(ATM pic public domain / Wiki Commons) PARLIAMENT’S suspension of Puchong legislator Gobind Singh Deo‘s allowances and benefits for a year is revealing. That Gobind, who has filed a suit against his suspension, is an opposition Member of Parliament (MP) makes the whole exercise more telling. The episode betrays a mindset about the concept of […]
Archives for June 2009
Tok Guru vs Tok Guru
By Shanon Shah“If you are not a fisher[folk], you cannot talk about fishing. It’s the same with SIS (Sisters in Islam), if you do not have knowledge about Islam, you cannot talk about Islam.” PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, on why he is adamant that the Muslim women’s non-governmental organisation should still be silenced despite […]
Unity through division
By Yow Hong ChiehWE need more division in Malaysian society. We need it to foster oneness. It may be pessimistic to think that the goal of inter-ethnic harmony will never be achieved otherwise but the fact is, large-scale relations in our society are still organised exclusively along communal lines. One need only look to the proposed “unity” talks […]
Gerakan Youth opposes use of PPPA on internet
By Deborah LohPETALING JAYA, 12 June 2000: Gerakan Youth is against a Home Ministry proposal to use the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984 on the internet media. Youth chief Lim Si Pin criticised the suggestion by the ministry’s secretary-general, Datuk Mahmood Adam, who was reported in the China Press recently as saying that the act might […]
Hadi Awang owes DAP, PKR an apology: Karpal
PENANG, 12 June 2009: DAP chairperson Karpal Singh said today PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang owed an apology to both the DAP and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) for having proposed unity talks with Umno in what he described as a “clear breach of sincerity”. Karpal He said the DAP had criticised PAS leaders […]
Doctors: No political will to eradicate dengue
By Gan Pei LingPETALING JAYA, 12 June 2009: Don’t blame private doctors for the dengue epidemic, the Federation of Private Medical Practitioners’ Associations Malaysia said today. Its medical affairs committee representative Dr Ng Swee Choon said the disease continued to plague Malaysians because the authorities lacked the political will to enforce eradication measures. (Pic by enimal / sxc.hu) […]
RM30 mil needed to rebuild Brickfields
KUALA LUMPUR, 12 June 2009: A RM30 million allocation is needed to turn Brickfields into a tourist attraction known as “Little India”, Deputy Federal Territories Minister Datuk M Saravanan said today. He said the plan would include diversion of roads into one-way streets, road widening, construction of a multistorey car park, and setting up stalls […]
Inquiry board to investigate fight in Sg Buloh prison
KUALA LUMPUR, 12 June 2009: The Prisons Department has set up an inquiry board to investigate a fight that broke out between inmates and staff at the Sungai Buloh prison yesterday. A statement issued by the Home Ministry today stated that the investigation would be conducted to also determine the cause of the fight. “It […]
Audit committee to monitor waste contract in S’gor
By Gan Pei LingPETALING JAYA, 12 June 2009: The Selangor government will form an audit committee to monitor its waste management contracts to ensure that Selangor citizens are provided with value-for-money services, Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim said. He said the audit committee would coordinate closely with solid waste management company Alam Flora Sdn Bhd to ensure […]
Health Ministry steps up measures to tackle pandemic (Updated 6.25pm)
Updated at 6.25pm, 12 June 2009 PUTRAJAYA, 12 June 2009: The Health Ministry is to step up surveillance, preventive and control measures now that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Influenza A(H1N1) a pandemic, Director-General of Health Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said today. The ministry would be guided by the National Influenza […]
