April 22, 2010 Wide Speculation on Outspoken and Combative Wangsa Maju MP Wee Chee Keong by Hazlan Zakaria (April 21, 2010) Wangsa Maju MP Wee Choo Keong has refused to comment on a rumour that he will be the next to leave PKR, which has been wracked by a string of defections since February. Neither [...]
Archive for April 2010
MP Wee Chee Keong: His moves are being watched by the media
April 22, 2010Hulu Selangor: It is still to close to call
April 22, 2010April 22, 2010 Hulu Selangor: It is still too close to call by Hafiz Yatim (April 21, 2010) Analysis : As the campaign period in Hulu Selangor enters its halfway point, the presence of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak today and respected PAS clergy and Kelantan Menteri Besar Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat will affect [...]
Mrs Zaid takes the stumps in Hulu Yam
April 21, 2010April 21, 2010 Zaid’s Wife takes the stumps By Debra Chong in Hulu Yam (April 20, 2010) The daggers have been drawn against Datuk Zaid Ibrahim but the PKR candidate for the Hulu Selangor by-election knows he can count on his wife to shield his back. Datin Suliana Shamsuddin, Zaid’s wife for the past 31 [...]
Singapore: A Model of Corporate Efficiency and Good Governance
April 21, 2010April 21, 2010 Note: This piece (below) was carried on my blog in January, 2009. Given all the talk about the New Economic Model and the ruckus created by PERKASA and other ultra-Malay groups in recent months, I have decided that the tribute to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew by Dato Ahmad Mustapha, the author [...]
Most Malays still want Malay-centeric Affirmative Action Policy
April 21, 2010April 21, 2010 Most Malays still want Malay-centeric Affirmative Action Policy By Boo Su-Lyn The majority of Malays in the country support affirmative action and are quite traditional, said Merdeka Centre Head Ibrahim Suffian*. After the independent pollster’s recent survey revealed that close to 70 per cent of Malay voters in peninsular Malaysia agreed with [...]
Need for Transparency and Full Accounting on Use of Public Funds
April 21, 2010April 21, 2010 The SUN says Menteri Besar Terengganu and his Delegation in China: Need for Transparency and Full Accounting ON SUNDAY (April 17), the Terengganu Mentri Besar left for Guangzhou in China leading a 177-member trade delegation, huge by any standard. The visit is to coincide with a trade exposition in the Chinese city [...]
BUNG M.R: What’s next?
April 21, 2010April 21, 2010 BUNG M.R. committed polgamy without Syariah Court’s permission: What next for this Parliamentarian? Kinabatangan MP Datuk Bung Moktar Radin and his wife, actress Zizie Izette Abdul Samad, pleaded guilty at the Gombak Timur Lower Syariah Court here to a charge of committing polygamy without the court’s permission. Bung Moktar, 51, was accused [...]
Nightmares for Dream Candidate, Zaid Ibrahim
April 21, 2010April 21, 2010 ANALYSIS By JOCELINE TAN : Nightmares for a dream candidate Pakatan Rakyat thought they had a dream candidate in Datuk Zaid Ibrahim but he has been put on the defensive over his lifestyle and the positions he has taken on sensitive issues concerning Islam and Muslims. DATUK Zaid Ibrahim started out as [...]
Hulu Selangor: The winner is…
April 21, 2010April 21, 2010 The Chances of Winning–Lim Sue Goan The Hulu Selangor by-election electioneering has been heating up and BN is acting more aggressively, showing greater desire to win than PR. If the situation remains unchanged in the next few days, I am afraid that PR may have to see little-known MIC information chief P. [...]
Will UMNO non-drinkers stand up!
April 20, 2010April 20, 2010 Will UMNO’s non-drinkers stand up?, says Lim Kit Siang by Hazlan Zakaria Veteran opposition politician Lim Kit Siang (DAP-Ipoh Timur) challenged UMNO and Muslim ministers to declare that they have never drank alcohol in their youth. He targeted, in particular, UMNO Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin (BN-Rembau), de facto Law Minister Nazri Abdul [...]
From Pertak, Hulu Selangor: Now we have an alternative
April 20, 2010April 20, 2010 Recollections of Antares, the Man from Pertak, Hulu Selangor: Now we have another alternative “I don’t need intelligent, honest, hard-working people in Parliament. My members of parliament should stand when I enter the chamber, thump the table and shout, ‘Long Live Mahathir!’” ~ Mahathir Mohamad COMMENT As a kid growing up in [...]
A Great Ceramah and the Politics of Unity
April 20, 2010April 20, 2010 A Great Ceramah by Nizar Jamaluddin Thanks to Frank for bringing this video to my attention. Nizar Jamaluddin is a natural and speaks with conviction.Listen well to his ceramah in Kalumpang, Hulu Selangor. He spoke about the dignity of difference and the need to put an end to racist politics in our [...]
Hypocrisy in Hulu Selangor
April 20, 2010April 20, 2010 Hypocrisy defines Politics in Malaysia, says The Malaysian Insider April 19, 2010–If there is one word that defines politics in Malaysia, it is hypocrisy.The Hulu Selangor campaign is proof of that. Without a doubt, Datuk Zaid Ibrahim is a flawed individual. But listening to the politicians aiming their barbs at the PKR [...]
Significance of Hulu Selangor By-Elections
April 19, 2010April 19,2010 Hulu Selangor By-Election: “A Critical Political Litmus Test for the Country’s Future” by Dr. Bridget Welsh COMMENT The Hulu Selangor campaign has begun in earnest as Malaysia heads into a record 10th by-election since March 2008. Admittedly, many Malaysians are fed-up – they are tired of the empty promises that by-elections bring, the [...]
PKR’s Dr Halili Rahmat joins UMNO
April 19, 2010April 19, 2010 Dr. Halili Rahmat joins UMNO Hulu Selangor PKR division treasurer Dr Halili Rahmat has announced his resignation from PKR, saying he intends to join UMNO. The announcement was made at a press conference at Petaling Jaya. Halili (right) was accompanied by former PKR secretary-general Salehuddin Hashim. This is the latest in a [...]
Tough Reforms vital for GDP Growth
April 19, 2010April 19, 2010 Malaysian Economy: Tough Reforms vital for GDP Growth, says The World Bank The country faces a rising debt burden and risks damage to its economic growth potential unless it implements tough reforms and tackles its subsidy regimes, the World Bank warned today. The bank forecast in a report presented in Kuala Lumpur [...]
Hulu Selangor is for Pakatan to lose
April 19, 2010April 19, 2010 Hulu Selangor is for Pakatan to lose by Dr. Ong Kian Ming ANALYSIS After weeks of intra-party wrangling and negotiations, the dust has finally settled and the line-up for the Hulu Selangor by-election has been determined. Former Kota Bharu MP and de facto law minister, Zaid Ibrahim, representing Pakatan Rakyat, is set [...]
