Posted in Activities, Party on Sep 30th, 2006 No Comments »
Several Chinese KeADILan leaders including Dr Lee Boon Chye and I from various states gathered in Ipoh this Saturday (30 September) to discuss ways to boast Chinese members. The meeting was held from16:00hr to about 18:00hr at KeADILan state office in Ipoh.
We concluded that this is the best opportunity to launch a mass membership drive, [...]
Posted in Activities on Sep 30th, 2006 No Comments »
Visit to Lukut & Nearby Towns, Part 2
On our drive from Tanah Merah Site C to Site A, we (Ginie was with me in the car) met an injured bird in the middle of the road. It must have been hit by a car just ahead of us as the poor thing was still struggle [...]
Posted in Activities, Party on Sep 30th, 2006 No Comments »
Part 1
Long time I have not visited Lukut and the nearby areas. This Saturday, Ginie and I made a trip to Lukut as part of our campaign to sell mooncake. It was also an opportunity to meet up with old friends and greet them happy Mid-Autumn Festival.
I got acquainted with this area and its people [...]
Posted in Politics, Viewpoint on Sep 26th, 2006 No Comments »
Marginalization is a buzz word now. It is actually quite a mouthful trying to pronounce but the magic word managed to get so many people upset.
Earlier Gerakan was upset with Khairy talking about marginalization of Malay in Penang. Lately Umno got pretty upset with Lee Kuan Yew for commenting on marginalization of Chinese in Malaysia, [...]
Posted in Activities, Party on Sep 22nd, 2006 2 Comments »
The forum was attended by more than 100 people. It was chaired by Dr Lee Boon Chye. I was the first speaker, and followed by Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim.
The main point of Khalid Ibrahim was that Budget 2007 failed to address the structural problems of Malaysian economy. The portion of operation expenditure and development expenditure [...]
Posted in Activities, Party on Sep 21st, 2006 2 Comments »
I am not an expert in economy. But I will join Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim in tonight Economic Forum organized by Parti Keadilan Rakyat. The forum titled “Budget 2007 and the future of Malaysian economy†will be held in Hotel Excelsior Ipoh. With Tan Sri’s vast experience in the corporate and financial material, I will [...]
Posted in Activities, Parliament Batu on Sep 21st, 2006 1 Comment »
The ancesters of Kampong Chubadak residents migrated from Bukit Tinggi areas Minangkabau and settled here since 1820s, or earlier. The place must be quite deserted then. I remembered some 15 years ago, my impression of Gombak was a rural area, with several Orang Asli settlements. Today urbanization has totally encircled the area, leaving only a [...]
Posted in Activities, Parliament Batu on Sep 20th, 2006 2 Comments »
Kampong Chubadak is one of the oldest Malay village in Kuala Lumpur. It was established by Minangkabau migrant from Sumatra, and was named after the name where the pioneers came from.
The new Duta-Ulu Kelang (DUKE) Highway will run through the kampong and the entire population will be uprooted. The residents have been for years fighting [...]
Posted in Activities, Human Rights, Politics on Sep 18th, 2006 1 Comment »
My Burmese friends sent me a sms this morning. A group of young Burmese activists who are affiliated to the Malaysian chapter of National League of Democracy (NLD) would be demonstrating in front of Burmese/Myanmar embassy at about 10.30hr.
18 September is a date to commemorate. The military junta took power 18 years ago. In [...]
Posted in Politics, Viewpoint on Sep 18th, 2006 No Comments »
Parti KeADILan sole ADUN Dominique Ng led a small group of supporters to celebrate 16 September National in Kuching (see report in KeADILan Sarawak website). However the activity was not endorsed as an official event in Sarawak. The Chief Minister of Sarawak was totally silent and no ceremony was held on this historical day. (also [...]