Posted in Activities, Party on Dec 19th, 2006 1 Comment »
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KeADILan leaders on the stage
After the evening with AccountAbility, Anwar rushed over to Cheras. The State Liaison Committee of Federal Territory and Bahagian Bandar Tun Razak (BTR) organized a public rally in Cheras. The function [...]
Posted in Activities, Party on Dec 19th, 2006 No Comments »
Against toll hike
On 15 December, the government announced the new rates of toll, effective on 1 Jaunary 2007. This seems to us like a new year gift to mock the workers and consumers of Klang Valley.
After discussing with a few people from various organizations, we thought it would be better to organize a joint concerted [...]
Posted in Activities, Friends & Family on Dec 18th, 2006 No Comments »
Suara Keadilan’s graphic artist, Azwa got married over the weekend, December 17. Unfortunately I was unable to attend the wedding in his hometown Kuantan.
He met his bride, Nor Anis Ong Pei Pei from the days working in The Sun. Azwa was in the graphic department of the paper. When we were preparing to launch Suara [...]
Posted in Activities, Party on Dec 18th, 2006 No Comments »
Anwar & Simon Zadek gave talk at the dinner
It has been a busy Sunday (Dec 17) for Anwar, though it was not something unusual. He just got back from Washington two days earlier, he was already in his full swing! Parti Keadilan Rakyat and the Federick Normann Stiftung (FNS) organized a full-day Intra Muslim Dialogue [...]
Posted in Activities, Party on Dec 18th, 2006 No Comments »
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On Sunday, I gave a talk in Melaka. It was part of the roadshow organized by Biro Penerangan (Information Bureau) on the recent Umno General Assembly and ethnic relations. The function was held in Pay [...]
Posted in Politics, Viewpoint on Dec 17th, 2006 No Comments »
Anwar holds a press confernce at the Intra Muslim Dialogue
Bernama posted this story on December 17, 2006 19:12 PM
I’ll Contest In The Next General Election, Says Anwar
PETALING JAYA, Dec 17 (Bernama) — Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will contest in the next general election if it is held in 2008.
Confirming [...]
Posted in Culture, Viewpoint on Dec 16th, 2006 No Comments »
Bok House demolished on 15 December
It is outrageous that the Malaysian authorities could be so ignorant over the protection of heritage buildings. They are bulldozing Malay traditional villages such as Kg Chubadak. Bok House in Jalan Ampang, a historical building, too could not escape demolition.
The mansion was built in 1929 by the late Chua Cheng [...]
Posted in Personality, Viewpoint on Dec 15th, 2006 No Comments »
Signing his new book The Age of Fallibility, 14 december 2006
Actually, I knew Soros through Mahathir. George Soros only caught my attention after Mahathir publicly condemned him for ‘destroying’ Malaysian economy. I didn’t know who Soros was then. However I strongly disagreed with Mahathir’s statement.
At the time, I wrote a few posting in the internet [...]
Posted in International, Politics, Viewpoint on Dec 15th, 2006 1 Comment »
I heard about George Soros’ visit a few weeks back. As far back last year, Mahathir has written to Soros requesting a meeting. Nobody really knew what his motive was then. It is interesting that Mahathir is meeting up with Soros in Kuala Lumpur.
Soros had been demonized by Mahathir for causing Southeast Asian financial crisis [...]
Posted in Activities, Human Rights on Dec 14th, 2006 No Comments »
A friend called last Monday night and told me his brother’s girlfriend from China had been detained at LCCT Kuala Lumpur. His brother Reimund Chong had been waiting at the airport since 14:00hr. I called up Immigration at the LCCT to find out what was happening. After much negotiation, our appeal for her to be [...]