Archive - 25 October 2013

A cross between Al Capone and al-Qaeda.

The situation in the flood-hit areas of Perak continued to improve this evening, with only 100 remaining at three evacuation centres in the state.

The number of Internet users in Malaysia is expected to grow from 18 million last year to 25 million in 2015, according to the Finance Ministry in its Economic Report 2013/2014 released today.

The school session of the school has been stalled since Wednesday following a mud flood in Cameron Highlands, with almost the whole school affected.

After years of lacing the federal budget with sweeteners, analysts say, the 2014 Budget announced appears sober and balanced.

Users on Twitter reacted with sarcasm and humour when reacting to news that their teh tarik will likely be more expensive.

For the first time, a BR1M assistance of RM450 will be extended to households with a monthly income of between RM3,000 and RM4,000.

UPDATED 7.33PM BUDGET 2014 The opposition leader says imposing the proposed tax will widen the gap between the rich and poor.

The Court of Appeal in Putrajaya today struck out a civil suit brought by 711 water consumers against the Selangor government and two others over not receiving free water under a state government scheme. 

MP SPEAKS Budget 2014 proves the Najib administration is only interested in cutting subsidies and raising taxes, with no intent to tighten its purse strings.

A dating website aimed at people already in a relationship is not welcome in Singapore, a government minister said today.

BUDGET 2014 PM Najib Abdul Razak announces that the government will abolish the sugar subsidy of 34 sen, effective tomorrow.

Plus Expressways Bhd CEO Noorizah Abd Hamid says the works were started end of last year and expected to be completed end of 2014.

UPDATED 5.50PM BUDGET 2014 It will expand Malaysia’s narrow tax base, as only 10pct of the workforce pay income tax.

‘We have all along believed in Ling’s integrity in carrying out his duties when he was MCA president as well as cabinet minister,’ says the MCA chief.

KINIBIZ Rising house prices, high household debt and the narrowing of the current account surplus areas of concern this year, says the Economic Report.

The inquest is being held to enable the NRD to issue a death certificate and facilitate insurance claims by Lim Chin Aik's family.

KINIBIZ The Ministry's Economic Report details the shortcomings of the Sales and Service Tax regime, and the rational for the GST introduction.

UPDATED 5.20PM SG LIMAU The MB says he brought BN candidate Ahmad Sohaimi to visit the late MB Azizan’s widow two days before nomination day.

KINIBIZ This growth is expected on the back of strong fundamentals, growth in domestic demand, exports and Budget 2014 measures.

UPDATED 4.45PM SG LIMAU ‘If we can win more than half of the Chinese vote, we can wrest back the seat,’ says the MB.

KINIBIZ This is due to an increase of RM39.7 billion to the GDP due to 'higher borrowings to meet financing requirements'.

‘After the incident, we are invisible. Did anyone from the gov’t departments come? Not even one,’ says Wong Kan Sing.

That big fishes linked to BN are going free does not inspire confidence the people will get the justice they deserve, says MP.

Ex-vice-chair Zulkifli Mohd Noor announces his resignation from all party positions, but remains as a normal member.

The Home Ministry has a lot to explain, especially if a man with a fake IC can get a job as a security guard - and get a rifle as well.

The Agong today presented the instruments of appointment to 13 members of MAINPP and three members of MAIM at the Istana Negara.

LIVE REPORTS Najib says the goods and services tax (GST) will be set at 6%, and to begin from April 1, 2015.

About 60 percent of asylum seekers transit through Malaysia to Indonesia, where they board people smuggling boats.

World class, but at massive costs.

MCA's Chua Tee Yong slams the coalition for coming up with unverified figures to claim that the goods and services tax will be bad.

UPDATED 6.25PM Police have detained two men and a woman, believed to be the wife of the security guard involved in the Ambank robbery and murder case.

UPDATED 1.11PM A distraught husband tells how his wife was separated from him in the currents that swept through the valley.

DAY 3 SG LIMAU Quotable quotes, planned events and unplanned incidents as they take place in the run-up to the by-election on Nov 4.

A group of social activists establish the Democracy Academy of Malaysia in memory of the late political aide, to empower citizens in civil rights.

FREE YOURSAY 'At least Nancy Shukri is brave enough to admit the error and bring it up for rectification rather than let it go and be forgotten.'

COMMENT It was not a natural disaster that hit Bertam Valley. TNB must explain what went wrong with its SOP.

He urges a probe on WTK Bhd Holdings and Ta Ann Bhd, which are said to have caused ‘severe damage’ to the environs.

Padang Serai member of parliament N Surendran stirs up the lower chamber with histrionics that may lose the round, but gains the point.

UPDATED 1PM High Court rules Ling was not the ministry ‘numero uno’ at the time, so the blame should fall on the officers...

COMMENT Those beating the war drum over our report to the UN are not rooted in fact and ignore provisions in the federal constitution.

The residents of Lembah Bertam are urging the authorities to build a retaining wall and a wider irrigation canal to prevent recurrences of mudslides.

COMMENT Najib has spent more than any other PM. When one looks at spending in the last two years, he has shattered records.

The nation rejected much of the liberal-natured criticism levelled at it by UN's Universal Periodic Review panel on human rights in Geneva yesterday

FREE YOURSAY 'The killing of animals in a school compound and a procession carrying idols or smashing coconuts are two different matters.'

Former transport minister Ling Liong Sik has been acquitted and discharged by the High Court over the PKFZ project.

COMMENT The gov't should spare a thought for the poor and destitute and perhaps postpone its second space trip...

KINIBIZ The ultimate losers will be the Felda settlers and employees, some 230,000 of them, who are the effective vendors.

However, the department denies that the solitary confinement is in a 'dark room' as Uthayakumar had claimed.

FREE YOURSAY ‘Here in Malaysia, stepping on Najib Abdul Razak's photo could land you in jail, but not this when lives are lost.'