IN conjunction with Merdeka Day on 31 Aug and Malaysia Day on 16 Sept, BFM 89.9 is currently featuring a series of interviews called Bloodlines with prominent personalities about their ancestral heritage and their Malaysian identity. These conversations are with Malaysians The Nut Graph has interviewed for its Found in Malaysia series. These individuals are […]
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Shahrir Samad (Johor Baru)
By Deborah LohTHE following are the Members of Parliament (MPs) who did not reply to the six questions under MP Watch: Eye on Parliament as of Tuesday, 9 Feb 2010, the end of their two-week deadline. Their responses will be updated if and when they reply. (source: parlimen.gov.my)Name: Datuk Shahrir Abd Samad Constituency: Johor Baru Party: Umno Years as […]
Penanti: Frivolous or principled?
By Deborah LohWill another by-election simply be a waste of money, as the prime minister has said? THE impending Penanti by-election has raised the question about whether elected representatives and their political parties ought to be penalised for “frivolous” resignations. But just who determines what is frivolous? And how should the public interpret statements such as those […]
Shahrir denies fall out with Najib
KUALA LUMPUR, 6 April 2009: Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad today dismissed the assumption that he is resigning from the cabinet because of a fall out with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. “It’s (allegation) not true… the government must be represented by party leaders, so only those who are […]
Shahrir hands in quit letter (Updated)
(Updated 11:122pm, 1 April 2009) PUTRAJAYA, 1 April 2009: Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad handed in his resignation letter as Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi at the cabinet meeting here today. Speaking to reporters after the meeting at the Perdana Putra building here, Shahrir said his resignation […]
Shahrir to hand resignation letter tomorrow (Updated)
(Updated 6:22pm, 31 March 2009) KUALA LUMPUR, 31 March 2009: Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad will hand over his letter of resignation as a cabinet minister to the prime minister tomorrow. He said he had written the letter yesterday and would hand it over to Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi […]
Azalina won’t quit cabinet
KUALA LUMPUR, 29 March 2009: Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said, who failed to retain her seat on the Umno supreme council, is leaving it to incoming prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to decide on her position in the new cabinet. “It depends on the good offices of the incoming prime minister to […]
Shahrir to resign from cabinet on 1st April (Updated 9:04pm)
(Updated 9:04pm, 27 March 2009) KUALA LUMPUR, 27 March 2009: Datuk Shahrir Samad, who lost in the contest for the Umno supreme council seat in party elections yesterday, said he will tender his resignation as the domestic trade and consumer affairs minister on 1 April. Shahrir said today that his decision was final. He is […]
Umno’s insincerity
By Jacqueline Ann SurinCorrected on 27 March 2009 at 3.20pm HOW will we know if Umno is really going to keep its promise to reform? Quite simply, really. Similar to how we would measure a friend or partner’s sincerity, all it requires for us to make an educated guess about Umno’s reforms is to watch what the party […]
Muhyiddin’s win: Umno’s desire to change
By Deborah LohMuhyiddin Yassin, the new Umno deputy president (pic courtesy of theSun) KUALA LUMPUR, 26 March 2009: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is the new Umno deputy president, and by convention, is set to be Malaysia’s next deputy prime minister. His win over Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad Taib, 63, appears to hint at Umno’s desire for change […]
