Jumaat, 27 Mei 2011

Lim Kit Siang

Lim Kit Siang


Tweetup at Kota Kinabalu and Kuching

Posted: 27 May 2011 06:05 AM PDT

@limkitsiang tweetup details:- Saturday, 28 May 2011, 10am; Kota Kinabalu Shangri La Hotel (conference room), Bandaran Jaya Monday, 30 May 2011, 7pm; Kuching Lot 97, 1st & 2nd Floors, Lorong 5a, Jalan Datuk Abang Abdul Rahim, 93450 Kuching, Sarawak. All are welcome.

Gov’t to announce power tariff hike on Monday

Posted: 27 May 2011 03:09 AM PDT

Malaysiakini | May 27, 11 The National Economic Council (NEC) has today approved an increase in the electricity tariff but details will only be announced on Monday. The NEC convened today in Putrajaya at a meeting involving several cabinet ministers chaired by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak. Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Peter Chin [...]

Sabah KDM BN parties must be firm on gerrymandering

Posted: 27 May 2011 03:08 AM PDT

By Daniel John Jambun (loyarburok.com) | May 27, 2011 The Malaysian Insider MAY 27 — It had recently been announced that the Election Commission is planning to change yet again the boundaries of the state and parliamentary constituencies throughout the country. And so far, strangely, nobody has made any statement about the matter although we [...]

Page wants Putrajaya to make stand on English

Posted: 27 May 2011 03:05 AM PDT

By Clara Chooi | May 27, 2011 The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — Pro-English language lobby group Page today pleaded with the Najib administration to stop delaying its decision on re-introducing PPSMI (Teaching of Science and Mathematics in English) as an option in schools. Page chairman Datin Noor Azimah Abdul Rahim revealed to [...]

Let us be blasphemous!

Posted: 26 May 2011 09:57 PM PDT

By Zan Azlee | May 27, 2011 The Malaysian Insider MAY 27 — I am no longer a believer and will burn in hell for questioning Islam. And, by raising and seeking answers to issues that I am in doubt of, my children will even grow up to have sex with animals. These are some [...]

Of forest spirits and conservation

Posted: 26 May 2011 09:43 PM PDT

By June Rubis | May 27, 2011 The Malaysian Insider MAY 27 — The problem with conservation work is this: when you have finally done a right, it feels like a wrong. I had only been based in central Kalimantan for less than a year, when the first major controversy of the conservation project that [...]

Di antara Gerakan dan DAP

Posted: 26 May 2011 09:40 PM PDT

By Wan Hamidi | May 27, 2011 The Malaysian Insider 27 MEI — Ada sebuah parti politik yang hampir semua pemimpin dan anggotanya adalah dari kaum Cina walau pun ia menegaskan perjuangannya untuk semua kaum. Matlamatnya ialah mewujudkan Malaysia yang bersatu, mengamalkan keadilan sosial dan bersifat sekular. Ia juga mahu mewujudkan masyarakat yang mempunyai hak [...]

10 Days in May (36)

Posted: 26 May 2011 09:01 PM PDT

Tweets @limkitsiang:- TBH RCI Sabarni’s family has cried out “Justice 4Sarbani” just as TBH family had been crying “Justice 4TBH” for 22 mths http://bit.ly/lMG3DL 11:44am TBH Sarbani Amirnuddin Kugan latest case 17yr-old MohdJohariAbuBakar shot by police in Dengkil 13May tragic fatal cases put govt in dock 11:51am MACC must come clean on TBH death – [...]

LRT lobbying tests Najib’s resolve to push public tenders

Posted: 26 May 2011 08:31 PM PDT

The Malaysian Insider | May 27, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — The award of a contract to upgrade the light rail transit (LRT) line to European engineering powerhouse Balfour Beatty has sparked intense lobbying which is testing Datuk Seri Najib Razak's commitment to public tenders. According to a report in today's Singapore Straits Times, [...]

Pua: Water bonds premium price abuse of public funds

Posted: 26 May 2011 08:28 PM PDT

By Yow Hong Chieh | May 27, 2011 The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — The federal government's decision to buy back Selangor water bonds at a significant premium is not only an abuse of taxpayers' monies but borders on the outrageous, Tony Pua has said. Quoting The Edge Financial Daily, the DAP publicity [...]

10 Days in May (35)

Posted: 26 May 2011 08:20 PM PDT

Tweets @limkitsiang:- DAP-Christian Msia May7 front-page not 1st time Utusan exploited bogey. Its worst example. Y it must be stopped @mpkotabelud does not know? 10:57am Pathetic.MCA Ministers still dare not teamup w BN moderates 2demand action agnst Utusan though CSL shouts:MCA will stick 2stand! What stand? 11:06am No 2ways abt it.Utusan May7 ChristianMsia bogey height [...]

Gov’t scholarships: Don’t be disheartened, Heama

Posted: 26 May 2011 07:40 PM PDT

‘Have the inner strength to carry on your struggle despite this setback. Persevere. The world out there is waiting for you to explore.’ High achiever’s PSD scholarship dreams dashed Pemerhati: The Sun reported Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Nazri Abdul Aziz as saying that of the 300 scholarships that were given based on merit, [...]

Too many top scorers, not enough scholarships

Posted: 26 May 2011 07:38 PM PDT

Malaysiakini Your Say | May 27, 11 ‘Perhaps the major problem is not there are too few scholarships, but too many applicants from an examination that have too many top scorers.’ High achiever’s PSD scholarship dreams dashed Wfworker: While I sympathise with parents with ‘brilliant’ children, I like to relate two incidents regarding my friends’ [...]

Life is still good here

Posted: 26 May 2011 07:24 PM PDT

By Malik T | May 26, 2011 The Malaysian Insider MAY 26 — It's a wee bit late for me but I did consider encouraging my kids to move to Australia and for me to get a property for them there. However, I was not keen to do so for the following reasons: 1. The [...]

High achiever’s PSD scholarship dreams dashed

Posted: 26 May 2011 07:24 PM PDT

By S Pathmawathy | May 26, 11 Malaysiakini Every year, we hear stories of high achievers not being able to secure government scholarships to pursue the courses of their choice despite fulfilling the necessary requirements. Heamanthaa Padmanaban was among those who had suffered this setback to follow her ambition to study medicine abroad and also [...]

Keluarga: ‘Kami nak tahu apa status kes Sarbaini’

Posted: 26 May 2011 05:40 PM PDT

Oleh Syed Mu'az Syed PutraThe Malaysian Insider May 27, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, 27 Mei — Keluarga Allahyarham Ahmad Sarbaini Mohamed mahu polis mendedahkan perkembangan terbaru hasil siasatan kematian penolong pengarah Kastam Diraja Malaysia itu dua bulan lalu. Ini kerana, menurut sumber yang rapat dengan keluarga Ahmad Sarbaini, sehingga kini masih tiada perkembangan, menyebabkan keluarga itu [...]

Wary of flip-flop tag, Cabinet dithers over English

Posted: 26 May 2011 05:17 PM PDT

By Clara Chooi The Malaysian Insider May 27, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — The Najib administration has not decided on switching back to English for Science and Mathematics (PPSMI) because several Cabinet ministers feel any change would be another embarrassing flip-flop. The Malaysian Insider understands the Cabinet has discussed the issue but ministers are [...]

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