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Malaysiakini proudly declares that its Newsmaker of the Year is…

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For thinking the unthinkable and daring to achieve it, Malaysiakini proudly declares that its Newsmaker of the Year is… http://zorro-zorro-unmasked.blogspot.com/2008/12/for-thinking-unthinkable-and-daring-to.htmlWednesday, December 31, 2008 THE RAKYAT BARISAN RAKYAT They found unity in the diversity – everyone was pissed off but for different reasons, and there was no dearth of deep-seated, festering complaints:     * the spike … Read more

The Earthinc on Government’s Encouraging Junk Bonds?

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Of time to invest in junk bonds http://maddruid.com/?p=2007 December 25, 2008  The Economic Council is contemplating the establishment of an entity to guarantee bonds with low ratings. The Economic Council, a high-level advisory body chaired by the Prime Minister, has proposed to set up an entity to guarantee bond issues with lower ratings. Economic advisers … Read more

Rocky on Special Message from AirAsia Boss…and F1

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  Happy New Year from the boss of “a Malaysian company” http://rockybru.com.my/2008/12/happy-new-year-from-boss-of-malaysian.html By Ahirudin Attan aka rockybru Saturday, December 27, 2008   This is not an advertisement.  I’m doing a separate posting on Tony Fernandes because:     1) he’s responding to my article dated 25/12/08, Air Asia pulls out of F1?    2) he’s got a … Read more

Ancient Mariner on PKFZ Fiasco – Deception Reprised

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Treachery… Again http://cyusof.blogspot.com/2008/12/treachery-again.html By Capt Yusof Ahmad aka Ancient Mariner Sunday, December 21, 2008 Transport Minister Ong Tee Keat, who promised a couple of days ago to reveal all in the RM4.6 billion Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) debacle, offered instead a gloating testimonial of his own apparent success in revitalising the scandal-ridden project that … Read more

IJN Sale to Sime Darby — Intriques

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 Cabinet shelves IJN bid http://rockybru.com.my/2008/12/cabinet-shelves-ijn-bid.html  By Ahirudin Attan aka rockybru  Friday, December 19, 2008 Christmas gift for Malaysians and heroic doctors. The Cabinet, chaired by Pak Lah, has decided to put off a decision on Slime Darby’s bid to take over the cash-rish National Institute Heart (IJN). Najib is expected to announce this at a … Read more

Human Rights Day Date, Anyone?

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MAKE A DATE WITH…… http://zorro-zorro-unmasked.blogspot.com/2008/12/make-date-with.html By Bernard Khoo aka zorro Whilst we prepare for Christmas, give a thought to thosewho cannot join us in the festivities and visitations. Teater Bilik Sulit December 17, 2008Teater Bilik Sulit is a play that features the untold true accounts of the nature of Police interrogation of the ISA detainees … Read more

Rocky on Sime Darby, Lay thy hands off IJN!

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Hands off IJN, please http://rockybru.com.my/2008/12/hands-off-ijn-please.html  By Ahirudin Attan aka rockybru  Anyone with a heart will be alarmed with Sime Darby’s proposal to take over the IJN and turn it into its own revenue generator. The IJN, of National Heart Institute, was built for the rakyat. The reason why the Government set it up when Dr … Read more

Bakri Musa on Malaysia, oh Malaysia!

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Mindless in Malaysia  http://www.bakrimusa.com/archives/mindless-in-malaysia By Dr M Bakri Musa December 14, 2008 It is disheartening to note that while world leaders from Gordon Brown to Barack Obama are consumed with the evolving global economic crisis – the worse since the Great Depression – Malaysian leaders are obsessed with such trivialities as whether yoga would undermine our faith … Read more

Rocky on fellow Blogger’s Buzz on Language Ding-dong

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Growing up in Singapore … http://rockybru.com.my/2008/12/growing-up-in-singapore.html By Ahirudin Attan aka rockybru Monday, December 15, 2008  “…. we had to bear the scorn and barbs of the Chinese superiority complex and it irritates me when C. L. Sharma in her/his article “Ethnicity, Communal Relations and Education in Malaysia” (1979) described post-independence Malays as being “imbued with … Read more