Posted in Activities, Party on May 31st, 2007 No Comments »
Parti Keadilan Rakyat held its Annual Congress in Seremban on 25-27 May. The Youth and Women had their respective congresses on 25 May; followed by 2-day congress in which party election would be held.
Party workers raised flags and banners around Seremban town the night before the Youth/Women Congress. However the Seremban Urban Council removed […]
Posted in Politics, Talks on May 21st, 2007 2 Comments »
I had been worried about what to say in a bloggers gathering on 19 May. The forum was called Embrace & Engage, sound cozy enough. Worse, we were told to compare the degree of press freedom under Dollah and DrM.
Nonetheless it was an honour to be invited to speak at the forum. I normally […]
Posted in Community on May 18th, 2007 No Comments »
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Taman Saujana Puchong residents have been campaigning against a proposal by Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) to build a cemetery on forest reserve land.
The campaign recieved support from more than 2000 residents in Taman Saujana Puchong. The residents are not objecting to building of cemetery per se. Rather they believe that cemetery should be […]
Posted in Politics, Announcement on May 17th, 2007 No Comments »
Get your copy of “MAY 13: Declassified Documents on the Malaysian Riots of 1969″ by Dr Kua Kia Soong.
Posted in Politics on May 15th, 2007 No Comments »
May 13 is like a ghost. For nearly 4 decades, it has been haunting the people of Malaysia. Together with pengundi hantu (phantom voters), the hantu of May 13 are among the main factors of success for the BN regime.
The book was a product of months of hard labour in London. Dr Kua was supposed […]
Posted in Activities, Personality on May 13th, 2007 No Comments »
Liu Jin Cheng （刘金城), a veteran political activist in Melaka passed away on Friday 11 May 2007.
Liu was a local leader of Parti Buruh and had been detained under ISA in 1960s. He later joined PRM until the merger. He became Parti Keadilan Rakyat Deputy Chief of Melaka state liaison committee after the merger. Unfortunately […]
Posted in Viewpoint, Politics on May 9th, 2007 1 Comment »
It is estimated that less than 20% Indian voters for KeADILan candidate in Ijok. The by-election result of Ijok is even generalized as a national trend. Lots of people, including both opposition and ruling parties, claim that Malaysian of Indian decent generally support BN. This sweeping statement “Indians don’t support opposition” is itself a product […]
Posted in Viewpoint, Politics, Party on May 8th, 2007 2 Comments »
Assuming all the votes in the ballot boxes of Ijok by-election were genuine, based on the demographic profile of each polling station, one could make the following estimation:
- About half or more than 50% Malay voters supported KeADILan;
- Some 55-60% Chinese voted for KeADILan; and
- 15% at most 20% Indian voted for KeADILan
This analysis […]
Posted in Activities, Party on May 7th, 2007 No Comments »
On May 1, Parti Keadilan Rakyat leaders including the candidate Tan Sri Khalid, Anwar, Dr Wan Azizah, Azmin, Fuziah, Shamsul and others went back to DUN Ijok to extend our thanks and appreciation to the voters.
We held several programs in all major voting stations. A few of us, including Chin Chee Kong (陈志光), Lim Yun […]
Posted in Activities, Labour on May 7th, 2007 1 Comment »
This year is the third consequntive year MTUC held its May Day Gathering in Dataran Merdeka. About 2000 workers assembled from 20:00hr to 22:30hr on May 1. This year, the crowd was much larger than past years and attended by a large contigency of migrant workers.
Last year, MTUC began actively organizing migrant workers. The […]