Archive - 4 December 2010

The Bar Council wants the government to consider the Orang Asli view over the proposed amendments to the Aboriginal Peoples Act 1954.

'Locals were not keen to wake up at 3 or 4am, this is tedious work, with many risks involved.'

Najib is expected to touch on the 1Malaysia vision in his keynote address at the one-day BN Convention held in Wisma MCA.

The opposition leader blasted the gov't for going after ‘small change’ when they should be cutting subsidies to the independent power producers.

Wanita Gerakan today urged the government to start a "wife provident fund" which would serve as a financial safety net for wives if divorce happens.

The Kenyah, one of the ethnic groups under the Orang Ulu community in Sarawak, is on the brink of losing their identity if no concrete steps were taken to preserve them.

As announced earlier, Gerakan Youth chief Lim Si Pin said he was sticking to his guns in not seeking to contest any position in the party election scheduled next year.

'If only each of you can chip in just RM10 per month, this will mean UiTM can raise more than RM40 million a year.'

Lawyers today received training to undertake Orang Asli rights cases in the run up to the amendments to the Aboriginal Peoples Act.

For the first time, the names and nationalities of the 270 people shot dead by the police over the past 10 years have been disclosed.

UPDATED 11.35PM The rally is on in defiance of the police with participants advised to bring along certain ingredients to counter water cannon effects.

Mohd Hafarizam says the ISA should be invoked since the PM's advice against questioning Malay rights has gone unheeded.

The just ended PKR congress could just point the way to a new and better direction for the country.

Gerakan deputy president Chang Ko Youn recommends this as the first step to ending racial politics in the country.

Gerakan is one of them. The party is scheduled to hold its party election next year.

Its chief wants the party to return being the conscience of the BN and warns of simmering public discontent.

The disciplinary committee has issued a show-cause letter to Liu over comments made at a Malaysiakini interview.

FT’s PAS Youth blasted the government for splurging on mega projects while burdening the common people with price hikes on essentials.

Pemandu chief and Minister in the PM's Dept Idris Jala has described the price increase as ‘minimal’.

COMMENT Have the wages of locals who went to work in the island republic gone up relative to their counterparts who remained in Malaysia?

There are claims that some college students have resorted to prostitution to finance their studies.

COMMENT He should not wait for any ‘inspiration', but call for a general election when he feels it should be held.

INTERVIEW DAP reps who are out to line their own pockets will have to watch out.

FREE VOXPOP 'What a disgrace, more so when Anwar is the parliamentary opposition leader. Try taking the impending suspension to the court of public opinion.'

COMMENT It looks like the rights and privileges committee is on course to suspend Anwar from Parliament.

FREE YOURSAY 'It is scandalous to pay foreigners so much to advise us what to do with our own economy. Aren't there local brains to tap?'

FREE YOURSAY 'Yesterday, the PM said that the people were starting to trust BN and returning to BN, so today he punished them by increasing the prices of essential items.'