Archive - 8 October 2011

ACP Zainal Rashid died after complaining of chest pain while playing golf at the Bukit Kemuning Golf and Country Club. He was 56.

Najib relates also how on a visit to Ijok, some people who shook his hand 'did not want to let go.'

BUDGET But the Economic Report 2010/11 states that at 53.8 percent of the GDP, the national debt is still within manageable range.

 

 

DAP's Teo Nie Ching says the reduction amounts to nearly 30% of the 2010 budget announced by Najib.

EC deputy secretary Noordin Che Ngah said parliament will dissolve automatically on that date unless, of course, it is dissolved earlier.

UPDATED 4.45PM Najib counters his critics with his upbeat assessment of a further deficit reduction.

Manoharan had shown remorse by apologising and removing immediately his comments posted on Facebook. 

UPDATED 3.25PM Najib says that the government has the money to live up to the hefty budget 2012 promises.

PSM says the Budget 2012 is a tactical move to triumph in the coming general election before reviving unfavourable policies.

COMMENT Najib’s Budget displays familiar defects of his leadership: it treats the symptoms and ignores the causes of our problems.

MCA kills media eagerness to interview the six mysterious young women spotlit after MCA's youth meet.

 

Transparency International says Najib’s 2012 budget fails to inch the country towards any form of transparency and accountability.

UPDATED 3.07PM Najib's Budget 2012 promises one-off cash bonuses straight into people's pockets; but does it stack against Pakatan's alternative?

FREE YOURSAY 'This is another in a long litany of shameful acts by the very bodies we hope to rely on for justice.'

FREE VOXPOP 'Whatever was spent on Bersih 2.0, the real cost is in how the rakyat regards its handling of the rally before, during and after the event.'

The opposition’s economic experts see no elements of the PM’s much-touted 'transformation' in the budget.

FREE VOXPOP 'It is not about whether our civil service deserves pay rise. It is about why one in 10 is in the civil service.'

FREE YOURSAY 'There is nothing in the Budget for taxpayers. But then again, someone has to pay for Najib's cash hand-outs.'