A nation in waiting
Today is not just an ordinary end to a year. It happens to be the end to a decade — the Noughties. I have been in search of words to describe the state of our nation during the first decade of the 21st century and…
Today is not just an ordinary end to a year. It happens to be the end to a decade — the Noughties. I have been in search of words to describe the state of our nation during the first decade of the 21st century and…
Police investigations of Penang Chief Minister YAB Lim Guan Eng over his statement on the death of Teoh Beng Hock and the subsequent police action to interrogate DAP Selangor Chairman and Selangor Government Exco YB Ean Yong Hian Wah over his statement on the probe…
Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders lashed out today at prominent Utusan Malaysia columnist Dr Ridhuan Tee Abdullah for suggesting that Malay-Muslims have more rights because they form the majority in Malaysia. PR leaders from PAS, PKR and DAP also took issue with the National Defence University…
In a reply to a question by Senator Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Liew Vui Keong said that the indelible ink meant for use in the 12th general election in March 2008 had been destroyed via a…
Menteri Pertahanan Malaysia Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi patut menubuhkan satu Penubuhan Jawatankuasa Pemilihan Parlimen atau Suruhanjaya DiRaja untuk menyiasat dengan lebih mendalam kes dua enjin pesawat tempur, F-5E, milik Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia (TUDM) yang hilang. Tindakan segera mengaji semula berkesannya perlaksanaan sistem…
It is time for the establishment of an external inquiry, either in the form of a Parliamentary Select Committee or a Royal Commission, into the disappearance of a RM 50 million F-5E fighter engine. Despite Minister of Defence Dato Seri Zahid Hamidi promising to “leave…
Untuk setengah abad yang lalu, FELDA (Lembaga Kemajuan Tanah Persekutuan) memainkan peranan yang penting di tanahair Malaysia, khususnya dalam masyarakat Melayu, termasuklah bidang ekonomi, sosial, dan yang paling penting, politik. Malah, tsunami politik 8 Mac 2008 mungkin telah mengaramkan UMNO-BN seandainya FELDA tidak wujud. Menurut…
Pakatan Rakyat National Convention
Ahli Parlimen Bukit Bendera, Liew Chin Tong (DAP) petang tadi mempersoal kaedah penyaluran dana untuk memulihara tapak warisan George Town, Pulau Pinang. Baginya, tindakan kerajaan pusat menyalurkan dana RM20 juta pada suatu syarikat bukan kerajaan negeri, Khazanah Nasional Berhad sesuatu yang salah. “Kalau RM30 juta…
NAMPAKNYA isu Biro Tata Negara (BTN) terus mendapat perhatian akhbar-akhbar berbahasa Cina. Akhbar China Press pada Selasa lalu menyiarkan artikel bertajuk “Liew Chin Tong dedah peruntukan RM74 juta untuk BTN”. Menurut akhbar itu, ahli Parlimen DAP dari Bukit Bendera mendakwa, BTN mendapat peruntukan sebanyak RM74…