Archive - 11 May 2008

Malaysia's long standing ‘social contract' came under the scrutiny of royal professor Dr Ungku Abdul Aziz today who claimed that such a term did not exist.

‘I have always emphasised - whenever someone makes such secret recordings, the intention is to blackmail and I'm afraid that the government had made successful a blackmail attempt.'

The ex-premier says that the government should not just make a popular announcement of more susbidies but instead will have to work out a way on overcoming the food shortage.

PAS and PKR should not to be too excited over the March 8 polls as Umno is still in first place when it comes to Malay support, says Umno president and Prime Minister Abdullah.

updated 9pm The rally, part of a nationwide gathering organised by Hindraf today, was aimed at urging the government to give ISA detainee Uthayakumar a proper medical treatment. [VIDEO INSIDE]

'If the government deny treatment to Uthayakumar and do not release the ISA detainees, then we will have a bigger gathering,' says a Hindraf coordinator. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The mandatory retirement age would be raised from 56 to 58 beginning July 1 with pensions for the public sector based on a maximum of 30 years service, instead of 25 at present.