Archive - 8 September 2011

Land acquisition for the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit (KVMRT) project along Jalan Sultan is in the people’s best interests of developing the best urban railway for them, Land Public Transport Commission (Spad) chairman Syed Hamid Albar said today.

Despite suffering defeat at the Federal Court, villagers of a Sarawakian longhouse vows to fight on in order to keep their land.

The Selangor Islamic Religious Council (Mais) today confirmed that Shah Alam Member of Parliament Khalid Samad does not have the credentials to teach or give religious ‘ceramah’ or talks in mosques and surau in the state.

The Shah Alam MP demands proof from Selangor Islamic Affairs Council that it is not plotting to oust the MB.

The Pahang government today warned of disciplinary action against state civil servants who are caught joining protests against the construction of a rare earth plant in Gebeng.

One plane landed in Kuala Lumpur and another was forced to divert abruptly to Istanbul.

Ismail Omar says the PAS No 2 twisted facts and dishonoured the thousands who died to protect the country.

A total of 126 cases of dengue fever with no death were reported from Aug 28 to Sept 3, the Health Ministry said today.

DAP revealed today that it has found 12 more voters in the electoral database with male identification card numbers with female names.

Zairil Khir Johari, political secretary to party secretary-general Lim Guan Eng, is called to give his statement in KL.

UPDATED 7.05PM Zaki Azmi and Richard Malanjum refuse to answer the question, saying they will let other pending cases deal with the issue.

Its state deputy secretary Goh Kheng Sneah asks how much is the investment gained and how many smartphones the firm will produce.

PAS leader Khalid Samad says it is apparent that Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin is 'just seeking the limelight'.

Party's national vice-chairperson Tan Kok Wai says Pahang government's poor running of the state scares off foreign and local investors.

UPDATED 5.25PM DAP today revealed its largest uncoverings of electoral discrepancies yet with 234 voters having identical old identity card numbers.

The government is still waiting for Indonesia to end the freeze on sending maids to Malaysia, said Human Resources Minister Dr S Subramaniam.

UPDATED 4.20PM Their sec-gen vows 15,000 workers will picket over the deal that he says will not benefit MAS or its workers.

UPDATED 3.25PM He says he received an SMS warning him that his family could face acid attacks. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 3.40PM The ruling by the Federal Court today is likely to have an adverse impact on more than 100 pending NCR land cases.

UPDATED 3.55PM So why do toll rates keep increasing, and why has the gov't compensated them in the millions?

10 shareholders of logging firm want the Pahang government pays up what is owed to them. [VIDEO INSIDE]

 

 

No state letter sent to any party to debate about independence activist Mat Indera, says Kelantan exco member Fadli Hassan.

Top judges must not wait on the premier, as they are peers of the executive and legislative arms of gov't, says party veep N Surendran.

PAS officials refused to accept a protest note from former servicemen who protested against Mat Sabu. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The private investment projects involved various sectors including agriculture, education, aerospace, wholesale, retail and manufacturing.

The sudden interest is to regain lost ground after MCA looked foolish against the rakyat's concerns over rare earth plant, says Kuantan MP.

Haze from burning cropland shrouded Kuala Lumpur amid a reported increase of respiratory problems.

Although it is described as a raid, a Ho Hup official says it was merely a short visit and no documents were taken.

The consumption tax will take effect on Sept 15, say telcos in a joint statement.

UPDATED 1.55PM The deal with Sapura to upgrade the military's command and control systems is worth RM2 bil.

UPDATED 3.05PM Najib Abdul Razak says out of the 87 initiatives, 23 are operational, 50 have commenced and 14 are in progress.

UPDATED 12.55PM Quoting sources, Sin Chew reports that the decision was made at yesterday's cabinet meeting.

The Penang government is taking legal action against the Umno-owned daily for allegedly lying it swindled RM50 million from an 'illegal' car park.

FREE YOURSAY 'Public Land Transport Commission (Spad), we don't judge you by what you say, we will judge by what you do.'

FREE VOXPOP 'The MB should bite the bullet and challenge those who are bent on creating trouble by exposing them.'

DAP calls on the Election Commission to get rid of the postal votes of the spouses of military personnel.

UPDATED 11.05AM Tunku Abdul Rahman would not have been the first PM if a referendum had been called then.

FREE VOXPOP 'Umno looks like the biggest traitor - it sold out all the legitimate freedom fighters to the British.'

FREE VOXPOP 'If only EC had implemented some checks into its system to validate the integrity of its data, the errors would have been minimised.'

FREE YOURSAY 'If the cabinet is sincere about electoral reform, it should concentrate on picking the low hanging fruits instead of trying to boil the ocean.'

The incident came shortly before another Pakistan International Airlines flight bound for Britain was forced to make an unscheduled landing in Istanbul because of a similar bomb threat.