Malaysiakini Columnists too must be recognised

Recognise Malaysiakini Columnists, writes SIM KWANG YANG Tonight (November 28), Malaysiakini will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a big bang. I am sure the dining will be fine and the entertainment amusing, but like my fellow columnist Dean Johns, I will not be able to attend. I too will celebrate the occasion in spirit. While [...]

UMNO, Don’t Hide Behind BTN

November 30, 2009 Don’t Hide Behind BTN UMNO told by Abdar Rahman Koya Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim today urged UMNO leaders not to hide behind Biro Tata Negara’s (BTN) courses to talk about “the insecurities of the Malays”. At a press conference in Parliament today, the PKR de facto leader claimed that the programme has [...]

Negri Sembilan Politics: Making Way for Isa Samad?

Negri UMNO Warloads seek to unseat Menteri Besar By Adib Zalkapli( November 29, 2009) Negri Sembilan UMNO warlords are using allegations of an illegal money transfer to unseat the unpopular Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan, whose aides denied the mentri besar is under central bank probe. “We believe that there is no point letting the issue [...]

PKFZ Scandal re-surfaces

November 29, 2009 Asia Sentinel (http://www.asiasentinel.com) Written by Our Correspondent Friday, 27 November 2009 The dogs bark, the caravan moves on Malaysia’s massive port scandal, which has received enormous publicity, implicating a wide swath of past and present officials at the very top of the national coalition government, is confronting Najib Tun Razak, the prime [...]

GST Gain Offset by Loses via Corruption and Mismanagement

November 29, 2009 Gain Additional RMI billion in Revenue from GST and Lose RM28 billion to Corruption and Mismanagement of Public Administration DAP has urged the Federal Government to reconsider the proposed 4 per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST), claiming it would do nothing to narrow the nation’s current deficit budget and would only [...]

Well done and go forward with Chapter 2, Malaysiakini, with new approaches and perspectives

November 29, 2009 Change is possible and you, Prem Chandran, Steven Gan and Malaysiakini, have shown us the way. It takes Integrity, Vision and Guts (IVG) to operate in uncharted waters. I admire and respect your courage and quest for excellence. Proceed to Chapter 2 and beyond. –din merican November 28, 2009 We couldn’t have  [...]

San Miguel Beer Corp: Takeover in the works

posted by din merican–November 29, 2009 San Miguel Directors May Lead Takeover Bid After Stake Purchase By Ian Sayson and Francisco Alcuaz Jr. November, 27 (Bloomberg) — San Miguel Corp. Directors Inigo Zobel and Roberto Ongpin may lead a takeover offer for the Philippines’ biggest food and beverage maker after paying 64.3 billion pesos ($1.36 [...]

Grand Theft Malaysia

November 28, 2009 Many snouts in the public trough Asia Sentinel (November 27, 2009) The Port Klang Free Zone scandal may be big, but it is only the latest in a long line of Malaysian scandals going back to the early 1980s. Time Magazine quoted Daniel Lian, a Southeast Asia economist at Morgan Stanley in [...]

Seig Heil Economics 2

November 28, 2009 Comment: Sakmongkol is correct in raising concerns about the preservation of an interventionist leviathan government system that is bureaucratic, paternalistic and inefficient. Except for FELDA, which is the pride and joy of Prime Minister Najib today and possibly the MUDA Agricultural Development Authority (MADA)in Kedah, all government initiated regional development schemes have [...]

Whither “Performance Now” Malaysia?

November 28, 2009 Whither “people first, performance now”? by Maran Perianen* (November 27, 2009) As Malaysia lumbered under the weight of a crisis in confidence, sparked off by corruption, abuse of power, mismanagement of the economy and racial issues, Merdeka Centre for Opinion Research released its survey findings. While 29 percent felt that the country [...]

Biro Tata Negara (BTN) by an Undergraduate Inductee

November 27, 2009 Biro Tata Negara taught me the Chinese are “the Jews of Asia” By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani I am one of the privileged few to have attended a local public university and learned the meaning of hate, thanks to the ever popular Biro Tata Negara. All undergraduates were forced to attend this [...]

Americk Interview: Part 3

November 27, 2009 Two different parts in Bala’s SD, explains PI’s lawyer, Americk Singh Sidhu The first statutory declaration signed by controversial private eye P Balasubramaniam consists of two parts – one on what was told to him and the other involves what he personally saw himself. According to Balasubramaniam’s lawyer, Americk Singh Sidhu (left), [...]

Biro Tata Negara BTN): A Racist-Facist UMNO Outfit

November 27, 2009 BTN promotes National Unity. My Foot!   “I have attended this BTN course. It is a brainwashing session where they tell us that our country will be destroyed if we don’t support BN. Learning about ’1Malaysia’, nationalism and unity’? My foot.” No brainwashing in BTN courses, says Muhyiddin Ministers defend ‘racist’ BTN [...]

Kit Siang to Najib: Come Clean on Altantuya Shariibuu

November 26, 2009 Najib told to answer Balasubramaniam’s  allegations   The prime minister should stop trying to ignore allegations of his involvement in the murder of Mongolian Altantuya Shariibuu, said veteran DAP leader Lim Kit Siang today. This is especially after the reappearance of private investigator P Balasubramaniam and Malaysiakini‘s interview with his lawyer, Americk [...]

Eid Adha Message from Anwar Ibrahim to all Malaysian Muslims

November 26, 2009 Perutusan Eid Al Adha dari Anwar Ibrahim Saya, mewakili keluarga dan segenap lapisan kepimpinan & akar umbi Parti Keadilan Rakyat ingin mengucapkan selamat menyambut eid al adha dan menjalankan ibadah korban kepada seluruh rakyat Malaysia yang beragama Islam. Ibadah korban mengajar erti taat kepada perintah Allah SWT, sabar dengan ujian, mendidik untuk [...]

Selamat Hari Aidil Adha to all Muslims

November 26, 2009 Selamat Aidil Adha, 2009 Tomorrow (November 27, 2009) we in Malaysia and in many parts of the wide Muslim world celebrate Aidil Adha (Hari Raya Haji). It is a very significant day  (Hari Wukuf in Mekkah) in the Muslim calender when Muslims perform the Haj and the symbolic sacrifice (Korban). Obviously it [...]

Temasek Padu is UMNO’s new corporate vehicle

November 26, 2009 The Round Robin goes on in UMNO According to The Straits Times, Singapore, UMNO is reorganising its corporate assets in a little-publicised exercise, which will see new players emerge as chief nominees of the political party’s growing business interests. Senior UMNO officials and bankers involved in the reorganisation told The Straits Times [...]