Posted in Politics, Viewpoint on Oct 25th, 2006 No Comments »
Mahathir told Pak Lah on the Buka Puasa meeting last Monday that Malaysia has turned into a police state. He said the government was preventing him from airing his grievances, and said that the police had pressured people who invited him to speak at public gatherings, including at branches of Umno.
This is what Mahathir told [...]
Posted in Activities, Parliament Batu on Oct 24th, 2006 No Comments »
I paid a Raya visit to Daud (brown baju melayu in photos) of Kg Puah this morning. He is now moved to a house next to the river. Accompanying me were Pei Nei (green shirt) and Qian Yi (purple).
Daud was a resident of long house in Kg Pauh Seberang. On 1 June this year, his [...]
Posted in Festival on Oct 24th, 2006 1 Comment »
Masjid Al Quds, Palestine: We shall not forget the suffering of a nation waiting for liberation
Selamat Hari Raya
Selamat Lebaran
Minal Aidin Wal Fa Idzin
Malaysians are celebrating Eid ul-Fitr today (Oct 24). However, many other muslim countries declared Eid a day earlier i.e. Oct 23. In Indonesia, the spirit of pluralism in Islam is trully reflected. There [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Oct 23rd, 2006 2 Comments »
The haze has been very depressing. I had a bad cough and running nose since Thursday (19 Oct). When this environmental destruction got to stop?
The pollution of air is affecting me the most. I think many people feel the same. I feel like we are fish living in toxic water and waiting eventually to [...]
Posted in Politics, Viewpoint on Oct 22nd, 2006 No Comments »
I was doing some work with my backyard last week, and bought a bag of sand for cement mix. Found the sand was packed with a recycled fertilizer ‘gunny’ sack (It is not really made of gunny/jute, but synthetic fiber).
On the sack it was printed as government-gift. For years, the government provides free fertilizer [...]
Posted in Activities, Art on Oct 22nd, 2006 1 Comment »
From Linggi, we took the old road back to Melaka. The journey took me through Lubok Cina. The area is located at the border between Negeri Sembilan and Melaka. It got its name from an incident of a Chinese junk capsize on the river mouth in ancient time. Nobody could tell when exactly this happened. [...]
Posted in Activities on Oct 21st, 2006 No Comments »
Went with Beth Yaph to Melaka last weekend (20 Oct). On our journey to Melaka, decided to stop by Linggi. I haven’t been to Linggi for a very long time. My last visit was probably 1999 or 2000. My visit was probably connected to Teluk Kemang by-election.
If I remember correctly, I must have come to [...]
Posted in Activities, Labour on Oct 19th, 2006 No Comments »
The picket was led by Sdr. Shafie Mamal, who is the General Secretary of National Union of Telecommunication Employees (NUTE). Syed Shahir, President of Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) attended the picket to express solidarity.
Below: Shafie Mamal (first left); Syed Shahir (2nd left)
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The campaign against the outsourcing of Telekom call centers [...]
Posted in Activities, Labour on Oct 18th, 2006 No Comments »
Telekom workers went for picket on 17 October in three loction. One was held in Menara Telekom in Bangsar KL. The action was a follow-up from last week picket.
Telekom workers are protesting against the privatisation of certain sections. This will be resulting employees in these sections losing their rights as union members. Further, as one [...]
Posted in Festival on Oct 18th, 2006 No Comments »