May 31, 2010 www.freemalaysiatoday.com PKR comes of age By Hawkeye KOTA BARU: As befits a party that is a partner in four state administrations, PKR used its congress this weekend more as an occasion to evaluate its performance than an opportunity to indulge in its traditional preoccupation of UMNO-bashing. This was evident in both the [...]
Archive for May 2010
PKR comes of age
May 31, 2010UMNO and PKR under pressure from Malay Ultras
May 31, 2010May 31, 2010 UMNO and PKR under pressure from Malay Ultras over Economic Policy by Terence Netto Last weekend, UMNO and archrivals PKR were eyeball-to-eyeball and both sides just blinked – and thereby lost a good opportunity to get ahead in the perception game. If politics is also about perception, the rivals let slip a [...]
Khalid Ibrahim remains in charge of Selangor
May 31, 2010May 31, 2010 www.themalaysianinsider.com Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim remains in charge of Selangor By Neville Spykerman The PKR leadership has saved Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim’s job despite severe internal criticism over a sand-mining scandal that has marred the party’s integrity and Selangor’s financial performance. Delegates at the party’s sixth annual congress in Kota Baru over [...]
Gasbags a plenty in the MIC
May 31, 2010May 31, 2010 Gasbags a plenty in the MIC by toffeeturn http://toffeesturn.blogspot.com/2010/05/gasbags-plenty.html This huge GAS rally is nothing but GASS, a bunch of gasbags trying to fool the already fooled Indian community who cannot see where their bread is buttered, or maybe ,where the sambar and chutney are for their Thosai. It is the vacuum [...]
Trust in Khalid Ibrahim, says Anwar Ibrahim
May 30, 2010May 30, 2010 www.themalaysianinsider.com Anwar: Trust in Khalid Ibrahim By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani (in Kota Bharu) Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today urged PKR members to have patience and confidence in Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim, who faced criticism for mishandling the state. Khalid has been under heavy scrutiny from his own party [...]
NEP and NEM: Najib’s Dilemma
May 30, 2010May 30, 2010 NEP and NEM at Bumiputera Economic Congress: Najib’s Dilemma by Hazlan Zakaria Faced with a 1,000-strong crowd of Malay grassroots and industry leaders, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak yesterday vowed never to betray his father’s legacy, the New Economic Policy (NEP). Giving the closing speech to the Bumiputera Economic Congress (BEC) that [...]
BN/UMNO mocks Islamic principle of “Amr Ma’ruf Nahy Munkar”!
May 30, 2010May 30, 2010 revised version from: Random Thoughts on Good Governance, Gaming, and Justice by Din Merican I was in Penang recently and went to the Kapitan Keling Mosque. At the main junction of the road leading to that mosque was a big banner with statistics of the budget allocated by the State Govt of [...]
Malay Special Rights ignored,says Bumiputera Economic Congress
May 30, 2010May 30, 2010 New Economic Model (NEM) ignores Malay Special Rights, says Bumiputera Economic Congress By Hazlan Zakaria (May 29, 2010) The one-day Bumiputera Economic Congress became the arena for NEM-bashing as experts slammed the New Economic Model for sidelining of Malay interests. The Congress is organised by the Malay Consultative Council, which include Malay [...]
Khalid Ibrahim stays as Menteri Besar and Selangor PKR Chief
May 30, 2010May 30, 2009 Selangor Menteri Besar stays as State PKR Chief, says President Wan Azizah S Pathmawathy (May 29, 2010) PKR has no plans to replace Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim as the party’s Selangor chief, said PKR president Wan Azizah Wan Ismail. “We have no plans to review his position in the party,” she [...]
Subsidy Cuts will be good for Malaysia
May 29, 2010May 29, 2010 www.themalaysiainsider.com Subsidy cuts will be good for Malaysia The proposed subsidy cuts are turning out to be a political football but experts are more optimistic, saying they would boost competitiveness and appeal to foreign investors. Dr Yeah Kim Leng, chief economist for RAM Holdings, said the long-overdue subsidy rationalisation plan had come [...]
Raja Petra in ‘Tak Nak Potong’ Night
May 29, 2010May 29, 2010 Raja Petra in ‘Tak Nak Potong’ Night A coalition of pro-press freedom NGOs are planning a wake entitled the “528 Tak Nak Potong Night” today, (May 28, 2010) to commemorate what they claim is the day that press freedom in Malaysia died. The NGOs organising the event include the 528 Media Action [...]
PKR to go for Quality
May 28, 2010May 28, 2010 PKR must plumb for Quality by Terence Netto (May 27, 2010) PKR deputy president Senator Dr Syed Husin Ali today opened the Wanita and Youth divisions of the party with a call to create a leadership corps drawn from within a pool of cadres imbued with the highest ideals. Speaking to a [...]
Barry Wain at University of Malaya
May 28, 2010May 28, 2010 Barry Wain provides insights on Mahathir at University of Malaya by Hafiz Yatim What was supposed to be a highbrow discussion of Barry Wain’s Malaysian Maverick: Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent times led by the author himself at the nation’s oldest university turned out to be a critical session on the Fourth prime [...]
The Noble Truth
May 27, 2010May 27, 2010 The Noble Truth: Justice for All by Din Merican A few days ago I celebrated my birthday. My lovely wife, Dr Kamsiah, advised me to take a breather from the affairs of the world. She took over my blog to respond to all the birthday wishes that poured in. It was a [...]
Mindset and Cultural Change Needed for GTP success
May 27, 2010May 27, 2010 Mindset and Cultural Change needed, says Chief Secretary to the Government Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan said today the utmost essence to the success of the Government Transformation Plan (GTP) is the mindset and cultural change of the people. He said the mindset and attitude of Malaysians [...]
Manage Our Public Expenditure prudently
May 27, 2010May 27, 2010 Comment: Yes, Minister Idris Jala is justified in warning all of us about our fiscal deficit which is increasing rapidly. But just asking us citizens to do away with subsidies is not sufficient. At best, it is a good start towards breaking our subsidy mentality. More needs to be done to cut [...]
Malaysia’s Richest: Robert Kuok and Ananda Krishnan
May 27, 2010May 27, 2010 Malaysia’s Richest according to Forbes: Robert Kuok and Ananda Krishnan top the list by Suzanne Nam (http://www.forbes.com) The rebounding Malaysian economy expanded 10% in the first quarter of 2010, its highest growth rate in a decade. The fortunes of the country’s 40 wealthiest are rising, too. They’re worth a total of $51 [...]
