Archive - 31 March 2010

Newly elected MCA president Chua Soi Lek will hold a meeting with all the MCA leaders who are holding government positions at the party headquarters tomorrow.

Former MCA deputy president Lim Ah Lek has decided not to withdraw as a life member and quit the party despite his earlier intention to do so.

Should BN agree to field him and he wins the by-election, MIC Youth wants another cabinet post for him.

KTMB to further study the possibility after survey findings reveal 60 percent of its rail passengers are female.

Pua wants to know why there is no open tender for the proposed project to turn Sungai Buloh into a new Klang Valley hub.

The Kelantan regent has filed for a declaration that the appointment of Tengku Abdul Aziz Tengku Mohd Hamzah as the regent of the state is not valid.

Rejoining BN is out of the question as the party is confident taking over the government in alliance with the other opposition parties.

When he was about to take office a year ago Najib Abdul Razak appealed to reporters to "judge me by my actions", but a year on his benchmark reforms are still at the consultative stage.

Amer Hamzah Arshad states that citizens should have the right to receive legal representation and it has nothing to do with "lawyers" rights.

The ex-aide of former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad says it's a matter of principle that he opts for  one-month jail instead of the RM20,000 fine imposed on by the KL High Court.

So says the MB, while speaker R Ganesan dismisses the complaint that he had acted wrongly during the state assembly sitting.

'I want this case closed,' says the defence minister in relation to talk about Ahmad Said's re-entry into the Bukit Bendera Umno division.

In its NEM report it proposes that all ethnic quotas be phased out, and support be extended to all, particularly to those in the lower income group.

He claims he was among three Umno state reps who were asked to defect to form a unity government with Pakatan.

UPDATED 6.15pm Even stronger words were said in relation to the Perak speaker’s ‘disrespectful’ conduct to Pakatan members of the state assembly.

EPF wants government institutions to further reduce their ownership in the stock market to create greater liquidity.

Twelve people were killed on Wednesday in twin blasts in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region of Dagestan, one of which was caused by a suicide bomber, investigators said.

UPDATED 8.20PM The Malay-rights NGO warns that it will fight the plan for an Equal Opportunity Commission if this ‘encroaches on Malay rights’.

UPDATED 7.35PM Pakatan poured scorn on the government's NEM, claiming that it was copied from its Malaysian Economic Agenda. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Pakatan Rakyat Youth in Penang say this should be done before any further damage is caused.

A thousand individuals and 66 NGOs want Najib to act against the the growing intolerance for debate and comment.

Mahathir has urged Prime Minister Najib to forge ahead with pledged reforms.

The only word that some governments appear to understand.

UPDATED 6.20PM 'How can I say I'm Malaysian first and Malay second? All the Malays will shun me... and it's not proper,' said DPM. [VIDEO INSIDE]

NEM is the same 'soulless' model of liberal-capitalism begin given a new coat of painting, said the PAS leader.

The Malaysian economy still needs the government's involvement to grow, though under the NEM the responsibility has shifted to the private sector, says an analyst.

Keen bidders to buy Khazanah’s 32% stake in Pos Malaysia are said to include DRB-Hicom and Tune Group.

PARLIAMENT updated 6.05pm He does not have to explain why he used ‘compassionate payment’ in place of ‘oil royalty’ in describing the Petronas payment to Kelantan.

The political and economic model that Perkasa espouses will bring irreparable harm to future generations of Malaysians, including Malays.

A gang leader suspected in the killings of a US consulate worker in Mexico, her husband and another man has confessed to participating in the murders, prosecutors said.

MIC, which is determined to field its candidate, is being asked to allow Umno to contest the by-election for the parliamentary seat.

'Our one-party state cannot shape inclusive and equitable economic policy because it cannot relinquish its addiction to the politics of racial discrimination...'

COMMENT The media has a bird's eye view of the Perak state assembly sitting - but from a soundproof visitors' gallery.

All major dailies front paged the New Economic Model launched by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak yesterday.

UPDATED 1.06PM DAP leader Lim Kit Siang fires this challenge at the deputy premier as their verbal sparring continues.

UPDATED 11.01AM It is chaos once more after a tame showing on the first day of the sitting.

Leftist FARC rebels released one of their longest held-captives, a soldier kidnapped 12 years ago, the Red Cross said after receiving the hostage in the Colombian jungle.

free 'Why is a foreign company engaged to craft 1Malaysia? How much are taxpayers paying for this service? How much commission, if any, is Ethos Consulting getting for this deal?'

US President Barack Obama said Tuesday he wanted tough new UN sanctions imposed on Iran within "weeks" as visiting French President Nicolas Sarkozy blasted Tehran's "mad" nuclear race.

free 'Do you want to base your policies on race, need or merit? Which has more priority? Mixing all them together is too confusing and complicated to implement and is a receipt for abuse.'

The Serbian parliament today passed a landmark resolution condemning the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of some 8,000 Bosnian Muslims but stopped short of labeling the killings a genocide.

At Islamabad's request, the United Nations on Tuesday delayed the release of a sensitive report on the 2007 slaying of Pakistani ex-premier Benazir Bhutto.

A Palestinian teenager was killed and several others were wounded Tuesday as Israeli troops fired on protestors near the Gaza border while Israeli Arabs and Palestinians marked "Land Day."