KUALA LUMPUR, 25 June 2009: DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang has submitted a motion to refer Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat to Parliament’s Privileges Committee. “This is for misleading Parliament in his eight-minute ministerial statement on the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal on 22 June (2009),” Lim said in a press conference […]
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DAP’s Tony Pua suspended from Parliament
By Zedeck SiewKUALA LUMPUR, 24 June 2009: DAP Member of Parliament (MP) Tony Pua was thrown out of the Dewan Rakyat today after an extended argument on the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal. Deputy Speaker Datuk Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said he decided to suspend Pua for the rest of the day because the MP for PJ […]
PKFZ’s RM12.5bil cost only “an estimate”
By Zedeck SiewKUALA LUMPUR, 22 June 2009: The final cost to tax payers of the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal has yet to be determined, Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat said today. Ong, who delivered a ministerial statement in Parliament, said that the ballooned figure of RM12.5 billion for the mismanaged PKFZ project was only […]
PR rejects unity govt with BN
By Zedeck SiewKUALA LUMPUR, 22 June 2009: The Pakatan Rakyat (PR) Council of Leaders has unanimously rejected the idea of a unity government with Barisan Nasional (BN). “All the component parties of PR reiterate their commitment to each other and to strengthen the coalition in order to help form the future federal government,” Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar […]
Motion to discuss PKFZ rejected
By Zedeck SiewKUALA LUMPUR, 15 June 2009: A motion by DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang (Ipoh Timur) to debate the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal in Parliament was rejected this morning. Lim, in a press conference after Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin rejected his motion, also questioned the absence of Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee […]
Kit Siang to move motion on PKFZ in Parliament
By Zedeck SiewKUALA LUMPUR, 11 June 2009: DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang will move a motion to debate the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal when parliament resumes sitting on Monday, 15 June 2009. Lim at the forum “This scandal of all scandals is an utter disgrace,” Lim said in a DAP forum titled The RM12.5 […]
Bintang rock masa kini
Oleh Shanon ShahBERIBU-RIBU penonton sudah berkumpul di depan pentas persembahan, menanti-nanti ketibaan bintang pujaan mereka. Apabila diumumkan ketibaan bintang pujaan tersebut, gemuruh tepukan tangan dan sorakan dari penonton seolah-olah tiada tandingannya. Bunyi tepukan dan sorakan ini tidak surut sehinggalah bintang pujaan mereka naik ke pentas. Setelah mengucapkan terima kasih, bintang pujaan ini mula bersuara. Para penonton kesemuanya […]
Hadi Awang still favours cooperation with Umno
By Deborah LohSHAH ALAM, 5 June 2009: PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang still sees cooperation with Umno as a solution to the country’s problems. Hadi also claimed that PAS’s partners in Pakatan Rakyat (PR), the DAP and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), have agreed to some form of cooperation for the nation’s sake. However, Hadi appeared […]
Don’t waste time on fruitless debate on PKFZ: Ong
KUALA LUMPUR, 3 June 2009: Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat today rejected a call by DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang’s challenge to have an open debate on the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ). “I see no reason to waste valuable time to engage in fruitless public debates of any form that do not […]
NIOSH seeks inquiry over stadium roof collapse (Updated 5.30pm)
Updated 5.30pm on 3 June 2009 KUALA LUMPUR, 3 June 2009: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) today urged the government to set up a commission of inquiry to probe the collapse of a section of the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium roof in Gong Badak, Terengganu. Its chairperson, Tan Sri Lee […]
