor will they make decisions. One of the new appointees, Gerakan deputy president Datuk Chang Ko Youn, […]
Zambry appoints three advisors (Updated 3.35pm)
By Deborah LohUpdated on 11 Feb 2009 at 3.35pm A dozen riot police outside the state secretariat building prior to the BN excos’ arrivals, even though there was not a single protestor in sight. IPOH, 11 Feb 2009: Newly-appointed Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir has appointed three advisors to assist him in running the […]
New Perak exco sworn in
By Deborah LohUpdated on 10 Feb 2009 at 4.31pm Corrected on 10 Feb 2009 at 10.00am Live updates 1.15pm Newly appointed Perak state exco Hamidah Osman says she can work closely with Indian Malaysians. Referring to her remark in the state assembly last year describing Indian Malaysians as being more dangerous than snakes, she said: “I was […]
