Archive - 22 September 2012

The first private secondary Chinese school to be built in Kuantan is expected to be ready in two years.

‘Only twice have we lost a parliamentary seat, which was Kluang in 1978 and Bakri, 2008,’ says MB Abdul Ghani Othman.

Defence Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said Suaram needs to be transparent in revealing foreign funds they obtained.

Concurrent (state and parliamentary) elections can save the taxpayer's money, says DAP national chairperson Karpal Singh.

'It is here (in Johor) where Umno was born... It is a taboo for us to hand over this country to them (opposition).'

Is the PM's dismissal of the BMF report a signal for MACC not to question allegations against the S'wak CM, asks the DAP leader.

A teacher stared death in the face when the impact of a snatch theft hurled her in front of a car driven by a snatch thief.

About 40,000 graduates in the country are still unemployed, according to a study by the Higher Education Ministry.

It will be the last that Sabah DCM Joseph Pairin Kitingan, who is also PBS president, will be contesting as a candidate.

Nga has posted a message on his website that the blogger had retracted the defamatory statements against the MP.

Sarawak DAP has lodged a police report over the PM saying the survival of Malays depends on GE13, calling it racist and seditious.

The office tower for Info Ministry means the near century-old school's basketball courts and car park will have to go.

'If there is justification, we will conduct the investigation in accordance with procedure,' says IGP Ismail Omar.

The commission has been told to call upon the government to 'cease the perversion of its civil servants'.

He would leave it to the authorities to investigate allegations that human rights NGO Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) receives foreign funding.

'Our system has to match the growth in the developed nations. It's better for us to admit the weaknesses and address them.'

Ex-DAP members get together for a former-party bashfest in Penang that is low on revelations but high on pro-BN chest thumping.

Amnesty International has called on Malaysia to stop the 'harassment' of Suaram that has accused the government of corruption.

Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad says he felt that it was all right to raise duty on cigarettes and liquor but not anything else. 

CM Lim Guan Eng has taken up the challenge issued by state BN leaders, who had demanded him to come clean on his private residence.

'If the share price drops below RM4, we shall organise a protest even bigger than Himpunan Oren,' said Anak president Mazlan.

Hishammuddin Hussein adds the government has been monitoring foreign funding and trip by ‘certain leaders’ since long ago.

‘At home he is not the MB, he is Khalid Ibrahim. Our life is the same as before,' says wife Salbiah Tunut at the booklaunch.

'There are all kinds of allegations, jangan kita layan (let's not entertain it),' he said at a press conference in KL.

UPDATED 3.39PM He asks for BN to be given another chance to bring more development. 'There is much more that we can do.'

As Mahmud's lawyers had nothing to offer in settlement to resolve the dispute over assets, the end seems some distance away.

FREE VOXPOP 'Calling on the two ministers to apologise is like calling on the moon to fall on your lap. Umno politicians are beyond apologising.'

FREE YOURSAY 'With this kind of attitude, who can trust the govt's word on the safety of the proposed nuclear power stations?'

COMMENT The prime minister claims he has brought ‘real change'. Then why is a deputy minister calling for a ‘new politics'?

FREE YOURSAY 'Dear PM, perhaps your advice would be more useful if you channelled it to Malay rights pressure group Perkasa.'

FREE YOURSAY 'This is using gov't money to buy out cronies in time of uncertainty at an exorbitant valuation to benefit the cronies.'

'Such scare tactics in fact expose the BN's fear of real democracy and even more importantly that it is seeing demons where none exist.'