Alexis Bledel yang berwatak Rory Gilmore dari siri Gilmore Girls (© Ed Schipul / Flickr) BILA saya demam, saya suka tengok siri Gilmore Girls. Baru minggu lepas saya demam teruk sampai menggigil-gigil. Jadi saya pun terbongkanglah depan televisyen, menonton DVD Gilmore Girls dua hari berturut-turut. Untuk mereka yang tidak tahu, Gilmore Girls mengikuti perjalanan hidup […]
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Umno reforms meet inertia
By Shanon ShahKhairy, Rosnah and Shahrizat (Rosnah pic courtesy of Merdeka Review) THE 60th Umno general assembly has been touted as one in which the biggest political party in Malaysia will set much-needed reforms in motion. But if the party’s Youth, Wanita and Puteri wings’ assemblies on 14 Oct 2009 are any indication, it looks as though […]
Amend law on birth registration
By Datin Paduka Chew Mei FunSHARING in the grief of the fiancé and family over their tragic loss of Teoh Beng Hock, Wanita MCA calls on the government to register Teoh as the father of [his unborn child] upon [his or her] birth. Wanita MCA also wants the government to amend the existing law which necessitates the physical presence of […]
Mencapai kuota 30% wanita
Oleh Suraya YaacobWanita Umno di pilihanraya Umno SAYA melalui pemilihan Umno yang lepas dengan baik. Alhamdulilah saya mendapat sokongan dari perwakilan Wanita bahagian-bahagian seluruh Malaysia. Tercedera? Pastinya. Ini baru pemilihan di dalam Wanita Umno. Di peringkat yang lebih tinggi, Majlis Tertinggi Umno, hanya seorang wanita yang berjaya. Kalau begini, macam mana negara hendak mencapai sasaran kuota 30% […]
Make Penan report public, PKR says
By Zedeck SiewKUALA LUMPUR, 25 June 2009: The women’s wing of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) wants the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry to not only release the Penan task force report to the public, but to also table it for debate in Parliament. “What is stopping the Malaysian government from publicising the report of the investigation? The repeated […]
PKR Wanita challenges Shahrizat
By Zedeck SiewKUALA LUMPUR, 23 June 2009: PKR Wanita has challenged Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil to enact a policy that ensures 30% women’s representation in government within six months, or resign. PKR Wanita chief Zuraida Kamaruddin also pointed out that Shahrizat’s claim that the idea of a 30% quota for women’s representation was hers was factually inaccurate. […]
PKR: Clearer policy needed on gender representation
By Zedeck SiewKUALA LUMPUR, 16 June 2009: The women’s wing of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) wants Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil to come up with a clearer national women’s policy on gender representation. “This issue needs political will. We want to see that from the government,” PKR Wanita chief Zuraida Kamaruddin said at […]
Wanita MCA: “Talibanisation” by PAS (Updated 4pm)
By Deborah LohUpdated 4pm on 7 June 2009 SHAH ALAM, 7 June 2009: “Talibanisation” — that’s what Wanita MCA considers the views of some PAS delegates who wanted women reporters at the PAS muktamar to cover their heads and be segregated from men. Chew Mei Fun (Source: wanita.mca.org.my) Calling it “narrow-minded thinking”, Wanita MCA chief Datin Paduka […]
PKR’s letter of demand served on Aminah
By Shanon ShahBUKIT MERTAJAM, 28 May 2009: Penanti by-election independent candidate Aminah Abdullah has received a letter of demand from Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) over her comments about the party. The former Wanita PKR chief for Penang said she received the legal notice at 10am today. “I will now refer the notice to my lawyer for further […]
Hishamuddin: SMS rumours on Najib false
SUNGAI PETANI, 2 Apr 2009: The public should disregard SMS-es that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong will not approve Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s appointment as prime minister tomorrow, said Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hussein. He said the SMS-es were baseless. “Remember, there were SMS-es claiming the Barisan Nasional (BN) federal government would fall due to […]
