Archive - 24 November 2012

The 2012 Umno General Assembly next Tuesday should focus on more factual matters and be serious says Information Minister Rais Yatim.

The National Education Blueprint 2013-2015 does not intend to sideline any vernacular schools said Education director-general Abd Ghafar Mahmud, today.

KL deputy police chief Amar Singh Ishar Singh says they had carefully planned for the assembly as more than 5,000 Umno delegates were expected to turn up, besides 1,782 media personnel.

'The momentum is with us now. Based on the response and support shown by the Selangor people the advantage is on our side.'

The Barisan 1Malaysia rally that brings together NGOs nationwide will be extended to the local level, says Umno info chief.

Following Selangor’s tabling of its Talam white paper, Pakatan MPs volley the ball back to BN asking the same for Cowgate.

Minister in the PM's Dept Nazri Abdul Aziz says over 6,000 cases of underage girls having sex were recorded in the past five years.

'Najib has started a political transformation but outsiders still think Umno hasn't changed...,' says the deputy higher education minister.

‘My proposal still remains, subject to the party's decision on a case-by-case basis with some exemptions,' says the DAP national chairperson.

DAY 12 - GOMBAK The heavy downpour early this morning failed to dampen the spirit of the Himpunan Hijau marchers.

‘There is nothing in that request that could be construed as interference by one nation in another nation's affairs,' says Senator Nick Xenophon.

The study projects the BN bastion of Johor could take a beating in the next polls; another sign of the changing times.

USM professor Chandra Muzaffar does not name names, but hints that this US ‘nominee’ is someone he used to be with.

UPDATED 3.34PM The PM says the present administration should remain because it made Malaysia the envy of others.

The Chinese dailies’ blunder over a non-existent police visit this week is now blamed on a rogue message on the police system.

A hairdressing salon’s plight in Kota Baru has rendered an ‘unkind cut’ to Pakatan, especially in view of the looming general election.

DAY 12 - GOMBAK People of all backgrounds appear attracted by the magnet of the event; an unintended form of 1M'sia.

UPDATED 12.49PM USM's P Sivamurugan offers this sagely advice at the NGO gathering Himpunan Barisan 1Malaysia, an event 'not organised' by the BN.

Call rings out for the disbanding of Suhakam for its 'toothless and powerless disposition' from human rights lawyer M Viswanathan.

Save Rivers accuses Hydro Tasmania of being party to dams built 'causing total and irreversible environmental destruction'.

FREE YOURSAY 'These cameras are made in the United States. The instructions are in English. The user should have no problem learning how to operate them.'

FREE YOURSAY 'MCA, if you can't influence your own BN partners, you might as well heed your own advice to DAP and quit BN, too.'

FREE YOURSAY 'How come Tee Yong is keeping quiet? Help BN prove all those figures by Sekinchan rep Suee Lim are not true.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Calling a foreigner and a professional lawyer ‘bodoh' just goes to show the low mentality of Umno leaders.'

It claims the state BN chief is under Umno's thumb following the appointment of its Youth chief to lead the polls machinery.

However, he stresses that he has no jurisdiction over the matter, and will not interfere in the council's enforcement of the ban.

'I make this plea, not only as a politician, but as a husband and a father as well. Violence against women takes many forms, but none are acceptable.'

INTERVIEW 'As Hindraf de facto leader, my only hope is the realisation of Indian majority seats as a voice in Parliament.'