Archive - 30 October 2013

Minister Maximus Ongkili says RM80 million was spent on dredging the silt sediment every five years, and another RM20 million on annual maintenance.

Police say the main focus is to investigate bank staff as the photos were from closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras installed at the bank.

The Perak chapter of Perkasa says ‘The Effing Show #95: Allah, Apa Lagi?', does not respect the sensitivities of Muslims in the country.

PARLIAMENT However, he says Malaysia was seen as not ready to implement the new tax because more than 40pct had income of less than RM2,500.

The MIC will put forward a proposal to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, urging the government to declare two days as public holidays for Deepavali.

PARLIAMENT The government has no plans to abolish the petrol subsidy as it still has the financial capacity to bear the subsidy.

The police have detained a security guard to facilitate investigations into the careless discharge of a pump-action shotgun at a bank in Jalan Datok Keramat in George Town this morning.

Pizza Hut reps meet PJ city councillor Anthony Thanasayan to make it clear the company doesn't condone discrimination.

He appears to be ignorant of the announcement made by Nazri Abdul Aziz when he was minister in the PM's Dept, says Seputeh MP Teresa Kok.

UPDATED 7PM Fomca says consumers with low income will be affected by the possible increase in the costs of many food and drink items.

On Sept 3, the plaintiff Ahbabovic filed a suit against Chung for RM600,000 in damages, claiming that he had been used for his sperm.

MCA backs Saifuddin Abdullah's proposal to relaunch NEM to ensure that race-based policies be a thing of the past.

KINIBIZ But where were the measures to cut wastage and, yes, corruption? Where was the sequencing of mega projects?

The lawyer for the blog owner says the defendant regretted the issuance of the article and would like to extend a sincere apology to the plaintiff.

People in the Klang Valley as well as the southern parts of Perak are now experiencing rain every day, a result of this ‘transition period’.

It is lying to the community and the public with its public statement the Penan will get RM213 million in compensation, says a Penang NGO.

FREE Today's appellate court decision, says editor-in-chief Steven Gan, is yet another blow to the gov't which seeks to put a lid on free flow of information.

Judge Rosbiahanin Arifin ordered Wahid Md Don, 59, to serve the sentence effective today and 12 months jail in default of the fine.

The PM was there to attend an economic forum and the British Victims of Investing in Malaysia group protested at the venue.

Palanivel, who is also MP for Cameron Highlands, says the relocation was hindered as a handful of residents refused to budge.

Wee Ka Siong raps Deputy Education Minister Mary Yap for being ‘fierce' on TV with those who raised questions on funds for national-type Chinese schools.

The state PKR hits out at legal consultant JC Fong for his ‘rapturous rhapsody on the rosy life of displaced natives' before the Universal Periodic Review panel.

COMMENT An analyst says Ong did not factor in the allowances that top civil servants get, but contract workers don’t.

UPDATED 5.05PM FREE The Court of Appeal throws out the appeal against a High Court decision that Malaysiakini be given a publishing permit.

UPDATED 3.35PM Funds for 'facilitation' and 'community restructuring' have scant details and it wonders if they are for political aims.

PARLIAMENT Deputy minister Jailani Johari says there were not many such cases and the ministry was able to handle them.

UPDATED 3PM SG LIMAU The DPM cum education minister says this in Sungai Kering to about 1,000 people, most them Chinese.

Esscom director-general Mohammad Mantek says that the 55-year-old man was arrested on Oct 4 and was then taken to Manila.

The minister maintains high pay is needed to attract top talent. He adds that in joining the gov't, some take pay cuts.

K Shanmuga also submits that if the Printing Presses and Publications Act was not there, the publication of newspapers will not be limited.

It is a pretentious, Chinese-chauvinistic party with a secret plan to undermine the supremacy of the Malays, says Perkasa.

DAY 8 SG LIMAU Quotable quotes, planned events and unplanned incidents as they take place in the run-up to the by-election on Nov 4.

Musa Hassan apologises to the former CCID director over the ‘white knight and black knight remark’ made during a press conference.

Amnesty International and Suaram slam Malaysian officials for making ‘empty talk’ at last week’s Universal Periodic Review in Geneva.

UPDATED 4.10PM PARLIAMENT Zahid Hamidi says they are responsible for 15 percent of the serious crimes, with Malaysians blamed for the rest.

UPDATED 4.05PM PARLIAMENT Zahid Hamidi says the opposition should stay grounded and not 'aim for the skies'.

Light cannot be shed on ignorance.

UPDATED 2.05PM The gov't reiterates this in its appeal on a High Court ruling that Mkini Dotcom be issued with a publishing permit.

The firm says it does not bar wheelchairs and claims Anthony Thanasayan was offered seating in a wheelchair-friendly area.

UPDATED 7PM The party will hold a special congress on Nov 24, during which the amendments will be tabled for debate.

FREE YOURSAY ‘Non-Muslims are not against Islamic rituals. Muslims can carry them out in mosques and sekolah agama.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Don't be cowed by Ibrahim Ali. Everybody cares for their children and will never want them to be bigots like Ibrahim.'

The Catholic prelate says the syariah question won't go away, but it may if put to the vote among Malaysia's Muslims.

FREE VOXPOP 'The PM does not trust all the cabinet ministers except those in the PM's Dept, thus the bigger budget needed.'

FREE YOURSAY 'Mahathir Mohamad, poetic justice. Those who sow corruption in the first place now reap the poison of corruption.'