Posted in Activities, Party on Dec 30th, 2006 No Comments »
I attended the annual dinner of Melaka DAP on 29 December. The dinner was held in the state office of DAP. The whole hall was full，packed with more than 40 tables.
YB Goh Liang Shan first gave his welcome speech. It was followed by Dr Boo, DAP Johor Chairperson. Lim Guan Eng also attended and spoke […]
Posted in Activities, Friends & Family on Dec 30th, 2006 No Comments »
My old house in Melaka was hit by flood too. I remember in the 70s, when I was quite small, we had a big flood. Our whole family had to be evacuated.
This time round, though it was not as serious, the psychological trauma for the residents was not less. Our family is no longer living […]
Posted in Activities, Labour on Dec 29th, 2006 No Comments »
I took a quick trip to Bangkok for a training organized by ICEM. Bro. Yoon who is the project coordinator of ICEM Asia-Pacific invited Labour Resource Center to join the workshop on international labour standard. The one-day workshop was prepared for the trade union of the Thailand Chemical Industry.
I was asked to do an one-hour […]
Posted in Activities, Party on Dec 28th, 2006 No Comments »
A public talk was held in the Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall on the toll hike. This was part of the anti-toll hike coalition campaign. The coalition was formed on 18 December. This morning 27 December, a delegation of parties and NGOs under the coalition “Gabungan Protes Kenaikan Tol” went to PM office to hand […]
Posted in Activities, Party on Dec 28th, 2006 No Comments »
A delegation of 60-70 people gathered at the PM Office at 10.30am. Most of the participants of the gathering were unionists from MTUC. Several of us gave speeches at the lawn in front of the PM Office.
Then 10 representatives from the Coalition went into the office. The delegation headed by Syed Shahir was met by […]
Posted in Viewpoint, Politics on Dec 27th, 2006 1 Comment »
Perdana Menteri Bercuti!!
Prime Minister on holiday!!
Gabungan Protes Kenaikan Tol went to Putrajaya to hand over a memorandum to the PM this morning, only to find out that the PM is not in the cabinet meeting. “PM is on leave” we were told by the officials.
To me it is shocking. The country is in deep crisis […]
Posted in Activities, Party on Dec 26th, 2006 No Comments »
PROTES KENAIKAN TOL
(Gabungan Parti Pembangkang, Kesatuan Pekerja dan NGO)
Kenyataan Media
25 Disember 2006
CERAMAH UMUM BANTAH KENAIKAN TOL PADA 27 DISEMBER
Gabungan parti pembangkang, kesatuan pekerja dan NGO – PROTES KENAIKAN TOL, akan menganjurkan satu ceramah umum “Bantah Kenaikan Tol” pada 27 Disember (Rabu), jam 8 malam di Dewan Perhimpunan Cina Selangor, Jln Maharajalela, Selangor.
Penceramah yang akan […]
Posted in Culture, Festival on Dec 25th, 2006 No Comments »
Merry Xmas! In our modern age, Christmas has become more and more like a day for Santa Claus; rather than a mass for Christ. Children got excited with sock-full of gifts and funny white-bearded man in red-robe ho-ho-ho around shopping malls. Thanks to commercialism, Santa’s has overshadowed Christ in Xmas (we now even spell it […]
Posted in Viewpoint, Politics on Dec 24th, 2006 No Comments »
Malaysia is witnessing our own Katrina. The problem is not so much the flood, but the incompetence of the authorities to deal with crisis. People died not from natural calamity but the disarray or rather the absence of the rescue contingency.
Three days into the crisis, PM was still holidaying with his nice yacht, I supposed. […]
Posted in Viewpoint, Politics on Dec 21st, 2006 2 Comments »
I took this picture from the ferry on Bosphorus, June 2006
Pak Lah was having a good time in Turkey. I was in Istanbul June this year, and fortunate enough to have the opportunity to cruise on the Bosphorus. It was a marvelous experience. I could imagine no mortal could resist splendid scenery.
Turkish paper Hurriyet reported […]