Posted in Parliament Batu on Jun 27th, 2007 No Comments »
Quick decision.
Only a few hours after the handing over of our memo, about 14:00hr I received a phone call from DBKL. Hj Sahak who received our memo this morning called told me that the Director of Enforcement rejected all our demands in memo.
In other words, bulldozers and demolition men will come to Kampong Simpang Batu […]
Posted in Housing on Jun 27th, 2007 No Comments »
After 29 May deadline, DBKL came and sprayed another deadline 28 June for Kg Simpang Batu. The situation is not so bright for the 10 families in the kampong.
This morning, 27 June KeADILan Batu Division gathered at DBKL to handover a memorandum to request clarification of the land status and the development project and so […]
Posted in Labour on Jun 27th, 2007 No Comments »
Najib sounded upset when he was asked to respond to the picket by MTUC. The government argues that minimum wage would be resulting a negative impact on economic growth.
This is in fact utter nonsense.
Firstly, implementing a policy to ensure minimum wage for private sector workers does not means a huge rise in wages. The […]
Posted in Labour, Current Issues on Jun 26th, 2007 No Comments »
The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) called a nationwide picket from 17:00hr to 18.30hr today (25 June). Throughout the country, union members gathered at at least 15 places to express their demand for the government to implement minimum wage and cost of living allowance (COLA).
Last week 18 June, MTUC sent a delegation led by […]
Posted in Activities, Parliament Batu on Jun 25th, 2007 No Comments »
Parti Keadilan Rakyat Batu division organized a gathering of new members around Jalan Ipoh. We held the meeting in Madras Cafe, opposite the famous Subramaniam Temple on Jalan Ipoh.
I must admit our division has been weak with the participation of Indian community. Batu Parliament area has a demography profile similar to Malaysian population. It consists […]
Posted in Activities, Party on Jun 22nd, 2007 5 Comments »
On 21 June night, Sivarasa and I was invited by Selayang divisional chief Rahim Abdul Wahap to visit Batu Arang.
The program was organized by the Selayang Division and hosted by a new member of the party. Fazlan joined KeADILan during Ijok By-election. He was impressed with speeches delivered in our ceramah and convinced by the […]
Posted in Human Rights on Jun 22nd, 2007 No Comments »
The first time I heard about the name Saifuddin Nasution Ismail was amidst a commotion. He and a group of Barisan Nasional Youth were storming an international meeting organized by a coalition of NGO.
The ill-fated meeting known as the second Asia-Pacific Conference on East Timor (APCET2) was held in Asia Hotel in Kampong Baru, Kuala […]
Posted in Human Rights on Jun 21st, 2007 No Comments »
Sivaras (left), Beh Li Yi(Malaysiakini reporter), Colin Nicholas(right)
Our civil suit against the Malaysian Royal Police (PDRM) in APCET2 continued on 20-21 June. The case is heard by Judge Wan Adnan Muhamad. The case has gone on far too long, so much so that the judge is losing patience with the slow pace of the […]
Posted in Current Issues on Jun 20th, 2007 No Comments »
Out of curiosity, I wanted to see how the SMART tunnel looks like. I probably won’t pay RM2 to go under the tunnel and get into another traffic jam. The tunnel started its toll collection on 15 June. So I decided to go for a spin into the tunnel before the toll gate begin to […]
Posted in Politics on Jun 17th, 2007 No Comments »
An unprecedented Razakpuja was organized last week. The PM who has all along followed the cult of Abdul Rahman, suddenly embrace the cult of Abdul Razak.
The move to reenact the statue of Tun Razak signifies Dollah is reconciling with Najib. Khairy Jamaludin has gone extra miles to flatter Najib. Tun Razak was given tribute […]