Rabu, 15 Jun 2011

Lim Kit Siang

Lim Kit Siang


RM63.9m spent on consultants and ETP, GTP open days

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 07:23 AM PDT

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal The Malaysian Insider Jun 15, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 — A total of RM63.9 million was spent to hire consultants for Pemandu and to organise three open days for Government Transformation Plan (GTP) and Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) initiatives, the government said today. Minister in the prime minister's department Tan [...]

Guan Eng: RM13b bloated spending shows IPPs protected

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 03:10 AM PDT

By Clara Chooi The Malaysian Insider Jun 15, 2011 Lim: The only losers are 27 million ordinary consumers who are not IPPs. KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 — The Najib administration's attempt to increase its 2011 budget by RM13 billion is proof of its failure to control spending even after slashing subsidies on daily essentials, DAP's [...]

Yen Yen, explain ‘Curi-curi’ M’sia

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 03:05 AM PDT

Tarani Palani Free Malaysia Today June 15, 2011 If the minister fails to provide a proper explanation for the RM1.8 million ‘splurge’, an opposition MP warns that netizens may bay for her blood. KUALA LUMPUR: Due to the growing discontent, an opposition leader urged Tourism Minister Dr Ng Yen Yen to explain why RM1.8 million [...]

Christian leader wants Putrajaya tested over Alkitab vows

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 12:58 AM PDT

The Malaysian Insider Jun 15, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 — The leader of the country's evangelical churches has asked Christians to hold the government accountable to its promises during the recent Sarawak elections by importing more Malay bibles. "Go and import more Bibles and see if the [Home Ministry] stops us. Print the Bibles [...]

A nation in crisis

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 12:47 AM PDT

by Stanley Koh Free Malaysia Today June 15, 2011 Is the barometer of our nation's social health showing critical signs of a national coma? Is our nation mentally sick? COMMENT Between now and the first quarter of 2012, the temperature in anticipation of the next general election is likely to heighten as Malaysians will go [...]

Why Is Perkasa Against Bersih?

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 11:59 PM PDT

By Kee Thuan Chye | 14 June 2011 Malaysian Digest MANY people have come to regard Ibrahim Ali as a clown, including Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nazri Aziz. One hopes Ibrahim was just talking like a clown when he recently announced that his organization, Perkasa, would oppose the planned Bersih 2.0 rally on [...]

From Keris to Christian

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 11:58 PM PDT

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DAP masterminding UMNO for more than four decades?

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 09:53 PM PDT

UMNO's Utusan Malaysia has today concocted a new wild allegation – accusing DAP of masterminding PAS' welfare state agenda as a cover for the DAP's Malaysian Malaysia concept. Based on Utusan's latest wild accusation, I am wondering whether to confess that DAP had been masterminding UMNO for more than four decades. Let me put it [...]

The human face of enterprise

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 08:59 PM PDT

By KJ John Jun 14, 11 | The Malaysian Insider I disagree with Pas president Abdul Hadi Awang about his welfare state idea or ideal. Socialism had the same ideal and idea; but, it is now almost dead. Cuba is its last frontier and is closing down soon. Some others have called the same type [...]

Cyber channels for GE13

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 08:44 PM PDT

By Oon Yeoh Jun 14, 11 | MalaysiaKini I clicked with interest on an article on this website titled Umno needs better ‘cyber warfare unit’. I was hoping to gain some insight into cyber strategies the party has in mind for the next general election, which seems to be looming. But alas, it was just [...]

The failure of our institutions

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 08:32 PM PDT

By Art Harun June 15, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JUNE 15 — When Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) opened a Twitter account some months ago, I was actually pleasantly surprised that it chose to follow my Twitter account. I promptly decided to return the compliment by following MACC on Twitter. From then on, I could [...]

Sarbaini kin reject inquest, demand RCI

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 08:28 PM PDT

By Syed Mu'az Syed Putra June 15, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 — The family of Selangor Customs assistant director Ahmad Sarbaini Mohamed has rejected Putrajaya's decision to hold an inquest into his death and are insisting instead on a royal commission of inquiry (RCI). The inquest, to be presided over [...]

Where is the accountability factor?

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 08:25 PM PDT

By Edwin Yapp Jun 15, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JUNE 15 — I had been away on a break but being the news junkie I am, I had been following various interesting news even while on vacation. One that certainly caught my eye was the item reported in The Malaysian Insider, as well as [...]

Why are dinosaurs championing the arts?

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 08:15 PM PDT

By Erna Mahyuni Jun 15, 2011 JUNE 15 — As anyone in the arts will tell you, the government has consistently failed both the arts and its practitioners. Take the recent debacle involving Artistes Day 2011, where Bernama reported Information, Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim bemoaning the lacklustre response of arts [...]

While Najib claims welfare state, Utusan says DAP masterminds

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 08:12 PM PDT

By Shannon Teoh June 15, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 — Umno's Utusan Malaysia today accused DAP of masterminding PAS's new welfare state agenda as a cover for its Malaysian Malaysia concept. This comes despite Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's recent arguments that the Umno-led Barisan Nasional (BN) has already [...]

When the Joneses get too far ahead

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 08:01 PM PDT

By Zairil Khir Johari Jun 15, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JUNE 15 — "What do you think?" asked the elderly taxi driver as he slapped his steering wheel in frustration. "Look at this jam. Even though the government makes it so expensive, people have so many cars. Not small cars. Look around. All big [...]

The silliness of claiming ownership over wrongs

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 07:51 PM PDT

By Sakmongkol AK47 June 15, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JUNE 15 — The problem with Umno goons is that they want to claim ownership on some indefensible issue. This is silly, because people will start viewing Umno as an organisation that stands on the side of abuse, of corruption, of mis-governance and as a [...]

Let’s see who’s bigger, Perkasa dares Bersih

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 07:47 PM PDT

By Shannon Teoh June 15, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 — Claiming the support of 36 NGOs, Perkasa threw down the gauntlet last night to organisers of the Bersih gathering to see who could rally more support when the two groups face off in the federal capital on July 9. The [...]

Malaysia bracing for Anonymous onslaught, says IGP

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 07:40 PM PDT

June 15, 2011 | Reuters KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 — Malaysia has beefed up security ahead of a threatened hacking attack of its official government website by internet vigilante group Anonymous for government acts of censorship and will track down the activists, the police chief said today. In an attack codenamed "Operation Malaysia", Anonymous said [...]

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