Archive - 9 November 2011

'Until today, no action has been taken by them in Penang, Selangor, Kedah and even Kelantan,' says Selangor MCA's secretary.

Five men plead not guilty in the court to two charges of robbing two family members of Deputy Home Minister Abu Seman Yusop.

The opposition coalition clarifies that no government employee will be laid off, but instead the focus is on improving its efficiency.

Tenaganita and a Cambodian MP urge the countries to agree on basic guarantees to be able to resume employment within three months.

It disappointed that the ‘organisers’ of these rallies seem to choose Fridays when it is a holy day for Muslims.

Selangor opposition leader Satim Diman said the state gov't was abusing assets of state companies to fund its populist policies.

Four Indian teens have been remanded for a week by police in Setapak after reporting they were attacked by a mob of Malay youths.

UPDATED 9.31PM 'They don’t deserve all the accusations,' says embattled minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil.

The RM1.6bil Selangor Budget 2012 will see a continuation of existing welfare programmes without any major shifts.

Azizan Abdul Razak says when the population increases, the number of civil servants should also increase accordingly.

The drugs were seized in several searches, customs director Govinden Mutosamy was quoted as saying by The Star newspaper.

The decision was made following Mohd Isa Abu Kasim's refusal to stop questioning the MB, who did not answer his supplementary question.

The 12 EPPs, under the digital Malaysia initiative, is expected to generate RM60 billion in gross national income (GNI) until 2020.

Though scarred by ISA imprisonment, Professor Tan Ka Kheng remains an environmental activist to this day.

The financially troubled NFC did the right thing by offering loans and discounts to sister companies because it served 'multiple objectives'.

The PSC plans to publish its preliminary recommendations in December before the current Dewan Rakyat session ends.

UPDATED 3.55PM PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution asks why the soft loan allocation for NFC is still at RM250 million.

Penang Gerakan has ticked off the state for transferring the building of low-medium-cost homes to private developers.

Meet Dr Mazlan Othman, the former director-general of the Malaysian National Space Agency, now based in Vienna.

Utusan Malaysia senior editor Zaini Hassan blames the BN government for being ‘too nice’ to allow the civil servants to ‘revolt’.

UPDATED 3.25PM Selangor has beat the federal government to the punch, rolling out a minimum wage policy.

UPDATED 2.50PM Opposition charge an attempt to mislead the rakyat, says Deputy Finance Minister Awang Adek Hussin.

UPDATED 4.25PM Lugging samples of groceries to Parliament, the MPs pointed to products that were not as cheap as touted.

UPDATED 2.45PM Page and JMM say teaching Science and Maths in English should not be restricted to a period. [VIDEO INSIDE]

It’s an absolute outrage, and hypocritical to boot.

The report said Fernandes’ new full-service-carrier will likely be called Caterham Jet and has yet to get an operating licence.

International human rights watchdog calls on the government to rescind the police ban on the annual festival.

Any Pakatan decision must have the consensus of PKR, DAP and PAS and be in accordance with the constitution, he says.

The real power will be with PAS, which wants an Islamic state and hudud implemented, says MCA MP Chua Tee Yong.

The aircraft ferrying Najib, his wife Rosmah Mansor, and the delegation took off from Jeddah at about 6am Malaysian time.

FREE VOXPOP 'He must explain the following: why was the fund touched, how was the money used and will it be replenished?'

COMMENT Moves are under way to get Umno’s famous dissident to ship out to obviate the need to drop him as a candidate.

The PSC on electoral reforms gets cracking, sending unsolicited SMSes and setting up a website to seek public feedback.

FREE YOURSAY 'Umnoputras have been used to the academia parroting their positions, so Khaled has no choice but...'

FREE YOURSAY 'This ‘korban' rite is part of Muslim culture, and non-Muslims should not comment on it as we are not required to attend the ceremony.'

FREE YOURSAY 'MACC is only concerned with a few thousand ringgit allegations against opposition lawmakers, for which they will swing into action.'