Archive - 20 December 2011

This claim is made by two Malaysian bodies - The Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) and the National Professors' Council (NPC), in a joint report on the project.

A blog claims Awang Adek received bribes for approving a contract related to two federal gov't buildings in Johor Bahru.

Its president Shaifubahrim Saleh said Pikom was not leading the initiative of drafting the proposed Bill.

Police will call several eyewitnesses, including M Satees, who is the former special aide to Deputy Chief Minister II P Ramasamy, to investigate the case where a man was alleged to have caused hurt to a female officer at the Chief Minister’s Office.

UPDATED 8.20PM The Bill was passed after bloc voting, with 39 senators supporting the new legislation while eight senators opposed it.

Hoteliers are feeling uneasy over the possible impact of the decision by Malaysia Airlines to suspend several international routes next year.

Pro-Umno blogger refutes claims that his submarine ride was a ‘security threat’ as he was only ‘exposed to basic things’.

 

This is to retaliate for a video in which he threatens to ‘spit on’ and ‘slap’ student Adam Adli for the ‘Najib flag’ incident.

Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar will not have to file his amended statement of defence in a defamation suit against him by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, until his appeal at the Court of Appeal is heard.

Astro has launched Malaysia’s first free satellite television, NJOI, as part of its aspiration to make lifelong learning, information, entertainment, including sports, available to Malaysians for free.

UPDATED 8.30PM Civil society movement disappointed that senators had failed in their duty to check mistakes made by the Lower House. 

 

To help fuel Malaysia’s drive to achieve high income status by 2020, Malaysia needs to discover and venture into new economic growth areas.

'It's good for the settlers, good for Felda and good for the country,' its chairperson Mohd Isa Abd Samad tells reporters in Kuala Lumpur today.

The prime minister says the people appreciated the government’s contributions and have expressed this through various media.

UPDATED 4.25PM BERSIH INQUIRY Hanafi Hawari had sought treatment in the wee hours of July 10 after his release from the Jinjang police station.

The Dewan Negara today approved a motion revoking the emergency proclamations of 1966, 1969 and 1977.

UPDATED 4.40PM Salangor exco Hasan Ali is unhappy that PAS leaders are ‘more inclined to adopt accommodating politics’.

They are Wong Nai Chee, political secretary to PM, Mohd Nardin Awang (to Muhyiddin Yassin) and Seah Toong Choon (to Kong Cho Ha).

UPDATED 4.55PM The embattled Selangor exco member describes Mustafa’s allegations as ‘arrogant’ and ‘playing with the fire of slander’.

PAS deputy youth chief Nik Abduh Nik Abdul Aziz counters remarks that Nasharuddin Mat Isa and Hasan Ali had fallen into Umno's trap.

 

UPDATED 2.45PM S'gor DAP chief Teresa Kok dismisses the claim that the party has its sights set on the MB's post.

UPDATED 2.40PM PKR sec-gen Saifuddin reveals documents showing the minister’s family owns a unit in Orchard Scotts.

UPDATED 2.31PM According to 2010 Budget, the gov't had obtained a social sector loan from the global institution in 1999.

UPDATED 3.10PM BERSIH INQUIRY A police detective says there was a struggle to handcuff Hanafi Hawari but no other force was used.

UPDATED 2.34PM The Selangor PAS deputy commissioner says there is still hope for the Gombak Setia state assemblyperson's political future.

UPSI VC Zakaria Kasa is reported to have said that ‘very stern action’ would be taken if the student leader is found guilty.

Sundry shop operator Zulkifli Nyak Bakar, 47, says he had no choice but to limit sales to his customers.

The nation needs the protection of a wise Agong.

Cuepacs president Omar Osman says the Public Services Department has never consulted public sector unions on this matter.

'Don't put blind obedience to party and partisanship before your duties as a servant of the people.'

The Peaceful Assembly Bill is an affront to democracy and is on the wrong side of history, says Klang MP Charles Santiago.

Former Penang municipal councillor Lim Boo Chang issues demand notice, says his reputation has been damaged.

UPDATED 3.20PM The DAP's Edward Lee had been battling cancer. The seat will remain vacant until the next polls.

The contestants are tested on their ability to complete tasks such as helping orphans and renovating a rundown mosque.

COMMENT On the hustings, his instincts emerge to great effect as decision time nears.

They say a group of women wreaked havoc over calls for the minister’s husband to come clean on the NFC scandal.

FREE YOURSAY 'At least, publicly name the supplier immediately so that anyone who wishes to test the ink can do so.'

FREE YOURSAY 'I am not defending Mahathir, and can accept that he lies routinely. To me, this issue is an unnecessary lie.'

He says no Christian worth his or her salt would attempt the proselytisation tactics Hasan Ali attributes to them.

FREE YOURSAY 'From the streets of Tripoli to PWTC, the clamour for change is no longer containable, nor the ignorance of its cries, tolerable.'