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 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 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 […]
Posted in Viewpoint, Parliament on May 17th, 2008 9 Comments »
In my delivery of speech during the debate of the Royal Address (I spoke on 13 May), I lashed out at a series of failures of the Defence Minister.
I was particularly upset with the continuous sacrifice of lives in the National Service Training Program. I blamed this on the ambition of the Minister who wanted […]
Posted in Parliament on May 15th, 2008 12 Comments »
There seems to be some confusion what Hishamuddin @ ‘Kris’hamuddin said in Parliament last night.
What he said definitely intended to confuse everyone. He talked about commitment to resolve the problems.
What problems? In Hishamuddin’s view, the question is not about building more Chinese or Tamil schools. He argued that many Tamil and Chinese schools are having […]
Posted in Parliament on May 14th, 2008 13 Comments »
Today, ministers began to answer points raised in our speech in the last few days.
In the afternoon, the Deputy Finance Minister started the ball rolling. His long-winded speech bored everyone. When he was asked why our country’s competitiveness is falling behind, he gave a long story. He used some 15 minutes to tell a story […]
Posted in Politics, Parliament on May 13th, 2008 16 Comments »
Parliament at late night, Not in Malaysia!
The PM just walked into the Parliament Hall at this late hour, 23:00hr.
It seems that the strong presence of Pakatan Rakyat MPs has sent a strong signal to the government to take parliament more seriously.
At lobby of the Parliament, Sivarasa met the PM before he entered the chamber, the […]
Posted in Parliament on May 13th, 2008 10 Comments »
I am sitting in the Dewan Rakyat waiting for my turn to speak. Now Tenggara MP is speaking.
Earlier we heard backbencher MPs from Sabah, as well as Semanjung, all delivered their fiery speeches, lashing at BN Government.
I wonder BN backbenchers are trying to take over the role of the opposition. Yesterday Sabahan MPs criticized the […]