Khamis, 19 Mei 2011

Lim Kit Siang

Lim Kit Siang

News portal Merdeka Review sends SOS for funds

Posted: 19 May 2011 04:48 AM PDT

Malaysiakini | May 19, 11 Independent Chinese news portal Merdeka Review is facing closure at the end of this month as their funders, who have hitherto remained anonymous, have suddenly decided to pull out. In a statement today, the news portal appealed for public donations and investors to meet its RM60,000 monthly expenditure. “You decide [...]

Implications of GTP on ETP-2: Government facilitation

Posted: 19 May 2011 04:45 AM PDT

By Dr. Daphne Loke | May 18, 2011 The Malaysian Insider May 18 — This article concerns the numerous private sector projects proposed for development and have been left to languish indefinitely in the hands of government departments at the proposal stage. I remember applying for an IPTS license many years ago. The department concerned [...]

IPP subsidies under review

Posted: 19 May 2011 04:36 AM PDT

By Lee Wei Lian | May 19, 2011 The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — The controversial gas subsidies for independent power producers (IPPs) are under review but no decision has been made yet, said Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah today. "We have done a discussion and study under the [...]

‘Actors of influence’ in Najib government named in Wikileaks cable

Posted: 19 May 2011 04:35 AM PDT

By Yow Hong Chieh | May 19, 2011 The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — US diplomatic cables leaked and published on Malaysia Today earlier this evening have singled out 19 key business leaders as "actors of influence" in Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's inner circle. The cable, written to help the US [...]

Mat Zain says Najib risks losing Muslim support over Datuk T

Posted: 19 May 2011 04:24 AM PDT

By Clara Chooi | May 19, 2011 The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — A retired senior police cop today warned Datuk Seri Najib Razak of a severe Muslim backlash if he failed to punish the "Datuk T" trio for "ridiculing" Islam when they attended a recent sumpah laknat ceremony in a mosque wearing [...]

Guan Eng: Act against JPA ‘Little Napoleans’

Posted: 19 May 2011 03:30 AM PDT

By Susan Loone | May 19, 11 Malaysiakini Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has condemned the Public Services Department (JPA) for failing to provide scholarships to deserving students, a mistake being continuously repeated. Lim said the JPA, in disbursing its scholarships recently, ‘cannot get their act together’ as they failed to differentiate between top [...]

Why I work and stay overseas

Posted: 19 May 2011 03:26 AM PDT

By A Bumi | May 19, 2011 The Malaysian Insider MAY 19 — I am a Malay working overseas. I find working in Malaysia unattractive due to the following reasons. I don't want to belabour the points, so I list them down in point form: Chinese chauvinism/racism • Most private organisations including TMI are dominated [...]

Guan Eng renews call for Utusan censure

Posted: 19 May 2011 03:24 AM PDT

By Debra Chong | May 19, 2011 The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein must punish Umno's Utusan Malaysia for stirring racial tensions with its unsubstantiated Christian Malaysia report now that a reliable witness has spoken up, Lim Guan Eng said today. The DAP secretary-general was referring to [...]

Living in my kind of country

Posted: 19 May 2011 03:23 AM PDT

By Kaycee | May 19, 2011 The Malaysian Insider MAY 19 — In 1962 I left for Sydney to further my studies and returned in 1968 where I obtained my first middle management position as night manager of the Hotel Merlin Kuala Lumpur until the political turmoil in 1969 which I witnessed with much sadness. [...]

10 days in May (18)

Posted: 19 May 2011 02:46 AM PDT

Tweets @limkitsiang:- TBH RCI- Y ShafeeAbdullah as counsel did not advise MACC 2admit responsibility 4TeohBengHock’s death as TBH was under MACC custody premises? Then MACC shld fully co-operated w RCI 2establish actual circumstances of TBH death. No. MACC denied 2very end – with lies cover-ups. What Shafie meant when said focus TBH’s death x on [...]

PKR faces de-registration threat

Posted: 19 May 2011 02:49 AM PDT

By Shannon Teoh | May 19, 2011 The Malaysian Insider PETALING JAYA, May 19 — PKR is facing de-registration after receiving a show-cause letter from the Registrar of Societies (RoS) alleging the party had violated its constitution. The RoS said in its letter that PKR had sacked a member without the matter being heard by [...]

‘Leaving behind a toxic legacy for decades’

Posted: 18 May 2011 10:14 PM PDT

By G Vinod | May 19, 2011 Free Malaysia Today PETALING JAYA: Two Australian environmental groups believe that the Lynas rare earth mine in Kuantan would leave a toxic legacy for decades. The environmental groups – Friends of the Earth Australia and the Conservation Council of Western Australia – said that by not revealing the [...]

1Malaysia: ‘Good slogan, poor product’

Posted: 18 May 2011 10:08 PM PDT

By Stephanie Sta Maria | May 19, 2011 Free Malaysia Today PETALING JAYA: The endorsement of unity as the golden key to nation-building is an age-old practice that has not always produced the envisioned borderless society. In the 1960s the military leaders of Burma promoted "Burmese nationalism", but this ideal disintegrated when the ethnic Burmese [...]

Why I am thinking of leaving

Posted: 18 May 2011 10:04 PM PDT

The Malaysian Insider | We asked readers to tell us why they migrated… or are even thinking of migrating. This is one of the stories. MAY 19 — I would like to tell you first-hand why I am thinking of migrating in the future: The salary base of Malaysian employees are low. I am a [...]

Reclaiming our truly Malaysian history

Posted: 18 May 2011 08:50 PM PDT

By Centre for Policy Initiatives Introduction by CPI Below is the first in the CPI series on 'Reclaiming our truly Malaysian history'. The post provides readers with information on the meeting held in Petaling Jaya on May 15 to launch the national campaign on reforming the history curriculum and textbooks. During the next few weeks [...]

Poor have no shield from subsidy cuts, says Pua

Posted: 18 May 2011 08:30 PM PDT

By Yow Hong Chieh | May 19, 2011 The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — Subsidy cuts will widen the gulf between rich and poor in Malaysia if the Najib administration does not cushion the impact of price hikes on lower income groups, DAP publicity chief Tony Pua has said. He said the lack [...]

10 days in May (17)

Posted: 18 May 2011 08:27 PM PDT

Tweets @limkitsiang:- Cabinet silence on Utusan “Christian Msia” bogey/Hisham condonation – thot of “Silence of the Lambs” not Hannibal horror film but metaphor Cabinet let Najib down- exposes Global Movement of Moderates call empty rhetoric. Have BN Ministers read Nades’ article? http://ow.ly/4XSyI Nades asked:”If PM advocate moderation tolerance acceptance Y voices extremism overpowered threatened what [...]

No place in society for those who sow seeds of hatred

Posted: 18 May 2011 07:22 PM PDT

By R. Nadeswaran | 18 May 2011 The Sun THE hallowed corridors of the renowned Sheldonian Theatre at Oxford University have been the scene of the entry of many luminaries whose speeches elucidated its audience. Monday was no different when Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak delivered his address. The packed hall had students, [...]

Of online privacy, PR snafus, and self-righteousness

Posted: 18 May 2011 07:20 PM PDT

By Edwin Yapp | May 19, 2011 The Malaysian Insider MAY 19 — All's fair in love and war, so says the age-old adage. But while this might be true in the old days, all's not necessarily fair at all especially in the cyber age world. Late last week, news broke that Facebook has owned [...]

Native festival lacks spirit

Posted: 18 May 2011 07:17 PM PDT

By Luke Rintod | May 18, 2011 Free Malaysia Today KOTA BELUD: Sabah's main local native festival, Tadau Kaamatan or Harvest Festival, was a shadow of its old self this year. Decorated stalls that are normally put up by government agencies and private companies to exhibit and sell products were absent and uncollected garbage from [...]
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