PETALING JAYA, 20 April 2009: The leadership crisis in Umno Terengganu has surfaced at the wrong time for new party president and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. Or has it? Think again. With reform on his mind and PAS party polls around the corner, the timing of the “crisis” cannot be all that bad […]
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Money wasted on unnecessary by-elections (Updated)
Updated 4:40pm, 17 April 2009 KLANG, 17 April 2009: Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today too much time, energy and money have been spent on by-elections that need not be held. The prime minister said that a by-election should only be held when the elected representative died. He said this when asked to comment […]
MECD functions absorbed into eight ministries
KUALA LUMPUR, 15 April 2009: Functions and agencies under the abolished Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development Ministry (MECD) will be absorbed into eight ministries, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today. He said the move was to ensure the main roles and functions played by the scrapped ministry were continually given attention by the government, […]
Bangkok calm (Updated)
Updated 2:01pm, 14 April 2009 BANGKOK, 14 April 2009:Leaders of the anti-government protesters who turned the streets of Bangkok into a war zone and caused the recent Asean +6 Summit in Pattaya to be cancelled, have agreed to end their rally and disperse from the Government House. Natawut Saikua told thousands of supporters of ousted […]
77 injured in Thai clash
BANGKOK, 13 April 2009: Thais woke up today to celebrate their traditional new year or Songkran in a sombre mood after at least 77 protestors and troops were injured in a crackdown ordered by embattled Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. Soldiers fired shots and used tear gas in the early morning clash. Speculation has been rife […]
Najib’s ploy
By Jacqueline Ann SurinLEST we allow our new prime minister to get away with a slick public relations exercise, here are some cold hard statistics about previous prime ministers and the Internal Security Act (ISA). In July 1981, two weeks into office as prime minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad released 21 ISA detainees. As he himself candidly admitted […]
New cabinet a people’s cabinet: Najib (Updated 8:03pm)
Updated 8:03pm, 9 April 2009 PUTRAJAYA, 9 April 2009: Datuk Seri Najib Razak has described the new cabinet he announced today as the “People’s Cabinet”. The prime minister said the main criterion considered in the appointment of the ministers was the people’s trust in the cabinet line-up. “The two main principles in the formation of […]
‘Govt knows best’ era is over (Updated 9:48pm)
Updated 9:48pm, 9 April 2009 PUTRAJAYA, 9 April 2009: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said that the era where the government imposed excessive controls and adopted the attitude of ‘government knows best’ is over. He said the aspiration of turning Malaysia into a peaceful and prosperous country could be achieved when the government and […]
Najib’s new cabinet (Updated 6.55pm)
By N Shashi KalaUpdated 6.55pm on 9 April 2009 Najib announces new cabinet line-up today (Pic courtesy of theSun) PUTRAJAYA, 9 April 2009: Prime Minister (PM) Datuk Seri Najib Razak unveiled his new cabinet today, which he said was a leaner, more dynamic team to help him achieve his concept of “One Malaysia. People First. Performance now.“. The […]
Cabinet list submitted to Agong
KUALA LUMPUR, 9 April 2009: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had an audience with Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin at Istana Terengganu here today to obtain the king’s consent for his new cabinet. Najib arrived at the palace in a Proton Perdana at 10.57am to submit the list to Tuanku Mizan. He […]
