Posted in Parliament on May 28th, 2008 14 Comments »
A new landmark for Malaysian Parliament.
After a few days of debating on the Supplementary Supply Bill, this morning (28 May 2008) the Parliament proceeded to vote on the bill.
Before the voting, the floor was debating expenses for Le Tour de Langkawi, the Champion Youth Cup (CYC) soccer matches, etc. MPs from the opposition criticized the […]
Posted in Politics, Parliament on May 27th, 2008 13 Comments »
Maybank claimed that it was a good deal. The management of Maybank placed a bid to buy over Banking International Indonesia (BII) for USD 2.7 billion or RM 8.6 billion dollars—a price so high that all other bidders including HSBC and China Bank decided to back off.
Today (27 May) noon, Maybank CEO Datuk Seri Abdul […]
Posted in Viewpoint, Parliament on May 27th, 2008 6 Comments »
In answering question from PAS Padang Terap MP Nasir Zakaria, Deputy Minister of Education Idris Haron said that academic standard of Malaysian universities is not as bad as the opposition described. When Nazir tried to interject, the Deputy Minister responded rudely. A debate broke out between both sides. Deputy Minister Idris shouted a Tamil word […]
Posted in Viewpoint, International, Umno on May 26th, 2008 11 Comments »
Government declared that it is a win-win judgement for Pulau Batu Puteh/Pedra Branca.
How is it win-win? The ICJ ruled that the main island legitimately belonged to Singapore. Malaysia only given two pieces of coral rocks. Where is our “win”?
In fact we have ‘lost’ the islet long before the ICJ ruling:
First, Umno led Alliance Government requested […]
Posted in Viewpoint, Umno on May 26th, 2008 14 Comments »
Dr Mahathir’s resignation has been accepted by Umno Supreme Council on 22 May. Supporters of PM Abdullah described Mahathir as the “thorn in the flesh” (duri dalam daging).
In fact, many Umno leaders in the pro-Abdullah camp are glad that Mahathir’s departure has strengthened the position of the PM and President. Members of the Supreme Council […]
Posted in Viewpoint, Politics, Freedom of Information on May 22nd, 2008 7 Comments »
A reader wrote to me last week (15 May). His comment was on RTM coverage on parliament session. His view should be taken into consideration by the Information Minister.
The following is his letter (edited):
Dear YB Tian,
…I am new to your blog. I have visited other more popular blogs…but most of them seem to be very […]
Posted in Parliament on May 21st, 2008 7 Comments »
The new Information Minister Ahmad Shabery Chik would like to be seen as an liberal minded BN man.
I knew him when he was in opposition. As the Youth Chief of Semangat 46, he should have understood the evil of press control, restrictive media access etc.
Now he is wearing different shoes, I fully understand that he […]
Posted in Politics, Umno on May 21st, 2008 2 Comments »
I was wrong in my previous post, not all putras are clinging to the sinking Titanic.
According to The Star / Malaysiakini:
Former Kedah Umno treasurer Datuk Mokhzani Mahathir and former Kota Setar MP Dr Abdul Hadi Derani are among Umno members who have quit the party.
Mokhzani said he hoped Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi would step […]
Posted in Viewpoint, Umno on May 21st, 2008 7 Comments »
As I predicted, not even Mukhriz would follow Mahathir to quit Umno.
During his announcement of resigning from Umno, Mahathir urged other members to take similar action. Besides veteran Sanusi, no one else followed Mahathir’s footstep.
His son, Mukhriz insists that he will stay in Umno. This is consistent to the tradition of Umno: Hishamuddin Hussein Onn […]
Posted in Housing, Parliament on May 20th, 2008 8 Comments »
Is this lifestyle not worth preserving?
I am hearing lots of craps from Mohamad Taib (we are debating poverty eradication with Minister of Rural Development this afternoon 20/5/2008):
We are building PPRT (Projek Perumahan Rakyat Termiskin/Housing Project for the Poor) for Orang Asli. The BN Government is taking care of their welfare.
However we also need to educate […]