Archive - 3 December 2013

The flood situation in Pahang, Johor and T'ganu has worsened with more victims evacuated to Flood Relief Centres tonight.

Umno veep Mohd Shafie Apdal said the party president also stressed unity and solidarity must be enhanced among Umno members at all levels.

The premier hopes Dr Mahathir Mohamad will re-consider his decision to step down as Petronas adviser as he still has much to contribute.

Western liberal democracy and Shiite teachings are among the major threats to Malays Muslims, warns Umno No 2 Muhyiddin Yassin.

The Kedah menteri besar is disappointed over its destruction and says the Bujang Valley ruins should be preserved as national heritage sites.

Several MPs have taken aim at the independent power producers (IPPs) for the subsidised fuel they received for power generation.

Public Accounts Committee says it is awaiting the green light of the Parliament speaker, and that there are also concerns of sub judice.

Following Malaysia's rise from 54 to 53 in the CPI this year, Pemandu CEO Idris Jala says that this is the country's goal.

UPDATED 8PM The gov't will henceforth go for the tender system in all its procurement activities, says Transparency Minister Paul Low.

Breaking away may be good for the ex-PM, says A Kadir Jasin, as he can now say things without looking over his shoulder.

UPDATED 6.14PM A PAS MP claims the contractor of two mosques, which saw their roofs collapsing, worked on other projects in Terengganu.

The opposition leader, according to MCA, is using education as a smokescreen to divert attention from the salary hike issue in Selangor.

UPDATED 6.25PM All Malaysians will still feed the pinch on their pockets from the cascade effect, says Kedah PAS Youth chief Nasir Zakaria.

The Sustainable Energy Development Authority Malaysia (SEDA Malaysia) hopes the public will continue to support the role assumed by the Renewable Energy (RE) Fund in the nation’s bid to push aggressive national green and clean energy growth.

The Court of Appeal (COA) today upheld the general damages awarded to four orang Asli of the Temiar tribe from Kg Jias, Gua Musang in Kelantan, over unlawful demolition of their church in 2007.

India’s Mars-bound spacecraft has crossed the moon’s orbit on its way to the red planet, space agency officials said today.

Puchong MP Gobind Singh says Khalid should state the cause of the under-utilisation of funds and the state's plans to overcome it.

Puteri Umno has set up three new bureaus to strengthen its roles in line with the rapid development of IT and to get closer to the people.

UPDATED 4.35PM Transparency International-Malaysia says the country had scored 50/100 compared to last year’s 49/100 in the index.

PAS says it approved the purchase of the land but all else fell under the federal government's national heritage department.

UPDATED 4.10PM ‘If in Selangor the GDP per capita is about RM40,000 per year, then they should pay only about RM10,000...’

AUDIT REPORT These projects, valued at RM620 million, had already recorded delays of 219 to 909 days as at last December.

The wing's chief Tan Keng Liang makes the proposal after noting that Selangor did not allocate any funds for Unisel in its 2014 budget.

FREE The AG's Chambers says it is now up to the Home Ministry to decide on Malaysiakini's application for a print permit.

UPDATED 3.30PM the Special Committee Against Corruption urges high-profile cases be prepared carefully and completely.

UPDATED 2.50PM The PM wants assurance that two-thirds of the Dewan Rakyat will support the constitutional amendment.

UPDATED 7.10PM ‘Specifically, we leave it to the discretion of the MB, but...we agree this amount should be reduced.’

The 2013 Umno general assembly kicks off today with the simultaneous opening of general assemblies of the party’s three wings.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement is still being negotiated and won't be signed without parliamentary nod, says Mustapa.

The AG’s 'weak excuse' for not appealing Dr Ling Liong Sik’s acquittal raises a lot of disturbing questions, says opposition MP Gobind Singh.

Tenaga’s stock jumped at the opening in Kuala Lumpur, briefly rising as much as 27 percent before settling back at RM11.22, up 13.5pct.

AUDIT REPORT This was done by deliberately breaking down its contracts to smaller parcels. Three Langkawi projects were listed as examples.

The Defence Ministry says that it inked a deal with German firm Thyssenkrupp Marine System to buy two Type 218SG vessels.

UPDATED 2.20 PM PARLIAMENT The speaker rules that the deputy FT minister need not face the rights and privileges committee.

Arifin Zakaria says many preventive measures had been enforced in an effort to curb corruption from spreading to the judiciary.

'I will be the first to back a pay increase for MPs if Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak puts forth such a proposal,' he says.

PARLIAMENT Higher pension for some judges and extending the number of those entitled to pension and gratuity are proposed.

UPDATED 1.49PM PARLIAMENT Abdul Rahim Bakri, however, says it is not wrong to raise the issue if based on facts.

COMMENT ‘All politics is local’ is a truism Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng was seen to have slighted and was made to pay the forfeit.

Kuantan is reported to be almost paralysed with most of the roads in the town indundated with water exceeding one metre.

His press secretary, Azmi Akop, says doctors had carried out an angioplasty procedure at 3pm, and everything went well.

AUDIT REPORT Among the projects were the new building for the Southwest District Agriculture Office and replacing an old bridge in Teluk Bahang.

UPDATED 3.20PM A concerned group says the education system is only concerned about the country's Islamic past.

Mohammad Kazim says the attacks had become more relentless after he was offered a seat on the Umno supreme council.

UPDATED 2.16PM With this, Lim will face off party youth chief Wee Ka Siong, who also expressed his intention to contest.

COMMENT The Bujang Valley site reminds us that the Malay peninsula has been supportive of sojourners, migrants and settlers.

Those mentioned include Parit Buntar MP Mujahid Yusof Rawa, state PAS secretary Mohd Noor Harun and Penaga coordinator Roshidi Hussain.

PARLIAMENT It was asked to do so for DAP and PAS events to date, says minister Ahmad Shabery Cheek.

The bulk of these have gone to two companies, according to data from the government's MyProcurement portal.

They were picked up in Sentul, Brickfields, Dang Wangi and Cheras, for various offences in integrated operations from 10am until 5pm yesterday.

PARLIAMENT No funds were misappropriated, says Ahmad Shabery Cheek, as the clock is a precision unit required by the TV station.

AUDIT REPORT The auditor-general says Selangor spent only 56.3pct of the RM1.14bil in federal funds for road maintenance.

FREE YOURSAY 'It is like an Olympic loser explaining to the press that he has trained much harder than the winners. Results count.'

FREE YOURSAY ‘Petrol price increased, sugar price increased, property tax increased, KL assessment rate increased and now...'