Posted in Activities, Parliament Batu on Dec 6th, 2006 No Comments »
Parti Keadilan Rakyat will be having a fundrasing dinner with the neighbourhood of Taman Matiara on December 8.
Today accompanied by Mr Sim, we went around the housing area to see tickets.
Selling ticket for residents [...]
Posted in Activities, Parliament Batu on Dec 5th, 2006 1 Comment »
I had a press conference with the residents of Taman Wahyu this morning (December 5). Last week, the residents of Jalan Sibu 1, which the first road entering Taman Wahyu from Jalan Ipoh, suddenly found out that a new power tower was erected at their backyard.
The tower was built in 3-4 days, and the residents [...]
Posted in Culture, Festival on Dec 5th, 2006 No Comments »
Tonight kids in Europe will have their socks placed beside the bed. St Nicholas will be bring them nice gifts. For centuries, St Nicholas who is originally from Asia Minor (Turkey) has been hailed as the patron of children and underprivileged, and the saint welfare, health and wealth. In old Christian tradition, he was a [...]
Posted in Culture, Viewpoint on Dec 5th, 2006 No Comments »
I just read the news on banned books in Malaysia. My jaws drop, what? Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart is banned by the government. I wonder how crazy our censorship can be? In the banned list includes works of Milan Kundera and Khalil Gibran. And 1001 Arabian Nights too? We can’t tell the stories of [...]
Posted in Activities, Interview on Dec 4th, 2006 2 Comments »
I was on Astro with Ong Tee Keat and Jamuluddin Ibrahim last night (3 December). It was a Chinese life talk show and the topic last night was “Bangsa Malaysia”. It was aired from 20:30hr to 21:30hr on AEC.
Jamal or Jamaluddin Ibrahim was an interesting character. He is the CEO of Paradise Group, an education [...]
Posted in Altantuya case, Current Issues, Politics, Viewpoint on Dec 2nd, 2006 3 Comments »
Had a haircut today. After the cut, the hairdresser (or barber?) asked: “What do you think of the case of the Mongolian girl?â€
I replied: “What do you think??â€
The topic immediate aroused interest in the salon. Another hairdresser joined the conversation said: “I think it was No. 2.â€
“You think so?†I was just trying to be [...]
Posted in Activities, Human Rights, Party on Dec 2nd, 2006 No Comments »
Urgent Appeal: tents needed!!
I was unable to be present on the tragic morning when the demolition team came to destroy the surau. The surau was the last building in the kampong. The construction work had not begun; the reason for the destruction of the surau was none but an attempt to show force. For the [...]
Posted in International, Viewpoint on Dec 1st, 2006 No Comments »
Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAF) was under heavy shelling from Umno delegates at the General Assembly. The foundation, that is affiliated with the ruling German Christian Democratic Party, was labelled as anti-Islam and attacked.
Peter Schier, the representative of KAF in Malaysia, defended the foundation’s work in the promotion of interfaith activities and better understanding of universal [...]
Posted in Activities, Human Rights on Dec 1st, 2006 No Comments »
The enforcers from MPAJ, police and FRU, with the escort of JAIS, arrived on Thursday (30 November) to tear down the last remaining structure in Kg Berembang—the surau. When the demolition team leveled the entire village two weeks ago (20 November), the surau was the only building left. It was not only a place of [...]