By LOURDES CHARLES, The StarMonday June 23, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR: Police will be calling up Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamaruddin to investigate allegations in his recent statutory declaration on purported facts related to the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said the three individuals named in the document filed … Read more
Written by Bernama, Published by The Star Monday June 23, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR: Low-income earners, including civil servants, can apply for permits to start small businesses, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. He said this covered petty trading and hawker’s licences at agricultural markets (pasar tani), night markets and for trading in housing … Read more
By SIRA HABIBU, The Star Monday June 23, 2008 ALOR STAR: Information on poor Malaysians will be listed in the e-kasih database by year-end. Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Mohd Johari Baharum said the database could be used to ensure fair distribution of assistance and check overlapping of aid programmes. The Implementation … Read more
By K. Harinderan, New Straits Times Monday June 23, 2008 Participants show concern during a forum on The Future of Kuala Lumpur. KUALA LUMPUR: Not enough consideraton has been given towards providing a better quality of life in the city in the drafting of the Kuala Lumpur Draft City Plan 2020. Khairiah Talha says the … Read more
Monday, June 23, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR: The Kuala Lumpur Draft City Plan 2020 makes no reference to the environment and makes no provision for green lungs and proper amenities in the city says an environmentalist. The plan is too narrow in its focus and many important issues are looked at on a piecemeal … Read more
Fewer things are more important in the Malaysian political world than rights. Whenever we talk politics, it boils down to our rights — the rights of the Malays, the rights of the Chinese, the rights of the Indians, the rights of the East Malaysians, the rights of the Muslims; it goes on and on and … Read more
1st Draft (22.12.07)2ndDraft(30.12.07)3rdDraft(05.02.08) I view the illegal gathering of 25.11.07 as a wake-up call. It consisted mainly of young and disadvantaged Indians. Unless their grievances are addressed their unhappiness may only get worse. The detention on 13.12.07 of the gathering’s organizers and advisors under the ISA is likely to turn them into martyrs and aggravate … Read more
Rationalizing The Role of Government Prime Minister Abdullah and his civil servant accountants delude themselves into believing that the government could actually “save??? RM2 billion merely by reducing ministerial allowances. The only way to effectively and substantially reduce the cost of government is to first rationalize its function. As for any savings, Abdullah would achieve … Read more
RAJA AZIZ ADDRUSE AND HELEN TING, Columnists, New Straits TimesJune 22, 2008 THE electoral results in March have stirred up great hope among many that it signals the birth of a “new politics”, whereby race-based rhetoric seems to have faltered as the magic formula for a big win by the Barisan Nasional. Political observers are … Read more
Sunday June 22, 2008 PETALING JAYA: The consumer price index (CPI) for May rose to a 22-month high of 3.8% year-on-year and economists expect the CPI for June to almost double. JP Morgan Equity Research said core inflation, excluding food and transportation, had increased only slightly, while the main factor for the surge in the … Read more