UPDATE, 31 July 2010: Khazanah buy-back 23.9% Parkway block cost rakyat a whopping RM935 million! Click here for story. The government should immediately launch an investigation into the fiasco! ——————————————— I am not at all amused over the fight for control of Parkway Holdings Ltd (Parkway) between Khazanah Nasional Berhad (Khazanah) and Fortis Healthcare Ltd […]
July 2010
How safe is it really to fly AirAsia?
The safe passage of all passengers for any commercial airline is of paramount importance as precious lives are at stake. There can never be any compromise. The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) is therefore duty bound to ensure that the stringent safety requirements are met at all times and no slip-up be tolerated. It’s for this reason that in
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Datuk Bandar declares "war against cybercafes!"
This is an update of a meeting with Datuk Bandar and the Members of Parliament in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, 22 July 2010, at DBKL head office. Some of the issues discussed, with reference to Wangsa Maju, are as follows:- 1. Cybercafes It is reported that todate actions have been taken against 4 outlets to help stem
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"Probe on bribe-for-currency printing contract reveals links to people high in government hierarcy"
The above report in page 2 of the Sun was published on Tuesday, 20 July 2010. The allegation highlighted apparently involves very senior officials of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) with undisputable links to their spouses. As this is a report by the Australian authority which will also ultimately lead to prosecution by
"Pecat Nor Yakcop, Zarinah" – was Utusan Online 'terrorised' to kill report?
UPDATE, 22 July 2010: The blog ‘Another Brick In The Wall’ has managed to recover the missing news item and has posted it here. Go read it. ——————————————————– I remember reading the above “pecat” news item the day it was published. Didn’t think too much of it then because it was expected that newspapers would do what they have
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Reply to Securities Commission
The Securites Commission (SC) is playing hide and seek and skirting many of the issues I have raised in parliament recently. Instead of coming clean, the SC has resorted to using a mouthpiece to just blab only on the Parkway Holdings Berhad issue. This is most irresponsible of SC and the Chairman YgBhg Tan Sri
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Teks ucapan semasa membahas Rang Undang-Undang untuk meminda Akta Antipemerdagangan Orang 2007 (Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act 2007), 15hb Julai 2010
Anti-trafficking of Persons! Anti-trafficking of National Assets! Tuan Yang Di-Pertua, Saya bangun untuk membahas “Rang Undang-Undang untuk meminda Akta Antipemerdagangan Orang 2007 (Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act 2007),” dengan mengalu-alukan cadangan pindaan. Tetapi Kerajaan perlu merujuk kepada Laporan “UN High Commissioner for High Commissioner for Human Rights to Economic & Social Council” bertarikh 20 Mei 2002.
Parliament Questions Time, 12 July 2010
LHDNM menetapkan pemprosesan kes bayaran balik pembayaran cukai lebih akan mengambil masa 30 hari waktu bekerja sekiranya permohonan di buat secara dalam talian iaitu e-filing…. Pemberitahuan Pertanyaan Jawab Lisan Dewan Rakyat Soalan No. 53 Tuan YB Wee Choo Keong [ Wangsa Maju ] minta Menteri Kewangan menyatakan memaklumkan kenapa telah menjadi satu trend bagi Lembaga Hasil Dalam
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Update on today
Among others, the issues I spoke of yesterday were brought up again in today’s winding up debate of the Subordinate Courts (Amendment) Bill 2010 and the Minister has yet to reply. In particular the issues are: 1) En Hasbie Satar, whose boss was the former Minister of Finance II and MP for Tasek Gelugur, and
Tindakan Suruhanjaya Sekuriti mengugut wartawan amat tidak beretika dan tidak boleh di terima umum
Tuan Yang Di-Pertua, Kita semua maklum bahawa siri siasatan Suruhanjaya Sekuriti (SC) yang agak ganas dan keras keatas EMPAT orang ‘business reporter’ (dengan izin) berhubung laporan akhbar berkenaan penjualan saham Kenmark Industrial Co (M) Bhd.