Month January 2010

Heartless red tape

A HOTEL employee is upset that her late husband did not get the chance to go through a procedure to insert two stents for a heart problem due to red tape. Roszita Ahmad, 47, alleged that the Penang Hospital and the EPF office had delayed…

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LIM GUAN ENG: Piagam DAP Dengan Malaysia Tengah

Apabila saya mengambil alih sebagai Setiausaha Agung DAP pada tahun 2004, saya dan rakan seperjuangan bertekad untuk memimpin sebuah Parti yang beraspirasi membentuk Kerajaan dan bukan sebuah Parti yang akan kekal sebagai Pembangkang. Sesebuah parti politik yang tidak mempunyai aspirasi mencapai kuasa politik bagi melaksanakan…

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Greater unity under a Middle Malaysia

Lim Kit Siang said the Middle Malaysia concept mooted by DAP stresses national transformation in bracing future economic challenges while more effectively uniting all Malaysians. He said we must not interpret the new economic model purely from economic perspectives, but must first put in place…

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‘KWSP lambat, suami saya sudah meninggal’

“Saya rasa terkilan dengan apa yang berlaku, kini semuanya sudah terlambat kerana suami saya telah pun meninggal dunia.” Itulah luahan kesedihan Roszita Ahmad, 48, setelah gagal mengeluarkan wang Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP) untuk membiayai kos pembedahan jantung suaminya, Ahmad Nazri Ibrahim, 47. “Kami ada…

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A landmark shura council

CENTURIES back, tribes in Arabia were said to have each consulted a gathering of elders and community leaders for guidance in making decisions for the people. The use of such a council, called the “shura”, was meant to act as a congenial forum for decisions…

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